Re: New laptop won't boot off of boot disc

2012-02-24 Thread Eric Galaxy
ck to you with the info. On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 5:18 AM, Don deJuan wrote: > > On 02/24/2012 02:15 PM, Eric Galaxy wrote: >> >> I created two different boot discs to install Debian on my new laptop. >> The laptop will not boot up off of either of them. I tried booting off

New laptop won't boot off of boot disc

2012-02-24 Thread Eric Galaxy
I created two different boot discs to install Debian on my new laptop. The laptop will not boot up off of either of them. I tried booting off another boot disc, and it booted without problems. Anyone have ideas what the problem and solution are? -- Eric

Trouble starting django project

2011-11-11 Thread Eric Galaxy
I just installed django on my system. Following the install instructions ( http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-django-on-debian-lenny-apache2-mod_python ), I ran the following line: /usr/share/python-support/python-django/django/bin/django-admin.py startproject mysite * * to start a project.

Best VM for video games? or WINE? x64 system/os's

2011-10-03 Thread Eric Galaxy
Hi, I am running Debian x64. I have a copy of WinXP pro x64. I am wondering what the best solution would be to playing video games such as Starcraft 2 or Steam games (Windows games/game apps) on my system? I don't mind learning a bit, and I'd like the games to run well on my system. Advice is a

USB Headset - no playback or recording

2011-09-21 Thread Eric Galaxy
I have a Sharkoon X-Tatic SP usb headset. It is the only playback/recording device I have. In sound preferences, it shows two devices, my onboard sound card and the headset. I put it to play through the headset, but it doesn't. It also does not record (according to the sound recorder, levels st