Re: Mozilla scrolling problem

[KS] wrote: > Hello all, > > I have noticed the following problem a few times but wasn't able to > point out where it happened (still don't know why it happens). If you go > to http://www.debian.org/devel/ there are two columns viz. Basic and > Packaging. When the mouse wheel is scrolled, the page

Mustek 2400CU Plus [gt68xx] problem

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! I'm using Sarge 3.1r0a with sane 1.0.13-2 and sane-utils 1.0.16-1, the Mustek 2400CU Plus scanner. Well, I downloaded the PS2Dfw.usb firmware file as they say on their homepage, but managed to scan only the [distorted] half of the page. Then, I tr

Mozilla scrolling problem

Hello all, I have noticed the following problem a few times but wasn't able to point out where it happened (still don't know why it happens). If you go to http://www.debian.org/devel/ there are two columns viz. Basic and Packaging. When the mouse wheel is scrolled, the page start scrolling up as e

Re: reading boot messages

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wu-Kung Sun wrote: > Hello all, > how can I read the boot messages? I've had some big problems today > which I'll use other emails for but now when I reboot, suddenly > ifconfig reports a ppp0 and ppp1. Before I only had a ppp0. I got > some sort of

Re: Standarts for building debian packages

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am going to build a lot of debian packages and i wanted to know if > there are some standarts/templates/utilities for building debian > packages. Or i should write all in my scripts for each case ? > > For example i need to perform the following tasks: > 1) Build debia

Re: Spinning down external USB HDD

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [KS] wrote: > I have an external USB HDD which I use only for backups. Although the > disk spins down itself after about half an hour or more ( I checked for > half an hour last time and it was still spinning). I had installed > sdparm earlier but I c

Standarts for building debian packages

I am going to build a lot of debian packages and i wanted to know if there are some standarts/templates/utilities for building debian packages. Or i should write all in my scripts for each case ? For example i need to perform the following tasks: 1) Build debian package from some source. It mean c

RE: Can't install on ASUS MB -- need recommendation of MB that will work

Happened to me too (chipset Intel 82801EB/ER, SATA disk, PATA CD/DVD burner). I managed to make Debian install with linux26 by manually loading piix, ide-generic and ide-cd before the bloody ata-piix gets loaded by debian installer. Otherwise CDROM would not be detected at all - the SATA driver

Re: KDE or gnome: How to keep screen saver on - ie No shutdown of screen to black

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:05:53 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hubert Palme) wrote: > C> sudo xset -dpms ? > > How can I make this setting the default? > > It is lost on logout and I'm still searching a central place (script?) > where such settings are made when logging in on panels like kdm, xdm, > ..

Re: reading boot messages

Wu-Kung Sun wrote: On 8/14/05, Ed Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Type "dmesg" at the command line. Well there are several boot messages that don't appear in dmesg. Is there a way to make dmesg exactly the same? Also dmesh quickly fills with what I guess are iptables messages (I'm

Re: Need Help Installing Debian on My Computer

Court Thomas wrote: > I have a new computer and am having a hard time installing linux. > The computer is a Dell XPS pentium 4 system. The BIOS identifies > the system as a 64 bit system. That is Intel's implementation of the amd64 architecture previously known as x86-64. This is also known as I

Re: reading boot messages

On 8/14/05, Ed Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Type "dmesg" at the command line. > Well there are several boot messages that don't appear in dmesg. Is there a way to make dmesg exactly the same? Also dmesh quickly fills with what I guess are iptables messages (I'm using firestarted until I c

Re: Need Help Installing Debian on My Computer

Quoting Court Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I have a new computer and am having a hard time installing linux. The computer is a Dell XPS pentium 4 system. The BIOS identifies the system as a 64 bit system. I've tried installing SUSE 9.3 but with little luck. My computer is capable of booting f

Re: gphoto2 - permissions

On August 14, 2005 04:44, Joan Tur wrote: > Es Diumenge Agost 14 2005 01:23, en Roy Pluschke va escriure: > | problem: > | "gphoto2 -P" (download all pictures) works as root > | "gphoto2 -P" won't work as regular user -- gives following error > > The user has to belong to the right group... but I'm

