Re: How to design a centralized cross-platform BACKUP solution ?

2012-02-14 Thread J. Bakshi
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:48:50 -0600 Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 2/14/2012 1:00 AM, J. Bakshi wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > I like to implement a debian server with plenty of HDD space to work as a > > centralized net backup > > server. The idea is both Linux and windows users can keep their backu

Re: How to design a centralized cross-platform BACKUP solution ?

2012-02-14 Thread Davide Mirtillo
Il 14/02/2012 08:00, J. Bakshi ha scritto: > Hello list, > > I like to implement a debian server with plenty of HDD space to work as a > centralized net backup > server. The idea is both Linux and windows users can keep their backup at > this server ( may be just folders; > or a complete partiti

Re: How to design a centralized cross-platform BACKUP solution ?

2012-02-14 Thread J. Bakshi
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:43:39 +0100 Davide Mirtillo wrote: > Il 14/02/2012 08:00, J. Bakshi ha scritto: > > Hello list, > > > > I like to implement a debian server with plenty of HDD space to work as a > > centralized net backup > > server. The idea is both Linux and windows users can keep their

Re: Running 2 ssh instances

2012-02-14 Thread Sylvain
2012/2/14 Rob Owens : > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:26:54AM +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote: >> Hello Sylvain, >> >> Sylvain wrote: >> >Right now I'm a bit confused by the way chroot seems to work with users. >> >I'd be grateful if someone had an idea on how to do have an ssh instance >> >running on a

Re: How to design a centralized cross-platform BACKUP solution ?

2012-02-14 Thread Davide Mirtillo
Il 14/02/2012 09:50, J. Bakshi ha scritto: > On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:43:39 +0100 > Davide Mirtillo wrote: > >> Il 14/02/2012 08:00, J. Bakshi ha scritto: >>> Hello list, >>> >>> I like to implement a debian server with plenty of HDD space to work as a >>> centralized net backup >>> server. The id

Re: backtrack iso booting from grub2

2012-02-14 Thread Don deJuan
On 02/13/2012 08:40 PM, J. Bakshi wrote: Dear list, I have live usb system where I already have debian, puppy, ubuntu etc. I like to boot backtrack iso from this usb drive. Here is the entry for BT5 I have added at grub.cfg ``` menuentry "BT-5" { loopback loop /BT5-KDE

Re: How to design a centralized cross-platform BACKUP solution ?

2012-02-14 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 2/14/2012 2:30 AM, J. Bakshi wrote: > On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:48:50 -0600 > Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> On 2/14/2012 1:00 AM, J. Bakshi wrote: >>> Hello list, >>> >>> I like to implement a debian server with plenty of HDD space to work as a >>> centralized net backup >>> server. The idea is both

Re: free software mini pc

2012-02-14 Thread Alex Hutton
On 13 February 2012 00:57, green wrote: > > So the Trim-Slice is not supported by mainline kernels? > As others said, the main issue is the Tegra 2 is a nvidia chip and CompuLab are reliant on nvidia in order to get things working. I haven't tried upgrading the kernel since I got the original un

Re: Running 2 ssh instances

2012-02-14 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:00:33PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20120213_200321, Rob Owens wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:26:54AM +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote: > > > Hello Sylvain, > > > > > > Sylvain wrote: > > > >Right now I'm a bit confused by the way chroot seems to work with users.

Re: How to design a centralized cross-platform BACKUP solution ?

2012-02-14 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:31:22AM +0100, Davide Mirtillo wrote: > Il 14/02/2012 09:50, J. Bakshi ha scritto: > > On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:43:39 +0100 > > Davide Mirtillo wrote: > > > >> Il 14/02/2012 08:00, J. Bakshi ha scritto: > >>> Hello list, > >>> > >>> I like to implement a debian server wit

Sound problems

2012-02-14 Thread Emil Payne
--- root@babylon:/home/john# uname -a Linux babylon 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Mon Jan 16 16:04:25 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux root@babylon:/home/john# root@babylon:/home/john# cat /etc/*release DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="DebianEdu/

Re: How to design a centralized cross-platform BACKUP solution ?

