Re: BIOS

2012-09-18 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Lina, let's tackle this one at a time. First the VirtualBox problem. What computer is this? Is it your Mac? As far as I know your Mac is 64 bit capable. Virtual box comes in x86 and x86_64 versions. If you are running a x86_64 distribution you can install the x86_64 version of VirtualBox and a 6

Re: BIOS

2012-09-18 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
| > HOST-KERNEL i386 amd64 > | /| > | / | > |/ | > VIRTUAL-BOX i386 amd64 > | /| > | / | > |/ | > GUEST-KERNEL i386 amd64 On 09/18/2012 09:01 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > Lina, let's tackle this one at a time. &

Re: telnet and harden-clients

2012-10-03 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Try: # aptitude why-not telnet On 09/29/2012 06:46 PM, lina wrote: > Hi, > > I have the harden-clients installed. > > when I tried to install the telnet, > > it showed me conflict. > > # aptitude why telnet > Unable to find a reason to install telnet. > > I am just curious how telnet work. I

Re: internet speed

2012-10-03 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Find out the lan speed? ethtool eth0 iwconfig wlan0 On 10/01/2012 05:38 PM, lina wrote: > Hi, > > Recently I notice my laptop's internet connection speed is really slow. > and sometimes seems no connection. > > I don't know how to start to examine, any suggestions? > > Thanks with best regards

Re: man in the middle attack ?

2012-10-03 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 08/20/2012 11:48 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 22:43 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> Hi Dr. Beco A.I. research, Cognitive Scientist and Philosopher Linux >> Counter #201942, >> >> take an educated guess or ask one of your A.I. thingy to take an >> educated guess. >> >> Regards, >

Re: internet speed

2012-10-03 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
If the IP is not bound to the port, then it is probably assigned from a pool of addresses. So: old cable, old port = bad. new cable, old port = good What about old cable, new port? On 10/03/2012 03:48 PM, lina wrote: > On Wednesday 03,October,2012 07:03 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >

[OT] dhcpd and always-broadcast

2012-10-10 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hey, I have an OT question about the always-broadcast option of the dhcpd server. Based on the Wikipedia article, all DHCP messages to the client are sent to the broadcast address. This makes sense, since the UDP protocol used by DHCP runs on top of the IP protocol, and the client does not have a

Re: OT: man in the middle attack ?

2012-10-10 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 10/05/2012 11:56 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 15:07 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> And... Debian is notorious for mistreating newcomers! I have had a >> friend swear to never ask a question on Debian forums again, after the >> reply to his first q

Re: [OT] dhcpd and always-broadcast

2012-10-11 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 10/11/2012 07:51 AM, Kushal Kumaran wrote: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis > wrote: >> Hey, >> >> I have an OT question about the always-broadcast option of the dhcpd server. >> >> Based on the Wikipedia article, all DHCP messa

arp cache incomplete entries

2012-10-11 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hi, I've noticed that, often, after establishing a connection to the local network, important entries in the ARP cache, such as that of my nameserver, appear as 'incomplete' and have not an associated hardware address. Connection to these hosts often fails. What are the possible reasons why this

Re: arp cache incomplete entries

2012-10-12 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 10/12/2012 04:08 AM, Neal Murphy wrote: > On Thursday, October 11, 2012 08:47:37 PM Celejar wrote: >> >> I'm no expert, but my impression is that any machine which is asked to >> connect to some other host by IP address will issue such an ARP >> request, so if I do 'ping x.x.x.x', and x.x.x.x ha

Re: [OT] font

2013-01-10 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Your mail reader. It's just a rule built into it. BTW, -delete- does not show up specially in icedove. HTML is another story, it has tags. On 01/04/2013 11:56 AM, lina wrote: > Hi, > > What makes the *bold* bold? and -delete- delete. > > I can't google it out about it? just curious, thanks. -

[OT] Compromised Gmail account

2013-02-06 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hi! I am facing a security issue since this morning, and could use some advice. At about 2pm local time, someone logged into my GMail account, and sent 6 spam emails to my contacts. The header from one such mail is (single Received header): > Received: from localhost (mcf4036d0.tmodns.net. [208.

