Re: Networking trouble after recent upgrade in Sid

2011-02-12 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , David Bruce wrote: >>From /etc/network/interfaces: --- > ># The primary network interface >allow-hotplug eth0 >iface eth0 inet dhcp > >So now, on bootup my web browser won't connect. Normally, if you want an interface started on boot, you should use: auto eth0 instead of: allow-h

Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit

2011-02-12 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 11 feb 11, 19:17:02, Klistvud wrote: > > Well, probably the simplest ("newbie") method would be to download > both versions (i386 and amd64) of Debian. Then, pop in the 64-bit > CD. > 1) If it runs, you own a 64-bit system. > 2) If it doesn't, it will explicitly inform you about the wrong >

Re: route table behind router

2011-02-12 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 11 feb 11, 19:20:40, Mike McClain wrote: > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 09:02:32PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Jo, 10 feb 11, 10:12:30, Mike McClain wrote: > > > I've done something to keep browsers that connect just fine via ppp > > > from connecting via eth0. > > > Thoughts? > > > > No

Re: /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-02-12 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 11 feb 11, 15:33:30, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > The testing repositories need not be used either. They are mostly for when > the version in testing differs from the version in unstable, the unstable > version can't or shouldn't be force-migrated, and the testing version needs > u

Re: How to install an older version (3.0) of OpenOffice?

2011-02-12 Thread Johan Grönqvist
2011-02-12 08:32, Dietrich Bollmann skrev: Does somebody know from where and how to install Impress 3.0 ? I am using Debian sid. I have no idea if it will work with a current sid, but older debian packages are available via the "snapshot" service. See

Re: OT: Small network with 4 switches

2011-02-12 Thread BOYPT
technically, sw1 -> sw4, sw2 -> sw4, sw3 -> sw4 is better, but in fact, as workstations, i don't think you will find much difference however you link them, unless all your stations are transferring big files all the time. so, link them the way you comfort is OK. On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 2:48 PM,

Re: Hardware needed for home network

2011-02-12 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 11 feb 11, 13:37:10, Jason Hsu wrote: > I'm in the process of setting up an old computer as a firewall and > server. It needs to connect to my DSL modem AND my main computer. > However, this old computer (like every other computer I've had) only > has one Ethernet port. I know this is

Re: Where is the display poweroff standby set?

2011-02-12 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 12 feb 11, 00:17:12, Roger Leigh wrote: > > Any ideas on what I'm missing here? There must be some other > setting I'm overlooking, only I haven't come across it in 14 > years of using Debian! ,[ /etc/X11/xorg.conf ] | Section "Serverflags" | Option "BlankTime" "0"

Re: Networking trouble after recent upgrade in Sid

2011-02-12 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 4:55 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In , David Bruce > wrote: >>>From /etc/network/interfaces: --- >> >># The primary network interface >>allow-hotplug eth0 >>iface eth0 inet dhcp >> >>So now, on bootup my web browser won't connect. > > Normally, if you w

Re: Networking trouble after recent upgrade in Sid

2011-02-12 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 12 feb 11, 03:23:16, David Bruce wrote: > > With a aptitude safe-upgrade and reboot today, my setup broke. I'm no > network expert, but it appears that eth0 is no longer getting an IPv4 > address on boot: Purge network-manager? Could you post the relevant part of /var/log/aptitude ? Reg

Re: /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-02-12 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 5:29 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Vi, 11 feb 11, 15:33:30, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> >> The testing repositories need not be used either.  They are mostly for when >> the version in testing differs from the version in unstable, the unstable >> version can't or shou

Re: /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-02-12 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20110212102917.GK18225@think.homelan>, Andrei Popescu wrote: >On Vi, 11 feb 11, 15:33:30, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> The testing repositories need not be used either. They are mostly for >> when the version in testing differs from the version in unstable, the >> unstable version can't or

Re: /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-02-12 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 12 feb 11, 05:54:55, Tom H wrote: > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 5:29 AM, Andrei Popescu > wrote: > > On Vi, 11 feb 11, 15:33:30, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >> > >> The testing repositories need not be used either.  They are mostly for when > >> the version in testing differs from the versi

Re: Where is the display poweroff standby set?

