Re: Problem with OracleVM VirtualBox and Debian Testing

2014-01-21 Thread Emilio Lopez
>On Jan 21, 2014 2:53 PM, "Stephen P. Molnar" wrote: > > I have installed OracleVM VirtualBox v4.3.6 r91406 on my Laptop [...] > Debian v-7.3.0 runs without any problems. > > However, I have repeatedly encountered what I consider to be a rather strange problem with Debian Testing. Installation o

Re: Debian Users list - signal to noise... is this normal?

2014-01-21 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20140120_105413, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 1/20/14, Brian wrote: > > On Sat 18 Jan 2014 at 09:31:21 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > > > >> If this garbage OT crap ('sad but true Linux sucks', and 'Hey Humans > > > It is not frequent but it does occur. > > > It happens; you live through it. You do

Re: XFCE doesn't lock my screen

2014-01-21 Thread Mike Kupfer
Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Does the screen lock when you run > > $ xflock4 > > ? > > No, it just returns without doing anything. > > > What screen saver do you use? > > Don't know. I just did "aptitude install xfce4 xfce4-goodies > xfce4-power-manager" and then used "XFCE" session in GDM. IIRC

Re: Install Debian on SD

2014-01-21 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/21/2014 5:19 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > James Kirk wrote: >> I would like to install debian on a SD (I've only a Company laptop >> and I would like to not modify the standard configuration). > > Sounds reasonable to me. > >> Since SD is a flash memory and - as far as I know - it has a limited >

Re: Determine XTerm Geometry

2014-01-21 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 1/22/14, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Tue, 21 Jan 2014, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> Are you wanting the location/size to script the re-creation of xterms? > > Yes. Already accomplished. All I needed was each running xterm's > stats. xwininfo nicely supplied that. > > For future reference: Any

Re: Status of Intel GMA 500?

2014-01-21 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I am currently trying to get a device with an Intel GMA 500 graphics chip to > run with Debian Wheezy. However, I don't seem to be able to get anything > other than a standard VGA console out of the hardware. With a stock Debian kernel and an empty xorg.conf file, it should just work (it does fo

Re: XFCE doesn't lock my screen

2014-01-21 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Does the screen lock when you run > $ xflock4 > ? No, it just returns without doing anything. > What screen saver do you use? Don't know. I just did "aptitude install xfce4 xfce4-goodies xfce4-power-manager" and then used "XFCE" session in GDM. xfce4-power-manager is installed and running.

Re: Install Debian on SD

2014-01-21 Thread Brian
On Tue 21 Jan 2014 at 22:31:14 +, James Kirk wrote: > I would like to install debian on a SD (I've only a Company laptop and > I would like to not modify the standard configuration). > > Since SD is a flash memory and - as far as I know - it has a limited > lifetime (in terms of I/O) not tho

Re: Install Debian on SD

2014-01-21 Thread Bob Proulx
James Kirk wrote: > I would like to install debian on a SD (I've only a Company laptop > and I would like to not modify the standard configuration). Sounds reasonable to me. > Since SD is a flash memory and - as far as I know - it has a limited > lifetime (in terms of I/O) not thought to run an O

Install Debian on SD

2014-01-21 Thread James Kirk
Hello everyone, I would like to install debian on a SD (I've only a Company laptop and I would like to not modify the standard configuration). Since SD is a flash memory and - as far as I know - it has a limited lifetime (in terms of I/O) not thought to run an OS, how should I setup the instal

Re: Including git commands in preseed

2014-01-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Todd Maurice wrote: > > I have been using Hello World script to reduce problems that might > > arise from using a complex script but later I would like to use this > > setup for autologin. > > Uhh, another case of XY problem > http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/6637

Re: Advice needed: Proper package maintainer for Bug Report

2014-01-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 21 ian 14, 17:35:06, Curt wrote: > On 2014-01-21, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > If the computer still locks up my first guess would be the radeon driver=20 > > (package xserver-xorg-video-radeon). > > My understanding was that the "bug" occurred when he tried the > proprietary display driv

