Re: Separate partitions for filesystems (was Re: computer rendered un-usable)

2013-06-24 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 24, 2013, at 12:31 PM, Jochen Spieker wrote: David Guntner: Jochen Spieker grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Judging from your usage of "df -k" (instead of -g or -h) and the number of filesystems, you should probably apply at IBM. :-> And yes, I had the great misfortune of being an a

Dual monitor problems

2013-06-24 Thread Oliver Elphick
I am trying to use two monitors at once, for the first time, using an Nvidia dual head card. I have now got the two monitors displaying a single screen and the mouse passes from one to the other. However, the second screen blanks after around 20 seconds of non-use and nothing will bring it ba

udev & automounting

2013-06-24 Thread peasthope
peter@dalton:~$ # Flash storage not yet connected. peter@dalton:~$ ls -l /dev/San* ls: cannot access /dev/San*: No such file or directory peter@dalton:~$ tail -n8 /etc/udev/rules.d/10*rules # A SanDisk 512 MB CF card. Two VFATs. KERNEL=="sd?", ATTR{size}=="1000944", SYMLINK+="SanDiskCF", \ OWNER

Re: Backing up on obnam.

2013-06-24 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 05:13:13 +0100 Sharon Kimble wrote: > On 25 June 2013 02:57, Celejar wrote: > > > On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:51:23 +0100 > > Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > > > I am using obnam 1.4 on wheezy with no problems, but, I am unable to back > > > up both /etc and /var both at the same tim

Re: Re: At my wit's end with openvpn

2013-06-24 Thread Joel Wirāmu Pauling
Also add pull to the end of the config file. On 25 June 2013 16:09, Joel Wirāmu Pauling wrote: > Goes to syslog by default i.e /var/log/syslog IIRC. > > Your name resolution issue is seperate, and probably due to needing > different name servers. Ensure you have a tun/tap device and IP etc > fr

Re: Backing up on obnam.

2013-06-24 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 25 June 2013 02:57, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:51:23 +0100 > Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > I am using obnam 1.4 on wheezy with no problems, but, I am unable to back > > up both /etc and /var both at the same time. I've tried 'root = /etc, > /var' > > and /etc is backed up but not /v

Re: Re: At my wit's end with openvpn

2013-06-24 Thread Joel Wirāmu Pauling
Goes to syslog by default i.e /var/log/syslog IIRC. Your name resolution issue is seperate, and probably due to needing different name servers. Ensure you have a tun/tap device and IP etc from your vpn provider with ; $ip addr and $ip route show and pinging the (hopefully new) default gateway.

Re: Graphic card advice

2013-06-24 Thread David Christensen
On 06/24/13 01:37, a...@alphanet.ch wrote: Hi, I am a debian user and I am looking to buy a new computer (I will build it). I simply wonder if it is better to take a graphic card with an ATI or a NVIDIA chipset. Can someone please give me an advice ? It would help if you told us: 1. Your budg

Re: Graphic card advice

2013-06-24 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 09:48 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > (I've been using Linux for about 12 years--switched from the > > Amiga, not Windows) > > I switched from the Atari ST to Linux 10 years ago, but I've got a > 80286 hardware emulator mounted ins

Re: Backing up on obnam.

2013-06-24 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:51:23 +0100 Sharon Kimble wrote: > I am using obnam 1.4 on wheezy with no problems, but, I am unable to back > up both /etc and /var both at the same time. I've tried 'root = /etc, /var' > and /etc is backed up but not /var. > > How then can I back up /var at the same time

Re: Re: At my wit's end with openvpn

2013-06-24 Thread Aubrey Raech
> Put those settings into a file in /etc/openvpn/.conf > > Put your key, crt and ca into that same directory. > > run : > > $/etc/init.d/openvpn restart > > ta da! > > Done. > > This will automatically start on boot unless you change your startup scripts. I did this, and I lose the ability

Re: NAS raid with Debian?

2013-06-24 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 00:49:00 +1000 Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Hi, > > On 5/04/2013 6:49 AM, Celejar wrote: > > FWIW, I've been running Debian Wheezy on a Seagate Go Flex Net > > (STAK100 - http://projects.doozan.com/debian/) for a while, with pretty > > good results. It's a Kirkwood system with 1

Re: wacky question

2013-06-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 02:11:10 +0200, staticsafe wrote: On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 09:41:24AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: On 6/25/13, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:28:18 +0100 > Lisi Reisz wrote: > whack >> >> This is an interesting discussion. But perhaps if we want to

Re: At my wit's end with openvpn

2013-06-24 Thread Joel Wirāmu Pauling
Oh I just noticed you are using userpass auth method... so just the ca and the userpass in-line in the file will work. You would be much better off getting a key and crt from your provider if they support it than using user pass. On 25 June 2013 12:49, Joel Wirāmu Pauling wrote: > Put those set

Re: At my wit's end with openvpn

2013-06-24 Thread Joel Wirāmu Pauling
Put those settings into a file in /etc/openvpn/.conf Put your key, crt and ca into that same directory. run : $/etc/init.d/openvpn restart ta da! Done. This will automatically start on boot unless you change your startup scripts. On 25 June 2013 12:30, Aubrey Raech wrote: > Hey all, > > I'

At my wit's end with openvpn

2013-06-24 Thread Aubrey Raech
Hey all, I'm at my wit's end with openvpn. I've had a VPN service for almost a month now and I haven't been able to use it on Debian sid. I've never used a VPN before, so this is all very new to me. The service works out of the box on my flatmate's Windows computer, and if I use the provided inst

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Re: wacky question

2013-06-24 Thread staticsafe
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 09:41:24AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 6/25/13, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:28:18 +0100 > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > whack > >> > >> This is an interesting discussion. But perhaps if we want to > >> continue we should take it off-list? >

Re: wacky question

2013-06-24 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 6/25/13, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:28:18 +0100 > Lisi Reisz wrote: > whack >> >> This is an interesting discussion. But perhaps if we want to >> continue we should take it off-list? debian-curiosa@lists... perhaps appropriate? Some (such as I) do appreciate some d

Re: What does this error message mean?

2013-06-24 Thread Brian
On Mon 24 Jun 2013 at 15:51:35 -0500, John W. Foster wrote: > > > insserv: Script ETH1START is broken: incomplete LSB comment. > > insserv: missing `Default-Stop:' entry: please add even if empty. > > insserv: Script ETH1START is broken: incomplete LSB comment. > > insserv: missing `Default-Sto

Re: What does this error message mean?

2013-06-24 Thread Bob Proulx
John W. Foster wrote: > > insserv: Script ETH1START is broken: incomplete LSB comment. > > insserv: missing `Default-Stop:' entry: please add even if empty. > > insserv: Script ETH1START is broken: incomplete LSB comment. > > insserv: missing `Default-Stop:' entry: please add even if empty. > >

What does this error message mean?

2013-06-24 Thread John W. Foster
> insserv: Script ETH1START is broken: incomplete LSB comment. > insserv: missing `Default-Stop:' entry: please add even if empty. > insserv: Script ETH1START is broken: incomplete LSB comment. > insserv: missing `Default-Stop:' entry: please add even if empty. > insserv: Script ETH1START is b

Re: Debian Testing/Jessie

2013-06-24 Thread Dom
On 24/06/13 20:34, sp113438 wrote: On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:10:49 +0100 Darac Marjal wrote: architecture i386 does kernel linux-image-3.9.1 still supports architecture i386? Don't confuse the architecture with the CPU model numbers. i386 is any 32 bit x86 chip, but the i386 kernels only s

Re: Graphic card advice

2013-06-24 Thread Gary Dale
On 24/06/13 03:54 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 12:23 -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: If you do need more power, I personally would go with AMD a generation back (OSS drivers). I am not willing to use closed drivers, both for ideology and for the hassle the create with kernel updates

Re: Graphic card advice

2013-06-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 12:23 -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: > If you do need more power, I personally would go with AMD a generation > back (OSS drivers). I am not willing to use closed drivers, both for > ideology and for the hassle the create with kernel updates...others > may disagree... I can't us

Re: Graphic card advice

2013-06-24 Thread Gary Dale
On 24/06/13 03:23 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 1:37 AM, wrote: Hi, I am a debian user and I am looking to buy a new computer (I will build it). I simply wonder if it is better to take a graphic card with an ATI or a NVIDIA chipset. Can someone please give me an advice ? Ar

