Provide the default GNOME theme in gnome-core please
Package: gnome-core Version: 1:2.30+1 Severity: wishlist Hi, I'm quite satisfied with the Clearlooks to be the default GNOME theme, and I don't want anything else. Please provide the default GNOME theme (whatever it is) in gnome-core, instead of putting it anywhere else. The current situation for me is, I either don't have any GNOME theme, or am forced to drag in tons of theme that I never need. So once again, please provide the default GNOME theme in gnome-core. Thanks. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (360, 'testing'), (300, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-grml64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages gnome-core depends on: ii eog 2.30.2-1Eye of GNOME graphics viewer progr ii gedit2.30.3-1official text editor of the GNOME ii gnome-applets2.30.0-3Various applets for the GNOME pane ii gnome-control-center 1:2.30.1-2 utilities to configure the GNOME d ii gnome-icon-theme 2.30.3-1GNOME Desktop icon theme ii gnome-menus 2.30.2-1an implementation of the freedeskt ii gnome-panel 2.30.2-1launcher and docking facility for ii gnome-power-manager 2.30.1-1power management tool for the GNOM ii gnome-session2.30.2-1The GNOME Session Manager - GNOME ii gnome-settings-daemon2.30.2-1daemon handling the GNOME session ii gnome-terminal 2.30.2-1The GNOME terminal emulator applic ii gvfs 1.6.3-1 userspace virtual filesystem - ser ii metacity 1:2.30.1-2 lightweight GTK+ window manager ii nautilus 2.30.1-1file manager and graphical shell f ii yelp 2.30.1+webkit-1 Help browser for GNOME gnome-core recommends no packages. Versions of packages gnome-core suggests: pn gnome-desktop-environment none (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimnjxxvyj=gg8buwshtlqzb-2nckg8jnngms...@mail.gmail.com
Please ignore
Has any one received the following email sent about 12 hours ago? Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:22:00 -0500 Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: T o n g [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Using rsync to download photos from camera thx Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: system load spike
Hi all, Thanks for the replies. I've identified that it's pdflush that is causing the problem. I have 3 of them running in D state along with usb-storage. This is enough to cause a system load of 4. Adding gzip will make it 5. I've found some references stating the problems of having multiple pdflush: * http://www.stanford.edu/~csar/archives/2004/12/who_needs_pdflu.html * http://www.spoonix.org/blog/2006/09/22/ive-about-had-enough-of-pdflush - -- Kent Tong Wicket tutorials freely available at http://www.agileskills2.org/EWDW -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/system-load-spike-tf4668531.html#a13355803 Sent from the Debian User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
system load spike
Hi, I am using a shell script to perform backup. Whenever it is launched, the system load average reaches 3-5 regularly. I am already launching it script using nice -n 19. The script is using find, cpio and gzip. They should automatically inherit the nice value of 19. I am already using gzip -1 so that it uses the least CPU. It is possible that the bottleneck is I/O, not CPU. Is there any way to reduce the system load? Thanks! - -- Kent Tong Wicket tutorials freely available at http://www.agileskills2.org/EWDW -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/system-load-spike-tf4668531.html#a13336247 Sent from the Debian User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: system load spike
Carl Fink-4 wrote: Why is a lower load important to you? Depending on the script you could introduce a sleep 1 between each compression step, which gives the system I/O a chance to catch up. Obviously you could also vary the 1 as needed. Thanks for the reply. We have a performance monitoring system and that high system load is triggering quite some alerts. The backup is basically done in a single command pipeline: find -L $SRCROOT -xdev -size -50G | \ cpio -o -H tar | \ gzip -c -1 $DSTPATH Therefore it's difficult to insert sleep into there. - -- Kent Tong Wicket tutorials freely available at http://www.agileskills2.org/EWDW -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/system-load-spike-tf4668531.html#a13336609 Sent from the Debian User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Making use of the default printer
Hi What's the Default Printer actually means? I've setup one of my printers to be Default Printer, http://localhost:631/printers/ and I unset the LPDEST environment variable, in hoping the consequent lpr will be using the Default Printer, but this is what I get: lpr: Error - LPDEST environment variable names non-existent destination ! So, how can I make use of the default printer without specifying any environment variables? thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Making use of the default printer
On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:37:43 +0200, Martin Marcher wrote: What's the Default Printer actually means? I've setup one of my printers to be Default Printer, http://localhost:631/printers/ seems you refer to CUPS... oh yes. and I unset the LPDEST environment variable, in hoping the consequent lpr will be using the Default Printer, but this is what I get: . . . set the default printer from the CUPS page yes, that's what I did, and what http://localhost:631/printers/ indicated. and simply use lp as the wrapper from the command line hmm, same error: lp test.ps lp: Error - LPDEST environment variable names non-existent destination ! Anything wrong with my system? $ type lp lp is hashed (/usr/bin/lp) $ type lpr lpr is /usr/bin/lpr $ dir /usr/bin/lp /usr/bin/lpr -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14024 2007-02-02 /usr/bin/lp* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9888 2007-02-02 /usr/bin/lpr* My cupsys packages: cupsys_1.2.7-4 cupsys-bsd_1.2.7-4 cupsys-client_1.2.7-4 cupsys-common_1.2.7-4 thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ffmpeg v3:20070719-0.0 from debian-multimedia can't set audio bitrate
Package: ffmpeg
Version: 3:20070719-0.0
Severity: normal
Hi,
The current version of ffmpeg from debian-multimedia testing repo
(v3:20070719-0.0) doesn't allow me to set audio bitrate:
$ ffmpeg -i test.avi -vn -acodec ac3 -ac 2 -ar 48000 -ab 192 -y test.ac3
FFmpeg version SVN-rUNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=${prefix}/lib
--shlibdir=${prefix}/lib --incdir=${prefix}/include/ffmpeg --enable-shared
--enable-libmp3lame --enable-gpl --enable-libfaad --mandir=${prefix}/share/man
--enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-libfaac --enable-libxvid
--enable-pp --enable-libamr-nb --enable-libamr-wb --enable-x11grab
--enable-libogg --enable-libgsm --enable-libx264 --enable-liba52
--enable-libtheora --extra-cflags=-Wall -g -fPIC -DPIC --cc=ccache cc
--enable-swscaler
libavutil version: 49.4.1
libavcodec version: 51.40.4
libavformat version: 51.12.1
built on Jul 19 2007 10:55:35, gcc: 4.1.3 20070629 (prerelease) (Debian
4.1.2-13)
Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 23.98
(65535/2733) - 23.98 (2997/125)
Input #0, avi, from 'test.avi':
Duration: 01:25:05.4, start: 0.00, bitrate: 1147 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 656x272, 23.98 fps(r)
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 32 kb/s
Output #0, ac3, to 'test.ac3':
Stream #0.0: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 0 kb/s
^^
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 - #0.0
Error while opening codec for output stream #0.0 - maybe incorrect parameters
such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
I've been using the ffmpeg's -ab option for several years without
problem, and the option is still there:
$ ffmpeg | grep -2 -- -ab
AVCodecContext AVOptions:
-b int E.V.. set bitrate (in bits/s)
-abint E..A. set bitrate (in bits/s)
-btint E.V.. set video bitrate tolerance (in bits/s)
-flags flags EDVA.
If I omit the -ab option, then it works:
$ ffmpeg -i test.avi -vn -acodec ac3 -ac 2 -ar 48000 -y test.ac3
[...]
Input #0, avi, from 'test.avi':
Duration: 01:25:05.4, start: 0.00, bitrate: 1147 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 656x272, 23.98 fps(r)
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 32 kb/s
Output #0, ac3, to 'test.ac3':
Stream #0.0: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 64 kb/s
^^^
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 - #0.0
Press [q] to stop encoding
size= 785kB time=100.5 bitrate= 64.0kbits/s
video:0kB audio:785kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.00%
Received signal 2: terminating.
However, it will fail even if I set the -ab option to its default value:
$ ffmpeg -i test.avi -vn -acodec ac3 -ac 2 -ar 48000 -ab 64 -y test.ac3
[...]
