LXDE Display Coordination

2015-10-31 Thread ray
I would like to change the user desktop displays to 1960x108 from 3800x 2400 as the font is not readable. The setup for root is appropriately sized. So I copied the files from: /etc/xdg/openbox/ lsxde-rc.xml, menu.xml, rc.xml and autostart to /home/me/.config/openbox Then changed owner CHOWN

Re: [SOLVED] How to identify obsolete packages

2015-10-31 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 11:28:26 -0400 (EDT), Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: >> >> Here is one way. >> >> To identify packages that are no longer present in the archive >> >> % apt-show-versions -r . | grep "No available version in archive" > >

Re: Destination of a new window with multiple monitors available.

2015-10-31 Thread Mailing Lists
On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Peter Easthope wrote: > > Given one screen on two monitors and an application, can the default > destination of a new window for the application be configured > permanently? Make leafpad always prefer the left monitor for example. > leafpad doesn't have a pertinen

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Brian
On Sun 01 Nov 2015 at 00:16:09 +0100, Javi Barroso wrote: > El 31 de octubre de 2015 21:34:51 CET, Brian escribió: > >On Sat 31 Oct 2015 at 21:12:42 +0100, Javi Barroso wrote: > >> You can see when priority was overruled > >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=758561#12 > > > >This

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Rick Thomas
As shown below, aptitude has been progressively downgraded from “important” in oldstable (Wheezy) to “standard” in stable (Jessie), “standard” in testing (Stretch) and finally to “optional” in unstable (Sid) rbthomas@cube:~$ aptitude -vv show aptitude | egrep '^(Priority|Version|Archive): ' | s

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Javi Barroso
Hi, El 31 de octubre de 2015 21:34:51 CET, Brian escribió: >On Sat 31 Oct 2015 at 21:12:42 +0100, Javi Barroso wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> El 31 de octubre de 2015 20:17:41 CET, Teemu Likonen > escribió: >> >Brian [2015-10-31 18:49:59Z] wrote: >> > >> >> Here are two verifiable facts: >> >> >> >>

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 31 October 2015 19:14:30 Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > >> I have also noticed that Debian installs a lot of "extra" programs by > >> default. For example, when I installed LXDE using the latest (Debian 7) > >> LXDE CD and, I obtained LibreOffice, Iceweasel and Deluge (among many > >> o

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 31 October 2015 21:22:42 Tim McDonough wrote: > Is there an option that just installs the bare basics of a running > system with networking and apt-get? I think that the netinstall CD can give you that,if you choose the most minimal system on offer. Lisi

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Joe
On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 14:15:08 -0700 Rick Thomas wrote: > > In my experience (I’m the OP) aptitude was always part of the default > installation, even when I specified a text-only (no DE) system. It’s > very recent (last month or so) that I now have to “apt-get install > aptitude”. I wonder wh

Re: minimal installation (was: Anybody know why...)

2015-10-31 Thread Felix Miata
Tim McDonough composed on 2015-10-31 16:22 (UTC-0500): > Perhaps there is a way to do this with a CD/DVD boot parameter and I'm > not aware of it... I wish there was a way to be presented with a more > complete list of options at install time. On some installations with > small disks I really d

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
I agree. Note that this does not contradict the claim that what I called “extras” (LibreOffice, etc.) are installed by Debian. Also note that I mentioned the Debian 7.0.2 LXDE CD, not apt-get nor tasksel. In this message I meant to write “Debian 7.2.0” rather than “Debian 7.0.2 LXDE CD”.

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
El 31/10/15 a las 13:22, Brian escribió: On Sat 31 Oct 2015 at 16:24:36 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Saturday 31 October 2015 16:18:15 Mario Castelán Castro wrote: I have also noticed that Debian installs a lot of "extra" programs by default. For example, when I installed LXDE using the latest

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Tim McDonough
Perhaps there is a way to do this with a CD/DVD boot parameter and I'm not aware of it... I wish there was a way to be presented with a more complete list of options at install time. On some installations with small disks I really don't need all of the documentation, utilities, etc. Is there an

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
I have also noticed that Debian installs a lot of "extra" programs by default. For example, when I installed LXDE using the latest (Debian 7) LXDE CD and, I obtained LibreOffice, Iceweasel and Deluge (among many others), none of which are part of LXDE, and of those, I only wanted Icweasel installe

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Rick Thomas
On Oct 31, 2015, at 12:41 PM, Joe wrote: > On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 18:49:59 + > Brian wrote: > >> On Sat 31 Oct 2015 at 10:01:36 -0600, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: >> >>> Will Debian 9 no longer install Aptitude by default?. >> >> Que Sera, Sera. . Let's stay in the present (in line w

Re: Debian Squeeze mounting problem

2015-10-31 Thread David Christensen
On 10/31/2015 08:28 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm having problems understanding http://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=Debian+6.0.10+squeeze&format=html&locale=en I have 3 partitions labeled proj-all, proj-1, and proj-2. The machine intentionally has n

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Brian
On Sat 31 Oct 2015 at 21:12:42 +0100, Javi Barroso wrote: > Hello, > > El 31 de octubre de 2015 20:17:41 CET, Teemu Likonen > escribió: > >Brian [2015-10-31 18:49:59Z] wrote: > > > >> Here are two verifiable facts: > >> > >> brian@sid:~$ dpkg --status aptitude | grep Priority > >> Priority:

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Javi Barroso
Hello, El 31 de octubre de 2015 20:17:41 CET, Teemu Likonen escribió: >Brian [2015-10-31 18:49:59Z] wrote: > >> Here are two verifiable facts: >> >> brian@sid:~$ dpkg --status aptitude | grep Priority >> Priority: important > >Package's priority can be overruled by... some system unknown to m

Re: Wifi file sharing in Debian

2015-10-31 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
No idea! Just like Wifi Direct in Android. Shareit , Xender, etc. are services that use you wireless device, as an AP (hotspot) and lets you share files over them. Like, you can share files 100 times faster than Bluetooth. Exactly, it appears like bluetooth,but uses Wifi hardware. -- Regards

Re: Wifi file sharing in Debian

2015-10-31 Thread Joe
On Sun, 1 Nov 2015 00:42:42 +0530 Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > I am looking for something that would work wireless. Like, I shared a > file to another device and the channel is wireless. > Why would wireless networking behave any differently from wired? Do you mean you are looking for a Debian se

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Joe
On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 18:49:59 + Brian wrote: > On Sat 31 Oct 2015 at 10:01:36 -0600, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > > > Will Debian 9 no longer install Aptitude by default?. > > Que Sera, Sera. . Let's stay in the present (in line with the post > which started this thread) and look at

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Brian
On Sat 31 Oct 2015 at 16:24:36 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 31 October 2015 16:18:15 Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > > > > I have also noticed that Debian installs a lot of "extra" programs by > > default. For example, when I installed LXDE using the latest (Debian 7) > > LXDE CD and, I o

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Teemu Likonen
Brian [2015-10-31 18:49:59Z] wrote: > Here are two verifiable facts: > > brian@sid:~$ dpkg --status aptitude | grep Priority > Priority: important Package's priority can be overruled by... some system unknown to me. This is Debian 8: $ dpkg --status aptitude | grep Priority Priority:

Re: Wifi file sharing in Debian

2015-10-31 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
I am looking for something that would work wireless. Like, I shared a file to another device and the channel is wireless. -- Regards Himanshu Shekhar IIIT-Allahabad IRM2015006

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Brian
On Sun 01 Nov 2015 at 00:38:25 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 03:57:30AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > I notice that Sid is not including aptitude by default in the stock > > installation. I have to do “apt get install aptitude” manually after > > installation. > > > >

Re: How to identify obsolete packages

2015-10-31 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 13:27:19 -0400 (EDT), Jude DaShiell wrote: > > I get aptitude to resolve recommended upgrades just by using the -r > switch on the command line. There's probably a way to do that using > g.u.i. but don't know that one yet. It's been a while now, but IIRC, this works for ins

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Brian
On Sat 31 Oct 2015 at 10:01:36 -0600, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > Will Debian 9 no longer install Aptitude by default?. Que Sera, Sera. . Let's stay in the present (in line with the post which started this thread) and look at unstable. Here are two verifiable facts: brian@sid:~$ dpkg --

Re: RealTek RTL8192EU drivers

2015-10-31 Thread Jose Martinez
On Fri, 2015-10-30 at 07:04 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 15:43:51 -0400 (EDT), Jose Martinez wrote: > > > > I sure appreciate the info. The internal B43 wireless on my laptop does > > not play nicely with the b43legacy driver and locks up fairly > > frequently, and has limit

Re: [Solved] RealTek RTL8192EU drivers

2015-10-31 Thread Jose Martinez
On Tue, 2015-10-27 at 21:32 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:24:07 -0400 (EDT), Jose Martinez wrote: > > > > I recently purchased a USB wifi adapter which has a RealTek RTL8192EU > > chip (ID 0bda:818b) in it. A CD came with the wifi adapter which had > > drivers for Windows

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
El 31/10/15 a las 10:05, Richard Owlett escribió: Martin Read wrote: On 31/10/15 12:02, Chris Bannister wrote: Logically, doesn't it make more sense to make it so that you install with the minimum number of packages necessary, and then download any extra packages you want *after* the install?

