Re: restricting login times

2013-03-24 Thread Bob Proulx
Joel Rees wrote: > I know this is the wrong way to solve the underlying problems, but > sometimes brute force is required. If I were doing that by brute force then instead of using PAM I would use cron to create and remove a /etc/nologin file. See 'man 5 nologin' for details of the file. But som

Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-24 Thread Patrick Bartek
- Original Message - > From: Andrew Alderwick > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 8:47 AM > Subject: Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf? > > On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 09:28:35PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: >> Just installed the propriet

Re: restricting login times

2013-03-24 Thread Joel Rees
erk. On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Joel Rees wrote: > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> Joel Rees wrote: >>> >>> I know this is the wrong way to solve the underlying problems, but >>> sometimes brute force is required. >>> >>> I found this ancient post on using PAM a

Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-24 Thread Patrick Bartek
- Original Message - > From: Nuno Magalhães > To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 3:03 AM > Subject: Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf? > > Hi, > > If X automagically finds and uses nvidia, sure, otherwise you'll need > an xconf (or

Re: restricting login times

2013-03-24 Thread Joel Rees
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Joel Rees wrote: >> >> I know this is the wrong way to solve the underlying problems, but >> sometimes brute force is required. >> >> I found this ancient post on using PAM and /etc/security/time.conf to >> accomplish this kind of thing on

Re: NEEDED: not quite current buisnesscard and netinst iso images

2013-03-24 Thread Richard Owlett
Rick Thomas wrote: Hi Richard, Did you ever get this working for you? Did you notice the "--scan" option to jigdo-lite? It might allow you to use your DVD iso's to avoid downloading a lot of stuff you already have. I seem to remember that internet bandwidth was a problem for you. Note: I be

Re: restricting login times

2013-03-24 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Joel Rees wrote: I know this is the wrong way to solve the underlying problems, but sometimes brute force is required. I found this ancient post on using PAM and /etc/security/time.conf to accomplish this kind of thing on techrepublic (Complete with typos: A1 for Al? What bot edited that?): htt

Re: NEEDED: not quite current buisnesscard and netinst iso images

2013-03-24 Thread Rick Thomas
Hi Richard, Did you ever get this working for you? Did you notice the "--scan" option to jigdo-lite? It might allow you to use your DVD iso's to avoid downloading a lot of stuff you already have. I seem to remember that internet bandwidth was a problem for you. Note: I believe that the

Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-24 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:28:35 -0700 (PDT) Patrick Bartek wrote: Hello Patrick, > But was wondering:  Is it possible for the nvidia driver to work >without using an xorg.conf?  Nouveau does. AIUI, if you want to run the nVidia driver, you must use an xorg.conf file, otherwise nouveau, nv or somet

Fwd: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-24 Thread Jianjun Mao
I have the same problem. It seems that X will not use nvidia driver without any settings. So I simply run nvidia-xconfig to generate a new xorg.conf for nvidia On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > Just installed the proprietary nvidia driver on Wheezy 64-bit using the >

Re: Bluetooth stop working after update

2013-03-24 Thread Brian
On Fri 22 Mar 2013 at 21:53:40 -0400, Gean Ceretta wrote: > Hello friends, I have an Sony Vaio VPCEG-15FB with Debian Wheezy, my > bluetooth was working well until the last week updates, when a message > in the boot says something like 'error on load bluetooth firmware'. > One of the things I have

restricting login times

2013-03-24 Thread Joel Rees
I know this is the wrong way to solve the underlying problems, but sometimes brute force is required. I found this ancient post on using PAM and /etc/security/time.conf to accomplish this kind of thing on techrepublic (Complete with typos: A1 for Al? What bot edited that?): http://www.techrepubli

Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-24 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 23 mar 13, 21:28:35, Patrick Bartek wrote: > Just installed the proprietary nvidia driver on Wheezy 64-bit using > the dkms method as outlined in the Nvidia Debian wiki.  No problems, > except I haven't got it working yet.  But was wondering:  Is it > possible for the nvidia driver to wor

Re: Grub edits at boot not saved

2013-03-24 Thread Bob Proulx
Thomas H. George wrote: > Upon booting wheezy I get a message "vga=399 deprecated Enter set > gfxpayload=1600x1200x24,1600x1200 before linux" I have no information on that problem. > Just before loading the boot file there is an option to press e to edit > the grub startup file. When this is cho

Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-24 Thread Andrew Alderwick
On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 09:28:35PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: Just installed the proprietary nvidia driver on Wheezy 64-bit using the dkms method as outlined in the Nvidia Debian wiki.  No problems, except I haven't got it working yet. Best of luck! But was wondering:  Is it possible for t

Grub edits at boot not saved

2013-03-24 Thread Thomas H. George
Upon booting wheezy I get a message "vga=399 deprecated Enter set gfxpayload=1600x1200x24,1600x1200 before linux" Just before loading the boot file there is an option to press e to edit the grub startup file. When this is chosen the file appears in a window with instructions below the window whi

Re: syslinux, live-build - looking for files

2013-03-24 Thread David Sastre Medina
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 06:45:51PM +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Am Sonntag, 24. März 2013 schrieben Sie: > > On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 07:31:21PM +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > > I am looking for the following files for wheezy: > > > > > > ldlinux.c32 > > > libcom32.c32 > > > libutil.c32 > > >

Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-24 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Hi, If X automagically finds and uses nvidia, sure, otherwise you'll need an xconf (or maybe you can pass the driver as a parameter to startx,man it up). Just guessing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas..

Re: syslinux, live-build - looking for files

2013-03-24 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Sonntag, 24. März 2013 schrieb David Sastre Medina: > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 06:45:51PM +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > Am Sonntag, 24. März 2013 schrieben Sie: > > > On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 07:31:21PM +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > > > I am looking for the following files for wheezy: > >

Re: syslinux, live-build - looking for files

2013-03-24 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 23 mar 13, 19:31:21, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am looking for the following files for wheezy: > > ldlinux.c32 > libcom32.c32 > libutil.c32 > > They should be in package live-build: > > apt-file search ldlinux.c32 > live-build: /usr/share/live/build/bootloaders/extlinux/ld

Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-24 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Patrick Bartek wrote: Just installed the proprietary nvidia driver on Wheezy 64-bit using the dkms method as outlined in the Nvidia Debian wiki. No problems, except I haven't got it working yet. But was wondering: Is it possible for the nvidia driver to work without using an xorg.conf? Nou

Re: wheezy problem

2013-03-24 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 3/23/2013 4:01 PM, Glenn English wrote: > I installed wheezy on one of the LAN hosts yesterday. Everything else is > squeeze, including my amanda backup machine. Amanda kept saying my wheezy box > wasn't working: > >> WARNING: sbox.slsware.lan: selfcheck request failed: timeout waiting for AC

Best

2013-03-24 Thread Капустина Анастасия
How's it hangin? http://m.livejournal.com/read/user/owwold121/5039 -- 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/2459941364145...@web4e.yandex.ru

Re: syslinux, live-build - looking for files

2013-03-24 Thread David Sastre Medina
On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 07:31:21PM +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am looking for the following files for wheezy: > > ldlinux.c32 > libcom32.c32 > libutil.c32 > > They should be in package live-build: > > apt-file search ldlinux.c32 > live-build: /usr/share/live/build/bootloade