Re: AA with potato (strictly)
On May 09 2001, Dwayne C. Litzenberger wrote: Grr.. You could if nVidia actually continued to release their driver sources like they said they would. I'll never buy another NV card until they have released GOOD driver docs for at least 2 consecutive generations of cards. Some months ago, I was looking for good hardware to put together a new box that could be used with Free Software. I quickly noticed that nVidia cards were highly regarded, but they did only had binary only drivers. This was enough for me to choose a Matrox G400. Since nVidia doesn't release their specifications to the Free Software community, they don't want me as a customer. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: OT:Motherboards and Processors
On Jan 13 2001, tjm wrote: Computer show today and looking for any recommendations for stable motherboard and processor combinations in the 700-800Mhz range, 133 Mhz bus and it doesn't matter whether it's AMD or Intel for the chip. Well, I can say that I'm quite, quite happy with the following: * Motherboard: ASUS A7V, with chipset KT133; * Processor: AMD Duron 600MHz, without overclock (yet); * Memory: PC-133 (don't know the brand); * Video board: Matrox G400 AGP, monohead, 16MB; * Modem: 3Com/US Robotics, 5610; * NIC: Vanilla, Realtek RTL8139-based card; * Sound card: Soundblaster PCI/128 (Ensonic 1371); * HD: Quantum CX13.0A (yesterday my 40GB Samsung died, this was the second Samsung drive that has died with me with this board. I'm never buying Samsung again. The Quantum drive I took from my older Pentium MMX). :-( For any further questions, just send mail to the list and I'll monitor it. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
NVidia, Open Your Eyes (and Sources!) (was: Re: Nvidia + 2.4)
On Jan 14 2001, Kent Nyberg wrote: I have X working in 2.2.18, both 2d and GLX, but i guess we would have to wait for stupid NVidia to release some sort of a patch for it. The one that's out there is not an official patch. All these difficulties wouldn't happen with an Open Source friendly company. I was worried about this exact thing when I bought my new computer and I choose a Matrox G400 for this exact reason. IMO, I'd buy an NVidia card. But since they don't care for Open Source, they don't want me as a customer. []s, Roger... P.S.: On the other hand, people could make an organized initiative to promote a petition to make NVidia aware of the Open Source movement and ask thm for open drivers. Of course they are aware of Open Source, but a friendly reminder together with signatures of lots of people (among which are potential customers) is a great incentive for any company to change its mind. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: New Gimp 1.2 in pool is...?
On Jan 12 2001, Jonathan Gift wrote: In other words, short of compiling, has someone done a deb? Yes. Helix/Ximian gnome has one compiled for potato, it seems. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: xmps not working
On Jan 12 2001, Robert Waldner wrote: I just installed xmps from unstable, but as soon as I try to open a file it displays Gdk-CRITICAL **: file gdkwindow.c: line 1013 (gdk_window_raise): assertion `window != NULL' failed. and I´m back with no file selected. Ideas/help/clue for me anyone? Unfortunately, I don't know how to solve this problem, but one of the reasons why I am anxious for the newer distributions (testing and unstable) is that I want to have a movie player. I'd like to play asf, mov and mpeg files. Is xmps able to do this? []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Debug X - could not open default font 'fixed'
On Jan 09 2001, M David Tilson wrote: It's a fatal server error - How to fix? Try to reinstall the xfonts-base package. It worked for me when I was using X4. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: strange bash feature
On Jan 09 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ls -l 'which ls' ls -l 'which ls' ls: which ls: No such file or directory I don't know about the repeating syndrome, but to get the path to ls, you have to use `, not '. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
How stable is testing?
Dear community, I've noticed that there are some programs in testing that I'd like to use (and at least one that I have to use), but I'm very scared of it not working correctly or breaking badly when, say, I'd need to get something done fast. So, I'd like to ask you: how stable is testing compared to potato? Thank you very much for your comments, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Testing new libc6 (was: Re: How stable is testing?)
On Jan 10 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: On 10-Jan-2001 Rogerio Brito wrote: So, I'd like to ask you: how stable is testing compared to potato? decently so yes. Well, testing has just got a new user right now. And it's great to have glibc 2.2, so that I can use large files in my box and high UIDs (after I switch to Linux 2.4.0, of course). :-) BTW, I've noticed that the new glibc has optimized versions for i586 and i686 platforms. Is there any perceptible performance increase in using these packages or do they have mostly psychological effect? :-) Anyway, I'm really happy for using testing now and I'm not scared anymore. :-) In fact, I'm highly anticipating the new X4 and KDE debuts in testing. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Suggestions for an easy-to-setup 10/100 net card?
On Jan 10 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: odd, I find pci network controllers to be uniformly easy. Indeed. The days of terror of ISA cards and conflicts are almost gone. For instance, my new motherboard doesn't even come with ISA slots anymore. Anyway, I have had good luck with el-cheapo NICs like my Realtek RTL8139. And it works like a charm, even though it is not like an Intel card (which I've been told are the best ones regarding performance and machine load). []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Suggestions for an easy-to-setup 10/100 net card?
On Jan 11 2001, Philipp Schulte wrote: I am satisfied with my Realtek 8139 cards. Yes, I use this card and I'm also happy with it. They are very cheap but reliable for me and according to several benchmarks they are faster than much more expensive 3Coms. Well, I've never seen NIC benchmarks, but I'm actually quite interested (especially if they are Linux based). Could you provide some references, please? They just work and don't cause any trouble. Ditto. Setting it up is really simple. There exists an kernel-module which just has to be loaded (if it was built) and it should work. Yes. BTW, in recent kernels (like 2.2.18) there are actually two modules for this card. One of them is Donald Becker's rtl8139 and the other is Geff Garzik's 8139too. I'm only familiar with Becker's (as it works wonderfully here). []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
NIC Performance Linux (was: Re: Suggestions for an easy-to-setup 10/100 net card?)
On Jan 10 2001, Rogerio Brito wrote: On Jan 11 2001, Philipp Schulte wrote: I am satisfied with my Realtek 8139 cards. They are very cheap but reliable for me and according to several benchmarks they are faster than much more expensive 3Coms. Well, I've never seen NIC benchmarks, but I'm actually quite interested (especially if they are Linux based). Could you provide some references, please? Well, the only thing that I could find about NIC benchmarks and the mentioned cards was: http://www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/2000-November/010570.html Other comments and/or benchmarks are welcome as this is something that I'd like to learn more about. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: CPU optimization
On Jan 06 2001, Mircea Luca wrote: Hmm..well I read in the gcc manual that -O3 is optimize even more and is the maximum.:-) First of all, I must say that I'm enjoying this discussion a lot and that although I never used this pentium-builder thing, I think that it's pretty slick. I guess that recompiling every package is not worth the trouble, but recompiling multimedia and CPU intensive ones may be a major gain (say, MPEG players and such). BTW, you can use -O6 for your programs. If I remember correctly, it will fallback to whatever is the highest mode of optimization (somebody please correct me if I'm wrong -- I read this a long time ago and didn't find it listed in the current documentation now; the funny thing is that it's not mentioned in the current potato manpage). I also don't know if -O6 does the same thing as -O9. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: What /potato/main/disks-i386/ image to burn into CDR
On Dec 30 2000, csj wrote: Now, what I want to know is: what floppy image from debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/2.2.20.0.1-2000-12-03/ do I need to download so I can burn my own CDR installer? The 2.88 rescue.bin image. HTH, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: blackbox - menus and themes
On Dec 29 2000, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: Thanks a lot! I switched to xterm, which is lighter and better as an x-terminal-emulator, IMHO. Just a hint: if you can live with a stripped down version of xterm that is easier on RAM, then use rxvt. I use it here and it is also faster scrolling the screen (say, when I do a 'ls -lAFR /'). HTH, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Linux does not run on my new motherboard :(
On Dec 27 2000, Ian Tan wrote: I have recently purchased an ASUS A7V motherboard (socket A) with built-in Promise ATA/100 IDE controller, and so I happily bought a new 30Gb Quantum ATA/100 hard disk. :) I have this very same board and it works perfectly. Unfortunately, I don't have an UDMA/100 drive, everything works perfectly well other than that. I suggest you just plug your drive on the first (i.e., UDMA/66 controller), install potato, install gcc, ncurses etc, grab a kernel from your favourite kernel.org mirror and André's Hedrick patch from http://www.linux-ide.org/. Compile it accordingly and you'll be able to use the Promise controller. I have looked at the latest kernel -- 2.4.0-test12 and it doesn't seem to have any IDE options that are relevant ... These kernels *do* have support for the Promise controller. Have I overlooked anything? Does anyone have any ideas? Hope this helps, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Linux does not run on my new motherboard :(
On Dec 26 2000, Rob Hudson wrote: But if you have an empty system, how do you install debian? Use the UDMA/66 controller instead and only then compile the kernel with the appropriate drivers. BTW, I have this board and it works wonderfully. I'm really happy with it. So happy in fact, that when I got it, I was akin to a child with a new toy. :-) Well, it is indeed a toy. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: The better ftp server for Debian...
