On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 1:47 AM, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2012-01-25 23:51 +0100, Tom H wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Sven Joachim wrote:
>>>
>>> The metapackage has not yet migrated, it seems. But 3.1 really is not
>>> supported anymore, neither by Debian nor by upstream.
>>
>> Th
Hi all
I've recently installed usbmount on Squeeze in order to mount a usb
floppy disk drive to read old floppies. However, usbmount has now taken
over everytime I mount something using usb and only allows me - as user
- to copy from the usb device, not write to it or delete it, and has to
b
On Wednesday 25 January 2012 15:22:30 kei...@strucktower.com wrote:
> The best tutorial I have found describing the Debian way to compile the
> kernel is Steve Powell's pae:
What, in this context, does pae mean?
Lisi
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On Wednesday 25 January 2012 15:22:30 kei...@strucktower.com wrote:
> The best tutorial I have found describing the Debian way to compile the
> kernel is Steve Powell's pae:
Just clicked. It is a typo for page. Doh! :-( Considering how many typos I
make, you'd think that I ought to be able to
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 04:34, Chris Davies wrote:
> Rob Owens wrote:
> > I've got an onboard NIC, supposedly 100Mb.
> > [...]
> > I've got gigabit networking between the two computers
>
> So do you have 1Gb or 100Mb connectivity?
> CHris
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On 25/01/12 23:38, Stephen Powell wrote:
Did you use the --initrd option when you invoked make-kpkg?
I thought make-kpkg was deprecated years ago?
Last time I built a kernel I did via a git clone from the linux git
repository. When I installed it, some magic somewhere automatically
ran mkin
On 26/01/12 09:38, Lisi wrote:
What, in this context, does pae mean?
pae means "physical address extensions", was otherwise known as "bigmem"
in Debian packaging until recently. It's necessary to
see/use ≥ 4G of RAM on a 32bit kernel.
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Jon Dowland debian.org> writes:
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> On 24/01/12 14:56, Richard wrote:
> > Out of the blue, when I try to login to the shell I get after a few second
that dreaded something has
> > gone wrong message and to logout.
> > Is Gnome3 similar in behaviour to Gnome2 that removing the .gnome files will
c
> Hi all
>
>
> I've recently installed usbmount on Squeeze in order to mount a usb
> floppy disk drive to read old floppies. However, usbmount has now
> taken over everytime I mount something using usb and only allows me -
> as user - to copy from the usb device, not write to it or delete it,
> a
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:58:04 + (UTC)
Simon Pepping wrote:
> Jon Dowland debian.org> writes:
>
> >
> > On 24/01/12 14:56, Richard wrote:
> > > Out of the blue, when I try to login to the shell I get after a few second
> that dreaded something has
> > > gone wrong message and to logout.
> >
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:59:58 +0100, Csanyi wrote in message
<87boprpkfl.fsf@debian-asztal.excito>:
> Arnt Karlsen writes:
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> > On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:32:58 +0100, Csanyi wrote in message
> > <87ipk8n9np.fsf@debian-asztal.excito>:
> >
> >> Arnt Karlsen writes:
> >>
> >> > On Wed, 18 Jan 2012
Hi
What is the latest kernel release in unstable ?
I'm seeing 3.1.0.1, yet there are mentions of 3.2 in earlier postings.
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On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 6:04 AM, Richard wrote:
>
> What is the latest kernel release in unstable ?
> I'm seeing 3.1.0.1, yet there are mentions of 3.2 in earlier postings.
3.2's still in unstable. Just run:
# aptitude update
...
#
# aptitude search linux-image -F '%p %t %v %V'
linux-image
* Richard [120126 11:04 +]:
> Hi
>
> What is the latest kernel release in unstable ?
> I'm seeing 3.1.0.1, yet there are mentions of 3.2 in earlier postings.
$ apt-cache search linux-image
Elimar
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On Jo, 26 ian 12, 11:04:07, Richard wrote:
> Hi
>
> What is the latest kernel release in unstable ?
> I'm seeing 3.1.0.1, yet there are mentions of 3.2 in earlier postings.
$ apt-cache policy linux-image-3.2.0-1-amd64
linux-image-3.2.0-1-amd64:
Installed: 3.2.1-2
Candidate: 3.2.1-2
Version
On Thursday 26 January 2012 09:55:02 Jon Dowland wrote:
> On 26/01/12 09:38, Lisi wrote:
> > What, in this context, does pae mean?
>
> pae means "physical address extensions", was otherwise known as "bigmem"
> in Debian packaging until recently. It's necessary to
> see/use ≥ 4G of RAM on a 32bit ke
On 01/25/2012 09:21 PM, Syed Hasan Atizaz wrote:
I am able to compile the kernel for i386, however no initial ram disk
image is created, i did with the help of mkinitramfs though it was
empty, still unable to boot.
You need both make-kpkg and initramfs-tools
Then:
make-kpkg kernel_image --initr
Am 24.01.2012 15:56, schrieb Richard:
> Hi
>
> Out of the blue, when I try to login to the shell I get after a few second
> that dreaded something has
> gone wrong message and to logout.
> Is Gnome3 similar in behaviour to Gnome2 that removing the .gnome files will
> cause them to be recreated
>
Hello there!
I'm going to run my own server (website + MTA).
Here is the chosen solution:
https://www.gandi.net/hosting/vps/dedicated (Debian 6 64 bits without
Gandi AI).
Is it OK?
This is my first attempt to administer a server and I want to be as
secure as possible.
Could you give any advice on
Scott Ferguson wrote:
On 25/01/12 06:21, Richard Owlett wrote:
I downloaded a 770MB file titled
debian-live-6.0.3-i386-lxde-desktop.iso . Burned a DVD.Got some
surprises :<
[SNIP]
there is no app for
configuring a possible connection to the internet.
Launcher: In addition to text and G
On 26/01/12 16:12, Stayvoid wrote:
Hello there!
I'm going to run my own server (website + MTA).
Here is the chosen solution:
https://www.gandi.net/hosting/vps/dedicated (Debian 6 64 bits without
Gandi AI).
Is it OK?
This is my first attempt to administer a server and I want to be as
secure as p
Umarzuki Mochlis wrote:
> Yes. A so-called "live CD", or more precisely, a "live system", is a
> complete system prepared for a CD, DVD, USB key or other medium.
> _*You*_ do not need to install anything on the hard drive. Instead
> you boot from the CD or other medium and _*
I knew about it. But I need more information.
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Hi Apologies for this size of this posting.
I'm trying to get vmplayer installed, its failing to build just one of it
modules, vmnet
any ideas where to look ?
2012-01-26T16:52:42.943Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set
for kernel 3.2.0-1-amd64.
2012-01-26T16:52:42.943Z| vthre
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 11:04:15PM +, Chris Davies wrote:
> Rob Owens wrote:
> > I've got an onboard NIC, supposedly 100Mb.
> > [...]
> > I've got gigabit networking between the two computers
>
> So do you have 1Gb or 100Mb connectivity?
Hardware-wise, everything is gigabit except for the 10
On Thursday 26 January 2012 16:19:06 Richard Owlett wrote:
> Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > On 25/01/12 06:21, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >> I downloaded a 770MB file titled
> >> debian-live-6.0.3-i386-lxde-desktop.iso . Burned a DVD.Got some
> >> surprises :<
> >>
> >> [SNIP]
> >>
> >> there is no app
On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 09:55 +, Jon Dowland wrote:
> On 26/01/12 09:38, Lisi wrote:
> > What, in this context, does pae mean?
>
> pae means "physical address extensions", was otherwise known as "bigmem"
> in Debian packaging until recently. It's necessary to
> see/use ≥ 4G of RAM on a 32bit ke
On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 14:42 +0100, maderios wrote:
> On 01/25/2012 09:21 PM, Syed Hasan Atizaz wrote:
> > I am able to compile the kernel for i386, however no initial ram disk
> > image is created, i did with the help of mkinitramfs though it was
> > empty, still unable to boot.
> You need both ma
> Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> On 25/01/12 06:21, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>> I downloaded a 770MB file titled
>>> debian-live-6.0.3-i386-lxde-desktop.iso . Burned a DVD. Got some
>>> surprises :<
>>>
>>> [SNIP]
>>
>>> there is no app for
>>> configuring a possible connection to the internet
In XFCE's Thunar file browser you can right click on a script and
execute it. Fine. Is there a way to run the script in a terminal
from the file browser?
Of course there is always Alt-F2, Select run in terminal, Run, but
that isn't associated with that particular file and so the user needs
to ty
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:19:06 -0600, Richard wrote in message
<4f217cfa.1050...@pcnetinc.com>:
> Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > On 25/01/12 06:21, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >> I downloaded a 770MB file titled
> >> debian-live-6.0.3-i386-lxde-desktop.iso . Burned a DVD.Got some
> >> surprises :<
> >>
An idea:
Can you see if this command returns any PIDs?
$ fuser -m a.log
On 01/21/2012 05:12 PM, lina wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:36:30 +0800, lina wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Camaleón wrote:
>>
Can you please tel
On Jo, 26 ian 12, 10:19:06, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
> But that's not relevant. I am not ready to commit to installing yet.
> I wish to verify that in can operate with my hardware. Specifically
> connect to internet via my USB Analog Modem (it's *NOT* a winmodem
> ;)
> You later define a live CD a
On Jo, 26 ian 12, 19:35:46, Stayvoid wrote:
> I knew about it. But I need more information.
You could start by saying what specific points you are missing from it.
Kind regards,
Andrei
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Rob Owens wrote:
> Hardware-wise, everything is gigabit except for the 100Mb NIC in the
> desktop machine.
Ah, ok. I wasn't sure if you /really/ meant that.
Cheers,
Chris
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On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Lisi wrote:
> On Thursday 26 January 2012 16:19:06 Richard Owlett wrote:
>> Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> > On 25/01/12 06:21, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> >> I downloaded a 770MB file titled
>> >> debian-live-6.0.3-i386-lxde-desktop.iso . Burned a DVD.Got some
>> >> su
>>
>> My configuration is as such:
>> /dev/md0 = /dev/sdc1 and /dev/sdd1
>> /dev/md1 = /dev/sda1 and /dev/sb1
>>
>> My swap partitions are not part of the array or mirror at all -
>> they are just regular partitions - they are:
>> /dev/sdc2 and /dev/sdd2.
>
> Any particular reason do do that ?
> You could check whether grub's OK via bootinfoscript (although the
> only real test'll be a reboot...).
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/
>
thanks for the script - will check it out
>
>>> My parted -l is:
>>>
>>> Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
>>> Number Start End Size Type
On Thursday 26 January 2012 22:03:01 Tom H wrote:
> To Lisi: I don't really see the advantage of Knoppix of the Live CDs
> of Debian/Fedora/Ubuntu in any of the four DE flavors. It's just a
> question of habit and preference.
Yes, I like it better. In the past it was generally accepted as the bes
On 27 January 2012 07:05, Bob Proulx wrote:
> In XFCE's Thunar file browser you can right click on a script and
> execute it. Fine. Is there a way to run the script in a terminal
> from the file browser?
>
> Of course there is always Alt-F2, Select run in terminal, Run, but
> that isn't associat
Ashton Fagg wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > In XFCE's Thunar file browser you can right click on a script and
> > execute it. Fine. Is there a way to run the script in a terminal
> > from the file browser?
>
> I'd be interested to know this also.
With some help (Thanks Greg!) I have something th
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 08:46:00AM +1000, Ashton Fagg wrote:
> On 27 January 2012 07:05, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > In XFCE's Thunar file browser you can right click on a script and
> > execute it. Fine. Is there a way to run the script in a terminal
> > from the file browser?
> >
> > Of course there
Tony Baldwin wrote:
> Why don't you just right click in thunar and choose "Open Terminal
> Here", and then execute the script in the terminal?
> Don't right click the script/file itself, but just inside the file
> manager empty space in that directory.
> Then when your terminal is open, just do
> .
On 27 January 2012 09:25, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Right-click, Open With, Open With Other Application..., select Use a
> custom command:, then use (generically) "x-terminal-emulator -e", then
> Open. That works. (I say generically because x-terminal-emulator
> will point to whatever is installed and
On 27/01/12 09:33, Lisi wrote:
> On Thursday 26 January 2012 22:03:01 Tom H wrote:
>> To Lisi: I don't really see the advantage of Knoppix of the Live CDs
>> of Debian/Fedora/Ubuntu in any of the four DE flavors. It's just a
>> question of habit and preference.
>
> Yes, I like it better. In the p
On 27/01/12 03:19, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> On 25/01/12 06:21, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>> I downloaded a 770MB file titled
>>> debian-live-6.0.3-i386-lxde-desktop.iso . Burned a DVD.Got some
>>> surprises :<
>>>
>>> [SNIP]
>>
>>> there is no app for
>>> configuring a poss
On 27/01/12 04:18, Richard wrote:
> Hi Apologies for this size of this posting.
>
> I'm trying to get vmplayer installed, its failing to build just one of it
> modules, vmnet
> any ideas where to look ?
>
> 2012-01-26T16:52:42.943Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set
> for ker
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 05:53:07PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Tony Baldwin wrote:
> > Why don't you just right click in thunar and choose "Open Terminal
> > Here", and then execute the script in the terminal?
> > Don't right click the script/file itself, but just inside the file
> > manager empty s
Running Wheezy and kde plasma desktop
I notice whiptail hogging cpu and decided to get rid of it and return
to the package it is replacing `dialog'.
aptitude remove whiptail... offers a few decisions, and I made the ones
that replace whiptail with dialog.
None the less, whiptail is still here ho
Running wheezy - kde plasma desktop
I want to get rid of pulseaudio. I almost never even use sound in
linux and I see it always chugging away at 5-8 % cpu. That seems a
bit extreme some how.
But anyway I don't need it.
aptitude remove pulseaudio
Offers what appear to be pretty ridiculous sol
is there any wiki or list of laptops that are supported by debian 6?
i saw that many laptops are having highly proprietary drivers even for the
nic.
please help..
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Harry Putnam wrote:
> I notice whiptail hogging cpu and decided to get rid of it and return
> to the package it is replacing `dialog'.
If whiptail (or dialog) is hogging cpu then it is probably off in the
weeds and should be killed. It is simply a small interactive dialog
for scripts and is used
Bob Proulx writes:
>> None the less, whiptail is still here hogging away at 75-80 percent
>> cpu.
>>
>> When `aptitude remove' leaves the nasty bugger behind what is the
>> procedure to finally be clear rid of it?
>
> # apt-get install procps
>
> # pkill whiptail
>
> Or use 'killall' if you
Harry Putnam wrote:
> Bob Proulx writes:
> >> None the less, whiptail is still here hogging away at 75-80 percent
> >> cpu.
> >>
> >> When `aptitude remove' leaves the nasty bugger behind what is the
> >> procedure to finally be clear rid of it?
> >
> > # pkill whiptail
>
> Well, yes. I know ho
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