Re: MPD and Last.FM, not connecting or working.

2013-01-25 Thread Sharon Kimble
Thanks for all of this and it does seem that Last.FM changed their api in December which broke all the Last.FM and MPD programmes. As I specifically want to use it with MPD, and am unable to at the moment, I have just cancelled my subscription to Last.FM. When and if, the programmes work with Last

Re: MPD and Last.FM, not connecting or working.

2013-01-25 Thread Sharon Kimble
I forgot to mention that there is one programme that is able to use Last.FM out of the box, and its in the wheezy repos too - its 'Clementine' where you sign into Last.FM once and it remembers it for the future. Shame it doesn't work with MPD :( Sharon. On 25 January 2013 12:41

LibreOffice complete removal.

2013-01-29 Thread Sharon Kimble
Yesterday I removed the meta-package of LibreOffice, and then installed the source package of LibreOffice 3.6.5.2. I now find that it wasn't fully removed as I'm still able to open and use documents with the old programme. So, how do I *completely* remove all of the old LibreOffice without removin

Re: LibreOffice complete removal.

2013-01-29 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 30 January 2013 07:38, Sthu Deus wrote: > Good time of the day, Sharon. > > > You wrote: > > > Yesterday I removed the meta-package of LibreOffice, and then > > installed the source package of LibreOffice 3.6.5.2. I now find that > > it wasn't fully removed as I'm still able to open and use do

Re: LibreOffice complete removal.

2013-01-30 Thread Sharon Kimble
LibreOffice 3.6 [boztu:Wed Jan 30 11:23:35 @~]$ [1845]>; But as I've already said i had installed the non-Debian version of LibreOffice. On 30 January 2013 10:08, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2013-01-30 at 09:15 +0100, Václav Ovsík wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 02:57:32AM +00

LXDE startup

2013-02-20 Thread Sharon Kimble
My LXDE startup at /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart has this in it '@termit -e ncmpcpp' which starts ncmpcpp, a MPD backend. Termit is a rather nice terminal with tabs that auto-resizes to the name you enter into it. But I use many tabs in it, currently eight of various programmes.But, how do I g

Clamav update failed

2013-02-24 Thread Sharon Kimble
I have been unable to update my clamav for the last three days, with this appearing in logcheck;- # Last ClamAV update process started at Fri Feb 22 23:18:44 2013 Last Status: main.cvd is up to date (version: 54, sigs: 1044387, f-level: 60, bui

Re: Clamav update failed

2013-02-24 Thread Sharon Kimble
days ago, which caused this problem. Keep warm :) Sharon. On 24 February 2013 10:33, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I have been unable to update my clamav for the last three days, with > this appearing in logcheck;- > # > Last ClamAV update pro

Auto-emptying of trash.

2013-03-03 Thread Sharon Kimble
I'm trying to get a bash script working from a cron job that will empty trash of all files and directories that are older than $N [7 days in this case]. This partly works but is very inefficient in that it doesn't delete everything that is available to be deleted, just tends to leave stuff with no

Re: Auto-emptying of trash.

2013-03-03 Thread Sharon Kimble
ins at zero, and not working. Maybe I'm going about this from the wrong end? Sharon. On 3 March 2013 22:43, Bob Proulx wrote: > Sharon Kimble wrote: > > I'm trying to get a bash script working from a cron job that will empty > > trash of all files and directories that are

Re: Auto-emptying of trash.

2013-03-03 Thread Sharon Kimble
I've done some googling, and got it to work using this line 'rm -rf /home/YOURUSERNAME/.local/share/Trash/files/*' but this just blanket-empties the trash can without any care for retaining 7 days worth of files. Sharon. On 3 March 2013 23:27, Sharon Kimble wrote: > Thanks

Re: Auto-emptying of trash.

2013-03-03 Thread Sharon Kimble
4, Bob Proulx wrote: > Sharon Kimble wrote: > > Thanks for this, and I've tried it out but its still not deleting files, > as > > I output it to a txt.file which still remain empty. > > Please say more. It works for me. You say it isn't deleting files > for y

Re: Auto-emptying of trash.

