alternative to avidemux?

2015-02-28 Thread Victor
Hi, I’m looking for an alternative to avidemux. I need it for two specific tasks: a) cut and remux videos without reencoding (so you can cut a 30min chunk in a 3h video without loosing quality) b) burn in .ass/.ssa subtitles (this is the Substation alpha format, where you can do fancier thing

Re: alternative to avidemux?

2015-02-28 Thread Ric Moore
On 02/28/2015 03:44 AM, Victor wrote: Hi, I used to do this with avidemux when I was on ubuntu and it worked all right. But avidemux is not part of the official Debian packages. It is on deb-multimedia, but I’d prefer not to enable a whole repo just for this. I enabled deb-multi and had vari

Re: how to install previous version of Icedove (24.8.1)

2015-02-28 Thread Martin Vegter
On 02/28/2015 01:18 AM, The Wanderer wrote: > > The only major negative change from 24.x to 31.x that I'm aware of is > the addressing component of the Compose dialog, which can be reverted > via userChrome.css changes. Exactly! The header of the compose dialog was bothering me. But using your cs

need help on kvm

2015-02-28 Thread Long Wind
during kvm installation it says it fails because my system does not have CPU extensions ... Is it possible to run kvm without CPU extensions?? I can accept low performance I'm developing android app and want to run emulator. Thanks!!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.deb

Re: need help on kvm

2015-02-28 Thread Petter Adsen
On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 17:52:01 +0800 Long Wind wrote: > during kvm installation it says it fails because my system does not > have CPU extensions ... > > Is it possible to run kvm without CPU extensions?? > > I can accept low performance > I'm developing android app and want to run emulator. >

Re: alternative to avidemux?

2015-02-28 Thread Victor
On 28/02/2015 10:23, Ric Moore wrote: On 02/28/2015 03:44 AM, Victor wrote: Hi, I used to do this with avidemux when I was on ubuntu and it worked all right. But avidemux is not part of the official Debian packages. It is on deb-multimedia, but I’d prefer not to enable a whole repo just for t

Sorting directories by size

2015-02-28 Thread Petter Adsen
I want to do a "du -sh *" in a directory, and sort the directories by sizes. The problem is that they are listed (since I use the "-h" option) in human-readable format. Is there an easy way to do this, so that 254G comes before 1,3T? I'm guessing I would need some sort of regexp, and I don't know

Re: need help on kvm

2015-02-28 Thread Philipp Schneider
On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 11:00:02 +0100, Long Wind wrote: > during kvm installation it says it fails because my system does not have > CPU extensions ... > > Is it possible to run kvm without CPU extensions?? > > I can accept low performance I'm developing android app and want to run > emulator. Yo

Re: Sorting directories by size

2015-02-28 Thread Ron
On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 13:15:42 +0100 Petter Adsen wrote: > I want to do a "du -sh *" in a directory, and sort the directories by > sizes. The problem is that they are listed (since I use the "-h" > option) in human-readable format. Is there an easy way to do this, so > that 254G comes before 1,3T?

Re: Sorting directories by size

2015-02-28 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 01:15:42PM +0100, Petter Adsen wrote: > I want to do a "du -sh *" in a directory, and sort the directories by > sizes. The problem is that they are listed (since I use the "-h" > option) in human-readable format. Is there an easy way to do this, so > that 254G comes before 1

Re: need help on kvm

2015-02-28 Thread Long Wind
On 2/28/15, Philipp Schneider wrote: > On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 11:00:02 +0100, Long Wind wrote: > >> during kvm installation it says it fails because my system does not have >> CPU extensions ... >> >> Is it possible to run kvm without CPU extensions?? >> >> I can accept low performance I'm developin

Re: need help on kvm

2015-02-28 Thread Long Wind
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Re: Question about GRUB recovery using Debian 7.x LiveCD

2015-02-28 Thread David Wright
Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): > I also note that (after taking about an hour, to remove the Debian 7.8 > installer iso "removable media" disk from the computer, that, like > Ubuntu, the Debian 7.6 LXDE LiveCD does not, using the file manager, > show Properties for partitions, and, in o

Re: File transfer

2015-02-28 Thread David Wright
Quoting David Christensen (dpchr...@holgerdanske.com): > Verifying the image by wiping the system drive and then restoring the image: > > 1. Wipe the system drive using your tool of choice (such as the > drive manufacturer's bootable utility disc). > > 2. Perform imaging steps 1 through 7, abov

Is my disk too crowded ?

