Re: Is Squeeze right for me?
On Sat, 2009-11-21 at 09:44 -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I have several years of experience with Ubuntu, but I have never looked > inside. I'm just a pointy-clicky desktop user. How things work has > never been of interest to me except when they don't work. Even then I > just learn enough to fix the problem and go back to living. A reasonable approach to computers. > However, several Linux friends have suggested it's time for me to move > on. According to the advice I receive I no longer need the Ubuntu > training wheels and I would be better served by going to a less > newbie-oriented distro. If you are okay with Ubuntu, why would they suggest this? > Perhaps they are right, but I grew up with > Synaptic and .deb files, and I really don't want to leave the Debian > world. Therefore, this morning I installed testing on a new hard disk, > leaving my old Ubuntu hard disk untouched so I can always go back to it. Good call with the hard drive. > Having spent just a day in testing I am not happy with the quantity of > bugs. Yes, I know it is called "testing" for a reason. Yep, there can be bugs... > Yet I need a computer that I can > use for real work. But at the same time I want the latest and greatest. > I need OOo 3.1 and Scribus 1.3.5.1 and the most recent versions of > several other apps that I live in all day long. The stable versions of > Debian are not sufficiently cutting edge for me. Or have I > misunderstood that? Nah, you got that. Debian stable is not cutting edge. > > The local Linux friends who thought I should move on from Ubuntu > suggested testing as the closest in the Debian world to the Ubuntu way > of doing things. After today I am thinking they were wrong. > > I need advice. I'd say stay with Ubuntu if you are comfy with it. The latest and greatest of some/most apps (openoffice, thunderbird, firefox, etc.) can be installed using debs (or "what-evers") from the relevant application's website. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Switching from GNOME to another window manager
On Sun, 2009-09-06 at 10:21 +0800, Jason Hsu wrote: > I used the default install to install Debian on a laptop as the sole OS. > > It boots up in GNOME, which is too slow and sluggish. How can I switch to > XFCE, Fluxbox, or some other lightweight window manager? > 1) You could do a reinstall: get the iso (debian-502a-i386-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso) from here http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.2a/i386/iso-cd/ 2) to install xfce on your current system: aptitude install xfce4 aptitude install xfce4-goodies log out at the login screen press F10 and select the "Select Session" option. Xfce will be one of the options. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Lost task and memo window in Evolution
I'm running Evolution 2.22.3.1 on Debian Lenny. While I was using the calendar, Evolution crashed. When I restarted it, the memo and task lists were blank. The relevant files are still present. (For example, .evolution/memos/local/system/journal.ics is still on the hard drive.) Any hints or links that will help me make the memo and task list visible again? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Retrieving the signal while plugging a USB key
> I would like to know if there is a command I can type with Debian to > detect if a USB key has physically connected to the computer. A shot in the dark: lsusb? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: debian and ubuntu
On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 16:11 +0100, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > Slightly OT-ish, but if i want to install an Ubuntu package on Debian. > should i use dpkg -i or alien? I wouldn't try to install an Ubuntu package on Debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: OT: Hijack: EEE PC 10"
> from the now inactive debian > eeepc project: > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC Has this project come to an end? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
SOLVED Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch. Try 2
On Sun, 2009-03-15 at 14:13 -0600, Robert Hodgins wrote: > Thank you to everyone who has offered suggestions. I'll keep fiddling > around with this computer. If something works, I'll let you know. > > Turns out the problem was likely hardware related. Over the weekend, I had noticed that SBM wasn't detecting the DVD/CD player all the time. Yesterday, the hard drive was undetectable. Given that both units function on other machines, I believe that the computer's drive controller was slowly dying while I was working with it and ultimately gave up the ghost Monday. Thanks again to everyone who helped me with this. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch. Try 2
Thank you to everyone who has offered suggestions. I'll keep fiddling around with this computer. If something works, I'll let you know. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch. Try 2
> I don't think so. I was simply wrong about it being bad hardware (most > likely). However another poster pointed out that ACPI on a P1 is > probably wrong and since the message say it's not giving results the > kernel likes, it could certainly apply. Try booting with > acpi=off > or > noacpi > (I forget which one, it might be listed in the Install Guide, or on the > F1-F10 help pages of the CD (before starting the installer)). > Also apic and local apic could be a problem. Basically anything that > your board tried to support but wasn't up to the standards that > eventually came into force, but are what the kernel expects. I've tried the following -expert acpi=off -expert noapic nolapic -expert acpi=off noapic nolapic -removing the USB card (no more querys about loading the usb module) -selecting No whenever the installer asks about PCMCIA The result is always the same: installation stops shortly after the base install starts (bootstrap-base). Not too sure what else to try. > > > > > I guess one other possibility is if the installer is not using the > > > 486 kernel but the 686 one (/var/log/syslog in the installer will > > > tell you the answer to that). As various modules were being loaded in, I noticed some had "2.6.28-1-486" as a part of their name. I assume if these were being loaded, then the correct kernel was selected? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch.