2013-03-03 Thread Sharon Kimble
27; is not installed as its not in the wheezy repos, and when i want to install it apt-get comes back at me saying "E: Unable to locate package atime" You give me the commands and i'll run them. ls-l didn't show up any mention of trash/wastebin! Sharon. On 4 March 2013 01

gcalcli - commandline for google calendar

2013-03-07 Thread Sharon Kimble
I've just installed gcalcli and have sussed out the syntax, but am unable to contact my goggle calendar via the oauth interface. i have entered my user name and password into .gcalclirc and have proved that gcalcli is reading it, but its not connecting with my google calendar in the cloud. Can anyo

Re: gcalcli - commandline for google calendar

2013-03-07 Thread Sharon Kimble
hanks anyway, I'll keep googling. Thanks Sharon. On 8 March 2013 05:04, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On 8 March 2013 03:08, Jude DaShiell wrote: > >> ttytter works using oauth. Why not download the ttytter package and >> install it, then run it from the command line. Once

Re: gcalcli - commandline for google calendar

2013-03-09 Thread Sharon Kimble
Tony Baldwin wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 02:29:18AM +, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > I've just installed gcalcli and have sussed out?the?syntax, but am > unable to > > > contact my goggle calendar via the oauth interface. i have entered my > user > &g

loading truecrypt from the command line

2013-03-14 Thread Sharon Kimble
i am loading truecrypt from the command line with an alias of "tc" .. alias tc='/home/boztu/truecrypt --fs-options=users,uid=$(id -u),gid=$(id -g),fmask=0113,dmask=0002 --mount /home/boztu/Documents/basket' and it comes back with 'mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/mapper/true

Re: loading truecrypt from the command line

2013-03-14 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 15/03/2013, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 3/15/13, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> i am loading truecrypt from the command line with an alias of "tc" .. >> alias tc='/home/boztu/truecrypt --fs-options=users,uid=$(id >> -u),gid=$(id -g),fmask=0113,dmask=0002 --mount

Re: loading truecrypt from the command line

2013-03-14 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 15/03/2013, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > I dug up my old command line script wrapper for truecrypt. > > Haven't used it for a few years, so YMMV. > > Here it is: > > #!/bin/sh > > DRV=/home/ME/truecrypt-source > VOL=$DRV/data.tc > MNT=/media/truecrypt1 > > truecrypt $VOL $MNT > > > Good luck, > Zen

Re: loading truecrypt from the command line

2013-03-15 Thread Sharon Kimble
s, but that may come. Sharon. On 15/03/2013, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 3/15/13, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> On 15/03/2013, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >>> I dug up my old command line script wrapper for truecrypt. >>> >>> Haven't used it for a few years, so

Inability to launch Cinnamon

2013-03-22 Thread Sharon Kimble
I've just installed cinnamon to try it out again on a new monitor. but when i try to access it i don't get any desktop just the gdm3 greeter background. i suspect i have corrupt desktop for it from my last attempt at using it, so I've deleted all items saying cinnamon i can find in .local. and .sha

Re: Inability to launch Cinnamon

2013-03-23 Thread Sharon Kimble
cy drivers from ati which maybe i should install, which would hopefully get rid of all these problems. It doesn't play Gnome 3 , just drops me back to the next DE in the list, which happens to be 'enlightenment', which to me is just a load of eye-candy! Sharon. On 23/03/2013, Sha

Re: Inability to launch Cinnamon

2013-03-23 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 23/03/2013, Johan Grönqvist wrote: > 2013-03-23 09:39, Sharon Kimble skrev: >>> I've just installed cinnamon to try it out again on a new monitor. but >>> when i try to access it i don't get any desktop just the gdm3 greeter >>> background. > >&g

Broken wheezy update with my graphics card

2013-03-28 Thread Sharon Kimble
Tonights spot of upgrades [dmsetup libdevmapper-event1.02.1 libdevmapper1.02.1 liblvm2app2.2 libxdo2 xdotool ] has posed a particular problem for me. I noticed in the setting up of them these lines . W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-2.fw for module r8169 ... about 8 o

Re: Broken wheezy update with my graphics card

2013-03-28 Thread Sharon Kimble
y mobile for it so that it was always to hand. I was envisaging having to use it again! :) Thanks again Sharon. On 28 March 2013 20:47, Bob Proulx wrote: > Sharon Kimble wrote: > > Tonights spot of upgrades [dmsetup libdevmapper-event1.02.1 > > libdevmapper1.02.1 liblvm2app2.2

Re: Broken wheezy update with my graphics card

2013-03-28 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 28 March 2013 23:34, Brian wrote: > On Thu 28 Mar 2013 at 20:13:29 +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> Tonights spot of upgrades [dmsetup libdevmapper-event1.02.1 >> libdevmapper1.02.1 liblvm2app2.2 libxdo2 xdotool ] has posed a >> particular problem for me. I noticed i

Comments on 'chronicle'?

