Debian 5 - was Re: Query abouut root account

2012-07-22 Thread Bret Busby
On Mon, 16 Jul 2012, Denis Witt wrote: On 16.07.2012 10:01, Bret Busby wrote: I have forgotten the root password, and have not logged into root on that computer, or updated the system, for about a year, I think. Do you have physical access to this machine? Or can you get someone to boot

Re: Debian 5 - was Re: Query abouut root account

2012-07-23 Thread Bret Busby
On Mon, 23 Jul 2012, Keith McKenzie wrote: Bret Busby wrote: I have a Samsung MFP printer thing; a CLX-3185FW, and I had been able to use it with a Debian 5 system that I had been using. Then, the Debian 5 system went awry (a separate system from the firewall system), and became apparently

Re: Debian 5 - was Re: Query abouut root account

2012-07-23 Thread Bret Busby
) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org On Mon 23 Jul 2012 at 17:39:23 +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote: On 22.07.2012 20:49, Bret Busby wrote: However, another problem has arisen, that indicates that that system apparently cannot be updated, and has to stay as it is, without having been updated

Re: Debian 5 - was Re: Query abouut root account

2012-07-23 Thread Bret Busby
cubed, and, with its weight, it is a bit big for use as a paperweight. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Re: Debian 5 - was Re: Query abouut root account

2012-07-23 Thread Bret Busby
not need to worry about mirrors, and, having the /etc/apt/sources.list file just listing optical disk ISO images as sources, should be adequate. Or, so I believe. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what

Re: Debian 5 - was Re: Query abouut root account

2012-07-23 Thread Bret Busby
am likely to be able to instal Debian 5, is with optical disk ISO images. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Re: Debian 5 - was Re: Query abouut root account

2012-07-23 Thread Bret Busby
On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 01:20:26 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: (...) It seems strange (to me), that notification of an update release is broadcast, and then all repositories of that version, are disappeared at the same time as that release. No repo has dissapeared but moved. Do the ISO images

Re: Debian 5 - was Re: Query abouut root account

2012-07-24 Thread Bret Busby
On Tue, 24 Jul 2012, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 02:04:37 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: On Mon, 23 Jul 2012, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:23:02 +0100, Brian wrote: As sure as I can be without moving round the world and after reading http.debian.net. But it is easy for you

Re: Debian 5 - was Re: Query abouut root account

2012-07-24 Thread Bret Busby
On Mon, 23 Jul 2012, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 01:20:26 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: (...) It seems strange (to me), that notification of an update release is broadcast, and then all repositories of that version, are disappeared at the same time as that release. No repo has

Re: Debian 5 - was Re: Query abouut root account

2012-07-24 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 25 Jul 2012, Joel Rees wrote: On 7/23/12, Bret Busby b...@busby.net wrote: [...] One of the reasons that I wanted to be able to log in as root, is to perform an update on that system. The system is running Firestarter on Debian 5. However, another problem has arisen, that indicates

Samsung CLX-3185 driver(s) - was Re: Debian 5 - was Re: Query abouut root account

2012-07-25 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 25 Jul 2012, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 24 iul 12, 01:34:16, Bret Busby wrote: My previous experience with splix, is not good. From memory, I tried splix with the first CLX-3185FW (it died a few months ago, just before the Debian 5 workstation died, from memory - we have

Re: Debian 5 - was Re: Query abouut root account

2012-07-25 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 25 Jul 2012, Andrei POPESCU wrote: Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:18:34 From: Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Debian 5 - was Re: Query abouut root account On Ma, 24 iul 12, 01:20:26, Bret Busby wrote: It seems strange (to me

Re: Samsung CLX-3185 driver(s) - was Re: Debian 5 - was Re: Query about root account

2012-07-25 Thread Bret Busby
, no results are returned (it does not state anything like no results found - it just goes from the Search button being grey, when clicked, to returning to black). So this shows that the foomatic system does not cater for the particular model. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So

