Re: iceweasel fills in my textareas

Alan Chandler wrote: > In a recent upgrade (last day or two) iceweasel suddenly started > filling in empty text areas with text from a previous visit to the > web site. > ... > Does anyone know a way of turning this behaviour off. Are you talking about form fields? If so then go to the menu selec

iceweasel fills in my textareas

Running Debian Sid In a recent upgrade (last day or two) iceweasel suddenly started filling in empty text areas with text from a previous visit to the web site. This appears to be to be potentially disasterous when I am filling in a new form - with the possibility of accidentally submitting wh

Re: setting up WiFi adapter (Broadcom BCM4321 14e4:4328 chipset) in latest version of Debian

Colin Reinhardt schreef: On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 12:09 PM, steef wrote: Colin Reinhardt schreef: Im new to Debian/Linux... I have tried following the Debian Wireless-HowTo and other related Linux WiFi HowTos. I downloaded and installed the firmware-b43-installer and b43-fwcutter, (synaptic sh

Re: Corrupted security update package files

Bill Wohler wrote: > When updating lenny this morning (yes, upgrading is on my todo list), I > got the following error: > > E: Problem with MergeList > /var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages > E: The package lists or status file could not be p

Re: Corrupted security update package files

Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Trevor Vandale wrote: > > /var/lib/apt/lists$ ls -l > > -rw-r- 1 root root 0 2011-12-03 21:54 lock > > What's the significance of this lock file? That zero sized file is normal. It is used by apt to semaphore itself so that it doesn't run twice at the same time a

Re: cron.daily error for apt

Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > Looking in the log for cron.daily, I discovered the following problem: > > /etc/cron.daily/apt contains a line: > apt-key net-update I do not see such a line in Squeeze or Sid. What version of apt do you have installed? $ dpkg --status apt | awk '/Version:/{pr

Re: Creating PXE boot image

lrhorer wrote: I have PXE booting working from my Debian "Squeeze" server, and I can What software package are you using? pxelinux? launch the Debian Network installer on a machine supporting PXE. I can;t quite figure out how to create a boot image from a connfigured Linux workstation, though

Re: Corrupted security update package files

On 12/3/2011 9:13 PM, Trevor Vandale wrote: > /var/lib/apt/lists$ ls -l > -rw-r- 1 root root 0 2011-12-03 21:54 lock What's the significance of this lock file? -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: Corrupted security update package files

I am receiving the following error: sudo aptitude update ... Fetched 548kB in 1s (498kB/s) Reading package lists... Error! E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package

Re: [ ERR] Reading package lists - E: Encountered a section with no Package: header

I have a similar error, though mine is from lenny. I've done as suggested by Marlon: # find /var/lib/apt/lists/ -type f \( ! -iname "lock" \) -exec rm -f {} \; .. and put the following in sources.list: deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org

Debian 5 update system broken

Hello. I am running Debian 5 on this computer (have been so far unable to instal Debian 6 on anything). With an update notification (the gold star with the exclamation mark, in the taskbar), I got the following error. " Could not initialize the package information A unresolvable problem oc

Re: libpam-ssh

On 2011-12-04 00:56:44, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Poor me: I really like it ! Yeah. Me too. /Allan -- Allan Wind Life Integrity, LLC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.d

Re: Corrupted security update package files

On Sat, Dec 03, 2011 at 03:01:05PM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote: > Bill Wohler wrote: > > > I still got a > > zero-sized Packages file: > > Those are for contrib and non-free, which might be expected. The error > was in the main distribution, w

Re: relocation error: and segmentation fault

Dennis Wicks (w...@mgssub.com on 2011-12-03 13:38 -0600): > It looks like I am going to have to restore some libraries > at the least. > > Is there any way that I can refresh or reinstall my system > without wiping out all the other things I have on the same > disk? eg /home and other user dire

Re: libpam-ssh

On 03/12/11 23:29, Stephan Seitz wrote: On Sat, Dec 03, 2011 at 11:15:07PM +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote: What have happened to libpam-ssh ? It was removed, see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650644 Poor me: I really like it ! Is it replace by an other package ? No. S

Re: Corrupted security update package files

Bill Wohler wrote: > I still got a > zero-sized Packages file: Those are for contrib and non-free, which might be expected. The error was in the main distribution, which does have mostly valid looking content, but which is still generating

Corrupted security update package files

When updating lenny this morning (yes, upgrading is on my todo list), I got the following error: E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. E: Couldn'

Re: libpam-ssh

On Sat, Dec 03, 2011 at 11:15:07PM +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote: What have happened to libpam-ssh ? It was removed, see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650644 Is it replace by an other package ? No. Shade and sweet water! Stephan -- | Stephan Seitz E-

