Re: wheezy how-to

2012-12-17 Thread Steve Witt
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012, Bob Proulx wrote: Russell L. Harris wrote: Can you recommend a good Wheezy HOWTO for users forcibly being migrated from the Gnome environment of Etch, Lenny, or Squeeze? -- snip -- You could try MATE or another of the GNOME 2 fork projects that will be around keeping

Re: Laptop battery life with 64 bit

2012-12-17 Thread Bob Proulx
Jochen Spieker wrote: > Daniel Dalton wrote: > > My question: does 64 bit debian use more battery power than 32 bit? > > Short answer: no. The relevant difference is probably Debian vs. Ubuntu > here. Agreed. The difference is probably the linux kernel version. Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" h

RAID 1 (mirroring) question

2012-12-17 Thread yudi v
Hi all, I am looking at using Debian software RAID mirroring and would like to know how it handles system crashes and disk failures. My only experience with software RAID 1 is with windows 7 inbuilt option. Whenever the system does not shutdown cleanly, upon reboot the disks start resynching and

Re: Laptop battery life with 64 bit

2012-12-17 Thread Jochen Spieker
Daniel Dalton: > > My question: does 64 bit debian use more battery power than 32 bit? Short answer: no. The relevant difference is probably Debian vs. Ubuntu here. > Should I return to a 32 bit set up if battery life is important to me? > Or is there perhaps something that maybe isn't configur

Re: wheezy how-to

2012-12-17 Thread Bob Proulx
Russell L. Harris wrote: > Can you recommend a good Wheezy HOWTO for users forcibly being > migrated from the Gnome environment of Etch, Lenny, or Squeeze? If you use GNOME 2 now and you upgrade to Wheezy then you will be upgraded to GNOME 3 which as you know is quite different. > I dread having

Re: google-earth + multiarch

2012-12-17 Thread Johan Grönqvist
2012-12-18 04:49, Hugo Vanwoerkom skrev: As an exercise in multiarch I tried installing google-earth-stable_current_i386.deb in according to http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser#Multiarch. Has anybody actually accomplished that? What I ended up with is: dpkg: dependency problems prevent c

Re: Upgrading Wheezy Beta to Wheezy Stable?

2012-12-17 Thread Bob Proulx
Patrick Bartek wrote: > Read somewhere that updating/upgrading from Wheezy Beta eventually > to Wheezy Stable using the "wheezy" named repos (not "testing" named > ones) has potential problems, and the best option is a clean install > of Wheezy Stable. True or false? I've read the Wheezy Beta ins

Re: Idle TCP connections freeze

2012-12-17 Thread Bob Proulx
Nikolaus Rath wrote: > Pascal Hambourg writes: > > Nikolaus Rath a écrit : > > It appears that the client has a private addresse and the server has a > > public address. So I guess that there is a NAT device between them, and > > its stateful NAT engine may be the cause of the problem, by deleting

Re: Need detialed info on preseeding

2012-12-17 Thread Bob Proulx
Richard Owlett wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > >Here is an example from my preseed configuration: > > > > d-i pkgsel/include string dnsutils less nvi openssh-server postfix rsync > > sudo > > > >All of those packages will be installed. Any dependencies that they > >declare will be installed. The

Re: Preseeding - keyboard-configuration issue

2012-12-17 Thread Bob Proulx
Brian wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Sorry. Because you were having problems with this I assumed you were > > using Wheezy. Because in Squeeze this works fine. If you are having > > a problem in Squeeze then we need to dig deeper. Because it > > definitely works fine there. > > Is that "workin

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Monte Milanuk wrote: > On 12/17/2012 08:03 AM, Kelly Clowers wrote: >> >> >> I am not sure of the full extent of YAST, but besides >> installation/removal of software, it does at least account management, >> service management/configuration (DNS, mail, etc) and fir

git pull fails with OpenSSL version mismatch error

2012-12-17 Thread Joel Roth
Greetings $ git pull OpenSSL version mismatch. Built against 105f, you have 1000103f fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly I encounter this problem (with identical diagnostic text) with two separate repositories, github and gitorious Is this likely to be Debian? I see a similar bug app

