Monitor network download speed

2013-07-20 Thread Joe Riel
labeling is correct, the scaling is usually bad, so the entire graph extends to all 1/5 the height. There must be a better application. -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.o

Re: installed console keymap not used following reboot

2013-06-01 Thread Joe Riel
Joe Riel writes: > I have a TrulyErgonomic keyboard and move some of the keys around. To > do this in the virtual terminals, I use loadkeys. I also use > install-keymap, which creates /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz. That > keymap is supposed to be loaded following a reboot. It is

installed console keymap not used following reboot

2013-06-01 Thread Joe Riel
does not correspond to the keymap I generate; however, doing # install-keymap my-keymap activates the custom keymap and creates the previously mentioned file, so it is likely correct. Any idea why the keymap at /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz is not being loaded? -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Reinstall nouveau driver

2013-06-01 Thread Joe Riel
Alan Ianson writes: > On Fri, 31 May 2013 12:59:49 -0700 > Joe Riel wrote: > >> Alan Ianson writes: >> >> > On Fri, 31 May 2013 11:13:52 -0700 >> > Joe Riel wrote: >> > >> >> After upgrading to Wheezy, I attempted to install a

Re: Reinstall nouveau driver

2013-05-31 Thread Joe Riel
Alan Ianson writes: > On Fri, 31 May 2013 11:13:52 -0700 > Joe Riel wrote: > >> After upgrading to Wheezy, I attempted to install an nvidia driver. >> It didn't work (X didn't come up). I managed to revert to using the >> nouveau driver, by removing /

Re: Reinstall nouveau driver

2013-05-31 Thread Joe Riel
Sven Joachim writes: > On 2013-05-31 20:13 +0200, Joe Riel wrote: > >> After upgrading to Wheezy, I attempted to install an nvidia driver. It >> didn't work (X didn't come up). > > Using the Nvidia installer is not recommended, better use the packages > in

Reinstall nouveau driver

2013-05-31 Thread Joe Riel
ore the upgrade (I'm pretty sure I was using the nouveau driver with Squeeze). Do I need to reinstall/reconfigure the nouveau driver? What is the proper way to do so? Thanks -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe&q

Re: Gain owner of a file using vim :w!

2013-05-22 Thread Joe Riel
h yourself as the owner. That is, essentially, what vi is doing. -- Joe Riel -- 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/87bo82czos@san.rr.com

Re: Disabling gpe18 at reboot

2013-05-12 Thread Joe Riel
David Guntner writes: > Joe Riel grabbed a keyboard and wrote: >> Following an upgrade to Wheezy, my Lenovo Y560p laptop >> showed 80% cpu usage on one core. This was due to >> constant interrupts on gpe18, see, udoremember.blogspot.com. >> >> I can stop t

Disabling gpe18 at reboot

2013-05-12 Thread Joe Riel
t reboot. To do so, I added the following cron file: # /etc/cron.d/30-disable-gpe18 @reboot root echo disable > /sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe18 Alas, that does not work. I've verified that the line is executed, however, the interrupt is not disabled. Any ideas why that would be the

Re: Reverting to an old version of libstdc++6

2011-04-19 Thread Joe Riel
On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:07:01 +0200 Johan Grönqvist wrote: > 2011-04-19 17:29, Joe Riel skrev: > > This weekend I upgraded, and libstdc++6 went from > > 4.5.2-4 -> 4.6.0-2. > > > (1) how do I determine what version of libstdc++6 > > that the previous debian

Reverting to an old version of libstdc++6

2011-04-19 Thread Joe Riel
r file, maybe libstdc++.so.6.0.14? How do I find out what that file was? (2) How do I locate and install the previous version from a debian repository? -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

libXm.so.3

2011-03-24 Thread Joe Riel
Any idea where I can get a 64 bit version of libXm.so.3? My understanding is that it is part of libmotif3, but that isn't part of Debian. -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@l

Re: aptitude stuck "resolving dependencies..."

