Re: Nvida Legacy 304 Catastrophe

On יום ראשון, 9 באוקטובר 2016 13:03:24 IDT Felix Miata wrote: > David Baron composed on 2016-10-09 13:17 (UTC+0300): > > These packages upgraded (though they seem no longer on Debian!). The > > upgrades would not play with opengl2 so plasma would no longer run. > > Downgrading to testing, due to pa

Re: kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

On יום ראשון, 9 באוקטובר 2016 17:54:35 IDT Boyan Penkov wrote: > Hey folks, > > OK, here was the procedure (as a reminder, I’m on stretch, testing): > > — boot into 4.6, verify everything works, purge both 4.7 kernel and 4.7 > headers, purge all nvidia-* (and nvidia-dkms was indeed installed) >

Re: Unsubscribing in order to killfile one individual. Was: Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages

On Sun, 9 Oct 2016 21:11:07 -0400 (EDT) Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Mon, 10 Oct 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > Why not just killfile me and go on reading everyone else? > > Umm...cuz he doesn't know how to do that? Perhaps? > > One thing's fer sure, he's giving the time-honored tradition of >

Re: Synaptic NMU upload in testing

On Sun, 9 Oct 2016 16:46:18 -0700 Jimmy Johnson wrote: Hello Jimmy, >Brad just wanted to let you know your not the only one, I did a Yeah, there's always something. :-( WRT that, are you following the thread started by David Baron - "Nvida Legacy 304 Catastrophe"? It /may/ prove helpful.

Re: Nvida Legacy 304 Catastrophe

On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:07:49 +0300 David Baron wrote: Hello David, >01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV44 [GeForce >6200 TurboCache] (rev a1) If that's the card you're using, why are you using the 304 legacy version of the nVidia drivers? That card is supported by the late

Re: {Solved} Synaptic NMU upload in testing

On Sun, 9 Oct 2016 19:53:27 -0400 kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: Hello kamaraju, >Thanks for the kind words. I also learned about My pleasure. >update-apt-xapian-index command. So it is mutually beneficial! Indeed. :-) -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is /

Re: veeger is infected ...startx again

On 10/01/2016 09:40 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 10/01/2016 12:49 PM, Ric Moore wrote: ... humans are infecting Veeger. I figured I'd fix the display manager problem with a clean install. Here's the fun part that gives me the giggles: I downloaded the testing DVD to install clean from, whilst th

Re: Nvida Legacy 304 Catastrophe

On יום שני, 10 באוקטובר 2016 9:07:33 IDT Brad Rogers wrote: > On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:07:49 +0300 > David Baron wrote: > > Hello David, > > >01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV44 [GeForce > >6200 TurboCache] (rev a1) > > If that's the card you're using, why are you using the

Re: Nvida Legacy 304 Catastrophe

On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 12:17:58 +0300 David Baron wrote: Hello David, >Since I uninstalled the 304, maybe send me your documentation. Embarrassing 'egg on face' moment coming up: I *was* misreading the documentation. The file I mentioned has a section detailing what supported by which drivers.

Re: Nvida Legacy 304 Catastrophe

David Baron wrote: > Along with other documentation I have seen. Would love to use the latest > and greatest rather than legacy excuses. >From my experience with nvidia you have to install the version that supports your hardware be it legacy or not. regards

Re: Unsubscribing in order to killfile one individual. Was: Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages

On Monday 10 October 2016 09:07:14 Joe wrote: > On Sun, 9 Oct 2016 21:11:07 -0400 (EDT) > > Bob Bernstein wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Oct 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > Why not just killfile me and go on reading everyone else? > > > > Umm...cuz he doesn't know how to do that? Perhaps? > > > > One thing's

Re: Unsubscribing in order to killfile one individual. Was: Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages

On Monday 10 October 2016 09:07:14 Joe wrote: > On Sun, 9 Oct 2016 21:11:07 -0400 (EDT) > > Bob Bernstein wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Oct 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > Why not just killfile me and go on reading everyone else? > > > > Umm...cuz he doesn't know how to do that? Perhaps? > > > > One thing's

Re: veeger is infected ...startx again

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 05:08:44 -0400 Ric Moore wrote: >On 10/01/2016 09:40 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: >> On 10/01/2016 12:49 PM, Ric Moore wrote: >>> ... humans are infecting Veeger. I figured I'd fix the display manager >>> problem with a clean inst

My bash script is missing something - what?

I have a trivial bash script named test.sh which has been marked as executable. Its contents are: #!/bin/bash cat /etc/debian_version mount | grep 'on / ' In a terminal I type: test.sh The response is: bash: test.sh: command not found I'm using Squeeze with Gnome2 as DE. What's wrong? TIA

Re: My bash script is missing something - what?

you need to do: ./test.sh instead. On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 7:54 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > I have a trivial bash script named test.sh which has been marked as > executable. > Its contents are: > > #!/bin/bash > cat /etc/debian_version > mount | grep 'on / ' > > In a terminal I type: > > test.s

Re: My bash script is missing something - what?

On 10/10/2016 8:00 AM, Robert Parker wrote: you need to do: ./test.sh instead. That just fails differently by responding: : No such file or directory I had seen that suggestion before while searching the web - don't recall a page reference. At the moment I using http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Be

Re: My bash script is missing something - what?

On 10/10/2016 04:10 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/10/2016 8:00 AM, Robert Parker wrote: >> you need to do: >> ./test.sh >> instead. >> > > That just fails differently by responding: > > : No such file or directory Where ever the script is, it does have to be in the $PATH or else you must run

Re: My bash script is missing something - what?

1. You have to be in the directory where the script resides. 2. Then: chmod +x test.sh 3. Then: ./test.sh On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 8:10 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/10/2016 8:00 AM, Robert Parker wrote: > >> you need to do: >> ./test.sh >> instead. >> >> > That just fails differently by res

Re: My bash script is missing something - what?

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 08:10:33AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/10/2016 8:00 AM, Robert Parker wrote: > >you need to do: > >./test.sh > >instead. > > > > That just fails differently by responding: > > : No such file or directory Carriage return. Did you edit this script with a Microsoft

Re: My bash script is missing something - what?

Hi, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > bash: test.sh: command not found Robert Parker wrote: > > you need to do:./test.sh Richard Owlett wrote: > That just fails differently by responding: > : No such file or directory > At the moment I using > http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_

Re: My bash script is missing something - what?

Le nonidi 19 vendémiaire, an CCXXV, Greg Wooledge a écrit : > > That just fails differently by responding: > > > > : No such file or directory > > Carriage return. Did you edit this script with a Microsoft Windows > program, perhaps? The shebang line (#!/bin/bash) probably ends with > a carriag

Re: My bash script is missing something - what?

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 04:10:22PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Le nonidi 19 vendémiaire, an CCXXV, Greg Wooledge a écrit : > > > That just fails differently by responding: > > > > > > : No such file or directory > > > > Carriage return. Did you edit this script with a Microsoft Windows > > pr

Re: Nvida Legacy 304 Catastrophe

On יום שני, 10 באוקטובר 2016 11:25:42 IDT Brad Rogers wrote: > On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 12:17:58 +0300 > David Baron wrote: > > Hello David, > > >Since I uninstalled the 304, maybe send me your documentation. > > Embarrassing 'egg on face' moment coming up: I *was* misreading the > documentation.

Neuinstallation Debian 8.6

Sehre geehrte Damen und Herrn, ich bin seit Jahren ein Nutzer von Linux. Ich bin 57 Jahre und habe wenig Kenntnisse in der manuellen Einstellung und Anpassung. Ich habe mich vor Wochen entschlossen Debian Neu und unter ausschließlicher Nutzung einer 1TB Festplatte zu nutzen. Verschieden Installati

Re: Nvida Legacy 304 Catastrophe

> My kdm splash screen resolution bollixed up. Had to redo all my desktops. > Big pain. Have to resize all my fonts as well. > The Windowmanagers settings are changed, when using nouveau instead of the prprietrary nvidia driver. This is, what I found out. However, same, when you now reuse the no

PROGRESS - was [Re: My bash script is missing something - what?]

On 10/10/2016 8:21 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 08:10:33AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/10/2016 8:00 AM, Robert Parker wrote: you need to do: ./test.sh instead. That just fails differently by responding: : No such file or directory Carriage return. Did you edit

Re: Neuinstallation Debian 8.6

Am Montag, 10. Oktober 2016, 16:25:03 CEST schrieb Alfons Grunenberg: > Sehre geehrte Damen und Herrn, Lieber Alfons, bitte beachte, daß dies eine englischsprachige Liste ist. Ich empfehle Dir daher Deine Anfrage entweder auf Englisch zu wiederholen, oder in der deutschsprachigen Liste zu frage

Re: PROGRESS - was [Re: My bash script is missing something - what?]

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 09:58:44AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > 1. What Debian oriented Bash Tutorial should I be reading? http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide is decent. However, I might be slightly biased.

Re: PROGRESS - was [Re: My bash script is missing something - what?]

Le nonidi 19 vendémiaire, an CCXXV, Richard Owlett a écrit : > 1. What Debian oriented Bash Tutorial should I be reading? My first tutorial advice: do not do bash. I advise to do either or both of: learn standard sh for portable scripts and for more advanced scripting learn a modern shell less enc

Re: Neuinstallation Debian 8.6 [Update]

Correction NOT: debian-user-ger...@debian.org correct is: debian-user-ger...@lists.debian.org Sorry for that! Happy hacking Hans

Debian Jessie !

