Re: What files to backup

On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:07:50 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > I have three standard Debian Squeeze systems and am setting up Backuppc > to backup to an extra hard drive I have on one of the systems. I plan on > backing up the following directories: > /etc /home /var/www (An Apache server resides o

Re: [OT] Posting styles

On Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:11:23 -0500, Indulekha wrote: > In linux.debian.user, keith mckenzie wrote: >> Decided the easiest way to stop the annoyance of 'Mika Suomalainen', >> is to send his messages straight to 'trash'. No more half page fulls of >> meaningless numbers/letters,& no more requests

Re: Aptitude update - http://dl.google.com?

On Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:15:02 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:25:30 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote: > >> on my Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid system when I update with aptitude I >> see lines: >> >> Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease Get: 35 http://dl.google.com >> stable Release.gpg

Re: [OT] Posting styles

On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:23:07 +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > iQIuBAEBCAAYBQJPf0KXERxNaWthIFN1b21hbGFpbmVuAAoJEE21PP6CpGcoycAP > /iZU6Cdm8buOgsIT0LQEekvpC+ryn00/bUX9Xxcs9VvvBcMeXghr8TMnvbMnRLz1 > bzlo/hYvQh1EX62oT9JW8NkKz6ydq3QBecdPAGtYdaMVm1pNPkPITA8VF3GQHAvr > IMntClybbUIQU05GouahlZH0rMwxkHz5fx8

Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader

On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:12:45 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > Hiya, > > Having a bad track record of not taking care of "dead tree" books, I am > looking to buy an electronic book reader. > > The Amazon's Kindle does look good and it boasts a Linux kernel, but I > am very disappointed at th

Re: OT: change of mail provider

On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:13:03 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:29:51 -0500, Indulekha wrote: > >> In linux.debian.user, Camaleón wrote: >>> >>> I don't use Gmail's webmail but Mutt and Pan (newsreader). >>> >>> >> Me too, except it's mutt and slrn. The mail for my domains is hosted

Re: OT:change of mail provider

On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:12:15 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 1:48 PM, richard wrote: > >> THIS LIST SEEMS TO HAVE A HIGH POPULATION OF SELF APPOINTED PREMADONNAS >> THAT ARE ONLY CAPABLE OF CRITICISM. > > Can we get this guy tossed out the door? Talk about a negative nancy.

Re: A correction: was Re: Can't read or boot from Squeeze 6.0.4 [ppc] disk 1 on Original iMac

On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:55:32 +0100, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 27 March 2012 00:30:57 jwesleycoo...@cox.net wrote: > > Correction of my earlier email. You had been waiting 20 hours (the > original datelines I used were in different time zones). It really is a > bit much to call 20 hours "days on

Re: CC-ing & gmane (was: Re: QuickCam Orbit AF Pan/Tilt Broken in Sid)

On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:32:39 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:46:55 -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: > >> I don't know about that. Sure, I subscribe to the most used ones, or >> that I might start using more, but if I have a one off question... >> Although I wouldn't ask for a CC, I wou

Re: CC-ing & gmane (was: Re: QuickCam Orbit AF Pan/Tilt Broken in Sid)

On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:57:52 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:48:24 +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote: > >> Hello Camaleón, >> >> Camaleón wrote: >>> On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:08:00 -0700, Mike Alborn wrote: >>> > Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to the list. >>> >>> I can't CC, sorry

Re: Securing Debian Manual: 10.4.2.1 Proactive defense

On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:21:12 +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Hi Stayvoid! > I am overwhelmed by your posting flood. I'm not. He is already in the bozo bin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.de

Re: OT: Copying a URL from a text browser (was: Re: text browsers)

On Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:56:07 -0500, Randy Kramer wrote: > Hijacking this thread Then don't. Start a new one, or better still, do a little research first. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.

Re: General unstability on wheezy (unstable repository)

On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:59:03 +0100, Abou Al Montacir wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > During the last few months I've been experiencing an increasing > instability on my systems running wheezy. This used to be a good quality > repository and good compromise between stability and new

Re: a quick Q: what is the .alias for

On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:24:23 +0800, lina wrote: > Hi, > > /lib/modules/3.2.5mj-lina/modules.alias > /lib/modules/3.1.13.1-mj-lina/modules.alias > > I don't know what the .alias stands for, > > Thanks for any explainations, Would it not have been quicker and easier to try "file" and then "less"

Re: Firefox and PDF incompatibility

On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:01:57 -0500, Tony Baldwin wrote: > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 07:59:49AM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 03:22, Merciadri Luca >> wrote: >> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> > Hash: SHA1 >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > When opening PDFs documents in Firefo

OT: (Fairly) new very long URLs on news.yahoo?

