Re: Missing device nodes

2011-06-08 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach titantopp...@gmail.com [2011.06.08.0317 +0200]: > I don't have access to the file server at this moment, but > /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines just the array (via UUID). I was under the > impression that md would automatically assemble the array based on the > information in the superbl

Re: Preseed and host based varaibles

2011-06-08 Thread Wawrzek Niewodniczanski
On 06/06/11 18:34, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:02:49 +0100, Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote: [...] Hum... how could the installer get access to the current installed system to fetch the hostname from there? Let's imagine there are 4 linux installations in several disks or partitions...

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 05 iun 11, 10:09:33, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/05/2011 07:59 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >On Sb, 04 iun 11, 22:56:19, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> > >>(I'd suggest that you give static IP addresses to your desktop > >>machines and use the /etc/hosts file -- yes, even Windows has one -- > >>to gi

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 06 iun 11, 01:02:18, William Hopkins wrote: > On 06/05/11 at 03:59pm, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Sb, 04 iun 11, 22:56:19, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > > (I'd suggest that you give static IP addresses to your desktop > > > machines and use the /etc/hosts file -- yes, even Windows has one -

Re: Wrestling with Dell Precision laptop. You too? Discuss tips & experience

2011-06-08 Thread Johann Spies
On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 08:00:16PM +0200, Paul Johnson wrote: > If you have one of these new-ish Dell laptops, maybe we can help each other. I have a Dell Lattitude E6410. > > 1. Don't bother with Debian Squeeze. The newer kernel from Mine is a bit older so Squeeze works and putting the laptop

Re: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse

2011-06-08 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 08 June 2011 00:37:05 Ron Johnson wrote: > >> You *like* ball mice? > > > > Yes - I find the extra traction far better.  I have difficulty > > controlling a laser mouse because there is virtually no traction.  I am > > slightly handicapped, so YMMV. > > Four little rubber "feet" on the

Re: [OT] Mice (was: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse)

2011-06-08 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 06:40:14PM +, Camaleón wrote: [cut] > > I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: > > 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces > > 2/ I find batteries (even rechargable) a PITA :-) > > 3/ There are also some security concerns in using

Services Monitoring

2011-06-08 Thread Yashar Amirabedin
Hi everybody, How can I monitor the services that have been installed on the Debian 6? I mean, I have got a SolarWinds Orion server to monitor all node and services in my network. So, I would like to monitor the services on the debian servers. (e.g. Database, Web, etc) Regards,

Re: Problems with cron-apt in Lenny

2011-06-08 Thread Jari Fredriksson
7.6.2011 17:25, Camaleón kirjoitti: > On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:00:21 +0300, Jari Fredriksson wrote: > >> 7.6.2011 16:07, Camaleón kirjoitti: > >>> How does your cron-apt sources list file look like? Have you try by >>> setting another package repository mirrors, different than the current >>> ones

Re: Services Monitoring

2011-06-08 Thread Kousik Maiti
Try webmin... http://www.webmin.com/ On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Yashar Amirabedin wrote: > Hi everybody, > > > > How can I monitor the services that have been installed on the Debian 6? > > I mean, I have got a SolarWinds Orion server to monitor all node and > services in my network. > > S

Re: Services Monitoring

2011-06-08 Thread David Sastre
On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 02:41:46PM +0430, Yashar Amirabedin wrote: > How can I monitor the services that have been installed on the Debian 6? > I mean, I have got a SolarWinds Orion server to monitor all node and > services in my network. > So, I would like to monitor the services on the debian ser

Re: Services Monitoring

2011-06-08 Thread kuLa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/11 11:11, Yashar Amirabedin wrote: > Hi everybody, > How can I monitor the services that have been installed on the Debian 6? > > I mean, I have got a SolarWinds Orion server to monitor all node and > services in my network. > > So, I would

Re: Set Up a server using Public IP Addresses on debian

2011-06-08 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 08:58:23PM +0200, Christian Simo wrote: > I wanna run DNS and Web Servers > my ISP give to me a following IP: > > Router IP 41.134.19.89 > Network Mask 41.134.19.88 255.255.255.248 > Broadcast Address 41.134.19.95 > Network Address 41.134.19.88 > WAN IP Range 41.134.19.88/2

