Jessie upgrade without systemd [was: Debian *not very good]

2016-11-26 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 03:57:53PM -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Fri, 25 Nov 2016 21:26:06 + (UTC) Latincom > wrote: > > > On Fri, 25 Nov 2016 16:31:54 +, Brian wrote: > > > > > On Fri 25 Nov 2016 at 15:21:23 +, oldbluebear wrote: >

Re: forcefsck inconsistency

2016-11-26 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Wed, 23 Nov 2016, David Wright wrote: As for the root filesystem, are you saying that it was not checked even when you did what I suggested? What does # tune2fs -l /dev/sda1 | grep 'st ch' show (assuming / is /dev/sda1)? hi David, I said "inconsistency, but I must add "behaviour imposs

Re: Jessie upgrade without systemd [was: Debian *not very good]

2016-11-26 Thread Joe
On Sat, 26 Nov 2016 10:02:50 +0100 wrote: > On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 03:57:53PM -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > If you do a normal dist-upgrade Wheezy to Jessie, sysvinit will be > > replaced with systemd. > > Not forcefully. > > > And probably screw everything up.. > > Now this is a

Package configure problem during Installation.

2016-11-26 Thread amir khan
Hello! I am unable to configure the package manager. The mirrors given in the list of INDIA can't fetch any content. Is there any other way to configure it. I would really appreciate any help. Thank You!

Is preseed.cfg flexible enough?

2016-11-26 Thread Richard Owlett
I have a laptop whose *SOLE* purpose is to have multiple installs of Debian for demonstration of different ways Debian may be configured. While I work out kinks I am using Mate as my D.E. I find some Debian defaults annoying. Setting them to reasonable values on a running system is straight fo

Re: Package configure problem during Installation.

2016-11-26 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 04:29:19PM +0530, amir khan wrote: > Hello! > I am unable to configure the package manager. The mirrors given in the list > of INDIA can't fetch any content. > Is there any other way to configure it. I would really appreciate an

Re: Jessie upgrade without systemd [was: Debian *not very good]

2016-11-26 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 10:27:07AM +, Joe wrote: > On Sat, 26 Nov 2016 10:02:50 +0100 > wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 03:57:53PM -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > > > > If you do a normal dist-upgrade Wheezy to Jessie, sysvinit will b

Re: Is preseed.cfg flexible enough?

2016-11-26 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Richard, On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 06:56:23AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > Can preseed.cfg handle those and similar in an D.E. agnostic manner? If you can't find a feature or setting built in to d-i's preseed, then you can always preseed a program or shell script and run it at the end of the i

Re: Jessie upgrade without systemd [was: Debian *not very good]

2016-11-26 Thread Henning Follmann
On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 10:27:07AM +, Joe wrote: > On Sat, 26 Nov 2016 10:02:50 +0100 > wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 03:57:53PM -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > > > > If you do a normal dist-upgrade Wheezy to Jessie, sysvinit will be > > > replaced with systemd. > > > > Not f

Re: Package configure problem during Installation.

2016-11-26 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 5:59 AM, amir khan wrote: > Hello! > I am unable to configure the package manager. The mirrors given in the list > of INDIA can't fetch any content. > Is there any other way to configure it. I would really appreciate any help. > > Thank You! Hi Amir Khan, There are curren

Re: Jessie upgrade without systemd [was: Debian *not very good]

2016-11-26 Thread Joe
On Sat, 26 Nov 2016 09:01:33 -0500 Henning Follmann wrote: > On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 10:27:07AM +, Joe wrote: > > On Sat, 26 Nov 2016 10:02:50 +0100 > > wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 03:57:53PM -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > > > > > > > If you do a normal dist-upgra

Re: Package configure problem during Installation.

2016-11-26 Thread Sven Hartge
kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > For these and many other reasons, it is better to use the "mirror > redirector service". The idea is to add something like > deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie main contrib non-free > in the /etc/apt/sources.list and let apt-get figure out the best > mirr

debian on lenovo carbon thinkpad 4th generation confirmation report

2016-11-26 Thread iqwue Wabv
Hello, I would like to confirm the successfully running Debian testing 'stretch' on Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 4th generation: TYPE 20FC-0038PB production 16/07 1) jessie wifi doesn't work because lack of drivers for IntelĀ® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 which is only available in >4.1 linux ke

Re: Package configure problem during Installation.