Re: preparing wheezy upgrade, lots of aptitude c-state packages

2014-01-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 21 ian 14, 17:07:09, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Hi, > > While preparing for the upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy I ran: > --- > linbobo:~# aptitude search "~c" ... > linbobo:~# > --- > > Now, how do I know whether I need those libpackages or not? After all > I am suppose

Re: preparing wheezy upgrade, lots of aptitude c-state packages

2014-01-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Bonno Bloksma wrote: > While preparing for the upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy I ran: > --- > linbobo:~# aptitude search "~c" > c libbind9-50 - BIND9 Shared Library used by BIND > c libdns55 - DNS Shared Library used by BIND > c libdns58 - DNS Shared Library used by BIN

RE: Problem with OracleVM VirtualBox and Debian Testing

2014-01-21 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
-Original Message- From: ChristophK [mailto:christ...@kobenetz.de] Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 11:25 AM To: Stephen P. Molnar Subject: Re: Problem with OracleVM VirtualBox and Debian Testing >> -Original Message- >> From: ChristophK [mailto:christ...@kobenetz.de] >> Sent: Tu

Re: Exim4 + fixed_cram

2014-01-21 Thread Brian
On Tue 21 Jan 2014 at 17:02:48 +0100, basti wrote: > Hello, > I have installed Exim4 on my Debian Wheezy. All is running fine. > Now I try to use "fixed_cram" authenticator for more security. There are experts on Exim4 at http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-exim4-users

Xen-kernel fails to boot (no root device)

2014-01-21 Thread Sladjan Ristic
Hi, I tried booting into the Xen-kernel in a virtual machine under Hyper-V (Windows 8.1 64bit). While the normal kernel boots fine, the Xen-kernel cannot find the root device. Debian6, which doesn't seem to have Hyper-V modules by default, works fine. Under Debian7 (and testing) I get an err

Re: Advice needed: Proper package maintainer for Bug Report

2014-01-21 Thread Curt
On 2014-01-21, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > If the computer still locks up my first guess would be the radeon driver=20 > (package xserver-xorg-video-radeon). My understanding was that the "bug" occurred when he tried the proprietary display driver and disappears when he reverts to the open source o

preparing wheezy upgrade, lots of aptitude c-state packages

2014-01-21 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi, While preparing for the upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy I ran: --- linbobo:~# aptitude search "~c" c libbind9-50 - BIND9 Shared Library used by BIND c libdns55 - DNS Shared L

Exim4 + fixed_cram

2014-01-21 Thread basti
Hello, I have installed Exim4 on my Debian Wheezy. All is running fine. Now I try to use "fixed_cram" authenticator for more security. /etc/exim4/conf.d/auth/20_vexim_server_auth looks like: #plain_login: #driver = plaintext #public_name = PLAIN ## server_condition = ${lookup

Re: Determine XTerm Geometry

2014-01-21 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 1/21/14, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Jan 2014, Mathias Bauer wrote: > > > >> Hello Patrick, > >> > >> * Patrick Bartek wrote on 2014-01-20 at 13:18 (-0800): > >> > >> > Need to get geometry of running xterms. Resize gives me the > >> > co

Re: Determine XTerm Geometry

2014-01-21 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014, Chris Davies wrote: > Mathias Bauer wrote: > > * Patrick Bartek wrote on 2014-01-20 at 13:18 (-0800): > >> Need to get geometry of running xterms > > > take a look at > > $ xwininfo -id WINDOW_ID > > Also wmctrl -lG Thanks. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-re

Re: Determine XTerm Geometry

2014-01-21 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014, Mathias Bauer wrote: > * Patrick Bartek wrote on 2014-01-20 at 14:35 (-0800): > > > And FYI: you don't even need the WINDOW_ID. Just run xwininfo > > in any terminal, left click on the target window, and it spits > > out THAT windows stats. > > I know :-) You mentioned, you

