Re: Burning cd's makes the computer really really slow

2003-02-21 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Matthew Weier O'Phinney [Thu, Feb 20 2003, 11:36:19PM]: > > and you would need to set your cdrw to udma2 ( ata-33 ) > > hdparm -d 1 -X 66 -m 16 -c 1 /dev/hdc > > Read the manpage for hdparm -- the -X option *rarely* needs to be used > on modern drives as they automatically set to t

Re: cdrecord error

2003-02-25 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Jason Majors [Mon, Feb 24 2003, 08:12:57PM]: > I'm trying to use cdrecord with a new ide cdrw. > I went through the ide-scsi howto I found and I now get the following lines > in dmesg, and I can mount the drive as /dev/sr0. > > --dmesg > SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 > scsi0 : S

Re: getting the initrd to load

2003-03-04 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Ian Melnick wrote on Tue Mar 04, 2003 um 03:34:13PM: > I made an initial ram disk using mkinitrd. I put it in /boot. I > configured lilo to use it for the certain kernel image i want it used > for. Re-wrote mbr. Yet, it doesn't load it. Is there a good website that > goes through exactly

Re: wtf? (long and frustrated)

2003-03-11 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include David Krider wrote on Mon Mar 10, 2003 um 03:55:21PM: > dpkg-reconfigure just would *not* give me a workable X config. I got it > going with xf86config and some hand tweaks, but man! Come on. Other > distros have had this part figured out for *years.* There's no excuse for Bullshit.

Re: How can Iset an odd X resolutin?

2003-03-11 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include David Z Maze wrote on Mon Mar 10, 2003 um 11:42:41PM: > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 8 > SubSection "Display" >Depth 8 >Modes "1152x900" >

Re: When will Sarge become Stable ?

2003-03-23 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * nate [Sat, Mar 22 2003, 09:06:57AM]: > probably one of the best measures of when it will become stable > is keep tabs on the status of the new debian installer and boot > floppies. That's traditionally been the holdup. And if you have > resources, help em test/file bugs that will get i

Re: why is debian the only distribution that won't let me run X?

2003-10-26 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin Wilko! Wilko Fokken schrieb am Sunday, den 26. October 2003: > The same is true for me; > under "woody", 'debconf' didn't get me anywhere. I guess one has to be > rich enough to keep up with recently sold mainstream computers. My old > AMD 133 MHz with a 1 MHz Tseng ET4000 required some manua

Re: a few Qs about debian's apt

2003-11-10 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Mon, Nov 10 2003, 01:30:50PM]: > Somewhere in /var. Sorry for being stupidly vague, but I am not in front > of a Debian machine right now. /var/apt? /var/lib/apt > > 3) is there a way to just upgrade the local apps instead of all > > local/kernel/base at the same

Re: Drivers for SCSI, IEEE 1394 and RAID.

2003-01-19 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Göran Emilsson [Sun, Jan 19 2003, 02:14:36PM]: > I am thinking of switching OS to Linux and Debian. The problem is that I > have some Hardware that I don’t have drivers for. Did you ever look on the sites of particular projects or Dejanews? Does not look so. > For now I have this and

Re: Desktop productivity with Debian GNU/LINUX

2003-01-21 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Hal Vaughan [Tue, Jan 21 2003, 01:52:40AM]: > > Linux, being an OS by geeks for geeks, up until just recently, needs a > > geek to get it set up properly. Mandrake and others have made vast > > improvements, but it's not automatic. If you expect it to be, you'll be > > disappointed. Wa

Re: Is this normal with USB mice?

2003-01-21 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Jack [Mon, Jan 20 2003, 11:48:16PM]: > Thanks for the hints. I have almost the same configure as yours. Would > you try this for me when you by chance reboot your machine? Unplug the > USB mouse, boot OS, startx, plugin the USB mouse. Does the USB mouse > work right away? In my

Re: Desktop productivity with Debian GNU/LINUX

2003-01-22 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Hal Vaughan [Tue, Jan 21 2003, 11:39:12AM]: > comments. You're right. Truth is truth, even if it may hurt. I guess I hit > a vein of truth and hurts. Maybe you haven't noticed, but you accuse this > person of only whinning, while your response is nothing more than excuses of > w

Re: Desktop productivity with Debian GNU/LINUX

2003-01-24 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Karsten M. Self [Thu, Jan 23 2003, 03:05:20AM]: > > over the last year or so the lack of home windows use has atrophied > > those skills somewhat, epecially with XP stuff. > > Heh. > > I'm still embarassed by my ability to troubleshoot legacy MS Windows > issues based on my GNU/Linux