RE: reading boot messages

Type "dmesg" at the command line. Cheers, Ed -Original Message- From: Wu-Kung Sun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 9:44 PM To: Debian-users Subject: reading boot messages Hello all, how can I read the boot messages? I've had some big problems today which I'll u

madwifi, dwl-G510 and Debian 3.1

I'm trying to get a dlink DWL-G510 wifi board working with a Debian 3.1 system. Currently I'm running a stock 2.4.27 kernel. So far the stock kernel doesn't seem to see the card and reports only the onboard ETH0 ethernet. I set this system up using my onboard ethernet as ETH0 but I want to se

reading boot messages

Hello all, how can I read the boot messages? I've had some big problems today which I'll use other emails for but now when I reboot, suddenly ifconfig reports a ppp0 and ppp1. Before I only had a ppp0. I got some sort of ppp error with instructions but I can't read it fast enough. I can't see i

MySQL setup cloning?

In a thread under this subject line, I got advice from Wayne Topa and Maurits van Rees on how to use mysqldump to clone my setup from one Debian server to another. Today I finally got around to trying this. It failed. I got "ERROR 1064" when trying to import the dumped file into MySQL on the oth

Re: help

I'm sorry for sent rubbish message. I guest i can get some auto reply help message when i send 'help. hehe. Greg Vickers wrote: I originally replied to the poster "OK", but here's a much better reply: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Greg NetSnake wrote: help

Need Help Installing Debian on My Computer

I have a new computer and am having a hard time installing linux. The computer is a Dell XPS pentium 4 system. The BIOS identifies the system as a 64 bit system. I've tried installing SUSE 9.3 but with little luck. My computer is capable of booting from the CD drive, but when I try booting t

Re: XTerm and Bitstream Vera

On 8/14/05, Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > xterm -fa "Bitstream Vera" -fs 8 This is a great setting! Thank you very much! Kumar

Re: XTerm and Bitstream Vera

On 2005-08-14 17:47:12 +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Vincent Lefevre: > > The fonts "fixed" and Bitstream Vera Monospace size 8 are OK for that, > > but with BVM size 8, the accented characters look strange. > > I don't agree but size 8 is way to small on my display anyway. There is > always a tra

CD file copying problem with kernel 2.6

I dual boot this computer to Debian 3.1 Sarge with kernel 2.6 and Windows 2000. Some time ago I created some VCDs on the Windows 2000, using Nero, on a Sony CDRW. Now I tried to copy the video file, named avseq01.dat, from the VCD, and it fails every time. I can copy the file easily to Windows 2

Re: control-b in konsole

On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 11:28:51AM +0200, Maurits van Rees wrote: > On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 09:38:13AM -0400, Ron Peterson wrote: > > There is a ctrl-b function in konsole that brings up a little dialog > > "Add Bookmark - Konsole". Where it comes from, I don't know. How to > > shut it off, I don

Re: Kernel 2.6.8-2-686 panics

Hi Martin, > I have installed kernel 2.6.8-2 686 on a newly > installed sarge machine, P4 on > an Asus P5P800, on startup the kernel panics saying > /dev/console not found, > however /dev/console exists, how can this situation > be rectified. Have you just upgraded from a 2.4.27 to 2.6 kernel?

What is the driver for a framebuffer of a Hercules card? (was: Re: How do I get a /dev/fb0 from my Hercules Kyro?)

On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 05:02:44PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 08:25:58PM +0200, wim wrote: > > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > >On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 01:42:51PM +0100, Wackojacko wrote: > > > > > >>>I'm one of those poor wretches with a Hercules Prophet Kyro > > >>>PCI video car

Re: demon usb modem [WAS: suggestions of uncapped Broadband >512Kbp in UK]

On Sat, 2005-08-13 at 14:51 +0100, linux wrote: > At 11:33 13/08/2005, you wrote: > > >At 12:22 12/08/2005, you wrote: > > > >>On Friday 12 Aug 2005 12:03, TreeBoy wrote: > >> > The instructions I followed were: > >> > > >> > http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/docs/sargehowto.html > >> >

Re: help

I originally replied to the poster "OK", but here's a much better reply: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Greg NetSnake wrote: > help > -- Greg Vickers Project Manager, IT Security Information Technology Services Queensland University of Technology L12, 126 Margaret St, Bris

Re: dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available'

On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 08:19:04 -0700 Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any ideas about how to fix? > > laptop:/home/moseley# apt-get update > Get:1 http://bumby unstable/main Packages [3755kB] > [...] > Fetched 5384kB in 1m14s (72.0kB/s)

Spinning down external USB HDD

Hi, I have an external USB HDD which I use only for backups. Although the disk spins down itself after about half an hour or more ( I checked for half an hour last time and it was still spinning). I had installed sdparm earlier but I couldn't spin it down using it. Is there any way using sdparm or

Loadlin under Config.sys -- AAAAGH!

