Re: Book questions

2015-04-11 Thread Petter Adsen
On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 16:29:58 +0100 Iain M Conochie wrote: > Not to mention security as well - there is even a possible integer > overflow in one of the examples! > To be fair, I am not too sure how much of the security implications > of C were known in 1988. I want to thank everyone for their an

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 11 April 2015 14:06:26 Ric Moore wrote: > Gene, didja notice this running the command line > ric@iam:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration > [sudo] password for ric: > update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; > falling back to defaults > update-r

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 11 April 2015 13:33:02 Petter Adsen wrote: > On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 12:14:45 -0400 > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 11 April 2015 09:20:11 Petter Adsen wrote: [...] > > before it was usable even with Brothers own linux drivers. > > If you ever need to do that again, you can do a se

Re: WAS Re: debian 8 NOW game keyboard config

2015-04-11 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 16:00:11 -0400 Ric Moore wrote: > On 04/11/2015 03:05 PM, Reco wrote: > > dpkg-reconfigure -plow keyboard-configuration > > ric@iam:~$ sudo su - > [sudo] password for ric: > root@iam:~# dpkg-reconfigure -plow keyboard-configuration > update-rc.d: warning: start and stop

WAS Re: debian 8 NOW game keyboard config

2015-04-11 Thread Ric Moore
On 04/11/2015 03:05 PM, Reco wrote: dpkg-reconfigure -plow keyboard-configuration ric@iam:~$ sudo su - [sudo] password for ric: root@iam:~# dpkg-reconfigure -plow keyboard-configuration update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults update-rc.d:

Re: Cheap way to track disk usage?

2015-04-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Frederic Marchal wrote: > > Have a look at agedu: > > http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/agedu/ > > It computes disk usage like du. > > > > The produced HTML report can be viewed interactively like ncdu. That is pretty cool! I was previously unaware of this utility. Thanks for suggestin

Re: Having Trouble installing Updates

2015-04-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Frank Fricke wrote: > E: http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main file i386 1:5.22+15-1 > is not (yet) available (404 Not Found) > > What can I do about it? Please post the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list file so that we can see what configuration you are using. Speculatively (meani

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 14:47:45 -0400 Ric Moore wrote: > I tried it with sudo, same error. But, I think you're onto it! Any other > command line?? Ric That result means I had to be more specific. Sorry just in case. sudo su - dpkg-reconfigure -plow keyboard-configuration In the case of do

Re: Book questions

2015-04-11 Thread Glenn English
"C is a collection of macros for PDP-11 assembly language." -- A unix guru I worked with many years ago -- Glenn English -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https:/

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Ric Moore
On 04/11/2015 02:26 PM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 14:06:26 -0400 Ric Moore wrote: Gene, didja notice this running the command line ric@iam:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration [sudo] password for ric: update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported;

Re: Debian Jessie, gnome-panel no menu.

2015-04-11 Thread Stephen Allen
On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 06:31:55PM +0200, nutrinf...@gmx.com wrote: > cutted from > http://askubuntu.com/questions/149691/how-to-put-gnome-panel-like-icons-in-gnome-3: > > start cut > Whether you are using Unity or you have switched to gnome-shell, the > launcher icons on your old gnome-pane

Re: Cheap way to track disk usage?

2015-04-11 Thread Frederic Marchal
Sorry for the very very late answer. That mail showed up as a new mail in my mail client! Frederic On Saturday 11 April 2015 11:19:02 Frederic Marchal wrote: > On Tuesday 03 March 2015 20:29:53 Richard Hector wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have an issue with a (client's) large (13T) filesystem, t

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 14:06:26 -0400 Ric Moore wrote: > Gene, didja notice this running the command line > ric@iam:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration > [sudo] password for ric: > update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; > falling back to defaults > u

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Curt
On 2015-04-11, Bret Busby wrote: >> >> Is this hyperbole (hyper hyper), or do you really believe what you're >> saying? >> > > You selectively deleted the text that qualified my determination that > the application is a trojan horse, so as to remove the justification I did delete it. It's called

Re: Cheap way to track disk usage?

