Jessie B2 Installer Not booting in Macbook Air

2014-11-21 Thread john.tiger
Have followed both guided partitioning as well as trying manual partitions with efi boot as first partition. Install works fine but after completion does not boot (get ? folder image) - tried to boot into rescue mode but target partition not found partitions : free space 1 gb /efi

Re: Problems with grub2/initramfs-tools in chroot

2014-11-21 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/11/14 09:43, Ross Boylan wrote: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> On 21/11/14 15:13, Ross Boylan wrote: >>> Over the last week I've repeatedly found my machine unbootable, >>> in the sense I couldn't get to a working system without >>> intervention. Sometimes I c

Re: Problems with grub2/initramfs-tools in chroot

2014-11-21 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/11/14 09:59, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 21 November 2014 22:43:11 Ross Boylan wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Scott Ferguson >> >> wrote: >>> On 21/11/14 15:13, Ross Boylan wrote: Over the last week I've repeatedly found my machine unbootable, in the sense I couldn't

Re: Q: wheezy: how to increase X resolution?

2014-11-21 Thread lee
"D. R. Evans" writes: > lee wrote on 11/20/2014 04:36 PM: >> "D. R. Evans" writes: >> >>> I just installed wheezy on a new system, and no matter what I have tried, I >>> am >>> unable to get the attached monitor to display at 1920x1200. All my other >>> systems display at that resolution when

Re: Q: wheezy: how to increase X resolution?

2014-11-21 Thread Mart van de Wege
"D. R. Evans" writes: > Mark Neyhart wrote on 11/20/2014 05:49 PM: > >>> The update (auto-update.sh) executed without error with the message: >>> "ASPEED Graphics Family Linux XORG 7.7 driver update finished" >>> >> This should result in the file ast_drv.so in >> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers >

Re: Problems with grub2/initramfs-tools in chroot

2014-11-21 Thread Joel Roth
Ross Boylan wrote: > Over the last week I've repeatedly found my machine unbootable, in the > sense I couldn't get to a working system without intervention. > Sometimes I couldn't even get the grub2 menu. > > Things are OK now, but I'm trying to understand what went wrong so I > don't do it again.

Re: Problems with grub2/initramfs-tools in chroot

2014-11-21 Thread Ross Boylan
I thought maybe "tick" would be followed by "tock". I think that's how Intel refers to its chip generations. Thank you for increasing my cross-cultural understanding; I'm from the US. Now, back to my understanding of grub and initramfs-tools... Ross -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-req

Re: Q: wheezy: how to increase X resolution?

2014-11-21 Thread Brian
On Fri 21 Nov 2014 at 08:04:57 -0700, D. R. Evans wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote on 11/20/2014 10:51 PM: > > On Jo, 20 nov 14, 16:00:23, D. R. Evans wrote: > >> > >> The update (auto-update.sh) executed without error with the message: > >> "ASPEED Graphics Family Linux XORG 7.7 driver update fini

Re: Problems with grub2/initramfs-tools in chroot

2014-11-21 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2014 21 Nov 17:01 -0600, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 21 November 2014 22:43:11 Ross Boylan wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Scott Ferguson > > > > wrote: > > > On 21/11/14 15:13, Ross Boylan wrote: > > >> Over the last week I've repeatedly found my machine unbootable, in the > >

Re: Problems with grub2/initramfs-tools in chroot

2014-11-21 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 21 November 2014 22:43:11 Ross Boylan wrote: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Scott Ferguson > > wrote: > > On 21/11/14 15:13, Ross Boylan wrote: > >> Over the last week I've repeatedly found my machine unbootable, in the > >> sense I couldn't get to a working system without interventi

Re: Problems with grub2/initramfs-tools in chroot

2014-11-21 Thread Ross Boylan
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 21/11/14 15:13, Ross Boylan wrote: >> Over the last week I've repeatedly found my machine unbootable, in the >> sense I couldn't get to a working system without intervention. >> Sometimes I couldn't even get the grub2 menu. > > > Tick I

Re: Brother DCP-1510 driver install script empties /opt

2014-11-21 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 10:15:52 +1300 "C.T.F. Jansen" wrote: > The Brother driver install script has a serious bug and should not be > used unmodified. > This is a major black mark for Brother, something for them to correct > forthwith. Can you please provide a link to this install script?

