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> On Aug 13, 2014, at 10:21 PM, debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org > wrote: > > Content-Type: text/plain > > debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2014 : Issue 1074 > > Today's Topics: > Re: par2 [ Joel Rees <joel.r...@gmail.com> ] > Re: calendar world cup (portuguese) [ Beco <r...@beco.cc> ] > Re: Social Contract (was ... Re: Iro [ Joel Rees <joel.r...@gmail.com> ] > default layout for web server (jessi [ Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> ] > kernel upgrade in squeeze; was Re: T [ pe...@easthope.ca ] > Re: default layout for web server (j [ John Bleichert <syb...@earthlink.ne ] > Re: Egad stumped by fetchmail ... [ Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> ] > Re: Social Contract (was ... Re: Iro [ Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> ] > Re: networking fails with temporary [ Rusi Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com> ] > Problem with Debian 6 LTS and vlc [ Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> ] > Re: How to mount a LUKS partition fr [ Joerg Desch <n...@jdesch.de> ] > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:44:16 +0900 > From: Joel Rees <joel.r...@gmail.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Re: par2 > Message-ID: > <caar43imvnbobfy9mlkj2enm8skefz+jsuojqxq9ttbqnt63...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 5:20 AM, AW <debian.list.trac...@1024bits.com> wrote: >> On Sat, 09 Aug 2014 16:08:41 -0400 >> Gary Dale <garyd...@torfree.net> wrote: >> >>> Whatever for? There are better checksums and md5 doesn't provide error >>> correction? Even the MD5 man page advises using sha checksums instead. >> >> md5sum provides a relatively quick check... if it fails, then use the "real" >> check, i.e. pars. This saves [or seems to save] computing resources... >> >> However, it was just a suggestion... > > Interesting suggestion. Write the error-correction files, but only > test them if the md5 checksum fails. > > Admittedly, this is not a situation where we are worried about > attackers, but I'd feel more comfortable, myself, with actually > checking the full error correction data. Both have holes, but the > error correction codes provide deeper checks. (Take more space, too, > but since you want to recover when you can, without referring to > backups, the space consumption is part of the price you expect to > pay.) > > If I were being paranoid about errors, I think I'd use full backup > with grandfathering and periodic complete snapshots on permanent file, > and with both error correction and sha256 checks, to catch as much > corruption as possible before it gets into the backup files. > > -- > Joel Rees > > Be careful where you see conspiracy. > Look first in your own heart. > Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:56:09 -0300 > From: Beco <r...@beco.cc> > To: Darac Marjal <mailingl...@darac.org.uk> > Cc: Lista Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Re: calendar world cup (portuguese) and others > Message-ID: > <caluyw2wkq2rkuz1gy8vd7fnzhd7jdi-okkb1p91kxg_eygo...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1134cb7c66844605008b89cc > > --001a1134cb7c66844605008b89cc > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Darac: >>> /usr/share/calendar appears to be owned by the "bsdmainutils" package. I >>> would suggest filing a wishlist bug against that package with your file >>> attached. > Thanks, Darac! I'll do that. > > Cheers, > Beco > > > > -- > Dr Beco > A.I. researcher > > "I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure > you realize that what you heard is not what I meant" -- Alan Greenspan > > --001a1134cb7c66844605008b89cc > Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo= > te"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-lef= > t:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"">Darac: > </div>> /usr/share/calendar appears to be owned by the "bsdmainutil= > s" package. I<br>> would suggest filing a wishlist bug against that= > package with your file<br>> attached.<br> > <br> > </blockquote></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br></div>Thanks, Darac! I= > 9;ll do that.