Re: Machine freezes after kernel update

2015-10-09 Thread Seeker
On 10/9/2015 9:09 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 23:09:36 +0200 Miroslav Skoric wrote: Hello Miroslav, In fact, (and in my case) LILO does delete old kernels during the If that's true, that's a *serious* bug. LILO (or Grub, come to that) should never delete kernels. I know Gru

Re: X not working after apt-get upgrade on sid

2015-10-09 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 10/9/15, Joe wrote: > On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 16:24:31 -0400 > James Richardson wrote: > >> I just did an apt-get upgrade, rebooted, then X would start but >> without any keyboard or mouse. > > This has a serious bug (798097) linked to logind, which may be also > responsible for your problem: > >>

Re: make system boot straight to browser connection

2015-10-09 Thread tom arnall
Folks! thanks for your help. the expertise and helpfulness of this list is the reason i run Debian. hopefully one day i'll be able to make more of a contribution to the Debian community. regards, T -- Once its survival is on the line, a species will often find powers unimaginable in the days

Re: Can't reinstall all Jessie packages

2015-10-09 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 10/9/15, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 12:16:35AM +0530, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: >> I may be wrong, but I can suggest three methods: >> 1. (conceptually shouldn't work) : apt-get remove ; apt-get >> install >> 2. (should work...your intentions must break your system): apt-get p

Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

2015-10-09 Thread Felix Miata
Tim McDonough composed on 2015-10-09 17:05 (UTC-0500): > I have a new installation of Debian 8 and the KDE Desktop that isn't > working. As the system boots it asks for user and password then as the > KDE startup icons appear in a box in the middle it always locks up once > the third one appear

Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks?

2015-10-09 Thread Ron
On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 16:08:31 -0500 Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > Hello. > > I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of > daily tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be > shown daily at a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as a >

Re: where is mate-user-guide for jessie ?

2015-10-09 Thread Brian
On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 13:28:37 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > I want to use mate for my desktop environment, but I'd like to > do some minor tweeks to what I see. I think I need to read > mate-user-guide, but it seems each distribution publishes its > own version of this file. Where is the one for

What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks?

2015-10-09 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
Hello. I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of daily tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be shown daily at a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as a sound. I have searched in the web, but I have only found unmaintained softw

Re: X not working after apt-get upgrade on sid

2015-10-09 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 09.10.2015 um 23:48 schrieb Sven Joachim: > Actually, if you were running systemd, logind would grant access to the > input devices. Since this is apparently not what you want, your best > bet is probably to install the xserver-xorg-legacy package which now > contains the setuid wrapper. Right

Debian 8, KDE Lockup

2015-10-09 Thread Tim McDonough
I have a new installation of Debian 8 and the KDE Desktop that isn't working. As the system boots it asks for user and password then as the KDE startup icons appear in a box in the middle it always locks up once the third one appears. I have additional memory on order but presently the system

Re: make system boot straight to browser connection

2015-10-09 Thread Brian
On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 17:18:28 -0400, James Richardson wrote: > Brian writes: > > > On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 15:58:55 -0400, James Richardson wrote: > > > >> Brian writes: > >> > >> > On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 13:50:07 -0400, James Richardson wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> Richard Owlett writes: > >> >

Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks?

2015-10-09 Thread Francesco Ariis
On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 04:08:31PM -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > Hello. > > I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of daily > tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be shown daily at > a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as a

Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks?

2015-10-09 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 09 October 2015 22:08:31 Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > Hello. > > I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of > daily tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be > shown daily at a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as a > sound

Re: make system boot straight to browser connection

2015-10-09 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 09 October 2015 22:18:28 James Richardson wrote: > Runit does not require one change one's init system. That is why is > states it can run under sysv init OR replace the init system. What version are you running? Brian is assuming Jessie, I think. You appear to be assuming Whe

Re: X not working after apt-get upgrade on sid

2015-10-09 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2015-10-09 22:24 +0200, James Richardson wrote: > I just did an apt-get upgrade, rebooted, then X would start but without > any keyboard or mouse. > > I am writing this to perhaps help the next person that runs into this. I > am also open to suggestions for action items to take away to possible

Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks?

