Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-20 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On May 20, 2017, at 9:38 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> On Saturday 20 May 2017 01:41:20 Mark Fletcher wrote: >> >> Hello! >> >> I have some doubts about the throughput of my home network and I'm >> hoping for some advice on tools that might help me diagnose it. >> >> My home network consist

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

2017-04-13 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On Apr 13, 2017, at 5:23 AM, GiaThnYgeia wrote: > > Catherine Gramze: >> /snip... > > I did not ask for advice on what to do, we are discussing the freedom of > choice, remember? Yes, your freedom of choice to attempt to do something ridiculous. Making choices that

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

2017-04-12 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On Apr 12, 2017, at 9:05 PM, GiaThnYgeia wrote: > > The "choice" of going cheap on ancient hardware is that you all knowing > expert "technical" but not "political" folk are really clueless of what > those non-free eight-core gadgets you port your code on contain. It > would take years of tes

Re: GPU advice for Debian stretch?

2017-04-05 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Apr 05, 2017, at 01:25 PM, Joshua Schaeffer wrote: However, Almost any discrete, modern, mainline card (Geforce or ATI) will work. If you want to use proprietary drives then just check the manufacturers website if that particular card has a Linux driver for download. I haven't video card

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

2017-04-04 Thread Catherine Gramze
Sent from my iPad > On Apr 4, 2017, at 6:47 PM, Mark Fletcher wrote: > Counter-argument: One word. Apple. > > (Not that I am an Apple fan by any means, but Apple have for decades > been highly successful making zero effort at backwards compatibility. I > speak from experience, running iOS 9

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

2017-04-01 Thread Catherine Gramze
Sent from my iPad > On Apr 1, 2017, at 7:30 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Never came across those during my research before posting my initial > query here. And I read a lot of articles. Still have found nothing > stating exactly why Linux distros don't offer a choice of inits during > insta

Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt

2017-03-30 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On Mar 30, 2017, at 6:10 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> On Thursday 30 March 2017 21:22:57 Catherine Gramze wrote: >> This reminds me of the time a professor gave a coding assignment on >> Tuesday, due "next Thursday." To most of the class that meant in 2 days,

Re: Remove topic

2017-03-30 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On Mar 30, 2017, at 4:16 PM, Lounis ILLOURMANE wrote: > > Hello, > Can you please remove the topic on this URL > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/06/msg02062.html > There's my first and family name, some people try to use this informations to > hurt me. > Please help me. Please d

Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt

2017-03-30 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On Mar 30, 2017, at 3:56 PM, Terence wrote: > > Lisi asks "And is London "up" or "down"from York?" > > London is "up". "Up trains" were those travelling to London terminii, "Down > trains" departed from London terminii to other parts of the rail network. I have run across people to whom "up

Re: Movie 'n Book recommendations by Curt

2017-03-30 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On Mar 29, 2017, at 5:29 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Don't Yankees come from the United States?? Or is Curt an expat?? > The term Yankee refers specifically to a person from the northern, rather than southern, part of the USA, when used by a US native, usually one from the south. It is not a

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-24 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On Mar 24, 2017, at 6:05 PM, David Wright wrote: > >> On Fri 24 Mar 2017 at 15:44:15 (-0400), Catherine Gramze wrote: >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Mar 24, 2017, at 2:30 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote: >>> >>> but that went away years ago. At

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-24 Thread Catherine Gramze
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 24, 2017, at 2:30 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > but that went away years ago. At the end of the single installer run, > it should be finished. Do you mean "reboots into the newly installed > system" instead, maybe? > Yes, it boots into that bare bones system before

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-24 Thread Catherine Gramze
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 24, 2017, at 2:08 PM, Curt wrote: > > I'd just wish you'd wrap your lines in accordance to rule number 87 of the > "Debian Etiquette Guidelines," by I.M. Sikothis. Thank you for mentioning this. I was not aware that my iPad does not wrap lines appropriately for ev

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-23 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On Mar 23, 2017, at 9:20 PM, David Wright wrote: > > It's not really polite to call this "expert" (only in the sense > described by the Advanced options in the installer) rabid, and what > I do with the installer ridiculous. > > I don't wish to accept arbitrary impositions on what I can do wi

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-23 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On Mar 23, 2017, at 9:22 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > Catherine, I'm curious - when was the last time you installed Debian > using d-i? I've now seen you several times write (like above) about > "backing out of the installer after the reboot". Are you talking about > a second stage of d-i aft

