Re: Fresh Debian Sarge Install ( no sound + keyboard )

2004-11-21 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:34:41 -0500, Tomy Alarie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I just installed Sarge and I found it is a real good work ! But, my > onboard sound card doesn't work. ASUS P4P800-SE ( ADI AD1985 Audio Chipset ). Only a guess, if you use ALSA you probably need the "snd-intel8x0" mo

Re: time out

2004-11-21 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:59:33 +, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > michael wrote: > > I can't see any discussion on this list of the merits (or otherwise!) of > > timeoutd or autolog (or better equivalent)... thoughts? > > Michael running on > > 2.4.27-1-686-smp #1 SMP Fri Sep 3 06:34:36 UTC

Re: Newbie Nvidia/Woody problem

2004-11-21 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 10:30:17 -, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > Complete Linux newbie here. Successfully partitioned the disk on my W2K > box, and got it dual-booting with Woody (installed from a CD set). I > thought that was pretty cool, and I was going good! Tried startx,

Re: Newbie Nvidia/Woody problem

2004-11-21 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:32:49 -, Brian Coiley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Andrea Vettorello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] > > Thank you Andrea for your reply. I have spent hours trawling archives, and > found lots

Re: clock oddity

2004-11-21 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 01:22:40 - (GMT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been reading man pages of hwclock, xclock, adjtime, and so on, but > cannot see how to adjust the time shown on teh icewm clock, which is > steadfastly 56 minutes ahead of the hwclock (which is set reasona

Re: Re: Nvidia Kernel Drivers ( Sarge )

2004-11-21 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:38:58 -0500, Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > May I add suggestions to your fine recipe page under "Post-install?" > > 1) Directly edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. For some reason, > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 didn't work for me. > IIRC, if you modify

Re: atftpd installation and Multicast Transfer

2004-11-22 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:09:36 -0500, Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is Multicast Transfer and why would I use it? > > I'm not sure what the correct answer is during the installation. > Answer yes to use multicast transfer only if you want to distribute the same file to multiple cli

Re: nautilus-audio-view dies unexpectedly, nautilus becomes unusable

2004-11-22 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 23:04:40 +0100, Pascal Bonesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I recently upgraded to debian sid, with udev and gnome-volume-manager > enabled and then after my first reboot I started getting strange > messages about "nautilus-audio-view" dying unexpectedly. This h

Re: time out

2004-11-22 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:37:17 +, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > > > On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:59:33 +, michael > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>michael wrote: > >> > >>>I c

Re: And the thing is installed by apt-get at... ??

2004-11-23 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 00:42:17 +0200, Basri Kanca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I know this does sound like the lamest question, but I > simply have to ask it --please flame sparingly :-) > > When I do an 'apt-get install ', does > actually get placed in a menu item under somewhere unde

Re: clock oddity

2004-11-23 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:03:44 -0500, Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:20:35 + > Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 22 Nov 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I've been reading man pages of hwclock, xclock, adjtime, and so on, > > > but cannot

Re: And the thing is installed by apt-get at... ??

2004-11-23 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 17:29:34 +0200, ocl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt Zagrabelny wrote on 2004-11-23 16:27: > > > > On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 00:42 +0200, Basri Kanca wrote: > > > >>I know this does sound like the lamest question, but I > >>simply have to ask it --please flame sparingly :-) > >>

Re: Linux on an old machine

2004-11-23 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:20:23 -0800, Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, I want to put a linux distro on an old handheld pc. Here are it > specs. Most distros, however, don't seem to like the lack of RAM. > > TOSHIBA LIBRETTO 50CT > PROCESSOR Intel Pentiumï 75 Mhz > 16Mbit EDO DRAM > >

Re: mplayer vs fbxine

2004-11-23 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:13:29 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Debian! > > I posted earlier > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=fbxine+group:linux.debian.user&hl=en&lr=&scoring=d&selm=2VxCv-5jm-9%40gated-at.bofh.it&rnum=2 > an attempt to run fbxine: OSS sound would quit after

Re: Linux on an old machine

2004-11-23 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 08:30:33 +1300, Steven Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Debian used to do a minimum spec install at 6meg of ram, this used to need > "special floppies" I do not know if it is still available as it was 4 or 5 > years ago. > > With this spec machine you are planning to run in

Re: mplayer vs fbxine

2004-11-23 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:23:42 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrea Vettorello wrote: [...] > > No such luck. I want to use fbdev but fullscreen, so that the video > fills the screen. fbxine does that immediately, mplayer fills the whole > screen bu

Re: And the thing is installed by apt-get at... ??

