Re: installation guide

2006-08-05 Thread Mumia W.
On 08/05/2006 10:45 PM, Nasi wrote: I already installed Debian in my systiem. when reboot asked login name & passward after entering this a promt coming like "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$" what is next aptitude install debian-reference-en aptitude install lynx lynx /usr/share/doc/Debian/reference/in

Re: /dev/hda full - cannot find used space

2006-08-05 Thread Mumia W.
On 08/05/2006 11:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone, Hello I have recently noticed that the hda partition is full. The problem is that I can't see where the space has gone. From the du listings, I can account for maybe 70MB on hda, but nowhere near 250MB. I would be grateful for

Re: Shutdown my Laptop? Why should I?

2006-08-05 Thread Steve Lamb
Russell L. Harris wrote: > So it generally is best to use a laptop in the service for which a > laptop was designed. But if you keep the machine in a cool room, it may > run for years in continuous service. Certainly has been the case for my laptop. When I left one job a few years ago I wa

Fwd: Re: /dev/hda full - cannot find used space

2006-08-05 Thread Robert Jeffrey Miesen
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: /dev/hda full - cannot find used space Date: Saturday 05 August 2006 22:36 From: Robert Jeffrey Miesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you tried running 'fsck -c /dev/hda1'? That would reveal the presence of orphan nodes, whi

video on amd64

2006-08-05 Thread Seb
Hi, I got a new AMD64 system and installed all the packages (from testing) I used under my previous 32 bit machine. Some packages are not yet available for this architecture (notably openoffice.org). And today I was disappointed to see that video, under any player (KDE: kaffeine, mplayer, and GN

serverauth files - Never before seen..

2006-08-05 Thread M-L
Using Debian Etch on an Acer 3614 WLCI lappy In my /home directory these files are created:- .serverauth.3861 .serverauth.3862 .serverauth.3863 etc., etc., What process creates them, and why? Though the answer might be the one, and why do they keep building up in number and never being deleted

Xv -- unusable colors with Xv/auto driver & i915GM

2006-08-05 Thread Matej Cepl
Hi, when playing any video with kaffeine 0.8.1 (KDE 3.5.3, Xorg 7.0.22, xserver-xorg-video-i810 1.5.1.0-2, Debian/testing) with i915GM video card (Dell Inspiron 2200), I have totally sc.ewed up colors with Xv driver (or auto, which probably uses the same) -- it looks like scientific images with ar

/dev/hda full - cannot find used space

2006-08-05 Thread nicksub500-deb
Hi Everyone, I have a sarge installation, which has been running perfectly for a year or so. It runs a small office - mail, ldap, database, network drives, etc. It was installed in standard sarge multi user configuration. It has an 80GB hard disk and a 250GB external drive mounted via USB2 for ba

Re: VMWare for Debian?

2006-08-05 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 04 August 2006 18:12, Carl Fink wrote: > On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 04:36:22PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Friday 04 August 2006 14:39, Carl Fink wrote: > > > Now that FSW is in the process of freeing VMWare Server (it's already > > > free of charge, and they plan to release the source

installation guide

2006-08-05 Thread Nasi
I already installed Debian in my systiem.when reboot asked login name & passwardafter entering this a promt coming like "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$"what is next-- Naseem Mangalatheyil Mob: +91 50 8252091

Re: Gaim 2 beta?

2006-08-05 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 8/5/06, Katipo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Or you could consider this variant... http://www.scatterchat.com/ You can do what Scatterchat appears to do by installing Tor (apt-get install tor) and configuring Gaim to use Socks 4 or 5 proxy to your localhost at 9050. Plus, Gaim users can do e

Diskless Debian

2006-08-05 Thread Frank Hart
A couple of months ago, I switched from a normal PC router to a Linksys WRT54G with OpenWRT. It's a good image but the problem is space. There is barely room for an OpenVPN server and shorewall. Also, I'm somewhat worried about timely updates. One of the big pro's is that the device is quiet and do

Re: Sarge 3.1r1 -> 3.1r2

2006-08-05 Thread Mumia W.
On 08/05/2006 05:33 PM, Luis Ariel Lecca wrote: [...] If somebody know a site that where I get these cds I will apreciate your help very much. [...] There are many vendors of Debian. Look at the Debian vendors on the web site http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: Sarge 3.1r1 ?

