Re: Qemu ( was vmware )

2005-07-31 Thread David Baron
On Sunday 31 July 2005 07:24, Eric P wrote: > David Baron wrote: > > Installed from Sid (got rid of my previous local compiled installation). > > Now I need to figure out how to use it. I want to try to run Win98, etc. > > in it. > > what is installed on what mounts? Qemu is installed, normally fr

ethernet bonding

2005-07-31 Thread Matthew Lenz
tring to do a bit of research on the bond interfaces. in the description it talks about sending data out the bonded interfaces in a round robin type fashion. i was under the impression that the bond interfaces were for failover usage. I've got 9 debian servers broken up into 4 different vlan

Re: can't connect with putty

2005-07-31 Thread Daniel McBrearty
> this is confusing message out of context but from what I remember: > > a) can you connect with ssh hostname > b) with ssh IPaddress > c) with putty & hostname > d) with putty & IPaddress > > if yes to b and d, but not to a and c, then it's a DNS thing. > > if yes to a and b, but no to c or d,

Re: ftp fails first time when using apt-get

2005-07-31 Thread Daniel McBrearty
> This isn't a publicly routable IP address, so it's most likely either the > router or the DSL modem acting as a DNS forwarder. This device likely has a > web interface - find its status page and see what DNS server it is using. > > You could also try manually replacing the "192.168.1.1" in /et

Re: can't connect with putty

2005-07-31 Thread Cyprien
On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 06:54:49AM +, Daniel McBrearty wrote: > > this is confusing message out of context but from what I remember: > > > > a) can you connect with ssh hostname > > b) with ssh IPaddress > > c) with putty & hostname > > d) with putty & IPaddress > > > > if yes to b and d, but

Re: ftp fails first time when using apt-get

2005-07-31 Thread Daniel McBrearty
changing resolv.conf seems to have no effect. Is it read at start time or each time a DNS query happens? what's curious is that after I change it reverts back to 192.168.1.1 on a reboot. I guess this must be in response to something the router is telling it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: unziping

2005-07-31 Thread wim
Baloff wrote: Hello I am tying to used my gunzip but it is giving my some pain. here... Script started on Sun Jul 31 09:08:01 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/downloads/Thinking in C++$ ls -l total 336 -rw--- 1 sam sam 338200 Jul 31 08:56 eckelt04.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 sam sam 0 Jul 31 09:08 tmp -r

Re: Inexpensive hardware SATA RAID suggestions?

2005-07-31 Thread Clive Menzies
On (30/07/05 12:13), jennyw wrote: > Anyone care to recommend SATA RAID controllers? > > I'd like to setup a relatively inexpensive box with hardware RAID 1. The > system will use Sarge. I was wondering if anyone had hardware suggestions. > > I found a SATA RAID FAQ at: > > http://linux.yyz.us/

Re: Firewall & IP Forwarding problems

2005-07-31 Thread wim
Ronald Castillo wrote: Hello. I'm trying to connect my pocket pc by wíreless to my VMWare Windows 2000 virtual PC. Which means, I need a completely transparent connection between my eth1 (wireless) and vmnet8 (vmware emulated lan) devices. So far, I've tried using the following script: --

Re: ftp fails first time when using apt-get

2005-07-31 Thread Daniel McBrearty
Daniel McBrearty gmail.com> writes: > > changing resolv.conf seems to have no effect. Is it read at start time or each > time a DNS query happens? > > what's curious is that after I change it reverts back to 192.168.1.1 on a > reboot. I guess this must be in response to something the router is

Re: Inexpensive hardware SATA RAID suggestions?

2005-07-31 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-07-30 12:13:13, schrieb jennyw: > Anyone care to recommend SATA RAID controllers? 3Ware 3w8000-2LPIn germany around 120 Euro > However, it also seems that there some RAID hardware uses other drivers, > such as 3Ware (of course, I'm not sure that 3Ware counts as inexpensive, 3Wa

Local Konstruct KDE Installation

2005-07-31 Thread David Baron
1. Each new version makes a complete set in a directory rather than updating. If it's OK (how does one know 100%?), get rid of the older directory and change the paths. No better way. Too big to keep all of them around--already have two, the 3.3.* and the 3.4.*. 2. OpenOffice prelink--complains

dependency problem

2005-07-31 Thread Paras pradhan
hi all: i have found some dependency problem when doing upgrading gnome.. here is what i have done: 1) apt-get update 2) apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment. here is the problem... --- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/apt# apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment Reading Package Lists..

