i need to run office 11 in my debian sarge amd64, any idea?

2005-10-07 Thread daniele
hello, sorry but i have not any idea to install office 11 on my debian amd64 sarge it is possible to use wmvare? any alternative? i need office 11 for my job :-( and openoffice or abiword or gnumeric for my manager is not the same :o thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: i need to run office 11 in my debian sarge amd64, any idea?

2005-10-07 Thread In The Night
Use OpenOffice.org, and save to .doc, .xls or .ppt daniele ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: hello, sorry but i have not any idea to install office 11 on my debian amd64 sarge it is possible to use wmvare? any alternative? i need office 11 for my job :-( and openoffice or abiword or gnumeric for

Problem installing debian amd-64 on a HP

2005-10-07 Thread Andreas
Hi, I've got a HP DX5150 which needs to have Linux installed on it, but it wasn't as easy as I thought. I'm using Len Sorensen's sarge installer with the 2.6.12 kernel, downloaded from http://tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/amd64/. I haven't been able to get a dump from lspci, but here

Re: update time

2005-10-07 Thread DR GAVIN SEDDON
Hello, I am familiar with these commands. A while ago I read a thread that gave a command that automatically updates the time. I thought I recorded it. Thanks. On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 18:46 -0600, Wesley J. Landaker wrote: hwclock -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: openoffice

2005-10-07 Thread Frank
Hi sigi, I have had good experience with the package called amd64-archive. It is made by Goswin to make 32bit programs (including OO 1.1.4) installable on AMD64. Have a look at this thread and the replys: http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2005/07/msg00663.html Am Freitag, 7. Oktober 2005

wmshutdown

2005-10-07 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
Hello, 'wmshutdown' doesn't work, it is installed but I cannot find where. Does anyone use this who can help? Gavin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: i need to run office 11 in my debian sarge amd64, any idea?

2005-10-07 Thread Sven Krahn
forgot to cc the list, sorry-- Forwarded message --From: Sven Krahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Oct 7, 2005 1:55 PMSubject: Re: i need to run office 11 in my debian sarge amd64, any idea?To: daniele [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 10/7/05, daniele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello,sorry but i have

Re: Problem installing debian amd-64 on a HP

2005-10-07 Thread Dean Hamstead
your mboard likely as pata and sata connectors if you have sata raid just turn it off. its most likely a phat lie and all it is is a bios hack to load from software RAID'd drives. it boots then hands over to the cpu. in terms of performance etc there is no reason not to just turn it off and use

Re: i need to run office 11 in my debian sarge amd64, any idea?

2005-10-07 Thread Frank
Sven, would you mind sharing the steps you took to get Wine working? If you have enough time, possibly including IE? With regards to MS Office: Back in my x86 days I had Office 2k working fine via Wine. So I guess you will be able to use it as well. Thanks a lot, Frank Am Freitag, 7. Oktober

Re: libcurl3 vs libcurl3-gnutls

2005-10-07 Thread Gabor Gombas
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 03:16:06PM -0700, David Liontooth wrote: Is there a story behind the conflict between packages depending on libcurl3 vs libcurl3-gnutls? Yes, read debian-devel. It seems that xine-ui was built against libcurl3-gnutls on AMD64 while it is built against libcurl3 on i386.

Problems with dual-core

2005-10-07 Thread Erno Kuusela
Hello, Yesterday I had a go at getting sarge running on my dual-core amd64 system. The UP install kernel worked, but the smp kernel didn't fare so well- log at http://erno.iki.fi/tmp/sarge-amd64-oops. The kernel from unstable works a bit better, but is missing the fix for the tsc bug

Re: wmshutdown

2005-10-07 Thread Alexander Fieroch
Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: Hello, 'wmshutdown' doesn't work, it is installed but I cannot find where. Does anyone use this who can help? Hello, the executable you have to run is called 'wmShutdown' and not 'wmshutdown' like the packagename. You can find all filenames of the package wmshutdown

Re: Athlon64 Dual Core powernow

2005-10-07 Thread Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)
Le 07.10.2005 04:31:44, Karl Magdsick a écrit : AMD Cool'n'Quiet is cpu_freq + automatic CPU voltage adjustment, at least according to the blurbs on the Asus website. I'm not sure how much OS cooperation is required and how much bios tweaking is required. I've a single core amd54 3500+, it

