Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit

2011-02-09 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Darac Marjal put forth on 2/8/2011 9:05 AM: > IIRC, i386 should work fine whichever style of 64-bit it is. However, > one of the reasons why Intel switched from IA64 to AMD64 was that IA64 > is terrible at executing 32-bit code. You are woefully misinformed. First, IA64 Itanium is alive and well

Re: Server freezing under heavy cpu / disk / network load

2011-02-09 Thread Davide Mirtillo
Il 09/02/2011 08:32, shawn wilson ha scritto: >> I installed the 32bit OS because the 64bit ones i tried were crashing >> miserably. I know i shouldnt be using the 32bit bigmem kernel, but it >> was the default when i installed lenny using the preconfigured images >> from the datace

Re: Skype

2011-02-09 Thread Raffaele Morelli
2011/2/8 Simon Brandmair > Hi, > > On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:20:02 +0100 Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > I wonder if anyone of you is currently using skype on debian amd64 and > > which app are you using. > > I am successfully running the Ubuntu 8.10+ 64-bit version on debian > squeeze 64bit. > > Cheers

Re: Configuring QLogic QLA4010c on Debian on Sparc

2011-02-09 Thread Stan Hoeppner
RR put forth on 2/8/2011 11:55 AM: > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> Thoroughly read the Debian iSCSI HBA documentation, specifically the >> sections >> relating to the QLA4xxx series adapters. >> >> -- >> Stan >> > > Thanks Stan, will have a look and see what I can find

Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit

2011-02-09 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Bret Busby put forth on 2/8/2011 11:43 PM: > > Could the Release Notes include a component that matches CPU model with > appropriate distribution version? > > Many 64 bit CPU's exist, but it can be difficult to determine whether they > should have the i386 (which no longer works with the i386, fr

VMware Converter equivalent

2011-02-09 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Hi all, I recently bought a laptop with a microsoft windows 7 OEM OS. I would like to convert into a virtual machine for later use in VirtualBox. * I tried using restore DVD, but upon installation within VirtualBox it keeps on claiming an insane amount of disk space for installation * I tried u

Re: Server freezing under heavy cpu / disk / network load

2011-02-09 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Davide Mirtillo put forth on 2/9/2011 1:06 AM: >> Is this a brand name server, white box, DIY? If the latter, what >> motherboard? > > It's a low end dedicated server i am renting. I've had it for about a > week now. FULL STOP! Don't pay another cent for that crap. Demand they switch you to

Re: Squeeze and Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Pro 4000

2011-02-09 Thread Hans Vogelsberger
On 2011-02-04 04:47, Brian Ryans wrote: Quoting Slobodan Aleksić on 2011-01-15 14:25:23: I own a Logitech QuickCamPro and it doesn't work with Squeeze, >> Slightly offtopic here. Indeed? For me that seems fully on topic here! -- - li@schwaz.net aktzeptiert nur Mails, die im "

stable-updates versus volatile

2011-02-09 Thread Tom Furie
On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 09:20:04PM -0800, Mark wrote: > Thank you, Rob. This is very very helpful. In step 2, you not only changed > "lenny" to "squeeze" but also "debian-volatile" to "squeeze-updates" in the > following lines? Or did you do something else? Sorry for the extra > question, this

Re: VMware Converter equivalent

2011-02-09 Thread Gianluca Gargiulo
Hi, i have converted any Windows XP based Acer PC to VirtualBox VMs using Disk2VHD (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415), but after i have replaced all hal*.dll in windows\system32 for start the machine. you could to try CloneZilla LiveCD yet. - Messaggio originale -

Re: Squeeze and Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Pro 4000

2011-02-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4d525d0a.9090...@schwaz.net>, Hans Vogelsberger wrote: >On 2011-02-04 04:47, Brian Ryans wrote: >> Quoting Slobodan Aleksić on 2011-01-15 14:25:23: >>> I own a Logitech QuickCamPro and it doesn't work with Squeeze, >>> >> >> Slightly offtopic here. > >Indeed? For me that seems fully on topic

