Re: How to load new firmware?

2024-10-15 Thread debian-user
Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:27:23 -0400 > Lee wrote: > > > # backports so I can get the latest Realtek wifi drivers > > deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main > > non-free-firmware deb-src https://deb.debian.org/debian > > bookworm-backports main non-free-fi

Re: YAML: How to add additional lines after a specific line?

2024-11-06 Thread debian-user
Anastasios Lisgaras wrote: > Hello community, > > I have a YAML file for example `resource.yaml`. > I want to find in this file all the lines ( actually it should be > only one ), with the following string: "resource_type: apple" and > immediately after that line add the following lines: > > ```

Re: Suggestions on pre -installation of Chinese input method for Debian

2024-11-28 Thread debian-user
张昊彧 wrote: > Dear Debian team, > > Hello! > > I am a Debian user who appreciates the stable and secure operating > system provided by Debian. During the use process, I noticed that the > system has pre -installed Japanese input method, which is very > convenient fo

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-18 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 09:34:00 +, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > wrote: > > "Russell L. Harris" wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 01:03:34PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > >I've been thinking about this some more, and I'd like to try to > > > >list all the way

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-17 Thread debian-user
Dan Ritter wrote: > Chris Green wrote: > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > Most terminals offer the ability to change the cursor color when > > > the cursor is in them. In the settings for xfterminal, I'm > > > pretty sure you can set that. Go look? > > > > > It's

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-18 Thread debian-user
Chris Green wrote: > Chris Green wrote: > > Charles Curley wrote: > > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 15:40:05 + > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > > So, do any of the cursor themes in xcursor-themes actually > > > > change the I-Beam cursor? I've looked at a couple of other > > > > sets of c

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-18 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 08:25:33PM +, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > wrote: > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Most terminals offer the ability to change the cursor color > > > > > when t

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-17 Thread debian-user
"Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > I routinely get that "blank white page" result in firefox here, and > find that fiddling with the settings in the noscript plugin often > fixes it. OTOH, if a web site wants to be *that* obnoxious I'll > often decide that they're not worth the trouble of bothe

Re: Using terminal commands - corner cases

2024-12-02 Thread debian-user
David Wright wrote: > Funnily enough, I'd never even thought about page numbering in > connection with man pages. But I notice now that the page contents > of my Letter PDF and Debian's A4 version are identical, and the > footers on the A4 are very high, so I'm guessing that the document > was o

Re: utelnetd

2024-11-15 Thread debian-user
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Extremely long References header shortened. =8~/ > > From: Timothy M Butterworth > Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 14:21:20 -0500 > > SSHD is packaged and available on Debian. > > Timothy, for a console on localhost do you use ssh exclusively? > Never xterm or simila

Re: Restarting cron after crontab update

2024-12-08 Thread debian-user
Roger Price wrote: > With emacs I made a change to /etc/crontab on a Debian 11 > workstation. I have done this before successfully. When you say you made a change with emacs, what command did you run? What you are supposed to do is use the command crontab to start the editor of your choice. You

Re: booting by UEFI?

2024-12-29 Thread debian-user
Eben King wrote: > My motherboard is a Gigabyte H170 That doesn't seem to be precise enough. They make multiple boards with that general name and all but one support UEFI. But the GA-H170TN does not mention UEFI, although its spec does say "Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS".

Re: booting by UEFI?

2024-12-29 Thread debian-user
e...@gmx.us wrote: > On 12/29/24 12:51, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > Eben King wrote: > > > >> My motherboard is a Gigabyte H170 > > > > That doesn't seem to be precise enough. They make multiple boards > > with that general name and all but one support UEFI. But the > > GA-H170TN doe

Re: How to find installed packages not in APT?

