| 00:00.03 | mrwill | informant: next time, ask only one question at once, and make it the question you want to ask. |
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| 00:00.53 | informant | mrwill: okay, lol, sorry.. |
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| 00:06.30 | El_Schnap | hello? |
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| 00:07.01 | pumpitup | whats the command to show the partition type and bytes usage? |
| 00:07.21 | Xenguy | pumpitup: df or mount ? |
| 00:07.27 | mrwill | El_Schnap: hey |
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| 00:07.39 | vano | is it possible to call only a function inside a bash script from the command line ? e.g. if I have function foo() in my script.sh ... somehow do something like $ script.sh foo or someting like that (wihtout extra coding) |
| 00:08.09 | El_Schnap | I have a question about getting X windows to work |
| 00:08.10 | mrwill | vano: a better idea is to use the first argument passed to the script. |
| 00:08.11 | pumpitup | errr something is wrong |
| 00:08.12 | pumpitup | Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on |
| 00:08.18 | pumpitup | /dev/hda5 1.9G 1022M 885M 54% / |
| 00:08.18 | pumpitup | tmpfs 251M 0 251M 0% /dev/shm |
| 00:08.23 | pumpitup | woops |
| 00:08.25 | pumpitup | sry |
| 00:08.26 | mrwill | vano: that is the name of the script as it was called. |
| 00:08.47 | pumpitup | my reiser isnt there???? |
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| 00:08.53 | pumpitup | now thats just weird |
| 00:08.55 | mrwill | vano: so if you want your script to do something different, use that and symlink that name to it, or make a copy with a different name. |
| 00:09.02 | pumpitup | its in fstab tough |
| 00:09.06 | vano | mrwill what do you mean what is the name as it was called? ... I know I can put if conditions etc.. but was thinking maybe tehre is a simpler method |
| 00:09.14 | five | pumpitup: Try `mount' |
| 00:09.14 | pumpitup | im writing in my swap???!!! |
| 00:09.37 | vano | mrwill was actually thinking whether bash had a mechanism to call functions from command line ... thinking too much :) |
| 00:09.47 | mrwill | vano: I don't think it has that. |
| 00:09.58 | mrwill | vano: But the first argument to the program is the name of the program. |
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| 00:10.22 | teh | can anyone point me to good unstable deb's? |
| 00:10.31 | mrwill | vano: you can use that to make the same program do different things depending on what name it was called upon invocation. |
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| 00:10.37 | pumpitup | says my reiser is mounted on / but how come i only got 1gb left on a 72 gb part fresh install |
| 00:10.44 | Nanobot2k | /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lssl |
| 00:10.44 | pumpitup | something is wrong |
| 00:10.45 | Nanobot2k | collect2: ld returned 1 exit statu |
| 00:10.46 | Nanobot2k | anyoen have any idea |
| 00:10.48 | Nanobot2k | what that means? |
| 00:11.01 | mrwill | vano: not exactly what you wanted, but what you described doesn't actually exist. |
| 00:11.01 | Nanobot2k | im trying to compile qmail |
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| 00:11.09 | teh | anyone? |
| 00:11.15 | mrwill | Nanobot2k: packages not good enough for you? |
| 00:11.20 | blissex | Nanobot2k: you are trying to compile a program that requires the OpenSSL libraries. |
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| 00:11.25 | vano | mrwill yeah I know I can do it that way... wanted to avoid entering extra if's... but not a big deal.. and really it was meant as different configuration functions so I would do "script.sh config-xyz" or config-abc ... wanted to make it so it goes straight to the function instead of ifs.. but not a biggie :) |
| 00:11.27 | Nanobot2k | yes |
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| 00:11.33 | Nanobot2k | i tried apt-get install openssl |
| 00:11.40 | Nanobot2k | that didnt help it, so i manually build openssl |
| 00:11.42 | Nanobot2k | frm source |
| 00:11.47 | Nanobot2k | that solved one prob, but now im on this |
| 00:11.49 | mrwill | teh: you mean packages that are for the unstable distribution? |
| 00:12.00 | Quinn_Storm | hey all, anyone know perhaps of a GUI I can run on only 32MB system ram? I'm running debian 3.1, the system has a K6 - 400MHz...runs well at console but no X environment I've tried (kde, gnome, etc.) runs without thrashing |
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| 00:12.20 | blissex | Nanobot2k: the compile libraries are in the '-dev' packages, the base packages only have the runtime libraries. |
