Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-10 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* Rick Thomas [2013-06-10 11:19 -0700]: > > On Jun 10, 2013, at 1:37 AM, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > >Try echo > >'XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_switch,compose:caps,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"' >> > >/etc/default/keyboard > > > >Elimar > > Thanks, Elimar. > > I'll give it a try. Can you give me a poin

Re: Upcoming 7.1 (not 7.0.1?) release - upgrade from 6.0.7 possible?

2013-06-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 10 iun 13, 13:51:29, David Guntner wrote: > > A request, if I may: Please adjust your mailing program to include the > name, but not the E-Mail address on the attribute line. Thanks! If you are worried about spammers this would be useless. JFYI, you e-mail address is available in the De

Re: adding packages sources to the apt-get database

2013-06-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 10 iun 13, 20:29:52, Atar wrote: > Hi there!! > > Just wanted to know please what's the structure of the > "/etc/apt/sources.list" file and how can I add more sources to this > file in order to make the 'apt-get' program able to install packages > from those sources too. The format is docu

Re: Wheezy Alongside Windows7

2013-06-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 10 iun 13, 19:04:03, basti wrote: > RTFM, > use google or what else. If you have to write a RTFM answer you could at least include a pointer to the Fine Manual you mean. > we don't support lazy users. Any you are speaking on behalf of...? Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/

Re: Upcoming 7.1 (not 7.0.1?) release - upgrade from 6.0.7 possible?

2013-06-10 Thread David Guntner
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On Mon, 10 Jun 2013, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: >> On Mon, 10 Jun 2013, David Guntner wrote: >>> Anyone have any ides regarding the upgrade from 6.0.7 to 7.1? Is it >>> possible to do the direct migration like that, or should I up

Re: AMD AGPUs, 3D acceleration, and linux-libre in Debian

2013-06-10 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I don't care whether or not they are supported in > linux-firmware-nonfree; I want this to work using 100% free software. I have linux-firmware-nonfree installed here on my desktop based on a E350. It's not even for 3D (which I never use), but it was needed just to get console output, IIRC. I

Re: Upcoming 7.1 (not 7.0.1?) release - upgrade from 6.0.7 possible?

2013-06-10 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Mon, 10 Jun 2013, David Guntner wrote: > > Anyone have any ides regarding the upgrade from 6.0.7 to 7.1? Is it > > possible to do the direct migration like that, or should I upgrade from > > The recommended procedure is: > > 1. Update

Re: Cut an paste from icedove email messages

2013-06-10 Thread Gary Dale
On 10/06/13 03:39 PM, Gary Roach wrote: On 06/08/2013 12:50 AM, Kailash wrote: On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 02:17:23PM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: I keep having the situation where I want to cut and paste a section from an email to another document. Is there any way to cut and paste from iceweasel to

Re: Upcoming 7.1 (not 7.0.1?) release - upgrade from 6.0.7 possible?

2013-06-10 Thread Alan Ianson
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:51:29 -0700 David Guntner wrote: > Alan Ianson grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:32:49 -0700 > > David Guntner wrote: > > A request, if I may: Please adjust your mailing program to include > the name, but not the E-Mail address on the attribute line

Re: Cut an paste from icedove email messages

2013-06-10 Thread Gary Dale
On 10/06/13 03:39 PM, Gary Roach wrote: ver get to the point that I can use the clipboard. There doesn't seem to be any way to mark a section of text. Without that there is no way to copy. Gary You should always be able to mark a section of text. Sounds like something is messed up in your ins

Re: adding packages sources to the apt-get database

2013-06-10 Thread Alan Ianson
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:29:52 + Atar wrote: > Hi there!! > > Just wanted to know please what's the structure of the > "/etc/apt/sources.list" file and how can I add more sources to this > file in order to make the 'apt-get' program able to install packages > from those sources too. You can a

Re: Upcoming 7.1 (not 7.0.1?) release - upgrade from 6.0.7 possible?

2013-06-10 Thread David Guntner
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On Mon, 10 Jun 2013, David Guntner wrote: >> Anyone have any ideas regarding the upgrade from 6.0.7 to 7.1? Is it >> possible to do the direct migration like that, or should I upgrade from > > The recommended procedure is: > > 1. Update

Re: AMD AGPUs, 3D acceleration, and linux-libre in Debian

2013-06-10 Thread James Cloos
The newer Richland APUs also should work, topping out with the A10-6800k. As for the GPU, I don't expect 3d will work w/o the binary firmware blobs. Even 2d might not work. And even if it does, there is still non-free video- bios on the apu, AIUI. (There certainly is on all discreet radeon card

Re: Upcoming 7.1 (not 7.0.1?) release - upgrade from 6.0.7 possible?

2013-06-10 Thread David Guntner
Alan Ianson grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:32:49 -0700 > David Guntner wrote: A request, if I may: Please adjust your mailing program to include the name, but not the E-Mail address on the attribute line. Thanks! >> There was just an announcement that 7.1 (not 7.0.1?) i

Re: Upcoming 7.1 (not 7.0.1?) release - upgrade from 6.0.7 possible?

