Re: NFS mount points on Squeeze

2012-07-03 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20120703_025628, Mark Panen wrote: > Hi, > > I do not always have all my machines powered on and when i power up > my main Squeeze machine, the boot sequence waits forever to mount the > NFS mount points because machine 2 is powered down for example. > > I put "defaults" in my /etc/fstab in th

Re: Backports on Squeeze

2012-07-03 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20120704_090212, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 12:17:39PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > > Let me join in the discussion of what I intended by my badly > > worded request: > > > > 1. I need a way of learning the name of the package that might help > > with some problem, a

Re: NFS mount points on Squeeze

2012-07-03 Thread Bob Proulx
Mark Panen wrote: > I do not always have all my machines powered on and when i power up > my main Squeeze machine, the boot sequence waits forever to mount > the NFS mount points because machine 2 is powered down for example. Does the client machine *need* the server in order to operate? If so th

Re: Backports on Squeeze OT question/issue

2012-07-03 Thread Robert Holtzm
On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 12:17:39PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: ...snip.. > > Let me join in the discussion of what I intended by my badly > worded request: > > 1. I need a way of learning the name of the package that might help > with some problem, a place on the web where I can

cannot upgrade or remove multipath-tools

2012-07-03 Thread John Magolske
In doing `aptitude ugrade`, multipath-tools is to be upgraded, but I keep getting the following message: % sudo aptitude install multipath-tools [...] Preparing to replace multipath-tools 0.4.9+git0.4dfdaf2b-4 (using .../multipath-tools_0.4.9+git0.4dfdaf2b-6_i386.deb) ... Device does not exist. Co

Re: firewall

2012-07-03 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-07-04 at 11:19 +0800, lina wrote: > Hi, > > I don't know which firewall (http://wiki.debian.org/Firewalls) I should > choose. > > Thanks ahead for recommendation, and it will be very nice if you tell > me why you recommend this one. To answer drily: Test them and report what firewa

Re: Current SSD setup recommendations for laptop with Debian

2012-07-03 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 7/3/2012 10:22 PM, T o n g wrote: > On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:32:45 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> If you fall into camp #2, well, >> you'll continue wasting massive amounts of time trying to figure out how >> to "perfectly" setup your SSD. > > That's kind of harsh. Look around. The world isn

Re: minimal HTTP server recommends

2012-07-03 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 7/3/2012 10:10 PM, T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > Just noticed that the thttpd package that I'm using has been removed from > Debian repo early this year. > > It suits my personal web server well, because "It has an executable > memory size of about 50 kB. . . it is uniquely suited to service hig

aptitude update question

2012-07-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
One thing I read as the end result of some update operations is a certain number of new. I take it to mean new packages if I'm correct. What I'd like to know is if any utility exists that can tell me the names of the new packages. If I can get that much information, I can probably use apt-ca

Re: NFS mount points on Squeeze

2012-07-03 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Mark Panen wrote: > > I do not always have all my machines powered on and when i power up my main > Squeeze machine, the boot sequence waits forever to mount the NFS mount > points because machine 2 is powered down for example. > > I put "defaults" in my /etc/fstab

Re: OT: need a simple CMS / website builder

2012-07-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
orgmode is plenty simple. There is a way to make a link, there is a way to make an anchor for where control passes, and there's a way to bold text. After that, everything else is plain text or content and the export to html takes care of the rest of the details. I forgot, there's a way to un

firewall

2012-07-03 Thread lina
Hi, I don't know which firewall (http://wiki.debian.org/Firewalls) I should choose. Thanks ahead for recommendation, and it will be very nice if you tell me why you recommend this one. Best regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscri

RE: radeon+ opencl+ non-free-: HOWTO?

