Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 08:13:29 +0200 "Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net" suggested this: >And it's possible to set up a Windows too, >you can change the theme, switch to single click etc.. I do show windows users some of these options as well. I do introduce windows users to LibreOffice,

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 16:01 +1000, Charlie wrote: > So please ignore my remarks if they offend you. Don't worry, I don't feel offended. Btw. some good FLOSS applications available for Linux are available for Windows too. To benefit from good FLOSS applications that you and I might run on Linux, L

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 07:18:56 +0200 "Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net" suggested this: >On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 14:45 +1000, Charlie wrote: >> On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 05:47:40 +0200 "Ralf Mardorf >> ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net" suggested this: >> >> >There are trillions of tasks Linux can't do.

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 07:18 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 14:45 +1000, Charlie wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 05:47:40 +0200 "Ralf Mardorf > > ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net" suggested this: > > > > >There are trillions of tasks Linux can't do. > > > > Wow..

Re: Iceweasel trouble, anyone else?

On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 22:07 -0700, Weaver wrote: > Had a similar issue earlier today, but on SID with Iceweasel 10.0.5 > > With just three tabs up it started behaving as though it was > overloaded. > Could hardly get the mouse to move, very slowly across the screen and > the > whole situation beha

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 14:45 +1000, Charlie wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 05:47:40 +0200 "Ralf Mardorf > ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net" suggested this: > > >There are trillions of tasks Linux can't do. > > Wow.. > > Obviously I'm one of those who doesn't need any of these, becaus

Re: Iceweasel trouble, anyone else?

> Hi: > > Debian testing, i386, KDE 4.8.4, iceweasel 13.0.1 > > Lately iceweasel suddenly started to blank all text on webpages of > different > sites. Usually restarting iceweasel helped (sort of). But now even after a > restart it comes up with pages mostly blank, no text and even the menu > tex

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 05:47:40 +0200 "Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net" suggested this: >There are trillions of tasks Linux can't do. Wow.. Obviously I'm one of those who doesn't need any of these, because I usually feel the opposite, but don't use windows. I suppose

Re: hardware identification

On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 00:28 -0400, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: > open a terminal and type lspci I don't think the OP wants lspci, hwinfo etc.. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org A

Re: hardware identification

open a terminal and type lspci kjetil On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 12:22 AM, Robert Holtzm wrote: > I seem to remember a program that gave a lot of detail about the system > hardware ie video card name, manufacturer, gpu chipset, IIRC it even > had a gui front end. "Lshw" comes close but but the pro

hardware identification

I seem to remember a program that gave a lot of detail about the system hardware ie video card name, manufacturer, gpu chipset, IIRC it even had a gui front end. "Lshw" comes close but but the program I'm thinking of produced more info. Does this ring a bell with anyone? There's a chance I'm th

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 15:00 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 06:46:37PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 17:41 +0100, Keith McKenzie wrote: > > > Do you want to replace your Win XP, or do you want to have both (dual > > > booting) on your computer. > > >

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 18:51 -0400, Doug wrote: > If the op can't download the install file, then it is available from > OnDisk.com > http://on-disk.com/index.php/cPath/28 > as are a whole batch of Linux system install disks--pick your poison! > Last time I bought one from them it was $5.00--that

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:36:01AM -0400, Kirsten Milligan wrote: > After several attempts over several years, I haven't yet had > complete success installing Linux. I'm hungry to learn, but am very > poor at computerspeak, so please be gentle. [...] Forget about all that jigglydo stuff. Why co

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 06:46:37PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 17:41 +0100, Keith McKenzie wrote: > > Do you want to replace your Win XP, or do you want to have both (dual > > booting) on your computer. > > We aren't at this point ;). IMO everybody should get rid of Windows,

Re: Debian stable chromium does not open Facebook

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 8:05 PM, John Hasler wrote: > Stephen Allen writes: >> That was what I thought the purpose of volatile was. > > It isn't. See . You want backports: > No, while that meets the need, I don't think that

Re: Iceweasel trouble, anyone else?