2015-04-11 Thread Frederic Marchal
On Tuesday 03 March 2015 20:29:53 Richard Hector wrote: > Hi all, > > I have an issue with a (client's) large (13T) filesystem, that fills > up every now and then and nobody's quite sure what's doing it. > > I can run du, but that takes ages, and has a performance impact. df > only gives the tota

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Ric Moore
Gene, didja notice this running the command line ric@iam:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration [sudo] password for ric: update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; f

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Bret Busby
On 11/04/2015, Curt wrote: > On 2015-04-10, Bret Busby wrote: > >> unwittingly and unwillingly, running the application, thus, as it >> stands, the application is a trojan horse. >> > > Is this hyperbole (hyper hyper), or do you really believe what you're > saying? > You selectively deleted the

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Petter Adsen
On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 12:14:45 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 11 April 2015 09:20:11 Petter Adsen wrote: > > It seems you need a Wintendo tool to > > configure them, something called "SetPoint". I do not know whether > > you could use that to configure the keys and the settings would be >

Re: free cloud

2015-04-11 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Sat, 11 Apr 2015, deloptes wrote: I mean a situation where they come to you as service provider and tell you to deliver the encryption keys for the services you provide. The case study is obviously Lavabit. The only debate is over whether the NSA could extend it's reach to other nations.

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 11 April 2015 12:13:43 Curt wrote: > On 2015-04-11, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> Is this hyperbole (hyper hyper), or do you really believe what > >> you're saying? > > > > Be carefull who you are calling delusional. I am with Bret on this > > one. > > If it's a malware program, it shoul

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 11 April 2015 09:32:13 Petter Adsen wrote: > On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 05:01:43 -0400 > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 11 April 2015 02:39:47 Petter Adsen wrote: > > > > Q:Do we have any docs that show how this is supposed to work? > > A:Not that I can find. > > I found this after sen

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 11 April 2015 09:20:11 Petter Adsen wrote: > On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 05:01:43 -0400 > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 11 April 2015 02:39:47 Petter Adsen wrote: > > > On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 13:46:36 -0400 > > > > > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > On Friday 10 April 2015 10:28:36 Curt wro

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Curt
On 2015-04-11, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> Is this hyperbole (hyper hyper), or do you really believe what you're >> saying? > > Be carefull who you are calling delusional. I am with Bret on this one. If it's a malware program, it should be expunged from the debian archives. I hope you're going

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-11 Thread rob
On 10/04/15 21:56, Luis Finotti wrote: Dear all, I've been trying to fix this problem, but have not found a solution yet. (I've also asked at the aptosid list without success.) Before I resigned myself to a reinstall, I thought I'd post the output of strace apt-get dist-upgrade (I killed

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 11 April 2015 06:18:25 Curt wrote: > On 2015-04-10, Bret Busby wrote: > > unwittingly and unwillingly, running the application, thus, as it > > stands, the application is a trojan horse. > > Is this hyperbole (hyper hyper), or do you really believe what you're > saying? Be carefull wh

Re: VLANs won't persist

2015-04-11 Thread Sven Hartge
M7 wrote: > I'm running Debian 7.8 x64 and I'm unable to have my vlan network persist. > I've installed the package 'vlan'. You don't need this package. Please remove and purge it. ifupdown is able to configure VLANs without this package. > I then ran 'modprobe 8021q' to load the kernel and sa

Re: Installing Debian Jessie on an ACER Aspire V13 V3-371-337L

2015-04-11 Thread Jean-Marc
hi guys, Two words to give the status of the Debian Jessie installation on my brand new Acer Aspire v13 v3. Everything works like a charm (webcam, mic, trackpad, wifi using non-free firmware, network). The only thing I did not test (yet) is the SD card-reader. Really nice small machine !!! T

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Petter Adsen
On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 05:01:43 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 11 April 2015 02:39:47 Petter Adsen wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 13:46:36 -0400 > > > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Friday 10 April 2015 10:28:36 Curt wrote: > > > > There is something else to try: > > > > > > > > http://en.

