Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-25 Thread Curt
On 2011-09-25, Andrew McGlashan andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au wrote: Yes, it is not about your installation, but how to use foreports -- we have backports, but I can't find a foreports repository so I am guessing it is a case of having extra old stubs to use as foreports... Sorry.

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-25 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:26:53 +, Curt wrote: I don't know what extra old stubs are, nor what you can do with them, but it sounds interesting. They're short, but not too big around. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-24 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 24 September 2011 00:01:52 Bob Proulx wrote: Lisi wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Long Wind wrote: Subject: how stable is lenny Lenny is extremely stable. But just the same you should upgrade to Squeeze. That is the current best release to use. Depends, surely, on his

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-24 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/23/2011 9:00 AM, Long Wind wrote: even pressing power button on PC case can't shutdown lenny I have to unplug power cable to shutdown ACPI BIOS normally forces you to hold the power button in for at least 3-5 seconds to power off a system when the CPU is running in protected mode. Are

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-24 Thread Curt
On 2011-09-24, Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: But say that e.g. the screen reading software is better in Lenny than in Squeeze? Then you use debian foreports. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-24 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 24 September 2011 15:12:59 Curt wrote: On 2011-09-24, Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: But say that e.g. the screen reading software is better in Lenny than in Squeeze? Then you use debian foreports. Not everything will be available in foreports. And anyway, why is it so

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-24 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:39:57 +0100, Lisi wrote: On Saturday 24 September 2011 15:12:59 Curt wrote: On 2011-09-24, Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: But say that e.g. the screen reading software is better in Lenny than in Squeeze? Then you use debian foreports. Not everything will be

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-24 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Curt wrote: On 2011-09-24, Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: But say that e.g. the screen reading software is better in Lenny than in Squeeze? Then you use debian foreports. How and where? Is it simply using a lenny stub [in apt source files] in place of squeeze or stable? -- Kind

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-24 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 24 September 2011 17:22:09 Andrew McGlashan wrote: Curt wrote: On 2011-09-24, Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: But say that e.g. the screen reading software is better in Lenny than in Squeeze? Then you use debian foreports. How and where? Is it simply using a lenny stub

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-24 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Lisi wrote: On Saturday 24 September 2011 17:22:09 Andrew McGlashan wrote: Then you use debian foreports. How and where? Is it simply using a lenny stub [in apt source files] in place of squeeze or stable? I'm not quite sure which you are asking a question about, foreports or repositories.

how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Long Wind
sometime I can't shutdown lenny after using it for some time (I mean lenny doesn't respond to my key strokes) has anyone have similar experience? I install and run some no open source software as a no-root user it shouldn't cause problem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/23/2011 7:21 AM, Long Wind wrote: sometime I can't shutdown lenny after using it for some time (I mean lenny doesn't respond to my key strokes) has anyone have similar experience? I install and run some no open source software as a no-root user it shouldn't cause problem Does the mouse

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:21:06 +0800, Long Wind wrote: sometime I can't shutdown lenny after using it for some time (I mean lenny doesn't respond to my key strokes) has anyone have similar experience? I install and run some no open source software as a no-root user it shouldn't cause problem

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Long Wind
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote: Does the mouse still work?  If so you may simply have a KB going south.  If neither work it may by a problem coming out of hybernation.  If this happens *while* you are actively typing it could be a number of issues.

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Long Wind
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: I'm running several boxes with lenny (gui and non-gui based installations) and lenny is rock solid as the first day :-) I would investigate why your system stops responding, maybe you can start to find out by stablishing a

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:06:53 +0800, Long Wind wrote: On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: I'm running several boxes with lenny (gui and non-gui based installations) and lenny is rock solid as the first day :-) I would investigate why your system stops

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Michael Fothergill
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Long Wind longwind2...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: I am impressed with the username Long Wind.. I think it is an imaginative one. Cheers Michael Fothergill -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Whit Hansell
On 09/23/2011 08:21 AM, Long Wind wrote: sometime I can't shutdown lenny after using it for some time (I mean lenny doesn't respond to my key strokes) has anyone have similar experience? I install and run some no open source software as a no-root user it shouldn't cause problem I've had the

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Bob Proulx
Long Wind wrote: Subject: how stable is lenny Lenny is extremely stable. But just the same you should upgrade to Squeeze. That is the current best release to use. sometime I can't shutdown lenny after using it for some time (I mean lenny doesn't respond to my key strokes) has anyone have

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Lisi
On Friday 23 September 2011 22:37:17 Bob Proulx wrote: Long Wind wrote: Subject: how stable is lenny Lenny is extremely stable. But just the same you should upgrade to Squeeze. That is the current best release to use. Depends, surely, on his reason for using Lenny? The beauty of Linux

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Long Wind
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Then you can run smartclt (long test mode) to find out any problem with your hard disks. If you can connect and manage the server from a remote machine that may indicate an isolated problem not a system wide one: 1/ If

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Bob Proulx
Lisi wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Long Wind wrote: Subject: how stable is lenny Lenny is extremely stable. But just the same you should upgrade to Squeeze. That is the current best release to use. Depends, surely, on his reason for using Lenny? The beauty of Linux