Fwd: NIS woes.. Ubuntu nis client doesn't ping Debian nis Server

2009-08-18 Thread raman narasimhan
.* -- Forwarded message -- From: Jesús M. Navarro jesus.nava...@undominio.net Date: 2009/8/18 Subject: Re: NIS woes.. Ubuntu nis client doesn't ping Debian nis Server To: raman narasimhan rams...@gmail.com Hi again, raman: On Tuesday 18 August 2009 04:06:27 you wrote: *by login i mean that we can

NIS woes.. Ubuntu nis client doesn't ping Debian nis Server

2009-08-13 Thread raman narasimhan
We have a networks lab at our college that has a fully configured windows network. Now we are completely changing to linux. All systems in the lab have been installed with Debian/Ubuntu. We have configured NIS server in one of the Debian machines. And NIS client in the remaining machines. But the

cANT login to kde...

2009-06-07 Thread raman narasimhan
i recently installed ktorrent. it'd lots of dependencies. Now when i login i'm shown a window that says --- | kstartupconfig4 does not exist or failed. the error code is

need a browser that can stream video well

2009-04-18 Thread raman narasimhan
I'm a big fan of youtube. I use Chrome in windows to watch videos online. but in debian I've tried Iceweasel and Epiphany and was not satisfied. both took a lot of time to stream videos. please suggest a good browser

problem with downloaded debian 5.0

2009-03-17 Thread raman narasimhan
i used azureus (also known as vuze) a bittorrent client to download debian 5.0 binary 1 dvd from the site http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.0/i386/bt-dvd/ after downloading i also performed a data integrity check to see if all the chunks have been properly downloaded or not.. i found no

reg:problems wth kde installation

2009-02-28 Thread raman narasimhan
apt-get and aptitude keep looking for *4:4.2.0-2 *packages whereas only* **4:4.2.0-1 *packages are available for* i386 *is the new version* 4:4.2.0-2 being built??? *

kde4 installation problems

2009-02-27 Thread raman narasimhan
i tried to install kde4 as per the instructions given in * http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/experimental.html didnt succeed, please see part 2, and guide me

problems with update/remove/install 'NO SPACE ON DEVICE

2009-02-15 Thread raman narasimhan
sir, whenever i try to install/remove/update a package, i get the message 'no space left on device' what am i supposed to do?? for example: debian:~# update-initramfs -u -t -k `uname -r` update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686 cp: writing

NAT unreachability problem in VUZE(Azureus)

2009-02-10 Thread raman narasimhan
Sir i use vuze a lot for downloading. my problem is that it always shows *NAT reachability Problem, No Incoming Connections* (icon corresponding to NAT in the bottom right section of the screen is always red) With bit of 'googling' i found that if i can solve this problem, i can download faster

problems with kde4.2

2009-02-02 Thread raman narasimhan
i'm a lenny/sid user, i upgraded kde4.1 to 4.2 just for its eye candy.. but the windows seem to be the same as in kde4.1 how do i enable the effects???

need help with net configuration

2009-02-02 Thread raman narasimhan
sir, me and a friend of mine had installed debian etch together. i configured my Internet while installing itself but my friend didn't. both of us have ADSL broadband connections. i'm now able to browse the net freely but his net settings haven't been set. how can we connect his system to the

unable to get kde4.2

2009-02-01 Thread raman narasimhan
i'm a lenny/sid user and have currently got kde4.1 i wanted to get kde4.2, googling 'kde4.2', i learnt that it was there in sid. so i decided to update kde, funny that *both aptitude and apt-get said i've the latest kde*. debian:~# aptitude -t experimental install kde4 Reading package lists...

