Re: Brainydeal Receipt Printer

2014-09-08 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 07:46:28PM -0400, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > The printing is along the length of the paper, as opposed to perpendicular. Known as landscape and portrait respectively. > How do I change it? Depends on the application you are printing from, but it's usually under somethi

Re: brasero requires gvfs

2014-09-08 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 09/08/2014 at 05:46 PM, lee wrote: > Rob Owens writes: > >> I'm smart enough to understand that a desktop environment (or a >> cd burner) depending on a particular init system doesn't make >> sense. But I have not yet figured out which package

Re: Restricted wifi after routine jessie upgrade

2014-09-08 Thread Charlie
On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 00:28:41 + (UTC) Hendrik Boom sent: > On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:05:56 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 01:37:33 +0200, B wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 23:21:05 + (UTC) > >> Hendrik Boom wrote: > >> > >>> I can't connect to wifi at all. > >

Re: Restricted wifi after routine jessie upgrade

2014-09-08 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 03:02:24 +0200, B wrote: > On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 00:28:41 + (UTC) > Hendrik Boom wrote: > >> Well, wifi-radar is available as a Debian package (though I can't find >> a wifi-supplicant package), and I found the wifi-radar wiki, so I >> suppose I can try that when I'm at

Re: Restricted wifi after routine jessie upgrade

2014-09-08 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 03:00:04 +0200, B wrote: > On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 00:33:01 + (UTC) > Hendrik Boom wrote: > >> Is it likely to be a systemd problem? Would it help to uninstall >> gnome? > > I was kidding (as systemd devs have the same dick heads as the gnome > ones: they KNOW what's goo

Nmap of Debian 7.6 KDE machine

2014-09-08 Thread John Conover
Nmap of a Debian 7.6 KDE machine indicates rpcbind (port 111) open. What is rpcbind used for in a default installation? Thanks, John -- John Conover, cono...@rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "uns

Re: terminal doesn't come up in Jessie Beta-1?

2014-09-08 Thread Bzzzz
On Mon, 08 Sep 2014 18:42:27 -0700 Rick Thomas wrote: > rbthomas@debian:/usr/bin$ gnome-terminal > Error constructing proxy for > org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Error calling > StartServiceByName for org.gnome.Terminal: > GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn

Re: terminal doesn't come up in Jessie Beta-1?

2014-09-08 Thread Rick Thomas
On 09/08/14 17:26, B wrote: On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 17:12:11 -0700 Rick Thomas wrote: All seems well, except that the “terminal” application (the “root terminal”, also) do not start when I click on the icon. Any thoughts on how to debug this? Install another terminal app (such as eterm) and

Re: Restricted wifi after routine jessie upgrade

2014-09-08 Thread Bzzzz
On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 00:28:41 + (UTC) Hendrik Boom wrote: > Well, wifi-radar is available as a Debian package (though I can't find > a wifi-supplicant package), and I found the wifi-radar wiki, so I > suppose I can try that when I'm at the coffee shop next week. Or make > a special trip. Test

Re: Restricted wifi after routine jessie upgrade

2014-09-08 Thread Bzzzz
On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 00:33:01 + (UTC) Hendrik Boom wrote: > Is it likely to be a systemd problem? Would it help to uninstall > gnome? I was kidding (as systemd devs have the same dick heads as the gnome ones: they KNOW what's good for you). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@l

Re: Restricted wifi after routine jessie upgrade

2014-09-08 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 02:24:29 +0200, B wrote: > On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 00:05:56 + (UTC) > Hendrik Boom wrote: > >> Not quite true, it seems. Now that I'm back at home, it connects to my >> home wifi just fine. So it looks as if I have trouble only when I want >> to connect to a different wif

Re: Restricted wifi after routine jessie upgrade

2014-09-08 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:05:56 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 01:37:33 +0200, B wrote: > >> On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 23:21:05 + (UTC) >> Hendrik Boom wrote: >> >>> I can't connect to wifi at all. > > Not quite true, it seems. Now that I'm back at home, it connects to my > ho

Re: terminal doesn't come up in Jessie Beta-1?

