Re: samsung or android device causing crash?

2012-11-08 Thread Dom
On 09/11/12 00:46, Tony Baldwin wrote: On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 07:27:59PM -0500, Tony Baldwin wrote: I've been having occasional lock ups. The screen will blank out like X has crashed and I see a tty login, but still see a mouse pointer, but can not type to login, and the mouse pointer will be s

Re: cpuid : Hyper threading siblings: 16?

2012-11-08 Thread Philip Ashmore
On 08/11/12 22:45, Martin Steigerwald wrote: Am Donnerstag, 8. November 2012 schrieb Philip Ashmore: So I think there is a bug in cpuid. Reported as "cupid reports wrong hyper-threading count". http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692799 Regards, Philip Ashmore -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Awk, filtering match through external command

2012-11-08 Thread John L. Cunningham
On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 03:47:15AM +, T o n g wrote: > Hi,  > > Awk allows reading results from external command: > > cmd | getline result Over in comp.lang.awk they will tell you to avoid using getline if at all possible because it changes the way your program operates in ways that are dif

Re: Debian repository on external USB

2012-11-08 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 04:32:17PM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Muhammad Yousuf Khan [121106 07:03]: > ... > > etc would be needed. and due to the problem of slow bandwidth i want > > to make a local/portable repository server so that i can point the > > repository and just use apt-get comm

Awk, filtering match through external command

2012-11-08 Thread T o n g
Hi,  Awk allows reading results from external command: cmd | getline result However, I want the cmd itself a piping command as well. E.g.., "echo " substr($0, RSTART, RLENGTH) | command external with parameters| getline result Any way to make it works? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: How to prevent daemons from starting at boot after update?

2012-11-08 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Adrian Fita wrote: > On 09/11/12 00:32, Tom H wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Adrian Fita wrote: >>> >>> So the thing is this: I have some daemons that I keep them installed, >>> but I don't start them at boot; I like to conserve my memory resources >>> a

Re: trouble getting apt-pinning to work

2012-11-08 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Brendan Miller wrote: > > I'm on debian stable (squeeze), but would like to be able to install a > few packages from testing (wheezy). I tried to set up apt pinning, but > it doesn't seem to work quite right. When I apt-get install something > now, it all comes from

Re: samsung or android device causing crash?

2012-11-08 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 07:27:59PM -0500, Tony Baldwin wrote: > I've been having occasional lock ups. > The screen will blank out like X has crashed and I see a tty login, > but still see a mouse pointer, but can not type to login, and the > mouse pointer will be stuck. > Can't get any input to m

Re: trouble getting apt-pinning to work

2012-11-08 Thread Brendan Miller
Ok, after spending some more time with the manpages, I figured out my own problem: Pin: release a=wheezy Should have been: Pin: release n=wheezy Apparently it makes a distinction between the code name, and release type like "stable" or "testing." On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Brendan Miller

samsung or android device causing crash?

2012-11-08 Thread Tony Baldwin
I've been having occasional lock ups. The screen will blank out like X has crashed and I see a tty login, but still see a mouse pointer, but can not type to login, and the mouse pointer will be stuck. Can't get any input to machine with keyboard (like to switch to another tty even), etc., so I re

Re: trouble getting apt-pinning to work

2012-11-08 Thread Brendan Miller
Further troubleshooting info: I ran apt-get policy and it appears my preferences aren't getting picked up. Does anyone know why this might happen, or what can be done to force the preferences file to reload? apt-cache policy Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 500 http://

trouble getting apt-pinning to work

2012-11-08 Thread Brendan Miller
I'm on debian stable (squeeze), but would like to be able to install a few packages from testing (wheezy). I tried to set up apt pinning, but it doesn't seem to work quite right. When I apt-get install something now, it all comes from wheezy even if there are squeeze versions of the package. It's a

Re: Custom Grub-install on a Floppy

2012-11-08 Thread Brian
On Thu 08 Nov 2012 at 10:39:45 -0500, Tom H wrote: > grub-install has "--no-floppy" and "--allow-floppy" options so > installing grub to a floppy should be possible. Neither option really has any bearing on installing GRUB to a floppy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debi

Re: Custom Grub-install on a Floppy

2012-11-08 Thread Brian
On Thu 08 Nov 2012 at 08:13:56 -0600, Martin McCormick wrote: > I have a system that constantly reverts back to the > wrong boot order and I need to monkey-wrench it to boot off > CDROM so as to upgrade it to wheezy. > > As a computer user who happens to be blind, this is a > major pa

Re: How to prevent daemons from starting at boot after update?

2012-11-08 Thread Adrian Fita
On 09/11/12 00:32, Tom H wrote: > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Adrian Fita wrote: >> >> So the thing is this: I have some daemons that I keep them installed, >> but I don't start them at boot; I like to conserve my memory resources >> and only start the daemons when I really need them. I have d

Re: cpuid : Hyper threading siblings: 16?

2012-11-08 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Donnerstag, 8. November 2012 schrieb Philip Ashmore: > On 08/11/12 19:38, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > Am Donnerstag, 8. November 2012 schrieb Philip Ashmore: > >> But cat /proc/cpuinfo says: > >> ... > >> processor : 0 > >> vendor_id : GenuineIntel > >> cpu family : 6 > >> mod

Re: How to prevent daemons from starting at boot after update?

2012-11-08 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Adrian Fita wrote: > > So the thing is this: I have some daemons that I keep them installed, > but I don't start them at boot; I like to conserve my memory resources > and only start the daemons when I really need them. I have disabled them > with "update-rc.d -f re

How to prevent daemons from starting at boot after update?

2012-11-08 Thread Adrian Fita
So the thing is this: I have some daemons that I keep them installed, but I don't start them at boot; I like to conserve my memory resources and only start the daemons when I really need them. I have disabled them with "update-rc.d -f remove", but every time I update their package, they are added b

Re: cpuid : Hyper threading siblings: 16?

2012-11-08 Thread Philip Ashmore
On 08/11/12 19:38, Martin Steigerwald wrote: Am Donnerstag, 8. November 2012 schrieb Philip Ashmore: But cat /proc/cpuinfo says: ... processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 42 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2670QM CPU @ 2.20GHz stepping

Re: cpuid : Hyper threading siblings: 16?

2012-11-08 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Donnerstag, 8. November 2012 schrieb Philip Ashmore: > But cat /proc/cpuinfo says: > ... > processor : 0 > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > cpu family : 6 > model : 42 > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2670QM CPU @ 2.20GHz > stepping: 7 > microcode : 0x2

Re: cpuid : Hyper threading siblings: 16?

2012-11-08 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Donnerstag, 8. November 2012 schrieb Philip Ashmore: > But cat /proc/cpuinfo says: > ... > processor : 0 > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > cpu family : 6 > model : 42 > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2670QM CPU @ 2.20GHz > stepping: 7 > microcode : 0x2

Re: Advice on system purchase

2012-11-08 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Freitag, 2. November 2012 schrieb lee: > > If the CPU isn´t too slow for it and most current CPUs aren´t, a SSD > > will be highly beneficial for just about any workload that is using > > random I/O. And most workloads are. > > Like? When you edit a text in an editor or a WYSIWYG word process

Re: How to set display resolution manually?

2012-11-08 Thread Jon Dowland
On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 06:26:02AM -0800, houkensjtu wrote: > Basically I don't use any desktop system, instead I use the windows manager: > ratpoison. So unfortunately I don't have those utilities come with gnome... The correct answer is probably then xrandr, a command-line tool. -- To UNSUBS

Re: Advice on system purchase

2012-11-08 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Samstag, 3. November 2012 schrieb Stan Hoeppner: > On 11/2/2012 7:16 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > And thus I say, that I better use a dual core CPU with higher peak > > performance for typical desktop workloads, than a quad core CPU with > > lower peak performance. A quad core CPU with as h

Re: Advice on system purchase

2012-11-08 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Freitag, 2. November 2012 schrieb lee: > Martin Steigerwald writes: > >> SSDs are a waste of money unless you do have the workload to benefit > >> from them. And if you have that, where do you store your data? > > > > I disagree. > > > > Putting an SSD in this laptop has been the single most

cpuid : Hyper threading siblings: 16?

