Re: Bug #538822

2010-06-19 Thread Norval Watson
If you dist-upgraded yesterday you might have got a big grub snafu hence no boot. I had to use a USB stick install image in Rescue mode to dist-upgrade again today (inc. new versions of grub-common and grub-pc) and in same Rescue session rewrite GRUB on the MBR. HTH Norv do you has tried to

Re: Weird things with Xorg on amd54

2010-05-18 Thread Norval Watson
¿nvidia? just blacklist nouveau kernel module On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Norval Watson href=mailto:norv2...@yahoo.com.au;norv2...@yahoo.com.au wrote: When I dist-upgraded recently, debian's 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel broke x, as in I cannot start (or restart) gdm. The 2.6.32-3

Re: Weird things with Xorg on amd54

2010-05-18 Thread Norval Watson
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 05:01:35PM -0700, Norval Watson wrote: When I dist-upgraded recently, debian's 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel broke x, as in I cannot start (or restart) gdm. The 2.6.32-3-amd64 kernel works fine. Are you running the fglrx or nvidia driver by any chance? If so you

Re: Weird things with Xorg on amd54

2010-05-17 Thread Norval Watson
When I dist-upgraded recently, debian's 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel broke x, as in I cannot start (or restart) gdm. The 2.6.32-3-amd64 kernel works fine. HTH Norv -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: libc6 and X11 seem not to work together

2009-10-02 Thread Norval Watson
From what Hans reported, it was my impression this is related to the Xorg Radeon (ati) drivers, not to NVidia or something else ? Yes, my system (working) runs Nvidia drivers, self-compiled 2.6.29 realtime kernel Norv

Re: libc6 and X11 seem not to work together

2009-10-02 Thread Norval Watson
From what Hans reported, it was my impression this is related to the Xorg Radeon (ati) drivers, not to NVidia or something else ? Yes, my system (working) runs Nvidia drivers, self-compiled 2.6.29 realtime kernel Norv I have Nvidia GeForce 7000M and it is not working. I just

Re: libc6 and X11 seem not to work together

2009-10-01 Thread Norval Watson
- Original Message From: ael law_ence@ntlworld.com To: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, 1 October, 2009 8:29:47 PM Subject: Re: libc6 and X11 seem not to work together Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: Dear maintainers, since the last upgrade (debian-amd64/sid) it is

Re: ia32-apt-get and dependencies errors

2009-08-14 Thread Norval Watson
- Original Message From: Hans-J. Ullrich hans.ullr...@loop.de To: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org Sent: Friday, 14 August, 2009 8:05:09 PM Subject: ia32-apt-get and dependencies errors Dear maintainers, IMO the complete removing of the package ia32-apt-get by the ftp-master is

Re: Updating system with ia32-apt-get

2009-08-07 Thread Norval Watson
From: Goswin von Brederlow goswin-...@web.de Norval Watson writes: Hi Goswin, Thanks for maintaining the new ia32-apt-get, I think it is a step forward to a true multi-arch environment. One small question: When updating a system with ia32-apt-get installed, should I run

Re: Updating system with ia32-apt-get

2009-08-07 Thread Norval Watson
From: Goswin von Brederlow goswin-...@web.de Norval Watson writes: From: Goswin von Brederlow Norval Watson writes: Hi Goswin, Thanks for maintaining the new ia32-apt-get, I think it is a step forward to a true multi-arch environment. One small question

Updating system with ia32-apt-get

2009-08-06 Thread Norval Watson
Hi Goswin, Thanks for maintaining the new ia32-apt-get, I think it is a step forward to a true multi-arch environment. One small question: When updating a system with ia32-apt-get installed, should I run sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade sudo ia32-apt-get update sudo ia32-apt-get

Re: Opinion question (Core2 Duo)

2007-09-19 Thread Norval Watson
Douglas A. Tutty píše v St 19. 09. 2007 v 00:31 +0200: Why is it that debian doesn't do pre-emption in the kernel? I can imagine workloads (typically on servers) where preemptive kernel is not necessary (or even can be bad for performance). Vit Here's some info on pre-emption and the

Re: No sound in flash movies Debian testing,firefox,nspluginwrapper, adobe 32-bit flash plugin??

