how to login without passwd from remote thin client

2013-05-29 Thread abdelkader belahcene
good morning, I disactivate the password, ( I remove x from /etc/passwd like geopp13::1038:1039 and geopp13::15833:0:9:7::: in /etc/shadow) in order to log in without typing a password. from the terminal connected directly to the computer, it works fine, but from a thin client ( via

RE: Changing to lvm from ext4

2013-05-29 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi, >> And there is also 600 GB of adjacent disk space where /home used to be >> from squeeze. I already made a tarball with these older /home and >> saved it to an exterior device. I want to reuse this disk space, with >> lvm, and migrate existing wheezy installation to it, occupying the >> w

Re: Xorg high memory usage

2013-05-29 Thread Alberto Luaces
Veljko writes: > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 04:20:04PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote: >> I have tried to reproduce the problem as well but my Xorg's memory usage >> stayed constant (about 50M), iceweasel's memory usage went from 180M to >> 900M during the test. I used a periodic ps invocation to get the dat

Re: proposed updates

2013-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 28 mai 13, 10:55:23, Greg Cercy wrote: > > I followed instructions about using apt pinning to do this at: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432636 > > I'm running wheezy (not ubuntu, so I changed all references of fiesty to > wheezy. > > However none of the packages get remove

Re: strange authentication request (GNOME)

2013-05-29 Thread Matej Kosik
On 28/05/13 16:38, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Tue, 28 May 2013 16:16:36 +0100 > Matej Kosik <5764c029b688c1c0d24a2e97cd7...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Matej, > >> On my desktop (squeeze), I've noticed the following "authentication >> request" ... attached > {etc.} > > Do you use update-notifier?

Re: strange authentication request (GNOME)

2013-05-29 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 29 May 2013 10:47:55 +0100 Matej Kosik <5764c029b688c1c0d24a2e97cd7...@gmail.com> wrote: Hello Matej, >The reason seems to be that, from now on, GNOME cannot be installed >without PackageKit. :-/ Oh dear. Maybe removal of the GNOME meta-package will allow you to remove PackageKit. If t

Re: Changing to lvm from ext4

2013-05-29 Thread To Ro
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:15 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Hi, > > And, as always when making such drastic changes. make sure you have a > VALID BACKUP. SO make the backup and test it. > Unless you have a highly modified setup it might also be just easier to do > a clean install and restore the

Re: Changing to lvm from ext4

2013-05-29 Thread Jochen Spieker
To Ro: > > After reading all the comments and guiding help I am feeling inclined > towards this late solution: clean new install and later addition of old > data. That is probably the easiest and least risky way to do it. > The reason why I want lvm (first time I am seriously considering it > af

Re: how can I set the from address in mutt?

2013-05-29 Thread Rob Owens
- Original Message - From: "Gary Dale" To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:05:11 AM Subject: Re: how can I set the from address in mutt? >> No, I had all that. The address rewrite is a pain but not the real >> issue. I don't

troubleshooting Icedtea plugin

2013-05-29 Thread Rob Owens
I'm trying to get a proprietary application to run in Iceweasel. Icedtea / OpenJDK doesn't work -- it just produces a blank screen. Oracle's Java plugin does work, but I'd like to get Icedtea working. What kind of troubleshooting steps can I take when I get a blank screen and no error message

Re: strange authentication request (GNOME)

2013-05-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 09:16:06PM +0400, recovery...@gmail.com wrote: > Then, Debian got aptitude, and couple of years later RedHat was like 'up2date > is > bad, we need something else, let's borrow yum from one of our derivatives'. > yum > usually gets the job done, if you don't mind wait a lit

Re: strange authentication request (GNOME)

2013-05-29 Thread Conrad Nelson
On 05/29/2013 04:47 AM, Matej Kosik wrote: On 28/05/13 16:38, Brad Rogers wrote: On Tue, 28 May 2013 16:16:36 +0100 Matej Kosik<5764c029b688c1c0d24a2e97cd7...@gmail.com> wrote: Hello Matej, On my desktop (squeeze), I've noticed the following "authentication request" ... attached {etc.} Do

Re: proposed updates

2013-05-29 Thread Greg
On Wed, 2013-05-29 at 10:43 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 28 mai 13, 10:55:23, Greg Cercy wrote: > > > > I followed instructions about using apt pinning to do this at: > > > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432636 > > > > I'm running wheezy (not ubuntu, so I changed all referen

Re: strange authentication request (GNOME)

2013-05-29 Thread recoverym4n
On Thu, 30 May 2013 01:32:27 +1200 Chris Bannister wrote: > I am fairly sure that aptitude came AFTER synaptic! While I don't argue with that (I started using Debian when etch was testing), on my Debian system changelogs for aptitude and synaptic clearly show that aptitude was first, and syn

Re: proposed updates

2013-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 29 mai 13, 11:27:17, Greg wrote: > > With the proposed-updates enabled: > > $ apt-cache policy ... > 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-proposed-updates/main amd64 > Packages > release > v=7.0-updates,o=Debian,a=proposed-updates,n=wheezy-proposed-updates,l=Debian,c=main >

X.Org X Server 1.12.4 segfault in jessie: howto report?

