find problem

2014-11-11 Thread B. M.
Hi all, I'm struggling with a find problem. I want to combine find and par2create recursively in order to get the following done: Foreach file with a certain suffix (e.g. avi) do par2create for that file in its directory, so e.g. I'm in /video There are subfolders user1, user2 with videos video

About Testing Freeze and KDE

2014-12-09 Thread B. M.
Hi all, I'm using Debian since about a year now, so this is my first freeze :-) How does the freeze work in regard to KDE: currently, many packages are at 4.14.2, PIM is at 4.14.1 and the latest 4.14 release is 4.14.3 Is it true that the packages will stay at these version numbers, also after t

File & folder clean up

2014-12-09 Thread B. M.
Hi all, Short Summary: How can I find files which parent folders have the same name? Long version: For a friend of mine I'm helping with tidying up his files and folders. What he basically did in the past was copying folders several times like for (bad) backups... So many files have been copied

Re: About Testing Freeze and KDE

2014-12-10 Thread B. M.
Le 9 déc. 2014 à 23:49, Liam O'Toole a écrit : > On 2014-12-09, B. M. wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm using Debian since about a year now, so this is my first freeze >> :-) >> >> How does the freeze work in regard to KDE: currently, many packages

Re: About Testing Freeze and KDE

2014-12-10 Thread B. M.
Le 9 déc. 2014 à 18:48, Bob Proulx a écrit : > B. M. wrote: >> I'm using Debian since about a year now, so this is my first freeze :-) > > When you say "using Debian" that is not sufficient to really describe > what you are doing. I use Debian Stable on product

[OT] tuxonice patch for the kernel 3.5.x ?

2012-08-29 Thread J. B
Hello, Could anyone suggest the tuxonice patch for the latest kernel 3.5.x ? At tuxonice they still have patch for 3.0.x for general and 3.2.x for ubuntu kernel. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: How upstart-job is performing in debian system ?

2012-08-29 Thread J. B
On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:35:20 -0400 Tom H wrote: > > >From a sysadmin point of view, unless you want to write upstart jobs, > there nothing much to learn. You can use sysvinit's "service > {stop|start|restart}" - or upstart's "{stop|start|restart} ". > I have found that upstart is helpful for

What does charset in locale setting affect?

2012-09-01 Thread Dan B.
In a locale setting such as en_US.UTF-8 (e.g., LANG=en_US.UTF-8), what exactly does the charset/character encoding part (UTF-8) affect? Which common programs (e.g., getty, xterm/etc., sed/grep?) do something different based on the charset portion of the local setting? Thanks, Daniel -- To UNS

Re: What does charset in locale setting affect?

2012-09-02 Thread Dan B.
Roger Leigh wrote: On Sat, Sep 01, 2012 at 07:32:48PM -0400, Dan B. wrote: ... Which common programs (e.g., getty, xterm/etc., sed/grep?) do something different based on the charset portion of the local setting? All of them, in short. When you run a terminal emulator such as xterm, it will

Re: [Conclusion] Looking for an emacs replacement

2012-09-22 Thread Dan B.
lee wrote: ... ... You can still run emacs fine on the console or in a terminal as you could 15--20 years ago, and you can use the GUI frames if you like, even all at the same time --- or compile a version that doesn't have X-support at all. FYI: There's an "emacs23-nox" (no X11 dependency) pac

any status monitor for epson tx 121 ?

2012-10-10 Thread J. B
Hello list, I have configured Epson tx 121 all-in-one printer with the help of the drivers as suggested at http://avasys.jp/eng/linux_driver/ But no status monitor is available. I have tried with qink and ink. No luck. Any thing else I am missing ? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-u

Re: pcspkr

2012-10-22 Thread Dan B.
lee wrote: Hi, with the pcspkr module installed, shouldn't I hear the beep through the sound card that otherwise would be played by a little loudspeaker connected to the mainboard? pcspkr might be the wrong module. You might want snd-pcsp instead. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debia

how to get graphics in fbcodecor enabled kernel ?

