Re: which is the best lan messanger

On 18/03/14 20:24, Debian Admin wrote: > I would like to know which is the best and stable internal chat with out > internet. > My requirement is > > it should have centralized console to manage client users and > their chat logs like messenger server and client > chat log should

Re: Fonts providing emojis?

On 18/03/14 22:38, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > What Debian font packages provide emojis? "apt-file" search and "apt-cache search" give nothing. Fortunately fontology is a hobby so I know it's part of Symbola. > At least, thats what i > think they are. Ive seen messages with little rectangular

Re: Fonts providing emojis?

On 18/03/14 23:18, Joel Rees wrote: > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Joel Rees > wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum > mailto:bg271...@yahoo.com>> wrote: > > What Debian font packages provide emojis? > > > > And, in

Re: Fonts providing emojis?

On 19/03/14 00:06, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > >> On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 8:19 AM, Scott Ferguson >> wrote: >>> On 18/03/14 22:38, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: What Debian font >>> packages provide emojis? >> >> "apt-file" sear

Long-term support for Squeeze

This may be of interest to those, like me, still have Debian Squeeze deployed:- http://rgeissert.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/debian-squeeze-lts.html NOTE: it's the blog of a Debian developer, not click-bait. But I haven't disabled Ad-Block so don't know if it's ad-free. Partial quotes:- "As announce

Re: Debian Wheezy 7.4 apt-cacher can only access from localhost

On 19/03/14 18:18, Rick McCombs AD5DU wrote: > I installed Debian Wheezy 7.4 on my Tower and my laptop. > I installed apt-cacher on the tower and it work when I use it from localhost. Do you mean "apt-cacher" or "apt-cacher-ng"?? > I did not change the default config, which allows connections fr

Re: Gnome (wheezy) questions: Language setting, speech synthesis, visually impaired user

On 19/03/14 07:41, W. Martin Borgert wrote:> Hi, > > I'm trying to configure a laptop (Debian wheezy) for a visually > impaired user, who speaks Spanish. > > 2. How to configure speech synthesis for login and logout? I'm sorry, I know nothing of GNOME or Orca - I use KDE and it's accessibility

Re: Gnome (wheezy) questions: Language setting, speech synthesis, visually impaired user

On 19/03/14 22:33, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 19/03/14 07:41, W. Martin Borgert wrote:> Hi, > > This should 'probably' exist:- > /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/orca-autostart.desktop > Apologies - I meant to add:- I'm not sure if you can do this with lig

Re: Great Debian experience

On 20/03/14 01:32, Ken Heard wrote: > It never ceases to amaze me that there are people can get various > iterations of Debian "working out of the box". That it does happen is testament that "Debian does things right". The vast majority of people who install Debian for their own use make little o

Re: Great Debian experience

On 20/03/14 04:47, Charles Kroeger wrote: > On Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:10:02 +0100 > Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> fenestral hordes. > > I rather like your description of them but wouldn't it have been more proper > to use > the term 'fenestrated' it is an adjective. In anatomy, this would apply to > 'ha

Re: Debian Wheezy 7.4 apt-cacher can only access from localhost

On 20/03/14 06:41, Rick McCombs AD5DU wrote: > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 2:36 AM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> On 19/03/14 18:18, Rick McCombs AD5DU wrote: >>> I installed Debian Wheezy 7.4 on my Tower and my laptop. >>> I installed apt-cacher on the tower

Re: Great Debian experience

On 20/03/14 11:12, Charles Kroeger wrote: > On Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:30:03 +0100 > Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> You must be American! > > I'm awfully American but I once lived in your country for many enjoyable > years. > Tell me this, are you English Scottish Welsh Northern Irish or just British or *

Re: Security Implications of running startx from command line - was Re: Startx: was Great Debian experience

On 20/03/14 13:48, Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com wrote: > On Thu, 20 Mar 2014 12:44:21 +1100 > Zenaan Harkness wrote: > >>> Yeah, when making a machine for a less technical or less >>> command-prompt comfortable person, I like to have it boot into GUI >>> via the desktop manager. But when set

