Re: Debian testing randomly freezes

2016-10-06 Thread Felix Miata
Guilherme Vieira composed on 2016-10-06 01:23 (UTC-0300): Is this not the right list for these kinds of questions? 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 08) Have you seen anything like any of these? http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/01/intel-skyl

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-06 Thread gianluca
On 10/06/2016 03:18 AM, Boyan Penkov wrote: Hello, I recently updated to kernel 4.7.0 in stretch, and am running the nvidia binary blob (nvidia-driver). Upon restart, x fails to load. The system works great with the 4.6 kernel. Anybody see the issues described here: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p

Re: IPv6 Problems

2016-10-06 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 10/06/2016 08:29 AM, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > Dear List - > > I am trying to setup an IPv6 network, but I cannot get it to workl. > > Added Address > > /etc/network/interfaces > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > iface etho0 inet static > address

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-06 Thread Hans
Am Mittwoch, 5. Oktober 2016, 21:18:16 CEST schrieb Boyan Penkov: > Hello, > Helloo Boyan, > I recently updated to kernel 4.7.0 in stretch, and am running the nvidia > binary blob (nvidia-driver). > me, too. But I have an older chipset (GF8600M), but it is running finme with kernel 4.7. > Upon

Tracker gave an error: "Torrent not found" Debian stretch alpha 7

2016-10-06 Thread Rick Thomas
I tried to bit torrent download using the torrent file http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/stretch_di_alpha7/amd64/bt-cd/debian-mac-stretch-DI-alpha7-amd64-netinst.iso.torrent but I get the error message <> from Transmission. Any idea what’s up? Thanks! Rick

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-06 Thread Boyan Penkov
-- Boyan Penkov www.boyanpenkov.com > On Oct 6, 2016, at 4:02 AM, Hans wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 5. Oktober 2016, 21:18:16 CEST schrieb Boyan Penkov: >> Hello, >> > Helloo Boyan, >> I recently updated to kernel 4.7.0 in stretch, and am running the nvidia >> binary blob (nvidia-driver). >> > me,

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-06 Thread Hans
Can the kernel-module be built? I suggest, to use the *-dkms stuff for > > building. If this does not work, you may try the drivers from the nvidia > > site directly. Before installiing this, get rid of all nvidia packages > > (i.e. apt- get --purge remove nvidia-*). Check before saying "y", that n

Suggest adding translations for LibreOffice, Firefox and other software includeded in Debian

2016-10-06 Thread scootergrisen
I have tested some live images at http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/i386/iso-hybrid/ to try them out and see the difference. I notice that software like LibreOffice and Firefox and Icedove does not show in my language then though the system is using my language (i added locales

Problem with 2 external monitors on a laptop

2016-10-06 Thread Xxxxxxx Yyyyyyy
Hi.I use HP ProBook 6560b (LVDS1) with 2 external Fujitsus B24T (VGA1, HDMI2), both connected via docking station. OS: debian testing with xfce   LVDS1 - off VGA1 - on HDMI2 - on   Recent (approx 1 month back) apt-get upgrade (also using latest debian-testing.iso) made it impossibe to use this con

Make it easier to select language

2016-10-06 Thread scootergrisen
I have tested some live images from http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/i386/iso-hybrid/ but it starts the desktop manager in english by default. I add "locales=da_DK.UTF-8" in GRUB to start in my language but it would be nice if there was a easy way for people to start the system

Re: Best Ultrabook for Debian

2016-10-06 Thread Stephan Beck
Hi Hörmetjan, Hörmetjan Yiltiz: > Hi all, > > I am aware of the h-node project, as well as the linux-desktop, and the > Debian's hardware wiki page. However, they are not quite specific about > Ultrabooks at all. > > Ultrabooks are arguably the trend in PCs (if not cellphones), and we all > aim

Re: IPv6 Problems

2016-10-06 Thread Rob van der Putten
Hi there On 06/10/16 07:29, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: iface etho0 inet static See post by Georgi Naplatanov. address 2620:7:a000::1 netmask 64 gateway :::c0a8:101 :::c0a8:101 is 192.168.1.1; Kernels use ::/96 addresses internally and not on networks.

Re: IPv6 Problems

2016-10-06 Thread claude juif
2016-10-06 16:54 GMT+02:00 Rob van der Putten : > Hi there > > > On 06/10/16 07:29, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > > > > iface etho0 inet static >> > By the way did you notice the typo here etho0 instead of eth0 ? > > See post by Georgi Naplatanov. > > address 2620:7:a000::1 >> netmask

New install Jesse 8.6.0...grub2 problem

2016-10-06 Thread Mark Neidorff
Hello, I'm building a server PC to perform backups of the PCs on my local network. The server has 2 HDDs--750 Gb and 2 Tb. The intention is to use the 750 Gb drive for the OS and the 2 Tb drive for the backup data. I'll get there in stages. I'll be using backuppc to do the actual backups. I

Re: IPv6 Problems

2016-10-06 Thread Reco
Hi. On Thu, 6 Oct 2016 00:29:42 -0500 (CDT) Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > Dear List - > > I am trying to setup an IPv6 network, but I cannot get it to workl. > > Added Address > > /etc/network/interfaces > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > iface etho

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-06 Thread Pascal Obry
Le jeudi 06 octobre 2016 à 08:55 +0200, gianluca a écrit : > Are the opensource nouveau drivers so bad, so you need closed-source  > blob??? If so, that's your choice. But do not ask why something is > not working as execpted if you upgrade something on the kernel-side. You may also say this witho

Re: Problems with upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie

2016-10-06 Thread Hans Kraus
Hi, Am 05.10.2016 um 20:58 schrieb Brian: On Wed 05 Oct 2016 at 19:50:50 +0200, Hans Kraus wrote: thanks to all. Brian is right with his opinion that I'm not subscribed to the list. I sent a 'subscribe' to but didn't get an answer (or at least I didn't find it). The reply comes back to the

Re: Problems with upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie

2016-10-06 Thread Hans Kraus
Am 05.10.2016 um 22:16 schrieb Jörg-Volker Peetz: [already sent to the list; sent it again to you since you asked for CC] Hans Kraus wrote on 10/04/16 20:01: Hi, The VGA output: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanc

Re: Problems with upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie

2016-10-06 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Hans Kraus wrote on 10/06/16 19:40: > > > Am 05.10.2016 um 22:16 schrieb Jörg-Volker Peetz: >> [already sent to the list; sent it again to you since you asked for CC] >> >> Hans Kraus wrote on 10/04/16 20:01: >>> Hi, >>> >>> The VGA output: >>> ==

Re: New install Jesse 8.6.0...grub2 problem

2016-10-06 Thread Felix Miata
Mark Neidorff composed on 2016-10-06 13:22 (UTC-0400): I'm building a server PC to perform backups of the PCs on my local network. The server has 2 HDDs--750 Gb and 2 Tb. The intention is to use the 750 Gb drive for the OS and the 2 Tb drive for the backup data. I'll get there in stages. I'll

Re: New install Jesse 8.6.0...grub2 problem

2016-10-06 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 06/10/2016 à 19:22, Mark Neidorff a écrit : Is there more information that you need to help me? The result of bootinfoscript would be a good starting point.

Re: New install Jesse 8.6.0...grub2 problem

2016-10-06 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 06/10/2016 à 20:12, Felix Miata a écrit : No Linux distro needs more than a tiny fraction of a 750G HD. Wise people would never use all 750 GB for a single OS if it does not need to contain as many data. Once booted into Jessie you can shrink the openSUSE installation to a more reasonab

Re: Problems with upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie

2016-10-06 Thread Brian
On Thu 06 Oct 2016 at 19:39:21 +0200, Hans Kraus wrote: > Hi, > > Am 05.10.2016 um 20:58 schrieb Brian: > >On Wed 05 Oct 2016 at 19:50:50 +0200, Hans Kraus wrote: > > > >>thanks to all. Brian is right with his opinion that I'm not subscribed > >>to the list. I sent a 'subscribe' to > >> but didn'

using djmount for a canon 6d camera

2016-10-06 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
hi everybody, I configured my 6d camera to act as a Upnp server. That works fine with Android clients, on my smartphone and my tablet: I can browse the camera folders, display the pictures, download them. On my Jessie PC, it's an other story, and even a nightmare, considering the time I spent with

Re:: Problems with upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie

2016-10-06 Thread Hans Kraus
Hi, the requested outputs: Am 06.10.2016 um 19:56 schrieb Jörg-Volker Peetz: Hans Kraus wrote on 10/06/16 19:40: Am 05.10.2016 um 22:16 schrieb Jörg-Volker Peetz: [already sent to the list; sent it again to you since you asked for CC] Hans Kraus wrote on 10/04/16 20:01: Hi, The VGA outpu

Re: New install Jesse 8.6.0...grub2 problem

2016-10-06 Thread Felix Miata
Pascal Hambourg composed on 2016-10-06 20:30 (UTC+0200): ...if the OP followed the openSUSE installer defaults, the root filesystem is btrfs and can be shrinked while mounted. That depends on which openSUSE he installed, data he didn't provide. BTRFS became default between 13.2 and 42.1 relea

RE: Cannot apt-add repository

2016-10-06 Thread Rasku, Stephen (GE Digital)
So, what is the best practice to get the latest (or at least newer) version of git? Compile from source? I want to use some of the `git bisect` features that were introduced in 2.7. ...Stephen -Original Message- From: Sven Hartge [mailto:s...@svenhartge.de] "Rasku, Stephen (GE Digit

Re: Cannot apt-add repository

2016-10-06 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 05:27:49PM +, Rasku, Stephen (GE Digital) wrote: > So, what is the best practice to get the latest (or at least newer) version > of git? Compile from source? I want to use some of the `git bisect` > features that were introduced in 2.7. I don't know about git specific

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-06 Thread Floris
Op Thu, 06 Oct 2016 13:45:46 +0200 schreef Hans : Can the kernel-module be built? I suggest, to use the *-dkms stuff for > building. If this does not work, you may try the drivers from the nvidia > site directly. Before installiing this, get rid of all nvidia packages > (i.e. apt- get --purge

Re: : Problems with upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie

2016-10-06 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Hi, I also saw the other e-mail exchange with Brian where you concluded to purge all "fglrx"-related packages. Similarily, there seem to be "nvidia" packages on your system. Try dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia Purge them also. Then have a look which xorg-video drivers are left: dpkg -l | grep xorg-v

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-06 Thread Hans
> or build the latest version (370.28) yourself > https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Building_newer_releases_from_S > Yes, that is down with dkms. And zhe NVidia installer,too. However, I forgot to mention: Maybe the latest package does not support his chipset. He never told, which ch

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-06 Thread Boyan Penkov
The chipset is a GTS 450, so Fermi on GF106. Cheers! On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Hans wrote: > > or build the latest version (370.28) yourself > > https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers# > Building_newer_releases_from_S > > > Yes, that is down with dkms. And zhe NVidia installer,too.

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

2016-10-06 Thread Ric Moore
On 10/06/2016 02:55 AM, gianluca wrote: Are the opensource nouveau drivers so bad, so you need closed-source blob??? Yeah, unless you just play Hunt The Wumpus. Without accelerated graphics, you're missing out on a lot I already paid for. I refuse to cripple my hardware on purpose since I'm

Re: Problems with upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie

2016-10-06 Thread Felix Miata
Hans Kraus composed on 2016-10-02 17:59 (UTC+0200): I upgraded my Debian server about a week ago from Wheezy to Jessie. After that the GUI stopped, I see only the grey screen with the sad computer telling me " Oh no, Something is Wrong" and the only option is to log out. I'm using Gnome as m

Re: Cannot apt-add repository

2016-10-06 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Thu, 6 Oct 2016, Greg Wooledge wrote: ask the Universal Debian Database whether it's known to be impossible to do so. Ok, I'll bite. What is "the Universal Debian Database?" -- IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual addressee(s) named above and may contain informat