Dear all
After some recent updates, I assume, wicd strangely refuses to start.
li...@debian-liv:~$ wicd-gtk
Has notifications support True
Loading...
Connecting to daemon...
Connected.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py", line 1033, in
main(sys.argv)
T o n g wrote:
> I noticed that SMART configuration has changed dramatically since last
> time I looked into it.
>
> Anyone care to explain how to configure SMART for a simple task as
> regular selftests on sda please?
Edit /etc/smartd.conf, read the DEVICESCAN comment and then comment
out the
T o n g wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Note that if it is set to no on a remote server that you do not have
> > console access to then it is possible to get into a state where the
> > machine will not reboot on its own because it will be waiting for
> > console access to get past the fsck questions
On Sun, 2010-08-15 at 02:00 -0400, Borden Rhodes wrote:
> Good morning,
>
> I'm going to list some of the frustrations I've been having with
> troubleshooting Linux's quirks, crashes and problems in hopes that someone
> may
> be able to help me (and the community) become better bug reporters an
My suggestion, can't we create troubleshooting database??
On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Borden Rhodes wrote:
> Good morning,
>
> I'm going to list some of the frustrations I've been having with
> troubleshooting Linux's quirks, crashes and problems in hopes that someone
> may
> be able to help
Good morning,
I'm going to list some of the frustrations I've been having with
troubleshooting Linux's quirks, crashes and problems in hopes that someone may
be able to help me (and the community) become better bug reporters and
troubleshooters. I'll make comparisons to Windows only because I
On Saturday 14 August 2010 04:16:47 Stanisław Findeisen wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to use a 802.11 wireless network that frequently disconnects
> me (low signal). The network is protected with WPA pre-shared key. The
> problem is I am being prompted for this key every time.
>
> Well, almost every.
brownh wrote:
Jimmy Johnson writes:
brownh wrote:
Jimmy,
I inadvertangly sent this message to you personally, but here send it
to the list.
The directions for creating a bootable USB key don't mention running
cfdisk on it to make it bootable. I simply copied syslinux to the key,
but suspect
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> always on the same: /dev/sdc5. Well, this is where I have all my docs,
> my university stuff, and this is even more annoying. I could do backups,
I sure hope you *DID* extensive backups. Often. And stored some of
them for permanent archival.
> but I
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:29:11 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote:
> --
>
> $ cd linux-source-2.6.32
> $ cp /boot/config-2.6.32-5-686 .config
> $ make menuconfig
> $ make-kpkg --append-to-version -custom5-686 --revision 2.6.32-18 \
>--initrd --rootcmd fakeroot kernel_image modules_image
>
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:12:02 -0400 (EDT), Angus Hedger wrote:
>
> The two things that i use k-headers for myself are the nvidia blob,
> and the virtual-box km's
>
> The only issues I ran into when building headers via make-kpkg where as
> follows,
>
> Make sure you use the same "-append-to-vers
Hanspeter Spalinger wrote:
> Merciadri Luca wrote:
> > problem is that I always get errors when e2fsck verifies the fs, and
> > always on the same: /dev/sdc5. ...
> > but I can't understand why this filesystem is problematic, because I
> > don't use it often, at least these times. I always have er
Paul E Condon wrote:
On 20100814_165057, Tom Poe wrote:
Phil Requirements wrote:
On 2010-08-14 11:16:23 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
Camaleón wrote:
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:51:21 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
Hi: Is this correct list for learning how to install and use
Bob Proulx wrote:
> Louis Hinman wrote:
> > To learn Liunx networking, I am going to set up a web server
>
> Well, a web server is just a component and it does
I should finish my thoughts before sending. Sigh.
Well, a web server is just a component and it by itself really isn't
enough to learn
Merciadri Luca wrote:
> but I can't understand why this filesystem is problematic, because I
> don't use it often, at least these times. I always have errors about the
Does your disk support S.M.A.R.T.?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.
Try it and see if the disk drive reports any physic
> So why didn't Nautilus start after I selected a window manager?
I figured it out. For some reason, the X session manager was set to
`/usr/bin/choosewm` by default when it needed to be `/usr/bin/gnome-session`. I
corrected this with:
sudo update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
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Louis Hinman wrote:
> To learn Liunx networking, I am going to set up a web server
Well, a web server is just a component and it does
> To this end, I am installing Debian 5.0 on a Dell Dimension 4100
> with a 250 MB HD.
250 Megabyte? Or 250 Gigabyte? A small installation will easily fit
with
On 20100814_165057, Tom Poe wrote:
> Phil Requirements wrote:
> >On 2010-08-14 11:16:23 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
> >>Camaleón wrote:
> >>>On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:51:21 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
> >>>
> Hi: Is this correct list for learning how to install and use
> debian?
> >>>I hope so :-)
> >>>
In <201008141400.06004.sl...@rcn.com>, Louis Hinman wrote:
>On my desktop, I have partitioned my HD as follows:
>
>/root
You mean '/' right? '/' is the root of the unified UNIX/Linux directory tree
for a single system. '/root' is a directory (not usually a separate file
system) that is normall
Jimmy Johnson writes:
> brownh wrote:
>> Jimmy,
>>
>> I inadvertangly sent this message to you personally, but here send it
>> to the list.