| 00:12.28 | mrwill | Quinn_Storm: you need a lighweight window manager, not a desktop environment like kde or gnome. |
| 00:12.28 | Nanobot2k | oh |
| 00:12.32 | rmw889 | is there a way to output a shell session to a file (eg. $foo > bar.txt) and to the screen |
| 00:12.48 | teh | mrwill: debs for sources.list |
| 00:12.51 | blissex | Quinn_Storm: thats a difficult one. Try OpenBox or IceWm or FVWM2. |
| 00:12.52 | teh | and yes. |
| 00:12.54 | Nanobot2k | when i search for openssl |
| 00:12.54 | Nanobot2k | http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=openssl&searchon=names&subword=1&version=stable&release=all |
| 00:12.56 | mrwill | rmw889: well, you know about shell history, right? |
| 00:12.59 | Nanobot2k | i dont get openssl-dev |
| 00:13.02 | Nanobot2k | =/ |
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| 00:13.08 | rmw889 | mrwill: chances are no |
| 00:13.18 | mrwill | rmw889: what shell are you using? |
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| 00:13.27 | rmw889 | what shell? bash |
| 00:13.35 | teh | mrwill: can you? |
| 00:13.43 | mrwill | rmw889: ok, you know how you can press the up arrow to get the last command? |
| 00:13.43 | blissex | Nanobot2k: perhaps it is called 'libssl' and 'libssl-dev'? |
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| 00:13.55 | rmw889 | mrwill: yes |
| 00:14.01 | Xenguy | Quinn_Storm: or windowmaker (aka wmaker) |
| 00:14.03 | mrwill | rmw889: those commands are stored in something called the history file |
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| 00:14.18 | Quinn_Storm | mrwill:that might be true but all the applications still load up GTK+ or Qt |
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| 00:14.22 | Nanobot2k | F~blissex: hold up, ill try that heh |
| 00:14.26 | Quinn_Storm | mrwill:so it doesn't matter that I'm running a lightweight WM |
| 00:14.26 | rmw889 | mrwill: along with the output of a session |
| 00:14.28 | scarynetworkguy | nothing |
| 00:14.40 | Nanobot2k | F~blissex: cheers! :) |
| 00:14.41 | mrwill | rmw889: might want 'script' command for that, I think that is right. |
| 00:14.47 | Quinn_Storm | hmm |
| 00:14.50 | Nanobot2k | install: fatal: unable to write .../bin/splogger: text busy |
| 00:14.52 | rmw889 | !script |
| 00:14.52 | dpkg | [script] This refers to a group of commands usually stored in a file and run one at a time so that you don't have to type them in one at a time. Script is the newer, sexier term for batch. Don't talk about batch files anymore! It's all scripts and scripting languages. We're on the INTERNET, for goodness' sake!, or my brother on #windowmaker |
| 00:15.03 | mrwill | rmw889: no the command 'script' |
| 00:15.06 | Quinn_Storm | why not just tail -c +0 -f bar.txt & $foo > bar.txt |
| 00:15.21 | teh | I need to get some nvidia debs |
| 00:15.22 | teh | :x |
| 00:15.23 | mrwill | rmw889: it records your actions and their output, until you exit with ctrl-d |
| 00:15.32 | rmw889 | alright, thanks |
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| 00:16.24 | mrwill | Quinn_Storm: yes, it is true enough that apps will execute using big libraries sometimes. |
| 00:16.28 | Nanobot2k | install: fatal: unable to write .../bin/splogger: text busy |
| 00:16.33 | Nanobot2k | what would be causing tha tproblem? |
| 00:16.45 | mrwill | Quinn_Storm: 32M is quite a constraint, but I've used 64M systems successfully. |
| 00:16.59 | Quinn_Storm | mrwill:yeah, the trouble is my 128M expansion died for no good reason recently |
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| 00:17.38 | mrwill | Quinn_Storm: that's too bad. you might consider investing in a new one rather than fighting to use only 32M. |
| 00:17.50 | Quinn_Storm | mrwill:hmm I know it could kill my system if it went down, but I'm desperate and I think it might be a solution...what about mounting swap space over the network to a ramdisk on a newer computer? and investing in a new one would require money. |
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| 00:18.09 | figfig | Does anyone know the reason Debian doesn't use sysconfig? |
| 00:18.11 | mrwill | Quinn_Storm: what about using the old computer as an x-terminal to the new one? |
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| 00:18.21 | Quinn_Storm | mrwill:the new one runs WinXP |
| 00:18.31 | mrwill | figfig: because some other distro uses it and we wanted you to complain about it? |
| 00:18.33 | Quinn_Storm | mrwill:its not mine |
| 00:18.39 | Quinn_Storm | mrwill:the old one is a laptop I actually own |