Re: lighttpd server configs

On 20/03/14 14:08, John Foster wrote: > On Wed, 2014-03-19 at 22:40 +, Steve wrote: >>> nginx which was too hard to manage also. I now have lighttpd installed >>> which seems simple to manage but out of the box Debian install does not >>> work properly. >> >> Be specific. What fails? > >

Re: trouble with youtube

On 20/03/14 15:06, sp113438 wrote: > On Thu, 20 Mar 2014 04:36:57 +0100 > sp113438 wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have trouble with youtube. I can no longer view videos in Iceweasel. > > Nor chromium. > > This video is unavailable. it says Then the problem is not youtube.dl or the browsers. My "g

Re: Solved. Re: Debian Wheezy 7.4 apt-cacher can only access from localhost

On 20/03/14 15:41, Rick McCombs AD5DU wrote: > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> On 20/03/14 06:41, Rick McCombs AD5DU wrote: >>> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 2:36 AM, Scott Ferguson >>> wrote: >>>> On 19/03/14 18:18, Rick McCombs AD

Re: Fonts providing emojis?

On 20/03/14 17:20, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > Chris Bannister writes: > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 09:26:01AM +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > > > on Ottoman turkish (arabic writing - btw ancient Greek students already > > > had TeX (if they knew they had it ;) ). > > > > Ay what? How old *is

Re: Great Debian experience

On 20/03/14 22:29, Joel Rees wrote: > On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Zenaan Harkness > wrote: > > On 3/20/14, Patrick Bartek > wrote: > >> Here's some guidelines to reduce install/run problems. > >> 2. Motherboard and graphic card chips

Re: Debian Testing Gnome Wallpaper Missing #731239

On 21/03/14 02:03, Hörmetjan Yiltiz wrote: > Hi, > > I know this annoyed quite a lot of people, and now the bug report has > been closed. Bug number: #731239 > > But when exactly do you think this patch should be released in Debian > testing branch? No idea. Ask the upstream developers? > It i

Re: lighttpd server configs

On 21/03/14 07:09, John W. Foster wrote: > On Thu, 2014-03-20 at 16:58 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 20/03/14 14:08, John Foster wrote: >>> On Wed, 2014-03-19 at 22:40 +, Steve wrote: >>>>> nginx which was too hard to manage also. I now have lighttpd i

Re: Need a printer driver that's in Jessie, but must run Wheezy.

On 21/03/14 11:48, Rick Thomas wrote: > HP OfficeJet 4630 http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/officejet/officejet_4630_series.html http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2013/09/install-hp-linux-printer-driver-in-ubuntu/ https://www.google.com/search?q=linux+HP+OfficeJet+4630 Kind regards

Re: Need a printer driver that's in Jessie, but must run Wheezy.

On 21/03/14 11:58, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 21/03/14 11:48, Rick Thomas wrote: >> HP OfficeJet 4630 > > http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/officejet/officejet_4630_series.html > > http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2013/09/install-hp-linux-printer-driver-

Re: Gnome (wheezy) questions: Language setting, speech synthesis, visually impaired user

On 21/03/14 16:09, W. Martin Borgert wrote: > Quoting Scott Ferguson : >> I'm sorry, I know nothing of GNOME or Orca - I use KDE and it's >> accessibility reader (which also uses espeak). >> *But as no one else has replied yet...* >> >> This should &

Re: Gnome (wheezy): How to set GDM speech (Orca) language?

On 21/03/14 16:22, W. Martin Borgert wrote: > Hi, > > I set my system language to es_AR.UTF-8, but Orca seems to ignore this. > When logged in, I can configure Orca to use Spanish, but what about GDM, > i.e. before log in? The buttons etc. are in English, but Orca pronounces > it all in English. >

Re: Great Debian experience

On 21/03/14 16:28, Ken Heard wrote: > On 2014-03-21 04:30, Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com wrote: >> On Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:33:17 +0700 Ken Heard >> wrote: > >>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> On 2014-03-19 23:02, Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com wrote: >>> * Tel

Re: How to use Orca speech output in Libreoffice?

On 21/03/14 17:07, W. Martin Borgert wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to Orca, but have to set it up for a friend. I'm using > stable with Orca 3.4.2-2. > > When using Iceweasel (24.3.0esr-1~deb7u1), Orca talks to me, e.g. > reads selected text and reads most (but not all!) menu entries. > Also, I can pr

Re: lighttpd server configs

On 21/03/14 20:27, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 08:28:45AM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> That'll be why apache is not rewriting the path to mediawiki > > OP is using lighttpd, not apache. > > Thanks for the edit. Different dog, same. Sorry about

Re: Debian laptop recommendations? Non-proprietary software only.

On 28/03/14 05:49, Testosticore Fantastiballs wrote: > Hello, all! > > I'm currently in the market for a laptop/notebook computer on which > to have a fully free installation of Debian GNU/Linux. Sounds good. > > That's is, I plan to have no proprietary programs whatsoever > installed on it.

Re: Acer C720p

On 28/03/14 06:20, Jean-Marc wrote: > Hi the list, > > I have an eye on a Chromebook Acer C720p. > And I want to install a Debian on it. > > Anybody having experience with it ? No. But I'd like to. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=173418&p=2 http://www.reddit.com/r/chrubuntu/comments/1

Re: apt-get update: "Hash Sum mismatch!"

On 28/03/14 13:51, Tamer Higazi wrote: > Hi people! > > when I run apt-get update, I always receive a bunch of error messages, > as well if I want to install something through aptitude, debian isn't > capable to install packages, because those are not on the server. > > And ideas what I might of

Re: Debian commercial support.

On 28/03/14 21:08, Joel Rees wrote: > On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Jerry Stuckle > wrote: > > On 3/26/2014 8:25 AM, John Hasler wrote: > > Jerry Stuckle writes: > > Debian consultants don't necessarily know how to properly >

Re: Debian commercial support.

On 29/03/14 01:11, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > On 3/28/2014 6:35 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 28/03/14 21:08, Joel Rees wrote: >>> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Jerry Stuckle >> <mailto:jstuc...@attglobal.net>> wrote: >>> >>> On 3/26/2014

Re: Docker on Wheezy?

On 29/03/14 03:56, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > Anyone have experience setting up Docker on Wheezy? No. > I'm going to try to > do that tonight, so if anyone has helpful hints, please let me know. That's my plan too (maybe this weekend...?). I was planning on following this:- https://coderw

Re: Debian commercial support.

On 30/03/14 09:19, Ric Moore wrote: > On 03/28/2014 08:29 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 3/28/2014 6:42 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> On 29/03/14 01:11, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> On 3/28/2014 6:35 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>>> On 28/03/14 21:08, Joel

Re: About not receiving email

On 04/04/14 02:07, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > I receive this list's email from everybody except myself. Having > completely re-done my .procmailrc (and turned it into a script to > construct it from components), I'm pretty sure that my debian-user > email is not getting dropped on the floor o

Re: OT: visible TLS config

On 04/04/14 20:14, Ron Leach wrote: > On 04/04/2014 02:06, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >> Your mail setup is a little, um, odd; *no* TLS configured or SPF >> records, and other [...] >> > > Sorry to go off-topic but, since I'm in the process of setting up a ne

Re: vesa mode code?

On 09/04/14 00:20, Hans wrote: > Hi there, > > I am asking myself now for many years, if there is a relationship between the > solution and the vesacode at the grub commandline. Do you mean if you type "c" at the GRUB prompt and then vbeinfo? Those are the frame buffer modes your screen can hand

Re: OpenSSL Heartbleed bug, Apache still vulnerable?

On 09/04/14 00:49, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Hi, > > as many others, I patched my machines today because of the horrible > OpenSSL bug: > > $ apt-cache policy libssl1.0.0 > libssl1.0.0: > Installed: 1.0.1e-2+deb7u6 > Candidate: 1.0.1e-2+deb7u6 > Version table: > 1.0.1g-1 0 > -10

Re: vesa mode code?

On 09/04/14 01:33, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 08 apr 14, 16:20:22, Hans wrote: >> >> Is it possible (and if yes, how), to compute the code from the wanted >> solution? For example, if I want to have 1440x900, can I compute the >> vga=whatever code? Or must I always look into a table? See:-

Re: Cropping a large collection of .PNG screenshots

On 09/04/14 20:03, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:> I have a few hundred screen shots I want to put on a web page, but > they are all full-screen and I want to crop to the real contents. > This is an identical region in all cases. So I want to script it. > > So, 2 questions: A) What's the best tool for th

Re: /var/cache/man/...

On 10/04/14 01:44, Mike McClain wrote: > The other day I noticed my computer clutteres up with many > directories in /var/cache/man/ for languages I don't speak so I > deleted them. That was a mistake. You're new to this "sysadmin" stuff right? ;) > Today they're back but I can't tell how they go

Re: BD-R and wheezy

On 10/04/14 08:32, Kevin Price wrote: > Is there an easy way to burn BD-R on wheezy? Yes. Several. And much fine documentation on the subject. > I met a guy at a LUG > that wanted to try linux but he lives out in the middle of nowhere > and has 56k. Since I have cable, I downloaded the Blu Ray i

Re: /var/cache/man/...

On 10/04/14 10:07, Doug wrote: > > On 04/09/2014 07:14 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 10/04/14 01:44, Mike McClain wrote: >>> The other day I noticed my computer clutteres up with many >>> directories in /var/cache/man/ for languages I don't speak so I >

Re: /var/cache/man/...

On 11/04/14 02:15, Mike McClain wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 09:14:39AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 10/04/14 01:44, Mike McClain wrote: >>> The other day I noticed my computer clutteres up with many >>> directories in /var/cache/man/ for languages I don&#x

Re: Cropping a large collection of .PNG screenshots

On 11/04/14 05:07, Ric Moore wrote: > On 04/09/2014 10:09 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 03:03:14AM -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >>> I have a few hundred screen shots I want to put on a web page, but >>> they are all full-screen and I want to crop to the real contents. >>> Th

Re: Switching OS

On 11/04/14 13:30, Stephen Barr wrote: > I have been using Ubuntu for several years now but all of a sudden it > has begun locking up, sometimes several times a day. Very annoying, > especially when it fouls up file names. I have a lot of work to do on my > website and this is driving me crazy. Can

Re: Switching OS

On 11/04/14 14:31, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 08:30:13PM -0700, Stephen Barr wrote: >> I have been using Ubuntu for several years now but all of a sudden >> it has begun locking up, sometimes several times a day. Very >> annoying, especially when it fouls up file names. I ha

Re: Cropping a large collection of .PNG screenshots

On 13/04/14 20:21, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 12 apr 14, 12:26:48, Steve Litt wrote: >> On Thu, 10 Apr 2014 00:43:45 +0300 >> Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> >>> On Mi, 09 apr 14, 08:59:51, Steve Litt wrote: Or, you can just redirect ls into a file, use Vim to convert and rename each f

Re: Cropping a large collection of .PNG screenshots

On 13/04/14 22:05, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 13 apr 14, 20:33:00, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >> for i in `ls *.png`; > > Is there something wrong with > > for i in *.png > > ? Yes. It leaves no room for improvement. > > Kind regards, > An

Re: Heartbleed (was ... Re: My fellow (Debian) Linux users ...)

