Re: Help identifying an old wireless card

2012-08-02 Thread istimsak abdulbasir
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:53 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Any particular reason to write in private? Feel free to put back on > list. > > On Mi, 01 aug 12, 00:25:42, istimsak abdulbasir wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 1:22 AM, Andrei POPESCU >wrote: > > > > >

Re: Spam complaints

2012-08-01 Thread istimsak abdulbasir
I hate spam. There is not absolute resolution to it. On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:51 AM, Clive Standbridge < list-u...@tgstandbridges.plus.com> wrote: > To anyone who is bothered by spam on the list and is unsure what to do, > please: > > DON'T reply to the spam. > > DON'T quote the spam. > > DO Rea

Re: CPU usage measurement

2012-07-31 Thread istimsak abdulbasir
/proc is a virtual filesystem only used by the kernel for its own archive of system information. It is not a running process or is not treated like one. Here is a link of resource monitoring commands you may like, http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/resources.htm On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 9:03 AM, J.Hwan Ki

Re: PS2 Keyboard not working after latest update

2012-07-02 Thread istimsak abdulbasir
I have never encountered this problem before. All updates I did to squeeze never bothered my keyboard. Then again I am using a usb-keyboard. Not PS/2 connection type. I've noticed in the past using PS/2 keyboard they did not always work. I will have to do a little investigation on this matter. Howe

Re: howto fix grub

2012-06-12 Thread istimsak abdulbasir
Try installing grub on the drive with the mbr and try, update-grub On May 12, 2012 1:27 PM, "Charles Kroeger" wrote: > On Sat, 12 May 2012 17:10:02 +0200 > David Roguin wrote: > > > Hi, I'm running wheezy on a mixed boot layout: an efi boot and a grub > > installation on an ext4 partition. > > >

Re: Nvidia drivers problem Geforce 570, Have not used this model GPU, sorry.

2012-06-07 Thread Istimsak Abdulbasir
On 06/07/2012 08:11 PM, Nathan D'elboux wrote: Hello everyone! I wanted to know has anyone had any issues getting nvidia drivers working for a Geforce 5xx series card under Debian 6 squeeze? I'm running a Geforce 570 running a Dell 27" IPS screen that has a res of 2560 x 1440, the res isn't

Re: xml editor ?

2012-06-05 Thread istimsak abdulbasir
Try out LXDE. Its Window manager is openbox and the configuration file is xml based. However, I found little difficulty configuring it for special cases. On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Frank McCormick wrote: > On 05/06/12 05:16 PM, istimsak abdulbasir wrote: > >> On 03/06/12

Re: [OT] Re: Computer case

2012-06-05 Thread istimsak abdulbasir
Hi :) any recommendation for a computer case that can be used with Debian stable ;)? Ok, it's slightly OT, I'm sorry for that. However, experiences with cases regarding to noise (and heat), accuracy of fit for cards are interesting for me, others might be interested in space (and vertical stabilit

Re: mp280

2012-06-05 Thread istimsak abdulbasir
Never used that printer :( On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 3:26 PM, steef wrote: > > dear martin, > > thank you for your answer. the canon company has the appropriate > linux-software, which i installed and which is working like a charm. > > my problem is still the lack of (x)sane_backend_software: allth

Re: Re: xml editor ?

2012-06-05 Thread istimsak abdulbasir
On 03/06/12 09:52, Frank McCormick wrote: > > I am trying out a window manager which uses XML (uugh!) for it's > configuration file. > Making changes with a text editor has almost blinded me...what is the > "best" GUI editor which handles XML ?? > > Thanks What windows manager are you using? On T

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-05-10 Thread istimsak abdulbasir
If you are using squeeze, and it works they way you it to. Then it is best to leave it as so. I prefer Gnome2 amongst any DE:very stable and configurable. The hardware I have is capable of running Gnome3, but I need something that will run on all hardware. If it ain't broken, don't fix it. On Thu

Re: No sound from Gnash in Iceweasel or Epiphany or from VLC

2012-04-07 Thread istimsak abdulbasir
In squeeze, to get sound working I use this command, #sudo alsa force-reload Works all the time. On Apr 7, 2012 3:46 PM, "Florian Kulzer" wrote: > (Please try to turn off the HTML part of your messages.) > > On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 14:19:15 -0400, Kevin Williams wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The video

Re: Latest Linux Kernel 3.x.x Series Compiled for Ubuntu and Debian Linux

2012-03-17 Thread istimsak abdulbasir
Thanks for letting me know. On Mar 17, 2012 7:34 PM, "Steven Post" wrote: > On Sat, 2012-03-17 at 12:53 -0400, Brad Alexander wrote: > > Concur with Henrique. If you really want the latest Debian offers, the > > proper way to do it would be to add the experimental repository to > > your sources.l