Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-15 Thread vishnu vardhan
> The answer to this appears to be a large part of the problem. > Vardhan, if you get the memory you are going to have to open the laptop up to > install it. So, since you are going to have to do it anyway to install > anything, why not pluck up courage and open it up now, and count how many > me

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-06 Thread vishnu vardhan
> This indicates that the RAM capacity of your laptop is already utilized. > What lets you think it can use 8 gb of RAM? hi Jörg-Volker, the toshiba website link clearly states 8 gb ram : http://www.toshiba-india.com/laptop/satellite-c850-amd-viewmodel.html. now i am confused a lot. from the word

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-06 Thread vishnu vardhan
| Memory Device | Speed: 1600 MHz (0.6 ns) i have come across this page on toshiba website & it's quite strange : http://www.toshiba-india.com/laptop/satellite-c850-amd-viewmodel.html toshiba india website shows : Memory Slot : 2GB (1 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 MHz. so, is the dmidecode info is correct ?

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-05 Thread vishnu vardhan
| Hi war_dhan | What brand and type is your laptop? Hi Ramon, my laptop model : toshiba satellite c850d-m5010. motherboard info [ from sysinfo ] : MOTHERBOARD Host bridge Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7 Subsystem: Advance

how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-05 Thread vishnu vardhan
facts: i have recently purchased a laptop. it is shipped with 2gb ram. the maximum ram is 8gb. i want to replace 2gb ram with 2 4gb ram modules. i did ask once in chat about the ram, and a person has given me an idea about what type of ram i should purchase. the laptop manufacturer did not provided

Re: unable to run gsynaptics on lenny

2010-10-25 Thread vishnu vardhan
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > On 10/22/2010 01:19 AM, vishnu vardhan wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:44 AM, vishnu vardhan < > > vishnuvardhan.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> i have read the readme. however, there is no .xs

Re: unable to run gsynaptics on lenny

2010-10-21 Thread vishnu vardhan
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:44 AM, vishnu vardhan < vishnuvardhan.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > i have read the readme. however, there is no .xsession or .xinitrc file on > my system. right now i am using debian 5.0.4 and fluxbox on an encrypted > lvm. i could not figure out abou

Re: how to umount a usb flash drive through cli as a normal user

2010-10-12 Thread vishnu vardhan
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Jason Heeris wrote: > On 11 October 2010 23:52, vishnu vardhan > wrote: > > to mount the usb flash drive : > > > > [a] start mc and search for jet under /dev/disk/by-id folder and note > down > > the name, for e.g. sdb1 > &g

how to umount a usb flash drive through cli as a normal user

2010-10-12 Thread vishnu vardhan
i have installed debian 5.0.5 on virtualbox. i am learning about how to live without a desktop environment. i have installed fluxbox and trying to familiarise with it. i use usb flash drive almost on daily basis, plugging in and out atleast four times. i did not installed any GUI file manager. i am

creation of encrypted lvm, suggestions please

2010-10-05 Thread vishnu vardhan
for long time, i want to encrypt partitions on my disk. recently i have found an artic...@1] with screenshots and actually made some sense to my stupid mind. i have successfully, created encrypted lvm using the [...@1]. however, i have some issues : [1] i will set aside atleast a gb for future, sh

Re: debian lenny installation issues

2010-10-04 Thread vishnu vardhan
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:31:46 +0530, vishnu vardhan wrote: > > > almost six months ago, i have installed debian lenny on my machine. at > > the time of installation i have faced three issues : > > > > issue 1 : afte

Re: unable to run gsynaptics on lenny

2010-10-04 Thread vishnu vardhan
On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 09/29/2010 12:54 AM, vishnu vardhan wrote: > > but, when i try to run # dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg, i am > > receiving the following error : >

debian lenny installation issues

2010-09-29 Thread vishnu vardhan
almost six months ago, i have installed debian lenny on my machine. at the time of installation i have faced three issues : issue 1 : after configuration of dhcp server, it will ask for domain name. is this normal ? issue 2 : during clock setup, it tries to connect to network time server, how can

unable to run gsynaptics on lenny

2010-09-28 Thread vishnu vardhan
os : lenny 5.0.4 i have run gsynaptics from command line : $ gsynaptics and it has shown the following error : GSynaptics couldn't initialize. You have to set 'SHMConfig' 'true' in xorg.conf or XF86Config to use GSynaptics i have edited the file of /etc/X11/xorg.conf and added support for synap

no desktop directory for newly created user and some other issues.

2010-08-05 Thread vishnu vardhan
no desktop directory for newly created user and some other issues. OS : Debian Lenny 5.0.4 Desktop Environment : LXDE I have the following issues and provide some suggestions for the below numbered list : issue 1 : no Desktop directory for newly created user : I have this issue earlier also whi

Re: unable to install mysql server

2010-03-18 Thread vishnu vardhan
I have purged mysql-server mysql-client using the following command : *# aptitude purge --purge-unused mysql-server mysql-client * and then i issued command : *# updatedb* I have again tried to install both of the packages, instead of downloading packages, i has took me directly to provide pass

Re: unable to install mysql server

2010-03-18 Thread vishnu vardhan
I have followed the steps given by Stephen Powell and tried to install again. It is showing same error. Out of curiousity I have run *# dpkg -s mysql-server-5.0* **and the output of the above command is : *# dpkg -s mysql-server-5.0* Package: mysql-server-5.0 Status: install ok half-configured P

Re: unable to install mysql server

2010-03-18 Thread vishnu vardhan
tall mysql-server with all the required dependencies. > > _Krishna > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:41 PM, vishnu vardhan < > vishnuvardhan.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is what I have done : >> >> i have installed the mysql server and client. >> >>

Re: unable to install mysql server

2010-03-18 Thread vishnu vardhan
This is what I have done : i have installed the mysql server and client. Then I have issued the following commands : # aptitude remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client # updatedb # rm -r /etc/mysql/ After a couple of days, I have tried to install the packages again. It has shown an error as i h

unable to install mysql server

2010-03-17 Thread vishnu vardhan
OS : Debian Lenny 5.0.4 mysql server and client versions : packages from stable. I have previously installed mysql-server and mysql-client. I have tried to delete the files left in the system except of /var/ folder. I have deleted the /etc/mysql/ folder using the command rm -r /etc/mysql/. After a

Re: Installation of packages from backports, unstable and stable.

2010-01-27 Thread vishnu vardhan
After installing Openoffice, I commented out lines of backports. When I have installed transmission, I did not commented out lines of backports. Normally, I install the packages with the following command : aptitude install "package". Freeman | there is no apt.conf file at /etc/apt/. However the f

Installation of packages from backports, unstable and stable.

2010-01-26 Thread vishnu vardhan
OS : Lenny 5.0.3 I have installed openoffice from backports and transmission-gtk from unstable. I have read a couple of articles about installing packages from stable, unstable, etc.. and pinning of packages. My sources.list entries are as follows : deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates