Re: Dvorak Keyboards.

2012-01-11 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Weaver wea...@riseup.net [120112 02:56]: Hello all. I've been interested in this subject for some time, because of the greater typing speed potential and lowr incidence of RSI and have even delayed moving from two finger typing with an idea of implementing a Dvorak keyboard into the system.

Fwd: How to refresh Nautilus file view.

2011-12-20 Thread Russell Gadd
needed or correct but the mount is ok) Does Ctrl+R (reload) do the trick? If not, how about closing/opening Nautilus? Or just by relogin? Greetings, -- Camaleón No none of this works. It's not just Nautilus because the ls command in the Gnome terminal also fails to see the nas. Russell

How to refresh Nautilus file view.

2011-12-17 Thread Russell Gadd
I have just set up a NAS box and sometimes it comes up from sleep too late for Nautilus to see it so when I look for it in Nautilus the mounted drive isn't there, I just see the folder where it should be mounted. I'm sure it is mounted since I can check this with the mount command, although if

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

2011-12-11 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Richard Owlett rowl...@pcnetinc.com [111211 08:19]: I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. I'm aware of System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone else? I would like to do some comparison shopping. Back in the days of Lenny, this outfit has shipped laptops with

3w-9xxx performance bug in kernel 3.1.0-amd64

2011-12-02 Thread Russell L. Carter
. Or should I just go ahead and file a bug report (my first)? Bonnie++ output appended. Thanks, Russell ** Linux berlin 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Nov 3 03:41:26 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux rcarter@berlin /usr/sbin/bonnie++ -d /d1/tmp Writing a byte at a time...done Writing intelligently

Re: best lenovo laptop for debian(i need opinion)

2011-11-22 Thread Russell L. Harris
* tadziu tadzi...@gmail.com [22 19:33]: it was great laptop and i was to buy new one made by lenovo but someone told me that quality of that machines is now past. anyway i've never worked on new thinkpads so i can't really tell is that true. i'd also like to buy new laptop but i'm

System randomly booted up in 640x480

2011-11-06 Thread Russell Schoen
So I'm running Debian Squeeze 64-bit, and this morning my computer randomly booted up into 640x480. I have no idea why, my computer was fine last night, it was running at 1440x900. I went to X Server options, and it wouldn't let me raise the res. I'm completely baffled. I wish I could elaborate

Compiz effects not working

2011-10-28 Thread Russell Schoen
So I've installed Compiz with all of the necessary packages, and I just can't get it to work. I have installed all of the nvidia drivers. here are some outputs so you know what I'm working with -- Output of lspci | grep -i vga 00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce

Re: More USB install-images please!

2011-09-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Johan Scheepers johans...@telkomsa.net [110927 14:12]: 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. For repeated installations of the same Debian distributions, setting up an approx server on

Re: partitioning inhibits boot on AF drive?

2011-09-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Russell L. Harris rlhar...@broadcaster.org [110926 18:15]: I just installed on a Lenovo S205 (1) Ubuntu 10.10, (2) Debian testing (Wheezy), and (3) Debian stable (Squeeze). The Debian systems utilized netinst images, and the Ubuntu system downloaded updates during the installation

partitioning inhibits boot on AF drive?

2011-09-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
I just installed on a Lenovo S205 (1) Ubuntu 10.10, (2) Debian testing (Wheezy), and (3) Debian stable (Squeeze). The Debian systems utilized netinst images, and the Ubuntu system downloaded updates during the installation. The single hard drive has a separate /boot partition (primary). At the

create mountable image of installation dvds

2011-09-24 Thread Russell L. Harris
I purchased a Bible concordance program for the i386, and received the program on a set of DVDs. The problem is that I need to install the program on a laptop which has no optical drive, but only USB ports. So it appears to me that I need to find: (1) a procedure for creating a set of DVD

