Re: Can not format USB drive

PS: > As root run > > hdparm -r0 /dev/sd? > > where ? is for a, b, c ... z, IOW the number of your USB stick. ^^ ^^^ :D > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ hdparm --help > -r Get/set device readonly flag (DANGEROUS to set) I suspect that the USB stick can't

Re: Can not format USB drive

On Sat, 2013-09-21 at 23:11 +0200, twpim-...@yahoo.com.au wrote: > - on Windows box original folders are not visiable only newly created > executable files are showed with icon as folders and without .exe extension It's normal for default settings, that Windows doesn't show extensions. > Maybe

Re: find'ing files containing certain words (all of them) ...

On 22 September 2013 12:55, David wrote: > if [ -n "${files[*]}" ] ; then oops, that line above (#7 from the end) works ok but it will run faster if changed to this more modern bash syntax: if [[ -n "${files[*]}" ]] ; then (I was writing makefiles yesterday, I got stuck in the habit of usi

Re: find'ing files containing certain words (all of them) ...

On 21 September 2013 19:22, Albretch Mueller wrote: > the short bash script bellow you can use to find text files > containing one word, but my attempts at trying to make it find more > than one word within the same file haven't been successful Your question is not at all specific to Debian, so

Re: Download Past Mailing list

Bob Proulx writes: > But the original poster was asking about getting local mailbox files > of the last month of messages. I misunderstood. For that he may have to ask the list managers. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.

Re: Download Past Mailing list

John Hasler wrote: > Bob Proulx writes: > > I don't think these are immediately available to users. I would write > > to listmas...@lists.debian.org and ask them to make archives available > > to you. But I don't know if they would do this or not. > > The complete Debian mailing-list archive bac

Re: Changes in xmodmap or something?

Harry Putnam wrote: > I've reconfigured the keyboard stuff with dpkg. > dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration > > I configured right alt to be alt_gr as you suggested was a common > setup. And good because in your other message you said you rarely used Right Alt for anything. (I sometimes use

Re: Changes in xmodmap or something?

Harry Putnam wrote: > 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 answ

Re: Download Past Mailing list

Bob Proulx writes: > I don't think these are immediately available to users. I would write > to listmas...@lists.debian.org and ask them to make archives available > to you. But I don't know if they would do this or not. The complete Debian mailing-list archive back to 1994 is available at

Re: Don't want a desktop environment

green wrote: > If you want to be automatically logged in without authentication, try > the nodm package. Otherwise, I do not know much about slim; can you > try running `dpkg-reconfigure slim` as root? Previously I have used the lightdm graphical login manager for setting up "kiosk mode". In the

Re: Download Past Mailing list

Josef Bailey wrote: > I Had a question ... I was wondering if you can download past > mailing list and then upload them to mutt .. I don't want to go that > far back becasue it will be to much information I don't think these are immediately available to users. I would write to listmas...@lists.de

Re: find'ing files containing certain words (all of them) ...

On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 09:46:34AM -0400, ken wrote: > On 09/21/2013 07:56 AM Rob Owens wrote: > >On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 05:22:09AM -0400, Albretch Mueller wrote: > >> the short bash script bellow you can use to find text files > >>containing one word, but my attempts at trying to make it find mo

Re: Sound problems on Wheezy upgrade

On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 04:07:49PM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > In reply to your question: > >root@mysite:/var/lib# ls -ld /var/lib/alsa >drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 29 2012 /var/lib/alsa >root@mysite:/var/lib# ls -ld /root >drwx-- 15 gary gary 4096 Sep 3 18:21 /root I do

Re: Don't want a desktop environment

On 09/21/2013 03:58 PM, Josef Bailey wrote: > i3 is a very good wm I just installed & ran I3. I have a couple of issues. 1. it breaks Thunderbirds "n" to go to Next Message in another folder. So you have to constantly use the mouse to move to the next folder 2. You can no longer click on web links

Re: Sound problems on Wheezy upgrade

On 09/21/2013 02:39 PM, Gregory Nowak wrote: On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 09:46:45AM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: root@mysystem:/etc# service alsa-utils restart [ ok ] Shutting down ALSA...done. [] Setting up ALSA...warning: 'alsactl restore' failed with error message 'Home

Re: Debian kernel runs 4 degrees cooler than my own

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > Debian's linux-image-3.10-2-amd64 runs 4 degrees cooler than my own > kernel. Same workload. > > Can anybody figure the specifics for that? I had some same experience with custom 3.10 kernel which I build make old_config Had to update to y | # CONFIG_POSIX_MQU

