Re: I have a Gigabyte GA-A320M-H is there a BUG in this motherboard?

2021-01-02 Thread tom arnall
. Regards, Tom Arnall ONLY GOD On 1/2/21, David Christensen wrote: > On 2021-01-02 01:06, ike wrote: >> On 01/01/2021 11:42 PM, ike wrote: >> >> I have a Gigabyte GA-A320M-H I have tried to install Debian 10.7 . >> I >> have enable Iommu and CS

Re: documentation for sddm-greeter

2020-07-27 Thread tom arnall
, Tom Arnall On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 1:54 AM tom arnall wrote: > is there any? > > the issue i'm dealing with is creating avatars on the login screen. > i'm running debian buster with the LXQt desktop., >

documentation for sddm-greeter

2020-07-27 Thread tom arnall
is there any? the issue i'm dealing with is creating avatars on the login screen. i'm running debian buster with the LXQt desktop.,

[radeon]] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop

2018-08-17 Thread tom arnall
I keep getting the following error when my machine boots: [radeon]] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting the system finally comes up, after a delay of several minutes. I'm running Debian Stretch on a Lenovo T400. Previous to the system upgrade to Stretch, I ran Jessie

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2018-08-16 Thread tom arnall
I keep getting the following error when my machine boots: [radeon]] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting the system finally comes up, after a delay of several minutes. I'm running Debian Stretch on a Lenovo T400. Previous to the system upgrade to Stretch, I ran Jessie

Re: can't map visual mode copy ("+y) OOPS

2018-07-25 Thread tom arnall
I forgot to show my debian version. here it is: :~/$ cat /etc/os-release PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)" NAME="Debian GNU/Linux" VERSION_ID="9" VERSION="9 (stretch)" ID=debian On 7/25/18, tom arnall wrote: > bottom line here is that when

can't map visual mode copy ("+y)

2018-07-25 Thread tom arnall
bottom line here is that when i map "+y to , it dos not work in visual mode. below are the specifics. Here is output of 'version' :version VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Sep 30 2017 18:21:38) Included patches: 1-197, 322, 377-378, 550, 703, 706-707 Modified by

color unstable under jessie

2018-05-05 Thread tom arnall
Greetings! over the last few weeks i've been having trouble on my system with color. the color on the screen becomes very unstable, and keeps going into a state where most of the color is pink. has anyone else had this problem. Regards, Tom Arnall

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2015-11-29 Thread tom arnall
Denice, You could do me a great favor. Here is the address of the website for my tutoring service: BajaSpeakingEnglish.com Please look at it and give me any suggestions you might have for improving it. Hugs, Tom -- "Once its survival is on the line, a species will often find powers

fast internet connection but very slow browser response

2015-11-23 Thread tom arnall
My browser connection has become very slow. Pinging will show a very fast connection, but my browser response is often so slow that a request times out. Skype will work fine under these conditions, as well as my torrent agent. I looked at 'syslog' and the output below seems to me related to the

Re: make system boot straight to browser connection

2015-10-16 Thread tom arnall
what prevents Debian from providing an alternate boot option in Jessie which does not use systemd? My Wheezy system seems to do this. On 10/7/15, tom arnall <kloro2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I want to setup a system so that when the power button is pushed on > the PC, the sys

Re: systemd alternative for Jessie?

2015-10-16 Thread tom arnall
what prevents Debian from providing an alternate boot option in Jessie which does not use systemd? My Wheezy system seems to do this.

Re: systemd alternative for Jessie?

2015-10-14 Thread tom arnall
line, a species will often find powers unimaginable in the days of its complacency. On 10/13/15, Joel Rees <joel.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2015/10/14 13:24 "Ric Moore" <wayward4...@gmail.com>: >> >> On 10/13/2015 11:20 PM, tom arnall wrote: >&g

systemd alternative for Jessie?

2015-10-13 Thread tom arnall
I am running Wheezy and notice that the boot options include but aren't limited to systemd. Is it possible to have this arrangement with Jessie?

