Re: How to "ifdown ..." on squeeze?

2011-11-06 Thread Bob Proulx
Tom H wrote: > Dan B. wrote: > > On a new installation of squeeze, ifdown no longer works as it used > > to (on my old Debian system). This is because by default with a GNOME desktop installed Debian has switched away from ifupdown and over to NetworkManager because GNOME by default specifies Netw

Re: How to "ifdown ..." on squeeze?

2011-11-06 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Dan B. wrote: > > On a new installation of squeeze, ifdown no longer works as it used > to (on my old Debian system). > > When ifconfig lists an interface "eth0", neither "ifdown eth0" nor > "ifdown eth" takes the interface down.  The attempts yield: >  "ifdown: int

Re: Understanding versioning.

2011-11-06 Thread Harry Putnam
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh writes: [...] >> What does that non-sensical sounding explanation mean? Its not as if >> it is explained at the URL cited. > > It is a version override. For an epoch of "n", *any* version without an epoch > or with an epoch that is lower than "n" will be considered

How to "ifdown ..." on squeeze?

2011-11-06 Thread Dan B.
On a new installation of squeeze, ifdown no longer works as it used to (on my old Debian system). When ifconfig lists an interface "eth0", neither "ifdown eth0" nor "ifdown eth" takes the interface down. The attempts yield: "ifdown: interface eth0 not configured" and "ifdown: interface eth n

Re: Understanding versioning.

2011-11-06 Thread Javier Barroso
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Camaleón writes: >> http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html > >  > epoch > >> This is a single (generally small) unsigned integer. It may be omitted, >> in which case zero is assumed. If it is omitted then the upstream_v

Re: Disk performance deteriated to unbearable levels

2011-11-06 Thread David Christensen
On 11/06/2011 03:13 PM, David Purton wrote: Fairly recently - maybe in the last few months - but it's hard to tell, the disk performance has dropped through the floor. First, make at least two complete back up sets and store one off-site. It could be a hardware problem. Your hard drive manu

Disk performance deteriated to unbearable levels

2011-11-06 Thread David Purton
Hi everyone, I have an ASUS 1005PE and have been running sid on it for the last couple of years with regular updates. Fairly recently - maybe in the last few months - but it's hard to tell, the disk performance has dropped through the floor. Everything takes forever to load (including booting),

Re: KVM networking.

2011-11-06 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:46:46 -0600, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Walter Hurry > wrote: >> On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:18:08 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: >> >>> Good time of the day. >>> >>> >>> I try to run KVM network w/o under normal user w/ the following >>> result: >>> >>

Using a Fire-i camera

2011-11-06 Thread peasthope
Install a Unibrain Fire-i BCL 1.2 camera. Add my id to /etc/group/...video . Do "modprobe vloopback". peter@joule:~$ lsmod | grep v4l v4l1_compat10250 1 videodev peter@joule:~$ lsmod | grep vloop vloopback 9842 1 videodev 25605 2 vloopback peter@joule:~$

Re: KVM networking.

2011-11-06 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:18:08 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > >> Good time of the day. >> >> >> I try to run KVM network w/o under normal user w/ the following result: >> >> So, what's wrong w/ my setup? > > $ cd w > bash: cd: w: No such file or direc

Re: Understanding versioning.

2011-11-06 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 06 Nov 2011, Harry Putnam wrote: > Camaleón writes: > > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html > > > epoch > > > This is a single (generally small) unsigned integer. It may be omitted, > > in which case zero is assumed. If it is omitted then the upstream_version

Re: Debian install , need to add wireless firmware

2011-11-06 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Brian, 6.11.2011: > On Sun 06 Nov 2011 at 04:00:09 -0800, rose perry wrote: > > > Hello, I must clarify a few things,  I have no cd's no usb keys and im using > > the installer from google goodbye microsoft. I can't install from network > > because it can't detect my wireless card.  I have the f

Re: Understanding versioning.

2011-11-06 Thread Harry Putnam
Camaleón writes: > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html > epoch > This is a single (generally small) unsigned integer. It may be omitted, > in which case zero is assumed. If it is omitted then the upstream_version > may not contain any colons. > > It is provided to al

Re: xboing has no sound on squeeze

2011-11-06 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Friday 04 November 2011 2:23:38 pm Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:57:31 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > > Camaleón wrote: > >> On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:30:27 -0700, poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > > > > > >>> What's happened to xboing? > >> > >> It seems the package is considered to

Re: KVM networking.

