On Sat, 22 May 2010 03:13:06 -0400 (EDT), Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Sat,22.May.10, 00:55:34, David Jardine wrote:
>> Stephen Powell wrote:
>>>
>>> I see. All comments. Which is about the same as not having one. Hmm.
>>
>> Or is it? I'm as baffled as anyone alse by xorg configuration, but
>>
On Sat,22.May.10, 00:55:34, David Jardine wrote:
> >
> > I see. All comments. Which is about the same as not having one. Hmm.
>
> Or is it? I'm as baffled as anyone alse by xorg configuration, but
> can't such a file, blank though it be, override some other config file?
> Just a thought.
It
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 05:29:18PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Wed, 19 May 2010 15:32:01 -0400 (EDT), Peter Easthope wrote:
> > Stephen Powell wrote:
> >> Please post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file as well.
> >
> > It contains only commented lines from previous
> > experiments. Hasn't change
On Wed, 19 May 2010 15:32:01 -0400 (EDT), Peter Easthope wrote:
> Stephen Powell wrote:
>> Please post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file as well.
>
> It contains only commented lines from previous
> experiments. Hasn't changed since the log was
> recorded. Should be visible here.
>
> http:
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 13:32:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Stephen Powell
> Please post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file as well.
It contains only commented lines from previous
experiments. Hasn't changed since the log was
recorded. Should be visible here.
http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/dalto
On Tue, 18 May 2010 20:24:47 -0400 (EDT), Peter Easthope wrote:
> Stephen Powell wrote:
>> ... my employer has [carnot.yi.org] blocked as a "dating" site. ?!
>
> yi.org provides an server for dynamically updated
> addresses. Among the thousands of clients, a few
> could be distributing "colorf
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 10:08:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Stephen Powell
> ... my employer has [carnot.yi.org] blocked as a "dating" site. ?!
yi.org provides an server for dynamically updated
addresses. Among the thousands of clients, a few
could be distributing "colorful" data.
http://carnot.pa
On Sun, 16 May 2010 14:13:58 -0400 (EDT), Peter Easthope wrote:
> Stephen Powell wrote:
>> Your kernel installation environment is not configured correctly for
>> use with lilo. That's why you are having trouble upgrading to
>> a newer kernel. Assuming that you are using only stock kernel images,
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 11:05:21 -0400 (EDT)
Stephen Powell wrote,
> Your kernel installation environment is not configured correctly for
> use with lilo. That's why you are having trouble upgrading to
> a newer kernel. Assuming that you are using only stock kernel images,
> here is what you sh
On Tue, 11 May 2010 19:29:39 -0400 (EDT), Peter Easthope wrote:
> Stephen Powell wrote:
>> ...
>> "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"
>> ...
>> I don't understand what problem you are trying to solve.
>
> But it is broke!
> In one sense, the primary problem is failure of X.
>
> dalton:/home/peter
From: Stephen Powell
Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 09:29:33 -0400 (EDT)
> ...
> "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"
> ...
> I don't understand what problem you are trying to solve.
But it is broke!
In one sense, the primary problem is failure of X.
dalton:/home/peter# uname -rv
2.6.30-2-686 #1 SMP
On Mon, 10 May 2010 17:42:25 -0400 (EDT), Peter Easthope wrote:
> Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
>> What was the problem? In the text you quoted, there was no reasonable
>> change
>> that could be made to grub-pc to address the issue;
>
> Covered in several messages beginning here in debian-user
> What was the problem? In the text you quoted, there was no reasonable change
> that could be made to grub-pc to address the issue;
Covered in several messages beginning here in debian-user.
* Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:04:19 -0700
* Message-id: <171056446.61715.570...@cantor.invali
On Monday 10 May 2010 15:57:02 peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
> > [update-grub] is not a bug. The maintainer script for the
> > new kernel image package is trying to run update-grub because it is
> > being told to do so by entries in /etc/kernel-img.conf.