On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:52:47 -0500, Randy Kramer wrote: > This is OT. Yes, it is. So please label it with 'OT' at the beginning of the subject line. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Restoring filenames from partly damaged ext4-filesystem

On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:29:53 +, Rudolf Zran wrote: > Hi everybody! > > I recently damaged an ext4 partition by accident (mistakenly forced a > RAID sync with another partition onto it, which I realized after about > 3% completion). As a result the beginning of the ext4 partition seems to > be

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0800, lina wrote: > How could set the taskbar back, > > for everything. I used to have the taskbar at the top. Do you *ever* manage to do *anything* without a major disaster? It might be a good idea to give up Linux and take up basket weaving instead. It clearly d

Re: ALSA instead of pulseaudio on new sid

On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:32:34 +0100, Raven wrote: > Hi guys. > I have a fairly new install of sid with the new fancy gnome3 and all the > eye-candy tweaks. I don't really like it, but that's another story.. > > Anyway, before reinstalling sid I used to have the sound coming from > ALSA..it was wor

Re: hi, how to set gnome3 in fallback mode?

On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:36:58 -0500, Mike Viau wrote: > > > > > > > *Please* don't do that.My apologizes, this is the Plonk. -- To U

Re: hi, how to set gnome3 in fallback mode?

On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:35:04 -0500, Mike Viau wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:42:49 + > wrote:> > > O

Re: POP3 in Debian

On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:38:23 +, Jon Dowland wrote: > I'd strongly recommend using something *other* than fetchmail: getmail > or mpop are options. What's wrong with Fetchmail? Works flawlessly for me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "uns

Re: [OT] Ownership of words

On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:08:41 -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I wake up every morning with only a limited allotment of energy for > arguing. I find I must save this arguing energy for issues that are > worth arguing about. This one didn't make the cut. But I paid for the full half-hour. -- T

Re: Vodafone Mobile Internet modem

On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:04:15 +0200, Panayiotis wrote: > What is the dongle's model? Mine is not particularly little, I think > it's the Huawei E220. It's a Vodafone K3570-Z - a small white dongle that looks like a fat memory stick. Please don't top post, or reply to my email address. Reply to t

Re: Vodafone Mobile Internet modem

On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:07:29 +0200, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > Hi! > > I am running a mix of GNewSense (which is based on Squeeze) and Squeeze > on a Lemote YeeLoong netbook. > > To access the internet I have paid for a Vodafone Mobile Internet > Contract. However the provided Huawei usb mod

Re: Best remote control software

On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:33:33 +1000, yudi v wrote: > Currently I am using x11vnc as the server on Debian and tightvnc viewer > on Windows 7. > > Both machines are connected via LAN cable and are only meters apart. > Debian is installed on a 12' laptop and windows 7 on a desktop with dual > screens

Re: Order of cron.daily jobs

On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:03:22 +, T o n g wrote: > On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:59:27 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> Yup, but this can be found by simply "trial and error" tests. > > trial and error can sure yield some conclusion, but whether the > conclusion is good really depend on the trials. > > F

Re: take screen shot error

On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:11:48 +0800, lina wrote: > actually I have started to enjoy using scrot. Here is the script which I have bound to my 'PrtSc' key: - #!/bin/bash TIME=`date +%Y-%m-%d-%T` FILE=$HOME/Pictures/Screenshot_$TIME.png scrot -s

Re: what's the nice package to open eps file

On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:38:54 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > It will also open with Okular - I'm not sure if that means your default > .pdf viewer will open them. Just for information, Evince views them just fine. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Doubled external usb hard drives?

On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:22:46 +, Brian wrote: > On Sun 25 Dec 2011 at 15:16:11 +, Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> This morning my usb external hard drive started playing up by showing >> two instances, i.e.;- >> ~~~ >> ls -l /media total 48 drwxr-xr-x 2

Re: Ownership of external usb hard drive

On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:28:45 +, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On 22 December 2011 17:09, Camaleón wrote: >> On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:26:04 +, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >>> I have an external usb hard drive that I use solely for storing >>> backups which are done every three hours of my home folder.

Re: FETCHMAIL AND GMAIL?

