[SOLVED]: Re: wLAN interface recognised, wicd won't co-operate (plz CC!)

2012-04-18 Thread Jason Filippou
And done. Marking this solved. Thanks a million Brian. Jason On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Brian wrote: > On Wed 18 Apr 2012 at 12:40:42 +0300, Jason Filippou wrote: > > [Tale about a Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG snipped.] > >> I have included "wlan0"

wLAN interface recognised, wicd won't co-operate (plz CC!)

2012-04-18 Thread Jason Filippou
Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down Please keep in mind that there is no issue about hardware malfunctions or the network being unavailable, because my Windows partition logs into the network without any problems. Kindly CC me as I'm not subscribed on the list, Jason

Re: Frequent weezy freezes on amd64 architecture (possibly KDE-related)?

2011-06-25 Thread Jason Filippou
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 3:36 AM, Marc Ronell wrote: > > >>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Filippou writes: > >    Jason> Hello all, I have just completed a fresh installation of >    Jason> debian wheezy, architecture amd64, with KDE included and >    J

Frequent weezy freezes on amd64 architecture (possibly KDE-related)?

2011-06-23 Thread Jason Filippou
ave rendered a successful GNOME installation unfeasible, so I'm looking towards a solution that would keep KDE on my system. Any further information required of me will be happily provided. Please CC me as I am on a list subscriber. Thanks a million, Jason -- Jason Filippou http://cg

Re: SIGTERM received when installing Nvidia driver

2011-03-30 Thread Jason Filippou
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:40 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/30/2011 04:28 PM, Jason Filippou wrote: >> >> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Ron Johnson >>  wrote: >>> >>> On 03/30/2011 02:36 PM, Jason Filippou wrote: >>>> >>>

Re: SIGTERM received when installing Nvidia driver

2011-03-30 Thread Jason Filippou
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/30/2011 02:36 PM, Jason Filippou wrote: >> >> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Ron Johnson >>  wrote: >>> >>> On 03/30/2011 08:00 AM, Jason Filippou wrote: >>>> >>>> He

Re: SIGTERM received when installing Nvidia driver

2011-03-30 Thread Jason Filippou
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/30/2011 08:00 AM, Jason Filippou wrote: >> >> Hello list, >> >> I've been running my testing box's graphics through the NVIDIA >> proprietary driver, downloaded from their website. Howeve

SIGTERM received when installing Nvidia driver

2011-03-30 Thread Jason Filippou
not on the list. Thanks, Jason -- Jason Filippou http://cgi.di.uoa.gr/~std06142 -- 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/AANLkTik-ucu=VZ_J

[SOLVED] Re: X gone

2010-12-29 Thread Jason Filippou
that kernerl installed) that I had and everything runs smootlhy now. Really sorry once again, Jason On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Jason Filippou wrote: > Hello list, > > I was having some trouble running openGL in my Debian testing, > 2.6.32-5-686 kernel version system. I have an

X gone

2010-12-29 Thread Jason Filippou
usable configuration. Fatar server error: no screens found. . . . xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. Thanks for any help, as I'm not sure what to do here. Please do CC me as I am not on the list. -- Jason

Remove a printer device URI

2010-10-15 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello, I run Debian Squeeze and recently bought a new HP Deskjet printer. It has installed just fine through hplip and the test page looks good. I was just wondering whether it could be possible for me to get rid of the URI instance of my previous Business Inkjet 1000 printer. If I run hp-check th

[SOLVED] Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Jason Filippou
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Jason Filippou > wrote: > ... >> Which steps should I follow to compile the NVIDIA driver into the new kernel? > > Are you using squeeze ? If so I would suggest: > > http://

Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello list, I just installed the new 2.6.32-5-686 kernel and I've been having trouble installing the NVIDIA linux display driver. Usually this process required of me only to download the linux-headers for the relevant kernel release and then running the shell script provided by NVIDIA on their web

Re: Simple dual boot - grun issue

2010-06-22 Thread Jason Filippou
I did install os-prober as directed and reran update-grub, and I'd like to note the following output when I ran os-prober itself: ja...@debian:~$ sudo os-prober [sudo] password for root: ls: cannot access /media/win: Input/output error ls: cannot access /media/win: Input/output error ls: cannot ac

Simple dual boot - grub issue

2010-06-21 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello list, I have had a laptop wearing Linux solely over the last few years and today I decided I'd install a Windows partition on it, with aim to dual boot. After preparing an NTFS partition by using the gparted live CD, I installed Windows 7 on the newly created partition. Thus, so far I have t

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2010 #835

2010-05-13 Thread Jason Filippou
> You did log out and log back in, right? Your ".profile" is only read on=20 > login. > =2D-=20 > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,=3D ,-_-. =3D. > b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) > ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' > http://iguanasuicide.net/

Trouble setting environment variables

2010-05-13 Thread Jason Filippou
Hi, I've been trying to set my PATH and CLASSPATH environment variables so that they point to my JDK's bin and some Java source files respectively and this is what I've written in my .profile file: # PATH should also include the latest jdk "bin" directory PATH="/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.20/bi

Re: glXCreateContext failed in Squeeze

2010-05-01 Thread Jason Filippou
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Andrea Neroni wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I recently switched back to the GNOME desktop environment from KDE and > I'm interested in running Compiz Fusion, > > which I remember playing with when I was using the Ubuntu distribution. > First thing I did was follow > the

glXCreateContext failed in Squeeze

2010-05-01 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello, I recently switched back to the GNOME desktop environment from KDE and I'm interested in running Compiz Fusion, which I remember playing with when I was using the Ubuntu distribution. First thing I did was follow the instructions outlined here: http://wiki.debian.org/Compiz And everything

Re: Any incompatibility with Ethernet adapters?

