Re: equivalent to mepis-network
Try iwlist(8) and iwconfig(8) maybe? They help you scan for wireless access points and configure your connection. It also integrates with the nm-applet GUI in GNOME. -- Girish Kulkarni - Allahabad, India - athene.org.in/girish -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: no sound on lenny
solved, my brother was using the wrong jack. He switched in and out the other way around. 2009/6/14 Umarzuki Mochlis > > > 2009/6/13 Andrei Popescu > >> On Sat,13.Jun.09, 13:41:20, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: >> > I'm using lenny with kernel 2.6.26-2-686 >> > >> > i can't get sound when using lenny but on the otherhand, i can get sound >> > when using ubuntu 9.04 i386 live cd on youtube and mplayer >> > >> > i installed alsa-base and ran alsaconf but still no sound >> >> How did you try to get sound? Please post the output of: > > > I don't really get it but usually it is auto detected. > >> >> >> lspci | grep -i audio > > 00:13.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation MCP04 AC'97 Audio > Controller (rev a1) > > >> >> lsmod | grep snd > > snd_intel8x0 26268 3 > snd_ac97_codec 88484 1 snd_intel8x0 > ac97_bus1728 1 snd_ac97_codec > snd_pcm_oss32832 0 > snd_mixer_oss 12320 1 snd_pcm_oss > snd_pcm62596 4 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss > snd_timer 17800 2 snd_pcm > snd45604 10 > snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer > soundcore 6368 1 snd > snd_page_alloc 7816 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm > > >> >> aplay -l > > List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices > card 0: MCP04 [NVidia MCP04], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia MCP04] > Subdevices: 0/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > card 0: MCP04 [NVidia MCP04], device 2: Intel ICH - IEC958 [NVidia MCP04 - > IEC958] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > >> >> speaker-test -c2 -l1 >> > Playback device is default > Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels > Using 16 octaves of pink noise > Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz) > Buffer size range from 2048 to 16384 > Period size range from 1024 to 1024 > Using max buffer size 16384 > Periods = 4 > was set period_size = 1024 > was set buffer_size = 16384 > 0 - Front Left > 1 - Front Right > Time per period = 5.651191 > > this didn't produce any sound > > >> >> Regards, >> Andrei >> -- >> If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. >> (Albert Einstein) >> >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJKM3tbAAoJEHNWs3jeoi3pi+UH/2YDTz+G+EkiueIkSgnl+y4s >> Yngrs8/XGkK1+qCGEH+UM7bnl/Gs7gz3RF8n6Vlbd4EFOfqGYUZ8g6cQKzRO27iz >> dn8+MYMDxqIBpHMvXaBzcUf8DY2ceAxpPryhsH321UaSWQCCNo2+Zdq3e4Not5cI >> LLctyMNvmqR4/jxfqOg1D4fr+yHvyrKElHclt56G9wkBYqJcOWtopwE5gUn27xjf >> jHnOq/wF3G+BA64jZTTC909+HMiDih45oS6QaHvkvwEqus0rS5GE3ZHKkctLQhJ4 >> hRbhvQ4H64J3d+2WyxMdbZAQmWsrM1R8t6oBQ49dMAFk/WpRqGsVItd9DhKJ3dY= >> =vO02 >> -END PGP SIGNATURE- >> >> > > > -- > Regards, > > Umarzuki Mochlis > http://gameornot.net > -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://gameornot.net
Re: Are there any major issues with Debian testing?
In <4a346517.3040...@sbcglobal.net>, ZephyrQ wrote: >I'm playing with an Athlon 64-bit processor (LE-1620 specifically) and >need to download an image...which one? > >I'm looking at the How-to(s) but they seem to be out of date and I would >like to know if I should go full 64bit or stick with the 32bit image. > >As far as I know, I am not running any unusual software that isn't >currently supported... How much RAM to you have? If more than 3GiB, use a 64-bit kernel. How much RAM will a single application need to address? If 4GB or more[1], use a 64-bit userland. Very few applications benefit significantly from the expanded registers in 64-bit mode. If you have one of those, use a 64-bit userland. 64-bit userland -- amd64 a.k.a. x86_64 a.k.a em64t image 32-bit userland -- x86 image I *think* a 64-bit kernel is available on the x86 mirrors, but I'm not entirely sure. You can always compile your own if need be. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ In 32-bit userland they can address 4GiB minus some overhead. I estimate about 4GB, here. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: equivalent to mepis-network
Nate Bargmann wrote: * Harry Rickards [2009 Jun 13 14:51 -0500]: +1. I actually just use /etc/network/interfaces at the moment, but when I did use a GUI, I found wicd to be the best. I switched to wicd a couple of months back and it is working very well for me. Unfortunately, it's not in Lenny. If you add the Lenny backports you can get wicd: www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions or using wget from the wicd home page: http://wicd.sourceforge.net/download.php -- Jimmy Johnson Registered Linux User #380263 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Are there any major issues with Debian testing?
Zephyrq> I'm playing with an Athlon 64-bit processor (LE-1620 Zephyrq> specifically) and need to download an image...which one? Here is info on how to install Debian testing from an USB stick: http://sunoano.name/ws/public_xhtml/debian_notes_cheat_sheets.html#install_debian_from_USB_stick 64bit is perfectly fine and works like charm if you do not need some non-mainstream software (in which case you simply need to test i.e. it will probably work too) pgpwMlFyCFrsW.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Are there any major issues with Debian testing?
I appreciate the input, Squeeze it is...but... I'm playing with an Athlon 64-bit processor (LE-1620 specifically) and need to download an image...which one? I'm looking at the How-to(s) but they seem to be out of date and I would like to know if I should go full 64bit or stick with the 32bit image. As far as I know, I am not running any unusual software that isn't currently supported... Thanks to all for your input... ZephyrQ wrote: Just picked up a BBuy cheapo that I will lather/rinse/repeat and put Deb on...just wondering if testing has any major issues that I should be aware of before I make the jump (my main system runs stable). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
GNOME woes on Debian lenny-stable (IBM ThinkPad T42)
Hi list, I am trying to help my dad with a strange problem with his GNOME setup on Debian lenny-stable. After having just installed the monodevelop packages from the repo and making sure dependencies were resolved, he had restarted his system, only to find that GNOME no longer brings up the desktop after logging in with GDM. A mouse pointer is shown against a red backdrop, but nothing else shows beyond that point. The hard drive stops accessing, apart from sporadic bursts. The only option at this point is to open another console to read the logs. /var/log/syslog shows the last activity to be: [ 57.090958] [drm] writeback test succeeded in 2 usecs This machine does have slight problems with the HDD sudden motion sensor, but I doubt that has anything to do with this. Xorg.conf looks normal. None of the config files look like they have problems. Would anyone know what it could be? Am I missing something, perhaps? While we can just boot from a live CD or USB, fish a few files out, and wipe and reinstall, we really, really want to avoid that if possible. Thanks for any help! --Rob -- Nobody's ever lost in life...they're merely taking the scenic route. == Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html == -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1.2 GCS/S/M/MU d- s+: a29 C++(+++) UL>$ P++ L+++ E+ W+ N+ o+ K++ w--- O- M !V PS+ PE Y+ PGP(+) t+ 5++ X++ R tv b+++ DI+++ D++(---) G++ e+ h- r++ y+ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: no sound on lenny
2009/6/13 Andrei Popescu > On Sat,13.Jun.09, 13:41:20, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > > I'm using lenny with kernel 2.6.26-2-686 > > > > i can't get sound when using lenny but on the otherhand, i can get sound > > when using ubuntu 9.04 i386 live cd on youtube and mplayer > > > > i installed alsa-base and ran alsaconf but still no sound > > How did you try to get sound? Please post the output of: I don't really get it but usually it is auto detected. > > > lspci | grep -i audio 00:13.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation MCP04 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1) > > lsmod | grep snd snd_intel8x0 26268 3 snd_ac97_codec 88484 1 snd_intel8x0 ac97_bus1728 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss32832 0 snd_mixer_oss 12320 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm62596 4 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 17800 2 snd_pcm snd45604 10 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 6368 1 snd snd_page_alloc 7816 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm > > aplay -l List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices card 0: MCP04 [NVidia MCP04], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia MCP04] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: MCP04 [NVidia MCP04], device 2: Intel ICH - IEC958 [NVidia MCP04 - IEC958] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > speaker-test -c2 -l1 > Playback device is default Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels Using 16 octaves of pink noise Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz) Buffer size range from 2048 to 16384 Period size range from 1024 to 1024 Using max buffer size 16384 Periods = 4 was set period_size = 1024 was set buffer_size = 16384 0 - Front Left 1 - Front Right Time per period = 5.651191 this didn't produce any sound > > Regards, > Andrei > -- > If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. > (Albert Einstein) > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJKM3tbAAoJEHNWs3jeoi3pi+UH/2YDTz+G+EkiueIkSgnl+y4s > Yngrs8/XGkK1+qCGEH+UM7bnl/Gs7gz3RF8n6Vlbd4EFOfqGYUZ8g6cQKzRO27iz > dn8+MYMDxqIBpHMvXaBzcUf8DY2ceAxpPryhsH321UaSWQCCNo2+Zdq3e4Not5cI > LLctyMNvmqR4/jxfqOg1D4fr+yHvyrKElHclt56G9wkBYqJcOWtopwE5gUn27xjf > jHnOq/wF3G+BA64jZTTC909+HMiDih45oS6QaHvkvwEqus0rS5GE3ZHKkctLQhJ4 > hRbhvQ4H64J3d+2WyxMdbZAQmWsrM1R8t6oBQ49dMAFk/WpRqGsVItd9DhKJ3dY= > =vO02 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://gameornot.net
Can X coexist with the Framebuffer console? (kbdrate woes)
Why does the X Window System reset kbdrate? I've set keyboard delay and repeat for the framebuffer console with "kbdrate -r 30 -d 250 -s", but starting up X will reset these values to slower settings. Switching from X to another VT and issuing "kbdrate -r 30 -d 250 -s" does nothing. Keyboard delay & repeat remain at slower setting so long as X is running. These values can only be re-set after closing X. In ~/.xinitrc "xset m 2 5 r rate 250 30" sets the delay & repeat rate for everything in X. But switching to another VT finds the console stuck at slower settings, effectively rendering the framebuffer console useless to me. A half solution is to start X with this script: #!/bin/sh startx # startx seems to mess with kbdrate...set it back to what I like sudo kbdrate -r 30 -d 250 -s Upon closing X, this resets the delay & repeat rate to what it was. But kbdrate remains at a slower setting so long as X is running. I find it is not possible to have X running in one VT and still be able to use a framebuffer console in another VT. Is there some way to avoid how X resets kbdrate? TIA for any suggestions, John -- John Magolske http://B79.net/contact -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Are there any major issues with Debian testing?