2012-10-29 Thread J. B
Hello list, I have compiled kernel 3.6.3 with fbcondecor patch. How can I now display images at terminal background ? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.de

How to generate lid close ACPI event ?

2012-10-31 Thread J. B
Hello list, Is there any way to [1] generate an event for laptop lid close [2] fake battery percentage ? I need this to debug my laptop-mode tools. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists

Can grub2 1.99-23 support /boot inside LVM ?

2012-11-05 Thread J. B
Hello All, I have converted my system to full_disk_encrypted box without /boot aprtition and it is running well along with tuxonice. debain now have grub2 version 1.99-23 ; mine is testing branch wheezy. Can I go for completely encrypted disk now, i.e. /boot inside the LVM ? Has any one checked

can't install skype 4.1 in debian testing ; lost the working 4.0

2012-11-19 Thread J. B
Hello, Is there anyone having luck with skype 4.1 in debian ? I have tried to install it and get the following dependency issue and also lost my working skype 4.0 ` dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled: package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd6

Re: can't install skype 4.1 in debian testing ; lost the working 4.0

2012-11-19 Thread J. B
On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 03:06:46 -0600 "Mark Allums" wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Is there anyone having luck with skype 4.1 in debian ? > > I have tried to install it and get the following dependency issue and > > also lost my working skype 4.0 > > > > ` > > dpkg: warning: overriding

Re: can't install skype 4.1 in debian testing ; lost the working 4.0

2012-11-19 Thread J. B
> > > > last time I tried, I need to have libqt4-gui & ia32-libs-gtk > Already installed in my box -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121119145626.1

Re: can't install skype 4.1 in debian testing ; lost the working 4.0

2012-11-19 Thread J. B
On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:18:33 + Benjamin Martin wrote: > On 19/11/12 09:25, J. B wrote: > > Do you know any fix ? > > not a fix as such, ... but I got around the problem by installing an > older version of Skype, which I think does not require the multi arch >skype-d

how to encrypt/decrypt remote folder ?

2012-11-22 Thread J. B
Dear All, I am interested to know about folder encryption technology available in Linux for remote backup purpose. Let me clarify. I do my daily backup through ssh+rsync to a remote server. It is quite fast because of rsync. On the remote box all the backups are stored inside a folder. How can I

Re: how to encrypt/decrypt remote folder ?

2012-11-22 Thread J. B
On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:07:36 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-how-to-encrypt-and-decrypt-files-with-a-password.html > > but it can't encrypt folder -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: how to encrypt/decrypt remote folder ?

2012-11-22 Thread J. B
On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:17:28 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > "echo password | gpg --batch -q --passphrase-fd 0 --cipher-algo AES256 -c > /tmp/file.tgz > echo password | gpg --batch -q -o /tmp/file.tgz --passphrase-fd 0 --decrypt > /tmp/file.tgz.gpg" > Thanks, but it doesn't fit with my requirem

Re: how to encrypt/decrypt remote folder ?

2012-11-22 Thread J. B
On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:45:01 +0100 "tv.deb...@googlemail.com" wrote: > On 22/11/2012 09:56, J. B wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > I am interested to know about folder encryption technology available > > in Linux for remote backup purpose. > > > >

encfs over sshfs suffering with permission problem

2012-11-22 Thread J. B
Dear list, My non admin user is added to the fuse group. restarted the box. I have mounted a remote folder within my local box using sshfs and then successfully created encfs over it and also copied some files into that folder. After that I have "fusermount -u" the encfs and then sshfs. Next ti

Re: encfs over sshfs suffering with permission problem

2012-11-22 Thread J. B
On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:37:47 +1100 Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 11/22/12, J. B wrote: > > My non admin user is added to the fuse group. restarted the box. > > > > I have mounted a remote folder within my local box using sshfs and then > > successfully created encfs o

