changing my e-mail address

2011-04-16 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
hi, I want to change the address used for my subscription to this list. On other lists, there is generally an option to modify the e-mail address used for subscribing, but I didn't find that for debian lists. Otherwise, I can of course unsubscribe, and subscribe with the new one PS: what bothers

Re: changing my e-mail address

2011-04-16 Thread Slicky Johnson
On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:25:25 +0200 (CEST) Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > I want to change the address used for my subscription to this list. > On other lists, there is generally an option to modify the e-mail > address used for subscribing, but I didn't find that for debian lists. > Otherwise, I

Re: changing my e-mail address

2011-04-16 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 16 April 2011 10:11:04 Slicky Johnson wrote: > On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:25:25 +0200 (CEST) > > Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > hi, > > I want to change the address used for my subscription to this list. > > On other lists, there is generally an option to modify the e-mail > > address used fo

Re: [help-a-newb] setting grub

2011-04-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 11 apr 11, 11:49:32, Joel Rees wrote: > > Sure, when debian updates its kernel, dpkg (I assume) will know to > re-run update-grub or call the lower level routines directly. But when > I run yum update in Fedora, how does debian know about that? > > So, I have to watch the packages yum grab

Re: Free PDF viewer that can search for text across line-breaks?

2011-04-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 11 apr 11, 13:05:36, Joel Roth wrote: > > > > Solves the vi/vim "how do I read in text" problem as well: > > > >:r !xp > > That's quite a bit better than what I was doing before: > > :r!cat ^D If you don't mind installing the -gtk or -gnome version of vim you can just :put f

Re: changing my e-mail address

2011-04-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 16 apr 11, 09:25:25, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > I want to change the address used for my subscription to this list. > On other lists, there is generally an option to modify the e-mail address > used for subscribing, but I didn't find that for debian lists. > Otherwise, I can of course u

Re: New to Linux

2011-04-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 15 apr 11, 22:26:54, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > So, I stand by my initial statement that Debian is not suitable for > the Linux firsttimer. I would never recommend it to a noobie. With > Debian, you need to know, at least somewhat, what you're doing. For mere users (no administration)

Re: [help-a-newb] setting grub

2011-04-16 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Joel Rees wrote: > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Tom H wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Joel Rees wrote: >>> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Tom H wrote: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 3:02 AM, Joel Rees wrote: The grub2 developers decided that

Re: How to install Fedora&Ubuntu with encrypted VG's on one disk?

2011-04-16 Thread johhny_at_poland77
nobody has an idea? :( Be Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:43:49 -0700 johhny_at_poland77 írta >I installed a Fedora 14 first, then an Ubuntu 10.04. I installed them using >dm_crypt/aes256/lvm, so i used encrypted VolumeGroups. ok. > >At the end of the ubuntu install it said it cannot install GR

Re: changing my e-mail address

2011-04-16 Thread Steve Kleene
On 2011-04-16 07:25:25 GMT, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > I wrote several times to listowner lists.debian.org, > for a problem with bounces and for the present question, > and never got any answer My e-mail to lists.debian.org (and to nowhere else) started bouncing, about a year ago. This was about

Re: Building kernel module: rtl8192se

2011-04-16 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Gilles Mocellin wrote: > Just download the driver from realtek here : > http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=21&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false > > For me it works, no need to patch the kernel. > > I have this card :

Re: How to install Fedora&Ubuntu with encrypted VG's on one disk?

2011-04-16 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 16/04/11 13:23, johhny_at_poland77 wrote: nobody has an idea? :( Well, a good idea would be for you to post on some relevant list - try Fedora or Ubuntu. I doubt whether any debianites could give you an answer. Be Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:43:49 -0700 johhny_at_poland77 írta I

Re: How to install Fedora&Ubuntu with encrypted VG's on one disk?

2011-04-16 Thread johhny_at_poland77
yes, thank you for the advise, but I already did it...in several forums, mailing lists.. but no answer... I'm trying again to search it on google... Be Sat, 16 Apr 2011 06:44:56 -0700 Tony van der Hoff írta >On 16/04/11 13:23, johhny_at_poland77 wrote: >> nobody has an idea? :( >

Re: New to Linux

2011-04-16 Thread foldingstock
> Like I said, "A Lot has changed in 12 years". Debian is more friendly > today than yesterday as are most distros, but there are others that are > friendlier, a lot friendlier. > > So, I stand by my initial statement that Debian is not suitable for the > Linux firsttimer. I would never recommend

Re: New to Linux

2011-04-16 Thread shawn wilson
On Apr 16, 2011 11:18 AM, wrote: > > > Like I said, "A Lot has changed in 12 years". Debian is more friendly > > today than yesterday as are most distros, but there are others that are > > friendlier, a lot friendlier. > > > > So, I stand by my initial statement that Debian is not suitable for th

How do I get apt-get autoremove to NOT insist on removing my entire desktop? Plus possible help with digital camera that worked with Lenny, but not in Squeeze.

2011-04-16 Thread Steven Sciame
This originates from me trying to figure out why my digital camera doesn't work well with Squeeze (It was absolutely perfect in Lenny) I submitted a couple of bug reports back in february http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612699 and http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport

Re: changing my e-mail address

2011-04-16 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sat, 16 Apr 2011, Andrei Popescu wrote: Definitely not, I had feedback before when writing to the *correct* address ;) sorry for the mistake in my post: Actually, I did a "reply" to a mail warning from listmas...@lists.debian.org so tha address was of course automatically the good one

Re: [SOLVED] Multseat don't work after xorg (and related) upgrade

2011-04-16 Thread Steve Kleene
On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:34:57 + (UTC), I wrote: > As noted in another thread ("Wheezy upgrade trashes display"), upgrades on > Monday left me with no X-windows. On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:41:47 -0300, Marcelo Laia replied: > I do that in this way: ... I was also able to get my X windows back b

Re: How do I get apt-get autoremove to NOT insist on removing my entire desktop? Plus possible help with digital camera that worked with Lenny, but not in Squeeze.

2011-04-16 Thread Steven Sciame
--- On Sat, 4/16/11, Steven Sciame wrote: > From: Steven Sciame > Subject: How do I get apt-get autoremove to NOT insist on removing my entire > desktop? Plus possible help with digital camera that worked with Lenny, but > not in Squeeze. > To: "Debian User" > Date: Saturday, April 16, 2011

Re: changing my e-mail address

2011-04-16 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sat, 16 Apr 2011, Slicky Johnson wrote: occam's razor The entirely carefree bunch who manage this list don't even get a beer at the end of the day. You're more than welcome to contact them, and they're more than welcome to go snag a beer. It's the case for most people working on Linux, b

Re: changing my e-mail address

2011-04-16 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sat, 16 Apr 2011, Lisi wrote: To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Have you tried this? You don't mention it. And did you read my post? The question was not "how to unsubcribe?", but "how to modify my address w

Re: changing my e-mail address

2011-04-16 Thread Freeman
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 09:25:25AM +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > I want to change the address used for my subscription to this list. > On other lists, there is generally an option to modify the e-mail address > used for subscribing, but I didn't find that for debian lists. > Otherwise, I c

Re: New to Linux

2011-04-16 Thread Jude DaShiell
Actually, if a new user reads the contents of debian-reference before doing much else with Debian they'll solve that problem. The problem behind that is that debian-reference doesn't install by default on systems. A question like "Are you new to Linux (y/n)? in the install script might not on

Re: New to Linux

2011-04-16 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 16 April 2011 19:05:09 Jude DaShiell wrote: > Actually, if a new user reads the contents of debian-reference before > doing much else with Debian they'll solve that problem. The problem > behind that is that debian-reference doesn't install by default on > systems. A question like "Ar

Re: changing my e-mail address

2011-04-16 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2011-04-16T19:39:50+02:00 * Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > "how to modify my address without doing unsubscribe/subscribe?" It's > curious that I got 5 replys, all about the PS, but not a single answer > to my question ! I don't think you can. So, just unsubscribe with your old address and subscribe w

Re: [SOLVED] Multseat don't work after xorg (and related) upgrade

2011-04-16 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 16. 04. 2011 19:23:08 je Steve Kleene napisal(a): Mwanwhile, I reported bug 622761 against the wrong package (linux-image). I don't know if there's a way to correct that. Posting a message to the relevant bug # on the debian bug tracking system should suffice. Just tell the mainta

Re: iSCSI + LUKS

2011-04-16 Thread Andrew Reid
> Hi to all! > > I searched the web for finding an answer but with no luck. > Anyone got an idea about how to first make iSCSI see a remote disk, then > LUKS open the LUKS device and finally the filesystem on LUKS gets mounted. > > The problem now is that first LUKS noearly tries to create the >

Re: changing my e-mail address

2011-04-16 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sat, 16 Apr 2011, Freeman wrote: Somewhere between "we don't talk to idiots" (not really) to "you'll figure it out," on the one axis; between "I am fighting with my significant other" (probably not) to "I got as many of the most important tasks and responses done as I could" on the other axis

^^ SPAM

2011-04-16 Thread Slicky Johnson
Best one yet I've seen on this list. Nearly had me for a second. -- 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/20110416154513.19a947f9@t61.debian-linux

arbitrary disk name assignment affects dump/restore

2011-04-16 Thread Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.
Hello I have used "dump" and "restore" to perform system backups for many years. Since upgrading to Debian 6.x, I have not been able to obtain consistent and reliable dumps for the following reason: Sometimes. my single fixed disk is labeled as /dev/sda, but At other times, it is labeled

[ranging OT] Re: changing my e-mail address

2011-04-16 Thread Freeman
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 09:44:38PM +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Sat, 16 Apr 2011, Freeman wrote: > > >Somewhere between "we don't talk to idiots" (not really) to "you'll figure > >it out," on the one axis; between "I am fighting with my significant other" > >(probably not) to "I got as many

Re: changing my e-mail address

2011-04-16 Thread Dr. Ed Morbius
on 19:39 Sat 16 Apr, Pierre Frenkiel (pierre.frenk...@laposte.net) wrote: > On Sat, 16 Apr 2011, Lisi wrote: > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > >with a subject of "unsubscribe". > > > >Have you tried this? You don't mention it. > > And did you read my post?

Re: [SOLVED] Multseat don't work after xorg (and related) upgrade

2011-04-16 Thread Steve Kleene
On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:23:08 + (UTC), I wrote: > Meanwhile, I reported bug 622761 against the wrong package (linux-image). > I don't know if there's a way to correct that. On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 20:44:34 +0200, Klistvud replied: > Posting a message to the relevant bug # on the debian bug tracki

Re: How do I get apt-get autoremove to NOT insist on removing my entire desktop? Plus possible help with digital camera that worked with Lenny, but not in Squeeze.

2011-04-16 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 09:51:24AM -0700, Steven Sciame wrote: > > This originates from me trying to figure out why my digital camera doesn't > work well with Squeeze (It was absolutely perfect in Lenny) I submitted a > couple of bug reports back in february > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bu

Re: How do I get apt-get autoremove to NOT insist on removing my entire desktop? Plus possible help with digital camera that worked with Lenny, but not in Squeeze.

2011-04-16 Thread Steven Sciame
--- On Sat, 4/16/11, Robert Holtzman wrote: > Why would you want to run "apt-get autoremove"? My > understanding is that > it's optional. > > > -- > Bob Holtzman > Key ID: 8D549279 > "If you think you're getting free lunch, > check the price of the beer" > autoremove is used to remove

cursor jumps

2011-04-16 Thread ZHAO Lina
Hi, I feel unbearable frustrated when cursor just jumped some place else on laptop so often. even I followed the advice that keep my hands away from touchpad as far as possible. But many times I need come back to correct the mistakes caused by the cursor jump. Anyone has any idea about how to s

Re: Internet Connection Speed Test

2011-04-16 Thread sahaya
Nathan Zabaldo wrote: > > Is there a package or a way to test upstream and downstream speeds of an > Internet connection from a terminal in Debian Woody? > > > > e.g. www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ , but I need to test from a terminal as > I > do not have a browser. > > > > check this out.

RE: cursor jumps

2011-04-16 Thread Hugh SH
say 'debian disable touchpad' to Google, click on the first result:http://www.debuntu.org/2006/06/25/70-how-to-disabling-your-touchpad-while-typing You will get the instruction:open a terminal type $synclient TouchpadOff=1to disable it while typing.Later if you want to restore it, type$synclient