Re: How to design a centralized cross-platform BACKUP solution ?

2012-02-13 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 2/14/2012 1:00 AM, J. Bakshi wrote: > Hello list, > > I like to implement a debian server with plenty of HDD space to work as a > centralized net backup > server. The idea is both Linux and windows users can keep their backup at > this server ( may be just folders; > or a complete partition o

Could not perform immediate configuration on 'libc6'. Please see man 5 apt.conf under APT::Immediate-Configure for details. (2)

2012-02-13 Thread Harshad Joshi
i have installed debian 6 on a dell vostro 1550. while updating software through synaptic or apt-get, i get this error Could not perform immediate configuration on 'libc6'. Please see man 5 apt.conf under APT::Immediate-Configure for details. (2) i am using amd 64 kernel. details of uname -a a

How to design a centralized cross-platform BACKUP solution ?

2012-02-13 Thread J. Bakshi
Hello list, I like to implement a debian server with plenty of HDD space to work as a centralized net backup server. The idea is both Linux and windows users can keep their backup at this server ( may be just folders; or a complete partition or two); can browse their backups through web interfa

Re: Amaya

2012-02-13 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 14/02/12 15:24, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > Dear List - > > How do I install Amaya in Debian. > > Thanks. > > Ethan > > > # apt-get install amaya Or synaptic, or aptitude, or whatever floats your boat. NOTE: amaya is *very* intolerant of invalid code (strict xhtml only). Like aptana, it's

Re: Running 2 ssh instances

2012-02-13 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20120213_200321, Rob Owens wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:26:54AM +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote: > > Hello Sylvain, > > > > Sylvain wrote: > > >Right now I'm a bit confused by the way chroot seems to work with users. > > >I'd be grateful if someone had an idea on how to do have an ssh inst

backtrack iso booting from grub2

2012-02-13 Thread J. Bakshi
Dear list, I have live usb system where I already have debian, puppy, ubuntu etc. I like to boot backtrack iso from this usb drive. Here is the entry for BT5 I have added at grub.cfg ``` menuentry "BT-5" { loopback loop /BT5-KDE-64.iso linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz BOOT=

Amaya

2012-02-13 Thread Ethan Rosenberg
Dear List - How do I install Amaya in Debian. Thanks. Ethan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/0lzd0042l88pn...@mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net

Re: How best to replace NetworkManager with wicd?

2012-02-13 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: > On 02/13/2012 03:06 PM, Tom H wrote: >> >> From http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/SystemSettings >> >> >> The ifupdown plugin also uses the >> /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf file (0.7 and 0.8.0) or >> NetworkManager.conf (0.8.1

Re: Stupid shell question

2012-02-13 Thread Joel Roth
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 09:50:08AM +, Chris Davies wrote: > Joel Roth wrote: > > ./project1/bak/a.yml > > ./project1/bak/b.yml > > ./project2/bak/c.yml > > ./project2/bak/d.yml > > > I want to move the *.yml files into the corresponding parent directory. > > rename 's!(.*/)([^/]*)$!$1../$2!'

Re: Question about ssh passwords and backup software

2012-02-13 Thread Karl Vogel
>> Alex Mestiashvili wrote: A> I would simply use a passwordless ssh-key with a wrapper on the remote A> side which allows to run only the backup command . >> On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:51:26 +, >> Chris Davies said: C> I'd agree with this, but use passwordless public/private keys with a C> r

Suggestions regarding a PCI-X card.

2012-02-13 Thread Dan Serban
Hello all, I have recently upgraded my Tyan S2885 motherboard and repurposed it to become a file server. In doing so, I picked up a Supermicro SAT2-MV8 which is based on a Marvell chipset. So far everything comes up good, an am planning on 16 hard drives total, the first 4 that I've hooked up fo

Re: Running 2 ssh instances

2012-02-13 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:26:54AM +0100, Claudius Hubig wrote: > Hello Sylvain, > > Sylvain wrote: > >Right now I'm a bit confused by the way chroot seems to work with users. > >I'd be grateful if someone had an idea on how to do have an ssh instance > >running on a specific port and allowing

Re: Aptana and Iceweasel [OT]

2012-02-13 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 13/02/12 15:12, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > At 02:30 PM 2/12/2012, Camale�n wrote: >> On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:54:12 -0500, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: >> > > I cannot get it to work in Linux. > The code you posted in your original post *will* render on any platform. GNU/Linux included. It had errors

Re: How best to replace NetworkManager with wicd?

2012-02-13 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/13/2012 03:06 PM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 02/13/2012 12:20 PM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Wayne Topawrote: On 02/13/2012 09:

Re: Running 2 ssh instances

2012-02-13 Thread Claudius Hubig
Hello Sylvain, Sylvain wrote: >Right now I'm a bit confused by the way chroot seems to work with users. >I'd be grateful if someone had an idea on how to do have an ssh instance >running on a specific port and allowing only certain users. Check $(man sshd_config) and the AllowUser option. You

Re: Installing debian, dual boot on 1 TB disk?

2012-02-13 Thread Gerald
On Monday, February 13, 2012 08:27:10 PM you wrote: > Hi Gerald, > that's fine, hope it works. May I ask what are you downloading; is it a MS > tool? This interests me, in order to have several possible solutions for > this kind of issue. Regards, > Andrew > > > Hi Andrew, > > I took the easy way

Re: free software mini pc

2012-02-13 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:47 PM, green wrote: > Christofer C. Bell wrote at 2012-02-13 15:33 -0600: >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:11 AM, green wrote: >> > >> > So they just try booting Ubuntu and if it works, then claim Linux support? >> >> Their testing methodology isn't outlined in the post her

Re: free software mini pc

2012-02-13 Thread green
Christofer C. Bell wrote at 2012-02-13 15:33 -0600: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:11 AM, green wrote: > > Bruce Ferrell wrote at 2012-02-12 18:56 -0600: > > > http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/fanless_systems > > > > Thanks for the link, they have some nice looking systems.  Unfortunately I > >

Running 2 ssh instances

2012-02-13 Thread Sylvain
Hello, I have a server with an ssh instance configured to run on port 22. I also configured iptables to have a port-knocking mechanism blocking connections on port 22. Now I'd like to run another (restricted) ssh instance for just 1 particular user, without this port-knocking stuff. I tried

ERROR: Domain error: `clpfd_expression' expected, found `_G679 xor _G680'

2012-02-13 Thread Ujjwal Guin
Hello, My name is Ujjwal Guin, a doctoral student of University of Connecticut. Currently, I am trying to run a prolog program and getting the following error. ERROR: Domain error: `clpfd_expression' expected, found `_G679 xor _G680' I am trying to solve a set of xor equations. Here is the code f

Re: free software mini pc

2012-02-13 Thread green
David Goodenough wrote at 2012-02-13 11:31 -0600: > On Monday 13 Feb 2012, green wrote: > > Is Tegra 3 supported by Linux? Are any of the Tegras supported by Linux? > > While I have found nothing definitive, everything I have found suggests > > not. > > If you look at the linux-arm mailing list, o

Re: "Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-13 Thread Claudius Hubig
Camaleón wrote: >Hello, > >Today I have run a dist-upgrade and tracker wanted to get installed. > >I didn't have it installed since I'm running wheezy. > >Why this hard dependency? Is tracker now a requirement for those who want >a full GNOME desktop? :-? > >P.S. "gnome" requires "gnome-documents

Re: Question about ssh passwords and backup software

2012-02-13 Thread Jochen Spieker
Paul E Condon: > > I have discovered an alternative to a passwordless private ssh key in > the Debian package repository. (Not a great feat for a normal Debian > user, but I am specially challenged.) The package in question is > 'sshpass'. It allows one to write a script that feeds a password to >

Re: Fwd: (resolved) esmtp-run delivers mail from shell, but not from nagios

2012-02-13 Thread Jesse Thompson
Alright, I found a solution myself as a suggestion at the end of the following page: http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins/Others/Check_Svn/details and that was to use the && concatenator instead of a semicolon. Since "export" command cannot fail under normal circumstances, the behavior de

"Gnome" package now requires installing "tracker"?