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail= > _extra">Cheers,</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">Beco</div><div class=3D"gma= > il_extra"> > > <br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr">Dr Beco<br>A.I= > . researcher<br><div><font color=3D"#444444"><span style=3D"line-height:16p= > x"><br></span></font></div><div><span style=3D"color:rgb(20,24,35);font-fam= > ily:Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif= > ;font-size:14px;line-height:19.31999969482422px">"I know you think you= > understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realize that w= > hat you heard is not what I meant" -- Alan Greenspan</span><font color= > =3D"#444444"><span style=3D"line-height:16px"><br> > > </span></font><div><span style=3D"color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:small;line-= > height:16px"><br></span></div></div></div> > </div></div> > > --001a1134cb7c66844605008b89cc-- > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:48:45 +0900 > From: Joel Rees <joel.r...@gmail.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Re: Social Contract (was ... Re: Irony) > Message-ID: > <CAAr43iNXb_osgn5ask3F_StkMHwB6j4=mgrlwjzvky7jf-w...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:53 PM, Chris Bannister > <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 12:19:09AM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: >>> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Chris Bannister >>> <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: >>>> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 03:09:24PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: >>>>> Well, yeah, but ask any marriage counselor what tends to happen when >>>>> one partner decides arbitrarily what the other needs. >>>> >>>> What does a marriage counselor know about software development? You >>>> should instead ask the marriage counselor what happens if one partner >>>> confuses wants with needs. >>> >>> You're the one who decided to use marriage as a metaphor. It cuts both ways. >> >> It was you who started talking about marriage counselors. > > I'd say that you opened the window to the comment, since you talked > about the difference between perceptions of needs and wants in a > marriage, and pointed out that, invariably, when there's an argument, > at least one party in the argument insists that his views of needs is > correct and the other's claims are just wants. Maybe that's not what > you intended, but anyone who has tried to help friends or family when > marriages start falling apart recognize the symptoms. > > Now, I don't know what the attitude towards getting professional help > is in New Zealand. In America, when an argument about needs vs. wants > on a single topic drags on for a year or more, friends usually suggest > professional or semi-professional help. In Japan, admitting to seeking > help seems to be a source of embarrassment, and suggesting it an > insult. (But that view is changing a little bit, lately.) > > I refrained from this allegory before, but I'll go ahead and use it: > > When one partner decides that a new technique "needs" to be > experimented with, and the other is not sanguine to the experience, in > the US, it can be cause for criminal rape charges. > > If that's too close for comfort, consider this: parents in the US who > force their ideologies on their children can be charged with criminal > abuse. > > Really, the whole idea that we have some chattel relationship between > the devs and the users in debian is entirely inappropriate, just as it > is in families. > > A four-four draw in the technical committees should have been a call > to open the discussion to a wider user base, not a call for one member > of the committee to make an arbitrary decision. Things are not > functioning correctly "up" there, even if we ignore the Social > Contract. > > Technical issues cannot be claimed to be inherently superior to social > issues in any system that is in regular, direct use by humans, > especially when such technical claims become the basis for unilateral > action. Such claims are indication of hubris at best, and blind ego in > this case. (Compare the abusive parent or spouse.) > > Now, in truth, I picked up Fedora only because I was having trouble > understanding the unwritten rules in play in openbsd. Couldn't read > the docs and come to the same conclusions as the others on the misc@ > list, so I decided I needed a bit of education, and debian was > suggested. But we were using RedHat at work, so I picked up Fedora. > > I dropped Fedora and came over to debian because of the systemd > business. I've seen power abuse in political processes in local > governments, and I recognized both inappropriate