Re: Debian9 just showing me black screen after grub.

2017-09-03 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Sep 04, 2017 at 01:32:07PM +0800, Jaehong Park wrote: > I just installed Debian 9 yesterday. > And I gave a fatal problem with login screen. > After grub it only showing me black screen, but enter my password it starts > showing me my desktop

Debian9 just showing me black screen after grub.

2017-09-03 Thread Jaehong Park
I just installed Debian 9 yesterday. And I gave a fatal problem with login screen. After grub it only showing me black screen, but enter my password it starts showing me my desktop environment screen correctly. What’s the cause?

Re: network trouble on stretch

2017-09-03 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 04/09/17 10:27, Fungi4All wrote: Before you get a long lecture on the merits of long unique names try this: Edit your /etc/default/grub change GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”” to : GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="net.ifnames=0" If the biosdevname is installed you need to add : GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="net.ifnames=0 bios

Re: (solved) how to roll back to jessie

2017-09-03 Thread Felix Miata
Long Wind composed on 2017-09-04 04:16 (UTC): > I finds today that it's really not jessieit's wheezy > it seems that wheezy is not too old for me Wheezy support is scheduled to terminate less than 9 months from today. Maybe now is a good time to consider at least Jessie if not Stretch, since you

Re: UI inconsistency: unlocking LUKS-encrypted drives

2017-09-03 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
On 03/09/17 21:15, Sam Kuper wrote: > On 03/09/2017, Sam Kuper wrote: >> 1. is this inconsistency intended, and if so, why? > > The cause of the inconsistency seems to have been that the > "HintSystem" property[1] was set differently between the various > devices concerned. Thanks for reporting

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-03 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
I'm very happy with a Dell Inspiron 13 7000 series I picked up at Best Buy a month or so ago. It appears to meet your requirements, and is also a convertible (I can fold the screen back over to put it in "tent" mode), has a touch-screen, supports an active pen, and has a backlit keyboard. The key

Re: network trouble on stretch

2017-09-03 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 06:27:12PM -0400, Fungi4All wrote: > > From: ghe2...@gmail.com > > The WiFi works, but the Ethernet doesn"t, and I can"t figure out why. > > ip addr: ... > Before you get a long lecture on the merits of long unique names try this: > > Edit your /etc/default/grub change GRU

Re: network trouble on stretch

2017-09-03 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 9/3/17, Glenn English wrote: > Working on a Dell 5414 laptop, Stretch. > > The WiFi works, but the Ethernet doesn't, and I can't figure out why. > > ip addr: > > 1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN > group default qlen 1 > link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 >

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-03 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 03/09/2017 19:08, Jonas Hedman wrote: Hello I hope that is not OT for this list. Basically I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I naturally want to run Debian. I'm a student and I spend most of my daily outandabout computer time reading pdfs, writing LaTeX docs, surfing and doing some

Re: UI inconsistency: unlocking LUKS-encrypted drives

2017-09-03 Thread Sam Kuper
On 03/09/2017, Sam Kuper wrote: > For some LUKS-encrypted partitions, when I unlock them from Debian, > the computer only asks me for the passphrase for the encrypted > partition. For other such partitions, when I unlock them, the computer > also asks me for my user password.* See detailed descrip

Re: (solved) Re: how to roll back to jessie

2017-09-03 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 9/3/17, songbird wrote: > Long Wind wrote: > ... >> I have decided re-install jessie from scratch >> Thanks to all those who reply! > > you're welcome. it's really the easiest way to > go if you want quickest and easiest approach. It's about the "cleanest" route. You get to start all over

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-03 Thread Ben Finney
Mario Castelán Castro writes: > On 03/09/17 08:38, Jonas Hedman wrote: > > Basically I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I naturally > > want to run Debian. [...] > > > > Any suggestions? > > Yes. Think Penguin sells computers > compatible with GNU/Linux

