Installing libSSL 0.9.8 in debian jessie

2016-03-02 Thread venkat
Hi I am just exploring the possibilities to install libSSL 0.9.8 in jessie -- Regards Venkat.S

Re: Why so big EFI partition?

2016-03-02 Thread Albin Otterhäll
On 03/03/2016 12:55 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Basically, there are lots of > reported (real and potential) issues with smaller sizes, so we've > picked a larger size by default for the guided partitioning. I wasn't aware of the potential problems. Funny that Ubuntu's documentation still recommen

Re: Current stability of Debian testing?

2016-03-02 Thread Juan R. de Silva
> People just doing a blind "apt dist-upgrade" every day without knowing > what happens, why it happens and how to fix the emerging problems will > have a very bad time using Testing, because there will be a day where an > innocent "apt dist-upgrade" removes half their packages. Well, just don't d

Re: Current stability of Debian testing?

2016-03-02 Thread Juan R. de Silva
On Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:18:02 +0100, Albin Otterhäll wrote: > On 03/02/2016 01:45 PM, Michael wrote: >> Ive been using it for the last few months, and have had no major issues >> that where not of my own causing.. :) > > Good! According to the Debian wiki it's recommended to do a "minimal" > insta

Re: NVIDIA GeForce problem

2016-03-02 Thread Bret Busby
On 03/03/2016, Levi S. Darrell wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to get my NVIDIA video hardware to work properly with X. I am > running Debian Testing, which I just installed a few days ago. Hello. I have, some time ago, posted a series of messages, relating to a problem where it took me two ye

Re: Thin Mate window edges

2016-03-02 Thread Matt Ventura
On 3/2/2016 2:51 PM, Russell Gadd wrote: I have just installed Jessie with the Mate desktop. My screen is 1920 x 1080. I find grabbing the edges or corner of a window with the mouse pointer in order to extend it is very fiddly. Is this due to the border being very thin? Are there any options to m

Re: which files took the space

2016-03-02 Thread lina
I figured out, there are so many hidden files. Thanks, On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 10:38 AM, lina wrote: > Hi, > > I did a simple check: > > $ df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda5 658M 408M 217M 66% / > /dev/sda4 213M 64M 139M 32% /boot > /dev/sda7

which files took the space

2016-03-02 Thread lina
Hi, I did a simple check: $ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda5 658M 408M 217M 66% / /dev/sda4 213M 64M 139M 32% /boot /dev/sda714G 13G 593M 96% /home /home 40Mbin 502MCytoscapeConfiguration 381MDesktop 896MDocuments 4

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Re: Why so big EFI partition?

2016-03-02 Thread Steve McIntyre
al...@otterhall.com wrote: >On 03/02/2016 07:42 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: >> There is no ratio. 500 MB is the generally recommended size for the EFI >> system partition even though the Debian GRUB EFI bootloader needs much >> less, and 250 MB for /boot is one of the questionable arbitrary choices

NVIDIA GeForce problem

2016-03-02 Thread Levi S. Darrell
Hello, I am trying to get my NVIDIA video hardware to work properly with X. I am running Debian Testing, which I just installed a few days ago. I installed nvidia-detect using apt. I then installed Bumblebee using the instructions at https://wiki.debian.org/Bumblebee#Installation. I added my lo

Re: Why so big EFI partition?

2016-03-02 Thread SamuelOPH
2016-03-02 20:16 GMT-03:00 Albin Otterhäll : > But I don't yet understand why someone would use systemd-boot instead of > the default boot manager instead of the default one? I'm reading the > Arch Wiki article[1], but it doesn't discuss _why_ you would like to use > it. > ​Well, I like to use be

Re: Why so big EFI partition?

2016-03-02 Thread Albin Otterhäll
On 03/02/2016 11:57 PM, SamuelOPH wrote: > ​They are on a "default" use case, but if you're using systemd-boot you are > responsible for configuring a nice way to keep only the last kernel images > on the ESP (it's not hard to do)​ and automagically update it. > > If you're using the Debian's defa

Re: Why so big EFI partition?

2016-03-02 Thread SamuelOPH
2016-03-02 19:42 GMT-03:00 Albin Otterhäll : > Doesn't old kernel images get removed after some time? ​They are on a "default" use case, but if you're using systemd-boot you are responsible for configuring a nice way to keep only the last kernel images on the ESP (it's not hard to do)​ and autom

Thin Mate window edges

2016-03-02 Thread Russell Gadd
I have just installed Jessie with the Mate desktop. My screen is 1920 x 1080. I find grabbing the edges or corner of a window with the mouse pointer in order to extend it is very fiddly. Is this due to the border being very thin? Are there any options to make this easier, such as choosing a window

Re: Why so big EFI partition?

