Re: Installing Sarge

2004-02-27 Thread Greg Madden
and work in most cases. If you want a full gui install using only cd's you would probably need 3-4 cd's. If you have a fast wlan connection you could use disk one or one of the net-install iso's. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP

Re: openoffice

2004-02-28 Thread Greg Madden
running ltsp but not running on server screen > either. > > Steve I use OO.org apps exclusively. I haven't had any issues, running pure Sarge right now. Start oowriter, or whatever app you want to use, in a xterm, or equivelent, it will give some output on the failure, afaik. - --

Re: Netscape 4.7x, unstable and XFree4.3

2004-02-28 Thread Greg Madden
current version of Mozilla do not work ? My banks site became workable with Konq 3.1.2 and works with modern versions of Mozilla. My bank is an IE preffered web site (: - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAQFXbk7rtxKWZzGsRAvddAKDJv

Re: openoffice

2004-02-28 Thread Greg Madden
or OO.org issue. BTW, I do like the Debian logo in the splash screen instead of the Sun logo. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAQToQk7rtxKWZzGsRAoJ2AJ0RDIYnPtCmREWqW0ZdmIw5Tt3UAACgj6Jd On2794AgkVMluwB/7zQPWxc= =vln/ -END

Re: Problem installing Debian onto Proliant server

2004-02-29 Thread Greg Madden
situation can mean no driver compiled into the kernel , for the hardware raid card, for the Woody kernels. You need to make sure the driver for the raid card is available in the install kernel. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD

Re: Sandisk Cruzer USB flash drive -- gaah!

2004-03-01 Thread Greg Madden
gt; appreciated! thanks, > > matt I have to actually use the mount command on mine, its a mini-cruzer. 'mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/'. You need Fat & vfat file system support. This is on my laptop, no other scsi devices, so if you use it on

ntpdate leap year

2004-03-01 Thread Greg Madden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I use ntp-simpl. This is a leap year, 29 days in February, but ntp is short by one day. I can adjust the date manually but when ntp runs it sets me back a day. Is there away to tell ntp about leap years ? - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux

Re: new installer

2004-03-02 Thread Greg Madden
iversity of Manchester The new installer is also available here: http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/ There are jigdo files for dvd & cd if you want to go that route. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFARNC

Re: xlib6g and unstable

2004-03-03 Thread Greg Madden
able, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source However the following packages replace it: xlibs libxaw6-dbg libxaw6" - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version

Re: discover vs modconf, etc

2004-03-04 Thread Greg Madden
s attached during the install? I had a USB mouse attached and it was configured properly. Testing uses a 2.4.24 kernel. Are you using the new Debian Installer ? - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAR2oBk7rtxKWZzGsRAq0Q

Re: Reconfigure Mouse?

2004-03-04 Thread Greg Madden
defaults, you just tab through until you get to the mouse config. screen. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAR+4nk7rtxKWZzGsRAporAJ4p4RZkESiwW//ezCRctXpGeV2WSwCaA+zg wLcETecDEU5/6ZRD/1aoES0= =d1lD -END PGP SIGNATURE---

Re: Reconfigure Mouse?

2004-03-04 Thread Greg Madden
is isn't > relevant, but after my bout with stupidity, I want to be complete) > I think that's everything. > > > I really do appreciate any help you can offer. And I *DO* apologize > for my lack of initial information. I am not sure if Woody has any of these packages. Sar

Re: ATI Radeon 7500 & Woody - Unknown Chipset (0x5157)

2004-03-06 Thread Greg Madden
r device. > > I also tried the 'radeonfb' module, but same results. > > Thanks for your prompt reply! > > -Kenneth Get rid of all the FB stuff. Unless you are doing something special with a console FB isn't needed when your video card is supported by a driver

Re: Advice: making the move to all-SCSI

2004-03-09 Thread Greg Madden
7;s MBR, not the current boot disk? In the past, it seems like > I've had trouble with that process. > > Any advice welcome - thanks. > In my bios I can specify the boot device, scsi or atapi. Also install lilo on the first scsi disk, sda, and tell lilo what the root partition i

Re: FW: New to debian and overwhelmed.

