Re: Flash update

See package youtube-dl. Just give the URL you see in your browser as argument to the youtube-dl command (beware of special characters, better use "...", see man youtube-dl). This works also for other sites with movies. Regards, jvp.

bug reporting and packages

Hi, I was going to use the bugreport feature of my Debian 8.3 install... it say if I don't know the package then I should contact you... my bug is that I have a ps2mouse. Whenever the computer goes into screensaver mode, the mouse icon disappears. I have to reboot to bring it back. I tried modpr

Re: Modified Rapture, and a new question

On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 02:22:10 + Mark Fletcher wrote: Hello Mark, >download it from Debian.org already. Separate vendors aren't adding any Because *everyone's* got always on, unlimited access to the internet haven't they? -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is

Re: Flash update

On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 09:38:00 (+0300), Adam Wilson wrote: > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 23:34:58 -0500 David Wright > wrote: > > When flash streams a movie, a copy is downloaded somewhere on my > > disk. One beneficial effect of this is that if I click the slider to > > an earlier point in the movie, the

Re: Modified Rapture, and a new question

On Mon 04 Apr 2016 at 02:22:10 (+), Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 at 04:20, David Wright wrote: > > On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 08:56:23 (+), Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > I just don't understand why anyone would pay money for Jessie in the first > > > place. > > > > Convenience, bandwi

Re: Modified Rapture, and a new question

Mark Fletcher writes: > Precisely. That was my question. Why would anyone do any of that? Just > download it from Debian.org already. Separate vendors aren't adding > any value. Why should they get paid for doing nothing useful? They get paid because the people who pay them choose to do so. Presum

Re: Modified Rapture, and a new question

On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 at 04:20, David Wright wrote: > On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 08:56:23 (+), Mark Fletcher wrote: > > I just don't understand why anyone would pay money for Jessie in the > first > > place. > > Convenience, bandwidth, trust,... > > > It's supposed to be free software... > > It *is*

Re: Live CD - boot option for static IP?

On 04/03/2016 07:16 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 4/3/2016 11:02 AM, Ulf Volmer wrote: http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git;a=blob_plain;f=templates/GRML/grmlcheatcodes.txt;hb=HEAD > I clicked on that link and recived a 404 error message. http://grml.org/cheatcodes best regards Ulf

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 23:09:14 (+0100), Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 02 April 2016 05:11:43 David Wright wrote: > > Yes, it does annoy me that the link doesn't warn you of that. > > I don't know how you browse so this might not help you, but here > > is what I do: > > > > After navigating to the

Re: running Linux without display

>>> What g.u.i. app or apps prevent graphical user interface Linux from running >>> if no display can be plugged into the computer? >> So the machine does not have a monitor plugged into it. >> But does it have a graphics card? > Yes the machine has a graphics card radeon if I didn't murder the spe

Re: Grossly OT SO STOP IT ALREADY!

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 22:17:41 +0300 Adam Wilson sent: > On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 15:15:54 -0400 > Carl Fink wrote: > > > Does this list have moderators? Because this is absurd. > > Yes. But they only intervene when necessary. We are not infringing on > the rights of anyone else to discuss what they w

Lockup problems with new 8.4 update

I've got a box running KDE and Debian stable, has been running fine for months, and today I did the update from 8.3 to 8.4. No problem; since it installed a new kernel, I told it to reboot. Ever since then I've been getting random lockups of the machine -- no keyboard or mouse functionali

Re: running Linux without display

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016, John Hasler wrote: Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 11:03:06 From: John Hasler To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: running Linux without display Resent-Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 15:03:35 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Jude DaShiell writes: The machine ta

Re: Repeated failure of install of Jessie

On Saturday 02 April 2016 05:11:43 David Wright wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > >On Tuesday 29 March 2016 23:55:33 Steve McIntyre wrote: > >> look in the directories on cdimage.debian.org for the > >> signed checksums alongside the images: > > > >I'm very grateful for everything the dds do, honestly.

Re: running Linux without display

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016, Stefan Monnier wrote: Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 10:21:40 From: Stefan Monnier To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: running Linux without display Resent-Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 14:48:09 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org What g.u.i. app or apps preven

Re: What Package?

On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 18:53:26 (+0300), Adam Wilson wrote: > On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 21:45:15 +0200 > Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > > second, with the command-line program youtube-dl (package of the same name) > > movies can be downloaded from youtube and played by a movie-player, e.g., > > vlc. > > You

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On 04/03/2016 05:41 AM, Adam Wilson wrote: > Surely the start of the Sino-Japanese war would Moderators... please, I beg you. -- Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) "After the vintage season came the aftermath -- and Cenbe."