Re: Convert a pdf to text

2011-09-22 Thread Russell L. Harris
For reference in difficult cases: xpdf allows the user (using the rodent) to define a region of text, which then can be pasted into an editor such as XEmacs. Left-click (and hold) on the upper left-hand corner of the text block, drag to the lower right-hand corner of the block, release the

Re: multiboot fails -- debian + ubuntu

2011-09-21 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com [110921 02:09]: Given the grub version, it's your Wheezy install that's controlling boot. Thank you for noticing this. My intent was to have stable (Squeeze) controlling boot, because of the vagaries of testing. But this (Wheezy) may be better. Why did you run

multiboot fails -- debian + ubuntu

2011-09-20 Thread Russell L. Harris
I installed Debian stable (Squeeze) and Debian testing (Wheezy) on a single drive (multi-boot), then I installed Ubuntu 10.04.3-desktop-i386. In addition to a partition for each OS, the drive has a /boot partition and a swap partition. When installing Ubuntu, I UNchecked the install boot

recent iceweasel desktop switching problem

2011-08-02 Thread Russell L. Carter
the squeeze backports iceweasel versions to do the right thing on mouse 2 on a URL (open a new tab with the URL contents). Thanks, Russell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: recent iceweasel desktop switching problem

2011-08-02 Thread Russell L. Carter
On 08/02/2011 07:56 AM, Russell L. Carter wrote: Hi Folks, [...] The problem is that when using the squeeze backports iceweasel versions, when I click on a URL with mouse-2, it switches me to the fvwm desktop directly below the active desktop, instead of opening a new tab with the URL

USB stick no longer automounting at boot

2011-06-07 Thread Russell Gadd
I have today set up a new installation of Linux Mint and it is exhibiting the same symptoms as my installation of Squeeze as follows - I have a USB stick permanently plugged in (for backup purposes) and when the system boots the stick is not mounted. When I first installed it mounted ok and I

Re: [some progress] Re: NVIDIA cards stopped working with recent testing updates

2011-05-16 Thread Russell L. Carter
On 05/16/2011 01:57 PM, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: 15/05/2011 20:52, Russell L. Carter wrote: [...] Do you have the logs from the upgrade right before the crash, what packages got upgraded ? In between your different trials you cleaned up thoroughly ? I am thinking Nvidia .run

[some progress] Re: NVIDIA cards stopped working with recent testing updates

2011-05-15 Thread Russell L. Carter
First, thanks much to the people on the other side of the globe who see a new day before me. I have dug deeper and can now get more specific about the nvidia blank screen problem. (For the record, I have a fixed hardware config that I've tracked debian-testing on for two years, and also

Re: [some progress] Re: NVIDIA cards stopped working with recent testing updates

2011-05-15 Thread Russell L. Carter
I left out the step of replacing Driver=nouveau with Driver=nvidia in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, sorry. On 05/15/2011 11:52 AM, Russell L. Carter wrote: First, thanks much to the people on the other side of the globe who see a new day before me. I have dug deeper and can now get more specific

Re: GRUB GRUB black screen

2011-05-15 Thread Russell Gadd
On 14 May 2011 21:48, tv.deb...@googlemail.com tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: snip - see above posts Maybe LILO's simpler design can be a good choice in many situations, where grub fanciness (and complexity) isn't needed. Glad you solved it somehow in the end. Thanks for your

Re: Switch to LILO from Grub2 ?

2011-05-15 Thread Russell Gadd
On 14 May 2011 21:59, Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de wrote: snip - see previous post for more This will definitely not work.  LILO stores the location of kernels (their sectors on the disk) in a map file, and if you move those around it won't be able to find them anymore. Also I'd like to

Re: [some progress] Re: NVIDIA cards stopped working with recent testing updates

2011-05-15 Thread Russell L. Carter
On 05/15/2011 12:17 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Du, 15 mai 11, 11:56:18, Russell L. Carter wrote: I left out the step of replacing Driver=nouveau with Driver=nvidia in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, sorry. Does this mean that everything is ok now? Ah, sorry, no, I left out the step of switching

GRUB GRUB black screen

2011-05-14 Thread Russell Gadd
One of my operating systems (a version of Debian Squeeze) is now refusing to boot. It just shows a black screen with the 2 words GRUB GRUB in the top left hand corner. I wonder if anyone has seen this sort of behaviour before? More background: I have multiple operating systems on my PC which can

Switch to LILO from Grub2 ?

