On 6/6/2012 9:36 AM, Ramon Hofer wrote:
> It's me again.
>
> After several unsuccessful tries to update the BIOS I brought it back to
> my dealer to let him do it.
> He now says that the mainboard is broken and I get my money back.
Interesting...
> Now my question is should I go for the same mai
On Tue, 2012-06-05 at 13:27 -0400, Curt Howland wrote:
> "Please tell me I'm not the only one seeing this?"
Curt I moved away from digest last month. The admin got an email. IIRC
just one of several threads:
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user/434572
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On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:09:33 +0200, steef wrote:
Camaleón wrote:
On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:34:08 +0200, steef wrote:
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# Canon PIXMA MP280
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04a9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1746", MODE="0666", GROUP="scanner",
ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"
hi cama
On Tue, 2012-06-05 at 20:12 -0400, Doug wrote:
> It occurs to me that you may be asking the wrong question. The noise
> from a computer comes almost entirely from fans. One fan is in the
> power supply, a fairly stoochy fan is on the CPU, and there may or may not
> be a fan at the front of the case
On 2012-06-06, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> Vendor: pci 0x1013 "Cirrus Logic"
> Device: pci 0x6003 "CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio
> Accelerat
Have you consulted this page?
http://wiki.debian.org/snd-cs46xx
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On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 05:21 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> Consider banking.
Online-banking already is impossible for me, regarding to a technology
the German Postbank is using. I once enabled it, then disabled it and
now me and even the Postbank admins are unable to enable online-banking
again.
They impl
On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 19:04 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 06/06/12 18:44, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Ma, 05 iun 12, 20:26:03, Slavko wrote:
> >>
> >> in our country is more and more difficult to buy computer (specially
> >> notebook) without Windows included. In one shop they are telling me,
On Mi, 06 iun 12, 18:48:01, Mika Suomalainen wrote:
>
> As far as I know, LXDE uses LXWM or something similar as window manager.
LXDE is modular by nature, all components can be used independently[1]
(if it makes sense to do so), but the default WM is Openbox.
[1] the package openbox is only re
On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 14:51 +0100, Jon Dowland wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 11:31:11PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > Not immediately it's not (W7). Perhaps >W7. How about Apple?
>
> The irony here is that Apple hardware might end up being the easiest for a
> beginner to install Linux on.
On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 00:06 +1000, Paul Nulandorn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to disable my screensaver. I have turned off the screen
> saver via the preferences menu, however the screen is still being
> blanked after the computer is idle for 10 minutes.
>
> How can I completely disable the sc
On Mi, 06 iun 12, 13:04:50, Kelly Clowers wrote:
>
> I sincerely doubt it. Although I guess it depends on what you mean by
> "via the network". Worms that infect like SQL Slammer are relatively
> rare, AFAIK most malware get in via drive-by downloads, or intentional
> installation of programs that
OT:
On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 14:41 +, Camaleón wrote:
> Windows users with secure boot enabled who want to boot a different OS
> should ask MS how to do it, don't you think? They have paid for what
> they have installed.
IIRC it's not allowed to run a Linux on the same machine, beside a
Windows,
On Ma, 05 iun 12, 12:01:13, rjc wrote:
>
> P.S. While you're at it I suggest "man xargs" - you'll find it more
> useful than "-exec" with certain uses of find.
Anything that '-exec {} +' can't do?
Kind regards,
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On Ma, 05 iun 12, 13:27:22, Curt Howland wrote:
>
> So like the VW van in the movie "Cars", "Please tell me I'm not the
> only one seeing this?"
Is it this?
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=671906
> And, if you reply, please send a copy to me off-list as well, since
> otherwise
On Mi, 06 iun 12, 11:06:32, ACro wrote:
>
> Thanks for pointing this out, Stan, I'm just facing a similar
> situation. This topic reminds me of the old "winmodem vs serial modem"
> issue, and of the more recent "USB vs Ethernet DSL router". The
> more we can get rid of potential driver & firmware
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 5:43 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Mi, 06 iun 12, 13:04:50, Kelly Clowers wrote:
>>
>> I sincerely doubt it. Although I guess it depends on what you mean by
>> "via the network". Worms that infect like SQL Slammer are relatively
>> rare, AFAIK most malware get in via drive-
On Ma, 05 iun 12, 17:48:31, Chris Evans wrote:
> i building a linux server i intend on using debian 6.0.5 as the OS and i
> want to know what wireless pci adapters work with debian ?