> How about doing an upgrade instead? > You could even try to do it incrementally. > Thank you. You are right. I could do that. Still, I'd like to know why the Etch installer is successful and the Lenny installer isn't. Should I still be using this machine "down the road" (and I'd like to keep it going as long as the hardware holds up), incremental upgrades from Etch to Lenny to the next version...and so on...are going to get a bit tedious. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch. Try 2
Daniel, thank you for your suggestions. > Assuming you are using the text installer (if you haven't you should, > just in case), you should be able Alt-F4 to see the system logs (ctrl > is unnecessary in text mode. Alt-F3 and Alt-F2 should be alternate > consoles you can use. I'm using the text installer. > > I recommend watching the syslog in Alt-F4 and only switching to Alt-F1 > when you need to do input. I did this. I hit Alt-F4 as the installer was finishing the formatting of the hard drive. When the cursor stopped blinking and the keyboard no longer responded, I took a picture. I posted it here as Photo 1: http://technicallywrite.blogspot.com/ > Perhaps a kernel fault, or bad CD-ROM > drive? It could also be bad RAM (have you tried memtest?), or some > other intermittent fault in hardware (like IDE). I reinstalled (a minimal) Etch last night. It was successful. Top and /proc/meminfo both reported that RAM was 127192 KB...very close to the 128 MB that is in the machine. So, the Etch installer had no issues with the RAM or other hardware. Would the Lenny installer be more sensitive to potentially bad RAM or hardware than the Etch installer? > > Basically if you haven't already do so I would test the hardware. You > seem to have enough RAM so that shouldn't be the issue, and assuming > good media that leaves hardware or driver problems as the most likely > causes. Right after selecting Install, the installer printed the screen (Photo 2) that is at http://technicallywrite.blogspot.com/ I didn't get this screen when I was installing Etch and I don't recall seeing it when I installed Lenny on other (more modern) machines. I can't interpret what it means. Is it relevant to the failure of the Lenny installer? > I guess one other possibility is if the installer is not using the 486 > kernel but the 686 one (/var/log/syslog in the installer will tell you > the answer to that). When the Lenny installation freezes, the keyboard is locked up. There is no way to run shutdown -h now. I've just been powering off. At this stage of the installation, how can I get the /var/log/syslog? Thank you again for your suggestions and ideas. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch.
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 19:00 -0400, Chris Jones wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 04:39:51PM EDT, Robert Hodgins wrote: > > > Any ideas to diagnose what is going on or to get the installation to > > complete would be appreciated. > > Not sure.. but have you tried (re)installing etch.. just to make sure > lenny vs. etch is really the problem? Yup, I did a reinstall of Etch. I just did a minimal install this time (unchecked all the options in tasksel). I was able to get througt the base install and right up to the installation of GRUB and the reboot and could log in. In other words, no surprises. Etch is installable. I've not got through the base install the Lenny CDs, however. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch. Try 2
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 16:22 -0600, Robert Hodgins wrote: > ATA Force card so that the machine can recognize the "large" > hard drive The computer came with a 1.2 GB hard drive. The BIOS doesn't recognize the larger 4 GB hard drive. So, I use a ATA Force card (Micro Firmware ATA PRO FLASH BIOS 1.76AHM) > and boot from the CD reader using an SBM card Not a card. Sorry. I meant a floppy. I use a floppy with Smart Boot Manager v. 3.7.1 on it so that the computer will boot from the CD. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch.
I have a (old) Pentium 75 that used to run Etch. I have been trying to install Lenny on it without success. The installation stops at the 6% point of the "Installation of Base System" step. Various packages are being retrieved at that point. At different times, the installation has stopped while it was getting dpkg, coreutils, bdsutils, and libselinux1. When the installation stalls, I can't get CTRL-ALT-F4 to open another console, so I can't tell exactly what was going on. I have tried both the Lenny debian-500-i386-CD-1.iso and the debian-500-i386-netinst.iso. Neither works. The disks have been used to install Lenny on other machines, so I know that they are not the problem. Any ideas to diagnose what is going on or to get the installation to complete would be appreciated. The output of lshw (from the System Rescue CD) is below. Thank you. debian description: Computer width: 32 bits *-core description: Motherboard physical id: 2 *-memory description: System memory physical id: 0 size: 128MB *-cpu product: Pentium 75 - 200 vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 1 bus info: c...@0 version: 5.2.5 size: 100MHz width: 32 bits capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 *-pci description: Host bridge product: 85C501/2 vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 100 bus info: p...@00:00.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-isa description: ISA bridge product: SiS85C503/5513 (LPC Bridge) vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 1 bus info: p...@00:01.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: isa bus_master configuration: latency=0 *-ide UNCLAIMED description: IDE interface product: PCI0640 vendor: Silicon Image, Inc. physical id: 6 bus info: p...@00:06.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ide configuration: latency=0 *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: GD 5434-8 [Alpine] vendor: Cirrus Logic physical id: 7 bus info: p...@00:07.0 version: fc size: 16MB width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: vga configuration: latency=0 resources: iomemory:8100-81ff *-usb:0 description: USB Controller product: USB vendor: NEC Corporation physical id: 11 bus info: p...@00:11.0 version: 41 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64 maxlatency=42 mingnt=1 resources: iomemory:8200-82000fff irq:10 *-usbhost product: OHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 2.6.18-6-486 ohci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: u...@1 logical name: usb1 version: 2.06 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=3 speed=12.0MB/s *-usb:1 description: USB Controller product: USB vendor: NEC Corporation physical id: 11.1 bus info: p...@00:11.1 version: 41 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64 maxlatency=42 mingnt=1 resources: iomemory:82001000-82001fff irq:10 *-usbhost product: OHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 2.6.18-6-486 ohci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: u...@2 logical name: usb2 version: 2.06 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s *-usb:2 description: USB Controller product: USB 2.0 vendor: NEC Corporation physical id: 11.2 bus info: p...@00:11.2 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=132 maxlatency=34 mingnt=16 resources: iomemory:82002000-820020ff irq:10 *-usbhost product: EHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 2.6.18-6-486 ehci_hcd physical
Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch. Try 2
I sent this email in two parts. It seems that only the second part got through. So, here are both parts combined into one email. I have a (old) Pentium 75 that used to run Etch. I have been trying to install Lenny on it without success. The installation stops at the 6% point of the "Installation of Base System" step. Various packages are being retrieved at that point. At different times, the installation has stopped while it was getting dpkg, coreutils, bdsutils, and libselinux1. When the installation stalls, I can't get CTRL-ALT-F4 to open another console, so I can't tell exactly what was going on. I have tried both the Lenny debian-500-i386-CD-1.iso and the debian-500-i386-netinst.iso. Neither works. The disks have been used to install Lenny on other machines, so I know that they are not the problem. Any ideas to diagnose what is going on or to get the installation to complete would be appreciated. The output of lshw (from the System Rescue CD) is below. I use an ATA Force card so that the machine can recognize the "large" hard drive and boot from the CD reader using an SBM card. I doubt that these are the problem since Etch installed okay, but heck, who knows. Thank you. debian description: Computer width: 32 bits *-core description: Motherboard physical id: 2 *-memory description: System memory physical id: 0 size: 128MB *-cpu product: Pentium 75 - 200 vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 1 bus info: c...@0 version: 5.2.5 size: 100MHz width: 32 bits capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 *-pci description: Host bridge product: 85C501/2 vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 100 bus info: p...@00:00.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-isa description: ISA bridge product: SiS85C503/5513 (LPC Bridge) vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] physical id: 1 bus info: p...@00:01.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: isa bus_master configuration: latency=0 *-ide UNCLAIMED description: IDE interface product: PCI0640 vendor: Silicon Image, Inc. physical id: 6 bus info: p...@00:06.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ide configuration: latency=0 *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: GD 5434-8 [Alpine] vendor: Cirrus Logic physical id: 7 bus info: p...@00:07.0 version: fc size: 16MB width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: vga configuration: latency=0 resources: iomemory:8100-81ff *-usb:0 description: USB Controller product: USB vendor: NEC Corporation physical id: 11 bus info: p...@00:11.0 version: 41 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64 maxlatency=42 mingnt=1 resources: iomemory:8200-82000fff irq:10 *-usbhost product: OHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 2.6.18-6-486 ohci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: u...@1 logical name: usb1 version: 2.06 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=3 speed=12.0MB/s *-usb:1 description: USB Controller product: USB vendor: NEC Corporation physical id: 11.1 bus info: p...@00:11.1 version: 41 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64 maxlatency=42 mingnt=1 resources: iomemory:82001000-82001fff irq:10 *-usbhost product: OHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 2.6.18-6-486 ohci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: u...@2 logical name: usb2 version: 2.06 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s *-usb:2 description: USB Controller product: USB 2.0 vendor: NEC Corporation physical id: 11.2 bus info: p...@00:11.2 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock
Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch.
I use an ATA Force card so that the machine can recognize the "large" hard drive and boot from the CD reader using an SBM card. I doubt that these are the problem since Etch installed okay, but heck, who knows. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Old versions of Debian
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 15:36 +0500, Ata ur Rehman wrote: > Dear All > > I'm new to this list. I'm looking for CD/DVD images for Debian 4.0 r7 > but I could not find. Can someone help me? > > I tried my best to find the archives at debian.org but unfortunately > couldn't Try this location: http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r7/i386/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: New installation can only boot to command line as root
> The graphic installation from small CD went well but could not boot into > the graphic login afterward. I just get a blank monitor and the hard > drive stops activity. > > I re-installed a couple of times, hoping that something would change. No > luck. Is the "small CD" the netinst? I tried several times to install Lenny using the netinst CD and had problems like those you describe. After a couple of retries, I just downloaded the first CD (debian-500-i386-CD-1.iso) and installation went to completion. This sort of issue with the netinst CD has been encountered by other folks: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?p=210385&sid=bffbdd6d39911673befef1503253faad HTH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Web page development tools in Lenny?
> Found some hits: seamonkey, kompozer/nvu, but none of them > are in Lenny. I'd like to keep the installation as standard as possible, > so I'd prefer not to have to get non-aptitude packages. Would iceape work for you? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: debian standard tool for config services?
On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 19:00 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > I'm too new to know what is the standard or default tool to configure > what services are started at boot. > > I've installed chkconfig from ancient expierence on various linux > distros but suspect their is something more popular or maybe something > installed with default install. > I think sysv-rc-conf is what you are looking for. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: What is this "update" ISO image?
On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 22:04 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2008-12-30 21:27 +0100, Robert Hodgins wrote: > > > On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 12:02 -0800, Ken Teague wrote: > >> What is this "update" ISO image I see in the cd-image archives? For > >> example, on http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian-cd/4.0_r6/i386/iso-dvd/ I > >> see debian-update-4.0r6-i386-DVD-1.iso. What are these update ISO > >> images used for? Thanks in advance. > > > > I think that the update iso contains all the package updates that were > > released between r5 and r6. > > Actually, it contains all package updates since r0. Oops, my mistake. You are right. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: What is this "update" ISO image?
