Re: I wish to advocate linux

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 03:52:24PM -0500, Mark Filipak wrote: > On 2013/2/27 3:45 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote: > >* On 2013 27 Feb 14:25 -0600, Mark Filipak wrote: > > > >>What a nonsensical statement. I've never successfully installed any > >>distribution of Linux. > > > >Not even on an empty hard dri

Re: Flash and Firefox on Squeeze (SOLVED)

On 02/27/2013 05:39 AM, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/27/2013 12:35 AM, Marc Shapiro wrote: I am running Squeeze on an AMD64 system. I use actual Mozilla Firefox (18.0.2), NOT Iceweasel. Most likely the culprit is architecture mismatch. Your plugi

Re: I wish to advocate linux

Ralf Mardorf wrote: Cities that switched from Microsoft to Linux, for their departments, switched back to Windows. Then again, I've been seeing an awful lot of government users switching to Redhat Linux. Linux isn't a replacement for Windows and Apple. If somebody needs Apple and Micros

Re: Removing commited versions from git history

On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:15:42 +0100 Alois Mahdal wrote: > On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:53:31 + (UTC) > T o n g wrote: > > [...] but keep the rest of its revisions. How can I do that? Me sleepy-brain, I mis-read. I'm not sure if it's possible to do with filter-branch. Anyway, I'm sure that rewrite

Re: I wish to advocate linux

On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 21:32 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > I don't think I've ever seen a live CD for either Windows or > MacOS (well, the install DVD sort of is, but...). And I sure as heck > don't think you can get Windows or MacOS to run off a USB stick. On the > other hand, I CAN carry a f

Re: Thinking about using Debian

Charles Kroeger wrote: On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:40:02 +0100 Mark Filipak wrote: Linux scares the crap out of me. I tell you, the thing that scares the crap out of me is a woman with a bow and arrow. Oh God no... let's not go down this rathole :-) -- In theory, there is no difference betwee

Re: Removing commited versions from git history

On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:53:31 + (UTC) T o n g wrote: > > I want to permanently delete an old revision (or revisions) > of single file from Git. Specifically, I want to delete from > my public git server repo my initial published version of one > single file, but keep the rest of its revisions.

Re: Problems with apt-get

Is anyone else getting GPG signature errors when updating from ftp.us.debian.org tonight?* * On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2013 27 Feb 12:37 -0600, Steven Grunza wrote: > > > > Also, after running 'apt-get

Removing commited versions from git history

Hi, I want to permanently delete an old revision (or revisions) of single file from Git. Specifically, I want to delete from my public git server repo my initial published version of one single file, but keep the rest of its revisions. How can I do that? I've done some searching, as follows.

Re: Thinking about using Debian

On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:40:02 +0100 Mark Filipak wrote: > Linux scares the crap out of me. I tell you, the thing that scares the crap out of me is a woman with a bow and arrow. -- CK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

Alois Mahdal wrote: Hi Miles, hi everybody! On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:56:40 -0500 Miles Fidelman wrote: Sure... thanks! Still, it's a good thing to train folks to reply appropriately :-) Holy ravioli! Training a troll? Gimme a break! BTW, I'd prefer good old Delete key. I use it a LOT, but it

Re: lightweight dns server

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:44:55 +, Alan Chandler wrote: >> please suggest a lightweight dns server that is available on debian >> main repo >> > dnsmasq is ideal for this. It also includes a dhcp server if you need > that too. +1, check out: Providing DHCP and DNS services with DNSMasq http:/

Re: I wish to advocate linux

Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote: So here we have it. You are trying to run a Linux distribution from USB stick. Somehing very exotic, not for beginers. Now I dare you to prove that it is easier (or even possible) to do this with Windows. If you are complaing that doing in Linux something that is

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

David Guntner wrote: Miles Fidelman grabbed a keyboard and wrote: David Guntner wrote: If you're using Procmail to filter your E-Mail, I can send you a recipe that deletes the duplicate when things like that happen... :-) Anyway, the recipe is dirt simple. The bit of code below assumes that

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

Hi Miles, hi everybody! On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:56:40 -0500 Miles Fidelman wrote: > > Sure... thanks! Still, it's a good thing to train folks to > reply appropriately :-) Holy ravioli! Training a troll? Gimme a break! BTW, I'd prefer good old Delete key. I use it a LOT, but it's still working

