Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
> For the record (in case someone else is considering purchase of an > S205), the second installation attempt -- with BIOS set to "IDE" -- > likewise failed. CORRECTION: -- with BIOS set to "AHCI" -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Russell L. Harris [120205 02:12]: > * Russell L. Harris [120205 01:30]: > > Just now it occurred to me that perhaps the BIOS mode during > > partitioning may be causing the failure to boot. Accordingly, I now > > am doing an installation in which I allow the 6.0.4 installer to > > partition th

Re: icedove 8.0-2 not opening http links in browser

2012-02-04 Thread Michael Biebl
Hi everyone, On 20.01.2012 00:09, MRH wrote: > Hi, > > After my recent update (Debian sid on amd64, icedove 8.0-2, iceweasel > 9.0.1-1) everytime I click a link in email it asks me to choose an > aplication to open the link with (Launch Application). I'm aware I can > choose Iceweasel and tick

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-04 Thread D . G . Gómez
[No Subject] Hide Details FROM: * D.G. Gómez TO: * debian-user@lists.debian.org   Message flagged Sunday, 5 February 2012 10:28 AM On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:36:04 -0600, John Hasler wrote: >> Stan Hoeppner writes: >>> In the US, in the case of environments such as manufacturi

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-04 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 12:30:05PM +1000, Robert Brockway wrote: > On Sat, 4 Feb 2012, Nick Lidakis wrote: > > >In a nutshell, my wife and I starting a small business in a family > >oriented neighborhood. We're serving coffee, espresso and baking > >fresh bread and pastry on premises. The shop wil

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread Bob Proulx
Ralf Mardorf wrote: > For Xfce run xfce-panel to get the panel back. It is actually "xfce4-panel" these days. You can launch it manually from Alt-F2 which brings up a run dialog and typing in xfce4-panel. For some reason it sometimes dies in some environments (one I take care of) and needs to be

Re: Broken System After Update

2012-02-04 Thread Carlo Borelli
> > [...] > > Yes, I have /usr and /var on separate partitions and both were required to > be mounted before the command worked. I tried your alternative solution as > well but none fixed my problem. I am convinced that my problem is not a > corrupt initrd. I am at a loss as to what to do next to

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread lina
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 02:43 +, Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0800, lina wrote: >> >> > How could set the taskbar back, >> > >> > for everything. I used to have the taskbar at the top. >> >> Do you *ever* manage to do

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 05:36 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 02:43 +, Walter Hurry wrote: > > On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0800, lina wrote: > > > > > How could set the taskbar back, > > > > > > for everything. I used to have the taskbar at the top. > > > > Do you *ever* m

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 02:43 +, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0800, lina wrote: > > > How could set the taskbar back, > > > > for everything. I used to have the taskbar at the top. > > Do you *ever* manage to do *anything* without a major disaster? > > It might be a goo

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-04 Thread Miles Fidelman
Nick Lidakis wrote: Everyone has been telling us that we *absolutely* have to be on facebook and twitter, if not more, for our coffee house. They argue that it's free marketing and advertising. That we need facebook to advertise events and specials. That most people today check their facebook bef

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media [OT]

2012-02-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 05/02/12 15:25, John Hasler wrote: > Carlo Borelli writes: >> Manhattan it isn't that little town next to Niagara Falls? > > It's a town in Kansas. Are you sure? I thought it was (partly) an island sold for a few baubles to native indians (who got the better end of the deal). Kind regards

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread doug
On 02/04/2012 10:45 PM, John Hasler wrote: Walter Hurry writes: It might be a good idea to give up Linux and take up basket weaving instead. It might be a good idea for you to find a way to express your hostility and aggression that does not involve insulting people. Amen! --doug -- To UNSUB

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-04 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2012 04 Feb 22:27 -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Carlo Borelli writes: > > Manhattan it isn't that little town next to Niagara Falls? > > It's a town in Kansas. Yup, just an hour south of here. The Little Apple. Home of Kansas State University. - Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-04 Thread John Hasler
Carlo Borelli writes: > Manhattan it isn't that little town next to Niagara Falls? It's a town in Kansas. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 05/02/12 15:08, lina wrote: > On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: Whoa! Back up. I did *not* write *any* of those things. I use larger nails and a much bigger hammer (I have my pride ya'know) If you're going to selectively chop attributions out of a post - chop out *all

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread lina
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:08 PM, lina wrote: > On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> On 05/02/12 13:43, Walter Hurry wrote: >>> On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0800, lina wrote: >>> How could set the taskbar back, for everything. I used to have the taskbar at th

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread lina
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 05/02/12 13:43, Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0800, lina wrote: >> >>> How could set the taskbar back, >>> >>> for everything. I used to have the taskbar at the top. >> >> Do you *ever* manage to do *anything* witho

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-04 Thread Carlo Borelli
2012/2/4 Nuno Magalhães > Hi, > > It is kinda off-topic (i'd OT it), and being picky it's GNU/Linux > Debian, not GNU/Debian Linux. Being extra picky i'd ask where is > Manhattan, :) > This topic is absolutely OT and need to be marked OT BTW, Manhattan it isn't that little town next to Niagara

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 05/02/12 13:43, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0800, lina wrote: > >> How could set the taskbar back, >> >> for everything. I used to have the taskbar at the top. > > Do you *ever* manage to do *anything* without a major disaster? > > It might be a good idea to give up Li

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread John Hasler
Walter Hurry writes: > It might be a good idea to give up Linux and take up basket weaving > instead. It might be a good idea for you to find a way to express your hostility and aggression that does not involve insulting people. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@li

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread lina
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 1:42 AM, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: > On 02/04/2012 11:02 AM, lina wrote: >> >> >> Thanks, it's fixed >> after aptitude purge xfce4 xfce4-session >> and remove some file in .config >> >> I guess there is still remainings, cause once I re-install xfce4 and >> xfce4-session, >>

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-04 Thread Stayvoid
> Everyone has been telling us that we *absolutely* have to be on facebook... Please don't use Facebook. http://stallman.org/facebook.html > I've read the tech news concerning facebook's privacy and "intellectual > property" policies. Please don't use this term. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread lina
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0800, lina wrote: > >> How could set the taskbar back, >> >> for everything. I used to have the taskbar at the top. > > Do you *ever* manage to do *anything* without a major disaster? > > It might be a good idea t

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-04 Thread Robert Brockway
On Sat, 4 Feb 2012, Nick Lidakis wrote: In a nutshell, my wife and I starting a small business in a family oriented neighborhood. We're serving coffee, espresso and baking fresh bread and pastry on premises. The shop will be located at the northern tip of Manhattan in the vicinity of Inwood Hi

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0800, lina wrote: > How could set the taskbar back, > > for everything. I used to have the taskbar at the top. Do you *ever* manage to do *anything* without a major disaster? It might be a good idea to give up Linux and take up basket weaving instead. It clearly d

Re: Downgrading?

2012-02-04 Thread Brad Alexander
It can be done, but your package lists will get cabbaged. I did it on a workstation once, and within a year, the machine was unmaintainable...Especially when upgrading to the new stable (e.g. lenny to squeeze). It had all sorts of extra hoops to jump through... Having done it, I would concur with

RE: Broken System After Update

2012-02-04 Thread Ogya Chief
> > > # /usr/sbin/update-initramfs -u -k $(uname -r) -u > > It is also possible that a broken initrd is not the problem and that > the problem is elsewhere on your system > > > This is what I did: > > Thank you for the very nice and complete description of what you did! > That was very go

Re: Virtual packages

2012-02-04 Thread Brad Alexander
An apt-get -f install should go out and get the dependency and install both packages, I would suspect. --b On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Camaleón wrote: > El 2012-02-04 a las 19:31 +0300, Stayvoid escribió: > > (resending to the list) > >> > Install the required package? :-? >> There is no su

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Russell L. Harris [120205 01:30]: > Just now it occurred to me that perhaps the BIOS mode during > partitioning may be causing the failure to boot. Accordingly, I now > am doing an installation in which I allow the 6.0.4 installer to > partition the entire drive, having started the machine in "

Re: Several errors on the start up

2012-02-04 Thread Stayvoid
> Is there another video device on the system? Intel? Yep. Intel HD. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAK5fS_HKHofLzgq=m_ub-ae_uessehq+cjq7_k1hidebpou.