2014-09-08 Thread Bzzzz
On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 17:12:11 -0700 Rick Thomas wrote: > All seems well, except that the “terminal” application (the “root > terminal”, also) do not start when I click on the icon. > > Any thoughts on how to debug this? Install another terminal app (such as eterm) and test from it to see what is

Re: Restricted wifi after routine jessie upgrade

2014-09-08 Thread Bzzzz
On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 00:05:56 + (UTC) Hendrik Boom wrote: > Not quite true, it seems. Now that I'm back at home, it connects to > my home wifi just fine. So it looks as if I have trouble only when I > want to connect to a different wifi than I connected to last time. > This even though before

terminal doesn't come up in Jessie Beta-1?

2014-09-08 Thread Rick Thomas
Last night I installed Debian Jessie Beta-1 (Gnome) on an old Dell Dimension e310 I had received from a friend. All seems well, except that the “terminal” application (the “root terminal”, also) do not start when I click on the icon. Any thoughts on how to debug this? Thanks! Rick -- To UNS

Re: Restricted wifi after routine jessie upgrade

2014-09-08 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 01:37:33 +0200, B wrote: > On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 23:21:05 + (UTC) > Hendrik Boom wrote: > >> I can't connect to wifi at all. Not quite true, it seems. Now that I'm back at home, it connects to my home wifi just fine. So it looks as if I have trouble only when I want t

Re: Canon PIXMA mg5420 or HP Photo Smart 7520

2014-09-08 Thread Bzzzz
On Mon, 08 Sep 2014 19:06:26 -0400 ken wrote: > In need of a new printer, having done a bit or research, and > considering either the Canon PIXMA mg5420 or the HP Photo Smart 7520. Avoid all-in-one junks. Just for the story, I saw some completely refusing to work just because the scanner lamp w

Re: Brainydeal Receipt Printer

2014-09-08 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
On 09/08/2014 04:30 AM, Brian wrote: [I have rearranged one of your responses to be on a separate line to the question] On Mon 08 Sep 2014 at 00:08:15 -0400, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: On 09/07/2014 04:26 PM, Brian wrote: Brian - You didn't say how the printer is accessed by the computer. US

Re: Suddenly no wifi after routine jessie upgrade -- further details

2014-09-08 Thread Bzzzz
On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 23:21:05 + (UTC) Hendrik Boom wrote: > I can't connect to wifi at all. Check the status of wpa-supplicant and test w/ another wifi wrapper (such as wifi-radar). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: Canon PIXMA mg5420 or HP Photo Smart 7520

2014-09-08 Thread Doug
On 09/08/2014 07:06 PM, ken wrote: In need of a new printer, having done a bit or research, and considering either the Canon PIXMA mg5420 or the HP Photo Smart 7520. There are Linux drivers for the Photosmart which are supposed to handle both the printer and the scanner. But in my research I h

Re: Suddenly no wifi after routine jessie upgrade -- further details

2014-09-08 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, 08 Sep 2014 22:13:52 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > After the last time I did a routine safe-upgrade in jessie, my ASUS > 1000HE no longer connects to wifi after a reboot and login. Presumably > something is wrong with the network manater. What it tells me after I > log in and have my desk

Re: brasero requires gvfs

2014-09-08 Thread John Hasler
lee writes: > That's the bug report we need to file, accompanied by a detailed list > of the reasons. The most likely outcome would be that we are being > banned. Your bug might be closed but you won't be "banned". -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Canon PIXMA mg5420 or HP Photo Smart 7520

2014-09-08 Thread ken
In need of a new printer, having done a bit or research, and considering either the Canon PIXMA mg5420 or the HP Photo Smart 7520. There are Linux drivers for the Photosmart which are supposed to handle both the printer and the scanner. But in my research I haven't found (yet) anyone who's g