In <4a341413$0$18925$4fafb...@reader2.news.tin.it>, Lorenzo Beretta wrote: >thveillon.debian ha scritto: >> ZephyrQ wrote: >>> Just picked up a BBuy cheapo that I will lather/rinse/repeat and put >>> Deb on...just wondering if testing has any major issues that I should >>> be aware of before I make the jump (my main system runs stable). >sudo apt-get install reportbug >==> it will warn you of known bugs everytime you install/upgrade, so you >can avoid broken versions (the idea being that broken stuff gets noticed >by debian veterans running sid) I think you mean: sudo aptitude install apt-listbugs reportbug is for filing new bugs. apt-listbugs is for finding existing bugs. aptitude is the preferred package manager (over apt-get) since Etch. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: equivalent to mepis-network
* Harry Rickards [2009 Jun 13 14:51 -0500]: > +1. I actually just use /etc/network/interfaces at the moment, but when > I did use a GUI, I found wicd to be the best. I switched to wicd a couple of months back and it is working very well for me. Unfortunately, it's not in Lenny. - Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: iredmail
In <8763f0m38k@sunoano.org>, Suno Ano wrote: >Does anybody know, are there any plans to package iredmail? If there was, there should be a ITP bug filed against the wnpp package. You can view the bugs against the wnpp package: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=wnpp If you'd like to see it in Debian, feel free to file an RFP bug against wnpp. If you'd like to package it yourself for Debian, please file an ITP bug against wnpp. Then, read http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/welcome, http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/, http://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#policy, and http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ in that order. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: test message please ignore
In , Jonathan Kaye wrote: >testing 1 2 3 Please follow the Code of Conduct for the list: http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct Specifically, item 6: "Do not send test messages to determine whether your mail client is working." -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: dovecot sees ~/Maildir, seeks folders in ~/ on Lenny (OK on Etch)
In <4a33b953.5030...@stumbles.org.uk>, John Stumbles wrote:
>I've got dovecot set up on an Etch box to use maildirs, with folders
>under ~/Maildir.
>
>The same setup on Lenny finds a user's INBOX in their ~/Maildir but
>doesn't find any other folders - instead it looks for them in the user's
>home directory.
Odd, I have a similar setup on Lenny and things work fine.
My versions of dovecot:
b...@rei:/etc/dovecot$ aptitude --disable-columns -F '%p %V' search
'~i~ndovecot'
dovecot-common 1:1.0.15-2.3
dovecot-imapd 1:1.0.15-2.3
My dovecot.conf:
protocols = imap imaps managesieve
disable_plaintext_auth = yes
log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
syslog_facility = mail
ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2
mail_location =
maildir:~/Maildir:CONTROL=/var/dovecot/control/%u:INDEX=/var/dovecot/indexes/%u
namespace private {
separator = /
prefix =
inbox = yes
}
mail_privileged_group = mail
maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes
protocol imap {
imap_client_workarounds =
listen = *:143
ssl_listen = *:993
version_ignore = yes
}
protocol pop3 {
pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
}
protocol lda {
postmaster_address = dovecot-deli...@iguanasuicide.net
mail_plugins = cmusieve
}
plugin {
sieve = ~/.sieve/active
}
protocol managesieve {
listen = *:2000
sieve_storage = ~/.sieve
sieve = ~/.sieve/active
}
auth default {
mechanisms = plain
passdb pam {
}
userdb passwd {
}
user = root
}
dict {
}
plugin {
}
I seem to remember having to fiddle with the 'namespace' section to get
things to work correctly, but I could really tell you why.
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Running X server in a chroot environment
Hi. I am trying to run a X server in a chroot environment. But my pc always crasing when starting X. I am using Debian lenny for both host and chroot environment. I installed lenny to my chroot with debootstrap. I also installed xorg-xserver package. I copied all necessary files (/etc/hosts /etc/resolv.conf). I configured the locales. I mounted this files systems to my chroot: mount --bind /dev /mychroot/dev mount --bind /sys /mychroot/sys mount -t devpts none /mychroot/dev/pts mount -t proc none /mychroot/proc I created xorg.conf with X -configure in my chroot. But my system crashing when starting X in chroot. I am trying to start X with: X :1 vt9 I tried stop current X server and only start chroot's server. It didn't worked. I also tried with a different distribution in the chroot. It didn't worked too. I don't find the problem. Do you have any idea? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: apt-get wrapper for maintaining Partial Mirrors
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:21:24AM +0530, sanket agarwal wrote: > Hi all, > > We all know that there are various distro's that build around Debian. > I had an idea in mind whereby the task of making mirrors for personal > distributions can be automated. This can be stated as: if a person > wants to keep a customised set of packages for usage with the > distribution, the tool should be able to develop dependencies, fetch > packages, generate appropriate documentation and then create the > corresponding directory structure in the target mirror! The task can > be extended to include packages which are currently not under one of > the standard mirrors! > > I think the tool can have immense utility in helping people automate > the task of mantaining the repositories. Suggestions, positive and > negative are invited. > > I have not included the impl details as I would first like to evaluate > the idea at a feasibility and utility level. repropro is one of the tools that can help you maintain such a modified pool. Note that you'll have to re-sign the generated repository yourself. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il || a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il || best ICQ# 16849754 || friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
After upgrade xen hang up at boot
Hi, since a few days system does not boot if I want to run xen. After initializing udev the background color change to green and the system stop. Sometimes it's reboot automatically sometimes not... I'm not sure but I think it was immediately after a upgrade. I use debian lenny with a 2.6.26 kernel. After that I look into the archive of apt and try to install some old images of xen also the modules but it doesn't matter... no change at boot. What can I do now? I think I need some dumps from the crash but no idea how to get this. I'm very thanks full for every help I get ;-) regards Philip -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Iceweasel bug report
Hi Santhanand, On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 5:04 AM, Santhanand wrote: > Hello, > I'm using debian lenny. I've attached the bug report for Iceweasel > 3.0.9. You should use reportbug (or send a appropiate mail to sub...@bugs.debian.org) to report that bug. Regards > > Regards > Santhanand > > Have a blissful life. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Are there any major issues with Debian testing?
thveillon.debian ha scritto: ZephyrQ wrote: Just picked up a BBuy cheapo that I will lather/rinse/repeat and put Deb on...just wondering if testing has any major issues that I should be aware of before I make the jump (my main system runs stable). Hi, I have been running testing since Etch, and if most of the time everything is running just fine (watch apt-listbugs and apt-listchanges), I did occasionally run into some tricky breakage (xorg related mostly, multimedia packages too). Right now I have "mktemp" package obsolete in Squeeze, and labeled "dummy" in Unstable, but if I remove it the system is broken since the coreutils package that should bring a mktemp replacement isn't yet in Testing... (see mktemp bugs tracker) That's the kind of things you might encounter, be ready to diagnose/fix it and you'll be a happy Testing user as I am. Cheers, Tom sudo apt-get install reportbug ==> it will warn you of known bugs everytime you install/upgrade, so you can avoid broken versions (the idea being that broken stuff gets noticed by debian veterans running sid) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: 'Applications, Accessories, Root Terminal' fails silently
Patrick Wiseman ha scritto: Running 'sudo gnome-terminal' (which is the equivalent) reports 'Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting.' How do I fix this? Is it some idiotic "security feature"? (I get really steamed when fear overrides function!) Patrick A solution that really solves it: create a new profile, and have it running something other than the default command, like "su -" or "sudo /bin/bash -i -l" or... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: xautolock does nothing...
At Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:56:07 -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > > I have xautolock and slock installed, and have tried to use this: > xautolock -time 5 -locker slock > for those times I walk away and forget to engage slock. > But it doesn't work. > Any idea why? Stupid question but are you sure slock is installed on your system ? I tried apt-get install slock and it returned an error (unknown package). I am testing it with xtrlock (recommended by xautolock) and it works perfectly well here. Xavier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Fwd: Re: gnu/screen + mutt - mailcap creates a new terminal instance
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 01:10:13PM EDT, Chris Jones wrote: > - Forwarded message from Tony Baldwin - > > Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:51:15 -0400 > From: Tony Baldwin > To: Chris Jones > Subject: Re: gnu/screen + mutt - mailcap creates a new terminal instance > > Chris Jones wrote: > > When I needed to view an url embedded in an e-mail, I would hit CTRL-B > > which my .muttrc causes the selected url to be piped to the "urlview" > > uitility. > > > > Since obviously I run mutt in a terminal, a gnu/screen window actually, > > urlview would correctly launch the ELinks browser in the same terminal. > > Could I see that portion of your muttrc? I've been copying/pasting the > urls to a browser window, but opening in elinks with a keybinding would > be convenient. Especially if I could do it in another tab of the > terminal (using roxterm). if i click on them, they open in Epiphany, > and I can't, for the life of me, figure out why, when iceweasel is set > as my default browser. > > sorry, I'm not helping much, am I? But, I'm curious how to get that > going with elinks. I'm kind of new at using mutt. > > thanks > tony Couldn't see any good reason why you replied to me instead of the list so I forwarded it back lo debian-user. Hope this isn't a breach of netiquette. I have this in my ~/.muttrc: #-- # urlview - invoke w/ Ctrl-B #-- macro index \cb |urlview\n macro pager \cb |urlview\n As far as I can remember it was part of the muttrc I used as a template, so you may already have it. On recent debian systems, you can also use urlscan that has a few enhancements and a prettier interface. As having urlview open the url in a new tab of a tabbed terminal environment, I don't know how it can be done.. I've done that with the "raggle" RSS aggregator under gnu/screen, so it should be feasible. CJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: What is the correct way to overide hal defaults?
Tom Rauchenwald wrote: emikaadeo writes: On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:05:14 +0200, Tom Rauchenwald wrote: Micha Feigin writes: I want to change the default settings for my synaptic touchpad in X. I tried changing /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/11-x11-synaptics.fdi but it keeps getting written over during upgrades. Is there a better way to do this so it won't get erased every time? Put your changed file in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/, and it should be used by hal and it won't be touched on upgrades. Thanks -tom The corect place for these modified files is in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ Damn, thanks for correcting me, obviously I haven't slept enough -- I wanted to write that path. Tom I tried this and it worked well with files that didn't exist but didn't work well with synaptic which already exists. Will try again though, thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Fwd: Re: gnu/screen + mutt - mailcap creates a new terminal instance
- Forwarded message from Tony Baldwin - Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:51:15 -0400 From: Tony Baldwin To: Chris Jones Subject: Re: gnu/screen + mutt - mailcap creates a new terminal instance Chris Jones wrote: > When I needed to view an url embedded in an e-mail, I would hit CTRL-B > which my .muttrc causes the selected url to be piped to the "urlview" > uitility. > > Since obviously I run mutt in a terminal, a gnu/screen window actually, > urlview would correctly launch the ELinks browser in the same terminal. Could I see that portion of your muttrc? I've been copying/pasting the urls to a browser window, but opening in elinks with a keybinding would be convenient. Especially if I could do it in another tab of the terminal (using roxterm). if i click on them, they open in Epiphany, and I can't, for the life of me, figure out why, when iceweasel is set as my default browser. sorry, I'm not helping much, am I? But, I'm curious how to get that going with elinks. I'm kind of new at using mutt. thanks tony -- http://www.baldwinsoftware.com free/open source software tcl yer os with a feather... - End forwarded message - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: xautolock does nothing...
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:36 +, "s. keeling" wrote: > Tony Baldwin : > > I have xautolock and slock installed, and have tried to use this: > > xautolock -time 5 -locker slock > > for those times I walk away and forget to engage slock. > > But it doesn't work. > > Any idea why? > > No, but I can offer a solution. Try xscreensaver (and related). If > you run Gkrellm, you can use Gkrellshoot to lock it at the click of a > button, or it can be set up to autolock after inactivity. OP should also fill a bug report in order to get this fixed. Xavier -- Xavier Maillard maill...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: equivalent to mepis-network
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/13/09 20:42, Tony Baldwin wrote: > Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: >> Op Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:44 -0400 abdelkader belahcene wrote: >>> I want to install mepis-network on debian lenny, because, it gives >>> network assistant for wireless >>> in particular scan access points for wireless, while the debian >>> hasn't it, I have diffrent accesses the choice is not easy. >>> Is there an equivalent on debian ? >> >> wifi-radar ? >> >> > > Or wicd. > I recommend wicd. > > /tony > +1. I actually just use /etc/network/interfaces at the moment, but when I did use a GUI, I found wicd to be the best. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ w--- O- M- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R tv-- b+++ DI D G e* h! !r y? - --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iJwEAQECAAYFAko0AqEACgkQ+9DWHFhEn2/DzgP+OpDBFbuPShTrCeqKTFdYQpum bi0CPQXNRTaWTgEAatIGUUC/44zNfg1wOtSn7XivTzGo1MMK2SS37d6WWkZ0HJyY HNoBHsSmOzsg0+GxTXfPhDRsFq/Q0/i87HmsP/juu3Q93s1OXKLxVjQhphO4L7wr nj+i1Omfz5y9iJZFNho= =mEpo -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: equivalent to mepis-network
Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: Op Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:44 -0400 abdelkader belahcene wrote: I want to install mepis-network on debian lenny, because, it gives network assistant for wireless in particular scan access points for wireless, while the debian hasn't it, I have diffrent accesses the choice is not easy. Is there an equivalent on debian ? wifi-radar ? Or wicd. I recommend wicd. /tony -- http://www.baldwinsoftware.com free/open source software tcl yer os with a feather... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: equivalent to mepis-network
Op Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:44 -0400 abdelkader belahcene wrote: > I want to install mepis-network on debian lenny, because, it gives > network assistant for wireless > in particular scan access points for wireless, while the debian > hasn't it, I have diffrent accesses the choice is not easy. > Is there an equivalent on debian ? wifi-radar ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Are there any major issues with Debian testing?
ZephyrQ wrote: > Just picked up a BBuy cheapo that I will lather/rinse/repeat and put Deb > on...just wondering if testing has any major issues that I should be > aware of before I make the jump (my main system runs stable). > > Hi, I have been running testing since Etch, and if most of the time everything is running just fine (watch apt-listbugs and apt-listchanges), I did occasionally run into some tricky breakage (xorg related mostly, multimedia packages too). Right now I have "mktemp" package obsolete in Squeeze, and labeled "dummy" in Unstable, but if I remove it the system is broken since the coreutils package that should bring a mktemp replacement isn't yet in Testing... (see mktemp bugs tracker) That's the kind of things you might encounter, be ready to diagnose/fix it and you'll be a happy Testing user as I am. Cheers, Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
equivalent to mepis-network
hi, I want to install mepis-network on debian lenny, because, it gives network assistant for wireless in particular scan access points for wireless, while the debian hasn't it, I have diffrent accesses the choice is not easy. Is there an equivalent on debian ? thanks for help bela
Re: Are there any major issues with Debian testing?
