Re: Sid Systemd upgrade

20.07.2014, 14:23, "Brian" : > On Sun 20 Jul 2014 at 11:00:15 +0300, David Baron wrote: >>  How safe are these on new 64bit system (dist-upgraded to Sid)? > > In principle nothing that you do with unstable is safe. But you have > chosen to test it. So go ahead and be prepared to analyse and report

Re: systemd situation in Jesssie

  17.05.2014, 22:29, "Erwan David" :Le 17/05/2014 22:02, Tom H a écrit : On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Erwan David wrote: Le 17/05/2014 20:57, Sven Joachim a écrit : On 2014-05-17 19:58 +0200, Martin Vegter wrote: I am wondering whether systemd will be mandatory in Jessie. At

Re: systemd situation in Jesssie

  19.05.2014, 00:21, "Tom H" :On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 11:29 AM, David Dušanić <ivanovne...@gmail.com> wrote: Systemd-shim is there to provide functions by systemd on a system that does not use it as its init system. It could be useful when you depend on Gnome 3 software like networ

Re: systemd situation in Jesssie

19.05.2014, 10:30, "Erwan David" :And can you explain why hplip depends on systemd ?Excepting that some people pretend that their personal choice is theonly way to run a ciomputer and tend to enforce it to other.Linux is becoming  just another windows. It is no more a Unix.-- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode.

21.05.2014, 07:54, "Muhammad Yousuf Khan" :i have just installed debian 7 and i am feeling a bit uncomfortable with the new look ("unity" type) i want the all time old menu "gnome classic". how can i enable that.Thanks,Myk  Log out and choose Gnome Classic from the GDM drop down menu.  -- David Dus

Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode.

21.05.2014, 10:00, "Muhammad Yousuf Khan" :do i have to uninstall gnome3 in order to work with xfce4 actually i wanted to run both by enabling one and disabiling other for testing puporse or to evaluate which one is better for me. btw i installed xfce4 and restarted the system however it again gave

Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode.

21.05.2014, 11:27, "Muhammad Yousuf Khan" : > Thanks Joe, David , Chirs and all . actually login screen step worked for me. > even i am also trying xfce4. > can i make gnome classic default loging environment? Yes, you can. Usually your display manager should take the last option you used as you

Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode.

>>  If I remember correctly LXDE is going through a  transition to Qt. Maybe >>  the reason why? > > There were some intermittent issues with those menu options in xfce a > little while ago but I thought they were related to lightdm/systemd > issues. In any event it all seems to work fine now. Yes

Re: Gnome 3 password-protected screensaver / Jessie

29.05.2014, 05:24, "Gary Dale" : ...but there is no provision for a password. Just begin to type your password and you will see a prompt to log in. -- David Dusanic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@

Re: Gnome 3 password-protected screensaver / Jessie

29.05.2014, 15:30, "Gary Dale" : >  On 29/05/14 07:14 AM, David Dušanić wrote: >>   29.05.2014, 05:24, "Gary Dale" : >  If you are getting different results then your system has a different >  setup from mine. If you've got a working password-protected scree

Re: fastest linux distro

29.05.2014, 22:27, "Gour" : > Andrei POPESCU writes: >>  If there's a lighter weight DE I'd like to know. > > http://i3wm.org/ > > Sincerely, > Gour i3 is not a desktop environment. ;) -- David Dusanic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsub

Re: fastest linux distro

29.05.2014, 23:07, "Gour" : > Ralf Mardorf writes: >>  A tiling WM isn't a DE. > > Can you tell me what is missing? > > It has status bar, systray, launcher, workspaces...ability to launch > specific app in a specific workspace. There is upcoming feature to save > one's layout. > > Sincerely, > Go

Re: fastest linux distro

29.05.2014, 23:19, "Ralf Mardorf" : > On Thu, 2014-05-29 at 23:07 +0200, Gour wrote: >>  Ralf Mardorf writes: >>>  A tiling WM isn't a DE. >>  Can you tell me what is missing? >> >>  It has status bar, systray, launcher, workspaces...ability to launch >>  specific app in a specific workspace. Ther