2006-08-05 Thread Luis Ariel Lecca
Exactly Florian !!! :D jojo THANKS A LOT ! Luis Ariel Lecca - Original Message - From: "Florian Kulzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 9:12 PM Subject: Re: Sarge 3.1r1 ? > On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 21:41:05 -0300, Luis Ariel Lecca wrote: > > Hello again, I will a

Re: RFC: Well supported scanners under Linux?

2006-08-05 Thread cr
> On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:40:03 -0300 > > Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear people, > > > > I have some photos that I would like to preserve in a digital form > > and I thought of using a scanner for this. > > > > Unfortunately, I my knowlegdge about scanners is zero and I have > > a

external hard-disk enclosure advice?

2006-08-05 Thread Miles Bader
Hi, I'm looking for advice on buying a new hard-drive / external hard-drive enclosure: I'm currently using a rather elderly PC with a 5 GB SCSI hard-disk; it has a (old-style) PCI bus and USB 1, but that's about it. Given the way disk prices have fallen, I'd like to get a new bigger disk (say 40-

Re: Naming multiple alsa sound cards (was Re: synthetic sound generator with api)

2006-08-05 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
CJ van den Berg wrote: On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 05:20:38PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: For the alsa behaved apps (like libao) you set alsa_card=1 or 0 and ao_example.c plays on either one soundcard or the other. Just a small tip. On machines with multiple sound devices the alsa card numbers m

Re: Sarge 3.1r1 ?

2006-08-05 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 21:41:05 -0300, Luis Ariel Lecca wrote: > Hello again, I will apreciate some help: > > > Hello all, > > Could any body tell me where could I get Debian Sarge > > > > 3.1r1. I can't find somes cds that I need (cd4, cd8 and cd11). > > > > Should I use the cd3 of 3.1r2

Re: how to schedule a command

2006-08-05 Thread gcrimp
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 01:08:40AM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: > I type "crontab -e" and add a line that have 6 fields, > but it does not work. > Is the last line of your crontab file a blank line, no characters on it? Can't remember why crontab requires this, but it does (or it used to). See m

Re: Gaim 2 beta?

2006-08-05 Thread Katipo
Mathias Brodala wrote: Hello Mathias. Does anyone know any Gaim 2 beta packages for Etch or SID? The third beta is in the experimental repository. But be aware that it can crash your system. Or you could consider this variant... http://www.scatterchat.com/ Regards, -- To

Re: Sarge 3.1r1 -> 3.1r2

2006-08-05 Thread Luis Ariel Lecca
Thank Hendrik very much for your detalled answer: Use an internet conection to donwload special packages is not to be possible. I dont have access from my local network (Enterprise Rules) for this purpose. :( I have my 2 DVDs of Debian but I can use neither a DVD reader (Enterprise Rules). Just a

Re: Sarge 3.1r1 -> 3.1r2

2006-08-05 Thread Luis Ariel Lecca
Thanks Mumia. It was usefull, Luis Ariel Beca - Original Message - From: "Mumia W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User" Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 7:42 PM Subject: Re: Sarge 3.1r1 -> 3.1r2 > On 08/04/2006 01:50 PM, Luis Ariel Lecca wrote: > > Hello all, > > Could any body tell m

Sarge 3.1r1 ?

2006-08-05 Thread Luis Ariel Lecca
Hello again, I will apreciate some help: > Hello all, > Could any body tell me where could I get Debian Sarge > > 3.1r1. I can't find somes cds that I need (cd4, cd8 and cd11). > > Should I use the cd3 of 3.1r2 instead of cd3 of 3.1r1 and mix > the releases ? > Does it breaks the stabili

Re: pine

2006-08-05 Thread m
It wasn't when I looked three or four years ago, but the source is available from Washington University (www.washington.edu/pine/) and it is (or was then) really easy to compile & install. Regards, Max -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: chroot doesn't work, among other things.

2006-08-05 Thread Roger Leigh
"David R. Litwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 04/08/06, Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Also, install strace, and run "strace -f -F -o /tmp/log chroot > > /mnt/hda3" and check the results of the log. Put it up for download > > somewhere, and we can take a

Re: installing apache into alternate directory?

