Re: ffmpeg/avconv doesn't recognize -strict experimental (reposted as top-level thread)

2013-03-15 Thread Jochen Spieker
Joel Roth: > Dear List, > > ffmpeg/avconv aborts even with -strict experimental when input > file audio is encoded with AAC. Does the audio > *have* to be decoded? I was thinking there might > be some kind of pass-through option. Yes, you can try '-acodec copy'. J. -- All participation is a my

Re: ffmpeg/avconv doesn't recognize -strict experimental (reposted as top-level thread)

2013-03-15 Thread Joel Roth
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 08:55:16AM +0100, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Joel Roth: > > Dear List, > > > > ffmpeg/avconv aborts even with -strict experimental when input > > file audio is encoded with AAC. Does the audio > > *have* to be decoded? I was thinking there might > > be some kind of pass-throu

Re: loading truecrypt from the command line

2013-03-15 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 3/15/13, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On 15/03/2013, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> I dug up my old command line script wrapper for truecrypt. >> >> Haven't used it for a few years, so YMMV. >> >> Here it is: >> >> #!/bin/sh >> >> DRV=/home/ME/truecrypt-source >> VOL=$DRV/data.tc >> MNT=/media/truecrypt1

Re: Feedback on software

2013-03-15 Thread Darac Marjal
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 06:59:20PM +0100, benjamin kent wrote: > Hello everybody. > > Lately I encountered trouble with a MP3 player using the FAT file-system. > As others had this problem, too , I wrote a little tool. > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/plgen/?source=navbar > > https://freecode

Re: Feedback on software

2013-03-15 Thread benjamin kent
On 03/15/2013 10:35 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: Talk to the good people on the debian-mentors list. Thank you very much Darac Marjal! Have a nice time, Benjamin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists

Re: Firefox is too eager

2013-03-15 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2013-03-14 19:43 +0100, Joel Roth wrote: > >> There are some recent behaviors that I find invasive: >> >> When I open a link in a new tab, I often get a new >> window as well, frequently to the same site, that >> I have to close. >> >> Som

Re: Chromium on Sid Very Slow

2013-03-15 Thread Morel Bérenger
Le Jeu 14 mars 2013 20:39, David Baron a écrit : > This is supposed to be the fastest browser but not right now. I think that when you read "XXX is the YYYest in the world" then you are trying to use a software for which people are paid to lie. Well, it does not help, I know, but think a little ab

VPN Connections

2013-03-15 Thread Verde Denim
Am I correct in assuming that in order to setup a vpn connection on wheezy i need to install vpnc (or open-connect) ? -- Regards Jack Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, Powder Alarm, Revolution Lessons not learned are bound to be repeated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d

RE: VPN Connections

2013-03-15 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hello Verde, > Am I correct in assuming that in order to setup a vpn connection > on wheezy i need to install vpnc (or open-connect) ? That completely depends what VPN server you want to connect to. I for one use OpenVPN on both the server and the client side. So first you have to know what the

Re: VPN Connections

2013-03-15 Thread Verde Denim
On 03/15/2013 10:52 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Hello Verde, > >> Am I correct in assuming that in order to setup a vpn connection >> on wheezy i need to install vpnc (or open-connect) ? > That completely depends what VPN server you want to connect to. I for one use > OpenVPN on both the server and

Re: Chromium on Sid Very Slow

2013-03-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-03-15 at 14:56 +0100, "Morel Bérenger" wrote: > "XXX is the YYYest in the world" :D +1 Possible is that - gear X of vendor Y revision Z is better than gear A of vendor B revision C regarding to issue P for usage Q. - software X is faster than software Y on a Linux with module N

Re: Chromium on Sid Very Slow

2013-03-15 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:39 PM, David Baron wrote: > This is supposed to be the fastest browser but not right now. > > > > Almost unusable. Rekonq and others do far better. > What is slow? Page rendering? Tab/window opening? interacting with the page? Cheers, Kelly -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: VPN Connections

2013-03-15 Thread Mike McGinn
On Friday, March 15, 2013 11:10:13 Verde Denim wrote: > On 03/15/2013 10:52 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > > Hello Verde, > > > >> Am I correct in assuming that in order to setup a vpn connection > >> on wheezy i need to install vpnc (or open-connect) ? > > > > That completely depends what VPN serve

Re: Chromium on Sid Very Slow

2013-03-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-03-15 at 08:34 -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: > What is slow? Page rendering? Tab/window opening? interacting with the page? Searching the history? ;) A browser might load site content you're not using in the background, so it will come up fast, if you should click something, but such a

Re: Chromium on Sid Very Slow

2013-03-15 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Am 15.03.2013 um 14:56 schrieb Morel Bérenger: Le Jeu 14 mars 2013 20:39, David Baron a écrit : This is supposed to be the fastest browser but not right now. I think that when you read "XXX is the YYYest in the world" then you are trying to use a software for which people are paid to lie.

