Re: Unidentified subject!

On 2013-06-23 08:48, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sat, 2013-06-22 at 23:36 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: If you have important data on the laptop, you should plug in an external drive and dd the entire laptop drive to an image file on the external drive (which must have at least as much free space as the la

Re: Unidentified subject!

On Sat, 2013-06-22 at 23:36 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > If you have important data on the laptop, you should plug in an > external drive and dd the entire laptop drive to an image file on the > external drive (which must have at least as much free space as the > laptop drive's size). A very good adv

Re: computer rendered un-usable

On Sat, 2013-06-22 at 22:56 -0400, Doug wrote: > / and /home and /swap. It usually makes no sense to have it on separated partitions. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http:

Re: computer rendered un-usable

On Sat, 2013-06-22 at 18:45 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > On 06/22/13 13:42, Lagun Adeshina wrote: > > 1. I set out to install Debian from Windows 7 > > 2. I downloaded the win 32 Debian Installer and went through the procedures > > 3. On reaching the partitioning option I got a little confused

Re: Unidentified subject!

On Sun, 2013-06-23 at 01:32 +0100, Lagun Adeshina wrote: > All I did was try to install Debian 7 and the RAID5 was just some > option that came up during partitioning. > I read about it and understood it was supposed to keep whole old stuff > sale. That was my understanding and I'm left with no OS

Re: Problem with flash drive

On 06/21/2013 04:00 AM, Klaus wrote: Ethan, when you create a new partition table on the device, then the kernel needs to know about it. With a flash memory card, just unplug and re-plug it. You don't need to run fdisk first, since yo

Re: Unidentified subject!

On 22/06/13 08:32 PM, Lagun Adeshina wrote: > *From:* Gary Dale > *To:* debian-user@lists.debian.org > *Cc:* debian-user@lists.debian.org > *Sent:* Saturday, 22 June 2013, 21:47 > *Subject:* Re: Unidentified subject! > > On 22/06/13 04:38 PM, Lagun Adeshina wrote: > > > Hi Guys, > > > I need y

Re: Tray Icon

2013/6/21 Ethan Rosenberg, PhD : Ralf - Tried it all. No luck. Any other ideas? Ethan === On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 19:26 -0400, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: How do i get the icon that indicates there are updates to download to return? Perhaps it's provided by "update-manager*"? I do

Re: computer rendered un-usable

On 06/22/2013 09:45 PM, David Christensen wrote: > On 06/22/13 13:42, Lagun Adeshina wrote: >> 1. I set out to install Debian from Windows 7 >> 2. I downloaded the win 32 Debian Installer and went through the procedures >> 3. On reaching the partitioning option I got a little confused I had used >

Re: computer rendered un-usable

On 06/22/13 13:42, Lagun Adeshina wrote: 1. I set out to install Debian from Windows 7 2. I downloaded the win 32 Debian Installer and went through the procedures 3. On reaching the partitioning option I got a little confused I had used the RAID5 Partition then 4. I went on to stop the installin

Re: Unidentified subject!

All I did was try to install Debian 7 and the RAID5 was just some option that came up during partitioning. I read about it and understood it was supposed to keep whole old stuff sale. That was my understanding and I'm left with no OS neither Debian nor win7 Fr

Re: google chrome browser being kept back on squeeze?

On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Joel Rees wrote: > Since sometime last week, apt-get upgrade and dist-upgrade both report that > google-chrome-stable has been kept back. > > Anyone else seeing this? Anyone know why? It may be because chrome requires (and so depends on) a newer libc6. I saw this

google chrome browser being kept back on squeeze?

Since sometime last week, apt-get upgrade and dist-upgrade both report that google-chrome-stable has been kept back. Anyone else seeing this? Anyone know why? -- Joel Rees

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Re: open office install fails

Jeff Shearer wrote: > > Good morning, > I am using Debian 7.? I "upgraded" from 6 recently.? My attempt to install > the open office productivity suite seems to have failed.? While synaptic > indicates it is installed, I cannot find it on the reall bad new GUI.? Also, > I noted that none of > t

Re: cannot start gnome screen saver

On Saturday 22 June 2013 11:07:08 Jeff Shearer wrote: > I find nothing in the new really bad GUI If you don't like it, why not use another? It isn't compulsory. A decent DE is just an apt-get away. And there are others available that have not yet made it into the Debian repositories, but th

Re: Unidentified subject!

