Re: ECKD driver vs DIAG driver

2011-01-07 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:06:25 -0500 (EST), Richard Troth wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: ... The Linux kernel does not consider an LDL-format disk to be unpartitioned. ... But the partition you see is a phantom. And you can use an LDL-format disk as if it were unpartitioned. We're battling

Re: ECKD driver vs DIAG driver

2011-01-06 Thread Stephen Powell
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GNU Parted enhancements (was ECKD driver vs DIAG driver)

2011-01-06 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:40:23 -0500 (EST), Mark Post wrote: On 1/6/2011 at 02:22 PM, Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com wrote: I have recently completed work on enhancements to GNU parted to support all combinations of DASD type (CKD and FBA) DASD format (cdl, ldl, CMS non-reserved, and CMS

Re: ECKD driver vs DIAG driver

2011-01-06 Thread Stephen Powell
does not support writing IPL records to a device controlled by the DIAG driver) -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists

[OT] Stupid consumers and inferior hardware (was: Monitor question)

2010-12-30 Thread Stephen Powell
, they are right. Most consumers can't even tell that they are being ripped off. If consumers stopped buying these inferior items, manufacturers would stop producing them. But they don't. They keep buying them. We're getting what we deserve, I'm afraid. -- .''`. Stephen Powell

Re: [OT] Stupid consumers and inferior hardware (was: Monitor question)

2010-12-30 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:35:49 -0500 (EST), Charlie wrote: On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:23:30 +0100 Simon Hollenbach wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: ... You might enjoy my anti-winmodem rant in the following web page:       http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/tp600.htm It's in the Crucial Background

Re: Problems with NVIDIA Driver: Unable to validate any modes

2010-12-24 Thread Stephen Powell
the contents of Xorg.0.log from that start-up. I would be surprised if any TFT monitor does not support EDID. EDID came out in 1994, and virtually all monitors manufactured since then have it. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Bug#607416: Device table incorrect for drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c: 3880/3390 should be 3880/3380

2010-12-23 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:59:00 -0500 (EST), Stephen Powell wrote: This is a bug report for drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c in the Linux kernel source code. The device table indicates that a combination of a 3880 storage control unit and a 3390 DASD device type is valid. This is incorrect

Bug#607416: Device table incorrect for drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c: 3880/3390 should be 3880/3380

2010-12-23 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:59:00 -0500 (EST), Stephen Powell wrote: This is a bug report for drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c in the Linux kernel source code. The device table indicates that a combination of a 3880 storage control unit and a 3390 DASD device type is valid. This is incorrect

Re: Request for enhancement [Re: Question about /etc/fstab in Squeeze]

2010-12-20 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:44:35 -0500 (EST), Rick Thomas wrote: On Dec 19, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: Caution: reformatting a swap partition with mkswap will change the uuid unless the existing one is explicitly re-specified during formatting. Which raises a question that has

Re: [SOLVED] Cannot mount floppy drive in Squeeze

2010-12-20 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:28:52 -0500 (EST), Tom H wrote: On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: ...  I have been able to circumvent the problem by commenting out the following entries in /etc/fstab and rebooting: /dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0

Re: Request for enhancement [Re: Question about /etc/fstab in Squeeze]

2010-12-20 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:44:35 -0500 (EST), Rick Thomas wrote: On Dec 19, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: Caution: reformatting a swap partition with mkswap will change the uuid unless the existing one is explicitly re-specified during formatting. Which raises a question that has

Re: Question about /etc/fstab in Squeeze

2010-12-19 Thread Stephen Powell
during formatting. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- 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/1446887164.1169107.1292764169571

Bug#607416: Device table incorrect for drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c: 3880/3390 should be 3880/3380

2010-12-18 Thread Stephen Powell
with no apparent ill effects. However, you might want to look things over to see if anything needs to be changed in the code logic as well. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Bug#607416: Device table incorrect for drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c: 3880/3390 should be 3880/3380

2010-12-18 Thread Stephen Powell
with no apparent ill effects. However, you might want to look things over to see if anything needs to be changed in the code logic as well. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe

Bug#578097: [parted-devel] [Parted-maintainers] Debian Bug #578097: No support for CMS-formatted disks