Tryin' to install Debian on an HP Netserver...

2005-07-31 Thread Harald Husemann
Hi folks, I have an old HP Netserver (nice machine, with a built-in SCSI-RAID and an SMP board). Hardware data: 2 Intel Pentium Pro 200 MMX, 128 MB RAM SCSI-Controllers: two on-board Adaptec AIC 7880U (one free, one for CD-ROM and a 2 GB Boot-HDD) one RAID-Controller Mylex Corporation DAC960P (r

Re: ftp fails first time when using apt-get

2005-07-31 Thread Adam Aube
Daniel McBrearty wrote: > Adam Aube wrote: >> This isn't a publicly routable IP address, so it's most likely either the >> router or the DSL modem acting as a DNS forwarder. This device likely has >> a web interface - find its status page and see what DNS server it is >> using. >> >> You could al

Re: can't connect with putty

2005-07-31 Thread Adam Aube
Cyprien wrote: > On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 06:54:49AM +, Daniel McBrearty wrote: >> > this is confusing message out of context but from what I remember: >> > >> > a) can you connect with ssh hostname >> > b) with ssh IPaddress >> > c) with putty & hostname >> > d) with putty & IPaddress >> > >>

Re: Problem with apache2 and SSL

2005-07-31 Thread Adam Aube
Bryan Arenal wrote: > On 7/30/05, Adam Aube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Is the SSL module enabled ('ls /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/ssl*')? > Yes, the ssl.conf and ssl.load modules are both symlinked over from > mods-available/. Can you post the config section for the host listening on port 443?

Re: wget -c 'problem'

2005-07-31 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 7/30/05, Stephen R Laniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 03:22:52PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > > I am trying to download a 3GB DVD image (wget 'address'), which goes > > well. But after it's interrupted, I can't continue the download (wget > > -c 'address'). The c

Re: Can't locate Apache2.pm in @INC

2005-07-31 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Sunday July 31 2005 00:50, Paul Scott wrote: > on sid I am getting on trying to start Apache2: > Can't locate Apache2.pm in @INC > > and > > Can't load Perl module Apache2 > > I have both packages installed which contain Apache2.pm according to > http://packages.debian.org > > From much Googli

Re: Screen Size

2005-07-31 Thread Kent West
David R. Litwin wrote: >My screen is currently giving me a size of 800 x 600 70MgH. I would >like to change this to the one under (7 or 6 some thing, I believe). > > 640x480? Look in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (or xorg.conf, depending) to make sure this size is defined in that file. >However, when I

switchdesk question

2005-07-31 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; New debian user, old readhat/fedora user. I have sarge installed and had aptitude install both gnome and kde. gnome looks ok I guess althought there are errors, but I'm a kde fan and the utility called 'switchdesk' doesn't seem to be available... I tried to do an 'aptitude install sw

Standard 2.6.8 Debian kernel is not working!! Why? Please help!

2005-07-31 Thread Björn Johansson
Hello! I have installed a Debian 2.6.8 standard kernel from the Debian ftp server using Dselect. But it won't boot up my system! :-( HELP! :-) This is the output: /sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console: No such file Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! The kernel is precompiled btw. My the

Re: switchdesk question

2005-07-31 Thread Clive Menzies
On (31/07/05 09:30), Gene Heskett wrote: > New debian user, old readhat/fedora user. > > I have sarge installed and had aptitude install both gnome and kde. > gnome looks ok I guess althought there are errors, but I'm a kde fan > and the utility called 'switchdesk' doesn't seem to be available...