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Petter Adsen
On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 05:01:43 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 11 April 2015 02:39:47 Petter Adsen wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 13:46:36 -0400 > > > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Friday 10 April 2015 10:28:36 Curt wrote: > > > > There is something else to try: > > > > > > > > http://en.

Re: free cloud

2015-04-11 Thread Petter Adsen
On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 13:56:59 +0200 deloptes wrote: > Petter Adsen wrote: > > > Switzerland might be good, unfortunately I don't know of any cloud > > services there, but I'm sure there are. But if the NSA wants data > > stored on servers in Switzerland badly enough, do you really think > > Swiss

Re: Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-11 Thread Luis Finotti
Yes, without success, but thanks for the suggestion! -- 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/camo809wb7syscwef9ew+2nqgo7ndasturqb9ecbgjtz4y8l...@mail.gmail.c

Re: free cloud

2015-04-11 Thread deloptes
Petter Adsen wrote: > Switzerland might be good, unfortunately I don't know of any cloud > services there, but I'm sure there are. But if the NSA wants data > stored on servers in Switzerland badly enough, do you really think > Swiss laws would stop them? > > Petter I mean a situation where they

Re: After upgrade to jessie usb keyboard multimedia keys stopped working

2015-04-11 Thread deloptes
Never give up - after trying different options examining different files I manage it to break all setup and no kbd or mouse working. Than I did apt-get --reinstall install xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-evdev-dbg and all is working fine - the multimedia keys a

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-11 Thread Marko Randjelovic
Did you try apt-get udpate dpkg --configure -a apt-get -f install ? -- http://markorandjelovic.hopto.org One should not be afraid of humans. Well, I am not afraid of humans, but of what is inhuman in them. Ivo Andric, "Signs near the travel-road" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Curt
On 2015-04-10, Bret Busby wrote: > unwittingly and unwillingly, running the application, thus, as it > stands, the application is a trojan horse. > Is this hyperbole (hyper hyper), or do you really believe what you're saying? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Having Trouble installing Updates

2015-04-11 Thread Frank Fricke
Good Morning! I'm having trouble installing Jessie updates via Package Updater. The dialogue window says "downloading packages", but when I click "install" and authenticate, a message pops up saying: Failed to process request. Details: E: http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main file i386 1

Pulse audio always starts in suspended; have to restart before anything

2015-04-11 Thread James Allsopp
Hi, I'm having a problem with pulseaudio where I have to restart it before I can play any music whatsoever. If I list the sinks, my single sink comes up as suspended. My system is relatively fresh install of Wheezy, with pulseaudio running in as my user. My default.pa is: .nofail ### Load somethi

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 11 April 2015 03:01:29 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 11 April 2015 07:39:47 Petter Adsen wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 13:46:36 -0400 > > > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Friday 10 April 2015 10:28:36 Curt wrote: > > > > There is something else to try: > > > > > > > > http://en.wi

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 11 April 2015 02:39:47 Petter Adsen wrote: > On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 13:46:36 -0400 > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 10 April 2015 10:28:36 Curt wrote: > > > There is something else to try: > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key > > > > I have occasionally tried that

RE: usb wireless keyboard and mouse (was debian 8)

2015-04-11 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi, >>> Let me assure you that as a fan of wireless keyboards and mice, >>> there are large percentages of the time when something goes aglay, >>> when that >> >> What does the fact that they're wireless have to do with it? Even >> more bound to be without response under duress? > > The bios,

Re: VLANs won't persist

2015-04-11 Thread Nemeth Gyorgy
2015-04-11 05:50 keltezéssel, M7 írta: > My /etc/network/interfaces looks like this > > auto-hotplug eth0.4 There is 'auto' keyword or 'allow-hotplug' but no auto-hotplug. > iface eth0.4 inet static >address 10.0.4.100 >netmask 255.255.255.0 >gateway 10.0.4.1 >dns-nameserver 10.

Re: debian 8

2015-04-11 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 11 April 2015 07:39:47 Petter Adsen wrote: > On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 13:46:36 -0400 > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 10 April 2015 10:28:36 Curt wrote: > > > There is something else to try: > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key > > > > I have occasionally tried that