>>
>> The directions for creating a bootable USB key don't mention running
>> cfdisk on it to make it bootable. I simply copied syslinux to the key,
>> but s
In <4c66d777.5010...@meltel.net>, Tom Poe wrote:
>Camaleón wrote:
>> On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:16:23 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
>>> My wish list: I'd like to install debian on desktop that serves as
>>> workstation/server. The desktop has two hard drives, 80GB and 160GB.
>>> Would like to use both drives
Phil Requirements wrote:
On 2010-08-14 11:16:23 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
Camaleón wrote:
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:51:21 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
Hi: Is this correct list for learning how to install and use
debian?
I hope so :-)
[snip]
workstation/server. The des
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:00:10 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Camaleón wrote:
>> Can you launch "eclipse" with some "-debug" option? Maybe you'll get
>> additonal information.
>>
> Sure.
>
> ==
> $ ./eclipse -debug
(...)
> -vm
> /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/bin/../jre/li
On 2010-08-14 11:16:23 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
> Camaleón wrote:
> >On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:51:21 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
> >
> >>Hi: Is this correct list for learning how to install and use
> >>debian?
> >
> >I hope so :-)
> >
> [snip]
>
> workstation/server. The desktop has two hard drives, 80GB an
On 20100814_125047, Tom Poe wrote:
> Camaleón wrote:
> >On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:16:23 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
> >
> >>Camaleón wrote:
> >>>On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:51:21 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> Hi: Is this correct list for learning how to install and use debian?
> >>>(...)
> >>>
> >>>I
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On 08/14/2010 09:01 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have the fs' checking period set to 50 mounts for now some years. The
> problem is that I always get errors when e2fsck verifies the fs, and
> always on the same: /dev/sdc5. Well, this is whe
pch0317 wrote at 2010-08-14 13:56 -0500:
> I put in attachment dmesg output. The last lines, I think, give the answer.
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On one of my computers, running Debian Squeeze, I have two user
accounts. One has been used exclusively for running Nautilus and GNOME
applications. The other has been used exclusively over SSH. At
start-up, gdm automatically logs into the "graphical" account, but
today I decided that I wanted to u
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:16:23 -0400 (EDT), Tom Poe wrote:
> ...
> Looks like I can contribute to debian if I purchase CD/DVD, right?
> ...
Many vendors who sell Debian CDs allow you to make a contribution
to Debian in conjunction with your purchase. But that is not the
only way to financially con
Hi.
I have problem with my laptop.
When I use graphic enviroment some program like icedove don't response.
I think, this is depend on disk.
I put in attachment dmesg output. The last lines, I think, give the answer.
Thanks
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Camaleón wrote:
> Can you launch "eclipse" with some "-debug" option? Maybe you'll get
> additonal information.
>
Sure.
==
$ ./eclipse -debug
Start VM: -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-Xms40m
-Xmx384m
-Djava.class.path=/home/merciadriluca/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox
Hi,
I have the fs' checking period set to 50 mounts for now some years. The
problem is that I always get errors when e2fsck verifies the fs, and
always on the same: /dev/sdc5. Well, this is where I have all my docs,
my university stuff, and this is even more annoying. I could do backups,
but I can
brownh wrote:
Jimmy,
I inadvertangly sent this message to you personally, but here send it
to the list.
The directions for creating a bootable USB key don't mention running
cfdisk on it to make it bootable. I simply copied syslinux to the key,
but suspect I have to run cfdisk as well. Is that s
On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Mark wrote:
> 2010/8/14 Stanisław Findeisen
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am trying to use a 802.11 wireless network that frequently disconnects
>> me (low signal). The network is protected with WPA pre-shared key. The
>> problem is I am being prompted for this key every time
Camaleón wrote:
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:16:23 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
Camaleón wrote:
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:51:21 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
Hi: Is this correct list for learning how to install and use debian?
(...)
I hope so :-)
OK. So, for starter
2010/8/14 Stanisław Findeisen
> Hi
>
> I am trying to use a 802.11 wireless network that frequently disconnects
> me (low signal). The network is protected with WPA pre-shared key. The
> problem is I am being prompted for this key every time.
>
> Well, almost every. When I log in, I do not have t
Bob Proulx wrote:
Tom Poe wrote:
OK. So, for starters, I'd like to know which version to use.
Since you are asking then I highly recommend that you install and run
the Debian Stable version. That is the most well known and well
tested release. (That is why it is called Stable. :-)
To learn Liunx networking, I am going to set up a web server
To this end, I am installing Debian 5.0 on a Dell Dimension 4100 with a 250 MB
HD.
On my desktop, I have partitioned my HD as follows:
/root
/swap
/home
/usr/local
/opt
What would be an appropriate partition scheme for my web server?