2012-02-13 Thread Camaleón
Hello, Today I have run a dist-upgrade and tracker wanted to get installed. I didn't have it installed since I'm running wheezy. Why this hard dependency? Is tracker now a requirement for those who want a full GNOME desktop? :-? P.S. "gnome" requires "gnome-documents" and "gnome-documents" req

Re: Networking Q concerning /etc/network/interfaces

2012-02-13 Thread Brian
On Mon 13 Feb 2012 at 19:40:53 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:19:17 +, Brian wrote: > > > On Mon 13 Feb 2012 at 16:13:24 +, Camaleón wrote: > > > >> I trust logs rather than perceptions. > > > > The thread has moved on: > > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/

Re: How best to replace NetworkManager with wicd?

2012-02-13 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Tom H wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: >>> On 02/13/2012 12:20 PM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Wayne Topa  wrote: > On 02/13/2012 09:18 AM, Tom H wrote: >>

Re: How best to replace NetworkManager with wicd?

2012-02-13 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: >> On 02/13/2012 12:20 PM, Tom H wrote: >>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Wayne Topa  wrote: On 02/13/2012 09:18 AM, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Chris Davies >  

Re: how are html pages printed?

2012-02-13 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:32:11 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20120213_191053, Camaleón wrote: >> El 2012-02-13 a las 11:46 -0600, Mark Copper escribió: (...) >> > It appears that the problem arises with pop-up windows. >> > javascript:openWindow, and UPS label windows are specific examples >> >

Re: How best to replace NetworkManager with wicd?

2012-02-13 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: > On 02/13/2012 12:20 PM, Tom H wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Wayne Topa  wrote: >>> On 02/13/2012 09:18 AM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Chris Davies  wrote: > > My understanding is that NM will no

Re: Networking Q concerning /etc/network/interfaces

2012-02-13 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:19:17 +, Brian wrote: > On Mon 13 Feb 2012 at 16:13:24 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> I trust logs rather than perceptions. > > The thread has moved on: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/02/msg00975.html > > We should do the same. I don't have additional sug

Re: Networking Q concerning /etc/network/interfaces

2012-02-13 Thread Brian
On Mon 13 Feb 2012 at 16:13:24 +, Camaleón wrote: > I trust logs rather than perceptions. The thread has moved on: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/02/msg00975.html We should do the same. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: how are html pages printed?

2012-02-13 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20120213_191053, Camaleón wrote: > El 2012-02-13 a las 11:46 -0600, Mark Copper escribió: > > (resending to the list) > > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Camaleón wrote: > > > On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:32:49 -0600, Mark Copper wrote: > > > > > >> I have a box where attempting to print an htm

Re: Question about ssh passwords and backup software

2012-02-13 Thread Chris Davies
Alex Mestiashvili wrote: > I would simply use a passwordless ssh-key with a wrapper on the remote > side which allows to run only the backup command . I'd agree with this, but use passwordless public/private keys with a restricted target command. See man sshd and the AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT s

Re: Aptana and Iceweasel

2012-02-13 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:54:52 -0500, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > At 11:35 AM 2/13/2012, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> > I cannot get it to work in Linux. >> >>It do work, in linux and whatever OS you can imagine (that's one of the >>beauties of HTML, it's OS-unaware). >> >>What makes you think it does no

Re: Aptana and Iceweasel

2012-02-13 Thread Ethan Rosenberg
At 11:35 AM 2/13/2012, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:12:52 -0500, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > At 02:30 PM 2/12/2012, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> > I made the changes that both of you suggested, and am being met by >> > failure. I know what is happening -- the style sheet is not being >> >

Re: How best to replace NetworkManager with wicd?

2012-02-13 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/13/2012 12:20 PM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 02/13/2012 09:18 AM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Chris Davies wrote: My understanding is that NM will not touch any interface that is defined in /etc/network/interfaces. So, theore

Re: how are html pages printed?

2012-02-13 Thread Camaleón
El 2012-02-13 a las 11:46 -0600, Mark Copper escribió: (resending to the list) > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Camaleón wrote: > > On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:32:49 -0600, Mark Copper wrote: > > > >> I have a box where attempting to print an html page containing an image > >> results in an error.

Re: free software mini pc

2012-02-13 Thread David Goodenough
On Monday 13 Feb 2012, green wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote at 2012-02-12 17:10 -0600: > > On Sb, 11 feb 12, 20:09:00, green wrote: > > > - Trim-Slice H (custom kernel) > > > > I was almost going to order one of those, but eventually gave up because > > "SATA is implemented with USB to SATA Genesys

Re: Question about ssh passwords and backup software

2012-02-13 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 02/13/2012 06:36 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: > I am researching ways of setting up an automatic backup of > my several local hosts (read computers in ancient UNIX parlance). > > My research has not been exhaustive, but it seems that the backup > packages that offer backup of one host by another hos

Question about ssh passwords and backup software

2012-02-13 Thread Paul E Condon
I am researching ways of setting up an automatic backup of my several local hosts (read computers in ancient UNIX parlance). My research has not been exhaustive, but it seems that the backup packages that offer backup of one host by another host all involve creating a special ssh password for the

Re: How best to replace NetworkManager with wicd?

2012-02-13 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Wayne Topa wrote: > On 02/13/2012 09:18 AM, Tom H wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Chris Davies >>  wrote: >>> >>> My understanding is that NM will not touch any interface that is defined >>> in /etc/network/interfaces. So, theoretically at least, if you

Re: Networking Q concerning /etc/network/interfaces

2012-02-13 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > > I decided to try a third way; reverse the device names on the host. > > However I'm not really sure how to do that so that it persists thru > updates. > > The way I did do it was to reverse the names in: > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-ne

Re: installation ppc mac

2012-02-13 Thread Hartwig Atrops
Hi. On Monday 13 February 2012 11:23:27 Bud Francis wrote: > Hi there debian folks, > > I got my hands on a power mac g4 with a 32 bit ppc processor.  After trying > to install many versions of Linux on it I have come to the conclusion that > it comes up fine in text mode but as soon as the xserve

Re: free software mini pc

2012-02-13 Thread green
Andrei Popescu wrote at 2012-02-12 17:10 -0600: > On Sb, 11 feb 12, 20:09:00, green wrote: > > - Trim-Slice H (custom kernel) > > I was almost going to order one of those, but eventually gave up because > "SATA is implemented with USB to SATA Genesys Logic GL830". I admit the > custom kernel was

Re: Netinstall cannot find wireless access points

2012-02-13 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:08:24 -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:53:19 -0500, Tom H wrote: >>> >>> There was the wpasupplicant-udeb bug that was closed mid-2011 and that >>> I posted earlier in the thread - and it must've been tracked b

Re: How best to replace NetworkManager with wicd?

2012-02-13 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/13/2012 09:18 AM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Chris Davies wrote: My understanding is that NM will not touch any interface that is defined in /etc/network/interfaces. So, theoretically at least, if you simply go ahead and declare the interfaces "it will all just work".

Re: Aptana and Iceweasel

2012-02-13 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:12:52 -0500, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > At 02:30 PM 2/12/2012, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> > I made the changes that both of you suggested, and am being met by >> > failure. I know what is happening -- the style sheet is not being >> > linked into the HTML code, but I cannot f

Re: how are html pages printed?

2012-02-13 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:32:49 -0600, Mark Copper wrote: > I have a box where attempting to print an html page containing an image > results in an error. (...) What kind of error, exactly? Printed output garbage, no image printed at all (blank data), on screen error...? Have you tried with diffe

Re: Networking Q concerning /etc/network/interfaces

2012-02-13 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:31:44 +, Brian wrote: > On Sun 12 Feb 2012 at 20:31:25 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:52:57 +, Brian wrote: >> >> > "the other ethernet port" is ambiguous but the second statement and >> > the ifconfig output make it clearer. >> >> Well, all th

Re: Networking Q concerning /etc/network/interfaces

2012-02-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Andrei Popescu writes: Harry wrote: >> The way I did do it was to reverse the names in: >> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules > ... >> Can any anyone tell me if that will survive an upgrade? Andrei responded: > Yes Harry wrote: >> Or can anyone tell me if there is a better or canonical w

Re: free software mini pc

2012-02-13 Thread green
Bruce Ferrell wrote at 2012-02-12 18:56 -0600: > http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/fanless_systems Thanks for the link, they have some nice looking systems. Unfortunately I was unable to find any mention of Linux kernel support status. > They have a FEW system they have marked as unusuitabl

Re: http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary ; was Re (3): Laptop with external display running X11.