Re: Sound problem

2005-07-31 Thread Colin
Strake wrote: > Same deal. > > On 7/30/05, *Martin Kenneth Lopez* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > try this > > Re-install alsa and configure it again. > > apt-get remove alsa > apt-get remove alsa-base > > apt-get install alsa > apt-get insta

X vs. tty

2005-07-31 Thread Tran Minh Phuong Anh
Hi all, I've installed Sarge from a netinst CD. I managed to set up X, but since I have X, I can't switch to tty. All I see is a blank screen, though I can login and type commands. When I type reset, a cursor comes up at the upper left corner of the screen for some seconds, but that's all. The pr

Can't locate Apache2.pm in @INC

2005-07-31 Thread Paul Scott
Nicos Gollan wrote: On Sunday July 31 2005 00:50, Paul Scott wrote: on sid I am getting on trying to start Apache2: Can't locate Apache2.pm in @INC and Can't load Perl module Apache2 I have both packages installed which contain Apache2.pm according to http://packages.debian.org From much

Re: wget -c 'problem'

2005-07-31 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 7/30/05, hacker (of golf) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/30/05, Nelson Castillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 7/30/05, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I am trying to download a 3GB DVD image (wget 'address'), which goes > > > well. But after it's interru

Re: switchdesk question

2005-07-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 31 July 2005 09:54, Clive Menzies wrote: >On (31/07/05 09:30), Gene Heskett wrote: >> New debian user, old readhat/fedora user. >> >> I have sarge installed and had aptitude install both gnome and >> kde. gnome looks ok I guess althought there are errors, but I'm a >> kde fan and the util

Re: Standard 2.6.8 Debian kernel is not working!! Why? Please help!

2005-07-31 Thread Rafael Alexandre Schmitt
Em Dom 31 Jul 2005 10:14, Björn Johansson escreveu: > Hello! > > I have installed a Debian 2.6.8 standard kernel from the Debian ftp server > using Dselect. But it won't boot up my system! :-( HELP! :-) > > This is the output: > > /sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console: No such file > Kernel pani

Re: Can't use CD-ROM driver after switching to 2.6.11

2005-07-31 Thread Edward Dunagin
my 2.6.12 puts hdd in /dev/.static/dev/hdd could this be your problem..pointing to the wrong device? --- "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 11:47:05PM +0300, Emre > Sevinc wrote: > > Dear Debian experts, > > > > I was happily using my CD and DVD drives wi

Image for 2.6.12 kernel in Sid?

2005-07-31 Thread Rick Friedman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am I missing it somehow? Is there a package for the 2.6.12 kernel in Sid? I mean an already built kernel-image, not source. I ask because I see a linux-kernel-headers package for 2.6.13! Rick - -- "A child of five would understand this. Send someone

Re: problem with /pen

2005-07-31 Thread wim
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 04:20:26PM +0200, roberto wrote: /mnt/sda1 /penvfatnoauto,user,async,rw0 0 maybe, should i substitute /mnt/sda1 with /dev/sda1 in /etc/fstab ?? Yes. Also change vfat to auto, so that if you happen

Re: can't connect with putty

2005-07-31 Thread wim
Adam Aube wrote: Cyprien wrote: On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 06:54:49AM +, Daniel McBrearty wrote: this is confusing message out of context but from what I remember: a) can you connect with ssh hostname b) with ssh IPaddress c) with putty & hostname d) with putty & IPaddress if yes to b and

Re: Image for 2.6.12 kernel in Sid?

2005-07-31 Thread [KS]
Rick Friedman wrote: > Am I missing it somehow? Is there a package for the 2.6.12 kernel in > Sid? I mean an already built kernel-image, not source. > > I ask because I see a linux-kernel-headers package for 2.6.13! > > Rick > -- > "A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a

Re: ftp fails first time when using apt-get

2005-07-31 Thread wim
Daniel McBrearty wrote: search nameserver 192.168.1.1 Daniel, First check manual if your router succesfully make a connection to the internet. I've used those D-link before on belgian internet providers and sometimes it's hard to get it connected. Especially check the ATM PVC properti

Linksys Wifi Probelm with sarge

2005-07-31 Thread Martin Kenneth Lopez
Hello, I just setup my wifi with my laptop in my house... I have the Linksys Wireless-B 2.4ghz 802.11b Model WPC11-V4 I setup the wireless with the ndiswrappers... is working fine, but when I restart de computer I have to setup everything againeven when I wrote ndiswrapper in the /etc/modul

Re: How do I get the aim transport working with the jabber package?