Re: booting from raid1 fails after upgrading from kernel-3,2 to 3,10-3 amd64

e.waelde wrote: > Hello, > > my main workstation runs its root-filesystem on lvm > on crypt_luks on raid1 (software raid). Everything > works flawless with kernel-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 > > However, all later kernels that I tried fail to boot, > e.g. kernel-image-3.10-3-amd64 > + grub2 starts the k

Re: Can not format USB drive

On 09/21, twpim-...@yahoo.com.au wrote: > Hello, > > So for now I can not use that USB stick for anything. > > Can you give me any advice how to repair that disc? > > Thanks > Martin > > Hello Martin You should download gparted and burn it to disc then boot it (Gparted) http://gparted.source

Can not format USB drive

Hello, I have a small USB disc (16G) that worked perfectly until now. Now I am unable to perform any changes to this disc. No creating new diroctories/files, no deleting, no formating ... It has only one partition which formated as vfat filesystem. Apparently it got some virus from Windows when it

Re: Sound problems on Wheezy upgrade

On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 09:46:45AM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > root@mysystem:/etc# service alsa-utils restart > [ ok ] Shutting down ALSA...done. > [] Setting up ALSA...warning: 'alsactl restore' failed > with error message 'Home directory /root not > ours.'..

Re: find'ing files containing certain words (all of them) ...

... OP wrote: > You can find all files containing either "import" or > "BufferedReader", but not both words in the same file. Also, how can > you use such a the same of a similar script to search for sequences of > characters containing spaces and other especial characters? Say, > something like:

Re: quit out of olive?

On 09/21, Jude DaShiell wrote: > How is this possible? On the amd64 machine I use the q key does nothing > and what's worse the program also has control-c and control-d blocked as > well so they cqan't disrupt program operation. > Hello Jude I just intalled Olive and put in a feed .. It does t

Re: Sound problems on Wheezy upgrade

On 19/09/13 14:36, Lisi Reisz wrote: I am still struggling with this. Any suggestions, please? Many thanks, Lisi From your earlier messages I gather that you have a mother board with the Z77 chipset, and a Realtek ALC887 codec. Searching around I found a few bug reports, from which it appears

Re: Changes in xmodmap or something?

Bob Proulx writes: [...] > I think you have configured AltGr or other modifier without realizing > it. > >> I'd like to get things back to what I'm used to but when I start >> reading xmodmap manpage... I have to hide all my guns so I don't just >> go ahead and shot myself. ;) >> >> I'm used to

Re: Don't want a desktop environment

Fred wrote at 2013-09-21 14:41 -0500: > I manage to install i3 by doing > aptitude install i3 > but I understand I need to do more than that. Seems like I need some > display manager also? > I did try to do > aptitude install slim > which installs, but it's not like it magically autostarts when I b

Re: Don't want a desktop environment

On 09/21, Fred wrote: > Greetings! > I'm a noob coming from Ubuntu, wanting a cleaner, quicker system. > More specifically, I would like to try the I3 window manager which seems > really nice. > > Or do I need to set up the X server to autostart? > > Thanks for any help! Hello fred i3 is a very

Re: Download Past Mailing list

On 09/21, Shawn Wilson wrote: > You can give mutt a maildir path. That should work. > How would i do that ? Lets say i do add the path .. how would it start downlading the past mailing list lets say August ? Also do you mind giving me an example of the path i would add ? Thanks Josef --

Don't want a desktop environment

Greetings! I'm a noob coming from Ubuntu, wanting a cleaner, quicker system. More specifically, I would like to try the I3 window manager which seems really nice. So I try to install Debian and I deselect the "Desktop" checkbox. This gives me a system where I can log in to a bash shell, but where

Re: Download Past Mailing list

You can give mutt a maildir path. That should work. Josef Bailey wrote: > >Hello > >I Had a question ... I was wondering if you can download past mailing >list and then upload them to mutt .. I don't want to go that far back >becasue it will be to much information > >Lets say i wanted last month

Re: Security?

On Sat, 2013-09-21 at 18:45 +, Albretch Mueller wrote: > here is an interesting discussion branch: > ~ > > http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/09/06/0148201/schneier-the-us-government-has-betrayed-the-internet-we-need-to-take-it-back > ~ I agree with this: "Life isn't nearly as easy for NSA as

Download Past Mailing list

Hello I Had a question ... I was wondering if you can download past mailing list and then upload them to mutt .. I don't want to go that far back becasue it will be to much information Lets say i wanted last month .. Can i go list.debian.org / Download it and then upload it to mutt and once i

Re: find'ing files containing certain words (all of them) ...