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-23 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On Mar 23, 2017, at 7:38 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Anyone who reads this knows that the net-install disc cannot include non-free > firmware and that there could be a problem with connecting to the net. No, they don't. They know it can't can't contain non-free software, but not that their n

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-23 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On Mar 23, 2017, at 6:44 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Thursday 23 March 2017 22:18:53 Catherine Gramze wrote: >>> Mar 23, 2017, at 2:46 PM, Lisi Reisz >> >>> This is of course incorrect. But I doubt that I could refute it without >>> appearing aggr

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-23 Thread Catherine Gramze
> Mar 23, 2017, at 2:46 PM, Lisi Reisz > This is of course incorrect. But I doubt that I could refute it without > appearing aggressive again. :-( What part of what I said is incorrect? > It does indeed incense me that Catherine should demand that the net > installer, > which I and many

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-23 Thread Catherine Gramze
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 23, 2017, at 2:03 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > Please calm down, why the aggression? :-( Lisi is incensed with my suggestion that the netinst installer should refuse to continue if no network card is recognized and configured. She sincerely believes Debian is, an

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-23 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On Mar 23, 2017, at 12:38 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > Catherine Gramze wrote: >>> On Mar 20, 2017, at 10:02 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: >>> >>> Particularly where you have encountered it where it takes you past the >>> point >>> of no retr

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-21 Thread Catherine Gramze
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 21, 2017, at 7:20 PM, David Wright wrote: > >> On Tue 21 Mar 2017 at 15:44:18 (-0400), Catherine Gramze wrote: >> >> The installer allows you to continue the installation without a configured >> network card, and it shouldn&#

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-21 Thread Catherine Gramze
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 21, 2017, at 3:10 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 02:44:42PM -0400, Catherine Gramze wrote: >>> On Mar 21, 2017, at 2:12 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: >>> >>> wrong >> >> Then use a different instal

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-21 Thread Catherine Gramze
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 21, 2017, at 2:12 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > That doesn't mean the installer should refuse to work. There is > absolutely nothing wrong with doing a minimal install using a netinst > image to get a working Debian system. Maybe you want to do the first > part o

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-21 Thread Catherine Gramze
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 21, 2017, at 2:12 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > wrong Then use a different installer! The netinst dvd leaves you with what would be considered a crippled system by most people. Requiring a functioning network card removes that possibility for the noob while still a

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-21 Thread Catherine Gramze
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 21, 2017, at 2:01 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> On Tuesday 21 March 2017 17:15:32 Catherine Gramze wrote: >> Sent from my iPad >> >>>> On Mar 21, 2017, at 11:10 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: >>>>> On Tue, Mar 21, 2

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-21 Thread Catherine Gramze
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 21, 2017, at 11:10 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 02:55:07PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: >>> On Tuesday 21 March 2017 14:33:29 Catherine Gramze wrote: >>> Refusing to continue an installation that will inevitably be

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-21 Thread Catherine Gramze
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 21, 2017, at 6:31 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> On Tuesday 21 March 2017 02:58:50 Catherine Gramze wrote: >> The installer allows you to continue the installation without a configured >> network card, and it shouldn't. > > Of co

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-20 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On Mar 20, 2017, at 10:02 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Tuesday 21 March 2017 00:19:52 Catherine Gramze wrote: >>> On Mar 20, 2017, at 7:51 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote >> > What I was asking is where you yourself have encountered it recently, not in > what circumsta

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-20 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On Mar 20, 2017, at 7:51 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > That sounds as though it is the message that is at fault, not the installer > or > installation method. It should perhaps mention that you have to carry on to > get a desktop. Is this in the set of DVDs? > > Lisi > I have not done a dvd

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-20 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On Mar 20, 2017, at 4:29 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> On 03/20/2017 03:06 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: >>> On Monday 20 March 2017 09:46:45 Jonathan Dowland wrote: >>> I don't have an installation image locally to test this as I write, but >>> your messages indicate that the graphical desktop optio

Re: Suggested edit

2017-03-17 Thread Catherine Gramze
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 17, 2017, at 12:57 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Not, it isn't. Debian is for experts, or would-be experts, or those who will > never be experts but like to pretend. > I strongly disagree. The point of a genuinely free and open operating system is accessibility at a

Re: Suggested edit

2017-03-17 Thread Catherine Gramze
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 17, 2017, at 12:04 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > There are plenty of dumbed down Debian derivatives for those that want them. > Please don't let's dumb Debian down any further. Base install means base > install. The net install disk by default installs Gnome (I have

