Re: apt-get update -- invalid since xx xx xx(SOLVED)

2011-10-08 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 08/10/2011 22:36, Christian Körner wrote: On 08/10/11 20:12, Johan Scheepers wrote: Good day, Kindly please what does this means. Never got this before.. apt-get update Hit http://debian.mirror.ac.za squeeze Release Hit http://debian.mirror.ac.za squeeze-updates Release E: Release file

Re: Disabling wifi to save battery

2011-10-08 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 01:44:57AM BST, Daniel Dalton wrote: > Hi, > > I've recently purchased a Dell vostro 3350 laptop, and to save battery, > I was planning to disable wifi, when it wasn't required. On my old > laptop I could use the rfkill package like so: > rfkill block wifi What does "rfk

Re: [debian-users] wintv-hvr 850 (hybrid) not detecting any signal.

2011-10-08 Thread Javier Vasquez
So, no one with experience on debian with this usb device? :-( Javier. On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Javier Vasquez wrote: > Hi, > > I sent this to another list, but apparently no one knows, or cares to > answer... > > Bad thing I'm not using debian in the x86-64 and x86-32 machines I'm > t

Re: Install kde-desktop on existing debian install

2011-10-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/10/11 04:20, Harry Putnam wrote: > Camaleón writes: > >> Please, people... when you cite any document/source that you've found on >> Internet also put the link you are referring to, so we can check ;-) > > I did intend to include that but forgot it in the end. > > http://pkg-kde.alioth.d

Re: LXDE Menu editing

2011-10-08 Thread Robert Blair Mason Jr.
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 23:25:14 +0100 Richard wrote: > On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 13:03:03 -0500 (CDT) > Blair Mason wrote: > > > Oct 8, 2011 11:52:04 AM, richard.b...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I'm trying out LXDE, much less system load, very noticeable . > > > Is there a menu editor simila

Re: OT: Desktop icons - Some blubbering :.(

2011-10-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/10/11 03:24, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Samstag, 8. Oktober 2011 schrieb Scott Ferguson: >> Fortunately Lenny is still available - for some purposes I still use >> it. I doubt all support for it will end any time soon (hopefully). The >> beauty of Debian - we get a lot of choices. > > On

Disabling wifi to save battery

2011-10-08 Thread Daniel Dalton
Hi, I've recently purchased a Dell vostro 3350 laptop, and to save battery, I was planning to disable wifi, when it wasn't required. On my old laptop I could use the rfkill package like so: rfkill block wifi But it seems to have no effect on my Dell. The wifi hot key on the laptop does not seem

Re: Permission Problem with xsane - more

2011-10-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/10/11 01:06, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 12:09:51PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 08/10/11 01:31, Thomas H. George wrote: >>> On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 10:37:04AM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 06/10/11 01:38, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 a

Re: [OT] Re: Please kill the noise

2011-10-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/10/11 09:26, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 10/8/2011 4:59 PM, Weaver wrote: > >> It's a pity that's not the case, as I sometimes have a question >> regarding firewalls, etc and take it to the firewall list, yet the >> number of questions regarding firewalls I have seen on 'debian-user' >> probab

OSS Research Help Needed Please - drawing for tablet computer ($500.00 gift card) for participation.

2011-10-08 Thread Lila Holt
Hello! We are asking you for some help from the Open Source communities. As researchers at the University of Tennessee we are interested in discovering more about learning and interactions of members of the open source forums. This research is conducted through the University of Tennessee and i

Re: [OT] Re: Please kill the noise

2011-10-08 Thread Weaver
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:26:24 -0500 Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 10/8/2011 4:59 PM, Weaver wrote: > > > It's a pity that's not the case, as I sometimes have a question > > regarding firewalls, etc and take it to the firewall list, yet the > > number of questions regarding firewalls I have seen on 'd

Upgrading base-files wants to wipe out half of system

2011-10-08 Thread Daniel D Jones
Searching Google and this list archives haven't come up with anything on this. Running apt-get upgrade, base-files and a number of other packages are being held back. Doing a dist-upgrade or manually upgrading base-files gives me this: # apt-get install base-files Reading package lists... Don

