Due to my recent sid upgrade, the following symlink
/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf
has been re-added, when I wanted it removed (I had deleted it).
The problem: now my xterms have HUGE fonts, and are not supporting
bitmap fonts (like my personally personalized custom super-special
experimenta
Ralf Mardorf writes:
> On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 18:13 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
> > Think about this scenario: someone devises a clever way to slip a
> > Trojan in a user account.
>
> Than the trojan has got user privileges only. If it's a key logger it
> can read what password you type f
OK, previously, I added to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf
the following lines which make the Logitech Trackman Marble work
beautifully (left small button gives scrolling function not
backward/forward for browser tab history, and right small button gives
middle button; perfect :) :
Sectio
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 20:21 -0800, Don Grimm wrote:
> Yes, I did apt-get update even before my first post. Sorry I forgot to
> mention it.
> Thanks anyhow.
I know you did it before. However, every time you edit the
/etc/apt/sources.list, you have to do it again.
After editing, save the file, and
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 10:38 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Monday 09 December 2013 18:55:33 Tom H wrote:
Yes, I don't like it and always want a root password. As you
say, this is and has been contentious.
>>
>> Having a password for root and having sudo installed and set up
>> isn't an
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Don Grimm wrote:
>
> Thanks for your attention.
> I added the last two lines that you suggested and not the first two. (I
> don't know what means.
> I assume it is not taken literally)
>
> The result was still unsuccessful.
>
> "Package cmake is not available, but
Yes, I did *apt-get update *even before my first post. Sorry I forgot to
mention it.
Thanks anyhow.
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Reco wrote:
> 1) Settings in /etc/default/keyboard. Applies at every boot and every X
> session start.
> Just add you preferences to XKBOPTIONS like this:
>
> XKBOPTIONS="compose:menu"
>
OOoh, this appeared to have scratched the itch, thanks!
On Wed, 4 Dec 2013, David Baron wrote:
KMail is a mess right now.
Messages not readable until kmail restart
Broken mail resources until kde restart
etc.
I prefer text-based clients: my choice is alpine (former: pine).
Itay
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On Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:39:29 -0500 (EST), Michael Gulick wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a way to override the default kernel package versions
> generated by make-kpkg. With 3.0+ kernels, the kernel sublevel (as in
> VERSION.PATCHLEVEL.SUBLEVEL), which is incremented when there are stable
> u
On 12/9/2013 7:31 PM, Brad Alexander wrote:
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Charlie mailto:aries...@skymesh.com.au>> wrote:
On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:27:15 +0100 Gian Uberto Lauri sent:
> I know that shutting down the machine saves electricity, but heating
> and cooling is the mec
On 12/09/2013 08:13 PM, Don Grimm wrote:
> Thanks. I now know what CC means.
>
> However, adding the two lines to /sources.list /did not help.
> I have added all four lines from the advice of Tom H. and I still get
> *E: Package 'cmake' has no installation candidate.
>
> *Let's keep trying.
> *
>
On Tue, 2013-12-10 at 02:25 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 19:08 +, Tom H wrote:
> > The Ubuntu-created grub.cfg cannot be blamed for a GDM problem. If GDM
> > is being launched, grub's job has been done many seconds ago.
>
> This seems to be true here, but you're mistaken,
On 12/09/2013 11:15 AM, Paul E Condon wrote:
I've just done a fresh netinst of Wheezy ...
I see the file ~/.profile . It contains code that tests for the
existence of ~/bin/ and adds it to $PATH , if it exists. But it
doesn't 'work'. ...
I used the CD that installs Xfce for i386 ...
You need t
On 03/12/13 22:57, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Ma, 03 dec 13, 12:21:46, Richard Hector wrote:
>>
>> That doesn't remove all those packages from the list. Is that a bug? Is
>> there another way to cancel these planned installations? I think that's
>> doable with interactive aptitude, but I'd rather s
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 20:58 +, Ron Leach wrote:
> That was a serious problem with older
> Ni-Cad batteries; this and most modern laptops use Ni-MH or Lithium
> batteries and, so far, I have not heard that either of those have
> problems with recharge cycles.