Re: stable-updates versus volatile

2011-02-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20110209093337.ga13...@furie.org.uk>, Tom Furie wrote: >On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 09:20:04PM -0800, Mark wrote: >> Thank you, Rob. This is very very helpful. In step 2, you not only >> changed "lenny" to "squeeze" but also "debian-volatile" to >> "squeeze-updates" in the following lines? Or di

Re: Server freezing under heavy cpu / disk / network load

2011-02-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4d5259c3.4060...@hardwarefreak.com>, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >Davide Mirtillo put forth on 2/9/2011 1:06 AM: >>> Is this a brand name server, white box, DIY? If the latter, what >>> motherboard? >> >> It's a low end dedicated server i am renting. I've had it for about a >> week now. > >FULL STOP

Re: Server freezing under heavy cpu / disk / network load

2011-02-09 Thread Davide Mirtillo
Il 09/02/2011 10:09, Stan Hoeppner ha scritto: > Davide Mirtillo put forth on 2/9/2011 1:06 AM: > >>> Is this a brand name server, white box, DIY? If the latter, what >>> motherboard? >> >> It's a low end dedicated server i am renting. I've had it for about a >> week now. > > FULL STOP! > > Do

Re: Firware drivers?

2011-02-09 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Mark a écrit : > > When I try to see what the firmware-linux metapackage contains, the > debian webpage returns an error (??) > (http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/firmware-linux). It seems that the squeeze/stable database at packages.debian.org is currently broken. Any search reports no found p

Re: stable-updates versus volatile

2011-02-09 Thread Tom Furie
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 03:50:58AM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > I think the implication was that the release notes doesn't tell you how to > edit the lines that refer to volatile. Well, there's an example squeeze-updates entry in the release notes. That along with the statement that s

replacement voor kuickshow

2011-02-09 Thread steef
hi list, installed debian 6.0 with xfce4. works like a charm for the [simple] things i need here, groningen, and in the gambia. a question: i miss kpackage and kuickshow. are there 'stand-alone' replacements for these kackages in 6.0? i know of 'apt-cache search etc' and the [many] function

Re: best labtop for debian

2011-02-09 Thread Jochen Schulz
Andrei Popescu: > > Of course, a ThinkPad is not perfect for everyone, True. > here are some possible cons: > > - battery life is not very good Depends on the model and the battery. > - quite heavy Dito. My 12" X200 weighs less than 1.5kg. Quite portable, I would say. > - many models have o

Re: KPackage

2011-02-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Ma, 08 feb 11, 18:36:44, lrhorer wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > On Lu, 07 feb 11, 18:45:31, lrhorer wrote: > >> > >> For whatever reason, someone has decided to remove KPackage from the > >> Debian distro. 'Really bad idea, if you ask me. Anyway, when I > > > > AFAIU, kpackage lacks s

Iceweasel Flash lost after upgrade (but Chrome still works)

2011-02-09 Thread Alan Chandler
I have just upgraded to Wheezy (as default) from Squeeze but I also have experimental and unstable repositories available as main and non-free I actually have iceweasel 3.6 installed from experimental (as I did before the upgrade) However during the process I have lost the ability to play fla

Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit

2011-02-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 09 feb 11, 13:43:59, Bret Busby wrote: > > So, it would be useful for the Release Notes to include a list of > CPU's, and show which is the appropriate version of the > distribution, for each CPU model. There are two problems I can think of with this approach: - who is going to maintain t

Re: Sticking with Lenny

2011-02-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Ma, 08 feb 11, 20:14:41, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Andrei Popescu > wrote: > > On Ma, 08 feb 11, 14:28:34, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >> In <20110208174911.GT6759@think.homelan>, Andrei Popescu wrote: > >> > > >> >you can run > >> > > >> >    aptitude search ~S~i~Asta

libqt4 not found on stable debian6

2011-02-09 Thread abdelkader belahcene
Hi, I tried to install lyx 2 (last version) from source. I got a problem :libqt4 not found !!! I have installed almost qt4 library here is the list dpkg -S libqt4 | awk '{print $1}' libqt4-assistant libqt4-core libqt4-dbus libqt4-designer libqt4-dev libqt4-gui libqt4-help libqt4-multim

Re: best labtop for debian

2011-02-09 Thread Bob
On 02/09/2011 03:45 PM, shawn wilson wrote: i agree, the thinkpad is solid. personally, i got a macbook pro because i wanted 2x+ the battery that even the best thinkpad could offer. however, this isn't linux (bsd at best). SWMBO has a Macbook, I couldn't even access the hard drive from Knoppix

Re: Multimedia Lenny is History!