On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 13:03 -0500, ZephyrQ wrote: > Just picked up a BBuy cheapo that I will lather/rinse/repeat and put Deb > on...just wondering if testing has any major issues that I should be > aware of before I make the jump (my main system runs stable). What might be a major issue for you might not be a major issue for me, or visa-versa. I'm not having any major issues with Squeeze (yet), but that doesn't mean something you think of as critical to Your Debian Experience isn't hopelessly borked in Squeeze. In short, it's all relative. :-) -- Michael M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: SQL Syntax Error '????????????????'
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On 06/13/09 09:39, David Psiuk wrote:
> please post some javacode. thx
>
>
> Harry Rickards schrieb:
> I've written some sample code in Java that connects to localhost using
> the MySQL JDBC. I've tried multiple variations of the code, but even
> when using the proper code from MySQL's website, I get the following
> error:
>
> SQLException: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual
> that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to
> use near '' at line 1
> SQLState: 42000
> VendorError: 1064
>
> I don't know where the question marks are coming from, as there aren't
> even any question marks in the code. The code is at
> http://github.com/l33tmyst/dtelectrics/blob/master/src/connect.java, and
> if it's any help I'm using Eclipse 3.4.2 on Debian Sid. The java
> version is:
>
> hrickards siddy:~$ java -version
> java version "1.6.0_14"
> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_14-b08)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 14.0-b16, mixed mode, sharing)
>
> and the kernel version is 2.6.26-1-486. I've tried STFW, but I can't
> find anyone with a similar problem.
>
> -- Many thanks
> Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:646ED06A)
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>>
It's online at
http://github.com/l33tmyst/dtelectrics/blob/master/src/connect.java, but
I've actually got it working today. I just swapped a few braces ({ or })
around, and it seems to work.
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Re: need help
Am Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:24:36 +0200 schrieb Bas Zoetekouw : > Dear Anand, > > You wrote: > > > i have downloded debian in various ways but i did not find install > > exc file > > Debian is a totally separate operating system, that you can run > instead of (for example) microsoft Windows. Therefore, there is no > way to start it from inside Windows. Instead, you need to burn the > cd image you downloaded to a cd, boot from that cd, and install > Debian on your hard disk. Actually there is a way: http://goodbye-microsoft.com/ Andreas signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: xautolock does nothing...
Tony Baldwin : > I have xautolock and slock installed, and have tried to use this: > xautolock -time 5 -locker slock > for those times I walk away and forget to engage slock. > But it doesn't work. > Any idea why? No, but I can offer a solution. Try xscreensaver (and related). If you run Gkrellm, you can use Gkrellshoot to lock it at the click of a button, or it can be set up to autolock after inactivity. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - -http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.htmlPlease, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Evolution on Squeeze has Send/Receive button disabled
On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 12:44 +0300, Angelin Lalev wrote: > I'm growing old and impatient. Years ago I'd wait a several days in > which I'd dissect the problem. It appears that I have somehow > activated "offline" mode. That's why evolution would not let me push > "Send/Receive" button. (Debian Squeeze 64-bit) I had a weird problem with Network Manager whereby it somehow didn't recognize that I was connected. The effect of that problem, for me, was that Epiphany and Liferea (though, curiously, not Evolution) were always starting in offline mode, which got old very quickly. I found out that Epiphany can be made to bypass network manager by unchecking the "managed network" key in the GConf configuration editor (/apps/epiphany/general/managed_network), but then I realized I don't actually need Network Manager at all, since I'm only using a basic DHCP/ADSL setup and no wireless connection. So I removed it. Problems solved, even though I don't know why Network Manager was acting up in the first place. A little searching did reveal that lots of people have the same problem with Network Manager (as well as other problems), especially amongst Ubuntu users. I never had any issue with it in Lenny or prior, so I just left it alone. But, actually, I never have really needed it. Anyway, the point is, perhaps Evolution can be configured to bypass Network Manager like Epiphany can be. -- Michael M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Are there any major issues with Debian testing?
Just picked up a BBuy cheapo that I will lather/rinse/repeat and put Deb on...just wondering if testing has any major issues that I should be aware of before I make the jump (my main system runs stable). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Exporting ARCH to pbuilder through pdebuild?
2009/6/12 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. : > In <20090612042628.gk9...@penguin.codegnome.org>, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: >>Why is pbuilder still using /var/cache/pbuilder/sid-amd64-base.tgz >>instead of the correct /var/cache/pbuilder/sid-i386-base.tgz in this >>instance? > > This is a question better suited for debian-devel or debian-mentors. > -- > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. > b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) > ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' > http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/ > > I use the following on a 64 bit box to build 32 and 64bit packages in a pbuilder chroot $ls -l /usr/bin/pbuilder-lenny-amd64 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2008-03-17 12:02 /usr/bin/pbuilder-lenny-amd64 -> pbuilder-custom $cat /usr/bin/pbuilder-custom #!/bin/sh # script from Jamin W. Collins BTS: #255165 # name this script 'pbuilder-woody', 'pbuilder-sid', 'pbuilder-sarge', 'pbuilder-experimental' etc. OPERATION=$1 DISTRIBUTION=`basename $0 | cut -f2 -d '-'` ARCH=`basename $0 | cut -f3 -d '-'` PROCEED=false BASE_DIR="/var/cache/pbuilder" case $OPERATION in create|update|build|clean|login|execute ) PROCEED=true ;; esac if ( $PROCEED == true ) then shift sudo linux32 pbuilder $OPERATION \ --debootstrapopts --arch --debootstrapopts $ARCH \ --basetgz $BASE_DIR/$DISTRIBUTION-$ARCH-base.tgz \ --distribution $DISTRIBUTION \ --buildresult $BASE_DIR/result $@ else echo "Invalid command..." echo "Valid commands are:" echo " create" echo " update" echo " build" echo " clean" echo " login" echo " execute" exit 1 fi Anton -- Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos:http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [0xB307BAEF] (http://www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) fingerprint: 116A 5F01 1E5F 1ADE 78C6 EDB3 B9B6 E622 B307 BAEF No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: apt-get wrapper for maintaining Partial Mirrors
2009/6/10 sanket agarwal : > Hi all, > > We all know that there are various distro's that build around Debian. > I had an idea in mind whereby the task of making mirrors for personal > distributions can be automated. This can be stated as: if a person > wants to keep a customised set of packages for usage with the > distribution, the tool should be able to develop dependencies, fetch > packages, generate appropriate documentation and then create the > corresponding directory structure in the target mirror! The task can > be extended to include packages which are currently not under one of > the standard mirrors! > > I think the tool can have immense utility in helping people automate > the task of mantaining the repositories. Suggestions, positive and > negative are invited. > > I have not included the impl details as I would first like to evaluate > the idea at a feasibility and utility level. How is this different from having a partial mirror and a full backing mirror? (set the priority of your partial mirror higher with apt preferences and it should override the backing mirror) Anton -- Anton Piatek email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos:http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [0xB307BAEF] (http://www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) fingerprint: 116A 5F01 1E5F 1ADE 78C6 EDB3 B9B6 E622 B307 BAEF No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
iredmail
Does anybody know, are there any plans to package iredmail? http://www.howtoforge.com/iredmail-mail-server-with-ldap-postfix-roundcube-squirrelmail-dovecot-clamav-spamassassin-amavisd-debian-5.0.1 http://code.google.com/p/iredmail/ pgpGDnXkVrrdH.pgp Description: PGP signature
gnu/screen + mutt - mailcap creates a new terminal instance
This worked fine in "etch": When I needed to view an url embedded in an e-mail, I would hit CTRL-B which my .muttrc causes the selected url to be piped to the "urlview" uitility. Since obviously I run mutt in a terminal, a gnu/screen window actually, urlview would correctly launch the ELinks browser in the same terminal. Now on "lenny" although as far as I know I am using the same .muttrc and the same /etc/mailcap that I copied over from the "etch" system, what happens is that urlview creates a new xterm where it then launches an ELinks session. Would anyone know what particular setting would cause this behavior? Thanks, CJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
test message please ignore
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Re: Enabling MySpace in Iceweasel, et al.
