Re: Was and is: Re: Wheezy: Virtualization package recommendations

23.06.2012 23:21, Ralf Mardorf kirjoitti: > On Sat, 2012-06-23 at 22:19 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>> > > Sorry, chimed in, I'm curious if editing the >>> > > subject, will keep the spam away >> > >> > It does! > No it doesn't :(, there just is a little bit more delay. Don't mention him if you

Re: Was and is: Re: Wheezy: Virtualization package recommendations

24.06.2012 10:11, Mika Suomalainen kirjoitti: > 23.06.2012 23:21, Ralf Mardorf kirjoitti: >> > On Sat, 2012-06-23 at 22:19 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> >>> > > Sorry, chimed in, I'm curious if editing the >> >>> > > subject, will keep the spam away >> > >> > It does! >> > No it

Re: OT: /var on another distro, was: Re: 100% [Waiting for headers]

On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:39 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > OT for Lina's issue, but she mentioned /var. > > Will /var soon or later be changed for most distros, inculding Debian? > > "As of filesystem-2012.6-2 the folders /var/run and /var/lock will be > replaced by symlinks to /run and /run/lock,

Re: A qualified "Yes" - was [Re: Is the a 'contrarian' Debian install available?]

On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > Richard Owlett wrote: >> Joe wrote: >>> >>> There are various references on the Net to 'Debian From >>> Scratch' but >>> they seem to refer to installing Debian using various >>> methods rather >>> than actually compiling it from source. I

Re: Wheezy: Virtualization package recommendations

On Saturday, 23 June 2012, green wrote: > virtualbox for a full GUI or kvm for full functionality via CLI VirtualBox can also be run in CLI. -- Bartek Krawczyk network and system administrator

Re: A qualified "Yes" - was [Re: Is the a 'contrarian' Debian install available?]

On Sb, 23 iun 12, 21:22:38, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >"debootstrap" had not been mentioned that I recall. > >It will save me from reinventing wheel. > > Unfortunately it won't. > In my quick scan of the documentation I misread the first sentence > of http://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap . It stat

Re: fonts used by evince

On Sat 23 Jun 2012 at 08:54:47 +, Camaleón wrote: > I'm using the Symbol TrueType font that came by default along with > Windows XP¹, I can send you the file if you want to play with it. Thank you for the offer. I managed to get it from elsewhere. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-r

Re: E: Couldn't rebuild package cache

On Sun 24 Jun 2012 at 13:01:37 +0800, lina wrote: > On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:39 PM, lina wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I don't know how to fix the following problem, > > It's fixed after changing the source.list to my former mirror. Switching backwards and forwards between mirrors may be avoided by

Re: Wheezy: Virtualization package recommendations

On 24/06/12 20:21, Bartek Krawczyk wrote: > On Saturday, 23 June 2012, green > wrote: >> virtualbox for a full GUI or kvm for full functionality via CLI > > VirtualBox can also be run in CLI. ... And you can also get a GUI (via a VNC viewer) with KVM :-) Richard

Re: 100% [Waiting for headers]

On 2012-06-24, lina wrote: > > Dselect reported me that my /var has saturated. Indeed, 100%. > > My question is that how to set to let me know earlier when the var > reached 98%. Kinda of dangerous huh? My question would be why is /var being "saturated" in the first place. -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: 100% [Waiting for headers]

On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Curt wrote: > On 2012-06-24, lina wrote: >> >> Dselect reported me that my /var has saturated.  Indeed, 100%. >> >> My question is that how to set to let me know earlier when the var >> reached 98%.  Kinda of dangerous huh? > > My question would be why is /var bei

Re: OT: /var on another distro, was: Re: 100% [Waiting for headers]

On Sun, 2012-06-24 at 02:33 -0400, Chris Knadle wrote: > Fedora is interesting in that they use SELinux by default, but I don't > personally like their plans for mandating reboots for certain updates for > Fedora 18. That's "too much like Windows" for my liking. I prefer Debian's > restart of

Re: E: Couldn't rebuild package cache

On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Dom wrote: > On 24/06/12 06:01, lina wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:39 PM, lina  wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I don't know how to fix the following problem, >> >> >> It's fixed after changing the source.list to my former mirror. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Best rega

Re: OT: /var on another distro, was: Re: 100% [Waiting for headers]

