Re: Running pae kernel on non-pae system

2013-02-23 Thread David Baron
As previously posted, I am definitely running a PAE kernel on a system which does not benefit from it. Boots no problem. The CPU probably does support it. The BIOS, however, does not.

Re: Commands in /etc/rc.local Fail

2013-02-23 Thread Roman V.Leon.
On 24.02.2013 11:19, Thomas D. Dean wrote: On 02/23/13 23:12, Roman V.Leon. wrote: On 23.02.2013 13:42, Thomas D. Dean wrote: On boot, wlan0 fails to come up. After login, > sudo ifup wlan0 works. > uname -a Linux zd7000 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Sun Sep 23 09:49:36 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux > cat /e

Re: Commands in /etc/rc.local Fail

2013-02-23 Thread Thomas D. Dean
On 02/23/13 23:12, Roman V.Leon. wrote: On 23.02.2013 13:42, Thomas D. Dean wrote: On boot, wlan0 fails to come up. After login, > sudo ifup wlan0 works. > uname -a Linux zd7000 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Sun Sep 23 09:49:36 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux > cat /etc/rc.local /sbin/modprobe -r b43 /sbin/m

Re: Commands in /etc/rc.local Fail

2013-02-23 Thread Roman V.Leon.
On 23.02.2013 13:42, Thomas D. Dean wrote: On boot, wlan0 fails to come up. After login, > sudo ifup wlan0 works. > uname -a Linux zd7000 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Sun Sep 23 09:49:36 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux > cat /etc/rc.local /sbin/modprobe -r b43 /sbin/modprobe b43 /sbin/ifup wlan0 exit 0 But,

Re: Moving Chromebook from Ubuntu Precise to Debian Squeeze (and eventually Wheezy)

2013-02-23 Thread Dom
On 23/02/13 23:25, Mark Allums wrote: Hi, all. I possess an ARM Chromebook, and was not smart enough to get Debian onto it using instructions from the Web, but I found I could follow the Ubuntu-based instructions, and I successfully installed Ubuntu 12.04 for ARM on a 64GB SDXC card. Is there a

RE: How to become a Windows device? (Was: possible USB virus?)

2013-02-23 Thread Mark Allums
Hello, > > On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:09:53 -0600 > "Mark Allums" wrote: > > FYI, a few USB storage things were known to irrevocably > > become Windows devices once used on Windows. This is rare > > now. However, if you reformatted and it seems to work now, > > forget about it. > > Please can you

OT: How to become a Windows device? (Was: possible USB virus?)

2013-02-23 Thread Alois Mahdal
Hello, On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:09:53 -0600 "Mark Allums" wrote: > FYI, a few USB storage things were known to irrevocably > become Windows devices once used on Windows. This is rare > now. However, if you reformatted and it seems to work now, > forget about it. Please can you explain what do yo

RE: [OT] possible USB virus?

2013-02-23 Thread Mark Allums
> > FYI, a few USB storage things were known to irrevocably become Windows > > devices once used on Windows. > > Are you kidding? I really experienced that a brand new USB stick once > completely gets broken. The dealer sent me a new one, regarding to the > warranty claim. I can't remember if I us

Re: [OT] possible USB virus?

2013-02-23 Thread Ralf Mardorf
> > > I'm selling tin foil hats on special this week only! :) > > > > > I think I have already have one (invisible though). :D > FYI, a few USB storage things were known to irrevocably become Windows > devices once used on Windows. Are you kidding? I really experienced that a brand new USB stic

Moving Chromebook from Ubuntu Precise to Debian Squeeze (and eventually Wheezy)

2013-02-23 Thread Mark Allums
Hi, all. I possess an ARM Chromebook, and was not smart enough to get Debian onto it using instructions from the Web, but I found I could follow the Ubuntu-based instructions, and I successfully installed Ubuntu 12.04 for ARM on a 64GB SDXC card. Is there a decent way to leverage Ubuntu over

RE: [OT] possible USB virus?