On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 08:26 +0100, AG wrote: > > In light of this, which is the best candidate to use: the non-free > mozilla flash plugin or another? > I don't know whether you're on Lenny or Squeeze or Sid, or whether your running a 64-bit or 32-bit Debian system, so this may not pertain. But ... if you're running 64-bit Squeeze or Sid, you probably will want the 'flashplugin-nonfree' package from the non-free Debian repositories, rather than the 'flashplayer-mozilla' package from the Debian-Multimedia repository. The 'flashplugin-nonfree' package installs the new 64-bit version of flash Adobe has been working on (not sure if it is officially released yet, but it works a treat here). The 'flashplayer-mozilla' package installs the 32-bit version of flash and a whole mess of 32-bit libraries. While that worked for me, it would frequently conk-out and require me to shut-down & restart my browser to get it working again (once in a while, it even crashed Iceweasel, but not very often). 64-bit flash hasn't given me any problems at all. Plus, for now I have no need for the 32-bit libraries and would prefer to avoid them if there's a good alternative. Now, for flash, there is. -- Michael M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: What is the correct way to overide hal defaults?
emikaadeo writes: > On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:05:14 +0200, Tom Rauchenwald > wrote: > >> Micha Feigin writes: >> >>> I want to change the default settings for my synaptic touchpad in >>> X. I tried >>> changing >>> /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/11-x11-synaptics.fdi but it >>> keeps getting written over during upgrades. Is there a better way >>> to do this so >>> it won't get erased every time? >> >> Put your changed file in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/, and it should be >> used by hal and it won't be touched on upgrades. >> >>> Thanks >> >> -tom >> > The corect place for these modified files is in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ Damn, thanks for correcting me, obviously I haven't slept enough -- I wanted to write that path. Tom -- If it has four legs and is not a chair, has wings and is not an aeroplane, or swims and is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it. -- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: What is the correct way to overide hal defaults?
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:05:14 +0200, Tom Rauchenwald wrote: Micha Feigin writes: I want to change the default settings for my synaptic touchpad in X. I tried changing /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/11-x11-synaptics.fdi but it keeps getting written over during upgrades. Is there a better way to do this so it won't get erased every time? Put your changed file in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/, and it should be used by hal and it won't be touched on upgrades. Thanks -tom The corect place for these modified files is in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Debian-edu-artwork pkg problems
Hi Attempting to install the latest update as per the Update Notifier of debian-edu-artwork, yields the following errors (I've snipped the lines that repeat previous error messages with different line numbers): Preparing to replace debian-edu-artwork 0.0.28 (using .../debian-edu-artwork_0.0.30-2_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement debian-edu-artwork ... /tmp/gconf-pfb4AO/temp.entries:4: parser error : error parsing attribute name ^ /tmp/gconf-pfb4AO/temp.entries:4: parser error : attributes construct error ^ /tmp/gconf-pfb4AO/temp.entries:4: parser error : Couldn't find end of Start Tag list line 4 ^ /tmp/gconf-pfb4AO/temp.entries:10: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: entry line 10 and key y>/schemas/apps/panel/objects/attached_toplevel_id ^ dpkg: warning: old post-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... /tmp/gconf-jl4km-/temp.entries:4: parser error : error parsing attribute name ^ /tmp/gconf-jl4km-/temp.entries:4: parser error : attributes construct error ^ /tmp/gconf-jl4km-/temp.entries:4: parser error : Couldn't find end of Start Tag list line 4 ^ dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/debian-edu-artwork_0.0.30-2_all.deb (--unpack): subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/debian-edu-artwork_0.0.30-2_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I know this isn't critical really, but just wondering if others are experiencing something similar? Thanks AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
dovecot sees ~/Maildir, seeks folders in ~/ on Lenny (OK on Etch)
I've got dovecot set up on an Etch box to use maildirs, with folders
under ~/Maildir.
The same setup on Lenny finds a user's INBOX in their ~/Maildir but
doesn't find any other folders - instead it looks for them in the user's
home directory.
The users' filesystem is the same: it is hosted on the Lenny box and
exported to the Etch box. I have fiddled with /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
and even copied over the config file from the working Etch box.
I've also tried deleting the ~/Maildir/dovecot.index* files.
I've tested with icedove (thunderbird) and sylpheed on the Etch box
(accessing the dovecot server on the Lenny box) and icedove and mutt on
the Lenny box itself.
I've got `mail_debug = yes` in dovecot.conf but don't get anything
useful in syslog
Jun 13 11:03:45 kryten imapd[9922]: connect from 192.168.1.12 (192.168.1.12)
Jun 13 11:03:45 kryten imapd[9922]: imaps SSL service init from 192.168.1.12
Jun 13 11:03:47 kryten imapd[9922]: Authenticated user=john
host=targa.stumbles.org.uk [192.168.1.12] mech=PLAIN
Jun 13 11:15:02 kryten imapd[9922]: Hangup user=john
host=targa.stumbles.org.uk [192.168.1.12]
Nor do I get a /var/log/dovecot file.
I'm getting to the point of thinking maybe it's a bug with dovecot
itself (although Googling for "dovecot debian lenny Maildir bug" doesn't
pick up anything like what I'm experiencing) and, as a way of checking
this, I wonder if I could install the Etch version on the Lenny box.
# file `which dovecot`
/usr/sbin/dovecot: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1
(SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.4.1, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for
GNU/Linux 2.4.1, stripped
- suggests I couldn't simply copy the executable and run that, as the
shared libraries would be all wrong. What would be involved in getting
an older version working? I've heard of (but never used) "backports"
which AIUI are versions from newer distro releases. (And of course I
could try that too, in case it was a bug that got fixed later.)
# perl -ne 'print if /^\s*[^#\s]/' dovecot.conf
protocols = imap imaps
log_path = /var/log/dovecot
login_process_per_connection = yes
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
mail_extra_groups = mail
mail_debug = yes
protocol imap {
}
protocol pop3 {
pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
}
auth default {
mechanisms = plain
passdb pam {
}
userdb passwd {
}
user = root
}
dict {
}
plugin {
}
--
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xserver fails to start
Hello. X does not start on sid. Does anyone know how to solve this problem, or which source should I refer to? == Situation == I installed squeeze using netinst CD with minimal components, then upgraded to sid modifying my apt-line from squeeze to unstable. After that, I installed X.org: # aptitude install read-edid mdetect xorg twm xterm Installation succeeded. But X fails to start: --8<-- $ startx This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation. It is not supported in any way. Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/. Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release. Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository. See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions. X.Org X Server 1.6.1.901 (1.6.2 RC 1) Release Date: 2009-5-8 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 i686 Debian Current Operating System: Linux debian 2.6.29-2-686 #1 SMP Sun May 17 17:56:29 UTC 2009 i686 Build Date: 14 May 2009 05:49:41PM xorg-server 2:1.6.1.901-2 (jcris...@debian.org) Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Jun 14 00:38:20 2009 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" Setting master SELinux: Disabled on system, not enabling in X server The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but has 2 symbols > Ignoring extra symbols Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server Dropping master ^C waiting for X server to shut down xinit: unexpected signal 2. --8<-- The screen is entirely black, and it shows nothing. But I could return to console using [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[F1]. So my available choice was only to push ^C to abort. Some of my configuration is as follows: $ cat ~/.xsession exec twm $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf : [comment skipped] : Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "jp106" Option "XkbLayout" "jp" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Configured Monitor" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Monitor "Configured Monitor" EndSection $ grep -n "(EE)\|(WW)" /var/log/Xorg.0.log 21: (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. 32:(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist. 34:(WW) The directory "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" does not exist. 167:(WW) intel(0): libpciaccess reported 0 rom size, guessing 64kB 367:(WW) intel(0): DRI2 requires UXA $ lspci | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) $ dpkg -l | grep xserver-xorg ii xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3 the X.Org X server ii xserver-xorg-core2:1.6.1.901-2Xorg X server - core server ii xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.2.2-1X.Org X server -- evdev input driver ii xserver-xorg-video-all 1:7.4+3 the X.Org X server -- output driver metapack ii xserver-xorg-video-apm 1:1.2.1-2X.Org X server -- APM display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-ark 1:0.7.1-2X.Org X server -- ark display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.2-2 X.Org X server -- ATI display driver wrapper ii xserver-xorg-video-chips 1:1.2.1-2X.Org X server -- Chips display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-cirrus1:1.3.0-1X.Org X server -- Cirrus display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-fbdev 1:0.4.0-4X.Org X server -- fbdev display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-i128 1:1.3.1-3X.Org X server -- i128 display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-i740 1:1.3.0-1X.Org X server -- i740 display driver ii xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.7.1-1X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display d ii xserver-xorg-video-mach646.8.0+git20090201.d394e0b8-2 X.Org X server -- ATI Mach64