2010-03-23 Thread Jason Filippou
Hi, As requested, here's the output pf lspci -nn | grep -i ether: 03:06.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet [10ec:8167] (rev 10) The output of lspci -n is: 00:00.0 0600: 8086:29a0 (rev 02) 00:01.0 0604: 8086:29a1 (rev 02) 00:1a.0 0c03

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2010 #504

2010-03-22 Thread Jason Filippou
> Has this card worked for you with Linux in the past?  Or is this a > fresh install? It's been working for me well for both Windows and Linux for a certain amount of months. Over the last few weeks I've been having trouble connecting to my router and have been seeing abnormal behavior from the Et

Re: Any incompatibility with Ethernet adapters?

2010-03-22 Thread Jason Filippou
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Aioanei Rares wrote: > On 03/22/2010 07:42 PM, Jason Filippou wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> My mobo's network card's crashed and I was wondering if I'd have to be >> weary on which would be the next one I'd have to pu

Any incompatibility with Ethernet adapters?

2010-03-22 Thread Jason Filippou
Hi, My mobo's network card's crashed and I was wondering if I'd have to be weary on which would be the next one I'd have to purchase as far as Debian compatibility is concerned. Are there ethernet adapters out there that have incompatibility problems with Debian or Linux in general? I know that so

Heads up for NVIDIA users

2010-03-05 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello, I don't see this mentioned anywhere in the latest posts so I thought I'd post it: The latest proprietary linux driver on the NVIDIA website (195.36.08, URL: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_195.36.08.html), which I understand covers many more GPUs than my GT220 causes X to no

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2010 #364

2010-03-02 Thread Jason Filippou
> I have no idea on how kdeglobals is recreated, but the culprit may in whatever > recreates it. That' s why, in my case moving away both .kde and .kde4 did > work. Now, maybe moving only one of the 2 should have be sufficient, but I did > not want to spend to much time on it. > Thierry Apparently

KDE session dead

2010-03-02 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello list, After updating my debian squeeze box yesterday I'm having trouble logging into my KDE session. More specifically, after I choose "KDE" from the available sessions from kdm, the kde splash screen begins loading but then I get a white screen followed by a completely black screen, with

Re: Cmake error: Could NOT find KdepimLibs (missing: KdepimLibs_CONFIG)

2010-02-01 Thread Jason Filippou
>> Hello, >> >> I've been following the steps outlined here >> >> http://kopete.kde.org/svnaccess.php >> >> To gain SVN access to kopete and I'm copying and pasting the commands >> in the first box. I'm having trouble getting past the "cmake >> ../kdenetwork" command, though. This is the error I'm

Re: Cmake error: Could NOT find KdepimLibs (missing: KdepimLibs_CONFIG)

2010-02-01 Thread Jason Filippou
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:02 PM, simozack wrote: > 2010/2/1 Jason Filippou : > >> I've installed kdepimlibs-dbg and this can be viewed here: > > Maybe you need the development libraries (kdepimlibs-dev) not the > debug version... > > HTH, > Simone > Hello

Cmake error: Could NOT find KdepimLibs (missing: KdepimLibs_CONFIG)

2010-02-01 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello, I've been following the steps outlined here http://kopete.kde.org/svnaccess.php To gain SVN access to kopete and I'm copying and pasting the commands in the first box. I'm having trouble getting past the "cmake ../kdenetwork" command, though. This is the error I'm getting: r...@debian:~/

Nvidia GT220 inquiry

2010-01-29 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello, I haven't upgraded my Testing partition in at least two weeks, in order to avoid any problems with the new linux kernel in a period of time that I needed a well-functioning computer for my exams. Right now I'm a bit more relaxed as far as my schedule goes so I was thinking of upgrading to t

Mounting new hard disk in /dev/sdb

2009-12-19 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello, I recently installed a new SATA hard drive on my desktop system and I noticed that Squeeze had, by default, mounted it in /dev/sda. This means that recently, due to the popular GRUB failure that caused everybody (including myself) a lot of grief, my Debian disk rescue mode was installing th

AAC audio encoding through faac in Squeeze

2009-12-13 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello list, Having added debian -multimedia to my /etc/apt/sources.list I experimented to see whether I had native support for most audio codecs and encoders. Running the popular audio format conversion program 'soundconverter' I realized I wasn't able to encode into AAC format, even though I had

