Re: Python

2012-01-31 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/31/2012 07:14 PM, cletusjenkins wrote: Excellent, I'll check them out. Not to start a flame-war between python 2 and 3 supporters, or even get too much into python-specifics on a debian list but should I go with version 2 or just jump into 3? Does it matter? On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:5

Re: Converting to btrfs

2012-01-31 Thread Alan Chandler
On 30/01/12 13:02, Christian Dysthe wrote: On 01/30/12 at 06:52am, Alan Chandler wrote: On 29/01/12 18:21, Christian Dysthe wrote: Hi, I have an older laptop running Sid I like to play around with. I would like to check out the new btrfs file system and know you can easily convert >from ext4

Re: Recent Debian Preseed Error: "Logical Volume Manager not available"

2012-01-31 Thread Chris Hiestand
On Jan 31, 2012, at 12:48 AM, Bob Proulx wrote: >> I've had a stable, working, preseed configuration with no changes >> other than downloading the latest stable debian releases (netboot >> images). Suddenly partman has stopped working in my preseed: > > If you swap back in the previous netboot i

Re: Not getting mails in inbox

2012-01-31 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 01/02/12 10:54, lee wrote: > Harshad Joshi writes: > >> I am not getting replies to mails i am sending on this list. i have to >> manually check or refer google to get answers.. >> >> can someone look in this matter? > > Do you see the mail you sent to the list? (If gmail supresses mail you

Re: console_codes question (was Accented Characters - How to type)

2012-01-31 Thread Thomas E. Dickey
On Jan 30, 11:40 am, "Thomas H. George" wrote: > The man page for console_codes explains that there are two fonts > available (G0 and G1) with commands ^O and ^N to switch between them. > Furthermore, it is possible replace the standard font for G1 (VT100 > graphics) with a user-defined character

Re: /dev/disk/by-uuid/2a687c3c-ffb4-4577-9781-beb6b88eb71b normal

2012-01-31 Thread lina
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 3:31 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2012-02-01 at 00:16 +0800, lina wrote: >> :/dev$ df -h >> Filesystem                                              Size  Used >> Avail Use% Mounted on >> rootfs                                                  666M  520M  113M   >> 83% /

Re: Capslock mystery - Recent phenomena concerning keyboard

2012-01-31 Thread Anand Sivaram
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 05:45, lee wrote: > Harry Putnam writes: > > > Keyboard is from `Unicomp' and weighs about 10 lbs. > > I wish I could get some of those ... > > > I've recently started having a problem where the capslock comes on > > (seemingly randomly) but not the led that indicates its

Re: xserver-xorg vs. xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

2012-01-31 Thread Stayvoid
Hello! > What version of Debian do you have installed? I'm using gNewSense (AFAIK it's based on Squeeze). > What Nvidia graphics? NVIDIA GeForce 330M + Intel HD > What computer? MacBookPro6,2 > Do you need perfect, very fast 3D acceleration? Yep, but the drivers should be free. > What screen r

Re: Truecrypt

2012-01-31 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 1 February 2012 04:33, Stayvoid wrote: > Thanks! What could you recommend as a replacement? Look at LUKS or dmcrypt. You can encrypt your entire machine if you want to, or just create a separate volume to store your sensitive stuff in. From that you can also glean that you can encrypt /home.

Re: Python

2012-01-31 Thread Johann Spies
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:24:17PM +0200, cletusjenkins wrote: > Hello, I am interested to learn how to program in Python. What debian packages > would I need to start coding some basic cgi in apache? Thanks. In addition to what others have said, if you want to do web development using Python, do

PXE netinst: No disk drive was detected. (Re: Recent Debian Preseed Error: "Logical Volume Manager not available")

2012-01-31 Thread Bob Proulx
Chris Hiestand wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Since I am using a Stable netboot I am not updating it until Wheezy. > > So I can't confirm or deny the problem here. > > Would you mind running a test install and seeing if things are still > working for you? If you have a chance anyway. > > I've now

Re: Recent Debian Preseed Error: "Logical Volume Manager not available"

2012-01-31 Thread Bob Proulx
Chris Hiestand wrote: > I've had a stable, working, preseed configuration with no changes > other than downloading the latest stable debian releases (netboot > images). Suddenly partman has stopped working in my preseed: > ... > > !! ERROR: Logical Volume Manager not available > > > > The current

Re: Re (5): /usr/lib/mutt/mailto-mutt

2012-01-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Ma, 31 ian 12, 15:00:05, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > From: Brian > Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:30:55 + > > For your project you might want to know the mutt in testing and unstable > > handles mailto: differently from the one in stable. Bug #576313 is a > > relevant read. > > Thanks Brian. I

Wheezy. Xorg failure at AMD Brazos netbook

2012-01-31 Thread Leonid Korostyshevski
Hello, list! Have installed Wheezy weekly build 30-01-2012 but cannot log into a fresh system: there is just a noise on a screen instead of a logon screen. Cannot escape to text console, Ctrl+Alt+F1...Fn does not works. Ctrl+Alt+PrtScr+B works, though. Also, IMHO it is a good idea to enable Ctrl+A

Re: Wheezy. Weekly build 23-Jan-2012. "No kernel modules were found" during install.

2012-01-31 Thread Leonid Korostyshevski
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Christofer C. Bell < christofer.c.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Leonid Korostyshevski < > korostyshevski@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> If somebody knows, is that bug fixed in upcoming DVD 30-01-2012 weekly >> build? ~3.7Gb is a way big

Re: Software-upgrades not installable due to APT-misconfiguration ?

2012-01-31 Thread Andreas Gläser
Leaving aside usability-questions for now and trying to continue making friends with Gmane: > Kind of redundant now that you've used aptitude to upgrade - if you > hadn't I'd have then asked for the output of "apt-get -s upgrade". > In this case it looks I'd ask for the output of:- > # apt-get -s

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