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Perhaps I need to change the configuration on my macbook. When I try tightvncviewer I get the message

Server did not offer supported security type

Did you set anything on your macbook (other than enabling "File sharing" in 'System Preferences -> Sharing'?)

Does anyone know of a VNC client that can access a mac (OS X 10.6)? When I try Vinagre, I get the message: Authentication method to host <ip address> is unsupported. (30) I think I've read that Vinagre does not support access to macs. FYI the mac is running the vnc server that comes with OS X (I don...

The problem I've been having may be related to the existence of a 'Virtual CD' partition on the hard drive. This area contains software that Toshiba supplies with the drive. I thought I had gotten rid of this stuff when I reformatted the drive, but apparently I have not. If I can figure out how, I'm...

Adding LABELs and UUIDs to all the drives in /etc/fstab doesn't have any effect. Is there something that's read earlier in the boot process that might be relevant?

Thanks, that make sense. Is there a file that specifies the bootloader line? The only GRUB management tool I've found so far is Startup-Manager, and that doesn't appear to support specifying the bootloader line.

I'm having a problem with an external esata hard drive. If I boot the system with the drive connected and powered up, the system will not boot. However, if I turn the external drive on after the system is already running, I can mount it manually with no problem. Details: I'm running lenny in a fairl...

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Out of curiousity: why is this in backports? I thought lenny was the most current version of debian?

Is mercurial 1.1.* available for lenny? If so, how do I get it? I currently have 1.0.1-5.1 installed. This is the only version that synaptic shows.

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BioTube wrote:From the 2.6.30 description:

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  force
        Used to force write access to volumes that are marked as journalled
        or locked.  Use at your own risk.

^ Where is this from?

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At one time, the HFS+ driver did not supported writing, unless HFS+ journaling was disabled (a risky business). Is this still the case? (The hfsplus package page, http://packages.debian.org/source/lenny/hfsplus, doesn't appear to say.)

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I have kermels 2.6.18-6-amd64, 2.6.26-1-amd64, and 2.6.26-2-amd64 installed . 2.6.26-2-amd64 is the new one installed yesterday and unlike the other two, it has no nvidia module. When I went from etch -> lenny, there must have been a new nvidia module available. The aptitude search confirms this: # ...

I've been using standard kernels. I should probably try re-installing the nvidia driver first. Does the new kernel required a a new version of the nvidia driver? And why does replacing the kernel make it necessary to reinstall a driver? I thought that the nvidia driver was a kernel module? Does the ...

Yesterday a there were a number of updated packages for Lenny. One of them apparently killed my nvidia driver and made gdm completely inoperable (after a reboot). I had to boot to single user mode and screw around xorg.conf files to get my system back to a usable state. Does anyone know which packag...

main is FOSS and is supported. non-free is software that doesn't meet the DFSG(including most GNU manuals and all proprietary software). contrib contains FOSS that requires nonspeechfree software to work. It's that simple. What is FOSS? Which are the specific repositories? The confusion you speak o...

I'm getting ready to upgrade etch -> lenny and I'm faced with the same problem I ran into installing etch (my first debian system): it is not at all clear which repositories I need for a 'normal' system. (By a normal system, I mean one running gnome, firefox and necessary firefox plugins - flash, ac...

If I upgrade to lenny, are the adobe plugins in debian packages. Or do need to get the adobe tgz and install the plugin by hand? If the latter, where does it go (i.e. specifically which directory - firefox has no documentation on this). If he needs nspluginwrapper he's running amd64. Best bet is to ...

Could you show me, specifically, how to add non-free? I already have deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free Would deb http://www.backports.org/...

I'm pulling my hair out trying to get the flash plugin installed in iceweasel on etch. At the moment, I'm trying to install the flashplugin-nonfree package (using synaptic) but get the error message: lashplugin-nonfree: Depends: nspluginwrapper (>=0.9.91.4-3) but 0.9.91.4-1 is to be installed How do...

I just got a 24" monitor with 1920x1200 resolution. I'd like to keep using my old 17" in TwinView mode. Is it possible to do this? If so, could someone post a sample xorg.conf? With my current xorg.conf (below), I can get both monitors to work only if the resolution (set via the gnome scre...

I've installed libflashplayer.so in the following locations: /usr/lib/mozilla-snapshot/plugins/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so When I run about:plugins in Iceweasel, there is no entry...