Re: RE

2017-10-11 Thread Jimmy Johnson
hat Debian is listening to you. -- Jimmy Johnson Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - KDE 4.13.2 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda1 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: non-free firmware not found despite unofficial CD

2017-10-09 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 10/08/2017 11:12 PM, anxious...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, 9 October 2017 06:50:03 UTC+1, Jimmy Johnson wrote: Is there some kind of man page or something to explain what foo.deb is and or bar.deb is, because in my 20+ years googling or other ways I don't understand. If not I've been

Re: non-free firmware not found despite unofficial CD

2017-10-08 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 10/08/2017 05:29 PM, David Wright wrote: On Sun 08 Oct 2017 at 13:26:54 (-0700), Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 10/08/2017 07:07 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote: Jimmy Johnson wrote: You will need to download the depends too and then cd to the directory that holds the files and #dpkg -i (the package name

Re: non-free firmware not found despite unofficial CD

2017-10-08 Thread Jimmy Johnson
for. Very silly of me. I have a feeling most of us had the same assumption. Why the installer did not configure a wired connection is beyond me, I'm out.. -- Jimmy Johnson Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - KDE Plasma 5.8.7 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda5 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: non-free firmware not found despite unofficial CD

2017-10-08 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 10/08/2017 01:57 PM, bw wrote: On Sun, 8 Oct 2017, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 10/08/2017 07:07 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote: Jimmy Johnson wrote: You will need to download the depends too and then cd to the directory that holds the files and #dpkg -i (the package name) to install. OK. How

Re: non-free firmware not found despite unofficial CD

2017-10-08 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 10/08/2017 07:14 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote: Jimmy Johnson wrote: You will need to download the depends too and then cd to the directory that holds the files and #dpkg -i (the package name) to install. Do I abort the OS installation to do this or do I "complete" it without netwo

Re: non-free firmware not found despite unofficial CD

2017-10-08 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 10/08/2017 07:07 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote: Jimmy Johnson wrote: You will need to download the depends too and then cd to the directory that holds the files and #dpkg -i (the package name) to install. OK. How should the depends be organized? I.e., the dir structure? You should only need

Re: non-free firmware not found despite unofficial CD

2017-10-08 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 10/08/2017 06:48 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote: Jimmy Johnson wrote: Is this what you are looking for: https://packages.debian.org/stretch/firmware-b43-installer Can I download that package with another computer, install Debian without network support, bring the installer over, and manually

Re: Blank screen bug

2017-10-08 Thread Jimmy Johnson
the position of the screens? Maybe install package "aranr", it's a small GUI to setup the screens. Hope that helps. -- Jimmy Johnson Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - KDE Plasma 5.8.7 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda5 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: non-free firmware not found despite unofficial CD

2017-10-08 Thread Jimmy Johnson
on? Is that firmware not included even in the firmware edition of Debian? Is this what you are looking for: https://packages.debian.org/stretch/firmware-b43-installer -- Jimmy Johnson Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - KDE Plasma 5.8.7 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda5 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Bug#1 Freeze - Re: Intel i965

2017-10-05 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 02/10/2017 06:58 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 02/10/2017 07:54 AM, debian-...@lists.debian.org wrote: "Re: Bug#1 Freeze" Jimmy Johnson doc "Mine is an Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics and it's now working swell with the Sid 4.8.0-2 kernel but not as quick to load

Re: no sound on Lenovo Ideapad 110

2017-09-29 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 09/28/2017 01:25 PM, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: On Thu, 28 Sep 2017, Jimmy Johnson wrote: Installing package firmware-linux in Stretch will pull in all the firmware, free, non-free, etc.    they are already installed, but only firmware-linux-free is not empty,    and I don't see something

Re: no sound on Lenovo Ideapad 110

2017-09-28 Thread Jimmy Johnson
to now, googling gave me nothing about that. best regards, Installing package firmware-linux in Stretch will pull in all the firmware, free, non-free, etc. -- Jimmy Johnson Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - KDE Plasma 4.8.5 -AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda5 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: no sound on Lenovo Ideapad 110

