Re: NTFS access on Debian boot

On Friday 16 September 2016 05:42:29 David Wright wrote: > noone is reading this, are they? I am!! Hey! Look! Over here! Lisi

Re: Windows

On Thu, 15 Sep 2016 21:02:04 -0400 (EDT) Alan McConnell wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Felix Miata" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 2:20:54 PM > Subject: Re: internet connectivity from Comcast > > Alan McConnell composed on 2016-09-15 13:3

Re: exim4 some config error causing error how to pinpoint

On 2016-09-15, Harry Putnam wrote: > Liam O'Toole writes: > >>> Mail never appears at HOST1 /var/spool/mail/user2 >>> >>> >> >> Does user2 appear in the file /etc/aliases on HOST1? Is there a > No > >> /home/user2/.forward file on that host? Either of those would cause mail > No > >> Is there any

Re: internet connectivity from Comcast

On 2016-09-16, David Wright wrote: > > I think I'll quit here. Carrying on is too painful. I'm here praying the machinery has the kind of malfunction that locks the pod bay doors while the pilot is out on a leisurely space walk. > Cheers, > David. > > -- “Whatever is rejected from the self, a

Re: lynx - not all sites readable

On 2016-09-15 15:34:10 -0500, Dutch Ingraham wrote: > >On 2016-09-15 12:29:50 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > >Links does not support UTF-8. The other ones do. > > Where is the support for that conclusion? It appears to be incorrect.[1] > > [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/UTF-8#links_and_eli

Re: lynx - not all sites readable

On 2016-09-15 15:34:10 -0500, Dutch Ingraham wrote: > [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/UTF-8#links_and_elinks And concerning elinks, it supports UTF-8 by default (I don't have any config file for elinks), so no need to set a special config as mentioned on this page. -- Vincent Lefèvre - Web:

New Document is not shown in context menu by default

Debian Stretch (Gnome) - Standard install I have noticed, the "New Document" option is not shown in the context menu by default. You have to create an empty (text) file in "xdg-user-dir TEMPLATES" to enable this option. Of course it is only my opinion, but isn't it a common feature for feature fi

Re: Windows

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 6:34 PM, Joe wrote: >> But this is no go in Windoze, and I don't >> know how to Copy and Paste in the Windoze world. > > The same way you do in any medium-heavyweight Linux DE. Right-click, > menu, or drag and drop. For a text file, open in Notepad (if it has > a .txt suffi

Re: Windows

On Friday 16 September 2016 09:34:56 Joe wrote: > The same way you do in any medium-heavyweight Linux DE. No, that is not how I do it in Linux, and having to do it that cumbersome way in Windows and sometimes LibreOffice is a constant minor niggle. In Linux, I sweep the mouse over what I want t

Re: How to arrange for booting to console

On Sunday 11 September 2016 22:54:23 david...@freevolt.org wrote: > If using systemd, these look relevant: > > How can I arrange to boot to console mode rather than X. > > > https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TipsAndTricks/#changingth >edefaultboottarget > > # ln -sf /usr/lib/sys

I have problems with the last updating of debian jessie

Good Morning. I work to daily with linux debian jessie 8.1 Two days ago i updated my computer and suddenly the access to share folders with cifs has stopped working. I have installed and uninstalled samba and packages associated and I havent been able to connect to remote server by to share folde

Re: How to arrange for booting to console

I missed this reply until Lisi bumped the thread. These are my opinions, based of the pathetically little I know. On Sun 11 Sep 2016 at 18:52:59 (-0400), Harry Putnam wrote: > The Wanderer writes: > > > On 2016-09-11 at 17:04, Harry Putnam wrote: > > > >> How can I arrange to boot to console mod

load module on boot?

Greetings, friends, so something went wrong with my old Debian installation and it won't boot (dumps to emergency mode every time). Consequently, I installed Jessie on the other hdd (that had win7), and I'm having a couple of minor troubles: First, I need the snd-mixer-oss module to load on boot

permanently add dir to $PATH

as mentioned, I'm working with a new Jessie installation and having a coupl headaches, the first had to do with getting a kernel module to load on boot (already wrote to the list about it.) The other problem is trying to permanently add $HOME/bin to the $PATH. I have in .bash_profile PATH=$PAT

Re: permanently add dir to $PATH

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 10:01:39AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > The other problem is trying to permanently add $HOME/bin to the $PATH. > > I have in .bash_profile > PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin > export PATH > > But every time I boot I have to manually add it again. This is probably because you are logg

update-alternatives, list alternatives?

I'm having another headache... I want to make Icedove the default mail client. I had this done on the last Jessie system I had (on a now defunct hdd). But I can't recall how I did it, if it was with update-alternative or some other means.. And something that's been bothering me for a while is:

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 10:10:44AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > I can't seem to find or figure out how to list all the alternatives I > can manage with update-alternatives. > I mean, I can get a list for a particular item, like x-www-browser or > editor, but I want a list of all those possible th

debian-user@lists.debian.org

On Fri 16 Sep 2016 at 12:30:47 (+0100), Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 16 September 2016 09:34:56 Joe wrote: > > The same way you do in any medium-heavyweight Linux DE. > > No, that is not how I do it in Linux, and having to do it that cumbersome way > in Windows and sometimes LibreOffice is a co

Re: permanently add dir to $PATH

Am 16. Sep, 2016 schwätzte Tony Baldwin so: moin moin Tony, as mentioned, I'm working with a new Jessie installation and having a coupl headaches, the first had to do with getting a kernel module to load on boot (already wrote to the list about it.) The other problem is trying to permanently

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 2016-09-16 at 10:10, Tony Baldwin wrote: > I'm having another headache... > > I want to make Icedove the default mail client. > I had this done on the last Jessie system I had (on a now defunct hdd). > But I can't recall how I did it, if it was with update-alternative or > some other means..

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 09/16/2016 10:29 AM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2016-09-16 at 10:10, Tony Baldwin wrote: I'm having another headache... I want to make Icedove the default mail client. I had this done on the last Jessie system I had (on a now defunct hdd). But I can't recall how I did it, if it was with update-

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 2016-09-16 at 10:56, Tony Baldwin wrote: > On 09/16/2016 10:29 AM, The Wanderer wrote: > >> On 2016-09-16 at 10:10, Tony Baldwin wrote: >> >>> I'm having another headache... >>> >>> I want to make Icedove the default mail client. >>> I had this done on the last Jessie system I had (on a now def

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 10:56:44AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > Indeed: > # update-alternatives --get-selections | grep mail > mailx auto /usr/bin/bsd-mailx > > but also: > # update-alternatives --config mailx > There is only one alternative in link group mailx (provid

Re: NTFS access on Debian boot

- Original Message - From: "Felix Miata" To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 10:42:22 PM Subject: Re: NTFS access on Debian boot Alan McConnell composed on 2016-09-15 21:02 (UTC-0400): > Felix Miata composed: >> I'll provide a seed for you to try to fi

Re: usb-tethered verizon/netgear airpack + ethernet printer -- SOLVED

On Thu, September 15, 2016 11:52 am, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 10:01:10AM -0500, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > >> Is it possible to use the ethernet port of a laptop to feed a printer >> while the laptop is connected to the Internet via a usb-tethered >> verizon/netgear airpa

Test of Windoze Copy and Paste

Viva yo! I can now Copy and Paste, as a kind and knowledgeable user prescribe. What is below is my very own fstab, much sought after by certain parties a while back. It has absolutely no significance or relevance for anyone anymore, so this post can and should be Deleted/ignored. # #

Sound on jessie

For some reason, my sound doesn't work on my new machine with its present jessie install. It worked on my old machine(which had jessie) and it works fine here on Windoze(I use youtube to play old Bernie Sanders' speeches, or Mozart). So what do I have to do? I can't find alsa to install, and pul

Re: permanently add dir to $PATH

On 2016-09-16, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 10:01:39AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: >> The other problem is trying to permanently add $HOME/bin to the $PATH. >> >> I have in .bash_profile >> PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin >> export PATH >> >> But every time I boot I have to manually add it

Re: Sound on jessie

hi alan, install synaptic if you haven't allready done so. do 'sudo synaptic' and search for 'alsa' and install (as root) alsa-base alsa-tools the alsa-toolsgui and the aslsamixergui. this last package give you some useful possibilities. and in my humble opimion, please get rid of pulse-audi

Re: Sound on jessie

On Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:44:09 -0400 (EDT) Alan McConnell wrote: > For some reason, my sound doesn't work on my new machine with its > present jessie install. It worked on my old machine(which had > jessie) and it works fine here on Windoze(I use youtube to play old > Bernie Sanders' speeches, or

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 09/16/2016 10:52 AM, The Wanderer wrote: (Is there a particular reason you replied to me privately, rather than to the mailing list?) I should probably mention that I'm using chromium as my browser; getting firefox or iceweasel to use icedove is like falling off a log it's so easy. I had it

Re: Defining TAP interfaces in /etc/network/interfaces

On 12/09/16 23:23, Neal P. Murphy wrote: You might find something in here useful. On 12/09/16 21:43, Charlie Kravetz wrote: Change the bridge_ports to: bridge_ports eth1 tap0 then add the tap lines: auto tap0 iface tap0 inet static address 192.1

Re: load module on boot?

On 09/16/2016 09:59 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: Greetings, friends, so something went wrong with my old Debian installation and it won't boot (dumps to emergency mode every time). Consequently, I installed Jessie on the other hdd (that had win7), and I'm having a couple of minor troubles: First, I ne

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

I've tried removing and re-creating the symlinks for mail, Mail and mailx in /etc/alternatives an pointing them to icedove, and still when I click on any mailto link, I get a terminal with Mutt. I don't even have mutt configured on this machine, my mail provider seems to not like mutt I've goog

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 04:50:49PM -0400, Anthony Baldwin wrote: > I just want icedove to be the default mua, and to work with chromium when I > click on a mailto:// link. I don't have Icedove handy, but on Thunderbird, I just go to edit -> preferences -> advanced, then click "check now" under "S

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 09/16/2016 10:56 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: But in my old age, I can't remember for the life of me how I did it. I don't believe it was with update-alternatives. I think I edited some config file somewhere, but for the life of me, I can't recall where. Crank up Settings Manager and edit your d

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 2016-09-16, Tony Baldwin wrote: > On 09/16/2016 10:52 AM, The Wanderer wrote: >> (Is there a particular reason you replied to me privately, rather than >> to the mailing list?) >> >>> I should probably mention that I'm using chromium as my browser; >>> getting firefox or iceweasel to use icedov

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 09/16/2016 06:20 PM, Ric Moore wrote: On 09/16/2016 10:56 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: But in my old age, I can't remember for the life of me how I did it. I don't believe it was with update-alternatives. I think I edited some config file somewhere, but for the life of me, I can't recall where.

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 09/16/2016 06:19 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote: On 2016-09-16, Tony Baldwin wrote: On 09/16/2016 10:52 AM, The Wanderer wrote: (Is there a particular reason you replied to me privately, rather than to the mailing list?) I should probably mention that I'm using chromium as my browser; getting fir

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 06:55:58PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > On 09/16/2016 06:19 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > openbox doesn't have a GUI for setting up the association you want. > > Instead, go to the file ~/.config/mimeapps.list (creating it if > > necessary) and add the following: > > > > [Add

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 09/16/2016 06:54 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On 09/16/2016 06:20 PM, Ric Moore wrote: On 09/16/2016 10:56 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: But in my old age, I can't remember for the life of me how I did it. I don't believe it was with update-alternatives. I think I edited some config file somewhere, bu

Re: load module on boot?

On 09/16/2016 09:59 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: > Greetings, friends, > so something went wrong with my old Debian installation and it won't > boot (dumps to emergency mode every time). > Consequently, I installed Jessie on the other hdd (that had win7), and > I'm having a couple of minor troubles: >

Re: update-alternatives, list alternatives?

On 09/16/2016 06:54 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On 09/16/2016 06:20 PM, Ric Moore wrote: On 09/16/2016 10:56 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: But in my old age, I can't remember for the life of me how I did it. I don't believe it was with update-alternatives. I think I edited some config file somewhere, bu

Re: How to arrange for booting to console

On Fri, 16 Sep 2016, David Wright wrote: Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 09:38:31 From: David Wright Reply-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: How to arrange for booting to console Resent-Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:43:51 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@list

Re: Sound on jessie

Joe wrote: > On Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:44:09 -0400 (EDT) > Alan McConnell wrote: > >> For some reason, my sound doesn't work on my new machine with its >> present jessie install. It worked on my old machine(which had >> jessie) and it works fine here on Windoze(I use youtube to play old >> Bernie