Re: encfs over sshfs suffering with permission problem

2012-11-22 Thread J. B
On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:28:21 +0530 Kushal Kumaran wrote: > > 1. Ensure both encfs and sshfs are running as you, not root or any other > user. > Confirmed > 2. Check for I/O errors both on the local box and the remote box (run > dmesg and look for suspicious logs). > nothing found > 3. Verif

Re: encfs over sshfs suffering with permission problem

2012-11-23 Thread J. B
On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:02:28 +0530 Kushal Kumaran wrote: > "J. B" writes: > > > On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:28:21 +0530 > > Kushal Kumaran wrote: > > > > > >> > >> 1. Ensure both encfs and sshfs are running as you, not root or any other &g

Re: encfs over sshfs suffering with permission problem

2012-11-25 Thread J. B
On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:02:28 +0530 Kushal Kumaran wrote: > "J. B" writes: > > > On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:28:21 +0530 > > Kushal Kumaran wrote: > > > > > >> > >> 1. Ensure both encfs and sshfs are running as you, not root or any other &g

time zone and UTC issue

2012-11-28 Thread J. B
Hello list, My box is configured to the local time zone from beginning, both hwclock and system time. But linux always favor hwclock to UTC. What is the advantage of doing that ? If I need my hwclock to UTC then what should be the right way to do that ? I have followed "dpkg-reconfigure tzdata"

Re: time zone and UTC issue

2012-11-28 Thread J. B
On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:37:49 + Darac Marjal wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 03:55:16PM +0530, J. B wrote: > > > > Hello list, > > > > My box is configured to the local time zone from beginning, both hwclock > > and system time. > > But linux a

Re: time zone and UTC issue

2012-12-02 Thread J. B
On Sat, 1 Dec 2012 14:19:50 + Roger Leigh wrote: > Just make sure that the date is set correctly (run "date" and set it > with "date --set="newdate" if it's wrong). Then run > hwclock --utc --systohc > to set the hardware clock from the system clock in UTC. Look at > /etc/adjtime and you

Re: time zone and UTC issue

2012-12-03 Thread J. B
On Mon, 3 Dec 2012 09:47:44 + Roger Leigh wrote: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 12:10:06PM +0530, J. B wrote: > > I have checked my /etc/adjtime and found > > > > [.] > > -0.408399 1354206971 0.00 > > 1354206971 > > UTC > > [..] > >

partition table not sticky

2012-12-06 Thread J. B
Hello, I have tried to partition a new HDD. fidsk reports `` Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x3d9b1a92. Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. Afte

Re: partition table not sticky

2012-12-10 Thread J. B
On Fri, 7 Dec 2012 21:23:32 +0900 Osamu Aoki wrote: [] > > I bet you used gparted first to create GPT and now trying to use these. > This is just a wild guess. (Some fdisk can not handle GPT as I > remember) > > If you wish to make HDD use MBR instead of GPT, you can reset it by > somethin

Re: watching films full screen

2014-07-08 Thread Steve B
On 07/07/2014 11:08 PM, François Patte wrote: 1- I would like to configure kaffeine for a "real full screen ie. without any visible xfce panels. There are only one option in the menu "configuration": choosing the startup mode! I had a similar bug with XFCE and VLC causing a "partial" full scre

btrfs for photo backup

2014-08-08 Thread B. M.
Hi all, While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine (testing/jessie) I'm thinking about the optimal way of archiving my photographs. Since btrfs comes with integrated checksumming and RAID1 support, it seems as being the top choice for this use case. The only reason why I'm still hesit

Partitioning of new machine

2014-08-08 Thread B. M.
Hi all, While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine (testing/jessie) I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme which should last for the next 10 years :-) The system looks like: Haswell 3.4 GHz 8 GB RAM (later upgradeable up to 32 GB) 250 GB SSD 2 TB HDD What do you think abo

