Re: Use case for aptitude-{create,run}-state-bundle ?

On Fri, 17 May 2013 18:24:21 -0700 Rick Thomas wrote: > > Can anybody tell me when I might want to use aptitude-{create,run}- > state-bundle ? > > Is it, for example, useful for cloning a machine configuration > following a re-install from scratch? > > Thanks! > > Rick > > #!/bin/bash d

Use case for aptitude-{create,run}-state-bundle ?

Can anybody tell me when I might want to use aptitude-{create,run}- state-bundle ? Is it, for example, useful for cloning a machine configuration following a re-install from scratch? Thanks! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubs

Requesting installation DVDs set

Hi I am Rupesh from India. I want Debian wheezy stable installation DVDs(a set of ten). Can anyone staying in my country or any other ship these DVD's freely. If anyone of you help me I will help other people who wants these DVDs ie., I will ship these DVD's freely. If anyone of you are intereste

Re: About installation DVD's

On Fri, 17 May 2013 21:49:12 +0200, Rick Thomas wrote: As you have pointed out, this doesn't help someone like yourself in a place without high-speed internet access When I had a slow Internet around ten years back, somebody from the community of my country sent me a CD or DVD for free. Sin

Re: About installation DVD's

On Fri, 17 May 2013 12:49:12 -0700 Rick Thomas wrote: > > OK, Rupesh. Here's the process: > > 1) Debian releases the downloadable CD/DVD/Blu-ray disk images. For > reasons already covered, they release the first three DVD as ".iso" > images and the rest as '.jigdo" templates. (As you have po

Re: About installation DVD's

OK, Rupesh. Here's the process: 1) Debian releases the downloadable CD/DVD/Blu-ray disk images. For reasons already covered, they release the first three DVD as ".iso" images and the rest as '.jigdo" templates. (As you have pointed out, this doesn't help someone like yourself in a place wit

Re: DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD: adduser (with crypted/random) password]

On Friday 17 May 2013 20:04:44 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 17 mai 13, 20:43:40, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Fri, 2013-05-17 at 21:06 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Vi, 17 mai 13, 16:49:24, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > What the f... > > > > > > > > I got this, after sending my reply (to the

Re: DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD: adduser (with crypted/random) password]

On Vi, 17 mai 13, 20:43:40, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2013-05-17 at 21:06 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Vi, 17 mai 13, 16:49:24, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > What the f... > > > > > > I got this, after sending my reply (to the list only) to the request > > > from Pol Hallen : > > > > [sni

Re: How to run pm-suspend as user? [was: Re: Fluxbox questions]

Thank you! Sorry for the trouble. I did not create a new thread because I knew I was being blind to a very trivial question. I forgot to mention I had already tried sudo but it wouldn't suspend even so. The problem was I do not normally use sudo and I was stupid enough to insert it directly to obm

Re: DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD: adduser (with crypted/random) password]

On Fri, 2013-05-17 at 21:06 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 17 mai 13, 16:49:24, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > What the f... > > > > I got this, after sending my reply (to the list only) to the request > > from Pol Hallen : > > [snip] > > Please contact the listmasters about such issues. Probab

Re: About installation DVD's

Rupesh Reddy writes: > As I am living in remote area I am asking the questions above and also > I can't use jidigo. And you need the full source for every package? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Fluxbox questions

On 05/17/2013 09:13 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On 16 May 2013 21:10, Linux-Fan wrote: > >> On 05/16/2013 09:09 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: [...] >>> This is my pstree http://dpaste.com/1168992/ and i close all wm >>> programmes >>> under lightdm, but its still not allowing me to log back into flux

Re: Re: git-buildpackage

On Vi, 17 mai 13, 17:21:21, Loyall, David wrote: > Andrei wrote: > > Then you would be in the best position to > > improve the documentation. > > I do appreciate your enthusiasm for encouraging folks to contribute, > but this statement is clearly factually wrong. :) I would accept "In > the fut

Re: FQDN via DHCP, then used in exim4

On 5/16/2013 2:17 PM, Klaus Doering wrote: > Stan, Thank you for the teaching. Indeed, there are many books I should > have read already, alas, there are a great many subjects about which > important books are written. So, I go along and learn when things don't > work as expected. Like now. > > Th

Re: DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD: adduser (with crypted/random) password]

On Vi, 17 mai 13, 16:49:24, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > What the f... > > I got this, after sending my reply (to the list only) to the request > from Pol Hallen : [snip] Please contact the listmasters about such issues. Probably some subscriber has a misconfigured mail server and has to be unsubscri

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

On Vi, 17 mai 13, 09:50:02, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On 17 May 2013 09:14, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > Could you please post the output of 'ps aux' after a fresh reboot? > > boudiccas@London:~$ ps aux [snip] (might I suggest for the next time you run 'ps aux > output.txt' and attach the output

Re: Re: git-buildpackage

Andrei wrote: > Then you would be in the best position to > improve the documentation. I do appreciate your enthusiasm for encouraging folks to contribute, but this statement is clearly factually wrong. :) I would accept "In the future, you might find yourself in the best position to improve th

Re: Error install postgresql-9.1

2013/5/17 Lisi Reisz > On Friday 17 May 2013 17:54:01 Fernando ff77 wrote: > > hello, > > > > ps: Today is Friday 17 !!! ARGHHH. > > What is wrong with Friday 17 ??? > > Lisi sorry but is only in italian. http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venerd%C3%AC_17

Re: Re: git-buildpackage

> What is the output of "git tag -l" in your repository? 0.1 0.2 0.3 [...many lines...] 3.20121212 3.20130212 3.20130504 etch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debi

Re: About installation DVD's

On 5/17/13 7:39 PM, Rupesh Reddy wrote: > No one of you have answered my question ie., what's the process going on. I > am relatively new to Debian. > > As I am living in remote area I am asking the questions above and also I > can't use jidigo. > > Cheers, > Rupesh. I missed whether you were pl

Re: Installing Wheezy on a box that is new to me.

On 5/17/2013 12:32, Paul Condon wrote: > I have a computer on which I wish to install Wheezy. I have inquired > locally in Colorado about which flavor of Wheezy I should (previously I > have only ever had occasion to use i386). The box > is a Dell Optiplex GX620 with Pentium 4 HT processor. I have

Re: Error install postgresql-9.1

On Friday 17 May 2013 17:54:01 Fernando ff77 wrote: > hello, > > ps: Today is Friday 17 !!! ARGHHH. What is wrong with Friday 17 ??? Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: htt

Error install postgresql-9.1

hello, i update my server from sarge to wheezy (stable). (dist-upgrade) All package is ok... thanks aptitude !!! The problem is postgresql-9.1, during the installation i read this error... Configurazione di postgresql-9.1 (9.1.9-1)... [] Starting PostgreSQL 9.1 database server: main[] Us

Re: About installation DVD's

No one of you have answered my question ie., what's the process going on. I am relatively new to Debian. As I am living in remote area I am asking the questions above and also I can't use jidigo. Cheers, Rupesh. On May 17, 2013 8:06 PM, "Rupesh Reddy" wrote: > Sir please explain what's the proc

Re: About installation DVD's

Kent West wrote: Sir full installation dvd's(a set of 10) are not released yet so kindly specify when these are going to be released. I'm not sure where you get the idea that there are 10 DVDs Here, maybe: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0/i386/jigdo-dvd/ As you may see, th

Installing Wheezy on a box that is new to me.

I have a computer on which I wish to install Wheezy. I have inquired locally in Colorado about which flavor of Wheezy I should (previously I have only ever had occasion to use i386). The box is a Dell Optiplex GX620 with Pentium 4 HT processor. I have been told that this processor is Itanium. I

Re: DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD: adduser (with crypted/random) password]

On Fri, 2013-05-17 at 17:37 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > My apologies to the original poster. I didn't get this "spam" when I > replied to a thread about printers today, I got it only for this thread > and since the original poster (perhaps by accident) requested receipt, I > was suspicious. PS:

Re: DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD: adduser (with crypted/random) password]

My apologies to the original poster. I didn't get this "spam" when I replied to a thread about printers today, I got it only for this thread and since the original poster (perhaps by accident) requested receipt, I was suspicious. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD: adduser (with crypted/random) password]

I am getting these*, every time I post. I have told both boghofilter and Gmail that they atrer spam, but I am still getting them. :-( Lisi *_ This is the Postfix program at host smtp.aso.ee. I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message

Re: About installation DVD's

On Friday 17 May 2013 15:36:23 Rupesh Reddy wrote: > Sir please explain what's the process going on and why the remaining seven > DVD's are not released yet. > > Many people like me are waiting curiously around the globe. You have actually already had an answer. And while I am at it, could you po

Re: DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD: adduser (with crypted/random) password]

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 04:49:24PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > What the f... > > I got this, after sending my reply (to the list only) to the request > from Pol Hallen : I received the same error replying to an unrelated thread, so I don't think this is a problem at Pol's mail host. Cheers, To

Re: About installation DVD's

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 08:06:23PM +0530, Rupesh Reddy wrote: > Sir please explain what's the process going on and why the remaining seven > DVD's are not released yet. If you *really* need DVD images beyond the first three, you can produce them using jigdo. Cheers, Tom -- QOTD: "I'm j

DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD: adduser (with crypted/random) password]

What the f... I got this, after sending my reply (to the list only) to the request from Pol Hallen : [1] Forwarded Message From: Mail Delivery System To: ralf mardorf rocketmail com Subject: [Bulk] Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 17:24:26 +0300 (EEST)

Re: About installation DVD's

On 05/17/2013 09:36 AM, Rupesh Reddy wrote: On May 10, 2013 8:29 PM, "Rupesh Reddy" > wrote: Sir full installation dvd's(a set of 10) are not released yet so kindly specify when these are going to be released. I'm not sure where you get the idea t

Re: About installation DVD's

Sir please explain what's the process going on and why the remaining seven DVD's are not released yet. Many people like me are waiting curiously around the globe. Cheers, Rupesh. On May 10, 2013 8:29 PM, "Rupesh Reddy" wrote: > Sir full installation dvd's(a set of 10) are not released yet so ki

OT: adduser (with crypted/random) password

On Fri, 2013-05-17 at 14:21 +0200, Pol Hallen wrote: > Hi all :-) > > Is there a package to adduser with automatic random/crypted password? > > I can do an automatic script but if there's a package is better. > > thanks! > > Pol Sorry, I couldn't resist to send the notification and I hope 10 o

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:29:28AM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > It makes no difference what DE I'm running, before trying to log into > fluxbox, I still get thrown out and unable to log into fluxbox > successfully. But, I can do it as my new user added today, so its something > to do with the ol

Re: git-buildpackage

What is the output of "git tag -l" in your repository? -- 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/20130517124720.GB7141@debian

adduser (with crypted/random) password

Hi all :-) Is there a package to adduser with automatic random/crypted password? I can do an automatic script but if there's a package is better. thanks! Pol -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.d

Re: Re: [Bash script] How can I read a tty device?

Ah, I get it. 'read -n1' is the way. On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: Hi, Say I have device /dev/ttyACM0. If I `stty -F /dev/ttyACM0 raw`, then `cat /dev/ttyACM0` in one term, and `echo -e "QUERYCOMMAND" > /dev/ttyACM0` in another term. I would get the data in

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

On 17 May 2013 10:22, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 17 May 2013 10:16:45 Sharon Kimble wrote: > > On 17 May 2013 10:06, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Friday 17 May 2013 09:50:02 Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > > 1001 6450 0.2 0.2 189624 9748 ?Sl 09:42 0:00 > > > > /usr/lib/mate-p > >

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

On Friday 17 May 2013 10:16:45 Sharon Kimble wrote: > On 17 May 2013 10:06, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Friday 17 May 2013 09:50:02 Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > 1001 6450 0.2 0.2 189624 9748 ?Sl 09:42 0:00 > > > /usr/lib/mate-p > > > 1001 6453 0.0 0.2 194184 10860 ?Sl

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

On 17 May 2013 10:06, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 17 May 2013 09:50:02 Sharon Kimble wrote: > > 1001 6450 0.2 0.2 189624 9748 ?Sl 09:42 0:00 > > /usr/lib/mate-p > > 1001 6453 0.0 0.2 194184 10860 ?Sl 09:42 0:00 > > /usr/lib/mate-p > > 1001 6454 0.0

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

On Friday 17 May 2013 09:50:02 Sharon Kimble wrote: > 1001      6450  0.2  0.2 189624  9748 ?        Sl   09:42   0:00 > /usr/lib/mate-p > 1001      6453  0.0  0.2 194184 10860 ?        Sl   09:42   0:00 > /usr/lib/mate-p > 1001      6454  0.0  0.1 177552  6552 ?        Sl   09:42   0:00 > /usr/lib

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

On 17 May 2013 09:14, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 17 mai 13, 08:27:58, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > > When I log out of my current DE before trying to get into fluxbox, I'm > > certain that I've totally logged out of any window managers,but its still > > finding some,even from a shut-down system

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

On Vi, 17 mai 13, 08:27:58, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > When I log out of my current DE before trying to get into fluxbox, I'm > certain that I've totally logged out of any window managers,but its still > finding some,even from a shut-down system! i.e. even when I start with a > fresh setup from shut

Re: stuck on apt-get upgrade; error in version string; apt-get -f install won't help

On Jo, 16 mai 13, 20:27:24, Nick Lidakis wrote: ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libmjpegutils-2.0-0_1%3a2.0.0+debian-2_i386.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libmjpegutils-2.0.so.0.0.0', > which is also in package libmjpegtools-2.0-0:i386 1:2.0

Re: recommend a laser printer

On Fri, 2013-05-17 at 09:51 +0200, I wrote: > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/usedlasers.html PS: This is the homepage from somebody of the FreeBSD community, so you can assume that what he recommends should be ok for Debian Linux too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@l

Re: [Bash script] How can I read a tty device?

Ah, I get it. 'read -n1' is the way. On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Magicloud Magiclouds < magicloud.magiclo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Say I have device /dev/ttyACM0. If I `stty -F /dev/ttyACM0 raw`, then > `cat /dev/ttyACM0` in one term, and `echo -e "QUERYCOMMAND" > /dev/ttyACM0` > i

Re: recommend a laser printer

Hi Rob, better get a cheap second hand business printer, than an expensive home printer. http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/usedlasers.html Regards, Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.

Re: recommend a laser printer

Anthony Campbell wrote: I'm trying to buy a black and white laser printer for a family member running Wheezy. Can anybody recommend one that you've purchased recently, which used native cups drivers available in Wheezy, which cost $100US or less? Brother HL-2132. Cartridges don't last long, b

Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

Last night I stupidly did 'sudo update-menus', and shortly afterwards I had to reboot. Now I cant get into any desktop environment [fluxbox, lxde,razor,etc] and I keep getting this message showing in the fluxbox login logs ;- -- BScreen::BScreen: an error oc

Re: recommend a laser printer

On Friday 17 May 2013 01:17:04 Patrick Bartek wrote: > NO problems configuring my 6 or 7 year old Samsung ML-1710. > It's been superceded by a few models since then, all around $100US.  I'm > sure there will be no problems setting them up as well.  Samsung printers > are Linux friendly. I will ech

Re: Fluxbox questions

On 16 May 2013 21:10, Linux-Fan wrote: > On 05/16/2013 09:09 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > On 16 May 2013 19:25, Linux-Fan wrote: > > [...] > > >> It should actually output a tree which (on my system, lightdm will of > >> course be different) ends with > >> > >> ~$ pstree | tail -n 10 > >> |

Re: recommend a laser printer

On 16 May 2013, st wrote: > Rob Owens wrote: > > >I'm trying to buy a black and white laser printer for a family member > >running Wheezy. Can anybody recommend one that you've purchased recently, > >which used native cups drivers available in Wheezy, which cost $100US or > >less? > > Brother HL