Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Mihira Fernando
On 06/14/2011 09:59 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 16:10 +, Camaleón wrote: [snip] Ok, perhaps you don't have the tools to measure the load, so I won't ask you to do it, but ... Have you ever compared temperature and battery life when switching between ondemand and performanc

Re: How select the access point manually in a wireless network?

2011-06-14 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 05:34:34PM -0700, Adrian Rocha wrote: > Hi people, I work with my laptop and use a wireless conection in an > enterprise network. When I go to other floor, the wireless access > point change automatically. I can see this change using the command > "iwconfig". Is there any wa

Re: debian-user-digest

2011-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 08:51 +0800, Jimmy Wu wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 01:48, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: > > If I wish to get a reader's digest for a while and not tons of emails, > > then I need to unsubscribe? > > > > Are all threads included to a reader's digest? > > There seems to be a debi

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Re: Translate user names with NFS

2011-06-14 Thread Dan
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Dan wrote: > Hi, > I would like to mount a NFS share from one computer to another. The > problem is that the usernames do not match. In NFSv3 there should be > an option map_static to map de UIDs and GIDs but for some reason it > does not work. It seems that I have

Re (3): Configuring Iceweasel security policies.

2011-06-14 Thread peasthope
From: Scott Ferguson Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:30:27 +1000 > To clarify - is it only you that needs to be able to use this file link?? Yes, only me. The objective is to simplify my testing procedure. Of course, the time I've spent to understand it probably outweighs the time that will be

Re: debian-user-digest

2011-06-14 Thread Jimmy Wu
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 01:48, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > If I wish to get a reader's digest for a while and not tons of emails, > then I need to unsubscribe? > > Are all threads included to a reader's digest? There seems to be a debian-user-digest that you can subscribe to here: http://www.debian.org

Re: How can I install mozilla firefox opn Debian6 Squeeze

2011-06-14 Thread Jimmy Wu
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 06:40, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 10:02:02PM +0800, Jimmy Wu wrote: [snip] >> Have you tried the pre-compiled packages from http://mozilla.debian.net/ >> If you really need the latest upstream look around inside your tarball >> for a README or INSTALL

How select the access point manually in a wireless network?

2011-06-14 Thread Adrian Rocha
Hi people, I work with my laptop and use a wireless conection in an enterprise network. When I go to other floor, the wireless access point change automatically. I can see this change using the command "iwconfig". Is there any way to select the access point of the network manually? Regards, an

Translate user names with NFS

2011-06-14 Thread Dan
Hi, I would like to mount a NFS share from one computer to another. The problem is that the usernames do not match. In NFSv3 there should be an option map_static to map de UIDs and GIDs but for some reason it does not work. It seems that I have to use the package nfs-user-server to use that option,

Re: How can I install mozilla firefox opn Debian6 Squeeze

2011-06-14 Thread John Hasler
Bob Holtzman writes: > ...it didn't solve the big time problem I have with iceweasel. What problem is that? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debia

Re: How can I install mozilla firefox opn Debian6 Squeeze

2011-06-14 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 10:02:02PM +0800, Jimmy Wu wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 21:54, Md. Rafiqur Rahman wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I'm very much new on Linux specially on Debian Linux. I know that icewaesel > > build upon firefox but i don't like it to use. I want to use mozilla firefox >

Re: psi instead of Skype

2011-06-14 Thread Brian
On Tue 14 Jun 2011 at 11:40:49 +, Camaleón wrote: > I use VoIP with Ekiga by means of USB headset (from Plantronics) and > works like a charm. I'm so happy with it that I'm thinking in acquiring > an ATA converter so I can use any standard phone with it and make VoIP my > default calling sy

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Aniruddha
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Glen Batchelor wrote: > >   Something like this can be a nightmare to debug on a mailing list and I'm > no kernel expert. I did see a few notices where Intel recalled some of the > H67/P67 chips due to them being shipped with failing SATA 3G ports. That was > back

Re: [Ask] My screen suddenly got froze

2011-06-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
Turn the screen saver off and that should clear this problem. On Tue, 14 Jun 2011, Morning Star wrote: > Hi guys, > I have a problem about my cpu. After 15 minutes or more using debian squeeze > in KDE display manager, my screen suddenly got froze. I can't move my > mouse's cursor and can't type

RE: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Glen Batchelor
Something like this can be a nightmare to debug on a mailing list and I'm no kernel expert. I did see a few notices where Intel recalled some of the H67/P67 chips due to them being shipped with failing SATA 3G ports. That was back in Jan 2011 if I read correctly. The 6G ports are fine for all r

Re: Updating Packages in Debian Squeeze from Backports/Testing

2011-06-14 Thread Perry Thompson
On 06/14/2011 11:37 AM, Noah Duffy wrote: > I've been running Debian Squeeze for a little while now. I was using > Ubuntu before, so I'm really used to being able to keep certain > software up-to-date using their PPA system. I'm loving Debian (even > though I've had to make a few tweaks for it to

Where is polkit-auth ?

2011-06-14 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
hi all, I am trying to add shutdown right to another user on my debian/squeeze system. I thought I could just do: polkit-auth --user user2 --grant org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.shutdown However polkit-auth has completely disappear since lenny, where did it go ? Thanks -- Mathieu -

Cannot rebuild kernel with custom DSDT

2011-06-14 Thread Taylor Brown
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi there, I have a Toshiba L640 laptop that came with a buggy DSDT that prevents Linux from recognizing the battery. I filed bug #609846 about this and am following similar reports on the Linux and Launchpad mailing lists: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-

Re: Updating Packages in Debian Squeeze from Backports/Testing

2011-06-14 Thread Noah Duffy
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-06-14 21:01 +0200, Noah Duffy wrote: > >> >> I read the guide you posted, and it seems simple enough.  I understand >> it as this: >> >> Let's say I want to "backport" Banshee from Wheezy because it's >> version 2.0.1, I could add the

Re: Updating Packages in Debian Squeeze from Backports/Testing

2011-06-14 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-06-14 21:01 +0200, Noah Duffy wrote: > > I read the guide you posted, and it seems simple enough. I understand > it as this: > > Let's say I want to "backport" Banshee from Wheezy because it's > version 2.0.1, I could add the source repository for wheezy to my > sources, and build that pa

Re: separate user per website?

2011-06-14 Thread Alan Chandler
On 13/06/11 11:50, Lars Nielsen wrote: Hi I am running my own server with lenny, apache and php. Now I have several websites that only I are going to update. Is it fine to run those under the same userlogin and use virtualhosts or should I create a separate user for each website? Is it posible to

Re: Updating Packages in Debian Squeeze from Backports/Testing

2011-06-14 Thread Noah Duffy
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Jimmy Wu wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 00:35, Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:37:28 -0500, Noah Duffy wrote: >> >> (...) >> >>> Is it recommended to install packages from testing?  I know this often >>> also updates dependencies that other software m

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Aniruddha
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Glen Batchelor wrote: >  Which disk controller driver is in use, or which drive controller chipset > is in use? If you don't know then a motherboard model# from dmidecode can > help. In addition to that, how is the SATA controller configured in BIOS? Is > it set to

debian-user-digest

2011-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
If I wish to get a reader's digest for a while and not tons of emails, then I need to unsubscribe? Are all threads included to a reader's digest? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archi

Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:24:22 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 17:00 +, Camaleón wrote: >> sm01@stt008:~$ grep -i "CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV" >> /boot/config-2.6.26-2-amd64 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y # >> CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE is not set # >> C

Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 17:00 +, Camaleón wrote: > sm01@stt008:~$ grep -i "CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV" > /boot/config-2.6.26-2-amd64 > CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y > # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE is not set > # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE is not set > # CONFIG_C

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Aniruddha
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Aniruddha wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Juan Sierra Pons > wrote: >> Can you make some test with hdparm in both disks (to see disk performance)? >> >> I think the problem can be located in the I/O disk part as it happens >> when copying data (or rsnap