2012-02-14 Thread J. Bakshi
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:36:11 -0500 Rob Owens wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:31:22AM +0100, Davide Mirtillo wrote: > > Il 14/02/2012 09:50, J. Bakshi ha scritto: > > > On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:43:39 +0100 > > > Davide Mirtillo wrote: > > > > > >> Il 14/02/2012 08:00, J. Bakshi ha scritto: > >

Re: Running 2 ssh instances

2012-02-14 Thread Jochen Spieker
Paul E Condon: > > I have been running dozens of instances of ssh simultaneously for > years without doing anything like the above. Either it is entirely > unnecessary or the Debian Maintainer has include all this in his > install script. Or maybe, like gnome-terminal, a single instance can > mana

Re: Sound problems

2012-02-14 Thread Julien Claassen
Hello Emil! I assume, that you mainly work with a GUI (Gnome or similar). So these desktops usually use some sort of sound server (ESD or PulseAudio or Arts). Especially PulseAudio has been known - of late - to generate some problems. So the question is: does ps -ax (or some graphical tool to

Re: How to design a centralized cross-platform BACKUP solution ?

2012-02-14 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 06:27:38PM +0530, J. Bakshi wrote: > On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:36:11 -0500 > Rob Owens wrote: > > +1 for backuppc (although I've never used amanda). Its scheduler is > > fairly smart. If a machine (backuppc calls them hosts) is not available > > for backup, it tries again la

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:52:25 +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >>Hello, >> >>Today I have run a dist-upgrade and tracker wanted to get installed. >> >>I didn't have it installed since I'm running wheezy. >> >>Why this hard dependency? Is tracker now a requirement for those who >>want

Re: Amaya

2012-02-14 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:24:22 -0500, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > How do I install Amaya in Debian. You have a .deb at their site: http://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/BinDist But have you considered in using another html editor? :-) Maybe Kompozer, Bluefish or QuantaPlus... all of them available for Linux

Re: free software mini pc

2012-02-14 Thread green
Alex Hutton wrote at 2012-02-14 06:26 -0600: > There was an interesting article about the Trim Slice posted a few > days ago, I don't know if you saw it: > http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2012-02-12-21-43_playing_with_the_trim_slice.html Thanks, I had not seen that yet. Reading that certainly sug

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:52:25 +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote: >> >> Given this enormous amount of dependencies, I really don’t think you can >> complain about tracker. > > More than a complaint, I'd like to know why there exists such as > requirement

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:55:28 -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:52:25 +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote: >>> >>> Given this enormous amount of dependencies, I really don’t think you >>> can complain about tracker. >> >> More than a complaint

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Michael Biebl
On 14.02.2012 17:04, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:55:28 -0500, Tom H wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Camaleón wrote: >>> On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:52:25 +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote: Given this enormous amount of dependencies, I really don’t think you can compl

using a bluetooth headset

2012-02-14 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
hi I'm trying to use a bluetooth headset, and curiously, it works only for Skype(at least for the speaker, not for the microphone), and not for any other program. According what I found in a forum. I put in .asoundrc.asoundconf pcm.bluetooth { type plug slave { pcm "b

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:55:28 -0500, Tom H wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Camaleón wrote: >>> On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:52:25 +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote: Given this enormous amount of dependencies, I really don’t think you >>>

Re: Suggestions regarding a PCI-X card.

2012-02-14 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:26:33 -0800, Dan Serban wrote: (...) > Am I reading the above wrong? Under capabilities is says Status as > well, but earlier it's simply status. So I'm wondering if the bus is at > 66MHz and the card is somehow at 133? I don't fully understand the > output. (...) Mmm,

Sticky bit on device files?