Output #0, ac3, to 'test.ac3':
Stream #0.0: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 0 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 - #0.0
Error while opening codec for output stream #0.0 - maybe incorrect parameters
such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
$ apt-cache policy ffmpeg
ffmpeg:
Installed: 3:20070719-0.0
Candidate: 3:20070719-0.0
Version table:
*** 3:20070719-0.0 0
600 http://debian-multimedia.gnali.org testing/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Thanks
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-grml
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages ffmpeg depends on:
ii libavcodeccvs51 3:20070719-0.0 library to encode decode multimedi
ii libavformatcvs513:20070719-0.0 ffmpeg file format library
ii libavutilcvs49 3:20070719-0.0 avutil shared libraries
ii libc6 2.6-2GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libfreetype62.3.5-1+b1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libimlib2 1.3.0.0debian1-4 powerful image loading and renderi
ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.11-8 Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii libswscalecvs0 3:20070719-0.0 ffmpeg software scaler
ffmpeg recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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Temporarily disable a repository
Hi, Is it possible to temporarily disable a repository? If so, how? I'm using ffmpeg from debian-multimedia repository, but I want to use the version from official Debian lenny repository instead temporarily. What's the easiest way of doing that? thanks Ref: $ apt-cache policy ffmpeg ffmpeg: Installed: 3:20070719-0.0 Candidate: 3:20070719-0.0 Version table: *** 3:20070719-0.0 0 600 http://debian-multimedia.gnali.org testing/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.cvs20070307-6 0 600 http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca lenny/main Packages 50 http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca unstable/main Packages % apt-get -t lenny install ffmpeg Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done ffmpeg is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1126 not upgraded. http://www.google.com/linux?q=debian+temporarily+disable+repositoryrestrict=linuxnum=30 -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: UTF-8 on Debian Etch
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:05:10 -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: Trying to figure out how to view/edit UTF-8 files properly in Emacs on Debian Etch. I want to know that too, but I think by default Debian Etch does not use UTF-8, Debian Lenny does. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: disabling and enabling services
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:15:54 -0700, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: Some services listed in /etc/services, might never be intended to operate on a specific machine. bootps and finger are likely examples. In interest of security, is there any benefit in commenting out unused services? Definitely. See how to handle with such unnecessary services: http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/nix/distro/debian/deb20-SystemConfiguration/ar01s13.html In brief, remove them or disable them. To disable them, check out update-rc.d usage http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/nix/distro/debian/deb20-SystemConfiguration/ar01s04.html -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ffmpeg v3:20070719-0.0 from debian-multimedia can't set audio bitrate
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:24:31 +0200, Christian Marillat wrote: The current version of ffmpeg from debian-multimedia testing repo (v3:20070719-0.0) doesn't allow me to set audio bitrate: Read the manpage. silly me. thanks and sorry to disturb you (including my previous question), Christian -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mplayer error loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1
Package: mplayer Version: 1:1.0-rc1svn20070225-0.3 Severity: normal Hi, I have always been using mplayer from debian-multimedia repo. But today when I use mplayer, I get: $ mplayer mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory $ apt-cache policy mplayer mplayer: Installed: 1:1.0-rc1svn20070225-0.3 Candidate: 1:1.0-rc1svn20070225-0.3 Version table: *** 1:1.0-rc1svn20070225-0.3 0 600 http://debian-multimedia.gnali.org testing/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status I think it is mplayer's packaging problem. To overcome it, what is the name of OpenGL(?) package should I install? thanks -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-grml Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages mplayer depends on: ii libaa1 1.4p5-30 ascii art library ii libartsc0 1.5.5-1 aRts sound system C support librar ii libasound2 1.0.13-2 ALSA library ii libatk1.0-01.12.4-3 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libaudio2 1.8-4 The Network Audio System (NAS). (s ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-6 Open-source version of SGI's audio ii libavcodeccvs513:20070719-0.0library to encode decode multimedi ii libavformatcvs51 3:20070719-0.0ffmpeg file format library ii libavutilcvs49 3:20070719-0.0avutil shared libraries ii libc6 2.6-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcaca0 0.99.beta11.debian-2 colour ASCII art library ii libcairo2 1.2.4-4 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libcdparanoia0 3.10+debian~pre0-4audio extraction tool for sampling ii libcucul0 0.99.beta11.debian-2 low-level Unicode character drawin ii libdirectfb-0.9-25 0.9.25.1-5direct frame buffer graphics - sha ii libdv4 1.0.0-1 software library for DV format dig ii libdvdnav4 0.1.10-0.1The DVD navigation library ii libesd00.2.36-3 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared ii libfaac0 1.25-0.1 an AAC audio encoder - library fil ii libfontconfig1 2.4.2-1.2 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.2.1-5+etch1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libfribidi00.10.7-4 Free Implementation of the Unicode ii libgcc11:4.2.1-4 GCC support library ii libggi21:2.2.1-5 General Graphics Interface runtime ii libgl1-mesa-glx [l 6.5.1-0.6 A free implementation of the OpenG ii libglib2.0-0 2.12.4-2 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-02.8.20-7 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libjack0.100.0-0 0.101.1-2 JACK Audio Connection Kit (librari ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii liblircclient0 0.8.0-9.2 LIRC client library ii liblzo2-2 2.02-3data compression library ii libmad00.15.1b-2.1 MPEG audio decoder library ii libmpcdec3 1.2.2-1 Musepack (MPC) format library ii libncurses55.6+20070716-1Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libogg01.1.3-2 Ogg Bitstream Library ii libopenal0a1:0.0.8-4 OpenAL is a portable library for 3 ii libpango1.0-0 1.14.8-5 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-1PNG library - runtime ii libpostproccvs51 3:20070719-0.0postproc shared libraries ii libpulse0 0.9.5-7lenny2 PulseAudio client libraries ii libsdl1.2debian1.2.11-8 Simple DirectMedia Layer ii libsmbclient 3.0.24-6etch4 shared library that allows applica ii libspeex1 1.1.12-3 The Speex Speech Codec ii libstdc++6 4.2.1-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libsvga1 1:1.4.3-24console SVGA display libraries ii libtheora0 0.0.0.alpha7.dfsg-1.1 The Theora Video Compression Codec ii libungif4g 4.1.4-4 shared library for GIF images ii libvorbis0a1.1.2.dfsg-1.2The Vorbis General Audio Compressi ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library ii libx264-54 0.svn20070309-5 x264 video coding library ii libxcursor11.1.7-4 X cursor management library ii libxext6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.1-5 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio ii
Re: mplayer error loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1
Please do not top post. On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:11:26 +0300, bUg. wrote: $ mplayer mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory please give your xorg.conf. not relevant. you can run mplayer through mplayer -vo x11. no use, still: $ mplayer -vo x11 mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory thanks to Andrew's 'apt-file find', problem solved by $ aptitude install libgl1-mesa-glx thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: docBook or latex
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:15:01 +, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: I want to write big document (say reports) ( sometimes with math symboles and functions, not always). Which is better and in which cases, I have to use docbook or latex?? Considering that this is exactly what latex was designed for, I would use latex. . . Yep, 2nd to that, and all the reasons as well. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: help identifying a USB data stick
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:28:10 +0200, Maciek Rutecki wrote: If works: /etc/fstab: /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 vfatuser,noauto,umask=0,exec 0 0 better use UUID in this case, 'cause it could be /dev/sdb1 or even /dev/sdc1 next time. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[OT] low-budget camcorder and avi dvd player
Hi, I know there are way too many camcorder types analog/digital, recording media, etc, than I could possibly know. Is there any good site that you recommend for the reading? (I've done googling, no thanks to any googling suggestions) I'm planning to buy a low-budget (digital) camcorder, as long as I can copy the video to my PC, do some minimum transcoding if necessary but definitely not full-fledged fancy transcoding that takes hours to finish, then put the result avi file onto dvd disk, so as to play it on my avi-compatible dvd player. Is it ever possible? and for low-budget camcorder? I think I must be dreaming to have a ~$100 camcorder + a ~$60 avi-compatible dvd player that can fulfill above, is it? Sorry for OT. Thanks for any comments. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:38:52 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: You just could take my hint for further research if it doesn’t work directly. (You could have come up with the idea to put everything tex-related on hold, for example.) Thanks for the hint, as you may have already discovered from Sven's post, this is much more complicated than that... thanks all the same. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
aptitude dist-upgrade and tex dependencies
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:39:17 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: Is there any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive? Holding the various tetex packages (tetex-bin, tetex-common, tetex-extra, tetex-doc) should work -- but I wouldn't be surprised Unfortunately, no. Thanks Sven for pointing out the bug#434731 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=434731 Here is my result: % aptitude hold tetex-base tetex-bin tetex-extra . . . 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1078 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Writing extended state information... Done Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Building tag database... Done % aptitude -s dist-upgrade . . . The following NEW packages will be automatically installed: . . . python2.5-minimal texlive-base texlive-base-bin texlive-doc-base texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-recommended vde2 xorg-docs . . . The following packages have been kept back: tetex-base tetex-bin tetex-extra . . . Resolving dependencies... The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: . . . tetex-base tetex-bin tetex-extra if they get dragged in by dependencies anyway. aptitude holds don't prevent versioned dependencies from forcing an upgrade, unfortunately. I was planning to file a support bug report to [EMAIL PROTECTED], now I'm thinking, I should file a separate bug report on the package dependencies, because all I've been using was tetex, and it is only because some packages wrongly depends on texlive instead of tex-common that drag me into this mess. However, I think I'd better ask for advices before doing so. Please comments. Personally, I would just bite the bullet and do the upgrade -- tetex is going away and you'll have to switch over eventually anyway. Is there a particular difficulty you're running into with the upgrade? Yeah, I guess that is an easier solution now. Previously, as stated in OP, I hoped that keeping tetex from upgrading to texlive will ease the Etch to Lenny transition for the moment, because I've upgraded over 500 packages already, and there are still over a thousand packages waiting to be upgraded. Moreover, I've read that there are still several pending issues with texlive. I just want to avoid troubles as much as possible. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Search for string in files
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:37:05 -0500, Neil Gunton wrote: I'm trying to figure out how to find a certain string inside a bunch of files. If I, for examples, look for a certain function in a large source tree, I could do cat `find . -name '*.c'` | grep 'a_certain_function' but this seems quite awkward, furthermore it doesn't help that much because I don't know in which file the string was found. Maybe there's a tool that makes it possible to find a string in a bunch of files and also to list in which file the string was found? Or any modification to the command given above? I wrote a perl script that does this (and other stuff) I wrote such a perl script as well when in Window$. But now I stick to plain *nix solution -- why bother a script if you can do it with pure *nix command. Try this: grep -Hn 'a_certain_function' `find . -name '*.c'` If the find command returns over hundreds of files, which might yield command line too long error, try this: find . -name '*.c' | xargs grep -Hn 'a_certain_function' You can also substitute grep with agrep for much more advanced searches: agrep text search tool with support for approximate patterns See, the combination of pure *nix command can solve every possible problems you may have, whereas in window$, you have to have thousands of individual tools for thousands of different tasks, and even with the same task, say rename files, you may have to choose from hundreds of tools to pick the one that suits your needs. Yuck. HTH -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: lenny repo unstable now?
