Re: buster netinst timezone

2019-08-09 Thread Charlie Kravetz
On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 21:38:23 + "Russell L. Harris" wrote: >The netinst cd image for Buster 10.0.0 does not offer a UTC option for >English -> United States. > >This is a critical bug; every installer without exception should offer UTC. > >Is there a work-around, so that files written during th

Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster

2019-07-12 Thread Charlie Kravetz
On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 20:22:55 -0400 ho...@rumormillnews.com wrote: >> On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 17:52:43 -0400 >> ho...@rumormillnews.com wrote: >> >>>Following recent 'buster' move to 'stable' I got wild psychedelic colors >>>on my XFCE desktop, making it nearly impossible to read anything >>>on-scree

Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster

2019-07-12 Thread Charlie Kravetz
On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 17:52:43 -0400 ho...@rumormillnews.com wrote: >Following recent 'buster' move to 'stable' I got wild psychedelic colors >on my XFCE desktop, making it nearly impossible to read anything >on-screen. > >Normally I'd have display set for 1024x768. I've found I can get normal >col

Re: please stop breaking threads (was: Problem Installing DiscoveryStudio2019 in Buster

2019-07-09 Thread Charlie Kravetz
On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 16:33:39 -0400 (EDT) bw wrote: >>We are beginning to diverge here from the sound technical arguments and >>sober, unemotional discourse for which this forum is renown. > >Come on, that's just not true. This list is full of crap and nobody even >knows wtf is up with whty alp

Re: Help tracking down a random beep

2019-05-08 Thread Charlie Kravetz
? > Possibly an open website? Some of those become very annoying. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: Oracle's virtualbox repo broken.

2019-04-29 Thread Charlie Kravetz
d a direct URL to manually download my copy of VirtualBox (1) https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: Getting amd64 stretch netinstall to work.

2019-04-04 Thread Charlie Kravetz
already handles all of this for you, even in >> manual partitioning mode (which is what I always use). I can't even >> guess how you've failed this process 5 times, unless it's because you >> keep putting GRUB in the wrong place. > >In the mbr, like it

Re: After upgrading to stretch, a package refuses to purge or upgrade

2019-03-30 Thread Charlie Kravetz
ied basically ends the way you see here. The old scripts >squawk and die. The new scripts squawk and die. Game over. > >I am not sure how much of the diagnostic messages will come >across because the scripts apparently send curses codes. There are actually >two debian systems here wi

Re: Using USB Flash / Pendrives or [micro]SD cards for backup

2019-03-18 Thread Charlie Kravetz
a year. I have seen them fail, and when they do, it is immediate. I use a different one each day, so if one fails, I still have a valid backup available. I have had good luck with SanDisk drives, other brands have not worked well for me. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [

Re: Fstab Questions (Final time)

2019-03-17 Thread Charlie Kravetz
adding to the fstab: > >UUID=900b5f0b-4f3d-4a64-8c91-29aee4c6fd07 /sdb1 ext4 rw,users,defaults 0 0 >UUID=1f363165-2c59-4236-850d-36d1e807099e /sdc1 ext4 rw,users,defaults 0 0 > >Note: I have added /sdb1 and /sdc1. > >The only questions at this point are: >1. Will these ch

Re: Keyboard and touchpad not working after waking up from a suspension

2019-03-03 Thread Charlie Kravetz
laptop keyboard works well, and I can login >normally >4. switch back to the graphical login, the laptop keyboard stops >working again > >Now I strongly suspect it's a GNOME problem... > > > I am sure someone much wiser than I will step in and give other suggestions now.

Re: Keyboard and touchpad not working after waking up from a suspension

2019-03-03 Thread Charlie Kravetz
and a fix? Thank you! > >Laptop: Dell Inspiron 7368 >Desktop: GNOME 3.30 > >Regards > > > I have found the screen won't wake after sleeping, which makes it appear the keyboard and mouse are not working. Switching to a virtual console and back makes it all work again. I

Re: firefox does not redirect to login page

2019-02-13 Thread Charlie Kravetz
preciated. > >Thanks a lot. > >Regards, >Flo > I had that issue with the latest firefox this weekend. I stayed at a hotel, and firefox would not redirect. I finally had to enter the url for the hotel login myself. Then firefox allowed the login. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registe

Re: Debian 9.1 amd64 Xfce panel clock broken

2017-08-10 Thread Charlie Kravetz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 22:48:37 -0700 David Christensen wrote: >On 08/09/17 21:47, Charlie Kravetz wrote: >> >> It almost sounds like the panel is too long for the monitor. The clock >> is disappearing off the end of the panel.

