Re: Debian 5 server - auto-reconnect to wireless networks?

2010-04-05 Thread chombee
one day so far, but looks promising. I'm no expert but I feel like I finally have a foot in the door with debian network configuration. Thanks for the help On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:55:24PM +0100, Mirko Parthey wrote: On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 04:46:51PM +, chombee wrote: I'm wondering how

Re: Debian 5 server - auto-reconnect to wireless networks?

2010-03-16 Thread chombee
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:51:13AM +0100, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 23. 02. 2010 16:57:26 je chombee napisal(a): it has a static IP so I can ssh to it over the internet. I think network manager (when working correctly) is actually perfect for it, it should keep the connection to my home wireless

Re: Debian 5 server - auto-reconnect to wireless networks?

2010-02-23 Thread chombee
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:55:24PM +0100, Mirko Parthey wrote: On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 04:46:51PM +, chombee wrote: I'm wondering how to get my Debian server to automatically reconnect to my wireless network. The server is an OLPC XO-1 running Debian 5 Stable via the DebXO distribution

Debian 5 server - auto-reconnect to wireless networks?

2010-02-21 Thread chombee
Hi, I'm wondering how to get my Debian server to automatically reconnect to my wireless network. The server is an OLPC XO-1 running Debian 5 Stable via the DebXO distribution. It does not have a wired ethernet port, it connects to the internet through my home wireless network. The wireless router

Re: How to hibernate from the command line without typing password

2009-12-08 Thread chombee
On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 02:10:38PM -0500, Celejar wrote: On Sun, 6 Dec 2009 14:57:21 + chombee chom...@lavabit.com wrote: ... Gnome desktop. You can send a signal via dbus asking for the computer to be hibernated with the following command: dbus-send --session --dest

How to hibernate from the command line without typing password

2009-12-06 Thread chombee
I asked this question on this list a while back and although I did get a helpful response that would have led to a solution, it would not have led to the better solution that I recently discovered so I thought I'd post this in case it might be helpful to anyone else searching the list. I found

Re: Network manager doesn't autoconnect to wireless networks in stable?

2009-11-03 Thread chombee
wrote: On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:44 AM, chombee chom...@lavabit.com wrote: Does no one know the answer to this? Is not reconnecting automatically the default behaviour of network manager in Debian 5 stable or am I the only one who has this behaviour? On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:26:14PM

Re: Network manager doesn't autoconnect to wireless networks in stable?

2009-11-02 Thread chombee
Does no one know the answer to this? Is not reconnecting automatically the default behaviour of network manager in Debian 5 stable or am I the only one who has this behaviour? On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:26:14PM +, chombee wrote: Hi, I've noticed that in Debian 5 network manager doesn't

Re: Network manager doesn't autoconnect to wireless networks in stable?

2009-10-27 Thread chombee
For me it happens every time I boot up the laptop -- it does not automatically connect to my wireless network. Apart from not automatically connecting network manager works perfectly, detects all the wireless networks, connects to my network when I click on it, so it feels more like a

Network manager doesn't autoconnect to wireless networks in stable?

2009-10-26 Thread chombee
Hi, I've noticed that in Debian 5 network manager doesn't automatically reconnect to wireless networks that it has connected to before, e.g. after logging in, you have to use the mouse to tell the applet which wireless network to connect to. I've been googling and looking through the man

Re: My Alt keys don't work!

2009-09-25 Thread chombee
, 2009 at 07:36:03PM +0100, chombee wrote: Ok, sticking to fixing my Alt keys for now. First I was wrong, Alt Gr is working as it should, it allows me to type that | character that is the third character on its key, and various other characters that are not labelled on the keys. It does

My Alt keys don't work!

2009-09-23 Thread chombee
Could someone help me sort out my keyboard configuration, or send me on the right track? I've investigated a little but I really don't know what to do. It's a somewhat tricky configuration. 1. I have two keyboards. The built-in one (it's a laptop), and an external one that I use. Since the

Re: My Alt keys don't work!

2009-09-23 Thread chombee
Apologies for sending this twice. I sent this one 'from' the wrong address, I assumed it wouldn't go through so I sent it again from the right address. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: My Alt keys don't work!

2009-09-23 Thread chombee
Ok, sticking to fixing my Alt keys for now. First I was wrong, Alt Gr is working as it should, it allows me to type that | character that is the third character on its key, and various other characters that are not labelled on the keys. It does not function as an Alt modifier however (of the