2006-08-05 Thread Miles Fidelman
Steve and Roberto, Thanks! I guess I'll have to do this manually - not a big deal. I have two servers that need to run with very different configurations, so I've always found it easier to run completely different directories. Miles Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 04:06:1

Re: Problem with xmms in testing and unstable

2006-08-05 Thread Dougie Nisbet
LeVA wrote: I had a similar problem with xmms. I'm using the crossfade plugin and after a few xmms upgrades it started to hang occasionally. I had to recompile the crossfade plugin with the xmms-dev package and now it works fine. HTH, Daniel Thanks for the tip. I've just checked and I do

Big thanks to Dave Beckett! (libcairo2)

2006-08-05 Thread Steve Lamb
Mucho thanks Dave. Just updated libcairo2 and Firefox loves me again. Hopefully everyone else who was having problems with their GTK2 apps gets some update lovin' going soon. :) -- Steve C. Lamb | But who decides what they dream? PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | And dream

Re: installing apache into alternate directory?

2006-08-05 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 04:06:16PM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > I can't seem to find an answer in any of the normal places, so... > > Short of making from scratch, is there a way to get apt-get to install a > copy of apache in an alternate directory, so I can run several demons in > parallel?

Re: installing apache into alternate directory?

2006-08-05 Thread Steve Kemp
On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 04:06:16PM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Short of making from scratch, is there a way to get apt-get to install a > copy of apache in an alternate directory, so I can run several demons in > parallel? No. Still Apache is fairly flexible and can offer multiple sites

installing apache into alternate directory?

2006-08-05 Thread Miles Fidelman
I can't seem to find an answer in any of the normal places, so... Short of making from scratch, is there a way to get apt-get to install a copy of apache in an alternate directory, so I can run several demons in parallel? Thanks much, Miles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: debootstap problem

2006-08-05 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 06:57:22PM +0800, Wang Xu wrote: > 2006/8/5, S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > >debootstrap sid /sid-root/ http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian > >after some download i got this messege: > >E: Couldn't download base-config > > > > > The base-config package has

Re: Why i can not mount my USB stick automatically?

2006-08-05 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 08:09:13 -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 21:55:40 +0800, Richard van der Veen wrote: > > > Hello I use Debian Sid and i used to have this configuration that whenever > i > > > put the USB stick into the computer i see a window

Accelerated-X and Trident XP4 m32 LP

2006-08-05 Thread gustavo halperin
Hello Some of you have any experience with Accelerated-X x-server ? I have a Toshiba Portege R100 with Graphic driver Trident XP4 m32 LP. I'm thinking to buy the X-server from Accelerated-X, but first I want be sure that it server is compatible with Debian and also that I will have 3D acceler

Re: seg fault in apt-get after disk filled up

2006-08-05 Thread David Goodenough
On Saturday 05 August 2006 18:51, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 05:03:28PM +0100, David Goodenough wrote: > > I have a small machine that I keep completely up to date. It ran out of > > disk space in the middle of an update and now every time it tries to > > you mean compl

Re: seg fault in apt-get after disk filled up

2006-08-05 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 05:03:28PM +0100, David Goodenough wrote: > I have a small machine that I keep completely up to date. It ran out of > disk space in the middle of an update and now every time it tries to you mean completely out of disk space? or just your /var partition? maybe apt-get cle

Re: RFC: Well supported scanners under Linux?

2006-08-05 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 11:24:17AM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:40:03 -0300 > Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear people, > > > > I have some photos that I would like to preserve in a digital form > > and I thought of using a scanner for this. > > > > Unfortunat

Re: En: erro with Sound (deb unstable)

2006-08-05 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 04:29:33PM +, rafael ferraz wrote: > I tunr off the mixing per software (ESD) in Desktop>Preferences>Sound and the > sound is working normal now. Can i use the ESD and dont break the soundsys?? As I said, I beleive there is a esd plugin for xmms that would allow thembo

Re: Bash scripts and multi-word filenames

2006-08-05 Thread John O'Hagan
Thanks for these replies: three different solutions (so far), all of which work! John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

En: erro with Sound (deb unstable)

2006-08-05 Thread rafael ferraz
I tunr off the mixing per software (ESD) in Desktop>Preferences>Sound and the sound is working normal now. Can i use the ESD and dont break the soundsys??Thanksrafael ferraz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: Data: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 18:26:20 + (GMT)De: rafael ferraz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Assunto: erro wi

Re: Sound specialists,help appreciated.Extensive description.

