Re: help with xserver-xorg-video-ast

2012-07-10 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 9 July 2012 23:24, Shane Johnson s...@rasmussenequipment.com wrote: hello everyone, I am hoping someone can help me. I am running Wheezy and got a driver from Aspeed for their on-board video driver. Loaded it and it worked until I installed xen-qemu-dm-4.0 and now when I try to

Re: Google Chrome is installed but won't run

2012-07-07 Thread Keith McKenzie
:412227201:ERROR:chrome_browser_main_extra_parts_gtk.cc(50)] Startup refusing to run as root. root@Hercules:/home/peter# /quote Help! Lisi Just installed it on Wheezy via dpkg -i. It required : libgconf2-4 (=2.27.0) libcurl3 xdg-utils (=1.0.2) HTH Keith -- Sent from FOSS (Free Open

Re: Random lockups

2012-07-03 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 3 July 2012 18:10, Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: My desktop running Debian Sid just locked up for the 4th or 5th time recently. There is nothing is the syslog...nothing in the xorg log. The system just locks changing what's on the screen to yellow tinged text. It

Re: CD/DVD diagnostic tools needed

2012-07-01 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 1 July 2012 15:30, Richard Owlett rowl...@cloud85.net wrote: I'm having various random problems installing from Live CD's. The problems are weird, inconsistent, and intermittent. The first thing is to determine whether or not I have faulty hardware, be it the target box or the box that

Re: Re (3): Apparent disagreement between df and cp.

2012-06-30 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 29 June 2012 23:41, Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote: On 06/29/2012 05:29 PM, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: From: Domto...@rpdom.net Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:02:45 +0100 Ok, I've just tested this. It is a FAT filesystem limitation. /snip/ I've looked at this thread a number of

Re: / almost full

2012-06-28 Thread Keith McKenzie
Mark Panen: FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sdc1 323M 304M 2.6M 100% / tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /lib/init/rw udev 3.9G 212K 3.9G 1% /dev tmpfs 3.9G 2.6M 3.9G 1% /dev/shm /dev/sdc9

Re: / almost full

2012-06-28 Thread Keith McKenzie
. The main reason for having separate / /home is that I can re install the system if necessary, without having to re install all my personal files. (Of course, I still have backups.) :-) On 28/06/2012, Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote: On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 09:57:13AM +0100, Keith

Re: Where does Debian define/specify standard bundles?

2012-06-28 Thread Keith McKenzie
You appear to be wanting to know the dependancies for packages, whereas, installinux appears to run a distros installer. If you want tasksel, it is part of the Debian install process. the regular (Debian suggested) desktop environment is Gnome, but you can choose between Gnome, KDE, XFCE, or LXDE

Re: Where does Debian define/specify standard bundles?

2012-06-28 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 28/06/2012, Jon Dowland j...@debian.org wrote: On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 04:42:44PM +0100, Keith McKenzie wrote: If you want tasksel, it is part of the Debian install process. the regular (Debian suggested) desktop environment is Gnome, but you can choose between Gnome, KDE, XFCE, or LXDE

Re: backuppc failed full backup of itself

2012-06-27 Thread Keith McKenzie
The system isn't backed up normally, as you would have installation media to restore it; you would just backup configuration. Having said that, if you do want to back it up, use a live media, not the running system. (Usually it is only your data that is irreplaceable.) HTH -- Sent from FOSS

Re: Debian's grub doesn't detect Ubuntu

2012-06-27 Thread Keith McKenzie
You could, most likely, enter it by hand into the grub configuration; it should then be available on your next reboot. In /boot/grub/grub.cfg; ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after

Re: bash related question, adding variable into path

2012-06-23 Thread Keith McKenzie
I think maybe put ; after the first command before issuing the second command mkdir id=`/opt/zimbra/bin/mysql -e 'use zimbra;select id,comment from mailbox;' | grep $username | cut -f 1` ; mkdir /tmp/$username 2/dev/null /or, possibly you need to escape your statement id=`/opt/zimbra/bin/mysql

Re: dependency tree on installed packages

2012-06-20 Thread Keith McKenzie
apt-cache dump | grep Package: apt-cache dump | grep Version: Those will get 2 separate lists of installed software names versions. Maybe that will get what you want in a roundabout way. :-) -- Sent from FOSS (Free Open Source Software) Debian GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: musicplayer A-B repeat

2012-06-20 Thread Keith McKenzie
Rhythmbox -- Sent from FOSS (Free Open Source Software) Debian GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: netinst on old dell hardware

2012-06-19 Thread keith
On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 11:56 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: I purchased a dell desktop pc recently intending to use it as a untility server for things like backup and print serving, and I am having trouble installing Debian on it. I've been using Debian since Potato was new, so I didn't expect

Re: Samba Backup Tool Preserving File Owner/Group/Permissions

2012-06-18 Thread keith
On Mon, 2012-06-18 at 10:41 +0300, Volkan Yazıcı wrote: Hi! I have access to a remote Samba storage device that I don't have a control over the uploaded file owner/group/permissions. Hence, once I upload my stuff to the remote end via rsync over Samba, I lose all my file attributes. Could

Re: Samba Backup Tool Preserving File Owner/Group/Permissions

2012-06-18 Thread keith
On Mon, 2012-06-18 at 15:52 +0200, Andrej Kacian wrote: On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:54:34 +0300 Volkan Yazıcı yazic...@ttmail.com wrote: In such a case, AFAIK, I won't be able to take benefit of incremental backups and I will need to tar+cp the whole disk everytime I want to take a backup. Am

Re: Syslogd message...............

2012-06-17 Thread keith
On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 22:31 +1000, Charlie wrote: It changes the device from /dev/sdb1 to /dev/sdd1 and back again. I am now mounting it as /dev/sdb1. That's what it has always been, and then it started to drop out while I was looking through the files and wouldn't mount and came up as

re: any ideas?

2012-06-17 Thread keith
On Sun, 2012-06-17 at 09:49 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: I think the floppy in this machine is defective. The information on bsd wasn't useful in fact, as root I was prevented from changing permissions on the /dev/fd0 device. Looks like the FAT is corrupt. If the data is important to you, try

Re: unable to install Debian using syslinux 4.05(stuck in Load installer components from CD step)

2012-06-17 Thread keith
On Sun, 2012-06-17 at 16:37 +0300, Martin T wrote: I'm trying to install debian-6.0.5-amd64-CD-1.iso from USB memory-stick. The problem is, that Debian-Installer is not able to Detect and mount CD-ROM during the installation process. The USB memory-stick is a 2GB model containing MBR and

re: any ideas?

2012-06-17 Thread keith
On Sun, 2012-06-17 at 10:30 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: The floppy won't even refoprmat. Also, putting a never used floppy in that drive and attempting to format it fails as well. Checked all the connections? Cables damaged? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: dd_rescue No additional sense

2012-06-15 Thread keith
On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 08:24 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: If you're using a licensed version of Win7, why don't you have the install medias? Because it is a factory install that reinstalls from a partition on disk, most likely. However, there is a code sticker on the bottom of a laptop, that

Re: books on debian of a beginner nature?

2012-06-15 Thread keith
On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 03:55 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: Mmmm, surely it is faster to read something than to listen to someone reading it aloud? Perhaps not if you're blind -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: books on debian of a beginner nature?

2012-06-15 Thread keith
On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 19:55 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 17:55 +0100, keith wrote: On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 03:55 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: Mmmm, surely it is faster to read something than to listen to someone reading it aloud? Perhaps not if you're blind

Re: dd_rescue No additional sense

2012-06-14 Thread keith
On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 09:59 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: I'm by no means an expert on dd_rescue but it looks like your drive has died. You can try again after rebooting (use a different rescue .iso image) but I suspect you'll get the same result. On 14/06/12 07:42 AM, KS wrote: Hi all,

Re: books on debian of a beginner nature?

