Re: Problem with trying to instal Debian

2012-03-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/03/12 16:11, Bret Busby wrote: > On Sun, 18 Mar 2012, Bret Busby wrote: > >> >> On Sat, 17 Mar 2012, Brian wrote: >> >>> >>> On Sun 18 Mar 2012 at 01:37:41 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >>> I do not know whether the firmware is faulty (the IPW firmware) or the mirror settings within

problem with xetex access to system fonts

2012-03-19 Thread Zhang Qide
Hi all, I have installed texlive texlive-latex-recommended, texlive-fonts-recommended, texlive-latex-base, texlive-base, texlive-latex-extra texlive-xetex , lmodern packages on squeeze using aptitude. I test its access to system fonts as follows: $: xetex opentype-info.tex I get an error messag

Re: Failed to open VDPAU backend for mplayer2.

2012-03-19 Thread Sthu Deus
Good time of the day, Sven. Thank You for Your time and answer. You worte: >> Do You have any idea how I can make use of VDPAU w/ mplayer2 on my >> system (testing, video ATI X1100)? > >You have to build mesa 8.0 or later with "--enable-vdpau" yourself. >However, it's probably not really worth i

Why was oom-killer invoked?

2012-03-19 Thread tim truman
Hi, Please help me understand why oom-killer was invoked? >From the SAR logs we can see that there is lots of memory in use by the system cache, but free is low. How can we ensure there is more memory available in free to avoid triggering oom-killer? >From Kernel Log: Mar 16 23:30:06 kernel: [4

Re: Problem with trying to instal Debian

2012-03-19 Thread Brian
On Mon 19 Mar 2012 at 13:11:38 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > I do not know whether the wireless stuff is the cause of the problem(s) > with the installation process (apart from the Debian 6 CD/DVD Creator > not creating a bootable DVD from the ISO image), but, as the > installation process appe

Re: Why was oom-killer invoked?

2012-03-19 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 3/19/2012 3:48 AM, tim truman wrote: > Please help me understand why oom-killer was invoked? You already know the answer: what does "oom" stand for? >>From the SAR logs we can see that there is lots of memory in use by the > system cache, but free is low. How can we ensure there is more mem

apt-get will upgrade aptitude will not

2012-03-19 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi, On 2 of my machines I have mysql-common installed # aptitude show mysql-common Package: mysql-common State: installed Automatically installed: no Version: 5.1.49-3 Priority: optional Section: database [] However, now apt-get wants to install an update but aptitude will not. # apt-get up

Re: libflash (64 bit) problem on kongregate.com

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 07:55:06 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote: > 2012/3/17 Camaleón : >> Ensure that your browser is loading the abobe flash plugin instead >> gnash or any other one (right click over the grey square game). > > It's flash: 11.1.102.63 (I've just updated !) Good :-) > >> Is this the

Re: apt-get will upgrade aptitude will not

2012-03-19 Thread Rares Aioanei
On 03/19/2012 11:58 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: Hi, On 2 of my machines I have mysql-common installed [...] As we don't know what kind of setup you're having (stable, bpo, testing, unstable...), it's hard to tell what's up. How about aptitude dist-upgrade? -- Rares Aioanei -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: apt-get will upgrade aptitude will not

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:58:12 +, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > On 2 of my machines I have mysql-common installed > > # aptitude show mysql-common > Package: mysql-common > State: installed > Automatically installed: no > Version: 5.1.49-3 > Priority: optional > Section: database > [] > > However

Re: Problem with trying to instal Debian

2012-03-19 Thread Bret Busby
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012, Scott Ferguson wrote: Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:30:17 From: Scott Ferguson To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Problem with trying to instal Debian Resent-Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:31:01 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org On 19/03/12 16:11, Bre

Linux Kernel 3.3.0 Binary .deb Installation Files for Ubuntu and Debian Linux

2012-03-19 Thread Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
Download links for compiled Linux Kernel 3.3.0 Final, whose source code was released on 18 Mar 2012:- (1) linux-image-3.3.0-xen-teo.en.ming-sgp_19.mar.2012_amd64.deb Link: http://www.sgvideoman.com/xen/kernels/linux-image-3.3.0-xen-teo.en.ming-sgp_19.mar.2012_amd64.deb (2) linux-headers-3.3.