Re: Suggested edit

2017-03-17 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On Mar 17, 2017, at 10:28 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > That would presume that the majority of users of the installer wanted to > install a desktop environment. This is not necessarily true even for > beginners, > on say, server machines. Beginners are installing server systems as their

Re: Suggested edit

2017-03-16 Thread Catherine Gramze
> debian-8.7.1-amd64-CD-1.iso > > The reason I bring this up is because people in support groups and forums as > about why they didn't get a desktop environment, even when they use that > specific CD. That "feature" is not limited to the cd version. It is also in the netinst version and the d

Re: radeon black screen

2017-03-14 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Mar 14, 2017, at 12:35 AM, Felix Miata wrote: Something is defective, MSI's motherboard BIOS/firmware, Radeon's VBIOS, hardware, display or some combination. If all acquired together, it ought to have been taken up with the vendors when new so that you would have had some recourse. Maybe

Re: radeon black screen

2017-03-13 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Mar 13, 2017, at 09:50 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Catherine Gramze composed on 2017-03-13 20:56 (UTC-0400): Probably not impossible, but difficult I cannot doubt. It ought to go into setup automatically regardless of video connection if you do a BIOS reset via jumper or battery removal. If

Re: radeon black screen

2017-03-13 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 7:30 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > Catherine Gramze composed on 2017-03-13 18:49 (UTC-0400): > > Is Plymouth installed? ​No, it is not. I checked.​ According to that URI it is a refresh of Radeon HD 7870 that apparently > nobody ever updated Wikipedia to include

Re: radeon black screen (was: Apology to siduction...)

2017-03-13 Thread Catherine Gramze
Meanwhile, my MSI Z87-43G motherboard boot screen doesn't display unless I > >> use the built-in graphics card. When I use my Radeon R9 270X it just goes >> blank, but still boots through to the default first grub menu item. 4K >> > > Goes blank when exactly? Do kernel and initrd load first? Do you

Re: Apology to siduction 17.01 (was Re: why??why?why??)

2017-03-13 Thread Catherine Gramze
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 13, 2017, at 3:23 PM, Rob van der Putten wrote: > > Hi there > > >> On 13/03/17 15:54, GiaThnYgeia wrote: >> >> Out of my frustration and lack of understanding, or the belief that all >> systems should run as trouble-free as clean-debian, and possibly due to >> ju

Re: A Strange Firefox Problem

2017-02-21 Thread Catherine Gramze
Can you verify which type of AT&T Uverse you have? They have renamed their 3 meg or so DSL as Uverse, as well as their fiber 30 meg or more service.  On Feb 21, 2017, at 01:42 PM, "Stephen P. Molnar" wrote: I have the Debian 8 version of Firefox installed and have encountered a rather stra

Re: Do have programs have poor documentation? (was ... Re: Why? -- "A Modest Proposal")

2016-12-31 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 4:37 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Can we all agree to ignore this clown > ​?​ > ​I can. PLONK.​

Missing ifuse package in Jessie

2016-12-29 Thread Catherine Gramze
I thought it would be nice to see if I could sync my iPad with my Jessie box. I downloaded all the packages that online research suggested I would need: apt-get install ideviceinstaller python-imobiledevice libimobiledevice-utils libimobiledevice4 libplist2 python-plist ifuse However, the ifuse p

Re: Do have programs have poor documentation? (was ... Re: Why? -- "A Modest Proposal")

2016-12-29 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 8:37 PM, Xen wrote: > > The thread and the responses by Catherine Gramze is one example of that. > She defends bad writing. She comes up with all kinds of excuses as to not > want to explain anything. Saying it is Good to not explain stuff. > > If you a

Re: Do have programs have poor documentation? (was ... Re: Why? -- "A Modest Proposal")

2016-12-29 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Xen wrote: > > More importantly the man system or man format does not preclude such > documents being written as tutorials so basically it is being done all > around. > > So your assertion here does not really have a basis in reality I must say: > the system does

Re: Do have programs have poor documentation? (was ... Re: Why? -- "A Modest Proposal")

2016-12-29 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Xen wrote: > But if you are going to say the purpose of a man page is to be a complete > reference guide unto its options, then you will write dirt poor man pages. > That is all I can say here > ​. > ​But that is precisely the original function of the man pages

System settings -fglrx disabled it?

