Re: Changing Monitor that gdm uses

2015-11-24 Thread Alan Chandler
On 25/11/15 06:54, Alan Chandler wrote: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Iiyama 27in" Option "DPMS" Option "Primary" Option "Position" "0 0" Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080" Option "Position" "1920 0" EndSection I noticed as I posted this that there are two "Position" o

Re: grub rescue> (getting error: unknown filesystem) for all filesystems!

2015-11-24 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, aman nangia wrote: > i tried running dd > if=/var/tmp/above-filename of=/dev/sdbe1 bs=4M; sync (where my sdbe1 was the > usb flash drive). I think the USB device address is not correct. Firstly the bootable isohybrid images must be copied onto the base device, not a partition device. So no "

Changing Monitor that gdm uses

2015-11-24 Thread Alan Chandler
My desktop Debian Jessie PC just got a new monitor to replace an old one that failed. Because the new one is bigger than my previous main monitor, I have swapped them round so that my bigger 27inch monitor is the primary one and the original 24inch one has become my secondary. I have altered

amd64-rescue.img & intel Xeon x5650 system

2015-11-24 Thread aman nangia
Can below file be used as a bootable image on a usb flash disk to boot a HP Gen7 system with Intel Xeon x5650 CPUs (64bit) on it? "debian-live-6.0.4-amd64-rescue.img" ? Thx

Re: debianlive iso with xfce and clamav

2015-11-24 Thread rlharris
On Tue, November 24, 2015 11:28 pm, David Christensen wrote: > On 11/24/2015 09:16 PM, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: ... > I discovered the install-Debain-to-USB trick a couple of years ago, when > I was using Wheezy. I am only just starting to migrate to Jessie, and > expect that it works too. Yes;

Re: debianlive iso with xfce and clamav

2015-11-24 Thread Martin Str|mberg
In article rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > I am attempting to recover data from a virus-damaged Windows machine. For > this work, I wish to run debianlive with xfce desktop and clamav. > I found at: > ttps://www.debian.org/CD/live/ > ISO images for Jessie with xfce desktop. > And debianlive incl

Re: debianlive iso with xfce and clamav

2015-11-24 Thread David Christensen
On 11/24/2015 09:16 PM, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: I do not understand why the regression to Wheezy; I discovered the install-Debain-to-USB trick a couple of years ago, when I was using Wheezy. I am only just starting to migrate to Jessie, and expect that it works too. David

Re: debianlive iso with xfce and clamav

2015-11-24 Thread rlharris
On Tue, November 24, 2015 10:54 pm, David Christensen wrote: > On 11/24/2015 01:26 PM, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > >> I am attempting to recover data from a virus-damaged Windows machine. >> For >> this work, I wish to run debianlive with xfce desktop and clamav. > > I have found that I am able to

Re: debianlive iso with xfce and clamav

2015-11-24 Thread David Christensen
On 11/24/2015 01:26 PM, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: I am attempting to recover data from a virus-damaged Windows machine. For this work, I wish to run debianlive with xfce desktop and clamav. I have found that I am able to install Debian Wheezy onto a USB flash drive that boots and seems to wo

Re: grub rescue> (getting error: unknown filesystem) for all filesystems!

2015-11-24 Thread Joseph Loo
On 11/24/2015 06:16 PM, aman nangia wrote: > Since this boot disk is 146gb (2.5" sas drive) and has some important data > that needs to be retrieved, one option i thought was to take it out from > broken system and insert it into another system running debian that has a > empty filler disk panel

Re: grub rescue> (getting error: unknown filesystem) for all filesystems!

2015-11-24 Thread aman nangia
Since this boot disk is 146gb (2.5" sas drive) and has some important data that needs to be retrieved, one option i thought was to take it out from broken system and insert it into another system running debian that has a empty filler disk panel. I did that thinking it will auto-recognize the di

Re: Do I need to do fstrim on Jessie?

2015-11-24 Thread Sven Hartge
Gener Badenas wrote: > On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 7:54 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: >> Gener Badenas wrote: >> > I am currently using Ubuntu as my operating system. I have an Asus >> > laptop where I replaced the disk with an SSD one for performance. I >> > read before that I need to do fstrim regularl

Re: Do I need to do fstrim on Jessie?

2015-11-24 Thread Gener Badenas
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 7:54 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: > Gener Badenas wrote: > > > I am currently using Ubuntu as my operating system. I have an Asus > > laptop where I replaced the disk with an SSD one for performance. I > > read before that I need to do fstrim regularly so that performance > >

Re: Testing Jessie in a chroot?

2015-11-24 Thread Brian
On Tue 24 Nov 2015 at 16:05:32 -0500, Gary Dale wrote: > On 24/11/15 10:22 AM, Marc Shapiro wrote: > >I am still running Wheezy and would like to test Jessie before committing > >to it. Is a chroot a viable method? If so, can someone point me to a > >link on how best to set it up and use it. I

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-24 Thread Brian
On Tue 24 Nov 2015 at 22:15:25 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 24.11.2015 um 21:47 schrieb Brian: > > On Tue 24 Nov 2015 at 21:13:29 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > > > >> Am 24.11.2015 um 19:01 schrieb Brian: > >>> On Tue 24 Nov 2015 at 17:36:49 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > >>> > On 2015-

debianlive iso with xfce and clamav

2015-11-24 Thread rlharris
I am attempting to recover data from a virus-damaged Windows machine. For this work, I wish to run debianlive with xfce desktop and clamav. I found at: ttps://www.debian.org/CD/live/ ISO images for Jessie with xfce desktop. And debianlive includes synaptic, so it it fairly easy to install clam

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-24 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 24.11.2015 um 21:47 schrieb Brian: > On Tue 24 Nov 2015 at 21:13:29 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > >> Am 24.11.2015 um 19:01 schrieb Brian: >>> On Tue 24 Nov 2015 at 17:36:49 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: >>> On 2015-11-23 00:45:57 +, Brian wrote: > On Sun 22 Nov 2015 at 19:00:36 -0

Re: Testing Jessie in a chroot?

