Cannot connect to WPA PSK network (ThinkPad X220 with Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 adapter)

Hello, I'm having trouble connecting to WPA PSK network from my Debian Squeeze machine with Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 adapter. When I change the router and Debian's settings to use WEP, it just works. I tried firmware-iwlwifi-0.29 from testing but it didn't help. Please s

Re: Poll - What Smartphone do you use?

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 09:06, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Wed, 4 May 2011 04:54:55 -0400 > Brad Alexander dijo: > >>I have been researching this since I am in the same position with >>AT&T. The primary phone on our line is $90/month, and the secondary is >>$30. I called AT&T and asked them if t

Re: CPU usage mysteriously spiking after kernel upgrade

Thanks everyone for the helpful suggestions! * Darac Marjal [110504 10:26]: > Has your CPU governor changed, perhaps, to something more 'twitchy'? > Try: >cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor > > If this returns "ondemand", for example, the CPU will jump to a higher > fre

Re: KDE does not start any more

On Wed, 4 May 2011 18:41:44 +0200, Hans-J. wrote in message <201105041841.44665.hans.ullr...@loop.de>: > > > More than a bug I'd say it sounds like a configuration issue with > > some files. And remember that you can also install the nvidia > > driver in the "hard way" (by downloading from nvidi

Re: file systems

In <4dc1e009.30...@hardwarefreak.com>, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >On 5/2/2011 4:02 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> They are also essential for any journaled filesystem to have correct >> behavior in the face of sudden pwoer loss. > >This is true only if you don't have BBWC. No. It is true even wi

Re: file systems

On 5/2/2011 4:02 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: They are also essential for any journaled filesystem to have correct behavior in the face of sudden pwoer loss. This is true only if you don't have BBWC. Barriers ensure, (e.g.) that the journal entry creating a file is flushed to the backin

Re: Sound for Intel 82801DB-ICH4

On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 12:45:34AM +0100, Freddie wrote: > Dear Debian-user, > > Please could you help me get sound working on this laptop? It's a > phillips freeline X10. > Have you made sure that the the volume is up and not muted? Are you sure you've plugged your speaker into the correct jack

Re: What is this Apple Bootstrap thing of which the installer speaks?

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:00 PM, wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello! > > So, I was trying to install Debian on this old iBook, and > apparently yaboot wants an Apple Bootstrap partition of a > particular size. I don't see a way to create such a thing in the > parti

Sound for Intel 82801DB-ICH4

Dear Debian-user, Please could you help me get sound working on this laptop? It's a phillips freeline X10. I have no sound, whatsoever. I have recently tried installing pulseaudio on the laptop to see if that helped. Pavucontrol shows that it thinks it's outputting something (the volume mete

Re: Bug report: Which package?

In <201105042219.02801.ralfjun...@gmx.de>, Ralf Jung wrote: >I am having trouble with Debian, and I do not know which package is >responsible for that. According to the wiki, I should then go here to ask, >so that's what I do :) >The problem is that my USB keyboard and mouse do not work properly wh

Bug report: Which package?

Hi list, I am having trouble with Debian, and I do not know which package is responsible for that. According to the wiki, I should then go here to ask, so that's what I do :) The problem is that my USB keyboard and mouse do not work properly when Debian starts up: Only if they are plugged in af

Re: Remove unused language from GDM?

On 05/04/2011 02:56 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 04 May 2011 14:33:27 -0400, Perry Thompson wrote: > >> On 05/04/2011 08:08 AM, Camaleón wrote: > >>> Is the locale only present in GDM greeter or in the whole system? I >>> mean, what does "locale -a" show? >>> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> >> rypervench

Re: fullscreen video with mencoder

On 05/02/2011 11:36 AM, Leonardo Ruoso wrote: > 2011/4/30 Jeffrin Jose > > > On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 03:04:37PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > > I think he wants the black bars. What he doesn't want is for the > video > > to get stretched to fill the scr

Re: CPU usage mysteriously spiking after kernel upgrade

What kind of processor is built into your Thinkpad? What is the output of lsmod? Maybe the kernel module used for frequency scaling is not optimal. -- Best regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact l

Re: Remove unused language from GDM?

On Wed, 04 May 2011 14:33:27 -0400, Perry Thompson wrote: > On 05/04/2011 08:08 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> Is the locale only present in GDM greeter or in the whole system? I >> mean, what does "locale -a" show? >> >> Greetings, >> >> > rypervenche@debian:~$ locale -a > C > en_US.utf8 > POSIX > zh

Re: Poll - What Smartphone do you use?