Re: (solved) Re: how to roll back to jessie

2017-09-03 Thread songbird
Long Wind wrote: ... > I have decided re-install jessie from scratch > Thanks to all those who reply! you're welcome. it's really the easiest way to go if you want quickest and easiest approach. songbird

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-03 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Mon, Sep 04, 2017 at 09:42:20AM +1200, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > On 03/09/17 06:21, Tom Browder wrote: > > I would especially appreciate other ideas for programming editors for > > novice programmers. > > I use and recommend geany. And Eclipse. +1 geany I use geany for note taking, and when

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-03 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 12:39:18PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 03:38:17PM +0200, Jonas Hedman wrote: > > Hello I hope that is not OT for this list. > > > > Basically I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I naturally want > > to run Debian. I'm a student and I spend mo

Re: One-line password generator

2017-09-03 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Sat, Sep 02, 2017 at 09:33:10AM -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > On 01/09/17 22:33, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > I am not mathematically literate enough to even properly parse that > > sentence! > > Here (and through the rest of your message) you are admitting that you > do not understand th

Re: network trouble on stretch

2017-09-03 Thread Fungi4All
> From: ghe2...@gmail.com > To: debianUsers > > Working on a Dell 5414 laptop, Stretch. > > The WiFi works, but the Ethernet doesn"t, and I can"t figure out why. > > ip addr: > > 1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN > group default qlen 1 > link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-03 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 03/09/17 06:21, Tom Browder wrote: I would especially appreciate other ideas for programming editors for novice programmers. I use and recommend geany. And Eclipse. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited New Zealand

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 03/09/17 21:07, Luis Speciale wrote: Le 03/09/2017 à 10:28, Dominique Dumont a écrit : Assuming disk naming is the same on Mac compared to Debian, you've written the iso image in the first partition (/dev/disk1) instead of writing it to the device (/dev/disk). I don't know if both name the

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-03 Thread Sam Kuper
Jonas Hedman wrote: > I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I naturally want > to run Debian. Minifree, Vikings, and Technoethical all offer Respects Your Freedom certified laptops: https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/respects-your-freedom These should all run Debian perfectly, a

network trouble on stretch

2017-09-03 Thread Glenn English
Working on a Dell 5414 laptop, Stretch. The WiFi works, but the Ethernet doesn't, and I can't figure out why. ip addr: 1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft

UI inconsistency: unlocking LUKS-encrypted drives

2017-09-03 Thread Sam Kuper
For some LUKS-encrypted partitions, when I unlock them from Debian, the computer only asks me for the passphrase for the encrypted partition. For other such partitions, when I unlock them, the computer also asks me for my user password.* See detailed description below. My questions are: 1. is thi

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-03 Thread John Hasler
Dejan writes: > For Emacs: > https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AutoComplete > Something like that? There are also bunches more, many claiming to be IDEs. I've not tried them. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-03 Thread Dejan Jocic
On 03-09-17, solitone wrote: > On Saturday, 2 September 2017 15:01:37 CEST The Wanderer wrote: > > I'm not sure what you would qualify as a "programming editor", but what > > I use to write code (when nano won't do) is geany, which is a graphical > > syntax-highlighting editor with various other fe

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-03 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 08:48:08PM +0200, solitone wrote: > On Saturday, 2 September 2017 15:01:37 CEST The Wanderer wrote: > > I'm not sure what you would qualify as a "programming editor", but what > > I use to write code (when nano won't do) is gean

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-03 Thread solitone
On Saturday, 2 September 2017 15:01:37 CEST The Wanderer wrote: > I'm not sure what you would qualify as a "programming editor", but what > I use to write code (when nano won't do) is geany, which is a graphical > syntax-highlighting editor with various other features useful to a > programmer. But

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-03 Thread Tom Dial
On 09/02/2017 12:21 PM, Tom Browder wrote: > My Linux user group is setting up one desktop computer and one laptop > computer for lending to our local library as an educational resource for > folks who want to explore what Linux is all about. We are using Debian > 9 for now. > > I am open to any

