Re: wheezy, grub2, hidden menu, shift-key to display menu

2012-12-20 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 12/21/12, Frank McCormick wrote: > On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:19:58 -0500 > Frank McCormick wrote: >> On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:41:14 +1100 >> Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> > What I want to achieve: >> > A hidden grub menu, with or without a "press key for menu" >> > timeout/countdown; if I am holding

Re: wheezy, grub2, hidden menu, shift-key to display menu

2012-12-20 Thread Frank McCormick
On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:19:58 -0500 Frank McCormick wrote: > On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:41:14 +1100 > Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > > > What I want to achieve: > > A hidden grub menu, with or without a "press key for menu" > > timeout/countdown; if I am holding down SHIFT or some other key on > > b

Re: wheezy, grub2, hidden menu, shift-key to display menu

2012-12-20 Thread Frank McCormick
On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:41:14 +1100 Zenaan Harkness wrote: > I'm on a Lenovo Thinkpad X220 laptop. > > $ uname -v > #1 SMP Debian 3.2.32-1 > > $ grub-mkconfig --version > grub-mkconfig (GRUB) 1.99-23 > > $ cat /etc/debian_version > wheezy/sid > > $ sudo update-grub > Generating grub.cfg ... >

wheezy, grub2, hidden menu, shift-key to display menu

2012-12-20 Thread Zenaan Harkness
I'm on a Lenovo Thinkpad X220 laptop. $ uname -v #1 SMP Debian 3.2.32-1 $ grub-mkconfig --version grub-mkconfig (GRUB) 1.99-23 $ cat /etc/debian_version wheezy/sid $ sudo update-grub Generating grub.cfg ... Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png Found linux imag

Re: USB to IrDA - Arkmicro

2012-12-20 Thread Chris Bannister
[Please don't top post, read: http://catb.org/jargon/html/T/top-post.html] On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 12:37:38PM -0200, Markos wrote: > Dear Chris, > > This space appeared only in the copy of the email, it does not exist in > the original file. ALWAYS copy'n'paste error messages and configuration

Re: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread John Hasler
Brad writes: > I'm running 17 from experimental. I just upgraded to 17: still works. I did have to allow scripts from Google to get the CAPTCHA to appear. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-12-21 at 02:15 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 18:21 -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > Brad Alexander writes: > > > badgerandblade.com > > > > Works here with Iceweasel 10.0.11 on Sid. > > They use reCAPTCHA. I googled, it needs JAVAscript, but not flash. > > Perhaps

Re: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 18:21 -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Brad Alexander writes: > > badgerandblade.com > > Works here with Iceweasel 10.0.11 on Sid. They use reCAPTCHA. I googled, it needs JAVAscript, but not flash. Perhaps cookies have to be allowed? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-re

Re: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread Brad Alexander
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > Is Flash Player installed? It is.On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 7:21 PM, John Hasler wrote: > Brad Alexander writes: >> I also ran into this problem recently on badgerandblade.com, and had >> to register using midori, because iceweasel would not

Re: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread John Hasler
Brad Alexander writes: > I also ran into this problem recently on badgerandblade.com, and had > to register using midori, because iceweasel would not display the > captcha. Works here with Iceweasel 10.0.11 on Sid. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 18:30 -0500, Brad Alexander wrote: > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 15:47 -0500, Brad Alexander wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Ralf Mardorf > >> wrote: > >> > Not OT, could it be that the OP needs to enable Jav

Re: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread Brad Alexander
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 15:47 -0500, Brad Alexander wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Ralf Mardorf >> wrote: >> > Not OT, could it be that the OP needs to enable Java for the browser? >> >> Agree that it is not OT. >> >> However, do c

Re: hanging up during debian install??

2012-12-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
OT: On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 23:55 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > I usually try to stick with GTK apps only, to avoid installing also > the QT libraries. So far I haven't done quite so good, but there is > still hope :p Unfortunately a good Linux audio coder does use Qt. http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/

Re: hanging up during debian install??

2012-12-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 20 dec 12, 15:14:25, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 10:40 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > MD5 is fine for integrity checks, just don't rely on it for security. > > I wasn't aware about this. However, I'm naive, I believe that the Linux > downloads are secure and I indeed use M

Re: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 15:47 -0500, Brad Alexander wrote: > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: > > Not OT, could it be that the OP needs to enable Java for the browser? > > Agree that it is not OT. > > However, do captchas require java? I don't have java enabled on > icewease

RE: "restructuring" the hard drive

2012-12-20 Thread Mark Allums
> On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 19:52 +0100, Gergely 'Dinchamion' Fazekas wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > > I'm using Debian Testing, and my laptop is set up with a dual-boot > > system using WinXP and Debian. The hard drive is divided almost > > half-and-half, but since I no longer use Windows (it has been wee

Re: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread Brad Alexander
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Not OT, could it be that the OP needs to enable Java for the browser? Agree that it is not OT. However, do captchas require java? I don't have java enabled on iceweasel (only skypebuttons.so and libflashplayer.so). But by the same token, I

Re: OT: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 02:40:31 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 19:12 -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > Ralf writes: > > > In real life [captchas are] most of the times are completely > > > unreadable for me. > > > > I often find them insoluble as well. > > :D > > For people using b

Re: "restructuring" the hard drive

2012-12-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 19:52 +0100, Gergely 'Dinchamion' Fazekas wrote: > Hey guys, > > I'm using Debian Testing, and my laptop is set up with a dual-boot > system using WinXP and Debian. The hard drive is divided almost > half-and-half, but since I no longer use Windows (it has been weeks > since