2010-12-17 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 07:30:14 -0500 (EST), Jim Meyering wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: ... do you have an s390 environment in which to test? Yes, if an s390x will do. On one, uname -a reports this: Linux xxx 2.6.32-19.el6.s390x #1 SMP Tue Mar 9 19:03:48 EST 2010 s390x s390x s390x GNU/Linux

Bug#607416: Device table incorrect for drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c: 3880/3390 should be 3880/3380. (s390/s390x only)

2010-12-17 Thread Stephen Powell
made it into a future stable point release. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#607416: Device table incorrect for drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c: 3880/3390 should be 3880/3380. (s390/s390x only)

2010-12-17 Thread Stephen Powell
made it into a future stable point release. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

Bug#578097: [parted-devel] [Parted-maintainers] Debian Bug #578097: No support for CMS-formatted disks

2010-12-16 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:46:18 -0500 (EST), Jim Meyering wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: How is your testing going? Finding time for parted has been a challenge recently. It's unclear to me from what you wrote. Are you asking me to provide a test case? If you can, that'd be great and would

Re: [parted-devel] [Parted-maintainers] Debian Bug #578097: No support for CMS-formatted disks

2010-12-16 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:46:18 -0500 (EST), Jim Meyering wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: How is your testing going? Finding time for parted has been a challenge recently. It's unclear to me from what you wrote. Are you asking me to provide a test case? If you can, that'd be great and would

Re: Оффшоpы, оншopы и eвpoпейские кoмпaнии

2010-12-16 Thread Stephen Powell
| - ... You're on the wrong list. debian-user is an English-only list. Please post in English or else use a list which is appropriate to your language. (debian-russian? I can't tell what language that is.) -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Bug#606806: initramfs-tools: Handling of numeric root= arguments is not udev-friendly

2010-12-13 Thread Stephen Powell
-977d-4aa6-877d-62c716f5e85a ... which gets you around the problem for now. Respectfully submitted, -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Bug#606806: initramfs-tools: Handling of numeric root= arguments is not udev-friendly

2010-12-13 Thread Stephen Powell
-977d-4aa6-877d-62c716f5e85a ... which gets you around the problem for now. Respectfully submitted, -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Bug#578097: [parted-devel] [Parted-maintainers] Debian Bug #578097: No support for CMS-formatted disks

2010-12-11 Thread Stephen Powell
unclear to me from what you wrote. Are you asking me to provide a test case? -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#606806: initramfs-tools: Handling of numeric root= arguments is not udev-friendly

2010-12-11 Thread Stephen Powell
is suppressed). Chances are, the user is not directly specifying the root device as a hexadecimal number anywhere. The boot loader makes this substitution. lilo has done this forever, and zipl was patterned after lilo. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: [parted-devel] [Parted-maintainers] Debian Bug #578097: No support for CMS-formatted disks

2010-12-11 Thread Stephen Powell
unclear to me from what you wrote. Are you asking me to provide a test case? -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- ___ bug-parted mailing list bug-parted@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-parted

Bug#606806: initramfs-tools: Handling of numeric root= arguments is not udev-friendly

2010-12-11 Thread Stephen Powell
is suppressed). Chances are, the user is not directly specifying the root device as a hexadecimal number anywhere. The boot loader makes this substitution. lilo has done this forever, and zipl was patterned after lilo. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Debian 5 installation

2010-12-11 Thread Stephen Powell
for it; but don't treat your fellow users that way! It's not even in your own interests to do so. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Cannot mount floppy drive in Squeeze

2010-12-11 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:11:40 -0500 (EST), Stephen Powell wrote: I don't know. My computer does not have a USB floppy drive, that's true. It is a traditional AT-style floppy disk controller with two floppy drives. And I can no longer reproduce the problem. Having a floppy disk in the drive

Re: Cannot mount floppy drive in Squeeze

2010-12-09 Thread Stephen Powell
reproduce the problem and I don't know what cured it. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- 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

Re: Cannot mount floppy drive in Squeeze

2010-12-06 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:26:06 -0500 (EST), Bob Proulx wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: mount -t msdos /dev/fd1 /media/floppy1 ... It tells me that /media/floppy1 is not mounted! When I try to read the data directly with dd if=/dev/fd1 of=erase.me count=1 It successfully reads the boot