You didn't specify which mode (client, AP, etc.), but Atheros chipsets
are usually quite well supported and don't
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Roger Leigh wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 01:07:23PM -0400, Tom H wrote:
>>
>> What's non-free about signing the "boot-chain"?
>
> Do I have the freedom to build and install and boot my own kernel?
>
> No? Looks like I lost the freedom to have any semblance of c
Andrei POPESCU [2012-06-07 13:00:20 +0300] wrote:
> On Ma, 05 iun 12, 12:01:13, rjc wrote:
>> P.S. While you're at it I suggest "man xargs" - you'll find it more
>> useful than "-exec" with certain uses of find.
>
> Anything that '-exec {} +' can't do?
While "xargs" has more features I think the
Andrei POPESCU writes:
> But still, those attacks wouldn't be prevented by Secure Boot, so Nate's
> argument (Secure Boot won't improve Windows security) still stands.
That's why the whole thing seems so creepy... even if they --
currently! -- allow it to be disabled:
It really won't make compu
Andrei POPESCU:
> On Ma, 05 iun 12, 12:01:13, rjc wrote:
>>
>> P.S. While you're at it I suggest "man xargs" - you'll find it more
>> useful than "-exec" with certain uses of find.
>
> Anything that '-exec {} +' can't do?
Yes. For example, with xargs you can control the number of arguments per
c
On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 06:20 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Roger Leigh wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 01:07:23PM -0400, Tom H wrote:
> >>
> >> What's non-free about signing the "boot-chain"?
> >
> > Do I have the freedom to build and install and boot my own kernel?
> >
>
Camaleón writes:
> Glad to hear you have somehow alleviated your memory problems but
> remember that when your system makes use of the swap space it usually
> means that you need more physical RAM on that computer. Just keep an eye
> on it ;-)
I will, thanks. But for now, the most important
On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 11:38 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 00:06 +1000, Paul Nulandorn wrote:
> What DE are you using?
>
I'm using gnome 2.30.2.
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On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 19:46 +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> it _does_ conveniently lay the groundwork for the
> sort of locked-down no-user-control hardware ecosystem which is
> fervently desired by many unsavory parties, who are most certainly not
> acting with the best interests of the public in mind
Ralf writes:
> Fortunately there are laws against monopolies...
No there aren't. There are laws against _abusing_ monopolies.
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On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 12:26:07PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Mi, 06 iun 12, 18:48:01, Mika Suomalainen wrote:
> >
> > As far as I know, LXDE uses LXWM or something similar as window manager.
>
> LXDE is modular by nature, all components can be used independently[1]
> (if it makes sense t
I need more space for /tmp. I though, easy, I'll just take out the /tmp
entry in /etc/fstab so that it doesn't mount anything on /tmp and uses
the the space on the root partition, which has more than room enough.
But then I discover that in my newly installed wheezy system, there *is*
no /etc
On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 01:48:25PM +, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> I need more space for /tmp. I though, easy, I'll just take out the /tmp
> entry in /etc/fstab so that it doesn't mount anything on /tmp and uses
> the the space on the root partition, which has more than room enough.
> But then I
On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:07:38 -0300, francis picabia wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Camaleón wrote:
(...)
>>> One way this could happen is by use of sftp/scp. Is there a way to
>>> get last to record these sessions as well?
>>
>> Mmm... any specific reason for wanting these logs avail
On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:21:13 -0300, francis picabia wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:20:51 -0300, francis picabia wrote:
>>
>>> I think I've found a compromised user account.
>>
>> Wow :-(
>>
>> How they got into (unpatched application, password s
On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:42:11 -0800, peter wrote:
> From: Camaleon
> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 16:32:44 + (UTC)
>> There's a "ring.wav" file under "/usr/share/alarmclock" folder :-?
>
> Our folders are different.
>
> peter@dalton:~$ ls -dl /usr/share/alar*
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 1 11
On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:37:59 -0300, Joao Roscoe wrote:
(...)
> FATAL ERROR from X-windows: XFT available, but not working with PCF
> bitmap fonts.
> Please check your FontConfig configuration, possibly bitmap fonts are
> explicitly disabled.
(...)
> "xlsfonts | grep t32" returns nothing in both
On 07/06/12 14:48, Hendrik Boom wrote:
I need more space for /tmp. I though, easy, I'll just take out the /tmp
entry in /etc/fstab so that it doesn't mount anything on /tmp and uses
the the space on the root partition, which has more than room enough.