2013-05-03 Thread Sharon Kimble
I'm trying to set up comments on my blog which is powered by 'chronicle',and I've installed the 'comments.cgi' into a /cgicomment directory in my 1and1 account, so its a 'multiple machine' setup as defined in the 'comments' page of the documentation with chronicle. Is this right, or where should I

Fluxbox questions

2013-05-16 Thread Sharon Kimble
I've been using 'fluxbox' for about a month now and really like it, but I do have some questions that I haven't been able to find answers for. A - In the menu, how can I get working lines for logging off, I currently use '[exec] (Log off) {exit}' but aren't satisfied with it, and also for restarti

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-16 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 16 May 2013 17:04, Linux-Fan wrote: > On 05/16/2013 05:35 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > I've been using 'fluxbox' for about a month now and really like it, but I > > do have some questions that I haven't been able to find answers for. > > > > A

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-16 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 16 May 2013 18:07, Frank McCormick wrote: > On 05/16/2013 11:35 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> I've been using 'fluxbox' for about a month now and really like it, but >> I do have some questions that I haven't been able to find answers for. >> >

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-16 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 16 May 2013 19:25, Linux-Fan wrote: > On 05/16/2013 08:09 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > On 16 May 2013 17:04, Linux-Fan wrote: > >>> B - Periodically, when logging back into fluxbox from another DE I get > >> this > >>> error message showing in th

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-17 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 16 May 2013 21:10, Linux-Fan wrote: > On 05/16/2013 09:09 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > On 16 May 2013 19:25, Linux-Fan wrote: > > [...] > > >> It should actually output a tree which (on my system, lightdm will of > >> course be different) ends w

Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

2013-05-17 Thread Sharon Kimble
Last night I stupidly did 'sudo update-menus', and shortly afterwards I had to reboot. Now I cant get into any desktop environment [fluxbox, lxde,razor,etc] and I keep getting this message showing in the fluxbox login logs ;- -- BScreen::BScreen: an error oc

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

2013-05-17 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 17 May 2013 09:14, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 17 mai 13, 08:27:58, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > > When I log out of my current DE before trying to get into fluxbox, I'm > > certain that I've totally logged out of any window managers,but its still > &g

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

2013-05-17 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 17 May 2013 10:06, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 17 May 2013 09:50:02 Sharon Kimble wrote: > > 1001 6450 0.2 0.2 189624 9748 ?Sl 09:42 0:00 > > /usr/lib/mate-p > > 1001 6453 0.0 0.2 194184 10860 ?Sl 09:42 0:00 > > /usr/lib/mat

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

2013-05-17 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 17 May 2013 10:22, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 17 May 2013 10:16:45 Sharon Kimble wrote: > > On 17 May 2013 10:06, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Friday 17 May 2013 09:50:02 Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > > 1001 6450 0.2 0.2 189624 9748 ?Sl 09:42

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-20 Thread Sharon Kimble
/2013 09:13 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > On 16 May 2013 21:10, Linux-Fan wrote: > > > >> On 05/16/2013 09:09 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > [...] > > >>> This is my pstree http://dpaste.com/1168992/ and i close all wm > >>> programmes > >>

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

2013-05-20 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 17 May 2013 19:02, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 17 mai 13, 09:50:02, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > On 17 May 2013 09:14, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > > Could you please post the output of 'ps aux' after a fresh reboot? > > > > boudiccas@Lon

lost USB hot-plugging ability

2013-05-26 Thread Sharon Kimble
Recently I deleted MATE as a desktop environment, as I didn't feel comfortable running it as its 'unsupported'. Since then I've lost the ability to 'hot-plug' all my usb devices [keyboard, mouse, 3 external hard drives]. Now, when I reboot, I have to physically unplug and plug back in again each de

Re: lost USB hot-plugging ability

2013-05-26 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 26 May 2013 23:48, Sharon Kimble wrote: > Recently I deleted MATE as a desktop environment, as I > didn't feel comfortable running it as its 'unsupported'. Since then I've > lost the ability to 'hot-plug' all my usb devices [keyboard, mouse, 3 > ex

fscked usb

2013-05-27 Thread Sharon Kimble
Its become apparent today that all of my usb system is fscked! in that i have to unplug and replug in the usb keyboard and mouse at bootup in lightdm greeter before they can be used. And then I have to do the same with 3 external hard drives. I also have a brand new printer that cannot be seen by '

Backing up on obnam.