Re: brasero requires gvfs

2014-09-08 Thread Martin Read
On 08/09/14 22:46, lee wrote: It would seem kinda logical to file the bug against the cd-burning software because it depends on an init system. Sort of. It's perfectly reasonable for brasero to Depends: gvfs (brasero's part of GNOME and gvfs is the "standard" way for GNOME applications to acc

Suddenly no wifi after routine jessie upgrade

2014-09-08 Thread Hendrik Boom
After the last time I did a routine safe-upgrade in jessie, my ASUS 1000HE no longer connects to wifi after a reboot and login. Presumably something is wrong with the network manater. What it tells me after I log in and have my desktop up in a coffee shop is that I do not have privileges to a

Re: Forewarned is forearmed

2014-09-08 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 21:54:21 +0100 Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 03:43:46PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > My Wheezy machine doesn't run the loopback device lo on reboot. This > > means I can't access my local Dovecot server. I reboot so seldom I > > always forget this. > > I've

Re: [solved itself] Strange message, ifup eth0..............

2014-09-08 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 08 Sep 2014 10:31:36 -0400 The Wanderer sent: > I suspect that what happened is that when you installed and removed > ifupdown-extra, the stray /etc/network/if-up.d/00check-network-cable > got removed, and so the problem it was causing went away too. > > The question is why that file was

Re: git: how to figure out with a script what the last commit on remote repo is without fetching it

2014-09-08 Thread lee
Jonathan Dowland writes: > I've been thinking about how to answer your question properly and I realised > that the answer probably depends on which protocol you are using to pull from > the remote repo. Or more properly, which protocols the remote repo supports. One is using git:, the other one

Re: brasero requires gvfs

2014-09-08 Thread lee
Rob Owens writes: > I'm smart enough to understand that a desktop environment (or a cd burner) > depending on a particular init system doesn't make sense. But I have > not yet figured out which package to file a bug with. I suspect the package > maintainers are smart enough to realize this as

Re: brasero requires gvfs

2014-09-08 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 03:47:50PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Rob Owens writes: > > I agree with you that this is a bug. But it is not simple to assign > > this to a particular package. It's a bug which is the result of the > > relations between many packages. But in order to get it fixed, we'r

Re: Forewarned is forearmed

2014-09-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 08 September 2014 20:43:46 Steve Litt wrote: > Just a heads up, in case your Wheezy machine acts like my Wheezy > machine... I have five which don't.. :-/The network works perfectly after reboot on all five. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: git: how to figure out with a script what the last commit on remote repo is without fetching it

2014-09-08 Thread Jonathan Dowland
I've been thinking about how to answer your question properly and I realised that the answer probably depends on which protocol you are using to pull from the remote repo. Or more properly, which protocols the remote repo supports. If it is listening as pure git://, or git+ssh://, then (at least i

Re: Forewarned is forearmed

2014-09-08 Thread Bzzzz
On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 15:43:46 -0400 Steve Litt wrote: > My Wheezy machine doesn't run the loopback device lo on reboot. This > means I can't access my local Dovecot server. I reboot so seldom I > always forget this. I've wheezy and sid machines, none of them have ever encountered that. Either you

Re: Forewarned is forearmed

2014-09-08 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 03:43:46PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > My Wheezy machine doesn't run the loopback device lo on reboot. This > means I can't access my local Dovecot server. I reboot so seldom I > always forget this. I've had this happen before and it has been subtle to find out why things ar

Re: Forewarned is forearmed

2014-09-08 Thread Gary Dale
On 08/09/14 04:06 PM, Joe wrote: On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 15:43:46 -0400 Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, Just a heads up, in case your Wheezy machine acts like my Wheezy machine... My Wheezy machine doesn't run the loopback device lo on reboot. This means I can't access my local Dovecot server. I reboot

