Re: Stretch & Safely Replacing systemd?

2017-03-04 Thread didier gaumet
Le 04/03/2017 à 16:19, Patrick Bartek a écrit : > I'm aware of Devuan and tested it in VirtualBox. [...] > also looked at AntiX and mx-16. They are systemd free, too, but as with > Devuan both are based on Jessie.. [...] last stable version available, five years support and systemd-free but not

Re: Question about wifi web service with debian

2017-02-12 Thread didier gaumet
Le 12/02/2017 à 05:02, Billy O a écrit : > hello my name is William O'Brien > > I have been using and researching debian for alittle while now and have > been trying to access wifi I have tried several different ways and > researched many tutorials and help sections with very little success and >

Re: Icedove calendar not syncing to google calendar

2017-01-09 Thread didier gaumet
Le 09/01/2017 à 15:28, Boyan Penkov a écrit : > OK, folks, here's the play: > > --close icedove > --uninstall calendar-google-provider > --start icedove > --install the provider via icedove's extensions menu > -- restart icedove > --sign back into my accounts > > I then watched icedove start sync

Re: Icedove calendar not syncing to google calendar

2017-01-08 Thread didier gaumet
Le 08/01/2017 à 15:39, Boyan Penkov a écrit : > Super, good point — I am on stretch, and the relevant versions are > > icedove: 1:45.5.1-1 > calendar-google-provider: 1:45.5.-1-1 > > Would the extension be more up to date? no, that is the same version as in Jessie, I think that is version 2.6 of

Re: Icedove calendar not syncing to google calendar

2017-01-08 Thread didier gaumet
Hello, I do not know for Stretch and Sid, but the Jessie version of the calendar-google-provider package is not the last stable from upstream. In my case, deinstalling the debian package and installing the upstream thunderbird extension solves the problem. YMMV...

Re: How to permanently change default sound input source?

2016-09-05 Thread didier gaumet
1) pacmd modifies only a running instance of pulseaudio: all is lost when pulseaudio stops 2) to alter permanently the default source input in pulseaudio, you may edit your client config' file (cf man pulse-client.conf) 3) mate-media depends either on mate-media-gstreamer or mate-media-pulse: if t

Re: epub files and debian?

2016-08-23 Thread didier gaumet
Le 23/08/2016 à 19:36, Karen Lewellen a écrit : > Hi folks, > is there a simple preferably command line tool in Debian that converts > epub into text? > Thanks, > Karen Calibre (graphical reader) can convert books from epub to txt either one at a time or by lot. I am not aware of a CLI epup to tx

Re: Compiling Canon LiDE 220 driver from source

2016-08-16 Thread didier gaumet
Le 16/08/2016 à 13:57, Lisi Reisz a écrit : > I have got stuck. Only slightly further on than I had already got stuck. > (apt-get said it wasn't downloading what I had already downloaded!) > > root@Eros:/home/lisi/Sane-Files# apt-get build-deps libsane-common/testing > E: Invalid operation bui

Re: Compiling Canon LiDE 220 driver from source

2016-08-15 Thread didier gaumet
Le 15/08/2016 à 15:25, Brian a écrit : [...] > I reckon the second approach will not work because the libraries need > an adjustment too. I plead guilty: Lisi just confirmed your point of view, In computer science, crime (of lazyness) does not (always) pay ;-) thanks for your input, Brian, I did

Re: Compiling Canon LiDE 220 driver from source

2016-08-15 Thread didier gaumet
Le 15/08/2016 à 12:42, Lisi Reisz a écrit : > Thanks, didier. That is nice to know. > > So it should be in the up-to-date tar ball, if I were to succeed in sorting > that out. But are you suggesting that I would do better to backport from > Stretch? I had decided that the tar ball would be s

Re: Compiling Canon LiDE 220 driver from source

2016-08-15 Thread didier gaumet
Le 15/08/2016 à 00:13, Lisi Reisz a écrit : > Although Canon LiDE 220 [...] > lisi@Eros:~$ lsusb | grep Canon > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04a9:190f Canon, Inc. > lisi@Eros:~$ grep 190f /etc/sane.d/genesys.conf > > Having little faith, I cat-ed /etc/sane.d/genesys.conf, and the 220 driver > was > i

Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients

2016-08-11 Thread didier gaumet
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askpfeplat/2016/05/02/installing-bash-on-ubuntu-on-windows-10-insider-preview/

Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients

2016-08-11 Thread didier gaumet
I recently upgraded a Windows 10 PC to the last 1607 build: with the developper mode enabled, one have access to "windows subsystem for linux (beta)". the official Microsoft port of Ubuntu bash. sshd is part of the bundle (I've not tested it, though).

