Keyboard layouts in GNOME3 on Debian Jessie

Hi folks I have tow rather fresh (about 3 weeks old) Debian 8 installations: one on a desktop system and one on a Lenovo T440s. On both systems a US keyboard is used. Although the US keyboards are great for writing code, I sometimes have to write German on both machines. Thus, I was quite happy

Re: jessie: Firefox download dialog unusable

On 03/01/2015 04:17 PM, Brad Rogers wrote: On Sun, 01 Mar 2015 15:32:38 -0500 Ric Moore wrote: Hello Ric, I know version 36 kills download helper. If you use that a l Working here. It could, I suppose, be a different download helper; There's more than one with that sort of name. DownloadH

Re: hosts file entry for 127.0.1.1

On 2015-02-28 20:35:22 +, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2015-02-28, Philippe Clérié wrote: > > What is the rationale for the /etc/hosts entry for 127.0.1.1? > > > > It tends to be annoying when using dnsmasq as a server for static hosts. > > It is used when the host uses DHCP to obtain an IP addre

Re: jessie: Firefox download dialog unusable

On Sun, 01 Mar 2015 15:32:38 -0500 Ric Moore wrote: Hello Ric, >I know version 36 kills download helper. If you use that a l Working here. It could, I suppose, be a different download helper; There's more than one with that sort of name. DownloadHelper 4.9.24 by mig from here;

Re: jessie: Firefox download dialog unusable

On 03/01/2015 03:32 PM, Ric Moore wrote: On 03/01/2015 05:42 AM, Felix Natter wrote: Liam O'Toole writes: hello Liam, On 2015-02-28, Felix Natter wrote: hi, I get an unusable download dialog in firefox (iceweasel) of current jessie (updated this morning): http://www2.inf.fh-brs.de/~fnatt

Re: Moving from a "686-pae" kernel to "amd64"?

Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Bob Proulx a écrit : > > A 64-bit kernel won't have much advantage for a 32-bit userspace. > > Quote for the kernel source : > Linux can use up to 64 Gigabytes of physical memory on x86 systems. > However, the address space of 32-bit x86 processors is only 4 > Gigaby

Re: jessie: Firefox download dialog unusable

On 03/01/2015 05:42 AM, Felix Natter wrote: Liam O'Toole writes: hello Liam, On 2015-02-28, Felix Natter wrote: hi, I get an unusable download dialog in firefox (iceweasel) of current jessie (updated this morning): http://www2.inf.fh-brs.de/~fnatte2s/firefox-empty-buttons2.png I know

Re: creating a simple private repository with reprepro

Is there another tool I can use that doesn't have that limitation? On Mar 1, 2015 3:42 PM, "Alex Mestiashvili" wrote: > On 03/01/2015 02:32 PM, Asaf Dalet wrote: > > that means I have to change the changelog before each run of pbuilder? > > Yes, but probably you can automatically update the versi

Re: hosts file entry for 127.0.1.1

On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 17:17:24 -0500, Philippe Clérié wrote: > I've read through some of that thread you pointed to and to be > honest, it's not at all clear what problem was being solved. I'm > still not entirely convinced it's useful. But it's easily dealt with > so... :-) There is a long histo

Re: In menuconfig when Load an Alternate Configuration File, can't enter the file name

On 03/01/2015 06:55 AM, Csányi Pál wrote: > Hi, > > I'm compiling a custom kernel for my Debian Wheezy operating system. > > In menuconfig when Load an Alternate Configuration File, can't enter > the file name. > The cursor blinking in the field but can't enter any letter. > > How can I solve this

Re: In menuconfig when Load an Alternate Configuration File, can't enter the file name

csanyi...@gmail.com wrote: > Sven Hartge writes: >> You don't need to be and you should not be logged in as root to >> configure or compile a kernel. > Exactly. I know that. Still, the problem exist, regardless of what > user ( none root or root ) start the menuconfig, this field can't be > edit

Re: In menuconfig when Load an Alternate Configuration File, can't enter the file name

Sven Hartge writes: > Ric Moore wrote: >> On 03/01/2015 12:55 AM, Csányi Pál wrote: > >>> I'm compiling a custom kernel for my Debian Wheezy operating system. >>> >>> In menuconfig when Load an Alternate Configuration File, can't enter >>> the file name. The cursor blinking in the field but can