2017-09-28 Thread Jimmy Johnson
was not pushed in all the way and there was no sound. I hope your problem is that simple. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Stretch - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda6 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: An answer to "Gave up waiting for suspend/resume device"

2017-09-28 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 09/27/2017 02:38 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 27/09/2017 à 10:37, Jimmy Johnson a écrit : On 09/26/2017 02:25 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 26/09/2017 à 03:55, Jimmy Johnson a écrit : Hi Mark, while multi-booting I use the device name in fstab, /dev/sd?? none swap sw 0 0, it works for all

Re: An answer to "Gave up waiting for suspend/resume device"

2017-09-27 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 09/26/2017 02:25 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 26/09/2017 à 03:55, Jimmy Johnson a écrit : Hi Mark, while multi-booting I use the device name in fstab, /dev/sd?? none swap sw 0 0, it works for all my installed systems. It is not always reliable with multiple drives, because device names

Re: in /etc/network/interfaces: "auto" vs "allow-hotplug"

2017-09-26 Thread Jimmy Johnson
terface iface eno1 inet6 auto ----- Good Luck, -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Stretch - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 - Intel i7-3540M - EXT4 at sda6 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: An answer to "Gave up waiting for suspend/resume device"

2017-09-25 Thread Jimmy Johnson
, as the swap file had changed. Truly, Mark Luxton Hi Mark, while multi-booting I use the device name in fstab, /dev/sd?? none swap sw 0 0, it works for all my installed systems. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Stretch - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 - Intel i7-3540M - EXT4 at sda6 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: in /etc/network/interfaces: "auto" vs "allow-hotplug"

2017-09-25 Thread Jimmy Johnson
the name of your device? I'm thinking the name you are using is not the same name the system is using and why hotplug is not working? -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Stretch - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 - Intel i7-3540M - EXT4 at sda6 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Blank screen bug

2017-09-23 Thread Jimmy Johnson
hope you can tell me which package I should file the bug to, or how to proceed from here. Best, Tim Just a guess, but maybe you're seeing a desktop with no panel, background, just a blank desktop. Maybe just try and add a background? -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Stretch - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 - AMD A8

Re: Fwd: Stretch and i3-7300T

2017-09-23 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 09/23/2017 10:22 AM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 09/23/2017 05:04 AM, Felix Natter wrote: hi Jimmy, I am writing you because you are running the same old(!)  Ubuntu 12.04 LTS release for which support has run out as my father's computer does. What strategy do you have to update this? I think

Re: Fwd: Stretch and i3-7300T

2017-09-23 Thread Jimmy Johnson
ion train for free if you have the sources. If he's using KDE 4.8.5, it's one of the best for looks and feel and most of the bugs have been fixed too. I'm on list so please don't send me personal email. Thanks, -- Jimmy Johnson Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - KDE 4.13.2 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda1 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: KDE Plasma Date & Time Format

2017-09-22 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 09/19/2017 08:35 AM, Dominique Dumont wrote: On Monday, 18 September 2017 15:59:22 CEST Jimmy Johnson wrote: In KDE4 I use the long date with the short day: "Mon, September 19, 2017". Is there an easy way to do this in Plasma5? Even better would be long date with short day and s

KDE Plasma Date & Time Format

2017-09-18 Thread Jimmy Johnson
locals, etc until I have a headache and have made no headway with this at all. Thanks, -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Stretch - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda6 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Spectacle

2017-09-18 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 09/16/2017 03:08 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: While taking a timed snapshot I notice I could not access the panel or tray, they seemed to be locked, after the shot was taken access to panel and tray was restored, but spectacle was of no use for the timed snapshot I wanted to take

Re: Stretch and i3-7300T

2017-09-18 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 09/18/2017 07:17 AM, James Montgomery wrote: On 09/17, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 09/17/2017 07:36 AM, A_Man_Without_Clue wrote: Hi all, Has anyone got 7th generation Kaby lake i3-7300T working with Debian? I tried to install Stretch but unable to get it work. I just tried Testing and now

Re: Stretch and i3-7300T

2017-09-18 Thread Jimmy Johnson
lank display manager appears. If you press ctrl+alt+f2 can you get prompt? If you can, login and apt install firmware-linux* and intel-micro-code. See if that helps. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Sid/Testing - KDE Plasma 5.10.5 - Intel T5250 - EXT4 at sda8 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Debian9 just showing me black screen after grub.