Re: Idle TCP connections freeze

2012-12-17 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Pascal Hambourg writes: > Hello, > > Nikolaus Rath a écrit : >> >> I'm having trouble with an internet connection that seems to randomly >> "freeze" arbitrary tcp connections when they have not been used for a >> while. The connections stay established, but no data is coming through. > > How long

Laptop battery life with 64 bit

2012-12-17 Thread Daniel Dalton
Hi, Before I do too much investigating I was wondering if anyone might be able to give me a simple yes/no answer to this question. I just installed debian 64 bit amd on my Dell vostro 3350 laptop. I turn all of the wifi bluetooth and screen off (I'm blind) and observe power using powertop.

wheezy how-to

2012-12-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
Can you recommend a good Wheezy HOWTO for users forcibly being migrated from the Gnome environment of Etch, Lenny, or Squeeze? I dread having to learn all the details of how to configure and use Wheezy once it becomes stable. RH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Monte Milanuk
On 12/17/2012 08:03 AM, Kelly Clowers wrote: I am not sure of the full extent of YAST, but besides installation/removal of software, it does at least account management, service management/configuration (DNS, mail, etc) and firewall configuration. It a bit like Webmin or AIX's SMIT (YAST has a T

google-earth + multiarch

2012-12-17 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, As an exercise in multiarch I tried installing google-earth-stable_current_i386.deb in according to http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser#Multiarch. Has anybody actually accomplished that? What I ended up with is: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of google-earth-stabl

Upgrading Wheezy Beta to Wheezy Stable?

2012-12-17 Thread Patrick Bartek
Read somewhere that updating/upgrading from Wheezy Beta eventually to Wheezy Stable using the "wheezy" named repos (not "testing" named ones) has potential problems, and the best option is a clean install of Wheezy Stable.  True or false?  I've read the Wheezy Beta install docs, and the upgradin

Re: Proofreading of Debian documentation - was [Re: Preseeding - keyboard-configuration issue]

2012-12-17 Thread Richard Owlett
Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 16 dec 12, 06:53:26, Richard Owlett wrote: The response I had hoped for was on the lines of "there's a SIG for documentation which you can contact at ...". What is a SIG? "Special Interest Group" Is it an Americanism? If one does not exist I've some ideas,

RE: Is it possible to install nowadays on Debian SID the LibreOffice 3.6.4?

2012-12-17 Thread Mark Allums
On 2012-12-17 21:41 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Sven Joachim writes: > >> On 2012-12-17 20:36 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: >>> >>> After that I try to install libreoffice by running: >>> >>> sudo apt-get -t experimental install libreoffice >>> libhsqldb-java/unstable [...] Please advice me how to go

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 17 dec 12, 16:17:56, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > is there any tool equivalent to yast in Debian? Kids, don't try this at home: dpkg-reconfigure --all Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-co

Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 17 dec 12, 12:03:31, Hans Vogelsberger wrote: > By now, freeze is dull, boring, irksome and tediously deadening. You could try fixing bugs to shorten the freeze. See rc-alert (package devscripts) Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists

Re: Gnome3 probe

2012-12-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 17 dec 12, 13:34:58, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 08:30:24AM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > > Cinnamon is actually in Sid right now. I haven't tried it, so I don't > > know how well it works. > > Thanks for the information. It still won't get into the next stable > release, but

Re: Gnome3 probe

2012-12-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 17 dec 12, 07:27:47, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > I installed lxde also. Big surprise: it pulled in 286 packages! And > I got yet another filemanager, network manager and a display manager > that I neither need nor wanted. Is there a truly lightweight install > of lxde? Could you please show

Re: Proofreading of Debian documentation - was [Re: Preseeding - keyboard-configuration issue]