2012-02-13 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:58:39 +0200, Andrei wrote in message <20120211175839.GM26251@think.nuvreauspam>: > On Sb, 11 feb 12, 16:20:09, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > > > There surely is a list of supported chipsets somewhere, but it > > > seems to me like this card is supported by > > > xserver-xorg

Re: How best to replace NetworkManager with wicd?

2012-02-13 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Chris Davies wrote: > > My understanding is that NM will not touch any interface that is defined > in /etc/network/interfaces. So, theoretically at least, if you simply > go ahead and declare the interfaces "it will all just work". Check "/etc/NetworkManager/Netwo

Re: display to remote machine

2012-02-13 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:04 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Du, 12 feb 12, 21:34:20, T o n g wrote: >> Hi, >> >> With the ssh/x-forwarding, I seems to have lost the ability to sent my >> local xdisplay to remote machine. How can I do it? >> >> Details: I'm sitting in front of machineA (my desktop)

Re: "hostname" question during Debian installation

2012-02-13 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Martin T wrote: > During Debian installation there is a question about "hostname" using > expert installation mode. In both modes but I don't think that "regular" mode asks you for a domain. > Am I correct, that "hostname" inserted during Debian installation i

Re: installation ppc mac

2012-02-13 Thread richard
On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:23:57 +0100 Helgi Örn Helgason wrote: > On 13 February 2012 11:23, Bud Francis wrote: > > > Hi there debian folks, > > > > I got my hands on a power mac g4 with a 32 bit ppc processor. After > > trying to install many versions of Linux on it I have come to the > > conclu

Re: Netinstall cannot find wireless access points

2012-02-13 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:53:19 -0500, Tom H wrote: >> >> There was the wpasupplicant-udeb bug that was closed mid-2011 and that I >> posted earlier in the thread - and it must've been tracked by >> debian-boot in some way. >> >> So from debian-boot'

Re: installation ppc mac

2012-02-13 Thread Helgi Örn Helgason
On 13 February 2012 11:23, Bud Francis wrote: > Hi there debian folks, > > I got my hands on a power mac g4 with a 32 bit ppc processor. After > trying to install many versions of Linux on it I have come to the > conclusion that it comes up fine in text mode but as soon as the xserver > starts i

Re: glxinfo seems to be lying to me

2012-02-13 Thread Claudius Hubig
"Michael P. Soulier" wrote: >On 12/02/12 Claudius Hubig said: > >> Could you try without these options? > >That fixed the issue. I got those options from the Debian Wiki, specifically >the Compiz page. I took the freedom to add a corresponding paragraph to the troubleshooting section of that pag

installation ppc mac

2012-02-13 Thread Bud Francis
Hi there debian folks, I got my hands on a power mac g4 with a 32 bit ppc processor.  After trying to install many versions of Linux on it I have come to the conclusion that it comes up fine in text mode but as soon as the xserver starts it messes up.  My machine has an ATI  Rage 128 in a pci s

Re: Installing debian, dual boot on 1 TB disk?

2012-02-13 Thread ACro
Quoting Andrei Popescu : > Just a side note: it's better if you use reply-to-list (if your > client > supports it). Receiving the same message two times has several > downsides > and is discouraged on Debian lists. Andrei, thanks :-) Sorry for these spam-like replies, I wasn't aware of that is

Re: Installing debian, dual boot on 1 TB disk?