2015-10-09 Thread Gary Dale
On 09/10/15 05:08 PM, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: Hello. I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of daily tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be shown daily at a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as a sound. I have searched i

where is mate-user-guide for jessie ?

2015-10-09 Thread Paul E Condon
I want to use mate for my desktop environment, but I'd like to do some minor tweeks to what I see. I think I need to read mate-user-guide, but it seems each distribution publishes its own version of this file. Where is the one for Debian/Jessie? Thanks -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesane

Re: X not working after apt-get upgrade on sid

2015-10-09 Thread Joe
On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 16:24:31 -0400 James Richardson wrote: > I just did an apt-get upgrade, rebooted, then X would start but > without any keyboard or mouse. > This has a serious bug (798097) linked to logind, which may be also responsible for your problem: > [44.668] xorg-server 2:1.17.2-

Re: make system boot straight to browser connection

2015-10-09 Thread James Richardson
Brian writes: > On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 15:58:55 -0400, James Richardson wrote: > >> Brian writes: >> >> > On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 13:50:07 -0400, James Richardson wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> Richard Owlett writes: >> >> >> >> > [resend, had not appeared in archives after 2 hours] >> >> > >> >> > How

Re: make system boot straight to browser connection

2015-10-09 Thread Brian
On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 15:58:55 -0400, James Richardson wrote: > Brian writes: > > > On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 13:50:07 -0400, James Richardson wrote: > > > >> > >> Richard Owlett writes: > >> > >> > [resend, had not appeared in archives after 2 hours] > >> > > >> > How to do an autologin? In a DE i

Re: Machine freezes after kernel update

2015-10-09 Thread Riley Baird
On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 21:45:19 +0300 Piyavkin wrote: > Hi there, > > I have exactly the same issue with the same kernel-packages. See here: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/10/msg00231.html > > I use Grub. But it hadn't saved old good kernel versions in the exactly > same manner > as

X not working after apt-get upgrade on sid

2015-10-09 Thread James Richardson
I just did an apt-get upgrade, rebooted, then X would start but without any keyboard or mouse. I am writing this to perhaps help the next person that runs into this. I am also open to suggestions for action items to take away to possible raise a bug report. I may have missed a changelog, but appa

Re: make system boot straight to browser connection

2015-10-09 Thread James Richardson
Brian writes: > On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 13:50:07 -0400, James Richardson wrote: > >> >> Richard Owlett writes: >> >> > [resend, had not appeared in archives after 2 hours] >> > >> > How to do an autologin? In a DE independent way? >> > >> > http://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=autolog

Re: make system boot straight to browser connection

2015-10-09 Thread Brian
On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 15:06:24 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Brian wrote: > >On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 13:50:07 -0400, James Richardson wrote: > > > >>Richard Owlett writes: > >> > >>>[resend, had not appeared in archives after 2 hours] > >>> > >>>How to do an autologin? In a DE independent way? > >>

Re: make system boot straight to browser connection

2015-10-09 Thread Miles Fidelman
Brian wrote: On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 13:50:07 -0400, James Richardson wrote: Richard Owlett writes: [resend, had not appeared in archives after 2 hours] How to do an autologin? In a DE independent way? http://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=autologin&apropos=1 gave no relevant links

Re: Re: Machine freezes after kernel update

2015-10-09 Thread Piyavkin
Hi there, I have exactly the same issue with the same kernel-packages. See here: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/10/msg00231.html I use Grub. But it hadn't saved old good kernel versions in the exactly same manner as Miroslav's LILO does. I have no option «Advanced options for Debian