2006-08-05 Thread John O'Hagan
On Saturday 05 August 2006 20:45, Anthony Renaud wrote: > I did jackstart --driver=alsa and > jackstart --realtime --driver=alsa > > In both cases I received the following warning: > > jackstart: cannot get realtime capabilities, >current capabilities are: >=ep cap_se

Re: Shutdown my Laptop? Why should I?

2006-08-05 Thread Mike McCarty
Russell L. Harris wrote: [in regards to laptop hard discs] The situation is not simple. Indeed, it is not. [snip some very good information] The head of the drive normally flies (in the aerodynamic sense) above the spinning media; there is no contact with the media while the drive spinnin

Re: RFC: Well supported scanners under Linux?

2006-08-05 Thread Jacob S
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:40:03 -0300 Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear people, > > I have some photos that I would like to preserve in a digital form > and I thought of using a scanner for this. > > Unfortunately, I my knowlegdge about s

Re: udev, hal, pmount

2006-08-05 Thread T
On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:14:29 -0700, Jim McCloskey wrote: > Hello. I'm using the combination of hal, udev, and pmount on my laptop so > that removable devices (usb sticks, an audio player, a camera) will be > automatically detected and mounted when inserted. > > All is working well, and I'm please

Re: Wireless PCMCIA, Micron laptop

2006-08-05 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
For the record, GNOME is fine now, but I still can't assemble this driver. The README says: RTL Linux Driver version 1.5 for linux 2.6 kernel 2.6.5 on Fedora core 2.0 I assumed this didn't matter if I was compiling it myself... sound reasonable, or should I use this wrapper thing on the Windows d

seg fault in apt-get after disk filled up

2006-08-05 Thread David Goodenough
I have a small machine that I keep completely up to date. It ran out of disk space in the middle of an update and now every time it tries to build its dependancy tree it gets to about 50% and then seg faults. It is running package apt 0.6.45. I have copied the old available and status files in

Re: Why i can not mount my USB stick automatically?

2006-08-05 Thread Willie Wonka
Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 21:55:40 +0800, Richard van der Veen wrote: > > Hello I use Debian Sid and i used to have this configuration that whenever i > > put the USB stick into the computer i see a window opened to let me choose if > > i want to mount the stick and see its

Re: Why i can not mount my USB stick automatically?

2006-08-05 Thread Richard van der Veen
On Saturday 05 August 2006 22:20, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 21:55:40 +0800, Richard van der Veen wrote: > > Hello I use Debian Sid and i used to have this configuration that > > whenever i put the USB stick into the computer i see a window opened to > > let me choose if i want

Regina Rexx Curses

2006-08-05 Thread Don Swaner
The documentation for Package: regina-rexx (3.3-1) says it contains "external function package to interface to curses library", but I can't find any documentation to the curses interface. The interface apparently is not rexx/curses (as found at source forge), or the rexx/curses pieces are miss

Re: Why i can not mount my USB stick automatically?

2006-08-05 Thread Ken Wahl
On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 09:55:40PM +0800, Richard van der Veen wrote: > Hello I use Debian Sid and i used to have this configuration that whenever i > put the USB stick into the computer i see a window opened to let me choose if > i want to mount the stick and see its contents. But after some upd

Re: Why i can not mount my USB stick automatically?

2006-08-05 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 21:55:40 +0800, Richard van der Veen wrote: > Hello I use Debian Sid and i used to have this configuration that whenever i > put the USB stick into the computer i see a window opened to let me choose if > i want to mount the stick and see its contents. But after some updat

Why i can not mount my USB stick automatically?

2006-08-05 Thread Richard van der Veen
Hello I use Debian Sid and i used to have this configuration that whenever i put the USB stick into the computer i see a window opened to let me choose if i want to mount the stick and see its contents. But after some updates this behaviour is not working anymore ... the window still pops up wot

Re: Sarge 3.1r1 -> 3.1r2

2006-08-05 Thread hendrik
On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 05:42:38PM -0500, Mumia W. wrote: > On 08/04/2006 01:50 PM, Luis Ariel Lecca wrote: > > Hello all, > > Could any body tell me where could I get Debian Sarge > > > > 3.1r1. I cant find somes cds that I need (p.e. cd3). > > > > Should I use the cd3 of 3.1r2 instead these and

Re: Gaim 2 beta?

