Re: Can't find device with cdrecord on Etch

2006-02-03 Thread Chinook
Bernard Fay wrote: Hello group, I seems to have a problem to identify my devices (a DVD writer and a CD writer) when using cdrecord -scanbus. Do I have to load specific modules or do something to find my devices? I tried to load ide-scsi.o and sg.o without good succes to identify my devcies

Re: mondo 2.06 (was mondo 1.67)

2006-02-02 Thread Chinook
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, With good results I have used mondo 1.67 for years. Now suddenly, after what?, booting its CD's gets the message that the disk partitions are tiny and he won't restore anymore. No other tool, like cfdisk, etc. shows tiny partitions, all

Mac OS X and Debian Linux LAN implementation write-up

2006-01-28 Thread Chinook
Mac OS X and Debian Linux LAN implementation write-up - I have put up a zeroconf (zero configuration a.k.a. Bonjour and Rendezvous) LAN involving Macs and Linux boxes and have written up my notes with a view towards

Re: Mac OS X and Linux Zeroconf LAN irregularities

2006-01-27 Thread Chinook
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:04:38 -0500 Chinook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chinook wrote: Mac OS X and Linux Zeroconf LAN irregularities I would like to at least understand, if not remedy

Re: Mac OS X and Linux Zeroconf LAN irregularities

2006-01-26 Thread Chinook
Chinook wrote: Mac OS X and Linux Zeroconf LAN irregularities I would like to at least understand, if not remedy, an annoyance in establishing the connection between my Mac and my Linux box. I have yet to find anything

Re: Mac OS X and Linux Zeroconf LAN irregularities

2006-01-26 Thread Chinook
Chinook wrote: Mac OS X and Linux Zeroconf LAN irregularities I would like to at least understand, if not remedy, an annoyance in establishing the connection between my Mac and my Linux box. I have yet to find anything

Re: [OT] debianhelp.co.uk steals my words?

2006-01-25 Thread Chinook
David R. Litwin wrote: In a bid to help a fellow Debian user, I wanted to link to a thread I had been involved in (concerning internet connexions). I googled some words in it and found the post in the Debian mailing list archives, which is normal. I also found a tiny piece of it at this

Mac OS X and Linux Zeroconf LAN irregularities

2006-01-25 Thread Chinook
Mac OS X and Linux Zeroconf LAN irregularities I would like to at least understand, if not remedy, an annoyance in establishing the connection between my Mac and my Linux box. I have yet to find anything constructive relative to

Re: Sharing Linux printer with Mac

2006-01-24 Thread Chinook
Jacob S wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:39:06 -0500 Chinook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok you Debian experts, I think I'm on to something with this printer sharing thing. My last update is included at the end if you need to refresh your memory

Re: Sharing Linux printer with Mac

2006-01-24 Thread Chinook
Joseph Haig wrote: --- Chinook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A recap and progress update so anyone interested can get a quicker picture: Snip I'm coming into this discussion rather late, so apologies if my suggestion has been tried and/or rejected already. I found that putting the line

Re: Sharing Linux printer with Mac

2006-01-24 Thread Chinook
Jacob S wrote: On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:09:05 -0500 Chinook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I'm not having any problem seeing the Linux printer from my Mac. It shows up in the CUPS interface and app print dialog on my Mac. In fact adding either or both of your suggestions prevents me from

Re: Sharing Linux printer with Mac

2006-01-24 Thread Chinook
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:01:53 -0500 Chinook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jacob S wrote: On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:09:05 -0500 Chinook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I'm not having any problem seeing the Linux printer from my Mac. It shows up in the CUPS

Re: Sharing Linux printer with Mac

2006-01-24 Thread Chinook
Jacob S wrote: That's probably it! That ports.conf file appears to be the only place you tell it what ips/ports to listen on. Change the Listen localhost:631 line in ports.conf to Listen 631 - this will tell it to listen on port 631 on any ip addresses associated with that computer. You can