Re: GCC 3.2 transition question

2003-01-25 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Balazs Javor [Sat, Jan 25 2003, 04:35:57PM]: > Or should I wait with any update until the transition is > over? If yes, when is this likely to happen and how > would I know if it's 'safe' again? On Sid, you should not see any side effects of the transition. Only the list of packages i

Re: How can I control the display output (number of lines)

2003-01-26 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin Roland! Roland Wegmann schrieb am Sunday, den 26. January 2003: > Hy all > > How can I control number of lines per 'page'? For example when I use the > command 'aptitude search gnome' the output is a huge list, that 'runs > over' my 'bash window' and I can only read the last search results

Re: gvim / vim -g WON'T WORK

2003-01-28 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Joris Huizer [Tue, Jan 28 2003, 12:16:30PM]: > Hello everybody, > > When I try to run gvim I get this error: > > > E25: GUI cannot be used: Not enabled at compile time > > What does it mean ? How can it be solved ? apt-cache search vim is your friend. apt-get install vim-gtk Gr

Re: cdrecord exit status 254

2003-01-29 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Jason Pepas [Wed, Jan 29 2003, 03:28:25PM]: > cdrecord appears to exit with status 254, which works fine from console, and > burns good cd's, but causes make to think it failed, when it actually didn't. > > ideas? You know that without knowing anything about your cdrecord or Debian v

Re: Dual Lilo boot with Debian and RedHat

2003-01-31 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Andrej Prsa [Fri, Jan 31 2003, 01:12:17PM]: > /dev/hda1 is RedHat's /boot > /dev/hda2 is RedHat's / > /dev/hda3 is Linux Swap > /dev/hda5 is Debian's / > > I used to have Grub to load RedHat, which has now been replaced with > Lilo in MBR. It boots Debian without any problems and now

Re: hdparm -d1: Operation not permitted

2003-02-01 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Mark [Sat, Feb 01 2003, 11:54:42AM]: > Google was of little help, steering me to think that the support for > my ide controller might not have been built into the kernel. I am > running an newer motherboard: abit at7 max. It uses the kt333 chipset.

Re: mount NTFS WinXP Partition

2003-02-07 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Willem-Jan Meijer [Fri, Feb 07 2003, 04:09:49PM]: >FSMP typeOptions dump pass > /dev/hda1 /windows NTFSerrors=remount-ro 0 1 > > to fstab, but still didn't work. Can I mount the NTFS Partition? If yes --> > how? I

Re: cdrecord and USB YAMAHA CRW3200E

2003-02-09 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Alberto Bolchini [Sun, Feb 09 2003, 03:00:56PM]: > ~# cdrecord -scanbus > Cdrecord 2.0 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling > cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open > SCSI driver. RTFM. Load sg. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- To UN

Re: Knoppix?

2003-02-10 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * stan [Mon, Feb 10 2003, 09:27:53PM]: > I am probably going to get a new Compaq EVO N 410c laptop. I booted one of > these today off a Knoppix CD, and it seemed to recognize everythign > important, with the possible exception of the modem. > > Would it make sense to isntall Knoppix, pla

Re: pppoeconf don t find tap0

2003-02-11 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Hugo Portela [Tue, Feb 11 2003, 08:37:45PM]: > I am trying to configure pppoe to use the tap0 interface in order to > be able to use the OpenSource driver for Alcatel USB Speedtouch modem > with pppoe protocol. > > When i execute pppoeconf, only the eth0 and dummy interfaces are

Re: boot problem

2003-02-12 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Mikkel Liisberg [Wed, Feb 12 2003, 04:51:10PM]: > i have just installed woody on my scsi HD. My problem is when i try to boot > from it i get a screen like this : > 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 > 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 0

Re: SCSI emulation

2003-02-12 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Jeff Elkins [Wed, Feb 12 2003, 12:28:13PM]: > When running redhat, cdrom1 is actually a link to /dev/scd0. When I try that > under debian, mount attempts result in invalid block device. I've tried scd1, > sr0, etc, w/o luck. > > I am able to write cds with cdrecord, just can't mount

Re: Bug? - Boot disks and Kernel Source

2003-02-13 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Dave Whiteley [Tue, Feb 11 2003, 12:42:55PM]: > I am trying to generate a new set of boot disks for an old system (see > another thread). Which Thread? Where? There are dozens of new threads in this ML. > I see that the boot floppies use a kernel 2.2.20. > > There is not a stable pa