2012-11-08 Thread Philip Ashmore
But cat /proc/cpuinfo says: ... processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 42 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2670QM CPU @ 2.20GHz stepping: 7 microcode : 0x28 cpu MHz : 2201.000 cache size : 6144 KB physical id :

Swap used after resume (was: Selecting hibernation disk.)

2012-11-08 Thread Til Schubbe
* On 08.11. Hugo Vanwoerkom muttered: > Erwan David wrote: >> I'd like to use the HD for swap, not wearing out the SSD), but I'd >> like to use the SSD for hibernation (for a faster restart). > I used my SSD for hibernation. Big surprise: it made no difference at > all! So you can also have 2 s

Re: Mysterious packet

2012-11-08 Thread Neal Murphy
On Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:58:33 AM Darac Marjal wrote: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 03:26:23PM +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > I've started getting messages like the following: > > > > [12332.047451] IN=ppp0 OUT=ppp0 SRC=74.125.133.188 DST=25.46.128.71 > > LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=50 ID=4

Re: relationship between pam_module and PAM chains

2012-11-08 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Kushal Kumaran writes: > Joe Pfeiffer writes: >> >> So where I'm confused is with pam_setcred(). When the program calls >> pam_setcred(), which modules' pam_sm_setcred() functions get called? >> Are they associated with one of the chains, and if so, which one? >> > > Look at the "What is expect

Re: Mysterious packet

2012-11-08 Thread Darac Marjal
On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 03:26:23PM +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I've started getting messages like the following: > > [12332.047451] IN=ppp0 OUT=ppp0 SRC=74.125.133.188 DST=25.46.128.71 LEN=40 > TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=50 ID=46353 PROTO=TCP SPT=5228 DPT=44380 WINDOW=0 > RES=0x00 RST URGP=0 > [11

Terminal Emulator (was Fwd: Re: How to set display resolution manually?)

2012-11-08 Thread Linux-Fan
On 11/08/2012 11:38 AM, "Morel Bérenger" wrote: > Again... sorry for error. I do not understand, usually "reply" just reply > to the mailing list ? > > Thanks to debian and the nice system of virtual packages, I have found > many nice ones. Just try to search for "x-terminal-emulator". > > First,

Re: Custom Grub-install on a Floppy

2012-11-08 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Martin McCormick wrote: > > I have a system that constantly reverts back to the > wrong boot order and I need to monkey-wrench it to boot off > CDROM so as to upgrade it to wheezy. > > As a computer user who happens to be blind, this is a > major pai

Re: Countdown To Black Friday 2012 Deals Week - Early Amazon Black Friday 2012 Deals

2012-11-08 Thread craig
Oops, that was rather thoughtless. Apologies to all. On Thursday, November 8, 2012 03:20, "Brad Rogers" said: > On Wed, 7 Nov 2012 12:45:43 -0600 (CST) > cr...@gtek.biz wrote: > > Hello cr...@gtek.biz, > >>I love people that are dumb enough to spam mailing lists with their real >>domain. Just

Mysterious packet

2012-11-08 Thread Hendrik Boom
I've started getting messages like the following: [12332.047451] IN=ppp0 OUT=ppp0 SRC=74.125.133.188 DST=25.46.128.71 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=50 ID=46353 PROTO=TCP SPT=5228 DPT=44380 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 RST URGP=0 [79.489288] IN=ppp0 OUT=ppp0 SRC=74.125.133.188 DST=25.45.89.15 LEN=40 T

Re: Configure GRUB 2

2012-11-08 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 01:40:37PM +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: >> >> menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, avec Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 [...] > > GRUB_DEFAULT takes a menu, not a title. You can use a title too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Re: Configure GRUB 2

2012-11-08 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Thursday 08 November 2012 05:02:23 Tom H wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: >>> >>> As I understand the GRUB manual, if I want to change the config file, >>> then i have to edit /etc/default/grub. I want to change the

Re: Can grub2 1.99-23 support /boot inside LVM ?

