Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-26 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 25 May 2012 18:51:16 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Fri 25 May 2012 at 16:56:51 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Fri, 25 May 2012 17:22:11 +0100, Brian wrote: >> >> > I suggest you have a look at how CUPS works. This statement is >> > exactly the opposite of what happens when a PostScript job is

Re: Dying Iceweasel.

2012-05-26 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:11:08 -0700, Peter Easthope wrote: > On 25/05/12 09:49 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> Running testing is not a guaratee for having the latest versions of the >> programs, you have to check by your own, for instance, Wheezy has >> Icewasel 10.0 while Firefox is now 12 (so you can sti

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-26 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 25 May 2012 19:45:47 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Fri 25 May 2012 at 17:17:53 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Fri, 25 May 2012 19:02:36 +0200, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: >> >> > It fails on all PDFs >> >> That sounds very strange... > > But important, do you not think, because the result is c

Re: OT: useless pedantic argumentative noise: aptitude changelog gives "You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list"

2012-05-26 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 26 May 2012 01:48:15 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Thu, 24 May 2012 15:00:17 + (UTC), Camaleón wrote in message > : > >> On Wed, 23 May 2012 20:59:43 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: >> >> > On Wed, 23 May 2012 17:41:06 + (UTC), Camaleón wrote in message >> > : >> >> >> > ..that pro

Re: OT Seach for Elaborate Address Book Program

2012-05-26 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 25 May 2012 14:45:26 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 04:17:52PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:39:08 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: >> >> > I am planning to put a vast array of handwritten notes into some kind >> > of order. Notes include names

Re: Broken cups.

2012-05-26 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 25 May 2012 16:09:23 -0500, Ed Siefker wrote: (...) > I have an HP2575 connected through the network. I can print on this > printer perfectly. > My HP1300n is connected by USB. I cannot print to this printer at all. (...) Try to print using the nework card (which is better -at least

Re: Dying Iceweasel.

2012-05-26 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 26 May 2012 10:09:41 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:11:08 -0700, Peter Easthope wrote: (...) >> whereas, >> peter@armada:~$ dpkg -l iceweasel | grep ice >> rc iceweasel 3.5.16-15 Web browser based on Firefox . > > Are you _still_ running 3.5.x? :-O Mmm, wait. I di

..solved: useless pedantic argumentative noise: aptitude changelog gives "You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list"

2012-05-26 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 26 May 2012 10:29:55 + (UTC), Camaleón wrote in message : > On Sat, 26 May 2012 01:48:15 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: [...] > I'm just trying you to understand what the problem of the OP _is_ but > I'm starting to feel wasted with this and given the emptiness of your > last comments,

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-26 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 1:30 AM, Lisi wrote: > On Friday 25 May 2012 18:23:37 Tom H wrote: >> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Mika Suomalainen >> >> wrote: >> > On 25.05.2012 15:49, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> >> On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 17:37 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: >> >>> deb http://securi

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-26 Thread Brian
On Sat 26 May 2012 at 09:58:31 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2012 18:51:16 +0100, Brian wrote: > > Not quite. The PPD file/driver combination has to produce a file which, > > when sent to the printer, is understandable by the printer. The > > Gutenprint driver. for example, will always s

Re: How to get new RSA key in known_hosts file?

2012-05-26 Thread Slavko
Ahoj, Dňa Fri, 25 May 2012 23:08:05 +0100 Jon Dowland napísal: > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 09:59:03PM +0200, Slavko wrote: > > then i see only one solution - delete/rename whole file and collect > > them from start. > > Well, yes - or resolve them one by one when you hit a host that has > changed

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-26 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 18:28 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: >> In conclusion i found out that i should stick to stable and should not >> play with the source list until unless it is necessary. even if i add >> a repo then  i must comment it

Re: Broken cups.

2012-05-26 Thread Curt
On 2012-05-25, Ed Siefker wrote: > I am unable to print on my HP 1300n. I have cups installed, along > with hpijs and hplip. There's lots of troubleshooting techniques here, if I'm understanding your problem correctly: http://hplipopensource.com/node/332 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-

Re: Radeon HD 3470 dual monitors on Squeeze

2012-05-26 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 10:23:53AM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 09:05:35AM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > > I've been trying to get dual monitors to work on my Squeeze system. > > Originally I was using both the onboard video and an additional video > > card. Now I have two monitor

Re: Mythtv problem with versions

2012-05-26 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 02:53:17AM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 02:12:57AM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 07:08:53PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > > > Here is the thread where I asked about maintaining compatibility. I > > > guess Christian Marilla

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-26 Thread keith
On Sat, 26 May 2012 16:43:45 +0500 Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > if i use Squeeze (the code name) instead stable, sid or anything. > should i not to worry about system crash? is it what people here mean > to say (who support code name "squeeze" ) that if i "apt-get > upgrade/full-upgrade/safe-upg

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-26 Thread keith
On Sat, 26 May 2012 17:06:04 +0500 Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > i was reading this article and it is very helpful and something new > that i learned but i am a bit confuse. how come i be safe in this > technique because what this article is saying means if i wanted to > install a specific package

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-26 Thread Joe
On Sat, 26 May 2012 16:43:45 +0500 Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > if i use Squeeze (the code name) instead stable, sid or anything. > should i not to worry about system crash? is it what people here mean > to say (who support code name "squeeze" ) that if i "apt-get > upgrade/full-upgrade/safe-

wheezy: ext4 or ext3

2012-05-26 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Hi list, I am now a proud user of a ssd drive. As I cloned my system (which was installed 5 years ago) to the drive, the filesystem on the source drive is ext3. On my new drive I chose ext4 (with luks encryption) for as far as I read, most people are using ext4 instead of ext3 on ssd drives. I

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-26 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 26 May 2012 13:01:16 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sat 26 May 2012 at 09:58:31 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Fri, 25 May 2012 18:51:16 +0100, Brian wrote: >> > Not quite. The PPD file/driver combination has to produce a file >> > which, when sent to the printer, is understandable by the print

Re: wheezy: ext4 or ext3

2012-05-26 Thread Claudius Hubig
Hello Hans-J., "Hans-J. Ullrich" wrote: > On my new drive I chose ext4 (with luks encryption) for as far as I read, > most > people are using ext4 instead of ext3 on ssd drives. > Is this really recommended? ext4 provides shorter recovery/file system check times, which I really like. Apart fr

Re: OT Seach for Elaborate Address Book Program

2012-05-26 Thread Thomas H. George
Thanks for all the suggestions. I wrote several large programs in Pascal ten years ago but nothing since then. I'll take a quick look to see if it all comes back to me, otherwise I'll check out the other suggestions. The appeal of programming is the ability to add features as they occur to me in

Re: MySQL upgrade from 5.1 to 5.5

2012-05-26 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 25 May 2012 11:06:01 -0400, Brad Alexander wrote: > I did an upgrade on my mediawiki box the other day to fix some security > issues. Well, in the mix, mysql-common was upgraded from > mysql-common_5.1.62-1 to mysql-common 5.5.23+dfsg-1. Nothing happened > until last night when we took a p

whezzy + hostapd + ath9k = random fail

2012-05-26 Thread Gary Trotcko
Hi all. I got a problem with my soft AP. I got an old PC running as router which has 3 NIC and 1 wifi PCI card TP-Link TL-WN751ND. This box runs Debian Wheezy, hostapd, dhcpd etc. The problem is that AP randomly gets unreachable for the clients while hostapd is running and its interface is up. In

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-26 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 26 May 2012 12:43:45 you wrote: > > I prefer to use aptitude full-upgrade routinely - but I have the code > > name in my sources.list, not stable or testing. I then change the code > > name when I want to get the more recent version. So, Squeeze not stable, > > Muhammad. you could ge

