Re: non-stable packages infestation

On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:16:24 -0400, Kynn Jones wrote: On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Teresa e Junior wrote: On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 17:35:29 -0400, Kynn Jones wrote: $ apt-cache policy sudo sudo: Installed: 1.8.5p2-1+nmu2 Candidate: 1.8.5p2-1+nmu2 Version tab

Re: `bootlogd' not working

On Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 4:20:04 AM UTC+5:30, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I've read in internet about bugs and problems in the past with that package, > but no solution good for me. I installed bootlogd, rebooted, but the file > /var/log/boot, the one supposed to store bootlogd reports, still says

Re: Where is Jessie?

oh wow, It's a girl! On 04/26/2015 12:20 PM, Brent Clark wrote: On 26/04/2015 05:10, Brent Clark wrote: On 26/04/2015 01:42, Man_Without_Clue wrote: What time Jessie will come out? Expected time? Is she almost coming out? Debian mother is already in labor? M.W.C. https://bits.debian.org/2

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

On 04/25/2015 at 11:01 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015, at 17:16, songbird wrote: > >> # cpio -i -v < /boot/initrd.img-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae >> kernel >> kernel/x86 >> kernel/x86/microcode >> kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin >> 22 blocks > > Yeah, well, you have

Re: Where is Jessie?

On 26/04/2015 05:10, Brent Clark wrote: > On 26/04/2015 01:42, Man_Without_Clue wrote: >> What time Jessie will come out? >> Expected time? >> Is she almost coming out? Debian mother is already in labor? >> >> M.W.C. >> >> > https://bits.debian.org/2015/04/jessie-released.html https://www.debian.or

Re: Where is Jessie?

On 26/04/2015 01:42, Man_Without_Clue wrote: > What time Jessie will come out? > Expected time? > Is she almost coming out? Debian mother is already in labor? > > M.W.C. > > https://bits.debian.org/2015/04/jessie-released.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org wit

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

On Sat, Apr 25, 2015, at 17:16, songbird wrote: > # cpio -i -v < /boot/initrd.img-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae > kernel > kernel/x86 > kernel/x86/microcode > kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin > 22 blocks Yeah, well, you have a multi-segment initramfs. There's an uncompressed cpio archive first with t

Re: Recommendation on video card?

On 4/24/2015 12:23 AM, Petter Adsen wrote: At some point I will probably also need to get a third screen, so something that has three outputs or would run nicely with a second video card that has additional outputs is a big bonus. I think the majority of cards have 3 outputs these days, more

Re: udev - set persistent name for WLAN Adapter

Michael Biebl wrote: > Pal, what hardware is that specifically? > Any idea why it changes the MAC? Hmm... Is 'macchanger' involved in this in any way? $ apt-cache show macchanger Description-en: utility for manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces Features: * set specific M

Re: Where is Jessie?

Le septidi 7 floréal, an CCXXIII, Nicolas George a écrit : > Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 00:01:19 GMT > > Damn, one minute and 19 seconds late. I should not send mail that late. Careful readers have noticed that Date != Last-Modified. Sorry for the noise. aimlin ~ $ curl -I http://ftp.debian.org/debi

Re: udev - set persistent name for WLAN Adapter

Am 25.04.2015 um 22:20 schrieb Pascal Hambourg: > csanyi...@gmail.com a écrit : >> After that, when I replug the WLAN Adapter, I get in >> 70-persistent-net.rules another line: >> # USB device 0x:0x (rtl8192cu) >> SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", >> ATTR{address}=="00:e0:4c:81:92:e7

Re: Where is Jessie?

Le septidi 7 floréal, an CCXXIII, Man_Without_Clue a écrit : > What time Jessie will come out? > Expected time? > Is she almost coming out? Debian mother is already in labor? aimlin ~ $ curl -I http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/ HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 00:01:19 GMT Damn, on

Where is Jessie?

What time Jessie will come out? Expected time? Is she almost coming out? Debian mother is already in labor? M.W.C. -- 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/5

Re: non-stable packages infestation

On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Teresa e Junior wrote: > On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 17:35:29 -0400, Kynn Jones wrote: >> >> $ apt-cache policy sudo >> sudo: >>Installed: 1.8.5p2-1+nmu2 >>Candidate: 1.8.5p2-1+nmu2 >>Version table: >> *** 1.8.5p2-1+nmu2 0 >>

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

The Wanderer wrote: >Ric Moore wrote: ... >> Sorry I missed it, but what version of Debian does this occur on?? > > My system, which does not have the problem, is on current testing - > dist-upgraded just this afternoon. > > songbird is at least running initramfs-tools from testing (it's the same >