Re: Debian installation for 1st time

2016-08-09 Thread didier gaumet
Le 08/08/2016 à 16:01, haleem safi a écrit : [...] > I Need to install ***osTicket* > on Apache, web Server. I Need to install first > Debian [...] Hello Haleem, if you want or need to run a Linux distribution for another reason, that is different, but if your only require

Re: (OT) Disable Secure Boot, et al

2016-08-04 Thread didier gaumet
Le 05/08/2016 à 02:25, Patrick Bartek a écrit : > Hi! All, > > Anyway to enter UEFI Firmware Setup on contemporary UEFI W8/10 notebooks > without having to go through Windows? That is, is there a keyboard > combo, secret button or incantation whether or not a hard drive/OS is > installed. As far

Re: IceWeasel (Firefox) Update?

2016-08-04 Thread didier gaumet
Le 04/08/2016 à 21:48, afamilyofbetatesters hendersonpark a écrit : > This may not even be possible, but how can I update the IceWeasel > (Firefox) from 45 (old) to the current 47? I need it on 47 to be able to > use a platform I use instead of skype :) what you have and is available in Jessie is

Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients

2016-08-03 Thread didier gaumet
Le 02/08/2016 à 23:12, Daniel Bareiro a écrit : [...] > But to use Dirvish with Windows clients I will need to install an SSH > server [...] on Windows. [...] Apart from a Cygwin solution, it seems there is an open official Microsoft OpenSSH port (including SSHD service) effort: https://blogs.ms

Re: epson L210 scan

2016-07-13 Thread didier gaumet
Le 13/07/2016 à 13:51, Curt a écrit : [...] > Isn't there a way of getting more verbose output out of 'scanimage -L' > (like debugging info)? [...] the verbose option (-v) may be repeated several times to increase verbosity level: scanimage -vvvL

Re: epson L210 scan

2016-07-13 Thread didier gaumet
Le 12/07/2016 à 07:41, Pavel Kosina a écrit : [...] :~$ sane-find-scanner [...] > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x08a1 [EPSON L210 > Series]) at libusb:001:005 [...] Hi, according to sane-usb(5) and sane-epson2(5) manpages, it seems that sometimes a sane backend cannot automat

Re: WiFi on a headless PC using a laptop NIC

2015-11-27 Thread didier gaumet
Le 27/11/2015 08:16, Leslie Rhorer a écrit : [...] > Upon detecting this card, Debian Jessie uses the rfkill API to soft > block the wireless adapter, assuming this to be a laptop who should > not have WiFi enabled unless the user specifically enables it > manually. Of course, if there were a moni

Re: debian 8.2 live "standard" install - how to set up wifi?

2015-11-27 Thread didier gaumet
Le 26/11/2015 13:19, Francis Gerund a écrit : > 1) > Per lspci, the network adapter is: > 02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network > Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01). > > It is somewhat old, but not uncommon. I have > run many distributions using it (including Debian), a

Re: Debian Gnome Or XFCE ?

2015-08-14 Thread didier gaumet
Le 14/08/2015 02:39, Stephen Powell a écrit : > On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 03:20:59 -0400 (EDT), didier gaumet wrote: >> >> Gnome-flashback has replaced gnome-fallback: isn't it 2D compatible, >> relying on Metacity instead of Mutter? > > I don't know. All I know

Re: Debian Gnome Or XFCE ?

2015-08-13 Thread didier gaumet
Le 13/08/2015 23:14, Bret Busby a écrit : > Hello. > Thank you. > Thank you for your previous clarifications. > Thank you for the solution above, which worked and solved the problem. > And, thank you for your patience with me. Great! My pleasure :-)

Re: Debian Gnome Or XFCE ?

2015-08-13 Thread didier gaumet
Le 13/08/2015 13:58, Bret Busby a écrit : > Thank you. > > That is how I managed to initially install the operating system. then you should probably have a grub entry with PAE enabled (forced) > I have not tried, and, do not know how, to apply that fix as part of a > kernel upgrade, and thence,

Re: Debian Gnome Or XFCE ?