unable to get kde4.2

2009-02-01 Thread raman narasimhan
i'm having lenny/sid system, with kde4.1, i'd like to upgrade to kde4,2, but both aptitude and apt-get say, my kde is already the latest one available... pls go throught the following and tell me whats wrong.. debian:~# aptitude -t experimental install kde4 Reading package lists... Done Building

unable to get kde4.2

2009-02-01 Thread raman narasimhan
i'm having lenny/sid system, with kde4.1, i'd like to upgrade to kde4,2, but both aptitude and apt-get say, my kde is already the latest one available... pls go throught the following and tell me whats wrong.. debian:~# aptitude -t experimental install kde4 Reading package lists... Done

cant update to kde4.2

2009-02-01 Thread raman narasimhan
'm a lenny/sid user and have currently got kde4.1 i wanted to get kde4.2, googling 'kde4.2', i learnt that it was there in sid. so i decided to update kde, funny that *both aptitude and apt-get said i've the latest kde*. debian:~# aptitude -t experimental install kde4 Reading package lists...

Re: cant update to kde4.2

2009-02-01 Thread raman narasimhan
hey but experimental is same as 'sid' On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Wolodja Wentland wentl...@cl.uni-heidelberg.de wrote: On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 11:17 -0500, raman narasimhan wrote: [ ... snip ... ] whats wrong?? how can i get kde4.2?? KDE4 is available in Debian *experimental

Re: cant update to kde4.2

2009-02-01 Thread raman narasimhan
hey i think sid and experimental are the same On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Wolodja Wentland wentl...@cl.uni-heidelberg.de wrote: On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 11:17 -0500, raman narasimhan wrote: [ ... snip ... ] whats wrong?? how can i get kde4.2?? KDE4 is available in Debian

creating a bootable cd in k3b

2009-02-01 Thread raman narasimhan
i dont know how to create a bootable cd using K3b. Pls help

need help with net configuration

2008-12-24 Thread raman narasimhan
sir, me and a friend of mine had installed debian etch together. i configured my Internet while installing itself but my friend didn't. both of us have ADSL broadband connections. i'm now able to browse the net freely but his net settings haven't been set. how can we connect his system to the

problem with Internet configuration

2008-12-24 Thread raman narasimhan
sir, me and a friend of mine had installed debian etch together. i configured my Internet while installing itself but my friend didn't. both of us have ADSL broadband connections. i'm now able to browse the net freely but his net settings haven't been set. how can we connect his system to the

need help with net configuration

2008-12-24 Thread raman narasimhan
sir, me and a friend of mine had installed debian etch together. i configured my Internet while installing itself but my friend didn't. both of us have ADSL broadband connections. i'm now able to browse the net freely but his net settings haven't been set. how can we connect his system to the

need help with net configuration

2008-12-13 Thread raman narasimhan
sir, me and a friend of mine had installed debian etch together. i configured my Internet while installing itself but my friend didn't. both of us have ADSL broadband connections. i'm now able to browse the net freely but his net settings haven't been set. how can we connect his system to the

need help with net configuration

2008-12-13 Thread raman narasimhan
sir, me and a friend of mine had installed debian etch together. i configured my Internet while installing itself but my friend didn't. both of us have ADSL broadband connections. i'm now able to browse the net freely but his net settings haven't been set. how can we connect his system to the

need help with net configuration

2008-12-13 Thread raman narasimhan
sir, me and a friend of mine had installed debian etch together. i configured my Internet while installing itself but my friend didn't. both of us have ADSL broadband connections. i'm now able to browse the net freely but his net settings haven't been set. how can we connect his system to the

need help with net configuration

2008-12-12 Thread raman narasimhan
sir, me and a friend of mine had installed debian etch together. i configured my Internet while installing itself but my friend didn't. both of us have ADSL broadband connections. i'm now able to browse the net freely but his net settings haven't been set. how can we connect his system to the

need help with net configuration

2008-12-12 Thread raman narasimhan
sir, me and a friend of mine had installed debian etch together. i configured my Internet while installing itself but my friend didn't. both of us have ADSL broadband connections. i'm now able to browse the net freely but his net settings haven't been set. how can we connect his system to the