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:09:09 -0700, David Fox wrote: As of right now (6PM Pacific time, 8/23/07) I am about to do a dist-upgrade on my current Lenny installation. Thanks a lot for the info. It really helps me to locate the problem -- it turns out that the mirror that I was using, mirror.peer1.net, has been quite unstable recently. Switching to another mirror solve all those unstable issues. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive
Hi, Is there any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive? I just upgraded from Etch to Lenny, and have loads of things to fix, keeping tetex from upgrading to texlive will sure ease the transition for the moment. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dpms setting does not work for vesa
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:33:46 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: xset -dpms This appears to work ok, and my monitor stays on all the time. Thanks for the respond, Nigel. But unfortunately what I want is how to get dpms working, not to disable it. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:48:25 -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: Is there any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive? I just upgraded from Etch to Lenny, and have loads of things to fix, keeping tetex from upgrading to texlive will sure ease the transition for the moment. In your apt.conf file try a line like exclude texl* and see if that helps. wow, that's fast respond! unfortunately, it doesn't work for me: echo 'exclude texl*' /etc/apt/apt.conf $ aptitude dist-upgrade The following NEW packages will be installed: [...] python2.5-minimal texlive texlive-base texlive-base-bin texlive-bibtex-extra texlive-common texlive-doc-base texlive-font-utils [...] 1127 packages upgraded, 146 newly installed, 28 to remove and 0 not upgraded. [...] -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:03:42 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: Is there any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive? See the manpage of aptitude and look for hold. so what? Actively participate in group discussion is good thing, but please be responsible with what you said. Just now there is an expert suggest twisting apt.conf with something that doesn't even exist in man apt.conf. Now her comes another expert brush away a complicate problem with *three* letter -- look for hold. Please be *responsible* with what you said. Do you know that your hold does not work? If you are not sure yourself, shouldn't you at least test it before blunt it out? If you want to help, then give *real* help, not giving false directions to waste other's time. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dpms setting does not work for vesa
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:33:55 +, - Tong - wrote: My newly installed xorg doesn't support dpms any more: $ xset dpms force off server does not have extension for dpms option xset: unknown option force load/enable the following module, extmod# some commonly used server extensions (e.g. shape extension) I'm able to use 'xset dpms force off' again. But the problem is that none of the dpms setting is working: xset dpms force standby xset dpms force suspend xset dpms force off None of the above command has any effect. I'm using the vesa driver. Is this a known issue? thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
lenny repo unstable now?
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:05:53 +0200, Mich Lanners wrote: Two days ago, the automatic update thingy suggested upgrading a few packages, among them libc6 (from 2.6-2 to 2.6.1-1) Problem is, the installation of libc6 failed, ... Did anyone experience this? Not the same but quite similar. Starting two or three days ago, quite a bunch of packages need upgrading (all were up to date less than 7 days ago), e.g. gnome-bin: Depends: libglib1.2 (= 1.2.0) but it is not installable but the dependent libglib1.2 does not exist on server: $ apt-cache policy libglib1.2 libglib1.2: Installed: 1.2.10-17 Candidate: 1.2.10-17 Version table: *** 1.2.10-17 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status anyone else experiencing something similar? thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
xorg does not have extension for dpms option
Hi, My newly installed xorg doesn't support dpms any more: $ xset dpms force off server does not have extension for dpms option xset: unknown option force Which package should I install to get back the functionality? thanks PS my xorg: xserver-xorg: Installed: 1:7.1.0-16 -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xorg does not have extension for dpms option
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:09:33 +, - Tong - wrote: My newly installed xorg doesn't support dpms any more: $ xset dpms force off server does not have extension for dpms option xset: unknown option force Which package should I install to get back the functionality? load/enable the following module, extmod# some commonly used server extensions (e.g. shape extension) I'm able to use 'xset dpms force off' again. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Using deborphan
On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:45:01 -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 08:23:12AM +1000, Wei Wang wrote: I recommend you always use Aptitude as your primary package manager. It automatically delete orphaned packages. Yep, second to that, aptitude alone can do the job quite well. No need the deborphan. For details check out: aptitude advantages http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/nix/distro/debian/deb10-AptitudeRelated/index.html#_aptitude_advantages What if I'm still using that program? I don't *want* it deleted. Just because it's not being maintained is no reason to delete it. So long as it still runs and is useful it should *not* be deleted. Aha, there are actually two kind of orphaned packages here, I guess the name deborphan and its explanation should be blamed for the confusion. In fact, No, aptitude will never delete unmaintained packages. It is not a criteria at all. The correct saying is that automatically installed packages will be uninstalled as soon as they are no longer needed... HTH -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: live Debian on USB stick
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:56:36 -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote: On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:33:04 + (UTC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I installed knoppix on my USB stick and it runs fine but it's too big ~ 600 Mb. There are too many packages. Is there a Debian dist, not as big as knoppix, that I can put on my USB sti= ck ? Damn Small Linux (DSL) is Debian based, and much smaller. Yep, second to that. DSL has saved my day when I need a Linux Live system. However, it also has it drawbacks. Check the details at http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/nix/live/dsl/ Also on the site you can find my recommended Linux Live system -- the true Live-CD pioneer with unparalleled leading technology and vision. You might not agree with what I've picked, but you can also check Various Debian (Live) CD Systems http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/nix/live/debian-cd/ Believe me, searching for the perfect Linux Live system has been my life long journey. Before Knoppix even exist, I custom built RedHat, shrinking its installation disks from 3 to 1, and only contains my picked packages list, RedHat Distro Customization http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/nix/distro/redhat/ Its installation does not require human intervention. So whenever I need a Linux system, I was able to have a system ready within 10~15 minutes, which contains the very tools that I want. This is the most important thing to me. Some other Debian Live Systems, eg, grml, can be installed on HD within 6~8 minutes or so, but how long will it take to further tune the installed System to your taste? -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Command touch and irregular file names
Hi, How to let command touch to work with irregular file names? In my script I have touch -r $file1 $file2 the file1/2 can be anything file, ../path/file, /root/file, etc. The problem is when file1/2 are irregular file names. E.g., -test.file1/2. I.e., anyway to make the following touch command works? $ touch -r -test.file1 -test.file2 touch: invalid date format `est.file2' FYI, I tried this but didn't work: $ touch -r -- -test.file1 -test.file2 touch: invalid date format `est.file1' I think if the touch command uses the standard gnu getopt lib, then the above code should work, shouldn't it? Thanks tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Booting CD with grub, no menu
Hi, I put stage2_eltorito and menu.list in boot/grub, and build the boot CD with $ mkisofs -R -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -no-emul-boot \ -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o grub.iso iso The CD boots ok, but there is no menu. It drops down to plain grub shell. However, if I specify (within the booted grub shell) configuration /boot/grub/menu.lst the menu loaded fine, and every entry boots fine as well. So it seems to me that everything works fine, just grub itself can't use the default menu at the default location. Is it a bug of current grub [1], Or, have I missed something? Plz help. thanks [1] $ apt-cache policy grub grub: Installed: 0.97-27 Candidate: 0.97-27 Version table: 0.97-29 0 50 http://mirror.peer1.net unstable/main Packages *** 0.97-27 0 300 http://mirror.peer1.net etch/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: set up Debian etch support English and Chinese
On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:19:17 +, rocky wrote: After log in, the error and system prompt for aptitude are becoming unreadable. I think you need to fix this problem first, which is not Chinese related. I suspect that it is only an tip of the iceberg, 'cause unless you know Debian inside out, you'd better install from scratch instead of upgrading. Can any of you tell me how can I get the system support chinese input and set the root user using English and other normal users using Chinese for application (like mutt) menus please? I'm not using X-window-server. This is unfortunately another convoluted issue. Search Chinese (in Chinese) and Debian in Chinese google. You will find lots of good articles. Post back specific problems if you experience any. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
less, exit but left content on screen
Package: less Version: 394-4 Severity: wishlist I remember that I used to be able to exit 'less' by command key 'x' or something so that the content just viewed is left on screen, instead of being cleared and restored to the screen before invoking 'less'. But I found there is no such capability in current less (version 394). Or is there? I am not sure whether my memory is correct or not, but I think such capability, leaving the just viewed content on screen, is desirable in certain circumstances. I hope such capability be implemented/put back into less. Thanks Tong -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (300, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-grml Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages less depends on: ii debianutils 2.17 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.5-5Shared libraries for terminal hand less recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: less, exit but left content on screen
n Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:53:35 -0400, Tong Sun wrote: Package: less Version: 394-4 Severity: wishlist Sorry, this is a dup of Bug#436057, wrongly sent twice. I don't know how to close it. thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: less, exit but left content on screen
On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:55:13 +, Andy Smith wrote: On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 09:06:19PM -0400, Tong Sun wrote: I remember that I used to be able to exit 'less' by command key 'x' or something so that the content just viewed is left on screen, instead of being cleared and restored to the screen before invoking 'less'. But I found there is no such capability in current less (version 394). Or is there? Can't you just call less -X or set the environment variable LESS to contain -X? Thanks for all replies. On reviewing them and the faq, I think my wish still holds. Just like John Hasler has pointed out, the -X disables termcap initialization and deinitialization. The effect is that, when I browse say a big file, paging up and down several times, and then exit, my xterm will be left with all contents that I've browsed, with ...skipping... in between them. So having a keyboard command 'x' or something can allows me, - have the freedom to decide whether I want to leave the content or not - invoke less the same way, no matter whether I want to leave the content or not - leave my xterm with the only pageful of info that I deliberately chosen, instead of cluttering it with all the contents that I've viewed. I don't know if this is possible. But it's a nice feature. It comes especially handy when you want to preserve your xterm scroll-back history as much as possible, but still able to copy the content out of the man page, which might be lengthy and might took a while for your to locate where you want to copy from. Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
less, exit but left content on screen
Package: less Version: 394-4 Severity: wishlist I remember that I used to be able to exit 'less' by command key 'x' or something so that the content just viewed is left on screen, instead of being cleared and restored to the screen before invoking 'less'. But I found there is no such capability in current less (version 394). Or is there? I am not sure whether my memory is correct or not, but I think such capability, leaving the just viewed content on screen, is desirable in certain circumstances. I hope such capability be implemented/put back into less. Thanks Tong -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (300, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-grml Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages less depends on: ii debianutils 2.17 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.5-5Shared libraries for terminal hand less recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Semi-solved] Re: Getting Firefox/Iceweasel to open text/pgp files?
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:38:36 -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: that's a semi-solution to the problem, but I could find an extension to the browser somewhere with Google that makes it open things with the browser I've tried to find such thing everywhere but all failed. Please share the url that you found. thx a lot -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian Linux in Chroot
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:04:10 -0400, Matthew K Poer wrote: My understanding of chroot is extremely limited, right now. I have searched around, but can anyone point me to anything specific that they know to be a good tutorial/explanation or how chroot works and what its capabilities are? Check this out: System Chroot And Debootstrap http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/nix/chroot/ HTH -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RAD tool for debian?