On Wednesday 11 July 2012 21:21:11 Rob Owens wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 07:20:45PM -0400, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > > Hi: > > > > Debian testing, i386, KDE 4.8.4, iceweasel 13.0.1 > > > > Lately iceweasel suddenly started to blank all text on webpages of > > different sites. Usually restarting

Re: Iceweasel trouble, anyone else?

On Wednesday 11 July 2012 21:52:56 Tony Baldwin wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 08:48:18PM -0400, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > > On Wednesday 11 July 2012 19:20:45 Eike Lantzsch wrote: > > > Hi: > > > > > > Debian testing, i386, KDE 4.8.4, iceweasel 13.0.1 > > > > > > Lately iceweasel suddenly started

Re: Iceweasel trouble, anyone else?

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 08:48:18PM -0400, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > On Wednesday 11 July 2012 19:20:45 Eike Lantzsch wrote: > > Hi: > > > > Debian testing, i386, KDE 4.8.4, iceweasel 13.0.1 > > > > Lately iceweasel suddenly started to blank all text on webpages of > > different sites. > this is how

Re: Iceweasel trouble, anyone else?

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 07:20:45PM -0400, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > Hi: > > Debian testing, i386, KDE 4.8.4, iceweasel 13.0.1 > > Lately iceweasel suddenly started to blank all text on webpages of different > sites. Usually restarting iceweasel helped (sort of). But now even after a > restart it c

Re: Iceweasel trouble, anyone else?

On Wednesday 11 July 2012 19:20:45 Eike Lantzsch wrote: > Hi: > > Debian testing, i386, KDE 4.8.4, iceweasel 13.0.1 > > Lately iceweasel suddenly started to blank all text on webpages of > different sites. this is how it looks like: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14995214/FF-13.0.1_going_blank.png --

Re: apt-get update, apt-get upgrade, and now system fails to boot

On 07/10/2012 06:46 PM, Claudius Hubig wrote: So the problem is apparently in the building of the initrd and its detection of ‘necessary’ modules That sounds plausible. Unfortunately, I don't have knowledge of of initramfs system. Looking at it's /etc tree and a few man pages, I might be ab

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

There is Cd ISO too, CD 32 i386 http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.5/i386/iso-cd/debian-6.0.5-i386-CD-1.iso 647 MB CD 64 AMD64 http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.5/amd64/iso-cd/debian-6.0.5-amd64-CD-1.iso 646 MB Em 11-07-2012 19:07, Ralf Mardorf escreveu

Iceweasel trouble, anyone else?

Hi: Debian testing, i386, KDE 4.8.4, iceweasel 13.0.1 Lately iceweasel suddenly started to blank all text on webpages of different sites. Usually restarting iceweasel helped (sort of). But now even after a restart it comes up with pages mostly blank, no text and even the menu text and titles o

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On 07/11/2012 06:07 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 17:11 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: On 11/07/12 04:16 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 16:58 -0300, Luiz L. Marins wrote: Again, Just click in the link below and make download of ISO, burn ISO in DVD e reboot the compute

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 00:43 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 18:25 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > > On 11/07/12 06:07 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 17:11 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > > >> On 11/07/12 04:16 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > >>> On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 16:58 -

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 18:25 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > On 11/07/12 06:07 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 17:11 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > >> On 11/07/12 04:16 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >>> On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 16:58 -0300, Luiz L. Marins wrote: > Again, > > Just clic

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On 11/07/12 06:07 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 17:11 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: On 11/07/12 04:16 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 16:58 -0300, Luiz L. Marins wrote: Again, Just click in the link below and make download of ISO, burn ISO in DVD e reboot the computer.