| 00:19.04 | mrwill | Quinn_Storm: whoops, sorry. if it were another *nix machine the x-terminal idea would work great. |
| 00:19.22 | figfig | mrwill: I'm not complaining, just trying to understand. |
| 00:19.24 | Quinn_Storm | mrwill:well yeah...unfortunately that's not the case |
| 00:19.55 | figfig | mrwill: so that when I decide what to put in my own distribution I know whether to use /etc/network or sysconfig. |
| 00:20.02 | mrwill | Quinn_Storm: sorry. I don't know about the network ramdisk idea, sounds pretty awkward. |
| 00:20.15 | figfig | mrwill: do you actually know the answer? |
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| 00:20.46 | mrwill | figfig: if you need me to tell you this you probably aren't ready to make your own distribution. |
| 00:21.36 | Quinn_Storm | mrwill:yeah that's what I figured, and a disconnect would kill the system of course. oh well... |
| 00:21.53 | figfig | mrwill: I have already made my own distribution, and am just using ifconfig. Now I would like to move the process to be more configurable, and would like to stuydy the different standard setups. |
| 00:22.08 | mrwill | figfig: good idea. go study. |
| 00:22.38 | figfig | mrwill: If you don't know the answer you should just admit it rather than attack someone who takes the time to learn. |
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| 00:22.53 | mrwill | s/learn/troll |
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| 00:23.32 | mrwill | don't /msg me |
| 00:23.46 | malex | !unpack deb |
| 00:24.21 | codename_V | darn it, I just noticed...does debian come with an smp kernel, because it sure didn't install it by default. maybe I need to compile one myself to get smp support? |
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| 00:24.26 | mo699898 | anyone know a good howto for setting up a usb to ethernet adapter? |
| 00:24.44 | mrwill | codename_V: there are kernel packages for smp if you want, no compiling necessary. |
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| 00:24.56 | cef_work | figfig: sysconfig appeared about the same time as sysconfig from memory |
| 00:25.00 | Quinn_Storm | codename_V: yeah, get aptitude set up and look around for the kernel pack |
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| 00:25.16 | JimBean | HELP ME! |
| 00:25.26 | JimBean | I'm getting I/O errors from my harddick |
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| 00:25.30 | cef_work | figfig: erm, /etc/network appeared about the same time as sysconfig from memory |
| 00:25.31 | mrwill | rofl |
| 00:25.43 | JimBean | er. |
| 00:25.44 | JimBean | fuck. |
| 00:25.58 | figfig | cef_work: is there a difference functionally between sysconfig and network, or just superficial? |
| 00:26.01 | cef_work | figfig: if anything /etc/network is older than sysconfig.... |
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| 00:26.44 | cef_work | figfig: afaik, sysconfig can't automatically spawn processes pre/post up/down, whereas /etc/network/interfaces can. |
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| 00:27.38 | codename_V | I just install rc1. would a 2.6 kernel work with that? or should I stick with 2.4? |
| 00:27.40 | cef_work | figfig: however, sysconfig allows things such as one place for static routes and the like, which in interfaces you really have to add to the post-up/pre-down stuff |
| 00:27.53 | figfig | cef_work: are both completely maintained and standardized, or does sysconfig differ on distros, etc. |
| 00:28.17 | mrwill | codename_V: I believe there are canned 2.6 kernels available for rc1, so yes. |
| 00:28.40 | mrwill | codename_V: whether you *should* switch is a more subjective question. |
| 00:28.52 | codename_V | mrwill: yeah, I see a few, I was just wondering if there are any things I should watch out for with them |
| 00:28.57 | alakdan | hi im pretty new to debian, what is the equivalent of linuxconf in debian? I need to change the IP address, DNS, gateway and other network settings? would the base-config command do the trick? or is there a better way? |
| 00:29.16 | cef_work | figfig: sysconfig has been picked up by a lot of rh based distro's.. but not all use the same setup. also sysconfig seems to not have a lot of documentation, whereas the docs for /etc/network are fairly complete |
| 00:29.21 | mrwill | codename_V: probably not, they have dependencies that should take care of any differences. |
| 00:29.26 | figfig | cef_work: do you personally prefer one over the other? |