Re: I wish to advocate linux

> On 2013/2/27 6:31 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: >> Mark Filipak wrote: >>> I'm not a troll, Miles. Yes, you are. Lets see. > I'm trying to get help, Miles. What is the question? > I've been lurking. This didn't start out as > my thread. "I wish to advocate linux" is not my aim. I merely made a >

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

Miles Fidelman grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > David Guntner wrote: >> Miles Fidelman grabbed a keyboard and wrote: >>> AND PLEASE STOP HITTING REPLY ALL - I DON'T NEED TWO COPIES OF EVERY ONE >>> OF YOUR POSTINGS - REPLY TO THE LIST, ONLY >> If you're using Procmail to filter your E-Mail, I can se

Re: I wish to advocate linux

Message From: Miles Fidelman To: debian-user Subject: Re: I wish to advocate linux Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:53:28 -0500 Message From: Mark Filipak To: Miles Fidelman Cc: debian-user Subject: Re: I wish to advocate linux Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:07:02 -0500 >

Re: I wish to advocate linux

Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 19:04 -0500, Mark Filipak wrote: In the Debian live page, dd is offered as the way to copy the ISO file to a USB stick. But the dd program offered only runs in Linux! What good is that to someone who is running Windows at the time? If I get a new comput

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

David Guntner wrote: Miles Fidelman grabbed a keyboard and wrote: AND PLEASE STOP HITTING REPLY ALL - I DON'T NEED TWO COPIES OF EVERY ONE OF YOUR POSTINGS - REPLY TO THE LIST, ONLY If you're using Procmail to filter your E-Mail, I can send you a recipe that deletes the duplicate when things li

Re: Why does my wifi use wlan1 and wired ethernet use eth2?

Philip Ashmore wrote: > I've tried setting these to eth0 and wlan0 but I'm getting console > messages like "device not found" for wlan0 - they're not logged > anywhere I can find them. > > Eth0 isn't so important for now, but I'd like to know, where does > Debian get these magic names from? This

Re: I wish to advocate linux

On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 19:04 -0500, Mark Filipak wrote: > But the dd program offered only runs in Linux! http://www.cygwin.com/ http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2000-08/msg00885.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact li

Re: I wish to advocate linux

On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 19:04 -0500, Mark Filipak wrote: > In the Debian live page, dd is offered as the way to copy the ISO file > to a USB stick. But the dd program offered only runs in Linux! What > good is that to someone who is running Windows at the time? If I get a new computer, then nothing

Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

Miles Fidelman grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > AND PLEASE STOP HITTING REPLY ALL - I DON'T NEED TWO COPIES OF EVERY ONE > OF YOUR POSTINGS - REPLY TO THE LIST, ONLY If you're using Procmail to filter your E-Mail, I can send you a recipe that deletes the duplicate when things like that happen...

Why does my wifi use wlan1 and wired ethernet use eth2?

Hi there. Here's some of /var/log/messages to start things off: Feb 28 00:16:55 buckyball kernel: [2.601270] eth%d: RTL8168E-VL/8111E-VL at 0xc9c7e000, e8:03:9a:08:d0:74, IRQ 41 Feb 28 00:16:55 buckyball kernel: [ 23.106590] r8168: eth2: link down Feb 28 00:16:55 buckyball kernel

Re: Adobe Reader 9.5.4 on 64 bit Linux

On Thursday 28 February 2013 00:25:48 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > and you are running Squeeze? Yes Lisi -- 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/201302280031.597

Re: Adobe Reader 9.5.4 on 64 bit Linux

Lisi Reisz wrote: On Wednesday 27 February 2013 23:24:42 Lisi Reisz wrote: On Wednesday 27 February 2013 18:59:06 Claudius Hubig wrote: Dear Lisi, Lisi Reisz wrote: There has, I know, been quite a lot about 32 bit on 64 bit systems recently. But I am not clear where I should start with this o

Re: I wish to advocate linux

Mark Filipak wrote: On 2013/2/27 6:53 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Mark Filipak wrote: On 2013/2/27 6:34 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Mark Filipak wrote: On 2013/2/27 5:32 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Tuesday 26 February 2013 21:35:18 Mark Filipak wrote: An OS that is difficult to install is not a fri

Re: lightweight dns server

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Frank Lanitz wrote: > Am 27.02.2013 14:46, schrieb Umarzuki Mochlis: >> >> please suggest a lightweight dns server that is available on debian main repo >> >> my main usage is to be used as split domain, mainly to able to resolve >> mx record for mailserver test la