2011-03-19 Thread Joe Riel
On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:04:47 -0700 Joe Riel wrote: > This morning I ran > > $ sudo aptitude update > $ aptitude --simulate safe-upgrade > Resolving dependencies... > open: 16431; closed: 11272; defer: 105; conflict: 54 > > At this point it kept chur

aptitude stuck "resolving dependencies..."

2011-03-19 Thread Joe Riel
real upgrade. How do I determine what is happening and whether a real upgrade would run normally? -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://l

Re: Squeeze freezes

2011-03-09 Thread Joe Riel
be causing this... > > Aquiles Carattino > e-mal / MSN:aqui.caratt...@gmail.com > Blog:http://www.aquic.com.ar -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact list

Re: I want beep in urxvt terminal - SOLVED

2011-02-21 Thread Joe Riel
On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 03:35:15 +0200 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sb, 19 feb 11, 11:09:06, Joe Riel wrote: > > > > An advantage for me of the noveau driver, besides restoring the > > beep in an xterm, was that the console font (in a virtual terminal) > > is much

Re: Setup xterm to use TrueType Fonts in .Xdefaults or .Xresources

2011-02-20 Thread Joe Riel
er used. The system file /etc/X11/Xsession assigns USRRESOURCES=$HOME/.Xresources, which is what is used [by /etc/X11/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources] to merge your resource file. -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &

Re: I want beep in urxvt terminal - SOLVED

2011-02-19 Thread Joe Riel
quire any configuration on my part. I don't use the console much, but when I have to its nice to be able to comfortably read it. -- Joe Riel -- 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/20110219110906.70e9aef1@gauss

Re: Proper way to restart network after modem/router reset

2011-02-15 Thread Joe Riel
Thanks, all for the replies. As has been surmised, I'm using NetworkManager. So next time the cable modem needs to be rebooted, I'll try sudo /etc/init.d/network-manager restart and see if that reestablishes a connection. I gather I don't need to use NetworkManager---this is on a desktop P

Re: I want beep in urxvt terminal

2011-02-15 Thread Joe Riel
I started a similar thread about two weeks ago. Finally resolved it by switching from the nvidia driver to the nouveau driver. Why that made a difference is beyond me, but it did. Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubs

Re: Proper way to restart network after modem/router reset

2011-02-13 Thread Joe Riel
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:10:08 +0200 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Du, 13 feb 11, 08:39:06, Joe Riel wrote: > > > > may be the proper way, however that was unclear. I haven't tried > > that yet. Is there a recommended method? Is there a Debian howto > > tha

Proper way to restart network after modem/router reset

2011-02-13 Thread Joe Riel
rvice networking restart may be the proper way, however that was unclear. I haven't tried that yet. Is there a recommended method? Is there a Debian howto that recommends what should be done? -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: alternatives for gcc

2011-02-02 Thread Joe Riel
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:18:00 +0100 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-02-02 03:01 +0100, Andrew Reid wrote: > > > On Tuesday 01 February 2011 20:11:31 Joe Riel wrote: > >> Why are there no alternatives, configurable with > >> update-alternatives, for gcc?

Re: alternatives for gcc

2011-02-01 Thread Joe Riel
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:31:30 +0100 deloptes wrote: > Joe Riel wrote: > > > Why are there no alternatives, configurable with > > update-alternatives, for gcc? Seems like I should be able to > > configure whether /usr/bin/gcc is linked to gcc-4.3, gcc-4.4, > > etc.