2012-06-13 Thread keith
[QUOTE]I am thinking of external ones, I have a scanner, books with pages smiles. I just searched my local library for example, and found a debian bible 3 x circle 2005...too dated? Other authors / titles I might find?[/QUOTE] The Debian Administrators Handbook The Debian System How Linux Works

Re: books on debian of a beginner nature?

2012-06-13 Thread keith
On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 19:22 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Ponyland? On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 18:02 +0100, keith wrote: Midnight Commander (MC) is your friend for file management editing. Are you serious? .mp3 For musicians MP3 crap? Mutt is the usual email program, or (e)pine

Re: unique install question? (Squeeze audio install using the Wheezy-di from a USB drive)

2012-06-13 Thread keith
On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 15:22 -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: Not that it matters now, it seems simplest to find a squeeze cd and hppe I can combine installing from both the cd and the external dvd. Which brings up another question, if I have all of the dvd images, do not I have all of the

Re: Is there a way to use a custom background in terminal mode?

2012-06-12 Thread keith
On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 17:36 -0700, Greg Donoghue wrote: Is this the package you're thinking of? Package: qingy Version: 0.9.7-2 Priority: optional Section: admin Maintainer: Riccardo Stagni unric...@email.it Uncompressed Size: 741 k Depends: libc6 (= 2.7), libdirectfb-1.2-9, libncurses5

Re: unique install question?

2012-06-12 Thread keith
@ Karen Lewellen Asa replacement, the testing images (i.e. Wheezy) can be downloaded from ]http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer , and when given the archive mirror choice, type '' to get back to main menu, change the priority to lowest, enter the mirror selection

Re: Is there a way to use a custom background in terminal mode?

2012-06-11 Thread keith
There certainly was a program to do it via the framebuffer, I think it was called 'geecko' or 'geko', or something, but I can't seem to find any reference to it now, sorry. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: wpa_supplicant.wlan1.pid

2012-06-06 Thread Keith McKenzie
[QUOTE]Toshiba laptop with an Intel wireless adapter that I'm unable to get to work[/QUOTE] Is it dead or, maybe, it just needs some firmware to be installed. On 05/06/2012, Charlie aries...@skymesh.com.au wrote: On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 15:41:57 + (UTC) Camaleón noela...@gmail.com suggested

Re: System crashes for no apparent reason

2012-06-06 Thread Keith McKenzie
I would open the box ensure all connections are secure, re seat the ram, close the box, check the ram; then look elsewhere. On 06/06/2012, ACro a...@bluebottle.com wrote: Hello Marc, maybe this is a hardware problem? I'm not a hardware guru, but in the past I've had problems with power

Re: wpa_supplicant.wlan1.pid

2012-06-06 Thread Keith McKenzie
[QUOTE]I have installed all the firmware and other packages that might work I think. If you have an idea about what I might have left out please don't hesitate to say. Thank you, Charlie --[/QUOTE] If you haven't tried 'firmware-non-free', it may be in there, mine was. -- Sent from FOSS (Free

Re: Turn Off Screen Saver

2012-06-06 Thread Keith McKenzie
System - Preferences - Power Management -- Sent from FOSS (Free Open Source Software) Debian GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: Computer case

2012-06-02 Thread keith
If you're still looking for a case,these people supply some, see if any of them suit you. www.novatech.com -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: Sound on Squeeze

2012-05-29 Thread keith
On Tue, 29 May 2012 17:55:22 +0100 Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: Where do I look next? And for what do I look? Sometimes its the speaker volume you need. -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: [OT] Re: Having great difficuty

2012-05-28 Thread keith
I would also advize not using LINUX EMPORIUM, as they take your money, give you an order number, that's the last you hear from them ! Have emailed them 6 times in a 5 week period, have not had the courtesy of a reply; needless to say, no goods have been sent ! You have been warned! :(

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-26 Thread keith
-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-26 Thread keith
number is reached in the stable (i.e. squeeze) version. -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120526133926.85c6d542d64ad10f386a5

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-26 Thread keith
On Sat, 26 May 2012 19:57:19 +0300 Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Sb, 26 mai 12, 13:39:26, keith wrote: My understanding is - If you apt-get upgrade, you are updating your system (squeeze) When you use apt-get dist-upgrade you change your system from squeeze

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread keith
have to re-install, only overwrite your / partition. You should, of course, still have backups of your data as well. -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-25 Thread keith
on that machine ? -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120525141753.9280647e9df355198c2d2...@gmail.com

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread keith
that sources.list will work OK (I believe it will prioritize the us sites if they come first) With regard to using stable as a designation; I don't, I use Squeeze, but I thought I would just mention it. -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread keith
On Fri, 25 May 2012 19:38:31 +0100 keith km3...@gmail.com wrote: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free My apologies, I somehow missed that, as someone else has pointed out. Use squeeze not stable

Re: OT Seach for Elaborate Address Book Program

2012-05-25 Thread keith
, it's not that hard. (A commandline program) -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120525201541.32aa7639a2165d655ae1c...@gmail.com

Re: FS rights error with Samba share

2012-05-24 Thread keith
-googled this matter. Thanks a million :), Don't forget to write it down so that you can find it in 5(?) years time. :) -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: FS rights error with Samba share

2012-05-24 Thread keith
will be of no effect and you will be forced to ask all over again, an again, and again... that's known as the curse of the sysadmin secure-saved-tip loop. (just joking ;-P) Greetings, -- Camaleón :) -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: Help New Debian User to install

2012-05-22 Thread keith
an FTP server, if you get disconected, it should pick up from where it left off. -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120522200315

Re: GCC - Best way to build cross compiler?

2012-05-20 Thread keith
list? -- rbmj Maybe; take a look here http://gcc.gnu.org/lists.html -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120520102745

Re: how to practice.

2012-05-18 Thread keith
, also 'screen' would be another very useful program. -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120518192304.52e1b58f00613dcfa96cc

Re: OT: language (was: Re: something about rm)

2012-05-17 Thread keith
On Thu, 17 May 2012 17:33:45 +0100 Tony van der Hoff t...@vanderhoff.org wrote: It would be much better to originate a new word, such as heshe, or shehe, and hisher, instead of overloading an existing plural. One does normally use 's/he'. :) -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: 各類廠商存貨 貨辦 倉底貨 碼頭櫃貨 退港貨等

2012-05-11 Thread keith
連結,謝謝! email: 010508...@threebb.com.hk Very pretty, but unreadable to english speakers. :) -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: 各類廠商存貨 貨辦 倉底貨 碼頭櫃貨 退港貨等

2012-05-11 Thread keith
On Fri, 11 May 2012 15:55:18 +0100 Tony van der Hoff t...@vanderhoff.org wrote: a fuckwit :( Doesn't appear to be in The English Oxford Dictionary. -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: SB16 i386 Squeeze Scavenger hunt

2012-05-09 Thread keith
is the best way to end up with workable firmware in the /lib/firmware/sb tree? Thank you. Martin McCormick I used to use the firmware from a Knoppix CD/DVD, if I couldn't find it easily elsewhere. -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: ACPI Menagement

2012-05-08 Thread keith
drives. Usually set to function on closing the lid. Hibernate saves ram content to disk, then shuts down the computer. To resume, just press the power button. Hope that helps you to understand why it gets included. -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: Edgeport8 usb-RS-232 Converter Firmware Squeeze

2012-05-07 Thread keith
files : edgeport/down.fw edgeport/boot.fw (Put them in /lib/firmware) (If you still have copies of your original files, they would most likely work) -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

2012-05-05 Thread keith
ridiculous :-) Any chance of 'tabbing' to the desired buttons. -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

Re: Swap space not used

2012-05-02 Thread keith
shows it to be Active. Instead of Debian 6 using the swap[ partition, it just runs out of memory, progressively, requiring rebooting every few days. Why is this so? Perhaps it isn't in /etc/fstab. You could try using swapon / swapoff on the partition -- keith km3...@gmail.com

Re: Install a package from testing?

