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Re (8): xorg-server failing on IBM NetVista with Intel 82815 video
On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:24:26 -0400 (EDT), Peter Easthope wrote: "Stephen Powell" <zlinuxman.(a)wowway.co.> wrote: Please consider a reinstall first. Done, using the Squeeze Alpha1 installer CD snagged at 2010-05-27. Keeping the home partition intact is a helpful capability. Thanks, but see followin... 8 Jun 2010 13:43

[SOLVED, SUPERFICIALLY] Re (8): xorg-server failing on IBM NetVista with Intel 82815 video
* Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 17:41:29 -0400 (EDT) * From: Stephen Powell <zlinuxma.(a)wowway.co.> Please consider a reinstall first. Done, using the Squeeze Alpha1 installer CD snagged at 2010-05-27. Keeping the home partition intact is a helpful capability. Thanks, but see following. The monitor complaining a... 8 Jun 2010 12:34

advice on finding programming help
On Tuesday 08 June 2010 10:46:03 Mark Allums wrote: I was/am a computer guy (back in the day), but I have been out of touch for some time. I am looking for intermediate programming help---some Debian-related---but in a mailing list format, not a message board forum. Any suggestions? What language? ... 8 Jun 2010 18:21

Should squid RAM management be left to the kernel or configured explicitly?
On Sunday 06 June 2010 08:38:47 Klistvud wrote: Do you think there would be any point in optimizing the squid.conf MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS (such as cache_mem, maximum_object_size_in_memory and memory_replacement_policy), or would it just "duplicate" the caching provided by the kernel? I mean, aren't all tho... 8 Jun 2010 12:34

GRUB2 - automatically generating extra entries
I use runlevel 3 for non-X boots (gdm, etc is disabled), and to boot into it I append "3" to my "normal use" entry in the GRUB2 menu. I'd like to just automatically generate the extra line, so that even after a kernel upgrade it'll still be there (but obviously for the new kernel). There was a way to do this in ... 20 Jun 2010 05:54

segfault in strlen
On Tue Jun 08, 2010 at 10:55:03 +0000, arno(a)renevier.net wrote: its correct place (so, what's wrong with strlen?). I'm going to guess hardware problem. Code looks valid, code works for me. Run "memtest" on your machine and see if that throws out any errors? Steve -- Let me steal your soul? http:... 8 Jun 2010 14:52

Xorg eats lot of CPU after upgrade to KDE 4.4
Hello, after upgrading KDE to 4.4, xorg process takes 50 - 90% of CPU and makes desktop really slow. I didn't find anything relevant, so if you can take a look at these outputs and give me some solution, I'll be very grateful. $ uname -a Linux napsugaram 2.6.32-trunk-686 #1 SMP Sun Jan 10 06:32:16 UTC 2010 i68... 11 Jun 2010 09:12

Acer Aspire One wireless issue
I'm new to Debian, over from Ubuntu. Wireless on the AA1 does not pick up my router. Any advice? TIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/638576.3082.qm(a)web... 11 Jun 2010 02:42

logrotate won't finish, high cpu usage
Hi! recently i've been experiencing problems with logrotate, each time it runs it gets kinda stuck and eats up the systems cpu for days without finishing (i don't have that many/big logfiles to rotate) the output of "logrotate -d -v /etc/logrotate.conf" just stops at "reading config info for /var/log/btmp"... 9 Jun 2010 07:31

The purchase of a new laptop on debian
On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:53:26 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: Daniel Dalton: On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 03:24:31PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: The only drawback is that you probably won't have that much fun running stable on it, because I don't think stable supports the graphics chip I ru... 8 Jun 2010 02:33