Cannot mount floppy drive in Squeeze

2010-12-05 Thread Stephen Powell
tried 3.5-inch disks in the other floppy drive, but I can't seem to get any floppy disk to mount. Am I doing something wrong? Or is there a bug here? I am running stock Debian kernel 2.6.32-5-686 version 2.6.32-28. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Cannot mount floppy drive in Squeeze

2010-12-05 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:09:52 -0500 (EST), Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 15:07:20 -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: Well, I'm not exactly a newbie. I've been using Linux for more than 10 years. But I must be doing something wrong. I can't seem to get a floppy disk to mount. ... Weird

Re: how to determine the interpreter

2010-11-26 Thread Stephen Powell
-by-user basis. For example, consider this entry: steve:x:1000:1000:Stephen Powell,,,:/home/steve:/bin/bash This shows that when user steve logs in, his login shell will be bash. For a shell script, the script itself can force a particular shell to be used by a special comment in line 1: #!/bin

Re: how to determine the interpreter

2010-11-26 Thread Stephen Powell
by bash, regardless of which shell is the default on the system. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Bug#578097: [parted-devel] [Parted-maintainers] Debian Bug #578097: No support for CMS-formatted disks

2010-11-25 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:26:00 -0400 (EDT), Jim Meyering wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: OK, here is the new patch: http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/parted/parted_fba_diag_patch.diff Thank you. I confirmed that it applies and doesn't cause any trouble on x86_64/linux. I'll actually look

Re: Monitor vertical refresh rate setting in X.

2010-11-22 Thread Stephen Powell
and the resulting /var/log/Xorg.0.log file, I will take a look at it for you to see if this is the case. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: Bug#603767: gdm: starts on v8 instead of vt7

2010-11-17 Thread Stephen Powell
This appears to be a duplicate of 596700. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

Bug#603767: gdm: starts on v8 instead of vt7

2010-11-17 Thread Stephen Powell
This appears to be a duplicate of 596700. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Problems with /etc/modprobe.conf

2010-11-13 Thread Stephen Powell
recommend using a driver package that has been customized for the Debian environment. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive

Re: Problems with /etc/modprobe.conf

2010-11-12 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 05:29:44 -0500 (EST), Rodolfo Medina wrote: Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com writes: So the warning message disappears. Good. But what about the virtual console characters? Are the characters still smaller than they were before? What about the other strange things

Re: Problems with /etc/modprobe.conf

2010-11-11 Thread Stephen Powell
added to /etc/modprobe.conf. Then issue the following commands: # mv /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.d/parport.conf # update-initramfs -uk `uname -r` # shutdown -r now That should do it. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: Problems with /etc/modprobe.conf

2010-11-11 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:11:12 -0500 (EST), Rob Owens wrote: On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:40:15AM -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: If the file /etc/modprobe.conf exists, then all the files in /etc/modprobe.d are ignored. The Debian distribution prefers the second method, multiple files in /etc

Re: Problems with /etc/modprobe.conf

2010-11-11 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:25:25 -0500 (EST), Rodolfo Medina wrote: Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com writes: [...] First, eliminate the include record that you added to /etc/modprobe.conf. Then issue the following commands: # mv /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.d/parport.conf # update

Re: Problems with /etc/modprobe.conf

2010-11-11 Thread Stephen Powell
everything else in your system behave the way it did before you installed the printer driver? Or is something else different? -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: High Level Assembler

2010-10-28 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:50:56 -0400 (EDT), Jim Hughes wrote: Is FWLC similar to FUBAR? I suspect it is more like ATTWB. ;-) -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Bug#578097: [parted-devel] [Parted-maintainers] Debian Bug #578097: No support for CMS-formatted disks

2010-10-28 Thread Stephen Powell
be deactivated before taking the disk offline.) -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: VTAM USSMSG10 buffer location assistance

2010-10-21 Thread Stephen Powell
=19920626112004 I made a local modification to the SAPL a few years ago that included customizing the screen to add a new field, and I think this is the manual that I used. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Duplicate VOLSERs at IPL

2010-10-20 Thread Stephen Powell
to avoid duplicate volsers. Then, specify an alternate configuration file at IPL time to backout, if necessary. The alternate configuration file lists a different range of devices as offline at IPL. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Duplicate VOLSERs at IPL