2013-06-10 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013, David Guntner wrote: > Anyone have any ides regarding the upgrade from 6.0.7 to 7.1? Is it > possible to do the direct migration like that, or should I upgrade from The recommended procedure is: 1. Update from 6.0.x to the latest 6.0.x release. 2. Update from the latest 6.0

adding packages sources to the apt-get database

2013-06-10 Thread Atar
Hi there!! Just wanted to know please what's the structure of the "/etc/apt/sources.list" file and how can I add more sources to this file in order to make the 'apt-get' program able to install packages from those sources too. Thanks in advance!! atar. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-

Re: Sound But No CD Sound - No Solution But Alternatives Work

2013-06-10 Thread Alois Mahdal
Hi, On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:02:59 -0400 "Thomas H. George" wrote: > On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 09:15:35AM -0400, Thomas H. George > wrote: > > My system is Wheezy. > > ogg123 plays ogg files perfectly with sound. > > workbone plays the cd but there is no sound. > > cdir lists the tracks on the cd. >

Re: Upcoming 7.1 (not 7.0.1?) release - upgrade from 6.0.7 possible?

2013-06-10 Thread Alan Ianson
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:32:49 -0700 David Guntner wrote: > There was just an announcement that 7.1 (not 7.0.1?) is going to be > released June 15. where did you see that? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listma

Upcoming 7.1 (not 7.0.1?) release - upgrade from 6.0.7 possible?

2013-06-10 Thread David Guntner
I have not yet upgraded my system from 6.0.7 to 7.0 because I like to wait a couple of months before going to a new major version number on an OS upgrade. This is to allow for the initial bug shake-out phase which pretty much always happens. :-) There was just an announcement that 7.1 (not 7.0.1?

Re: Cut an paste from icedove email messages

2013-06-10 Thread Gary Roach
On 06/08/2013 12:50 AM, Kailash wrote: On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 02:17:23PM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: I keep having the situation where I want to cut and paste a section from an email to another document. Is there any way to cut and paste from iceweasel to the clipboard to a text document? Hi,

Re: Network Proxy

2013-06-10 Thread Brian
On Mon 10 Jun 2013 at 08:02:38 -0700, visakh vijayan wrote: > Can anybody help me how to set up  network proxy in Wheezy. Actually > when i connect a wired network , I can give only ip,subnet mask, > gateway, and dns. There is no option for giving proxy. Please help. The options you have to give

Re: Wheezy Alongside Windows7

2013-06-10 Thread Brian
On Mon 10 Jun 2013 at 19:04:03 +0200, basti wrote: > RTFM, > use google or what else. Visakh would be better served by reading what is at http://www.debian.org/doc/ , where he would discover that whatever he is using to install Wheezy should also automatically set up booting from all operati

Re: Wheezy Alongside Windows7

2013-06-10 Thread Ross Gammon
There is a lot of information out there, and it can be a bit confusing to start off. It is certainly possible to set up a multi boot system, however your Windows 7 system has probably claimed all of your hard disk. The debian installer will take care of this, but please read the installation guide

Re: wifi disappeared completely last night on a Debina Jessie laptop.

2013-06-10 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:59:35 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 10 iun 13, 04:04:41, Hendrik Boom wrote: >> >> I think -- maybe I should ask it to shut down wifi altogether (using >> the network manager's menu, and then ask it to turn it on again. Maybe >> then it will rescan. > > Yes, it wi

Re: wifi disappeared completely last night on a Debina Jessie laptop.

2013-06-10 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:45:25 +, xavi wrote: > I have the same problem. And I resolved it installing wicd. Never trust > in network manager :) Thanks. Maybe I will. But in the meantime I managed to get it up again using rfkill, so I have a chance to think a bit more before acting. -- hendr

Re: Wheezy Alongside Windows7

2013-06-10 Thread basti
RTFM, use google or what else. we don't support lazy users. you can come back if you have any issue but please do your own thinking thanks Am 10.06.2013 18:23, schrieb visakh vijayan: > How can i install my debian wheezy alongside my windows7. I want both of > them during booting and the option

Re: wifi disappeared completely last night on a Debina Jessie laptop.

2013-06-10 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 04:04:41 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I press F2 again, and verify that WLAN is indeed enabled -- I seem to > have done that right. > > I boot Debian wheezy, using grub2. > > once I log in, there's no wifi. > > When I reboot and check the BIOS again, the WLAN device is again

Wheezy Alongside Windows7

2013-06-10 Thread visakh vijayan
How can i install my debian wheezy alongside my windows7. I want both of them during booting and the option to select. Please help.

Re: Network Proxy

2013-06-10 Thread basti
/etc/environment http_proxy=http://proxy.whatever.com:8080 ftp_proxy=http://proxy.whatever.com:8080 if only apt-get use a proxy use apt-setup or create a file like "02proxy" in /etc/apt/apt.d/ with following entry Acquire::http::proxy "http:///[user]/:/[passwd]/@/[proxy]/:/[port]/";; Am 10.

