openct does not start when token is inserted

hi guys, i've got a cryptographic token (Rainbow iKey 3000) and want to use it on my debian box. there's some problem, though. when i plug it in, i get usb 2-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 in my logs. however the corresponding init.d script is not executed and i

rewriting hotplug scripts for udev

hi guys, i have a cryptographic token that is handled by openct. when i start openct with token plugged to the usb port, everything works fine. however when i plug in the token later, it is not recognized and i have to restart openct to get it working. there are 2 files in /etc/hotplug/usb.

Re: GUI

In fact I want to see if I can start linux without starting the GUI. Instead want to start the GUI by typing startx. if you never-ever want to start GUI, the quick way is uninstalling xdm/gdm/kdm/whatever login manager you have installed. another solution would be to check the initscripts and

Re: GUI

sorry for confusing post - i wanted to say: if you never-ever want the gui to be started automatically after boot if you never-ever want to start GUI, the quick way is uninstalling xdm/gdm/kdm/whatever login manager you have installed. another solution would be to check the initscripts and

Re: changin XTerm colors

I tried to change the XTerm colors by putting these lines in my ~/.Xresources file: XTerm*Background: black XTerm*Foreground: white But it has no effect. Anyone know what the problem is? According to XTerm manual, this should work. Oh, and I tried changing the names (Background to background

Re: Intel 82845g Problem.

Csanyi Pal wrote: Hi Leo! On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 05:35:14PM +0100, Leonardo Uzcudun wrote: Very nice but i810 doesn�t work, so only chance is vesa (but at 640x480�.very nice). Another solution? Leo i had some issues with 845g based graphics chipset on my notebook. don't know whether it is

licq and enlightenment16 in sid

hi guys, i recently upgraded to sid. when using enlightenment (0.16) and licq, i am not able to set the position of the status window (dock icon - LicqWharf). i cen set up it to remember its position in the windowmanager, however after the restart, it is again placed in different location

aptitude and apt-listbugs

hi guys, i use aptitude and listbugs in sid. during update/upgrade aptitude loads the bug list and displays all of them. i have 2 questions regarding this: 1) it should be possible to view any of the bugs (to see whether they are related to the version i want to upgrade to). help indicates,

udev upgrade

hi, after today's upgrade (i386, sid) it seems there is something wrong with udev: Preparing to replace udev 0.074-3 (using .../archives/udev_0.076-1_i386.deb) ... mv: target `/dev/.udev/db/' is not a directory: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing

Re: aptitude and apt-listbugs

however writing down the bug number in any form doesn't display anything. http://www.debian.org/Bugs/ yes, of course. i just meant that the message dpkg/apt prints out somehow indicates that it should be able to get the full bug description and print it out... 2) is it possible to tell

Re: aptitude and apt-listbugs

At this prompt you should be able to type in the specific bug number and the bug should be displayed. Maybe you are putting a '#' in front of it? Like it says above this uses the querybts program. Does this program work on its own, so without starting aptitude? I chose a random bug number: $

Re: ATI FIreGL4 drivers for ia64

We recently ported our ia64 machine which was running hp-ux to debian3.1. Installation was a breeze. But we are having problems in bringing up X. I understand it is because of the ATI FireGL4 graphics card that we have. I googled a lot but couldn't find drivers for this particular card. Could

Re: merging Openoffice docs in unison

hi, I'm experimenting with Unison to keep my computers in sync with each other. Unison has this cool merge feature which allows you to compare file versions in an external program reconcile changes. It would be great if I could do this with my OOo docs, where most of my work takes place, and

Re: Color Laser

you didn't say what you need it for - HPLJ 4650 that we have here is pretty good, however, quite expensive as well... definitely overkill for home / 'small business' use. regards, -- Lubos [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: Using dd to clone smaller drive to larger drive

Brian C wrote: Warning to archive readers. I believe a typo in one of the commands below will destroy your data. Read on... Alvin Oga wrote: [snip] - if you want to leave bad data behind mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/new-disk HERE IT COMES tar cvfp old-disk-paritions /mnt/new-disk just

Re: Using dd to clone smaller drive to larger drive

1.) partition the new drive as you want it 2.) for each partition of the new drive, mount the partition in /mnt/tmp or something like that, then cd /old-partition-mount ; tar cf - . | (cd /mnt/tmp ; tar xf -) What does the dot do? archive the local directory to the stdout tar cf - . | ...