Re: Several errors on the start up

2012-02-04 Thread Stayvoid
> I wonder if nuvó supports that card. It's supported: http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/CodeNames#NV50 > 1/ Disable KMS (append "nouveau.modeset=0" to the kernel line of GRUB) Are you talking about GRUB legacy (1)? I'm using the second version. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@

Re: transmission

2012-02-04 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
cletusjenkins wrote: > Is there any problems in general with bittorrent lately? I tried to > launch transmission yesterday and this evening and had issues. I see > no traffic up or down, and when it starts up all my torrents are > paused, even the ones I'm just seeding. Just tried it --> Everythi

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Brian [120204 19:54]: > On Sat 04 Feb 2012 at 14:12:10 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > (2) The BIOS setup gives two options for "SATA Controller working > > mode"; they are AHCI and IDE ("compatible mode"). > If trying the mode which isn't the 'wrong mode' still results in a > non-bootin

Re: transmission

2012-02-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 05/02/12 12:02, cletusjenkins wrote: > Is there any problems in general with bittorrent lately? I tried to > launch transmission yesterday and this evening and had issues. I see > no traffic up or down, and when it starts up all my torrents are > paused, even the ones I'm just seeding. I "start"

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-04 Thread John Hasler
Camaleón wrote: > Fiber is another different thing. We do also have it installed since the > last summer (4 FTTH lines, a 16-fibers cable) but working with the fiber > can be only done by certified installers and the required tools are very > expensive, not every company can afford that. The lo

transmission

2012-02-04 Thread cletusjenkins
Is there any problems in general with bittorrent lately? I tried to launch transmission yesterday and this evening and had issues. I see no traffic up or down, and when it starts up all my torrents are paused, even the ones I'm just seeding. I "start" them and I check later and they are all paus

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-04 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 2/4/2012 10:03 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:47:16 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> On 2/4/2012 6:53 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> >>> No, I can't see why is not that popular within the US, there are many >>> advantadges for having shielded cables because external interferences - >>> th

Re: Broken System After Update

2012-02-04 Thread Bob Proulx
Ogya Chief wrote: >No init found. Try passing init= bootarg Ouch. > I googled for solution and this is the solution I got. The solution > talks about chrooting and running the following command: > update-initramfs -u -k $(uname -r) -u Seems reasonable. This should rebuild the initrd (in

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-04 Thread Weaver
> I hope this isn't too off topic for this list but smart people lurk about > these parts. Hello Nick, > > In a nutshell, my wife and I starting a small business in a family > oriented > neighborhood. We're serving coffee, espresso and baking fresh bread and > pastry on premises. The shop will be

Re: Regression when I try to get connected to a network server

2012-02-04 Thread Bob Proulx
Jochen Spieker wrote: > Bob Proulx: > > What is "actualization"? > > The OP meant "upgrade". I don't know what the OP's native language is > (probably French), but when translating German to English, "actual" is a > false friend for "aktuell" ("current" in English). Thanks for that interpretatio

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-04 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Hi, It is kinda off-topic (i'd OT it), and being picky it's GNU/Linux Debian, not GNU/Debian Linux. Being extra picky i'd ask where is Manhattan, :) There's no inherent incompatibility between FOSS software and social media, that i know of. Your only concern could be the browser but Firefox has b

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-04 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 10:51:43AM +1100, Alex Hutton wrote: > The thing of facebook is people login to facebook and regularly view > their activity feed. So if you are posting to facebook you are > appearing in the activity feeds of people who have 'liked' your page. > People can also message you

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Brian [120204 19:54]: > On Sat 04 Feb 2012 at 14:12:10 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > (2) The BIOS setup gives two options for "SATA Controller working > > mode"; they are AHCI and IDE ("compatible mode"). Some of the > > articles I found on this matter recommend IDE mode unless there i

RE: Broken System After Update

2012-02-04 Thread Ogya Chief
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: hvw59...@care2.com > Subject: Re: Broken System After Update > Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 15:11:03 -0600 > > Ogya Chief wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I am running Sid and a couple of months ago I updated my system > > including the kernel. After restarting m

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-04 Thread Alex Hutton
The thing of facebook is people login to facebook and regularly view their activity feed. So if you are posting to facebook you are appearing in the activity feeds of people who have 'liked' your page. People can also message you through facebook and this can be a channel for customer support. You

