Harry Putnam wrote:
> Bob Proulx writes:
> >> None the less, whiptail is still here hogging away at 75-80 percent
> >> cpu.
> >>
> >> When `aptitude remove' leaves the nasty bugger behind what is the
> >> procedure to finally be clear rid of it?
> >
> > # pkill whiptail
>
> Well, yes. I know ho
Bob Proulx writes:
>> None the less, whiptail is still here hogging away at 75-80 percent
>> cpu.
>>
>> When `aptitude remove' leaves the nasty bugger behind what is the
>> procedure to finally be clear rid of it?
>
> # apt-get install procps
>
> # pkill whiptail
>
> Or use 'killall' if you
Harry Putnam wrote:
> I notice whiptail hogging cpu and decided to get rid of it and return
> to the package it is replacing `dialog'.
If whiptail (or dialog) is hogging cpu then it is probably off in the
weeds and should be killed. It is simply a small interactive dialog
for scripts and is used
is there any wiki or list of laptops that are supported by debian 6?
i saw that many laptops are having highly proprietary drivers even for the
nic.
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bit extreme some how.
But anyway I don't need it.
aptitude remove pulseaudio
Offers what appear to be pretty ridiculous sol
Running Wheezy and kde plasma desktop
I notice whiptail hogging cpu and decided to get rid of it and return
to the package it is replacing `dialog'.
aptitude remove whiptail... offers a few decisions, and I made the ones
that replace whiptail with dialog.
None the less, whiptail is still here ho
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 05:53:07PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Tony Baldwin wrote:
> > Why don't you just right click in thunar and choose "Open Terminal
> > Here", and then execute the script in the terminal?
> > Don't right click the script/file itself, but just inside the file
> > manager empty s
On 27/01/12 04:18, Richard wrote:
> Hi Apologies for this size of this posting.
>
> I'm trying to get vmplayer installed, its failing to build just one of it
> modules, vmnet
> any ideas where to look ?
>
> 2012-01-26T16:52:42.943Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set
> for ker
On 27/01/12 03:19, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> On 25/01/12 06:21, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>> I downloaded a 770MB file titled
>>> debian-live-6.0.3-i386-lxde-desktop.iso . Burned a DVD.Got some
>>> surprises :<
>>>
>>> [SNIP]
>>
>>> there is no app for
>>> configuring a poss
On 27/01/12 09:33, Lisi wrote:
> On Thursday 26 January 2012 22:03:01 Tom H wrote:
>> To Lisi: I don't really see the advantage of Knoppix of the Live CDs
>> of Debian/Fedora/Ubuntu in any of the four DE flavors. It's just a
>> question of habit and preference.
>
> Yes, I like it better. In the p
On 27 January 2012 09:25, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Right-click, Open With, Open With Other Application..., select Use a
> custom command:, then use (generically) "x-terminal-emulator -e", then
> Open. That works. (I say generically because x-terminal-emulator
> will point to whatever is installed and
Tony Baldwin wrote:
> Why don't you just right click in thunar and choose "Open Terminal
> Here", and then execute the script in the terminal?
> Don't right click the script/file itself, but just inside the file
> manager empty space in that directory.
> Then when your terminal is open, just do
> .
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 08:46:00AM +1000, Ashton Fagg wrote:
> On 27 January 2012 07:05, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > In XFCE's Thunar file browser you can right click on a script and
> > execute it. Fine. Is there a way to run the script in a terminal
> > from the file browser?
> >
> > Of course there
Ashton Fagg wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > In XFCE's Thunar file browser you can right click on a script and
> > execute it. Fine. Is there a way to run the script in a terminal
> > from the file browser?
>
> I'd be interested to know this also.
With some help (Thanks Greg!) I have something th
On 27 January 2012 07:05, Bob Proulx wrote:
> In XFCE's Thunar file browser you can right click on a script and
> execute it. Fine. Is there a way to run the script in a terminal
> from the file browser?
>
> Of course there is always Alt-F2, Select run in terminal, Run, but
> that isn't associat
On Thursday 26 January 2012 22:03:01 Tom H wrote:
> To Lisi: I don't really see the advantage of Knoppix of the Live CDs
> of Debian/Fedora/Ubuntu in any of the four DE flavors. It's just a
> question of habit and preference.
Yes, I like it better. In the past it was generally accepted as the bes
> You could check whether grub's OK via bootinfoscript (although the
> only real test'll be a reboot...).
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/
>
thanks for the script - will check it out
>
>>> My parted -l is:
>>>
>>> Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
>>> Number Start End Size Type
>>
>> My configuration is as such:
>> /dev/md0 = /dev/sdc1 and /dev/sdd1
>> /dev/md1 = /dev/sda1 and /dev/sb1
>>
>> My swap partitions are not part of the array or mirror at all -
>> they are just regular partitions - they are:
>> /dev/sdc2 and /dev/sdd2.
>
> Any particular reason do do that ?