On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:50:45 -0500, will trillich wrote: RAD/rapid-application-development tool sought... (web page forms interface to a database we define) RAD tool for debian? I think the subject needs to be fixed, 'cause when talking about RAD tool, you would definitely want that it is not limited within Debian. Nahh, just kidding... i've got a friend who's trying to get a license-free solution that'll provide an html/web front-end to a database... similar to ms access, but we're seeking 1) no licensing fees 2) an html interface, not a proprietary interface. we're NOT looking for a cms like joomla, but rather an engine for presenting forms to interact with a back-end database. IMHO, for such requirement, no tools fit better than symfony. http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/language/php/symfony/sf01-SymfonyGeneral/ar01s02.html#_What_is_symfony_ Extract: It is based on the following concepts: * compatible with as many environments as possible * easy to install and configure * simple to learn * enterprise ready * convention rather than configuration, supporting fallback calls * simple in most cases, but still flexible enough to adapt to complex cases * most common web features included * compliant with most of the web best practices and web design patterns * very readable code with easy maintenance * open source FYI, Symfony uses some code fragments of other open source projects: * Creole, for the database abstraction layer * Propel, for the object-relational mapping layer * Mojavi, for the Model-View-Controller model layer On seeing that, I told myself, boy! That's it, That's what I want! And it turned out that I made the right choice -- all you need to do is to describe your database schema in .xml file, or better a more human-readable, more easy .yml format. That's it! Put it this way, you only need to focus on the logical of your database design, ie, the schema, and describe it in a format much obvious and more human-readable than .xml, then Symfony takes care of the rest!!! for presenting forms to interact with a back-end database I bet I could finish all your preliminary requirements and give you such presenting forms within a day or even half a day! And definitely, Symfony does not simply ends there. Need to build a blog? Want AJAX support? How about drag and drop (shopping cart)? ... Your limit is only your imagination. Check it out: http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/language/php/symfony/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/language/php/symfony/sf01-SymfonyGeneral/index.html#_symfony -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [solved] Re: Problems with text file going from Linux to MS Windows
On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:19:17 +1000, Andy Goss wrote: Rodolfo Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If I want to send a text file to an MS Windows user there are problems: in fact, in MS Windows a text file which has been composed under Linux is not correctly read: the line ends are not recognised. Can anybody suggest some solution to this problem? Use MS-DOS-file format, if you want to share text files between Linux and Windoze. As most have pointed out, most Linux text editors can recognize and use the MS-DOS-file format files. I'll add emacs to the list. The remedy is to cut the text and paste it into an MS Word file, then cut it again and re-paste it into the text file, which is not so good because this way I need rebooting every time into the Windows partition. That's too much troublesome. Use unix2dos (/usr/bin/unix2dos) and dos2unix (/usr/local/bin/dos2unix) to convert file formats between Unix Dos. The unix2dos dos2unix is from the tofrodos package. HTH -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
disable saving persistent net rules
Hi, How can I prevent udev from saving the MAC address of eth0 into the persistent net rules file? I am using Debian Etch. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Get rid of KDE / Gnome desktop manager
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:57:11 +, rocky wrote: Can any of you tell me how can I get rid of the Desktop manager please? To remove all of KDE packages: http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/nix/distro/debian/deb08-DpkgRelated/ar01s03.html#_remove_all_of_KDE_packages i.e., apt-get remove libarts1 Don't know how to do the same to gnome, because I use to keep it. :-) Now I want to only Have xserver and twm window manager. Have you given fluxbox a try? Hope you'd love it. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sf.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sf.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian default ssh configuration problem with public/private key checking
Thanks for the respond Andrew, On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:50:17 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: I'm trying to setup Debian to accept my remote ssh login. No problem with that, but I'm facing a configuration problem: It doesn't seem to be able to handle/accept the public/private key checking, i.e.,what sourceforge.net is doing [1], but insists on checking login password [2], which is not a recommended practice. This is a vanilla sshd configuration. I.e., everything from Debian default. What changes should I make to enable the public/private key Authentication? from /etc/ssh/sshd_config: RSAAuthentication yes PubkeyAuthentication yes [] # To enable empty passwords, change to yes (NOT RECOMMENDED) PermitEmptyPasswords no # Change to no to disable s/key passwords ChallengeResponseAuthentication no # Change to yes to enable tunnelled clear text passwords PasswordAuthentication no I didn't have the PubkeyAuthentication, the man page says it is yes by default. But I added all the same. Here is my current config, without disabling the PasswordAuthentication yet: - % grep -E1 '^RSAAuthentication|PubkeyAuthentication|PermitEmptyPasswords|ChallengeResponseAuthentication|^PasswordAuthentication' /etc/ssh/sshd_config # RSAAuthentication yes PubkeyAuthentication yes # To disable tunneled clear text passwords, change to no here! PasswordAuthentication yes PermitEmptyPasswords no # Uncomment to disable s/key passwords #ChallengeResponseAuthentication no - Here is how I tested: (would testing locally be ok?) - # make changes to /etc/ssh/sshd_config, adding PubkeyAuthentication /etc/init.d/ssh restart ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ ssh -v localhost OpenSSH_4.3p2 Debian-9, OpenSSL 0.9.8c 05 Sep 2006 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: Applying options for * debug1: Remote protocol version 1.99, remote software version OpenSSH_4.3p2 Debian-9 debug1: match: OpenSSH_4.3p2 Debian-9 pat OpenSSH* debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.3p2 Debian-9 [...] debug1: Host 'localhost' is known and matches the RSA host key. debug1: Found key in /home/tong/.ssh/known_hosts:19 debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Offering public key: /home/tong/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive debug1: Offering public key: /home/tong/.ssh/id_dsa debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive Password: - Anything else is wrong? hmm, why Remote protocol version 1.99, instead of 2? Ah, never mind, sourceforge.net says the same thing too. BTW, it is still using v3.9p1. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sf.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sf.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: scripting - cat breaking line
Wu-Kung Sun, have solve the line breaking problem. Now something else. On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:23:34 -0700, L.V.Gandhi wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/stock$ for line in $(cat temp1);do echo 20070622,$linetemp2 ;done FYI, the best approach for your above is to use sed, which can still maintain lighting speed even the temp1 is 1g or 10g in size: sed 's/^/20070622,/' temp1 temp2 -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sf.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sf.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alternative to netselect
Hi, I had been able to use netselect before. When I tried it again just now, all sites end up with ms 30 hops 0% ok. I'm wondering why netselect fails on me. My understanding is that netselect uses ping, but ping works fine for me, but traceroute not. That means netselect actually depends on traceroute? As more and more settings don't allow traceroute to go through, is there any alternatives to netselect? thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sf.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sf.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian default ssh configuration problem with public/private key checking
Hi, I'm trying to setup Debian to accept my remote ssh login. No problem with that, but I'm facing a configuration problem: It doesn't seem to be able to handle/accept the public/private key checking, i.e.,what sourceforge.net is doing [1], but insists on checking login password [2], which is not a recommended practice. This is a vanilla sshd configuration. I.e., everything from Debian default. What changes should I make to enable the public/private key Authentication? thanks [1] Correct log to ssh into sourceforge.net: debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct [...] debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Offering public key: /home/dsl/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Server accepts key: pkalg ssh-rsa blen 149 [2] My own Debian sshd server: debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct [...] debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Offering public key: /home/dsl/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sf.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sf.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: convert the DVD region
On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:27:34 +0200, gustavo halperin wrote:
There are any way to rip a DVD region 4 and make a new DVD but with
another region ??
Why another region? Free you up from the DVD region shit!
Check the videohelp FAQ:
http://www.videohelp.com/faq.htm
which includes:
Region free
How do I make my DVD-ROM regionfree?
How do I make WinDVD,PowerDVD,Win2k... region free?
How do I make Hollywood Plus DVDStation region free?
How do I make my standalone DVD region free?
If you DO want another region, I don't understand why but, sure it is
possible under Linux. Here is something to get you started:
/* compile me:*/
/* gcc -o region-zero region-zero.c */
/* set my perms: */
/* chmod 0755 region-zero */
/* move me to someplace useful: */
/* mv region-zero /usr/local/bin*/
/* run me in directory VIDEO_TS */
#include stdio.h
main() {
FILE * fd;
fd = fopen(VIDEO_TS.IFO,r+);
fseek(fd,0x23,SEEK_SET); /* hex offset 0x23 is the region code byte */
putc(0x0,fd);/* zero all the region code bits */
}
You need to look up what code to put there in order to get your region.
BTW, the c file is from Transcode wiki.
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Re: Disk logical backup tools
On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:24:33 +, - Tong - wrote: Hi, Is there any tools that can backup disk partitions logically, for both Linux Windoze partitions? ... Last time I checked, about a year or two ago, such tools didn't exist under Linux... Thanks everyone for the respond. I tried Partimage before when it was v0.6.2. But by then it was not totally a logical backup tool. E.g., it insisted that partition size has to be exactly the same, during back/restore. This is insane. Hope this has been fixed. Anybody has such positive experience with Partimage? FYI, here is what I have noted when I tried it: partition size has to be exactly the same The partition is too small to be restored: Original partition size:2097414144 bytes Destination partition size:.1052803584 bytes I only have 427M used on it, which should well fit into the 1G destination drive. With this limitation, I think by now partimage is practically useless. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sf.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sf.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Portable Debian?