Re: Partitioning of new machine

2014-08-08 Thread B. M.
Le 8 août 2014 à 17:16, Steve Litt a écrit : > On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 12:14:31 +0200 > "B. M." wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine >> (testing/jessie) I'm thinking about the optimal partition

Re: Partitioning of new machine

2014-08-09 Thread B. M.
Le 9 août 2014 à 06:04, Gary Dale a écrit : > On 08/08/14 06:14 AM, B. M. wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine (testing/jessie) >> I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme which should last for the >>

Re: Partitioning of new machine

2014-08-09 Thread B. M.
Le 9 août 2014 à 05:44, Patrick Bartek a écrit : > On Fri, 08 Aug 2014, B. M. wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> While I'm waiting for the components of my new machine >> (testing/jessie) I'm thinking about the optimal partitioning scheme >> which shoul

Re: Partitioning of new machine - thank you

2014-08-10 Thread b-misc
On Saturday 09 August 2014 11.11:08 Gary Dale wrote: > > To preserve your archive, I'd advise PAR2 redundancy files to fix any > problems that may crop up. So long as your HD copies are good, you don't > need to go to the PAR2 files, but should one develop a problem, you can > fix it with the PAR2

Re: Debian 5 -- "data" is plural.

2014-05-26 Thread Dan B.
Ken Heard wrote:> ... > Some people however do use the word "medias". On the other hand does > anyone use the word datas? If not, it is logical to conclude that > they give word "data" a plural meaning. Wrong--what is logical to conclude is that they consider "data" what another poster called a

High %wa, irregular blocking

2014-06-04 Thread b-misc
Hi, Some weeks ago I installed Testing on my wife's iMac [1] from 2008. Unfortunately it has one issue: There are irregular periods of very high %wa, maybe 3-5 times per hour, not directly related to a certain user action. They last for some seconds up to even a minute or so and render the machin

Re: High %wa, irregular blocking

2014-06-05 Thread b-misc
> Hi > > On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 08:49:44AM +0200, b-m...@gmx.ch wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Some weeks ago I installed Testing on my wife's iMac [1] from 2008. > > Unfortunately it has one issue: > > > > There are irregular periods of very high %

not a valid LUKS device

2012-12-13 Thread J B
Hello list, I want to luks encrypt and new external usb based hard-disk. So I tried with the command, and it failed with the error as following. cryptsetup -y --cipher aes-xts-plain --key-size 512 luksFormat /dev/sdc WARNING! This will overwrite data on /dev/sdc irrevocably. Are you s

when new versions will be available at wheezy ?

2013-01-08 Thread J B
Hello, Since long new packages are not coming in wheezy. As it is in frozen state. Does anyone has any idea when can we get new versions again ? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.or

Re: when new versions will be available at wheezy ?

2013-01-08 Thread J B
On Tue, 8 Jan 2013 12:12:06 + Darac Marjal wrote: > On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 05:20:37PM +0530, J B wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Since long new packages are not coming in wheezy. As it is in frozen state. > > Does anyone has any idea when can we get new versions again

how to install touchegg in debian ?

2013-01-21 Thread J B
Hello, Is there any lucky debian user having touchegg installed ? I have tried to install the ubuntu .deb but couldn't success due to dependency. I have synaptic configured for two finger scrolling, but it is not that superb like mac touchpad :-( -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@

Re: how to install touchegg in debian ?

2013-01-22 Thread J B
On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:09:59 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 22 ian 13, 11:37:01, J B wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Is there any lucky debian user having touchegg installed ? > > I have tried to install the ubuntu .deb but couldn't success > > due to depe

Re: how to install touchegg in debian ?

2013-01-22 Thread J B
On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:12:35 + Darac Marjal wrote: > > Does apt-get give you a resolver prompt? That is, you type "apt-get > install -f" and it says "I would like to remove touchegg. Is this OK?" > (well, words to that effect). Try saying "N" at that point and see if > apt-get will present

Help w Claws mail (pop) I don't want to download my entire yahoo message box!