2012-02-14 Thread Peter Lebbing
Hello all, Since some time I get the message > swapon: [...]: insecure permissions 1660, 0660 suggested. [1] is related to this. I'm not worried, but there are two things I wonder: 1) Foremost, what does the sticky bit on character or block device files even _mean_? I'm guessing it's meaningless

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:55:28 -0500, Tom H wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Camaleón wrote: >>> On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:52:25 +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote: Given this enormous amount of dependencies, I really don’t think you >>>

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:07:34 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > On 14.02.2012 17:04, Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:55:28 -0500, Tom H wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:52:25 +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote: > > Given this enormo

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:22:21 -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:55:28 -0500, Tom H wrote: >>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:52:25 +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote: > > Given this enor

OT? - Debian on eeePC? boot fails

2012-02-14 Thread Kent West
Asus eeepc A friend brought it to me to see if I could update Firefox & Flash. I started by using the built-in software update tool, but that didn't give me much joy. I finally figured out how to get into a terminal window, and I did an aptitude update and aptitude dist-upgrade. Had some fail

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Michael Biebl wrote: > On 14.02.2012 17:04, Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:55:28 -0500, Tom H wrote: >>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:52:25 +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote: > > Given this enormous amo

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:41:59 -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:55:28 -0500, Tom H wrote: >>> This requirement comes from upstream. >> >> (...) >> >> Any document to support that statement? >> >> It will be indeed very sad to see tha

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:01:34 -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Michael Biebl > wrote: (...) >> [1] http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/apps/3.2/3.2.2/sources/ > > This link was useful, thanks. I think the following's what Camaleon's > looking for: > http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GN

Re: free software mini pc

2012-02-14 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:34 AM, green wrote: > > I am *not* looking for disposable hardware.  I am *not* interested in > purchasing a maintenance burden.  I need *rock-solid* *long-term* Linux > reliability on *rock-solid* hardware.  Will Compulabs continue to provide > updated custom kernels a

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Michael Biebl
On 14.02.2012 18:13, Camaleón wrote: > I'm not speaking about "gnome-documents" but "gnome". I have "gnome" and > I don't have installed many of the listed applications. > > What makes this package different (and a requirement) is what I'd like to > know. Seriously, what is so hard to underst

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:01:34 -0500, Tom H wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Michael Biebl >> wrote: > > (...) > >>> [1] http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/apps/3.2/3.2.2/sources/ >> >> This link was useful, thanks. I think the following's

Re: how are html pages printed?

2012-02-14 Thread Camaleón
El 2012-02-13 a las 15:01 -0600, Mark Copper escribió: (Mark, remember to reply to the list, not just me ;-) ) > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Camaleón wrote: (...) > > I would try to add a new printer instance (keep the one you already > > have, just add a new one) for the printer but usi

Re: Sound problems

2012-02-14 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
> > What other info does someone need to help me, or where can I go to get > help info? Hi Emil, try this: The new kernel module added two new regulators "speakers" and "headphones", and they are both set to "0" by default! Additionally kmix and some other GUI might not show them as well as

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Frank McCormick
On 14/02/12 11:50 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:07:34 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: On 14.02.2012 17:04, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:55:28 -0500, Tom H wrote: On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:52:25 +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote:

Solved - no sound with kernel 3.2.4

2012-02-14 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Hello list, maybe this might interest you. After updating to kernel 3.2 I got no sound. I could see, that it was playing, but did not hear anything. As I read of others with the same problem, here is the solution: The new kernel module added two new regulators "speakers" and "headphones", and

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:41:59 -0500, Tom H wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Camaleón wrote: >>> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:55:28 -0500, Tom H wrote: > This requirement comes from upstream. >>> >>> (...) >>> >>> Any document to support

