Re: I did not get any reply, so I must have done something wrong, Is this issue solved?
Hi. I see two problems in your setup, but I have no idea of whether they relate to your problem: 1) Kernel 2.4 Kernel 2.6 is much better at devices, like usb external disks. The team kernel2.6/hal/gnome-volume-manager is working very well together, they recognize and mount almost everything you plug in the usb ports. You don't need either scsi emulation, nor for the cd- recorder. 2) VERY big swap partition. With 256 Mb of RAM, taking a 22 Gb partition to use as virtual ram is largely exceeding addressing capabilities of your computer. I think you were using hda2 to store user files, that is a good idea, so you don't need knoppix when your system hangs, you just reinstall on old root partition, and you have all your data safe in another place. 3) Where do the logical partition are allocated? It seems that the extended partition contains only hda5, not the rest of free space. This is a problem, you cannot allocate hda6 anywhere. well... fourth problem: Windows!!! (it means, strange partition allocation, big and risky disk usage, viruses, no separated swap memory...) Solution: Install sarge stable directly: When asked to partition, choose manual. Wipe hda4, and allocate all the free space to an extended partition. Allocate no more than 1 G to swap (normally it is considered safe just double of your memory but it depends on your needs), then the rest to the new root partition (hda6). select your old hda3 and mount it under /home, without formatting. Install clean, everything you need, gnome is very stable now, kde too but a bit too complicated in terms of usability... Then copy back to /home/you everything you need that is in /home/home/ you, same for /home/etc to /etc (this is because you mounted old root into home. Last: ALWAYS have a separate /home, possibly with a backup of /etc. El 20/06/2005, a las 23:34, Morten Gulbrandsen escribió: Hello, I have decided to return back to debian sarge, I reported this : http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/04/msg00127.html After that I rember I ran some Tex and latex applications, I did use aptitude, dselect and taskselect, everything from the ftp server sunsite informatik Finally the mouse froze. I can't move it. Both a frozen mouse and no access to my USB or ZIP drive must be a user error. I never had USB or SCSI support, but the first installation had no problems with moving the mouse. I have seen that sarge now is stable, I can try to use knoppix in order to back up some of the important files, then wipe it off and go for another install with the latest stable release. Since my problem is not reported to be a problem I believe it must be a user error. Any comments would be appreciated, My mouse is a ps2, Best regards Morten Gulbrandsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I did not get any reply, so I must have done something wrong, Is this issue solved?
I forgot, install sarge with boot option linux26, not the default one! (just write linux26 ENTER on boot prompt). Regards. Saverio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I did not get any reply, so I must have done something wrong, Is this issue solved?
Hello, I have decided to return back to debian sarge, I reported this : http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/04/msg00127.html After that I rember I ran some Tex and latex applications, I did use aptitude, dselect and taskselect, everything from the ftp server sunsite informatik Finally the mouse froze. I can't move it. Both a frozen mouse and no access to my USB or ZIP drive must be a user error. I never had USB or SCSI support, but the first installation had no problems with moving the mouse. I have seen that sarge now is stable, I can try to use knoppix in order to back up some of the important files, then wipe it off and go for another install with the latest stable release. Since my problem is not reported to be a problem I believe it must be a user error. Any comments would be appreciated, My mouse is a ps2, Best regards Morten Gulbrandsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I did not get any reply, so I must have done something wrong, Is this issue solved?
Morten Gulbrandsen wrote: Hello, I have decided to return back to debian sarge, I reported this : http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/04/msg00127.html Specify the ZIP drive filesystem type (ext3, msdos, etc). It's probably not ext2 because I think that's the default and it would have worked. After that I rember I ran some Tex and latex applications, I did use aptitude, dselect and taskselect, everything from the ftp server sunsite informatik Finally the mouse froze. I can't move it. Both a frozen mouse and no access to my USB or ZIP drive must be a user error. Do you see a connection between the two problems? It's not obvious to me. I never had USB or SCSI support, but the first installation had no problems with moving the mouse. I have seen that sarge now is stable, I can try to use knoppix in order to back up some of the important files, then wipe it off and go for another install with the latest stable release. This is Debian, not Windoze where minor problems require reinstalling your OS. Since my problem is not reported to be a problem I believe it must be a user error. Any comments would be appreciated, My mouse is a ps2, Make sure that's specified in /etc/gpm.conf and /etc/X11/XFConfig-4. It's possible these got overwritten during an upgrade. Also make sure the ps2 mouse driver or module is installed. Here's one way to check, and my own results: $ zcat /proc/config.gz |grep PS2 # CONFIG_SERIO_PCIPS2 is not set CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y this will be =m if you use modules Best regards Morten Gulbrandsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
