Peter Robinson writes:
> I am thinking of buying a netbook and would like to ask for opinions
> about good options for use with debian
> Asus Eee PC 1000H 10 Zoll WSVGA Netbook
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC
BTW: the 901 is also a very good choice, especially if you like it small
C/
There is also the mailinglist debian-eeepc-devel.
Feel free to ask questions on irc irc.oftc.net #debian-eeepc.
See you there ;)
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Robert Epprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> BTW: I have no idea which program uses /etc/console-tools/config and
>>> where it is called in the boot process and under which name.
>
>> It looks like it's /etc/rcS.d/S48console-screen.sh.
>
> I thought
Robert Epprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Mumia W.." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> BTW: I have no idea which program uses /etc/console-tools/config and
>>> where it is called in the boot process and under which name.
>
>> It looks like
Mumia, thanks a lot for taking your time.
"Mumia W.." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 09/08/2007 10:49 AM, Robert Epprecht wrote:
>> "Mumia W.." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> I don't know exactly the function of APP_CHARSET_MAP i
PC hardware for english and german?
How could I find out what consoles 1-6 use (which seems right)?
BTW: I have no idea which program uses /etc/console-tools/config and where
it is called in the boot process and under which name.
Thanks for insights,
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Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 07:53:06 +0200, Robert Epprecht wrote:
>> I have activated more text consoles by adding lines like the following
>> to /etc/inittab
>> 8:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty8
>> If I try to type ger
I have activated more text consoles by adding lines like the following
to /etc/inittab
8:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty8
9:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty9
[...]
If I try to type german umlauts on these new consoles I get garbage instead.
How can I fix that?
Thanks a lot,
Robert Epprecht
Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 08:31:40AM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote:
>> something had changed permission of /tmp to drwxr-xr-x.
>> I have no idea what could be the cause of this permission change.
>
> did you install som
This morning I had a bad surprize on my sarge system: X did not start
any more. After some time I've found the culprit: something had changed
permission of /tmp to drwxr-xr-x.
I have no idea what could be the cause of this permission change.
Has anybody ever seen this?
Robert Epprecht
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Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 03:21:07PM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote:
> [snipped preamble about downgrading to etch from sid]
>> Or is there more involved? When is the best time to do the switch?
> just to say it, as others
macondo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> --- Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On 01/28/07 08:21, Robert Epprecht wrote:
>> > I have a Debian/unstable installation which is now used by other
>> > family members, so I want to switch it to Etch (now or wh
system after a while (I'm using aptitude
and the sid system is up to date).
Or is there more involved? When is the best time to do the switch?
Thank you for insights,
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> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:11:46 +0100
> Robert Epprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[about problems setting up Kmail to use smtp on google mail accounts]
This is just to report to anybody following this thread: My Kmail is
working now with smtp on google mail. Unfortunately I have no
Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:46:27 +0100
> Robert Epprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I try to set up kmail to use SMTP on google mail accounts. I have
>> tried to do this on my machine here (Debian sarge) as a test and
>
Hello
I try to set up kmail to use SMTP on google mail accounts. I have tried
to do this on my machine here (Debian sarge) as a test and everything
works fine. But (as a Gnus user) I do not need kmail for me, but
try to set it up on another machine which is a Debian sid system.
But whatever I trie
I have a couple of questions about DVD-RAM on Debian Sarge,
kernel 2.4.27-3-686
If I format DVD-RAMs with ext2 most things work fine but there
are two minor problems:
When I shut down the system without manually umounting the DVD-RAM
it does not get cleanly umounted like a hd or somesuch.
When
operator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> /Where do I get this pack port from?
http://backports.org/debian/pool/non-free/s/sun-java5/
Robert
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> /What was Your solution? I want to know.
sorry, if that was not clear enough from context:
I searched for a backport of sun java for Sarge (as the program
my children want to run was not happy with the free alternatives)
and installed that with dpkg:
dpkg
Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 20:15 +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote:
>> Now I have tried again on the *sarge* box:
>> muz:/tmp# alien jre-1_5_0_10-linux-i586.rpm
>> muz:/tmp# dpkg -i jre_1.5.0_10-1_i386.deb
> That's not rea
Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Your system is still set up to use GCJ as the default Java environment.
