Re: Dvorak Keyboards.

2012-01-09 Thread Rickard
Hi Weaver, If you are curious about keyboard layouts then you might really enjoy Dvorak. I have used Dvorak for about 8 years. It takes a while to get rolling, but it has definitely been worth it. I feel like typing is a much smoother activity now, and touch typing is easier. When I started out,

Re: interfaces file failes to set gateway

2012-01-09 Thread Bob Proulx
David Liontooth wrote: > This is my /etc/network/interfaces: > > # The primary network interface > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.0.26 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > network 192.168.0.0 > broadcast 192.168.0.255 > gateway 192.168.0.178 Firs

Re: Iceweasel really slow

2012-01-09 Thread g b
On 30/12/11 18:55, Alan Chandler wrote: > On 28/12/11 10:36, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 28/12/11 19:48, Alan Chandler wrote: >>> I am finding that Iceweasel seems to be really slow [...] short version: it's firebug. long: same here. extremely slow and cpu intensive on drawing, and then just extr

interfaces file failes to set gateway

2012-01-09 Thread David Liontooth
I've run into an odd problem: on two of my squeeze servers, the /etc/network/interfaces file fails to set the default gateway on boot. I can add the gateway manually by issuing "route add default gw 192.168.0.178 eth0" -- it works fine. This is my /etc/network/interfaces: # The primary net

Re: sasl authentication failed

2012-01-09 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 05:51:13PM -0500, Tony Baldwin wrote: > Hi, > > I followed directions here: > http://library.linode.com/email/postfix/dovecot-mysql-debian-6-squeeze#sph_configure-saslauthd-to-use-mysql > to set up postfix/dovecot to mail from my linode running squeeze. > > I can now, eith

Re: kbd raw mode in terminal emulator

2012-01-09 Thread Maroš Žilka
On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 11:01 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 10/01/12 10:36, Maroš Žilka wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > I am making little game with ncurses and I need to now when is some key > > pressed or released ( of course this must be non-blocking ) so I think > > the only way to do this is se

Re: Xfce steals keyboard shortcuts?

2012-01-09 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 01/09/2012 06:34 PM, Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 07:56:55AM -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: >> On 01/08/2012 07:54 PM, Freeman wrote: >>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 04:13:37PM -0800, evenso wrote: On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 10:01:09PM +0400, Roman Khomasuridze wrote: > Sorry, forg

Re: kbd raw mode in terminal emulator

2012-01-09 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 10/01/12 10:36, Maroš Žilka wrote: > Hi list, > > I am making little game with ncurses and I need to now when is some key > pressed or released ( of course this must be non-blocking ) so I think > the only way to do this is set the keyboard to raw mode, this work nice > in virtual console but i

Re: webcamera not working

2012-01-09 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 10/01/12 04:22, Andreas Berglund wrote: > Hi! > I have a logitech c910, kernel 3.0.11 and debian version 6.0.3. The > camera doesn't seem to work with uvcvideo driver, I get "v4l2: ioctl > streamon failed: No space left on device" no matter what program I use. > I've tried switching the camera

Re: rootdelay=9 kernal option - why?

2012-01-09 Thread Pascal Hambourg
francis picabia a écrit : > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Pascal Hambourg > wrote: > > I'm sure I didn't learn of the solution initially through the debian > release notes. You wrote that you generally print out the release notes prior to upgrade. I supposed that you read them too. > Older

Re: Vodafone Mobile Internet modem

2012-01-09 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 10/01/12 03:52, Panayiotis wrote: > On Δευ, 2012-01-09 at 22:03 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > You've gone to a lot of trouble for me, I am very grateful. I did not > explain my situation well, I have internet at home, I use the 3G modem > when I am outside, at various locations (usually c

kbd raw mode in terminal emulator

2012-01-09 Thread Maroš Žilka
Hi list, I am making little game with ncurses and I need to now when is some key pressed or released ( of course this must be non-blocking ) so I think the only way to do this is set the keyboard to raw mode, this work nice in virtual console but i can not switch mode in Gnome terminal (or any ter

Re: Xfce steals keyboard shortcuts?