On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 12:02 -0800, Ken Teague wrote: > What is this "update" ISO image I see in the cd-image archives? For > example, on http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian-cd/4.0_r6/i386/iso-dvd/ I > see debian-update-4.0r6-i386-DVD-1.iso. What are these update ISO > images used for? Thanks in advance. I think that the update iso contains all the package updates that were released between r5 and r6. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: need a past release of Debian
On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 12:19 -0500, ttmann wrote: > Hello > > I am in need of a past release which i have misplaced the originals > > this is the DVD iso release I require > Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 2007 > I'm assuming that you are interested in the i386 version I found this site by googling for debian-40r0-i386-DVD-1.iso http://ftp.bih.net.ba/pub/linux/debian/i386/iso-dvd/ Many other hits were torrent downloads. They might work for you as well. Cheapbytes sells the r0 set but it is CDs: http://shop.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart/0070011413.html?id=cLaDB2hx Other vendors are here: http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: [OT]I just got a phish call!!!
On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 20:15 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > An automated voice told me that my (non-existant, of course) > Jefferson Parish[0] Credit Union Visa card has been blocked. > > I immediately hung up on it, of course, and am slightly unnerved > that "they" are now calling people at home with personalized scams. I get calls like that all the time from different places in the U.S. > [0] Which is the county I live in. Well, I live in Canada. Don't be unnerved. It appears that the call-list that they are using isn't too focused. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Instructions for upgrading from Etch to Lenny?
> At some point in the distant past, there were instructions in the release > notes for upgrading from Debian releases other than the prior release. The release notes for Etch are here: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/releasenotes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Instructions for upgrading from Etch to Lenny?
On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 13:57 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Are there step-by-step instructions somewhere for doing a dist- > upgrade from Etch (current stable) to Lenny (soon-to-be stable)? > > I'll be glad to RTFM if somebody can point me to the right FM... Googling etch lenny upgrade gives ~143,000 hits. This one is recent: http://www.ducea.com/2008/12/08/howto-upgrade-from-debian-etch-to-lenny/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Lenny sources.list example
> I'm new to Debian (sorta - a recent Ubuntu convert to Debian). > Can someone show me an example of what the sources.list file should > look like for Lenny please? Here is one example: http://help.lockergnome.com/linux/Debian-sources-list-testing-ftopict489925.html Google for lenny + "sources.list" + example There are a lot of examples on the web. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: scanning question
On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 21:57 +0200, Bogdan wrote: > Hey, > > I'm on Debian Sid / KDE 4.1. I have a HP PSC 1110 multifunction printer. > I found a way to configure the printing function, but I don't seem to be > able to scan with it. I installed Kooka but it didn't do the trick ( > afterwards I noticed that kooka has been removed from KDE 4.1 ). > Any suggestions will be appreciated :). I have an HP PSC 1610. I can scan with the Xsane Image Scanning program. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: icedove
> In icedove, if i click on a url > it opens up the default web browser. I would much prefer it to open up > the Iceweasel browser which is my preferred browser. Where in icedove > can I change it to open iceweasel? Actually, you can change it from the desktop. In the menu bar, click on Desktop, then Preferences, then Preferred Applications. Under Web Browser, you can select Iceweasel to be your preferred browser. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: need sarge
On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 06:54 -0700, Vwaju wrote: > For historical reasons, I need to install sarge . > > http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge has release information, but none > of the links on that page lead to a page where you can actually > *download* sarge. > > I will need to download the basic sarge plumbing *and* I will need > access to a network mirror that has all the sarge packages. > > Can someone give me a direction? http://ftp.debian.org/dists/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hello, houston (debian) we have a problem ....
