Re: default firewall

2014-08-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 25 aug 14, 14:22:53, Buchs, Kevin J. wrote: > The securing debian HowTo ( > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch-sec-services.en.html#s-firewall-setup > ), on my reading, suggests there is no default firewall setup on the base > system, unless a firewall script packag

Re: systemd upower polkit

2014-08-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 25 aug 14, 07:47:54, Rusi Mody wrote: > Two related questions > > aptitude tells me "upower and upower:i386 are recommended" > When I do > aptitude install upower upower:i386 Could you please tell us what your default and foreign architectures are? dpkg --print-architecture dpkg

Re: Domanda su systemd

2014-08-28 Thread Gian Uberto Lauri
Davide Prina writes: > On 27/08/2014 16:35, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > > > Posso dire una cosa? Il processo che gestisce l'avvio di un sistema > > che dipende da un file in /usr? > > forse perché systemd può essere usato come sostituto di init.d eseguito > come system o, altrimenti, come

Re: Domanda su systemd

2014-08-28 Thread Gian Uberto Lauri
Davide Prina writes: > On 27/08/2014 16:35, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > > > Posso dire una cosa? Il processo che gestisce l'avvio di un sistema > > che dipende da un file in /usr? > > http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken/ Freedesktop.org is broken. Ma da anni.

Re: Domanda su systemd

2014-08-28 Thread emmanuel segura
Ciao a tutti, Aggiungo qualcosa anchio, anche se penso che il mio contributo non sara molto utile, comunque leggendo il link che stato postato prima, nel quale si parla del fatto che si possono avere problemi, non usando la /usr su una partizione separata, posso chiaramente smentire, adesso in que

Re: [9fans] Announcing The Virtual Plan 9 Server Cookbook

2014-08-28 Thread Peter Hull
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 8:16 PM, David L. Craig wrote: > I really hope it is helpful to a lot of people as time > goes by. Hi David, This is going to be a tremendously useful resource! I've not read it all yet but: 1. Is there a reason for using Debian sid instead of current stable? 2. Would it be

Re: Domanda su systemd

2014-08-28 Thread Raffaele Morelli
Il giorno 28 agosto 2014 11:48, emmanuel segura ha scritto: > Ciao a tutti, > > ​ciao a tutti voi che... che state scrivendo sulla lista sbagliata!​ /r

Re: Domanda su systemd

2014-08-28 Thread Gian Uberto Lauri
emmanuel segura writes: > Ciao a tutti, > > Aggiungo qualcosa anchio, anche se penso che il mio contributo non > sara molto utile, comunque leggendo il link che stato postato prima, > nel quale si parla del fatto che si possono avere problemi, non usando > la /usr su una partizione separata,

Re: Default Python version on Jessie

2014-08-28 Thread Slavko
Ahoj, Dňa Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:47:19 +0100 Brian napísal: > On Wed 27 Aug 2014 at 19:37:41 +0200, Slavko wrote: > > > please which Python version have to be default on Jessie? Will be > > support for Python 2.7 dropped in it? > > > > I read this from systemd changelog (208-7): > > > > * Buil

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread Miles Fidelman
Lisi Reisz wrote: On Wednesday 27 August 2014 22:51:13 Steve Litt wrote: you shouldn't express your opinion! Of course you should express your opinion, but not over and over and over and over again ad nauseam and beyond. We all know your opinion. Please give it a rest. Lisi So let's see.

xserver-xorg-video-trident broken for cyberblade/XP

2014-08-28 Thread Beeblebrox
I have an old laptop with a Trident Cyberblade/XP video card. tridentfb has been broken for this model card for some time now. # service lightdm stop # modprobe tridentfb (from tty0) Screen goes black then shows stripes with light and dark areas. * I'm only able to get a gui environent by forcing

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread Bzzzz
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:26:30 -0400 Miles Fidelman wrote: > So let's see... Steve posts one message with a link in it, that at > least several people find relevant, useful, and interesting - and > immediately gets jumped on by umpteen people who complain about the > initial message, which, in turn