On Dec 18 2000, Björn Elwhagen wrote: On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 11:49:05AM -0500, Ken Weingold wrote: On Mon, Dec 18, 2000, Rogelio E. Castillo Haro wrote: Could you recommend the best ftp server for my Linux-Debian box? I like NcFTPd a lot. Used it for a while now. I'll second that any day. NcFTPd is fast, reliable and free to use for 3 (or was it 4) concurrent users. If one wants a very minimalistic ftp server, then a choice can be DJB's publicfile (see http://cr.yp.to/publicfile.html). It only accepts anonymous transfers, isn't free and uses a different listing format than what is usual (so, not all clients work correctly with it), but it is made to be secure. publicfile is also a webserver. OTOH, does anybody know about a more full-featured server that can monitor which connections are open and show statistics about them (for instance, what are the transfer rates for each connection)? I'd love to know about an ftp server that has this particular feature. Thanks in advance for any comments, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Different types of filesystems (was: Re: small blocks or more inodes?)
On Dec 13 2000, Colin Watson wrote: Note, though, that ext2fs' linear directory searching makes it a poor choice for anything involving large numbers of entries in a single directory. If that's necessary, I understand ext3fs and/or reiserfs are better at this. AFAIK, ext3 is just ext2 + journalling and wouldn't help with the huge number of files. OTOH, reiserfs may be what the original poster needs. I've been using it here with very good results (although I don't have tons of small files in only one directory). BTW, the right solution to thousands of small files would be to hash them with some levels of directories (if possible -- i.e., if you have the source code of the application). []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Genica (was: Re: MP3 players)
On Dec 11 2000, Ken Weingold wrote: Not sure now much it is, but I have something great made by Genica. It looks like a discman, but plays audio CDs as well as CDR/CDRW's with MP3's, so your limit is 650 megs. Great search features, too. And here's the kicker: it's $100. 50 second anti-shock - and it works. Wow, I'd love to get one of those toys, but I still have some questions which I'd be very grateful if you could answer: 1 - How does it deal with directories? Does it have any navigation mode? And how about files that have very long names (I'm thinking of burning CDs with Linux, of course, making the ISOs with mkisofs); 2 - Does it play Variable Bit Rate MP3s? 3 - What happens if it is told to play a file that is not an MP3 (say, a .txt file that ended being included on my ISO)? Thanks in advance, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: OT: regular expression question
On Dec 11 2000, Hubert Chan wrote: Um, I never said that they were the same thing. In fact, I specifically said that they different. If you read my post again (in fact, the very part that you quoted), you will see that I said that which rule you add depends on whether or not you count the empty string as a palindrome. You are, of course, right (I didn't read your post with due attention). :-( Sorry for being stupid, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd.
On Dec 10 2000, Stephan Kulka wrote: I had the same problem (in fact I still have it sometimes) and I found out that it is a known bug in debian (there is a bug filed). Actually, it is a problem with Linux, and not with Debian. AFAIK, Alan Cox said that newer versions of the 2.2 kernel (which, BTW, is going to be released very, very soon -- perhaps this next week) are less susceptible to these memory outages. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: PPP Support
On Dec 10 2000, Estêvão Becker wrote: Hi, when I try to config my PPP connection, it tells that I don't have PPP support, but I have it installed. Please, what do I do? To see if you actually have support for PPP, see if you see anything like PPP reported when you type dmesg at a command line. If you don't, then try to do the following as root: # depmod -a # modprobe -k ppp # dmesg | grep -i ppp Does it generate any output? Report it to the list. More details are also welcome. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Problems excuting files on CD
On Dec 10 2000, Stan Brown wrote: Problem is I have to run the Oracle installer as user Oracle, and I keep getting Permission Denied when I try o excute it. There are many possible cases here. Two of them are: 1 - The program tries to write something in the CD; 2 - You may have mounted the CD with the noexec option -- the user option of a filesystem implies noexec. Hope this helps, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: OT: regular expression question
On Dec 08 2000, Hubert Chan wrote: Oops. There should be a | \epsilon at the end of that (where \epsilon is the empty string) if you count the empty string as a palindrome. If not, then you should add | aa | bb. No, it's not the same thing. The former language generated by the grammar with the production S - \varepsilon has the empty string, while, if you substitute it by S - aa | bb, then your new language does not contain \varepsilon. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: ot: best filesystem for small files
On Dec 08 2000, S.Salman Ahmed wrote: I agree, 2.4.0-test11 has been working really well for me too. It was the only way to get my UDMA100 HD on my Asus CUSL2 board to work in UDMA mode. You could also use André Hedrick's patch to 2.2.x kernels, which includes the Promise driver necessary for UDMA drivers on Asus boards. BTW Phil, what does echo 0 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn do ? This command disables Explicit Congestion Notification, a feature of TCP which many firewalls seem to erroneously block. Performing the echo command above is a workaround. The real fix is to tell the administrator of the offending site to fix his end. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: where's the modelines in X 4.0?
On Dec 08 2000, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: where is X getting the modetiming definitions from? the old XF86Config file? If your monitor+card combo is recent, then the Modelines are taken automatically by the card from your monitor (yes, the card asks your monitor what it can support). But you can still include your custom Modeline definitions in XF86Config-4 in the Monitor section of your file, like this: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 VendorName Monitor Vendor ModelNameMonitor Model HorizSync 28-70 VertRefresh 50-120 ModeLine 640x480 41.93 640 672 832 896 480 482 494 520 #90Hz ModeLine 800x600 64.51 800 888 1088 1176 600 602 614 640 #85Hz ModeLine 1024x768 97.83 1024 1072 1312 1408 768 770 782 808 #86Hz # ModeLine 1152x864 106.91 1152 1200 1440 1536 864 866 878 904 #77Hz # ModeLine 1152x864 106.91 1152 1236 1476 1600 864 866 878 904 #73Hz EndSection - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BTW, I'm sooo happy now that I'm using X 4.0.1 with potato. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Non-root kernel compiling--Continue...
On Dec 05 2000, Ethan Benson wrote: just to toss my personal preference in... i created a dedicated user account for building things like kernels and locally installed software I did something similar to this, but not only to build things. I use a dummy user for evaluating programs that I don't know very much about (and which obviously are not setuid anybody else) -- so that if the program sends something back to whoever wrote it (e.g., like it is rumoured about Real Player), it doesn't grab *my* sensitive data. I do this until I feel comfortable with the software to use under my own account. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: samba 2.0.7 vs. 2.0.5
On Dec 06 2000, Robert Waldner wrote: I still use a 2.0.38-kernel (that box is only apt-get upgrade´d, not - dist-upgraded, to potato) because of some legacy-software, so for me it´s essential that kernel-version-dependencies are correct ;-) Oh, I see. But I think that I read somewhere that you can make Samba work fine with 2.0 kernels if you recompile it. So, that may be a thing that you might try (and I sincerely don't know what the package maintainer could do in this case, unless he creates two packages or he includes duplicate binaries and wrapper scripts). I´ve filed a bug-report against samba 2.0.7, so let´s just sit back, waitsee. Well, I've sent Eloy Paris (Debian's Samba maintainer) a bugreport a log time ago (MONTHS ago) and didn't hear back from him yet. :-( So, all that I can say is good luck. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Wanna run potato X 4.0.1?
