Re: new user MacBook

On 4/18/21 1:25 AM, Thanos Katsiolis wrote: Thank you for your responses, you have been very helpful. YW. :-) My intention was to have both OSs installed and choose which one to boot. From your answers I understand that it may not be safe for both OSs, so the best solution is to have a mach

Re: new user MacBook

Thank you for your responses, you have been very helpful. My intention was to have both OSs installed and choose which one to boot. >From your answers I understand that it may not be safe for both OSs, so the best solution is to have a machine dedicated to Debian. On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 8:28 AM

Re: new user MacBook

On 4/17/21, David Christensen wrote: > On 4/17/21 8:39 AM, Thanos Katsiolis wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am a new user who would like to try Debian. >> >> I have a MacBook Pro (Early 11) which runs Mac OS, to which I want to >> also >> install Debian. Will I have any issues installing Debian regarding

Re: new user MacBook

On 4/17/21 8:39 AM, Thanos Katsiolis wrote: Hello, I am a new user who would like to try Debian. I have a MacBook Pro (Early 11) which runs Mac OS, to which I want to also install Debian. Will I have any issues installing Debian regarding hardware? I would also appreciate it if you have any tip

Re: new user MacBook

On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 06:39:50PM +0300, Thanos Katsiolis wrote: > Hello, > > I am a new user who would like to try Debian. > > I have a MacBook Pro (Early 11) which runs Mac OS, to which I want to also > install Debian. Will I have any issues installing Debian regarding hardware? > I would also

Re: New User Error Problems

On 11/24/2020 6:30 PM, Jerry Mellon wrote: Hello, I am new to linux and have installed Debian 10. I have added some new packages without problems until now. Using the "apt-get update" command (once a week) I am getting the following Error Messages. Any help will be appreciated. root@UNIX:/# apt-

Re: New User

On 14/10/15 03:06, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 13 October 2015 16:42:49 Alex Vong wrote: >> Please use "reply to all" so you are replying to the mailing list as >> well, and others could help you. > > I tried to read this and follow what it was about, and perhaps try to help. > But top-postin

Re: New User

On Tuesday 13 October 2015 16:42:49 Alex Vong wrote: > Please use "reply to all" so you are replying to the mailing list as > well, and others could help you. I tried to read this and follow what it was about, and perhaps try to help. But top-posting, in a thread, of which I haven't seen the beg

Re: New User

Please use "reply to all" so you are replying to the mailing list as well, and others could help you. To test if Debian supports your hardware, I personally would "burn" a live CD and boo

Re: New User

Hi Hammad, I am CC-ing the Debian user mailing list since you may get more help there from experienced user. Please use REPLY-ALL in Gmail to reply to the mailing list as well. Well, I think I was in a similar situation to you. Last Christmas, I finally got rid of Microsoft Windows and switched t

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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.

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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, >

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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 >> >

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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.

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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*

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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/]

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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'

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user having trouble with new install

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

Re: New user question

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 10:04:02AM -0500, detwy...@riseup.net wrote: > > ... clicking on the date on the top panel should display my > > appointments from Evolution... > > Is this documented? Please provide a reference If you have Gnome installed and Online Accounts configured; usually Evolution

Re: New user question

On Friday 12 December 2014 21:54:12 Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > * Lisi Reisz [2014-12-12 10:00 +]: > > On Friday 12 December 2014 09:21:31 Jeffrey Needle wrote: > > > Hi. I'm pretty new to Debian. I just downloaded the 64-bit .iso and > > > have just installed it. I have a question about th

Re: New user question

* Lisi Reisz [2014-12-12 10:00 +]: > On Friday 12 December 2014 09:21:31 Jeffrey Needle wrote: > > Hi. I'm pretty new to Debian. I just downloaded the 64-bit .iso and > > have just installed it. I have a question about the date display on the > > top panel. > > > > My understanding is that

Re: New user question

> ... clicking on the date on the top panel should display my > appointments from Evolution... Is this documented? Please provide a reference. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive

Re: New user question

Le 12.12.2014 11:00, Lisi Reisz a écrit : On Friday 12 December 2014 09:21:31 Jeffrey Needle wrote: Hi. I'm pretty new to Debian. I just downloaded the 64-bit .iso and have just installed it. I have a question about the date display on the top panel. My understanding is that clicking on

Re: New user question

On Friday 12 December 2014 09:21:31 Jeffrey Needle wrote: > Hi. I'm pretty new to Debian. I just downloaded the 64-bit .iso and > have just installed it. I have a question about the date display on the > top panel. > > My understanding is that clicking on the date on the top panel should > displ

Re: New User Question

On 01/03/2012 12:52 PM, Martin, Larry D wrote: I have Squeeze on an Intel box with CUPS installed and a PDF printer defined. > What I cannot seen to make happen is to use a line command to cause a file to go to the printer and create a PDF document. Larry From a console or terminal you can s

Re: New User Question

On 04/01/12 03:52, Martin, Larry D wrote: What I cannot seen to make happen is to use a line command to cause a file to go to the printer and create a PDF document. What command are you trying to use? And what type of file is that you're trying to "print"? -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au)

Re: New User Question

On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:52:52 -0500, Martin, Larry D wrote: Welcome! But please, keep html format off :-) > I have Squeeze on an Intel box with CUPS installed and a PDF printer > defined. What I cannot seen to make happen is to use a line command to > cause a file to go to the printer and create

Re: New User Help

On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:22:03 -0500 (EST), Larry D Martin wrote: > > I am doing an install on an IBM Z9 LPAR of 6.0.3. > > The install was going smoothly until I got to > "Configure direct access storage device". I supplied an address > and was ask if I wanted to format it; I said yes and when it

Re: New user questions

on 10:22 Wed 13 Apr, Freeman (hew...@gmail.com) wrote: > On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 03:45:10PM -0700, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > > on 13:03 Tue 12 Apr, Freeman (hew...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 01:38:47PM -0700, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > > > > on 10:15 Mon 11 Apr, Michael (mmorse...@g

Re: New user questions

on 13:03 Tue 12 Apr, Freeman (hew...@gmail.com) wrote: > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 01:38:47PM -0700, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > > on 10:15 Mon 11 Apr, Michael (mmorse...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > I used Debian about four years ago and enjoyed it. The computer I > > > had it on died and my wife wouldn't l

Re: New user questions

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 01:38:47PM -0700, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > on 10:15 Mon 11 Apr, Michael (mmorse...@gmail.com) wrote: > > I used Debian about four years ago and enjoyed it. The computer I > > had it on died and my wife wouldn't let me put it on our shared > > computer. Well, I have another

Re: New user questions

On 04/11/2011 03:38 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: on 10:15 Mon 11 Apr, Michael (mmorse...@gmail.com) wrote: I used Debian about four years ago and enjoyed it. The computer I had it on died and my wife wouldn't let me put it on our shared computer. Well, I have another hand-me-down (laptop) that I'

Re: New user questions

On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 15:23 -0700, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > on 09:53 Tue 12 Apr, chris (che...@gmail.com) wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 13:38 -0700, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > > > on 10:15 Mon 11 Apr, Michael (mmorse...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > I used Debian about four years ago and enjoyed it. Th

Re: New user questions

on 09:53 Tue 12 Apr, chris (che...@gmail.com) wrote: > On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 13:38 -0700, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > > on 10:15 Mon 11 Apr, Michael (mmorse...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > I used Debian about four years ago and enjoyed it. The computer I > > > had it on died and my wife wouldn't let me put

Re: New user questions

On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 13:38 -0700, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > on 10:15 Mon 11 Apr, Michael (mmorse...@gmail.com) wrote: > > I used Debian about four years ago and enjoyed it. The computer I > > had it on died and my wife wouldn't let me put it on our shared > > computer. Well, I have another hand-me

Re: New user questions

on 10:15 Mon 11 Apr, Michael (mmorse...@gmail.com) wrote: > I used Debian about four years ago and enjoyed it. The computer I > had it on died and my wife wouldn't let me put it on our shared > computer. Well, I have another hand-me-down (laptop) that I've put > Debian on but am having some issue

Re: New user questions

On 04/11/2011 10:15 AM, Michael wrote: I used Debian about four years ago and enjoyed it. The computer I had it on died and my wife wouldn't let me put it on our shared computer. Well, I have another hand-me-down (laptop) that I've put Debian on but am having some issues. First, is this the corr

Re: New user: Did not see any responds

On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 01:40:46PM -0700, ABSDoug wrote: > I don't know what happen, but I reposted my question & someone posted that I > should look at the 1st E-mail string I started... but I didn't see anything. You should be subscribed to mailing list in order to receive responses to your posts

Re: New user: Did not see any responds

On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 01:40:46PM -0700, ABSDoug wrote: > I don't know what happen, but I reposted my question & someone posted that I > should look at the 1st E-mail string I started... but I didn't see anything. Have you already subscribed to the list? You saw the answer to your second mail be

Re: New user: Did not see any responds

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 1:40 PM, ABSDoug wrote: > I don't know what happen, but I reposted my question & someone posted that > I should look at the 1st E-mail string I started... but I didn't see > anything. > > I'm an Ubuntu user who wants to try out Debian. I'm weak on terminal. I'm > only getti

Re: New User

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/20/08 10:57, Andrius wrote: [snip] > > So, upgrade or not upgrade? Install Ubuntu 7.10. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "(Women are) like compilers. They take simple statements and make them into big productions." Pitr Dubovitch

Re: New User

Russell L. Harris wrote: * Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080219 11:56]: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrius wrote: Is it really good idea to move to Lenny from Etch? If you want a stable system without constantly evolving software, stay with etch. I have been ru

Re: New User

* Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080219 11:56]: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Andrius wrote: > > Is it really good idea to move to Lenny from Etch? > > If you want a stable system without constantly evolving software, stay > with etch. I have been running "test

Re: New User

On Feb 19, 2:40 pm, Andrius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How to make upgrade? > > Andrius > If you are asking that kind of question, I would stay with Etch. Look at the advice you've had so far. There's no reason to upgrade from Etch unless there are specific newer software packages that you feel

Re: New User

; Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:47 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: New User > > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 05:02:19PM +, Andrius wrote: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> >

Re: New User

Johannes Wiedersich wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrius wrote: Is it really good idea to move to Lenny from Etch? If you want a stable system without constantly evolving software, stay with etch. If you think that etch is missing *a lot of* bleeding edge software and

Re: New User

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/19/08 11:48, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Andrius wrote: >> Is it really good idea to move to Lenny from Etch? > > If you want a stable system without constantly evolving software, stay > with etch. > > If you think that etch is missing *a lot

Re: New User

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrius wrote: > Is it really good idea to move to Lenny from Etch? If you want a stable system without constantly evolving software, stay with etch. If you think that etch is missing *a lot of* bleeding edge software and if you would like to help th

Re: New User

On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 05:02:19PM +, Andrius wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 02/19/08 01:12, Byron Watkins wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am trying to ween myself from Windows. A couple of months ago >>> I >>> installed Debian on my n

Re: New User

Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/19/08 01:12, Byron Watkins wrote: Hi, I am trying to ween myself from Windows. A couple of months ago I installed Debian on my new amd64 box and I am generally quite impressed by the amalgam. There are a few items

Re: New User

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:51:02 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02/19/08 01:12, Byron Watkins wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to ween myself from Windows. A couple of months ago > > I > > installed Debian on my new am

Re: New User

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/19/08 01:12, Byron Watkins wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to ween myself from Windows. A couple of months ago > I > installed Debian on my new amd64 box and I am generally quite impressed > by the amalgam. There are a few items that I ha

Re: New User

Byron Watkins wrote: Hi, I am trying to ween myself from Windows. A couple of months ago I installed Debian on my new amd64 box and I am generally quite impressed by the amalgam. There are a few items that I have been unable to address satisfactorily, however. First, I am a pr

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 10:15:05PM +, Mitch Crawford wrote: > I've swapped the order round & WAHOO it appears to be working. > I have had them in different orders before now but think the ldresd may > still have been interfering. > > I've put the router at the bottom of the list for now unti

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 08:42:44PM +, Mitch Crawford wrote: > I can ping external addresses & traceroute finds them it just appears to be > the web browsers that can't. > > Anybody got any idea? My guess would be that there's either a setting or a "remembered" but untweakable config that is t

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

On 17 Feb, Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This to me suggests that you have a dns related issue. I'd check to make > sure you have no entries in /etc/hosts for 1.0.0.0 , then you check > your nameservers each by: host ftp.debian.org 10.0.0.254 , then replace > the 10.0.0.254 with each dns se

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

Why are you running any DNS services? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New User- Network Problem

Where did you get those nameserver IPs? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 12:12:03PM +, Mitch Crawford wrote: > OK I've reinstalled Debian 4.0r2, removed network-manager, dhcdbd, and the > libnm-glib0 and libnm-util0 stuff. > > I have a static IP 10.0.0.6 255.255.255.0 > There are NO proxies running anywhere that i'm aware of. > > I have 3 o

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

Mitch Crawford wrote: I _DON'T_ think this _IS_ a dns issue anymore. I can ping external addresses & traceroute finds them it just appears to be the web browsers that can't. Anybody got any idea Check the browser's configuration? (Proxies and the like?) -- Bones: "The man's DEAD, Jim!" Ed

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

Mitch Crawford wrote: OK I've reinstalled Debian 4.0r2, removed network-manager, dhcdbd, and the libnm-glib0 and libnm-util0 stuff. I have a static IP 10.0.0.6 255.255.255.0 There are NO proxies running anywhere that i'm aware of. I have 3 other machines connected to this 4 port router all whic

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

On 17 Feb, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hhhm, I have: > hosts: files dns > You could at least try putting 'dns' immediately after 'files'. had tried before, & now looks like that > The only thing I can find related to mdns (and which seems relevant > here) is avahi-daemo

Re: New User-Network Problem Still

On 17 Feb, Tony van der Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's that comma doing there? typo, since I've not got the network working yet! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Mitch writes: > Looking in /etc/nsswitch.conf > I have a line > hosts:files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 > I presume this is the order used to find hosts... and does it look > correct? Change it to: hosts: files dns Also get rid of avahi-daemon if you have it. That mdns stuf

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On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 06:16:00PM +, Mitch Crawford wrote: > Looking in /etc/nsswitch.conf > I have a line > hosts:files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 > > I presume this is the order used to find hosts... and does it look correct? Hhhm, I have: hosts: files dns You

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Looking in /etc/nsswitch.conf I have a line hosts:files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 I presume this is the order used to find hosts... and does it look correct? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

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On 17 Feb, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What's that comma doing there? typo also other typo #ip address shows eth0 shows 10.0.0.7 when it is actually 10.0.0.6 > Also note that all nameserver lines after the first three will be > ignored, and your "domain" and "search" lines are at b

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On 17 Feb, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can the other machines in your LAN ping 10.0.0.6 ? yes, no problem > A few days ago, upon routine (daily) upgrading with Synaptic, I > discovered that network-manager (which previously was not working > correctly on this machine) was obtain

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* Mitch Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080217 06:14]: > OK I've reinstalled Debian 4.0r2, removed network-manager, dhcdbd, and the > libnm-glib0 and libnm-util0 stuff. > > I have a static IP 10.0.0.6 255.255.255.0 > There are NO proxies running anywhere that i'm aware of. > > I have 3 other machin

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Tony writes: > What's that comma doing there? Also note that all nameserver lines after the first three will be ignored, and your "domain" and "search" lines are at best useless: remove them. I hope that the "//" delimited comments are not actually in the file. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIB

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On 17 Feb at 12:12 Mitch Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > OK I've reinstalled Debian 4.0r2, removed network-manager, dhcdbd, and the > libnm-glib0 and libnm-util0 stuff. [snip] > > /etc/resolv.conf > nameserver 10,.0.0.254 // router nameserver What's that

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On 16 Feb, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mitch writes: > > Why I want static IP addresses so don't want DHCP turned on. > Then you are going to have to get the IP numbers of your ISP's > nameservers and put them in /etc/resolv.conf. Done that /etc/resolv.conf domain local.net nameserve

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Post the _exact_ contents of /etc/resolv.conf. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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OK, I can ping local & external sites. I still can't browse by name, but entering the IP no in the browser allows me to connect to some sites. I've added more ISP dns numbers to /etc/resolv.conf I've still no idea what's wrong :-( -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

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