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

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: 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

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])

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.

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

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

/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

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

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

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: 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: 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

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: 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

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: 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

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

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

Re: font change after kdm/xdm login

hi, Does it substitute a different font (family) or does it show the same font rendered differently (larger/smaller, blurrier/more ragged, etc.)? i think it's the same font, but after kdm login it's renderend smaller and (subjectively) not so sharp. I would start by comparing the output of

Re: font change after kdm/xdm login

Theoretically the *correct* dpi setting (whether you like it or not) should be set by the X server if you put your monitor's physical dimensions in xorg.conf right. problem is that this is a notebook (i945gm chipset) and i am attaching an external monitor to it. i haven't been able to figure

font change after kdm/xdm login

hi guys, i am using enlightenment 0.16 as my window manager. up to now i was using xdm as my login manager. recently, i tried to install and use kdm... then, fonts in several applications (e.g., psi, iceweasel, conky, ...) differ when i log in using xdm (the fonts i am used to - optimized

Re: als root kein KDE-Programm startbar

hi, In einem Terminal in KDE kann ich zwar mit su root werden, aber ich kann keine KDE-Programme starten. Beispiel: PlayMobil:# kwrite Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified kwrite: cannot connect to X server :0 If I understand you correctly, your problem is

resizing pictures and EXIF

hi guys, does anyone know good way how to resize jpg pictures and preserve EXIF at the same time, preferably using graphics/imagemagick? it seems that graphicsmagick removes the EXIF information, but maybe there is some option i missed :( thanks in advance for any hints. regards, -- Lubos

Re: resizing pictures and EXIF

hi, $ convert -resize 800x800 image.jpg small-image.jpg To resize multiple images you can always cook up a script. Other applications which I use for exif manipulations are jhead and exiv2. well, it seems that imagemagick indeed preserves exif information, whereas graphicsmagick doesn't! i

keeping ooffice in foreground

hi guys, is there any way how to force ooffice, oocalc, oowriter, ... not to go into background? when i issue soffice, it works exactly this way, but i would like to have it (if possible) for oo* as well. why do i need it? i have openoffice installed in chroot (this is amd64 system). oo*

Re: keeping ooffice in foreground

AMD64 has had a native OOo2 build for *quite* some time. Why are you still using a chrooted 32-bit build? hmmm, i think i should say *WOW* now... i wasn't aware of the fact that native 64bit ooffice is available. thanks for pointing that out. regards, -- Lubos [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] The record industry, RIAA and US law

Not to mention that the idea is idiotic - punish everyone because some people steal. Sheesh. i think this is on par with the fact that we have (here in czech republic, i'm not sure about other countries) to pay a fee for every blank cd/dvd, flash disk, printer, etc., because these _could_ be

Re: laptop harddrive noise

yag wrote: You may want to check this. http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_hard_drive_clicking interesting page... thanks for the link. i seem to experience the same problem, however, on different disk Vendor: ATA Model: FUJITSU MHV2060B Rev: Type: Direct-Access

Re: texlive, beamer and etch

hi, there was a discussion about it a few days ago on this list. it seems that i missed it and cannot find anything relevant now :( by the way - this is fresh etch install (into chroot). just after installation, i get the following: $ aptitude install texlive Reading package lists... Done

texlive, beamer and etch

hi guys, has anyone succeeded in installing texlive and latex-beamer at the same time on an etch box? i was doing one fresh etch install today and just installing texlive brought several conflicting packages. unfortunately i couldn't get further info since the machine had to be ready asap -

Re: ipw3945 Etch amd64

Mark Panen wrote: Hi I download ipw3945 and the kernel module for it. I modprobe ipw3945 and lsmod shows it's there. But /etc/init.d/ipw3945d start * Not starting ipw3945 regulatory daemon, driver not loaded. How can i get my wireless to work ? make sure that you have EVERYTHING related ot

Re: ipw3945 Etch amd64

Michael Pobega wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 08:11:39AM +0200, Lubos Vrbka wrote: Mark Panen wrote: Hi I download ipw3945 and the kernel module for it. I modprobe ipw3945 and lsmod shows it's there. But /etc/init.d/ipw3945d start

Re: ipw3945 Etch amd64

[pobega]$ ls /lib/firmware | grep ipw ipw3945.ucode [pobega]$ apt-cache policy firemware-ipw3945 W: Unable to locate package firemware-ipw3945 I guess this means I installed it from outside of APT? Would it be a smart idea to use APT to install it now, or just leave it as is (In case it ever

Re: Get Amilo Pro V3205 to see Intel Pro Wireless 3945abg -- Etch

hi, wireless on this laptop works fine, see my post on http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ site, or on my website (lubos.vrbka.net/misc_ntb.html) for the relevant config things. I just did that (*) but the system will not load the ipw3945 driver. Is there something I am missing? i think it