Re: Playing Video - More questions -- Please --- some answers -- I'm stuck

2012-05-26 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 25 May 2012 01:06:39 -0400, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: (...) > Let us assume that the file is foo.avi > > 1] What is the command line, using mencoder, for converting foo.avi to > foo.mov. http://en.lmgtfy.com/?q=mencoder+from+avi+to+mov The key here is the support for Apple Quicktime forma

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-26 Thread Brian
On Sat 26 May 2012 at 13:30:27 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 26 May 2012 13:01:16 +0100, Brian wrote: > > There's no "cupsFilter:" line in any of PPD files so maybe the printer is > not a true PostScript printer or uses a slightly different implementation > developed by HP. That is not rele

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-26 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 26 May 2012 16:26:34 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sat 26 May 2012 at 13:30:27 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Sat, 26 May 2012 13:01:16 +0100, Brian wrote: >> >> There's no "cupsFilter:" line in any of PPD files so maybe the printer >> is not a true PostScript printer or uses a slightly diffe

Re: Re Installing Squeeze with Firmware

2012-05-26 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 26 May 2012 16:33:55 +0100, antispammbox-deb...@yahoo.it wrote: > Hi all Please, keep the messages that share a same subject/topic in the same thread, it will help other users to follow your posts. Also, avoid using html :-)   > I today try install Squeeze on laptop Hp Compaq nc600, wit

Problems with flashplayer on a new installation of Squeeze.

2012-05-26 Thread Lisi
Is there a solution to the following problem? (See below) I see that the bug was reported two years ago, so I am tempted to go for purge, but that may leave some detritus. :-( And if I were to purge flashplugin-nonfree, what could I install that would actually work to play flash? Would I do b

Re: Install Squeeze with firmware

2012-05-26 Thread Antispammbox-debian
Experimental2: syslog-unetbooting.txt > ask me choice from two netcard. I try another with stick created with unetbooting, only (initrd.gz-vmlinuz) StableNetinstall After 10 minutes, appears on screen request choice from! eth0:Broadcom Nextreme and Wlan: Atheros bla bla bla The log is this: L

Re: Install Squeeze with firmware

2012-05-26 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 26 May 2012 18:13:36 +0200, Antispammbox-debian wrote: > Experimental2: syslog-unetbooting.txt > ask me choice from two netcard. > I try another with stick created with unetbooting, only > (initrd.gz-vmlinuz) StableNetinstall > After 10 minutes, appears on screen request choice from! eth0:

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-26 Thread Brian
On Sat 26 May 2012 at 15:53:03 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 26 May 2012 16:26:34 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > But at least you have discarded "PostScript is a raw language, no > > conversion is needed between the doc and the printer . . . ." as a > > reason and accept the filter chain is > > >

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 26 mai 12, 13:39:26, keith wrote: > > My understanding is -> > > If you apt-get upgrade, you are updating your system (squeeze) > > When you use apt-get dist-upgrade you change your system from squeeze to > wheezy No, see 'man apt-get' for the difference between the two. Kind regards,

Re: Install Squeeze with firmware

2012-05-26 Thread Brian
On Sat 26 May 2012 at 16:35:07 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 26 May 2012 18:13:36 +0200, Antispammbox-debian wrote: > > > Experimental2: syslog-unetbooting.txt > ask me choice from two netcard. > > I try another with stick created with unetbooting, only > > (initrd.gz-vmlinuz) StableNetinstall

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 25 mai 12, 15:36:40, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 18:28 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > In conclusion i found out that i should stick to stable and should not > > play with the source list until unless it is necessary. even if i add > > a repo then i must comment it af

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-26 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 26 May 2012 18:04:35 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > I seem to remember the Debian Reference has a good guide to pinning and > it is up-to-date (thanks to Osamu Aoki). Given the OP's confusion, and the fact that he states his main aim as not crashing, would he not do better to stick to pure S