Re: [OT] Compromised Gmail account

2013-02-07 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 02/07/2013 11:35 AM, David L. Craig wrote: > Well, now that you have posted that Received: header, > you may assume the perp is following this thread. > I wanted to be sure you understand that fact. Perhaps I am not as smart as you. What would be the danger? I am not for “security through obscu

Re: What is the best way to turn off the iptables

2012-07-06 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Sorry for replying directly but I think you may want to read this. You have: Chain INPUT (policy DROP) This should be ACCEPT instead of DROP. Try: iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT Then do the same for the FORWARD chain (if you want to get a "vanilla" configuration) On 05/07/2012 06:02 μμ, lina wrote:

How to permanently increase aptitude upgrade points

2012-07-16 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hi, I have a rather acute problem with aptitude. I am tracking wheezy and very often, the resolver wants to remove half my system rather than upgrade a couple of packages. These packages are not held back (aptitude calls them "kept back"), even though they may be manually installed. Is there a way

Logitech M305 mouse 4th and 5th button

2011-03-07 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
I am having trouble getting my Logitech M305 mouse's last two buttons (5- button mouse, 7 buttons counting the wheel) working (wheezy). This is my /etc/udev/rules.d/50-logitech-m305.rules: ACTION!="add|change", GOTO="xorg_local_end" KERNEL!="event*", GOTO="xorg_local_end" ENV{ID_INPUT_MOUSE}!=

Re: Logitech M305 mouse 4th and 5th button

2011-03-08 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
ldyth Maharsha wrote: can you post log messages and xorg.conf section input device? On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 3:47 AM, Panayiotis Karabassis mailto:pan...@gmail.com>> wrote: I am having trouble getting my Logitech M305 mouse's last two buttons (5- button mouse, 7 buttons co

Re: Logitech M305 mouse 4th and 5th button

2011-03-08 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
This is the relevant part: Mar 7 15:56:19 smyrna kernel: [149398.316071] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 12 Mar 7 15:56:19 smyrna kernel: [149398.538075] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c52f Mar 7 15:56:19 smyrna kernel: [149398.538081] u

Re: Logitech M305 mouse 4th and 5th button

2011-03-08 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Also: $ sudo udevadm info -q property -n /dev/input/mouse1 UDEV_LOG=3 DEVPATH=/devices/pci:00/:00:04.0/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/input/input31/mouse1 MAJOR=13 MINOR=33 DEVNAME=/dev/input/mouse1 SUBSYSTEM=input ID_INPUT=1 ID_INPUT_MOUSE=1 ID_VENDOR=Logitech ID_VENDOR_ENC=Logitech ID_VENDOR_ID=046d

pbuilder and ${shlibs:Depends}

2011-03-17 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hi, I have a question regarding pbuilder. My Debian package uses ${shlibs:Depends} in its Depends field. However, in a pbuilder environment not all dependencies are installed, and hence ${shlibs:Depends} does not expand to *all* real dependencies. My question is: how do I add the missing depende

Re: Logitech M305 mouse 4th and 5th button

2011-03-17 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
This turned out to be a Firefox issue. Solution is here: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Mouse%20buttons%20do%20not%20work%20as%20Back%20and%20Forward Thanks for your help, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: pbuilder and ${shlibs:Depends}

2011-03-18 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
True. I will do just that. Only problem I'm not actually a Debian Maintainer. Anyway, thanks. On 03/18/2011 12:34 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 01:44:02PM +0200, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> Hi, I have a question regarding pbuilder. > > You will *p

Please recommend an external HDD enclosure

2011-04-20 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
e of being available in my country. -- Regards Panayiotis Karabassis -- 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/4daf3032.8080...@gmail.com

Re: Please recommend an external HDD enclosure

2011-04-23 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
ks, so it could be the hdds' problem. Anyway, eventually I connected my hdd to a PATA to SATA interface on my motherboard and transferred my data. -- Thanks, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: Please recommend an external HDD enclosure

2011-04-23 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
ned both cases to the shop. -- Regards Panayiotis Karabassis -- 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/4db34b23.5030...@gmail.com