2013-06-24 Thread Sharon Kimble
I am using obnam 1.4 on wheezy with no problems, but, I am unable to back up both /etc and /var both at the same time. I've tried 'root = /etc, /var' and /etc is backed up but not /var. How then can I back up /var at the same time please? Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.o

Re: Backing up on obnam.

2013-06-24 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 25 June 2013 02:57, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:51:23 +0100 > Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > I am using obnam 1.4 on wheezy with no problems, but, I am unable to back > > up both /etc and /var both at the same time. I've tried 'root = /etc, > /var&

Re: Grub 2.00 in testing?

2013-07-22 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 22 July 2013 04:45, Carl Johnson wrote: > William Hopkins writes: > > > On 07/20/13 at 08:43pm, Carl Johnson wrote: > >> Does anybody know what is going on with grub in testing? I have been > >> waiting for 2.00, but it seems to be stuck at 1.99. Grub-common at > >> http://packages.debian.o

Re: Conky display disappearing

2013-07-22 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 22 July 2013 12:29, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I am running conky which is displaying everything that its supposed to, > but is disappearing at varying times. I've restarted it from the command > line and it still happens, and I've restarted it from a new entry, but it >

HP Deskjet 1050A All-in-One Printer not found

2013-07-22 Thread Sharon Kimble
i have a HP Deskjet 1000 J110 series which is seen by lsusb and configured using cups - no problem. It is shown in lsusb as - Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundati

Re: HP Deskjet 1050A All-in-One Printer not found

2013-07-24 Thread Sharon Kimble
Brian wrote: > On Mon 22 Jul 2013 at 18:39:35 +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> I also have a HP Deskjet 1050A All-in-One Printer which is NOT seen by >> lsusb. what can i do to make it be seen please? hp say it is >> debian-compatible. it is not shown in lsusb as - >

access please

2013-07-24 Thread Sharon Kimble
-- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk/index.html efever = http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ efever = http://sharon04.livejournal.com/ Debian testing, Fluxbox 1.3.5, LibreOffice 4.0.4.2 Registered Linux user 334501 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Unable to log onto cinnamon

2013-07-24 Thread Sharon Kimble
I'm having a problem logging on to my new installation of cinnamon [on testing] in that it fails to load saying that I'm missing a system tray! Can anyone help me get into it please? Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk/index.html efever = http://www.efever.blogspot.com

Re: Unable to log onto cinnamon

2013-07-25 Thread Sharon Kimble
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:36:39 +0300 Rares Aioanei wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 07/24/2013 07:57 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > I'm having a problem logging on to my new installation of cinnam

Re: Unable to log onto cinnamon

2013-07-25 Thread Sharon Kimble
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:23:24 +0300 Rares Aioanei wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 07/25/2013 04:45 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:36:39 +0300 Rares Aioanei > > wrote:

Re: Duplicate Icons in Panel

2013-07-25 Thread Sharon Kimble
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:59:36 -0400 "Ethan Rosenberg, PhD" wrote: > Dear List - > > I have duplicate icons in the bottom tray. I've tried a google > search, with no luck. > > Any ideas? > In the bottom tray of what? It helps if you tell us you're

Re: Unable to log onto cinnamon

2013-07-26 Thread Sharon Kimble
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 > On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 15:41:24 +0300 > Rares Aioanei wrote: > > > > On 07/25/2013 07:12 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > > > With a new user I get the background, no panels, and no menus, no >

Re: Unable to log onto cinnamon

2013-07-27 Thread Sharon Kimble
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 20:20:29 +0100 Sharon Kimble wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > > On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 15:41:24 +0300 > > Rares Aioanei wrote: > > > > > > On 0

Re: tntnet

2013-07-31 Thread Sharon Kimble
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:04:59 -0600 ChadDavis wrote: > > It means synaptic knows of a newer version of google-chrome-stable, > > but since you specifically asked for removal of tntnet it won't > > touch it. > > > > Nothing to worry about. > > > > S

Re: debian installation hang "in et al"

2013-08-05 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 10:28:36 +0500 Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > any help please? > Give people a chance! You haven't even waited 24 hours yet! Sharon. > > > > On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan > wrote: > > > i am trying to install debian net installation on Asus motherboa

Re: lxde and focus follow mouse... not happening

2013-08-17 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 09:21:57 -0400 Harry Putnam wrote: > Bob Proulx writes: > > > Ralph Katz wrote: > >> Also of course: > >> ~$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager > > > > I think the alternatives tool is better. > > > > $ update-alternatives --list x-window-manager > > > > $ update-a

Re: No sound on Debian SID ufter upgrade

2013-08-24 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 17:36:35 +0200 Csanyi Pal wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running Debian GNU/Linux unstable (sid) and sofar I have alsa > installed and the sound worked. > > Since couple of days after an upgrade of the system with > 'sudo aptitude update' > 'sudo aptitude safe-upgrade' > > today sou

Re: No sound on Debian SID ufter upgrade

2013-08-24 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 19:48:46 +0200 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > A little bit OT, but a little bit kidding: > > On Sat, 2013-08-24 at 18:32 +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > Daft as it sounds, have you tried rebooting? When this testing box > > drops its sound that’s the most re

Re: No sound on Debian SID ufter upgrade

2013-08-24 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 21:07:54 +0200 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Sharon, I'm serious now, I completely agree with you, a reboot is > something we should do in situations, when we aren't aware what to do. > > I sometimes reboot even when everything is fine and I'm sure I've > missed anything, just (in ca

Re: No sound on Debian SID ufter upgrade

2013-08-24 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 07:49:17 +0200 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2013-08-25 at 01:57 +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > I genuinely don’t know what to do when my box loses > > sound. Its happened in just 20 minutes, whilst I was eating my tea, > > and I came back to find no

How to create an m3u playlist containing mp3 and m4a files?

2013-08-27 Thread Sharon Kimble
how can I create a .m3u playlist file with .mp3 and .m4a files in it please? I tried this but the end-result is non-playable 'ls -w 1 *.m4a *.mp3> ~/.mpd/playlists/beeb-radio.m3u' . It lists all the files with the correct extensions but when I try to load it in MPD, it says that the song is non-p

Re: How to create an m3u playlist containing mp3 and m4a files?

2013-08-27 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 19:40:35 +0200 Claudius Hubig wrote: > Dear Sharon, > > Sharon Kimble wrote: > > how can I create a .m3u playlist file with .mp3 and .m4a files in it > > please? > > > > I tried this but the end-result is non-playable 'ls -w 1

Re: How to create an m3u playlist containing mp3 and m4a files?

2013-08-27 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 21:46:57 +0200 Claudius Hubig wrote: > Dear Sharon, > > Sharon Kimble wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 19:40:35 +0200 > > Claudius Hubig wrote: > > > This is only a guess: > > > > > > ls -w 1 *.m4a *.mp3 > > > > &

Re: How to create an m3u playlist containing mp3 and m4a files?

2013-08-27 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 22:19:39 +0200 Claudius Hubig wrote: > Dear Sharon, > > Sharon Kimble wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 21:46:57 +0200 > > Claudius Hubig wrote: > > > Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > > music_directory "/home/boudiccas/Music&qu

Re: apt-get upgrade problem with libenchant1c2a

2013-08-28 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:17:15 -0500 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >> David Goodenough wrote: > >>> I have a sacrificial machine that I keep upto date with sid every > >>> >>> morning. Yesterday and today I get an error:- > >>> > >>> Calculating upgra

Re: Google Chrome is installed but won't run

2012-07-07 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 07/07/2012, Richard Hector wrote: > On 07/07/12 18:21, Lisi wrote: >> I have just installed Google Chrome on a vanilla almost default >> Squeeze/LXDE >> installation. It is there, but won't run. I have tried: >> >> click on icon in menu - nothing happens >> >> launch from launcher - command i

gmame

2012-07-08 Thread Sharon Kimble
I tend to read this mailing list, and many others, in gmame but i've just accidentally deleted the newsgroup from my list of groups! Does anyone know the name of the group in gmame please as I cant find it under 'debian'. Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk/taste/index.

Re: gmame

2012-07-08 Thread Sharon Kimble
For posterity's sake its "gmane-linux-debian-user" Sharon. On 08/07/2012, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I tend to read this mailing list, and many others, in gmame but i've > just accidentally deleted the newsgroup from my list of groups! Does > anyone know the name of t

Re: iptables logs flooding every used console.

2012-07-14 Thread Sharon Kimble
logically then, comment out that line again and revert to its previous behaviour. Thanks Sharon. On 14/07/2012, Sthu Deus wrote: > Good time of the day. > > > I'm fighting w/ iptables logs flooding every used console w/o luck. > > What I did was playing w/ iptables log levels and un-commenting t

Re: Debian backup

2012-07-17 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 17/07/2012, Mostafa Hashemi wrote: > hi guys > hope u all be OK :D > > i want to take a backup from my Debian, or it is better to say take a dump > (like FreeBSD). what should i do ? i am new to Debian > i checked out luckybackup , but it just copies files (backs them up) > > > thanks

Screen locking in squeeze.

2012-08-02 Thread Sharon Kimble
I seem to have lost the ability to lock my screen. I cant do it from the keyboard with CTRL+ALT+l [lower case L] and neither from the system menu. Can anyone suggest how I can get it back please? Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk/taste/index.html efever = http://www.

Re: Screen locking in squeeze.

2012-08-02 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 2 August 2012 19:12, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I seem to have lost the ability to lock my screen. I cant do it from > the keyboard with CTRL+ALT+l [lower case L] and neither from the > system menu. > > Can anyone suggest how I can get it back please? > > Thanks > Sharon.

nautilus -> spacefm

2013-12-09 Thread Sharon Kimble
I'm trying to move over to spacefm from nautilus because it automounts my usb drives and kindle, but I've hit a snag. I occasionally need to mount a partition via shfs of my website on a remote server, but I cant see how to do that in spacefm. Can anyone help me please? Thanks Sharon. -- A tast

Re: nautilus -> spacefm

2013-12-09 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:03:33 + Sharon Kimble wrote: > > I'm trying to move over to spacefm from nautilus because it automounts > my usb drives and kindle, but I've hit a snag. I occasionally need to > mount a partition via shfs of my website on a remote server, but

Re: nautilus -> spacefm

2013-12-10 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:16:47 -0500 Dave Woyciesjes wrote: > On 12/10/2013 12:38 PM, Tixy wrote: > > On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 16:25 +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:03:33 + > >> Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> > >>> > >>&

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

2013-12-11 Thread Sharon Kimble
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 different in each case, so how do I get it so that it dele

log on to Cinnamon failed

2013-12-11 Thread Sharon Kimble
Yesterday I installed 'Cinnamon' to have a play with, and I remember that cinnamon itself and another cinnamon-type programmes both came from sid, the rest required from jessie. Later in the day I found time to log on to it and was greeted with this message 'Oh no! Something has gone wrong. A probl

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

2013-12-11 Thread Sharon Kimble
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/boudiccas/.fluxbox -type f -mtime +"$num" -name 'menu

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

2013-12-11 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 12:09:18 +0100 "Gian Uberto Lauri" wrote: > Sharon Kimble writes: > > 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 > &g

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

2013-12-11 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 12:42:51 +0100 "Gian Uberto Lauri" wrote: > Sharon Kimble writes: > > But there is no consistency with the creation date, the menu > > itself is regenerated whenever I install a new programme, and the > > old menu is saved with the suffix

udev rule for a kindle

2013-12-11 Thread Sharon Kimble
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 ACTION=="add",\ SYSFS{idVendor}=="1949", SYSFS{idProd

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

2013-12-11 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:19:22 +0100 Mathias Bauer wrote: > LC_ALL=C ls menu-* | head -n -7 | xargs -r rm Thank you Mathias, I incorporated the line above into the script and it works beautifully, thanks. :) I'll also have a look at the bash tutorials that you posted because I know that they will

Re: nautilus -> spacefm

2013-12-12 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:45:43 +0530 Kailash Kalyani wrote: > On Wednesday 11 December 2013 12:58 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:16:47 -0500 > > Dave Woyciesjes wrote: > > > >> On 12/10/2013 12:38 PM, Tixy wrote: > >>> On Mon, 2013

Re: udev rule for a kindle

2013-12-12 Thread Sharon Kimble
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, but *does* run when invoked > > manually! When the kindle i

Re: udev rule for a kindle

2013-12-12 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 02:02:06 +1100 Scott Ferguson wrote: > 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

Re: udev rule for a kindle

2013-12-13 Thread Sharon Kimble
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: > > > >> On 13/12/13 01:30, Sharon Kimble wrote: > >>> On Thu, 12 Dec 2013

Unable to run 'evernote-mode'

2013-12-21 Thread Sharon Kimble
Has anyone got emacs 'evernote-mode' to work on debian please? Every time that I try I'm left with this error message which I don’t understand - error in process sentinel: enclient.rb exited abnormally with code 1 -e:1: syntax error, unexpected tINTEGER, expecting tSTRING_CONTENT or tSTRING_DBEG

Re: dealing with bad file permissions.

