Upgrading to testing

2006-03-31 Thread Sam Varghese
? Thanks, Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFELQd5ZyXhknb+33gRAj1BAJ9AXjqPnQk7ZnHGrKwyuaLypl5UnQCePuJj V2sXzfmdyw8K+alA8/KCp1k= =0sse -END PGP SIGNATURE

Root partition filling up

2006-04-08 Thread Sam Varghese
% /usr/local /dev/sda7 8649544145388 8064780 2% /var tmpfs10240 744 9496 8% /dev My question is - what's filling up / ? Thanks, Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind. My PGP key

Re: Root partition filling up

2006-04-09 Thread Sam Varghese
. Once I removed that, I am back to 17 per cent usage. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from or fight its enemies is lunch. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: dist-upgrade sarge to etch

2006-04-23 Thread Sam Varghese
was merely looking for a kernel upgrade to get my nForce-based sound card working. Things may have changed since then. I didn't mind losing the gnome and kde stuff but I also lost my X setup. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com The years teach much which the days never knew. My PGP key

Re: dist-upgrade sarge to etch

2006-04-25 Thread Sam Varghese
: deb http://spello.sscnet.ucla.edu/marillat/ sarge main Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com Double your drive space - delete Windows! My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFETrB3ZyXhknb+33gRAu8QAJ0c6c

Re: nvidia-glx got removed- now no GUI

2006-05-02 Thread Sam Varghese
the news via mail. Anthony Towns announced that AMD64 had been added to the etch release on April 19: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/04/msg00011.html Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which

Re: Unable to boot install from CDs?

2006-05-26 Thread Sam Varghese
-amd64/iso-cd/ It worked for me. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU

Re: Etch security updates

2006-05-26 Thread Sam Varghese
/debian-secure-testing etch/security-updates main contrib non-free What about security updates for AMD64 Sarge? deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing

Re: drivers/i2c/chips/lm85.c for emc6d100-* in 2.6.8-11-amd64-k8

2006-05-26 Thread Sam Varghese
not find suitable nvidia drivers for the 2.6.15 kernel which I got from backports. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from or fight its enemies is lunch. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: sources.list ???

2006-05-30 Thread Sam Varghese
is the proper way to get SECURITY updates in amd64? For stable: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt

Re: sources.list ???

2006-05-30 Thread Sam Varghese
mirroring sarge for amd64 (aka stable) They generally seem to be out of date. I tried a few and gave up. I now use debian.csail.mit.edu. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief. My PGP key: http

Grub error codes

2006-06-20 Thread Sam Varghese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Some dude asked about grub error codes a day or so back; I don't have the message in question but a complete list of error codes is here: http://www.uruk.org/orig-grub/errors.html HTH. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com As scarce

Re: Playing an encrypted/comercial DVD - libdvdcss

2006-06-23 Thread Sam Varghese
- sarge and etch - an apt-cache search libdvdcss shows: libdvdcss2-dev - Simple foundation for reading DVDs - devel files libdvdcss2 - Simple foundation for reading DVDs - runtime libraries You can install it from the archives and then use totem to watch DVDs. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http

Re: Playing an encrypted/comercial DVD - libdvdcss

2006-06-23 Thread Sam Varghese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 06:44:05PM -0700 Adam D said: Sam Varghese wrote: On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 03:54:15PM -0700 Adam D said: I have been trying to get libdvdcss to compile on my AMD64 3000+ box but keep on getting errors output

Re: Sarge to Etch

2006-07-05 Thread Sam Varghese
was using the nVidia drivers for Sarge and had to reconfigure the Xserver to use the nv driver. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com If you don't know what your program is supposed to do, you'd better not start writing it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com

No sound on etch when using video players

2006-07-12 Thread Sam Varghese
. The sound controls are active in both. Any help in debugging this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com Program testing can best show the presence of errors but never their absence. - - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption

Re: No sound on etch when using video players

2006-07-12 Thread Sam Varghese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:30:20PM +0200 P|pex said: --- Sam Varghese [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: I can play audio CDs using the KDE player kscd but the gnome player and xmms do not work. No matter which video player I use - totem

Re: No sound on etch when using video players

2006-07-13 Thread Sam Varghese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 03:55:44PM -0400 Lennart Sorensen said: On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 08:47:29AM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote: Yes, the sound daemon is running. And the gstreamer packs are installed. The user is already a member of the audio

Re: building nvidia module on sarge

2006-07-15 Thread Sam Varghese
- -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from or fight its enemies is lunch. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEuJzWZyXhknb+33gRAiL7AJ4

Re: New to 64 bit/Sorta new to Debian....