Re: Samsung CLX-3185 driver(s) - was Re: Debian 5 - was Re: Query about root account

2012-07-26 Thread Bret Busby
On Thu, 26 Jul 2012, Lisi wrote: On Thursday 26 July 2012 05:19:34 Bret Busby wrote: I found two distinct problems, when I tried using the URL in one of the screenshots from the splix web site; the URL apparently being for CUPS. The first, relates to Administration - Find New Printers

Query about failure of Debian 6 64 bit to swap properly

2012-08-29 Thread Bret Busby
in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts, written by Douglas Adams

Re: Query about failure of Debian 6 64 bit to swap properly

2012-08-29 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 29 Aug 2012, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:23:47 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: (...) So, my query is this; is the inability of 64 bit Debian 6, to swap properly, instead using increasing amounts of RAM until it runs out of RAM, then crashing, while having 40GB of unused swap

Re: Query about failure of Debian 6 64 bit to swap properly

2012-08-29 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 29 Aug 2012, Dan Ritter wrote: On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 02:16:23AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: On Wed, 29 Aug 2012, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:23:47 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: (...) snip /sbin/swapon -s will show you what partitions or files you are using, and how big

Re: Query about failure of Debian 6 64 bit to swap properly

2012-08-29 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 29 Aug 2012, Bob Proulx wrote: Bret Busby wrote: The problem is that the computer runs out of RAM. snip The tool I like the best is 'htop'. Install it. It is nice and I think you will like it. # apt-get install htop Then run it: $ htop Then press F6 to change the sort

Re: Query about failure of Debian 6 64 bit to swap properly

2012-08-29 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 29 Aug 2012, Bob Proulx wrote: Bret Busby wrote: opera web browser. Each window of it shows as using 14GB of virtual memory. Yowsa! So if you exit Opera as a test then suddenly a lot of memory is freed up and the system is suddenly back to its normal speedy state? Any other

Swap space not used

2012-05-02 Thread Bret Busby
out of memory, progressively, requiring rebooting every few days. Why is this so? Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1

Re: Swap space not used

2012-05-03 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 2 May 2012, Andrei POPESCU wrote: Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 17:27:42 From: Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Swap space not used On Mi, 02 mai 12, 15:48:30, Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I am running Debian 6. When I installed it, I had

Re: Swap space not used

2012-05-03 Thread Bret Busby
On Thu, 3 May 2012, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 02/05/12 17:48, Bret Busby wrote: snip Why is this so? JSM is that you? :-) Nope :) Is he still around? fact there is *no* swap rule. Swap is not required. Enable it if you wish - but it's not mandatory, and it's usefulness

Re: Swap space not used

2012-05-03 Thread Bret Busby
, the creation of a file to store the original information about the installation (iso image source, full version number and date of version, etc), that could be retrieved any time during the life of the particular installation, would be useful. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia

Re: Swap space not used

2012-05-03 Thread Bret Busby
, as they are simply malicious. Some of the airlines' web sites are similarly malicious. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of The Hitchhiker's Guide

Re: Swap space not used

2012-05-03 Thread Bret Busby
On Fri, 4 May 2012, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 04/05/12 04:54, Bret Busby wrote: snip Out of interest, with you saying that swapping is not mandatory, from memory, about 20-odd years ago, when I started learning (formally) about operating systems, we were told that UNIX has a memory

Re: Swap space not used

2012-05-03 Thread Bret Busby
On Fri, 4 May 2012, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 04/05/12 14:23, Bret Busby wrote: snipped Perhaps, on installation, the creation of a file to store the original information about the installation (iso image source, full version number and date of version, etc), that could be retrieved

Re: Swap space not used

2012-05-04 Thread Bret Busby
On Fri, 4 May 2012, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 04/05/12 15:16, Bret Busby wrote: snipped I have just tried (repeatedly) to access whitepages.com.au, using konqueror (one of the web browsers that I have kept allowing Javascript), and, each time that I try to use the web site, it just freezes