Re: xserver-xorg-video-trident broken for cyberblade/XP

2014-08-28 Thread Bzzzz
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 05:03:07 -0700 (PDT) Beeblebrox wrote: > # modprobe tridentfb (from tty0) > Screen goes black then shows stripes with light and dark areas. > > * I'm only able to get a gui environent by forcing vesa in xorg.conf > and not loading tridentfb. > * With vesa, screensaver locks-u

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread AW
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:27:09 +0200 B wrote: > this shift (schism?) It seems to me that the 'schism' is a figment of the imagination, as all major GNU/Linux distributions are actively porting, using, and integrating systemd. So, it's not so much a schism as a branch of non-conformists. Whil

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread Brian
On Thu 28 Aug 2014 at 07:26:30 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > >On Wednesday 27 August 2014 22:51:13 Steve Litt wrote: > >>you shouldn't express your opinion! > >Of course you should express your opinion, but not over and over and over and > >over again ad nauseam and beyond. W

Re: Default Python version on Jessie

2014-08-28 Thread Brian
On Thu 28 Aug 2014 at 13:23:29 +0200, Slavko wrote: > Dňa Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:47:19 +0100 Brian > napísal: > > > https://wiki.debian.org/Python/JessieRoadmap > > Thanks, but it is not clear for me. Nothing about default Python, only > 3.4 mentioned as default, but i understand it as the Pytho

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread Bzzzz
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:43:24 -0400 AW wrote: > It seems to me that the 'schism' is a figment of the imagination, as > all major GNU/Linux distributions are actively porting, using, and > integrating systemd. So, it's not so much a schism as a branch of > non-conformists. As a parallel, we could

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread AW
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:15:10 +0200 B wrote: > Treating sysV of "overly complex" against systemd is… quite intriguing > (to stay polite and avoid referring to brain and other things;) All of the above is opinion, not source code based, and has nothing at to do with anything other than -- I

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 8/28/14, AW wrote: > On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:27:09 +0200 > B wrote: > > > this shift (schism?) > > It seems to me that the 'schism' is a figment of the imagination, as all > major > GNU/Linux distributions are actively porting, using, and integrating > systemd. > So, it's not so much a sch

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread Bzzzz
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:32:51 -0400 AW wrote: > apt-get source sysvinit > > is all you need to type in order to compile your own init and run it on > whatever machine you wish... This is precisely the stumbling block: from what I read/know, sysV will only last until systemd is ready to invade al

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread AW
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:46:28 +0200 B wrote: > In other words: we won't have this choice very long. Yes... because I'm very sure that the official Debian repo is the only publicly available remote hosted location to find sysvinit source code... And, let's not forget that the sysvinit source

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 8/28/14, B wrote: > On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:43:24 -0400 > AW wrote: ... >> While there's nothing wrong with being a >> non-conformist, in regards to most of the complaints regarding systemd >> -- the argument does not appear to be about technical superiority, nor >> performance, nor FOSS,

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread Iain M Conochie
On 28/08/14 14:32, AW wrote: On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:15:10 +0200 B wrote: > Treating sysV of "overly complex" against systemd is… quite intriguing > (to stay polite and avoid referring to brain and other things;) All of the above is opinion, not source code based, and has nothing at to

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread Bzzzz
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:54:55 -0400 AW wrote: > Yes... because I'm very sure that the official Debian repo is the only > publicly available remote hosted location to find sysvinit source > code... And, let's not forget that the sysvinit source is massive and > so does not stand any chance of fitt

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread AW
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:02:02 +0200 B wrote: > As all I stand up for is _freedom_ (of any kind) and as what I hate most > is fundamentalism (of any kind), this thread is terminated for me. AKA. I don't want to take the time to either learn systemd or try my hand at writing excellent sysvin

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 8/28/14, AW wrote: > On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:46:28 +0200 > B wrote: > > > In other words: we won't have this choice very long. > > Yes... because I'm very sure that the official Debian repo is the only > publicly > available remote hosted location to find sysvinit source code... And, > le

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 28 August 2014 14:59:09 Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 8/28/14, B wrote: > > This is why I took the nsa example: there's no consultation, no care > > about people, and who knows what will happen after this stuff will > > be hegemonic??… > > My dictionary brings up demonic, and hegemon