Re: When was Debian installed

2011-10-08 Thread Jari Fredriksson
8.10.2011 4:09, Mark Panen kirjoitti: > Hi, > > Which command do i run to find out on which date i installed my Debian OS? > uptime -- Everything that you know is wrong, but you can be straightened out. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Install kde-desktop on existing debian install

2011-10-08 Thread Harry Putnam
Weaver writes: > On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 11:13:18 -0500 > Harry Putnam wrote: > >> Looking at what is listed like this in google: >> How to install KDE on Debian - The Debian KDE maintainers website >> >> I find this apparently out of date information: >> >> install KDE on your existing Debian sys

Re: [OT] Yet Another Language Issue (wa: imap with claws mail problem)

2011-10-08 Thread Joe
On Sat, 8 Oct 2011 19:37:03 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:25:03 +0200, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > > > On 06/10/11 17:33, Camaleón wrote: > >> OTOH, I dunno how Claws manages this, > > > Camaleón, I know English isn't your first language, although you > > write it extremel

Re: [OT] Re: Please kill the noise

2011-10-08 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 10/8/2011 4:59 PM, Weaver wrote: > It's a pity that's not the case, as I sometimes have a question > regarding firewalls, etc and take it to the firewall list, yet the > number of questions regarding firewalls I have seen on 'debian-user' > probably far out-number those on 'firewall'. > > This

Re: LXDE Menu editing

2011-10-08 Thread Richard
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 13:03:03 -0500 (CDT) Blair Mason wrote: > Oct 8, 2011 11:52:04 AM, richard.b...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying out LXDE, much less system load, very noticeable . > > Is there a menu editor similar to gnome alcatel, I'd like to customise the > > "other" menu se

how to gather info for reporting problem

2011-10-08 Thread Harry Putnam
Attempted to install a full kde setup today but landed in the soup once it was done. I just get a black screen with a terminal emulator running, no menus are available with mouse clicks or anywhere on the screen in terms of an icon. Just the terminal. Any apps I open are slapped up into the top

Re: [OT] Re: Please kill the noise

2011-10-08 Thread Weaver
On Sat, 8 Oct 2011 14:46:11 -0700 Freeman wrote: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 08:24:07AM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote: > > On 10/06/2011 06:32 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > >All of the off topic crap the last couple of days is making it more > > >difficult to assist those who actually need help with De

Re: [OT] Re: Please kill the noise

2011-10-08 Thread Freeman
On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 08:24:07AM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote: > On 10/06/2011 06:32 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >All of the off topic crap the last couple of days is making it more > >difficult to assist those who actually need help with Debian. > > If you are using an MUA that supports threading,

Re: [OT] Re: Please kill the noise

2011-10-08 Thread Terence
On 8 October 2011 20:22, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > If you all are true believers in off topic posting, as you have so > vigorously defended, why don't we _all_ commit ourselves to making one > OT post per day and see where that leads? Actually I am not one of " true believers in off topic posting"

Re: nvidia-problems

2011-10-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 8 Oct 2011 15:06:25 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: Hello Camaleón, > Yeah, but as I don't have such file installed on my system I wanted to > know the "exact" source, just to be sure we were reading the same > information. Ah, sorry. Anyhow, I see from reading the remainder of the threa

Re: OT: Desktop icons - Some blubbering :.(

2011-10-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 8 Oct 2011 18:23:06 +0200 Martin Steigerwald wrote: Hello Martin, > So I just tested it - instead of taking Ralfs assumption unproved -, > it may use Dolphins file/directory view, but you can *still* create as > many of them as you like, not only two side by side as in Dolphin. I though

Re: apt-get update -- invalid since xx xx xx

2011-10-08 Thread Christian Körner
On 08/10/11 20:12, Johan Scheepers wrote: > Good day, > > Kindly please what does this means. Never got this before.. > > apt-get update > > Hit http://debian.mirror.ac.za squeeze Release > Hit http://debian.mirror.ac.za squeeze-updates Release > E: Release file expired, ignoring > http://debian