On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 1:33 AM, Chris Knadle wrote: > > Fedora is interesting in that they use SELinux by default, but I don't > personally like their plans for mandating reboots for certain updates for > Fedora 18.  That's "too much like Windows" for my liking.  I prefer Debian's > restart of se

Re: 100% [Waiting for headers]

On Sunday, June 24, 2012 05:52:16, lina wrote: > On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Curt wrote: > > On 2012-06-24, lina wrote: > >> Dselect reported me that my /var has saturated. Indeed, 100%. > >> > >> My question is that how to set to let me know earlier when the var > >> reached 98%. Kinda o

Re: Wheezy: Virtualization package recommendations

On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 10:19:11 -0700, T Elcor wrote: > I'm looking into running Windows XP as guest on a Debian Wheezy box. The > hardware is fairly recent (should support virtualization) and Windows XP > will be used only occasionally, not a production environment, so the > goal is to have an easy

Re: The Debian Linux Kernel Handbook within a deb

On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:23:43 -0700, Regid Ichira wrote: > Many (most?) packages with extensive documentation offer a deb so that > the documentation will be available locally. Am I right that there is no > deb offering the Debian Linux Kernel Handbook? Is it reasonable to file > a wishlist bug fo

Re: Wheezy: Virtualization package recommendations

On Sun, 2012-06-24 at 10:51 +, Camaleón wrote: > VirtualBox is usually a good option. Easy to get, easy to install and > easy to use. +1 Install it and use it, no reading is needed. OTOH hardware such as e.g. USB can become an issue. I experienced timing issues with USB, even with some Oracle

Re: The Debian Linux Kernel Handbook within a deb

On Sun, 2012-06-24 at 11:03 +, Camaleón wrote: > Wheezy > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/k/kernel-handbook/debian-kernel-handbook_1.0.12_all.deb Apologize, I've written 1.0.13, but indeed for Wheezy it's 1.0.12. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org wit

Re: Hardware problems -- was [Re: Is the a 'contrarian' Debian install available?]

On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 15:03:17 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:13:31 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: >> >> (...) >> >>> As I write I was doing another test install. It appeared to proceed >>> normally up until I was instructed to remove the CD. Seems to have >>>

Laptop wake-up issue

Hi all, I have recently built Debian 6 squeeze on my Toshiba Satellite P200 laptop, Everything runs great on it except the sleep or hibernate function I have setup the power options so that when the lid is shut it goes to sleep, when i open up the lid i can see the screen and HDD's spin up but

Re: Not getting mailing list response in my inbox

On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 03:52:10PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 00:20:46 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 03:32:27PM +0530, Harshad Joshi wrote: > >> Hello to admins and mailing list managers... > >> > >> I am not able to receive responses posted to my topics

Re: Not getting mailing list response in my inbox

On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 05:06:03PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 00:20:46 +0900 > Osamu Aoki wrote: > > Hello Osamu, > > >Then Gmail do not put looped mail into your inbox. > > AIUI, OP is bemoaning lack of _responses_ to queries, not the failure by > gmail to return own messa

Re: Unmet dependencies installing eclipse from testing on a stable system

On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:47:00 +0100 Lisi wrote: > Is the package you want available in Squeeze backports? Unfortunately, no. [1] In another thread of this list I've seen someone suggesting that /etc/apt/apt.conf has been deprecated, so I've tried creating a file in /etc/apt/atp.conf.d with the d

Slowness problem

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I'm using the deprecated Debian Lenny with a 2.6.26-2-686-bigmem kernel on an Asus P5K/EPU motherboard with a 4-cores config. I'm having, already for a long time, slowness issues. It looks like when a task is `too demanding,' everything freezes u

Re: Laptop wake-up issue

On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 21:45:06 +1000, Nathan D'elboux wrote: > Hi all, Hi Nathan. Please, don't send html formatted posts to this mailing list, it's preferable to use plain text instead, thanks :-) > I have recently built Debian 6 squeeze on my Toshiba Satellite P200 > laptop, Everything runs gr

Re: Slowness problem

Firefox or Iceweasel? However, even if sometimes other apps cause this too, the cause might be Firefox. With 'firefox -P' you could use a new instance of Firefox, to test if it does behave like your default. Perhaps there are messages, if you run Firefox by a terminal emulation. Firefox is my favor

Re: Slowness problem

On 24/06/12 11:05 AM, Merciadri Luca wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I'm using the deprecated Debian Lenny with a 2.6.26-2-686-bigmem kernel on an Asus P5K/EPU motherboard with a 4-cores config. I'm having, already for a long time, slowness issues. It looks like when a

Re: Slowness problem

On Sun, 2012-06-24 at 17:19 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Firefox or Iceweasel? However, even if sometimes other apps cause this > too, the cause might be Firefox. With 'firefox -P' you could use a new > instance of Firefox, to test if it does behave like your default. Oops, no, it's anoth

Re: Slowness problem

On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:05:37 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Hi there... Nice to read you again! :-) > I'm using the deprecated Debian Lenny with a 2.6.26-2-686-bigmem kernel > on an Asus P5K/EPU motherboard with a 4-cores config. I'm having, > already for a long time, slowness issues. How about yo

Re: Slowness problem

On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:22:58 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > On 24/06/12 11:05 AM, Merciadri Luca wrote: >> I'm using the deprecated Debian Lenny with a 2.6.26-2-686-bigmem kernel >> on an Asus P5K/EPU motherboard with a 4-cores config. I'm having, >> already for a long time, slowness issues. (...) >

Re: Slowness problem

On Sun, 2012-06-24 at 15:33 +, Camaleón wrote: > But you can also run more tests, like disabling your > add-ons and plugins E.g. by using another profile, running 'firefox -P' by a terminal emulation. Keep your default profile and test what happens with a virginal Firefox, so you can keep eve

Re: unstable web browsers

On 12/06/12 16:45, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 12 iun 12, 11:57:13, Andrei POPESCU wrote: If you still can't get it to work send the file to me directly and I'll quote the relevant parts (or upload it all to the paste). John sent it to me directly, but I can't spot anything wrong so

Re: Slowness problem

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hello Merciadri, Merciadri Luca wrote: > 1) scrolling a little bit in the page, > 2) waiting 2 or 3 (!) seconds, then scrolling the rest. > > That is, scrolling is slow and freezes for 2-3 s after having scrolled > a little bit. Then, it scrolls u

Re: Slowness problem

On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:40:50 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2012-06-24 at 15:33 +, Camaleón wrote: >> But you can also run more tests, like disabling your add-ons and >> plugins > > E.g. by using another profile, (...) No, I wanted he tries first with his current profile to discard a

Re: Not getting mailing list response in my inbox

On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 21:58:17 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 03:52:10PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> >> I am not able to receive responses posted to my topics i mailed to >> >> the list..Can someone help to sort out this issue? Is it gmail that >> >> is preventing mails from getti

Re: Slowness problem

On Sun, 2012-06-24 at 15:58 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:40:50 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > On Sun, 2012-06-24 at 15:33 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> But you can also run more tests, like disabling your add-ons and > >> plugins > > > > E.g. by using another profile, > > (..

Re: Kdevelop-php and debugging

On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:45:50 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > Anyone out there using kdevelop with php and xdebug. (...) > But for a starters - its suggesting I need various kdevelop plugings, > but the links he gives don't work, and if you try and look in the same > place for later releases of kde

Re: unstable web browsers

On Du, 24 iun 12, 16:49:43, john gennard wrote: > > I have eliminated problems with the mouse. Also, I've used a small partition > on the drive and installed Win XP and this works perfectly thus eliminating > problems with the graphic card. Would it be feasible for you to try the kernel and Xorg

Debian 5.0: Capturing audio from a web page?

I'm (still) using Debian 5.0 (Lenny, iirc). I want to capture some audio from a web page. Is there an application typically installed in Debian 5.0 that will help me do that. (krec does not seem to work--maybe Debian is using ALSA rather than aRts?) OTOH, I started to try to use ffmpeg, but

Re: The Debian Linux Kernel Handbook within a deb

On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 04:23:43PM -0700, Regid Ichira wrote: > Many (most?) packages with extensive documentation offer a deb > so that the documentation will be available locally. > Am I right that there is no deb offering the Debian Linux Kernel Handbook? > Is it reasonable to file a wishl

iceweasel 13.0.1 for Wheezy?