I was thinking of downloading the latest sources for XFree 86 4.0.1 from woody and doing the necessary modifications and compiling it under potato, but it seems that this won't be necessary anymore (or, at least, I hope so). It seems that Branden, Debian's X maintainer, may be considering uploading XFree 4.0.1 packages compiled for potato to his homepage (http://people.debian.org/~branden/), in a handy apt-get'able format. This will be very convenient for people that must use X 4 to use their cards (or to get acceleration) and don't want (or can't) upgrade to woody, which gets broken once in a while. I sincerely just can't wait for him to upload those sweet packages! :-) []s crossing my fingers, Roger... :-) -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Gnome
On Dec 04 2000, Hubert Chan wrote: Or, if you don't want to change the system default, make a .xsession file in your home directory. Mine says: #!/bin/sh gnome-session Well, that's almost what I do, except that I use exec gnome-session, instead (so that it execs gnome-session in place of the shell script). []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: /usr/tmp instead of /tmp
On Dec 04 2000, Lee Maguire wrote: making /tmp a symlink to /var/tmp is usually fine. The only caveat I'm aware of is that it changes some standard housekeeping issues. Not only that, but /tmp is unavailable until /var becomes mounted, which is a bad thing. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Matrox, X4 and potato (was: Re: XFree86 4.0.1 packages and Potato)
On Dec 05 2000, Frederik Vanrenterghem wrote: Indeed, if you get it to work, PLEASE tell me too, 'cause I've been trying for days now, to no aval. What exactly is your problem? A while back, I got a G400 to work with packages from woody (X 4.0.1-7, if I remember correctly), but I don't have that installation anymore. I also don't know if a G450 would differ significantly from a G400. Anyway, getting X 3.3.6 to work is also very easy with a G400. I had some initial problems due to a defective board, but since I returned my card, I've had no problems. I bought a Matrox, 'cause I wanted to support a company that developes open source drivers, but man, I'm starting to regret that decision ;-) Well, I thought about that a bit when I was still struggling with my defective card, but this card is so good that I'm convinced it was indeed a wise choice to pick it up. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Quality of Helixcode's Debian Packages (was: Re: spidermonkey.helixcode.com down?)
On Dec 04 2000, Willy Lee wrote: Anyone else seeing this? Well, I don't have any problems connecting to spidermonkey, but I'd like to bring up a new point: is there anybody else besides me that is a bit annoyed with the fact that many of Helixcode's packages are not well polished? The problem that I'm referring to is that a lot of packages seem to have duplicate files, that is, there are some packages that try to overwrite other package's files. I just tried installing Helixcode's Gnome on a brand new potato installation and I've received loads and loads of warnings from apt/dpkg about this problem. Unfortunately, the only packages that I can remember having this problem are libgnomeprint* (and, more precisely, the i18n files). Are there other people seeing this problem or is it a problem with me? (Of course, if it is indeed a problem with HC's packages, then the solution would be to split the packages to avoid them doing wrong things). That is, BTW, one of the reasons why I'm getting more and more interested in KDE in Debian than Gnome. The other two reasons are KOffice and Konqueror (which isn't perfect, but is, without a doubt, one of the better browsers today available for Linux). And Ivan has made some great packages for potato, BTW. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
tcpserver (was: Re: xinetd vs. inetd)
On Dec 05 2000, Sam TH wrote: [About tcp-server] Sadly, that means it is non-free since djb doesn't believe in free software. :-( Yes, this is indeed the case. If you can't have free software in your computers, then that is indeed a pity. But if you can, then you might like to grab a copy of ucspi-tcp (which includes tcpserver) for use in your system. Dan's tcpserver is incredible (as is all pieces of software written by him): small, fast, secure and reliable. In these days of big, slow, bloated, unreliable software, where one needs 1GB of memory to just boot, it is indeed nice to know about a program that was elegantly designed and that runs well even in a 486 with little memory. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: samba 2.0.7 vs. 2.0.5
On Dec 05 2000, Robert Waldner wrote: Shouldn´t samba 2.0.7 depend on a kernel = 2.2 then? This seems like a bug to me (I ran into the same problem but have put samba on hold since then). Well, that would be a problem for people that don't use a Debian packaged kernel (or kernel-package and friends). I only use Linus' kernels with selected packages the old fashioned way (and using equivs is really less clean of a solution than it is for the system to be oblivious to which kernel I am using). []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: konquerer won't run ...
On Dec 04 2000, Adam Shand wrote: what about getting konqueror to support ssl? it's supposed to do it but where do i enable it? when i go to an ssl site i get told that konqueror doesn't support ssl?!? Yes, konqueror is able to do ssl just fine, but you'll need to install kdelibs3-crypto for that, but unfortunately, this package is not yet uploaded to Ivan's site (I have *just* checked it, as I'm maintaining an rsync mirror of it for my personal use and I intend to put an ISO image with it and Helix Gnome, some non-free packages and similar things for me an for some friend). Though Ivan must be busy with so many packages under his belt (it is really impressive), he said he would be uploading the new KDE 2.0.1 today, AFAICR. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
NFS also dying (was: Re: smbfs: inaccessible, un-unmountable directory)
On Dec 03 2000, Francois Gouget wrote: On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Nate Amsden wrote: umount and remount .. It works! It's a more or less well known work-around. But I've unfortunetly had this very same problems with NFS between two Debian boxes. I haven't done enough data-gathering to see exactly under which conditions it happens, but it's annoying, especially if you have some scripts which depend on these mounted filesystems. :-( So, I guess that this is more of a problem with the kernel than with a particular module/feature. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: /var/cache/apt/archives
On Dec 02 2000, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: Adding an apt-get autoclean to your cron'd apt-get dist-upgrade --download-only will automatically flush out redundant .debs. Particularly if you add the autoclean *after* the download. OTOH, if one has enough space for that, just use apt-move and it will construct a partial mirror of the files one uses, eliminating duplicates/obsolete packages (which makes the use of autoclean unnecessary). If you use apt-move, then you can even burn a copy of your partial mirror to a CD and have your own subset of Debian handy. That's the solution I use, but some extra space is needed for the repository, of course. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: logs
On Dec 03 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does exists a way of do a housekeeping over all logs in the system? apt-get install anancron []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: logs
On Dec 04 2000, Rogerio Brito wrote: On Dec 03 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does exists a way of do a housekeeping over all logs in the system? apt-get install anancron That should have been anacron, instead. That's what one gets when he tries to write to reply to too many e-mails in a given day. :-( BTW, anacron accomplishes the purpose you want indirectly. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: hda not recognized during install
On Dec 01 2000, Hannes Schuddel wrote: My harddisk is not recognized during bootup so I am not able to install the system from harddisk. I use an ASUS A7V mainboard, with ata100 controller and Maxtor DMax 5400/512 harddisk. I have this exact motherboard and it is really impressive how much things it's got. Unfortunately, it seems to not be possible to install potato with the Promise ATA/100 controller with stock disks, but this is not really a problem. Just put your HD on the primary interface (which is an ATA/66 controller) and install everything from there. Then, after your system is up and running, grab the source of the kernel from your closest mirror, apply André Hedrick's IDE patch backported to 2.2.17 (you can get this patch from http://www.linux-ide.org), select support for the Promise controller, compile your kernel, install it (copy the kernel to a diskette also, just in case), move your drive to the Promise controller and be happy using your ATA/100 interface. Any help would be appreciated. I hope this helps you. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Starting KDE with startx (was: Re: startkde)
On Nov 28 2000, Robert Epprecht wrote: Sorry, but I must ask again: How do I have KDE2 and Gnome on a potato system and start either or? To start KDE, just put exec startkde in your personal ~/.xsession file. To start GNOME, put exec gnome-session. This way, you can choose which one you'd like in a given day. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: top tells me X is using 80 Mb!
