Re: Problem with Spamassassin since upgrade (permissions)

2014-05-29 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 4:20 PM, Oliver Zemann wrote: > When i run the command as user amavis i get the same, old, error message: > $ test -e /usr/sbin/amavisd-new-cronjob && > /usr/sbin/amavisd-new-cronjob sa-sync > config: path "/var/lib/spamassassin/3.003002" is inaccessible: > Permission deni

Re: Problem with Spamassassin since upgrade (permissions)

2014-05-29 Thread Tom Furie
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 08:20:21AM +0200, Oliver Zemann wrote: > I changed my permissions with chown -R debian-spamd:debian-spamd > /var/lib... so this should be fixed, thanks. Along with ownership, did you also change the permissions on /var/lib/spamassassin? Cheers, Tom -- Different all twis

How can I benchmark my brand new usb 3.0 WD My Passport hdd

2014-05-29 Thread Anubhav Yadav
I have purchased a WD my passport 2.5 inch external portable usb 3.0 hdd. I wanted to benchmark the drive after connecting it to my usb 3.0 port. I did the following two test already. sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sdc /dev/sdc: Timing cached reads: 10856 MB in 2.00 seconds = 5431.12 MB/sec Timing b

Re: Gnome 3 password-protected screensaver / Jessie

2014-05-29 Thread D.E. Bil
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 06:31:52PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > Does such a thing exist and how can I activate it if it does? Install "suckless-tools" and check out "slock". -- debil :wq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Spark chat client no message indication for new message.

2014-05-29 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
I am using Debian 7 with Classic desktop,I have installed spark chat client for destkop support but when any user send me a message it does not indicate the new message arrival,eventually message remain unread, can i do something to resolve this issue Thanks, MYK

Re: Problem with Spamassassin since upgrade (permissions)

2014-05-29 Thread Oliver Zemann
Thanks, that was the problem. I added the user amavis to the group debian-spamd (usermod -a -G debian-spamd amavis) and now it works, no annoying mails anymore :) Thanks!! Am 29.05.2014 10:49, schrieb Chris Angelico: > On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 4:20 PM, Oliver Zemann > wrote: >> When i run the co

Re: Gnome 3 password-protected screensaver / Jessie

2014-05-29 Thread David Dušanić
29.05.2014, 05:24, "Gary Dale" : ...but there is no provision for a password. Just begin to type your password and you will see a prompt to log in. -- David Dusanic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@

What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread Horatio Leragon
During installation of Debian 7.5, one is prompted to install either linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64 or linux-image-amd64 There is no context-sensitive help menu on that page. Could someone tell me what the differences between those two are and which is the better of the two?

Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread Darac Marjal
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 04:49:59AM -0700, Horatio Leragon wrote: >During installation of Debian 7.5, one is prompted to install either >linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64 >or >linux-image-amd64 >There is no context-sensitive help menu on that page. >Could someone tell me what the dif

Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
"dep: linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64" - https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/linux-image-amd64 linux-image-amd64 is a meta-package, that installs linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64. If you install the meta-package, I guess an update of the meta-package will replace linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64, if there should be a

svn broken after squeeze->wheezy upgrade?

2014-05-29 Thread Richard Hector
Hi all, I've just upgraded a machine (which I've just 'inherited') from squeeze to wheezy, and svn users are getting SSL errors like this: 8<--- [Users-Mac-Pro] user% svn up Updating '.': svn: E175002: Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'https://user@firewall:8443/sv

Re: Problem with Spamassassin since upgrade (permissions)

2014-05-29 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, 28 May 2014, Bob Proulx wrote: > Probably no one is running amavis-new plus spamassassin plus getting > that message. I am not. The recommended way to plug spamassassin into amavisd-new is to NOT use spamd. amavisd-new integrates a lot better over the perl module API to spamassassin (it

Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/29/2014 07:49 AM, Horatio Leragon wrote: > During installation of Debian 7.5, one is prompted to install either > > linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64 > > or > > linux-image-amd64 > > There is no context-sensitive help menu on that page. > > Could

