Re: Troubleshooting Debian

2012-06-04 Thread paivakil
DragonDon writes: > 1/ Check logs. Insert ways to check various logs (both CLI and GUI) > 2/ Type commands (for networks use command A, for video use command > B, for) That is way how it is. What is wrong with that? > > Right now, and perhaps the only method, is to plunk in any err

Re: [experimental] Do not upgrade libpng12 today - (20 May 12)

2012-05-20 Thread paivakil
Camaleón writes: > Sid also? It still has version 1.2.49 :-? Thanks for pointing out - it is experimental only. I always do a '-t experimental' upgrade, and rarely bother whether the package comes from sid or experimental. >> I am yet to get a bug number, but posting this in hope that other

[experimental] Do not upgrade libpng12 today - (20 May 12)

2012-05-20 Thread paivakil
Warning to those running sid / experimental. I have filed a bug against libpng12-0. it causing a total failure of at least kde on my sytem (AMD64 architecture). kde, kdm, iceweasel, etc crashes. kdm did not even start, and I installed xdm + icewm thinking it is a kde issue; but from within icewm

Re: [OT] openoffice write auto-numbering turn off

2012-05-12 Thread paivakil
lina writes: > Hi, > > I have a file like: > > aaa > (1) morning > (2) noon > (3) afternoon > > when I press the return key "enter" to start a new line, I don't > expect it to be (4). > > How can I avoid it. I turned the numbering off still not work. so > weird, google told me I may try

Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-05-01 Thread paivakil
Eric Rodriguez writes: > running "udevadm trigger" as root made keyboard/touchpad responsive for me. > > until there's a fix, I just added that to the end of /etc/init.d/gdm Now, there is some progress. Thanks for the info. ;-D -- Mahesh T. Pai || >From The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)

Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread paivakil
Chris Bannister writes: > Bollocks! My mouse and keyboard work fine. > > Stop spreading FUD! Thanks to guys who confirmed that support for PS/2 is not dropped. So, my question - which package is likely to cause the problem? -- Mahesh T. Pai || -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-use

Re: ethernet device assignments

2012-04-29 Thread paivakil
Tony van der Hoff writes: > In trying to track down some networking problems, I swapped the > ethernet adapter in my server. Since re-booting, it has been assigned > the moniker eth2 rather than eth1 (the motherbaord device is eth0). > > So, how do I reset the second adapter to become eth1 ag

Re: Apache2 Not starting on reboot

2012-04-29 Thread paivakil
"John W. Foster" writes: > My last upgrade of Debian stable on my production server produced an > error that is causing issues. Apache2 is not automatically restarting as > it should when the system is rebooted. This is a nightly occurrence and > is required for hardware testing reasons. Anyo

Re: PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread paivakil
Ralf Mardorf writes: > On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 16:53 +0530, paiva...@gmail.com wrote: >> Or is my MoBo giving up? > > No, Debian dropped working PS/2 equipment for versions ex stable a long > time ago. In my case only the mouse doesn't work anymore, the keyboard That is a nasty thing to do. Her

PS/2 Keyboard and Mice not working (USB is) on X

2012-04-29 Thread paivakil
Hi. The problem, in short - I run Experimental (sources.list has two blocks, one each for debian-multimedia, and debian.org, with three lines each for experimental, sid and testing). After a upgrade last Sunday, my keyboard and mouse were not working on X, but were working on console. I tried