2013-05-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, In Jessie running the Nvidia driver and Virtualbox 4.2.12 I occasionally get an X segfault, like this: http://pastebin.com/Jp6KQytw Is this reportable as a bug? And what package should it be reported to? The segfault always occurs as I switch screens with alt+ctl+F. Hugo -- To UNSUBSC

speller dictionary for claws-mail.

2013-05-29 Thread Sthu Deus
Good time of the day. I miss some package that i can not identify, please help me. When i start to write a letter in claws-mail, it says: Spell checker could not be started. Couldn't initialize cs dictionary: (null) Couldn't initialize cs speller. What's the package that contains the dictionary

Post removal.

2013-05-29 Thread Harry Kniznik
Is it possible to get a post from a newsgroup removed from Debian? Of so, how? 

Re: speller dictionary for claws-mail.

2013-05-29 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 30 May 2013 00:37:49 +0700 Sthu Deus wrote: Hello Sthu, >Spell checker could not be started. >Couldn't initialize cs dictionary: (null) >Couldn't initialize cs speller. I got the same error earlier today, too. A restart of CM solved the problem. I suspect is was something to do with s

Re (2): "configuration of openssl" or "how to adjust openssl.cnf".

2013-05-29 Thread peasthope
From: Slavko Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 19:55:40 +0200 > try this http://www.eclectica.ca/howto/ssl-cert-howto.php/ Good. Thanks! ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 12 Tel +13606390202 Bcc: peasthope at shaw.ca http://carn

man 8 mkdosfs ...

2013-05-29 Thread peasthope
"... mkdosfs ... device [ block-count ]" Seems pointless to specify a block-count without some reference to block size, in the manual at least. Any ideas about this? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 12 Tel +136063902

Re: speller dictionary for claws-mail.

2013-05-29 Thread Joe
On Thu, 30 May 2013 00:37:49 +0700 Sthu Deus wrote: > Good time of the day. > > > I miss some package that i can not identify, please help me. > When i start to write a letter in claws-mail, it says: > > Spell checker could not be started. > Couldn't initialize cs dictionary: (null) > Couldn't

Re(2): GnuTLS versus OpenSSL.

2013-05-29 Thread peasthope
* From: Andrei POPESCU * Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 19:31:42 +0300 > I doubt there is any general Debian policy of using OpenSSL rather than > GnuTLS. OK; thanks. > If a particular software can use both it's usually the package > Maintainer who decides how that software will be config

Re: X.Org X Server 1.12.4 segfault in jessie: howto report?

2013-05-29 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2013-05-29 19:01 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > In Jessie running the Nvidia driver and Virtualbox 4.2.12 I > occasionally get an X segfault, like this: > > http://pastebin.com/Jp6KQytw > > Is this reportable as a bug? Not in Debian, unless you can also reproduce it with Nouveau. For Nvidia s

Re: Changing to lvm from ext4

2013-05-29 Thread Joe
On Wed, 29 May 2013 14:16:17 +0200 Jochen Spieker wrote: > > Usually I am a big proponent of LVM even on desktops or laptops with > only a single disk. But users should understand the basic concepts > because you can easily destroy your data with LVM tools. > > It does also add an extra level

Re: speller dictionary for claws-mail.

2013-05-29 Thread Claudius Hubig
Dear Sthu, Sthu Deus wrote: > I miss some package that i can not identify, please help me. > When i start to write a letter in claws-mail, it says: > > What's the package that contains the dictionary that claws-mail uses? $ dpkg-query -W -f '${Recommends}\n' claws-mail | grep -o '[a-z-]*spell[a-z

Re: Post removal.

2013-05-29 Thread Bob Proulx
Harry Kniznik wrote: > Is it possible to get a post from a newsgroup removed from Debian? > Of so, how? It is not possible. There is no delete button on the internet. (I assume you mean an email post _to_ a mailing list.) Generally I always advise people that the network has no delete and anyth

Re: proposed updates

2013-05-29 Thread Greg
On Wed, 2013-05-29 at 19:45 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 29 mai 13, 11:27:17, Greg wrote: > > > > With the proposed-updates enabled: > > > > $ apt-cache policy > ... > > 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-proposed-updates/main amd64 > > Packages > > release > > v=7.0-upd

Re: X.Org X Server 1.12.4 segfault in jessie: howto report?