2011-02-09 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:12:26 -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 02:19:22PM -0800, freeman wrote: >> As of Monday: >> >> http://debian-multimedia.org/ Which is very bad, IMO... These things should have been warned weeks or months ago, now people that have any package from that rep

Re: Sticking with Lenny

2011-02-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Ma, 08 feb 11, 20:14:41, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Andrei Popescu > wrote: > > On Ma, 08 feb 11, 14:28:34, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >> In <20110208174911.GT6759@think.homelan>, Andrei Popescu wrote: > >> > > >> >you can run > >> > > >> >    aptitude search ~S~i~Asta

64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Boblitz John
We are internally debating whether to install the 64bit port on our 64bit machine. Are there any reasons to NOT use the 64bit port? Cheers, John Boblitz

Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit

2011-02-09 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:43:59 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > Could the Release Notes include a component that matches CPU model with > appropriate distribution version? (...) For someone who is going to install an OS, that's something that should be found by the user itself. More than a mere "techni

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Raffaele Morelli
2011/2/9 Boblitz John > We are internally debating whether to install the 64bit port on our 64bit > machine. > > Are there any reasons to NOT use the 64bit port? > > Cheers, > > John Boblitz > ?! :-) IMHO I see no reasons at all. I am running amd64 (both on production servers and desktops) bef

Re: Sticking with Lenny

2011-02-09 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 5:40 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Ma, 08 feb 11, 20:14:41, Tom H wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Andrei Popescu >> wrote: >> > On Ma, 08 feb 11, 14:28:34, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> >> In <20110208174911.GT6759@think.homelan>, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> >>

Re: VMware Converter equivalent

2011-02-09 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:05:10 +0100, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > I recently bought a laptop with a microsoft windows 7 OEM OS. I > would like to convert into a virtual machine for later use in > VirtualBox. > > * I tried using restore DVD, but upon installation within VirtualBox it > keeps on cla

Re: Wheezy is up and running.

2011-02-09 Thread Hans Vogelsberger
On 2011-02-07 08:45, Jimmy Johnson wrote: You all know by know that Squeeze has been released, thank you Debian Developers, now starts the development of the next Debian release, Wheeze, just change the sources.list from squeeze to wheeze and dist-upgrade, 369 upgrades for me. Ah, yes, I am on

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Wednesday 09 February 2011 11:57:49 Boblitz John wrote: > We are internally debating whether to install the 64bit port on our > 64bit machine. > > Are there any reasons to NOT use the 64bit port? > > Cheers, > > John Boblitz Using 32 bit port you can worn out only half of your CPU, keeping

Re: Iceweasel Flash lost after upgrade (but Chrome still works)

2011-02-09 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:05:57 +, Alan Chandler wrote: > I have just upgraded to Wheezy (as default) from Squeeze but I also have > experimental and unstable repositories available as main and non-free > > I actually have iceweasel 3.6 installed from experimental (as I did > before the upgrade)

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:57:49 +0100, Boblitz John wrote: > We are internally debating whether to install the 64bit port on our > 64bit machine. > > Are there any reasons to NOT use the 64bit port? Sure, there still some applications that are not natively ported to 64 bits, like Skype (recently

Re: docx, openoffice, squeeze

2011-02-09 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 06:55:38PM +0100, Andreas Goesele wrote: > solution ... (For instance some people with amd64-systems and squeeze > seemed to need the odf-converter ... only it worked for them: > http://www.pc-freak.net/blog/open-microsoft-office-2007-docx-files-in-amd64-debian-squeeze-