2012-12-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 16 dec 12, 06:53:26, Richard Owlett wrote: > > The response I had hoped for was on the lines of "there's a SIG for > documentation which you can contact at ...". What is a SIG? > If one does not exist I've some ideas, but I hate reinventing the > wheel if it already exists. AFAIK (but

Re: Network Manager icon not working well

2012-12-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 17 dec 12, 11:08:11, magina antimage wrote: > > ip link show eth0 > A) With cable > 2: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state > UP qlen 1000 > link/ether 00:13:20:fc:65:04 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > > B) without cable > 2: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state > UP qlen 1000 > link/e

Re: Encrypted system and grub2 splashscreen

2012-12-17 Thread debmailist
ok the problem was unicode.pf2 This font file in normally located in /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 and on encrypted systems it isn't detected by update-grub. The solution is to copy it to /boot/grub Original Message From: Brian Apparently from: bounce-debian-user=debmailist=sa

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Montag, 17. Dezember 2012 schrieb Muhammad Yousuf Khan: > is there any tool equivalent to yast in Debian? > > Thanks You might want to try "webmin" and/or "usermin". But it is no more in the debian repositories. I guess, no debian-developer took a look at it for years. They said at that time

Re: Is it possible to install nowadays on Debian SID the LibreOffice 3.6.4? YES IT IS!

2012-12-17 Thread Csanyi Pal
Sven Joachim writes: > On 2012-12-17 21:41 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: > >> Sven Joachim writes: >> >>> On 2012-12-17 20:36 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: After that I try to install libreoffice by running: sudo apt-get -t experimental install libreoffice libhsqldb-java/unstable

Re: Preseeding - keyboard-configuration issue

2012-12-17 Thread Brian
On Sat 15 Dec 2012 at 00:14:00 +, Brian wrote: > Now cast your fishing net and *you* tell us what might be missing in > your preseed file. For those with exactly the same preseeding setup as Richard and having a the same problem (which may or may not be a bug in Squeeze), a solution could lie

Re: Encrypted system and grub2 splashscreen

2012-12-17 Thread Brian
On Mon 17 Dec 2012 at 11:33:01 -0500, debmail...@safe-mail.net wrote: > I've got encrypted wheezy (encrypted lvm) and I can't change grub2 > splashscreen. The method I'm using: to put file.jpg into /boot/grub > (which of course is on the unencrypted primary partition) and run > update-grub. I'm s

Re: Is it possible to install nowadays on Debian SID the LibreOffice 3.6.4?

2012-12-17 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2012-12-17 21:41 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Sven Joachim writes: > >> On 2012-12-17 20:36 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: >>> >>> After that I try to install libreoffice by running: >>> >>> sudo apt-get -t experimental install libreoffice libhsqldb-java/unstable >>> [...] >>> Please advice me how to

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:36:33 -0800 Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:21 AM, John Hasler > wrote: > > --Dave writes: > >> I have to find myself asking the question, "Why on Earth would the > >> maintainers not keep such a valuable package available?" > > > >

Habilidades Administrativas para Gerentes Desorganizados

2012-12-17 Thread Lic. Adrian Gomez
Habilidades Administrativas para Gerentes Desorganizados La carencia de objetivos, la falta de planeación, estructuras deficientes de la organización, problemas de integración humana, falta de controles, etc. son problemas que obstaculizan la labor de muchos Gerentes en las empresas, pero sin l

Re: Is it possible to install nowadays on Debian SID the LibreOffice 3.6.4?

2012-12-17 Thread Csanyi Pal
Sven Joachim writes: > On 2012-12-17 20:36 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: > >> Well, if I understand you correctly, my sources.list is now: >> >> deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free >> deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free >> >> deb-src http://ftp.d

Re: Is it possible to install nowadays on Debian SID the LibreOffice 3.6.4?