2005-07-31 Thread wim
Landy Bible wrote: I've installed the jabber package using aptitude, and can connect to the jabber server. I created an account on the server, and it works. Now I'm trying to get the aim transport to work. I've installed the jabber-aim using aptitude. Using Exodus on windows, I try to add an

Re: Screen Size

2005-07-31 Thread David R. Litwin
I know it isn't the Monitor because I screwed up a bit when re-installing. It asks the default size and I gave one that was once size too big. I found the said file and the bits pertaining. But, there seem to be quite a few. Should I change them all or only some? Section "Monitor" Identif

information about mailing list

2005-07-31 Thread roberto
How can i know the complete list of Debian mailing lists i am currently subscribed, since they are many and i do not know them all   Thank you.RobertoDebian Sargekernel 2.6.8 Yahoo! Mail: gratis 1GB per i messaggi, antispam, antivirus, POP3

Re: Standard 2.6.8 Debian kernel is not working!! Why? Please help!

2005-07-31 Thread strawks
Hi, On dim, 2005-07-31 at 15:14 +0200, Björn Johansson wrote: > Hello! > > I have installed a Debian 2.6.8 standard kernel from the Debian ftp server > using Dselect. But it won't boot up my system! :-( HELP! :-) > > This is the output: > > /sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console: No such file

Embedded SQL with Postgres

2005-07-31 Thread Stephan Meyen
Hello, I installed postgresql (7.4.7) on a Debian testing (PowerPC). I'm going to use embedded SQL. I found the ecpg libraries as well as the headers, but I cannot find any program to precompiele my *.pgc files. The Postgres docs say that a program called 'ecpg' should come with a normal postgres

xmms-crossfade plugin failure

2005-07-31 Thread LeVA
Hi! When I select that crossfade output plugin, everytime I try to play music, I get the "Can not open sound device" popup message. The crossfade plugin doesn't work with bultin oss, nor alsa-output nor the oss-output plugins. But if I don't use the crossfade plugin, I can use the ALSA and the

AM radio recorder

2005-07-31 Thread dbp lists
I've been thinking for a while about setting up my debian box to record some AM radio programs... sort of a Tivo for radio. A lot of mp3 players come with FM radio and recording function, but not AM radio. Some TV tuner cards also include radio, but again only FM. THere was one product that the

Re: AM radio recorder

2005-07-31 Thread dbp lists
On 7/31/05, dbp lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I've been thinking about just using a radio (with AM capability, > obviously) and using an 8mm plug (male conneciton on both ends) and > connecting the output of the radio to the input (microphone socket) of > my soundblaster sound card on my l

Re: Standard 2.6.8 Debian kernel is not working!! Why? Please help!

2005-07-31 Thread Björn Johansson
At 18:37 2005-07-31, you wrote: Hi, On dim, 2005-07-31 at 15:14 +0200, Björn Johansson wrote: > Hello! > > I have installed a Debian 2.6.8 standard kernel from the Debian ftp server > using Dselect. But it won't boot up my system! :-( HELP! :-) > > This is the output: > > /sbin/init: 432: cannot

Re: lm_sensors

2005-07-31 Thread phyrster
On 19:38 Sat 30 Jul 2005, Adam Hardy wrote: > When I installed the new kernel with the debian package, I configured it > with make xconfig, but I didn't see any choices for i2c_i801 in the i2c > section. Now I see it, but it is greyed out and I cannot select it. Not sure what's wrong. try 'make

quickcam on 2.6.11 - driver issue

2005-07-31 Thread Frank Guthorel
Hi, I got some issues getting my Logitech Quickcam (USB) to run on kernel 2.6.11-1-686 (Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop). What I found so far : lsusb returns the following : Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:0850 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Web I looked this up - and apparently this is supported through t

Problem with Totem

2005-07-31 Thread Michal Hejduk
Hallo, I have a problem with Totem. When I try to start it from a console, a message: /GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed. ERROR: Could not d

Gnome panel doesn't respond

2005-07-31 Thread Richard Lupton
Hello, I have Gnome 2.8 installed on Debain testing, which was working fine until recently. However, now gnome-panel is broken - it just doesn't respond. It can be restarted, and then it notices changes to themes etc., but when running it doesn't do anything. I've tried adding a new user to the sy

Re: Standard 2.6.8 Debian kernel is not working!! Why? Please help!