Re: Flash update

On Friday 01 April 2016 11:39:29 Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 27 Jun 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > [snip] > > > > > > 1. Using iplayer with flash involves downloading a file. > > > > > > > > > > 2. Wouldn't it be nice if the file could be downloaded, preferably > > > > > using a program which is in a p

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

Adam Wilson composed on 2016-04-03 22:11 (UTC+0300): Both the USA and the USSR claimed to be democracies- and neither were. Only the misinformed and uninformed claim the USA is or ever has been a democracy. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." P

Re: What is cisco-sccp?

On 03/04/2016 20:06, Erwan David wrote: Le 03/04/2016 21:04, Gábor Hársfalvi a écrit : How could I know what program uses the port 2000? you can use netstat or lsof -i:2000 But the fact the port is mentionned in /etc/services does not mean at all it is used. indeed, /etc/services lists ju

Re: Modified Rapture, and a new question

On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 08:56:23 (+), Mark Fletcher wrote: > I just don't understand why anyone would pay money for Jessie in the first > place. Convenience, bandwidth, trust,... > It's supposed to be free software... It *is* free software. That doesn't mean that vendors have to download it, b

Re: Grossly OT SO STOP IT ALREADY!

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 15:15:54 -0400 Carl Fink wrote: > Does this list have moderators? Because this is absurd. Yes. But they only intervene when necessary. We are not infringing on the rights of anyone else to discuss what they wish. However, I think we should take this off-list, deloptes. pgpl

Re: Grossly OT SO STOP IT ALREADY!

Does this list have moderators? Because this is absurd. -- Carl Fink nitpick...@nitpicking.com Read my blog at blog.nitpicking.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct!

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 20:47:30 +0200 deloptes wrote: > Adam Wilson wrote: > > > > > I consider the second world war an extension of the first- there > > really was only one "hot" World War, from the 1910s to the 1940s, > > with two major outbreaks of violence as the old (European) imperial > > or

Re: blu ray burning with samsung se506cb in debian jessie

Hi, Dominique Dumont wrote: > > > try with -speed=1 i wrote: > > What are the negative symptoms if you do not use this option ? > The burn process DVD-DL at full speed (8x) on a plextor dvd burner apparently > works fine, but read verification shows i/o errors on 2 diffrerent drives. If this is

Re: What is cisco-sccp?

Le 03/04/2016 21:04, Gábor Hársfalvi a écrit : > How could I know what program uses the port 2000? > you can use netstat or lsof -i:2000 But the fact the port is mentionned in /etc/services does not mean at all it is used.

Re: What is cisco-sccp?

How could I know what program uses the port 2000? 2016-04-03 20:56 GMT+02:00 Erwan David : > Le 03/04/2016 20:53, Gábor Hársfalvi a écrit : > > "Is it from /etc/services ?" -> Yes its in there - but there aren't > > more information about the program which use it :( > > > > And I don't know how I

Re: Flash update

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 19:49:29 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 19:05:21 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > > On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 20:30:29 +0100 > > Brian wrote: > > > > > On Sat 02 Apr 2016 at 06:59:29 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:39:29 +0100 > > > > Anthony

Re: What Package?

Harris writes: > So if Adobe is no longer supporting Flash for Linux, do you think > there might be security risks to using the flashplayer-nonfree > package? Any malware involved would be targeted at Windows. Nobody targets Linux desktops. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: What Package?

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 14:49:15 -0400 Harris Paltrowitz wrote: > On Apr 3, 2016, at 12:29 PM, Siard wrote: > > Then, for those cases where html5 is not yet available, UNinstall > flashplayer-nonfree. Adobe has stopped Linux support for it, so it's > too old for those cases that require a newer vers

Re: What is cisco-sccp?

"Is it from /etc/services ?" -> Yes its in there - but there aren't more information about the program which use it :( And I don't know how I close this port. 2016-04-03 17:47 GMT+02:00 Erwan David : > Le 03/04/2016 16:30, Gábor Hársfalvi a écrit : > > Sorry - I mean it for that -> > > > > 2000/

Re: What Package?

On Apr 3, 2016, at 12:29 PM, Siard wrote: Then, for those cases where html5 is not yet available, UNinstall flashplayer-nonfree. Adobe has stopped Linux support for it, so it's too old for those cases that require a newer version. -- Hi, So if Adobe is no longer supporti

Re: What Package?

Adam Wilson wrote on 04/03/16 17:53: > On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 21:45:15 +0200 > Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> in order to watch youtube movies: >> >> first, try iceweasel without flash-plugin (disable or even un-install the >> plugin) and after removing any cookies from youtube; >> (maybe yo

Re: Flash update

On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 19:05:21 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 20:30:29 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > On Sat 02 Apr 2016 at 06:59:29 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:39:29 +0100 > > > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > > > > > I know this is an old thread, bu

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

Adam Wilson wrote: > > I consider the second world war an extension of the first- there really > was only one "hot" World War, from the 1910s to the 1940s, with two major > outbreaks of violence as the old (European) imperial order collapsed and > the new (American) imperial order arose. > > The

Re: Sudo

On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 23:30:03 -0500 Michael Milliman wrote: > > > On 03/20/2016 03:26 AM, Adam Wilson wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 19:30:57 + > > Joe wrote: > > > >> On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 19:57:56 +0100 > >> Sven Arvidsson wrote: > >> > >>> On Sat, 2016-03-19 at 18:38 +, Joe wrote: > >

Re: Live CD - boot option for static IP?

On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 10:46:23 +0100, Ron Leach wrote: > Is there a 'boot option' that I can add to the Live CD boot command line > that will let me set a static IP? It would appear not. Bug #785345 is possibly relevant: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=785345 > If there is,

Re: Upgrade Deb 7 to 8, GNOME Flashback, terminal windows not saved: any way to save?

On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 12:49:36 +0100 wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 07:51:16AM -0400, Tom Browder wrote: > > On Tuesday, March 22, 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > ... > > > Sorry, I should get to the end before I respond! > > > > That's okay, Lis

Re: What Package?

Siard writes: > But if you also install browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash, then > you can view them in iceweasel as well as other NPAPI web browsers > such as seamonkey and the new vivaldi browser. I just tried that. It "worked", but the load went above three and Firefox quit responding. Mi

Re: Upgrade Deb 7 to 8, GNOME Flashback, terminal windows not saved: any way to save?

On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 10:23:15 + Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 21 March 2016 16:21:52 Tom Browder wrote: > > I remember that now.  So is there any way to drop back to using > > GNOME Classic as in Deb 7? > > > > If not, are there any other reasonable, debian-packaged, desktop > > environments t

Re: Upgrade Deb 7 to 8, GNOME Flashback, terminal windows not saved: any way to save?

On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 12:21:52 -0400 Tom Browder wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > On Mon, 2016-03-21 at 11:26 -0400, Tom Browder wrote: > >> I just upgraded and am disappointed that, even though browser > >> instances can be saved between login sessions, termina

Re: OT But Still: Who has Ian's Computer(s)?

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:42:16 -0400 Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > Hi... > > Gábor's question, "What is cisco-sccp?" [1], just triggered a thought. > Who has Ian's [2] computers? Were they preserved in their last used > state as one might surely expect to be done with respect to someone of > his tech v

Re: Live CD - boot option for static IP?

On 4/3/2016 11:02 AM, Ulf Volmer wrote: On 04/03/2016 11:46 AM, Ron Leach wrote: Is there a way to set a static IP at the boot dialog when starting from a Live CD? I recomdend grml (grml.org) Thank you. grml may solve a problem totally unrelated to this thread. Will have to do reading firs

OT But Still: Who has Ian's Computer(s)?

Hi... Gábor's question, "What is cisco-sccp?" [1], just triggered a thought. Who has Ian's [2] computers? Were they preserved in their last used state as one might surely expect to be done with respect to someone of his tech value and history? Most unhumbly... if it has not already been done, his

Re: Live CD - boot option for static IP?

On 04/03/2016 11:46 AM, Ron Leach wrote: Is there a way to set a static IP at the boot dialog when starting from a Live CD? I recomdend grml (grml.org) there are a lot of boot options for your purpose, see http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git;a=blob_plain;f=templates/GRML/grmlcheatcodes.tx

Re: What Package?

