Re: How to install Debian 7 to external hard disk

2013-08-26 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 26/08/2013 13:46, Bonno Bloksma wrote: Hi, Is there a preferred way to install Debian 7 from DVD to an external (USB) hard disk ? Euh... just install it on that disk? ;-) The whole external hard disk is to be used instead of the internal hard disk. Ok, no problem. This is to

Re: Migrate from Icedove to Thunderbird.

2013-04-09 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 09/04/2013 06:43, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: Dear list - How do I migrate my 1] email 2] filters 3] mailboxes 4] address book from Icedove to Thunderbird? Thanks Ethan Good day, Here is a script that I use to migrate from debian to any other OS. But modify it to suit your

debian wheezy Beta4

2012-12-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, Two Samsung printers SCX-4623F and ML-1510. Debian wheezy Beta4 does see them but unable to install. I installed splix - no difference. Kindly what else is missing please. Now a days most linux flavours - switch on printer and it install automatically. Thanks JohanS -- To

Debian wheezy testing - auto printer install

2012-11-19 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, Installed latest wheezy weekly. I understand it is testing. The printer auto install / manual install does not work. Installed splix - no change. Anything else that should be done? Would like to test OS if printer does work. Thanks JohanS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: printer driver Samsung SCX4623f(SOLVED)

2012-05-18 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 18/05/2012 16:50, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 16 May 2012 07:50:29 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 15/05/2012 18:47, Brian wrote: On Tue 15 May 2012 at 17:36:36 +0100, Lisi wrote: Lenny doesn't have any scx. Squeeze, however, has scx 4200 and scx 4400. I have in the past

printer driver Samsung SCX4623f

2012-05-15 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, Got a Samsung SCX 4623f printer. It seems that Debian 6.05 does not have a driver for it. Debian 7 testing, ubuntu 12.04, linux mint 2012.04, installs it automatically. What would be the way to install it. 1) Samsung unified driver ?. 2) Something from the repo' s? Thanks

Re: printer driver Samsung SCX4623f(SOLVED)

2012-05-15 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 15/05/2012 18:47, Brian wrote: On Tue 15 May 2012 at 17:36:36 +0100, Lisi wrote: Lenny doesn't have any scx. Squeeze, however, has scx 4200 and scx 4400. I have in the past successfully used the ppd for an earlier model in a series when the later model is not yet available, so it might be

howto log screen output while booting

2012-03-07 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, On wheezy testing how can the screen output be logged. There seem to to be a bit problem with some missing modules. Too fast can not read it. The OS is running fine. I am actually impressed. My samsung scx-4624f was installed in seconds after switch on and connected to PC. On other

Re: howto log screen output while booting

2012-03-07 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 07/03/2012 14:51, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:38:24 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On wheezy testing how can the screen output be logged. There seem to to be a bit problem with some missing modules. Too fast can not read it. (...) Boot logs go under /var/log/messages and /var

Re: howto log screen output while booting

2012-03-07 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 07/03/2012 16:34, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:13:50 -0600, hvw59601 wrote: Johan Scheepers wrote: On 07/03/2012 14:51, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:38:24 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On wheezy testing how can the screen output be logged. There seem

Re: howto log screen output while booting

2012-03-07 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 07/03/2012 21:52, Wayne Topa wrote: On 03/07/2012 11:34 AM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 03/07/2012 09:13 AM, hvw59601 wrote: Johan Scheepers wrote: On 07/03/2012 14:51, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:38:24 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On wheezy testing how can the screen output

Re: debian 6.03 KDE desktop

2011-11-18 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 17/11/2011 16:27, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:57:37 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: Running Gnome desktop debian 6.03. Kindly is there a command to add the KDE desktop to a Gnome system. I remember that in Ubuntu there is such a command. On boot up you have a choice to go

debian 6.03 KDE desktop

2011-11-17 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, Running Gnome desktop debian 6.03. Kindly is there a command to add the KDE desktop to a Gnome system. I remember that in Ubuntu there is such a command. On boot up you have a choice to go either way. I have googled but could not get a clear instruction. Some pointers please.

Re: apt-get update -- invalid since xx xx xx(SOLVED)

2011-10-09 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 08/10/2011 22:36, Christian Körner wrote: On 08/10/11 20:12, Johan Scheepers wrote: Good day, Kindly please what does this means. Never got this before.. apt-get update Hit http://debian.mirror.ac.za squeeze Release Hit http://debian.mirror.ac.za squeeze-updates Release E: Release

apt-get update -- invalid since xx xx xx

2011-10-08 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, Kindly please what does this means. Never got this before.. apt-get update Hit http://debian.mirror.ac.za squeeze Release Hit http://debian.mirror.ac.za squeeze-updates Release E: Release file expired, ignoring http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/Release (invalid

Re: More USB install-images please!

