Re: installation problem

2016-01-17 Thread Dick Thomas
ve this problem , any help from you, please > > robert, waiting for your response 1st question, Have you done a custom partitioning ? I ask as I've only seen this error on my installs when I've done a encrypted root on and didn't leave a /boot unencrypted regards Dick Thomas

br0 with only one interface and IPv6

2013-06-26 Thread Dick Thomas
address 2a01:348:6::: netmask 64 many thanks Dick Thomas -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRytedAAoJEF0vI0WYYxBR+wQH/je5UEgXHG3xodQgY5xbQqoV

Re: INSTALLATION OF DEBIAN IN WINDOWS XP

2013-06-26 Thread Dick Thomas
/watch?v=0kdX5jlJ7NU or you can search the lot at www.youtube,com/xpd259 while I Don't claim to be an expert making these videos I make them to show how easy it can be :0) Dick Thomas -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

Re: kmail under wheezy

2013-06-19 Thread Dick Thomas
read somewhere that It has been dropped by Mozilla and I need a replacement client Dick Thomas -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRwVHeAAoJEF0vI0WYYxBRYTAH/Rq6gmLjO7ZGkwztE4Ze40Nq

Re: kmail under wheezy

2013-06-19 Thread Dick Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 19/06/13 02:06, Mike McGinn wrote: Hi All, Is anyone using KDE and Kmail under Wheezy? How does it work? Is it stable enough to use or should I wait to update from Squeeze? Thanks, Mike this is why I shouldn't type half asleep, :o) other

Re: 32bit apps under amd64 and nvidia

2013-05-26 Thread Dick Thomas
On 26/05/13 07:21, Alex Moonshine wrote: On Sun, 26 May 2013 08:01:33 +0200 Hans-J. Ullrich hans.ullr...@loop.de mailto:hans.ullr...@loop.de wrote: This will not work. The problem is missing libxvmc1:ii386, which got a dependency problem. There is a bugreport related to it. They say,

Re: crackle and distortion on KDE audio

2013-05-25 Thread Dick Thomas
On 23/05/13 00:14, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Wed, 2013-05-22 at 23:30 +0100, Dick Thomas wrote: I've just installed KDE on wheezy as I have a black magic pro capture card and on gnome it kills all user permissions (Shutdown, eject cdrom, etc) but with KDE it works, go figure!! but I've noticed

crackle and distortion on KDE audio

2013-05-22 Thread Dick Thomas
and a sound blaster FX TI Is there some setting that might fix this (other than removing pulse audio as I need that)? I don't know what output from the CLI to give to hints what might be wrong Dick Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: debian sid, kernel 3.8 and volume group not found.

2013-05-12 Thread Dick Thomas
On 13 May 2013 00:25, Mauro mrsan...@gmail.com wrote: It is already installed. On 12 May 2013 15:25, Alan Greenberger ala...@ptd.net wrote: On 2013-05-11, Mauro mrsan...@gmail.com wrote: Yes I've did not mention that the machine where the new kernel does not work has an amd64

Re: debian sid, kernel 3.8 and volume group not found.

2013-05-12 Thread Dick Thomas
On 13 May 2013 00:56, Mauro mrsan...@gmail.com wrote: I've not tried, I'll do. But why there's no need to add rootdelay in the other machine? On 13 May 2013 01:53, Dick Thomas xpd...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 May 2013 00:25, Mauro mrsan...@gmail.com wrote: It is already installed

differences between installs affecting hardware

2013-04-13 Thread Dick Thomas
(the capture card module) and restart X But if I install Xfce 1st using the same netboot cdrom and then install the gnome task it works perfectly What differences would installing Xfce 1st make that installing gnome over the top make? (Just so I can report a bug to them) Dick Thomas About.me

cd ISO with automatic ssh statup

2013-04-02 Thread Dick Thomas
in the a*** Dick Thomas About.me http://about.me/dick.thomas Blog: www.xpd259.co.uk G+: www.google.com/profiles/xpd259

Raid 5

2013-03-06 Thread Dick Thomas
What is the best way to setup a raid 5 array (4* 2TB drives) should I make raid 5 for my system and /home then raid 0 or 1 for the boot, or should I buy a 5th drive for system/boot and install in the standard way? as this is my 1st time on debian and not sure what would be best Dick Thomas

Re: Raid 5

2013-03-06 Thread Dick Thomas
...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5137998e.3090...@rogers.com will try that, anything is better than buying a extra drive, thanks a lot for the advice will try wheezy too. not tried the installer for 6 months Dick Thomas About.me http://about.me/dick.thomas Blog: www.xpd259.co.uk G