2013-11-03 Thread Catherine Gramze
In the default Debian desktop (Gnome, I believe, definitely not KDE) I have lost the ability to open the "system settings" item in either the Applications/System Tools/Preferences menu or the dropdown menu from the username in the upper right corner. This was triggered by my installation of a ne

WINE not working

2013-10-21 Thread Catherine Gramze
I installed WINE from synaptic. I chose Wine, wine64, and q4wine. While attempting to configure using q4wine I was unable to find the wineserver daemon. I used the search in Files to search the entire filesystem and got no results. I tried to install an app, the World of Warcraft installer, and got

Re: Blacklisting threads

2013-10-20 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Sun, 20 Oct 2013 21:24:28 +0400 Dmitrii Kashin wrote: > Lisi Reisz writes: > > > How do I blacklist a thread? In Claws I have the option of creating either a filtering or processing rule to deal with unwanted threads. I suspect the processing rule might deal with the thread before even dow

Re: Logitech unified wireless

2013-10-18 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:17:56 +0200 Gareth de Vaux wrote: > > I could use the keyboard/mouse in the BIOS from the start fine. > I do need to redo the pairing on each boot in the OS though. > > If anyone's interested: >snip Odd. Once paired using my Mac my mouse and keyboard have remained paired

Re: dvd Jessie images

2013-10-16 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:33:39 +0300 andrey.ry...@bilkent.edu.tr wrote: > hi all. > I want download full set of dvd Jessie images. But on official site > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.2.0/i386/iso-dvd/ i can find > only 4 images. Where i can find all 10 official dvd images? > Thanks in advan

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-15 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 23:37:25 -0400 Jerry Stuckle wrote: > No, a cable modem does both MOdulation and DEModulation - which is > why it is called a MODEM. > > On the internet, input/output on one side of the modem is digital, > through an RJ-45 to category cable. > > But you can only have one di

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-14 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 21:12:32 -0400 Jerry Stuckle wrote: > Maybe where you are, but not in the world scheme of things. > > A router is a specific box. A (A)DSL modem may also contain a > firewall, etc. But most (A)DSL modems, cable modems, etc., only have > one Ethernet port. So people instal

Re: who could take the time to figure out how to contact linux ? so complicated !

2013-10-14 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:19:15 +0200 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Please, lets merge the two threads into one? > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/10/msg00703.html > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/10/msg00705.html > > Perhaps the OP and anybody else could continue here with replying t

Logitech unified wireless

2013-10-13 Thread Catherine Gramze
I ran into a snag getting this set up on my new computer. I found a gem of info online, telling me I had to use a USB 2 port and not a USB 3 port, but it still wouldn't work. I finally figured out it was a pairing problem, due to me having multiple keyboards, mice, and unifying receivers. I used t

Re: Building computer

2013-10-01 Thread Catherine Gramze
>> On Sep 30, 2013, at 10:33 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >Actually they were, up to the point you finally told us what screen >resolution you use. That changes things quite a bit, or I should say >changed one thing dramatically. >I recommended a fast dual core CPU because more cores will be wasted

Re: Building computer

2013-09-30 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Sep 30, 2013, at 5:00 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > No, no. Context is important here. The OP stated she needed more than > 4GB of RAM. I stated that WOW on Wine shouldn't even require 2GB, but > for argument's sake, if it did need 2GB, then all of her other stuff > would easily fit in the re

Re: Can't create folder on empty partition - suspect permission issue

2013-09-30 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Sep 30, 2013, at 11:38 AM, Frank McCormick wrote: >> Richard seems to need to believe himself to be extremely unusually old >> for the list and to have used computers for far longer than anyone >> else. >> >> He is younger than I am, and I am by no means the oldest on this list; >> so he is

Re: Can't create folder on empty partition - suspect permission issue

2013-09-30 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Sep 30, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > Suspect indicator that you are decades younger than I. But I've been wrong > before. I suspect not, unless you are an octogenarian at minimum. This seems unlikely, so my best guess is that we are roughly the same age, with a distinct poss

Re: Building computer

2013-09-28 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Sep 28, 2013, at 11:56 AM, Jack Malmostoso wrote: > I was scrolling through the thread and I see you want to add a video > card, and I checked on the Zareason website what they offer. I hope you > got a power supply with more than the 350W standard. I am not sure it > has enough horsepower to

Re: Building computer

2013-09-28 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Sep 28, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Jack Malmostoso wrote: > The onboard graphics depend on the CPU. In my case, it's HD4600, which > is the fastest you can get with a socketed CPU. > It's supported by the Intel driver in Wheezy for most things, however > now in Sid it is used 100%. I can do light gam

