Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-29 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Saturday 29 October 2011 21:40:02 poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > Well, I tried wicd again and now it sits in the gnome-panel but tells > me that there is no > network interface. > > I am posting this message using Ubuntu 11.10 on the same laptop as the > Debian system. Have you indicate in

Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-29 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
I've repacked linux-image-3.0.0-2-generic, wireless-crda and udev and have now discovered that I cannot install the udev package because it breaks package linux-base. So I cannot install the later kernel. It looks as though I shall have to forget using wifi on Debian squeeze. Has anybody got any

Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-29 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
I have just discovered that lsmod for Ubuntu 11.10 gives iwl3945 with a size of 73329 whereas lsmod for Debian squeeze give a size of 46000. So my problem appears to be due to a faulty kernel module. My Debian squeeze system uses linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 whereas Ubuntu 11.10 uses 3.0.0 kernel. Can

Re: OT: Just a simple query

2011-10-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2011-10-30 at 00:24 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 09:58 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > > - need for current versions of specific software packages (at least for > > some of the packages I rely on, the packaged versions tend to lag well > > behind the upstream versions

OT: Just a simple query

2011-10-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 09:58 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > - need for current versions of specific software packages (at least for > some of the packages I rely on, the packaged versions tend to lag well > behind the upstream versions, and I end up installing a lot of stuff > from the upstream t

xboing has no sound on squeeze

2011-10-29 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
I have just downloaded xboing and installed it onto Debian squeeze. It runs, but there is no sound! The joy of using xboing comes partly from the delicious sounds which the game emits. So what has happened to the sound? I checked the sound device and it works. This is a serious matter! xboing with

Re: Just a simple query

2011-10-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 09:58 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > - ease of software installation (IMHO apt makes things easier than any > other packaging system out there) There are GUIs that will help us, synaptic, yast, smart etc.. OT: There's one advantage all Linux distros do share. It's easy to b

Re: Software Raid, recovery after drive broke

2011-10-29 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 01:45:43PM BST, Tom H wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Raf Czlonka wrote: >> > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 06:50:05PM BST, Tom H wrote: >> >> Given your posts, you're clearly confused... >> > >> > Would you care t

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

2011-10-29 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:22:50 -0400 (EDT), Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2011-10-29 19:00 +0200, Stephen Powell wrote: >>> I could be wrong, but I believe that you are automatically "subscribed" >>> to bugs that you report yourself. >> >> You are

Re: Broken packages............

2011-10-29 Thread Charlie
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:32:32 -0400 "Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com" suggested this: >On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Charlie >wrote: >>  On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:01:16 +0200 "Arno Schuring >>> >>>DMO? >> >> Sorry, silly question, but. what is DMO? Have been googling >> it and not getting a

Re: Broken packages............

2011-10-29 Thread Arno Schuring
Charlie (aries...@skymesh.com.au on 2011-10-30 00:12 +1100): > On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:01:16 +0200 "Arno Schuring > aelschur...@hotmail.com" suggested this: > > >DMO? > > Sorry, silly question, but. what is DMO? Have been googling it > and not getting anywhere, and it's late, or early.

Re: /proc/acpi/video

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:43:23 +0300, Volkan YAZICI wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:01:12 + (UTC), Camaleón writes: >> I'm running a Debian stock kernel (3.0.0-1) and neither have that entry >> under "/proc/acpi" but can control the brigthness of my netbook either >> from GNOME or using the hotk

Re: bootlogd

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:00:55 +0100, Bob Brewer wrote: > Camaleón wrote: > >> It works here but I edited this line: >> >> BOOTLOGD_OPTS="-r -c -l /bootlog" > > I've now changed mine to be the same as yours > > >> After restarting the system the file is indeed placed at the "/" >> instead "/var

Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-29 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
Well, I tried wicd again and now it sits in the gnome-panel but tells me that there is no network interface. I have now gone through all the commands given in the WirelessTroubleshootinjg file in the Ubuntu help system. lspci detects the Wifi 3945 device lsmod shows iwl3945 iwlist scan shows wlan