Re: SATA CD/DVD drive not showing up in Squeeze
AG wrote: Hi After my last machine crashed and burned, I replaced the box with an HP Pavillion which has the following specs: AMD Sempron 2300 Dual-Core Dual Layer DVD Rewriter With a fresh installation of Squeeze (using Netinst via a CD) there have been several issues which I am progressively trying to work through. I've never used a SATA drive before, so some of this may just be my lack of familiarity with the system. However, when I load up an audio CD nothing happens. When I go into Xfce4's "File System" icon there is no CD/DVD drive listed, so checking dmesg I note the following: [2.926195] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROMTSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653Z 4403 PQ: 0 ANSI:5 [4.257290] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 [4.257379] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 As I understand this, this would suggest that the CD-DVD drive *is* being mounted at boot time, and is referred to by the system as "sr0". Looking at /etc/fstab I find the following: /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,auto 0 0 Inserting an audio CD, KsCD (the CD-player program) correctly identifies the track listing for the CD and I can eject the CD either through the command-line or from KsCD. Goobox however just claims "invalid device". But, the CD/DVD icon still does not appear under "File System", nor can I play any audio CDs. Changing the /etc/fstab entry to reflect what dmesg picks up - /dev/sr0 and reloading the CD makes no difference. Using a DVD now as a test - at least I can now get an icon that appears on both my desktop and in "file system". However, using KMPlayer the DVD refuses to play - first with an error message that mplayer is not running and then that gxine is not running. Using mplayer directly, the error message is that "no media was opened". Looking through Google, most of the links that seem associated with various search terms (e.g. "sata cddvd /dev/scd0 debian", "sata tsstcorp cddvd /dev/sr0 debian", and "tsstcorp cddvd /dev/sr0 debian") point to either bugs in the kernel's handling of amd which was supposed to have been fixed circa 2.26.25 (I'm using kernel 2.26.6-2-686), while other posts suggest modifying the /etc/fstab directly. This I have tried to do by adding /dev/scd0 and /dev/cdrom at different times. I even changed the filesystem type to "auto" rather than the "udf" which was the default. None of these make any difference at all. Finally, looking at /dev/disk/by-id gives: ata-WDC_WD3200AAJS-65M0A0_WD-WMAV22139666 ata-WDC_WD3200AAJS-65M0A0_WD-WMAV22139666-part1 ata-WDC_WD3200AAJS-65M0A0_WD-WMAV22139666-part2 ata-WDC_WD3200AAJS-65M0A0_WD-WMAV22139666-part3 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD3200AAJS-_WD-WMAV22139666 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD3200AAJS-_WD-WMAV22139666-part1 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD3200AAJS-_WD-WMAV22139666-part2 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD3200AAJS-_WD-WMAV22139666-part3 usb-EPSON_Stylus_Storage_L34020702070700430-0:0 usb-Generic-_Compact_Flash_2006041309210-0:0 usb-Generic-_MS_MS-Pro_2006041309210-0:3 usb-Generic-_SD_MMC_2006041309210-0:2 usb-Generic-_SM_xD-Picture_2006041309210-0:1 usb-Seagate_FreeAgentDesktop_9QG672LH-0:0 usb-Seagate_FreeAgentDesktop_9QG672LH-0:0-part1 The USB-Generic and USB-Seagate and USB-EPSON are all fine: I know what they refer to. I don't know if the CD/DVD is referenced here because I can't tell the references for ata-WDC and scsi-SATA apart. One of them may refer to the USB- enclosure I had to put my last IDE HDD into in order to copy data from it onto my SATA drive, but I don't know for sure. I have exhausted all of my limited skills in trying to (a) understand what all of this is about and (b) how to fix it. Please help!! Thanks in anticipation. AG A quick update on this: Usinmg Rhythmbox I can now access audio CDs although via devices. No other CD player touches it, except for VLC which then doesn't access the cddb for track listings. KsCD still correctly identifies the tracks but cannot play anything, and still no DVD discs are playable. This is becoming a rapidly frustrating experience, so if anyone has any suggestions on what this might be about, I'm up for hearing them. Many thanks AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: What is the correct way to overide hal defaults?
Micha Feigin writes: > I want to change the default settings for my synaptic touchpad in X. I tried > changing /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/11-x11-synaptics.fdi but it > keeps getting written over during upgrades. Is there a better way to do this > so > it won't get erased every time? Put your changed file in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/, and it should be used by hal and it won't be touched on upgrades. > Thanks -tom -- Hit me with your rhythm stick. It's nice to be a lunatic. Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! -- Ian Dury And The Blockheads -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Problems with play action in DopeWars game
AG wrote: Hi When playing the GTK version of DopeWars in Squeeze, when one goes to sell one's purchases, the option to sell all at once doesn't work - it only allows 1 item at a time to be sold. Those of you who play the game may appreciate that selling several hundred items 1-by-1 is both tedious and a real drag to playing the game. I cannot lay my hands on the config file either, so cannot seem to change it from there if that is even an option. Any suggestions please? Thanks AG Well - an update. I removed Squeeze's version and installed the version from Lenny - and the same thing applies. For whatever reason I just cannot adjust how many items one can sell - it always comes through as 1 item, even if one manually enters the correct number. So, if Squeeze and Lenny versions are showing up screwy ... the common denominator is my machine and possibly the gtk libraries or something else. Any ideas on what to be looking for? Cheers AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: 'Applications, Accessories, Root Terminal' fails silently
Patrick Wiseman ha scritto: Running 'sudo gnome-terminal' (which is the equivalent) reports 'Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting.' How do I fix this? Is it some idiotic "security feature"? (I get really steamed when fear overrides function!) Patrick Workaround: launch a terminal and sudo $favorite_shell (possibly with a keyboard shortcut) --- As for your solution not working: my *guess* is that to launch a gnome-terminal you need some per-user helper program (gconf) which cannot be run because root has no X session open - and that's a good thing(tm), beause you don't want anyone else but you to be able to create/close/modify windows or any other gui object on your screen. But then again - it's just my guess. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: need help
Dear Anand, You wrote: > i have downloded debian in various ways but i did not find install exc file Debian is a totally separate operating system, that you can run instead of (for example) microsoft Windows. Therefore, there is no way to start it from inside Windows. Instead, you need to burn the cd image you downloaded to a cd, boot from that cd, and install Debian on your hard disk. More information and more detailed instruction can be found in the installation manual http://debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s01.html.en#id2761477 Btw, the address you sent your question to, debain-...@lists.debian.org, is meant for discussions about the development of the Debian website, and not for installation questions. Kindly send any future questions you might have to debian-user@lists.debian.org instead. Good luck installing Debian! Kind regards, Bas. -- +--+ | Bas Zoetekouw | Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, | || The bridall of the earth and skie: | | b...@zoetekouw.net | The dew shall weep thy fall tonight;| +|For thou must die. | +-+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
How to access EpiValley SXC 1280 inbox
I bought a TATA Indicom CDMA 1x USB Modem. The name as mentioned in its user guide is: SXC-1280. There is an EpiValley as well as TATA Indicom logo on the device. I connect the modem to my laptop via USB. I am using Lenny. I got my internet running successfully using wvdial. However, I am unable to check the inbox of the modem/phone. What software would I need and how to configure that software to be able to check inbox messages? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
dovecot sees ~/Maildir, seeks folders in ~/ on Lenny (OK on Etch)
I've got dovecot set up on an Etch box to use maildirs, with folders
under ~/Maildir.
The same setup on Lenny finds a user's INBOX in their ~/Maildir but
doesn't find any other folders - instead it looks for them in the user's
home directory.
The users' filesystem is the same: it is hosted on the Lenny box and
exported to the Etch box. I have fiddled with /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
and even copied over the config file from the working Etch box.
I've also tried deleting the ~/Maildir/dovecot.index* files.
I've tested with icedove (thunderbird) and sylpheed on the Etch box
(accessing the dovecot server on the Lenny box) and icedove and mutt on
the Lenny box itself.
I've got `mail_debug = yes` in dovecot.conf but don't get anything
useful in syslog
Jun 13 11:03:45 kryten imapd[9922]: connect from 192.168.1.12 (192.168.1.12)
Jun 13 11:03:45 kryten imapd[9922]: imaps SSL service init from 192.168.1.12
Jun 13 11:03:47 kryten imapd[9922]: Authenticated user=john
host=targa.stumbles.org.uk [192.168.1.12] mech=PLAIN
Jun 13 11:15:02 kryten imapd[9922]: Hangup user=john
host=targa.stumbles.org.uk [192.168.1.12]
Nor do I get a /var/log/dovecot file.
I'm getting to the point of thinking maybe it's a bug with dovecot
itself (although Googling for "dovecot debian lenny Maildir bug" doesn't
pick up anything like what I'm experiencing) and, as a way of checking
this, I wonder if I could install the Etch version on the Lenny box.