Re: apt-get update -- invalid since xx xx xx

2011-10-08 Thread Frank Steinborn
Johan Scheepers wrote: > Good day, > > Kindly please what does this means. Never got this before.. > > apt-get update > > Hit http://debian.mirror.ac.za squeeze Release > Hit http://debian.mirror.ac.za squeeze-updates Release > E: Release file expired, ignoring > http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debia

Votre annonce

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[OT] Yet Another Language Issue (wa: imap with claws mail problem)

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:25:03 +0200, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > On 06/10/11 17:33, Camaleón wrote: >> OTOH, I dunno how Claws manages this, > Camaleón, I know English isn't your first language, although you write > it extremely well. I hope, therefore, that you won't take offence at my > picking y

Re: [OT] Re: Please kill the noise

2011-10-08 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 10/8/2011 8:25 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: > I can honestly say that I've yet to find this a problem - either when > googling or going through list archives. Searches ALWAYS find lots of > extraneous material and have to be narrowed down. When looking for > technical information, things get ver

apt-get update -- invalid since xx xx xx

2011-10-08 Thread Johan Scheepers
Good day, Kindly please what does this means. Never got this before.. apt-get update Hit http://debian.mirror.ac.za squeeze Release Hit http://debian.mirror.ac.za squeeze-updates Release E: Release file expired, ignoring http://debian.mirror.ac.za/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/Release (invalid

Re: LXDE Menu editing

2011-10-08 Thread Blair Mason
Oct 8, 2011 11:52:04 AM, richard.b...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying out LXDE, much less system load, very noticeable . > Is there a menu editor similar to gnome alcatel, I'd like to customise the > "other" menu section. You can try lxmed : http://sourceforge.net/projects/lxmed/ Alt

Votre annonce

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Re: imap with claws mail problem

2011-10-08 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 06/10/11 17:33, Camaleón wrote: OTOH, I dunno how Claws manages this, Camaleón, I know English isn't your first language, although you write it extremely well. I hope, therefore, that you won't take offence at my picking you up on the ghastly contraction "dunno". The correct usage is "I don

Re: IP address depending on the MAC

2011-10-08 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 06/10/11 20:30, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote: Student bring their laptops and get the ethernet cable from the lab computers. They do it frantically a few times, and the desktop interface gets this address. Personally, I would set up a wireless interface for student's laptops. Then, LART any s

Re: Install kde-desktop on existing debian install

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:20:28 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Camaleón writes: > >> Please, people... when you cite any document/source that you've found >> on Internet also put the link you are referring to, so we can check ;-) > > I did intend to include that but forgot it in the end. > > http:/

Re: Filesystem fdisk and mount disagree

2011-10-08 Thread Dom
On 08/10/11 14:57, Mark Neidorff wrote: I'm not sure if everything is OK, or if I have to redo what I did. For backup I purchased a USB 3, 1.5 TB external drive. (Using it USB 2 mode) The drive came formatted NTFS. Not wanting to hassle with that, I reformatted it as EXT4. That went fine, or

Re: Filesystem fdisk and mount disagree

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 09:57:38 -0400, Mark Neidorff wrote: > I'm not sure if everything is OK, or if I have to redo what I did. > > For backup I purchased a USB 3, 1.5 TB external drive. (Using it USB 2 > mode) The drive came formatted NTFS. Not wanting to hassle with that, I > reformatted it as

Re: Install kde-desktop on existing debian install

2011-10-08 Thread Harry Putnam
Camaleón writes: > Please, people... when you cite any document/source that you've found on > Internet also put the link you are referring to, so we can check ;-) I did intend to include that but forgot it in the end. http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kde3.html Note is says but kde3 but its re

Re: How to undo updates....