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:16:23 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
> Camaleón wrote:
>> On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:51:21 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi: Is this correct list for learning how to install and use debian?
>>>
>>>
>> (...)
>>
>> I hope so :-)
>>
>>
>>
> OK. So, for starters, I'd like to kn
Tom Poe wrote:
> OK. So, for starters, I'd like to know which version to use.
Since you are asking then I highly recommend that you install and run
the Debian Stable version. That is the most well known and well
tested release. (That is why it is called Stable. :-) The current
Stable release i
Nuno Magalhães wrote:
Hi,
For starters, try finfind answers to your questions, it'll save you
time. Most of what you asked can be answered by browsing around
debian.org, the list archives or searching.
As for versions, i'd stick with stable. Personally i use unstable for
desktops but it does ha
Hi,
For starters, try finfind answers to your questions, it'll save you
time. Most of what you asked can be answered by browsing around
debian.org, the list archives or searching.
As for versions, i'd stick with stable. Personally i use unstable for
desktops but it does have its occasional quirks
Camaleón wrote:
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:51:21 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
Hi: Is this correct list for learning how to install and use debian?
(...)
I hope so :-)
Greetings,
OK. So, for starters, I'd like to know which version to use. Looks
like I can contribute to debian if I pur
On Fri, 2010-08-13 at 04:07 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 14:54 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 18:28 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 16:34 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> > > > On Thu August 5 2010, John A. Su
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:51:21 -0500, Tom Poe wrote:
> Hi: Is this correct list for learning how to install and use debian?
(...)
I hope so :-)
Greetings,
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Hi: Is this correct list for learning how to install and use debian? I
presently have Ubuntustudio8.04 on a Dell G260 desktop, and would like
to move to debian. Just watched Moglen's Cloud speech, and got inspired.
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On Fri, 2010-08-13 at 21:51 +0100, AG wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have a guest account on my machine and want to enable that user to
> access that profile from another Debian machine on my LAN. This task is
> called remote networking, right? And as far as I can tell OpenSSH is
> probably the way to
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:53:02 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Camaleón wrote:
(...)
>>> ==
>>> $ eclipse/eclipse
>>> Error occurred during initialization of VM
>>> java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object ==
>>>
>>> Why?
>>>
>>>
>> He, he... you can also Google a bit, it won't hu
Camaleón wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:17:14 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>
>
>> Camaleón wrote:
>>
>
> (...)
>
>
>>> Two ideas on how to by-pass this:
>>>
>>> 1/ If Eclipse has an option to edit the path to the avilable JRE, just
>>> change it from there, or just by manually editing "
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:17:14 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Camaleón wrote:
(...)
>> Two ideas on how to by-pass this:
>>
>> 1/ If Eclipse has an option to edit the path to the avilable JRE, just
>> change it from there, or just by manually editing "/etc/eclipse/
>> java_home".
>>
>> 2/ Make a s
Jimmy,
I inadvertangly sent this message to you personally, but here send it
to the list.
The directions for creating a bootable USB key don't mention running
cfdisk on it to make it bootable. I simply copied syslinux to the key,
but suspect I have to run cfdisk as well. Is that so?
Haines Brow
Camaleón wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:45:31 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>
> (...)
>
>
>> Really nice, but Eclipse seems not to like it that much:
>>
>> ==
>> A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) must be
>> available in order to run Eclipse. No Java virtual machine w
On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:45:31 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
(...)
> Really nice, but Eclipse seems not to like it that much:
>
> ==
> A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) must be
> available in order to run Eclipse. No Java virtual machine was found
> after searching the
Jörg-Volker Peetz:
>
> Did you enable the 'discard' mount option on your ext4 file system (see
> kernel-/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt) in order to make usage of
> the TRIM-ability of the SSD?
Me? -No, because my (1st gen) X25m model doesn't support TRIM.
J.
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Camaleón wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:57:11 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>
>
>> Camaleón wrote:
>>
>
> (...)
>
>
>>> ***
>>> update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java
>>> /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/bin/java 1 ***
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks for this.
On 13/08/10 22:46, Nuno Magalhães wrote:
Two Debian machines on a LAN, i'd go for XDMCP - it'll give you the
"remote desktop" feel. It's not that hard, just changing a few values
in text files. If you're using GNOME or KDE it'll probably be easier.
Keyword: XDMCP.
Thanks Bob and Nuno - I'l
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:20:02 +0200 Tom H wrote:
>
> Please post the output of "blkid -c /dev/null" and the working grub2
> "menuentry ... { ... }".
blkid -c /dev/null:
/dev/sda2: LABEL="root" UUID="d8f9ae65-2e4f-4b20-aaac-9c5b6e7c6be7"
TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda5: LABEL="var" UUID="1e30fe16-85e9-4c48
Hi
I am trying to use a 802.11 wireless network that frequently disconnects
me (low signal). The network is protected with WPA pre-shared key. The
problem is I am being prompted for this key every time.
Well, almost every. When I log in, I do not have to type the key. It is
stored in the GNOME ke
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