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Aniruddha
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Whit Hansell wrote: > may or may not help but I've done the following.   Put a process metersystem > monitor in the taskbar and when it shows something working in the > background, as in, a program did not quit(some online video stuff does this > among other items)

Re: add to group

2011-06-14 Thread shawn wilson
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:54, Jimmy Wu wrote: > reposting to list, sent to user by accident > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 00:54, Jimmy Wu wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 00:51, shawn wilson wrote: >>> yep, that might be an issue: >>> swilson dialout cdrom floppy audio video plugdev >>> >>> i th

Re: ATI driver

2011-06-14 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
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Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:29:36 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 16:10 +, Camaleón wrote: [snip] > > Ok, perhaps you don't have the tools to measure the load, so I won't ask > you to do it, but ... > > Have you ever compared temperature and battery life when switching > betwee

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Aniruddha
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Juan Sierra Pons wrote: > Can you make some test with hdparm in both disks (to see disk performance)? > > I think the problem can be located in the I/O disk part as it happens > when copying data (or rsnapshot is running) from two differents disks Which test do yo

Re: add to group

2011-06-14 Thread Jimmy Wu
reposting to list, sent to user by accident On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 00:54, Jimmy Wu wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 00:51, shawn wilson wrote: >> yep, that might be an issue: >> swilson dialout cdrom floppy audio video plugdev >> >> i thought reloading init reread the group file? > > What do yo

Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 00:34 +0800, Jimmy Wu wrote: > > I assume that is so people who want something else will be able to > > change it without needing to recompile the kernel. Correct, but they have to know about a scrip ;). I don't think they do know, excepted of the experts ;). Since my kernel

Re: add to group

2011-06-14 Thread shawn wilson
yep, that might be an issue: swilson dialout cdrom floppy audio video plugdev i thought reloading init reread the group file? On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:36, Jimmy Wu wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 00:31, shawn wilson wrote: >> i'm feeling a bit stupid here, but: >> >> >> swilson@swilson-mbp-v

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Whit Hansell
may or may not help but I've done the following. Put a process metersystem monitor in the taskbar and when it shows something working in the background, as in, a program did not quit(some online video stuff does this among other items), I can tell something is still hogging cpu time and then

Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 18:29 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 16:10 +, Camaleón wrote: > [snip] > > Ok, perhaps you don't have the tools to measure the load, so I won't ask > you to do it, but ... > > Have you ever compared temperature and battery life when switching > betwee

Re: Updating Packages in Debian Squeeze from Backports/Testing

2011-06-14 Thread Jimmy Wu
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 00:35, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:37:28 -0500, Noah Duffy wrote: > > (...) > >> Is it recommended to install packages from testing?  I know this often >> also updates dependencies that other software may use causing the system >> to potentially not be as secur

Re: add to group

2011-06-14 Thread Jimmy Wu
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 00:31, shawn wilson wrote: > i'm feeling a bit stupid here, but: > > > swilson@swilson-mbp-vdebian:/home$ sudo kill -HUP 1 > swilson@swilson-mbp-vdebian:/home$ whoami; cat /etc/group | grep > staff; ls -ld /home/test; echo "" > /home/test/blah > swilson > staff:x:50:swilson

Re: Updating Packages in Debian Squeeze from Backports/Testing

2011-06-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:37:28 -0500, Noah Duffy wrote: (...) > Is it recommended to install packages from testing? I know this often > also updates dependencies that other software may use causing the system > to potentially not be as secure or stable. I'd say that would depend on the package

Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Jimmy Wu
Sorry, re-sending to list - gmail doesn't reply-to on debian-user properly. On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 00:33, Jimmy Wu wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 00:29, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: >> On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 16:15 +, Camaleón wrote: >>> On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:02:40 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>>

add to group

2011-06-14 Thread shawn wilson
i'm feeling a bit stupid here, but: swilson@swilson-mbp-vdebian:/home$ sudo kill -HUP 1 swilson@swilson-mbp-vdebian:/home$ whoami; cat /etc/group | grep staff; ls -ld /home/test; echo "" > /home/test/blah swilson staff:x:50:swilson drwxrwxr-x 2 root staff 4096 Jun 14 12:02 /home/test bash: /home/

Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 16:10 +, Camaleón wrote: [snip] Ok, perhaps you don't have the tools to measure the load, so I won't ask you to do it, but ... Have you ever compared temperature and battery life when switching between ondemand and performance? How much is the difference on your machine

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Juan Sierra Pons
Can you make some test with hdparm in both disks (to see disk performance)? I think the problem can be located in the I/O disk part as it happens when copying data (or rsnapshot is running) from two differents disks Another test you can do is copyin data using ionice (with differents options: "Be

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Aniruddha
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Glen Batchelor wrote: > > >  Which kernel are you using?  'uname -r' >  Which desktop system are you using? Here's some additional information: $ uname -r 2.6.38-2-amd64 I use a minimal gnome desktop (no file indexing service). For testing purposes I use the co

Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:02:40 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Why not using ondemand set by the kernel's default governor? Because then you will force users to recompile the kernel in order they can change it. And that's simply silly. Didn't you want a sytem without hassle? > My desktop kernels a

Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:51:51 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 14:54 +, Camaleón wrote: >> > Is there any CPU where CPU frequency scaling really makes a >> > difference for load? >> >> Define "load" in your context. > > 'Load' should be for 'ampere' > > Ampere = Volt / Resi

Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 16:29 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 04:16:38PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 13:53 +, Camaleón wrote: > > > > > [cut] > > > > > It's not about "load" but "frequency speed" and my micro reduces its > > > cycles from 2.8 Ghz.

Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 15:55 +0100, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 14 June 2011 15:16:38 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > And there are billions of users who tried to switch from Windows to > > Linux just regarding to ethical reasons or better software regarding to > > their needs and they all need to use Windows,

Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 14:54 +, Camaleón wrote: > > Is there any CPU where CPU frequency scaling really makes a difference > > for load? > > Define "load" in your context. 'Load' should be for 'ampere' Ampere = Volt / Resistance Watt = Volt * Ampere Caused heat and battery durability depend

Re: How can I install mozilla firefox opn Debian6 Squeeze

2011-06-14 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 14 June 2011 16:17:06 Camaleón wrote: > I guess he mean that there is no routine to run the installer (e.g., "sh > my_install.sh") which is indeed not a very common practice (usually > packages are installed somehow, by means of a package manager, by running > an installer or by compilin

Re: How can I install mozilla firefox opn Debian6 Squeeze

2011-06-14 Thread Camaleón
El 2011-06-14 a las 20:23 +0600, Md. Rafiqur Rahman escribió: (resending to the list) > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > > > > There is no need to install Firefox, just uncompress the tar.bz2 at your > > desired location and run. Additional instructions can be found here: >

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:53:44 +0200, Aniruddha wrote: > I've noticed that my Debian testing desktop slows downs significantly > when copying (and unpacking) large files. (...) What tool are you using for copying and unpacking? Command line, GUI browser (nautilus, dolphin), Midnight Commander...

Re: How can I install mozilla firefox opn Debian6 Squeeze

2011-06-14 Thread Lisi
Putting back on list so that others can help! (And converting to bottom posting): On Tuesday 14 June 2011 16:17:52 Md. Rafiqur Rahman wrote: > It just run from my home directory but not installed. That means If I save > a an html file from browser and open it again it shows the address like > C:

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 17:36 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 15:53 +0200, Aniruddha wrote: > > I've noticed that my Debian testing desktop slows downs significantly > > when copying (and unpacking) large files. Sound stutters and iceweasel > > (and other programs) freeze regularly

Updating Packages in Debian Squeeze from Backports/Testing

2011-06-14 Thread Noah Duffy
I've been running Debian Squeeze for a little while now. I was using Ubuntu before, so I'm really used to being able to keep certain software up-to-date using their PPA system. I'm loving Debian (even though I've had to make a few tweaks for it to work with my new system), but there are a few pac

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 15:53 +0200, Aniruddha wrote: > I've noticed that my Debian testing desktop slows downs significantly > when copying (and unpacking) large files. Sound stutters and iceweasel > (and other programs) freeze regularly. This makes working on my > desktop impossible when copying or

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Juan Sierra Pons
Hi, Are you using Nepomuk, beagled or another similar daemon? those "guys" can affect your system desktop performance. As GlenB says kernel and desktop version are a very useful information too Best Regards Juan -- Mi nueva dirección es: - My new email address is: - Mon nouveau email est: j...

Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 04:16:38PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 13:53 +, Camaleón wrote: > > [cut] > > > It's not about "load" but "frequency speed" and my micro reduces its > > cycles from 2.8 Ghz. (normal run) to 2.0 Ghz (idle+ondemad) which I > > prefer. Why wasting

Re: pure-ftpd replies "421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection"

2011-06-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:52:45 +0200, Leonardo wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Leonardo > wrote: >> I've installed pure-ftpd on a Debian 5.0.7 box using the standard >> config. When I try to connect from another machine on the same subnet, >> or even from the localhost, I get the message

Re: How can I install mozilla firefox opn Debian6 Squeeze

2011-06-14 Thread Jimmy Wu
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 23:07, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 14 June 2011 14:54:39 Md. Rafiqur Rahman wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I'm very much new on Linux specially on Debian Linux. I know that icewaesel >> build upon firefox but i don't like it to use. I want to use mozilla >> firefox on debian6 Squee

Re: How can I install mozilla firefox opn Debian6 Squeeze

2011-06-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:07:08 +0100, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 14 June 2011 14:54:39 Md. Rafiqur Rahman wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I'm very much new on Linux specially on Debian Linux. I know that >> icewaesel build upon firefox but i don't like it to use. I want to use >> mozilla firefox on debian6

Re: pure-ftpd replies "421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection"

2011-06-14 Thread Leonardo
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Leonardo wrote: > Dear all, > > I've installed pure-ftpd on a Debian 5.0.7 box using the standard config. > When I try to connect from another machine on the same subnet, or even > from the localhost, I get the message: > > Connected to 10.1.2.3. > [...and then, a

RE: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Glen Batchelor
Which kernel are you using? 'uname -r' Which desktop system are you using? GlenB > -Original Message- > From: Aniruddha [mailto:mailingdotl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:51 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Desktop performance problem > > On T

Re: How can I install mozilla firefox opn Debian6 Squeeze

2011-06-14 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 14 June 2011 14:54:39 Md. Rafiqur Rahman wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm very much new on Linux specially on Debian Linux. I know that icewaesel > build upon firefox but i don't like it to use. I want to use mozilla > firefox on debian6 Squeeze. Do you know how to install it. I've allready >

Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 14 June 2011 15:16:38 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > And there are billions of users who tried to switch from Windows to > Linux just regarding to ethical reasons or better software regarding to > their needs and they all need to use Windows, because the Linux > community don't care about people

Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:16:38 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 13:53 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> But that's a known issue, right? Or at least is not different from >> other problems that any user which requires a specific/fine grained >> setup or tweaks may experience. > > Yes a

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Aniruddha
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Juan Sierra Pons wrote: > Hi > > This can be an I/O and/or CPU problem > As a workaround you can use: > - ionice - get/set program io scheduling class and priority  for I/O problem > - nice - run a program with modified scheduling priority for CPU problem > > To ad

Re: Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Juan Sierra Pons
Hi This can be an I/O and/or CPU problem As a workaround you can use: - ionice - get/set program io scheduling class and priority for I/O problem - nice - run a program with modified scheduling priority for CPU problem To adjust scheduling priority of the offending process. Good luck in you que

Re: ATI driver

2011-06-14 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/14/2011 05:11 PM, lina wrote: > I am not sure in which directory, Not important. > :/var/local/cache/apt-build/buildATI/fglrx-driver-11-4/debian# apt-get > build-dep fglrx-driver > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Read

Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 13:53 +, Camaleón wrote: > But that's a known issue, right? Or at least is not different from other > problems that any user which requires a specific/fine grained setup or > tweaks may experience. Yes and yes. > But then you are enforcing a cpu frequency policy that

Re: How can I install mozilla firefox opn Debian6 Squeeze

2011-06-14 Thread Jimmy Wu
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 21:54, Md. Rafiqur Rahman wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm very much new on Linux specially on Debian Linux. I know that icewaesel > build upon firefox but i don't like it to use. I want to use mozilla firefox > on debian6 Squeeze. Do you know how to install it. I've allready dow

Re: How can I install mozilla firefox opn Debian6 Squeeze

2011-06-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:54:39 +0600, Md. Rafiqur Rahman wrote: > I'm very much new on Linux specially on Debian Linux. I know that > icewaesel build upon firefox but i don't like it to use. I want to use > mozilla firefox on debian6 Squeeze. For any specific reason? :-? > Do you know how to inst

How can I install mozilla firefox opn Debian6 Squeeze

2011-06-14 Thread Md. Rafiqur Rahman
Dear all, I'm very much new on Linux specially on Debian Linux. I know that icewaesel build upon firefox but i don't like it to use. I want to use mozilla firefox on debian6 Squeeze. Do you know how to install it. I've allready download mozilla firefox and untar it. there is a script firefox on th

Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:23:16 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 13:28 +, Camaleón wrote: >> > - Inexperienced people get 'mysterious' xruns using jackd. >> >> I don't undertsand this. Can you expand this a bit for neophytes? :-) > > If you install jackd and try to make music

Desktop performance problem

2011-06-14 Thread Aniruddha
I've noticed that my Debian testing desktop slows downs significantly when copying (and unpacking) large files. Sound stutters and iceweasel (and other programs) freeze regularly. This makes working on my desktop impossible when copying or unpacking large files, This happened on all my Debian deskt

Re: How to get Bell Canada 3G USB network up?

2011-06-14 Thread Christian Jaeger
2011/6/14 Wayne Topa : > I am not in an 3G area (that is what an ATT tech says) but I do get 3G > connections 'sometimes' but mostly connect at ~20kbs.  Nor good but > better then the 2kbs phone line performance here in the boondocks. In case you're not using one already, it sounds like you could

Re: Is there any valid reason to add an idiotic script to /etc/init.d by an default Debian install that only cause a PITA?

2011-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 13:28 +, Camaleón wrote: > > - Inexperienced people get 'mysterious' xruns using jackd. > > I don't undertsand this. Can you expand this a bit for neophytes? :-) If you install jackd and try to make music without a real-time capable kernel or with CPU ferquency scaling

Re: pure-ftpd replies "421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection"

2011-06-14 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi > I've installed pure-ftpd on a Debian 5.0.7 box using the standard config. > When I try to connect from another machine on the same subnet, or even > from the localhost, I get the message: > > Connected to 10.1.2.3. > [...and then, a few seconds later,] > 421 Service not available, remote serv

Re: [Ask] My screen suddenly got froze

2011-06-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:46:27 -0400, Morning Star wrote: > I have a problem about my cpu. After 15 minutes or more using debian > squeeze in KDE display manager, my screen suddenly got froze. I can't > move my mouse's cursor and can't type anything on my keyboard. caps lock > and num lock lamp wasn

pure-ftpd replies "421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection"

2011-06-14 Thread Leonardo
Dear all, I've installed pure-ftpd on a Debian 5.0.7 box using the standard config. When I try to connect from another machine on the same subnet, or even from the localhost, I get the message: Connected to 10.1.2.3. [...and then, a few seconds later,] 421 Service not available, remote server has

Re: ATI driver

2011-06-14 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Haha, you almost got it. The short version: apt-get -t unstable source fglrx-driver But you need the deb-src line in your sources.list. See my previous message. Also please forget about dch for now, we need to do something else first. My mistake! W