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Lisi wrote:
> On Thursday 26 January 2012 16:19:06 Richard Owlett wrote:
>> Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> > On 25/01/12 06:21, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> >> I downloaded a 770MB file titled
>> >> debian-live-6.0.3-i386-lxde-desktop.iso . Burned a DVD.Got some
>> >> su
Rob Owens wrote:
> Hardware-wise, everything is gigabit except for the 100Mb NIC in the
> desktop machine.
Ah, ok. I wasn't sure if you /really/ meant that.
Cheers,
Chris
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On Jo, 26 ian 12, 19:35:46, Stayvoid wrote:
> I knew about it. But I need more information.
You could start by saying what specific points you are missing from it.
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On Jo, 26 ian 12, 10:19:06, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
> But that's not relevant. I am not ready to commit to installing yet.
> I wish to verify that in can operate with my hardware. Specifically
> connect to internet via my USB Analog Modem (it's *NOT* a winmodem
> ;)
> You later define a live CD a
An idea:
Can you see if this command returns any PIDs?
$ fuser -m a.log
On 01/21/2012 05:12 PM, lina wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:36:30 +0800, lina wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Camaleón wrote:
>>
Can you please tel
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:19:06 -0600, Richard wrote in message
<4f217cfa.1050...@pcnetinc.com>:
> Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > On 25/01/12 06:21, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >> I downloaded a 770MB file titled
> >> debian-live-6.0.3-i386-lxde-desktop.iso . Burned a DVD.Got some
> >> surprises :<
> >>
In XFCE's Thunar file browser you can right click on a script and
execute it. Fine. Is there a way to run the script in a terminal
from the file browser?
Of course there is always Alt-F2, Select run in terminal, Run, but
that isn't associated with that particular file and so the user needs
to ty
> Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> On 25/01/12 06:21, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>> I downloaded a 770MB file titled
>>> debian-live-6.0.3-i386-lxde-desktop.iso . Burned a DVD. Got some
>>> surprises :<
>>>
>>> [SNIP]
>>
>>> there is no app for
>>> configuring a possible connection to the internet
On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 14:42 +0100, maderios wrote:
> On 01/25/2012 09:21 PM, Syed Hasan Atizaz wrote:
> > I am able to compile the kernel for i386, however no initial ram disk
> > image is created, i did with the help of mkinitramfs though it was
> > empty, still unable to boot.
> You need both ma
On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 09:55 +, Jon Dowland wrote:
> On 26/01/12 09:38, Lisi wrote:
> > What, in this context, does pae mean?
>
> pae means "physical address extensions", was otherwise known as "bigmem"
> in Debian packaging until recently. It's necessary to
> see/use ≥ 4G of RAM on a 32bit ke
On Thursday 26 January 2012 16:19:06 Richard Owlett wrote:
> Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > On 25/01/12 06:21, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >> I downloaded a 770MB file titled
> >> debian-live-6.0.3-i386-lxde-desktop.iso . Burned a DVD.Got some
> >> surprises :<
> >>
> >> [SNIP]
> >>
> >> there is no app
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 11:04:15PM +, Chris Davies wrote:
> Rob Owens wrote:
> > I've got an onboard NIC, supposedly 100Mb.
> > [...]
> > I've got gigabit networking between the two computers
>
> So do you have 1Gb or 100Mb connectivity?
Hardware-wise, everything is gigabit except for the 10
Hi Apologies for this size of this posting.
I'm trying to get vmplayer installed, its failing to build just one of it
modules, vmnet
any ideas where to look ?
2012-01-26T16:52:42.943Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set
for kernel 3.2.0-1-amd64.
2012-01-26T16:52:42.943Z| vthre
I knew about it. But I need more information.
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Umarzuki Mochlis wrote:
> Yes. A so-called "live CD", or more precisely, a "live system", is a
> complete system prepared for a CD, DVD, USB key or other medium.
> _*You*_ do not need to install anything on the hard drive. Instead
> you boot from the CD or other medium and _*
On 26/01/12 16:12, Stayvoid wrote:
Hello there!
I'm going to run my own server (website + MTA).
Here is the chosen solution:
https://www.gandi.net/hosting/vps/dedicated (Debian 6 64 bits without
Gandi AI).
Is it OK?
This is my first attempt to administer a server and I want to be as
secure as p
Scott Ferguson wrote:
On 25/01/12 06:21, Richard Owlett wrote:
I downloaded a 770MB file titled
debian-live-6.0.3-i386-lxde-desktop.iso . Burned a DVD.Got some
surprises :<
[SNIP]
there is no app for
configuring a possible connection to the internet.
Launcher: In addition to text and G
Hello there!
I'm going to run my own server (website + MTA).
Here is the chosen solution:
https://www.gandi.net/hosting/vps/dedicated (Debian 6 64 bits without
Gandi AI).
Is it OK?
This is my first attempt to administer a server and I want to be as
secure as possible.
Could you give any advice on
Am 24.01.2012 15:56, schrieb Richard:
> Hi
>
> Out of the blue, when I try to login to the shell I get after a few second
> that dreaded something has
> gone wrong message and to logout.
