Re: Re: Setting default network device in Buster

2018-08-04 Thread David Bruce
again - David -- David Bruce For all your software needs, visit The Apt Store: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main

Re: Re: Setting default network device in Buster

2018-08-04 Thread David Bruce
d here, but the other issue is to get the wireless interface itself up (and configured via DHCP, etc). One practical thing I want to do is to have RStudio Server running on the Debian machine, and be able to connect to it on my MacBook and work on projects from my living room. Thanks for any help --

Setting default network device in Buster

2018-08-04 Thread David Bruce
didn't use plain text. So, sorry if this is a duplicate. -- David Bruce For all your software needs, visit The Apt Store: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main

Help - 13-year Debian veteran can't install Jessie

2015-07-26 Thread David Bruce
if I can't get the darn thing working. I would still welcome any suggestions or insights as to why the 6.03 installer works with my home router, but 8.1 does not. Thanks for any help, or for at least listening to these issues. -- David Bruce For all your software needs, visit The Apt Store

Re: DHCP not working for attempted Jessie install

2015-07-23 Thread David Bruce
not certain this is the same problem I encounter during attempted install of Jessie as I never get out of the installer. Thanks for any suggestions. -- David Bruce For all your software needs, visit The Apt Store: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main

DHCP not working for attempted Jessie install

2015-07-22 Thread David Bruce
this post is somewhat lacking in detail, as I'm hoping that this scenario may ring a bell with someone, so to speak. I'm a surgeon rather than an engineer or anything like that, but I have been using Debian and similar systems for a long time. -- David Bruce For all your software needs, visit The Apt

apt dying with Failed to exec method /usr/lib/apt/methods/

2011-12-13 Thread David Bruce
known as 'volatile' #deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main #deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main Any thoughts? In response to some searching, I've tried sudo dpkg-reconfigure apt and sudo apt-get install --reinstall apt, with no effect. Thanks, -- David

Chromium in Sid not working

2011-11-25 Thread David Bruce
that the maintainer isn't having the problem. Is anyone else using Chromium having this trouble, and is a fixed version likely to appear soon? The linux Chrome binary from Google appears to work fine on both machines. -- David Bruce For all your software needs, visit The Apt Store: deb http

Re: Networking trouble after recent upgrade in Sid

2011-02-12 Thread David Bruce
Hi Shawn, what did your old interfaces file look like? might look at resolv.conf as well. i'm not sure what trouble shooting you went through, so it might be useful to post your iptables config. Here's my old interfaces file where I statically brought up eth0: # This file describes the

Networking trouble after recent upgrade in Sid

2011-02-11 Thread David Bruce
being dragged into the IPv6 world? Thanks for any help, David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTikOUziWdo6LUhfejJJ+g-ZnkHPmza8=esjv7

Setting compiz and awn to start at KDE 3.5 login

2008-07-09 Thread David Bruce
or the like? Thanks David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Getting Xorg to use nvidia driver now that devices section gone in Sid

2008-06-26 Thread David Bruce
error: no screens found Thanks for any suggestions. David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Restore menus after FS problem

2007-12-04 Thread David Bruce
the menu entries? I think I could uninstall KDE and reinstall, but that seems too brute force. -- David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

CD/DVD drive quit working after dist-upgrade

2007-03-15 Thread David Bruce
48X DVD-ROM DVD-R-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(66) Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 Thanks for any suggestions. -- David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CD/DVD drive quit working after dist-upgrade

2007-03-15 Thread David Bruce
Sorry - it is very likely a hardware problem. I booted into my other minimal Debian install on the same system that did not get dist-upgraded, and I get the same error, so it would appear to be a problem with the drive. -- David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Migrating system to RAID-1/LVM

2006-12-02 Thread David Bruce
to keep - is there a simple way to bring /etc over without messing up the settings for raid and lvm? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated - thanks! -- David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Migrating system to RAID-1/LVM

2006-12-02 Thread David Bruce
everything in a separate, corruption-free install now, so I should be able to do much harm no matter what I do to hda and hdc. Thanks -- David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Reiserfs corruption and KDM login problems

2006-11-30 Thread David Bruce
I still can. Thanks. -- David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reiserfs corruption and KDM login problems

2006-11-29 Thread David Bruce
data from her home dir? Any suggestions would be appreciated. David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Horrible mouse problems under Sid with 2.6.17, latest xorg

2006-09-04 Thread David Bruce
. - kernel config mouse support for PS/2 - ImPS/2 selected in xorg.conf; scroll enabled My wife is begging me to get rid of that @#$% Debian thing and go back to Windows. Any ideas? -- David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

flat panel not accepting non-native res after dist-upgrade

2006-06-05 Thread David Bruce
. Any hints would be appreciated. Thanks, -- David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

KDevelop crashing

2006-03-09 Thread David Bruce
Over the last few days, KDevelop has started crashing a few seconds after I try to open it. I have been using it for months to work on tuxmath. I am running Sid with everything apt-get dist-upgraded to current versions. KDevelop is at version 4:3.3.0-2. Until today, I could get KDevelop to

KDE font size problem after nvidia driver upgrade

2005-12-17 Thread David Bruce
to be affected. I have done some googling and there seems to be an issue with KDE determining dpi from the X configuration, but I haven't been able to understand it well enough to get the problem fixed. Any hints would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Re: KDE font size problem after nvidia driver upgrade

2005-12-17 Thread David Bruce
config option This sounds like it could be what I am after. I have never heard of the UseEdidDpi X config option, and I am sure I have never personally changed it, but I will investigate it and see if it affects my problem. Thanks -- David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

SOLVED - Re: Re: Re: KDE font size problem after nvidia driver upgrade

2005-12-17 Thread David Bruce
. Option UseEdidDpiFALSE Option DPI 76 x 72 Thanks -- David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Solved: Re: Building Tuxmath with KDevelop

2005-10-11 Thread David Bruce
of these libs, the project builds without problems. Thanks -- David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Building Tuxmath with KDevelop

2005-10-10 Thread David Bruce
help would be greatly appreciated. David Bruce cd '/home/dbruce/programming/tuxmath/tuxmath-0.0.20050316' make -k BUILDING tuxmath.o mkdir obj cc -Wall -g -I/usr/include/SDL -D_REENTRANT -DDATA_PREFIX=\/usr/share/tuxmath/\ -DDEBUG -DVERSION=\2005.01.03\ -DSOUND src/tuxmath.c -c -o obj/tuxmath.o

nvidia driver disappeared

2004-11-12 Thread David Bruce
can I most easily go back to the old version? Alternatively, is there a symlink I could create to tell XFree86 where to find the nvidia driver? Thanks for any help David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: nvidia driver disappeared

2004-11-12 Thread David Bruce
. There isn't any file in there named nvidia.o or anything similar, and I wonder if that is the problem. Thanks for the suggestions David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Re: nvidia driver disappeared - SOLVED

2004-11-12 Thread David Bruce
it. Also, it didn't dawn on me at first that you were the same person who wrote the howto (a case of hmm, that name seems vaguely familiar...). Anyway, you've saved me from another evening of my six-year-old daughter being upset about not being able to play Tuxracer. Thanks, David Bruce

Can't launch Tuxracer since dist-upgrade a while back

2003-02-19 Thread David Bruce
, 4.2.1 iirc -- David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

A happy Debian user

2002-11-20 Thread David Bruce
for anyone who is willing to do a little reading. I 've even convinced my four year old daughter that the Penguin Computer is a lot more fun than Windows (my wife remains a little more skeptical). Anyway, a big thanks to everyone involved. -- David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED