re this modem.
use pppconfig (as root) to connect, follow the
prompts all of which are fairly self-evident.
sam
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On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 08:50:19PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Sam Varghese writes:
> > use pppconfig (as root) to connect...
>
> More precisely, use pppconfig to configure and pon to connect (and poff to
> disconnect).
>
> > ...follow the prompts all of which are f
mho, is a beast of burden. You probably get the point.
Sam
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On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 10:05:37PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> I wrote:
> > Do you have any suggestions as to how to make them more self-evident?
>
> Sam Varghese writes:
> > are you trying to be a smartass?
>
> I'm trying to ask for suggestions on improvements
ared to set up everything without trouble.
>
> 2) Used pon to connect, modem dials, tries to authenticate, fails and hangs
> up.
do you know whether your ISP uses CHAP or PAP to authenticate?
does your account have a dynamic IP or a static IP?
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exim.conf first.
> My advice: locate and examine some sample .forward files. Many have
> recently been posted to this list, some are in /usr/doc/exim and/or
> /usr/doc/mutt, etc.
seems a sensible way to approach it. having almost come to
grief after trying to use fetchmail, your advice a
htmare.
> BTW, in case you wouldn't know, even newbies like to be cutting edge...
> even more so than oldies I'd say : )
can you tell me how you upgrade slackware? how did you upgrade
from 7.1 to 8.0?
sam
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e
random 2 to 8 in every excel spreadsheet on a pc... and then
propagated itself quietly.
when would we hear about it? when some financial giant
went bankrupt...
sobering thought, indeed.
sam
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ed boot floppy (yea, i'm
> pretty new to this myself) but it doesn't sound like you have a big problem
> with re-installing sooo, you might try that, and removing xdm from runlevel 2
> right from the start.
to go into single user mode, type linux 1
at the LILO prompt.
sam
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pmfirewall.
http://www.pointman.org/PMFirewall/
sam
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1 root mail 139448 Aug 12 2000 maildrop
-rwxr-xr-x1 root root36376 Aug 12 2000 reformail
-rwxr-xr-x1 root root31228 Aug 12 2000 reformime
What am I doing wrong?
Sam
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on't even
> know what they are!)?
Bill McCarty's book on Debian gives a fairly simple explanation
of Samba: http://antiweb.org/translation/debian/ch10_03.html
And this LJ article gives a reasonably simple explanation of
samba passwords: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=2717
been four
days.
i wonder if anyone has had similar problems and
what could be using them. i've checked the usual
web pages which list such issues but have come up
with a blank.
any help would be appreciated.
sam
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for the mobo in question.
sam
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part of the kernel, not as a
loadable module.
changes are documented in a file called (surprise!) Changes
is in /usr/src/linux/Documentation, assuming you unpacked
your kernel source in /usr/src. read the Changes file.
sam
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n your resolv.conf, then it will change
when you reboot or dial out afresh.
sam
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The dogs bark but the caravan passes. - ancient Arab proverb
Never guess the dual booting os :(.
> Here's something from /usr/share/doc/lilo/Manual.txt.gz:
>
> boot = /dev/hda2
> compact
> image = /vmlinuz
> image = /vmlinuz.old
> other = /dev/hda1
> table = /dev/hda
> label = msdos
what are you looking for? a lilo.co
to my ISP, but I
> don't seem to be able to set up a second agent that tests for hostname
> 'foo2' (I've added this as a static entry in resolv.conf, I can ping
> foo2 by name).
here's a chap who's done something similar to what you are trying:
http://www.lin
t work on Linux at
linmodems.org
sam
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The dogs bark but the caravan passes. - ancient Arab proverb
from now on find a better distro that can make a OS that is NOT
> broken to hell!
> and that someone that wants to learn linux can do so without having
> everything go wrong!
See my sig. It really means something in this context.
Sam
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The dogs bark but the caravan passes. - ancient Arab proverb
provide the mail
transport.
The relevant portion of my .muttrc
set pop_user =
set pop_pass =
set pop_delete =
set pop_host =
set pop_checkinterval=60
set pop_port = 110
set pop_last = no
Fill in your details.
Sam
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The dogs bark but the caravan passes. - ancient Arab proverb
first time.
I would appreciate some pointers in getting out of this mess.
Sam
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Linux and all free software is not about the smell of money but the
improvement of community
On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 01:30:52AM +, Keith Willoughby wrote:
> Sam Varghese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I did this, using ln -s /etc/X11/X /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 as root.
> > I get a message stating that the file exists.
>
> You've got your parameters
reasons Debian is what it is.
Sam
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Linux and all free software is not about the smell of money but the
improvement of community
t for about five
months, I wouldn't dream of going back.
Sam
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http://www.gnubies.com
Linux and all free software is not about the smell of money but the
improvement of community
and Paul Sheer's book for slightly more experienced users, that
plaint is no longer valid.
Check http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/index.html and
http://rute.sourceforge.net for the books mentioned above.
Sam
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Linux and all free software is not ab
20:02 sammo /sbin/rpc.statd[154]: Caught signal 15, un-registering
and exiting.
Apr 19 12:20:02 sammo kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.
Apr 19 12:20:02 sammo kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating.
Apr 19 12:20:02 sammo exiting on signal 15
-------
sam varghese
I was looking at the Debian mailing list archives
for some info this morning and came across one
of my old postings. The headers read as under:
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: exim problem - rejecting senders
From: Sam Varghese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 15:15:36
On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 01:13:43AM +0200, Carel Fellinger wrote:
> It's very easy to forge From-addresses in email, that's what the line
>
>Sender = "Sam Varghese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"
>
> in your ~/.muttrc files tell mutt to do. Most MUA (m
resent).
Try using es1371 instead. I have about five of these cards running
under Debian, Red Hat, Slackware and Mandrake and all run fine with
es1371.
Sam
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ssage) and cancel
any that you don't want delivered any more. The command is:
exim -Mg 15sIjN-0005OC-00
(just the message ID - leave off the -H or -D). You'll get an e-mail saying
the message was cancelled.
HTH.
Sam
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e same card.
Sam
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(Sam Varghese)
http://www.gnubies.com
On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 03:13:21PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> Has anyone used the Epson 1650 flatbed scanner via USB successfully on
> Linux?
I've used an Epson 640U in the past. Have a look at
http://www.freecolormanagement.com/sane/faq.html
Sam
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On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 03:32:57PM -0600, hanasaki wrote:
> Has anyone had a good/bad experience with this?
i built a machine using this m-b for a friend; dual-boot,
runs w98 and mandrake 8.0. never tried debian on it.
sam
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> On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 03:32:57PM -0600, hanasaki wrote:
>
>Has anyone had a good/bad experience with this?
> Sam Varghese wrote:
>
> >i built a machine using this m-b for a friend; dual-boot,
> >runs w98 and mandrake 8.0. never tried debian on it.
>
On Sat, No
nks. Netscape
was good until 3.0. After that it has degenerated into crap.
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continually switch it off
and on. Their explanation is that there is a jolt to the system
when it starts and that causes more damage than leaving it
on all the time.
Sam
--
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On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 02:02:59PM -0600, hanasaki wrote:
> Can anyone tell me what kind of file this is and how to read /edit it
> under debian? I think it is some type of page layout file.
.qxd is a Quark Xpress file. As to what can read it,
I couldn't help you.
sam
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(Sam Var
make isapnp run
> at startup?
>
> Art
you can try using alsa.
www.alsa-project.org
sam
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nt still figured out the problem.
did you format your win2k partition as fat32 or ntfs?
sam
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root partition
on hda3)
prompt
boot=/dev/hda
compact
install=/boot/boot.b
delay=50
map=/boot/map
vga=normal
image=/vmlinuz
label=l
read-only
root=/dev/hda3
other=/dev/hda1
label=w
table=/dev/hda
btw, please don't send copies to me; i am subscribed to the list.
sam
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nameserver.
i would appreciate some feedback on this.
sam
--
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potato. thought
i could get a shot at configuring iptables, that's why i
thought of 2.4.
sam
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, try booting from your debian
bootdisks and running lilo after you have accessed your
debian system.
sam
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(Sam Varghese)
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, the only thing
you can do is to go out and buy a full modem.
sam
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ave used FAT32, then you can use lilo
as you would for earlier avatars of Windoze.
Sam
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periodically delete itself.
sam
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(Sam Varghese)
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but nothing on blocking email from a particular user.
sam
--
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ine drops.
/resolv.conf contains only the name of your nameservers - not much
involved in inputting that manually. same goes for the hosts files.
sam
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x27;ve been using junkbuster for some time now
and it is extremely effective. you can apt-get it,
get a good acl file and edit your config file. there is a
good link from the junkbuster site to some ACLs - the site
is junkbuster.com, btw.
sam
--
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che logs into something
> IM> useful...
>
> I prefer "webalizer"
>
> http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer/
i've used analog for some time; it's very fast and can be configured
to analyse your data in many different ways. the web site is at
http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~sret1/analog/
sam
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Nicholas Petreley had this suggestion for redirecting
nimda probes using Apache:
RedirectMatch ^.*\.(exe|dll).* http://support.microsoft.com
Of course, one can choose to redirect the request anywhere.
