Re: portable Debian

2010-02-13 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 10:01:58AM -0430, Germana Oliveira wrote: Rob: Sorry not to trust you!! I already read a little bit of Debian Live, so should i follow : http://live.debian.net/manual/html/ch02s03.html so i can install Debian Live in a HDD, or maybe i go for the USB ... How many

Re: not working my DVDROM

2010-02-13 Thread mtp5150
Germana Oliveira wrote: HI!! (me again) i just realize that my DVDROM does not work.. /etc/fstab: # file system mount point type options dump pass proc/proc procdefaults0 0 /dev/hda1 / ext3defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1

Re: not working my DVDROM

2010-02-13 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:17:02 -0500 (EST), Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On 02/13/2010 05:46 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: Second, the contents of /etc/fstab are intended to be for permanent file systems that are always there. Since a DVDROM drive uses removable media, you wouldn't want to mount it

OT: automake --add-missing

2010-02-13 Thread T o n g
Hi, From automake doc: ,- | The '--add-missing' argument copies some boilerplate files from | your Automake installation into the current directory and the | '--copy' argument copies files instead of linking to them. `- However, why I can't make it work: rm ./NEWS ./README ./AUTHORS

Re: vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-686

2010-02-13 Thread Sam Varghese
On Fri, February 12, 2010 23:41, Kumar Appaiah wrote: The most likely cause is a problem with the video driver's kernel modules. Assuming that you indicate that the X login screen doesn't appear and that the computer does try to indeed start X, could you please check if there is some issue

Re: Debian installation on laptop with damaged screen

2010-02-13 Thread Odd
Chris Davies wrote: Odd iod...@runbox.no wrote: Partially success. I booted the Debian Live CD, and could see everything, until the text mode booting was over, and Debian logo came up. Then it changed back to the laptop screen, and remained there. Fn+F4 did not work anymore. What about using

Air compressors vs. canned air

2010-02-13 Thread Chris Jones
Just paid c. $10.00 for a DYNEX Compressed Gas Duster, IOW a 10 oz. can of compressed air from my local Best Buy. Not so much the money per se, but each time I buy one of those, I get this nagging feeling that I've had been had. Has anyone with real world experience in the area of computer

Re: Installation problem on HP DL360 G6 server

2010-02-13 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Emmanuel Chantry put forth on 2/13/2010 6:24 AM: This method works on a virtual machine without problems. But when I try I'm not at all familiar with preseed. What I can tell you is that VM guests typically deal with abstracted phantom hardware because the virtual machine itself is a phantom.

Re: Installation problem on HP DL360 G6 server

2010-02-13 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Emmanuel Chantry put forth on 2/13/2010 6:39 AM: I've already tried this one. That works on virtual machine in amd64 but not on the HP Server. It's the first thing I've done ;) Have you tried contacting HP support? IIRC, they support Debian. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Air compressors vs. canned air

2010-02-13 Thread Sam Leon
Chris Jones wrote: Just paid c. $10.00 for a DYNEX Compressed Gas Duster, IOW a 10 oz. can of compressed air from my local Best Buy. Not so much the money per se, but each time I buy one of those, I get this nagging feeling that I've had been had. Has anyone with real world experience in the

Re: vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-686

2010-02-13 Thread Kumar Appaiah
Dear Sam, On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 12:25:35PM +1100, Sam Varghese wrote: On Fri, February 12, 2010 23:41, Kumar Appaiah wrote: The most likely cause is a problem with the video driver's kernel modules. Assuming that you indicate that the X login screen doesn't appear and that the

Re: Air compressors vs. canned air

2010-02-13 Thread John Hasler
Air from most compressors (other than those for filling diving tanks) tends to be wet and oily. If you use a lot it might be cost-effective to get a tank of compressed nitrogen from your local welding supply store. You'll need a regulator. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Air compressors vs. canned air

2010-02-13 Thread jeremy jozwik
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Chris Jones cjns1...@gmail.com wrote: ...and might be able to comment on the respective merits of air compressors vs. air cans..? CJ in a recent point and shoot camera surgery i regret using compressed air cans. after a certain * of rotation the can might expel

Re: Air compressors vs. canned air

2010-02-13 Thread Timothy Legg
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Chris Jones cjns1...@gmail.com wrote: ...and might be able to comment on the respective merits of air compressors vs. air cans..? CJ in a recent point and shoot camera surgery i regret using compressed air cans. after a certain * of rotation the can might

Re: Installation problem on HP DL360 G6 server

2010-02-13 Thread Alex Samad
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 08:42:42PM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Emmanuel Chantry put forth on 2/13/2010 6:39 AM: I've already tried this one. That works on virtual machine in amd64 but not on the HP Server. It's the first thing I've done ;) smart arrays don't turn up as /dev/sda from memory

Re: Air compressors vs. canned air

2010-02-13 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Chris Jones put forth on 2/13/2010 8:30 PM: Just paid c. $10.00 for a DYNEX Compressed Gas Duster, IOW a 10 oz. can of compressed air from my local Best Buy. Not so much the money per se, but each time I buy one of those, I get this nagging feeling that I've had been had. That's because

Re: Air compressors vs. canned air

2010-02-13 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Timothy Legg put forth on 2/13/2010 10:27 PM: On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Chris Jones cjns1...@gmail.com wrote: ...and might be able to comment on the respective merits of air compressors vs. air cans..? CJ in a recent point and shoot camera surgery i regret using compressed air cans.

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