2006-07-15 Thread Sam Varghese
them? What about Sarge source packages? Can I compile them on this machine and end up with 64 bit code? This post provides a link to OO binaries: http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2006/07/msg00118.html HTH Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com Experiences are savings which a miser

Re: No sound on etch when using video players

2006-07-18 Thread Sam Varghese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 09:46:27AM +0100 Jo Shields said: Sam Varghese wrote: On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 03:55:44PM -0400 Lennart Sorensen said: On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 08:47:29AM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote: Yes, the sound daemon is running

Re: No sound on etch when using video players

2006-07-19 Thread Sam Varghese
and Gnome apps for devices - but then the KDE devices should work because Kscd plays music fine. The KDE video players don't give me anything except pictures. Thanks for all the suggestions. The situation is driving me nuts. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com Software industry: unique

Right kernel for AMD Athlon64-3000+

2006-08-05 Thread Sam Varghese
wouldn't be more suited for this processor. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE1WGYZyXhknb

Re: Right kernel for AMD Athlon64-3000+

2006-08-05 Thread Sam Varghese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 02:02:32PM +1000 Dean Hamstead said: On Sun, August 6, 2006 1:27 pm, Sam Varghese wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've been running an AMD64-3000+ with a generic kernel for the last six months

Grub gone from unstable

2006-08-08 Thread Sam Varghese
off the old menu.lst, though. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU

Re: Black screen when launching Gnome

2006-08-28 Thread Sam Varghese
issue ? (I got an AMD3200+ and a GeForce 7600 GT) You'd probably need to reconfigure your X configuration. As root run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and choose the nv driver. I have an AMD 3000+ and the same card. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com Double your drive space - delete

Re: thunderbird: Can someone reproduce #383344?

2006-08-30 Thread Sam Varghese
are as listed in the bug report. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux

Re: 2D,3D,nvidia,nv?

2006-12-17 Thread Sam Varghese
difference but then, like you, I don't have any need for 3D acceleration and the other swizzly bits. Sam - -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com

Re: AMD64 show stoppers

2007-01-16 Thread Sam Varghese
/~gudjon/debian/amd64/ ./ I would have checked myself but the sites keep timing out as we have a large number of upstream connectivity problems where I live in Australia today due to the extreme weather and massive outages yesterday. Cheers, Sam - -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com Experiences

Re: AMD64 show stoppers

2007-01-17 Thread Sam Varghese
is excellent and I have no regrets about moving over. And I'm one of the least technical of all you folks on this list. For the nvu seeker, this will be of help: http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2006/11/msg00209.html Cheers, Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com The competent programmer

Re: Debian success story reports - is there an archive?

2007-03-09 Thread Sam Varghese
://gnubies.com/linux/debian_amd64.html During my searches I found an additional page: http://www.crazysquirrel.com/computing/debian/amd64.jspx Sam - -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption

Re: Random Crashes

2007-05-07 Thread Sam Varghese
similar memory modules? Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com Program testing can best show the presence of errors but never their absence. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: deciding on a new amd64 system

2007-06-07 Thread Sam Varghese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 04:09:22PM -0400 Lennart Sorensen said: On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 06:02:02AM +, Sam Varghese wrote: I have used both Intel and AMD dual-core and find AMD better for my work; I'm basing this on one thing, the speed

Re: deciding on a new amd64 system

2007-06-10 Thread Sam Varghese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 09:51:56AM -0400 Lennart Sorensen said: On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 12:05:42AM +, Sam Varghese wrote: The Core 2. I am surprised if an Athlon 64 beat the Core 2 on video encoding. Weird. What codec and encoder program

Re: flashplayer on debian-amd64 (sid)

2008-12-13 Thread Sam Varghese
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 01:33:26PM +0100 Hans-J. Ullrich said: Dear maintainers, I tested some flash plugins onm my amd64 system. snip The 64-bit alpha plugin from Adobe works on both IceWeasel and Epiphany for me. Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com There are no good system

Re: flashplayer on debian-amd64 (sid)

2008-12-15 Thread Sam Varghese
the proprietary plugin and the free one installed. Remove the lot and use the alpha 64-bit one from Adobe. Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com Software industry: unique industry where selling substandard goods is legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems. My PGP key: http

Re: 32 bit pkg on amd64

2009-02-28 Thread Sam Varghese
Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from or fight its enemies is lunch. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: Skype after ia32-libs update?

2009-06-29 Thread Sam Varghese
/skype.html I run the testing stream and Skype works fine for me. Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ

Re: kde4

2009-09-23 Thread Sam Varghese
On Thu, September 24, 2009 05:12, Karl Schmidt wrote: Anyone running KDE4? Any AMD64 issues? None at all. Running on testing for the last few months. Can it be loaded running lenny? Not sure. I'm running testing. Is it stable enough to use now? Is it ever! I want to load it up on a

Re: Skype 2.1 with ia32-libs Was: ia32-aptitude vs. aptitude

2009-09-25 Thread Sam Varghese
On Sat, September 26, 2009 10:14, Ernesto Domato wrote: On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 18:30, Dave Witbrodt dawit...@sbcglobal.net wrote: For now, the officially supported solution is 'ia32-libs' again.  The officially-supported multiarch solution is on the way relatively soon, so you'll have to

Re: unable to connect to wireless networks with RTL8101 card

2010-02-21 Thread Sam Varghese
driver for that card, or what the problem might be. Any tips would be appreciated. This thread may be of assistance: http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8581510 Sam (Sam Varghese) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Changing from stable to testing.....

2010-10-24 Thread Sam Varghese
my GUI disappeared after an update; simply deleting the old xorg.conf file and starting X solved the problem. Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com Double your drive space - delete Windows! My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64

Re: 32 or 64 bits for the end user.

2011-03-21 Thread Sam Varghese
no reason to regret my choice of using the 64-bit port. And, I may add, I am a non-technical user. Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words. My PGP key: http