2004-03-13 Thread Greg Madden
(of course, besides swap). > > Well, the advantages and disadvantages have been discussed here > repeatedly. Just take a look at the archive. > > best regards > Andreas Janssen > > -- > Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PRO

Re: RAID on a Dell Poweredge 1750

2004-03-15 Thread Greg Madden
> -- > Bill Moseley > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Not sure what version of Debian this is for. http://oregonstate.edu/~kveton/debian/ - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAVlY0k7rtxKWZzGsRAl6WAJ9rBWkv+WJYxYccA5Vn1+rf/NtiYwCfbfkw vqNZOqt64sNXQn1tYsfrGpE= =qjPr -END PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: X 4.3 for testing (from unstable?)

2004-03-19 Thread Greg Madden
4.3 for testing? > I used pinning(/etc/apt/preferences) to get x-window-system 4.3 from unstable on an otherwise pure Testing laptop. It loaded X without any other depends from unstable. Seems to be okay. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: memory of video card

2004-03-23 Thread Greg Madden
at e900 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) > [size=8M] Expansion ROM at [disabled] [size=64K] > Capabilities: I'll be interested to see if it matters. During the configuration of the xserver I alway s skip right on by the bus ID & memory items. AFAIKT it hasn't made a diff

Re: pppoe

2004-01-27 Thread Greg Madden
at comes with Debian, my IPCOP box uses a flavor of it, and it is on 24/7, without redials. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAFwsLk7rtxKWZzGsRAmEnAKDWgNFFL7wgGKoTC9vbkfrz3yXWqQCgzJLw grnQGhiZZAD90zA1GfVj9fs= =1ehA -END P

Re: jigdo question

2004-01-29 Thread Greg Madden
ore info needed to be more helpful, except the .iso.temp file can still be used by the program s don't delete them. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAGWk4k7rtxKWZzGsRAgyVAJ94zabWUI8oAL4jWue7e5VMxo0DRwCggU2D 6Yu/caT

Re: G5 Xserver or Sun Blade 1500

2004-01-29 Thread Greg Madden
owerful, particularly > for the graphics (which are not the main difficulty of my project). > Is this correct or does the higher Hz of the Dual G5 mean it is much > faster than the UlraSparc > Thanks, > Angel You might want to check to see if/how well Debian PPC suports the G5,

Re: How to see if SMP is working

2004-02-06 Thread Greg Madden
live) > > Marcel The 'Intel Multirocessor Spec' (MPS 1.4) is set in the bios. I do think it should be set to '1.4'. You can google MPS 1.4. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAI9JFk7rtxKWZzGsRAgk/A

Re: video card compatibility

2004-02-08 Thread Greg Madden
nt have to be new, or handle > games, as i use consoles for that. but i want video playback, also, a > nice resolution wouldn't be that bad. > > any suggestions? I have never bought anything here but this is a great card, esp if you use two monitors. http://www.compuplus.com/insidepa

Re: pcnet32 driver for vmware

2004-02-11 Thread Greg Madden
f not, during the install you can select the module during the install. Woody works just fine in Vmware. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAKoyqk7rtxKWZzGsRArfiAJ9Gyp/WsxLsGZD2Y4ElsYCvkMYYOQCg1+RD gvk5eW3tXuAGonrITQmeG/A=

Re: sarge installer: unsure what images needed

2004-02-11 Thread Greg Madden
booted directly > from the CDROM ??? > > 11) then do an installation from network using either Germany > mirror or local mirror of 'testing'. > > If anyone can offer any advice, it'd be appreciated! Many thanks! > > Also, can anybody confirm: at the m

Re: Multihead

2004-02-14 Thread Greg Madden
creens combined with > xinerama? > > Sincerely, > > Jan. I would check the Matrox site. They used to support multiple monitors with their card selection. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFALe8ok

Re: kernel upgrade and LVM

2004-02-15 Thread Greg Madden
> > Any clue ? > > Thanks for help You may have the labels mixed up. The 'default=' is still the old kernel. I would have to see how the links from '/' to /boot for the kernels, to tell. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: lost nic

2004-02-16 Thread Greg Madden
an Face 2 Interface Inc 845-679-9387 > This Month's New Quiz --- Past Superbowl Winners > Make a Website: http://face2interface.com/Home/Demo.shtml - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAMSVUk7rtxKWZzGsRAkp7AKCHfdzG