Re: I wish to advocate linux

On 2013/2/27 6:53 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Mark Filipak wrote: On 2013/2/27 6:34 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Mark Filipak wrote: On 2013/2/27 5:32 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Tuesday 26 February 2013 21:35:18 Mark Filipak wrote: An OS that is difficult to install is not a friendly OS. People und

Re: I wish to advocate linux

On 2013/2/27 6:31 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Mark Filipak wrote: On 2013/2/27 11:18 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Hasn't even run it, apprently, or at least wrote in an earlier message "But I don't run Linux." Now that's it in a nutshell, isn't it. Seems to me that Mark is simply a troll (certa

Re: Adobe Reader 9.5.4 on 64 bit Linux

On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 23:40 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > I go to the menu. I click on Adobe Reader. Nothing happens at all. I have > tried to launch the application from the runner. Again, nothing at all > happens. When I click on the file, nothing happens. If I right click on the > file, I

Re: I wish to advocate linux

Mark Filipak wrote: On 2013/2/27 6:34 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Mark Filipak wrote: On 2013/2/27 5:32 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Tuesday 26 February 2013 21:35:18 Mark Filipak wrote: An OS that is difficult to install is not a friendly OS. People understand this. I find Debian GNU/Linux sign

Root shell bug on Debian wheezy

Greetings, A root shell sometimes appears during the login sequence on a Debian Wheezy system servicing thin clients. The root shell appears after one enters a login and a password then presses random keys until a box appears with the root prompt and perhaps the rest of the login window. A "whoam

Re: Adobe Reader 9.5.4 on 64 bit Linux

On Wednesday 27 February 2013 23:24:42 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 27 February 2013 18:59:06 Claudius Hubig wrote: > > Dear Lisi, > > > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > There has, I know, been quite a lot about 32 bit on 64 bit systems > > > recently. But I am not clear where I should start with this

Re: I wish to advocate linux

Mark Filipak wrote: On 2013/2/27 5:32 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Tuesday 26 February 2013 21:35:18 Mark Filipak wrote: An OS that is difficult to install is not a friendly OS. People understand this. I find Debian GNU/Linux significantly easier to install than Windows. What a nonsensical sta

Re: I wish to advocate linux

Mark Filipak wrote: On 2013/2/27 11:18 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Hasn't even run it, apprently, or at least wrote in an earlier message "But I don't run Linux." Now that's it in a nutshell, isn't it. Seems to me that Mark is simply a troll (certainly not a "debian-user") I'm not a trol

Re: Adobe Reader 9.5.4 on 64 bit Linux

On Wednesday 27 February 2013 18:59:06 Claudius Hubig wrote: > Dear Lisi, > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > There has, I know, been quite a lot about 32 bit on 64 bit systems > > recently. But I am not clear where I should start with this one. > > Are you on Squeeze or Wheezy? For Squeeze, install the ia32

Re: I wish to advocate linux

* On 2013 27 Feb 16:58 -0600, Mark Filipak wrote: > I'm trying to make a bootable Debian live USB. My ISO-to-USB writer > apparently can only make bootable *Windows* images. I tried using dd > from here: > > http://www.chrysocome.net/downloads/dd-0.6beta3.zip > > but it won't run for me without

Re: I wish to advocate linux

Lisi Reisz wrote: On Wednesday 27 February 2013 20:34:26 Go Linux wrote: Well, I am a liberal arts educated 70-something (and female to boot) +1 ;-) without a technical computer background like yours to brag about. I am just a lowly user with a curiosity and willingness to learn. I have also

Re: I wish to advocate linux

Thanks for replying, Nate. On 2013/2/27 4:18 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote: * On 2013 27 Feb 14:53 -0600, Mark Filipak wrote: The only result of my attempted installations has been cryptic error messages and non-bootable disks. That sounds more like a disk writing failure. I've gotten a few coast

Re: I wish to advocate linux

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:24:02 -0500 Mark Filipak wrote: > On 2013/2/27 5:32 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Tuesday 26 February 2013 21:35:18 Mark Filipak wrote: > >> An OS that is difficult to install is not a friendly OS. People > >> understand this. > > > > I find Debian GNU/Linux significantly ea

Re: Rmore details on network was Setting up a network Was: Re: a very carefully asked question?