political processes > and abuses in play as I watched it play out. > > But that was okay, because I needed to pick up debian. > > And now I'm motivated to return to openbsd, which is also all to the > good. I've got an old laptop up right now, and am running through the > afterboot man page and finding myself understanding it much better > than fifteen years ago. > > And the init system was one of the places in openbsd that I could > follow the examples but couldn't really understand what I was doing. > But I understand it now. I can see the reasons for things that were > not at all obvious back then. (And I find myself wondering why on > earth anyone would want to use anything so redundant and overblown as > systemd.) > > I could say more, but I think it would not be constructive at this point. > > -- > Joel Rees > > Be careful where you see conspiracy. > Look first in your own heart. > Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:54:52 -0400 > From: Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: default layout for web server (jessie) > Message-ID: <87vbpvriub....@reader.local.lan> > Content-Type: text/plain > > Last time I fiddled with setting up a web server was some 4-5 yrs ago. > > Things appear to have changed a bit. > > Can anyone point to a URL or etc that would show what a default layout > might look like. > > Back when.. /var/www/localhost/htdocs was DocumentRoot and the > default cgi-bin directory was: /var/www/localhost/cgi-bin. > > Apparently `DocumentRoot' is now: > /var/www/html/... but where is the default cgi-bin directory? > > I chose web-server during the software choices when installing but > /var/www/ contains only ./html and /var/www/html/ contains only the > default `index.html'. > Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 17:13:24 -0700 > From: pe...@easthope.ca > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: pe...@easthope.ca > Subject: kernel upgrade in squeeze; was Re: TP-link TL-WN722N with Squeeze > Message-Id: <E1XHifU-0000W6-KN@armada.invalid> > > * From: Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> > * Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 08:32:32 +0300 >> ... complete output from running apt-get ... > > root@armada:/home/peter# apt-get install linux-image-2.6-686-pae > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > linux-image-2.6-686-pae : Depends: linux-image-686-pae but it is not going to > be installed > E: Broken packages > root@armada:/home/peter# > > 2.6.32 is already running and was reinstalled since the original > installation. > The preceding makes no sense. > > root@armada:/home/peter# apt-get install linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.4-686-pae > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.4-686-pae : Depends: linux-base (>= 3~) but > 2.6.32-48squeeze6 is to be installed > Recommends: firmware-linux-free (>= 3~) > but 2.6.32-48squeeze6 is to be installed > Breaks: initramfs-tools (< 0.99~) but > 0.98.8 is to be installed > E: Broken packages > root@armada:/home/peter# > >> What does this have to do with the TP-Link in the subject? > > The driver for the Atheros AR9170 chipset in the TP-Link isn't working > with the 2.6.32 kernel; upgrade seemed a reasonable approach. For the > subject, my train of thought went off the rails. > > Thanks, ... Peter > > > > -- > 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 12 > Tel +1 360 639 0202 http://carnot.yi.org/ Bcc: peter at easthope. ca > Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:42:12 -0400 > From: John Bleichert <syb...@earthlink.net> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: default layout for web server (jessie) > Message-ID: <53ec2204.1030...@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > On 08/13/2014 08:54 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > <snip> > >> Can anyone point to a URL or etc that would show what a default layout >> might look like. >> >> Back when.. /var/www/localhost/htdocs was DocumentRoot and the >> default cgi-bin directory was: /var/www/localhost/cgi-bin. >> >> Apparently `DocumentRoot' is now: >> /var/www/html/... but where is the default cgi-bin directory? >> >> I chose web-server during the software choices when installing but >> /var/www/ contains only ./html and /var/www/html/ contains only the >> default `index.html'. > > Apache on Debian is quite different than non-debian-derived distros. > Seems a little odd at first but the Debian layout is useful if you are > running multiple virtual servers on one box. > > See: /usr/share/doc/apache2/README.Debian.gz > > emacs will read it just fine, though you will need to gunzip if with > most other text editors. Note that that file location is from stable. > > You can install DocumentRoot anyplace you want. Common sense applies :-) > > John > > -- > ------------------------------------------- > John Bleichert - syb...