Re: problem with ooffice from backports

On Thursday 01 April 2010 03:03:53 pm Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2010-04-01, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > --000e0cd378dc79327b04833417a2 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Hi! > > > > I am running Lenny in a i386 machine. I have the following line in the > > sources.list file

Re: GRUB2 == Non Bootable System

On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 17:46:49 -0700 Scarletdown wrote: > I just did a fresh very basic Debian Sid install on my "experimental" > system (one hard drive with only a single partition), basic install > meaning console only and just the following packages: ssh, mc, samba, > elinks, sudo, and ClamAV. >

Re: problem with ooffice from backports

On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 09:25:18PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 18:07:22 -0400 (EDT), Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > ... > > again the line and updating the package information again, but the version > > of openoffice.org-style-galaxy package in synaptic remains the same wr

Re: problem with ooffice from backports

On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 18:07:22 -0400 (EDT), Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > I am running Lenny in a i386 machine. I have the following line in the > sources.list file: > > deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free > > After updating the package information, the openof

GRUB2 == Non Bootable System

I just did a fresh very basic Debian Sid install on my "experimental" system (one hard drive with only a single partition), basic install meaning console only and just the following packages: ssh, mc, samba, elinks, sudo, and ClamAV. After all the packages were installed, I ran apt-get dist-upgrad

[SOLVED] Working network connectivity, not working DNS resolutions

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:47:40 +1100 wrote: > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 3:00 AM, Mike Viau wrote: > > Could there be an issue with MTU size? > > > don't thing so > > [snip] > > > > My findings. > > > > # dig @10.254.2.254 google.com > > > > ; <<>> DiG 9.4.3-P2 <<>> @10.254.2.254 google.com > > ;

Re: 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.

Dotan Cohen wrote: On 1 April 2010 20:40, Wayne wrote: When the servers are back up install the 'debian-reference' package. Read it. Â It has a section on networking - read it. Â You would not have started this if you had done this. Most if not all problems can be solved by reading through th

Re: problem with ooffice from backports

On 2010-04-01, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > --000e0cd378dc79327b04833417a2 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi! > > I am running Lenny in a i386 machine. I have the following line in the > sources.list file: > > deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib n

Re: How to read log files

> etcgrep () { grep -ir "$1" /etc/* ; } > sgrep () { grep -ir "$1" /usr/src/linux ; } > xgrep () { grep -i "$1" $(echo $PATH | tr ":" " ") ; } > Nice. I'm having a hard time understanding that last one, but I will figure it out. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com

problem with ooffice from backports

Hi! I am running Lenny in a i386 machine. I have the following line in the sources.list file: deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free After updating the package information, the openoffice.org-style-galaxy package appears in the following way in synaptic: ope

Re: 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.

On 1 April 2010 20:40, Wayne wrote: > When the servers are back up install the 'debian-reference' package. > > Read it.  It has a section on networking - read it.  You would not have > started this if you had done this. > > Most if not all problems can be solved by reading through that manual. >

Re: Booting from newly installed Kernel package?

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 05:01:03 +0100, Jen wrote: > I am blind, so selecting the kernel from the grub prompt is not > possible. I want to use the new kernel (not trunk) as my default. OK, now I understand your problem. It is unfortunate that the trunk version slipped into the normal repository an

Re: Why can't I reinstall locales? [SOLVED]

On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 12:18:24 -0700, Ernie Dunbar wrote: > For future reference, the solution to this problem is to manually download > the .deb file from the Debian website, then force the install like this: > > dpkg -i --force-depends locales_2.7-18lenny2_all.deb > > This works without issue

Iceape doesn't clear session cookies on Deb testing

Hi List Iceape 2.0.3 on Deb testing ("squeeze") is not erasing cookies and other personal data between sessions, even though the option enabled in the preferences/ privacy & security/ Cookies tab is to "accept for current session only". Even when the next option is checked "accept cookies fo

Custom kernels (was Re: connecting to WPA wireless network with ipw2100)

On 2010-04-01 13:52, Stephen Powell wrote: On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 13:47:05 -0400 (EDT), Sebastian wrote: Since I'm planning on compiling a custom kernel for this machine anyways (using linux 2.6.32) I'm putting my hopes into that Just out of curiosity, why do you plan to compile a custom kernel, i

