Re: OT: Questions about (buying and) using a laptop docking station

2020-03-22 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-03-22 17:37, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to all who replied, to either this thread or my other related one, "Speed of USB ports on Inspiron 1501". In that other thread, I point out that I decided to buy a Wavlink 3.0 docking station (with HDMI, DVI, and VGA video outputs) (on sale t

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-22 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2020-03-22 21:57 -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2020-03-22 at 21:21, Marc Shapiro wrote: > >> Supposedly, one can install/upgrade to Buster while maintaining sysv >> as init. Or has this changed. Over the past several months I have >> been attempting to upgrade to Buster, but I have been com

Re: Speed of USB ports on Inspiron 1501

2020-03-22 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-03-22 17:30, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to all who replied, to either this thread or my other related one, "OT: Questions about (buying and) using a laptop docking station". On Sunday, March 22, 2020 03:37:57 PM David Christensen wrote: ... So, ~$110 for better wired network pe

Re: Buster without systemd?

2020-03-22 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-03-22 at 21:21, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Supposedly, one can install/upgrade to Buster while maintaining sysv > as init. Or has this changed. Over the past several months I have > been attempting to upgrade to Buster, but I have been completely > unsuccessful. > > Has anyone managed to upg

Buster without systemd?

2020-03-22 Thread Marc Shapiro
Supposedly, one can install/upgrade to Buster while maintaining sysv as init.  Or has this changed.  Over the past several months I have been attempting to upgrade to Buster, but I have been completely unsuccessful. Has anyone managed to upgrade to Buster without installing systemd, or jumping

Re: Debian 10 Installation Question

2020-03-22 Thread Imre Tóth
Hello, I also can recommend for you that, better if you reinstall your system from zero. The installer is very easy. If you'll confuse in the questions, it can be a good idea if you posting the question and the people will support you from here. Ciao, Imre On 2020. 03. 22. 18:58, "Brian"

Re: OT: Questions about (buying and) using a laptop docking station

2020-03-22 Thread rhkramer
Thanks to all who replied, to either this thread or my other related one, "Speed of USB ports on Inspiron 1501". In that other thread, I point out that I decided to buy a Wavlink 3.0 docking station (with HDMI, DVI, and VGA video outputs) (on sale today at Newegg) and a dual USB 3.0 ExpressCard

Re: Speed of USB ports on Inspiron 1501

2020-03-22 Thread rhkramer
Thanks to all who replied, to either this thread or my other related one, "OT: Questions about (buying and) using a laptop docking station". On Sunday, March 22, 2020 03:37:57 PM David Christensen wrote: ... > So, ~$110 for better wired network performance and the convenience of > one cable vs

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Bernd Gruber
Brad Rogers wrote: > Failed to start NVIDIA Persistence Daemon have you looked this up, I find it several times on ddg. what does dmesg say? Can you install systemd-bootchart and have a look at the bootchart (probably on another machine)? Bernd

Re: Speed of USB ports on Inspiron 1501

2020-03-22 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-03-22 10:10, rhkramer wrote: Background: I'm now thinking about buying a Wavlink USB 3.0 Display Universal Docking Station Dual Video HDMI/DVI/VGA, USB 3.0 & USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet Ports, Earphone & Mic in/out, Plug and Play For Windows Mac & Android 5.x Above - Black to use as a doc

Re: Debian 10 Installation Question

2020-03-22 Thread Kent West
On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 11:27 AM Jakub Kuzmicki wrote: > Hello, > > I recently installed Debian 10 on my Dell XPS 15 7590. I was able to get >> through majority of the installation up until the network mirroring >> portion. I skipped that part since I wasn't able to find a recognizable >> mirror

Re: Speed of USB ports on Inspiron 1501

2020-03-22 Thread deloptes
rhkramer wrote: > I don't know if maybe one of them (usb1) is 480 Mbps and the others are 12 > Mbps, or maybe the 480 Mbps is either an internal port (with no physical > port) or maybe something like a bus speed for the combination of all 6 USB > ports. > check if you have loaded xhci_* driver

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 14:00:49 -0400 Marc Auslander wrote: Hello Marc, >Could it be https://wiki.debian.org/BoottimeEntropyStarvation I thought that had been resolved some while ago. However, no amount of random keypressing resulted in progress. Thanks for the suggestion. -- Regards _

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Marc Auslander
On 3/22/2020 10:50 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: Hello, For the first time, I'm having problems installing Debian testing on new hardware; Asus TUF X570 Plus mobo with onboard Realtek network L8200A i/f As things stand, it /seems/ that the boot process is waiting for the network interface to come up,