Re: Set Up a server using Public IP Addresses on debian

2011-06-08 Thread Per Carlson
Hi > after changed gateway to router IP (41.134.19.89), the command > ifconfig it showing eth1 now but; ping doesn’t work The use of "eth1" suggests that you have more than one Ethernet-port in your server (the first one usually is eth0). Are you sure you have plugged the cable into the correct p

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/07/2011 01:40 PM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] >> >> I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: >> >> 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces >> >> > I can't remember the last time I put my mouse on a clear (g

Re: [OT] Mice (was: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse)

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:06:16 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 06:40:14PM +, Camaleón wrote: [cut] >> >> I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: >> >> 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces >> >> 2/ I find batteries (even rechargable) a

Re: laptop restart eth0 automatically on plugin or on awake like a desktop

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:03:28 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > On 11:39 Tue 07 Jun , Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:10:48 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: >> >> > The following is a problem I have on all laptops, I dont know how to >> > configure to connect when the ethernet cable is attach

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
>08/06/2011 13:16, Camaleón: >> On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> On 06/07/2011 01:40 PM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] >>> >>> I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: >>> >>> 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces >>> >>> >> I can't remember

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 08/06/11 20:06, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 06:40:14PM +, Camale�n wrote: > [cut] >> > As for not working on clear surfaces, consider yourself lucky. Very > Sun optical mice (e.g. http://www.memoryxsun.com/3701398.html) require a > specific mousepad with a calibrated g

Re: Services Monitoring

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 08/06/11 20:11, Yashar Amirabedin wrote: > Hi everybody, > > > > How can I monitor the services that have been installed on the Debian 6? > > I mean, I have got a SolarWinds Orion server to monitor all node and > services in my network. > > So, I would like to monitor the services on the d

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 08/06/11 21:32, � wrote: > On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:06:16 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 06:40:14PM +, Camaleón wrote: [cut] >>> >> As for not working on clear surfaces, consider yourself lucky. Sun >> optical mice (e.g. http://www.memoryxsun.com/3701398.html) requir

Re: Missing device nodes

2011-06-08 Thread titantoppler
My /proc/partitions (edited to keep only the relevant parts): 8 48 976762584 sdd 8 80 976762584 sdf 8 81 976760001 sdf1 8 96 976762584 sdg 8 64 976762584 sde My /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf looks like this: DEVICE partitions ARRAY /dev/md0 UUID= On Wed,

Re: How to stop receiving xorg-related mails

2011-06-08 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Tshepang Lekhonkhobe, Am 2011-06-08 07:52:00, hacktest Du folgendes herunter: > I've unsubscribed from xorg-related mailing lists, but I'm getting some > xorg-related bug reports (e.g. xterm and xserver-xorg). What am I > missing? Which mailinglists? Mailheader? Do you have send bugreport

Re: Set Up a server using Public IP Addresses on debian

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:28:32 +0200, Christian Simo wrote: > On 6/7/11, Camaleón wrote: (...) >>> It is my first time to use a public IP on the private network >> >> I would first ask your provider to check if it is possible to have the >> configuration you want with the service they provide. Yo

Re: Preseed and host based varaibles

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:08:50 +0100, Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote: > On 06/06/11 18:34, Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:02:49 +0100, Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote: > [...] >> Hum... how could the installer get access to the current installed >> system to fetch the hostname from there? Le

Re: Set Up a server using Public IP Addresses on debian

2011-06-08 Thread Christian Simo
I don't have access to my Cisco router, only my ISP. When I ping for e.g 41.134.19.90 host, the destination is unreachable. I already contact them to configure the router from their are side On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:26 AM, kuLa wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 07/

Re: Problems with cron-apt in Lenny

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:27:46 +0300, Jari Fredriksson wrote: > 7.6.2011 17:25, Camaleón kirjoitti: >> On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:00:21 +0300, Jari Fredriksson wrote: >> >>> aptitude update && aptitude upgade works fine (this is lenny, where >>> aptitude is the better). >> >> I'm afraid cron-apt uses

Re: Set Up a server using Public IP Addresses on debian

2011-06-08 Thread nhadie ramos
i would suggest you troubleshoot your network first. if you have a laptop/pc, configure the IP to: IP Address 41.134.19.90 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.248 Default Gateway 41.134.19.89 then connect the laptop/pc directly to the router and ping 41.134.19.89 if 41.134.19.89 responds, try to

Re: Synaptic options will not tick

2011-06-08 Thread Mark Panen
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Mark Panen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:59 AM,   wrote: >> Hi, >> >> You might want to try the following: >> - Disabling the CD-ROM as an apt source by commenting them out (add a # sign >> before deb cdrom...) >> - Changing your mirror to the Debian CDN - http:

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:00:24 +0200, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: >>08/06/2011 13:16, Camaleón: >>> On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> >>> I can't remember the last time I put my mouse on a clear (glass?) >>> surface. But if I did, then I'd use a mousepad. >> >> And wha

Re: USB stick no longer automounting at boot

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:36:28 +0100, Russell Gadd wrote: > I have today set up a new installation of Linux Mint and it is > exhibiting the same symptoms as my installation of Squeeze as follows - > I have a USB stick permanently plugged in (for backup purposes) and when > the system boots the stick

Re: Synaptic options will not tick

2011-06-08 Thread titantoppler
Hm in that case, what does "aptitude full-upgrade" do? On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Mark Panen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Mark Panen wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:59 AM, wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> You might want to try the following: > >> - Disabling the CD-ROM as an apt

Re: x-terminal-emulator does not appear to accept comand line args

2011-06-08 Thread briand
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 01:14:35 -0400 William Hopkins wrote: > On 06/07/11 at 10:04pm, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > x-terminal-emulator is a script stand-in that simply redirects the command > > line + options to gnome-terminal. > > > > if you try, for example, > > > > x-terminal

Re: Synaptic options will not tick

2011-06-08 Thread Mark Panen
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:49 PM, wrote: > Hm in that case, what does "aptitude full-upgrade" do? > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Mark Panen wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Mark Panen wrote: >> > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:59 AM,   wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> You might want to try

Re: Synaptic options will not tick

2011-06-08 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Mark Paten wrote: Just installed Debian 6.0.0 and synaptic. The "Officially supported (main) etc on the first tab cannot be checked. They where checked when i first installed synaptic but after i changed mirrors they will not be checked. I still have the correct mirrors in sources list but canno

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
>08/06/2011 15:42, Camaleón wrote: >> On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:00:24 +0200, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > 08/06/2011 13:16, Camaleón: On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> I can't remember the last time I put my mouse on a clear (glass?) surface. But if

Re: x-terminal-emulator does not appear to accept comand line args

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:04:02 -0700, briand wrote: > x-terminal-emulator is a script stand-in that simply redirects the > command line + options to gnome-terminal. > > if you try, for example, > > x-terminal-emulator --geometry=80x50 > > it doesn't seem to work. > > bug ? Hum... here (lenny) n

File URIs; was Re (6): Capability of Iceweasel to open a local file.

2011-06-08 Thread peasthope
Scott & others, From: Scott Ferguson Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:07:01 +1000 > I seem to remember a number of URL handling exploits that could cause a > problem (if they still exist). All the admonitions about security have been hypothetical. Nobody has painted a convincing picture of a possi

Re: Synaptic options will not tick

2011-06-08 Thread Mark Panen
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Mark Paten wrote: >> >> Just installed Debian 6.0.0 and synaptic. The "Officially supported >> (main) etc on the first tab cannot be checked. They where checked when >> i first installed synaptic but after i changed mirrors they will not >>

Native Oberon; was Re: Re (4): Capability of Iceweasel to open a local file.

2011-06-08 Thread peasthope
* From: Ron Johnson * Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:37:25 -0500 > By the way, "Native Oberon" the Niklaus Wirth OS? "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Oberon"; Regards, ... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 450 2132. bcc: peasthope at shaw.ca Shop pages http://carnot.yi.org/

Re: laptop restart eth0 automatically on plugin or on awake like a desktop

2011-06-08 Thread Brian
On Tue 07 Jun 2011 at 19:03:28 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch05.en.html#list-of-stanzas-in-eni > > refers to man 5 interfaces which doesn't seem to explain what software > is doing the work after the plugin of the ethernet cord... and only > if auto

Re: Native Oberon; was Re: Re (4): Capability of Iceweasel to open a local file.

2011-06-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/08/2011 11:25 AM, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: * From: Ron Johnson * Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:37:25 -0500 By the way, "Native Oberon" the Niklaus Wirth OS? "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Oberon"; And it runs Firefox? -- "Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest l

Bad links; was Re: Re (4): Capability of Iceweasel to open a local file.

2011-06-08 Thread peasthope
Scott, > These are the links that don't work (for one reason or another):- Thanks, I'll repair, ... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 450 2132. bcc: peasthope at shaw.ca Shop pages http://carnot.yi.org/ accessible as long as the old drives survive. Personal pages http://members.shaw.ca/pe

Re (2): Native Oberon

2011-06-08 Thread peasthope
From: Ron Johnson Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:38:28 -0500 > And it runs Firefox? Reference the last topic in this message. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/06/msg00521.html The best it can do is FF on another machine via VNC. ETHNO can easily be installed from a diskette in an evening.

Re: laptop restart eth0 automatically on plugin or on awake like a desktop

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:09:41 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Tue 07 Jun 2011 at 19:03:28 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > >> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch05.en.html#list-of- stanzas-in-eni >> >> refers to man 5 interfaces which doesn't seem to explain what software >> is doing the work af

Midnight commander parse errors

2011-06-08 Thread Frank McCormick
Am I the only one still seeing Midnight Commander parse errors when trying to look inside deb files ? This has been going on , in my case for two months now. Is there a solution ? -- -- Frank -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: Midnight commander parse errors

2011-06-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Frank McCormick wrote: Am I the only one still seeing Midnight Commander parse errors when trying to look inside deb files ? This has been going on , in my case for two months now. Is there a solution ? You're certainly not the only one. I have not found a solution: it does not seem to be de

Re: Midnight commander parse errors

2011-06-08 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-06-08 17:58 +0200, Frank McCormick wrote: > Am I the only one still seeing Midnight Commander parse errors when > trying to look inside deb files ? No, you're not alone. > This has been going on , in my case > for two months now. Is there a solution ? See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/

Re: laptop restart eth0 automatically on plugin or on awake like a desktop

2011-06-08 Thread Brian
On Wed 08 Jun 2011 at 16:06:34 +, Camaleón wrote: > It seems it can fail, at least under some scenarios ;-) > > ifupdown: /etc/init.d/networking should support allow-hotplug > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550014 This isn't a failure of allow-hotplug but a perceived defect

Re: x-terminal-emulator does not appear to accept comand line args

2011-06-08 Thread Tom Furie
On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 07:26:02AM -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > aha, I did this : > > which x-terminal-emulator > > and got this : > > /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator > > which is a script. Hmm, I would expect that to be a link to /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator. Cheers, Tom --

Re: x-terminal-emulator does not appear to accept comand line args

2011-06-08 Thread William Hopkins
On 06/08/11 at 07:26am, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 01:14:35 -0400 > William Hopkins wrote: > > > On 06/07/11 at 10:04pm, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > x-terminal-emulator is a script stand-in that simply redirects the > > > command line + options to gno

Re: Midnight commander parse errors

2011-06-08 Thread Brian
On Wed 08 Jun 2011 at 11:58:42 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > Am I the only one still seeing Midnight Commander parse errors when > trying to look inside deb files ? This has been going on , in my case > for two months now. Is there a solution ? It's the time to use ar -x. Or be patient. htt

Re: Time Issues

2011-06-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 06 iun 11, 21:24:33, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > After installing Debian I had to correct /etc/default/rcS too, I'm > from the same time zone. > I'm not sure if I randomly made a mistake when the installer asked me, > or if it's a bug. On recent installers the question is not asked anymore (

Re: Midnight commander parse errors

2011-06-08 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Mittwoch, 8. Juni 2011 schrieb Brian: > On Wed 08 Jun 2011 at 11:58:42 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > Am I the only one still seeing Midnight Commander parse errors when > > trying to look inside deb files ? This has been going on , in my case > > for two months now. Is there a solution ? >

Re: Midnight commander parse errors

2011-06-08 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-06-08 19:51 +0200, Brian wrote: > On Wed 08 Jun 2011 at 11:58:42 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > >> >> Am I the only one still seeing Midnight Commander parse errors when >> trying to look inside deb files ? This has been going on , in my case >> for two months now. Is there a solution ?

Re: [OT] Mice (was: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse)

2011-06-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 11:32 +, Camaleón wrote: > What happens is that modern mice are a bit "ostentatious" and > full of buttons (or they're targeted to notebook users and are a bit > small). > > Yes, I'm very picky with my input peripherals :-) +1 > > > As for not working on clear surf

Re: laptop restart eth0 automatically on plugin or on awake like a desktop

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:27:44 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Wed 08 Jun 2011 at 16:06:34 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> It seems it can fail, at least under some scenarios ;-) >> >> ifupdown: /etc/init.d/networking should support allow-hotplug >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550014 >

Re: Re (2): Native Oberon

2011-06-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/08/2011 12:02 PM, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: From: Ron Johnson Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:38:28 -0500 And it runs Firefox? Reference the last topic in this message. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/06/msg00521.html The best it can do is FF on another machine via VNC. ETHNO can

Re: Debian Questions on apt-get

2011-06-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 06 iun 11, 14:39:40, Matt wrote: > > I gather in the apt-get world the equivalent is: > > apt-get update > apt-get upgrade > > I think anyway? Being used to yum I like there way better. ;-) Just out of curiosity: is there an equivalent for 'apt-get update' (checking for updates without

Re: Problems installing grub/lilo with RAID1 on /

2011-06-08 Thread Felix Natter
"tv.deb...@googlemail.com" writes: > Hi, > > 06/06/2011 20:16, Felix Natter wrote: >> Tom H writes: >> >> hello Tom, >> >>> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Felix Natter >>> wrote: >>> >>> I am trying to install squeeze (from live DVD[1]) with a RAID1 root filesystem (/dev/md0). >>>

[OT] Native Oberon

2011-06-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 14:07 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > ETHNO can easily be installed from a diskette in an evening. I experienced having a disk notcher at hand is very comfortable http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/foto/cip/mix_disk_notcher_01.jpg :D -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: Debian Questions on apt-get

2011-06-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 22:08 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 06 iun 11, 14:39:40, Matt wrote: > > > > I gather in the apt-get world the equivalent is: > > > > apt-get update > > apt-get upgrade > > > > I think anyway? Being used to yum I like there way better. ;-) > > Just out of curiosit

Re: problems with Gnome and KDE

2011-06-08 Thread Vladimir Kerka
On 06/08/2011 03:26 AM, Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer wrote: On Lun 06 Jun 2011 16:08:17 Vladimir Kerka escribió: Hi, Lisandro, thanks for your reply. I am using Sid for several years, with no major problems, I didn't notice crashing window manager before. I was not sure what to report for

Re: problems with Gnome and KDE

2011-06-08 Thread Modestas Vainius
Hello, On pirmadienis 06 Birželis 2011 00:44:59 Vladimir Kerka wrote: > 2. major problem: I use KDE 4.6.X from Sid, but the session crashes > immediately after start (this is the reason, I sent the copy to > debian-kde). I tried to rename .kde in the home, no luck. More than that, > when I try to

Fwd: Re: problems with Gnome and KDE

2011-06-08 Thread Vladimir Kerka
Sorry, I sent it to Modestas only, not to the list Vlada Original Message Subject:Re: problems with Gnome and KDE Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:12:25 +0200 From: Vladimir Kerka Reply-To: ke...@dinmont.cz Organization: Dinmont To: Modestas Vainius On 06/

Re: Midnight commander parse errors

2011-06-08 Thread Frank McCormick
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:43:41 +0200 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-06-08 19:51 +0200, Brian wrote: > > > On Wed 08 Jun 2011 at 11:58:42 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > > >> > >> Am I the only one still seeing Midnight Commander parse errors when > >> trying to look inside deb files ? This has b

Iceweasel's security.checkloaduri; was Re: File URIs;

2011-06-08 Thread peasthope
* From: Liam O'Toole * Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 09:09:58 + (UTC) > ... opening file:// links from > http:// documents. That is disabled by default for security reasons, but > can be enabled by toggling the value of the "security.checkloaduri" > configuration preference. Go to the spec

Re: Synaptic options will not tick

2011-06-08 Thread Lisi
Putting back on list, having erroneously taken it off. Sorry Mark. :-( On Wednesday 08 June 2011 17:59:58 Mark Panen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Lisi wrote: > > On Wednesday 08 June 2011 14:41:36 Mark Panen wrote: > >> I don't understand why "aptitude update" shows 560 new updates b

Re: [OT] Native Oberon

2011-06-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/08/2011 02:41 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 14:07 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: ETHNO can easily be installed from a diskette in an evening. I experienced having a disk notcher at hand is very comfortable http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/foto/cip/mix_disk_notcher_01.jpg Bah.