Re: Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-26 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 26 May 2012 17:48:41 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sat 26 May 2012 at 15:53:03 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Sat, 26 May 2012 16:26:34 +0100, Brian wrote: >> > I have a feeling you may have returned to "PostScript is a raw >> > language, no conversion is needed between the doc and the printe

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
FWIW, sometime ago this book was announced here: http://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1338053740.2316.0.camel@pre

Re: wheezy: ext4 or ext3

2012-05-26 Thread Steven Post
On Sat, 2012-05-26 at 15:36 +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote: > Hello Hans-J., > > "Hans-J. Ullrich" wrote: > > On my new drive I chose ext4 (with luks encryption) for as far as I read, > > most > > people are using ext4 instead of ext3 on ssd drives. > > Is this really recommended? > > ext4 provi

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-26 Thread keith
On Sat, 26 May 2012 19:57:19 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 26 mai 12, 13:39:26, keith wrote: > > > > My understanding is -> > > > > If you apt-get upgrade, you are updating your system (squeeze) > > > > When you use apt-get dist-upgrade you change your system from squeeze to > > wheezy

[Solved (kind of)] Re: Installing Wheezy on btrfs only (multi-device)

2012-05-26 Thread Steven Post
On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 03:11 +0200, Steven Post wrote: It's been a while since I replied to this thread, and since I solved it (well.. kind of...) I thought I'd mention how I got this working in the end and also what happens when a drive fails. I don't have a blog, so I'll give it all here, it'll b

Motion M1400 tablet upgrade woe

2012-05-26 Thread chris dunn
I'm trying to upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy on a Motion M1400 tablet and seem to have hit the wall. Initially I had Squeeze installed, and I tried to upgrade via Synaptic simply by changing the repositories from Squeeze-Updates to Wheezy, reloading, then marking upgrades and applying. This start

Re: Problems with flashplayer on a new installation of Squeeze.

2012-05-26 Thread hvw59601
Lisi wrote: Is there a solution to the following problem? (See below) I see that the bug was reported two years ago, so I am tempted to go for purge, but that may leave some detritus. :-( And if I were to purge flashplugin-nonfree, what could I install that would actually work to play flash?

Re: Install Squeeze with firmware

2012-05-26 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 26 May 2012 20:57:41 +0200, Antispammbox-debian wrote: > Hi all Hi (again). > The problem is this: > > Experimental1 with iso file with firmware write on usb: > syslog-stick-firmware.txt > do not ask me choice for firmware netcard. > > > After 20 minutes that starting installing, do n

Re: Problems with flashplayer on a new installation of Squeeze.

2012-05-26 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 26 May 2012 21:02:21 hvw59601 wrote: > Lisi wrote: > > Is there a solution to the following problem? (See below) I see that the > > bug was reported two years ago, so I am tempted to go for purge, but that > > may leave some detritus. :-( > > > > And if I were to purge flashplugin-nonf

changing sound parameter on startup

2012-05-26 Thread Ross Boylan
Simple version: what's the best way to get the effect of echo 1024 > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/prealloc every time I start, preferably before KDE starts? I've seen indications I should put something in rcS.d/, but also some things saying stuff there gets executed at every run level change. Al

backing up

2012-05-26 Thread Frank McCormick
Is there an easy way to back up a couple of profile directories when you exit a window manager. I'd like to back up .thunderbird at least when I quit Icewm to GDM... Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listma

Re: changing sound parameter on startup

2012-05-26 Thread Volkan YAZICI
/etc/rc.local? On Sat, 26 May 2012 13:40:01 -0700, Ross Boylan writes: > Simple version: what's the best way to get the effect of > echo 1024 > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/prealloc > every time I start, preferably before KDE starts? > > I've seen indications I should put something in rcS.d/, bu