Re: Cloning hdds of different sizes

2014-05-29 Thread Marko Randjelovic
On Tue, 27 May 2014 21:15:45 -0700 Patrick Bartek wrote: > 8. Create a new grub.cfg: Use grub-mkconfig. > > 9. Install to MBR of the 300GB drive: Use install-grub. I use LILO, but make sure you install GRUB on your new (300GB) drive, use fdisk -l /dev/sd[a-z] to find what is what. -- http://

Re: Gnome 3 password-protected screensaver / Jessie

2014-05-29 Thread Gary Dale
On 29/05/14 07:14 AM, David Dušanić wrote: 29.05.2014, 05:24, "Gary Dale" : ...but there is no provision for a password. Just begin to type your password and you will see a prompt to log in. No I don't. If I touch the keyboard or mouse when the screen blanker or power-suspend is in effect, t

Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: Darac Marjal To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 8:02 PM Subject: Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64? > "linux-image-amd64" is a metapackage which always depends on the latest

Re: How can I benchmark my brand new usb 3.0 WD My Passport hdd

2014-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 29 mai 14, 16:06:26, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > > Are there any better ways to find out about the read-write speeds of my disk? It's not exactly obvious what you're trying to achieve. You already bought the drive. Do you intend to return it if the tested speeds are not to your liking? Or ma

Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: The Wanderer To: Debian-user List Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 8:51 PM Subject: Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64? > linux-image-amd64 depends on whatever the latest-in-Debian AMD64 version of > the Li

Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 29 mai 14, 13:02:57, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 04:49:59AM -0700, Horatio Leragon wrote: > >During installation of Debian 7.5, one is prompted to install either > >linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64 > >or > >linux-image-amd64 > >There is no context-sensitive hel

Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 29 mai 14, 07:17:24, Horatio Leragon wrote: > > How likely, do you think, is Debian to release version 3.3? Quite unlikely, but linux-image-3.2.0.5-amd64 could happen. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers

Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/29/2014 10:17 AM, Horatio Leragon wrote: [that on 2014-05-29 at 20:51, The Wanderer wrote:] >> linux-image-amd64 depends on whatever the latest-in-Debian AMD64 >> version of the Linux kernel is. If you install this package from >> Debian stab

Re: Error message: Possible missing firmware during linux-image upgrade

2014-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 27 mai 14, 18:33:45, Reco wrote: > On Tue, 27 May 2014 10:06:07 +0300 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > lscpi, dmidecode, hwinfo. > > > > typo: that should be 'lspci' > > My mistake. > > > > First one comes out of the box in Debian. > > > > For usual values of "out of the box" (i.e. it's

Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: Andrei POPESCU To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 10:27 PM Subject: Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64? >> "linux-image-amd64" is a metapackage which always depends on the lates

Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: Andrei POPESCU To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 10:29 PM Subject: Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64? > Quite unlikely, but linux-image-3.2.0.5-amd64 could happen. OMG, 3.

How does one restore the original stable linux-image after it has been removed and purged?

2014-05-29 Thread Horatio Leragon
I am using Debian 7.5 with linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64 (let us call it the original stable linux-image) Suppose the following scenario takes place: 1. I upgrade the linux-image to 3.14-0.bpo.1-amd64 2. I remove the original stable linux-image using the following command which I found after googl

Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/29/2014 10:55 AM, Horatio Leragon wrote: [that on 2014-05-29 at 22:29, Andrei POPESCU wrote:] >> Quite unlikely, but linux-image-3.2.0.5-amd64 could happen. > > OMG, 3.2.0.5 is considered an upgrade over 3.2.0.4? > > I was under the impress

Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/29/2014 10:53 AM, Horatio Leragon wrote: [that on 2014-05-29 at 22:29, Andrei POPESCU wrote:] >>> "linux-image-amd64" is a metapackage which always depends on the >>> latest amd64 linux kernel. > >> ... for the given release (e.g. stable, b

Re: How can I benchmark my brand new usb 3.0 WD My Passport hdd

2014-05-29 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> It's not exactly obvious what you're trying to achieve. You already > bought the drive. Do you intend to return it if the tested speeds are > not to your liking? > > Or maybe you just want to know what speeds to expect when doing > real-life transfers? Then the best test is to actually time those

Re: How does one restore the original stable linux-image after it has been removed and purged?