Exim4 + fixed_cram

2014-01-21 Thread basti
Hello, I have installed Exim4 on my Debian Wheezy. All is running fine. Now I try to use "fixed_cram" authenticator for more security. /etc/exim4/conf.d/auth/20_vexim_server_auth looks like: #plain_login: #driver = plaintext #public_name = PLAIN ## server_condition = ${lookup

Re: Problem with OracleVM VirtualBox and Debian Testing

2014-01-21 Thread ChristophK
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 08:53:17 -0500 "Stephen P. Molnar" wrote: > However, I have repeatedly encountered what I consider to be a rather > strange problem with Debian Testing. Installation of Testing in a > VirtualBox proceeds without any problems, but every time that I install a > new application

Re: Gunicorn init script

2014-01-21 Thread Henning Follmann
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 06:41:04AM -0500, Philippe Clérié wrote: > On 01/21/2014 03:38 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >On Lu, 20 ian 14, 15:28:33, Henning Follmann wrote: > >> > >>Yes, > >>in Wheezy bootlogd is active by default. In previous versions you had to > >>enable it by setting > >>BOOTLOGD_EN

Problem with OracleVM VirtualBox and Debian Testing

2014-01-21 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I have installed OracleVM VirtualBox v4.3.6 r91406 on my Laptop to use as a test bed for Debian Linux runs very nicely in the VM. (VirtualBox seems to work better than VMware Player.) Debian v-7.3.0 runs without any problems. However, I have repeatedly encountered what I consider to be

Re: Gunicorn init script

2014-01-21 Thread Philippe Clérié
On 01/21/2014 03:38 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Lu, 20 ian 14, 15:28:33, Henning Follmann wrote: Yes, in Wheezy bootlogd is active by default. In previous versions you had to enable it by setting BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=yes in /etc/default/bootlogd The boot messages will be logged to /var/log/boot

Re: Gunicorn init script

2014-01-21 Thread Philippe Clérié
On 01/21/2014 03:38 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Lu, 20 ian 14, 15:28:33, Henning Follmann wrote: Yes, in Wheezy bootlogd is active by default. In previous versions you had to enable it by setting BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=yes in /etc/default/bootlogd The boot messages will be logged to /var/log/boot

Re: Determine XTerm Geometry

2014-01-21 Thread Chris Davies
Mathias Bauer wrote: > * Patrick Bartek wrote on 2014-01-20 at 13:18 (-0800): >> Need to get geometry of running xterms > take a look at > $ xwininfo -id WINDOW_ID Also wmctrl -lG Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: Gunicorn init script

2014-01-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 20 ian 14, 15:28:33, Henning Follmann wrote: > > Yes, > in Wheezy bootlogd is active by default. In previous versions you had to > enable it by setting > BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=yes > in /etc/default/bootlogd > > The boot messages will be logged to /var/log/boot True, but since it's Priority: op

Re: Advice needed: Proper package maintainer for Bug Report

2014-01-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 20 ian 14, 14:40:39, Paul wrote: > > I am unsure whether to report the bug to Xorg, Mesa (Gallium) or Debian. > Please provide a link. Your advice is appreciated. I would try to reproduce the bug with less software: - use startx instead of gdm3 - use a window manager like openbox instead

Re: Determine XTerm Geometry

2014-01-21 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 1/21/14, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jan 2014, Mathias Bauer wrote: > >> Hello Patrick, >> >> * Patrick Bartek wrote on 2014-01-20 at 13:18 (-0800): >> >> > Need to get geometry of running xterms. Resize gives me the >> > columns and lines. How do I get the X & Y offsets? >> >> take a

Re: Including git commands in preseed

2014-01-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 20 ian 14, 18:09:59, Todd Maurice wrote: > > I have been using Hello World script to reduce problems that might > arise from using a complex script but later I would like to use this > setup for autologin. Uhh, another case of XY problem http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/66377/wha