Network Proxy

2013-06-10 Thread visakh vijayan
Can anybody help me how to set up  network proxy in Wheezy. Actually when i connect a wired network , I can give only ip,subnet mask, gateway, and dns. There is no option for giving proxy. Please help.

Re: Wheezy for Aspire One D270

2013-06-10 Thread basti
Yes, amd64 is the one. ia64 is for Itanium. Am 10.06.2013 16:59, schrieb visakh vijayan: > Thank you for your suggestion. But my doubt is whether amd64 or ia64 is > suitable(I am going for 64 bit) . Looking at > http://www.debian.org/ports/index.en.html , i think amd 64 is the one. > > > ___

Re: Debian 7 problem

2013-06-10 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 02:36:20PM +0100, Andrei Hristow wrote: > Hello, I found a problem with MySQL database type InnoDB > InnoDB is very slow, effects are constant load on the hard drive, processor > running at 100% > system load reaches 7.05 Without more details, we have to guess... But as a

MySQL problem was Re: Debian 7 problem

2013-06-10 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 10 June 2013 14:36:20 Andrei Hristow wrote: > Hello, I found a problem with MySQL database type InnoDB > InnoDB is very slow, effects are constant load on the hard drive, processor > running at 100% > system load reaches 7.05 This sounds like a MySQL/database problem, rather than a Wheez

Re: Sound But No CD Sound - No Solution But Alternatives Work

2013-06-10 Thread Thomas H. George
On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 09:15:35AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > My system is Wheezy. > ogg123 plays ogg files perfectly with sound. > workbone plays the cd but there is no sound. > cdir lists the tracks on the cd. > A lot of interesting suggestions were made but nothing solved the problem. Bo

Wheezy for Aspire One D270

2013-06-10 Thread visakh vijayan
Sir,  Please help me , which of your distribution is suitable for my netbook, Aspire One D270 from Acer. The processor is Intel Atom N2600

Wheezy for Aspire One D270

2013-06-10 Thread visakh vijayan
Sir,  Please help me , which of your distribution is suitable for my netbook, Aspire One D270 from Acer. The processor is Intel Atom N2600

Debian 7 problem

2013-06-10 Thread Andrei Hristow
Hello, I found a problem with MySQL database type InnoDB InnoDB is very slow, effects are constant load on the hard drive, processor running at 100% system load reaches 7.05

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-10 Thread Brian
On Sun 09 Jun 2013 at 23:51:36 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > I've configured -- to do so with "dpkg- > reconfigure keyboard-configuration", but (even after a reboot) that > doesn't seem to do the job. > > Specifically, -- did nothing before I did > "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration", and it

Re: shutdown and restart menu item disappeared from user menu

2013-06-10 Thread Kailash
On Sunday 09 June 2013 04:43 PM, Greg wrote: Is there a way to install these extensions to all gnome users? On Sun, 2013-06-09 at 11:15 +0530, Kailash wrote: On Saturday 08 June 2013 03:04 PM, Antti Talsta wrote: On Sat, Jun 08, 2013 at 05:07:00AM -0400, A Fascilla wrote: On my system on on

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-10 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* Rick Thomas [2013-06-09 23:51 -0700]: > > On Jun 9, 2013, at 11:10 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > >On Du, 09 iun 13, 19:27:35, Rick Thomas wrote: > >> > >>I've got xfce window manager installed on pretty-much as it comes > >>fresh-out-of-the-box Wheezy. > >> > >>I'd like to have -- restart the

Re: wifi disappeared completely last night on a Debina Jessie laptop.

2013-06-10 Thread xavi
I have the same problem. And I resolved it installing wicd. Never trust in network manager :) Il 10.06.2013 06:59 Andrei POPESCU ha scritto: On Lu, 10 iun 13, 04:04:41, Hendrik Boom wrote: I think -- maybe I should ask it to shut down wifi altogether (using the network manager's menu, and th

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-10 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 10. 06. 2013 04:27:35 je Rick Thomas napisal(a): I've got xfce window manager installed on pretty-much as it comes fresh-out-of-the-box Wheezy. I'd like to have -- restart the window manager. I've configured it to do so with "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration", but (even after

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 09 iun 13, 23:51:36, Rick Thomas wrote: > > It's a Macintosh keyboard. The "backspace" key on my keyboard is > marked "delete" -- the "del" key is *also* marked "delete". Hence > some of the confusion. ... > Specifically, -- did nothing before I did > "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configurat

Re: Gnome shell won't open.

2013-06-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 10 iun 13, 15:59:34, John Tate wrote: > I'm using nvidia's binary blob instead of the drivers in apt, and for some > reason they had to be reinstalled. Everything started working after that, > but there seems to be some conflict between the binary blob and some > apt-get updates. Usually tho

Re: wifi disappeared completely last night on a Debina Jessie laptop.

2013-06-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 10 iun 13, 04:04:41, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > I think -- maybe I should ask it to shut down wifi altogether (using the > network manager's menu, and then ask it to turn it on again. Maybe then > it will rescan. Yes, it will. > But instead, after turning it off, the item has vanished fr