2013-12-22 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:17:59 +0200 atar wrote: > Hi there!! > > I have in my machine a directory that has the value of '000' as its > permissions and even when I switch to the root account (using the > 'su' command), I'm not able to 'chown' it nor to 'chmod' it nor to > delete it. so my questio

mtp://[usb:001,022]/131074

2013-12-31 Thread Sharon Kimble
How can I mount something like this 'mtp://[usb:001,022]/131074'? I can mount it in 'nemo' and access its SD card, and its internal SD card, but it doesn't show up in 'mount' at the commandline. Its actually a Samsung Galaxy 3 mobile phone with 16g of available internal memory and a 16g external SD

Re: mtp://[usb:001,022]/131074

2013-12-31 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:58:10 + Robin wrote: > On 31 December 2013 13:29, Sharon Kimble > wrote: > > > How can I mount something like this 'mtp://[usb:001,022]/131074'? I > > can mount it in 'nemo' and access its SD card, and its internal SD >

Re: mtp://[usb:001,022]/131074

2014-01-01 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:58:10 + Robin wrote: > On 31 December 2013 13:29, Sharon Kimble > wrote: > > > How can I mount something like this 'mtp://[usb:001,022]/131074'? I > > can mount it in 'nemo' and access its SD card, and its internal SD >

Re: mtp://[usb:001,022]/131074

2014-01-01 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Wed, 1 Jan 2014 19:21:05 +0100 Siard wrote: > Robin wrote: > > http://askubuntu.com/questions/87667/getting-mtp-enabled-devices-to-work-with-ubuntu > > > > Reply entitled : Connecting your Android phone or tablet to Ubuntu > > with MTPFS > > OP already had her phone connected. Apparently, n

May I introduce to you ..... 'beeb'

2014-02-01 Thread Sharon Kimble
May I introduce to you ‘beeb’ the all-singing, all-dancing, upgrade to ‘get-iplayer’! The BBC has some superb radio and TV programmes, some of which they have released into the public domain and which can be downloaded using ‘get-iplayer’, and then can be played with your choice of viewer. This s

Re: May I introduce to you ..... 'beeb'

2014-02-02 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 12:58:45 -0500 Doug wrote: > On 02/01/2014 08:13 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > May I introduce to you ‘beeb’ the all-singing, all-danc > ing, upgrade to > > ‘get-iplayer’! > > > > The BBC has some superb radio and TV programmes, some of which t

Re: May I introduce to you ..... 'beeb'

2014-02-02 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 15:51:04 +1100 Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 02/02/14 00:13, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > > May I introduce to you ‘beeb’ the all-singing, all-dancing, upgrade > > to ‘get-iplayer’! > > > > > > > Any problems, or furthe

Re: May I introduce to you ..... 'beeb'

2014-02-02 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 09:11:10 +1100 Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 03/02/14 02:44, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 15:51:04 +1100 > > Scott Ferguson wrote: > > > >> On 02/02/14 00:13, Sharon Kimble wrote: > >>> > >>> May

Re: wheezy + xfce + samsung galaxy S3 android doesn't mount

2014-02-03 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:32:09 -0500 Paul Cartwright wrote: > Is there some magic, besides mtpfs to make xfce mount my android > phone? Thunar doesn't see it, yet I can cd to the mount point and cd > down to the DCIM... pictures folder in a terminal window, > now I remember why I changed to MATE be

Losing '_b00jdlb8_default' from a files name?

2014-02-15 Thread Sharon Kimble
I am using this script to convert radio programmes downloaded with 'get-iplayer' from '*.m4a' to '*.mp3', and it works very well. for i in *.m4a; do faad "$i" x=`echo "$i"|sed -e 's/.m4a/.wav/'` y=`echo "$i"|s

Re: Losing '_b00jdlb8_default' from a files name?

2014-02-15 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 12:31:40 -0800 David Guntner wrote: > Sharon Kimble grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > I am using this script to convert radio programmes downloaded with > > 'get-iplayer' from '*.m4a' to '*.mp3', and it works very well. > &

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