Re: brasero requires gvfs

2014-09-08 Thread John Hasler
Rob Owens writes: > I agree with you that this is a bug. But it is not simple to assign > this to a particular package. It's a bug which is the result of the > relations between many packages. But in order to get it fixed, we're > going to have to file a bug *somewhere*. Make your best guess an

Re: brasero requires gvfs

2014-09-08 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 01:21:49AM +0200, lee wrote: > > A "desktop system" is merely a "desktop system", and an init system is > merely an init system. It is a bug when a "desktop system" like xfce > depends on a particular init system, or parts thereof, no matter if > directly or indirectly, es

Re: Forewarned is forearmed

2014-09-08 Thread Joe
On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 15:43:46 -0400 Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > Just a heads up, in case your Wheezy machine acts like my Wheezy > machine... > > My Wheezy machine doesn't run the loopback device lo on reboot. This > means I can't access my local Dovecot server. I reboot so seldom I > always

Re: brasero requires gvfs

2014-09-08 Thread lee
Martin Read writes: > On 08/09/14 15:51, lee wrote: >> If the problem is so easy to solve as you describe, i. e. by compiling >> software appropriately, it boils down to that Debian would have to have >> different versions of packages, compiled with appropriate options, which >> are picked from d

Re: git: how to figure out with a script what the last commit on remote repo is without fetching it

2014-09-08 Thread lee
Tony van der Hoff writes: >> Why can't I simply ask the (server of the) remote repo "when/what was >> the last commit?". Why should I have to transfer large or huge amounts >> of data to get an information which doesn't need to take more than 4 >> bytes (i. e. a unix timestamp)? >> >> > It see

Re: git: how to figure out with a script what the last commit on remote repo is without fetching it

2014-09-08 Thread lee
Chris Bannister writes: > On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 06:29:08PM +0200, lee wrote: >> lee writes: >> >> > how would I figure out what the last commit to a remote repo was without >> > first fetching or pulling the remote repo? >> >> For now, I'm going with 'git status'. See https://github.com/lee

Forewarned is forearmed

2014-09-08 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, Just a heads up, in case your Wheezy machine acts like my Wheezy machine... My Wheezy machine doesn't run the loopback device lo on reboot. This means I can't access my local Dovecot server. I reboot so seldom I always forget this. So if you're getting all sorts of wierd errors after reb

Conceivable systemd workarounds v0.9

2014-09-08 Thread GoOSSBears
A 0.90 revision on the thread 'brasero requires gvfs'. I see several viable options for those of us having to deal with systemd in Debian. I'll be upfront right from the startx; YMMV. 1. The obvious default choice is to deal with systemd as it is. In other words, "Try it, you'll like it, you'r

Re: Evolution Calendar Notifications - switch off

2014-09-08 Thread Zach Ploskey
On Sep 8, 2014 11:08 AM, "Alan Chandler" wrote: > > I run Debian Stable, and have done ever since the it was released (ie since May 2013). I also run Gnome 3 as the desktop since that time. > > In the past couple of months, when I start the system each day (I power off at night), something - whic

Re: brasero requires gvfs

2014-09-08 Thread Martin Read
On 08/09/14 15:51, lee wrote: If the problem is so easy to solve as you describe, i. e. by compiling software appropriately, it boils down to that Debian would have to have different versions of packages, compiled with appropriate options, which are picked from depending on which init system the

Evolution Calendar Notifications - switch off

2014-09-08 Thread Alan Chandler
I run Debian Stable, and have done ever since the it was released (ie since May 2013). I also run Gnome 3 as the desktop since that time. In the past couple of months, when I start the system each day (I power off at night), something - which appears to be related to evolution prompts me for

Re: git: how to figure out with a script what the last commit on remote repo is without fetching it

2014-09-08 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 08/09/14 15:10, lee wrote: > Rusi Mody writes: > >> On Monday, September 8, 2014 4:20:02 PM UTC+5:30, lee wrote: >>> Jonathan Dowland writes: >> On Sat, Sep 06, 2014 at 12:04:44AM +0200, lee wrote: > how would I figure out what the last commit to a remote repo was without > first