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-03 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
On 03/09/17 08:38, Jonas Hedman wrote: > Basically I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I naturally want > to run Debian. [...] > > Any suggestions? Yes. Think Penguin sells computers compatible with GNU/Linux that do not need proprietary drivers. They clai

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Luis Speciale wrote: > I have a Debian installed with Cinnamon. Congrats. > I will explain (what I remember) what I did tomorrow. Don't forget it. Have a nice day :) Thomas

estou a tua espera

2017-09-03 Thread manuel martinscoelho

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Luis Speciale
Guess what? I have a Debian installed with Cinnamon. I'm beginning to explore it. I'm a little tired now but I will explain (what I remember) what I did tomorrow. Thank you again to all of you. Without your help I should ended giving up. Luis

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-03 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 03:38:17PM +0200, Jonas Hedman wrote: > Hello I hope that is not OT for this list. > > Basically I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I naturally want > to run Debian. I'm a student and I spend most of my daily outandabout > computer time reading pdfs, writing LaTe

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
emacs has succession arranged, vim does not. If the creator of vim gets struck by lightning and has his brains fried, no succession exists to continue support of vim in the event of his incapacity. Succession of emacs was passed along to three who are known by r.m.s. willing and able to handl

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-03 Thread Larry Dighera
On Sat, 2 Sep 2017 20:34:27 -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: >Assuming that people in the OP's library is representative of the >general population, then most people in that library will never “develop >a greater interest in computers” like you and me. Run-of-the-mill users >do not care if sof

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-03 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, September 03, 2017 11:30:09 AM Larry Dighera wrote: > On Sat, 2 Sep 2017 20:46:33 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > >I do occasionally use vi (when > >I'm stuck with no other editor), but I wouldn't wish either on a novice > >programmer. Further, I don't think they have any advantage o

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-03 Thread Larry Dighera
On Sat, 2 Sep 2017 20:46:33 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >I do occasionally use vi (when >I'm stuck with no other editor), but I wouldn't wish either on a novice >programmer. Further, I don't think they have any advantage over a good GUI >editor with features like a scripting language, key

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2017-09-03 Thread max vidocq
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Re: I should have spent more time with you the last time and I think I can solve it now. Marion

2017-09-03 Thread Chendo Ortiz
On Monday, August 28, 2017, Marion Neelawong wrote: > So, let’s start doing it. http://bitly.com/2wXIiFD >

Re: I should have spent more time with you the last time and I think I can solve it now. Marion

2017-09-03 Thread Chendo Ortiz
On Sunday, September 3, 2017, Chendo Ortiz wrote: > > > On Monday, August 28, 2017, Marion Neelawong > wrote: > >> So, let’s start doing it. http://bitly.com/2wXIiFD >> >

Re: how to roll back to jessie

2017-09-03 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 09/03/2017 03:56 AM, Long Wind wrote: i had installed jessie a long time agotoday i run command "apt-get update"and "apt-get install ..."a lot of packages upgraded then I find that sources.list is pointed to stablewhich means stretchclearly this is not the correct way to upgrade to stretchan

Re: (solved) Re: how to roll back to jessie

2017-09-03 Thread Brian
On Sun 03 Sep 2017 at 13:52:57 +, Long Wind wrote: > I have decided re-install jessie from scratch > Thanks to all those who reply! Don't forget to put jessie (not stable) in the sources.list. -- Brian.

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-03 Thread rhkramer
I saw (after I posted my last comments) that the OP (Tom Browder) has gently suggested that he has heard enough, but I feel compelled to add a few more comments, just to make sure things are clear. Not all of my comments are relevant to this post, so I'll add this here: The survey that someon

Laptop recommendation

2017-09-03 Thread Jonas Hedman
Hello I hope that is not OT for this list. Basically I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I naturally want to run Debian. I'm a student and I spend most of my daily outandabout computer time reading pdfs, writing LaTeX docs, surfing and doing some light coding, no heavy duty stuff in oth