All batteries fail after a while
On Tue, 2013-12-10 at 07:41 +1100, Charlie wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:27:15 +0100 Gian Uberto Lauri sent:
>
> > I know that shutting down the machine saves electricity, but heating
> > and cooling is the mechanical stress that hits the non-moving
> > components of your computer, computer that
Thanks. I now know what CC means.
However, adding the two lines to /sources.list /did not help.
I have added all four lines from the advice of Tom H. and I still get
*E: Package 'cmake' has no installation candidate.
*Let's keep trying.
*
*
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 21:49 +0100, HNP-Informatica wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to install Debian LXDE 7.2 amd64 Desktop on a Toshiba
> Ultrabook Satellite Z30-A with a life DVD.
> But had difficulties. The Networkcard LAN was not detected. The same
> with the WiFi and Bluetooth
>
> The Ethernetc
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 19:08 +, Tom H wrote:
> The Ubuntu-created grub.cfg cannot be blamed for a GDM problem. If GDM
> is being launched, grub's job has been done many seconds ago.
This seems to be true here, but you're mistaken, a boot option could
still cause something when a DE session alre
I don't see well-used laptops lasting longer than 5 years. Something's
bound to go wrong.
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On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 04:14:19PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
> On 20131209_134124, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> I don't know if xfce has any impact on the
> > execution of ~/.profile at login. Have you tried to run your scripts
> > or looking at the output of export from a text console like tty1?
>
>
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Charlie wrote:
>
> On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:27:15 +0100 Gian Uberto Lauri sent:
>
> > I know that shutting down the machine saves electricity, but heating
> > and cooling is the mechanical stress that hits the non-moving
> > components of your computer, computer that
On Lu, 09 dec 13, 12:15:53, Paul E Condon wrote:
> I've just done a fresh netinst of Wheezy and want to proceed with my
> personal configuring in a way that is not fighting with the Debian
> view of how things should be done. I've used Debian since Potato, I
> think, but have always hacked things u
On Lu, 09 dec 13, 18:13:07, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
> Andrei POPESCU writes:
> > On Lu, 09 dec 13, 10:56:22, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
> > >
> > > sudo makes it a bit worse. Any user account opens the door to the root
> > > account. Therefore you have to guard a larger perimeter.
> >
> > C
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Michael Gulick wrote:
>
> I'm looking for a way to override the default kernel package versions
> generated by make-kpkg. With 3.0+ kernels, the kernel sublevel (as in
> VERSION.PATCHLEVEL.SUBLEVEL), which is incremented when there are stable
> updates for a kernel
On 20131209_134124, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 12:15:53PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > I've just done a fresh netinst of Wheezy and want to proceed with my
> > personal configuring in a way that is not fighting with the Debian
> > view of how things should be done. I've used
On 20131210_003428, Reco wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 12:15:53 -0700
> Paul E Condon wrote:
>
> > I see the file ~/.profile . It contains code that tests for the
> > existence of ~/bin/ and adds it to $PATH , if it exists. But it
> > doesn't 'work'. After I have created my ~/bin/. and
On Monday 09 December 2013 18:55:33 Tom H wrote:
> >> Yes, I don't like it and always want a root password. As you
> >> say, this is and has been contentious.
>
> Having a password for root and having sudo installed and set up
> isn't an either/or proposition.
We have already agreed surely that ho
Le 09/12/2013 23:08, Don Grimm a écrit :
> Thanks for your attention.
> I added the last two lines that you suggested and not the first two.
> (I don't know what means.
> I assume it is not taken literally)
>
cc is "country code". If you are in the US as you seem to be, replace it
by us. I would
Thanks for your attention.
I added the last two lines that you suggested and not the first two. (I
don't know what means.
I assume it is not taken literally)
The result was still unsuccessful.
"Package cmake is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean ..."
"E: Pac
On Mon 09 Dec 2013 at 21:49:31 +0100, HNP-Informatica wrote:
> I tried to install Debian LXDE 7.2 amd64 Desktop on a Toshiba
> Ultrabook Satellite Z30-A with a life DVD.