Re: lost nic

2004-02-16 Thread Greg Madden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 16 February 2004 12:19 pm, Marty Landman wrote: > At 03:17 PM 2/16/2004, Greg Madden wrote: > >Ping localhost doesn't use the nic, internal inerface. > > Ok. > > >Ping something else on your net. > > Nothin

Re: Debian on a SUSE computer

2004-02-17 Thread Greg Madden
ou wouldn't find that in official Debian. So it depends. I don't know Suse but I would at least compare the X & video card items. Suse also patches their kernels more? than Debian does. They used to have some drivers (scsi) available that were not available in the Debian kernel. - -- G

Re: mounting loop iso9660 rw

2004-02-18 Thread Greg Madden
eft it still in a read only state. You would have to copy the contents elsewhere, add files/dir then run mkisofs. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFANCRXk7rtxKWZzGsRAhdiAKDCcAOIwcjtbIbFrZVwsI28afYZTgCgnH4P PY+pkqeIPknzOgJGjX

Re: Are there any known problems when using apt-get dist-upgrade

2004-02-19 Thread Greg Madden
table listed, there is nothing gained, security wise, by upgrading to another version. As mentioned using Debian security is all you need, esp if your system works for you now. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFANOalk7rtxKWZzGsRAm

evolution in testing issue

2004-02-21 Thread Greg Madden
ar that I can drag to the right exposing the other views underneath, but the year view remains partially visable. Dselect does not show any broken packages, everthing else works great. TIA - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux)

Re: evolution in testing issue

2004-02-21 Thread Greg Madden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 21 February 2004 02:28 pm, Greg Madden wrote: > I have a system that I upgraded from woody. I grabbed Evolution this > morning , yea!. The problem I have is the calendar only shows a view > consecutive months, I would call it

Re: Window-manager question

2004-03-28 Thread Greg Madden
out, and see which one you like the best. > > > Better yet, does anyone know what window manager Debian recommends > > and/or uses by default > > By default Debian installs several. Again, the emphasis is on user > choice. > > Adam I think if you install x-window-system

Re: Debian WiFi card recomendations please

2004-04-02 Thread Greg Madden
fo via google on wifi cards & GNU/Linux. I think cards based on the Prism(X) chipset work during install. I use a Orinoco card, there are several varieties, that all work. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux user -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAbjHWk7

Re: Problem installing Sarge from ISO images

2004-04-02 Thread Greg Madden
It does not read > the disk and asks me again to insert disk 1. > > Thanks for your help, You might try 'apt-cdrom add' when you boot to a root prompt. This may give more error messages, or succeed. - -- Greg Madden D

Re: apt-get kde 3.2 problem with testing

2004-04-03 Thread Greg Madden
Sidhu It looks like that source does not have the meta-packages you are trying to install. You would have to install each package separately. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux user -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAbyEok7rtxKWZzGsRAiM2AKCrOq

Re: Why do I need mkinitrd with 2.6?

2004-04-05 Thread Greg Madden
;t really needed for compiling a custom kernel for your box, esp when you know all the hardware/fs. Caveat, if you build kernels to be portable, i.e. for multiple boxes with differing hardware, and don't want to compile a kernel for each, initrd can save time. - -- Greg Madd

Re: Wheel Mouse

2004-04-07 Thread Greg Madden
; > > > > > > If I comment out either one of them, kdm refuses to start. > > > (Well, it does start, as far as I can tell, it just doesn't give > > > me a GUI.) Commening out the "Emulate3Buttons" in both of them > > > has no effect. (I s

Re: AMD vs. Intel

2004-04-07 Thread Greg Madden
27;s hardware is made in Hillsboro, Oregon. And > the vast majority of that either along OR-8 or along the MAX > interurban rail line. Hmm.. all my cpu's say Malaysia or Phillipines on them :) - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux user -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE---

Re: Kde 3 with woody

2004-04-15 Thread Greg Madden
> tomy My $.02, AFAIK KDE 3.2 depends ons X v4.3, at least in testing. I think using Testing instead of Woody with such a big install of backports is a better system. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux user -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAfsKik7rtx

Re: KDE 3.2, Gnome 2.6 , Xfree86 4.2

2004-04-16 Thread Greg Madden
bout trying it with backports, if any, for Woody, though I don't think Woody would be the place to do ,imho. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux User -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAgAr6k7rtxKWZzGsRAk4FAJ9YjRJTPFoUrh2cc27UhoUUofLLywCfZAuU WBau10zfJZ1GJLmTtR/ybFw= =9Obz -END PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: woody to sarge?