2013-02-23 Thread Mark Allums
> -Original Message- > From: lina [mailto:lina.lastn...@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 9:00 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: [OT] possible USB virus? > > On Saturday 23,February,2013 10:35 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 02:36:13

Re: upgrading to wheezy - multiseat stops working

2013-02-23 Thread Sergey Spiridonov
Hi Hugo On 18.02.2013 20:54, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Glad to see someone is still trying multiseat! AFAIK the problem is the loss of gdm. It is still in sid, have you tried running with that? I use multiseat for many years already (~6 years). And you are right, the problem is the loss of gdm.

Re: upgrading to wheezy - multiseat stops working

2013-02-23 Thread Sergey Spiridonov
Hi Linux-Fan On 19.02.2013 09:15, Linux-Fan wrote: This topic recently appeared in a German computer magazine: Although the description was for Ubuntu, it might help you that they recommended to end the command line with a '#' to make the added options becomme comments, like command=/usr/bin/X

Re: Running pae kernel on non-pae system

2013-02-23 Thread deb...@paulscrap.com
On 02/23/2013 02:15 PM, Dom wrote: > On 23/02/13 18:36, deb...@paulscrap.com wrote: > > I think the pae bit will only be used by CPUs that support it, otherwise > it will be ignored and run normally. Only some "really old" CPUs (like > some others I do run) won't be supported. > See, that's int

Re: Running pae kernel on non-pae system

2013-02-23 Thread Dom
On 23/02/13 18:36, deb...@paulscrap.com wrote: Hi Folks, Last night I updated an older laptop of mine from Squeeze to Wheezy. It went fine, but I did run into an odd particularity. This system (Dell D505) has a Pentium M processor. My understanding is that the Pentium M's are j

rhythmbox doesn't see mounted music player

2013-02-23 Thread Rob Owens
I've got two different Sansa Clip+ music players, both set to MSC mode. On my main desktop machine, Rhythmbox will these players once they are mounted. On my laptop, neither player is seen, even though they are mounted. Both computers run Squeeze. Both computers have the same relevant file in /u

Running pae kernel on non-pae system

2013-02-23 Thread deb...@paulscrap.com
Hi Folks, Last night I updated an older laptop of mine from Squeeze to Wheezy. It went fine, but I did run into an odd particularity. This system (Dell D505) has a Pentium M processor. My understanding is that the Pentium M's are just about the only modern(ish) processor without

Re: window stickyness and focus

2013-02-23 Thread shawn wilson
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 6:46 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 05:19:45AM -0500, shawn wilson wrote: >> I have two problems here but I think they're somewhat related: >> >> First, I have vim as an alias to a shell script that basically does: >> vim --servername $USER --remote-tab $

Re: Bug#665426: base: USB drive spins up every hour

2013-02-23 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Stefan, On Samstag, 24. März 2012, Stefan Monnier wrote: > Package: base > Severity: normal > > My USB-connected drive spins up every hour (or even half-hour). > > This is a serious problem since it's a 3.5" drive, it's almost always > idle (I only use it once a day for backups) and it's not

Re: [OT] possible USB virus?

2013-02-23 Thread lina
On Saturday 23,February,2013 10:35 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 02:36:13PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> On Saturday 23 February 2013 13:38:16 lina wrote: >>> Few days ago, a guy borrowed my USB. >> >> Why?? Surely lending one's USB is asking for trouble! Personally I would

Re: [OT] possible USB virus?

2013-02-23 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 02:36:13PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 23 February 2013 13:38:16 lina wrote: > > Few days ago, a guy borrowed my USB. > > Why?? Surely lending one's USB is asking for trouble! Personally I would > reformat, but then I am paranoid. Any .exe is probably a Windo

Re: [OT] possible USB virus?

2013-02-23 Thread lina
I have reformat it. Now it looks good. Thanks. -- 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/5128d73a.2070...@gmail.com

Re: [OT] possible USB virus?

2013-02-23 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 23 February 2013 13:38:16 lina wrote: > Few days ago, a guy borrowed my USB. Why?? Surely lending one's USB is asking for trouble! Personally I would reformat, but then I am paranoid. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsub

[OT] possible USB virus?

2013-02-23 Thread lina
Hi, Few days ago, a guy borrowed my USB. The day before yesterday when I tried to use it, I found it can't be written, there is autorun.exe and even one README.txt. When I tried the $ more README.txt it's said click to read, so I just plug the usb out from my laptop. Hope it's not my psycholog

Re: Gnome classic theme for 7?

2013-02-23 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 02:19:25AM -0800, John Conover wrote: > Ralf Mardorf writes: > > On Sat, 2013-02-23 at 03:22 -0600, Mark Allums wrote: > > > > > > > Is there a Gnome classic theme for Debian 7? > > > > > > Do you mean icon and desktop theme for Gnome 3, or a version of Gnome 2, > > > or

Re: Gnome classic theme for 7?

2013-02-23 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 03:22:17AM -0600, Mark Allums wrote: > > > Is there a Gnome classic theme for Debian 7? > > > > Thanks, > > > > John > > > > -- > > > > John Conover, cono...@rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/ > > Do you mean icon and desktop theme for Gnome 3, or a version of

SMSDOM detected a violation in a document you authored.

2013-02-23 Thread HubServer
Please contact your system administrator. The scanned document was classified as a mass-mailer and was deleted. Violation Information: The attachment sparli...@jetairways.com.zip contained the risk W32.Mydoom.M@mm and was deleted. This message is intended only for the person or entity to whic

Re: Gnome classic theme for 7?

2013-02-23 Thread Harvey Kelly
Hi there, > I'll look at Xfce4. Its for my wife, who works in an M$ environment, > and is really accustomed to Ubuntu/Gnome2 as an alternative at home. > (Unity is just not going to work out for her-I use fvwm2, myself; the > lack of an icon/auto mount for fvwm2 and Enlightenment is kind of a > sh

openjdk version in testing is too old.

2013-02-23 Thread Roman V.Leon.
Hi mates. Please advise, why openjdk-7 version is too old in testing? Debian testing repo: 7u3-2.1.3-1 0 Debian experimental repo: 7u15-2.3.7-1 0 Considering the fact that there were a few major vulnerabilities in JRE recently, I don't see other ways of installing JRE on Debian except for downl

Re: Gnome classic theme for 7?

2013-02-23 Thread John Conover
Ralf Mardorf writes: > On Sat, 2013-02-23 at 03:22 -0600, Mark Allums wrote: > > > > > Is there a Gnome classic theme for Debian 7? > > > > Do you mean icon and desktop theme for Gnome 3, or a version of Gnome 2, or > > something else? The answer is complicated. > > > > Gnome 3 has a "classic

Commands in /etc/rc.local Fail

2013-02-23 Thread Thomas D. Dean
On boot, wlan0 fails to come up. After login, > sudo ifup wlan0 works. > uname -a Linux zd7000 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Sun Sep 23 09:49:36 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux > cat /etc/rc.local /sbin/modprobe -r b43 /sbin/modprobe b43 /sbin/ifup wlan0 exit 0 But, the b43-pci-bridge driver is still in use.

Re: Gnome classic theme for 7?

2013-02-23 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-02-23 at 03:22 -0600, Mark Allums wrote: > > > Is there a Gnome classic theme for Debian 7? > > > > Thanks, > > > > John > > > > -- > > > > John Conover, cono...@rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/ > > Do you mean icon and desktop theme for Gnome 3, or a version of Gnome

RE: Gnome classic theme for 7?

2013-02-23 Thread Mark Allums
> Is there a Gnome classic theme for Debian 7? > > Thanks, > > John > > -- > > John Conover, cono...@rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/ Do you mean icon and desktop theme for Gnome 3, or a version of Gnome 2, or something else? The answer is complicated. Gnome 3 has a "classic mod

Gnome classic theme for 7?

2013-02-23 Thread John Conover
Is there a Gnome classic theme for Debian 7? Thanks, John -- John Conover, cono...@rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://list

Re: Keeping backups until storage runs short (deja-dup style) with command line tools?

2013-02-23 Thread Joel Roth
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 02:46:43PM +0300, Johannes Graumann wrote: > Hi, > > deja-dup has an option to keep backups forever or until storage on the drive > backed up to runs short (at which point it starts deleting old backups). > Does someone have any pointers on how to copy that behavior using