2011-02-12 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 12:49:36PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sb, 12 feb 11, 00:17:12, Roger Leigh wrote: > > > > Any ideas on what I'm missing here? There must be some other > > setting I'm overlooking, only I haven't come across it in 14 > > years of using Debian! > > ,[ /etc/X11/xo

Re: OT: Small network with 4 switches

2011-02-12 Thread kuLa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/02/11 06:48, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: > Hi Sluggers, > > I got 4 un-managed switches, 3 (sw1, sw2, sw3) in the same room for > workstations, and 1 (sw4) in the server room (debian-samba) > Currently I link those 3 switches to the 1 in the serve

How to make a VM accessible to all users

2011-02-12 Thread Klistvud
Howdie, fellow Debianites! I have a qemu-kvm virtual machine -- a virtual Windows XP install -- occasionally running inside my Squeeze and I was wondering: what's the best way for letting all users of the computer access the same instance of the VM (they each have a separate account inside

Re: route table behind router

2011-02-12 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Andrei Popescu a écrit : > On Vi, 11 feb 11, 19:20:40, Mike McClain wrote: >> root@/deb40a:~> wget -v google.com >> --16:28:14-- http://google.com/ >>=> `google.com/index.html' >> Resolving google.com... 74.125.227.20, 74.125.227.16, 74.125.227.17, ... >> Connecting to google.com[74.12

rtorrent queue

2011-02-12 Thread Nikolas Slivka
Hello! rTorrent was possible (possibly with external script) configure uTorrent-like queue? As an example: 10 pieces torrents put it, start the first, then after it is finished downloading, start the next, and so the line. I look forward to possible solutions. Thank you! Nikolas Slivka --- ()

Re: /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-02-12 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 12 February 2011 21:10, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sb, 12 feb 11, 05:54:55, Tom H wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 5:29 AM, Andrei Popescu > > wrote: > > > On Vi, 11 feb 11, 15:33:30, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > >> > > >> The testing repositories need not be used either. They are mos

Re: [OT] E-mail formatting (was: Squeeze how to use networked printer?)

2011-02-12 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:02:14 -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Camaleón wrote: >>> Take a look at this thread in the archives. >>> >>> You changed the subject and are using gmail but it's still threaded. >> >> Sure! But that's just becasue I ditched Gmail's webmail interface

Re: Hardware needed for home network

2011-02-12 Thread Rob Owens
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 02:21:30PM -0600, Jason Hsu wrote: > On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:17:24 -0800 > David Christensen wrote: > > > > 3. Netgear fast Ethernet (red) and Gigabit (green and orange) switches > > with normal/ cross-over auto-sensing. > > > What are the differences among a switch, hub

Re: How to make a VM accessible to all users

2011-02-12 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, Klistvud wrote: Howdie, fellow Debianites! I have a qemu-kvm virtual machine -- a virtual Windows XP install -- occasionally running inside my Squeeze and I was wondering: what's the best way for letting all users of the computer access the same instance of the VM (they each have a separ

Re: route table behind router

2011-02-12 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:16:56 -0800, Mike McClain wrote: > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:57:17PM +, Camale?n wrote: >> >> Some cable providers (at least in Spain) tweak their cable modems to >> allow only one computer to browse the web (by means of "filters" that >> restrict the access to only on

Re: Multimedia Lenny is History!

2011-02-12 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 04:37:09 +0100, Manon Metten wrote: (...) > I uploaded all files via WeTransfer using the following email address, I > specially created for that purpose: debmu...@gmail.com The password is: > lennyfiles > > So if you're, like me, still using lenny and you need some of the

Re: [OT] E-mail formatting (was: Squeeze how to use networked printer?)