2011-05-14 Thread Russell Gadd
I have had a number of problems with using grub2 (running Debian Squeeze) and am thinking of switching to LILO. I'd like to achieve these objectives: 1. use a boot manager (BootitNG) in the MBR which will set up the required partition table and pass control to LILO located in the root partition

NVIDIA cards stopped working with recent testing updates

2011-05-14 Thread Russell L. Carter
driver installation with a stable 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel and got the same results (GTSR). I uninstalled all my kvm adn verde modules and GTSR. I swapped monitors and GTSR. Took a shower and GTSR. I'd be very happy to hear about any potential solutions to this situation. Thanks, Russell

Re: NVIDIA cards stopped working with recent testing updates

2011-05-14 Thread Russell L. Carter
On 05/14/2011 04:56 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: On Sat, 14 May 2011 17:23:19 -0400 (EDT), Russell L. Carter wrote: I have a system with a fixed hardware config over the last two years that I have kept current with testing through that time. Yesterday's update/dist-upgrade/reboot results

Re: NVIDIA cards stopped working with recent testing updates

2011-05-14 Thread Russell L. Carter
and repeated all the install/uninstall steps. This took a bit of time... Thanks, Russell Curt- -- 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/4dcf3c20.8030

Re: [OT] Purchasing a wired switch; advice needed

2011-04-20 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Jochen Schulz m...@well-adjusted.de [110420 05:48]: Klistvud: And here's what I need advice for: You are looking for a router (OSI layer 3), not a switch (OSI layer 2). It needs to have three distinct interfaces (1xWAN, 2xLAN). If it runs ... I think even a simple Linksys WRT54GL would

Re: cups in squeeze with ethernet postscript printer

2011-03-29 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Camaleón noela...@gmail.com [110329 18:21]: On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:54:28 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: I have made repeated attempts without success to use the web interface (localhost:631) to install a PostScript printer with HP JetDirect interface in the lan. My computer is an i386

Re: Serial Connection -- handshaking

2011-03-29 Thread Russell L. Harris
* MAROUNI Abbass abbass.maro...@internetmemory.org [110329 14:21]: I think that the discussion diverted somehow from my original question. My problem was the following : Two identical servers Z0 Z1 and a null modem cable. ttyS0 on Z0 connected to ttyS1 on Z1. on ttyS0 on Z0 I have a getty

Re: Serial Connection - balancing

2011-03-28 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com [110328 06:24]: The single largest user of twisted pair cable, its inventor and progenitor actually, was ATT (the old monopoly ATT), now known as many different companies after the 1980s breakup of the ATT monpoly and the creation of the baby Bells, now

Re: Serial Connection -- shielding

2011-03-28 Thread Russell L. Harris
to: CC: * Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com [110328 06:24]: Moczik Gabor put forth on 3/28/2011 12:01 AM: Stan Hoeppner wrote: We bought DB25 plugs in bags of 100, and used spooled CAT5 as the noise rejection is many times that of CAT3, allowing greater distances across sprawling

Re: cups in squeeze with ethernet postscript printer

2011-03-25 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Matt Richardson shortp...@gmail.com [110325 04:45]: On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Russell L. Harris rlhar...@broadcaster.org wrote: I have made repeated attempts without success to use the web interface (localhost:631) to install a PostScript printer with HP JetDirect interface

cups in squeeze with ethernet postscript printer

2011-03-24 Thread Russell L. Harris
I have made repeated attempts without success to use the web interface (localhost:631) to install a PostScript printer with HP JetDirect interface in the lan. My computer is an i386 running Squeeze. The web interface of CUPSYS worked nicely in Etch and Lenny, but in Squeeze in appears to be

Re: Intermittent internet since upgrading to squeeze

2011-03-02 Thread Russell L. Harris
Yesterday while browsing on the machine running Squeeze, at first things appeared to be working normally. But suddenly, some web sites could not be loaded, and others could not be reloaded. At first, I suspected a DSL outage, but then I discovered that I could ping some common URLs, but not

Re: Aptitude with ISO and network repositories?

