Re: Debian sid - kernel modules do not compile - too many open files

2014-06-28 Thread MRH
On 20/06/14 22:43, MRH wrote: Hi, Sorry - a bit long perhaps. But I have no idea what has happened and how should I fix the problem in a 'proper' way. The story: Recently I noticed a weird problem. I'm not sure when it has happened, but since some time the kernel modules

Debian sid - kernel modules do not compile - too many open files

2014-06-20 Thread MRH
Hi, Sorry - a bit long perhaps. But I have no idea what has happened and how should I fix the problem in a 'proper' way. The story: Recently I noticed a weird problem. I'm not sure when it has happened, but since some time the kernel modules do not compile / initramfs do not update on kernel

Re: Samsung CLX4195FN

2013-12-15 Thread MRH
On 13/12/13 10:24, Lisi Reisz wrote: Has anyone used one of these successfully with Linux? I have never had an all-in-one, so have no experience. If the answer is no, what laser all-in-ones would anyone recommend? Thanks, Lisi Hi, I use Samsung colour laser printer CLP series, works prett

Re: Debian sid and AMD/ATI Richland [Radeon HD 8670D]

2013-10-17 Thread MRH
Hi, On 17/10/13 14:42, Luis Bandarra wrote: Hi, On 09-10-2013 23:05, MRH wrote: Hi, I'd need some help with ATI GPU. Is it correct that for that processor (AMD A10 6700 - with integrated Radeon HD 8670D) I need flgrx non-free drivers to enjoy 3d support (ie to get Gnome 3 working - a

Re: Debian sid and AMD/ATI Richland [Radeon HD 8670D]

2013-10-16 Thread MRH
On 09/10/13 23:05, MRH wrote: Hi, I'd need some help with ATI GPU. Is it correct that for that processor (AMD A10 6700 - with integrated Radeon HD 8670D) I need flgrx non-free drivers to enjoy 3d support (ie to get Gnome 3 working - at the moment it goes to the fallback mode). I've g

Debian sid and AMD/ATI Richland [Radeon HD 8670D]

2013-10-09 Thread MRH
Hi, I'd need some help with ATI GPU. Is it correct that for that processor (AMD A10 6700 - with integrated Radeon HD 8670D) I need flgrx non-free drivers to enjoy 3d support (ie to get Gnome 3 working - at the moment it goes to the fallback mode). I've got xserver-xorg-video-radeon and mesa l

Re: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-12 Thread MRH
On 12/07/13 01:58, Jeff Bauer wrote: On 07/11/2013 08:42 PM, David Guntner wrote: Is there a Linux backup package that will do pretty much what I described above? I know of no such package, though there very well may be one available. On the other hand, a simple back up script using rsync can

Re: Stock kernel not working with raid / lvm setup [SOLVED]

2013-07-10 Thread MRH
On 10/07/13 01:11, Dick William Thomas wrote: On 09/07/13 23:49, MRH wrote: For years I've been using self-build kernels (from kernel.org) for this or that reason. Recently I decided to use debian stock kernel instead. Should be so much easier and faster. Well, it did not work. I

Stock kernel not working with raid / lvm setup

2013-07-09 Thread MRH
For years I've been using self-build kernels (from kernel.org) for this or that reason. Recently I decided to use debian stock kernel instead. Should be so much easier and faster. Well, it did not work. I have installed linux-headers-3.9-1-amd64 linux-image-3.9-1-amd64 (I run amd64, debian whee

Re: grub2 floppy seek - how to switch off?

2013-07-09 Thread MRH
On 09/07/13 08:12, dulev wrote: On Mon, 08 Jul 2013 22:12:16 +0100, MRH wrote: Just to bump the question (below) - anyone, any ideas, please? On 23/06/13 16:56, MRH wrote: Hi, I have a problem with grub2. Recently (after updating to wheezy) grub has been upgraded to grub2. All fine and well

Re: grub2 floppy seek - how to switch off?

2013-07-08 Thread MRH
Just to bump the question (below) - anyone, any ideas, please? On 23/06/13 16:56, MRH wrote: Hi, I have a problem with grub2. Recently (after updating to wheezy) grub has been upgraded to grub2. All fine and well, but it started long floppy seek at the boot, which is sort of annoying, as

Re: GNOME 3 non-responsive?

2013-06-25 Thread MRH
On 24/06/13 10:22, Stephen Allen wrote: On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 05:02:39PM +0100, MRH wrote: Hi, I run Debian wheezy/sid. After recent updates (resulting in mix of GNOME 3.4 / 3.8 the new gnome shell has became unresponsive. I mean I can log in, but then there is no top panel, no window top

GNOME 3 non-responsive?