Re: Brother DCP-1510 driver install script empties /opt

2014-11-21 Thread Teresa e Junior
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 10:15:52 +1300, C.T.F. Jansen wrote: Greetings, Set up a Brother DCP-1510 laser printer and went to the Brother website for the drivers and install script for Debian systems. Downloaded the drivers and install script then ran the install script. It seemed to work without si

Re: Warning - bleachbit might kill KDE

2014-11-21 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/11/14 05:53, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 21 November 2014 18:42:20 Stephen Allen wrote: >>> So, do not use this option in bleachbit! I already filed a bugreport and >>> think this warning might help others. >> >> You should file a bug report. Run reportbug, should be on your debian >> syste

Re: Genrating a core at boot time

2014-11-21 Thread Christian Seiler
Am 21.11.2014 um 21:51 schrieb Erwan David: > Following one of my bug report, the maintainer asks me to install the > debug packages and try generating a core. > But the crash happens only at boot time, the service can be started > afterwards without problem. > So I must reboot the server, while ge

Re: Genrating a core at boot time

2014-11-21 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 21:51:37 +0100 Erwan David wrote: > Following one of my bug report, the maintainer asks me to install the > debug packages and try generating a core. > But the crash happens only at boot time, the service can be started > afterwards without problem. > So I must reboot th

Brother DCP-1510 driver install script empties /opt

2014-11-21 Thread C.T.F. Jansen
Greetings, Set up a Brother DCP-1510 laser printer and went to the Brother website for the drivers and install script for Debian systems. Downloaded the drivers and install script then ran the install script. It seemed to work without significant errors and completed with no error messages

Genrating a core at boot time

2014-11-21 Thread Erwan David
Following one of my bug report, the maintainer asks me to install the debug packages and try generating a core. But the crash happens only at boot time, the service can be started afterwards without problem. So I must reboot the server, while generating a core file that I can send afterwards. The

Re: Warning - bleachbit might kill KDE

2014-11-21 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 21 November 2014 18:42:20 Stephen Allen wrote: > > So, do not use this option in bleachbit! I already filed a bugreport and > > think this warning might help others. > > You should file a bug report. Run reportbug, should be on your debian > system. Erm... Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: Warning - bleachbit might kill KDE

2014-11-21 Thread Stephen Allen
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 07:34:22PM +0100, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > due to a bug in bleachbit, it might happen, that bleachbit fullfills your > partition completely up. This happens, when you activate "delete free space". > > I had the problem, that bleachbit fullfilled my /home/partition, th

Warning - bleachbit might kill KDE

2014-11-21 Thread Hans
Hi folks, due to a bug in bleachbit, it might happen, that bleachbit fullfills your partition completely up. This happens, when you activate "delete free space". I had the problem, that bleachbit fullfilled my /home/partition, then crashed. After a reboot I wanted to start KDE, but KDE starte

Re: curl: (35) error:14077438:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:tlsv1 alert internal error

2014-11-21 Thread Teresa e Junior
With curl 7.26.0-1+wheezy11? If your version is newer, I thought maybe I could backport it from Jessie, but I don't know which package has the problem here, if cURL, OpenSSL, GnuTLS, etc. My version is older, as I'm using Squeeze LTS. curty@einstein:~$ curl --version curl 7.21.0 (x86_64-pc-lin

Re: curl: (35) error:14077438:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:tlsv1 alert internal error