Man pages and user guides have turned me bug eyed these last three months. This is my first attempt at perfroming a Linux installation and I am totaly lost. Here is my situation; My machine is an old 200 mHz "all in one" with two hard drives and an internal modem (56K vanilla generic) and 128

Re: lame not in the debian package repository?

On Sunday 14 August 2005 08:25 am, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 02:45:21PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > Then you should use MS Windows. :-/ > > I do, for some things. For other things, I use Linux, for still other > things I use oBSD, and for yet more things, I use MacOS X. B

Re: OT: wireless router modems

On Sunday 14 August 2005 06:35 am, linux wrote: > Having been hit by not-so-obvious probs in my previous (non-wireless) > router, I'm wondering if anybody here has had experience of any of the > below and would care to comment, particularly about any ''bugs'' (eg > automatic, non-programmable wirew

tzfile Modifications for the United States

Since the new energy bill was signed in to law, the existing tzfile information for all those parts of the United States that use DST needs to be tweaked so the automatic change will occur at the correct times. Will there be new tzfile sets we can download that have been modified or do we

Re: Any package on Debian to convert a WAVE file into MP3?

Rishi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > This is the output of the 'file' command which I guess indicates the > type of audio file format. > > --- > rec02.wav: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, IMA ADPCM, mono 8000 Hz >

Re: Planet Penguin Racer problems

Hi Laura and Laura's dad! * Laura Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050812 00:18]: > I (David Bruce) am Laura's dad. We are having trouble with > PlanetPenguinRacer (the successor to TuxRacer). Upon starting a course, > the view perspective switches to looking back at the penguin instead of > lookin

Re: customizing thunderbird

belahcene wrote: > Hi, > I have an acount on mail server ( call it myMailserv), > on my PC1 ( running linux Sarge) I created a count in thunderbird to > send and READ my email. It is OK, > Now from another machine PC2 , I created a local count to access to my > email (Read and send) , the count is

customizing thunderbird

Hi, I have an acount on mail server ( call it myMailserv), on my PC1 ( running linux Sarge) I created a count in thunderbird to send and READ my email. It is OK, Now from another machine PC2 , I created a local count to access to my email (Read and send) , the count is the same of course in the

Re: DVD+R writing problems

On 10. August 2005 at 10:50AM +1000, Brendon Lloyd Higgins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Recently I upgraded my disc burner to a LiteOn SOHW-1693S Dual > Format Double Layer DVD burner. I've been trying it out but > I've run into problems trying to burn DVD+R discs. Of the 50 or > so tries so far (

Re: Problem configuring a local .deb repository -- SOLVED!

Harold Crouch wrote: > Problem solved! In the future you might consider using 'debarchiver' to build the archive and 'dupload' (or 'dput') to put your custom debs into it. This makes managing a personal depot very easy. apt-cache show debarchiver apt-cache show dupload Bob signature.asc De

Re: XTerm and Bitstream Vera

Vincent Lefevre: > On 2005-08-14 15:18:43 +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > > The Monospace font looks good with at least size 9 on my screen (14" > > laptop, 1024x768). > > Ditto here. Unfortunately, with size 9, two side-to-side xterm's don't > fit on my screen (and 3 side-to-side xterm's don't f

Re: end of google cg1

On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 06:58:01AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > It appears that google cg1 is a thing of the past. > Only beta out there now. Yeah, groups.google.ca has gone away, which is the one I was using. Too bad, really. Google Groups and GMail demonstrate even for the most clueless tha

Re: lame not in the debian package repository?

On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 02:45:21PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Then you should use MS Windows. :-/ I do, for some things. For other things, I use Linux, for still other things I use oBSD, and for yet more things, I use MacOS X. -- Marc Wilson | Behind every great computer sits a skinny

Re: dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available'

On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 08:02:05PM +0200, Bob Vloon wrote: > Hi, > > BM> Any ideas about how to fix? > > What about /var/lib/dpkg/available-old? Is it corrupted also? Yes. dpkg-query: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 1: field name `ôh²Îñb ' must be followed by colon dpk