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/08/2011 06:16 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/07/2011 01:40 PM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces I can't remember the last time I

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/08/2011 06:32 AM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] I use alcohol to clean the ball and internal rollers. But I'm afraid laser based mice get also dirty (bottom surface has also to be cleaned for fast sliding). Once a year. Maybe. But as I said on my previous post to Ron, I c

Git and gpg agent issues

2011-06-08 Thread Nate Bargmann
This is strange and perhaps someone has an answer. I tried to create a signed tag in a Git repository today on my desktop and I get the following: gpg: problem with the agent - disabling agent use error: gpg failed to sign the tag error: unable to sign the tag The tag message has been left in .gi

Re: x-terminal-emulator does not appear to accept comand line args

2011-06-08 Thread briand
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 14:04:22 -0400 William Hopkins wrote: > On 06/08/11 at 07:26am, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 01:14:35 -0400 > > William Hopkins wrote: > > > > > On 06/07/11 at 10:04pm, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > x-terminal-emulator is a scr

Re: x-terminal-emulator does not appear to accept comand line args

2011-06-08 Thread briand
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 14:59:03 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:04:02 -0700, briand wrote: > > > x-terminal-emulator is a script stand-in that simply redirects the > > command line + options to gnome-terminal. > > > > if you try, for example, > > > > x-terminal-emulator --geom

Re: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse

2011-06-08 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:05:30 -0400 (EDT), Ralf Mardorf wrote: > ... > Does Debian drop valid hardware, that isn't brand new? I use a PS/2 mouse with Debian, but it does not have a wheel; so I can't address your specific situation. But as to your more general question about hardware support, I dou

Re: Synaptic options will not tick

2011-06-08 Thread Mark Panen
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Lisi wrote: > Putting back on list, having erroneously taken it off.  Sorry Mark. :-( > > On Wednesday 08 June 2011 17:59:58 Mark Panen wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Lisi wrote: >> > On Wednesday 08 June 2011 14:41:36 Mark Panen wrote: >> >> I don't un

Setting up networking on eth0

2011-06-08 Thread Mark Panen
Hi I am using KDE on 6.0.0, knetworkmanager uses auto eth0 to get a DHCP address. I have added a wired connection for a static address, but each time i reboot it uses the auto eth0 and i want a static address. Here is my setup: # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system

Re: is this hard disk failure?

2011-06-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/07/2011 08:02 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: [snip] - install SMART utilities and run "smartctl -A /dev/ -- the first line is usually the "raw read error" rate -- if the value (last entry on the line) is anything except 0, that's the sign that your drive is failing, if it's in the 1000s, failur

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Justin The Cynical
On 6/8/2011 15:15, Ron Johnson wrote: What's "bluetrack"? I agree with not wanting wireless, though. Bluetrack in mice is a proprietary Microsoft made tracking method for their optical mice. Physically, they have larger holes for the emitter and the light is blue instead of red. A quick s

Re: Midnight commander parse errors

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/06/11 01:58, Frank McCormick wrote: > > Am I the only one still seeing Midnight Commander parse errors when > trying to look inside deb files ? This has been going on , in my case > for two months now. Is there a solution ? > > > No problems here Squeeze with Iceweasel and Icedove backpor

Re: is this hard disk failure?

2011-06-08 Thread Miles Fidelman
Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/07/2011 08:02 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: [snip] - install SMART utilities and run "smartctl -A /dev/ -- the first line is usually the "raw read error" rate -- if the value (last entry on the line) is anything except 0, that's the sign that your drive is failing, if it's

iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility

2011-06-08 Thread Bret Busby
Hello. I am running iceape 1.0.9 on Debian 5, and I am wondering whether anyone can tell me whether it is compatible with IPv6. Similarly with the version of iceape that is available for Debian 6. Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you d