Re: alternatives for gcc

2011-02-01 Thread Joe Riel
On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:01:13 -0500 Andrew Reid wrote: > On Tuesday 01 February 2011 20:11:31 Joe Riel wrote: > > Why are there no alternatives, configurable with > > update-alternatives, for gcc? Seems like I should be able to > > configure whether /usr/bin/gcc is linke

alternatives for gcc

2011-02-01 Thread Joe Riel
Why are there no alternatives, configurable with update-alternatives, for gcc? Seems like I should be able to configure whether /usr/bin/gcc is linked to gcc-4.3, gcc-4.4, etc. Of course I can just set the link manually (which I do), but ... -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: Release file expired

2011-02-01 Thread Joe Riel
On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:03:32 +0100 Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello Joe, > > On 01/02/11 21:58, Joe Riel wrote: > > Ran apt-get update today and received > > > > E: Release file expired, ignoring > > http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu/debian/dists/testing/Releas

Release file expired

2011-02-01 Thread Joe Riel
Ran apt-get update today and received E: Release file expired, ignoring http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu/debian/dists/testing/Release (invalid since 6h 36min 31s) Do I have to install/update an ssh key? -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: Remove nvidia driver and reinstall nouveau

2011-01-28 Thread Joe Riel
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:42:30 +0100 Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Friday 28 January 2011 07:12:43 Joe Riel wrote: > > Is there a nice way to remove the nvidia driver and replace > > it with the nouveau driver (which was originally installed > > with Debian squeeze)? >

Re: Remove nvidia driver and reinstall nouveau

2011-01-28 Thread Joe Riel
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:02:50 +0100 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-01-28 16:26 +0100, Joe Riel wrote: > > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:32:02 +0100 > > Sven Joachim wrote: > > > >> On 2011-01-28 07:12 +0100, Joe Riel wrote: > >> > >> > Is th

Re: Remove nvidia driver and reinstall nouveau

2011-01-28 Thread Joe Riel
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:32:02 +0100 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-01-28 07:12 +0100, Joe Riel wrote: > > > Is there a nice way to remove the nvidia driver and replace > > it with the nouveau driver (which was originally installed > > with Debian squeeze)? > &g

Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm [SOLVED]

2011-01-27 Thread Joe Riel
On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:38:35 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: > Is there some trick to enabling the bell in an xterm? > > $ xset q | grep bell > bell percent: 100bell pitch: 400bell duration: 100 > > But echoing ^G, > > $ echo -v -g > > makes no beep. A p

Remove nvidia driver and reinstall nouveau

2011-01-27 Thread Joe Riel
f the different kernel installed when nvidia was installed. -- Joe Riel -- 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/20110127221243.6e5d205f@gauss

Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm

2011-01-25 Thread Joe Riel
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:19:07 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:49:16 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > > > On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:34:50 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > > > >> >> >> >> > Can you upload a snapshot (www.picpas

Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm

2011-01-25 Thread Joe Riel
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:34:50 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:15:54 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > > > On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:56:35 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:32:57 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > >> > >&

Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm

2011-01-25 Thread Joe Riel
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:56:35 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:32:57 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > > > On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:03:14 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > > > >> >> > Can you upload a snapshot (www.picpaste.com) of what you see > >

Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm

2011-01-25 Thread Joe Riel
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:03:14 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:30:28 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > > > On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:24:54 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:06:34 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > > (...) &g

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-24 Thread Joe Riel
ter updating and installing java 5? Or are you saying not to change it to lenny in the first place [and do something else to obtain the files]? Thanks, -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact l

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-24 Thread Joe Riel
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:32:48 +0100 Jochen Schulz wrote: > Joe Riel: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > >> If you absolutely need Java 1.5 then you will need to install the > >> older version from the Lenny non-free archive. > >> > >> http://pac

Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm

2011-01-24 Thread Joe Riel
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:24:54 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:06:34 + (UTC) > Camaleón wrote: > > > On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 14:04:47 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:48:29 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > > > > >

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-24 Thread Joe Riel
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:05:21 +0100 "Hans-J. Ullrich" wrote: > Am Montag, 24. Januar 2011 schrieb Joe Riel: > > How can I install sun java 1.5 in squeeze? > > It isn't part of the release. > > The package is sun-java5-jre. > > If it is not here, add the

Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm

2011-01-24 Thread Joe Riel
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:06:34 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 14:04:47 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > > > On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:48:29 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > > > >> > I just installed Debian 6 on a different computer, with vastly > >> &

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-24 Thread Joe Riel
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:12:22 -0700 Bob Proulx wrote: > Joe Riel wrote: > > How can I install sun java 1.5 in squeeze? > > It isn't part of the release. > > Java 1.6 is included in the non-free section. > > apt-get install sun-java6-jre > > Usef

java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-24 Thread Joe Riel
How can I install sun java 1.5 in squeeze? It isn't part of the release. -- Joe Riel -- 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/20110124

Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm

2011-01-23 Thread Joe Riel
On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:48:29 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:04:15 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > > > On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:47:51 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > > >> > I don't see any entries for "PC Speaker&quo

Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm

2011-01-23 Thread Joe Riel
On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:04:15 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: > On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:47:51 + (UTC) > Camaleón wrote: > > > On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 09:39:00 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:56:44 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > > > >

Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm

2011-01-23 Thread Joe Riel
On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:47:51 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 09:39:00 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > > > On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:56:44 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > > > >> What does "amixer" show on PC Speaker? > > > > I don'

Re: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw for module r8169

2011-01-22 Thread Joe Riel
On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:09:38 + Roger Leigh wrote: > On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 06:43:04PM +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > Am Samstag, 22. Januar 2011 schrieb Joe Riel: > > > I just upgraded my system and got the warnings > > > > > > Processing triggers

Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm

2011-01-22 Thread Joe Riel
On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:56:44 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:56:33 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:22:03 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > > > >> Does it work under another terminal (i.e., aterm, gnome-terminal, > >

Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw for module r8169

2011-01-22 Thread Joe Riel
.fw for module r8169 I then installed firmware-realtek, which provides the missing files. Do I need to reconfigure initramfs-tools for this to take effect? -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm

2011-01-21 Thread Joe Riel
On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:25:46 +0200 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Vi, 21 ian 11, 11:51:07, Joe Riel wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:02:52 +0200 > > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > > > On Vi, 21 ian 11, 07:14:25, Joe Riel wrote: > > > > > > > > &

Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm

2011-01-21 Thread Joe Riel
On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:22:03 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:38:35 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > > > Is there some trick to enabling the bell in an xterm? > > > > $ xset q | grep bell > > bell percent: 100bell pitch: 400bell duration

Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm

2011-01-21 Thread Joe Riel
On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:02:52 +0200 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Vi, 21 ian 11, 07:14:25, Joe Riel wrote: > > > > > beep > > > > That works; as expected the sound comes through the internal > > speakers. > > Did you also try 'beep -e `tty`&

Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm

2011-01-21 Thread Joe Riel
On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 07:14:25 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:55:27 +0200 > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > On Jo, 20 ian 11, 18:38:35, Joe Riel wrote: > > > Is there some trick to enabling the bell in an xterm? > > > > > > $ xset q | gr

Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm

2011-01-21 Thread Joe Riel
On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:55:27 +0200 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Jo, 20 ian 11, 18:38:35, Joe Riel wrote: > > Is there some trick to enabling the bell in an xterm? > > > > $ xset q | grep bell > > bell percent: 100bell pitch: 400bell duration:

Re: Cannot turn on bell in xterm

2011-01-20 Thread Joe Riel
On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:15:01 -0700 Bob Proulx wrote: > Joe Riel wrote: > > Is there some trick to enabling the bell in an xterm? > > > > $ xset q | grep bell > > bell percent: 100bell pitch: 400bell duration: 100 > > > > But echoing ^G, &

Cannot turn on bell in xterm

2011-01-20 Thread Joe Riel
Is there some trick to enabling the bell in an xterm? $ xset q | grep bell bell percent: 100bell pitch: 400bell duration: 100 But echoing ^G, $ echo -v -g makes no beep. -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Cannot turn on bell in xterm

