Re: Live network monitor

On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 12:48 AM, Steve Witt wrote: > On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, Harry Putnam wrote: > > Bob Proulx writes: >> >>tcptrack -i eth2 >>> >>> There is also 'iftop'. >>> >>> iftop -i eth2 >>> >> >> OK, checking them out... thanks >> > > 'iptraf' is also nice, it has a nice curses inter

Re: Live network monitor

On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, Harry Putnam wrote: Bob Proulx writes: tcptrack -i eth2 There is also 'iftop'. iftop -i eth2 OK, checking them out... thanks 'iptraf' is also nice, it has a nice curses interface and is fairly configurable. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lis

Re: adding a printer

On 2014-01-03 20:25:53 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: > cups was installed, when I first went to print, it wanted to print to > the pdf printer.. but there was no way for me to install a printer.. Open http://localhost:631/admin in a web browser, choose "Add a printer" and connect as root. I had t

Re: USB mouse on Latitude D430

On 01/03/2014 07:46 PM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote: Nah, no difference noticed. But I did catch one oddity. Today when /snip/ I was booting up, I had the trackball connected to the USB port (that has the power connector next to it) and while it was loading the greeter (? the login window) the trackb

Re: Dovecot *requires* MySQL?

On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell wrote: well look at the pkg in apt and see what it is. The thread has answered my question in a very thorough fashion. i'd be surprise with installing imap. haven't heard of that since the mid 90's I think there is a lot of IMAP aro

Re: Live network monitor

Harry Putnam grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > David Guntner writes: > >> Harry Putnam grabbed a keyboard and wrote: >>> What are people using who want to look at live network connections as >>> they happen? Especially if it can be made to work on win7 as well. >> >> Wireshark comes to mind. :-) >

something triggering my screensaver timeout (login dialog) - sid, xfce

My login dialog, after I lock my screen, gets repeatedly triggered - as though some keyboard key or mouse movement occurs - even after unplugging my two mice. I have a trackpad which is disabled in bios. There is a trackpoint - the only thing left. Is there a program or cmd line script I could r

Re: USB mouse on Latitude D430

On 01/03/2014 08:23 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 01/03/2014 08:20 PM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote: Installing Mate & XFCE right now to test. I must say, I am surprised that no one else has chimed in with any suggestions as to how to get my USB mouse or trackball working... Well, now this

Re: adding a printer

On 01/03/2014 06:33 PM, Vicios wrote: > System-config-printer [1] packages are a GUI interface to manage CUPS > [2], check this packets are installed and try to connect with a Web > browser to http://127.0.0.1:631. > > Also yo can create a virtual PDF printer with cpus-pdf [2] package > that it wil

Re: USB mouse on Latitude D430

On 01/03/2014 07:46 PM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote: On 12/31/2013 05:07 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 12/31/2013 04:03 PM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote: it..my problem with Debian is the ice...dove/weasel.. rather than the real thunderbird. I like thunderbird, I don't want it rebranded. I added the Li

Re: USB mouse on Latitude D430

On 12/31/2013 05:07 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 12/31/2013 04:03 PM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote: it..my problem with Debian is the ice...dove/weasel.. rather than the real thunderbird. I like thunderbird, I don't want it rebranded. I added the Linux Mint Debian Edition repositories to get Fire

Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management

John Hasler wrote: > Sven Hartge writes: >> Depending on which version of Debian you installed, you will rarely >> get any updates at all. Wheezy (7.x) is stable and only get security >> updates and major bug fixes via point releases about every two >> months: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleas

Re: Live network monitor

Bob Proulx writes: > tcptrack -i eth2 > > There is also 'iftop'. > > iftop -i eth2 OK, checking them out... 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.o

Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management

On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 09:20:33AM -0800, Carl Johnson wrote: > Tanstaafl writes: > > > Hello all, > > > > I have some questions about how to do certain maintenance tasks in > > Debian that I do routinely in gentoo. > ... > > Is there a decent manual describing basic maintenance tasks like this?

