Re: Will Iceweasel stay open source?

2014-05-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/05/14 04:29, Eelis wrote: > Wow, you're a very angry person.. :( Not usually. Oh, and what sort of person do you call someone who claims to have read things that weren't written? Someone with good intentions? > > On 2014-05-15 20:27, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>

Re: Will Iceweasel stay open source?

2014-05-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/05/14 04:35, Eelis wrote: > On 2014-05-15 20:27, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> Mozilla will be shipping an Open Source sandbox for the plugin. > > Ah yes, that's also an interesting point, because one of the blog posts > says: > > “Adobe and the content industry

Re: Will Iceweasel stay open source?

2014-05-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/05/14 04:51, Eelis wrote: > On 2014-05-15 20:48, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 16/05/14 04:35, Eelis wrote: >>> On 2014-05-15 20:27, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> Mozilla will be shipping an Open Source sandbox for the plugin. >>> >>> Ah yes, that

Re: Will Iceweasel stay open source?

2014-05-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/05/14 05:20, Eelis wrote: Because there are no restrictions. >>> >>> No restrictions? >> >> That's correct. It's a sandbox. The sandbox restricts the close >> plugin. *You* are only restricted in how you can *playback* media >> encrypted by the plugin. *If* you choose to install it (an

Re: Will Iceweasel stay open source?

2014-05-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/05/14 05:29, Eelis wrote: > On 2014-05-15 20:35, Eelis wrote: >> On 2014-05-15 20:27, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> Mozilla will be shipping an Open Source sandbox for the plugin. >> >> Ah yes, that's also an interesting point, because one of the blog pos

Re: Will Iceweasel stay open source?

2014-05-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/05/14 05:41, Eelis wrote: > On 2014-05-15 21:36, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 16/05/14 05:20, Eelis wrote: >>>>>> Because there are no restrictions. >>>>> >>>>> No restrictions? >>>> >>>> That's correct. It&

Re: Will Iceweasel stay open source?

2014-05-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/05/14 05:51, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 5:36 AM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> (sigh, it's 5:30am here, I'm tired) > > Ditto here. I have to say, this debate is somewhat interesting, It shouldn't be a debate. Debating DRM in Iceweas

Re: Will Iceweasel stay open source?

2014-05-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/05/14 05:53, Eelis wrote: > On 2014-05-15 21:49, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> From the page you started this scare campaign with:- >> "Mozilla will distribute the sandbox alongside Firefox, and we are >> working on deterministic builds[*1] that will allow developers

Re: Will Iceweasel stay open source?

2014-05-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/05/14 05:56, Eelis wrote: > On 2014-05-15 21:54, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 16/05/14 05:41, Eelis wrote: >>> On 2014-05-15 21:36, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> On 16/05/14 05:20, Eelis wrote: >>>>>>>> Because there are no restrictions.

Re: Iceweasel and DRM

2014-05-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/05/14 05:59, Gary Dale wrote: > On 15/05/14 02:31 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 5/15/2014 1:53 PM, Gary Dale wrote: >>> On 15/05/14 01:33 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 5/15/2014 12:16 PM, Gary Dale wrote: > On 15/05/14 04:04 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Jo, 15 mai 14, 00:27:08,

Re: Preseeded setting on openssh-server ignored

2014-06-13 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 14/06/14 07:18, Brian wrote: > On Fri 13 Jun 2014 at 23:36:41 +0530, Murukesh Mohanan wrote: > >> That's about the bug report that led to all this: >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=298138 > > The usual complaint, I see. password1 is an insecure password for root > to use so

Re: Replicating a Squeeze system on Wheezy

2013-07-03 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 03/07/13 20:26, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd appreciate some advice, please. I'm sure this has come up before, > but despite Googling, can't find it right now, so if anyone has a link, > that would help. > > My main development system here basically runs Squeeze/KDE, but with a >

Re: Replicating a Squeeze system on Wheezy

2013-07-03 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 03/07/13 21:52, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 03/07/13 20:26, Tony van der Hoff wrote: >> Hi all, >> Typo corrections. Blame jetlag and just being dumb - sorry. You'll also need to consider backing up your custom perl stuff. > # dpkg --get-selections > ~/squeez

