Make your life happier - uninstall FGLRX drivers!

Hi, I thought I might share my experience regarding the FGLRX drivers, as they are still widely used, possibly also by many on this list. I own a Thinkpad W500 with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 graphics card. When I installed Debian Squeeze on it, I didn't seriously consider not installing

debian-multimedia.org gone?

Dear all, does anyone know, what has happened to debian-multimedia.org? The web page is gone and the repository is empty. Has Christian Marillat given up? Thanks Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact list

Re: compiz on Debian Sid: jerking video replay

Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > I would go down the entire chain and check for differences: > > - same video (file/disk/whatever) > - same player and especially check the output options and filters (e.g > Xv seems to behave better on intel than GL, at least on my box) > -

Re: X doesn't start after installing debian

Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 03/13/08 01:23, Jan Brosius wrote: >> I installed debian 4.0 r3 amd64 on my laptop an Acer Aspire 9920. The >> graphic card is Nvidia 8600M. >> The installation went well until after the reboot. Then the X server >> didn't start. I installed then with

compiz on Debian Sid: jerking video replay

Dear all, I have been trying compiz for a while now on two daily updated Debian Sid installations, one with an NVidia card supported by the proprietary drivers and one with an onboard graphic chip supported by the Free/Open Source intel driver, which also has full hardware acceleration. It works

Re: Kernel panic: No init found.

Reid Mumford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, sean finney wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:09:50PM -0500, Reid Mumford wrote: > > > EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended > > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). > > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 f

ht:/Dig HD space consumption

Hello, on my box the htdig package is used to index locally available documentation. What turns out to be a problem is that while indexing it consumes mad amounts of HD space. du -sh /usr/share/doc reveals that I have 378 MByte of documentation installed. While indexing, htdig consumes up to 1,2 G

Re: Newbie parallel port config problem.

Anita Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 20:22:34 +1200, Mac wrote: > > Clean install of Woody with 2.4.18 kernel. > > Have tried building parallel port into kernel and as module, and with both > > methods the parallel port is unrecognised during printer > > installation/config

Re: Graphik frontend for debian packet management ?

Michael Gehm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > does exist a graphic frontend for debian packet management (deselect, > aptitude) like e.g. kpackage for rpm ? kpackage works well as an APT frontend, too. Have a look at its settings menu, choose the "package types" tab and enable "APT: Debian". (This

Re: Strange Problem with Promise Card and Zip drive

Gordon Talge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am running Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 v 4. Kernel is 2.2.19 with > the promise support compiled into the kernel. > > I have a Promise Card to add IDE devices to my system. > I have a IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI hooked up to the card as > hde and a Maxtor 5T060H6

Re: Problem recognising floppy with debian

Crispin Wellington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 15:47, shane wrote: > > G'day, I have just installed Debian on an old IBM 486SL so that I > >can learn GNU/Linux for my university subject. > > > > I have installed the OP successfully using just the A drive though > >now that