Difficulties while installing additional packages from .iso (USB stick) after successful stretch install
Hi list members, I have successfully installed stretch from a usb stick onto which I had downloaded the latest amd64 weekly-build DVD-1.iso and other necessary init files. Well, after the install process had finished, I rebooted from harddisk and everything worked, but when I now try to use apt to install more files FROM THE DVD.iso on the stick (not over the network), it tells me to insert the cdrom:[DEBIAN_TESTING...DVD-iso-1], even when the USB stick is already inserted in the slot - no, apt wants a cdrom (and that's what the source.list indicates: cdrom. It's an iso-hybrid as you know, but I can't find a way to tell apt to use this very same USB stick (with the named ISO) from which the installing process had been carried out. When I put different forms of identifying the USB stick into the sources.list apt says something like "there is no driver for that device installed" or "there is no release file" (when I put file://var/lib/apt/lists directory) and does not proceed. But the installer correctly used this USB stick. I can't figure out how to work around that, or what's going wrong. Do you have an idea? I read the install.txt from beginning to end, but I couldn't find any hints on this issue. Thanks in advance. Stephan P.S. Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to the list.
Re: Install ok, boot fail
I'm using an ADLINk Nanox-tx, The Bios ia an American Megatrends A1.2 The BIOS reports that EMT64 is supported. Boot settings are coorect. I took care to set the HD as first device, but with no joy. The system succesfully boot the installation ISO from USB, so I also tried to put the HD in an USB interface adapter but again without results. I started installing the Debian AMD64 bit version. Thought that this was the problen, I did another installation with the i386 distro, but still without results. >>"I've seen HP EFI32/64 craptops that just did not run grub but whatever windows loader they could come up with." That looks to be a similar case: Windows was ok. Thanks! Fabrizio 2016-02-05 15:20 GMT+01:00 : > Hi Fabrizio, > > > I'm using a single board computer > you need to be more specific. What Computer? As you're saying BIOS and > later on other computer this sounds like i386 or amd64. But is it > - EFI64 > - EFI32 > - actually BIOS? > > other than that: > boot settings correct? > > I've seen HP EFI32/64 craptops that just did not run grub but whatever > windows loader they could come up with. > > Regards, Arian > > -- *Fabrizio*
Re: Difficulties while installing additional packages from .iso (USB stick) after successful stretch install
On 02/06/2016 11:06 AM, sb...@secure.mailbox.org wrote: > Hi list members, > > I have successfully installed stretch from a usb stick onto which I had > downloaded the latest amd64 weekly-build DVD-1.iso and other necessary > init files. > Well, after the install process had finished, I rebooted from harddisk and > everything worked, but when I now try to use apt to install more files > FROM THE DVD.iso on the stick (not over the network), it tells me to > insert the cdrom:[DEBIAN_TESTING...DVD-iso-1], even when the USB > stick is already inserted in the slot - no, apt wants a cdrom (and that's > what the source.list indicates: cdrom. > It's an iso-hybrid as you know, but I can't find a way to tell apt to use > this very same USB stick (with the named ISO) from which the installing > process had been carried out. > When I put different forms of identifying the USB stick into the > sources.list apt says something like "there is no driver for that device > installed" or "there is no release file" (when I put > file://var/lib/apt/lists directory) and does not proceed. But the > installer correctly used this USB stick. I can't figure out how to work > around that, or what's going wrong. Do you have an idea? > I read the install.txt from beginning to end, but I couldn't find any > hints on this issue. > > Thanks in advance. > > Stephan > > P.S. Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to the list. > I would mount the .iso image and point the apt to the mount point: mount -o loop -t iso9660 /mnt/usb_stick/debian.iso /mnt/cdrom
Re: Problem to detect external monitor on Lenovo ThinkPad Dock