2025-02-04 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 11:04:16 -0800, Loren M. Lang wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 12:15:32PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 00:00:13 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > > > > - apt-patterns(7) > > > > > > Why isn't this linked/referenced from

Re: Unnamed Popup from Klaro about cookies

2025-02-06 Thread debian-user
But as Kent said, if its going to produce popups it really, really needs to announce itself properly including a link to some docs that are written from the point of view of a user rather than the point of view of a website developer! :( It'll totally fail on my system (I hope), anyway, since I ba

Re: finding package for reportbug

2025-02-05 Thread debian-user
Charles Curley wrote: > On Wed, 5 Feb 2025 15:46:23 +0100 > Franziska Menti wrote: > > > Hi Charles [snip] > What I had in mind here is something like: > > dmesg | less -X > > then use the search function (the / key) to search for snd_hda_intel > and (separately) snd_sof_pci_intel_mtl. Check

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-11 Thread debian-user
Chris Green wrote: > songbird wrote: > > Chris Green wrote: > > ... > > > It would be much easier if I could simply tell epiphany (or > > > another browser) **not** to try and become the default for > > > everything, rather than having to try and unset all the changes > > > it has made. > >

Re: Bluetooth

2025-02-11 Thread debian-user
Gregory Forster wrote: > I've been looking on Amazon.  Is there a bluetooth dongle I can plug > into my desktop PC USB port that will work with Debian GNU/Linux > 12.8? Everything I find specify s for Windows. There's a useful page at https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/bluetooth/#known-w

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread debian-user
Chris Green wrote: > debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > Chris Green wrote: > > > songbird wrote: > > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > It would be much easier if I could simply tell epiphany (or > > > > > another browser) **not** to try and become the default for > > > > >

Re: Firefox alternatives?

2024-12-12 Thread debian-user
Van Snyder wrote: > After Firefox has been running for a few days my Debian 12.5 gets > really slow. The mouse jerks when it works at all. It takes a minute > or two for wndows to close or top. At the moment, Firefox has 19 > processes running. Memory is half full, and swap is about 10% used. > Wh

Re: a passwordless operating system

2024-12-15 Thread debian-user
y nor > any other natural or artificial or divine intelligence? i know this > sounds like a question for debian-devel or debian-policy but i m > dumping it onto debian-user as as of now i m not subscribed to any > other. Why does your mother need to memorize all of your dead stepfathe

Re: a passwordless operating system

2024-12-17 Thread debian-user
songbird wrote: > debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > ... > > Why does your mother need to memorize all of your dead stepfather's > > identities? Just let them die with him. > > perhaps because the accounts are jointly owned and it > is much easier to just continue using the credentials as >

Re: Writing passwords down

2024-12-17 Thread debian-user
Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 17 Dec 2024 06:45 +0100, from to...@tuxteam.de: > >> Then follow Bruce Schneier's advice and*write them down*. > > > > Do you have a reference? > > > > I ask because I'm in the middle of a discussion (and that was my > > advice, too). Seeing what Schneier has to sa

Re: DefinitionS sleep/suspend/hibernate/etc - was [Re: help: disable all manner of sleep/suspend/hibernate - Debian 12]

2024-11-22 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > Michael mentioned https://wiki.debian.org/Suspend and I found > https://wiki.debian.org/Hibernation . > > I, and other inexperienced users, need proper definitions of > sleep/suspend/hibernate/etc to use those pages and solutions to be > described here. Definitions c

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-17 Thread debian-user
"Russell L. Harris" wrote: > On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 01:03:34PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >I've been thinking about this some more, and I'd like to try to list > >all the ways the OP might have caused this to fail. > > > >We start by observing that nobody else has been able to reproduce the >

Re: Finding appropriate support for packages in Debian repository

2025-01-11 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > As I'm over 80 and a computer *user* since introduction via Hollerith > cards and line-printers in 60's (q.v. CORC & CUPL - BASIC didn't > exist) and later using an Acoustic coupler with an RBBS, I'm not a > newbie per se. > > However I'm making practical use of mp3 files

Re: Finding appropriate support for packages in Debian repository

2025-01-12 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > On 1/11/25 8:06 AM, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > *SNIP* > >> > >> Due to vision and perception issues, I avoid sites over using > >> graphics or requiring JavaScript. For support I look for USENET > >> groups &/or mailing lists (not ha

Re: ISP's router being helpful

2025-01-20 Thread debian-user
George at Clug wrote: > I had forgotten to mention about "DNS over HTTPS", which besides > encrypting DNS traffic, usually use a trusted Internet based DNS > service, instead of local DNS settings. > > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/dns-over-https > > This maybe why your web browser does n

Re: ISP's router being helpful

2025-01-20 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 12:13:09PM +, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > wrote: > > [...] > > > I just use IP addresses for local web services, so I can use DOH in > > my browser. > > I'm at a loss why somebody would want to do that (although I pretty > well know why Google wants every