2011-02-12 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:51:02 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: Hello Camaleón, > I would try it if I can but I am not receiving e-mails from this list > to my Gmail account. Does anyone know how to request to this mailing > list server a message? It won't help; Google won't echo your mails back to y

Re: Networking trouble after recent upgrade in Sid

2011-02-12 Thread David Bruce
Hi Shawn, > what did your old interfaces file look like? might look at resolv.conf as > well. i'm not sure what trouble shooting you went through, so it might be > useful to post your iptables config. Here's my old interfaces file where I statically brought up eth0: # This file describes the net

Re: How to make a VM accessible to all users

2011-02-12 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 12. 02. 2011 13:55:17 je Andrew McGlashan napisal(a): Hi, Klistvud wrote: Howdie, fellow Debianites! I have a qemu-kvm virtual machine -- a virtual Windows XP install -- occasionally running inside my Squeeze and I was wondering: what's the best way for letting all users of the comput

Re: [OT] E-mail formatting (was: Squeeze how to use networked printer?)

2011-02-12 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:16:41 +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:51:02 + (UTC) Camaleón > wrote: > > Hello Camaleón, > >> I would try it if I can but I am not receiving e-mails from this list >> to my Gmail account. Does anyone know how to request to this mailing >> list serv

Re: Hardware needed for home network

2011-02-12 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 12 February 2011 22:54, Rob Owens wrote: > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 02:21:30PM -0600, Jason Hsu wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:17:24 -0800 > > David Christensen wrote: > > > > > > 3. Netgear fast Ethernet (red) and Gigabit (green and orange) switches > > > with normal/ cross-over auto-sens

Re: /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-02-12 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:10:49 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sb, 12 feb 11, 05:54:55, Tom H wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 5:29 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> > As far as I understand sid/unstable users should always have testing >> > in their sources.lists, since the Release Managers sometime

Issues with scponlyc on amd64 squeeze final release.

2011-02-12 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On a new Squeeze [amd64] machine, I've created a new user with the script: /usr/share/doc/scponly/setup_chroot/setup_chroot.sh.gz (uncompressed and placed in /tmp together with the config.h file). For the new user, let's call him Peter for argument sake, we have the following: # grep peter

Re: [OT] E-mail formatting (was: Squeeze how to use networked printer?)

2011-02-12 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:31:35 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: Hello Camaleón, > Sure it will :-) In which case, I misunderstood your intent. My apologies. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent" Early morning when I wake

How about a new Lenny Debian Multimedia?

2011-02-12 Thread Mark Neidorff
Based on these assumptions: 1. I'm going to take a guess that the owner of Debian Multimedia is not interested in serving lenny files any more (this, of course, could be wrong). 2. There is interest in being able to access the Lenny files that were stored at the DM site. A proposal: A group of

Re: rtorrent queue

2011-02-12 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 12 feb 11, 04:20:48, Nikolas Slivka wrote: > Hello! > > rTorrent was possible (possibly with external script) configure uTorrent-like > queue? As an example: 10 pieces torrents put it, start the first, then after > it is finished downloading, start the next, and so the line. > I look forw

bad surprise using ghostview (gv)

2011-02-12 Thread Bernard
Hi to Everyone, I have quite often used 'gv' (ghostview) up to about a year and a half ago or so. I displayed ps files with it, and then printed them. To be more precise, the ps files were ancestry charts generated by a genealogy software called 'lifelines'. Everything went OK at that time.

Re: [OT] E-mail formatting (was: Squeeze how to use networked printer?)

2011-02-12 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 12 feb 11, 12:51:02, Camaleón wrote: > > I would try it if I can but I am not receiving e-mails from this list to > my Gmail account. Does anyone know how to request to this mailing list > server a message? If gmail does not handle mailing lists messages differently it would be enough t

Re: /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-02-12 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 12 feb 11, 13:40:58, Camaleón wrote: > > So, should people running "sid" also add the whole "testing" repo under > all circumstances (as default policy) or just when some package is broken > and is in the need of back to the previous version or something is > missing? :-? Can you think

Re: /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-02-12 Thread Javier Vasquez
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 7:40 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:10:49 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > >> On Sb, 12 feb 11, 05:54:55, Tom H wrote: >>> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 5:29 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > >>> > As far as I understand sid/unstable users should always have testing >>> > i

Re: [OT] E-mail formatting (was: Squeeze how to use networked printer?)