Specjalista ds. SZPIEGOSTWA GOSPODARCZEGO

2013-03-15 Thread kont...@rosomak.org.pl
S z k o l e n i e Specjalista ds. SZPIEGOSTWA GOSPODARCZEGO i ochrony kontrinwigilacyjnej organizacji i osob oraz ich zasobow informacyjnych i innych. # Osmiodniowy ogolnodostepny SPECJALISTYCZNY KURS ZAWODOWY dla menadzerow bezpieczenstwa korporacyjnego, pelnomocnikow ochrony informacji niejawn

Re: Chromium on Sid Very Slow

2013-03-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-03-15 at 17:10 +0100, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: > From my experience (as a web-developer I have to use all the major > browsers) Chrome is the *best*. And you are talking about your technically experiences. Somebody else will quote this out of context, when talking about workflow

Configuring quick button press/release in touchscreen

2013-03-15 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Hello, I'm currently using debain wheezy and have a touch screen. The xorg evdev driver is correctly used and for the most part, all is well. I would like to however tweak the settings so that a touch simulates a button press and release. Currently, I see the following when I do a *xinput test *:

Help diagnosing USB disk issue?

2013-03-15 Thread Brian Flaherty
Hello, I have two laptops: - Lenovo X201 running Debian unstable, kernel 3.2.0-4-amd64 (also has 3.2.0-3-amd64 and 2.6.32-5-amd64) - Thinkpad X31 running an out-of-date Debian unstable, kernel 3.2.0-2-486 (haven't turned this one on in a while and consequently haven't updated packages) Also ha

Re: loading truecrypt from the command line

2013-03-15 Thread Sharon Kimble
The script now shows ;= #!/bin/sh # Zenaan Harkness, March 2013 DRV=/usr/bin/truecrypt VOL=/home/boztu/Documents/bucket MNT=/media/truecrypt1 truecrypt $VOL $MNT which is called by a .bash_alias alias tc='nohup truecrypt &' and this works when you call 'tc' and it loads up the password entry b

Re: SSDT - Any more ideas??

2013-03-15 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
On 03/14/2013 07:16 PM, Gary Dale wrote: On 14/03/13 06:45 PM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: On 03/14/2013 06:32 PM, Gary Dale wrote: On 14/03/13 06:18 PM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote:

Re: SSDT - Any more ideas??

2013-03-15 Thread Erwan David
Le 15/03/2013 19:26, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD a écrit : On 03/14/2013 07:16 PM, Gary Dale wrote: On 14/03/13 06:45 PM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: On 03/14/2013 06:32 PM, Gary Dale wrote: On 14/03/13 06:18 PM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: Ethan Rosenberg, PhD /Pres/CEO/ *Hygeia Biomedical Researc

Re: Help diagnosing USB disk issue?

2013-03-15 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Brian Flaherty wrote: > Hello, > > I have two laptops: > - Lenovo X201 running Debian unstable, kernel 3.2.0-4-amd64 (also has > 3.2.0-3-amd64 and 2.6.32-5-amd64) > - Thinkpad X31 running an out-of-date Debian unstable, kernel 3.2.0-2-486 > (haven't turned this on

Re: Help diagnosing USB disk issue?

2013-03-15 Thread sp113438
On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:33:43 -0700 Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Brian Flaherty > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have two laptops: > > - Lenovo X201 running Debian unstable, kernel 3.2.0-4-amd64 (also > > has 3.2.0-3-amd64 and 2.6.32-5-amd64) > > - Thinkpad X31 running an

Re: Help diagnosing USB disk issue?

2013-03-15 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Hello, I've had a similar issue to this and in my case it was due to the wrong order the modules were loading. Try the following: 1. blacklist uhci-hcd and usbhid in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf. - This forces ehci-hcd to load first. 2. Then once the system is up, manually modprobe uhci-

apt - missing trustedkeys.gpg to verify source package

2013-03-15 Thread Alois Mahdal
Hello, when downloading source packages, I see error regarding trustedkeys.gpg: $ apt-get source mousepad [...] Fetched 454 kB in 0s (1,050 kB/s) gpgv: keyblock resource `/home/me/.gnupg/trustedkeys.gpg': file open error gpgv: Signature made Sat 30 Jun 2012 05:49:12 PM CES

Re: apt - missing trustedkeys.gpg to verify source package

2013-03-15 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2013-03-15 20:23 +0100, Alois Mahdal wrote: > Hello, > > when downloading source packages, I see error regarding > trustedkeys.gpg: > > $ apt-get source mousepad > [...] > Fetched 454 kB in 0s (1,050 kB/s) > gpgv: keyblock resource `/home/me/.gnupg/trustedkeys.gpg': > file o

Re: Help diagnosing USB disk issue?