On Sat, Feb 06, 2016 at 10:11:22AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > On 04/02/2016, Fedele Mantuano wrote: > > > > > Before Debian, I used Ubuntu 15.10 and I didn't have this issue. > > > > I think that that could be the simple solution. > > It took me two years to get an external monitor working on my Acer > V3-772G, and, to get the system working overall; the simple solution > was that Ubuntu was the only (non-MS) operating system that I could > find that had the drivers for both the Intel CPU (an i7 of the Haskell > architecture, I think, with its inbuilt graphics adapter), and the > nVIDIA graphics thing, and I found UbuntuMATE had available, the > interface that I want. There is this page: https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Acer/Aspirev3-772G But true, if you want stuff to work OOTB then Ubuntu or Mint is the best solution if you don't want to get your hands dirty working under the hood. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X
Re: Install ok, boot fail
Pascal, you understood correctly: the GRUB is not even shown. Indeed it would be a problen, but now is secondary. If the GRUB could continue the process (after the timeout), even showing nothing, that could be temporary acceptable. The problem is that it looks like that GRUB stuck the PC. I'm convincing that the problem is the GRUB. I tried to boot from a Super Grub 2, but it stucks as well. I'm going to work with the GRUB_TERMINAL=console setting. Thanks F. 2016-02-06 0:23 GMT+01:00 Pascal Hambourg : > Brian a écrit : > > On Fri 05 Feb 2016 at 15:05:27 +0100, Fabrizio Carrai wrote: > > > >> Then, at the boot time, nothing happen. After the BIOS messages the > screen > >> remain black (no messages at all). > >> > >> I temporary move the disk to another computer and then I was able to > boot > >> the fresh Debian installation (that confirmed that the installation was > ok). > > > > The other computer likely has a graphics card which (for whatever reason) > > can handle what is given to it. > > > >> Any idea on the problem or how I could investigate on ? > > > > Can you reboot the single board computer with CTRL-ALT-DEL and get back > > to the GRUB menu? > > IIUC, the GRUB menu is not even displayed. > However you may be correct about a graphics mode issue, but in GRUB, not > the kernel. I have seen it on a couple of machines/graphic cards. > > Boot the system on the other machine or chroot from the installer or any > live system. > Edit /etc/default/grub to uncomment GRUB_TERMINAL=console. > Run update-grub to regenerate the grub config file. > Try to boot again on the single board. > > -- *Fabrizio*
What's up with mmogp.com?
Hi, I am building Debian-Postgres-Clusters and always used the manual on https://wiki.debian.org/Debian-HA/ClustersFromScratch where ppa.mmogp.com is used. mmogp.com somehow doesn't exist anymore. Anyone knows something about the fate of mmogp? Anyone knows an alternative for their ppa? Thanks and regards, Timo
Re: Problem to detect external monitor on Lenovo ThinkPad Dock
I used Ubuntu but now I want use Debian because I want to get hands dirty working under the hood. I can't resolve my problem because the logs are not clear, so I ask you to help me. On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Feb 06, 2016 at 10:11:22AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > > On 04/02/2016, Fedele Mantuano wrote: > > > > > > > > > Before Debian, I used Ubuntu 15.10 and I didn't have this issue. > > > > > > > I think that that could be the simple solution. > > > > It took me two years to get an external monitor working on my Acer > > V3-772G, and, to get the system working overall; the simple solution > > was that Ubuntu was the only (non-MS) operating system that I could > > find that had the drivers for both the Intel CPU (an i7 of the Haskell > > architecture, I think, with its inbuilt graphics adapter), and the > > nVIDIA graphics thing, and I found UbuntuMATE had available, the > > interface that I want. > > There is this page: > > https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Acer/Aspirev3-772G > > But true, if you want stuff to work OOTB then Ubuntu or Mint is the best > solution if you don't want to get your hands dirty working under the > hood. > > -- > "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people > who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the > oppressing." --- Malcolm X > > -- *Fedele Mantuano*
Re: Problem while installing additional packages from .iso (USB stick) after successful stretch install
[...] >> When I put different forms of identifying the USB stick into the >> sources.list apt says something like "there is no driver for that >> device >> installed" or "there is no release file" (when I put >> file://var/lib/apt/lists directory) and does not proceed. But the >> installer correctly used this USB stick. I can't figure out how to work >> around that, or what's going wrong. Do you have an idea? >> I read the install.txt from beginning to end, but I couldn't find any >> hints on this issue. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Stephan >> >> P.S. Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to the list. > I would mount the .iso image and point the apt to the mount point: > > mount -o loop -t iso9660 /mnt/usb_stick/debian.iso /mnt/cdrom Thanks, Alex. I have pointed apt to the said mountpoint but now it tells me W:The repository 'cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux testing_Stretch_-Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-1 [[date/time]] stretch Release' does not have a Release file. W:Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use. W:See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. I guess I have to look for such a release file in the repositories and download it. Or is there any other solution you'd consider? By the way, there isn't any Stretch related key in the /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d file invoked by apt-key list. Maybe I have to search manually for that key. But the DVD.iso should have any form of Release file, shouldn't it? Have a sunny nice saturday Stephan
Re: Problem to detect external monitor on Lenovo ThinkPad Dock
On Saturday 06 February 2016 13:01:38 Fedele Mantuano wrote: > I used Ubuntu but now I want use Debian because I want to get hands dirty > working under the hood. > I can't resolve my problem because the logs are not clear, so I ask you to > help me. Sounds fair enough to me!! Trouble is, I don't know the answer to your problem. If it is a driver that is in a very recent Ubuntu and not in Debian, then either it is very new or is proprietary, but it doesn't sound like it. Have you an xorg.conf? Perhaps you could put something in there. When I was using my Acer Aspire One with two screens, I found that it only "saw" the second if it was there when I booted up. Perhaps this is something like that? Lisi > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Chris Bannister > > > wrote: > > > > On Sat, Feb 06, 2016 at 10:11:22AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > > > On 04/02/2016, Fedele Mantuano wrote: > > > > Before Debian, I used Ubuntu 15.10 and I didn't have this issue. > > > > > > I think that that could be the simple solution. > > > > > > It took me two years to get an external monitor working on my Acer > > > V3-772G, and, to get the system working overall; the simple solution > > > was that Ubuntu was the only (non-MS) operating system that I could > > > find that had the drivers for both the Intel CPU (an i7 of the Haskell > > > architecture, I think, with its inbuilt graphics adapter), and the > > > nVIDIA graphics thing, and I found UbuntuMATE had available, the > > > interface that I want. > > > > There is this page: > > > > https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Acer/Aspirev3-772G > > > > But true, if you want stuff to work OOTB then Ubuntu or Mint is the best > > solution if you don't want to get your hands dirty working under the > > hood. > > > > -- > > "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people > > who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the > > oppressing." --- Malcolm X
Re: Install ok, boot fail
Hi Fabrizio, 2016-02-06 11:39 GMT+01:00 Fabrizio Carrai : > > The system succesfully boot the installation ISO from USB, so I also tried > to put the HD in an USB interface adapter but again without results. > What is the name of Debian installation ISO image you have used ?
Problems with VLC in jessie
It is Dell Precision M4800 64 bit with Nvidia Quadro K2100M graphic card. Since I've installed Jessie last year I have nothing but problems with VLC: 1. I can play DVDs but the screen is flickering awfully. Useless at worse, can play some after a lot of preferences tweaking at best. 2. I have a number of movies/videos in MP4, some in AVI format. Some of MP4 play nicely but most of them and neither of AVI files do not play at all. Usually the sound track is there but no video at all. Attempting to play some of them actually hangs up the system and reboot is required. For now I found a solution by installing SMPlayer. It plays everything above without any problems. I however would still prefer using VLC, to which I simply get used in past years. Tried to follow this WIKI https://wiki.debian.org/ MultimediaCodecs#Available_Codecs_for_Debian after installation. I would prefer to avoid not recomended deb-multimedia.org. Any advise, please?
Re: Problems with VLC in jessie
Sorry, forgotten to mention I use Nvidia 340.96-1 proprietary driver.