Re: Live network monitor

David Guntner writes: > Harry Putnam grabbed a keyboard and wrote: >> What are people using who want to look at live network connections as >> they happen? Especially if it can be made to work on win7 as well. > > Wireshark comes to mind. :-) > > http://www.wireshark.org/ Will that actually sho

Re: Live network monitor

Harry Putnam wrote: > What are people using who want to look at live network connections as > they happen? It depends upon what type of information you are looking to obtain? What are you looking for? If I just want to see live bandwidth use then I have been getting good use out of tcptrack runni

Re: adding a printer

El 04/01/14 02:23, Paul Cartwright escribió: I just installed Wheezy recently, and I didn't even think abouit it, but I went to print a web page, and... there was no printer setup. SO, I went to system-Administration, and no printer icon.. tried control center, nothing. I googled and finall

Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management

Brian wrote: > Tanstaafl wrote: > > eix packagename > > shows all available versions of that package, and what repo they > > reside in (stable, testing, etc) > >apt-cache Typo: apt-cache show > and >apt-cache policy > > > emerge --pretend -vuDN world > > results in a list of all avai

Re: Best SFTP (w/chroot): vsftpd vs mysecureshell vs other ??

On 01/03/2014 05:14 PM, Bob Goldberg wrote: > ADDENDUM: > forget about vsftp - this package has NOTHING WHAT-SO-EVER to do with SFTP. > WTH were they thinking when they named that package!? > Well, Very Secure FTP (vsftp) was initially released back in Feb of 2001. The sftp protocal does techni

Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management

On Friday 03 January 2014 14:16:34 Brian wrote: > The '-s' can be omitted if more than one package is to installed. i.e., if you are requesting more than one package, it will tell you what it is going to install before doing it anyway. You need the -s for one package, because if you have only a

Re: Half-OT: New to Debian (I'm a Gentoo user) - static IP vs DHCP

On 1/3/14, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2014-01-03 at 07:29 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: >> (Debian and FreeBSD being the top contenders) > > There's a Debian BSD port too: > https://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD > For servers likely Debian stable is the best way to go, but I don't have > exper

Re: Best SFTP (w/chroot): vsftpd vs mysecureshell vs other ??

ADDENDUM: forget about vsftp - this package has NOTHING WHAT-SO-EVER to do with SFTP. WTH were they thinking when they named that package!? so my question now very simply becomes: what do demanding admin's choose as a preferred SFTP server, that allows chrooting WITH group "w" access On Fr

Fw: Disable ipv6....... [OT?]

Maybe off topic: This is interesting in that I received this and another from the same source in my inbox? But not on my list inbox? It CC's to the list, but when I looked at the list posts, it wasn't there? So I replied to all and that didn't get onto the list? I suspect something tricky here

Re: Problems while using Tor Browser on Debian 7

On 3 January 2014 19:21, Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote: > Hi, > I have installed Tor on Debian 7 but couldn't use it. Viladia is showing the > following errors: > [Warning] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9050: Cannot assign requested address > [Warning] /var/run/tor is not owned by this user (tranjeeshan,

Re: Problems while using Tor Browser on Debian 7

On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 01:21:03AM +0600, Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote: > Now how can I make Tor work? By running it as: invoke-rc.d tor start instead of as your regular user. You did install tor from the debian repositories, right? If not, then maybe someone else can help you if you tell us where yo

Re: Live network monitor

Harry Putnam grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > What are people using who want to look at live network connections as > they happen? Especially if it can be made to work on win7 as well. Wireshark comes to mind. :-) http://www.wireshark.org/ smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signatur

Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management

"Andrew M.A. Cater" writes: >> emerge --pretend -vuDN world Welcome to another former gentoo hand. If you have X running: I'm pretty sure, though have never used it, that there is a little tool on you desktop menus somewhere. With a name like `Software updates', probably under system tools or

Live network monitor

What are people using who want to look at live network connections as they happen? Especially if it can be made to work on win7 as well. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http:

Re: how to configure pulseaudio to use analog speaker on motherboard not hdmi on video card

> We might be getting there. See the two different users running > pulseaudio, uid '125' and 'mlaks'. Who is this '125' anyway? I'd > accuse them of hogging the audio sink, making it unavailable to > 'mlaks'. Here is a similar report: >

adding a printer

I just installed Wheezy recently, and I didn't even think abouit it, but I went to print a web page, and... there was no printer setup. SO, I went to system-Administration, and no printer icon.. tried control center, nothing. I googled and finally found that I had to run this command first- #

Re: Dovecot *requires* MySQL?

