Re: PHP memory limit upper bound

2014-10-02 Thread Scott Ferguson
changes - also check your php scripts to ensure they are not setting a memory limit (ini call). HTH On 03/10/14 11:45, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 03/10/14 02:57, Grigor Kolev wrote: >>>> Hi all, >> >>>> >> >>>> I need to set the PHP memory limit to

Re: Debian nolonger claims to be the "Universal Operating System"

2014-10-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 04/10/14 20:44, Tom Collins wrote: > Debian nolonger claims to be the "Universal Operating System" ?? What site where you looking at? Not https://www.debian.org/ Maybe "they" fixed it, or maybe you have a DNS problem too. ---8<->8-- HTH Kind regards -

Re: PHP memory limit upper bound

2014-10-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
Your posts are very hard to follow - perhaps Kmail is a little broken? I've re-edited this post accordingly - though it still incorrectly shows comment precedence. Perhaps you are not simply selecting a response from the list and choosing "reply to" as an option?? On 04/10/14 23:53, Grigor Kolev

Re: piece of mind (Re: Moderated posts?)

2014-10-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 14/10/14 23:54, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Lu, 13 oct 14, 18:30:41, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>> Gee assuming that you don't run anything that has systemd >>> dependencies >>> and/or systemd-shim is actually maintained and kept up-to-date. >> Have you actually looked in

Re: piece of mind (Re: Moderated posts?)

2014-10-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 15/10/14 01:51, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:40:59AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: >> The solution is trivial. If, as everyone claims, we're such a minority, >> he could filter us all out and never see our posts again. Problem >> solved. > > Sadly not. If I were reading -user

Re: piece of mind (Re: Moderated posts?)

2014-10-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 15/10/14 01:54, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 14/10/14 23:54, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>> Andrei POPESCU wrote: >>>> On Lu, 13 oct 14, 18:30:41, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>>>> Gee assuming that you don't run anything that h

Re: Conflict of interest in Debian

2014-10-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 15/10/14 02:02, Steve Litt wrote: > On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 08:05:06 -0400 > Henning Follmann wrote: > >> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 07:56:40AM -0400, Marty wrote: >>> It seems like free software employment and market share come with >>> increasing risk to objectivity and technical quality. It's my m

Re: piece of mind (Re: Moderated posts?)

2014-10-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 15/10/14 03:33, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 15/10/14 01:54, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>> Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> On 14/10/14 23:54, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>>>> Andrei POPESCU wrote: >>>>>> On Lu, 13 oct 14

Re: debian-advocacy?

2014-10-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 15/10/14 03:11, Anders Wegge Keller wrote: > On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 22:43:48 +0300 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >> There's -offtopic (see my .sig), but apparently the anti-systemd crowd >> wants an audience :( > > Stop your condescending tone, -8<>8 > If yo

Re: piece of mind (Re: Moderated posts?)

2014-10-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 15/10/14 06:01, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 15/10/14 03:33, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>> Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> On 15/10/14 01:54, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>>>> Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>>>> On 14/10/14 23:54,

Re: debian-advocacy?

2014-10-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 15/10/14 18:43, Anders Wegge Keller wrote: > On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 04:07:25 +1100 Scott Ferguson > wrote: > >> Given that your only contribution to the list is outright and >> offensive hypocrisy why should you not be rightfully dismissed as >> an abusive and offen

Re: Conflict of interest in Debian

2014-10-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 15/10/14 22:08, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > > Le 15.10.2014 12:09, Brian a écrit : >> On Wed 15 Oct 2014 at 10:41:12 +0200, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org >> wrote: >> >>> Le 15.10.2014 09:11, Jonathan Dowland a écrit : >>> >On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 12:51:07AM -0400, Steve Litt wrot

Re: Conflict of interest in Debian

2014-10-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/10/14 00:14, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > > Le 15.10.2014 12:37, Scott Ferguson a écrit : >> On 15/10/14 22:08, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: >>> >>> >>> Le 15.10.2014 12:09, Brian a écrit : >>>> On Wed 15 Oct

Re: OT: Re: Recipient validation - WAS: Re: Moderated posts?

2014-10-16 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/10/14 22:31, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 06:50:01AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: >> >> Anyone who runs a mail server and doesn't keep logs shouldn't be running >> a mail server. >> >> *And* the postmaster address monitored, >> >> Anyone who runs a mail server and doesn't moni

Re: recent, stable (debian-based) desktop solution without blobs?

2014-10-17 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 17/10/14 21:45, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > > Le 16.10.2014 11:05, Wim Bertels a écrit : >> Hallo, >> >> which distro would u recommend given the following wishes: >> - debian/debian based >> - stable >> - recent (ie debian stable being to old for the desktop in my opinion) >> - n

Re: recent, stable (debian-based) desktop solution without blobs?

2014-10-17 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 17/10/14 22:53, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 17 October 2014 11:25:43 Scott Ferguson wrote: >> Blobs? Your choice with Debian (and at least some derivatives) >> providing *you* don't choose hardware that requires it. Debian does >> provide some nonfree kernel blobs.

Re: Conflict of interest in Debian

2014-10-17 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 17/10/14 23:06, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 02:08:47PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: >> - Original Message - >>> From: "Marty" >>> >>> It seems like free software employment and market share come >>> with increasing risk to objectivity and technical quality. It's >>> my

Re: how to boot in les than 8 minutes

2014-10-17 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 18/10/14 12:34, Steve Litt wrote: > On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:15:01 -0700 (MST) > Buntunub wrote: > >> Pierre Frenkiel wrote >>> hi, --8<>8--- > My suspicion at this point would be either a > flaw in his smb.conf (which is easy to test by te

Re: Good news on claws-mail

2014-10-18 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 18/10/14 23:28, Peter Nieman wrote: > On 17/10/14 20:25, Brian wrote: >> Why >> it needs to be compiled without dbus is also unknown. > > You're asking the wrong question. The question you should ask yourself > is: if claws-mail works perfectly well without dbus, then why does > Debian ship a v

Re: alternative file systems

2014-10-18 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/10/14 00:14, Steve Litt wrote: > On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 12:06:17 +0400 > Reco wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:24:16 -0400 >> Steve Litt wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 03:00:26 +0200 >>> lee wrote: >>> >>> But when it eats files and is 10 years behind, why are people >>>

Re: Good news on claws-mail

2014-10-18 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/10/14 00:29, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 14:24:16 +0100 > Brian wrote: > >> On Sat 18 Oct 2014 at 14:28:26 +0200, Peter Nieman wrote: >> >>> On 17/10/14 20:25, Brian wrote: Why it needs to be compiled without dbus is also unknown. >>> >>> You're asking the wrong qu

Re: Good news on claws-mail

2014-10-18 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/10/14 02:29, Peter Nieman wrote: > On 18/10/14 13:49, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 18/10/14 23:28, Peter Nieman wrote: >>> On 17/10/14 20:25, Brian wrote: >>>> Why it needs to be compiled without dbus is also unknown. >>> >>> You're a

Re: Resources/tools for server hardening?

2014-10-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/10/14 18:27, Rafał Radecki wrote: > Hi All :) > > What resources or tools do you use for server hardening/checking > servers' security? > I currently am checking Nessus, it looks good :) I found some info also > about Bastille but it seems to be dead. The old domain was taken over, but the

Re: Monitor does not turn on after suspend

2014-10-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/10/14 02:54, Marko Ranđelović wrote: > I use Wheezy on desktop computer. I use vesa driver for X because radeon is > not working. After pm-suspend command, computer is like turned off, when press > power button it wakes up, but not monitor and not keyboard. > > I tried --quirk-dpms-on, but d

