Re: NFS rename sometimes hangs for 15 seconds after upgrade to Debian 8

On 2015-09-24 14:38:01 +0200, Peter Ludikovsky wrote: > Other than that, what mount command did you use? Are you mounting the > share yourself, or is this an fstab or autofs mount? autofs The only option used in /etc/auto.master is the obvious -o nosuid. But the options seem to be the same on De

Re: NFS rename sometimes hangs for 15 seconds after upgrade to Debian 8

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am 25.09.2015 um 09:32 schrieb Vincent Lefevre: > On 2015-09-24 14:38:01 +0200, Peter Ludikovsky wrote: >> Other than that, what mount command did you use? Are you mounting >> the share yourself, or is this an fstab or autofs mount? > > autofs > >

Re: questions about debian installer prompts re: iwlwifi firmware

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 04:17:23PM -0700, tom arnall wrote: > Greetings! > > I am trying to install Debian on a Dell620 with USB stick media. When > the installer tried to configure the network software, it asked for an > iwlwifi firmware file. Tom, I regret no one has answered your question yet,

Re: questions about debian installer prompts re: iwlwifi firmware

> How do I get the installer to load the firmware file? I had this problem a while ago, but I can't remember how I solved it. The firmware packages or files have to be in either the root directory, or a directory named /firmware. Also, the USB has to be FAT32 formatted. pgpcoXMAmE2oV.pgp Descri

Re: Deleting i386 packages

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 01:24:45PM +0300, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 07:36:32AM +0300, Eliezer Croitoru wrote: > > I will not argue since truth can be seen from more then one side. > > Proprietary software usage is normal in all cases. > > No surprise in such position her

Re: How come i wrote a NO-BREAK SPACE in xterm+bash ?

On 2015-08-31 15:41:01 -0500, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Mon, 31 Aug 2015, David Wright wrote: > > Quoting Vincent Lefevre (vinc...@vinc17.net): > > > From the terminal point of view, the shell is just like another > > > process. > > > > Just to make it clear: I didn't write that, even though you'v

Re: questions about debian installer prompts re: iwlwifi firmware

You can ignore the firmware, you won't be able to use wifi. However, you can complete the installation process and then download the firmware and install it after you reboot it successfully. On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Riley Baird < bm-2cvqnduybau5do2dfjtrn7zbaj246s4...@bitmessage.ch> wrote:

Re: Broadcom 4311 network adapter doesn't work under Jessie (was debian-user-digest Digest V2015 #1143)

You can search for respective driver on kernel.org, and also Google it. Also, you can search for the required firmware on your manufacturer's website. Good luck! On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 5:28 AM, Jose Martinez wrote: > On Wed, 2015-09-23 at 19:08 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Sep 20

Re: Enscript and unicode, was Re: is a2ps broken?

On 2015-09-16 14:01:40 -0500, David Wright wrote: > It doesn't crash, and the frames you have specified don't get bumped > into AFAICT, but a test line of unicode with: > > Pound £ Euro € Divide ÷ > > gives me: > > Pound £ Euro â\202¬ Divide ÷ > > There'a a good testpage to try at > http://ww

Re: NFS rename sometimes hangs for 15 seconds after upgrade to Debian 8

On 2015-09-25 10:11:10 +0200, Peter Ludikovsky wrote: > My guess is: > Due to the rather large wsize/rsize, the clients create a rather large > attribute cache. As a result, when you cat a file on the second > machine it updates the atime in the cache, but doesn't yet transfer > that information to

Re: can I access SD card in cell phone?

On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 05:07:34 -0700 Li Wei wrote: Hello Li, >it seems that it doen't support Linux, no luck >it's too bad samsung doesn't support Linux My Samsung's memory is readable/writeable from the computer. Just make sure that it's set to 'Mass Storage' and not 'Samsung Kies' in Settings

Re: Deleting i386 packages

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 09:54:05PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 01:24:45PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 07:36:32AM +0300, Eliezer Croitoru wrote: > > > I will not argue since truth can be seen from more then one side. > > > Proprietary s

Re: can I access SD card in cell phone?

On Fri, 2015-09-25 at 03:35 -0700, Li Wei wrote: > I have a Samsung S7572 cell phone > I install a SD card in phone, now I want to access the card in Linux, > how to do it? > Samsung provides kies, which runs in Windows > > I have some old phones, their cards can be accessed in Linux > but how to

Re: can I access SD card in cell phone?

Thanks! but I have not been able to find option PC Connection My model is GT-S7572 On Fri, 9/25/15, Brad Rogers wrote: Subject: Re: can I access SD card in cell phone? To: "Debian Users ML" Date: Friday, September 25, 2015, 8:18 AM On Fri, 25 S

Re: can I access SD card in cell phone?

On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 06:26:13 -0700 Li Wei wrote: Hello Li, >Thanks! YW. >but I have not been able to find option PC Connection >My model is GT-S7572 A search if 'net indicates this might be what you're looking for; Settings -> Wireless and network -> USB utilities Although the page I got th

Re: How come i wrote a NO-BREAK SPACE in xterm+bash ?

On Fri, 25 Sep 2015, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2015-08-31 15:41:01 -0500, Don Armstrong wrote: > > For the record, lines starting with From are often escaped with > to > > avoid issues with mbox. So Vincent didn't purposefully prepend > to > > that. > > That's Debian's mailing-list software that

problem with debmirror

Hello all, For some days I get this error when trying to update my local mirror gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file Failed: gzip -d <.temp/dists/sid/main/binary-i386/Packages.diff/2015-09-22-2035.01.gz >.temp/dists/sid/main/binary-i386/Packages.diff/2015-09-22-2035.01 I hope there is a solution

An issue with the Debian installer

Hi, guys, how's it going? I got one question: I installed the system using the CD 1. Everything was fine (the installation process). But, when the system runs, it shows the command line mode only, not the graphical environment, I mean, not GNOME. What should I do to resolve this issue? As I sa

Re: An issue with the Debian installer

On 09/25/2015 04:58 AM, Zack wrote: Hi, guys, how's it going? I got one question: I installed the system using the CD 1. Everything was fine (the installation process). But, when the system runs, it shows the command line mode only, not the graphical environment, I mean, not GNOME. What shoul

repo keys fail

Greetings; My last installation of wheezy has developed a key failure when trying to run package-manager or synaptic-pkexec, so it is not getting all the updates. What is the cli command, presumably prefaced with a sudo, that will fetch and refresh these changed keys? "sudo apt-key update" do

Re: An issue with the Debian installer

On 09/25/2015 05:26 AM, Zack wrote: By the way, Kent, I ran aptitude and gnome was not installed. You'll probably want to keep your replies on-list, so that any answers can be stored for later searches by others looking for the same answers you seek, and so that the whole community can provid

Re: An issue with the Debian installer

On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 11:58:40 +0200 Zack wrote: Hello Zack, >should I do to resolve this issue? As I said above, all the >installation process was ok. Thanks. Try what Zack said first, but it's possible that you didn't install a graphical DE. I believe one is highlighted, but not selected in th

Re: can I access SD card in cell phone?

On 09/25/2015 06:35 AM, Li Wei wrote: I have a Samsung S7572 cell phone I install a SD card in phone, now I want to access the card in Linux, how to do it? Samsung provides kies, which runs in Windows I have some old phones, their cards can be accessed in Linux but how to it with Samsung S7572?