Re: shutdown not working in Gnome / KDE

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:44:35 +0100, Peter Baranyi wrote: > I can only shut down my pc from a root terminal with 'poweroff' (or > shutdown) but not from graphical environments. > > From Gnome2, sometimes it shuts down, sometimes I get back to gdm. From > gdm, the shutdown action sometimes works, s

Re: [OT] what is the correct way of setting up lvm

2012-03-19 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
Pada 19 Mac 2012 1:26 PG, Arno Schuring menulis: > > I don't see anything obviously wrong, but using lvextend on a new VG > isn't really necessary. I'd have used > # lvcreate -n mailbackup -l 100%VG backup > > The remount action may have been triggered because of a communication > error between t

Re: USB-keyboard language settings

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:36:18 +0100, Christian Frey wrote: > Hey together, Wow... what a mess. Sir, no html postings, please. (...) > I have to say that I want to have the system language English and the > locale Region setting set to Switzerland as well as the Keyboard. The > System Setting GUI

Re: Linux Kernel 3.3.0 Binary .deb Installation Files for Ubuntu and Debian Linux

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:22:23 +0800, Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote: > Download links for compiled Linux Kernel 3.3.0 Final, whose source code > was released on 18 Mar 2012:- (...) Teo, I hate to ask but... don't you have a blog or a site with additional instructions and where people intereste

USB keyboard problems / USB layout / USB xkbmap

2012-03-19 Thread Christian Frey
OK, let's write it up properly ;) 1.) During Installation of Wheezy, I had to exchange my Logitech K340 with a PS/2 keyboard in order to install Wheezy as the USB-Keyboard did not react in the installer of Wheezy (although it did in the BIOS and also, interestingly, in Squeeze installer - as a tes

Re: [OT] what is the correct way of setting up lvm

2012-03-19 Thread Jon Dowland
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 09:08:48PM +0800, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > this not a debian issue but a general linux issue It's still on-topic, no need to mark the subject as OT. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listm

Re: Linux Kernel 3.3.0 Binary .deb Installation Files for Ubuntu and Debian Linux

2012-03-19 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 7:50 AM, Camaleón wrote: > > Teo, I hate to ask but... don't you have a blog or a site with additional > instructions and where people interested in these compilations can review > what you provide? http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com/ http://enmingteo.wordpr

Re: apt-get will upgrade aptitude will not

2012-03-19 Thread Jochen Spieker
Camaleón: > On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:58:12 +, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > >> Version: 5.1.49-3 >> Priority: optional >> Section: database >> [] Is this a squeeze system? -Then you should make sure you have security.debian.org in your sources.list. The current version from s.d.o is 5.1.61-0+squee

Re: Linux Kernel 3.3.0 Binary .deb Installation Files for Ubuntu and Debian Linux

2012-03-19 Thread Lisi
On Monday 19 March 2012 12:04:48 Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 7:50 AM, Camaleón wrote: > > Teo, I hate to ask but... don't you have a blog or a site with additional > > instructions and where people interested in these compilations can review > > what you provide? > > http://teo-en-ming-

Re: apt-get will upgrade aptitude will not

2012-03-19 Thread Lisi
On Monday 19 March 2012 12:10:07 Jochen Spieker wrote: > Camaleón: > > On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:58:12 +, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > >> Version: 5.1.49-3 > >> Priority: optional > >> Section: database > >> [] > > Is this a squeeze system? -Then you should make sure you have > security.debian.org i

Re: Issues with nfs v4 and security

2012-03-19 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Alexander Samad wrote: > On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Tom H wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Alexander Samad >> wrote: >>> >>> I am having some issue with nfs-kernel. >>> >>> I have 2 servers both have NFS exports. >>> >>> when i mount 1 from serve

Re: apt-get will upgrade aptitude will not

2012-03-19 Thread Jochen Spieker
Lisi: > > Surely it is worth following the earlier suggestion and doing an "aptitude > full-upgrade" before trying more complicated things? The OP has explicitly has explicitly stated that he/she is interested in the reason for the behaviour. Work-arounds are too easy. :) J. -- Ultimately, the

Re: Linux Kernel 3.3.0 Binary .deb Installation Files for Ubuntu and Debian Linux

2012-03-19 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Lisi wrote: > On Monday 19 March 2012 12:04:48 Tom H wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 7:50 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> > Teo, I hate to ask but... don't you have a blog or a site with additional >> > instructions and where people interested in these compilations can r

Re: USB-keyboard language settings

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
El 2012-03-19 a las 12:47 +0100, Christian Frey escribió: (correcting the top-posting and resending to the list) > Am 19. März 2012 12:36 schrieb Camaleón : (...) > > I'm not sure to have properly understood the issue... are you saying your > > keyboard layout is not the desired? If yes, what's

Re: Linux Kernel 3.3.0 Binary .deb Installation Files for Ubuntu and Debian Linux

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:04:48 -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 7:50 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> >> Teo, I hate to ask but... don't you have a blog or a site with >> additional instructions and where people interested in these >> compilations can review what you provide? > > http://teo-en-

Re: apt-get will upgrade aptitude will not

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:10:07 +0100, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Camaleón: (...) >> Did you first update the packages database? >> >> apt-get update >> aptitude update > > apt-get and aptitude both use the same package database. Running the > 'udpate' for both of them is not required. I just run "

Re: USB-keyboard language settings

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
El 2012-03-19 a las 12:54 +0100, Christian Frey escribió: (resending to the list) > Additional remark: > > 1.) What is then the difference between xkbmap and xkblayout? maybe one > could write xkbmap into the /etc/default/keyboard. > > thx My guess is that the above file is respected but not i

ssh sessions with pseudo terminal hang when in kernel events thread hangs

2012-03-19 Thread Sven Hoexter
Hi, since about December we see machines where interactive ssh sessions hang or logins are no longer possible. The machine itself is still alive and using ssh without pseudo terminal allocation works fine (ssh -T). What we have so far is that this happens on systems with Linux 2.6.32. (Mostly Debi

Re: Re: vsftp problems

2012-03-19 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 10:11:34AM -0500, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: Sven Hoexter > Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 07:49:46 +0100 > > There are at least two options. ;) > > > 1) Stop inetd all together if you don't run any services through > > inetd (or xinetd). > > To what purpose? There is no h

Re: kernel modesetting - set only at boot, or changeable?

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:40:46 -0400, Dan B. wrote: > Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: >> The resolution can be changed with KMS activated, e.g., with xrandr >> when X is running. >> Further reading: >> http://linux.koolsolutions.com/2009/11/02/howto-enabling-kernel-mode-setting-kms-in-debian-linux-kernel/

debootstrap doesn't support fakeroot variant

2012-03-19 Thread Nicolas Bercher
On a Squeeze, I'm trying debootstrap with variant fakeroot: $ sudo debootstrap --arch=amd64 --variant=fakeroot squeeze debootstrap-squeeze-amd64 E: unsupported variant This is exactly bug 319100[1] (2005), which is tagged as "fixed": - the error is the same, - the man page states:

Re: debootstrap doesn't support fakeroot variant

2012-03-19 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Nicolas Bercher wrote: > > On a Squeeze, I'm trying debootstrap with variant fakeroot: > >  $ sudo debootstrap --arch=amd64 --variant=fakeroot squeeze > debootstrap-squeeze-amd64 >  E: unsupported variant > > This is exactly bug 319100[1] (2005), which is tagged a

[OT] Re: oggenc question

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:40:46 -0700, cletusjenkins wrote: > Sorry for this not truly being a debian question, No problem, just tag the "Subject" accordingly >:-) > but after googling and duckduckgoing I didn't find a good solution and > thought I would ask here. I'm trying to embed an image in m

Re: debootstrap doesn't support fakeroot variant

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:01:12 +0100, Nicolas Bercher wrote: > On a Squeeze, I'm trying debootstrap with variant fakeroot: > >$ sudo debootstrap --arch=amd64 --variant=fakeroot squeeze > debootstrap-squeeze-amd64 >E: unsupported variant (...) By reading the man page, shouldn't be "--vari

Re: Why was oom-killer invoked?