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 31 October 2015 16:37:41 Richard Owlett wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Saturday 31 October 2015 16:18:15 Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > >> El 31/10/15 a las 10:05, Richard Owlett escribió: > >>> Martin Read wrote: > On 31/10/15 12:02, Chris Bannister wrote: > > Logically, do

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
Will Debian 9 no longer install Aptitude by default?.

Re: How to identify obsolete packages (was: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?)

2015-10-31 Thread Jude DaShiell
I get aptitude to resolve recommended upgrades just by using the -r switch on the command line. There's probably a way to do that using g.u.i. but don't know that one yet. On Sat, 31 Oct 2015, Stephen Powell wrote: Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 10:29:48 From: Stephen Powell To: debian-user@lists.d

Re: Wifi file sharing in Debian

2015-10-31 Thread Zorian M
Why not just use SFTP? Install openssh-sftp-server on Debian and an SFTP client on the smartphone (there are plenty). On 10/31/15, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > Is there any software that allows file sharing over wifi as we do with > Xender or ShareIt in smartphones? > > -- > Regards > > Himanshu She

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Richard Owlett
Lisi Reisz wrote: On Saturday 31 October 2015 16:18:15 Mario Castelán Castro wrote: El 31/10/15 a las 10:05, Richard Owlett escribió: Martin Read wrote: On 31/10/15 12:02, Chris Bannister wrote: Logically, doesn't it make more sense to make it so that you install with the minimum number of pa

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Richard Owlett
Mario Castelán Castro wrote: El 31/10/15 a las 10:05, Richard Owlett escribió: Martin Read wrote: On 31/10/15 12:02, Chris Bannister wrote: Logically, doesn't it make more sense to make it so that you install with the minimum number of packages necessary, and then download any extra packages y

[SOLVED] How to identify obsolete packages

2015-10-31 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 11:28:26 -0400 (EDT), Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > Here is one way. > > To identify packages that are no longer present in the archive > > % apt-show-versions -r . | grep "No available version in archive" That's what I'm talking about! Thanks! (Although it does requi

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 31 October 2015 16:18:15 Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > El 31/10/15 a las 10:05, Richard Owlett escribió: > > Martin Read wrote: > >> On 31/10/15 12:02, Chris Bannister wrote: > >>> Logically, doesn't it make more sense to make it so that you > >>> install > >>> with the minimum number

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Richard Owlett
Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: On 10/31/15, Martin Read wrote: On 31/10/15 12:02, Chris Bannister wrote: Logically, doesn't it make more sense to make it so that you install with the minimum number of packages necessary, and then download any extra packages you want *after* the install? Only if you

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Richard Owlett
Martin Read wrote: On 31/10/15 12:02, Chris Bannister wrote: Logically, doesn't it make more sense to make it so that you install with the minimum number of packages necessary, and then download any extra packages you want *after* the install? Only if you accept austere minimalism as axiomatic

Re: How to identify obsolete packages (was: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?)

2015-10-31 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 10:38:48 -0400 (EDT), "Reco" wrote: > On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 10:29:48 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: >> Does anyone know an easy way to identify obsolete packages without >> using aptitide? > > deborphan --guess-all According to the documentation for deborphan, "deborphan

Re: How to identify obsolete packages (was: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?)

2015-10-31 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: > > Does anyone know an easy way to identify obsolete packages without > using aptitide? > Here is one way. To identify packages that are no longer present in the archive % apt-show-versions -r . | grep "No available version in archive"

Debian Squeeze mounting problem

2015-10-31 Thread Richard Owlett
I'm having problems understanding http://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=Debian+6.0.10+squeeze&format=html&locale=en I have 3 partitions labeled proj-all, proj-1, and proj-2. The machine intentionally has no networking. There are 2 relevant but minimal

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 10/31/15, Martin Read wrote: > On 31/10/15 12:02, Chris Bannister wrote: >> Logically, doesn't it make more sense to make it so that you install >> with the minimum number of packages necessary, and then download any >> extra packages you want *after* the install? > > Only if you accept austere

Destination of a new window with multiple monitors available.