2004-11-23 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 20:45:44 +, Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 14:27, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > > > > > if you click on the gnome applications menu and navigate to the desired > > submenu you can *right* click and add a new menu item there. no need for > > externa

Re: Linux on an old machine

2004-11-23 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:43:34 +1300, Steven Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A useful X ie gnome or kde with say a web browser like mozilla, this URL is > redhat 6.0 which is not even supported any more! > > To run say a rh 9 or fedora desktop, ie something reasonably useful, a > semi-powerful

Re: Cannot connect to network now...

2004-11-24 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:07:26 -, Brian Coiley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > Here's an update on my last: I rebooted to windoze, and the mouse didn't > work there either. It looks like some kind of USB glitch. Plugging into a > different USB port fixed it in Windoze, and half-fixed it

Re: can't mount -o remount,ro /usr

2004-11-24 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:13:33 -0500, David Mandelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm having a problem trying to remount /usr read-only. Some process has > a file open for writing on /usr even though nothing I'm running on the > computer should need to open files on /usr for writing (except apt-get

Re: suplusing a disk, how to 'clean' up? Overwriting data?

2004-11-24 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:02:57 -0500 (EST), Walter Tautz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please cc me on responses as I'm not on the list. > > Just wondering how one can accomplish cleaning > up the disk? I.e. I want to overwrite > the existing disk so that no information can > be recovered. I've heard

Re: Local Deb Mirror

2004-11-24 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:17:56 -0800, Raquel Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to create a local Debian mirror to maintain my 5 machines > here. I've installed debmirror on the machine where the mirror will > be kept and am trying to run it from there. The directory > /home/ftp/Linux/Deb

Re: can't mount -o remount,ro /usr

2004-11-24 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:51:25 -0500, David Mandelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > You can try with "fuser". > > I tried it already and it didn't help. > Can you go in single user mode? Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Local Deb Mirror

2004-11-24 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:07:14 -0800, Raquel Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:33:51 +0100 > > > Andrea Vettorello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:17:56 -0800, Raquel Rice > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

Re: eepro100 speed

2004-11-25 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:19:35 +0100, Goetz Hatop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > thanks, Tom. > > setting > options eepro100 0x30 > in /etc/modules.conf forces the driver to full duplex which is > what I want. > > One problem persists: Debian always loads both intel drivers > (e100 and eepro10

Re: broken packages

2004-11-25 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 10:11:19 +0100, Giorgio Raccanelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I tried to install gmc using the command > apt-get install gmc > > but the answer was > > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: > gmc:Depends: gdk-imlib1 but it is no

Re: problem during boot-up

2004-11-25 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 05:27:42 -0800 (PST), jack kinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi folks, > More about my upgrading problem. > > Using 'scroll-lock', I can read the following message during boot-up. > > Starting system log daemon : syslogd > syslogd : cannot create /dev/log : addres

Re: Cannot connect to network now...

2004-11-25 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 16:52:59 -, Brian Coiley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > It's a Microsoft Intellimouse. > > Thanks, > > Brian > > p.s. I think I know how to change the protocol - I seem to recall that there > are not so many to choose from - so I will experiment a bit when I can.