2012-02-13 Thread ACro
Hi Gerald, that's fine, hope it works. May I ask what are you downloading; is it a MS tool? This interests me, in order to have several possible solutions for this kind of issue. Regards, Andrew > Hi Andrew, > I took the easy way out and phoned Microsoft. > Explained what I wanted to do and th

Re: Stupid shell question

2012-02-13 Thread Chris Davies
Joel Roth wrote: > ./project1/bak/a.yml > ./project1/bak/b.yml > ./project2/bak/c.yml > ./project2/bak/d.yml > I want to move the *.yml files into the corresponding parent directory. rename 's!(.*/)([^/]*)$!$1../$2!' project*/bak/*.yml ;-) Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ..

Re: How best to replace NetworkManager with wicd?

2012-02-13 Thread Chris Davies
kei...@strucktower.com wrote: > I'm a bit confused as to how to replace NetworkManager with wicd (using > both wired and wireless connections). My understanding is that NM will not touch any interface that is defined in /etc/network/interfaces. So, theoretically at least, if you simply go ahead an

Re: Stupid shell question

2012-02-13 Thread Joel Roth
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:12:14AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Du, 12 feb 12, 20:01:05, Joel Roth wrote: > > > > > > for dir in `find -maxdepth 1 -type d`; do chdir $dir/bak; mv *.yml > > > ../..; done > > > > Thanks, I got something like that to work. > > I would have tried something w

Re: how are html pages printed?

2012-02-13 Thread Joe
On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:32:49 -0600 Mark Copper wrote: > I have a box where attempting to print an html page containing an > image results in an error. > > It could be a configuration mistake or a bug, I think. If the former, > I would like to fix it; it the latter, I would like to know what to

Re: Resolved: How best to replace NetworkManager with wicd?

2012-02-13 Thread Lisi
On Monday 13 February 2012 08:22:22 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Du, 12 feb 12, 18:22:33, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: > > Thanks to all who responded. > > > > To Claudius- you are correct ... and that is why I was having the > > difficulty. I'm not really sure why I was using the wrong form of the

Re: Conflict resolution?

2012-02-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 12 feb 12, 20:14:32, Brad Alexander wrote: > On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 6:25 AM, Andrei Popescu > wrote: > > There are several frontends to APT (apt-get, aptitude, synaptic, etc.), > > which one do you use? > > aptitude. AFAIR, it was the recommended one for Debian. (A while back, > I remembe

Re: Installing debian, dual boot on 1 TB disk?

2012-02-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 13 feb 12, 00:39:29, ACro wrote: > > Sorry for double-replying: I forgot to "reply all" for the list. Just a side note: it's better if you use reply-to-list (if your client supports it). Receiving the same message two times has several downsides and is discouraged on Debian lists. Kind

Re: Networking Q concerning /etc/network/interfaces

2012-02-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 12 feb 12, 23:42:08, Harry Putnam wrote: > > To summarize it: How best to switch which network adapter is assigned > eth0 and which to eth1. ... > The way I did do it was to reverse the names in: > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules ... > Can any anyone tell me if that will survive

Re: Resolved: How best to replace NetworkManager with wicd?

2012-02-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 12 feb 12, 18:22:33, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: > Thanks to all who responded. > > To Claudius- you are correct ... and that is why I was having the > difficulty. I'm not really sure why I was using the wrong form of the name > (NetworkManager rather than network-manager). Documentation

Re: "hostname" question during Debian installation

2012-02-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 13 feb 12, 03:16:17, Martin T wrote: > During Debian installation there is a question about "hostname" using > expert installation mode. During normal mode as well ;) > Am I correct, that "hostname" inserted during Debian installation is > associated with a local(address from 127.0.0.0/8

Re: Stupid shell question

2012-02-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 12 feb 12, 20:01:05, Joel Roth wrote: > > > > for dir in `find -maxdepth 1 -type d`; do chdir $dir/bak; mv *.yml ../..; > > done > > Thanks, I got something like that to work. I would have tried something with find's '-execdir' - no need to operate on find's output (not a good idea un

Re: display to remote machine

2012-02-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 12 feb 12, 21:34:20, T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > With the ssh/x-forwarding, I seems to have lost the ability to sent my > local xdisplay to remote machine. How can I do it? > > Details: I'm sitting in front of machineA (my desktop) and conncet via ssh > to machineB (my laptop). I can start