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

2011-10-29 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:22:50 -0400 (EDT), Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-10-29 19:00 +0200, Stephen Powell wrote: >> I could be wrong, but I believe that you are automatically "subscribed" >> to bugs that you report yourself. > > You are indeed wrong. How did you get that idea? Based on past beha

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

2011-10-29 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:13:01 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Tom H wrote: >> Walter Hurry wrote: >> > Bob Proulx wrote: >> >> Auto-subscribing to Debian bugs I file [redacted the munged URL] >> > >> > 404 >> >> http://madduck.net/blog/2008.06.20:auto-subscribing-to-debian-bugs-i- file/ > > Thanks Tom

Re: What to do with a DVD-RW +VR disk? UDF file system

2011-10-29 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:22:39 +0100, Dom wrote: > On 28/10/11 21:12, Hendrik Boom wrote: (snip lots of stuff I can't help > with) > >> What's my next step? Presumably it's a permissions problem. > > I don't think it's permissions (you did log right out and in again after > adding yourself to the

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

2011-10-29 Thread Bob Proulx
Tom H wrote: > Walter Hurry wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > >> Auto-subscribing to Debian bugs I file > >> [redacted the munged URL] > > > > 404 > > http://madduck.net/blog/2008.06.20:auto-subscribing-to-debian-bugs-i-file/ Thanks Tom for the correction. My cut-n-paste ran into my editor macro fo

Re: Recommendation for National Public Radio player

2011-10-29 Thread Bob Proulx
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > >3. Obviously if you are using a platform for which there is the closed > > source proprietary version such as a 32-bit x86 platform then you > > could install the Adobe Flash player for it. I can't recommend > > doing this but it does work with t

Re: Recommendation for National Public Radio player

2011-10-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Bob Proulx wrote: hugo vanwoerkom wrote: After clicking on "Morning Edition" in Squeeze and Iceweasel with Gnash as flashplayer I get a blank window. In Squeeze with google-chrome-stable I also get a blank window. In Squeeze with google-chrome-beta I get a window that is filled in with data but

Re: /proc/acpi/video

2011-10-29 Thread Volkan YAZICI
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:01:12 + (UTC), Camaleón writes: > I'm running a Debian stock kernel (3.0.0-1) and neither have that entry > under "/proc/acpi" but can control the brigthness of my netbook either > from GNOME or using the hotkeys. > > Maybe this Ubuntu debug guide for backlight can give

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

2011-10-29 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:23:45 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: >> >> Auto-subscribing to Debian bugs I file >> http://madduck.net/blog/2008.06.20:auto-subscribing-to-debian-bugs-I-file/ > > 404 http://madduck.net/blog/2008.06.20:auto-subscribing-to-de

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

2011-10-29 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:23:45 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> I would like to know if there is a way to get automatically subscribed¹ >> to Debian bugs I report. > > Auto-subscribing to Debian bugs I file > http://madduck.net/blog/2008.06.20:auto-subscribing-to-debian-bugs-I- fil

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

2011-10-29 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:54:08 -0400 (EDT), Camaleón wrote: >> >> I would like to know if there is a way to get automatically subscribed¹ >> to Debian bugs I report. >> >> I mean, something like a "tag" I can use when I report the bug by e-mai

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

2011-10-29 Thread Bob Proulx
Camaleón wrote: > I would like to know if there is a way to get automatically subscribed¹ > to Debian bugs I report. Auto-subscribing to Debian bugs I file http://madduck.net/blog/2008.06.20:auto-subscribing-to-debian-bugs-I-file/ Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: bootlogd

2011-10-29 Thread Bob Brewer
Camaleón wrote: > It works here but I edited this line: > > BOOTLOGD_OPTS="-r -c -l /bootlog" I've now changed mine to be the same as yours > > After restarting the system the file is indeed placed at the "/" > instead "/var/log/boot". If I now run /etc/init.d/bootlogd start It does indeed w

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

2011-10-29 Thread green
Camaleón wrote at 2011-10-29 10:54 -0500: > I would like to know if there is a way to get automatically subscribed > to Debian bugs I report. I have noticed this also; I wonder how many times I have missed a comment about a bug report I submitted because I assumed that, as the submitter, I was