2012-05-01 Thread keith
mail via a good email program such as Icedove or Sylpheed) -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: genisoimage and truncating of file names

2012-04-30 Thread keith
. Try it with:- genisoimage -o irishceltic.iso -R -J -l -v -V Irish Celtic -hide-rr-moved . -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

Re: cd number

2012-04-29 Thread keith
a normal system. Other CD's contain additional installable software, if you need it. -- keith km3...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

Re: install iwlwifi driver in debian 6

2012-04-28 Thread keith
hamed hosseini wrote: hi i want install iwlwifi driver in debian 6.0.4, what i am must to do? i have PCI: 8086:0085 Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 but Squeeze dont support this pci and i want install this driver from here http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads *6005 Images

Re: install iwlwifi driver in debian 6

2012-04-28 Thread keith
hamed hosseini wrote: hi i want install iwlwifi driver in debian 6.0.4, what i am must to do? i have PCI: 8086:0085 Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 but Squeeze dont support this pci and i want install this driver from here http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads *6005 Images

Re: grub2 loop back is not working

2012-04-28 Thread keith
J. Bakshi wrote: As I mentioned before, one of my pendrives having grub-1.95 has no problem to boot the iso, but the one with grub-1.99 has problem with same iso. The location of the iso is correct. I guess there is something with 1.99 version of grub Not all pendrives will boot, perhaps you

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-27 Thread keith
Dom wrote: I'd just like to say that I'm not completely against gnome3, but it doesn't work for me (yet). I have to accept that with the hardware that I'm using I may have to move off to another desktop. Have a go with LXDE alongside your present setup, see how you feel about it, no need

Re: Backup backup backup -- sound problem SOLVED using a backup

2012-04-26 Thread keith
Indulekha wrote: Without knowing the cause of the original problem one cannot really call it solved though... Or am I missing something? I think I remember him saying he had 'been messing around' before losing his sound; so for him the problem is solved, i.e. he has his system back where it

Re: What kind of digital video camera

2012-04-26 Thread keith
Augustin wrote: Hello, I am about to purchase my very first digital video camera. I have never bought this kind of hardware before, and as a KDE user, I'd like to enquire what the linux community would recommend. I want a low-to-mid range camera (up to $500, more only if specific features are

Re: Problem with resolution on Radeon HD 7459 card (Squeeze)

2012-04-25 Thread keith
Han Soo Chang wrote: I found a proprietary linux driver in AMD's site (http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/AMDSupportHub.aspx) for Radeon HD 7XXX series, but I don't know if it is safe to use it. I've used a 6xxx series driver from their website OK on my Acer running Debian Squeeze 6.0.4. --

Re: Problem with resolution on Radeon HD 7459 card (Squeeze)

2012-04-25 Thread keith
張 漢秀 wrote: On 2012/04/25, at 20:26, keithkm3...@gmail.com wrote: I've used a 6xxx series driver from their website OK on my Acer running Debian Squeeze 6.0.4. Did you just run their installer? Wouldn't it cause any future problem? Han Soo Yes, just ran their installer; don't know about

Re: USB Boot

2012-04-22 Thread Keith
On 22/04/12 06:08, Daniel Koch wrote: Am Sonntag, 22. April 2012, 06:59:16 schrieb 汗青: I want to look for a software that can make USB Boot Disk of Debian.iso on Windows 7 . dd or UNetBootIn --- Daniel Koch I believe also rawrite would do it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: wLAN interface recognised, wicd won't co-operate (plz CC!)

2012-04-18 Thread keith
the firmware-iwlwifi package. Kindly CC me as I'm not subscribed on the list, Done. ...and then Network Find a hidden network enter ESSID connect ; will ask for your password, enter it, then hit 'connect' again; should now work. Keith -- Sent from Free Open Source Software Debian GNU

Re: Which partition is which

2012-04-18 Thread Keith
On 18/04/12 17:47, Jens Tobiska wrote: I have a computer with windows xp and two ntfs partitions. One of them (D:) is empty and I would like to use it for debian. My problem is to figure out which partition corresponds to the empty partition when installing debian, i.e. which partition I can

Re: difficult to isolate problem - browser access to router has problems on on machine but not other