On Tue, 2011-05-03 at 21:45 -0500, green wrote: > Steven wrote at 2011-05-03 16:34 -0500: > > Only major downside I experience is that it's not fully compatible with > > my car kit. The car is recognized as a bluethooth headset, so I can take > > calls, but need to use the phone to make any outgoi

Re: Remove unused language from GDM?

On 05/04/2011 08:08 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 03 May 2011 22:06:00 -0400, Perry Thompson wrote: > >> Hi there. I use en-US and zh-TW (Chinese Taiwan) as locales on my >> computer, and recently tried to do something with my fonts and replaced >> my fonts.dtd file with another and tried logging

Re: Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch

> Hello, > > I have a Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch (CTH-460) but I am unable to get the > device working on Squeeze stable (6.0.1, AMD64). > > I also followed the instructions provided here > http://lik.noblogs.org/post/2010/05/07/wacom-debian/ except for using > version 0.8.8-11 of the linuxwacom d

Re: Poll - What Smartphone do you use?

Blackberry 9700, OS 6.0, Wind, Greece

Re: KDE does not start any more

> More than a bug I'd say it sounds like a configuration issue with some > files. And remember that you can also install the nvidia driver in the > "hard way" (by downloading from nvidia site and compiling by yourself). > In this case, note that you have to use the latest available version of > th

Re: Poll - What Smartphone do you use?

On Wed, 4 May 2011 04:54:55 -0400 Brad Alexander dijo: >I have been researching this since I am in the same position with >AT&T. The primary phone on our line is $90/month, and the secondary is >$30. I called AT&T and asked them if they could help "keep an AT&T >customer from becoming a former AT

Re: sshd_config and OpenPermit

Hello List, On 04/05/11 16:52, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 04 May 2011 04:41:32 +0200, Jerome BENOIT wrote: I am trying to restrict ssh port forwarding to one port on my Squeeze box: my current understanding is that I may play with the OpenPermit option in sshd_config. You meant "PermitOpen", ri

Re: Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch

Hi. On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 02:20:05AM -0400, Matthew Howle wrote: > I have a Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch (CTH-460) but I am unable to get the > device working on Squeeze stable (6.0.1, AMD64). > > I also followed the instructions provided here > http://lik.noblogs.org/post/2010/05/07/wacom-debian/

Re: who creates 'dev/mapper/vgHDB-HDB9'?

Martin wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom schrieb: Hi, I have installed lvm2 and created pv's, vg's and lv's. E.g.: (...) I have a question: who creates exactly those /dev/ entries? The reason I ask is that sometimes with mondorescue they are not created and I cnnot access the lv's. I don't know

Re: KDE does not start any more

On Wed, 04 May 2011 15:59:59 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 4. Mai 2011 schrieb Camaleón: >> Review the bug entries, maybe you can find something that helps to >> solve your problem :-? >> > > Nope, I did the same as Andreas did in BUG596037, with no success. I > suppose, the bug

Re: sshd_config and OpenPermit

On Wed, 04 May 2011 04:41:32 +0200, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > I am trying to restrict ssh port forwarding to one port on my Squeeze > box: my current understanding is that I may play with the OpenPermit > option in sshd_config. You meant "PermitOpen", right? :-) > By default OpenPermit is set to `

Re: KDE does not start any more

Am Mittwoch, 4. Mai 2011 schrieb Camaleón: > On Wed, 04 May 2011 14:54:24 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > >> Look at your "~/.xession-errors" file, maybe something fell in there. > > > > Your hint was absolutely correct! I could find out, that the reason is > > caused by the nvidia-glx-173xx-packa

Re: multiboot grub2

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:26 AM, wolf python london wrote: > On 3 May 2011 15:19, consul tores wrote: >> >> i have a Laptop with Squeeze, OpenBSD-amd64-4.9, and >> Slackware64-13.37: and it is using grub2 as bootloader, (if i use >> lilo, it works correctly, but i want to evade bios check) grub2

Re: KDE does not start any more

On Wed, 04 May 2011 14:54:24 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: >> Look at your "~/.xession-errors" file, maybe something fell in there. > > Your hint was absolutely correct! I could find out, that the reason is > caused by the nvidia-glx-173xx-package. > > See here: > > Could not open library ksmse

Re: multiboot grub2

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:19 AM, consul tores wrote: > > i have a Laptop with Squeeze, OpenBSD-amd64-4.9, and > Slackware64-13.37: and it is using grub2 as bootloader, (if i use > lilo, it works correctly, but i want to evade bios check) grub2 can > not recognize OpenBSD (what is not a problem), an

Re: Re: KDE does not start any more

Hi Camaleon, > Look at your "~/.xession-errors" file, maybe something fell in there. > Greetings, -- > Camaleón Your hint was absolutely correct! I could find out, that the reason is caused by the nvidia-glx-173xx-package. See here: Could not open library ksmserver: Cannot load library /u

Re: Remove unused language from GDM?