2013-05-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Sven Joachim wrote: On 2013-05-29 19:01 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: In Jessie running the Nvidia driver and Virtualbox 4.2.12 I occasionally get an X segfault, like this: http://pastebin.com/Jp6KQytw Is this reportable as a bug? Not in Debian, unless you can also reproduce it with Nouveau

Re: Akonadi as Root

2013-05-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
Putting this back on list where it belongs. On 5/28/2013 8:51 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 28 May 2013 14:41:16 staticsafe wrote: >> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 09:19:36AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>> On Mon, 2013-05-27 at 22:37 -0500, Patrick wrote: First I want to say: do not make comme

Re: Akonadi as Root

2013-05-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 29 May 2013 22:57:55 Lisi Reisz wrote: > Putting this back on list where it belongs. Patrick wrote: > On 5/28/2013 8:51 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Tuesday 28 May 2013 14:41:16 staticsafe wrote: > >> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 09:19:36AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >>> On Mon, 2013-05-

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Re: ArckCloud Hosting

2013-05-29 Thread staticsafe
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:48:09PM +, Paul Stewart wrote: > Unsubscribe debian-user@lists.debian.org from this list: > http://arckinteractive.us1.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=ff7b8c75d123dac851f441617&id=7e10bcca08&e=aca6e91fac&c=16291b1f91 > I took the liberty of hitting that unsubscribe l

Wiedza ktora daje przewage w biznesie.

2013-05-29 Thread biu...@kom.waw.pl
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Re: ArckCloud Hosting

2013-05-29 Thread David Guntner
staticsafe grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:48:09PM +, Paul Stewart wrote: >> Unsubscribe debian-user@lists.debian.org from this list: >> http://arckinteractive.us1.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=ff7b8c75d123dac851f441617&id=7e10bcca08&e=aca6e91fac&c=16291b1f91 >> > >

Re: Akonadi as Root

2013-05-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
> > Kali is a modified Debian wheezy. It only has a root account. Why not creating a user account? # useradd doe # passwd doe # mkdir /home/doe # chown doe:users /home/doe You then perhaps have to add the user to groups and to set security policies and to do this you perhaps need to install so

Re: strange authentication request (GNOME)

2013-05-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 08:39:00PM +0400, recovery...@gmail.com wrote: > On Thu, 30 May 2013 01:32:27 +1200 > Chris Bannister wrote: > > > I am fairly sure that aptitude came AFTER synaptic! > > While I don't argue with that (I started using Debian when etch was > testing), on my Debian syste

Re: Post removal.

2013-05-29 Thread Michael Checca
And there is the Streisand effect. The very act of trying to suppress something calls attention to it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect Usually it is better to let sleeping dogs lie. Otherwise attempts to suppress information will only serve to call attention to it. Beat me to

Re: Strange behavior with pdf docs

2013-05-29 Thread Jude DaShiell
The newer versions of pdf reader open all documents in protected mode. There's supposed to be an enable-all-features button in adobe you can hit with your mouse to unprotect these documents at least on windows. This protected mode also disables screen readers and if the screen reader user can

Re: speller dictionary for claws-mail.

2013-05-29 Thread Charles Kroeger
On Wed, 29 May 2013 19:40:01 +0200 Sthu Deus wrote: > Spell checker could not be started. There is this lively list for CM users, you might find it helpful: http://lists.claws-mail.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users -- CK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org wi

Re: speller dictionary for claws-mail.

2013-05-29 Thread Sthu Deus
Good time of the day, Brad. Thank you, for your time and answer. On Wed, 29 May 2013 18:53:01 +0100 you wrote: > >Spell checker could not be started. > >Couldn't initialize cs dictionary: (null) > >Couldn't initialize cs speller. > > I got the same error earlier today, too. A restart of CM sol

Re: speller dictionary for claws-mail.

2013-05-29 Thread Sthu Deus
Good time of the day, Claudius. Thank you, for your time and answer. On Wed, 29 May 2013 18:44:56 +0100 you wrote: > $ dpkg-query -W -f '${Recommends}\n' claws-mail | grep -o > '[a-z-]*spell[a-z-]*' aspell-en > aspell-dictionary WOW! You are a great Debian user! 8oD > Claws-Mail uses aspell, s