2011-09-27 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 27/09/2011 19:28, Steve McIntyre wrote: jan.o...@agle.no wrote: I sometimes install Debian on machines belonging to family and friends. On my latest install I tried the boot.img.gz on an USB-stick. It failed halfway trough, complaining about a missing suitable ISO-image. Not wasting

Re: debian wheezy weekly builds (FAILED)

2011-09-25 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 24/09/2011 15:55, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:34:48 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: Downloaded dvd-1 from . http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-dvd/ (19 Sept). Is it possible to install debian from dvd-1 only ?? Sure. Installed

debian testing - questions

2011-09-24 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, Please, Where should I ask questions about debian testing (wheezy). Thanks Johan S -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

debian sqeeze - k3b

2011-09-24 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, Installed k3b in the gnome desktop. Nothing inApplications - Sound video It is available via command line and create launcher on the desk top. Any ideas please. Thanks Johan S -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe.

debian wheezy weekly builds

2011-09-24 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, Downloaded dvd-1 from . http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-dvd/ (19 Sept). Is it possible to install debian from dvd-1 only ?? Installed it on an external usb drive..all went well untill... Near the beginning was told some non-free files required..(names

Re: debian sqeeze - k3b

2011-09-24 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 24/09/2011 14:24, Thierry Chatelet wrote: On Saturday 24 September 2011 14:20:13 Johan Scheepers wrote: Good day, Installed k3b in the gnome desktop. Any ideas please. Thanks Johan S In kde k3b is under multimedia Thierry So in gnome it won't appear anywhere under

Re: debian wheezy weekly builds

2011-09-24 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 24/09/2011 14:49, Thierry Chatelet wrote: On Saturday 24 September 2011 14:34:48 Johan Scheepers wrote: Good day, Downloaded dvd-1 from . http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-dvd/ (19 Sept). Is it possible to install debian from dvd-1 only ?? Yes

Re: debian 6 usb 3 ready ???

2011-09-13 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 12/09/2011 16:10, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:25:54 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: Tried to install Debian 6 on usb drive via USB 3 port. Could not see the drive so tried on USB 2 port, went ok. Logs and bug report number? These things need to be properly reported

debian 6 mp3 not sounding

2011-09-13 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, After installation of debian 6 I tried to play an mp3 file. The indicator show it is playing but no sound. I checked both speaker settings and they are flat out. Thats on movie player, rhymthbox and now even have vlc. Did some googling and installed some files. Still same. Kindly

cheese - other application that does same job

2011-09-13 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, I dad the name of another application that's similar to cheese for the web cam. Kindly please can someone just point me in the right direction. Thanks Johan S -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: cheese - other application that does same job (SOLVED )

2011-09-13 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 13/09/2011 16:15, Johan Scheepers wrote: Good day, I dad the name of another application that's similar to cheese for the web cam. Kindly please can someone just point me in the right direction. Thanks Johan S found it guvcview Johan S -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: debian 6 mp3 not sounding

2011-09-13 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 13/09/2011 16:21, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:09:33 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: After installation of debian 6 I tried to play an mp3 file. Do other sound files work or just mp3 fails? The indicator show it is playing but no sound. I checked both speaker

Re: cheese - other application that does same job

2011-09-13 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 13/09/2011 16:34, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:15:22 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: I dad the name of another application that's similar to cheese for the web cam. To take snapshots? Kindly please can someone just point me in the right direction. wxCam

Re: debian 6 mp3 not sounding

2011-09-13 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 13/09/2011 17:00, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:51:08 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 13/09/2011 16:21, Camaleón wrote: (...) It's strange, because when you experience a codec issue the file cannot be played, you get a message like not found any suitable codec

debian 6 usb 3 ready ???