Re: Please recommend an external HDD enclosure

2011-04-23 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
ay. Well I have, but it was my fault for messing up with the partition tables. RAID is a must-do for anyone who values their data. -- Regards Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact list

Re: Please recommend an external HDD enclosure

2011-04-24 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
em failures, b) LVM and RAID driver problems. But how likely are these if you are running Stable and don't go messing with the partition table? BTW, what type of backups do you use? It takes 5 DVDs just for my photo collection! -- Regards Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: Please recommend an external HDD enclosure

2011-04-24 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
I found the compatibility lists lacking with respect to hdd enclosures. Really, the hardware manufacturers should start paying more attention to non-Windows users and be more faithful to hardware specifications. -- Regards Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@list

xmodmap per application

2011-04-28 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
! - -- Regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNuW92AAoJEN7RcJcJCZJi7nwIAI+SEjr6+VeC4iWbZPSxiDQ8 abn3A64Po0SbWqSzTh6TuUVAtXYQNDxhaSplQsKFE9QUEMPTSfaYrMmn9mVe0q14

Re: xmodmap per application

2011-04-28 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
; and another application demands "keycode 60 = ." (as is the case) to define "keycode 60 = . F"? No, I think this would be problematic, because 'F' is a printable character, and I don't want to type 'F' every time I press '.'! - -- Thank you,

Re: xmodmap per application

2011-04-29 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
= F' & /usr/bin/; xmodmap -e 'keycode 60 > = period' > > While the application is running, the '.' key produces an F; > after quitting the application, things are back to normal. Do we have any way of detecting "on focus" events? - -- Regards

Re: specific kernel configuration for graphic card driver

2011-04-29 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
e fglrx-glx package. $ sudo aptitude install fglrx-glx Now restart the X server. Anyway that was just off the top of my head, you will getter better instructions from an official source. - -- Regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Com

Re: specific kernel configuration for graphic card driver

2011-04-29 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/29/2011 11:23 AM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > Anyway that was just off the top of my head, you will getter better > instructions from an official source. Which is... http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary - -- Regards, Pana

Re: specific kernel configuration for graphic card driver

2011-05-01 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
ces' dir and you can go from there. > Thanks and best regards, > > lina You are welcome, but it may be worth waiting for someone more knowledgeable than I to reply. - -- Best Regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using

Re: specific kernel configuration for graphic card driver

2011-05-01 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
ve and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 3,746 kB of archives. After unpacking 124 MB will be freed. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Probably you have been using apt-get? Try: $ sudo apt-get devscripts - -- Regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: G

Re: specific kernel configuration for graphic card driver

2011-05-01 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
red to /etc/apt/preferences and forbid the rest (in the same file). See: $ man apt_preferences > Thanks and best regards, > > lina - -- Regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with

Re: specific kernel configuration for graphic card driver

2011-05-03 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
and it's best to stick to Stable, if you can, for this and other reasons. Anyway, I will see if I can build a Squeeze package for you, but it will take a few days. - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using Gnu

Re: specific kernel configuration for graphic card driver

2011-05-03 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just a quick question. What is your architecture amd64 or i386? - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: Some way to restrict what apt-get/aptitude installs

2011-05-08 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/07/2011 12:44 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Not exactly what you are looking for, but look at apt pinning. The > apt_preferences(5) man page would be a good start. > > Regards, > Andrei +1 - -- Best regards, Panayi

Re: specific kernel configuration for graphic card driver

2011-05-10 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
.debs and sent them as attachments to the list, with two emails. That was about a week ago! You got neither email? Anyway I just uploaded the .debs to Google Code: http://code.google.com/p/fglrx-squeeze/source/browse/#svn%2Ftrunk%2Fdeb Let me know how it goes! - -- Best regards, Pana

Re: specific kernel configuration for graphic card driver

2011-05-10 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
I'll get back to you in a couple of days. I just noticed there are a couple of erroneous dependencies I have to fix, so the packages wouldn't install anyway. Bear with me. - -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU

Re: Understanding aptitude search patterns

2011-10-21 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 10/04/2011 05:45 PM, Javier Barroso wrote: > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis > wrote: >> I still have much to learn about aptitude, but in case anyone is >> interested, I made some sense from the source code, which seem to be >> ingenious at times

Vodafone Mobile Internet modem

2012-01-07 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
modem (usb I assume) that will work without hassle? -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- 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/4f0889e...@gmail.com

Re: Vodafone Mobile Internet modem

2012-01-08 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
ou should press. Kind regards, Andrei -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- 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/4f095aa8.1010...@gmail.com

Re: Vodafone Mobile Internet modem

2012-01-08 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
And I have had quite a lot of trouble to get it work at all, including having to pull in usbmodeswitch from Wheezy. That should not be necessary. dmesg will tell us. I want a modem that will "just work"... :-) The problem is often/usually NetworkManager. On Σαβ, 2012-01-07

Re: Vodafone Mobile Internet modem

2012-01-08 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
pay a fixed amount each month and have 1Gb data volume. The modem came with the contract. Cheers I really appreciate you taking the time to help me, thanks! -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "un

Keyboard layout detection

2012-01-11 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hi, I installed Debian on my new Asus Eee PC and even though it works almost flawlessly, I am having trouble finding the correct keyboard layout. The obvious ones (Generic and Asus laptop) have some characters wrong. I remember from some installation (either Debian or Ubuntu) being asked to

Gnome Shell battery indicator missing

2012-01-11 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
The title is self-explanatory. This is a new installation of Wheezy. Has anyone else observed this? The only related message I can find in the logs, is a complaint about gnome-power-manager missing. Indeed the package with the same name contains only a gnome-power-statistics binary. Many tha

Re: Keyboard layout detection

2012-01-12 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Thanks to all. Yes I've followed the Debian Eee Pc pages. The repository is not needed for Wheezy, from what I understand. I guess I have a non standard layout, for example when I press the key that has '#' typed on it I get '|'. Funny thing is that I actually have no trouble using the keybo

Re: Gnome Shell battery indicator missing

2012-01-12 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 01/11/2012 10:41 PM, Johan Grönqvist wrote: 2012-01-11 20:26, Panayiotis Karabassis skrev: The title is self-explanatory. This is a new installation of Wheezy. Has anyone else observed this? Yes, i see it too in a wheezy installation I installed this year. The only related message I

Grub cannot fit into boot record

2012-01-14 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
I going to do when Wheezy becomes stable. This is a new computer. -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.

Re: Grub cannot fit into boot record

2012-01-14 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 01/14/2012 12:31 PM, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > 14/01/2012 11:06, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On my desktop, which is running Squeeze, I tried to upgrade some >> packages to their Wheezy version. I have now reverted the upgrade, but I >

Re: Grub cannot fit into boot record

2012-01-14 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Thanks to all. On 01/14/2012 03:06 PM, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > 14/01/2012 13:18, Tom H: >> On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 5:06 AM, Panayiotis >> Karabassis wrote: >>> >>> On my desktop, which is running Squeeze, I tried to upgrade some >>> packages to

Re: Grub cannot fit into boot record

2012-01-14 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 01/14/2012 03:46 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:06:33 -0500 (EST), Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> >> On my desktop, which is running Squeeze, I tried to upgrade some >> packages to their Wheezy version. I have now reverted the upgrade, but I >> a

Re: No locks available.

2012-01-26 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
tart >> from there. > > Thanks, will dig further. > >> >> Greetings, >> >> -- >> Camaleón >> >> >> -- >> 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/jfejgm$8j9$1...@dough.gmane.org >> > > -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- 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/4f21c0e2.5070...@gmail.com

DHCPOFFER lost in transit :-)

2012-02-07 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hi everyone! I have been facing some problems with my home network. All computers are networked wirelessly and I am using a wi-fi repeater to strengthen the signal upstairs (it's two floors). The desktop PC (server) has been running mainly without problems, but the laptop upstairs was often

Re: DHCPOFFER lost in transit :-)

2012-02-08 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 08/02/2012 06:09 μμ, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:09:21 +0200, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: (...) Well, the laptop hasn't disconnected yet, but my smartphone doesn't connect at all. It's stuck at the "receiving IP address" stage. The DHCP server run

Re: DHCPOFFER lost in transit :-)

2012-02-09 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Update: I've narrowed this down. At the times of the problem, the server can connect to the laptop (e.g. ssh or ping) but the laptop has no connectivity to the laptop. I have no idea why this is happening. On 08/02/2012 09:51 μμ, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: On 08/02/2012 06:09 μμ, Cam

Re: DHCPOFFER lost in transit :-)

2012-02-09 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
iotis Karabassis wrote: Update: I've narrowed this down. At the times of the problem, the server can connect to the laptop (e.g. ssh or ping) but the laptop has no connectivity to the laptop. I have no idea why this is happening. On 08/02/2012 09:51 μμ, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: On 08/

Re: DHCPOFFER lost in transit :-)

2012-02-10 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 02/10/2012 10:27 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Ma, 07 feb 12, 21:09:21, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: The DHCP server runs on my desktop so I have complete access to it. The X3000 is configured as a DHCP relay. I would try to completely disable anything like a DHCP server in the AP. Thanks

Xen dom0 virtual terminals

2012-02-11 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hi! This may be a naive question, but does anyone know how to enable the virtual terminals (Ctrl-Alt-Fx) on a Wheezy dom0? -- Best regards, Panayiotis Karabassis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: linux-sources

2012-02-11 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
t;>> >> >> >> Kind regards >> >> -- >> Iceweasel/Firefox extensions for finding answers to Debian questions:- >> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ..

window does not fit on screen

2012-02-19 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hello! I am facing a very strange problem. On my netbook, when I open up Eclipse's install new software wizard, the window does not fit on screen and I cannot select the software to install. I am using Gnome 3 from Wheezy. Is there any workaround for this problem? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: window does not fit on screen

2012-02-19 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
virtual resolution change does not integrate very well with Gnome Shell. Googling suggests I should use the xrandr extension but I do not understand it very well. Thanks. On 19/02/2012 02:11 μμ, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 19 feb 12, 14:02:43, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> Hello! &

Re: window does not fit on screen

2012-02-19 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
neither works. Anyway, my thanks. [1] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39949 On 02/19/2012 03:41 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: Thanks. I can not increase the physical resolution but do you know how to increase the virtual resolution? I would like to do so on a per-user basis.

Re: window does not fit on screen

2012-02-20 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Thanks. This is a queer window, when I try to grab and move it, its parent window gets moved instead. But thanks! On 20/02/2012 08:03 πμ, Tony Baldwin wrote: > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 03:41:03PM +0200, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >>> On Du, 19 feb 12, 14:02:43, Panayiotis Kara

Re: window does not fit on screen

2012-02-20 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Thanks! I'll try it in the afternoon. On 20/02/2012 12:05 μμ, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 19 feb 12, 19:50:09, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> I would like to run this automatically at login, I tried .xinitrc >> and .bashrc but neither works. > Use .xsessionrc >

Re: window does not fit on screen

2012-02-20 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Thanks, it works. On 02/20/2012 03:58 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: Thanks! I'll try it in the afternoon. On 20/02/2012 12:05 μμ, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 19 feb 12, 19:50:09, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: I would like to run this automatically at login, I tried .xinitrc and .b

Question about make-kpkg and versions

2012-03-27 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hi, I am trying to understand how make-kpkg chooses the versions for the packages it creates. Each package has a name(a), which contains a version part(a1), as well as a version(b), which is further split in upstream version(b1) and Debian revision(b2), right? Assuming this, I'll ask my question i

Re: Question about make-kpkg and versions

2012-03-27 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
), the version in the name of the package and the debian package version are often different! Regards, Panayiotis On 03/27/2012 02:05 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:49:58 -0400 (EDT), Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> I am trying to understand how make-kpkg chooses the

Free as in speech hardware ebook reader

2012-04-06 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hiya, Having a bad track record of not taking care of "dead tree" books, I am looking to buy an electronic book reader. The Amazon's Kindle does look good and it boasts a Linux kernel, but I am very disappointed at the many restrictions they want to place on me: automatic installation of firmware

Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader

2012-04-07 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Thanks for the quick replies. Calibre is a software reader isn't it? I do use it on my computer, but I was looking for the hardware to install it on. I will keep it in mind. The OLPC seems to be a laptop right? I was looking for something like a tablet. The Nook is interesting, but I would prefe

Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader

2012-04-07 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 04/07/2012 01:07 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > Just buy any tablet that suits your price and feature requirements > *and* that will support Debian[*1]. Then install Calibre - it's more > than just an reader, it is a library manager, can read every eBook > type I've heard of, and convert between ty

Re: [OT] Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader

2012-04-08 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 04/07/2012 07:45 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:12:45 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > >> Having a bad track record of not taking care of "dead tree" books, I am >> looking to buy an electronic book reader. > > (...) > > I'm fo

Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader

2012-04-10 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hi Nick! Thank you! I didn't see your post until after I ordered a Pocketbook. :( I've seen the OpenInkpot project, but I decided against it, reasoning it was still in very early development and didn't support many devices. Right now, I plan to install an ssh server and busybox on my new device,

Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader

2012-04-12 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Thanks again! On 04/10/2012 05:40 PM, Nick White wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 01:25:27PM +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> Thank you! I didn't see your post until after I ordered a Pocketbook. :( > Darn it - debian-user is hard to keep on top of; sorry I didn&

Re: Icedove setting

2012-04-16 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 04/16/2012 06:16 PM, lina wrote: > SMTP setting > Server name: pod51003.outlook.com > Port: 587 Is TLS encryption enabled for this? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://l

Re: Icedove setting

2012-04-16 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 04/16/2012 07:29 PM, lina wrote: > On Tuesday 17,April,2012 12:25 AM, lina wrote: >> On Monday 16,April,2012 11:58 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >>> On 04/16/2012 06:16 PM, lina wrote: >>>> SMTP setting >>>> Server name: pod51003.outlook.com >&g

Re: Icedove setting

2012-04-16 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 04/16/2012 08:24 PM, lina wrote: > On 17 Apr, 2012, at 0:45, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > >> On 04/16/2012 07:29 PM, lina wrote: >>> On Tuesday 17,April,2012 12:25 AM, lina wrote: >>>> On Monday 16,April,2012 11:58 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >>

Re: Icedove setting

2012-04-22 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 04/17/2012 08:05 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:20:32 +0800, lina wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Camaleón wrote: > (...) > I noticed the google use 465 as SMTP port. >>> Every e-mail provider can use a different combo for authentication/ >>> configuration/port b

Re: how to understand

2012-05-09 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
About the second one, which program are you using? For example, lm-sensors reports also the allowed temperature ranges. Regards, Panayiotis On 09/05/2012 06:33 μμ, lina wrote: > Hi, > > In syslog I notice the following info. > > May 9 23:22:01 Debian kernel: [24529.232615] applesmc: F1Mn: write

[OT] strangeness with dhcp relay server

2012-05-15 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hiya, I had posted a while back about this problem, and it seems critical information was under my nose. I am running my own dhcpd server on my Debian box. Often a client would send DISCOVER packets, but receive no reply. The information comes from wireshark running on the server machine, and I a

Re: [OT] strangeness with dhcp relay server

2012-05-15 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
://homecommunity.cisco.com/t5/Wireless-Routers/Strange-problem-with-X3000-DHCP-Relay-functionality/td-p/519783 I really don't know the first thing about networking... :-) On 15/05/2012 04:12 μμ, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > Hiya, > > I had posted a while back about this problem, and it seems critical

Re: [OT] strangeness with dhcp relay server

2012-05-16 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 16/05/2012 11:33 πμ, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 15 mai 12, 16:51:02, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> I had some insight from the Cisco support forums. Apparently DHCP Relays >> are meant to forward requests *outside* the LAN, and should not be used >> when server and

Re: something about rm

2012-05-17 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 17/05/2012 06:20 πμ, Gary Dale wrote: > On 16/05/12 08:50 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: >> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 02:48:56PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: >>> On 16/05/12 12:49 PM, lina wrote: Hi, Today I made some mistake, I mount the remote server my home directory into local lap