Re: Ndiswrapper

On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 23:52:22 -0500 Teilhard Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello: > > I am a newbie in Debian with a tiny experience in Mandrake. > > I have been trying to put my wireless adapter at work in Debian. Compilation > of the binary drivers was impossible, so I am trying to insta

Re: Kernels 2.4.x and 2.6.x coexistence issues

Antonio Rodriguez wrote: I would like to know what problems could occur from installing both kernels in sarge and how to deal with them. I can think of 1. alsa problems 2. cdrecord problems 3. mounting points problems (cdrom is expected in different places) 4. X problems (mouse expected in diffe

Re: OT: wireless router modems

On 2005-08-14 14:35:30 +0100, linux wrote: > WAG54G Wireless ADSL Router with 4 port switch > Manufacturers Code: WAG54G/UK > > > Belkin > We ha

Re: XTerm and Bitstream Vera

On 2005-08-14 15:18:43 +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: > But I don't understand, why anyone on the world would want a > proportional font in a terminal anyway. If you use "Bitstream Vera > Monospace", you get a much better result. I agree. > The Monospace font looks good with at least size 9 on my sc

OT: wireless router modems

Having been hit by not-so-obvious probs in my previous (non-wireless) router, I'm wondering if anybody here has had experience of any of the below and would care to comment, particularly about any ''bugs'' (eg automatic, non-programmable wirewalls):

Re: Any package on Debian to convert a WAVE file into MP3?

On 2005-08-14 02:00:14 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > Shame, you forgot to mention that ogg/vorbis files of the same > source, and the same size as the .mp3 files would be, sound better > in almost any a/b comparison. I haven't checked myself, but according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg_Vor

Re: XTerm and Bitstream Vera

Vincent Lefevre: > On 2005-08-14 02:41:18 +0200, Olle Eriksson wrote: > > On Saturday 13 August 2005 20.46, Tom wrote: > > > > > I once read something like "xterm -fa "Bitstream Vera Sans" -fs 12", > > With that, a 80-column xterm doesn't fit on my screen!!! It doesn't fit on my screen either. Bu

Re: lame not in the debian package repository?

On 2005-08-13 23:53:11 -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > Paul did not point out that it was better to use a tool that > implements a patent-free algorithm. He merely made the usual "use > Vorbis!" knee-jerk reaction. > > Personally, I find "more widely supported" a compelling measure of > "better". The

Re: XTerm and Bitstream Vera

On 2005-08-14 02:41:18 +0200, Olle Eriksson wrote: > On Saturday 13 August 2005 20.46, Tom wrote: > > I once read something like "xterm -fa "Bitstream Vera Sans" -fs 12", With that, a 80-column xterm doesn't fit on my screen!!! (Perhaps because of some Unicode characters, that are very large...)

Re: SiI 3112A + Seagate HDs = still no go?

tigergutt wrote: søn, 14,.08.2005 kl. 10.31 +0100, skrev Chris Boot: tigergutt wrote: tor, 11,.08.2005 kl. 18.59 +0100, skrev Chris Boot: Hi all, I just recently took the plunge and bought 4 250 GB Seagate drives and a 2 port Silicon Image 3112A controller card for the 2

Re: Any package on Debian to convert a WAVE file into MP3?

On Sunday 14 August 2005 06:19, Rishi wrote: >> Just an idea looking at the message you have got: Maybe lame does not >> convert mono streams. Why not use sox to convert mono to stereo and >> then lame to convert it to mp3. It would be better if you can make sox >> directly convert to mp3. > >Hi Sr

Re: SiI 3112A + Seagate HDs = still no go?

søn, 14,.08.2005 kl. 10.31 +0100, skrev Chris Boot: > tigergutt wrote: > > >tor, 11,.08.2005 kl. 18.59 +0100, skrev Chris Boot: > > > > > >>Hi all, > >> > >>I just recently took the plunge and bought 4 250 GB Seagate drives > >>and a 2 port Silicon Image 3112A controller card for the 2 drives

Re: gphoto2 - permissions

Es Diumenge Agost 14 2005 01:23, en Roy Pluschke va escriure: | problem: | "gphoto2 -P" (download all pictures) works as root | "gphoto2 -P" won't work as regular user -- gives following error The user has to belong to the right group... but I'm not sure if that group is camera and/or plugdev. Ho

2 Question about Mirroring Scripts /DVD image creation

Hello everyone, I have to question regarding a local mirror I have set up to allow me and some friends to regularly update out systems without downloading everything again and again for every computer. I'm currently using the "anonftpsync" script, which is available in the mirroring section of

Re: Any package on Debian to convert a WAVE file into MP3?