Re: Appletalk Starting and Failing during Sarge Boot

2006-01-23 Thread Chinook
Mike McCarty wrote: My girlfriend runs Sarge on Intel, and during boot, she sees the message Starting Appletalk, this may take a while (or sth the like) followed by messages about timeouts for a couple of minutes, before the boot proceeds. During the rest of the boot, until X starts up and she

Re: Appletalk Starting and Failing during Sarge Boot

2006-01-23 Thread Chinook
though, as I don't know whether they might be useful otherwise :-) Lee C Chinook wrote: Mike McCarty wrote: My girlfriend runs Sarge on Intel, and during boot, she sees the message Starting Appletalk, this may take a while (or sth the like) followed by messages about timeouts for a couple

Re: Sharing Linux printer with Mac

2006-01-23 Thread Chinook
Ok you Debian experts, I think I'm on to something with this printer sharing thing. My last update is included at the end if you need to refresh your memory :-) Basically I'm wondering why in the CUPS interface on my Mac I can see the printer attached to my Linux box, but can't print to it.

Re: Sharing Linux printer with Mac

2006-01-22 Thread Chinook
Almut Behrens wrote: On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 02:49:17AM -0500, Chinook wrote: The issue is something that I wondered about (and commented on) early on. On my Mac I see the printer [EMAIL PROTECTED] but my Mac can't actually print to it because my Mac (via my router) can't resolve

Re: Sharing Linux printer with Mac

2006-01-22 Thread Chinook
Adam James wrote: On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 02:49 -0500, Chinook wrote: Chinook wrote: The issue is something that I wondered about (and commented on) early on. On my Mac I see the printer [EMAIL PROTECTED] but my Mac can't actually print to it because my Mac (via my router) can't resolve

Re: Sharing Linux printer with Mac

2006-01-22 Thread Chinook
A recap and progress update so anyone interested can get a quicker picture: I have browsing on on the Linux box and I can see the Linux printer from the CUPS interface (even see it in app print dialog) on my Mac. Trying to print anything though first resulted in my Mac saying it can't can't

Re: Sharing Linux printer with Mac

2006-01-22 Thread Chinook
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 01:15:34 -0500 Chinook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A recap and progress update so anyone interested can get a quicker picture: I have browsing on on the Linux box and I can see the Linux printer from the CUPS interface (even see it in app

Re: Sharing Linux printer with Mac

2006-01-21 Thread Chinook
Paul E Condon wrote: On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 01:36:26AM -0500, Chinook wrote: P4 with Debian Etch (testing), kernel 2.6.12-1-686, Gnome desktop and USB attached printer and scanner PMac G5 running OS X Tiger (10.4.4

Re: Sharing Linux printer with Mac

2006-01-21 Thread Chinook
PS: Paul The Chris that explanation was for, responded back later that Gary's instructions worked like a charm. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sharing Linux printer with Mac

2006-01-21 Thread Chinook
Trey Sizemore wrote: On Sat Jan 21, 2006 01:36AM, Chinook wrote: P4 with Debian Etch (testing), kernel 2.6.12-1-686, Gnome desktop and USB attached printer and scanner PMac G5 running OS X Tiger (10.4.4

Re: Sharing Linux printer with Mac

2006-01-21 Thread Chinook
Paul E Condon wrote: And I *did* give you a clue about starting services at 'login'. Noted :-))) I'm getting back to the google shuffle. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sharing Linux printer with Mac

2006-01-21 Thread Chinook
Chinook wrote: P4 with Debian Etch (testing), kernel 2.6.12-1-686, Gnome desktop and USB attached printer and scanner PMac G5 running OS X Tiger (10.4.4) .. I've got my AppleTalk/netatalk/zeroconf LAN setup

Re: permissions - is this the best approach?

