On Fri, 2014-01-17 at 14:29 +0800, Ma Xiaojun wrote:
> Yet another read: http://www.g4ilo.com/linux.html
So what?
I bought a professional sound card, that should work with Linux, but it
doesn't, it does perfectly work on Windows XP.
XP isn't a bad OS regarding to some technically things, I anywa
Ma Xiaojun wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash#Vendor_dependence
>
> So you are so "freedom loving", why don't you abandon
> Flash-using-website altogether?
> Is it so hard?
You may be confusing me with comments made by others. I wasn't the
one with the Fla
Gregory Nowak wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Caller id modems are often found used quite cheap on ebay and at
> > thrift stores. I am using a callerid modem for the caller id function
> > myself. I had one die on me a while back and I replaced it with one I
> > found on ebay for less than $10. (
Yet another read: http://www.g4ilo.com/linux.html
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On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 09:27:14PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Caller id modems are often found used quite cheap on ebay and at
> thrift stores. I am using a callerid modem for the caller id function
> myself. I had one die on me a while back and I replaced it with one I
> found on ebay for less t
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash#Vendor_dependence
So you are so "freedom loving", why don't you abandon
Flash-using-website altogether?
Is it so hard?
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Ma Xiaojun wrote:
> Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > The OS is not the problem. All the other sites I frequent work just
> > fine. It's just a couple that don't, but used to -- a month or so ago.
>
> A sane OS doesn't lock you at 11.2; a broken one does.
Adobe Flash is a proprietary plugin from Adobe.
In my quest to get Flash to work on a couple sites requiring version
11.8 or greater when 11.2 is the last Linux version, I was having no
luck until today: Got an update/upgrade of Chrome, my primary browser,
and its Pepper version of Flash is 12.0.0.41. The problem sites now
work just fine. The
Martin McCormick wrote:
> Gregory Nowak writes:
> > Hmmm, interesting. It registers as a sound device, but not as a usb
> > serial port. I'd guess that means you might be able to use it as a
> > speaker phone, provided it also registered as a usb serial port so you
> > could control it. I could be
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 1:42 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> My primary browser. Same problem whether using Adobe Flash or Google's
> version. In fact, if using Google's, those "problem" sites don't even
> recognize it, and say "You need to install Flash."
Contact Google for support.
> The OS is n
On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Jo, 16 ian 14, 09:58:43, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> >
> > I am using the flashplugin from Debian's nonfree repo. If there are
> > any security updates for it from Adobe shouldn't those updates
> > ultimately end up in the repo just like all other nonf
Gregory Nowak writes:
> Most likely yes. I have two pci modems here from early 2000. One is a
> hardware modem, the other is a winmodem with no linux drivers. Both
> are 3com modems and can read caller id. This may or may not be true
> for your particular modem. However yes, there are modems from t
Todd Maurice wrote:
> Works for me now I just have to figure out how to autostart this everytime.
Install a script that edits the inittab and sets up the configuration
you want upon boot. Make sure the script is idempotent so that it can
run multiple times without ill effect. If you package the
Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> Curt wrote:
> > Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > > Of course, the package could set up a cron job to do the update
> > > automatically, but most people would hate that (me included) and it's
> > > trivial to do it yourself.
> >
> > It could check for an updated version and, if one
Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > I am using the flashplugin from Debian's nonfree repo. If there are
> > any security updates for it from Adobe shouldn't those updates
> > ultimately end up in the repo just like all other nonfree stuff? Or
> > would the security updates end up in
On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 06:14:42 -0500
Tanstaafl wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I understand and agree with the argument for having separate logs for
> different services, as it makes troubleshooting individual servcies much
> easier - in most cases.
>
> However, I also would like to have *one* log that *e
From my Keyboard:
Just a quick question. Does anyone use Zimbra mail and know something
about setting it up. Have changed to a new ISP and they us Zimbra
mail. They set up the default account without too much trouble other
than I had to use Authentication in claws-mail to send ema
Todd Maurice wrote:
> "d-i preseed/late_command string wget -O/target/var/tmp/bootstrap
> http://file; in-target sh /var/tmp/bootstrap"
The example I gave was verbatim what I am using and is what works for me.