2011-10-08 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:58:29 -0400, Mark Neidorff wrote: > On Saturday 08 October 2011 11:12:44 am m...@neidorff.com wrote: >> Hi, >> >> This morning synaptic reported some 32 packages to update. So I >> updated the packages. After the update I can no longer login (KDE) as >> myself. I can log

[SOLVED] [VERY IMPORTANT] How to undo updates....

2011-10-08 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Saturday 08 October 2011 11:12:44 am m...@neidorff.com wrote: > Hi, > > This morning synaptic reported some 32 packages to update. So I updated > the packages. After the update I can no longer login (KDE) as myself. I > can login as myself in a terminal login. I can also login as root under

Filesystem fdisk and mount disagree

2011-10-08 Thread Mark Neidorff
I'm not sure if everything is OK, or if I have to redo what I did. For backup I purchased a USB 3, 1.5 TB external drive. (Using it USB 2 mode) The drive came formatted NTFS. Not wanting to hassle with that, I reformatted it as EXT4. That went fine, or so it seems. Now when I run fdisk, the p

Re: Kernel upgraded two or three times since install

2011-10-08 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:36:24 -0400 (EDT), Mark Panen wrote: > > I noticed my kernel has been upgraded two or three times but i am still > sitting on the original: > > "uname -r > 2.6.32-5-amd64" > > AFAIK > > Is this right? Yes. One needs to distinguish the kernel version from the package ve

LXDE Menu editing

2011-10-08 Thread Richard
Hi, I'm trying out LXDE, much less system load, very noticeable . Is there a menu editor similar to gnome alcatel, I'd like to customise the "other" menu section. TIA -- Best wishes / 73 Richard Bown e-mail: rich...@g8jvm.com or richard.b...@blueyonder.co.uk nil carborundum a illegitemis #

Re: [OT] Re: Please kill the noise

2011-10-08 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 02:01:40 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > I've been trying like h3ll to avoid another response to this for obvious > reasons. > ... I have too. But it appears that I need to speak up on list. (I've previously apologized to Stan off list.) I hereby offer my most humble a

Re: Install kde-desktop on existing debian install

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 11:13:18 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Looking at what is listed like this in google: How to install KDE on > Debian - The Debian KDE maintainers website > > I find this apparently out of date information: > > install KDE on your existing Debian system > > If you already have

Re: Install kde-desktop on existing debian install

2011-10-08 Thread Weaver
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 11:13:18 -0500 Harry Putnam wrote: > Looking at what is listed like this in google: > How to install KDE on Debian - The Debian KDE maintainers website > > I find this apparently out of date information: > > install KDE on your existing Debian system > > If you already have

Re: OT: Desktop icons - Some blubbering :.(

2011-10-08 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Samstag, 8. Oktober 2011 schrieb Scott Ferguson: > Fortunately Lenny is still available - for some purposes I still use > it. I doubt all support for it will end any time soon (hopefully). The > beauty of Debian - we get a lot of choices. One year after the release of Squeeze - if the security

Re: OT: Desktop icons - Some blubbering :.(

2011-10-08 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Samstag, 8. Oktober 2011 schrieb Brad Rogers: > On Sat, 8 Oct 2011 00:03:11 +0200 > Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > Hello Martin, > > > That might have to do with the fact that Konqueror AFAIR now also > > uses the Dolphin engine for displaying file / directory lists > > Obviously. Definitely

Re: synaptic toolbar search window

2011-10-08 Thread Richard
On Sat, 8 Oct 2011 15:15:54 +0100 "Ad L." wrote: > You will need the "apt-xapian-index" package for that functionality, > available at Squeeze i386 DVD 1, so probably also in the main > repository and it's mirrors. > > It is a package recommended by synaptic. Did have the same thing you > descri

Re: Re: HD Data Recovery

2011-10-08 Thread Ad L.
Silently seconded. But I guess it's human nature to simply not listen until it turns out that was a wrong choice. And plenty never learn afterwards either. Anyway, on topic: Most tools allow you to tell the Linux kernel the amount of sectors, heads and cylinders the disk has. It should simply be