Re: How to declare default browser in JWM

30.05.2014, 18:10, "Steve Litt" : > > Anyone know how to change the default browser on JWM? You could use Debian's alternative system: update-alternatives --config x-www-browser as root and choose your option. -- David Dusanic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.or

Re: Sawfish and Openbox: was fastest linux distro

31.05.2014, 18:59, "Steve Litt" : > On Sat, 31 May 2014 08:51:13 -0400 > Tony Baldwin wrote: >>  Sawfish and openbox, even metacity would fit in this last "just >>  manages windows" category, and, in fact, don't even include a panel, >>  which I think JWM has by default. > > You're just the person

Re: Sawfish and Openbox: was fastest linux distro

> You mention making an .Xdefaults/.Xresources in my home directory. Can > I safely assume the slash meant either/or, rather than directory/file? > I already had a .Xdefaults, but it was a config file, not a directory. Yes, the slash meant either/or. Xdefaults is the older way of doing it, I still

Re: Sawfish and Openbox: was fastest linux distro

01.06.2014, 19:21, "Brian" : > On Sun 01 Jun 2014 at 13:09:11 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: >>  On Sun, 01 Jun 2014 13:18:11 +0200 >>  David Dušanić wrote: >>>  I would make an .Xdefaults/.Xresources in your home folder with this >>>  e.g.: >

Re: MATE 1.8: issues with sound control

04.06.2014, 19:19, "Matthias Fraidl" : > On 04.06.2014 17:34, Ghislain Vaillant wrote: >>  Any thoughts on a possible solution ? > > I had the same issues! > Go and try volti[1], it worked fine for me. > (apt-get install volti) What about adjusting the sound device from the volume applet options i

Re: unable to mount removable media with xfce4 version 4.10.1

05.06.2014, 15:28, "François Patte" : > Bonjour, > > Since last upgrade, I cannot mount (or umount) any removable media > under xfce4: > > I can see the icon on the desktop, mouse over indicates that the media > is not mounted and if I ask (mouse left click) to mount them the > answer is: not autho

Re: unable to mount removable media with xfce4 version 4.10.1

06.06.2014, 10:56, "François Patte" : > Le 06/06/2014 10:29, David Dušanić a écrit : >>  05.06.2014, 15:28, "François Patte" >>  : >>>  Bonjour, >>> >>>  Since last upgrade, I cannot mount (or umount) any removable >>>  me

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

07.06.2014, 09:48, "Thierry de Coulon" : > Hello all, > > I've lived for years using synaptic and I am no so used to aptitude - and I > don't want to make mistakes... > > Possibly my installation is now in such a state that I should reinstall, but > everything *is* working. Anyway: > > - searchin

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

08.06.2014, 12:27, "Gour" : > > I must say that I'm still quite noobie when it comes to package > management on Debian mostly using apt-get/synaptic and I > read/heard somewhere that for Sid those are recommended over aptitude? > > Do I miss something and/or what would be recommended procedure for

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

08.06.2014, 15:10, "Gour" : > David Dušanić writes: >>  I think you can also use aptitude on sid but I really prefer apt. > > So, you believe aptitude is no better than apt in resolve package deps > (in Sid) ? It is my personal preference. I never understood aptitu

Re: Which 'package' to choose for updating google chrome ?

08.06.2014, 15:40, "Trudi" : > Hi > I am using an ASUS Transformer Book. > Not only are there no useful manuals but also no help from Asus either online > OR by telephone, issues go unsolved. It's annoying since they are not cheap. > My issue is that the android/tablet part of the Asus Transform

Re: Sid Foibles

09.06.2014, 09:23, "David Baron" : > A lot of "held" packages: > > libxfont, libxfont-dev --> remove xfs. Is xfs gone/deprecated? In use at all? > or .. don't do this! > network-manger, ppp,etc --> remove sysvinit-core, install systemd, systemd- > sysv. Do these supersede sysvinit-core or should pa

Re: Does LXDE really require lightdm?

22.06.2014, 02:31, "Steve Litt" : > Hi all, > > I installed LXDE on a no-X, no-desktop virgin network Wheezy 64bit > install with non-free software allowed, and on the next boot it went > into lightdm. The only thing I could find that installed and required > lightdm was LXDE. I uninstalled LXDE,