Re: [OT] k3b won't fully ackowledge a friends CDR/CDRW

2004-11-25 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 08:31:11 -0800, Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an elderly woman, whom I installed debian sarge for. > > She now has a cdrwriter installed on her computer, but it fails to full > recognize it. it shows the writer as a reader under all user > accounts,but not

Re: debian cd boot parameters

2004-11-26 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 16:41:37 -0200, Frederico Rodrigues Abraham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. I am willing to install a second operating system on one of my > partitions and am afraid that it will scramble my disk boot sector. > In case this happens, how can i recover it later? > I c

Re: debian cd boot parameters

2004-11-26 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:44:37 -0200, Frederico Rodrigues Abraham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You boot with the rescue CD, mount your partion RW, chroot your > > partition, cd to the chrooted partition and then you can try to fix > > the MBR. > > that's exactly the question, how to do it... >

Re: Installation List of Packages [Security]

2004-11-28 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 10:51:41 -0800, Guy Koehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the Debian installation package list, some of the packages have the tag > [security] next to them. Does that mean that the package has security > problems, or that it is a release from the security team? I have been una

Re: Installation List of Packages [Security]

2004-11-28 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 11:31:18 -0800, Guy Koehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrea Vettorello wrote, "On the Debian web home page (www.debian.org) > [there is] a link to http://www.debian.org/security with all the > [information] on the updated packages from the security t

Re: usb vs. drivers

2004-11-30 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:44:57 -0500, Christian Convey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I've got a usb camera (Kodak DX6490). I'm starting to suspect from > various tinkering I've done (in Knoppix, FC3, and Sarge) that the kernel > can't find a module to associate with the camera, and that

Re: usb vs. drivers

2004-11-30 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:23:39 -0500, Christian Convey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Andrea, > > I am using hotplug and udev. Thanks for the Gnome tips; I'd still like > to solve this at a lower level if possible. > Ok, "hotplug" is the USB agent that should load the appropriate kernel module f

Re: creating images

2004-11-30 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:31:09 -0400, James LeClair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can someone recomend an app, and maybe linkage to docs, for creating an > image of system partition? As well, what about restoring the image in > case of disaster/emergency? > > I just spent the whole weekend rebuilding

Re: Xorg and apt-build

2004-12-01 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 03:17:33 -0700 (MST), Didier Caamano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, I just installed debian testing, and went to install xorg and I > apt-cache search didn't find it, went to the debian site and looked for > packages and didn't find it there either. > > Is it xorg supported

Re: delta updates

2004-12-01 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 14:08:54 +0100, Borislav Petkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there ppl, > > i have a debian sid machine that needs to get updated occasionally but the > problem is that it is not connected to the internet. Additionally, I have a > laptop with which i can connect to the intern

Re: How can I change the locale setting?

2004-12-01 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 16:42:08 -0500, Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I must have missed something very elementary. I can't find out how to > change the locale setting from POSIX to en_US. > > locale -a shows both are available. apropos locale provides a long list > of locale program

Re: Pb installe / configuration du xf86config

2004-12-01 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:58:29 +0100 (CET), pontier robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bonjour, > > Je vous écris car j'ai obtenu d'un ami une version débian sarge avec > installation des paquets par l'intermédiaire du ftp débian et l'installation > s'est parfaitement déroulée. > > Je n'arr

Re: How do I use openoffice.org-gtk-gnome?

2004-12-03 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 19:15:48 -0500, William Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I install openoffice.org-gtk-gnome OpenOffice looks exactly the > same. I've tried googling "vclplug" or seeing how to enable them, > but no luck. > > How do you use this feature? > Should auto detect your Gnom

Re: Radeon 9200 issues

2004-12-03 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 17:08:51 +, Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have just gotten a Radeon 9250, which is really just a Radeon 9200 in > disguise. When I try to start X, the display goes between power on / > off every couple of seconds or so. The analogue cable works

Re: Can't get hal/udev/hotplug/whatever to mount usb flash card reader

2004-12-04 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 15:14:37 +0100, René Seindal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have tried just about everything, so I need some help. > > I have installed Gnome 2.8 from sid, including hal, udev, hotplug, ... > > I'd expect it to just mount my removable devices when I plug them in, > an

Re: Can't get hal/udev/hotplug/whatever to mount usb flash card reader

2004-12-05 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 10:23:59 +0100, René Seindal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrea Vettorello wrote (04-12-2004 23:45): > > > [...] > > > > Do you have "gnome-volume-manager" running? > > Hi, > > I found out about this after a fairly

Re: Can't get hal/udev/hotplug/whatever to mount usb flash card reader

2004-12-05 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 04:30:31 -0600, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 10:29 +0100, Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > > > On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 10:23:59 +0100, René Seindal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Andre

Re: Radeon 9200 issues

2004-12-06 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 20:51:47 +, Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > > > On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 17:08:51 +, Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >>Hi all, > >> > >>I hav

Re: Anyone know why AOL users post "Art Files" queries?