On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:33:24 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 10:30:34AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: Mirco Piccin wrote: Hi! Well, for xmas i do something like that as gift for my customers. I prepare a usb with many tiny linux distro bootable via usb and with grub (to choice the preferred distro). There are a lot of minimal linux distro, and many are debian based (DamnSmallLinux, Knoppix, for example). I think that for your aim you must use a live distro. It's quite easy to use a live distro in a usb device. You can : - format usb devices as fat: # mkfs.vfat -n volumename -F 16 usbdevice_partition (/dev/sda1, for example) - mount the live cd iso and usb device: # mount -o loop iso mount point # mount -t vfat usbdevice_partition usbdevice_partition_mountpoint - copy all content to usb device. # cp -a iso mount point/* usbdevice_partition_mountpoint -if it's a livecd, probably use syslinux/isolinux to boot, so find syslinux.bin and syslinux.cfg (in root directory) OR isolinux.bin and isolinux.cfg (in /boot directory); if you find isolinux.* in /boot directory, copy those files in root directory, renaming those in syslinux.*: # cd usbdevice_partition_mountpoint # cp boot/isolinux.bin syslinux.bin # cp boot/isolinux.cfg syslinux.cfg (you can modifiy syslinux.cfg to change default boot delay, background, font or to add another distro) - umount usb device: # cd # umount usbdevice_partition - and make it bootable with syslinux: # syslinux usbdevice_partition, /dev/sda1 for example ... I may be wrong, but I remember there was a LiveCD that if you put .deb files in the /deb folder it would automatically install them at boot time (And there was a certain way to handle dependencies, too). Perhaps I'm thinking of DSL or Knoppix? YES, all the steps you described are for DSL. and yes, DSL allows you to automatically install .dsl (not .deb) files the way you described. DSL has already come with X windows, email/browser/word processing/slide presentations, etc. What's amazing is that it is ONLY 50M. Feel free to put more packages onto CD/USB if you have space, and there is a huge list of tools to choose from. It's an amazing distro that saved my day... -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sf.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sf.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Disk logical backup tools
Hi, Is there any tools that can backup disk partitions logically, for both Linux Windoze partitions? By logical backup I meant, at least the backup tools don't do blind sector to sector backup. Ideally it would be something like Norton Ghost. I hope I can use it to backup Windoze partitions under Linux, and restore to VmWare virtual drives. Last time I checked, about a year or two ago, such tools didn't exist under Linux... thank -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sf.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sf.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mess with files that you are not allowed to touch
Hi, It never occurs to me that I am able to mess with files that I'm not allowed to touch, but watch this: $ echo good safe $ chmod a-w safe $ cat safe good $ ln safe unsafe $ chmod a+w unsafe $ echo bad unsafe $ cat safe bad I.e., I am able to change the content of the file that is read only to me. So, I am start to wondering, what mechanism will prevent me from doing something more bad to this, e.g., change system files that I'm not allowed to touch? thank Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
unable to mount root fs on unknown--block(0,0)
Hi, Does anybody happens to know what might cause this, which is what I get when booting my USB disk via grub? Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) I searched for the answer, but seems most of them suggested bad disk, eg, http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org/msg06843.html http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/installation/40167-kernel-panic-not-syncing-vfs-unable-mount-root-fs-unknown-block-8-18-a.html but my disk fsck fine, mount fine, boot to grub fine, just can't mount root. I want to know what other check points I should do... Here is my grub/menu.lst title GRML Live root(hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=UUID=b53f0a8b-deab-40b3-a84c-0779cb8b7772 ro boot title From grml.live root(hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=LABEL=grml.live ro boot Note, that although the USB disk is (hd0) during grub boot, it will become sdb when Linux starts (tested with DSL). would that be an issue? thanks Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
need clarification on tar mt
Hi, Would some kind soul please clarify: 1) The following tar command will put one or two file marks at the end? tar c -f /dev/nst0 /some/dir Some documentation says it will put two, but it doesn't seem to be the case. 2) To verify the file above, should one use: mt bsf 2 mt fsf tar d -f /dev/nst0 /some/dir ? If so, it means only one file mark has been written by tar in 1)? In that case, how can the tape know how many files are there on the tape? Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A full list of package and section name
Hi,
Is there any way to list all the packages and their section names?
I tried dpkg-query -W --showformat '${Package} ${Section}\n' but not all
packages are listed. Please help. Thanks
tong
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nzb package
Hi, I noticed that recently there is a nzb downloader available in unstable and testing. I gave it a try, in testing, but couldn't get it going. It stops at the stage connection, and last forever. Anybody has the same problem? thanks PS. I believe my option setting is correct. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
frozen emial in exim4
Hi, I get a bunch of frozen emial in my exim4 queue. How can I tell what the problem is? 21h 105K 1EG6ne-0006Kv-TB *** frozen *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] Both the mail.log and mail.err in /var/log are empty: $ ls -l /var/log/mail.err /var/log/mail.log -rw-r- 1 root adm 0 07-10 06:47 /var/log/mail.err -rw-r- 1 root adm 0 07-10 06:47 /var/log/mail.log Anyway, I try to send one more with verbose option on, and get the following result. How do I interpreter it? Is it yahoo's problem, which is very unlikely, or something else? thanks LOG: MAIN = [EMAIL PROTECTED] U=tong P=local S=453 delivering 1EGErp-0007e9-1h R: dnslookup for [EMAIL PROTECTED] T: remote_smtp for [EMAIL PROTECTED] Connecting to mx3.mail.yahoo.com [64.156.215.5]:25 ... failed: Connection timed out (timeout=5m) LOG: MAIN mx3.mail.yahoo.com [64.156.215.5]: Connection timed out Connecting to mx3.mail.yahoo.com [64.156.215.6]:25 ... failed: Connection timed out (timeout=5m) LOG: MAIN mx3.mail.yahoo.com [64.156.215.6]: Connection timed out Connecting to mx3.mail.yahoo.com [4.79.181.12]:25 ... failed: Connection timed out (timeout=5m) LOG: MAIN mx3.mail.yahoo.com [4.79.181.12]: Connection timed out Connecting to mx3.mail.yahoo.com [64.156.215.18]:25 ... failed: Connection timed out (timeout=5m) LOG: MAIN mx3.mail.yahoo.com [64.156.215.18]: Connection timed out Connecting to mx1.mail.yahoo.com [67.28.113.11]:25 ... failed: Connection timed out (timeout=5m) LOG: MAIN mx1.mail.yahoo.com [67.28.113.11]: Connection timed out Connecting to mx1.mail.yahoo.com [4.79.181.15]:25 ... failed: Connection timed out (timeout=5m) LOG: MAIN mx1.mail.yahoo.com [4.79.181.15]: Connection timed out Connecting to mx1.mail.yahoo.com [67.28.113.10]:25 ... failed: Connection timed out (timeout=5m) LOG: MAIN mx1.mail.yahoo.com [67.28.113.10]: Connection timed out Connecting to mx1.mail.yahoo.com [4.79.181.14]:25 ... failed: Connection timed out (timeout=5m) LOG: MAIN mx1.mail.yahoo.com [4.79.181.14]: Connection timed out Connecting to mx2.mail.yahoo.com [67.28.114.35]:25 ... failed: Connection timed out (timeout=5m) LOG: MAIN mx2.mail.yahoo.com [67.28.114.35]: Connection timed out Connecting to mx2.mail.yahoo.com [64.156.215.8]:25 ... failed: Connection timed out (timeout=5m) LOG: MAIN mx2.mail.yahoo.com [64.156.215.8]: Connection timed out Connecting to mx2.mail.yahoo.com [67.28.114.36]:25 ... failed: Connection timed out (timeout=5m) LOG: MAIN mx2.mail.yahoo.com [67.28.114.36]: Connection timed out Connecting to mx2.mail.yahoo.com [4.79.181.13]:25 ... failed: Connection timed out (timeout=5m) LOG: MAIN mx2.mail.yahoo.com [4.79.181.13]: Connection timed out Connecting to mx4.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.86.156]:25 ... failed: Connection timed out (timeout=5m) LOG: MAIN mx4.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.86.156]: Connection timed out Connecting to mx4.mail.yahoo.com [67.28.113.19]:25 ... failed: Connection timed out (timeout=5m) LOG: MAIN mx4.mail.yahoo.com [67.28.113.19]: Connection timed out Connecting to mx4.mail.yahoo.com [68.142.202.12]:25 ... failed: Connection timed out (timeout=5m) LOG: MAIN mx4.mail.yahoo.com [68.142.202.12]: Connection timed out Connecting to mx4.mail.yahoo.com [68.142.202.11]:25 ... failed: Connection timed out (timeout=5m) LOG: MAIN mx4.mail.yahoo.com [68.142.202.11]: Connection timed out LOG: MAIN == [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (110): Connection timed out LOG: MAIN ** [EMAIL PROTECTED]: retry timeout exceeded LOG: MAIN = R=1EGErp-0007e9-1h U=Debian-exim P=local S=1308 delivering 1EGFea-0007oq-Ox R: dnslookup for [EMAIL PROTECTED] LOG: MAIN Completed T: remote_smtp for [EMAIL PROTECTED] Connecting to mail.internet.org [70.57.20.81]:25 ... failed: Connection timed out (timeout=5m) LOG: MAIN mail.internet.org [70.57.20.81]: Connection timed out LOG: MAIN == [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (110): Connection timed out -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Solved: X won't start having upgraded from xsever to xorg