Re: IBM ServeRAID on Debian

2003-02-14 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Aris Santillan [Fri, Feb 14 2003, 06:34:17PM]: > hi how can i install Debian on IBM with ServeRAID on it? > > i cant install it.. please help me Use. Google. Read. Woody's. Errata. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- Steve Ballmer trötet rum wie ein abgehalfteter Gebrauchtwagen- verkäufer, de

Re: Compiling kernel source

2003-02-15 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include David Turetsky wrote on Sat Feb 15, 2003 um 11:54:36AM: > > 'uname -r' gives '2.4.18-bf2.4' but 'apt-get install > > kernel-source-2.4.18-bf2.4' replies 'Couldn't find package ... -bf2.4' > > so I installed 2.4.18. The installation went fine. Quite interesting Wrong. Use "apt-get sou

Re: Upgrade to Sid by apt

2003-02-15 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Willem-Jan Meijer wrote on Fri Feb 14, 2003 um 06:19:43PM: > Hello again, > > I want to upgrade to sid, is there a rule for sources.lists? I think, if you ask that question, you should seriously reconsider your idea. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Compiling kernel source

2003-02-16 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include David Turetsky wrote on Sat Feb 15, 2003 um 11:46:26PM: > > >>> David Turetsky wrote on Sat Feb 15, 2003 um 11:54:36AM: > >'uname -r' gives '2.4.18-bf2.4' but 'apt-get install Please fix your mail-quoting, it should include visible quoting levels and not only one line above a

Re: erors during cdrecord

2003-09-26 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Joris Huizer [Fri, Sep 26 2003, 07:44:24AM]: > cdrecord.mmap: Operation not permitted. WARNING: > Cannot set RR-scheduler > cdrecord.mmap: Permission denied. WARNING: Cannot set > priority using setpriority(). > cdrecord.mmap: WARNING: This causes a high risk for > buffer underruns. >

Re: NVIDIA driver and modconf/.deb

2003-10-09 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Naitik Shah [Wed, Oct 08 2003, 02:28:59PM]: > You can apt-get nvidia-source , which will give you a tar.gz in /usr/src > which when untarred will give you a /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel. > After that, its simple, just jump into your /usr/src/linux-2.4.x > directory, and run: > > mak

Re: Make Debian better (Re: Two Debian 3.0 reviews at Slashdot)

2002-10-23 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin Willi! Willi Dyck schrieb am Tuesday, den 22. October 2002: > On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 09:07:48AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > - broken home/end keys in bash in xterm (even in Woody) > > Ever heard of ^a and ^e? Using bash? > > ~$ man bash for more info's As

Re: OT: Promise FastTrak 133

2002-10-18 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include martin f krafft wrote on Fri Oct 18, 2002 um 12:38:48PM: > does anyone have reports on the Promise FastTrak 133 and Linux? Do > they work together, or not? I received some mails about support in bf2.4 and the answer is - won't work with default kernels and even bf2.4, some may work with

Re: disabling ide-scsi

2002-10-19 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Jason Pepas wrote on Sat Oct 19, 2002 um 02:38:17AM: > hi, > > I need to know how to disable ide-scsi emulation. > > The 2.4bf-xfs kernel appears to have ide-scsi emulation built into the kernel, > and its behavior is to grab all cdrom and zip drive IDE devices by default, > rather th

Re: USB mouse

2002-10-19 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Bruce Park wrote on Sat Oct 19, 2002 um 01:20:00PM: > Hello all, > > I am trying to install debian and I'm stuck on the part where it says to > enter the mouse device. I have USB optical MS Wheel mouse and I don't know > what I should enter. Can anyone help me out with this? Also, if I

Re: building xf4.2 deb on Woody: out of disk space!