2006-01-20 Thread Chinook
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: Almut Behrens wrote: As to the permissions, setting the appropriate umask would be an important prerequisite. However, it doesn't _enforce_ that files in fact do end up with the required permissions (it's only a mask after all). IOW, if someone copies a file that's

Re: New Install Gnome Resolution Difficulties

2006-01-20 Thread Chinook
Roseland, Winton wrote: I have had KDE running on Debian and then Knoppix for a little over a year. I used 1024x768 and 1280x1024 screen resolutions but I am not sure how many bits of color I used. I have an ATI 3D Rage IIC AGP with 8MB of RAM. I used the Debian netinst CD to replace my

Sharing Linux printer with Mac

2006-01-20 Thread Chinook
P4 with Debian Etch (testing), kernel 2.6.12-1-686, Gnome desktop and USB attached printer and scanner PMac G5 running OS X Tiger (10.4.4) .. I've got my AppleTalk/zeroconf LAN setup working for file sharing -

Re: permissions - is this the best approach?

2006-01-19 Thread Chinook
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 01:38 -0500, Chinook wrote: I've set up a Linux and Mac zeroconf (netatalk) LAN. On the Linux box (Debian Etch) I have a shared directory for passing files to/from the Linux box, that is accessed from the Mac (while AppleTalk/zeroconf allows

Re: permissions - is this the best approach?

2006-01-19 Thread Chinook
Almut Behrens wrote: On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 12:45:55PM -0500, Chinook wrote: Johannes Wiedersich wrote: On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 01:38 -0500, Chinook wrote: The idea is to allow various users on the Linux box the ability to create and delete their own files in /home/lanshare

DHCAST128 source

2006-01-18 Thread Chinook
When I first put up netatalk, I just used plain passwords - one step at a time :-) Now I wanted to use a UAM of DHCAST128 but I can't find it anywhere :-( I found a reference while googling of deb http://debian.jones.dk/ sarge misc and I've tried it (varying sarge, etch, testing) in my

permissions - is this the best approach?

2006-01-18 Thread Chinook
I've set up a Linux and Mac zeroconf (netatalk) LAN. On the Linux box (Debian Etch) I have a shared directory for passing files to/from the Linux box, that is accessed from the Mac (while AppleTalk/zeroconf allows a peer-to-peer network model, netatalk only provides for a Mac to see a Linux

Re: mdnsresponder - what's in a name??

2006-01-16 Thread Chinook
Chinook wrote: Chinook wrote: Networking layman would appreciate clarification from someone more networking savvy - please :-) ... P4 with Debian Etch (testing), kernel 2.6.12-1-686, Gnome

Linux port usage interpertation?

2006-01-14 Thread Chinook
Linux port usage interpertation? In trying to further improve my Linux (AppleTalk server) Mac (client) LAN I've been (in part) looking at the Mac OS X firewall log. For Mac to Mac traffic I use the support document

Re: mdnsresponder - what's in a name??

2006-01-14 Thread Chinook
Chinook wrote: Networking layman would appreciate clarification from someone more networking savvy - please :-) ... P4 with Debian Etch (testing), kernel 2.6.12-1-686, Gnome desktop PMac G5

Re: Where to find latest unstable kernel src without messing sarge?

2006-01-14 Thread Chinook
A. F. Cano wrote: Hi all, packages.debian.org has been down for quite a few days now and I haven't been able to find a way to download kernel-source-2.6.15.whatever.deb, presumably the latest kernel package available for unstable. The temporary/under construction packages page says to use apt,

mdnsresponder - what's in a name??

2006-01-13 Thread Chinook
Networking layman would appreciate clarification from someone more networking savvy - please :-) ... P4 with Debian Etch (testing), kernel 2.6.12-1-686, Gnome desktop PMac G5 running OS X

Re: OS X Debian LAN [was: Mac OS X and Debian Linux LAN research.]

2006-01-12 Thread Chinook
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 03:48:49AM -0500, Chinook wrote: I've got /netatalk/ installed and minimally configured on Debian and set all the appropriate switches in OS X, and I can look at and move files back and forth from either box if I initiate (mount) the server on my Mac. I have

Re: OS X Debian LAN [was: Mac OS X and Debian Linux LAN research.]