2016-03-02 Thread Albin Otterhäll
On 03/02/2016 11:37 PM, SamuelOPH wrote: > ​I believe you mean ESP (EFI System Partition) Haha, you are correct. :) > [...] this limit will grow with time with initramfs and vmlinuz getting bigger [---] Doesn't old kernel images get removed after some time?

Re: Why so big EFI partition?

2016-03-02 Thread SamuelOPH
2016-03-02 19:31 GMT-03:00 Albin Otterhäll : > So a EPA partition with 128MiB is more than enough? ​I believe you mean ESP (EFI System Partition), and from my point of view (I don't known any case where one should need more) 128MiB is enough with a broad margin.​ Of course this limit will grow w

Re: Why so big EFI partition?

2016-03-02 Thread Albin Otterhäll
On 03/02/2016 11:24 PM, SamuelOPH wrote: > 20MB for storing both files for one kernel version So a EPA partition with 128MiB is more than enough?

Re: Why so big EFI partition?

2016-03-02 Thread SamuelOPH
2016-03-02 19:17 GMT-03:00 Albin Otterhäll : > What does systemd-boot and initramfs do? And how much space does they take? ​First of all, when i said kernel i mean the compressed kernel image (vmlinuz). So these two files are used to boot your system, each opearting system using sysmted-boot sho

Re: instalación de DEBIAN

2016-03-02 Thread Francesco Ariis
On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 05:01:01PM -0500, gustavo adolfo gutierrez valencia wrote: > Hola. [...] Hola Gustavo, esta lista es para usuarios que hablan ingles. Ahí [1] hay la lista en castellano! Bienvenido y suerte con tu instalación! [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-user-spanish/

Re: Why so big EFI partition?

2016-03-02 Thread Albin Otterhäll
On 03/02/2016 11:05 PM, SamuelOPH wrote: > [---] if you wanna use systemd-boot your kernel and initramfs [---] What does systemd-boot and initramfs do? And how much space does they take?

instalación de DEBIAN

2016-03-02 Thread gustavo adolfo gutierrez valencia
Hola. Hace poco me he comprado una laptop portátil Lenovo con procesador AMD 8-6410 Con tarjeta grafica integrada Raedon 5, con 16 GB de RAM y cuatro núcleos. Siempre he tenido la tentación de instalar Debian, y ahora que tengo un portátil nuevo lo quiero hacer. El sistema operativo es Windows

Re: Why so big EFI partition?

2016-03-02 Thread SamuelOPH
Actually, if you wanna use systemd-boot your kernel and initramfs must be stored on the ESP. But anyway 500MB looks like overkill. Samuel Henrique O. P. [samueloph] Técnico em Informática - UTFPR [2012]. Estudante de Engenharia de Computação - UTFPR. 2016-03-02 19:01 GMT-03:00 Albin Otterhäll :

Re: Why so big EFI partition?

2016-03-02 Thread Albin Otterhäll
On 03/02/2016 07:42 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > There is no ratio. 500 MB is the generally recommended size for the EFI > system partition even though the Debian GRUB EFI bootloader needs much > less, and 250 MB for /boot is one of the questionable arbitrary choices > that the guided mode does for

Re: ImageMagick (display) unable to load font

2016-03-02 Thread Curt
On 2016-03-02, wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 05:22:21PM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: >> On Wed, 2016-03-02 at 13:09 +, Curt wrote: >> > I don't how to solve this problem.  Why an open source program would >> > ask >> > for a proprietary font in order to work is beyond my comprehension. >

Re: ImageMagick (display) unable to load font

2016-03-02 Thread Curt
On 2016-03-02, wrote: > > To slowly crawl near, try > > display -font '-b&h-*-*-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*' > > (I'm assuming you've got some b&h fonts, like lucida -- otherwise use > a font spec of an existing font; in a pinch, make sure you have the > program xfontsel and you can do: > > display

nginx, ldap and dotdeb

2016-03-02 Thread Erwan David
Hello I am looking for a solution for ldap basic authentication in nginx. nginx versions in Jessie do not incorporate auth_ldap module, thus I am blocked. However I saw that the version on dotdeb does. So my question is : Is dotdeb reliable ? If I do not want to reecompile nginx from source, it's

Re: ImageMagick (display) unable to load font

2016-03-02 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 05:22:21PM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Wed, 2016-03-02 at 13:09 +, Curt wrote: > > I don't how to solve this problem.  Why an open source program would > > ask > > for a proprietary font in order to work is beyond my c

Re: ImageMagick (display) unable to load font

2016-03-02 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 03:54:26PM +, Curt wrote: > On 2016-03-02, wrote: > > > > On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 01:09:54PM +, Curt wrote: > >> > >> Trying to run the 'display' command from ImageMagick without an argument > >> gives the following "

Re: Why so big EFI partition?

