Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-10-01 Thread Terence
On 1 October 2011 03:58, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > Glad that you could solve the problem. > Eike Thanks for the explanation- one can learn a lot from this list, as always! Saki -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact l

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Eike Lantzsch
On Friday 30 September 2011 19:39:46 ow...@netptc.net wrote: > - Original Message - > From: Harry Putnam > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Sent: 9/30/2011 9:29:48 PM > Subject: Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS > > Terence writes: > > On 30

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread owens
- Original Message - From: Harry Putnam To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: 9/30/2011 9:29:48 PM Subject: Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS Terence writes: > On 30 September 2011 21:27, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> Just reporting back. After pull

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Terence
> If cleaning is as important as you say, its good to know it. > In one of your excellent country's sayings: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"! It's just one other thing to consider when a possibly physical problem rocks up. One thing you can be sure of : Your Mileage May Vary! Yours aye. Saki

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Harry Putnam
Terence writes: > Thank you, Harry, > > Cleaning never does any harm, providing it's done properly! > > As you say, you may never know for sure, but cleaning contacts often > does, in my experience, solve a number of problems. > > I noted the fact that card previously worked, but without the DVI

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Terence
Thank you, Harry, Cleaning never does any harm, providing it's done properly! As you say, you may never know for sure, but cleaning contacts often does, in my experience, solve a number of problems. I noted the fact that card previously worked, but without the DVI output. Perhaps the problem(s)

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Harry Putnam
Terence writes: > On 30 September 2011 21:27, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> Just reporting back.  After pulling the card blowing everything out >> and reinstalling the card, I got video back.  Not only that but a DVI >> outlet on that card that hasn't worked for a good while, began working >> too. >

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Terence
On 30 September 2011 21:27, Harry Putnam wrote: > Just reporting back.  After pulling the card blowing everything out > and reinstalling the card, I got video back.  Not only that but a DVI > outlet on that card that hasn't worked for a good while, began working > too. Can you give us more detai

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Harry Putnam
Camaleón writes: >> I've got a nasty little problem here this morning... My debian box will >> not show anything on the monitor. I fear the graphics card has gone >> south... I have one side off the box so removed the card and reinserted >> hoping it might fix

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:00:05 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Equipment: Older P4 3.00Ghz running wheezy. > > I've got a nasty little problem here this morning... My debian box will > not show anything on the monitor. I fear the graphics card has gone > south... I have one

Re: Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Terence
Hi, Harry, First, do you hear the boot bleeps from your pc speaker, and checked the diagnostics from that? That would certainly help. Then allowing that I have no knowledge/expertise in by-passing the BIOS (I'm not sure it can even be done), but my "First Aid Response) would be to remove the hard

Todays Nasty little problem: Defeat the BIOS

2011-09-30 Thread Harry Putnam
Equipment: Older P4 3.00Ghz running wheezy. I've got a nasty little problem here this morning... My debian box will not show anything on the monitor. I fear the graphics card has gone south... I have one side off the box so removed the card and reinserted hoping it might fix things.. of c

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-29 Thread Harry Putnam
Joe writes: > On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:42:58 -0500 > Harry wrote: > >> Joe writes: >> >> > 1) If you need a mail server but have no previous experience, have >> > heard of sendmail and are unaware of anything else, then yes, I'll >> > join in the recommendations that you pick a different one. It

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-29 Thread Joe
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:42:58 -0500 Harry wrote: > Joe writes: > > > 1) If you need a mail server but have no previous experience, have > > heard of sendmail and are unaware of anything else, then yes, I'll > > join in the recommendations that you pick a different one. It is > > notoriously the

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Harry
Joe writes: > 1) If you need a mail server but have no previous experience, have heard > of sendmail and are unaware of anything else, then yes, I'll join in the > recommendations that you pick a different one. It is notoriously the > most difficult to configure. The thread has taken a turn away

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Harry
Darac Marjal writes: >> Do you know of a case where postfix was made to use Smarthost >> smtp.comcast.net? I'd probably drop sendmail after years of use in >> favor of postfix, but the several times I tried to configure it for >> comcasts authentication, I failed miserably. >> >> I am probably

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Arnt Karlsen
are all debian tools. > - - --=-- - --- > - > Due to unbridled personal bungling, I've created a nasty mess while > installing sendmail. > > I inadvertantly deleted /etc/init.d/sendmail. Well I thought I'd just > reinstall se

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Alan Chandler
On 28/09/11 11:39, Carl Fink wrote: On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:24:22AM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: I inadvertantly deleted /etc/init.d/sendmail. Well I thought I'd just reinstall sendmail to re-acquire that file. ... Any attempt to uninstall it tells me it is not installed, any attempt to i

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 09:28:29AM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Carl Fink writes: > > > However my preferred method: > > > > "sudo aptitude install postfix" > > > > Postfix is a drop-in replacement for sendmail that can be configured by mere > > mortals. > > Do you know of a case where postfix w

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Joe
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:24:22 -0500 Harry Putnam wrote: > Due to unbridled personal bungling, I've created a nasty mess while > installing sendmail. > I've never been near sendmail, so I can't help directly with the problem. I've seen the other replies, and: 1)

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Harry Putnam
Darac Marjal writes: >> So, can anyone recommend some method to get past this, and get the >> pkgs fully installed and configured? >> > > I imagine that, while configuring sendmail, dpkg tries to stop the > sendmail process by invoking the init script. The init script isn't > there, so it thinks

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Harry Putnam
Carl Fink writes: > However my preferred method: > > "sudo aptitude install postfix" > > Postfix is a drop-in replacement for sendmail that can be configured by mere > mortals. Do you know of a case where postfix was made to use Smarthost smtp.comcast.net? I'd probably drop sendmail after year

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
On 09/28/2011 01:39 PM, Carl Fink wrote: However my preferred method: "sudo aptitude install postfix" Best: "sudo apt-get install exim4" ;-) -- RMA. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread mark
e to unbridled personal bungling, I've created a nasty mess while > installing sendmail. > > > So, can anyone recommend some method to get past this, and get the > pkgs fully installed and configured? Please seriously consider using a different mail server package. Choose among

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:24:22AM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > I inadvertantly deleted /etc/init.d/sendmail. Well I thought I'd just > reinstall sendmail to re-acquire that file. ... > Any attempt to uninstall it tells me it is not installed, any attempt > to install it ends with an error tha

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Darac Marjal
l debian tools. > - - --=-- - --- - > > Due to unbridled personal bungling, I've created a nasty mess while > installing sendmail. > > I inadvertantly deleted /etc/init.d/sendmail. Well I thought I'd just > reinstall sendmail to re-acquire that file. >

Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Harry Putnam
gling, I've created a nasty mess while installing sendmail. I inadvertantly deleted /etc/init.d/sendmail. Well I thought I'd just reinstall sendmail to re-acquire that file. So uninstalled sendmail... with aptitude but it uninstalled a few other parts of the tools too. There appea

The harassing phone calls and nasty collection notices can be stopped.

2004-05-18 Thread doreatha lewis
Do away with card payments. You can force them to cease calling you. Your Cr. scores are not damaged.

Re: Nasty NFS errors

2004-03-01 Thread Kevin Boergens
Hi! I think you know that 2.6 is not ready yet. Use a stable kernel. Why? I always thought that even numbers are for stable kernels. But, apart from that, your question indicates that the error is more likely on the server's side? Bye, Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Nasty NFS errors

2004-03-01 Thread Ezra Taylor
Kevin Boergens wrote: Hi! I'm having trouble at a desktop PC running woody. It mounts /home via NFS from a server running woody,too, but with a 2.6.1 homemade kernel. I use the 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel. Unfortunately, NFS does not work properly. Jan 31 18:40:01 pceva kernel: nfs_notify_change: reva

Nasty NFS errors

2004-03-01 Thread Kevin Boergens
Hi! I'm having trouble at a desktop PC running woody. It mounts /home via NFS from a server running woody,too, but with a 2.6.1 homemade kernel. I use the 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel. Unfortunately, NFS does not work properly. Jan 31 18:40:01 pceva kernel: nfs_notify_change: revalidate failed, error=-

darn - nasty pango problems...

2003-01-22 Thread Roman Joost
I get some nasty pango and libgtk problems after upgrading: Setting up libgtk2.0-common (2.2.0-2) ... Updating the IM modules list for GTK+-2.2.0.../usr/bin/gtk-query-immodules-2.0: relocation error: /usr/bin/gtk-query-immodules-2.0: undefined symbol: g_printf dpkg: error processing libgtk2.0

Re: Nasty X + Mozilla bug...

2002-06-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Jun 17, 2002, Gerhard Gaussling ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Am Montag, 17. Juni 2002 01:36 schrieb Karsten M. Self: > > > > According the meaning of css-capabilities I define it as > > > arranging page-elements pixel-by-pixel. > > > > That doesn't convey much, but if you mean what I think

Re: Nasty X + Mozilla bug...

2002-06-16 Thread Larry Smith
I've only use Mozilla a little on Debian, but for my money, Opera out performs it easily. You might want to try it. It's available in a deb file. http://www.opera.com/ --- Gerhard Gaussling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Karsten, > > Am Sonntag, 16. Juni 2002 08:17 schrieb Karsten M. > Self:

Re: Nasty X + Mozilla bug...

2002-06-16 Thread Gerhard Gaussling
Hi Karsten, Am Montag, 17. Juni 2002 01:36 schrieb Karsten M. Self: > > According the meaning of css-capabilities I define it as > > arranging page-elements pixel-by-pixel. > > That doesn't convey much, but if you mean what I think you mean, > you're wrong. In a drawing it's really helpful for a

Re: Nasty X + Mozilla bug...

2002-06-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Jun 17, 2002, Gerhard Gaussling ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi Karsten, > > Am Sonntag, 16. Juni 2002 08:17 schrieb Karsten M. Self: > > > > [...] > > > but I'm wondering if it breaks the page layout. > > > > Define "breaking page layout". > > According the meaning of css-capabiliti

Re: Nasty X + Mozilla bug...

2002-06-16 Thread Gerhard Gaussling
Hi Karsten, Am Sonntag, 16. Juni 2002 08:17 schrieb Karsten M. Self: > > [...] > > but I'm wondering if it breaks the page layout. > > Define "breaking page layout". According the meaning of css-capabilities I define it as arranging page-elements pixel-by-pixel. > My experience is that web

Re: Nasty X + Mozilla bug...

2002-06-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Jun 15, 2002, Gerhard Gaussling ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Am Samstag, 15. Juni 2002 08:49 schrieb Karsten M. Self: > > > What happens if you disable font sizing via a user CSS? Like I > > do ;-) > > > > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Download/userContent.css > > That may stops mo

Re: Nasty X + Mozilla bug...

2002-06-15 Thread Dale Hair
> That may stops mozilla from crashing x by rendering huge fonts, but > I'm wondering if it breaks the page layout. I think the latest mozilla from unstable fixed this problem with huge fonts. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Re: Nasty X + Mozilla bug...

2002-06-15 Thread Gerhard Gaussling
Hi Karsten Am Samstag, 15. Juni 2002 08:49 schrieb Karsten M. Self: > What happens if you disable font sizing via a user CSS? Like I > do ;-) > > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Download/userContent.css That may stops mozilla from crashing x by rendering huge fonts, but I'm wondering if it

Re: Nasty X + Mozilla bug...