`bootlogd' not working

I've read in internet about bugs and problems in the past with that package, but no solution good for me. I installed bootlogd, rebooted, but the file /var/log/boot, the one supposed to store bootlogd reports, still says: (Nothing has been logged yet.) Please help. Thanks, Rodolfo -- To UN

Re: non-stable packages infestation

On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 17:35:29 -0400, Kynn Jones wrote: $ apt-cache policy sudo sudo: Installed: 1.8.5p2-1+nmu2 Candidate: 1.8.5p2-1+nmu2 Version table: *** 1.8.5p2-1+nmu2 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.8.5p2-1+nmu1 0 500 http:/

Re: udev - set persistent name for WLAN Adapter

csanyi...@gmail.com writes: > songbird writes: > >> csanyi...@gmail.com wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> on my Wheezy system I just can't set a persistent 'wlan0' name for my >>> USB WiFi apadter. >>> >>> In /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules I have the line: >>> # USB device 0x:0x (rtl8192cu) >>

Re: udev - set persistent name for WLAN Adapter

songbird writes: > csanyi...@gmail.com wrote: >> Hello, >> >> on my Wheezy system I just can't set a persistent 'wlan0' name for my >> USB WiFi apadter. >> >> In /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules I have the line: >> # USB device 0x:0x (rtl8192cu) >> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="add", DRIVER

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

On 04/25/2015 at 05:36 PM, Ric Moore wrote: > On 04/25/2015 05:29 PM, songbird wrote: > >> The Wanderer wrote: >>> That's _very_ weird. If my experience is any guide, there should >>> be an entire root-like hierarchy in there; mine contains >>> >>> bin/ conf/ etc/ init lib/ lib64/ run/ sbin/ sc

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

On 04/25/2015 05:29 PM, songbird wrote: The Wanderer wrote: songbird wrote: The Wanderer wrote: songbird wrote: /boot/initrd.img-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae: ASCII cpio archive (SVR4 with no CRC) So it's not compressed at all. Try cpio -i < /boot/initrd.img-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae to expand it (

non-stable packages infestation

I'm trying really, really, really hard to keep my system mostly within stable, but I must be doing something completely wrong, because at the moment my system is infested with > 100 packages that are not from stable, and that I am 10% certain I did not explicitly install. These uninvited packag

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

The Wanderer wrote: >songbird wrote: >> The Wanderer wrote: >>> songbird wrote: > /boot/initrd.img-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae: ASCII cpio archive (SVR4 with no CRC) >>> >>> So it's not compressed at all. >>> >>> Try >>> >>> cpio -i < /boot/initrd.img-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae >>> >>> to expand it (a

Re: Unable to install owncloud-client in wheezy

On 04/25/2015 07:32 AM, Rémy Noulin wrote: Hi Peter, I had the same problem. There is a solution on the owncloud website: https://software.opensuse.org/download/package?project=isv:ownCloud:desktop&package=owncloud-client

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

On 04/25/2015 at 04:16 PM, songbird wrote: > The Wanderer wrote: > >> songbird wrote: >>> /boot/initrd.img-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae: ASCII cpio archive (SVR4 with >>> no CRC) >> >> So it's not compressed at all. >> >> Try >> >> cpio -i < /boot/initrd.img-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae >> >> to expand it (again

Re: Can't redirect stout and stderr

On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 07:53:23AM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi all. > > My old pc has corrupt filesystem problems, and, in order to ask the present > list some help about that, I need to store to a file the output of > `update-grub', both stdout and stderr, but don't manage to even using any

Re: Recommendation on video card?

On 04/25/2015 07:15 AM, Petter Adsen wrote: On Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:36:15 -0400 Ric Moore wrote: Be sure to check for the openGL version which should be equal to or higher than version 2.0. So, IMHO it's better to have too much, than not enough! But, that is just my two cents:) Ric Why is th

Re: udev - set persistent name for WLAN Adapter

csanyi...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello, > > on my Wheezy system I just can't set a persistent 'wlan0' name for my > USB WiFi apadter. > > In /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules I have the line: > # USB device 0x:0x (rtl8192cu) > SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="usb", > ATTRS{idVendor}==

Re: udev - set persistent name for WLAN Adapter

csanyi...@gmail.com a écrit : > > on my Wheezy system I just can't set a persistent 'wlan0' name for my > USB WiFi apadter. > > In /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules I have the line: > # USB device 0x:0x (rtl8192cu) > SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="usb", > ATTRS{idVendor}=="058

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

The Wanderer wrote: > songbird wrote: >> The Wanderer wrote: >>> songbird wrote: > doesn't work for me, hmm: =20 # gunzip - < /boot/initrd.img-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae | cpio -i =20 gzip: stdin: not in gzip format >>>=20 >>> What does >>>=20 >>> file /boot/initrd.img-3.18.0-trunk