Re: High Load/Interrupts on Wheezy

2013-07-03 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 04/07/13 00:30, Will Platnick wrote: > More troubleshooting steps: > > Built and installed latest 3.10 kernel, no change in interrupts > Built and installed latest 2.6.32 kernel, and I am back to Squeeze level > loads and no high timer, rescheduling, non-maskable or performance > interrupts are

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-10 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 07/06/12 16:46, Miles Bader wrote: > Scott Ferguson writes: >>>> You can't disable the code signing requirement on ARM. >>> >>> ... which is a great deal more worrying. >> >> Yes. And no. >> I'd hate to see a situation where it was i

Re: the ghost of UEFI and Micr0$0ft

2012-06-10 Thread Scott Ferguson
Correction On 11/06/12 12:36, Scott Ferguson wrote: > add your own key to the UEFI... apparently that would *require you > typing it in* (256 characters). I can't confirm that as I had first hand access to the W8 pad, could be a bum steer. :-( Nothing in the published specs

Re: unique install question? (Squeeze audio install using the Wheezy-di from a USB drive)

2012-06-12 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/06/12 12:57, Karen Lewellen wrote: > I agree on changing the subject line, especially since Richard also > removed the on point question. > As for avoiding the post containing the information I got regarding > changing the boot priorities and installing squeeze instead of wheezy > from the de

Re: unique install question? (Squeeze audio install using the Wheezy-di from a USB drive)

2012-06-12 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/06/12 20:01, Brian wrote: > On Tue 12 Jun 2012 at 19:29:30 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> *Yes - you can install Squeeze using Wheezy*, despite what some have >> claimed it doesn't require downgrading from Wheezy as no Wheezy packages >> are ever installed (

Re: unique install question? (Squeeze audio install using the Wheezy-di from a USB drive)

2012-06-12 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 13/06/12 04:45, Brian wrote: > On Tue 12 Jun 2012 at 16:52:43 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > >> On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:01:22 +0100, Brian wrote in message >> <20120612100122.GJ30016@desktop>: >> >>> The DVD is a USB device. She cannot boot from USB on the machine she >>> wishes to install Debian

Re: unique install question? (Squeeze audio install using the Wheezy-di from a USB drive)

2012-06-12 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 13/06/12 04:35, Brian wrote: > On Tue 12 Jun 2012 at 21:53:03 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 12/06/12 20:01, Brian wrote: >>> >>> Aren't the kernel and base packages ones from Testing? >> >> Only if you choose to install Testing (it

Re: unique install question? (Squeeze audio install using the Wheezy-di from a USB drive)

2012-06-13 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 13/06/12 19:29, Brian wrote: > On Wed 13 Jun 2012 at 10:57:42 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 13/06/12 04:35, a troll wrote: >>> >>> By the time the choosing a mirror stage is reached with a netinst image >>> or the first CD the base files

Re: unique install question? (Squeeze audio install using the Wheezy-di from a USB drive)

2012-06-13 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 14/06/12 01:45, Curt wrote: > On 2012-06-13, Brian wrote: >> >> I don't see what you do. Is this a bug in my installer? > > He said prior to partitioning so I assume once you get into the partitioning > dialogue, the installer gives you the opportunity to choose an "expert" > install, The in

Re: unique install question? (Squeeze audio install using the Wheezy-di from a USB drive)

2012-06-13 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 14/06/12 02:14, Curt wrote: > On 2012-06-13, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> >> IIRC it was Scott? who does exactly mentioned this in his kindly >> style :D. Options could have sub-options. - Ralf >> > > Yes, I was replying to Brian's inquiry concerning Scott's > claim that one can install Squeeze usin

Re: unique install question? (Squeeze audio install using the Wheezy-di from a USB drive)

2012-06-13 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 14/06/12 15:46, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:01:23 -0400 (EDT), Karen wrote in message > : >> but there is only so much possible WITH this present box, Provided you have at least 128MB of RAM there's not much *non-graphical* "desktop-type" tasks that you *cannot* do. >> its

Re: unique install question? (Squeeze audio install using the Wheezy-di from a USB drive)

2012-06-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 14/06/12 17:24, Curt wrote: > On 2012-06-14, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> >> Claim? Hey - if I made a "claim" (actually just agreed with the OPs information) what sort of specious allegation do we label the d-i and speakup developers claims? HINT: I believe it invo

Re: unique install question? (Squeeze audio install using the Wheezy-di from a USB drive)

2012-06-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 14/06/12 17:46, Curt wrote: > On 2012-06-14, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> > > I'm snide and curmudgeonly. It could be worse. Indeed. Best try and stay sane. If you don't you'd be snide, curmudgeonly, and nuts. Which would make you some sort of a snack bar.

Re: unique install question? (Squeeze audio install using the Wheezy-di from a USB drive)

2012-06-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 14/06/12 04:04, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:27:22 +1000, Scott wrote in message > <4fd7de6a.6020...@gmail.com>: > >> On 13/06/12 04:45, Brian wrote: >>> On Tue 12 Jun 2012 at 16:52:43 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: >>> On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:01:22 +0100, Brian wrote in messag

Re: unique install question? (Squeeze audio install using the Wheezy-di from a USB drive)

2012-06-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 14/06/12 17:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 16:49 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> My primary concern would be whether the audio chipset is going to be >> supported > > Those old boards perhaps often use AC'97? Post 1997 - yes (funny that) AC is j

Re: KVM virtual machines and storage.

2012-06-14 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 14/06/12 18:27, Chris Davies wrote: > Alan Chandler wrote: >> One problem, which I haven't satisfactorily solved so far, is backing up >> the files on the disk in that virtual machine. > > DeltaCopy on the Windows system and rsnapshot/rsync on the (Linux) > server. Works well for me. > > Chr

Re: Remove root access from folder/directory

2013-12-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 05/12/13 17:01, Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote: > Hi, > I've unzipped a folder and it became root protected. The folder icon is > showing a lock sign. Now that, I cannot copy/move this folder in any > other place. What can I do now? How can I move/copy this folder to other > places? How to remove root

Re: Setting up wordpress on wheezy using the debian packages?

2013-12-05 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 06/12/13 13:30, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Thanks to all who replied. I got lots of useful suggestions. > > The one that finally got me off the ground is this one… Somehow I > missed it in all my googling. :) It didn't exist when you did your Googling. I wrote it *after* reading your post. >

Re: Unable to change shell and add groups

2013-12-06 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 06/12/13 18:31, shawn wilson wrote: > For some reason, when I chsh to say /bin/zsh, log out and back in, I'm > still in bash - confirmed with readlink /proc/$$/exe Which release are you running? For me this works:- # chsh -s /bin/zsh $me (where $me is your username). Check with:- $ echo $SHE

Re: How to updated after install? [Re: Setting up wordpress on wheezy using the debian packages?]

2013-12-06 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 06/12/13 19:27, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Thanks, Scott. See my notes interlineated below… Thanks, I appreciate the feedback/testing. > > > On Dec 5, 2013, at 9:20 PM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: > >> On 06/12/13 13:30, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > >>

Re: Unable to change shell and add groups

2013-12-06 Thread Scott Ferguson
/zsh > /etc/alternatives/zsh-usrbin > $ readlink /etc/alternatives/zsh-usrbin > /bin/zsh4 > > (again, not probably not the issue and just annoys me since I noticed it) > > On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:10 AM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> On 06/12/13 18:31, shawn wils

Re: Selecting partions to use via preseed.cfg

2013-12-07 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 08/12/13 04:54, Richard Owlett wrote: > I am aware of the options demonstrated in > http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/example-preseed.txt . > > They do not cover my case of interest. ? true, but it refers you to partman-auto-recipe.txt which "appears" to "cover your case of interest". > I

Re: Selecting partions to use via preseed.cfg

2013-12-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 08/12/13 23:39, Richard Owlett wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 08/12/13 04:54, Richard Owlett wrote: >>> I am aware of the options demonstrated in >>> http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/example-preseed.txt . >>> >>> They do not cover my cas

Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2013-12-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/12/13 13:26, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Is there some way to tell the debian installer to enable an ssh > server during the installation? Yes - at least with the i386 and AMD64 installs > I'd like to be able to > ssh/slogin/scp to the installation process so I can retrieve log > files and o

Re: script line not working as its supposed to, but why?

2013-12-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 11/12/13 21:45, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I have this line in a bash script that is not doing what its supposed > to - > 'find /home/boudiccas/.fluxbox -type f -mtime +"$num" -name 'menu-*' > -delete' > where "$num" = 7 and 'menu-*'=menu-20131209-11:05 . Obviously the date > and time can be differ

Re: udev rule for a kindle

2013-12-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/12/13 01:01, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > I have a script for backing up my kindle when its first mounted, but > its not running on mounting, but *does* run when invoked manually! > When the kindle is mounted it should trigger this udev rule - > > # saved to /etc/udev/rules.d/85-kindle.rules A

Re: script line not working as its supposed to, but why?

2013-12-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 11/12/13 22:14, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:58:19 +1100 > Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 11/12/13 21:45, Sharon Kimble wrote: >>> I have this line in a bash script that is not doing what its >>> supposed to - >>> 'find /home/

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/12/13 17:42, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: > Dear List - > > I am running 32 bit sid with a pae kernel. What is the maximum RAM that > can be used? 64GB > Are there any command line statement(s) that will enable > the system to use more than 4 GB of RAM? n/a > > TIA > > Ethan

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/12/13 18:11, David Guntner wrote: > Scott Ferguson grabbed a keyboard and wrote: >> On 12/12/13 17:42, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: >>> Dear List - >>> >>> I am running 32 bit sid with a pae kernel. What is the maximum RAM that >>&g

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/12/13 18:24, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Ethan, still HTML, really ;)? > > On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 01:42 -0500, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com > wrote: >> Are there any command line statement(s) that will enable the system to >> use more than 4 GB of RAM? > > Only when you compile a 32-bit archite

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-12 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/12/13 19:24, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 18:49 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 12/12/13 18:24, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>> Ethan, still HTML, really ;)? >>> >>> On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 01:42 -0500, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com >&g

Re: How to install Packages on Debian-Wheezy

2013-12-12 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 13/12/13 00:59, Wally Lepore wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Recently completed a successful install of Wheezy in Virtual Box. Runs > great but slow (for obvious reasons). I'm not looking for > speed/performance at this point but just looking to learn the > interface, access and perform functions in ter

Re: udev rule for a kindle

2013-12-12 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 13/12/13 01:30, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:43:32 +1100 > Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 12/12/13 01:01, Sharon Kimble wrote: >>> >>> I have a script for backing up my kindle when its first mounted, >>> but its not running on mounting

Re: How to verify install iso?

2013-12-12 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 13/12/13 11:59, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > How can I verify that the debian-7.2.0-i386-netinst.iso is ok? Aside from the methods exhaustively detailed in the links I've provided - you can also use the installer to self-check. e.g. with debian-7.2.0-i386-netinst.iso:- Advanced options -> Expert insta

Re: How to verify install iso?

2013-12-12 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 13/12/13 12:41, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 12:27 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> - you can also use the installer to self-check. > > If it's compromised a self-check could be done compared with what ever > source. I don't understand what you a

Re: How to verify install iso?

2013-12-12 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 13/12/13 13:15, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > You misunderstand me. > > If I've got a checksum from the iso, e.g. > > [rocketmouse@archlinux downloads]$ sha1sum > debian-7.2.0-i386-netinst.iso > c7050ae8ccda40456f6a1c4936ea8f170736b440 > debian-7.2.0-i386-netinst.iso > > where can I find a file wit

Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?

2013-12-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
ord-crypted password [] # $ printf "password" | mkpasswd -s -m md5 # Enable shadow passwords. user-setup-udeb passwd/shadow boolean true # The user's name and login. d-i passwd/make-user boolean true user-setup-udeb passwd/make-user boolean true passwd passwd/user-fullname strin

Re: Deadline for jessie init system choice

2013-12-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 15/12/13 20:04, Pavel Volkov wrote: > On Saturday 14 December 2013 15:02:04 Bob Proulx wrote: >> In my opinion one of the best features of Debian is that it supports >> upgrades. It isn't necessary to reinstall. At worst it is easier to >> take some _packages_ (some packages not the system, su

Re: udev rule for a kindle

2013-12-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
Now working and understood. On 14/12/13 02:32, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 20:40:26 +1100 > Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 13/12/13 03:53, Sharon Kimble wrote: >>> On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 02:02:06 +1100 Scott Ferguson >>> wrote: >>> &

Re: Gmail Grrrr.

2013-12-21 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/12/13 09:31, Lisi Reisz wrote: > My husband, a real technophobe, is going away for three weeks to > house-sit. It is a last minute booking. He is going at 5:30 in the > morning. I am giving him my netbook so that he can keep up with his > emails. I have to keep it really simple or he w

Re: SOLVED was: Re: Gmail Grrrr. [web usernames and logins]

2013-12-21 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/12/13 12:54, Bob Proulx wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: >> Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> 1. Logout of your gmail account. >>> 2. Wipe cookies (Iceweasel -> Edit -> Preferences... -> Privacy -> >>> Remove individual cookies... -> Remove all cooki

Re: How do I mount mmc card so that a non-root user has write access?

2013-12-22 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/12/13 18:41, kalanga wrote: > On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 11:41:21 -0700 > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > There is no entry for /dev/mmcblk01p1 in fstab. > >> 2) If nothing like the above /etc/fstab entry exists then some desktop >> session daemon is automatically mounting the media for you upon >> ins

Re: fail2ban fails to ban apache...

2013-12-22 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/12/13 04:01, François Patte wrote: > Bonjour, > > I try to configure fail2ban in order to ban IP which try to connect to > directories protected by .htaccess. Surely you mean "try to configure fail2ban in order to ban IP addresses which repeatedly *fail* to login to a apache protected direc

Re: Can't set hostname through preseed.cfg in Weezy

2013-12-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 27/12/13 21:21, Todd Maurice wrote: > I am installing Debain Stable/Weezy (netinstall) in VirtualBOX using > preseed.cfg on a i386 host and I am having a few problems. > > 1. Software deselection > What is the correct command for no installed packages (bare CLI)? > > tasksel tasksel/first mul

Re: Off-topic: Gmail Grrrr.

2013-12-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 25/12/13 14:08, Joel Rees wrote: > On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Reco wrote: >> Hi. >> >> On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 13:29:28 +0100 >> Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> >>> This would lead to "Error: cannot open display: :0.0". >>> Sure, $ xhost +; sudo -u [...] does the trick, >> >> No, if you do it smart

Re: Internet loads too slow

2013-12-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/12/13 00:26, Man_Without_Clue wrote: > Hi all, > > I have asked this question everywhere, but still haven't gotten clear > and solid solutions yet, so I thought I would send this to this list. Perhaps because there are an unknown number of causes for the "problem" and because you've provide

Re: GRUB Menu Problems After Reinstalling Windows

2013-12-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/12/13 01:50, Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote: > Hi, > I dual-booted Debian with Windows. I reinstalled my Windows and now the > GRUB menu does not appear. How can I fix this without reinstalling > Debian again? > With thanks, > Muntasim-Ul-Haque Use the rescue option on the installation CD/DVD ht

Re: Upgraded apache 2.2 -> 2.4 and cannot get passwords to work

2013-12-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/12/13 03:52, Dave Woyciesjes wrote: > On 12/28/2013 11:09 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> My modest-sized web server was recently upgraded. There were problems >> with access control, fairly well documented and fairly easily fixed. >> >> Authentication, on the other hand, acts as if it's not th

Re: Upgraded apache 2.2 -> 2.4 and cannot get passwords to work

2013-12-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/12/13 07:28, Tom H wrote: > On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> On 29/12/13 03:52, Dave Woyciesjes wrote: >>> On 12/28/2013 11:09 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >>>> > > >> I have a number of web servers updated from

Re: how to re-install Windows?

