Re: etch-to-lenny upgrade problem...

2009-06-29 Thread Rich Griffiths
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:20:17 +0200, Steve Witt wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, Adriano Trentini wrote: > >> Hi. >> I'm not professional. I have Lenny installed in a AMD Duron. Why to >> upgrade etch if you can simply install Lenny? >> >> > Because it is easier to upgrade than to reinstall in most c

Re: etch-to-lenny upgrade problem...

2009-06-29 Thread Rich Griffiths
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:30:19 +0200, Ed Sutter wrote: > Hi, > Last week I attempted to upgrade to lenny. Everything *seemed* to go > well, until I rebooted.. Now at startup I see a few errors (see below) > and end up with no GUI, and no network connectivity. > > Bottom line... > It ain't good. :-

Re: problem with nvidia module and kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64 SOLVED

2009-06-28 Thread Rich Griffiths
On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:20:04 +0200, Norbert Zeh wrote: >> 'aptitude search nvidia' showed the following packages as installed: >> nvidia-settings >> nvidia-kernel-common >> nvidia-xconfig >> nvidia-glx >> nvidia-kernel-2.6.26-1-amd64 > > I'm just guessing, but shouldn't you install > nv

problem with nvidia module and kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64

2009-06-27 Thread Rich Griffiths
We had a power failure here yesterday. The problem machine was on a small UPS, so it stayed up initially. After a few minutes without power, I tried to shut down the machine normally using the KDE logout -> Turn off computer sequence. OOWrite was still open, and it popped up the dialog box as

Re: Enabling MySpace in Iceweasel, et al.

2009-06-12 Thread Rich Griffiths
On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:30:21 +0200, AG wrote: > Brad Rogers wrote: >> On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:32:39 +0100 >> AG wrote: >> >> Hello AG, >> >> >>> File name: libflashplayer.so >>> Shockwave Flash 7.0 r68 >>> >>> >> >>> site keeps insisting that I / >>> / "Get Flash now!" >

Re: How do you get iceweasel (or another browser) to save what otherwise the flashplayer plays?

2009-05-31 Thread Rich Griffiths
On Sun, 31 May 2009 12:50:11 +0200, thveillon.debian wrote: > Use Firefox "better privacy" > extension, it can wipe the .macromedia content automatically. > > > Tom Thanks for this tip. I've been doing it manually once in a while. I should spend more time looking over the available add-ons

Re: Second ethernet card seems to cause networking failure?

2009-05-26 Thread Rich Griffiths
On Tue, 26 May 2009 18:20:07 +0200, Frank Miles wrote: > Sure, can provide more info... > > /etc/network/interfaces : > > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > # The primary network interface > auto eth0 > #iface eth0 inet dhcp > iface eth0 inet static > address xxx.yyy.zzz

Re: digitalizing audio records from vinyl supports

2009-05-19 Thread Rich Griffiths
On Tue, 19 May 2009 17:20:15 +0200, Bernard wrote: > Hi to Everyone ! > > What software would you advise for a realistic job, I mean : a fair > quality without too much trouble. My systems : Debian Sarge on my > desktop, Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) on my laptop. I did a lot of these conversions th

Re: Print Server

2009-03-31 Thread Rich Griffiths
Gerald C.C wrote: > Hi Guy's, > I have arrived at this point more or less by accident. I am not really > sure this is where i ask for help!!! > I have 'Lenny' installed and I would like to use it as a server. That > said i am sharing files OK> but although my other boxes see the > printers I canno