[Solved] Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 17:43:56 + Daniel Harris wrote: Hello Daniel, >are you using dhcp or static ip addresses I never entered addresses for IP during installation, so dhcp I suspect. >what is in /etc/resolv.conf search home nameserver 192.168.1.1 nameserver 2001:8b0::2020 nameserver 2001:8

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Daniel Harris
So you say you can ping your local lan. That indicated your networking is working. are you using dhcp or static ip addresses what is in /etc/resolv.conf On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 5:16 PM Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 13:02:07 -0400 > Felix Miata wrote: > > Hello Felix, > > >Just a

Speed of USB ports on Inspiron 1501

2020-03-22 Thread rhkramer
Background: I'm now thinking about buying a Wavlink USB 3.0 Display Universal Docking Station Dual Video HDMI/DVI/VGA, USB 3.0 & USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet Ports, Earphone & Mic in/out, Plug and Play For Windows Mac & Android 5.x Above - Black to use as a docking station for my Inspiron 1501

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 13:02:07 -0400 Felix Miata wrote: Hello Felix, >Just a thought: try another net install, this time configuring a static >IP via installation cmdline options. Two options already - yours and Daniel's. That's what's so good about this list. Thanks Felix. I know re-installin

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Felix Miata
Brad Rogers composed on 2020-03-22 14:43 (UTC): > The OS was installed using a net-install CD, so clearly, the network > card is working. Having never previously encountered network i/f issues > myself, I'm really rather at a loss as to how I should proceed. Just a thought: try another net insta

Re: Debian 10 Installation Question

2020-03-22 Thread Daniel Harris
If you have installed debian then you can setup a mirror in /etc/apt/sources.list. But that assumes you are at a debian terminal and not some grub terminal. if you can ping out look in /etc/apt/sources and edit that file # # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 10.0.0 _Buster_ - Official amd64 NETINST 2

Re: Debian 10 Installation Question

2020-03-22 Thread Brian
On Sun 22 Mar 2020 at 11:08:53 -0500, Jakub Kuzmicki wrote: > Hello, > > I recently installed Debian 10 on my Dell XPS 15 7590. I was able to get > > through majority of the installation up until the network mirroring > > portion. I skipped that part since I wasn't able to find a recognizable > >

Re: Debian 10 Installation Question

2020-03-22 Thread Joe
On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 11:08:53 -0500 Jakub Kuzmicki wrote: > Hello, > > I recently installed Debian 10 on my Dell XPS 15 7590. I was able to > get > > through majority of the installation up until the network mirroring > > portion. I skipped that part since I wasn't able to find a > > recognizable

Re: Debian 10 Installation Question

2020-03-22 Thread Henning Follmann
On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 11:08:53AM -0500, Jakub Kuzmicki wrote: > Hello, > > I recently installed Debian 10 on my Dell XPS 15 7590. I was able to get > > through majority of the installation up until the network mirroring > > portion. I skipped that part since I wasn't able to find a recognizable

Debian 10 Installation Question

2020-03-22 Thread Jakub Kuzmicki
Hello, I recently installed Debian 10 on my Dell XPS 15 7590. I was able to get > through majority of the installation up until the network mirroring > portion. I skipped that part since I wasn't able to find a recognizable > mirror to use. So now, when I turn on my computer and boot Debian, I am

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 16:07:42 + Daniel Harris wrote: Hello Daniel, >One thing, but if your networking was working during the install why did >you install firmware-realtek. I would try removing that. Linux keeps Because networking was failing after the install in any case, and there was men

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Daniel Harris
dont even try and install any gui stuff. (networking should get setup even with the most minimal setup. Just do a very minimal install test networking (ping) then do a dist upgrade to testing and then installl X stuff. One thing, but if your networking was working during the install why did you

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 14:57:47 + Daniel Harris wrote: Hello Daniel, >I would probably try a minimal debian stable (providing it works on your >new hardware) install and if that works then do a dist upgrade to >testing. I'll keep it in mind, but a previous attempt at installing stable wouldn't

Re: Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Daniel Harris
I would probably try a minimal debian stable (providing it works on your new hardware) install and if that works then do a dist upgrade to testing. probably quicker than trying to debug your issue. Good luck Dan On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 2:44 PM Brad Rogers wrote: > Hello, > > For the first time

Boot process hangs at, it seems, network initialisation

2020-03-22 Thread Brad Rogers
Hello, For the first time, I'm having problems installing Debian testing on new hardware; Asus TUF X570 Plus mobo with onboard Realtek network L8200A i/f As things stand, it /seems/ that the boot process is waiting for the network interface to come up, before proceeding to start the SDDM log in