Re: Debian 9.1 amd64 Xfce panel clock broken

2017-08-09 Thread Charlie Kravetz
/var/log and dmesg, I don't see any clues. > > >Any suggestions for figuring out why Clock is broken and how to fix it? > > >David > It almost sounds like the panel is too long for the monitor. The clock is disappearing off the end of the panel. Is the clock the last thin

Re: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 64-bit

2017-08-04 Thread Charlie Kravetz
this is a BIOS setting, but I hit F12 during the startup process to choose the boot device. - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: determining which apps have entries in the applications menu in xfce

2017-08-02 Thread Charlie Kravetz
y clues on this, > >dan > Xfce pulls the menu from the .desktop files in /usr/share/applications and ~/.local/share/applications . - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.h

Re: Urgent: how to config network in strech

2017-07-22 Thread Charlie Kravetz
t? > >how to config network in strech? > Open a terminal, type ip addr hit ENTER it will show you the device names. Normally, it starts with 1: lo . The next one should be either eth1 or whatever name has replaced it now. Good luck. - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Numb

Re: https_port

2017-06-09 Thread Charlie Kravetz
mailing list, hit reply. Do not use "Reply to All", since that sends individual emails to the person you are answering. Most people are members of the mailing list, and do not want individual emails. If there is a "Reply to mailing list", it is okay to use that. The subject should f

Re: repo signing key for wheezy is dead?

2017-05-17 Thread Charlie Kravetz
e repo, I think. https://wiki.debian.org/LTS - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEG5QK93YKrQMH22ZTiq6LjqbJ0IAFAlkcV

Re: Download Manager

2017-05-07 Thread Charlie Kravetz
0. Windows and >its download manager used to easily work with such erratic internet, but >in linux it was not. Today its quite well managed internet service in >India the erratic behavior is under acceptable level but still wget >issue for me remains the same. > >Regards, >A

Re: Jesse Xfce wallpaper stuck

2017-04-04 Thread Charlie Kravetz
9:13:58 root@jesse ~ ># ll /var/log/dmesg >-rw-r- 1 root adm 31 2017/02/21 21:52:40 /var/log/dmesg > > >Any suggestions for troubleshooting this? > > >David > On my dual video Lenovo thinkpad T520, I had this same issue. I deleted all the nvidia video stuff, th

Re: Suitable text editor [NOT word processor] or workaround?

2017-03-16 Thread Charlie Kravetz
les are nearly identical and need them displayed >simultaneously for instant visual comparison. Opening one of the files >read only would be acceptable but not preferable. > >Suggestions? >TIA > > Medit does this with out adding tons of other files. It can be fully customized when wan

Re: Monitor switched off after resume from hibernation

2017-01-06 Thread Charlie Kravetz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Fri, 06 Jan 2017 20:39:38 +0100 solitone wrote: >On Friday, January 6, 2017 5:48:18 AM CET Charlie Kravetz wrote: >> If you suspend to RAM, then hibernate, what happens if you do not >> suspend to RAM first? > >On my s

Re: Monitor switched off after resume from hibernation

2017-01-06 Thread Charlie Kravetz
an suspend, and resume the system in few seconds. > If you suspend to RAM, then hibernate, what happens if you do not suspend to RAM first? -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: Trouble shooting a "thinkfan" problem on a Lenovo T430 Thinkpad

2016-12-30 Thread Charlie Kravetz
ly at maximum speed. >Noise &/or power consumption is not important. > >2. What/where is this "missing file"? Any diagnostic suggestions? > >TIA > ThinkWiki has been a great resource for me and my T520. It has sources for special drivers as well as directions on m

Re: Pendrive computer

2016-12-28 Thread Charlie Kravetz
t; >Have you found any that aren't preloaded with Windows? > This company has a preloaded USB stick that is the entire computer - http://www.fit-pc.com/web/ They will preload any OS, Linux, Mac, Windows. I have not personally tried these. - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered U