> But had difficulties. The Networkcard LAN was not detected. The same
> with the WiFi and Bluetooth
The output of the comma
On 09/12/2013 20:41, Charlie wrote:
7 years is not a long life for a laptop, I have heard of others that
are still working after 10 years on this list I think. They keyboards
on my laptops are pretty worn and they each only have 512 MB RAM but
otherwise work as when new but now running Debian Je
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 07:41:48AM +1100, Charlie wrote:
>
> On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:27:15 +0100 Gian Uberto Lauri sent:
>
> > I know that shutting down the machine saves electricity, but heating
> > and cooling is the mechanical stress that hits the non-moving
> > components of your computer, comp
Hi,
I'm looking for a way to override the default kernel package versions
generated by make-kpkg. With 3.0+ kernels, the kernel sublevel (as in
VERSION.PATCHLEVEL.SUBLEVEL), which is incremented when there are stable
updates for a kernel release, is used to generate the package name. This
produc
Hi,
I tried to install Debian LXDE 7.2 amd64 Desktop on a Toshiba
Ultrabook Satellite Z30-A with a life DVD.
But had difficulties. The Networkcard LAN was not detected. The same
with the WiFi and Bluetooth
The Ethernetcard is an Intel Ethernet connection 1218-V.
The Wifi is an Intel Dual B
On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:27:15 +0100 Gian Uberto Lauri sent:
> I know that shutting down the machine saves electricity, but heating
> and cooling is the mechanical stress that hits the non-moving
> components of your computer, computer that turn off less often live
> longer.
I wonder if the above i
On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 12:15:53PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
> I've just done a fresh netinst of Wheezy and want to proceed with my
> personal configuring in a way that is not fighting with the Debian
> view of how things should be done. I've used Debian since Potato, I
> think, but have always h
Hi.
On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 12:15:53 -0700
Paul E Condon wrote:
> I see the file ~/.profile . It contains code that tests for the
> existence of ~/bin/ and adds it to $PATH , if it exists. But it
> doesn't 'work'. After I have created my ~/bin/. and filled it with
> some scripts, and rebooted, the
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Don Grimm wrote:
>
> I'm sure this will have some of you rolling your eyes, but I can't
> download/install the cmake package.
> Here is my command line : apt-get install cmake
> The result is
> Reading package lists...Done
> Package cmake is not available
>
> In sou
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Neal Murphy wrote:
>
> Grub 2 is, as far as I know, still broken.
This is the kind of statement that makes me laugh, this case or NM's or...
1) The silent majority of grub2 users have no problems.
2) File a bug report if grub2 (or any other package) fails for you
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Kailash Kalyani wrote:
>
> Here's the boot.cfg (attached).
Since 10_linux has Debian entries, it's Debian that created this
grub.cfg. But it might be that the Ubuntu grub.cfg is the one that's
loaded from the MBR.
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I'm sure this will have some of you rolling your eyes, but I can't
download/install the cmake package.
Here is my command line : *apt-get install cmake
*The result is
*Reading package lists...Done
Package cmake is not available
*In /sources.list /is/: /*deb http://security.debian.org/
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Helmar Gerloni wrote:
>>
>> Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
>>Switching to guest configuration: [71G done
>>
>> /etc/init.d/vmware-tools: 1090: local: ': bad variable name
>> /etc/init.d/vmware-tools: 1090: local: ': bad variable name
>>
I've just done a fresh netinst of Wheezy and want to proceed with my
personal configuring in a way that is not fighting with the Debian
view of how things should be done. I've used Debian since Potato, I
think, but have always hacked things until they seemed to be
working. Now, I want to try to do
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Ralf Mardorf
wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 15:15 +0530, Kailash Kalyani wrote:
>>
>> The issue started when I removed old linux images from Ubuntu which is
>> on another partition. That resulted in a grub update from ubuntu and
>> since then I've had this issue.
>
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
> Andrei POPESCU writes:
>> On Lu, 09 dec 13, 09:09:11, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
>>> What are the benefits of The "Macintosh/Ubuntu" use of sudo? Improved
>>> security? Are you kidding? Whatever the user I compromise I have root
>>> access
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
> Lisi Reisz writes:
>> On Saturday 07 December 2013 21:36:30 Bob Proulx wrote:
>>> If you look back in the mailing list archives you will find a
>>> recent discussion where there were some people who didn't like
>>> sudo. I was shocked by
Thank you everyone for joining me in this conversation. And sorry, my
Internet wasn't Broadband. It's Dial-up indeed.