GRUB2 themes

Hi, I finally switched to grub-pc from grub-legacy. About time. Did it a year ago too but went back, I forget why. Of course there is no comparison between the 2. Found a terrific theming guide by Towheed Mohammed: http://www.4shared.com/file/lFCl6wxL/grub_guidetar.html Very nicely done inde

libpam-ssh

Hello List: What have happened to libpam-ssh ? Is it replace by an other package ? Thanks in advcane, Jerome -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4eda9f6

Re: setting up WiFi adapter (Broadcom BCM4321 14e4:4328 chipset) in latest version of Debian

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 12:09 PM, steef wrote: > Colin Reinhardt schreef: > >> Im new to Debian/Linux... >> I have tried following the Debian Wireless-HowTo and other related >> Linux WiFi HowTos. >> >> I downloaded and installed the firmware-b43-installer and >> b43-fwcutter, (synaptic shows them

Re: mailing list

On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 14:50:38 -0700 Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Sat, Dec 03, 2011 at 05:37:01AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > Several people from this list additionally join > > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user. LAU isn't > > Debian specific, but you'll > > meet some na

Re: mailing list

On Sat, Dec 03, 2011 at 05:37:01AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Several people from this list additionally join > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user. LAU isn't Debian > specific, but you'll meet some names you know from this list and a lot of > other Debian users. I agre

Re: relocation error: and segmentation fault

It looks like I am going to have to restore some libraries at the least. Is there any way that I can refresh or reinstall my system without wiping out all the other things I have on the same disk? eg /home and other user directories and optional software. Tia for any and all help, Dennis -

Re: setting up WiFi adapter (Broadcom BCM4321 14e4:4328 chipset) in latest version of Debian

Colin Reinhardt schreef: Im new to Debian/Linux... I have tried following the Debian Wireless-HowTo and other related Linux WiFi HowTos. I downloaded and installed the firmware-b43-installer and b43-fwcutter, (synaptic shows them as installed packages now). In Gnome, using network-manager (appl

cron.daily error for apt

Looking in the log for cron.daily, I discovered the following problem: /etc/cron.daily/apt contains a line: apt-key net-update which gives: ERROR: no location for the archive-keyring given the net-update command is accepted, although it is neither in the man nor in "apt-key -

Re: setting up WiFi adapter (Broadcom BCM4321 14e4:4328 chipset) in latest version of Debian

On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 09:51:13 -0800, Colin Reinhardt wrote: Colin, thanks for the information but it's better that you keep a bottom- posting style, which means replying to the sender at the bottom of his/ her reply, not at the top, and it is also better that you reply "in chuncks" to each of the

Re: for those who dislike gnome3-shell

On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:32:02 +0100 Michael Biebl wrote: > On 03.12.2011 18:24, Richard wrote: > > It really is a shame that the extensions to gnome-shell haven't been added > > to the repos. > > IMO had the deb devs done that, 80 % of the winges would not have happened. > > The only extension I'

Re: setting up WiFi adapter (Broadcom BCM4321 14e4:4328 chipset) in latest version of Debian

Following all of your suggestions, here is what I've been able to discover: My laptop is HP Touchsmart tx2-1025dx (AMD Turion x2 64 cpu), and there is an LED on front for the wireless, which turns green when it is enabled/active (in Windows OS at least). It has never come on in Debian yet (stays o

Re: for those who dislike gnome3-shell

On 03.12.2011 18:24, Richard wrote: > It really is a shame that the extensions to gnome-shell haven't been added to > the repos. > IMO had the deb devs done that, 80 % of the winges would not have happened. > The only extension I'd like is the one which puts shutdown on the menu as > well as susp

Re: Detach Icedove from xterm itself called from terminal.

Iuri Guilherme dos Santos Martins wrote: > Your script is very good, by the way. > Thanks for sharing :D Thank you, and a pleasure. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: htt

Re: for those who dislike gnome3-shell

On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 16:58:43 + José Silva wrote: > On 03-12-2011 15:38, Richard wrote: > > On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 10:27:32 -0500 > > Patrick Wiseman wrote: > > > >> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Camaleón wrote: > >>> On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:22:05 +, Richard wrote: > >>> > On Sat, 3 De

Re: for those who dislike gnome3-shell

On 03-12-2011 15:38, Richard wrote: On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 10:27:32 -0500 Patrick Wiseman wrote: On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:22:05 +, Richard wrote: On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 12:12:16 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:21:02 +, Ric

Re: Adding subtitles to video file

On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:53:47 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi to all Debian users. > > I installed `subtitleeditor' in my Lenny system in order to add comments > to a certain video file but, when I try to open that file from within > subtitleeditor, the following error message appears: > > > G

Re: pasuspender syntax

On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 16:04:55 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:34:50 +, Richard wrote: > > > On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 15:12:21 + (UTC) Camaleón > > wrote: > > >> >> Using pasuspender to momentarily suspend pulseaudio is another way > >> >> to use Audacity. > >> >> > >> >>