2005-07-31 Thread Björn Johansson
At 19:44 2005-07-31, you wrote: On dim, 2005-07-31 at 19:22 +0200, Björn Johansson wrote: > Well.. I haven't specified anything. Like I said > before, I installed a precompiled > package from my Debian system using Dselect. It seems that now kernel packages try to setup the bootloader, but it ma

Making a bootable CD With ISOLINUX

2005-07-31 Thread Steven Pasternak
Hi! I am trying to make a bootable cd, so I installed syslinux and the isolinux manual says that I need a isolinux.bin file to make it work. Debian's syslinux package didn't come with one. Does anybody know where to get/make one? Thanks! -Steven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: AM radio recorder

2005-07-31 Thread Martin McCormick
dbp lists writes: >I've been thinking for a while about setting up my debian box to >record some AM radio programs... sort of a Tivo for radio. A lot of >mp3 players come with FM radio and recording function, but not AM -

Trouble Adding to KDE Menus

2005-07-31 Thread Hal Vaughan
I'm using KDE 3.3.2 and recently I added Nvu to my system, then created a menu item for it on the KDE menu. It stayed until I had to kill X (ctrl-alt-backspace). I tried creating a menu entry, then logging out and logging back in, but it still disappeared. Since then, I added Pingus and K3D

Re: switchdesk question

2005-07-31 Thread Eric Cheney
On Sunday, 31 July 2005 at 10:56:44 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 31 July 2005 09:54, Clive Menzies wrote: > >On (31/07/05 09:30), Gene Heskett wrote: > >> New debian user, old readhat/fedora user. > >> > >> I have sarge installed and had aptitude install both gnome and > >> kde. gnome loo

Re: Screen Size

2005-07-31 Thread Kent West
David R. Litwin wrote: >I know it isn't the Monitor because I screwed up a bit when >re-installing. It asks the default size and I gave one that was once >size too big. > >I found the said file and the bits pertaining. But, there seem to be >quite a few. Should I change them all or only some? > >S

enable ftp

2005-07-31 Thread Maurice O'Regan
by default, a fresh install of sarge includes the ftp module Yet, I cannot connect to the server using say cuteFTP. Do I have to enable something on the debian box ? maurice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: AM radio recorder

2005-07-31 Thread Joachim Fahnenmüller
Hi, On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 10:27:28AM -0700, dbp lists wrote: > I've been thinking for a while about setting up my debian box to > record some AM radio programs... sort of a Tivo for radio. A lot of > mp3 players come with FM radio and recording function, but not AM > radio. Some TV tuner card

Re: enable ftp

2005-07-31 Thread Alex Marz
> by default, a fresh install of sarge includes the ftp module > Yet, I cannot connect to the server using say cuteFTP. > > Do I have to enable something on the debian box ? > > maurice > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EM

kernel upgrade from 2.4 to 2.6.8-2-686

2005-07-31 Thread Herman Swartz
After upgrade at boot time "Linux loading ." appears then system reboots. This happens over and over again. The 2.4 kernel was already set up to use initrd. Any idea what happened in the upgrade and how to fix it? Thanks Herman __ Do You Yaho

Re: AM radio recorder

2005-07-31 Thread dnews
Joachim Fahnenmüller wrote: Hi, On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 10:27:28AM -0700, dbp lists wrote: I've been thinking for a while about setting up my debian box to record some AM radio programs... sort of a Tivo for radio. A lot of mp3 players come with FM radio and recording function, but not AM

Re: kernel upgrade from 2.4 to 2.6.8-2-686

2005-07-31 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 01:39:58PM -0700, Herman Swartz wrote: > After upgrade at boot time "Linux loading ." > appears then system reboots. This happens over and > over again. > > The 2.4 kernel was already set up to use initrd. > > Any idea what happened in the upgrade and how to fix > it?