On Fri, 3 Jan 2014, Intense Red wrote: And to do this without adding the command-line parameter, edit the file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20norecommends putting: [two excellent methods snipped for the sake of brevity] Thank you! So the Monster Apt can be slain without daring to venture into his l

Re: Thunar: Freeze when trying to open webdav folder

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03.01.2014 20:21, hasgar...@hellshell.de wrote: > thx for confirming, I will file a bug report. Bug#734098 > > Best regards, > > Hasgarion > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedo

Problems while using Tor Browser on Debian 7

Hi, I have installed Tor on Debian 7 but couldn't use it. Viladia is showing the following errors: /*[Warning] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9050: Cannot assign requested address*//* *//*[Warning] /var/run/tor is not owned by this user (tranjeeshan, 1000) but by debian-tor (115). Perhaps you are

Re: Thunar: Freeze when trying to open webdav folder

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, thx for confirming, I will file a bug report. On 03.01.2014 17:50, Linux-Fan wrote: [...] > "Go" "Open Location" [...] >> Then I begin to type "https" and when I type ":" the Thunar >> window freezes immediately. > Confirmed. > > I run Thu

Best SFTP (w/chroot): vsftpd vs mysecureshell vs other ??

trying to determine best solution for an SFTP server. vsftpd appears to be my current best choice, mostly because it's supported by the distribution; but i'm not sure it meets my needs. I know mysecureshell meets my needs; but it's a sourceforge project, and not directly supported by the deb

Re: Help: 'g++ -m32 ...' does not find

Thanks! That worked. On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2014-01-02 19:22 +0100, Thomas Vaughan wrote: > > > Using Debian unstable and default g++ (4.8.2), I am recently unable to > > build a project that was building a few weeks ago. > > > > ---BEGIN SNIPPET FROM BUILD LO

Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management

Tanstaafl writes: > Hello all, > > I have some questions about how to do certain maintenance tasks in > Debian that I do routinely in gentoo. ... > Is there a decent manual describing basic maintenance tasks like this? You might want to look into the debian-reference package. It is also availab

Re: Thunar: Freeze when trying to open webdav folder

On 01/03/2014 04:43 PM, hasgar...@hellshell.de wrote: > Hello List, > > I could not find a bug report to this, so I ask anyone if she can confirm: > > I run wheezy with XFCE as desktop env. I just made a fresh > installation today. > I wanted to open a webdav folder by: > > Open Thunar > Click o

Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management

On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 08:44:49AM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > Hello all, > > I have some questions about how to do certain maintenance tasks in > Debian that I do routinely in gentoo. > > I've read man apt-get, but didn't find answers to these questions. > What I'm looking for is the equivalent co

Thunar: Freeze when trying to open webdav folder

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello List, I could not find a bug report to this, so I ask anyone if she can confirm: I run wheezy with XFCE as desktop env. I just made a fresh installation today. I wanted to open a webdav folder by: Open Thunar Click on "Gehe zu" ("Go to"?) "Ort

Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management

Brian wrote: On Fri 03 Jan 2014 at 08:44:49 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: I have some questions about how to do certain maintenance tasks in Debian that I do routinely in gentoo. eix-sync to synchronizes the local repo with the online one Is there a decent manual describing basic maintenance task

Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management

Sven Hartge writes: > Depending on which version of Debian you installed, you will rarely get > any updates at all. Wheezy (7.x) is stable and only get security updates > and major bug fixes via point releases about every two months: > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases/PointReleases Don't wai

Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management

On Fri 03 Jan 2014 at 08:44:49 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > I have some questions about how to do certain maintenance tasks in > Debian that I do routinely in gentoo. > > eix-sync > to synchronizes the local repo with the online one apt-get update > eix packagename > shows all available version

Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management

Tanstaafl wrote: > In gentoo, I routinely perform pretend updates to see what updates are > available, so a process like: Depending on which version of Debian you installed, you will rarely get any updates at all. Wheezy (7.x) is stable and only get security updates and major bug fixes via point

SOLVED: Re: New to Debian (I'm a Gentoo user) - static IP vs DHCP

On 2014-01-03 8:43 AM, Brian wrote: On Fri 03 Jan 2014 at 07:29:52 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: Since I've configured eth0 for a static IP, why are these DHCP requests even happening? I've looked in /etc/init.d and don't see anything about a DHCP client. And most importantly, how do I stop them? I

New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management

Hello all, I have some questions about how to do certain maintenance tasks in Debian that I do routinely in gentoo. I've read man apt-get, but didn't find answers to these questions. What I'm looking for is the equivalent commands in debian to achieve the same things. In gentoo, I routinel

Re: New to Debian (I'm a Gentoo user) - static IP vs DHCP

On Fri 03 Jan 2014 at 07:29:52 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > Since I've configured eth0 for a static IP, why are these DHCP > requests even happening? I've looked in /etc/init.d and don't see > anything about a DHCP client. And most importantly, how do I stop > them? I know I could probably uninstall

Re: Dovecot *requires* MySQL?

On Thursday, January 02, 2014 10:04:33 PM Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > Dovecot does not require mysql. The dovecot-common package > recommends dovecot-mysql. Apt installs recommended packages by > default, but they are not required. You can exclude recommended > packages with --no-install-recommends.

Half-OT: New to Debian (I'm a Gentoo user) - static IP vs DHCP

On Fri, 2014-01-03 at 07:29 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > (Debian and FreeBSD being the top contenders) There's a Debian BSD port too: https://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD And Arch Linux provides a FreeBSD port like approach: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Build_System I made bad

New to Debian (I'm a Gentoo user) - static IP vs DHCP

Hello all, First posting to the list. I'm a long time Gentoo user, but I'm playing with my first Debian system since many years ago. I've been considering a wholesale change to another distro (Debian and FreeBSD being the top contenders) for some time now due to some of the changes that have

Re: startx + ~/.xsession and no ~/.xinitrc, results in reduced functionality (xfce4, sid)

On 1/3/14, Brian wrote: > On Fri 03 Jan 2014 at 16:28:05 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> On 12/13/13, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> > >> > Clearly consolekit is started (logout, as well as reboot etc now >> > work), my keyboard shortcuts work etc. >> > >> > This seems ideal - no per-user configurati

Re: Debian Wheezy Compromised - www-data user is sending 1000 emails an hour

On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 1:49 AM, Bob Proulx wrote: > [...pointers to linux containers and stow...] > Interesting posting concerning lxc on Debian: > > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/freedombox-discuss/2013-February/005097.html > > The other idea was GNU stow. > > https://www.gnu.or

Re: /usr/sbin/alternatives-update missing

On Fri 03 Jan 2014 at 19:20:57 +1100, Sam Varghese wrote: > i am running the testing stream on a fairly > old laptop. > > At the end of every upgrade, I get this message: > sh: 1: /usr/sbin/update-alternatives: not found Does bug #720575 help in tracking this down? http://bugs.debian.org/cgi

Re: startx + ~/.xsession and no ~/.xinitrc, results in reduced functionality (xfce4, sid)

On Fri 03 Jan 2014 at 16:28:05 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 12/13/13, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > > Clearly consolekit is started (logout, as well as reboot etc now > > work), my keyboard shortcuts work etc. > > > > This seems ideal - no per-user configuration, and it just works (TM)(C)(R)

/usr/sbin/alternatives-update missing

i am running the testing stream on a fairly old laptop. At the end of every upgrade, I get this message: sh: 1: /usr/sbin/update-alternatives: not found i have looked around for answers but have found none. i would be grateful if someone could give me a pointer as to what the isue is and how it