2011-02-12 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:51:02 + (UTC) > Camaleón wrote: > >> I would try it if I can but I am not receiving e-mails from this list >> to my Gmail account. Does anyone know how to request to this mailing >> list server a message? > > It won'

Re: bad surprise using ghostview (gv)

2011-02-12 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/12/2011 08:59 AM, Bernard wrote: ...snip... If, discarding the use of 'gv', I just print the ps file directly as follows: lpr -PDeskJet-1120C myfile.ps I get exactly the same printing result (poor quality, black and white) ...snip... If I'm understanding correctly what you've written,

Re: /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-02-12 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:04:49 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sb, 12 feb 11, 13:40:58, Camaleón wrote: >> >> So, should people running "sid" also add the whole "testing" repo under >> all circumstances (as default policy) or just when some package is >> broken and is in the need of back to the p

Re: /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-02-12 Thread Brian
On Sat 12 Feb 2011 at 22:27:12 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: > O.K., so now, what I have as a result of 'aptitude update' is this: [snip] > Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au unstable Release > E: Release file expired, ignoring > http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/dists/unstable/Release (invalid sin

Re: [OT] E-mail formatting (was: Squeeze how to use networked printer?)

2011-02-12 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:01:34 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sb, 12 feb 11, 12:51:02, Camaleón wrote: >> >> I would try it if I can but I am not receiving e-mails from this list >> to my Gmail account. Does anyone know how to request to this mailing >> list server a message? > > If gmail does

Re: problem with hash sum mismatch

2011-02-12 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Same here: $ sudo pbuilder --update W: /root/.pbuilderrc does not exist I: Building the build Environment I: extracting base tarball [/var/cache/pbuilder/base.tgz] I: creating local configuration I: copying local configuration I: mounting /proc filesystem I: mounting /dev/pts filesystem I: Mountin

grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread steef
hi list, for years (from potato/woody on) i have mounted 3 hd' s in my machine (independently installed from each other with debian, somtimes slackware and/or gentoo) from one specific hd with/after the command #mkdir /mnt/sdx, mnt/sdy etc. and in fstab /dev/sdx /mnt/sdx ext3 user 0 0 &&

system beep after upgrade to squeeze

2011-02-12 Thread Jim Green
Hello: I upgraded from lenny to squeeze, overall it was ok, but I still couldn't silence the system beep.. I already have blacklist pcspkr in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf this used to work in lenny, but stopped working in squeeze, thanks for any help! Jim. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:26:54 -0500 (EST), steef wrote: > > for years (from potato/woody on) i have mounted 3 hd' s in my machine > (independently installed from each other with debian, somtimes slackware > and/or gentoo) from one specific hd with/after the command #mkdir > /mnt/sdx, mnt/sdy et

Apt Crippled

2011-02-12 Thread David Baron
For several days (after squeeze release), I have been getting the following error and can no longer run anything in apt, update or upgrading: Reading package lists... Error! E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/debian.co.il_debian_dists_t

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:26:54 +0100, steef wrote: (...) > my question: what do i miss if anything? or is this normal for the new > grub? is there anything to do about this? has this got to do with > UUID-numbers? I'm not sure to have understood it at all. "Mounting" is different than "booting",

Re: Hardware needed for home network

2011-02-12 Thread Tixy
On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 23:02 +, Chris Davies wrote: > > If I use a regular Ethernet cable to connect the firewall/server > > computer to the DSL modem, would it work to use an Ethernet cross-cable > > and USB-to-Ethernet adapters to provide the connection to my main > > computer? Are there USB-

Re: system beep after upgrade to squeeze

2011-02-12 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:32:47 -0500, Jim Green wrote: > I upgraded from lenny to squeeze, overall it was ok, but I still > couldn't silence the system beep.. (...) In GNOME, you can try by disabling it via gconf editor: /apps/metacity/general/audible_bell [ ] (remove the check if present) Gree