2012-03-19 Thread hvw59601
Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 3/19/2012 3:48 AM, tim truman wrote: Please help me understand why oom-killer was invoked? You already know the answer: what does "oom" stand for? >From the SAR logs we can see that there is lots of memory in use by the system cache, but free is low. How can we ens

Re: problem with xetex access to system fonts

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:23:50 +0800, 张启德(Zhang Qide) wrote: > I have installed texlive texlive-latex-recommended, > texlive-fonts-recommended, texlive-latex-base, texlive-base, > texlive-latex-extra texlive-xetex , lmodern packages > on squeeze using aptitude. I test its access to system fonts as

Re: libflash (64 bit) problem on kongregate.com

2012-03-19 Thread Loïc Grenié
2012/3/19 Camaleón : > It works and runs fine here (using 64 bits firefox and 64 bits flash > plugin). Maybe is something at your side... does your ISP has some > sort of proxy tha could be interferring? Can you try to access the site > from a different ISP? I've just tried from a different IS

console keyboard layout (dvorak)

2012-03-19 Thread lina
Hi, As suggested from list, I switched to dvorak months ago. But the console (namely Ctrl+F1,F2...) still used the old way, I mean QREWT way. Following the http://wiki.debian.org/Keyboard dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration I set it to dvorak # dpkg-reconfigure console-data Looking for ke

Re: console keyboard layout (dvorak)

2012-03-19 Thread lina
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:39 PM, lina wrote: > Hi, > > As suggested from list, I switched to dvorak months ago. > > But the console (namely Ctrl+F1,F2...) still used the old way, I mean > QREWT way. > > Following the http://wiki.debian.org/Keyboard > > dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration > >

Re: libfprint: configure pam to only (and exclusively) use for xscreensaver

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:07:46 +0300, Johannes Graumann wrote: > Below you find my (testing stock) /etc/pam.d/common-auth & xscreensaver > files. I have endlessly played around but this eludes me, so any help > would be appreciated ... > I'm trying to configure pam such that normal password authenti

RE: apt-get will upgrade aptitude will not

2012-03-19 Thread Bonno Bloksma
To answer most questions asked: >>> Did you first update the packages database? >>> >>> apt-get update >>> aptitude update >> >> apt-get and aptitude both use the same package database. Running the >> 'udpate' for both of them is not required. > > I just run "apt-get upgrade" and said there was

Re: libflash (64 bit) problem on kongregate.com

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:34:17 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote: > 2012/3/19 Camaleón : >> It works and runs fine here (using 64 bits firefox and 64 bits flash >> plugin). Maybe is something at your side... does your ISP has some sort >> of proxy tha could be interferring? Can you try to access the site fro

Re: libflash (64 bit) problem on kongregate.com

2012-03-19 Thread Loïc Grenié
2012/3/19 Camaleón : > On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:34:17 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote: > >> 2012/3/19 Camaleón : >>> It works and runs fine here (using 64 bits firefox and 64 bits flash >>> plugin). Maybe is something at your side... does your ISP has some sort >>> of proxy tha could be interferring? Can yo

Re: apt-get will upgrade aptitude will not

2012-03-19 Thread Lisi
On Monday 19 March 2012 12:32:19 Jochen Spieker wrote: > Lisi: > > Surely it is worth following the earlier suggestion and doing an > > "aptitude full-upgrade" before trying more complicated things? > > The OP has explicitly has explicitly stated that he/she is interested in > the reason for the be

Re: apt-get will upgrade aptitude will not

2012-03-19 Thread Lisi
On Monday 19 March 2012 14:17:44 Bonno Bloksma wrote: > It is either a normal apt-get upgrade or an aptitude full-upgrade. But > why.? Because they are not the same? If they were identical there would be no point in having the two of them. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-req

dir is not ls

2012-03-19 Thread rcb
Dear Debian users, Some old systems insists you type 'ls' and do not provide an alias do 'dir'. I loved this behavior. How can I make debian squeeze honor 'ls' again, and print a funny message to those who try to type 'dir'? I've look for a clean way to disable 'dir', but found nothing on ~/.bas

Re: libflash (64 bit) problem on kongregate.com

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:05:56 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote: > 2012/3/19 Camaleón : >>>     When I set >>> >>> allowThirdPartyLSOAccess >>> >>>   to true, it works. >> >> Where did you set that value? Firefox (browser), Adobe Flash Plugin >> settings? I don't remember of having to do any adjustment for