2012-04-17 Thread Keith
On 17/04/12 14:53, Arthur Marsh wrote: Thanks for your suggestions, but I've tried several browsers on the AMD64 machine and experience the same fault, so I'm tending towards an AMD64-specific bug that happens with the realtek 8169 chipset. Arthur. I haven't been following this thread,

Re: old machine wheezy vs apt

2012-04-17 Thread Keith
On 17/04/12 15:10, Dom wrote: I run a basic Wheezy system on old machines with 64MB or 32MB of RAM on i386. I like your style :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: Icedove setting

2012-04-16 Thread keith
lina wrote: Hi, When I tried to add an account of quasi-hotmail [1] one in the icedove. POP setting Server name: pod51003.outlook.com Port: 995 Encryption method: SSL SMTP setting Server name: pod51003.outlook.com Port: 587 The re-test process and password all passed, but once the account

Re: work Debian from usb-hdd

2012-04-15 Thread keith
Простаков Алексей wrote: Hello dear friends, I need your help. Some days ago I want install Debian in USB-HDD. I read documentation/FAQ and can install Debian with kernel 2.6.32-5 on USB-HDD. I installed only console version. But can not run it. I reboot and upload by my USB-HDD - ok lilo

Re: Checking for kernel freshness

2012-04-12 Thread keith
Bernhard Schmidt wrote: Hi, the company I work for has a script on SLES/SuSE, that checks the following three kernel versions - latest version available in the repository - version installed in /boot and thus likely to be loaded on next boot - version running and warns (and/or fixes) if there

Re: install

2012-04-11 Thread keith
R.H.van Es wrote: LS. I wanted to install Debian 6 and I am wondering if we live in 2012? Because still the Grub install gave me no Idea were Grub is going and I stoped the installation. I must have more info about de HD's to be sure. Greetings, B. Gates

Re: Need some help!

2012-04-10 Thread keith
Ιάσονας Παπαδόπουλος wrote: I am a bit confused here. When i go download the full debian DVD for my USB thumb (8 GB) it sends me to this website ( http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.4/i386/bt-dvd/ ) which has 8 iso files. does that mean that i have to install them in a row (like the game

Re: [OT] Posting styles

2012-04-08 Thread Keith
On 07/04/12 21:49, Indulekha wrote: Of course, that's merely my opinion.:) Not just your opinion, but the opinion of, probably, the silent majority. I also dislike that big block of 'signature'; it's annoying. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: ATA/IDE hard drive problem

2012-04-08 Thread Keith
On 08/04/12 00:41, Gary Roach wrote: Swapping cables didn't help. The two units are mounted too far apart to make one master and the other slave on the same IDE port. I've run out of ideas. Anyone else have any? Perhaps a longer cable.. (Upto 1 meter long, I think; may also be joined

Re: [OT] Posting styles (now PGP)

2012-04-08 Thread keith
Chris Bannister wrote: Some people say that if you get a laptop with a finger identification setup on it you are safer, I say, the opposite, I want to keep all my fingers. All that does is prevent someone seeing your password -- Sent from Free Open Source Software Debian GNU/Linux

Re: [OT] Posting styles

2012-04-08 Thread keith mckenzie
Decided the easiest way to stop the annoyance of 'Mika Suomalainen', is to send his messages straight to 'trash'. No more half page fulls of meaningless numbers/letters, no more requests for confirmation; life has returned to normal. :) -- Sent from Free Open Source Software Debian

Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader

2012-04-07 Thread Keith
On 06/04/12 22:12, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: looking for is a hardware reader that is designed to respect my freedoms. Preferably one that runs a GNU/Linux system, and which I am allowed to tinker with. It does not have to work out of the box, and I am prepared to invest time in it and deal

Re: Live Squeeze system: ConsoleKit does not see serial console as active, cannot mount with udisk

2012-04-05 Thread keith
Jason Heeris wrote: My problem is this: when I try to use udisk to mount an image via a serial console, I get: user@my-live-usb:~$ udisks --mount /dev/disk/by-label/image-data --mount-options ro Mount failed: Not Authorized I read through a heap of forum postings and bug reports, and

Re: No sound with new install

2012-04-02 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 02/04/12 15:44, Nick White wrote: Anybody have any other suggestions? When I installed Squeeze 6.0.3/4 onto my newish HP G62 laptop, I had no sound. I was given this advice by someone, (I'm afraid I can't remember who), from Linuxquestions - Debian forum:- Download the latest

Re: Installing genesys on Debian - lateral thinking time?