Re: Sleep

2012-02-04 Thread Nicolas Bercher
On 04/02/2012 23:54, Stayvoid wrote: It's possible that I've not installed something important because I've used debootstrap to install the system. Maybe you missed the tasksel step, on my squeeze, I have: $ tasksel --list-tasks u desktop Graphical desktop environment u web-server

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-04 Thread Greg Heilers
Advertise it as a place for people who abhor "social media" and who love Linux. You will probably attract a higher class of patrons. 8^) On Feb 4, 2012 5:26 PM, "Nick Lidakis" wrote: I hope this isn't too off topic for this list but smart people lurk about these parts. In a nutshell, my wife

Re: Sleep

2012-02-04 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 01:54:31AM +0300, Stayvoid wrote: > Is there a way to check that my laptop (MacBookPro6,2) is actually >asleep? Try to ssh from another machine? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...

GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-04 Thread Nick Lidakis
I hope this isn't too off topic for this list but smart people lurk about these parts. In a nutshell, my wife and I starting a small business in a family oriented neighborhood. We're serving coffee, espresso and baking fresh bread and pastry on premises. The shop will be located at the northern t

Re: Regression when I try to get connected to a network server

2012-02-04 Thread Jochen Spieker
Bob Proulx: > th.lamotte wrote: >> About one week ago, I did an actualization with the actualization >> manager. > > What is "actualization"? The OP meant "upgrade". I don't know what the OP's native language is (probably French), but when translating German to English, "actual" is a false friend

Re: Something weird

2012-02-04 Thread Weaver
> On 02/04/2012 09:52 AM, lina wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Lisi wrote: >>> On Saturday 04 February 2012 10:23:42 lina wrote: Do I need install anti virus package on Debian. >>> Lina - >>> >>> If you are asking whether this problem might be due to a virus, the >>> answer is >>>

Sleep

2012-02-04 Thread Stayvoid
Hi! I'm using gNewSense. (I know that gNewSense has it's own mailing list. But there aren't many Mac users.) Is there a way to check that my laptop (MacBookPro6,2) is actually going to sleep after the lid is closed? I'm not sure because it didn't turn off the screen. And the LED was not blinking

Re: Something weird

2012-02-04 Thread doug
On 02/04/2012 09:52 AM, lina wrote: On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Lisi wrote: On Saturday 04 February 2012 10:23:42 lina wrote: Do I need install anti virus package on Debian. Lina - If you are asking whether this problem might be due to a virus, the answer is that it is extremely unlikel

Re: Regression when I try to get connected to a network server

2012-02-04 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello all, On Sat, Feb 04, 2012 at 09:39:09PM +0100, th.lamotte wrote: > About one week ago, I did an actualization with the actualization > manager. Since then I got a regression with any connection to the > network: any first attempts fail when using iceweasel, icedove, etc. > I have to attempt

Re: Regression when I try to get connected to a network server

2012-02-04 Thread Bob Proulx
th.lamotte wrote: > About one week ago, I did an actualization with the actualization > manager. What is "actualization"? http://www.thefreedictionary.com/actualization v.tr. 1. To realize in action or make real: "More flexible life patterns could . . . nurture and renew our spirit

Re: Regression when I try to get connected to a network server

2012-02-04 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
th.lamotte wrote: > Since then I got a regression with any connection to the network: > any first attempts fail when using iceweasel, icedove, etc. How do you connect to the internet? Dial-up, or DSL? Is there a router in between? Can you ping a computer on a local network? Can you ping compute

Re: Broken System After Update

2012-02-04 Thread hvw59601
Ogya Chief wrote: Hi All, I am running Sid and a couple of months ago I updated my system including the kernel. After restarting my machine, I realised that my system was broken. Whenever I start the machine, I get a message lilke this: No init found. Try passing init= bootarg BusyBox

Regression when I try to get connected to a network server

2012-02-04 Thread th.lamotte
Hi, I use a Debian Squeeze 2.6.32-5-amd64 with a DELL E6400. Till now my system was running really well. About one week ago, I did an actualization with the actualization manager. Since then I got a regression with any connection to the network: any first attempts fail when using iceweasel,