Re: Software Raid, recovery after drive broke

2011-10-29 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 01:45:43PM BST, Tom H wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Raf Czlonka wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 06:50:05PM BST, Tom H wrote: > >> Given your posts, you're clearly confused... > > > > Would you care to elaborate? > > No. Please refrain from posts claiming th

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

2011-10-29 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:54:08 +, Camaleón wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to know if there is a way to get automatically subscribed¹ > to Debian bugs I report. > > I mean, something like a "tag" I can use when I report the bug by e-mail > or something at reportbug I can select to automate th

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:23:31 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-10-29 17:54 +0200, Camaleón wrote: > >> I would like to know if there is a way to get automatically subscribed¹ >> to Debian bugs I report. > > There isn't, currently. Bug #351856¹ has some information on that > topic. 2006!! Si

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:00:24 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:54:08 -0400 (EDT), Camaleón wrote: >> >> I would like to know if there is a way to get automatically subscribed¹ >> to Debian bugs I report. (...) > I could be wrong, but I believe that you are automatically "sub

Re: Recommendation for National Public Radio player

2011-10-29 Thread Bob Proulx
hugo vanwoerkom wrote: > After clicking on "Morning Edition" in Squeeze and Iceweasel with > Gnash as flashplayer I get a blank window. > In Squeeze with google-chrome-stable I also get a blank window. > In Squeeze with google-chrome-beta I get a window that is filled in > with data but it is "dark

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

2011-10-29 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-10-29 17:54 +0200, Camaleón wrote: > I would like to know if there is a way to get automatically subscribed¹ > to Debian bugs I report. There isn't, currently. Bug #351856¹ has some information on that topic. Sven ¹ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=351856 -- To UNS

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

2011-10-29 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-10-29 19:00 +0200, Stephen Powell wrote: > I could be wrong, but I believe that you are automatically "subscribed" > to bugs that you report yourself. You are indeed wrong. How did you get that idea? Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subjec

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

2011-10-29 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:54:08 -0400 (EDT), Camaleón wrote: > > I would like to know if there is a way to get automatically subscribed¹ > to Debian bugs I report. > > I mean, something like a "tag" I can use when I report the bug by e-mail > or something at reportbug I can select to automate this

Re: Dell MD3600F (solved)

2011-10-29 Thread Atıf CEYLAN
I have solved the problem, I added the "qla2xxx qlport_down_retry=5" line to /etc/modules and now no problem. On 09/30/2011 04:56 PM, Atıf CEYLAN wrote: Hi all, I have a new dell md3600f ( 2 controller ) fiber channel storage, two qlogic 2560 single port HBAs and two brocade 300 switches. FC

Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:41:41 -0700, poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > I installed wicd, but it gave lots of python error messages, so I purged > it from the system. Mmm, good. And now what? I mean, you faced a problem with an application that gave you "errors" and instead trying to get it solve

Re: bootlogd

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:54:05 +0100, Bob Brewer wrote: > Camaleón wrote: > >> Mmm... then try to direct bootlogd logs to the root partition and see >> what happens. This could be done by passing "-l" argument and I suppose >> you will have to tweak the "/etc/init.d/bootlogd" script file :-? >> >

Re: bootlogd

2011-10-29 Thread Bob Brewer
Camaleón wrote: > Mmm... then try to direct bootlogd logs to the root partition and see > what happens. This could be done by passing "-l" argument and I > suppose you will have to tweak the "/etc/init.d/bootlogd" script file > :-? > I tried adding "-l /bootlog" to the DAEMON=/sbin/bootlogd line

Re: Recommendation for National Public Radio player

2011-10-29 Thread hugo vanwoerkom
On 10/27/2011 04:07 PM, Celejar wrote: On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:53:43 -0500 Harry Putnam wrote: ... Celejar writes: [...] Iceweasel with Adobe Flash plugin works fine here. Celejar Thank you all. So there is some link you guys just hit with iceweasel and you start hearing npr public b

Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-29 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
I installed wicd, but it gave lots of python error messages, so I purged it from the system. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/add18b95-d12d-4bff-bc5e-3

[Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
Hello, I would like to know if there is a way to get automatically subscribed¹ to Debian bugs I report. I mean, something like a "tag" I can use when I report the bug by e-mail or something at reportbug I can select to automate this task. As far as I can see, this can be done manually after re

Re: Broken packages............