Re: download files from iceweasel using kdialog

2014-10-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/10/14 23:32, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > When I download a file via chromium, it uses kdialog to figure out where > the file is supposed to be stored on the disk. I find this GUI to be > very intuitive compared to what iceweasel uses for choosing the file > location. > > Is there any way to

Re: download files from iceweasel using kdialog

2014-10-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
does include a filepicker. Using the KDE print dialog is possible though. On 19/10/14 22:51, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 19/10/14 23:32, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: >> When I download a file via chromium, it uses kdialog to figure out where >> the file is supposed to be stored on the

Re: download files from iceweasel using kdialog

2014-10-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/10/14 00:16, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Scott Ferguson > <mailto:scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > On 19/10/14 23:32, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > > When I download a file via chromium, it

Re: Good news on claws-mail

2014-10-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/10/14 00:35, Peter Nieman wrote: > On 19/10/14 13:48, Brian wrote: >> On Sat 18 Oct 2014 at 17:29:58 +0200, Peter Nieman wrote: >> >>> On 18/10/14 13:49, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> Do you have an answer to your question? >>>> >>>> W

Re: user authentication for a secure laptop.

2014-10-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/10/14 03:40, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > In wheezy, is there a routine means of allowing "login" on > the machine itself without a password, Do you mean using fingerprints as local authentication?? > while keeping traditional > password authentication for any remote login. Do you mean

Re: download files from iceweasel using kdialog

2014-10-20 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/10/14 04:30, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Scott Ferguson > <mailto:scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Apologies - I forgot to include this this:- > > Previously I have had the *alternat

Re: GR proposed re: choice of init systems

2014-10-20 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/10/14 04:03, Martin Read wrote: > On 19/10/14 17:45, Rusi Mody wrote: >> As for 'wounded ego': Do you have a wounded ego if a dead branch >> falls and smashes the windshield of your car? Or a Tsunami knocks >> off your seafront house? >> >> If you are taking offense, who are you offended by?

Re: Good news on claws-mail

2014-10-20 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/10/14 04:48, Peter Nieman wrote: > On 19/10/14 15:04, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> You hijacked the thread - and this is why that's considered bad form - >> it muddies the discussion. -8<--->8-- > > Yes, Dad.

Re: download files from iceweasel using kdialog

2014-10-20 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/10/14 04:39, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Jimmy Johnson > mailto:field.engin...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > > When I download a file via chromium, it uses kdialog to figure > out where the file is supposed t

Re: download files from iceweasel using kdialog

2014-10-20 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/10/14 16:15, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 11:29:11PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 20/10/14 00:16, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Scott Ferguson >>> >> <mailto:scott.fergus

Re: Avoid reboot by loading initramfs again

2014-10-20 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/10/14 23:52, shawn wilson wrote: > > On Oct 20, 2014 8:13 AM, "Jimmy Thrasibule" > wrote: >> >> DM> I think it depends on what you're trying to achieve and what > you're >> DM> trying to avoid. >> >> Well my first idea was to have a kind of management

Re: GR proposed re: choice of init systems

2014-10-20 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 21/10/14 00:49, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 20/10/14 04:03, Martin Read wrote: >>> On 19/10/14 17:45, Rusi Mody wrote: >>>> As for 'wounded ego': Do you have a wounded ego if a dead branch >>>> falls and smashes the

Re: user authentication for a secure laptop.

2014-10-20 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 21/10/14 03:10, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: >> Do you mean using fingerprints as local authentication?? > > Authentication isn't necessary. An example is the olpc > system on the XO machines. Power up and the X interface > for user olpc is available. Most cell phones are similar. > >> Do you

Re: GR proposed re: choice of init systems

2014-10-20 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 21/10/14 05:24, Martinx - ジェームズ wrote: > Sorry about the newbie question but, can I vote somewhere to "preserve > the choice of init systems" ? > http://boycottsystemd.org/lennart1.png ? ---8<--->8 Please don't top post. Kind regards -