2011-01-20 Thread Joe Riel
Is there some trick to enabling the bell in an xterm? $ xset q | grep bell bell percent: 100bell pitch: 400bell duration: 100 But echoing ^G, $ echo -v -g makes no beep. -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: [SOLUTION] Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-19 Thread Joe Riel
A followup in case anyone has followed/found this thread with the same issue. A relevant fact is that I have an ASUS P7P55D Motherboard. An internet search revealed people with that (or similar numbered MB's) with the same issue; that is, the PS/2 keyboard would sporadically lock up, with Linux k

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-17 Thread Joe Riel
On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:35:50 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: > A followup. Yesterday I installed the nvidia driver, > replacing the (default) nouveau driver. So far the > keyboard has not locked up, however, given its > random nature, there hasn't been enough time to > conclude

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-16 Thread Joe Riel
never gone more than 2 days without one), I'll submit a bug report against the nouveau driver. The nvidia driver has at least one annoying quirk; now my virtual-terminals are at a very coarse resolution. I've temporarily fixed that, but have related issues that will be the subject of a n

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-15 Thread Joe Riel
On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:16:16 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:55:54 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > > > On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:47:59 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:38:43 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > >> > >>

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-15 Thread Joe Riel
On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:47:59 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:38:43 + (UTC) > Camaleón wrote: > > > You can: > > > > 1/ Start the system with no xorg (console) and leave it so for > > sometine to check if the problem is still present (even

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-14 Thread Joe Riel
hen this occurs, you can restart gdm3 service > ("/ etc/init.d/gdm3 restart"). A workaround (clear the fault without a reboot) would be quite helpful. Alas, restarting gdm3 isn't it; I get the login prompt, but the keyboard is still dead. This seems to indicate it isn't an

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Joe Riel
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:23:09 -0600 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Joe Riel wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:41:30 -0800 > > Joe Riel wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:17:32 + (UTC) > >> Camaleón wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, 13 Jan

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Joe Riel
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:00:01 -0600 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Joe Riel wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:17:32 + (UTC) > > Camaleón wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:21:03 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:44:

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Joe Riel
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:41:30 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:17:32 + (UTC) > Camaleón wrote: > > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:21:03 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:44:38 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > > > > >

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Joe Riel
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:17:32 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:21:03 -0800, Joe Riel wrote: > > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:44:38 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > > >> OTOH, are you sure there is no information/warning about the lock > >> in &qu

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Joe Riel
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:27:40 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: > > Are you sure the keyboard is good? > > No, but it would be quite the coincidence that the > keyboard works fine for a year and fails within > five minutes of installing a new O/S. However, > to remove that possibility

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Joe Riel
also locks up when the event occurs, mean anything? A USB mouse continues to work. -- Joe Riel Xorg.0.log.old Description: application/trash

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Joe Riel
locks up (though this old keyboard is a pain to type on). A useful suggestion, thanks. -- Joe Riel -- 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/20110

Re: Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Joe Riel
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:01:16 -0800 Joe Riel wrote: > First post to Debian-Users; I hope this isn't inappropriate. > > In December I upgraded Ubuntu 9.04 to 10.04. The keyboard and mouse > would then freeze after about five minutes of use. At that point I > installed Debian

Keyboard freezing/repeating endlessly

2011-01-13 Thread Joe Riel
g the wrong keyboard model. Maybe I entered the wrong model during the installation. What sets the default value (there is no xorg.conf file)? Thanks for any suggestions. -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubsc

Using Java Console with FireFox 3 and Java 1.5

2008-07-26 Thread Joe Riel
Is there a way to enable the Java Console in FireFox (iceweasel) 3.0 with Java 1.5? Previously I was able to use the Open Java Console add-on (the "regular" Java Console did not work with versions of Firefox greater than 2.0. I know almost nothing about java, but occasionally need to look at