> Is Gnome3 similar in behaviour to Gnome2 that removing the .gnome files will
> cause them to be recreated
>
On 01/25/2012 09:21 PM, Syed Hasan Atizaz wrote:
I am able to compile the kernel for i386, however no initial ram disk
image is created, i did with the help of mkinitramfs though it was
empty, still unable to boot.
You need both make-kpkg and initramfs-tools
Then:
make-kpkg kernel_image --initr
On Thursday 26 January 2012 09:55:02 Jon Dowland wrote:
> On 26/01/12 09:38, Lisi wrote:
> > What, in this context, does pae mean?
>
> pae means "physical address extensions", was otherwise known as "bigmem"
> in Debian packaging until recently. It's necessary to
> see/use ≥ 4G of RAM on a 32bit ke
On Jo, 26 ian 12, 11:04:07, Richard wrote:
> Hi
>
> What is the latest kernel release in unstable ?
> I'm seeing 3.1.0.1, yet there are mentions of 3.2 in earlier postings.
$ apt-cache policy linux-image-3.2.0-1-amd64
linux-image-3.2.0-1-amd64:
Installed: 3.2.1-2
Candidate: 3.2.1-2
Version
* Richard [120126 11:04 +]:
> Hi
>
> What is the latest kernel release in unstable ?
> I'm seeing 3.1.0.1, yet there are mentions of 3.2 in earlier postings.
$ apt-cache search linux-image
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On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 6:04 AM, Richard wrote:
>
> What is the latest kernel release in unstable ?
> I'm seeing 3.1.0.1, yet there are mentions of 3.2 in earlier postings.
3.2's still in unstable. Just run:
# aptitude update
...
#
# aptitude search linux-image -F '%p %t %v %V'
linux-image
Hi
What is the latest kernel release in unstable ?
I'm seeing 3.1.0.1, yet there are mentions of 3.2 in earlier postings.
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On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:59:58 +0100, Csanyi wrote in message
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> Arnt Karlsen writes:
>
> > On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:32:58 +0100, Csanyi wrote in message
> > <87ipk8n9np.fsf@debian-asztal.excito>:
> >
> >> Arnt Karlsen writes:
> >>
> >> > On Wed, 18 Jan 2012
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:58:04 + (UTC)
Simon Pepping wrote:
> Jon Dowland debian.org> writes:
>
> >
> > On 24/01/12 14:56, Richard wrote:
> > > Out of the blue, when I try to login to the shell I get after a few second
> that dreaded something has
> > > gone wrong message and to logout.
> >
> Hi all
>
>
> I've recently installed usbmount on Squeeze in order to mount a usb
> floppy disk drive to read old floppies. However, usbmount has now
> taken over everytime I mount something using usb and only allows me -
> as user - to copy from the usb device, not write to it or delete it,
> a
Jon Dowland debian.org> writes:
>
> On 24/01/12 14:56, Richard wrote:
> > Out of the blue, when I try to login to the shell I get after a few second
that dreaded something has
> > gone wrong message and to logout.
> > Is Gnome3 similar in behaviour to Gnome2 that removing the .gnome files will
c
On 26/01/12 09:38, Lisi wrote:
What, in this context, does pae mean?
pae means "physical address extensions", was otherwise known as "bigmem"
in Debian packaging until recently. It's necessary to
see/use ≥ 4G of RAM on a 32bit kernel.
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On 25/01/12 23:38, Stephen Powell wrote:
Did you use the --initrd option when you invoked make-kpkg?
I thought make-kpkg was deprecated years ago?
Last time I built a kernel I did via a git clone from the linux git
repository. When I installed it, some magic somewhere automatically
ran mkin
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 04:34, Chris Davies wrote:
> Rob Owens wrote:
> > I've got an onboard NIC, supposedly 100Mb.
> > [...]
> > I've got gigabit networking between the two computers
>
> So do you have 1Gb or 100Mb connectivity?
> CHris
>
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On Wednesday 25 January 2012 15:22:30 kei...@strucktower.com wrote:
> The best tutorial I have found describing the Debian way to compile the
> kernel is Steve Powell's pae:
Just clicked. It is a typo for page. Doh! :-( Considering how many typos I
make, you'd think that I ought to be able to
On Wednesday 25 January 2012 15:22:30 kei...@strucktower.com wrote:
> The best tutorial I have found describing the Debian way to compile the
> kernel is Steve Powell's pae:
What, in this context, does pae mean?
Lisi
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Hi all
I've recently installed usbmount on Squeeze in order to mount a usb
floppy disk drive to read old floppies. However, usbmount has now taken
over everytime I mount something using usb and only allows me - as user
- to copy from the usb device, not write to it or delete it, and has to
b
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 1:47 AM, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2012-01-25 23:51 +0100, Tom H wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Sven Joachim wrote:
>>>
>>> The metapackage has not yet migrated, it seems. But 3.1 really is not
>>> supported anymore, neither by Debian nor by upstream.
>>
>> Th
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