2006-01-11 Thread Chinook
I've got /netatalk/ installed and minimally configured on Debian and set all the appropriate switches in OS X, and I can look at and move files back and forth from either box if I initiate (mount) the server on my Mac. I have not yet installed Howl (mdnsresponder) on the Debian box as I'm

Re: OS X Debian LAN [was: Mac OS X and Debian Linux LAN research.]

2006-01-11 Thread Chinook
Paul E Condon wrote: On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 03:48:49AM -0500, Chinook wrote: I've got /netatalk/ installed and minimally configured on Debian and set all the appropriate switches in OS X, and I can look at and move files back and forth from either box if I initiate (mount) the server on my

Re: Mac OS X and Debian Linux LAN research.

2006-01-10 Thread Chinook
Paul E Condon wrote: On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 02:18:21AM -0500, Chinook wrote: Paul E Condon wrote: On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 11:24:24PM -0500, Chinook wrote: Paul E Condon wrote: On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 10:18:35PM -0500, Chinook wrote: Mac OS X

Re: Mac OS X and Debian Linux LAN research. **OT**

2006-01-09 Thread Chinook
Paul E Condon wrote: On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 02:18:21AM -0500, Chinook wrote: Paul E Condon wrote: I just turned 73 in December. I, also, am stubborn. Hey, then you remember IBM unit record equipment also. I sensed there were some real pros on this list :-) I'm continuing

Re: GPG error on apt-get update

2006-01-08 Thread Chinook
Adam Porter wrote: Chinook wrote: Joey Hess wrote: Bernd Prager wrote: Hi, I'm getting a GPG error when I execute an apt-get update: ... But root has the required keys in the pubring: I've been following this issue and also did: debian1:/home/leec# wget http://ftp-master.debian.org

Mac OS X and Debian Linux LAN research.

2006-01-08 Thread Chinook
Mac OS X and Debian Linux LAN research. I am currently doing the Google shuffle and am posting this to try to make sure I don't miss something important. I recently expunged Windoze from the PC on my LAN and installed Debian Etch (testing, kernal 2.6.12-1-686, Gnome desktop) GNU Linux (I

Re: Mac OS X and Debian Linux LAN research.

2006-01-08 Thread Chinook
Paul E Condon wrote: On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 10:18:35PM -0500, Chinook wrote: Mac OS X and Debian Linux LAN research. I am currently doing the Google shuffle and am posting this to try to make sure I don't miss something important. I recently expunged Windoze from the PC on my LAN

Re: Mac OS X and Debian Linux LAN research.

2006-01-08 Thread Chinook
Paul E Condon wrote: On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 11:24:24PM -0500, Chinook wrote: Paul E Condon wrote: On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 10:18:35PM -0500, Chinook wrote: Mac OS X and Debian Linux LAN research. I am currently doing the Google shuffle

Re: GPG error on apt-get update

2006-01-07 Thread Chinook
Chinook wrote: Joey Hess wrote: Bernd Prager wrote: Hi, I'm getting a GPG error when I execute an apt-get update: ... But root has the required keys in the pubring: I've been following this issue and also did: debian1:/home/leec# wget http://ftp-master.debian.org/ziyi_key_2005.asc -O

Re: GPG error on apt-get update

2006-01-07 Thread Chinook
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 07:44:39PM -0500, Chinook wrote: Joey Hess wrote: Bernd Prager wrote: Hi, I'm getting a GPG error when I execute an apt-get update: ... But root has the required keys in the pubring: I've been following this issue and also did: debian1:/home

Re: No comments (responding to questions on the list)

2006-01-07 Thread Chinook
Ken Heard wrote: Rafi Gabzu wrote: Hi , In the last two weeks I stopped receiving answers to the questions I post in this mailing list , till now it was very help full. What happened ? something that I did ...? Thanks, Rafi I did my own survey of posts to this list and discovered that

Re: No comments (responding to questions on the list)

2006-01-07 Thread Chinook
Chinook wrote: Ken Heard wrote: Rafi Gabzu wrote: Hi , In the last two weeks I stopped receiving answers to the questions I post in this mailing list , till now it was very help full. What happened ? something that I did ...? Thanks, Rafi I did my own survey of posts to this list

Re: Hearts again anyone?