2014-05-29 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/29/2014 11:02 AM, Horatio Leragon wrote: > I am using Debian 7.5 with linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64 (let us call it > the original stable linux-image) > > > Suppose the following scenario takes place: > > 1. I upgrade the linux-image to 3.14-0.

Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 29 May 2014 16:07:04 The Wanderer wrote: > The official Debian repositories are each named after a Debian release > (by codename, not by number). Not only by release name, but also by generic name. Hence the repositories for Wheezy are either Wheezy or Stable, but never 7.x. Lisi

Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 29 mai 14, 07:55:50, Horatio Leragon wrote: > > > Quite unlikely, but linux-image-3.2.0.5-amd64 could happen. > > OMG, 3.2.0.5 is considered an upgrade over 3.2.0.4? Not quite an upgrade, but a significant (usually security) change. Significant enough to force an ABI break. That is, if

Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: The Wanderer To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 11:07 PM Subject: Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64? Thanks, Wanderer, for your detailed explanation :)

Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: The Wanderer To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 11:07 PM Subject: Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64? > It is. 3.2.0-5 would be a very small upgrade over 3.2.0-4, and 3.3 w

Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread Tom H
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 8:51 AM, The Wanderer wrote: > On 05/29/2014 07:49 AM, Horatio Leragon wrote: >> >> During installation of Debian 7.5, one is prompted to install either >> >> linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64 >> or >> linux-image-amd64 >> >> There is no context-sensitive help menu on that page. >>

Re: How does one restore the original stable linux-image after it has been removed and purged?

2014-05-29 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: The Wanderer To: Debian-user List Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 11:19 PM Subject: Re: How does one restore the original stable linux-image after it has been removed and purged? > Although this should work, it's unnecessarily complicated if all you want

Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

2014-05-29 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: Andrei POPESCU To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 11:47 PM Subject: Re: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64? > I'd suggest you don't try upgrading to another release until you have

Re: Cloning hdds of different sizes

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 28 May 2014 21:34:12 +0100 Philip Ashmore wrote: > On 28/05/14 21:02, Steve Litt wrote: > > If you want to expand a partition to include the unallocated space, > > I think you have to use whatever partition butts up against the > > unallocated space to make bigger. If there's a tool to e

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 28 May 2014 14:24:32 -0700 tom arnall wrote: > debian over ubuntu hands down for speed and for efficient resources > utilization. it's a harder install, but for me well worth the extra > work. Also, Debian is more configurable with Vim, doesn't require you to install a GUI, and has less

Re: OT: repeatable dpkg-buildpackage

2014-05-29 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 26 May 2014, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > I build kernel packages without fakeroot, since I'm running my scripts > as root. There's no reason to ever build any packages as root. It's not necessary, and can lead to overwriting files that you want if there are bugs in the build scripts. > I read s

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > When I have an extremely RAM starved computer, I put Debian on it every > time. CLI Network install works with almost no RAM, and granular > choices of things to install guarantees I'll have a small system. How RAM-starved can you put Debian on

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 28 May 2014 20:15:32 -0400 Tony Baldwin wrote: > Any distro you strip down to basics will be faster. > It depends on what you run on it. > I have Debian with openbox, no DE, and it flies at warp speed > (esp. on my desktop, 4x2.8ghz with 16gb ram), but also on an old Dell > d420 laptop I

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 29 May 2014 06:27:50 +0200 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2014-05-28 at 20:15 -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > > jwm, openbox, wmii, tritium, etc., are window managers that might > > reduce your load. > > Correct, however, it doesn't matter if you run JWM or KDE4, when just > using a browser,

