Re: Booting Debian freezes on “[OK] Started GNOME Display Manager”

2019-12-11 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 04:07:45PM +0300, Billy Andriamahazomandimby wrote: > Dear Debian Help, > Firstly, it is a pleasure to have an opportunity to write you this Email. > As a follow up of my Email from yesterday, I would like to send you > additional details regarding my problem in which I cann

Re: Anyone using stretch/buster/sid on ARMv4t ?

2017-11-20 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 09:37:10AM +, Lars Brinkhoff wrote: > My StrongARM-based Netwinder machine has been lying dormant for a while, > but I was planning to bring it back up. It's ARMv4 without Thumb. Does a netwinder have enough ram these days to run the installer (or much of anything real

Re: does anybody remember which debian release was it that asked for the MAC ID details at the end ?

2016-07-19 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 01:45:58AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > Not me. > And I think there was never such bug as asking for MAC details from the User. I have certainly never seen it, and don't recall any such thing in any installer I have used since 2.0. > In https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bu

Re: jessie won't install/boot on a Dell Poweredge R815

2016-06-22 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 09:24:51PM +0200, deloptes wrote: > Sorry previous went out incomplete, because of some shortcut I pressed > wrongly > > Here is what I found > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 22 14:16 > ata-WDC_WD800GD-75FLC3_WD-WMAKE1962410 -> ../../sda > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun

Re: yaboot: How to load Debian8 netboot installation images directly from the boot: prompt?

2015-06-05 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 02:58:38PM +0200, Michael Felt wrote: > 10 days late replying - my apologies. > PowerPC - if I read that in a literal sense - is that basically "oldish" > Macs that were build on the PowerPC processor. If the answer is yes, is > there any interest in the Ubuntu Community to

Re: remove me from this list

2015-01-08 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 05:27:05PM -0800, Talitha Thalya wrote: > *My name was never meant to show up on a google search like this linked to > Debian. and dated back in 2001 Not Ok it was meant to go to the cause. > this is a misuse of trust. please remove me. name stated in this email > addres

Re: RAID1 all bootable

2013-03-06 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 08:03:12PM +0100, Francesco Pietra wrote: > Sorry, I forgot both the list and the appropriate output; > > root@:/home/francesco# fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors > Units = s

Re: RAID1 all bootable

2013-03-06 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 06:59:01AM +0100, Francesco Pietra wrote: > I had all my data on another raid1 machine. Following the new install, > all data were scp transferred. All my machine are on a router, with > passwordless scp. Which is also used to contact external server for > computational work

Re: RAID1 all bootable

2013-03-01 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 08:20:09PM +0100, Francesco Pietra wrote: > Hi: > With a raid1 amd64 wheezy, one of the two HDs got broken. > Unfortunately, I had added grub to sda only, which is just the one > broken. So that, when it is replaced with a fresh HD, the OS is not > found. Inverting the SATA

Re: PowerPC install stuck at dmesg

2012-08-15 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:06:09AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > Hi Michael, > > First: try sending this to the "debian-powerpc" list. You may get > more answers there... > > Second: I have a couple of G4 tower machines that work just fine, > but unfortunately I don't have any powerbooks to try, s

Re: Thread supplicate

2012-07-30 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 10:32:34AM +0200, Srdja Micic wrote: > Hi, when I was about 16 I made an thread on your site, a rather bad one, with > lots of question and exclamation marks etc., with my real name. Every time > somebody googles me, that thread shows up. Is there any possiblity that you

Re: single device to replace ADSL router, WiFi/Ethernet router, SIP router?

2011-12-23 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 11:33:12PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Sangoma has only the S518 card which is an old outdated ADSL card which > support only 8 Mbit RAW downstream and 762 kbit RAW upstream. They had an S519 but apparently stopped making it. The S518 is very much outdated and requir

Re: single device to replace ADSL router, WiFi/Ethernet router, SIP router?

2011-12-22 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 11:07:08PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hello Rob J. Epping, > > > The ADSL (PCI-)cards I found all implement a modem with a network > > card. The network card is detected by the OS and you manage the ADSL > > modem by telnet. Other than the cable there is no advantage.

Re: single device to replace ADSL router, WiFi/Ethernet router, SIP router?

2011-12-22 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 11:02:29PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > This sounds for a > > 1) Marvel Discovery MV78100 (Singel-Core 1 GEth) > or MV78200 (Dual-Core 2 GEth) Nice CPU. Even has VFP (FPU). Too bad it is ARMv5 so it can't run the armhf Debian port. Still armel isn't bad. > 2)

Re: single device to replace ADSL router, WiFi/Ethernet router, SIP router?