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

On 04/25/2015 at 02:50 PM, songbird wrote: > The Wanderer wrote: > >> songbird wrote: >>> doesn't work for me, hmm: >>> >>> # gunzip - < /boot/initrd.img-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae | cpio -i >>> >>> gzip: stdin: not in gzip format >> >> What does >> >> file /boot/initrd.img-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae >>

udev - set persistent name for WLAN Adapter

Hello, on my Wheezy system I just can't set a persistent 'wlan0' name for my USB WiFi apadter. In /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules I have the line: # USB device 0x:0x (rtl8192cu) SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0586", ATTRS{idProduct}=="341f", ATT R{man

Re: Can't redirect stout and stderr

Nicolas George writes: > Le sextidi 6 floréal, an CCXXIII, Rodolfo Medina a écrit : >> Thanks. But the file `typescript', just as the above `file', only includes >> the `nice' part of update-grub's output, not the error messages. What to >> do? > > Hum... My crystal ball has an idea. > > Are yo

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

The Wanderer wrote: > songbird wrote: >> Mike Kupfer wrote: >>> songbird wrote: >>> how did you expand the initramfs? i tried the command given and didn't get it to work and so set it aside until i could read further docs today. >>> >>> I did >>> >>> $ su >>> # cd /root >>

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

On 04/25/2015 at 02:08 PM, songbird wrote: > Mike Kupfer wrote: > >> songbird wrote: >> >>> how did you expand the initramfs? i tried the >>> command given and didn't get it to work and so set >>> it aside until i could read further docs today. >> >> I did >> >> $ su >> # cd /root >>

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

Mike Kupfer wrote: > songbird wrote: > >> how did you expand the initramfs? i tried the >> command given and didn't get it to work and so set >> it aside until i could read further docs today. > > I did > > $ su > # cd /root > # mkdir initrd > # cd initrd > > and then ran the pip

No Clipboard Persistence even with clipboard managers

I have always used clipboard managers in Linux, but for more than one year already I have noticed that clipboard persistence is lost on the desktop some hours after booting (the ability to paste after closing the source application, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ClipboardPersistence). I copy the

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

Michael Biebl wrote: > schrieb songbird: >> Mike Kupfer wrote: >>> The Wanderer wrote: >>> If that doesn't help, then I'd advise that you expand the initramfs /= > initrd file from under /boot into an empty directory, and see what it= > contains. It may very well be missing either bi

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

songbird wrote: > how did you expand the initramfs? i tried the > command given and didn't get it to work and so set > it aside until i could read further docs today. I did $ su # cd /root # mkdir initrd # cd initrd and then ran the pipeline that The Wanderer gave. I think I

Re: Can't redirect stout and stderr

On Saturday 25 April 2015 10:49:57 Nicolas George wrote: > Le sextidi 6 floréal, an CCXXIII, Gene Heskett a écrit : > > Then it is quite likely that the drive has been auto-remounted > > read-only. > > That is not the issue. It is usually a good idea to read the replies > that have already be giv

Re: Can't redirect stout and stderr

Le sextidi 6 floréal, an CCXXIII, Gene Heskett a écrit : > Then it is quite likely that the drive has been auto-remounted read-only. That is not the issue. It is usually a good idea to read the replies that have already be given. > So you will have to generate the record file by sending > the 2>&

Re: Can't redirect stout and stderr

On Saturday 25 April 2015 03:53:23 Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi all. > > My old pc has corrupt filesystem problems, Then it is quite likely that the drive has been auto-remounted read-only. > and, in order to ask the > present list some help about that, I need to store to a file the > output of `u

Re: the correct way to read a big directory? Mutt?

Correction of the "jot" command arguments: Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote on 04/25/2015 16:15: > Hi, > > >> Now, the test. First, I create a big maildir folder with: >> >> >> #!/bin/sh >> >> set -e >> >> dir=maildir-test >> rm -rf "$dir" >> m

Re: the correct way to read a big directory? Mutt?