Re: Install kde-desktop on existing debian install

2011-10-08 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: [...] > aptitude install kde-desktop > > But of course there some 62 pkgs with that in there name. Further > none of them appear to be English or en, so how does an English > speaker install a kde-desktop? Never mind I was on the kde 4.4 page I found out about kde 4.6 wher

Install kde-desktop on existing debian install

2011-10-08 Thread Harry Putnam
Looking at what is listed like this in google: How to install KDE on Debian - The Debian KDE maintainers website I find this apparently out of date information: install KDE on your existing Debian system If you already have Debian Lenny installed and you want a complete KDE desktop, install the

Re: Legacy nvidia driver fails to compile with kernel 3.0.x (was: nvidia-problems)

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:41:56 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: >> It seems that's something already known... >> >> http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=206412 >> >> And: >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/576648 >> >> As I said, you can open a bug

Re: Legacy nvidia driver fails to compile with kernel 3.0.x (was: nvidia-problems)

2011-10-08 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
> It seems that's something already known... > > http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=206412 > > And: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/5766 > 48 > > As I said, you can open a bug report (which will help others users facing > the same problem) o

Re: [VERY IMPORTANT] How to undo updates....

2011-10-08 Thread Jens Van Broeckhoven
Op Sat, 8 Oct 2011 11:12:44 -0400 m...@neidorff.com schreef: > Hi, > > This morning synaptic reported some 32 packages to update. So I > updated the packages. After the update I can no longer login (KDE) > as myself. I can login as myself in a terminal login. I can also > login as root under

Re: nvidia-problems

2011-10-08 Thread Dom
On 08/10/11 15:53, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: Okay, let's back then to your very first thread and see what can be done, taking in mind *your card is FX5700 Ultra* and not a GeForce 7300 GT Ultra ;-) Greetings, I am so ashamed! It is just because on my work I build many used computers with 7300G

Re: [VERY IMPORTANT] How to undo updates....

2011-10-08 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Samstag, 8. Oktober 2011 schrieb m...@neidorff.com: > Hi, > > This morning synaptic reported some 32 packages to update. So I updated > the packages. After the update I can no longer login (KDE) as myself. I > can login as myself in a terminal login. I can also login as root under > KDE (I

Legacy nvidia driver fails to compile with kernel 3.0.x (was: nvidia-problems)

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:53:07 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: >> Okay, let's back then to your very first thread and see what can be >> done, taking in mind *your card is FX5700 Ultra* and not a GeForce 7300 >> GT Ultra ;-) >> >> Greetings, > > I am so ashamed! It is just because on my work I buil

[VERY IMPORTANT] How to undo updates....

2011-10-08 Thread mark
Hi, This morning synaptic reported some 32 packages to update. So I updated the packages. After the update I can no longer login (KDE) as myself. I can login as myself in a terminal login. I can also login as root under KDE (I understand the dangers). Now I would like to undo the changes that

Re: nvidia-problems

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:27:13 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sat, 8 Oct 2011 14:00:46 + (UTC) Camaleón > wrote: > > Hello Camaleón, > >> On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:48:18 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: >> > I found it now: >> > See /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/NEWS.Debian.gz where you can >

Re: nvidia-problems

2011-10-08 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
> > Okay, let's back then to your very first thread and see what can be done, > taking in mind *your card is FX5700 Ultra* and not a GeForce 7300 GT > Ultra ;-) > > Greetings, I am so ashamed! It is just because on my work I build many used computers with 7300GT, so this was in my head. Well,

Re: nvidia-problems

2011-10-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 8 Oct 2011 14:00:46 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: Hello Camaleón, > On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:48:18 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > I found it now: > > See /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/NEWS.Debian.gz where you can ^^ > Hans, can

Re: OT: Desktop icons - Some blubbering :.(

2011-10-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:21:18 +1100 Scott Ferguson wrote: Hello Scott, > Squeeze systems here - which may account for some differences. Probably. IIRC, there are a few subtle differences. > Same here - as in, if I enable view hidden files, it only displays > hidden files in that particular dir