Re: Wheezy on UEFI

12.07.2012, 00:36, "Martin Steigerwald" : > Am Mittwoch, 11. Juli 2012 schrieb Darren Baginski: > > I tried that with the ThinkPad T520 here and failed back then. > > But then I missed the modprobe efivars and efibootmgr steps. I understand > the first one, but what do you mean by remove/edit bo

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 17:11 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > On 11/07/12 04:16 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 16:58 -0300, Luiz L. Marins wrote: > >> Again, > >> > >> Just click in the link below and make download of ISO, burn ISO in DVD > >> e reboot the computer. > >> http://cdimage.d

Re: Do ATI HD cards have good working drivers for Linux (Debian Squeeze in particular)

On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 00:35 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 11 iul 12, 18:04:24, aditya menon wrote: > > > > Thank you for your detailed reply. The main reason I want Graphics card > > support on Linux is that I want a high resolution to work with. The > > integrated card offers atrocious su

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On 11/07/12 05:43 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Mi, 11 iul 12, 17:11:51, Gary Dale wrote: The architecture downloaded should match your machine. If you have a 64bit computer, don't cripple it with a 32bit kernel. I'll raise you guys some multiarch images: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On Mi, 11 iul 12, 17:11:51, Gary Dale wrote: > > The architecture downloaded should match your machine. If you have a > 64bit computer, don't cripple it with a 32bit kernel. I'll raise you guys some multiarch images: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.5/multi-arch/iso-cd/debian-6.0.5-amd64-

Re: Do ATI HD cards have good working drivers for Linux (Debian Squeeze in particular)

On Mi, 11 iul 12, 18:04:24, aditya menon wrote: > > Thank you for your detailed reply. The main reason I want Graphics card > support on Linux is that I want a high resolution to work with. The > integrated card offers atrocious support for resolution (only 800x600). I seriously doubt that. Would

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On 11/07/12 04:16 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 16:58 -0300, Luiz L. Marins wrote: Again, Just click in the link below and make download of ISO, burn ISO in DVD e reboot the computer. http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.5/i386/iso-dvd/debian-6.0.5-i386-DVD-1.iso See this vi

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On 11/07/12 03:36 PM, Keith McKenzie wrote: On 11 July 2012 19:56, Gary Dale > wrote: Stop making it complicated. She just needs to download the netinst cd then burn the .iso image. There is no need to get a full image file, whether CD or DVD, to instal

Re: Wheezy on UEFI

Am Mittwoch, 11. Juli 2012 schrieb Darren Baginski: > Hi list! Hi Darren, > Today I have installed Wheezy on UEFI system, Asus UX31A to be more par > ticular. While installing I faced some issues. > Looks like installer can't recognize and do not ask whenever system is > BIOS or UEFI and install

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 16:58 -0300, Luiz L. Marins wrote: > Again, > > Just click in the link below and make download of ISO, burn ISO in DVD > e reboot the computer. > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.5/i386/iso-dvd/debian-6.0.5-i386-DVD-1.iso > > See this video too: > http://www.youtube.c

Netbook acer ao-722 bz-893

Dear Linuxers, (about debian on Netbook Acer AO-722, BZ-893) Some days ago I've got an Asus Eee-PC 1215B and I had a lot of trouble to make wireless and cable to work. To the point I got near a deadline of 7 days before returning it to the store, and I decided to return it. I changed to an Acer

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

Again, Just click in the link below and make download of ISO, burn ISO in DVD e reboot the computer. http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.5/i386/iso-dvd/debian-6.0.5-i386-DVD-1.iso See this video too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c6iZ0gK_Go&feature=related

Re: How to install Debian and what media to use - Was: Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On 11 July 2012 20:12, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > OP of the original thread, please ignore this thread, I suspect the > mailing list needs to discuss what really is the easiest way for people > without knowhow, to install a Linux. > > Why do you all recommend those complicated ways? > >

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On 11 July 2012 19:56, Gary Dale wrote: > Stop making it complicated. She just needs to download the netinst cd then > burn the .iso image. There is no need to get a full image file, whether CD > or DVD, to install Linux. > With no knowledge of Linux, using a net install CD _is_ more complicated

Re: Why compiling.

On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 21:11 +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > martin@merkaba:~> ls -lh /boot/{vm,init}* > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14M Jul 3 16:39 /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-3-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14M Jul 3 16:39 /boot/initrd.img-3.4-trunk-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8,8M Jul 3 16:39 /

Re: [OT] Re: Why compiling.