On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 12:33 -0430, juan alberto zarate sanoja wrote: > hi, my name is juan zarate from caracas - venezuela, > I am developer of aplications (artificial intelligence, expert > systems, tailor's made aplications) > with over 20 years of experience > and i am also, a linux administradtor certificated by > www.iseit.com.ve > i write to you because I did bought a modem (huawei EC226) > conection usb, but i can't use it with linux, can you help me? > exist any way of work with this modem under linux? > because i am working with debian and i like offer to my clients > install debian but, i need the internet conection for this reason > work with this modem is important to me. and in general is important > to debian that all modem in the market can work under debian linux > (the conection is very important). > > thank you for all. > > Note: If i can help to debian of any way, please tell me how? > i will be happy of work with debian. > > juan zarate. > movil phone > 04142295995 My Spanish stinks, but I think that this page will help you. http://www.geronimo.com.ve/?q=node/4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian vs. the Eee PC
On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 16:46 -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > I expect this has been covered before, but people undoubtedly have more > experience with it now, and it won't hurt to discuss it again. I've been using one for about 3 months. Guess that makes me experienced. > What variety of Linux is installed on the EeePC? Does it bear any > relationship to Debian? The OS is Xandros. It is related to Debian. I didn't like it (personal reasons) so I installed eeeXubuntu on it: http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu:eeexubuntu:home#detailed_usb_installer_instructions > Have people been using Debian with/on the Asus EeePC? What issues have > come up? Is installing it easy, hard? Installation was easy. No issues. > How is the experience? The machine has replaced my Palm PDA and my desktop. The keyboard is cramped and the LCD resolution is quite low. However, when on the go, both are acceptable. At home, I connect the machine to a USB keyboard and an old CRT monitor (PanaSync/Pro P50 that just "worked" when it was plugged into the machine). > Would a $400 budget laptop from Acer or somebody > be a better choice? It depends on what you want to do with the machine. The eeePc is "low resource" (900 MHz CPU, 2 Gb max of RAM and a max of 4 Gb of "drive space" on the SD card). On the other hand, it has no hard drive, is very small and light and therefore easy to carry around. > Is the SSD on the basic/original model adequate? My installation takes up about 2 Gb. Lots of space left over on the card. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Creating CD's frpm .iso files
> I am trying to use the "InfraRecorder" program that I downloaded from > the Ubuntu web site. I've used CdBurnerXP Pro with no problems: http://cdburnerxp.se/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] top posting
> Given that you're in the country that invented the witch-hunt, that's > not much surprise. I wasn't aware that he was from Babylonia! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-hunt#Antiquity -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Best of the season to all. And may we spend the new year helping and being helped on this list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Top-posting (was Re: CD to acc)
But then some genius gave us the > sign to allowed us to select how far back in a thread we wished to read and also saved our scroll wheels many many miles of rolling through text that we had already read only to find a one-liner at the bottom of the message. > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > > > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > > > A: Top-posting. > > > > > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > > - -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA > > %SYSTEM-F-FISH, my hovercraft is full of eels > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHTduZS9HxQb37XmcRAs8IAJ4uAnQVMIbSEJTk6n57Bh9QaghdHgCeNvPy > /8o+Etzbrh8frsKLF7vhHFo= > =iuLS > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: netstat output evidence of a cracker?
> That would be Steve Gibsons's site, that I've often used. > http://www.grc.com Gibosn's site scans the first 1056 ports. This site (http://www.auditmypc.com/firewall-test.asp) scans up to 65535. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Command to see ip address on etch stable
On Thu, 2007-23-08 at 14:20 -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there a command on debian etch stable that you can run to see what ip > > > address you are? > > > > Your local network address: > > ~$ /sbin/ifconfig > > > > Your internet address: > > ~$ wget -O - http://whatismyip.org/ 2>/dev/null > > Or for the blind: > > http://moanmyip.com/ > Naw, that one is for the very lonely! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: etch - iptables question
On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 15:47 -0700, ann kok wrote: > Hi all > > I just install new debian. > but it seems nothing iptable in the default > installation > > how can I install? 1) you can use a pre-written script like this one: http://www.hermann-uwe.de/files/fw_laptop Getting it going is discussed here: http://www.hermann-uwe.de/blog/towards-a-moderately-paranoid-debian-laptop-setup--part-1-base-system under the section called Networking, Upgrading and Apt-secure 2) you can install a package that will assist you in setting a firewall. Shorewall, fwbuilder are a couple that folks use. > and > > how can I install new kernel? if you have synaptic installed search for ¨linux-image¨ and take your pick. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