2011-10-29 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Charlie wrote: >  On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:01:16 +0200 "Arno Schuring >> >>DMO? > > Sorry, silly question, but. what is DMO? Have been googling it > and not getting anywhere, and it's late, or early. http://debian-multimedia.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: CA Issues

2011-10-29 Thread Chris Davies
Paddy Tollan wrote: > Hi this is the contents of the file openssl.cnf as I have typed it [...] OK. I've copied and pasted what you've posted here, and followed the summary at http://www.eclectica.ca/howto/ssl-cert-howto.php#summy and I cannot get it to fail in the way that you described: mkd

Re: Compiz effects not working

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:07:09 -0500, Russell Schoen wrote: > So I've installed Compiz with all of the necessary packages, and I just > can't get it to work. I have installed all of the nvidia drivers. here > are some outputs so you know what I'm working with (...) > The final command to enabling

Re: What to do with a DVD-RW +VR disk? UDF file system

2011-10-29 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:22:39 +0100, Dom wrote: > On 28/10/11 21:12, Hendrik Boom wrote: (snip lots of stuff I can't help > with) > >> notlookedfor:/home/hendrik# ls -al /mnt/DVD_RTAV/ total 3301448 >> d- 2 4294967295 4294967295 2048 Dec 31 2001 . drwxrwxrwx >> 3 4294967295 42949672

Re: /proc/acpi/video

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:19:43 +0300, Volkan YAZICI wrote: > I'm using a custom built vanilla Linux kernel of version 3.0.0. Despite > I loaded every available ACPI related module, I still cannot see any > "video" folder under /proc/acpi directory, hence I cannot alter display > brigthness, etc. Any

Re: iceweasel 7.0.1 high cpu when enter url in location bar

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:26:55 +0800, yuanwei xu wrote: > 2011/10/29 Camaleón : (...) >> Does the freeze also happen when you type at the search bar? > > Yes, when the search bar pop the downlist of suggestion. Yes, sorry, I forgot you said so in your first post O:-) >> Anyway, I would consider

Re: Just a simple query

2011-10-29 Thread Allen Meyers
I have been both a Debian and Ubuntu user for some time. Recently switched to virtual box and gave up the partitioning and while the process is absolutely astounding the size of the desktop was rather disappointing. Recently installed SUSE on VB and was astounded the desktop covers my entire 17.3 i

Re: Just a simple query

2011-10-29 Thread Miles Fidelman
Tom H wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: A good Linux distro for beginners is a Linux distro with a huge community, IOW a distro that is used by many people and that comes with lot's of up to date forums, wikis etc., hence a good distro for beginners would be one of th

Re: bootlogd

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:00:12 +0100, Bob Brewer wrote: > Camaleón wrote: > >>> Nothing has been written to my 'boot' file since last April so I guess >>> something was changed during a software update since then, I haven't >>> knowingly turned of boot logging. >> >> (...) >> >> Mmm... are the ke

Re: alsa-tools update in Wheesy

2011-10-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
> anyway, it won't harm to carbon copy the bug report to ALSA too. Dmix? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1319895025.2828.90.camel@debian

Re: Choosing a distribution (was: Just a simple query)

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:15:22 +0530, Linux Tyro wrote: > I just meant that, security patched for 18 months are enough for the > beginners and the people who are from other filed (like me). After 18 > months, in the home PC, we can reinstall the newer version again (or > upgrade the same, if it does

Re: alsa-tools update in Wheesy

2011-10-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 14:48 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 12:55 +0100, Richard wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:55:52 +0200 > > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > > A shot in the dark. > > > > > > If you run > > > speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twav > > > 1. time while X is running > > > w

Re: Broken packages............