X-server doesn't start after boot-up

2008-12-08 Thread raman narasimhan
i've a debian etch system.. i'm using the grub loader.. immediately after the boot process when the login screen is to take over, instead of the login screen, i get this ... | Hz ? | ... this box keeps moving up and down on the screen.. i'm new to linux

problem with grub loader and screen resolution in gnome

2008-12-04 Thread raman narasimhan
during debian installation from a new r4 cd that i downloaded from debian.org, i got the following error grub fatal error during installation and then i installed the lilo loader instead of debian. now i can access debian though i still dont know how to configure lilo to access windows. this

New to lenny/sid need advice

2008-12-04 Thread raman narasimhan
i've newly switched from etch to lenny/sid.. i did a smart upgrade of my system.. how do i ensure that no configuration conflicts occur when i install or remove a package??? i cant install packages like Kinfo contol center which i used a lot in etch.. also when i install a lenny/sid package,

dpkg error!! says no space left in device

2008-11-30 Thread raman narasimhan
i was installing new packages into my lenny system via synaptic.. when it was applying the changes, i got the following error message: *E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. E: _cache-open() failed, please report. * so i tried dpkg

cant install kpackage manager in lenny

2008-11-29 Thread raman narasimhan
i'd upgraded my etch system to lenny. and when i tried opening Kpackage, a message telling me to install SMART package manager was shown, when i tried to install it got the following error. what do i do?? debian:~# apt-get install smartpm Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree

installing kpackage manager in lenny

2008-11-29 Thread raman narasimhan
tried using kpackage manager in my newly upgraded lenny system.. got the following error when i tried installing smartpm by using package search: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package

unable to upgrade to lenny

2008-11-25 Thread raman narasimhan
added deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian lenny main to apt and tried upgrade... got this error: debian:~# apt-get -u dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Error! E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room E: Error occurred while processing rosegarden (NewVersion1) E: Problem with MergeList

how do i change to lenny?

2008-11-24 Thread raman narasimhan
i have installed debian from etch dvds. now i'd like to change to lenny or sid how do i do it??? i tried adding the following line to sources.list deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian lenny main then in terminal i typed apt-get update; but i got error.. (pls see below) gn cdrom://[Debian

problems during debian installation

2008-11-18 Thread raman narasimhan
i study in an engg. college student and recently our department (computer science and engineering) decided to switch from WINDOWS to LINUX.. A few of us formed linux awareness group and since i was already a linux user i volunteered to help... we chose DEBIAN as our OS.. we downloaded the debian

problem installing debian on wipro 7B1630

2008-09-20 Thread raman narasimhan
i tried to install debian from binary 1 dvd. i set the dvd as the primary boot device. the installation started as usual. i was not able to install normally so i selected gui mode. the installation proceeded till DISK DETECTION.. the installer could'nt detect any disks.. i was then asked to enter

problem with flex

2008-09-13 Thread raman narasimhan
i was doing a lex program for token identification CODE: %{ #includestdio.h #includemath.h %} DIGIT [0-9] ID [A-Za-z]+ WS [\n\t ] %% {DIGIT}+ {printf(Integer:%d\n,atoi(yytext));} {DIGIT}+.{DIGIT}+ {printf(Float:%g\n,atof(yytext));} [a-z]+.h {printf(Header File:%s\n,yytext);}

problem with flex; pls reply urgent

2008-09-13 Thread raman narasimhan
i was doing a lex program for token identification CODE: %{ #includestdio.h #includemath.h %} DIGIT [0-9] ID [A-Za-z]+ WS [\n\t ] %% {DIGIT}+ {printf(Integer:%d\n,atoi(yytext));} {DIGIT}+.{DIGIT}+ {printf(Float:%g\n,atof(yytext));} [a-z]+.h {printf(Header File:%s\n,yytext);}

need help with cc

2008-08-22 Thread raman narasimhan
i'm new to debian.. after compilation whenever i type ./a.out, bash says permission denied or says segmentation fault... how do i resolve the problem ?

MY DVD DRIVE DOES'NT DETECT BINARY1 DVD.. WHY??

2008-07-31 Thread raman narasimhan
MY COMBO DRIVE DETECTS ALL CDS AND DVDS EXCEPT FOR THE DEBIAN BINARY DVDS. HOW DO I SOLVE THE PROBLEM??