Re: Can't install gnome-desktop-environment

2011-12-13 Thread Matt Harrison
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > Attempting to install gnome-desktop-environment gets me: > > gnome-desktop-environment: >  Depends: gnome-core but it is not going to be installed >  Depends: alacarte but it is not going to be installed >  Depends: cheese but it is not goin

Re: Wireless usb device not working [SOLVED]

2011-11-17 Thread Matt Harrison
I found a post on the Linux Mint Forums that fixed my issue. I ran the following commands: echo 'install rt2870sta modprobe --ignore-install rt2870sta ; /bin/echo "1737 0078" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rt2870/new_id' | tee /etc/modprobe.d/rt2870sta.conf modprobe -rf rt2870sta modprobe rt2870sta dmesg

Wireless usb device not working

2011-11-17 Thread Matt Harrison
I recently purchased a Linksys wireless USB device. When I plug it in and run lsusb I see the following: Bus 001 Device 006: ID 1737:0078 Linksys WUSB100 v2 RangePlus Wireless Network Adapter [Ralink RT3070] I install firmware-ralink and wireless-tools after checking the Debian Wiki and determ

Re: Why is exim installed by default?

2011-10-16 Thread Matt Harrison
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:47:44 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote: > >> Why is an MTA (exim) installed by deafult on Squeeze even if the 'Mail >> Server' option is not selected during installation? Does it actually >> serve any purpose on an out of the bo

Re: How to unlock apt-get?

2011-10-09 Thread Matt Harrison
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Bill.M wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm having a problem with apt-get. I seem to be locked out of > /var/lib/dpkg/lock and /var/lib/dpkg when I try to do an apt=get update , > How can I clear these locks? And if there's another process using apt, how > can I discover what

Re: Num Lock off but on

2011-10-02 Thread Matt Harrison
On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Mark Panen wrote: > Hi, > > Just the other day  i noticed when the Num Lock LED is off i can type > with the keypad numeral's. But when the LED is on it is dead. Any > ideas? > > Worked fine for ages. > > Cheers > > Mark > > Are you using numlockx by chance? I kno

Re: Tap to click not working

2011-07-19 Thread Matt Harrison
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Sridhar M.A. wrote: > Hi, > > I am currently running debian testing on Acer laptop. Everything was > working as expected. Since a couple of days, the tap to click on the > touchpad has stopped working. Of course, I can set it Gnome preferences. > But, when I switc

Re: repository change

2011-05-23 Thread Matt Harrison
In your /etc/apt/sources.list file you need to place a # before the entry for the CDROM. On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 3:37 PM, wrote: > Hi, > > I've installed Debian 5 without X, and so far had no problem installing > extra packages from CDROM. However, now I need to install from > packages.debian.or

Automounting USB drives

2011-05-19 Thread Matt Harrison
I recently did a base install and then installed a handful of packages to get myself X and Openbox running on my system using XFE for my file manager. I am running into an issue where when I plug my external (NTFS) hard drive in to my machine, it is not automounting like it would if I had XFCE ins

Re: Access to non-free from aptitude?

2011-05-12 Thread Matt Harrison
On 5/12/11, Charles Blair wrote: >Somewhere I read that this should be done by modifying > the /etc/apt/sources.list file. I tried changing this to: > >> deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny main >> deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ lenny non-free > >but I'm still only seeing

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-05 Thread Matt Harrison
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On 2011-04-05 12:24:39 Matt Harrison wrote: >>On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. >> wrote: >>> On 2011-04-05 12:07:16 George Standish wrote: >>>>On 05/04/11 01:04 PM, Boyd Steph

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-05 Thread Matt Harrison
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On 2011-04-05 12:07:16 George Standish wrote: >>On 05/04/11 01:04 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >>> On 2011-04-05 11:51:13 George Standish wrote: > If you need more support than Debian provides and<= 5 years, install an >

Re: [OT] Re: OpenOffice.org - how to install additional languages?

2011-04-04 Thread Matt Harrison
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:17:56 -0400, Matt Harrison wrote: > > (hey Matt, next time you want to going on-list again, advice ;-) > >> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> >> >>> Hum... I've

Re: [OT] Re: OpenOffice.org - how to install additional languages?

2011-04-04 Thread Matt Harrison
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > Hum... I've got some servers hosted on XO (San Jose, CA) and no one there > is able to speak to me in Spanish when I place a call >:-P > That's oddMost of where I have been in California always have someone who speaks fluent Spanish as mos

Re: aptitude upgrade

2011-03-30 Thread Matt Harrison
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Chris Brennan wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Andrei Popescu > wrote: >> >> On Mi, 30 mar 11, 16:17:52, Chris Brennan wrote: >> > >> > So why the hell is apache being installed/upgraded on a desktop install >> > w/ >> > no "server" services? >> >> It's b

Re: Problem/regression on ETPS elantech touchpad

2011-03-24 Thread Matt Harrison
Sorry to top post this, but I'm in a hurry. I actually got my touchpad working again. I'll dig up the documentation that I used and post it when I find it, unless someone else is able to get it to you first. It has something to do with creating a configuration file and setting something with mod

Re: Squeeze install hangs reading CD drive

2011-02-15 Thread Matt Harrison
> cat debian-6.0.0-i386-netinst.iso > /dev/sdc > sync > > Instead of doing this, have you tried running: dd if=(path to ISO) of=/dev/sdX ? I did this with the netinstall ISO and the Disk 1 CD ISO and it worked just fine for me -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Lenny or Squeeze?

2011-01-25 Thread Matt Harrison
So I've used Lenny in the past, but ended up switching back to Ubuntu because of video card performance and a few other bells and whistles that I thought were easier to install in Ubuntu vs Debian. However, that being said, I am looking to switch back. I know Lenny is currently Stable but I have