Re: Pronunciation of common Linux-related words

Isn't etc just short for etcetera? So wouldn't etcetera be the proper pronunciation? yes, it is. i'm not a native speaker, but if i recall correctly, they have always taught us to pronouce 'etc' as 'and so on', so we didn't use the original latin words (the same applies to 'e.g.' or 'i.e.').

nvidia mcp61 network adapter problem

hi guys, the thing i'm going to talk about is known issue, i'm just wondering how to easily solve it. some nvidia ethernet cards report their mac addresses to the kernel in reversed order (boot rom has them ok) - so you can boot off the network, but don't for example get ip from dhcp

Re: WEP is possible, WPA not (wpa_supplicant)

hi, I have an intel 3945 wireless card, installed wpa_supplicant (via apt-get, debian etch installation). i am using wpa_supplicant on etch with the same card and it works fine on a linksys router. The configuration for WEP works, but for WPA I never get an ip address from the DHCP server.

Re: ups not recognized by usb

Here is a possibly relevant article: http://www.mepis.org/node/5860 thanks for a hint, however, this doesn't work as well :( i tried both the solutions mentioned there, but to no avail :( regards, -- Lubos [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lubos.vrbka.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

ups not recognized by usb

hi guys, we have a bunch of apc back-ups cs500 ups-es for our desktops. they work fine with the exception of one machine, where we are getting ohci_hcd :00:02.0: wakeup usb 2-1: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 6 usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 usb 2-1:

Re: ups not recognized by usb

Maybe the necessary kernel module hasn't been compiled. kernel module for what? the usb controller? the apc uses hid, that indeed is compiled as a module. moreover, the same kernel and the same ups work on different machine (with different board) - maybe the usb handling on this one particular

Re: ups not recognized by usb

ups work on different machine (with different board) - maybe the usb handling on this one particular board is not correct? It's a possibility. would it be possible that low speed devices would be treated incorrectly , whereas high speed devices would be treated ok? that would correspond to the

Re: ups not recognized by usb

Hmmm. And you're sure that the software on this machine is *exactly* the same as the working computers? If that is correct, then you've exhausted my expertise... well, they are up-to-date etch machines... actually, the working computers are pure 64bit (amd64) and 32 bit machines, the

wireless problems with wpa

hi guys, i have problems with the wireless setup on my debian box. the card is intel pro wireless 3945. i have all necessary packages installed from debian repositories... in some wireless networks it works fine. the card is also fine - i tested it also from windows (it's dualboot machine).

Re: wireless problems with wpa

i have problems with the wireless setup on my debian box. the card is intel pro wireless 3945. i have all necessary packages installed from debian repositories... in some wireless networks it works fine. the card is also fine - i tested it also from windows (it's dualboot machine). i want to

Re: wireless problems with wpa

i found that it's necessary to use -Dwext switch to get rid of the ioctl message. sorry for the noise. it seems i was a bit too optimistic :( the led on my notebook indicates, that the connection with the AP is established. it remains so for some seconds, but then it starts blinking again (as

Re: Why there is no space left on root partition?

jie gong napsal(a): Thanks for the advice. I looked at the files under /root, and found there is a file .xsession-errors has size 4003647488. What is that? Can I delete it? the file contains errors from your x session. it seems you use some x program that just gone mad and prints a lots of

Re: how to override printer settings from cups, xpp, ...

hi, A bit a shot in the dark, but when I have problems with correct configuration via the web interface, I try to install the printer from the command line like lpadmin -p printer-name -v socket://ipaddress\ -P /atheneraid/tausch/Software/drucker/NRG-DSm415_PXL.ppd replace the last line with

Re: how to override printer settings from cups, xpp, ...

there is just one annoying issue - when printing some postscript files on 4100, it's printed reversed - i.e., white text on black rectangles :( it happens only with some of ps's... this happens whatever driver we use (hplip, hpijs) except for the postscript ppd, but then it's not possible to

Re: how to override printer settings from cups, xpp, ...

I guess it's just a problem of configuration and/or ppd-stuff. it seems so. we installed ppds for HPLJ4100 and HPLJ2300 from linuxprinting.org (standard postscript, no hplip - we had that up till now) and the settings can be changed from individual users, i.e., duplex can be turned off or

Re: how to override printer settings from cups, xpp, ...

Florian Kulzer napsal(a): lpoptions should always work to set options for CUPS printers. You can check with lpoptions -l what is known/available. well, in my experience, this works probably fine for local printer, but not for the printer that is connected to some other machine seving as a cups

Re: how to override printer settings from cups, xpp, ...