Re: questions about debian installer prompts re: iwlwifi firmware

Quoting Haines Brown (hai...@histomat.net): > On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 04:17:23PM -0700, tom arnall wrote: > > Greetings! > > > > I am trying to install Debian on a Dell620 with USB stick media. When > > the installer tried to configure the network software, it asked for an > > iwlwifi firmware fil

Re: An issue with the Debian installer

Zack composed on 2015-09-25 11:58 (UTC+0200): > Hi, guys, how's it going? I got one question: > I installed the system using the CD 1. Everything was fine (the > installation process). But, when the system runs, it shows the command > line mode only, not the graphical environment, I mean, not G

Re: questions about debian installer prompts re: iwlwifi firmware

I would like to add that there is also iso with non free drivers on debian.org. Just check if your hardware is included. Basically most hardware is included but one more check never matters. On 25.09.2015 12:17, Haines Brown wrote: On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 04:17:23PM -0700, tom arnall wrote: G

Re: repo keys fail

Quoting Gene Heskett (ghesk...@shentel.net): > W: Failed to fetch http://http.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/Release.gpg > Could not resolve 'http.debian.org' > > W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old > ones used instead. > > Solution? ftp.us.debian.org exists

Re: An issue with the Debian installer

On 09/25/2015 12:42 PM, Zack wrote: Kent, "startx" doesn't work. When I run the command, the system restart (reboot). Why? How do I detect where is the problem? Thanks for respond. When I say that you'll "probably want to keep your replies on-list", I mean you'll want to respond to debian-use

Issue installing Debian

Hi, guys, how's it going? I got one question: I installed the system using the CD 1. Everything was fine (the installation process). But, when the system runs, it shows the command line mode only, not the graphical environment, I mean, not GNOME. What should I do to resolve this issue? As I wrote

Re: An issue with the Debian installer

Hello Zack, I suggest you install mate-desktop (looks like gnome2) instead of gnome3 if you have Debian Jessie. 2015-09-25 13:06 GMT-04:00 Brad Rogers : > On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 11:58:40 +0200 > Zack wrote: > > Hello Zack, > > >should I do to resolve this issue? As I said above, all the > >installa

Re: An issue with the Debian installer

I do not understand why the installer do not install the desktop environment (GNOME). El 25/09/2015 a las 20:43, real bas escribió: Hello Zack, I suggest you install mate-desktop (looks like gnome2) instead of gnome3 if you have Debian Jessie. 2015-09-25 13:06 GMT-04:00 Brad Rogers

Re: An issue with the Debian installer

Zack wrote: I do not understand why the installer do not install the desktop environment (GNOME). [snip] First we need to know exactly what CD or DVD you obtained (purchased or downloaded?). Your problem description reminds me of my first attempts installing Debian. In one case what I got

Re: An issue with the Debian installer

On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 21:07:34 +0200 Zack wrote: Hello Zack, >I do not understand why the installer do not install the desktop >environment (GNOME). Because you didn't tell it to. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent

installing debian on a CF card.

Hi, Debian on a CF is an interesting possibility. http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/linux/75-debian/53-debian-server-compact-flash My objective is to replace a failed hdd in an Armada laptop with a CF. I tried the base installation with jessie images running under QEMU. Tried current CD and netinst im

Re: Issue installing Debian

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015, at 01:32 PM, Zack wrote: > Hi, guys, how's it going? I got one question: > I installed the system using the CD 1. Everything was fine (the > installation process). But, when the system runs, it shows the command > line mode only, not the graphical environment, I mean, not GNOM

Re: can I access SD card in cell phone?

Thanks! My phone does not have menu USB utilities When connected via USB line, phone says sth. like connected as media device On Fri, 9/25/15, Brad Rogers wrote: Subject: Re: can I access SD card in cell phone? To: "Debian Users ML" Date: Friday

Re: An issue with the Debian installer

Come on, guys, I'm serious. I want the system installed on my computer. Should I download again the iso image to retry with a new installer? An alternative. El 25/09/2015 a las 21:21, Brad Rogers escribió: On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 21:07:34 +0200 Zack wrote: Hello Zack, I do not understand why t

Re: Issue installing Debian

Yes, I did it. I selected the Debian desktop environment and the standard system utilities (the two options by default), and of course, the base system. El 25/09/2015 a las 21:34, Noah Duffy escribió: On Fri, Sep 25, 2015, at 01:32 PM, Zack wrote: Hi, guys, how's it going? I got one question:

Re: Issue installing Debian

As I write before, I used the CD 1 to install the system downloaded it from Debian.org via bitTorrent. The procedure is ok, right? El 25/09/2015 a las 21:41, Zack escribió: Yes, I did it. I selected the Debian desktop environment and the standard system utilities (the two options by default), a

Re: repo keys fail

Gene Heskett writes: > sudo apt-get update > ends with this: > W: Failed to fetch http://http.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/Release.gpg > Could not resolve 'http.debian.org' The mirror redirector was at "http.debian.net", but moved to "httpredir.debian.org". "http.debian.org" was never used. Up

Re: An issue with the Debian installer

Zack composed on 2015-09-25 19:50 (UTC+0200): > Felix Miata composed: >> Zack composed on 2015-09-25 11:58 (UTC+0200): >>> Hi, guys, how's it going? I got one question: >>> I installed the system using the CD 1. Everything was fine (the >>> installation process). But, when the system runs, it sh

Re: nfs stale file handle?

On Thursday 24 September 2015 06:56:52 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 23 September 2015 07:53:22 Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all, nfs experts in particular; [snip] > Ping? Gene, you might have got more replies if you hadn't asked for "experts". I for one can't imagine ever replying on

Re: An issue with the Debian installer

On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 21:37:50 +0200 Zack wrote: Hello Zack, >Come on, guys, I'm serious. I want the system installed on my computer. As was I. >Should I download again the iso image to retry with a new installer? An >alternative. You've already been told what to do. Twice, IIRC. -- Regar

Re: can I access SD card in cell phone?

On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 12:37:16 -0700 Li Wei wrote: Hello Li, >When connected via USB line, phone says sth. like >connected as media device That sounds as though it's being detected, but not mounted. Open a shell and do $ lsusb You should be able to spot the 'phone listed amongst the devices c

Gnome metapackage dependencies

Hello, i have a simple question which i already reported about gnome metapackage and gnome-core. Why a simple removal of a text editor gedit or gnome-music should ruin a fresh installation of Debian Jessie? I mean after all is that a "marketing" strategy by promoting a "gnome-ish" application

Re: can I access SD card in cell phone?

Thanks! when connected via USB, linux says: ... This device cannot do calls on its own. It is not a modem. I enter lsusb, it prints: Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04e8:6860 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II], GT-P7500 [Galaxy Tab 10.1] Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Found

Re: can I access SD card in cell phone?

maybe linux desktop market share in China is so small that Samsung remove PC connection option in Setting ?? if so, that's too bad

Installing debian on a CF card.

Hi, Debian on a CF is an interesting possibility.http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/linux/75-debian/53-debian-server-compact-flash My objective is to replace a failed hdd in an Armada laptop with a CF. I tried the base installation using the current jessie CD image running under QEMU. Also tried the ne

Re: An issue with the Debian installer

On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 21:37:50 +0200 Zack wrote: >Come on, guys, I'm serious. I want the system installed on my computer. >Should I download again the iso image to retry with a new installer? An >alternative. > >El 25/09/2015 a las 21:21, Brad Rogers escribió: >> On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 21:07:34 +020

Re: Issue installing Debian

On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 21:41:59 +0200 Zack wrote: >Yes, I did it. I selected the Debian desktop environment and the >standard system utilities (the two options by default), and of course, >the base system. > >El 25/09/2015 a las 21:34, Noah Duffy escribió: >> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015, at 01:32 PM, Zac

Re: can I access SD card in cell phone?

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 03:09:18PM -0700, Li Wei wrote: > maybe linux desktop market share in China is so small > that Samsung remove PC connection option in Setting ?? This Android USB thing depends on the version of Android. My old Desire Z (Android 2.3) worked as a generic USB mass storage. Gal

Re: can I access SD card in cell phone?