2017-09-18 Thread Jimmy Johnson
nomodeset after ro in grub and remove splash and quiet, you can do that at grub boot, just hit the e key for edit, also if you can tell us something about you video card that would help, I'm guessing ati or nvidia. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Buster - KDE Plasma 5.8.7 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda8

Re: Stretch and i3-7300T

2017-09-17 Thread Jimmy Johnson
? The packages you need to install are firmware-linux* and intel-microcode. https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/ Cheers, -- Jimmy Johnson Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - KDE Plasma 4.8.5 - EXT4 at sda5 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch

2017-09-15 Thread Jimmy Johnson
ve crazy people to commit suicide, imagine if they designed bio-warfare weapons. At least the later admit on getting paid by "someone". Jimmy Johnson What is your relationship to Debian, and why are you here again? Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - KDE 4.13.2 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda1 Registered L

Re: What is /var/apt/cache good for ? (and other Sid dist-upgrade riddles)

2017-09-15 Thread Jimmy Johnson
dist-upgrade, but with any of those you can remove orphan packages. On Sid it does not work with self-made files in $HOME either. On my Jessie, find -ctime seems to work ok. Have a nice day :) Thomas Cheers, -- Jimmy John

Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch

2017-09-15 Thread Jimmy Johnson
it here. Thanks, -- Jimmy Johnson Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - KDE 4.13.2 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda1 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: How do I boot a Debian 9.1.0 amd64 iso from GRUB?

2017-09-15 Thread Jimmy Johnson
can boot any operating system iso as well? Thank you! Purakee I found this: GRUB Boot from ISO https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/grub-boot-iso Cheers! -- Jimmy Johnson Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - KDE 4.13.2 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda1 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Nvidia Quadro FX880M and debian sid

2017-09-14 Thread Jimmy Johnson
, but this is the driver I run on this machine with geforce gt610. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Sid/Testing - KDE Plasma 5.10.5 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda8 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-13 Thread Jimmy Johnson
to this system was youtube would offer to let me download and not play. Now it plays as it should with no intervention from me. -- Jimmy Johnson Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - KDE Plasma 4.8.5 - EXT4 at sda5 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: OT: Hurricane

2017-09-10 Thread Jimmy Johnson
the storm is centered on the west side of Florida, my family in the west side is with my family on the east side and they are cozy, my thoughts are with you all and hope for not to much damage. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Wheezy - KDE 4.8.4 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda5 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: how to roll back to jessie

2017-09-03 Thread Jimmy Johnson
ave mail and browser files, your choice what you want to leave. Using a net-install including non-free-firmware I do a core install, using the same file system and do not format, reboot the system and apt install what I need and then setup my desktop. That's what I would do. Cheers, -- Jimmy

Re: want pinning with examples to prevent unwanted package(s) from being installed

2017-08-31 Thread Jimmy Johnson
with an URL that would do this? In openSUSE, it's a simple process: zypper al unwantedpackagename[version] That's all there is to it, other than it also works with wildcards. #dpkg-hold 'package-name' #dpkg-unhold 'package-name' Cheers, -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Sid/Testing - KDE Plasma 5.8.7

Re: Debian live installer problems

2017-08-19 Thread Jimmy Johnson
bugs filed against them and maybe fixed with the next release. cheers, -- Jimmy Johnson Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - KDE 4.13.3 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda1 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Buster: problem changing partition size on a RAID 5 array

2017-08-17 Thread Jimmy Johnson
and gdisk couldn't and whether this is a bug in mdadm or something else, but I thought I should report it somewhere. I would suggest you boot to a gparted live disc, so none of your partitions are mounted and I will just work better. -- Jimmy Johnson Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - KDE 4.13.2 - AMD A8-7

Re: Big problem computer not booting

2017-08-11 Thread Jimmy Johnson
ine in grub: ivrs_ioapic[7]=00:14.0 ivrs_ioapic[8]=00:00.1." The tip is he restored from a previous system, so his network interface probable got a new name, it should be simple to fix if net-tools is installed. It's 2x60 seconds before the connection will timeout and continue to boot.