Sam
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correct, it gets a Redirect as the response, and it's its
> responsibility to follow it, unless it's using a toolkit that does so
> automatically.
>
> Code Red, for instance, wouldn't follow redirects.
try calling default.ida from my server --
http://www.gnubies.com/default.ida
sam
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.microsoft.com
>
> Heh. I wonder if nimda actually responds to redirects.
>
> -=greg
Looking at my logs, it seems to work:
GET /cmd.dll HTTP/1.0" 302
GET /c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 302
Same Apache redirect response as for /default.ida
and
qstring_to_xtp result code -2
Unhandled exception:
ORACLE_HOME environment variable not set
qstring_to_xtp result code -2
It runs fine on Red Hat 6.1, though.
Sam
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ally. It looks like this:
#exec /usr/bin/enlightenment
#wmaker
#blackbox
icewm
#afterstep
#scwm
#startkde
#twm
As is evident, I am using the ice window manager. If I want
to change window managers, I comment out icewm and uncomment
one of the others.
Sam
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7;s username is sydney, then
the file has to be in /home/sydney/
Sam
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or, I tried to log in when I had assumed root status.
At that time I got this message, realised what I was doing
and exited root status.
Sam
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s a nice GUI
for stuff like setting up ppp, dns, dhcp etc. It could be a good
start for someone who knows little about using Linux as a firewall.
Sam
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ill McCarty's book on Debian (still online, free) is, IMHO, still the best
guide
for new users.
Marcel Gagne has recently released a book on system administration - he writes
very
simple and engaging columns for Linux Journal. His stuff is a bit rpm-oriented
but he does offer instructions for other distributions as well.
Sam
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7;s wrong. How is the
> image not defined? What's wrong?
Install lilo on the mbr of hda. What's on that disk?
What's on hdb? Post it here and I'll give you a config
that should work.
Sam
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On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 09:56:44PM -0400, Scott Henson wrote:
> Hey i was curious where this book by Bill McCarty online. I would love to
> read it.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/index.html
Sam
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few days
back by Joachim Trinkwitz. Have a look in the archives of Sept 25.
Sam
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t the line, the mail from
these two addresses came through.
It mystifies me. Has anyone on the list experienced anything
similar?
Sam
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ing stuff from the juniper suite - like
smtpfwd?
Sam
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n use apt-setup.
Sam
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I have one box which runs Win2000/Red Hat6.1/Red Hat 7.1 without
any problem as far as the booting goes - I use LILO.
Sam
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filter
> $ apt-get install mailfilter
>
> ...prolly the latter, though I use the former.
Thanks very much for this info - I found a very useful program
called popcheck at the same site which houses the spamfilter
program.
Sam
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and then running
#apt-get update
#apt-get install task-kde
Sam
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s own PC can be construed as an offence.
Sam
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e wheel.
add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato main crypto
then, as root, run:
apt-get update
apt-get install task-kde
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ist
As root run
apt-get update
apt-get install task-kde
Sam
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ct?
You can try this link instead:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-post-install.en.html#s-kernel-baking
Sam
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The dogs bark but the caravan passes. - ancient Arab proverb
On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 03:12:54PM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote:
> # mount -t auto /dev/fdo /floppy
If this is really what you typed, then I hope you have
noticed that you have typed the letter 'o' instead of
zero.
Sam
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The dogs bark but the c
(there are
two files for each message) and in /var/spool/exim/msglog/
you will find one system message for each mail which has
been frozen. These can be removed as well.
Sam
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http://www.gnubies.com
The dogs bark but the caravan passes. - ancient Arab proverb
i used ntpdate initially but have now swicthed to chrony. the same
guy who wrote pppconfig has written this utility and like pppconfig
it is simple and works well.
apt-get install chrony would suffice
sam
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http://www.gnubies.com
Software industry: unique industry where selling subst
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 12:40:47PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote:
> Sam Varghese wrote:
>
> > i used ntpdate initially but have now swicthed to chrony. the same
> > guy who wrote pppconfig has written this utility and like pppconfig
> > it is simple and works well.
>
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 03:27:21PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Sam Varghese writes:
> > i used ntpdate initially but have now swicthed to chrony. the same guy
> > who wrote pppconfig has written this utility and like pppconfig it is
> > simple and works well.
>
> Tha
On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 07:41:38AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Sam Varghese writes:
> > ntpdate always complains that it cannot find the time servers.
> > ...
> > chrony runs without complaint.
>
> This has got to be a configuration problem, as ntpdate and chrony use th
Copy. Nero does data CDs and handles over-burning up
to 76 minutes and 30 seconds on a standard 74-minute CD.
Sam
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http://www.gnubies.com
Software industry: unique industry where selling substandard goods is
legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems.