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 29 May 2014 19:04:13 +0200, Steve Litt wrote: Tony, do you know of any documentation or other evidence of how Openbox, Xfce, LXDE, IceWM, and fvwm2 stack up against each other as far as "lightness"? What's your definition of lightness? WM/DE Memory (MB): https://l3net.files.wordpress

Re: Gnome 3 password-protected screensaver / Jessie

2014-05-29 Thread Gary Dale
On 29/05/14 06:47 AM, D.E. Bil wrote: On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 06:31:52PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: Does such a thing exist and how can I activate it if it does? Install "suckless-tools" and check out "slock". Thanks. With xautolock it works. I added it to the gnome session startup which should

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 30 May 2014 03:00:21 +1000 Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Steve Litt > wrote: > > When I have an extremely RAM starved computer, I put Debian on it > > every time. CLI Network install works with almost no RAM, and > > granular choices of things to install guaran

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 3:36 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > On Fri, 30 May 2014 03:00:21 +1000 > Chris Angelico wrote: > >> On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Steve Litt >> wrote: >> > When I have an extremely RAM starved computer, I put Debian on it >> > every time. CLI Network install works with almost

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 29 May 2014 19:32:01 +0200 "Ralf Mardorf" wrote: > On Thu, 29 May 2014 19:04:13 +0200, Steve Litt > wrote: > > Tony, do you know of any documentation or other evidence of how > > Openbox, Xfce, LXDE, IceWM, and fvwm2 stack up against each other as > > far as "lightness"? > > What's your

Pluma load errors

2014-05-29 Thread Frank McCormick
I am running MATE on Debian Sid...and noticed today it's not loading a bunch of plugins saying there is something wrong with my Python installation. It does not say exactly what version of Python it's having trouble with. frank@frank-debian:~$ pluma ImportError: could not import gtksourceview

Re: Cloning hdds of different sizes

2014-05-29 Thread Catalin Soare
On May 29, 2014 7:50 PM, "Steve Litt" wrote: > > On Wed, 28 May 2014 21:34:12 +0100 > Philip Ashmore wrote: > > > On 28/05/14 21:02, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > If you want to expand a partition to include the unallocated space, > > > I think you have to use whatever partition butts up against the

Re: Pluma load errors

2014-05-29 Thread Frank McCormick
On 29/05/14 02:54 PM, Frank McCormick wrote: I am running MATE on Debian Sid...and noticed today it's not loading a bunch of plugins saying there is something wrong with my Python installation. It does not say exactly what version of Python it's having trouble with. frank@frank-debian:~$ pluma

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-29 Thread Wim Bertels
On Wed, 2014-05-28 at 15:22 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 28 mai 14, 21:57:32, Chris Angelico wrote: > > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:36 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > > > Stephen Allen said that Shotwell can do both, and Joe Zien said that > > > Gwenview can as well. You might look at one of tho

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-29 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 5:13 AM, Wim Bertels wrote: > $ vlc some_dir_with_pictures > > doesnt work here: > version:: VLC media player 2.0.8 Twoflower I gave it /* at the end to have the shell expand the playlist, although that's partly because I often want to be more specific (and/or exclude subd

How to find dirs with single item

2014-05-29 Thread Dennis Wicks
Can't quite figure out how to do this. I'd like to be able to scan a Volume or directory and find all directories that have only one item in them. Either directory or file. Any ideas?? TIA! Dennis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: Cloning hdds of different sizes

2014-05-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2014-05-29 at 22:05 +0300, Catalin Soare wrote: > dd was running like so: dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sda. #!/bin/sh dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sda echo "dd exit status: $?" >> dd.log exit Assumed the exit status isn't 0, there was an error. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists

Re: media 'slideshow': movies + pictures

2014-05-29 Thread Stephen Allen
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 09:13:58PM +0200, Wim Bertels wrote: > > On Wed, 2014-05-28 at 15:22 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Mi, 28 mai 14, 21:57:32, Chris Angelico wrote: > > > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:36 PM, The Wanderer > > > wrote: > > > > Stephen Allen said that Shotwell can do both, a