2011-10-29 Thread Charlie
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:01:16 +0200 "Arno Schuring aelschur...@hotmail.com" suggested this: >DMO? Sorry, silly question, but. what is DMO? Have been googling it and not getting anywhere, and it's late, or early. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524

Re: alsa-tools update in Wheesy

2011-10-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 12:55 +0100, Richard wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:55:52 +0200 > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > A shot in the dark. > > > > If you run > > speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twav > > 1. time while X is running > > would this be ok? No surround sound, just 2 channels! > > 2. What happens if

Re: Just a simple query

2011-10-29 Thread Linux Tyro
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Tom H wrote: > A good Linux distro for beginners is a Linux distro with a huge > > community, IOW a distro that is used by many people and that comes with > > lot's of up to date forums, wikis etc., hence a good distro for > > beginners would be one of the major d

Re: Just a simple query

2011-10-29 Thread Linux Tyro
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: To be holier than the pope, it's written that this is a Debian list Correct and that's why I came to know that Debian is as solid as a rock! > so if you blame me, you should blame yourself too ;). > It's not the question of who is blaming (

Re: Software Raid, recovery after drive broke

2011-10-29 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 06:50:05PM BST, Tom H wrote: >> Given your posts, you're clearly confused... > > Would you care to elaborate? No. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: Choosing a distribution (was: Just a simple query)

2011-10-29 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 09:19 +, Camaleón wrote: >> >> http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade >> >> *** >> Version: 11.2+ Starting with openSUSE 11.2, a live upgrade from the prior >> version is officially supported. This allows to perfor

Re: Just a simple query

2011-10-29 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > A good Linux distro for beginners is a Linux distro with a huge > community, IOW a distro that is used by many people and that comes with > lot's of up to date forums, wikis etc., hence a good distro for > beginners would be one of the major

Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-29 Thread Victor Nitu
On 10/29/2011 02:37 PM, poenik...@operamail.com wrote: I cannot see what else to do to get the wifi working with Debian squeeze. Has anybody got any ideas? I would try removing the NM control over the wlan0 device, and install wicd network manager, which, on my desktop machines, provided a much

Re: Just a simple query

2011-10-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 11:45 +, debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > email message attachment (No Subject) > > Forwarded Message > > Subject: No Subject > > Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:47:45 +0200 > > > > debian-user-digest Digest Volume

Re: iceweasel 7.0.1 high cpu when enter url in location bar

2011-10-29 Thread yuanwei xu
2011/10/29 Camaleón : > On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:49:55 +0800, yuanwei xu wrote: > >> 2011/10/27 Camaleón : >>> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:33:23 +0800, yuanwei xu wrote: >>> Resently, I found when i was entering url in the location bar, iceweasel always consumed 100% CPU,and there was no echo of

Re: bootlogd

2011-10-29 Thread Bob Brewer
Camaleón wrote: >> Nothing has been written to my 'boot' file since last April so I >> guess something was changed during a software update since then, I >> haven't knowingly turned of boot logging. > > (...) > > Mmm... are the kernel logs being written okay? Have you a separated "/ > var" parti

Re: alsa-tools update in Wheesy

2011-10-29 Thread Richard
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:55:52 +0200 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > A shot in the dark. > > If you run > speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twav > 1. time while X is running > would this be ok? No surround sound, just 2 channels! > 2. What happens if you run it while X isn't used? > > I suspect a PulseAudio issue. Is

A new feature at boot up ???

2011-10-29 Thread Richard
Hi, I just went to reboot the machine without X running, so pressing ESC after post several times and nothing, the monitor just displayed no signal. It wasn't until well in to boot process the monitor had signal applied, so I missed the boot menu all together. very strange, is this something new

Re: Broken packages............

2011-10-29 Thread Arno Schuring
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Charlie > wrote: > >  On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:25:18 +0200 "Arno Schuring > >  aelschur...@hotmail.com" suggested this: > > > >>Charlie (aries...@skymesh.com.au on 2011-10-27 16:35 +1100): > >>> > >>> libavcodec52: > >>>   Depends: libavutil50 (<4:0.6.2-99) but 5:0

Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

2011-10-29 Thread poenik...@operamail.com
I have been doing some investigation. modprobe removes and reinstalls module iwl3945. The firmware files are installed by package firmware-iwlwifi in /lib/ firmware. The module iwl3945.ko is provided with linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 as is iwagn.ko and iwlcore.ko. iwlcore is in use according to modprob