Screen relics

2012-05-04 Thread Bret Busby
@lists.debian.org On 04/05/12 15:30, Bret Busby wrote: snipped And, Iceweasel (and it may have happened with the iceape browser; I am not sure - have not used it for a couple of weeks, now, I think) has a habit of leaving fragments of dialogue boxes on top of everything else on the desktop

Re: Screen relics

2012-05-04 Thread Bret Busby
On Fri, 4 May 2012, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 04/05/12 17:07, Bret Busby wrote: On Fri, 4 May 2012, Scott Ferguson wrote: Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 13:48:42 From: Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Swap space not used (now screen

Query abouut root account

2012-07-16 Thread Bret Busby
. Is there some way that I can access the root account, and replace the password, without having to overwrite the system via installing a new system to replace what exists? Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually

Problem with system update or something

2012-11-02 Thread Bret Busby
the update, is wrecking the system? It is as if Debian 6 has assumed the nature of the experimental version of Debian - tending to break the system. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means

Re: Problem with system update or something

2012-11-02 Thread Bret Busby
On Sat, 3 Nov 2012, Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I am running (or, now, kind of running) Debian 6.0.x AMD64 version. I have done a system update in the last day or so, and, possibly because of that, the system has become mostly unusable. Upon shutting down konqueror, all of the saved

Re: Problem with system update or something

2012-11-03 Thread Bret Busby
On Sat, 3 Nov 2012, Bret Busby wrote: Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 13:41:53 From: Bret Busby b...@busby.net To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Problem with system update or something Resent-Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 05:44:11 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org On Sat, 3 Nov

Re: Problem with system update or something

2012-11-03 Thread Bret Busby
On Sat, 3 Nov 2012, Bret Busby wrote: Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 13:41:53 From: Bret Busby b...@busby.net To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Problem with system update or something Resent-Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 05:44:11 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org On Sat, 3 Nov

Re: Problem with system update or something

2012-11-03 Thread Bret Busby
On Sat, 3 Nov 2012, Bret Busby wrote: On Sat, 3 Nov 2012, Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I am running (or, now, kind of running) Debian 6.0.x AMD64 version. I have done a system update in the last day or so, and, possibly because of that, the system has become mostly unusable. Upon shutting

Re: Two questions about kfreebsd

2013-02-22 Thread Bret Busby
On Fri, 22 Feb 2013, Steven Chamberlain wrote: On 22/02/13 05:49, Bret Busby wrote: On Thu, 21 Feb 2013, Steven Chamberlain wrote: [...] vm.swappiness controls the balance of RAM/swap used, on some 0 to 100 scale. I am not sure how or where I set it, but, from memory, I had set it to 80

Debian 5 update system broken

2011-12-03 Thread Bret Busby
/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.' -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of The Hitchhiker's Guide

Re: Debian 5 update system broken

2011-12-04 Thread Bret Busby
Dec 2011 12:05:19 +, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:58:13 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: With an update notification (the gold star with the exclamation mark, in the taskbar), I got the following error. (...) Already reported: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650880

Re: Debian 5 update system broken

2011-12-04 Thread Bret Busby
On Sun, 4 Dec 2011, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:05:19 +, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:58:13 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: With an update notification (the gold star with the exclamation mark, in the taskbar), I got the following error. (...) Already reported: http

Apparently resolved - was Re: Debian 5 update system broken

2011-12-05 Thread Bret Busby
On Mon, 5 Dec 2011, Bret Busby wrote: which I think is the same error message. It now seems to be fixed. I have apparently now managed to perform an update, in which Evince was apparently updated. Thank you to the people responsible for getting it fixed. -- Bret Busby Armadale West

Unable to boot Debian 6

2011-12-06 Thread Bret Busby
. Please advise. Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts

Re: Unable to boot Debian 6

2011-12-06 Thread Bret Busby
it in preference to later versions of Ubuntu, as 10.04 is the latest version of the LTS version of Ubuntu. I prefer, with Ubuntu, to stick with the LTS versions, and I still have 8.04 installed on a Celeron laptop. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what

Problem with USB storage device - video glasses

2011-08-09 Thread Bret Busby
manager, or, on the desktop, and, when I connect a digital camera, I get something like A storage device has been found. Do you want to import images. What is wrong, and, why can I not access the device? Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once

Re: Problem with USB storage device - video glasses

2011-08-09 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 10 Aug 2011, Ivan Shmakov wrote: Bret Busby b...@busby.net writes: […] sdb: unknown partition table What's the result of the following command? $ file -s /dev/sdb file -s /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: data Is it possible to mount /dev/sdb manually? E. g.: $ sudo

Re: ..FPV glasses?, was: Problem with USB storage device - video glasses

2011-08-10 Thread Bret Busby
located than on my video sunglasses, as, where it is located on that mask, it should reduce parallax error. I am not an agent for Thinkgeek; only a customer of ThinkGeek. I hope that the information above, is helpful to you. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know

Re: Wow, Evolution left me with eggs in my face

2011-10-02 Thread Bret Busby
: Wow, Evolution left me with eggs in my face Resent-Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 17:24:07 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org So, how long is the lkist of addressees going to get, and, why do you not just reply to the list? -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So

Problem with Update repository

2012-03-15 Thread Bret Busby
- Repositories - Debian Software - Download From but it appears to not overcome the probem. Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1

Problem with trying to instal Debian

2012-03-15 Thread Bret Busby
a working version of Debian, that is installable? -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts

Re: Problem with Update repository

2012-03-17 Thread Bret Busby
@lists.debian.org On 16/03/12 13:38, Bret Busby wrote: Hello. Recently, I have been getting an error message both from an update manager applet, and, in checking for system updates. The error message is: An internal error has occured and the operation has been aborted. Error message: Fetch failed

Re: Problem with trying to instal Debian

2012-03-17 Thread Bret Busby
On Thu, 15 Mar 2012, Greg Madden wrote: On Thursday 15 March 2012 7:26:53 pm Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I have had to replace the hard drive in my laptop computer, which is an HP/Compaq NX5000, as the previous hard drive appeared to have failed. snip With this policy change by the Debian

Re: Problem with trying to instal Debian

2012-03-17 Thread Bret Busby
On Sat, 17 Mar 2012, Brian wrote: On Sun 18 Mar 2012 at 01:37:41 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: I do not know whether the firmware is faulty (the IPW firmware) or the mirror settings within the downloaded netinst ISO, are bad. But, it does not work. If not a single mirror works for you it looks

Re: Problem with trying to instal Debian

2012-03-17 Thread Bret Busby
; it automatically goes to setup DHCP. When that fails, then, and only then, does it ask if I want to set up static IP addresses. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1

Re: Problem with trying to instal Debian

2012-03-18 Thread Bret Busby
On Sun, 18 Mar 2012, Bret Busby wrote: On Sat, 17 Mar 2012, Brian wrote: On Sun 18 Mar 2012 at 01:37:41 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: I do not know whether the firmware is faulty (the IPW firmware) or the mirror settings within the downloaded netinst ISO, are bad. But, it does not work

Re: Problem with trying to instal Debian

2012-03-19 Thread Bret Busby
@lists.debian.org On 19/03/12 16:11, Bret Busby wrote: On Sun, 18 Mar 2012, Bret Busby wrote: On Sat, 17 Mar 2012, Brian wrote: On Sun 18 Mar 2012 at 01:37:41 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: I do not know whether the firmware is faulty (the IPW firmware) or the mirror settings within the downloaded

