Debian

Can't modify /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ1/trip_points
Howdie, fellow Debianites! A recent thread here about an overheating notebook gave me the idea to try and slightly adjust the thermal trip points on my notebook; however, the trick of simply echoing a string to /proc/acpi/ thermal_zone/TZ1/trip_points, as suggested by many internet howtos from around 2006-200... 28 Oct 2009 08:27

Where is /etc/environment involved?
I looked over the init scripts. I cannot find the exact place that reads /etc/environment. -- 竹密岂妨流水过 山高哪阻野云飞 ... 28 Oct 2009 11:46

xorg + nvidia cursor color?
I am currently having a problem with my X server displaying the cursor as shaded black, which is rather hard to see. This happens as soon as the gdm chooser is up, so I don't think it's a KDE4 issue. Is there a setting in xorg.conf or elsewhere that will give me the standard white cursor? -- "Oh, look: rock... 27 Oct 2009 21:32

google chrome extensions
Hey, Has anyone managed to get the extensions going for the latest chromium build ( 4.0.223.11)? They seem to install fine but they do not work, and also, are not getting listed when "about://extensions/". I'm running Debian Unstable/KDE 4.3 Thanks, -- ing. Bogdan MARIAN Timisoara, ROMANIA E-mail: b... 29 Oct 2009 00:04

Cannot start X
When I issue `startx`, X starts up in an immediately locked up state. I have to use Alt-SysRq-E to get out of the frozen X, at which point I notice the console is logged out (or somehow non-usable), and there is the following on the display: (EE) Failed to load module "type 1" (module does not exist, 0) ... 24 Oct 2009 19:51

emacs semantic code completion in Debian
Hello, Has anyone got code completion working in Emacs using cedet and semantic? I am using packages from http://emacs.orebokech.com which hosts the development version of emacs but I having trouble setting it all up. For now, emacs cannot find some files (semantic-gcc, semanticdb-ecb, e.g.). If somebody has ... 24 Oct 2009 14:20

Virtualbox Lenny Guest - Screen resize and Seamless mode
Chris wrote: I am trying to get Screen resize and Seamless mode working on Lenny guest systems to no avail. I have tried insalling the guest-utils packages, as well as the guest-additions the manual way with m-a. They install fine, but sreen-resize and seamless mode don't work. Does anyone... 24 Oct 2009 13:12

Debian on board with intel X4500 chip
Hi,   Did any one try install debian lenny on a mother board with X4500 graphic chip?  I have a gigabyte GA-EG41M mother board with such chip. And I failed to install debian with Gnome.   I cannot start up the installation with GUI and only can proceed in text mode. When the install finished, I can only get i... 24 Oct 2009 14:20

VRRP
Hi all, I'm wondering if I could find some VRRP expert who could help me.. ^^ I'm trying to set UP an High Availability Service for a MTA. I've installed two box with debian lenny and a MTA and i'm trying to set keepalived and those server. I want to set both server as backup, so the first UP will... 23 Oct 2009 06:40

IBM DS 8300 SAN reporting different LUN friendly name than CentOS.
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:19:42AM -0200, Andre Felipe Machado wrote: Hello, I found at the final section of [0] , tips and tricks, item 1.1 the following "Persistent device names: The names (uid_names or mpath names or alias names) that appear in /dev/mapper are persistent across boots, and the names d... 22 Oct 2009 19:43