I cannot figure out how to get
input: Generic USB K/B as /class/input/input5
input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Generic USB K/B] on usb-:00:1d.1-2
to get read. I hit on the keys and nothing happens.
I want to try out this second keyboard and I can't.
I see the above dmesg message, but I can't make
How does one best track linux-doc-2.6?
# apt-get install linux-doc-2.6
Note, selecting linux-doc-2.6.24 instead of linux-doc-2.6
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-doc-2.6.24
OK, but what about later when linux-doc-2.6 points to 2.6.25?
# dpkg-unhold linux-doc-2.6
# apt-get dse
Gentlemen, why not let the others get cut on the cutting edge of
Debian sid whilst we relax and wait oh, say 72 hours for the packages
we want to stabilize? Slightly stable unstable, but not too stable as
to be stale as stable.
Sure, man apt.conf mentions Max-Age, but that is only for index files
Why in sid after I umount and pull a USB card reader from its socket, and
insert and mount a USB MP3 player, does /dev/disk/* just keep on showing
the old state? Maybe it only shows the state at boot and thats that?
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# aptitude install telnet-ssl
Reading package lists... Done <- Get rid of these messages, and
The following NEW packages will be installed:
telnet-ssl
The following packages will be REMOVED:
telnet{a} <- also purge instead of removing. I.e., nothing like
APT::Get::
I want to do
$ echo what_please? > /sys?/where? or /proc/acpi/where?
to adjust brightness and/or contrast, for the Linux console and/or in
X windows. My monitor is Sampo Tech Rad-5Q. I use the latest Debian sid.
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I am trying very hard to have the latest version of linux-doc-2.6*
always installed.
# apt-get install linux-doc-2.6
Package linux-doc-2.6 is a virtual package provided by:
linux-doc-2.6.24 2.6.24-5
linux-doc-2.6.25 2.6.25-3
You should explicitly select one to install.
# apt-show-versions |gr
I have copied /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/* to another machine, but try
as I might, I cannot get apt to apply those files to ../*Packages. Apt
bombs out if it cannot connect to the network. Yes I will connect it
to the network, but not today.
How can I trick apt into thinking that it has just retri
Say, how do the pros clean up those dummy packages lying around their system?
Find their name with
# grep-status 'This is a dummy package'
and then apt-get purge them?
Seems not to systematic.
OK, I just tried that here on sid
# apt-get purge libcupsys2
... 50 to remove
It wanted to take 50 packa
Dear Debian-user,
I notice in the latest kernel,
$ uname -a
Linux jidanni1 2.6.30-1-686 #1 SMP Sat Aug 15 19:11:58 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
The disk names are repeated twice in each line,
$ ls /dev/disk/by-id|head -n 3
ata-ExcelStor_Technology_J680_ExcelStor_Technology_J680_VNR21EG20Q71MA
ata-Excel
How do I ensure xdm only starts after /etc/rc.local is finished?
What do I need to put into
/etc/init.d/rc.local's
INIT INFO section?
Can I put it there or must I put it into /etc/init.d/xdm's?
I read insserv(8) but it is mishmosh to me.
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I have lots of font packages installed.
How can I tell which ones I don't really need?:
How to tell the last time I used them:
$ dlocate .ttf|sed 's/.* //'|xargs ls -ogtu
perhaps? (Probably no counter to count how often I used them.) How to
browse them?
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How do the pros keep up with the latest kernel?
Depending on linux-image-686 isn't working these days.
# aptitude -F %p search ?obsolete | xargs -n 1 echo aptitude why|sh -x
+ aptitude why linux-image-2.6.26-1-686
i linux-image-686 Depends linux-image-2.6.26-1-686
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/
> How do the pros keep up with the latest kernel? Depending on
> linux-image-686 isn't working these days.
(it depends on a package no longer available)
$ cat sources.list
deb http://ftp.tw.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.tw.debian.org/debian unstable main contr
> I'm running debian testing with stock kernel 2.6.26-1-686. Does anybody
> know when will it move to a newer kernel?
See
Subject: Bug#519028: How do the pros keep up with the latest kernel?
and http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519028
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OK then, how do the _shmoes_ keep up with the latest kernel?
Especially now that linux-image-686 depends on an unavailable package,
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519028
Any other tracker packages left these days that point to anything?
