graphic amd radeon hd 8790m and wheezy

Bonjour, It seems that the "standard" catalyst driver does not support this video card. Am I right? Is there a way to get it supported? Thank you. -- François Patte UFR de mathématiques et informatique Laboratoire CNRS MAP5, UMR 8145 Université Paris Descartes 45, rue des Saints Pères F-7527

Re: WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: /home/username/.cache/keyring-XXXXXX/pkcs11: No such file or directory

On 05/01/2014 10:53 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Don't use MATE. I've got MATE and Cinnamon installed, because I like GNOME 2, but I neither use MATE nor Cinnamon. IMO both DEs are a PITA. JFTR I sometimes still use Xfce4, but after testing several DEs and WMs, I now prefer JWM. I've used DSL in in

Re: OT: Upgrade debacle........

On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 4:27 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 21:25 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > A nice joke, I found this > > > > "sudo /usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache" - > > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1251717#p1251717 > > > > Does anybody else ad

Re: Spacewalk or similar for Debian?

Hi On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 07:30:42AM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:15:43AM +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > > Hi > > > > Consider this scenario: > > > > - 1000+ servers (lenny, squeeze and wheezy) at varying degrees of > > up-to-datedness with respect to securit

Re: WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: /home/username/.cache/keyring-XXXXXX/pkcs11: No such file or directory

On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 22:06 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > Any suggestions? Don't use MATE. I've got MATE and Cinnamon installed, because I like GNOME 2, but I neither use MATE nor Cinnamon. IMO both DEs are a PITA. JFTR I sometimes still use Xfce4, but after testing several DEs and WMs, I now

Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

On 05/01/2014 10:27 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: What happens when you left click the mouse when it's in a VM window? If a notice appears asking if you want to capture the cursor, then Guest Additions aren't installed in that Guest. The window becomes active. No notice appears. You really shou

Re: Upgrade debacle........

On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 22:56 -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 05/01/2014 02:37 PM, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: > > > At the time, I didn't check to see if the file > > /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache > > existed. I also didn't run the command > > gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders

Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

On Fri, 02 May 2014, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 15:46 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > I'm assuming you installed Virtualbox from the "official" Debian > > Repo, and not from Oracle's Virtualbox Debian repo. > > What ever way, for what ever distro I chose, I always build VBox > m

Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

On Thu, 01 May 2014, David Christensen wrote: > On 05/01/2014 03:46 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > [snip] > > > Here's a simple way to check if Guest Additions are installed and > > working on a Guest. With the Guest running, move the mouse cursor > > over the Guest Window. Is the cursor automat

WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: /home/username/.cache/keyring-XXXXXX/pkcs11: No such file or directory

debian-user: I'm running MATE on Debian Wheezy amd64. SMPlayer is unable to play *.wav files (double-click on file in Caja, SMPlayer opens but nothing happens). If I start mplayer from the shell, the music plays but I see the subject warning: $ mplayer Data/dpchrist/Music/Rush/Moving\

Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

On 05/01/2014 09:43 PM, David Christensen wrote: Opening the CD in Pluma ^ Correction: Caja David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.de

Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

On 05/01/2014 03:46 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: I'm assuming you installed Virtualbox from the "official" Debian Repo, and not from Oracle's Virtualbox Debian repo. Yes. Usually, when you install Virtualbox from the Debian Repo, Guest Additions get installed and configured to run in each Guest

Re: dict - phrase challenged

On 5/2/14, Curt wrote: > On 2014-05-01, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> As posted already, this is the solution that works: >> >> dict ad\\\ rem > > curty@einstein:~$ dict ad\\\ rem > No definitions found for "ad\ rem" "From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]" I include the XLA

Re: Upgrade debacle........