Re: Good news on claws-mail

2014-10-20 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 21/10/14 05:42, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Mon, 20 Oct 2014, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> The . Don't you think? > > This is off topic for -user. Please take it to private e-mail if you > must continue. > Agreed, and I regret it. My sincerest apologies to the li

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-20 Thread Scott Ferguson
Good question Patrick - top posted as I'm referring to the Subject. On 21/10/14 06:45, Patrick Bartek wrote: > After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, > I wonder... What is a better alternative? And it can't be sysvinit. > > Yes. Syvinit still works, but it is aft

Re: LSB headers and other junk, how do you hack a quick init script in debian these days?

2014-10-21 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 21/10/14 17:41, Michael Ole Olsen wrote: > Who needs to document their own pc they hack on daily? Most humans? No one knows what they've forgotten. The more important a customisation is - the longer you'll use it, the more likely you'll forget it (or the details of it), and the more critical

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 21/10/14 15:10, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> Good question Patrick - top posted as I'm referring to the Subject. >> >> On 21/10/14 06:45, Patrick Bartek wrote: >>> After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/10/14 19:05, Joe wrote: > On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:04:26 +1100 > Scott Ferguson wrote: > > >> >> P.S. I have been told that one major distro does (or is attempting to >> do) just that - separate into a 'server' and a 'desktop' distribu

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/10/14 20:27, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 21/10/14 15:10, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>> Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> Good question Patrick - top posted as I'm referring to the Subject. >>>> >>>> On 21/10/14 06:45, P

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/10/14 20:51, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 05:27:45AM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: >> Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> - when's the last time you saw a desktop or laptop with an IPMI BMC >> (or for that matter, had a BMC infected by a virus -

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/10/14 21:23, Rusi Mody wrote: > On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 3:20:05 PM UTC+5:30, Miles Fidelman wrote: >> Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> On 21/10/14 15:10, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>>> Scott Ferguson wrote: > > Are you guys just having fun talking past each

Re: How To Prove Systemd Can|Cannot Be Jessie Default

2014-10-23 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 23/10/14 17:08, Josef Leo Bureš wrote: > Dne Čt 23. října 2014 06:04:11 Charles Kroeger napsal(a): > >> Is that your idea of letting the code speak for itself? > Yes, it's possible one from possibilities of code speaking. > I have the systemd and have one problem with it, starting kdm, if I ne

Re: user authentication for a secure laptop.

2014-10-23 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 21/10/14 03:10, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > In lightdm this has no apparent effect. > # /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf > autologin-user=username > autologin-user-timeout=0 > > Odd. Has anyone made autologin work in lightdm? Yes! I just tried, and succeeded. xfce4 4.8.0.3 lightdm 1.2.2-4 kern

Re: lightdm's "Default Xsession"?

2014-10-23 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 24/10/14 13:38, John Conover wrote: > > I use two WM, (xfce and fvwm.) Lightdm's "Default Xsession" is fvwm2. > > How do I change lightdm's "Default Xsession" to xfce? > > Thanks, > > John > As root:- /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/lightdm/lightdm-set-defaults -s xfce4-session Ref:- /usr/

Re: Installing/updating packages are very slow

2014-10-25 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 25/10/14 21:17, Bret Busby wrote: > On 25/10/2014, Brian wrote: >> On Sat 25 Oct 2014 at 11:44:32 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >> >>> On 23/10/2014, Bob Proulx wrote: Igor Sverkos wrote: > As you can see, it is always the "Unpacking" step which is taking all > the > time. >>>

Re: Installing/updating packages are very slow

2014-10-25 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 25/10/14 21:47, Bret Busby wrote: > On 25/10/2014, Bret Busby wrote: >> On 25/10/2014, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >>> On Sb, 25 oct 14, 18:17:02, Bret Busby wrote: On 25/10/2014, Brian wrote: > > > So, now I am confused, as to whether I managed to achieve a successful > system update. >

Re: Installing/updating packages are very slow

2014-10-25 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 25/10/14 22:06, Bret Busby wrote: > On 25/10/2014, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 25/10/14 21:47, Bret Busby wrote: >>> On 25/10/2014, Bret Busby wrote: >>>> On 25/10/2014, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >>>>> On Sb, 25 oct 14, 18:17:02, Bret Bu

Re: lightdm's "Default Xsession"?