2016-03-02 Thread Pascal Hambourg
> On 02/03/16 08:42 AM, Albin Otterhäll wrote: >> When doing a guided partition when installing debian, the >> debian-installer creates a EFI (/boot/efi) partition with approximately >> 500MB, and a /boot partition with around 250MB. Why this weird ratio >> between them? There is no ratio. 500 MB

Re: Debian as My home firewall/router

2016-03-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 02 March 2016 17:24:36 Jean-Baptiste Thomas wrote: > > I like to avoid the latest and greatest (especially Debian > > latest and greatest, vide infra). > > "Debian vide infra" ? What's that ? "see below" in Latin. Ged is referring to the Schneier URL (s)he gives lower down in his/he

Re: Why so big EFI partition?

2016-03-02 Thread Gary Dale
On 02/03/16 08:42 AM, Albin Otterhäll wrote: When doing a guided partition when installing debian, the debian-installer creates a EFI (/boot/efi) partition with approximately 500MB, and a /boot partition with around 250MB. Why this weird ratio between them? To my knowledge only the bootloader(s)

Re: Debian as My home firewall/router

2016-03-02 Thread Jean-Baptiste Thomas
> I like to avoid the latest and greatest (especially Debian > latest and greatest, vide infra). "Debian vide infra" ? What's that ?

Re: Current stability of Debian testing?

2016-03-02 Thread songbird
Albin Otterhäll wrote: > What is the current stability of Debian testing (Stretch)? I know it had > quite a lot of stability issues some months ago, and wondering if they > are resolved yet. depends upon what you are running and how you do it. are you upgrading from stable or installing testi

Re: ImageMagick (display) unable to load font

2016-03-02 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Wed, 2016-03-02 at 13:09 +, Curt wrote: > I don't how to solve this problem.  Why an open source program would > ask > for a proprietary font in order to work is beyond my comprehension. I doubt it needs it, it wouldn't be in Debian main if it did.  I'm guessing this is some configuration

Re: How to enable config in Kernel on boot?

2016-03-02 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Wed, 2016-03-02 at 21:25 +0530, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > I browsed for file /boot/config/$(uname -r) and found a line > CONFIG DELL_RBTN # config not set > > I want the feature to be available, and have used in some other > distribution. > The file also says, do not modify it. > How can I get

How to enable config in Kernel on boot?

2016-03-02 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
I browsed for file /boot/config/$(uname -r) and found a line CONFIG DELL_RBTN # config not set I want the feature to be available, and have used in some other distribution. The file also says, do not modify it. How can I get it working? I am currently using Debian Stretch Linux 4.3 on Dell Inspir

Re: ImageMagick (display) unable to load font

2016-03-02 Thread Curt
On 2016-03-02, wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 01:09:54PM +, Curt wrote: >> >> Trying to run the 'display' command from ImageMagick without an argument >> gives the following "error" (the app does not open at all): >> >> curty@einstein:~$ display >> display.im6: unable to load font >> `-

Re: Current stability of Debian testing?

2016-03-02 Thread Sven Hartge
Albin Otterhäll wrote: > On 03/02/2016 02:45 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: >> People just doing a blind "apt dist-upgrade" every day without knowing >> what happens, why it happens and how to fix the emerging problems will >> have a very bad time using Testing, because there will be a day where an >> in

Re: Current stability of Debian testing?

2016-03-02 Thread Erwan David
On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 02:54:29PM CET, Albin Otterhäll said: > Doesn't it exist any "extensions" to apt that checks for reported bugs? > I'm aware that I've to check for eventual bugs if I'm going with testing > and not doing any blind aptitude dist-upgrade. Btw, where is the best > place to ch

Re: Current stability of Debian testing?