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In sid, linux-image-686 no longer tracks the latest kernel, but instead
tracks a kernel that has already been removed from sid!
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=519028
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All I know is I use the stock 2.6.26-2-686 kernel and see at boot:
udev: deprecated sysfs layout; update the kernel or disable
CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED; some udev features will not work correctly
I found lots of documentation but cannot figure out if is this something
bad that I did, and I need t
At boot with Linux 2.6.26-2-686 I see
8139cp :00:0f.0: This (id 10ec:8139 rev 10) is not an 8139C+ compatible chip
8139cp :00:0f.0: Try the "8139too" driver instead.
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
ACPI: PCI Interrupt :00:0f.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
eth0: RealTek RTL813
Now in 2.6.29-1-686 it just says
8139cp :00:0f.0: This (id 10ec:8139 rev 10) is not an 8139C+ compatible
chip, use 8139too
I assume "use" here is short for "using" and means "I, the emitter of
this message, will use", and not "you, the person reading this message,
should use", and thus I needn
Admit that the typical Debian machine has tons of cruft(8)
$ man cruft
cruft - Check the filesystem for cruft (missing and unexplained files)
Mainly I'm talking about those unexplained files. Even just
# cruft -d /
will probably produce tons of output on any system that has been under
real use f
In syslog I see
X: Libgcrypt warning: missing initialization - please fix the application
console-kit-daemon[2475]: WARNING: Couldn't read /proc/2474/environ:
Failed to open file '/proc/2474/environ': No such file or directory
What should I do? What application is it talking about?
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I wonder how to stop this error.
(EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so failed
(/usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory)
(EE) GLX: could not load software renderer
(II) GLX: no usable GL providers found for screen 0
I don't use my
The coincidentally appended lines
> console-kit-daemon[2475]: WARNING: Couldn't read /proc/2474/environ:
> Failed to open file '/proc/2474/environ': No such file or directory
turned out to be http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=523372
So now all I want to know is what to do about
X: L
Say, if we get these errors
# aptitude install linux-image-2.6.29-1-686
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-1-686
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/e100/d102e_ucode.bin for module e100
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/e100/d101s_ucode.bin for module e100
W: Possi
# apt-get install rcconf
and then just uncheck your X window manager from the rcconf list.
You can still start it any time with
# /etc/init.d/example start
but to stop it you need to do
# cd /tmp; nohup /etc/init.d/example stop
at least with xdm. Or else it hangs up before it can stop itself.
Here
Question: do all packages pass the piuparts tests yet, in that they
don't leave a residue behind? If we are to name names then those who do
not pass piuparts are it.
Then there are those that create files at other times during their
lifespan that piuparts wouldn't catch.
Then there's the pre-piup
Michael Biebl writes:
> echo "blacklist 8139cp" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
Now with the 2.6.29-1-686 kernel none of this is needed! The errors are gone.
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At boot I see
IO APIC resources couldn't be allocated
I checked Google and lots of people mention they see it, and then
something bad happens. So they only discuss how to fix the bad thing,
but don't mention what one should do about the message.
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Why must emacs depend on sound packages? Is emacs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000 and will talk to us?
Isn't that an independent package, emacspeak?
Shouldn't there be a way to install an emacs without sound packages?
Even the nox version depends on them. Does emacs say things more than
"bee
I wanted to see the whois entry for qeqertarsuaq.gl
$ whois qeqertarsuaq.gl
This TLD has no whois server.
But http://whois.domaintools.com/qeqertarsuaq.gl says
Whois Server: whois.ripe.net
So why didn't we see something like
$ whois last.fm
This TLD has no whois server, but you can access the w
Why does iconv choose Private Use Area
$ echo =C7=CD=C7=B9=C7=AF=C7=EF|
perl -MMIME::QuotedPrint -wne 'print decode_qp($_)'|
iconv -f big5 -t utf8|uni2ascii -wq
0xF77A 0xF766 0xF75C 0xF79C
over U+30D1 KATAKANA LETTER PA, etc.?
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Kenichi Handa writes:
> In article <87ws8s4kdp@jidanni.org>, jida...@jidanni.org writes:
>
>> Why does iconv choose Private Use Area
>> $ echo =C7=CD=C7=B9=C7=AF=C7=EF|
>> perl -MMIME::QuotedPrint -wne 'print decode_qp($_)'|
>> iconv -f big5 -t utf8|uni2ascii -wq
>> 0xF77A 0xF766 0xF75C 0xF79
Why upon the first boot of the day do I get
cannot open /root/dev/console: no such file
Kernel panic. not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
Then I hit the reset button, and all works fine.
It seems to have started after I upgraded to linux-image-2.6.29-1-686
A web search leads me to believe I sh
On my older machine, upon the first boot of each day I get
cannot open /root/dev/console: no such file
Kernel panic. not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
Then I hit the reset button, and it boots fine.
It seems to have started after I upgraded to linux-image-2.6.29-1-686
A web search lead me
Package: libc6
Version: 2.9-12
Severity: minor
File: /usr/bin/iconv
X-debbugs-cc: ha...@m17n.org, debian-user@lists.debian.org
Kenichi Handa writes:
> In article <87y6t7axqg@jidanni.org>, jida...@jidanni.org writes:
>
>> OK. Should I report a bug against iconv, that -f big5 should be at least
When I connect to my ISP, sometimes I apparently get assigned an IP
address that has recently been used by a P2P file sharing user, hence
there are many sites still trying to connect to it.
Just like "even after the authorities raided the crackhouse, the phone kept
ringing off the hook."
Yes it d
Tony Baldwin writes:
> Shouldn't killing the p2p client stop broadcasting the ip on the p2p
> network? Maybe the other user is leaving it on in the background?
The other user has hung up his modem line, and the ISP has now given
that IP address to me.
> Did you check top to see if it's still ru
> In a reasonably short period of time, every client that knew about you
> will figure out that you are no longer available
All I know is that "the knocks on the bathroom stall's door by the
former occupant's buddies continued all through the night, despite my
use of DROP in iptables."
Maybe the
Claudius Hubig writes:
> Did you try REJECT instead of DROP? Maybe telling all these buddies
> you don't want to know them instead of just ignoring them would do
> the job?
Yes ( http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user/355741 ),
but it just made my ADSL 256/64 line more busy without makin
Whenever I connect my modem, I see
CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT is deprecated and will be removed soon. Please use
nf_conntrack.acct=1 kernel paramater, acct=1 nf_conntrack module option or
sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct=1 to enable it.
I filed http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526521
The sites usually detect you are trying to save a copy and won't
proceed. Try putting a man in the middle (WWWOFFLE).
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Fellas, what happens when I put a Disposition-Notification-To: m...@...
header at the top of my mail? Yes I know all about the protocol,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_receipt#Message_Disposition_Notifications
I'm just curious about how many users will "fall" for my
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
Andrei Popescu writes:
> At least the first time, Outlook will ask before sending a "read
> receipt", but the same dialog box also has an "always" checkbox, so if
> you check that receipts will be sent without you knowing.
Ah ha.
> As far as I can tell, mutt doesn't have any support for this, but
Daniel Burrows writes:
> the bash completion stuff is actually stored in
> /etc/bash_completion, which is part of the bash package.
$ apt-file search /etc/bash_completion|wc -l
500
$ apt-file --fixed-string search /etc/bash_completion
bash-completion: /etc/bash_completion
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RMINAL=console
case $(hostname) in *1) GRUB_TIMEOUT=45;; *) GRUB_TIMEOUT=11;; esac #jidanni
# Local Variables:
# compile-command: "update-grub && grub-install /dev/hda" #in emacs
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> Fellas, what happens when I put a Disposition-Notification-To: m...@...
> header at the top of my mail? Yes I know all about the protocol,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_receipt#Message_Disposition_Notifications
Say fellas, when I get back
Reporting-UA: csrsr.ncu.edu.tw; Microsoft Offic
> "TA" == Thomas Anderson writes:
TA> Sure:
TA> Example of the "> " characters being moved around ...
Observe instead the masterful quoting of SuperCite, (no longer broken in
emacs23) that I have graced your words with above.
Leave-not your words lying around for lessor quoters to mess with
In
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kernel_panic#Control-Alt-Delete_after_a_panic
I said,
> Why can't one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control-Alt-Delete#Linux
> after a kernel panic? Why must we istead walk over to the box and
> press the reset button?