# file `which dovecot`
/usr/sbin/dovecot: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1
(SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.4.1, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for
GNU/Linux 2.4.1, stripped
- suggests I couldn't simply copy the executable and run that, as the
shared libraries would be all wrong. What would be involved in getting
an older version working? I've heard of (but never used) "backports"
which AIUI are versions from newer distro releases. (And of course I
could try that too, in case it was a bug that got fixed later.)
# perl -ne 'print if /^\s*[^#\s]/' dovecot.conf
protocols = imap imaps
log_path = /var/log/dovecot
login_process_per_connection = yes
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
mail_extra_groups = mail
mail_debug = yes
protocol imap {
}
protocol pop3 {
pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
}
auth default {
mechanisms = plain
passdb pam {
}
userdb passwd {
}
user = root
}
dict {
}
plugin {
}
--
John Stumbleshttp://stumbles.org.uk
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gnome-audio package is broken
Though the package does what it thinks is a successful install, once installed gnome ought to have at least one sound theme available and it doesn't. The gnome-audio package installed its contents into /usr/share/sounds and when it was finished did not make /usr/share/gnome/sounds and populate that directory. I made that directory and populated it myself with the gnome-audio contents. Later, I'm going to see if gnome now has a sound theme available or if a broken situation continues because I need to do something else the gnome-audio package failed to do. I was told after gnome-audio had been installed by a sighted friend that sound themes was grayed out on my computer. Probably gnome and similarly sized systems need to get integrity packages that can check a system and let the operator know if they have the complete package installed or are missing pieces which may either be mandatory or optional and that the pieces have installed correctly such that they're now useable in the event the software or operator needs to use them. That way at least when things don't quite install 100% correctly or are missing an operator can know what's not likely to work and get a clue as to why it won't work. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: [OT] The perfect system ...
>> If I was to plan to build the "perfect" system from scratch, using a >> motherboard bundle (with up to 8GB DDR RAM), top line graphics card, >> ditto sound card that would allow connection with an external amp to >> jive up the sound quality - what might this thing of technological >> beauty be? imo it has do be defined what is a "perfect system" -- a gamer certainly has something different in mind that the audiophile has. Somebody like me for example, wants to have fast I/O (Input/Output) into his storage and simply wants a "storage agnostic" system i.e. managing the storage totally independent of the OS. So, for me the perfect system has to have a hardware RAID HBA (Host Bus Adapter) card http://sunoano.name/ws/public_xhtml/hardware.html#adaptec_31205_raid_hba Another must-have is a big screen -- at least for me. RAM, yes, enough but then I mostly never need more than 4GiB even if I have uptimes of more than a week or so. Well, I could go on but then imho not buying the 100% possible at a time but rather upgrading components ever now and then, is cheaper in the long run and one will have a pretty much high end system at all times. If the storage can be considered separate, that is all piece of cake. Here is http://sunoano.name/ws/public_xhtml/hardware.html#sunos_workstation what I put on my desk after 8 years of suffering a damn slow notebook :-] pgpXVRvdMj9Fm.pgp Description: PGP signature
What is the correct way to overide hal defaults?
I want to change the default settings for my synaptic touchpad in X. I tried changing /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/11-x11-synaptics.fdi but it keeps getting written over during upgrades. Is there a better way to do this so it won't get erased every time? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: [OT] The perfect system ...
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 08:52:05PM +0100, AG wrote: > If I was to plan to build the "perfect" system from scratch, using a > motherboard bundle (with up to 8GB DDR RAM), top line graphics card, > ditto sound card that would allow connection with an external amp to > jive up the sound quality - what might this thing of technological > beauty be? Obsolete by the time you build it? Top-line sound card isn't a sound card at all. They are usually a card connected to an external box (better sound quality, all the analog stuff outside of the noisy computer case). Two years ago, I build a box: Asus M2M-SLI MB (built-in sound), 8 SATA ports, two gigabit ethernet ports, 10 USB, yada, yada. Athlon 3800+ 1 GB ram. never had the need to expand. Asus EN7300GT silent 256 MB video (nvidia). Two Seagate SATA drives. LG DVD burner. Hooked up to my 21" Intergraph drafting monitor. --- The sound was great through the stereo. The video was great with the nVidia kernel module (etch non-free) and the dvd codecs from debian-multimedia.org. VLC was able to have the hardware resize the image from a 1024x768 box to 1600x1...@75hz with hardware smoothing. In short, it did everything I wanted it to do. I had the 3800+ because the X2 wasn't quite available yet. Now everything has muliple cores, 8GB ram is common, terabytes of storage are near and dear to many (yet backing that much data up to something reliable is an issue, as is software raid sync time). Determine what you want the box to do. If its only watching movies, most new computers with a decent video card will do that as is and isn't anything special. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
'Applications, Accessories, Root Terminal' fails silently
Running 'sudo gnome-terminal' (which is the equivalent) reports 'Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting.' How do I fix this? Is it some idiotic "security feature"? (I get really steamed when fear overrides function!) Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: LVM how to
Gianni> how can I resize the LVM default partition layout of debian? Gianni> The root is to small around 400mb... I looked around the web Gianni> but it look like I need to do that from a rescue cd, which one Gianni> should I use? Any good link for a easy how to :) I wrote an article about it which also covers resizing http://sunoano.name/ws/public_xhtml/lvm.html If you want to resize the root partition then using some sort of CD certainly is the best/easiest choice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grml pgpHMIK60JtlC.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Google Chrome
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:15:36 +0300 Andrei Popescu wrote: > It changes sources.list *by default* (and also sets up a chron job to > do the same) and this is a Bad Thing (tm). I believe it adds a file to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/, which achieves the same purpose, but doesn't touch your actual sources.list file. If you don't want it to do this, you can touch /etc/defaults/google-chrome before installing. Still, yeah, I'm not happy about this sort of thing as default myself. Graham -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
SATA CD/DVD drive not showing up in Squeeze
Hi After my last machine crashed and burned, I replaced the box with an HP Pavillion which has the following specs: AMD Sempron 2300 Dual-Core Dual Layer DVD Rewriter With a fresh installation of Squeeze (using Netinst via a CD) there have been several issues which I am progressively trying to work through. I've never used a SATA drive before, so some of this may just be my lack of familiarity with the system. However, when I load up an audio CD nothing happens. When I go into Xfce4's "File System" icon there is no CD/DVD drive listed, so checking dmesg I note the following: [2.926195] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROMTSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653Z 4403 PQ: 0 ANSI:5 [4.257290] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 [4.257379] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 As I understand this, this would suggest that the CD-DVD drive *is* being mounted at boot time, and is referred to by the system as "sr0". Looking at /etc/fstab I find the following: /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,auto 0 0 Inserting an audio CD, KsCD (the CD-player program) correctly identifies the track listing for the CD and I can eject the CD either through the command-line or from KsCD. Goobox however just claims "invalid device". But, the CD/DVD icon still does not appear under "File System", nor can I play any audio CDs. Changing the /etc/fstab entry to reflect what dmesg picks up - /dev/sr0 and reloading the CD makes no difference. Using a DVD now as a test - at least I can now get an icon that appears on both my desktop and in "file system". However, using KMPlayer the DVD refuses to play - first with an error message that mplayer is not running and then that gxine is not running. Using mplayer directly, the error message is that "no media was opened". Looking through Google, most of the links that seem associated with various search terms (e.g. "sata cddvd /dev/scd0 debian", "sata tsstcorp cddvd /dev/sr0 debian", and "tsstcorp cddvd /dev/sr0 debian") point to either bugs in the kernel's handling of amd which was supposed to have been fixed circa 2.26.25 (I'm using kernel 2.26.6-2-686), while other posts suggest modifying the /etc/fstab directly. This I have tried to do by adding /dev/scd0 and /dev/cdrom at different times. I even changed the filesystem type to "auto" rather than the "udf" which was the default. None of these make any difference at all. Finally, looking at /dev/disk/by-id gives: ata-WDC_WD3200AAJS-65M0A0_WD-WMAV22139666 ata-WDC_WD3200AAJS-65M0A0_WD-WMAV22139666-part1 ata-WDC_WD3200AAJS-65M0A0_WD-WMAV22139666-part2 ata-WDC_WD3200AAJS-65M0A0_WD-WMAV22139666-part3 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD3200AAJS-_WD-WMAV22139666 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD3200AAJS-_WD-WMAV22139666-part1 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD3200AAJS-_WD-WMAV22139666-part2 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD3200AAJS-_WD-WMAV22139666-part3 usb-EPSON_Stylus_Storage_L34020702070700430-0:0 usb-Generic-_Compact_Flash_2006041309210-0:0 usb-Generic-_MS_MS-Pro_2006041309210-0:3 usb-Generic-_SD_MMC_2006041309210-0:2 usb-Generic-_SM_xD-Picture_2006041309210-0:1 usb-Seagate_FreeAgentDesktop_9QG672LH-0:0 usb-Seagate_FreeAgentDesktop_9QG672LH-0:0-part1 The USB-Generic and USB-Seagate and USB-EPSON are all fine: I know what they refer to. I don't know if the CD/DVD is referenced here because I can't tell the references for ata-WDC and scsi-SATA apart. One of them may refer to the USB- enclosure I had to put my last IDE HDD into in order to copy data from it onto my SATA drive, but I don't know for sure. I have exhausted all of my limited skills in trying to (a) understand what all of this is about and (b) how to fix it. Please help!! Thanks in anticipation. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Problems with play action in DopeWars game