Re: ISP's router being helpful

2025-01-20 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 05:04:16PM +, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > wrote: > > wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 12:13:09PM +, > > > debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > I just use IP addresses for local web services, so I can use > > > > DOH

Re: mlterm configuration

2025-01-26 Thread debian-user
Darac Marjal wrote: > On 26/01/2025 18:29, Haines Brown wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 09:35:24AM -0500, Henning Follmann wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 08:45:02AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > >>> My attemtpts configure mlterm have no effect. For exaJmple, I > >>> create a file .mlter

Re: kvm/qemu

2025-01-08 Thread debian-user
gene heskett wrote: > On 1/7/25 15:12, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > These packages were pointed out to me a while back as a possible > > alternative to virtualbox. While doing a bit of work on the new > > machine, I did a quick search using both of those terms in Synaptic > > Package Manager,

Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview

2025-02-14 Thread debian-user
"Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)" wrote: > I've completed my U.S. tax forms in the fillable PDFs provided by the > Internal Revenue Service. Now I want to print them to (yes) submit > through snail mail. > > In the past, I was happy printing from Acrobat 9, which is still fine > for display purposes.

Re: software to document and develop projects

2025-02-08 Thread debian-user
"Gary L. Roach" wrote: > I have been trying  to find a software package that would allow me to > do math calculations along with running documentation.I have tried > using -Octave but it doesn't allow modification of content once you > hit the enter key. After a few mistakes and corrections things

Re: Alternative to Debian Repository - extract CSV formatted data from PDF

2025-02-21 Thread debian-user
Greg wrote: > On 2025-02-21, David Wright wrote: > > > >> > > [1] https://www.fns.usda.gov/cnpp/thrifty-food-plan-2006 > >> > > Table ES-1. Thrifty Food Plan market baskets, quantities > >> > > of food purchased for a week, by age-gender group, 2006 > > > > I don't read PDFs /in/ the br

Re: Alternative to Debian Repository - extract CSV formatted data from PDF

2025-02-20 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > I wish to extract CSV formatted data from a PDF document. [1] > Page ES-7 has a weekly grocery list for males grouped by age. > I need only the first and last columns. > > Can someone point me in a suitable direction? > > TIA > > [1] https://www.fns.usda.gov/cnpp/thrifty

Re: web browser recommendation

2025-03-08 Thread debian-user
D MacDougall wrote: > > On 2025-03-08, D MacDougall wrote: > ... > > > I've been using DuckDuckGo as my primary search engine for > > > years and have found that it's gradually been improving to the > > > point that I seldom have cause to use any other.  Along the way I > > > discovered that th

Re: web browser recommendation

2025-03-09 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Mar 08, 2025 at 13:39:18 -0800, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > > On Sat Mar 8 13:29:36 2025 debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > > D MacDougall wrote: > > >> https://duckduckgo.com > > > > > > That's just a blank page except for a picture of a duck, the word > > > D

Re: web browser recommendation

2025-03-09 Thread debian-user
D MacDougall wrote: > On 3/8/25 12:34, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > That's just a blank page except for a picture of a duck, the word > > DuckDuckGo and a search box. No explanation of anything at any > > length? > > > Very odd.  On my phone I see exactly what you see plus several

Re: How to associate a file extension with preferred executable

2025-03-09 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > On 3/8/25 8:07 AM, Miriami wrote: > > Hi Richard, > > > > I haven't used the MATE desktop environment, but I guess it also > > has this: 1. Right click on a PDF file, in the pop-up right-click > > menu, chooss 'open this file with ...' 2. In the then-popped-up > > dialog a

diald + ipmasq + samba

1998-08-23 Thread debian-user list
Hello. I'm trying to set up a debian 2.0 box as a server in a small office, using samba to serve files to a few win95 boxes, and ipmasq and diald to connect to the rest of the world via modem, intermittantly. I can get each of the parts to work individually without trouble, but various things go

Disk geommetry, was Re: Kernel Upgrade: Why?

1999-04-21 Thread debian-user list
On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 10:05:00AM +0100, Graham Ashton wrote: > On Tuesday 20 April, Richard Harran wrote: > > Would I see a performance increase if I made sure my linux partition > > was on the outside of my disk? Would I be even better putting my swap > > partition as far out as possible? > >

only test,delete it. sorry.