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| 00:29.59 | mrwill | codename_V: some module names might change, and some devices might be in different places. there are docs about this onlie. |
| 00:30.06 | mrwill | codename_V: er online. |
| 00:30.15 | cef_work | figfig: I much prefer /etc/network, though it could use some extra features (such as a common place or way of defining routes, rather than calling route manually) |
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| 00:31.01 | mrwill | alakdan: if you want to configure your network interfaces, try /etc/network/interfaces. |
| 00:31.02 | figfig | cef_work: where is the documentation for network? |
| 00:31.14 | sussudio | figfig: man interfaces |
| 00:31.17 | mrwill | alakdan: if you want to change your dns servers manually, /etc/resolv.conf |
| 00:31.26 | cef_work | figfig: in debian, 'man interfaces' gets you started |
| 00:31.31 | caspercba | i need help installing debian packages |
| 00:31.31 | Alleria | silly question, but where do I copy the current kernel's config file in /boot to when I untar a new vanilla kernel that I want to upgrade to? |
| 00:31.32 | Quinn_Storm | darn, I just...I don't see why it'd be so hard to have a decent GUI in 32M...I mean BeOS's GUI runs just fine in 32M but it (RC5personal) doesn't have drivers for my network card or video card...and even in VESA unaccellerated it runs just fine. I wish I could find either something for X or something else similar that ran well over Linux... |
| 00:31.42 | cef_work | figfig: everything sort of decends from there |
| 00:31.55 | figfig | cef_work: thanks! I will read now. |
| 00:31.56 | mrwill | Alleria: whoa whoa whoa, lots of bad assumptions in that question. |
| 00:31.57 | sussudio | Quinn_Storm: fvwm? |
| 00:32.01 | figfig | sussudio: thank |
| 00:32.01 | caspercba | i'm behind a proxy, and i don't know were to configure it during installation process |
| 00:32.10 | Alleria | mrwill: 2.4.26 to .27. It's not a major change. |
| 00:32.11 | Quinn_Storm | sussudio:its not just the WM, its the apps too |
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| 00:32.25 | Quinn_Storm | sussudio:if it was just the WM I'd use xfce or windowmaker |
| 00:32.27 | mrwill | Alleria: are you talking about installing a kernel package, or building your own kernel? |
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| 00:32.31 | Alleria | mrwill: I'd just prefer not to have to make menuconfig and redo all the settings. |
| 00:32.45 | sussudio | Quinn_Storm: so run a linux dist from the same year as beos5. |
| 00:32.50 | Alleria | mrwill: well, I'm pulling down vanilla kernels, but after menuconfig, I usually use the debian kernel_package scripts. |
| 00:32.50 | mrwill | Alleria: ah, ok. first untar kernel in /usr/src |
| 00:32.56 | Quinn_Storm | sussudio: won't change the apps, they were slower then too |
| 00:33.01 | cef_work | figfig: interfaces and the network stuff is all part of the package ifupdown - so you might want to look at the source package for that at some stage |
| 00:33.07 | caspercba | help !!! installing debian from internet behind proxy!!! |
| 00:33.14 | mrwill | Alleria: you can copy a file from your old kernel directory to keep the old configuration. |
| 00:33.16 | sussudio | !tell caspercba about ep |
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| 00:33.25 | caspercba | sorry |
| 00:33.28 | sussudio | !tell caspercba about portuguese |
| 00:33.46 | mrwill | Alleria: the traditional way is make oldconfig to only answer new questions, but under debian this is different. |
| 00:33.48 | Alleria | mrwill: into the "root" of the new kernel? e.g. /usr/src/linux-2.4.27/? |
| 00:33.59 | mrwill | Alleria: yes, into the root of the new kernel. |
| 00:34.06 | EfaistOs | do u know if with mplayer i can see the subtitles and the audio languages available on a dvd ? |
| 00:34.13 | alakdan | mrwill: is there any other way? |
| 00:34.14 | mrwill | Alleria: google for 'make oldconfig' and you'll like find the name of the configuration file you need to copy. |
| 00:34.16 | Alleria | mrwill: ahh, thanks for the explanation. :-) |
| 00:34.18 | cef_work | caspercba: which installer are you using? |
| 00:34.27 | brett | hey does anybody get problems with xemacs21-nomule in unstable? |
| 00:34.27 | figfig | cef_work: so pretty much ifupdown are scripte (ie- ifup and ifdown) that read from interface and run ifconfig, correct? |
| 00:34.47 | sussudio | !tell brett about bts |
| 00:34.55 | caspercba | cef_work: vanilla from woody cd |
| 00:34.56 | mrwill | alakdan: there might be, but there isn't a better way. |