2015-08-13 Thread didier gaumet
Le 13/08/2015 12:13, Bret Busby a écrit : > i386 is 686, and not 586 ? Yes, I think that 386 Ubuntu Linux images are build with 686 instruction set compatibility. 386 meaning here x86. Anyway, you might have a way to force enabling PAE on your Celeron in Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/

Re: Debian Gnome Or XFCE ?

2015-08-13 Thread didier gaumet
Sorry, I did n't catch you were using Ubuntu. Apparently, Ubuntu has dropped support for 586 procs (their "386" linux images being in fact 686 ones). That's not the case in Debian, x86 non-PAE procs still being supported (linux-image-*-586)

Re: Debian Gnome Or XFCE ?

2015-08-13 Thread didier gaumet
Le 13/08/2015 03:20, Stephen Powell a écrit : > When GNOME 3 first came out, it had a "fallback mode" for systems without > 3D graphics acceleration capability. "Fallback mode" was essentially the > GNOME 2 interface. I continued to use GNOME 3 in fallback mode for a > while. Changing desktops

Re: Debian Gnome Or XFCE ?

2015-08-13 Thread didier gaumet
Le 13/08/2015 06:09, Bret Busby a écrit : > Since you have mentioned an "old" system, I should perhaps mention > that apparently, Linux has abandoned support for Celeron CPU's, as, > having installed ubuntu-mate 15.09 on my HP/Compaq NX5000 which has a > Celeron CPU, and the associated and subsequ

Re: Mounting a FreeBSD USB Memory Stick Image rw

2014-08-09 Thread didier gaumet
Le 08/08/2014 22:40, Martin Smith a écrit : [...] > try mount -t ufs -rw -o ufstype=ufs2,loop > FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick-headless.img /mnt > > specifying ufstype works with bsd disks in the same machine so should > hopefully work with yours. [...] I' m a little bit puzzled: have you reb

Re: can't get wicd to work

2014-05-19 Thread didier gaumet
Le 18/05/2014 23:25, tom arnall a écrit : [...] > root@debian:/home/tom# iwconfig > lono wireless extensions. > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any > Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm [...] Tx-Power=0 suggests that radio is turned off You could tr

Re: Matrox G450 PCI DVI with modern xorg ?

2014-04-16 Thread didier gaumet
Le 15/04/2014 22:01, Mark Carroll a écrit : > I have a Matrox G450 video card in a 5v 33MHz PCI slot in an old system. > I hope to get DVI output from it, I don't care about using the other > head. While the console is fine, I can't get xorg to work with it. > > I have tried various approaches. I'

Re: debian install wireless fails on laptop with Ralink RT3290 wireless, what to do?

2014-04-14 Thread didier gaumet
Le 14/04/2014 06:26, Britton Kerin a écrit : > The installer correctly detects a Ralink RT3290 and seems to think its > going to be > able to work with it, but then it always fails (I think at the DHCP > stage) to actually > manage to connect to the network. > > Has anyone else encountered this is

Re: Weird boot problem. How can this be?

2013-11-09 Thread didier gaumet
Le 09/11/2013 09:26, Ray Dillinger a écrit : [...] > I don't understand how it can possibly happen, because I have completely > unplugged > that hard drive, flashed the BIOS of the machine with the most recent > update [...] Asus website says that Bios rev <= 1203 needs to be converted by an utili

Re: tv watching apps

2013-11-08 Thread didier gaumet
there is a list here: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/TV_Related_Software#Standalone_Software_to_Watch_Analogue_TV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.o

Re: tv watching apps

2013-11-08 Thread didier gaumet
Hi, I have never had an analog TV card, but it seems to me that at least VLC, mplayer (CLI) and probably xine would let you watch analog TV channels (V4L/V4L2). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.d

Re: Debian Wheezy - HP Pavilion dm1

2013-10-22 Thread didier gaumet
Le 22/10/2013 11:21, Ralf Mardorf a écrit : > You are using Xfce without Gnome desktop parts? I doubt this! Since it > was mentioned in this thread, e.g. gvfs is from Gnome desktop and you > likely will find a "few" other things from Gnome. [...] hi Ralf, to me gvfs (that I have installed) is mo

Re: Debian Wheezy - HP Pavilion dm1

2013-10-22 Thread didier gaumet
Le 20/10/2013 14:47, Sureyya Sahin a écrit : [...] > I am very surprised to hear that you are happy with the free driver. > What is more puzzling is the fact that you didn't see any improvements > with your non-free install. with the free radeon driver, my laptop is not particularly heating. I ha