Re: for those who dislike gnome3-shell

On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:38:17 +, Richard wrote: > On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 10:27:32 -0500 > Patrick Wiseman wrote: > >> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> > On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:22:05 +, Richard wrote: >> > >> >> On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 12:12:16 + (UTC) Camaleón >> >> wrote:

Creating PXE boot image

I have PXE booting working from my Debian "Squeeze" server, and I can launch the Debian Network installer on a machine supporting PXE. I can;t quite figure out how to create a boot image from a connfigured Linux workstation, though. IOW, I have a workstation with a hard disk installed that ha

Re: pasuspender syntax

On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:34:50 +, Richard wrote: > On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 15:12:21 + (UTC) Camaleón > wrote: >> >> Using pasuspender to momentarily suspend pulseaudio is another way >> >> to use Audacity. >> >> >> >> pasuspender -- audacity >> >> *** >> >> >> >> Maybe you can apply somethin

Re: Synaptic 0.70: reporting wrong status for package?

On Jo, 01 dec 11, 11:41:01, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 04:13:24 -0600 > "Selim T. Erdogan" wrote: > > Hello Selim, > > > I'm not sure what you mean by "install a package outside Synaptic et > > al" but my experience is that .deb packages installed using just > > "dpkg -i ..." are l

Re: for those who dislike gnome3-shell

On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 10:27:32 -0500 Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Camaleón wrote: > > On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:22:05 +, Richard wrote: > > > >> On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 12:12:16 + (UTC) Camaleón > >> wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:21:02 +, Richard wrote:

Re: gksu: Couldn't set environment variable...

On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:46:36 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón: > >>So why don't you just run... >> >>gksu -d chromium >>gksu -d qbittorrent >> >>And tell us what happens? :-) > > $ /usr/bin/gksu -d -u usrname /usr/bin/chromium ^

Re: pasuspender syntax

On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 15:12:21 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:26:06 +, Richard wrote: > > > On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 11:59:40 + (UTC) Camaleón > > wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:22:41 +, Richard wrote: > >> > >> > I'm attempting to use pasuspender to stop puls

Re: for those who dislike gnome3-shell

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:22:05 +, Richard wrote: > >> On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 12:12:16 + (UTC) Camaleón >> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:21:02 +, Richard wrote: >>> >>> > After tonights updates the login pane gives the option of gnome

Re: for those who dislike gnome3-shell

On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:22:05 +, Richard wrote: > On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 12:12:16 + (UTC) Camaleón > wrote: > >> On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:21:02 +, Richard wrote: >> >> > After tonights updates the login pane gives the option of gnome or >> > "gnome classic" ;) >> >> Uh? :-? >> >> You mea

Re: pasuspender syntax

On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:26:06 +, Richard wrote: > On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 11:59:40 + (UTC) Camaleón > wrote: > >> On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:22:41 +, Richard wrote: >> >> > I'm attempting to use pasuspender to stop pulseaudio when I run an >> > app. the man page is not helpful nor is -h. What

Re: Passwordless root shell is offered when boot problem occurs.

On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:04:15 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón: > You mean "Busybox"? :-? >>> >>> I do not know - it appears when something wrong during boot process. >> >>It should be printed out, something like: >> >>*** >>BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian x-x-x-

Re: Can I help?

On Lu, 28 nov 11, 22:36:15, Bob Proulx wrote: > > But also remember that sometimes the most helpful and best thing to > say is nothing. It may be against your advise, but +1 on this. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailma

Re: Passwordless root shell is offered when boot problem occurs.

Sthu Deus (sthu.d...@gmail.com on 2011-12-03 17:53 +0700): > >[..] A standard Debian config > >should not offer a passwordless root shell unless you explicitly ask > >for it, > > Oh, no! I didn't! :) > > Do You have an idea where to look for that? - I have no ideas, > absolutely. Just as a point

Adding subtitles to video file

Hi to all Debian users. I installed `subtitleeditor' in my Lenny system in order to add comments to a certain video file but, when I try to open that file from within subtitleeditor, the following error message appears: GStreamer plugins missing. The playback of this movie requires the followin

Re: pasuspender syntax

On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 11:59:40 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:22:41 +, Richard wrote: > > > I'm attempting to use pasuspender to stop pulseaudio when I run an app. > > the man page is not helpful nor is -h. What is the correct syntax to > > suspend pulse audio and just use

Re: for those who dislike gnome3-shell

On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 12:12:16 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:21:02 +, Richard wrote: > > > After tonights updates the login pane gives the option of gnome or > > "gnome classic" ;) > > Uh? :-? > > You mean the "fallback" mode? It has been there since always. > > Greeti

Re: Squeeze-updates not working

Thanks Bob, Tom and Porcia ! Bob's "Bohr model of linux kernel" was an excellent one. I was just curious to know the nomenclature of that package & now i have an idea of what happens. I'm happy with current kernel because all my hardware is detected/working properly, so I find no reason to upgrade

Re: Passwordless root shell is offered when boot problem occurs.