But then I discover that in my newly install
From: pe...@easthope.ca
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 18:47:18 -0800
> alsamixergui yields this message.
> alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for
> default: no such file or directory.
The driver is absent deliberately. Problem and solution
explained thoroughly here. http://wiki.debian.org/
Rephrased problem statement
Hardware: IBM ThinkPad T43
Software: Debian 6.0.3 - CDs available netinst and LiveCD(Gnome)
Connectivity: only WiFi physically available
Symptoms: Running install from netinst CD, every thing
"hung" when not finding network.
I loaded the LiveCD. It saw the unconnected
On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:50:29 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> OT:
>
> On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 14:41 +, Camaleón wrote:
>> Windows users with secure boot enabled who want to boot a different OS
>> should ask MS how to do it, don't you think? They have paid for what
>> they have installed.
>
> IIRC
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Thu, 31 May 2012 06:18:06 -0400 (EDT), Tom H wrote:
>>
>> One of this list's regulars has a very good page:
>>
>> http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm
>
> Thanks for the vote of confidence, Tom. By the way, I think a lot
> of th
On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:48:25 +, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> I need more space for /tmp. I though, easy, I'll just take out the /tmp
> entry in /etc/fstab so that it doesn't mount anything on /tmp and uses
> the the space on the root partition, which has more than room enough.
> But then I discover
On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 01:48:25PM +, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> I need more space for /tmp. I though, easy, I'll just take out the /tmp
> entry in /etc/fstab so that it doesn't mount anything on /tmp and uses
> the the space on the root partition, which has more than room enough.
> But then I
On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:50:37 +0100, Keith McKenzie wrote:
> System -> Preferences -> Power Management
Yes, or simply by running "gnome-power-preferences".
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On 06.06.2012 17:06, Paul Nulandorn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to disable my screensaver. I have turned off the screen
> saver via the preferences menu, however the screen is still being
> blanked after the computer is idle for 10 minutes.
>
> How can I completely disable the screen save
On 06.06.2012 17:21, Paul Nulandorn wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 10:13 -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Paul Nulandorn
>> wrote:
>
>> You don't tell us what display manager you're using, but there's
>> probably a "power management" function which is turning the
Now that sound is working in the A22m, I'm interested
in video in VLC.
An /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/xorg.conf was needed as
discussed in this thread.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/02/msg01365.html
The upstream problem with r128 is still on my list.
When VLC opens an mp4, these messa
On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:24:13 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I've been experimenting with installing Debian on a laptop dedicated to
> experimentation.
> The results have been satisfactory enough that when I discovered it had
> a very dead battery, I took my general usage laptop to library (only
>
Hi,
> But the "gotcha" was that I did not yet have an operable system as
> netinst could not connect to the internet.
I'm sorry, I missed that point. Unfortunately I don't have any
experience with netinst: I usually install a very basic system from CD,
then I configure the network and apt and ge
On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:30:02 +0400, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote:
> I'd like to dump an ext3 filesystem which might uses xattrs and might
> use file capabilities. I'd very much like to pipe its output to another
> machine (via netcat or some other means) which frames out fsarchiver [1]
> which requ
Hi!
Could you please tell me what is the option now should be used instead of
linux-vserver in wheezy?
Looks like there is no kernel with linux-vserver for wheezy.
I'm aware about KVM, but we understand it's not the same.
I'm looking for lightweight containerization like linux-vserver which works
OpenVZ ?
2012/6/7 Darren Baginski
> Hi!
>
> Could you please tell me what is the option now should be used instead of
> linux-vserver in wheezy?
> Looks like there is no kernel with linux-vserver for wheezy.
> I'm aware about KVM, but we understand it's not the same.
> I'm looking for lightwe
I've been searching around the Debian wiki, users' guides, etc, with no luck.
So here goes.
I run unstable at home, and have done so off and on for many years. Not
because I demand to be on the bleeding edge, but just because stable is too
stagnant and testing is too frustrating. :-) I tend to
On 07/06/12 21:34, Darren Baginski wrote:
> Could you please tell me what is the option now should be used
> instead of linux-vserver in wheezy? Looks like there is no kernel
> with linux-vserver for wheezy. I'm aware about KVM, but we understand
> it's not the same. I'm looking for lightweight con
Ahoj,
Dňa Thu, 7 Jun 2012 06:14:17 -0400 Tom H napísal:
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 5:43 AM, Andrei POPESCU
> wrote:
> > On Mi, 06 iun 12, 13:04:50, Kelly Clowers wrote:
> >>
> >> I sincerely doubt it. Although I guess it depends on what you mean by
> >> "via the network". Worms that infect like S
Hi,
If you're using unstable and you're using static boot ordering with
sysv-rc, you might have run into #676463/#676520.