2002-10-24 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Oleg [Wed, Oct 23 2002, 05:11:58PM]: > 4) If I really want a very stable system, and at the same time I want xf4.2, > how averse should I be to upgrading libc6 to the version in Sid? If I do, in > fact, install libc6, how long until it gets replaced by a Woody version of > itself? C

Re: building ALSA against bf2.4

2002-10-26 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Robert Kratky [Thu, Oct 24 2002, 11:49:53AM]: > hi, > i need to build alsa against the generic installation bf2.4 kernel > (2.4.18), but after i installed the 2.4.18 kernel source and did: > > :/usr/src/2.4.18# make-kpkg --revision 2.4.18-bf2.4 modules_image Save your time. auric.deb

Re: Booting from Debian CD

2002-10-27 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Mark Copper [Sat, Oct 26 2002, 05:59:05PM]: > enter". I tried 3 cd drives, tried both my Debian 3.0 and old 2.2 cd's, > both of which I've used successfully before (even on this box), same > result. The BIOS recognizes each drive correctly, it appears; I've > double-checked the jumpe

Re: no cd-sound but es1370 works

2002-10-29 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin Christian! Christian Mascher schrieb am Sunday, den 27. October 2002: > I think the problem is not the drive and not the cd (can listen to it > under win98) but somewhere in the sound-system. > > I like working in console, so it would be cool to get this working. > Where could I look next?

Re: dual-booting with debian

2002-10-29 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Charles Thomas Harris [Sun, Oct 27 2002, 01:28:24PM]: > like to dual boot the machine with debian. The linux boxes I > maintain are devoted to linux, so I'm not too familiar with dual > booting. Where can I find the necessary documentation for this task? > > I appreciate any help you

Re: increase FD (file descriptors) in Debian 3.0 !

2002-10-31 Thread Eduard Bloch
sysctl -A | grep file > /etc/sysctl.conf editor /etc/sysctl.conf sysctl -p Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- -"640 K ought be enough" Bill G. , 1984 -"The Internet is not a primary goal for PC usage" Bill G. , 1995 -"Linux has no impact on Microsoft's strategy" Bill G. , 1999 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Dma for ide-scsi

2002-11-03 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Klaus Imgrund [Sun, Nov 03 2002, 01:06:20PM]: > > Can it be configured via procfs? > > > AFAIK it can't be used at all.hdparm only works with ide devices. ATA devices. Unfortunarely, Linux is not consistent on naming devices, ide-scsi does not present the device nodes useable for hdpa

Re: Dma for ide-scsi

2002-11-04 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Hanspeter Roth [Mon, Nov 04 2002, 09:21:24AM]: > /root # dmesg|grep hdd > Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=302 hdd=ide-scsi hdg=ide-scsi >hdh=ide-scsi > ide_setup: hdd=ide-scsi > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xb808-0xb80f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA > hdd: PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W40

Re: Promise RAID install problems

2002-11-08 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Peter Karlsson [Fri, Nov 08 2002, 08:46:23PM]: > > these are really bad cards to use with under Linux. > > I noticed that. The problem is that it is hard to get motherboards with > other built-in RAID controllers... :-/ Not true, there are lots of boards with Highpoint controllers. T

Re: Promise RAID install problems

2002-11-09 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Peter Karlsson [Fri, Nov 08 2002, 11:17:45PM]: > > Not true, there are lots of boards with Highpoint controllers. > > I've learned to loathe Highpoint controllers from other machines I've > been working with, but perhaps support has been improved since (that > was in 2000). Huch? hpt

Re: dockable apps for icewm?

2002-11-09 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin Jens! Jens Grivolla schrieb am Wednesday, den 06. November 2002: What is the problem? > - ICQ (possibly a licq frontend) Psi, with mimize+occupy-all-desktop is good enough for me. > - an ACPI monitor It has a APM baterry monitor (percentage in the taskbar), someone should

Re: insmod issues

2002-11-14 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * mdevin [Fri, Nov 15 2002, 09:38:11AM]: > I compiled the module bcm4400.o against the kernel-headers-2.4.18 > package (ie. the one for my kernel-source 2.4.18), so I don't understand > these unresolved symbol errors. Is -DMODVERSIONS passed while compiling? Gruss/Regards, Eduard. --

Re: woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * milti [Thu, Nov 14 2002, 12:14:52PM]: > ive been trying this some more and the problem seems to > be the usb floppy drive. is there anyone who has had this > problem and knows how to surmount it?? For USB installs, visit http://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~blochedu/usb-install/ Gruss/Re

Re: framebuffer mode?