We use kprinter (kde's printer tool) for printing. It's a one stop solution for all applications that support it, ie. selecting 'print', ctrl-p or whatever will open kprinter's dialog, where one can select the printer from those available via cups, all printer options that are supported by cups

Re: how to override printer settings from cups, xpp, ...

we tested this. whatever we choose, printer still prints duplex, long-edge flip. as a default, this is fine, but when you need something special (like short edge, 2 pages per paper), it is not possible. it seems that the settings on the printer/cups server cannot be changed/overriden by

Re: how to override printer settings from cups, xpp, ...

Why don't you just create multiple printers in CUPs using the same PPD as a starting point? That's what I did. That way your users only have to select the aptly named printer they wish to use in the dialog, without having to know all the intricasies of which side to tumble and things like that.

how to override printer settings from cups, xpp, ...

hi guys, is there any way how to override printer settings from xpp, lpr or another frontend? we are printing through cups server... what i want to accomplish? currently, any settings i make in, e.g., xpp (long/short edge, duplex on/off, number of pages per sheet of paper, ...) are ignored

schroot help needed

hi guys, could anybody please show me how to setup schroot so, that it automatically bindmounts the /dev, /tmp and /home directories inside the chroot when it is entered? until now i was using permanent bind mount in my fstab. however, having the directories bindmounted only when the chroot

Re: schroot help needed

hi, I've only done this setting up a chroot to run 32bit applications on a 64bit system but it should be equally applicable to your situation. this is exactly my situation. so far i was using permanent bindmounts in the /etc/fstab file, as described in the amd64 howto Please note that if

Re: when will nvidai-glx and nvidia-kernel-source hit etch?

Florian Kulzer wrote: Now I am confused: me too... $ apt-file search nvidia_drv nvidia-glx: usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o nvidia-glx: usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o nvidia-glx-legacy: usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o i get empty output from apt-file. Maybe

grace/grace6 installation failed due to missing gconf-schemas

hi guys, today i experienced the following problem while trying to install grace/grace6 on an amd64 box: Setting up grace (5.1.20-3) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/grace.postinst: line 32: gconf-schemas: command not found dpkg: error processing grace (--configure): subprocess post-installation

Re: when will nvidai-glx and nvidia-kernel-source hit etch?

nvidia-glx is a package, created from the nvidia-graphics-drivers source package. nvidia-graphics-drivers contains the binary .run files from nvidia.com plus some scripting voodoo used in package creation. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/nvidia-graphics-drivers shows the four packages

Re: when will nvidai-glx and nvidia-kernel-source hit etch?

hi, actually, where does /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so come from? (i hope i wrote the path correctly) is it part of the binary files from nvidia.com? 'apt-file search' didn't reveal anything relevant. /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so is indeed part of the nvidia

Re: grace/grace6 installation failed due to missing gconf-schemas

hi, This may need to be installed, if it is not and it maybe needed to be added as a package dependency. This warrants a bug report. Both grace and grace6 do not mention this. This could be a dependency bug with both of them or with one of its dependencies. well, it seems that at least for

python-scipy weirdness

hi guys, when trying to install python-scipy and some other things on my up-to-date etch box, i encounter the following: python-scipy-core recommends python-scipy --\ The following actions will resolve this dependency: - Cancel the installation of python-scipy-core - Keep python-scipy at

Re: Microphone not working with Intel 82801G / Board D945GTP

hi, I run sid at home and I haven't been able to use the microphone. Alsa mixer only allows me to pick either Mic, Front Mic or Line, but I don't see the volume level of the Mic. Gnome's sound recorder doesn't allow me to select a device to record from. It shows no devices. I've searched the

Re: dchroot and program parameters

how to use dchroot for program with parameters? I never seems to get it working: $ dchroot -d ls --color=auto -lF E: unknown option color I: Run dchroot --help to list usage example and all available options $ dchroot -d ls --color=auto -lF E: unknown option color I: Run dchroot --help

Re: 'stty sane' in insane

$ stty sane $ asdsf^H^H^H I.e., my BS key is producing ^H instead of erasing previous letter afterward. So what should I do? I still like to use 'stty sane' to reset my tty, and I still want my BS key to be configured as ^H, instead of something else. stty erase ^H, perhaps? regards, --

Re: printing from chroot

T What is the best way to print from a chroot? I have a 32bit chroot setup for oo. or, you may be able to solve the problem the other way round. - disable host cupsys and start chroot cupsys. print from chroot. this I've proved to be working fine. - use chroot wrapper for host lp/lpr,

Re: security problem: console text gets sent to printer

Mumia W.. wrote: There is no way to disable the special input modes. That's why Debian provides both rxvt-xpm (rxvt) and urxvt (rxvt-unicode). ok, good to know... maybe i should return back to uxterm :) BTW, I can input accented characters in rxvt using my Multi_key (Compose). I used xmodmap

