Re: So much for a wheezy install, massive fail

2015-01-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 26 January 2015 21:52:35 Bob Proulx did opine And Gene did reply: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > I was, I screwed around again last night and set it up again, using > > gparted, until everybody was happy. So now it looks like this: > > > > gene@coyote:~/Downloads$ sudo parted /dev/sdb unit s

Epiphany installation

2015-01-26 Thread Ethan Rosenberg
Dear List - I installed Epiphany with the package manager and receive a segmentation fault message if I try to run from the command line. It will not run at all from the desktop. The permissions are 777, and it is owned by me. ethan@meow:~$ which epiphany /usr/bin/epiphany ethan@meow:~$ su Pa

Re: So much for a wheezy install, massive fail

2015-01-26 Thread Bob Proulx
Gene Heskett wrote: > I was, I screwed around again last night and set it up again, using > gparted, until everybody was happy. So now it looks like this: > > gene@coyote:~/Downloads$ sudo parted /dev/sdb unit s print > [sudo] password for gene: > Model: ATA ST1000VX000-1CU1 (scsi) > Disk /dev/

Re: Find obsolete packages without using aptitude?

2015-01-26 Thread Bob Proulx
Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Thanks Bob for the pointer. Yes the patch works. I also saw your reply to the > bug report. Good idea. And the bug in apt-show-versions was fixed and uploaded and all is good now. And a correction for my previous message which mentioned Jessie. As far as I can see the

Re: Installing Debian on a Mac

2015-01-26 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 1/26/15, Dan Ritter wrote: > > You have several options. > > 1. You can run Debian in a virtual machine. > > 2. You can repartition your disk(s) and install Debian in a > dual-boot. > > 3. You can wipe Mac OS and install Debian by itself. > > In any of those scenarios, you can encrypt the Debia

Re: XBMC/Kodi? Anybody actually using this on Debian?

2015-01-26 Thread Ronald F. Guilmette
Torsten, Thank you for your clear response. I have a couple of follow-up questions: Assuming that I now wipe Wheezy off my disk, and replace it with Jessie RC1... 1) Other than testing it myself, how can I find out if this (Jessie RC1) will properly support the AMD A4-6300 APU? 2) What if a

Re: Unable to configure UPS options

2015-01-26 Thread Melvin Call
On 1/25/15, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 20:43:56 -0600 > Melvin Call wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have two computers, both running Wheezy and the >> XFCE4 Desktop. Both have attached UPS devices, and >> lsusb shows the UPS attached to each machine. Yet, >> on one I have options to con

Re: XBMC/Kodi? Anybody actually using this on Debian?

2015-01-26 Thread Dominique Dumont
On Sunday 25 January 2015 21:31:35 Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > The second thing I noticed probably explains why the mouse seemed a tad > sluggish... Both cores on my dual core system were pegged at 94-95% > utilization. you probably have software rendering. Check your Xorg log to see what driver

Re: No vi in rescue mode ?

2015-01-26 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 26. Januar 2015 17:58:32 MEZ, schrieb Renaud OLGIATI : >On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 16:49:12 + >Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> > As a Debian newbee, I was very surprised this week-end: on the >first reboot >> > after adding a second raid array to my newly installed Debian >system, the >> > reboot faile

Re: No vi in rescue mode ?

2015-01-26 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 26 January 2015 16:58:32 Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 16:49:12 + > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > As a Debian newbee, I was very surprised this week-end: on the first > > > reboot after adding a second raid array to my newly installed Debian > > > system, the reboot failed

Re: No vi in rescue mode ?

2015-01-26 Thread Ron
On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 16:49:12 + Lisi Reisz wrote: > > As a Debian newbee, I was very surprised this week-end: on the first reboot > > after adding a second raid array to my newly installed Debian system, the > > reboot failed, could not recognize the UUID of the new array. > > So I give the r

Re: No vi in rescue mode ?

2015-01-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:26:12 -0300 Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: Hello Renaud, >So I give the root password, and # vi /etc/fstab. Surprise ! I get vi: >command not found {snip} >How is it that such a fundamental tool as vi is missing ? I'd hazard a guess that it was/is on the drive that was not m

Icedove: lost folder pane

2015-01-26 Thread Francesco Ariis
Dear Debian users, I have a problem with Icedove: my folder pane went missing. If I select View/Layout from the menu bar, I see `Folder Pane` as not ticked; the problem is that the option is greyed out, so I cannot click it. I am running Debian wheezy. Do you happen to know how to 'ungrey' th

Re: No vi in rescue mode ?

2015-01-26 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 26 January 2015 16:26:12 Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > As a Debian newbee, I was very surprised this week-end: on the first reboot > after adding a second raid array to my newly installed Debian system, the > reboot failed, could not recognize the UUID of the new array. > > So I give the root

No vi in rescue mode ?

2015-01-26 Thread Ron
As a Debian newbee, I was very surprised this week-end: on the first reboot after adding a second raid array to my newly installed Debian system, the reboot failed, could not recognize the UUID of the new array. So I give the root password, and # vi /etc/fstab. Surprise ! I get vi: command not

Re: /var/log/faillog

2015-01-26 Thread roger21
so do we all agree that faillog is not working? recall : faillog (part of the login package) should track failled login attempt in a the binary file /var/log/faillog /var/log/faillog is read with the faillog command : faillog -a or faillog -u it doesn't report any fail and the last date

Re: Installing Debian on a Mac

2015-01-26 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 04:24:37PM +0200, Jonathan Copeland wrote: > Hi Debian Community > > I am a student and need to have Debian installed on my Mac for my degree, > What is the best and most secure way of doing this? You have several options. 1. You can run Debian in a virtual machine. 2.

Installing Debian on a Mac

2015-01-26 Thread Jonathan Copeland
Hi Debian Community I am a student and need to have Debian installed on my Mac for my degree, What is the best and most secure way of doing this? Thank you so much ___ Jonathan Michael Copeland M // (+27) 82 857 1349 T // @jonmcopeland

Re: Unable to configure UPS options

2015-01-26 Thread mrr
On 25/01/2015 03:00, Melvin Call wrote: On 1/24/15, mrr wrote: On 24/01/2015 03:50, Melvin Call wrote: ... So yeah, if you have some udev rule writing help that you can point me to, I will try that avenue. Hi Melvin, I'll be pleased to develop a bit how I settled up a udev rule for the ba