Lexmark Prospect Pro 205 on Wheezy

2013-11-27 Thread Steven Sciame
 After upgrading to Debian 7 (Wheezy), my Lexmark Prospect Pro 205 no longer works. I did a fresh install (of both OS and Lexmark drivers) to clean everything up. I called Lexmark and they were not able to tell me very much besides, "Lexmark does not support anything after Debian 6 or Ubuntu 12.

minimize restore close buttons blacked out in wheezy

2013-04-22 Thread Steven Sciame
I have noticed that after using my laptop (Compaq Presario 2210us)  for awhile, the minimize, restore and close buttons become blacked out.  Under Settings -> Appearances I changed to "Clearlooks" and this fixed it for awhile, but after some time (few hours to days) the buttons get blacked out a

No-Script for backports iceweasel?

2012-08-13 Thread Steven Sciame
Hello, I am using Squeeze and recently upgraded from iceweasel 3.5 to the release version from Debian Mozilla Backports.  During the process, Iceweasel informed me that the versions of Greasemonkey and No-Script that I was using (xul-ext-greasemonkey and xul-ext-noscript from stable/squeeze) ar

Re: What can make the mouse cursor disappear?

2011-10-11 Thread Steven Sciame
> >From: Joe >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 12:21 PM >Subject: Re: What can make the mouse cursor disappear? > >On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:45:12 + (UTC) >Camaleón wrote: > >> On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:39:37 +0100, Joe wrote:

Re: Unable to mount UDF Volume

2011-10-07 Thread Steven Sciame
      - Original Message - > From: Raf Czlonka > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: > Sent: Friday, October 7, 2011 1:43 PM > Subject: Re: Unable to mount UDF Volume > > I'd check more dmesg messages, not just the last 10 l

Re: Unable to mount UDF Volume

2011-10-07 Thread Steven Sciame
      > Assuming that /dev/sr0 is the correct device, /media/cdrom exists > and you have the right permissions, what happens if you try: > > % mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom steven@debtop:~$ su Password: debtop:/home/steven#

Re: Unable to mount UDF Volume

2011-10-07 Thread Steven Sciame
> >From: Raf Czlonka >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Sent: Friday, October 7, 2011 7:49 AM >Subject: Re: Unable to mount UDF Volume > >On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 09:12:28PM BST, Steven Sciame wrote: >> I tried to manually mount the vo

Re: Unable to mount UDF Volume

2011-10-06 Thread Steven Sciame
  - Original Message - > From: Raf Czlonka > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 12:31 PM > Subject: Re: Unable to mount UDF Volume > > On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 07:35:25PM BST, Steven Sciame wrote: >> I thought th

Re: Unable to mount UDF Volume

2011-10-06 Thread Steven Sciame
- Original Message - > From: Steven Sciame > To: Debian User > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 1:35 PM > Subject: Unable to mount UDF Volume > > > > Hello, > > I am running Squeeze on a Compaq Presario 2210us laptop.  I get the following

Unable to mount UDF Volume

2011-10-05 Thread Steven Sciame
Hello, I am running Squeeze on a Compaq Presario 2210us laptop.  I get the following message when I insert a DVD-R with a home video in wmv format recorded on it from a camcorder: Unable to mount UDF Volume Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with: mount: block devic

Re: sudden wireless problem (Solved)

2011-08-01 Thread Steven Sciame
  - Original Message - > From: Andrew McGlashan > To: Debian User > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 9:10 AM > Subject: Re: sudden wireless problem > > Hi, > > On Sun, July 31, 2011 9:49 pm, Steven Sciame wrote: >> Any help would be much

Re: sudden wireless problem

2011-07-31 Thread Steven Sciame
 Hello Thank you for the reply. - Original Message - > From: Volkan YAZICI > To: Steven Sciame > Cc: Debian User > Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 7:08 AM > Subject: Re: sudden wireless problem > > What does this output: > > --8<-

sudden wireless problem

2011-07-31 Thread Steven Sciame
Greetings, Last night my wireless suddenly stopped working.  The only thing I did differently from any other night that I can think of is close the lid while the computer was trying to Hibernate.  Ten minutes later I realized I needed to send one more email so I tried to wake the computer up an

Re: Bug#611380: openssh-client: sftp's put -r fails with "Unable to canonicalise path"

2011-06-09 Thread Steven Sciame
  > >From: Selim T. Erdogan >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 8:54 PM >Subject: Re: Re: Bug#611380: openssh-client: sftp's put -r fails with "Unable >to canonicalise path" > >Clive Standbridge, 19.05.2011 tarihinde şöyle yazmış: >>

Re: Bug#611380: openssh-client: sftp's put -r fails with "Unable to canonicalise path"

2011-05-19 Thread Steven Sciame
  - Original Message - > From: David Jardine > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 3:57 PM > Subject: Re: Bug#611380: openssh-client: sftp's put -r fails with "Unable to > canonicalise path" > > On Thu, M

Bug#611380: openssh-client: sftp's put -r fails with "Unable to canonicalise path"

2011-05-19 Thread Steven Sciame
   Hello,   http://lists.debian.org/debian-ssh/2011/01/msg00029.html    I was wondering if there was a scheduled fix for this or if I was possibly using  sftp incorrectly in Debian Squeeze.    I am attempting to upload files onto my webserver using sftp.  As far as I can  tell from readin

Re: So much for Skype.