Am Mittwoch, 11. Juli 2012 schrieb Martin Steigerwald: > Am Mittwoch, 11. Juli 2012 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > > On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 20:46 +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > > I did not yet compile a complete KDE > > > > > > > > Even compiling something simple as e17 without using a script is a >

Re: [OT] Re: Why compiling.

Am Mittwoch, 11. Juli 2012 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 20:46 +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > I did not yet compile a complete KDE > > Even compiling something simple as e17 without using a script is a > PITA :D. I don´t think that building KDE SC would be that complex, ther

Re: Why compiling.

Am Mittwoch, 11. Juli 2012 schrieb Raffaele Morelli: > 2012/7/10 Muhammad Yousuf Khan > > > This is a very basic question but confusing me for very long. so i > > need your help. > > > > why people do compiling. i have heard many time that people are > > compiling kernel on debian. > > what is t

How to install Debian and what media to use - Was: Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

OP of the original thread, please ignore this thread, I suspect the mailing list needs to discuss what really is the easiest way for people without knowhow, to install a Linux. Wow, lets mix top and bottom posting and recommend all kind of hard to use solutions, instead of explaining how to get th

Re: Why compiling.

Am Mittwoch, 11. Juli 2012 schrieb Kumar Appaiah: > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 08:54:29AM -0700, Mike McClain wrote: > > The kernel provided when you install Linux, Debian included, has to > > work on nearly every system out there so it includes drivers for > > nearly piece of hardware that can be ins

Re: Why compiling.

Am Mittwoch, 11. Juli 2012 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > On Tue, 2012-07-10 at 08:54 -0700, Mike McClain wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 05:03:12PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > > why people do compiling. i have heard many time that people are > > > compiling kernel on debian.

Re: Why compiling.

Am Mittwoch, 11. Juli 2012 schrieb Andrei POPESCU: > > why should my work machine kernel need to be > > appropriate for my router? > > A stock kernel should work for both. IMHO, even if you do use custom > kernels, it's probably a good idea to keep a stock kernel around for > backup and troubles

Re: Why compiling.

Am Mittwoch, 11. Juli 2012 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 09:04 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > > The reason machine A is not bootable is because a minor hardware > > change is capable of doing that with a custom kernel. > > +1 > > I almost exclusively use self-build kernels only, becau

Re: [OT] Re: Why compiling.

On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 20:46 +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > I did not yet compile a complete KDE Even compiling something simple as e17 without using a script is a PITA :D. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact lis

Re: Why compiling.

Hallo Andrei, Am Dienstag, 10. Juli 2012 schrieb Andrei POPESCU: > On Ma, 10 iul 12, 15:08:52, Celejar wrote: > > And why do I care whether the kernel I compile locally for a > > specific machine is portable? > > Imagine a situation where due to whatever reason the kernel image of > your router m

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

Stop making it complicated. She just needs to download the netinst cd then burn the .iso image. There is no need to get a full image file, whether CD or DVD, to install Linux. On 11/07/12 02:38 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 07/11/2012 02:29 PM, Luiz L. Marins wrote: Kirsten, Just past and copy t

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 14:38 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > On 07/11/2012 02:29 PM, Luiz L. Marins wrote: > Since you are running XP now, you can get wget from > http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm If there shouldn't be a really good reason not to download using a browser such as e.g. IE

Re: Why compiling.

Am Dienstag, 10. Juli 2012 schrieb Gary Dale: > People who prepare the individual packages or distributions are > usually the only ones who need to compile code. However, some > brave/foolhardy souls must have the latest code from the developer's > source and compile their own. This is invariably

Re: [OT] Re: Why compiling.