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Wouldn't it be neat if users without root privileges could just
install packages anyway on their account.
Maybe they could make an entire file tree, (including
/home/nurdsome/home/nurdsome/ ?).
The problem I'm trying to solve is e.g., Dreamhost, where there are 1000
debs installed, but root is no
> and it refused saying, that it is not running - nothing to restart.
Try e.g.,
# nohup /etc/init.d/xdm restart
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> "EVL" == Eugene V Lyubimkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
EVL> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I find no way in aptitude to
>> # aptitude install telnet-ssl
>> Reading package lists... Done <- Get rid of these messages, and
>> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>> telnet-ssl
>> The fol
If I don't touch my computer for 10 minutes, the screen goes blank.
After some more minutes, it goes into even more slumber.
OK, how can scripts detect what state it is in?
test `cat /proc/acpi/what or /sys/what` = "fully awake" && ...?
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How do I view a .SWF file?
$ iceweasel http://fcmx.net/vec/get.swf?i=003702
$ wget http://fcmx.net/vec/get.swf?i=003702 -O l.swf
$ file l.swf
l.swf: Macromedia Flash data (compressed), version 7
$ iceweasel l.swf
$ dpkg -l|egrep flash\|swf\|icewe
ii flashplayer-mozilla 1:10.0.12.36-0.2 Macromedia
AR> What happends if you open iceweasel, copy/paste the abobe URL in the address
AR> bar and press Enter?
OK, I think I see what you're trying to say.
I visited http://www.taipower.com.tw/ , a site that I recall uses
Flash.
Now iceweasel asks me to visit adobe . com to install the missing
plugins
AR> x86 or x86_64?
x86.
Linux jidanni1 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Sat Nov 8 19:00:26 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
I installed mozilla-plugin-gnash, still no help.
I removed ~/.mozilla and started Again, still no help.
I looked in preferences/applications and there is no SWF choice there.
$ HEAD -P http://f
> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Can't I please avoid having to go outside Debian for the .debs?
FK> I think you should check which plugin iceweasel uses. You first have to
FK> go to "about:config" (just type this without the quotes in the location
FK> bar and hit ENTER). Then look for "plugin.
FK> Let's see what is going on here; please post the output of these two
FK> commands:
$ dpkg -L flashplayer-mozilla | grep '\.so$'
/usr/lib/flashplayer-mozilla/libflashplayer.so
$ find /usr/lib/*/plugins*
/usr/lib/krb5/plugins
/usr/lib/krb5/plugins/krb5
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
/usr/lib/xulrunner-
OK thanks everybody. The problem was caused by the flashplayer-mozilla
maintainer telling me to manually tinker with update-alternatives to
fix a one time bug. update-alternatives --auto flash-mozilla.so fixed
it, and I switched to a Free Software player too while I was at it.
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Version: 2.13.1.1-1
Severity: wishlist
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I notice a problem. The mount(8) defaults have no easy way of being
changed by root, without having to recompile something.
Wouldn't it be nice in /etc/fstab to be able to add a lin
What commands would be the equivalent to pulling the USB connector out
of the computer, waiting a second, and then putting it back in?
I find that's what I have to do sometimes to get certain things to
work, and wish to reduce the wear and tear on the hardware.
> But wouldn't it be better to fix
Gentlemen, thank you for your answers. I have perfected:
$ cat usb-reset
#!/bin/sh
mount|grep /dev/sd && { echo 1>&2 $0: umount it first, Holmes; exit 55;}
grep uhci_hcd /proc/modules > /dev/null
case $? in 0) m=u;; 1) m=o;; esac
set -e
for i in rmmod modprobe
do for j in ${m?}hci-hcd ehci-hcd
Sirs, Grandma says: "I have a 2-way camera installation on my computer,
It's called Logitech Video. (It only cost $28.00 on sale, and John
installed it for me) The software was down-loaded free."
Apparently the software she installed was Logitech® Vid™.
Alas, on
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/
I can't take it any more, day after day various incomplete apt-get
updates, e.g., bug 564829 and Bug#553533: Seeing BADSIG 9AA38DCD55BE302B
frequently. What apt-get -o option can I use to turn off all this
security or whatever checking? It's just too much hassle.