2013-03-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
Have you updated all of your usb drivers on that trouble machine yet? If memory serves update-usb-ids ought to do that for you. Run by root or something like root it's a script. Also, shut the trouble box down and leave it off for an entire minute then reboot. Finally maybe download the usb

use a 3TB WD Mybook on old etch system kernel 2.6.18-6-486. parted 1.7.1 has bugs. can I use modern parted on other system and move over drive

2013-03-15 Thread Mitchell Laks
Hi, I need to back up a lot of data from old etch system running kernel 2.6.18-6#1 System is remote from where I am. I had them connect a 3Terabyte mybook from wd. unfortunately I am running into the fdisk doesnt work with 3T drives problem, so i installed parted, and old parted on this legacy s

Re: Help diagnosing USB disk issue?

2013-03-15 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Hello, Jude DaShiell a écrit : > Have you updated all of your usb drivers on that trouble machine yet? > If memory serves update-usb-ids ought to do that for you. Not at all. update-usbids just updates the USB vendor/device ID database used by lsusb to display friendly names. It has nothing to

"su" - timeout for dbus/system_bus_socket if $DISPLAY set but unreachable

2013-03-15 Thread Sven Uhlig
Hello, this is my first message to this list. I noticed a little problem on my system after I installed the package "virt-manager" and its dependencies on my system. One of the dependencies is "dbus". The problem is that "su" takes 25 seconds before it succeeds. Using strace I think I identifie

slow hibernate for Debian kernels

2013-03-15 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, I always hibernate my desktop to be able to take off from where I left off after powering off. In doing so I discovered that the speed with which the system goes into hibernation does not so much depend upon the number of pages involved, although it does to a degree, but especially upon t

I need help with setting up my first samba server.

2013-03-15 Thread Paul E Condon
I think I have an OK understanding of the 'theory' of samba, but something is not working in practice. I have a small home LAN on which there are three Debian i386 boxes, one Windows laptop running Windows7, and five Macs of various models. All nine computers have access to the internet through a

Re: use a 3TB WD Mybook on old etch system kernel 2.6.18-6-486. parted 1.7.1 has bugs. can I use modern parted on other system and move over drive

2013-03-15 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Should work... Looking at the code for 2.6.18.6 it does have support for EFI partition scheme (GPT). To confirm if your kernel has support for it search EFI_PARTITION in /proc/config.gz or /boot/config to see if EFI partition is defined. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.de

Re: apt - missing trustedkeys.gpg to verify source package

2013-03-15 Thread Alois Mahdal
Hi, On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:32:40 +0100 Sven Joachim wrote: > > when downloading source packages, I see error regarding > > trustedkeys.gpg: > [..] > Install the debian-keyring package. Thanks, worked! APT does not complain with the same... > Note that you still may get the warning if the .dsc

Re: loading truecrypt from the command line

2013-03-15 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 3/16/13, Sharon Kimble wrote: > The script now shows ;= > #!/bin/sh > # Zenaan Harkness, March 2013 > > DRV=/usr/bin/truecrypt ^ This line is not being used. You can delete it. That's one of the things I was trying to say. > VOL=/home/boztu/Documents/bucket > MNT=/media/truec

Re: apt - missing trustedkeys.gpg to verify source package

2013-03-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Alois Mahdal wrote: > Sven Joachim wrote: > > > when downloading source packages, I see error regarding > > > trustedkeys.gpg: Ignore the message about .gnupg/trustedkeys.gpg. It is a distraction from the real problem. > > Install the debian-keyring package. > > Thanks, worked! APT does not co

Re: I need help with setting up my first samba server.

2013-03-15 Thread Gary Dale
On 15/03/13 06:45 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: I think I have an OK understanding of the 'theory' of samba, but something is not working in practice. I have a small home LAN on which there are three Debian i386 boxes, one Windows laptop running Windows7, and five Macs of various models. All nine com

Re: "su" - timeout for dbus/system_bus_socket if $DISPLAY set but unreachable

2013-03-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Sven Uhlig wrote: > this is my first message to this list. Welcome. > I noticed a little problem on my system after I installed the package > "virt-manager" and its dependencies on my system. One of the > dependencies is "dbus". Ugh. "dbus". I feel your pain. Too many applications have egregi

Re: I need help with setting up my first samba server.

2013-03-15 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Hi Paul, Don't know if you remember me. I helped you get your wireless working up there on the mountain, quite some time ago. On 3/15/2013 5:45 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: > I think I have an OK understanding of the 'theory' of samba, > but something is not working in practice. There's not much th