Am Dienstag, 10. Juli 2012 schrieb Camaleón: > > i have heard many time that people are compiling kernel on debian. > > That's a good example. I wanted to have a 3.5-rc5 kernel for testing. And it did compile in about 10 minutes here. ;) There is no need to tough, if you happy with packages jus

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On 07/11/2012 02:29 PM, Luiz L. Marins wrote: Kirsten, Just past and copy to prompt: wget -c http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.5/i386/iso-dvd/debian-6.0.5-i386-DVD-1.iso Since you are running XP now, you can get wget from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm There are oth

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

Kirsten, Just past and copy to prompt: wget -c http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.5/i386/iso-dvd/debian-6.0.5-i386-DVD-1.iso Em 11-07-2012 12:36, Kirsten Milligan escreveu: After several attempts over several years, I haven't yet had complete success installing Linux. I'm hungry to le

Re: demande d'information

Bonjour; > j'ai le plaisir de vous demander de repondre a ce probleme et merci > > Je voudrais savoir comment je peux cacher ou masquer le curseur de la > souris pour les ecrans tactiles sous linux (ubuntu) > > geen flauw idee.

demande d'information

Bonjour; j'ai le plaisir de vous demander de repondre a ce probleme et merci Je voudrais savoir comment je peux cacher ou masquer le curseur de la souris pour les ecrans tactiles sous linux (ubuntu) MERCI D'AVANCE; -- Ismail_Elyaakouby TSRI --

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On 07/11/2012 12:41 PM, Keith McKenzie wrote: On 11 July 2012 16:36, Kirsten Milligan > wrote: After several attempts over several years, I haven't yet had complete success installing Linux. I'm hungry to learn, but am very poor at computerspeak, so

Re: Debian quiet boot

On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 16:52 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:49:12 +0430, Mostafa Hashemi wrote: > > (remember to send in plain text...) > > > thank you my friends > > where should i add "quiet nosplash" exactly ? any other ways > > In Wheezy, that's the default, I guess. >

Re: Debian quiet boot

On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 20:49 +0430, Mostafa Hashemi wrote: > thank you my friends > where should i add "quiet nosplash" exactly ? > any other ways > > > thanks agian ... :D Grub2 or Grub Legacy? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: full automated installation preseed without any network connection?

On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:29:54 -0700, anotst01 wrote: > can Debian be fully automated installed when there is no network > connection available? Yes, but depending on the installation media (netiso, CD or DVD) the amount of packages you can install will vary. > Did you actually test it? If so, ca

Re: Debian quiet boot

On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:49:12 +0430, Mostafa Hashemi wrote: (remember to send in plain text...) > thank you my friends > where should i add "quiet nosplash" exactly ? any other ways In Wheezy, that's the default, I guess. It can be set from "/etc/default/grub" file, variable GRUB_CMDLINE_

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 17:41 +0100, Keith McKenzie wrote: > Do you want to replace your Win XP, or do you want to have both (dual > booting) on your computer. We aren't at this point ;). IMO everybody should get rid of Windows, if possible, but in this case I recommend to keep XP, for emergency cas

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

Welcome Kirsten, is there a reason for you not to download the CD image by using InternetExplorer, Firefox or any other browser? http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ Regards, Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

On 11 July 2012 16:36, Kirsten Milligan wrote: > After several attempts over several years, I haven't yet had complete > success installing Linux. I'm hungry to learn, but am very poor at > computerspeak, so please be gentle. > > I'm trying again. I know, some steps would be removed from the pr

Re: Debian quiet boot

thank you my friends where should i add "quiet nosplash" exactly ? any other ways thanks agian ... :D

Re: Test Post

On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 18:13 +0300, David Baron wrote: > To see if proper titles and headers are now coming through (one can always > hope). What should be bad David? The mail and the mail's source are ok here. :) Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a sub

CD image doesn't exist for download?

After several attempts over several years, I haven't yet had complete success installing Linux. I'm hungry to learn, but am very poor at computerspeak, so please be gentle. I'm trying again. I know, some steps would be removed from the process if I'd buy disks, but I'd really like to master

Re: Debian quiet boot

On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:19:34 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 03:14:14PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:02:24 +0430, Mostafa Hashemi wrote: >> >> > hi friends >> >> Hi! (but please, don't post using html, thanks) >> >> > i want to hide the messages shown wh

Re: Debian quiet boot

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 03:14:14PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:02:24 +0430, Mostafa Hashemi wrote: > > > hi friends > > Hi! (but please, don't post using html, thanks) > > > i want to hide the messages shown while Debian boots up. i dont want to > > use boot splash, i want th