Re: question about aptitudetask-ldxe

2016-12-25 Thread Charlie Kravetz
alled, but if root tries to run it, it can't use display 10: >If pi tries to run synaptic-pkexec, it asks for the root pw, I enter it, >and something in polkit-1 screams because I am not the logged in user. > >The paranoia about denying the user, root or otherwise, the ability to >run

Re: network setup

2016-12-13 Thread Charlie Kravetz
nvironment. I'm going to check out >> my fedora instance since that one works and when it did come up a component >> broke and got reported. I may have some clues in those files. >> >> On Sun, 11 Dec 2016, Charlie Kravetz wrote: >> >>> >&g

Re: network setup

2016-12-11 Thread Charlie Kravetz
irst line said network= and that was >all. For a wifi connection, what should go in that network= field? > > > >-- > The entries I use look like this: network={ ssid="The_ssid_I_want_to_use" psk="My_passphase_for_this_ssid" key_mgmt=W

Re: OT?: FAT32(/16?) Question: Max. files in top level directory

2016-12-08 Thread Charlie Kravetz
the root directory. I thought the limit was 128 files/directories, but I could be wrong. I believe the limit was when using FAT 16. FAT 32 raised this limit, but I don't remember the numbers, since by then I was using sub-directories to insure never hitting the limit. - -- Charl

Re: No right or middle click on XFCE desktop after Upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2016-11-15 Thread Charlie Kravetz
per place to reset something? > >Don MacDougall > It's a new version of Xfce. The missing boxes are located in : Settings -> Desktop -> Menus Desktop Menu -> Include applications menus on desktop right click Window List Menu -> Show window list menu on desktop middle

Re: veeger is infected ...startx again

2016-10-10 Thread Charlie Kravetz
and issue "startx", >everything comes up normally into XFCE4 desktop. Synaptic menus still >refuse to drop down. Thanks all, Ric It sounds like GTK3 themes is taking over. I had a similar situation, by removing all GTK3 themes, I was able to get GTK2 theme installed. It gave me b

Re: Defining TAP interfaces in /etc/network/interfaces

2016-09-12 Thread Charlie Kravetz
rts eth1 tap0 then add the tap lines: auto tap0 iface tap0 inet static address 192.168.??.? netmask 255.255.255.0 tunctl_user vboxusers Change these as needed for your own setup. This works for me using virtual box. - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Register

Re: How to forcibly abort a command in a terminal window?

2016-09-05 Thread Charlie Kravetz
On Mon, 5 Sep 2016 17:19:38 +0200 Nicolas George wrote: >Le decadi 20 fructidor, an CCXXIV, Charlie Kravetz a écrit : >> I open a second terminal, then use ps -A to find the command. I can >> kill it with "sudo kill " which kills the job number. It is not >>

Re: How to forcibly abort a command in a terminal window?

2016-09-05 Thread Charlie Kravetz
d. I can kill it with "sudo kill " which kills the job number. It is not always instant, but faster than ctrl-c for some things, including rsync and cp . -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: Security Updates

2016-08-31 Thread Charlie Kravetz
://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspbian-jessie-is-here/>? After reading >that announcement, how can you continue to insist that I am not running Debian >Jessie? > >I appreciate your pointer to adding keys to the Debian security updates >repository with apt-key add. I will look into

Re: A minimalist network

2016-08-18 Thread Charlie Kravetz
e laptops are not connected to the Internet? How do you access >the Internet to post and read this list, download Debian ISO's, etc.? > > >David > Why do they have to be connected to the Internet? I have four computers here. Three are not connected, one is. - -- Charlie

Re: Upgrade Your Mailbox Quota!!!

2016-08-15 Thread Charlie Kravetz
respond if needed. Debian mailing list users are never to report the spam, nor to take action requested by the spam. - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -BEGIN PG

Re: Which package should my bugreport concern?

2016-07-31 Thread Charlie Kravetz
ce4. The Debian Maintainers will move it if that is wrong. - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAE

Re: debugging apt-get issue

2016-07-14 Thread Charlie Kravetz
t;>> I have 2 servers running Jessie. They now have identical >>> /etc/apt/sources.list. One server can find the nagios3 packages using >>> apt-get, the other server can't find them. How do I go about debugging >>> the second server's inability to find my

Re: Bash command completion

2016-07-06 Thread Charlie Kravetz
lif [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then #. /etc/bash_completion # fi #fi You usually have to uncomment these lines. - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://k

Re: catastrophe - but how? Aptitude goes mad

2016-06-30 Thread Charlie Kravetz
of packages. I couldn't believe it and used the >bash history to confirm that that was ALL I had typed. Moreover, it >wouldn't respond to control-C. > >Whatever happened? > > >And it isn't even my computer. > >Lisi > I believe that is one of the compl

Re: Update: Last Linux kernel did not install correctly

2016-06-28 Thread Charlie Kravetz
he popup messages: >> >You could try .xsession-errors in your home dir. >It's typically where all the sessions' output gets dumped. >otherwise look for apper docs /usr/share/doc/ > > -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: roxterm

2016-06-22 Thread Charlie Kravetz
rm: Installed: 325-1 Candidate: 325-1 Version table: *** 325-1 990 500 http://debian.osuosl.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages 990 http://debian.osuosl.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered Us

Re: Non-firefox browser?

2016-06-11 Thread Charlie Kravetz
epiphany-browser, dillo, netsurf (mostly for text only). I do have all of these and more installed. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: mutt attachment error

2016-05-10 Thread Charlie Kravetz
guration. > >Didn't spot that; exim's .confs can be confusing. What file is used for >non-split configuration? > Not meaning to send this to you, Brian, but I lost the previous message. I would like to know that, too. Since /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf has the following

Re: Package maintainers, I feel like such an outsider

2016-04-25 Thread Charlie Kravetz
evelopers instead of the users. Most of us here have nothing to do with getting a new package accepted. Sometimes the devs do look in on us, though. Try one of the developer lists, if possible: https://lists.debian.org/devel.html - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://

Re: Sudo

2016-03-21 Thread Charlie Kravetz
t password stage- >>>> there is no need to install sudo manually post-installation. >>>> >>>> If you want sudo, just don't provide a root password in the >>>> installation. >>> On the other hand, I u

Re: Missing firmware after upgrade to 64 bit

2016-03-20 Thread Charlie Kravetz
c http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main >root@frank:/etc/apt# > >What else should be in there ? > >Thanks > Add non-free after main. It will let non-free firmware install. example: deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free - -- Charlie Kra

Re: Sudo

2016-03-19 Thread Charlie Kravetz
e changes to take effect. >> > >> > The OP probably didn't install sudo. >> >> Heh, that will help immensely! Ric > >It might suggest that there is no point in telling him/her how to use it, or >what group to add him/herself to, until the previous advice to install it has >been followed. :-/ > >Lisi > My guess would be he doesn't know how to use su to install sudo. The advice to install as root fails when one has never had to use su. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: Sudo

2016-03-19 Thread Charlie Kravetz
nstead. In Debian, if you did not tell it leave it blank, you installed a root user password. That created the root user. The command used instead of "sudo" is "su" in terminal. Instead of "sudo -i" or "sudo -s", use "su - -l". Of course, these are

Re: flash?

2016-03-14 Thread Charlie Kravetz
>> When do we get them? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Cheers, Gene Heskett > >And a second question: > >How do I modify the apt-get sources files entry for mozilla/firefox so it >works again? They did not make it intuitive, at all. Here is the web page that

Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7)

2016-03-08 Thread Charlie Kravetz
in /home/$USER are not owned by root. They should be owned by the user. If any hidden files are owned by root, the GUI login loops. Also check if any partition is full. Running out of space can cause this. These are the things I have found. Perhaps someone else will jump in with more informat

Re: Is it possible to conduct a Debian install over wifi (iwlwifi)?

2016-03-07 Thread Charlie Kravetz
will detect the compression. > >Furthermore, dpkg provides tools to handle deb packages: > >dpkg --fsys-tarfile /path/to/file.deb | tar x > >Regards, > -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

2016-02-28 Thread Charlie Kravetz
disabled the >> touchpad. But doing so did no harm and I'm not sure why a package >> manager is useful. Removing synaptic touchpad manager does not remove a package manager. What used to be called synaptics-touchpad is now called x

Re: Debian as My home firewall/router

2016-02-27 Thread Charlie Kravetz
work here. It gives you a good start, including NAT and router. You can add as many interfaces as needed. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/ - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://