Re: make system boot straight to browser connection

2015-10-09 Thread tom arnall
of its complacency. On 10/7/15, tom arnall <kloro2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I want to setup a system so that when the power button is pushed on > the PC, the system connects to the internet and starts a browser > without a login or any other intervention by the user. > >

make system boot straight to browser connection

2015-10-07 Thread tom arnall
I want to setup a system so that when the power button is pushed on the PC, the system connects to the internet and starts a browser without a login or any other intervention by the user. There are no security issues. Is this doable?

questions about debian installer prompts re: iwlwifi firmware

2015-09-24 Thread tom arnall
Greetings! I am trying to install Debian on a Dell620 with USB stick media. When the installer tried to configure the network software, it asked for an iwlwifi firmware file. I put the file on another USB stick, then tried two things: 1. put the firmware USB stick in another slot before

questions re: installing Debian on a Dell620 with USB stick media

2015-09-24 Thread tom arnall
Greetings! I am trying to install Debian on a Dell620 with USB stick media. When the installer tried to configure the network software, it asked for an iwlwifi firmware file. I put the file on another USB stick, then tried two things: 1. put the firmware USB stick in another slot before

questions about debian installer prompts re: iwlwifi firmware

2015-09-24 Thread tom arnall
Greetings! I am trying to install Debian on a Dell620 with USB stick media. When the installer tried to configure the network software, it asked for an iwlwifi firmware file. I put the file on another USB stick, then tried two things: 1. put the firmware USB stick in another slot before

questions about debian installer prompts re: iwlwifi firmware

2015-09-23 Thread tom arnall
Greetings! I am trying to install Debian on a Dell620 with USB stick media. When the installer tried to configure the network software, it asked for an iwlwifi firmware file. I put the file on another USB stick, then tried two things: 1. put the firmware USB stick in another slot before

Re: wired network connection has stopped working

2015-08-24 Thread tom arnall
soon. . “Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.” Albert Einstein On 8/21/15, tom arnall kloro2...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings! About a year ago my wired modem connection stopped working. I can find

wired network connection has stopped working

2015-08-21 Thread tom arnall
(2.4 MiB) I'm running wheezy. Regards, Tom Arnall Baja Norte - “Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.” Albert Einstein

Re: LACK OF REPONSE TO REQUESTS FOR HELP WHY?

2014-12-21 Thread tom arnall
the trouble to first get an understanding of the context, in this case the basic functions of keyrings, before attempting to fix a specific problem. Regards, Tom Arnall Ensenada, BC -- Honor Julian Assange. Honor Bradley Manning. Honor Edward Snowden. Honor all those who have risked all to tell us

gnome

2014-12-20 Thread Tom Arnall
WHEN I DO: ~/$ gnome-keyring-daemon --start I GET: Couldn't access conrol socket: /home/tom/.cache/keyring-qGnJVR/control: No such file or directory GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/home/tom/.cache/keyring-laCd8D SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/home/tom/.cache/keyring-laCd8D/ssh

LACK OF REPONSE TO REQUESTS FOR HELP WHY?

2014-12-20 Thread tom arnall
with this? Thanks in advance for your help, Tom Arnall -- I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. Will Rogers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https

Can't start nm-applet -- keyring error

2014-12-16 Thread tom arnall
I installed wheezy a week ago (with the installer which includes xfce), and nm-applet was working fine. But today it won't start and gives the message: WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: /home/tom/.cache/keyring-4LJPFc/pkcs11: No such file or directory ** Message: applet now removed

gnome-keyring-daemon problem

2014-12-16 Thread tom arnall
WHEN I DO: ~/$ gnome-keyring-daemon --start I GET: Couldn't access conrol socket: /home/tom/.cache/keyring-qGnJVR/control: No such file or directory GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/home/tom/.cache/keyring-laCd8D SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/home/tom/.cache/keyring-laCd8D/ssh

Can't start nm-applet keyring error

2014-12-14 Thread tom arnall
from the notification area (nm-applet:3589): Gdk-WARNING **: nm-applet: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. Is there a command line procedure to deal with this? Thanks in advance for your help, Tom Arnall -- I don't make jokes. I just watch the government

applications missing after dist-upgrade

2014-09-17 Thread tom arnall
I recently did a dist-upgrade and found afterwards that a lot of applications were missing: open office smplayer skype calibre poppler text utilities And about half a dozen more. And this was after only a few days use of the new system, i.e., i fear there may be other missing children. Is this

trying to remove wicd

2014-09-15 Thread tom arnall
I want to get wicd off my system, but am having a problem. All the installer utilities say that it's not installed, but 'which' and other things tell a different story: root@debian:~# which wicd /usr/sbin/wicd root@debian:~# Also, in spite of the installer messages, there are lots of

dropbox install break apt-get

2014-08-23 Thread tom arnall
I tried to install dropbox and the result is that apt-get is broken. (I do not by the way want dropbox on my system and want to purge it completely.) Here is the output which demonstrates the current state of the system: --- root@debian:/home/tom# apt-get purge dropbox E: dpkg was

Re: dropbox install break apt-get

2014-08-23 Thread tom arnall
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Re: sound problem debian wheezy

2014-07-29 Thread tom arnall
, paraphrastically. On 7/28/14, tom arnall kloro2...@gmail.com wrote: Two weeks ago I installed Debian wheezy and was using pulse audio with good results. Then suddenly the external mic wasn't working. I removed pulse from the system and the process seemed to have made alsa the sound system. I also

sound problem debian wheezy

2014-07-28 Thread tom arnall
Two weeks ago I installed Debian wheezy and was using pulse audio with good results. Then suddenly the external mic wasn't working. I removed pulse from the system and the process seemed to have made alsa the sound system. I also added some alsa stuff. The commands for this: sudo apt-get

flakey wifi access

2014-06-29 Thread tom arnall
my wicd agent is unable to connect to wifi at mcDonald's, both in mexico and the states. it's fine with my home wifi and the coffee shop i go to. it also fails on the network at the campus where i teach in mexico. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

kde purge unsuccessful?

2014-06-16 Thread tom arnall
what are these k* apps about? i don't want any part of kde on my system and thought i had removed it completely, but i see: kdevtmpfs. and have suspicions about other names in the list. top - 16:22:44 up 3 min, 2 users, load average: 0.33, 0.52, 0.24 Tasks: 123 total, 2 running, 121 sleeping,

can't log out and log back in after remove lxde

2014-06-13 Thread tom arnall
because i con't like unused software on my system and because i cdn't get the system to go automatically to ice when i login, i completely removed lxde. everything is fine EXCEPT when i log out, the system doesn't return the login screen but just hangs and shows just the mouse cursor and the

Re: can't log out and log back in after remove lxde

2014-06-13 Thread tom arnall
thanks very much for getting back to me. remainder inline On 6/13/14, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: tom arnall wrote: because i con't like unused software on my system and because i cdn't get the system to go automatically to ice when i login, i completely removed lxde. Sure. Does

kalarm warning message

2014-06-08 Thread tom arnall
when i start kalarm, i get the message: QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Applcation may misbehave. i also frequently get a very naughty kalarm. it hogs memory and processor big time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: can't get wicd to work

2014-05-28 Thread tom arnall
. discussion here: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/1wfpk8wkh8328/?v=cs=qq=launchpadth=146449130dc82f52 On 5/26/14, tom arnall kloro2...@gmail.com wrote: BTW, I DO NOT SEEM TO HAVE ANY OF THE B43 STUFF ON MY SYSTEM: root@debian:/home/tom# apt-get install firmware-b43-installer Reading

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-28 Thread tom arnall
debian over ubuntu hands down for speed and for efficient resources utilization. it's a harder install, but for me well worth the extra work. On 1/24/14, tom arnall kloro2...@gmail.com wrote: I am looking for the fastest Linux distro for the following purposes. System: Dell latitude D630

Re: can't get wicd to work

2014-05-26 Thread tom arnall
@ Mike McGinn I COPIED AND PASTED YOUR CODE INTO A BASH FILE AND RAN IT. THE INSTALL MESSAGES SEEMED OK, EXCEPT THIS AT THE VERY END: Update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso5.bin for module tg3 W: Possible missing

Re: can't get wicd to work

2014-05-26 Thread tom arnall
the others onto your computer. On 5/18/14, tom arnall kloro2...@gmail.com wrote: I'm trying to get my wifi set up under wheezy using wicd. I've followed all the instructions at: https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#Wicd When I do ~/$ wicd-client -n I get: No wireless networks found

Re: can't get wicd to work

2014-05-26 Thread tom arnall
BTW, I DO NOT SEEM TO HAVE ANY OF THE B43 STUFF ON MY SYSTEM: root@debian:/home/tom# apt-get install firmware-b43-installer Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: b43-fwcutter The following NEW

can't get wicd to work

2014-05-25 Thread tom arnall
I poked around a bit more at the Debian wiki and some other places and found out about Broadcom wireless devices and that they have problems. Here is what I did about it and the results. I'm using all caps for my remarks to keep them apart from the rest of the text. (My card works. I checked it

can't get wicd to work

2014-05-18 Thread tom arnall
I'm trying to get my wifi set up under wheezy using wicd. I've followed all the instructions at: https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#Wicd When I do ~/$ wicd-client -n I get: No wireless networks found. The following is the output from the session: (My username is 'tom'.) ~/$ cat

how to change default pager for tab completions from 'more' to 'less'

2014-04-02 Thread tom arnall
if i use tab completion, and there are a lot of possibilities, 'more' is used as the default pager to show the list. I want to see the list with the 'less' pager. example: ~/$ cdtab will get: Display all 150 possibilities? (y or n) if i enter 'y', the 'more' pager is used to display

fastest linux distro

2014-01-24 Thread tom arnall
I am looking for the fastest Linux distro for the following purposes. System: Dell latitude D630 dual core 2g memory most used applications: icewm gnome-terminal vim perl chrome browser transmission Currently I am running ubuntu 12.04. I am unhappy with the speed of it. Any

fastest linux distro

2014-01-24 Thread tom arnall
Zenaan, thanks for the rundown. very helpful. i'm running icewm btw. i can't imagine using ubuntu's bloatware manager, altho' i do use gnome-terminal, initially (10 years ago) because i didn't know any better, now because i don't have the time to relearn with xterm. how does icewm compare to

ty

2010-04-07 Thread tom arnall
-- tom arnall arcata Revive industrial democracy and ditch the oligarchs. -- Jim Hightower -- 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/201004072056.01542.kloro2

what is this thing?

2010-03-08 Thread tom arnall
files remained. When I tried to remove them, nothing happened except the names of the files changed. How does this happen? Thanks, tom arnall arcata Revive industrial democracy and ditch the oligarchs. -- Jim Hightower -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

problem with etchnhalf on toshiba a305-s6857

2008-12-04 Thread tom arnall
with this post all the output from dmesg when the system fails to recognize the hard drive, but below is the output from the boot process when it completes in single-user mode. Thanks, tom arnall arcata ** 001 MSFT 113) ACPI: HPET BF6F3000, 0038 (r1 TOSINV

advice on cloning system

2008-11-26 Thread tom arnall
as a usb drive. am i missing anything? thanks, tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

advice on cloning system

2008-11-26 Thread tom arnall
examples where people are doing a true cloning via 'dd,' which is clearly not applicable to my situation because I want to retain vista and because of hardware differences. tom arnall arcata LAST ATTEMPT, WHICH FAILED TO SET UP KDM PROPERLY I want

Re: advice on cloning system

2008-11-26 Thread tom arnall
On Wednesday 26 November 2008 18:49, Andrew Reid wrote: On Wednesday 26 November 2008 03:39, tom arnall wrote: I want to put linux on a new computer, without having to rebuild all my applications. Following are the steps I plan to take: Install a base system with the same network

hard time running a browser

2008-06-17 Thread tom arnall
I am having a hard time running a browser. No matter which I run -- galeon, firefox, opera -- it quickly grabs 95+% of the cpu. I am running 2.6.18 linux. Thanks, tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: hard time running a browser

2008-06-17 Thread tom arnall
On Tuesday 17 June 2008 14:34, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/17/08 16:25, tom arnall wrote: I am having a hard time running a browser. No matter which I run -- galeon, firefox, opera -- it quickly grabs 95+% of the cpu. I am running 2.6.18 Etch? yes, Etch. linux. Seems like you have

Re: hard time running a browser

2008-06-17 Thread tom arnall
On Tuesday 17 June 2008 14:35, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: tom arnall wrote: I am having a hard time running a browser. No matter which I run -- galeon, firefox, opera -- it quickly grabs 95+% of the cpu. I am running 2.6.18 linux. Does this happen in an specific site (or some sites

merry prank for paypal?

2008-04-17 Thread tom arnall
paypal seems to be getting quite arrogant. perhaps a merry prank would teach them some humility. tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: browsers have become memory hogs

2008-04-12 Thread tom arnall
i find that opera does ok if i start with a clean slate each time, i.e., no tabs from former session. tom arnall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

browsers have become memory hogs

2008-04-10 Thread tom arnall
all of a sudden browsers have become memory hogs on my system (95%). i've tried iceweasel, opera, galeon. all with the same result. i'm running debian etch. thanks, tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: browsers have become memory hogs

2008-04-10 Thread tom arnall
On Thursday 10 April 2008 12:45, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/10/08 14:35, tom arnall wrote: all of a sudden browsers have become memory hogs on my system (95%). i've I don't see how a single process could use 95% of memory on a 32-bit system. tried iceweasel, opera, galeon. all