Re: system beep after upgrade to squeeze

2011-02-12 Thread Jim Green
On 12 February 2011 13:22, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:32:47 -0500, Jim Green wrote: > >> I upgraded from lenny to squeeze, overall it was ok, but I still >> couldn't silence the system beep.. > > (...) > > In GNOME, you can try by disabling it via gconf editor: > > /apps/metacity/gen

Re: system beep after upgrade to squeeze

2011-02-12 Thread Tixy
On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 12:32 -0500, Jim Green wrote: > Hello: > I upgraded from lenny to squeeze, overall it was ok, but I still > couldn't silence the system beep.. I had a beep problem in Squeeze recently and finally fixed it using ALSA mixer and muting the 'Beep' slider. (Had to select it a visi

Re: system beep after upgrade to squeeze

2011-02-12 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:32:56 -0500, Jim Green wrote: > On 12 February 2011 13:22, Camaleón wrote: >> In GNOME, you can try by disabling it via gconf editor: >> >> /apps/metacity/general/audible_bell [ ] >> >> (remove the check if present) > > I am using a different lightweight windows manager ic

Re: system beep after upgrade to squeeze

2011-02-12 Thread Jim Green
On 12 February 2011 13:50, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:32:56 -0500, Jim Green wrote: > >> On 12 February 2011 13:22, Camaleón wrote: > >>> In GNOME, you can try by disabling it via gconf editor: >>> >>> /apps/metacity/general/audible_bell [ ] >>> >>> (remove the check if present) >> >

Re: system beep after upgrade to squeeze

2011-02-12 Thread Jim Green
On 12 February 2011 13:49, Tixy wrote: > On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 12:32 -0500, Jim Green wrote: >> Hello: >> I upgraded from lenny to squeeze, overall it was ok, but I still >> couldn't silence the system beep.. > > I had a beep problem in Squeeze recently and finally fixed it using ALSA > mixer and

Re: system beep after upgrade to squeeze

2011-02-12 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:55:23 -0500, Jim Green wrote: > On 12 February 2011 13:50, Camaleón wrote: >>> I am using a different lightweight windows manager icewm...  I guess >>> some modules changed name in upgrade and I don't know which to >>> blacklist.. thanks! >> >> Let me test it. >> >> I have

Re: Apt Crippled

2011-02-12 Thread Brian
On Sat 12 Feb 2011 at 19:49:10 +0200, David Baron wrote: > For several days (after squeeze release), I have been getting the following > error and can no longer run anything in apt, update or upgrading: > > > Reading package lists... Error! > E: Encountered a section with no Package: header > E

Re: [OT] E-mail formatting (was: Squeeze how to use networked printer?)

2011-02-12 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 09:06:56 -0500 Tom H wrote: Hello Tom, > They do if you disable threading. Interesting; I'll try to remember next time I have a dig at google. :-) -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent" Well I

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 10:26 AM, steef wrote: > > for years (from potato/woody on) i have mounted 3 hd' s in my machine > (independently installed from each other with debian, somtimes slackware > and/or gentoo) from one specific hd with/after the command #mkdir /mnt/sdx, > mnt/sdy etc.  and in f

Re: /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-02-12 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:10 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sb, 12 feb 11, 05:54:55, Tom H wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 5:29 AM, Andrei Popescu >> wrote: >> > >> > As far as I understand sid/unstable users should always have testing in >> > their sources.lists, since the Release Managers som

Re: [OT] E-mail formatting (was: Squeeze how to use networked printer?)