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 29 mai 14, 13:04:13, Steve Litt wrote: > LXDE has an (all other things being equal) slow mouse that's > disturbing, Mouse speed can be adjusted. > and a recent encounter tells me LXDE isn't as lightweight as everyone > thinks. If there's a lighter weight DE I'd like to know. Kind regar

Re: Cloning hdds of different sizes

2014-05-29 Thread Catalin Soare
On May 29, 2014 10:50 PM, "Ralf Mardorf" wrote: > > On Thu, 2014-05-29 at 22:05 +0300, Catalin Soare wrote: > > dd was running like so: dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sda. > > #!/bin/sh > dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sda > echo "dd exit status: $?" >> dd.log > exit > > Assumed the exit status isn't 0, there was

Re: Gnome 3 password-protected screensaver / Jessie

2014-05-29 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 29.05.2014 15:30, schrieb Gary Dale: > In may case, I have a working screen saver when using the KDE desktop > but not when using Gnome 3. Checking with Synaptic, I have screen saver > packages installed but they don't appear to functioning when using Gnome 3. Are you using gdm3 as display man

Re: squashfs(: mountable tar.gz) sort option

2014-05-29 Thread Linux-Fan
On 05/28/2014 01:23 PM, Wim Bertels wrote: > Hallo, > > u can think of squasfs as a mountable tar.gz (more info on the website > below) > > has anyone got experience with the sort option in mksquashfs? > > on http://squashfs.sourceforge.net/ > in the presentation the sort option is way to optimi

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 30 mai 14, 03:00:21, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > When I have an extremely RAM starved computer, I put Debian on it every > > time. CLI Network install works with almost no RAM, and granular > > choices of things to install guarantees I'll h

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Gour
Andrei POPESCU writes: > If there's a lighter weight DE I'd like to know. http://i3wm.org/ Sincerely, Gour -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/8

Re: How does one restore the original stable linux-image after it has been removed and purged?

2014-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 29 mai 14, 09:12:14, Horatio Leragon wrote: > > You're right. The command that I copied from a Google search removes > ALL kernel packages except the most current one. I don't think this is a good idea, especially when your using non-stable kernels. Even on stable there was recently a re

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2014-05-29 at 22:26 +0200, Gour wrote: > Andrei POPESCU writes: > > > If there's a lighter weight DE I'd like to know. > > http://i3wm.org/ A tiling WM isn't a DE. Regarding to this https://l3net.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/cmp-all4.png comparing MB, JWM is as lightweight as i3, but th

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Joe
On Fri, 30 May 2014 03:00:21 +1000 Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Steve Litt > wrote: > > When I have an extremely RAM starved computer, I put Debian on it > > every time. CLI Network install works with almost no RAM, and > > granular choices of things to install guaran

Re: about heirloom mailx

2014-05-29 Thread Bob Proulx
Richard Hector wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > This is what I see: > > > > rwp@havoc:~$ echo test test test | mailx -s "heirloom-mailx test" > > b...@proulx.com > > rwp@havoc:~$ > > You're not using the -v option, which tells the MTA to be verbose. > Exim then spits out the SMTP session, while po

Re: How to find dirs with single item

2014-05-29 Thread Reco
Hi. On Thu, 29 May 2014 14:31:03 -0500 Dennis Wicks wrote: > Can't quite figure out how to do this. > > I'd like to be able to scan a Volume or directory and find > all directories that have only one item in them. Either > directory or file. Try this (yep, links should be 3, not 1): find

Re: poor wifi connection

2014-05-29 Thread Doug
On 05/28/2014 08:43 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Mathieu Malaterre wrote: [CC me please] For me please follow-up to the mailing list only and I will read it there. I am trying to diagnose why my wifi connection is so bad from my current laptop. If I reboot into windows 7 (default OS when shipped) e