Re: Debian Testing/Jessie

2013-06-24 Thread sp113438
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:10:49 +0100 Darac Marjal wrote: > architecture i386 does kernel linux-image-3.9.1 still supports architecture i386? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: h

Re: Separate partitions for filesystems (was Re: computer rendered un-usable)

2013-06-24 Thread Jochen Spieker
David Guntner: > Jochen Spieker grabbed a keyboard and wrote: >> >> Judging from your usage of "df -k" (instead of -g or -h) and the number >> of filesystems, you should probably apply at IBM. :-> > > And yes, I had the great misfortune of being an administrator of an AIX > system (on the subject

Re: Graphic card advice

2013-06-24 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 1:37 AM, wrote: > Hi, > I am a debian user and I am looking to buy a new computer (I will build it). > I simply wonder if it is better to take a graphic card with an ATI or a > NVIDIA chipset. > Can someone please give me an advice ? Are you going to play games, or progra

Backing up on obnam.

2013-06-24 Thread Sharon Kimble
I am using obnam 1.4 on wheezy with no problems, but, I am unable to back up both /etc and /var both at the same time. I've tried 'root = /etc, /var' and /etc is backed up but not /var. How then can I back up /var at the same time please? Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.o

Re: Graphic card advice

2013-06-24 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 24 iun 13, 09:48:24, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Since you're building your system, one word of advice: regardless of > what hardware you choose, make sure it's been on the market for at > least six months. That gives "the community" time to write drivers and > other support for it. If you

Fw: Debian Testing/Jessie

2013-06-24 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
Begin forwarded message: Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:55:01 -0400 From: "Stephen P. Molnar" To: debian-user Subject: Debian Testing/Jessie I have installed 64 bit Testing on my laptop in an Oracle VB as a test bed. I used Debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso Binary 1 20130623-09:47 and installed t

Re: Graphic card advice

2013-06-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 09:48 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > (I've been using Linux for about 12 years--switched from the > Amiga, not Windows) I switched from the Atari ST to Linux 10 years ago, but I've got a 80286 hardware emulator mounted inside my 520ST and 4 MB PC RAM replaced the 512 KB, howe

Re: trouble formatting 3TB Seagate external HDrives. need help

2013-06-24 Thread Dom
On 24/06/13 16:55, paul condon wrote: I have two 3TB Seagate external HDs. They were purchased from different stores at slightly different times earlier this year, here in Colorado. I want them to have ext4 file systems on them, excepting if someone on this list can give a reason otherwise. I hav

Re: Separate partitions for filesystems (was Re: computer rendered un-usable)

2013-06-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 09:31 -0700, David Guntner wrote: > I've heard about LVM but really don't know that much about it. I tested it in a virtual machine, learned how to handle it and forget how to handle it. Btw. I separately mount data partitions, since this is useful for my needs. $ df -h Fil

Re: Debian Testing/Jessie

2013-06-24 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:10:49 +0100 Darac Marjal wrote: > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:55:01AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > I have installed 64 bit Testing on my laptop in an Oracle VB as a > > test bed. > > > > I used Debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso Binary 1 20130623-09:47 and > > installe

Re: Separate partitions for filesystems (was Re: computer rendered un-usable)

2013-06-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 18:09 +0200, Jochen Spieker wrote: > David Guntner: > > > > As you can see, I'm a BIG believer in separation of filesystems. > > Judging from your usage of "df -k" (instead of -g or -h) and the number > of filesystems, you should probably apply at IBM. :-> > > Seriously, y

Re: Graphic card advice

2013-06-24 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013, a...@alphanet.ch wrote: > Hi, > > I am a debian user and I am looking to buy a new computer (I will > build it). > > I simply wonder if it is better to take a graphic card with an ATI or > a NVIDIA chipset. > > Can someone please give me an advice ? I've always gone wi

Re: Separate partitions for filesystems (was Re: computer rendered un-usable)

2013-06-24 Thread David Guntner
Jochen Spieker grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > David Guntner: >> >> As you can see, I'm a BIG believer in separation of filesystems. > > Judging from your usage of "df -k" (instead of -g or -h) and the number > of filesystems, you should probably apply at IBM. :-> LOL - Hey, I *said* I was old-s

Re: computer rendered un-usable

2013-06-24 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Montag, 24. Juni 2013 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > Hi Hans :) > > On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 17:32 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > Did I mention, I am a professionel? :) > This was just a little joke. :) > There's no need to mention this, because this is what my guess was. All > you've written sounds