Re: OT: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 18:26 +0100, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 20. 12. 2012 01:47:33 je Ralf Mardorf napisal(a): > > > Perhaps I'm a computer and I only guess that I'm human. > > Captchas seem to be based on the wrong assumption that humans can > recognize shapes whereas automata supposedly can't. J

"restructuring" the hard drive

2012-12-20 Thread Gergely 'Dinchamion' Fazekas
Hey guys, I'm using Debian Testing, and my laptop is set up with a dual-boot system using WinXP and Debian. The hard drive is divided almost half-and-half, but since I no longer use Windows (it has been weeks since I booted into it) I'd like to delete it and utilise the whole hdd for Debian. Howev

Re: OT: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 20. 12. 2012 01:47:33 je Ralf Mardorf napisal(a): Perhaps I'm a computer and I only guess that I'm human. Captchas seem to be based on the wrong assumption that humans can recognize shapes whereas automata supposedly can't. Judging from the reactions on this list, I should perhaps app

Re: OT: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 10:09 -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Ralf writes: > > And as already mentioned before, people using braille are completely > > lost. > > Some sites offer audio captchas as an alternative. Yes, a blind penpal some minutes ago did inform me about that, he also has written that Dy

Re: OT: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread John Hasler
Ralf writes: > And as already mentioned before, people using braille are completely > lost. Some sites offer audio captchas as an alternative. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.deb

Re: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Not OT, could it be that the OP needs to enable Java for the browser? -- 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/1356015857.3533.80.camel@q

Driver ARK3116 don't create /dev/ttyUSB

2012-12-20 Thread Markos
Hello, I am trying to use a USB-to-IrDA converter by ARKMICRO (with Debian 5.0 Lenny) i searched on internet and the appropriate driver should be ark3116 but the interface isn't recognized and no device /dev/ttyUSB is created. How can I make this driver recognize this interface to create the de

Re: OT: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 08:56 +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > So I tried myself and the same thing happened: I got through > once in about a dozen tries. I'm a dyslexic, simplified it's a perceptual disorder regarding to signs and to load data from the brain's data storage device, because of the se

Re: USB to IrDA - Arkmicro

2012-12-20 Thread Markos
Dear Chris, This space appeared only in the copy of the email, it does not exist in the original file. The problem is that the driver is not creating any device /dev/ttyUSB The dmesg shows only: usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [13039.814371] usb 3-1: configurati

Re: OT: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
John Hasler wrote: Ralf writes: In real life [captchas are] most of the times are completely unreadable for me. I often find them insoluble as well. requesting new ones all the time in the hope of encountering one that is deciferable... Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ.

Re: hanging up during debian install??

2012-12-20 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 10:40 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > MD5 is fine for integrity checks, just don't rely on it for security. I wasn't aware about this. However, I'm naive, I believe that the Linux downloads are secure and I indeed use MD5 just to check integrity. Since I'm a K3b users, the MD4

Re: etymology of tl;dr (was ... Re: How recover from aborted dist-upgrade ... (due to apt-listbug bug 585448))

2012-12-20 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:17:42 -0700 Bob Proulx wrote: ... > Language continuously evolves. The spoken language of Shakespeare is > almost impossible for me to understand when listened to with my ears. > And I am sure the reverse would be too. "Cool" never goes out of > style. "Nice" is pretty

Re: OT: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread Lorenzo Sutton
On 20/12/12 02:17, Frank McCormick wrote: On 19/12/12 07:47 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 18:00 -0500, Brad Alexander wrote: Anyone know what would make captcha not work? In my case the browsers are able to display it, but I'm often unable to decrypt it. I've got no issue to

Re: Laptop battery life with 64 bit

2012-12-20 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 20. 12. 2012 04:24:36 je Daniel Dalton napisal(a): On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:45:25PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Daniel Dalton wrote: > > But should the knew kernel really improve battery life by apparently > > 5-6 hours (according to powertop) > > Five to six hours of improvement would b

Re: hanging up during debian install??

2012-12-20 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 19 December 2012 22:58:07 salamandir wrote: > On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 10:36:30 PM, Lisi Reisz, an eminent > > manifestation of divinity, wrote: > > What is "Squeeze '2'" (live or otherwise)? What does the "2" mean? > > i don't remember the link i got "Squeeze 2" from, but i ha

Re: OT: Captchas?

2012-12-20 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 20 Dec 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 19:12 -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > Ralf writes: > > > In real life [captchas are] most of the times are completely > > > unreadable for me. > > > > I often find them insoluble as well. > > :D > > For people using braille they for sure

Re: hanging up during debian install??

2012-12-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 19 dec 12, 22:36:30, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Did you run a check on the CD? I still use MD5sum, but I have to point out > that it is deprecated now. The world has moved on. I think that everyone > else now uses SHA-2 or even SHA-3. MD5 is fine for integrity checks, just don't rely on it

Re: Is it possible to install nowadays on Debian SID the LibreOffice 3.6.4?

2012-12-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 19 dec 12, 18:22:31, Mark Allums wrote: > > In the long run, it's best to learn apt and > aptitude from the command line, but for now, Synaptic or the Aptitude > ncurses UI are probably the gentlest way to get used to installing packages. IMVHO aptitude interactive is superior to the comma