2011-02-12 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 09:06:56 -0500 > Tom H wrote: > >> They do if you disable threading. > > Interesting;  I'll try to remember next time I have a dig at > google.   :-) You're welcome. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists

Re: /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-02-12 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Heddle Weaver wrote: >E: Release file expired, ignoring >http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/dists/unstable/Release (invalid since 9h >53min 14s) This error indicates a bad mirror. >Should I re-enter the 'testing' security line back in? >The standard 'testing' line also? Neither of those wi

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4d56a6be.9070...@home.nl>, steef wrote: >with grub2 as bootloader under squeeze i cannot mount other hd's anymore >when independently on the *other* hd' s a bootloader (grub2) in the mbr >is installed. without installing grub2 in the mbr of a sata-hd the hd on >which i am mounting *does* recogn

Re: system beep after upgrade to squeeze

2011-02-12 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:50:04 -0500 (EST), Camaleón wrote: > > On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:32:56 -0500, Jim Green wrote: >> >> I am using a different lightweight windows manager icewm... I guess >> some modules changed name in upgrade and I don't know which to >> blacklist.. thanks! > > Let me test i

Re: system beep after upgrade to squeeze

2011-02-12 Thread Jim Green
On 12 February 2011 14:03, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:55:23 -0500, Jim Green wrote: > >> On 12 February 2011 13:50, Camaleón wrote: > I am using a different lightweight windows manager icewm...  I guess some modules changed name in upgrade and I don't know which to bla

Re: system beep after upgrade to squeeze

2011-02-12 Thread Jim Green
On 12 February 2011 15:08, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:50:04 -0500 (EST), Camaleón wrote: >> >> On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:32:56 -0500, Jim Green wrote: >>> >>> I am using a different lightweight windows manager icewm...  I guess >>> some modules changed name in upgrade and I don't

Re: Networking trouble after recent upgrade in Sid

2011-02-12 Thread shawn wilson
> Here's my old interfaces file where I statically brought up eth0: > > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system > # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). > > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > # The prim

Re: How to make a VM accessible to all users

2011-02-12 Thread shawn wilson
> > Thanx. I seem to hazily recall using that years ago. However, I am also interested in a more general solution. How do you people make several users access your BSD/Solaris/GnuStep/etc. virtual machines? Is "remote desktop" the only way? > I thinly what your looking is a 'bond'ed interface so t

Re: [OT] E-mail formatting (was: Squeeze how to use networked printer?)

2011-02-12 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 05:16, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:51:02 + (UTC) > Camaleón wrote: > > Hello Camaleón, > >> I would try it if I can but I am not receiving e-mails from this list >> to my Gmail account. Does anyone know how to request to this mailing >> list server a me

Re: How to make a VM accessible to all users

2011-02-12 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 12. 02. 2011 21:25:00 je shawn wilson napisal(a): > > Thanx. I seem to hazily recall using that years ago. However, I am also interested in a more general solution. How do you people make several users access your BSD/Solaris/GnuStep/etc. virtual machines? Is "remote desktop" the only

Re: bad surprise using ghostview (gv)

2011-02-12 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 09:32:42AM -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: > On 02/12/2011 08:59 AM, Bernard wrote: > > ...snip... > >If, discarding the use of 'gv', I just print the ps file directly as > >follows: > > > >lpr -PDeskJet-1120C myfile.ps > > > >I get exactly the same printing result (poor qua

Re: Apt Crippled

2011-02-12 Thread David Baron
On Saturday 12 February 2011 21:30:20 debian-user-digest- requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > > For several days (after squeeze release), I have been getting the > > following > > > > error and can no longer run anything in apt, update or upgrading: > > > > > > > > Reading package lists... Error!

Re: Apt Crippled

2011-02-12 Thread David Baron
On Saturday 12 February 2011 22:54:16 David Baron wrote: > On Saturday 12 February 2011 21:30:20 debian-user-digest- > > requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > > > For several days (after squeeze release), I have been getting the > > > following > > > > > > error and can no longer run anything in apt,

Re: bad surprise using ghostview (gv)

2011-02-12 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/12/2011 04:11 PM, Roger Leigh wrote: On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 09:32:42AM -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 02/12/2011 08:59 AM, Bernard wrote: ...snip... If, discarding the use of 'gv', I just print the ps file directly as follows: lpr -PDeskJet-1120C myfile.ps I get exactly the same pr