Re: replacement voor kuickshow

2011-02-09 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:45:58 +0100, steef wrote: > installed debian 6.0 with xfce4. works like a charm for the [simple] > things i need here, groningen, and in the gambia. > > a question: i miss kpackage and kuickshow. are there 'stand-alone' > replacements for these kackages in 6.0? i know of 'a

Re: Server freezing under heavy cpu / disk / network load

2011-02-09 Thread kuLa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/02/11 09:55, Davide Mirtillo wrote: sic > If anyone knows about VPS/dedicated machines with specs (and possibly > budget) similar to this [*], you can let me know at this email address. > > [*] http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produkte_rootserve

Re: best labtop for debian

2011-02-09 Thread Christopher Judd
On Tuesday 08 February 2011 21:24:28 Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > on 15:23 Tue 08 Feb, Celejar (cele...@gmail.com) wrote: > > I'm curious - everyone has always seemed to love ThinkPads, but I've > > never understood what exactly makes them so popular. I'm not > > disagreeing or challenging - I've neve

Re: libqt4 not found on stable debian6

2011-02-09 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:25:37 +0100, abdelkader belahcene wrote: > I tried to install lyx 2 (last version) from source. I got a problem : > libqt4 not found !!! Better if you put the exact error message you are getting. (...) > it seems that libqt4-core doesn't contains the require lib wh

Re: Skype

2011-02-09 Thread Raffaele Morelli
2011/2/9 Wolodja Wentland > On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 09:46 +0100, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > 2011/2/8 Simon Brandmair > > >> I am successfully running the Ubuntu 8.10+ 64-bit version on debian > >> squeeze 64bit. > > > well, I finally installed ia32-* and followed this thread on debian forum >

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 09 feb 11, 11:57:49, Boblitz John wrote: > We are internally debating whether to install the 64bit port on our > 64bit machine. > > Are there any reasons to NOT use the 64bit port? Here are some things I have encountered: - skype works only with some ugly hacks - flash had some securit

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 09 feb 11, 16:20:31, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mi, 09 feb 11, 11:57:49, Boblitz John wrote: > > We are internally debating whether to install the 64bit port on our > > 64bit machine. > > > > Are there any reasons to NOT use the 64bit port? > > Here are some things I have encountered: >

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:21:49 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mi, 09 feb 11, 16:20:31, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> On Mi, 09 feb 11, 11:57:49, Boblitz John wrote: >> > We are internally debating whether to install the 64bit port on our >> > 64bit machine. >> > >> > Are there any reasons to NOT use

Re: Possible bug in nfs-common (Lenny != Squeeze)?

2011-02-09 Thread Mario Kleinsasser
Hello Tom, thanks for information about the "known" bugs. I read forward and as I understand, with nfs4 we all must use domains. As i read we have to configure the domain settings correct and maybe we have to manage it to use nfs4 by different domains. ( http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 09 feb 11, 14:35:18, Camaleón wrote: > > >> - flash had some security issues for a while, workaround was to use the > >> 32bit version with ugly hacks > > Yep, but not true anymore :-) > > There is Flash Square plugin, pure 64-bits and without any (known) flaw. Sure, but that incident

RE: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Boblitz John
In that case, I'll install the 32bit twice :D -Original Message- From: Thierry Chatelet [mailto:tchate...@free.fr] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 12:32 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System On Wednesday 09 February 2011 11:57:49 Boblitz Jo

Installation on SSD

2011-02-09 Thread Brandon Ros
Should anything special be done when installing solely on an SSD? I know that the defaults will work, but I want to know if better can be done. I have already done many web searches and readings of wiki pages and articles. I seem to have amassed conflicting information. What is the bottom line

Re: Possible bug in nfs-common (Lenny != Squeeze)?

2011-02-09 Thread Mario Kleinsasser
Small follow up: I noticed that the command rpc.idmapd with parameters like "-d ..." quits with the message, that the program must be configured through /etc/idmapd.conf and isn't runnable anymore by giving the parameters by command line. The man(5) page of idmapd says nothing about it. Ok, its

"aptitude update/upgrade" not syncing properly for a squeeze upgrade

2011-02-09 Thread Jeffrey B. Green
Hi, I'm posting to both lists since it seems to be relevant to both. The problem that I'm experiencing only seems to be happening on my armel (nslu2) systems. Squeeze upgrades to the i386 systems seem to be working properly. However, since aptitude is not (afaict) particularly an app targeted

Re: VMware Converter equivalent

2011-02-09 Thread shawn wilson
On Feb 9, 2011 4:05 AM, "Mathieu Malaterre" wrote: > > Hi all, > > I recently bought a laptop with a microsoft windows 7 OEM OS. I > would like to convert into a virtual machine for later use in > VirtualBox. Having not read the vb doc that was pointed out I've shoved a windows 7 and 2008 i

Re: Configuring QLogic QLA4010c on Debian on Sparc

2011-02-09 Thread RR
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 3:48 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > No. What I'm saying is that Qlogic never shipped, and does not ship, a > SPARC/Linux binary of its utility package. And they don't ship the source. > If > that package is required to program that HBA, then you're hosed, screwed. > > Hi Stan

RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller

2011-02-09 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Hi there, Did anyone manage to get the following device to work on a debian squeeze system: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10) It looks as if I have no wifi device at all. ref: $ apt-cache policy firmware-realtek firmware-realtek: Installed: 0.28

Re: if the file changes send email about diff

2011-02-09 Thread owen
I have 2 script. Script "A", Script "B". ... If the goal is to see if a lease is either released by the client or times out on the server, then why not just set up an action in dhcpd.conf to email when either of these events take place? If you're not using DDNS, then this should be fairly easy

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:46:53 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mi, 09 feb 11, 14:35:18, Camaleón wrote: >> >> >> - flash had some security issues for a while, workaround was to use >> >> the >> >> 32bit version with ugly hacks >> >> Yep, but not true anymore :-) >> >> There is Flash Square pl

RE: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Boblitz John
"- it seems amd64 uses a bit more RAM and can be slower under specific circumstances" This is interesting! Can you be more specific? We are running a ProReliant server and it will be used to host the a progreSQL DB, Apache tomcat / Java / PhP services (internal only). My main "concern" provid

Re: "aptitude update/upgrade" not syncing properly for a squeeze upgrade

2011-02-09 Thread Jeffrey B. Green
On 02/09/2011 08:33 AM, Jeffrey B. Green wrote: [...snip...] Anyway, in a nutshell, I'm upgrading from a reprepro local repository that is currently up to date with the debian repositories. [...snip...] The reprepro Package list(s) seem to be the problem. Checking out the /v/l/dpkg/available

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 09 feb 11, 16:01:32, Boblitz John wrote: > > "- it seems amd64 uses a bit more RAM and can be slower under specific > circumstances" > > This is interesting! > Can you be more specific? Sorry, no. As I corrected myself immediately, it's only hearsay. > We are running a ProReliant serv

Re: Installation on SSD

2011-02-09 Thread Allan Wind
On 2011-02-09T09:31:51, Brandon Ros wrote: > I have already done many web searches and readings of wiki pages and > articles. I seem to have amassed conflicting information. > > What is the bottom line with: > mount options (TRIM, noatime) All I did was ensuring that I was on a recent enough ker

Re: Multimedia Lenny is History!

2011-02-09 Thread Slicky Johnson
On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 14:19:22 -0800 freeman wrote: > As of Monday: > > http://debian-multimedia.org/ > Why leave etch but remove lenny? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Peter Koellner
On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Raffaele Morelli wrote: 2011/2/9 Boblitz John We are internally debating whether to install the 64bit port on our 64bit machine. Are there any reasons to NOT use the 64bit port? Cheers, John Boblitz ?! :-) IMHO I see no reasons at all. I am running amd64 (both on p

Re: RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller

2011-02-09 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Just for reference, here it is: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=609784 On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Hi there, > >  Did anyone manage to get the following device to work on a debian > squeeze system: > > Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wi