@earthlink.net > The heat from below can burn your eyes out! > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 13:14:42 +1000 > From: Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Egad stumped by fetchmail ... > Message-ID: > <CAOsGNSSRqU6pDQju99XsaX=W5b6KFM56p3=6fdpqslrvyml...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >> On 8/14/14, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: >> Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: >> >>>> On Mon 11 Aug 2014 at 14:50:30 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: >>>> >>>> The oldhost is running exim4 light, while newhost is running >>>> exim4-heavy. >>> >>> Exim is only involved after the mail is collected. >>> >>>> But still the configuration files look the same.. I'm not seeing a >>>> reason why one is more verbose than the other. >>> >>> Messages are being logged to a file but not to the screen? >> >> You have a sharp eye Brian. I finally noticed the difference in each >> .fetchmailrc. host1 old, had the file to log to, commented >> host2 new, had the file to log to, uncommented.... >> >> So on host2 logging went to the file... >> Gad what a bozo... > > If you do go to a faster alternative to fetchmail, I strongly suggest > the "just get one message" option until you have debugged things. > > Good luck, > Zenaan > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 13:23:45 +1000 > From: Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Social Contract (was ... Re: Irony) > Message-ID: > <CAOsGNSSGC1fPk=jjxawn9v_zpatj2zv-fhne0m1gozncc4m...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >> On 8/13/14, Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: >>> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 09:10:19PM +0200, Slavko wrote: >>> Ahoj, >>> >>> D=C5=88a Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:01:05 +1200 Chris Bannister >>> <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> nap=C3=ADsal: >>> >>>>> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 09:37:24AM +0200, Slavko wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Our priorities are our users and free software >>>>> >>>>> We will be guided by the needs of our users and the free software >>>> ^^^^^ >>>> Needs NOT wants --- there's a HUGE difference. >>> ^^^^^ >>> >>> I agree, people need only: >>> >>> - to eat >>> - to drink >>> - to respire and >>> - to sleep >>> >>> - all others are "want". >> >> That was written in the context of what are the users needs with REGARDS >> to an operating system. I suggest the wording has already been carefully >> discussed and debated. > > Eaudour Contraire! There is amble room for much more nitpicking and > linguistic deconstructionism. > > Dear Chris, you are simply not trying hard enough. We do NOT have > enough percision around these parts! > > And really, you should have put quotes around "what are the users > needs" since otherwise it is gramatically dubious and lacking in a > reasonable flow - speaking of context :) > > We're certainly not missing for dead horses - you need to open your > eyes brother. > > Sorry, that's open your eyes, brother. (I forgot the comma in the > first instance there, so thought I'd add it in... couldn't bare to be > so slopy.) > > Best regards, > Zenaan > Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:32:24 -0700 (PDT) > From: Rusi Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: networking fails with temporary systemd (was auto starting of > ppp has stopped working) > Message-ID: <a0e2132a-a182-471a-a254-a6e0285a9...@googlegroups.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >> On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 3:20:02 PM UTC+5:30, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >>> On Lu, 11 aug 14, 07:57:05, Rusi Mody wrote: >>> If I start from grub using init=/bin/systemd it boots but networking >>> does not work. >> >> >> Please attach the file 'bootlog' after running: >> >> journalctl -alb > bootlog > > Thanks Andrei > > Tried doing that... does not seem to reach the list. > > So pruning down to what seems relevant and inlining below. > Notes: > 1. IPs have been masked. They 'look' ok (are not 192.168 types) > 2. You asked flasgs -alb. The l does not seem valid. This is with -ab > 3. Theres some resolvconf issue. There are bugs I see like > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/resolvconf/+bug/1000244 > But I dont know what changes with systemd. > 4. The second bunch of lines probably comes from the manually given > modprobe ppp > pon dsl-provider > > ----------bootlog excerpt-------------- > Aug 14 08:13:14 debian64 networking[418]: Configuring network > interfaces...resolvconf: Error: /etc/resolvconf/run/interface either does not > exist or is not a directory > Aug 14 08:13:14 debian64 console-setup[444]: Setting up console font and > keymap...done. > Aug 14 08:13:14 debian64 systemd[1]: Started LSB: Set console font and keymap. > Aug 14 08:13:14 debian64 networking[418]: resolvconf: Error: > /etc/resolvconf/run/interface either does not exist or is not a directory > Aug 14 08:13:14 debian64 kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not > ready > Aug 14 08:13:14 debian64 kernel: e100 0000:04:08.0 eth0: NIC Link is Up 100 > Mbps Full Duplex > Aug 14 08:13:14 debian64 kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link > becomes ready > Aug 14 08:13:14 debian64 networking[418]: resolvconf: Error: > /etc/resolvconf/run/interface either does not exist or is not a directory > Aug 14 08:13:14 debian64 networking[418]: grep: /etc/resolv.conf: No such > file or directory > Aug 14 08:13:15 debian64 ntpdate[596]: Can't find host 0.debian.pool.ntp.org: > Name or service not known (-2) > Aug 14 08:13:15 debian64 ntpdate[596]: Can't find host 1.debian.pool.ntp.org: > Name or service not known (-2) > Aug 14 08:13:15 debian64 ntpdate[596]: Can't find host 2.debian.pool.ntp.org: > Name or service not known (-2) > Aug 14 08:13:15 debian64 ntpdate[596]: Can't find host 3.debian.pool.ntp.org: > Name or service not known (-2) > Aug 14 08:13:15 debian64 ntpdate[596]: no servers can be used, exiting > Aug 14 08:13:15 debian64 pppd[594]: Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded. > Aug 14 08:13:15 debian64 pppd[594]: Couldn't open the /dev/ppp device: No > such file or directory > Aug 14 08:13:15 debian64 pppd[594]: Linux kernel does not support PPPoE -- > are you running 2.4.x? > Aug 14 08:13:15 debian64 pppd[594]: Exit. > Aug 14 08:13:15 debian64 networking[418]: Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded. > Aug 14 08:13:15 debian64 networking[418]: Couldn't open the /dev/ppp device: > No such file or directory > Aug 14 08:13:15 debian64 networking[418]: Linux kernel does not support PPPoE > -- are you running 2.4.x? > Aug 14 08:13:15 debian64 networking[418]: Failed to bring up dsl-provider. > Aug 14 08:13:15 debian64 ntpdate[632]: Can't find host 0.debian.pool.ntp.org: > Name or service not known (-2) > Aug 14 08:13:15 debian64 networking[418]: done. > > Further down the file > > Aug 14 08:13:48 debian64 sudo[957]: siva : TTY=tty1 ; PWD=/home/siva ; > USER=root ; COMMAND=/sbin/modprobe pppoe > Aug 14 08:13:48 debian64 sudo[957]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened > for user root by siva(uid=0) > Aug 14 08:13:48 debian64 kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 > Aug 14 08:13:48 debian64 kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 24 > Aug 14 08:13:48 debian64 sudo[957]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed > for user root > Aug 14 08:13:48 debian64 sudo[959]: siva : TTY=tty1 ; PWD=/home/siva ; > USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/pon dsl-provider > Aug 14 08:13:48 debian64 sudo[959]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened > for user root by siva(uid=0) > Aug 14 08:13:48 debian64 pppd[960]: Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded. > Aug 14 08:13:48 debian64 pppd[967]: pppd 2.4.6 started by siva, uid 0 > Aug 14 08:13:48 debian64 sudo[959]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed > for user root > Aug 14 08:13:48 debian64 pppd[967]: PPP session is 10294 > Aug 14 08:13:48 debian64 pppd[967]: Connected to 00:e0:fc:37:3c:02 via > interface eth0 > Aug 14 08:13:48 debian64 pppd[967]: Using interface ppp0 > Aug 14 08:13:48 debian64 pppd[967]: Connect: ppp0 <--> eth0 > Aug 14 08:13:50 debian64 sudo[972]: siva : TTY=tty1 ; PWD=/home/siva ; > USER=root ; COMMAND=/sbin/ifconfig > Aug 14 08:13:50 debian64 sudo[972]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened > for user root by siva(uid=0) > Aug 14 08:13:50 debian64 sudo[972]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed > for user root > Aug 14 08:13:50 debian64 colord[760]: Automatic remove of LBP1210-Gray.. from > cups-LBP1210 > Aug 14 08:13:50 debian64 colord[760]: Profile removed: LBP1210-Gray.. > Aug 14 08:13:50 debian64 colord[760]: device removed: cups-LBP1210 > Aug 14 08:13:51 debian64 pppd[967]: CHAP authentication succeeded: > Authentication success,Welcome! > Aug 14 08:13:51 debian64 pppd[967]: CHAP authentication succeeded > Aug 14 08:13:51 debian64 pppd[967]: peer from calling number > 00:E0:FC:37:3C:02 authorized > Aug 14 08:13:51 debian64 pppd[967]: local IP address <IP1> > Aug 14 08:13:51 debian64 pppd[967]: remote IP address <IP2> > Aug 14 08:13:51 debian64 pppd[967]: primary DNS address <IP3> > Aug 14 08:13:51 debian64 pppd[967]: secondary DNS address <IP4> > Aug 14 08:13:51 debian64 kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:46:10 +0800 > From: Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Problem with Debian 6 LTS and vlc > Message-ID: > <cacx6j8npjovaegndz0o3mfw_4k4evx7a1wkamnjjmbh-ahw...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hello. > > I am not sure whether support queries specific to Debian 6 LTS, should > be posted to this list, or to the LTS list - on the web page at > https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Contact#debian-lts > is > > " > Mailing lists > > debian-lts > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/ (gmane) > > Description: Discussion and coordination of long-term support work for > Debian. Everyone involved or interested in providing Long-Term Support > for Debian should feel free to join this list. Discussion of policy, > on-going support issues, and anything else relating to LTS are all > on-topic here. > " > > which makes that list appear to me (along with the messages that I > have so far seen posted to it), to be for developers, rather than for > Debian 6 LTS users who are seeking support. > > I have just tried to install vlc on this laptop. > > At first attempt, it kept prompting for the "disc number...", so I > checked the /etc/apt/sources.list file, and found that it was not set > up for LTS. > > So, I updated the /etc/apt/sources.list file, as (I believe) shown on > the relevant wiki web page, and ran apt-get update and then apt-get > upgrade, and that apparently included removal of about 3.6MB of > something (it did not say what would be removed). > > But, now I can not install vlc. > > I get, in the error box (the error classification/description, can not > be copied and pasted), > > " > vlc: > Depends: vlc-nox but it is not going to be installed > Depends: libfribidi0 (>=0.19.2) but it is not installable > Depends: libsdl-image1.2 (>=1.2.10) but it is not installable > Depends: libxcb-keysyms1 (>=0.3.6) but it is not installable > Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify but it is not going to be installed > Recommends: vlc-plugin-pulse but it is not going to be installed > " > > Is vlc no longer installable, on Debian 6? > > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > .............. > > "So once you do know what the question actually is, > you'll know what the answer means." > - Deep Thought, > Chapter 28 of Book 1 of > "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: > A Trilogy In Four Parts", > written by Douglas Adams, > published by Pan Books, 1992 > > .................................................... > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 04:49:55 +0000 (UTC) > From: Joerg Desch <n...@jdesch.de> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: How to mount a LUKS partition from within GNOME? > Message-ID: <lshf5j$djd$2...@ger.gmane.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Does nobody have a solution for this? > > Am Thu, 07 Aug 2014 18:21:51 +0000 schrieb Joerg Desch: > >> My configuration entries are: >> >> # /etc/crypttab private_luks /dev/sdb7 none luks,noauto >> >> # /etc/fstab /dev/mapper/private_luks /media/privates ext4 >> user,nofail,noauto,noatime\ >> 1 2 > > GNOME (Nautilus) shows me the unmounted LUKS partition. But is labeled > with the size of the partition. "Clicking" on the entry mounts the > partition, but I always have to enter the admin password too. > > After this, the partition is mounted, but the entries in fstab/crypttab > are totally ignored! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1482560c-11fb-4a4e-9033-bf6d96e1b...@yahoo.com
