Starting/installing Mysql on debian

2005-05-12 Thread debian
Title: Starting/installing Mysql on debian Hello, I always installed mysql from source, never had a problem. Now i installed mysql via apt-get (mysql-common-4.1.0). I get the message that it is installed but now i wonder where it is installed ?? I don't find anything to start it and whe

Re: setting default compiler version

2005-05-12 Thread Markus . Grunwald
Hello, > > >I wish g++ was handled as an alternative too. > > > > That does seem a good idea. Is there any reason that nobody's filed it > > as a wishlist bug? > > I wanted to give you a chance. :p Not much hope: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=115353 cu Markus Grunwald Sof

Missing 'libqutil.so.1' on Debian Sarge?

2005-05-12 Thread Jason Chagas
I failed to build QPE (http://qpe.sourceforge.net/) due to a missing libqutil.so.1. What package (Sarge) should I install to get libqutil.so.1 ? A Google search tells me 'libqutil.so.1' is part of the 'libqutil1' package in the stable release. Some other webpages indicate it is included in QT2.

Re: Starting/installing Mysql on debian

2005-05-12 Thread Ms Linuz
debian wrote: > > Hello, > > I always installed mysql from source, never had a problem. > Now i installed mysql via apt-get (mysql-common-4.1.0). > I get the message that it is installed but now i wonder where it is > installed ?? > I don't find anything to start it and when i search mysqld i get

Re: Starting/installing Mysql on debian

2005-05-12 Thread Nebodi Gatreba
Simply type "mysql -u your_username -pyour_password" in the console window (command line) and you will find yourself in MySQL

mrtg and snmp help needed

2005-05-12 Thread Chavdar Videff
Hi, list. I am planning to set up a statistics generator for a number of hosts. My idea was to try mrtg. I read a few articles on the net and installed on my test machine the packets mrtg and snmpd. The test machine is a knoopix 3.6 installed on the hard drive and upgraded to debian-sid. The ho

Re: Sound volume too low, software to increase it?

2005-05-12 Thread Lee Braiden
On Wednesday 11 May 2005 11:36, Marius Reiner wrote: > when running Sarge on my laptop, kernel 2.6.7-1-686 and alsa 1.0.5, I > had no problem with this. But now I'm running Ubuntu Hoary, which uses > 2.6.10-1-386 and alsa 1.0.8, and sound volume is unusable low. You should be asking this in an ubu

[newbie] Problem upload with file-server (samba, nfs, ftp and ssh)

2005-05-12 Thread Andrea Beciani
Hello all, I have a file-server (with debian/unstable) with samba, nfs, ftp (wu-ftpd) and ssh service. When I upload big file from client to server with samba and ftp I get some errors and the transfer crash. With nfs I got none errors, but the system crash. Ssh go very well but why the transfer wi

gigabit ethernet stuck at 100Mbps

2005-05-12 Thread Leni Mayo
Hi - I'm stumped if I can figure out how to get my supposedly gigabit NIC to actually negotiate at 1000 Mbps. If anyone can suggest techniques for debugging and/or fixing this sort of problem I'd be grateful. There are two Gigabit ethernet cards in the computer, which appear in /proc/pci as: Ethern

RE: gigabit ethernet stuck at 100Mbps

2005-05-12 Thread Atul Talesara
Did you try: /sbin/mii-tool Check it's man to see supported media tech. You can force it's speed negotiation. HTH. Regards, Atul P Talesara http://the-shaolin.blogspot.com/ -- Given enough time and money, eventually M$ will re-invent UNIX!!!

Rolex GMT

2005-05-12 Thread Jerry
Happy Valentine : Rolex or Cartier or Breitling http://bishops.a8k.net/rolex/vron/boring.html Do not settle for less than a ROLEX. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: gigabit ethernet stuck at 100Mbps

2005-05-12 Thread Leni Mayo
mii-tool doesn't seem to understand gigabit speeds, as suggested by both the man page and it's output. $ mii-tool -v eth0 eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok product info: vendor 00:aa:00, model 56 rev 0 basic mode: autonegotiation enabled basic status: autonegotiation com

Re: Grub - change boot options

2005-05-12 Thread Stephen R Laniel
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 01:20:20AM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: > Or, some thing like that. How do I make it say > Windows > Debian > Debian (recovery mode)? > And, what is this recovery mode? 1) To set the order, just put those items in the menu in the order you want -- Windows first, Debian sec