2010-10-20 Thread Stephen Powell
up with the wrong volser mounted if the right device doesn't respond for some reason, as Alan has said. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: ICKSADSF Parms

2010-10-18 Thread Stephen Powell
system console (Operating System Messages icon) either. I would love to be proved wrong, though; so if anyone out there can find a way to make it work, please let me know. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: ICKSADSF Parms

2010-10-18 Thread Stephen Powell
, each for its own task. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Bug#600100: zipl's postinst hook fails upon initial kernel installation by d-i

2010-10-14 Thread Stephen Powell
installation: I am not a package maintainer for s390-tools; I am a user who is an interested party to this bug report. This bug is related to bug number 599931, and the hook script templates provided in the body of bug report 599931 will fix both that problem and this one. -- .''`. Stephen Powell

Bug#600100: zipl's postinst hook fails upon initial kernel installation by d-i

2010-10-14 Thread Stephen Powell
installation: I am not a package maintainer for s390-tools; I am a user who is an interested party to this bug report. This bug is related to bug number 599931, and the hook script templates provided in the body of bug report 599931 will fix both that problem and this one. -- .''`. Stephen Powell

Bug#600100: zipl's postinst hook fails upon initial kernel installation by d-i

2010-10-14 Thread Stephen Powell
installation: I am not a package maintainer for s390-tools; I am a user who is an interested party to this bug report. This bug is related to bug number 599931, and the hook script templates provided in the body of bug report 599931 will fix both that problem and this one. -- .''`. Stephen Powell

Bug#599931: zipl hook scripts invoke zipl multiple times

2010-10-12 Thread Stephen Powell
of an error from zipl, which is desirable during a remove.) -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-s390-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

Bug#599931: zipl hook scripts invoke zipl multiple times

2010-10-12 Thread Stephen Powell
of an error from zipl, which is desirable during a remove.) -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#599934: lilo invoked multiple times by hook scripts

2010-10-12 Thread Stephen Powell
WARNING, not invoking lilo: /etc/lilo.conf not found 2 fi exit 0 - This logic causes the script to exit without invoking lilo when called for purge processing, but allows lilo to be invoked during remove processing. -- .''`. Stephen Powell

[SOLVED] sid: yaird: -t invalid flag option in kernel image install

2010-10-08 Thread Stephen Powell
deprecated in squeeze/sid. On a lenny system, I might have suggested looking there, but on a squeeze/sid system, it didn't occur to me that a brand new package would put something in /etc/kernel-img.conf. Congratulations. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: sid: yaird: -t invalid flag option in kernel image install

2010-10-05 Thread Stephen Powell
/post-update.d for hook scripts, but I'd be surprised if yaird dropped anything in there. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive

Re: [SOLVED] lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-10-02 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 02 Oct 2010 13:54:11 -0400 (EDT), bri...@aracnet.com wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: Right now, it's only a working setup for one kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64. If you're not going to make these changes, you might as well de-install the other kernels. They will not boot, so what good

Re: IBM z/VM + z/Series + Debian

2010-09-30 Thread Stephen Powell
...@lists.debian.org). -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-s390-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/273996600.388799.1285853849788.javamail.r

Re: root can't sudo

2010-09-28 Thread Stephen Powell
if the userid is root. Execute it via sudo if the userid is not root. (2) Unconditionally execute the special command via sudo and don't worry about who the userid is. The second approach is simpler. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: [SOLVED] lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-28 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:19:28 -0400 (EDT), bri...@aracnet.com wrote: On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:09:15 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: You had several unrelated problems. (1) The initial RAM disk specifications were missing from the two boot menu items in /etc/lilo.conf that used the standard

[SOLVED] lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-27 Thread Stephen Powell
of my kernel building guide that explains how to create a custom kernel that uses the proprietary Nvidia drivers built the traditional Debian way. It is called A Specific Example. You may wish to review that section. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Xorg error with 2.6.32-5 kernel

2010-09-27 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:27:33 -0400 (EDT), Manu Krishnan T.V wrote: On Monday 27 September 2010 06:21 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: Look in directory /etc/modprobe.d for a file called i915-kms.conf. Look at the contents of that file. Does it say options i915 modeset=0 If so, change the 0

Re: Xorg error with 2.6.32-5 kernel

2010-09-27 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:02:24 -0400 (EDT), Sven Joachim wrote: On 2010-09-27 20:33 +0200, Stephen Powell wrote: Hmm. Well, it works for me using the same kernel (linux-image-2.6.32-5-686, version 2.6.32-23) and, presumably, the same video driver (xserver-xorg-video-intel, 2:2.9.1-4). The only

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-26 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:14:29 -0400 (EDT), bri...@aracnet.com wrote: On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:28:00 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: I'm also going to need to see the output of the following commands: ls -Al /dev/disk/by-id/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 26 18:12 ata-WDC_WD2500YS

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-26 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:29:34 -0400 (EDT), bri...@aracnet.com wrote: On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:28:00 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: Several problems here. S30initramfs, S50symlink_hook, K30initramfs, and K50symlink_hook, though they will still work, I now consider obsolete. S30initramfs

Re: Xorg error with 2.6.32-5 kernel

2010-09-26 Thread Stephen Powell
/modprobe.d for a file called i915-kms.conf. Look at the contents of that file. Does it say options i915 modeset=0 If so, change the 0 to 1 and file it, then shutdown and reboot. If no such file exists, then create it, specifying modeset as 1. -- .''`. Stephen Powell

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-25 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:54:12 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote: Stephen Powell put forth on 9/24/2010 4:06 PM: Current stock Debian kernels for the amd64 architecture are right on the ragged edge of being too large for lilo to load below the 16M line And the bulk of these ~16MB stock kernels

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-25 Thread Stephen Powell
from the Lin_2.6.32img5, BUT THEY BOTH USE THE SAME IMAGE ! /boot/vmlinuz is a symlink to vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64. ugh... That makes sense, given your config file. Stephen Powell wrote: Interesting. What happens if you specify root=802 as an argument to the boot prompt? I get

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-24 Thread Stephen Powell
23.0 a try. I suggest that you review http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm#Customize for a more complete treatment of the topic. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-24 Thread Stephen Powell
The definitions of the boot-related symlinks: vmlinuz initrd.img vmlinuz.old initrd.img.old The output of lilo -v -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: May I have a document about manually preparing a Debian system?

2010-09-24 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:50:38 -0400 (EDT), Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com wrote: Why don't you just tell us exactly what you are trying to do? I have tried a few things and things seem smooth till I cannot `svn co svn+ssh

Re: Debian not running in Windoof 7 Virtual PC (in VirtualBox)

2010-09-23 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:49:42 -0400 (EDT), Scott Ferguson wrote: On 23/09/10 06:14, Stephen Powell wrote: On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:29:59 -0400 (EDT), Mark Allums wrote: I am probably way late on this one, but that maneuver is a nonstarter. Nested Virtualization is very difficult and kind

Bug#597756: iconv: conversion stopped due to problem in writing the output

2010-09-22 Thread Stephen Powell
. I have yet to come up with a scenario that always causes the failure symptoms. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#597756: iconv: conversion stopped due to problem in writing the output

2010-09-22 Thread Stephen Powell
. I have yet to come up with a scenario that always causes the failure symptoms. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-glibc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: Release File Expired on: csclub.uwaterloo.ca

2010-09-22 Thread Stephen Powell
off the u when actually trying to access the archive. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive

Re: Debian not running in Windoof 7 Virtual PC (in VirtualBox)

2010-09-22 Thread Stephen Powell
virtualization platform available anywhere, having been developed, tweaked, and honed by IBM since 1967. But it has two distict disadvantages: (1) it is proprietary, for-charge software and (2) it only runs on IBM mainframes. -- .''`. Stephen Powell

Re: renamed network interface eth0 to eth1

2010-09-22 Thread Stephen Powell
network interface (not counting lo), it may be safer to edit the file and change the MAC address from the old one to the new one. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

[OT] In case you never receive this mail ... (was gdm3 exclude certain usernames)

2010-09-21 Thread Stephen Powell
of taking attendance, the teacher should say, If anyone is not here today, please raise your hand. And if no-one raises his hand, then obviously everyone must be present. ;-) -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: Re: searching inside files with find, cat and grep as a oneliner ...