Re: [SOLUTION?] Re: No input devices in wheezy

2011-06-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 11:10 +0100, AG wrote: > On 12/06/11 19:34, AG wrote: > > My keyboard works fine at the GRUB screen, enabling me to select the > > kernel to boot. However, at gdm3 (and kdm as well now as the > > default), neither mouse nor keyboard works. > > > > Doing a hard reboot, I can

[Ask] My screen suddenly got froze

2011-06-14 Thread Morning Star
Hi guys, I have a problem about my cpu. After 15 minutes or more using debian squeeze in KDE display manager, my screen suddenly got froze. I can't move my mouse's cursor and can't type anything on my keyboard. caps lock and num lock lamp wasn't responding. I had to reset my PC, then selecting the

Re: How to get Bell Canada 3G USB network up?

2011-06-14 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/13/2011 11:58 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 14/06/11 06:16, Wayne Topa wrote: >> On 06/13/2011 11:23 AM, Wayne Topa wrote: >>> On 06/13/2011 03:49 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 13/06/11 15:44, Christian Jaeger wrote: >> >> >>> >>> I am using a USB modem from AT&T which is supported by th

Re: psi instead of Skype

2011-06-14 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:52:37 +0100, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 15:24, Camaleón wrote: >> low land-line/mobile rates my SIP provider has > > How's the sound quality? With "standard" DSL (10 Mbps/1 Mbps) is very good (sometimes even better that when I use my cell phone). Wit

Re: psi instead of Skype [OT]

2011-06-14 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:28:52 +0100, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 04:34, Scott Ferguson > wrote: > > [...]and ISPs start rolling out VOIP products of their own. [...] > > Will ISPs start blocking VoIP ports? *evil grin* (...) Our ISP carrier (Telefonica) recently installed F

Re: Looking for newbie friendly Howto Debian 6 + spamassassin 3.3.1

2011-06-14 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:20:56 -0400, vr wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:08:06 + (UTC), Camaleón wrote: >> >> Good. Now you can follow with this: >> >> /usr/share/doc/amavisd-new/README.postfix.html >> >> > Had found that and been reading. > Looks to be similar saying master.cf changes need to

Re: ATI driver

2011-06-14 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/14/2011 01:25 PM, lina wrote: > # ls fglrx-driver_11-4 > fglrx-driver_11-4-2.debian.tar.gz fglrx-driver_11-4.orig.tar.bz2 > fglrx-driver_11-4-2.dsc > > and then? You should have (if you ran apt-get source) or must create - by extracting the .t

Re: How to get Bell Canada 3G USB network up?

2011-06-14 Thread Brian
On Tue 14 Jun 2011 at 12:24:13 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > Oh - I was hoping you knew the proprietary AT commands used by this > particular modem. Sorry, I don't. But I thought the standard ones I gave might have helped. > Treat the following with caution as I can't verify this:- > I "believe

Re: Proper Use of adduser.conf

2011-06-14 Thread Peter Wiersig
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:29:26 -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > Peter Wiersig writes: > > What result is printed on "getent passwd testuser"? > > # getent passwd testuser > testuser:x:28000:28000:a b c,,,:/srv/backups/testuser:/bin/bash looking ok. > > what's the result of "ls -ld ~testuser /sr

Re: psi instead of Skype [OT]

2011-06-14 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 04:34, Scott Ferguson wrote: [...]and ISPs start rolling out VOIP products of their own. [...] Will ISPs start blocking VoIP ports? *evil grin* > with the telcos. I heard of one that is basically a wireless PSTN > equivalent - no line rental, a landline number, data rate

Re: broadcom [WOOT]

2011-06-14 Thread Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]
LMAO. This thread is made of win. On 14 Jun 2011 04:22, "Scott Ferguson" wrote: > > On 14/06/11 04:45, OT] wrote: > > Lisi schreef: > >> On Saturday 11 June 2011 19:20:42 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >>> Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 12/06/11 00:27, Chris Brennan wrote: > > * steef [2011-06-11