Fwd: Networking trouble after recent upgrade in Sid

2011-02-12 Thread shawn wilson
-- Forwarded message -- From: David Bruce Date: Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 4:18 PM Subject: Re: Networking trouble after recent upgrade in Sid To: shawn wilson Hi, On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 8:13 PM, shawn wilson wrote: > >> Here's my old interfaces file where I statically brought up e

Re: bad surprise using ghostview (gv)

2011-02-12 Thread Bernard
Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 02/12/2011 08:59 AM, Bernard wrote: ...snip... If, discarding the use of 'gv', I just print the ps file directly as follows: lpr -PDeskJet-1120C myfile.ps I get exactly the same printing result (poor quality, black and white) ...snip... If I'm understanding correc

Re: Networking trouble after recent upgrade in Sid

2011-02-12 Thread Bob Proulx
David Bruce wrote: > shawn wilson wrote: > >> allow-hotplug eth0 > >> iface eth0 inet static > >> ... > > > > Add 'auto eth0' > > Sorry to be dense about this, but is "auto eth0" applicable to > automatically do a static ip assignment to an interface on boot, as > well as being applicable to invo

The PREROUTING or the INPUT (iptables)

2011-02-12 Thread Bhasker C V
Hi all, I am asking 2 questions in this and apologies if this is a bit too much in a single mail. Q1) I came to understand that the first rule to take the hit is the PREROUTING nat table (after the mangle). So in case I want to do a DNAT of input packets to one of the interfaces in another

Re: [OT] E-mail formatting

2011-02-12 Thread Doug
On 02/12/2011 03:38 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 05:16, Brad Rogers wrote: On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:51:02 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: Hello Camaleón, I would try it if I can but I am not receiving e-mails from this list to my Gmail account. Does anyone know how to request

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread steef
Stephen Powell schreef: On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:26:54 -0500 (EST), steef wrote: for years (from potato/woody on) i have mounted 3 hd' s in my machine (independently installed from each other with debian, somtimes slackware and/or gentoo) from one specific hd with/after the command #mkdir /mn

Re: bad surprise using ghostview (gv)

2011-02-12 Thread Bernard
Roger Leigh wrote: On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 09:32:42AM -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 02/12/2011 08:59 AM, Bernard wrote: ...snip... If, discarding the use of 'gv', I just print the ps file directly as follows: lpr -PDeskJet-1120C myfile.ps I get exactly the same printing result (p

Re: The PREROUTING or the INPUT (iptables)

2011-02-12 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Hello, Bhasker C V a écrit : > > Q1) > I came to understand that the first rule to take the hit is the > PREROUTING nat table (after the mangle). This is awfully phrased. PREROUTING is a chain, or more exactly are chains which exist in several tables : raw, mangle and nat (in traversal order)

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread Bob Proulx
steef wrote: > for years (from potato/woody on) i have mounted 3 hd' s in my > machine (independently installed from each other with debian, > somtimes slackware and/or gentoo) from one specific hd with/after > the command #mkdir /mnt/sdx, mnt/sdy etc. and in fstab /dev/sdx > /mnt/sdx ext3 user

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread steef
Camaleón schreef: On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:26:54 +0100, steef wrote: (...) my question: what do i miss if anything? or is this normal for the new grub? is there anything to do about this? has this got to do with UUID-numbers? I'm not sure to have understood it at all. "Mounting" is d

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread steef
Tom H schreef: On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 10:26 AM, steef wrote: for years (from potato/woody on) i have mounted 3 hd' s in my machine (independently installed from each other with debian, somtimes slackware and/or gentoo) from one specific hd with/after the command #mkdir /mnt/sdx, mnt/sdy et

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread steef
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. schreef: In<4d56a6be.9070...@home.nl>, steef wrote: with grub2 as bootloader under squeeze i cannot mount other hd's anymore when independently on the *other* hd' s a bootloader (grub2) in the mbr is installed. without installing grub2 in the mbr of a sata-hd the hd on

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread steef
Tom H schreef: On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 10:26 AM, steef wrote: for years (from potato/woody on) i have mounted 3 hd' s in my machine (independently installed from each other with debian, somtimes slackware and/or gentoo) from one specific hd with/after the command #mkdir /mnt/sdx, mnt/sdy et

