Scrolling issues with Icedove

2014-05-15 Thread A Debian User
When you open an email in a tab, scroll down, then leave it (remove focus from it), when you come back, you'll see that it's returned to the top of the email (has scrolled back all the way up). What gives? Shouldn't you get to go back where you left off? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to d

Re: Re: loss of I/O on some websites

2014-05-12 Thread A Debian User
On Sunday, 11 May, 2014 10:08 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 11/05/14 22:59, Whit Hansell wrote: Am getting frustrated. On the internet today there are so many sites that have taken on so much advertising that it is killing my desire to go to various sites. I mean specifically news sites. My b

Re: Re: Is it safe not to install intel-microcode (or amd-microcode)?

2014-05-09 Thread A Debian User
On Friday, 09 May, 2014 02:54 AM, Ric Moore wrote: On 05/08/2014 02:16 PM, A Debian User wrote: Hello, all! I want to have a completely Free install of Debian, which means I will only be using software packages from the main repo, and will be excluding contrib and non-free from my sources

How to use Debian ISOs as package sources in apt?

2014-05-09 Thread A Debian User
On Friday, 09 May, 2014 03:39 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: Most of what you will want to install (statistically speaking) is on the first [Debian] DVD. Everything you need to later install from the other DVDs is on the first DVD. You can always install packages from the other DVDs just using the

Hibernate doesn't work (Wheezy, GNOME Shell)

2014-05-09 Thread A Debian User
Hello all! When I click on the "account menu" on the upper left and click on Hibernate, the screen just goes blank. It stays blank for ages. The backlight of the LCD is still turned on. The LEDs on the laptop are still active. Doesn't respond to shortcut keys, like Ctrl+Alt+Del, etc. Doesn

Re: Help About Bootable USB

2014-05-09 Thread A Debian User
On Friday, 09 May, 2014 02:16 PM, morteza allahpour wrote: /Hello,I have 3 debian DVD images.I want to run debian from a bootable usb flash.now what should i do ?/ /wich DVD image I must use ?/ The first one :)

Is it safe not to install intel-microcode (or amd-microcode)?

2014-05-08 Thread A Debian User
Hello, all! I want to have a completely Free install of Debian, which means I will only be using software packages from the main repo, and will be excluding contrib and non-free from my sources file. By doing so, I won't be able to install the microcode updates for my computer's CPU. Is this

Re: Can aptitude be used to install non-free and contrib things?

2014-05-08 Thread A Debian User
Yes, it can. So can apt and synaptic. These tools rely on the /etc/apt/sources.list file to point them to servers where they can download the software you want. Here's an example of an entry in sources.list: deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy main deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/deb

Re: Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-06 Thread A Debian User
On Tuesday, 06 May, 2014 09:11 AM, John Hasler wrote: Theodore Alcapotaxis writes: It seems that some folks at Debian have introduced NSA-friendly software to spy on users. Produce specifics. On Monday, 05 May, 2014 08:13 AM, A Debian User wrote: From the package description of zeitgeist

Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-05 Thread A Debian User
On Monday, 05 May, 2014 09:18 AM, Theodore Alcapotaxis wrote: Is this thing safe? How does uninstalling it break functionality? P.S. This package is also recommended by software-center. Safe from what? from whom? Unintentional data leakage? Script kiddies, marketers, spammers, ad networks?

Re: Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-05 Thread A Debian User
On Monday, 05 May, 2014 02:08 PM, filip wrote: On Sun, 04 May 2014 21:18:14 -0400 "Theodore Alcapotaxis" wrote: Safe from what? from whom? It's not safe from spying eyes. If you run a tool like bleachbit, you may think that you have deleted all your history, but at first sight the version

Re: Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread A Debian User
On Monday, 05 May, 2014 06:05 PM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 5:38 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Lu, 05 mai 14, 04:58:14, Tom H wrote: On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:29 AM, François Patte wrote: I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in graphic mode), but I don't

How to remove Google from the "Start screen"?

2014-05-04 Thread A Debian User
First of all, sorry for using the term "Start screen" :P But when you do a search for applications in a GNOME 3 desktop, two buttons appear below the screen: "Wikipedia" and "Google". Apparently, clicking on either of them will open the browser with a Wikipedia or Google search using your sea

Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-04 Thread A Debian User
From the package description of zeitgeist or zeitgeist-core: "Zeitgeist is a service which logs the user's activities and events (files opened, websites visited, conversations held with other people, et.c ) and makes the relevant information available to other applications." "It serves as a c