Re: libflash (64 bit) problem on kongregate.com

2012-03-19 Thread Loïc Grenié
2012/3/19 Camaleón : > On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:05:56 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote: > >> 2012/3/19 Camaleón : >     When I set allowThirdPartyLSOAccess   to true, it works. >>> >>> Where did you set that value? Firefox (browser), Adobe Flash Plugin >>> settings? I don't remember

Re: apt-get will upgrade aptitude will not

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:17:44 +, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > To answer most questions asked: (...) Would have been better to reply to every message separately... > 3) > The last time I ran a full-upgrade was when I upgraded from Lenny. I > think this system started out as an Etch system years ago

Re: Linux Kernel 3.3.0 Binary .deb Installation Files for Ubuntu and Debian Linux

2012-03-19 Thread Lisi
On Monday 19 March 2012 12:38:31 Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Lisi wrote: > > My Gmail account has suddenly decided that Teo-En-Ming's  emails are > > spam.  I have not disabused it. > > They've been going to "/dev/null" for about two years on my side, > although I had to add th

Re: libflash (64 bit) problem on kongregate.com

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:39:02 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote: > 2012/3/19 Camaleón : >>> ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/settings.sol >> >> Is that file directly editable? :-? > > Yes (technically) but not really (practically). You have to use > binary > mode

[Half-OT] Hardware for DVB-C and analogue

2012-03-19 Thread Stephan Seitz
Hi! It’s a little bit off-topic, but I’m looking for a replacement for my old Philips Semiconductors SAA7134/SAA7135HL Video Broadcast Decoder with the following requirements: - is supported and working in linux kernel 3.2 and higher (I prefer free drivers) - is supported and working in M

Re: Wheezy: Spellchecker no longer working in Iceweasel 10?

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 05:47:43 -0700, T Elcor wrote: > For some reason, spellchecker is no longer working for me in text fields > in Iceweasel 10 (that is, there is no indication of misspelled words). It works here. > Iceweasel's preference > layout.spellcheckDefault = 2 I have that value set t

Re: dir is not ls

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:08:40 -0300, rcb wrote: > Some old systems insists you type 'ls' and do not provide an alias do > 'dir'. I loved this behavior. > > How can I make debian squeeze honor 'ls' again, and print a funny > message to those who try to type 'dir'? > > I've look for a clean way to

Re: dir is not ls

2012-03-19 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 08:08, rcb wrote: > Dear Debian users, > > Some old systems insists you type 'ls' and do not provide an alias do 'dir'. > I loved this behavior. > > How can I make debian squeeze honor 'ls' again, and print a funny > message to those who try to type 'dir'? > > I've look for

Re: USB keyboard problems / USB layout / USB xkbmap

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:55:35 +0100, Christian Frey wrote: > OK, let's write it up properly ;) (...) I already replied to this in your first thread. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact lis

Re: apt-get will upgrade aptitude will not

2012-03-19 Thread Jochen Spieker
Lisi: > On Monday 19 March 2012 12:32:19 Jochen Spieker wrote: >> >> The OP has explicitly has explicitly stated that he/she is interested in >> the reason for the behaviour. Work-arounds are too easy. :) > > It's NOT a workaround. It is correct usage. Sure it is correct usage, but it hides the

Re: vsftp problems (SOLVED)

2012-03-19 Thread Gary Roach
Well, isn't this embarrassing. Nowhere does it say that you may have to reboot your systems after installation of vsftpd. When I found that a script for vsftpd had been installed in the rc*.d files I decided to see what would happen if I rebooted the system. This fixed the problems on every one

Re: dir is not ls

2012-03-19 Thread Jochen Spieker
rcb: > > How can I make debian squeeze honor 'ls' again, and print a funny > message to those who try to type 'dir'? apt-get install sl alias dir=sl Doesn't work for root because /usr/games/ is usually not in its path. J. -- After the millenium I would tell lies only to those who deserved the

Re: dir is not ls

2012-03-19 Thread Claudius Hubig
Hello Jochen, Jochen Spieker wrote: > apt-get install sl > > alias dir=sl > > Doesn't work for root because /usr/games/ is usually not in its path. Nothing stops you from providing the full path :-) Try $ which sl to get it. Best regards, Claudius -- Q: Why do WASPs play golf ? A:

Re: USB keyboard problems / USB layout / USB xkbmap

2012-03-19 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 04:55, Christian Frey wrote: > OK, let's write it up properly ;) > Then I attached the Logitech K340 USB keyboard, the keyboard > works but the language settings don't, i.e. I have obviously a GB > layout. The only way to change this so far is to use: > > setxkbmap ch > >

Re: console keyboard layout (dvorak)

2012-03-19 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 07:39, lina wrote: > But things get weired, everything is normal on the tty terminal, but > on console (hope it's the right name for it). Setting aside the rest for the moment, we should clarify terminology. When you log in without a GUI, or switch to them with ctrl-alt

Re: dir is not ls

2012-03-19 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:08:40 -0300 rcb wrote: Hello rcb, > Some old systems insists you type 'ls' and do not provide an alias do > 'dir'. dir isn't an alias. At least, not on my testing system. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever imme

Re: kernel modesetting - set only at boot, or changeable?

2012-03-19 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2012-03-19 03:40 +0100, Dan B. wrote: > Currently I'm trying to solve the following problem (on a system not yet > set up enough to run X): > > If I boot with my KVM switch connecting my monitor to my Squeeze system, > I get a video resolution of 1920x1080 pixels (the resolution of my > monitor

Re: Failed to open VDPAU backend for mplayer2.

2012-03-19 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2012-03-19 09:55 +0100, Sthu Deus wrote: > Besides performance I try to remove CPU 100% while paused on > video file - problem . This should not happen regardless of the backend used. Do you have this problem in other video players as well? > Can You prompt me how I can find out the plans on

Re: libflash (64 bit) problem on kongregate.com

2012-03-19 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:58:39 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:39:02 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote: > > > 2012/3/19 Camaleón : ... > >> No way. Sites require cookies, all require cookies right now. I do > >> allow all cookies for any site, but I delete all of them when I close >

Re: Wheezy: Spellchecker no longer working in Iceweasel 10?

2012-03-19 Thread T Elcor
--- On Mon, 3/19/12, Camaleón wrote: > It works here. > > > Iceweasel's preference > >   layout.spellcheckDefault = 2 > > I have that value set to "1". Yes, I changed that intentionally. > When you right-click over an input text box (or textarea), > can you select the language? That was wha

Re: apt-get will upgrade aptitude will not

2012-03-19 Thread Lisi
On Monday 19 March 2012 16:39:13 Jochen Spieker wrote: > Lisi: > > On Monday 19 March 2012 12:32:19 Jochen Spieker wrote: > >> The OP has explicitly has explicitly stated that he/she is interested in > >> the reason for the behaviour. Work-arounds are too easy. :) > > > > It's NOT a workaround. It

Re: libflash (64 bit) problem on kongregate.com

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:33:53 -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:58:39 + (UTC) Camaleón > wrote: > >> On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:39:02 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote: >> >> > 2012/3/19 Camaleón : > > ... > >> >> No way. Sites require cookies, all require cookies right now. I do >> >> all

Re: Wheezy: Spellchecker no longer working in Iceweasel 10?

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:35:25 -0700, T Elcor wrote: > --- On Mon, 3/19/12, Camaleón wrote: > >> It works here. >> >> > Iceweasel's preference >> >   layout.spellcheckDefault = 2 >> >> I have that value set to "1". > > Yes, I changed that intentionally. > > >> When you right-click over an inp

Re: shutdown not working in Gnome / KDE

2012-03-19 Thread Peter Baranyi
On Mon, 2012-03-19 at 11:20 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:44:35 +0100, Peter Baranyi wrote: > If it used to work, I would report it. > you mean with the reportbug program? I don't know in which package this bug is. (I never reported any Debian bugs before) > > Debian unstable,

Re: apt-get will upgrade aptitude will not

2012-03-19 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Lisi wrote: > On Monday 19 March 2012 14:17:44 Bonno Bloksma wrote: >> >> It is either a normal apt-get upgrade or an aptitude full-upgrade. But >> why.? > > Because they are not the same?  If they were identical there would be no point > in having the two of

Re: dir is not ls

2012-03-19 Thread Dr Beco
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 15:37, Jonathan McCrohan wrote: > > jmccrohan@lambda:~$ which dir > /bin/dir > jmccrohan@lambda:~$ dpkg -S /bin/dir > coreutils: /bin/dir > > dir is located in /bin, and part of the coreutils package. > > Jon Hi Jon, Brad, and Kelly, I'm astonished! 'dir' is now officiall