Re: Sound

2005-05-12 Thread Kent West
David R. Litwin wrote: > The following is going to sound vague. > > The sound on my Sarge 2.6 kernel KDE 3.3 will not work. I'm in the > group audio, so that isn't the answer. With kernel 2.4, I had sound. > Now, not. > > What can I check or do to get my sound back? > > I have a Creative Sound Bla

Upgrading from Woody to Sarge on PowerPC

2005-05-12 Thread Kevin
Hi Folks- I'm new to Debian but have 10 years of experience with Linux from Slackware, Mandrake, Redhat, SuSE, and most lately Gentoo. I'm experimenting with Debian in general because of its universality and in particular because Gentoo doesn't seem to have an install capability for the OldWorld

Re: Internet (Once and for all)

2005-05-12 Thread Kent West
David R. Litwin wrote: > Alright. I'd really like to get my Internet working so, please, help me. I know nothing about pppoe, so don't rely too heavily on me. > I have given up on getting Debian to connect me to the internet; so, I > downloaded the software from Sympatico, my ISP ( > http://serv

Re: Upgrading from Woody to Sarge on PowerPC

2005-05-12 Thread Kent West
Kevin wrote: >OldWorld PowerPC (604e). I recently installed Woody on such a >machine using the 3.0r4 binary CDs for PowerPC and the resulting system >seems to work fine, but I didn't realize how old the software was in >Woody and would like to upgrade to Sarge > > >My /etc/apt/sources.list file

Re: Upgrading from Woody to Sarge on PowerPC

2005-05-12 Thread Kent West
Kent West wrote: >What I would do is return the "sources.list" file to its original form, >and run "aptitide update". If the system updates properly, go back into >sources.list and comment all but one line. Then change that one line so >that instead of "stable" it reads "sarge", > And you'll have

Re: Internet (Once and for all)

2005-05-12 Thread Robert Storey
Sorry, I missed the beginning of this thread. But I know how to set up pppoe. Assuming that your Ethernet card is already being detected (as indicated by ifconfig), do this: 1) As root, run "pppoeconf" 2) When asked for your username, you probably need to put the whole thing, like "[EMAIL PROTECTE

Installing Debian Linux 3.0r4

2005-05-12 Thread Councillor Smola
I have purchased a Debian install DVD disk from Softcopy Systems in Toronto. After the initial install process the program asks to reboot and I did so. The next phase was a screen indicating that the installation was correct. ie: Congradulations you have successfully installed Debion. At this poi

Re: Howto install sarge to boot on lvm on raid5 ???

2005-05-12 Thread Jonathan Brandmeyer
On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 00:56 -0500, helices wrote: I am using root on LVM, although without RAID using kernel 2.6; installed with the Sarge installer. > The first two options offered /dev/md0 -- neither of which are accepted > by this process. The third option (advanced) appears to allow me to >

Re: setting default compiler version

2005-05-12 Thread Lee Braiden
On Wednesday 11 May 2005 10:03, Robert Vangel wrote: > When using Makefile's, look at the CC & GCC environmental variables (I'm > not actually sure if G++ is included there... sorry...) > > If doing it by hand, obviously just using `/usr/bin/g++-3.4 [continued]' > would work. I'm sure there's an o

Re: Upgrading from Woody to Sarge on PowerPC

2005-05-12 Thread Kevin
Hi Kent- Thanks for your reply. Kent West wrote: > > You'll need to run "aptitude update" prior to running "aptitude -f > --with-recommends dist-upgrade". > The first step goes out and gets the list of available packages; the > next step goes and gets, not the list, but the actual packages. I a

Re: gnome 2.10 thrash can [solved]

2005-05-12 Thread Jon Dowland
David Roguin wrote: i've found it using the gconf editor. thanks. Hi, glad the problem is solved. You mailed me personally three times though - no need, I'm on the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: setting default compiler version

2005-05-12 Thread Jon Dowland
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: martin f krafft wrote: I wanted to give you a chance. :p Not much hope: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=115353 Ah. I would have left that one open myself :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: GUI?

2005-05-12 Thread Jon Dowland
kenny B wrote: i recently re-installed Debin 3.0, and now, when i boot, it just asks me to login, without a gui or anything...is there something i have to type in to get to my desktop? OT, but I'd suggest grabbing a debian-installer image (rc3, or if you have spare time and are willing to help out

Re: /dev? for USB dvdrw drive?