2012-07-03 Thread Mike Viau
> On Wed, 4 Jul 2012 00:56:20 +0700 wrote: > > > Camaleón writes: > > On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:08:57 +0700, Ivan Shmakov wrote: > > >> Somehow, I've got the impression that OpenCL is supported by some > >> free development tools (Clang?) Now, I wonder, if I'm right on > >> that, is

Re: NFS mount points on Squeeze

2012-07-03 Thread Kushal Kumaran
Mark Panen wrote: >Hi, > >I do not always have all my machines powered on and when i power up my >main Squeeze machine, the boot sequence waits forever to mount the NFS >mount points because machine 2 is powered down for example. > >I put "defaults" in my /etc/fstab in the NFS line. > >Is there

Re: OT: need a simple CMS / website builder

2012-07-03 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 07:50:21PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 05:05:09PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > > My kids want to make their own webpages. I intend to host them on my > > own server and limit who has access to them. I need some > > recommendations. Wordpress? Drupal?

Re: OT: need a simple CMS / website builder

2012-07-03 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 05:05:09PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > My kids want to make their own webpages. I intend to host them on my > own server and limit who has access to them. I need some > recommendations. Wordpress? Drupal? This will be on a Squeeze system. > > I have a dyndns account to p

Re: Current SSD setup recommendations for laptop with Debian

2012-07-03 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 7/3/2012 6:49 AM, Nick Lidakis wrote: > I've decided to replace the failing hard disk on my Debian Thinpad with an > SSD. As I use the laptop in a harsh mobile environment, I decided to get and > SSD. This one: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167122 > > Then, I decide

Re: UDEV identical devices. How to?

2012-07-03 Thread Andrew Reid
If you're set on using udev, it should be possible to find the devices under /sys somewhere (/sys/bus/pci/...), and query them for udev-sensitive attributes using udevinfo (or the appropriate udevadm commands), until you find something that differs between the two. Udev certainly can create de

Very slow network with certain APs -- ipv6 problem?

2012-07-03 Thread Paul Zimmerman
Since the "official" switch to IPv6 I've been having serious problems with certain wireless APs. Some are unchanged, but others are very, very slw for no detectable reason. Yet, the same APs are just as easily accessible as always with a Windows machine. Could there be a problem caused by no

Wheezy - XEN pcipassthrough modul problem

2012-07-03 Thread Dirk Schmidt
Hi Folks, i will use a PCI device in domU. Xen and Kernel are the latest ones from Wheezy. Reading many webpages about Xen and PCI I tried the following configuration. module /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-2-amd64 ... pci=resource_alignment=04:06.0 xen-pciback.hide=(04:06.0) Before starting the domU I

Re: Installing a Linux OS from a SATA 6 port

2012-07-03 Thread Mark Panen
On 03/07/2012 11:06, GeraldC wrote: The system needs to be set to AHCI for best results Must i set my Marvel controller (SATA6) to AHCI _only_ which i have done and /or must i set the rest of the SATA ports to AHCI as well, i have a choice of IDE or AHCI for those four ports and the IDE setting

Re: OT: need a simple CMS / website builder

2012-07-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
orgmode works well for me. I write the files with proper org-mode syntax and then do a simple html export and put the html on the page I want. orgmode has a support list emacs-orgmode-requ...@gnu.org if you want to sign up. Micr

Re: CD/DVD diagnostic tools needed

2012-07-03 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 02:32:18PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:17:12 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 02:37:42PM +, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:34:00 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > >> > Ouch!!, at least try different media first,

Re: PS2 Keyboard not working after latest update

2012-07-03 Thread James Allsopp
Ok, sorry for the delay in replying, here's what I've found out: I'm using squeeze with a 2.6.32-5-686 kernel. Adding this to the xorg.conf; Section "ServerFlags" Option "AutoAddDevices" "False" EndSection results in the USB mouse not working or keyboard. I've since removed this. However, p

netbook asus eee PC 1215B

2012-07-03 Thread Dr Beco
Dear moderators and users, I'm terrible sorry for this portuguese message. Beco -- 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/caluyw2y14kuddhv-2xow8qjei+bcl7korg+

Re: installation with UEFI

2012-07-03 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 01:26:37PM +0200, Andreas Weber wrote: > Hi > > Does any of you have some knowledge on how to install Debian testing > with UEFI? > > I looked via search function of the web sites in > > - debian.org > - wiki.debian.org Mmmm, "uefi site:lists.debian.org" brings up some h