Re: Debian and Firefox/Iceweasel

2016-02-26 Thread Charlie Kravetz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 04:42:12 +0100 Jerome BENOIT wrote: >Hello Charlie: > >On 26/02/16 03:53, Charlie Kravetz wrote: >> if Iceweasel incorporates those Firefox features, I would have to also >> switch away from Debian. >

Re: Debian and Firefox/Iceweasel

2016-02-26 Thread Charlie Kravetz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 15:17:45 +0800 mudongliang wrote: >On 02/26/2016 10:53 AM, Charlie Kravetz wrote: >> On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:01:43 +1100 >> "Daniel" wrote: >> >> > While not relevant

Re: Debian and Firefox/Iceweasel

2016-02-25 Thread Charlie Kravetz
now and I am quite comfortable with the basics >of the operating system so Debian is my first choice. But if Iceweasel >incorporates those Firefox features, I would have to also switch away from >Debian. > >Thanks. - hk ​ > Latest announcement is that Debian will be using Fi

Re: Warning Linux Mint Website Hacked and ISOs replaced with Backdoored Operating System

2016-02-22 Thread Charlie Kravetz
and >the FSF. At least we do not risk to deny Giordano Bruno the license for ink. > >Nevertheless: > >Be Cursed, Ye Abusers Of Innocent ISO Programs ! > > >Have a nice day :) > >Thomas > There are several articles out now, including one that is an interview with t

Re: changing partition names

2016-02-14 Thread Charlie Kravetz
t; Debian should not care if a partition number is missing. It should still work. The only way I know to renumber a partition is to delete the ones after the missing number. Then you can create new partitions, starting at the empty space. - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 42

Re: lightdm/xfce4, lost my window manager and my panels and some session state

2016-01-28 Thread Charlie Kravetz
Workspaces. They will be empty, but at least they will be there. I keep xfce4-panel in startup and sessions, auto-start, just to make sure it always runs. For reasons unknown, it will sometimes fail to start. - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://lin

Re: Problem with udev upgrading from wheezy to jessie

2016-01-26 Thread Charlie Kravetz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 22:34:25 +0100 deloptes wrote: >Charlie Kravetz wrote: > >> >> If I am reading this list correctly, release sequence was Squeeze, >> Wheezy, Jessie. That would make the upgrade wheezy to jessie correct

Re: Problem with udev upgrading from wheezy to jessie

2016-01-26 Thread Charlie Kravetz
gt; > If I am reading this list correctly, release sequence was Squeeze, Wheezy, Jessie. That would make the upgrade wheezy to jessie correct. - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your

Re: IMPORTEND squid3 stable needs update

2016-01-26 Thread Charlie Kravetz
nce. > It has been posted to several mailing lists. Developers answered on at least one. - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: G

Re: Debian mirrors broke?

2016-01-24 Thread Charlie Kravetz
here >something going on with the mirrors that I need to know about or should I just >go ahead and try again today? >Sent from my android device. It could be that you happened to hit it during updates or maintenance. I usually wait a few hours and try again. - -- Charlie Kravetz Linu

Re: no wifi on jessie install

2016-01-18 Thread Charlie Kravetz
nstalled firmware-linux-nonfree with no results. > >Any help appreciated. > Maybe some of the suggestions on ThinkWiki will help? http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Debian_on_a_ThinkPad_T420 -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.h

Re: Unreadable xmessage (sid)

2016-01-16 Thread Charlie Kravetz
t;other applications are working properly. > >Thierry > I have seen this a couple of times. Normally, rebooting fixes it. Yes, I know, Linux, reboot not needed. I just don't know the right commands to make it work without the reboot. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 4

Re: Debian stretch hiberante hooks

2016-01-16 Thread Charlie Kravetz
pt for systemd (man systemctl) to umount before hibernate, and mount after. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: wheezy, message log being spammed by segfaults from apt_check.py

2016-01-15 Thread Charlie Kravetz
On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 22:44:07 -0600 David Wright wrote: >On Thu 14 Jan 2016 at 20:33:45 (-0700), Charlie Kravetz wrote: >> On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 21:37:49 -0500 Gene Heskett >> wrote: >> >On Thursday 14 January 2016 21:04:32 Charlie Kravetz wrote: >> >> On