2011-02-24 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Per Dalgas Jakobsen p...@knaldgas.dk [110224 09:24]: ... I'm sitting on a quite narrow network-link and I would like to have Aptitude fetch package from DVD-ISO if package is present there and up to date, otherwise from network. Can this be done, and if so, what am I missing? After

Re: Aptitude with ISO and network repositories?

2011-02-24 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Per Dalgas Jakobsen p...@knaldgas.dk [110224 09:42]: Yes, that's one of the other things I tried to do: ... Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs Err cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official amd64 DVD

Re: Cannot set preferred application

2011-02-21 Thread Russell Gadd
On 20/02/11 17:40, Russell Gadd wrote: snip I've filed a bug report now -- 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/ijtea9$m5u$1...@news.eternal-september.org

Re: To gmail or not to gmail (was Re: Fwd: selecting old machines for firewall/router use)

2011-02-21 Thread Russell Gadd
it in the main window where the thread could be seen. Russell On 21 February 2011 06:57, Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: On 02/21/2011 12:17 AM, Peter Tynan wrote: On Sun, 20 Feb 2011, Ron Johnson wrote: Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:54:27 -0600 From: Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net

Re: Cannot set preferred application

2011-02-21 Thread Russell Gadd
On 21/02/11 15:00, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:56:21 +, Russell Gadd wrote: On 20/02/11 19:30, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:16:12 +, Russell Gadd wrote: (...) So I now try right clicking on the file and choose Open with Other Application, choose audacious

Cannot set preferred application

2011-02-20 Thread Russell Gadd
I'm trying to change the default application which is used to play MP3 files in Gnome. Currently the default application for multimedia player is Totem Movie Player. I know its not a movie but when I click on an MP3 file in Nautilus it tries for a split second to use Movie Player then quits.

Re: Cannot set preferred application

2011-02-20 Thread Russell Gadd
On 20/02/11 19:30, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:16:12 +, Russell Gadd wrote: (...) So I now try right clicking on the file and choose Open with Other Application, choose audacious and tick the box which says Remember this appliction for MP3 audio files. Ok so it opens this time

Re: Moderation robot problem - can't post from Thunderbird

2011-02-16 Thread Russell Gadd
On 15/02/11 17:00, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On Ter, 15 Fev 2011, Russell Gadd wrote: I'm having a problem with the moderation robot. I am a member of this list - joined via googlemail. However I use Thunderbird to view the newsgroup but when I try to use it to reply to a post the robot

Re: Moderation robot problem - can't post from Thunderbird

2011-02-16 Thread Russell Gadd
On 16/02/11 17:10, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On Qua, 16 Fev 2011, Russell Gadd wrote: Thanks for the response. I didn't know I was using a gateway. All I know is that I signed up to Usenet-News.net to be able to access newsgroups and I can download these without problem in Icedove. I signed

Moderation robot problem - can't post from Thunderbird

2011-02-15 Thread Russell Gadd
I'm having a problem with the moderation robot. I am a member of this list - joined via googlemail. However I use Thunderbird to view the newsgroup but when I try to use it to reply to a post the robot throws it out as follows:

hyperlatex for squeeze

2011-02-14 Thread Russell L. Harris
A few weeks ago, I saw a bug report or a posting regarding the inclusion of hyperlatex in Squeeze. If I recall correctly, hyperlatex has a dependency upon Emacs 22, which, in turn, has a problem with unicode. I do not find hyperlatex in the Squeeze repository. Previously running Etch, I have