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Gour
Ralf Mardorf writes: > A tiling WM isn't a DE. Can you tell me what is missing? It has status bar, systray, launcher, workspaces...ability to launch specific app in a specific workspace. There is upcoming feature to save one's layout. Sincerely, Gour -- When your intelligence has passed out

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2014-05-29 at 23:07 +0200, Gour wrote: > Ralf Mardorf writes: > > > A tiling WM isn't a DE. > > Can you tell me what is missing? > > It has status bar, systray, launcher, workspaces...ability to launch > specific app in a specific workspace. There is upcoming feature to save > one's lay

Re: How does one restore the original stable linux-image after it has been removed and purged?

2014-05-29 Thread Bob Proulx
Horatio Leragon wrote: > The Wanderer wrote: > > First, check to see whether the old version is still available > > through your configured repositories: > > > $ apt-get update > > $ apt-cache policy linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 > ... > > If that is the case, then you should be able to reinstall the

Re: How to find dirs with single item

2014-05-29 Thread Bob Proulx
Dennis Wicks wrote: > I'd like to be able to scan a Volume or directory and find all directories > that have only one item in them. Either directory or file. What is a "Volume"? I immediately think of an LVM volume group. But that isn't exposed as a file system. Technically speaking a directory

Re: How to find dirs with single item

2014-05-29 Thread Bob Proulx
Reco wrote: > Dennis Wicks wrote: > > I'd like to be able to scan a Volume or directory and find > > all directories that have only one item in them. Either > > directory or file. > > Try this (yep, links should be 3, not 1): > > find -type d -links 3 Good try. That will almost work. Using

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 03:00:21AM +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > When I have an extremely RAM starved computer, I put Debian on it every > > time. CLI Network install works with almost no RAM, and granular > > choices of things to install gua

Re: Re: How to find dirs with single item

2014-05-29 Thread Clive Standbridge
> Hi. > > On Thu, 29 May 2014 14:31:03 -0500 > Dennis Wicks wrote: > > > Can't quite figure out how to do this. > > > > I'd like to be able to scan a Volume or directory and find > > all directories that have only one item in them. Either > > directory or file. > > Try this (yep, links shou

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:26:56PM +0200, Gour wrote: > Andrei POPESCU writes: > > > If there's a lighter weight DE I'd like to know. > > http://i3wm.org/ Looks kind of like ion3, which I LOVED and used until Tuomo went to the darkside. Ion3 was pure genius, IMHO. We have Tritium http://tritium

Re: How to find dirs with single item

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 29 May 2014 14:31:03 -0500 Dennis Wicks wrote: > Can't quite figure out how to do this. > > I'd like to be able to scan a Volume or directory and find > all directories that have only one item in them. Either > directory or file. > > Any ideas?? > > TIA! > Dennis If you're willing t

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 29 May 2014 23:02:06 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 29 mai 14, 13:04:13, Steve Litt wrote: > > LXDE has an (all other things being equal) slow mouse that's > > disturbing, > > Mouse speed can be adjusted. How? Remember, I'm talking speed, not acceleration. When you up the acceler

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 29 May 2014 23:27:12 +0300 Andrei POPESCU sent: > I've just recently replaced Windows XP on a 512 MB RAM laptop with > stable (default LXDE install, minimal adjustments). The owner was > very pleased with the feel of the new system and I can attest it felt > usable to me as well. Youtube

Re: How to find dirs with single item

2014-05-29 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thu, 29 May 2014 14:31:03 -0500 > Dennis Wicks wrote: > >> Can't quite figure out how to do this. >> >> I'd like to be able to scan a Volume or directory and find >> all directories that have only one item in them. Either >> directory or fil

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread David
On 30 May 2014 08:36, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thu, 29 May 2014 23:02:06 +0300 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >> On Jo, 29 mai 14, 13:04:13, Steve Litt wrote: >> > LXDE has an (all other things being equal) slow mouse that's >> > disturbing, >> >> Mouse speed can be adjusted. > > How? Remember, I'm talk

Re: How does one restore the original stable linux-image after it has been removed and purged?