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 03:14:05PM +0100, "Morel Bérenger" wrote: > Le Mer 27 février 2013 15:01, Karen Lewellen a écrit : > > For your network card, if you have no network management daemons > (networkmanager, by example. I do not know if there are other, but I think > yes.), you can configure th

Re: I wish to advocate linux

mm resading all this: what is this from mr. filipak. whithout meaning flaming: maybe a kind of trolling?? regards, steef Nate Bargmann schreef: * On 2013 27 Feb 14:53 -0600, Mark Filipak wrote: <..> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a su

Re: I wish to advocate linux

* On 2013 27 Feb 14:53 -0600, Mark Filipak wrote: > The only result of my attempted installations has been cryptic error > messages and non-bootable disks. That sounds more like a disk writing failure. I've gotten a few coasters in my years that didn't do things quite right. > I have asked for

Re: I wish to advocate linux

--- On Wed, 2/27/13, Mark Filipak wrote: > From: Mark Filipak > Subject: Re: I wish to advocate linux > To: "Lisi Reisz" > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 2:53 PM > On 2013/2/27 3:42 PM, Lisi Reisz > wrote: > > On Wednesday 27 February 2013 20:34:26 Go Lin

Re: Debian Wheezy and Command-shell Browser Output

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:00:10 + Tony van der Hoff wrote: > On 27/02/13 16:14, Martin McCormick wrote: > > I use Debian Wheezy with the speakup kernel modules that > > make it possible for computer users who are blind to access the > > system. The particular hardware I am using should run g

device descriptor read/64, error -32

Hi I was trying to install squeeze 6.0.7 Debian, when this error occured: usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -32 it happend immidiately after booting USB with image and choosing install. I have Windows 7 installed on the same PC, and it works fine. I installed same version on my laptop,

Re: I wish to advocate linux

On 2013/2/27 3:42 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Wednesday 27 February 2013 20:34:26 Go Linux wrote: Well, I am a liberal arts educated 70-something (and female to boot) +1 ;-) without a technical computer background like yours to brag about. I am just a lowly user with a curiosity and willingnes

Re: I wish to advocate linux

On 2013/2/27 3:45 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote: * On 2013 27 Feb 14:25 -0600, Mark Filipak wrote: What a nonsensical statement. I've never successfully installed any distribution of Linux. Not even on an empty hard drive on commodity x86 hardware? I find this admission so absurd that I can't get

Re: I wish to advocate linux

On 2013/2/27 3:36 PM, Harvey Kelly wrote: On 27 February 2013 20:24, Mark Filipak wrote: What a nonsensical statement. I've never successfully installed any distribution of Linux You fibber. You installed Squeeze on your amd64 machine according to this thread (earlier this month): http://li

Re: I wish to advocate linux

On 2013/2/27 3:34 PM, Go Linux wrote: --- On Wed, 2/27/13, Mark Filipak wrote: I'm someone who started computing on IBM-360s in the 1970s, who progressed to HP3000-SPL and PDP11s and UNIX and Solaris and MS-DOS and MS-Windows. I played with Xenix, Minix and even BE-OS. I've never successfully

Re: I wish to advocate linux

* On 2013 27 Feb 14:25 -0600, Mark Filipak wrote: > What a nonsensical statement. I've never successfully installed any > distribution of Linux. Not even on an empty hard drive on commodity x86 hardware? I find this admission so absurd that I can't get my head around it. Although, your definit

Re: I wish to advocate linux

On Wednesday 27 February 2013 20:34:26 Go Linux wrote: > Well, I am a liberal arts educated 70-something (and female to boot) +1 ;-) > without a technical computer background like yours to brag about.  I am > just a lowly user with a curiosity and willingness to learn. I have also > been very stu

Re: I wish to advocate linux

On 02/27/2013 10:24 PM, Mark Filipak wrote: > What a nonsensical statement. I've never successfully installed any > distribution of Linux. Then you haven't tried during the last 10 or so years. Debian is quite easy, but the new graphical installers for Ubuntu might be more to your taste. /Lars

Re: I wish to advocate linux

On 27 February 2013 20:24, Mark Filipak wrote: > What a nonsensical statement. I've never successfully installed any > distribution of Linux You fibber. You installed Squeeze on your amd64 machine according to this thread (earlier this month): http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/02/msg0025