Re: In menuconfig when Load an Alternate Configuration File, can't enter the file name

Ric Moore wrote: > On 03/01/2015 12:55 AM, Csányi Pál wrote: >> I'm compiling a custom kernel for my Debian Wheezy operating system. >> >> In menuconfig when Load an Alternate Configuration File, can't enter >> the file name. The cursor blinking in the field but can't enter any >> letter. >> >>

Re: In menuconfig when Load an Alternate Configuration File, can't enter the file name

Ric Moore writes: > On 03/01/2015 12:55 AM, Csányi Pál wrote: >> I'm compiling a custom kernel for my Debian Wheezy operating system. >> >> In menuconfig when Load an Alternate Configuration File, can't enter >> the file name. >> The cursor blinking in the field but can't enter any letter. >> >>

Re: creating a simple private repository with reprepro

On 03/01/2015 02:32 PM, Asaf Dalet wrote: > that means I have to change the changelog before each run of pbuilder? Yes, but probably you can automatically update the version before running the pbuilder. It depends on your build environment. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.

Re: creating a simple private repository with reprepro

On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 03:18:16PM +0200, Asaf Dalet wrote: > Mirko, > As for your first suggestion - do you imply that I change the changelog before > each run of debuild/pbuilder? Yes, at least every time the upstream version changes, or every time you build for a different distribution. You can

Re: creating a simple private repository with reprepro

On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 11:03:30AM +0200, Asaf Dalet wrote: > I have a private debian package which I want publish in binary format. > I want to supply 2 binary versions: > 1. precise/amd64 > 2. trusty/amd64 > > [...] > > I read somewhere that reprepro does not support having 2 files with the sam

Re: creating a simple private repository with reprepro

that means I have to change the changelog before each run of pbuilder? On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Alex Mestiashvili wrote: > On 03/01/2015 10:03 AM, Asaf Dalet wrote: > > Hi, > > I must first apologize for the somewhat lengthy post, but you'll see most > > of it is just directory structures

Re: creating a simple private repository with reprepro

On 03/01/2015 12:58 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 01 March 2015 09:03:30 Asaf Dalet wrote: >> I have a private debian package which I want publish in binary format. >> I want to supply 2 binary versions: >> 1. precise/amd64 >> 2. trusty/amd64 > That's not Debian. It's Ubuntu. Try: > > https:/

Re: creating a simple private repository with reprepro

On 03/01/2015 10:03 AM, Asaf Dalet wrote: > Hi, > I must first apologize for the somewhat lengthy post, but you'll see most > of it is just directory structures which you can probably skip. > > Here goes: > I have a private debian package which I want publish in binary format. > I want to supply 2

Re: creating a simple private repository with reprepro

On Sunday 01 March 2015 09:03:30 Asaf Dalet wrote: > I have a private debian package which I want publish in binary format. > I want to supply 2 binary versions: > 1. precise/amd64 > 2. trusty/amd64 That's not Debian. It's Ubuntu. Try: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ ubuntu-users - Ubuntu user techni

Re: Moving from a "686-pae" kernel to "amd64"?

Bob Proulx a écrit : > Sharon Kimble wrote: >> This setup is currently running a "3.16.0-4-686-pae" kernel. Is it a >> good idea to convert to a 64bit kernel, specifically >> "3.16.0-4-amd64"? > > How much memory do you have in your system? > > If the answer is 4G or less then there is no advanta

Re: jessie: Firefox download dialog unusable

Liam O'Toole writes: hello Liam, > On 2015-02-28, Felix Natter wrote: >> hi, >> >> I get an unusable download dialog in firefox (iceweasel) of current >> jessie (updated this morning): >> http://www2.inf.fh-brs.de/~fnatte2s/firefox-empty-buttons2.png >> >> Clicking on the half-displayed butto

creating a simple private repository with reprepro

Hi, I must first apologize for the somewhat lengthy post, but you'll see most of it is just directory structures which you can probably skip. Here goes: I have a private debian package which I want publish in binary format. I want to supply 2 binary versions: 1. precise/amd64 2. trusty/amd64 My p

Re: Moving from a "686-pae" kernel to "amd64"?

If you are starting with a clean disk, do not use the installer's partitioning scheme. Problematic at best. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/2555858.G