On Nov 27 2000, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: Guess what? After quitting gnapster (gtk), X went back to its 30 Mb... That's weird. I'll keep trying to see what behaviour I get from my installation (I'll install a brand new woody machine after the weekend -- perhaps Monday or Tuesday -- which will be my guinea pig and I'll experiment with it a little bit). BTW, which driver/card are you using? I'll be using a Jaton card with Trident 3D Imàge 750 chipset. So... Maybe this is a gtk problem (that only a few applications trigger)? It may be the case, but in any case, I think that it quite strange that the memory comsumption of X is so high... It shouldn't be that way, IMVVVHO. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Prob. with memprof (was: Re: top tells me X is using 80 Mb!)
On Nov 28 2000, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: So... IS there some other application I could use to find memory leaks, other than memprof? Wow. I didn't know this memprof thing. Quite cool, huh? The only memory analyzing program that I knew about was memstat, which: 1 - is more of a static nature (you don't see allocations of programs happening like you see with memprof); 2 - it has smaller granularity (i.e., only gives you a view of the whole system); 3 - has a bug in version 0.2 when running under X (it displays /dev/mem having a huge size and accounting it in the total memory used by the applications). Memprof sems to be totally undocumented, and I tried several of the command line options, none of which worked... What did you try? I did some things here and it displayed some cool graphics. Nice toy. I still don't know precisely what to do with all the data it generates, tough. :-) I guess that I'll learn to use it with when I write some programs (which are usually small and simple). So, I guess that all this message says is: I don't know an alternative to memprof. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Purging a package with apt (was: Re: Q: Why 24 depth/not 32?)
On Nov 28 2000, Nate Amsden wrote: apt-get remove xdm dpkg --purge xdm Just do: apt-get --purge xdm It saves you the trouble of doing two commands and apt-get also takes care of the dependencies (if there are any to be taken care of). []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Prob. with memprof (was: Re: top tells me X is using 80 Mb!)
On Nov 30 2000, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: :: Rogerio Brito writes: What did you try? I did some things here and it displayed some cool graphics. Nice toy. Yes, but did you manage to run gnapster-gtk, xdvi, or some other graphical tools under memprof? That didn't work here. Well, yes and no. :-) All the packages that I'm using here were packaged by Helix Gnome and this includes both memprof and my gnapster. With *this* gnapster, everything went fine and memprof has shown loads of numbers that I haven't stopped yet to analyze. :-) Since you emphasized the gtk part of it, I'm not sure if your gnapster is different from mine... Does that help? []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Purging a package with apt (was: Re: Q: Why 24 depth/not 32?)
On Nov 29 2000, Defresne Sylvain wrote: * Rogerio Brito ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: apt-get --purge xdm It should be : apt-get --purge remove xdm Yeah, of course it should be. :-( []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: top tells me X is using 80 Mb!
On Nov 30 2000, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: :: Rogerio Brito writes: That's weird. I'll keep trying to see what behaviour I get from my installation (I'll install a brand new woody machine after the weekend -- perhaps Monday or Tuesday -- which will be my guinea pig and I'll experiment with it a little bit). From the debian-devel, I learnt that sometimes applications that send images to X to be displayed will cause that behavior; it looks like X allocated all that memory, but it's actually the app's fault. Hummm. I see. I think that this is quite a strange behaviour though, since when more and more graphic applications are available for X, including e-mail readers ala those from Microsoft, then one thing that could cause a DoS (cause an OoM situation) would be to just display such images, right? Also, it seems that there are some little details that are usually not taken into account when counting how much memory a program has allocated... (Don't remember the details now, sorry) Well, I do know that the text size of a program is not counted in its usable memory (well, it is, but it can be easily shared *and* it can be discarded when more memory is needed -- and Linux does copy-on-write for forked processes). I don't know much more than this, though (if you have further information, then it would be mostly welcome). In X's case, the story seems to be that almost all of its data is in a data or stack segment (but that's is an impression I've got from top and ps). BTW, which driver/card are you using? I'll be using a Jaton card with Trident 3D Imàge 750 chipset. SiS 6326 with 8Mb (acttually 4) :-/ Oh, I remember that you've mentioned it has 8MB but only 4MB usable, right? And does it work ok? A friend of mine is thinking about buying one of this cards (I don't know if it comes embedded in a motherboard or not) and since his budget is limited, there aren't many choices (I've told him that I've had good luck with S3's). []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: CD burning mkisofs segmentation fault.
On Nov 27 2000, Daniel Ferrante wrote: When I try to create an image (of, say, my home directory) after a certain time, mkisofs reports a seg fault. The interesting thing is that, this certain time varies every time I run the command! This is the most common case of a segmentation fault happening due to memory programs. Since mkisofs makes extensive use of memory in a short period of time, it actually happens to trigger bad memory quite easily. So, I'd recommend you to check your memory (use memtest86 -- use google for that) for 1 or 2 days. The fact that it happens randomly each time and that it freezes your system (does Linux issue an Oops?) seems to be a stronger evidence in that direction. []s, Roger... P.S.: Reply to the list. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: OT:Netscape
On Nov 26 2000, Richard Cobbe wrote: You may well have checked this already, but what is your Netscape home page set to? (In Netscape's preferences box, the Netscape section, middle part.) Humm... I've seen this problem happen with Netscape when I was using Helix Gnome. I wonder what he is using... []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: top tells me X is using 80 Mb!
On Nov 27 2000, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: [X 4 taking 80+MB of resident memory] Why Does that happen? I never saw that sort of thing before (maybe because I never had so much memory -- I bought more 64 Mb RAM some days ago...) Hi there, J. I've noticed the same situation here. Either X 4 is really memory hungry (and this makes Linux swap a lot) or there are some very bad memory leaks that should be audited. Too bad that I'm sooo ignorant that I don't undestand X's code. Otherwise, I'd at least try to help a little bit... :-( []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Weird Error
On Nov 26 2000, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
on Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 11:50:15PM -0600, Joseph Anthony ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdb: timeout waiting for DMA
You may have a bad drive. Or you could have problems with DMA, though I
don't particularly understand it.
One common cause of the BadCRC messages is when one is using
UDMA/66 without an 80-way cable. To the original poster: try
to use hdparm(8) to see if disabling UDMA/66 solves (if you
are using UDMA/66, that is).
There was a long discussion about this in the LKML some time
ago and I've also learned this lesson the hard way.
[]s, Roger...
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Re: font *fixed* not found.
On Nov 25 2000, Chris Niekel wrote: Anyone knows how to solve this? Is there any documentation I should have been reading? apt-get dist-upgrade didn't tell me about this, nor sent it mail. apt-get --reinstall install xfonts-base did the trick for me. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: KDE2 installation
On Nov 24 2000, Ethan Benson wrote: yes, downloading .debs is not the right way to manage a debian system Indeed, that's not the easiest/best way. But now that he has already downloaded a bunch of files, he can save some effort (especially if he is using a modem) and just move them to /var/cache/apt/archives and do what you said. Now, apt-get will only get the missing files (if there are any) and proceed to the installation. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: 386 install
On Nov 21 2000, Jean-Marc Cadudal wrote: Any advise, suggestion to go around this problem ? Move the HD to another machine and install it there. Then move it back to your 386. Experiment with slight variations of this. Do make a boot disk when the install is done to boot on your 386. Hope this helps, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Netcape Form Bug?
On Nov 24 2000, Terry Carney wrote: (...) I can no longer enter keyboard input anywhere in the Netscape window. This only occurs after selecting more... and after entering multiple submenus. I have indeed seen this bug and it occurs very frequently. I also discovered that happened with me when I use Window Maker, but not when I was using GNOME's Sawfish as the window manager. The workaround I use to this is to use the clip of Window Maker to go to a different Virtual Desktop and then go back to the one I come from. Then, my keyboard works again. Are you using Window Maker? I just tested it and it is still present with the woody version of Window Maker (and Netscape 4.75). Although this is probably not Debian specific I wonder if any one has discovered a fix or workaround. I hope my workaround works for you. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: running apt-get update apt-get upgrade as a cronjob?