Re: trouble formatting 3TB Seagate external HDrives. need help

2013-06-24 Thread Darac Marjal
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 09:55:46AM -0600, paul condon wrote: > I have two 3TB Seagate external HDs. They were purchased from > different stores at slightly different times earlier this year, here > in Colorado. I want them to have ext4 file systems on them, > excepting if someone on this list can g

Re: trouble formatting 3TB Seagate external HDrives. need help

2013-06-24 Thread Brad Sawatzky
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013, paul condon wrote: > I have two 3TB Seagate external HDs. They were purchased from > different stores at slightly different times earlier this year, here > in Colorado. I want them to have ext4 file systems on them, > excepting if someone on this list can give a reason otherwi

Re: trouble formatting 3TB Seagate external HDrives. need help

2013-06-24 Thread Jochen Spieker
paul condon: > > I have two 3TB Seagate external HDs. They were purchased from > different stores at slightly different times earlier this year, here > in Colorado. I want them to have ext4 file systems on them, > excepting if someone on this list can give a reason otherwise. Ext4 is fine if you d

Re: Separate partitions for filesystems (was Re: computer rendered un-usable)

2013-06-24 Thread Jochen Spieker
David Guntner: > > As you can see, I'm a BIG believer in separation of filesystems. Judging from your usage of "df -k" (instead of -g or -h) and the number of filesystems, you should probably apply at IBM. :-> Seriously, you should really look into LVM. It provides way more flexibility than DOS

Re: Debian Testing/Jessie

2013-06-24 Thread Darac Marjal
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:55:01AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I have installed 64 bit Testing on my laptop in an Oracle VB as a test > bed. > > I used Debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso Binary 1 20130623-09:47 and > installed the linux-image-3.9.1-amd6 kernel and all available drivers. > > T

Re: Separate partitions for filesystems (was Re: computer rendered un-usable)

2013-06-24 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Montag, 24. Juni 2013 schrieb David Guntner: > Hans-J. Ullrich grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > Oh, and please do not misunderstand. Of course, I know, that an extra > > partition is not really needed for /home. It is just a nice-to-have. I > > just wanted to point on things, which might be an

Re: computer rendered un-usable

2013-06-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi Hans :) On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 17:32 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Did I mention, I am a professionel? :) There's no need to mention this, because this is what my guess was. All you've written sounds plausible, but IMO less is more for an averaged home PC. However, regarding to have a separa

trouble formatting 3TB Seagate external HDrives. need help

2013-06-24 Thread paul condon
I have two 3TB Seagate external HDs. They were purchased from different stores at slightly different times earlier this year, here in Colorado. I want them to have ext4 file systems on them, excepting if someone on this list can give a reason otherwise. I have googled and gotten a lot of hits,

Debian Testing/Jessie

2013-06-24 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I have installed 64 bit Testing on my laptop in an Oracle VB as a test bed. I used Debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso Binary 1 20130623-09:47 and installed the linux-image-3.9.1-amd6 kernel and all available drivers. The installation went very smoothly, but when I ran dpkg --add-architecture i386 a

Separate partitions for filesystems (was Re: computer rendered un-usable)

2013-06-24 Thread David Guntner
Hans-J. Ullrich grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > Oh, and please do not misunderstand. Of course, I know, that an extra > partition is not really needed for /home. It is just a nice-to-have. I just > wanted to point on things, which might be an advantage for one or another > users needs or wishes.

Re: computer rendered un-usable

2013-06-24 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Montag, 24. Juni 2013 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:52:34 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich > wrote: > > Hi Hans :) > Hi Ralf, > In my home there are exactly those configs you mentioned, but no data, > such as large audio productions, just a few pics etc., however, if my > Linux gets br

Re: wacky question

2013-06-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 11:01 -0400, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:28:18 +0100 > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > >>> whack > > > > This is an interesting discussion. But perhaps if we want to > > continue we should take it off-list? > > Please do. I several time tried to switch _this th

Re: wacky question

2013-06-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 15:28 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > And disturbing that he could see the seeds so > long ago. Somebody already explained that this is the nature of beings. We didn't change that much, even philosophers 2000 years before Orwell have seen this. > I fear our governnments more tha

Re: wacky question

2013-06-24 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:28:18 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: >>> whack > > This is an interesting discussion. But perhaps if we want to > continue we should take it off-list? Please do. -- cmg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: Strange amounts of cpu usage

2013-06-24 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 03:24:13PM +0100, John Tate wrote: > I have a process using 339% of CPU on Debian Wheezy. > > john@fekete:~$ ps aux | grep shallot > john 31424 339 0.0 175088 1576 pts/9Rl+ 23:02 1:38 > shallot -f keys/test ^ > > This is rather weird. Not really. A p

Re: NAS raid with Debian?