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| 00:35.30 | Nanobot2k | configure: error: Unable to find your MySQL inc dir, specify --enable-incdir. |
| 00:35.35 | caspercba | cef_work: debian 3.0r2 |
| 00:35.36 | Nanobot2k | anyone know what the default inc dir is |
| 00:35.37 | Nanobot2k | for mysql? |
| 00:35.44 | cef_work | figfig: in the old days they used to be scripts.. now they're actually small C programs, but yes, the idea is the same.. they also support things like /etc/network/ifup.d and ifdown.d directories for scripts that can run as events based on interface state changes |
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| 00:36.11 | caspercba | i have to go |
| 00:36.12 | caspercba | see you |
| 00:36.34 | alakdan | mrwill: in /etc/network/interfaces do I edit the area inside the DEBCONF AREA or below it? |
| 00:36.36 | cef_work | caspercba: can't remember how to define a proxy.. but if you get prompted, use http://proxy.domain.name:port/ |
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| 00:36.55 | figfig | cef_work: got it. ifup and ifdown differ on each distro also, no? |
| 00:37.05 | figfig | (just like sysconfig and network do) |
| 00:37.09 | malex | Is there anything someone would have to do after dist-upgrading to sarge to make sure that his system will reboot and come up fine? Kernel was not upgraded. |
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| 00:37.18 | mrwill | alakdan: heck if I know, my file has no such area. |
| 00:37.24 | mrwill | alakdan: 'man interfaces' |
| 00:37.30 | cef_work | figfig: yes.. they usually only take an interface name though, at least that is standard across the distros |
| 00:37.30 | teh | how do I reconfigure the xfree-xserver |
| 00:37.35 | teh | whats the dpkg command again |
| 00:37.36 | teh | :Lx |
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| 00:37.52 | figfig | cef_work: same interface, different implementation. :) |
| 00:37.59 | mrwill | teh dpkg-reconfigure |
| 00:38.03 | Xenguy | teh: dpkg -reconfigure xserver xfree86 |
| 00:38.09 | mrwill | teh: second time I've told you today. |
| 00:38.10 | Xenguy | (I think) |
| 00:38.11 | caspercba | cef_work: that's the problem, i'm not prompted. I also tried modifying interfaces file, but it didn't exist during installation |
| 00:38.21 | cef_work | figfig: you'll find most of the debian based distro's use /etc/network, and most of the rh ones use sysconfig |
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| 00:38.39 | Xenguy | teh: er, xserver-xfree86 |
| 00:38.44 | figfig | cef_work: any idea what slackware uses? |
| 00:38.50 | cef_work | caspercba: you could try editing the apt config |
| 00:39.17 | cef_work | figfig: no idea.. nor gentoo either... sorry |
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| 00:39.22 | caspercba | cef_work: sorry, im beginner, where is that file? etc/?? |
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| 00:39.28 | cocaine | hi |
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| 00:39.32 | cocaine | do u know the name of some avi 2 vcd or mpg converter? |
| 00:39.32 | mrwill | caspercba: /etc/apt |
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| 00:39.41 | figfig | cef_work: no problem. You're help has been very useful! |
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| 00:39.54 | cef_work | figfig: welcome |
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| 00:40.35 | Lutty1 | Sorry I asked this yesterday but im still trying to fix it..is there a secret to getting a "Usable Screen Configuration" with deb 3.0? |
| 00:40.41 | caspercba | cef_work, last question, i think xfree nvidia drivers are old, cause i can't get my geforce4 to work |
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| 00:41.31 | The_Vulture | caspercba: the nv drivers don't do GF4s, get the nvidia binary only drivers |
| 00:41.44 | The_Vulture | start with nvidia-kernel-source package, read the README |
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| 00:43.19 | cef_work | caspercba: what The_Vulture said |
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| 00:44.00 | caspercba | cef_work: thanks |
| 00:44.14 | caspercba | The_Vulture: thanks, i'll investigate |
| 00:44.32 | caspercba | bye bye to everyone |
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| 00:45.44 | teh | I dont get it. I installed nvidia drivers and everything.. but when I do startx -- Im still getting no screens found |
| 00:46.08 | Lutty1 | sheesh teh, thats the same question/problem Im having as well |
| 00:46.21 | teh | hmm.. |
| 00:46.26 | aetas | why don't you try reading the X logs |
| 00:46.30 | The_Vulture | ~no screens found |