2011-11-06 Thread Walter Hurry
On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:18:08 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > Good time of the day. > > > I try to run KVM network w/o under normal user w/ the following result: > > /usr/bin/kvm -localtime -m 256 -no-reboot -cdrom > ./debian-6.0.2.1-amd64-netinst/debian-6.0.2.1-amd64-netinst.iso -boot d > -hda ./da -

Re: flashplugin-nonfree or mozilla-flashplugin?

2011-11-06 Thread Greg Madden
On Sunday 06 November 2011 1:42:23 am Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Am Sonntag, 6. November 2011 schrieb Camaleón: > > On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:14:46 +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > > is there a difference between flashplugin-nonfree and > > > mozilla-flashplugin? > > > > I only know about the former.

Re: special device does not exist

2011-11-06 Thread Bob Proulx
Doug wrote: > Is there a Unix/Linux command to determine the uuids of your devices? The standard command is: # blkid The blkid command needs root since by default it (annoyingly) caches information in /etc/blkid.tab. (Cache info should go into /var/cache.) You can use ls (as a normal user) t

Re: special device does not exist

2011-11-06 Thread Doug
On 11/06/2011 02:56 AM, Bob Proulx wrote: Chen Wei wrote: T o n g wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Did you recently change the partition table on that device? That will sometimes cause the kernel to be out of sync with the device. Bingo! I remember it was a "long" time ago that I changed the parti

KVM networking.

2011-11-06 Thread Sthu Deus
Good time of the day. I try to run KVM network w/o under normal user w/ the following result: /usr/bin/kvm -localtime -m 256 -no-reboot -cdrom ./debian-6.0.2.1-amd64-netinst/debian-6.0.2.1-amd64-netinst.iso -boot d -hda ./da -net nic -net tap,ifname=tap0,script=no kvm: -net tap,ifname=tap0,scri

Re: Debian install , need to add wireless firmware

2011-11-06 Thread Mark Grieveson
> I have no cd's no usb keys and im using the installer from google > goodbye microsoft. I can't install from network because it can't > detect my wireless card. I have the firmware on my win XP partition > but have no idea how to get it to the installer. Sorry, when I responded, I overlooked tha

Re: Debian install , need to add wireless firmware

2011-11-06 Thread Brian
On Sun 06 Nov 2011 at 04:00:09 -0800, rose perry wrote: > Hello, I must clarify a few things,  I have no cd's no usb keys and im using > the installer from google goodbye microsoft. I can't install from network > because it can't detect my wireless card.  I have the firmware on my win XP > partit

Re: Debian install , need to add wireless firmware

2011-11-06 Thread Mark Grieveson
Non-free firmware for wireless can be found here: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/squeeze/current/ Take the firmware.tar.gz or firmware.zip package, and put it on removable media such as a CD or usb-stick. Decompress it there, and you'll find several non-free Debian

Re: Alternatives to Iceape Display Problems? - WOW!

2011-11-06 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:05:43 -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Sat, Nov 05, 2011 at 06:12:15PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> It is fine to have several versions of the plugin. I also have Gnash >> (installed system-wide) and Adobe's Flash installed in my mozilla home >> folder, this way I can see h

Re: Understanding versioning.

2011-11-06 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:38:32 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > When I see this aptitude note: > > [UPGRADE] libavcodec52 5:0.6.1+svn20101128-0.2squeeze2 -> 5:0.7.7-0.0 > > how do I interpret number "5:" in "5:0.6.1"? *** http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html 5.6.12 Version The

Understanding versioning.

2011-11-06 Thread Sthu Deus
Good time of the day. When I see this aptitude note: [UPGRADE] libavcodec52 5:0.6.1+svn20101128-0.2squeeze2 -> 5:0.7.7-0.0 how do I interpret number "5:" in "5:0.6.1"? Thanks for Your time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: Alternatives to Iceape Display Problems? - WOW!

