Re: Incorrect time stamps after files copied to Debian Squeeze

2013-01-20 Thread Bob Proulx
Juan R. de Silva wrote: > I am copying files from my Olimpus Voice Recorder to PC which have > corresponding time stamps on recorder. > > When I copy files to my Ubuntu 10.04 the time stamps preserved exactly as > they are on Voice Recorder. > > However after files copied to Debian Sqeeze, the

Re: powernow-k8 problem

2013-01-20 Thread Bob Proulx
Thore wrote: > Jan 18 07:23:22 my-systemname kernel: [1147437.200304] powernow-k8: fid trans > failed, fid 0x2, curr 0x0 > Jan 18 07:23:22 my-systemname kernel: [1147437.200320] powernow-k8: > transition frequency failed > Jan 18 07:23:22 my-systemname kernel: [1147437.808329] powernow-k8: fid tr

Re: disk labels mismatch

2013-01-20 Thread Bob Proulx
pavicic wrote: > I've added a new disk in a hurry and now I have several mismatches. > Would anyone care to help me to sort them out. Below I'm giving fstab, > fdisk -l, df -la (apparently "/" (root) is duplicated ??, etc.). I > also enclose relevant sections from /var/log/system and grub. Each > s

Re: Pidgin makes noise

2013-01-20 Thread Bob Proulx
Thore wrote: > schrieb Bob Proulx: > >To turn off the console bell / console beeper in X use: > > > > $ xset b off > > > >This is enabled by the Linux kernel module "pcspkr". You can unload > >the module from the running kernel with: > > > > # modprobe -r pcspkr > > > >To prevent the kernel mo

Re: Installing Debian on an SSD

2013-01-20 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Grześ Andruszkiewicz, 8.01.2013: > > Does the Debian installer work out of the box for SSDs? I.e. I heard > that you need to align the partitions to 32bit virtual clusters (is it > actually true?). Are there any other things I need to take into > account while installing Debian on SSD? > > I bou

Re: Gnome 3 Fallback Mode forked

2013-01-20 Thread Ellwood Blues
2013/1/20 Yaro Kasear : > On 01/20/2013 06:35 AM, Mark Allums wrote: >> >> Slashdot reported that SolusOS has announced a fork of the Gnome 3 >> Fallback >> Mode. It is designed to bring back the mode that was cut from Gnome 3 >> with >> version 3.8. Like the original fallback mode, it uses gtk3

RE: Gnome 3 Fallback Mode forked

2013-01-20 Thread Mark Allums
> From: Yaro Kasear [mailto:y...@marupa.net] > On 01/20/2013 06:35 AM, Mark Allums wrote: > > Slashdot reported that SolusOS has announced a fork of the Gnome 3 > Fallback > > Mode. It is designed to bring back the mode that was cut from Gnome 3 > with > > version 3.8. Like the original fallback

Re: Gnome 3 Fallback Mode forked

2013-01-20 Thread Yaro Kasear
On 01/20/2013 06:35 AM, Mark Allums wrote: Slashdot reported that SolusOS has announced a fork of the Gnome 3 Fallback Mode. It is designed to bring back the mode that was cut from Gnome 3 with version 3.8. Like the original fallback mode, it uses gtk3 and does not require hardware acceleration

Re: Gnome 3 Fallback Mode forked

2013-01-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:50:49 +0100, Mark Allums wrote: -Original Message- From: Ralf Mardorf [mailto:ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net] Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 7:36 AM To: Mark Allums Subject: [off-list] Re: Gnome 3 Fallback Mode forked On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:23:38 +0100, Mark Allums w

RE: Gnome 3 Fallback Mode forked

2013-01-20 Thread Mark Allums
From: Ralf Mardorf [mailto:ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net] > Just my personal preference. > > I switched to Xfce, but I'm still using applications from bloated DEs I > used in the past, IOW I still use KDE and GNOME apps. > > By doing this I run into serious issues on latest Xubuntu. I guess the > ap

Re: Gnome 3 Fallback Mode forked

2013-01-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Just my personal preference. I switched to Xfce, but I'm still using applications from bloated DEs I used in the past, IOW I still use KDE and GNOME apps. By doing this I run into serious issues on latest Xubuntu. I guess the apps are more up-to-date versions, than used on Debian. On Free

Re: What are some common problems when using Debian GNU / LINUX?

2013-01-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:01:37 +0100, wrote: my wishes are not to start a war here We could save time and uproar, if we simply link to already existing flame wars :D. My apologies, I guess we are to OT for the OP. @ the OP: don't worry about what we were talking about. OT: Speaking for m

Re: Gnome 3 Fallback Mode forked

2013-01-20 Thread Ellwood Blues
2013/1/20 Mark Allums : > Slashdot reported that SolusOS has announced a fork of the Gnome 3 Fallback > Mode. It is designed to bring back the mode that was cut from Gnome 3 with > version 3.8. Like the original fallback mode, it uses gtk3 and does not > require hardware acceleration. It also al

Gnome 3 Fallback Mode forked

2013-01-20 Thread Mark Allums
Slashdot reported that SolusOS has announced a fork of the Gnome 3 Fallback Mode. It is designed to bring back the mode that was cut from Gnome 3 with version 3.8. Like the original fallback mode, it uses gtk3 and does not require hardware acceleration. It also allows a lot of old GNOME 2 goodie

Re: What are some common problems when using Debian GNU / LINUX?

2013-01-20 Thread berenger . morel
Le 20.01.2013 07:46, Yaro Kasear a écrit : On 01/20/2013 12:26 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Debian probably won't be doing the switch to systemd. Systemd required very Linux-specific kernel features and Debian has a couple non-Linux ports that'd make going systemd impractical (However I believe system

Re: What are some common problems when using Debian GNU / LINUX?

2013-01-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 20 ian 13, 08:23:59, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > A disadvantage for Debian compared to Arch IMO is, that Debian e.g. > installs and starts all kinds of services, installs all kinds of > apps etc. a user might not need. There is no such thing as "Debian installs". Even in normal mode of the De