Re: Building computer

2013-09-28 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Sep 28, 2013, at 9:15 AM, Jack Malmostoso wrote: > I hope I'm not late to the party, but here's my new setup (bought in > June) which runs Debian Sid without problems: You may be too late for me, but not late for somebody else. This type of info is sadly hard to find for the newer motherbo

Re: duplicate emails

2013-09-27 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Sep 27, 2013, at 11:22 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > I upgrade from 7 to 7.0.2, so I was already on iOS 7, however, I only > can use the iPad off-line (no mailing), because the ad-hoc connections > by Linux are unstable, they might hold for 3 seconds. I don't know if > it's an issue caused by the

Re: duplicate emails

2013-09-27 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Sep 27, 2013, at 3:06 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > The formatting of your mails also is very unusual ^^. > > I suspect an issue with your mailers, Apple Mail (2.1510) and iPad Mail > (11A465). The spamming of myself seems to have stopped. I did nothing to cure it except open up the p

Re: Volunteer in need of a mentor

2013-09-26 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Sep 26, 2013, at 11:00 PM, Beco wrote: > I sent to debian-ment...@lists.debian.org > > They told they don't appoint mentors. I also sent to > mentor...@women.debian.org but got no response till now. They are currently advertising for mentors for the Outreach Project for Women in the debia

Re: Building computer

2013-09-26 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Sep 26, 2013, at 10:50 PM, Tom H wrote: > I'd call it obscure rather than magical. Any sufficiently obscure technique is indistinguishable from magic - (my apologies to Arthur C. Clark). On my recent ill-fated Gateway it took spamming the delete key during boot, and then once the login sc

Re: building computer

2013-09-26 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Sep 26, 2013, at 8:27 PM, Charles Kroeger wrote: >> >> Can Charles Kroeger give a source for his information? > > He can: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface > > sub heading: "Platforms using EFI/UEFI" 10th paragraph down I figured you could, CK. Tha

Re: building computer

2013-09-26 Thread Catherine Gramze
I have received a response from MSI again. I do like the swiftness of their email responses, even if the responses are a bit cryptic. Me: Please advise me as to whether this motherboard: http://us.msi.com/product/mb/H87-G43.html#/?div=Overview 1. allows Secure Boot to be disabled and 2. whethe

Re: Building computer

2013-09-26 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Sep 26, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Catherine Gramze wrote: > > On Sep 26, 2013, at 2:08 PM, Darko Gavrilovic wrote: > >> What's the motherboard model number? A quick Google indicates you may >> not be able to disable UEFI but you can enable legacy compatibility >&

Re: Building computer

2013-09-26 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Sep 26, 2013, at 2:08 PM, Darko Gavrilovic wrote: > What's the motherboard model number? A quick Google indicates you may > not be able to disable UEFI but you can enable legacy compatibility > mode for MSI m/b's. The specific model I am considering is the MSI H87-43G. signature.asc Descr

Re: Building computer

2013-09-26 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Sep 26, 2013, at 1:57 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > I don't know any vendor, for any kind of hardware, that does support > Linux, even not the Linux friendly vendors that cooperate with the Linux > community usually don't support Linux. That Linux isn't supported, > doesn't mean that they don't c

duplicate emails

2013-09-26 Thread Catherine Gramze
I am getting numerous posts by me in my inbox, partially completed posts plus duplicate of full posts, but only for the debian-user emails. If this is happening on the entire list, I apologize. I am not repeatedly sending! I do not know the cause of this and will be trying to eliminate these if

Re: Building computer

2013-09-26 Thread Catherine Gramze
I contacted MSI to ask if they made a motherboard I could use. Here is the exchange: Me: I want to purchase a motherboard for a Linux computer. I would prefer one that would accept the new Haswell processor. The BIOS must allow for Secure Boot to be disabled, and CSM mode to be enabled, e.g. U

Re: Building computer

2013-09-25 Thread Catherine Gramze
On Sep 25, 2013, at 12:52 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> > > There's a huge amount of what we call "channel" or "DIY" hardware out > there that works fine with Linux. The only real issues are > > 1. What's available in your local market and at what price point > 2. Choice of integrated GPU >

Building computer

2013-09-24 Thread Catherine Gramze
I intend to build a computer for the specific purpose of running Debian. I have had a bad experience with a store-bought computer, which seemed to be wholly unable to boot to anything but Windows 8 - there was no option in the BIOS to boot to the hard drive, or even to the EFI partition, but onl