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread AW
On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:12:22 +1000 Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Anyway... I suggest we all shake hands and make up ... systemd seems > to be a ... how shall I say it? A somewhat -touching- experience. Hear! Hear! Ignore the total ad-hominem. And *hug* And stop posting troll baiting nonsense about

Re: xserver-xorg-video-trident broken for cyberblade/XP

2014-08-28 Thread Beeblebrox
This problem exists since 4 previous generations of Ubuntu. I just recently switched it to Debian and get the same problem (not surprisingly). Switching to some other version on Debian is not going to help. Might the problem be acpi related? $ dmesg | grep acpi [0.197046] acpiphp: ACPI Hot Pl

Re: xserver-xorg-video-trident broken for cyberblade/XP

2014-08-28 Thread Bzzzz
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:03:55 -0700 (PDT) Beeblebrox wrote: > This problem exists since 4 previous generations of Ubuntu. I just > recently switched it to Debian and get the same problem (not > surprisingly). Switching to some other version on Debian is not going > to help. > > Might the problem

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread John Hasler
AW writes: > apt-get source sysvinit > is all you need to type in order to compile your own init and run it > on whatever machine you wish... That's no help if 3/4 of your applications plus key functions such as dbus require systemd or worse yet have been absorbed into it and then changed in inco

Re: xserver-xorg-video-trident broken for cyberblade/XP

2014-08-28 Thread Beeblebrox
>> Might the problem be acpi related? > May be, try some kernel switches about it. I placed on the linux line of grub.cfg acpi=force lapic=debug to no avail. Do you have any specific suggestions? -- FreeBSD_amd64_11-Current_RadeonKMS -- View this message in context: http://debian.2.n7.nab

Re: xserver-xorg-video-trident broken for cyberblade/XP

2014-08-28 Thread Bzzzz
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:54:50 -0700 (PDT) Beeblebrox wrote: > I placed on the linux line of grub.cfg > acpi=force lapic=debug > to no avail. Do you have any specific suggestions? Also try acpi=off (! may broke the boot) Here's a bootparams list: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-

Re: Troubles installing alongside Windows 8.1

2014-08-28 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Sarunas Burdulis < saru...@math.dartmouth.edu> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 08/27/2014 03:36 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > I have a laptop that came with Windows 8.1, that uses "secure boot" (EFI) > > and GPT partitions. > > > >

Re: Troubles installing alongside Windows 8.1

2014-08-28 Thread Ron Leach
On 28/08/2014 16:58, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: On reboot, it went unconditionally to Windows 8.1. No signs of GRUB. It seems I'm still missing something. I wonder what. Kevin, is it worth cross-checking that the boot/BIOS is set up like this: http://d-i.debian.org/manual/en.amd64/ch03s06.html#

Re: The Fine Art of Making a Bootable Drive; more

2014-08-28 Thread Martin G. McCormick
Stefan Monnier writes: > > One last step may be necessary : update the UUIDs in /etc/fstab and > > /boot/grub/grub.cfg, as you created new volumes with new UUIDs instead > > of cloning them. Or alternatively, change the UUIDs on the new disk with > > tune2fs, mkswap... to match the ones on the old

Re: systemd upower polkit

2014-08-28 Thread Rusi Mody
On Thursday, August 28, 2014 1:10:01 PM UTC+5:30, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 25 aug 14, 07:47:54, Rusi Mody wrote: > > Two related questions > > aptitude tells me "upower and upower:i386 are recommended" > > When I do > > aptitude install upower upower:i386 > Could you please tell us what your

Re: Default Python version on Jessie

2014-08-28 Thread Slavko
Ahoj, Dňa Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:15:00 +0100 Brian napísal: > On Thu 28 Aug 2014 at 13:23:29 +0200, Slavko wrote: > > > > "launchpad bug 1258089" should bring up something. > > > > Nice. AS Lissi point us, i need only tell thanks, then: > > > > Big thanks for systemd maintainers, that they are p

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread Erwan David
Le 28/08/2014 16:10, AW a écrit : > On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:02:02 +0200 > B wrote: > > > As all I stand up for is _freedom_ (of any kind) and as what I hate most > > is fundamentalism (of any kind), this thread is terminated for me. > > AKA. I don't want to take the time to either learn syst

