Re: package help

2013-09-20 Thread Gregory Nowak
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 12:48:10AM -0400, paulmars wrote: > Im emailed a bug report. I got no response. I been trying to > convince myself to try again, but I have doubts. I dont want to > loose my XP install again. I need dual boot and i also need a > recovery option if Debian fails again, like la

Re: package help

2013-09-20 Thread Josef Bailey
On 09/21, paulmars wrote: > Im emailed a bug report. I got no response. I been trying to > convince myself to try again, but I have doubts. I dont want to > loose my XP install again. I need dual boot and i also need a > recovery option if Debian fails again, like last time. Last time > grub got me

package help

2013-09-20 Thread paulmars
Im emailed a bug report. I got no response. I been trying to convince myself to try again, but I have doubts. I dont want to loose my XP install again. I need dual boot and i also need a recovery option if Debian fails again, like last time. Last time grub got messed up and I needed to reinstal

Re: One-Stop Debian Box Config Tool: Call for Collaborators!

2013-09-20 Thread ray
On Friday, September 13, 2013 3:40:01 AM UTC-5, Jarrod O'Flaherty wrote: > Greetings > All! This is a great idea. It is not the typical solution. Having the ability for less experienced Linux operators able to effectively run, maintain and improve their system would enhance the acceptance. W

Re: Mutt / addressbook

2013-09-20 Thread drew craig
On Thursday, September 19, 2013 3:10:02 PM UTC-4, Josef Bailey wrote: > Hello > > > > I'm trying to use the abook app to add an anddressbook into mut (If im > correct it uses alias) > > > > Here is what i have done so far > > > > wajing install abook > > > > (wajing, apt-get, aptitude)

Re: Sound problems on Wheezy upgrade

2013-09-20 Thread drew craig
On Friday, September 13, 2013 10:00:03 AM UTC-4, Lisi Reisz wrote: > The problem has arisen since I upgraded. Sound was fine in Squeeze. > > > > Now, when I run alsamixergui: > > > > lisi@Tux-II:~$ alsamixergui > > > > I get an error box saying: > > > > alsamixer: function snd_mixer_lo

Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?

2013-09-20 Thread Doug
On 09/20/2013 06:29 PM, Joel Rees wrote: > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Albretch Mueller wrote: >> I think I should have worded the question as: >> ~ >> "any way to get the mouse position on the screen" (so that then you >> would then take a second one in order to calculate the rectangular

Re: any utility to change ip

2013-09-20 Thread Beco
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Re: any utility to change ip

2013-09-20 Thread Beco
On 20 September 2013 17:27, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 01:01:41PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: >> Did you forget the Enter key? >> >> 1 i >> 2 p >> 3 SPACE >> 4 a >> 5 ENTER > > root@tal:~# echo ip a|wc -m > 5 > > Ahh! implicit > > -- > "If you're not careful, the news

Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?

2013-09-20 Thread Joel Rees
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 22 iul 13, 13:18:50, Albretch Mueller wrote: >> I think I should have worded the question as: >> ~ >> "any way to get the mouse position on the screen" (so that then you >> would then take a second one in order to calculate the rect

Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?

2013-09-20 Thread Joel Rees
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Albretch Mueller wrote: > I think I should have worded the question as: > ~ > "any way to get the mouse position on the screen" (so that then you > would then take a second one in order to calculate the rectangular > viewing area on a screen (showing a video))?

Re: swapper tainted

2013-09-20 Thread Jim Green
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:49:32AM +0400, recovery...@gmail.com wrote: > Judging from xchi_hcd, it's a USB 3.0 hub. Try unloading this module > on suspend, and loading it at resume. > > Or, try this: > > http://www.pcl-developers.org/xhci-hcd-I-hate-you-USB-3-0-and-Primesense-Asus-Xtion-td5707949

Re: swapper tainted

2013-09-20 Thread Jim Green
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 08:58:55AM +0200, emmanuel segura wrote: > lspci -vv 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemW

Re: Changes in xmodmap or something?