On 14/04/14 19:49, Curt wrote: > On 2014-04-14, Richard Hector wrote: >> >> This one, on the other hand, was generally not predicted, and was widely >> exploited before people got a chance to fix it. That's presumably still >> going on. > > Widely exploited? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear

Re: Sun/Oracle Java

On 16/04/14 13:27, Oliver Fairhall wrote: > Hi, > > Setting up a new machine, noticed that Sun/Oracle Java is no longer > available to Debian. > > Saw a post here with an explanation: > > http://sylvestre.ledru.info/blog/2011/08/26/sun_java6_packages_removed_from_debian_u > > > Unfortunately,

Re: Sun/Oracle Java

On 17/04/14 03:27, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > On 16/04/2014 3:34 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> # make-jpkg jre-7u21-linux-i586.tar.gz > > If you need Java, then you really *must* have the latest version, 7u21 > is quite old now .. there have been 5 updates including the l

Re: Heartbleed

On 19/04/14 07:55, Joe wrote: > On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 07:48:13 -0500 > John Hasler wrote: > >> Karl E. Jorgensen writes: >>> Obviously, they had no need to save the actual *traffic*, merely the >>> access point MAC address, signal strength and streetview car >>> location to do this. >> >> In any ca

Re: Sun/Oracle Java

On 19/04/14 16:19, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:13:54PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> There's really no need to pass laws against bad weather, or sharp >> corners on furniture, to protect idiots from themselves. > > :) > > On the blender

Re: Heartbleed

On 19/04/14 16:51, Tom Furie wrote:> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 02:33:43PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 19/04/14 07:55, Joe wrote: > >>> As is the light originating inside peoples' homes and passing out >>> of their windows. In which case it is arguable tha

Re: Heartbleed

On 19/04/14 19:04, Joe wrote: > On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 14:33:43 +1000 > Scott Ferguson wrote: > > >> >> Perhaps the solution is not greater bureaucracy to safeguard data >> ignorance, >> > > I certainly wasn't suggesting bureaucracy, Nor did

Re: Debian Noob and MSCORE fonts

Please post only plain-text:- https://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct The simple two-click method to send plain-text from Gmail web-interface:- https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMailingLists#Gmail On 21/04/14 11:55, c. marlow wrote: > Hello I am new to PLAIN DEBIAN > > I am using LXDE an

Re: Why pack open movie editor is not in the repositories?

On 23/04/14 12:42, Marco Flores wrote: > > <<< > > 1. Why pack open movie editor is not in the repositories? I consider > it an indispensable program and best video editor. "Pack Open Movie Editor"? Never heard of it Do you mean "Open Movie Editor"? http://www.openmovieeditor.o

Re: split an html file

On 22/04/14 03:08, Mike McClain wrote: > Hi, > My brother Rick, a windrider, put together a webpage, > http://www.photographers1.com/Sailing/NauticalTerms&Nomenclature.html > about sailing and wind surfing that has grown too large and should be > split into smaller sections to reduce load time.

Re: Logging of commands in a bash script to a file

On 23/04/14 08:06, Daniel Bareiro wrote: > > Hi all! > > I'm writing a bash script that runs several routing commands. I would > like these commands, on a part of the script, plus run, are saved to a > log file. > > I guess maybe it could be done by putting the commands in a variable and > then

Re: Personal Recommendations for Free List Compatible Email Service

On 23/04/14 22:56, Lisi Reisz wrote:> On Wednesday 23 April 2014 13:22:25 Henning Follmann wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 10:04:31PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: >>> On Tue, 22 Apr 2014, Henning Follmann wrote: On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 09:47:24AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Tu

Re: Personal Recommendations for Free List Compatible Email Service

On 23/04/14 23:40, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 23 April 2014 14:24:25 Henning Follmann wrote: >> This is also why I do not like gmail, >> yahoo, fb so much. But everybody has to make his/her own decisions. > > Yes, but you have been very rude about those who make a decision which is > differ

Re: doc-linux-text Not in Wheezy?

On 29/04/14 20:22, Paul Lane wrote: > Searched archive and found nothing regarding any discussion of it > being removed. I did find it available for Squeeze. However, as I > stated it is not found in the package lists for Wheezy. Has it been > renamed, removed, or otherwise squashed? > Wheezy mai

Re: doc-linux-text Not in Wheezy?