2004-04-19 Thread Greg Madden
| about backports(.org). Or make yourself familar with pinning. > > pinning?---any hints? > > Thanks, > Sarunas I would use the suggestion of changing the sources to point to sarge. 'dist-upgrade' is what you want to use, though I also run dselect afterwards, seems like there

Re: Corel - which debian?

2004-04-19 Thread Greg Madden
ar with Debian that far back. > > Thanks > -- > Kind regards > Hans du Plooy > Newington Consulting Services > hansdp at newingtoncs dot co dot za It was referred to as Slink & 1/2, Slink with some Potato backports. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux user -BEGIN PGP SIG

Re: XFree86

2004-04-22 Thread Greg Madden
says that "No devices at PCI:1:0:1,No screens detected". Please, > help! > > As root, "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" Look for a Radeon driver while doing the re-config. Woody ships with X v.4.1 and I am not sure that that chipset is supported. Testing has X

dfsg compliant X

2004-05-12 Thread Greg Madden
this change affect end users ? -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dfsg compliant X

2004-05-13 Thread Greg Madden
On Wednesday 12 May 2004 05:46 pm, Greg Madden wrote: > I noticed that X-window-system is now dfsg.1-1. I guess this means > all the firmware with no source has been removed. I am not sure what > effect removing the firmware actually will have. I have a fairly new > laptop using the

Re: How to setup a DVD-RW

2004-05-02 Thread Greg Madden
e it work, > please? > Try a google for 'ide-scsi howto' lots of good links. If you have Xcdroast on your box there is a good howto in its documentation. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux User -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version

Re: ran mkreiserfs and erased my ext2 partition!!!

2004-05-03 Thread Greg Madden
oint. Backups are the only way, afaik. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux User -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAlqDwk7rtxKWZzGsRAqCKAKC8d76jaQqtbepj7wwpfUkxKWhkAQCghXJ7 hkVdokPcXxiXdfy1VCmVL/Q= =U3JX -END PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: Dual Boot Windows Permissions For User

2004-05-06 Thread Greg Madden
/usbvfatumask=000,user,noauto 0 0 The umask=000 is a not necessarily the best way,(full access for everyone) you can use uid & gid. I set the pass to 0 so there would be not attempt at checking the vfat file system. -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux User -- To UNSUBS

Re: Debian Installation on a cybercafe PC

2007-02-27 Thread Greg Madden
uot;knoppix toram" at the boot prompt. > > the 'toram' is good if you have 1gb of memory. Though this may be for using X with it, if you use the cheatcode '2' i.e., 'knoppix 2' it boots with out X and is quite useable, will burn dvd-r, cd-r etc. Maybe

Re: Ethernet card Marvell

2007-02-28 Thread Greg Madden
e, if it is present in a kernel version in one distro it is present in another, i.e. , Debian. You may have to manually insert the correct module if the install system fails to pick it up. 'modprobe ' at a second vt. Use a daily-build net-install disk to get an uptodate install d

Re: DVD ripping/copying/demacroing/deregionalizing

2007-03-05 Thread Greg Madden
my local lan. Dvdrip uses transcode to encode, very processor intensive, i.e. it will use all you have, so the more you have the faster it goes, amd64 x2 4400 takes about three hours for a average movie length. You need debian.multimedia in your sources.list, for libdvdcss. Nice gtk2 program. - -- Greg Madden -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF7KqlaefA3q8KcpARAlk9AJ0evxMgc1i26tTmkzpi+QtTCfHp4gCeP2jg u8AXUz724hy25Gc3cCMy6/E= =Zqqf -END PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: Debian Installer on DELL PowerEdge 850/860

2007-03-08 Thread Greg Madden
r modules. Is there a fix for the installer or a planned > solution in the next release? Thanks Regards > > Ben Humpert ia64 is Itanium, which is different than amd64 in Debian. Does Dell do Itanium? Using Etch is good advice. - -- Greg Madden -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Vers

