Re: xorg-server failing on IBM NetVista with Intel 82815 video; was Re (6): Re^n: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum

2010-05-22 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 22 May 2010 03:13:06 -0400 (EDT), Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sat,22.May.10, 00:55:34, David Jardine wrote: >> Stephen Powell wrote: >>> >>> I see. All comments. Which is about the same as not having one. Hmm. >> >> Or is it? I'm as baffled as anyone alse by xorg configuration, but >>

Re: xorg-server failing on IBM NetVista with Intel 82815 video; was Re (6): Re^n: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum

2010-05-22 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat,22.May.10, 00:55:34, David Jardine wrote: > > > > I see. All comments. Which is about the same as not having one. Hmm. > > Or is it? I'm as baffled as anyone alse by xorg configuration, but > can't such a file, blank though it be, override some other config file? > Just a thought. It

Re: xorg-server failing on IBM NetVista with Intel 82815 video; was Re (6): Re^n: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum

2010-05-21 Thread David Jardine
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 05:29:18PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Wed, 19 May 2010 15:32:01 -0400 (EDT), Peter Easthope wrote: > > Stephen Powell wrote: > >> Please post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file as well. > > > > It contains only commented lines from previous > > experiments. Hasn't change

Re: xorg-server failing on IBM NetVista with Intel 82815 video; was Re (6): Re^n: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum

2010-05-19 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 19 May 2010 15:32:01 -0400 (EDT), Peter Easthope wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> Please post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file as well. > > It contains only commented lines from previous > experiments. Hasn't changed since the log was > recorded. Should be visible here. > > http:

xorg-server failing on IBM NetVista with Intel 82815 video; was Re (6): Re^n: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum

2010-05-19 Thread peasthope
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 13:32:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Stephen Powell > Please post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file as well. It contains only commented lines from previous experiments. Hasn't changed since the log was recorded. Should be visible here. http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/dalto

Re: Re (5): Re^n: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum

2010-05-19 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 18 May 2010 20:24:47 -0400 (EDT), Peter Easthope wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> ... my employer has [carnot.yi.org] blocked as a "dating" site. ?! > > yi.org provides an server for dynamically updated > addresses. Among the thousands of clients, a few > could be distributing "colorf

Re (5): Re^n: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum

2010-05-18 Thread peasthope
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 10:08:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Stephen Powell > ... my employer has [carnot.yi.org] blocked as a "dating" site. ?! yi.org provides an server for dynamically updated addresses. Among the thousands of clients, a few could be distributing "colorful" data. http://carnot.pa

Re: Re (4): Re^n: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum

2010-05-17 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 16 May 2010 14:13:58 -0400 (EDT), Peter Easthope wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> Your kernel installation environment is not configured correctly for >> use with lilo. That's why you are having trouble upgrading to >> a newer kernel. Assuming that you are using only stock kernel images,

Re (4): Re^n: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum

2010-05-16 Thread peasthope
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 11:05:21 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Powell wrote, > Your kernel installation environment is not configured correctly for > use with lilo. That's why you are having trouble upgrading to > a newer kernel. Assuming that you are using only stock kernel images, > here is what you sh

Re: Re (3): Re^n: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum

2010-05-12 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 11 May 2010 19:29:39 -0400 (EDT), Peter Easthope wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> ... >> "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" >> ... >> I don't understand what problem you are trying to solve. > > But it is broke! > In one sense, the primary problem is failure of X. > > dalton:/home/peter

Re (3): Re^n: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum

2010-05-11 Thread peasthope
From: Stephen Powell Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 09:29:33 -0400 (EDT) > ... > "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" > ... > I don't understand what problem you are trying to solve. But it is broke! In one sense, the primary problem is failure of X. dalton:/home/peter# uname -rv 2.6.30-2-686 #1 SMP

Re: Re (2): Re^n: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum

2010-05-11 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 10 May 2010 17:42:25 -0400 (EDT), Peter Easthope wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> What was the problem? In the text you quoted, there was no reasonable >> change >> that could be made to grub-pc to address the issue; > > Covered in several messages beginning here in debian-user

Re (2): Re^n: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum

2010-05-10 Thread peasthope
> What was the problem? In the text you quoted, there was no reasonable change > that could be made to grub-pc to address the issue; Covered in several messages beginning here in debian-user. * Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:04:19 -0700 * Message-id: <171056446.61715.570...@cantor.invali

Re: Re^n: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum

2010-05-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 10 May 2010 15:57:02 peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > > [update-grub] is not a bug. The maintainer script for the > > new kernel image package is trying to run update-grub because it is > > being told to do so by entries in /etc/kernel-img.conf. > > Past experience is that an intended straigh

Re^n: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum

2010-05-10 Thread peasthope
Stephen, > [update-grub] is not a bug. The maintainer script for the > new kernel image package is trying to run update-grub because it is > being told to do so by entries in /etc/kernel-img.conf. > ... * Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:46:40 -0400 (EDT) * Subject: Re: why does linux imag