Re: ls (~) in file name

2005-07-31 Thread wim
Baloff wrote: Hello $ls lists those longfilenames.fil like longfi~.fil only after 6 char it used the tild char instead of the rest of the name. how do I get the whole name, and how to set that as default? many thanks You've probably mounted a fat32 partition as msdos. Try to mount it as vf

Re: Screen Size

2005-07-31 Thread David R. Litwin
On 31/07/05, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David R. Litwin wrote: > > >I know it isn't the Monitor because I screwed up a bit when > >re-installing. It asks the default size and I gave one that was once > >size too big. > > > >I found the said file and the bits pertaining. But, there seem

Re: ugly X fonts on laptop [Re: OK, a second try: New Debian User needs help!]

2005-07-31 Thread Hans-Peter Sulzer
30 July 2005 Tony Godshall wrote: Hello Tony, thanks for your reply. > This list has a lot of traffic, so most people just read > subject lines and read if pertinent. So you're more likely My first message because of my problem to this news group (I know it is indeed a mailing list, but I read

Re: OK, a second try: New Debian User needs help!

2005-07-31 Thread Hans-Peter Sulzer
Hello Emil, 30 July 2005 Emil Khatib wrote: > If you have an nVidia or ATI video card, you should download and > intall their drivers. The same thing happened to me with my nVidia > card. See my reply to Tony Godshall, I have a nVidia GForce FX Go 5200, 64 MB (real graphic, not shared Mem) inbui

Fwd: Re: kernel upgrade from 2.4 to 2.6.8-2-686

2005-07-31 Thread Herman Swartz
Roberto, I responded to your personal email account. My CPU is a Pentium P5. The previous kernel name ended with -586. I didn't see any 2.6.8 kernels ending with -586 ao I loaded the -686. Tried the -386 kernel. The machine boots but Debian v3.1 doesn't come along with it. Herman --- "Roberto

Debian Sarge with 2.6.8 V.S. Canon Powershot A520

2005-07-31 Thread Dan R. Hunt
I am running Sarge with a 2.6.8-2-k7 Kernel and I want to view/copy the pictures on my new Canon Powershot A520 in via the USB cable and gthumb or similar GUI. I need advice, how do I get 'this camera' working? I have been removing the media card and putting the card into a media reader card read

Fwd: Re: Screen Size

2005-07-31 Thread Herman Swartz
The file has to be manually tweeked and tweeked and tweeked. Herman --- "David R. Litwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:26:50 -0400 > From: "David R. Litwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian users > Subject: Re: Screen Size > > On 31/07/05, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Screen Size

2005-07-31 Thread Kent West
David R. Litwin wrote: >On 31/07/05, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>David R. Litwin wrote: >> >> >>>I found the said file and the bits pertaining. But, there seem to be >>>quite a few. Should I change them all or only some? >>> >>> >>Be aware that if you manually tweak this

Re: Screen Size

2005-07-31 Thread Kent West
David R. Litwin wrote: >On 31/07/05, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>David R. Litwin wrote: >> >> >> >>>I know it isn't the Monitor because I screwed up a bit when >>>re-installing. It asks the default size and I gave one that was once >>>size too big. >>> >>> >>You can also

Re: enable ftp

2005-07-31 Thread Glenn English
On Sun, 2005-07-31 at 16:34 -0400, Alex Marz wrote: > > by default, a fresh install of sarge includes the ftp module > > Yet, I cannot connect to the server using say cuteFTP. > > > > Do I have to enable something on the debian box ? > My suggestion is to use vsftpd. Running "apt-get install vsft

Re: Linksys Wifi Probelm with sarge

2005-07-31 Thread wim
Martin Kenneth Lopez wrote: Hello, I just setup my wifi with my laptop in my house... I have the Linksys Wireless-B 2.4ghz 802.11b Model WPC11-V4 I setup the wireless with the ndiswrappers... is working fine, but when I restart de computer I have to setup everything againeven when I wrote

Strange "smart" upgrades in aptitude / synaptic?