Re: Printer setup problem in Etch

2007-03-11 Thread Greg Madden
nPrinting > > I am wondering if there is something obvious I am missing or doing > wrong here? I realize Etch is a testing version of Debian, so could > there be some sort of bug? > > Thanks for your help. > > Search the Cups docs for Quota. I had this problem in Etch

Re: Printer setup problem in Etch

2007-03-12 Thread Greg Madden
consisten after the reboot > > Bob - From the cups manual, this has the keyword quota. QuotaPeriod Examples ... QuotaPeriod 604800 Description The QuotaPeriod directive defines the value of the job-quota-period attribute. Typical values are 86400 (1 day), 604800 (1 week), 2592000

Re: vote for Debian on Dell computers

2007-03-15 Thread Greg Madden
by going to > > http://www.dell.com/linuxsurvey > > Choose other in question (6) and enter Debian. If enough users > respond, may be they will have Debian computers. Long shot, but I > think it is worth it. > > BTW, I am not associated with Dell or anything. > > raju > B

Re: Etch status..?

2006-11-16 Thread Greg Madden
ted it was safe, for my skill level to upgrade. The laptop pcmcia card issue is a trial an error issue, if Etch doesn't support it, use sarge and do a minimal install, change your sources list to Etch and do a full install. Use 'dpkg get-selections & 'dpkg set-selections to get

Re: SATA PCI

2006-11-22 Thread Greg Madden
y particular card. Linux users still have to ask about chipsets, which the average computer shop employee thinks your from Mars for asking such a question. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dual layered DVD's vs single layer etc....

2006-12-03 Thread Greg Madden
re... :-) > Part of this discussion concerned the cost of DL media vs single layer.At the time DL was about $8/disk while compared to maybe $1.00/disk for SL, not a good value, imho. The economics may have changed. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

/etc/network/interfaces file ?

2006-12-16 Thread Greg Madden
h. I comment out the 'hotplug' line and use 'eth0 auto' the old way, and all is well. Anyone else see this and what package is this associated with ? TIA -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /etc/network/interfaces file ?

2006-12-17 Thread Greg Madden
On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:56:23 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrei Popescu) wrote: > On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 05:17:39PM -0900, Greg Madden wrote: > > For several installs over a period of time for Etch, using a > > net-install cd. The ~/network/interfaces file uses the line > >

debmirror mkdir fails at line 1563

2006-12-17 Thread Greg Madden
ug("Created directory: $current"); } $seen{$current}=1; } } } } TIA -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /etc/network/interfaces file ?

2006-12-17 Thread Greg Madden
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:17:39 -0900 Greg Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For several installs over a period of time for Etch, using a > net-install cd. The ~/network/interfaces file uses the line > "allow-hotplug eth0". This has not worked on my boxes, I have to

Re: FLAC frontend

2006-12-26 Thread Greg Madden
e encode tab allows you to configure different encoders to use, flac is one. Grip works well easy to setup and use, defaults work as is for some. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Partitioning Safely?

2007-01-28 Thread Greg Madden
ng important? Is there a way to consolidate data to > one area of the disk? > > > Thanks, > Mitch You might want to look at 'partimage', for evaluation. It is on the same Knoppix disk, boot using the 'knoppix 2' cheat code, no X. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: VMWare on current kernels

2007-02-05 Thread Greg Madden
without the any-any patches. I ran this from a TTY since, I think, failures have occured while doing this in X with a Konsole. 1. dl the source & unpack > 'l -s linux' in /usr/src/ 2. cp -a /boot/config- '/usr/src/linux/.config' 3. run 'make oldconfig', takes just a

Re: Dosemu

2007-02-19 Thread Greg Madden
asically anything after Debian Sarge. It seems that  2.6.12 the kernel folks added 'radomization_va_space' . This breaks dosemu v.1.2.x and some other programs. The workaround for the v.1.2.x series is to enter, as root, at a comand line of choice,: 'echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space'.  Dosemu now works in Debian Etch...yea :-)" -- Greg Madden

Re: Unstable wireless connection in Etch

2008-02-01 Thread Greg Madden
d/networking restart' assuming all is well with the interfaces file. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Caught half-way through xorg 7 upgrade, errors in installation of x11-common