Re: nvidia-problems

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:15:55 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Am Samstag, 8. Oktober 2011 schrieb Camaleón: (...) >> Hans, can you please tell us *what file* is that so we can read what it >> says? > > Yes, likely! The file I read belonges to the package > "nvidia-kernel-source", you find it in

Re: emacs mystery

2011-10-08 Thread Memnon Anon
Marc Auslander writes: > After upgrade to squeeze, I have the following emacs curiosity. > > I bind C-xC-c to: > > (defun ctrlxctrlc () "Careful exit from emacs" > (interactive) > (if (y-or-n-p "Do you really want to exit emacs? ") >(save-buffers-kill-emacs) > (message "") > )

Re: nvidia-problems

2011-10-08 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Samstag, 8. Oktober 2011 schrieb Camaleón: > On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:48:18 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > Me again. > > Good, but better keep all the postings in the same thread or at least > change the subject ;-) > Sorry, my fault. Accidently deleted the last mail. So the subject was gone

Re: Error when loading nvidia module (was: nvidia-driver - some problems)

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:51:30 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: >> I dunno how nor what "dkms" does but I would first check for the >> basics, for instance, is nouveau module unloaded? Have you restared the >> computer (or at least the X server) after installing -and setting as >> default- the nvidia d

Re: Permission Problem with xsane - more

2011-10-08 Thread Thomas H. George
On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 12:09:51PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 08/10/11 01:31, Thomas H. George wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 10:37:04AM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 06/10/11 01:38, Thomas H. George wrote: > >>> On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 08:57:59AM -0400, Alan Greenberger wrote: >

Re: re: nvidia-problems

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:48:18 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Me again. Good, but better keep all the postings in the same thread or at least change the subject ;-) > I found it now: See /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/NEWS.Debian.gz > where you can read, that legacy cards are no more suppo

Re: Error when loading nvidia module (was: nvidia-driver - some problems)

2011-10-08 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
> I dunno how nor what "dkms" does but I would first check for the basics, > for instance, is nouveau module unloaded? Have you restared the computer > (or at least the X server) after installing -and setting as default- the > nvidia driver? DKMS is just building and installing the modulel. Howev

re: nvidia-problems

2011-10-08 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Me again. I found it now: See /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/NEWS.Debian.gz where you can read, that legacy cards are no more supported since version 177.80-1. I excamined the further changelog, so it looks like I still have to use legacy drivers - despite what Nvidias tells. So, am I wro

Re: nvidia-driver - some problems

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:29:06 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: >> Well, AFAIK nvidia never stopped supporting their old cards. I know ATI >> did (I mean, the closed source driver), but that's another story... >> > No, they did indeed! It is now a long time, older cards (below 8XXX) > were nor > sup

Error when loading nvidia module (was: nvidia-driver - some problems)

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:10:36 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Me again! :-) (let me change the subject for this thread to avoid mixing with the other one) > Now I went back to the latest nvidia driver. Building went fine (I am > using dkms), but it inhibits to load. > > See the last strace ou

synaptic toolbar search window

2011-10-08 Thread Richard
Hi, yesterday before I screwed things up big time synaptic had a window on the toolbar which you could type in the name of the package you were looking for. I can't see any options for it in the pulldown menus, is it an add on ? the version I'm using is o.75.3. Suffering badly from the inverse M

Re: nvidia-driver - some problems

2011-10-08 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
> Well, AFAIK nvidia never stopped supporting their old cards. I know ATI > did (I mean, the closed source driver), but that's another story... > No, they did indeed! It is now a long time, older cards (below 8XXX) were nor supported nby the nvidia-glx driver. So the kernel module could not be

Re: [OT] Re: Please kill the noise

2011-10-08 Thread Miles Fidelman
Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 10/7/2011 7:58 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: I've been trying like h3ll to avoid another response to this for obvious reasons. Me too. But... But a point needs to be raised that everyone should read and comprehend. OT messages get archived with the rest. Depending on t