2014-05-29 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: Andrei POPESCU To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 4:37 AM Subject: Re: How does one restore the original stable linux-image after it has been removed and purged? > I don't think this is a good idea, especially when your using n

Re: How does one restore the original stable linux-image after it has been removed and purged?

2014-05-29 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: Bob Proulx To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 5:36 AM Subject: Re: How does one restore the original stable linux-image after it has been removed and purged? > Therefore after the above it would be good to isntall the matching

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 01:04:13PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > By the way, no matter what DE/WM I'm using, I *always* install Xfce > just to get xfburn, xfce4-appfinder, and a few other priceless apps. I I find that mp3burn and wodim cater for all my 'burning' desires. :) DE, WM, X, not required.

Re: about heirloom mailx

2014-05-29 Thread Richard Hector
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 30/05/14 08:48, Bob Proulx wrote: > As to why your command prompt isn't being emitted after the task > is done that seems very strange to me. Definitely not normal. As > you can see from my examples it works fine for me. Please let us > know what

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Gour
Ralf Mardorf writes: > If so, then still resizing and moving windows by the mouse is missing, This is also possible... > assumed even this isn't missing, then it's not a tiling WM anymore. ...but not to the extent that tiling does not work. Moreover, every Tiling WM I was using so far had the

Re: svn broken after squeeze->wheezy upgrade?

2014-05-29 Thread Richard Hector
On 30/05/14 00:30, Richard Hector wrote: > Hi all, > > I've just upgraded a machine (which I've just 'inherited') from squeeze > to wheezy, and svn users are getting SSL errors like this: Fixed - by someone else. Apparently it was related to apache not knowing the correct hostname of the box, or

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 29 mai 14, 22:39:24, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2014-05-29 at 22:26 +0200, Gour wrote: > > Andrei POPESCU writes: > > > > > If there's a lighter weight DE I'd like to know. > > > > http://i3wm.org/ > > A tiling WM isn't a DE. I'd say that a WM (whether tilling or not) is not a DE. K

Re: How to find dirs with single item

2014-05-29 Thread Marko Randjelovic
On Thu, 29 May 2014 22:43:29 +0100 Clive Standbridge wrote: > find temp |sed 's|[^/]*$||' |sort |uniq -u This doesn't work on this directory. $ find cenovnici |sed 's|[^/]*$||' |sort |uniq -u cenovnici/comtel_2011-12-20/Aktivna mre� cenovnici/comtel_2011-12-20/Brand ra cenovnici/comtel_2011-12

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 29 mai 14, 23:07:40, Gour wrote: > Ralf Mardorf writes: > > > A tiling WM isn't a DE. > > Can you tell me what is missing? - file manager - text editor - image viewer - terminal emulator - etc. (just have a look through the dependencies of lxde and lxde-core) Basically a bunch of tools

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 29 mai 14, 18:36:09, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thu, 29 May 2014 23:02:06 +0300 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Jo, 29 mai 14, 13:04:13, Steve Litt wrote: > > > LXDE has an (all other things being equal) slow mouse that's > > > disturbing, > > > > Mouse speed can be adjusted. > > How? Reme

Re: How does one restore the original stable linux-image after it has been removed and purged?

2014-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 29 mai 14, 15:36:30, Bob Proulx wrote: > > > > > $ apt-get install linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 > > That will work. It will also cause linux-image-amd64 to be removed. Why should that happen? Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debi

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Fri, 30 May 2014, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Steve Litt > wrote: > > When I have an extremely RAM starved computer, I put Debian on it > > every time. CLI Network install works with almost no RAM, and > > granular choices of things to install guarantees I'll have

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 30 mai 14, 09:09:39, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > LXDE's component for input only has two sliders (translated from > Romanian): > 1. acceleration > 2. sensitivity ... and a check box for left handed use > I'd see it as a bug if > - the initial values for these are not taken from X settin