>
> Past experience is that an intended straigh
Stephen,
> [update-grub] is not a bug. The maintainer script for the
> new kernel image package is trying to run update-grub because it is
> being told to do so by entries in /etc/kernel-img.conf.
> ...
* Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:46:40 -0400 (EDT)
* Subject: Re: why does linux imag
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:08:29 -0400 (EDT), John Hasler wrote:
> Stephen Powell writes:
>> If there is a bug ...
> There clearly is.
>> ... But as for it's operation, it is working as designed.
>
> Design errors are still bugs.
Debian bug number 432025 may be of interest to you. This bug
was opene
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:24:12 -0400 (EDT), Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 31 2010, Stephen Powell wrote:
>> As best as I can tell, kernel-package was at one time used by the
>> Debian kernel team to create official Debian stock kernel image
>> packages. But at some point in the past there wa
On Wed, Mar 31 2010, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:08:29 -0400 (EDT), John Hasler wrote:
>> Stephen Powell wrote:
>>> If there is a bug...
>>
>> There clearly is.
>>>
>>> But as for it's operation, it is working as designed.
>>
>> Design errors are still bugs.
>
> The main diffe
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:30:05 -0400 (EDT), Peter E. wrote:
>
> Good of you to give the explanation and instructions
> in msg02584.html. My only remaining concern is that,
> with this being unfamiliar territory with several
> parameters to be adjusted, there appears to be a
> non-trivial risk o
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:08:29 -0400 (EDT), John Hasler wrote:
> Stephen Powell wrote:
>> If there is a bug...
>
> There clearly is.
>>
>> But as for it's operation, it is working as designed.
>
> Design errors are still bugs.
The main difference between a bug and a feature is that a feature is
do
Stephen,
From: Stephen Powell
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:25:49 -0400 (EDT)
>http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/03/msg02547.html
>
> Follow the "Thread Next" link for the solution.
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:23:02 -0400 (EDT)
> If there is a bug, it would be that there is no docume
Stephen Powell writes:
> *You* didn't modify /etc/kernel-img.conf; but the *Debian installer*,
> on your behalf, *did* modify it during installation when it selected
> grub as the bootloader. Changing boot loaders after installation
> often requires manually editing this file.
> If there is a bug
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:48:50 -0400 (EDT), briand wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:25:49 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote:
>> This file is classified as a "configuration file",
>> and therefore user modifications
>> to it are preserved.
>
> except that I didn't modify it, so it should have been over
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:25:49 -0400 (EDT)
Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:04:19 -0400 (EDT), Peter E wrote:
> >
> > As described in discussion a few weeks back, Lilo is installed
> > in place of Grub in Squeeze on the IBM NetVista 6578-RAU
> > here. That's necessary for now.
> >
On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:04:19 -0400 (EDT), Peter E wrote:
>
> As described in discussion a few weeks back, Lilo is installed
> in place of Grub in Squeeze on the IBM NetVista 6578-RAU
> here. That's necessary for now.
>
> But then a system update runs update-initramfs which tries
> to run upda
> As described in discussion a few weeks back, Lilo is installed
> in place of Grub in Squeeze on the IBM NetVista 6578-RAU
> here. That's necessary for now.
> But then a system update runs update-initramfs which tries
> to run update-grub which is not there. I should be able
> to comment out th
From: Ron Johnson
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:23:19 -0500
> compile your own kernel from the Debian
> source package, statically linking the modules that you need at boot
> time. That way, you don't need an initramfs.
OK, thanks. Depending on time available and when
X is working again, I m
On 2010-03-30 17:04, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
As described in discussion a few weeks back, Lilo is installed
in place of Grub in Squeeze on the IBM NetVista 6578-RAU
here. That's necessary for now.
But then a system update runs update-initramfs which tries
to run update-grub which is not the
As described in discussion a few weeks back, Lilo is installed
in place of Grub in Squeeze on the IBM NetVista 6578-RAU
here. That's necessary for now.
But then a system update runs update-initramfs which tries
to run update-grub which is not there. I should be able
to comment out the update
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