Re: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy Killed Sound on Dell Board.

2015-07-15 Thread Javier Barroso
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 7:01 PM, Martin G. McCormick wrote: > Javier Barroso writes: >> There is a page on the wiki [1] where give you details about cs4236 >> devices on Debian (and why they were excluded from Distribution. I'm >> not sure if cs4236B is included. I hope it work too, > > I

Re: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy Killed Sound on Dell Board.

2015-07-15 Thread Martin G. McCormick
Javier Barroso writes: > There is a page on the wiki [1] where give you details about cs4236 > devices on Debian (and why they were excluded from Distribution. I'm > not sure if cs4236B is included. I hope it work too, I looked there and didn't see any documentation stating that the 423X s

Re: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy Killed Sound on Dell Board.

2015-07-14 Thread Martin G. McCormick
Dan Ritter writes: > A cheap USB audio device is probably a good bet. For example, > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812186035&cm_re=usb_audio-_-12-186-035-_-Product > > is an $8 USB device that I can verify works with Debian and Mac > OS X. That is a very good suggestion

Re: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy Killed Sound on Dell Board.

2015-07-14 Thread Javier Barroso
Hello, keeping you on cc, sorry if you don't want, On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 5:49 PM, Martin G. McCormick wrote: > The system in question is a Dell Dimension 600-MHZ > Pentium from way back in 2000. The BIOS date is October 10 of > 1999. The sound chip set is a CS4236 on the mother board an

Re: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy Killed Sound on Dell Board.

2015-07-14 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 10:49:25AM -0500, Martin G. McCormick wrote: > This old Dell is not ready for the recycling center as > it has a gigabyte of RAM and can still do lots of useful work so > I hope there is a way to get audio working again. A cheap USB audio device is probably a good bet

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2013-05-20 Thread Intah
Hi, try apt-get remove libmyodbc apt-get dist-upgrade It worked for me. It's the old thread, but maybe someone will have the same problem. Regards, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debia

Re: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy fails

2013-05-19 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
rlwbonsai, 6.05.2013: > I attempted to upgrade my Averatec 3200 laptop from Squeeze to > Wheezy on 5/5/13. The laptop has an AMD Athlon 486 processor > and Unichrome graphics. The only non-Debian software > installed on this machine is Mozilla Firefox. This laptop has > successfully run Sarge,

Re: RE: RE: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy fails

2013-05-06 Thread rlwbonsai
Thanks. The Gnome terminal is now usable in XFCE. Can't check rxvt because trying to start rxvt crashes X. Trying to start it a second time, after logging in from the first crash, crashed the system. I like rxvt from past experience but it seems not to be an option in Wheezy. I really, really

RE: RE: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy fails

2013-05-06 Thread Mark Allums
> Gnome-session-fallback is installed. Classic Gnome is in the > login menu. My comments relate to that. > > Not sure what you mean by 'default profile'. My guess > is ~/.bashrc since I don't have a ~/.profile. I think the > relevant section of ~/.bashrc is: > > # enable color support of ls a

Re: RE: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy fails

2013-05-06 Thread rlwbonsai
Gnome-session-fallback is installed. Classic Gnome is in the login menu. My comments relate to that. Not sure what you mean by 'default profile'. My guess is ~/.bashrc since I don't have a ~/.profile. I think the relevant section of ~/.bashrc is: # enable color support of ls and also add hand

Re: Re: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy fails

2013-05-06 Thread rlwbonsai
This is my sources.list # # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 ( 20060314)]/ etch main #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20060314)]/ etch main #deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian squeeze main contrib #deb-

RE: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy fails

2013-05-06 Thread Mark Allums
> -Gnome 3 will not run. Default Gnome is very limited in this > machine. Make sure Gnome's "Classic" mode (AKA, fallback mode) is installed. There is a package for that. Consider installing MATE instead (Google for it.) They recently released a new version which runs very smoothly. MATE is a

Re: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy fails

2013-05-06 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 09:14:39AM -0400, rlwbonsai wrote: > I attempted to upgrade my Averatec 3200 laptop from Squeeze to > Wheezy on 5/5/13. The laptop has an AMD Athlon 486 processor > and Unichrome graphics. The only non-Debian software > installed on this machine is Mozilla Firefox. This l

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-05 Thread Charles Kroeger
On Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:40:02 +0100 Jon Dowland wrote: > I can't see the relevance of any of these for the problem at hand. OK, suggest something of relevance for the problem specifically, like a better less 'default' set of values for the /etc/apt/apt.conf file, explaining why. I was suggestin

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-04 Thread Jon Dowland
On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 08:35:51PM -0500, Charles Kroeger wrote: > hummm...I don't know but I care nothing for these code words squeeze wheezy > sid > etc. I prefer good 'ol stable testing unstable experimental. They both serve their own purposes. The code names continue to point at the same rel