Re: ATI Propietary driver install in Debian Wheezy (Xorg downgrade to a working previous version)

On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:09:49 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > On 11/07/12 10:51 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:56:50 -0300, Ezequiel wrote: >> >> (please, keep html turned off, thanks :-) ) >> >>> Hi all: Searching in the Internet I've found a way to make ATI >>> propietary driver work und

Re: ATI Propietary driver install in Debian Wheezy (Xorg downgrade to a working previous version)

Today I tried the sid one fglrx-driver and the xserver-xorg* in wheezy box. It's reported segmental fault. Fixed by following the advice downgrading the xserver-xorg, at the same time, the fglrx-driver is from wheezy-backports. so it came as old days. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-re

Test Post

To see if proper titles and headers are now coming through (one can always hope). -- 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/201207111813.28747.d_ba...@012.net.i

Re: Debian quiet boot

On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:02:24 +0430, Mostafa Hashemi wrote: > hi friends Hi! (but please, don't post using html, thanks) > i want to hide the messages shown while Debian boots up. i dont want to > use boot splash, i want the user see nothing at all and the user dont > have the ability to see what

Re: ATI Propietary driver install in Debian Wheezy (Xorg downgrade to a working previous version)

On 11/07/12 10:51 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:56:50 -0300, Ezequiel wrote: (please, keep html turned off, thanks :-) ) Hi all: Searching in the Internet I've found a way to make ATI propietary driver work under Wheezy. Of course, it implies to downgrade Xserver to a version prio

Re: ATI Propietary driver install in Debian Wheezy (Xorg downgrade to a working previous version)

On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:56:50 -0300, Ezequiel wrote: (please, keep html turned off, thanks :-) ) > Hi all: Searching in the Internet I've found a way to make ATI > propietary driver work under Wheezy. Of course, it implies to downgrade > Xserver to a version prior to 1.12. > Now I can wait fglrx 1

Debian quiet boot

hi friends i want to hide the messages shown while Debian boots up. i dont want to use boot splash, i want the user see nothing at all and the user dont have the ability to see what are being shown while Debian boots up ... what should i do ? please help im new to Debian ... im using Debian 6 amd64

Re: Installing a new HDD and mounting others

On 11/07/2012 16:21, Camaleón wrote: UUID is used precisely to avoid such scenario (the UUID could change only if you are reinstalling the system or formatting the drive). The original URL i posted on how to add an additional HDD, in my original post, had no UUID mentioned, just a simple old fas

Re: "drive already mounted or busy" ... dmsetup routine

On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:09:59 -0700, John Magolske wrote: > I've been having issues with a particular hard drive, where after a > suspend-resume cycle with s2ram, it won't mount: > > # mount /dev/sdb1 /media > mount: /dev/sdb1 already mounted or /media busy > # umount /media > umo

Re: wheezy backports

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Ezequiel wrote: > Hi, there is a way to install fglrx in wheezy, but you wil need to downgrade > X to a previous version. > I found a solution out there and posted it here. > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/07/msg00647.html Finally ... after hours back

Re: Installing a new HDD and mounting others

On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:58:20 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > On 11/07/12 09:47 AM, Camaleón wrote: (...) >>> This is expected. fsck /dev/sda will give an error since it can't find >>> a file system. >> I can't tell (my crystal ball is out of range) so I prefer to be sure >> about the nature of the err

Re: Do ATI HD cards have good working drivers for Linux (Debian Squeeze in particular)

Thank you, *everyone*, for the very helpful and detailed replies! I am much more confident of that chip now. Looks like "it's a Buy" ;D On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:30:05 +0530, aditya menon wrote: > > > I'm planning to get a new computer, and the on

Re: Do ATI HD cards have good working drivers for Linux (Debian Squeeze in particular)

On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:30:05 +0530, aditya menon wrote: > I'm planning to get a new computer, and the one I really like is an > All-in-one from Lenovo with *ATI HD 6450 *graphics. Does anyone have > experience with that? I made a huge mistake last time by getting an > nVidia Optimus card, it turne

Re: Installing a new HDD and mounting others

On 11/07/12 09:47 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:13:13 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: On 10/07/12 10:02 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:47:31 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: (...) But i cannot get the /etc/fstab entry right, on boot i get fsck errors on the other two HDD's. Fsck?