2004-12-06 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 13:34:07 -0600, Don Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Surely a minor annoyance, but it might be useful to find out why this list > gets periodic postings to it from "lost" AOL users wanting to get rid of "art > files". > > Does anyone know why these queries are being sent to

Re: file system error?

2004-12-06 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 02:44:53 +0200, Emil Perhinschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ?r-r-x 65136 153551110 19332176 17170693 1970-07-18 01:25 > sylpheed.mo > > this is what I see for sylpheed.mo. > > Is it a filesystem error? Is there a way to delete the file? > What filesystem? For sure so

Re: Framebuffer console - chrooted Debian install

2004-12-06 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 15:31:10 -0500, cga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I followed the directions in the Debian installation manual (section > 3.7) to install woody from an existing RedHat system and everything went > very smoothly. The only annoyance is that the graphical console was not > enabled by

Re: running debian on graphics cards

2004-12-06 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:09:00 +, Dave Howorth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just reading about how powerful GPUs are getting and I wondered > whether anybody has got Debian to run on one? > > There, that's a wacky question for today! I don't even know whether the > question makes sense. >

Re: Framebuffer console - chrooted Debian install

2004-12-06 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:45:40 -0500, cga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > > > Thanks much for your reply. > > >In /boot you should find the config used to compile the kernel, i'm > >not quite sure if is the same for Woody, anyway

Re: That button with the windows logo

2004-12-07 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 09:55:50 -0500, Scotty Fitzgerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can I replace it with a button with Tux on it? Now that I love > Linux I want to know if there is a kit to Linux-ify my > Windows Keyboard?! > Try to google for "Cherry Linux keyboard"... Andrea -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: getting rid of appletalk at boot?

2004-12-08 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 18:41:38 +0100, Bruno Boettcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello! > > i have set up cups to use my new Espon aculaser c4100, but for the > moment i got only strange output... > > the test page send from the gnome-cups-manager comes out really fine > after switching the driver

Re: Upgrading from another debian machine

2004-12-09 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 21:35:24 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have woody on one machine and would like to upgrade to sarge. > > I have another machine [laptop, PCMCIA modem] that I upgraded from woody to > sarge. I did not delete the .deb files. > > Can I us the deb files

Re: run program in vfat partition

2004-12-10 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:49:59 +0800, Smith J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > /dos is a vfat file system, i mount it, write a C program /dos/hello.c , > and compile it into a.out, but i can't run it, the shell say permission > denied, ext2 file system does not has this problem. > Try to mount it with

Re: Driver for Motherboard with SiS 620 video chipset and HT8338A/PCI sound

2004-12-11 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 17:30:06 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I've got a PC with a fairly recent motherboard: a Slot 1 M748mr. This > MB is a real pizza with everything on it, which is my problem. I have > installed slink without too much trouble except two diff

Re: On your upgrade from woody to sarge

2004-12-13 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 23:27:46 -0600 (CST), Gayle Lee Fairless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > I was wondering if the apt-get dist-upgrade would also upgrade the > kernel, too. Sourceforge makes it sound easy. > Only if there are updated Debian revision of your kernel version. An

Re: Chaning GNOME Icon Size

2004-12-13 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 19:19:54 -0500, Bruce Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In attempt to change the GNOME icon size, I did the following, > Applications->Desktop > Preferences->File Management Preferences. > > Under the "Icon View Defaults" I change this to 75%. Both of the checkboxes > right >

Re: switching X resolution modes?

