I too had problems with Wheezy on two computers it failed to set the screen size or recognize the monitor. I've not been able to print from the Wheezy computer in the Shop. The Wheezy computer in the Beer Cave is acting a bit different and asked me for my password before trying to add a printer. But still I fail... other than that I like it better than Ubuntu 12
JT On 2/2/2015 10:08 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 02 February 2015 07:51:27 John Thornton did opine > And Gene did reply: >> 2.7 pre is out... >> >> http://linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum/29-forum-announcements/2875 >> 1-linuxcnc-27pre >> >> JT > I have made 2 passes at installing wheezy, both massive failures. > The first problem is that you cannot bypass the disk partitioner and it > does not understand about the new 4k per sector disks, so it screws up the > partitioning. Linux CAN handle that, but disk speed takes a 50 or more % > hit in read, and up to a 90% hit in write speeds. > > This is not a problem on the machine computers as both of those have older > 250Gb drives that are 512 byte sector drives. > > GParted can move the partition boundaries around and has successfully > fixed a manjaro (arch based) install I have done on this same drive, but > it destroyed the second wheezy install trying to fix that. > > Now that I know I can fix what the wheezy partitioner does, I will > probably give that another shot. > > I raised several sorts of hell on the debian list about that, and to a > man, they said I COULD bypass the partitioner, but damned if I could do > it. Maybe a 3rd time is a charm? > > What has been everyone else's experience with this? > > I need to do something relatively quick, my main drive hiccuped and was > read only when I woke up this morning. a reboot with a lengthy session of > fixit y's issued to e2fsck seems to have fixed it, but for how long? > > What I think is happening is yet another session of crap sata cables. You > cannot buy a sata cable that doesn't have the hot red colored plastic. and > that crap is a 3 year time bomb, something in THAT red die eats the copper > up, and I have been pouring the copper out of the end of it as a fine red > dust where there used to be a conductive wire ever since the CB Radio > makers found the J.A.Pan mic cables were cheaper, in about 1970. And I > still have 2 of them in this system. I also have 3 of the red ones that > have failed hanging on a drawer knob behind me. Reminders to never ever > buy the red ones. > > >> On 2/2/2015 4:19 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: >>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 4:28 AM, Greg Bentzinger >>> <[email protected]> >>> >>> wrote: >>>> About to start a new retrofit conversion in the next few weeks and >>>> would rather put off the software side until v2.7 is released than >>>> have to convert from 2.6. >>>> >>>> If it is beyond the near horizon am I good to go with v2.7 pre? >>>> >>>> A decade ago I was a heavy Gentoo user (lets build every little part >>>> custom to run the best on our existing hardware setup) >>>> >>>> But for the last five years I have been getting paid to help admin a >>>> windows cluster and that means alot of mind numbing user hand >>>> holding and its wore me down over time. >>>> >>>> Sometimes I stare blankly at a terminal window trying to remember >>>> the proper command syntax needed. I blame M$, and deny that age or >>>> other factors could be causing me to turn into a Zombie. >>> Microsoft Windows. The virus that masquerades as an Operating >>> System. >>> >>> Mark >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> --------- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go >>> Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership >>> with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software >>> development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, >>> case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the >>> conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Emc-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ------- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. 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