2005-05-12 Thread z.a.kaleta
Dnia Åroda, 11 maja 2005 22:07, Thomas H. George napisaÅ: The emulation of scsi in 2.6 kernels exist. The problem with usb devices is that in kernel config normaly used is wrong. The position CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB has to be put in "n" for no. Normally it is put as "m" for module which cripple the sc

RE: gigabit ethernet stuck at 100Mbps

2005-05-12 Thread Piszcz, Justin
Are you using Cat6 or Cat6e cable? I have 4-5 e1000 nics on netgear gigabit switches doing 55MB/s sustained with 116-126MB/s bursts. Justin. -Original Message- From: Leni Mayo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 8:18 AM To: Atul Talesara Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.o

zabbix

2005-05-12 Thread debian
Title: zabbix Hi, Does anyone know if zabbix will be available on debian via apt-get in the future ? www.zabbix.org I use it now for over a year and it's really a great program!

[newbie] Compile Kernel 2.4.18 with dynamic module support

2005-05-12 Thread Tony Vandiver
Hi All, How do I compile the 2.4.18 kernel to allow dynamic module loading instead of statically building the selected modules into the kernel? Thanks, Tony Vandiver -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

mecoder deal with two files

2005-05-12 Thread BingYU
Hi List I have two file 1.avi 2.avi which are ripped form one big video file, source.avi mencoder -ss 5:00 -endpos 2:00 source.avi -oac copy -ovc copy -o 1.avi mencoder -ss 10:00 -endpos 2:00 source.avi -oac copy -ovc copy -o 2.avi now I want merge 1.avi 2.avi to one video file (p

Re: Installing Debian Linux 3.0r4

2005-05-12 Thread michael
On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 08:44 -0400, Councillor Smola wrote: > I have purchased a Debian install DVD disk from Softcopy Systems in Toronto. > > After the initial install process the program asks to reboot and I did so. > The next phase was a screen indicating that the installation was correct. > ie:

Re: [newbie] Compile Kernel 2.4.18 with dynamic module support

2005-05-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/05/05 09:33), Tony Vandiver wrote: > Hi All, > >How do I compile the 2.4.18 kernel to allow dynamic module loading > instead of statically building the selected modules into the kernel? Look at: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html at the config stage (menuconfig,

Re: mecoder deal with two files

2005-05-12 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Friday May 13 2005 07:59, BingYU wrote: > I have two file 1.avi 2.avi which are ripped form one big video file, > source.avi > [...] > now I want merge 1.avi 2.avi to one video file (put them together in one > file Get transcode, it comes with a program "avimerge" to du just that. The sad thi

Re: mecoder deal with two files

2005-05-12 Thread Sven Arvidsson
BingYU wrote: > I have two file 1.avi 2.avi which are ripped form one big video file, > source.avi > > mencoder -ss 5:00 -endpos 2:00 source.avi -oac copy -ovc copy -o 1.avi > mencoder -ss 10:00 -endpos 2:00 source.avi -oac copy -ovc copy -o 2.avi > > > now I want merge 1.avi 2.avi t

Re: Sound

2005-05-12 Thread Jon Dowland
David R. Litwin wrote: The sound on my Sarge 2.6 kernel KDE 3.3 will not work. I'm in the group audio, so that isn't the answer. With kernel 2.4, I had sound. Now, not. The biggest change from 2.4 -> 2.6 is the primary sound system is now ALSA, not OSS. OSS is still in the kernel, though. But this

Re: [newbie] Compile Kernel 2.4.18 with dynamic module support

2005-05-12 Thread Jon Dowland
Tony Vandiver wrote: Hi All, How do I compile the 2.4.18 kernel to allow dynamic module loading instead of statically building the selected modules into the kernel? Start a new thread for a new question rather than replying to an existing one which is unrelated, or most people will miss or ig

laptop and different networks

2005-05-12 Thread H. S.
Hi, I am supposed to configure a laptop so that is can be connected to a CAT5 cable on either a home LAN or a university LAN. Currently, the laptop is configured as a dhcp client in the home network and has a fixed IP address in the university network. I played with ifplugd and guessnet a few mon

