Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-13 Thread Iain M Conochie
On 13/09/14 07:40, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 07:02:06PM +0100, Iain M Conochie wrote: Not at all. This is a basic preseed file I was using for wheezy installs. I am testing it again on a new VM - gimmie an hour or so and I will post the results The one you posted was exac

Fwd: Upgrade issue

2014-09-13 Thread Catalin Soare
Forwarding to the list, I believe Björn meant for it to go there. Anyone know what could have caused this? Or how to fix this? Björn, are there any programs that you might need that do not work with debian wheezy? Before any more troubleshooting goes into this I would recommend you backup the imp

Re: Re: Problems with lilypond-doc

2014-09-13 Thread Golden Chariot Charterers
Hi, Tried suggestions on apt-get purge lilypond-doc. The following happened thereafter : root@debian:/home/glenn# apt-get purge lilypond-doc + apt-get purge lilypond-doc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMO

Re: Problems with lilypond-doc

2014-09-13 Thread Curt
On 2014-09-13, Golden Chariot Charterers wrote: > > Tried suggestions on apt-get purge lilypond-doc. The following happened > thereafter : > > Do not know how to get rid of lilypond :-( > man dpkg says PACKAGE FLAGS reinst-required A package marked reinst-required is broken and requ

Re: Re: Problems with lilypond-doc

2014-09-13 Thread Brian
On Sat 13 Sep 2014 at 15:50:33 +, Golden Chariot Charterers wrote: > Hi, > > Tried suggestions on apt-get purge lilypond-doc. The following > happened thereafter : > > root@debian:/home/glenn# apt-get purge lilypond-doc > + apt-get purge lilypond-doc > Reading package lists... Done > Buildin

Re: Making keyboard remap changes permanent without reboot.

2014-09-13 Thread Brian
On Sat 13 Sep 2014 at 01:53:57 +0300, Alexandros Prekates wrote: > On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:59:30 +0200 > B wrote: > > > On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 17:48:50 +0300 > > Alexandros Prekates wrote: > > > > > You are right. With fvwm the new settings are active all time. > > > With the default xfce wind

how to reinstall bash

2014-09-13 Thread lina
By some mistake, I remove the /bin/bash Any suggestions? Thanks, -- 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/CAG9cJmk=uE0MU32A7a_rGKraH9eqVyjLBfnQ=nauifnp_c3..

Re: how to reinstall bash [Update]

2014-09-13 Thread Hans
Am Samstag, 13. September 2014, 17:39:04 schrieb lina: > By some mistake, I remove the /bin/bash > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, If my previos hints, do not work, start a livefile system (debian live or knoppix), get the binary from there, mount the partiion wherer /usr/bin resides and copy t

Re: how to reinstall bash

2014-09-13 Thread lina
Done by following the link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1618902 namely, 1] ln -sf /bin/sh /bin/bash 2] apt-get install --reinstall bash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: how to reinstall bash

2014-09-13 Thread Pascal Obry
Le samedi 13 septembre 2014 à 17:39 +0800, lina a écrit : > By some mistake, I remove the /bin/bash > > Any suggestions? In a console: $ sudo aptitude reinstall bash -- Pascal Obry / Magny Les Hameaux (78) The best way to travel is by means of imagination http://v2p.fr.eu.org http:

Re: how to reinstall bash

2014-09-13 Thread Hans
Am Samstag, 13. September 2014, 17:39:04 schrieb lina: > By some mistake, I remove the /bin/bash > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, Try first: apt-get --reinstall install bash if this does not work, try dpkg --force-overwrite -i /var/cache/apt/archive/bash.deb if this does not work, tr

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-13 Thread Erwan David
Le 12/09/2014 23:43, Brian a écrit : > On Fri 12 Sep 2014 at 22:10:28 +0200, Martin Vegter wrote: > >> I read somewhere that Jessie will still support the old SysVinit (even >> if it's not the default init). I intend to use Debian as long as I can >> avoid using systemd. > After installation you de

OpenCV 2.4.9 HIGHGUI ERROR: V4L2: Could not obtain specifics of capture window.