Re: Installing a new HDD and mounting others

On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:13:13 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > On 10/07/12 10:02 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:47:31 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: (...) >>> But i cannot get the /etc/fstab entry right, on boot i get fsck errors >>> on the other two HDD's. >> Fsck? Are you sure? :-? >> >> Thos

Re: Why compiling.

On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 09:04 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > The reason machine A is not bootable is because a minor hardware change > is capable of doing that with a custom kernel. +1 I almost exclusively use self-build kernels only, because I need them, but I don't drop too much hardware support, usu

Re: Do ATI HD cards have good working drivers for Linux (Debian Squeeze in particular)

On 11/07/12 09:07 AM, aditya menon wrote: Okay, thanks again... I'll research more again if the card is supported (and whether I can get extended VGA standards) :) AMD/ATI make proprietary drivers for their cards. However for many cards, the open source drivers work as well or better. The rade

Re: Squeeze, MySQL and hosts.allow and hosts.deny ignored

On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:18:07 +0200, Zdenek Herman wrote: > On 10/07/12 17:29, Camaleón wrote: (...) >>> Ah, how curious... It seems to be documented here: >>> >>> 4.2.2. Connecting to the MySQL Server >>> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/connecting.html (...) >>> >> Camaleón is correct.

Re: Installing a new HDD and mounting others

On 10/07/12 10:02 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:47:31 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: I have followed this except to replace ext3 with ext4: http://linux.justinhartman.com/Installing_a_second_hard_drive I installed a new HDD and installed Squeeze on it. When i open My Computer in Gnome

Re: Installing a new HDD and mounting others

On 10/07/12 11:27 PM, Mark Panen wrote: On 10/07/2012 23:36, Gary Dale wrote: On 09/07/12 05:12 PM, Mark Panen wrote: On 09/07/2012 20:02, Gary Dale wrote: On 09/07/12 01:47 PM, Mark Panen wrote: Hi, I have followed this except to replace ext3 with ext4: http://linux.justinhartman.com/Insta

Re: Do ATI HD cards have good working drivers for Linux (Debian Squeeze in particular)

Okay, thanks again... I'll research more again if the card is supported (and whether I can get extended VGA standards) :) On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > If a card isn't supported, than usually the open source vesa > > driver does work without 3D acceleration and only wit

Re: Why compiling.

On 10/07/12 11:28 PM, Celejar wrote: On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:21:37 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: On 10/07/12 10:52 PM, Celejar wrote: On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:20:05 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: ... Having a portable kernel is a lot simpler than trying to rescue a non-bootable machine from a live CD. Tr

Re: Do ATI HD cards have good working drivers for Linux (Debian Squeeze in particular)

> If a card isn't supported, than usually the open source vesa > driver does work without 3D acceleration and only with a limited > resolution, take a look at (extended) vesa standards. Oops, (extended) VGA standards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.de

Re: Do ATI HD cards have good working drivers for Linux (Debian Squeeze in particular)

On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 18:04 +0530, aditya menon wrote: > So the summary would be that "there are open source drivers available, > they do work, but I may be violating licences" - am I right? You aren't. Pardon for my broken English. Open source drivers don't violate any license. A combination of

Re: Do ATI HD cards have good working drivers for Linux (Debian Squeeze in particular)

Hi Ralf, Sorry about the formatting, I'll keep it plain from now on =) Thank you for your detailed reply. The main reason I want Graphics card support on Linux is that I want a high resolution to work with. The integrated card offers atrocious support for resolution (only 800x600). So the summar

Re: Do ATI HD cards have good working drivers for Linux (Debian Squeeze in particular)

On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 17:30 +0530, aditya menon wrote: > All-in-one from Lenovo with ATI I bought a mobo with an integrated ATI that as separated card has got proprietary driver support, but the integrated thingy only worked with the FLOSS driver, without 3D acceleration. The manual does call it

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