Re: Problem installing debian amd-64 on a HP

2005-10-07 Thread Andreas
Dean Hamstead wrote: your mboard likely as pata and sata connectors if you have sata raid just turn it off. its most likely a phat lie and all it is is a bios hack to load from software RAID'd drives. it boots then hands over to the cpu. in terms of performance etc there is no reason not to

Re: wmshutdown

2005-10-07 Thread DR GAVIN SEDDON
Thanks, it appears I need to bo rootm I was looking for a shutdown program that can be run as user. Rather than keep logging out. On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 15:14 +0200, Alexander Fieroch wrote: Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: Hello, 'wmshutdown' doesn't work, it is installed but I cannot find where.

k3b doesn't work on wmaker or kde using sid

2005-10-07 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
Hi, k3b crashes with errors on sid. Error report: -- K3b Version: 0.12 KDE Version: 3.4.2 QT Version: 3.3.5 Kernel: 2.6.8-11-amd64-k8 Devices --- _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A 1.04 (/dev/hdc, ) at /media/cdrom0 [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-R; DVD-RW;

Re: k3b doesn't work on wmaker or kde using sid

2005-10-07 Thread antongiulio05
k3b crashes with errors on sid. Error report: -- K3b Version: 0.12 KDE Version: 3.4.2 QT Version: 3.3.5 Kernel: 2.6.8-11-amd64-k8 Devices I got same errors for kernel 2.6.8-2.6.11. I have solved upgrading to kernel 2.6.12 (and configuring k3b via k3bsetup2).

Re: update time

2005-10-07 Thread Jacob Bresciani
Same here, they seem to have been replaced with openntpd which does seem to include ntpdate, just ntpd. Jacob Bresciani Passwords are like bubble gum, strongest when fresh, should never be used by groups and create a sticky mess when left laying around -anon On Oct 6, 2005, at 7:02 PM,

nvidia driver overrides gdm.conf AutomaticLogin !??

2005-10-07 Thread Ali H. Caliskan
Hi! I've been searching in google and reading docs without any result in solving this irritating problem I have. When I replace the nv driver to nvidia driver in xorg.conf file, nvidia seems to change or override the gdm.conf so that each time I boot I end up in gdmgreeter insteed of gnome

Re: nvidia driver overrides gdm.conf AutomaticLogin !??

2005-10-07 Thread Mike
Works fine here. i'm running nvidia 1.0-7174 unstable. Just for grins i'd try unsetting the autologin in the gnome login manager, hit ok. Then go back and enable it. I assumed you installed nvidia using module-assist, as I hear the nvidia installer can screw you up too. MD - Original

Re: wmshutdown

2005-10-07 Thread Alexander Fieroch
DR GAVIN SEDDON wrote: Thanks, it appears I need to bo rootm I was looking for a shutdown program that can be run as user. workaround: add in your ~/.bashrc: alias halt='/sbin/halt' alias reboot='/sbin/reboot' alias shutdown='/sbin/shutdown' then do as root: chmod +s /sbin/halt /sbin/reboot

Re: openoffice

2005-10-07 Thread sigi
Hi, I have had good experience with the package called amd64-archive. It is made by Goswin to make 32bit programs (including OO 1.1.4) installable on AMD64. Have a look at this thread and the replys: http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2005/07/msg00663.html thanks a lot for this...

Re: nvidia driver overrides gdm.conf AutomaticLogin !??

2005-10-07 Thread Ali H. Caliskan
Hi Mike, you assumed right, I did actually use module-assist and everything works fine except this gdm auto-login. I did what you said, and it didn't work after reboot. But the interesting part is when I quick boot with the shutdown -f now command, autologin seems to be working. And this makes me

Re: update time

2005-10-07 Thread Ernest jw ter Kuile
On Friday 07 October 2005 02:25, Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: Hi, I looked in the archives and to update my console clock the command is 'ntupdate' however this doesn't work. Can anyone tell me the command? This is a bit unclear. do you have the command or not ? it should be located in /usr/sbin,

Re: update time

2005-10-07 Thread Jacob Bresciani
On Oct 7, 2005, at 2:35 PM, Ernest jw ter Kuile wrote: On Friday 07 October 2005 02:25, Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: Hi, I looked in the archives and to update my console clock the command is 'ntupdate' however this doesn't work. Can anyone tell me the command? This is a bit unclear. do you

Re: i need to run office 11 in my debian sarge amd64, any idea?

