Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2014-01-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 04/01/14 22:20, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 01 ian 14, 09:06:48, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> On Wednesday 01 January 2014 01:31:00 Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> On 01/01/14 11:56, Charlie wrote: So can someone please tell me how I might do windows safe mode equivalent? >>> >>> There isn't an e

Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2014-01-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 01 ian 14, 09:06:48, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 01 January 2014 01:31:00 Scott Ferguson wrote: > > On 01/01/14 11:56, Charlie wrote: > > > So can someone please tell me how I might do windows safe mode > > > equivalent? > > > > There isn't an equivalent mode with Linux. Sorry. > > My

Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2014-01-01 Thread Charlie
On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 18:59:36 +1100 Scott Ferguson sent: > Less worse. You meant less worse. :) Yes, less worse. Thank you everyone for your suggestions and thank you Scott for your excellent help. It's much appreciated. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524

Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2014-01-01 Thread Joel Rees
On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 01/01/14 14:56, Charlie wrote: >> On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 14:03:45 +1100 Scott Ferguson sent: >> >>> On 01/01/14 13:07, Charlie wrote: On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:31:00 +1100 Scott Ferguson sent: [...] > You can also speed things up consid

Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2014-01-01 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 01 January 2014 01:31:00 Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 01/01/14 11:56, Charlie wrote: > > So can someone please tell me how I might do windows safe mode > > equivalent? > > There isn't an equivalent mode with Linux. Sorry. My knowledge of Windows is scarcely encyclopaedic, but is Windows

Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2014-01-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 01/01/14 18:22, Charlie wrote: > On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 15:21:24 +1100 Scott Ferguson sent: > > > >> Don't know if you check here, but your ISP was having some recent >> problems:- https://www.skymesh.net.au/advisories/ > > Thanks again Scott. > > I think that my ISP is a lot of the problem, b

Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2013-12-31 Thread Charlie
On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 15:21:24 +1100 Scott Ferguson sent: > Don't know if you check here, but your ISP was having some recent > problems:- https://www.skymesh.net.au/advisories/ Thanks again Scott. I think that my ISP is a lot of the problem, but then is it the IPSTAR satellite people as well or

Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2013-12-31 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 01/01/14 14:56, Charlie wrote: > On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 14:03:45 +1100 Scott Ferguson sent: > >> On 01/01/14 13:07, Charlie wrote: >>> On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:31:00 +1100 Scott Ferguson sent: >>> > To see what else (TCP) is using the network:- $ netstat -t >>> >>> Active Internet connec

Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2013-12-31 Thread Charlie
On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 14:03:45 +1100 Scott Ferguson sent: > On 01/01/14 13:07, Charlie wrote: > > On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:31:00 +1100 Scott Ferguson sent: > > > > Thanks again for the follow up Scott. > >> Expect very low latency with a satellite connection. > > Sorry, I meant "high" latency (lo

Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2013-12-31 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 01/01/14 13:07, Charlie wrote: > On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:31:00 +1100 Scott Ferguson sent: > > > > Thanks for your time Scott > >> Expect very low latency with a satellite connection. Sorry, I meant "high" latency (long wait for a response). > > Is 976ms low or is that high? Low (quick).

Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2013-12-31 Thread Charlie
On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:31:00 +1100 Scott Ferguson sent: Thanks for your time Scott > Expect very low latency with a satellite connection. Is 976ms low or is that high? Is the lower number like 662ms high? > > > > Now the latest is that they want me to run Jessie in the same mode > > as safe

Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2013-12-31 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 01/01/14 11:56, Charlie wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > Running Jessie: 3.11-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.11.10-1 (2013-12-04) > x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Toshiba c500/A00L w8 laptop > > I have been having no end of problems with my satellite connection over > some months and each new support person