Hi When playing the GTK version of DopeWars in Squeeze, when one goes to sell one's purchases, the option to sell all at once doesn't work - it only allows 1 item at a time to be sold. Those of you who play the game may appreciate that selling several hundred items 1-by-1 is both tedious and a real drag to playing the game. I cannot lay my hands on the config file either, so cannot seem to change it from there if that is even an option. Any suggestions please? Thanks AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: no sound on lenny
On Sat,13.Jun.09, 13:41:20, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > I'm using lenny with kernel 2.6.26-2-686 > > i can't get sound when using lenny but on the otherhand, i can get sound > when using ubuntu 9.04 i386 live cd on youtube and mplayer > > i installed alsa-base and ran alsaconf but still no sound How did you try to get sound? Please post the output of: lspci | grep -i audio lsmod | grep snd aplay -l speaker-test -c2 -l1 Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Evolution on Squeeze has Send/Receive button disabled
I'm growing old and impatient. Years ago I'd wait a several days in which I'd dissect the problem. It appears that I have somehow activated "offline" mode. That's why evolution would not let me push "Send/Receive" button. On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Angelin Lalev wrote: > I have bought recently new AMD64-capable PC with G45 chipset and > installed the corresponding build of Lenny on it. > I succeeded in compiling and installing the X driver for the video, > but I could not start the analog audio, so I upgraded to Squeeze, > which brought amongst other things new alsa package. Analog sound > works ok now (I cannot tell about the digital) and overall everything > looks ok, but evolution cannot send and receive mail from neither of > my two configured POP3 accounts, because Send/Receive button is plain > disabled. > At start the checking of mail does not occur and it seems that some > errors appear in the status bar but they disappear too quickly > and I cannot read them. When started from the console, only two > non-relevant rows of output appear: > > ** (evolution:4597): DEBUG: mailto URL command: evolution %s > ** (evolution:4597): DEBUG: mailto URL program: evolution > > I'm not sure if this is result of the new Evolution installed, so I'd > like some inputs before start asking in other more development / > testing mailing lists. > > Greetings! > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Evolution on Squeeze has Send/Receive button disabled
I have bought recently new AMD64-capable PC with G45 chipset and installed the corresponding build of Lenny on it. I succeeded in compiling and installing the X driver for the video, but I could not start the analog audio, so I upgraded to Squeeze, which brought amongst other things new alsa package. Analog sound works ok now (I cannot tell about the digital) and overall everything looks ok, but evolution cannot send and receive mail from neither of my two configured POP3 accounts, because Send/Receive button is plain disabled. At start the checking of mail does not occur and it seems that some errors appear in the status bar but they disappear too quickly and I cannot read them. When started from the console, only two non-relevant rows of output appear: ** (evolution:4597): DEBUG: mailto URL command: evolution %s ** (evolution:4597): DEBUG: mailto URL program: evolution I'm not sure if this is result of the new Evolution installed, so I'd like some inputs before start asking in other more development / testing mailing lists. Greetings! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Random seamonkey crashes when playing flash videos
Am Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:55:32 -0400 schrieb Chris Jones : > It looks like they're caused by some mixed environment issue. > > Should I remove every mozilla on the system and reinstall from > scratch? > > Or is there a way to play those videos without the Flash player > plugin? I'm using the greasemonkey-scripts YouTubeImageLink and YouTotem for that. At least youtube works fine with them, such scripts are probably avaliable for other video sites too. You just need to have a vlc Mozilla plugin or something similar installed. Andreas signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Google Chrome
On Fri,12.Jun.09, 08:16:32, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > At t the dev.chromium.org site, from which I downloaded the .deb, > there are explicit instructions on how to avoid the automatic update. > So, at least if that's where you get it, it doesn't do anything > without permission. It changes sources.list *by default* (and also sets up a chron job to do the same) and this is a Bad Thing (tm). Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: configuring postfix
On Fri,12.Jun.09, 21:30:50, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > Postfix is an MTA. At some point, every MTA needs to pass mail off to an > MDA such as procmail or similar. Not really: ,[ /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist ] | # DELIVERY TO MAILBOX | # | # The home_mailbox parameter specifies the optional pathname of a | # mailbox file relative to a user's home directory. The default | # mailbox file is /var/spool/mail/user or /var/mail/user. Specify | # "Maildir/" for qmail-style delivery (the / is required). | # | #home_mailbox = Mailbox | #home_mailbox = Maildir/ ` > Debian's postfix uses procmail by > default, so any configuration for custom mbox delivery ought to be done > in procmail rather than postfix. procmail (or maildrop for those who don't like procmail's syntax) is necessary only for more advanced stuff, like sorting the mail in different folders. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Akonadi giving mysql warning
I'm getting the following warning from akonadi as part of the new kde4: 090612 20:40:43 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 134323 090612 20:40:44 [Warning] Can't open and lock time zone table: Table 'mysql.time_zone_leap_second' doesn't exist trying to live without them Obviously it's a warning and not a fatal error, but what can I do to make it go away? -- "Oh, look: rocks!" -- Doctor Who, "Destiny of the Daleks" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Dolphin instead of nautilus was called by gnome-open
Hi, I installed both gnome and kde4 on my debian sid box. Recently I found that if I run this command in gnome: gnome-open ~ dolphin showed up instead of nautilus. Click Places -> Home Folder also launched dolphin. Any ideas? Thanks! Wang Long -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
device or resource busy
I cannot get sound on my debian lenny laptop when playing Unreal Tournament 2004 and its mod TOC. Th program is using OpenAL sound driver. What should I do? umarz...@ctrl:~$ ./runTOC.sh Exporting OBJ-Malicious.Successful! Exporting OBJ-TrainStation][.Successful! Exporting OBJ-Scope][.Successful! open /dev/[sound/]dsp: Device or resource busy open /dev/[sound/]dsp: Device or resource busy -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://gameornot.net
Re: error while loading shared libraries: libopenal.so.0
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:18 AM, David Fox wrote: > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Aniruddha wrote: >> I try to install a 32-bit program in 64-bit Debian but I get the >> following message: 'error while loading shared libraries: > > Have you installed the 32-bit compatibility libraries? > > Anytime you manually install a library (and really, you should let the > packaging system do this) you have to rerun ldconfig to update what > the system thinks the libraries should be. Do you have, for instance, > /usr/lib32 as one of the search paths in your /etc/ld.so.conf file? > It is indeed a packaging fault, the packages relied on the antique 'libopenal.so.0'. Manually extracting libopenal0a from Debian old stable ( http://packages.debian.org/etch/libopenal0a ) and putting it in /usr/lib32 fixed this problem.It would be nice to have a libopenal 32-bit packages for amd64 though. ^^ Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
what user and password for cups
Hi, I've just installed cups to manage an HP Laserjet 6P. It web interface finds the printer everything is peachy until I select a driver and click on "Add Printer". At that point I am prompted for a username and a password. root login is disabled on the box, so I can't use root/password. I've tried the username/passwd that can sudo to root. I've tried using lppasswd to add the that sysadmin user to cups db and tried adding root. Neither of them work. The prompt prompt in the dialogue box where a uname and passwd or requested says 'A username and password are being requested by http://localhost:631. The site says: "CUPS"' Can anyone tell me what is meant by 'The site says: "CUPS"'? There is no cups user or cups group in /etc/passwd or /etc/group. There is an lp user, but login is disabled in /etc/shadow. I don't know where to go from here. I've tried adding the printer on the command line with lpadmin, but that didn't work either. ~# lpadmin -p HP_Laserjet_6p -m /usr/share/ppd/cups-included/HP/ \ -P laserjet.ppd lpadmin: Unable to copy PPD file! Thanks, gc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