2005-07-31 Thread Christian Pernegger
I've recently bitten the bullet and switched from using dselect for package management to aptitude, seeing as it was supposed to be smarter in dealing with complex upgrades. However, aptitude didn't deal at all well with the broken dependencies that crop up on my unstable box. The "upgrade what ca

Re: kernel upgrade from 2.4 to 2.6.8-2-686

2005-07-31 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 01:55:31PM -0700, Herman Swartz wrote: > Roberto, > > The CPU is a Pentium P5 (120Mhz). > > The previous kernel had a -586 on the end of the > package. > > I don't see any kernel upgrades to 2.6.8 with a -586 > at the end. > If there is no -586 kernel, you will need to

Unable to enable IDE harddisc DMA on VIA KT 880, VIA VT 8237 chipset

2005-07-31 Thread J. Grant
[Please include my email address in replies] Hi, I was directed here from another mailing list. I wonder if someone could help me get my hard drives running a a reasonable performance. I installed a debian sarge preview in Jan this year. See attatched install report if you would like to see t

Re: Standard 2.6.8 Debian kernel is not working!! Why? Please help!

2005-07-31 Thread wim
Björn Johansson wrote: [snip] I'm using grub and yes I will look at the config file once I get back to my Linux system.. I have spent at least 24 hours in getting that Sarge system to work, so I really don't like Debian right now, but tomorrow at gets number one in Linux distributions once again

Re: ls (~) in file name

2005-07-31 Thread wim
Baloff wrote: Hello $ls lists those longfilenames.fil like longfi~.fil only after 6 char it used the tild char instead of the rest of the name. how do I get the whole name, and how to set that as default? many thanks Since my previous answer arrived somewhere wrong: You've probably mounted

Re: Screen Size

2005-07-31 Thread David R. Litwin
On 31/07/05, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David R. Litwin wrote: > > >On 31/07/05, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>David R. Litwin wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I know it isn't the Monitor because I screwed up a bit when > >>>re-installing. It asks the default size and I ga

Re: Screen Size

2005-07-31 Thread David R. Litwin
On 31/07/05, David R. Litwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 31/07/05, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David R. Litwin wrote: > > > > >On 31/07/05, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > >>David R. Litwin wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>I know it isn't the Monitor because

Re: information about mailing list

2005-07-31 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello Roberto, hello *, On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 06:36:33PM +0200, roberto wrote: > How can i know the complete list of Debian mailing lists i am > currently subscribed, since they are many and i do not know them all Please see : "If you are uncertain as to whe

Re: Screen Size

2005-07-31 Thread Katipo
David R. Litwin wrote: Hello David, I know it isn't the Monitor because I screwed up a bit when re-installing. It asks the default size and I gave one that was once size too big. Good quality CRTs will handle this, but I must have missed a previous post with this detail. I found the said

Re: Debian Sarge with 2.6.8 V.S. Canon Powershot A520

2005-07-31 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Dan R. Hunt_, on 31/07/05 17:34,typed: > I am running Sarge with a 2.6.8-2-k7 Kernel and I want to view/copy > the pictures on my new Canon Powershot A520 in via the USB cable and > gthumb or similar GUI. > > I need advice, how do I get 'this camera' working? I have been > removing t

Wacom PenPartner serial graphics tablet won't draw

2005-07-31 Thread irrevenant
I'm having a problem with my Wacom PenPartner serial graphics tablet. Using the stylus moves the pointer around correctly, but pressing it down doesn't leave any marks beyond the odd random dot. I've tested this in both The Gimp and Inkscape. Drawing with the mouse works just fine. I tried

Re: Image for 2.6.12 kernel in Sid?

2005-07-31 Thread Rick Friedman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [KS] wrote: > Recently there was a thread(link below) about renaming of kernel package > for debian as there are other projects having their own kernels e.g. Hurd. > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/07/msg03660.html OK... got that. So, as yet,

CP and CPIO Preserving Timestamps?

2005-07-31 Thread Don Swaner
CP and CPIO are not properly preserving modification-time (using the appropriate options) on my Debian sarge system (i686), upgraded from Woody, and upgraded to the 2.6 kernel. CP and CPIO are each mangling atime and ctime in different ways. Aptitude says the stuff I have installed is current

Re: ls (~) in file name

2005-07-31 Thread Matias Rollan
Hola ! On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 11:05:31PM +0200, wim wrote: > Baloff wrote: > >Hello > >$ls > >lists those longfilenames.fil > >like longfi~.fil > >only after 6 char it used the tild char instead of the rest of the > >name. > >how do I get the whole name, and how to set that as default? > > > >man

Re: Image for 2.6.12 kernel in Sid?