The above uses a different URL and one that doesn't look valid to
me. Is that a liter
On 16 January 2014 20:32, Steve Mayer wrote:
> Mike,
>
> It's a recently used file list created by certain GTK+ applications.
>
> See:
> https://alexcabal.com/disabling-gnomes-recently-used-file-list-the-better-way/
>
>
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http://askubuntu.com/questions/2
Mike,
It's a recently used file list created by certain GTK+ applications.
See:
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On 16 Jan 2014, at 9:20, Mike McClain wrote:
dpkg -s can't tell me what ap creates/uses this file
On Jo, 16 ian 14, 09:53:33, Paulus, Markus G A (Mark) wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have an issue with a package on wheezy-backports, and am not sure
> of the proper procedure to notify someone:
reportbug would work, but you can also write to debian-backports (where
the reportbug would send your bug).
On Jo, 16 ian 14, 18:25:34, Curt wrote:
> On 2014-01-16, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> >
> > Of course, the package could set up a cron job to do the update=20
> > automatically, but most people would hate that (me included) and it's=20
> > trivial to do it yourself.
>
> It could check for an updated v
On 2014-01-16 18:20 +0100, Mike McClain wrote:
> dpkg -s can't tell me what ap creates/uses this file.
> /home/mike/.local/share/recently-used.xbel
Of course it cannot, what happens in your home directory is not dpkg's
business.
> It tracks my activity in X like a history file but doesn't se
dpkg -s can't tell me what ap creates/uses this file.
/home/mike/.local/share/recently-used.xbel
It tracks my activity in X like a history file but doesn't seem to be
part of icewm.
Can anyone shed any light on it's utility?
Thanks,
Mike
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Now I remember: gdmflexiserver
However, take a look that you have any screensaver installed and that
you autostart the screensaver with a --lock option. Is
xfce4-power-manager installed, assumed you won't use a screen saver?
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On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 06:31:05AM -0600, Martin McCormick wrote:
> While going through a box of older stuff, I found the
> Apple usb modem my parents were using on their Mac. My father is
> now on regular cable-supplied internet service and we haven't
> used dial-up since about 2000 so here
On 2014-01-16 19:20 +0100, rudu wrote:
> $ dmesg | grep -i failed | tail
> [ 16.255858] udevd[1999]: failed to execute
> /lib/udev/socket:@/org/freedesktop/hal/udev_event'
> socket:@/org/freedesktop/hal/udev_event': No such file or directory
That's http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?b
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 06:58:11PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-01-16 at 17:36 +, Iain M Conochie wrote:
> > Gazing into my crystal ball, there will be a 3D interface that will
> > blow us all away, and the kids will laugh at us for using a mouse /
> > keyboard.
>
> Not necessaril
On 15 January 2014 21:42, Jarth Berilcosm wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:08:22 -0600, yaro wrote:
>
> Yeah, well, all this bitching proves i should look harder for the off-
> topic list.
>
True.
I.
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On Thu, 2014-01-16 at 19:45 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> screenserver
screensaver :D
but to lock the screen there indeed is such a GNOME-server thingy often
used by some Xfce users.
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On Thu, 2014-01-16 at 13:23 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> I'm using XFCE here, but the screen saver never kicks in.
> And the screen lock doesn't either, even though when I go to the "xfce
> power manager" I have the "lock screen when going for suspend/hibernate"
> selected and the computer is set
Hello,
I'll keep it simple at first.
Running jessie amd64.
$ uname -r
3.12-1-amd64
$ dmesg | grep -i failed | wc -l
123
$ dmesg | grep -i failed | tail
[ 16.255858] udevd[1999]: failed to execute
'/lib/udev/socket:@/org/freedesktop/hal/udev_event'
'socket:@/org/freedesktop/hal/udev_event': N
Just something I found on the internet Brian.
Thanks for the hint Andrei!
It seems you need to edit inittab, comment out #1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty
38400 tty1 and add 1:2345:respawn:/bin/login -f username tty1 /dev/tty1 2>&1
sudo nano /etc/inittab
#1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
1:234
Thanks for the detailed answer Bob. I tried different things gathered from the
Internet, even copying your exact command, but to no avail.