Re: I wish to advocate linux

--- On Wed, 2/27/13, Mark Filipak wrote: > I'm someone who started computing on > IBM-360s in the 1970s, who progressed to HP3000-SPL and > PDP11s and UNIX and Solaris and MS-DOS and MS-Windows. I > played with Xenix, Minix and even BE-OS. I've never > successfully installed any distribution of L

Re: Running pae kernel on non-pae system

On Ma, 26 feb 13, 09:03:55, Tixy wrote: > > Unfortunately, the top hits for me when searching for "pentium m pae" in > Google is Wikipedia, which is at best misleading if not wrong. It's a wiki :p (SCNR) Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions amo

Re: I wish to advocate linux

On 2013/2/27 5:32 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Tuesday 26 February 2013 21:35:18 Mark Filipak wrote: An OS that is difficult to install is not a friendly OS. People understand this. I find Debian GNU/Linux significantly easier to install than Windows. What a nonsensical statement. I've never suc

Re: I wish to advocate linux

On 2013/2/27 11:18 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:34:04 +, Lisi Reisz mailto:lisi.reisz%40gmail.com>> wrote: > > Mark Filipak wrote: > >> For everyone who doesn't have their own development department to adapt > >> Linux kernels to their widget, Linux has been a toy OS fo

Re: Rmore details on network was Setting up a network Was: Re: a very carefully asked question?

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 02:16:23PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 27 February 2013 14:01:22 Karen Lewellen wrote: > > can someone send me the command one might use to learn if ice > > Wiesel is included on the drive? > > Assuming Debian: > > $ aptitude search iceweasel > > You can also

Re: Debian Wheezy and Command-shell Browser Output

I have not gotten to actually try this out but after I did a search for NetGear telnet interface, I found out there is some good news. If you do a google search for netgear+series+n+telnet+interface One of the first articles that comes up is a step-by-step set of instructions for enabling the tel

Re: Problems with apt-get

* On 2013 27 Feb 12:37 -0600, Steven Grunza wrote: > > Also, after running 'apt-get update' try another mirror. Change: > > > > deb http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/debian/ > > > > To: > > > > deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ > > > > Run 'apt-get update' and see what's what. > > > > Running a

Re: Adobe Reader 9.5.4 on 64 bit Linux

* On 2013 27 Feb 12:29 -0600, Lisi Reisz wrote: > In order to read a government form I need Adobe Reader 9.5.4. There is a deb > file, but it is 32 bit. The system requirements demand 32 bit. The > government form I require will not even allow attempts to open it with > anything else. I have

Re: Adobe Reader 9.5.4 on 64 bit Linux

Dear Lisi, Lisi Reisz wrote: > There has, I know, been quite a lot about 32 bit on 64 bit systems recently. > But I am not clear where I should start with this one. Are you on Squeeze or Wheezy? For Squeeze, install the ia32-libs* and then dpkg --force-architecture the Adobe Reader .deb, for Wh

Re: Problems with apt-get

On Wed 27 Feb 2013 at 13:36:10 -0500, Steven Grunza wrote: > Running apt-get update now. It's a little bit slower since I'm one > state away from udel.edu but there's an ocean between me and the UK. > > > Looks like slow and correct beats fast and broken. > > "sudo apt-get install thunar evinc

RE: Problems with apt-get

> -Original Message- > From: Harvey Kelly [mailto:harvey1...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 1:17 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Problems with apt-get > > On 27 February 2013 17:49, Claudius Hubig > wrote: > > Steven Grunza wrote: > >> Err http://ftp

Adobe Reader 9.5.4 on 64 bit Linux

In order to read a government form I need Adobe Reader 9.5.4. There is a deb file, but it is 32 bit. The system requirements demand 32 bit. The government form I require will not even allow attempts to open it with anything else. I have a 64 bit system. I need: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/charit

Re: Problems with apt-get

On 27 February 2013 17:49, Claudius Hubig wrote: > Steven Grunza wrote: >> Err http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/debian/ squeeze/main libpoppler5 powerpc >> 0.12.4-1.2+squeeze1 >> 404 Not found >> E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with >> --fix-missing? >

Re: Problems with apt-get

Dear Steven, Steven Grunza wrote: > Err http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/debian/ squeeze/main libpoppler5 powerpc > 0.12.4-1.2+squeeze1 > 404 Not found > E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with > --fix-missing? ^^