Re: re Random lockups

2012-07-03 Thread Frank McCormick
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Frank McCormick wrote: On 03/07/12 01:38 PM, Keith McKenzie wrote: On 3 July 2012 18:10, Frank McCormick mailto:debianl...@videotron.ca>> wrote: My desktop running Debian Sid just locked up for the 4th or 5th time recently. There is n

Re: OT: need a simple CMS / website builder

2012-07-03 Thread Go Linux
--- On Tue, 7/3/12, Rob Owens wrote: > From: Rob Owens > Subject: OT: need a simple CMS / website builder > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Tuesday, July 3, 2012, 4:05 PM > > > I need some recommendations. Wordpress? Drupal? > This will be on a Squeeze system. > > -Rob > I use Flat

re Random lockups

2012-07-03 Thread Frank McCormick
On 03/07/12 01:38 PM, Keith McKenzie wrote: On 3 July 2012 18:10, Frank McCormick mailto:debianl...@videotron.ca>> wrote: My desktop running Debian Sid just locked up for the 4th or 5th time recently. There is nothing is the syslog...nothing in the xorg log. The syste

Re: OT: need a simple CMS / website builder

2012-07-03 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 23:16 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 17:05 -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > > My kids want to make their own webpages. I intend to host them on my > > own server and limit who has access to them. I need some > > recommendations. Wordpress? Drupal? This will b

Re: TLS encrypted source for Debian iso signing keys?

2012-07-03 Thread John Hasler
Rob writes: > Basically you can use the debian-keyring package to obtain keys of > many Debian developers. You can have a high level of trust that those > keys are real because the package is signed and apt-get would notify > you if the signature was not real. The iso you are downloading should >

Re: No Sound Card found on Testing Install

2012-07-03 Thread ss11223
On Sunday, July 1, 2012 11:50:01 PM UTC-4, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Du, 01 iul 12, 16:51:28, ss11223 wrote: > > I installed testing on an older machine with an Intel ICH9 controller on the > > mother board. Alsa reports that there is no audio card found. > > Show us :) > Please also include outp

Re: OT: need a simple CMS / website builder

2012-07-03 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 17:05 -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > My kids want to make their own webpages. I intend to host them on my > own server and limit who has access to them. I need some > recommendations. Wordpress? Drupal? This will be on a Squeeze system. > > I have a dyndns account to provide

Re: Current SSD setup recommendations for laptop with Debian

2012-07-03 Thread GeraldC
On Tuesday, July 03, 2012 09:49:17 PM Nick Lidakis wrote: > I've decided to replace the failing hard disk on my Debian Thinpad with an > SSD. As I use the laptop in a harsh mobile environment, I decided to get > and SSD. This one: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167122 >

Re: installation with UEFI

2012-07-03 Thread GeraldC
On Tuesday, July 03, 2012 09:26:37 PM Andreas Weber wrote: > Hi > > Does any of you have some knowledge on how to install Debian testing > with UEFI? > > I looked via search function of the web sites in > > - debian.org > - wiki.debian.org > > with 0 hits. I found some links that described the

Re: Backports on Squeeze

2012-07-03 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 12:17:39PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > Let me join in the discussion of what I intended by my badly > worded request: > > 1. I need a way of learning the name of the package that might help > with some problem, a place on the web where I can pick up search terms > on a

OT: need a simple CMS / website builder

2012-07-03 Thread Rob Owens
My kids want to make their own webpages. I intend to host them on my own server and limit who has access to them. I need some recommendations. Wordpress? Drupal? This will be on a Squeeze system. I have a dyndns account to provide access to my dynamic IP address. The kids are between 6 and 1

Re: TLS encrypted source for Debian iso signing keys?

