Wheezy amd64 grub2 error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found

2015-08-23 Thread Ldten K
Hi, Am trying to restore my regular working HD from backup HD but booting from the restored HD results in "file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found" error. This seems a bit odd since 1) my wheezy system is amd64 and 2) I can boot from my backup HD just fine. My regular working and backup HDs h

Re: From wheezy to stretch: can't start X session when logging in from kdm

2015-08-23 Thread Ldten K
On Sun, 8/23/15, Jimmy Johnson wrote: // While kdm still works in upstream stretch/testing, I've been told it is // no longer being supported by systemd and has been replaced with sddm, // but if you want to see your desktop currently you need to follow the // instructions I gave you. For plasma

is jessie-backports for armel broken?

2015-08-23 Thread Rick Thomas
Why am I getting hash sum mismatches here? Thanks! Rick root@sheeva:~# aptitude update Hit http://debian.osuosl.org jessie InRelease Get: 1 http://debian.osuosl.org jessie-updates InRelease [124 kB] Get: 2 http://debian.osuosl.org jessie-backports InRelease [

Ruby, Rails, passenger and redmine problems

2015-08-23 Thread Gary Roach
Problem: starting passenger in daemon mode. Debian Jessie I installed ruby with aptitude => ruby2.1 Tested ruby with ruby -v => ruby 2.1.5p273 (2014-11-13) [x86_64-linux-gnu] I installed rubygems with aptitude I used gem to install rails gem install rails I used aptitude to install rub

Re: kde5 - the problems do not stop

2015-08-23 Thread T. J. Duchene
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:59:13 +0200 Hans wrote: > > Yes, I admit, we are at the moment in an unlucky situation, and I > admit, I have no solution for it. For the users I only can give the > advice: > > Do not update your running system, when you are running debian/stable. > If you are running de

Re: From wheezy to stretch: can't start X session when logging in from kdm

2015-08-23 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 08/23/2015 01:19 PM, Ldten K wrote: On Sun, 8/23/15, Jimmy Johnson wrote: It's a bug, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796098 It may be the same issue though I'm not sure why I was getting the error about missing /home/luser/.Xsession file. I manually copied /etc/kde4/kd

Re: new laptop: DVD or Blu-ray

2015-08-23 Thread T. J. Duchene
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 06:53:42 -0400 ken wrote: > One of the build options for a laptop I'm looking at buying is DVD vs > Blu-Ray. > I've never used Blue-ray before, so is there some compelling reason, > as a Linux guy, to want to get Blu-ray? > Hi Ken! Hope you are having a fabulous day.

Re: Athlon64 X2 vs its halt bug

2015-08-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 23 August 2015 13:01:23 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 23 August 2015 14:30:15 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 23 August 2015 06:51:45 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Sunday 23 August 2015 02:24:13 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > On Saturday 22 August 2015 20:15:33 you wrote: > > > > > Gene Hesk

Re: www.lists.debian.org

2015-08-23 Thread Stuart Longland
On 23/08/15 18:21, Anna Wambold| AU IT Solutions wrote: > Hello, I hope you are well. > > My name is Anna Wambold and I work for a Search Marketing company in > Melbourne, Australia. A heads up people, if another pillock decided to spam this list, claiming to be in Australia, here's what people c

Re: Starting, installing Redmine - Im done.

2015-08-23 Thread Gary Roach
On 08/21/2015 10:13 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:28:11AM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: On 08/21/2015 12:29 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: what do the log files say? Best is if you look at them (1) just after having restarted Apach

Re: From wheezy to stretch: can't start X session when logging in from kdm

2015-08-23 Thread Ldten K
On Sun, 8/23/15, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > It's a bug, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796098 It may be the same issue though I'm not sure why I was getting the error about missing /home/luser/.Xsession file. I manually copied /etc/kde4/kdm/Xsession file as /home/luser/.Xsession

