Re: [kde-linux] debian wheezy : kde nvidia - nouveau

2012-08-04 Thread Peter Catchlove
Duncan - many thanks for your advice. At the moment it looks a bit too sophisticated for me to follow - though I may give it a try tomorrow when my head is clearer! I used to think myself the nvidia was pretty opensource friendly : their drivers worked well with me (much better than nouveau) f

[kde-linux] debian wheezy : kde nvidia - nouveau

2012-08-03 Thread Peter Catchlove
Dear KDE'ers I've been using debian -testing with kde for over 10 years, and although not terribly pc-competent, it's worked pretty well. But it's getting more-and-more difficult. The latest upgrades have left me with what looks like a graphics problem: I have an nvidia card, and a while ago

[kde-linux] Re: KDE 4.6.3 update messed up my TwinView setup?

2011-06-16 Thread Peter Catchlove
It's not a graphics driver issue with debian is it? I had the most terrible problems after upgrading wheezy recently: no graphics at all. It took a long time get a solution which involved installing the nouveau driver for my nvidia card Peter On Sunday 12 June 2011 15:47:37 Mark Knecht wrote:

[kde-linux] adjust date and time

2010-11-04 Thread Peter Catchlove
r 2010 10:40:26 you wrote: > Peter Catchlove posted on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:23:15 +0100 as excerpted: > > I'm running debian squeeze which uses kde 4.4.5. > > When I try to adjust the clock to winter time as user, I now get > > "unable to execute/authenticate the action: 4

[kde-linux] adjust date and time

2010-11-03 Thread Peter Catchlove
Hi - I'm running debian squeeze which uses kde 4.4.5. When I try to adjust the clock to winter time as user, I now get "unable to execute/authenticate the action: 4," when I try to apply the changes, instead of being asked for root password. Any tips gratefully received. Peter c. ___