On Tue, 03 May 2011 22:06:00 -0400, Perry Thompson wrote: > Hi there. I use en-US and zh-TW (Chinese Taiwan) as locales on my > computer, and recently tried to do something with my fonts and replaced > my fonts.dtd file with another and tried logging in. The result was the > locale or fonts were i

Re: Problem with Samba on Squeeze

On Tue, 03 May 2011 16:45:57 -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> El 2011-05-03 a las 02:50 -0700, Roger Morgan escribió: > > >> (resending to the list, no sensible data on it) > > I think that you mean "sensitive." :) (...) Ooops! I did it again :-P Gree

Re: CPU usage mysteriously spiking after kernel upgrade

On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 07:39:37PM -0700, John Magolske wrote: > After updating the kernel on my ThinkPad from linux-image-2.6.28-grml > to linux-image-2.6.31-grml I've noticed cpu usage periodically jumping > from 600MHz to 1500MHz several times a minute. This is with not much > going on but Vim,

Re: Poll - What Smartphone do you use?

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:33 PM, green wrote: > Freeman wrote at 2011-05-03 15:19 -0500: > > Now I want a simmed phone with no contract to boot at a price that seems > > reasonable for carrying a highly breakable electronic distraction in my > > pocket. > > Precisely what I have been looking for

Re: Poll - What Smartphone do you use?

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 6:53 PM, green wrote: > shawn wilson wrote at 2011-05-03 16:12 -0500: > > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 4:47 PM, green wrote: > > > shawn wilson wrote at 2011-05-03 13:19 -0500: > > >> For instance, I can ssh into my box from my phone and open vi. You can > get > > >> vi and open

Re: CPU usage mysteriously spiking after kernel upgrade

On Tue, 3 May 2011 19:39:37 -0700, John wrote in message <20110504023936.ga19...@s70206.gridserver.com>: > After updating the kernel on my ThinkPad from linux-image-2.6.28-grml > to linux-image-2.6.31-grml I've noticed cpu usage periodically jumping > from 600MHz to 1500MHz several times a minute

Re: Perl 5.12 transition in progress -> Perl packages are not installable currently

On Tue, 3 May 2011 12:02:02 +0200, Dominique wrote in message <201105031202.03081.domi.dum...@free.fr>: > Hi all, > > On Sunday, in collaboration with the release team, Dominic uploaded > perl 5.12-6 to unstable. This necessarily causes around 400 packages > to be uninstallable with the new perl

Re: Knoppix and debian

On Tue, 03 May 2011 21:34:13 +0300, David wrote in message <201105032134.13546.d_ba...@012.net.il>: > > Knoppix can be installed to a hard drive, but that is not > > recommended, and I can confirm it is unmaintainable. You throw it > > away and install the next version. Some people claim this is

Re: Lost input devices on eeepc900.

On Wed, 04 May 2011 00:48:56 +0300, Matthias wrote in message <4dc07848.1090...@pp1.inet.fi>: > Could this be a conflict between alsa and pulseaudio? > > Attached my user.log and user.log.1 from the eeepc. ..also chk all other audio|sound|multimedia de(a)mons, I've seen roard beat pulseaudio a

Re: Lost Ubuntu partitions from grub.cfg. How to most easily recover?

On Sun, 1 May 2011 21:17:20 -0700, Robert wrote in message <20110502041720.ga1...@cox.net>: > On Sun, May 01, 2011 at 08:36:09PM +, Camale�n wrote: > > ..snip > > > > I wonder what happened with the old good habit of adding the OS > > menu entries manually like we u

Re: Knoppix and debian

On 05/03/2011 05:04 PM, Andrew McGlashan wrote: Alex Mestiashvili wrote: run from time to time update-pciids Is that something to do in old stable as well? I just checked cron jobs and nothing is there to do this. don't think that it has something to do with cron . sometimes lspci doesn't