Now, in a nutshell, what I have, is a command that would do the job for
me, no matter how long it takes to execute the command. The following
could be considered as an example:
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 18:13 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
> Think about this scenario: someone devises a clever way to slip a
> Trojan in a user account.
Than the trojan has got user privileges only. If it's a key logger it
can read what password you type for sudo, but also what you type for su.
Andrei POPESCU writes:
> On Lu, 09 dec 13, 10:56:22, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
> >
> > sudo makes it a bit worse. Any user account opens the door to the root
> > account. Therefore you have to guard a larger perimeter.
>
> Could you please elaborate on this? In Debian's default configuratio
On Monday, December 09, 2013 06:06:24 AM Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 15:15 +0530, Kailash Kalyani wrote:
> > The issue started when I removed old linux images from Ubuntu which is
> > on another partition. That resulted in a grub update from ubuntu and
> > since then I've had this i
On Lu, 09 dec 13, 10:56:22, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
>
> sudo makes it a bit worse. Any user account opens the door to the root
> account. Therefore you have to guard a larger perimeter.
Could you please elaborate on this? In Debian's default configuration
this is simply not true.
> > > Furth
Hi.
On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 01:06:25 -0600
Paul Johnson wrote:
> I've used setxkbmap -option compose:menu multiple times in XFCE, but for
> some reason, something keeps kicking it back over to the same useless
> functionality that the menu key has in Windows. What's the real way to
> bind compose t
On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:03:33 +
Sharon Kimble wrote:
>
> I'm trying to move over to spacefm from nautilus because it automounts
> my usb drives and kindle, but I've hit a snag. I occasionally need to
> mount a partition via shfs of my website on a remote server, but I
> cant see how to do that
Tony van der Hoff writes:
> On 09/12/13 15:16, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Monday 09 December 2013 14:03:57 Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote:
> >> I'm a Broadband Internet user and I'm billed for the time
> >> my Internet connection is active. Sometimes it happens that I've a
> >> large software to instal
On Monday 09 December 2013 08:47 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae' --class debian --class
gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos3)'
On Monday, December 09, 2013 03:56:12 PM Tony van der Hoff wrote:
> On 09/12/13 15:16, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Monday 09 December 2013 14:03:57 Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote:
> >> I'm a Broadband Internet user and I'm billed for the time
> >> my Internet connection is active. Sometimes it happens that I
On 09/12/13 15:16, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Monday 09 December 2013 14:03:57 Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote:
>> I'm a Broadband Internet user and I'm billed for the time
>> my Internet connection is active. Sometimes it happens that I've a
>> large software to install like the TeXworks, which is about 650MB
Scott Ferguson wrote:
On 08/12/13 23:39, Richard Owlett wrote:
Scott Ferguson wrote:
On 08/12/13 04:54, Richard Owlett wrote:
I am aware of the options demonstrated in
http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/example-preseed.txt .
They do not cover my case of interest.
?
true, but it refers yo
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae' --class debian --class
gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
ddea8c2f-f4b3-4c3
On Monday 09 December 2013 14:03:57 Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote:
> I'm a Broadband Internet user and I'm billed for the time
> my Internet connection is active. Sometimes it happens that I've a
> large software to install like the TeXworks, which is about 650MB,
> I think. Or, the system up-gradation,
I'm trying to move over to spacefm from nautilus because it automounts
my usb drives and kindle, but I've hit a snag. I occasionally need to
mount a partition via shfs of my website on a remote server, but I cant
see how to do that in spacefm. Can anyone help me please?
Thanks
Sharon.
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On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 20:03 +0600, Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote:
> Thanks Lars, Mardorf, Ashmore, Lauri and Jorgensen for your advice. I
> needed it badly and your advice showed me the way. Thanks a lot.