| 00:46.44 | Xenguy | <PROTECTED> |
| 00:46.53 | The_Vulture | bleh, damn bot |
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| 00:47.16 | The_Vulture | in any case "no screens found" isn't an error in and of itself, as aetas said, read the logs |
| 00:47.37 | hennewou | teh: I added nvidia to the /etc/modules |
| 00:47.43 | covux | hi. ive to install winxp beside installed debian (i know its a shame but i need it for doom 3 and cubase sx). is there a way to recover nice grub bootloader after winxp installed its shitty boatloader on ma mbr? thx for any hints |
| 00:47.58 | hennewou | teh: works fine for me |
| 00:48.19 | Kamil_Kisiel | covux: just run the grub setup again |
| 00:48.54 | hennewou | covux: you should try jack-audio-connection-kit with muse, ardour and other great real tim audioapss, instead of cubase |
| 00:48.57 | alakdan | hi what is the program to run to reconfigure the network interface, getways, dns in debian (something like linuxconf in redhat based distros) |
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| 00:49.10 | StormFury | hakuna matatta |
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| 00:49.18 | hennewou | covux: check www.agnula.org |
| 00:49.18 | teh | no luck hennewou |
| 00:49.19 | teh | =x |
| 00:49.22 | covux | Kamil_Kisiel: how can i do that when iam not able to boot debian after installing winxp? |
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| 00:49.23 | xenwryly | in a bash script, how can I capture standard error from a command into a variable? |
| 00:49.30 | mrwill | alakdan: why do you need a program? I already told you the files to edit. |
| 00:49.36 | covux | hennewou: allready checked muse. |
| 00:49.57 | covux | hennewou: but it doesnt save vst state and thats nothing for me |
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| 00:50.06 | Lutty1 | teh are you getting the "no usable configuration" error when starting x? |
| 00:50.25 | Nanobot2k | how would you tell debian to listen to a few ips (predefined) on startup? |
| 00:50.37 | caphuso | Nanobot2k: man 5 interfaces |
| 00:50.40 | Nanobot2k | k |
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| 00:51.09 | alakdan | mrwill: even if I can edit it via vi. My friends who are still learning might be overwhelmed. :) Im just looking for something like dpkg-reconfure package_for_network |
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| 00:51.20 | hennewou | covux: well, it's fine for me because it can interact with other great opensource synths |
| 00:51.22 | Kamil_Kisiel | covux: make a boot floppy? |
| 00:51.45 | Kamil_Kisiel | covux: there's about a billion bootable Linux distros out there |
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| 00:52.30 | xam | xenwryly: try this: TESTVAR=`programme >/dev/null 2>&1` |
| 00:52.35 | covux | hennewou: its a general prob of linux audio appz that u always have to rebuild ure "virtual" studio to go on composing. i need a app that save state of every virtual synth and efx involved. |
| 00:52.36 | mrwill | alakdan: your friends have my sympathies, but there was no program to obscure what was going on for me when I was learning, and I am filled with gratitude to this day for it. |
| 00:52.48 | Blicero | well, i knocked out a power cord by accident while debian is running and now debian only runs for ~1 minute then reboots with no warning. fsck didnt find anything wrong and im not sure what else to check. |
| 00:52.49 | xenwryly | xam: ah nifty! thanks. |
| 00:52.55 | covux | Kamil_Kisiel: ah. ok. thx |
| 00:53.11 | hennewou | covux: anyway, I know how to write mbr with lilo |
| 00:53.13 | mrwill | Blicero: power management in the bios? |
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| 00:53.29 | Blicero | how would that be a problem? |
| 00:53.33 | Nanobot2k | ok and also, how would i execute a certain script every time server restarts? |
| 00:53.41 | hennewou | teh: did you append /etc/X11/XF86Config-4? |
| 00:54.09 | mrwill | Blicero: well, you say that the computer reboots itself every minute or so, and this happened after you did something to the hardware. |
| 00:54.35 | Blicero | knocking the power cord out counts as doing something to the hardware? |
| 00:54.43 | hennewou | covux: ok, I admit :) |
| 00:54.46 | Blicero | it doesnt reboot in windows which i am using right now |
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| 00:54.55 | mrwill | Blicero: ah! |
| 00:55.00 | covux | hennewou: ill surely check every new release of muse cause i wanna get rid of all win-stuff, but as long as its more comfortable to compose under xp i have to use it. |