2006-01-06 Thread Chinook
Chinook wrote: snip Thanks Andy and raju -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Is RAID1 alive and well?

2006-01-06 Thread Chinook
Etch with kernel 2.6.12-1-686 (2.6.12-10) Gnome desktop I recently tested imaging and restoring my complete system with Mondo (before I screw it up again :-) All seems well, but earlier today I thought I saw something like RAID1 not

Re: Is RAID1 alive and well?

2006-01-06 Thread Chinook
Chinook wrote: Etch with kernel 2.6.12-1-686 (2.6.12-10) Gnome desktop snip Thanks for the responses Ronny, Marc and Alvin Since I missed the obvious (actually didn't recognize it for what it was in my scanning) I've been off doing

Re: GPG error on apt-get update

2006-01-06 Thread Chinook
Joey Hess wrote: Bernd Prager wrote: Hi, I'm getting a GPG error when I execute an apt-get update: ... But root has the required keys in the pubring: I've been following this issue and also did: debian1:/home/leec# wget http://ftp-master.debian.org/ziyi_key_2005.asc -O - | sudo apt-key add

Re: Not Authenticated ???

2006-01-05 Thread Chinook
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 08:16:13PM -0500, Chinook wrote: Chinook wrote: Now that I've got Etch installed, I'm seeing a Not Authenticated warning for many packages. Is this normal or is it something I don't have that is causing such? Thanks, Lee C Current apt

Hearts again anyone?

2006-01-05 Thread Chinook
Etch with kernel 2.6.12-1-686 (2.6.12-10) Gnome desktop I've got all the important issues satisfied for now. That is except for the Synaptic Not Authenticated issue - having tried the suggested solutions without success I'm waiting for

Re: Not Authenticated ???

2006-01-04 Thread Chinook
Kent West wrote: Chinook wrote: Now that I've got Etch installed, I'm seeing a Not Authenticated warning for many packages. Is this normal or is it something I don't have that is causing such? We'll need more detail than this. I believe this was answered in the thread How to get new

Re: Not Authenticated ???

2006-01-04 Thread Chinook
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 12:02:01AM -0600, Kent West wrote: Chinook wrote: Now that I've got Etch installed, I'm seeing a Not Authenticated warning for many packages. Is this normal or is it something I don't have that is causing such? We'll need more detail than

Re: 3 1/2 new questions

2006-01-04 Thread Chinook
Maurits van Rees wrote: On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 05:31:02PM -0500, Chinook wrote: I can't find any gst-resister on the system or in packages??? I don't know gst-register, but apt-cache knows it: $ apt-cache search gst-register libgstreamer0.8-0 - Core GStreamer libraries, plugins

Re: Not Authenticated ???

2006-01-04 Thread Chinook
Chinook wrote: Now that I've got Etch installed, I'm seeing a Not Authenticated warning for many packages. Is this normal or is it something I don't have that is causing such? Thanks, Lee C I followed what has been said in various threads to remedy the situation, but I doesn't work

3 1/2 new questions

2006-01-03 Thread Chinook
Etch with kernel 2.6.12-1-686 (2.6.12-10) Gnome desktop 1) The first time I booted after installing Etch and the first time I booted after a test restore of my system, I got the following error box: No volume control elements and/or

Re: Burning CDs from ISO image - possible?

2006-01-03 Thread Chinook
Ken Heard wrote: Is it possible in sarge with the 2.6.8 kernel to burn CDROMs from a downloaded ISO image? I tried using K3b. If it does allow burning of ISO images which K3b has not created itself from selected files, I was not able to determine how. It seems impossible to eliminate the

Not Authenticated ???

