'apt-get update' GPG error

2007-05-27 Thread alan bonard
Hi, when using 'apt-get update' I keep getting Reading package lists... Done W: GPG error: http://www.mclean.net.nz stable Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 1AF1A20A4CC00851 W: GPG error: http://www.debian-multimedia.org etc

Blam/Straw/Alexandria crashing ...

2005-07-17 Thread alan bonard
Hi, I recently find my [ PIII 0.5Gb RAM Debian unstable ] machinefreezing and running slowly, andrss aggregators 'Blam' and 'Straw' not downloading initial feeds ('Straw' giving the message "No data yet, need to poll first" .. while Yarssr, Liferea, and Firefox-sage work well) and Alexandria crash

unstable XORG upgrade ..

2006-04-13 Thread alan bonard
Hi, I wish to confirm reports of teething problems by recent posters.I'm running unstable and carried out my usual upgrade and dist-upgrade,noticing xserver would be removed and many xorg modules installed. On reboot, I had no xserver - big problem with key documents on AbiWord.On ' apt-get install

Post-OOPS Network connectivity probs

2005-12-28 Thread alan bonard
The story so far .. I received a 'kernel panic' message while compiling dependencies for 'Scribes' and was not able to reboot sucessfully. When trying to do so I received error messages to do with ./etc/rc*.d scripts .. --

How to disable 'rivafb' at boot ?

2006-01-07 Thread alan bonard
Can anyone suggest how to disable 'rivafb' at boot ?I've unsuccessfully used boot parameters includingvideo=vga16:offconsole=[device] console =ttyc0console=tty1Adam.

gnome-panel .. gone .. #@!!!!

2005-06-09 Thread alan bonard
Hi, I logged into a seldom-used account to satisfy an 80 yr. old lady's wish to send an urgent email and found two panels giving me a choice between 'X-settings' and 'Gnome-session', choosing the latter out of long-term habit. I then found gnome-panels to be completely gone. I've been trying to re

Gnome-panels work again #!!@!!#

2005-06-11 Thread alan bonard
Just for the record, gnome-panels is working again - great work guys, I only had one day without them leading me toa reacquaintance with SawFish - I'm still getting used to the new location of Debian programs and theme options. Overall, from what I can see, an improvement. Alan.