Re: Big problem computer not booting

2017-08-10 Thread Jimmy Johnson
things going. Cheers, -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Jessie - KDE 4.14.2 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda6 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Setup Grub-Legacy on Jessie

2017-07-21 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/20/2017 11:34 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Jimmy Johnson composed on 2017-07-20 2:13 (UTC-0700): Felix Miata wrote: ...I wanted Jessie on sda1 where I keep my menu.lst and keep things simple. "Simple" I find impossible in multiboot of any serious extent. Closest thing

Re: Setup Grub-Legacy on Jessie

2017-07-20 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/20/2017 02:46 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: You don't have to use the auto-generated grub.cfg. You can write and maintain your own one manually. You can! Good for you! Cheers, -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Jessie - KDE 4.14.2 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda1 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Setup Grub-Legacy on Jessie

2017-07-20 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/19/2017 11:33 AM, Felix Miata wrote: Jimmy Johnson composed on 2017-07-19 02:30 (UTC-0700): Some of you may already know that setting up grub-legacy on Debian can be imposable, I've been thinking about this for awhile now and how to solve this problem that Ubuntu does not have. So I

Re: Apt-get Upgrade Problem in Stretch?

2017-07-19 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/19/2017 07:05 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:47:27 -0700 Jimmy Johnson <field.engin...@gmail.com> wrote: On 07/19/2017 01:35 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 20:14:28 +0200 Dejan Jocic <jode...@gmail.com> wrote: On 19-07-17, Patrick

Re: Apt-get Upgrade Problem in Stretch?

2017-07-19 Thread Jimmy Johnson
ing auto-update is a problem. -- Jimmy Johnson Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - KDE 4.13.2 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda1 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Setup Grub-Legacy on Jessie

2017-07-19 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/19/2017 11:04 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 19/07/2017 à 11:30, Jimmy Johnson a écrit : Some of you may already know that setting up grub-legacy on Debian can be imposable, Imposable ? What would impose it ? Debian grub-legacy setup is no longer supported, yet it can still be install

Re: multiple windows, not multiple tabs

2017-07-19 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/19/2017 05:11 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: I just tried entering "konsole" from the CLI in a konsole and also got a new instance. I just did a $gksu konsole in konsole and got a separate root konsole, you can put that in your menu if you want. -- Jimmy Johnson Ubuntu 14.04

Setup Grub-Legacy on Jessie

2017-07-19 Thread Jimmy Johnson
until I was convinced it was working. :) Questions or suggestions? Cheers, -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Jessie - KDE 4.14.2 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda7 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: PulseAudio (Some users get sound, orthers do not)

2017-07-18 Thread Jimmy Johnson
and all it's files, run deborphan and clean the system up and then reinstall pulse and vlc or gstreamer, I use gstreamer but vlc is the default install and works too. Good luck! -- Jimmy Johnson Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - KDE 4.13.2 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda1 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: How to gain control over the system?

2017-07-09 Thread Jimmy Johnson
in a completely other order, dispite I had marked "Keep ajusted" (right click on desktop). So...? /Kaj I don't do sudo nor do I top post. Maybe you should start over and this time use the net install, you will be given the option to install task mate. Good luck. -- Jimmy Johnson Deb

Re: How to gain control over the system?