Re: dir is not ls

2012-03-19 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:10:20 -0300 Dr Beco wrote: Hello Dr, > I'm astonished! 'dir' is now officially a linux command! My gosh. Not used it myself, since I've been so used to ls. I only tried to find because of your initial post on the subject. "which dir" showed where it resides. A comparis

Re: libflash (64 bit) problem on kongregate.com

2012-03-19 Thread Loïc Grenié
2012/3/19 Camaleón : > On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:39:02 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote: > >> 2012/3/19 Camaleón : > ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/settings.sol >>> >>> Is that file directly editable? :-? >> >>     Yes (technically) but not really (practically). You hav

Re: Wheezy: Spellchecker no longer working in Iceweasel 10?

2012-03-19 Thread T Elcor
--- On Mon, 3/19/12, Camaleón wrote: > My default is set to Spanish (Castilian), so maybe you need > to tweak this: > > http://kb.mozillazine.org/Spellchecker.dictionary > > >From "about:config" → spellchecker.dictionary → > en_US (or whatever you > want as default) I've already had spellchec

Re: Wheezy: Spellchecker no longer working in Iceweasel 10?

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:04:41 -0700, T Elcor wrote: > --- On Mon, 3/19/12, Camaleón wrote: > >> My default is set to Spanish (Castilian), so maybe you need to tweak >> this: >> >> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Spellchecker.dictionary >> >> >From "about:config" → spellchecker.dictionary → >> en_US (

Re: shutdown not working in Gnome / KDE

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:15:58 +0100, Peter Baranyi wrote: > On Mon, 2012-03-19 at 11:20 +, Camaleón wrote: >> On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:44:35 +0100, Peter Baranyi wrote: > >> If it used to work, I would report it. >> > you mean with the reportbug program? Or manually (by e-mail), you can choos

Re: libflash (64 bit) problem on kongregate.com

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:02:24 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote: > 2012/3/19 Camaleón : >> And can I know what's its current value (on/off)? I never touched this. > > There is a string > > allowThirdPartyLSOAccess > > in the file, followed by several bytes. The first one is 1 (^A with > vi) the

Re: debootstrap doesn't support fakeroot variant

2012-03-19 Thread Nicolas Bercher
On 19/03/2012 15:13, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:01:12 +0100, Nicolas Bercher wrote: On a Squeeze, I'm trying debootstrap with variant fakeroot: $ sudo debootstrap --arch=amd64 --variant=fakeroot squeeze debootstrap-squeeze-amd64 E: unsupported variant (...) By reading t

Re: console keyboard layout (dvorak)

2012-03-19 Thread Wayne Topa
On 03/19/2012 02:01 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 07:39, lina wrote: But things get weired, everything is normal on the tty terminal, but on console (hope it's the right name for it). Setting aside the rest for the moment, we should clarify terminology. When you log in w

Re: Wheezy: Spellchecker no longer working in Iceweasel 10?

2012-03-19 Thread T Elcor
--- On Mon, 3/19/12, Camaleón wrote: > You mean with those pages where does not work it defaults to > nothing (no language)? On the pages where it doesn't work, I have to do RMB click, then click on "Languages", then click on "English / Uninted States". After that a bullet appears next to "Eng

Re: LUKS/ dm-crypt/ ext4 appears to be single threaded

2012-03-19 Thread David Christensen
On 03/18/2012 06:50 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: Just get a box with a supported very-high-speed AES hardware accelerator (e.g. recent amd64/x86-64 processors with AES-NI), and tune your dm-crypt usage to cyphers that can be hardware accelerated. Yes, my next machine will have AES-NI.