Relocating Squeeze partition

2011-02-13 Thread Russell Gadd
With Lenny I am able to take an image of a partition with an external imaging tool and rewrite it to a different location on the (first) hard drive. In this configuration I have a proprietary bootloader (BootitNG) in the MBR with Grub in the Lenny partition. My main objective is to clone a new

Re: Relocating Squeeze partition

2011-02-13 Thread Russell Gadd
I noticed this in /etc/default/grub: # Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass root=UUID=xxx parameter to Linux #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true Perhaps uncommenting this as well as not using UUIDs in fstab might do it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Fwd: Relocating Squeeze partition

2011-02-13 Thread Russell Gadd
On 13 February 2011 10:54, Klistvud quotati...@aliceadsl.fr wrote: With Lenny I am able to take an image of a partition with an external imaging tool and rewrite it to a different location on the (first) hard drive. In this configuration I have a proprietary bootloader (BootitNG) in the MBR

Re: xemacs21-nomule under squeeze

2011-02-09 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Andreas Goesele goes...@hfph.mwn.de [110210 00:27]: The correction: Of course, I want to get back a working *xemacs21-nomule*. (Without the need of having installed xemacs21-mule.) Any idea how I could pin down the problem? Or, what would be the right place to ask this question, if not

Squeeze Beta 2 upgrade

2011-02-02 Thread Russell Gadd
Hopefully a simple question to answer. I installed Squeeze beta 2 AMD64 a few weeks ago and have accepted all updates. If I continue to take the updates will it morph into the release version when that is released or is it advisable to reinstall the final release? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: which is at fault? iceweasel or drupal?

2011-02-01 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Camaleón noela...@gmail.com [110201 00:45]: On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:00:14 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: Run top and sort by CPU usage to find the culprit. Three instances of gtk-gnash are at the head of the list, followed by Xorg and gnome-terminal. Drupal per se cannot be the culprit

which is at fault? iceweasel or drupal?

2011-01-30 Thread Russell L. Harris
Occasionally while browsing with iceweasel, the machine slows to a crawl and the processor usage (as displayed by system monitor) stays at 100 percent. Almost always, this happens when browsing a web site which uses drupal as its engine. I have experienced this phenomenon with Etch, Lenny, and

Re: approx for new netinst installation

2011-01-30 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net [110130 21:15]: On 20110129_230759, Russell L. Harris wrote: * Greg Madden gomadtr...@gci.net [110126 03:45]: On Tuesday 25 January 2011 16:17:56 Russell L. Harris wrote: I am trying to discover how -- if it is possible -- to use approx

Re: which is at fault? iceweasel or drupal?

2011-01-30 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net [110131 04:12]: In 20110130220014.ga2...@rlharris.org, Russell L. Harris wrote: Occasionally while browsing with iceweasel, the machine slows to a crawl and the processor usage (as displayed by system monitor) stays at 100 percent. Almost always

Re: approx for new netinst installation

2011-01-29 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Greg Madden gomadtr...@gci.net [110126 03:45]: On Tuesday 25 January 2011 16:17:56 Russell L. Harris wrote: I am trying to discover how -- if it is possible -- to use approx in order to minimize download time and bandwidth during a new netinst installation. ... During the 'net-install

Re: approx for new netinst installation

2011-01-29 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Greg Madden gomadtr...@gci.net [110130 04:03]: Does you mirror have 'Testing' or 'Squeeze? or missing symlink, if applicable. The directories are: /var/cache/approx/debian/dists/squeeze/... /var/cache/approx/debian/dists/lenny/... the structure after /approx having been added by

apache2 ftp password

2011-01-28 Thread Russell L. Harris
For the purpose of web site development and testing, I installed apache2 as a local http server on another machine in the LAN. The default web page directory is /var/www . Of course, this directory is owned by root. I would like to use an ftp client such as ncftp or lftp to upload web pages

approx for new netinst installation

2011-01-25 Thread Russell L. Harris
I am trying to discover how -- if it is possible -- to use approx in order to minimize download time and bandwidth during a new netinst installation. It appears to be necessary to complete a minimal installation, and then to switch over to an approx server to add packages. But this means that it