Hi. On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 21:12:36 +0300 Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > I could be wrong, but doesn't egrep, which supports extended regular > expressions, fit the bill? > > =; echo two words > grep-AND-test1 > =; echo two > grep-AND-test2 > =; echo words >> grep-AND-test2 > > =; egrep 'two|words'

Re: Security?

here is an interesting discussion branch: ~ http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/09/06/0148201/schneier-the-us-government-has-betrayed-the-internet-we-need-to-take-it-back ~ lbrtchx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: Security?

>> https://lavabit.com/ > > I always claimed that the issue is the most hard for nationals from the > USA, then for any other people. ~ I think morality and having a spine transcend nationality and political persuasion. What Joseph Nacchio, Levison, Snowden, Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff: ~ //

Re: find'ing files containing certain words (all of them) ...

On 09/21/2013 04:46 PM, ken wrote: On 09/21/2013 07:56 AM Rob Owens wrote: On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 05:22:09AM -0400, Albretch Mueller wrote: the short bash script bellow you can use to find text files containing one word, but my attempts at trying to make it find more than one word within the

Re: Fake fulfilled dependency without dummy package

On Sb, 17 aug 13, 19:42:19, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 04:36:03PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > Doing apt-get --purge remove > > doesn't work in these situations. > > Oops, I actually meant to say apt-get --purge autoremove, not remove. It seems this hasn't been addressed: l

Re: Sound problems on Wheezy upgrade

On 09/20/2013 08:40 PM, drew craig wrote: 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 s

Request for help: AMD microcode update testing

Debian users with AMD processors, hello! I am the Debian Developer responsible for the amd64-microcode package, which deploys microcode updates to AMD x86-64 processors, fixing several processor bugs and on a few processors, enhancing "perf" functionality. Unfortunately, there is a _kernel_ bug t

quit out of olive?

How is this possible? On the amd64 machine I use the q key does nothing and what's worse the program also has control-c and control-d blocked as well so they cqan't disrupt program operation. --- jude -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Security?

On Sat, 2013-09-21 at 12:14 -0400, Albretch Mueller wrote: > https://lavabit.com/ I always claimed that the issue is the most hard for nationals from the USA, then for any other people. They spy all people, but they only can force people from their own nation to offend privacy. "Levison said that

Re: Security?

Basically the computational strength of any type of encryption depends on the algorithm and the key length. Any high school kid a little enthusiastic about Math can calculate and store all primes for all numbers within 32 bits which are all primes you need to get all numbers within 64 bit numbers

Re: find'ing files containing certain words (all of them) ...

I have come to believe this is one of those problems that is not to be optimally solved with a script, but a programming language lbrtchx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: h

Re: How to use the debian installation iso for installing packages using aptitude

On Du, 18 aug 13, 21:22:59, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > Also if I generate my own gpg key and sign the repository using that key, > > will it get authenticated? Yes, if you add the key correctly. > But gpg-signing a 30GiB repo, package by package, just to avoid > warning messages? > You don

Re: find'ing files containing certain words (all of them) ...

On 09/21/2013 07:56 AM Rob Owens wrote: On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 05:22:09AM -0400, Albretch Mueller wrote: the short bash script bellow you can use to find text files containing one word, but my attempts at trying to make it find more than one word within the same file haven't been successful

Re: find'ing files containing certain words (all of them) ...

On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 05:22:09AM -0400, Albretch Mueller wrote: > the short bash script bellow you can use to find text files > containing one word, but my attempts at trying to make it find more > than one word within the same file haven't been successful > I think you are looking for the 'gre

Re: package help

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

On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:48:32AM +0300, 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 calcul

Re: access please

On Saturday 21 September 2013 08:39:25 Joel Rees wrote: > On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 6:56 PM, 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

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

> Ksnapshot for capturing a screen shot ~ actually Ksnapshot has this functionality built-in somehow. You can tell it to make a snapshot of the current window instead of the whole screen ~ > Are you trying to fix a lack in a video editing app without touching the app > itself, or are you looking

find'ing files containing certain words (all of them) ...

the short bash script bellow you can use to find text files containing one word, but my attempts at trying to make it find more than one word within the same file haven't been successful Of course, you can go monkey and list all files containing each word and then sort and compare those list, bu

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Re: Beer!

On Vi, 20 sep 13, 09:15:38, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > 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. > > > >

Re: Security?

Ahoj, Dňa Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:39:06 +0200 "Ralf Mardorf" napísal: > Opera and Start Page as default search engine > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/09/msg00679.html > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/09/msg00680.html > > spinymouse11.2@suse11-2:~> opera -version > Opera 10.11 I

Re: access please

On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 6:56 PM, 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/ >>