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:57:49 +0100, Boblitz John wrote: We are internally debating whether to install the 64bit port on our 64bit machine. Are there any reasons to NOT use the 64bit port? Sure, there still some applications that are not natively ported to 64 bits, like Skyp

Re: Installation on SSD

2011-02-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 09 feb 11, 15:23:05, Allan Wind wrote: > and added noatime and nodiratime in /etc/fstab for mount options. noatime implies nodiratime. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signatu

Re: RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller

2011-02-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 09 feb 11, 16:06:12, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Hi there, > > Did anyone manage to get the following device to work on a debian > squeeze system: > > Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10) > > It looks as if I have no wifi device at all. Anything

Help with my Squeeze upgrade! (missing fonts)

2011-02-09 Thread Erin Brinkley
Hey guys, I just took the plunge and upgraded from Lenny to Squeeze. Now I'm having some trouble! I mean, I can start X and go online and send email, but a few things are broken and number one is my fonts! I have tons of fonts on my system but now X doesn't seem to recognize a few important on

guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread peasthope
Appears that I need to make a .Xresources file before TightVNC will work. Can anyone recommend instructions or examples for the task? The transcript from the TightVNC follows. Thanks, ... Peter E. peter@dalton:~$ tightvncserver :1 -geometry 620x730 -depth 16 New 'X' desktop is

Squeeze how to use networked printer?

2011-02-09 Thread David Christensen
debian-user: I recently installed a Debian 6.0.0 i386 Squeeze desktop system. I am unable to figure out how to print to a LAN printer (HP LaserJet P2055dn). When I go to Swirl -> System -> Administration -> Printing and click Add, nothing happens. Under Lenny, I was able to fumble my way t

Re: guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread Franz Gustav Niederheitmann
Hi Peter, Can you send your ~/.vnc/xstartup ? Franz Gustav Niederheitmann Engenheiro de Computação -- Running Windows on a PC is like having a brand new Porsche but only be able to drive backwards with the handbrake on. 2011/2/9 > Appears that I nee

Re: Migration from Lenny to Squeeze: any feedback about configuration upgrade issues ?

2011-02-09 Thread Erin Brinkley
Dominique Dumont wrote: > Did the upgrade process stopped to ask you question about merging > configuration files ? If yes, for which files (and packages) No! Just the old messages about replacing your configs with the new maintainer's version. There definitely has to be some streamlining her

Re: Squeeze. After Trinity istall no boot background picture

2011-02-09 Thread deloptes
Jimmy Johnson wrote: > If you install 'desktop-base' you will get the complete Debian Squeeze > Theme. > > As far as Trinity goes, if you are running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS then Trinity > works fine, Tim and his helpers are Ubuntu Users and don't know how to > build Trinity for Debian and that is a big

Re: Squeeze how to use networked printer?

2011-02-09 Thread Franz Gustav Niederheitmann
Hi David, i only use hplip package with HP printers.. maybe this can help you Franz Franz Gustav Niederheitmann Engenheiro de Computação -- Running Windows on a PC is like having a brand new Porsche but only be able to drive backwards with the handbrake

Re: Re (2): guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread Franz Gustav Niederheitmann
Try this: #!/bin/sh [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources #xsetroot -solid grey #vncconfig -iconic & #x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" & #x-window-manager & openbox-lxde & lxsession lxpanel pc

Re: Squeeze how to use networked printer?

2011-02-09 Thread Peter Koellner
I don't know if this helps: I have a HP 2550 LaserJet connected via USB to an AirportExpress WLAN Station which makes the printer accessible in the LAN. The computer is a thinkpad with debian squeeze 64 bit installed. So let me see how it got there... 1. Go to System->Administration->Printing

Re: Help with my Squeeze upgrade! (missing fonts)

2011-02-09 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:40:30 -0800, Erin Brinkley wrote: > I just took the plunge and upgraded from Lenny to Squeeze. Now I'm > having some trouble! I mean, I can start X and go online and send email, > but a few things are broken and number one is my fonts! (...) This is a shoot in the dark, bu

Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit

2011-02-09 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Camaleón wrote: Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 11:16:46 + (UTC) From: Camaleón To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit Resent-Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 11:17:20 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:

Re: Re: Installation on SSD

2011-02-09 Thread Brandon Ros
You mentioned that the kernel supports TRIM. Do you need to add any mount options (discard) to enable it? Does it work with a journaled filesystem? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archi

Linksys WMP54G causes 6.0.0 x64 install to lockup

2011-02-09 Thread Tyson Smith
Linksys WMP54G causes 6.0.0x64 install to lockup. Workaround is to remove the card from the machine. How do i report this as a bug?

Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit

2011-02-09 Thread PaulNM
Bret Busby wrote: > > The problem is in knowing whether a particular CPU is compatible with > the 64 bit version of the operating system, or whether it requires the > 32 bit version. > > For example, the Pentium 4, from memory, is a 64 bit CPU, but is > incompatible with the 64 bit version of De

Re: Squeeze how to use networked printer?

2011-02-09 Thread Tixy
On Wed, 2011-02-09 at 09:10 -0800, David Christensen wrote: > When I go to Swirl -> System -> Administration -> Printing > and click Add, nothing happens. If you click the down arrow next to 'Add' you get a to select 'Printer' or 'Class'. Or use the menu Server > New > Printer. -- Tixy

Re: docx, openoffice, squeeze (Solved)

2011-02-09 Thread Andreas Goesele
"Andreas Goesele" writes: > so far, under lenny, I could open all docx-documents I got with the > combination of openoffice from backports with odf-converter-integrator > (odf-converter-integrator_strawberry_0.2.3-2_i386.deb). > > Unfortunately this doesn't work any more with squeeze and its vers

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread John W Foster
On Wed, 2011-02-09 at 11:57 +0100, Boblitz John wrote: > We are internally debating whether to install the 64bit port on our > 64bit machine. > > Are there any reasons to NOT use the 64bit port? > > Cheers, > > John Boblitz I,m running a mixed stable/testing system with as many 64 bit apps

Re: guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 12:03:04PM EST, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Appears that I need to make a .Xresources file before > TightVNC will work. Can anyone recommend instructions > or examples for the task? The transcript from the > TightVNC follows. > > Thanks, ... Peter E. > >

Re: guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread Bob Proulx
peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Appears that I need to make a .Xresources file before > TightVNC will work. Shouldn't need one. > Can anyone recommend instructions or examples for the task? To workaround the noise create an empty file. $ touch .Xresources > The transcript from the TightVNC follo

Re: Squeeze how to use networked printer?

2011-02-09 Thread David Christensen
On 02/09/2011 09:21 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote: have you tried the web admin printer page? http://localhost:631/printers That worked -- thank you. :-) David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.d

Re: guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread Bob Proulx
Chris Jones wrote: > That's odd.. the vnc4server script on ‘lenny’ from the vnc4server > package tests the existence of the file: > > [ -r ~/.Xresources ] && xrdb -merge ... The vncserver uses the alternatives. It could be one of several different servers. From my machine: $ update-alterna

Re (3): guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread peasthope
From: Franz Gustav Niederheitmann Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:26:31 -0200 > Try this: > > #!/bin/sh > [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup > ... I put your text in /home/peter/.vnc/xstartup. Incidentally /home/peter/.vnc versus /etc/vnc could be a source of confusion. In any

Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit

2011-02-09 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:32:09 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Camaleón wrote: >> For someone who is going to install an OS, that's something that should >> be found by the user itself. More than a mere "technical" decision >> (both architectures -i386 and amd64- will work under 64-b

Re: Help with my Squeeze upgrade! (missing fonts)

2011-02-09 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 11:40:30AM EST, Erin Brinkley wrote: [..] > $ locate lmtypewriter > /usr/share/texmf/fonts/truetype/hoekwater/lm/lmtypewriter10-regular.ttf > $ emacs -fn LMTypewriter-10 > Font `LMTypewriter-10' is not defined > $ > > This used to work just fine! That's odd.. I would've

