Re: mutt in gnome-terminal goes gray!

Eric d'Halibut: > > I have a gnome-terminal profile configured with a black background. > However, running mutt in it changes the background to gray, a much > lower contrast situation. My guess is that the terminal's background color is independent of the named colors that it provides to programs

Re: Choosing among "Desktop Enviroments" and/or "Windows Managers"

On 18 Sep 2013, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: [snip] > > So, if you want to try them (you said you have time, right? ;) ) > start with an easy one like i3, and if and when you will like the > idea behind, feel free to try more advanced ones. > [snip] I like i3 a lot but I don't like th

Display drivers for ATI Radeon HD 4350 (RV710) on Wheezy

Hi, I installed Wheezy yesterday and on first boot Gnome failed to load due to the lack of hardware accelerated graphics. After a quick google I came across the AtiHowTo [1] page. It says I need to install the proprietary firmware for my particular graphics card. I did that by installing firmware

Re: mutt in gnome-terminal goes gray!

On Thu, 2013-09-19 at 00:18 -0400, Eric d'Halibut wrote: > I really like the tabbed windows setup. Are there any other terms out > there that provide that feature? xfce4-terminal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Display drivers for ATI Radeon HD 4350 (RV710) on Wheezy

On 09/19/2013 11:29 AM, Adrian Smith wrote: Hi, I installed Wheezy yesterday and on first boot Gnome failed to load due to the lack of hardware accelerated graphics. After a quick google I came across the AtiHowTo [1] page. It says I need to install the proprietary firmware for my particular gr

Re: What is location for building/ installing system-wide software?

Hi. On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:46:37AM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > debian-user: > > Is there a canonical location for build/installing system-wide > software from source tarballs? For example, Java SDK and FreeCiv: > > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.htm

Re: Monitor text colour on boot is magenta instead of white

On 2013-09-19, Craig L. wrote: > > If your monitor connects via a VGA connection I'd be highly suspicious > of the VGA connection. I've done it to myself many times. Look carefully > for bent pins or the connector not screwed down all the way. I wouldn't > think a BIOS setting got changed unless i

Re: Display drivers for ATI Radeon HD 4350 (RV710) on Wheezy

On Thu, 19 Sep 2013, Adrian Smith wrote: > Shortly after I come across the ATIProprietary [2] page. It describes > how to install ATI's proprietary display driver. > > So to my question; what's the difference between the proprietary, > binary-only firmware described in AtiHowto [1] and the AMD pro

Re: Monitor text colour on boot is magenta instead of white

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-09-19 06:18, Curt wrote: > On 2013-09-19, Craig L. wrote: >> >> If your monitor connects via a VGA connection I'd be highly >> suspicious of the VGA connection. I've done it to myself many >> times. Look carefully for bent pins or the conne

Re: Sound problems on Wheezy upgrade

On Monday 16 September 2013 23:20:21 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 16 September 2013 22:02:05 Gregory Nowak wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 09:51:17AM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > I had thought that sound was probably muted somewhere - I just couldn't > > > find where! amixer shows it clearly

RE: Driver installation [ANSWER] {SOLVED]

> > On 09/17/2013 10:42 PM, Mark Allums wrote: > > > My mistake. No, this is the same driver that won't install. I saw > > > the 15th, and thought Sept., but it was August. > > > > > > Thanks, though. Any other suggestions welcome. > > > > > > Mark > > > > > IIRC, you had issues with a compilati

Debian-7.1.0-amd64 is not compatible with ASUS N550JV. 64 BIT UEFI PC

Debian-7.1.0-amd64 is not compatible with ASUS N550JV. 64 BIT UEFI PC Problems with drivers for, SonicMaster Premium with quad-speaker array Qualcomm Atheros Wireless ASUS USB Charger Plus ATKACPI driver and hotkey-related utilities: illuminated keybo

Problem Installation of Debian 7.1

Good Morning I have problem of installation about debian 7.1. I have computer intel 64 bit. When I born your iso ia64 which weigh 647Mo. I can't boot. However, I can boot with the 7.0 live CD amd 64. Unfortunately your live cd is not available for 7.1. If you can show me how should I do ? Th

Re: chrome cant read profile

Going from memory here, I think I had this problem a while ago when I migrated my home directory from one build to another. I just ended up archiving the old home directory and creating a new one that resolved my problem. Could it be a permissions issue and different user id's? This is all I cou

chrome cant read profile

Dear fellows, I just sent this issue to google (via chrome menu, tools, report an issue): BEGIN Since about 2 weeks, I cant start Google Chrome without receiving exactly 4 dialog windows telling me chrome could not read my profile. I click ok 4 times I then I n