2013-06-24 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, On 5/04/2013 6:49 AM, Celejar wrote: > FWIW, I've been running Debian Wheezy on a Seagate Go Flex Net > (STAK100 - http://projects.doozan.com/debian/) for a while, with pretty > good results. It's a Kirkwood system with 128MB RAM, 256MB NAND, 2 SATA > connectors, 1 USB port and Gigabit etherne

Re: NAS raid with Debian?

2013-06-24 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, On 4/04/2013 8:37 PM, Chris Davies wrote: > Roll your own with an HP Proliant microserver (the N40L series that are > just being replaced). I bought mine for about £120 a couple of months > ago. Add a pair of 3TB disks also at £100 each. Add more memory (it comes > with 2GB; I replaced that wi

Re: Strange amounts of cpu usage

2013-06-24 Thread Jochen Spieker
John Tate: > > I have a process using 339% of CPU on Debian Wheezy. Depending on the tool in use, 100% equals one CPU core. > john@fekete:~$ ps aux | grep shallot > john 31424 339 0.0 175088 1576 pts/9Rl+ 23:02 1:38 > shallot -f keys/test ^ From ps(1): %cpu %CPU cpu uti

Re: wacky question

2013-06-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 24 June 2013 12:57:01 André Nunes Batista wrote: > Since I was the one who first pointed out 1984, I guess I should add > another comment. > > I do not meant we actually live in Orwell's society. I used an hyperbole > as mean to purposefully disregard the differences in fiction and point

Strange amounts of cpu usage

2013-06-24 Thread John Tate
I have a process using 339% of CPU on Debian Wheezy. john@fekete:~$ ps aux | grep shallot john 31424 339 0.0 175088 1576 pts/9Rl+ 23:02 1:38 shallot -f keys/test ^ This is rather weird. -- www.johntate.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Graphic card advice

2013-06-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 15:04 +0300, Alex Moonshine wrote: > So if you don't mind using proprietary drivers, I would recommend > sticking with Nvidia. +1 for NVIDA, but the license for the proprietary driver is an issue, when using a kernel-rt, IOW it can't always be used, at least you need to offen

Re: wacky question

2013-06-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 08:57 -0300, André Nunes Batista wrote: > Germany lost ww2, soviets lost cold war, fascism won them both. Fascism in Germany lose. Germany doesn't suppress other nations anymore, the government doesn't suppress it's own people anymore, we don't have a GDR anymore. Socialism a

Re: installed cups-pdf package; now what?

2013-06-24 Thread Brian
On Sun 23 Jun 2013 at 23:39:30 -0700, Dan B. wrote: > Where are the instructions for what to do after installing the cups-pdf > package, to have the virtual to-PDF printer appear (e.g. in "lpstat -a" > output) and be able to print to PDF? > > The files /usr/share/doc/cups-pdf/... don't seem to ha

Re: Graphic card advice

2013-06-24 Thread Alex Moonshine
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:37:38 +0200 a...@alphanet.ch wrote: > I simply wonder if it is better to take a graphic card with an ATI or > a NVIDIA chipset. I've had all kinds of problems with ATI proprietary drivers (fglrx), from missing hardware acceleration to freezing desktop and awful font rende

Re: wacky question

2013-06-24 Thread André Nunes Batista
Since I was the one who first pointed out 1984, I guess I should add another comment. I do not meant we actually live in Orwell's society. I used an hyperbole as mean to purposefully disregard the differences in fiction and point out how far his "distopia" went on to describe something very preval

Re: wacky question

2013-06-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 24 June 2013 12:45:25 Lars Noodén wrote: > On 06/24/2013 02:41 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > So it is remarkable that he was able to predict so accurately what would > > be done with computers and CCTV (which had not of course been invented). > > I think some of that has less to do with actua