2013-06-23 Thread MRH
Hi, I run Debian wheezy/sid. After recent updates (resulting in mix of GNOME 3.4 / 3.8 the new gnome shell has became unresponsive. I mean I can log in, but then there is no top panel, no window top frames (so I cannot minimise / close windows), I cannot access windows / activities. To log of

grub2 floppy seek - how to switch off?

2013-06-23 Thread MRH
Hi, I have a problem with grub2. Recently (after updating to wheezy) grub has been upgraded to grub2. All fine and well, but it started long floppy seek at the boot, which is sort of annoying, as it's a home PC, switched on every day. I tried looking for solution, but I could not find anyt

Re: Data Archiving

2013-04-10 Thread MRH
On 08/04/13 20:59, Rob Owens wrote: On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 09:30:52AM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: As for as OCR vs retyping vs scan and preses - still up in the air at this point. I suspect that all three methods might be used. There are commercial companies that will do bulk scanning and OCR.

Re: icedove 8.0-2 not opening http links in browser [SOLVED]

2012-02-07 Thread MRH
On 05/02/12 07:20, Michael Biebl wrote: [...] I was bitten by this bug too so I did some debugging and I think I found the culprit. Please see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=658479#15 Cheers, Michael Thank you very much! This was it, once I copied the manifest file it star

Re: Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000 keyboard

2012-01-24 Thread MRH
On 24/01/12 10:25, Andreas Weber wrote: On 2012-01-24 02:08, Ashton Fagg wrote: Can anyone tell me how the Microsoft Natural Ergonomics 4000 keyboard works with Debian (and if possible, also with XFCE) in regards to the multimedia keys etc? I'm not afraid of having to deal with Xmodmap. It wor

Re: icedove 8.0-2 not opening http links in browser

2012-01-24 Thread MRH
On 23/01/12 09:14, Alberto Fuentes wrote: On 01/20/2012 08:46 PM, MRH wrote: On 20/01/12 10:19, Alberto Fuentes wrote: On 01/20/2012 10:10 AM, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: Did you check "Preferences -> Attachments" for "ftp", "http", and "https"? i a

Re: icedove 8.0-2 not opening http links in browser

2012-01-23 Thread MRH
On 20/01/12 19:45, MRH wrote: [...] Try changing those to:- network.protocol-handler.app.http => user set => string => /usr/bin/iceweasel network.protocol-handler.app.https => user set => string => /usr/bin/iceweasel I'll try it tonight, but this seems wrong - inst

Re: icedove 8.0-2 not opening http links in browser

2012-01-20 Thread MRH
On 20/01/12 10:19, Alberto Fuentes wrote: On 01/20/2012 10:10 AM, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: Did you check "Preferences -> Attachments" for "ftp", "http", and "https"? i am having the same issue, and the attachment tab is empty greets! aL The same. The worst thing I don't remember how was it

Re: icedove 8.0-2 not opening http links in browser

2012-01-20 Thread MRH
On 20/01/12 04:27, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 20/01/12 10:09, MRH wrote: Hi, After my recent update (Debian sid on amd64, icedove 8.0-2, iceweasel 9.0.1-1) everytime I click a link in email it asks me to choose an aplication to open the link with (Launch Application). I'm aware I can c

icedove 8.0-2 not opening http links in browser

2012-01-19 Thread MRH
Hi, After my recent update (Debian sid on amd64, icedove 8.0-2, iceweasel 9.0.1-1) everytime I click a link in email it asks me to choose an aplication to open the link with (Launch Application). I'm aware I can choose Iceweasel and tick to always use it, but I think it should (and did) use a

RAID 1 problem after removing disk

2011-08-15 Thread MRH
Hi, I have an odd problem with my RAID 1 (/dev/md2) setup on Debian (sid). It used to be a 2 HDD configuration: /dev/sdc1, /dev/sdd1 Recently sdc1 started warning me with SMART errors, so I decided to replace it with a new drive (/dev/sde1). Perhaps foolishly, I used gnome-disk-utility (palim

Re: Game for toddlers

2011-07-04 Thread MRH
On 04/07/11 21:51, T o n g wrote: Hi, Do you have any *first hand experiences* of games available in Debian that toddlers of 2 to 4 can enjoy? Or, a bit OT, your *first hand experiences* of online games for toddlers please? I found my child extremely slow in picking up the idea of the games --

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-24 Thread MRH
On 23/01/11 04:53, Cameron Hutchison wrote: "tv.deb...@googlemail.com" writes: The problem with extraversion and 2.6.37 is known, it's been reported here if I remember, look for a message starting with "kernel-package: 2.6.37" in the archives. But since it seems to affect only proprietary soft

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-24 Thread MRH
On 22/01/11 23:03, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: [...] I have the same setup, I build my kernel (2.6.37 currently) with kernel-package and both nvidia and VirtualBox 4 work fine (they build automatically with dkms). I don't use extraversion, only --append-to-version and --revision. The problem