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 02:22:11AM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 06:42:15AM +1100, Sam Varghese wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 05:26:33AM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote:
> ...
> > > More seriously, there is only one *good* audio copy program on Wind
fter inspecting the headers and before downloading the
> body.
There's something called popchecker which I use.
http://www.algonet.se/~staham/linux/programs.html
Sam
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http://www.gnubies.com
Software industry: unique industry where selling substandard goods is
legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems.
due
> to illogical security defaults as with anything Microsoft puts out for
> Email?
Exim is the default MTA on Debian and nothing is easier to configure for
a small network.
Sam
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Software industry: unique industry where selling substandard goods is
fy that "all" to the IP range which you use:
in.qpopper: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
I'm not an ISP or even a tech person so maybe someone else can get in on
this and elaborate.
Sam
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Software industry: unique industry where selling substandard goods is
legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems.
speak from my limited experience. i have found these measures
to work, therefore i practice them. of course, one would agree to
disagree.
Sam
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Software industry: unique industry where selling substandard goods is
legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems.
ly fairly new to Linux and have
> a lot of other things to learn as well.
Have a look at http://rute.sourceforge.net
Sam
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http://www.gnubies.com
The dogs bark but the caravan passes. - ancient Arab proverb
rning VI or Emacs (and don't
> want to have to worry about poison in the coffee :) ).
Have you taken a look at nedit?
Sam
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The dogs bark but the caravan passes. - ancient Arab proverb
machine for Linux alone?
How big is your hard drive? How much memory (RAM) do you have?
Sam
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The dogs bark but the caravan passes. - ancient Arab proverb
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Changing the protocol to IMPS/2 does not make any difference. Under the
older version of X, I was using BaudRate and SampleRate but the mouse
works perfectly with 2.4.19 and this configuration so I haven't bothered
to add those parameters.
Cheers,
Sam
- --
Sam Va
/www.damnsmalllinux.org/
Sam
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http://www.gnubies.com
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others
and the world remains and is immortal.
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good experiences with AMD processors in
the past - my current box has a K6-2 chip - I would prefer to go with a
processor from the same company.
If anyone does respond, could you please copy me in? I am not subscribed
to the list.
Thanks,
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On Fri, February 22, 2019 7:46 am, Dan Ritter wrote:
> Sam Varghese wrote:
>> I would value feedback from anyone on this list who has been running
>> Debian on an AMD Ryzen system. I have gone back through list posts for a
>> year and cannot find anything on this subject.
&
On Fri, February 22, 2019 8:11 am, Dan Ritter wrote:
> Sam Varghese wrote:
>> I have seen some older reports about kernel issues and crashes. Hence my
>> concern.
>
> I haven't seen any while running Stretch or later.
>> I presume that the built-in graphics
id, you should probably opt for this
> kernel:
> https://github.com/M-Bab/linux-kernel-amdgpu-binaries
Thank you, Andrea, and everyone else for the helpful responses. Much
appreciated.
I think I will avoid the "G" variant; the Ryzen5 2600 is available for
$259 (Australian dollar
any issue.
Otherwise, if I just let it return from hibernation without any
intervention, even though the system is using the 4.19.0-2-amd64 kernel,
it does not hibernate when I try to put it into this state and I have to
do a hard reboot.
Has anyone seen this kind of behaviour?
Thanks,
Sam
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ystem boots and runs as it should with
the previous kernel image, vmlinuz-2.6.30-686.
has anyone else experienced this? any way around it? or should one wait
for a fix to appear in the regular course of things?
thanks,
sam
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PS: anyone responding, please copy me in as i a
On Sat, February 13, 2010 01:39, Aioanei Rares wrote:
> Sam Varghese wrote:
>> the kernel image listed above was added to my system (testing on an ibm
>> thinkpad) during a recent dist-upgrade.
> What type of Thinkpad is this?
the thinkpad is an R50e. full specs:
Processo
On Fri, February 12, 2010 23:41, Kumar Appaiah wrote:
>> > The most likely cause is a problem with the video driver's kernel
>> > modules. Assuming that you indicate that the X login screen doesn't
>> > appear and that the computer does try to indeed start X, could you
>> > please check if there is
he drivers were taken out of the kernel.
Thank you very much for taking te trouble to reply. My problem has
away after an apt-get update && apt-get install linux-firmware.
There are some error messages during bootup but they are about udev.
Thanks to all the others who offered helpful sugges
I run Debian testing on a Lenovo Thinkpad E531 which I bought in June. I have
been running Debian for the last 14 years, and have used the testing stream on
several machines for the last seven or eight years.
I have never used network-manager to manage my wireless connection, depending
instead on
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