2005-10-07 Thread Sven Krahn
On 10/7/05, Frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sven,would you mind sharing the steps you took to get Wine working? If you haveenough time, possibly including IE? Sure, no problem. While checking my installation I have to correct myself - Wine runs in the ia32 chroot and not proprietary under amd64.

Re: nvidia driver overrides gdm.conf AutomaticLogin !?? SOLVED!

2005-10-07 Thread Ali H. Caliskan
Hi, Mike was right about modules-assist, since the new nvidia-kernel that I compiled manually(make-kpkg modules_image) works fine with gnome login manager! ali __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com --

Re: update time

2005-10-07 Thread mikepolniak
On 14:53 Fri 07 Oct , Jacob Bresciani wrote: On Oct 7, 2005, at 2:35 PM, Ernest jw ter Kuile wrote: On Friday 07 October 2005 02:25, Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: Hi, I looked in the archives and to update my console clock the command is 'ntupdate' however this doesn't work. Can anyone

Re: Athlon64 Dual Core powernow

2005-10-07 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh) wrote: For the fan, you can use thenam controlled fans or the fancontrol program which is part of the lm-sensors package OK, now I'm confused. Some googling around finds this AMD document:

Re: Asus K8N, Cool'n'Quiet, and sensors.conf

2005-10-07 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
Anders Helmersson wrote: I have tried powernowd on my A8V Deluxe with an AMD64 3200+ (Winchester core). When it runs at 1000MHz the core voltage is set to 1.1V, which I suspect is too low for running stably. Works fine here, with a 4400. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Problem installing debian amd-64 on a HP

2005-10-07 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
Andreas wrote: Problem: The installation hangs when it is at 100% of the detecting hardware part. I can at that moment switch back and forth between the consoles for a couple of minutes, then the whole system freezes and I have to hardboot. Boot it into expert mode and

udev hotplug

2005-10-07 Thread Mike Dobbs
Does anyone get any hotplug or udev events run when they plug into the usb bus? I'm not sure what's wrong, but on my system no scripts are run unless I coldplug /etc/init.d/hotplug restart. No logs from hotplug or udev. Printer doesn't work until I coldplug. Any ideas on where to look or where

Re: error: code model 'kernel' not supported in the 32 bit mode

2005-10-07 Thread saf
On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 05:03:30AM -0700, Max wrote: saf wrote: I tried to compile a Linux kernel in 64 bits mode. From old version of FAQ: ... deb http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/biarch/ sarge main to your /etc/apt/sources.list which should already point to woody. I can't find

Re: udev hotplug

2005-10-07 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 08:01:47PM -0500, Mike Dobbs wrote: Does anyone get any hotplug or udev events run when they plug into the usb bus? I'm not sure what's wrong, but on my system no scripts are run unless I coldplug /etc/init.d/hotplug restart. No logs from hotplug or udev. Printer

Re: wmshutdown

2005-10-07 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 10:05:46PM +0200, Alexander Fieroch wrote: DR GAVIN SEDDON wrote: Thanks, it appears I need to bo rootm I was looking for a shutdown program that can be run as user. workaround: add in your ~/.bashrc: alias halt='/sbin/halt' alias reboot='/sbin/reboot' alias

Re: udev hotplug

2005-10-07 Thread Mike Dobb
Not sure, no later than a few weeks. I can plug in a compact flash card in my memory read and it pops up great on my desktop. However my usb cell phone and epson printer won't work when plugged in until I restart hotplug. The printerconf says 'Paused: Unable to send print file to printer: No

Re: Athlon64 Dual Core powernow

2005-10-07 Thread Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)
Le 08.10.2005 01:18:23, Anthony DeRobertis a écrit : Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh) wrote: For the fan, you can use thenam controlled fans or the fancontrol program which is part of the lm-sensors package OK, now I'm confused. Some googling around finds this AMD document: