Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-25 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:26:53 +, Curt wrote: > I don't know what extra old stubs are, nor what you can do with them, > but it sounds interesting. They're short, but not too big around. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-25 Thread Curt
On 2011-09-25, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > > Yes, it is not about your installation, but how to use "foreports" -- we > have backports, but I can't find a foreports repository so I am guessing > it is a case of having extra old stubs to use as foreports... Sorry. I thought I was being funny and i

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-24 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Lisi wrote: On Saturday 24 September 2011 17:22:09 Andrew McGlashan wrote: Then you use debian foreports. How and where? Is it simply using a lenny stub [in apt source files] in place of squeeze or stable? I'm not quite sure which you are asking a question about, foreports or repositories.

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-24 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 24 September 2011 17:22:09 Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Curt wrote: > > On 2011-09-24, Lisi wrote: > >> But say that e.g. the screen reading software is "better" in Lenny than > >> in Squeeze? > > > > Then you use debian foreports. > > How and where? Is it simply using a lenny stub [in a

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-24 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Curt wrote: On 2011-09-24, Lisi wrote: But say that e.g. the screen reading software is "better" in Lenny than in Squeeze? Then you use debian foreports. How and where? Is it simply using a lenny stub [in apt source files] in place of squeeze or stable? -- Kind Regards AndrewM Andre

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-24 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:39:57 +0100, Lisi wrote: > On Saturday 24 September 2011 15:12:59 Curt wrote: >> On 2011-09-24, Lisi wrote: >> > But say that e.g. the screen reading software is "better" in Lenny >> > than in Squeeze? >> >> Then you use debian foreports. > > Not everything will be availab

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-24 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 24 September 2011 15:12:59 Curt wrote: > On 2011-09-24, Lisi wrote: > > But say that e.g. the screen reading software is "better" in Lenny than > > in Squeeze? > > Then you use debian foreports. Not everything will be available in foreports. And anyway, why is it so terrible to use

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-24 Thread Curt
On 2011-09-24, Lisi wrote: > > But say that e.g. the screen reading software is "better" in Lenny than in > Squeeze? Then you use debian foreports. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-24 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/23/2011 9:00 AM, Long Wind wrote: even pressing power button on PC case can't shutdown lenny I have to unplug power cable to shutdown ACPI BIOS normally forces you to hold the power button in for at least 3-5 seconds to power off a system when the CPU is running in protected mode. Are

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 24 September 2011 00:01:52 Bob Proulx wrote: > Lisi wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > Long Wind wrote: > > > > Subject: how stable is lenny > > > > > > Lenny is extremely stable. But just the same you should upgrade to > > > Squeeze. That is the current "best" release to use. > > > >

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Bob Proulx
Lisi wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Long Wind wrote: > > > Subject: how stable is lenny > > > > Lenny is extremely stable. But just the same you should upgrade to > > Squeeze. That is the current "best" release to use. > > Depends, surely, on his reason for using Lenny? The beauty of Linux > is

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Long Wind
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Camaleón wrote: > > Then you can run "smartclt" (long test mode) to find out any problem with > your hard disks. > > > If you can connect and manage the server from a remote machine that may > indicate an isolated problem not a system wide one: > > 1/ If you are r

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Lisi
On Friday 23 September 2011 22:37:17 Bob Proulx wrote: > Long Wind wrote: > > Subject: how stable is lenny > > Lenny is extremely stable. But just the same you should upgrade to > Squeeze. That is the current "best" release to use. Depends, surely, on his reason for using Lenny? The beauty of L

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Bob Proulx
Long Wind wrote: > Subject: how stable is lenny Lenny is extremely stable. But just the same you should upgrade to Squeeze. That is the current "best" release to use. > sometime I can't shutdown lenny after using it for some time > (I mean lenny doesn't respond to my key strokes) > has anyone h

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Whit Hansell
On 09/23/2011 08:21 AM, Long Wind wrote: sometime I can't shutdown lenny after using it for some time (I mean lenny doesn't respond to my key strokes) has anyone have similar experience? I install and run some no open source software as a no-root user it shouldn't cause problem I've had the sam

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Michael Fothergill
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Long Wind wrote: > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > I am impressed with the username Long Wind.. I think it is an imaginative one. Cheers Michael Fothergill > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:06:53 +0800, Long Wind wrote: > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> >> I'm running several boxes with lenny (gui and non-gui based >> installations) and lenny is rock solid as the first day :-) >> >> I would investigate why your system stops responding, mayb

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Long Wind
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > I'm running several boxes with lenny (gui and non-gui based > installations) and lenny is rock solid as the first day :-) > > I would investigate why your system stops responding, maybe you can start > to find out by stablishing a session via ss

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Long Wind
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > Does the mouse still work?  If so you may simply have a KB going south.  If > neither work it may by a problem coming out of hybernation.  If this happens > *while* you are actively typing it could be a number of issues. > > When this happe

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:21:06 +0800, Long Wind wrote: > sometime I can't shutdown lenny after using it for some time (I mean > lenny doesn't respond to my key strokes) has anyone have similar > experience? > I install and run some no open source software as a no-root user it > shouldn't cause probl

Re: how stable is lenny

2011-09-23 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/23/2011 7:21 AM, Long Wind wrote: sometime I can't shutdown lenny after using it for some time (I mean lenny doesn't respond to my key strokes) has anyone have similar experience? I install and run some no open source software as a no-root user it shouldn't cause problem Does the mouse sti