> To Jorgensen: I'm a Broadband Internet user and I'm billed for the time
> my Internet connection
2013-12-09 14:43 keltezéssel, Gian Uberto Lauri írta:
> > This is not true. Only the user account which is in /etc/sudoers can use
> > the sudo command. In Debian default it acutally means the members of the
> > sudo group.
>
> AFAIK it means "those listed in /etc/sudoers", according to the
>
On Monday 09 December 2013 07:35 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 19:25 +0530, Kailash Kalyani wrote:
Thanks, I tried that using update-grub2 from my Debian install. That
did not resolve the issue :(
JFTR did you install GRUB by Debian. If not, at least copy
the /boot/grub/grub.cf
Muntasim-Ul-Haque writes:
> To Jorgensen: I'm a Broadband Internet user and I'm billed for the time
...
> command and go to sleep. If the command execution completes and the
> Internet is still on, then it would be a waste of my Internet. That's
> why I needed a command that would shutdown t
Thanks Lars, Mardorf, Ashmore, Lauri and Jorgensen for your advice. I
needed it badly and your advice showed me the way. Thanks a lot.
To Jorgensen: I'm a Broadband Internet user and I'm billed for the time
my Internet connection is active. Sometimes it happens that I've a large
software to inst
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 19:25 +0530, Kailash Kalyani wrote:
> Thanks, I tried that using update-grub2 from my Debian install. That
> did not resolve the issue :(
JFTR did you install GRUB by Debian. If not, at least copy
the /boot/grub/grub.cfg to the Ubuntu install.
> I think it's a PAM issue with
On Monday 09 December 2013 04:36 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 15:15 +0530, Kailash Kalyani wrote:
The issue started when I removed old linux images from Ubuntu which is
on another partition. That resulted in a grub update from ubuntu and
since then I've had this issue.
So the
John Hasler writes:
> Gian Uberto Lauri writes:
> > sudo makes it a bit worse. Any user account opens the door to the root
> > account. Therefore you have to guard a larger perimeter.
>
> Ubuntu grants sudo privileges only to the first user account created.
> As there is no root account, the
Nemeth Gyorgy writes:
> 2013-12-09 10:56 keltezéssel, Gian Uberto Lauri írta:
> > sudo makes it a bit worse. Any user account opens the door to the root
> > account. Therefore you have to guard a larger perimeter.
>
> This is not true. Only the user account which is in /etc/sudoers can use
>
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 15:34 +0200, Lars Noodén wrote:
> On 12/09/2013 03:30 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 14:48 +0200, Lars Noodén wrote:
> >> If you want it shut down regardless of the outcome of apt, then this
> >> should do it:
> >>
> >> sudo apt-get upgrade; sudo shu
On 12/09/2013 03:30 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 14:48 +0200, Lars Noodén wrote:
>> If you want it shut down regardless of the outcome of apt, then this
>> should do it:
>>
>> sudo apt-get upgrade; sudo shutdown -h now
>
> Wrong, if the upgrade should take to long, then
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 14:48 +0200, Lars Noodén wrote:
> If you want it shut down regardless of the outcome of apt, then this
> should do it:
>
> sudo apt-get upgrade; sudo shutdown -h now
Wrong, if the upgrade should take to long, then you need to type the
password after the upgrade. Bett
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 14:10 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
> If you execute as root (better than using sudo) you can
> either issue from the # prompt
Andrei already pointed out on another thread how to use sudo and I
repeated it for this thread.
You can configure su to have a timeout too, but s
Gian Uberto Lauri writes:
> sudo makes it a bit worse. Any user account opens the door to the root
> account. Therefore you have to guard a larger perimeter.
Ubuntu grants sudo privileges only to the first user account created.
As there is no root account, there is just one account with root
privi
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 14:16 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 13:11 +, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 05:42:17PM +0600, Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I need a tool that would make sure that, my computer would shutdown after
> > > a
2013-12-09 10:56 keltezéssel, Gian Uberto Lauri írta:
> sudo makes it a bit worse. Any user account opens the door to the root
> account. Therefore you have to guard a larger perimeter.