1997-04-01 Thread debian-user-request

Unidentified subject!

1997-04-02 Thread debian-user-request

Re: eject command for normal users and some other stuff

2003-11-28 Thread kmark+debian-user
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 11:59:30PM -0500, H. S. wrote: > Andreas Janssen wrote: > >Hello > > > >H S (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > > > >>Okay, I am going to take this step by step because I have many issues > >>unresolved. I am connected to the internet through an ADSL modem (use > >>"pon dsl-p

Re: newbie boot log question

2003-11-28 Thread kmark+debian-user
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 04:45:53AM +0100, Christian Schnobrich wrote: > On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 19:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, I want to review the lines and lines of text > > that printout during startup, but they quickly scroll > > off the screen. > > just type 'dmesg'. Once done, you

Re: How to get away with small /var partition

2003-11-28 Thread kmark+debian-user
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 02:43:10AM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > 2 => extended partition (the rest of the harddrive) > 5 => swap (256 megs) > 6 => /var (256 megs) > 7 => /misc (the rest of the harddrive) > > After a virgin install, I log on as root and... > > mv /home /misc/home > ln -s /mi

Re: Can't play audio CDs

2003-11-30 Thread kmark+debian-user
On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 12:47:33AM -0500, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > I can't play audio CDs on my Mac 8500. It's running debian for PowerPC, > but I don't know if it's a problem with the powerpc port. > > I have /dev/cdrom linked to /dev/scd0 (first SCSI CD drive). The > permissions for /dev

Re: Can't play audio CDs

2003-12-01 Thread kmark+debian-user
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xinerama 2 monitors help

2003-12-04 Thread kmark+debian-user
Hi Debianistas, I'm trying to setup 2 monitors. one is a isa t9680 (cirrus logic) - max 800x640 8bit and the other is a ati 1024x768 16 bit. I had the ati working and then I added the isa card. Ever since then, the isa is the only one recognized. I did a X -configure but it did not work 100% alt

Re: Anyone used a Lindows Laptop?

2003-12-05 Thread kmark+debian-user
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 05:24:17PM +1100, John wrote: > Hi > > I have just started looking for a new laptop courtesy of the logic board on my ibook > dying and being hit for a Aust $935 bill for a new one. I have been looking at the > Lindows Mobile PC which I could get for Aust $1165 from sub3

Re: Earthlink and Swen

2003-12-05 Thread kmark+debian-user
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 10:56:59PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 03:08:23PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > ... > > I have all services locked down to localhost; my only connections to > > the outside world are mail, news via nntpcached, web via squid... I run > > Apache but it to

Re: striping, etc.

1997-06-20 Thread Debian user mail
On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote: > > > They will go on a machine with 3 200m ide drives, which will be a > > > poor-man's > > > server. My current thinking is to mount / on the first controller, and > > > use the other pair as /usr on the second interface. /usr will be NFS > > > export

Re: Netscape bug: Newbies using root

1997-06-23 Thread Debian user mail
It's also important not to use Netscape as root (or other mail tools as root) when sending mail to the Debian mailing lists. I get lots of posts that don't go through, because the sender is root or another system user that Smartlist recognizes. Pete -- Peter J. Templin, Jr. C

Re: Big Bad Bug - adduser truncating files from /etc/skel.

1997-06-23 Thread Debian user mail
I reported this a few weeks ago. Adduser v3.3 should fix this, and should be forthcoming from Guy Maor. Pete -- Peter J. Templin, Jr. Client Services Analyst Computer & Communication Services tel: (717) 524-1590 Bucknell University [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /etc/securetty problem

1997-06-23 Thread Debian user mail
On Sat, 21 Jun 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've done that a hundred times you [EMAIL PROTECTED] > It doesn't work > I'm still on the damned list. For those who wish to know, "Sean.Seaman" did contact "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" once to request unsubscription. There are no "sean"s from anywhere with

Re: Why is pine so slow?

1997-06-28 Thread Debian user mail
Ah, the wonders of sendmail. In the out-of-the-box configuration of sendmail, it passes mail along in "background" mode. One might think that this means it does everything in the background. Not so, for a few small details. Sendmail in background mode checks the validity of the destination add

Re: Why is pine so slow?