> This is where you learn about the Debian alternatives system :)
>
> Run, as root,
> update-alternatives --config java
>
> And change the defaults to Sun Java. (There's also javac,
Sven Hoexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 01:31:47PM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote:
>> My children want to use limewire.
>> Please tell me what exactly to install, so that I can post error messages.
>> I'm working on both, a sarge *and* a
My children want to use limewire. They used it on a KNOPPIX installation
where it worked quite good. But now I have installed proper Debian on
their machines and was not able to install limewire/java. I do not
know if it is a limewire or a java problem, but limewire complains
about my java version.
"Steve Lamb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> does anyone know if there is a front end out there that will rip a
> track and use multiple encoders before removing the wav?
yes, abcde does that
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José Alburquerque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I use a java application called limewire (www.limewire.com). I
> downloaded the rpm and converted it to a debian package using alien.
What java packages are needed to make it run?
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Grok Mogger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> And also, has anyone ever had a usb flash drive actually wear out? I'm
> somewhat skeptical that having your OS entirely on a flash-drive would
> really ruin it. Of course, I've never tried it. But I don't think I've
> ever heard anyone mention that the
The machine in question was configured *not* to do dhcp at boot time.
(root has to do 'pump' each time users want to connect to the internet.)
Now I want to change this.
What's the Debian way to activate automatic connection to the network
at boot time?
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> On Nov 20 2005, Martin Fluch wrote:
>> Already some time ago there existed a program called "gcdmaster" which
>> came along the cdrdao package.
Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> P.S.: I will see if I can manage to maintain it in Debian, as I think
> that it is a very valuable program (
steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
>
>> Robert Epprecht wrote:
>>
>>> Excuse this probably very stupid question,
>>> but before I shoot myself in my feets I'd rather ask...
>>> and can mount it without problems as
&
could not partition with cfdisk, while fdisk worked flawlessly.
I cannot remember what the problem was, but stayed with fdisk...
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vfat partition but for the main part
putting ext3 or something on it.
As this is my first experience with this type of hardware I want to double
check on the list if I can do that using 'fdisk /dev/sda' and then 'mkfs.ext3'
just as on oldstile ide disks?
Thanks a lot for a qui
Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Robert Epprecht (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
>
>> I want to rip my audio cd's and have the files renamed to the name of
>> the music title.
>> I'm not really clear, how it is supposed to work. Do I ha
Hi
I want to rip my audio cd's and have the files renamed to the name of
the music title. I have heard about 'abcde' and have used 'jack' long
ago (but forgotten the details). I didn't know which one to take, so
I wanted to try both, but couldn't manage to run either of them.
I'm not really clear
I consider to buy an external usb hd (Maxtor Personal 3100 200GB).
Can I expect that it would work on Debian/sarge?
Robert
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ratikanta rath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Please help this poor student by mailing me the CDs if you have
Did you check if you would not have to pay high import taxes if somebody
sends you CDs from abroad? I think you would better try to get them from
within India.
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My main reason for choosing this layout.
> But if there's, say, one optical drive that you don't use very much,
> then pair it on an IDE channel with the hard drive that you want to get
> the most performance from.
I use *both* optical drives rarely and never during audio work.
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Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Robert Epprecht wrote:
>
>> >> > /dev/hda hd
>> >> > /dev/hdb dvd writer
>> >> > /dev/hdc hd
>> >> > /dev/hdd dvd rom
>
> bad idea .. esp if the drive
Greg Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wednesday 29 December 2004 09:31 pm, Robert Epprecht wrote:
>> >> > Up to now I had one hd and one dvd writer and everything worked
>> >> > fine. Now I have added a second hd and a dvd rom drive...
>> &
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 12:38 -0900, Greg Madden wrote:
>> On Wednesday 29 December 2004 10:35 am, Robert Epprecht wrote:
>> > Up to now I had one hd and one dvd writer and everything worked fine.
>> > Now I have adde
rror messages of everything I tried please tell me
what kernel parameters (and syntax) I should try in grub.
BTW: I do not really care if /dev/hdd (the dvd rom) runs with
ide-scsi or without, as long as it works.
Thanks a lot for any help,
Robert Epprecht.
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> - /boot should NOT be a separate partition
Why? Please elaborate.
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Ghe Rivero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i have a computer with an nvidia MX200 32 Megas. I have change from
> lilo to grub, but after the bios init, a blank screen appears! After the
> 10 seconds, linux is loaded properly, so grub is working properly but
> not showing anithing. Changing the
the
debian kernel and initrd into the mandrake /boot directory or mount the
debian files somewhere before running lilo (adapting the paths in lilo.conf)
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So first make your choice which bootloader like GRUB or LILO.
Read about them a bit and take your choice...
I'd suggest to first install it on a floppy (if your computer has one),
to try it out.
Good luck, Robert Epprecht
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Thomas Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> --- Robert Epprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> After the last upgrade of my Debian/sid system the keyboard layout has
>> changed on the text console.
> 1. This is a known issue.
> 2. It's listed on the BTS
After the last upgrade of my Debian/sid system the keyboard layout has
changed on the text console. It's especially annoying as I can't login
anymore as my password contains some changed signs. Now I want my old
keyboard layout back... Where is the keymap of the console configured?
Robert
PS Yes
Hi Niko
Niko Järvinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > klecker.debian.org, which serves non-us.debian.org and
>> > security.debian.org, died again about an hour ago [...]
> They seemed to give this URL out in the IRC chan:
> ftp://ftp.rfc822.org/deb
ed alternative URL's for non-us/security but now
that I would need them I'm not able to find them in the archives...
Could somebody be so kind and help my missing search skills?
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> Is there a FTP address when I can download a debian music / sound programs
Well it's not ftp, but have a look at http://www.agnula.org/
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Ramasubramanian Ramesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I got the source for 3COM gig ethernet card from Asus website and I
> am having compile issue.
I have compiled it without real problems on Debian woody...
I know, this will not help you much, but maybe it's good to know that it
*can* work...
login, if there's no easy text based
solution. Which one is best to try out a number of different window
managers? How do I add another one, or is it done automatically when
installing a wm?
Thanks for pointers or suggestions,
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reiserfsnoauto,user,rw 0 0
What am I doing wrong?
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Robert Epprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have made the security update on a woody box. Now my X seams broken:
> On the top of the screen there's a region showing garbage and the mouse
> can be moved, but the mouse keys do not work.
After a reboot evrything works agai
I have made the security update on a woody box. Now my X seams broken:
On the top of the screen there's a region showing garbage and the mouse
can be moved, but the mose keys do not work.
Is it only me?
Robert
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Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Robert Epprecht (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
>
>> If I compile different kernels (of the same version) most documents
>> say to rename the /lib/modules/x.x.x/ directory before doing the
>> 'make modules_instal
Robert Epprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Geoffrey Prewett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I recently bought a Sony GRT-170 laptop and have been trying to install
>> Debian on it. I have been successful in getting 2.2.20 (3.0r1) to both boot
>&g
Geoffrey Prewett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I recently bought a Sony GRT-170 laptop and have been trying to install
> Debian on it. I have been successful in getting 2.2.20 (3.0r1) to both boot
> and have network (sis900) support. Unfortunately, 2.4 kernels refuse to
> work. modprobe sis900
after that with an older version?
Could somebody please give a pointer to a document describing how
to do that?
Thank you, Robert Epprecht.
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will be difficult.
IMHO it's better to start with a 'stable' installation.
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sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 03:47:51PM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote:
>> with kernel 2.4.18 dmesg said:
>> sis900.c: v1.08.02 11/30/2001
>> eth0: Error EERPOM read
> yeah, that's the error i was talking about. you can
sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> do you have anything in your kernel logs that looks like:
>
> ... Error EERPOM read ...
>
> ? i remember a fellow on another list i'm on had a problem with
> his sis900 card too, it was a bad eeprom that returned bogus values.
I am not the guy you talk a
Brian Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The reply from Knoppix was: "Could not find kernel image noacpi." I am
> using KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso.
This means that Knoppix believes you want to load a kernel named noapic,
which is not what you want ;-) You want the knoppix default kernel an
Brian Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have tried the Knoppix CD to test out some SiS 900 driver and DHCP
> problems on my daughter's computer. Even though it didn't work [...]
I had SiS 900 problems too and found that one must use kernel 2.4.20
*without* ACPI for it to work (on my system h
"Narins, Josh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> apt-file search vga.h
>>
>> Can't locate object method "host" via package "URI::_foreign"
>> (perhaps\
>> you forgot to load "URI::_foreign"?) at /usr/bin/apt-file line 225.
> Robert, [ ... ] Maybe you should file a bug report against apt-file.
I
apt-file search vga.h
Can't locate object method "host" via package "URI::_foreign" (perhaps\
you forgot to load "URI::_foreign"?) at /usr/bin/apt-file line 225.
Yes, I did not 'load "URI::_foreign"' How do I do that?
Robert
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('epprecht' is my public user name, there's no local user with this name)
ok,
this is no real problem, but how would I send a mail to my providers support
address, something like <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> now?
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xample
> /usr, /var, /boot and so on).
I seem to remember that in a similar situation it worked when I did
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and I don't know if this is still the case, though.
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I have got a modem with a MD5628D-L-C chip. I have downloaded
Intel-536ep-451.tgz from intel and installed it on Debian woody.
'pon' diales now, but I cannot use the connection. I get:
Dec 16 22:27:22 p4 pppd[400]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
Dec 16 22:27:22 p4 pppd[400]: Using interface p
Sometimes packages are removed from debian like it happened
to 'cdrdao' now. If I decide that I want to keep one of these,
how can I tell 'apt-get upgrade' *not* to remove it?
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> In linux.debian.user, you wrote:
>> I have a problem with Lilo:
> [ ... ] If not, switch to grub which I'm sure will take care of it.
As I was unable to have it working with LILO on this peculiar machine
I have switched to GRUB and like it very much.
Thank you, Rob
(?).
Are there debianized patches to go from kernel-source-2.4.18 to 20-rc4?
Or must I unpatch? (Where can I get the file to feed to patch to do so?)
Many thanks in advance,
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Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Robert Epprecht schrieb am Sunday, den 24. November 2002:
>
>> I wanted to make a test installing Lilo on a floppy first.
>> But all I get is a screen full of '01 01 01'.
>>
>> I have found on the net that
ting out and in lba32, compact, and
install=/boot/boot.b. It does not make a difference.
Lilo does *not* prompt and wait for user input but fills the screen
with '01 01 01' and then hangs...
(Yes, I *did* run lilo and I *have* tested with another floppy medium)
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> On Monday 04 November 2002 11:15 pm, Robert Epprecht wrote:
>> I'm developping a program which I would like to put somewhere on
>> the net like savannah or sourceforge. As I am on a slow modem
>> connection I w
Robert Epprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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>> On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 12:15:53AM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote:
>> using mc's 2 window mode, copy files with only update mode from local
>> tree to remote cvs tree
Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 12:15:53AM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote:
>> I'm developping a program which I would like to put somewhere on
>> the net like savannah or sourceforge. As I am on a slow modem
>> connection I w
that?
