Re: Wheezy. Xorg failure at AMD Brazos netbook

On 05/12/12 07:24, Leonid Korostyshevski uttered these pearls of wisdom:: > > > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 7:14 PM, John Anderson <mailto:j...@janderson.org.uk>> wrote: > > On 04/12/12 13:48, Leonid Korostyshevski uttered these pearls of > wisdom:: >

Re: Wheezy. Xorg failure at AMD Brazos netbook

onsider my misunderstanding of the > words “recovery mode” in Wheezy boot menu as a lost in translation. > > Also, have tried Wheezy livecd (from here: > http://live.debian.net/cdimage/release/current-next/amd64/iso-hybrid/) > with the same “noisy screen effect” after boot. > At the

How to disable suspend on lid closure.

Lenovo Z575 AMD A6-3420M Debian Wheezy Gnome 3 Resume does not turn the backlight on. How do I disable suspendwhen closing the lid? Gnome System Settings - Power does not have an option to disable the lid event.Have tried editing /etc/default/acpi-support to no effect. Thanks -- John

Re: grey/white/grey/white/etc bars

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/05/12 22:39, Sharon Kimble uttered these pearls of wisdom:: > On 09/05/2012, John Anderson wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 09/05/12 02:17, Sharon Kimble uttered these pearls of wi

Re: grey/white/grey/white/etc bars

? I find them very annoying and they make the black > text in the > grey bars almost impossible to read for one of advancing years. > SystemSettings->Application Appearance->Colors->Colors Tab->Color Set: View ; and then make Normal Background and Alternate Background the same.

K3B error "no video transcoding!"

Hi everyone, I have an amd64 computer running Debian testing x86 and having problems being able to copy dvds. The dvds I wish to copy are homemade recorded off air from my Lite-ON DVD recorder. I had Ubuntu Breezy amd64 on this same computer with the same exact error that I am currently seeing.

compiling xserver x11r7 problems

Hi, I'm trying to install X11R7 on my debian testing amd64 computer but I get the following messages during the make phase: If anyone has any suggestions I'd be very happy :-) The computer is using the vesa driver and would be really nice to have a higher refresh rate. Mainboard is Biostar 6100

sound and automount problems gnome sarge for certain users

Hi, I just installed Gnome and Debian Sarge on an Pentium IV 1.5 ghz computer. I'm having a problem because the initial account setup during the installation automounting CD's or DVD's is automatic and sound is fine. However, when I added another account that user cannot automount files... they

ipmasq odd behaviour in kernel 2.6.8 install

Hi everybody, I just installed debian sarge w/2.6 kernel on a computer that I use as a router. Quick facts has 1.5 Gb of RAM, Intel 845 board, P4 1.5 Ghz processor. Worked fine before I put a new install (old server fried so decided to use this one but wanted a bigger hard disk so installed fres

ethernet/network problems in new sarge install

Hello, I have just upgraded my server PC which is a Pentium III 1 ghz to Sarge. The machine is used as a router/firewall for 2 other computers. The problem that I'm having is I installed etherconf to configure eth0 used for the router and now it changes the name to minikerr.minikerr everytime I

Re: About to go all Deb

On Tuesday 25 Feb 2003 9:23 pm, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 18:15, John Anderson wrote: > [...] > > > Well I recently tried out Mondo, and it filed the / partition and killed > > the machine it was using /tmp, probably due to new stupid user (me) > > h

Re: About to go all Deb

On Tuesday 25 Feb 2003 4:19 pm, Mario Vukelic wrote: > On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 16:24, John Anderson wrote: > > Any way to cut a long story short I have come up with the following, and > > would appreciate thoughts and guidence. > > I have long had multiple partitions too, but ov

Re: About to go all Deb

On Tuesday 25 Feb 2003 4:52 pm, Kent West wrote: > John Anderson wrote: > >Any way to cut a long story short I have come up with the following, and > > would appreciate thoughts and guidence. > > > >/boot20meg > >/4gig > >/var

About to go all Deb

Hi, All I am relatively new to Linux, been running Mandrake 9.0 for about a fortnight, and after lots of reading I have decided to move to Debian. I have a 80gig drive, and when I installed Mandrake, I let it have its defaults for drive mapping which was . /dev/hda1 mount / 5.3gi

using an Iomega parallet port tape drive

I have an Iomega parallel port drive model no. ditto easy 3200. I have added support into the kernel for parallel port devices, ftape, ztape, etc. When I try to write to the tape I receive the following message: kerr:~# tar cf /dev/qft0 home tar: /dev/qft0: Cannot open: Device not configured tar

login/shell problems

I switched root's shell to /bin/ksh instead of /usr/bin/ksh and now I cannot switch into root user. I have tried telling su to use bash, but it keeps on saying "no shell" or the like. Any suggestions would be appreciated. -:) P.S. I don't subscribe to this list so please E-mail me directly. =

Getting > than 4 serial ports working

I've just added two more serial ports into my computer (for a total of six). I added support into the kernel for > than 4 serial ports. I added more ports with the MAKEDEV command, but I get the following message when I try to access the 5th or 6th port: kerr:~# statserial /dev/ttyS4 statserial:

Re: Debian on an ULTRA 5

To my knowledge booting of a floppy is not supported in the 'Ultra' series of Sparc computers. So, probably you have to bypass that option. === John Kerr Anderson Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 ==

mgetty setup for terminal login

I'm trying to set up mgetty to except logins through the modem. When I dial from a terminal, all I receive is a connect speed but no login prompt. How do I make mgetty issue a login prompt? === John Kerr Anderson Powered

Re: Linux Novice needs help with SPARC install

I'm supposed to get a Sparcstation 2, I've found a lot of information at www.ultralinux.org, and www.sunhelp.org. Both web sites have information about sun systems... Ultralinux.org discusses all of the Linux distributions on Sparc machines, hardware supported, etc. Also, I did a web search th

Re: make monitor power-saving blank -HOW?

On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Gerald Richter wrote: > John Anderson wrote: > > > > You have to compile a custom kernel with APM support enabled, and monitor > > power saving enabled under the apm section. The monitor will use power > > saving only in the character mode, so if

Re: make monitor power-saving blank -HOW?

You have to compile a custom kernel with APM support enabled, and monitor power saving enabled under the apm section. The monitor will use power saving only in the character mode, so if you use X exclusively, you might be out of luck. ==

Re: Serial console install trouble

I have had a similar problem trying to install through a character terminal on an IBM PC 350. I pass the argument, but with the CD-Rom the kernel messages don't appear on the monitor, nothing appears on the terminal screen either. I tried the floppy (idepci) which won't fully boot at all. The C

modem performance w/pon vs. wvdial

I have been experiencing slow and erratic connections using pon and a Best Data external modem. When I tried the modem with Wvdial and manually patched wvdial.conf so that I would have the default initialization string, it seems to be more responsive. Do I need to change the modem initialization

Re: PPP problems with the Debian 2.2

An easier way then to manually add the user into dialup group is to adduser option in the pppconfig program. Start pppconfig and select "Advanced options," then select "adduser." Hope this helps! === John Kerr Anderson P

Sound only for root

I thought that there was no sound available, but when I log in as root I have sound. I have tried adding my normal account into the audio group, but still I have no sound. Any suggestions? === John Kerr Anderson Powered

Re: time and timezones

Try the command which will ask you to enter your local time zone and set it accordingly. I hope this helps. John Kerr Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Andreas Palsson w

sound on pc speaker

I have downloaded a patch for pc speaker support and added it into kernel 2.2.15 on potato. Do I have to configure another program in order to get sound support? I have tried playing audio CD's and games with no sound. How do I get sound, It is supposed to be just like using a sound card? --

installing ide patch for kernel

I downloaded the ide patch for kernel 2.2.17, but how exactly do I install it? John Kerr Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux 2.2

Re: Printing w/Epson SC800

I have found that using available at the unstable distribution Debian web site is much easier to print with than apsfilter. I have an Epson Stylus 850 that works wonderfully using the 500 setting, for yours the stylus 800 setting should work fine. I have nerver been able to figure out how to pri

Re: Debian problem

I had a similar problem with Debian 2.1 on an IBM PC 350 /w a 166 mhz processor. It had know special cards. I found that Debian 2.2 would work on it because it uses the 2.2 kernel and that particular computer has a bug which the 2.2 kernel recognised. Try downloading on your FreeBSD machine a bo

CD Rom eject problem, Dselect cd-rom option

I installed the eject program through dselect and I receive this message when I try to use it: eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device The CD-rom drive is a Memorex 40X that is ATAPI compatible and has worked with the eject program before. Is there anyway to get that p

Re: Required Hardware?

I just installed Debian 2.2 on an 386 20 mhz deskpro w/10 mb of ram. I found the install was slow and very slow to boot up, but with a custom kernel it boots much faster and the performance of the system is significantely increased. At , under mini-HOWTO's there is one de

reformatting MBR

I am having an error messages such as "No operating system" or, 40 40 40... on the screen after the hard disk jumpers were not set up correctly. What is the command to redo the master boot record? John Kerr Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/

envelope/label printing program

Does anyone know of a program that can print on envelopes, labels, roledex cards, etc. I have a wonderful one for Dos called "Envelopes Plus," but I cannot find one for Linux/Unix. I would like to find one so I wouldn't have to use DOS at all. Any suggestions? John Kerr

Re: how to run pppd as a user?

As root go into the pppconfig program. Then I believe under the heading of "advanced options" or the like their is a place to adduser to the pon/poff utility. That way you can add as many users as you like to have access to the internet. John Kerr Anderson

Re: wvdial problem

All you have to do to shut Wvdial off correctly is press the interrupt key (Ctrl + C) in the virtual terminal Wvdial is running in.~ John Kerr Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 On Fri, 1 Sep 2

Re: Enabling Serial Port Console Login

type and you should be able to see if serial ports are available to you. You have to uncomment one of the terminal lines in /etc/inittab. The connect speed on your terminal (or PC pretending to be one) must be the same. The text-terminal howto has many diagrams for mak

auto power off

I was wondering if there is anyway in Debian, when I use the halt command the computer will shut off automatically if equpped with an electronic power switch. Distributions such as SuSE and Redhat would shut down my computer in that manner. Is there anyway to do this with Debian? ---

Re: Console based Word Processor

The Cliq suite is available at , it offers not only character-based word processing, but additional features such as a spreadsheet, calendar, calculator and phone book. You can download the programs from their web site and ask for a temporary key to try it out. A single user license is less than U

Re: slow modem response

I have a Best Data 56K external modem to. I was having problems with it taking forever to initialise, and it would also go off line constantly. I found that moving it too /dev/ttyS1 using irq 3 seemed to improve the performance. Before I had the modem set to /dev/ttyS2 using irq 5. Try putting

installing Netscape Navigator 4.75

I've tried installing several versions of Netscape with no luck. The most recent was version 4.75 Stand alone browser for Linux 2.2. I was given the message that I needed the shared library . I've checked in the internet, but all I find is rpm packages for other libraries. Has anyone been succe

setting clock to EDT

This sounds stupid, but when I installed Debian I selected EST vs. EDT. I have tried using the date command with no success. Any suggestions? John Kerr Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux 2.2

Re: Reading e-mails on text mode

You can go to the web site and download Pine as a .deb file. Pine is very self explanatory. in the setup menu select config then if you have a dialup connection put your isp name in the option. If your ISP uses pop3 put {isp name/pop3}inbox under .

unzipping tar.bz2 files

I downloaded the kernel source through dselect, but I can't seem to unzip the kernel source because it has a tar.bz2 ending. How does someone unzip this type of file? John Kerr Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 -

adding modules into Debian 2.2

I just upgraded from Debian 2.2 using the idepci disks. After installation I noticed that there is no lp module for the parallel printer port. The Debian website talks about adding additional modules into the kernel after the installation. I have downloaded the 3 drivers disk images for the stan

compiling Pine in Debian 2.2

I have been trying to install Pine with unsuccessful results. I have compiler output, but I don't know how to transfer it to this computer from mine at home ( I connect via telnet). The error message I get is: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lncurses collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [pine

Printing w/an Epson Stylus 850

Hi, I was wondering if anyone is using an Epson Stylus 850, and at what settings you've been successful with. I downloaded Apsfilter which printed a good test page, but I was unable to print it out in Mozilla using the standard lpr command. Is there something I did wrong? Should I used the late

updating magicfilter

Is there anyway to update he print filter selections in magicfilter to support more and newer printer models. If there is a way to update magicfilter, what kind of filter can I add (from which program)? I tried switching to apsfilter, but found it harder to setup than magicfilter. Especially try

Re: svgatextmode

In the program there is a configuration file /etc/TextConfig where you specify your video card and so forth. To improve your resolution type SVGATextMode 80x40x9 or whatever desired resolution you have. I use the program in that mode. You can check with the file for all the possibilities you ca

Re: R: Richiesta di aiuto

Marco, If you go to the site linuxcentral.com and select "Linux Central CD-Roms", then "Distributions." They have an M68 version of Debian, that's probably the one your looking for. Or go to the debian website and select "download on CD" and then your country (I assume Italy in your case). The

SVGA Text Mode & ATI Charger video card

Hello, Has anyone been successful at configuring an ATI Charger video card to use SVGA text mode? I can get it to work at a generic "VGA", but only at 80x25. I have tried ATI mach64, but It doesn't recognize the card as being that. The resolution I want is 132 columns by 40 rows. Any suggestio

2 ?'s, Pon & normal users, colour in config programs.

I tried putting normal users in /etc/group under dip like this: dip:x:1000:1001 still, the computer says, permission denied to /usr/sbin/pppd. Did I configure it incorrectly? Is there anyway to get this working? If, not is there any text-mode dialers that don't need root clearance? Also, I wa

Problem with list... (fwd)

-- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 12:15:08 -0700 From: Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Problem with list... I can't seem to post messages to this list regardless of what address I send to.

Re: Unknown problem connecting

Possibly, you might not have your internet connection fully. look in /etc/host.conf which should have in it: order hosts,bind multi on And check /etc/resolv.conf which should have: nameserver . J. Hartzelbuck wrote: > Hello friends, > > Using D

Help with debian's user list

lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: John Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: boot from rescue floppy, install from cd? Thanks. I'm going to try to work on that tonight. Would you please do me a favor and post the following message to the listmaster or the list. For some reason every t

Re: installing on an old 486

Your CD-ROM could be the culprit. I believe that Debian works off of any ATAPI compatible CD-ROM drive. With other distributions (Redhat) which I used before, my computer would freeze if I started through DOS. Is there any way you can boot directly from the CD-ROM in the BIOS setup program? If

Re: Questions from a new debian user

I found the easiest way to deactivate XDM on startup was to simply rename xdm to xdm.d in the dir . Now when the computer starts up, it stays in the text mode until a user wishes to enter x by typing . All you have to do is enter the /etc/init.d directory and type mv xdm , newname being any name.

Re: printer port

Did you configure the during the installation of Debian? If not that may explain the problem. I'm not very experienced with Linux, but I would say that the kernal would have to be redone or reinstalling Debian if it's easy enough.

diald

I've been trying to get Diald to connect correctly. The 1st time I configures it, I got a connection. Now, all it will do is say there is a slip connection, but it will not start ppp. I have a typical internet connection, dial up to our service provider. Does anyone have any suggestions or has a

Sending esc sequences to a printer.

Hi, I have a Panasonic (Epson emulation) Dot-Matrix printer, and the only way to change the default pitch (i.e. 10 cpi, 12 cpi..) is through DOS software. The owner's manual lists all the escape sequences, but how do I send them to the printer?