Re: fetchmail not working after upgrade to "Squeeze"

lrhorer wrote: > I upgraded one of my servers from "Lenny" to "Squeeze", and now > fetchmail is broken. (This means I cannot retrieve mail, since this > is my IMAP server.) I'm getting the following error: > > unable to log in UID 1000 from UID 115 > > UID 115 is fetchmail's ID and 1000 is the

Re: weired problem around grub2

On the 07/02/2011 07:53, Geronimo wrote: > Hello, > > Camaleón wrote: >> On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:35:50 +0100, Geronimo wrote: >> >> (...) >> >>> The point is - the new system should be deleted - I want to install >>> windows to that partition. So I need to install grub2 on my restored >>> root part

Re: KDE4 Configuration

On the 07/02/2011 08:49, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> In , lrhorer wrote: >> 1. How can I move the launch bar from the bottom of the screen to the >> top of the screen and get it to automatically hide? > > To move: > 1. Right click panel -> "Unlock Widgets" > 2. Right click panel -> "Panel Op

Re: weired problem around grub2

Hello, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > Hello, did you check (blkid, vol_id ...) that you don't have two > partitions with the same UUID, since one is a "restored image" it's > possible that it still has the original UUID, and grub is going to look > at UUID's first. > > My 2 cents... Good poin

Re: weired problem around grub2

On the 07/02/2011 09:54, Geronimo wrote: > Hello, > >> tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: >> Hello, did you check (blkid, vol_id ...) that you don't have two >> partitions with the same UUID, since one is a "restored image" it's >> possible that it still has the original UUID, and grub is going to lo

Re: weired problem around grub2

Hello, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > You'll have to keep looking then, sorry ! Thank you for your attention any way! kind regards Gero -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

what is the "sources.list" for squeeze (stable)?

hi, what's the /etc/apt/sources.list for squeeze (stable)? these are my "apt-get update" error messages: _ _ Err http://ftp.us.debian.org sqeeze/main i386 Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 204.152.191.39 80] Er

Re: what is the "sources.list" for squeeze (stable)?

2011/2/7 ef > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian sqeeze main > > typo -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://debmal.my

Re: what is the "sources.list" for squeeze (stable)?

2011/2/7 Umarzuki Mochlis > > > 2011/2/7 ef > > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian sqeeze main >> >> > typo > > > > btw, mine deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main deb http://ftp.kr.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://debmal

Re: Wheezy is up and running.

On Monday 07 February 2011 08:45:03 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > You all know by know that Squeeze has been released, thank you Debian > Developers, now starts the development of the next Debian release, > Wheeze, just change the sources.list from squeeze to > wheeze and ^ > dist-upgrade, 369

Re: Wheezy is up and running.

On Monday 07 February 2011 09:36:44 Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Monday 07 February 2011 08:45:03 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > > You all know by know that Squeeze has been released, thank you Debian > > Developers, now starts the development of the next Debian release, > > Wheeze, just change the sources

Re: Anyone else having problems installing Squeeze Stable on AMD64?

Hello, Slicky Johnson a écrit : > > The method from the install doc's has always worked well for me. > > # zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX > # cp favorite.iso /dev/sdX The first command is useless, as the second command overwrites the device. > http://debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s03.html.

Re: Wheezy is up and running.

Thierry Chatelet wrote: On Monday 07 February 2011 08:45:03 Jimmy Johnson wrote: You all know by know that Squeeze has been released, thank you Debian Developers, now starts the development of the next Debian release, Wheeze, just change the sources.list from squeeze to wheeze and ^

Re: Pump, dhchp, dns and dnsmasq

On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 03:15 +, T o n g wrote: > On second though, if I dedicate a box for dnsmasq as both dhcp and dns ow > this could be arranged. > server, can I use a dhcp client on the very box to obtain the fixed IP > address configured in dnsmasq? > > I know this is kind of chicken-egg

Skype

Hi, I wonder if anyone of you is currently using skype on debian amd64 and which app are you using. I would prefer not to install ia32-* stuffs as suggested by http://wiki.debian.org/skype regards raffaele -- *L'unica speranza di catarsi, ammesso che ne esista una, resta affidata all'istinto di

Booting from Squeeze iso possible?

Howdie, fellow Debianites! I am currently downoading the Squeeze iso (specifically, the debian-6.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso) and was wondering: is there a simple way of booting directly from the iso image file without having to actually burn it to a blank DVD? Like chainloading the iso from GRUB2

Installing Squeeze with only wireless network available

Howdie, fellow Debianites! There is no wired internet available in our apartment. Is it possible to make the Squeeze installer use a USB wireless interface during installation (for setting up the mirrors, downloading from the internet etc.)? What do I have to do to make it happen? The wirel

Re: help

On Mi, 02 feb 11, 21:13:37, Joey Hess wrote: > > There is no need to use any expert install option with squeeze. Simply > follow the instructions it presents: [snip] Oh, I should be paying more attention when installing, especially for checking the Romanian translation :) Regards, Andrei -- O

Re: Installing Squeeze with only wireless network available

On 2011-02-07 11:27 +0100, Klistvud wrote: > There is no wired internet available in our apartment. Is it possible > to make the Squeeze installer use a USB wireless interface during > installation (for setting up the mirrors, downloading from the internet > etc.)? Only if you don't use WPA

Re: help

On Jo, 03 feb 11, 15:11:40, Chris Bannister wrote: > > If they are trying it for the first time, problems executing the > commands they are given could sway them to ditch it entirely? It probably has a lot to do with the (lack of) patience of that particular person, but yes, in my experience it

Re: what is the "sources.list" for squeeze (stable)?

Hi! On Monday 07 February 2011 07:51:45 ef wrote: > what's the /etc/apt/sources.list for squeeze (stable)? > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 CD > Binary-1 20110205-17:27]/ squeeze main > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 CD > Binary-1 2

Re: Pump, dhchp, dns and dnsmasq

On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 10:58 +, T o n g wrote: > On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:23:33 +, Tixy wrote: > > > Had kvm1 got it's ip address by DHCP at this point? Dnsmasq doesn't > > return results for machines until after its served out an address. . . > > Ahh... no wonder. > Thanks -- what a good r

Re: Installing Squeeze with only wireless network available

On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:27:17 +0100 Klistvud wrote: > Howdie, fellow Debianites! > > There is no wired internet available in our apartment. Is it > possible to make the Squeeze installer use a USB wireless interface > during installation (for setting up the mirrors, downloading from the > interne

Re: Installing Squeeze with only wireless network available

Hi, Klistvud wrote: Howdie, fellow Debianites! There is no wired internet available in our apartment. Is it possible to make the Squeeze installer use a USB wireless interface during installation (for setting up the mirrors, downloading from the internet etc.)? What do I have to do to make i

Re: Skype

On Seg, 07 Fev 2011, Raffaele Morelli wrote: Hi, I wonder if anyone of you is currently using skype on debian amd64 and which app are you using. I would prefer not to install ia32-* stuffs as suggested by http://wiki.debian.org/skype Since neither the source nor actual 64-bit binaries are provi

Upgrading mysql from lenny to squeeze

Hi all, When upgrading from lenny to squeeze, mysql won't upgrade automatically (if /etc/mysql/my.cnf isn't overwritten) Googling a bit found this post that solves the problem: http://www.robtucker.co.uk/2009/05/16/upgrading-mysql-50-to-51-on-debian-50 Hope it helps, Luís Sousa -- To UNSUBSCRI

Upgrading mysql from lenny to squeeze

Hi all, When upgrading from lenny to squeeze, mysql won't upgrade automatically (if /etc/mysql/my.cnf isn't overwritten) Googling a bit found this post that solves the problem: http://www.robtucker.co.uk/2009/05/16/upgrading-mysql-50-to-51-on-debian-50 Hope it helps, Luís Sousa -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: if the file changes send email about diff

On Sunday 06 February 2011 12:25 pm, kellyremo wrote: > The file only contains plain MAC addresses, separated with a new line: > > Like: > FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:F1 > FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:F2 > > Or: > FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:F2 > > On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:40:32 -0800 frank thyes > wrote > >

xulrunner-stub stucks my machine

hi, any one else has the same problem with xlrunner-stub after iceweasel upgrade in squeeze? it consumes more than a half of my ram and makes whole system choppy. any ideas? workarounds? cheers t.

Re: Skype

On Mon, 7 Feb 2011, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On Seg, 07 Fev 2011, Raffaele Morelli wrote: Hi, I wonder if anyone of you is currently using skype on debian amd64 and which app are you using. I would prefer not to install ia32-* stuffs as suggested by http://wiki.debian.org/skype Since nei

Re: tool for internet connection test

Lubos Rendek wrote, on 02/07/11 00:31: > Hi Jörg, > > Thanks for the input. However, i'm not able to find S/N ratio on > online page. Is SNR Margin what you're referring to? Here is a > snapshot of my online page: > > > ADSL Status ModeState Up SpeedDown Speed SNR Margin

Re: lenny to squeeze upgrade health check....

> > http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/releasenotes OK, I went and read it. I also installed gdm on the current machine and it fixed the window manager problem. Now I want upgrade another machine from Lenny to Squeeze so I am going to try and do it more carefully this time. I notice that y

Re: status of LILO in upcoming Stable release

On Jo, 03 feb 11, 21:43:02, Stephen Powell wrote: > > I don't know for sure, but I've never seen a release upgrade > replace a boot loader. And I have no reason to suspect it will > this time. Install a newer version, yes. But, say, change > lilo to grub2? I doubt it. This release will replac

Re: lenny to squeeze upgrade health check....

Hi Michael, Michael Fothergill wrote: http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/releasenotes # script -t 2>~/upgrade-squeeze.time -a ~/upgrade-squeeze.script This is not specific to the upgrade, it can be used at any time (almost). A very dumb question I have about this is do you do aptitude d

Re: the new apt-get recommendation

On Sb, 05 feb 11, 12:35:47, PMA wrote: > > I have often read advice to the effect that it is best to choose *ONE* > package-handling strategy (dpkg OR apt-get OR aptitude OR synaptic) > and stick to it -- if only to ensure a consistent system representation > of my package installations history.

Re: lenny to squeeze upgrade health check....

>> # script -t 2>~/upgrade-squeeze.time -a ~/upgrade-squeeze.script > > This is not specific to the upgrade, it can be used at any time (almost). > It records the screen and any text printed to it or entered from the > keyboard.  What's more, you can replay it at different speeds if you like -- >

Re: lenny to squeeze upgrade health check....

On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 03:27:21PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > >> # script -t 2>~/upgrade-squeeze.time -a ~/upgrade-squeeze.script > > > > But how do you turn it off? I mean after the upgrade is over and you > don't need it any more do you type something in like script -stop > ~/upgrade-sq

Re: Installing Debian from NFS

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > Yes, it's a tiny HTTP proxy with some sugar, getting extra knowledge > from package databases or predefined configuration and making more > optimal decissions than ordinary HTTP proxies. > > If you decide to use it, you could reuse

sid: upgrade wants to remove xserver packages

Hi, Doing a dist-upgrade in Sid this morning wants to remove all xserver packages. Wait a bit? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/iip6vm$87e$1..

Re: sid: upgrade wants to remove xserver packages

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > Doing a dist-upgrade in Sid this morning wants to remove all xserver > packages. Wait a bit? > > Hugo It's a dependency thing, not sure if it'll go away later, or if it's due to a change in xorg package... xserver-xorg-core now is

Re: sid: upgrade wants to remove xserver packages

On Monday 07 February 2011, Javier Vasquez wrote: > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Doing a dist-upgrade in Sid this morning wants to remove all xserver > > packages. Wait a bit? > > > > Hugo > > It's a dependency thing, not sure if it'll go away later, o

Re: sid: upgrade wants to remove xserver packages

On 2011-02-07 17:45 +0100, Javier Vasquez wrote: > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> Doing a dist-upgrade in Sid this morning wants to remove all xserver >> packages. Wait a bit? > > It's a dependency thing, not sure if it'll go away later, or if it's > due to a change in

Re: sid: upgrade wants to remove xserver packages

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-02-07 17:45 +0100, Javier Vasquez wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >>> Doing a dist-upgrade in Sid this morning wants to remove all xserver >>> packages. Wait a bit? >> >> It's a dependency thing, no

Re: sid: upgrade wants to remove xserver packages

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 07 February 2011, Sven Joachim was heard to say: > The problem is that the drivers got uploaded but were automatically > rejected, see > http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2011/02/msg00360.html for more > information. > > I'm afraid this won'

Re: sid: upgrade wants to remove xserver packages

Amen to that. I run apticron to see what installed packages have updates available, but always, _always_ upgrade by hand. Anything else is begging for trouble at/near release time or during ABI changes... --b On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Curt Howland wrote: > This has happened many times in

[Conclusion] Providing DHCP and DNS services with DNSMasq

Many thanks to Tixy, who answered all my questions, I now compile it into a big blog, Providing DHCP and DNS services with DNSMasq http://sfxpt.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/providing-dhcp-and-dns-services- with-dnsmasq/ Synopsis To use DNSmasq to provide DNS, DHCP, tftpd and ad blocking to my hom

Re: Pump, dhchp, dns and dnsmasq

On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:12:37 +, Tixy wrote: > I also had another thought, Is kvm1 a virtual machine? If so, does it > even get to talk directly to the dnsmasq server or is the host doing NAT > and it's own configuration for the guest? See my blog, http://sfxpt.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/provi

Is nouveau deprecated in favor of fbdev on new xorg (unstable + experimental)?

Hi, With recent upgrade on debian unstable (x86_64) of xserver-xorg-core to 2:1.9.4-1, which required using experimental drivers, not quiet there in unstable yet, Xorg failed to start indicating no devices found when usign nouveau driver as prior to the update. However using fbdev instead worked

Re: sid: upgrade wants to remove xserver packages

Brad Alexander wrote: Amen to that. I run apticron to see what installed packages have updates available, but always, _always_ upgrade by hand. Anything else is begging for trouble at/near release time or during ABI changes... and do a backup before this next upgrade... Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Is nouveau deprecated in favor of fbdev on new xorg (unstable + experimental)?

On 2011-02-07 19:11 +0100, Javier Vasquez wrote: > With recent upgrade on debian unstable (x86_64) of xserver-xorg-core > to 2:1.9.4-1, which required using experimental drivers, not quiet > there in unstable yet, Xorg failed to start indicating no devices > found when usign nouveau driver as prio

Autorun is VERY bad

How to disable autorun? Are there any hidden autorun features on a standard Debian install?? http://securitytube.net/USB-Autorun-attacks-against-Linux-at-Shmoocon-2011-video.aspx

Re: sid: upgrade wants to remove xserver packages

On 02/07/2011 10:55 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2011-02-07 17:45 +0100, Javier Vasquez wrote: On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Doing a dist-upgrade in Sid this morning wants to remove all xserver packages. Wait a bit? It's a dependency thing, not sure if it'll go away

RE: Autorun is VERY bad

> On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 10:21:48 -0800 wrote: > > How to disable autorun? Are there any hidden autorun features on a standard > Debian install?? > > http://securitytube.net/USB-Autorun-attacks-against-Linux-at-Shmoocon-2011-video.aspx > In the gnome desktop manager open up the file manager, o

Re: sid: upgrade wants to remove xserver packages

On 2011-02-07 19:33 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: > The problem for me is that dist-upgrade wants to install > libdrm-nouveau1, which blasts nvidia-glx. No, nvidia-glx is broken by the xserver-xorg-core upgrade. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Page opened when Iceweasel starts.

On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:36:12 -0700, peasthope wrote: > Sometimes I logout from LXDE while Iceweasel has a page displayed. At > next startup, Iceweasel displays the "Well this is embarrassing." > dialogue. Is there a way to make Iceweasel always "Start new session" > without asking? I've checked

Re: Autorun is VERY bad

On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 13:36:49 -0500 Mike Viau wrote: > > > On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 10:21:48 -0800 wrote: > > > > > > How to disable autorun? Are there any hidden autorun features on a > > standard Debian install?? > > > > http://securitytube.net/USB-Autorun-attacks-against-Linux-at-Shmoocon-2011-v

[OT] Expert install.. was: help

On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 08:13:37PM EST, Joey Hess wrote: [..] > There is no need to use any expert install option with squeeze. Simply > follow the instructions it presents: Maybe the next incarnation of the installer should do away once and for all with this ‘expert’ misnomer. Although it may

Re: problem playing DVD video using xine

On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:23:34 -0200, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On 02/06/2011 05:01 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> More than codecs, I think you need some "decryption" capabilities ;-) >> Check if you have "libdvdcss2" installed. > > Which is not included in Debian, but can be found at > http://debian-

RE: Autorun is VERY bad

> On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 13:50:32 -0500 wrote: > > On 02/07/2011 01:36 PM, Mike Viau wrote: > > In the gnome desktop manager open up the file manager, or run nautilus > > > > Then, Edit > Preferences > Media > Never Prompt or start programs on > > media insertion > > > > Hope that helps! > > um,

Configuring QLogic QLA4010c on Debian on Sparc

Hello All, So I have a QLA4010c on my V240 running Debian. Debian seems to have picked the existance of the adapter in the machine and pre-loaded some kernel modules already: # lsmod | grep -i qla qla4xxx58248 0 scsi_transport_iscsi34328 1 qla4xxx scsi_mod 16743

Re: [OT] Magic numbers

On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:27:16 +, Lisi wrote: > I need to find out: > a)What the magic number should be for certain types of file "man magic" says you have to look under "/usr/share/file/magic" > and b)Whether a specific file of that type has the correct magic number. "file" command, as alre

new first for Sid

aptitude safe-upgrade breaks/hangs with the following... patch (2.6.1-1) unstable; urgency=low The options -U --unified-reject-files and --global-reject-file have now been removed. -- Christoph Berg Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:17:11 +0100 /tmp/tmpwB77U9 (END) I've not seen anything like

Re: Squeeze and Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Pro 4000

Quoting Slobodan Aleksić on 2011-01-15 14:25:23: > I own a Logitech QuickCamPro and it doesn't work with Squeeze, any > other people who have the same problem or no problem with it ?! > > Only thing I found relevant was a closed bug : > http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2010/06/msg00310.html

Squeeze update Xen on a Dell r210 fails

Hello, I have a strange issue with the Xen 4.0 hypervisor after an update to Squeeze. I followed the instruction on the xen debian wiki. After the update I cannot boot into the Xen system. After grub loads the hypervisor everything still seems running but the moment the kernel loads the machine

Re: new first for Sid

On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 14:13:08 -0500 Slicky Johnson wrote: > aptitude safe-upgrade breaks/hangs with the following... > > > > patch (2.6.1-1) unstable; urgency=low > > The options -U --unified-reject-files and --global-reject-file have > now been removed. > > -- Christoph Berg Sun, 06 Feb

Re: Is nouveau deprecated in favor of fbdev on new xorg (unstable + experimental)?

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-02-07 19:11 +0100, Javier Vasquez wrote: >> ... >> Xorg failed to start indicating no devices found when usign >> nouveau driver as prior to the update.  However using >> fbdev instead worked out. >> ... > > You need to upgrade your ke

Re: new first for Sid

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Slicky Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 14:13:08 -0500 > Slicky Johnson wrote: > >> aptitude safe-upgrade breaks/hangs with the following... >> >> >> >> patch (2.6.1-1) unstable; urgency=low >> >>   The options -U --unified-reject-files and --global-reject-file

Re: weired problem around grub2

On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:53:56 +0100, Geronimo wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> Maybe you can look into Rescatux (SuperGrubDisk) and try to install >> GRUB2 from there. At least with GRUB Legacy, SGD always worked fine for >> me. > > Thank you for that hint. > > I tried that CD, but the result did not

Re: Booting from Squeeze iso possible?

On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:20:43 +0100, Klistvud wrote: > I am currently downoading the Squeeze iso (specifically, the > debian-6.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso) and was wondering: is there a simple way > of booting directly from the iso image file without having to actually > burn it to a blank DVD? Like chainl

xemacs21-nomule under squeeze

Hi, when I upgraded to squeeze unfortunately xemacs21-mule was installed (I only had xemacs21-nomule installed). I removed xemacs21-mule with apt-get without any error messages. But when I tried to restart xemacs I got an error message from the first load command in the init.el file. It seems /usr

Re: xulrunner-stub stucks my machine

On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:40:26 +0100, tadziu wrote: > any one else has the same problem with xlrunner-stub after iceweasel > upgrade in > squeeze? it consumes more than a half of my ram and makes whole system > choppy. any ideas? workarounds? Have you tried by creating an empty profile for Icewasel

Re: new first for Sid

In <20110207141308.15de62d9@t61.debian-linux>, Slicky Johnson wrote: >aptitude safe-upgrade breaks/hangs with the following... > >patch (2.6.1-1) unstable; urgency=low > > The options -U --unified-reject-files and --global-reject-file have now >been removed. > > -- Christoph Berg Sun, 06 Feb 201

Re: Autorun is VERY bad

On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:21:48 -0800, kellyremo wrote: > How to disable autorun? Are there any hidden autorun features on a > standard Debian install?? I guess that would depend on the DE you are using. In GNOME under lenny it seems disabled by default. Open g-conf editor and browse to: /desktop

Re: skip fsck when booting on battery?

On Sun, 2011-02-06 at 17:40 -0800, Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 12:47:52AM +0100, Steven wrote: > . . . > > > > @ elbbit: The file system is ext3, however I wouldn't turn of the > > automatic routine checks entirely. > > I think I'll just leave it as it is and see if Ctrl+C does the

Re: Autorun is VERY bad

On 07/02/11 20:52, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:21:48 -0800, kellyremo wrote: > >> How to disable autorun? Are there any hidden autorun features on a >> standard Debian install?? > > I guess that would depend on the DE you are using. In GNOME under lenny > it seems disabled by defau

Re: Trying to use the Droid fonts in xterm

Bob Proulx wrote: > Siard wrote: > > Camaleón wrote: > > > But if I set the font face and font size from "~/.Xresources" it > > > seems to be omitted (no warning nor error, but the font does not > > > change) :-? > > > > As far as I remember, ~/.Xdefaults should be used instead since a > > few yea

Re (2): Page opened when Iceweasel starts.

From: Camaleon Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:42:54 + (UTC) > I would not deactivate it, though, it could save you at any time... > Some tweaks here: > http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore Thanks, I'll read, ... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 450 2132. Shop pages http://carnot.yi.o

Browser instances not closed (was: Page opened when Iceweasel starts.)

El 2011-02-07 a las 13:59 -0500, Paul Cartwright escribió: (resending to the list) > On 02/07/2011 01:42 PM, Camaleón wrote: >>> > Sometimes I logout from LXDE while Iceweasel has a page displayed. At >>> > next startup, Iceweasel displays the "Well this is embarrassing." >>> > dialogue. Is t

Re: Booting from Squeeze iso possible?

On Mon 07 Feb 2011 at 11:20:43 +0100, Klistvud wrote: > I am currently downoading the Squeeze iso (specifically, the > debian-6.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso) and was wondering: is there a simple way > of booting directly from the iso image file without having to actually > burn it to a blank DVD? Lik

Re: Autorun is VERY bad

On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:00:17 +0100, Erwan David wrote: > On 07/02/11 20:52, Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:21:48 -0800, kellyremo wrote: >> >>> How to disable autorun? Are there any hidden autorun features on a >>> standard Debian install?? >> >> I guess that would depend on the DE yo

Re: Is nouveau deprecated in favor of fbdev on new xorg (unstable + experimental)?

On 2011-02-07 20:24 +0100, Javier Vasquez wrote: > I had apt-listchanges, but it's quiet overwhelming, I still have > apt-listbugs though, :-) Perhaps I should try installing it again... > I recon my bad for not having listchanges, but I'm wondering why not > having the package dependent upon ker

Re: which is at fault? iceweasel or drupal?

On 01/31/2011 12:36 AM, Russell L. Harris wrote: * Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [110131 04:12]: In<20110130220014.ga2...@rlharris.org>, Russell L. Harris wrote: Occasionally while browsing with iceweasel, the machine slows to a crawl and the processor usage (as displayed by system monitor) stays at

Re: Thinkpad Edge NVLDFGE and Debian

On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:33:09 +0100, joerg.reynolds wrote: (please, avoid using html when sending messages to the mailing list, your message is almost unredeable for text based clients ;-( ) > Now I am missing the flexibility of a debian system and i know it s a > dumbass question but do you thin

Re: Anyone else having problems installing Squeeze Stable on AMD64?

Apparently I had made a mistake partitioning. / was only 50MB, instead of 50GB. (aarrggh!!) The iso's are now working fantastically well. On 02/07/2011 01:27 AM, ailo wrote: > For the two variants of Netinstall I tried three different mirrors, two > in Sweden and one in US (the top of the list). >

Firware drivers?

Are you guys kidding??!!! I've been using "testing" for years with very little problems. I noticed that "Squeeze" was just officially released. I also noticed that suddenly had about 200 upgradeable packages. So fine, I do the upgrade. Reboot, and find I can't get on the network. After some h

Re: Firware drivers?

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Arthur Barlow wrote: > Are you guys kidding??!!! I've been using "testing" for years with > very little problems. I noticed that "Squeeze" was just officially > released. I also noticed that suddenly had about 200 upgradeable > packages. So fine, I do the upgrad

Re: Firware drivers?

On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:03:43 -0800, Arthur Barlow wrote: > Are you guys kidding??!!! I've been using "testing" for years with very > little problems. I noticed that "Squeeze" was just officially released. > I also noticed that suddenly had about 200 upgradeable packages. So > fine, I do the up

Re: Firware drivers?

Hello, Mark a écrit : > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Arthur Barlow > wrote: > > Are you guys kidding??!!! I've been using "testing" for years with > very little problems. I noticed that "Squeeze" was just officially > released. I also noticed that

Re: Firware drivers?

On Mon, 07 Feb 2011, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > No, this is what those of you who do not care to read the release notes > should expect when upgrading to the new stable release. I initially thought so as well, but I went and checked. The release notes _fail_ to warn users to install _BOTH_ firmware

Re: Firware drivers?

> > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Pascal Hambourg < > pascal.m...@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Mark a écrit : >> > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Arthur Barlow > > > wrote: >> > >> > Are you guys kidding??!!! I've been using "testing" for years wi

Re: Firware drivers?

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Mon, 07 Feb 2011, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > No, this is what those of you who do not care to read the release notes > > should expect when upgrading to the new stable release. > > I initially thought so as well, but I went an

Re: Firware drivers?

On 02/07/2011 03:03 PM, Arthur Barlow wrote: Are you guys kidding??!!! I've been using "testing" for years with very little problems. I noticed that "Squeeze" was just officially released. I also noticed that suddenly had about 200 upgradeable packages. So fine, I do the upgrade. Reboot, and

Re: Anyone else having problems installing Squeeze Stable on AMD64?

ailo wrote: Apparently I had made a mistake partitioning. / was only 50MB, instead of 50GB. (aarrggh!!) The iso's are now working fantastically well. It can be frustrating at times, but the answer is always something simple, I'm glad you're up and running. -- Jimmy Johnson Custom OS - AMD64

docx, openoffice, squeeze

Hi, so far, under lenny, I could open all docx-documents I got with the combination of openoffice from backports with odf-converter-integrator (odf-converter-integrator_strawberry_0.2.3-2_i386.deb). Unfortunately this doesn't work any more with squeeze and its version of openoffice: I always get

Re: Configuring QLogic QLA4010c on Debian on Sparc

RR put forth on 2/7/2011 12:57 PM: > Hello All, > > So I have a QLA4010c on my V240 running Debian. Debian seems to have picked > the existance of the adapter in the machine and pre-loaded some kernel > modules already: > > # lsmod | grep -i qla > qla4xxx58248 0 > scsi_transport_

Re: Firware drivers?

Mark a écrit : > > I have read the Squeeze Release Notes, here is what it says about > non-free firmware. So the RTFM responses can stop now... > > 2.1.2. Firmware moved to the non-free section > > Some drivers included in the Linux kernel used to contain non-free > fi

Re: Firware drivers?

On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 01:03:43PM -0800, Arthur Barlow wrote: > > Are you guys kidding??!!! I've been using "testing" for years with > very little problems. I noticed that "Squeeze" was just officially > released. I also noticed that suddenly had about 200 upgradeable > packages. So fine, I d

Re: docx, openoffice, squeeze

"Andreas Goesele" writes: > so far, under lenny, I could open all docx-documents I got with the > combination of openoffice from backports with odf-converter-integrator > (odf-converter-integrator_strawberry_0.2.3-2_i386.deb). > > Unfortunately this doesn't work any more with squeeze and its vers

Re: new first for Sid

On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 14:13:08 -0500 Slicky Johnson wrote: > aptitude safe-upgrade breaks/hangs with the following... > > > > patch (2.6.1-1) unstable; urgency=low > > The options -U --unified-reject-files and --global-reject-file have > now been removed. > > -- Christoph Berg Sun, 06 Feb

Re: Autorun is VERY bad

On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:21:48 -0800 kellyremo wrote: > How to disable autorun? Are there any hidden autorun features on a > standard Debian install?? > > http://securitytube.net/USB-Autorun-attacks-against-Linux-at-Shmoocon-2011-video.aspx > > Asking the ##gnome crew it appears the default is

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