2002-06-15 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Jun 12, 2002, Eric G. Miller (egm2@jps.net) wrote: > See http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/25689.html for a nasty X > crashing (and possibly machine crashing) bug regarding huge fonts. > > Guess it's back to links/lynx/w3m or whatever for a little while. What happe

Re: Nasty X + Mozilla bug...

2002-06-13 Thread Travis Crump
Ron Johnson wrote: On Thu, 2002-06-13 at 00:33, Travis Crump wrote: Eric G. Miller wrote: > See http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/25689.html for a nasty X > crashing (and possibly machine crashing) bug regarding huge fonts. > > Guess it's back to links/lynx/w3m or whatever f

Re: Nasty X + Mozilla bug...

2002-06-13 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2002-06-13 at 00:33, Travis Crump wrote: > Eric G. Miller wrote: > > See http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/25689.html for a nasty X > > crashing (and possibly machine crashing) bug regarding huge fonts. > > > > Guess it's back to links/lynx/w3

Re: Nasty X + Mozilla bug...

2002-06-13 Thread Travis Crump
Eric G. Miller wrote: > See http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/25689.html for a nasty X > crashing (and possibly machine crashing) bug regarding huge fonts. > > Guess it's back to links/lynx/w3m or whatever for a little while. > already been fixed[I couldn't reproduce t

Nasty X + Mozilla bug...

2002-06-13 Thread Eric G. Miller
See http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/25689.html for a nasty X crashing (and possibly machine crashing) bug regarding huge fonts. Guess it's back to links/lynx/w3m or whatever for a little while. -- Eric G. Miller -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: nasty...

1998-08-13 Thread Lindsay Allen
On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, David Wright wrote: > I think Bruce or some other god put together a posting which showed > exactly what to do. Here is that message:- Quote. >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Aug 13 12:09:47 1998 Date: Fri, 11 Jul 97 16:45 PDT From: Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debia

Re: nasty...

1998-08-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 07:00:10PM +0100, David Wright wrote: > I think that answers all the points raised, except perhaps to say > that it isn't in the spirit of unix/linux to prevent you (as root) > from trashing the system if you really want to. Of course. But all I did was pick purge in dselec

Re: nasty...

1998-08-12 Thread David Wright
On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 04:12:45PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > > > I just removed some of the old buzz/rex packages, base, timezone, bdflush. > > > I did it in dselect, and apt quite happily obli

Re: nasty...

1998-08-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 04:12:45PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > I just removed some of the old buzz/rex packages, base, timezone, bdflush. > > I did it in dselect, and apt quite happily obliged. > > Aargh! you removed base? You might be in f

Re: nasty...

1998-08-12 Thread David Wright
On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Christopher Barry wrote: > Yes, but it won't create past /dev/sd15. The last time I installed > Debian I had put 16 partitions on my brand new 9.1GB SCSI disk and then > found I only had sda devices numbered up to 15. I read the manpage for > /dev/MAKEDEV and found it pretty u

Re: nasty...

1998-08-12 Thread joost
On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > I just removed some of the old buzz/rex packages, base, timezone, bdflush. > I did it in dselect, and apt quite happily obliged. Aargh! you removed base? You might be in for some trouble. Try to run dpkg -i base-files.deb before you reboot. That

Re: nasty...

1998-08-11 Thread Christopher Barry
Hamish Moffatt wrote: > [...] > creating sd will create all the way up to sdp. Yes, but it won't create past /dev/sd15. The last time I installed Debian I had put 16 partitions on my brand new 9.1GB SCSI disk and then found I only had sda devices numbered up to 15. I read the manpage for /dev/M

nasty...

1998-08-11 Thread Hamish Moffatt
I just removed some of the old buzz/rex packages, base, timezone, bdflush. I did it in dselect, and apt quite happily obliged. After that, I had neither timezone NOR timezones installed (don't know why), and removing base removed /usr/local (a symlink luckily, I've been bitten before), most of /de