Thank You for Your time and answer, Joel: >Recently had fun with Fedora, when it didn't like the way I specified >my HDs, it would drop me into the ctrl-d prompt, but I couldn't go >anywhere beyond that. Any key I pressed, including ctrl-d, would cycle >me another ctrl-d prompt. When I had the pr

Re: what's with pulseaudio

On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:13:51 +, Steve Kleene wrote: > On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:32:03 +, I wrote: > >>> Sometime in the last month or two a regular upgrade of my Wheezy >>> systems caused them to start running /usr/bin/pulseaudio. > > On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 18:58:39 + (UTC), Camaleón replie

Re: setting up WiFi adapter (Broadcom BCM4321 14e4:4328 chipset) in latest version of Debian

On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:07:24 -0800, Colin Reinhardt wrote: > Im new to Debian/Linux... Okay, then better if you tell what's the version you are running (squeeze, testing or sid) :-) > I have tried following the Debian Wireless-HowTo and other related Linux > WiFi HowTos. > > I downloaded and i

Re: for those who dislike gnome3-shell

On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:21:02 +, Richard wrote: > After tonights updates the login pane gives the option of gnome or > "gnome classic" ;) Uh? :-? You mean the "fallback" mode? It has been there since always. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.de

Re: Spamd memory hawg

On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:48:34 +0200, David Baron wrote: > I have two spamd (owner nobody) running, likely called by procmail for > spam detection (obviously). They are eating upwards of a half gig of > memory. This seems quite excessive. > > Is there a way to limit them? (...) If you have physic

Re: pasuspender syntax

On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:22:41 +, Richard wrote: > I'm attempting to use pasuspender to stop pulseaudio when I run an app. > the man page is not helpful nor is -h. What is the correct syntax to > suspend pulse audio and just use alsa ? > > pasuspender --server=ALSA does nothing, so I guess its w

Re: mailing list

On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 11:37:26 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:51:04 +, Richard wrote: > > > is there a mailing list which caters for debian related audio problem > > with alsa etc ? > > (...) > > There is one listed at: > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman

Re: mailing list

On Fri, 2 Dec 2011 20:04:39 -0800 "Weaver" wrote: > > > On Fri, 2 Dec 2011 21:24:07 +0100 > > Frank Lanitz wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 2 Dec 2011 19:51:04 + > >> Richard wrote: > >> > >> > Hi > >> > is there a mailing list which caters for debian related audio problem > >> > with alsa etc ? >

Re: [OT]: Changing icedove's profile browser setting for http(s) links in emails

On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:30:21 +, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > I searched allover but can't really find a solution... I need to be > running one Icedove instance with the -no-remote argument because I need > to keep profiles separate. > > Now the instance running with -no-remote will give an error d

Re: audio over HDMI

On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:58:40 -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 05:21:39PM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: >> I've got an nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 8400GS] and I'm trying to >> get audio working over HDMI. I'm running Squeeze and the proprietary >> nVidia driver from non-free. >> >

Re: Assistance required ,alsa audio mess since last updates from Sid

On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 06:10:00 +0100 "Ralf Mardorf" wrote: > > > > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Scott Ferguson [mailto:prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com] > Gesendet: Sa 12/3/2011 01:26 > An: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Betreff: Re: Assistance required ,alsa audio mess since last upda

Re: mailing list

On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:51:04 +, Richard wrote: > is there a mailing list which caters for debian related audio problem > with alsa etc ? (...) There is one listed at: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-alsa-devel But they maybe aimed to packager maintainers/develop

Re: configuring Streamzap remote on Wheezy

On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:41:07 -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > Modules for the Streamzap remote are included in Wheezy's kernel, so I > don't need to install lirc in order to use it. Mmm, are you sure about that? Maybe is still needed to setup/program the device. > Problem is, I don't know how to con

Re: Passwordless root shell is offered when boot problem occurs.

Thank You for Your time and answer, Arno: >> Hmm. I thought everybody has the same OS behavior in such >> condition... And the problem here is only improper/default >> configuration. > >That could very well be, but I haven't had a boot problem in years >(well, except when trying out systemd). A st

Re: a short cut on desktop on gnome3

2011/12/2 doug : > On 12/02/2011 01:28 PM, Brian Flaherty wrote: >> >> On 12/02/2011 03:03 AM, abdelkader belahcene wrote: >>> >>> *Hi, >>> I am trying to be familiar with gnome 3, >>> So I installing from debian testing the gnome 3, >>> It seems good, but sometimes I am lost, for example, I want t