2012-11-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 06/11/2012 14:22, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: On 06/11/2012 08:47, Gour wrote: On Tue, 6 Nov 2012 10:55:40 +0530 "J. B" wrote: Can I go for completely encrypted disk now, i.e. /boot inside the LVM ? Has any one checked ? Please share your findings. Don't know about encryption, but I u

Re: Custom Grub-install on a Floppy

2012-11-08 Thread Martin McCormick
Tom Grace writes: > I'm not sure about that, but you might have an easier time customizing > an existing cdrom chainloading floppy image. I will look some more because I was more or less leaning that way. > I found http://schierlm.users.sourceforge.net/bootdisk/ and you might be > able to

Re: Custom Grub-install on a Floppy

2012-11-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 08 November 2012 14:13:56 Martin McCormick wrote: > Where are some linear English sentences that de mystify what we > can get grub-install to do? +1 Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@l

Re: Custom Grub-install on a Floppy

2012-11-08 Thread Tom Grace
On 08/11/12 14:13, Martin McCormick wrote: > Should this work? Yes, it should be possible. > Where are some linear English sentences that de mystify what we > can get grub-install to do? > I'm not sure about that, but you might have an easier time customizing an existing cdrom chainloading floppy

Re: Configure GRUB 2

2012-11-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 08/11/2012 13:50, Darac Marjal wrote: On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 12:47:28PM +, Darac Marjal wrote: On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 01:40:37PM +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: [cut] If you don't want to boot the previous kernel, but a specific one (known to work), cat the /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Custom Grub-install on a Floppy

2012-11-08 Thread Martin McCormick
I have a system that constantly reverts back to the wrong boot order and I need to monkey-wrench it to boot off CDROM so as to upgrade it to wheezy. As a computer user who happens to be blind, this is a major pain. Get the monitor. Find somebody to watch it and ask them to go in t

Re: Selecting hibernation disk.

2012-11-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Erwan David wrote: Hi, I'll soon receive a new laptop on which I will install an SSD disk for system and HD for storage, all with wheezy. I'd like to use the HD for swap, not wearing out the SSD), but I'd like to use the SSD for hibernation (for a faster restart). Is it possible ? I did not fi

Re: Audio issue with Intel HDA driver

2012-11-08 Thread Gean Ceretta
- Original Message - From: Emmanuel Bourgerie Sent: 11/08/12 08:43 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Audio issue with Intel HDA driver Hi everyone ! I'm having an issue with my new motherboard, I just installed Debian sid and I don't have any sound :( I'm pretty lost, so I pos

[OT] ARM Desktop (was: Re: Advice on system purchase)

2012-11-08 Thread Denis Witt
On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:11:44 -0500 Stan Hoeppner wrote: > If an ARM "desktop" is ever to emerge, it will happen after Android > has sufficiently penetrated society via smart phones and tablets and > people are familiar with the interface. Just stumbled upon this: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2

Re: Configure GRUB 2

2012-11-08 Thread Darac Marjal
On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 12:47:28PM +, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 01:40:37PM +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > [cut] > > > > > > If you don't want to boot the previous kernel, but a specific one > > (known to work), cat the /boot/grub/grub.cfg and locate the entry of

Re: Configure GRUB 2

2012-11-08 Thread Darac Marjal
On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 01:40:37PM +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: [cut] > > > If you don't want to boot the previous kernel, but a specific one > (known to work), cat the /boot/grub/grub.cfg and locate the entry of > the kernel you want as a default. What you want is the part > immediatel

Re: Configure GRUB 2

2012-11-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 08/11/2012 11:25, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Thursday 08 November 2012 08:58:03 tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: Thank you! I hadn't found references to /etc/grub/40. I already corrected that, but for the sake of future references the correct path is: /etc/grub.d/ Yes, sorry. I now (I hope!) u

Re: Selecting hibernation disk.