2015-02-28 Thread Charles Blair
I have been recently noticing that the find command is taking a long time, and my /usr (see df output below) is 73% full. Should I do something? libreoffice seems to be using a lot of space, and I only use it to read .doc files other people send me. I don't use the spreadsheet or database f

Re: Is my disk too crowded ?

2015-02-28 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 09:11:01 -0600 Charles Blair wrote: >I have been recently noticing that the find > command is taking a long time, and my /usr (see df > output below) is 73% full. Should I do something? Try using this to find the most bloated directory: du -k /usr | sort -n | less

Re: Is my disk too crowded ?

2015-02-28 Thread Petter Adsen
On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 09:11:01 -0600 Charles Blair wrote: >I have been recently noticing that the find > command is taking a long time, and my /usr (see df > output below) is 73% full. Should I do something? > >libreoffice seems to be using a lot of space, and > I only use it to read .doc

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Re: need help on kvm

2015-02-28 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 09:39:34PM +0800, Long Wind wrote: > I'm leaving the list. > Pls reply to longwind2...@gmail.com > > Thanks to all those who reply!!! > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@

Re: Is my disk too crowded ?

2015-02-28 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 28 February 2015 15:48:04 Reco wrote: > Also, removing unneeded parts of libreoffice should help (i.e. > libreoffice-calc and libreoffice-impress). It makes very little difference. Though it obviously makes some. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.or

Re: Is my disk too crowded ?

2015-02-28 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 17:55:09 + Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 28 February 2015 15:48:04 Reco wrote: > > Also, removing unneeded parts of libreoffice should help (i.e. > > libreoffice-calc and libreoffice-impress). > > It makes very little difference. Though it obviously makes some.

Re: File transfer

2015-02-28 Thread David Christensen
On 02/28/2015 07:07 AM, David Wright wrote: I don't know how to "have a look around. If everything looks good, proceed with using the computer." Not a clue. I call that the "smoke test" -- boot, log in, start some terminals, run some commands, start some applications, play some games, start t

Re: Is my disk too crowded ?

2015-02-28 Thread Brian
On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 09:11:01 -0600, Charles Blair wrote: >I have been recently noticing that the find > command is taking a long time, and my /usr (see df > output below) is 73% full. Should I do something? Yes; quantify for us what you mean by "a long time". Prefacing the command with "ti

Re: Question about GRUB recovery using Debian 7.x LiveCD

2015-02-28 Thread Ric Moore
On 02/28/2015 10:21 AM, David Wright wrote: Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): I also note that (after taking about an hour, to remove the Debian 7.8 installer iso "removable media" disk from the computer, that, like Ubuntu, the Debian 7.6 LXDE LiveCD does not, using the file manager, sh

Re: Question about GRUB recovery using Debian 7.x LiveCD

2015-02-28 Thread Brian
On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 14:18:33 -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > >I'm having a job parsing this sentence, but are you referring here to > >the partitions' UUIDs? These are chosen at random when partitions are > >created and it helps to make a note of them as they are entirely > >unmemorable. (I use LABELs

Re: Is my disk too crowded ?

2015-02-28 Thread David Wright
Quoting Charles Blair (c-bl...@illinois.edu): >I have been recently noticing that the find > command is taking a long time, and my /usr (see df > output below) is 73% full. Should I do something? > >libreoffice seems to be using a lot of space, and > I only use it to read .doc files other

jessie: Firefox download dialog unusable

2015-02-28 Thread Felix Natter
hi, I get an unusable download dialog in firefox (iceweasel) of current jessie (updated this morning): http://www2.inf.fh-brs.de/~fnatte2s/firefox-empty-buttons2.png Clicking on the half-displayed buttons is a no-op. I can reproduce it by clicking on "woodstox-core-src-V.tar.gz" on http://wiki

Re: File transfer

2015-02-28 Thread Joe
On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 22:48:25 -0500 Maureen L Thomas wrote: > If I understand you correctly then I only back up data, not the > system. You have an excellent point and although I have never, so far > at least, had a large problem losing my system or data I do see the > advantage to doing just what

Re: Question about GRUB recovery using Debian 7.x LiveCD

2015-02-28 Thread Joe
On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 09:21:23 -0600 David Wright wrote: > Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): > > I also note that (after taking about an hour, to remove the Debian > > 7.8 installer iso "removable media" disk from the computer, that, > > like Ubuntu, the Debian 7.6 LXDE LiveCD does not, us

Re: Question about GRUB recovery using Debian 7.x LiveCD

2015-02-28 Thread David Wright
Quoting Ric Moore (wayward4...@gmail.com): > On 02/28/2015 10:21 AM, David Wright wrote: > >of /run/udev/data/b8:... Also see man tune2fs. > > Can a label be created after?? Inquiring minds want to know. :) Ric And AFAICT you have to label a swapfile with mkswap because, unless you avoid it, the

Re: Question about GRUB recovery using Debian 7.x LiveCD

2015-02-28 Thread Brian
On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 19:23:58 +, Brian wrote: > On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 14:18:33 -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > > > >I'm having a job parsing this sentence, but are you referring here to > > >the partitions' UUIDs? These are chosen at random when partitions are > > >created and it helps to make a n

Re: Question about GRUB recovery using Debian 7.x LiveCD

2015-02-28 Thread Ric Moore
On 02/28/2015 03:06 PM, Brian wrote: On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 19:23:58 +, Brian wrote: On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 14:18:33 -0500, Ric Moore wrote: I'm having a job parsing this sentence, but are you referring here to the partitions' UUIDs? These are chosen at random when partitions are created an

hosts file entry for 127.0.1.1

2015-02-28 Thread Philippe Clérié
What is the rationale for the /etc/hosts entry for 127.0.1.1? It tends to be annoying when using dnsmasq as a server for static hosts. -- Philippe -- The trouble with common sense it that it is so uncommon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: hosts file entry for 127.0.1.1

2015-02-28 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2015-02-28, Philippe Clérié wrote: > What is the rationale for the /etc/hosts entry for 127.0.1.1? > > It tends to be annoying when using dnsmasq as a server for static hosts. > It is used when the host uses DHCP to obtain an IP address. One places an entry in /etc/hosts so that the host name

Re: Question about GRUB recovery using Debian 7.x LiveCD

2015-02-28 Thread Brian
On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 15:14:19 -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > On 02/28/2015 03:06 PM, Brian wrote: > > > >Relenting, somewhat. I cannot stand the pain which comes from watching > >someone struggle. :) > > > >e2label(8). > > I often trust the opinion of our" hive-mind" more than I do a man > page. I hat

Re: hosts file entry for 127.0.1.1

2015-02-28 Thread Brian
On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 15:11:31 -0500, Philippe Clérié wrote: > What is the rationale for the /etc/hosts entry for 127.0.1.1? You can start with https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/07/msg00809.html and then work backwards in time. > It tends to be annoying when using dnsmasq as a serve

Moving from a "686-pae" kernel to "amd64"?

2015-02-28 Thread Sharon Kimble
I installed this "jessie" setup on 10/02/14 from an old "wheezy" net-install disc dated 28/05/13! I'm in the process of downloading a jessie net-install for future installation. This setup is currently running a "3.16.0-4-686-pae" kernel. Is it a good idea to convert to a 64bit kernel, specificall

Re: Question about GRUB recovery using Debian 7.x LiveCD

2015-02-28 Thread Ric Moore
On 02/28/2015 03:42 PM, Brian wrote: On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 15:14:19 -0500, Ric Moore wrote: On 02/28/2015 03:06 PM, Brian wrote: Relenting, somewhat. I cannot stand the pain which comes from watching someone struggle. :) e2label(8). I often trust the opinion of our" hive-mind" more than I

Re: hosts file entry for 127.0.1.1

2015-02-28 Thread Joe
On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 20:50:26 + Brian wrote: > On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 15:11:31 -0500, Philippe Clérié wrote: > > > What is the rationale for the /etc/hosts entry for 127.0.1.1? > > You can start with > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/07/msg00809.html > > and then work backwar

Re: Moving from a "686-pae" kernel to "amd64"?