2016-03-02 Thread Albin Otterhäll
On 03/02/2016 02:45 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: > People just doing a blind "apt dist-upgrade" every day without knowing > what happens, why it happens and how to fix the emerging problems will > have a very bad time using Testing, because there will be a day where an > innocent "apt dist-upgrade" remov

Re: Current stability of Debian testing?

2016-03-02 Thread Sven Hartge
Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > I upgraded from Jessie to Stretch today morning. As per now, things are > working fine. That is the main "problem" with testing: "as per now". Testing can be fine one day and then horribly broken (dependency wise) for weeks, as soon as a major transition starts. Peopl

Why so big EFI partition?

2016-03-02 Thread Albin Otterhäll
When doing a guided partition when installing debian, the debian-installer creates a EFI (/boot/efi) partition with approximately 500MB, and a /boot partition with around 250MB. Why this weird ratio between them? To my knowledge only the bootloader(s) in located on the /boot/efi partition, and the

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-03-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 28 February 2016 18:39:50 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 28 February 2016 12:31:46 Joel Roth wrote: > > A "hardware" solution is to make a cardboard cover for the > > touchpad. > > In the Ripley's Believe it or Not category, that was tried, and the &%$# > thing could still see a thumb re

Re: ImageMagick (display) unable to load font

2016-03-02 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 01:09:54PM +, Curt wrote: > > Trying to run the 'display' command from ImageMagick without an argument > gives the following "error" (the app does not open at all): > > curty@einstein:~$ display > display.im6: unable to lo

Re: Current stability of Debian testing?

2016-03-02 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
I upgraded from Jessie to Stretch today morning. As per now, things are working fine. There were problems during upgrade, as broken packages and dpkg interrupted. However, once installation was completed, everything is running perfectly. I have KDE and GNOME currently running. Let's see what happ

Re: Current stability of Debian testing?

2016-03-02 Thread Albin Otterhäll
On 03/02/2016 01:45 PM, Michael wrote: > Ive been using it for the last few months, and have had no major issues > that where not of my own causing.. :) Good! According to the Debian wiki it's recommended to do a "minimal" installation. I assume it's just debian with all the "extra" (Gnome and pri

ImageMagick (display) unable to load font

2016-03-02 Thread Curt
Trying to run the 'display' command from ImageMagick without an argument gives the following "error" (the app does not open at all): curty@einstein:~$ display display.im6: unable to load font `-microsoft-verdana-*-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*': Resource temporarily unavailable @ error/xwindow.c/XBestFon

Re: Current stability of Debian testing?

2016-03-02 Thread Michael
On Wed, 2016-03-02 at 13:40 +0100, Albin Otterhäll wrote: > What is the current stability of Debian testing (Stretch)? I know it > had > quite a lot of stability issues some months ago, and wondering if > they > are resolved yet. > Ive been using it for the last few months, and have had no major

Current stability of Debian testing?

2016-03-02 Thread Albin Otterhäll
What is the current stability of Debian testing (Stretch)? I know it had quite a lot of stability issues some months ago, and wondering if they are resolved yet.

Re: XFS on root

2016-03-02 Thread Ron
On Wed, 2 Mar 2016 09:52:12 + Darac Marjal wrote: > >Why use Ext2 and not Ext 3 or 4 for /boot? > > I believe the reasoning is to keep /boot as simple and as robust as > possible. ext3 and ext4 are, while mostly compatible with ext2, not as > well supported. There are third-party drivers

Re: XFS on root

2016-03-02 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 08:52:23AM +0100, Albin Otterhäll wrote: On 02/27/2016 06:16 PM, Adam Wilson wrote: [---] use ext2 for /boot [---] Why use Ext2 and not Ext 3 or 4 for /boot? I believe the reasoning is to keep /boot as simple and as robust as possible. ext3 and ext4 are, while mostly

Re: XFS on root

2016-03-02 Thread Richard Hector
On 02/03/16 20:37, jdd wrote: > Le 02/03/2016 03:10, Richard Hector a écrit : > >> I think that's two different things. The "cannot install grub >> into an XFS partition" quote is about where grub lives - normally >> in the MBR, but possibly in a partition (but not if it's XFS). > > is this still

Package Pinning Question: Pin Dovecot 1.2 during upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

2016-03-02 Thread Sophie Loewenthal
Hi, Debian Wheeze onwards comes with a default installation of Dovecot 2. An upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy would upgrade Dovecot 1.2 -> 2.2. When I upgrade a Squeeze server to Wheezy, how could I keep Dovecot 1.2? Could I by Pinning the package? Many thanks, Soph. P.S I have posted her