On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 03:38:25PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Saturday 17 January 2015 13:04:09 Clive Standbridge did opine
> And Gene did reply:
> > > I assume it has a name, is this 7.8=Jessie?
> >
> > Its name is wheezy. It's an update, not a new release. See:
> > https://www.debian.org/re
On Saturday 17 January 2015 20:38:25 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Saturday 17 January 2015 13:04:09 Clive Standbridge did opine
> > It's a bit late now, but you might have had much lighter download
> > using the network installation CD. Three DVDs is about 13GB; I doubt
> > that most installations woul
On 18/01/15 12:46 AM, Alex PADOLY wrote:
Hi!
I don't find information about DEBIAN on PANASONIC CF-19 laptop.
I would like to know if it is possible to install DEBIAN (latest
version) on PANASONIC CF-19 laptop.
( this laptop don't have a DVD).
Video about this laptop: https://www.youtube.c
Hi,
I have previously compiled ncurses 5.9 without a problem.
The config command:
./configure --with-shared --enable-termcap --prefix=/usr/local
make install also works on my Debian Wheezy.
I want to use this same package on my server, so I decided to build a deb
using checkinstall. Building
Gene Heskett writes:
> On Saturday 17 January 2015 19:32:16 Marc Auslander did opine
> And Gene did reply:
>> Gene Heskett writes:
>> > Greetings;
>> >
>> > Does anyone know where to find, for Wheezy, this library?
>> > VDPAU backend libvdpau_nouveau.so?
>>
>> ...
>> I am running firefox 35 un
On Sunday 18 January 2015 06:00:55 Lisi Reisz did opine
And Gene did reply:
> On Saturday 17 January 2015 20:38:25 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Saturday 17 January 2015 13:04:09 Clive Standbridge did opine
> >
> > > It's a bit late now, but you might have had much lighter download
> > > using the ne
On Sunday 18 January 2015 05:40:43 Andrew M.A. Cater did opine
And Gene did reply:
> On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 03:38:25PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Saturday 17 January 2015 13:04:09 Clive Standbridge did opine
> >
> > And Gene did reply:
> > > > I assume it has a name, is this 7.8=Jessie?
>
I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 - $600),
however I have decided to buy one but before doing so I need some advice. These
are the questions that come to mind.
1. Graphics radeon or nvidia? I have nvidia on my desktop but have no
experience with radeon.
2. WiFi what
Am 18.01.2015 um 06:46 schrieb Alex PADOLY:
> Hi!
>
> I don't find information about DEBIAN on PANASONIC CF-19 laptop.
>
> I would like to know if it is possible to install DEBIAN (latest
> version) on PANASONIC CF-19 laptop.
>
> ( this laptop don't have a DVD).
>
> Video about this laptop: htt
Am Sonntag, 18. Januar 2015, 10:29:42 schrieb j...@ageinggracefully.ca:
> I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 - $600),
> however I have decided to buy one but before doing so I need some advice.
> These are the questions that come to mind.
>
> 1. Graphics radeon or nv
Testing system - running a load of upgrades.
And suddenly I find that libreoffice text in menus has disappeared.
First I thought it was the menu-bar (The "File" Edit" ... "Help" had
vanished)
Now I see its much more: eg the dialog that says "Save" "Discard"
"Cancel" when a modified file is exite
Alex PADOLY writes:
> Hi!
>
> I don't find information about DEBIAN on PANASONIC CF-19 laptop.
>
> I would like to know if it is possible to install DEBIAN (latest
> version) on PANASONIC CF-19 laptop.
>
> ( this laptop don't have a DVD).
>
> Video about this laptop: https://www.youtube.com/watch
Am Sonntag, 18. Januar 2015, 09:04:32 schrieb Rusi Mody:
> Testing system - running a load of upgrades.
> And suddenly I find that libreoffice text in menus has disappeared.
> First I thought it was the menu-bar (The "File" Edit" ... "Help" had
> vanished)
>
> Now I see its much more: eg the dialo
On 18/01/15 10:29 AM, j...@ageinggracefully.ca wrote:
I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 - $600),
however I have decided to buy one but before doing so I need some advice. These
are the questions that come to mind.
1. Graphics radeon or nvidia? I have nvidia on my
> I've done it on the previous model, the CF-18, using netboot. If you
> have a spare machine you can set up a tftp server on, that ought to
> work. Instructions are in the Debian Installation Manual.
>
Most laptops are also capable to boot from an usb-stick. There are some
documentations about
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 10:28 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 3:54 AM, Tom H wrote:
>> Are you using a DM?
>
> A what? Xubuntu uses xfce4 if that answers the question.
DM = display manager
On Ubuntu, lightdm is the default DM.
>> Are you using a WM or a DE?
>
> A what?
On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:07:55 +0100
Hans wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 18. Januar 2015, 10:29:42 schrieb j...@ageinggracefully.ca:
> > I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 - $600),
> > however I have decided to buy one but before doing so I need some advice.