2006-01-03 Thread Chinook
Now that I've got Etch installed, I'm seeing a Not Authenticated warning for many packages. Is this normal or is it something I don't have that is causing such? Thanks, Lee C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to get new Debian gpg keys?

2006-01-03 Thread Chinook
Edward C. Jones wrote: I am getting the following message from synaptic: W: GPG error: http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 010908312D230C5F From what I have read, this is going to happen

Re: Where's the [EMAIL PROTECTED] GUI?

2005-12-31 Thread Chinook
Chinook wrote: Kent West wrote: Chinook wrote: I've moved up to etch and the 2.6 kernel. In the upgrade I remember selecting dialog as such was the best at the time. Now though, I'd like to get back to KDE (login and sessions). I was using KDE before I started the upgrade. I'm sure it's

Re: Where's the [EMAIL PROTECTED] GUI

2005-12-31 Thread Chinook
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: Deleted this one by accident. Chinook - you need to slow down on the updates. It's possible that the newer KDE (3.4) isn't installable just by apt-get install kde First things first. As root Run dpkg --pending --configure [This will configure any packages

Re: Where's the [EMAIL PROTECTED] GUI

2005-12-31 Thread Chinook
Kent West wrote: Chinook wrote: Etch installed the 2.6.12.1-386 (2.6.12.10) kernel. My processor is: Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2519 Mhz Intel(R) 82850/82860 Processor Should I be using the 2.6.12-1-686 kernel? That's what I would do. Thanks

Where's the [EMAIL PROTECTED] GUI?

2005-12-30 Thread Chinook
I've moved up to etch and the 2.6 kernel. In the upgrade I remember selecting dialog as such was the best at the time. Now though, I'd like to get back to KDE (login and sessions). I was using KDE before I started the upgrade. I'm sure it's some simple little thing, but I can't seem to find

Re: Where's the [EMAIL PROTECTED] GUI?

2005-12-30 Thread Chinook
Chris Howie wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chinook wrote: I've moved up to etch and the 2.6 kernel. In the upgrade I remember selecting dialog as such was the best at the time. Now though, I'd like to get back to KDE (login and sessions). I was using KDE before I

Re: Where's the [EMAIL PROTECTED] GUI?

2005-12-30 Thread Chinook
Kent West wrote: Chinook wrote: I've moved up to etch and the 2.6 kernel. In the upgrade I remember selecting dialog as such was the best at the time. Now though, I'd like to get back to KDE (login and sessions). I was using KDE before I started the upgrade. I'm sure it's some simple little

excludes list

2005-12-29 Thread Chinook
Next step: excludes. In cloning my system I want to capture everything that is important if I need to rollback to a clone, but I don't want to waste time with data that is not needed. For example, I might exclude anything within /tmp [?], /proc, /home/usr/tmp but not /dev, /etc, /var,

Re: excludes list

2005-12-29 Thread Chinook
Brad Sims wrote: On Thursday 29 December 2005 2:24 am, Chinook wrote: In cloning my system I want to capture everything that is important if I need to rollback to a clone, but I don't want to waste time with data that is not needed. For example, I might exclude anything within /tmp

kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2005-12-29 Thread Chinook
I have two optical devices in internal bays. ATAPI CD-R/RW 32X10 T.GA (/dev/hdc, ) at /media/cdrom0 [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM][Error] [SAO; TAO; RAW; SAO/R16; RAW/R96R] ATAPI PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-103 1.90 (/dev/hdd, ) at /media/cdrom1 [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-R] [Error] [SAO; TAO] Even

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2005-12-29 Thread Chinook
Jules Dubois wrote: On Thursday 29 December 2005 20:56, Chinook [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: For current stable kernel 2.4.27 it gives instructions on how to setup an ATAPI CD-RW/DVD+-RW recorder on Debian. Trouble is they include lilo and I'm using grub. Then below it says

kernel configuration question

2005-12-28 Thread Chinook
I'm trying to install mkcdrec (http://mkcdrec.ota.be/project/introduction.html) and in the instructions it says: Check current kernel if the following items were compiled into the kernel. Check file /usr/src/linux/.config : CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y (or m) CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y (or m)