Re: system beep after upgrade to squeeze

2011-02-12 Thread Curt Howland
The only answer I could find was to put this line into my .bash_profile and .bashrc files: setterm -blength 0 That "solved" the problem without actually solving anything. How the latest kernels get around not even having the hardware pcspkr module loaded baffles me. Easy enough to fix on a tower

Re: Apt Crippled

2011-02-12 Thread Brian
On Sat 12 Feb 2011 at 22:54:16 +0200, David Baron wrote: > Did that. It stumbles at the same point: Could be a mirror problem. Try another. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: h

Re: The PREROUTING or the INPUT (iptables)

2011-02-12 Thread Steven
Hi On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 22:39 +, Bhasker C V wrote: > Hi all, > > I am asking 2 questions in this and apologies if this is a bit too much > in a single mail. > > Q1) > I came to understand that the first rule to take the hit is the > PREROUTING nat table (after the mangle). So in cas

Re: The PREROUTING or the INPUT (iptables)

2011-02-12 Thread Bhasker C V
Thanks Steven for the reply. On Sun, 13 Feb 2011, Steven wrote: Hi On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 22:39 +, Bhasker C V wrote: Hi all, I am asking 2 questions in this and apologies if this is a bit too much in a single mail. Q1) I came to understand that the first rule to take the hit is the

Re: bad surprise using ghostview (gv)

2011-02-12 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:28:22AM +0100, Bernard wrote: > Roger Leigh wrote: > >On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 09:32:42AM -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: > >>On 02/12/2011 08:59 AM, Bernard wrote: > >> > >>...snip... > >>>If, discarding the use of 'gv', I just print the ps file directly as > >>>follows: >

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:46 PM, steef wrote: > Tom H schreef: >> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 10:26 AM, steef wrote: >>> >>> for years (from potato/woody on) i have mounted 3 hd' s in my machine >>> (independently installed from each other with debian, somtimes slackware >>> and/or gentoo) from one s

Re: system beep after upgrade to squeeze

2011-02-12 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Curt Howland wrote: > > The only answer I could find was to put this line into my > .bash_profile and .bashrc files: > > setterm -blength 0 > > That "solved" the problem without actually solving anything. How the > latest kernels get around not even having the hard

Re: bad surprise using ghostview (gv)

2011-02-12 Thread Bernard
Roger Leigh wrote: On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:28:22AM +0100, Bernard wrote: Roger Leigh wrote: On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 09:32:42AM -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 02/12/2011 08:59 AM, Bernard wrote: ...snip... If, discarding the use of 'gv', I just print the ps file

Re: Hardware needed for home network

2011-02-12 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 12 feb 11, 18:18:24, Tixy wrote: > > Would another option not be to just get a switch and not bother with a > second Ethernet card in the server? This is the setup I run, i.e. > > Modem <-> ++ > Firewall/Server <---> | Switch | > Other system(s) <---> ++

Buffers VS Page Cache

2011-02-12 Thread George Shuklin
Good day. I'm trying to understand difference between Buffers and Page Cache in Linux, but found almost no documentation. As far as I understand buffers and Page Cache serves same purpose: they save recent reed/written pages and allow to reduce amount of actual IO. So, the questions: 1) Wh

Re: rtorrent queue

2011-02-12 Thread Adrian Levi
I use one called rtorrentquemanager.py I am running it by 'nohup ./rtorrentquemanager.py &' works pretty well for me. Adrian On 12 February 2011 22:20, Nikolas Slivka wrote: > Hello! > > rTorrent was possible (possibly with external script) configure uTorrent-like > queue? As an example: 10 pie

Lenny-to-Squeeze: missing mounts, and no net.

2011-02-12 Thread armstrng
Hi List. In the midst of upgrading Lenny to Squeeze - specifically, upon reboot after installing the new kernel and udev - I find that: 1) My external hard drive, whose partitions Lenny had always happily mounted with fstab lines like "/dev/sdc1 /mnt/u/0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0", gets

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