2012-01-09 Thread Freeman
On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 07:56:55AM -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: > On 01/08/2012 07:54 PM, Freeman wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 04:13:37PM -0800, evenso wrote: > >> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 10:01:09PM +0400, Roman Khomasuridze wrote: > >>> Sorry, forgot to mention that in previous post..see s

grub-pc mdadm root

2012-01-09 Thread Marc Auslander
Is it possible to boot a raid root file system. I'm having trouble finding up to date documentation. Some searchs talk about a separate /boot partition - I don't understand why that is needed or relevant. I'm assuming I'd make a mdadm v 1.2 raid 1 partition for root. Can someone either tell me

sasl authentication failed

2012-01-09 Thread Tony Baldwin
Hi, I followed directions here: http://library.linode.com/email/postfix/dovecot-mysql-debian-6-squeeze#sph_configure-saslauthd-to-use-mysql to set up postfix/dovecot to mail from my linode running squeeze. I can now, either on that server or from home, collect mail from my domain with mutt, but w

Re: Network not working on Shuttle XS35GTV2

2012-01-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 09 ian 12, 16:07:38, Ramon Hofer wrote: > > I can skip the network setup of netinst. But I can't skip the part when I > have to choose a Debian mirror? It should be possible. Worst case the "Back" button should get you to a menu where you can just choose the next step ;) > After the in

Re: rootdelay=9 kernal option - why?

2012-01-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 09 ian 12, 15:17:11, francis picabia wrote: > > My hardware is staying the same. It is the adoption of a newer kernel > that is breaking things. Release notes do not prevent problems > like this but offer a band-aid. Again, the release notes description > of the symptoms and solution is

[SOLVED] Re: Setting Postfix + Courier + Cyrus: cannot find user dir on authentication

2012-01-09 Thread Sergi Pons Freixes
Ok, I finally found what was wrong. On authmysqlrc, MYSQL_MAILDIR_FIELD must be the full path to the maildir, not the relative path according to MYSQL_HOME_FIELD. So, instead of MYSQL_HOME_FIELD "/home/vmail" MYSQL_MAILDIR_FIELD mail It must be: MYSQL_HOME_FIELD "/home/vmail" MYSQL_MAILDIR_FIELD

Re(2): incrontab usage

2012-01-09 Thread peasthope
* From: Richard Hector * Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:42:28 +1300 > ... to catch new files, you'll need to monitor > the directory it will appear in. > > Unfortunately, my testing didn't get it working reliably either ... Now that it works, there is some documentation here. "http://car

Re(2): incrontab usage

2012-01-09 Thread peasthope
* From: Richard Hector * Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:42:28 +1300 > ... to catch new files, you'll need to monitor > the directory it will appear in. > > Unfortunately, my testing didn't get it working reliably either ... Now that it works, there is some documentation here. "http://car

Re: [OT] Ownership of words

2012-01-09 Thread Weaver
> On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:08:41 -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> I wake up every morning with only a limited allotment of energy for >> arguing. I find I must save this arguing energy for issues that are >> worth arguing about. This one didn't make the cut. > > But I paid for the full half-hour

Re: Dvorak Keyboards.

2012-01-09 Thread Weaver
> On 06 Jan 2012, Dan Serban wrote: >> On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 09:39:03 -0800 >> "Weaver" wrote: >> >> > Hello all. >> > I've been interested in this subject for some time, because of the >> greater >> > typing speed potential and lowr incidence of RSI and have even delayed >> > moving from two finger

Re: [OT] Ownership of words

2012-01-09 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:08:41 -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I wake up every morning with only a limited allotment of energy for > arguing. I find I must save this arguing energy for issues that are > worth arguing about. This one didn't make the cut. But I paid for the full half-hour. -- T

bug in fglrx driver

2012-01-09 Thread Sql Sql
I'm using Debian Squeeze (new to linux) with the ATI fglrx-driver installed along with pm-utils. Sometimes, when my computer comes back up from suspend mode, it just hangs at gdm login screen. When I kill the xsession (ctrl + alt + f1), it goes into console mode. After login to console mode and

Re: rootdelay=9 kernal option - why?