2014-10-25 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 25/10/14 22:11, John Conover wrote: > Andrei POPESCU writes: >> On Vi, 24 oct 14, 09:33:59, Raffaele Morelli wrote: >>> On 24/10/14 at 10:17am, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Jo, 23 oct 14, 19:38:15, John Conover wrote: > > I use two WM, (xfce and fvwm.) Lightdm's "Default Xsession" is fv

Re: Monitor does not turn on after suspend

2014-10-26 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 26/10/14 21:26, Marko Randjelovic wrote: > On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 21:27:07 +1100 > Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 19/10/14 02:54, Marko Ranđelović wrote: >>> I use Wheezy on desktop computer. I use vesa driver for X because radeon is >>> not working. After pm-

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-10-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 27/10/14 18:45, Simon Hollenbach wrote: > On 27/10/14 07:18, Bob Holtzman wrote: >> Uhh, maybe look yet again. Mine says 24.6.0. To make sure I just ran >> apt-get update && apt-get upgrade with no change to browser or system. > > I suggest to everyone wanting to know the available versions of

Re: Can not play CDs

2014-10-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/10/14 18:01, Steve Greig wrote: > If I put a CD into my computer it appears in Dolphin on the left hand > side where it sais 'Audio CD'. However if I click on this the contents > do not appear in the main window of Dolphin. Also I cant play the CD or > find any other way of accessing it. This

Re: Can not play CDs

2014-10-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/10/14 01:22, Steve Greig wrote: > On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Scott Ferguson > <mailto:scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > On 28/10/14 18:01, Steve Greig wrote: > > If I put a CD into my computer it appears in Dolphin on the left hand

Re: Can not play CDs

2014-10-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
Easily solvable - read on. :) On 29/10/14 06:51, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > On Tuesday 28 October 2014 19:27:56 Steve Greig wrote: >> Thanks Scott and Gary. >> >> The problem is now largely sorted out as I have got VLC media player >> to play audio cds now by opening it and asking it to play the cd in

Howto add a vnc URL handler to Icedove?

2014-10-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
I want to make things easier for people accepting remote desktop invitations from Krfb. Ideal scenario:- 1. Create a reverse ssh tunnel to "middle" (an internet accessible server) from the "users" computer. e.g. port 1234 to port 1235 "middle" has port forwarding enabled e.g. port 1234 to port 12

Re: bc menu files? (Re: Perfect Jessie is something like this...)

2014-10-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/10/14 22:35, Joel Rees wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 9:53 PM, Christian Seiler wrote: >> [...] >> Quite a few packages ship Debian menu files and/or freedesktop.org >> .desktop files for the inclusion in menus. For example, bc installs a >> Debian menu file. > > No kidding? > > (Looking

Re: Good news on claws-mail

2014-10-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30/10/14 07:52, Charlie wrote: > On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:56:25 +0100 Siard sent: > >> I followed apt's advice to try 'apt-get -f install' (without packages) >> and voilà: all dependencies were neatly solved. > > Thank you, I have to be honest, I was a bit wary about doing that, so > didn't try

Re: Debian on Panasonic laptop

2014-10-31 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 01/11/14 00:28, apado...@padoly.besaba.com wrote: > Hi, > > > > Can I install debian on a PANASONIC laptop ( Panasonic Toughbook CF T8) > with tactil screen? Yes. For stable:- To enable sound you'll need:- echo >/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf 'options snd-hda-intel model=thinkpad' (and

Re: installation disclaimer

2014-11-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/11/14 05:04, Diogene Laerce wrote: > Hi, > > During the installation of some packages (iceweasel, open-ssl..), a > disclaimer sometimes appears which one has to pass by using the > key of the keyboard. > > The use of "apt-get install -y " does not seem to be useful > to pass automatically

Re: Perfect Jessie is something like this...