2012-07-03 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 11:34:15AM -0700, anots...@fastmail.fm wrote: > Is there any TLS encrypted source for downloading the Debian iso signing > keys? > > Of course, from a source verified by a common root certificate. Not from > the Debian CA, because there is no way to get this one from a trus

Re: Backports on Squeeze

2012-07-03 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 02:04:52PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:38:02 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 05:34:19PM +, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:09:49 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > >> > but how does one know of the existance of a ba

Re: not autocompleting

2012-07-03 Thread mk bane
On 6/23/12, Camaleón wrote: > El 2012-06-22 a las 20:23 +0100, mk bane escribió: > > (resending to the list) > >> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 8:20 PM, mk bane >> wrote: > > (...) > >> >> What's the output of "complete -p | grep oocalc"? I get: >> >> >> >> sm01@stt008:~/Desktop$ complete -p | grep ooca

Re: changing the font size in Xdialog

2012-07-03 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Tue, 3 Jul 2012, Camale?n wrote: Could it be because the kind of widget you are using (--msgbox) does not allow the font property to be changed? I would try with the exact example used in the FAQ. I actually tried with --textbox, and the rc-file given in the example: Xdialog --rc-file

Re: Backports on Squeeze

2012-07-03 Thread Steven Rosenberg
On 07/01/2012 05:15 PM, Mark Panen wrote: Is it safe to have backports enabled on a stable Squeeze 6.05 system? I had Backports enabled on my Squeeze desktop system for quite some time. I'd say only use Backports if you need it. In my case, I had audio problems with the 2.6.32 kernel that we

Re: Backports on Squeeze OT question/issue

2012-07-03 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20120703_103802, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 05:34:19PM +, Camaleón wrote: > > On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:09:49 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > but how does one know of the existance of a backported package. > > > > As usual, you go to the online search and type the name

Re: radeon+ opencl+ non-free-: HOWTO?

2012-07-03 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Camaleón writes: > On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:08:57 +0700, Ivan Shmakov wrote: >> Somehow, I've got the impression that OpenCL is supported by some >> free development tools (Clang?) Now, I wonder, if I'm right on >> that, is there some kind of HOWTO on how to utilize OpenCL via the >

Re: Random lockups

2012-07-03 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 3 July 2012 18:10, Frank McCormick wrote: > > > My desktop running Debian Sid just locked up for the 4th or 5th time > recently. > >There is nothing is the syslog...nothing in the xorg log. The system > just locks changing what's on the screen to yellow tinged text. > It locks so tight t

Re: installation with UEFI

2012-07-03 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 17:23 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:26:37 +0200, Andreas Weber wrote: > > Well knowing that this could start a flame which I don't intend to > do Pff, a flame war about what ;)? > I'm afraid I'm still stuck with the old BIOS in all of my systems and > have

Re: Bridging eth0/br0 & NetworkManager - can they coexist?

2012-07-03 Thread Chris Davies
Jon Dowland wrote: > You don't need to remove NM. I have it managing my wifi and 3G connections, > but manage eth0 via ifupdown (and attach it to a bridge). That's what I have at the moment, and NM gets itself in a tizzy when I want to use eth0 as my primary connection and borks my non-local traf

Re: installation with UEFI

2012-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:26:37 +0200, Andreas Weber wrote: > Does any of you have some knowledge on how to install Debian testing > with UEFI? > > I looked via search function of the web sites in > > - debian.org > - wiki.debian.org > > with 0 hits. There was a discussion at the devel mailing l

Random lockups

2012-07-03 Thread Frank McCormick
My desktop running Debian Sid just locked up for the 4th or 5th time recently. There is nothing is the syslog...nothing in the xorg log. The system just locks changing what's on the screen to yellow tinged text. It locks so tight that only a hard reset gets it back. Alt-SysReq does not

Re: Gnome 3 fallback not working with Silicon Motion GPU

2012-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:04:06 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote: > Im trying to get Wheezy with Gnome 3 in fallback mode to work on an old > machine which has a Silicon Motion SM712 LynxEM+ GPU. > > It starts up in fallback mode OK but the display isnt right. The theme > for buttons & scrollbars is just th

Re: radeon+ opencl+ non-free-: HOWTO?