Re: systemd upower polkit

2014-08-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 25 aug 14, 07:47:54, Rusi Mody wrote: > Question 1 > > Given that multiarch only means multiarch libraries and not other 'normal' > packages, this 'recommends' looks like a bug. Yes? Well, multiarch is still new and aptitude's dependency resolution might not cope with it. At this point (a

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread Brian
On Thu 28 Aug 2014 at 20:37:41 +0200, Erwan David wrote: > Le 28/08/2014 16:10, AW a écrit : > > On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:02:02 +0200 > > B wrote: > > > > > As all I stand up for is _freedom_ (of any kind) and as what I hate most > > > is fundamentalism (of any kind), this thread is terminate

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread lee
AW writes: > On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:02:02 +0200 > B wrote: > > > As all I stand up for is _freedom_ (of any kind) and as what I hate most > > is fundamentalism (of any kind), this thread is terminated for me. > > AKA. I don't want to take the time to either learn systemd or try my hand at

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread Erwan David
Le 28/08/2014 21:16, Brian a écrit : > On Thu 28 Aug 2014 at 20:37:41 +0200, Erwan David wrote: > >> Le 28/08/2014 16:10, AW a écrit : >>> On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:02:02 +0200 >>> B wrote: >>> >>> > As all I stand up for is _freedom_ (of any kind) and as what I hate most >>> > is fundamentalis

Re: Troubles installing alongside Windows 8.1

2014-08-28 Thread Ron Leach
On 28/08/2014 19:34, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: Windows can't be the culprit -- it did not get control between the grub-update and the reboot, and even the first reboot went right to Windows. So there's something that GRUB failed to do. That's a compelling remark. But, might it be that Secure Boo

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread AW
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 21:25:37 +0200 Erwan David wrote: > it is IMPOSSIBLE to keep a debian without systemd. $man systemd For compatibility with SysV, if systemd is called as init and a PID that is not 1, it will execute telinit and pass all command line arguments unmodified. That means ini

Re: Troubles installing alongside Windows 8.1

2014-08-28 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Ron Leach wrote: > On 28/08/2014 16:58, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> >> On reboot, it went unconditionally to Windows 8.1. No signs of GRUB. >> It seems I'm still missing something. I wonder what. >> >> > Kevin, is it worth cross-checking that the boot/BIOS is set

Re: Troubles installing alongside Windows 8.1

2014-08-28 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
Ooops. Ignore that trailing "did not work". It was offscreen as I edited. On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Ron Leach wrote: > >> On 28/08/2014 16:58, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> >>> >>> On reboot, it went unconditionally to Windows 8.1.

Re: Troubles installing alongside Windows 8.1

2014-08-28 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Ron Leach wrote: > On 28/08/2014 19:34, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> Windows can't be the culprit -- it did not get control between the >> grub-update and the reboot, and even the first reboot went right to >> Windows. So there's something that GRUB failed to do.

Re: Troubles installing alongside Windows 8.1

2014-08-28 Thread Joe
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:54:44 -0700 "Kevin O'Gorman" wrote: > > This was no help. Only one suggestion was new to me: disabling fast > startup in Windows. I did that but see no difference. > > > That may have been inspired by something I originally posted, but wouldn't be relevant here. The e

Re: Troubles installing alongside Windows 8.1

2014-08-28 Thread PaulNM
On 08/28/2014 04:45 PM, Joe wrote: > On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:54:44 -0700 > "Kevin O'Gorman" wrote: > > >>> This was no help. Only one suggestion was new to me: disabling fast >> startup in Windows. I did that but see no difference. >> >> >> > That may have been inspired by something I originall

Re: Increasing Debian's Adoptability [Was: Skipping releases on dist-upgrades]

2014-08-28 Thread songbird
Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: >songbird wrote: >> >> based upon my recent attempt to jump versions >> it's really much easier to back up your user data >> and then reinstall. ... >> if i'd had a more recent media download i >> would have stopped after about a half hour of >> attempts and just done th