On 29/04/14 23:53, Tom Furie wrote: > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 08:29:45PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 29/04/14 20:22, Paul Lane wrote: >>> Searched archive and found nothing regarding any discussion of >>> it being removed. I did find it available for Squeeze. How

Re: Debian 7.x and desktop environments

On 03/05/14 06:29, Brian wrote: > On Fri 02 May 2014 at 13:30:07 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> On Friday 02 May 2014 09:55:02 Andrei POPESCU wrote: >>> On Vi, 02 mai 14, 15:58:00, Bret Busby wrote: What I am wondering, is whether the Debian 7.5 installation disks, include the option duri

Re: sudo in X-environment

On 01/05/14 18:51, Johann Spies wrote: > For years I have used sudo both in server administration and on the > desktop. > > Lately I get the following error message and I do not really know what > to do about it other than logging into the xserver as root - which I do > not want to do: > > $ sudo

Re: Best list for server only traffic?

On 09/05/14 06:14, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 5/8/2014 2:11 PM, Ric Moore wrote: >> Especially when viewed in the light that a Linux desktop, and the >> Xorg system sits on top of a Linux server. > > Not on *mine* they don't. Anyone who puts Xorg on a linux server > (unless maybe it is their own perso

Re: Default & supported service manager in Wheezy

On 09/05/14 16:19, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > Hi all, > > A long time ago, when I was young ;-), services used to be managed with > "invoke-rc.d" & "update-rc.d" on Debian. > > Know playing with several distributions, some use "service", "sysctl", > "systemctl", and some of them are mention

Re: Help About Bootable USB

On 09/05/14 16:16, morteza allahpour wrote: > /Hello,I have 3 debian DVD images.I want to run debian from a bootable > usb flash.now what should i do ?/ > /wich DVD image I must use ?/ Just to be clear, you want to install Debian on the USB flash drive, *not* install Debian on the computer *from*

Re: Default & supported service manager in Wheezy

On 09/05/14 18:43, Kushal Kumaran wrote: > Scott Ferguson writes: > >> On 09/05/14 16:19, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> A long time ago, when I was young ;-), services used to be managed with >>> "invoke-rc.d" &a

Re: How to use Debian ISOs as package sources in apt?

On 10/05/14 07:36, A Debian User wrote: > > On Friday, 09 May, 2014 03:39 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> Most of what you will want to install (statistically speaking) is on >> the first [Debian] DVD. Everything you need to later install from the >> other DVDs is on the f

Re: Avoiding system d

On 11/05/14 04:47, Brian wrote: > On Sat 10 May 2014 at 12:05:25 -0400, John wrote: > >> Thanks for practical help. I'm not looking for more flames. > > A couple of quotes from your mail: > > > "I find myself appalled at the rude and domineering attitudes of > > almost all systemd's defende

Re: Debian Linux 7 and Realtek soundcards

On 11/05/14 16:53, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > I have this weekend, managed to install Debian 7.5 amd64 xfce version > onto a laptop computer. > > However, the sound does not work. Ouch. But easily fixed. > > In searching, I have found that the laptop apparently has a Realtek > soundcard (

Re: you don\u2019t know if you don\u2019t ask

On 11/05/14 17:06, Sharon Kimble wrote: > When copying and pasting some text from a text document into > emacs, it starts out as - ╭ │Remember, most breast lumps are > not cancerous, but you don't know if you don't ask. ╰ > > but appears as - ╭ │Remember, most breast lumps are not > c

Re: loss of I/O on some websites

On 11/05/14 22:59, Whit Hansell wrote: > Am getting frustrated. On the internet today there are so many sites > that have taken on so much advertising that it is killing my desire to > go to various sites. I mean specifically news sites. > > My box is a relatively new AMD quad core over 3 Gh, 16

Re: One of those threads, old stuff: was Confusion [WOOT]

On 12/05/14 00:50, The Wanderer wrote: > On 05/11/2014 10:41 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > >> On Sun, 11 May 2014 15:13:21 +0900 Joel Rees >> wrote: > >>> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Joshua Anthony >>> wrote: > I confess to much ignorance of technical detail - despite 45 years as a c

Re: Kernel fails to detect internal hard drives after routine apt-get upgrade

On 12/05/14 11:44, O wrote: > > Dear debian-users, > > A first-time post for me: I've never had a problem that was so serious. > > I've had Wheezy installed for many months now with default kernel > 3.2.0-4-amd64. Following a routine apt-get upgrade, the kernel cannot > detect any of the intern