"d-i preseed/late_command string wget -O/target/var/tmp/bootstrap http://file;
in-target sh /var/tmp/bootstrap"
Error 127. I believe the problem is that wge
On 2014-01-16, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>
> Of course, the package could set up a cron job to do the update=20
> automatically, but most people would hate that (me included) and it's=20
> trivial to do it yourself.
It could check for an updated version and, if one is available, alert
the user by the
I'm using XFCE here, but the screen saver never kicks in.
And the screen lock doesn't either, even though when I go to the "xfce
power manager" I have the "lock screen when going for suspend/hibernate"
selected and the computer is set to sleep if inactive for one hour and
that it indeed suspends to
On Jo, 16 ian 14, 09:58:43, Patrick Bartek wrote:
>
> I am using the flashplugin from Debian's nonfree repo. If there are
> any security updates for it from Adobe shouldn't those updates
> ultimately end up in the repo just like all other nonfree stuff? Or
> would the security updates end up in
On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Paul Cartwright wrote:
>
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> On 01/15/2014 08:02 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Jarth Berilcosm wrote:
> >
> > Good advice. On Jessie and later I have this:
> >
> > cat /etc/cron.daily/adobe-flashplugin-local
> > #!/bin/sh
>
On Thu, 2014-01-16 at 17:36 +, Iain M Conochie wrote:
> Gazing into my crystal ball, there will be a 3D interface that will
> blow us all away, and the kids will laugh at us for using a mouse /
> keyboard.
Not necessarily! We eat using classic knifes since several hundred years
and btw. a good
On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Mi, 15 ian 14, 19:06:12, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> >
> > Query: Wouldn't apt-get update and upgrade do the same
> > thing, if there were a new security update? And if you have
> > the nonfree repo enabled, of course.
>
> apt-get only understands pa
În data de Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:36:09 +0200, Iain M Conochie
a scris:
A lot of Linux geeks spent a lot of time worrying about Microsoft's
desktop dominance over those years. I would often hear people claim
that Linux had to get on to the desktop *now* (1999, 2004, 2007, etc)
or it would be l
On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Ma Xiaojun wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Patrick Bartek
> wrote:
> > FWIW: Adobe says that 11.2.202 is the last and final Linux version
> > of Flash. Although, they will continue backported security updates.
> > Windows/OSX version is up to 12.something-or-othe
Hi,
i am the developer of xorriso and always interested
in learning about problems.
> However, after writing it to a USB stick, it doesn't boot,
> and I don't know why.
What kind of machine do you use ?
What kind of firmware does it have: PC-BIOS , UEFI, ... ?
How far does it get with booting ?
A lot of Linux geeks spent a lot of time worrying about Microsoft's
desktop dominance over those years. I would often hear people claim
that Linux had to get on to the desktop *now* (1999, 2004, 2007, etc)
or it would be locked out *forever*.
I concluded some time in the late 90s that soo
On 20140116_101618, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Mi, 15 ian 14, 19:06:12, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> >
> > Query: Wouldn't apt-get update and upgrade do the same
> > thing, if there were a new security update? And if you have
> > the nonfree repo enabled, of course.
>
> apt-get only understands pack
On Thursday, January 16, 2014 10:40:40 PM Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On 1/16/14, Ma Xiaojun wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Jarth Berilcosm wrote:
> >> Looking back on using Linux as a desktop OS for almost 15 years we've
> >> seen tons of features added but not much in terms of 'bite'
On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:48:00 -0500
Verde Denim wrote:
Hello Verde,
>I'd like to setup umbrello, but my desktop is gnome. Do I need to change
>to kde in order for this to work? If not, will the install bloat the
It should work fine in a Gnome environment.
>filesystem with a full kde installatio
On 01/16/2014 10:48 AM, Verde Denim wrote:
> I'd like to setup umbrello, but my desktop is gnome. Do I need to change
> to kde in order for this to work? If not, will the install bloat the
> filesystem with a full kde installation? Thanks for the input.
You don't need to change to KDE, and the ins
On Thu 16 Jan 2014 at 16:02:00 +0100, Stelian Iancu wrote:
> I am trying to create a USB stick with Wheezy which would auto-install.