Arnoud van der Veer wrote: > i cannot watch anything in Iceweasel on Youtube First, go to www.youtube.com/html5 and set YouTube's HTML5 player to be used wherever possible. This setting is stored in a cookie. Then, for those cases where html5 is not yet available, UNinstall flashplayer-nonfree. A

Re: blu ray burning with samsung se506cb in debian jessie

Le mardi 15 mars 2016, 08:39:21 08:39:21 Thomas Schmitt a écrit : > > This option is the only way for me to burn reliably with my old BR drive > > What are the negative symptoms if you do not use this option ? The burn process DVD-DL at full speed (8x) on a plextor dvd burner apparently works fi

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Tue, 29 Mar 2016 20:30:33 -0400 do...@mail.com wrote: > So far we have read about a conspiracy story, argued over when WW2 > started, even questioned the US motivation for joining in the fray. But we > have yet to read about the lessons learned, so I've made up a short list. > > We've learne

Re: Flash update

On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 20:30:29 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sat 02 Apr 2016 at 06:59:29 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:39:29 +0100 > > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > > > I know this is an old thread, but I thought it would be worth mentioning > > > that BBC IPlayer now works wi

Re: Bootable USB won't working

On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 11:05:13 +0530 Akhil Krishnan S wrote: > > > > > ># dd if=debian-8.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M > >$ sync > > > >Now remove the drive and try boot with it ("boot override" if > >possible). If you follow these steps to the letter, and the problem > >persists, the

Re: What Package?

On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 17:28:52 + (UTC) Arnoud van der Veer wrote: > I am having problems with playing flash files while using Iceweasel in > Debian.Iam using Debian for about 4 weeks now and have never been able to > play flash files: unknown SWF file. (flash player plugin crashes) Being able

Re: What Package?

On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 21:45:15 +0200 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Hi, > > in order to watch youtube movies: > > first, try iceweasel without flash-plugin (disable or even un-install the > plugin) and after removing any cookies from youtube; > (maybe you feel more motivated to do that after reading t

Re: What is cisco-sccp?

On 4/3/16, Gábor Hársfalvi wrote: > > 2016-04-03 16:43 GMT+02:00 Sven Hartge : > >> Gábor Hársfalvi wrote: >> >> > Sorry - I mean it for that -> >> >> > 2000/udp Cisco SCCP (Skinny) >> > < >> https://hu.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skinny_Client_Control_Protocol&action=edit&redlink=1 >> >> Use

Re: running Linux without display

Jude DaShiell writes: > The machine taking the install has good memory and its video connector > is one for which I have no cable now. I normally hit s at the boot > prompt and do a debian install that way first that way I'm assured of > a good command line installation no matter what happens with

Re: running Linux without display

Stefan Monnier writes: > So the machine does not have a monitor plugged into it. But does it > have a graphics card? The graphics card is probably telling X that it has failed to autodetect a monitor. I think that you can still get around that in the X configuration with cards with analog output

Re: What is cisco-sccp?

After run that as root nothing message. 2016-04-03 16:43 GMT+02:00 Sven Hartge : > Gábor Hársfalvi wrote: > > > Sorry - I mean it for that -> > > > 2000/udp Cisco SCCP (Skinny) > > < > https://hu.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skinny_Client_Control_Protocol&action=edit&redlink=1 > > > > Use "ne

Re: running Linux without display

> What g.u.i. app or apps prevent graphical user interface Linux from running > if no display can be plugged into the computer? So the machine does not have a monitor plugged into it. But does it have a graphics card? Stefan

Re: What is cisco-sccp?

Gábor Hársfalvi wrote: > Sorry - I mean it for that -> > 2000/udp Cisco SCCP (Skinny) > Use "netstat -lupn | grep :2000" as root to get the process listening on UDP port 2000. Grüße, Sven. -- Si

Re: What is cisco-sccp?

Sorry - I mean it for that -> 2000/udp Cisco SCCP (Skinny) 2016-04-03 15:51 GMT+02:00 Sven Hartge : > Gábor Hársfalvi wrote: > > > What is it - and why it is in Debian? What is it doing here? > > I

Re: running Linux without display

> The screen reader doesn't read the screen but what gets sent at the screen. That's right. That presumes there is at least an abstract notion of a screen and in a normal headless server, there is simply no such thing. Hence, the need for something like Xdummy or Xvfb. Stefan

Re: running Linux without display

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016, John Hasler wrote: Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 09:00:10 From: John Hasler To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: running Linux without display Resent-Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 13:00:34 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Jude DaShiell writes: It's possible

Re: What is cisco-sccp?

Gábor Hársfalvi wrote: > What is it - and why it is in Debian? What is it doing here? I don't see any packages named cisco-sccp and I can't find any packages containing a file named cisco-sccp in Debian. Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.

What is cisco-sccp?

Hi, What is it - and why it is in Debian? What is it doing here? Thanks for the answers!

Re: Bootable USB won't working

Hi, i wrote: > > What firmware file to use with qemu-system-i386 in order to demonstrate > > EFI booting on i386 ? Ric Moore wrote: > I gave to wonder if the bootable flag was set during format? If not, that > would explain much. Ric The boot flag is set with one of the MBR partitions. Not with

Re: Live CD - boot option for static IP?

On 03/04/2016 10:46, Ron Leach wrote: List, good morning, Is there a way to set a static IP at the boot dialog when starting from a Live CD? I've got a Wheezy server that is a bit broken and I'm trying to run a Wheezy live CD so that I can see what's gone wrong. The Live CD starts perfectl

Re: running Linux without display

Jude DaShiell writes: > It's possible to install talkingarchlinux http://talkingarch.tk/ > without a screen and continue to use it without a screen once > installation is finished. That version of linux is rather unique in > this respect. Could it be generally a linux install bug in cases > where

Re: Bootable USB won't working

On 04/03/2016 03:27 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: What firmware file to use with qemu-system-i386 in order to demonstrate EFI booting on i386 ? I gave to wonder if the bootable flag was set during format? If not, that would explain much. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There

Re: Flash update

If you have an old browser but vlc is installed, you may be able to get html5 playing by adding something like this to a .mailcap file: application/oggv; rvlc --quiet --novideo --key-vol-up 123 --no-skinned-playlist -I ncurses '%s'; test=test -n "$DISPLAY" The --no-video and --no-skinned-playlist

Re: running Linux without display

The screen reader doesn't read the screen but what gets sent at the screen. With the right software and configuration, things work correctly. It's possible to install talkingarchlinux http://talkingarch.tk/ without a screen and continue to use it without a screen once installation is finished

Re: Modified Rapture, and a new question

On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 11:03:10 +0200, Floris wrote: > Op Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:56:23 +0200 schreef Mark Fletcher > : > > > > I just don't understand why anyone would pay money for Jessie in the > > first place. It's supposed to be free software... > > > >Respect to anyone who chooses to donate to t

Re: Changing Boot Order

On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:11:22 -0400 Alan McConnell wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 08:27:10AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > > > > > boot order. No matter what key I press, the system continues > > > on with a re-boot of my old wheezy. > > > > Question: Are you using an USB keyboard ? >

Re: Changing Boot Order

On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:11:22 -0400 Alan McConnell wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 08:27:10AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > > > > > boot order. No matter what key I press, the system continues > > > on with a re-boot of my old wheezy. > > > > Question: Are you using an USB keyboard ? >

Live CD - boot option for static IP?

List, good morning, Is there a way to set a static IP at the boot dialog when starting from a Live CD? I've got a Wheezy server that is a bit broken and I'm trying to run a Wheezy live CD so that I can see what's gone wrong. The Live CD starts perfectly, so the machine will boot and, though

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 09:52:10 -0400 Haines Brown wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 02:37:32PM +0100, deloptes wrote: > > > Hmm, despite what you guys seem to think, WW2 started on 1 Sept 1939. > > It seems obvious that when the war started depends on one's > situation. One could argue, for example

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 09:52:10 -0400 Haines Brown wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 02:37:32PM +0100, deloptes wrote: > > > Hmm, despite what you guys seem to think, WW2 started on 1 Sept 1939. > > It seems obvious that when the war started depends on one's > situation. One could argue, for example

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 14:38:32 + Terence wrote: > I would agree, with the battle of El Alamein coming at the same time, the > Wehrmacht were suddenly- and strategically- on the defensive on their major > Eastern Front, but also in the south, in their "soft underbelly".. I would say the main tu

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:37:05 +0200 deloptes wrote: > Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > > > ISTR that occupation was over with the re-unification of Germany in > > October 1990. > > Yes for the Soviet Union but not for the USA ;-) > > It's not conspiracy - just check the facts. There is nothing sig

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:39:30 -0500 John Hasler wrote: > deloptes writes: > > The fact is that the "basic law" imposed by the Allies after 1945 (I > > think it was signed 49) is still the official constitution of Germany. > > By this line of reasoning Canada is still a British colony. Agreed. A