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-22 Thread MRH
On 22/01/11 19:42, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In<4d3b20c8.3080...@o2.pl>, MRH wrote: CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o In file included from /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/include/VBox/types.h:30, from /var/li

VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-22 Thread MRH
VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules:done.. Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS: Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.38-rc1.mrh.01 (x86_64) Consult the make.log in the build directory /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/ for more information. Failed, trying without

Re: (picture) image manipulation program

2009-08-09 Thread MRH
Adrian Levi wrote: I'd like to hear some responses for what people use as a quick and dirty image manipulation program. Main features I'm looking for are:- re-size(smaller), rotate, convert to ... I realise there is the gimp but it's probably overkill for what I want and it's features are more a

Re: ia32-apt-get or libc6-i386 on amd64, debian sid?

2009-07-21 Thread MRH
Svenn Are Bjerkem wrote: 2009/7/19 MRH : I'm pretty confused with the latest changes in sid on amd64. Do ia32-* packages replace -i386 packages or they are alternatives? After 'upgrading' to ia32-apt-get I lost wine (however I found there is ia32-wine, which unfortunately is n

ia32-apt-get or libc6-i386 on amd64, debian sid?

2009-07-19 Thread MRH
I'm pretty confused with the latest changes in sid on amd64. Do ia32-* packages replace -i386 packages or they are alternatives? After 'upgrading' to ia32-apt-get I lost wine (however I found there is ia32-wine, which unfortunately is not displayed in synaptic and I'm not sure if it replaces wi

Re: Virtualisation / Xen with home-compiled kernel on sid?

2009-06-27 Thread MRH
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 11:44:49PM +0100, MRH wrote: 1) Is Xen a way to go? Not sure. 2) If so, how can I use the existing kernel? Do I need to compile xen too? The Xen Dom0 code has not been included in the kernel yet. KVM's code got in much sooner. So testin

Re: Virtualisation / Xen with home-compiled kernel on sid?

2009-06-27 Thread MRH
chinna p wrote: Hi MRH, There is one website which is a good reference to virtualization. Here it is " http://www.virtuatopia.com/index.php/Main_Page " I think it can help u... All the best bye, -- Ashok Varma Thanks - scheduled for reading :) Kind regards, -- Michal R. Hoffma

Re: Virtualisation / Xen with home-compiled kernel on sid?

2009-06-27 Thread MRH
Victor Padro wrote: On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 5:44 PM, MRH wrote: Recently I decided to play a bit with MS Windows 7RC on my PC. My main OS at home is Debian sid which I really like and it is a bit bothersome to reboot each time I want to check something on MSWin, I thought about using

Virtualisation / Xen with home-compiled kernel on sid?

2009-06-26 Thread MRH
Recently I decided to play a bit with MS Windows 7RC on my PC. My main OS at home is Debian sid which I really like and it is a bit bothersome to reboot each time I want to check something on MSWin, I thought about using virtualisation. First I thought about Xen or KVM. I'm a total novice at t

Re: AltGr broken in GTK apps (?) since yesterday's upgrade

2009-06-06 Thread MRH
Davide Mancusi wrote: Running Sid. I upgraded some 400 packages yesterday and since then the AltGr key has stopped working in some applications, notably Iceweasel and Claws Mail (i.e. the applications I use 90% of the time, of course). Specifically, when I press AltGr + any key, nothing h

How to mount .iso file from NFS share?

2007-12-04 Thread MRH
Good evening all :) I hope it's not off-topic. I have a problem with mounting an .iso file from a mounted NFS share on my Debian sid. The NFS share is mounted in my home subdirectory (by fstab): $ cat /etc/fstab ... nfsserver:/user0 /home/user0/test nfs defaults,bg 0 0 ... $ ls ~/test MyCD.is

Re: Which AM2 motherboard and chipset do you use?

2007-11-21 Thread MRH
On 20/11/07 16:39,Augustin wrote: Hello, As mentioned is a previous thread, my current computer is having some hardware problems that prevent me from installing Debian (It is currently running Mandriva). Since I have some cash coming in, I am now definitely looking at buying a new computer

Re: printing a scanned document

2007-11-15 Thread MRH
Dnia 15/11/07 19:12,Hugo Vanwoerkom napisał: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I was sent a scanned document, it was a .jpeg file. So I downloaded the .jpeg and used display to view it. Then I printed it, but it was about 1/2 the size of a sheet of paper and hard to read. So I used display to resiz

Re: Wine + Diablo II LOD + 3D on nvidia = white screen?

2007-11-08 Thread MRH
On 08/11/07 12:06,Stephan Seitz wrote: [] xorg.conf is the right place and DefaultDepth is the right option, but do have a color definition in die Display-Subsection, e.g.: Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Ati Radeon9250" Monitor

Re: Wine + Diablo II LOD + 3D on nvidia = white screen?