Kernel bug in Squeeze

2011-01-13 Thread Russell Gadd
I have had 2 freezes recently with a kernel bug reported on the screen. One was at the end of shutdown (on a reboot) and the other just now on bootup (not the same reboot). I had a look in syslog for some info but I suspect that the output wasn't able to be added due to the system halting. I don't

Re: convert \u markup codes for xemacs

2011-01-13 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Camaleón noela...@gmail.com [110113 15:21]: On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 07:53:53 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: (...) Is there a facility within Emacs to do the conversion? or perhaps a stand-alone utility? Is there a tutorial which explains all this? Maybe this helps: Q1.8.8

convert \u markup codes for xemacs

2011-01-12 Thread Russell L. Harris
I occasionally need to use XEmacs and LaTeX to edit and format documents which have \u punctuation markup codes such as the following: \u2018Denmark\u2019 \u20ac450 billion Ireland\u2019s In case locale has anything to do with this problem, the respose to the locale command is en_US; I do not

Re: Sound recording in Debian Lenny

2011-01-05 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com [110105 21:42]: I am after something from never-never land, but I live in hopes. I need a sound recorder, and would prefer that it be in Debian Lenny, but a dual-boot would be possible. It must fulfil the following criteria: 1) Be managed by someone who knows

Re: Sound recording in Debian Lenny

2011-01-05 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com [110105 22:51]: The Lexicon Alpha and Omega use USB 1.0 and thus work with Linux Etch, Lenny, and Squeeze; a two- or three-line configuration file may be needed to make the Lexicon the default sound device. With Ubuntu 10.10, both are fully

Re: firewall package for laptop wi-fi client

2011-01-03 Thread Russell L. Harris
* tv.deb...@googlemail.com tv.deb...@googlemail.com [110103 09:24]: Hello, if you are looking for a graphical front end you can look at gufw, firestarter and guarddog. For text based tools I ear good things about shorewall. I am looking for a package which is easy to configure, whether text

firewall package for laptop wi-fi client

2011-01-02 Thread Russell L. Harris
I need recommendations for a Debian firewall package to be installed on a laptop or notebook which is used for web browsing and web-based email in public wi-fi hotspots. My concern is to prevent infection or compromise of the laptop, so that the laptop may be connected safely to a home or office

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
Russell: 1. Remove the electric pencil sharpener and/or stapler from your desk. 2. If you have a florescent lamp/light remove it. 3. Remove anything with an electric motor or transformer of any kind including charger bases for cell phones, cordless screwdrivers, VHS or other magnetic head

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
* tv.deb...@googlemail.com tv.deb...@googlemail.com [101227 09:28]: Asustek uses what they call military grade technology (chokes, capacitors and mofsets) on some boards (SABERTOOTH's at least), it's not tantalum but claimed to be at least as reliable. ... Having lost two expensive Samsung

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Russell L. Harris rlhar...@broadcaster.org [101227 00:28]: Finally, I was in error regarding the P5Q-EM; it employs solid capacitors only in the critical power supply circuitry surrounding the processor; other capacitors on the board are electrolytic. This is typical of the garden-variety

Re: PPTP Issues in Debian Testing/Squeeze

2010-12-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Roland Rosier rrdeb...@hotmail.co.uk [101227 13:14]: I have been using Debian for many years as a Firewall for my family's computers. ... I am using the Shorewall firewall with the two-interfaces configuration.  You might get a clue as to what is happening by installing another system

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com [101228 00:28]: The line artifacts you describe, if you are indeed describing them accurately, are nearly always caused by static stray magnetic fields. Something as innocuous as a small decorative refrigerator magnet stuck to the PC case can cause things