Re: Antivirus for Debian

2015-08-23 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 11:56:29PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: > I think we have to be careful when we talk about the usefulness of > anti-malware tools and tactics. > > Carelessly asserting the superior inherent security of Linux based > systems can be read as reassurance that we are invincible. Care

Re: no pulse audio- so now new sound trouble

2015-08-23 Thread Nicolas George
Le sextidi 6 fructidor, an CCXXIII, bri...@aracnet.com a écrit : > how do i check what the configuration is to know that this has been done ? You try to read /usr/share/alsa/, and observe it is quite complex. Or you just try, getting rid of all bogus ~/.asoundrc and pulseaudio, just setting $ALSA

Re: no pulse audio- so now new sound trouble

2015-08-23 Thread briand
On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 18:34:55 +0200 Nicolas George wrote: > Le sextidi 6 fructidor, an CCXXIII, bri...@aracnet.com a écrit : > > i've also seen that i can't play sound from more than one source at a > > time, this may have contributed to the "doesn't play in iceweasel" symptom > > since i'm almost

Re: no pulse audio- so now new sound trouble

2015-08-23 Thread Anthony Maples
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 08/23/2015 01:06 PM, Nicolas George wrote: > Le sextidi 6 fructidor, an CCXXIII, Anthony Maples a écrit : >> Then how do you specify the default card? > > It was mentioned in this very thread: > > 1. If your preferred sound controller is interna

keyboard layout in kde

2015-08-23 Thread Marcel Laqueur
Hey, can anyone tell me which package ins responsible for switching keyboard layouts in kde? (I'd like to file a bug report but don't know where; command line is working fine) Thanks in advance Marcel

Re: no pulse audio- so now new sound trouble

2015-08-23 Thread Nicolas George
Le sextidi 6 fructidor, an CCXXIII, Anthony Maples a écrit : > Then how do you specify the default card? It was mentioned in this very thread: 1. If your preferred sound controller is internal, you can control the order of the devices using modules options: To select the order of the drivers: o

Re: Athlon64 X2 vs its halt bug

2015-08-23 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 23 August 2015 14:30:15 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 23 August 2015 06:51:45 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Sunday 23 August 2015 02:24:13 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Saturday 22 August 2015 20:15:33 you wrote: > > > > Gene Heskett writes: > > > > > On Saturday 22 August 2015 11:46:37 you

Re: no pulse audio- so now new sound trouble

2015-08-23 Thread Anthony Maples
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 08/23/2015 12:44 PM, Nicolas George wrote: > Le sextidi 6 fructidor, an CCXXIII, Anthony Maples a écrit : >> In that case, you probably need the dmix plugin. I have it setup on my >> laptop like this in /etc/asound.conf: > > No, no, no! Why do

Re: user name / password

2015-08-23 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 23 August 2015 17:50:27 Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Edward Lewandoski wrote: > > I am trying to instal debian 8.1.0 Jessie. Debian is asking for a user > > name and password.I can not get past the black install screen that wants > > a user name and passwor

Re: user name / password

2015-08-23 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 23 August 2015 17:24:37 Edward Lewandoski wrote: > I am trying to instal debian 8.1.0 Jessie. Debian is asking for a user name > and password.I can not get past the black install screen that wants a user > name and password to continue. I have burned and tried over twenty five > different

Re: user name / password

2015-08-23 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Edward Lewandoski wrote: > I am trying to instal debian 8.1.0 Jessie. Debian is asking for a user name > and password.I can not get past the black install screen that wants a user > name and password to continue. Is it not simply asking you to _create_ a new us

user name / password

2015-08-23 Thread Edward Lewandoski
I am trying to instal debian 8.1.0 Jessie. Debian is asking for a user name and password.I can not get past the black install screen that wants a user name and password to continue. I have burned and tried over twenty five different boot iso's. All doing the same thing. Recognizing usb wifi adap

