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Q: how do I get Debian (updated/upgraded Knoppix) to sync a Palm m505? I've combed through several excellent online resources --
http://www.slac.com/pilone/kpilot_home/hardware.html
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/["PalmOS"]-HOWTO.html#PC-CONNECT-USB
2.3. USB Connection
and believe I have tried everything. I have the latest version of ["JPilot"] and pilot-link. The visor and usbserial modules are loaded (manually), the Palm syncs elsewhere, the cradle is live, and the ports work with other USB devices. But whether ["KPilot"] or ["JPilot"], no activity is detected after I press hotsync, then use a variety of steps to initiate a conversation with the port. I'm using a Dell Precision 450, 512 megs, and both KDE 3.1 and Gnome 2.2. (No luck in either window environment.) My only clue: apt-get upgrade said it would add (although I had to do it manually) " none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0 to your /etc/fstab file" -- but that "only root will be able to access the USB devices with this setup." I've tried in root, too, but nada. Anything I've overlooked?

jlarue@jlarue.com

Here's a place to ask new questions and get answers, especially for topics that haven't got their own wiki page yet. Answer can be included in a wiki FAQ.


Q: how do I get Debian (updated/upgraded Knoppix) to sync a Palm m505? I've combed through several excellent online resources -- http://www.slac.com/pilone/kpilot_home/hardware.html http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/["PalmOS"]-HOWTO.html#PC-CONNECT-USB 2.3. USB Connection and believe I have tried everything. I have the latest version of ["JPilot"] and pilot-link. The visor and usbserial modules are loaded (manually), the Palm syncs elsewhere, the cradle is live, and the ports work with other USB devices. But whether ["KPilot"] or ["JPilot"], no activity is detected after I press hotsync, then use a variety of steps to initiate a conversation with the port. I'm using a Dell Precision 450, 512 megs, and both KDE 3.1 and Gnome 2.2. (No luck in either window environment.) My only clue: apt-get upgrade said it would add (although I had to do it manually) " none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0 to your /etc/fstab file" -- but that "only root will be able to access the USB devices with this setup." I've tried in root, too, but nada. Anything I've overlooked?

jlarue@jlarue.com

Q: How do I use a midi keyboard with debian? In particular, the the m-audio keystation 49e usb-keyboard (among the [http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/accessories.html apple garage band accessories]). lsusb says

  Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0a4d:0090 Evolution Electronics, Ltd

I'd like to use it with, say, beast . hotplug seems to relate the device to the "audio" module in 2.4.16. How can I confirm that it's connected to /dev/midi? Do I need to use alsa? I've been googling for a couple hours. I tooks some [http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/discovery/chatlogs/rdfig/2004-03-26.html#T03-09-20 notes in irc]

I read the [http://www.midi-howto.com/ linux midi howto], but it doesn't suggest any software that you can use to confirm that your hardware setup is right. in particular, it says to look at /dev/sndstat, but I get "no such device", even though sound output is working fine. -- DanConnolly


 Q: how do I tell apt-get which http-proxy to use ?
  •  A: Set the environment Variable  http_proxy like this
     export http_proxy="http://192.168.1.1:8080"
     or
     export http_proxy=http://uid:pw@proxy:port
     if the proxy needs authentication.


  What is the policy for creating new debian.net hostnames?

  I know how via the ["DebianDotNet"] link; but should I seek
 consensus before creating a new CNAME?

["SteveKemp"]


Hi guys. having some problems with hdparm and dma settings under debian sid (unstable).

 hdparm -t /dev/hda
 /dev/hda:
 Timing buffered disk reads:   20 MB in  3.00 seconds =   6.67 MB/sec

 hdparm -d1 /dev/hda
 /dev/hda:
 setting using_dma to 1 (on)
 HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted
 using_dma    =  0 (off)

 hdparm -Xudma2 /dev/hda
 /dev/hda:
 setting xfermode to 66 (["UltraDMA"] mode2)
 Segmentation fault

I am logged on as root when doing this. Any use of the -X switch causes a segmentation fault. The drive is a ["30GB"] Fujitsu ide hdd, capable of ["UltraDMA66"]. I've had this working before on Woody. Any ideas?