Hi Team, For Debian Jessie 8.4 on XenServer having 10 or more CPUS crash while under stress and VM’s will never boot having 4 interface combination of 10 CPUS or more. I suspect crash thing has been fixed in 8.6 (which I am still testing) any workaround || cause Thoughts for the same will ap

Re: PROGRESS - was [Re: My bash script is missing something - what?]

On 10/10/2016 10:01 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 09:58:44AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: 1. What Debian oriented Bash Tutorial should I be reading? http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide is decent. Now bookmarked. Neglected to do so last time I was looking. However, I mi

Re: PROGRESS - was [Re: My bash script is missing something - what?]

On 10/10/2016 10:04 AM, Nicolas George wrote: Le nonidi 19 vendémiaire, an CCXXV, Richard Owlett a écrit : 1. What Debian oriented Bash Tutorial should I be reading? My first tutorial advice: do not do bash. I advise to do either or both of: learn standard sh for portable scripts and for more

Re: My bash script is missing something - what?

Richard Owlett wrote: > I have a trivial bash script named test.sh which has been marked > as executable. > Its contents are: > > #!/bin/bash > cat /etc/debian_version > mount | grep 'on / ' > > In a terminal I type: > > test.sh > > The response is: > bash: test.sh: command not found > > I'm using

Re: My bash script is missing something - what?

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 11:51:37AM -0400, songbird wrote: > Richard Owlett wrote: > > I have a trivial bash script named test.sh which has been marked > > as executable. > also remember that test itself is a builtin > or binary on some systems. It's required by POSIX, so it will be a command o

Re: PROGRESS - was [Re: My bash script is missing something - what?]

On 10/10/16 16:46, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/10/2016 10:04 AM, Nicolas George wrote: >> Le nonidi 19 vendémiaire, an CCXXV, Richard Owlett a écrit : >>> 1. What Debian oriented Bash Tutorial should I be reading? >> >> My first tutorial advice: do not do bash. I advise to do either or >> both of

Re: PROGRESS - was [Re: My bash script is missing something - what?]

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 05:19:34PM +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Ignoring your youth, you need to precede your script with a valid path > such as './' :-) He did.

ifconfig question (recovered from hijacked thread )

On 10/09/2016 04:23 PM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not the OP, and I'm sort of piggybacking and going somewhat (or a lot?) OT, but I am curious about how old inet4 (right term?) and the new inet6 addresses interact. When I do ifconfig, I see that eth0 has both a 32 bit (e.g., 192.168.1.19)

Re: Recommendation: Backup system

On Mon, 3 Oct 2016 10:48:57 +0100 Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Sat, Oct 01, 2016 at 11:37:31AM +0200, mo wrote: > > Make a long story short: > > Have you guys a recommendation for me? > > Is there a specific application you use for your backups guys? > > rdiff-backup[1]. I don't know what your N

Re: My bash script is missing something - what?

On 2016-10-10 10:57, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 11:51:37AM -0400, songbird wrote: >> Richard Owlett wrote: >> > I have a trivial bash script named test.sh which has been marked >> > as executable. > >> also remember that test itself is a builtin >> or binary on some systems.

Re: Unsubscribing in order to killfile one individual. Was: Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages

On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 12:20:22 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > I accepted that analogy too easily. In this case, the wheel isn't > squeaking. He dislikes the colour and design of the wheel. > Or perhaps it has been squeaking for so long that nobody hears it any more. Aptitude does a great job of r

Re: Partial Success [was: Re: Problems with upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie]

Hi, Am 09.10.2016 um 23:46 schrieb Brian: On Sat 08 Oct 2016 at 13:50:19 +0200, Hans Kraus wrote: after following the propositions of Brian: dpkg -l | grep fglrx Lines with "ii" indicate installed packages. Purge and see what a reboot does. and Jörg-Volker Peetz: Hi, I also saw the other

Re: Unsubscribing in order to killfile one individual. Was: Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages

On Monday 10 October 2016 19:04:22 Joe wrote: > On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 12:20:22 +0100 > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > I accepted that analogy too easily. In this case, the wheel isn't > > squeaking. He dislikes the colour and design of the wheel. > > Or perhaps it has been squeaking for so long that nobod

Re: Recommendation: Backup system

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 09:32:02AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > Interesting, thanks. I've been using rsnapshot for years, and am > basically satisfied with it, although the performance when run on my > T61 laptop (backing up to a (slow) USB external disk) is indeed painful > (I do have largeish Maildirs

Re: Bluetooh in Debian Jessie

Hello, I just added a "non-free" component to /etc/apt/sources.list, the APT "deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free" and then installed the "firmware-atheros" package. Thank you, Best 2016-10-07 13:29 GMT-06:00 deloptes : > juan hernandez wrote: > > > Hello: > > I'm using D

Re: My bash script is missing something - what?

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Re: Recommendation: Backup system

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 10:55:44PM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 09:32:02AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > Am I being unreasonable? You are certainly more of an expert than I - I > > suppose you find that it is quality software, and better than > > rsnapshot, despite basically

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