Re: Pre-installation thoughts

2010-05-21 Thread RyanJB
Hi there, >My plan: >- Partitions (160GB disk): > - (10-20GB?) bare minimum for OSX >(firmware upgrades, efi) > - (30-40GB) base debian system incl. />home/* > - (100GB) public media files > - (10GB) encrypted partition for my >home. If you want to install OS X then I suppose you

Re: iceweasel crashing when closing tabs

2010-05-19 Thread RyanJB
Hi there, That's odd. Mine is 3.5.9 too but I didn't notice any crashes. Does all your tab crash or just on specific websites? If you suspect javascript is the problem, try disabling it and see what happens. Regards RJB -Original Message- From: Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 20:22:48 To: Sub

Re: Gnome not working anymore?

2010-05-19 Thread RyanJB
Not really well versed in this, but: What kernel do you use before the upgrade, is it the 2.6.33-2-amd64?? Obviously the upgrade broke the system somehow. Maybe broken dependencies? Try 'apt-get -f install'. And also, a testing + sid system is never free of bugs. Regards, RJB -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: How to keep debian current??

2010-05-15 Thread RyanJB
live with old apps. Thanks again, RJB -Original Message- From: Wolodja Wentland Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 13:55:55 To: Subject: Re: How to keep debian current?? On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:12 +0000, RyanJB wrote: > After much considering, I think I'll stick to lenny but I will inst

Installing wireless driver offline

2010-05-15 Thread RyanJB
Hi everyone, I think I've just commited a mistake here. My wireless driver in my laptop is iwl3945, which is not available by default in a fresh lenny install.. But without it I can't connect to the net to install it.. Anyone know any workarounds?? Can I download the package from another comput

Re: How to keep debian current??

2010-05-15 Thread RyanJB
Final thoughts, After much considering, I think I'll stick to lenny but I will install some package from sid.. Thanks everyone for the help. Appreciated it a lot :) RJB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: How to keep debian current??

2010-05-15 Thread RyanJB
n Fri May 14 2010 11:43:41 pm RyanJB wrote: > >If you want the latest I'd run either testing > >or unstable. I have both stable > >and unstable installed. > >Most of the time I run unstable. > > So considering that, the extra debian iso have practically no use sinc

Re: How to keep debian current??

2010-05-14 Thread RyanJB
>If you want the latest I'd run either testing >or unstable. I have both stable >and unstable installed. >Most of the time I run unstable. So considering that, the extra debian iso have practically no use since later I'll be upgrading packets from sid anyway?? Any clarifications? Thanks, RJB -

How to keep debian current??

2010-05-14 Thread RyanJB
Hi, With the latest apps keep pouring in, is there any way to keep debian in the "cutting edge"? I mean, how to keep debian as updated as, say, ubuntu or even sidux?? You know, latest iceweasel, openoffice, gnome, etc. Maybe using unstable or experimental repo? I'm sure there's many ways to do