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/01/2014 02:37 PM, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: > At the time, I didn't check to see if the file > /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache > existed. I also didn't run the command > gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders > > /usr/lib/i38

Re: Weird random reboot -- thinkpad x220

On 5/2/14, Ivan Kovnatsky wrote: ... Unrelated, but how do you find the trackpad? I completely disabled mine in BIOS, since the "textured bumps" on it make the pointer (even at extreme settings) useless for fine mouse work - I could not make it work in non-extremely-annoying way. -- To UNSUBSC

Re: name resolution

Thanks. On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 7:33 PM, filip wrote: > On Thu, 1 May 2014 12:48:47 +0530 > L V Gandhi wrote: > > > Resolving www.nse-india.com... failed: Name or service not known. > > wget: unable to resolve host address `www.nse-india.com' > > If you have the dnsutils package installed in th

Re: Hibernate fails

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, Running the latest Sid on a PC. After hibernating for years it suddenly fails with these messages: serial 00:08: disable failed dpm_run_callback(): pnp_bus_freeze+0x0/0x10 returns -5 PM: Device 00:08 failed to freeze: error -5 How does one figure out what device 00

Re: name resolution

On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 12:48:47PM +0530, L V Gandhi wrote: > I have name resolution problem in my debian virtual machine. > In my host operating system name resolution is ok. > Even in debian, ping works. But wget says resolution error as follows. > lvgandhi@lvgacersqueeze:~$ ping -c4 www.nse-indi

Re: qemu not grabbing control keys

Well, it is working now since I did a dist-upgrade today. Must have been some issue with the version before. So all is good now :-) Cheers, Oli -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archi

Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 15:46 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > I'm assuming you installed Virtualbox from the "official" Debian Repo, > and not from Oracle's Virtualbox Debian repo. What ever way, for what ever distro I chose, I always build VBox modules using DKMS. Assumed you set up on provided pac

Re: Wheezy VirtualBox guest 1920x1080 resolution

On Wed, 30 Apr 2014, David Christensen wrote: > On 04/30/2014 06:05 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Did Virtualbox's Guest Additions get installed? > > I previously STFW for Guest Additions but found conflicting posts. I'm assuming you installed Virtualbox from the "official" Debian Repo, and not

Re: sudo in X-environment

On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 07:29:08PM +0100, Tom Furie wrote: > On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 05:19:59PM +, Артур Истомин wrote: > > On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 05:46:36PM +0100, Tom Furie wrote: > > > > 'xhost +' allows anyone anywhere access to your X server. If you must use > > > xhost in this situation

Re: OT: Upgrade debacle........

On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 21:25 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > A nice joke, I found this > > "sudo /usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache" - > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1251717#p1251717 > > Does anybody else add the path to a command located in /usr/bin/ or any > other comma

OT: Upgrade debacle........

A nice joke, I found this "sudo /usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache" - https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1251717#p1251717 Does anybody else add the path to a command located in /usr/bin/ or any other command that _usually_ is mentioned by $PATH? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Upgrade debacle........

On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 20:59 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 13:37 -0500, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: > > gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders > > > /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache > > The funny thing is, that "gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders" is mentioned without > a path.

Re: qemu not grabbing control keys

> Sorry, misunderstood... No worries, wasnt clear enough in my original message. > > Are you modifying the "mouse grab" keyboard shortcut? > > If you add "-ctrl-grab" to your qemu command, can you use > "right-ctrl-" rather than "ctrl-alt-" in the above commands? > I tried that, didnt work. N

Re: Upgrade debacle........

On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 13:37 -0500, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: > gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders > > /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache The funny thing is, that "gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders" is mentioned without a path. Regarding to https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=jessie&arch

Re: sudo in X-environment

On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 19:29 +0100, Tom Furie wrote: > --8x > > #!/bin/sh > > xhost + si:localuser:root > sudo $@ > xhost - si:localuser:root > > --8x > > Save it as xdo and it's even less typing than 'xhost + ... xhost -' :) That reminds me, that I still

Re: Upgrade debacle........