Re: wheezy, message log being spammed by segfaults from apt_check.py

2016-01-14 Thread Charlie Kravetz
On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 21:37:49 -0500 Gene Heskett wrote: >On Thursday 14 January 2016 21:04:32 Charlie Kravetz wrote: > >> On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 00:27:19 + >> >> Lisi Reisz wrote: >> >On Thursday 14 January 2016 23:49:03 Gene Heskett wrote: >> >>

Re: wheezy, message log being spammed by segfaults from apt_check.py

2016-01-14 Thread Charlie Kravetz
e wants to write all his >own scripts, and is frustrated that he is not as good at it as when he was >younger (I can empathise there!!), but uses a GUI package manager which isn't >as good at sorting out problems, and shies away from the CLI. :-/ > >But, as I say, Aptitude is probably unhappy with a system fully upgraded to >Backports. > >> >> > > All of these tools are, AFAIK, supposed to be using the same >> > > sources.list, and the same installed list. update-manager does but >> > > Obviously aptitude is not. >> > > >> > > I believe I'll stick to using synaptic. >> >> +10 > >Glad you still wholeheartedly agree with yourself, Gene. ;-) > >Lisi > -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: Loss of lan after memory upgrade

2016-01-14 Thread Charlie Kravetz
needed. > >Gary R. > What happened when you removed the new memory and just used the old again? -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list

2016-01-13 Thread Charlie Kravetz
way, The problem is that the sources.list file was accidentally deleted >and I can't find any version of it online and ofcourse the apt-get is no >longer working at all When you are ready to learn how to build a new one: https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList -- Charlie Kravetz Linu

Re: gettext is one minor rev too old

2016-01-12 Thread Charlie Kravetz
st 67 years, like the tv >cameras that were on the Trieste in Feb, 1960 when it went down into the >mohole. > >But the combo of age, and hard to define aspects of the P-E with its >potential for mini-strokes, has me asking questions of you kind folks >that 30 years ago I w

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

2016-01-06 Thread Charlie Kravetz
>regards > Even if a doctor states 90% of obese people are that way due to an unhealthy lifestyle, how do you, as an observer, determine who is in that other 10%. There is no way to make that determination without their health records. That is the truth. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered

Re: Recommendations regarding using Debian Testing

2016-01-05 Thread Charlie Kravetz
changes breaks something, it is possible it will take a few days to get it fixed. Also, updates to Testing can be removed if found to break things. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: vivaldi?

2016-01-03 Thread Charlie Kravetz
On Sun, 3 Jan 2016 11:57:54 -0500 Gene Heskett wrote: >On Sunday 03 January 2016 10:37:06 Charlie Kravetz wrote: > >> On Sun, 3 Jan 2016 10:02:59 -0500 >> >> Gene Heskett wrote: >> >Greetings all; >> > >> >Trying to find a web browser t

Re: vivaldi?

2016-01-03 Thread Charlie Kravetz
hat browser are you all using that doesn't hassle >the user to death, it Just Works, like firefox did 3 years ago. > >Thanks all; > >Cheers, Gene Heskett Best thing I have found is a fork of firefox called Pale Moon. It uses some of the plugins and extensions from firefox, b

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

2015-12-31 Thread Charlie Kravetz
ss in from the outside, so it easy to secure on my end. It does work to update my wordpress websites from home, though. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: RIP and Thank You.

2015-12-30 Thread Charlie Kravetz
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. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number

Re: Question: eth0 vs enp1s0

2015-12-29 Thread Charlie Kravetz
pposed to simplify the naming scheme. It confuses me at this time. An explanation of why they decided it needed changing is: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/ As to why two systems will have different names, as they get the bugs ironed out, they add the changes

Re: random reboots of my Lenovo ThinkPad (3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u1) (kernel stack trace)

2015-12-24 Thread Charlie Kravetz
eting > Capabilities: [600 v1] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 >Len=024 > Kernel driver in use: nouveau > >Shall I compile nv driver from source and install it manually? > I have a Lenovo T520 here, with dual graphics. I found Nouveau did not work very good

Re: random reboots of my Lenovo ThinkPad (3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u1) (kernel stack trace)

2015-12-24 Thread Charlie Kravetz
logy-work-properly-on-debian/ It makes the setup easy. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: Need a calculator that knows about coulombs

2015-12-22 Thread Charlie Kravetz
On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 20:09:55 -0500 Gene Heskett wrote: >Greetings all; > >Do we have such a beast? > >Thanks. > >Cheers, Gene Heskett I honestly do not know the answer, but speedcrunch is a neat calculator with many features. Online docs suck, but the readme is pretty good.