2011-05-18 Thread Steven Sciame
> >From: Daniel Andersson >To: Leonardo Ruoso ; debian-user@lists.debian.org >Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 1:42 AM >Subject: Re: So much for Skype. > >Trying Ekiga now and I can't get chat to work at all. > >I was not impressed I'm sorry to say. But I guess Ek

Re: SWF (Adobe Flash) support

2011-05-18 Thread Steven Sciame
  > >From: Stanisław Findeisen >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 2:59 AM >Subject: SWF (Adobe Flash) support > >Hi! > >Is it possible to play Adobe Flash files from, for example, YouTube.com >without non-free software? > >This is w

Re: So much for Skype.

2011-05-11 Thread Steven Sciame
                                                         - Original Message - > From: Mathieu Malaterre > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: debian-user > Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:23 AM > Subject: Re: So much for Skype. > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 5:17 PM, jeremy jozwik

Re: I have installed Debian on my Thinkpad but mouse Cursor is not displayed.

2011-05-03 Thread Steven Sciame
--- On Tue, 5/3/11, た 健一 wrote: > From: た 健一 > Subject: I have installed Debian on my Thinkpad but mouse Cursor is not > displayed. > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 6:21 PM > > I installed Debian 6.0.1 yesterday on my PC ( IBM Thinkpad > X40 ), but a problem o

Re: How do I get apt-get autoremove to NOT insist on removing my entire desktop? Plus possible help with digital camera that worked with Lenny, but not in Squeeze.

2011-04-16 Thread Steven Sciame
--- On Sat, 4/16/11, Robert Holtzman wrote: > Why would you want to run "apt-get autoremove"? My > understanding is that > it's optional. > > > -- > Bob Holtzman > Key ID: 8D549279 > "If you think you're getting free lunch, > check the price of the beer" > autoremove is used to remove

Re: How do I get apt-get autoremove to NOT insist on removing my entire desktop? Plus possible help with digital camera that worked with Lenny, but not in Squeeze.

2011-04-16 Thread Steven Sciame
--- On Sat, 4/16/11, Steven Sciame wrote: > From: Steven Sciame > Subject: How do I get apt-get autoremove to NOT insist on removing my entire > desktop? Plus possible help with digital camera that worked with Lenny, but > not in Squeeze. > To: "Debian User" &

How do I get apt-get autoremove to NOT insist on removing my entire desktop? Plus possible help with digital camera that worked with Lenny, but not in Squeeze.

2011-04-16 Thread Steven Sciame
This originates from me trying to figure out why my digital camera doesn't work well with Squeeze (It was absolutely perfect in Lenny) I submitted a couple of bug reports back in february http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612699 and http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport

Re: Mouse disappeared after update to squeeze 6.0.1

2011-04-09 Thread Steven Sciame
--- On Sat, 4/9/11, Jukka wrote: > From: Jukka > Subject: Re: Mouse disappeared after update to squeeze 6.0.1 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Saturday, April 9, 2011, 10:10 AM > Steven Sciame > yahoo.com> writes: > > > > > > > What

Re: iceweasel 4 on squeeze?

2011-03-23 Thread Steven Sciame
This is confusing.  There is 'backports.debian.org' and 'mozilla.debian.net'. Both use squeeze-backports in sources.list. apt-get install -t squeeze-backports iceweasel, on my box,  points to backports.debian.net, I haven't added the mozilla.debian.net to my sources yet as this would be two

Re: wmv locks entire system ever since upgrade to 6.0.1

2011-03-22 Thread Steven Sciame
I got the latest vanilla kernel 2.6.38 from kernel.org and that fixed both the mouse disappearing problem and the wmv video lockup problem.