Re: Choosing a distribution (was: Just a simple query)

2011-10-29 Thread Linux Tyro
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:54 PM, Camaleón wrote: By trying both LiveCDs you will see how the two system look like, how > they're organized and the most important part for a LiveCD: you'll can > try out the hardware detection. > That's really the most important part, I should say 'most important'

Re: Just a simple query

2011-10-29 Thread Linux Tyro
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > all in all your imagination is nonsense. > - Do not use foul language; besides, some people receive the lists via packet radio, where swearing is illegal. It is from here http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct > I don't

/proc/acpi/video

2011-10-29 Thread Volkan YAZICI
Hello, I'm using a custom built vanilla Linux kernel of version 3.0.0. Despite I loaded every available ACPI related module, I still cannot see any "video" folder under /proc/acpi directory, hence I cannot alter display brigthness, etc. Any ideas? What might I be missing? Best. -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: iceweasel 7.0.1 high cpu when enter url in location bar

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:49:55 +0800, yuanwei xu wrote: > 2011/10/27 Camaleón : >> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:33:23 +0800, yuanwei xu wrote: >> >>> Resently, I found when i was entering url in the location bar, >>> iceweasel always consumed 100% CPU,and there was no echo of typing.And >>> when the dropd

Re: fan toshiba l670 squeeze

2011-10-29 Thread Mark Willson
On 29/10/2011 07:10, yannickcat...@free.fr wrote: Hello to all I conf:squeeze toshiba satellite pro l670 The fan of my pc turns constantly, I don't know what to do. The helps of the net not worked. I have to start all over again. Thank you for your help. see you soon see linux and die On a To

Re: alsa-tools update in Wheesy

2011-10-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
A shot in the dark. If you run speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twav 1. time while X is running would this be ok? No surround sound, just 2 channels! 2. What happens if you run it while X isn't used? I suspect a PulseAudio issue. Is PA active on your Debian? For my Debian (nearly) everything is ok, but I'm

Re: Sharing files on a local network

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:21:17 +0100, Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 08:39:58PM BST, Camaleón wrote: >> > If it's not available through easy install system, e.g APT, then yes. >> >> Only Windows system lacks for a ssh client on a default install and >> this can be easily solved with o

Re: laptop wireless setup, wpa_supplicant.conf, driver ipw not supported? CLI only

2011-10-29 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 06:22:00PM BST, Brian wrote: > > You don't, for simple setup that is indeed enough. > > If you have several wireless networks you can keep your interfaces file > > tidy and organised, not to mention that roaming mode won't work without > > wpa_supplicant.conf file. > > Yes,

Re: Holiday Project for my job

2011-10-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 05 sep 11, 14:45:16, ZephyrQ wrote: > > Again, thanks for all the advice...and I would appreciate any other > wisdom y'all might throw my way...I ran into another snag where I wanted > to remove some software but synaptic insists that it will remove > Gnome-core (like Evolution and Epiphany

Re: bootlogd

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:14:46 +0100, Bob Brewer wrote: > Camaleón wrote: > >>> On my up-to-date sid distro, my /var/log/boot hasn't been updated >>> since 13 April 2011 (BOOTLOGD_ENABLE is set to Yes in >>> /etc/default/bootlogd). >>> >>> This looks to be the same as Bug 624289 which was raised a

Re: Choosing a distribution (was: Just a simple query)

2011-10-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 09:19 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:55:39 -0300, francis picabia wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > > I can't find docs which say you can do a major version upgrade without > > booting installation media in SUSE. > > (...) >

Re: alsa-tools update in Wheesy

2011-10-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 11:18 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > A brief Internet search lead to several different hints. In the past I > used this: > > "I have multiple audio interfaces. How can I make sure they are given > consistent device numbers by ALSA? > > As root, add lines like these to the end

Re: Icedove & attachments

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:06:15 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > I am having problems with *.jpg and *.pdf attachments in icedove. Some > open some don't, i use okular for the pdf's but sometimes icedove asks > me to save the file, which i don't want to do. > > The preferences are set up correctly. Besid