Re: security problem: console text gets sent to printer

On two different occasions over the past month, text from the console was sent to the printer. It prints 3-4 copies of 2-3 pages from the console. The text is printed out just like it's shown in the console, with both the commands and their output. I use urxvt as my X console, and I run

Re: security problem: console text gets sent to printer

Mumia W.. wrote: Hit Control-Shift, and urxvt (rxvt-unicode) goes into Unicode digit acquisition mode. Release Control, and it goes into keycap insertion mode. Jason, perhaps some keys you press in one of those modes cause ^P or something similar to be generated. I use rxvt-xpm nowadays

Re: X programs inside chroot

hi, I solved my own problem, Here is the solution: I bind mounted /tmp in the chroot (e.g. mount --bind /tmp /chroots/sarge-ia32/tmp). Why did this solve the problem? * The X server on the host did not have a TCP/IP listener, only a unix * domain listener (e.g. /tmp/.X11-unix) which was not

Re: FATAL: Module ide_cd not found.

Fred J. wrote: I just booted with a newly custom compiled/installed 2.6.16 on my debian/testing. the first suspicious lines in my /var/log/boot show towards the end of the quoted section below; Mon Sep 18 12:03:45 2006: Cleaning up ifupdown...done. Mon Sep 18 12:03:45 2006: Loading modules...

console outputs for root printed also on printer

hi guys, i realized that from time to time, things that are printed on the screen (for root) are also printed on the printer. i'm not sure whether the printed stuff exactly copies the things on the screen. however, for example i was running aptitude and wanted to install some things related

aptitude and python SRE module mismatch

hi guys, (sorry for cross-posting, however i didn't get any replies on debian-amd64 so i'd like to ask for help experts on debian-users) i am not able to install gucharmap on my amd64/testing machine (fresh install today). it fails with libgnome and related libraries (many of them) i have

[SOLVED] Re: aptitude and python SRE module mismatch

hi guys, i identified the problem and solved it - i forgot to remove the old values from the PYTHONPATH variable... sorry for the noise, -- Lubos [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lubos.vrbka.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

sata drive or controller failing

hi guys, today morning i realized that one of the software raid mirrors on my computer report U_ in /proc/mdstat, i.e. one member of the array failed. indeed, i can see the following in the dmesg output: ata6: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/40 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0x3/11/04 ata6: status=0x51 {

Re: Opteron or Athlon 64 FX?

hi, What has your experiences of either/both been? at work we use dual core athlon64 machines for workstations (up to 4 gb of ram). opteron clusters (dual core or dual dual core) are used for scientific calculations - and contain much more memory (last ordered computers should have up to

Re: mc and exit

the man page says: Quit (F10, Shift-F10) Terminate the Midnight Commander. Shift-F10 is used when you want to quit and you are using the shell wrapper. Shift-F10 will not take you to the last directory you visited with the Midnight Commander, instead it will stay at the

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Re: Debian in my Packard Bell

I am not sure about wireless driver Intel Pro/3945ABG seems to be supported by driver from http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/, but I am not sure if it is in Debian yet. Otherwise, you can be certainly poorly served by ndiswrapper (with Windows drivers). i can confirm that the ipw3945 driver works

Re: Unattended decompression of multiple .tgz files to a single folder

hi, I have a dvd-data disk. Written at its top level are 300 .tgz archives. Therefore each archive has been firstly tar'd and then gzip'd. Each of the 300 archives contains 2 folders (Objects and Terrain) and each of these 2 folders contain a number of sub-folders. The tgz archives on the disk

cjk-latex and utf8 input

hi guys, don't know whether this list is appropriate, but it might be, since i think i have found a potential bug after installation of cjk-latex, i was able to proceed with only some of the examples (namely, Big5 and GB). i wanted to have utf8-coded japanese text in the latex document

xdm and su xauth problem

hi guys, this is probably some stupid mistake or omission i made... so far, i was starting X using the startx command (i.e., under ordinary user). recently i installed xdm to handle my logins (so X is now started under root, i guess). everything works fine except that after login as an

Re: xdm and su xauth problem

hi, One possibility is xauth -f /home/user/.Xauthority extract - $DISPLAY | xauth merge - where user is the user that logged on to xdm. This will extract the user's authorization cookie for the current display and merge it into root's authority file. Then root should be able to access the

Re: xdm and su xauth problem

hi, xauth -f /home/user/.Xauthority extract - $DISPLAY | xauth merge - where user is the user that logged on to xdm. This will extract the user's authorization cookie for the current display and merge it into root's authority file. Then root should be able to access the display until user logs

arima sw300-i reference

hi guys, has anyone any experience with this 'beauty' under debian/linux? http://www.arima.com.tw/server/Product/ViewProduct.asp?View=SW300 we want to build a small cluster with infiniband interconnect and this board seems to be a good candidate for our needs. thank you in advance for your

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