2012-01-09 Thread francis picabia
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Hello, > > Camaleón a écrit : >> >> I wonder how did you finally reached the conclusion for the "rootdelay", >> I wouldn't either have imagined so after finding any clue over Internet, >> forums and mailing lists... even after reading the R

Re: Lenny (Debian 5.0) approaching end of life

2012-01-09 Thread francis picabia
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:33:42 -0500, Tony Baldwin wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 04:36:49PM +0100, Camaleón wrote: > > (...) > >>> > Why can't you use squeeze? >>> > -- >>> > Sent from my Android phone with GMX Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >

Re: webcamera not working

2012-01-09 Thread hvw59601
Andreas Berglund wrote: Hi! I have a logitech c910, kernel 3.0.11 and debian version 6.0.3. The camera doesn't seem to work with uvcvideo driver, I get "v4l2: ioctl streamon failed: No space left on device" no matter what program I use. I've tried switching the camera to different usb ports t

Re: Dvorak Keyboards.

2012-01-09 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 06 Jan 2012, Dan Serban wrote: > On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 09:39:03 -0800 > "Weaver" wrote: > > > Hello all. > > I've been interested in this subject for some time, because of the greater > > typing speed potential and lowr incidence of RSI and have even delayed > > moving from two finger typing with

webcamera not working

2012-01-09 Thread Andreas Berglund
Hi! I have a logitech c910, kernel 3.0.11 and debian version 6.0.3. The camera doesn't seem to work with uvcvideo driver, I get "v4l2: ioctl streamon failed: No space left on device" no matter what program I use. I've tried switching the camera to different usb ports to get around the usb bus

Re: Vodafone Mobile Internet modem

2012-01-09 Thread Panayiotis
On Δευ, 2012-01-09 at 22:03 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > Which AT commands and what responses did you get? > And - are you sure you're not already locked to 3G? > If you are getting a green light - you won't get 3G. Might have to get a > decent signal first *if* the problem isn't elsewhere. > >

Re: which is the best way to find some files

2012-01-09 Thread Panayiotis
Haha, that should be "thanks Tony", I just started using Evolution and I am still confused. On Δευ, 2011-12-26 at 01:18 +0800, lina wrote: > On Monday 26,December,2011 01:13 AM, tony baldwin wrote: > >> - Original Message - > >> From: lina > >> Sent: 12/25/11 12:04 PM > >> To: debian-user@

Re: Network not working on Shuttle XS35GTV2

2012-01-09 Thread Ramon Hofer
Thanks alot for you answer Andrei! On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:07:28 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Du, 08 ian 12, 17:18:57, Ramon Hofer wrote: >> Hi all >> >> I used a Shuttle XS35GTV2 as XBMC frontend with OpenELEC. Since some >> time it lost its Network connection (I use ethernet not WLAN). I

Re: which is the best way to find some files

2012-01-09 Thread Panayiotis
On Δευ, 2011-12-26 at 01:18 +0800, lina wrote: > On Monday 26,December,2011 01:13 AM, tony baldwin wrote: > >> - Original Message - > >> From: lina > >> Sent: 12/25/11 12:04 PM > >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > >> Subject: which is the best way to find some files > >> > >> Hi, > >> >

Re: gmip failed to open

2012-01-09 Thread Panayiotis
Hey there, pretty. ;-) Do you also get a segfault? Take a look at this: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1746905.html Could you post the file that triggers the error? On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 9:16 AM, lina wrote: > One error message on the terminal is: > > $ gimp dm_1.xpm.eps > > (gim

Re: pure debian testing or a distro based on debian testing

2012-01-09 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 07:02:01PM +0530, Amrish Purohit wrote: > Hi all, > I am using debian stable as my primary OS. I want to involve in > debian and as a first step I would like to install debian testing. I > have tried to install debian testing with various snapshot of weekly > build,

Re: Inspiron N5510 Nvidia

2012-01-09 Thread Panayiotis
Great. Thank you!

