Re: Prevent package from removal

2015-08-06 Thread The Wanderer
On 08/06/2015 at 04:45 PM, Floris wrote: > Op Thu, 06 Aug 2015 20:44:12 +0200 schreef The Wanderer > : > >> On 08/06/2015 at 02:29 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: >>> Yeah, you can put a package on hold. e.g. >>> http://www.debianadmin.com/how-to-prevent-a-package-from-being-updated-in-debian.html >

Re: Differences between cdw/k3b on Jessie and Stretch (testing)?

2015-08-06 Thread Eike Lantzsch
Hi y'all, On Thursday 06 August 2015 23:19:27 Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > i begin to suspect that you might suffer from two > independent problems: > > - A growisofs bug with DAO on new kernels, found in april 2014: > https://lists.debian.org/cdwrite/2012/04/msg00010.html Interesting. I

How do I get update notifications on XFCE?

2015-08-06 Thread Peter Huber
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Wheezy firmware netinstall CDs

2015-08-06 Thread Lisi Reisz
Is there any advantage or disadvantage in using the multiarch CD instead of the i386 and AMD64 CDs? Thanks. Lisi -- 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/201

Re: Differences between cdw/k3b on Jessie and Stretch (testing)?

2015-08-06 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > I'd like to file a bug report but can't figure out against which package it >i ought to be. At least the first part of my theory i can test myself. Not easy to find a non-32-KB-aligned image among the Debian ISOs for amd64 or i386. That's because they are aligned to cylinders of 1 MB for

Does apt-get have an 'all upgrades installed' hook?

2015-08-06 Thread Patrick Schleizer
Hi! Is there some hook, that can be dispatched, once all 'apt-get upgrade's have been installed? Cheers, Patrick -- 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/55c

Re: Differences between cdw/k3b on Jessie and Stretch (testing)?

2015-08-06 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i begin to suspect that you might suffer from two independent problems: - A growisofs bug with DAO on new kernels, found in april 2014: https://lists.debian.org/cdwrite/2012/04/msg00010.html - Poor drive-media compatibility in the case of the xorriso burn runs. On a side note: Mind to

Re: Prevent package from removal

2015-08-06 Thread Floris
Op Thu, 06 Aug 2015 20:44:12 +0200 schreef The Wanderer : On 08/06/2015 at 02:29 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 06:36:38PM +0200, Floris wrote: Thanks, now I know I am not the only one :-) but... Is there a way to make a package un-instable? Or at least give a "Yes, do

Re: pdumpfs May be a Casualty of Upgrade to Wheezy.

2015-08-06 Thread martin McCormick
Dan Ritter writes > That sounds very much like rsnapshot. Thanks very much. I think this is actually a better solution since it is based on rsync and can use ssh to backup other systems. Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: VLAN config on Jessie

2015-08-06 Thread Andrew Wood
On 04/08/15 07:11, Bonno Bloksma wrote: Hello Andrew, When you use VLANS essentialy what you are doing is creating different networks. So all should have their own ip address range. If not you get problems when you want to connect them via a router which would then see the same ip range on

Re: OT: *FREE* VPN! Why?

2015-08-06 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Thu, 6 Aug 2015, Mike Castle wrote: One handed Dvorak keyboard mappings. Thank you for handling that query Mike. Didn't wanna go near it meeself. -- Bob Bernstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas..

Re: Differences between cdw/k3b on Jessie and Stretch (testing)?

2015-08-06 Thread Eike Lantzsch
Hi y'all, I really hope that more than 1500 lines do not test the patience of other list members. :-/ slap me, next time I'll drop it into The Box. On Thursday 06 August 2015 14:18:34 Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, [snip] > I see two riddles here which might also be hints: > > 1: How can DAO from

Re: Prevent package from removal

2015-08-06 Thread The Wanderer
On 08/06/2015 at 02:29 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 06:36:38PM +0200, Floris wrote: > >> Thanks, now I know I am not the only one :-) >> >> but... Is there a way to make a package un-instable? Or at least give a >> "Yes, do what I say" warning? > > Yeah, you can put a pa

Re: OT: *FREE* VPN! Why?

2015-08-06 Thread Jape Person
On 08/06/2015 02:28 PM, Mike Castle wrote: On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 9:36 AM, Jape Person wrote: Brings up another point. I've always wondered how the sticky fingers crowd could manage all the key-presses necessary for arranging proper security. One handed Dvorak keyboard mappings. mrc Bwa-h

Re: pdumpfs May be a Casualty of Upgrade to Wheezy.

2015-08-06 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 01:13:57PM -0500, martin McCormick wrote: > The daily system backups had failed for several days so it was > time to investigate and I found that the time of death was after > upgrading squeeze to wheezy. > > Pdumpfs is useful because each day's new backup consists >

Re: Prevent package from removal

2015-08-06 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 06:36:38PM +0200, Floris wrote: > > Thanks, now I know I am not the only one :-) > > but... Is there a way to make a package un-instable? Or at least give a > "Yes, do what I say" warning? Yeah, you can put a package on hold. e.g. http://www.debianadmin.com/how-to-prevent

Re: OT: *FREE* VPN! Why?

2015-08-06 Thread Mike Castle
On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 9:36 AM, Jape Person wrote: > Brings up another point. I've always wondered how the sticky fingers crowd > could manage all the key-presses necessary for arranging proper security. One handed Dvorak keyboard mappings. mrc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...

pdumpfs May be a Casualty of Upgrade to Wheezy.

2015-08-06 Thread martin McCormick
The daily system backups had failed for several days so it was time to investigate and I found that the time of death was after upgrading squeeze to wheezy. Pdumpfs is useful because each day's new backup consists of hard links to all previous files plus any new files that have been writte

Re: OT: *FREE* VPN! Why?