1997-06-28 Thread Debian user mail
On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Joost Kooij wrote: > > # default delivery mode > > O DeliveryMode=background > > > > becomes > > > > # default delivery mode > > O DeliveryMode=deferred > > Hmm, this one might be the answer for me. > > The thing about reverse dns lookups certainly rings a bell here, be

Re: How to find out if sendmail has queued mail to forward.

1997-06-30 Thread Debian user mail
The command "mailq" should be on your system. It essentially runs "sendmail -bp" which prints the queue. You may wish to use "mailq | head" or "mailq | less" depending on the size of the current queue. Hint: read up on sendmail timeouts and how to move mail to a separate queue. I had to test m

Re: /var/log/messages not world-readable anymore?

1997-07-09 Thread Debian user mail
On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Joey Hess wrote: > Will Lowe: > > Well, here's an example of where it could be: > > > > I use diald to dial up an ISP account. Diald calls chat to > > execute a login-and-start-ppp script. Chat writes all of it's > > / pairs to /var/log/messages. So anyone who can rea

Rebooting is foolish ....

2001-02-16 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Hello to the group, Recently there were comments made as to the "foolishness" of rebooting just to reset an edited config file. How about a list of the cli entrys that would have accomplished this? Are there different ones for different config files? SHUP something? blabla stop/start/restar

Rebooting woes ..was.. Rebooting is foolish ....

2001-02-16 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Nate Amsden wrote: > try avoid rebooting whenever possible. i had a bad experience with > rebooting > not too long ago. a sun ultra 10..up for about 130 days..shut it down to > move a UPS, it never came back up. spent the next 15-20 hours rebuilding > it. > nate I Have had a simular experience (

Nameservers

2001-02-18 Thread SamBozo Debian User
I have a new install of debian 2.2 potato on another box. It has the same nameserver entrys in /etc/resolve.config ... as this box has. But it won't resolve ip's. I had to use "ftp://207.XXX.XXX.XXX/debian potato main" as my entry in /etc/apt/sources.list just to get "apt-get update" woul

Re: Nameservers

2001-02-18 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Nate Amsden wrote: > > SamBozo Debian User wrote: > > > > I have a new install of debian 2.2 potato on another box. > > It has the same nameserver entrys in /etc/resolve.config ... as this box > > be sure its resolv.conf not resolv.config > > nate my bad re

Re: CDROM device..

2001-02-18 Thread SamBozo Debian User
William Leese wrote: > > okay, this.. is stupid question.. being completely spoilt by Redhats > simplicity.. i'm unaware of which device /dev/cdrom was linked to. ..can > someone, give me a hint? > > William > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: CDROM device..

2001-02-18 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Ah Cmd Line Magic ... I am continuly awestruck. Now if I could just remember all this stuff. But I go the next best thing Linux in a Nutshell and Running Linux race ya to see who's wares out 1st Sam ktb wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 03:05:16PM +0000, SamBozo Debian

Re: Nameservers

2001-02-19 Thread SamBozo Debian User
All is joy, Browsing "tasksel" I looked at the info on the DNS packages. "dnsutils - Utilities for Querying DNS Servers" was one of the entrys. I tried an "apt-get install dnsutils" error was it was already installed. So I thought I'd try removal and reinstallation. After "apt-get rem

Bluefish install

2001-02-22 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Hi all, I want to install bluefish 0.6.1-1 however there are dependancy problems. I might have a shot at doing this on my old Mandrake box ... but with Debian 2.2 I have no clue. I tried looking with dselect but had no luck. Yes I know there is an earlier version but I don't like the featur

VMware install

2001-02-22 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Here is the error: - Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel. None of VMware's pre-built vmmon modules is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this script to try to build the vmmon module for your system (you need to have a C co

incorrect memory

2001-02-24 Thread SamBozo Debian User
I have just completed my 1st kernal compile. Things seem fine except for my memory. I have 256m originally (b4 the compile) it was all recognized. Now only 64m is recognized. I have done the append="mem=256M" on another box when the bios didn't recognize the memory correctly. But since this use to

Re: incorrect memory

2001-02-24 Thread SamBozo Debian User
ktb wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 06:41:59PM +, SamBozo Debian User wrote: > > I have just completed my 1st kernal compile. Things seem fine except for > > my memory. > > I have 256m originally (b4 the compile) it was all recognized. Now only > > 64m is reco