Re: Problem with trying to instal Debian

2012-03-19 Thread Bret Busby
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012, Bret Busby wrote: On Mon, 19 Mar 2012, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 19/03/12 16:11, Bret Busby wrote: On Sun, 18 Mar 2012, Bret Busby wrote: On Sat, 17 Mar 2012, Brian wrote: On Sun 18 Mar 2012 at 01:37:41 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: I do not know whether the firmware

query about optical disc format

2012-03-21 Thread Bret Busby
wrudf - Maintains a UDF filesystem (undocumented) So, whilst a utility appears to exist, for creatung a UDF filesystem, for Debian 6, apparently, UDF files and UDF fylkesystems cannot be read by Debian 6. Is this correct? Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia

Query about hard drive partitions maintenance

2012-03-21 Thread Bret Busby
), and the other operating system in its own partition of 42GB. So, please advise whetehr I can now adjust the primary partition sda3, to shrink it to 42Gb and create another primary partition; sda4, that I could use to instal and run another operating system. Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret

Re: Problem with Update repository

2012-03-23 Thread Bret Busby
that is in the ADSL modem/router. I do not know what that firewall is. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Re: Query about hard drive partitions maintenance

2012-03-28 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 21 Mar 2012, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:47:27 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: (...) The first is this; I have some empty partitions for storing data, and they were created using the Ubuntu 10.04 installation (before I installed Debian 6 on the system), and I need to know how

Re: Query about hard drive partitions maintenance

2012-03-30 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:10:19 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: On Wed, 21 Mar 2012, Camaleón wrote: (...) snip What recent operating system needs to be installed still in a primary partition? Can you tell what OS are you going to install? I want to try

[Debian 6] - unexpected issue with iso images

2011-06-06 Thread Bret Busby
wastage of bandwidth (I have probably, now, downloaded about 20-30GB, to end up with two CD images, and, unusable partial DVD iso images). So, this is an unexpected issue, of which, I believe I have a duty to advise, and, possibly, to seek clarification. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia

Re: [Debian 6] - unexpected issue with iso images

2011-06-06 Thread Bret Busby
On Mon, 6 Jun 2011, William Hopkins wrote: Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 22:01:15 -0400 From: William Hopkins we.hopk...@gmail.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: [Debian 6] - unexpected issue with iso images On 06/07/11 at 09:27am, Bret Busby wrote: Hello. First thing - I think

Re: [Debian 6] - unexpected issue with iso images

2011-06-07 Thread Bret Busby
07 Jun 2011 at 12:45:15 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: As said in my original posting, the optical drive in a new(ish) computer was not recognised by the netinst image previously tried, so I reasoned that the DVD iso image should contain drivers for the computer hardware, so as to enable installation

Re: [Debian 6] - unexpected issue with iso images

2011-06-07 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011, Bret Busby wrote: On Tue, 7 Jun 2011, Brian wrote: Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 11:35:55 +0100 From: Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: [Debian 6] - unexpected issue with iso images Resent-Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 10:51:17 + (UTC) Resent

iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility

2011-06-09 Thread Bret Busby
Hello. I am running iceape 1.0.9 on Debian 5, and I am wondering whether anyone can tell me whether it is compatible with IPv6. Similarly with the version of iceape that is available for Debian 6. Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you

Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)

2011-06-09 Thread Bret Busby
displayed, and, despite my not liking it, I even see cyrillic and asian character sets displayed. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1

[Debian 6] Unable to install Debian 6.0.1 - no supporting mirrors found

2011-06-09 Thread Bret Busby
in the USA, return the error mirror does not support version (squeeze). Please advise. Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1

Re: [Debian 6] Unable to install Debian 6.0.1 - no supporting mirrors found

2011-06-11 Thread Bret Busby
+ (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org On 10/06/11 15:37, Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I have been trying to install Debian 6.0.1 amd64 version, with a firmware netinst iso (from http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware

Re: [Debian 6] Unable to install Debian 6.0.1 - no supporting mirrors found

2011-06-11 Thread Bret Busby
On Sat, 11 Jun 2011, Lisi wrote: Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 07:57:17 +0100 From: Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: Bret Busby b...@busby.net Subject: Re: [Debian 6] Unable to install Debian 6.0.1 - no supporting mirrors found Resent-Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 06:57:38

GRUB failure

2011-07-01 Thread Bret Busby
a complete reinstallation of all of the operating systems installed on the computer? Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1

Re: GRUB failure

2011-07-02 Thread Bret Busby
On Fri, 1 Jul 2011, teddi...@tmo.blackberry.net wrote: Bret Busby Ask: Hello. I have a laptop computer with winXP Pro, Unbuntu 8.04 and Debian 5 (I think it is 5), installed. With a recent electricity supply failure, I ran an orderly shutdown on the computer. Since that shutown, each time

Re: GRUB failure

2011-07-02 Thread Bret Busby
On Fri, 1 Jul 2011, Joel Roth wrote: On Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 03:07:24AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I have a laptop computer with winXP Pro, Unbuntu 8.04 and Debian 5 (I think it is 5), installed. With a recent electricity supply failure, I ran an orderly shutdown on the computer

Has KFTPGrabber gone viral

2011-07-27 Thread Bret Busby
, has KFTPGrabber become viral? If it has, then it is unfortunate, as it had been a good tool for web site development. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book

Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit

2011-02-08 Thread Bret Busby
. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts, written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books

Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit

2011-02-09 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:43:59 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: Could the Release Notes include a component that matches CPU model with appropriate distribution version? (...) For someone who is going to install an OS, that's something that should be found by the user itself. More than a mere technical

Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit

2011-02-09 Thread Bret Busby
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:32:09 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Camaleón wrote: For someone who is going to install an OS, that's something that should be found by the user itself. More than a mere technical decision (both architectures -i386 and amd64- will work under 64-bits machines

Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit

2011-02-10 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Bob Proulx wrote: Bret Busby wrote: The web page at http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/ states The port consists of a kernel for all AMD 64bit CPUs with AMD64 extension and all Intel CPUs with EM64T extension, and a common 64bit userspace. Thus, from the Debian official

Re: OpenOffice has become LibreOffice?

2011-02-15 Thread Bret Busby
OpenOffice).. And now are fears for Qt... I have not seen the message from Frank Lanitz, included above. Does all of this, mean that Oracle is now the new SCO? Bring back Star Office 5.x! :) -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question

Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-01 Thread Bret Busby
10.04 LTS, from a CD, on that computer, without any problem. Is the Debian 6 netinst iso, not installabe, or, not bootable? -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, Bret Busby wrote: Hello. To try to install Debian 6, I downloaded, as advised on the Debian web site, the Debian 6 netinst iso file, wrote it to a CD, and tried to install Debian 6, using it. However, the computer on which I tried to install it, did not boot from

Debian sarge - etch and menu's and databases software

2007-06-28 Thread Bret Busby
, that a menu, such as the Databases menu, should be missing from the Applications menu in etch, as it is very useful, with the convenience of being able to run the applications by clicking on the menu entries, rather than looking for instructions in books, to find how to run the applications. -- Bret

File Browser defective

2007-09-08 Thread Bret Busby
the two most recent directories. It appears to have retained the directory hierarchy, and deleted about 1.3GB of photographs with an average file size of about 1MB. Is there something viral in this File Browser? I have not encountered anything like this in Debian 3.1 . -- Bret Busby Armadale

Query about Iceape, Iceweasel

2007-10-09 Thread Bret Busby
and how many browser windows and tabs ar open, leading to crashes in the application, the windows manager, and, sometimes, the operating system. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep

Re: Query about Iceape, Iceweasel

2007-10-16 Thread Bret Busby
On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 23:20:41 -0700 From: Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Query about Iceape, Iceweasel On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 12:56:31PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: Who is responsible