2011-12-22 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 02:15:40PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > I'm looking for a way to replace my current home network infrastructure > with a single device running Debian. I currently have these devices: > > * Siemens SpeedStream 4200. This is an ADSL2+ modem running the > supplied O

Re: Problem with Driver!

2011-05-16 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 09:42:43AM +0430, Yashar Amirabedin wrote: > I have got a problem with Network controller on HP ProLiant DL380 G7 E5620 > and HP ProLiant DL380 G6 E5504. > > The Quickspecs is : 1GbE NC382i Multifunction 2 Ports. That is a bnx2 card. It needs non-free firmware to work. U

Re: Intel Wifi Link 5100 -> halt system on Squeeze

2010-11-15 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 04:58:52PM -0300, Felipe Valverde wrote: > Definitively the culprit is the new driver. I tried the testing and the > > unstable driver but they just do not work properly. They will freeze my > > laptop as soon as I try to connect to a wireless network. My fix is just a > > b

Re: gforce 9400

2010-04-14 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:03:06AM +0200, Andreas Weber wrote: > On 2010-04-13 23:53, Charles Kroeger wrote: > > anyone having problems with their Nvidia card and drivers should first > > consult Lennart Sorensen's HOWTO: > > > > http://tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/debian/debian-nvidia-dri-howto.html >

Re: Pixma iP1000 printer driver on Lenny AMD64

2009-01-26 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 04:45:40PM +0800, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > Anyone ever configured this printer on debian 64 bit? Or any canon printer > on lenny 64? Unfortuantely Canon seems to be very unfriendly to others writing drivers for their products. Epson and HP on the other hand are much more

Re: Fwd: Failure to load amd64 overcome, though mem problems

2009-01-05 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 06:05:13PM +0100, Francesco Pietra wrote: > Posted again from the e-mail address I am registered to > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Francesco Pietra > Date: Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 8:26 PM > Subject: Failure to load amd64 overcome, though mem problems >

Re: Disk /dev/md6 doesn't contain valid partition table

2008-10-29 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 05:44:31AM +0100, Francesco Pietra wrote: > Hi: > Major mistake (shutting down the ups unit) while doing a parallel > computation on all 8 processors (UMA-type machine amd64 lenny with > raid 1 two disks). > > On restarting the machine and the computation, > > "fdisk -l" s

Re: Nvidia video driver problem

2008-09-11 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:16:00AM -0500, Russ Cook wrote: > I'm running an amd64, with 64bit linux (Sid), with evga 8800gts graphics > card. > I did apt-get update && upgrade today. > Then I downloaded latest linux source 2.6.26.5 from kernel.org, and > downloaded > the latest nvidia-kernel-sour

Re: libsc7_2.3.1-3_amd64.deb problems

2008-05-06 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 11:33:54AM -0700, Francesco Pietra wrote: > I have tried with synaptic. > > (1) marking libsc8 (which was installed) for removal and unmarking > libsc7_2.3.1-3_amd64.deb (which was not installed), a dist-upgrade is carried > out, ending in the same error: > > E: /var/cac

Re: [OT] Need old Packages.gz and Release Files

2008-04-04 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 03:35:57PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > I have had an accident on my Debian-Archiv-Server and unfortunatly the > files "Packages.gz", "Packages.bz2", "Sources.gz", "Sources.bz2" and > "Release" from the directories > > /debian/dists/${RELEASE}/main/binary-${AR

Re: Fwd: swap

2007-05-07 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 09:11:36AM -0700, Francesco Pietra wrote: > Len, Patrick: > Thanks. Actually, I didn't see the original by Len. > > Well, security comes first. Also, the idea of setting > in a cheap HD was a faulty idea anyway because I am at > WD Raptor just because cheap HDs didn't work

Re: Fwd: swap

2007-05-07 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 03:10:11AM -0700, Francesco Pietra wrote: > Below I mean adding a single HD not to the raid, just > as additional space where to point the swap file > thanks Running a raid1 system with non raid swap just doesn't make sense. If the swap drive fails, your system dies horrib

Re: How to cross compile Debian -> Windows ???

2007-05-03 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 07:57:41PM +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > 1 program, multiple platforms? Well some things (like ghostscript) have different makefiles for different OSs, but shared code. Some use configure to try to detect a billion parameters and work everything out based on that. Eit

Re: How to cross compile Debian -> Windows ???

2007-05-03 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 06:32:54PM +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > Do you have a better (==simpler) sollution? Depends what you are actually trying to do. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to cross compile Debian -> Windows ???

2007-05-03 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 09:07:44AM +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > I have written a small "Hello world" program that I want to cross > compile from Debian to Windows using the Mingw32 package. I can run > "configure" both on Debian and on Windows without problem. > > Can anyone give me the corre

Re: [TLUG]: running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

2007-02-01 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 06:59:44PM -0500, Fraser Campbell wrote: > Nope, core duo is fine as well. I have a Dell inspiron 6400 with a T2400 > (IIRC) ... definitely a core duo and definitely has VT. All core duos from > T2200 and up (if not earlier) should have VT capability. I've tried HP, >

Re: [TLUG]: running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

2007-01-31 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 09:47:29AM -0500, Matt Price wrote: > yes, I know. the core-duo hcips seem the obvious hcoice, probably > either a thinkpad x60 or a sony sz series. Make that Core 2 Duo. The core Duo probably won't do it at all. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: [TLUG]: running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

2007-01-30 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 06:25:37PM -0500, Fraser Campbell wrote: > The last time I tried KVM (probably release 5) Windows was very sluggish > under > it. One very noticeable problem was that the clock ran way too fast (minutes > going by in seconds). Wasn't KVM just merged like a few weeks ago

Re: [TLUG]: running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

2007-01-30 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 06:06:05PM -0500, Matt Price wrote: > My girlfriend is buying a new computer a month or two from now and I'm > hoping to convince her to let me install ubuntu feisty on it, and set up > a windows VM using the new KVM module and rdesktop. The idea of the VM > is to let her u

Re: off-site backup

2006-10-16 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 01:50:15PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone know what the limit is? 10 years at monthy is 120 cycles; > 10 years at weekly is 520 cycles, 10 years at daily is 3,650. Different types of flash memory have different cycle counts. > Does the cycle limit apply to

Re: kernel 2.6 didn't recognize the CDROM, while 2.4 did

2006-02-01 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 08:30:06AM -0800, belahcene abdelkader wrote: > I downloaded the last CD debian testing Disk 1 (janv > 30), the installation began correctly from the CD ( so > it is detected ide cdrom well known type) after a > while, it gave an error : no cdrom detected , !!! > So I went

Re: installing amd64 kernel

2005-12-22 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 07:06:05AM -0500, Aaron Stromas wrote: > I received a number of advices on installation of my AMD Athlon 64 machine. > This far I only was successful with (K)ubuntu. At one time I thought I got > the Debian daily installer to detect my built-in nVidia Ethernet, but I was > w

Re: How to set default compiler to 4.0?

2005-11-04 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 02:52:44PM +0100, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > I have installed 3 versions og gcc: 3.3 , 3.4 and 4.0. How do I set the > deafult compiler to 4.0, using the update-alternative command? For some > reason I do not get a choice if I run "update-alternatives --config c > ++". > >

Re: How do I apply a patch Debian style?

2005-10-03 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 09:28:59AM +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > I want to compile stock gnome-system-monitor-2.8.1-2 with a patch > gnome-system-monitor-2.8.1-4.diff.gz applied. > > How do I do that? What do I need, more than a compiling > gnome-system-monitor-2.8.1-2 and the > gnome-system-m

Re: Is there a Debian 3.1 AMD64 iso?

2005-08-30 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 03:06:18PM +0200, Robert Cates wrote: > I would like to install and use Debian 3.1 AMD64, but I can't seem to find > an iso to download. Can somebody please tell me where I can get the install > iso files? Or is it the same as the ia64? Just go to cdimage.debian.org and c

Re: Boot Instal thru Loadlin and initrd image

2005-08-23 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 12:43:19AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > I have today managed to boot from dos using loadlin. > The version of loadlin I used is 1.6c. > The kernel and initrd I used are from the hd-media installation method. > > The command I used to load linux was: > loadlin vmlinux /dev/ram

Re: Problem with Debian Sarge installation

2005-08-02 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 02:38:45PM +0430, Arash Hesami wrote: > Dear Debian Project team, > > I am writing you to explain about my problem to install Debian 3.1 Sarge on > my Laptop. > Initially, I've got HP Pavilion ze 4900 which has Realtek Semiconductor co. > ltd RTL-8139/8139C and FireWare e

Re: comments about hardware

2005-07-21 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 04:13:27PM -0400, Faheem Mitha wrote: > Thanks for the information. If you have experience of using dual core > processors with Debian, I'd be glad to hear of the details. I would be happy to try it out if someone bought me a machine with dual core cpu in it. :) All I hav

Re: comments about hardware

2005-07-21 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 01:36:55AM -0400, Faheem Mitha wrote: > 1) Dual core Opterons first came on the market in April. The sales rep > said that AMD Dual Core Opterons did not work with Fedora Core. Since they > only install Fedora and SuSE, they had no info about Debian. Any idea what > the s