Re: clearing the screen -> framebuffer insanity

2002-12-09 Thread Joe Riel
Just wondering, what is a framebuffer console? And how would I know whether I was using one? Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Alt vs Meta key in Emacs

2002-11-26 Thread Joe Riel
they started. That seems silly to me (though it hasn't been an issue except during testing) so I rewrote the .Xmodmap file so that it doesn't do that. Following what I currently have Joe Riel ! The commands in this file (.Xmodmap) are executed by ! ! xmodmap .Xmodmap ! ! This

Alt vs Meta key in Emacs

2002-11-25 Thread Joe Riel
acs (in the long run it might be better to have the window keys become keys and the keys be a new modifier, however, I'm switching from NTEmacs where is and that's what my fingers want to type.) Thanks for any pointers, Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Determining what packages are installed

2002-11-22 Thread Joe Riel
How do I determine what packages are installed? Or determine whether a particular package is installed? I can use deselect to check a particular package, but there probably is a better way. Thanks, Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Accessing the HOWTO documents

2002-11-22 Thread Joe Riel
How are the HOWTO documents, distributed with Linux, intended to be read, that is, with what application? Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Drawing graphs for use in Latex

2002-11-20 Thread Joe Riel
ing of TeX inside it). I've been using it for all my technical graphing. Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Setting default width of xman

2002-11-18 Thread Joe Riel
Just a followup: The width of the separate xman help page can also be set by Xman*help.geometry: 800x900 Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Setting default width of xman

2002-11-15 Thread Joe Riel
es for a client don't always have the information [I realize that "geometry" is part of the x-toolkit]. Specifically, how did you determine that the [I don't know the correct term] under Xman was "manualBrowser"? Thanks Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Setting default width of xman

2002-11-15 Thread Joe Riel
ry: 800x900 causes the xman start window (the little guy with three or four buttons) to be huge, not at all what I want. Thanks for any suggestion. Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Manually starting X---Another update

2002-11-10 Thread Joe Riel
11/9/02 2:41:37 AM, Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >1. Referring to your initial post, instead of booting to get another gui > login screen after terminating the previous one you might try to > issue > /etc/init.d/xdm restart. > This is not a solution in the long run but can he

Re: Manually starting X---Update

2002-11-08 Thread Joe Riel
login). Logging out of the system had the same problem (black screen, no way to login back into X). Is my next step to purchase a video-card and not use the built-in video circuitry on the Intel m/b? That seems a bit drastic. I'm reluctant to continue with my install until I have a reasonably f

Manually starting X

2002-11-07 Thread Joe Riel
ipt must be run). Any suggestions on the proper way to setup the box so that it doesn't auto-start X? Even better would be a suggestion for getting the gui login window back; however, I suspect that that is related to the problem I with not being able to reconnect to X via Alt-F7. Thanks,

Ctrl-Alt-F7 doesn't work with Intel D845GBV M/B

2002-11-05 Thread Joe Riel
solution of the screen but the problem persists (2) there is some support for this graphic chip on the latest version Xfree86 (4.2.1?) That is not the version that ships with Woody. I haven't yet tried to upgrade X. Has anyone experienced this problem and found a resolution? Thanks,

Re: Woody Installation Problem

2002-11-01 Thread Joe Riel
is correct. I never got it to work. So I changed the access method to apt--- previously I had assumed that that was only for downloads from a web site---and things proceeded much smoother. dselect would now query for the proper CD when it needed to install a selected package. Thanks, Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Woody Installation Problem

2002-10-31 Thread Joe Riel
ken. During the install, only the first 3 CDs were used [except for the initial "indexing" of the CDs]. Is there a way to restart tasksel so that it will prompt for all the tasks again [not just the ones that weren't selected the previous time]? Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Woody Installation Problem

2002-10-30 Thread Joe Riel
. I assume it thinks it has correctly installed everything. I then ran dselect, but couldn't figure out how to tell it to find the files on the CDROM. So, now what do I do? Reboot from CD1 (or my boot floppy)? Thanks for any help Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi