synaptic configuration differences between two Sid boxes

2009-08-10 Thread Damon Chesser
or ones reffering to Xorg (~./local-somepath/synaptic) Re-installed synaptic and I see the exact same thing and behavior. Why is it I see a different behavior from the same package on Gnome-Desktop. In fact, I routinely run rsync -rav /home/USER to sync the two machines. -- Damon Che

apt-ia32 is driving me nuts

2009-08-10 Thread Damon Chesser
? I know this is Sid, been using Sid for years. I know all about breakage, this just seems a bit overly complicated. -- Damon Chesser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Xorg-Xserver Config Issue

2009-08-08 Thread Damon Chesser
ht be your entire xorg.conf file. To start (and thus test xfce4 and X) you could run startxfce4 and see if it comes up or not. If not, start at the x11 logs. You might have to modify manually your xorg.conf file. HTH, still waking up, I tried hard to make sense. > -- Damon C

Re: A Laptop where all hardware is perfectly supported

2009-08-05 Thread Damon Chesser
don't need a road warrior, lots of processing power (you can run kvm machines on this box, for example) and an OUTSTANDING speaker system it can't be beat. Not all (most?) Toshibas are Linux friendly. I took a ubuntu disk with me when I was shopping to test. HTH > -- Damo

Re: Musings on debian-user list

2009-07-28 Thread Damon Chesser
hose of > us raised on Windoze it takes some time to transition over. :) > > Mark I always prefer a gui, a picture is worth a 1000 words. But I do detest GUI configuration tools. I use a term and nano/vim to edit the configuration files. Oh, and I use gnome w/compiz, run only the "t

Re: Moving to Sid (was Re: normal firefox for debian lenny 64bit?)

2009-07-22 Thread Damon Chesser
cing testing with unstable. > > > > > > 5. # apt(itude) update && apt(itude) dist-upgrade > > > > > > 6. Reboot, to activate new kernel. > > ..steps 4, 5 and 6 are necessary why? Me, I've > always been successful going straight to Sid. >

Re: Moving to Sid (was Re: normal firefox for debian lenny 64bit?)

2009-07-21 Thread Damon Chesser
kernel. > > 4. Edit sources.list, replacing testing with unstable. > > 5. # apt(itude) update && apt(itude) dist-upgrade > > 6. Reboot, to activate new kernel. > > > Certainly, though, I'm forgetting something. You are: comment out any reference

Re: how do i grep boobies

2009-06-27 Thread Damon Chesser
o be sed. > > > > Cybe R. Wizard > > ... this is just too ... titillating. > > > -- > Best regards, > > Chris > > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments > > "There's no place like 127.0.0.1" > > Awk! Those were really bad. -- Damon Chesser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: virt-manager only runs at 800x600

2009-06-27 Thread Damon Chesser
On Sat, 2009-06-27 at 11:16 -0400, Damon Chesser wrote: SNIP I tried to modify xorg.conf to read this: Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Monitor "Configured Monitor" Subsection "Display"

virt-manager only runs at 800x600

2009-06-27 Thread Damon Chesser
ved xorg.conf out of the way and have received the same result in Debian. Is this a case where the "new" xorg configuration is wrong? How do I get something usable in terms of resolution in a KVM machine using virt-manager? -- Damon Chesser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

virt-manager only runs at 800x600

2009-06-27 Thread Damon Chesser
ved xorg.conf out of the way and have received the same result in Debian. Is this a case where the "new" xorg configuration is wrong? How do I get something usable in terms of resolution in a KVM machine using virt-manager? -- Damon Chesser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Apt-Get udev and the Newest Kernel

2005-08-17 Thread Damon Chesser
On Wednesday 17 August 2005 21:15, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 01:05:47 -0400, David R Litwin > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I read entirely through the Creating Custom Kernels with Debian's > > Kernel-Package System and I don't think I really feel like doing > > that. It seem

Re: udev - easy setup ?

2005-08-05 Thread Damon Chesser
On Friday 05 August 2005 21:03, Sridhar M.A. wrote: > On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 03:20:00PM -0400, H. S. wrote: >> > Good! I'm glad to see things are coming along. I don't regularly >> > use either of the DEs and just use IceWM, so I haven't seen this >> > progression first hand. >>

Re: apt-get: Command not found.

2005-08-02 Thread Damon Chesser
On Tuesday 02 August 2005 02:05, James A. Donald wrote: > apt-get: Command not found. > > I am a newbie to linux. I recently installed Debian on a computer > that sits in a closet > > So I ssh in. I got Samba working fine, after tinkering with the > /etc/samba/smb.conf file to read: > > [global]

Re: Good GUI for essid selection?

2005-07-24 Thread Damon Chesser
On Sunday 24 July 2005 14:08, Nate Duehr wrote: > Damon Chesser wrote: > >>I'm perfectly able to script such a thing, but the average > >>user shouldn't be expected to do so. > > > > Of course not, but the average user does not set this up anyway, the IT

Re: Debian and wireless network cards

2005-07-23 Thread Damon Chesser
On Thursday 21 July 2005 19:06, Leonid Grinberg wrote: > Hello, > > I was asked by a friend to install Debian on his system. He asked me > about which wireless network cards Debian supports. Can anybody tell > me which ones (I personally don't use a wireless network so I wouldn't > know). > > Thank

Re: Debian and wireless network cards

2005-07-23 Thread Damon Chesser
On Thursday 21 July 2005 19:06, Leonid Grinberg wrote: > Hello, > > I was asked by a friend to install Debian on his system. He asked me > about which wireless network cards Debian supports. Can anybody tell > me which ones (I personally don't use a wireless network so I wouldn't > know). > > Thank

Re: Good GUI for essid selection?

2005-07-22 Thread Damon Chesser
On Friday 22 July 2005 19:33, Stephen R Laniel wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 09:18:29PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > Yes, it has. wpa-supplicant. And, as a working network has nothing to do > > with GUIs, it is a daemon. > > > > [...] > > > > > Is this sort of thing available? >

Re: Problem Setting DMA

2005-04-30 Thread Damon Chesser
On Saturday 30 April 2005 18:38, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Tim Jackson: > > >Normally I keep a copy of .config in the file /usr/src/konfig-2.6.8 and > > > > Being a total newbie to Linux I may be talking complete *!^% but here > > goes anyway. Having just compiled a kernel myself I was wo

Re: Problem Setting DMA

2005-04-30 Thread Damon Chesser
On Saturday 30 April 2005 18:38, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Tim Jackson: > > >Normally I keep a copy of .config in the file /usr/src/konfig-2.6.8 and > > > > Being a total newbie to Linux I may be talking complete *!^% but here > > goes anyway. Having just compiled a kernel myself I was wo

Can't use kb3 to copy cd's.

2004-11-04 Thread Damon Chesser
I have two devices: hdc > cd writer, hdd > cd reader. I can play audio cd's from hdd, I can mount cd's with mp3's and play them. I can burn ISO's on hdc or make data cd's with hdc using k3b. I never or almost never copy a cd. When I tried copying a cd from hdd to hdc via k3b, k3b reports th