Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

2016-01-01 Thread Richard Hector
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 02/01/16 07:05, Martin Read wrote: > On 01/01/16 17:47, Ric Moore wrote: >> On 01/01/2016 11:23 AM, pe...@berghold.net wrote: >>> I'm confused what specifically is meriting censorship? >> >> I'm not seeing any full frontal nudity. Ric > > An ima

Re: RIP and Thank You.

2016-01-01 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 12/31/2015 08:48 AM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: Everyone, please be safe out there.. Talk to people. Let them know what's going on in your Life. I'm spending a SERIOUS amount of time today kicking myself for having never even thought to track Ian down and follow his musings because of his direct

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

2016-01-01 Thread Ric Moore
On 01/01/2016 05:51 PM, Charlie wrote: On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 22:22:13 +0100 deloptes sent: The only solution in my opinion is to explain and give a good example to the children for what is good and what is bad. Once they know it, they do not forget. How often do the children see the worst sexis

Re: nfs problem

2016-01-01 Thread Pier
On Friday, 1 January 2016, 21:57, Glenn English wrote: Come on folks! Consider a modified Drake equation: (number on this list) * (date) * (% not hungover) * (% who understand NFS) * (% willing to help out a bewildered computer geek) == (surely > 0), no? OK. Leave out (date) and (% not hun

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

2016-01-01 Thread Charlie
On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 22:22:13 +0100 deloptes sent: > The only solution in my opinion is to explain and give a good example > to the children for what is good and what is bad. Once they know it, > they do not forget. How often do the children see the worst sexism and other iniquities in their home,

Re: nfs problem

2016-01-01 Thread Brandon Vincent
On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 4:56 PM, ghe wrote: > I changed the nobody name to myself (ghe) in /etc/idmapd.conf, and created a > new user (gheqw). Now ls says the directory on the client is owned by > gheqw:nogroup. That doesn't make any sense to me at all. I would return the server's idmapd.conf bac

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

2016-01-01 Thread John Hasler
deloptes writes: > I do not want our women to wear hijab, because someone could be > affected when they show their neck, or chin. Following the OPs request > we would end up there sooner or later. Of course, the OP would probably want women to be forbidden to wear ha jib... -- John Hasler jhas..

Re: nfs problem

2016-01-01 Thread Glenn English
Come on folks! Consider a modified Drake equation: (number on this list) * (date) * (% not hungover) * (% who understand NFS) * (% willing to help out a bewildered computer geek) == (surely > 0), no? OK. Leave out (date) and (% not hungover), and tell me what I've done wrong... > On Dec 31, 20

Re: RIP and Thank You.

2016-01-01 Thread Amir H. Firouziyan
This is sad for me too and I found out this news by Debian logo. R.I.P. Ian On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 2:14 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/30/ian_murdock_debian_founder/ > >

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

2016-01-01 Thread Lee Winter
On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Martin Read wrote: > On 01/01/16 17:47, Ric Moore wrote: >> >> On 01/01/2016 11:23 AM, pe...@berghold.net wrote: >>> >>> I'm confused what specifically is meriting censorship? >> >> >> I'm not seeing any full frontal nudity. Ric > > > An image can feature full front

Re: after sudo aptitude dist-upgrade lost Unicode in ttys and xterm

2016-01-01 Thread Emanuel Berg
Anders Andersson writes: >> After I did sudo aptitude dist-upgrade I lost >> support for Unicode chars in the ttys as well as >> xterm. Instead I get '?'. Ideas? > > One idea would be to post a list of packages which > were upgraded. :) My intuition tells me you know a good way to do that! Here

mencoder - Skipped and duplicate frames when recording from TV

2016-01-01 Thread Marko Randjelovic
I use Squeeze on this machine. It has TV card: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder When recording from this TV card with mencoder, every 0.15s on average, a message is output from mencoder: 1 duplicate frame(s)! or Skipping frame! When playing recorded file, pictur

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

2016-01-01 Thread Martin Read
On 01/01/16 17:47, Ric Moore wrote: On 01/01/2016 11:23 AM, pe...@berghold.net wrote: I'm confused what specifically is meriting censorship? I'm not seeing any full frontal nudity. Ric An image can feature full frontal nudity without being an exercise in sexual objectification, and equally

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

2016-01-01 Thread Ric Moore
On 01/01/2016 11:23 AM, pe...@berghold.net wrote: I'm confused what specifically is meriting censorship? I'm not seeing any full frontal nudity. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only th

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

2016-01-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, pe...@berghold.net wrote: > I'm confused what specifically is meriting censorship? Article 5 Grundgesetz (that's our local constitition) says: "No censorship happens." Therefore it is forbidden to say that censorship happens. Have a nice day :) Thomas

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

2016-01-01 Thread Terence
Peter, You shouldn't be confused: there will always be people of limited intelligence and understanding who will find offence in any statement, picture, opinion or attitude that does not conform to their severely restricted mind-set. There is nothing to be found on the internet that transcends th

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

2016-01-01 Thread John Hasler
peter write: > I'm confused what specifically is meriting censorship? Political incorrectness. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

2016-01-01 Thread peter
I'm confused what specifically is meriting censorship? Sent from my android device. -Original Message- From: Ric Moore To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Fri, 01 Jan 2016 11:21 Subject: Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png On 01/01/2016 04:47 AM, Joel Rees wrote: I l

Re: Question: eth0 vs enp1s0 (second try)

2016-01-01 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2016-01-01 12:03:32 +, Brian wrote: > On Thu 31 Dec 2015 at 19:08:18 +0100, Hans wrote: > > What do 'ls /sys/class/net' and 'ip link' give without this addition? > > > > I get: > > > > ls /sys/class/net/ > > > > enp1s0 Io wlan0 > > Interesting. One interface is renamed; one is not (wla