2015-08-06 Thread John Hasler
Cindy-Sue Causey writes: > I may have misunderstood wherever I read it, but another thing I'm > grasping vpn's about is for people to access the FREE SPEECH web from > within countries that do things like jail and shoot their > journalists for writing the TRUTH about Life. That's limited,

Re: OT: *FREE* VPN! Why?

2015-08-06 Thread Jape Person
On 08/06/2015 11:22 AM, Bob Bernstein wrote: On Thu, 6 Aug 2015, Jape Person wrote: I could jump through all the hoops I wanted to, but using my ISP-provided e-mail account (even with encrypted contents and directed through a VPN) for communications with people at risk would be laughable. How

Re: Prevent package from removal

2015-08-06 Thread Floris
Op Thu, 06 Aug 2015 00:22:02 +0200 schreef Charlie : On Wed, 5 Aug 2015 16:15:04 -0400 Cindy-Sue Causey sent: My Plan B now is to go ahead and upgrade everything else then try again to reinstall libreoffice and see what, if anything, happens. Yeah, I know... *pipe dream* Did that about two

Re: OT: *FREE* VPN! Why?

2015-08-06 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Thu, 6 Aug 2015, Jape Person wrote: I could jump through all the hoops I wanted to, but using my ISP-provided e-mail account (even with encrypted contents and directed through a VPN) for communications with people at risk would be laughable. How much of that particular POV, expressed in t

Re: OT: *FREE* VPN! Why?

2015-08-06 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 8/6/15, John Hasler wrote: > > It's about accessing material that is geographically restricted for > copyright reasons. For example, the BBC might purchase the right to > distribute a work only in the UK and have agreed to block attempts to > download it to IPs that geolocate outside the UK.

Re: OT: *FREE* VPN! Why?

2015-08-06 Thread Jape Person
On 08/06/2015 09:45 AM, Bob Bernstein wrote: I became curious about the recent vpn thread here, and went browsing around the 'net. I was staggered (well, not really, that's just an expression, right?) to see the huge number of ventures offering free vpn. I know what vpn is, and what it does, and

Re: OT: *FREE* VPN! Why?

2015-08-06 Thread John Hasler
Bob Bernstein wrote: > It can't be all those day traders wanting to use the > hotel > wifi to make their millions safely. So, here goes (send all the kids > out > of the room); is this all a porn thing? It's about accessing material that is geographically restricted for copyright reasons. For

Re: OT: *FREE* VPN! Why?

2015-08-06 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Thu, 2015-08-06 at 09:45 -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > It can't be all those day traders wanting to use the > hotel > wifi to make their millions safely. So, here goes (send all the kids > out > of the room); is this all a porn thing? If you are on public WiFi, why wouldn't you use a VPN to

Re: OT: *FREE* VPN! Why?

2015-08-06 Thread Some Body
On 06/08/2015 15:45, Bob Bernstein wrote: I became curious about the recent vpn thread here, and went browsing around the 'net. I was staggered (well, not really, that's just an expression, right?) to see the huge number of ventures offering free vpn. A lot of people use VPN to access content t

Re: OT: *FREE* VPN! Why?

2015-08-06 Thread Gary Dale
pptp was an early M$ attempt at vpn. Not recommended. A popular use for vpn these days, at least in Canada, is to get access to U.S. versions of products such as Netflix. On 06/08/15 09:45 AM, Bob Bernstein wrote: I became curious about the recent vpn thread here, and went browsing around th

OT: *FREE* VPN! Why?

2015-08-06 Thread Bob Bernstein
I became curious about the recent vpn thread here, and went browsing around the 'net. I was staggered (well, not really, that's just an expression, right?) to see the huge number of ventures offering free vpn. I know what vpn is, and what it does, and out of curiosity I have in the past set it

Re: wlan disappeared

2015-08-06 Thread Hans
Am Donnerstag, 6. August 2015, 06:47:52 schrieb Beco: Hi Beco, is wlan0 existent? Try ifconfig -a If yes, try wicd instead of network manager. FYI I had trouble with my network devices with kernel 4.0, but reverting to 3.16 did the trick. Also see, if the correct kernel module for your card is

Re: Differences between cdw/k3b on Jessie and Stretch (testing)?

2015-08-06 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > Now we know that the problem is indeed with DAO. > ... > Hardware and medium [Maxell] seem to be healthy as it works OK with Jessie > in Virtualbox on the same machine. I see two riddles here which might also be hints: 1: How can DAO from the VM succeed on the real dri

Re: Differences between cdw/k3b on Jessie and Stretch (testing)?

2015-08-06 Thread Eike Lantzsch
Hi, And thanks for going through all the trouble as you mentioned in another thread. On Wednesday 05 August 2015 22:15:55 Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Eike Lantzsch wrote: > > growisofs -dvd-compat -Z "$drive"="$image" > > Burning the same image with growisofs in this way worked without a hi

Re: wlan disappeared

2015-08-06 Thread Beco
> > On 6 August 2015 at 02:28, Beco wrote: > Earlier today I picked at BIOS to see if there was something there I could > change. The only reference to network there is to select where to boot from. > > But I'll double check to be sure. Ok, I got some results. I found on BIOS an option to dis

Re: What pulls in the tray of my /dev/sr1 ?

2015-08-06 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > This is fair, back in the old days I recall setting a machine to burn a > disc then wandering off. My incremental backup updates shortened from 3.5 minutes to about 1.5 minutes on the new machine. Nevertheless i have reason to go for a cup of tea because it is advisable to keep the hands of