upgrading to VMWare Server 1.0.5 on kernel 2.6.24-1

2008-03-29 Thread Γιώργος Πάλλας
For those of you who upgraded to the latest lenny kernel 2.6.24-1 and found out that not only vmware server 1.0.5 (released a couple of days ago) does not install, but the usual vmware-any-any update does not help: http://www.debian-administration.org/users/gpall/weblog/5 Cheers, G. -- To UNSU

Re: Gnome power manager + custom suspend script

2008-03-29 Thread Michael Biebl
David Purton wrote: > Hi all, > > What is the proper way to use custom suspend scripts with gnome power > manager? > > Current, I call my custom script from > /usr/lib/hal/scripts/hal-system-power-suspend > > This works, but the changes get overwritten every time this file is > upgraded... > >

Just testing.

2008-03-29 Thread Chris Walters
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Just testing, because I haven't gotten a message from this list for over 12 hours. Regards, Chris -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iD8DBQFH7pGFUx1jS/ORyCsRCh+mAJ9DhWmBlS/HjiTNILsOk1juz9t4RQCfchCw 0Y/hS2nE4mNoFc65yR88MUY= =aVgC -END PGP SIGNATURE

Re: no sound on compaq armada 7770dmt with ess-1878 sound card

2008-03-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 07:00:25PM -0700, joseph lockhart wrote: > well i have been working on getting an old compaq > armada 7770dmt up and running with debian etch 4.0r2. > everything works good, only i cannot get alsa to find > the sound card at boot, sound card is a ess-1878. > > added the sou

Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-03-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 08:30:16PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > are searching for completely unrelated terms (say, "Barack Obama" or > "gravid platypus" [0]) more than they used to. > > Daniel > > [0] I think the next Ubuntu release should be named "gravid platypus", > don't you? ;-)

Re: /etc/hosts + resolvconf (was Re: associating names and addresses)

2008-03-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 09:39:22PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:22:41PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-cache policy resolvconf > > resolvconf: > > Installed: (none) > > [..] > > > > So thats ok? But If resolvconf is insta

Re: I would like to give my congradulation

2008-03-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 08:43:53AM -0600, Walt L. Williams wrote: > Greetings all > > I just made the move from SuSE 10.3 to Debian Etch. > > When I updated from SuSE 10.0 to 10.3 I found myself > disgusted at how unpolished and rough it was. Things > that worked before didn't after the update.

Re: IBM DB2 V9.5 32 bits failed to allocate share memory

2008-03-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 09:46:19AM +0100, cypherstrong wrote: > I have already try to change it manually but DB2 auto rewrite the shmmax > value Even in redhat? But it works in redhat? > I have try to start db2 and after set the shmmax, but they still crash > with same error. Annoying. > Perha

Re: Cannot boot from root lvm volume: lvm2 broken?

2008-03-29 Thread Benjamin Kircher
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Andrew Sackville-West < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 08:32:50PM +0100, Benjamin Kircher wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > > > need some advice over here. Installed Etch from netinstall iso and > upgraded > > to sid, which works flawlessly. All par

Re: [OT] searching for crm

2008-03-29 Thread cypherstrong
Try this RedMine !!! It's the best I have ever try !!! Totally write in ruby, with apache2 + fastcgi it's rock !!! They support a lot of think, workflow, task, good for project, support for versioning tools (subversion, cvs, dark, mercurial ...) Martin Marcher a écrit : Hi, I'm looking for

Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-03-29 Thread Chris Walters
Chris Bannister wrote: On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 08:30:16PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: are searching for completely unrelated terms (say, "Barack Obama" or "gravid platypus" [0]) more than they used to. Daniel [0] I think the next Ubuntu release should be named "gravid platypus", don

Installing GTK+

2008-03-29 Thread John Salmon
How does one go about installing GTK+ into Debian Etch using Aptitude? -- John Salmon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted via Pronews.com - Premium Corporate Usenet News Provider http://www.pronews.com offers corporate packages that have access to 100,000+ newsgroups -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Mounting Windows Samba shares without using smbfs

2008-03-29 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
As smbfs is no longer maintained, what is the proper way to mount samba shares in linux? Most of the user guides out there rely on 'mount -t smbfs ' to mount windows shares. I heard there is a mount -t cifs? But that doesn't seem to work in etch box that I have. In the meantime, I am usin

Re: Just testing.