2014-11-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
For the purpose of education not to fan silly semantic pedantics. On 02/11/14 05:24, Miles Fidelman wrote: > > Second, we're not talking about vaguely "unixy" - we're talking about a > well developed philosophy of designing things that dates back to Ken > Thompson, et. al (c.f., "The UNIX Progr

Re: proofing searchable pdf files

2014-11-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 31/10/14 11:47, Gary Roach wrote: > Hi all, > > Problem: I am working on an archiving project and wish to archive > documents to searchable pdf files but can't seem to figure out how to > proof read and correct the text overlay. Any suggestions. I'm not sure what you mean by "text *overlay*"..

Re: Perfect Jessie is something like this...

2014-11-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/11/14 12:19, Frank McCormick wrote: > On 11/01/2014 08:58 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> For the purpose of education not to fan silly semantic pedantics. >> >> >> On 02/11/14 05:24, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>>> >>>> Second, we're not

Re: Perfect Jessie is something like this...

2014-11-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/11/14 13:12, Marty wrote: > On 11/01/2014 10:00 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 02/11/14 12:19, Frank McCormick wrote: >>> On 11/01/2014 08:58 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> For the purpose of education not to fan silly semantic >>>> pedantics.

Re: Perfect Jessie is something like this...

2014-11-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/11/14 13:14, Frank McCormick wrote: > On 11/01/2014 10:00 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 02/11/14 12:19, Frank McCormick wrote: >>> On 11/01/2014 08:58 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> For the purpose of education not to fan silly semantic pedantics. >>&

Re: umask has no man page?

2014-11-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/11/14 13:18, Carl Fink wrote: > When I wanted the options for umask, I typed 'man umask' and got the man > page for it as a C header diretive? (I'm not a C programmer, but it seemed > to be for C header files and came from section 2.) > > This is darn confusing for a new user. Agreed (also

Re: umask has no man page?

2014-11-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/11/14 13:27, John Hasler wrote: > An addition to the "See Also" section of the umask man page would > suffice. > Succinct! man pam_umask? Kind regards -- "Turns out you can't back a winner in the Gish Gallop" ~ disappointed punter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists

Re: umask has no man page?

2014-11-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/11/14 16:58, Carl Fink wrote: > On Sun, 2014-11-02 at 14:17 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> Succinct! >> >> man pam_umask? > > That is not a solution to the original question I asked, My apologies, your question(s?) were unclear and obfuscated with f

Re: Perfect Jessie is something like this...

2014-11-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/11/14 14:56, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Marty wrote: >> On 11/01/2014 10:00 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> On 02/11/14 12:19, Frank McCormick wrote: >>>> On 11/01/2014 08:58 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>>> For the purpose of education not to fan sill

Re: umask has no man page?

2014-11-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 03/11/14 13:56, Alexis wrote: > > Iain M Conochie writes: > >> However: >> >> $: which umask >> $: >> >> So umask is _not_ a program (in the sense that there is no binary >> called umask on the system) > > zsh, however, is more helpful: > > $ which umask > umask: shell built-in command BAS

Re: proofing searchable pdf files

2014-11-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 04/11/14 12:17, Gary Roach wrote: > On 11/01/2014 06:35 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 31/10/14 11:47, Gary Roach wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Problem: I am working on an archiving project and wish to archive >>> documents to searchable pdf files

Re: Perfect Jessie is something like this...

2014-11-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 05/11/14 12:28, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: >> Le mardi, 4 novembre 2014, 17.13:05 Miles Fidelman a écrit : >>> Personally, the more this drags on, the more I'm convinced that those >>> of us who deploy and manage servers would really benefit from a fork >>> that retains

Re: Perfect Jessie is something like this...