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com [101228 00:28]: Paul I get the feeling you've read a lot of forums and magazines, and know some people who might know their stuff, but that you personally don't really have any experience as a PC/server hardware tech. Is this an accurate assessment? I

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com [101228 00:28]: consider 10 years of pretty harsh duty a long life. Who knows how many years my BP6 has left in it. Hopefully at least a few, as I still love this board, and it works great in its current role. When one speaks of the lifetime of a

need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
I am tossing into the dumpster the last two motherboards which I purchased -- Asus M3A78-T (AMD64) and Asus P5Q-EM (i386) -- because of video problems. I purchased the boards because of the long-life solid capacitors. (Motherboard life typically is limited by deterioration of conventional

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
* shawn wilson ag4ve...@gmail.com [101226 12:28]: I don't think that brand or manufacturing process are the issue here unless you bought cheap asus boards Cheap boards generally do not have solid capacitors exclusively. purchased -- Asus M3A78-T (AMD64) and Asus P5Q-EM (i386) So,

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com [101226 13:35]: Russell L. Harris put forth on 12/26/2010 5:12 AM: I am tossing into the dumpster the last two motherboards which I purchased -- Asus M3A78-T (AMD64) and Asus P5Q-EM (i386) -- because of video problems. Two? Hi, Stan. It really

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Mark Neidorff m...@neidorff.com [101226 22:56]: Well OK. So, this seems to me to be a memory problem. I'm guessing the video ram. Whatever memory the 80X25 mode is mapping into has become flaky. When you start X, you are using different memory, so no problem. Why didn't ASUS solve

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net [101226 22:56]: Maybe it's time to buy tantalum capacitors. More expensive, slightly smaller, and (I believe) less likely to blow up. Available with parallel wires or in surface mount configurations. Military equipment has been using tantalum caps for years,

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-26 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com [101226 22:56]: No Asus? Too bad. I really like my Asus M4N98TD EVO. First mobo I bought that worked out-of-the-box. Hi, Hugo, Thanks for the recommendation. I suppose that I should look again at Asus, now that Squeeze has X working on the M3A78-T. RLH

Reportbug failure

2010-12-22 Thread Russell Gadd
I'm trying to report a bug in gedit and ran reportbug, opting for the gtk interface. I looked at existing bug reports and none seemed relevant so I proceeded to create one. After inputting the bug title and selecting the severity rating (normal) the application quits. When I look for the report it

Re: universal flash card reader

2010-12-18 Thread Russell L. Harris
* shawn wilson ag4ve...@gmail.com [101219 05:14]: On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Russell L. Harris rlhar...@broadcaster.org wrote: I need a recommendation for a Linux-compatible USB-interface flash card reader to handle SD, SDHC, and CompactFlash. fwiw - I've used about a dozen

universal flash card reader

2010-12-18 Thread Russell L. Harris
I need a recommendation for a Linux-compatible USB-interface flash card reader to handle SD, SDHC, and CompactFlash. I have a SanDisk ImageMate 8-in-1 model SDDR-88 which works with SD, but not with SDHC. RLH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Which OS to install?

2010-12-16 Thread Russell Gadd
I would like to compile a GTK+ application from source (hitori-0.2.5) so that I can play with the source code. I followed the instructions up to ./configure which reports missing packages: No package 'glib-2.0' found No package 'gtk+-2.0' found No package 'gmodule-2.0' found No package 'cairo'

Fwd: Which OS to install?

2010-12-16 Thread Russell Gadd
On 16 December 2010 08:14,  teddi...@tmo.blackberry.net wrote: One thing I may suggest is look into the use of virtual machines for something like this. You can install and run the OS of your choosing in a window ontop of your main system, This has the advantages of sandboxing your

Re: Which OS to install?

2010-12-16 Thread Russell Gadd
On 16 December 2010 08:41, Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de wrote: (see above post) Thanks Sven, you have confirmed with useful detail the vague ideas I had. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: using jigdo or/and rsync to keep images freshen.