On 09/25/2015 03:35 AM, Li Wei wrote: I have a Samsung S7572 cell phone I install a SD card in phone, now I want to access the card in Linux, how to do it? Samsung provides kies, which runs in Windows I have some old phones, their cards can be accessed in Linux but how to it with Samsung S7572?

Re: can I access SD card in cell phone?

That must be because of all the propaganda I have there. ;) On 09/25/2015 03:48 PM, Li Wei wrote: Thanks! but I'm in China and linuxmanagers.blogspot.com seems blocked On Fri, 9/25/15, ken wrote: Subject: Re: can I access SD card in cell phone?

Re: An issue with the Debian installer

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 09:07:34PM +0200, Zack wrote: > I do not understand why the installer do not install the desktop environment > (GNOME). Maybe you didn't tell it to install it? I don't remember if DE is selected by default during installation. Probably not cause at least netinstall has many

Re: Can't Log in

Thank you all for the input. My 1.5 TB disk is not full; I only have Debian on it. I found I can login with the shell. As Lisi points out, this is probably a display manager issue. I logged in as root so I could use the GUI to make it easier to follow suggestions and record the results. Here

Re: An issue with the Debian installer

One simple alternative is to download wukulu Linux which is Debian with the enlightenment desktop. Then let it upgrade. When I did it I ended up with a good Debian 8 system with everything working, my WiFi, my printers etc. On 26/09/2015 10:38 AM, "Antti Talsta" wrote: > On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 0

Re: can I access SD card in cell phone?

On 9/25/2015 3:09 PM, Li Wei wrote: maybe linux desktop market share in China is so small that Samsung remove PC connection option in Setting ?? if so, that's too bad I think it has more to do with Google than with Samsung http://www.androidcentral.com/ics-feature-mtp-what-it-why-use-it

Re: repo keys fail

On Friday 25 September 2015 14:09:36 David Wright wrote: > Quoting Gene Heskett (ghesk...@shentel.net): > > W: Failed to fetch > > http://http.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/Release.gpg Could not > > resolve 'http.debian.org' > > > > W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored,

Re: repo keys fail

On Friday 25 September 2015 16:21:05 Ansgar Burchardt wrote: A head up to the LCNC list. > Gene Heskett writes: > > sudo apt-get update > > ends with this: > > W: Failed to fetch > > http://http.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/Release.gpg Could not > > resolve 'http.debian.org' > > The mirror redi

Re: nfs stale file handle?

On Friday 25 September 2015 16:52:09 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Thursday 24 September 2015 06:56:52 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 23 September 2015 07:53:22 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Greetings all, nfs experts in particular; > > [snip] > > > Ping? > > Gene, you might have got more replies if yo

Re: Enscript and unicode, was Re: is a2ps broken?

Quoting Vincent Lefevre (vinc...@vinc17.net): > On 2015-09-16 14:01:40 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > It doesn't crash, and the frames you have specified don't get bumped > > into AFAICT, but a test line of unicode with: > > > > Pound £ Euro € Divide ÷ > > > > gives me: > > > > Pound £ Euro â\2

Solved Re: problem with debmirror

On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 17:07:26 +0200 sp113438 wrote: > Hello all, > > For some days I get this error when trying to update my local mirror > > gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file > Failed: gzip -d > <.temp/dists/sid/main/binary-i386/Packages.diff/2015-09-22-2035.01.gz > >.temp/dists/sid/main/bina

Re: Trying to install Adobe AIR

2015-06-10 21:32 GMT+02:00 Siard : > David Guyot: > > Joel R. Frank: > > > Has anyone successfully installed AdobeAIR? if so could I have some > > > help please? New to Debian. > > > > Support of AIR under Linux has been stopped in 2011 by Adobe: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_AIR#Availab

Re: Enscript and unicode, was Re: is a2ps broken?

On Fri, September 25, 2015 11:34 pm, David Wright wrote: > The OP thanked me for my first post which suggested what might cause > problems in a2ps, but AFAICT gave no feedback on whether it was any help. > Presumably not, hence his move to enscript. ... > He appears not to be interested in unicode