On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 23:39:03 -0500, Kent West wrote: This is a real emergency. My X won't start now, having upgraded from xsever to xorg. [...] that there is way to restore using xserver instead of xorg. I tried to follow it, but wasn't successful. I removed all xorg and xserver packages and reinstall xserver from scratch, but still I was forced to install xorg. I installed the xorg, try its hardware auto-detection, again, but still my X won't start. The sypmtom is, still, the screen gets into graphic mode, with garbage on it, and the whole system just freeze. I tried Ctrl-Alt-\, Ctrl-Alt-F?, Ctrl-Alt-Del, nothing worked. Are you running Sarge (nope; no X.org yet), Testing, or Sid? (Uninstall all of X, change your /etc/apt/sources.list file to the older version, and then install X, would be one possible tactic.) Thank you Aurélien Campéas! you message saved my day. I choose to follow up on this thread because it is more complete -- reinstalling xserver-xfree86 wasn't enough, still freeze my Box. As Kent and James have pointed out, it only worked when I un-installed and re-installed all the xserver-xfree86, xserver-common and X-window-system-core packages. HTH for other people as well. Is the problem really with X, or with a certain einvironment/manager/client? (Have you tried other means of starting X, such as kdm, gdm, startx, with different window managers/environments?) Pure X, i.e., xorg. I use startx to start my fluxbox, which was intact during upgrading. Restoring xfree86 (from xorg) alone solved the problem is the strongest proof. Thanks God I have my X back. This is the worst time for me to mess up with my working environment. I've been following Debian Testing for ages, never had such bad experience before. I think I'd better stick with sarge for a while, until the dusts settle down a bit. Thanks everyone for sharing! I love you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how would remote user start X application on local monitor
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 06:44:56 -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: Problem: I log in from a remote location, but I need to start an aplication (example: emacs /home/user/documents/importantpaper ) so that the person at home can see it and work with it. Should be as simple as set your DISPLAY to your own X. I.e., export DISPLAY='you_own_not_remote_host:0.0' That's it. HTH tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Freshness of packages
Hi, Is there any way to know how fresh are the packages? Ie, say I'm running Debian Testing, and notice that a bunch of packages need to be upgraded, is there any way for me to know how long have those packages been in Debian Testing repository? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RTC driver failure
Hi, I think it began after my recent upgrade. My RTC driver fails during boot. I noticed that when gazing at the boot screen, but wasn't able to find it in syslog or dmesg. ls: /proc/sys/dev/rtc: No such file or directory Does it proove that I don't have RTC? How to solve it? Thanks tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kernel version and gcc's
Hi, Do I have to install the gcc that corresponding to what was using when my kernel was compiled? Googling on the web tells me that it might not be necessary. But I get the following message when trying to compile modules for vmare: Your kernel was built with gcc version 3.4.3, while you are trying to use /usr/bin/gcc version 4.0.1. This configuration is not supported and VMware Workstation cannot work in such configuration. Please either recompile your kernel with /usr/bin/gcc version 4.0.1, or restart /usr/bin/vmware-config.plwith CC environment variable pointing to the gcc version 3.4.3. I applied the latest any-to-any patch, but still the runme.pl stopped. Do I have to install a 3.4 version of gcc before proceeding? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Freshness of packages
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:35:32 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Is there any way to know how fresh are the packages? Ie, say I'm running Debian Testing, and notice that a bunch of packages need to be upgraded, is there any way for me to know how long have those packages been in Debian Testing repository? Why does it matter how long they have been there? Look at my recent posts and you will know why. Normally I'm a quite reader lurking in this mlist. My recent upgrade caused me burst into questing mode with tons of questions... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Any general way to disable a service
Hi, Is there any general way to disable a service along all updates? I mean, I think I've stopped my rsync service, but noticed that it is now starting again. I think having a new version of rsync installed will default the rsync service being runned on startup. Is that so? I know how to stop it, but I want to know if there is ways for me to do it once and for all. thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apt-get upgrade fails after updating
Hi, Today, I did my routine apt-get upgrade and noticed that the libc has been updated. However, now apt-get upgrade fails to configure the updated package. The error message is: Preconfiguring packages ... *** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (!prev): 0x0893e320 *** /bin/sh: line 1: 6046 Aborted /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt Setting up debconf (1.4.58) ... *** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (!prev): 0x088d9240 *** dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure): subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Aborted) Errors were encountered while processing: debconf Full log is: % apt-get upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages have been kept back: aalib1 aspell-en bug-buddy capplets-data cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client dia-common dia-gnome dia-libs eog exim4-daemon-light file-roller gcalctool gconf-editor gedit gedit-common gimp gimp-data gnome-applets gnome-applets-data gnome-control-center gnome-core gnome-cups-manager gnome-gv gnome-media gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-session gnome-system-monitor gnome-system-tools gnome-utils gnomemeeting gucharmap libaspell15 libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libcupsimage2 libcupsys2-gnutls10 libeel2-2 libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-common libgnomecupsui1.0-1 libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libgphoto2-2 libgtkspell0 libgucharmap4 libmetacity0 libpanel-applet2-0 libpt-plugins-oss libpt-plugins-v4l libx11-6 libxosd2 metacity nautilus nautilus-cd-burner openoffice.org openoffice.org-bin openoffice.org-debian-files openoffice.org-l10n-en parted x-window-system-core xbase-clients xfree86-common xlibmesa-gl xserver-common xterm xutils yelp The following packages will be upgraded: apache2-utils autotools-dev base-config cpio curl cvs d4x debconf-utils debhelper doc-debian doc-linux-text dpkg-dev dselect exim4 exim4-base exim4-config fakeroot fam gnome-about gnome-desktop-data groff-base gs-common gstreamer0.8-tools initrd-tools initscripts intltool-debian iptables kdelibs-bin kdelibs-data kdelibs4 latex2html libao2 libapache-mod-php4 libapr0 libaudio2 libblkid1 libcomerr2 libcurl3 libdb1-compat libdb2 libdps1 libeel2-data libgadu3 libgimp2.0 libgksu1.2-0 libglib2.0-0 libgphoto2-port0 libgpmg1 libgsf-1 libgstreamer0.8-0 libhz0 libice6 libimlib2 libio-socket-ssl-perl libkpathsea3 libkrb53 libnewt0.51 libnspr4 libnss-db libnss3 libpam-modules libpcre3 librsvg2-2 librsvg2-common libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2debian-oss libslang2 libsm6 libss2 libt1-5 libtar libuuid1 libvte-common libvte4 libwnck-common libxaw7 libxext6 libxi6 libxml2 libxml2-dev libxmu6 libxmuu1 libxp6 libxpm4 libxrandr2 libxt6 libxtrap6 libxtst6 libxv1 lsb lsb-base lsb-core lsb-cxx lsb-graphics lsdvd make man-db modconf module-init-tools mozilla-browser mozilla-psm mpack myspell-en-us nautilus-data pan par2 php4 php4-cli php4-common php4-gd php4-mysql php4-pear po-debconf privoxy python-newt reportbug rsync rxvt-ml smartmontools squid squid-common squidclient sysv-rc telnet tetex-bin traceroute ttf-opensymbol vim vim-common vino wget whiptail xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base xfonts-scalable xlibmesa-dri xlibs xlibs-data xpdf-common xpdf-reader xpdf-utils zh-autoconvert 143 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 73 not upgraded. 6 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/104MB of archives. After unpacking 4384kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Preconfiguring packages ... [...] E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I've reboot but symptom is the same. Please help. Thanks a lot. tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt-get upgrade fails after updating
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:09:25 +0200, Florian Ernst wrote: Hello *, On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 05:29:55PM -0400, Tong wrote: Today, I did my routine apt-get upgrade and noticed that the libc has been updated. However, now apt-get upgrade fails to configure the updated package. The error message is: Preconfiguring packages ... *** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (!prev): 0x0893e320 *** /bin/sh: line 1: 6046 Aborted /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt Setting up debconf (1.4.58) ... *** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (!prev): 0x088d9240 *** dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure): subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Aborted) Errors were encountered while processing: debconf [...] http://bugs.debian.org/322746 contains a detailed error description Thank you Florian for the prompt reply. as well as a workaround and the solution. I waded though the lengthy/messy posting and find the solution at last. In case others interested. The (temp) solution is as follows, as posted by Jim Van Zandt: I suggest something like this for recovery: dpkg-reconfigure debconf select some frontend other than readline dpkg --configure -a # recover from failed configurations apt-get install --reinstall sash# recover from even worse corruption apt-get -t unstable install libterm-readline-gnu-perl # fix basic problem dpkg-reconfigure debconf select readline frontend again I've reboot but symptom is the same. Huh, reboot? Oh, well, a most common panic reaction when you see something wont-be-broken breaks in front of your eyes. :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ftp://ftp.nerim.net repository broken?