2014-11-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 05/11/14 14:00, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 05/11/14 12:28, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>> Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: >>>> Le mardi, 4 novembre 2014, 17.13:05 Miles Fidelman a écrit : >>>>> Personally, the more this drag

Re: init scripts [was: If Not Systemd, then What?]

2014-11-17 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 18/11/14 12:54, Miles Fidelman wrote: > I left out sendmail, but I just checked, and > guess what, no systemd service file in upstream). xy? Did you try Google? https://www.google.com/search?q=systemd+%2B%22sendmail.service%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&&channel=sb > > What do they know? > >

Re: init scripts [was: If Not Systemd, then What?]

2014-11-18 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 18/11/14 15:06, Miles Fidelman wrote: Please don't top post - it's not hard to move the mouse. > > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 18/11/14 12:54, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>> I left out sendmail, but I just checked, and guess >>> what, no systemd s

Re: init scripts [was: If Not Systemd, then What?]

2014-11-18 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 18/11/14 23:14, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 18/11/14 15:06, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>> Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> On 18/11/14 12:54, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>>>> I left out sendmail, but I just checked, and guess >>>

Re: init scripts [was: If Not Systemd, then What?]

2014-11-18 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/11/14 15:12, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 18/11/14 23:14, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>> Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> On 18/11/14 15:06, Miles Fidelman wrote: >> >>>>> Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>>>> On 18/1

Re: Web site conformance and various browsers

2014-11-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 18/11/14 04:47, songbird wrote: > berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > ... >> PS: when I think about how crappy all of this is, and that I remember >> that many people said me that websites runs in the same way everywhere, >> I just laugh. I try to remember it everyday, since there is a rumo

Re: systemd for administrators, printable version.

2014-11-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/11/14 18:05, Erwan David wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 05:34:20PM CET, Brian said: >> On Tue 18 Nov 2014 at 10:56:58 +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 07:54:48PM +0100, Erwan David wrote: >>> > > Not pdf, but printable > >> That search term has >> >>http

Re: Which Debian category am I located?

2014-11-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/11/14 15:13, Clarence wrote: > There are tons of categories on Debian Mailing-List? > I forgot which one am I located, when I tried to search the archive. "located"??? Please explain - what area/usage of Debian are you interested in? If as a "user" of Debian (English) then you have the rig

Re: systemd for administrators, printable version.

2014-11-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/11/14 20:53, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 07:48:49PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 19/11/14 18:05, Erwan David wrote: >>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 05:34:20PM CET, Brian >>> said: >>>> On Tue 18 Nov 2014 at 10:56:58 +, Jonathan

Re: No Google bubble?

2014-11-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/11/14 22:09, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Scott Ferguson [2014-11-19 > 10:48 +0200]: >> Sadly, whoever told you that was misinformed - and misinformed >> you. Google results may vary according to the constantly updating >> search index - and search terms -

Re: the developers have spoken

2014-11-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/11/14 04:01, golinux wrote: > On Wed, 11/19/14, songbird wrote: > > Subject: the developers have spoken > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 8:11 AM > >the vote is in. > > [cut] > > > > My beloved D

Re: No Google bubble?

2014-11-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/11/14 04:04, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 03:49:09PM +, Curt wrote: >> On 2014-11-19, Renaud OLGIATI >> wrote: >>> The claim is your Google search history affects your Google search results. >>> >>> Seems Google tailors your results depending on what you look

Re: udev memory problem when trying to plug a disk with corrupted partition table

2014-11-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/11/14 04:06, "Morel Bérenger" wrote: > Le Lun 17 novembre 2014 19:32, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh a écrit : >> On Mon, 17 Nov 2014, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: >> >>> So, what part of that disk should I extract, which could be usable >>> and sharable? Partition table, of course, whic

Re: No Google bubble?