2007-09-12 Thread Norval Watson
I also saw on this thread that someone purged and reinstalled several things to get flash (with audio, I think) working again. That sounds painful. Er, that would be my scorched earth method.. it's easier than you might think .. :o Norv

Re: debootstrap chroot failure

2007-06-21 Thread Norval Watson
Thanks Goswin I emailed existing bug #343098 with details.. and bootstrapping sarge failed also. BTW what does MfG. mean in your sig? I have been puzzled for three years... Cheers Norv Norval Watson eMail - [EMAIL PROTECTED] MySpace - www.myspace.com/norvalwatson Home Page - www.longforest.com

debootstrap chroot failure

2007-06-20 Thread Norval Watson
Hi, I cannot install a 32-bit chroot with debootstrap.. sid5600:/home/norv# debootstrap --arch i386 sid /var/chroot/sid-ia32 http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ I: Validating Packages I: Resolving dependencies of required packages... I: Resolving dependencies of base packages... I: Found additional

I broke my X

2006-05-26 Thread Norval Watson
Hi, My xserver is broken, maybe because I was a bit late changing my sources from debian-pure64 to debian-amd64 to just debian. I also did apt-get -f install a few times which might have made it worse. /var/log/Xorg.0.log shows ... Failed to load module GLcore ... Failed to load module speedo ...

gimp, gimp-data dependencies

2005-06-30 Thread Norval Watson
Hi, I apt-get installed a stack of new pkgs recently and gimp somehow got dropped along the way. Now when I try to reinstall gimp I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get install gimp Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may

Re: python-pymad dependencies

2005-05-02 Thread Norval Watson
On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 12:09 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Norval Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I changed the listings in my /etc/apt/sources.list from /pure64 to /debian-pure64. Are you using unstable or (now) testing? Pure64 has testing linked to sid so you might be downgrading

Re: Re: alsa-tools on debian amd64

2005-04-30 Thread Norval Watson
Thanks Kurt, Haroon, I apt-get installed build-essential libasound2-dev libgtk1.2-dev and I was able to compile the envy24control tool with gui. It seems to work OK! Thanks again, Norv -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Re: Re: chroot firefox flash plugin

2005-04-28 Thread Norval Watson
// What about installing X? Install package x-window-system-core, that should be enough. Thanks Javier, that did the trick. Now I have chrooted firefox with Flash working, Eureka! Thanks folks, Norv -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Re: chroot firefox flash plugin

2005-04-27 Thread Norval Watson
I used the linux32 wrapper and ran the flash installer on the 32bit firefox... It seemed to go OK.. but flash is still not working.. When I start the chrooted forefox I get plugin warnings: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ linux32 dchroot -c ia32 -d firefox (ia32) firefox (firefox-bin:5178): Gtk-WARNING **:

Re: chroot firefox flash plugin

2005-04-26 Thread Norval Watson
On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 16:41 -0700, tony mancill wrote: On Tue, April 26, 2005 16:22, Norval Watson said: I have got my sid-ia32 chroot and chrooted Firefox working. I try to install Flash into 32bit Firefox but installer only sees 64bit Firefox.. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/chroot/sid-ia32

Re: Audio tests on pure64

2005-02-08 Thread Norval Watson
However, Jamin segfaults after a brief flash of the GUI. Norval - could you do an apt-get install jamin on your Pure64 box, start jackd, run jamin and see if the same behaviour happens for you? Daniel Hey Daniel, FWIW, I started the 32bit demudi the other night, started jamin and got

Re: Anyone using gcc-3.4 port for audio work?

2005-01-25 Thread Norval Watson
the new 2.6.10+realtime-preempt+realtime-lsm. Will it be for 64 or NW 32 or both? Just 32, sorry. But I'll be glad to provide a 64 one if you briefly instruct me how to do. LOL, I wish I could.. it's a pity u can't run it thru the auto-builder... Norv -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Anyone using gcc-3.4 port for audio work?

2005-01-24 Thread Norval Watson
I'm not a kernel expert, but I guess that 2.6.x has better support for 64bit machines. It's just a rather arbitrary guess though. I am using 2.6.9 on both pure64 and 32bit demudi and I'm happy to try out the new 2.6.10+realtime-preempt+realtime-lsm. Will it be for 64 or 32 or both? Thanks

Re: Anyone using gcc-3.4 port for audio work?

2005-01-21 Thread Norval Watson
Hi Daniel, I have setup dual-boot system with pure64/sid and AGNULA/Demudi 1.2.1-rc1_i386. I am using pure64 as everyday desktop and Demudi for sound. I hope to add all the Demudi packages to 64 side so I can have a 64-bit Demudi. I think most pkgs are available in pure64 but some, eg Virtual

Re: rock solid motherboard

2005-01-12 Thread Norval Watson
Hi Filippo, I have GA-K8NSPro mobo, onboard sound is AC97 and works OK,LAN OK, USB ok. nv driver is OK but I don't run games so I haven't pushed it. There was an issue with two of the SATA inputs not being detected by the installer, if you connect the SATA drive/s to the inputs associated with the

jackd, realtime-lsm etc

2005-01-03 Thread Norval Watson
Hi, I would like to setup jackd (JACK) so I can build audio workstation. Do I need realtime-lsm module? Do I need to recompile kernel? Do I need low-latency patch? Do i need pre-emptive patch? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux pan64 2.6.9-10-amd64-k8 #1 Thu Dec 30 11:52:06 CET 2004 x86_64