2007-11-07 Thread MRH
Dnia 07/11/07 23:19,Rob Bochan napisał: On Wednesday 07 November 2007 06:16:13 pm MRH wrote: I don't play games much, but sometimes it'd be nice to be able to. I have a problem with Diablo II Lord of Destruction (expansion pack) game. It works fine in DirectDraw 2D mode but is not

Wine + Diablo II LOD + 3D on nvidia = white screen?

2007-11-07 Thread MRH
I don't play games much, but sometimes it'd be nice to be able to. I have a problem with Diablo II Lord of Destruction (expansion pack) game. It works fine in DirectDraw 2D mode but is not so 'shiny', it looks much better in Direct3D. When I set it up to run in 3D HAL mode it starts OK, but the

Re: intall nvidia driver on debian lenny

2007-10-29 Thread MRH
Dnia 29/10/07 20:50,Nick Lidakis napisał: Bogdan Marian wrote: Hello. Yes, it was running with the free version of the driver. I can successfully start if i change the Driver section to "nv" from "nvidia". In fact, that's how i'm able to send you this mail. I had a similar problem once;

Re: Debian Sid, Xorg - mouse doesn't work

2007-10-26 Thread MRH
Dnia 26/10/07 04:06,Andrew Sackville-West napisał: On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 08:36:24PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: MRH([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hi, > > I have a problem after I apt-upgraded Debian Sid a couple of days ago. It > seems that some xserver-xorg-* or h

Debian Sid, Xorg - mouse doesn't work

2007-10-25 Thread MRH
Hi, I have a problem after I apt-upgraded Debian Sid a couple of days ago. It seems that some xserver-xorg-* or hal* packages broke my mouse in X. The result is I have no working mouse in X - it displays cursor, that's it. I managed to operate the mouse with keyboard 'emulation', but it's ver

Re: Motherboard Recommendation

2007-10-04 Thread MRH
Dnia 04/10/07 05:35,Chris Bannister napisał: On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 06:46:47PM -0400, Eric Estes wrote: Can anyone recommend a good AMD (socket A2 - Athlon 64 X2) motherboard that has good Linux support? I'm sending back my Shuttle to newegg and need a replacement asap. Hi Eric, I am disa

Debian Sid AMD64, lazarus / FreePascal and GTK2

2007-10-03 Thread MRH
Hi, anyone succeeded in building lazarus to use GTK2 widgets on Debian Sid AMD64? I followed the guide: http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/GTK2_Interface but when I try to build I get an error: make[2]: *** [../../units/x86_64-linux/gtk2] Error 1 Not very helpful. I have libgtk2.0-dev install

Re: NFS and quotas

2007-10-03 Thread MRH
Dnia 03/10/07 20:42,Daniel Mahoney napisał: I've got a Debian Sarge machine that is mounting it's user directories via NFS from a NAS appliance. Id' really like to get quotas running but I'm not having a lot of luck. I've tried adding "quota" and "usrquota" to the fstab flags for the NFS-mounted

Re: Motherboard Recommendation

2007-10-03 Thread MRH
Dnia 03/10/07 14:54,Douglas A. Tutty napisał: On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 06:46:47PM -0400, Eric Estes wrote: Can anyone recommend a good AMD (socket A2 - Athlon 64 X2) motherboard that has good Linux support? I'm sending back my Shuttle to newegg and need a replacement asap. I'm running an Asus M

Re: Recommended MPLAYER config for old computers

2007-10-03 Thread MRH
Dnia 02/10/07 08:13,Amit Uttamchandani napisał: [] I tried out the settings but it still doesn't seem to help. I get a bunch of these errors repeatedly. a52: CRC check failed! a52: error at resampling a52: CRC check failed! 5.666 ct: 0.295 138/135 13% 5% 100.0% 127 0 1% a52: error at resamp

Re: Recommended MPLAYER config for old computers

2007-10-01 Thread MRH
Dnia 01/10/07 09:16,Amit Uttamchandani napisał: Hey guys, Trying to use mplayer to watch DVDs but it is quite slow. A lot of artifacts and buffering. Quite unwatchable. I have been tweaking a few settings here and there but I thought I'd ask from more experience users out there. A few setting

A4-tech 2-wheels and 5-buttons mouse

2004-04-13 Thread MRH
Hello, I have A4-tech mouse (USB/PS2) with 2 wheels and 5 buttons. Is it possible to use them all under X (xfree86 4.3.x)? I can configure with ImPS/2, that I have available 3 buttons and 2 wheels, but still I cannot use 2 buttons. Any hints? Debian unstable, kernel 2.4.23 (soon 2.6.x), xfree8