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Luis Speciale wrote: > https://business.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-create-a-bootable-ubuntu-usb-drive-for-mac-in-os-x--cms-21253 This is an ISO unpacking method. Not what is advised by Debian CD people, but maybe valid, nevertheless. It depends on what Mac program "hdiutil" does to repres

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 03/09/2017 à 15:12, Thomas Schmitt a écrit : Hi, Luis Speciale a écrit : (hd0) (hd0,gpt6)(hd0,gpt5)(hd0,gpt4)(hd0,gpt3)(hd0,gpt2)(hd0,gpt1) (hd1) Pascal Hambourg wrote: Obviously hd0 is the internal disk. So hd1 must be the USB drive. Indeed, hd0 has too many partitions to be the unchan

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Luis Speciale
INTERLUDE (and somehow off topic) I'm asking myself if it could be a good idea to provide a program (for Windows and Mac OS) which could create an USB bootable Debian install. People who want to try Debian could download this program, insert an USB disk, et voilà! I'm pretty sure that this wo

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Luis Speciale a écrit : > > > (hd0) (hd0,gpt6)(hd0,gpt5)(hd0,gpt4)(hd0,gpt3)(hd0,gpt2)(hd0,gpt1) (hd1) Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > Obviously hd0 is the internal disk. So hd1 must be the USB drive. Indeed, hd0 has too many partitions to be the unchanged ISO. The ISO has 2 and no "protective" M

Re: how to roll back to jessie

2017-09-03 Thread Dejan Jocic
On 03-09-17, Brian wrote: > On Sun 03 Sep 2017 at 10:56:59 +, Long Wind wrote: > > > i had installed jessie a long time agotoday i run command "apt-get > > update"and "apt-get install ..."a lot of packages upgraded then I find > > that sources.list is pointed to stablewhich means stretchclearl

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Luis Speciale
Le 03/09/2017 à 14:48, Pascal Hambourg a écrit : Le 03/09/2017 à 14:26, Luis Speciale a écrit : Le 03/09/2017 à 14:00, Pascal Hambourg a écrit : Le 03/09/2017 à 13:32, Luis Speciale a écrit : ls gives me (hd0) (hd0,gpt6)(hd0,gpt5)(hd0,gpt4)(hd0,gpt3)(hd0,gpt2)(hd0,gpt1) (hd1) (cd0) Obvious

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 03/09/2017 à 14:26, Luis Speciale a écrit : Le 03/09/2017 à 14:00, Pascal Hambourg a écrit : Le 03/09/2017 à 13:32, Luis Speciale a écrit : ls gives me (hd0) (hd0,gpt6)(hd0,gpt5)(hd0,gpt4)(hd0,gpt3)(hd0,gpt2)(hd0,gpt1) (hd1) (cd0) Obviously hd0 is the internal disk. So hd1 must be the US

Re: how to roll back to jessie

2017-09-03 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 10:56:59AM +, Long Wind wrote: > i had installed jessie a long time agotoday i run command "apt-get update"and > "apt-get install ..."a lot of packages upgraded > then I find that sources.list is pointed to stablewhich means stretchclearly > this is not the correct way

Re: how to roll back to jessie

2017-09-03 Thread songbird
Long Wind wrote: ... > i had installed jessie a long time agotoday i run command "apt-get update"and > "apt-get install ..."a lot of packages upgraded > then I find that sources.list is pointed to stablewhich means stretchclearly > this is not the correct way to upgrade to stretchand some program

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Luis Speciale
Le 03/09/2017 à 14:00, Pascal Hambourg a écrit : Le 03/09/2017 à 13:32, Luis Speciale a écrit : ls gives me (hd0) (hd0,gpt6)(hd0,gpt5)(hd0,gpt4)(hd0,gpt3)(hd0,gpt2)(hd0,gpt1) (hd1) (cd0) Obviously hd0 is the internal disk. So hd1 must be the USB drive. However ls should show partitions on i