Re: nvidia-driver - some problems

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:16:11 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Am Samstag, 8. Oktober 2011 schrieb Camaleón: >> On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 13:59:45 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > >> I must have missed something, but: >> >> http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-285.05.09-driver.html >> >> Isn

Re: nvidia-driver - some problems

2011-10-08 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Me again! Now I went back to the latest nvidia driver. Building went fine (I am using dkms), but it inhibits to load. See the last strace output from "strace modprobe nvidia": stat64("/sys/module", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 stat64("/sys/module/i2c_core", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755

Re: nvidia-driver - some problems

2011-10-08 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Samstag, 8. Oktober 2011 schrieb Camaleón: > On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 13:59:45 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > I must have missed something, but: > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-285.05.09-driver.html > > Isnt' your card listed there ("supported products" tab)? Mine is (7600 >

Re: nvidia-driver - some problems

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 13:59:45 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: >> Nope, that cannot be possible. Can you point me to some oficial >> document? I'm interested in this because I also have a 7600GS card and >> wouldn't like to have any problem in the upcoming wheezy. >> > > Well, I just do niot find it

Re: nvidia-driver - some problems

2011-10-08 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
> Nope, that cannot be possible. Can you point me to some oficial document? > I'm interested in this because I also have a 7600GS card and wouldn't > like to have any problem in the upcoming wheezy. > > Greetings, Well, I just do niot find it at the moment, but the drivers from Nvidia are suppo

Re: bug help (Wheezy kernel 3 and alsa problem)

2011-10-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 08/10/11 21:57, Richard wrote: > On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:56:10 +1100 Scott Ferguson > wrote: > > Thanks for the reply Scott >> On 08/10/11 20:10, Richard wrote: >> Of no particular relevance - what kernel is that? (did you build >> it yourself?). > > No it the real time low latency kernel >

Re: nvidia-driver - some problems

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 06:15:56 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Yes, that's what happened with that 3.0.0 nomenclature. You may not want > to hear this but the fastest solution is a new card. > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814139150 as > little as US$34.- Are you saying that

Re: nvidia-driver - some problems

2011-10-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: Hello all, I am using debian/testing on my desktop pc. This computer is using a Nvidia card 7300 GT ultra. As this is an older card, I got into a little problems. My problems: 1. I want to use 3d-accceleration, so I need to use the proprietrary driver from Nvidia. 2

Re: Point 3 updates

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:42:22 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > Will i have to download the point 3 DVD's or will aptitude automatically > upgrade me to point 3? If you have an Internet connection and the proper repositories set, there is no need to manually download that files, system updaters (apt-get

Re: OT: Desktop icons - Some blubbering :.(

2011-10-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 08/10/11 21:25, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:00:01 +1100 > Scott Ferguson wrote: > > Hello Scott, > >> Which Debian release are you running? > > Testing, so KDE is at 4.6.somethingorother. Squeeze systems here - which may account for some differences. > >> Perhaps we're ta

Re: nvidia-driver - some problems

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 13:05:46 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: >> driver from Nvidia. >> > >> > 2. This card is not supported by the newest driver, but with >> > nvidia-kernel- legacy-173xx and nvidia-glx-173xx. >> >> (...) >> >> Wait, wait... That's not possible. >> >> Branch "280.xx" should be f

Re: nvidia-driver - some problems

2011-10-08 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
> driver from Nvidia. > > > > 2. This card is not supported by the newest driver, but with > > nvidia-kernel- legacy-173xx and nvidia-glx-173xx. > > (...) > > Wait, wait... That's not possible. > > Branch "280.xx" should be fine for your card. What problem are you facing > with the newer driver

Re: Is there any issue with reportbug in unstabl or bugs.debian.org?