Hi, I am doing my routine apt-get upgrade and noticed that ffmpeg has unmet dependencies. It needs libavcodeccvs (= 3:20050806-0.2) but the latest libavcodeccvs available from ftp://ftp.nerim.net is 3:20050427-0.2? Is that so? thanks The following packages have unmet dependencies: ffmpeg: Depends: libavcodeccvs (= 3:20050806-0.2) but 3:20050427-0.2 is to be installed Depends: libavutilcvs0 (= 3:20050806-0.2) but it is not installable E: Broken packages % acpl libavcodeccvs libavcodeccvs: Installed: 3:20050427-0.2 Candidate: 3:20050427-0.2 Version Table: *** 3:20050427-0.2 0 500 ftp://ftp.nerim.net etch/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status repository -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X won't start having upgraded from xsever to xorg
Hi, This is a real emergency. My X won't start now, having upgraded from xsever to xorg. Is there any way I can have my X back? I saw in thread Routine upgrade of packages tracking etch has hosed gnome http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2005-09/1631.html that there is way to restore using xserver instead of xorg. I tried to follow it, but wasn't successful. I removed all xorg and xserver packages and reinstall xserver from scratch, but still I was forced to install xorg. I installed the xorg, try its hardware auto-detection, again, but still my X won't start. The sypmtom is, still, the screen gets into graphic mode, with garbage on it, and the whole system just freeze. I tried Ctrl-Alt-\, Ctrl-Alt-F?, Ctrl-Alt-Del, nothing worked. Please help. It's a real emergency, and I'm desperate. Is there any way, any? thanks a lot __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
weird acl behavior
Hi, If I create a file in a directory, it should get a copy of the default ACL of that directory, right? But somehow it is not inheriting the execute (x) right. Here is a sample session: cladms003:/var/Share/Packages/Qemu# getfacl -d . # file: . # owner: root # group: root user::rwx group::r-x group:staff:r-x mask::r-x other::--- cladms003:/var/Share/Packages/Qemu# echo hello f1 cladms003:/var/Share/Packages/Qemu# getfacl f1 # file: f1 # owner: root # group: root user::rw- group::r-x #effective:r-- group:staff:r-x #effective:r-- mask::r-- #Problem: it should be r-x other::--- As you can see, the mask is set to r--, while it should be r-x. I'm using Debian sarge on sparc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade from kernel 2.4 to 2.6
Thanks everyone for the reply. I installed kernel-image-2.6.11 in Debian Testing. I want to upgrade my kernel from 2.4 to 2.6. Yeah, I know the simple answer is install the 2.6 kernel and boot into it. It actually *IS*. For me particularly, I use SCSI emulation for my CDs in kernel 2.4... If I upgrade my kernel to 2.6, I think I have to tweak those CD modules manually -- to use the ATAPI interface only. To my greatest surprise, they just work out of box -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
upgrade from kernel 2.4 to 2.6
Hi, I want to upgrade my kernel from 2.4 to 2.6. Yeah, I know the simple answer is install the 2.6 kernel and boot into it. But I'm thinking, it might be more than that. For me particularly, I use SCSI emulation for my CDs in kernel 2.4. (I know I shouldn't but the ATAPI interface didn't work out of the box, and I didn't know how to fix it, so I had to revert to SCSI emulation) If I upgrade my kernel to 2.6, I think I have to tweak those CD modules manually -- to use the ATAPI interface only. What is the right setting? I've mess my module setting so much that I am afraid next change would be the last hay to break my camel. Thanks for you help. Another thing about kernel. Say I know a very cool kernel that has all nice features built within, will just grab it and boot into it works in Debian? I presume that lots of dependencies would be broken, wouldn't it? What is the right way? Thanks tong PS. The very cool kernel is precompiled Linux kernel 2.6.12.2 with unionfs and squashfs modules included, and with alsa sound drivers and madwifi drivers. http://www.linux-live.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pls ignore, Many hours passed, my post not shown
Try and test to see why. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
About chroot
Hi, Several questions about chroot. - I need to chroot into an alien system. I.e., I need to chroot into a 2.6 kernel from my 2.4 kernel. Is that ok? - I heard all the fuzz about un/mounting the /proc, but I can't find any documents on that. Can somebody explains me why it is so critical, or give me a link to refer to please? - I need to apt-get from the chrooted system. but on my 1st attempt, I was not able to connect to outside, even ping. But all the documents I read (I'm remastering a live CD) didn't mention anything about the connection problem. Have I neglect something, or there is something to do before I can connect? thanks a lot! tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ANSI color code chart
On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:34:55 +, J.A. de Vries wrote: I'm looking for a ANSI color code chart that can show me the code and effect of ansi color codes. I remember that once I had one, but now I can't find it on my HD or on Inet any more. The description was: ANSI terminal color chart generator, by ijabbott A simple Bourne shell script to generate an ANSI terminal color chart - background color, foreground color, normal and high intensity. Output fits nicely on an 80x24 terminal. If anyone know or have such tool, please let me know. It's not the exact one you want, but maybe this is good enough for you: http://www.linuxfocus.org/common/src2/article335/showansicol.tar.gz It is actually exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot J.A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sftp sets acl mask to r--
Hi, If I use sftp to upload a file to a directory, for some reason the acl mask of the file created is set to r-- instead of inheriting the default acl from the directory. For example: cladms003:/var/Share/Packages/Tapestry# getfacl -d . # file: . # owner: root # group: root user::rwx group::r-x group:staff:r-x mask::r-x other::--- If I update a file test.sh using sftp, then: cladms003:/var/Share/Packages/Tapestry# getfacl test.sh # file: test.sh # owner: root # group: root user::rw- group::r-x #effective:r-- group:staff:r-x #effective:r-- mask::r-- other::--- As you can see, now the default group and staff group no longer have execute right on the file. Any solution? Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ANSI color code chart
Hi, I'm looking for a ANSI color code chart that can show me the code and effect of ansi color codes. I remember that once I had one, but now I can't find it on my HD or on Inet any more. The description was: ANSI terminal color chart generator, by ijabbott A simple Bourne shell script to generate an ANSI terminal color chart - background color, foreground color, normal and high intensity. Output fits nicely on an 80x24 terminal. If anyone know or have such tool, please let me know. thanks tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
European chars to ascii
Hi, Is there any tools that can convert European characters to plain 7bit-Ascii? E.g., ä = a, ö = o, etc. thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[OT] Radeon, anyone?
Hi, I'm trying to make use the TVout of my Radeon 9200 SE. I googled a bit and (seem to have) installed the ATI proprietary driver. What's next? I didn't find any instruction how to verify whether the installation is successful, and how to use it, how to play movies in it, etc. I did find someone says reboot, with tv attached, but another one says machine hang due to that... please help thanks tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help with Netinst
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 05:42:01 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: It is a daunting task to create an install CD that works in all cases on all machines. Try kanotix! a very promising Live CD: http://forum.kanotix.net/viewtopic.php?t=8473 From distrowatch.com: KANOTIX is a Linux live CD based on Knoppix technology using Debian/sid. The included XFree86 is from Debian/experimental. The main specs are: GRUB based startup from CD, ACPI support, DMA default on, additional support for DSL modems (Fritz!Card DSL and Eagle USB), optimal for HD install (you get a working Debian/sid install in about 10 minutes!), kernel forcedeth (for nForce NIC), device mapper and some other patches. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Manipulation debconf database and package unatteneded installation and configuration (locally)
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:46:25 +0300, Anton Liaukevich wrote: I'm administering only my local computer and, fortunately, don't need to clone my installation to many machines. But I want to backup the debconf database (configdb) in order to automatically preconfigure some (but not all) packages getting answers from my backuped db. Exactly! I've been trying to find the very same solution for ages. Tried and failed many times... Project for experiment on: slapd (from Sarge) File with database backup: newbackup.dat (db name: newbackup; driver=File, obviously) To backup the debconf database (configdb) I simply run: debconf-copydb configdb newbackup --config=Name:newbackup --config=Driver:File --config=Filename:newbackup.dat It always runs successfully creating full backup of the configdb db (config+passwords). Some extra input: 1. You may have known that there is another approach to save/restore the debconf database -- debconf-get-selections/debconf-set-selections: SYNOPSIS debconf-get-selections [--installer] DESCRIPTION Output the current debconf database in a format understandable by debconf-set-selections. To dump the debconf database of the debian-installer, from var/log/debian-installer/cdebconf, use the --installer parameter. debconf-set-selections - insert new default values into the debconf database 2. I don't like the debconf Dialog frontend, I always use the readline interface. 3. I do have noticed some packages that will ask you the very same question again and again, despite I've set the default values into thedebconf database... Just my 2c. Really hope there is a good solution to this. Good luck. tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Strange cdrdao scanbus error
Hi, Whenever I do cdrdao scanbus, I get strange unknow subsystem errors between the output: - - - - 8 - - - - $ cdrdao scanbus Cdrdao version 1.1.9 - (C) Andreas Mueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] SCSI interface library - (C) Joerg Schilling Paranoia DAE library - (C) Monty Check http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/drives.html#dt for current driver tables. Using libscg version 'schily-0.8' 2,0,0 : SONY, CD-RW CRX195E1 , ZYS5 qd=: ERROR: unknow subsystem (scd0) in (/dev/sr0) ATAPI:0,0,0 HL-DT-ST, CD-RW GCE-8526B , 1.03 ATAPI:0,1,0 Toshiba , DVD-ROM SD-M1712, 1808 - - - - 8 - - - - What is wrong? Please help. Thanks tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Those disabled goodies in mplayer
On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 19:30:24 +0200, Brice Méalier wrote: On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 09:42:25PM -0400, Tong wrote : MMX2 supported but disabled SSE supported but disabled SSE2 supported but disabled 3DNow supported but disabled 3DNowExt supported but disabled Apparently youre using the Marrillat packages, right? I noticed the same thing and then I ask him why SSE was disabled Now I know it is a complicated issue and has no simple answer to it... Thanks for sharing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Those disabled goodies in mplayer
Hi, I guess most of people is like me, seeing these messages over and over but never pay attention: MMX2 supported but disabled SSE supported but disabled SSE2 supported but disabled 3DNow supported but disabled 3DNowExt supported but disabled This is what my mplayer outputs when it start decoding. I'm wondering how to enable them so my decoding would be faster (I'm decoding from file to file) I searched the google, and seems no discussion on this either. Moreover, they seems to be compile time options. I.e., they are disabled at compile time, is that so? Beside, which one (or ones) should I enable for my AMD Athlon, if I could? Please comment. Thanks tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: script copy files based upon content
On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:58:58 -0500, Michael Martinell wrote: I am trying to figure out how to come up with a shell script that will cat or grep a file and if it contains the word SPAM it will then move it to another folder. I have been trying combinations of grep SPAM * | mv * ../spam [...] Instead of a big loop, try this: echo `grep -l SPAM *` ../spam ^echo^mv^ Yeah, I like to see what will go on before I do it... tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Can't use CD-ROM driver after switching to 2.6.11
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 01:44:00 +0300, Emre Sevinc wrote: ide-scsi is deprecated in 2.6 kernels. You should use ide-cd instead. Thanks a lot. I have removed it from the last line of my /etc/modules. Now I can eject, mount, cdplay, etc. my CDs. However, I can't write to CD. [...] Hi, Emre, have you solved the problem? How did you do? This is the very problem that stops me from changing to kernel 2.6. Tried and failed many times, and I'm now still stuck at kernel 2.4. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Strange modules loading problem
Hi, I have the following devices in my system: hda: SONY CD-RW CRX195E1, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdc: HL-DT-ST GCE-8526B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdd: Toshiba DVD-ROM DSM-1712, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive I want my hda and hdc to be ide-scsi device, while hdd being ide-cd. This is my /etc/modules - - - - 8 - - - - $ cat /etc/modules # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. # # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with # a #, and everything on the line after them are ignored. ide-cd ignore='hda hdc' ide-detect sd_mod ide-scsi - - - - 8 - - - - Which I think should work. However, after reboot, the result is not what I expected: - - - - 8 - - - - $ cdrdao scanbus Cdrdao version 1.1.9 - (C) Andreas Mueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] SCSI interface library - (C) Joerg Schilling Paranoia DAE library - (C) Monty Check http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/drives.html#dt for current driver tables. Using libscg version 'schily-0.8' 2,0,0 : SONY, CD-RW CRX195E1 , ZYS5 qd=: ERROR: unknow subsystem (scd0) in (/dev/sr0) ATAPI:0,0,0 HL-DT-ST, CD-RW GCE-8526B , 1.03 ATAPI:0,1,0 Toshiba , DVD-ROM SD-M1712, 1808 - - - - 8 - - - - I.e., my hdc is not ide-scsi but ide-cd. However, if I load modules manually from command line, I get what I want: - - - - 8 - - - - % rmmod ide-cd ide-scsi; modprobe ide-cd ignore='hda hdc'; modprobe ide-scsi $ cdrdao scanbus Cdrdao version 1.1.9 - (C) Andreas Mueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] SCSI interface library - (C) Joerg Schilling Paranoia DAE library - (C) Monty Check http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/drives.html#dt for current driver tables. Using libscg version 'schily-0.8' 2,0,0 : SONY, CD-RW CRX195E1 , ZYS5 2,1,0 : HL-DT-ST, CD-RW GCE-8526B , 1.03 qd=: ERROR: unknow subsystem (scd0) in (/dev/sr0) qd=: ERROR: unknow subsystem (scd1) in (/dev/sr1) ATAPI:0,1,0 Toshiba , DVD-ROM SD-M1712, 1808 - - - - 8 - - - - This is very strange! BTW, looking at the dmesg output, I can see that hda hdc have been successfully ignored by ide-cd: - - - - 8 - - - - % dmesg | grep hd SCSI device sda: 398297088 512-byte hdwr sectors (203928 MB) hda: SONY CD-RW CRX195E1, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdc: HL-DT-ST GCE-8526B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdd: Toshiba DVD-ROM DSM-1712, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive ide-cd: ignoring drive hda hdc: attached ide-cdrom driver. hdc: ATAPI 52X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache hdd: attached ide-cdrom driver. hdd: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM drive, 192kB Cache hda: attached ide-scsi driver. ide0: BM-DMA at 0xfc00-0xfc07, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio ide1: BM-DMA at 0xfc08-0xfc0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA ide-cd: ignoring drive hda ide-cd: ignoring drive hdc hdd: attached ide-cdrom driver. hdd: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM drive, 192kB Cache hda: attached ide-scsi driver. hdc: attached ide-scsi driver. - - - - 8 - - - - How is it happening? What is the fix? Thanks Sorry the post is a bit long. But hope I've covered all that should be covered. tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sym link checker
Hi, I didn't find a symbolic link checker using apt-cache search. What is the recommended tool for this? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
gnome, the log out command
Hi, About the Gnome desktop, is there an alternative command for log out instead of clicking on the menu? I want to do something right before log out. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is this tidy converting correct?