Re: laptop and different networks

2005-05-12 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _H. S._, on 12/05/05 12:37,typed: > Hi, > > I am supposed to configure a laptop so that is can be connected to a > CAT5 cable on either a home LAN or a university LAN. Currently, the > laptop is configured as a dhcp client in the home network and has a > fixed IP address in the univers

Re: setting default compiler version

2005-05-12 Thread Martin Henne
Robert Vangel wrote: > When using Makefile's, look at the CC & GCC environmental variables (I'm > not actually sure if G++ is included there... sorry...) What is the environment variable to set the preprocessor to cpp-3.4 instead of cpp? Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: laptop and different networks

2005-05-12 Thread Bill Thompson
On Thu, 12 May 2005 12:37:54 -0400 "H. S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am supposed to configure a laptop so that is can be connected to a > CAT5 cable on either a home LAN or a university LAN. Currently, the > laptop is configured as a dhcp client in the home network and has a > fixed

something odd

2005-05-12 Thread Marc Jackson
I downloaded the software 2.4.20 to build a new kernel on an alpha machine. It compiled and I have a working kernel. Oddly enough, after booting on the new kernel ... uname -a returned 2.2.20. Can anyone think of why this would happen? Also, I'm trying to get iptables to work. Within the dire

Re: KDE or Picasso?

2005-05-12 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, 11 May 2005 18:28:00 -0600 "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Incoming from kenny B: > > On 5/11/05, Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wednesday 11 May 2005 11:07 pm, kenny B wrote: > > > > I installed KDE... i also tried 'startx' and it just said a bunch of > > > > stuff

[no subject]

2005-05-12 Thread sabina
Please i need driver es 1373

Re: something odd

2005-05-12 Thread c m
> > Oddly enough, after booting on the new kernel ... > uname -a returned 2.2.20. > > Can anyone think of why this would happen? > One idea of a possibility. if you forgot to change your bootloader (LILO) config for using the new kernel image then it still loads the old kernel. Even if you r

Re: something odd

2005-05-12 Thread Lee Braiden
On Thursday 12 May 2005 18:34, Marc Jackson wrote: > I downloaded the software 2.4.20 to build a new kernel on an alpha machine. > > It compiled and I have a working kernel. > > Oddly enough, after booting on the new kernel ... uname -a returned 2.2.20. > > Can anyone think of why this would happen

Re: something odd

2005-05-12 Thread Lee Braiden
On Thursday 12 May 2005 19:07, c m wrote: > if you forgot to change your bootloader (LILO) config > for using the new kernel image then it still loads the > old kernel. > Even if you reinstall LILO after the compile. He's on an Alpha platform, so his bootloader is something other than LILO and g

Re: Kernel Panic on my new custom kernel

2005-05-12 Thread peter colton
On Thursday 12 May 2005 06:07, John Foster wrote: > Kernel Panic on my new custom kernel hello Jon. when you compile the new kernel did you use the --initrd option. by for now peter colton pgp9iC5wGQoCb.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: faxing via broadband

2005-05-12 Thread Lee Braiden
This was a while back, but since I was just looking it up for pointers to online fax services, I'm reply now anyway :) On Friday 06 May 2005 15:00, Gnu-Raiz wrote: > I do think that e-mail would be a better solution, how many people you > know have a fax machine, but no e-mail? > In a simple term

Re: Starting/installing Mysql on debian

2005-05-12 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
--- Ms Linuz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > debian wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > I always installed mysql from source, never had a > problem. > > Now i installed mysql via apt-get > (mysql-common-4.1.0). > > I get the message that it is installed but now i > wonder where it is > > installed ?? >

Re: Internet (Once and for all)

2005-05-12 Thread Kevin Buhr
"David R. Litwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > When I use the script /usr/local/bin/start-pppoe (one of the scripts > that is part of the software), it says no sir; eth0 still > broadcasting. I'm assuming the error message that appears on your screen is *not*: no sir; eth0 still broadc

Re: RealPlayer

2005-05-12 Thread John L Fjellstad
Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think you still need the (very) proprietary binary .dll codecs for > both MPlayer and Xine to work with Real. > http://mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html > > Christian Marillat has packages for these (w32codecs) at > http://ftp.nerim.net/debian-

Re: laptop and different networks

2005-05-12 Thread Tony Godshall
I ended up writing my own little script using iputils-arping. It can tell you if an IP address and MAC address are nearby prior to bringing up an IP address on the port. Then I used the mapping paragraph as described in 'man interfaces' According to H. S., > Hi, > > I am supposed to configure