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:23:03 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > On 14.02.2012 18:13, Camaleón wrote: > >> I'm not speaking about "gnome-documents" but "gnome". I have "gnome" >> and I don't have installed many of the listed applications. >> >> What makes this package different (and a requirement) is

Re: free software mini pc

2012-02-14 Thread green
Tom H wrote at 2012-02-14 11:18 -0600: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:34 AM, green wrote: > > Frankly, I am surprised that comments here suggest apathy and even hostility > > toward (that is, questioning the value of) a search for a strictly "free > > software" device, especially considering Debian'

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Frank McCormick
On 14/02/12 11:50 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:07:34 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: On 14.02.2012 17:04, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:55:28 -0500, Tom H wrote: On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:52:25 +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote:

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:24:44 -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> What makes this package different (and a requirement) is what I'd like >> to know. > > It doesn't take much to check that GNOME pulls in GNOME Documents! Oh, really? Look at the sub

Re: how are html pages printed?

2012-02-14 Thread Dom
On 14/02/12 17:26, Camaleón wrote: El 2012-02-13 a las 15:01 -0600, Mark Copper escribió: (Mark, remember to reply to the list, not just me ;-) ) On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Camaleón wrote: (...) I would try to add a new printer instance (keep the one you already have, just add a ne

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Michael Biebl
On 14.02.2012 18:49, Tom H wrote: > Perhaps Debian's GNOME maintainers could change the dependency to a > "file indexer" and have users choose the indexer that strikes their > fancy (I'm assuming that there are many but I only know of Beagle - > does Google Desktop Search have a Linux version?). So

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Jon Dowland
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 05:51:57PM +, Camaleón wrote: > Nothing, it's easy peasy. Now "gnome-core" seems to be the right option > for new GNOME installs because "gnome" metapackage is getting over > bloated and is adding new packages on-the-fly. Sigh. No, because "GNOME" is what the GNOME ma

(Solved) Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:45:53 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: > On 14/02/12 11:50 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:07:34 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: (...) >>> That said, it's a meta package. If you don't like it, don't use it. >> >> I wish it were that simple. The metapackage has chang

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Jon Dowland
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 04:04:09PM +, Camaleón wrote: > Any document to support that statement? > > It will be indeed very sad to see that requirement coming from GNOME ;-( Well, er, it is part of the GNOME project… http://projects.gnome.org/tracker/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-use

Re: how are html pages printed?

2012-02-14 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/14/2012 01:05 PM, Dom wrote: > On 14/02/12 17:26, Camaleón wrote: >> El 2012-02-13 a las 15:01 -0600, Mark Copper escribió: >> >> (Mark, remember to reply to the list, not just me ;-) ) >> >>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> >> (...) >> I would try to add a new prin

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:05:44 +, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 04:04:09PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> Any document to support that statement? >> >> It will be indeed very sad to see that requirement coming from GNOME >> ;-( > > Well, er, it is part of the GNOME project… > > http

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:24:44 -0500, Tom H wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > (...) > >>> What makes this package different (and a requirement) is what I'd like >>> to know. >> >> It doesn't take much to check that

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: > On 14.02.2012 18:49, Tom H wrote: >> >> Perhaps Debian's GNOME maintainers could change the dependency to a >> "file indexer" and have users choose the indexer that strikes their >> fancy (I'm assuming that there are many but I only know of B

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:46:10 -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:24:44 -0500, Tom H wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> >> (...) >> What makes this package different (and a requirement) is what I'd

Re: free software mini pc

2012-02-14 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:56 PM, green wrote: > Tom H wrote at 2012-02-14 11:18 -0600: >> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:34 AM, green wrote: >> > >> > Frankly, I am surprised that comments here suggest apathy and even >> > hostility >> > toward (that is, questioning the value of) a search for a str

Re:Sound Problems

2012-02-14 Thread David Baron
On Tuesday 14 February 2012 20:39:04 debian-user-digest- requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > Hi Emil, try this: > > The new kernel module added two new regulators "speakers" and > "headphones", and they are both set to "0" by default! > > Additionally kmix and some other GUI might not show them as

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:46:10 -0500, Tom H wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Camaleón wrote: >>> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:24:44 -0500, Tom H wrote: It doesn't take much to check that GNOME pulls in GNOME Documents! >>> >>> Oh, reall

Re: Any way to tell where the network problem is?

2012-02-14 Thread Ross Boylan
On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 14:51 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:44:45 -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > > > I've been losing network connections between my laptop and main machine. > > The logs from the main machine are below. > > I can't see them, neither attached nor linked :-? Thanks f

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:36:44 -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Camaleón wrote: Look at the subject and then review my first post ;-) >>> >>> I knew your first post but I thought that you'd forgotten it... >> >> He, nice try! > > Believe it or not I did know that you'd

Re: using a bluetooth headset

2012-02-14 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:17:22 +0100 (CET) Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi > I'm trying to use a bluetooth headset, and curiously, it works only > for Skype(at least for the speaker, not for the microphone), > and not for any other program. > According what I found in a forum. I put in .asoundrc.asoun

Re: Any way to tell where the network problem is?

2012-02-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:14:50 -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 14:51 +, Camaleón wrote: >> On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:44:45 -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: >> >> > I've been losing network connections between my laptop and main >> > machine. The logs from the main machine are below. >>

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Re: Any way to tell where the network problem is?

2012-02-14 Thread Ross Boylan
On Tue, 2012-02-14 at 20:55 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:14:50 -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > > > On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 14:51 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:44:45 -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > >> > >> > I've been losing network connections between my laptop and m

Re: How best to replace NetworkManager with wicd?

2012-02-14 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Hi Claudius, hi everyone, Am Sonntag, 12. Februar 2012 schrieb Claudius Hubig: > kei...@strucktower.com wrote: > >Sometime back I moved one of my laptops from using Gnome to using a wm > >(i3 at present). I have been slowly trying to learn the various > >functions that the Gnome DE does in the bac

Re: How best to replace NetworkManager with wicd?

2012-02-14 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Montag, 13. Februar 2012 schrieb Chris Davies: > kei...@strucktower.com wrote: > > I'm a bit confused as to how to replace NetworkManager with wicd > > (using both wired and wireless connections). > > My understanding is that NM will not touch any interface that is > defined in /etc/network/int

Debian breaks commitment to support Lenny until after Wheezy is released

2012-02-14 Thread Arcady Genkin
In an announcement[1] from 2009, Debian promised to support Lenny at least until the release of Wheezy: "To accommodate the needs of larger organisations and other users with a long upgrade process, the Debian project commits to provide the possibility to skip the upcoming release and do a skip-up

Re: using a bluetooth headset

2012-02-14 Thread Juan Sierra Pons
2012/2/14 Pierre Frenkiel : > hi > I'm  trying to use a bluetooth headset, and curiously, it works only > for Skype(at least for the speaker, not for the microphone), > and not for any other program. > According what I found in a forum. I put in .asoundrc.asoundconf > >   pcm.bluetooth { >       ty

Re: free software mini pc

2012-02-14 Thread Alex Hutton
On 15 February 2012 02:34, green wrote: > I am *not* looking for disposable hardware.  I am *not* interested in > purchasing a maintenance burden.  I need *rock-solid* *long-term* Linux > reliability on *rock-solid* hardware.  Will Compulabs continue to provide > updated custom kernels a year or m

Re: Question about ssh passwords and backup software

2012-02-14 Thread Juan Sierra Pons
2012/2/13 Paul E Condon : > I am researching ways of setting up an automatic backup of > my several local hosts (read computers in ancient UNIX parlance). > > My research has not been exhaustive, but it seems that the backup > packages that offer backup of one host by another host all involve > cre