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-04 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Mon, 3 Dec 2012, Charles Kroeger wrote: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ I downloaded yesterday debian-testing-i386-DVD-1.iso, but it seems better to use the recommended beta4 release. debian-wheezy-DI-b4-i386-DVD-1.iso I just remark that the file name is now de

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-03 Thread Charles Kroeger
On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:10:02 +0100 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > As I already said, I'll spend less time installing Wheezy from the iso image This just in: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ your troubles are over. -- CK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.o

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-03 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sun, 2 Dec 2012, Charles Kroeger wrote: hummm...I don't know but I care nothing for these code words squeeze wheezy sid etc. I prefer good 'ol stable testing unstable experimental. I don't understand. Presently, squeeze and stable are synonyms, but squeeze will mean squeeze forever, an

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-02 Thread Bob Proulx
Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > Tom H wrote: > >What's the output of "apt-cache policy"? > ==> apt-cache policy The problem is that your report, although I am sure is accurate, is of conflicting information. It doesn't make sense. I am sure it is what you are seeing. Don't get me wrong. But the con

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-02 Thread Charles Kroeger
On Sun, 02 Dec 2012 11:20:01 +0100 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > When I run > # apt-get install > I get "1763 ackages not upgraded" hummm...I don't know but I care nothing for these code words squeeze wheezy sid etc. I prefer good 'ol stable testing unstable experimental. >today, I tried to

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-02 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sun, 2 Dec 2012, Andrei POPESCU wrote: apt-listbugs is making problems you could uninstall or disable it. I was so sure that it was a required package that I didn't try that. Removing it actually worked, but there are still so many dependencies problems that I'll abandon, and install

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 02 dec 12, 16:30:10, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10 returned an > error code (10) > E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10 apt-listbugs is making problems you could uninstall or disable it. > This time, I'm r

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-02 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Mon, 3 Dec 2012, Chris Bannister wrote: What I'd do is: (as root) apt-get update apt-get install linux-image-3.2.0-4-686-pae udev grub apt dpkg that failed with the same dependencies problem, but what worked was: # apt-get install linux-image-3.2.0-4-686-pae # apt-get install grub

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-02 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: > > apt-get update > apt-get install linux-image-3.2.0-4-686-pae udev grub apt dpkg I'd start with just the kernel and udev, possibly separately. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-02 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:47 AM, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2012, Chris Bannister wrote: >> >> What is output of: >> >> apt-cache policy udev > > >udev: > Installed: 164-3 > Candidate: 175-7 > Version table: > 175-7 0 >500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-02 Thread Chris Bannister
[OOps, looks like I've jumped in when Bob's already helping. Feel free to wait and see what Bob suggests, although I can't see any problem with trying the following] On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 11:47:46AM +0100, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2012, Chris Bannister wrote: > > >What is output

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-02 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sun, 2 Dec 2012, Chris Bannister wrote: What is output of: apt-cache policy udev udev: Installed: 164-3 Candidate: 175-7 Version table: 175-7 0 500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages *** 164-3 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/s

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-02 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 09:42:15AM +0100, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > hi Charles, > thanks for your suggestions, but alas none worked in my case. What is output of: apt-cache policy udev uname -a apt-get -f install -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people w

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-02 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
thanks Bob for your detailed reply On Sat, 1 Dec 2012, Bob Proulx wrote: Also check /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* for any additional files that are contributing to the list. Ensure that there are none. I had actually removed them What was the reason for the reboot? Did you lose power? You

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-02 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sat, 1 Dec 2012, Charles Kroeger wrote: Try this: #dpkg --configure -a -- CK p.s. this is an old one: #apt-get -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes dist-upgrade hi Charles, thanks for your suggestions, but alas none worked in my case. best regards, -- Pierre Frenkiel -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-01 Thread Bob Proulx
Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > today, I tried to upgrade from squeeze to wheezzy: Okay. > - in source.list, I only left: > deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free Okay. Don't completely forget about security upgrades. But okay to upgrade without to keep thing simple. B

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-01 Thread Charles Kroeger
On Sat, 01 Dec 2012 20:00:02 +0100 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > Is there a way to fix this dependency problem? I found nothing > useful (at least for me) via Google, or debian forums. Try this: #dpkg --configure -a -- CK p.s. this is an old one: #apt-get -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes dist-u

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-01 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sat, 1 Dec 2012, Tom H wrote: The versions that apt's trying to install are squeeze ones. not exactly: "5.1.6-1 is to be installed", curiously actually means: "5.1.6-1 is installed" What's the output of "apt-cache policy"? ==> apt-cache policy Package files:

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-12-01 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > today, I tried to upgrade from squeeze to wheezzy: > - in source.list, I only left: > deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free > > - then, apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade > up to now, no problem, a lot of pa