Re: Debian on laptop
I have been using Debian on refurbished Thinkpads for some time now and have had no problems (except that caused by my own ignorance of the operating system). At this time I am on a cable internet connection but I can also use wireless connection when they are available. A friend who is a computer professional first persuaded me to try Debian, It's got just about every type of application you could want. --Steve Mazurek On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 5:54 AM, alfa beta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Sirs, > > > After spending hours of reading about the Linux distributions and > compatible hardware, I feel I get crazzy. I chose you because of your > "Social Contract", though I'm not sure Debian is still updated, apologize, I > couldn't find recent articles, I am a newbye. > > Question: Could you recommend me a laptop model, with all details, which > works completely, or perfectly with Debian? Including audio-video hardware, > and hardware for connection to Internet (I'm on cable modem, UPC is my > provider). > > I don't need an expensive one. Perhaps an anti-glare, anti-reflex screen is > needed because I'll have to read a lot. > > Thanks, > E.S. > >
Re: mkdir no longer works
Thank you for your replies. I didn't try using aliases, but there was an unescaped special character, ' , in the directory name. I omitted it and the directory now exists and I can use it. Again, thanks for the speedy replies. On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/07/08 19:27, Steve Mazurek wrote: > > I can no longer create directories with mkdir, neither as root from the > > command line nor from within the terminals in the xwindow graphics > > system. (I am using etchnhalf, linux image 2.6.22-4-686 on a Thinkpad > > T42) In either case, when I type mkdir directory-name or mkdir path > > directory-name and hit enter the output is always > on a new line. If > > I cd to the directory where I'm trying to make the new subdirectory I > > receive the same result. I've never had this happen before. I recently > > installed drivers and firmware for ipw2100, which is now working, and I > > used mkdir and mv while doing this. Any suggestions? Is there a bug > > involved? Thanks for any advice. > > That makes it appear to be some sort of shell script. Did you alias it? > > Try this: > $ alias > $ alias mkdir > $ which mkdir > > - -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA > > "Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New > York is doomed." > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFISyoKS9HxQb37XmcRAswFAJ0V2X0qKZL5eEwanswCSl2cftnSuQCgmDiC > blc/hdlRFlPHakcGkdTLEmQ= > =PUKC > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
mkdir no longer works
I can no longer create directories with mkdir, neither as root from the command line nor from within the terminals in the xwindow graphics system. (I am using etchnhalf, linux image 2.6.22-4-686 on a Thinkpad T42) In either case, when I type mkdir directory-name or mkdir path directory-name and hit enter the output is always > on a new line. If I cd to the directory where I'm trying to make the new subdirectory I receive the same result. I've never had this happen before. I recently installed drivers and firmware for ipw2100, which is now working, and I used mkdir and mv while doing this. Any suggestions? Is there a bug involved? Thanks for any advice.
Re: Most recent linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 fails to install debian-user@lists.debian.org,
Thanks. I had three kernels on the desktop and I removed 2.6.18-4. The upgrade ran without any trouble. However, the Thinkpad only has 2.6.18-5and 2.6.18-6, so I'll have to remove something else. --Steve On Feb 14, 2008 5:14 PM, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 03:54:16PM -0800, Steve Mazurek wrote: > > I have been trying to install on etch the most recent > > linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 on an IBM Thinkpad T23 with a Pentium 3 and on > a > > Gateway desktop also running a Pentium 3 using aptitude update && > aptitude > > upgrade. Every time I do this, I get the error message: > > > > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux- > > image-2.6.8-6-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-1-18etch1_i386.deb (--unpack): failed in > > buffer_write (fd) (9, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during > > './lib/modules/2.6.18-6-686/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core.ko' : No > space > > left on device > > > > > > I am not sure what this means (my hlinux books are not available) nor do > I > > know what to do about this. I've found nothing googling the problem. I > > switched to etch after it became stable and have had no trouble > upgrading or > > installing using aptitude. I'd appreciate any information you could > give > > me. Thanks. > > > > /lib is full. /lib has to be on your / partition (even if /usr and /var > are separate). If /var is not separate, you have more places to look. > > If everything is separate, you may have more kernels installed than you > need. Look in /lib/modules and see how many directories (one for each > kernel) you have. I only keep 2 (current, and the last version that > worked). > > If you're using the kernel meta-package for your arch, as new versions > come out, it doesn't remove old versions, so they can pile up. You have > to find the kernel version you want to remove and do so with your > package manager (e.g. aptitude). > > Good luck. > > Doug. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: Most recent linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 fails to install debian-user@lists.debian.org,