2016-11-26 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: > kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > >> For these and many other reasons, it is better to use the "mirror >> redirector service". The idea is to add something like > >> deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie main contrib non-free > >> in the /

Re: Package configure problem during Installation.

2016-11-26 Thread Sven Hartge
kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: >> httpredir is somewhat deprecated now. >> >> The new official service is deb.debian.org: >> >> deb http://deb.debian.org/debian jessie main contrib non-free >> >> But you can use both at the same time to get the

Re: Package configure problem during Installation.

2016-11-26 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: > kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > >> Where is it documented that httpredir is deprecated and that we should >> use deb.debian.org's service going forward? Has it been announce >> somewhere? > > There has been a thread on debian-devel (I can't find

Re: Package configure problem during Installation.

2016-11-26 Thread Brian
On Sat 26 Nov 2016 at 11:51:19 -0500, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: > > kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > > > >> Where is it documented that httpredir is deprecated and that we should > >> use deb.debian.org's service going forward? Has it been anno

Re: Jessie upgrade without systemd [was: Debian *not very good]

2016-11-26 Thread Mart van de Wege
Joe writes: > Sorry, I may not have been clear, I was saying that reinstalling to > jump the 32/64 bit barrier has been the only significant upheaval in > the progress of my server since sarge, and that reinstallation was like > for like and therefore quite simple. > > If I have to reinstall the

Re: Debian *not very good

2016-11-26 Thread Rob van der Putten
Hi there On 25/11/16 22:26, Latincom wrote: Is there a step by step guide or How to on line? I have 1 Wheezy without Systemd, and i would like to upgrade it. Thanks. You can do both an upgrade and an install from scratch without systemd; http://without-systemd.org/ http://without-systemd.org

Re: Package configure problem during Installation.

2016-11-26 Thread Sven Hartge
Brian wrote: > On Sat 26 Nov 2016 at 11:51:19 -0500, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: >> Thanks Sven. Is this still a beta service or mature enough to be >> recommended to debian users? Hopefully there is a formal announcement >> on this. As it stands, httpredir is mentioned in many places. For >> exam

Re: Debian *not very good

2016-11-26 Thread Rob van der Putten
Hi there On 26/11/16 18:38, Rob van der Putten wrote: I run XFCE on my desktop. I had to add myself to sudo to make things work properly. And admin. admin is needed to get xconsole syslog to work. sudo to keep xdm logout from complaining. I use lightdm now though. I edited the cups config

Re: Package configure problem during Installation.

2016-11-26 Thread Brian
On Sat 26 Nov 2016 at 18:40:38 +0100, Sven Hartge wrote: > Brian wrote: > > > For the -devel thread: > > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2016/07/msg00071.html > > I had a more recent thread in mind and I just found it. It was kind of > buried inside the "When should we https our mirr

Re: debian on lenovo carbon thinkpad 4th generation confirmation report

2016-11-26 Thread SteveA
Good to know, thanks.

Re: Package configure problem during Installation.

2016-11-26 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Brian wrote: > On Sat 26 Nov 2016 at 18:40:38 +0100, Sven Hartge wrote: > >> Brian wrote: >> > I think viewing deb.debian.org as beta is fair. Viewing the redirector >> > as deprecated or about to be closed down in not correct. There is a >> > diversity of views i

Error message from GParted, means what?

2016-11-26 Thread Richard Owlett
I've been getting a strange error messages when looking at some 8 GB flash drives from different manufacturers purchased months apart. There is a title bar at top saying "Libparted Warning (as superuser). The body of the message box has: 1. an Exclamation point surrounded by orange and yellow

Re: Package configure problem during Installation.

2016-11-26 Thread Brian
On Sat 26 Nov 2016 at 16:44:42 -0500, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Sat 26 Nov 2016 at 18:40:38 +0100, Sven Hartge wrote: > > > >> Brian wrote: > >> > I think viewing deb.debian.org as beta is fair. Viewing the redirector > >> > as deprecated o

stunnel or sibling?

2016-11-26 Thread peter
Hello, The stunnel manual states "stunnel can be used to add SSL functionality to ... daemons ... ." I'm interested in a complimentary case. The remote server has SSL functionality. I want to add SSL for a local client. For example, a local elementary browser is not SSL capable but a connec