On 22/06/13 04:38 PM, Lagun Adeshina wrote: Hi Guys, I need your help. 1. I set out to install Debian from Windows 7 2. I downloaded the win 32 Debian Installer and went through the procedures 3. On reaching the partitioning option I got a little confused I had used the RAID5 Partition then 4

computer rendered un-usable

Hi Guys,   I need your help. 1. I set out to install Debian from Windows 7 2. I downloaded the win 32 Debian Installer and went through the procedures 3. On reaching the partitioning option I got a little confused I had used the RAID5 Partition then 4. I went on to stop the installing  5. I c

Unidentified subject!

Hi Guys,   I need your help. 1. I set out to install Debian from Windows 7 2. I downloaded the win 32 Debian Installer and went through the procedures 3. On reaching the partitioning option I got a little confused I had used the RAID5 Partition then 4. I went on to stop the installing  5. I c

Re: mksh vs. pdksh

On 22/06/13 20:47, Jeff Shearer wrote: Good day, One feature I have used for at least 20 years with various verions of ksh is the ability to escape and scroll through my .history file using the lower case letters k and j when vi is designated as my editor in my .profile.� I just implemen

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mksh vs. pdksh

Good day, One feature I have used for at least 20 years with various verions of ksh is the ability to escape and scroll through my .history file using the lower case letters k and j when vi is designated as my editor in my .profile.� I just implemented mksh which is the supposed replacemen

Re: open office install fails

On Saturday 22 June 2013 07:16:48 you wrote: > On Sat, 2013-06-22 at 10:34 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > [...] > > > Maybe it was replaced in Debian, but Open Office is still very much > > alive and well (and owned by ASF). > > > > I'm with Jeff - I prefer OpenOffice over LibreOffice. > > I prefer

Re: No udev event when i plug an HDMI cable

David Goodenough btconnect.com> writes: > > On Tuesday 04 Jun 2013, Sylvain Archenault wrote: > > Anybody having the same issue? > > > > On 05/18/2013 12:52 PM, Sylvain Archenault wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > When I plugged a HDMI cable in my laptop, the display used to > > > automatically

Re: upgrade to linux-image-3.9.1 breaks nvidia proprietary driver

On Sat, 2013-06-22 at 19:02 +0200, CHK Webmaster wrote: > Any comment about how can this issue be reported? http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archiv

upgrade to linux-image-3.9.1 breaks nvidia proprietary driver

Hi, I write here cause I'm not sure where report this issue. It happens when upgrading my system via apt-get. The upgrade includes linux-image-3.9.1-amd64 but does not include nvidia-kernel-3.9.1-amd64 in which depends the nvidia proprietary driver. So the result was a X system breaks, that canno

Re: From Squeeze to Wheezy: An upgrade problem

On Vi, 21 iun 13, 20:55:15, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2013-06-21 at 21:02 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Vi, 21 iun 13, 16:52:49, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > On Fri, 2013-06-21 at 17:02 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > aptitude install $(cat non-Debian.pkgs) > > > > > > So the OP wi

Re: open office install fails

On Sat, 2013-06-22 at 10:34 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: [...] > > Maybe it was replaced in Debian, but Open Office is still very much > alive and well (and owned by ASF). > > I'm with Jeff - I prefer OpenOffice over LibreOffice. > > I prefer LibreOffice and follow David's advice. In any case,

Re: wacky question

On Saturday 22 June 2013 05:39:27 lina wrote: > What is dangerous is that people take "hooligan" as "holy fighter", and > "gentleman" as "dictator". Really?? Where?? When?? Can you quote? This sounds bizarre to me. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Unknown option: -a to fsck.btrfs