Re: CA Issues

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:02:43 +, Paddy Tollan wrote: >> From: chris-use...@roaima.co.uk >> Subject: Re: CA Issues >> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:16:46 +0100 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> >> Paddy Tollan wrote: >> > first sorry for the HTML the output from the output of ls -l >> > /root/CA

Re: laptop wireless setup, wpa_supplicant.conf, driver ipw not supported? CLI only

2011-10-29 Thread Brian
On Fri 28 Oct 2011 at 14:54:38 -0700, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: > I installed ifplugd. Still, the wireless does not work if I unplug the > Ethernet, but now if I do a ifdown eth1 | ifup eth1 the wireless will now > connect (most of the time). Following is a session where the process > worked,

Re: Just a simple query

2011-10-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 01:08 -0400, Doug wrote: > On 10/28/2011 07:04 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 23:27 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> On 28 October 2011 15:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote > >>> I don't know PCLinuxOS, but I'm sure it won't work OOTB for all needs. > >>> > >>> People mig

Re: iceweasel 7.0.1 high cpu when enter url in location bar

2011-10-29 Thread yuanwei xu
2011/10/27 Camaleón : > On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:33:23 +0800, yuanwei xu wrote: > >> Resently, I found when i was entering url in the location bar, iceweasel >> always consumed 100% CPU,and there was no echo of typing.And when the >> dropdownlist of the location bar came out, the CPU still run 100% u

Re: alsa-tools update in Wheesy

2011-10-29 Thread Richard
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:18:24 +0200 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 09:23 +0100, Richard wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:26:05 +0200 > > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 15:50 +0100, Richard wrote: > > > >02 0 Conexant CX8801: CX88 Digit

Re: Choosing a distribution (was: Just a simple query)

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:07:34 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> For such "big jumps" the official supported method is using the DVD >> (off- line upgrade) but AFAIK, it is the same here in Debian, only "one >> jump" is supported which does not mean that you cannot upgrade from >> Debian

Re: alsa-tools update in Wheesy

2011-10-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 09:23 +0100, Richard wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:26:05 +0200 > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 15:50 +0100, Richard wrote: > > >02 0 Conexant CX8801: CX88 Digital (hw:0,0) > > >12 8 HDA ATI SB: ALC892 An

Re: Choosing a distribution (was: Just a simple query)

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:48:36 -0300, francis picabia wrote: > Right after that, it does discuss upgrade via zypper, but it mentions > only minor version upgrades in the discussion. Well, at least those > would be minor version upgrades in Debian. Maybe in SUSE it is a major > change. If so, then h

Re: Sharing files on a local network

2011-10-29 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 08:39:58PM BST, Camaleón wrote: > > If it's not available through easy install system, e.g APT, then yes. > > Only Windows system lacks for a ssh client on a default install and this > can be easily solved with one of the mentioned programs that don't > require even inst

Re: Choosing a distribution (was: Just a simple query)

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:55:39 -0300, francis picabia wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Camaleón wrote: > I can't find docs which say you can do a major version upgrade without > booting installation media in SUSE. (...) I already sent you the link, maybe you missed it: http://en.opensu

Re: alsa-tools update in Wheesy

2011-10-29 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:44:30 +0100, Richard wrote: > On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:23:52 + (UTC) Camaleón > wrote: > >> On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:50:41 +0100, Richard wrote: >> >> > I've just downloaded another batch of updates including alsa-tools. >> > Now when I start an app I have a huge list of

Re: A Question about Journalling File Systems and Flash Drives

2011-10-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 27 aug 11, 19:39:33, Rob Owens wrote: > > I recall reading that ext4 is much quicker than ext3 on flash drives, so > you may want to consider using that. Although I'm not sure what you > have to do to get Lenny to support ext4. Done that: the minimum would be backported kernel + e2fsprogs

Re: alsa-tools update in Wheesy

2011-10-29 Thread Richard
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:44:45 +0200 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 20:23 +, Camaleón wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:50:41 +0100, Richard wrote: > > > > > I've just downloaded another batch of updates including alsa-tools. Now > > > when I start an app I have a huge list of can