Re: how to roll back to jessie

2017-09-03 Thread Brian
On Sun 03 Sep 2017 at 10:56:59 +, Long Wind wrote: > i had installed jessie a long time agotoday i run command "apt-get > update"and "apt-get install ..."a lot of packages upgraded then I find > that sources.list is pointed to stablewhich means stretchclearly this > is not the correct way to u

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Brian
On Sun 03 Sep 2017 at 11:45:42 +, Curt wrote: > On 2017-09-02, Brian wrote: > > > > set root=(hd0.gpt1) > > linux vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 > > initrd initrd.img > > boot > > I just read the following; looks pertinent (but if not, sorry): > > If you're in the GRUB rescue shell the commands ar

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Brian
On Sun 03 Sep 2017 at 13:54:13 +0200, Luis Speciale wrote: > Le 03/09/2017 à 13:38, Brian a écrit : > > >See where this gets you: > > > >Boot the installer from the USB stick. Choose "Advanced options" and > >"Rescue mode". Eventually you will be asked for the device to use as > >the root file sy

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 03/09/2017 à 13:32, Luis Speciale a écrit : ls gives me (hd0) (hd0,gpt6)(hd0,gpt5)(hd0,gpt4)(hd0,gpt3)(hd0,gpt2)(hd0,gpt1) (hd1) (cd0) Obviously hd0 is the internal disk. So hd1 must be the USB drive. However ls should show partitions on it. I wonder if the image was properly copied. Can

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Luis Speciale
Le 03/09/2017 à 13:38, Brian a écrit : On Sun 03 Sep 2017 at 02:28:26 +0200, Luis Speciale wrote: Found the 2 files in (hd0.gpt2) (and others post named as old) Then I did set root=(hd0.gpt2) And it says nothing, but it complains when I do linux vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 Unknown command

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Curt
On 2017-09-02, Brian wrote: > > set root=(hd0.gpt1) > linux vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 > initrd initrd.img > boot I just read the following; looks pertinent (but if not, sorry): If you're in the GRUB rescue shell the commands are different, and you have to load the normal.mod and linux.mod modules

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-03 Thread rhkramer
I guess we're into editor religion--have we been trolled? But ... On Saturday, September 02, 2017 09:17:01 PM Dejan Jocic wrote: > You'll > get frustrated every time you have to reach for the mouse or move your > cursor letter by letter with the arrow keys. If the last time you used a GUI edito

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Brian
On Sun 03 Sep 2017 at 02:28:26 +0200, Luis Speciale wrote: > Found the 2 files in (hd0.gpt2) (and others post named as old) > Then I did > > set root=(hd0.gpt2) > > And it says nothing, but it complains when I do > linux vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 > > Unknown command `linux` > > What am I mi

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Luis Speciale
Le 03/09/2017 à 13:22, Pascal Hambourg a écrit : Now I think that it's linux.mod my problem No it's not. normal.mod comes first. Until this module is loaded, the grub rescue command set is very limited. Please provide the _exact_ output of the following commands : ls set From the "set"

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, (somehow my mail download is lagging behind today, so i am out of sync a bit) Luis Speciale wrote: > My bad it's x86_64-efi There goes the theory of some typo in some rarely visited corner of the code. > Now I think that it's linux.mod my problem, I can't see where it is Consider to boot

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Luis Speciale
Le 03/09/2017 à 13:10, Thomas Schmitt a écrit : Consider that what I wrote here it's a transcription and maybe there's some bad typing It will improve the probability of getting help from experts if you give them the exact strings to search for. So it would be very significant to know whether

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 03/09/2017 à 12:58, Luis Speciale a écrit : error: file `/boot/grub/x86_g4-efi/normal.mod`not found Entering rescue mode... "x86_g4-efi", really ? Should be "x86_64-efi". My bad it's x86_64-efi Now I think that it's linux.mod my problem No it's not. normal.mod comes first. Until this

