gathering system information

I am planning to develop a script that gathers all the _relevant_ system information for common configuration tasks such as sound, graphics, wireless, network, printer etc. Here is a proof of concept https://gitlab.com/d3k2mk7/rutils/blob/master/debian_user/gather_system_info.py which gathers info

Re: which should I install, firefox or firefox-esr

Hello Dan, Am 02.06.2016 um 06:51 schrieb 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson: > Which should I install, firefox or firefox-esr? [SNIP] > But one is much more fresher, > $ apt-cache policy firefox firefox-esr > firefox: > Installed: 47.0~b5-1 > Candidate: 47.0~b5-1 > Version table: this is the current devel

which should I install, firefox or firefox-esr

Which should I install, firefox or firefox-esr? They both say: Description-en: Mozilla Firefox web browser Firefox is a powerful, extensible web browser with support for modern web application technologies. But one is much more fresher, $ apt-cache policy firefox firefox-esr firefox: Installe

enable telnetd?

Google cannot provide an answer to configuring telnetd WRT Debian, only WRT every other distro on the planet. When I try to login after installing telnetd and seeing xinetd enabled, login name is always greeted with "Login incorrect". Telnet login works in openSUSE and Fedora via /etc/pam.d/remo

tip on using unoconv?

Hi folks, For the moment my direct access to Linux Debian is via shell services. One of which shellworld.net has just installed unoconv, I admit at my request. I am in a situation where I need to convert PowerPoint presentations into either html or plain text. I have not used the program before

Re: ssh-ing in inside private network

On Tue 31 May 2016 at 20:31:32 (+0100), Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Thursday 31 March 2016 15:08:24 Brian wrote: > > On Thu 31 Mar 2016 at 13:27:35 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Thursday 31 March 2016 12:28:57 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > 1. Each computer should have an SSH server running (on Deb

Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid

Mostafa Shahverdy wrote: >> >> Why not try with older kernel that works with the driver? >> > I always keep my OS up to date, that's why I use Sid, I always want the > latest updates :) > This is non sense! And you prove it with your question here. regards

Many Icons missing in KDE-Menu

Hello debians, after last upgrade of debian/testing, lots of icons are missing in the kmenu although they are existent. I believe, some libs might still be old and have to be upgraded. However, if someone can confirm this and/or knows more about it, I will be happy, if he could inform me. I

Re: SOS

On Wed, 01 Jun 2016, John borley wrote: > Hi I need your help my grandson downloaded your product on my > Back up acer comp please can you help me how to reboot it off thank > you mr j borley > > Sent from my iPhone A little more info will help. First, does the computer boot or not? Will it PO

Re: SOS

2016-06-01 13:28 GMT-03:00 John borley : > Hi I need your help my grandson downloaded your product on my > Back up acer comp please can you help me how to reboot it off thank you mr j > borley This is a user community around an operating system, not a company with a product. Downloading Debian s

Re: ssh-ing in inside private network

On Wed 01 Jun 2016 at 14:47:11 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > Mark Fletcher wrote: > > --001a114056c6437ae5053437ad41 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 9:10 PM Dan Purgert wrote: > > > >> Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> > On Tuesday 31 May 2016 23:56:02 Richard Hecto

SOS

Hi I need your help my grandson downloaded your product on my Back up acer comp please can you help me how to reboot it off thank you mr j borley Sent from my iPhone

radwho and debian jessie

Hi, Is radwho broken in debian jessie? # radwho radwho: No configuration information in radutmp section of radiusd.conf! I've tried 2 variants: 1. update from working debian wheezy (and saved all the configs from wheezy) 2. clean install of jessie, enabling radutmp in accounting section and st

Re: Sddm and non US Keyboard

On 2016-06-01, Erwan David wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed a testing in a VM, with KDE. I have a french keyboard > wich works in console and once kde is started. However, sddm uses a > US keyboard mapping. Switching to theme Circle, I can see that it is > the only mapping proposed. What

[Critical] jessie openjdk-8-jre-jamvm start failed

Dear all, I used QEMU run Debian8.4(jessie) MIPS(big endian) version, I need use java environment for develop OSGI bundles. openjdk hospot jvm is very slow, i want to change to jamvm, but it can not start successfully. the error meaasge is below: java: relocation error: /usr/lib/jvm/java

RMS Responded - GRsecurity is preventing others from employing their rights under version 2 the GPL to redistribute

RMS has weighed in: Re: GRsecurity is preventing others from employing their rights under version 2 the GPL to redistribute source code Richard Stallman (May 31 2016 10:27 PM) [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution agains

Re: ssh-ing in inside private network

Mark Fletcher wrote: > --001a114056c6437ae5053437ad41 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 9:10 PM Dan Purgert wrote: > >> Lisi Reisz wrote: >> > On Tuesday 31 May 2016 23:56:02 Richard Hector wrote: >> >> On 01/06/16 07:31, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> >> > Now to do what

Re: ssh-ing in inside private network

On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 9:10 PM Dan Purgert wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Tuesday 31 May 2016 23:56:02 Richard Hector wrote: > >> On 01/06/16 07:31, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> > Now to do what I really wanted to do all along, and ssh in to run > level > >> > one as root: > >> > > >> > lisi@Tux-II:

Re: ssh-ing in inside private network

Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 31 May 2016 23:56:02 Richard Hector wrote: >> On 01/06/16 07:31, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> > Now to do what I really wanted to do all along, and ssh in to run level >> > one as root: >> > >> > lisi@Tux-II:~$ ssh root@192.168.0.5 >> > ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.5 port 2

Sddm and non US Keyboard

Hi, I just installed a testing in a VM, with KDE. I have a french keyboard wich works in console and once kde is started. However, sddm uses a US keyboard mapping. Switching to theme Circle, I can see that it is the only mapping proposed. What can the problem be, and how can I change/add

Re: ssh-ing in inside private network

On Wednesday 01 June 2016 01:20:52 John Hasler wrote: > Lisi writes: > > The pipe symbol doesn't work on the keyboard at present attached > > Then put the output of ps in a file and search that. The small part of the problem I am trying to solve at this precise minute is that I am working almost

Re: Pitivi can't run on xfce 4.12

On Wed, 2016-06-01 at 08:39 +, Eagle Young wrote: > When I run pitivi and click new button,It can't create new project > and > pitivi run over. > [...] > > I don't know how to fix it, Anyone can help me, I will thanks for > you. Looks like this bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.

Re: google-chrome-stable on Wheezy

On 05/31/2016 11:15 PM, SamuelOPH wrote: > > 2016-05-31 21:21 GMT-03:00 Mike McGinn >: > > Again, thanks for all the efforts. I am a bit surprised that there is > not an archive of old chrome versions. One would think they would have > the room with

Pitivi can't run on xfce 4.12

Package: Pitivi Version: 0.95-1+b1 amd64 Debian Version:testing X11:xfce Linux debian 4.5.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.5.4-1 (2016-05-16) x86_64 GNU/Linux When I run pitivi and click new button,It can't create new project and pitivi run over. When I run pitivi on shell, shell print error code.

Re: buntu kybosh

On Wednesday 01 June 2016 08:40:39 Lisi Reisz wrote: > That is why I said "of course".  And that is why I said *I* kyboshed it and > not *Ubuntu* kyboshed it. No I didn't. I said "*Ubuntu* kyboshed". Mea culpa. Lisi

Re: Trying to Make a SBAWE64 ISA Card Work in Wheezy

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 24/05/16 08:13, deloptes wrote: > This depends on various things. If I was the sort of person who had a .sig with a quote in it, that might well be it :-) Richard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXTp1LAAoJELSi8I/s

updates on skylake power management issues?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi folks, I've read Matthew Garrett's article on the issues with Linux power management on mobile Skylake processors, and a few of the other sites that refer to it ... and went and bought one anyway, thinking "They'll fix it soon enough ... and mayb

Re: ssh-ing in inside private network

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 01/06/16 12:20, John Hasler wrote: > Lisi writes: >> The pipe symbol doesn't work on the keyboard at present attached > > Then put the output of ps in a file and search that. > Or for a general solution to a faulty key, since this is on the con

Re: ssh-ing in inside private network

On Tue, 31 May 2016 23:27:36 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Starting Nmap 6.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2016-05-31 23:14 BST > Nmap done: 1 IP address (0 hosts up) scanned in 0.52 seconds > root@Tux-II:/home/lisi# nmap 192.168.0.5 -Pn 22 For future reference, this should have been nmap 192.168.0.5

Re: buntu kybosh

On Wednesday 01 June 2016 01:31:26 Felix Miata wrote: > > The word was a little stronger than is totally justified.  This is > > attached to a television.  I want to just turn it on.  Ubuntu boots but > > is unusable, so I have to hover over it, grab GRUB and get into Debian, > > because Ubuntu has