We've been using dynamic dependency-based boot ordering by default for
quite some time now. However, if you had a lenny (or earlier) system,
prior to sysv-rc 2.88dsf-23, user
On Jo, 07 iun 12, 15:11:02, Camaleón wrote:
>
> I recall this has been discused here time ago but can't remember if we
> finally have a wiki page where to direct users facing any problem with
> this new default (how to tweak the current presets to fit users needs,
> how to disable it, pros and
On Jo, 07 iun 12, 15:29:23, Ti Strga wrote:
>
> Lately I've been doing those large-ish updates, then not rebooting or anything
> for a day or so, then doing another update to see if there are any sudden "oh
> crap, revert last change, it sets CPU on fire" uploads. Then it occurred to
> me that th
07.06.2012, 23:45, "Adrian Fita" :
>
> I think that would be Linux Containers (LXC): http://wiki.debian.org/LXC.
>
Looks promising. Is there any infrastructure around yet?
I mean init scripts for auto start , /etc/ files like the same for
linux-vserver ?
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On 07/06/12 23:58, Darren Baginski wrote:
> 07.06.2012, 23:45, "Adrian Fita" :
>>
>> I think that would be Linux Containers (LXC): http://wiki.debian.org/LXC.
>
> Looks promising. Is there any infrastructure around yet?
> I mean init scripts for auto start , /etc/ files like the same for
> linux-
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:08 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 06:20 -0400, Tom H wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Roger Leigh wrote:
>> > On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 01:07:23PM -0400, Tom H wrote:
>> >>
>> >> What's non-free about signing the "boot-chain"?
>> >
>> > Do I have t
On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 06:20:25PM -0400, Tom H wrote:
> The shim boot loader that's being planned by Fedora would be signed by
> Microsoft but is open source [1] - it wouldn't be accepted in Fedora
> otherwise.
>From the Free Software Foundation:
A program is free software if the program's users
Hello everyone!
I wanted to know has anyone had any issues getting nvidia drivers working for a
Geforce 5xx series card under Debian 6 squeeze?
I'm running a Geforce 570 running a Dell 27" IPS screen that has a res of 2560
x 1440, the res isn't displaying correctly, it has blurry lines over th
On 06/07/2012 08:11 PM, Nathan D'elboux wrote:
Hello everyone!
I wanted to know has anyone had any issues getting nvidia drivers
working for a Geforce 5xx series card under Debian 6 squeeze?
I'm running a Geforce 570 running a Dell 27" IPS screen that has a res
of 2560 x 1440, the res isn't
Sorry was suppose to reply all :)
RE: Nvidia drivers problem Geforce 570, Have not used this model GPU, sorry.
What model are you using?
I also have a 5xxx series and a 8800GTX and 8800GT to swap out and see, i just
haven't tried that yet
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 20:19:49 -0400
From: saqman2...@
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Nathan D'elboux wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I wanted to know has anyone had any issues getting nvidia drivers working
> for a Geforce 5xx series card under Debian 6 squeeze?
>
> I'm running a Geforce 570 running a Dell 27" IPS screen that has a res of
> 2560 x 1440
> i have my gtx 580 working "ok" with the nvidia linux driver. sadly it
> throws an install error for every install since i ran the nvidia
> driver. i dont have the machine in front of me right now to list the
> specific error.
>
> but the card itself is working well. i went with the nvidia drive
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Nathan D'elboux wrote:
>> i have my gtx 580 working "ok" with the nvidia linux driver. sadly it
>> throws an install error for every install since i ran the nvidia
>> driver. i dont have the machine in front of me right now to list the
>> specific error.
>>
>> but t
> I can get the source and modify it. But I can't exercise my freedom
> by actually running it. I can't *use* it. Not unless I pay some
> money for a special key. And get "authorised" to run my own code on
> my own computer.
>
> Let's be clear what this is. I have to get *permission* from som
I just installed Wheezy on my new tower. I thought I'd install BOINC and use
some of those many CPUs for something when I'm not doing CPU-intensive work.
However, despite what it says on the Debian wiki
(http://wiki.debian.org/BOINC) none of the BOINC packages exist for Testing.
Why?
I checked t
I just installed Wheezy on my new tower. I thought I'd install BOINC and use
some of those many CPUs for something when I'm not doing CPU-intensive work.
