On 2015-07-13, Jonathan Levine wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> ... [the ISP] allows us 50G traffic (that's up *plus* down)
Have you looked at potentially signing up with a WISP in your area, or
perhaps setting up your own PTP link from somewhere "in town" that you
can obtain service from a wired ISP (e.g.
On Tuesday 14 July 2015 02:38:26 Richard Owlett wrote:
> Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> > I neither said nor implied that a limited bandwidth was an unusual
> > problem. I said that Richard's usage was unusual. And I stand by that.
>
> my usage unusual?!!! *DEFINITELY* !!!
>
> I was just
On Tuesday 14 July 2015 01:28:00 Jonathan Levine wrote:
> On 7/13/15, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> >> If it ever began to irritate you, however, there have been microcode
> >> updates - there were several from Intel - and you might be able to
> >> install
> >> one and get rid of the message.
> >
> > For AM
Lisi Reisz wrote:
[snip]
I neither said nor implied that a limited bandwidth was an unusual problem. I
said that Richard's usage was unusual. And I stand by that.
my usage unusual?!!! *DEFINITELY* !!!
I was just pointing out that a solution to MY problem(s) might be
worth considering
Jonathan Levine wrote:
[snip]
So, on average, I try to keep myself down to about a gig a day, and it should
be obvious why I took the approach I did. Downloading *one* DVD would
have blown my budget for most of the week.
*CHUCKLE*
I consider a gig/MONTH large
--snicker--
I rant cause there i
On 7/13/15, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>> If it ever began to irritate you, however, there have been microcode
>> updates - there were several from Intel - and you might be able to
>> install
>> one and get rid of the message.
>
> For AMD processors the microcode updates are available in linux-firmware,
>
On Tuesday 14 July 2015 01:09:05 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 July 2015 01:00:16 Jonathan Levine wrote:
> > So the microcode business appears to only be a warning (that's still
> > being reported) and not constitute a "problem". It happily skips right
> > past it and comes up normally.
>
> Go
On Tuesday 14 July 2015 01:00:16 Jonathan Levine wrote:
> So the microcode business appears to only be a warning (that's still being
> reported) and not constitute a "problem". It happily skips right past it
> and comes up normally.
Good! That's just what we want hear.
If it ever began to irrit
On 7/13/15, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> "However, on boot it tanks with a "microcode: no
> support for this CPU vendor" error."
>
> He did not mention having solved this particular problem. In fact, it looks
> as though he may still be having it.
You must have missed the followup post, in which I wrote
On Monday 13 July 2015 20:24:51 Brian wrote:
> On Mon 13 Jul 2015 at 18:54:31 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Monday 13 July 2015 18:39:42 Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > Ms. Reisz
> > > Please read before replying in future. Mr. Levine had pointed out
> > > one of his goals was minimum data charges du
On 7/13/15, Brian wrote:
> On Mon 13 Jul 2015 at 18:54:31 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>> On Monday 13 July 2015 18:39:42 Richard Owlett wrote:
>>
>> > Ms. Reisz
>> > Please read before replying in future. Mr. Levine had pointed out
>> > one of his goals was minimum data charges during install. I
>> >
On Mon 13 Jul 2015 at 18:54:31 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Monday 13 July 2015 18:39:42 Richard Owlett wrote:
> >
> > Ms. Reisz
> > Please read before replying in future. Mr. Levine had pointed out
> > one of his goals was minimum data charges during install. I
> > pointed out that I had found a
On Monday 13 July 2015 18:39:42 Richard Owlett wrote:
> Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Monday 13 July 2015 13:30:40 Richard Owlett wrote:
> >> Jonathan Levine wrote:
> >>> On 7/11/15, Richard Owlett wrote:
> You might want to try a live-cd {https://www.debian.org/CD/live/}.
> The netinst cd is
Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Monday 13 July 2015 13:30:40 Richard Owlett wrote:
Jonathan Levine wrote:
On 7/11/15, Richard Owlett wrote:
You might want to try a live-cd {https://www.debian.org/CD/live/}.
The netinst cd is a very minimal system. I can see it "running"
when a "full" system might not. W
Sorry - I have just found the rest of the answers in a side thread. I
couldn't find then just now. I was stuck in the Richard Owlett world of
isolated DVDs.
But the odd idea below might still be useful. I see however, that you have
already reinstalled. The microcode or BIOS update ideas see
On Saturday 11 July 2015 04:29:23 Jonathan Levine wrote:
> Greetings:
>
> I'm a hardware guy, and not a linux wonk, so I hope you'll all be
> gentle and use words without too many syllables.
>
> I've just completed the "small cd" internet install of the current
> distribution on a small-footprint p
On Monday 13 July 2015 13:30:40 Richard Owlett wrote:
> Jonathan Levine wrote:
> > On 7/11/15, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >> You might want to try a live-cd {https://www.debian.org/CD/live/}.
> >> The netinst cd is a very minimal system. I can see it "running"
> >> when a "full" system might not. Whe
Jonathan Levine wrote:
On 7/11/15, Richard Owlett wrote:
You might want to try a live-cd {https://www.debian.org/CD/live/}.
The netinst cd is a very minimal system. I can see it "running"
when a "full" system might not. When I was looking for a distro I
purchased live-cd's
[https://www.debian.
Quoting Brian (a...@cityscape.co.uk):
> I'd be inclined to do
>
> apt-get install xorg fwvm
I assume that's fvwm.
> and use 'startx' to test the video in X. Logs are in /var/log.
Cheers,
David.
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On Sat 11 Jul 2015 at 17:58:57 -0600, Jonathan Levine wrote:
> On 7/11/15, Brian wrote:
>
> > Reinstall; one partition for everything.
> >
> > The base system is installed next. You have no control over this.
> >
> > When it comes to installing other software do not install anything.
> > Also, d
On 7/11/15, Brian wrote:
> Reinstall; one partition for everything.
>
> The base system is installed next. You have no control over this.
>
> When it comes to installing other software do not install anything.
> Also, deselect anything which is marked as selected.
>
> Complete installation and re
On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 04:15:09PM -0600, Jonathan Levine wrote:
> On 7/11/15, Gary Dale wrote:
>
> > That almost sounds like a video driver problem. Are you running a gui?
>
> As I said, I went with the default install, so I don't know what it thinks
> it's trying to run. I wasn't *expecting*
On 7/11/15, Brian wrote:
> Not knowing how how you installed, do you fancy trying this:
Sure, no reason not to.
> Reinstall; one partition for everything.
That's how I did it first time around, as that was the default. I'm
accustomed to more complex partition schemes in other unixen,
but figu
On Sat 11 Jul 2015 at 15:18:21 -0600, Jonathan Levine wrote:
> On 7/11/15, Brian wrote:
>
> > A nice account.
> >
> > At the GRUB splash screen press 'E'. Find the line beginning 'linux' and
> > add
> >
> >longhaul.enable=1
> >
> > to the end of the line. Press F10. See how you go on.
>
> D
On 7/11/15, Gary Dale wrote:
> That almost sounds like a video driver problem. Are you running a gui?
As I said, I went with the default install, so I don't know what it thinks
it's trying to run. I wasn't *expecting* one - I just need command-line
on this thing. And it does (inconsistently) f
On 11/07/15 11:14 AM, Jonathan Levine wrote:
On 7/11/15, Brian wrote:
On Fri 10 Jul 2015 at 21:29:23 -0600, Jonathan Levine wrote:
I'm a hardware guy, and not a linux wonk, so I hope you'll all be
gentle and use words without too many syllables.
I've just completed the "small cd" internet i
On 7/11/15, Richard Owlett wrote:
> You might want to try a live-cd {https://www.debian.org/CD/live/}.
> The netinst cd is a very minimal system. I can see it "running"
> when a "full" system might not. When I was looking for a distro I
> purchased live-cd's
> [https://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/]
On 7/11/15, Brian wrote:
> A nice account.
>
> At the GRUB splash screen press 'E'. Find the line beginning 'linux' and
> add
>
>longhaul.enable=1
>
> to the end of the line. Press F10. See how you go on.
Did that. Result was exactly the same, with the exception of not getting
the longhaul
Jonathan Levine wrote:
On 7/10/15, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Saturday 11 July 2015 04:29:23 Jonathan Levine wrote:
I've just completed the "small cd" internet install of the current
distribution on a small-footprint pc based on the VIA EDEN ESP
6000. I went with all the defaults and it seemed to
On Sat 11 Jul 2015 at 09:14:33 -0600, Jonathan Levine wrote:
> On 7/11/15, Brian wrote:
>
> > On Fri 10 Jul 2015 at 21:29:23 -0600, Jonathan Levine wrote:
> >
> >> I'm a hardware guy, and not a linux wonk, so I hope you'll all be
> >> gentle and use words without too many syllables.
> >>
> >> I'
On 7/11/15, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 10 Jul 2015 at 21:29:23 -0600, Jonathan Levine wrote:
>
>> I'm a hardware guy, and not a linux wonk, so I hope you'll all be
>> gentle and use words without too many syllables.
>>
>> I've just completed the "small cd" internet install of the current
>> distributi
On 7/10/15, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Saturday 11 July 2015 04:29:23 Jonathan Levine wrote:
>> I've just completed the "small cd" internet install of the current
>> distribution on a small-footprint pc based on the VIA EDEN ESP
>> 6000. I went with all the defaults and it seemed to complete
>> unev
On Fri 10 Jul 2015 at 21:29:23 -0600, Jonathan Levine wrote:
> I'm a hardware guy, and not a linux wonk, so I hope you'll all be
> gentle and use words without too many syllables.
>
> I've just completed the "small cd" internet install of the current
> distribution on a small-footprint pc based o
On Saturday 11 July 2015 04:29:23 Jonathan Levine wrote:
> I've just completed the "small cd" internet install of the current
> distribution on a small-footprint pc based on the VIA EDEN ESP
> 6000. I went with all the defaults and it seemed to complete
> uneventfully. However, on boot it tanks w
Greetings:
I'm a hardware guy, and not a linux wonk, so I hope you'll all be
gentle and use words without too many syllables.
I've just completed the "small cd" internet install of the current
distribution on a small-footprint pc based on the VIA EDEN ESP
6000. I went with all the defaults and i
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