Re: kernel configuration question

2005-12-28 Thread Chinook
Chinook wrote: I'm trying to install mkcdrec (http://mkcdrec.ota.be/project/introduction.html) and in the instructions it says: Check current kernel if the following items were compiled into the kernel. Check file /usr/src/linux/.config : CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y (or m) CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y

Re: kernel configuration question

2005-12-28 Thread Chinook
Kelly Clowers wrote: On 12/28/05, Chinook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to install mkcdrec (http://mkcdrec.ota.be/project/introduction.html) and in the instructions it says: Check current kernel if the following items were compiled into the kernel. Check file /usr/src/linux/.config

Re: kernel configuration question

2005-12-28 Thread Chinook
Chinook wrote: Chinook wrote: AHA, I found kernel-source-2.4.27/arch/i386/defconfig in the bz2 and am looking through for the appropriate lines. Does this file reflect my stable instalation? Is there another way of checking these settings? Thank you, Lee C Never mind, Kelly

Re: How to play these files on Debian (Sarge) (WAS:Re: How can I play avi, wmv, mov videos on a standalone DVD player?)

2005-12-28 Thread Chinook
Marc Shapiro wrote: Robert Glueck wrote: I'd like to play video clips in .avi, .wmv and .mov format on a standalone DVD player that's hooked up to a standard TV set. I'd like to play them on Sarge. Just today I clicked on a .mov file and was asked if I wanted to use the default program

Re: Linux or K3B issue???

2005-12-28 Thread Chinook
Kent West wrote: Chinook wrote: In my trials today I've had no problem creating and restoring a data CD, but I can't get K3B to do anything with DVDs. == The Writing window basically says: i Starting writing... x :-( /dev/hdd: unable

Linux or K3B issue???

2005-12-27 Thread Chinook
As a rule I think multiple list posting is inappropriate, but after posting the following on kde-linux it seems to me that the problem may be with the hardware setup in my Debian installation. So I thought I'd at least ask if you-all could note any details regarding what to look for in my

Re: Desktop [was Re: New post install tidbits?]

2005-12-26 Thread Chinook
Chinook wrote: And while we're at it :-) She who must be obeyed decided she wanted her desktop to look just like mine. Trouble is I spent a couple hours on colors etc. to have something that was easy on my eyes. Is there a way in KDE to easily set her gesktop the same - a checkbox

Re: post install tidbits? [was Help with Linux selection please?]

2005-12-25 Thread Chinook
thierry wrote: Well, the checksum staff is only for futur update. It wont update if you don,t givze it the sum in some ways I have forgoten, but you can get that thru man I believe. But did you try, and retry... dpkg-reconfigure with the GUI not running, to set different video driver until

New post install tidbits?

2005-12-25 Thread Chinook
Old thread was getting a little cluttered :-) I'm back to a KDE GUI at the desired resolutions. Thanks for all your help. But the picky ol fart must not be happy yet your thinking :-) Yep, I have the session KDE GUI the way I want it, but I get there from a Gnome login screen and I can't

Re: New post install tidbits?

2005-12-25 Thread Chinook
Kent West wrote: Kent West wrote: Chinook wrote: Yep, I have the session KDE GUI the way I want it, but I get there from a Gnome login screen and I can't shutdown from such without entering the root password. Speaking of post-install tidbits . . . here's a freebie that's off-topic

Re: New post install tidbits?

2005-12-25 Thread Chinook
Andrei spoketh: #aptitude purge gdm should do the trick. If you have nothing else than kdm installed, than he will have no other choice but using it :) and Kent spoketh: sounds like it thinks kdm is already the default. I would run the program again, choosing gdm, then run it a final time,

Re: New post install tidbits?

2005-12-25 Thread Chinook
Thank you also raju -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dcop [was New post install tidbits?]