2015-10-31 Thread Peter Easthope
Given one screen on two monitors and an application, can the default destination of a new window for the application be configured permanently? Make leafpad always prefer the left monitor for example. leafpad doesn't have a pertinent option. Also not within the scope of X11. The report from xran

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Martin Read
On 31/10/15 12:02, Chris Bannister wrote: Logically, doesn't it make more sense to make it so that you install with the minimum number of packages necessary, and then download any extra packages you want *after* the install? Only if you accept austere minimalism as axiomatically good.

Re: How to identify obsolete packages (was: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?)

2015-10-31 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 10:29:48 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Powell wrote: > Does anyone know an easy way to identify obsolete packages without > using aptitide? deborphan --guess-all Reco

How to identify obsolete packages (was: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?)

2015-10-31 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 07:38:25 -0400 (EDT), Chris Bannister wrote: > > Oh great! They've fixed it. I hated having to "dpkg --purge aptitude" > after a new installation. If you want extra packages, it's just an > apt-get install step away. I used to use aptitude; but I've switched back to using apt

Re: display problem from wheezy=>jessie upgrade.

2015-10-31 Thread peter
From: Sven Arvidsson , Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:03:27 +0200 > Sounds like this bug: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=768958 Good; thanks. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=768958#10 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=768958#15 Regards,

Re: Access Gembird USB device as non-priviledged user

2015-10-31 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 01:08:24PM +0100, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > > Changeing this to > > blackbox:~# cat /etc/udev/rules.d/z61_sispmctl.rules > SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="04b4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="fd13", > GROUP="sispmctl", MODE="0664" > blackbox:~# > > fixed the problem. > > I am wo

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 31 October 2015 12:02:19 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 11:44:45AM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Saturday 31 October 2015 11:38:25 Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 03:57:30AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > > I notice that Sid is not including apt

nm-connection-editor segfault when importing .ovpn files

2015-10-31 Thread Blood Axe
Hello, I'm on Debian Jessie too, and when i try to import a openvpn configuration nm-connection-editor make a segfault [10255.789722] nm-connection-e[6383]: segfault at 19c6e10 ip 019c6e10 sp 7ffd3bd6c7f8 error 15 I have saw in this bug track the problem is fix in debian testing, i

Re: Wifi file sharing in Debian

2015-10-31 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sat, 2015-10-31 at 17:18 +0530, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > Is there any software that allows file sharing over wifi as we do > with > Xender or ShareIt in smartphones? No idea what those are, but I really like the WebDAV share in GNOME (discoverable with mDNS). -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http:

Re: Access Gembird USB device as non-priviledged user

2015-10-31 Thread Rainer Dorsch
On Saturday 31 October 2015 12:12:53 Rainer Dorsch wrote: > Hi, > > is there a good way to access a Gembird USB device as non-root user? > > I have > > rd@blackbox:~$ lsusb -v -d 04b4:fd13 > > Bus 004 Device 002: ID 04b4:fd13 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. Programmable > power socket > Couldn't op

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 11:44:45AM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 31 October 2015 11:38:25 Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 03:57:30AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > I notice that Sid is not including aptitude by default in the stock > > > installation. I have to do “apt

Wifi file sharing in Debian

2015-10-31 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
Is there any software that allows file sharing over wifi as we do with Xender or ShareIt in smartphones? -- Regards Himanshu Shekhar IIIT-Allahabad IRM2015006

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 31 October 2015 11:38:25 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 03:57:30AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > I notice that Sid is not including aptitude by default in the stock > > installation. I have to do “apt get install aptitude” manually after > > installation. > > > > Does

Access Gembird USB device as non-priviledged user

2015-10-31 Thread Rainer Dorsch
Hi, is there a good way to access a Gembird USB device as non-root user? I have rd@blackbox:~$ lsusb -v -d 04b4:fd13 Bus 004 Device 002: ID 04b4:fd13 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. Programmable power socket Couldn't open device, some information will be missing Device Descriptor: bLength

Re: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 03:57:30AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > I notice that Sid is not including aptitude by default in the stock > installation. I have to do “apt get install aptitude” manually after > installation. > > Does anybody know why this is? Oh great! They've fixed it. I hated havin

Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?

2015-10-31 Thread Rick Thomas
I notice that Sid is not including aptitude by default in the stock installation. I have to do “apt get install aptitude” manually after installation. Does anybody know why this is? Thanks! Rick