Re: Debian Wheezy and Command-shell Browser Output

Tony van der Hoff writes: > AFAIAA all netgear (and most other) routers have an optional telnet > interface. Why bother with a browser? I telnetted to our router after getting on our network and it did make a connection but nothing happens after that which means that port 23 is responding

grub2 Problems

Not sure if this is the proper place or not, but here goes... I have just gotten around to installing squeeze, and have encountered a snafu with grub2 I have an older computer with IDE drives. I have an old copy of Win98 on sda1, with Debian on this drive. I have Win XP on sdb1 I'm still chain

Problems with apt-get

I'm not sure if my problem is related to my system's configuration (emulated PPC) or PowerPC in general. When I try to install a package, I get a message that the file couldn't be found and the URL that was attempted. I can copy the URL and pass it to wget and the file is retrieved -- no probl

Re: Debian Wheezy and Command-shell Browser Output

On 27/02/13 16:14, Martin McCormick wrote: > I use Debian Wheezy with the speakup kernel modules that > make it possible for computer users who are blind to access the > system. The particular hardware I am using should run gnome with > orka but tell that to the box and see how far that gets

Re: Debian Wheezy and Command-shell Browser Output

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:14:14AM -0600, Martin McCormick wrote: > I use Debian Wheezy with the speakup kernel modules that > make it possible for computer users who are blind to access the > system. The particular hardware I am using should run gnome with > orka but tell that to the box and

Re: Debian Wheezy and Command-shell Browser Output

Hi On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 16:14 +, Martin McCormick wrote: > I use Debian Wheezy with the speakup kernel modules that > make it possible for computer users who are blind to access the > system. The particular hardware I am using should run gnome with > orka but tell that to the box and s

Re: lightweight dns server

Le 27/02/2013 14:52, Frank Lanitz a écrit : Am 27.02.2013 14:46, schrieb Umarzuki Mochlis: hi, please suggest a lightweight dns server that is available on debian main repo my main usage is to be used as split domain, mainly to able to resolve mx record for mailserver test lab Maybe dnsmasq.

Re: evolution: squeeze -> wheezy

> try to restore backup but the e-mails didn't have restored Ah, sorry. I didn't know you were already importing the backup in maildir format. I do think this is an upstream problem too: I got so frustrated last year I even installed Fedora and Arch, before returning to Debian, all due to the pro

Debian Wheezy and Command-shell Browser Output

I use Debian Wheezy with the speakup kernel modules that make it possible for computer users who are blind to access the system. The particular hardware I am using should run gnome with orka but tell that to the box and see how far that gets you. Right now, bash command-line operat

Re: I wish to advocate linux

On Wednesday 27 February 2013 16:18:20 Miles Fidelman wrote: > Seems to me that Mark is simply a troll (certainly not a "debian-user") Yes, I had come to that conclusion. He is inconsistent and deliberately provocative. I see nothing wrong with your attitude (he hardly makes his objection clear

Re: evolution: squeeze -> wheezy

El mié, 27-02-2013 a las 15:44 +, Harvey Kelly escribió: > As long as you export/backup your email with Evolution's export > facility you should be okay. > > Thans harvey for the info! on my first email, you'll see: 9) try to restore backup but the e-mails didn't have restored This was th

Re: I wish to advocate linux

* /From/: Lisi Reisz mailto:lisi.reisz%40gmail.com>> * /Date/: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:34:04 + On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:34:04 +, Lisi Reisz mailto:lisi.reisz%40gmail.com>> wrote: > > Mark Filipak wrote: > >> For everyone who doesn't have their own development department to adapt > >> Lin

Re: lightweight dns server

On 27/02/13 13:46, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: hi, please suggest a lightweight dns server that is available on debian main repo my main usage is to be used as split domain, mainly to able to resolve mx record for mailserver test lab thanks. dnsmasq is ideal for this. It also includes a dhcp ser

Re: I wish to advocate linux

see inline. On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Mark Filipak wrote: > On 2013/2/26 3:53 PM, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > -snip- > >> Unfortunately, this is about as interesting to the average person as the >> engine manufacturer in their motor vehicle > > -snip- > > Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! I'm interested

Re: Thinking about using Debian

* On 2013 27 Feb 02:55 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > The Xubuntu desktop GUI is XFCE and XFCE is available in Debian too. :-) I know, as my main desktop and this laptop both run Sid with XFCE. > It isn't heresy. But Ubuntu and Debian have different goals and > priorities. Debian as an organiza

Re: evolution: squeeze -> wheezy

Hi Carlos, > i'm having trouble updating my system to wheezy. > I'm testing on VMs with disposable emails, but not having good results: I had a similar problem going from Evolution 3.0 -> 3.4. Oddly there was no such problem from 2.30 - > 3.0. Evolution's mail is stored in maildir format - where

Re: a very carefully asked question?