Re: git: how to figure out with a script what the last commit on remote repo is without fetching it

2014-09-08 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 06:29:08PM +0200, lee wrote: > lee writes: > > > how would I figure out what the last commit to a remote repo was without > > first fetching or pulling the remote repo? > > For now, I'm going with 'git status'. See https://github.com/lee-/git-newer > > I'd still like to

Re: git: how to figure out with a script what the last commit on remote repo is without fetching it

2014-09-08 Thread lee
lee writes: > how would I figure out what the last commit to a remote repo was without > first fetching or pulling the remote repo? For now, I'm going with 'git status'. See https://github.com/lee-/git-newer I'd still like to have a better way to figure out if there have been new commits ...

Re: black screen at start (if boot after a suspend)

2014-09-08 Thread Bzzzz
On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 10:53:55 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > Your laptop is using some form of hibernation/suspension -- > probably suspend-to-disk -- and when it tries to awaken from > that state, it is not reinitializing your video card properly. > > Fixing suspend-to-disk, or else configuring your l

Re: brasero requires gvfs

2014-09-08 Thread Slavko
Ahoj, Dňa Mon, 08 Sep 2014 13:14:01 +0100 Martin Read napísal: > Perhaps you should consider this option. > > (This is where I mention that Debian's binary packages of the Xorg X > server Depends: udev, and that the udev in Debian is the udev > maintained by the systemd maintainers in the syst

Re: git: how to figure out with a script what the last commit on remote repo is without fetching it

2014-09-08 Thread lee
Joel Rees writes: > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 7:39 PM, lee wrote: >> [...] >> I have read so much documentation that I'm able to use git for what I'm >> using it. If you are aware of some documentation that would be helpful >> for the problem at hand, please feel free to point it out. > > How much

Re: git: how to figure out with a script what the last commit on remote repo is without fetching it

2014-09-08 Thread lee
Rusi Mody writes: > On Monday, September 8, 2014 4:20:02 PM UTC+5:30, lee wrote: >> Jonathan Dowland writes: > >> > On Sat, Sep 06, 2014 at 12:04:44AM +0200, lee wrote: >> >> how would I figure out what the last commit to a remote repo was without >> >> first fetching or pulling the remote repo?

Re: brasero requires gvfs

2014-09-08 Thread lee
Martin Read writes: > [...] > Perhaps you should investigate this approach in more detail; you seem > to have a legitimate and praiseworthy requirement for a higher level > of control over what runs on your system than a binary distribution > can realistically provide. If the problem is so easy

Re: black screen at start (if boot after a suspend)

2014-09-08 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 12:32:08PM -0300, laurent debian wrote: > Hi all, > I am having the following problem. > On a laptop, I sometimes let the system shut down due to low battery > (I suspect there is other triggers possible but II am sure of this > one). > Then on next boot I will end up with

Re: Connot load Wheezy in a "virgin" desktop -- long

2014-09-08 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 06:25:24PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote: > I apologize in advance for the length of this post. Since however I do not > know what information is necessary to determine why this installation > failed I am including everything which I have the least suspicion may be > contributing

Re: [solved itself] Strange message, ifup eth0..............

2014-09-08 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 09/08/2014 at 10:07 AM, Charlie wrote: > On Mon, 08 Sep 2014 09:15:23 -0400 The Wanderer sent: > >> On 09/08/2014 at 09:06 AM, Charlie wrote: >>> It appears as you and Julien suggest to be that bug from >>> October 2013? Never fixed? >> >> Act

Re: [solved itself] Strange message, ifup eth0..............