2013-09-20 Thread Harry Putnam
Bob Proulx writes: > Harry Putnam wrote: >> I have been noticing for some time that my ~/.inputrc key combos don't >> work. Also the keyboard Alt key doesn't work in emacs if I run it in >> -nw more (in an xterm). > > Race condition. I just sent a similar answer to you in the other > mailing li

Re: any utility to change ip

2013-09-20 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 01:01:41PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Did you forget the Enter key? > > 1 i > 2 p > 3 SPACE > 4 a > 5 ENTER root@tal:~# echo ip a|wc -m 5 Ahh! implicit -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and lovi

Re: any utility to change ip

2013-09-20 Thread Bob Proulx
Jerry Stuckle wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > >Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >>Bob Proulx wrote: > >>> $ echo ip a | wc -c > >>> 5 > >> > >>You're counting an extra space which is not required. > > > >What extra space? The one between "ip" and "a"? That isn't extra. > >It is a required keystroke. It d

Re: Changes in xmodmap or something?

2013-09-20 Thread Bob Proulx
Harry Putnam wrote: > I have been noticing for some time that my ~/.inputrc key combos don't > work. Also the keyboard Alt key doesn't work in emacs if I run it in > -nw more (in an xterm). Race condition. I just sent a similar answer to you in the other mailing list. :-) > I guess some kind of

Re: Problems Installing ia32-libs

2013-09-20 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le 20/09/2013 19:46, Mark Phillips a écrit : A follow up. After some research, I tried the following, but no change. # dpkg --add-architecture i386 # aptitude update # aptitude upgrade Resolving dependencies... No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly ins

Re: any utility to change ip

2013-09-20 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 9/20/2013 1:43 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Now of course you might say that you never use those so this is no problem for you. But ifupdown and other tools do and so in general when looking at any random system there isn't a way to know if those are going to

Changes in xmodmap or something?

2013-09-20 Thread Harry Putnam
I have been noticing for some time that my ~/.inputrc key combos don't work. Also the keyboard Alt key doesn't work in emacs if I run it in -nw more (in an xterm). I guess some kind of changes over time in the OS setup has happened but I could not nail it down to any particular date... haven't be

Re: Problems Installing ia32-libs

2013-09-20 Thread Mark Phillips
A follow up. After some research, I tried the following, but no change. # dpkg --add-architecture i386 # aptitude update # aptitude upgrade Resolving dependencies... No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 61 not upgraded. Need t

Re: any utility to change ip

2013-09-20 Thread Bob Proulx
Jerry Stuckle wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > >Now of course you might say that you never use those so this is no > >problem for you. But ifupdown and other tools do and so in general > >when looking at any random system there isn't a way to know if those > >are going to be in use or not. Therefore

Re: Mutt / addressbook

2013-09-20 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:03:25PM -0700, Josef Bailey wrote: > Hello > > I'm trying to use the abook app to add an anddressbook into mut (If im > correct it uses alias) [...] > Any ideas The mutt mailing list is really the list you should be using: http://www.mutt.org/mail-lists.html -- "I

Re: any utility to change ip

2013-09-20 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 9/20/2013 12:11 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: Andrei POPESCU wrote: Gary Dale wrote: ifconfig can be used to both query and change the ip addresses of network interfaces on your machine. Used with no arguments, it lists all known interfaces and gives a lot of information about

Re: any utility to change ip

2013-09-20 Thread Bob Proulx
Jerry Stuckle wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > Gary Dale wrote: > > > ifconfig can be used to both query and change the ip addresses of > > > network interfaces on your machine. Used with no arguments, it lists > > > all known interfaces and gives a lot of information about them. > > > > > > It's

Problems Installing ia32-libs

2013-09-20 Thread Mark Phillips
I have a Debian testing amd64 laptop. Only testing, no unstable or experimental. I need to install ia32-libs to run eclipse in 32 bit mode for android development. However, I get a slew of conflicts, and it seems that aptitude wants to replace a lot of my 64 bit aps with 32 bit apps. Apps like gno

Re: What is location for building/ installing system-wide software?