2008-03-29 Thread steve
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Walters wrote: | Just testing, because I haven't gotten a message from this list for over | 12 hours. | | Regards, | Chris 2nd message like that today, must be your guys ISP? Ive been getting messages all day. - -- Steve Reilly http://reil

Re: AT Package Requires Courier MTA

2008-03-29 Thread Brian
Jochen Schulz wrote: Andrei Popescu: at depends on mail-transport-agent provided by courier-mta. Just pick your favorite and install it along with at like: aptitude install at postfix Or to get a list of all packages providing mail-transport-agent: $ aptitude search ~Pmail-transport-agent p

Re: Installing GTK+

2008-03-29 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 12:05:50PM -0500, John Salmon wrote: > How does one go about installing GTK+ into Debian Etch using Aptitude? > - % apt-cache search libgtk|grep -vi perl|grep -vi ruby|grep -vi java|grep -vi opengl|grep -vi html|grep -vi ocaml|sort|more

Re: Installing GTK+

2008-03-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 12:05:50PM -0500, John Salmon wrote: > How does one go about installing GTK+ into Debian Etch using Aptitude? Please explain what you are trying to achieve. GTK is a library used by various programs. If a Debian program requires the library it will get installed automatic

Re: Just testing.

2008-03-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 02:59:20PM -0400, Chris Walters wrote: > Just testing, because I haven't gotten a message from this list for over 12 > hours. There was some scheduled downtime on some provider, probably the one hosting liszt.debian.org. I don't know where it was announced, I just saw a

Re: Errant ld-linux.so.2

2008-03-29 Thread KS
Patrick Wiseman wrote: > Every now and then, I have an apparently memory-leaking ld-linux.so.2 > process running. When I kill it, nothing else seems adversely > affected. Is there some way I can identify what's spawned it? > > Patrick > > I have seen this happen several times in the last few

Re: Just testing.

2008-03-29 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 29 March 2008 02:19:37 pm steve wrote: > Chris Walters wrote: > | Just testing, because I haven't gotten a message from this list for over > | 12 hours. > | > | Regards, > | Chris > > 2nd message like that today, must be your guys ISP? Ive been getting > messages all day. I don't know

Re: AT Package Requires Courier MTA

2008-03-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 06:47:32PM +0100, Brian wrote: [huge snip] > aptitude install at exim4-daemon-light > Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig > Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut... Fertig > Lese erweiterte Statusinformationen > Initialisiere Paketstatus... Fertig > Lese Task-Beschreibungen..

Re: /etc/hosts + resolvconf (was Re: associating names and addresses)

2008-03-29 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 03:13:27AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 09:39:22PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > If you want more definitive UNIX networking, try "UNIX System > > Administration Handbook". > > Rather expensive last time I saw it. :-( Sure, about $80 new. Ho

Re: Cannot boot from root lvm volume: lvm2 broken?

2008-03-29 Thread Benjamin Kircher
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Jack Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:32:50 +0100 > "Benjamin Kircher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > > > need some advice over here. Installed Etch from netinstall iso and > upgraded > > to sid, which works flawless

Re: I would like to give my congradulation

2008-03-29 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
Chris Bannister wrote: > I think xmms is no more anyway. A number of distros have dropped xmms. As far as I vaguely remember, the reason is that it still uses gtk1, and there were certain problems preventing it from being upgraded to gtk2. Audacious is one of its successors, you could use that on

Re: Plone, zc.buildout, and Etch

2008-03-29 Thread Freddy Freeloader
Freddy Freeloader wrote: Hi all, Is anyone else out there using buildout to create Plone 3 installs on Etch? I've been running into really strange errors when using buildout on Etch which no one in the Plone community is able to help me with. I cannot even complete a default buildout on Etch

[OT] Paste board on the Internet

2008-03-29 Thread T o n g
Hi, I once saw people put their long log output (eg xorg log) to the Internet "paste board" to shorten the question here. But can't find such posts any more. So, do you know any Internet "paste board" that is hassle free? which one do your prefer and/or suggest? Thanks -- Tong (remove unders

Re: [OT] Paste board on the Internet

2008-03-29 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 01:45:07PM +, T o n g wrote: > I once saw people put their long log output (eg xorg log) to the Internet > "paste board" to shorten the question here. But can't find such posts any > more. So, > > do you know any Internet "paste board" that is hassle free? > which one

configure error: C compiler cannot create executables

2008-03-29 Thread andy baxter
hello, I am trying to compile the latest version of mod_python for apache2 on a small debian server. (Because the debian version seems to be broken). I have downloaded the tgz file, unpacked it, installed gcc, and run ./configure, and it gives this output: whale:/local/usr/src/mod_python-3.3

apache2 does not display blosxom blog

2008-03-29 Thread Russell L. Harris
Faced with the prospect of frequent regular updates to WordPress (entirely too much hassle; this appears to be a result of the recent acquisition of WordPress by Google(?)), I am considering a return to blosxom. But I have misplaced my notes from my previous installation of blosxom, and I have not

Re: Just testing.