Re: Kernel upgrade

2001-02-24 Thread SamBozo Debian User
> Did you install off a CD? If so just snag the kernel source off that. > Read - http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-kernel.html > That should answer a lot of questions. http://home.xnet.com/~darogers/debian_university.txt helped me make it thru. Sam Morgan > > When you upgrade to 2.4.2 read - > l

Re: incorrect memory

2001-02-24 Thread SamBozo Debian User
> I don't really know, maybe someone who does will chime in here. Just a > thought after you compiled your new kernel did you rerun /sbin/lilo > before you booted? If not, I'd take the append line out and rerun lilo, > boot and see if everything is fine. Just a thought. > kent yep I ran lilo a

Re: incorrect memory

2001-02-24 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Nate Amsden wrote: > > did you change any bios settings or perhaps do a flash upgrade? i have > seen that certain > bios settings do affect how much memory linux can see(although i haven't > been able > to track down exactly which ones). i have 3 mainboards in 3 different > servers > with slightl

dselect problems

2001-02-27 Thread SamBozo Debian User
dselect says access method is already locked .??? how do I unlock it? this was due to my attempted installing bluefish from a .deb file on the hd not I can't get back in to make it look on the web sites? Sam Morgan

Re: dselect problems

2001-02-27 Thread SamBozo Debian User
mike polniak wrote: > > SamBozo Debian User wrote: > > dselect says access method is already locked .??? > > how do I unlock it? > > deslect is still running. so find it and kill -9 > -- > LINUX~~nobody owns it~~everybody can use it~~anybody can improve

CDrecord "DEVICE"

2001-03-01 Thread SamBozo Debian User
I have the following instructions from http://www.astaro.com/doc/burn-howto_en.html The most efficient and easiest way is to type the following command: cdrecord -v dev=DEVICE fs=4096k -eject -pad -useinfo -dao -data Astaro_Security_Linux_ISO_IMAGE (or easier: cdrecord -v dev=DEVICE -data Astaro_S

Re: It's MY computer, not Bill's!

2001-03-04 Thread SamBozo Debian User
> - WinNT 4.0 (did not test) Works like a charm. > - Linux 2.x (Installed caldera openlinux 2.4 and RedHat with x on my debian > woody, no complaints) Add Suse, Turbo, Trustix, and Mandrake to that list. Sam Morgan

Linuxconf

2001-02-12 Thread SamBozo Debian User
I have my Deb box on a 192.168.1.xxx network which deb setup during install. I recently needed to change over to direct access (bypassing the intranet) to the internet. I went into linuxconf and made the changes. No Joy ... internet was inaccessable. I have done this on a mandrake box and it worked

how to remove exim4 without removing mysql-server?

2004-11-11 Thread cwinl-debian-user
Hi all I want to remove exim4. When I type 'apt-get --purge remove exim4-base' debian report: mail2:/var/log# apt-get remove exim4-base Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: exim4-base exim4-daemon-light mailx mysql-server 0 upgra

Re: how to remove exim4 without removing mysql-server?

2004-11-12 Thread cwinl-debian-user
> -邮件原件- > 发件人: Marc Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 发送时间: 2004年11月12日 15:09 > 收件人: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 主题: Re: how to remove exim4 without removing mysql-server? > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 02:46:31PM +0800, cwinl-debian-user wrote: > > But my mysql

Kernel options?

2004-01-07 Thread adam-debian-user
Hi, I'm installing Debian on a Sun Fire V65x, which is basically an intel whitebox server. It uses the SE7501WV2 board (http://www.intel.com/design/servers/se7501wv2/index.htm?iid=ipp_srvr+mthrbds_se7501wv2_srvr&;). The server has all sorts of fancy bells and whistles like e1000 cards and aic7

Re: SSH/Putty password problem

2004-09-24 Thread vizi0n (debian-user)
first of all, i would try using the 0.55 version of putty, that might solve your problem a list of mirrors is available at this address: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html viz - Original Message - From: "Michael Sims" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: weird constant hissing sound coming from one speaker

2004-09-24 Thread vizi0n (debian-user)
check if your cables are touching something else, i have that problem too when my hard drive accesses the data, my speaker does a weird sound. if the speakers are turned off, it wont do it, i have to see if i can put my wires somewhere else viz - Original Message - From: "H. S." <[EMAI