2013-09-20 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:00:53PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > > In the past, I found that the Debian packaged FreeCiv was buggy. > Since then, I've downloaded and built from source. > Did you report a bug, like a good citizen? -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hati

Re: any utility to change ip

2013-09-20 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 9/20/2013 11:00 AM, Curt wrote: On 2013-09-20, Jerry Stuckle wrote: 'ip a' (short for 'ip addr') shows almost the same information, is available to users without using the full path and is shorter to type ;) Sure, it's ALMOST the same information. But it doesn't show everything ifconfig

Re: any utility to change ip

2013-09-20 Thread Curt
On 2013-09-20, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> >> 'ip a' (short for 'ip addr') shows almost the same information, is >> available to users without using the full path and is shorter to type ;) > > Sure, it's ALMOST the same information. But it doesn't show everything > ifconfig does. > > As for shorter

Re: upgrade question

2013-09-20 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, On 20/09/13 15:25, François Patte wrote: > Le 20/09/2013 11:57, Jerome BENOIT a écrit : >> Hello List, >> >> >> On 20/09/13 11:39, François Patte wrote: >>> Bonjour, >>> >>> I want to see if I can get rid of: >>> >>> (evince:14988): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: >>> /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.36.4/.

Re: upgrade question

2013-09-20 Thread François Patte
Le 20/09/2013 11:57, Jerome BENOIT a écrit : > Hello List, > > > On 20/09/13 11:39, François Patte wrote: >> Bonjour, >> >> I want to see if I can get rid of: >> >> (evince:14988): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: >> /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.36.4/./gobject/gsignal.c:2593: instance >> `0x7f8d6310ed90' ha

Re: Beer!

2013-09-20 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 9/20/2013 4:56 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 23 iul 13, 23:57:07, Mike wrote: Folks, For those who don't know about it, something that I thought might be of interest to this list is the annual Linux Bier Wanderung. [snip] Might I suggest you use a better subject next time? I almost rep

Re: any utility to change ip

2013-09-20 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 9/20/2013 4:21 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Mi, 17 iul 13, 18:43:22, Gary Dale wrote: ifconfig can be used to both query and change the ip addresses of network interfaces on your machine. Used with no arguments, it lists all known interfaces and gives a lot of information about them. It's s

Re: fsck on boot...revisited

2013-09-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 26 iul 13, 13:51:39, Bob Proulx wrote: > > For the larger majority of users the current default setting of > FSCKFIX=no is a problem because it will result in a system that won't > boot without a human on the console to manually answer yes to the fsck > questions. On a desktop you are ther

Re: access please

2013-09-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 20 sep 13, 10:56:48, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:57:56 +0300 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Mi, 24 iul 13, 13:31:07, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > > > > > > > -- > > > A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk/index.html > > > efever = http://www.efever.blogspot.com

Re: Mailing list organization

2013-09-20 Thread Curt
On 2013-09-19, Josef Bailey wrote: > > I'm new to mutt / Debian mailing list > > What im trying to do is in gmail.com i have many sub folders .. Every > Folder / label is whatever mailing list i have subscribed to debian > > (eg. Debian_User = debian-user@lists.debian.org) > > I have set a filter

which package to report a bug on brightness control to

2013-09-20 Thread Ghislain Vaillant
Hi everyone, Brightness control on my Dell Latitude e6420 (Fn + up or down arrow) slows my system down significantly on an up-to-date Debian Sid installation. It does not happen on Debian Wheezy, so I am thinking this is a bug. I am using Gnome on both. However, I have absolutely no idea whi

Re: access please

2013-09-20 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:57:56 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 24 iul 13, 13:31:07, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > > > > -- > > A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk/index.html > > efever = http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ > > efever = http://sharon04.livejournal.com/ > > Debian testing,

Re: How to suggest a new package?