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Luis Speciale wrote: > Consider that what I wrote here it's a transcription and maybe there's some > bad typing It will improve the probability of getting help from experts if you give them the exact strings to search for. E.g. an amd64 9.1 ISO contains file /boot/grub/x86_64-efi/normal.mo

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Luis Speciale
Le 03/09/2017 à 12:43, Pascal Hambourg a écrit : sudo dd if=./debian-9.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/disk1 bs=1m Looks good. Good. error: file `/boot/grub/x86_g4-efi/normal.mod`not found Entering rescue mode... "x86_g4-efi", really ? Should be "x86_64-efi". My bad it's x86_64-efi Now

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-03 Thread Tom Browder
On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 05:03 Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙) wrote: > In Article < > cafmgiz_yn+qa52wb2nfhphv6g2thj-azjisu1xznytv8hui...@mail.gmail.com>, > Tom Browder writes: > > > My Linux user group is setting up one desktop computer [...] Thanks for all the helpful suggestions, everyone! Best

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 03/09/2017 à 00:07, Luis Speciale a écrit : sudo dd if=./debian-9.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/disk1 bs=1m Looks good. Then I did the install, but now I have this at startup error: file `/boot/grub/x86_g4-efi/normal.mod`not found Entering rescue mode... "x86_g4-efi", really ? Should b

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Luis Speciale
Le 03/09/2017 à 11:58, Thomas Schmitt a écrit : I doubt that the way of copying to USB stick is to blame, because Luis came to GRUB installing, which happens from the running GNU/Linux, afaik. Seems to be that now I'm dealing with grub, who has a problem. More on that: an ls command (at boot

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-03 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙)
In Article , Tom Browder writes: > My Linux user group is setting up one desktop computer [...] Well i just like to use Github with Emacs in real life. As you know i'm writer, not programer. Thanks!!! Sincerely, Byung-Hee. -- ^고맙습니다 _布德天下_ 감사합니다_^))//

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Luis Speciale wrote: > > unmountDisk /dev/disk1 > > sudo dd if=./debian-9.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/disk1 bs=1m Dominique Dumont wrote: > Shouldn't that be: > sudo dd if=./debian-9.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/disk bs=1m The "1" in "disk1" seems to be the equivalent to our "a" in "sda":

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Dominique Dumont
On Sunday, 3 September 2017 11:07:36 CEST Luis Speciale wrote: > First impression I have is that /dev/disk (as you propose) does not > exists. Am I right? Yes. I'm out of ideas. Sorry -- https://github.com/dod38fr/ -o- http://search.cpan.org/~ddumont/ http://ddumont.wordpress.com/ -o- i

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Luis Speciale
Le 03/09/2017 à 10:28, Dominique Dumont a écrit : sudo dd if=./debian-9.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/disk1 bs=1m Shouldn't that be: sudo dd if=./debian-9.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/disk bs=1m Assuming disk naming is the same on Mac compared to Debian, you've written the iso image in the f

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2017 #975

2017-09-03 Thread Dejan Jocic
On 03-09-17, Ian Martin wrote: > > > > > The emacs (non-DFSG) info pages will be useful for novices, but will > > be absent unless you install them. The emacsNN-common-non-dfsg package > > for the corresponding version (NN) of emacs is one way to do so. You've missed thread. This is definitely

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Dominique Dumont
On Sunday, 3 September 2017 00:07:37 CEST Luis Speciale wrote: > unmountDisk /dev/disk1 > sudo dd if=./debian-9.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/disk1 bs=1m Shouldn't that be: sudo dd if=./debian-9.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/disk bs=1m Assuming disk naming is the same on Mac compared to Debian, y

Re: Install on hp-pavilion-g6-2100 stops at 98%

2017-09-03 Thread Luis Speciale
Le 02/09/2017 à 20:50, Mario Castelán Castro a écrit : On 02/09/17 12:23, Luis Speciale wrote: Installing GRUB boot loader 66% Running "update grub"… I'm going to wait a little and see if it ends the install When I installed Debian 9, the installer wanted to install grub on a wrong path. I h