Re: no pulse audio- so now new sound trouble

2015-08-23 Thread Nicolas George
Le sextidi 6 fructidor, an CCXXIII, Anthony Maples a écrit : > In that case, you probably need the dmix plugin. I have it setup on my > laptop like this in /etc/asound.conf: No, no, no! Why do people not leave the default config alone?!? The default config already has all the plugins anyone need

Re: no pulse audio- so now new sound trouble

2015-08-23 Thread Anthony Maples
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 08/23/2015 12:32 PM, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 10:10:44 +0200 > Nicolas George wrote: > >> Le quintidi 5 fructidor, an CCXXIII, bri...@aracnet.com a écrit : >>> cat .asoundrc >>> ctl.!default { >>> type hw >>> card

Re: no pulse audio- so now new sound trouble

2015-08-23 Thread Nicolas George
Le sextidi 6 fructidor, an CCXXIII, bri...@aracnet.com a écrit : > i've also seen that i can't play sound from more than one source at a > time, this may have contributed to the "doesn't play in iceweasel" symptom > since i'm almost always playing something on audacious in the background. If you d

Re: no pulse audio- so now new sound trouble

2015-08-23 Thread briand
On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 10:10:44 +0200 Nicolas George wrote: > Le quintidi 5 fructidor, an CCXXIII, bri...@aracnet.com a écrit : > > cat .asoundrc > > ctl.!default { > > type hw > > card A2 > > } > > So you are killing all the plugins: back to square one. This is not the > correct solution.

Re: Antivirus for Debian

2015-08-23 Thread Joel Rees
I think we have to be careful when we talk about the usefulness of anti-malware tools and tactics. Carelessly asserting the superior inherent security of Linux based systems can be read as reassurance that we are invincible. Carelessly acknowledging the problems with our tools can easily be read a

Re: Starting, installing Redmine

2015-08-23 Thread David Wright
Quoting Chris Bannister (cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz): > On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 07:24:27PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Sun 23 Aug 2015 at 05:50:46 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 02:24:07PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > > Quoting Chris Bannister (cbannis...@slings

Re: Athlon64 X2 vs its halt bug

2015-08-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 23 August 2015 06:51:45 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 23 August 2015 02:24:13 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 22 August 2015 20:15:33 you wrote: > > > Gene Heskett writes: > > > > On Saturday 22 August 2015 11:46:37 you wrote: > > > >> Gene Heskett writes: > > [snip] > > Gene - the

Re: Athlon64 X2 vs its halt bug

2015-08-23 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 23 August 2015 02:24:13 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 22 August 2015 20:15:33 you wrote: > > Gene Heskett writes: > > > On Saturday 22 August 2015 11:46:37 you wrote: > > >> Gene Heskett writes: [snip] Gene - the thread is broken and you have done done this weird quoting. Please,

Re: From wheezy to stretch: can't start X session when logging in from kdm

2015-08-23 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 08/23/2015 02:16 AM, Ldten K wrote: Hi, Tried upgrading from wheezy to stretch, just to see how it would go. It mostly went OK though there is an issue: when trying to log in from kdm the system now complains that it's unable to start X session --- no /home/luser/.xsession file, no /home/l

From wheezy to stretch: can't start X session when logging in from kdm

2015-08-23 Thread Ldten K
Hi, Tried upgrading from wheezy to stretch, just to see how it would go. It mostly went OK though there is an issue: when trying to log in from kdm the system now complains that it's unable to start X session --- no /home/luser/.xsession file, no /home/luser/.Xsession file, no session managers,

www.lists.debian.org

2015-08-23 Thread Anna Wambold| AU IT Solutions
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Re: no pulse audio- so now new sound trouble

2015-08-23 Thread Nicolas George
Le quintidi 5 fructidor, an CCXXIII, bri...@aracnet.com a écrit : > cat .asoundrc > ctl.!default { > type hw > card A2 > } So you are killing all the plugins: back to square one. This is not the correct solution. The default configuration already uses the ALSA_CARD to select the default c