Re: browsers have become memory hogs

2008-04-10 Thread tom arnall
when it jumped through the ceiling, tho' my problem seems cpu hogging, not memory. tom arnall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: browsers have become memory hogs

2008-04-10 Thread tom arnall
On Thursday 10 April 2008 14:14, andy wrote: Thierry Chatelet wrote: On Thursday 10 April 2008 21:45:32 Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/10/08 14:35, tom arnall wrote: all of a sudden browsers have become memory hogs on my system (95%). i've I don't see how a single process could use 95

Re: browsers have become memory hogs

2008-04-10 Thread tom arnall
On Thursday 10 April 2008 14:14, andy wrote: Thierry Chatelet wrote: On Thursday 10 April 2008 21:45:32 Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/10/08 14:35, tom arnall wrote: all of a sudden browsers have become memory hogs on my system (95%). i've I don't see how a single process could use 95

Re: browsers have become memory hogs

2008-04-10 Thread tom arnall
konqueror if e' gives problem. tom arnall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: system is going crazy with disk-head parking

2008-04-02 Thread tom arnall
On Sunday 16 March 2008 20:51, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: On Sun, 16 Mar 2008, tom arnall wrote: well, I did 'hdprm -B 255' and let the thing sit overnight. The next day the number of load cycles was ~300 as best I can remember. Did the same thing with same results for 'hdprm -B 254

Re: system is going crazy with disk-head parking

2008-03-16 Thread tom arnall
On Sunday 16 March 2008 06:01, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 20:19:41 -0700, tom arnall wrote: my system is going crazy with disk-head parking when i watch movies. below is ouput of: date ~/logfile sudo smartctl -a /dev/hda | grep 193 ~/logfile sudo

system is going crazy with disk-head parking

2008-03-15 Thread tom arnall
9 Power_On_Hours 13667 i have researched this on the net and tried some of the suggested fixes, but so far without any result. thanks, tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

system is going crazy with disk-head parking

2008-03-08 Thread tom arnall
9 Power_On_Hours 13667 i have researched this on the net and tried some of the suggested fixes, but so far without any result. thanks, tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: security keys

2008-02-06 Thread tom arnall
i ended up doing the routine described at: http://debian-multimedia.org/ tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

security keys

2008-02-05 Thread tom arnall
and just lately moved to a new kernel: debian:/home/kloro# uname -r 2.6.18-5-686 thanks, tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wine broken after Etch reinstall

2008-01-27 Thread tom arnall
the big diff' is that it handles ChessBase files. other than that i much prefer scid. is there some secret to scid that enables use of CB file? tom arnall arcataOn Sunday 27 January 2008 01:49, Chris Bannister wrote: On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 04:09:23PM -0800, tom arnall wrote: On Saturday 26

wine broken after Etch reinstall

2008-01-26 Thread tom arnall
) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/sD/kloro/zips$ thanks very much in advance, tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wine broken after Etch reinstall

2008-01-26 Thread tom arnall
On Saturday 26 January 2008 12:33, tom arnall wrote: I recently reinstalled Etch and found afterwards that 'wine' failed when trying to run ChessBaseLight (it was working before reinstall). In the course of trying to solve the problem, i removed 'wine' and tried to install the winehq.org

Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
my questions are inline. thanks. On Sunday 20 January 2008 03:53, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 22:11:28 -0800, tom arnall wrote: i interrupted 'apt-get install linux-wlan-ng' and when i did the command again i got at the end of the installation messages: Error while

Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found POSTSCRIPT

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
Florian, why do you say my system is not fully etch? thanks, tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
On Sunday 20 January 2008 10:23, David Paleino wrote: Il giorno Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:26:42 -0800 tom arnall [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: i have been doing 'apt-get upgrade' fairly regularly. is there s'thing else i need to do? That's not sufficient. You should also apt-get dist-upgrade

Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found POSTSCRIPT

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
Is there actually supposed to be a 'keep' program on the system? I looked at a full backup I did a couple of months ago and I cannot find it there. tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
inline. On Sunday 20 January 2008 10:39, David Paleino wrote: Il giorno Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:39:19 -0800 tom arnall [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: David, hmmm. i did 'chmod -R 777 /dev' a couple of months ago, changing unwittingly many (most?) permissions on the system accordingly. Why

dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-wlan-ng_0.2.5+dfsg+prism2dl-1etch1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) thanks, tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
On Sunday 20 January 2008 11:46, Marty wrote: tom arnall wrote: i attempted the distr-upgrade and after i rebooted did: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r 2.6.16.4 so i did the distr-upgrade again. following is the session output. '31 not fully installed or removed.' is where it gets

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
On Sunday 20 January 2008 12:17, Marty wrote: tom arnall wrote: On Sunday 20 January 2008 11:46, Marty wrote: tom arnall wrote: i attempted the distr-upgrade and after i rebooted did: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r 2.6.16.4 so i did the distr-upgrade again. following

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
On Sunday 20 January 2008 12:37, Marty wrote: tom arnall wrote: Marty, should i be concerned about the following. i did this without pointing sources.list to the new repository. Well, fix that. :-) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade It's a typical cascade of errors

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
On Sunday 20 January 2008 12:03, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 11:20:03 -0800, tom arnall wrote: i attempted the distr-upgrade and after i rebooted did: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r 2.6.16.4 I think you should follow the Sarge-Etch upgrade notes, adapting them to your

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
downloaded additional packages? Thanks, tom arnall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
On Sunday 20 January 2008 14:32, Marty wrote: tom arnall wrote: When installing a new system (etch), is there any trick I need to know for getting my home directory right? I have the one from old system backed up. When I go to restore it on the new system, I assume the installer

debian install questions

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
how to enter the boot parameter (cheart code) which tells the installer where to find the preseeding file. thanks, tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
On Sunday 20 January 2008 15:36, Marty wrote: tom arnall wrote: On Sunday 20 January 2008 14:32, Marty wrote: The simplest solution is to start with a new drive. Unplug and remove your current drive if it contains anything valuable, put it in a safe place. As the saying goes, when

Re: dist-upgrade problem (was Re: /etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found)

2008-01-20 Thread tom arnall
On Sunday 20 January 2008 17:49, Marty wrote: tom arnall wrote: besides my home directory, what else should i think about backing up? I would back up etc as well. what would be the advantage of 'rsync'? It makes perfect copies of directory trees. is there a problem with 'cp -R

what is the difference between hostap and linux-wlan drivers?

2008-01-19 Thread tom arnall
I am configuring a Senao 2511 wireless card (prism2.5 chipset) and keep bumping into descriptions of both the hostap and linux-wlan(-ng) drivers for the chipset. what is the difference? tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

build the hostap driver under etch

2008-01-19 Thread tom arnall
files (.h, .c). There is no 'configure' file in the directory. Thanks, tom arnall arcata PS. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/linux-2.6.16.4/include/config$ uname -r 2.6.16.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

trying to get the prism2_cs driver to work

2008-01-19 Thread tom arnall
preempt 386 gcc-4.0' running etch. thanks, tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

trying to get the prism2_cs driver to work

2008-01-19 Thread tom arnall
be '2.6.16.4 preempt 386 gcc-4.0' running etch. thanks, tom arnall arcata ok, getting further. after compiling with the correct gcc (make CC=gcc-4.0) the system finds the card at boot time and ifconfig -a gets, among other things: wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr

/etc/modutils/0keep: line 9: keep: command not found

2008-01-19 Thread tom arnall
an error code (1) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/modutils$ system details: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/modutils$ uname -r 2.6.16.4 and etch thanks, tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: installing 'hotplug' disrupts device management

2008-01-12 Thread tom arnall
On Friday 11 January 2008 20:15, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 07:16:06PM -0800, tom arnall wrote: On Friday 11 January 2008 16:19, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: Show us your /etc/apt/sources.list, is it up-to-date? ## etch - Debian (currently etch) deb http

installing 'hotplug' disrupts device management

2008-01-11 Thread tom arnall
POSTSCRIPT: i'm running etch. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

installing 'hotplug' disrupts device management

2008-01-11 Thread tom arnall
? why does the system not create /dev/pilot when i connect my pda to the pc? is it possible to see the messages given by apt-get when hotplug was installed? thanks in advance, tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

installed 'hotplug' and now devices don't work

2008-01-11 Thread tom arnall
last night i installed 'hotplug' and after rebooting several of my hardware devices did not work. as best i can make out, the problem is with the way hotplug loads drivers. is there any way i can go back to the state of things before in installed hotplug? 'apt-get remove hotplug'? thanks, tom

installing 'hotplug' disrupts device management

2008-01-11 Thread tom arnall
indeed, the problem is that the hotplug install creamed the udev setup, e.g., flat out removed udevd and udevtest. so what am i risking if i remove 'hotplug' and reinstall 'udev'? tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

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