On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:26:38 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Ma, 20 dec 11, 17:51:10, Brian wrote: >> On Tue 20 Dec 2011 at 18:24:19 +0100, Alex Padoly wrote: >> >> > How do you do to run fecthmail with gmail with POP3 protocol, I can't >> > it! >> > How do you do to write the file .fetcmailrc.

Re: what's the best media player ?

On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:44:16 +0800, lina wrote: > Hi, > > which media player is your favoriate and love to recommend. > > I have a problem in using movie player, it's kinda of funny when open > some song with it, all the process just being killed and came to login > interface. (more like the new

Re: Sqeeze installation: manually defining partitions

On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:51:50 +0100, Klaus Jantzen wrote: > Hi, > > for (each?) partition I define there is an entry for "Reserved Blocks" > with a suggested value of 5%. > > Questions: > 1) What are these reserved blocks for? Root. For recovery if you fill it. > 2) Do I have to have them? Not ne

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:01:47 -0500, doug wrote: > OK, I'll bite. How do you label the partitions? I was under the > impression that they would have to be called / or /home or /boot, and so > on. I think you are confusing partition labels with mount points. Scroogle is your friend. -- To UN

Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled

On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:24:56 -0500, doug wrote: > On 12/09/2011 04:29 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: >> I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. I'm aware >> of System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone else? I would like >> to do some comparison shopping. >> >> Thank you. >> >

Re: Counting occurances of a word in a file.

On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:34:45 +0100, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Yes, you are right. My suggestion doesn't work if a word appears more > than once in a line since only lines which contain the word are counted. > Sorry for the confusion. PMFJI. Never mind; *I'm* glad you mentioned it anyway. I have

Re: Wheezy X broken ?

On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:39:26 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-12-06 10:50 +0100, Shaun wrote: > >> On 05/12/2011 22:25, Sven Joachim wrote: >>> For gnome-shell you need a 3D OpenGL driver, and in wheezy the nouveau >>> 3D drivers are not installed by default yet. This has been changed¹ >>> i

Re: GRUB2 themes

On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:16:12 +, Lisi wrote: > On Saturday 03 December 2011 22:19:54 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> IMO it is too bad that Debian does not put a nice theme together, it >> would look so much better at a first install. > > I do dislike "nice" themes. Surely there is Ubuntu for those

Re: a short cut on desktop on gnome3

On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:18:37 -0500, doug wrote: > On 12/02/2011 01:28 PM, Brian Flaherty wrote: >> On 12/02/2011 03:03 AM, abdelkader belahcene wrote: >>> *Hi, >>> I am trying to be familiar with gnome 3, >>> So I installing from debian testing the gnome 3, >>> It seems good, but sometimes I am lo

Re: Re (2): Laptop with external display running X11.

On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:25:16 +0100, deloptes wrote: > cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE What's the purpose of this superfluous "cat" (and the pipe)? grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: GRUB version

On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:40:52 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:37:33 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >> Is there a way to find out what version of grub is installed in the MBR >> of a drive? > > "grub-install -v" will tell the installed version. > > Anyway... IIRC, the version is

Re: NNTP server

On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:52:35 +, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > My ISP blocks NNTP traffic. To get round this, I propose to use my > Squeze VPS, which has direct access to the Internet, to collect news > articles from a few selected groups, and access these over SSH (or > something like that). > >

Re: .deb / dpkg for dummies

On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:26:36 +0100, Piotr Wydymus wrote: > At first, hello everyone - I subscribed yesterday. Please don't: a) Top post b) Post HTML Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.deb

Re: Fixing corrupt mysql table

On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:26:52 +1100, Robert S wrote: > I recently rebooted my server and mysql didn't start - it reported > password problems. I have reset the root password but there are other > errors: > > # /etc/init.d/mysql start Starting MySQL database server: mysqld. > Checking for corrupt,

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:04:24 +, Cam Hutchison wrote: > I have tried GNOME 3. I have tried it with fallback mode. I've now tried > xfce, kde and my own hacked together xsession with gnome components. > > I don't like any of it. > > What I like is the setup I had. I had GNOME 2 set up just the

Re: Nautilus 3.2.1 and file associations

On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:22:51 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:43:15 +, Alan Chandler wrote: > >> On 26/11/11 21:18, Camaleón wrote: >> >>> Anyway, try this: >>> >>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/82652/file-association-to-unlisted- application >>> >>> It basically says that yo

Re: Debian: A noob query

On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:47:08 +, Andrew Wood wrote: > Adobes version of Flash was (when I downloaded it a month or so ago) 32 > bit which will run on a 64 bit OS BUT only with a 32 bit web browser so > you need to make sure you have the 32 bit version of Firefox. I made > that mistake:) Wrong

Re: Unknown HZ value! (92) Assume 100.

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:38:05 +, Brian wrote: > On Thu 24 Nov 2011 at 19:11:16 +0000, Walter Hurry wrote: > >> PMFJI. What is an rkhunter "deep scan"? I use rkhunter but am not aware >> of any "deep scan" option. > > 'deep scan' mode

Re: Debian: A noob query

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:24:34 +, Lisi wrote: > On Thursday 24 November 2011 16:15:45 Walter Hurry wrote: >> I see no reason for OP to avoid 64 bit Debian. > > Sorry - as usual I am not making myself clear. I am not suggesting that > he should. I said that here would n

Re: Unknown HZ value! (92) Assume 100.

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:52:59 +, Camaleón wrote: > > I'm afraid the rootkit is not distribution specific. > > I would run a deep scan with the mentioned tool (rkhunter) to be sure. PMFJI. What is an rkhunter "deep scan"? I use rkhunter but am not aware of any "deep scan" option. Thanks.

Re: Debian: A noob query

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:50:31 +, Lisi wrote: > On Thursday 24 November 2011 14:57:06 Sam Vagni wrote: >> I guess I should go (of course) with 64 since my processor supports >> that (this I came to know).. > > There is no "of course". Sorry, I did not make myself clear. With a 64 > bit proces

Re: Debian: A noob query

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:57:06 -0500, Sam Vagni wrote: > On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Walter Hurry > wrote: > >> A little vague, I'm afraid. But not to worry, there are Linux >> applications for most things. By the way, I'd strongly recommend (with >>

Re: Debian: A noob query

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:03:03 +, Lisi wrote: > On Thursday 24 November 2011 13:51:52 Walter Hurry wrote: >> As to the printer, you'll need to check the exact model, not just the >> brand. > > Samsung's splix can manage most Samsungs, just as HP's hpijs and

Re: Debian: A noob query

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:39:29 -0500, Sam Vagni wrote: > On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Walter Hurry > wrote: > >> Debian is a fine distribution; but there are others too. By the way, of >> course people here will extol the virtues of Debian - it is a Debian >> mail

Re: Debian: A noob query

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:43:54 -0500, Sam Vagni wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I just want to go into Linux, coming from Windows XP. Just want to know > if Debian is good to go with and learn then? > > Just to clear my doubts that head people saying about its' > non-compatibility with the newest har

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2011 #2111

On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:39:29 -0500, sunny...@pghmail.com wrote: > Funny I can get mail from this list but I cannot unsubscribe from it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http:

Re: CUPS assuming I'm the admin instead of prompting for user/pass

On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:07:56 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> Kent West wrote: >> > No, on further tinkering, that doesn't seem to be quite the issue. >> > I'm getting different Home pages at various times, and I just now >> > realized that if I start at localhost:631, sometime I wind

Re: gnome 3 refugee: obstructive panel in xfce

On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:52:46 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > The screen savers are pretty, but would it be possible to have them just > go blank and save power when the laptop in not plugged in? You don't need any screensavers installed. man xset. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@

Re: cut's counterpart: vcut ?!

On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:58:54 +, Joao Ferreira Gmail wrote: > Hi all, > > a crazy ideia just crossed my mind ? > > Is there a command that allows me to "glue" to text files together line > by line ? more or like the inverse operation of 'cut' ... a vertical > "cat" :P > > # cat abc a > b > c

Re: Can we stop whining about GNOME3 please?

On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:14:07 -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Walter Hurry > wrote: >> On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:34:36 -0500, Tom H wrote: >> >>> For the latest Fedora beta, "gnome-shell will run even on hardware >>> without

Re: Is for this community XFCE the most common DE to replace GNOME 3?

On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:53:59 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > LXDE is even smaller and faster, but also has less features. Interesting comment. What in your opinion is missing? FWIW I am using LXDE and Openbox and have not noticed any missing functionality which cannot be remedied by editing a te

Re: Can we stop whining about GNOME3 please?

On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:34:36 -0500, Tom H wrote: > For the latest Fedora beta, "gnome-shell will run even on hardware > without a native 3D driver, including virt guests." Umm, there isn't a Fedora beta at the moment. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a su

Re: GNOME3 Ugh! Reverted to XFCE4

On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:13:42 -0300, Iuri Guilherme dos Santos Martins wrote: > Em 12-11-2011 17:57, Walter Hurry escreveu: >> On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:13:49 -0500, Doug wrote: >> >>> I seem to recall that this Gnome3 and Unity first came from Ubuntu. >> Unity did.

Re: Is GNOME 2 panel still in unstable?

On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:18:13 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:54:43 +, Richard wrote: >> Sorry printscreen doesn't function until logged in. > > You can use a digital still camera or your cell phone's one :-) Or xnest -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.

Can we stop whining about GNOME3 please?

It seems fashionable to complain about GNOME3. If you don't like it (and personally I detest it), then you have three choices: a) Wait until it improves (3,2, 3.3, 3.4)? b) Put up with it as it as it is. c) Switch to another desktop environment. There are several to choose from. GNOME2 is not c

Re: GNOME3 Ugh! Reverted to XFCE4

On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:13:49 -0500, Doug wrote: > I seem to recall that this Gnome3 and Unity first came from Ubuntu. Unity did. GNOME3 has no origin in Ubuntu. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.

Re: Debian is asking for DVD...

On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:14:46 -0500, Douglas Saylor wrote: > On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 2:01 AM, Victor Nitu > wrote: > > >> Please paste the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list here, as I suspect a >> setup removable media still hanging around in the settings. >> >> I hope you have network access on

Re: Is GNOME 2 panel still in unstable?

On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:17:01 +, Camaleón wrote: > I think Fedora 15 shipped gnome-shell 3.0, the same we have right now in > Debian. But again, this 3.0 release provides little to nothing > customization options unless you manually go and edit the required > files. Upcoming versions of the she

Re: problems

On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:47:07 +, HEDDY, WILLIAM wrote: > To whom it may concern, > > I downloaded and installed Debian on my computer last night and I > rebooted the computer and now all that comes up is a white cursor on a > black screen. Did I just completely kill my Windows 7 operating sys

Re: Adobe flash is dead

On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:28:53 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 09 nov 11, 20:14:28, Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:51:14 +, Andrew Wood wrote: >> >> > Why do Linux distros consider it desirable to install Gnash by >> > default? &

Re: Adobe flash is dead

On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:10:31 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > Why bother with non-free software when we're talking about a technology > that's dying like BSD these days? Because right now, realistically it's the only game in town if one wants to watch flash content. When HTML5 comes along and I am a

Re: wheezy update system - how?

On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:01:01 +, Brian wrote: > The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss. And there I was, thinking it was the ability to play and visualise MIDI files ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

Re: OT: Just a simple query

On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:12:01 -0200, Ismael Scalcon wrote: > But it's still opensource, so the source code is free to download and > compile. The guys at CentOS do it, they get all the source code for RHL, > remove the Red Hat branding and distribute it. And the guys at Scientific Linux (Fermilab

Re: Adobe flash is dead

On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:51:14 +, Andrew Wood wrote: > Why do Linux distros consider it desirable to install Gnash by default? Interesting question. Which distributions do that? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: Adobe flash is dead

On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:51:14 +, Andrew Wood wrote: > Why do Linux distros consider it desirable to install Gnash by default? Interesting question. Which distributions do that? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: OT: Just a simple query

On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:34:59 -0500, Doug wrote: > Out of curiosity I downloaded the LIVE Fedora 16. The user interface is > like nothing I ever saw. If this is the future of computing, I think > I'll go back to pocket calculator and typewriter! Fedora is my main distribution, though I use Debian

Re: Gnome Control Panel Is there one?

On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:43:39 -0600, John W. Foster wrote: > I have Linux Mint & Ubuntu Installed So why are you asking this question on a Debian list? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.or

Re: emacs RMAIL -- help needed

On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:52:34 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > I have been trying to get an email client which would access my web > mail. I've tried > kmail -- which simply does not retrieve the mail balsa -- which asks > for an SMTP address (I don't have SMTP) > and I am now using emacs23. >

Re: Permission violations

On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:37:38 +0100, Anon wrote: > Hello, > > I'm not quite sure whom I should send this report to but recently I've > noticed that I can remove files which owner is root and that have access > mode set as 644 (see example below). I'm using Debian wheezy/sid with > 3.0.0-2-amd64 #1

Re: Understanding versioning.