Re: [SOLVED]dhclient renewal

2012-01-09 Thread hvw59601
hvw59601 wrote: hvw59601 wrote: hvw59601 wrote: Camaleón wrote: And there you see IMO where those renewals of 57 secs. come from: '[renewtime] = 60' Now I have to find a way to change that :-) But whenever I try to change that value of '60', I get: Error : Unable to configure LAN_pri

Bottom posting (was Re: Xfce steals keyboard shortcuts?)

2012-01-09 Thread Aaron Toponce
On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 04:54:51PM -0800, Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 04:13:37PM -0800, evenso wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 10:01:09PM +0400, Roman Khomasuridze wrote: (snip) > > (Starting the bottom post protocol used here.) (snip) Note, that you haven't properly bottom-post

Re: Inspiron N5510 Nvidia

2012-01-09 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/01/12 23:59, hvw59601 wrote: > Panayiotis wrote: >> My friend recently purchased a Dell Inspiron N5110 and installed Debian >> Squeeze on it. >> >> This laptop has an nVidia GT525 video card on it as well as integrated >> Intel adapter. Apparently nVidia has a technology called Optimus which

pure debian testing or a distro based on debian testing

2012-01-09 Thread Amrish Purohit
Hi all, I am using debian stable as my primary OS. I want to involve in debian and as a first step I would like to install debian testing. I have tried to install debian testing with various snapshot of weekly build, but my system get stuck when gui come up ,keyboard and mouse is not worki

Re: Inspiron N5510 Nvidia

2012-01-09 Thread hvw59601
Panayiotis wrote: My friend recently purchased a Dell Inspiron N5110 and installed Debian Squeeze on it. This laptop has an nVidia GT525 video card on it as well as integrated Intel adapter. Apparently nVidia has a technology called Optimus which switches between the two cards automatically to s

Re: Xfce steals keyboard shortcuts?

2012-01-09 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 01/08/2012 07:54 PM, Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 04:13:37PM -0800, evenso wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 10:01:09PM +0400, Roman Khomasuridze wrote: >>> Sorry, forgot to mention that in previous post..see settings -> window >>> manager -> keyboard. there are bunch of related sho

Re: Ufter upgrade Debian SID something wrong with sound - PulseAudio

2012-01-09 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/01/12 21:17, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Scott Ferguson writes: > >> On 09/01/12 20:27, Csanyi Pal wrote: >>> Scott Ferguson writes: >>> On 09/01/12 02:34, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Scott Ferguson writes: > >> On 08/01/12 22:27, Csanyi Pal wrote: >>> Scott Ferguson writes: >>>

Re: Vodafone Mobile Internet modem

2012-01-09 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/01/12 20:51, Panayiotis wrote: > On Δευ, 2012-01-09 at 10:52 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > What type of USB cable will I need? The same length as a piece of string. ;-p Depends on how far you have to reach - about a metre is handy for signal testing, depending on the weight of your

Re: how to get the date of the last upgrade?