Hi, I have this file: $ cat test | od -t u1 000 181 220 210 221 149 132 163 168 183 189 193 166 201 234 163 169 ^^^ ^^^ When using tidy, it gives wired result: $ cat test | tidy -quiet -numeric [...] #181;#220;#210;#221;#8226;#8222;#163;#168;#183;#189;#193;#166;#201;#234;#163;#169; ^^ [...] Notice the extreme big number pointed by ^^^? Why can't tidy encode exactly as the od -t u1 output, i.e., #149;#132; instead of #8226;...? It will give me trouble when the result is further processed by other tools, e.g., Perl XML::XPath. Moreover, after using the -bare option to strip out smart quotes and em dashes, etc., the result is even more wired, even seems wrong to me: $ cat test | tidy -quiet -numeric -bare [...] #181;#220;#210;#221;#8226;#163;#168;#183;#189;#193;#166;#201;#234;#163;#169; [...] Anybody has some comment on this? Thanks PS. to produce the test file: echo '181 220 210 221 149 132 163 168 183 189 193 166 201 234 163 169' | perl -ne 'print chr $_ for split /\s+/' test tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
xsel bug with emacs?
Hi, There is an excellent tool -- xsel in Debain. I've been using it ever since I used Debian. However, there is one anoying bug in it (I beileve) -- it can't paste string from what's highlighted in Eamcs. $ xsel See, the result is empty, But, using any other ways, I can see the highlighted string, 1st my xselh sg is just a wrapper for the [selection get] command in tk. and 2nd is the standard xfree command: $ xselh sg test string highlighted in emcas $ xprop -root CUT_BUFFER0 CUT_BUFFER0(STRING) = test string highlighted in emcas Any comment? Thanks, tong PS, relevant packages. ii emacs21_21.4a-1 ii tk8.4_8.4.9-1 ii xsel_0.9.6-1 ii xfree86-common_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is this tidy converting correct?
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:11:39 +0100, michael wrote: I have this file: $ cat test | od -t u1 000 181 220 210 221 149 132 163 168 183 189 193 166 201 234 163 169 ^^^ ^^^ Maybe I've missed something, but why are you piping this through `od`? And, below, you just pass to `tidy`?? Hi, michael, piping it through od is just to show what is in the file. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Solved] New xterm title setting
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:02:22 -0400, Tong wrote:
Thanks for the reply, but ... I don't want
the [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/pwd title, I want my own.
Another thing that I forgot to mention, another reason that I think some
system files have been changed is because that the xterm title stays
annoyingly the same even after I issued the following command.
echo -ne \033]0;\007
On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 15:49:10 -0400, Bill Marcum wrote:
Look for PROMPT_COMMAND in /etc/bash.bashrc
Thanks! that's the culprit.
$ grep PROMPT_COMMAND /etc/bash.bashrc
PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne \033]0;[EMAIL PROTECTED]: ${PWD}\007'
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About blackdown
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 08:01:56 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: Obviously all this from standard debian packages if that is possible I've noticed that many of the answers for this thread suggest to avoid the blackdown. Any justification for that? The reason I'm asking is that I asked a similar question a while ago, and got a suggest to use blackdown. I was just about to give it a try. Here are the quotes from the original suggest: ,- | I am using blackdown j2re1.4, it works. | | [...] | | the blackdown j2re1.4 works perfectly fine, but it's not DFSG free software | due to licensing conditions imposed by Sun. | | There are other projects to create a real free software java platform, but | they are not finished yet. | | [...] | | The sun system is a reasonable alternative, but if I understand correctly it's | essentially the same as the blackdown system anyway, blackdown port java to | linux for Sun (and us). And it's packaged for debian... `- Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
New xterm title setting
Hi, I used to set my own xterm titles, but after the recent upgrade, the title of my xterm and rxvt are changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/pwd. How can use back to my own? (I think some system files have been changed, I didn't do any relevant changes before and after the upgrade). thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New xterm title setting
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 21:05:11 +0200, Ernst-Magne Vindal wrote: I used to set my own xterm titles, but after the recent upgrade, the title of my xterm and rxvt are changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/pwd. How can use back to my own? (I think some system files have been changed, I didn't do any relevant changes before and after the upgrade). You can put this i .bashrc if #If this is an xterm set the title to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:dir [...] Thanks for the reply, but you've got me completely wrong -- I don't want the [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/pwd title, I want my own. Another thing that I forgot to mention, another reason that I think some system files have been changed is because that the xterm title stays annoyingly the same even after I issued the following command. echo -ne \033]0;\007 thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OT, simple bash alias expansion question
Hi, How can I use my aliases in my bash script? This seems a very simple question but I just can't get it working. For example, I have an alias alias acpl='apt-cache policy' and this test file: $ cat cmd.bash shopt alias acpl apt-cache Now, no matter how I invoke the script, I always get the error: cmd.bash: line 4: acpl: command not found Here is how I invoked: bash -O expand_aliases cmd.bash bash -i cmd.bash bash -i -O expand_aliases cmd.bash bash -O expand_aliases -i cmd.bash Please help. Thanks PS, my environment: $ bash --version GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu) $ uname -rm 2.4.27-2-k7 i686 PPS, don't tell me do not use alias please. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian native java
Hi, Is Debian native java OK? I mean has anybody install it? has it had any trouble for you? How about compatibility? It equal to java 1.3 or 1.4, or less? Can original java compiled jar file work fine? ... The Debian native java readme files warns me about all above issues. But I just want to know if they just want to be on the safe side, or there are such issues out there. thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tora in Debian
Hi, The description of tora in Debian says: Via qt3 it can access PostgreSQL and MySQL directly, but why I can only see PostgreSQL as connection type, not MySQL. what have I missed to install? $ dpkg -l | grep -Ei 'sql|qt' ii libdbd-mysql 0.7.1-2MySQL database server driver for libdbi ii libqt3c102 3.3.3-7Qt GUI Library, Version 3 ii libqt3c102-mt 3.3.3-7Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime version), V ii libqt3c102-mt- 3.3.3-7PostgreSQL database driver for Qt3 (Threaded ii libqt3c102-mys 3.3.3-7MySQL database driver for Qt3 ii mysql-client 4.0.22-2 mysql database client binaries ii mysql-common 4.0.22-2 mysql database common files (e.g. /etc/mysql ii mysql-doc 4.0.22-1 mysql database documentation ii mysql-server 4.0.22-2 mysql database server binaries ii postgresql-dev 7.4.6-5development files for libpq (PostgreSQL libr ii qt3-designer 3.3.3-7Qt3 Designer ii qt3-dev-tools 3.3.3-7Qt3 development tools thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT], Database Comparer
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 09:29:11 -0500, Gregory Seidman wrote: [...] } I even have a Debian package :) [...] } let me know if you'd like to have a copy of it. This looks like it would be exceedingly useful to a lot of people. I would recommend finding a Debian developer to sponsor you (if you aren't one yourself) and making it available to the Debian community. Assuming you can get permission, of course. OMG, I'm glad that my OP has dig out such a wonderful tools. Sam, I really wish your package could be in the Debian community. Meanwhile, could you send me a copy please Sam? please send to suntong001 at yahoo dot com thanks a thousand. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