Re: Debian Wheezy - HP Pavilion dm1

2013-10-20 Thread didier gaumet
Le 20/10/2013 10:10, didier gaumet a écrit : > > My Pavilion DM1 has a ATA TOSHIBA MQ01ABD0 (scsi) 750GB hard disk and a > Ralink RT3290 bluetooth/wireless chip. Graphic chipset is the same as yours. I should say "that seems very similar to yours albeit not the same": it i

Re: Debian Wheezy - HP Pavilion dm1

2013-10-20 Thread didier gaumet
My Pavilion DM1 has a ATA TOSHIBA MQ01ABD0 (scsi) 750GB hard disk and a Ralink RT3290 bluetooth/wireless chip. Graphic chipset is the same as yours. I have never noted a noise (click) other than the beep during shutdown. I have had sound problems in the past with XFCE that did not recognize soun

Re: Debian Wheezy - Kernel 3.2.X - Broadcom 57766 driver support

2013-04-13 Thread didier gaumet
Le 12/04/2013 18:24, terr1-li...@linuxgeek.dk a écrit : > Hey > > I'm running debian wheezy with custom 3.7.1 kernel to support my > Broadcom 57766 netcard. > > However since this is a server (Mac Mini Server) I would rather use a > longterm kernel like 3.2.43, > also since grsecurity is supporte

Re: Debian on 256MB PIII TabletPC

2013-03-06 Thread didier gaumet
Le Tue, 5 Mar 2013 08:37:32 -0500, "Steven Grunza" a écrit : > To answer my own question, yes it is possible to install. > > But you can't run it. > > After rebooting I get a "GRUB Geom error". [...] From: http://web.archive.org/web/20060912062209/http://neon.lcs.mit.edu/tm100/ the TM100

Re: netinst on old dell hardware

2012-06-19 Thread didier gaumet
Le Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:33:44 -0600, Paul E Condon a écrit : > Thanks, but... > > I think I have already tried that, and I tried again just now, just to > make sure, and again I got the standard "Bad Archive Mirror" > message. That message suggests that either the archive is not > available, or t

Re: Xen and Squeeze (was: When will Debian 7.0 with Linux Kernel 3.x be Released?)

2012-03-27 Thread didier gaumet
Le Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:04:57 +0800, "Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)" a écrit : [...] > Why do I want Linux Kernel 3.x? Because > I want to play around with Xen virtualization (dom0 required). [...] Maybe I am wrong, but I don't think you need another kernel than the squeeze stock kernel. Take a look

Re: Squeeze Backports kernel with nVidia driver package

2012-01-28 Thread didier gaumet
Le Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:20:58 + (UTC), Ramon Hofer a écrit : [...] > I have added "deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports > squeeze- backports main" to my /etc/apt/sources.list "deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze- backports main non-free" would be better [...]

Re: Plymouth only displays text bar

2012-01-27 Thread didier gaumet
Le Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:15:19 + (UTC), Ramon Hofer a écrit : [...] > So if I get you right, I'm fine when I install linux-image-amd64 and > nvidia-glx both from the squeeze backports? That's what I was thinking: to install the kernel and the nvidia driver from the same repo (either stable or

Re: Plymouth only displays text bar

2012-01-27 Thread didier gaumet
Sorry for my stupidity: I should have read carefully and not made a confusion between a specific nvidia kernel module and a specific nvidia kernel. the only sensible aspect of my previous post is to know if you try to mix nvdia-glx from stable repo and a backported kernel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: Plymouth only displays text bar

2012-01-27 Thread didier gaumet
Le Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:45:23 + (UTC), Ramon Hofer a écrit : [...] > Now I have installed the nvidia-glx package nvidia-glx recommends a nvidia specific kernel and aptitude/apt-get installs recommended packages by default so you do have multiple kernels installed? > from the repos what rep

Re: Plymouth only displays text bar

2012-01-27 Thread didier gaumet
Le Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:08:52 + (UTC), Ramon Hofer a écrit : > Hi all > > I'm playing with plymouth. I had no problems configuring it on my > laptop but I have a htpc where I wanted to set the xbmc-logo plymouth > theme. Unfortunately it only shows the white blue progress bar from > the text

Re: Alternatives to Iceape Display Problems?

2011-11-05 Thread didier gaumet
Hi, http://kb.mozillazine.org/Images_in_messages_do_not_appear may be this page will hell you -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2005094441.68f83..