Re: Upstart inclusion in Debian

2015-10-09 Thread Brian
On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 20:15:57 +0530, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > Hey guys! > Do anybody have any idea about upstart to replace systemV in sid: the next > release. systemd is the standard on Jessie. There is no systemv to replace. The question has little meaning. Do you want to reframe it? > If it

Re: make system boot straight to browser connection

2015-10-09 Thread Brian
On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 13:50:07 -0400, James Richardson wrote: > > Richard Owlett writes: > > > [resend, had not appeared in archives after 2 hours] > > > > How to do an autologin? In a DE independent way? > > > > http://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=autologin&apropos=1 > > gave no re

Re: Upstart inclusion in Debian

2015-10-09 Thread Gary Dale
On 09/10/15 11:03 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 08:15:57PM +0530, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: Hey guys! Do anybody have any idea about upstart to replace systemV in sid: the next release. By default? Probably not going to happen. Upstart lost out to systemd in the tech-ctte vote.

Re: bug in single-user fsck mode

2015-10-09 Thread Pete Greening
Additionally, I can not (easily) unmount /var. rpm.statd is running and has a cwd of /var/lib/nfs, preventing normal system recovery. This seems very wrong. On 10/09/2015 11:09 AM, Pete Greening wrote: All, I would like to report a bug, but I am not sure what package it belongs to. Probably

bug in single-user fsck mode

2015-10-09 Thread Pete Greening
All, I would like to report a bug, but I am not sure what package it belongs to. Probably systemd... Here's what happens. I have a LVM LV formated ext4 for /var partition. At boot, there was a minor error and fsck failed due to a hard shutdown. I received the well known error "UNEXPECTED IN

Re: make system boot straight to browser connection

2015-10-09 Thread Richard Owlett
Charlie Kravetz wrote: On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 19:13:01 -0700 tom arnall wrote: I want to setup a system so that when the power button is pushed on the PC, the system connects to the internet and starts a browser without a login or any other intervention by the user. There are no security issues.

Re: make system boot straight to browser connection

2015-10-09 Thread James Richardson
Richard Owlett writes: > [resend, had not appeared in archives after 2 hours] > > Charlie Kravetz wrote: >> On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 19:13:01 -0700 >> tom arnall wrote: >> >>> I want to setup a system so that when the power button is pushed on >>> the PC, the system connects to the internet and starts

Re: make system boot straight to browser connection

2015-10-09 Thread Brian
On Fri 09 Oct 2015 at 10:37:58 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > How to do an autologin? In a DE independent way? > > http://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=autologin&apropos=1 > gave no relevant links. > > A Google search gave only decade old or DE related links. > > I currently use Mat

Installing LXDE marks 2 libraries as _manually installed_; why?

2015-10-09 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
Hello. In Debian 8, after having installed a text-only system with the LXDE CD (8.2.0), and proceeding to install LXDE with aptitude, I noticed that "libpango1.0-0" and "libpangox-1.0-0" get marked as "Packages to be installed" instead of "Packages being automatically installed to satisfy dep

Boot process freezes dead after kernel update

2015-10-09 Thread Piyavkin
Hi there, I'm using Debian 7 Wheezy for a long time. In 2015-10-07 I've applied proposed upgrades: libfreetype6:i386 2.4.9-1.1+deb7u1 2.4.9-1.1+deb7u2 linux-image-3.2.0-4-486:i386 3.2.68-1+deb7u4 3.2.71-2 linux-image-3.2.0-4-686-pae:i386 3.2.68-1+deb7u4 3.2.71-2 linux-headers-3.2.0-4-686-pae:i

Re: make system boot straight to browser connection

2015-10-09 Thread Richard Owlett
[resend, had not appeared in archives after 2 hours] Charlie Kravetz wrote: On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 19:13:01 -0700 tom arnall wrote: I want to setup a system so that when the power button is pushed on the PC, the system connects to the internet and starts a browser without a login or any other int