2002-11-15 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * andrej hocevar [Fri, Nov 15 2002, 04:25:41PM]: > On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 05:07:06PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30 > > fb0: VGA16 VGA frame buffer device > > > > what is the advantage of this mode? > > By that you probably me

Re: ide-scsi emulation fails due to missing module sr_mod in kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4

2002-11-18 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Donald R. Spoon [Sun, Nov 17 2002, 06:31:16PM]: > I just had to go through this here, so I had better reply while it is > "fresh" in my rather ancient mind! . > > The 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel is a "special" kernel that has been stripped of Please? It is the most fat kernel. > a lot of

Re: ide-scsi and initrd

2002-11-22 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Bob Hauck [Fri, Nov 22 2002, 08:01:10AM]: > That "works" in that all the right modules get loaded, but I still can't > use the cd burner. It seems that ide-cd is getting loaded earlier in the > boot process and grabbing the cd-rom devices. I mounted the initr.img and > looked around

Re: ATI driver install & kernel source error?

2002-11-22 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Nikita V. Youshchenko [Fri, Nov 22 2002, 11:15:24AM]: > > kernel includes at /usr/src/linux/include not found or incomplete > > file: /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h > > haralambos:/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod# > > > > The mentioned file is auto-generated on kernel build. > So

Re: Lilio 01 01 01

2002-11-24 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin Robert! Robert Epprecht schrieb am Sunday, den 24. November 2002: > I wanted to make a test installing Lilo on a floppy first. > But all I get is a screen full of '01 01 01'. > > I have found on the net that many people had this problem > when trying to boot a partition on the second IDE con

Re: is software raid across two networked machines possible ?

2002-11-29 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Raghavendra Bhat [Fri, Nov 29 2002, 03:35:13PM]: > Hello > > I have two PCs connected having IPs 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.3, in > one machine I am having an 80 GB HDD and the other 20 GB. My critical > application software is running in the 20 GB HDD machine. I want to > mirror

Re: ES1869 sound chip driver

2002-11-30 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Seneca [Fri, Nov 29 2002, 03:52:18PM]: > > working fine, but I have no audio. The motherboard has an integrated > > ES1869 chip for audio. Can anyone tell me which driver I have to use, > > and how to get it set up? Thanks much for any help. > > You could try "modprobe sb", which I

Re: Alternative to jdiskusage and xdiskusage?

2002-12-01 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Niclas Söderlund [Mon, Nov 25 2002, 10:14:19AM]: > Any suggestions, or perhapse, someone way better than me on shellscripting > and the tools needed for such a script (du, sort etc) have something > already made up? durep. Creates nice html-based (browseable) statistics. Get it from

Re: Voodoo Graphics

2002-12-01 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Dennis Krinke [Sun, Dec 01 2002, 11:10:06AM]: > and with a custom Kernel configuration: > Character Devices > Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 DRRI suport) > 3dfx Banshee/Voodoo3+ > (but, unfortunately, this seems to be tdfx, not 3dfx) > > CONFIG_DRM=y > > CONFIG_DRM_NEW=y > > CONFIG_

Re: ld & ld.so.conf

2002-12-04 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Egor Tur [Thu, Dec 05 2002, 08:31:26AM]: > $export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib > $ g77 -o file -O file.f -lX11 > $ /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11 > $ collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > When I add in /etc/ld.so.conf path to my libraries and compile Maybe it does not want the dynam

Re: Software CPU cooling - apm / acpi

2002-12-05 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Olivier Guyotot [Thu, Dec 05 2002, 08:18:40PM]: > hi, > I would like to cool my CPU in the same way CPUIdle does it under > windows : using the Hlt instruction when the CPU is idle. As far as I > know, it's possible to achieve this under linux with apm or acpi, but I > have never succed

Re: 10MB lost per CD multi-session?

2002-12-09 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin Dan! Dan Jacobson schrieb am Montag, den 09. Dezember 2002: > Is it that serious on GNU/Linux with cdrecord, and if so, I don't Of course it is. There is nothing specific to Linux. > think I saw it in the docs. Blind? # zgrep overhead /usr/share/doc/cdrecord/README.multi.gz ov

Re: installation via network

2003-08-06 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * maurizio gatto [Mon, Aug 04 2003, 05:47:35PM]: > Starting versionis 3.1.33 > watching 2 socket Cardmgr is started and found the PCMCIA controller. > unsupported card in socket 1 (says the same even if i plug it in socket 0) > product info: "Couperless pcmCIA "100base" > manfid 0x

Re: Stuck with vesa framebuffer not working

2003-03-26 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Frédéric Dumont [Tue, Mar 25 2003, 10:17:22PM]: > I have a Compaq Presario 2520. When I try to load the vesafb module, > I always get an error: > /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/video/vesafb.o: init_module: No such device or > address > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrec

Re: How to install Woddy using Rsierfs?