2014-09-08 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 08 Sep 2014 09:15:23 -0400 The Wanderer sent: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 09/08/2014 at 09:06 AM, Charlie wrote: > > > On Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:33:41 -0400 The Wanderer sent: > > > >> On 09/08/2014 at 08:22 AM, Charlie wrote: > >> > >>> Using Debian Jessie,

Re: Brainydeal Receipt Printer

2014-09-08 Thread Ethan Rosenberg
On 09/08/2014 05:42 AM, Brian wrote: On Mon 08 Sep 2014 at 11:25:41 +0200, Marko Randjelovic wrote: On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 09:30:47 +0100 Brian wrote: [I have rearranged one of your responses to be on a separate line to the question] On Mon 08 Sep 2014 at 00:08:15 -0400, Ethan Rosenberg wrote:

Re: Strange message, ifup eth0..............

2014-09-08 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 09/08/2014 at 09:06 AM, Charlie wrote: > On Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:33:41 -0400 The Wanderer sent: > >> On 09/08/2014 at 08:22 AM, Charlie wrote: >> >>> Using Debian Jessie, new install >>> >>> Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

Re: Strange message, ifup eth0..............

2014-09-08 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:33:41 -0400 The Wanderer sent: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 09/08/2014 at 08:22 AM, Charlie wrote: > > > Using Debian Jessie, new install > > > > Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > > RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethe

Re: Strange message, ifup eth0..............

2014-09-08 Thread Julien boooo
2014-09-08 14:22 GMT+02:00 Charlie : > > Using Debian Jessie, new install > > Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E > PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 07) > > When I type this "ifup eth0" into a root terminal get this message: > > bound to 192.168.2.2 -- r

Re: Strange message, ifup eth0..............

2014-09-08 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 09/08/2014 at 08:22 AM, Charlie wrote: > Using Debian Jessie, new install > > Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 07) > > When I type this "ifup eth0" into a root te

Re: brasero requires gvfs

2014-09-08 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 09/08/2014 at 08:14 AM, Martin Read wrote: > On 08/09/14 00:21, lee wrote: >> On the Debian VM, it says that dbus depends on >> libsystemd-login0, so how could I remove that without having to >> remove xfce? > > You can't. Well, you could 'apt

Strange message, ifup eth0..............

2014-09-08 Thread Charlie
Using Debian Jessie, new install Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 07) When I type this "ifup eth0" into a root terminal get this message: bound to 192.168.2.2 -- renewal in 2147483648 seconds. /etc/network/if-up.d/0

Re: brasero requires gvfs

2014-09-08 Thread Martin Read
On 08/09/14 00:21, lee wrote: I don't have gnome-settings-daemon installed on Fedora, which uses systemd. Indeed; on Fedora, systemd is IIRC the *only* init system. On the Debian VM, it says that dbus depends on libsystemd-login0, so how could I remove that without having to remove xfce? Yo

Re: git: how to figure out with a script what the last commit on remote repo is without fetching it

2014-09-08 Thread Joel Rees
On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 7:39 PM, lee wrote: > [...] > I have read so much documentation that I'm able to use git for what I'm > using it. If you are aware of some documentation that would be helpful > for the problem at hand, please feel free to point it out. How much have you read of this:

Re: Bibletime encoding problem

2014-09-08 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 09/08/2014 at 03:03 AM, Johann Spies wrote: > I normally use English, Afrikaans, Greek, Hebrew, German and > Dutch. None of those work. > > I had no problems with Xiphos until it was removed from Debian > Testing recently and few years ago with

Re: git: how to figure out with a script what the last commit on remote repo is without fetching it

2014-09-08 Thread Rusi Mody
On Monday, September 8, 2014 4:20:02 PM UTC+5:30, lee wrote: > Jonathan Dowland writes: > > On Sat, Sep 06, 2014 at 12:04:44AM +0200, lee wrote: > >> how would I figure out what the last commit to a remote repo was without > >> first fetching or pulling the remote repo? > > This is an interesting