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 01:11:50 +0200 deloptes wrote: > Terence wrote: > > > As for "Germany is still officially occupied by the USA" I rather think > > that they would disagree! The military occupation of Germany ended in > > 1945... > > What ended in your mind might not be true. > There is no pi

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:06:15 +0100 Terence wrote: > Hi, > > Again, I am not sure where you get your facts- what has the 6th June 1944 > as a date have to do with it? And why not earlier? > > If you are talking about the war reparations demanded by the victorious > allies in WW1 (by any account

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 14:37:32 +0100 deloptes wrote: > Tony van der Hoff wrote: > > > On 26/03/16 01:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > >> Thanks Tom. Its hell for an old fart who can still remember his > >> grandfathers tears the night of Dec 7, 1941. Tears because he knew we > >> would declare war

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 11:46:37 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 26 March 2016 08:22:06 Tony van der Hoff wrote: > > > On 26/03/16 01:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Thanks Tom. Its hell for an old fart who can still remember his > > > grandfathers tears the night of Dec 7, 1941. Tears becau

Re: New firefox isn't working

On Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:13:27 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 25 March 2016 18:48:36 Tom Browder wrote: > > > On Friday, March 25, 2016, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Greetings all; > > > ... > > > > > > > > > Is this my fault, or firefox? If my fault, how do I fix it? > > > > I can't help yo

Re: New firefox isn't working

On Fri, 25 Mar 2016 17:48:36 -0500 Tom Browder wrote: > On Friday, March 25, 2016, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Greetings all; > > ... > > > > Is this my fault, or firefox? If my fault, how do I fix it? > > > I can't help you at the moment, Gene, I have pretty much boycotted Firefox. Why? >

Re: Modified Rapture, and a new question

Op Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:56:23 +0200 schreef Mark Fletcher : On Sun, Apr 3, 2016, 17:11 Floris wrote: Op Sat, 02 Apr 2016 19:46:09 +0200 schreef Alan McConnell : Well, I finally got my Jessie installed! I had to pick a different kernel than then one suggested, but things finally went th

Re: xscreensaver (5.30-1+deb8u1)

On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Norbert Gruener wrote: > Is there a chance that there will be a "newer" version for Debian > Jessie available? You may want to read through the bug report: https://bugs.debian.org/819703 -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

Re: Modified Rapture, and a new question

On Sun, Apr 3, 2016, 17:11 Floris wrote: > Op Sat, 02 Apr 2016 19:46:09 +0200 schreef Alan McConnell : > > > Well, I finally got my Jessie installed! I had to pick a different > > kernel than then one > > suggested, but things finally went through. I was even able to use the > > partitions I ha

Re: xscreensaver (5.30-1+deb8u1)

Norbert Gruener writes: > I am running Debian »Jessie« and as part of it »xscreensaver > (5.30-1+deb8u1)«. Since April, 1st, 2016, after starting xscreensaver > I get the following warning message > > This version of xscreensaver is VERY OLD! > Please upgrade! See https://bugs.debian

xscreensaver (5.30-1+deb8u1)

Hi, I am running Debian »Jessie« and as part of it »xscreensaver (5.30-1+deb8u1)«. Since April, 1st, 2016, after starting xscreensaver I get the following warning message This version of xscreensaver is VERY OLD! Please upgrade! So I have checked the source code of xscreensaver and

Re: Modified Rapture, and a new question

Op Sat, 02 Apr 2016 19:46:09 +0200 schreef Alan McConnell : Well, I finally got my Jessie installed! I had to pick a different kernel than then one suggested, but things finally went through. I was even able to use the partitions I had prepared and carefully sized. My question: how do I

Re: running Linux without display

Le 03/04/2016 07:45, Stefan Monnier a écrit : screen reader does not start and I don't get to login prompt yet. I still have no idea what you're trying to do. IIUC you have a machine without a display, yet you want to run a screen reader. What have you done that would make you hope you'd get a

Re: running Linux without display

> screen reader does not start and I don't get to login prompt yet. I still have no idea what you're trying to do. IIUC you have a machine without a display, yet you want to run a screen reader. What have you done that would make you hope you'd get a screen reader and/or a login prompt?

Re: Bootable USB won't working

Hi, Akhil Krishnan S wrote: > dd if=debian.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M && sync So it is about the ISOs. (But "debian.iso" is not a known ISO name. We got "mini.iso" as best attempt to obscure content and intended audience.) > ISO of squeeze, and beta versions of wheezy. Those are the ones which wor