Re: Multiple logins with XDM

2011-07-19 Thread didier gaumet
Le Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:02:24 +1200, Aidan Gauland a écrit : > Hi, > > I am on squeeze using XDM as my display manager and XScreenSaver. > When I click the "New Login" button from the locked screensaver > dialog, XScreenSaver complains about not being able to find > gdmflexiserver. So it seems t

Re: New Printer

2011-03-31 Thread didier gaumet
Le Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:45:43 -0400, PMA a écrit : > Hi List. > > How soon may there be a Debian driver for > the recently released Epson Stylus R3000? > > Thanks, > Pete Avasys is the website to look at for an Epson linux driver when Openprinting does not provide one. Here is your Stylus Photo

Re: iPAQ connection to Debian Squeeze

2010-11-26 Thread didier gaumet
On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:54:20 -0800 Gary Roach wrote: [...] > I have the following software loaded on the Squeeze/KDE4 system: > > synce-trayicon > synce-hal > multisyn [...] I can't assure you it will solve your problem but I would suggest to install multisync0.90 instead of multisync. I unders

Re: OT: advice on Notebook, smartbook from alwaysinnovating

2010-10-14 Thread didier gaumet
Le Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:40:02 +0200, Thierry Chatelet a écrit : An answer a little aside your question: if import (VAT, delays, warranty and so on) is too of a hassle for you and openness is not not an absolute requirement, you could take a look at the Toshiba AC100 Android ARM smartbook: http://

Re: Entrance (Enlightenment)

2010-08-31 Thread didier gaumet
Le Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:01:00 +0200, Jangita a écrit : > Hi Guys, > > I've STFW but all in vain, any one knows how to download/install > Enlightenment Entrance for my log in? I'm on lenny and i've managed > to install e17 using the repositories on enlightenment.org - now > entrance remaining. >

Re: SCIM, anthy, and French

2010-05-13 Thread didier gaumet
Le Fri, 14 May 2010 02:31:58 + (UTC), Hendrik Boom a écrit : > I'm using scim, anthy [...] > I'd like also the be able to switch in a French input method [...] > But I can't figure out how to set that up. (currently running Debian > squeeze on an Asus 1000HE.) Hi, You probably need to r

Re: 64-bit netbooks with Debian linux

2010-05-02 Thread didier gaumet
Le Sun, 2 May 2010 12:17:54 -0700, Peter Tenenbaum a écrit : > I've been thinking about getting a netbook and I'd like to install > Debian linux on it when / if I do. I'd also like to get one which > uses an AMD64-class processor. Does anyone have any suggestions? > The Gateway LT21 looks like

Re: Back to Debian after 10 years

2010-01-07 Thread didier gaumet
On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 20:28:08 +, Vasco Costa wrote : [...] > By the way, in case I want to go back to a rolling release scheme, how > does Debian testing/unstable behave in this regard for an experienced > power user? I know all the nuts and bolts of Archlinux, including > using the testing rep

Re: Calendar/ reminder wanted - recommendations

2009-11-18 Thread didier gaumet
Le Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:27:35 +, AG a écrit : [...] > I want to have a reminder that can run in the background when I don't > need it and minimises to the notification area (system tray?) in > Gnome (the area near the clock on a default lay out), and when an > appointment is due it pops up wi

Re: unable to load ipw2200 module

2008-07-18 Thread didier gaumet
Le Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:22:13 +0200, oneman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : [...] > Is there a way to check wich modules are actually loaded? I looked at > modprobe but that only seems tot list available drivers on disk with > 'modprobe -l'. [...] lsmod The intel ipw2200 driver is free (kernel mod

Re: I want Get Debian Linux 3.0. where is they?

2008-03-17 Thread didier gaumet
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:21:34 +0900, 유희원 wrote: http://www.debian.org/distrib/archive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: searching Linux equivalent of Solaris "mkfile"

2007-10-09 Thread didier gaumet
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:49:49 +0200, Simon Jolle \"sjolle\" wrote: > Hi list > > Is there a Linux equivalent of Solaris "mkfile"? mkfile 10g creates a 10 > GB file for swap, loopback mounting etc. > > I found "dd", what can do similar. But its not that user-friendly ;) Hi, give a look at the man

Re: efficiency of windows managers

2007-09-29 Thread didier gaumet
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:59:56 -0500, Preston Boyington wrote: [...] > and fyi, i use debian with fluxbox on my P133, 16mb, compaq laptop. :D Hello Preston, what version of debian are you talking about? On a P133, 32MB, Dell Laptop it seemed to me that the last Debian version usable (speed...) was