2014-09-13 Thread Andrés Durán
Hi, In first place sorry for my bad english. I am very new in OpenCV, I am trying to record a video stream from a "Hauppauge HS PVR" usb device (ID 2040:4903). I am using "Debian GNU/Linux jessie/sid" from testing branch. I was compiled OpenCV using this instructions: http://docs.opencv.org/do

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-13 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 13.09.2014 um 12:22 schrieb Erwan David: > Le 12/09/2014 23:43, Brian a écrit : >> On Fri 12 Sep 2014 at 22:10:28 +0200, Martin Vegter wrote: >> >>> I read somewhere that Jessie will still support the old SysVinit (even >>> if it's not the default init). I intend to use Debian as long as I can >

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-13 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 09/13/2014 at 07:42 AM, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 13.09.2014 um 12:22 schrieb Erwan David: > >> Le 12/09/2014 23:43, Brian a écrit : >>> After installation you definitely need to do: >>> >>> apt-get install sysvinit-core >>> >>> You may also

Re: need suggestion on Virtualization backup/DR site.

2014-09-13 Thread Rob Owens
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 08:33:39PM +0200, B wrote: > On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 22:57:57 +0500 > Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > > Thanks for the input i really appreciate that. but i have a confusion > > to clear. if i use direct rsync and rsync with Backuppc what is the > > difference? > > First,

Re: need suggestion on Virtualization backup/DR site.

2014-09-13 Thread Bzzzz
On Sat, 13 Sep 2014 08:53:55 -0400 Rob Owens wrote: > There's a handy web interface. > If the machine to be backed up isn't reachable, it tries again later (1 > hour by default). > You can configure blackout periods, so no backups will take place > during certain hours. > You can override the bla

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-13 Thread Brian
On Sat 13 Sep 2014 at 08:08:55 -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 09/13/2014 at 07:42 AM, Michael Biebl wrote: > > > Am 13.09.2014 um 12:22 schrieb Erwan David: > > > >> Le 12/09/2014 23:43, Brian a écrit : > > >>> After installation you definitely need to do: > >>> > >>> apt-get install sysvinit

Re: Re: how to reinstall bash

2014-09-13 Thread Clive Standbridge
> Done by following the link: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1618902 > namely, > > 1] ln -sf /bin/sh /bin/bash That is an unfortunate mistake; the link name and target are the wrong way round. It will make /bin/bash into a symbolic link when it should be an ELF binary. > 2] apt-get i

Re: Is there any documentation on how to configure the Gnome Desktop environment?

2014-09-13 Thread Brian
On Fri 12 Sep 2014 at 16:35:05 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On 09/11/14 06:14, Brian wrote: > >On Wed 10 Sep 2014 at 23:35:53 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > >>In particular, I’m interested in getting Gnome under Jessie to use a > >>terminal program that isn’t gnome-terminal. > >Activities -> Sh

Sound and Vision - Problems with my computer speakers and video drivers

2014-09-13 Thread Paul Anzel
Hello everyone, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYEOlxcirX0 I'm having two technical issues trying to get Debian (Jessie) set up running on my Lenovo T430 laptop, and I wanted to ask if someone would be able to help me out with either. 1. I'd like to upgrade my video drivers (for playing some ga

Re: systemd vs debian soc (was ... Re: brasero requires gvfs)

2014-09-13 Thread Andre N Batista
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 07:52:28PM +0200, Slavko wrote: > Ahoj, > > Dňa Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:15:59 +0200 lee napísal: > > > Supporting systemd violates Debians' social contract. > > Can you be more verbose about this, please? Why? How? By what? > Item 4 says: "We will be guided by the needs o

Tip: apt-listbugs (Was: policykit + systemd)

2014-09-13 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 9/4/14, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 06:35:30PM -0700, Rusi Mody wrote: >> >> Now dist-upgrade is bringing back these (and some others): >> >> libpolkit-agent-1-0{a} libpolkit-backend-1-0{a} libupower-glib3{a} >> policykit-1{a} >> >> Is that ok? > > If in doubt, install apt-lis

Re: terminal doesn't come up in Jessie Beta-1?