2014-11-21 Thread Curt
On 2014-11-21, Teresa e Junior wrote: >> >> Works for me when I do >> >> curl -L https://www.basebit.com.br >> > > With curl 7.26.0-1+wheezy11? If your version is newer, I thought maybe I > could backport it from Jessie, but I don't know which package has the > problem here, if cURL, OpenSSL, GnuT

Re: curl: (35) error:14077438:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:tlsv1 alert internal error

2014-11-21 Thread Teresa e Junior
On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:58:53 + (UTC), Curt wrote: On 2014-11-20, Teresa e Junior wrote: Hello! I am using curl 7.26.0-1+wheezy11, and when I run `curl https://www.basebit.com.br', it fails with the message: curl: (35) error:14077438:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:tlsv1 alert internal

Re: curl: (35) error:14077438:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:tlsv1 alert internal error

2014-11-21 Thread Curt
On 2014-11-20, Teresa e Junior wrote: > Hello! I am using curl 7.26.0-1+wheezy11, and when I run `curl > https://www.basebit.com.br', it fails with the message: > curl: (35) error:14077438:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:tlsv1 > alert internal error > Works for me when I do curl -L https:

Re: Switching between init systems

2014-11-21 Thread John Hasler
Thorsten Holzman writes: > I thought that the simple "install the new init system while running > the old one and then reboot"-method was supposed to work. It certainly should. File bugs. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists

Switching between init systems

2014-11-21 Thread Thorsten Holzman
Hi. What is the official method to switch between init systems in Jessie? While playing around with this a bit in a VM, I found that it is possible to switch back and forth between systemd and sysvinit just by installing/removing the respective package containing /sbin/init and then rebooting: ap

Re: curl: (35) error:14077438:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:tlsv1 alert internal error

2014-11-21 Thread Teresa e Junior
On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:56:41 -0200, Teresa e Junior wrote: Hello! I am using curl 7.26.0-1+wheezy11, and when I run `curl https://www.basebit.com.br', it fails with the message: curl: (35) error:14077438:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:tlsv1 alert internal error I have done some research, an

Re: Custom /etc/kernel scripts not working.

2014-11-21 Thread dE
On 11/21/14 14:37, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 21/11/14 19:25, dE wrote: I've certain scripts placed in /etc/kernel post*.d to update the kernel and init in the efi system partition. This's the script -- #! /bin/bash cp -Lf /vmlinuz /efi/linux.efi cp -Lf /initrd.img /efi I tried echoing somthin

Re: USB problem, hardware issue

2014-11-21 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 21 November 2014 14:58:02 Martin Read wrote: > On 21/11/14 11:50, Joel Roth wrote: > > I upgraded sid, either to get new versions of software, > > and to avoid too long a gap in time (which I was told could > > lead to problem in upgrades having too cross too much > > "distance".) I note

Re: Q: wheezy: how to increase X resolution?

2014-11-21 Thread D. R. Evans
lee wrote on 11/20/2014 04:36 PM: > "D. R. Evans" writes: > >> I just installed wheezy on a new system, and no matter what I have tried, I >> am >> unable to get the attached monitor to display at 1920x1200. All my other >> systems display at that resolution when attached to the same monitor. >>

Re: Q: wheezy: how to increase X resolution?

2014-11-21 Thread D. R. Evans
Andrei POPESCU wrote on 11/20/2014 10:51 PM: > On Jo, 20 nov 14, 16:00:23, D. R. Evans wrote: >> >> The update (auto-update.sh) executed without error with the message: >> "ASPEED Graphics Family Linux XORG 7.7 driver update finished" > > I'll stop with a stab in the dark: I see from your Xorg.0

Re: USB problem, hardware issue

2014-11-21 Thread Martin Read
On 21/11/14 11:50, Joel Roth wrote: I upgraded sid, either to get new versions of software, and to avoid too long a gap in time (which I was told could lead to problem in upgrades having too cross too much "distance".) I note that apt-get upgrade/dist-upgrade did not advise installing new kernels

Re: Q: wheezy: how to increase X resolution?