2005-07-31 Thread Bryan Donlan
On 7/31/05, Rick Friedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > [KS] wrote: > > Recently there was a thread(link below) about renaming of kernel package > > for debian as there are other projects having their own kernels e.g. Hurd. > > http://lists.debian

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KDE 3.4 on Debian

2005-07-31 Thread Michael Satterwhite
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Re: KDE 3.4 on Debian

2005-07-31 Thread Bryan Donlan
On 7/31/05, Michael Satterwhite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know some people here are running KDE 3.4. What method did you use to > install it. http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/docs/install.html

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2005-07-31 Thread Alberto Cupul
hola, soy nuevo en este sistema, pero tengo un problema, no puedo no instalar el synaptik (uso esta linea de codigo: apt-get install sinaptik y me dice q no lo pudo encontrar). y tambien no puedo cambiar los permisos de mis unidades. Espero me puedan ayudar.

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2005-07-31 Thread Nelson Castillo
On 7/31/05, Alberto Cupul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hola, soy nuevo en este sistema, pero tengo un problema, no puedo no > instalar el synaptik (uso esta linea de codigo: apt-get install > sinaptik y me dice q no lo pudo encontrar). Hi. You should subscribe to de debian-user-spanish

Strange modules loading problem

2005-07-31 Thread Tong
Hi, I have the following devices in my system: hda: SONY CD-RW CRX195E1, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdc: HL-DT-ST GCE-8526B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdd: Toshiba DVD-ROM DSM-1712, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive I want my hda and hdc to be ide-scsi device, while hdd being ide-cd. This is my /etc/modules -

Re: information about mailing list

2005-07-31 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday 31 July 2005 09:36 am, roberto wrote: > How can i know the complete list of Debian mailing lists i am > currently subscribed, since they are many and i do not know them > all Check out http://lists.debian.org/ for complete mailing list information for Debian. pgpXBaAVwKref.pgp Descrip

Re: Problems with apt

2005-07-31 Thread David A. Cobb
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > David A. Cobb wrote: > >> After using it successfully several times a week, every run of apt-get >> or aptitude now ends with: >> >> E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room >> E: Error occurred while processing python2.3 (NewVersion2) >> E: Problem with MergeList >> /var/lib/apt/l

Re: Screen Size Solved

2005-07-31 Thread David R. Litwin
(For completion: My monitor was only showing me some of the screen (I. E.: The image was in a black box). I increased the image's size via the On Screen Display of my Monitor.) Alright. I'm going to say this and I feel kind of bad. I got rather fed up with a small screen so I enlarged it on my OSD

Re: your mail

2005-07-31 Thread Ishwar Rattan
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005, Alberto Cupul wrote: > hola, soy nuevo en este sistema, pero tengo un problema, no puedo no > instalar el synaptik (uso esta linea de codigo: apt-get install > sinaptik y me dice q no lo pudo encontrar). Try apt-get install synaptic -iswhar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: your mail

2005-07-31 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 08:15:04PM -0500, Alberto Cupul wrote: > hola, soy nuevo en este sistema, pero tengo un problema, no puedo no > instalar el synaptik (uso esta linea de codigo: apt-get install > sinaptik y me dice q no lo pudo encontrar). > y tambien no puedo cambiar los permisos d

udev - easy setup ?

2005-07-31 Thread Uwe Dippel
Hi, and yes, I read the great source written by Dan: http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html Only, it is too difficult for me to understand, and I read it a few times. Though I have to consider the idea to create the device nodes as phantastic, I also have to dismiss its current impleme

Re: switchdesk question

2005-07-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 31 July 2005 15:34, Eric Cheney wrote: >On Sunday, 31 July 2005 at 10:56:44 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Sunday 31 July 2005 09:54, Clive Menzies wrote: >> >On (31/07/05 09:30), Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> New debian user, old readhat/fedora user. >> >> >> >> I have sarge installed and

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