Chris Bannister, 1.05.2014: > > Did you read my bug report? > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742875 > > Was it the same package that caused the messages? > > Although, I didn't state it explicitly, I thought the message was a bit > of a "cop out" like yourself¹. But to top it

Re: sudo in X-environment

On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 05:19:59PM +, Артур Истомин wrote: > On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 05:46:36PM +0100, Tom Furie wrote: > > 'xhost +' allows anyone anywhere access to your X server. If you must use > > xhost in this situation it would be much safer to use 'xhost + > > si:localuser:root', this

Re: qemu not grabbing control keys

On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson wrote: > On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 07:13:16AM -0400, Tom H wrote: >> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 5:23 AM, Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson >> wrote: >> >> There may be a less keyboard-intensive way but it's the only way that I know: >> >> "ctrl-alt-2" to go

Re: qemu not grabbing control keys

On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 07:13:16AM -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 5:23 AM, Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson > wrote: > There may be a less keyboard-intensive way but it's the only way that I know: > > "ctrl-alt-2" to go to the qemu "console" > > "sendkey alt-fN" where "N" is the number of t

Re: sudo in X-environment

On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 05:46:36PM +0100, Tom Furie wrote: > On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 04:30:11PM +, Артур Истомин wrote: > > On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 10:51:21AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > > > For years I have used sudo both in server administration and on the > > > desktop. > > > > > > Lately

Re: sudo in X-environment

On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Артур Истомин wrote: > On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 10:51:21AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: >> >> For years I have used sudo both in server administration and on the desktop. >> >> Lately I get the following error message and I do not really know what to do >> about it ot

Re: sudo in X-environment

On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 04:30:11PM +, Артур Истомин wrote: > On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 10:51:21AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > > For years I have used sudo both in server administration and on the desktop. > > > > Lately I get the following error message and I do not really know what to do > > a

Re: sudo in X-environment

On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 10:51:21AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > For years I have used sudo both in server administration and on the desktop. > > Lately I get the following error message and I do not really know what to do > about it other than logging into the xserver as root - which I do not want

Re: Weird random reboot -- thinkpad x220

Hi Guys, On Apr 30, 2014 at 12:27, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 4/30/14, Paul Seyfert wrote: > > On 30.04.2014 10:35, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > >> On 4/30/14, Paul Seyfert wrote: > >>> you're not paranoid, I've seen sudden reboots running wheezy (when it > >>> was testing and i think even since

Re: dict - phrase challenged

On 2014-05-01, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > As posted already, this is the solution that works: > > dict ad\\\ rem > curty@einstein:~$ dict ad\\\ rem No definitions found for "ad\ rem" This works for me: dict ipso\\ facto Which provides the same output as: dict ipso facto I think I'll try *ad

Re: name resolution

On Thu, 1 May 2014 12:48:47 +0530 L V Gandhi wrote: > Resolving www.nse-india.com... failed: Name or service not known. > wget: unable to resolve host address `www.nse-india.com' If you have the dnsutils package installed in the virtual machine, try looking up the name with dig. Look in /etc/res

Re: PDL package on JESSIE

Yeah the package fails to build because of problems with gcc on debian. On 1 May 2014 14:33, Martin Moore wrote: > I think I tried that but it didn't exist. > > I'll try again - cheers. > > -Original Message- > From: John Bleichert [mailto:syb...@earthlink.net] > Sent: 01 May 2014 14:31

Re: Upgrade debacle........