Re: Flash/AVI/Skype sound issue in Squeeze

2009-11-18 Thread Jason Filippou
> Hi, > I got a similar problem having a web cam with integrated microphone. > Restarting the computer with the web cam unplugged would bring back the sound > in iceweasel. Blacklisting snd_usb_audio in alsa-base-blacklist.conf did solve > the problem, in a not too nice way, but it did what I wante

Flash/AVI/Skype sound issue in Squeeze

2009-11-18 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello list, I'm having trouble with my sound in a rather fresh Testing box on KDE. Before I lay down the situation, let me clarify that I have googled, rather extensively, in pursuit of a solution to my problem, yet I have not found a solution that solves my problem. So, instead of turning my syst

HP Business Inkjet 100 installation on Squeeze

2009-11-16 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello, Would anyone happen to know of a way to install said printer on Testing? I have installed the hplip, hpijs and printconf packages and I get the following when running printconf ja...@debian:~$ sudo printconf Configuring HP Business Inkjet 1000 on usb:/dev/usb/lp0 with hpijs driver as queue

Re: Ctrl Alt F11 gives me trouble

2009-11-14 Thread Jason Filippou
Never having fully understood what the trouble was, I achieved to solve the grief produced by playing with the kde fonts through system settings and, of course, uninstalling pulseaudio, which I had thought to have been already uninstalled. Thank you all for your time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Ctrl Alt F11 gives me trouble

2009-11-13 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello, I run Testing with KDE and accidentally hit ctrl alt f11 instead of some kde effects combination. As a result of this, I was given a prompt I couldn't propery interact with, and then I hit cltr alt delete to restart my system. When I logged into my Debian partition, I realized that the syst

Flash player gives me no audio

2009-11-08 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello list, I have a fresh Squeeze installation on my main desktop and it was all running smooth, except for the fact that flash player wouldn't play any sounds for me through both Konqueror and Iceweasel. I'm using KDE. All other sounds were operating correctly, which means that I could hear noti

Squeeze: Sub - Process rred received segmentation fault

2009-11-04 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello, I was executing aptitude update and noticed the followin output after a sequence of 'hit's, 'ign's and 'get's: Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Packages Get:2 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main 2009-11-02-1520.49.pdiff [18.3kB] Get:3 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/con

Re: see ya

2009-10-11 Thread Jason Filippou
> > When half the list can't figure out how to use a goddamned e-mail > client, and so insists on sending out double the number of e-mails > just because they feel like it; when the other half seems to mostly > enjoy posting links to LMGTFY so they feel like a big shot; when most > of the answers h

MySQL client in Squeeze

2009-10-07 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello, The following is aptitude output when I try to resolve the dependencies associated with mysql-client5.1: Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y The following NEW packages will be installed: mysql-client mysql-client-5.1{a} mysql-server-5.1{a} The following packages will be REMOVED: mysql-cl

Grub: error 15

2009-09-26 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello, I assume this has probably been mentioned before, with all the grub legacy discussion going on, but here's my situation anyways: I have Debian Testing installed on my hp paviliion dv6000 notebook and executed the command upgrade-from-grub-legacy. After that, when I rebooted my system, I re

Kopete won't render BBCode

2009-06-18 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello, I'm running KDE version 4.2.4 and Kopete version 0.70.4. It seems that the app is unable to render any kind of BBCode. All the , etc tags are in place. I used to solve the same problem in emesene via installation of a windows live - like plugin (probably non-free, I believe), yet there do

'mktemp' testing package dependency

2009-06-16 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello, Over the last few days aptitude in my testing system detects an unsolved package dependency, concerning the package 'mktemp'. Here's the output of full-upgrade: ja...@debian:~$ sudo aptitude full-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Do

Correct sudoers file configuration

2009-05-26 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello, When I first installed squeeze on my system, and being oblivious as to the presence of any sudoers file in general, I asked a friend to help me with the setting up of the sudoers file. I have a sneaking suspicion, however, that the configuration applied might be flawed, since whenever I'm r

Proper ncurses package

2009-05-22 Thread Jason Filippou
Greetings, To spice up a uni assignment I have the option to use the ncurses library. However, I'm not at all sure that anything related to it is installed in my Squeeze system, since the command 'man ncurses' brings up nothing (or, to be more precise, an error message). When I connect to my depar

Re: Meaning of "score" when looking for package solutions

2009-05-22 Thread Jason Filippou
> > Daniel Burrows the maintainer of aptitude is a member of this list. > Perhaps he might find some time to respond. I did look into the same > question a while back. I believe what it comes down to is the lower the > score of the solution the better. Although I could be wrong about that. > I t

Meaning of "score" when looking for package solutions

2009-05-22 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello, Being new to Debian and running Squeeze I'm curious as to what the "Score is x" line's supposed to mean when examining solutions to solve package dependences through aptitude. I noticed that the value of "x" may differ greatly from one solution to another. I appreciate any input, Jason