Re: udev problems

2004-12-29 Thread Norval Watson
On Fri, 2004-12-24 at 19:04 -0600, Kunjan Shah wrote: On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 02:54:57 +1100, Norval Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been experiencing a similar problem.. I cannot install udev without losing x as described. I just did netinstall with sid from alioth and x is fine until

Re: udev problems

2004-12-24 Thread Norval Watson
I have been experiencing a similar problem.. I cannot install udev without losing x as described. I just did netinstall with sid from alioth and x is fine until udev is installed (ie. with gnome-desktop-environment). Then I get the problems described by Kunjan. I did aptitude purge udev, which

Re: Re: Bug#283595: SOLVED: Dual SATA controllers on GA-K8NS Pro

2004-12-04 Thread Norval Watson
Hi Christian, I did a reinstall on the Gigabyte K8NS Pro without the PCI network card, ie. using the onboard Yukon Gigabit 10/100/1000Base-T Adaptor. I can confirm the network driver works. It is sk98lin. The sound module works and is snd_intel8x0. USB works also. I have no Firewire device so I am

Re: SOLVED: Dual SATA controllers on GA-K8NS Pro

2004-12-02 Thread Norval Watson
On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 06:36 +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: Hmmm, you should have kept the original bug number of your install report in copy. Doing so, and keeping your whole answer. Sorry for breaking the thread, I am more used to forums than lists... Quoting Norval Watson ([EMAIL

SOLVED: Dual SATA controllers on GA-K8NS Pro

2004-12-01 Thread Norval Watson
The Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro motherboard has four points you can plug a SATA drive cable. They are SATA0_SB and SATA1_SB, both controlled by the onboard nVIDIA nForce3 250 chipset. I tried one of these and had no luck with 2.6 kernel, sarge i386 or sid-amd64, detecting my Seagate ST380013AS SATA

pure64 2GB HD install

2004-11-29 Thread Norval Watson
Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: sid-amd64-netinst.iso, 20041026, alioth uname -a: Linux pan64 2.6.9-9-amd64-k8 #1 Wed Nov 10 19:02:19 CET 2004 x86_64 GNU/Linux Date: Nov 27-30 2004 Method: Booted off sid-amd64-netinst.iso, 20041026 build. Used 2GB Seagate

Re: Official 2.6.8 kernel not booting?

2004-11-23 Thread Norval Watson
Hi Gasper, Which kernel did you use for initial install? I have very similar system: amd64 athlon 3000+, nforce3 chipset, Seagate sata hd, the motherboard is gigabyte ga-k8ns Pro. 2.6.8-1 kernel does not find Seagate SATA HD. Are your sound, network and usb drivers working? Regards, Norv My

Re: sid-amd64-netinst.iso install report

2004-11-21 Thread Norval Watson
On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 01:13, Lennart Sorensen wrote: Make sure sk98lin is listed in /etc/modules, and that eth0 has a config setup in /etc/network/interfaces (man interfaces for details). I edited /etc/modules, put in sk98lin, rebooted, and tried to ping the other machine on the NFS network.

Re: sid-amd64-netinst.iso install report

2004-11-21 Thread Norval Watson
On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 08:38, Peter A. Cole wrote: Hi Norv, I'm just jumping into this thread, but I can immediately see one thing that is obvious to me... Your netmask should be 255.255.255.0, not 255.25.255.0, or is this just a typo? Also, consider putting the line network 192.168.1.0

Re: sid-amd64-netinst.iso install report

2004-11-21 Thread Norval Watson
On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 01:01, Andrei Mikhailovsky wrote: Hi, A week ago I got myself a new m/b with 64bit 3200+ cpu. The motherboard is very similar to yours, namely GA-k8ns ultra for 939 pin cpu. I've downloaded the same netinstaller and didn't have any issues what so ever. The

Re: sid-amd64-netinst.iso install report

2004-11-18 Thread Norval Watson
On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 01:59, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 02:55:50PM +1100, Norval Watson wrote: Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/install-images/sid-amd64-netinst.iso 26 Oct 2004

Re: sid-amd64-netinst.iso install report

2004-11-18 Thread Norval Watson
on the network, even after rebooting, and sk98lin is still in lsmod. Have I missed something? Thanks, Norv On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 18:21, Frederik Schueler wrote: Hello, On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 03:57:16PM +1100, Norval Watson wrote: On-Board LAN: Built-n Marvell 8001 (10/100/1000 Mbit) my64:~# modprobe

Re: sid-amd64-netinst.iso install report

2004-11-17 Thread Norval Watson
Mobo is a Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro from the K8 Triton series. Some extra info from the manual that might help: on-Board Sound: ALC850 CODEC (UAJ) On-Board LAN: Built-n Marvell 8001 (10/100/1000 Mbit) Chipset: nVIDIA nForce 3 250 I tried: my64:~# modprobe forcedeth