Re: Netinstall cannot find wireless access points

2012-02-04 Thread Brian
On Sat 04 Feb 2012 at 19:43:07 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:15:04 +, Brian wrote: > > > Get netcfg from http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/netcfg. Open. It is in > > the Debian directory. > > But how a person who is installing Debian is going to be aware of that? By readin

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-04 Thread Brian
On Sat 04 Feb 2012 at 14:12:10 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > (1) The Debian installer defaults to the 2.6-amd64 kernel, but offers > 2.6-686 and 2.6-486. I plan to run mostly XEmacs and TeXLive, but > also IceWeasel for browsing and the occasion YouTube video. So is > it good to install the

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-04 Thread Brian
On Sat 04 Feb 2012 at 14:12:10 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > (2) The BIOS setup gives two options for "SATA Controller working > mode"; they are AHCI and IDE ("compatible mode"). Some of the > articles I found on this matter recommend IDE mode unless there is a > need for RAID; other articles

Re: Netinstall cannot find wireless access points

2012-02-04 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:15:04 +, Brian wrote: > On Sat 04 Feb 2012 at 18:53:16 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:55:30 +, Brian wrote: >> >> > The templates file in the netcfg udeb package is illuminating. >> >> What templates? :-? > > Get netcfg from http://packages.de

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread Weaver
> On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:59:13 +0800, lina wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Camaleón wrote: > For everything the top taskbar was gone. Everything started with mean bars. After reboot twice, I can input. but the cursor still an empty rectangle. before

Re: Virtual packages

2012-02-04 Thread Camaleón
El 2012-02-04 a las 19:31 +0300, Stayvoid escribió: (resending to the list) > > Install the required package? :-? > There is no such package in the tree. > It may be connected with the licensing, but I'm not sure. > > Where can I download it via wget? The mentioned package "libmozjs2d (>= 1.9.1

Re: Netinstall cannot find wireless access points

2012-02-04 Thread Brian
On Sat 04 Feb 2012 at 18:53:16 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:55:30 +, Brian wrote: > > > The templates file in the netcfg udeb package is illuminating. > > What templates? :-? Get netcfg from http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/netcfg. Open. It is in the Debian directory. >

Re: [OT] how to take care of hand -> dvorak

2012-02-04 Thread green
lina wrote at 2012-02-04 10:51 -0600: > I am under xfce4, on the keyboard layout, I can't find the options > contains the word Dvorak. Have you tried the xfce4-xkb-plugin package? signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Several errors on the start up

2012-02-04 Thread Brian
On Sat 04 Feb 2012 at 20:34:54 +0300, Stayvoid wrote: > dmesg: http://pastebin.com/X7rp3Amc [2.333432] i8042: PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly. [2.334321] i8042: No controller found Something to do with your having an Apple keyboard. It doesn't seem of any cons

Re: Flash Player 11 under Debian Lenny

2012-02-04 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:34:46 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: >> On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:16:55 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: >> On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:57:06 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: >>> >>> >>   On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:04:37 +, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> How is that Fedora does not h

Re: A question about ssh-agent

2012-02-04 Thread Bob Proulx
Andrei Popescu wrote: > Paul E Condon wrote: > > It seems that it is not run when I log into a host using ssh or more > > exactly its pid is not exported to an ssh login process. Could I add > > something to the .profile script? > > Maybe 'ForwardAgent' is what you are looking for. See ssh(1) and

Re: rabbitvcs missing from testing?

2012-02-04 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello all, On Sat, Feb 04, 2012 at 11:24:45AM +, Colin wrote: > [...] > Should I try the version from unstable and run it instead? I would > prefer to use all packages from debian instead and can to do bug > reports from there. The version from unstable won't work as it doesn't support the ne

Re: Netinstall cannot find wireless access points

2012-02-04 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:55:30 +, Brian wrote: > On Sat 04 Feb 2012 at 14:34:25 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:19:56 +0100, Jan Moskyto Matejka wrote: >> >> > Is this the long-time-final state, or does anybody plan to add >> > support of more encryption methods? >> >> I ca