> > These are the q
On Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 10:50:04 PM UTC+5:30, Hans wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 18. Januar 2015, 09:04:32 schrieb Rusi Mody:
> > Testing system - running a load of upgrades.
> > And suddenly I find that libreoffice text in menus has disappeared.
> > First I thought it was the menu-bar (The "File" Ed
On Sun, 18 Jan 2015, j...@ageinggracefully.ca wrote:
> I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 -
> $600), however I have decided to buy one but before doing so I need
> some advice. These are the questions that come to mind.
Before doing anything, even buying a laptop, r
On Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 10:20:05 PM UTC+5:30, jo...@ageinggracefully.ca
wrote:
> I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 - $600),
> 3. Dual boot? What problems should I expect?
Modern uefi/gpt machines can give special challenges for which
Ive found this helpful:
On 19/01/2015, Hans wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 18. Januar 2015, 10:29:42 schrieb j...@ageinggracefully.ca:
>> I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 -
>> $600),
>> however I have decided to buy one but before doing so I need some advice.
>> These are the questions that come to
On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 15:38:25 -0500
Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> Unfortunately, the last 9 debian/ubuntu flavored installs, on 4
> machines here, have all ran up against Network-Mangler, which
> promptly tore down any attempts I successfully made to get it online.
.
.
.
.
>
> Sorry, but network ma
On 01/18/2015 12:21 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 18/01/15 10:29 AM, j...@ageinggracefully.ca wrote:
I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 - $600),
however I have decided to buy one but before doing so I need some advice. These
are the questions that come to mind.
1. Graph
I am running Debian Testing and require an earlier version of
libcudart.so.6.0.37-5, specifically libcudart.so.5.5. I tried searching
debian.org with no luck.
I need the older version in order to be able to run one of my quantum
chemistry applications. Unfortunately, i don't have the source
On 01/18/2015 02:11 PM, Bret Busby wrote:
/snip/
I stand to be corrected if I am wrong, but my understanding is that
that information applies now to only old computers; all new Wintel and
WinAMD computers are now UEFI/GPT, rather than FAT/BIOS, and the
primary/logical partitions system, is obso
On Sunday 18 January 2015 14:12:03 Joe did opine
And Gene did reply:
> On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 15:38:25 -0500
>
> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Unfortunately, the last 9 debian/ubuntu flavored installs, on 4
> > machines here, have all ran up against Network-Mangler, which
> > promptly tore down any attemp
> I mentioned in another post to use the Windows software to shrink its size
> to make room for Linux. That's still what I recommend. However:
> Does GParted work with the UEFI/GPT system? If not, is there a Linux program
> that does? One would wish not to have to go to Windows for any future
> pa
On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 10:52:33 -0800
Patrick Bartek wrote:
...
> I avoid Intel wifi chips. In fact, I try to avoid ALL Intel stuff
> even CPUs.
You don't say why, but AFAIK Intel wireless chipsets have some of the
best linux support out there, with manufacturer provided support:
http://wireless
On 2015-01-18 21:39 +0100, Stepen P. Molnar wrote:
> I am running Debian Testing and require an earlier version of
> libcudart.so.6.0.37-5, specifically libcudart.so.5.5. I tried
> searching debian.org with no luck.
>
> I need the older version in order to be able to run one of my quantum
> chemi
On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 14:52:29 -0500
Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> So how did you kill NM on your workstation?
It was never there. It's a dependency of quite a lot of stuff, notably
evolution and ppp, but since I use neither I don't need it. But the
Gnome metapackage includes evolution, so if you just
I am trying to record sound that is playing in firefox, or chrome. I am
using Audacity 2.0.1 on Wheezy. I am trying to find an input device
that gets the sound straight from the browser output. I can plug in a
patch cord from speaker to mic and record that way, but I am getting a
clicking in
On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 06:29:46AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday 18 January 2015 05:40:43 Andrew M.A. Cater did opine
> [Gene]
> Oh it usually does, until the initial reboot, at which time network
> mangler steps in and destroys your work.
... stuff snipped by Andy ...
>
> But no, that
On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 10:59:07AM -0800, Rusi Mody wrote:
> On Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 10:20:05 PM UTC+5:30,
> jo...@ageinggracefully.ca wrote:
> > I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 - $600),
>
> > 3. Dual boot? What problems should I expect?
>
> Modern uefi/g
On 01/18/2015 07:29 AM, j...@ageinggracefully.ca wrote:
I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 - $600),
however I have decided to buy one but before doing so I need some advice. These
are the questions that come to mind.
1. Graphics radeon or nvidia? I have nvidia on my
Joe writes:
> On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 14:52:29 -0500
> Gene Heskett wrote:
>
>
>>
>> So how did you kill NM on your workstation?