Re: Getting strange char sequences in email

2015-12-18 Thread Charlie Kravetz
> =C2=A0 Version table: >> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A01.8~rc4-1 500 >> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0500 >> http://ftp.hr.debian.or= g/debian sid/main i386 Packages > >They suggested that I ask on the list (debian), does anyone else get >this pro

Re: KDE "libplasmacomponentsplugin.so is not a valid Qt plugin" after crossgrade?

2015-12-10 Thread Charlie Kravetz
s >> > this massive? >> >> You may, but I hope posters ignore your advice. They do not infringe what >> Listmaster allows. > >Huh? Clarification pls. > The few individuals who think they run the list have set the rules to make sure nothing is ever posted to pastebin. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers

2015-11-28 Thread Charlie Kravetz
number of years. I am not a business, and run 4 websites off my account. It costs me $10.00 US a month (Yes, it is payable monthly.) I use what they call "Baby Croc". I have never been hacked nor had the accounts frozen. http://www.hostgator.com/shared -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: Debian seems unable to drive my (4) monitors

2015-11-22 Thread Charlie Kravetz
suggesting that! Logs inline or as an attachment are fine. >It would be nice if the poster trimmmed them a bit, but better too much >than too little. > As a new user of this mailing list, is it wrong to use pastebin? Did I miss a requirement to insure logs are always included in my emails

Re: problem e-mailing debian groups

2015-11-13 Thread Charlie Kravetz
t maintainer directly? Sometimes they can do something to help out with this kind of issue. The maintainers address is listmas...@lists.debian.org. I don't know how long it will take to get an answer. I am sure there will be other suggestions, also. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: LXDE Display Coordination

2015-11-11 Thread Charlie Kravetz
o agree with Felix here. The more logs to wade through, the less likely it will help someone else down the road. Have any of us waded through all the logs just from this post? If so, congratulations! You are much more patient than myself. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: can't boot Jessie since power drop-out (virtualbox on MacBook with SSD)

2015-11-04 Thread Charlie Kravetz
m being able to access the directory. The usual suspects are .Xauthority and .ICEauthority. I delete the problem, usually. Then I can restart and the system will work again.It recreates the missing file in the users name. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: Iceweasel updates

2015-11-02 Thread Charlie Kravetz
able release of Firefox is Version 41.0.2, released Oct 15. Doesn't that make 38 old? -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: LXDE Display Coordination

2015-11-01 Thread Charlie Kravetz
On Sun, 1 Nov 2015 11:04:46 -0800 (PST) ray wrote: >On Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 10:50:06 AM UTC-6, Charlie Kravetz wrote: >Charlie, > >Thank you that looks good. My challenge to implement it is the response to an >attempted > >apt-get install xrandr >which produce

Re: LXDE Display Coordination

2015-11-01 Thread Charlie Kravetz
acer-dual-monitor.sh contains: #!/bin/sh xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1600x900 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal --output VGA1 --mode 1440x900 --pos 1904x0 --rotate normal -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: System craches when browsing a web site

2015-10-28 Thread Charlie Kravetz
On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 01:16:25 +0100 Michael Biebl wrote: >Am 28.10.2015 um 20:56 schrieb Charlie Kravetz: >> On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 15:53:53 +0100 >> Michael Biebl wrote: >> >>> No, midori and ephiphany use different versions of WebKit. >>> midori uses WebK

Re: System craches when browsing a web site

2015-10-28 Thread Charlie Kravetz
hat information on Midori, but did not look in the right place. Where do you find it? It would have saved some time and not given misinformation with it. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

Re: System craches when browsing a web site

2015-10-27 Thread Charlie Kravetz
n't like at all. > >I filed a bug here, to start with: > > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757213 > >Only tried 3.16.3 so far, would be interesting to know how it works >with 3.14 and 3.18, and other browsers using WebKit. Midori 0.5.11 is using WebKit. It w

Re: How to Rezize Partition on LVM

2015-10-23 Thread Charlie Kravetz
t keeps the partition from being mounted. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]

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