2012-01-09 Thread Meike Stone
>> >> I tried this and it that seems that this file is not very reliable, or >> the  logrotate does delete all other. The system is from 2008 an the >> term.log shows me only two entires from 2011. > > Yup, that's for the "latest" update run. > > The remainder updates are archived under "/var/log/a

Re: Ufter upgrade Debian SID something wrong with sound - PulseAudio

2012-01-09 Thread Csanyi Pal
Scott Ferguson writes: > On 09/01/12 20:27, Csanyi Pal wrote: >> Scott Ferguson writes: >> >>> On 09/01/12 02:34, Csanyi Pal wrote: Scott Ferguson writes: > On 08/01/12 22:27, Csanyi Pal wrote: >> Scott Ferguson writes: >> >>> On 08/01/12 04:43, Csanyi Pal wrote: >>>

Re: casablanca

2012-01-09 Thread steef
Scott Ferguson schreef: On 08/01/12 04:59, steef wrote: hi all! maybe this question does not belong on this maybe it does: however... as a long time debian user i give it a try in the hope a kind soul can be of some help a friend of mine is a birdwatcher and makes movies of woodpeckers with yo

Re: how to get the date of the last upgrade?

2012-01-09 Thread Meike Stone
>> On rpm systems, I can use rpm -qa --last. Is there any similar command >> on debian? > > You could go for > > % ls -rtl /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list Thanks, that solves my Problem .. Meike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: Ufter upgrade Debian SID something wrong with sound - PulseAudio

2012-01-09 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/01/12 20:27, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Scott Ferguson writes: > >> On 09/01/12 02:34, Csanyi Pal wrote: >>> Scott Ferguson writes: >>> On 08/01/12 22:27, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Scott Ferguson writes: > >> On 08/01/12 04:43, Csanyi Pal wrote: >>> Scott Ferguson writes: >>>

Re: Vodafone Mobile Internet modem

2012-01-09 Thread Panayiotis
On Δευ, 2012-01-09 at 10:52 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > Nearly there :-) > You can spend money on a signal amplifier, and antenna, or a reflector - > or I can give you instruction on a 5 minute kludge that'll do the same > thing. What is the longest decent[*1] USB cable you have available to >

Re: Vodafone Mobile Internet modem

2012-01-09 Thread Panayiotis
I plan to, but I have to recompile it with some special patches and options, otherwise it won't work... Thanks. On Δευ, 2012-01-09 at 09:52 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Du, 08 ian 12, 11:15:35, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > > > > My kernel is 3.0.4-libre-lemote. The output of lsusb follows

Re: Ufter upgrade Debian SID something wrong with sound - PulseAudio

2012-01-09 Thread Csanyi Pal
Scott Ferguson writes: > On 09/01/12 02:34, Csanyi Pal wrote: >> Scott Ferguson writes: >> >>> On 08/01/12 22:27, Csanyi Pal wrote: Scott Ferguson writes: > On 08/01/12 04:43, Csanyi Pal wrote: >> Scott Ferguson writes: >> >>> On 07/01/12 07:28, Csanyi Pal wrote: >>>

Re: Setting Postfix + Courier + Cyrus: cannot find user dir on authentication

2012-01-09 Thread Sergi Pons Freixes
2012/1/6 Camaleón : > > Sergi... as I see, "/Maildir" is a folder, it has to exist in your path > or you have to configure Courier to look into another different place, > which is not the case :-) > > I can be wrong because I have not used Courier before, but this can be > easily tried, just create

Re: help with LUKS header backup

2012-01-09 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
09/01/2012 05:03, yudi v wrote: I am trying to back up the LUKS header and LUKS FAQ recommend using the cryptsetup luksHeaderBackup command. [cut] I only have one partition that uses LUKS, sda4. It's a GPT disk and the partitions are as follows sda1 = ESP sda2 = EF02 sda3 = /boot sda4 = luks

Re: Network not working on Shuttle XS35GTV2

2012-01-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 08 ian 12, 17:18:57, Ramon Hofer wrote: > Hi all > > I used a Shuttle XS35GTV2 as XBMC frontend with OpenELEC. Since some time > it lost its Network connection (I use ethernet not WLAN). I have no clue > why this happend. I suggest it was due to the OpenELEC update 1.02. ... > Can you he