Re: Problem Installation of Debian 7.1

Mika Mika writes: > I have problem of installation about debian 7.1. I have computer intel > 64 bit. When I born your iso ia64 which weigh 647Mo. I think you got the wrong ISO. You almost certainly want amd64, not ia64. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org)

Re: chrome cant read profile

On 19 September 2013 12:46, Shane Johnson wrote: > Going from memory here, I think I had this problem a while ago when I > migrated my home directory from one build to another. I just ended up > archiving the old home directory and creating a new one that resolved my > problem. Could it be a per

Mailing list organization

Hello all I'm new to mutt / Debian mailing list What im trying to do is in gmail.com i have many sub folders .. Every Folder / label is whatever mailing list i have subscribed to debian (eg. Debian_User = debian-user@lists.debian.org) I have set a filter in gmail so it skips the inbox / marks

Re: What is location for building/ installing system-wide software?

On 09/18/13 14:57, Gregory Nowak wrote: > My guess would be /usr/local. Either there, or in /opt, though I > prefer /usr/local for building from source/installing. On 09/19/13 02:25, recovery...@gmail.com wrote: Please invoke 'man hier' and read it. Accoring to the man page, /usr/local This is w

Debian live build...

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Re: Mailing list organization

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 10:08:55AM -0700, Josef Bailey wrote: > Hello all > > I'm new to mutt / Debian mailing list > > What im trying to do is in gmail.com i have many sub folders .. Every Folder > / label is whatever mailing list i have subscribed to debian > > (eg. Debian_User = debian-user@

Re: mutt in gnome-terminal goes gray!

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:18:46AM -0400, Eric d'Halibut wrote: > I have a gnome-terminal profile configured with a black background. > However, running mutt in it changes the background to gray, a much > lower contrast situation. In all the other terminals I have tried > (xterm, rxvt, urxvt), blac

Re: Mailing list organization

Thanks for the reply So yes .. im using gmail and its an imap account Since you are saying i need to organize it myself does that mean i have to use the programs you said below ? 1. Porocmail 2. Mailfilter program 3. mapfilter and sieve .. Do you have actual suggestions or do you have a link

Re: Mailing list organization

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:19:05AM -0700, Josef Bailey wrote: > Thanks for the reply > > So yes .. im using gmail and its an imap account You can use mutt as an IMAP client, in which case you need a constant connection to gmail, but gmail does the filtering. If that's the case, you just need to

Re: Mailing list organization

Thanks Dsr Do you have any guides ? What im hearing you say is that yes gmail can create and do its own filtering ie.. i have folders from gmail (e.g Debian_User Debian_kernel) What your saying is that i download the mail from gmail .. once downloaded i add the mail to the folders or filter it

Re: mutt in gnome-terminal goes gray!

Eric d'Halibut wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > This behavior is why this is happening with both mutt and mc. Try > > less. Is it happening with less too? I think it should be. > > Thank you for your encyclopedic response -- way above the call of duty! > > I will try to get your suggested experi

Mutt / addressbook

Hello I'm trying to use the abook app to add an anddressbook into mut (If im correct it uses alias) Here is what i have done so far wajing install abook (wajing, apt-get, aptitude) = same thing Edit your ~/.muttrc file to include a macro for abook set alias_file=~/.mutt-alias source ~/.mutt

Re: mutt in gnome-terminal goes gray!

On 9/19/13, Bob Proulx wrote: > This behavior is why this is happening with both mutt and mc. Try > less. Is it happening with less too? I think it should be. Thank you for your encyclopedic response -- way above the call of duty! I will try to get your suggested experiments. I'm sorry but

Re: Sound problems on Wheezy upgrade

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 02:36:11PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > I am still struggling with this. I have come to the conclusion that the only > way that I personally am going to succeed with this is to edit a > configuration file, but I cannot find what to edit to. I have found advice > on editin

Enabling power management on Debian

> Hi Josef, > p4-clockmod seems to be a hack that shouldn't be needed on Core i5 devic$ > Please try https://wiki.debian.org/HowTo/CpuFrequencyScaling > The debian-kernel is a development lists, debian-user is more appropriat$ > Steve Hello Steve Thanks for the reply I've already tried https

does wheezy's default kernel support wireless mouse?

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Re: Enabling power management on Debian

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 01:54:31PM -0700, Josef Bailey wrote: > I've already tried https://wiki.debian.org/HowTo/CpuFrequencyScaling and that > is where my problem is i can't figure out the correct driver for p4-clockmod > > I Know you said ondemand was default i would like conservitate > > Any

Re: mutt in gnome-terminal goes gray!