On Thu, 1 May 2014 15:23:50 +0300 Andrei POPESCU sent: > On Jo, 01 mai 14, 22:17:35, Charlie wrote: > > > > Chris, because I'm not certain that it was the same package, as the > > command I was told to run by apt-get was: > > > > gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders > > > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbu

RE: PDL package on JESSIE

I think I tried that but it didn't exist. I'll try again - cheers. -Original Message- From: John Bleichert [mailto:syb...@earthlink.net] Sent: 01 May 2014 14:31 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: PDL package on JESSIE On 05/01/2014 08:48 AM, Martin Moore wrote: > Bugger! > >

Re: PDL package on JESSIE

On 05/01/2014 08:48 AM, Martin Moore wrote: Bugger! Thanks Andrei, I'd love to help fix it but my skills lie elsewhere :) I have no upgrade path without it though. Any reason you can't simply install it from CPAN or source? http://search.cpan.org/~csoe/PDL-2.4.3/Basic/PDL.pm Using CPAN tak

RE: PDL package on JESSIE

Bugger! Thanks Andrei, I'd love to help fix it but my skills lie elsewhere :) I have no upgrade path without it though. Martin. -Original Message- From: Andrei POPESCU [mailto:andreimpope...@gmail.com] Sent: 01 May 2014 13:21 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: PDL package o

Re: Upgrade debacle........

On Jo, 01 mai 14, 22:17:35, Charlie wrote: > > Chris, because I'm not certain that it was the same package, as the > command I was told to run by apt-get was: > > gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders > > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache > > and the one that you posted on the bug

Re: PDL package on JESSIE

I wrote: > On Jo, 01 mai 14, 11:09:21, Martin Moore wrote: > > > > Hi, there isn't a PDL package available (it seems to have been > > pulled), and old versions don't work. > > > > Anyone got a clue why it was pulled/what's happening with it/how I can > > get a working version. It's the only thi

Re: Upgrade debacle........

On Thu, 1 May 2014 22:07:57 +1200 Chris Bannister sent: > Did you read my bug report? > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742875 > > Was it the same package that caused the messages? Chris, because I'm not certain that it was the same package, as the command I was told to run

[SOLVED] Debian and Unicode line drawing

On Thu, 01 May 2014 06:26:56 -0400 (EDT), Aleksander Kurczyk wrote: > On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:27:50 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> ... >> the default value for the terminal type string is xterm. >> I have to explicitly change it to putty, even after setting the remote >> character set to UTF-8.

PDL package on JESSIE

Ah - bad hair day, I mean Jessie, not wheezy. Thanks anyway! -Original Message- From: Andrei POPESCU [mailto:andreimpope...@gmail.com] Sent: 01 May 2014 12:33 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: PDL package on Wheezy On Jo, 01 mai 14, 11:09:21, Martin Moore wrote: > > >

Re: PDL package on Wheezy

On Jo, 01 mai 14, 11:09:21, Martin Moore wrote: > > > Hi, there isn't a PDL package available (it seems to have been pulled), and > old versions don't work. > > Anyone got a clue why it was pulled/what's happening with it/how I can get a > working version. It's the only thing holding back my new

Re: KDE 4.12 Packages on Unstable

On Jo, 01 mai 14, 12:31:09, David Baron wrote: > These have higher version numbers than those on experimental > > Correct. > Safe to install? I can't speak about these particular packages, but please mind experimental is more of a playground for Maintainers, a place to upload packages to receive

Re: name resolution

On 01/05/14 08:18, L V Gandhi wrote: I have name resolution problem in my debian virtual machine. In my host operating system name resolution is ok. Even in debian, ping works. But wget says resolution error as follows. lvgandhi@lvgacersqueeze:~$ ping -c4 www.nse-india.com

Re: qemu not grabbing control keys

On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 5:23 AM, Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson wrote: > > Hi, if I try to run images with kvm I cant switch to virtual consoles > with ctrl-alt-(1/2/3) no matter what key combination I use (default is > ctrl-alt, starting kvm with -alt-grab makes it ctrl-alt-shift, starting > with -ctrl-gr

Re: sudo in X-environment

On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 4:51 AM, Johann Spies wrote: > > For years I have used sudo both in server administration and on the desktop. > > Lately I get the following error message and I do not really know what to do > about it other than logging into the xserver as root - which I do not want > to do

RE: Debian and Unicode line drawing

> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:27:50 -0400 > From: zlinux...@wowway.com > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > CC: akurc...@outlook.com > Subject: RE: Debian and Unicode line drawing > > [...] > > What release of PuTTY are you using? I'm using PuTTY 0.63, which i

PDL package on Wheezy

Hi, there isn't a PDL package available (it seems to have been pulled), and old versions don't work. Anyone got a clue why it was pulled/what's happening with it/how I can get a working version. It's the only thing holding back my new servers. Cheers, Martin.