Re: Graphic card advice

2013-06-24 Thread Antti Talsta
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:37:38AM +0200, a...@alphanet.ch wrote: > I simply wonder if it is better to take a graphic card with an ATI > or a NVIDIA chipset. I've had zero trouble with NVIDIA cards. Might be best not to buy the latest and greatest though. -- Antti Talsta -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: wacky question

2013-06-24 Thread Lars Noodén
On 06/24/2013 02:41 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > So it is remarkable that he was able to predict so accurately what would be > done with computers and CCTV (which had not of course been invented). I think some of that has less to do with actual prediction than it has to do with many individuals misi

Re: wacky question

2013-06-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 24 June 2013 12:08:11 Joel Rees wrote: > > He was not a scientist, > > You don't have to be a scientist to predict the future. No, but he was not in fact "in the know" about recent scientific developments, nor the way that science was moving. A scientist at the cutting edge might have

Re: wacky question

2013-06-24 Thread Joel Rees
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 24 June 2013 01:26:01 Joel Rees wrote: > > !984 and Animal Farm were allegories of the world the authors > > author, singular. There was only one George Orwell. > My goodness. You're right. I suppose it would have helped my memory

Re: computer rendered un-usable

2013-06-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:52:34 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: Hi Hans :) First, when your system is so bad damaged, that you need to reinstall the complete OS, all the setting of the can stay untouchable. These are passwords, desktop settings, addressbooks and whatever. In my home there are

Re: computer rendered un-usable

2013-06-24 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
> Yes, for the swap I agree, regarding to /home there aren't real advantages > on a home PC, when disk space was expensive it had a disadvantage, since > the user had to take care how to allocate the disk space. > > Mounting / as r only isn't really needed, if you install a new Linux and > you wa

Re: fglrx not working with Radon 7770 HD and kernel 3.9-1

2013-06-24 Thread Max Linke
I still have the 3.2.0-3 kernel installed and when I use the driver their everything works, nothing else is changed. So think that the fglrx driver and Xserver I have installed now work together. On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 20:28:35 +0200 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Catalyst versions only run with some versi

Re: Graphic card advice

2013-06-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:37:38 +0200, wrote: I simply wonder if it is better to take a graphic card with an ATI or a NVIDIA chipset. I experienced the FLOSS driver for NVIDA as working better for e.g. transparent windows, than the ATI one. Regarding to the proprietary drivers ATI doesn't su

Re: computer rendered un-usable

2013-06-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:59:46 +0200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 07:46:11AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sat, 2013-06-22 at 22:56 -0400, Doug wrote: > / and /home and /swap. It usually makes no sense to have it on separated partitions. Not sure what you mean here, but h

Re: GNOME 3 non-responsive?

2013-06-24 Thread Stephen Allen
On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 05:02:39PM +0100, MRH wrote: > Hi, > > I run Debian wheezy/sid. After recent updates (resulting in mix of > GNOME 3.4 / 3.8 the new gnome shell has became unresponsive. I mean > I can log in, but then there is no top panel, no window top frames > (so I cannot minimise / clo

Graphic card advice

2013-06-24 Thread aka
Hi, I am a debian user and I am looking to buy a new computer (I will build it). I simply wonder if it is better to take a graphic card with an ATI or a NVIDIA chipset. Can someone please give me an advice ? Thanks, best regards, Amka -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@li

Re: wacky question

2013-06-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 24 June 2013 01:26:01 Joel Rees wrote: > !984 and Animal Farm were allegories of the world the authors author, singular. There was only one George Orwell. > lived in, not > predictions of some dystopian future. He was not a scientist, and most of the "science" in 1984 did not exist i

Re: wacky question

2013-06-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 07:55:44 +0200, Slavko wrote: Dňa 24. 6. 2013 2:26 Joel Rees wrote / napísal(a): !984 and Animal Farm were allegories of the world the authors lived in, not predictions of some dystopian future. These two things (author's world and prediction of the future) are not mutua

Re: computer rendered un-usable

2013-06-24 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 07:46:11AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2013-06-22 at 22:56 -0400, Doug wrote: > > / and /home and /swap. > > It usually makes no sense to have it on separated partitions. Not sure what you mean here, but having /home on a separate partition makes a lot of sense.