Re: Can't get sound to work

2015-01-15 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 21:21:55 +0100 Daniel Haude sent: > Hi all, > > this is my umptieth Debian installation I've done on various PCs over > the years, but this time the sound setup really has me stumped. I > can't hear anything unless I use aplay with -D hw:0,0 but setting > that in the configur

Re: Strange webcam failure and 'fix'

2015-01-15 Thread Alexis
tv.deb...@googlemail.com writes: > I had one of those and there is a well know, but unfixed, firmware bug > affecting most Qc Pro 9000. If you search for "quickcam Pro 9000 > firmware bug" you will see what I mean by "well known bug". > > I tinkered a lot to get this camera to work and never go

Re: An experiment in backup

2015-01-15 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 9:03 PM, David Christensen < dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > On 01/15/2015 08:47 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> I was hoping for some details on why this won't work on system drives, or >> conditions under which it just might. Another user has suggested I read >> https

Re: Strange webcam failure and 'fix'

2015-01-15 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 16/01/2015 04:48, Alexis wrote: Ping. Any thoughts? Alexis. On Thu, 08 Jan 2015 18:53:03 +1100, Alexis wrote: Hi all, i have a Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000, which i use with the Jitsi voice/video client. Occasionally it stops working, such that my laptop - an Asus K53E running 64-bit Whee

Re: An experiment in backup

2015-01-15 Thread David Christensen
On 01/15/2015 08:47 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: I was hoping for some details on why this won't work on system drives, or conditions under which it just might. Another user has suggested I read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/TAR which suggests that it actually should work. Th

Re: An experiment in backup

2015-01-15 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:41 PM, David Christensen < dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > On 01/15/2015 07:19 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> I'm trying to develop a reliable backup method that does not use >> proprietary tools or formats, and is free as in beer. I thought I had it, >> but i just t

Re: An experiment in backup

2015-01-15 Thread David Christensen
On 01/15/2015 07:19 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: I'm trying to develop a reliable backup method that does not use proprietary tools or formats, and is free as in beer. I thought I had it, but i just tried a restore, and it's a miserable failure. I wonder if anyone here can point out the error of m

Re: Recent upgrade 'broke' sleep & hibernate in KDE Plasma Battery Monitor

2015-01-15 Thread Alex
Thank you very much for the advice regarding Bug#774461 - it worked and I will let them know. It is this sort of help that convinces me more and more that Open Source is the only way. Thanks again. BTW. I never complain about anything when I hear Truth and sage advice :-) . Regards Alex

An experiment in backup

2015-01-15 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
I'm trying to develop a reliable backup method that does not use proprietary tools or formats, and is free as in beer. I thought I had it, but i just tried a restore, and it's a miserable failure. I wonder if anyone here can point out the error of my ways. I have a tar backup of the entire syste

How to set up GDM3 for multihead?

2015-01-15 Thread Alexis
Hi all, Context: Debian Wheezy x86_64 + all available updates. Some software i'm developing requires me to test it under multiple desktop environments. To that end, i want to have a multihead X setup: i want my usual i3-based desktop environment on VT7, but then have GDM3 greeters available on V

Re: Strange webcam failure and 'fix'

2015-01-15 Thread Alexis
Ping. Any thoughts? Alexis. On Thu, 08 Jan 2015 18:53:03 +1100, Alexis wrote: > Hi all, > > i have a Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000, which i use with the Jitsi > voice/video client. Occasionally it stops working, such that my laptop > - an Asus K53E running 64-bit Wheezy + all available updates -

Re: Can't get sound to work

2015-01-15 Thread Ric Moore
On 01/15/2015 03:54 PM, Hans wrote: First questions: Are you running pulseaudio or alsa? Did you try alsamixer? Often it is possible, to choose different hardware in the GUI. Did you try other ones, too? Best He's got an asoundrc file in /etc. I thought that use was deprecated some years a

Re: Can't get sound to work

2015-01-15 Thread Hans
First questions: Are you running pulseaudio or alsa? Did you try alsamixer? Often it is possible, to choose different hardware in the GUI. Did you try other ones, too? Best Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Can't get sound to work

2015-01-15 Thread Robert Latest
Hi all, this is my umptieth Debian installation I've done on various PCs over the years, but this time the sound setup really has me stumped. I can't hear anything unless I use aplay with -D hw:0,0 but setting that in the configuration file doesn't help. No other sound-outputting program works. H

Can't get sound to work

2015-01-15 Thread Daniel Haude
Hi all, this is my umptieth Debian installation I've done on various PCs over the years, but this time the sound setup really has me stumped. I can't hear anything unless I use aplay with -D hw:0,0 but setting that in the configuration file doesn't help. No other sound-outputting program works. H

Re: upgrade kernel

2015-01-15 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Hello, Pol Hallen a écrit : > > a security updates of kernel is available (from apt-get upgrade), so: > must I reboot my pc (after upgrade) to avoid security problems? Usually yes. Until then, the old kernel is still active. > Is there another way? You could use kexec-tools to load and start

upgrade kernel

2015-01-15 Thread Pol Hallen
Hi folks! a security updates of kernel is available (from apt-get upgrade), so: must I reboot my pc (after upgrade) to avoid security problems? Is there another way? thanks for help! Pol -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: Preventing the computer from shutting down.

2015-01-15 Thread Rob Owens
On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 04:10:11PM -0600, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > Thanks everybody for their help. I will use molly-guard to guard > from accidental shut down from the CLI. Is there something like > molly-guard for the LXDE power off/close session button?. > > I must clarify that what I mea

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2015 #51

2015-01-15 Thread Comer Duncan
Thanks for the suggestions on my problem with a corrupted root pw. I was able to get a new root pw via the route of using sudo to change the root password. I checked it by bringing up the system in single user mode and entered the new password and it worked. I also checked it by issuing su and g

Re: problem with corrupted root password

2015-01-15 Thread Jean-Marc
Hi the list, Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:51:35 -0700 Bob Proulx wrote : > Did you get added to the sudo group? If you are lucky then you did > and you can use your own password instead of root. > > $ sudo passwd root > $ su - > # Indeed, it is the easiest way. > [...] > $ sudo -l Using this

Re: problem with corrupted root password

2015-01-15 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 12:47:08PM +0100, mrr wrote: > On 15/01/2015 01:00, Gary Dale wrote: > >On 14/01/15 04:26 PM, Rob Owens wrote: > >>On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 03:07:09PM -0500, Comer Duncan wrote: > >>>I recently got wheezy up and running. I installed xfce4 and like it. > >>> > >>>However, tod

Re: problem with corrupted root password

2015-01-15 Thread mrr
On 15/01/2015 01:00, Gary Dale wrote: On 14/01/15 04:26 PM, Rob Owens wrote: On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 03:07:09PM -0500, Comer Duncan wrote: I recently got wheezy up and running. I installed xfce4 and like it. However, today in the process of trying to spawn a root terminal (in Accessories) and

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-15 Thread Gian Uberto Lauri
mrr writes: > Well obscurity may help, think about the man who loose his car key > somewhere in an obscure place but will begin looking for it where there > is some light because it's easier to see around! Think about the man that comes to steal. He carries a light/night visor with him. > S

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-15 Thread mrr
On 14/01/2015 06:00, Bob Proulx wrote: Trying to hide in an unusual username is obscurity not security. You may have heard the term that obscurity is not security. Well obscurity may help, think about the man who loose his car key somewhere in an obscure place but will begin looking for it wh

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-15 Thread mrr
On 14/01/2015 23:00, Brian wrote: I can remember "TwasBrilligAndTheSlithyToves" and associate it with an account. Before signing up I do echo TwasBrilligAndTheSlithyToves | sha1sum | base64 | cut -c -30 The output is what I give to a site as a password. Furthermore, before any future log

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-15 Thread Frédéric Marchal
2015-01-13 18:13 GMT+01:00 Danny : > Am I right in saying that there is actually nothing new when it comes to > networking ... hear me out ... the internet (and most networks out there) > still > works on TCP/IP which is 40 odd years old (70's) ... a car mechanic only needs > to know how an engine