2006-06-07 Thread Greg Madden
hoice "dpkg -P opera" > > It also seems really to want /usr/include/X11 to be a symbolic link =(. -- Greg Madden

Re: two external HD

2006-06-07 Thread Greg Madden
ice and I have an external USB drive, so technically I suppose I do have two, never use the printer card reader though. I run internal scsi drives also so their are multiple scsi buses and devices with no issues. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Version Magic and Kernel 2.6.16-2-686-smp

2006-06-13 Thread Greg Madden
t should match the running kernel but this gets out of syc once in awhile. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian server support

2006-06-29 Thread Greg Madden
lly useful. > HP uses Debian , I don't have personal experience, but the following URL suggests Debian support for their hardware http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/76817-0-0-225-121.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Please clarify correct sid packages for 2.6.16 and for 2.6.17?

2006-07-12 Thread Greg Madden
ux-patch-debian-2.6.162.6.16-14 > Debian patches to version 2.6.16 of the Linux kernel > ii linux-source-2.6.16 2.6.16-14 > Linux kernel source for version 2.6.16 with Debian patch > ------- > If you do 'apt-get -s dist-upgrade' it wil

Re: dvd and cd burning and ripping

2008-06-28 Thread Greg Madden
for any help, > > -- > Daniel Dalton > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/ > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ripping a dvd I use dvdrip, it rips the dvd then uses transcode to create a file, mpeg, avi, ogg. I store them on a hard drive, mythtv box, to view so I haven't burned to

Re: Please clarify correct sid packages for 2.6.16 and for 2.6.17?

2006-07-14 Thread Greg Madden
he smp kernel. The 'linux-image-amd64-k8-smp' will install the latest 2.6 kernel for amd64, same for headers. For unstable it looks like 2.6.17 is the kernel that gets installed. snip -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: sun-java5-jre installed but not recognized

2006-07-18 Thread Greg Madden
lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.06/jre/', but OO finds it there and is an option to select in enabling java, along with the default installed? 1.4.2. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dma errors

2006-07-19 Thread Greg Madden
uple of things, the generic IDE driver doesn't do dma , make sure you load the module for your chipset. Using 'hdparm' will show if dma is set for the drives. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kdebase-dev removes gnome-desktop and xfce4

2006-07-21 Thread Greg Madden
dev lua50 > > 0 aggiornati, 41 installati, 8 da rimuovere e 0 non aggiornati. > > Etch is using gamin as its file/dir monitering app. All package should depend on gamin not fam, see if a bug has been filed on the package you want to use. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Is there a 2.6.16-2-686-smp header mismatch?

2006-07-23 Thread Greg Madden
e size as your running kernel. > > > > Am I doing something wrong, or is there a mismatch between the headers > and the kernel? I just tested it on a test box, same message. I also tested the path '/lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686-smp/build/include/' , which is also in Vmw

Re: Is there a 2.6.16-2-686-smp header mismatch?

2006-07-23 Thread Greg Madden
e size as your running kernel. > > > > Am I doing something wrong, or is there a mismatch between the headers > and the kernel? Thanks for the heads up. In my previous post I did not realize that testing had migrated to the new kernel. Vmware users be aware. -- Greg Madden

Re: Is there a 2.6.16-2-686-smp header mismatch?

2006-07-26 Thread Greg Madden
message :-( I had to dl the source and make-oldconfig using the official kernels .config file and make a header & kernel package. Strange but the 2.6.15-k7-smp kernel & headers were working fine before the upgrade , now after fooling around with Vmware & new kernel, the Debian 2.6.15-k7-smp shows the same error. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Net-install CD: What it does to existing partitions and installations

2006-08-02 Thread Greg Madden
x27; from the first partitioner screen. You can then select the partition(s) to install or resize. If you select grub as your boot loader you will be asked if you want to add exist installs to the grub menu.lst. I am using the daily build, not sure if resize is on the beta2 cd. -- Greg Madden

Re: why sarge's default kernel does not support scsi disk?