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> "SF" == S Fishpaste writes:
SF> Check out Google's Talk - It can do video.
Google Talk video doesn't seem to have a Linux version.
SF> Also check out Pidgin; it has video capability via plugins.
Hmmm, I see on http://www.pidgin.im that it can connect to Google Talk...
Well OK, but for now Sk
Anybody else observe the
"readlink: no such file or directory"
warnings at boot? See bugs 564812 565224 565225.
My grub line is "linux /boot/vmlinuz-... quiet".
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Today it's
W: Failed to fetch
http://ftp.tw.debian.org/debian-multimedia/dists/sid/main/binary-i386/Packages.bz2
$ wget -Y off
http://ftp.tw.debian.org/debian-multimedia/dists/sid/main/binary-i386/Packages.bz2
$ wget -Y off --no-cache
http://ftp.tw.debian.org/debian-multimedia/dists/sid/main/bi
OK, I'll try messing with the order next time it happens.
I can tell you one thing for sure, now that is has recovered:
It is the _Release files that are the problem. The Packages.bz2 files are
fine. It was the _Release file that finally caught up later to it:
$ md5sum Packages.bz2*
10c9ee48399ebee
> "DI" == Damyan Ivanov writes:
DI> -=| jida...@jidanni.org, Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 10:14:23AM +0800 |=-
>> Gentlemen, it's driving me bananas. Why am I not getting all the beeps I
>> am entitled to here on my EEEPC 702 8G?
>> $ n=1; while sleep 2; do echo $((n++)); beep -r 4; done
>> $ n=1; wh
Help. I feel so stupid. I don't know how to get X windows to start or
toggle into 800x600 mode these days anymore. I feel so stupid.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=456955
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Dear Debian, I now own a LCD monitor that shall be used in its Native
Resolution of 1024x768. It replaces a CRT that was 800x600.
Now everything is so tiny and hard to read.
Given that I am determined to run my LCD in its Native Resolution,
what do I do to make everything now have bigger fonts, a
S> Try dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config. The questions are quite simple...
It just asks three questions, non having to do with sizes.
I'm saying I what I want to do is like first issuing
$ xrandr -s 1024x768
$ #and then now do what to make my monitor look just like I then issued
$ #xrandr -s 800
OK thanks everybody. I suppose I will just hit ^C next time aptitude
asks me if I want to do nothing, rather than dumping it completely for apt-get.
Cc'ing Bob just in case he is, like me, not subscribed.
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I did
$ chromium &
$ chromium
and it does what I want: opens another tab in the running chromium.
Alas it doesn't raise the chromium window, and I have to manually switch
to in via ALT TAB or clicking, here in icewm.
What shell command can I put in a wrapper to cause the switch?
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Even though I only have a 1 Mb ADSL, I find Acquire::PDiffs "false";
will finally stop the torture my computer is put through. Even though it
is SSD, I can almost hear the disk or maybe CPU grinding without it. I
don't know who wrote the PDiffs stuff, but I bet they don't use it day
to day as they
All it takes is a few pluggin in and pulling out of USB devices to cause kernel
3.8 to panic.
I can take a picture with a camera of the screen and send it to
somebody, but I would rather try
http://www.cmdln.org/2009/01/21/remote-kernel-logging-with-netconsole-for-fun-and-profit/
But it says I
http://www.aboutdebian.com/network.htm says
Note: With point-to-point serial links like a dial-up connection
between two modems (PPP Layer 2 protocol) ... but there is no
addressing information in the frame header.
OK so what do I use then?
# ifconfig | grep HW
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWad
Wait...
ppp says
Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
Connected to 00:90:1a:... via interface eth0
peer from calling number 00:90:1A:... authorized
local IP address 36.234...
remote IP address 168.95...
OK maybe I have all the information I need...
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On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 09:14:02AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> So tun/tap? vtun (or openvpn if you want encryption, or just a modern
> ssh with local tun/tap support), or perhaps etherpuppet?
I think I better wait for somebody to write the HOWTO for my usage case...
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Seems to happen every other day,
W: Failed to fetch
bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.tw.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages
Hash Sum mismatch
Anybody else notice such errors occurring more and more?
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Why do I always have to clean up older versions by hand?