Re: Upgrade debacle........

On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 09:12:08AM +1000, Charlie wrote: > > > > I reported Bug#742875 which I noticed on an upgrade. Can you add > > anything to it? > > I thought that if a command should be issued to implement an upgrade, > it would have been run during that upgrade. eg. Halting cups printing >

Re: Upgrade debacle........

On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 10:37 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 30 April 2014 23:58:04 Charlie wrote: > > But at the > > spur of the moment when I thought most were asleep > > This list is worldwide. The sun never sets on it. ;-) > "debian-user never sleeps :p" - Andrei P. Btw. some of us

Re: iceweasel bookmarks gone

On 2014-04-30, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: > >> So, when in the browser itself, you go to Bookmarks/Show All >> Bookmarks/Import and Backup/Restore ... >> >> there is nothing to restore from (no daily backups)? > > The json files in the bookmarkbackups directory should also contain > backups. My di

Re: name resolution

On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 12:48:47PM +0530, L V Gandhi wrote: >I have name resolution problem in my debian virtual machine. >In my host operating system name resolution is ok. >Even in debian, ping works. But wget says resolution error as follows. >lvgandhi@lvgacersqueeze:~$ ping -c4

Re: Upgrade debacle........

On Wednesday 30 April 2014 23:58:04 Charlie wrote: > But at the > spur of the moment when I thought most were asleep This list is worldwide. The sun never sets on it. ;-) Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact l

Re: KDE 4.12 Packages on Unstable

Hi David, Am Donnerstag, 1. Mai 2014, 12:31:09 schrieb David Baron: > These have higher version numbers than those on experimental > > Correct. > Safe to install? I am using the KDE from experimental since, well, Qt/KDE Debian devs uploaded it there. And I upgraded to the unstable version yeste

KDE 4.12 Packages on Unstable

These have higher version numbers than those on experimental Correct. Safe to install? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/4270733.KyiQVvz7Wm@dovidhalevi

qemu not grabbing control keys

Hi, if I try to run images with kvm I cant switch to virtual consoles with ctrl-alt-(1/2/3) no matter what key combination I use (default is ctrl-alt, starting kvm with -alt-grab makes it ctrl-alt-shift, starting with -ctrl-grab makes it right ctrl button). Grabbing and ungrabbing the mouse with

Re: iceweasel and mozilla-acroread

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 02:51:07PM -0400, Dale Harris wrote: > Just heard from Christian Marrilat, he's going to get rid of mozilla-acroread: > > You must forget this package. Now iceweasel include is own pdf > reader. Remove this package (I'll also remove this package from my > repository) and tr

sudo in X-environment

For years I have used sudo both in server administration and on the desktop. Lately I get the following error message and I do not really know what to do about it other than logging into the xserver as root - which I do not want to do: $ sudo system-config-printer No protocol specified error

name resolution

I have name resolution problem in my debian virtual machine. In my host operating system name resolution is ok. Even in debian, ping works. But wget says resolution error as follows. lvgandhi@lvgacersqueeze:~$ ping -c4 www.nse-india.com PING a1499.b.akamai.net (125.56.199.91) 56(84) bytes of data.

Re: problems with php5-fpm

On 01/05/14 06:35, Alan Chandler wrote: On 01/05/14 03:51, Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 4/30/2014 6:25 PM, Alan Chandler wrote: Hi I am experimenting with nginx and php5-fpm to replace an apache2/libapache2-mod-php configuration. And I am getting something strange happening. I have both a simple