Re: changing sound parameter on startup

2012-05-26 Thread Ross Boylan
On Sat, 2012-05-26 at 23:55 +0300, Volkan YAZICI wrote: > /etc/rc.local? The comment says # This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel. which doesn't sound like the right place. I'm also not sure if that means it executes when you exit the run level, or it it means it runs as th

Re: backing up

2012-05-26 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 26 May 2012 16:57:23 -0400 Frank McCormick wrote: > Is there an easy way to back up a couple of profile directories when > you exit a window manager. > I'd like to back up .thunderbird at least when I quit Icewm to GDM... > > Thanks > > S

backing up

2012-05-26 Thread Frank McCormick
Can anyone suggest an easy way to back up a couple of profile directories (such as .thunderbird) when existing a window manager to return to GDM ? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian

backing up

2012-05-26 Thread Frank McCormick
Can anyone suggest an easy way to back up a couple of profile directories (such as .thunderbird) when existing a window manager to return to GDM ? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian

Re: backing up

2012-05-26 Thread Frank McCormick
On 26/05/12 05:41 PM, Aubrey Raech wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 26 May 2012 16:57:23 -0400 Frank McCormick wrote: Is there an easy way to back up a couple of profile directories when you exit a window manager. I'd like to back up .thunderbird at least when I qu

Re: backing up

2012-05-26 Thread Frank McCormick
On 26/05/12 06:14 PM, Frank McCormick wrote: On 26/05/12 05:41 PM, Aubrey Raech wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 26 May 2012 16:57:23 -0400 Frank McCormick wrote: Is there an easy way to back up a couple of profile directories when you exit a window manager. I'd li

Re: Install Squeeze with firmware

2012-05-26 Thread Brian
On Sat 26 May 2012 at 22:24:14 +0200, Antispammbox-debian wrote: > >>> Hi all >> >> Hi (again). >> >>> The problem is this: >>> >>> Experimental1 with iso file with firmware write on usb: >>> syslog-stick-firmware.txt > do not ask me choice for firmware netcard. >>> >>> >>> After 20 minutes that s

Re: (Debian 2.6.32-45) problems using ipv6/ip6tables #2

2012-05-26 Thread Pascal Hambourg
g.spellauge a écrit : > thanks, bu what i do not understand is the fact, that v6-traffic (even > the responses to http-requests) is completely blocked after successfully > receiving a few echo-replys? Because after some time the neighbour cache entry expires and needs to be refreshed, but your ru

If you want to install stable released version

2012-05-26 Thread Harry Putnam
I still do not fully understand the debian system of versioning at its relationship to the install isos. If I wanted a new system that was the stable released version, which install iso would I use? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe

Problem with Iceweasel and low-quality fonts

2012-05-26 Thread Vincent Lefevre
In the Iceweasel preferences, I have the "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above" option enabled. But the quality of the fonts is sometimes very low, a bit like bitmap fonts, without antialiasing. For instance on http://www.allocine.fr/ see what I get on the image I'

Re: If you want to install stable released version

2012-05-26 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 09:26:09PM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > I still do not fully understand the debian system of versioning at its > relationship to the install isos. > > If I wanted a new system that was the stable released version, which > install iso would I use? > See this link: http://w

How are external kernel modules loaded?

2012-05-26 Thread Andris Kalnozols
I'm running Debian squeeze on an amd64 system and want to use the current version (4.5) of ipset instead of version 2.5 in the stable release. After doing the following steps: install ipset source from http://ipset.netfilter.org/install.html apt-get install linux-source-2.6.32 cd /usr/src

Debian as a DDNS Server

2012-05-26 Thread Jerry Stuckle
Hi, all, I've done some digging around but haven't found exactly what I'm looking for. Basically I have a Debian server with a static IP address (and several domains registered on it). I also have a system with a dynamic domain. What I would like to do is set up the system with the static

Re: OT Seach for Elaborate Address Book Program

2012-05-26 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 09:35:56AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > Thanks for all the suggestions. I wrote several large programs in > Pascal ten years ago but nothing since then. I'll take a quick look to > see if it all comes back to me, otherwise I'll check out the other > suggestions. The a

Re: backing up

2012-05-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2012-05-26 at 18:45 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > cp -R ~/.thunderbird ~/.thunderbird.backup >Nevermind :) Found the backups in /var/lib/gdm3 >Didn't realize that's where GDM would put them. A GDM script can't put ~/.thunderbird.backup in /var/lib/gdm3, since the path ~/ belon

Re: changing sound parameter on startup

2012-05-26 Thread Chris Bannister
[Please don't TOP POST! Please trim your posts!] On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 02:20:32PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > On Sat, 2012-05-26 at 23:55 +0300, Volkan YAZICI wrote: > > /etc/rc.local? > The comment says > # This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel. > which doesn't sound li

[Junk] Re: backing up

2012-05-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Please stop this! 1. debian-user@lists.debian.org ? 2. Don't reply privately by "to" or "cc", reply to the list only. 3. Don't use HTML. Use plain text. 4. Top posting isn't wanted. AND 5. What is this? ... Forwarded Message From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Reply-to: "debi

Re: How are external kernel modules loaded?

2012-05-26 Thread Andris Kalnozols
On 5/26/2012 6:48 PM, Andris Kalnozols wrote: I'm running Debian squeeze on an amd64 system and want to use the current version (4.5) of ipset instead of version 2.5 in the stable release. After doing the following steps: install ipset source from http://ipset.netfilter.org/install.html apt-get

Re: If you want to install stable released version

2012-05-26 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 09:26:09PM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > I still do not fully understand the debian system of versioning at its > relationship to the install isos. > > If I wanted a new system that was the stable released version, which > install iso would I use? Is the documentation at "h

Re: [Junk] Re: backing up

2012-05-26 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 27 May 2012 06:46:42 +0200 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Please stop this! > > 1. debian-user@lists.debian.org ? > 2. Don't reply privately by "to" or "cc", reply to the list only. > 3. Don't use HTML. Use plain text. > 4. Top posting isn't wanted.

Re: changing sound parameter on startup

2012-05-26 Thread Ross Boylan
Regarding getting echo 1024 > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/prealloc equivalent on startup: On Sun, 2012-05-27 at 16:38 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 02:20:32PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > > On Sat, 2012-05-26 at 23:55 +0300, Volkan YAZICI wrote: > > > /etc/rc.local? > >

dovecot imap: folder location problems

2012-05-26 Thread Richard Hector
Hi all, I decided to investigate my Maildir layout a bit more closely, because I thought it was causing problems for K9 Mail on my Android phone. Turns out it wasn't, really, but never mind. I discovered that perhaps I should have migrated my Maildir from courier to dovecot, rather than just

Re: (Mostly Solved) Re: How to get new RSA key in known_hosts file?

2012-05-26 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 05/25/2012 05:30 AM, Celejar wrote: On Thu, 24 May 2012 22:10:15 -0700 Marc Shapiro wrote: On 5/24/12, Celejar wrote: On Thu, 24 May 2012 20:24:49 -0700 Marc Shapiro wrote: That got me connected, after answering 'yes' to a few prompts, but... When I now try to connect, I get the followin

Re: [OT] Mails coming from "joe1assis...@gmail.com"

2012-05-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Joe's back again :(. - Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1338096714.2298.15.camel@precise

Re: Motion M1400 tablet upgrade woe

2012-05-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 26 mai 12, 14:18:39, chris dunn wrote: > > Is anyone able to suggest the root of the problem or advise where I can > report the failure? Not me, but I strongly suggest you don't do major upgrades with synaptic. Instead use apt-get or aptitude, preferably from a console (or GNU screen if