This is not true. Only the user account which is in /etc/sudoers can use
the sudo command. In Debian default it
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 13:11 +, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 05:42:17PM +0600, Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I need a tool that would make sure that, my computer would shutdown after a
> > specific command has been executed. This tool would just wait for the
Hi
On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 05:42:17PM +0600, Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote:
> Hi,
> I need a tool that would make sure that, my computer would shutdown after a
> specific command has been executed. This tool would just wait for the Terminal
> for executing a command, like 'sudo apt-get upgrade' and then
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 13:02 +, Philip Ashmore wrote:
> but I think sudo has a timeout
sudo -i and then run a script, if you not explicitly configured it to
have a timeout it has got no timeout.
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Muntasim-Ul-Haque writes:
> Hi,
> I need a tool that would make sure that, my computer would shutdown
> after a specific command has been executed. This tool would just wait
> for the Terminal for executing a command, like '/sudo apt-get upgrade/'
> and then after the command has been execu
On 09/12/13 11:42, Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote:
> Hi,
> I need a tool that would make sure that, my computer would shutdown
> after a specific command has been executed. This tool would just wait
> for the Terminal for executing a command, like '/sudo apt-get upgrade/'
> and then after the command has
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 17:42 +0600, Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote:
> Hi,
> I need a tool that would make sure that, my computer would shutdown
> after a specific command has been executed. This tool would just wait
> for the Terminal for executing a command, like 'sudo apt-get upgrade'
> and then after th
On 12/09/2013 01:42 PM, Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote:
> Hi,
> I need a tool that would make sure that, my computer would shutdown
> after a specific command has been executed. This tool would just wait
> for the Terminal for executing a command, like '/sudo apt-get upgrade/'
> and then after the command
Hi,
I need a tool that would make sure that, my computer would shutdown
after a specific command has been executed. This tool would just wait
for the Terminal for executing a command, like '/sudo apt-get upgrade/'
and then after the command has been executed, my computer would
shutdown. Is tha
Hi,
> Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
>Switching to guest configuration:[71G done
>
> /etc/init.d/vmware-tools: 1090: local: ': bad variable name
> /etc/init.d/vmware-tools: 1090: local: ': bad variable name
>
>Blocking file system:[71Gfailed
>
> /etc/init.d/vmw
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 15:15 +0530, Kailash Kalyani wrote:
> The issue started when I removed old linux images from Ubuntu which is
> on another partition. That resulted in a grub update from ubuntu and
> since then I've had this issue.
So the answer already seems to be there. Ubuntu did likely au
On 09/12/2013 03:17, Mitchell Laks wrote:
Microsoft first introduced StickyKeys with Windows 95. The feature is also used
in later versions of Windows.
Enabling
To enable this shortcut, the ⇧Shift key must be pressed 5 times in short
succession.
This feature can also be turned on and off via
Andrei POPESCU writes:
> On Lu, 09 dec 13, 09:09:11, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
> >
> > What are the benefits of The "Macintosh/Ubuntu" use of sudo? Improved
> > security? Are you kidding? Whatever the user I compromise I have root
> > access, just type "sudo bash".
>
> sudo doesn't make th
On Monday 09 December 2013 12:36 PM, Paul Johnson wrote:
I've used setxkbmap -option compose:menu multiple times in XFCE, but for
some reason, something keeps kicking it back over to the same useless
functionality that the menu key has in Windows. What's the real way to
bind compose to the menu
Hi All,
Issue:
This issue started the day before. I log into Debian and instead of a
login screen I get a message about gnome-fallback session failing to
load and an alert asking me to contact the administrator.
The issue started when I removed old linux images from Ubuntu which is
on anothe
On Lu, 09 dec 13, 09:09:11, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
>
> What are the benefits of The "Macintosh/Ubuntu" use of sudo? Improved
> security? Are you kidding? Whatever the user I compromise I have root
> access, just type "sudo bash".
sudo doesn't make this worse, just slightly easier. Compromising
Lisi Reisz writes:
> On Saturday 07 December 2013 21:36:30 Bob Proulx wrote:
> > If you look back in the mailing list archives you will find a
> > recent discussion where there were some people who didn't like
> > sudo. I was shocked by that because I always thought that most
> > people liked
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