Re: Rebuilding Debian Live gnome image fails

2021-02-13 Thread debian-user-001
On 13-Feb-21 06:06, John Crawley wrote: On 12/02/2021 17:16, Matthijs wrote: On 12-02-2021 03:12, John Crawley wrote: On 09/02/2021 21:40, Matthijs wrote: Following the Debian Live manual on using a predefined configuration(https://live-team.pages.debian.net/live-manual/html/live-manual/managi

Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-04 Thread A Debian User
nome metapackage (as well the rhythm-plugins package, so you end up with a nerfed Rhythmbox). Is this thing safe? How does uninstalling it break functionality? P.S. This package is also recommended by software-center. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a sub

How to remove Google from the "Start screen"?

2014-05-04 Thread A Debian User
ia or Google search using your search terms. How do you remove Google and replace it with a search engine of your choice? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive

Re: Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread A Debian User
right away if you installed Debian using a Live installer. If so, you'll have to mess around with some permissions first (because your user account may not have the permission to invoke X from the command line). But this should work quite well if you installed using a standard i

Re: Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-05 Thread A Debian User
ght the version shipped by Debian doesn't delete the Zeitgeist database. So, have you removed it completely from your system, or did you just disable it? How does it break functionality on your end? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &q

Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-05 Thread A Debian User
? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53683e6c.4080...@openmailbox.org

Re: Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-06 Thread A Debian User
On Tuesday, 06 May, 2014 09:11 AM, John Hasler wrote: Theodore Alcapotaxis writes: It seems that some folks at Debian have introduced NSA-friendly software to spy on users. Produce specifics. On Monday, 05 May, 2014 08:13 AM, A Debian User wrote: From the package description of zeitgeist

Re: Can aptitude be used to install non-free and contrib things?

2014-05-08 Thread A Debian User
Yes, it can. So can apt and synaptic. These tools rely on the /etc/apt/sources.list file to point them to servers where they can download the software you want. Here's an example of an entry in sources.list: deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy main deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/deb

Is it safe not to install intel-microcode (or amd-microcode)?

2014-05-08 Thread A Debian User
;s CPU. Is this safe, given that these microcode updates reportedly patch up vulnerabilities in the these processors? Even the Debian wiki (https://wiki.debian.org/Microcode) says that these microcode updates are "not safe to ignore". Cheers! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Help About Bootable USB

2014-05-09 Thread A Debian User
On Friday, 09 May, 2014 02:16 PM, morteza allahpour wrote: /Hello,I have 3 debian DVD images.I want to run debian from a bootable usb flash.now what should i do ?/ /wich DVD image I must use ?/ The first one :)

Hibernate doesn't work (Wheezy, GNOME Shell)

2014-05-09 Thread A Debian User
rl+Alt+Del, etc. Doesn't respond to pressing the power button. You either have to long-press the power button to power down the computer and turn it back on. Anyone having similar problems? Solutions? Environment: - Asus F3E laptop (old) - Debian 7.5 Wheezy 64-bit - GNOME Shell -- To UNSUBSCR

How to use Debian ISOs as package sources in apt?

2014-05-09 Thread A Debian User
tting the big packages from the DVDs might help). Thanks :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/536d4a62.7080...@openmailbox.org

Re: Re: Is it safe not to install intel-microcode (or amd-microcode)?

2014-05-09 Thread A Debian User
On Friday, 09 May, 2014 02:54 AM, Ric Moore wrote: On 05/08/2014 02:16 PM, A Debian User wrote: Hello, all! I want to have a completely Free install of Debian, which means I will only be using software packages from the main repo, and will be excluding contrib and non-free from my sources

Re: Re: loss of I/O on some websites

2014-05-12 Thread A Debian User
f Flash content? So, shouldn't you just use NoScript, since it has more features and additionally does what FlashBlock does, anyway? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5371461f.9050...@openmailbox.org

Scrolling issues with Icedove

2014-05-15 Thread A Debian User
CRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/537516b2.2030...@openmailbox.org

Re: PCMCIA question

1998-06-15 Thread Debian User List Account
On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Ian Stuart wrote: > To get a PCMCIA card to work, you need to remake the kernel, and the > PCMCIA modules, and then reinstall the kernel. > > For this, you'll need the kernel source and the pcmcia source. installing the kernel source is ok (2.0.32-5 from hamm), but how sho

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