2013-12-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/12/13 10:50, Long Wind wrote: > I have wheezy and XP, with grub as boot manager > now C: has bad sector and can't boot > it seems I have to re-install XP > grub will be gone after XP installation > > How can I re-install grub? Use the Debian installation CD/DVD. Either choose Advanced... -

Re: (solved) Re: how to re-install Windows?

2013-12-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/12/13 11:50, Long Wind wrote: > Thank Scott Ferguson very much!! No worries. With hindsight I should have emphasized "check the disk with smartmon" first. And you probably don't need to repartition (or recreate the fs) - just check with smartmon then (if smartmon doesn&

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2013 #1593

2013-12-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/12/13 14:10, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 4:28 PM, > wrote: > >> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 06:36:23 +1100 >> From: Scott Ferguson >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: Upgraded apache 2.2 -> 2.4 and cannot get passwo

Re: I have a bad radeo card

2013-12-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/12/13 21:04, Long Wind wrote: > It probably isn't made by ati > below are some system messages > how can I improve performance? > do you have any suggestion? Thanks! > > Dec 29 12:27:44 debian kernel: [5.464634] [drm:r100_cp_init] > *ERROR* Failed to load firmware! > Dec 29 12:27:44 debi

Re: I have a bad radeo card

2013-12-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/12/13 21:52, Long Wind wrote: > believe or not, I use twm > > I want to unplug the card and use the card integrated with motherboard > Even I use a lot of force, I fail to unplug the card > (I'm afraid I will damage motherboard if I use more force) > > On the end of the video card furth

Re: why does my sound card not work?

2013-12-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/12/13 23:17, Long Wind wrote: > I install a pci sound card and disable motherboard's sound chip in BIOS > I remember it worked but it doesn't work now > no matter how hard I try > below are some syslog: > (Thanks!!!) > > Dec 29 15:09:34 debian kernel: [5.391137] Error: Driver 'pcspkr' >

Re: Which browsers support zone indices

2013-12-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/12/13 23:43, Rob van der Putten wrote: > Hi there > > > Which browsers support zone indices / IPv6 link-local addresses? > I know Lynx works. > > > Regards, > Rob > > Which Debian packages support IPV6 Zone IDs? Iceweasel nmap Konqueror (webkit, so anything telnet or ftp using webkit)

Re: why does my sound card not work?

2013-12-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30/12/13 14:15, Chris Bannister wrote: > [How about trimming your posts mate! makes it a lot easier to read!] > > On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 10:54:12AM -0500, Long Wind wrote: >> Even though I don't think it can be solved, I follow your instruction anyway >> I use wheezy >> (I run your commands wi

Re: why does my sound card not work?

2013-12-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30/12/13 02:54, Long Wind wrote: > Even though I don't think it can be solved, I follow your instruction anyway > I use wheezy > (I run your commands with motherboard's sound chip enabled) > > lspci | grep -i audio > > 00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 07)

Re: why does my sound card not work?

2013-12-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30/12/13 14:45, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 02:32:44PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 30/12/13 14:15, Chris Bannister wrote: >>> On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 10:54:12AM -0500, Long Wind wrote: >>>> >>>> dpkg --get-selection

Re: Internet loads too slow

2013-12-30 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30/12/13 01:11, Man_Without_Clue wrote: > Ok, > > Here are what I have done though I really have lost track of things You might find it easier to follow if you used interleaved posting:- https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMailingLists#Posting_Rules.2C_Guidelines.2C_and_Tips http://en.wikipedia.org

Re: Internet loads too slow

2013-12-30 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 31/12/13 15:08, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 11:11:41PM +0900, Man_Without_Clue wrote: > I tried that too exactly as Scot posted it, but am told the -w flag > isn't recognized. This is on a wheezy system. Likewise. Though I have backports enabled. curl 7.26.0-1+wheezy i386

Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2013-12-31 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 01/01/14 11:56, Charlie wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > Running Jessie: 3.11-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.11.10-1 (2013-12-04) > x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Toshiba c500/A00L w8 laptop > > I have been having no end of problems with my satellite connection over > some months and each new support person

Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2013-12-31 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 01/01/14 13:07, Charlie wrote: > On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:31:00 +1100 Scott Ferguson sent: > > > > Thanks for your time Scott > >> Expect very low latency with a satellite connection. Sorry, I meant "high" latency (long wait for a response). > > Is

Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2013-12-31 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 01/01/14 14:56, Charlie wrote: > On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 14:03:45 +1100 Scott Ferguson sent: > >> On 01/01/14 13:07, Charlie wrote: >>> On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:31:00 +1100 Scott Ferguson sent: >>> > >>>> To see what else (TCP) is using the networ

Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2014-01-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 01/01/14 18:22, Charlie wrote: > On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 15:21:24 +1100 Scott Ferguson sent: > > > >> Don't know if you check here, but your ISP was having some recent >> problems:- https://www.skymesh.net.au/advisories/ > > Thanks again Scott. > > I

Re: [OT] non technical Q: bad or worse. Was: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2014-01-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/01/14 05:22, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2014-01-01 at 18:02 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> On Wednesday 01 January 2014 17:49:59 Brian wrote: >>> If 'less worse' is a colloquialism it has no charm or character to >>> lift it out of the lazy speaking category. >> >> :-) >> >> Lisi > > Wow, su

Re: [OT] non technical Q: bad or worse. Was: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2014-01-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/01/14 13:46, John Hasler wrote: > Scott Ferguson writes: >> Can someone nitpick if they don't have lice?. > > One does not pick one's own nits. > What sort of people volunteer for the job? Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@list

Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2014-01-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 04/01/14 22:20, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 01 ian 14, 09:06:48, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> On Wednesday 01 January 2014 01:31:00 Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> On 01/01/14 11:56, Charlie wrote: >>>> So can someone please tell me how I might do windows safe mode >>&

Re: Disable ipv6.......

2014-01-05 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 03/01/14 04:55, Tom H wrote: > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: # rmmod ipv6 libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1802 kmod_module_get_holders: could not open '/sys/module/ipv6/holders': No such file or directory Error: Module ipv6 is in u

Re: why linux can't see my memory

2014-01-05 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 06/01/14 13:14, Miles Fidelman wrote: > If you have a memory hole, chances are there wouldn't be a BIOS option > to help. It has to do with the way that memory-mapped i/o is handled > with some families of chips and their associated motherboards. > > For example, I have two older servers - ful

Re: why linux can't see my memory

2014-01-06 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 06/01/14 23:48, Long Wind wrote: > knoppix CD doesn't seem to be able to boot If Knoppix can't boot I'd be very surprised. Is the Knoppix CD corrupted? (do an md5sum check) Which boot parameters did you use? (don't just hit Enter and pray). If "knoppix 2 mem=xM" doesn't work try "knoppix 2 mem

Re: why linux can't see my memory

2014-01-06 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 06/01/14 17:59, Long Wind wrote: > I am downloading KNOPPIX_V7.2.0CD-2013-06-16-EN.iso > It will take a few hours > > Should I download other KNOPPIX CD images instead? No., > > I will burn it > shall I replace wheezy with it? > > No. While you 'can' "install" it to a Hard Drive it's bes

Re: why linux can't see my memory

2014-01-06 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 06/01/14 16:24, Long Wind wrote: > On 1/5/14, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >> > > I have said "mem=" option doesn't work > Its result is nearly the same as I don't enter boot option "mem=" > After reading (loading) kernel, the machine r

Re: How to assign a persistent device name to an infra-red receiver?