2012-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:08:57 +0700, Ivan Shmakov wrote: > Somehow, I've got the impression that OpenCL is supported by > some free development tools (Clang?) Now, I wonder, if I'm right > on that, is there some kind of HOWTO on how to utilize OpenCL via > the free AMD Radeon driver included in D

Re: changing the font size in Xdialog

2012-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:14:44 +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > I would like to change the size of the font used by Xdialog. The > --fontsel option gives a wide choice, but after that, I found no way the > its output. > I wrote the following bigfont.rc file > > style 'big_font' { > fg[NORM

Re: mutt messed up. colors black on black cant read any messages

2012-07-03 Thread Stephen Allen
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 11:55:33PM -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > > > Do you source config files from somewhere else? > > What happens when you comment out _all_ color statements? > > That didnt change anything. > > However I noticed that the /tmp file system was full (some pulse_* files) . >

Re: Bridging eth0/br0 & NetworkManager - can they coexist?

2012-07-03 Thread Jon Dowland
On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:47:29PM +0100, Chris Davies wrote: > Steve Dowe wrote: > > The issue I'm having, using wheezy, is that if I set up a bridged > > ethernet interface for eth0 (br0), as per instructions on the Debian > > wiki etc, NetworkManager can no longer manage my wired ethernet conne

Re: GPG - secret key not available?

2012-07-03 Thread Jon Dowland
On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 04:51:09PM +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Hi, > > I did run the > gpg --gen-key > > command and I have the secret key: > > gpg -K > /home/csanyipal/.gnupg/secring.gpg > -- > sec 2048D/CD3E2F9A 2012-07-01 > [snip] > > I exported this key in b

Re: Upgrading to Wheezy (frozen)

2012-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:35:03 +0200, daniele.g wrote: > Are already there the release notes for upgrading to Wheezy? ? We're still long away from Wheezy release (~6 months?). Frozen ! released :-) Anyway, the ongoing "Release Notes" doc is available here: http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/

GPG - secret key not available?

2012-07-03 Thread Csanyi Pal
Hi, I did run the gpg --gen-key command and I have the secret key: gpg -K /home/csanyipal/.gnupg/secring.gpg -- sec 2048D/CD3E2F9A 2012-07-01 [snip] I exported this key in both ~/.bashrc and ~/.xinitrc files. When I'm trying to build the Piklab debian packag

Re: Squeeze update hplip

2012-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:40:12 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > My HP multi function printer prints fine but xsane opens with an error > "no devices found" Brand and model of your multifunction device? Also, ensure your user in on "lp" group (run "groups"). > hplip 3.10.6-2+squeeze1 is installed, i nee

Re: Installing a Linux OS from a SATA 6 port

2012-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 02:46:15 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > I have only managed successfully, touch wood, managed to install Squeeze > with my SATA 6 HDD directly connected to my SATA 6 port on my mobo with > a SATA 6 cable. > > I tried many other of the top 5 distro's and the installation failed at

Re: CD/DVD diagnostic tools needed

2012-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:17:12 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 02:37:42PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:34:00 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: >> > Ouch!!, at least try different media first, some media are >> > problematic with some DVD/CD drives (according t

Re: Squeeze update hplip

2012-07-03 Thread Worrier Poet
On 07/03/2012 09:38 AM, Mark Panen wrote: > On 03/07/2012 14:17, Worrier Poet wrote: >> use the hp-setup program. >> >> It has to be run as root > I cannot open any GUI packages as root in a terminal, something about X > forwarding, can you help me please? > It will probably help those of us who

Re: Marvel controller gives errors Squeeze

2012-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 02:32:44 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > On 02/07/2012 16:26, Camaleón wrote: >> Is ata2 your hdd? Run "dmesg | grep -i ata2" to find out. > ata8 is my HDD Uh? I had a dejavù... What happened with ata2? :-) > [0.888232] ata8: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xf7fff800 port 0xf7ff

Re: Backports on Squeeze OT question/issue

2012-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:38:02 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 05:34:19PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:09:49 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: >> > but how does one know of the existance of a backported package. >> >> As usual, you go to the online search and t

Gnome 3 fallback not working with Silicon Motion GPU

2012-07-03 Thread Andrew Wood
Im trying to get Wheezy with Gnome 3 in fallback mode to work on an old machine which has a Silicon Motion SM712 LynxEM+ GPU. It starts up in fallback mode OK but the display isnt right. The theme for buttons & scrollbars is just the generic GTK look i.e no theme at all, (but the window border

Re: TLS encrypted source for Debian iso signing keys?