Re: Why can't I reinstall locales? [SOLVED]

For future reference, the solution to this problem is to manually download the .deb file from the Debian website, then force the install like this: dpkg -i --force-depends locales_2.7-18lenny2_all.deb This works without issue because the package dependency 'glibc-2.7-1' is a dummy package, and th

Re: connecting to WPA wireless network with ipw2100

On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 13:47:05 -0400 (EDT), Sebastian wrote: > Since I'm planning on compiling a > custom kernel for this machine anyways (using linux 2.6.32) I'm > putting my hopes into that Just out of curiosity, why do you plan to compile a custom kernel, if you don't mind my asking? -- .''`.

Re: Re (2): 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.

peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: Wayne, From: Wayne Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:40:50 -0400 install the 'debian-reference' package. Read it. Can't the instructions be read on a Web page? Don't know, I never looked on the web for it. Just install the package along with the dwww package and you c

Re (2): 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.

Wayne, From: Wayne Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:40:50 -0400 > install the 'debian-reference' package. > > Read it. Can't the instructions be read on a Web page? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Google "pathology workshop". In ETHNO click here -> Desktops.OpenDoc "http://carnot.yi.org";. --

Re: testing repo keyring package is looked for.

On 2010-04-01 13:11, Sthu Deus wrote: Good day. apt-get on installing of linux-image from testing repo complains on inability of packages verification. So, is there an special for the repo keyring package I have to install? I did look in apt-cache on keyring and testing and nothing found...

Re: ALSA problem?

On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 13:04:13 -0400 (EDT), Oscar Corte wrote: > > When trying to play a CD with Sound Juicer, I'm getting error > “Could not open audio device for playback” > > Reason: Internal GStreamer error: state change failed. > Please file a bug at > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?p

Re: Frage zu init und Runleveln

On 01.04.2010 19:28, Mart Frauenlob wrote: > On 01.04.2010 16:41, Gregor Schneider wrote: >> 2010/4/1 Pascal Volk : [...] sorry, ... tab completion, selected wrong group. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas.

Re: How to read log files

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 08:00:18PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > That was quite what I asked: where could I read more on the subject? > Dead trees are fine! > Hi Dotan, These are trivial but handy for chasing down where messages come from: etcgrep () { grep -ir "$1" /etc/* ; } sgrep () { gre

Re: Dell Studio 540 Reboot Hangs (Lenny)

On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:58:03 -0400 (EDT), Ivan Shcheklein wrote: > I have Dell Studio 540 desktop and Debian Lenny installed on it: > 2.6.26-2-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Mar 9 22:29:32 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > The problem is that I can't reboot it. It just hangs after "Will now > restart" message. > > I

testing repo keyring package is looked for.

Good day. apt-get on installing of linux-image from testing repo complains on inability of packages verification. So, is there an special for the repo keyring package I have to install? I did look in apt-cache on keyring and testing and nothing found... Thanks for Your time. PS Please, repl

Re: No updates seen in a while

Ron Johnson wrote: On 2010-04-01 11:19, Hans Vogelsberger wrote: ... No, for squeeze there are no updates yet. ... ... but why shall I subscribe it if I already have the basic user list? Different lists for different purposes. One of these arguments again which were ridiculous already w

(auto-solved) Re: Icedove: "reply-to" produces empty body

On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:28:11 +, Camaleón wrote: > Running Lenny and Icedove 2.0.0.24 (the latter just updated today from > security repo). > > Now, when I select "reply to/reply to all" I get a new mail with blank > body (no message appears cited below). It seems it has been auto-solved righ

Re: connecting to WPA wireless network with ipw2100

Thanks for your input Sjoerd, On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 03:01PM +0200, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > Seb schreef: >> On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 01:31AM +0100, Seb wrote: >>> Hello all! >>> >>> I just aquired an IBM Thinkpad X31 laptop and have to work out the >>> wireless (amongst other things). The firmwar

Re: Frage zu init und Runleveln

On 01.04.2010 16:41, Gregor Schneider wrote: > 2010/4/1 Pascal Volk : >> >> Versuch es mit: . file >> > ja, das waer eine idee. > > ich hatte jedoch angenommen, dass es unter linux eine halbwegs > generische moeglichkeit gibt, dass die system-variablen bereits bei > ini (zumindestens in den rl 2-5

Re: 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.