2015-02-28 Thread Sharon Kimble
Sorry, I meant that I installed this "jessie" setup on 10/02/15! Got the year wrong! Ooops! Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo = https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian testing, fluxbox 1.3.6, emacs 24.4.1.0 signature.asc D

Re: Is my disk too crowded ?

2015-02-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Charles Blair wrote: >I have been recently noticing that the find > command is taking a long time, and my /usr (see df > output below) is 73% full. Should I do something? 73% is not very full. The knee of the curve for performance fall-off of a full disk usually occurs above 85%. I wouldn't

Re: Moving from a "686-pae" kernel to "amd64"?

2015-02-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Sharon Kimble wrote: > This setup is currently running a "3.16.0-4-686-pae" kernel. Is it a > good idea to convert to a 64bit kernel, specifically > "3.16.0-4-amd64"? How much memory do you have in your system? If the answer is 4G or less then there is no advantage. Stay with the 32-bit kernel.

Re: hosts file entry for 127.0.1.1

2015-02-28 Thread Philippe Clérié
On 02/28/2015 03:50 PM, Brian wrote: On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 15:11:31 -0500, Philippe Clérié wrote: What is the rationale for the /etc/hosts entry for 127.0.1.1? You can start with https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/07/msg00809.html and then work backwards in time. It tends to be

Re: hosts file entry for 127.0.1.1

2015-02-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Joe wrote: > Brian wrote: > > Philippe Clérié wrote: > > > What is the rationale for the /etc/hosts entry for 127.0.1.1? > > > > You can start with > > > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/07/msg00809.html > > > > and then work backwards in time. Every scheme proposed and used solve

Re: alternative to avidemux?

2015-02-28 Thread Ric Moore
Whew! I had to install "all the things-dev" and it finally completed successfully. Thanks! -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounte

Re: hosts file entry for 127.0.1.1

2015-02-28 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
On Sat, 2015-02-28 at 15:23 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Software there asks, who am I? They then pass the > IP address around. Software doing this is simply broken. Nothing guarantees (nor any standard demands) that the hostname actually resolves to anything, not to talk about a valid public IP a

Re: Moving from a "686-pae" kernel to "amd64"?

2015-02-28 Thread Eike Lantzsch
On Saturday 28 February 2015 20:57:04 Sharon Kimble wrote: > I installed this "jessie" setup on 10/02/14 from an old "wheezy" > net-install disc dated 28/05/13! I'm in the process of downloading a > jessie net-install for future installation. > > This setup is currently running a "3.16.0-4-686-pae

Re: hosts file entry for 127.0.1.1

2015-02-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Philippe Clérié wrote: > Brian wrote: > >Philippe Clérié wrote: > > > It tends to be annoying when using dnsmasq as a server for static hosts. > > > > You'll have to be more specific. > > Nothing major. Just that every so often when trying to reach a host being > used as a DNS server with dnsmasq,

Re: Moving from a "686-pae" kernel to "amd64"?

2015-02-28 Thread Maureen L Thomas
My new toshiba is a 64 bit amd system. It has 6G of memory and 750G hard drive. Is the 64 bit system better or should I install the 32 bit. I am using weezy. Moe On 02/28/2015 05:05 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Sharon Kimble wrote: This setup is currently running a "3.16.0-4-686-pae" kernel. Is i

Re: Moving from a "686-pae" kernel to "amd64"?

2015-02-28 Thread Linux-Fan
On 02/28/2015 11:25 PM, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > My new toshiba is a 64 bit amd system. It has 6G of memory and 750G > hard drive. Is the 64 bit system better or should I install the 32 > bit. I am using weezy. > Moe I recommend you to install the 64 bit version so that a single process is abl

Re: hosts file entry for 127.0.1.1

2015-02-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Software there asks, who am I? They then pass the > > IP address around. > > Software doing this is simply broken. > > Nothing guarantees (nor any standard demands) that the hostname actually > resolves to anything, not to talk about a vali

Re: Moving from a "686-pae" kernel to "amd64"?