2006-08-05 Thread Wang Xu
Hi Mathias, 2006/8/5, Mathias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Does anyone know any Gaim 2 beta packages for Etch or SID? I'm really interested in trying this version on linux. I didn't get very far with the source and the rpm is saying the SSL is missing when I try connecting to MSN. It has already been i

Re: Gaim 2 beta?

2006-08-05 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello Mathias. > Does anyone know any Gaim 2 beta packages for Etch or SID? The third beta is in the experimental repository. But be aware that it can crash your system. Regards, Mathias signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Gaim 2 beta?

2006-08-05 Thread Mathias
Hi! Does anyone know any Gaim 2 beta packages for Etch or SID? I'm really interested in trying this version on linux. I didn't get very far with the source and the rpm is saying the SSL is missing when I try connecting to MSN. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

Re: Bash scripts and multi-word filenames

2006-08-05 Thread Beat Seeliger
On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 03:45:26PM +1000, John O'Hagan wrote: > Hi, > > I keep running into this particular gap in my scripting, and hope someone can > clear it up for me. > > FILES=$( ls SOMEWHERE ) #or find or grep, etc > > for FILE in $FILES; do SOMETHING; done > > I often find that if

Re: Bash scripts and multi-word filenames

2006-08-05 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2006-08-05 15:45:26 +1000, John O'Hagan wrote: > FILES=$( ls SOMEWHERE ) #or find or grep, etc > > for FILE in $FILES; do SOMETHING; done > > I often find that if there are spaces in the names of anything in > $FILES, the execution of SOMETHING occurs separately for each word > in the name, p

Re: Hard-Link Question

2006-08-05 Thread Thibaut Paumard
Le vendredi 04 août 2006 à 19:31 +0200, Matus UHLAR - fantomas a écrit : > On 04.08.06 13:09, Raphael Brunner wrote: > > I have a program (pdumpfs) that create as incremental-backup allways > > hardlinks to the original-files. Thats great, but if I want to watch how > > much space a backup need, th

Re: Problem with xmms in testing and unstable

2006-08-05 Thread LeVA
2006. August 4. 18:38, Dougie Nisbet: > I've noticed a problem after doing a dist-upgrade to testing. xmms > now hangs occasionally. It's rather difficult to pin down but it > appears to be when there is a song change. What happens is that when > moving to the next song, the xmms display freezes, b

Re: debootstap problem

2006-08-05 Thread Thibaut Paumard
Le samedi 05 août 2006 à 16:50 +0600, S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu) a écrit : > what wrong with debootstrap ?? (i am traing to install debian sid as > chroot under debian sarge) [...] Install debootstrap (or cdebootstrap, I believe i's "better") from backports.org. T. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Sound specialists,help appreciated.Extensive description.

2006-08-05 Thread Anthony Renaud
I did jackstart --driver=alsa and jackstart --realtime --driver=alsa In both cases I received the following warning: jackstart: cannot get realtime capabilities, current capabilities are: =ep cap_setpcap-ep probably running under a kernel with capabi

Re: debootstap problem

2006-08-05 Thread Wang Xu
2006/8/5, S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: debootstrap sid /sid-root/ http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian after some download i got this messege: E: Couldn't download base-config The base-config package has been purged for months. :)-- Wang Xu

debootstap problem

2006-08-05 Thread S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu)
what wrong with debootstrap ?? (i am traing to install debian sid as chroot under debian sarge) i tried : debootstrap sid /sid-root/ http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian after some download i got this messege: E: Couldn't download base-config what does it mean ??? -- S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu) <[

Re: Temperature Problems

2006-08-05 Thread gustavo halperin
Kevin Mark wrote: On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 12:07:58AM +0300, gustavo halperin wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 02:44:10PM +0300, gustavo halperin wrote: Bruno Buys wrote: gustavo halperin wrote: Hello I have all the t

Re: Bash scripts and multi-word filenames

2006-08-05 Thread Mumia W.
On 08/05/2006 12:45 AM, John O'Hagan wrote: Hi, I keep running into this particular gap in my scripting, and hope someone can clear it up for me. FILES=$( ls SOMEWHERE ) #or find or grep, etc for FILE in $FILES; do SOMETHING; done I often find that if there are spaces in the names of any