2014-01-06 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 06/01/14 23:53, Ernest Adrogué wrote: > Hi there > > I have configured lirc to use /dev/input/event4 but it turns out this device > name is assigned to a different input device every time the computer boots, > thus preventing lirc from working properly. > > For example, right now the receiver

Re: why linux can't see my memory

2014-01-09 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 08/01/14 02:57, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 07 January 2014 00:22:19 Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 06/01/14 23:48, Long Wind wrote: >>> knoppix CD doesn't seem to be able to boot >> >> If Knoppix can't boot I'd be very surprised. > > He m

Re: how to specify kernel parameter "memmap="

2014-01-09 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/01/14 08:39, Long Wind wrote: > On 1/9/14, Robert Holtzman wrote: >> >> How did you get it on the hard drive? >> >> -- >> Bob Holtzman >> Your mail is being read by tight lipped >> NSA agents who fail to see humor in Doctor >> Strangelove >> Key ID 8D549279 >> > > woody was installed many y

Re: PCI compliance

2014-01-10 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 11/01/14 03:46, Veljko wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone here operates servers that have to meet PCI standards? Level 4s (isolated payment solutions) This is possibly not the best list to ask on > Do you have > any problems with Debian? No. > I know that Moneris Solutions and Trustkeepe

Re: debian-live-7.2 doesn´t start

2014-01-10 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 11/01/14 06:50, peter.gierschner wrote: > Am 10.01.2014 19:50, schrieb Lisi Reisz: >> Putting this on list where OP might see it! It came to me off-list. >> > >> acpi=off nolapic fb=off nofb vga=normal (and maybe 1 more) >> if you want more technical information about what's happening during

Re: SteamOS: Derived from Debian 7

2014-01-10 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 07/01/14 14:54, David Guntner wrote: > > SteamOS, a game oriented Debian derivative > -- > > Valve Software [1] has made available images for SteamOS [2], a Debian > derivative aimed at providing a gaming experience built for the big > screen. This gami

Re: debian-live-7.2 doesn´t start

2014-01-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 11/01/14 21:26, peter.gierschner wrote: > Am 11.01.2014 01:00, schrieb Scott Ferguson: > >>> >>> >> >> >> Perhaps:- >> acpi=force > > Doesn´t work :-( > >> >> If you have Nvidia graphics perhaps:- >> acpi_use_timer_

Re: PXE install, without internet?

2014-01-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 11/01/14 22:07, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 1/11/2014 4:40 AM, Артур Истомин wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 01:21:30PM +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: >>> Hey folks, >>> I managed to convince my staff to switch to debian from windoze, and they >>> agreed. So I managed to install a PXE server and su

Re: PXE install, without internet?

2014-01-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/01/14 01:55, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 22:57:46 +1100 > Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> on that box "# echo "Acquire::http { Proxy "http://localhost:3142";; };" >>> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90proxy > > A small nit - c

Fwd: Re: PXE install, without internet?

2014-01-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
Resending to correct location Original Message Subject: Re: PXE install, without internet? Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:02:14 +1100 From: Scott Ferguson To: Anubhav Yadav On 12/01/14 01:29, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > Thanks for replying Scott,appreciated your time and eff

Re: PXE install, without internet?

2014-01-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/01/14 13:48, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 1/11/2014 5:57 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 11/01/14 22:07, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >>> On 1/11/2014 4:40 AM, Артур Истомин wrote: >>>> On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 01:21:30PM +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: >>>>> He

Re: PCI compliance

2014-01-12 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/01/14 20:00, Veljko wrote: > On 2014-Jan-11 10:45, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 11/01/14 03:46, Veljko wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> Does anyone here operates servers that have to meet PCI standards? >> >> > >> I have little recent

Re: Install-time non-free issues

2014-01-12 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 13/01/14 04:38, tty7 wrote: > Hello, I've attempted to install non-free firmware several times with > wheezy amd64. I've tried placing the *.deb* package Emphasis is mine. > on / and on /firmware/ of both an SD card and a USB stick. I've > extracted the files and placed the loose files it call

Re: Iceweasel weird behavior

2014-01-13 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 13/01/14 20:00, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 08 ian 14, 15:15:46, Alex S. wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> Few days ago, I started having weird problems with my browser >> (freezing on pages, freezing on downloads, freezing on opening >> preferences even). After some tinkering that I did, I now have

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