Re: Kernel fails to detect internal hard drives after routine apt-get upgrade

On 12/05/14 14:27, O wrote: > > Hi Scott, > > > Check your BIOS, I'd bet it doesn't see any hard drives either. Please > check. If I'm correct then check your power and data cables and restart > the box. > > > As mentioned, i can boot using the old Squeeze kernel, and it sees the >

Re: FileLink server

On 12/05/14 23:14, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List, > > how to set up its own Filelink ( > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/filelink-large-attachments ) server ? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/filelink-large-attachments#w_q-what-storage-services-are-currently-supported "Q: What stor

Re: Sony Xperia Z1 USB

On 13/05/14 01:28, Edvin Hultberg wrote: > Hello there! First time interacting with this mailing list. > > I recently tried connecting my Sony Xperia Z1 to my computer by > USB3/USB2. And it didn't quite work as expected. I recently ditched > windows in favour of debian 7 with KDE. Is there some

Re: [OT] How long is an unused HD 'new'?

On 13/05/14 02:30, Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 12 May 2014 15:10:56 + (UTC) > Curt wrote: > >> On 2014-05-12, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>> On Mon, 12 May 2014 01:43:16 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom >>> wrote: I have a 500GB Western Digital hard drive that I bought in 2012 but it has never bee

Re: Debian Linux 7 and Realtek soundcards

dio" would you need case-insensitive?? Multimedia *audio* controller An extra three keystrokes for no gain. Extra noise, no signal. > > On Sunday, 11 May, 2014 03:06 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 11/05/14 16:53, Bret Busby wrote: >>> Hello. >>> >>>

Re: loss of I/O on some websites

On 13/05/14 08:07, A Debian User wrote: > > On Sunday, 11 May, 2014 10:08 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 11/05/14 22:59, Whit Hansell wrote: >>> Am getting frustrated. On the internet today there are so many sites >>> that have taken on so much advertising that it

Re: Can't get Apache to display a directory

On 13/05/14 10:16, Stephen Powell wrote: > > I recently upgraded a back-end server from wheezy to jessie, and with the > upgrade, > Apache went from 2.2 to 2.4. There are a lot of changes to Apache between 2.2 > and 2.4, especially in the area of authentications, authorizations, etc. > One diffe

Re: Text files treated like html in apache 2.4

On 13/05/14 10:28, Stephen Powell wrote: > > My troubles with Apache 2.4 continue. With Apache 2.2, if I entered in > the address bar of my browser > >http://my.server.ip.address/xyz/abc.txt > > and abc.txt was a plain ASCII text file in /var/www/xyz, then the browser > would display it as

Re: Debian Linux 7 and Realtek soundcards

On 13/05/14 16:16, Filip wrote: > On Tue, 13 May 2014 13:55:04 +1000 > Scott Ferguson wrote: > > >>> >>> $ lspci | grep audio >>> >>> Use instead: >>> >>> $ lspci | grep -i audio >> >> Why? >> >>

Re: Debian Linux 7 and Realtek soundcards

On 13/05/14 17:12, Filip wrote: > On Tue, 13 May 2014 16:55:43 +1000 > Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> >> Which release? >> >> pciutils 1:3.1.9-6 >> > > Debian Jessie, pciutils 1:3.1.9-6. > > HP hardware. > It all depends on the hardware .

Re: loss of I/O on some websites

On 14/05/14 04:22, Testosticore wrote: > > On Tuesday, 13 May, 2014 12:04 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 13/05/14 08:07, A Debian User wrote: >>> On Sunday, 11 May, 2014 10:08 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> On 11/05/14 22:59, Whit Hansell wrote: >>>

Re: OT: reboot required after linux-image upgrade?