> I've managed to create the iso successfully following the instructions
> here: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed/EditIso
>
> I've checked the result
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Hello everybody,
I am trying to create a USB stick with Wheezy which would auto-install.
I've managed to create the iso successfully following the instructions
here: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed/EditIso
I've checked the resulting iso with vmware fusion on my mac and it works,
i
Hi All,
I have an issue with a package on wheezy-backports, and am not sure
of the proper procedure to notify someone:
I am trying to install linux-headers-3.10-0.bpo.3-rt-amd64.
$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state
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On 01/15/2014 08:02 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Jarth Berilcosm wrote:
>
> Good advice. On Jessie and later I have this:
>
> cat /etc/cron.daily/adobe-flashplugin-local
> #!/bin/sh
> update-flashplugin-nonfree --quiet --install
>
> If your version
To fully support PCI passthrough I've been trying to enable these kernel
options:
"Support for DMA Remapping Devices"
"Enable DMA Remapping Devices"
"Support for Interrupt Remapping"
as suggested at
http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/How_to_assign_devices_with_VT-d_in_KVM
However, these options are n
We just switched telephone carriers and our new one has
callerID so I want to capture that information on a debian
system.
While going through a box of older stuff, I found the
Apple usb modem my parents were using on their Mac. My father is
now on regular cable-supplied internet s
On 1/16/14, Ma Xiaojun wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Jarth Berilcosm wrote:
>> Looking back on using Linux as a desktop OS for almost 15 years we've
>> seen tons of features added but not much in terms of 'bite'.
>> Also, how many projects can one need for a specific purpose built o
On Wed 15 Jan 2014 at 22:08:36 +, Todd Maurice wrote:
> d-i passwd/auto-login boolean true
Where did you get this from? It isn't offered as an option in
user-setup-udeb_1.48_all.udeb.
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On Thursday 16 January 2014 09:37:21 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> It's basic
> meaning
Ouch! Its basic meaning
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On Thursday 16 January 2014 02:06:23 Ma Xiaojun wrote:
> I guess Unix junkie can claim xterms with whatever window manager a
> "desktop".
You are being hamstrung by your own definition of desktop. It's basic
meaning is something (in this case a computer) that sits on top of
your desk. It does
Andrei POPESCU writes:
> On Mi, 15 ian 14, 16:53:15, Jarth Berilcosm wrote:
> >
> > Computers are cheap crap because they can be made to be cheap crap. The
> > production proces permits this.
>
> Of course it does, as it is possible to make knifes that don't cut (not
> sharpened, bad qua
On Mi, 15 ian 14, 22:08:36, Todd Maurice wrote:
> I want to install Debian in such a way that the system will
> automatically login (not requiring of me to enter username and
> password)) as user when the installation is finished.
>
> I'm installing a pretty bare system with netinst, no DE, no X
On Mi, 15 ian 14, 16:53:15, Jarth Berilcosm wrote:
>
> Computers are cheap crap because they can be made to be cheap crap. The
> production proces permits this.
Of course it does, as it is possible to make knifes that don't cut (not
sharpened, bad quality steel, etc.). IMNSHO the problem is wit
On Mi, 15 ian 14, 19:06:12, Patrick Bartek wrote:
>
> Query: Wouldn't apt-get update and upgrade do the same
> thing, if there were a new security update? And if you have
> the nonfree repo enabled, of course.
apt-get only understands package (as in .deb) versions, so if a newer
flashplugin-non
On Jo, 16 ian 14, 11:38:01, Robert Brockway wrote:
>
> FWIW I expect yet another disruptive technology to come along soon.
> I very much doubt we'll be using a single finger or thumb to type on
> small mobile screens to get anything done in 10 years time.
I agree.
Kind regards,
Andrei
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On Mi, 15 ian 14, 13:13:34, Uli Wannek wrote:
> It is a very old thread, sorry, but i stumbled upon and meanwhile found
> a solution:
>
> nvidia supplies
> /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-common.conf
> originally containing:
> alias char-major-195* nvidia
> options nvidia NVreg_DeviceFileUID=0
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