2003-03-30 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * stan [Sun, Mar 30 2003, 09:59:52AM]: > Can I do the install on this FS? Yes. > If so, how do I do this? Described in the fine installation manual. Read it. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. PS: enter bf24 on the boot prompt of the CD-ROM. -- Wer ohne jede Narrheit lebt, ist weniger weise als

Re: tar over ssh

2003-03-31 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Iñaki Martínez wrote on Mon Mar 31, 2003 um 03:23:13PM: > Then what i need it is something like this: > > server2$ tar cvz directories_to_tar | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] > file_in_server1.tgz > > but THIS NOT WORK :-( tar cvz directories_to_tar | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'cat > file_i

Re: lufs kernel module

2003-06-11 Thread Eduard Bloch
ib/lufs/liblufs-sshfs.so > not a relocatable object You tried to insmod a library, not a the module. Please read the description of what you use, or this: apt-cache show lufs-source Package: lufs-source Priority: optional Section: misc Installed-Size: 84 Maintainer: Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PRO

Re: Optimizing Debian

2002-12-11 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * javier [Wed, Dec 11 2002, 06:09:30PM]: > I am a new Debian user. I used to work in Mandrake and there the x86 > packages are compiled for i586, while in Debian they are compiled for Well, Mandrake invests lots of money into marketing, and creating of myths about large huge unbeatabl

Re: 2.5.50 on Woody

2002-12-17 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include arief_mulya wrote on Tue Dec 17, 2002 um 01:10:41PM: > Thank you for kind explanation. > Now, suppose me still wants to get into it. > What will I need? > > I learn from previous posts, I'll need newest modutils. > Then what else? I plan to stick on woody for a while, not ...if you wou

Re: installing debian on laptop...

2002-12-30 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * George Georgalis [Mon, Dec 30 2002, 11:11:16AM]: > My laptop has no cdrom or floppy (an ultra slim sony), I do have an > external usb floppy for it though (no cdrom). > > The bios will boot the usb floppy, but the regular debian (woody bf2.4) > rescue.bin / root.bin floppy install fai

Re: Mknod & Major-Minor numbers

2003-01-04 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Ken Thompson wrote on Sat Jan 04, 2003 um 09:49:10AM: > Where does one find a list or a howto for determining the major and minor > numbers for a device? devices.txt in Linux' source. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Re: Can't boot server with a LSI Logic 1030 SCSI controller card

2003-01-06 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Jorge Martinez [Mon, Jan 06 2003, 03:08:38PM]: > I know Linux can be installed 'cause I could install RH 8.0, so I think > Woody should also be able to boot with the right arguments. Look for the modules-preload-Floppy on the Woody-Errata site. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- "They are ma

Re: pppoe and dsl on debian

2003-01-09 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Brenda J. Butler [Thu, Jan 09 2003, 11:25:03AM]: > However, debian has modified the rp-pppoe setup to suit > itself. rp-pppoe comes with scripts such as adsl-start, adsl-start is Redhat-specific. We have "pppoeconf" which should already be on your system. > Jan 9 10:39:56 seal pppoe

Re: 2.2 kernel vs 2.4 kernel

2003-01-11 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin Urs! Urs Thuermann schrieb am Saturday, den 11. January 2003: > * Logical Volume Manager (LVM) * new generation MD driver (raid) > * File systems: ext3, reiserfs, tmpfs (RAM based FS that shares the > swap space), devfs (device file system) * JFS, cramfs for read-only-filesystems

Re: Adding SCSI Controller, SCSI Tape, and SCSI Disk to 2.2.20-idepci system

2003-01-13 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Doug MacFarlane [Mon, Jan 13 2003, 10:40:24PM]: > My original desktop had been installed by booting woody CDs and installing a vanilla >kernel, > and then apt-getting 2.418-686-smp kernel images (the kitchen sink variety, Do you have an SMP (multi-processor) system? > I believe).

Re: do amd processors work well with debian?

2003-01-14 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Sandip P Deshmukh [Tue, Jan 14 2003, 10:44:06AM]: > > AMD if you go with cheap mobo, ram and *especially* power supplies you are > > asking for trouble. Well, nowadays you don't save much when you compare the price of the whole system. > by the way, any baddies when it comes to mobo

Re: which 2.4 kernel and patch(es) to avoid IDE disk corruption when DMA on?

