Debian

Module "pata_via" missing from Lenny d-i kernel
Hello, My email boils down to this question: Why is the "pata_via" module excluded from the kernel of the Lenny installer? (and how can I work around that) The full story: I tried to install Lenny (5.03) on a machine with an Asrock G965M-S motherboard: http://www.asrock.com/MB/overview.asp?Model=G965M-S ... 3 Jan 2010 21:34

Wacom bamboo pen and touch in squeeze.
What's the story on getting this thing working? I'm running Debian Squeeze on an ASUS 1000HE. The device doesn't seem to be recognised as anything it knows what to do about. It doesn't even seem to know it can be a mouse. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org... 6 Jan 2010 08:54

Problem on dpkg --unpack.
Hi, today, while I was trying to `aptitude upgrade`, I got this for all upgrading packages: tar: ./postrm: Cannot utime: Bad file descriptor tar: ./postinst: Cannot utime: Bad file descriptor tar: ./md5sums: Cannot utime: Bad file descriptor tar: ./shlibs: Cannot utime: Bad file descriptor tar: ./control: Canno... 6 Jan 2010 22:08

ext2/3 vs xfs for maildir
Which filesystem is more appropriate for maildir use on a Postfix/Dovecot system, ext2/3 or xfs? This maildir will be storing mulitple mail folders and files, some folders containing over 10,000 email files. If xfs, what is the most appropriate mkfs.xfs command line for creating the filesystem best tuned for the... 22 Jan 2010 19:43

Best Keeps Getting Bigger
On 2009-12-29 at15:47:41 +0200, David Baron wrote: Built kernel 2.6.32.3. Get 2.6.32EBDA too big, overlaps lilo 2nd stage image or something like that. This is a non-initrd kernel. Do I have to go back to an initrd (stopped using it because of all those yaird problems)? Or is there a lilo param... 30 Dec 2009 17:36

IPv4 localhost network problem
Hi, I have problem with IPv4 on my local network. Applications that is trying to connect to localhost with IPv4 gets “connection refused”. I have constructed a simple Java program that is triggering the problem. The program simple just open a socket port and waiting for a connection. Starting by doing t... 29 Dec 2009 15:15

Isi Survey Lalu Ajak Teman Bisa dapat Blackberry loh....
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Re (2): configuration file for "Automatically Started Applications"
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:52:50 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote, Here is one of my .desktop files created with Xfce4: ,----[ .config/autostart/YeahConsole.desktop ] | [Desktop Entry] ... Good. Thanks! This works here. # ~/.config/autostart/twinkle.desktop [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=Twi... 28 Dec 2009 18:29

Setting up Atheros Ar5001 wifi[Solved]
Hello Sebi, This is to inform you that my wifi is working. The problem was that I supplied a wrong passphrase. Thank you very much for your help in the last three days. I do appreciate it so much. Kind regards, Ogya _________________________________________________________________ Window... 28 Dec 2009 09:39

Iceweasel repeatedly hangs for 5 seconds
My system is a 1.8 GHz Pentium using Debian stable. I update frequently from debian.org. Several weeks ago, I started noticing that Iceweasel would sometimes stop responding to mouse or keyboard inputs for about five seconds. After each such "hang" it would resume operating normally. For example, while readi... 24 Jan 2010 23:37