2011-09-12 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, Tried to install Debian 6 on usb drive via USB 3 port. Could not see the drive so tried on USB 2 port, went ok. After installation it worked on USB 3 but when connected an other usb drive in the 2nd usb3 port debian froze while the drive was loading. Froze so bad that I had to

Re: Install Debian 6 with only cell phone mobile modem Huawei E1752

2011-09-10 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 10/09/2011 10:27, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: Johan Scheepers, 7.09.2011: On 07/09/2011 21:32, Paul van der Vlis wrote: Op 07-09-11 21:11, Johan Scheepers schreef: Good day, Due to telephone cable theft I am without landline and my dsl internet connection. When repairs will done unknown. So

Install Debian 6 with only cell phone mobile modem Huawei E1752

2011-09-07 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, Due to telephone cable theft I am without landline and my dsl internet connection. When repairs will done unknown. So I have got a Huawei E1752 mobile modem and sim. Now I have a debian 6 cd. That is installed on a 5400 revs sata internal laptop drive while dsl still working. Mobile

Re: Install Debian 6 with only cell phone mobile modem Huawei E1752

2011-09-07 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 07/09/2011 21:32, Paul van der Vlis wrote: Op 07-09-11 21:11, Johan Scheepers schreef: Good day, Due to telephone cable theft I am without landline and my dsl internet connection. When repairs will done unknown. So I have got a Huawei E1752 mobile modem and sim. Now I have a debian 6 cd

Re: debian 6 - latest release - internet connection

2011-03-27 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 03/26/2011 08:34 PM, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: Johan Scheepers, 20.03.2011: After installing debian 6 it was found that it prefers built in wireless connection on my dsl. The wire connection was inserted and available. The wireless connection works ok at 55% but I would prefer wired

debian 6 - latest release - internet connection

2011-03-20 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, After installing debian 6 it was found that it prefers built in wireless connection on my dsl. The wire connection was inserted and available. The wireless connection works ok at 55% but I would prefer wired connection. Fedora, centos, mandriva prefers wired connection on

Re: Unable to mount [device] Not Authorized

2011-02-16 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 02/16/2011 12:05 PM, Michael Tsang wrote: On Wednesday 16 February 2011 16:37:09 Chris wrote: Hi everyone, Since I do a normal update, I can't mount my flash drive from nautilus. It works before. The error message is: Unable to mount [device] Not Authorized Is it something related to

Re: how to install debian on a external USB disk

2010-11-09 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 09/11/2010 10:04, Yuwen Dai wrote: Dear all, I've been using Debian stable for years. Now I'd like to try Debian unstable or test on an external USB disk without modifying anything on my current disk, including partition as well as grub. Would you please give me any guides on this?

Re: networkmanager blocking evolution

2010-11-05 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 05/11/2010 00:12, Bob Proulx wrote: Johan Scheepers wrote: Standalone laptop using debian squeeze freeze on a dsl modem connected by cable. All my internet applications work but evolution send/receive greyed out. This is another one of those annoying bugs related to network

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-04 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 03/11/2010 22:22, Richard Hector wrote: On Wed, 2010-11-03 at 20:03 +, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:01:40 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: Now that remains is a big thank you for a big effort from you to solve this. It was a learning experience for me. Thank you

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-04 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 04/11/2010 12:49, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:04:12 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 03/11/2010 22:03, Camaleón wrote: (...) So back to work, copy/paste the xorg.conf detailed in this message¹, restart the computer and check if you see any improvement

networkmanager blocking evolution

2010-11-04 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, Standalone laptop using debian squeeze freeze on a dsl modem connected by cable. All my internet applications work but evolution send/receive greyed out. Today I configured evolution but no dice. I use icedove but wanted to try evo. On the evo list I found that evo needs some

Re: networkmanager blocking evolution

2010-11-04 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 04/11/2010 21:56, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 22:57 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: Good day, Standalone laptop using debian squeeze freeze on a dsl modem connected by cable. All my internet applications work but evolution send/receive greyed out. Today I configured

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 03/11/2010 00:58, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:02:52 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 02/11/2010 22:02, Camaleón wrote: Again, you'll have to create the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf and put in there: *** Section Device Driver sis671 EndSection *** Done

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 03/11/2010 14:25, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:00:55 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 03/11/2010 00:58, Camaleón wrote: O.k. Try to let Xorg to generate by itself a xorg.conf file. If you are under gnome, go to a tty (ctrl+alt+f1) and then as root run: /etc/init.d

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 03/11/2010 11:42, Chris Davies wrote: leel...@yun.yagibdah.de quoted the pastbin: (II) VESA(0):default monitor: Using default hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz ... (WW) VESA(0): No valid modes left. Trying less strict filter... (II) VESA(0):default monitor: Using hsync range of