Re: Mouse disappeared after update to squeeze 6.0.1

2011-03-22 Thread Steven Sciame
What is the easiest way to downgrade the kernel as a work around for this problem? debtop:/home/steven# apt-get install linux-image-2.6.32-5-686=2.6.32-30 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree   Reading state information... Done E: Version '2.6.32-30' for 'linux-image-2.6.32

Re: Mouse disappeared after update to squeeze 6.0.1

2011-03-22 Thread Steven Sciame
That is the same thing I have here.  Including the video playback described in: http://bugs.debian.org/618665 --- On Tue, 3/22/11, Estelmann, Christian wrote: From: Estelmann, Christian Subject: Re: Mouse disappeared after update to squeeze 6.0.1 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tuesda

Re: version of Debian

2011-03-22 Thread Steven Sciame
IMHO  for a server you probably want to go with Stable: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.1/i386/iso-cd/debian-6.0.1a-i386-netinst.iso It should be a pretty straight forward install once you burn the iso to disk, but just in case: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ I am not su

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-21 Thread Steven Sciame
guson Subject: Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 10:58 PM On 22/03/11 14:12, Steven Sciame wrote: > > > I could try that, but I am a little nervous wandering away from a > "stable" system

Re: wmv locks entire system ever since upgrade to 6.0.1

2011-03-21 Thread Steven Sciame
.0.1 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 10:43 PM On 22/03/11 14:07, Steven Sciame wrote: > > > I was not able to play it in Totem.  I got the same result as trying to > play it through iceweasel (mouse moves but everything is unresponsive, > with the o

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-21 Thread Steven Sciame
I could try that, but I am a little nervous wandering away from a "stable" system.  Would I have to wait for the next point release for this to get fixed and how would I maximize my chances of this being fixed in 6.0.2? or sooner maybe? --- On Mon, 3/21/11, Scott Ferguson wrote: From: Scott

Re: wmv locks entire system ever since upgrade to 6.0.1

2011-03-21 Thread Steven Sciame
Subject: Re: wmv locks entire system ever since upgrade to 6.0.1 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 8:30 PM On 22/03/11 12:04, Steven Sciame wrote: > > > I apologize, but I do not know the example movie that you referenced. It's the example you gave. I ca

Re: wmv locks entire system ever since upgrade to 6.0.1

2011-03-21 Thread Steven Sciame
, Steven Sciame wrote: > Since upgrading to 6.0.1 playing wmv from iceweasel locks entire > system.  The only way to unlock is to hold power button until machine > shuts off and then reboots (not necessarily a good idea) > > Here is one example of a page that did it to me: > >

Re: wmv locks entire system ever since upgrade to 6.0.1

2011-03-21 Thread Steven Sciame
06:21, Steven Sciame wrote: > Since upgrading to 6.0.1 playing wmv from iceweasel locks entire > system.  The only way to unlock is to hold power button until machine > shuts off and then reboots (not necessarily a good idea) > > Here is one example of a page that did it t

wmv locks entire system ever since upgrade to 6.0.1

2011-03-21 Thread Steven Sciame
Since upgrading to 6.0.1 playing wmv from iceweasel locks entire system.  The only way to unlock is to hold power button until machine shuts off and then reboots (not necessarily a good idea) Here is one example of a page that did it to me: http://media.grc.com/files/testvideo.wmv I am not su

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-21 Thread Steven Sciame
@Wayne   I apologize for sending the extra mail directly to you.  At the time, my mouse pointer was not showing up and I was having great difficulty maneuvering through my mail. Thank you for bringing that to my attention. --- On Mon, 3/21/11, Wayne Topa wrote: From: Wayne Topa Subject: Re

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-21 Thread Steven Sciame
user@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 4:31 AM after build a vanilla 2.6.38 kernel, the mouse pointer is finally back. It has to be a kernel problem. On 03/21/2011 02:41 PM, Chen Wei wrote: > On 03/21/2011 10:44 AM, Steven Sciame wrote: > > I also tried custom build kernel 2.6.34.7,

Re: Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-20 Thread Steven Sciame
Yes Chen, that is correct.  Either Suspending or Hibernating followed by the wake-up results in the mouse pointer reappearing.  I found that to be the case here too. --- On Sun, 3/20/11, Chen Wei wrote: From: Chen Wei Subject: Re: Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GN

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-20 Thread Steven Sciame
teven@debtop:~$ aptitude show gpm Package: gpm State: not installed Version: 1.20.4-3.3 Priority: optional Section: misc Maintainer: Debian GPM Team Uncompressed Size: 557 k Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, dpkg (>=

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-20 Thread Steven Sciame
that way.  --- On Sun, 3/20/11, Steven Sciame wrote: From: Steven Sciame Subject: Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Sunday, March 20, 2011, 2:20 PM If I Suspend the laptop and then wake it back up, then the invisible mouse

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-20 Thread Steven Sciame
If I Suspend the laptop and then wake it back up, then the invisible mouse pointer appears.  Does this help diagnose the problem? I got the idea from this:  http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=61447 --- On Sun, 3/20/11, Steven Sciame wrote: From: Steven Sciame Subject: m

mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-20 Thread Steven Sciame
Hello,    I hope this is the correct place to continue my search for how to turn the mouse pointer back on after upgrading to 6.0.1    It was working perfectly then I rebooted after the upgrade. Ever since then I have had no mouse pointer.  Changing the themes has no effect.  I am using GNOME.