2015-02-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Linux-Fan wrote: > Maureen L Thomas wrote: > > My new toshiba is a 64 bit amd system. It has 6G of memory and 750G > > hard drive. Is the 64 bit system better or should I install the 32 > > bit. I am using weezy. > > I recommend you to install the 64 bit version so that a single process > is ab

Re: hosts file entry for 127.0.1.1

2015-02-28 Thread Joe
On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 15:23:10 -0700 Bob Proulx wrote: > Joe wrote: > > > > It doesn't work with Windows 8, which refuses to accept 127.0.1.1 as > > a valid DHCP server IP address, and to be honest I can't say I blame > > it. > > Excuse me? Why is your DHCP server using 127.0.1.1? How is that

Re: Can't get past authenticity of host popup with ssh

2015-02-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Ross Boylan wrote: > I can ssh from machine A to B as user ross on both, using key-based > login. ssh-agent is running under KDE on A. A is Debian wheezy, B is > Debian squeeze. > > However, when I do the following sequence on A: > sux # change to root with X credentials > ssh -i /home/ross/.ssh

Re: hosts file entry for 127.0.1.1

2015-02-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Joe wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Joe wrote: > > > It doesn't work with Windows 8, which refuses to accept 127.0.1.1 as > > > a valid DHCP server IP address, and to be honest I can't say I blame > > > it. > > > > Excuse me? Why is your DHCP server using 127.0.1.1? How is that even > > working a

Re: jessie: Firefox download dialog unusable

2015-02-28 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2015-02-28, Felix Natter wrote: > hi, > > I get an unusable download dialog in firefox (iceweasel) of current > jessie (updated this morning): > http://www2.inf.fh-brs.de/~fnatte2s/firefox-empty-buttons2.png > > Clicking on the half-displayed buttons is a no-op. > > I can reproduce it by clic

Re: how to install previous version of Icedove (24.8.1)

2015-02-28 Thread The Wanderer
On 02/28/2015 at 04:49 AM, Martin Vegter wrote: > On 02/28/2015 01:18 AM, The Wanderer wrote: >> >> The only major negative change from 24.x to 31.x that I'm aware of >> is the addressing component of the Compose dialog, which can be >> reverted via userChrome.css changes. > > Exactly! The heade

Re: Moving from a "686-pae" kernel to "amd64"?

2015-02-28 Thread Marc Auslander
I did exactly that several years ago with no problem. I installed an amd64 kernel at which point grub knew about both. Changed default boot to the new kernel and ran for a while. Once all was well I uninstalled the pae kernel. I did it mostly because I expect that amd64 is the dominant kernel in

Re: Moving from a "686-pae" kernel to "amd64"?

2015-02-28 Thread Maureen L Thomas
Thank you I will use the 64 bit one. Thanks again. Moe On 02/28/2015 05:51 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Linux-Fan wrote: Maureen L Thomas wrote: My new toshiba is a 64 bit amd system. It has 6G of memory and 750G hard drive. Is the 64 bit system better or should I install the 32 bit. I am using w

In menuconfig when Load an Alternate Configuration File, can't enter the file name

2015-02-28 Thread Csányi Pál
Hi, I'm compiling a custom kernel for my Debian Wheezy operating system. In menuconfig when Load an Alternate Configuration File, can't enter the file name. The cursor blinking in the field but can't enter any letter. How can I solve this problem? -- Regards from Pal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: In menuconfig when Load an Alternate Configuration File, can't enter the file name

2015-02-28 Thread Ric Moore
On 03/01/2015 12:55 AM, Csányi Pál wrote: Hi, I'm compiling a custom kernel for my Debian Wheezy operating system. In menuconfig when Load an Alternate Configuration File, can't enter the file name. The cursor blinking in the field but can't enter any letter. How can I solve this problem? Ar

Re: Moving from a "686-pae" kernel to "amd64"?

2015-02-28 Thread Sharon Kimble
Bob Proulx writes: > Sharon Kimble wrote: >> This setup is currently running a "3.16.0-4-686-pae" kernel. Is it a >> good idea to convert to a 64bit kernel, specifically >> "3.16.0-4-amd64"? > > How much memory do you have in your system? 4G actual, 3.84g useable. > > If the answer is 4G or les