2014-11-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/11/14 08:14, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Scott Ferguson [2014-11-19 > 21:46 +0200]: >> With the greatest respect Martin - have you tried testing it >> yourself? > > No, I have not used Google for over 5 years by choice because I do > not like it when

Re: the developers have spoken

2014-11-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/11/14 08:14, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Brian wrote: >> On Wed 19 Nov 2014 at 12:41:45 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: >> >>> Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 03:25:24AM +1100, Andrew McGlashan wrote: >> >> The vast majority on debian-user see this list as being for the suppo

Re: Reloading the kernel with kexec before other services start

2014-11-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/11/14 10:00, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > Hello. > > I need to reload the same kernel that the machine boots with with kexec, > in order to specify different kernel parameters. Changing the boot > loader is unfortunately not an option. > > I'm using Debian Wheezy with sysvinit. I can make

Re: the developers have spoken

2014-11-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/11/14 10:16, Brian wrote: > On Wed 19 Nov 2014 at 16:14:46 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > >> Brian wrote: >>> On Wed 19 Nov 2014 at 12:41:45 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>> Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 03:25:24AM +1100, Andrew McGlashan wrote: >> No, not ne

Re: Reloading the kernel with kexec before other services start

2014-11-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/11/14 10:36, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > Thanks for the answer. > > If I understand correctly, your suggestions take effect when restarting > the machine. I'm looking for something that takes effect when starting up. Simpler - add an extra GRUB entry. My apologies for the confusion (I've

Re: Reloading the kernel with kexec before other services start

2014-11-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/11/14 10:43, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > This is a virtual machine whose bootloader is bypassed. GRUB is ignored > completely, so I can't modify it to pass kernel options. That's why I > need to use kexec. Then I'd suggest you:- ;try the reboot method - warm reboot and kexec should allow

Re: the developers have spoken

2014-11-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/11/14 10:15, Peter Nieman wrote: > On 19/11/14 22:21, Miles Fidelman wrote: >> Jonathan Dowland wrote: >>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:41:45PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Please DO report back. Some of us really do want to know the state of alternatives. >>> If you insist then plea

Re: udev memory problem when trying to plug a disk with corrupted partition table

2014-11-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/11/14 11:14, "Morel Bérenger" wrote: > Le Mer 19 novembre 2014 21:16, Scott Ferguson a écrit : >> On 20/11/14 04:06, "Morel Bérenger" wrote: >> >>> Le Lun 17 novembre 2014 19:32, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh a écrit : >>> >>

Re: the developers have spoken

2014-11-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
Thanks for responding. On 20/11/14 11:47, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 20/11/14 08:14, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>> Brian wrote: >>>> On Wed 19 Nov 2014 at 12:41:45 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>>> >>>>> Jonathan Dowla

Re: udev memory problem when trying to plug a disk with corrupted partition table

2014-11-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/11/14 12:45, Martin Read wrote: > On 20/11/14 01:03, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> On 20/11/14 04:06, "Morel Bérenger" wrote: >>>>> I think it's msdos. >> >> AFAIK mdos partition tables don't support anywhere near that number of

Re: wheezy php5 upgrade -- lots of cron emails

2014-11-20 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/11/14 18:12, Tad Bak wrote: > After the recent php5 security upgrade on wheezy (libapache2-mod-php5, > php5-cli and php5-common) my cron started to generate a lot of e-mails: > > From: Cron Daemon > To: root@... > Subject: Cron[ -x /usr/lib/php5/maxlifetime ] && [ -x > /usr/lib

Re: udev memory problem when trying to plug a disk with corrupted partition table

2014-11-20 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/11/14 20:13, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Scott Ferguson a écrit : >> On 20/11/14 12:45, Martin Read wrote: >>> On 20/11/14 01:03, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>>>> On 20/11/14 04:06, "Morel Bérenger" wrote: >>>>>>> I think it&#x

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