On 14/05/14 04:30, Ric Moore wrote: > On 05/13/2014 06:01 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On Tue, 2014-05-13 at 11:58 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>> in order for Linux to use the new kernel >> >> JFTR Linux is the kernel. I'm aware that you're talking about the >> compete install, most of us call it Lin

Re: Iceweasel and DRM

On 15/05/14 13:09, Gary Dale wrote: > The FSF has just let everyone know that Mozilla and Adobe have signed a > deal to support DRM in Firefox. So did Mozilla - in fact they've been letting everyone know for the last year. Hardly a secret. > I trust that it will be removed in > Iceweasel. DRM s

Re: Iceweasel and DRM

On 15/05/14 14:27, Gary Dale wrote: > On 14/05/14 11:23 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 15/05/14 13:09, Gary Dale wrote: >>> The FSF has just let everyone know that Mozilla and Adobe have signed a >>> deal to support DRM in Firefox. >> So did Mozilla - in fact t

Re: Wrong sizes for single disk in different usb enclosures.

On 15/05/14 21:31, Jaime T wrote: > Hi. > > I'm trying out my 1TB Toshiba MQ01ABD100 SATA hard disk in three > different sata-usb enclosures. I'm testing the size of the drive by > viewing both /sys/block/sdb/size and by using "hdparm -I", and I see > different figures for the size. Here are the r

Re: Can't login to Xfce after reboot in Debian 7.5

On 16/05/14 00:13, Muntasim Ul Haque wrote: > Hi, > I installed Infinality font config in my Debian Xfce 7.5 which > interrupts me from loggin in. Only a black screen appears which says, > something missing from /home/can't_remind_the_rests. This problem does > not persist for GNOME, only for Xfce.

Re: no longer sound on amd64 sid systems

On 16/05/14 00:15, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > * Paul Pignon [2014-05-15 12:09 +0100]: > > [...]> > ... lsmod | grep snd > >>> snd_pcm 76785 0 >>> snd_hwdep 13189 0 >>> snd_page_alloc 13052 1 snd_pcm >>> snd_seq 53391 0 >>> snd_seq_device 13132 1 snd_seq >>> snd_timer 22767 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm >>>

Re: no longer sound on amd64 sid systems

On 16/05/14 01:39, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > * Scott Ferguson [2014-05-16 00:49 > +1000]: > >> On 16/05/14 00:15, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: >>> * Paul Pignon [2014-05-15 12:09 +0100]: >>> >>> [...]> > ... lsmod | grep snd >>> >>&

Re: Iceweasel and DRM

On 16/05/14 02:13, Gary Dale wrote: > On 15/05/14 12:51 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 15/05/14 14:27, Gary Dale wrote: >>> On 14/05/14 11:23 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> On 15/05/14 13:09, Gary Dale wrote: >>>>> The FSF has just let everyone know th

Re: Iceweasel and DRM

On 16/05/14 03:46, Gary Dale wrote: > On 15/05/14 01:33 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 16/05/14 02:13, Gary Dale wrote: >>> On 15/05/14 12:51 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> On 15/05/14 14:27, Gary Dale wrote: >>>>> On 14/05/14 11:23 PM, Scott Fergus

Re: Will Iceweasel stay open source?

On 16/05/14 03:51, Eelis wrote: > I read[1] that Firefox will start shipping parts No - you didn't. Please learn to read and stop spreading more rubbish (or just go back to setting fire to cats and winos). TL;DR (Too Lazy;Don't Read?) For those concerned by this engineered scare campaign - what

Re: Will Iceweasel stay open source?

On 16/05/14 04:00, Gary Dale wrote: > On 15/05/14 01:51 PM, Eelis wrote: >> I read[1] that Firefox will start shipping parts for which they won't >> provide the source code (something to do with DRM..). Can I trust that >> Iceweasel will remain open source, or will I have to switch to Lynx if >> I

Re: Will Iceweasel stay open source?

On 16/05/14 04:12, Eelis wrote: > Ah, thanks for the clarification! But now I'm confused; in what sense is > it open source software if during runtime it starts downloading and > running binary blobs from Adobe? :/ The plugin is separate, it doesn't change the code for Firefox/Iceweasel - so it do

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