On Nov 12 2000, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: 1) Use apt-get -d upgrade, so the files will be downloaded but not installed. So you can run an apt-get upgrade in the morning while disconnected, since all files were fetched, and then you'll bne able to interact with dpkg. That would be my preferred option, indeed, for I would be in complete control of the situation... 2) Use apt-get -y upgrade, in which case a yes will be assumed in all questions... But I think there are situations in which a yes won't help, and then apt-get will abort (but you'll still have all files downloaded an will be able to install whatever was missing in the morning). Well, why doable, that wouldn't be as nice as your earlier proposed solution, since not all packages interact by means of debconf yet (and even if they all did, it wouldn't be nice to have the computer adopt a default solution and then, months later, this default option come to haunt you...) Anyway, comments are welcome. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Plexwriter 12/4/32(SCSI)
On Nov 10 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yeah!! i just got the cable today and it works great :) sofar just used xcdroast which doesnt have an option for higher then 8X recording so i havent tried 12X but 8X worked great :)) Burn the CD using the command line and specify -speed 12. That should be enough to let you burn with 12x. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: How to contact administrator?
On Nov 10 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: don't expect many isps to support secure file transfers though its not very common for end users to know how to do it so most don't support it. (I run an isp and i WISH i could close off ftp). Which secure file transfer protocols are there (besides scp, that is)? I would not like to give users a system account for this task, but I do understand that an encrypted password FTP protocol would be really nice. Thank you for any help, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: inserting one postscript file into another
On Nov 09 2000, Shao Zhang wrote: Could someone give me some hints? I looked the man page for psselect and psmerge and still cannot figure it out. Theoretically, it would be possible if psmerge worked correctly (I unfortunately haven't got it to work as I'd like). Anyway, to split the first file in two files with the pages you'd like, you might try to use gv, select the pages accordingly and then save them to different files. Then after that, you'd have three files and you'd use psmerge to glue them together. But, as I've stated before, I couldn't get it to work. If you can, please let me know (I'm using potato here). []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
X4 and a Trident Card? (was: Re: XFree86 4.0.1 and TrueType fonts)
On Nov 04 2000, John S. J. Anderson wrote: Once I got it working, however, I was quite impressed. It's noticeably faster than XFree 3.3.6 on window movement and screen redraws, even with the old 4 MB Trident card I've got. Old Trident Card? Hey, which one? We may be in the same boat. I've got a Trident 3D Image and it was a pain in the arse to get a Modeline working with 3.3.6 (X seems to misbehave with this card -- if I use a line that was supposedly to use a refresh rate of 60Hz, then sometimes I get my monitor saying that the signal it is receiving is for 20Hz or something else below its capabilities). Since I don't want to have the same problems with X4, then I'm just waiting until some bugs more are found or people report success with this card. Which card do you have? I'm also a bit scared of upgrading to woody after I heard about the major breakage with the libc upgrade... []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Upgrading video card: Best of these three?
On Nov 03 2000, wulfie wrote: I'll second the anti-Nvidia driver lobby. I'm planning on buying a new computer soon (a Duron) and one of the things that was hardest to understand was which video card to get. It seems that there is an hiatus between el-cheapo, older PCI cards and the super-hyper-duper-hi-end cards with 3D acceleration with all bells-and-whistles. There's nothing in between for someone like me that wants to buy a cheaper one and that only cares for 2D performance (I don't play games and I don't use 3D applications). Since there were no options (or since the manufacturers don't want to see that part of the market), I started looking for cards that would provide a not so bad performance and not hogging my future system performance, while having a reasonable price. In all reviews that I've studied, the NVIDIA cards seem to be the winners of performance, but the fact that they don't have a receptive attitude towards the community means that they don't want people like me as their customers. This is what made me choose a Matrox G400 for my new system (together with the recommendation of a close friend that said the G400 was running quite fast in his system). []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: How to change machine+machine name and ip-address in Debian?
On Aug 20 2000, Magnus Ericson wrote: I am new to Linux and Debian and needs to find out how to change the name (both machine and domain) and ip-address. To change these parameters of your machine, edit the following files: /etc/hostname /etc/hosts /etc/init.d/network (if you use slink aka Debian 2.1) /etc/network/interfaces (if you use potato aka Debian 2.2) I guess that these should be the first places where you should take a look at. You might also like to change other places like: /etc/resolv.conf /etc/host.conf Regards Magnus Hope this helps, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: PLEASE: standard package README file/orientation
On Aug 19 2000, John Ackermann wrote: I heartily agree with Daniel's plea. Eveb a simple listing of what configuration files the package uses (and where they are), and where it stores data (i.e., does it use space in /var) would be a big help. All packages *do* already have such files. Documentation files for package package are intended to be in the /usr/share/doc/package directory. Configuration files in Debian are (or should be) accessible from the /etc directory. If a given package doesn't do this, then this particular package has a bug (but not the Distribution as a whole). Frankly, this is a pretty standard thing and many people would want it. Why would you think the packages don't have such an important feature? []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Web browsers for Linux (was: Re: Netscape Bus Error)
On Aug 18 2000, John Leuner wrote: But let's face it, a debug build of Moz is a dog. Do we really need Athlons to surf the web? That was exactly my point. Most users (unfortunately, might I add) don't care for free software or for proprietary software. They care about their job being done, without facing technical details that might not be relevant to what they intend to do (or that they don't want to know about), and, in a sense, they're right. In that case, they might just use an older version of Windows with Internet Explorer and they are able to see the web more confortably than using Linux and Netscape. Having to change your hardware for playing the latest high-end 3D game with 100 or 101 frames per second is one thing. Having to change your hardware for sufing the web is something completely different. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Emacs and ISO-8859-1 characters
On Aug 18 2000, André Dahlqvist wrote: I have a strange problem that I discovered while switching to using emacs as an editor in Mutt. It turns out that emacs will not accept non-ASCII characters like åäöé if I'm running emacs from within an xterm, but it works fine on the console or as a stand alone X application. No, I haven't seen that. But what, in precise terms, does will not accept mean? Does your computer beep? Does Emacs segfault? Does it get your computer on fire? :-) Anyway, try using M-x iso-accents-customize and/or M-x standard-display-european. See if they help. I usually have no problems because I added some of these in a distant past as hooks to the text-mode so that I can use mutt for composing emails with everything in Emacs (and I speak portuguese, where characters with accents are very important). []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Web browsers for Linux (was: Re: Netscape Bus Error)
On Aug 16 2000, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: Mozilla should improve much of this, but the default build is far too complex for a basic browser. Not to mention that this implies that Mozilla is *slow* (since it doesn't fit in core), depending on what it is doing (for basic navigation, it is ok; opening a new window makes it slow; navigating through the Preferences menus is even *slower*). Gzilla and/or Gnutella look like far more promising projects. Both are based on the Gecko rendering engine, but strip out much of the bloat being pumped into Mozilla. I don't know why the rationale of such a complex application is. Not even making considerations from a usability standpoint, the Mozilla coordination must have nightmares every single night for maintaining such a huge project. One of the basic laws of engineering is the KISS principle, of course. Anyway, back on the alternatives, Gzilla indeed looks like a promising project. It is nowadays called Armadillo and, last I checked, its homepage was http://www.gzilla.com/. Another free web-browser is Mnemonic, which even has packages for Debian. Its site is http://www.mnemonic.org/. BTW, it would be nice if people started using these browsers and giving feedback to their developers. In the mean time, we may continue to use w3m or links or lynx as our nice text browsers. All three are packaged in potato. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: What is stormix
On Aug 16 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I burn the CD, after downloading the image? Just copy the file to the CD (.iso extension?) ? Is there a special software to do so? I'm using Windows. Please, Romeu, don't include the entire message in your replies. Delete the unnecessary parts. Now, to the point: yes, it is possible to burn the CD once you've got the ISO image on your hard disk. Just fire up your preferred CD Burner software (e.g., Adaptec's Easy CD or Nero Burning Rom). But if you don't feel like wasting Petrobrás' resources for downloading the huge ISO files without the certainty that you will be successful in your task (and, to be fair, such big downloads are almost always corrupted -- that is the reason why people advocate the use of rsync for mirroring), then it is faster and easier to just order a CD with the software. Really. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Web browsers for Linux (was: Re: Netscape Bus Error)
was a pre-release program. I (and almost the whole world that cares, for that matter) :-) will try to wait yet a little more and see what they can accomplish. :-) BTW, I also notice how much people use Netscape to handle their mail and when I install Linux for my friends I install it also, for the following convenience: you don't need an MTA in your machine for the (conceptually) simple tasks of receiving and sending e-mails -- it incorporates both a POP3 and a SMTP client in a single program. That is the reason why I don't install mutt for other people (that might not know how to fix the problems when they happen). But *if* I knew of other e-mailers with the same functionality already packaged for Debian, I would consider them. Which means that if we had different applications (the mail and browser) each doing its job, we could have smaller programs, easier to maintain (for the programmer) and faster (for the user). But don't get me wrong, I applaud alternatives like Galeon and similair projects. They are using what many feel is the best thing the Mozilla team has created, namely Gecko. This rendering engine has also seen some big improvements on the Linux side recently in M18, closing the gap to the Windows build. Ok. I'll try one of the nightly builds and then I'll post my analisys here, as soon as I have some time. Although I must admit that having to install around 20 different packages (libgnome32 and friends) in order to be able to run Galeon doesn't strike me as very light weight nor nice from a users standpoint, but who am I to judge?:-) Well, the difference is that the model that Linux uses for memory management makes it more advantageous to use more shared libraries than to increase the size of your programs. The text segments are indeed shared by many applications. So, if you have other applications using those libraries, then the increase in memory occupation won't be as noticeable as if you increase the size of your binary (which will only be shared by different instances of your program and not by other programs as well). So to summarize, it is great to have many choices to choose from when deciding what browser or communication suit you want to use. I guess that we agree here. :-) We both use Debian. :-) We should be glad that we have that choice, instead of complaing about the slowness of one project or the other. I'm not complaining about the slowness of the project. I'm just fearing that it may not be as successful as it could be. Don't forget that the Mozilla team created Gecko, and the word slow isn't the first one that pops up in my mind when I think of it. Ok. Let's wait a little bit more about it. And hope it gets smaller. :-) []s crossing my fingers, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Bandwidth Usage Check-out
On Aug 15 2000, Wilson Yau wrote: Could anyone suggest any handy GNU utilities that can investigate the usage of the bandwidth of a network? Yes, there is a very interesting network monitor available for Debian, called iptraf. Apt-get it. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Complete local mirror.