Re: xemacs21-nomule under squeeze

2011-02-09 Thread Andreas Goesele
"Andreas Goesele" writes: > when I upgraded to squeeze unfortunately xemacs21-mule was installed (I > only had xemacs21-nomule installed). I removed xemacs21-mule with > apt-get without any error messages. But when I tried to restart xemacs I > got an error message from the first load command in

Re: Help with my Squeeze upgrade! (missing fonts)

2011-02-09 Thread Erin Brinkley
Camaleón wrote: > This is a shoot in the dark, but maybe you are experiencing some of the > side effects this FAQ is pointing out :-? Seems like a good idea. I checked it. Now in /etc/fonts/local.conf there is no mention of bitmapped fonts, but instead there's a symlink 70-no-bitmaps.conf in

Re: guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 01:28:53PM EST, Bob Proulx wrote: > Chris Jones wrote: > > That's odd.. the vnc4server script on ‘lenny’ from the vnc4server > > package tests the existence of the file: > > > > [ -r ~/.Xresources ] && xrdb -merge ... > > The vncserver uses the alternatives. It could be

bootcdbackupwizard - errors

2011-02-09 Thread Csanyi Pal
Hi, I'm trying to backup my Debian Squeeze system that is on the same LAN as my desktop Debian (Squeeze) machine. I'm running bootcdbackupwizard on desktop machine. When I run bootcdbackupwizard I get output that can be seen here: http://pastebin.com/axshCurv Errors or messages are like: Mes

Re: Help with my Squeeze upgrade! (missing fonts)

2011-02-09 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 01:34:36PM EST, Erin Brinkley wrote: > Camaleón wrote: > > This is a shoot in the dark, but maybe you are experiencing some of the > > side effects this FAQ is pointing out :-? > Seems like a good idea. I checked it. Now in /etc/fonts/local.conf > there is no mention of

Re: Help with my Squeeze upgrade! (missing fonts)

2011-02-09 Thread Erin Brinkley
Chris Jones wrote: > That's odd.. I would've thought the ‘-fn’ flag would not support .ttf > fonts. I don't use emacs, but other X programs such as XTerm, xfd, etc. > use the ‘-fa’ flag when using the ‘typeface’ syntax. Maybe emacs doesn't > make such sublte distinctions. The normal way I do it

Losing hi-res with Xen kernel

2011-02-09 Thread Chris Jones
I did the following to set up a Xen dom0: 1. squeeze AMD64 install on a new partition 2. apt-get install the Xen packages (cf. Xen/debian wiki) 3. tweak the grub2 environment and install it to the MBR 4. boot the Xen dom0 kernel Now, the odd thing is that while doing steps [2-3] above, I'm workin

Re: Installing Debian on USB sticks.

2011-02-09 Thread Brian
On Tue 08 Feb 2011 at 20:29:21 +, James Allsopp wrote: > Hi, > Recently I placed the netinst i386 debian installer on an old USB stick > using: > zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdc And then copied myselected.iso to the stick? You can save yourself some work with cat myselected.iso > /dev/sdc >

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <718413D5BCF618498A68930091C4BE9B04EE8302@dueexs01.bertschi.domain>, Boblitz John wrote: >We are internally debating whether to install the 64bit port on our >64bit machine. > >Are there any reasons to NOT use the 64bit port? Citrix's ICAClient. Maybe Skype. Also, evidently GNU Gift (image rec

Re: Help with my Squeeze upgrade! (missing fonts)

2011-02-09 Thread Erin Brinkley
Chris Jones wrote: > Maybe I misunderstood, but I thought LMTypewriter was a true type font? Yes, it is ... but I'm so desperate I'm trying everything! The fonts that are 'lost' after going from lenny to squeeze are all TrueType, as far as I can tell. I also just noticed that "xfs" was not ins

Squeeze stable upgrade: "RANDR" missing on display

2011-02-09 Thread Erin Brinkley
I am really stuck today everybody! Another problem with my lenny to squeeze upgrade is that I am constantly getting this error: Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0.0". This happens every time I run a program that opens a new window. Sometimes it makes the program abort. I have my w

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