2012-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:34:15 -0700, anotst01 wrote: > Is there any TLS encrypted source for downloading the Debian iso signing > keys? (...) There's apt-secure: http://wiki.debian.org/SecureApt But beyond that, I'm not aware of any TLS/SSL implementation. What kind of benefit do you foresee

Re: getting gnome 3

2012-07-03 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:48:53 +0200, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote: > Hi. (hi) No html posts, thanks. > Ok, I give up installing wheezy now, since it doesn't work. What's what does not work for you? > Is there an easy way to install gnome 3 and the latest packages in > squeeze? Because that I c

Re: Squeeze update hplip

2012-07-03 Thread Mark Panen
On 03/07/2012 14:17, Worrier Poet wrote: use the hp-setup program. It has to be run as root I cannot open any GUI packages as root in a terminal, something about X forwarding, can you help me please? -- Cheers Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a s

radeon+ opencl+ non-free-: HOWTO?

2012-07-03 Thread Ivan Shmakov
Somehow, I've got the impression that OpenCL is supported by some free development tools (Clang?) Now, I wonder, if I'm right on that, is there some kind of HOWTO on how to utilize OpenCL via the free AMD Radeon driver included in Debian? (I hope it is poss

Re: PS2 Keyboard not working after latest update

2012-07-03 Thread Curt
On 2012-07-02, istimsak abdulbasir wrote: > > I have never encountered this problem before. All updates I did to squeeze > never bothered my keyboard. Then again I am using a usb-keyboard. Not PS/2 > connection type. I've noticed in the past using PS/2 keyboard they did not > always work. I will h

Re: Squeeze update hplip

2012-07-03 Thread Worrier Poet
On 07/02/2012 09:40 PM, Mark Panen wrote: > Hi, > > My HP multi function printer prints fine but xsane opens with an error > "no devices found" > > hplip 3.10.6-2+squeeze1 is installed, i need 3.11 > > How can i get the 3.11 package, tried wheezy sources but dependency > nightmare. > > Nothing

Current SSD setup recommendations for laptop with Debian

2012-07-03 Thread Nick Lidakis
I've decided to replace the failing hard disk on my Debian Thinpad with an SSD. As I use the laptop in a harsh mobile environment, I decided to get and SSD. This one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167122 Then, I decided to Google SSD in relation to formatting, partitions

installation with UEFI

2012-07-03 Thread Andreas Weber
Hi Does any of you have some knowledge on how to install Debian testing with UEFI? I looked via search function of the web sites in - debian.org - wiki.debian.org with 0 hits. I found some links that described the howto, but they seem outdated: - install via MBR and grub-pc (works) - install g

changing the font size in Xdialog

2012-07-03 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
hi, I would like to change the size of the font used by Xdialog. The --fontsel option gives a wide choice, but after that, I found no way the its output. I wrote the following bigfont.rc file style 'big_font' { fg[NORMAL] = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 } bg[NORMAL] = { 0.0, 0.0, 1.0 } font =

Upgrading to Wheezy (frozen)

2012-07-03 Thread daniele.g
Are already there the release notes for upgrading to Wheezy? Thanks in andvance -- Vivere nel paese dei campanelli e' un vero supplizio per chi ama bussare. -- Alessandro Bergonzoni -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: Installing a Linux OS from a SATA 6 port

2012-07-03 Thread GeraldC
On Tuesday, July 03, 2012 10:46:15 AM Mark Panen wrote: > Hi, > > I have only managed successfully, touch wood, managed to install Squeeze > with my SATA 6 HDD directly connected to my SATA 6 port on my mobo with > a SATA 6 cable. > > I tried many other of the top 5 distro's and the installation

Re: Reason to use a partition

2012-07-03 Thread Claudius Hubig
Hello Stan, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > As I replied on XFS, there's ZERO reason for putting one partition on a > dedicated mythTV recording drive. And since this is an Advanced Format > drive, you instantly misaligned XFS by creating that partition. None of > the Squeeze partitioning tools understa

Re: Reason to use a partition

2012-07-03 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Die, 2012-07-03 at 03:59 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 7/3/2012 3:16 AM, Ramon Hofer wrote: > > On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:04:04 +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote: > > > >> Hello Ramon, > >> > >> Ramon Hofer wrote: > >>> /dev/sdi1 jfs1.9T 1.9T 3.9G 100% /mnt/recordings /dev/sdk > >>>

UDEV identical devices. How to?