10 top myths of debian

2013-03-01 Thread Dick Thomas
) *** Debian is always out of date and even the stable is unsecure as its backported fixes rather than updates and any other points you could think of wouldl be awesome Dick Thomas About.me http://about.me/dick.thomas Blog: www.xpd259.co.uk G+: www.google.com/profiles/xpd259 gpg key: C791809B

Re: use another /dev/tty0 as /dev/random

2013-02-22 Thread Dick Thomas
worked it out, i neeed the app rng-tools and set my device as /dev/foo :) About.me http://about.me/dick.thomas Blog: www.xpd259.co.uk G+: www.google.com/profiles/xpd259 gpg key: C791809B On 22 February 2013 17:05, Dick Thomas xpd...@gmail.com wrote: I'm making a random number generator out

use another /dev/tty0 as /dev/random

2013-02-22 Thread Dick Thomas
I'm making a random number generator out of bit and Arduino but that isn't the question my Question is is it possible to use a serial imput from the Arduino as /dev/random I've no idea what to even google to do this any help or pointers where to start would be fantastic Dick About.me

Re: Debian 7

2013-02-21 Thread Dick Thomas
About.me http://about.me/dick.thomas Blog: www.xpd259.co.uk G+: www.google.com/profiles/xpd259 gpg key: C791809B On 21 February 2013 20:42, Thore th...@datensumpf.de wrote: Hi, I use wheezy on my Servers. If you have no poeple who needs the server every time (like in business). Than you

Re: Debian Wiki

2013-01-14 Thread Dick Thomas
On 14 January 2013 15:47, green greenfreedo...@gmail.com wrote: Dick Thomas wrote at 2013-01-13 23:19 -0600: are there any limits on what can be added to the wiki? I'm asking as there are so many things on the arch wiki I've fixed to work on debian that I feel I should post somewhere

Debian Wiki

2013-01-13 Thread Dick Thomas
Hello, are there any limits on what can be added to the wiki? I'm asking as there are so many things on the arch wiki I've fixed to work on debian that I feel I should post somewhere Dick Thomas -- About.me http://about.me/dick.thomas Blog: www.xpd259.co.uk G+: www.google.com/profiles/xpd259

Re: ISO downloads are corrupted

2013-01-08 Thread Dick Thomas
On 8 January 2013 15:18, Markos mar...@c2o.pro.br wrote: Dear Dick, I don't have any experience with jigdo or torrents. I will read about it. Thanks, Markos Em Dom, 2013-01-06 às 15:51 +, Dick William Thomas escreveu: On Sun, 2013-01-06 at 12:54 -0200, Markos wrote: Dear,

Re: Installing Debian on an SSD

2013-01-08 Thread Dick Thomas
On 8 January 2013 19:16, Grześ Andruszkiewicz gandr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Does the Debian installer work out of the box for SSDs? I.e. I heard that you need to align the partitions to 32bit virtual clusters (is it actually true?). Are there any other things I need to take into account

Re: ISO downloads are corrupted

2013-01-08 Thread Dick Thomas
On 8 January 2013 20:59, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Doug wrote: Markos wrote: I don't have any experience with jigdo or torrents. Some years ago I was trying to install distro with jigdo, and gave up. I have never seen such a confusing, stupid thing in my life! If the program

startech pcie capture card

2013-01-07 Thread Dick Thomas
that can capture HDMI VGA Regards Dick Thomas -- About.me http://about.me/dick.thomas Blog: www.xpd259.co.uk G+: www.google.com/profiles/xpd259

wheezy network manager and normal users

2013-01-05 Thread Dick Thomas
Hello, I've got a laptop that more than just I use, but network manger seems to ask for the sudo/root password when adding a new wireless key. I don't want other users having sudo access but I want them to be-able to use new networks I've try tried adding user to netdev but that just seems to

Re: package for dropbox

2012-12-30 Thread Dick Thomas
I've found the debian repo package doesn't work, it installs but when run the daemon says it's install incorrectly and forwards me to the dropbox website. this might of changed since I last tried but it might be better to get it from their website Dick Thomas On 30 December 2012 18:26, David

Re: package for dropbox

2012-12-30 Thread Dick Thomas
to top-post his reply above all the others. Just sayin' Dick Thomas grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On 30 December 2012 18:26, David Guntner dav...@akamail.net wrote: Just as an asside, dropbox.com has a Debian .deb package that can be downloaded from it, as well as a Python script