Dotan Cohen wrote: Adding lo to /etc/network/interfaces fixed the problem. I'd wonder why there wasn't a lo in the first place... I broke it trying to force the computer to take a specific IP address. One of those issues that I decided to learn by doing, rather than bugging the list about. On

Re: Multiple, non-concurrent repositories?

You replied to me personally, instead of the list. This fixes that. Quoting Rogerio Luz Coelho on 2010-03-27 20:39:07: > You can use pinnig ... you are looking for the "origin" keys in > Pinning to accomplish this. > > Put all the sources in the sources.list file and creae a > /etc/apt/prefer

Re: `Print selection' unimplemented in Iceweasel?

Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:01:51 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > >> Bob Cox wrote: >> > > >>> I see it in File > Print > [ Print dialogue pop-up appears ] > Options >>> Print Selection Only. This final option is of course greyed-out if >>> no sel

Re: 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.

On 2010-04-01 12:24, Dotan Cohen wrote: Adding lo to /etc/network/interfaces fixed the problem. I'd wonder why there wasn't a lo in the first place... I broke it trying to force the computer to take a specific IP address. One of those issues that I decided to learn by doing, rather than buggi

Re: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum

On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:08:29 -0400 (EDT), John Hasler wrote: > Stephen Powell writes: >> If there is a bug ... > There clearly is. >> ... But as for it's operation, it is working as designed. > > Design errors are still bugs. Debian bug number 432025 may be of interest to you. This bug was opene

Re: 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.

Dotan Cohen wrote: Adding lo to /etc/network/interfaces fixed the problem. You are a genius! Well now we know at what level we have to start at when Dotan has a problem. I never claimed not to be slow! Actually, I don't know if that was meant to offend, but I am not offended. It was not me

Icedove: "reply-to" produces empty body

Hello, Running Lenny and Icedove 2.0.0.24 (the latter just updated today from security repo). Now, when I select "reply to/reply to all" I get a new mail with blank body (no message appears cited below). "Forward" and "Edit as new" work as expected. Anyone experiencing this? Greetings, --

Re: 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.

>> Adding lo to /etc/network/interfaces fixed the problem. > > I'd wonder why there wasn't a lo in the first place... > I broke it trying to force the computer to take a specific IP address. One of those issues that I decided to learn by doing, rather than bugging the list about. Only when I got s

Re: Why can't I reinstall locales?

Also: libc6 is already the newest version. Says apt-get install. > On 2010-03-31 16:50, Ernie Dunbar wrote: >> So today, Debsecan warns me about this issue: >> >> CVE-2010-0015 nis/nss_nis/nis-pwd.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc... >>

Re: Why can't I reinstall locales?

> On 2010-03-31 16:50, Ernie Dunbar wrote: >> So today, Debsecan warns me about this issue: >> >> CVE-2010-0015 nis/nss_nis/nis-pwd.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc... >> >> - locales, libc6 (remotely exploitable, medium urgency) >> >>

ALSA problem?

Hi all: When trying to play a CD with Sound Juicer, I'm getting error “Could not open audio device for playback” Reason: Internal GStreamer error: state change failed. Please file a bug at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer. Totem movie player plays video without any

Re: 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.

>> Adding lo to /etc/network/interfaces fixed the problem. You are a genius! > > Well now we know at what level we have to start at when Dotan has a problem. > I never claimed not to be slow! Actually, I don't know if that was meant to offend, but I am not offended. I learn a lot from this list. G

Re: No updates seen in a while

On 2010-04-01 11:19, Hans Vogelsberger wrote: ... No, for squeeze there are no updates yet. ... Sjoerd ... but neither in debian-user nor in amd64 there is a person who thought it necessary to inform the subscribers officially of this fact, and even now there is nobody still who thinks i

Re: 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.