2012-11-08 Thread Darac Marjal
On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 11:35:10AM +0100, Erwan David wrote: > Hi, > > I'll soon receive a new laptop on which I will install an SSD disk for > system and HD for storage, all with wheezy. > > I'd like to use the HD for swap, not wearing out the SSD), but I'd > like to use the SSD for hibernation

Re: [Fwd: Re: How to set display resolution manually?]

2012-11-08 Thread Morel Bérenger
I can see some ways to go for your still existing problem: _ do you ask to your soft to start in fullscreen? Fluxbox seems to be a stacking window manager, unlike ratpoison and i3, so it may be normal behavior. _ Did you remove the Xorg.conf file? If you do not need it anymore but still have it, i

Audio issue with Intel HDA driver

2012-11-08 Thread Emmanuel Bourgerie
Hi everyone ! I'm having an issue with my new motherboard, I just installed Debian sid and I don't have any sound :( I'm pretty lost, so I post here (if it's the wrong place, feel free to tell me), also I launched the latest Ubuntu live and had sound, so I think there is something I missed ;) He

mdadm: raid1: redirecting sector to another mirror

2012-11-08 Thread Berni Elbourn
Hello, Please can I share my puzzlement here in the hope a problem shared is a problem halved... Sdb on this system has smart errors and a replacement disk is on order. However, I notice that sda is also mentioned. Sadly I can find nothing wrong with sda, smart and tests are all clean. I am wo

Re: [Fwd: Re: How to set display resolution manually?]

2012-11-08 Thread Morel Bérenger
Again... sorry for error. I do not understand, usually "reply" just reply to the mailing list ? Thanks to debian and the nice system of virtual packages, I have found many nice ones. Just try to search for "x-terminal-emulator". First, I come from XFCE4 so I used it's terminal, but it had some xf

Selecting hibernation disk.

2012-11-08 Thread Erwan David
Hi, I'll soon receive a new laptop on which I will install an SSD disk for system and HD for storage, all with wheezy. I'd like to use the HD for swap, not wearing out the SSD), but I'd like to use the SSD for hibernation (for a faster restart). Is it possible ? I did not find much info between

Re: Configure GRUB 2

2012-11-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 08 November 2012 08:58:03 tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > > Thank you!  I hadn't found references to /etc/grub/40. > > I already corrected that, but for the sake of future references the > correct path is: /etc/grub.d/ Yes, sorry. I now (I hope!) understand the principle, but not th

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2012-11-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 7 Nov 2012 12:45:43 -0600 (CST) cr...@gtek.biz wrote: Hello cr...@gtek.biz, >I love people that are dumb enough to spam mailing lists with their real >domain. Just added couponinstantly.com to my block list. Yeah, and the wankers that quote spam, whilst complaining about it, are rocket s

Re: Configure GRUB 2

2012-11-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 08/11/2012 09:39, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Thursday 08 November 2012 08:23:59 tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: On 08/11/2012 09:01, Lisi Reisz wrote: [cut] And yes, the two kernels where GRUB is installed. I simply can't see any menu there, so how do I alter the menu order? I'll put the /etc.

Re: Configure GRUB 2

2012-11-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 08 November 2012 08:23:59 tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > On 08/11/2012 09:01, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Thursday 08 November 2012 05:02:23 Tom H wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >>> As I understand the GRUB manual, if I want to change the config file, >

Re: Configure GRUB 2

2012-11-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 08/11/2012 09:23, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: On 08/11/2012 09:01, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Thursday 08 November 2012 05:02:23 Tom H wrote: On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: As I understand the GRUB manual, if I want to change the config file, then i have to edit /etc/defaul

Re: Configure GRUB 2

2012-11-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 08/11/2012 09:01, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Thursday 08 November 2012 05:02:23 Tom H wrote: On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: As I understand the GRUB manual, if I want to change the config file, then i have to edit /etc/default/grub. I want to change the order of the kernels in

Re: Configure GRUB 2

2012-11-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 08 November 2012 05:02:23 Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > As I understand the GRUB manual, if I want to change the config file, > > then i have to edit /etc/default/grub. I want to change the order of the > > kernels in GRUB, but I can't see any ke