2004-12-13 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:54:19 +0100, Michal R. Hoffmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is any application/script which can change modes in X? For example, I > have defined in XF86Config-4: > > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" > > I know I can switch between them using Ctrl-Alt-GrPlus/GrMinus.

Re: udev and gnome-volume-manager not working in Sarge

2004-12-14 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:06:50 -0500, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using Sarge with a kernel 2.6.7-1-686. I have udev and hotplug and > gnome-volume-manager. However, I do not get an icon automatically when I > plug in a USB stick. In the other two machines in my home LAN, in which > I am

Re: udev and gnome-volume-manager not working in Sarge

2004-12-15 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:50:51 -0500, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apparently, _Andrea Vettorello_, on 14/12/04 14:34,typed: > > On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:06:50 -0500, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I am using Sarge with a kernel 2.6.7-1-686. I have udev and hotplug and > >>gnome-volume-

Re: sem_open / how to use NPTL?

2004-12-15 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 02:29:16 +0100, Viktor Horvath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > forgive me for bothering you, but after hours and hours of searching, I'm > stuck. For my university, I've to program some easy things with POSIX.4 > semaphores. I know that I need kernel 2.6 and N

Re: udev and gnome-volume-manager not working in Sarge

2004-12-15 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 12:53:58 -0500, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apparently, _Alex Malinovich_, on 15/12/04 12:12,typed: > > On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 11:32 -0500, H. S. wrote: > > --snip-- > > > >>BTW, since the upgrade I mentioned earlier, I am not getting the icons > >>for 3 icons I was gettin

Re: sem_open / how to use NPTL?

2004-12-15 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:22:05 +0100, Viktor Horvath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Don't know if the the default glibc in Debian ("libc6") supports NPTL, > >for sure seems that "libc6-i686" does it... > > Hello Andrea, > > yes, I know, that's why I installed libc-i686 which is supposed to coexist >

Re: udev and gnome-volume-manager not working in Sarge

2004-12-15 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:17:29 -0500, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apparently, _H. S._, on 15/12/04 14:11,typed: > > Apparently, _Andrea Vettorello_, on 15/12/04 13:37,typed: > > > > > This let me to check /dev/hd[cd] (CDROM and CDRW)'s permissions and they > > are: > > $> ls -l /dev/hd[cd] >

Re: rpm

2004-12-13 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:58:40 +0100, Giorgio Raccanelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I need to install a driver for my ATI Radeon 9600. I found at the > following URL > > http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html?type=linux&prodType=graphic&prod=productsLINUXdriver&submi

Re: On your upgrade from woody to sarge

2004-12-13 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:16:28 -0600 (CST), Gayle Lee Fairless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 23:27:46 -0600 (CST), Gayle Lee Fairless > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > > > > I was wondering if the apt-get dist-upgrade would also upgrade > the > > kernel, too. Sour

Re: Fully open source java (and jsp) under Woody and Sarge

2004-12-13 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:53:47 + (GMT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear friend, > > we would need to implement a jsp solution under > Debian. On the server where we will implement the > solution, we currently use Woody with some few > packages from Sarge. > > I would like to

Re: which scripts does gdm/gnome run on login

2004-12-15 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:18:15 + (GMT), Matt Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to set some variables for users, and check for > or create directories on login... > > Putting things in /etc/profile doesn't seem to have > any effect? Only works on a shell login, but what > a

Re: configuring Mozilla to recognise .php files

2004-12-20 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:36:50 +, Rob Clack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to learn php and have written the first script from the book > I've bought, but when I try to open it with Mozilla (1.7.3 under Debian > linux) it doesn't recognise the .php extension so prompts for the > applicat

Re: No CD sound

2004-12-20 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:14:43 -0600, Ted Parks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Running Sarge, my Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop loads the proper sound > module, snd-OPL3SA2. But XMMS and GNOME-CD will only occasionally play > the sound from an audio-CD, even though they read the titles from the > CD tracks.