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> #include
> Robert Epprecht wrote on Wed Oct 02, 2002 um 06:37:59AM:
>
>> I do not get any other choices for 80x25 than '0', which does not work.
>> (Still giving 80x30).
>
> Text or VGA mode? I guess you fa
> On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 10:18:43PM +0200, Robert Epprecht wrote:
>>Sometimes I'd like to have the old 80x25 screens back, how?
Eoin Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If you are changing the vga line in lilo.conf you need to reinitialise lilo
> to make it notice t
> Sometimes I'd like to have the old 80x25 screens back, how?
"Joyce, Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Try vga=ask and then use 'scan' as the option, I think it will try a bunch
>> of stuff and give a list, just try each one.
>>
>> Mine was 4 I think.
I do not get any other choices for 8
My Debian woody system boots into a 80x30 console.
Sometimes I'd like to have the old 80x25 screens back, how?
I have tried booting with vga=normal and vga=ask (and then '0')
but it does not change anything.
How do I switch to 25x80?
Thanks a lot, Robert.
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> Robert Epprecht wrote:
>> [ netenv asking annoing questions at boot time ]
> This is just a guess since I don't have a laptop here, but maybe this
> is a "feature" to allow you to set up a different
"Donald R. Spoon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Robert Epprecht wrote:
>> I want to link an old laptop to my pc.
> It appears that you have the proper module loaded and the hardware is
> recognized but not "configured" with a IP address, netmask, gat
I have some more information:
On my pc I have found in /etc/network/interfaces a line saying
# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian\
installation
On my laptop this is missing. I have no idea what I did wrong during
installation. How do I fix it?
Robert
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I want to link an old laptop to my pc.
I have done this before using Debian potato on my pc and another (older)
Linux installation on the laptop, so I know it is not a hardware problem.
Now I have woody on both machines. The pc side works OK and I can use
the network (if I boot my *old* Linux sy
AFAIK ext2 and ext3 work well together,
but I want to make sure before I do something stupid ;-)
I'm moving my system to a new hd (same computer).
The old system is potato and uses ext2.
The new one is woody, ext3. I have copied my data there.
For some time I will still occasionally use the old
I'm struggling with my X configuration
and would appreciate a hint ;-)
woody
NVIDIA Riva TNT2
driver "nv"
After trying out several ways to get a working XF86Config-4 my X server
finally starts at least... But after the mouse get's visible nothing
else happens.
XFree86.0.log says:
(WW) Open APM
e 80-conductor cable, as the board wouldn't support it.
So what?
Robert Epprecht
Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thursday, January 17, 2002, at 09:20 AM, Robert Epprecht wrote:
>
>> /dev/hdc:
>> Timing buffered disk reads: hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 {
>> DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> hdc: dma_intr: error=0x8
ide1: reset: success
64 MB in 14.67 seconds = 4.36 MB/sec
Why? How do I fix that?
Thank you for your help, Robert Epprecht.
to box?
Robert Epprecht
Where will the dump be written to?
Where can I get this info from without bothering the list
with such basic questions? I'm quite sure it is on my HD
somewhere (well I know I could have grep'ed for it).
Robert Epprecht.
h the contents
of sources.list
E: Package ncurses has no installation candidate
So what do I do?
And: Could installing ncurses break anything in my potato system?
Robert Epprecht
16:08 mail
Robert Epprecht
dly as is the
Gnus mailing list (aka 'ding' list)
http://quimby.gnus.org
http://my.gnus.org (new)
'info gnus' and 'info message' (the second one is not so obvious ;-)
Robert Epprecht.
l, in what form you want to store your mail
('mail backend') and how you want it to be split in mail groups.
That's about all you need to start and is described very well in info.
Robert Epprecht.
David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Quoting ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 09:18:39AM +0200, Robert Epprecht wrote:
> > > I have a potato system, upgraded to r3, but not yet replaced the kernel.
> > > I'd like to compile
messing up with the apt-get database. How do I proceed?
Thanks for your time, Robert Epprecht.
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