2012-04-01 Thread Keith McKenzie
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Re: Unable to mount external USB devices -- Wheezy KDE

2012-04-01 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 01/04/12 14:15, ntrfug wrote: Apr 1 07:48:33 mysystem kernel: [281275.882442] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk It's there. So if you use a root terminal, you should be able to mount it. After that, you will need to find out why it isn't being auto mounted, as that seems to

Re: OT: change of mail provider

2012-04-01 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 01/04/12 14:20, Camaleón wrote: May I ask about the reasons for ditching Gmail from your life? I'm more than tempted to do it so but I have still not found a good replacement for my Gmail e-mail address. I use Hotmail (for receiving junk), Yahoo, Gmail. I have Icedove fetch my mail, reply

Re: Installing genesys on Debian

2012-03-31 Thread Keith McKenzie
:/home/lisi/Scanner/Canon_LiDE-110/sane-backends-1.0.22# No idea about sane; but it looks like you need two parameters for that command, if you want it in the directory you are in, put a dot '.' for the second parameter. Keith -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Installing genesys on Debian

2012-03-31 Thread Keith McKenzie
would probably be your config directory) Don't know if any of this helps or not; but it just might Was there a README to go with it? Keith -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: When will Debian 7.0 with Linux Kernel 3.x be Released?

2012-03-30 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 30/03/12 10:15, Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote: On 29/03/2012 05:03, Lisi wrote: On Tuesday 27 March 2012 19:00:18 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote: I want it fast! Then use Ubuntu. Lisi I am already using Ubuntu 11.10. Why not 12.04. I thought you liked cutting edge -- To

Re: chroot ssh and ftp

2012-03-30 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 30/03/12 19:39, Dr Beco wrote: Hi there debian users, I've being searching a how-to to work this out, but all I got was old blogs with very strange and different suggestions. I need to configure a system with 3 groups of people: admins, professors and students. MAYBE THE FOLLOWING WILL

Re: how to increase space for tmpfs /tmp

2012-03-29 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 29/03/12 18:26, Dom wrote: Disclaimer: I've never used Midnight Commander Give it a go, you may fall in love with it, like many have. :) Keith -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Can no longer mount SDHC card

2012-03-28 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 28/03/12 04:01, Charles Kroeger wrote: On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:40:02 +0200 Andrei POPESCUandreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Mi, 21 mar 12, 14:26:22, Charles Kroeger wrote: Thanks for the suggestion..however if the SD card happens to be in the camera and not in the card reader during the

Re: /tmp full, tmpfs, Debian testing

2012-03-28 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 28/03/12 00:25, wlan wrote: Oh, if I close window with movie and start it again all works. root@serenity:/home/wlan# df -h /tmp Файловая система Размер Использовано Дост Использовано% Cмонтировано в tmpfs 605M 12M 594M2% /tmp After restart movie into

Re: When will Debian 7.0 with Linux Kernel 3.x be Released?

2012-03-28 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 28/03/12 01:37, Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote: I prize bleeding edge technology above stability and reliability. But of course I still want stability and reliability. The two are incompatible! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: Query about hard drive partitions maintenance

2012-03-28 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 28/03/12 10:10, Bret Busby wrote: On Wed, 21 Mar 2012, Camaleón wrote: I can, more or less, use Debian (I am still learning it, after however many years), and PC-BSD would be a learning experience, and probably, a fair bit of hard work (I haven't used BSD, since before GUI's), so it

Re: aptitude failure to fetch

2012-03-27 Thread Keith McKenzie
codenames (except experimental). [1] experimental and unstable/sid are actually never released Hope this explains, Andrei -- Interesting information, thanks. Keith -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

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