Re: Query about Iceape, Iceweasel

2007-10-16 Thread Bret Busby
On 10/16/2007 01:30 AM, Bret Busby wrote: [...] The untitled windows appear to open as pop-ups, although I have a setup configuration of the web browsers, to block pop-ups, which obviously does not work within the software. The problem also appears to occur, apart from when I open links

Re: Query about Iceape, Iceweasel

2007-10-16 Thread Bret Busby
good luck with your much needed full frontal lobotomy, and I hope that it eliminates your distemper, and makes you able to coexist with other people. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means

Re: Query about Iceape, Iceweasel

2007-10-16 Thread Bret Busby
friendly itself, appear to be concepts with which you are not familiar. Perhaps, you may be due for your next rabies shot? -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28

Re: Query about Iceape, Iceweasel

2007-10-17 Thread Bret Busby
is accepted, and that we can move on. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts, written

Iceape

2008-02-25 Thread Bret Busby
in the version of Debian, named Sid ?). -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts

Re: Iceape

2008-02-26 Thread Bret Busby
available as a .deb package, like Opera does), makes installation possible and easy, whereas using the procedure required for seamonkey, makes it too difficult for people like me, who are not Linux guru's . -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what

Re: Iceape

2008-02-26 Thread Bret Busby
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, mess-mate wrote: Bret Busby wrote: In the last week, Debian etch (4.0) advised me that updates were available, the updates on a particular occasion, being Iceape. So, being a good linux user, I did the upgrade, to keep my system up to date, and as stable and secure

Re: Iceape

2008-02-26 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Bret Busby wrote: On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, mess-mate wrote: Bret Busby wrote: In the last week, Debian etch (4.0) advised me that updates were available, the updates on a particular occasion, being Iceape. So, being a good linux user, I did the upgrade, to keep my

Re: Fast PDF File Viewing

2008-07-14 Thread Bret Busby
available stable version of Acrobat Reader installed (version number that you have installed?), and how the speed of whatever version of Acrobat Reader you have installed, compares with your envied colleague's Acrobat Reader. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

2008-07-16 Thread Bret Busby
bought it in 1989. - Nate Ah, yes. But, would it be able to run Debian 4.0? ;) -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of The Hitchhiker's Guide

How do I update kernel in Debian 4

2008-07-27 Thread Bret Busby
-upgrade facility, to update/upgrade the kernel? Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Re: How do I update kernel in Debian 4

2008-07-27 Thread Bret Busby
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Bob Cox wrote: On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 16:24:00 +0800, Bret Busby ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello. We have Debian 4.0 running on one of our computers; a server of sorts. Accessing that computer, for system updates, etc, is done through telnet. Running uname

Re: How do I update kernel in Debian 4

2008-07-27 Thread Bret Busby
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Bob Cox wrote: On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 16:24:00 +0800, Bret Busby ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello. We have Debian 4.0 running on one of our computers; a server of sorts. Accessing that computer, for system updates, etc, is done through telnet. Running uname

Re: How do I update kernel in Debian 4

2008-07-27 Thread Bret Busby
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Jonathan Kaye wrote: Bret Busby wrote: Hello. We have Debian 4.0 running on one of our computers; a server of sorts. Accessing that computer, for system updates, etc, is done through telnet. Running uname -a, which I understand returns the kernel version, returns

Re: How do I update kernel in Debian 4

2008-07-27 Thread Bret Busby
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Bob Cox wrote: On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 18:28:00 +0800, Bret Busby ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Jonathan Kaye wrote: Bret Busby wrote: Hello. We have Debian 4.0 running on one of our computers; a server of sorts. Accessing that computer

Re: How do I update kernel in Debian 4

2008-07-27 Thread Bret Busby
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Bret Busby wrote: On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Bob Cox wrote: On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 18:28:00 +0800, Bret Busby ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Jonathan Kaye wrote: Bret Busby wrote: Hello. We have Debian 4.0 running on one of our computers; a server

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