Re: PowerTop on Debian Stretch

2016-02-09 Thread Jos Collin
I'm saying that the battery should be used efficiently. But What I meant was it is not worth bothering too much about battery life, as it is going to die in the near future anyway.

Re: PowerTop on Debian Stretch

2016-02-09 Thread Jos Collin
Hi, I'm not answering your question. But my suggestion is: don't bother about your battery life. Because even if you get 10 hours now, it is going to reduce slowly and reach 30 mins or 10 mins with in a few years. Then you have to replace your battery with a new one. I had a battery that drains to

Re: Swap

2016-02-08 Thread Jos Collin
I Mark this email thread as closed. :-)

Re: Home Directory in SSD

2016-02-07 Thread Jos Collin
ering commands ? I need something that happens automatically and regularly. For the time being, I am mounting a partition in HDD to /home until I find a better method. Thanks, Jos Collin

Re: Home Directory in SSD

2016-02-06 Thread Jos Collin
week. This method is okay, but I think I will avoid this method as there is still a risk of loosing the /home data if the SSD fails in between the backup period. Thanks, Jos Collin On 02/07/2016 04:41 AM, Aleksandar Atanasov wrote: Backups are usually supposed to be done on a different storage

Re: Home Directory in SSD

2016-02-06 Thread Jos Collin
t keep everything on my ssd and make regular backups. > If you backup enough, which you should anyway, you'll be fine. > > On February 6, 2016 3:00:57 PM GMT+01:00, Jos Collin > wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I have Debian/testing installed completely in my 120GB SSD.

Home Directory in SSD

2016-02-06 Thread Jos Collin
? (I have an Ultrabay Caddy, in which I can connect the HDD also in my Thinkpad T61). Please advice. Thanks, Jos Collin

Re: Swap

2016-02-05 Thread Jos Collin
think, are not much changed. For the case Jos > Collin presented initially, (and noting his mention in another branch of > 175 MB actually used) 2GB swap likely is quite enough. > > Tom > > > On 02/04/2016 03:41 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> option, swap is where the m

Re: Aw: Change home and root directories

2016-02-05 Thread Jos Collin
Yes, I have seen that option. But what about putting /root in another disk ?

Change home and root directories

2016-02-05 Thread Jos Collin
Hi I haven't used the Debian installer for almost 8 years now. Is it possible to change the location of home and root directories from Debian installer , during the installation process? I have 2 disks: an SSD where the root / partition resides and an HDD where the /home and /root directories res

Re: Swap

2016-02-05 Thread Jos Collin
Could you please give your suggestion for my questions (based on SSD) ? On 05-Feb-2016 11:59 AM, "Jos Collin" wrote: > I have 120GB HDD with 3.8GB swap at the moment. I have monitored the swap > usage for sometime, running frequently used applications and then > hibernate. I

Re: Swap

2016-02-04 Thread Jos Collin
ec, Canada* ** *From:* Jos Collin *To:* f...@bluewin.ch; debian-laptop@lists.debian.org *Sent:* Thursday, February 4, 2016 11:35 AM *Subject:* Re: Swap I think that's a good idea. I will create a swap fi

Re: Swap

2016-02-04 Thread Jos Collin
es ? I have been using the > rule "RAM size x 2" for calculating the size of swap. But as the RAM sizes > are bigger nowadays, is this a wrong calculation ? I mean, is it okay if I > use 1 GB of swap space (or lesser) for a 4gb RAM ? > > (I use to suspend my system everyday by pressing alt+shutdown menu in > gnome 3) > > Please suggest. > > Thanks, > Jos Collin > > > > >

Re: Swap

2016-02-04 Thread Jos Collin
I have never monitored my RAM usage. I have been allocating RAM Size x 2 until now for all my systems. On 04-Feb-2016 9:32 PM, "Matus UHLAR - fantomas" wrote: > On 04.02.16 21:12, Jos Collin wrote: > >> How much swap space does 4GB ram ideally requires ? I have been using t

Swap

2016-02-04 Thread Jos Collin
(I use to suspend my system everyday by pressing alt+shutdown menu in gnome 3) Please suggest. Thanks, Jos Collin

Re: Debian 32-bit or 64-bit

2016-02-04 Thread Jos Collin
ation. What is the minimum required RAM for a 64-bit Debian ? Regards, Jos Collin On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 5:34 PM, Aleksandar Atanasov wrote: > > ​Hi, Jos :) > > Well, in order to produce 64bit binaries you would need a 64bit system > (although maybe with QEMU you can omit that b

Re: Debian 32-bit or 64-bit

2016-02-04 Thread Jos Collin
2-bit programs ? On 04-Feb-2016 4:23 PM, "Tomasz Wostal" wrote: > I always use 64bit version even on old computers. I never had problems > with that, so in my opinion you can use 64bit without worries. > > Sorry for Outlook mail, but it’s only option for now ;) > > >

Debian 32-bit or 64-bit

2016-02-04 Thread Jos Collin
SSD 120GB. So which version 32-bit or 64-bit do you suggest to install in this system ? Thanks, Jos Collin

Re: Sound Not working on T61

2008-01-29 Thread Jos Collin
I have installed alsa-source many times. But never checked the alsamixer. I thought if something is muted, it will be displayed in aumix. Franklin, Thank you for identifying it. Regards, Jos Collin On 1/29/08, Cyril Jaquier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jos Collin wrote: >

Re: Sound Not working on T61

2008-01-28 Thread Jos Collin
Yes. That's correct. The speaker was muted in alsamixer. Now sound is working perfectly. Thank you very much for the help. - Jos Collin On Jan 28, 2008 11:25 AM, Franklin PIAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, January 28, 2008 18:57, Jos Collin wrote: > > 1. I'm usin

Re: Sound Not working on T61

2008-01-28 Thread Jos Collin
ays "sound is configured. Have Fun". But no sound. :-) After installing kernel 2.6.23 / installing alsa-source, there is no sound even when the tab key is pressed on the console. On 1/28/08, Franklin PIAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, January 28, 2008 07:39, Jos Coll

Re: Sound Not working on T61

2008-01-27 Thread Jos Collin
at, 2008-01-26 at 23:20 -0800, Jos Collin wrote: > > I did the following. But no sound. Not even when the tab key is > > pressed on the console. > Humm... you probably had wrong mixer setting too. It happens frequently > when an unpatched module is loaded first (enable "speake

Re: Sound Not working on T61

2008-01-26 Thread Jos Collin
-assistant alsa-source module-assistant prepare module-assistant update module-assistant a-i alsa-source Regards, Jos Collin On Jan 24, 2008 10:51 PM, Jos Collin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, the following is the mail that I wrote to many linux groups. But not > able to find a solut

Re: Sound Not working on T61

2008-01-26 Thread Jos Collin
have installed Debian. I will not get this kernel panic if the kernel version <= version of the kernel provided by the distribution. Thanks, jos collin On Jan 24, 2008 10:51 PM, Jos Collin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, the following is the mail that I wrote to many linux gro

Sound Not working on T61

2008-01-24 Thread Jos Collin
ch produces the beep sound, to get the audio output. But the beep sound is not coming at all. If anybody experienced this problem, please help me. So that I can move away from my laptop while hearing music :-) Thanks, Jos Collin