On 2010-04-01 11:20, Dotan Cohen wrote: Is there actually a "lo"? Presumably that non-Debian machine is running Network Mangler. Adding lo to /etc/network/interfaces fixed the problem. I'd wonder why there wasn't a lo in the first place...

Re: 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.

Dotan Cohen wrote: Is there actually a "lo"? Â Presumably that non-Debian machine is running Network Mangler. Adding lo to /etc/network/interfaces fixed the problem. You are a genius! Well now we know at what level we have to start at when Dotan has a problem. Google didn't help with that

Re: No updates seen in a while

... No, for squeeze there are no updates yet. ... Sjoerd ... but neither in debian-user nor in amd64 there is a person who thought it necessary to inform the subscribers officially of this fact, and even now there is nobody still who thinks it necessary to tell us how long this nightmare

Re: 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.

> Is there actually a "lo"?  Presumably that non-Debian machine is running > Network Mangler. > Adding lo to /etc/network/interfaces fixed the problem. You are a genius! -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org wit

Re: 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.

> Is there actually a "lo"?  Presumably that non-Debian machine is running > Network Mangler. > Thank you Ron! That was it! -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: 127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.

On 2010-04-01 11:03, Dotan Cohen wrote: One problematic machine running a Debian-based distro (ubuntu 9.10) will answer to pings from other computers, but will not answer to pings on 127.0.0.1 from itself. Likewise, it will not answer to pings to localhost nor to its own IP address (pings to it's

127.0.0.1 not answering to ping, yet other computer can ping me.

One problematic machine running a Debian-based distro (ubuntu 9.10) will answer to pings from other computers, but will not answer to pings on 127.0.0.1 from itself. Likewise, it will not answer to pings to localhost nor to its own IP address (pings to it's own IP address are answered if I try from

Re: No updates seen in a while

On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:21:36 -0400 (EDT), Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> S.D.A: >> >> I am assuming that you canceled out of it and did not do the updates. >> If that is the case, try issuing the following commands: >> >>aptitude keep-all >>aptitude update >>aptitude

Dell Studio 540 Reboot Hangs (Lenny)

Hi, I have Dell Studio 540 desktop and Debian Lenny installed on it: 2.6.26-2-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Mar 9 22:29:32 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux The problem is that I can't reboot it. It just hangs after "Will now restart" message. I've already tried: reboot=b, reboot=a, reboot=h kernel options. Nothing

Re: No updates seen in a while

Stephen Powell schreef: On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 03:50:22 -0400 (EDT), Anthony Campbell wrote: On 31 Mar 2010, S.D.A. wrote: Speaking of this issue (FTP master being down); I did an 'aptitude update' for my SID laptop this morning. Says over 900 packages need to be updated! Now I know it's been a few

Re: Transferring files over SSH in the console

Tzafrir Cohen schreef: While this is not what you asked for, I still prefer scp. scp can be made much more convinient to use, once you allow tab completion of remote file names. scp file.txt u...@remotemachine:/rem This works if you cna login without a password to u...@remotemachine . There ar

Re: No updates seen in a while

On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 03:50:22 -0400 (EDT), Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 31 Mar 2010, S.D.A. wrote: >> Speaking of this issue (FTP master being down); I did an 'aptitude >> update' for my SID laptop this morning. Says over 900 packages need to >> be updated! Now I know it's been a few days since we re

Re: Multiple, non-concurrent repositories?

2010/3/30 Brian Ryans > You replied to me personally, instead of the list. This fixes that. > > Quoting Rogerio Luz Coelho on 2010-03-27 20:39:07: > > You can use pinnig ... you are looking for the "origin" keys in > > Pinning to accomplish this. > > > > Put all the sources in the sources.list

Re: handling removable media without gnome-volume-manager

On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:03:06 -0600 Dave Thayer wrote: > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:23:18PM -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > > the rule file is a udev rule file, right ? > > Correct. > > > Doesn't this mean that in the case of a specific device, you can > > simply match the device exactly

Re: Transferring files over SSH in the console

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 01:02:10AM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 22 March 2010 00:57, Selçuk Mıynat wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 00:52, Dotan Cohen wrote: > >> I am managing a small embedded device that I SSH into over the LAN. To > >> run commands, I use KDE Konsole, and to transfer files