Re: Debian as a DDNS Server

2012-05-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
Please don't reply to previous posts when you intend to start a new thread. Most clients will attach your message to the other thread and people who could help you may not notice it. On Sb, 26 mai 12, 22:47:06, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > > What I would like to do is set up the system with the stati

Re: If you want to install stable released version

2012-05-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 26 mai 12, 21:26:09, Harry Putnam wrote: > I still do not fully understand the debian system of versioning at its > relationship to the install isos. Can you provide some examples? > If I wanted a new system that was the stable released version, which > install iso would I use? The lates

Re: [Junk] Re: backing up

2012-05-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 27 mai 12, 06:46:42, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Please stop this! > > 1. debian-user@lists.debian.org ? > 2. Don't reply privately by "to" or "cc", reply to the list only. > 3. Don't use HTML. Use plain text. > 4. Top posting isn't wanted. > > AND 5. > > What is this? ... It's either spam or

Re: (Mostly Solved) Re: How to get new RSA key in known_hosts file?

2012-05-26 Thread Dom
On 27/05/12 06:49, Marc Shapiro wrote: Well, I can now connect without getting warnings, or errors. It is still asking for my password and I can live with that for now. I will look into authenticating without using passwords but, at least I can connect now. I'm guessing you were using shared k

Re: dovecot imap: folder location problems

2012-05-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 27 mai 12, 17:36:44, Richard Hector wrote: > > Any suggestions as to how my mailserver actually _should_ be set up, > and how I can make icedove and evolution see that correctly? I'd say: 1. make sure your maildirs are setup like http://www.courier-mta.org/maildir.html 2. tweak the doveco

Re: mp280

2012-05-26 Thread steef
thank you, lisi and camaleon. and, calameon: was that elven maiden galadriel? k.r. steef Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 24 May 2012 22:18:26 +0200, steef wrote: Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 23 May 2012 15:15:46 -0400, Celejar wrote: On Wed, 23 May 2012 17:11:58 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: (...

Spam?

2012-05-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi Listmaster, list members receive off-list mails From: debian-user@lists.debian.org but with Reply-to: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" with the call to post on top: "__ Type your response ABOVE THIS LINE to reply" Perhaps just an accidental sl

Re: (Mostly Solved) Re: How to get new RSA key in known_hosts file?

2012-05-26 Thread Jude DaShiell
I usually do: ssh-agent ssh-keygen -t rsa I don't normally key in anything for the password and keep hitting enter until ssh-keygen is done. That works for local files for me and I usually also do ssh-agent ssh--add and ssh-copy-id -i email address for remote location and enter password when p

Re: OT: Newbie questions on security

2012-05-26 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/03/12 02:40, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 08 mar 12, 12:52:01, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> >> You can post them here as long as they are Debian related[2]. If there >> is a better list for any specific question you will get hints. > > Sorry list, I didn't expect what was about to come... >

Re: (Mostly Solved) Re: How to get new RSA key in known_hosts file?

2012-05-26 Thread Dom
On 27/05/12 07:31, Dom wrote: On 27/05/12 06:49, Marc Shapiro wrote: Well, I can now connect without getting warnings, or errors. It is still asking for my password and I can live with that for now. I will look into authenticating without using passwords but, at least I can connect now. I'm g

Re: If you want to install stable released version

2012-05-26 Thread Slavko
Ahoj, Dňa Sat, 26 May 2012 21:26:09 -0400 Harry Putnam napísal: > I still do not fully understand the debian system of versioning at its > relationship to the install isos. Debian has three main "versions" (more precise: the Debian's distribution or branch): * stable - released after cca 2 yea

Re: [SOLVED... sort of] Wheezy printing problem: 2 identical (?) machines and 1 does not print PDFs

2012-05-26 Thread Joost Kraaijeveld
Hi, My problem is solved: I am able to print with both machines, although graphics appear to be very slow. Then why "sort of"? I do not know which driver I am actually using... After reading the discussion between Brian and Camaleón (and some suggestions in private mail, thanks to all) which cent