debian stable - v11 - bullseye - netinst install - lenovo yoga c930

Installing debian stable v11 bullseye to this laptop is a bit convoluted. It took me a few tries.

REFERENCES

This URL shows all the procedure steps, including how to to obtain the firmware: https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Lenovo/Ideapad%20Yoga%20Slim%207%2015IIL05 ( Read more... )

debian stable - v11 - bullseye - firefox esr performance improvement on old hardware

For some websites, the default settings in firefox esr on my old hardware, seems to make the site slow to load, and have "top" indicate unexpectedly high system load (4+), even though the website was mostly text (news google com).

=> Edit => Settings => Fonts ( Read more... )

debian stable - bullseye - v11 - if the screen seems stuck and blank/black - ctrl+alt+F1

Sometimes, when my Debian workstation goes into screensaver mode, and the screen goes dark, but before it goes into suspend mode, I cannot get it back to the login prompt by "pressing any key."

What does work, on getting the xwindows/Xwayland to resume back ( Read more... )

Debian 8 stable == > Debian 9 stable installation

Went to the Debian website. Downloaded the Debian 9 netinst ISO file

Installed the ISO file to a recordable CDROM using brasero

Moved my PC closer to my internet connection. Connected it to the internet using an ethernet cable.

This PC, a Gateway laptop, doesn't have a wifi driver that will ( Read more... )

Now that I upgraded to Debian Jessie v8, had to do some small modifications so the
program would compile successfully.

Surprisingly, the only change needed was to add the ncurses library to the makefile.

So, for the LDLIBS variable, just had to add -lncurses

# LDLIBS ( Read more... )

According to the utility electrical meter, this morning the house is at 4496 kwh.
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Looking back at my own LJ posts, the earliest one with the new meter on the house was 2010-01-20, where I posted it read 159kwh (http://mrflash818.livejournal.com/83167.html)

2010-10-01 - 2010-01-20 = X days ( Read more... )