Re: console keyboard layout (dvorak)

2012-03-19 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 15:52, Wayne Topa wrote: > On 03/19/2012 02:01 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: > There should be no confusion as the answer is on the OP's system. > > apt-cache show console setup console-setup is a program, not a tutorial on terminology... Cheers, Kelly Clower -- To UNSU

Re: Issues with nfs v4 and security

2012-03-19 Thread Alexander Samad
> > [snip] > > Please don't top post. > > Sorry. I didn't read Your initial message carefully. I saw that nfsv4 > was failing and posted the first two checks that I'd do. I don't know > why I thought there were three boxes... > > Given that you're using LDAP, what's in the "/etc/exports" on both

Re: LUKS/ dm-crypt/ ext4 appears to be single threaded

2012-03-19 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012, David Christensen wrote: > On 03/18/2012 06:50 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > >Just get a box with a supported very-high-speed AES hardware accelerator > >(e.g. recent amd64/x86-64 processors with AES-NI), and tune your dm-crypt > >usage to cyphers that can be hardwar

Re: dir is not ls

2012-03-19 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 08:57:28PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > > Just save the alias in /etc/profile.d/bash_aliases.sh and we are done. > > (But I think a rm /bin/dir is also applicable) > > Every time there's an update to coreutils dir will be back, don't > forget. Anyhow, won't the alias take p

Re: Problem with trying to instal Debian

2012-03-19 Thread Bret Busby
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012, Bret Busby wrote: On Mon, 19 Mar 2012, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 19/03/12 16:11, Bret Busby wrote: On Sun, 18 Mar 2012, Bret Busby wrote: On Sat, 17 Mar 2012, Brian wrote: On Sun 18 Mar 2012 at 01:37:41 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: I do not know whether the firmware

Re: console keyboard layout (dvorak)

2012-03-19 Thread Wayne Topa
On 03/19/2012 10:17 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 15:52, Wayne Topa wrote: On 03/19/2012 02:01 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: There should be no confusion as the answer is on the OP's system. apt-cache show console setup console-setup is a program, not a tutorial on termino

Re: vsftp problems (SOLVED)

2012-03-19 Thread peter
From: "Gary Roach" Date: Mon, March 19, 2012 11:23 am > Nowhere does it say that you may have to > reboot your systems after installation of vsftpd. Unfortunately none of us caught that. If the configuration of a daemon running under inetd is alterred, "/etc/init.d/inetd resta

Re: Why was oom-killer invoked?

2012-03-19 Thread Bob Proulx
tim truman wrote: > Please help me understand why oom-killer was invoked? You already know that the reason is that your system was out of memory. Why even ask. The OOM killer is a terrible thing. I have ranted about it often. Turning it off is the best way to avoid it. I have previously ranted

Re: "hostname" question during Debian installation

2012-03-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Tom H wrote: > >> What I find somewhat weird is that when you install Debian, > >> "/etc/hostname" and "/etc/mailname" are the same. > >> So if it's "box.company.internal" and bob runs "mail tom", bob's > >> address'll be "bob@box.company.internal". > > > > Yes. Seems reasonable to me. That is exac

Re: Problem Installing libc6 (eglibc) from netboot image

2012-03-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > You realize that skype is one of those evil applications! A kitten > > dies every time another user signs up for it. :-) > > I'd be very happy to know of any real alternative that can do: > > - sound + video > - NAT traversal > - support for Linux,

Re: How do you approach the problem of "MaxClients reached" with apache?

2012-03-19 Thread Bob Proulx
francis picabia wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > francis picabia wrote: > >> One of the most frustrating problems which can happen in apache is to > >> see the error: > >> > >> server reached MaxClients setting > > > > Why is it frustrating? > > Yes, maybe you don't know this condition. I am famili

After update/upgrade can't get X to start

2012-03-19 Thread Csanyi Pal
Hi, on my Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid with kernel 3.2.0-2-amd64 I can't get X Window to start. My Xorg.0.log can be seen here: http://paste.debian.net/160383/ How can I solve this problem? Any advices will be appreciated! -- Regards from Pal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@

Re: After update/upgrade can't get X to start

2012-03-19 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Tuesday 20 March 2012 07:05:46 Csanyi Pal wrote: > Hi, > > on my Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid with kernel 3.2.0-2-amd64 I can't get > X Window to start. > > My Xorg.0.log can be seen here: > http://paste.debian.net/160383/ > > How can I solve this problem? > > Any advices will be appreciated!

Re: libflash (64 bit) problem on kongregate.com

2012-03-19 Thread Loïc Grenié
2012/3/19 Camaleón : > On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:02:24 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote: > >> 2012/3/19 Camaleón : > >>> And can I know what's its current value (on/off)? I never touched this. >> >>     There is a string >> >> allowThirdPartyLSOAccess >> >>   in the file, followed by several bytes. The first