Re: Gnome Volume Control, not the panel applet

2004-12-20 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 17:21:59 +, Cliff Flood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, running Unstable. > > When I use bound keys to modify my volume up or down I see the volume > bar move up and down but there is no change to the volume of the audio I > hear, probably because the volume on the wrong c

Re: Gnome Volume Control, not the panel applet

2004-12-20 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 01:07:01 +, Cliff Flood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 17:21:59 +, Cliff Flood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Hi, running Unstable. > >> > >>When I use bound keys t

Re: NeverEverNoSanity WebWorm???????

2004-12-21 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:23:02 -0600, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 11:43 +1300, Simon Buchanan wrote: > [snip] > > this is wierd, you cant ssh into the box. its got pureftpd/apache/php/mysql > > running on it. with only ftp/http ports open, all else firewalled out...

Re: No CD sound

2004-12-21 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 17:42:24 -0600, Ted Parks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrea, > > I am using ALSA. I now have gotten XMMS to work, I think consistently, > by configuring the CD plugin to read the CD through Digital Audio > Extraction. > > But I still don't understand why, before, XMMS would

Re: Gnome Volume Control, not the panel applet

2004-12-21 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 10:07:08 +, Cliff Flood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > Ah, should have paid more attention. When you talked above to binding > > keys to change volume, are you refering to a particular application or > > the Gnome &qu

Re: saslauthd? I can't seem to get it installed for postfix..

2004-12-21 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:52:13 -0500, Charles Read <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey everybody! > > I am trying to run a postfix with sasl support on my Debian box. I > have tried apt-getting all sasl packages and saslauthd is nowhere to be > found on my system... how has everybody else done it? A

Re: ALSA mixer does not unmute the volume

2004-12-22 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:01:29 +0100, Bob Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Each time I reboot and login as bob I must manually launch alsamixer and > press M to unmute the main volume. > > Why doesn't this get "remembered" across reboots ? > > Using sid on 2.6.9 custom compiled kernel. > Ha

Re: ALSA mixer does not unmute the volume

2004-12-23 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:45:12 +0100, Bob Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > > Happens only with user "bob" or with any user? IIRC, there should be a > > debconf option for ALSA to save mixer volume, try with >

Re: disabling console blanking

2004-12-23 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:16:35 +0100, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a 2.6.5 machine in my basement, with CONFIG_PM disabled. > Unfortunately, it started freezing on me recently, and so I would > like to find out if it prints anything to the screen just before. > However, this se

Re: Issues with Gnome-2.8

2004-12-23 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 02:18:21 +, Sam Halliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi there, > > i have been a long time blackbox user, but recently decided that maybe a full > blown desktop would be nice for a change. so i installed gnome-2.8 from > testing/unstable. it looks very sweet, but i have se

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:39:12 +, Jerome BENOIT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello List, > > I observed a similar behaviour on my Sarge laptop (Inspiron 8200): > I have 1GB ram but /proc/mening shows (only) 905136 kB > and the Gnome system monitor 884 MB. > > I have to say that my kernel is not

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:39:37 -0500, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Darryl Clarke wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:54:56 +0100, Björn Abt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Hello List, > >> > >>I have a HP DL360 G4 with 2GB ECC RAM and a P4-Xeon with 3 GHz. I installed > >>Debian Sar

Re: Debian Geek Toolkit Question

2004-12-26 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 15:46:23 -0700, Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sarge NetInstall is great for installing Sarge, but it > appears not to be usable as a live CD for booting onto > a system that has a broken installation. In the past > I have used Woody install CDs for this purpose, and

Re: ACPI Problems

2004-12-26 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:26:12 -0500, Ryan D'Baisse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess, at this point, I am not entirely sure where to begin. I am > looking for guidance with ACPI. > > I am currently running FC2 with kernel 2.6.5-1.358 and cannot go past > it on either FC3 or, apparently, anythin

Re: sid - udev, cdsymlinks.sh and kernel module cdrom

2004-12-27 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 23:32:20 +0100, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have no cdrom info in /dev. Have a CD burner as primary on second IDE and a > CD-ROM > as secondary. > > I see in /etc/udev/scripts a script for cdsymlinks - this reads > /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info. > > Have no /proc/sys/dev

Re: numlockx problem?