Re: Several errors on the start up

2012-02-04 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:34:54 +0300, Stayvoid wrote: >> Kernel messages can be verbose but harmless. > What is the cause of those messages? > If those are harmless I also want to know how to disable them. You just can't disable the warnings, this is controlled by the kernel. Anyway, I wouldn't wo

Re: Flash Player 11 under Debian Lenny

2012-02-04 Thread Patrick Bartek
> On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:16:55 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >>> On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:57:06 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: >> >> >   On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:04:37 +, Camaleón wrote: > > (...) > . [snip] > >> This just in case the new one doesn't work, since I've been using > un

Re: Several errors on the start up

2012-02-04 Thread Brian
On Sat 04 Feb 2012 at 20:34:54 +0300, Stayvoid wrote: > /var/log/Xorg.0.log: http://pastebin.com/SYBHh7CZ (EE) [drm] failed to open device http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/TroubleShooting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-04 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:36:04 -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Stan Hoeppner writes: >> In the US, in the case of environments such as manufacturing floors etc >> with horrific EMI levels, fiber is used instead of UTP CAT5/6. With EFI >> levels that high, even STP won't save you. > > STP can make thing

Broken System After Update

2012-02-04 Thread Ogya Chief
Hi All, I am running Sid and a couple of months ago I updated my system including the kernel. After restarting my machine, I realised that my system was broken. Whenever I start the machine, I get a message lilke this: No init found. Try passing init= bootarg BusyBox v1.19.2 (Debian 1:1.

Re: Netinstall cannot find wireless access points

2012-02-04 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Jan Moskyto Matejka wrote: >> > >> > Wireless internet works from the same computer in windows with WPA2-PSK, >> > AES. >> > >> > Is there a way to make the installer find my network? >> >> The installer can only deal with WEP encrytpion: >> >> http://www.debian.org

Re: lenovo s205 installation problems

2012-02-04 Thread Brian
On Sat 04 Feb 2012 at 14:12:10 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > I tried without success to boot the Debian installer from an 8-Gbyte > USB flash memory stick. I tried two different procedures for creation > of a bootable ROM, but neither worked; the approaches are detailed in: > > http://ww

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/04/2012 11:02 AM, lina wrote: > > > Thanks, it's fixed > after aptitude purge xfce4 xfce4-session > and remove some file in .config > > I guess there is still remainings, cause once I re-install xfce4 and > xfce4-session, > > it came back again. > > All your suggestions are highly apprec

Re: Several errors on the start up

2012-02-04 Thread Stayvoid
> Kernel messages can be verbose but harmless. What is the cause of those messages? If those are harmless I also want to know how to disable them. > Upload the full "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" file and also "dmesg" so we can check it. /var/log/Xorg.0.log: http://pastebin.com/SYBHh7CZ dmesg: http://paste

Re: A question about ssh-agent

2012-02-04 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20120204_093544, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2012-02-04 09:09 +0100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > > On 04/02/12 19:05, Paul E Condon wrote: > >> > >> Where in the start-up code of a system that is running ssh client is > >> the ssh-agent started? It has got to be early in the process, but > >> where

Re: Netinstall cannot find wireless access points

2012-02-04 Thread Brian
On Sat 04 Feb 2012 at 14:34:25 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:19:56 +0100, Jan Moskyto Matejka wrote: > > > Is this the long-time-final state, or does anybody plan to add support > > of more encryption methods? > > I can't tell... maybe you can ask to "debian-boot" mailing list,

Re: [OT] how to take care of hand -> dvorak

2012-02-04 Thread lina
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:37 AM, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * lina [120204 16:12]: >> >> How do I start the dvorak? >> sorry I just started finishing reading the wikipage about dvorak. > > > From the Gnome desktop, use the system -> preferences -> keyboard -> > layouts menu to select "USA Dvorak"

Re: [OT] how to take care of hand -> dvorak

2012-02-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
* lina [120204 16:12]: > > How do I start the dvorak? > sorry I just started finishing reading the wikipage about dvorak. >From the Gnome desktop, use the system -> preferences -> keyboard -> layouts menu to select "USA Dvorak" (a regrettable compromise) or "USA Classic Dvorak" (the original an