E.g., linux-doc-2.6 pulls in the latest version automatically,
but if I don't want an ever growing number of older versions accruing, I
have to remove them by hand.
# apt-show-versions -r -p ^linux-doc
linux-doc-2.6/unstable uptodate 1:2.6.
> "SP" == Stephen Powell writes:
SP> Perhaps the "--purge-unused" option of aptitude is what you are looking for.
Naw, that only controls the difference between purging and just removing.
OK, this helped:
# aptitude markauto linux-doc-2.6.37
The following packages will be REMOVED:
linux-doc-
Help, I cranked everything up but still not an ounce of sound.
My ALSA information is located at
http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=823f89190858a6673ec0075c004db6de86c7495b
Yes I connected headphones to the green jack and ran speaker-test(1).
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> "w" == waterloo writes:
w> How to run a command as root when I shutdown system automatically ?
w> I use Debian 6 amd64.
make a /root/bin/myshutdown script and run that instead perhaps.
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For http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyovCNUDvpU&list=PLDE211ADDDB800FD2
why when I download it with clive -f best then listen via mplayer, I
hear crackles like my headphones can't handle the beats.
Whereas listing with flashplugin-nonfree in Firefox sounds great?
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> "C" == Camaleón writes:
C> What happens when ypu open the file with another media player?
It sounds great! OK I filed
http://bugzilla.mplayerhq.hu/show_bug.cgi?id=2019
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Gentlemen, on
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=51209591753 I clicked
"Block App" but all I get is "Loading" and then poof, that disappears.
Happened in Firefox and Chromium. How is one supposed to block it? Is
this only a Debian/Linux issue? Is this the case for all apps that
redirec
> "L" == Lisi writes:
L> So you eschew help from ladies??
I was only quoting http://lyrics.wikia.com/Prince:Partyman
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Thanks Brad. Can somebody file a bug report at
https://developers.facebook.com/bugs/create ?
That gets stuck for me too.
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> "SF" == Scott Ferguson writes:
SF> Your problem is unclear
1. Login to Facebook
2. Browse http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=51209591753
3. Click "Block App" in left sidebar
4. One sees "Loading..." for a moment, but is unable to block this app!
An unblockable app!
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> "SF" == Scott Ferguson writes:
SF> As previously stated - this is not a Debian related problem
I am guessing if Windows was affected this would have been found long
ago, but I don't have Windows and the town library is far away so I asked.
SF> In a terminal run netstat and look at active htt
So you see the bug too?
Yes, I 'tried contacting Facebook'.
I am not bothered by that app, all I wanted to do was click 'Block App' and
have it work.
So you mean they have successfully hacked Facebook?
Yes tcpflow includes most netstat info.
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Here's a different twist.
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=213343434487
The Debian(?) user will find no way to block it either,
despite instructions on
http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=121070141307903#How-do-I-block-or-unblock-an-app?
No. In this case the Debian user won't ever even
Package: initscripts
Version: 2.87dsf-8
Severity: wishlist
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File: /lib/init/bootclean.sh
Maybe add a comment mentioning:
For those of you using e.g.,
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0
in /etc/fstab, this script (/lib/init/bootclean.sh) cannot be aware of
a
I notice access times are only updated once per "session" these days.
$ echo x>y
$ stat y
Access: 2009-12-17 08:27:56.971374872 +0800
$ cat y
$ stat y
Access: 2009-12-17 08:28:08.171376619 +0800
$ cat y
$ stat y
Access: 2009-12-17 08:28:08.171376619 +0800
mount(8) doesn't show "noatime".
linux 2.6
[Also posted to Newsgroups: comp.dcom.voice-over-ip]
Hello. I live in Taiwan and use Debian Linux.
I want to call an 1-800 toll free US number,
which of course is not toll free when calling from Taiwan.
So how can I use this VoIP stuff to bridge the gap?
I'm sure I'm capable of installing whatever
KR> How about borrowing your friend's Skype account for the 1 or 2 calls
KR> you need to make?
Thanks but 1. I want to use open software. 2. I'm embarrassed to ask.
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I used dosfslabel to give this a label,
# blkid
/dev/sda1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL="greengiga" TYPE="vfat"
OK, now how can I also give it a UUID?
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