Re: Machine freezes after kernel update

2015-10-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 23:09:36 +0200 Miroslav Skoric wrote: Hello Miroslav, >In fact, (and in my case) LILO does delete old kernels during the If that's true, that's a *serious* bug. LILO (or Grub, come to that) should never delete kernels. I know Grub doesn't but, as I said before, I've not us

black window problem

2015-10-09 Thread Pablo Mosteiro
i'm running debian 8, and typically after half an hour of use all my new windows go black. i've been trying to fix this problem for a while, with no luck. any advice? thanks, pablo

Re: make system boot straight to browser connection

2015-10-09 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 07:13:01PM -0700, tom arnall wrote: > I want to setup a system so that when the power button is pushed on > the PC, the system connects to the internet and starts a browser > without a login or any other intervention by the user. > > There are no security issues. > > Is th

Re: Machine freezes after kernel update

2015-10-09 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Oct 08, 2015 at 11:09:36PM +0200, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > On 10/08/2015 12:37 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: > > >>Thanks. Well I do not have GRUB here but LILO, and there are no saved > >>old kernels as long as I know. > > > >There should be; Debian doesn't delete old kernels as part of the > >

Re: New webcam problems

2015-10-09 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 03:31:00PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings; > > Needing a decently decent resolution but tiny camera, suitable for > mounting on my cnc machines to give them some machine vision, I came > across some cheap ones that claimed over 1000 tv lines, for less than 8 > bu

Re: Upstart inclusion in Debian

2015-10-09 Thread Darac Marjal
On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 08:15:57PM +0530, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > Hey guys! > Do anybody have any idea about upstart to replace systemV in sid: the next > release. By default? Probably not going to happen. Upstart lost out to systemd in the tech-ctte vote. > > If it is not so, how can one man

Upstart inclusion in Debian

2015-10-09 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
Hey guys! Do anybody have any idea about upstart to replace systemV in sid: the next release. If it is not so, how can one manually have systemd or whatever replaced by upstart, without trouble. Regards -- Himanshu Shekhar IIIT-Allahabad IRM2015006

Debian Jessie Icedove Error : NotAuthenticatedServerError

2015-10-09 Thread 慕冬亮
Recently , I found that my hotmail in Icedove has the following error: select command is not permitted in current state(NotAuthenticatedServerError) I can't check emails in Icedove client. Even you mark the emails read, it is still unread in the website.I searched , but I don't change my password

Re: Can't reinstall all Jessie packages

2015-10-09 Thread Darac Marjal
On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 12:16:35AM +0530, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > I may be wrong, but I can suggest three methods: > 1. (conceptually shouldn't work) : apt-get remove ; apt-get > install > 2. (should work...your intentions must break your system): apt-get purge > ; apt-get install That won't w

Re: Machine freezes after kernel update

2015-10-09 Thread Riley Baird
> Furthermore, as mentioned in my other mail, I used to have 486 and > 686-pae kernels, and was used to switch from one to another from time to > time, to see the difference. In the past I noticed that 686-pae tend to > make mouse cursor moving slowly for a while, then to recover as usual, > th

Re: No sound in Debian 8 'jessie' Xfce on Youtube

2015-10-09 Thread Timothy Hobbs
My wife and I also have this problem on our respective laptops. So it is definitely a bug. On 10/09/15 09:26, David Henderson wrote: Muntasim Ul Haque inventati.org> writes: Hi, I have had problems with Debian 8 'jessie' Xfce edition. I didn't get any sound initially. Then after 'some' confi

Re: No sound in Debian 8 'jessie' Xfce on Youtube

2015-10-09 Thread David Henderson
Muntasim Ul Haque inventati.org> writes: > > Hi, > I have had problems with Debian 8 'jessie' Xfce edition. I didn't get > any sound initially. Then after 'some' configuration, I got sound > working. But sound related problems were still there. When I plug-in the > headphone I got no sound. T