Nouveau instead of 304xx

2018-06-18 Thread David Baron
Tired it. Certainly looks better. But will quickly hang up if I start a second session!

Re: Brightness at 100% after every reboot.

2018-06-18 Thread Piotr
On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 01:50:55 +1000 Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Your desktop (Gnome, XFCE, KDE etc) should have a brightness app and > a session manager which, when you log out, knows to signal the apps > to store their relevant settings so that those settings are > re-applied when you next log in.

Re: Brightness at 100% after every reboot.

2018-06-18 Thread likcoras
On 06/13/2018 06:53 PM, Piotr wrote: > Dear all, > > After upgrading to Stretch I have problem with the brightness of my LCD > screen in laptop. After a reboot of the system I get 100% brightness, > even if I set it up to like 50%. Where can I change this so the > settings are preserved between th

Re: Brightness at 100% after every reboot.

2018-06-18 Thread Piotr
On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 17:24:11 +0900 likcoras wrote: > You may try looking into the systemd-backlight@*.service, see if it's > starting properly on your system or if it prints any errors while it > starts. Strange thing that I see more than one backlight service starting. Should I have both of the

Re: Brightness at 100% after every reboot.

2018-06-18 Thread likcoras
On 06/18/2018 06:33 PM, Piotr wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 17:24:11 +0900 > likcoras wrote: > >> You may try looking into the systemd-backlight@*.service, see if it's >> starting properly on your system or if it prints any errors while it >> starts. > > Strange thing that I see more than one bac

Re: USB "null modem" cables and related Linux driver questions

2018-06-18 Thread David
On 1 June 2018 at 00:21, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I have two computers with USB ports. > I wish them to communicate as simply as mid-20th-century computers did. What is the make and model number of each computer?

Re: USB Host-Host cables

2018-06-18 Thread Michael Stone
On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 06:04:35PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: Actually, IIUC the cable he got is basically two Ethernet-to-USB adapters connected together via an ethernet cable, all neatly packaged as a single physical object. So except for the fact that he can't use any of the ethernet-to-USB

Re: USB "null modem" cables and related Linux driver questions

2018-06-18 Thread Michael Stone
On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 10:17:21PM +1000, David wrote: On 1 June 2018 at 00:21, Richard Owlett wrote: I have two computers with USB ports. I wish them to communicate as simply as mid-20th-century computers did. What is the make and model number of each computer? He really doesn't want a se

Re: netboot images for Debian 9 seems is broken?

2018-06-18 Thread Mike
On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 01:43:50AM +, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 03:29:28PM -0400, mizuki wrote: > > "No kernel modules were found. This probably is due to a mismatch between > > the kernel used by this version of the installer and the kernel version in > > the archive

Re: USB "null modem" cables and related Linux driver questions

2018-06-18 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/18/2018 07:17 AM, David wrote: On 1 June 2018 at 00:21, Richard Owlett wrote: I have two computers with USB ports. I wish them to communicate as simply as mid-20th-century computers did. What is the make and model number of each computer? No longer a relevant question. I have purchas

Re: USB "null modem" cables and related Linux driver questions

2018-06-18 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, June 18, 2018 08:44:20 AM Michael Stone wrote: > He really doesn't want a sensible solution, just let it go. +1

Re: trouble installing deb 9.4

2018-06-18 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 21:56:02 -0400 Dave wrote: > I have having trouble getting thru the first screen "UEFI Installer". > on this first menu i have full keyboard control. > > Once i choose one of the Sections IE: Graphical Install, Install, > Advanced Options > > once the screen switches i loos

Re: trouble installing deb 9.4

2018-06-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 18 June 2018 10:42:22 Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 21:56:02 -0400 > > Dave wrote: > > I have having trouble getting thru the first screen "UEFI > > Installer". on this first menu i have full keyboard control. > > > > Once i choose one of the Sections IE: Graphical Install

Re: trouble installing deb 9.4

2018-06-18 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 18/06/2018 à 17:04, Gene Heskett a écrit : On Monday 18 June 2018 10:42:22 Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 21:56:02 -0400 Dave wrote: I have having trouble getting thru the first screen "UEFI Installer". on this first menu i have full keyboard control. Once i choose one of the

Re: netboot images for Debian 9 seems is broken?

2018-06-18 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 02:26:20PM +0100, Mike wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 01:43:50AM +, Andy Smith wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 03:29:28PM -0400, mizuki wrote: > > > "No kernel modules were found. This probably is due to a mismatch between > > > the kernel used by this versi

Re: Tea4CUPS: TEABILLING reports error

2018-06-18 Thread Rainer Dorsch
Hi Brian, thank you for your response and please apologize for my slow response. On Donnerstag, 31. Mai 2018 20:04:22 CEST Brian wrote: > Your tea4cups.conf is poorly. Here is a minimal one which works for me: > [Global] > debug : yes > directory : /var/spool/cups/ > prehook_sispmctl : s

Fwd: Re: trouble installing deb 9.4

2018-06-18 Thread Dave
On 6/18/18 1:52 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 18/06/2018 à 17:04, Gene Heskett a écrit : On Monday 18 June 2018 10:42:22 Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 21:56:02 -0400 Dave wrote: I have having trouble getting thru the first screen "UEFI

Re: USB Host-Host cables

2018-06-18 Thread David Wright
On Sun 17 Jun 2018 at 20:22:22 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/17/2018 05:04 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >>That's your perspective (as someone who's stated that you have no experience > >>at this). From the perspective of the people who tried to help you, you've > >>chosen an obscure solutio

Re: USB Host-Host cables

2018-06-18 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I have what is essentially a "USB->Serial" - "Serial->USB" Cable. > Ethernet is *NOT* involved - though there are topological similarities. I don't have factual knowledge of what you have, indeed, but you said: I have purchased a USB Host-Host cable based on the PL-25A1 chipset. While this