Re: wacom graphire4

hi, thinking about getting a Wacom Graphire4. I am using 'testing' with kernel 2.6.8 and XFree86 4.3. Getting the pen/tablet to work would be a staightforward process? depending what you mean by 'getting it to work'. i have graphire 4 for some time. it works as a pointing device, however the

wildcard and variable expansion

hi guys, i'm trying to solve the following problem and cannot find any working solution. it might seem to be very specialized on the first sight, but i think it's pretty general (and probably pretty easy) i'm using pbs pro queueing system and there is a tool called pbsdsh that runs given

Re: mcedit in X

mcedit in a text console uses Ins+Ctrl and Ins+Shift to copy and paste. That does not work in X. Anybody know a way around that? don't know if i got your question right... press shift while selecting the text to copy from the mcedit window (using the left mouse button). paste can be done

xorg input device hotplug - wacom issue?

hi guys, does anyone know what's the current status of xorg input device hotplug in etch, or in debian in general? quite frequently, i forget connecting my wacom tablet to my notebook. xorg starts fine. when i connect the tablet then, it gets recognized, i can control the mouse using the

xrandr1.2 in etch

hi guys, is there any possibility to get xrandr1.2 in etch, other than upgrading to lenny? i am a bit afraid of 'selectively' upgrading only xorg, since in my opinion, it might break too many things (due to xorg/libraries dependencies) - or would you recommend taking this route? the problem

Re: xrandr1.2 in etch

is there any possibility to get xrandr1.2 in etch, ... Did you try backports? hm, that would probably be a possibility. actually, do you suggest installing the whole xbase-clients from backports, or just downloading the package, unpacking, and using the new xrandr 1.2 binary? best, -- Lubos

Re: xrandr1.2 in etch

Did you try backports? actually, the backports xbase-clients xbase-clients_6.9.0.dfsg.1-6~bpo.4_i386.deb contains the old version of xrandr (1.1) as well... so the upgrade seems to be the only way to go... best, -- Lubos [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lubos.vrbka.net -- To

video output problem with xorg intel and etch

hi guys, i am experiencing a 'funny' thing with the new etch intel xorg driver (the i810 works without problems when 915resolution is used). the machine i am using is a notebook with internal lcd and external lcd connected via dvi. the computer is set up so, that the external monitor is the

Re: apt: The following packages have been kept back:

JW wrote: I sometimes have a hard time figuring out why apt keeps certain packages back. For example the other day during an apt-get upgrade it was keeping back openoffice (and all the OO componant packages). It was not requiring any packages to be removed, it wasn't causing any major packages

Re: problems activating wireless

hi, probably a silly question, but is the device actually activated? i see the same lsmod output even with the same wifi card deactivated by the so called kill-switch (it's turned off by a hardware switch). when the card is deactivated i am getting (dmesg | grep ipw) ipw3945: Intel(R)

Re: problems activating wireless

hi, my 'dsmeg | grep ipw' gives ipw3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945 Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.1.2dmpr ipw3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation ipw3945: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection it does not differ from yours. yes, it looks pretty similar.

Re: new problem with sound

hi, Bad idea. After that sound is no longer acquired by the on-board Intel device. Sound input failed on the USB device months ago. I've tried 3 different microphones; unlikely that all have failed. The devices appear OK in Skype but there is no reply from the echo test. is that a card

wifi connection manager recommenadations

hi guys, i am looking for a good wifi connection manager for debian etch. at the moment, i must have the actual connection hard-coded in /etc/network/interfaces. changing the network then involves editing interfaces file, ifdown/ifup... i am now gonna travel a bit and use many different

Re: wifi connection manager recommenadations

Patrick Wiseman wrote: what functionality i'd like to have? 1) start this application (undex X) 2) check for networks around 3) connect to a known one or select an unknown network for my home network, i need WPA. i am using enlightenment as a window manager. most of kde/gnome is installed as

Re: wifi connection manager recommenadations

hi, I recall there is / was a problem with network-manager not liking it when you have the '/etc/network/interfaces' setup with the wireless interface. here is a copy of my interfaces file if it any help. $ cat /etc/network/interfaces # This file describes the network interfaces available on

Re: wifi connection manager recommenadations

I have the same wireless card as you and I use: $ dpkg -l |grep network-manager ii network-manager 0.6.6-2 network management framework daemon ii network-manager-gnome0.6.6-2 network management framework (GNOME frontend with no problems. I recall there is

Re: Debian on Dell Inspiron 640m

Sabarish Balagopal wrote: 1. Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection Try, http://kryptoz.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/install-ipw3945-intel-prowireless-3945abg-on-debian/ ipw3945 is depricated and you should be trying iwlwifi drivers. Hopefully you will find your luch. I

Re: SPAM: LOW * Dell Raid

Hallo Jungs, Servus! debian-user ist ein english-sprachiges Maillist. ich habe einen Dell Optiplex 755 mit Intel Raid on Board. Leider wird das Raid in der Minimalen Debian instal. nicht erkannt. Sind bei der Vollversion über 3 DVD`s mehr Raidtreiber mit dabei? personally i don't have any

tuxonice in lenny amd64 kernel

hi guys, i am just about to install debian lenny on my new laptop (dell d430). i intend to put 64bit system there, and since it features only ssd disk i won't create any swap partition (the machine has 2 gb of memory so i should hopefully be able to live w/o swap). since it is a notebook, it