2005-12-25 Thread Chinook
Spoke too soon :-) I was setting up another user (first time under KDE) and wondering about some of the settings. When I tried help, a message said dcopserver was not running %-/ I've read what I could find in the man pages and couldn't find anything on the debian site. Seems to me that

Desktop [was Re: New post install tidbits?]

2005-12-25 Thread Chinook
And while we're at it :-) She who must be obeyed decided she wanted her desktop to look just like mine. Trouble is I spent a couple hours on colors etc. to have something that was easy on my eyes. Is there a way in KDE to easily set her gesktop the same - a checkbox/selection I've missed

Re: post install tidbits? [was Help with Linux selection please?]

2005-12-24 Thread Chinook
Kelly Clowers wrote: quiet splash are options that are passed from grub to the kernel, but I just tried them and realized that although they decrease the verbosity they don't eliminate it. I *think* to eliminate it you need special packages and a kernel patch and recompile. I don't think it is

Re: post install tidbits? [was Help with Linux selection please?]

2005-12-24 Thread Chinook
Kent West wrote: Chinook wrote: I went through the dpkg-reconfigure and it would not let me select anything except 800x600 and 640x480. So next step I edited the file as Kelly mentioned to set 1280x1024. Then I rebooted and found I was in a pile of it. There is no more GUI (neither gdm

Re: Question

2005-12-24 Thread Chinook
Denis wrote: я продаю компьютеры. Хочу начать устанавливать клиентам Linux Debian, скажите пожалуйста какие дистрибутивы я могу ставить за деньги? Денис I specialize in selling PCs. I would like to start installing Linux Debian to customers' PCs. Would you please let me know what

Re: post install tidbits? [was Help with Linux selection please?]

2005-12-23 Thread Chinook
Chinook wrote: post install tidbits? [was Help with Linux selection please?] snip She who must be obeyed is happy with her Thunderbird, Firefox and card games, but not overjoyed with my Gaelic naming scheme. Whoops, spoke too soon. She is missing hearts that she plays with her uum

Re: post install tidbits? [was Help with Linux selection please?]

2005-12-23 Thread Chinook
I also forgot to ask ... (I know you're thinking won't this old fart go to bed) When I installed some more packages with Synaptic it said two potential updates were not selected (can't remember the exact wording). Looking at the two in the list, they were kernel-image-2.4.27.2-386 and mdadm,

Re: post install tidbits? [was Help with Linux selection please?]

2005-12-23 Thread Chinook
Andrew M.A. Cater spoketh: Linux hearts card game on Google shows two good entries at the top. One appears to be a project started this year: the other is about 9 years old on freshmeat. Those might be a good start to look at. Mike McCarty spoketh: Google is your friend. Searching for

Re: post install tidbits? [was Help with Linux selection please?]

2005-12-22 Thread Chinook
One list issue also that I hate to bring up given the Unsubscribe thread :-) and I did send the question to [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] but have received no answer (though two days is not unreasonable :-). I found this list on GMANE also so I can follow it and

post install tidbits? [was Help with Linux selection please?]

2005-12-21 Thread Chinook
post install tidbits? [was Help with Linux selection please?] Well, you-all steered me right :-) for my needs - thank you. I feel so much cleaner now that there is no Windoze system in the house. If one does their homework and has decent supported hardware, it's a piece of cake :-P Though

Re: Help with Linux selection please?

2005-12-20 Thread Chinook
Aaron Stromas wrote: On 12/20/05, *Kent West* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 09:27:27PM -0300, Gabriel wrote: Mike McCarty wrote: Never take the advice of people who

Re: Help with Linux selection please?

2005-12-19 Thread Chinook
Mike McCarty wrote: Chinook wrote: ... Hmm, just looked this over. I hope it isn't overkill/too long/ confusing. I might point out that as far as *using* Linux, there's very little difference between distros. It's in *system admin* where they differ from each other, mostly. ... Not at all

Re: Help with Linux selection please?

2005-12-19 Thread Chinook
Sorry Mike - I left an l off the end of the link I wrote the article: http://homepage.mac.com/lee_cullens/Bx3.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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