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 03/11/2010 17:15, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:26:33 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 03/11/2010 14:25, Camaleón wrote: My bad. In squeeze it is called gdm3: /etc/init.d/gdm3 stop And follow the rest of the steps.. ** (gdm3 : 2656) : Warning : Failed

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 03/11/2010 18:09, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:47:08 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 03/11/2010 17:15, Camaleón wrote: So jump to a tty (Ctrl+Alt+F1), login as root and run: init 1 Re-type root's password to get into maintenance console and follow the last steps

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 03/11/2010 19:46, Morgan Gangwere wrote: On 11/2/2010 12:20 AM, Johan Scheepers wrote: [stuff] I've had exactly similar problems... And mine were solved by building my own Xorg configuration. Part of this was by going around and doing VERY general google searches about my laptop and linux/X

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 03/11/2010 22:03, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:01:40 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: Now that remains is a big thank you for a big effort from you to solve this. It was a learning experience for me. Thank you to other list members who suggested some tweaks. Regards Hey

improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, Is there a way that I can improve my laptop screen resolution. Laptop = Fujitsu/Siemens Esprimo Mobile. Johan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: Fwd: Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 02/11/2010 15:34, Johan Scheepers wrote: Original Message Subject: Re: improve screen resolution Resent-Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 12:10:24 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 12:07:23 + (UTC) From: Camaleónnoela...@gmail.com

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 11/02/2010 02:07 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:20:18 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: Is there a way that I can improve my laptop screen resolution. What is the current one? Run: xdpyinfo | grep dimensions Laptop = Fujitsu/Siemens Esprimo Mobile. And what

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 02/11/2010 19:23, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:41:08 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: This is from my suse OS. This is what I get in opensuse 11.3 lspci | grep VGA dimensions:1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters) Okay, so you want to get 1024x768, right

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 02/11/2010 19:44, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:39:21 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 02/11/2010 19:23, Camaleón wrote: (...) *** Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 DisplaySize 271 203 End Section *** OK, before I do anything. I am using

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 02/11/2010 19:58, Chris Davies wrote: Johan Scheepersjohans...@telkomsa.net wrote: Is there a way that I can improve my laptop screen resolution. This is what I get in opensuse 11.3 lspci | grep VGA dimensions:1024x768 pixels (271x203 millimeters) That can't be

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 02/11/2010 20:22, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:05:57 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 02/11/2010 19:44, Camaleón wrote: Does this make any difference to your suggestion? No, don't worry and go ahead. The worst it could happen is that xorg cannot start

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 02/11/2010 21:05, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:56:46 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 02/11/2010 20:22, Camaleón wrote: Any other suggestions ** or ** should I replace the card? What type suggested. I would really like to stay with debian. Like the way it looks

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 02/11/2010 22:45, lee wrote: On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 08:48:47PM +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 02/11/2010 19:58, Chris Davies wrote: Johan Scheepersjohans...@telkomsa.net wrote: Is there a way that I can improve my laptop screen resolution. This is what I get

Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-02 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 02/11/2010 22:02, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:40:52 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On 02/11/2010 21:05, Camaleón wrote: And where is the link to the pastebin data so we can see it? :-) Sorry all new to me. Is this what you arelooking for Your paste

Re: lazarus fpc - absent

2010-10-14 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 13/10/2010 18:51, Lisi wrote: On Wednesday 13 October 2010 11:38:37 Johan Scheepers wrote: On 10/10/2010 16:21, Lisi wrote: Johan seems to want a lot of more up-to-date stuff. Would he not be better to use Squeeze in the first place? After all, it is over two tears since Lenny

Re: lazarus fpc - absent

2010-10-13 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 10/10/2010 16:21, Lisi wrote: On Sunday 10 October 2010 12:58:02 Javier Barroso wrote: On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Johanjohans...@telkomsa.net wrote: You should be able to use any of the listed mirrors by adding a line to your /etc/apt/sources.list like this: deb

Debian - thunderbird not available

2010-10-07 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, I am a thunderbird fan. Trying to install on debian 506 but not available. Is there an easy way to get it please. Thanks Johan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Debian-506 sumsung ML-1510-700 printer driver not in list

2010-10-07 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, Debian-506 sumsung ML-1510-700 printer driver not in list. Please an easy way to get driver on list. Thanks Johan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Debian 506 not supporting ext4

2010-10-07 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, I am new to debian 506 ** not ** opensuse and ubuntu. Installed yesterday for evaluating My backup usb drive is ext4. Please is there an easy way to make debian support ext4? Thanks Johan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of