2003-01-17 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * nate [Thu, Jan 16 2003, 10:53:16AM]: > the problem is probably easier resolved by using another IDE controller, > I highly reccomend the Promise ATA/100 and ATA/66 series(have not tried > the ATA/133). DMA problems are most often caused by buggy IDE controllers SO GO AND TRY before yo

Re: kernel upgrade to 2.4.20-k7

2003-01-18 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * jrn [Sun, Jan 19 2003, 12:48:34AM]: > Hello, > > I'm currently using Sarge with 2.4.18-k7 kernel for my Athlon XP and the >kernel-headers-2.4.18-k7. > I've seen that 2.4.20-k7 kernel was available for the testing version but the >problem is that there's no kernel-headers-2.4.20-k7 ye

Re: kernel upgrade to 2.4.20-k7

2003-01-19 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Travis Crump [Sat, Jan 18 2003, 08:43:03PM]: > Note, selecting kernel-build-2.4.20 instead of kernel-headers-2.4.20-k7 > The following extra packages will be installed: > kernel-build-2.4.20 kernel-headers-2.4.20 > The following NEW packages will be installed: > kernel-build-2.4.20

Re: kernel-headers & compiling source

2003-01-19 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Jeff Penn [Sat, Jan 18 2003, 10:12:40AM]: > I have read through the kernel-header docs, & am still not sure I > understand what they are for. I assumed that they enable source to be > compiled when using a kernel-image. > > If this is correct, what is the procedure for compiling i2c

Re: make-kpkg 2.4.19 kernel: Module /usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs failed.

2002-09-22 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Karsten M. Self wrote on Sun Sep 22, 2002 um 09:26:33PM: > Kernel configuration options: > Kernel-tree PCMCIA support is enabled. What about RTFM?! Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

Re: make-kpkg 2.4.19 kernel: Module /usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs failed.

2002-09-23 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Karsten M. Self wrote on Mon Sep 23, 2002 um 12:31:20AM: > > What about RTFM?! > > Um... welche FM, Eduard? ... > My kernel build options for PCMCIA are: > > [karsten@ego:linux]$ grep -v '^#' .config | grep PCMCIA > CONFIG_PCMCIA=y http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/READ

Re: Debian 3.0r0 installation Problems

2002-09-28 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Daniel Fabian [Sat, Sep 28 2002, 10:46:47AM]: > I'm trying to install debian on an IPC laptop (you probably won't know IPC, > as it's a small Austrian company assembling lapdogs) after I finally Chip hardware, potentialy broken BIOS implementations with workarounds in Windows drivers

Re: cramfs: wrong magic, kernel panic

2002-09-29 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Neal Pollock [Sun, Sep 29 2002, 12:08:23AM]: > machine a clt-alt-del. Now I can't boot either of my two kernels (2.2.20 & > 2.4.18) from lilo, I get the following messages: > > (2.4.18) > Partition check: > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: [PTBL] [4866/255/63] p1 p3 < p5 p6 p7 > >

Re: galeon and its problems (was: tabbed browsing as 'zilla's default)

2002-10-01 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include martin f krafft wrote on Tue Oct 01, 2002 um 03:44:08PM: > (d) it keeps forgetting the homepage i set. on every restart, it's > back to gnome.org (#145017) > (e) it forgets the mailer selection and always goes back to Gnome > (f) it crashes frequently on X cut'n'paste > (g

Re: Console vga mode

2002-10-02 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Robert Epprecht wrote on Wed Oct 02, 2002 um 06:37:59AM: > I do not get any other choices for 80x25 than '0', which does not work. > (Still giving 80x30). Text or VGA mode? I guess you faced the kernel framebuffer. To disable it, use video=vga16:off. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- To UN

Re: CDRW problem

2005-01-09 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin Manu! Manu schrieb am Samstag, den 08. Januar 2005: > cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATAPI > Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a38 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright Not dev=ATAPI (it sucks, no DMA). Use dev=ATA. Regards, Eduard. -- So, your "solution" is to ask "Should I break your system now or after the next reboot

Re: Really no sponsor out there?