2017-07-09 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Hi, Start the Stretch install cd/dvd in repair mode and when you get to where you can start a shell in the install at the prompt type:# passwd root and then enter the new root passwd and then reboot. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Buster - KDE Plasma 5.8.7 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda14 Registered

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/04/2017 09:33 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 07/03/2017 01:41 PM, Jim Ohlstein wrote: Is there a pure Debian alternative? Have a look at https://devuan.org/. A couple of hours ago this was Debian Wheezy with the kde-plasma-desktop. Now it's Devuan Jessie and kde-plasma-desktop

Re: Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable

2017-07-05 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/05/2017 07:24 PM, John Hasler wrote: Jimmy Johnson writes: From what I read, very serious bugs are likely to be caught before making it to Testing, while Unstable benefits from getting security updates (in the form of new upstream releases) sooner, and is more likely to be consistent

Re: Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable

2017-07-05 Thread Jimmy Johnson
w kernel, new driver, new infrastructure, etc. For stability, the older your Debian system is the better, can it handle your hardware and can you install the package you need. If you like working around problems and using the latest apps Sid/Testing is a blast! Cheers, -- Jimmy Johnson Debian

Re: Nvidia legacy driver install..

2017-07-05 Thread Jimmy Johnson
the difference. Good luck with your install, -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Buster - KDE Plasma 5.8.7 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda14 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Jimmy Johnson
n the background while you are using your computer? Seeking truth. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Buster - KDE Plasma 5.8.7 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda14 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Jimmy Johnson
. Individuals rule. Cheers! -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Buster - KDE Plasma 5.8.7 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda14 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/05/2017 12:38 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 07/05/2017 05:56 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 09:33:16PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: A couple of hours ago this was Debian Wheezy with the kde-plasma-desktop. Now it's Devuan Jessie and kde-plasma-desktop and the only

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/05/2017 02:23 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 01:56:44PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: [...] Is it possible that Devuan is becoming more Debian and Debian is becoming less Debian? What do you say to that? Hypothetically

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Jimmy Johnson
function! You bet ya! -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Buster - KDE Plasma 5.8.7 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda14 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-04 Thread Jimmy Johnson
d it seems to be required for kde. This is a very smart system and an easy upgrade. I think some of Linux best developers are working on Devuan. Cheers, -- Jimmy Johnson Devuan Jessie - KDE 4.14.2 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda16 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-04 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Funny, that sounds like something a Slack'er would say. Patrick, we are not all keyboard wizards like you and that other Patrick who can keyboard faster than I can read. That's a compliment on your abilities by the way. -- Jimmy Johnson Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - KDE 4.13.2 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 a

Re: Problems with apt in a clean stretch install.

2017-07-04 Thread Jimmy Johnson
rently other dvd installers are bad too. "I recommend using the RC3 installer". -- Jimmy Johnson Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - KDE 4.13.2 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda5 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Problems with apt in a clean stretch install.

2017-07-04 Thread Jimmy Johnson
the problem, cause I > used it and installed software with no problem. Cheers, -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Stretch - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 at sda13 Registered Linux User #380263 Hi Jimmy, I saw one of your previous posts regarding the live cd/dvd. I used the following to install, but not s

Re: Problems with apt in a clean stretch install.

2017-07-04 Thread Jimmy Johnson
elieve the problem is coming from a 9.1-live-dvd install, I had to same problem using it. The problem does not occur using the net-install. I have not tested any other installers but the rc3-live did not seem to have the problem, cause I used it and installed software with no problem. Cheers, -- Jimmy J

Re: Nvidia legacy driver install..

2017-07-04 Thread Jimmy Johnson
sed xrender, I don't remember and the boot option nouveau.modeset=0 I did use. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Stretch - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 at sda13 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

2017-07-03 Thread Jimmy Johnson
ied the Brother 2270DW but can't get it to work. Less than a month ago that driver was upgraded: http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadtop.aspx?c=us=en=hl2270dw_all Whit Cheers, -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Stretch - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 at sda13 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Remotely exploitable bug in systemd (CVE-2017-9445)

2017-07-02 Thread Jimmy Johnson
was this problem created in the first place? -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Stretch - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda11 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Wheezy to Stretch upgrade failure

2017-07-01 Thread Jimmy Johnson
. Would I have been wise to upgrade it to Jessie first? Easier for sure, but you would still use the same steps as above. Regards Andrew Cheers! -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Stretch - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda11 Registered Linux User #380263

Wheezy to Stretch without to much problem.

2017-06-30 Thread Jimmy Johnson
up with upgrade-system, it took sometime but here I am with a clean, upgraded and configured system. Cheers, -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Stretch - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda7 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: [Stretch] apt-get has no updates?

2017-06-30 Thread Jimmy Johnson
updates until the keys are fixed. Or maybe you have some other kind problems. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Stretch - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda7 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Debian 9

2017-06-29 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 06/28/2017 07:13 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 06/28/2017 06:24 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 06/27/2017 09:49 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 04:00:13PM +, sare...@att.net wrote: The administrator password is not working in Debian 9 cinnamon. I bet you used a Live CD

Re: Debian 9

2017-06-28 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 06/28/2017 06:24 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 06/27/2017 09:49 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 04:00:13PM +, sare...@att.net wrote: The administrator password is not working in Debian 9 cinnamon. I bet you used a Live CD. I downloaded the iso to check this out, yes

Re: Debian 9

2017-06-28 Thread Jimmy Johnson
takes the passwd while installing. Sudo is installed but the user is not allowed sudo rights. Now I have this install and it's worst than the live dvd, it least you can sudo with the live dvd. Is there an easy fix I can try? I've been googling but nothing easy to do. -- Jimmy Johnson Registered

Re: flash in stretch again

2017-06-24 Thread Jimmy Johnson
"libflashplayer.so" on your computer and delete them and then reinstall flashplayer and that should fix your problem. Cheers, -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Buster - Plasma 5.8.7 - Kernel 4.9.0-3 - EXT4 at sda24 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-23 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 06/23/2017 09:05 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: On 06/23/2017 09:19 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 06/23/2017 02:44 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: ... 2) Returning from xscreensaver screen blanking sometimes shows the lightdm log in screen. Ctrl-alt-F7 once or twice can get my session back after an annoying

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

2017-06-23 Thread Jimmy Johnson
nd install Ubuntu 16.04-xenial linux-image-generic, linux-headers-generic, that made for smooth booting to the desktop and no regression. Good luck! Cheers, -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Buster - Plasma 5.8.7 - Kernel 4.9.0-3 - EXT4 at sda24 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Debian 9.0.0 iso

2017-06-21 Thread Jimmy Johnson
ive images will be released very soon. +1 In fact, I've just published them now. https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/ Cheers, -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Wheezy - KDE 4.8.4 - Intel E5300 - EXT4 at sda8 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: One problem identified - was [Re: ARandR problems: Bug or opderator?]

2017-06-20 Thread Jimmy Johnson
he VGA monitor as primary? I created /home/richard/.screenlayout/VGA-as-master.sh with preferred settings back when I was experimenting. I had understood ARandR would use it automatically. It evidently doesn't. I would delete what you saved and then let arandr save the settings and see if that

Re: Debian 9 - Stretch has been released!

2017-06-19 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 06/19/2017 05:21 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 08:42:54PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/ Don't use live images for installations. I agree, the current live DVD's are great for checking out

Re: Debian 9 - Stretch has been released!

2017-06-19 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 06/18/2017 04:28 AM, RavenLX wrote: On 06/17/2017 11:42 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/ Cheers! I was there in the IRC chat channels while they were working on it and when they released it. It was the first time in YEARS I

Thank you Debian!

2017-06-19 Thread Jimmy Johnson
filemanagement, kdf, quick launch, etc. I hope that Legacy KDE will always be an important part of our future and Debian 10, Buster will become the best Linux Distro to ever be installed on a computer. Thanks again Debian! Cheers, -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Buster - Plasma Version 5.8.6 - EXT4 at sda17

Re: testing: odd? upgrade today for gnutls-bin to unstable version

2017-06-18 Thread Jimmy Johnson
there are a little over 100 packages installed from Sid/unstable that are not in testing, I'm cleaning those up so I can get a clean start on testing Buster, of course I will still have Sid/testing too. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Buster - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda21 Registered

Debian 9 - Stretch has been released!