On Aug 15 2000, Adam Scriven wrote: That's the question that I asked about originally! I was wondering if anyone's ever used apt-move, and if they can give me some pointers, and some things to look out for. I use it every single day. I takes the packages out from the apt cache and then reconstructs a debian tree with those packages, in a partial mirror which is even apt-get'able. I usually then make an iso9660 image of that tree and burn it onto a CD-R and bring that with me when I have to install Debian, since it fits in a single CD (it has no unnecessary programs) and it has things from the contrib, non-US and non-free in it. :-) Recommended. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: cd burner
On Aug 13 2000, Robert Waldner wrote: I'm thinking of getting a cd writer for my system. Any suggestions on brand, model, etc..? My system is an athalon 600, non-scusi,. I'm pretty new to all this so ease of install, compatibility and use are important. If you want ease of useinstall then I´d suggest going for a SCSI-drive, so you won´t have to struggle with IDE-SCSI- emulation etc. It's really not a struggle. Just set it up once and never change it again, even when you recompile your kernel (don't forget to save your kernel's .config file and use make oldconfig when recompiling it). That's it. No problems. And using modern DMA controllers in a different controller than your harddisk poses no problem to using your computer while burning your CDs. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Generating Modelines that are *useful* (was: Re: Modeline for ADI Multiscan E75)
On Aug 13 2000, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 02:51:41PM +0800, Andrew McRobert wrote: Does anyone have a good Modeline for this monitor? I can get X running @ 1024x768 with 16bpp, but there's a bit of shadowing around eterm windows etc Have you fiddled with xvidtune? Just a tip for you guys (and so it stays in the archives for further reference), if you are struggling trying to get the best out of your monitor/video card combo, be sure not to miss the following site: http://www-sop.inria.fr/cgi-bin/koala/nph-colas-modelines It can make wonders, really. In fact, it has already done for me, especially with my new -- and problematic, must I add -- card Trident 3DImage975. Now, I'm using 1152x864x16bpp and with a 74Hz refresh rate. BTW, does anybody else uses this card? It is so damnmed slow, even compared to my older S3Trio64 (which is dead now, unfortunately). Reading its manual, I thought that it would be very fast... Or is it a problem with XFree 3.3.6 not supporting the cards capabilities? []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: NETSCAPE works, while PING does not
On Aug 13 2000, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: But if I ping these addresses (e.g. www.netcom.com, ftp.de.debian.org, xxx.sissa.it) from the account I have on the server (the same server to which I connect via PPP) the addresses respond. Therefore I guess it's my fault. No, it probably isn't. It just seem to reinforce the fact that there may be some host in the way that is filtering the ICMP echo/reply requests, but since packets to other destinations take different routes (possibly avoiding that host), you have no problems with traceroute/ping. Another strange thing (strange for me, I mean) is that when ping knows and displays the IP corresponding to the address (but does nothing more). Showing the IP means that name resolution is working, but the nothing more part probably means that either the host or the network is not reacheable or some host in the way is filtering the packages. You should get a summary of the conditions when you interrupt the ping session. So, everything seems fine from your point (if I understood the situation correctly). []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Older hardware running newer software (was: Re: Installing Debian on 486)
On Aug 13 2000, s. keeling wrote: RAM tends to help more than upgrading to a faster processor would. Indeed. Really. The chance to avoid swaps is incredible. The only problem is that not all older boards support that much of RAM (and not all of them support even 72-way memory chips; my 486DX33 only supports RAM chips with 30-connectors -- don't know what these chips are called). []s desperately looking for upgrading the 8MB to 16MB, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Installing Debian on 486
On Aug 13 2000, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 12:52:27AM -0300, Rogerio Brito wrote: Wow, I use a computer not much better than that one. :-) Servers, workstations, or what? While I could see a departmental file/print/mail server, or a firewall system with reasonable traffic, and possible a limited task workstation or X terminal, based off of a 486, I'd have a really hard time seeing someone using this as a full locally-homed GUI workstation. Well, one of the machines is a print server with a user using emacs at the console. But you're right, running X would make it slow to a crawl... []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Mailbox Formates (was: Expiring mail)
On Aug 13 2000, Nate Duehr wrote: Just out of curiosity, anyone ever seen any good documentation on the advantages/disadvantages (even if it's biased, since we're *ALL* biased...) of the different mailbox formats? You can see something in this direction in the following homepage: http://cr.yp.to/maildir.html The closest to a comparison that I have seen are the man pages provided with qmail, maildir(5) and mbox(5). In essence: Maildir is, with a very small cost of performance (depending on your setup), the safest choice, with the added bonus of being extremely flexible (since all the messages are stored in individual files), so that messages can be manipulated by scripts (and, thus, do the expiring that the original poster wanted). As far as I know, Maildir was invented by Dan J. Bernstein, http://cr.yp.to/djb.html. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: cd burner
On Aug 12 2000, Dale L . Morris wrote: I'm thinking of getting a cd writer for my system. Any suggestions on brand, model, etc..? My system is an athalon 600, non-scusi,. I'm pretty new to all this so ease of install, compatibility and use are important. Well, I used to have a SCSI burner, Ricoh MP6200S and it was incredible at the time -- I was very excited about it being able to record CD-RW discs. But then, after two years (I think), it died. About half an year ago, I bought a new burner, a HP CD-Writer Plus 9100 (a CD-RW IDE drive). It works like a champ with Linux (be warned that you'll have to compile SCSI emulation for IDE devices, but this is very simple) and the drive is *very* fast (it's a 8-speed writer for CD-R media an 4-speed writer for CD-RW). Just so you are aware, HP has at least one newer/faster model of this drive out now, the 9300 series -- so you might like to buy it instead (it's exactly like my drive, with the exception that it writes CD-R media with 10-speed). But now I'd like to ask you some questions about your Athlon system: which chipset and motherboard are you using? Are you using UDMA modes for your harddisks without any problems? Any extra information that you might have is welcome, as I'm planning on buying an Athlon for me next month (I'm saving money right now). thanks --dale []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: 128-bit netscape
On Aug 13 2000, Michael Soulier wrote: On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Christian Pernegger wrote: There is, in a way. You need to add the non-us archive section and install fortify which enables 128bit encryption in Netscape. Just tried that. (...) Anyway, what should I be running this on? Apparently I've got the wrong binary. The problem is that fortify explicitly doesn't support version 4.73. So, your best bet is to download a strong-encryption binary from Netscape's site and replace Debian's binary with the binary from Netscape (that is, if you don't want to mess with your lovely packaging scheme). []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Installing Debian on 486
On Aug 12 2000, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: I rolled out my first Debian installation on a similar configuration, though I had about half the disk. What are you planning on *doing* with the box -- it's pretty anaemic buy current standards. Wow, I use a computer not much better than that one. :-) And I've been installing Linux for customers in machines with worse conditions than that one: I've been installing a minimal install of slink (just the base system) and then upgrading and installing the necessary packages (apt is great). :-) The systems usually are 486s with 8MB of RAM and about 200MB of disk. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: OT: what's the point of mp3's?
On Aug 09 2000, Krzys Majewski wrote: -rw-r--r--1 krzyskrzys 118700 Jul 31 17:28 hip1302mp3.mp3 -rw-rw-r--1 krzyskrzys 1308716 Aug 9 10:05 hip1302mp3.wav -rw-rw-r--1 krzyskrzys 117718 Aug 9 10:06 hip1302mp3.wav.gz So what's the point of .mp3? -chris The point is that gzip can't always have such high compression rates with generic wav files. There's a (very, should I add) astute of mesuring how (theoretically) compressable a file is. This measure is called its entropy (and both the name of the measure and its motivation come from thermodynamics): files with *higher* entropy can be *less* compressed and files with *lower* entropy can be *more* compressed. (Intuitively, you can regard the entropy of a file like a degree of disorder or lack of structure). Since gzip (or bzip2, for that matter) is a lossless compression program, it won't throw any data from the file to generate its compressed output. If the file happens (in a very unlikely case) to have a good deal of structure that gzip happens to recognize, then it can compress the file a lot. But most of the time, that isn't the case. On the other hand, MP3 compressors don't take the structure of the file as strictly as lossless compressors would do: they are lossy compressors (which means that the compressed file doesn't have to have the same contents as the original file). So, lossy compressors are able to throw small elements right out the window and still consider the compression process OK. These small, local contents in the input file, if infrequent enough, may mess with a lossless compressor's perception of the structure of a file (making the entropy of the file possibly high) and make it compress very little (if any amount at all). The MP3 compressors are made so that the details they ignore aren't supposed to make much difference to the listener if they are ignored (this is what is called perceptual compression). In this sense, lossy compressors are concerned with the big picture of a file, without taking into account the smaller details of a file (which, again, *would* be considered by lossless compressors). This explains why MP3 compressors may have poor efficiency with one file or another, but are a big plus with sound files in general. But then, there are also other factors to consider like with which bitrate (i.e., quality) was the MP3 file generated, how efficient was the encoder used etc. Data compression is really a fascinating subject, in my opinion. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: ppp connect/disconnect notification?
On Aug 09 2000, Thomas J. Hamman wrote: Is there any way, using pon/poff, to be notified in the console/term of connections and disconnections? When I type pon, I'd like to be told when it actually finishes connecting; and when my ISP disconnects me, I'd like to be told about it so I don't scratch my head and wonder what happened to the server I was downloading that file from. :) How? Just insert something in your ip-up.d/ip-down.d directories that inform you when you're connecting or disconnecting from your provider... Like sending your an e-mail or using wall... []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: *delete* a default gw route?
On Aug 09 2000, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: I'm testing a firewall setup on my home system. Principle network connection is the internal modem of my desktop. I'm trying to route through my firewall box instead. While I can set up the network and add a default gw through the firewall, I don't seem to be able to remove the default entry corresponding to the ppp connection from my desktop. route delete default gw dialup-fqdn just hangs. First of all, did you have a default route set before you connected to the Internet? If yes, then ppp shouldn't have added/substituted the default route unless you explicitly said so in its configuration. Ok, that being ruled out, I usually don't use names when I'm messing with my routing needs. If I'm doing something at this level, I don't use higher level network services and thus, I just use IP addresses. Am I doing the right thing? Is this necessary? Ideally, I'd like to have the FW be the primary gateway, but use the second modem connection on an ad-hoc basis. I assume I'll need to do some sort of serial balancing or juggle with metrics to do this Yes, assigning a higher metric to your gateway route through you PPP link than through your firewall box would do the job, at least in principle. default sji-ca-pm1.icg. 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 ppp0 Hmmm... thought occurs that sji-ca-pm1.icg. is truncated. Might that be a part of the problem? That being truncated is just a matter of formatting of the output of route. BTW, again, I usually use the -n switch with route or ip (a better program to deal with routing matters). []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
qmail (was: Re: Using verp with Debian's smartlist package)
On Aug 08 2000, Shane Wegner wrote: On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 11:40:35PM -0300, Rogerio Brito wrote: On Aug 07 2000, Shane Wegner wrote: Has anyone successfully gotten this to work? Must you use sendmail? Would you be willing to use qmail? If so, then qmail supports VERPs outta the box with its fast mailing list manager, ezmlm (and its add-on, ezmlm-idx). I'd recommend using them for both kick some major arse! :-) Well unless I am getting some significant features, I'd rather not learn a whole new mail system. I use some sendmail features which other mailers may not have such as login authentication for relaying and TLS encrypted sessions. These are even new for sendmail. Besides, can't it support VERP using the username+data construct anyway? observation I'm having some health problems and I can't see what I'm typing very well. So, please excuse any typos that I make... :-( /observation Well, what exactly do you need TLS for? For SMTP or for POP or for both? Anyway, I can't see any problems with your needs and qmail (e.g., authentication before relaying). They are reasonably simple to implement and I guess that if you already installed sendmail, that you won't have problems experimenting qmail. You might even setup a guinea pig box to see how it feels... Let me give you a pointer: go to www.qmail.org and search the (huge) page for the strings you're looking for. And for TLS, I'd recommend using sslwrap or stunnel. I assume that you already have a certificate generated for your connections. A visit to http://cr.yp.to/qmail.html will also be useful, I think. I hope this helps. Great site you have, BTW. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: CD-RW
On Jun 25 2000, Willi Dyck wrote: If I recompile my kernel with SCSI Emulation for IDE devices, will then my ATAPI CD-ROM still work?? Yes, but you'll access it like a SCSI CD-ROM. :-) Hope this helps, Roger... It helped ;-) Glad to be of help. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: soundcard
On Aug 07 2000, Dale Morris wrote: Any suggestions on what might be the easiest for a debian newbie to install? I have tried a Trident 4DWave-DX for a few weeks with Linux successfully. It's a PCI card and seems to be very cheap. Lets me play my MP3s and such. The only gripe that I have is that its sound is not amplified (but I've been told that all cards nowadays aren't) and so you'll have to acquire amplified speakers. At first, I used it with the 2.3.x kernels, but after its driver was backported to (stock) 2.2.x, I used it without any worries. Since I'm also on the market for a new computer, I'm also looking for recommendations on soundcards, but it seems that this one is one of the cheapest with best support. So, I may be going for it, unless someone tells me about some other that doesn't need the amplified speakers (I don't have one). []s, Roger... P.S.: My main use of a sound card is to play my (ever growing) MP3 collection. :-) -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: CD-RW
On Jun 25 2000, Willi Dyck wrote: does somebody know if the Philips PCRW804 works under Linux? Is it an ATAPI CDRW? If yes, then almost probably it *will* work with Linux. I've been using my HP9200i (got it only a few weeks before the HP9300 came out -- g) and it works perfectly under Linux. I mean, I only use Linux and it works like a charm. You will probably have to recompile your kernel with SCSI Emulation for IDE devices to make your new drive useable under Linux. Hope this helps, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: update-alternatives -- changing preferences
On Aug 07 2000, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: Can someone give me an example or two for how to change perferences under /etc/alternatives using update-alternatives? Ok. To make a system work correctly, you'd do: apt-get update apt-get -y install emacs20 :-) update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/editor editor /usr/bin/emacs 1000 To break your system, you'd do something like: update-alternatives --remove editor /usr/bin/emacs :-) Pointers? Seriously now, is that what you were asking for? Thanks. Hope this helps, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Using verp with Debian's smartlist package
On Aug 07 2000, Shane Wegner wrote: Has anyone successfully gotten this to work? Must you use sendmail? Would you be willing to use qmail? If so, then qmail supports VERPs outta the box with its fast mailing list manager, ezmlm (and its add-on, ezmlm-idx). I'd recommend using them for both kick some major arse! :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Corel Linux--your opinions pls
On Aug 06 2000, Aaron Maxwell wrote: One gripe: my particular instance of CorelOS was missing a lot of packages hackers are used to, both on the harddrive and the distro CD. E.g., I was HORRIFIED to learn that no flavor of emacs was present :) [2] That was my biggest gripe too. :-) I also was so shocked when I thought I would encounter Emacs and then I had to download it... :-( But they also had some security problems with packages like dosemu... Some of these problems were reported to Bugtraq and didn't appear to affect Debian, only Corel Linux. Nevertheless, it is a great attempt of putting Linux in a Desktop and I would recommend it and install it for a few friends (doing my part in the community) if it were a bit more recent, with newer libs. A problem that some may notice is that a simple apt-get to potato will uninstall lots of corel packages, including their nice KDE. :-( Altough I could install Helixcode's Gnome. But then, what would be the point of installing Corel Linux in the first place? []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Laptops and Linux (was: Re: tecra bootdisk)
On Aug 03 2000, Pollywog wrote: I had to use a Tecra disk on my ThinkPad. Then I installed a new kernel (made with 'make-kpkg'). I am able to use 'mkboot' but I don't know if that has anything to do with the fact that I made a custom kernel. Just as a completely unrelated question, are you satisfied with your Think Pad? Does it work well with Linux? I mean, did you have to use any binary-only module (with the possible exception of PCMCIA) or does a stock kernel work fine with your laptop? I'm in the market for a new computer and I'm still deciding if I'll go with a desktop or with a laptop... I'm looking for something that uses only free-software, without third-party drivers and that has reasonable performance. Other opinions/experiences are welcome. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Recommendations on newer motherboards working with Debian?
Dear Friends, My ole, trustworthy computer seems to be having problems lately (its got some problems with the video card -- it's freezing while I'm in X and I'm starting to doubt that the memory chips are ok -- and its battery is dead). :-( So, I'm looking for a new computer and it seems that an Abit KA7-100 motherboard is a good place to start along with an Athlon processor (the board specs are amazing -- but then, I'm really not a hardware person). However, I've tried to do my homework and it seems to have some problems running Linux (e.g., people seem to be having trouble getting UDMA to work or trying to get sound cards sharing interrupts with NICs when KA7-100 is used). In light of this, I'd like to know what your experiences with this motherboard and Debian are: is it a dangerous purchase or can I buy it without any worries? Is it stable? Should I look for something else? What? An Asus K7V? I'm not well-versed with hardware in general and I'd like a little hand helding. Of course, the first thing I'll do when I get a new computer is to install Debian (and nothing else) and recompile a 2.2 kernel probably with some patches -- so I have no problems if, say, current versions don't work, but fixes are expected soon. I'm really interested in any feedback and other recommendations. Please post to the list. Thank you very much for any pointers, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Downgrades using apt (was: Re: Old ? Revisited.)
On Jul 30 2000, montefin wrote: I'd really like to hear about the reversability, bi-directionality, whatever, capablilities built into apt-get, dselect and dpkg. Has anyone actually done or at least attempted this? No, I haven't done this, but I think that you may get something similar to what you want if you: 1 - change your sources.list to include the older version of Debian 2 - apt-get update 3 - use apt-get with the --reinstall option. Perhaps if you did something like apt-get --reinstall dist-upgrade it would do what you want. Thanks for any light anyone can shed, Hope this helps you at least a tiny bit, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: VM problem.
On Jul 13 2000, Marcio Rosa da Silva wrote: Jul 13 08:39:16 brain kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for wmppp... (...) What is happening??? That is called an Out-Of-Memory (OOM) situation and happens (ideally, at least) when your system has its memory (physical + swap) exhausted. It seems that recent kernels are having problems with the memory management (reading from posts in Linux Kernel) and the code is being changed frequently now. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Any recommendations for notebooks that work well with Linux?
Dear fellow users, I'm now in the market for a portable computer and I'd like to buy an inexpensive notebook (I've got a limited budget for that). While a have considerable experience with running Linux for desktop computers, I have never used a notebook for more than a few minutes. I was surfing the web looking for information about Notebooks running Linux and reading the howto about notebooks (i.e., partly doing my homework), but they generally only give abstract recommendations about what I should look for when buying a notebook and I'd like more precise information like which models work with Linux. As I understand it, support for the little thingies is a bit of a problem (I don't understand what I'm talking about here, but the impression I get is that it is hard to get the PCMCIA cards working), the modems are usually winmodems. I'd like to avoid that. So, my question is: what is the luck you people are having with notebooks? Would you recommend me any machine? Should I avoid any particular model? I'd basically want something not very expensive as I don't need the fastest performance in the world. I don't plan on using Windows on the machine -- the first thing I will do is to wipe the HD and install Debian on it. So it is very important the the hardware has got good support for Linux. I don't have any problems if I need to recompile some packages on my own. Thank you very much for your much appreciated comments, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: apt files to CD?
On Jul 11 2000, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: Use apt-get with download only option, apt-move it to partial mirror, burn partial mirror, at home apt-get install from cd. I think it should work, haven't done it myself. I do it all the time and it works like a champ! The only thing that I'm going to make now is to study the debian-cd scripts so that I can also put the base system image and boot floppies on this partial mirror. It will be nice. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: What drive is the dir on ?
On Jul 08 2000, Charlie Kroeger wrote: Does this mean the 2.2 kernel isn't confined to the 8gig limit of the earlier generations? If this limit does exist, nobody told my kernel about it. :-) Seriously, though, I have a 12GB partition in this system where I'm composing this message. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Font corruption under X
On Jul 08 2000, Mike Werner wrote: Looks like that's it, alright. I just popped my case to double-check, and I am indeed using an S3 Virge/DX vid card with the SVGA server. ::sigh:: Is there any reason why you don't use the specialized xserver for your card? The package is xserver-s3v (not to be confused with xserver-s3). I have installed that one for a customer and he doesn't seem to have those problems (I went to your page to see the corruption). Perhaps then it won't be necessary to spend your hard-earned bucks on a new card? If I recall correctly, the SVGA server support for S3 is more or less of alpha quality (I don't know how things improved since I last read the documentation). Thanks for the speedy reply. Try it and let us know. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ Nectar homepage: http://www.linux.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/nectar/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Brazilian mirrors (was: Re: Kernel Source Code [New User])
On Jul 04 2000, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote:
:: On Tue, 4 Jul 2000 15:18:33 -0300, Rogerio Brito [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Hi Roger.
Hi, Jeronimo.
Don't use that site. Use ftp://ftp.xx.kernel.org/ instead
(where xx is your country code) to let the community mirror it
faster.
In the same way, don't use ftp.debian.org. Use some mirror
like ftp.xx.debian.org.
BTW, have you had any success acceessing {http|ftp}.br.debian.org? I
tried the Brazilian mirrors several times a few months ago and gave
up...
Indeed the mirrors are not working because the Brazilian
mirror had a disk crash (the mirror is one of the computers
at the Physics Institute of USP and they've been having
problems with their power plant and now that it is solved,
with bureaucracy).
And it appears that it won't be usable any time soon. :-(
What's the best option for us, in case the .br.debian really doesn't
work?
I've been using the US mirrors. Since http.us.debian.org is
not just one machine (half a dozen or so), if you have
problems downloading from the site (like slow connection),
just disconnect and try again. apt will probably use another
mirror.
That said, sometimes I've had better luck with the us.debian
sites than with br.debian when it was operational.
thanks!
J.
You're welcome, friend!
[]s, Roger...
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