On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:56:02 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > On Nov 8, 2011, at 2:07 AM, Sthu Deus wrote: > >> it seems to me to be weird having those "epoches" > > If all software developers were "well behaved" and they all co- operated > in their versioning, it would be weird to have "epochs". Al

Re: Formatting external HDD

On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:38:50 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Ma, 18 oct 11, 17:02:39, Walter Hurry wrote: >> >> I have an external 1T USB drive, which I use to storage of AV files, >> plus daily (rsync) backups. It is formatted as a single partition. I >> use ex

Re: install glitch - re. networking

On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:03:14 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:43:24 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: >> >>> I find myself in an odd situation: >>> >>> - I have a box I use as a sandbox, at home - I've installed

Re: install glitch - re. networking

On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:43:24 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > I find myself in an odd situation: > > - I have a box I use as a sandbox, at home - I've installed all kinds of > different distributions on it over the past couple of years > > - I recently installed OpenSuse with no problems, but then

Re: KVM networking.

On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:46:46 -0600, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Walter Hurry > wrote: >> On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:18:08 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: >> >>> Good time of the day. >>> >>> >>> I try to run KVM net

Re: KVM networking.

On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:18:08 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > Good time of the day. > > > I try to run KVM network w/o under normal user w/ the following result: > > /usr/bin/kvm -localtime -m 256 -no-reboot -cdrom > ./debian-6.0.2.1-amd64-netinst/debian-6.0.2.1-amd64-netinst.iso -boot d > -hda ./da -

Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:39:29 -0200, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On Sex, 04 Nov 2011, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> Problem solved by installing wheezy. > > Couldn't you just post this once por thread, instead of replying to each > message saying the same thing? Problem solved by consigning Mountb

Re: gnome3 now in wheezy?

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:27:01 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > GNOME Shell is the defining technology of the GNOME 3 user experience. That's exactly the problem, and precisely why I have moved on to LXDE. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsub

Re: wheezy konqueror - cannot download Adobe Flashplayer

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:45:14 +, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:19:27 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:49:43 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> >>> Camaleón wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:21:13 +000

Re: wheezy konqueror - cannot download Adobe Flashplayer

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:19:27 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:49:43 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > >> Camaleón wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:21:13 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >>> Konqueror displays the following when I try to download Ubuntu APT version --/c

Re: Can I insall from xp partition?

On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:29:57 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > USB stick. He had a small one (yes, he said it was > small) with only 4GB (which to me is vast) for only £15 LOL. A fiver at most. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:00:54 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:46:13 -0400 (EDT), Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:43:20 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >>> >>> It is important that you *not* use traditional device nomenclature, >>&g

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:43:20 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > It is important that you *not* use traditional device nomenclature, such > as > >/dev/hda1 /dev/sda1 Why? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:13:01 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Tom H wrote: >> Walter Hurry wrote: >> > Bob Proulx wrote: >> >> Auto-subscribing to Debian bugs I file [redacted the munged URL] >> > >> > 404 >> >> http://madduck.net/blog/200

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:23:45 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> I would like to know if there is a way to get automatically subscribed¹ >> to Debian bugs I report. > > Auto-subscribing to Debian bugs I file > http://madduck.net/blog/2008.06.20:auto-subscribing-to-debian-bugs-I- fil

Re: [Semi-OT] Automatic subscription to self-opened bug reports

On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:54:08 +, Camaleón wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to know if there is a way to get automatically subscribed¹ > to Debian bugs I report. > > I mean, something like a "tag" I can use when I report the bug by e-mail > or something at reportbug I can select to automate th

Re: Recommendation for National Public Radio player

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:47:33 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Recommendation for National Public Radio player National? What nation? Don't bother to answer; I can guess, since you did not mention one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: Just a simple query

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:55:40 +0530, Linux Tyro wrote: > Hi, > > I am beginner in Linux and do another job. But I use computer very less. > Just a simple doubts regarding the selection. Please suggest me > regarding the following: > > "Debian vs openSUSE for a novice" > > I am very beginner, how

Re: bad downloads during apt-get upgrade

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:42:15 +, Steve Kleene wrote: > > I'm not sure how to interpret all of that output, but it looks bad. > Thanks for your help. I agree with Bob. It would be a good plan to be ready to replace the disk and restore from backup at any moment. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: GRUB2 in edit mode

On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:31:46 +, Camaleón wrote: > I was talking about the kernel parameter "boot_delay" that you can pass > to the kernel line of GRUB2 to slowdown the messages presented on the > screen when your computer boots. > > Hope now is more clear. It was crystal clear in the first p

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