Re: Troubles installing alongside Windows 8.1

2014-08-28 Thread Joe
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:58:50 -0400 PaulNM wrote: > On 08/28/2014 04:45 PM, Joe wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:54:44 -0700 > > "Kevin O'Gorman" wrote: > > > > > >>> This was no help. Only one suggestion was new to me: disabling > >>> fast > >> startup in Windows. I did that but see no diff

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread Brian
On Thu 28 Aug 2014 at 21:25:37 +0200, Erwan David wrote: > it is IMPOSSIBLE to keep a debian without systemd. I'll have to stop doing it then. Someone might explain to you what has been explained many times before; I cannot be bothered. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.deb

Re: Default Python version on Jessie

2014-08-28 Thread Brian
On Thu 28 Aug 2014 at 19:17:46 +0200, Slavko wrote: > Dňa Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:15:00 +0100 Brian > napísal: > > > On Thu 28 Aug 2014 at 13:23:29 +0200, Slavko wrote: > > > > > > "launchpad bug 1258089" should bring up something. > > > > > > Nice. AS Lissi point us, i need only tell thanks, then

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread Joel Rees
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 4:35 AM, AW wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 21:25:37 +0200 > Erwan David wrote: > > > it is IMPOSSIBLE to keep a debian without systemd. > > $man systemd > > > For compatibility with SysV, if systemd is called as init and a PID that is > not > 1, it will execute teli

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 05:51:13PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 14:39:56 +0100 > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > The OP and a few others are determined to have endless flame wars > > about systemd. The OP in particular has started endless "threads" on > > this subject. > > > > Since

Re: Default Python version on Jessie

2014-08-28 Thread Ric Moore
On 08/28/2014 07:23 AM, Slavko wrote: Ahoj, Dňa Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:47:19 +0100 Brian napísal: On Wed 27 Aug 2014 at 19:37:41 +0200, Slavko wrote: please which Python version have to be default on Jessie? Will be support for Python 2.7 dropped in it? I read this from systemd changelog (208

Re: Choose your side on the Linux divide

2014-08-28 Thread AW
On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 07:45:12 +0900 Joel Rees wrote: > Are you a sockpuppet arguing ironically? If so, which side do you > support? Microsoft? I guess you're not interested in the previous post about ad-hominem... and... Oh! You mean unix sockets... hahaha! that's funny. I'm on the FOSS side.

Re: Domanda su systemd

2014-08-28 Thread Doug
On 08/28/2014 06:49 AM, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: emmanuel segura writes: > Ciao a tutti, > > Aggiungo qualcosa anchio, anche se penso che il mio contributo non > sara molto utile, comunque leggendo il link che stato postato prima, > nel quale si parla del fatto che si possono avere pro

Re: shutdown hangs 4+ minutes at "Stopping enhanced syslogd: rsyslog."

2014-08-28 Thread Devrin Talen
David Christensen writes: > If I manually unmount Samba shared folders imported by this machine > prior to shutdown, shutdown proceeds without delay. So, the problem > appears to be related to the order in which things happen at shutdown > (?). > > Any ideas on how to troubleshoot and properly f

Re: [SOLVED] I hate network-manager (was /etc/rc.local and systemd)

2014-08-28 Thread Devrin Talen
Just wanted to chime in and say that this thread was very helpful to me. I had the same issue with a mysterious eth0 entry showing up in NetworkManager a minute or two every time after I woke up my laptop and ruining connectivity. Very glad to have that working now! -- Devrin Talen -- To UN

Re: Domanda su systemd

2014-08-28 Thread Gian Uberto Lauri
Sorry, address error. -- Gian Uberto Lauri Messaggio inviato da un tablet > On 29/ago/2014, at 02:06, Doug wrote: > > >> On 08/28/2014 06:49 AM, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: >> emmanuel segura writes: >> > Ciao a tutti, >> > >> > Aggiungo qualcosa anchio, anche se penso che il mio contributo non

Re: systemd upower polkit

2014-08-28 Thread Rusi Mody
On Friday, August 29, 2014 12:20:04 AM UTC+5:30, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 25 aug 14, 07:47:54, Rusi Mody wrote: > > Question 1 > > Given that multiarch only means multiarch libraries and not other 'normal' > > packages, this 'recommends' looks like a bug. Yes? > Well, multiarch is still new