Hi, > Now, the test. First, I create a big maildir folder with: > > > #!/bin/sh > > set -e > > dir=maildir-test > rm -rf "$dir" > maildirmake "$dir" > > for i in `seq 5000` > do > date=$((1000+i)) > cat < "$dir/cur/$date.1.h

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

Am 25.04.2015 um 15:00 schrieb songbird: > Mike Kupfer wrote: >> The Wanderer wrote: >> >>> If that doesn't help, then I'd advise that you expand the initramfs / >>> initrd file from under /boot into an empty directory, and see what it >>> contains. It may very well be missing either bin/touch or s

Re: Can't redirect stout and stderr

Le sextidi 6 floréal, an CCXXIII, Rodolfo Medina a écrit : > Thanks. But the file `typescript', just as the above `file', only includes > the > `nice' part of update-grub's output, not the error messages. What to do? Hum... My crystal ball has an idea. Are you doing this in text console? X11 t

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

Mike Kupfer wrote: > The Wanderer wrote: > >> If that doesn't help, then I'd advise that you expand the initramfs / >> initrd file from under /boot into an empty directory, and see what it >> contains. It may very well be missing either bin/touch or some related >> thing. > > Indeed, it's missing b

Re: Can't redirect stout and stderr

On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 12:27:30 + Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Nicolas George writes: > > > Le sextidi 6 floréal, an CCXXIII, Rodolfo Medina a écrit : > >> > "&> file" is a bashism but should work. > >> > > >> > "> file 2&1" is a typo for "> file 2>&1" > > > >> Both commands write onto `file' only

Re: Can't redirect stout and stderr

Nicolas George writes: > Le sextidi 6 floréal, an CCXXIII, Rodolfo Medina a écrit : >> > "&> file" is a bashism but should work. >> > >> > "> file 2&1" is a typo for "> file 2>&1" > >> Both commands write onto `file' only a part of the output of `update-grub', >> I think the standard output. Aft

Re: Recommendation on video card?

On 2015-04-25, Nicolas George wrote: > > The mapping between the technical names used on the X.org wiki, the PCI Ids > (and translated names) and the commercial names is annoyingly hard to find > too. > > If someone knows a better and more complete summary of the supported cards, > that would be v

Re: Unable to install owncloud-client in wheezy

Hi Peter, I had the same problem. There is a solution on the owncloud website: https://software.opensuse.org/download/package?project=isv:ownCloud :desktop&package=owncloud-client Here are the commands: echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:/ownCloud:/desktop/Debian_7.0/ /' >>

Re: Recommendation on video card?

On Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:36:15 -0400 Ric Moore wrote: > On 04/24/2015 03:23 AM, Petter Adsen wrote: > > I have an AMD HD5450 card in my desktop, which has been mostly > > adequate for me, but now it is time to retire it. > > > > Can anyone recommend a more recent card that works well with X? I'm >

Re: Recommendation on video card?

On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 12:19:59 +0200 Nicolas George wrote: > Le sextidi 6 floréal, an CCXXIII, Igor Cicimov a écrit : > > Anyway, this is how I pick a card ... I go to > > http://www.videocardbenchmark.net and choose a card(s) from the > > range I'm after and then look for the best price I can find

Re: Recommendation on video card?

Le sextidi 6 floréal, an CCXXIII, Igor Cicimov a écrit : > Anyway, this is how I pick a card ... I go to > http://www.videocardbenchmark.net and choose a card(s) from the range I'm > after and then look for the best price I can find. I have occasionally the same issue as Petter. I have it much les

Re: the correct way to read a big directory? Mutt?

Le sextidi 6 floréal, an CCXXIII, Vincent Lefevre a écrit : > This is not that simple. I want my script to be very reliable. Well, your script is in Perl, so implicitly you consider that CPU cost is negligible. If you manage to optimize everything else (or make the processing more complex) so that

Re: Can't redirect stout and stderr

Le sextidi 6 floréal, an CCXXIII, Rodolfo Medina a écrit : > > "&> file" is a bashism but should work. > > > > "> file 2&1" is a typo for "> file 2>&1" > Both commands write onto `file' only a part of the output of `update-grub', I > think the standard output. After giving the command and pressin

Re: Can't redirect stout and stderr

Nicolas George writes: > Le sextidi 6 floréal, an CCXXIII, Rodolfo Medina a écrit : >> My old pc has corrupt filesystem problems, and, in order to ask the present >> list some help about that, I need to store to a file the output of >> `update-grub', both stdout and stderr, but don't manage to ev

Re: Can't redirect stout and stderr

Le sextidi 6 floréal, an CCXXIII, Rodolfo Medina a écrit : > My old pc has corrupt filesystem problems, and, in order to ask the present > list some help about that, I need to store to a file the output of > `update-grub', both stdout and stderr, but don't manage to even using any of > the solution

Re: Can't redirect stout and stderr

On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 07:53:23 + Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi all. > > My old pc has corrupt filesystem problems, and, in order to ask the > present list some help about that, I need to store to a file the > output of `update-grub', both stdout and stderr, but don't manage to > even using any of

Can't redirect stout and stderr

Hi all. My old pc has corrupt filesystem problems, and, in order to ask the present list some help about that, I need to store to a file the output of `update-grub', both stdout and stderr, but don't manage to even using any of the solutions suggested wherever I could find them: nor `update-grub >