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:01:11 +0200, Frank Lanitz wrote: > Is there any issue known with reportbug in unstable/bugs.debian.org? > Somehow I don't receive an response with a bug number when submitting a > bugreport If you receive no bug number it could be because the report was not properly se

Re: nvidia-driver - some problems

2011-10-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 08/10/11 21:28, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Hello all, > > I am using debian/testing on my desktop pc. This computer is using a Nvidia > card 7300 GT ultra. As this is an older card, I got into a little problems. > My > problems: > > 1. I want to use 3d-accceleration, so I need to use the pro

Re: bug help (Wheezy kernel 3 and alsa problem)

2011-10-08 Thread Richard
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:56:10 +1100 Scott Ferguson wrote: Thanks for the reply Scott > On 08/10/11 20:10, Richard wrote: > > Hi, I could mark the title with OT , then I may get some help. > > :-) > > Although a subject of linux-kernel-3.0 and alsa might help (many of us > only download headers).

Re: nvidia-driver - some problems

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:28:13 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Hello all, > > I am using debian/testing on my desktop pc. This computer is using a > Nvidia card 7300 GT ultra. As this is an older card, I got into a little > problems. My problems: > > 1. I want to use 3d-accceleration, so I need to

Re: OT: Desktop icons - Some blubbering :.(

2011-10-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:00:01 +1100 Scott Ferguson wrote: Hello Scott, > Which Debian release are you running? Testing, so KDE is at 4.6.somethingorother. > Perhaps we're talking of slightly different things - default (don't > know what KDE3.5x was, don't have Lenny on hand) is to apply settin

Re: Kernel upgraded two or three times since install

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:36:24 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > I noticed my kernel has been upgraded two or three times but i am still > sitting on the original: > > "uname -r > 2.6.32-5-amd64" > > AFAIK > > Is this right? Yes, debian stable kernel only gets security fixes updates so AFAIK, the bra

Re: Console font too wide in Wheezy

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:17:19 +0200, Peter Brüel wrote: > On Fri, 2011-10-07 at 11:54 +, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> Do you see the same effect in another applications (i.e., LibreOffice >> Writer)? > > Yes - same effect. Here is a screenshot showing lowriter (LibreOffice), > xfce4-terminal (2)

nvidia-driver - some problems

2011-10-08 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Hello all, I am using debian/testing on my desktop pc. This computer is using a Nvidia card 7300 GT ultra. As this is an older card, I got into a little problems. My problems: 1. I want to use 3d-accceleration, so I need to use the proprietrary driver from Nvidia. 2. This card is not support

Re: When was Debian installed

2011-10-08 Thread Ad L.
My simplest bet would be this one: head /var/log/dpkg.log One of the very first lines would read: [date] [time] install base-files [initialVersion] I'm not sure if the log ever gets replaced or moved, but my system says that. Tool used: head (showing the first lines of a file) Related tool: tail

Re: Kernel upgraded two or three times since install

2011-10-08 Thread owl...@gmail.com
Il giorno 08/ott/2011 04.17, "Scott Ferguson" < prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > > On 08/10/11 12:36, Mark Panen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I noticed my kernel has been upgraded two or three times but i am still > > sitting on the original: > > > > "uname -r > > 2.6.32-5-amd64" > > > > AF

Re: bug help (Wheezy kernel 3 and alsa problem)

2011-10-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 08/10/11 20:10, Richard wrote: > Hi, I could mark the title with OT , then I may get some help. :-) Although a subject of linux-kernel-3.0 and alsa might help (many of us only download headers). > I'm using wheezy with the 2.6.33RT kernel at the moment Of no particular relevance - what kerne

Re: OT: Desktop icons - Some blubbering :.(

2011-10-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 8 Oct 2011 09:20:23 +0100 Lisi wrote: Hello Lisi, > Sorry, Brad. I ought to read the whole of a thread before replying! Why? I don't. :-) In any case, you offered a wee bit more info that I did. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad

Re: When was Debian installed

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:09:42 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > Which command do i run to find out on which date i installed my Debian > OS? That seems to be a recurrent question :-) I remember a similar thread a year ago in this same list: How To determine the date the system & packages were installed

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