/var/log on tmpfs

hi guys, i have set my /var/log to be on tmpfs (i have ssd and want to avoid logs being written on it). the problem is, that for example syslogd complains that /var/log/news/* files are missing. indeed, there is no news subdirectory in /var/log. the same applies, e.g., to apt

Re: /var/log on tmpfs

i have set my /var/log to be on tmpfs (i have ssd and want to avoid logs being written on it). the problem is, that for example syslogd complains that /var/log/news/* files are missing. indeed, there is no news subdirectory in /var/log. the same applies, e.g., to apt (/var/log/apt/...) - so what

Re: /var/log on tmpfs

I don't recommend placing /var/log on tmpfs. Instead I recommend you take one of these actions: could you please summarize why? 3: Disable system logging using sysv-rc-conf or something similar. You might target sysklogd and/or klogd for disabling. hm, i have to have a look at it -

Re: SSH/SSHD local LAN only

You might also have a look at hosts.allow and hosts.deny (http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl5_hostsal.htm is just the first google result; the man pages certainly have more info, but I don't use hosts.* myself so I can only really provide a pointer). I'm not sure that really adds

external USB harddrive not recognized when present at boot

hi guys, i am encountering an interesting (and annoying) problem. when the external USB harddrive is plugged in during boot (i have dell d430 with d/port port replicator - the drive is connected to one of the usb ports on the d/port), i can hear it spinning in the very beginning, but then it

Re: external USB harddrive not recognized when present at boot

My first thought would be to try without the D/Port, as in connect the drive to one of the machines USB ports and see if that works... well, in this case it works. the drive is power-cycled twice during the boot process and udev takes care of it. I have never used a D/Port, so I'm shooting in

Re: external USB harddrive not recognized when present at boot

Ron Johnson wrote: On 09/25/08 02:34, Lubos Vrbka wrote: hi guys, i am encountering an interesting (and annoying) problem. when the external USB harddrive is plugged in during boot (i have dell d430 with d/port port replicator - the drive is connected to one of the usb ports on the d/port

Re: external USB harddrive not recognized when present at boot

Ron Johnson wrote: On 09/25/08 03:29, Lubos Vrbka wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] But then, I've got an external Firewire drive, and it's recognized at boot, as are all my thumb drives, so maybe your product doesn't follow some spec well enough, and new kernels are more strict than older

font change upon switching from DVI to VGA

hi guys, i had some problems with the DVI connector on my computer (notebook) recently and therefore switched to VGA (i have both). interestingly, the font size in some applications changed in size (e.g., conky, thunderbird/icedove). on my previous computer, i forced the dpi to 100 in kdmrc

equivalent of xfontsel for fontconfig names

hi guys, is there any application that can be used for going through a list of fonts, displaying the glyphs and providing also the fontconfig names in a way similar to xfontsel? i.e., i'd love to browse the fonts on my harddrive and after selecting one of them, getting for example VeraBd.

soundcard recognized but not accessible

hi guys, recently i installed lenny on a relatively dated machine. it seems to work fine, but i have problems with getting the sound working. the card is recognized by the kernel (part of the lspci -v follows) 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 [CrystalClear

Re: soundcard recognized but not accessible

Sven Joachim wrote: sven, sorry for replying off-list. posting (UPDATED) mail here as well. The driver for this card has been removed from the Debian kernel, as it needs binary-only firmware. ah, interesting. it seems that it is not that frequently used and doesn't therefore have a firmware

Re: soundcard recognized but not accessible

Sven Joachim wrote: I have to confess that I don't understand that. That message only appears if CONFIG_SND=y, but Debian Kernels use CONFIG_SND=m. What is your kernel version (according to /proc/version)? Linux version 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 (Debian 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.5) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: soundcard recognized but not accessible

For Debian kernels, it is in /boot/config-$(uname-r). ok, thanks. Nice, please report success or failure then. the soundcard works with the modules from alsa-drivers without any problems. Note that you will have to rebuild the module for every new kernel version (whenever the ABI and thus

rungetty autologin with password

hi guys, is it possible to have a functionality similar to rungetty -autologin user which would ask for the password of this user prior to loggin him/her in? this computer has only one user (me) but for 'security' reasons, i'd prefer having to enter the password, while not having to

Re: how to play .wmv files on Debian..???

hi, why is w32codecs not part of standard debian apt sources lists, it says WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! w32codecs you apparently added debian-multimedia.org site to your apt/sources.list, but didn't import the gpg key. all packages are authenticated using the gpg

Re: how to play .wmv files on Debian..???

hi, why is w32codecs not part of standard debian apt sources lists, it says WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! w32codecs you apparently added debian-multimedia.org site to your apt/sources.list, but didn't import the gpg key. all packages are authenticated using the gpg

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