Re: efficiency of windows managers

2007-09-29 Thread didier gaumet
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:59:56 -0500, Preston Boyington wrote: [...] > and fyi, i use debian with fluxbox on my P133, 16mb, compaq laptop. :D Hello Preston, what version of debian are you talking about? On a P133, 32MB, Dell Laptop it seemed to me that the last Debian version usable (speed...) was

Re: efficiency of windows managers

2007-09-29 Thread didier gaumet
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:59:56 -0500, Preston Boyington wrote: [...] > and fyi, i use debian with fluxbox on my P133, 16mb, compaq laptop. :D Hello Preston, what version of debian are you talking about? On a P133, 32MB, Dell Laptop it seemed to me that the last Debian version usable (speed...) was

Re: efficiency of windows managers

2007-09-28 Thread didier gaumet
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:59:56 -0500, Preston Boyington wrote: [...] > and fyi, i use debian with fluxbox on my P133, 16mb, compaq laptop. :D Hello Preston, what version of debian are you talking about? On a P133, 32MB, Dell Laptop it seemed to me that the last Debian version usable (speed...) was

Re: WPA support for ipw2200?

2007-07-08 Thread didier gaumet
On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 10:50:53 -0700, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > I can't locate a good how-to for implementing WPA support in Etch or > Lenny, and IIRC the gnome network manager doesn't support WPA. How are > people making this work? Is there an up-to-date how-to somewhere that I > haven't been able to

Re: suggestions for window manager

2007-05-10 Thread didier gaumet
On Thu, 10 May 2007 12:45:16 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: Hi Doug, I have had roughly the same requirements for a lightweight wm on an old laptop (Pentium 133 and 32MB ram, NetBSD 3.0). After having tried fluxbox, blackbox, icewm and many others, I found that WindowMaker was not slower but

Re: ESS ES1868 sound card not working after update to Etch

2007-04-22 Thread didier gaumet
On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:57:05 +0200, Martin Kuettler wrote: > Thanks. But I don't fully understand this -- what should I put into e.g. > /etc/modutils/alsa ? I tried it with [...] The links that I gave you are pretty outdated: /etc/modules.conf is for 2.4 kernels. you could adapt the suggested c

Re: ESS ES1868 sound card not working after update to Etch

2007-04-22 Thread didier gaumet
Hi Martin, Here is a doc about es1868 ALSA configuration: http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=ESS+Technology&card=.&chip=ES18xx&module=es18xx and there is a doc about ALSA asoundrc file that perhaps could help you: http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/asoun

Re: problem with Chinese file names

2007-04-07 Thread didier gaumet
On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:00:36 -0700, Li Wei wrote: > I use sarge, have a file that use Chinese (GB code) in file name. > > reading/writing it in ext2 seems OK, but I have problem copying to > vfat partition. Hi, maybe mount your vfta partition with the appropriate codepage option will sol

Re: distro for 486 with 32 MB ram

2007-03-20 Thread didier gaumet
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:40:16 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: [...] > Do you know how security updates happen for the BSDs? I'm trying to > track that down now. For historical BSDs: http://www.netbsd.org/Security/ http://www.freebsd.org/security/ http://www.openbsd.org/security.html -- To UN

Re: distro for 486 with 32 MB ram

2007-03-20 Thread didier gaumet
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:00:22 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: [...] > I want a distribution with security support since if I didn't want that > I could just stick with Woody. > > DamnSmallLinux needs to boot from a CD. there are bootfloppies for DSL > The 486 will only boot from > floppy or ha

Re: very small linux box

2007-02-02 Thread didier gaumet
On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:30:07 +, Andrew Critchlow wrote: > Hi everyone, > I am after a very small linux/debian pc. I want something like a laptop > with a keyboard & screen but of really small size. (Maybe PDA size) > Anyone know if one of these is available? Hi, Sharp Zaurus are Linux Qtopi

Re: laptop with r1000 and ipw3945, not event etch...

2007-01-25 Thread didier gaumet
On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:50:05 +0100, Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y) wrote: > Hi, > > I have a laptop, having a RTL8168 (r1000 module) Ethernet NIC, and a > centrino (ipw3945 module) as wireless. It's Core 2 Duo T7200 CPU. > > No more NIC is available. > The r1000 module, as well as the ipw3945 a

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