2010-09-20 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 08:40:31 -0400 (EDT), Adam Borowski wrote: On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 12:01:17PM +0100, Clive Standbridge wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: Search all files under the home directory (recursively) with an extension of .txt for the keyword xorg: grep -r xorg ~/*.txt That looks

Re: May I have a document about manually preparing a Debian system?

2010-09-20 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 03:14:07 -0400 (EDT), Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com wrote: There are a number of different installation methods available.  They are described in the installation instructions.  Use the one that suits you

Re: [Solved] My lenny picks the wrong resolution whereas squeeze is right

2010-09-20 Thread Stephen Powell
) monitor. I get around it with a custom interlaced mode which I designed. But I only do stuff like that when I have to. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: Mainline kernel source curiosity

2010-09-20 Thread Stephen Powell
virtualbox problems can be solved in a similar manner. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- 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

Re: Mainline kernel source curiosity

2010-09-20 Thread Stephen Powell
the Debian out-of-kernel-source-tree kernel module source package and use the kernel_image and modules_image targets. Then you don't have to create or install kernel header packages. HTH -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: [Solved] My lenny picks the wrong resolution whereas squeeze is right

2010-09-20 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:14:56 -0400 (EDT), Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:28:07 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: I don't speak for Tong, but I believe I can answer that question. It is better because it is less hardware-specific. ... Then I'd say it's no better but convenient

Re: My lenny picks the wrong resolution whereas squeeze is right

2010-09-17 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:49:21 -0400 (EDT), Tong wrote: On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:55:38 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: if you'd like to avoid using a custom mode line, please post the entire /var/log/Xorg.0.log file, along with its corresponding /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, and I'll see if I can figure

Re: monitor size not supported?

2010-09-17 Thread Stephen Powell
/xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- 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

Re: searching inside files with find, cat and grep as a oneliner ...

2010-09-17 Thread Stephen Powell
in a script, but I was wondering about how could you do it with a oneliner Search all files under the home directory (recursively) with an extension of .txt for the keyword xorg: grep -r xorg ~/*.txt -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: IBM z/VM 6.1 + z/Series + Debian

2010-09-16 Thread Stephen Powell
the method described. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-s390-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/104733069.25464.1284645808599.javamail.r...@md01

Re: Re: Installation of Debian under z/VM 530

2010-09-16 Thread Stephen Powell
system; so I never had to deal with your situation. I'm afraid I have no experience in that particular aspect of your installation problem. Good luck. Please report back if you are successful, with details of what you did and how you did it, and a list of pitfalls to avoid. -- .''`. Stephen

Re: About linux-kernel-di-i386.

2010-09-16 Thread Stephen Powell
it? -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1452690791.25682.1284646288902.javamail.r...@md01

Re: My lenny picks the wrong resolution whereas squeeze is right

2010-09-16 Thread Stephen Powell
section, or specifying the virtual desktop size, has always been sufficient for me. But if you're happy with the results, that's the important thing. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: My lenny picks the wrong resolution whereas squeeze is right

2010-09-16 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:04:57 -0400 (EDT), Tong wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: Specifying Modes in the Display subsection of the Screen section, or specifying the virtual desktop size, has always been sufficient for me. No, that don't work for me. Specifying a bigger mode than the display

Re: IBM z/VM 6.1 + z/Series + Debian

2010-09-15 Thread Stephen Powell
to implement the dasd diag driver, which I recommend for anyone running Debian in a virtual machine under z/VM. For more detailed installation instructions, see the Installation Guide at http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.s390/index.html This should get you started. -- .''`. Stephen

Re: Installation of Debian under z/VM 530

2010-09-15 Thread Stephen Powell
.) http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.s390/index.html See section 5.2, boot parameters. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-s390-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: My lenny picks the wrong resolution whereas squeeze is right

2010-09-15 Thread Stephen Powell
to Squeeze. Running a newer kernel is not going to help you in this case. It isn't the kernel which doesn't support your card, it's the xserver-xorg-video-nv package, which is part of the X server. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: ext3 file system

2010-09-14 Thread Stephen Powell
umount it automatically on shutdown. That is obviously not happening. The problem should be pursued on the Ubuntu forums. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

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