Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2010 #190

2010-02-01 Thread Brian Denheyer
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 18:18:09 + (UTC) debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > And it looks like the drain just got stopped up. > The goals of grub are laudable. But the boot process is a very > hardware specific thing, and trying to create a "one size fits all" > boot loader that

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2010 #190

2010-02-01 Thread Brian Denheyer
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 18:18:09 + (UTC) debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > I am using sid too, but I installed apt-listbugs, which told me not > to upgrade grub-pc. So I was saved from it. Generaly I think it is a > good idea to have apt-listbugs. > Thierry I don't know what ap

don't upgrade grub or grub-pc ! what's wrong with LILO ?

2010-02-01 Thread Brian Denheyer
Imagine by surprise when I finished upgrading unstable and ended up with a system that wouldn't boot. And I'm not the only one, judging from the bug list. So notice to those running unstable, DON'T UPGRADE GRUB ! So you're probably wondering what my question is :-) Is there any good reason for

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2010 #186

2010-02-01 Thread Brian Denheyer
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:30:25 + (UTC) debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > I'm sorry guys, but I've switched to Ubuntu Server 9.10 Karmic Koala. > Tired of all debian driver problems, and a ubuntu live usb disc > running without problems I decided to switch. > > > > As far

Re: lockscreen/switch user issues

2009-11-24 Thread Brian Denheyer
> "Andrew" == Andrew Sackville-West writes: Andrew> only that I can confirm this is the case. It only seems to Andrew> happen when using switch user. I'd call it a bug that's a Andrew> feature. Some piece of code in the stack there is assuming Andrew> that since someone else is using

lockscreen/switch user issues

2009-11-24 Thread Brian Denheyer
This is using gnome (and the gnome wm, which is called ?): switch user you get the login prompt login now I get the xscreensaver prompt I check the screensaver prefs and not only is the lock screen option NOT checked, I've restarted the daemon a couple of times to make sure it's not set. Only i

Re: New Debian install problem

2009-11-19 Thread Brian Denheyer
al//EN">content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" Mike> http-equiv="Content-Type">bgcolor="#ff" text="#00"> Brian, I figured it Mike> out.  The problem was my ATI 9250 video card.  I Mike> went out today and bou

New Debian install problem

2009-11-18 Thread Brian Denheyer
Mike, A mouse pointer is a good thing as it means X is probably working. To get a login window you need a "display manager" of some sort. Usually its "gdm", but could also be mwm, kdm, and several others (I think). Make sure that gdm is installed, e.g. ii gdm2.20.10-1 GNOME

Re: Intel D945GSEJT LAN and Debian not working

2009-11-11 Thread Brian denheyer
On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Jean-François Pirlet wrote: realtek has just joined ati as something I will never spend money on again. Intel is about to join that list too. Huh, if you blacklist Realtek (Realtek chips are found almost everywhere...), Intel and Ati, given that Ati belongs to AMD, it's

gcc math functions

1997-11-05 Thread Brian Denheyer
name -c files.c -lm ^^^ -- Brian Denheyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Xdm Problem

1997-04-02 Thread Brian Denheyer
Well, I'm not sure if I understand what you are trying to do, but with a RH4.0 set-up all I did was set the init level to 5 to start up xdm. -- Brian Denheyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]