I've run df -h on the Thinkpad. /dev/hda1 is 94% full, so it looks like that is where I'll have to focus my attention. Thanks! On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 03:54:16PM -0800, Steve Mazurek wrote: > > I have been trying to install on etch the most recent > > linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 on an IBM Thinkpad T23 with a Pentium 3 and on > a > > Gateway desktop also running a Pentium 3 using aptitude update && > aptitude > > upgrade. Every time I do this, I get the error message: > > > > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux- > > image-2.6.8-6-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-1-18etch1_i386.deb (--unpack): failed in > > buffer_write (fd) (9, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during > > './lib/modules/2.6.18-6-686/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core.ko' : No > space > > left on device > > > > > > I am not sure what this means (my hlinux books are not available) nor do > I > > know what to do about this. I've found nothing googling the problem. I > > switched to etch after it became stable and have had no trouble > upgrading or > > installing using aptitude. I'd appreciate any information you could > give > > me. Thanks. > > > > /lib is full. /lib has to be on your / partition (even if /usr and /var > are separate). If /var is not separate, you have more places to look. > > If everything is separate, you may have more kernels installed than you > need. Look in /lib/modules and see how many directories (one for each > kernel) you have. I only keep 2 (current, and the last version that > worked). > > If you're using the kernel meta-package for your arch, as new versions > come out, it doesn't remove old versions, so they can pile up. You have > to find the kernel version you want to remove and do so with your > package manager (e.g. aptitude). > > Good luck. > > Doug. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Most recent linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 fails to install debian-user@lists.debian.org,
I have been trying to install on etch the most recent linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 on an IBM Thinkpad T23 with a Pentium 3 and on a Gateway desktop also running a Pentium 3 using aptitude update && aptitude upgrade. Every time I do this, I get the error message: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux- image-2.6.8-6-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-1-18etch1_i386.deb (--unpack): failed in buffer_write (fd) (9, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during './lib/modules/2.6.18-6-686/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core.ko' : No space left on device I am not sure what this means (my hlinux books are not available) nor do I know what to do about this. I've found nothing googling the problem. I switched to etch after it became stable and have had no trouble upgrading or installing using aptitude. I'd appreciate any information you could give me. Thanks. Steve Mazurek
Re: docBook or latex
On 8/30/07, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 11:46:05PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2007-08-29 21:38:44 +, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > Try tex4ht. Makes html, docbook, +? > > > [snip slew of errors when using tex4ht directly from the command line] > > Reading /usr/share/doc/tex4ht/html/index.html, says that: > > Usage is simplified via the Perl script mk4ht which can be > called directly to combine the above operations transparently. > For example, the source of this document can be processed using > > mk4ht htlatex tex4ht_doc.tex > > > So have you tried mk4ht htlatex? > > As for images, I haven't had reason to include images so I have read the > docs on what formats it will accept. > > Doug. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Attracting newbies (Was Booting Debian/testing fails)