Re: setting default compiler version

2005-05-12 Thread Michael Marsh
On 5/12/05, Martin Henne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Vangel wrote: > > When using Makefile's, look at the CC & GCC environmental variables (I'm > > not actually sure if G++ is included there... sorry...) > What is the environment variable to set the preprocessor to cpp-3.4 > instead of cpp?

default-display-manager

2005-05-12 Thread jonny dennis
Ive got a debian proxy running gnome, I commented out the line /usr/bin/gdm with a # then when i rebooted the machine it wont startx it just hangs and i have to go to another console and kill the process. can anyone help? any suggestions most apreciated thanks in advance ___

Re: /dev? for USB dvdrw drive?

2005-05-12 Thread Thomas H. George
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 03:38:35PM +0200, z.a.kaleta wrote: > Dnia ??roda, 11 maja 2005 22:07, Thomas H. George napisa??: > The emulation of scsi in 2.6 kernels exist. The problem with usb devices is > that in kernel config normaly used is wrong. > The position CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB has to be put in

Re: your mail

2005-05-12 Thread Stephen R Laniel
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 07:47:22PM +0200, sabina wrote: > Please i need driver es 1373 It looks like the driver for the Ensoniq es1371 sound chip is supported in Linux through the es1371 module. Type cd /lib/modules/`uname -r` Then type find . -iname '*es1371*' You should get a couple drivers

Re: default-display-manager

2005-05-12 Thread Stephen R Laniel
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 08:43:37PM +0100, jonny dennis wrote: > Ive got a debian proxy running gnome, I commented out > the line /usr/bin/gdm with a # then when i rebooted > the machine it wont startx it just hangs and i have to > go to another console and kill the process. can anyone > help? any s

Re:

2005-05-12 Thread Wim De Smet
On 5/12/05, sabina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please i need driver es 1373 In the future, I would advise you to use a subject in your mails and to be a little more verbose with your question. I'm going to assume that you know next to nothing about your kernel configuration. Follow these ste

Problems with Sarge on OldWorld 604e PowerMac: booting, quik, 2.6 kernel, etc.

2005-05-12 Thread Kevin
Hi List- I'm having some difficulty with this combination. I'd like to use quik to boot this OldWorld 7300 PowerMac (604e) directly from the HDD (without any MacOS tools) into a 2.6 kernel. It seems that Debian is the only distribution that makes this practical to do without doing all sorts of s

Re: [newbie] Compile Kernel 2.4.18 with dynamic module support

2005-05-12 Thread Tony Vandiver
Hi Jon, What am I screwing up here? my subject was [newbie] ... not Re: [newbie] ... and the to address was debian-user@lists.debian.org What do I need to do differently to start a new thread? I did actually start the email with a reply all so I could catch the list address, but I changed t

Re: [newbie] Compile Kernel 2.4.18 with dynamic module support

2005-05-12 Thread Angelina Carlton
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 04:46:11PM -0500, Tony Vandiver wrote: > Hi Jon, > > What am I screwing up here? my subject was [newbie] ... not Re: [newbie] > ... and the to address was debian-user@lists.debian.org What do I need to > do differently to start a new thread? I did actually start the

My local debian archive maintenance scripts

2005-05-12 Thread Marty
As the debian archive grows larger, it gets increasingly laborious and time consuming to keep my local debian archive up-to-date. Here are my latest scripts for automating the process (including some remaining manual steps). I'm sure there are better ways to do it, which is one of my reasons for p

clock troubles

2005-05-12 Thread Glenn English
The system clock on one of my machines is running way slow. If I repeatedly run 'date' the second changes once every 3 or 4 seconds. ntpdate will bring it into line, but ntpd can't keep it there. I don't understand how this can happen. My experience with digital electronics says that things almost

Re: clock troubles

2005-05-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/05/05 16:59), Glenn English wrote: > The system clock on one of my machines is running way slow. If I > repeatedly run 'date' the second changes once every 3 or 4 seconds. > ntpdate will bring it into line, but ntpd can't keep it there. > > I don't understand how this can happen. My experie

Re: clock troubles

2005-05-12 Thread Lee Braiden
On Thursday 12 May 2005 23:59, Glenn English wrote: > I don't understand how this can happen. My experience with digital > electronics says that things almost never work half-way; they're fine, > or they're dead. Anybody know what the system clock actually is? A > counter counting the line frequenc

Re: clock troubles

2005-05-12 Thread Marty
Glenn English wrote: The system clock on one of my machines is running way slow. If I repeatedly run 'date' the second changes once every 3 or 4 seconds. ntpdate will bring it into line, but ntpd can't keep it there. I don't understand how this can happen. My experience with digital electronics say

Re: KDE or Picasso?

