Re: please update patches / investigate build failures for gcc-4.7 snapshot builds

2011-12-18 Thread Whit Hansell
On 12/18/2011 06:55 PM, Matthias Klose wrote: Please have a look at the gcc-4.7 package in experimental, update patches (hurd, kfreebsd, ARM is fixed in svn), and investigate the build failures (currently ia64, but more will appear). Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Newbie in AMD64

2011-11-26 Thread Whit Hansell
Jose, Have Wheezy on pretty much the same type of hardware as you are installing onto and works fine. I always try to use current netinst or card sized iso as it makes more sense to bring files over net rather than make a bunch of dvd's and then find a problem halfway thru w. one of the

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2011-06-25 Thread Whit Hansell
Sorry but testing to see if still subscribed. Am seeing on activity since the 17th June. Whit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

updating question...

2011-04-14 Thread Whit Hansell
Guys, Using Wheezy, debian. In the past I have always done my updates w. #aptitude update #aptitude safe-upgrade #aptitude autoclean #updatedb Everything is working just fine and no problem except the updatedb command. I know it used to actually update the file database and sometimes it

Re: updating question...

2011-04-14 Thread Whit Hansell
for the reply and I appreciate it a lot. Helps w. my understanding of things. Regards, Whit On 04/14/2011 10:35 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 08:51:34AM -0400, Whit Hansell wrote: Guys, Using Wheezy, debian. In the past I have always done my updates w. #aptitude

Re: 32 or 64 bits for the end user.

2011-03-23 Thread Whit Hansell
Hendrik, Don't worry about it. Been using amd64 for a few years and had really no problems user wise. I did install ia32 libs in addition to the normal 64 bit libs and it has caused no probs. Had used Lenny for a few years, then the new version came out, Squeeze and since back when I had

Re: dumb question about dual booting debian and Windows 7 on separate drives.....

2010-12-08 Thread Whit Hansell
Michael, I've got a dual boot. Linux on one drive and WXP on another. Very easy to set up. But as I remember, when I installed Windows, I disconnected the Linux drive while doing the install, then put the WXP drive on middle connector of ATA cable when I had that situation. But now I have

Re: dumb question about dual booting debian and Windows 7 on separate drives.....

2010-12-08 Thread Whit Hansell
Michael, I just re-checked my instructions I had for myself elsewhere and found I had made a mistake. In the menu.lst file make sure there IS a space between the (hd0) and (hd1). Sorry about that. HTH's Whit Whit Hansell wrote: Michael, I've got a dual boot. Linux on one drive and WXP

Re: Changing from stable to testing.....

2010-10-26 Thread Whit Hansell
Thanks Brian. Info much appreciated. Whit brian m. carlson wrote: On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 07:39:52PM +0200, sigi wrote: last time I tried to dist-upgrade to squeeze, I got stuck in an (for me) unresolvable loop: The system wanted to upgrade the kernel-image and udev in one run - which

Re: Changing from stable to testing.....

2010-10-24 Thread Whit Hansell
Hey Sam, Thanks for the reply. It's helpful. Gracias Whit Sam Varghese wrote: On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 10:35:31PM -0400 Whit Hansell said: Just thinking that since Squeeze is coming up to be the new stable and have been running Lenny since March of 2009, I was wondering about how

Re: xscreensaver cannot lock: no screensaver running on display

2010-08-31 Thread Whit Hansell
If your running KDE, go the K(Start button, lower left of screen and at the bottom along with switch user and log out, you will find lock session. reg exes wrote: Hello everyone, I upgraded my system from Etch to Lenny a looong time ago... just noticed something odd. When trying to lock my

Re: netinst cannot install grub

2010-05-03 Thread Whit Hansell
Great! Glad you got it working., Cheers, Whit Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 5:44 AM, Whit Hansell skippe...@comcast.net mailto:skippe...@comcast.net wrote: Unless I'm wrong, I believe grub is installed from the iso cd. It might be bad right at that point. Do

Samba printer setup w. KVM winxp install

2010-04-30 Thread Whit Hansell
I'm wondering if anyone has successfully set up samba for an xp install? I'm going nuts trying to figure out how to do it. Any help will be much appreciated. I've got CUPS installed on my system just fine and using two printers. One an HP720C and the other an HP PSC1500 AIO. Both running

Re:[SOLVED} WXP Guest KVM CD problem

2010-04-20 Thread Whit Hansell
the install. What a deal. Now trying to figure out how to set up printing. One thing after another. Darn. I'll get it tho'. ;-) Whit Whit Hansell wrote: OK guys, I'm big time stuck and need help. Got WXP Pro loaded as guest using KVM and can access and it using the Virtual Machine Manager

WXP Guest KVM CD problem

2010-04-18 Thread Whit Hansell
OK guys, I'm big time stuck and need help. Got WXP Pro loaded as guest using KVM and can access and it using the Virtual Machine Manager BUT can't use the CD at all. Truth is that the guest will NOT come up unless I have a cd in the cd/dvd drive. A blank one works but there must be a cd in

Re: KVM storage

2010-04-02 Thread Whit Hansell
Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 07:26:29AM -0400, Whit Hansell wrote: Hey guys, Am trying to set up KVM on my Lenny AMD64 box and need recommendations from those who have set up KVM regarding storage memory. Following is my df -h: FilesystemSizeUsed

KVM storage

2010-03-30 Thread Whit Hansell
memory in /var or what would you do in this case. I have been recommended to even use a symlink from the storage area to a location where I have sufficient memory as in /home but am concerned about debian's hierarchical limitations in that. TIA for any recommendations. cheers, Whit Hansell

Re: Debian AMD64 resuce disk??

2009-06-24 Thread Whit Hansell
Thanks Doug, Good to know. The INSERT disk was pretty current but maybe I needed a different version of rescue disk. Anyway, Ill keep that in mind. Again, thanks. Whit Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:32:20PM -0400, Whit Hansell wrote: Douglas A. Tutty wrote

Re: Debian AMD64 resuce disk??

2009-06-19 Thread Whit Hansell
Diehl wrote: On 19.06.2009, Whit Hansell wrote: Anyone have any ideas? http://www.sysresccd.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Debian AMD64 resuce disk??

2009-06-18 Thread Whit Hansell
Is there such a thing available? No, I don't need it yet. Would like to know if there is one I could have on hand, tho' if necessary. I downloaded INSERT and fired it up but it only gave me a very limited number of available programs to use. I believe there were 8 -10 or so. No GUI(no