2006-08-04 Thread Greg Madden
The last time it booted, it > > booted just > > fine. > > > > -- > > Raquel > > The scsi card is what needs the driver/module not the drive. The scsi card should have a bios that you ca access during boot using one of the function keys, you should see a prompt dur

Re: Memory card reader on Etch

2006-08-16 Thread Greg Madden
be I'm doing something wrong. lspci does not indicate that the device is working, it just reports what devices on the pci bus report. The devices still need drivers/modules. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how can run linux (kernel and gui from ram)

2006-08-17 Thread Greg Madden
stion : > can i some how change loaded kernal path : > after boot remount it from other place. > will Kde (or Xfce ) run faster if i run it from mem? (no read/write > needed time). Knoppix has a 'toram' option, it will run in 1gb of ram. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: VMWare, how to access host share?

2006-08-19 Thread Greg Madden
d. Note that the default passdb backends require the user to already exist in the system password file (usually/etc/passwd), else the request to add the user will fail. This option is only available when running smbpasswd as root." -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: local mirror, apt-move, lan installation

2006-08-21 Thread Greg Madden
; > in /var/cache/apt/archives after a successful installation. > > You probably want apt-proxy or apt-cacher. > You'll mirror only the debs you install. Use the 'sync' option with apt-move. The man page says it will dl all files installed on your box. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debain with Sata & SCSI = boot problem

2006-09-19 Thread Greg Madden
are identified as scsi drives also, not sure if you can give any scsi ID umbers to a sata disk, but usually you can assign a disk id of 0 , as a boot disk, on a 'real' scsi drive. HTH -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: backing up a new laptop

2006-10-02 Thread Greg Madden
t restore media you get. My best scenario was an oem like restore disk , you can do fresh installs if you want. I used 'ntfsresize' to shrink the Windows partition to 6 gb. I then had ~14 gb to install Linux. Partimage is a good program to image a partition, the fewer partions the easier it

vmware installs won't run

2006-10-03 Thread Greg Madden
y /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)" I googled the error message and actually found a response from a Ubuntu user " Copy /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 to /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/." this eliminates the error message but Vmware doesn't run. Any vmware users seeing similar resu

Re: vmware installs won't run

2006-10-03 Thread Greg Madden
On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 11:40:12 -0800 Greg Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am running Etch. with 2.6.16 sources, doesn't require the ~any-any > patch. After a recent upgrade Vmware no longer runs. It installs > okay. I get an error message: > > "usr/lib/vmware/

Re: SMP with ACPI disabled

2006-10-04 Thread Greg Madden
ily used server doesn't seem to me to need power management. I have a smp PIII Gz that gives me fits, IRQ allocation on the pci slots. This is a APIC issue, and the easiest solution was not to use certain cards in the box. Is that two cpu's with hyperthreading or two core duo cpu's? -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: No xterm (or equivalents) immediately accessible in default etch

2006-10-22 Thread Greg Madden
On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:23:09 -0400 "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 12:14:53PM -0800, Greg Madden wrote: > > > > since this seems a nit pick session , I believe to bring up the run > > dialog box is . Also imho Debian

Re: No xterm (or equivalents) immediately accessible in default etch

2006-10-22 Thread Greg Madden
ce it where you want > it > * Use Alt-F1 to bring up a "run" dialog and type gnome-terminal since this seems a nit pick session , I believe to bring up the run dialog box is . Also imho Debian is not for a newbie or even less so a windows convert, hence Ubuntu. I noticed that the sele

Re: Sid: Grub2 faling to boot: Unknown device UUID

2009-07-24 Thread Greg Madden
e fstab & grub menu. 'blkid' is the command that gives you all the uuid's for the file systems on you hard drives. I don't use Sid, Lenny here, but I have been using uuid's to manage removable media. -- Peace Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

etch kernel version 2.6.18

2009-09-01 Thread Greg Madden
/etch"; it shows kernel version 2.6.18-6. I am using dselect, and I am wondering why the differences in kernel version. -- TIA Peace Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: etch kernel version 2.6.18

2009-09-01 Thread Greg Madden
On Tuesday 01 September 2009, Greg Madden wrote: > I have a Lenny box running the 2.6.18 kernel. I have the following > sources added to the Lenny ones: > > deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ etch main contrib > deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib. > >

Re: Inquiry:Where to find Debian GNU/Linux kernel 2.6.8-4-686 iso image ?

2009-09-13 Thread Greg Madden
On Saturday 12 September 2009, hadi motamedi wrote: > kernel 2.6.8-4-686 http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/ I think that was the release kernel for Sarge, aka Debian 3.1 -- Peace Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

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