However, despite what it says on the Debian wiki
(http://wiki.debian.org/BOINC) none of the BOINC packages exist for Testing.
Hi,
maybe the
# debian-le...@lists.debian.org is CCed.
Sorry to be late.
I would like to tell you the background of my last post.
I was wondering why Free Software Definition was not sufficient for
Debian Project. I thought this was permissive enough for the project.
Once on twitter, I said that GNU's defini
On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 03:51:41AM +0200, ACro wrote:
> >I just installed Wheezy on my new tower. I thought I'd install BOINC and use
> >some of those many CPUs for something when I'm not doing CPU-intensive work.
> >
> >However, despite what it says on the Debian wiki
> >(http://wiki.debian.org/BO
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Miles Bader wrote:
> Scott Ferguson writes:
You can't disable the code signing requirement on ARM.
>>>
>>> ... which is a great deal more worrying.
>>
>> Yes. And no.
>> I'd hate to see a situation where it was impossible to buy an ARM (or
>> other CPU based b
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Roger Leigh wrote:
>
> Let's be clear what this is. I have to get *permission* from someone
> else, to run a program on my own computer. To actually use my
> computer to do my stuff, I have to take extraordinary steps to get
> someone else to grant me access. Tha
On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 23:34 +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
> Let's be clear what this is. I have to get *permission* from someone
> else, to run a program on my own computer. To actually use my
> computer to do my stuff, I have to take extraordinary steps to get
> someone else to grant me access. Tha
On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 18:20 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> You're already paying a for-profit company for your computer so this
> is "just" another USD 99 for a key.
It might be that I need to pay for the BIOS or whatever, when I buy a
new mobo, dunno, but I don't pay a Cent now and my mobo doesn't nearly
On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 21:36 -0500, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> This "new world" doesn't tie you to Microsoft or any other company.
You're mistaken, it does and it does it in a way I don't like it.
As soon as Apple or Microsoft are involved in such things, a healthy
suspicion can't harm.
Perhaps L
"Christofer C. Bell" writes:
>> Would that mean anybody who wants to build their own kernel would need
>> to buy a signing key?
>
> Not at all. You can generate your own key and load it into your UEFI.
> It's no different a situation than using self-signed ssl certs
> without buying one from a c
On Thu, 2012-06-07 at 18:21 +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote:
> On 06.06.2012 17:21, Paul Nulandorn wrote:
> > On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 10:13 -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Paul Nulandorn
> >> wrote:
> >
> >> You don't tell us what display manager you're using, but
On Vi, 08 iun 12, 10:58:48, Hiroki Horiuchi wrote:
>
> After reading your words, now I think The Free Software Definition is
> really permissive, but this very *permissiveness* made GNU's definition
> insufficient for Debian Project.
Not in my opinion. Take the example of the GFDL: a document wit
Hi,
I integrated OCS-NG with GLPI on my debian asset management server.
http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/en/about/features/ocsng-glpi.html
Currently the ocs-ng clients on BSD/Linux/OSX/MSWindows updates the
hardware details to GLPI when synced through the GLPI interface.
Is there any software that
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 2:32 AM, Karl E. Jorgensen
wrote:
> An experiment which may exclude the video drivers from the equation:
> Try NOT starting X ? If it still crashes without X ever being
> started, then it points towards the problem being elsewhere...
Hi Karl,
A real dumb question for you
On 20120607_213632, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Roger Leigh wrote:
> >
> > Let's be clear what this is. I have to get *permission* from someone
> > else, to run a program on my own computer. To actually use my
> > computer to do my stuff, I have to take extraordin
On Jo, 07 iun 12, 22:26:15, Dan Hitt wrote:
>
> I don't suppose there's some kind of boot option i can set because
> X runs on top of the kernel, but i suppose that somewhere, somehow
> i can tell the system that the next time it comes up to not bring up X?
If you use gdm then booting with option
>
> But how would i start it without X?
>
> It is very gui intensive --- by the time i get a chance to login, there's
> already some kind of gui there.
>
You could try something like this to kill X from starting
mv S04xdm s04xdm (depending on whether you use gdm or xdm of course :)
then i
Thanks Andre and Nathan,
In fact, Andre's suggestion of adding text to the boot options
just works (so i made another menu entry in my grub,
with just the word 'text' added to the options).
And . . . like magic . . . it comes up as text.
(So i didn't have to mess with anything in /etc/rc.d)
The
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