Re: Linux based cellphones?

2015-01-29 Thread Paul Duncan
There is also Puzzlephone (www.puzzlephone.com). Nothing actually out yet, but its on the way. The idea (if I understand it correctly) is that you can put either Android, Sailfish, or any OS you want on here. And you can upgrade bits of it as needed. I think its certainly something to watch the pro

Re: Linux based cellphones?

2015-01-29 Thread Stephen Allen
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 07:44:10PM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote: > hi All, > If this is not the best place for such a question, direct me elsewhere. > Still I am wondering if there are open source /Linux based mobile devices? > If so who manufactures them? > thanks, > Karen Ubuntu has a mobile dis

Re: Need SATA controller for 4TB internal drives

2015-01-29 Thread David Christensen
On 01/29/2015 06:23 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: There are lots of choices where the info in directed at Windows users, but precious info available if you want to be sure the card will work on Linux. From Amazon, i tried the HighPoint 640L because I know someone who had a good experience. Mine wa

Re: Need SATA controller for 4TB internal drives

2015-01-29 Thread Bret Busby
On 30/01/2015, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > Details: > - running Xubuntui 14.04 This is apparently, the second message that involves and relates to the use of Ubuntu, in the last couple of days. Is Ubuntu still a version of Debian? I had understood that Ubuntu had publicly broken away from being

Re: dpkg bugs

2015-01-29 Thread Rusi Mody
On Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 11:30:06 PM UTC+5:30, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Thu, 29 Jan 2015, Rusi Mody wrote: > > > Debian testing. > > > > For the last 3 weeks or so there have been bugs against dpkg > > shown by listbugs > > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774794 >

Re: Linux based cellphones?

2015-01-29 Thread Stephen R Guglielmo
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > hi All, > If this is not the best place for such a question, direct me elsewhere. > Still I am wondering if there are open source /Linux based mobile devices? > If so who manufactures them? > thanks, > Karen There are a few projects to run

Re: Linux based cellphone

2015-01-29 Thread Stephen
This isn't exactly what you are talking about but it is still in the spirit: http://www.raspberrypi.org/piphone-home-made-raspberry-pi-smartphone/ Basically someone built their own d.i.y. smartphone around a Raspberry Pi, so if you were so inclined it could be possible to construct your own o

Re: Linux based cellphones?

2015-01-29 Thread Karen Lewellen
Most terrific answer! Thanks for the sources. granted i consider android to be proprietary. Still you gave me some fine references. thanks. Kare On Thu, 29 Jan 2015, Miles Fidelman wrote: Karen Lewellen wrote: hi All, If this is not the best place for such a question, direct me elsewhere.

Need SATA controller for 4TB internal drives

2015-01-29 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
There are lots of choices where the info in directed at Windows users, but precious info available if you want to be sure the card will work on Linux. >From Amazon, i tried the HighPoint 640L because I know someone who had a good experience. Mine was not so much. I've tried two of the cards but

Re: Linux based cellphones?

2015-01-29 Thread Miles Fidelman
Karen Lewellen wrote: hi All, If this is not the best place for such a question, direct me elsewhere. Still I am wondering if there are open source /Linux based mobile devices? If so who manufactures them? Linux based? Well can you say Android? Open Source - kind of depends what you me

Re: apt-get / aptitude [g]libc update not to prompt for restart and not restart

2015-01-29 Thread Bob Proulx
John Hasler wrote: > Bob Proulx writes: > > When libc is initially upgraded for the first time it will ask you if > > you want to restart services. You can answer yes or no at that time. > > But once that option has been set I don't know of a way to change it. > > "dpkg-reconfigure libc6" should

Re: Duel Booting Debian on a Mac

2015-01-29 Thread John Holland
> In the end I uninstalled Debian because of the following problems: > > 1. The brightness of the screen does not readjust after > suspend/resume in Debian (I worked hard trying to solve this with > some published hacks, but no full success). > > 2. Often the Mac got hot with closed lid, eating

Re: apt-get / aptitude [g]libc update not to prompt for restart and not restart

2015-01-29 Thread John Hasler
Bob Proulx writes: > When libc is initially upgraded for the first time it will ask you if > you want to restart services. You can answer yes or no at that time. > But once that option has been set I don't know of a way to change it. "dpkg-reconfigure libc6" should do it. -- John Hasler jhas...

Linux based cellphones?

2015-01-29 Thread Karen Lewellen
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Re: Fwd: New problem with GIMP plugin file-jpeg

2015-01-29 Thread Bob Proulx
Bret Busby wrote: > I try to consistently use the term "non-dominant mouse button" rather > than "right-clicking", to allow for people who use left handed mice, > as well as right-handed mice. My wife, who is a software developer, > uses mice and pointing devices (she sometimes uses trackball thing

Re: apt-get / aptitude [g]libc update not to prompt for restart and not restart

2015-01-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 30 January 2015 00:10:18 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 29 January 2015 09:19:30 Lisi Reisz did opine > > And Gene did reply: > > On Thursday 29 January 2015 13:35:49 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > To get the fixes into use, you MUST > > > reboot, no way around it. To do otherwise WILL lea

Re: apt-get / aptitude [g]libc update not to prompt for restart and not restart

2015-01-29 Thread Bob Proulx
Mihamina RAKOTOMANDIMBY wrote: > Yes, but how to default the upgrade process to ("dont restart" && "dont even > ask")? > I *will* restart the services, but I will do it manually, in order to check > for functional regression. > Prior to the manual restart of services, I need to *blindly* upgrade gl

Re: apt-get / aptitude [g]libc update not to prompt for restart and not restart

2015-01-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 29 January 2015 09:19:30 Lisi Reisz did opine And Gene did reply: > On Thursday 29 January 2015 13:35:49 Gene Heskett wrote: > > To get the fixes into use, you MUST > > reboot, no way around it. To do otherwise WILL leave the machine > > vulnerable. > > No, you do not necessarily have

Re: Fwd: New problem with GIMP plugin file-jpeg

2015-01-29 Thread John Hasler
Lisi writes: > Makes sense - but it needs the explanation. :-/ Right click is less > confusing, and can always be "translated". It certainly does need explanation. "Non-dominant mouse button" makes no sense at all to me. None of the four buttons on my trackball are dominant. -- John Hasler jha

Re: Network install

2015-01-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 29 January 2015 21:09:46 Dan Purgert wrote: > On 29/01/2015 15:39, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Rodolfo Medina a écrit : > >> To connect to Internet, I use ppp and a pendrive as modem. > > > > I doubt so. A "pendrive" is not a modem, it is a storage device. > > Bet he's ref

Re: Second attempt: keyboard & mouse failure

2015-01-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 29 January 2015 23:00:14 Bob Proulx wrote: > Hi, John, > Have some patience.  It has only been three hours since your first > message.  That is way too soon to be posting it again.  Most of the > list won't have read it yet.  People will only respond if they have > something to say abou

Re: Fwd: New problem with GIMP plugin file-jpeg

2015-01-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 29 January 2015 19:52:21 Bret Busby wrote: > I try to consistently use the term "non-dominant mouse button" rather > than "right-clicking", to allow for people who use left handed mice, > as well as right-handed mice. My wife, who is a software developer, > uses mice and pointing device

Re: Second attempt: keyboard & mouse failure

2015-01-29 Thread Bob Proulx
Hi John, Have some patience. It has only been three hours since your first message. That is way too soon to be posting it again. Most of the list won't have read it yet. People will only respond if they have something to say about it. Also note that Mint is not Debian. Please post Mint quest

Upgrading Iceweasel; Other Packages from Experimental?

2015-01-29 Thread Stephen R Guglielmo
Hi, I found the Debian Mozilla team webpage[1], which tells you how to get a more recent version of iceweasel. I am running testing/jessie, and want the release version of Iceweasel. Thus, I added the two corresponding lines to my /etc/apt/sources.list. When I synced the package index in apt, I su

Second attempt: keyboard & mouse failure

2015-01-29 Thread John Foster
I have Linux mint cinnamon LMDE based on Debian Testing installed. It seems to have recently decided that it will arbitrarily drop the connections to the usb or ps/2 ports for the mouse and the keyboard. It's weird since the issue does not carry over into other OSes running on the same hardwar

Re: debian package policy?

2015-01-29 Thread Siard
Hans wrote: > some time ago, I asked, why some packages are in stable, NOT in > testing, but in unstable. > > At this post, I promised, to ask again, when i find such a package. > > Now I found one: snort. You can find snort in stable, NOT in testing, > but in unstable. Weired. And I am miss

Re: Network install

2015-01-29 Thread Dan Purgert
On 29/01/2015 15:39, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Hello, > > Rodolfo Medina a écrit : >> >> To connect to Internet, I use ppp and a pendrive as modem. > > I doubt so. A "pendrive" is not a modem, it is a storage device. Bet he's referring to 3g/4g cell card as a "pendrive modem" or perhaps is using

Re: Glibc 2.15 not found?

2015-01-29 Thread Siard
Stephen wrote: > I don't want to break anything. I am quite adventurous but I can > handle not playing VV until Jessie releases I just tried the Windows demo with this command: $ wine ./vv_demo.exe No need to install anything, it seems to run fine. So, until Jessie releases, running

Re: apt-get / aptitude [g]libc update not to prompt for restart and not restart

2015-01-29 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Mihamina RAKOTOMANDIMBY a écrit : > > Digging into the apt-get or aptitude documentation, I miss the right > option in order to make it upgrade libc & libc-bin without restarting > the services and without asking what to do. AFAIK, that's the default. I have never seen apt-get restarting or ask

Re: Network install

2015-01-29 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Hello, Rodolfo Medina a écrit : > > To connect to Internet, I use ppp and a pendrive as modem. I doubt so. A "pendrive" is not a modem, it is a storage device. > It seems that the minimal netinst doesn't install ppp It does. You may need to choose expert install in order to be able to select p

Re: debian package policy?

2015-01-29 Thread Ross Gammon
On 01/29/2015 09:26 PM, Hans wrote: > H, it looks like I missed a lot! Maybe I should subscribe to a list, > where > I get such informations. What do you think is a good list, if I want to get > informed, when packages are removed from the repo? > > Is debian-rele...@lists.debian.org the ri

Re: debian package policy?

2015-01-29 Thread Hans
> In addition to Ross's message, see this, which should make > things clear: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2014/11/msg00406.html > > (Snort depends on daq). > > /regards > -- Andreas Rönnquist > mailingli...@gusnan.se > gus...@gusnan.se H, it looks like I missed a lot! Maybe I s

Re: debian package policy?

2015-01-29 Thread Andreas Rönnquist
On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 20:34:45 +0100, Hans wrote: >Dear maintainers, > >some time ago, I asked, why some packages are in stable, NOT in >testing, but in unstable. > >At this post, I promised, to ask again, when i find such a package. > >Now I found one: snort. You can find snort in stable, NOT in te

Re: HP 3050A is not printing anymore after debian update on jessie

2015-01-29 Thread Brian
On Sun 25 Jan 2015 at 12:28:17 +0100, Thomas wrote: > I started the PC this morning, no printer was working so I used > http://localhost:631/admin and AFTER this I used your commands, and this is > the result: > > > $ lpstat -t > scheduler is running > system default destination: HPDeskjet3050

Re: debian package policy?

2015-01-29 Thread Hans
> Hi Hans, > > Generally, new & updated packages are uploaded to unstable, and then > automatically transition to testing once certain conditions are met. > > Testing is where each release is taken from. At certain points in the > release cycle, packages are automatically removed from testing wh

Re: debian package policy?

2015-01-29 Thread Brian
On Thu 29 Jan 2015 at 20:34:45 +0100, Hans wrote: > Dear maintainers, > > some time ago, I asked, why some packages are in stable, NOT in testing, but > in unstable. > > At this post, I promised, to ask again, when i find such a package. > > Now I found one: snort. You can find snort in stable

Re: Fwd: New problem with GIMP plugin file-jpeg

2015-01-29 Thread Bret Busby
On 30/01/2015, Curt wrote: > On 2015-01-29, Bret Busby wrote: >>> >>> As I said, I successfully open jpeg files from the console >>> (gimp ), as well as from inside the gimp (using gimp's >>> internal >>> file manager). >> >> Then, in the absence of information to the contrary, I assume that you

Re: debian package policy?

2015-01-29 Thread Ross Gammon
On 01/29/2015 08:34 PM, Hans wrote: > Dear maintainers, > > some time ago, I asked, why some packages are in stable, NOT in testing, but > in unstable. > > At this post, I promised, to ask again, when i find such a package. > > Now I found one: snort. You can find snort in stable, NOT in testin

Re: Glibc 2.15 not found?

2015-01-29 Thread Ric Moore
On 01/29/2015 02:08 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: Stephen wrote: On 01/29/2015 10:46 AM, Florent Peterschmitt wrote: Or a custom glibc installed in an isolated prefix, then playing with LD_LIBRARY_PATH to load the new glibc. Or if you don't want to build it by hand, you may do something tricky:

debian package policy?

2015-01-29 Thread Hans
Dear maintainers, some time ago, I asked, why some packages are in stable, NOT in testing, but in unstable. At this post, I promised, to ask again, when i find such a package. Now I found one: snort. You can find snort in stable, NOT in testing, but in unstable. Weired. Best Hans --

Re: Glibc 2.15 not found?

2015-01-29 Thread Sven Hartge
Stephen wrote: > On 01/29/2015 11:08 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: >> If you are a novice user, the glibc is the _last_ thing you want to >> mess with. > Hmm, that is scary. I don't want to break anything. I am quite > adventurous but I can handle not playing VV until Jessie releases > if that is t

Re: Fwd: New problem with GIMP plugin file-jpeg

2015-01-29 Thread Curt
On 2015-01-29, Bret Busby wrote: >> >> As I said, I successfully open jpeg files from the console >> (gimp ), as well as from inside the gimp (using gimp's internal >> file manager). > > Then, in the absence of information to the contrary, I assume that you > also are not able to open a JPEG file

Re: Glibc 2.15 not found?

2015-01-29 Thread Stephen
On 01/29/2015 11:08 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: If you are a novice user, the glibc is the _last_ thing you want to mess with. Grüße, Sven. Hmm, that is scary. I don't want to break anything. I am quite adventurous but I can handle not playing VV until Jessie releases if that is the case. -

Re: Glibc 2.15 not found?

2015-01-29 Thread Sven Hartge
Stephen wrote: > On 01/29/2015 10:46 AM, Florent Peterschmitt wrote: >> Or a custom glibc installed in an isolated prefix, then playing with >> LD_LIBRARY_PATH to load the new glibc. >> Or if you don't want to build it by hand, you may do something >> tricky: extracting the Jessie package by han

Re: Glibc 2.15 not found?

2015-01-29 Thread Florent Peterschmitt
On 01/29/2015 07:59 PM, Stephen wrote: > > On 01/29/2015 10:46 AM, Florent Peterschmitt wrote: >> Or a custom glibc installed in an isolated prefix, then playing with >> LD_LIBRARY_PATH to load the new glibc. > >> Or if you don't want to build it by hand, you may do something tricky: >> extractin

Re: Glibc 2.15 not found?

2015-01-29 Thread Stephen
On 01/29/2015 10:46 AM, Florent Peterschmitt wrote: Or a custom glibc installed in an isolated prefix, then playing with LD_LIBRARY_PATH to load the new glibc. Or if you don't want to build it by hand, you may do something tricky: extracting the Jessie package by hand in, again, an isolated p

Re: Glibc 2.15 not found?

2015-01-29 Thread Florent Peterschmitt
On 01/29/2015 07:31 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: > Stephen wrote: > >> I'm trying to run the game VV on my system but whenever I try and >> launch it I get the following error: "./x86/vv.x86: >> /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.15' not >> found (required by ./x86/libSDL

Re: Glibc 2.15 not found?

2015-01-29 Thread Sven Hartge
Stephen wrote: > I'm trying to run the game VV on my system but whenever I try and > launch it I get the following error: "./x86/vv.x86: > /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.15' not > found (required by ./x86/libSDL2-2.0.so.0)" > I tried looking for glibc 2.15 in t

Re: Connecting to Wireless 802.1x EAP

2015-01-29 Thread Joe
On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:40:21 + Darac Marjal wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 03:15:46PM -0500, Stephen R Guglielmo wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > I have a debian laptop running jessie using the iwlwifi driver. I > > can connect to WPA2-PSK networks just fine. However, my campus has a > > wirele

Re: Fwd: New problem with GIMP plugin file-jpeg

2015-01-29 Thread Bret Busby
On 29/01/2015, Curt wrote: > On 2015-01-29, Bret Busby wrote: >> >> Okay; the URL resolves (after a while) in Opera; it does not resolve >> (after a number of hours) in Arora. > > Well, I think it's an Aurora problem not an url problem. > >> I note that that bug report, whilst it refers to the sa

Glibc 2.15 not found?

2015-01-29 Thread Stephen
I'm trying to run the game VV on my system but whenever I try and launch it I get the following error: "./x86/vv.x86: /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.15' not found (required by ./x86/libSDL2-2.0.so.0)" I tried looking for glibc 2.15 in the software repository

Re: dpkg bugs

2015-01-29 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 29 Jan 2015, Rusi Mody wrote: > Debian testing. > > For the last 3 weeks or so there have been bugs against dpkg > shown by listbugs > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774794 This is just a blocking bug so that appropriate Breaks: get added to dpkg before the release

KeyBoard & Mouse Failure

2015-01-29 Thread John Foster
I have Linux mint cinnamon LMDE based on Debian Testing installed. It seems to have recently decided that it will arbitrarily drop the connections to the usb or ps/2 ports for the mouse and the keyboard. It's weird since the issue does not carry over into other OSes running on the same hardwar

Re: Use Debian as a usb mass storage device

2015-01-29 Thread sp113438
On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:52:04 +0100 Sven Hartge wrote: > Floris wrote: > > > I have a Sumsung TV which can record to an usb mass storage device. > > Is it possible to connect an usb-cable between the TV and the > > Debian Box, so that the TV can use (a part of) the harddisk as usb > > device?

Re: Use Debian as a usb mass storage device

2015-01-29 Thread David Goodenough
On Thursday 29 January 2015 17:38:06 Floris wrote: > Dear list, > > I have a Sumsung TV which can record to an usb mass storage device. Is it > possible to connect an usb-cable between the TV and the Debian Box, so > that the TV can use (a part of) the harddisk as usb device? > > Thanks, > > flo

Re: Use Debian as a usb mass storage device

2015-01-29 Thread Sven Hartge
Floris wrote: > I have a Sumsung TV which can record to an usb mass storage device. Is > it possible to connect an usb-cable between the TV and the Debian > Box, so that the TV can use (a part of) the harddisk as usb device? Short answer: no. Longer answer: maybe, with special hardware and so

Use Debian as a usb mass storage device

2015-01-29 Thread Floris
Dear list, I have a Sumsung TV which can record to an usb mass storage device. Is it possible to connect an usb-cable between the TV and the Debian Box, so that the TV can use (a part of) the harddisk as usb device? Thanks, floris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.deb

Re: Fwd: New problem with GIMP plugin file-jpeg

2015-01-29 Thread Curt
On 2015-01-29, Bret Busby wrote: > > Okay; the URL resolves (after a while) in Opera; it does not resolve > (after a number of hours) in Arora. Well, I think it's an Aurora problem not an url problem. > I note that that bug report, whilst it refers to the same error > message, relates to a diffe

Re: Fwd: New problem with GIMP plugin file-jpeg

2015-01-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 29 January 2015 14:52:53 Bret Busby wrote: > >>> There is this bug report: > >>> > >>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=734519 > >> > >> That just gives me a web page that displays > >> "Redirecting you to > >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=734519";

Re: Fwd: New problem with GIMP plugin file-jpeg

2015-01-29 Thread Bret Busby
On 29/01/2015, Curt wrote: > On 2015-01-29, Bret Busby wrote: >> >>> There is this bug report: >>> >>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=734519 >> >> That just gives me a web page that displays >> "Redirecting you to >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=734519"; >>

Re: apt-get / aptitude [g]libc update not to prompt for restart and not restart

2015-01-29 Thread Mihamina RAKOTOMANDIMBY
On 01/29/2015 04:14 PM, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 15:50:12 +0300 Mihamina RAKOTOMANDIMBY wrote: I'm going to massively upgrade some ghost-vulnerable machines. Digging into the apt-get or aptitude documentation, I miss the right option in order to make it upgrade libc &

Re: Fwd: New problem with GIMP plugin file-jpeg

2015-01-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 29 January 2015 13:55:55 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 29 January 2015 08:49:14 Curt did opine > > And Gene did reply: > > On 2015-01-29, Bret Busby wrote: > > >> There is this bug report: > > >> > > >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=734519 > > > > > > That just

dpkg bugs

2015-01-29 Thread Rusi Mody
Debian testing. For the last 3 weeks or so there have been bugs against dpkg shown by listbugs https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774794 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775124 I have been biding my time and trying to install/upgrade past/around these. Still stri

Re: apt-get / aptitude [g]libc update not to prompt for restart and not restart

2015-01-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 29 January 2015 13:35:49 Gene Heskett wrote: > To get the fixes into use, you MUST > reboot, no way around it.  To do otherwise WILL leave the machine > vulnerable. No, you do not necessarily have to reboot. As various people have said, you can restart individual services; and you ca

Re: Network install

2015-01-29 Thread Floris
Op Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:30:17 +0100 schreef Rodolfo Medina : From the official Debian Internet site I read: A "network install" or "netinst" CD is a single CD which enables you to install the entire operating system. This single CD contains just the minimal amount of software to start th

Re: Fwd: New problem with GIMP plugin file-jpeg

2015-01-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 29 January 2015 08:49:14 Curt did opine And Gene did reply: > On 2015-01-29, Bret Busby wrote: > >> There is this bug report: > >> > >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=734519 > > > > That just gives me a web page that displays > > "Redirecting you to > > https://bug

Re: Fwd: New problem with GIMP plugin file-jpeg

2015-01-29 Thread Curt
On 2015-01-29, Bret Busby wrote: > >> There is this bug report: >> >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=734519 > > That just gives me a web page that displays > "Redirecting you to https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=734519"; > that goes nowhere. > Looks like yet ano

Re: apt-get / aptitude [g]libc update not to prompt for restart and not restart

2015-01-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 29 January 2015 07:50:12 Mihamina RAKOTOMANDIMBY did opine And Gene did reply: > Hi all > > I'm going to massively upgrade some ghost-vulnerable machines. > > Digging into the apt-get or aptitude documentation, I miss the right > option in order to make it upgrade libc & libc-bin with

Network install

2015-01-29 Thread Rodolfo Medina
>From the official Debian Internet site I read: A "network install" or "netinst" CD is a single CD which enables you to install the entire operating system. This single CD contains just the minimal amount of software to start the installation and fetch the remaining packages over the Internet.

Re: apt-get / aptitude [g]libc update not to prompt for restart and not restart

2015-01-29 Thread Ron
On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 15:50:12 +0300 Mihamina RAKOTOMANDIMBY wrote: > I'm going to massively upgrade some ghost-vulnerable machines. > > Digging into the apt-get or aptitude documentation, I miss the right > option in order to make it upgrade libc & libc-bin without restarting > the services and

apt-get / aptitude [g]libc update not to prompt for restart and not restart

2015-01-29 Thread Mihamina RAKOTOMANDIMBY
Hi all I'm going to massively upgrade some ghost-vulnerable machines. Digging into the apt-get or aptitude documentation, I miss the right option in order to make it upgrade libc & libc-bin without restarting the services and without asking what to do. Would you know the right option? Thank

Re: GHOST, Am I ok?

2015-01-29 Thread Jochen Spieker
Sven Hartge: > Darac Marjal wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 05:52:49PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: >>> >>> Look at checkrestart in the debian-goodies package. > >> Or alternatively, if you're on testing or newer (or can accept a >> backport), try needrestart (in its own package) which will infor

Re: Package installation from pendrive

2015-01-29 Thread Floris
Op Thu, 29 Jan 2015 11:30:51 +0100 schreef Rodolfo Medina : Hi all. I installed Debian from a pendrive, everything fine. Now I want to install some packages from there, but the system only accepts CDs for that. If I start the Debian Installer, it wants to format the partition, what I do

Re: Fwd: New problem with GIMP plugin file-jpeg

2015-01-29 Thread Bret Busby
On 29/01/2015, Curt wrote: Thank you, Curt, for your quick response. > On 2015-01-29, Bret Busby wrote: >> >> I was unable to open that file. >> >> I now can not open JPEG files with the GIMP. >> >> The error message returned, includes >> >> " >> GIMP Message >> >> Plug-in crashed: "file-jpeg"

Package installation from pendrive

2015-01-29 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Hi all. I installed Debian from a pendrive, everything fine. Now I want to install some packages from there, but the system only accepts CDs for that. If I start the Debian Installer, it wants to format the partition, what I don't want. Thanks for any help, Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Connecting to Wireless 802.1x EAP

2015-01-29 Thread Curt
On 2015-01-29, Darac Marjal wrote: > > According to wikipedia, EAP encompasses a whole variety of > authentications methods ranging from certificates, to passwords, to > pre-shared keys, even to SIM cards. > I authenticate with my SIM card, as a matter of fact (to my ISP's hotspots). -- “There’

Re: GHOST, Am I ok?

2015-01-29 Thread Sven Hartge
Darac Marjal wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 05:52:49PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: >> shawn wilson writes: >>> You'll need a reboot since most everything links against libc.so.6 >>> it'll never be unloaded. >> >> Just restart the services you are concerned about. They will link to >> the new li

Re: Fwd: New problem with GIMP plugin file-jpeg

2015-01-29 Thread Curt
On 2015-01-29, Bret Busby wrote: > > I was unable to open that file. > > I now can not open JPEG files with the GIMP. > > The error message returned, includes > > " > GIMP Message > > Plug-in crashed: "file-jpeg" > (/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/file-jpeg) > > The dying plug-in may have messed up GIM

Fwd: New problem with GIMP plugin file-jpeg

2015-01-29 Thread Bret Busby
No acknowledgement of the message below, from the LTS list, so I am forwarding the message to this list. I assume that the LTS list is solely for the developers, and, not for reporting problems that apparently arise from LTS updates. Anyway, the problem is new, and, started after one of the LTS u

Re: GHOST, Am I ok?

2015-01-29 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 05:52:49PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > shawn wilson writes: > > You'll need a reboot since most everything links against libc.so.6 > > it'll never be unloaded. > > Just restart the services you are concerned about. They will link to > the new library version. > > Look at

Re: Connecting to Wireless 802.1x EAP

2015-01-29 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 03:15:46PM -0500, Stephen R Guglielmo wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have a debian laptop running jessie using the iwlwifi driver. I can > connect to WPA2-PSK networks just fine. However, my campus has a > wireless network that uses WPA-EAP/PEAP authentication. I have read > the D