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-04 Thread John Hasler
Stan Hoeppner writes: > In the US, in the case of environments such as manufacturing floors > etc with horrific EMI levels, fiber is used instead of UTP CAT5/6. > With EFI levels that high, even STP won't save you. STP can make things worse as almost nobody knows how to terminate shields in such a

Re: Several errors on the start up

2012-02-04 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:19:52 +0300, Stayvoid wrote: >> I wonder if gNewSense have a dedicated mailing list... hum, it seems >> that yes >;-) > I've experienced some technical problems with that list. > >> Despite the messages, what's the problem you are experiencing? No video >> output? > The mes

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread lina
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:06 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:59:13 +0800, lina wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Camaleón wrote: > For everything the top taskbar was gone. Everything started with mean bars. After reboot twice, I can input. but the curso

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:59:13 +0800, lina wrote: > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Camaleón wrote: >>> For everything the top taskbar was gone. Everything started with mean >>> bars. >>> >>> After reboot twice, I can input. but the cursor still an empty >>> rectangle. >>> >>> before I did not ch

Re: Several errors on the start up

2012-02-04 Thread Stayvoid
> I wonder if gNewSense have a dedicated mailing list... hum, it seems that > yes >;-) I've experienced some technical problems with that list. > Despite the messages, what's the problem you are experiencing? No video > output? The messages themselves are not good. I want to know the cause of the

Re: [OT] how to take care of hand

2012-02-04 Thread lina
On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:18:55 +0800, lina wrote in message > <4f2ca39f.70...@gmail.com>: > >> On Saturday 04,February,2012 03:15 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 18:57, lina  wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> are there some suggesti

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread lina
Thanks, it's fixed after aptitude purge xfce4 xfce4-session and remove some file in .config I guess there is still remainings, cause once I re-install xfce4 and xfce4-session, it came back again. All your suggestions are highly appreciated, Best regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-

Re: ipw2100 firmware issues of random network connection lost.

2012-02-04 Thread Camaleón
El 2012-02-03 a las 16:18 -0500, Daryl escribió: (resending to the list) > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Camaleón wrote: > > > On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:09:32 -0500, Daryl wrote: > > > > > I'm currently running debian unstable, but have tried stable as well to > > > try and narrow down my issue

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread lina
On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:34:13 +0800, lina wrote: > >> On Saturday 04,February,2012 06:38 PM, Camaleón wrote: >>> On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:00:52 +0800, lina wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Lina, next time try to choose a more descriptive subject :-) >> >>

Re: Something weird

2012-02-04 Thread lina
On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Lisi wrote: > On Saturday 04 February 2012 10:23:42 lina wrote: >> Do I need install anti virus package on Debian. > > Lina - > > If you are asking whether this problem might be due to a virus, the answer is > that it is extremely unlikely.  I have a virus-checker

Re: My network speed is only 10MB

2012-02-04 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 2/4/2012 6:53 AM, Camaleón wrote: > No, I can't see why is not that popular within the US, there are many > advantadges for having shielded cables because external interferences - > that are not always under your control- still apply (e.g., wireless > connections, proximity to high power line

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:34:13 +0800, lina wrote: > On Saturday 04,February,2012 06:38 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:00:52 +0800, lina wrote: >> >>> Hi, >> >> Lina, next time try to choose a more descriptive subject :-) > > Yes. ^_^ > > For everything the top taskbar was gone. Ever

Re: Something weird

2012-02-04 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 04 February 2012 10:23:42 lina wrote: > Do I need install anti virus package on Debian.   Lina - If you are asking whether this problem might be due to a virus, the answer is that it is extremely unlikely. I have a virus-checker on my Debian machine, but it is to protect my Windows

Re: Netinstall cannot find wireless access points

2012-02-04 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:19:56 +0100, Jan Moskyto Matejka wrote: >> > Wireless internet works from the same computer in windows with >> > WPA2-PSK, AES. >> > >> > Is there a way to make the installer find my network? >> >> The installer can only deal with WEP encrytpion: >> >> http://www.debian.o

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread Dougie Nisbet
On 04/02/2012 14:18, lina wrote: I un-install and re-install the xfce4 not work. which are the possible way I can do to drag task bar a bit down. If you mean, drag the toolbar from the top of the screen to the bottom of the screen, I don't think it's possible. Or if it is possible, it's not

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