2013-02-17 Thread B G
I am trying to set up claws mail to access my yahoo email account using pop. I would only like to download messages from the last day or so. My yahoo account has emails going back 7 or so years. Is there a way to tell Claws mail client to only download the last 100 messages? Right now it is grabb

How to get multiarch support

2013-05-08 Thread J B
Hello list, I like to have multiarch support in my debian wheezy to install latest skype (4.1). What are the steps to do so ? Do I need to modify sources.list ? Please suggest. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: How to get multiarch support

2013-05-08 Thread J B
On Wed, 08 May 2013 11:04:39 +0200 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2013-05-08 10:55 +0200, J B wrote: > > > I like to have multiarch support in my debian wheezy to install > > latest skype (4.1). > > > > What are the steps to do so ? > > Two of them: > >

Re: How to get multiarch support

2013-05-09 Thread J B
On Wed, 08 May 2013 12:44:00 +0200 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2013-05-08 12:14 +0200, J B wrote: > > > When trying to install the skype 4.1 I get > > > > #dpkg -i skype-debian_4.1.0.20-1_i386.deb > > > > (Reading database ... 227156 files and directories cu

Dependency issue to install skype

2013-06-13 Thread J B
Hello list, This is a debian multiarch box. IF I try to install skype 4.2 I get the following error ` #dpkg -i skype-debian_4.2.0.11-1_i386.deb (Reading database ... 216028 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace skype 4.0.0.8-1 (using skype-debian_4.2.0.11-1_

Re: Dependency issue to install skype

2013-06-13 Thread J B
Hello Andrei, On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:27:14 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 13 iun 13, 20:56:44, J B wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > This is a debian multiarch box. IF I try to install skype 4.2 I get the > > following error > > Please show what your defa

Re: Dependency issue to install skype

2013-06-14 Thread J B
On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:07:23 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 14 iun 13, 12:05:33, J B wrote: > > > > Yes, I did it. This is a debian-testing OS > > Ok, this might explain why things aren't going so smooth. It's usually a > good idea to upgrade to testi

Re: Dependency issue to install skype

2013-06-14 Thread J B
Hello Andrei, On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:42:59 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 14 iun 13, 12:45:22, J B wrote: > > > > Here are some more info > > > > #apt-cache policy libqtwebkit4 > ... > > #apt-cache policy libqtwebkit4:i386 > ... > >

Re: pcspkr

2013-06-23 Thread Dan B.
lee wrote: "Dan B." writes: lee wrote: Hi, with the pcspkr module installed, shouldn't I hear the beep through the sound card that otherwise would be played by a little loudspeaker connected to the mainboard? pcspkr might be the wrong module. You might want snd-pcsp in

installed cups-pdf package; now what?

2013-06-23 Thread Dan B.
Where are the instructions for what to do after installing the cups-pdf package, to have the virtual to-PDF printer appear (e.g. in "lpstat -a" output) and be able to print to PDF? The files /usr/share/doc/cups-pdf/... don't seem to have any such instructions. (I tried using the CUPS administrat

Continuous brute force attempt from own server !!!

2013-07-25 Thread J B
Dear list, I'm suffering with a very serious issue and seek guidance. I have a debian server functional at my place which is attached with a leased line connection. Iand I use this box as a gateway. This debian box administer a remote opensuse linux server through this debian box and I use pubk

Re: Continuous brute force attempt from own server !!!

2013-07-26 Thread J B
On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 10:52:15 +0200 benjamin kent wrote: > J B, how have you figured out that the port-scan targets > the ssh daemon specifically? > > as from log ``` accepted public key from from port 50574 ssh2 ```

Twitter client for debian ?

2013-08-01 Thread J B
Hello list, I have tried pidgintwitter and pidgin-microblogging and both are failure at authentication. Same experience with turpial 1.9.6. Is there aany success from any linux user ? I'm using debian testing. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a sub

Re: Twitter client for debian ?