Re: Debian breaks commitment to support Lenny until after Wheezy is released

2012-02-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 14 feb 12, 17:12:57, Arcady Genkin wrote: > In an announcement[1] from 2009, Debian promised to support Lenny at > least until the release of Wheezy: > > "To accommodate the needs of larger organisations and other users with > a long upgrade process, the Debian project commits to provide th

Re: free software mini pc

2012-02-14 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Monday 13 February 2012 5:04:04 pm green wrote: > David Goodenough wrote at 2012-02-13 11:31 -0600: > > On Monday 13 Feb 2012, green wrote: > > > Is Tegra 3 supported by Linux? Are any of the Tegras supported by > > > Linux? While I have found nothing definitive, everything I have found > > > s

Re: Debian breaks commitment to support Lenny until after Wheezy is released

2012-02-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 15/02/12 09:12, Arcady Genkin wrote: > In an announcement[1] from 2009, Debian promised to support Lenny at > least until the release of Wheezy: > > "To accommodate the needs of larger organisations and other users > with a long upgrade process, the Debian project commits to provide > the poss

Re: Suggestions regarding a PCI-X card.

2012-02-14 Thread Dan Serban
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:32 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > Mmm, I don't know how reliable it can be that information :-? > > ("+" means the flag is enabled and "-" means it is disabled) > > Regardless lspci output, I would ensure the BIOS POST data displays the > right bus frequency for that s

Re: A question about ssh-agent

2012-02-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > This is a problem of opposing goals. One group wants the system to be > > popular and easy to use for novices. The other group wants it to have > > technical excellence. It is exactly with issues such as this that > > they are opposing goals. > > B

Re: egrep oddity

2012-02-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Vincent Lefevre wrote: > So, where is the range specified? Somewhere in the depts of libc. Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature

ASUS EeePC 1215B - Debian Testing 12-Feb-2012 Build - Video Problem, Black Screen

2012-02-14 Thread Marc Hurst
I installed Debian Testing (the 12-Feb-2012 build) on my new ASUS 1215B, by the net install method. When I boot, I see the first few lines correctly, then the video switches to mismatched unreadable hash for the remainder of the boot-up, then upon completion of boot-up the video changes again and

Display on IBM ThinkPad A22m; was Re(2): http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary

2012-02-14 Thread peasthope
* From: Andrei Popescu * Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:18:26 +0200 > Wikipedia helps in such cases > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATI_Rage#Mobility Thanks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ATI_Graphics_Processing_Units shows that the last Rage was launched in 1999 and the firs

Re: Debian breaks commitment to support Lenny until after Wheezy is released

2012-02-14 Thread Arcady Genkin
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 18:29, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > This announcement was made in the context of the plan to freeze (and > consequently release) squeeze very fast (one year after lenny). Plans > were changed (as mentioned in subsequent announcements) and squeeze had > the typical Debian release

Need help on missing Dia shape icons

2012-02-14 Thread luger
I just installed the "dia" package, dia starts up fine but immediately gives me a warning: failed to load icon for file /usr/share/dia/shapes/Flowchart/display.png cause=Couldn't recognize the image file format for file '/usr/share/dia/shapes/Flowchart/display.png' and also tells me there a

Re: Debian breaks commitment to support Lenny until after Wheezy is released

2012-02-14 Thread Arcady Genkin
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 18:53, Scott Ferguson wrote: > And subsequently noted that Squeeze was *not* released when anticipated. > I presumed that meant the upgrade from Lenny to Wheezy would not be > happening. (I'm cynical about release schedules and "skip" upgrades) I wish we saw this coming,

Re: free software mini pc

2012-02-14 Thread green
Christofer C. Bell wrote at 2012-02-13 16:54 -0600: > Maybe they mean the system halts but doesn't power off. Would that be an > issue? Having to manually cut power? Um, maybe the thing that people aren't getting here is that I am interested in *purchasing* a device. (I am not out to throw mu