1999-12-29 Thread Eduard Bloch
Stefan Hornburg wrote on Tue Dec 28, 1999 um 09:36:44AM: > That is understandable, but how one becomes Debian maintainer from > scratch ? This is the cause why Dennis and I need a sponsor. BTW, I created Debian packages some times ago and now, I'm looking for someone to sponsor them for me. This

[icewm-themes] Call For Votes

2001-07-27 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hello dear Debian users, I am going to revise the current icewm-themes package, since in my opinion there should be some new cool themes (that user get from icewm.themes.org anyways), and on the other hand we could drop seldom used themes to make place for the new ones. To make the best decision,

Re: /dev/fd0u1743 help

2001-07-27 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Mike Pfleger wrote on Fri Jul 27, 2001 um 02:19:39PM: > I tried > mknod /dev/fd0u1743 b 2 77 apt-get --reinstall install fdutils or call /usr/sbin/MAKEFLOPPIES manually. > to install such, but this is apparently wrong, and resulted in not being > able to mount the device at all, let a

Re: /dev/fd0u1743 help

2001-07-28 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Alvin Oga wrote on Fri Jul 27, 2001 um 03:17:47PM: > superformat will format 1.44mb floppies to 1.77 or higher if needed Yes, you can get 1920kB with superformat. Unfortunately, this format is very slow (since complicated to read) and cannot boot. 1743 is the common denominator, useable

Re: mouse stops working in X

2001-07-28 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Patrick Boe wrote on Sat Jul 28, 2001 um 03:11:37AM: > a few minutes into every X session, my mouse stops working. If I leave X > for the console, where the mouse works, then go back to X, the mouse still > doesn't work. i can enter text in X fine. anyone know why? my system How did

Re: ext2 -> reiserfs

2001-07-29 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Shriram Shrikumar wrote on Sat Jul 28, 2001 um 03:58:24PM: > does anyone know an easy way of converting a ext2 partition to > resierfs and is it worth it ? Are you looking for an fast journaling file system? Try ext3 - the only thing you have to change is - patch the kernel: http://w

Re: Mouse in SVGAlib

2001-07-30 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Mon Jul 30, 2001 um 02:57:20AM: > Does anyone know what I need to do to configure my mouse to work in SVGAlib > in Quake 2? I tried uncommenting "PS/2" and commenting out "mouse > unconfigured" but still no luck. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. >From t

Re: Will my modem work?

2001-07-30 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Gurusami Annamalai wrote on Mon Jul 30, 2001 um 11:51:42AM: > (Motorola SM56 PCI > Speakerphone Modem) which is attached to the COM3 port under Windows 98. > When I check under > the Control Panel->Modems->Diagnostics I see only the Motorola SM56 PCI > Speakerphone Modem. Bullshit. The

Re: sid / woody ppp not setting default gw

2001-07-30 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Christopher S. Swingley wrote on Fri Jul 27, 2001 um 07:40:12PM: > I have a laptop with an ethernet card connection to a local network > and a modem for connecting to the Internet. Earlier versions of pppd > always reset the default gateway to the dial-in server when I connected > (and

Re: Kernel - Ethernet module

2001-08-01 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Debian GNU wrote on Wed Aug 01, 2001 um 12:42:29AM: > I wish to compile Compex RL100a module into the > kernel, which is not included in the kernel sources Hm, if Debian is going to use 2.2.19 as the default kernel in Potato's i386, there would be a problem. > (Not as a loadble module)

Re: Kernel - Ethernet module

2001-08-01 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Debian GNU wrote on Wed Aug 01, 2001 um 04:02:19AM: > This also I had tried, but still !! (: > Anything else ? Okay, I took the latest winbond-840.c that compiles with 2.2.x and integrated it into kernel source in a way similar to the ne2k-pci driver. Patch attached, should work. Gruss

Re: home and end keys not working in xterm

2001-08-01 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Sebastiaan wrote on Wed Aug 01, 2001 um 08:34:56PM: > > "\e[1~": beginning-of-line > > "\e[3~": delete-char A kludge, should not be used. > > "\e[4~": end-of-line > > "\e[d": backward-word > > "\e[c": forward-word > > > Does not work for me. I am running woody. Any ideas? I helped me

Re: PPPoE +Debian ?

2001-08-02 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin John! John Griffiths schrieb am Donnerstag, den 02. August 2001: > Holy Hell. > > That's sounds like a VERY insecure setup. Bullshit. > I could be wrong but hub's broadcast... and running the ADSL straight into > the hub would make it possible for an outsider to sniff your network PP

Re: where is libgl1 ??

2001-08-05 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Sat Aug 04, 2001 um 11:39:56PM: > Hi - > I want to install htmldoc and in order to do this I must have > libgl1 package. I tried to look for it in the packages section > in your web but I couldn't find it at all. Where is it ??? Sure? apt-get install libgl1

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