Re: something about rm

2012-05-17 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 17/05/2012 04:05 μμ, Gary Dale wrote: > On 17/05/12 03:48 AM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> On 17/05/2012 06:20 πμ, Gary Dale wrote: >>> On 16/05/12 08:50 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: >>>> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 02:48:56PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: >>>>>

Re: rsync

2012-05-17 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 03/03/2012 06:24 πμ, lina wrote: > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 1:54 AM, Bob Proulx wrote: >> lina wrote: >>> Is it wrong when use >>> >>> rsync -azvu source destination >>> >>> sent 16 bytes received 43 bytes 5.13 bytes/sec >>> total size is 1507939808 speedup is 25558301.83 >>> >>> Destination $

Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader

2012-05-21 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
find in a shop. Revolution hardware indeed. :-) On 07/04/2012 12:12 πμ, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > Hiya, > > Having a bad track record of not taking care of "dead tree" books, I am > looking to buy an electronic book reader. > > The Amazon's Kindle does look good an

Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader

2012-05-21 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Thanks. On 21/05/2012 06:03 μμ, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 05:41:51PM +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> P.S. How does one order an OLPC? I am interested in one for my niece, >> but it seems impossible to find in a shop. Revolution hardware indeed. :-)

[OT] kernel debugging question

2012-06-08 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
I was wondering, if anyone is into this kind of stuff: what kind of kernel programming bug can completely bring down the kernel and system? I am referring to a complete lockup: no screen output, no keyboard response, even with serial keyboard, not even the keyboard LEDs respond, no netconsole, no k

Re: [OT] kernel debugging question

2012-06-09 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 08/06/2012 06:51 μμ, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:23:54 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > >> I was wondering, if anyone is into this kind of stuff: what kind of >> kernel programming bug can completely bring down the kernel and system? >> I am referring

External hdd changing device node mid-use

2010-12-19 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
I have an external usb 2.0 LG hard disk. It is part of an md array which is in turn part of an lvm array. The strange thing is that while the drive is in use, it will suddenly change device nodes, for example from /dev/sda to /dev/sdb. This will cause the md driver to mark it as faulty. This is

Re: External hdd changing device node mid-use

2010-12-20 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Thanks all. I tried toying with udev to create a persistent node name, but to no avail. The problem seem to be that the hdd is periodically disconnecting. By the time it has disconnected, it is too late. Md has already faulted the device. If anyone has any ideas about preventing the drive from

Re: External hdd changing device node mid-use

2010-12-20 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hmm, it seems to be a power issue. I had a usb hub connected to the same bus and I disconnected it. Since then there have been no problems. Regards, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lis

Re: External hdd changing device node mid-use

2010-12-21 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
2/ turned out to be the case. Regards, Panayiotis -- 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/4d10bba4.4070...@gmail.com

Re: External hdd changing device node mid-use

2010-12-22 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Nope, it was a faulty cable after all. I am not sure, but it seems to be working now. Plus I got to learn something about udev. Regards, Panayiotis On 12/21/2010 04:37 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: 2/ turned out to be the case. Regards, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Software RAID on external USB disk: boot problems after upgrade to squeeze

2011-02-23 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hi! To simplify things a little: I have an external USB disk (/dev/sdc1) that is part of an MD array (/dev/md0). During boot, I experienced the following problem: /dev/md0 was assembled with only 1 drive out of 2 (the internal one). This was due to /dev/sdc1 taking some time to be detected,

Re: Software RAID on external USB disk: boot problems after upgrade to squeeze

2011-02-23 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 02/23/2011 02:22 PM, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Panayiotis Karabassis [2011.02.23.1029 +0100]: I had solved this in lenny by using the following /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top/mdadm script: Set rootdelay=30 on the kernel command line. Your solution

Re: Software RAID on external USB disk: boot problems after upgrade to squeeze

2011-02-23 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 02/23/2011 03:10 PM, Tom H wrote: On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: BTW, could someone explain the difference between GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT and GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX in /etc/default/grub? For every vmlinuz... in /boot, GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT

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