how do i setup an own wiki on my own debian machine? downloaded mysql and tried to follow there instructions. downloaded phpwiki-1.3.4.tar.gz but where to go from here? unzip told me it can't do anything with the file. apt-get couldn't find a wiki package. --juerg.maier@pobox.ch

  • Try twiki, I set it up pretty quickly using install instructions: http://twiki.org /mawi

  • The Debian wiki runs http://www.kwiki.org. To install do 'apt-get install kwiki; mkdir /var/www/html/wiki/; cd !$; kwiki-install' ... kwiki is in unstable. -- MichaelIvey

  • Also try Zope + zwiki - just "apt-get install zope zwiki" on 3.0 (an 2.2 I think) and it will install itself. Zope runs on an odd port though, not 80, it says what that port is when you install it, read the docs and you can configure it to run on any port you'd want. --Gregg Cercy
  • "apt-cache search wiki" shows a number of WikiEngines available in sid, including kwiki (which runs this wiki) and phpwiki, which you seem to want to install. --EvanProdromou


Anyone use NTP on a machine with ?PowerManagement? ntpd seems to be at odds with 'apm/event.d/00hwclock', and I haven't figured out what the Right Way to resolve this is. --KevinTurner


?GnomeTerminalTwo seems to have broken font selection. Specifically, I can't choose any of the larger sizes of "neep", my only selections for "size" (dialog does not indicate units) are 11 and 13, which are both smaller than I prefer. gfontsel, still linked against gtk1.x, offers me point sizes of 8, 10, 14, 18, and 24. Any way to get these to show up for gnome2?


?"CFDiskRant"


Preferences abuse and tracking users by IP refactored to ?KwikiConcern.

  • See ["KWiki"]:["PatchTrackEditsByIPAddress"] for a solution and patch code.


Does anyone know a possible answer to this? I have Red Hat 9 and installed Apache 2. I want to get Kwiki working.

I did this okay: mkdir /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/my-wiki but when I go to to subdirectory CGI-Kwiki-0.14 and follow the instructions to "run: kwiki-install" I get the error message: "bash: kwiki-install: command not found" even though the file kwiki-installl was there. I tried again after changing the file permissions to make it executable, but got the same message. thanks, ?JohnWithington


Your current directory is probably not included in your path. Try .//kwiki-install The .// represents your current directory.


I am a new owner of a Sharp Zaurus SL-5500. I am trying to communicate between it and my Debian GNU/Linux box using the ["USB"].

I have seen that kernel 2.4.21 has new support for this. Can anybody point me at a (relative) Newbies Guide to setting up this data link. (I know about compiling kernels etc.) I have seen several other documents, but I am confused as to which info. applies to the 2.4.21 kernel. --Dave Whiteley


Kernel-Patch HOWTO (Debian-Way)?

Where can I get this information? Or could sb write this HOWTO in this wiki?

Oh, there are many docs like these, I put some here ?CompileKernel. //mawi


I'd like to customize mi kwiki. I copy edit_body.html to template/local and substitute the button value at:

<input type="submit" name="button" value="SAVE">

with:

<input type="submit" name="button" value="GARDAR">

I'll see the new value at the button when I press de EDIT button. But from the editing page if I press the GARDAR button, it doesn't saves nothing showing the editing page again and again when I press GARDAR.

How can I customize that? And how can I customize the -New Page Name - text also?

susinho@ultreia.org

Thank you very much.


Debian Wishlist ?

Is there a Wishlist for further debian releases that can be used by debian users ? One can post wishlist-bugs to individual packages, but what about more general requests ? que es lo que es Thanks for your answers.

> I don´t know if it exist, but I want one. Regards (perhaps in yahoogroups if no here ??) .

answer: RainerKulow > dont know one yet, but there is a site that defines goals(wishes) and solutions ["DebianNPGoals"].

> You can also post a ?RequestForPackage bug against wnpp to ask for a particular package. --EvanProdromou


Q: What can i do with the kernel-header ?