2013-08-01 Thread J B
cli twitter client written or perl ) > > also there plenty of twitter clients for twitter > found them from > % > $ apt-cache search twitter > %--- > > and try them to install them and try > > On 08/01/2013 07:36

fax over IP

2013-08-07 Thread J B
Hello, can anyone suggest how to create a foip system on debian ? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130807193342.5e144...@shiva.selfip.org

Re: fax over IP

2013-08-07 Thread J B
Thanks a lot :-) On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 07:36:29 -0700 Bruce Ferrell wrote: > On 08/07/2013 07:03 AM, J B wrote: > > Hello, > > > > can anyone suggest how to create a foip system on debian ? > > > > Thanks > > > > > FAX over IP is fairly co

Re: fax over IP

2013-08-07 Thread J B
Thanks a lot :-) But I lack Asterisk/pbx Is there any online free fax server available so that we can install the client in our laptop and communicate with the server ? Suggestion is very much welcome. On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 07:36:29 -0700 Bruce Ferrell wrote: > On 08/07/2013 07:03 AM,

alsa stops suddenly.

2013-08-26 Thread J B
Dear list, My box is debian testing and I do upgrade S/w very frequently. Since last few months I have not used any sound related operation, but today I found that alsa is not working anymore. I have checked with speaker-test and got the following speaker-test 1.0.27.1 Playback device is default

grub-install says can't identify filesystem; won't install

2012-06-28 Thread Dan B.
When I run "grub-install /dev/sdb1", it says: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: unable to identify a filesystem in hd1,gpt1; safety check can't be performed. and does not install GRUB2. (It's still the same if I use the syntax ("grub-install (hd1,gpt1)".) This is on a disk tht has a GPT partiti

Re: grub-install says can't identify filesystem; won't install

2012-06-30 Thread Dan B.
Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Jo, 28 iun 12, 21:41:23, Dan B. wrote: When I run "grub-install /dev/sdb1", it says: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: unable to identify a filesystem in hd1,gpt1; safety check can't be performed. and does not install GRUB2. (It's still the same

which layer to configure so Alt-x does Meta-x in bash?

2012-07-04 Thread Dan B.
What's the right layer to reconfigure so that Alt functions as Meta in bash command line editing? Right now, when I try to type Alt-f to execute bash's Meta-f line-editing function (Forward Word), bash instead inserts a non-ASCII character (the a-e ligature). That happens in bash in xterm and in

Re: multiple ftp servers

2012-07-17 Thread J. B
On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:49:27 +0200 Javier Barroso wrote: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Anan Zaaa wrote: > > I have proftp installed and want to install pureftp on a different port for > > custom usage. > > But apt-get removes proftp before installing pureftp. Any idea how can i > > overcome

Re: mail server

2012-07-25 Thread J. B
On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:58:39 +0800 Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > 2012/7/25 Muhammad Yousuf Khan : > > need suggestions, i know there are few populer mail servers like > > postfix, sandmail etc out there. > > > > here is some details about my office. > > > > 1. 20 users. > > 2. pop from main server >

.htaccess , how to bypass authentication for specific IPs ?

2012-08-12 Thread J. B
Dear list, I have the following in my .htaccess to force the authentication [] AuthName "htaccess password prompt" AuthUserFile /home/askapache.com/.htpasswd AuthType Basic Require valid-user [...] Now I like some IPs to bypass the authentication. Hence I have modified the rule as [...] O

lvcreate throws error : device not cleared

2012-08-17 Thread J. B
Dear list, I'm with debian wheezy with lvm2 2.02.95-4. whenever I try to execute lvcreate it fails. Here is the output of such a command `` #lvcreate -v -n root -L 80G mygroup Setting logging type to disk Finding volume group "mygroup" Archiving volume group "mygrou

Re: lvcreate throws error : device not cleared

2012-08-17 Thread J. B
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:36:27 +0500 Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan > wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 3:28 PM, J. B wrote: > >> > >> Thanks, [-Z n] only works with a warrning > > > > -Z, --zero y/

best filesystem for logical volume ?

2012-08-17 Thread J. B
Hello list, any recommendation about the best file system for logical volume ? TIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120817165340.2d9c8...@shiva.sel

Re: best filesystem for logical volume ?

2012-08-17 Thread J. B
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 07:49:40 -0400 shawn wilson wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 7:23 AM, J. B wrote: > > > > > any recommendation about the best file system for logical volume ? > > > > i use zfs for everything except / (includes /boot as grub doesn't suppo

on the way of encrypting a system, need some help please

2012-08-17 Thread J. B
Dear list, I have bought a new HDD. Created 2 partitions. An un-encrypted 1 GB /boot as a separate partition on the Disk. And on the rest (2nd partition) an encrypted LVM with root and home as two logical volume on it. Now I like to migrate my running system, the running "/" to the root of logi

Re: best filesystem for logical volume ?

2012-08-17 Thread J. B
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:31:06 -0400 shawn wilson wrote: > On Aug 17, 2012 9:08 AM, "Jon Dowland" wrote: > > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 05:28:10PM +0530, J. B wrote: > > > Is it better than ext4 and reiserfs ? > > > > No. > > > > (a

Re: best filesystem for logical volume ?

2012-08-17 Thread J. B
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:42:17 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:53:40 +0530, J. B wrote: > > > any recommendation about the best file system for logical volume ? > > A logical volume for what, exactly? > Full disk encryption -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: best filesystem for logical volume ?

2012-08-17 Thread J. B
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:31:06 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:56:22 +0530, J. B wrote: > > > On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:42:17 + (UTC) Camaleón > > wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:53:40 +0530, J. B wrote: > >> > >>

Re: best filesystem for logical volume ?

2012-08-17 Thread J. B
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:20:27 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:19:53 +0530, J. B wrote: > > > On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:31:06 + (UTC) Camaleón > > wrote: > > >> >> > any recommendation about the best file system for logical volume

What does stty's iutf8 actually do (effect)?

2012-08-17 Thread Dan B.
The manual page for stty says that the input setting "iutf8" controls whether to "assume [that] input characters are UTF-8 encoded." What does setting actually do? (I understand UTF-8 and its mapping between byte sequences and characters. What I don't know is where character decoding and encodin

How to enlarge LUKS partition ?

2012-08-20 Thread J. B
Dear list, Is there anyone who is successful increasing LUKS partition ? I have 2 physical partitions /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2. There is 800 GB free disk space (un-partitioned) between sda1 & sda2 Whole /dev/sda2 is dedicated to a LUKS partition which holds a LVM. I have tried with gparted to incr

Re: How to enlarge LUKS partition ?

2012-08-20 Thread J. B
On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:20:41 +0200 Jochen Spieker wrote: > J. B: > > > > Dear list, > > > > Is there anyone who is successful increasing LUKS partition ? > > I have 2 physical partitions /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2. > > There is 800 GB free disk space (un-par

Re: How to enlarge LUKS partition ?

2012-08-20 Thread J. B
On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:57:31 +0200 "tv.deb...@googlemail.com" wrote: > On 20/08/2012 16:53, J. B wrote: > > > > Dear list, > > > > Is there anyone who is successful increasing LUKS partition ? > > I have 2 physical partitions /dev/sda1 and /dev/sd

Re: How to enlarge LUKS partition ?

2012-08-21 Thread J. B
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:25:38 +0200 "tv.deb...@googlemail.com" wrote: > On 20/08/2012 19:14, J. B wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:57:31 +0200 > > "tv.deb...@googlemail.com" wrote: > > > >> On 20/08/2012 16:53, J. B wrote: > >>>

Re: How to enlarge LUKS partition ?

2012-08-21 Thread J. B
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:56:52 +0200 "tv.deb...@googlemail.com" wrote: > On 21/08/2012 11:46, J. B wrote: > > On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:25:38 +0200 > > "tv.deb...@googlemail.com" wrote: > > > >> On 20/08/2012 19:14, J. B wrote: > >>> On M

Re: How to enlarge LUKS partition ?

2012-08-21 Thread J. B
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 22:19:37 +0200 "tv.deb...@googlemail.com" wrote: > >On 21/08/2012 19:22, J. B wrote: > [trim] > > The free space is 10 GB, where the luks partition is 200 GB. > > I'm eagerly waiting to know the output of your experiment. > > >

framebuffer logo not available because of LUKS

2012-08-21 Thread J. B
Dear list, With the ongoing process of my full disk encryption ( exclude /boot), I have now come with another issue. The framebuffer device which resides under /root/dev is not available prior to opening luks and it is quite normal. IS there any alternative so that required drivers (like framebuf

Re: framebuffer logo not available because of LUKS

2012-08-21 Thread J. B
Solved :-) linux /vmlinuz-3.0.3.acer root=/dev/mapper/mygroup-root ro splash quiet video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap vga=792 resume=/dev/mapper/mygroup-swap The [splash quiet video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap vga=792] has to be added On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:13:44 +0530 "

Re: How to enlarge LUKS partition ?

2012-08-27 Thread J. B
On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:12:36 +0200 Alexandre wrote: > En l'an 2012, le lundi 20 août, vers 20 h 23 mn, J. B écrivait: > > Is there anyone who is successful increasing LUKS partition ? > > Hi, > here is how I have "successfully" increased my LUKS partit

Re: Image hosting server

2014-03-13 Thread Steve B
On 03/13/2014 02:09 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: I want to set up a simple image hosting server for private use. No galleries - just something similar to Imgur/ge.tt where people I work with can easily put up an image and provide a link to it in our plain-text email based discussions. The simpler f

Security in our local network

2015-08-15 Thread B. M.
Hi list, - Not really a debian problem, but I value the knowledge of you all :-) I'd like to get external input to my security considerations... Hardware / Network situation: - Family in an apartment, several other apartments in the same building - Internet by our cable network operator; router

Security in our local network

2015-08-15 Thread B. M.
Hi list, - Not really a debian problem, but I value the knowledge of you all :-) I'd like to get external input to my security considerations... Hardware / Network situation: - Family in an apartment, several other apartments in the same building - Internet by our cable network operator; router

Re: Security in our local network

2015-08-16 Thread B. M.
Le 15 août 2015 à 13:48, Sven Arvidsson a écrit : > On Sat, 2015-08-15 at 11:59 +0200, B. M. wrote: >> - I have no control over the router (firmware updates? security >> fixes? I assume it's >> "really cheap" ...) > > I would start right there. If yo

Re: Security in our local network

2015-08-16 Thread B. M.
Le 15 août 2015 à 17:05, Martin Skjöldebrand a écrit : > On Sat, 2015-08-15 at 11:59 +0200, B. M. wrote: >> - Configure apache to require SSL client authentication - not yet >> possible because the >> owncloud sync client doesn't support that yet >> >

Re: About Testing Freeze and KDE

2014-12-10 Thread B. M.
Le 11 déc. 2014 à 05:10, The Wanderer a écrit : > On 12/10/2014 at 03:55 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > >> B. M. wrote: >> >>> Bob Proulx a écrit : > >>> Thanks for the clarification, but in general I think I know how >>> Debian works. My question was

Re: About Testing Freeze and KDE

2014-12-11 Thread B. M.
Le 11 déc. 2014 à 11:41, Andrei POPESCU a écrit : > On Mi, 10 dec 14, 23:10:36, The Wanderer wrote: >> >> IOW, if version 2.2.4 of a program is packaged, and upstream releases >> version 2.3.0 after the freeze, it might be reasonable to stick with >> 2.2.4 in preparing testing for release - but

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