Re: connecting to WPA wireless network with ipw2100

Seb schreef: On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 01:31AM +0100, Seb wrote: Hello all! I just aquired an IBM Thinkpad X31 laptop and have to work out the wireless (amongst other things). The firmware (firmware-ipw2x00) and drivers are installed and working (I think). I got some more clues by setting my W

Re: Bluetooth keyboard trouble

On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 03:34:18 -0400 (EDT), Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Thu,01.Apr.10, 07:47:49, martin wrote: >> This last days my keyboard has stop working. If I just let the computer >> start >> as normal, nothing works. The keyboard in question is a logitech dinovo edge >> with bluetooth connect

Re: connecting to WPA wireless network with ipw2100

On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 01:31AM +0100, Seb wrote: > Hello all! > > I just aquired an IBM Thinkpad X31 laptop and have to work out the > wireless (amongst other things). The firmware (firmware-ipw2x00) and > drivers are installed and working (I think). > I got some more clues by setting my Wirele

Re: gnome desktop and text terminal stop

On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 10:04:51AM +0800, Gero Putzar wrote: > It looks pretty similar to when the load is too high, e.g. > when it's swapping all the time or the root partition is > full, but that's not the case. What about IO load (the 'wa' figure for Cpus in top(1)). There might be an IO intens

Re: NIC issue or other?

Stan Hoeppner wrote: bri...@aracnet.com put forth on 3/31/2010 10:06 PM: On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:45:37 -0500 Stan Hoeppner wrote: Got this error message stream on a server today. Never seen this before. Does this mean my NIC is going south? Or is something else going on? I tried man

Re: Can't change brightness on Dell Studio 1749

On 30 Mar 2010, Ustun Kaya wrote: > Hello folks, > > I installed Debian Squeeze on Dell Studio 1749 and I can't change the > brightness when the OS is up (Fn + F4 - F5 doesn't work). It works > when the BIOS screen is open, before booting into Debian. xbacklight > gives the following output: > >

Re: `Print selection' unimplemented in Iceweasel?

On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:01:51 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Bob Cox wrote: >> I see it in File > Print > [ Print dialogue pop-up appears ] > Options >> > Print Selection Only. This final option is of course greyed-out if >> no selection is already selected. >> >> > Okay. I think that this is the

Re: connecting to WPA wireless network with ipw2100

On Wednesday 31 March 2010 04:31:33 pm Seb wrote: > Hello all! > > I just aquired an IBM Thinkpad X31 laptop and have to work out the > wireless (amongst other things). The firmware (firmware-ipw2x00) and > drivers are installed and working (I think). > > dojo:~# lspci | grep -i wireless > 02:02.0

Re: No updates seen in a while

On 31 Mar 2010, S.D.A. wrote: [snip] > Speaking of this issue (FTP master being down); I did an 'aptitude > update' for my SID laptop this morning. Says over 900 packages need to > be updated! Now I know it's been a few days since we received updates, > and I update every day prior to the downtim

Re: Bluetooth keyboard trouble

On Thu,01.Apr.10, 07:47:49, martin wrote: > Hi, > > This last days my keyboard has stop working. If I just let the computer start > as normal, nothing works. The keyboard in question is a logitech dinovo edge > with bluetooth connection, using the included receiver. I have observe the > followi

Re: `Print selection' unimplemented in Iceweasel?

On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:59:32 +0200 Merciadri Luca wrote: Hello Merciadri, > And where is it, then (assuming you are not speaking about Printing > `Options')? That's exactly where it is. Sorry if I've mislead you. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)ra

Re: `Print selection' unimplemented in Iceweasel?

On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:24:55 -0500 Ron Johnson wrote: Hello Ron, > QED: http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson/Print_Selection.png > It only becomes "ungreyed" when you actually select something on a > web page. From what I understand, Merciadri is seeing/expecting "Print Selected" directly unde

Re: `Print selection' unimplemented in Iceweasel?

On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:01:51 +0200 Merciadri Luca wrote: Hello Merciadri, > Okay. I think that this is the same for Brad. But why is there no such That's right, I see it in the same place as Bob. > option directly without needing to use the tab? I mean, there is `Print > pages' with `All', `Cu