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

2016-01-01 Thread Ric Moore
On 01/01/2016 04:47 AM, Joel Rees wrote: I looked at the first twenty or so images in the list, and I agree that the general point of view is very much one that treats people as objects. I would not want my children finding those when looking for clipart. In my opinion, a complaint is justified

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

2016-01-01 Thread Brian
On Sat 02 Jan 2016 at 04:11:38 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 11:15:03PM +, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 30 Dec 2015 at 23:01:43 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > > The sources are different. > > > > More nonsense. > > Huh? the sources list is different if you use DVD's t

Re: wget log from Jigdo

2016-01-01 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 01 January 2016 14:54:38 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 02:34:55PM -0500, Steve Matzura wrote: > > (BTW, top-posting makes it difficult to reply, and I couldn't be bothered > copying and pasting to correct it.) And harder still to follow. But I gather from elsewhere t

Re: wget log from Jigdo

2016-01-01 Thread Brian
On Sat 02 Jan 2016 at 03:54:38 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > (BTW, top-posting makes it difficult to reply, and I couldn't be bothered > copying and pasting to correct it.) You would do well to read *all* of Steve Matzura's posts before bemoaning your lot. You'll come across "speech synthesis"

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

2016-01-01 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/31/2015 10:01 AM, Brian wrote: On Thu 31 Dec 2015 at 10:21:06 -0500, Steve Matzura wrote: Andrew M.A. Cater's bluray suggestion is a good one. Most everything of what you want should be in the image. An alternative method with more than 3 DVDs is at https://wiki.debian.org/Installation+Ar

Re: Creating a .deb package!

2016-01-01 Thread Martin Read
On 31/12/15 17:30, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: I have made some bash scripts (about 300 lines). I want it to be available for direct install along with some additional files for direct use. How can I make the .deb file out of a shell script and about 5 more text files? Also, how can I get it added to

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

2016-01-01 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 11:15:03PM +, Brian wrote: > On Wed 30 Dec 2015 at 23:01:43 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Wednesday 30 December 2015 19:54:50 Brian wrote: > > > On Wed 30 Dec 2015 at 19:39:10 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 30 December 2015 17:29:30 Brian wrote: > > >

Re: wget log from Jigdo

2016-01-01 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 02:34:55PM -0500, Steve Matzura wrote: > True, but who knew that? I go with what I know most of the time, and > what I know about Jigdo can be summed up in one word: nothing. So when > I see a URL that purports to be the one to use, I use it. This is what > makes me crazy ab

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

2016-01-01 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/30/2015 7:11 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: [SNIP] Hi Thomas, Maybe you missed the run-up to this discussion. Steve only has a Windows computer right now. He’s trying to get Linux running so he can learn more about it. I don’t know whether he wants to dual-boot or if he has a separate compu

Re: after sudo aptitude dist-upgrade lost Unicode in ttys and xterm

2016-01-01 Thread Anders Andersson
On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 8:04 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote: > After I did > > sudo aptitude dist-upgrade > > I lost support for Unicode chars in the ttys as well > as xterm. > > Instead I get '?'. > > Ideas? One idea would be to post a list of packages which were upgraded. :)

Re: RIP and Thank You.

2016-01-01 Thread franiortiz hotmail
Thanks Ian we will not forget you De: Weaver Enviado: viernes, 1 de enero de 2016 10:18 Para: debian-user@lists.debian.org Asunto: Re: RIP and Thank You. On 2015-12-31 09:24, Charlie Kravetz wrote: > On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:44:26 + > Lisi Reisz wrote:

Re: Question: eth0 vs enp1s0 (second try)

2016-01-01 Thread Brian
On Thu 31 Dec 2015 at 19:08:18 +0100, Hans wrote: > What do 'ls /sys/class/net' and 'ip link' give without this addition? > > I get: > > ls /sys/class/net/ > > enp1s0 Io wlan0 Interesting. One interface is renamed; one is not (wlan0). [Snip] > I believe, the different outrputs are just be

Re: Attempt to Move Root

2016-01-01 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Petter Adsen a écrit : > Gene Heskett wrote: > >> I made the mistake of trying to install a wheezy derivitive on a 2T >> drive that had been prepared using GPT partitions. The installer >> could not see them at all, so after 2 tries, I just let it go ahead >> and do its own partitioning and form

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

2016-01-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Eduard Bloch wrote: > But for regular "push data around from FD to FD" job the only crucial > difference I remember is the nasty behavior of dd when a short read > occurres - aborting instead of retrying as cp does. I saw it padding up short blocks and going on when i was still on SuSE 10. Th

Re: RIP and Thank You.

2016-01-01 Thread Weaver
On 2015-12-31 09:24, Charlie Kravetz wrote: On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:44:26 + Lisi Reisz wrote: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/30/ian_murdock_debian_founder/ Official Announcement from Debian: https://bits.debian.org/2015/12/mourning-ian-murdock.html RIP, Ian Murdock. I didn't kn

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

2016-01-01 Thread Joel Rees
Just for the record, in case the package maintainer or policy group look at this thread hoping for representative opinions: On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 5:31 AM, Gary Dale wrote: > On 31/12/15 03:10 PM, Gary Dale wrote: >> >> On 31/12/15 06:15 AM, Fernando Arenas wrote: >>> >>> First my sincere congrat

Re: Attempt to Move Root

2016-01-01 Thread Petter Adsen
On Sun, 27 Dec 2015 10:07:13 -0500 Gene Heskett wrote: > I made the mistake of trying to install a wheezy derivitive on a 2T > drive that had been prepared using GPT partitions. The installer > could not see them at all, so after 2 tries, I just let it go ahead > and do its own partitioning and