>
> It was never there. It's a dependency of quite a lot of stuff, notably
> evolution
Here on my laptop (running Sid) it's not. I can remove it, and the only
thing that
Gene Heskett writes:
> On Sunday 18 January 2015 14:12:03 Joe did opine
>
>> I don't have Gnome on the workstation either, but
>> I do have various Gnome bits such as Nautilus. It really should be
>> possible to avoid NM, but probably not without some effort.
>
> Using information that it seems t
Fredrik Jonson wrote:
> Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> > Bob Proulx wrote on 01/14/2015 06:25:
> > > Fredrik Jonson wrote:
> > > > I'm trying to find obsolete packages on a system that's been
> > > > dist-upgraded. How would you [do that without using] aptitude?
> > >
> > > Try this:
> > >
> > > a
I have a Jessie VPS with external disks attached. The disks are specified
in /etc/fstab with traditional /dev/sdXX naming. I recently made changes to
the disks that made a device name invalid but didn't notice. When I rebooted,
the disk couldn't be found and boot halted in rescue mode.
My ques
On Sunday 18 January 2015 18:21:02 Mart van de Wege did opine
And Gene did reply:
> Gene Heskett writes:
> > On Sunday 18 January 2015 14:12:03 Joe did opine
> >
> >> I don't have Gnome on the workstation either, but
> >> I do have various Gnome bits such as Nautilus. It really should be
> >> pos
When I try to do a video chat in gmail, the video is not working. It
used to work a while ago and stopped working recently. This is most
likely due to updating some of the packages. I am trying to narrow
down the problematic package.
Symptom:
In gmail -> settings -> Chat -> Voice and video chat ->
On Sun, 18 Jan 2015, Celejar wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 10:52:33 -0800
> Patrick Bartek wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > I avoid Intel wifi chips. In fact, I try to avoid ALL Intel stuff
> > even CPUs.
>
> You don't say why, but AFAIK Intel wireless chipsets have some of the
> best linux support out th
On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 4:40:04 AM UTC+5:30, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 10:59:07AM -0800, Rusi Mody wrote:
> > On Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 10:20:05 PM UTC+5:30,
> > jo...@ageinggracefully.ca wrote:
> > > I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop
On 18/01/15 03:35 PM, Doug wrote:
On 01/18/2015 12:21 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 18/01/15 10:29 AM, j...@ageinggracefully.ca wrote:
I have never installed used nor installed linux on a laptop ($500 -
$600),
however I have decided to buy one but before doing so I need some
advice. These
are the q
On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 03:50:01 +0100, andmalc wrote:
> I have a Jessie VPS with external disks attached. The disks are
> specified in /etc/fstab with traditional /dev/sdXX naming. I recently
> made changes to the disks that made a device name invalid but didn't
> notice. When I rebooted, the disk
andmalc writes:
> I have a Jessie VPS with external disks attached. The disks are specified
> in /etc/fstab with traditional /dev/sdXX naming. I recently made
> changes to the disks that made a device name invalid but didn't
> notice. When I rebooted, the disk couldn't be found and boot halted
Running testing
While trying to upgrade, listbugs was giving a bunch of
critical/grave errors.
Ran
$ aptitude hold
on all these packages then did upgrade.
One of these packages was dpkg
Now after upgrade tried running
aptitude unhold dpkg
However still...
synaptic shows it as 1.17.13 both i
On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 10:20:04 AM UTC+5:30, cassiope wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 03:50:01 +0100, andmalc wrote:
>
> > I have a Jessie VPS with external disks attached. The disks are
> > specified in /etc/fstab with traditional /dev/sdXX naming. I recently
> > made changes to the disks
On Sunday 18 January 2015 17:11:55 Andrew M.A. Cater did opine
And Gene did reply:
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 06:29:46AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Sunday 18 January 2015 05:40:43 Andrew M.A. Cater did opine
> > [Gene]
> > Oh it usually does, until the initial reboot, at which time network
>
On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 10:50:04 AM UTC+5:30, Rusi Mody wrote:
> Running testing
>
> While trying to upgrade, listbugs was giving a bunch of
> critical/grave errors.
>
> Ran
> $ aptitude hold
>
> on all these packages then did upgrade.
>
> One of these packages was dpkg
>
> Now after u
On the 19/01/2015 06:02, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:
When I try to do a video chat in gmail, the video is not working. It
used to work a while ago and stopped working recently. This is most
likely due to updating some of the packages. I am trying to narrow
down the problematic package.
Symptom:
I
Quoting Frank Miles (f...@u.washington.edu):
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 03:50:01 +0100, andmalc wrote:
>
> > I have a Jessie VPS with external disks attached. The disks are
> > specified in /etc/fstab with traditional /dev/sdXX naming. I recently
> > made changes to the disks that made a device name
Gene Heskett writes:
> On Sunday 18 January 2015 18:21:02 Mart van de Wege did opine
> And Gene did reply:
>> Gene Heskett writes:
>> > On Sunday 18 January 2015 14:12:03 Joe did opine
>> >
>> >> I don't have Gnome on the workstation either, but
>> >> I do have various Gnome bits such as Nautil
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