2012-12-17 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2012-12-17 20:36 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Well, if I understand you correctly, my sources.list is now: > > deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free > > deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main c

Re: Is it possible to install nowadays on Debian SID the LibreOffice 3.6.4?

2012-12-17 Thread Wayne Topa
On 12/17/2012 02:36 PM, Csanyi Pal wrote: Hi Sven, Sven Joachim writes: On 2012-12-17 08:28 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: Sven Joachim writes: On 2012-12-16 21:44 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: one can install LibreOffice version 3.6.4 on Ubuntu but can't on Debian SID. It is necessary to have

Habilidades Administrativas para Gerentes Desorganizados

2012-12-17 Thread Lic. Estephany Dominguez
Habilidades Administrativas para Gerentes Desorganizados La carencia de objetivos, la falta de planeación, estructuras deficientes de la organización, problemas de integración humana, falta de controles, etc. son problemas que obstaculizan la labor de muchos Gerentes en las empresas, pero sin l

Re: Is it possible to install nowadays on Debian SID the LibreOffice 3.6.4?

2012-12-17 Thread Csanyi Pal
Hi Sven, Sven Joachim writes: > On 2012-12-17 08:28 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: > >> Sven Joachim writes: >> >>> On 2012-12-16 21:44 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: >> one can install LibreOffice version 3.6.4 on Ubuntu but can't on Debian SID. >>> >>> It is necessary to have an entry for expe

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:21 AM, John Hasler wrote: > --Dave writes: >> I have to find myself asking the question, "Why on Earth would the >> maintainers not keep such a valuable package available?" > > And

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread John Hasler
--Dave writes: > I have to find myself asking the question, "Why on Earth would the > maintainers not keep such a valuable package available?" -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...

Re: Slow network performance with KVM

2012-12-17 Thread Bob Proulx
Katynski, Bogdan wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > What is the output: > > > > $ lsmod | grep vhost_net > > I don't have the module loaded and what's worse - I don't have this module :( > > root@vmhost:~# modprobe vhost-net > FATAL: Module vhost_net not found. > ... > I don't have these options

Re: Is it possible to install nowadays on Debian SID the LibreOffice 3.6.4?

2012-12-17 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2012-12-17 08:28 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Sven Joachim writes: > >> On 2012-12-16 21:44 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: > >>> one can install LibreOffice version 3.6.4 on Ubuntu but can't on Debian >>> SID. >> >> It is necessary to have an entry for experimental in your sources.list. >> Do you hav

Re: etymology of tl;dr (was ... Re: How recover from aborted dist-upgrade ... (due to apt-listbug bug 585448))

2012-12-17 Thread nv
tl;dr version: Linguistics and etymologies are fascinating to me. :) If you have no interest in a more-than-passing manner, you are better served just ignoring this e-mail. :) full version: I was going to reply to Chris off the user list, because the topic has changed from Debian, but others hav

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread David Guntner
David Guntner grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > Kelly Clowers grabbed a keyboard and wrote: >> Aptitude is nice, but it only does one fraction of what YAST does. >> >> I am not sure of the full extent of YAST, but besides >> installation/removal of software, it does at least account management, >> se

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread David Guntner
Kelly Clowers grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > Aptitude is nice, but it only does one fraction of what YAST does. > > I am not sure of the full extent of YAST, but besides > installation/removal of software, it does at least account management, > service management/configuration (DNS, mail, etc) an

RE: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Mark Allums
Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:11 AM, Davide Mirtillo wrote: >> Il 17/12/2012 12:57, Muhammad Yousuf Khan ha scritto: >>> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Jon Dowland wrote: On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 04:17:56PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > is there any tool equivalent to yast in Debian? >>

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread John Hasler
Kelly writes: > I am not sure of the full extent of YAST, but besides > installation/removal of software, it does at least account management, > service management/configuration (DNS, mail, etc) and firewall > configuration. That should not be all in one program. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-17 Thread maderios
On 12/17/2012 02:58 PM, Hans Vogelsberger wrote: berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Here are some solutions: _ Use unstable/experimental _ Try a rolling-release distro The freeze is needed to create a stable version. I know, I use Testing since it exists. Though, freeze is much too long and

Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-17 Thread Patrick Bartek
- Original Message - > From: Hans Vogelsberger > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 5:58 AM > Subject: Re: wheezy freeze > > berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: >> Here are some solutions: >> _ Use unstable/experimental >> _ Try a rolling-rel

Encrypted system and grub2 splashscreen

2012-12-17 Thread debmailist
I've got encrypted wheezy (encrypted lvm) and I can't change grub2 splashscreen. The method I'm using: to put file.jpg into /boot/grub (which of course is on the unencrypted primary partition) and run update-grub. I'm sure that encryption is the reason of this problem, because i've tried it (the

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:11 AM, Davide Mirtillo wrote: > Il 17/12/2012 12:57, Muhammad Yousuf Khan ha scritto: >> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Jon Dowland wrote: >>> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 04:17:56PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: is there any tool equivalent to yast in Debian? >>>

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 15:26 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 16:57 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > instead of x server, admins can use a pseudo-graphical user interface > > to manage the server. > > "pseudo-graphical" does mean "ncurses", > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ncu

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 16:57 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > instead of x server, admins can use a pseudo-graphical user interface > to manage the server. "pseudo-graphical" does mean "ncurses", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ncurses , then you should take a look at "dpkg-reconfigure", as I've w

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Davide Mirtillo
Il 17/12/2012 12:57, Muhammad Yousuf Khan ha scritto: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Jon Dowland wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 04:17:56PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: >>> is there any tool equivalent to yast in Debian? >> >> For those of us unfamiliar with what Yast is or does now, c

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 11:18 +, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 04:17:56PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > is there any tool equivalent to yast in Debian? > > For those of us unfamiliar with what Yast is or does now, can you > explain the particular features you are looking

Re: Problem with Nvidia kernel module

2012-12-17 Thread ghe
Hi list, I recently upgraded my system, and its kernel (3.2.0-4-amd64). Because of bug #696150, I need to be able to boot with kernel 2.6.32-3-amd64. During the upgrade, gcc-4.3 was removed, and the nvidia packages (nvidia-glx, nvidia-settings, etc.) were upgraded to version 304.48-1. The

Re: [OT] Good quality hair dryer needed for Squeeze

2012-12-17 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-12-16 at 22:50 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > On 12/12/2012 8:02 PM, Mark Panen wrote: > > "The OP should be experienced with soldering multi-layer boards" really > > why should he be? Are all IT personal hardware fundies as well? I > > started late in the IT business with a totally dif

RE: Slow network performance with KVM

2012-12-17 Thread Katynski, Bogdan
> -Original Message- > From: Bob Proulx [mailto:b...@proulx.com] > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 5:54 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Slow network performance with KVM > > Katynski, Bogdan wrote: > > > I noticed a rather poor network guest-guest performance. > >

Re: Gnome3 probe

2012-12-17 Thread Jon Dowland
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 08:30:24AM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > Cinnamon is actually in Sid right now. I haven't tried it, so I don't > know how well it works. Thanks for the information. It still won't get into the next stable release, but being officially packaged is likely to be in the one after

Re: Gnome3 probe

2012-12-17 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
phi debian wrote: Jeez, welcome lxde, adieu gnome3 !!! I installed a fresh debian in a guest as server, then apt-get install lxde. In a matter of minute I got a theme, with solid backgroud, my panel on the right, some usual goodies like synaptic, update-manager-gnome, So I know I will be abl

Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-17 Thread T Elcor
- Original Message - > I know, I use Testing since it exists. Though, freeze is much too long and > thus > 'five attributes duu' anew whenever Debian changes release, since > years and years and years. And if you mean Ubuntu as rolling-release distro - > I > have tried it and do n