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:18:46AM -0400, Eric d'Halibut wrote: > I have a gnome-terminal profile configured with a black background. > However, running mutt in it changes the background to gray, a much > lower contrast situation. In all the other terminals I have tried > (xterm, rxvt, urxvt), blac

Re: mutt in gnome-terminal goes gray!

Eric d'Halibut wrote: > I have a gnome-terminal profile configured with a black background. > However, running mutt in it changes the background to gray, a much > lower contrast situation. In all the other terminals I have tried > (xterm, rxvt, urxvt), black stays black in mutt. (This > background-

Re: Problem Installation of Debian 7.1

Hello Mika, You are choosing the wrong installer. Please use this: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.1.0/amd64/iso-cd/ Kind regards, 2013/9/19 Mika Mika : > > > Good Morning > > I have problem of installation about debian 7.1. I have computer intel 64 > bit. When I born your iso ia64 which

Re: What is location for building/ installing system-wide software?

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 10:16:04AM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > But, this implies working as root. I prefer building in my home > directory as a normal user, and finishing with "sudo make install", > "sudo vi /etc/", etc.. > > > Does anybody have any compelling arguments for building as roo

Re: does wheezy's default kernel support wireless mouse?

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 05:55:02PM -0400, Long Wind wrote: > Or do I have to install 3rd party modules? Logitech m185 was plug and go for me. Stock Debian Wheezy, XFCE4, on an older HP Pavilion AMD Athalon 64. $ uname -a Linux mymach 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.46-1+deb7u1 x86_64 GNU/Linux C

Re: What is location for building/ installing system-wide software?

Gregory Nowak wrote: > David Christensen wrote: > > But, this implies working as root. I prefer building in my home > > directory as a normal user, and finishing with "sudo make install", > > "sudo vi /etc/", etc.. > > > > Does anybody have any compelling arguments for building as root > > under

Re: What is location for building/ installing system-wide software?

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 08:32:36PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Why? Seriously, it isn't needed. Just group 'staff'. I'll admit I didn't take the time to look into the rather extensive /etc/group in debian. Thanks for that, and your other info on groups. Given the wealth of packages in debian, I c

Re: What is location for building/ installing system-wide software?

On Thu, 2013-09-19 at 20:32 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Gregory Nowak wrote: > > David Christensen wrote: > > > But, this implies working as root. I prefer building in my home > > > directory as a normal user, and finishing with "sudo make install", > > > "sudo vi /etc/", etc.. > > > > > > Does an

Re: Mutt / addressbook

* On Thu Sep 19, 2013 at 12:03:25PM -0700 22335 , Josef Bailey (jcbjoe2...@gmail.com) wrote: [snip] > Once i run mutt i get an error > > Error in /home/jcbjoe/.muttrc, line 87: macro: unknown variable > source: errors in /home/jcbjoe/.muttrc > > sed -n -87p .muttrc shows me this > > set query_

Re: swapper tainted

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:51:35AM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > Just before the error is the complaint > > irq event 55: bogus return value ff94 > > What device have you got on IRQ 55? (Try "grep 55: /proc/interrupts" to grep 55: /proc/interrupts 55: 1 0 0

Re: What is location for building/ installing system-wide software?

On 09/19/13 19:32, Bob Proulx wrote: Instead of the above add yourself to the 'staff' group. (While there you might as well add yourself to the 'adm' group too. Then you can view the /var/log/* files as yourself too. Unrelated to the current question but useful.) # adduser youruserid staff

Re: mutt in gnome-terminal goes gray! SOLVED!

On 9/19/13, Bob Proulx wrote: > And if it doesn't help you then it still might help someone else so > the investment is often useful multiple times. The rule is see one, > do one, teach one. If you want to pay it back then help someone else > out in the future. *Rather* well said. Another way

Re: does wheezy's default kernel support wireless mouse?

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 05:55:02PM -0400, Long Wind wrote: > Or do I have to install 3rd party modules? Re your subject line: yes. No 3rd party modules required. -- Bob Holtzman Your mail is being read by tight lipped NSA agents who fail to see humor in Doctor Strangelove Key ID 8D549279 s

Re: swapper tainted

lspci -vv 2013/9/20 Jim Green > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:51:35AM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > > Just before the error is the complaint > > > > irq event 55: bogus return value ff94 > > > > What device have you got on IRQ 55? (Try "grep 55: /proc/interrupts" to > > grep 55: /proc/interru