2005-05-12 Thread Mitchell Laks
On Thursday 12 May 2005 01:32 pm, Micha Feigin wrote: > > CTRL-ALT-F1 gets you to a console prompt. login as root, then > > "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86". Then, CTRL-ALT-F7 takes you back > > Actually Alt-F7. In console you don't use Ctrl. > On all of my 50 Linux installations, Debian, Red

Re: clock troubles

2005-05-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (13/05/05 00:04), Clive Menzies wrote: > On (12/05/05 16:59), Glenn English wrote: > > The system clock on one of my machines is running way slow. If I > > repeatedly run 'date' the second changes once every 3 or 4 seconds. > > ntpdate will bring it into line, but ntpd can't keep it there. > >

Re: Kernel Panic on my new custom kernel

2005-05-12 Thread Rene Tapia
I had the same problem building 2.6.11, and solved it with the --initrd option like Peter mentioned: make-kpkg clean; make-kpkg --initrd kernel-image Note that if you use this option with pristine sources (not Debian's) then you need to change /etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf (see man mkinitrd.conf)

Re: [newbie] Compile Kernel 2.4.18 with dynamic module support

2005-05-12 Thread Colin
Tony Vandiver wrote: > Hi Jon, > > What am I screwing up here? ... ... > I did actually start > the email with a reply all so I could catch the list address Don't reply to an existing email when starting you're own thread. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

X server not working

2005-05-12 Thread soofi
Dear Debian users, I have recently installed Debian on a HPPA Apollo 715/50 workstation. The X server is not working, however, the text mode seems to be OK. Below, I have included the contents of files XFree86.0.log and XFree86.8.log. Is it related to some limitation of the Debian system for HPP

Re: clock troubles

2005-05-12 Thread John Hasler
Marty writes: > I have not yet reported this as a bug. It isn't a bug. You need to recompile your kernel with HZ defined as something less than the default 1000. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: clock troubles

2005-05-12 Thread Alvin Oga
On Thu, 12 May 2005, Glenn English wrote: > The system clock on one of my machines is running way slow. If I > repeatedly run 'date' the second changes once every 3 or 4 seconds. > ntpdate will bring it into line, but ntpd can't keep it there. are you using the same ntp server for ntpdate and n

xwindows

2005-05-12 Thread asc
I can't get this to start it has a failure. How do I reconfigure this? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xwindows

2005-05-12 Thread Angelina Carlton
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 06:04:51PM -0700, asc wrote: > I can't get this to start it has a failure. > > How do I reconfigure this? as root: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 also look at /var/log/XFree86.0.log for errors look for lines beginning with (WW) for warnings and more importantly (EE) fo

Mirrors and apt

2005-05-12 Thread Jim Hall
Using Sarge. I'm currently using the uchicago.edu mirror for updates & upgrades, however it's almost never available on Saturdays. I have used the utility that finds the fastest mirror (netselect, I think). Since this system uses a DSL, I don't believe speed is paramount. Can anyone recommend a

Re: Mirrors and apt

2005-05-12 Thread Stephen R Laniel
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 08:42:38PM -0500, Jim Hall wrote: > Using Sarge. I'm currently using the uchicago.edu mirror for updates & > upgrades, however it's almost never available on Saturdays. I have used > the utility that finds the fastest mirror (netselect, I think). Since > this system uses

Re: default-display-manager

2005-05-12 Thread Ms Linuz
Stephen R Laniel wrote: >On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 08:43:37PM +0100, jonny dennis wrote: > > >>Ive got a debian proxy running gnome, I commented out >>the line /usr/bin/gdm with a # then when i rebooted >>the machine it wont startx it just hangs and i have to >>go to another console and kill the p

Re: Internet (Once and for all)

2005-05-12 Thread David R. Litwin
Here is my problem. When I do this (I've done it countless times), the ppp0 does not show up in ifconfig. That is the problem. How do I solve it?On 12/05/05, Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sorry, I missed the beginning of this thread. But I know how to set uoe. Assuming that your Ethe