2013-09-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 26 aug 13, 21:55:53, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Am Montag, 26. August 2013 schrieb Slavko: > > > You can both, do not matter if you are author or not ;-) > > > > For request, try to search for RFP (Request for Package) bugreports, > > https://wiki.debian.org/RFP > > > > For providing new pa

Re: upgrade question

2013-09-20 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List, On 20/09/13 11:39, François Patte wrote: > Bonjour, > > I want to see if I can get rid of: > > (evince:14988): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: > /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.36.4/./gobject/gsignal.c:2593: instance > `0x7f8d6310ed90' has no handler with id `2342' > > (evince:14988): GLib-GObject

upgrade question

2013-09-20 Thread François Patte
Bonjour, I want to see if I can get rid of: (evince:14988): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.36.4/./gobject/gsignal.c:2593: instance `0x7f8d6310ed90' has no handler with id `2342' (evince:14988): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.36.4/./gobject/gsignal.c:2593: instance

Re: Removing x11-common

2013-09-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 06 aug 13, 18:15:37, Dom wrote: > On 06/08/13 17:26, Kyle Kuhn wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I wasn't sure where to start so I started here. > > > >I am developing my own Distro of Linux, and I am using Debian as a base. > >I am trying to remove all programs dependent on the X11-Common package > >wit

Re: Last line of aptitude output after full-upgrade

2013-09-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 05 aug 13, 14:25:07, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 05 August 2013 13:54:54 Harry Putnam wrote: > > I guess I'm having a bit of trouble seeing why that is something I > > need to know... In the context of a `Current Status' report following > > a `full-upgrade', it would seem more reasonable

Re: access please

2013-09-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 24 iul 13, 13:31:07, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > -- > A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk/index.html > efever = http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ > efever = http://sharon04.livejournal.com/ > Debian testing, Fluxbox 1.3.5, LibreOffice 4.0.4.2 > Registered Linux user 334501 Could

Re: Beer!

2013-09-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 23 iul 13, 23:57:07, Mike wrote: > Folks, > > For those who don't know about it, something that I thought might be of > interest to this list is the annual Linux Bier Wanderung. [snip] Might I suggest you use a better subject next time? I almost reported your message as spam, but then

Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?

2013-09-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 22 iul 13, 13:18:50, Albretch Mueller wrote: > I think I should have worded the question as: > ~ > "any way to get the mouse position on the screen" (so that then you > would then take a second one in order to calculate the rectangular > viewing area on a screen (showing a video))? > ~ I

Re: Remove file resulting from ls|tail -1

2013-09-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 19 iul 13, 21:15:35, Claudius Hubig wrote: > Dear Oscar, > > what a surprising name… > > OECT T wrote: > > I need to delete the file resulting from: ls | tail -1 How do you know the last file in the output of 'ls' is the one you need? I'd rather use find with -delete for something like

Re: any utility to change ip

2013-09-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 17 iul 13, 18:43:22, Gary Dale wrote: > > ifconfig can be used to both query and change the ip addresses of > network interfaces on your machine. Used with no arguments, it lists > all known interfaces and gives a lot of information about them. > > It's still in use in Jessie so reports of

Re: Sound on Skype (sid)

2013-09-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 15 iul 13, 12:41:26, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > > Installed ALSA - > > http://linuxg.net/how-to-properly-replace-pulseaudio-with-alsa-on-crunchbag-linux-and-debian-squeeze/ > > Works. Wonderful!! > > How do I get Linux to recognize ALSA. As far as Linux is concerned, > my sound driv

Re: swapper tainted

2013-09-20 Thread recovery...@gmail.com
Hi. On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 01:05:03AM -0400, Jim Green wrote: > any idea what device it is? Judging from xchi_hcd, it's a USB 3.0 hub. Try unloading this module on suspend, and loading it at resume. Or, try this: http://www.pcl-developers.org/xhci-hcd-I-hate-you-USB-3-0-and-Primesense-Asus-Xti