only GDM3 greeter screen works

2013-09-12 Thread Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.
Hello, Apparently I have mucked something up. The GDM3 greeter screen (i.e. the screen that displays your name, and solicits the password) functions, but it will not sign me on. I can sign on via a terminal session, so it isn't a userid or password problem. I've run "dpkg-reconfigure gdm3", b

under GDM3 printer outputs only blank pages

2013-09-11 Thread Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.
Hello: I finally upgraded to Wheezy and GDM3 in August. Since then, my Postscript printer which functioned correctly under GDM2 outputs ONLY blank pages when print requests are submitted to CUPS. The printer does function correctly if I run: cat PS_FILE.ps > /dev/lp0 But using "lp PS_F

Re: MSI N210 graphics card causes boot failure

2012-01-05 Thread Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.
Sven: On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 11:29:51AM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-12-31 21:41 +0100, Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph. wrote: > > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 04:41:11PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: ---snip--- > It is essential to find out why it does not work. You might w

Re: MSI N210 graphics card causes boot failure

2012-01-01 Thread Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.
Sven: I have executed the recommended procedure. I didn't appreciate the need for the remote login until you explained the purpose - sorry for the delay. On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 11:29:51AM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-12-31 21:41 +0100, Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph. wrote: &

Re: MSI N210 graphics card causes boot failure

2011-12-31 Thread Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.
Sven and Camaleón: Thankyou for the replies and suggestions. I have made some progress. See below. On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 04:41:11PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-12-31 16:31 +0100, Camaleón wrote: > > > On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:30:30 -0700, Dean Allen Provins, P.

MSI N210 graphics card causes boot failure

2011-12-31 Thread Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.
Hello: My nVidia GeForce 6600 GT card started to act up, so I purchased an inexpensive MSI N210 card (which uses the 210 nVidia chipset). The salesman said I'd be happier with it! Sadly, after the the initial boot sequence lines of text (in regular VGA font) appear, the screen goes blank, and the

Re: OT programming languages/ systems for advanced applications on Linux

2011-12-24 Thread Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 11:46:23PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > On 12/23/2011 07:57 AM, Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph. wrote: > >I noted your comments on Python, and while I haven't any > >experience with the 2 -> 3 transition, I am inclined to prefer > >it. I

Re: OT programming languages/ systems for advanced applications on Linux

2011-12-23 Thread Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.
David: On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 02:14:44PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > Someone wrote: > >I am like you and wrote most of my C++ during the > >early years of the language. I used the AT&T Cfront version 1.2 > >compiler for years. Always on Unix machines and never on Windows. > > > >I have be

Re: web page image alignment

2011-04-20 Thread Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.
Wayne and Weaver: On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 08:02:43PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > On 04/19/2011 07:47 PM, Heddle Weaver wrote: > >On 20 April 2011 07:33, Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.< > >provi...@telusplanet.net> wrote: > > > >>Hello: > >> > >

web page image alignment

2011-04-19 Thread Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.
Hello: I'm trying to use the Writer program to put a web page together. I want to include some images, and I'd like to cut back on the document length. I tried placing the PNG images side by side (I used the LEFT alignment and RIGHT alignment controls on the menu bar), and they looked just fin

arbitrary disk name assignment affects dump/restore

2011-04-18 Thread Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.
Andrei, Stan and Paul: Thanks for the replies. I was unaware that "/dev/disk/*" existed. I must have missed that lesson during the last upgrade. I appreciate your assistance. Regards from Calgary, Dean -- Dean Provins, P. Geoph. dprov...@a

arbitrary disk name assignment affects dump/restore

2011-04-16 Thread Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.
Hello I have used "dump" and "restore" to perform system backups for many years. Since upgrading to Debian 6.x, I have not been able to obtain consistent and reliable dumps for the following reason: Sometimes. my single fixed disk is labeled as /dev/sda, but At other times, it is labeled