2014-11-21 Thread D. R. Evans
Mark Neyhart wrote on 11/20/2014 05:49 PM: >> The update (auto-update.sh) executed without error with the message: >> "ASPEED Graphics Family Linux XORG 7.7 driver update finished" >> > This should result in the file ast_drv.so in > /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers > > Is it there? Yes; as I ment

Re: Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-21 Thread Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
Martin Read: 1. The init daemon should fork exactly once; in the child it should > exec another program, while the parent (PID 1) does nothing except > reap zombies. > 2. As (1), except that if the initially-forked child process exits, > PID 1 should repeat the fork and exec-in-child procedure.

Re: Qemu host drive basics.

2014-11-21 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2014 20 Nov 23:57 -0600, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > A bug report is warranted. I agree with you. Perhaps someone on the Qemu lists can assist in debugging: http://wiki.qemu.org/MailingLists > Thanks for the help, ... Peter E. You're welcome. - Nate -- "The optimist proclai

Re: Block size confusion.

2014-11-21 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
Hi On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 04:20:07PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > Dear experts, > > i know its frustrating because i always ask theoretical question. i hope and > believe you guyz will not mind and  i really learn alot from this list. > > So, coming to the point, I want to clear my conf

Re: USB problem, hardware issue

2014-11-21 Thread Joel Roth
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 09:29:18AM +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Joel Roth a écrit : > >>> > >>> (running sid) > (...) > > Good idea! I tried booting Rescatux, and didn't see any > > trace of problems with the USB input devices. > > > > And then rebooting my usual system, the issue with lost > >

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-21 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/10/2014 6:18 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 11.11.2014 um 00:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman: > >> Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in such a >> way that systemd is never installed, thus avoiding any potential >> problems that might result from later uninstallation al

Block size confusion.

2014-11-21 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
Dear experts, i know its frustrating because i always ask theoretical question. i hope and believe you guyz will not mind and i really learn alot from this list. So, coming to the point, I want to clear my confusion on block size. theoretically i know what block size is but practically i dont k

multiple keyboard layouts in gnome-flashback

2014-11-21 Thread alex
Hi everybody, on a freshly installed jessie I had to switch to gnome-flashback, for the lack of 2D workspace organizer in gnome3. It seems that it in gnome-flashback is not possible anymore to switch among keyboard layouts, despite the option being activated in tweak-tool and multiple keybo

Re: Custom /etc/kernel scripts not working.

2014-11-21 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 21/11/14 19:25, dE wrote: > I've certain scripts placed in /etc/kernel post*.d to update the kernel > and init in the efi system partition. > > This's the script -- > > #! /bin/bash > > cp -Lf /vmlinuz /efi/linux.efi > cp -Lf /initrd.img /efi > > I tried echoing somthing and it did not produ

Re: USB problem, hardware issue?

2014-11-21 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Joel Roth a écrit : >>> >>> (running sid) (...) > Good idea! I tried booting Rescatux, and didn't see any > trace of problems with the USB input devices. > > And then rebooting my usual system, the issue with lost > keystrokes/mouse-movements return. Happily, it's not > hardware. When running s

Custom /etc/kernel scripts not working.

2014-11-21 Thread dE
I've certain scripts placed in /etc/kernel post*.d to update the kernel and init in the efi system partition. This's the script -- #! /bin/bash cp -Lf /vmlinuz /efi/linux.efi cp -Lf /initrd.img /efi I tried echoing somthing and it did not produce any output. The file is world and user execut

Re: apt-get source download has files not in git repository

2014-11-21 Thread Joel Roth
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 08:03:58AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 20 nov 14, 12:29:32, Joel Roth wrote: > > > > However, there are files that apt-get source downloads that > > are not in the repository. Can someone tell me where they come from? > > They appear necessary for the package to