2011-11-06 Thread Thomas H. George
On Sat, Nov 05, 2011 at 06:12:15PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:39:07 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 05, 2011 at 04:44:06PM +, Camaleón wrote: > > (...) > > >> To ensure what flash plugin your browser sees, you can: > >> > >> 1/ Open Iceape browser and t

Problem with signature verification in Sid

2011-11-06 Thread Aniruddha
I get the following error message when running apt-get update on Sid. I have the latest keyring installed. Anyone else encountered this problem? Is there known solution? # apt-get update Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid InRelease Get:1 http://ftp.nl.debian.org sid InRelease [146 kB] Get:2

Re: System randomly booted up in 640x480

2011-11-06 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:01:51 +, Russell Schoen wrote: > So I'm running Debian Squeeze 64-bit, and this morning my computer > randomly booted up into 640x480. I have no idea why, my computer was > fine last night, it was running at 1440x900. I went to X Server options, > and it wouldn't let me

System randomly booted up in 640x480

2011-11-06 Thread Russell Schoen
So I'm running Debian Squeeze 64-bit, and this morning my computer randomly booted up into 640x480. I have no idea why, my computer was fine last night, it was running at 1440x900. I went to X Server options, and it wouldn't let me raise the res. I'm completely baffled. I wish I could elaborate mor

Re: Debian install , need to add wireless firmware

2011-11-06 Thread Victor Nitu
On 11/06/2011 02:00 PM, rose perry wrote: > Hello, I must clarify a few things, I have no cd's no usb keys and im using > the installer from google goodbye microsoft. > I can't install from network because it can't detect my wireless card. I > have the firmware on my win XP partition but have n

Re: Debian install , need to add wireless firmware

2011-11-06 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:00:09 -0800, rose perry wrote: Is there any compelling reason why you are opening a new thread for asking the same twice? > Hello, I must clarify a few things,  I have no cd's no usb keys and im > using the installer from google goodbye microsoft. I can't install from > ne

Debian install , need to add wireless firmware

2011-11-06 Thread rose perry
Hello, I must clarify a few things,  I have no cd's no usb keys and im using the installer from google goodbye microsoft. I can't install from network because it can't detect my wireless card.  I have the firmware on my win XP partition but have no idea how to get it to the installer.  Any ideas

Re: flashplugin-nonfree or mozilla-flashplugin?

2011-11-06 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Sonntag, 6. November 2011 schrieb Camaleón: > On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:14:46 +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > is there a difference between flashplugin-nonfree and > > mozilla-flashplugin? > > I only know about the former. Where have you seen the other? :-? > > (searching...) > > Ah, it's from

Re: Kdesud locking up, JMicron card reader not working, USB 3 Controller stops working after resuming, horizontal tearing on fullscreen

2011-11-06 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
> >>> 2) The laptop has a JMicron card reader that only works if the card is > >>> inserted at boot time. > >> > >>Mmm... what's dmesg output when you connect a card? Is it detected/ > >>mounted? > >> > > NO dmesg output. Not detected, not mounted, not anything. > > That's weird. You mean that wh

Re: flashplugin-nonfree or mozilla-flashplugin?

2011-11-06 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:14:46 +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > is there a difference between flashplugin-nonfree and > mozilla-flashplugin? I only know about the former. Where have you seen the other? :-? (searching...) Ah, it's from D-M. > As far as I saw, both are using flash-files from adobe

Re: Kdesud locking up, JMicron card reader not working, USB 3 Controller stops working after resuming, horizontal tearing on fullscreen

2011-11-06 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:28:48 -0200, M. wrote: > Hello Camaleón, hello list, > > I had to search for this post on the interwebs, as I'm not subscribed. > But finally a good soul answered me! Thanks, Camaleón! :-) You're welcome :-) I know you're not subscribed to this list (me neither) but you c

flashplugin-nonfree or mozilla-flashplugin?

2011-11-06 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Hi all, is there a difference between flashplugin-nonfree and mozilla-flashplugin? As far as I saw, both are using flash-files from adobe.com (identical files but with diffferent names), although mozilla-flashplugin offers additionally configuration options (and packages). But besides this, I c

Re: special device does not exist

2011-11-06 Thread Bob Proulx
Chen Wei wrote: > T o n g wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > Did you recently change the partition table on that device? That will > > > sometimes cause the kernel to be out of sync with the device. > > > > Bingo! > > > > I remember it was a "long" time ago that I changed the partition. But >

Re: special device does not exist

2011-11-06 Thread Chen Wei
On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 02:35:57AM +, T o n g wrote: > > Did you recently change the partition table on that device? That will > > sometimes cause the kernel to be out of sync with the device. > > Bingo! > > I remember it was a "long" time ago that I changed the partition. But > apparently

Re: using kernel 3.0.1+

2011-11-06 Thread Chen Wei
On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 04:41:22PM +0100, Sven Hoexter wrote: > I've a system with a i5 2520m (Intel Sandybridge) and written down a few > notes about it in the Debian wiki. > http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Dell/LatitudeE6420/squeeze > > In short, as other people all ready wrote, you'l