Rishi wrote: > I'm trying to convert it into an mp3. deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free restricted apt-get install bladeenc or apt-get install lame or apt-get install gogo -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email:

Kernels 2.4.x and 2.6.x coexistence issues

I would like to know what problems could occur from installing both kernels in sarge and how to deal with them. I can think of 1. alsa problems 2. cdrecord problems 3. mounting points problems (cdrom is expected in different places) 4. X problems (mouse expected in different places) These last two

Re: Any package on Debian to convert a WAVE file into MP3?

> Just an idea looking at the message you have got: Maybe lame does not > convert mono streams. Why not use sox to convert mono to stereo and then > lame to convert it to mp3. It would be better if you can make sox > directly convert to mp3. Hi Sridhar, You're a dude. Thanks I installed sox and

Re: lame not in the debian package repository?

Rishi: > > Does anyone know of hardware ogg players (usb) that I can buy? This question was answered just a couple of days ago. Search for "Portable OGG Player". My recommendation: Iriver H120 (or H140, for 40GB instead of 20). J. -- I frequently find myself at the top of the stairs with absolu

Re: Any package on Debian to convert a WAVE file into MP3?

On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 12:38:40PM +0530, Rishi wrote: > > This is the output of the 'file' command which I guess indicates the > type of audio file format. > > --- > rec02.wav: RIFF (little-endian) data, W

Re: Colors is Firefox

2005/8/13, Vi Arguelles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dave Ewart wrote: > > >OK, I understand. Given that you don't want to force *every* page to > >follow your own choice, perhaps you should define your own basic CSS and > >then use it for sites you deem 'poorly designed' by using the > >WebDeveloper e

Re: mutt + thunderbird

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 mess-mate wrote: > Dave Ewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | mess-mate wrote: > | > Hi, > | > is there any way to deal my imap mailbox between mutt and > | > thunderbird ? > | > Thunderbird doen't see the messages in my folders, also when > | > subscri

Re: SiI 3112A + Seagate HDs = still no go?

tigergutt wrote: tor, 11,.08.2005 kl. 18.59 +0100, skrev Chris Boot: Hi all, I just recently took the plunge and bought 4 250 GB Seagate drives and a 2 port Silicon Image 3112A controller card for the 2 drives my motherboard doesn't handle. No matter how hard I try, I can't get the ha

Re: mutt + thunderbird

Dave Ewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- | Hash: SHA1 | | mess-mate wrote: | > Hi, | > is there any way to deal my imap mailbox between mutt and | > thunderbird ? | > Thunderbird doen't see the messages in my folders, also when | > subscribed to. | > The permissio

Re: end of google cg1

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > It appears that google cg1 is a thing of the past. > Only beta out there now. Yes, that's the situation at the moment: http://www.geocities.com/googlepubsupgenfaq/gg1_sites.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: end of google cg1

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > It appears that google cg1 is a thing of the past. > Only beta out there now. Yes, that's the situtation at the moment: http://www.geocities.com/googlepubsupgenfaq/gg1_sites.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Bitstream Vera + XTerm

On a machine on which I had installed from ISOs generated from a Sarge snapshot (23rd March, 2005), XTerm used the Bitstream Vera Mono font, and it looked wonderful. The system used XFree86. Now, on another machine, I have an up-to-date unstable system. While all major apps (KDE+GNOME, Mozilla Fir

Re: debian 3..1 sarge

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 00:40:30 +0200 matt turned these thoughts into words and wrote: |- dear friends |- |- i hadnt luck install above mentioned distribution on my notebook. i had |- succes by standard install but after reboot ing it hangs. it hangs by |- the kernel 2.6 too. i

Re: Any package on Debian to convert a WAVE file into MP3?

On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 02:00:14AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 14 August 2005 01:18, Paul Johnson wrote: > >On Saturday 13 August 2005 10:08 pm, Rishi wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> Is there any program on Debian that can convert a wave file into > >> mp3? > > > >No, because of BMG Music's pat

Re: Any package on Debian to convert a WAVE file into MP3?

> There are > unofficial packages for encoders (like lame) available from sources > that can be readily found at http://www.apt-get.org/ . Hello again, I got this site that contained the 'lame' package. deb http://mail.linuxvar.it/~gianluca/athlon-xp testing main This is the output of the 'f