Recently after an upgrade to my Debian system (and after a certain number of mounts) whose rootfs is on btrfs, my system now goes to maintenance shell mode because it can't run fack against the root fs. Whilst attempting to fsck all my disks, it stumbled on fsck.btrfs: Unknown option: -a usage: b

Re: open office install fails

On 6/22/2013 6:34 AM, Steven Post wrote: On Sat, 2013-06-22 at 06:17 -0400, Jeff Shearer wrote: Good morning, I am using Debian 7. I "upgraded" from 6 recently. My attempt to install the open office productivity suite seems to have failed. While synaptic indicates it is installed, I cannot fi

Re: open office install fails

On 6/22/2013 7:41 AM, Thierry Chatelet wrote: The Saturday 22 June 2013 13:29:51, Jeff Shearer wrote : One of the freatures I find attractive in the open source community is the ability to select applications that I enjoy.� I have used Open Office for years and would like to continue using Open

Re: open office install fails

On 22/06/13 12:29, Jeff Shearer wrote: One of the freatures I find attractive in the open source community is the ability to select applications that I enjoy. I have used Open Office for years and would like to continue using Open Office. After the install Open Office does not appear in. Office

Re: cannot print

On 22/06/13 10:49, Jeff Shearer wrote: Good morning, I just installed Debian 7 and I cannot print. All other computers in the house can pring and my Debian 6 box worked fine, until I upgraded. I don't know much about trouble shooting the matter but here is one thing I tried: root@OfficeWks:/ho

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Re: open office install fails

The Saturday 22 June 2013 13:29:51, Jeff Shearer wrote : > One of the freatures I find attractive in the open source community is the > ability to select applications that I enjoy.� I have used Open Office for > years and would like to continue using Open Office.� After the install > Open Office do

Re: open office install fails

One of the freatures I find attractive in the open source community is the ability to select applications that I enjoy.� I have used Open Office for years and would like to continue using Open Office.� After the install Open Office does not appear in. Office applications. Please advise how I

Re: open office install fails

On Sat, 2013-06-22 at 06:17 -0400, Jeff Shearer wrote: > Good morning, > > I am using Debian 7. I "upgraded" from 6 recently. My attempt to > install the open office productivity suite seems to have failed. > While synaptic indicates it is installed, I cannot find it on the > reall bad new GUI.

Re: open office install fails

On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 06:17:43AM -0400, Jeff Shearer wrote: > I am using Debian 7.? I "upgraded" from 6 recently.? My attempt to install > the open office productivity suite seems to have failed.? While synaptic > indicates it is installed, I cannot find it on the reall bad new GUI.? Also, > I

open office install fails

Good morning, I am using Debian 7.� I "upgraded" from 6 recently.� My attempt to install the open office productivity suite seems to have failed.� While synaptic indicates it is installed, I cannot find it on the reall bad new GUI.� Also, I noted that none of the applications like writer indi

Re: cannot print

On 22/06/13 05:49 AM, Jeff Shearer wrote: Good morning, I just installed Debian 7 and I cannot print. All other computers in the house can pring and my Debian 6 box worked fine, until I upgraded. I don't know much about trouble shooting the matter but here is one thing I tried: root@OfficeWks:/

cannot start gnome screen saver

Good morning, I recently installed Debian 7 and am having a bit of trouble.� I cannot get the screen saver to work.� While synaptic shows that it is installed, I find nothing in the new really bad GUI to set up the screen saver.� When I try to laund the screen saver manually, I get the follow

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cannot print

Good morning, I just installed Debian 7 and I cannot print.� All other computers in the house can pring and my Debian 6 box worked fine, until I upgraded.� I don't know much about trouble shooting the matter but here is one thing I tried: root@OfficeWks:/home/ttpro0007# lp lp: Destination "Off

Re: Enigmail stopped working

It's magically started working. Thank you, computer Gods. On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 11:55 AM, John Tate wrote: > Enigmail is no longer automatically decrypting emails or allowing me > to do it manually in Icedove. There is nothing out of the ordinary in > the console output. > > -- > www.johntate.o

Re: Ethernet Card not detected

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