Debian

editing grub in lenny to boot from ext4 partition
Assuming Debian Lenny's installer will detect a Ubuntu 10.04 (daily build) partition in my PC (debian = /dev/sda1, ubuntu = /dev/sda3), i installed Lenny on sda1 but Ubuntu entry does not show up on GRUB. # grub-install -v grub-install (GNU GRUB 0.97) so i proceed to edit grub taking example from Ubuntu's grub... 10 Mar 2010 10:48

exFAT is... (was Re: Vfat or NTFS?)
On 2010-03-07 18:50, Mark Allums wrote: [snip] exFAT would be highly useful, especially on removable drives, if there were good support on Linux. (There are those who object merely on the grounds of not using anything to do do with Microsoft, but in that case, we wouldn't use vFAT or NTFS, either.)... 7 Mar 2010 20:41

Emacs24?
Anyone know when emacs24 will be in Debian squeeze? The latest they have is emacs23 :( Zach <>< http://www.fidei.org ><> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ecfa26... 8 Mar 2010 02:06

modsecurity and moin-moin
I'm having a problem with modsecurity and moin-moin. The following rule is preventing wiki pages with the word '/etc' from posting. I'd like to find a way to disable this rule for just the wiki (e.g. not for the whole site) but am not sure how to do that in a granular way. It seems like a generally sensible rule,... 7 Mar 2010 17:22

gnome-ppp error is now a kernel failure?
Follow up: When the wvdial error occurs, a popup window tells me the kernel failed. I should mention that I installed Debian 5.03 yesterday from 5 DVDs. I intend to report this to kerneloops.org, but without a Net connection, everything gets relayed through my Windows machine. Attached is what was added ... 8 Mar 2010 15:16

gnome-ppp error
I can connect to my ISP through my phone modem using gnome-ppp, but then I get this error message: --> Sending: (password) Entering PPP mode. Async interface address is unnumbered (FastEthernet2/0/0) Your IP address is 0.0.0.0. MTU is 1500 bytes Header compression is on. --> Looks like a welcome messa... 7 Mar 2010 12:57

Dual monitor setup and xrandr
Hi all, I have an ATI Radeon HD4850 graphics card with two DVI outputs, and I recently got a second monitor. While both monitors are detected, I'm having trouble getting a twin screen setup working without extra tweaking after X starts up. I've attached the output of "xrandr -q" and my xorg.conf. With this ... 7 Mar 2010 12:57

SOLVED aumix not working
On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 03:03:30PM -0800, Freeman wrote: On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 08:55:52PM +0100, MList wrote: Why is aumix failing and how can I fix it? Have you read: Debian specific notes for the aumix package =============================================== <snipped> After lot... 7 Mar 2010 04:12

Overwrite existing partition with zeros without hurting partition table? (Debian Lenny)
On 2010-03-06 20:52, Mark wrote: Bringing this thread to a close as I'm the OP: 1) Thanks to the people who actually provided help. 2) To the others, isn't one of the purposes of Linux to allow us to do what we want, how we want, when we want? I have a preference to blank hdd sectors with zero... 7 Mar 2010 20:41

Can't Zap X (Option "DontZap" "off")
I'd like to be able to use Ctrl-Alt-BS to kill X, but can't get it to work. I searched around and tried a bunch of things: In /etc/X11/xorg.conf : ... Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" ... 6 Mar 2010 20:40