2004-12-28 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 07:37:40 -0200, Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 27 2004, Greg Norris wrote: > > Normally you're prompted for conffile replacement when the package is > > upgraded, but I believe this can be overridden via /etc/dpkg/dpkg.conf. > > This is something that I don't

Re: Backing up a running system

2004-12-28 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 20:56:18 +1100, Robert S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a debian (woody) server running at work and would like to back up the > entire system onto some sort of removable media (USB hard drive, DVD, > removable harddrive etc). I do daily backups of /etc and /home using tar,

Re: sid - udev, cdsymlinks.sh and kernel module cdrom

2004-12-28 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:07:49 +0100, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> "Andrea" == Andrea Vettorello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andrea> What's the output of "ls /etc/udev/rules.d"? > > local.rules udev.rules@

Re: Backing up a running system

2004-12-28 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 22:02:00 +1100, Robert S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Is there a way of doing this (preferably remotely) without unmounting the > >> filesystem (like the new version of Norton Ghost is able to do in > >> Windows)? > > > > A backup is easily done with dd, for example: > > dd i

Re: permissions with udev/pmount?

2004-12-28 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:33:56 +0100, Nicolas de Sereville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > H. S. wrote: > > > Apparently, _Nicolas de Sereville_, on 24/12/04 05:13,typed: > > [...] > > However when I use pmount in a terminal as a normal user ("pmount"), it > tells me: > zsh: permission deni

Re: permissions with udev/pmount?

2004-12-28 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 15:46:34 +0100, Nicolas de Sereville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > Hi, thank you for your help, > > I reinstalled the "pmount", "gnome-volume-manager" and > "gnome-desktop-environement" packages. Now I have: > ls -l /usr/bin/pmount > -rwsr-xr-- 1 root plugdev 22K

Re: permissions with udev/pmount?

2004-12-28 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 17:42:40 +0100, Nicolas de Sereville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > > > I reinstalled the "udev" and "hal" packages and I have the "fam" package: > ii fam2.7.0-6File Alteration Monitor > > It doesn't change anything, the icons still don't appear

Re: exim4: Hide local mail name in outgoing mail. domainname for dsl user

2004-12-28 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 17:41:05 +0100, Leonardo Canducci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is that a good choice for a standalone pc with dsl fulltime internet > access configured as "mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or > fetchmail"? > shouldn't the same task be handled by /etc/email-addresses fil

Re: OT: the pain with crosslink cables

2004-12-28 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 10:24:13 -0800, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 28 December 2004 10:13 am, martin f krafft wrote: > > > What I really want is a USB-attachable network interface that has > > a crosslink/normal switch, or automatically tries one after the > > other to find a

Re: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/

2004-12-29 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:14:59 +0530, Aditya Pratap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I am getting this message when I try to upgrade KDE using apt-get install - > You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/. > Is it ok if I delete the files in this directory? Or is there any

Re: [SOLVED] Re: permissions with udev/pmount?

2004-12-29 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:05:11 +0100, Nicolas de Sereville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Thank you to H.S. and Andrea! It is now working. The point is that while > trying to understand my problem I erased me from the "hal" group. After > adding me back to this group, everything is working smo

Re: Frustration with Firefox extension update

2004-12-29 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:27:38 -0500, Patrick Wiseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apologies for asking here, as it's probably not specific to Debian, > but I am a Debian user (testing system) and this is a very > knowledgable group (about lots of things :). > > I use the gmail notifier extension, w

Re: cannot open root device "801"

2004-12-29 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:45:27 -0800, Eric N. Valor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello. > > I recently recompiled my 2.6.8 kernel. Now I can no longer boot my > system. It fails with the message "cannot open root device "801" or > unknown-block(8,1)". > > I am using a Symbios SCSI card without

Re: cannot open root device "801"

2004-12-30 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:01:15 -0800, Eric N. Valor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know because I'm not using the Debian image (I like to compile > my own kernels, and have only started running into these problems using > 2.6.x kernels). Does the Debian 2.6.8 binary image contain support fo

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