Reporting a Bug

2016-01-27 Thread michael bailey
HI. I wish to report what I believe is a bug in Debian Jessie but am not sure which package is involved. In an /etc/fstab file I have lines for two removable file systems. For each file system I include the noauto option. However I find these file systems are automatically mounted on boot up. M

Updating Debian Jessie

2015-12-20 Thread michael bailey
Updated Debian Jessie 8.0 using :- apt-get -u update apt-get -u upgrade apt-get -u dist-upgrade but now find that the PC won't reboot. Am getting messages such as 'couldn't start the load kernel modules' and 'couldn't start /boot/efi' Can anyone help, please ?

Nvidia 6200TC and ATI RS480/482

2007-09-02 Thread michael bailey
Please has anyone experience or knowledge of incompatabilities between Nvidia's 6200TC Express X 16 graphics card and a motherboard based on ATI's RS480 or RS482 chip ? I have read of some people experiencing computer lockouts when using the above combination. I know of a system which uses an

CTRL-D needed

2007-08-30 Thread michael bailey
The stable release of Etch has recently been installed on an old Abit BE6 II motherboard. The previous system run on this board was a 2.4 Sarge. Whenever, Etch is booted, the boot stops at several points, saying CTRL-D is needede to continue the boot. This has not happened on the Sarge system.

Release of Stable Etch

2007-02-13 Thread michael bailey
Does anyone have a good idea of when the release of stable Etch is likely ? Is there any chance that it will be released in February or is March a more realistic date? I notice from the Feb 9th Bug report that there are still 104 release critical bugs to fix. ___

Upgrading to Etch

2006-12-27 Thread michael bailey
I currently am running Debian Sarge (2.4.27 kernel) on an old Abit BE6-II motherboard with a Pentium III processor. The board appears to be failing now with frequent freezes, so a new motherboard (ECS RS482-M) and cpu (AMD Athlon 64) have been acquired. However, the new motherboard has an inter

Update to a 2.6 Etch kernel

2006-11-26 Thread michael bailey
I currently am running Debian Sarge (2.4.27 kernel) on an old Abit BE6-II motherboard with a Pentium III processor. The board appears to be failing now with frequent freezes, so a new motherboard (ECS RS482-M) and cpu (AMD Athlon 64) have been acquired. However, the new motherboard has an int

ATI's SB400 Southbridge - Linux support

2006-10-14 Thread michael bailey
Please does anyone know of any good Linux support for ATI's SB400 southbridge on their Radeon Xpress 200 chipset ? I have a Debian Sarge system (kernel level 2.4.27) and want to use ATI's Xpresws 200 chipset with an AMD ATHLON 64. Would I need to update the kernel ? __

PCI Express graphics cards

2006-09-30 Thread michael bailey
I am inquiring about the suitability of NVIDIA PCI Express graphics card for a Debian Sarge system. Can anyone please tell me whether the NVIDIA Geforce 6200 series (in particular the Geforce 6200 and the Geforce 6200TC) of PCI Express graphics cards are completely okay for use in a Debian Sa

AM2 and Linux

2006-07-29 Thread michael bailey
Has anyone successfully used an Athlon64 on a socket AM2 motherboard with Linux ? If so, which motherboard did they use ? I am interested in the possibility of using the above with Debian Sarge (kernel 2.4.27-3-686). __ Do You Yah

AM2 and Linux

2006-07-29 Thread michael bailey
Has anyone successfully used an Athlon64 on a socket AM2 motherboard with Linux ? If so, which motherboard did they use ? I am interested in the possibility of using the above with Debian Sarge (kernel 2.4.27-3-686). __ Do You Yah

S3 Unichrome Pro graphics

2006-07-14 Thread michael bailey
Has anyone successfully used the S3 Unichrome Pro graphics on Via's K8M800 chipset with Linux ? I am interested in the possibility of using the above graphics with Debian Sarge (kernel 2.4.27-3-686). Would I need to download a driver from Via's website ? Via do not appear to have a Debian-sp

Re: Sarge and Athlon 64

2006-07-13 Thread michael bailey
--- Dave Ewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday, 11.07.2006 at 02:02 -0700, michael > bailey wrote: > > > I am interested in obtaining a new motherboard > and > > CPU. The current CPU is a Pentium III and runs > Debian > > Sarge (kernel 2.4.27-3-

Sarge and Athlon 64

2006-07-11 Thread michael bailey
I am interested in obtaining a new motherboard and CPU. The current CPU is a Pentium III and runs Debian Sarge (kernel 2.4.27-3-686). I am thinking of getting an Athlon 64 as the new CPU. Does anyone please know what updates would be needed to the current kernel in order to use the Athlon 64

Kernel Panic with Sarge

2006-06-17 Thread michael bailey
In October last year, I sent the following message to Debian-User mailing list :- When just about to open a LaTeX file for editing, the screen beeped, the following syslogd messages appeared in xterm and then the Caps Lock and Scroll Lock lights started flashing in unison with the screen

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RE: Kernel Panic with Sarge

2005-10-14 Thread michael bailey
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Kernel Panic with Sarge

2005-10-14 Thread michael bailey
When just about to open a LaTeX file for editing, the screen beeped, the following syslogd messages appeared in xterm and then the Caps Lock and Scroll Lock lights started flashing in unison with the screen completely frozen. Ctrl-Alt-F1 didn't work so had to reboot from the Power button. kerne

Sarge problem with Matrox video driver ?

2005-09-15 Thread michael bailey
Running Debian Sarge on an Intel P3 machine, twice in the past two weeks the screen has frozen completely and the Caps Lock and Scroll Lock green lights have started flashing rapidly. The mouse and keyboard then both don't work and you can't move anything on the screen. Trying Crtl-Alt-F1 and Ct

Freeze with Debian Sarge

2005-09-06 Thread michael bailey
Running Debian Sarge on an Intel P3 machine, twice in the past two weeks the screen has frozen completely and the Caps Lock and Scroll Lock green lights have started flashing rapidly. The mouse and keyboard then both don't work and you can't move anything on the screen. Trying Crtl-Alt-F1 and Ct