Re: Bibletime encoding problem

2014-09-08 Thread Johann Spies
On 8 September 2014 12:50, Joel Rees wrote: hy Xiphos was removed? Yes. There is some problem with a libsword library version. > Can you drop back to stable? Maybe do a dual-boot or vm. I'm having no > particular issues with Bibletime in Wheezy. > I might consider a Wheezy on a vm if I do no

Re: Bibletime encoding problem

2014-09-08 Thread Joel Rees
2014/09/08 16:03 "Johann Spies" : > > I normally use English, Afrikaans, Greek, Hebrew, German and Dutch. None of those work. Greek and Hebrew, of course, I could see possible issues with those. Not with the rest, unless you are setting your locale to Greek or Hebrew for some reason. > I had no

Re: git: how to figure out with a script what the last commit on remote repo is without fetching it

2014-09-08 Thread lee
Joel Rees writes: > 2014/09/08 2:08 "lee" : >> >> Sven Joachim writes: >> >> >> Does this mean that I cannot rely on any of the output of 'git status' >> >> to decide whether there were commits or not? >> > >> > Commits where, on your local branch or on the remote one? >> >> On the remote branch

Re: git: how to figure out with a script what the last commit on remote repo is without fetching it

2014-09-08 Thread lee
Jonathan Dowland writes: > On Sat, Sep 06, 2014 at 12:04:44AM +0200, lee wrote: >> how would I figure out what the last commit to a remote repo was without >> first fetching or pulling the remote repo? > > This is an interesting question and I don't know the answer to it, perhaps it > is not yet

Re: Bibletime encoding problem

2014-09-08 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Sep 07, 2014 at 10:01:41PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > OK I have read the FAQ on the Bibletime website and according to it I You > have to install an unicode font like Code2000, Arial Unicode MS or > Bitstream Cyberbit to display the special unicode characters. > > I can find none of the

Re: Brainydeal Receipt Printer

2014-09-08 Thread Brian
On Mon 08 Sep 2014 at 11:25:41 +0200, Marko Randjelovic wrote: > On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 09:30:47 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > [I have rearranged one of your responses to be on a separate line to > > the question] > > > > > > On Mon 08 Sep 2014 at 00:08:15 -0400, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > > > > > On

regenerate InRelease file

2014-09-08 Thread Abdelkader Belahcene
Hi all, I used apt-mirror to create my own local mirror? that 's fine. The problem now the date in Inrelease is expired, and I can't use it , until I changed the date, I did it directly in the file !!! unfortunately the signature is not valid, so I want to regenerate the release for my

Re: Brainydeal Receipt Printer

2014-09-08 Thread Marko Randjelovic
On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 09:30:47 +0100 Brian wrote: > [I have rearranged one of your responses to be on a separate line to > the question] > > > On Mon 08 Sep 2014 at 00:08:15 -0400, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > > > On 09/07/2014 04:26 PM, Brian wrote: > > > > Brian - > > > > > You didn't say how the

Re: Brainydeal Receipt Printer

2014-09-08 Thread Brian
[I have rearranged one of your responses to be on a separate line to the question] On Mon 08 Sep 2014 at 00:08:15 -0400, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > On 09/07/2014 04:26 PM, Brian wrote: > > Brian - > > > You didn't say how the printer is accessed by the computer. > > USB Your "lpstat -a" has

Re: git: how to figure out with a script what the last commit on remote repo is without fetching it

2014-09-08 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Sat, Sep 06, 2014 at 12:04:44AM +0200, lee wrote: > how would I figure out what the last commit to a remote repo was without > first fetching or pulling the remote repo? This is an interesting question and I don't know the answer to it, perhaps it is not yet possible. However, you might be able

Re: Bibletime encoding problem

2014-09-08 Thread Johann Spies
I normally use English, Afrikaans, Greek, Hebrew, German and Dutch. None of those work. I had no problems with Xiphos until it was removed from Debian Testing recently and few years ago with Bibletime. And @Cindy-Sue, yes I did use apt-cache (or wajig) to search for unicode fonts. Regards Johan