2008-03-29 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/29/08 16:19, steve wrote: > Chris Walters wrote: > | Just testing, because I haven't gotten a message from this list for over > | 12 hours. > | > | Regards, > | Chris > > 2nd message like that today, must be your guys ISP? Ive been getting > me

Re: [OT] Paste board on the Internet

2008-03-29 Thread Stefan Valouch
Am Sonntag, 30. März 2008 00:16:20 schrieb Douglas A. Tutty: > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 01:45:07PM +, T o n g wrote: > > I once saw people put their long log output (eg xorg log) to the Internet > > "paste board" to shorten the question here. But can't find such posts any > > more. So, > > > > d

Re: configure error: C compiler cannot create executables

2008-03-29 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
andy baxter wrote: > this is what seems to be the relevant part of config.log: > > gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21) > configure:1591: $? = 0 > configure:1593: gcc -V &5 > gcc: '-V' option must have argument > configure:1596: $? = 1 > configure:1619: checking for C compile

Re: configure error: C compiler cannot create executables

2008-03-29 Thread Axqd
I've ever run into this problem under ubuntu. I fixed it with: #apt-get install build-essential On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > andy baxter wrote: > > > this is what seems to be the relevant part of config.log: > > > > gcc version 4.1.2 200611

Re: configure error: C compiler cannot create executables

2008-03-29 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/29/08 20:45, Axqd wrote: > I've ever run into this problem under ubuntu. I fixed it with: Do you mean "even" or "never"? > #apt-get install build-essential - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -BEGIN PGP SIGNAT

Re: Reg Blind

2008-03-29 Thread Kevin Mark
Hi Suzy, I am forwarding your request to the Debian-user mailing list, as that would be a better place to ask. The Debian-project list is for questions about the Debian project and not for help with using Debian. Cheers, Kev On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 09:11:13PM +, Suzy Hesketh wrote: > Hi > > I

[OT] Old Laptop

2008-03-29 Thread Rich Healey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 02:38:32PM +1100, Rich Healey wrote: >> 9.2 was the only version i ever used (and didn't totally hate), it was >> the only distro that everything worked off the bat with my ancient >> laptop, debian wit

Re: want to speed up laptop

2008-03-29 Thread Rich Healey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 09:12:06AM -0500, Preston Boyington wrote: >> Chris Bannister wrote: >> >>> Where are your bottlenecks? >> currently my two biggest bottlenecks are with the networking and the >> MTA. i installed "if

Re: AT Package Requires Courier MTA

2008-03-29 Thread Brian
Jochen Schulz wrote: Andrei Popescu: at depends on mail-transport-agent provided by courier-mta. Just pick your favorite and install it along with at like: aptitude install at postfix Or to get a list of all packages providing mail-transport-agent: $ aptitude search ~Pmail-transport-agent p

Re: configure error: C compiler cannot create executables

2008-03-29 Thread Axqd
Sorry, english is not my mother tongue. Actually, what I mean is that: *I have encountered this issue before, under ubuntu* On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On 03/29/08 20:45, Axqd wrote: > > I've eve

Re: [OT] Paste board on the Internet

2008-03-29 Thread Mumia W..
On 03/29/2008 08:45 AM, T o n g wrote: Hi, I once saw people put their long log output (eg xorg log) to the Internet "paste board" to shorten the question here. But can't find such posts any more. So, do you know any Internet "paste board" that is hassle free? which one do your prefer and/or

Re: configure error: C compiler cannot create executables

2008-03-29 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 No problem. Just wanted to clarify... On 03/29/08 21:31, Axqd wrote: > Sorry, english is not my mother tongue. > Actually, what I mean is that: > *I have encountered this issue before, under ubuntu* > > On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Ron Johnson

Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-03-29 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 03:13:46AM +1300, Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 08:30:16PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > are searching for completely unrelated terms (say, "Barack Obama" or > > "gravid platypus" [0]) more than they used to. > > > > D

Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-03-29 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/29/08 21:44, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 03:13:46AM +1300, Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > was heard to say: >> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 08:30:16PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: >>> are searching for completely unrelated

Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-03-29 Thread Owen Townend
On 30/03/2008, Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 08:30:16PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > are searching for completely unrelated terms (say, "Barack Obama" or > > "gravid platypus" [0]) more than they used to. > > > > Daniel > > > > [0] I think the next U

Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-03-29 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/29/08 22:09, Owen Townend wrote: [snip] > > Hey, > They also alphabetically increment with each release and Gutsy Gibbon, > Hardy Herron and Intrepid Ibex are the current timeline releases for > 7.10, 8.04 and 8.10 respectively. So it'll have

Re: Reg Blind

2008-03-29 Thread Mumia W..
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 09:11:13PM +, Suzy Hesketh wrote: Hi I am registered blind but I do have some limited sight. I have never used Debian but I have looked at Dream. My IRC administrator uses Debian and so does my friend who runs the UK server and he has asked me to be an Operator on

HP Photosmart and Epson Stylus Photo printer compatibility?

2008-03-29 Thread Marc Shapiro
I am in the market for a new printer and I like HP for Linux compatibility. So I went to linuxprinting.org and printed out the list of HP printers to take with me to Fry's. Fry's has the HP PhotoSmart D7160, D7260 and D7460. The listing on linuxprinting.org has the PhotoSmart D7100, 7200 and