2017-06-17 Thread Jimmy Johnson
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/ Cheers! -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Sid/Testing - KDE Plasma Version 5.8.2 - EXT4 at sda18 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt

2017-06-10 Thread Jimmy Johnson
current settings and have to start over. Hope that helps. -- Jimmy Johnson Ubuntu 16.04 - KDE Plasma 5.8.7 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda19 Registered Linux User #380263

Heads Up! Stretch RC4 non-free netinstall iso has no non-free firmware.

2017-06-02 Thread Jimmy Johnson
are doing an install. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Stretch - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda11 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Upcoming transition to Stretch

2017-06-02 Thread Jimmy Johnson
ll Stretch and add Sid and change Stretch to Testing. It's always a learning experience. :) -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Stretch - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda11 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Oh no something has gone wrong! after reinstalling Debian and Gnome.

2017-05-22 Thread Jimmy Johnson
have not already upgraded again, do you have the packages "xorg and dkms" installed. If not install them and reboot. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Sid/Testing - Plasma 5.8.6 - EXT4 at sda15 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Oh no something has gone wrong! after reinstalling Debian and Gnome.

2017-05-21 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 05/21/2017 12:52 PM, Michael Milliman wrote: On 05/21/2017 12:23 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: However, the OP's post does not mention anything of this nature. The OP deleted the existing Debian partition(s) leaving the existing Windows partition(s) alone. No mention was made

Re: Oh no something has gone wrong! after reinstalling Debian and Gnome.

2017-05-21 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 05/21/2017 08:48 AM, Michael Milliman wrote: On 05/21/2017 05:48 AM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 05/21/2017 03:25 AM, Michael Milliman wrote: On 05/21/2017 05:09 AM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 05/21/2017 12:57 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 21/05/2017 à 09:55, Jimmy Johnson a écrit

Re: Oh no something has gone wrong! after reinstalling Debian and Gnome.

2017-05-21 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 05/21/2017 03:25 AM, Michael Milliman wrote: On 05/21/2017 05:09 AM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 05/21/2017 12:57 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 21/05/2017 à 09:55, Jimmy Johnson a écrit : No, you should NOT have deleted the partition, now your partition table is messed up. Bullshit

Re: Oh no something has gone wrong! after reinstalling Debian and Gnome.

2017-05-21 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 05/21/2017 12:57 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 21/05/2017 à 09:55, Jimmy Johnson a écrit : No, you should NOT have deleted the partition, now your partition table is messed up. Bullshit. This is just a Gnome error. Unless you are deleting the last partition your partition table

Re: Oh no something has gone wrong! after reinstalling Debian and Gnome.

2017-05-21 Thread Jimmy Johnson
the files you can save /home. But now you need to look at that drive with a partition editor like gparted, maybe use a live-cd with gparted installed OR the wheezy live disc will let you install gparted. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Sid/Testing - Plasma 5.8.6 - EXT4 at sda15 Registered Linux User

Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust

2017-05-19 Thread Jimmy Johnson
ing you would expect from a stable system which Stretch is not, yet. As I told Cindy, you can find the installed wallpaper in /usr/share/wallpaper. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Sid/Testing - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 - Intel E5300 - EXT4 at sda15 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: (OT) problem with unknown software

2017-05-19 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 05/19/2017 05:34 PM, Glenn English wrote: On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 10:37 PM, Jimmy Johnson <field.engin...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Glenn, have you looked at this using gparted, maybe you can get some info there, Just looked. gparted says sdd exists and that it, and the other

Re: (OT) problem with unknown software

2017-05-19 Thread Jimmy Johnson
esktop. -- Glenn English Hi Glenn, have you looked at this using gparted, maybe you can get some info there, also is this partition/drive in fstab? Does #blkid give you any info? -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Stretch - Plasma 5.8.6 - EXT4 at sda11 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust

2017-05-19 Thread Jimmy Johnson
to viewer to browse that folder. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Stretch - KDE Plasma 5.8.6 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda14 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-05-18 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Kaffeine I install SMplayer. -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Wheezy - KDE 4.8.4 - Intel G3220 - EXT4 at sda7 Registered Linux User #380263

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