Re: Problem with Nvidia kernel module

2012-12-17 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
g...@sdf.org wrote: Hi list, I recently upgraded my system, and its kernel (3.2.0-4-amd64). Because of bug #696150, I need to be able to boot with kernel 2.6.32-3-amd64. During the upgrade, gcc-4.3 was removed, and the nvidia packages (nvidia-glx, nvidia-settings, etc.) were upgraded to ver

Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-17 Thread Hans Vogelsberger
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Here are some solutions: _ Use unstable/experimental _ Try a rolling-release distro The freeze is needed to create a stable version. I know, I use Testing since it exists. Though, freeze is much too long and thus 'five attributes duu' anew whenever Deb

Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 17 December 2012 11:03:31 Hans Vogelsberger wrote: > By now, freeze is dull, boring, irksome and tediously deadening. I don't understand the problem. If you want to use Wheezy and don't mind if it is a little buggy, then you can go right ahead and use it. There is nothing stopping yo

Problem with Nvidia kernel module

2012-12-17 Thread ghe
Hi list, I recently upgraded my system, and its kernel (3.2.0-4-amd64). Because of bug #696150, I need to be able to boot with kernel 2.6.32-3-amd64. During the upgrade, gcc-4.3 was removed, and the nvidia packages (nvidia-glx, nvidia-settings, etc.) were upgraded to version 304.48-1. The p

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 04:17:56PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: >> is there any tool equivalent to yast in Debian? > > For those of us unfamiliar with what Yast is or does now, can you > explain the particular features you are looking for

Re: Debian 7 wheezy should be released by now, don't u think?

2012-12-17 Thread Jon Dowland
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 11:53:41AM +0100, Johan Grönqvist wrote: > You can have a look at > > to see the number of release critical bugs. The release should wait > until that number is zero. Near zer

Re: Network Manager icon not working well

2012-12-17 Thread Jon Dowland
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:50:36PM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > is there any service which monitors status of Ethernet and changes Network > > manager's icon on gnome-control-panel? > > Network Manager. For GNOME3, nm does not draw the icon in the display, gnome-shell overrides it and provide

Re: Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Jon Dowland
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 04:17:56PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > is there any tool equivalent to yast in Debian? For those of us unfamiliar with what Yast is or does now, can you explain the particular features you are looking for? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.de

Yast for debian

2012-12-17 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
is there any tool equivalent to yast in Debian? Thanks -- 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/CAGWVfM=xQfSjtYKnZ9aMTPaUFeANaRo_-epAZ=ajm4ydhpa...@mail.gmail

Re: apt vs. SSD computers

2012-12-17 Thread Chris Davies
jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > Even though I only have a 1 Mb ADSL, I find Acquire::PDiffs "false"; > will finally stop the torture my computer is put through. [...] > Also there is no way like nice(1) to lessen its grip on resources. If you're concerned about bandwidth try trickle(1). nice(1) on t

Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-17 Thread berenger . morel
Here are some solutions: _ Use unstable/experimental _ Try a rolling-release distro The freeze is needed to create a stable version. Le 17.12.2012 12:03, Hans Vogelsberger a écrit : By now, freeze is dull, boring, irksome and tediously deadening. Hans -- Dieser Account aktzeptiert nur Mails,

wheezy freeze

2012-12-17 Thread Hans Vogelsberger
By now, freeze is dull, boring, irksome and tediously deadening. Hans -- Dieser Account aktzeptiert nur Mails, die an von mir abonnierte Listen gerichtet sind. - This account accepts only postings which are directed to lists subscribed by me. - Questo account accetta solo messaggi che si rivolgo

Re: Gnome3 probe

2012-12-17 Thread phi debian
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 11:57 PM, Marc Shapiro > [Desktop Entry] > Name=MyApp > Type=application > Comment=My App comment > Exec=/usr/bin/cat > Terminal=true > Category=Utility > > > Hi March, Thanx for the explanations, from there I understood my mistake. In my above .destop I tried to infere