2014-09-13 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 13, 2014, at 11:14 AM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 9/8/14, B wrote: >> >> From what I read (I'm not an expert, so I may be wrong), >> gnome-terminal called gdbus that called dbus, asking it to >> spawn a child of itself but this child (?) exited with a status of 8. >> >> From this

Re: Power Mac G4 stuck "Loading second stage bootstrap"

2014-09-13 Thread Steven Chamberlain
On 12/09/14 04:35, bruno evangelista wrote: > [...] I have right now the very same DVD with Ubuntu iso > file in the tray inside the computer. When I start the computer and > hold c key nothing happens. If I shut down the computer and restart it > I have exactly the same thing on the screen right

configuration of LightDM

2014-09-13 Thread peter
Hello again, This refers to a Sharp Mebius laptop with current Wheezy. https://wiki.debian.org/LightDM instructs "To change the current default Display Manager, run dpkg-reconfigure lightdm" root@mebius:~# dpkg-reconfigure lightdm [] Reloading system message bus config...Failed to open conn

Re: Sound and Vision - Problems with my computer speakers and video drivers

2014-09-13 Thread Doug
On 09/13/2014 11:35 AM, Paul Anzel wrote: Hello everyone, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYEOlxcirX0 I'm having two technical issues trying to get Debian (Jessie) set up running on my Lenovo T430 laptop, and I wanted to ask if someone would be able to help me out with either. 1. I'd like to

Re: Query about existence of way to free up unnecessary RAM usage

2014-09-13 Thread lee
B writes: > On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:22:01 +0200 > lee wrote: > >> Why would you say that? > > root denied access to sysctl keys (that doesn't even exist on my > systems). I got some denied, too, and some didn't exist. -- Knowledge is volatile and fluid. Software is power. -- To UNSUBS

Re: Issues upgrading Wheezy --> Jessie (was ... Re: brasero requires gvfs)

2014-09-13 Thread lee
Slavko writes: > Ahoj, > > Dňa Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:15:59 +0200 lee napísal: > >> Supporting systemd violates Debians' social contract. > > Can you be more verbose about this, please? Why? How? By what? I'm finding it pretty obvious. The social contract says: "Our priorities are our users an

Re: Query about existence of way to free up unnecessary RAM usage

2014-09-13 Thread lee
Curt writes: > On 2014-09-12, Jonathan Dowland wrote: >> >> Possibly because nobody has stepped up to write a new algorithm. >> > > Seems more like simple multiplication than algorithmic calculation to me. Multiplication is an algorithmic operation. -- Knowledge is volatile and fluid. Softw

Re: brasero requires gvfs

2014-09-13 Thread lee
Steve Litt writes: > When Jessie goes stable, I'm actually going to try Jessie to see whether > it will work reasonably, and if so I'll hold my nose and use the > monolithic entanglement. FWIW, I can tell you that it works for Fedora. So with a new installation, it can potentially work for Debi

Re: Query about existence of way to free up unnecessary RAM usage

2014-09-13 Thread lee
Don Armstrong writes: > On Thu, 11 Sep 2014, lee wrote: >> "Go down" can have various meanings. When you run a server and a >> server process (like an MTA or an IMAP or web server) is killed >> because the system runs out of memory, the server is effectively down. > > This is why you use things l

Re: brasero requires gvfs

2014-09-13 Thread lee
Slavko writes: > BTW, if someone is interested in, while this investigation i generated > graphs of dependencies on some systemd packages on my system, they > will be accessible for some time here: > > http://anfo.slavino.sk/libpam-systemd.png > http://anfo.slavino.sk/libsystemd-daemon0.png > htt

Re: Query about existence of way to free up unnecessary RAM usage

2014-09-13 Thread lee
The Wanderer writes: > On 09/12/2014 at 12:25 PM, Bret Busby wrote: > >> On 12/09/2014, The Wanderer wrote: >> >>> On 09/10/2014 at 04:00 AM, Bret Busby wrote: >> >> So, whether or not the swap partition is bigger than needed, >> should not influence the inability of the system, to use the swa

Re: Making keyboard remap changes permanent without reboot.

2014-09-13 Thread lee
Alexandros Prekates writes: > My system is Debian stable with xfce. > > Wanting to swap CAPSLOCK with CONTROL i changed /etc/default/keyboard > and following debian wiki page on keyboard i executed: > > sudo udevadm trigger --subsystem-match=input --action=change > > It worked! But .. after some

Re: Query about existence of way to free up unnecessary RAM usage

2014-09-13 Thread lee
B writes: > On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:32:08 +0200 > lee wrote: > >> Mounting swap partitions with the same priority does not provide >> redundancy. > > As RAID doesn't provide data integrity w/ regular RAM. RAID doesn't provide data integrity even with ECC RAM. It only provides redundancy (wi

Re: git: how to figure out with a script what the last commit on remote repo is without fetching it

2014-09-13 Thread lee
Joel Rees writes: > 2014/09/12 3:35 "lee" : >> >> [...] >> Well, I don't want to program some sort of meta-git ... I merely want a >> simple way to be informed about new commits. > > I'm still wondering whether a cron job that does a status request on the > head in question wouldn't be good enou

Re: Issues upgrading Wheezy --> Jessie (was ... Re: brasero requires gvfs)

2014-09-13 Thread Bzzzz
On Sat, 13 Sep 2014 22:46:31 +0200 lee wrote: All interesting things you said, plus a bunch of other readings confort me in my first impression: Linux was becoming too much secured for the taste of agencies (and which better candidate than a gas plant that hammers its looong claws down to… dbus,

Re: Query about existence of way to free up unnecessary RAM usage

2014-09-13 Thread Bzzzz
On Sat, 13 Sep 2014 22:56:48 +0200 lee wrote: > Multiplication is an algorithmic operation. Well, technically speaking, it is additions. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: htt

Re: Query about existence of way to free up unnecessary RAM usage

2014-09-13 Thread Bzzzz
On Sat, 13 Sep 2014 23:09:58 +0200 lee wrote: > RAID doesn't provide data integrity even with ECC RAM. You still have much more chances to avoid writing a bad byte w/ ECC than with regular RAM, though. > It only provides redundancy (with some RAID levels). Use ECC RAM and a > file system that

Chroot/Debootstrap Mechanisms (Was: terminal doesn't come up in Jessie Beta-1?)

2014-09-13 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 9/13/14, Rick Thomas wrote: > > What level of Debian are you using? Wheezy or Jessie? My problems were > occurring with the Jessie beta-1 fully updated to the latest everything. So > upgrading to a newer version of something isn’t an option without venturing > into “experimental” territory.

Re: MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives

2014-09-13 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 06:17:00PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote: > some time ago, I bought two external Seagate 2 TB USB 3.0 HDDs in order > to expand my local storage (all internal slots are already in use). > Having created a RAID1 with MDADM just as normal, it all seemed to work, > until at one system

Re: preseeding: disable systemd

2014-09-13 Thread Joel Rees
2014/09/13 22:06 "Brian" : > > On Sat 13 Sep 2014 at 08:08:55 -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > > > On 09/13/2014 at 07:42 AM, Michael Biebl wrote: > > > > > Am 13.09.2014 um 12:22 schrieb Erwan David: > > > > > >> Le 12/09/2014 23:43, Brian a écrit : > > > > >>> After installation you definitely need t

Re: Flightgear

2014-09-13 Thread Paul Johnson
Would be nice if all the available tiles of scenery were in the Debian archive, that way we could get the area we're interested without having to go through a huge PITA. On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 4:00 AM, David Baron wrote: > This has a huge amount of data, 1.5 gig. It is not possible to install o

Re: Re: how to reinstall bash

2014-09-13 Thread lina
Thanks for your scrupulous attitude. $ ls -l /bin/sh /bin/bash /bin/dash -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1029624 Aug 22 05:15 /bin/bash -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 117176 Jan 10 2014 /bin/dash lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 13 17:48 /bin/sh -> /bin/bash Now it is sane, the mistake came at the first place

Re: how to reinstall bash

2014-09-13 Thread Marko Randjelovic
On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:29:15 +0800 lina wrote: > $ ls -l /bin/sh /bin/bash /bin/dash > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1029624 Aug 22 05:15 /bin/bash > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 117176 Jan 10 2014 /bin/dash > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 13 17:48 /bin/sh -> /bin/bash > > Now it is sane, the mistake