Hi y'all: Following the recent discussion of slowness: How do I get Iceweasel 13.0.1 for Wheezy? I had no problem apt-get[ing] it for Sid but on Wheezy I'm stuck with 10.0.5esr-1. I got this: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/iceweasel.experimental.list deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian experimental mai

Re: iceweasel 13.0.1 for Wheezy?

On Du, 24 iun 12, 13:45:14, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > > I got this: > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/iceweasel.experimental.list > deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free > > but > apt-get install -t experimental iceweasel > only tells me that I already got the newest version

Re: iceweasel 13.0.1 for Wheezy?

On Sunday 24 June 2012 13:55:24 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 24 iun 12, 13:45:14, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > > I got this: > > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/iceweasel.experimental.list > > deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free > > > > but > > apt-get install -t experimenta

Re: iceweasel 13.0.1 for Wheezy?

On Du, 24 iun 12, 14:20:47, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > > apt-cache policy iceweasel > iceweasel: > Installed: 10.0.5esr-1 > Candidate: 10.0.5esr-1 > Package pin: 13.0.1-1 > Version table: > 13.0.1-1 700 > 600 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental/main i386 Packages >

Re: Slowness problem

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gary Dale writes: > Have you considered moving to a more recent release? Yes. > Lenny is ancient by today's standards. I know, but apart from the firefox problem, my installation is quite stable and I don't want to move now. - -- Merciadri Luca See

Re: Slowness problem

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ralf Mardorf writes: > Firefox or Iceweasel? Firefox 13.0.1. > However, even if sometimes other apps cause this > too, the cause might be Firefox. With 'firefox -P' you could use a new > instance of Firefox, to test if it does behave like your defaul

Re: Slowness problem

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Camaleón writes: > On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:05:37 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > Hi there... Nice to read you again! :-) > >> I'm using the deprecated Debian Lenny with a 2.6.26-2-686-bigmem kernel >> on an Asus P5K/EPU motherboard with a 4-cores con

Re: Slowness problem

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Claudius, I have about 6 GiB of swap, and 0 is used. With other apps running, $ free -m total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 4053 2002 2050 0340832 - -/+ buffers/

[SOLVED - partly] Re: iceweasel 13.0.1 for Wheezy?

Thank you Andrei! You are very kind. "SOLVED" as far as Iceweasel is concerned. "partly" because I'm still struggling with understanding of pinning. On Sunday 24 June 2012 15:36:15 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 24 iun 12, 14:20:47, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > > apt-cache policy iceweasel > > > > ice

DHCP + DNS questions

Hello everyone, I've setup a dhcp+dns server on a small box where I've installed debian wheezy. It is for home use, as I happen to have a retarded router from my ISP which is unable to hold reservations. I've installed both isc-dhcp-server ( 4.2.2) and bind9 (9.8.1), and they both work fine for a

Re (5): Dying Iceweasel.

From: Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:38:23 + (UTC) > That they stick to the default browser (e.g., Epiphany)? I just reread http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/epiphany-browser and http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/iceweasel . The first is sub-titled "Intuitive GNOME web browser". Without

problem with 2 monitors and full screen games in wine

Hi, i am running Wheezy with 2 monitors connected to a Nvidia Geforce 9800GTX. Twin-View is configured via nvidia-settings. And i am quit happy with that setup. But...If i run a game within wine in full screen the right monitor turns off and the game is displayed full screen on my left monitor.

Re: Slowness problem

Hello Merciadri, Merciadri Luca wrote: > $ free -m > total used free sharedbuffers cached > Mem: 4053 2002 2050 0340832 > - -/+ buffers/cache:829 3223 > Swap: 5938 0 5938 Looks

Changing pass-phrase on dm-crypt'ed disks

I recently set up a Debian Squeeze system, using the installer's option to encrypt the hard disk. It's working very well :-) Good practice dictates that I should change the pass-phrase for this disk from time to time, but my research ([1],[2]) suggests this is is not straightforward because of

Re: [SOLVED - partly] Re: iceweasel 13.0.1 for Wheezy?

On Du, 24 iun 12, 17:21:17, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > > What I want: > Stay with Wheezy when it's become Stable. At least for a while. > Get my packages mainly from Debian official. > Get from multimedia what I cannot get from Debian official. > Stay tuned with Skype > Stay tuned with Firefox (Icewea