2010-12-16 Thread Russell L. Harris
* shirish ??? shirisha...@gmail.com [101216 21:21]: Hi all, Disregard the above, re-read the mirroring page and this is what it should look like - rsync --times --links --hard-links --partial -archive -verbose -compress --block-size=8192 --exclude=source/

Re: Which OS to install?

2010-12-16 Thread Russell Gadd
algorithms rather than the graphics side, but I'd want to have the ability to modify the presentation and user interaction so I need to understand how this is put together. Russell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: itune podcasts on a debian system?

2010-12-14 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Thomas H. George li...@tomgeorge.info [101214 19:28]: On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 04:06:40PM +, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:20:55 -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: The New York Times says I must have itunes to hear/see the science podcast. ... Lastest science podcasts are

Re: usb drive nolonger registers on one pc, still registers on another

2010-12-14 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Camaleón noela...@gmail.com [101214 12:35]: On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:16:21 -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: A Toshiba usb hard drive previously registered with no difficulty on one computer but still registers with no difficulty on a seconcd computer. ... You can make a quick test: run

Re: why my sound card doesn't work

2010-12-13 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Klistvud quotati...@aliceadsl.fr [101213 20:07]: Dne, 13. 12. 2010 03:03:16 je Russell L. Harris napisal(a): I never have been able to get Intel integrated audio working under Linux. Would that be something like this: 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6

Re: USB soundbar as default audio device

2010-12-13 Thread Russell L. Harris
* deloptes delop...@yahoo.com [101213 20:28]: Chris Jones wrote: Maybe I should send it back use the compatiblity lists to try and get something that's supported out of the box. Consider a Lexicon Alpha (US$60) or Lexicon Omega (US$180). See broadcast suppliers such as www.bswusa.com or

Re: why my sound card doesn't work

2010-12-13 Thread Russell L. Harris
* deloptes delop...@yahoo.com [101213 20:42]: Long Wind wrote: 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio (rev 12) this is a straight forward intel audio card based on ac97 run amixer | grep -i off and you'll see what's muted - I bet it's the

Re: why my sound card doesn't work

2010-12-12 Thread Russell L. Harris
* shawn wilson ag4ve...@gmail.com [101213 01:35]: On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Long Wind longwind2...@gmail.com wrote: I have a P4 motherboard, which has intel integrated audio It works fine in Windows XP but in etch, there's no sound I never have been able to get Intel integrated

mac keyboard on pc

2010-12-06 Thread Russell L. Harris
The machines which I use are PC-clones, with various motherboards. I use the Dvorak classic keymap on whatever keyboard is handy. I touch-type, so the QWERTY labeling of the keys is not an issue. A few years ago, I went shopping for a better keyboard (one with with high-quality key switches),

Re: sandbox for Window$

2010-11-11 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net [10 08:21]: In 20101110213657.ga3...@rlharris.org, Russell L. Harris wrote: I think that my need is for a sandbox to isolate a Window$ computer. Assuming by Window$ you mean MS Windows, you are posting to the wrong forum. This forum

Re: sandbox for Window$

2010-11-11 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Camaleón noela...@gmail.com [10 08:49]: Disable gateway in that windows box (only lan connection). This may be what I was trying to figure out. I hate the very thought of using Window$, but I have two or three devices with USB interface for which no other approach appears practical.

sandbox for Window$

2010-11-10 Thread Russell L. Harris
I think that my need is for a sandbox to isolate a Window$ computer. I wish files on a machine running Window$ to be accessible to other computers in the LAN, while preventing the Window$ machine from accessing the Internet for http, ftp, email, etc. And, the Window$ machine must not be able to

usb mount pmd661

2010-11-01 Thread Russell L. Harris
Has anyone figured out how to mount a Marantz PMD661 flash memory recorder in Linux in order to copy the audio files to a computer? or is necessary to run a Window$ machine in order to access the device? The device uses SD and SDHC supposedly is USB 2.0 with a drop-and-drag interface. It is the

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