Good points, but the people who don't or don't want to upgrade aren't just people who are afraid to change. A friend who first introduced me to Debian still uses Woody. He hasn't upgraded because he downloaded a lot of packages and upgrading would require more time than he has available. I'd like to dist-upgrade to etch, but I'll wait until it becomes officially stable. Right now, i just don't have the time to tinker with it. --Steve Mazurek On 2/5/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 02:07:39PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 07:15:44AM -0800, Michael M. wrote: > > > > > >>"why Debian instead of Ubuntu/SuSE/Linspire/etc.?" Do that and I doubt > >>you'd get too many users for whom Debian probably isn't the best > >>choice. > >> > >> > > > >maybe our focus, as a trying-to-be-helpful user community is to > >examine what the derivative offerings are and redirect people > >appropriately. > > > I fully agree with you. of course! ;-) > The one thing I really don't understand, though, is why people use > Ubuntu. bleh. responsing anyway... I return to the example of my mom. Many people don't want to "update" their system. They want it to just work and stay that way. Many users, especially novices, don't deal well with change and don't want it. Ubuntu, if you don't upgrade, is perfect in this respect. At the time it is released, it just works. If you leave it there, if will, of course, just work forever. This same thing applies in the wondows world. I work on win98 machines quite a bit because people don't want to change (there are hardware issues too...). People don't want to upgrade constantly but want instead to just go out and buy a new computer every X-years and use whatever that new system is. Ubuntu fits that mold nicely, IMO. Note that I have little experience with ubuntu -- just my impression. > Maybe if > Debian changed the word "/Unstable/" to something else it would bring in > more users? Maybe Stable, Testing, and BleedingEdge? Just my thoughts. > not a bad idea. although we all know that unstable is a good name for it, it can be scary. Many people think it means their system will be unstable (which it might) not that it refers to the state of package movement within the release. Ummm... how about "CuttingEdge" instead of "Bleeding Edge" or how about just refering to sid only? A -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFx5BGaIeIEqwil4YRAn4HAKDhFxleRRyBpjNwPWOPMBlIBG0dAQCeMtlm CdVh+3PMqKYWvjtG4k5LmIU= =gAAR -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: MODERATOR - NEWS GROUP
Exactly right. I never thought I'd get this sort of thing in a Linux group! --Steve Mazurek On 1/3/07, Gary Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Check out a couple of not so on topic entries. exacting Schooolgirls doinng splendiferous suckiing. susan 12/30/2006 2:00PM and YOUR INHERITANCE FUNDS OF $15.5MMike Dana Will 01/02/2007 4:30AM Im not exactly a prude but it does clutter up the group. The advertising just drives me crazy. GLR -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wireless adapter
I'm curious how I would connect a Linksys 802.11b WUS B11 wireless USB adapter to a destop using Debian Sarge. If anyone has any information, or if I need to give more information, please let me know. Thanks. --Steve
Re: Exkluzív kávégépet ingyen engedélykérés
But how many of us speak or read Hungarian?On 2/10/06, Laurent Olivier Coderre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Of course, of course.
Re: Is Debian ready for the desktop?
I've used FC2, Mandrake (both of which I like very much) and Debian Sarge. Currently I am using Xandros, which is Debian-based. I'm not using Sarge right now because there are a lot of packages included and it's hard for me to determine which I need or don't need. If i install too many, I'll probably get things messed up. What I'm going to do is get a book dedicated specifically to Debian, determine what I need, and then reinstall Debian Sarge. But I will definitely go back to Debian. Steve MazurekOn 11/9/05, Ueli Meier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Im thinking of getting Debian Linux, currently I use Mandrake but I needto upgrade.On the web I could not get the Information I was looking for.I read an article that was a bit confusing.It says if you want a Linux Desktop rather use coral Linux or Suse. Check the links.http://www.aboutdebian.com/install31.htmhttp://www.aboutdebian.com/desktop.htmIs Debian more for server applications, or is it a true Desktop like Suse?Can I access the files on a dos partition?Ueli--To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Where is my Economist?
Which Steve or Stephen is it that is supposed to be offering you a subscription to the Economist? And why is this Stephen or Steve doing this using a Debian Linux computer operating system mailing list?On 10/6/05, Fritz Volbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Several weeks ago I informed you that our address had changed from 3479 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94118-1913 to: 2211 Scott Street, San Francisco, CA 94115-1722. I also inquired via phone about this failure to send the Economist to my new address. No copies were sent to the old address either. Please check on this subscription and finally start sending me the Economist again! Fritz Volbach
Re: Debian Wiki Down: Permanantly?
Works in Santa Barbara, CAOn 8/25/05, Katipo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>C Shore wrote:>(http://wiki.debian.net)Works fine from Western Australia. --To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