2015-11-24 Thread Gary Dale
On 24/11/15 10:22 AM, Marc Shapiro wrote: I am still running Wheezy and would like to test Jessie before committing to it. Is a chroot a viable method? If so, can someone point me to a link on how best to set it up and use it. I will want to test it with, and without, systemd. Would a dual

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-24 Thread Brian
On Tue 24 Nov 2015 at 21:13:29 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 24.11.2015 um 19:01 schrieb Brian: > > On Tue 24 Nov 2015 at 17:36:49 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > >> On 2015-11-23 00:45:57 +, Brian wrote: > >>> On Sun 22 Nov 2015 at 19:00:36 -0500, The Wanderer wrote: > >>> > On 2

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-24 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 24.11.2015 um 19:01 schrieb Brian: > On Tue 24 Nov 2015 at 17:36:49 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > >> On 2015-11-23 00:45:57 +, Brian wrote: >>> On Sun 22 Nov 2015 at 19:00:36 -0500, The Wanderer wrote: >>> On 2015-11-22 at 18:52, Chris Bannister wrote: >>> There are 2 reasons

Re: Debian rescue CD oddities

2015-11-24 Thread Bob Holtzman
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 10:02:56PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 23 November 2015 19:03:04 Bob Holtzman wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 09:38:02PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: snip... > > > > > > Or maybe I just remind you of your Freshman English teacher. ;-) (I'm >

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-24 Thread Brian
On Tue 24 Nov 2015 at 17:36:49 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2015-11-23 00:45:57 +, Brian wrote: > > On Sun 22 Nov 2015 at 19:00:36 -0500, The Wanderer wrote: > > > > > On 2015-11-22 at 18:52, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 05:56:04PM -0500, The Wanderer wr

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-24 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2015-11-23 00:45:57 +, Brian wrote: > On Sun 22 Nov 2015 at 19:00:36 -0500, The Wanderer wrote: > > > On 2015-11-22 at 18:52, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 05:56:04PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote: > > > > > >>> startx -- vt7 > > >> > > >> That requires specifying

Re: Testing Jessie in a chroot?

2015-11-24 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I am still running Wheezy and would like to test Jessie before committing to > it. Is a chroot a viable method? If so, can someone point me to a link on > how best to set it up and use it. I will want to test it with, and without, > systemd. Would a dual boot be a better way to test this? Gi

Re: Testing Jessie in a chroot?

2015-11-24 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 11/24/2015 04:22 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: > I am still running Wheezy and would like to test Jessie before > committing to it. Is a chroot a viable method? I think it would be easier to go either with linux containers or virtual machine ( virtualbox, qemu, xen, kvm ...)

Re: Testing Jessie in a chroot?

2015-11-24 Thread Brian
On Tue 24 Nov 2015 at 07:22:55 -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > I am still running Wheezy and would like to test Jessie before committing to > it. Is a chroot a viable method? If so, can someone point me to a link on > how best to set it up and use it. I will want to test it with, and without, > sy

Testing Jessie in a chroot?

2015-11-24 Thread Marc Shapiro
I am still running Wheezy and would like to test Jessie before committing to it. Is a chroot a viable method? If so, can someone point me to a link on how best to set it up and use it. I will want to test it with, and without, systemd. Would a dual boot be a better way to test this? Marc

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-24 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 11/24/2015 06:17 AM, Brian wrote: On Mon 23 Nov 2015 at 20:06:06 -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: My box always has three X sessions going at the same time (still on Wheezy). I use an alias to set the vt. The value of the alias is determined by who is logged on and running startx: for me: al

Re: pointless linguistic one-upmanship (was Re: "operating system")

2015-11-24 Thread moxalt
On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 10:25:58 + (UTC), Curt wrote: >> [makes fun of opposing viewpoint rather than refuting it or leaving it alone] > [is joined by rest of thread] Yes! Down with he who thinks differently! Hurray! These high-falutin' smart-talkin' weirdos with their funny words and strange b

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-24 Thread Brian
On Mon 23 Nov 2015 at 20:06:06 -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > On 11/22/2015 02:56 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > >On 2015-11-22 at 15:24, Brian wrote: > > > >>startx -- vt7 > > > >That requires specifying it by hand every time startx is run. As I > >indicated, that is unacceptable; I don't have to specif

Re: fast internet connection but very slow browser response

2015-11-24 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 10:43:12PM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > My browser connection has become very slow. Pinging will show a very > fast connection, but my browser response is often so slow that a > request times out. Skype will work fine under these conditions, as > well as my torrent agent. > >

Re: No grub after Installing Debian 8 on Laptop

2015-11-24 Thread Steve McIntyre
Dwijesh wrote: > >Hello. I have a Dell Inspiron 7537 with UEFI and Windows 8.1 installed on >it. I have installed Debian 8 on it however I don't get Grub after >installation. I have also noticed that Grub did not install during >installation. > >When I turn ON the laptop, it boots to Windows and Gr

Re: pointless linguistic one-upmanship (was Re: "operating system")

2015-11-24 Thread Curt
On 2015-11-23, Bob Holtzman wrote: > On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 09:29:53AM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: >> Why am I not surprised that a large thread ostensibly about "Adobe Flash" has >> devolved into two people arguing the definition of terms with each other. Can >> you at least change the Subjec