Re: default-display-manager

2005-05-12 Thread Robert Vangel
Ms Linuz wrote: This maybe wakky, but simplier. Rename the /etc/init.d/gdm to whatever you like ( i.e. /etc/init.d/gdmnomore ) # update-rc.d gdm remove Oh the possibilities! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sound

2005-05-12 Thread David R. Litwin
lspci returned the following for Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02). lsmod returned this: Module  Size  Used by nls_iso8859_1   4352  1 nls_cp437   6016  1 vfat   13184  1 fat    41792  1 vfat ppp_async

Re: My local debian archive maintenance scripts

2005-05-12 Thread Greg Madden
On Thursday 12 May 2005 02:30 pm, Marty wrote: > As the debian archive grows larger, it gets increasingly laborious > and time consuming to keep my local debian archive up-to-date. Here > are my latest scripts for automating the process (including some > remaining manual steps). > > I'm sure there

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2005-05-12 Thread Lew
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Re: Internet (Once and for all)

2005-05-12 Thread Robert Storey
On Thu, 12 May 2005 22:30:44 -0400 "David R. Litwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is my problem. When I do this (I've done it countless times), the > ppp0 does not show up in ifconfig. That is the problem. How do I > solve it? If you're not getting a ppp0 interface, that simply means you ar

Migrating from Redhat 9 grub questions

2005-05-12 Thread Problem Email
Greetings All, I have a dual boot redhat 9 \ XP. I really like how it works, but I can't say I am a fan of RH. I recently became the proud owner of a Packard Bell machine with a Cyrix MII 300 ---circa 1998, installed Sarge and was astonished by how much more comfortable it made me feel. (The ea

Re: KDE or Picasso?

2005-05-12 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Mitchell Laks: > On Thursday 12 May 2005 01:32 pm, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > > CTRL-ALT-F1 gets you to a console prompt. login as root, then > > > "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86". Then, CTRL-ALT-F7 takes you back > > > > Actually Alt-F7. In console you don't use Ctrl. > > On al

Re: Internet (Once and for all)

2005-05-12 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from David R. Litwin: > > On 12/05/05, Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sorry, I missed the beginning of this thread. But I know how to set up > > pppoe. Assuming that your Ethernet card is already being detected (as ...

Re: default niceness

2005-05-12 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Thanks for the replies. Bill Marcum wrote: On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 09:53:59AM +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello List, as superuser, how can we set up the default niceness for a given user ? You can set it in /etc/security/limits.conf. I have just set a priority number of 15 for concerned group, bu

Re: Best way to back up a disk?

2005-05-12 Thread Svante Signell
Accidentally sent to debian-users instead of debian-user On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 01:16 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > I have a hard disk that is about to crash any time now. does anybody got > suggestions how to best back up to another already installed disk, > remove the faulty disk, install a new

[OT] Test

2005-05-12 Thread Nick
If one person sees this post, would you pls reply? My ISP carries this as a newsgroup, which I know it isn't, But I appear to receive all the posts that are made, albeit through the newsgroup. I've got my newsreader posting set to mail to debian-user@lists.debian.org, which I assume will work.

Re: [OT] Test

2005-05-12 Thread ABrady
On Fri, 13 May 2005 15:38:44 +1000 Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If one person sees this post, would you pls reply? I /think/ it worked. -- Beagle - Innovative Microsoft peer-to-peer software. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

group web software

2005-05-12 Thread Nate Kroll
This is by no means a debian based question, but the software would be on a debian box and everyone on this list seems very knowledgable, so this seems like a great place to start. I'm looking for some web application that will allow the creation and management of community groups. Something l

FW: query on GTK module for python

2005-05-12 Thread Jagadish K , Bangalore
Hi, On Linux system import gtk & import gobject is working fine, where as it's giving error "ImportError: No module named gtk" & "No module named gobject" on windows. Kindly let me know any library modules required to be installed & also the site map. With Regards, Jagadish.K -Original Me

Re: [OT] Test

2005-05-12 Thread Jonathan Kaye
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 En/La Nick ha escrit, a 13/05/05 07:38: | If one person sees this post, would you pls reply? | | My ISP carries this as a newsgroup, which I know it isn't, I'm not sure I understand you. linux.debian.user IS a newsgroup. I'm not subscribed to the list,