On Wed 27 Feb 2013 at 08:23:17 -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote: > I already know my network card was not detected. How do you know that? What does the output of dmesg | grep eth tell you? (Type the command at the prompt in a terminal). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d

Re: I wish to advocate linux

On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:19:17 -0500 "frank ernest" wrote: > I mean a linux system is a linux system they all use the same kernel, > the same shells, etc. If this is the depth of your Linux understanding, please don't attempt to advocate. You'll likely do harm. Cybe R. Wizard -- Nice computers

Re: Rmore details on network was Setting up a network Was: Re: a very carefully asked question?

On Wednesday 27 February 2013 14:01:22 Karen Lewellen wrote: > can someone send me the command one might use to learn if ice > Wiesel is included on the drive? Assuming Debian: $ aptitude search iceweasel You can also use apt-get, which in this case would be (I think, a least) $apt-cache search

Re: Rmore details on network was Setting up a network Was: Re: a very carefully asked question?

Le Mer 27 février 2013 15:01, Karen Lewellen a écrit : > To keep it basic, since the idea of debian finding the card even if > not connected might make sense, I take it that will be the best first > step? second, can someone send me the command one might use to learn if > ice Wiesel is included on

Rmore details on network was Setting up a network Was: Re: a very carefully asked question?

I do agree on the subject line, but it was based on past posting experience. Here is the deal. because I could find no one locally here in Toronto to help with my desired install of debian, someone privately offered to put a basic install on a hard drive and send it to me. I later had someone

Re: Flash and Firefox on Squeeze

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/27/2013 12:35 AM, Marc Shapiro wrote: > I am running Squeeze on an AMD64 system. > > I use actual Mozilla Firefox (18.0.2), NOT Iceweasel. Most likely the culprit is architecture mismatch. Your plugins are amd64, while Firefox might be i386, i.

Re: lightweight dns server

Am 27.02.2013 14:46, schrieb Umarzuki Mochlis: > hi, > > please suggest a lightweight dns server that is available on debian main repo > > my main usage is to be used as split domain, mainly to able to resolve > mx record for mailserver test lab Maybe dnsmasq. Cheers Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: a very carefully asked question?

Am 27.02.2013 14:23, schrieb Karen Lewellen: > I already know my network card was not detected. > The install of debian I have was placed on a hard drive separate from a > computer later built for me, and into which the drive holding debian was > later placed. > If I simply connect the card will d

lightweight dns server

hi, please suggest a lightweight dns server that is available on debian main repo my main usage is to be used as split domain, mainly to able to resolve mx record for mailserver test lab thanks. -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://debmal.my -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@l

Re: Setting up a network Was: Re: a very carefully asked question?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-02-27 18:35, Brian wrote: > Karen has formulated a query with too broad an aspect - "How do I > plan out setting up a network connection?" She could do with > narrowing it down to whether it is a cabled or wireless connection > she wants and w

Re: Thinking about using Debian

Bob writes: > It is a political philosophy thing. Debian's policy that everything in Main must be freely redistributable and modifiable is one of the things that makes derivative distributions such as Ubuntu possible. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.

Re: a very carefully asked question?

Hi, I already know my network card was not detected. The install of debian I have was placed on a hard drive separate from a computer later built for me, and into which the drive holding debian was later placed. If I simply connect the card will debian find it on boot? Karen On Wed, 27 Feb 20

Re: evolution: squeeze -> wheezy

El mar, 26-02-2013 a las 17:25 -0300, Carlos Pasqualini escribió: > Hi people! > > i'm having trouble updating my system to wheezy. > > I'm testing on VMs with disposable emails, but not having good results: > > The steps i'm using are: > > 1) on a VM, fresh install of squeeze; /home on another

Re: I wish to advocate linux

Lars Noodén wrote: On 02/27/2013 12:32 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: ... And the average man in the street does not install his own OS, whatever that OS may be. That is the heart of the matter. Until the OEM stranglehold is broken, desktop adoption will remain low. Fortunately we are seeing a turn of

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