Re: Amaya

2012-02-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 15/02/12 14:17, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:06 PM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> On 14/02/12 15:24, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: >>> Dear List - > To be clear, Amaya isn't provided by Debian in any release (oldstable, > stable, testing, unstable, experimental), in any repos

Re: ASUS EeePC 1215B - Debian Testing 12-Feb-2012 Build - Video Problem, Black Screen

2012-02-14 Thread Patrick Bartek
> I installed Debian Testing (the 12-Feb-2012 build) on my new ASUS 1215B, > by the net install method. > > When I boot, I see the first few lines correctly, then the video > switches to mismatched unreadable hash for the remainder of the boot-up, > then upon completion of boot-up the video chan

rm -rf is too slow on large files and directory structure(Around 30000)

2012-02-14 Thread Bilal mk
Hello, I tried to remove 5GB directory. In that directory around 3 files and directory. It will take more than 30 min to complete. There is no other cpu intensive process running. After sometime it goes to D state and unbale to kii that process. I have also tried find with xargs method to rem

Re: Suggestions regarding a PCI-X card.

2012-02-14 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 2/13/2012 7:26 PM, Dan Serban wrote: > Hello all, > > I have recently upgraded my Tyan S2885 motherboard and repurposed it to > become a file server. In doing so, I picked up a Supermicro SAT2-MV8 which > is based on a Marvell chipset. So far everything comes up good, an > am planning on 16 h

Re: Debian breaks commitment to support Lenny until after Wheezy is released

2012-02-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 15/02/12 14:47, Arcady Genkin wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 18:53, Scott Ferguson > wrote: > >> And subsequently noted that Squeeze was *not* released when >> anticipated. I presumed that meant the upgrade from Lenny to Wheezy >> would not be happening. (I'm cynical about release schedules

Re: rm -rf is too slow on large files and directory structure(Around 30000)

2012-02-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Bilal mk wrote: > I tried to remove 5GB directory. In that directory around 3 files and > directory. It will take more than 30 min to complete. A large number of files consuming a large number of blocks will take a significant amount of time to process. That is all there is to it. Some files

Re: "hostname" question during Debian installation

2012-02-14 Thread Martin T
Andrei, Tom: thank you for replies! So am I correct, that hostname set during the installation is: 1) mapped to an address from 127.0.0.0/8 range in /etc/hosts file 2) written to /etc/mailname 3) written to "message of the day" file 4) usually used in shell prompt(for example "\[\e]0;\u@\h: \w\a\

Re: rm -rf is too slow on large files and directory structure(Around 30000)

2012-02-14 Thread Jochen Spieker
Bilal mk: > > I tried to remove 5GB directory. In that directory around 3 files and > directory. It will take more than 30 min to complete. > There is no other cpu intensive process running. After sometime it goes to > D state and unbale to kii that process. Removing that many files is I/O bo

Re: "hostname" question during Debian installation

2012-02-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Martin T wrote: > thank you for replies! So am I correct, that hostname set during the > installation is: > > 1) mapped to an address from 127.0.0.0/8 range in /etc/hosts file Specifically 127.0.1.1 so that it is always available and doesn't conflict or confuse with 127.0.0.1 localhost. The newe

Re: rm -rf is too slow on large files and directory structure(Around 30000)

2012-02-14 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 2/15/2012 12:55 AM, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Bilal mk: >> >> I tried to remove 5GB directory. In that directory around 3 files and >> directory. It will take more than 30 min to complete. >> There is no other cpu intensive process running. After sometime it goes to >> D state and unbale to ki

Re: rm -rf is too slow on large files and directory structure(Around 30000)

2012-02-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
Anyone heard of the unlink command?On Wed, 15 Feb 2012, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 2/15/2012 12:55 AM, Jochen Spieker wrote: > > Bilal mk: > >> > >> I tried to remove 5GB directory. In that directory around 3 files and > >> directory. It will take more than 30 min to complete. > >> There is no