2012-07-03 Thread Budnev Vladimir
Good day to all I am not sure which list this quistions should be send to so some overkill maybe. We have Debian 2.6.32 and DVB cards with two/four tunners on the each card. We want to assign specific number in /dev/dvb/ tree for each tuner. The problems is that from udev point of view thos

Re: Reason to use a partition

2012-07-03 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 7/3/2012 3:16 AM, Ramon Hofer wrote: > On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:04:04 +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote: > >> Hello Ramon, >> >> Ramon Hofer wrote: >>> /dev/sdi1 jfs1.9T 1.9T 3.9G 100% /mnt/recordings /dev/sdk >>>xfs1.9T 1.9T 3.3G 100% /mnt/recordings_temp >>> >>> Is there a re

Re: Reason to use a partition

2012-07-03 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:04:04 +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote: > Hello Ramon, > > Ramon Hofer wrote: >> /dev/sdi1 jfs1.9T 1.9T 3.9G 100% /mnt/recordings /dev/sdk >>xfs1.9T 1.9T 3.3G 100% /mnt/recordings_temp >> >> Is there a reason why one should use a partition spanning the

Re: Three problems with TDE 3.5.13 ?Bugs?

2012-07-03 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 23:17:12 +0100 Lisi wrote: Hello Lisi, >Soory, Slávek. I didn't mean it to go to you. > I had the following 3 problems with a 3.5.13 installation with > Slávek's patches. Suggestions for solutions? Still in the wrong place, Lisi. I think you meant this to go to trinity-us.

Re: updating gnome

2012-07-03 Thread Kristoffer Gustafsson
Hi. Ok, then I stick with squeeze, since the installer doesn't work at all. Where can I do a bug repport about this? Could you look up a thing for me? Since I'm blind I use a screen reader called orca. http://live.gnome.org/orca I want a later version. /Kristoffer Could you look up if there is a

Re: Reason to use a partition

2012-07-03 Thread Claudius Hubig
Hello Ramon, Ramon Hofer wrote: > /dev/sdi1 jfs1.9T 1.9T 3.9G 100% /mnt/recordings > /dev/sdk xfs1.9T 1.9T 3.3G 100% /mnt/recordings_temp > > Is there a reason why one should use a partition spanning the whole disk > instead of creating the filesystem directly on the disk

Re: TLS encrypted source for Debian iso signing keys?

2012-07-03 Thread Jochen Spieker
Roger Leigh: > On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 10:49:14PM +0200, Jochen Spieker wrote: >> What I find more interesting is that the key 0x6294BE9B ("Debian CD >> signing key") only has nine signatures and only one from someone using >> his "official" @debian org address (0x3442684E, Steve McIntyre). That >>

Reason to use a partition

2012-07-03 Thread Ramon Hofer
Hi all I have accidentally found that it's possible to use a whole disk instead of a partition spanning a whole disk. I have two 2 TB disks. One (sdi) has a partition with jfs and the other (sdk) has xfs directly on the disk: /dev/sdi1 jfs1.9T 1.9T 3.9G 100% /mnt/recordings /dev/sdk

Re: Three problems with TDE 3.5.13 ?Bugs?

2012-07-03 Thread Lisi
Sorry, all. I shall eventually get htisd ent to the correct destination. :-( Lisi On Monday 02 July 2012 23:17:12 Lisi wrote: > Soory, Slávek. I didn't mean it to go to you. > > I had the following 3 problems with a 3.5.13 installation with Slávek's > patches. Suggestions for solutions? > > 1