Re: a command with a long list of options

2015-09-15 Thread rlharris
On Wed, September 16, 2015 1:33 am, p...@aztec.co.za wrote: > Bleh, try to enclose the $@ at end of line with quotes, ie. > > "$@" > > Also, you don't need to restart the machine. You can reread the .bashrc > file with: > > . ~/.bashrc So I did, but I get the error message: $ enscript howto.ensc

Re: a command with a long list of options

2015-09-15 Thread rlharris
On Wed, September 16, 2015 1:26 am, Dr. Volker Thieme wrote: > Enscript reads configuration information from the following sources (in > this order): command line options, environment variable ENSCRIPT, > user's personal configuration file ($HOME/.enscriptrc), site > configuration file (/etc/en

Re: Why "Midori" web browser is not there in Debian 8 jessie?

2015-09-15 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
On 09/16/2015 09:29 AM, muntasimulha...@tutamail.com wrote: Hi, I couldn't find the package "midori" in Debian 8 jessie. I searched in Debian Packages archive, and found that Midori web browser was there in Squeeze, Wheezy, and it's here in Sid; but not in jessie. Why midori is not available f

Why "Midori" web browser is not there in Debian 8 jessie?

2015-09-15 Thread muntasimulhaque
Hi, I couldn't find the package "midori" in Debian 8 jessie. I searched in Debian Packages archive, and found that Midori web browser was there in Squeeze, Wheezy, and it's here in Sid; but not in jessie. Why midori is not available for jessie? With thanks, Muntasim Ul Haque

Re: a command with a long list of options

2015-09-15 Thread Dr. Volker Thieme
CONFIGURATION FILES Enscript reads configuration information from the following sources (in this order): command line options, environment variable ENSCRIPT, user's personal configuration file ($HOME/.enscriptrc), site configuration file (/etc/enscriptsite.cfg) and system

Re: a command with a long list of options

2015-09-15 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > enscript --verbose --media=letter -2 --landscape --borders --header='$n|A.D. > $D{%Y.%m.%d}|$* gmt | Page $% of $=' filename > ... > can I define in bash an alias or something The job is somewhat too big for a bash alias. But there is the old concept of a shell s

Re: a command with a long list of options

2015-09-15 Thread rlharris
On Wed, September 16, 2015 12:33 am, p...@aztec.co.za wrote: > enscript() { command enscript --verbose --media=letter -2 --landscape > --borders --header='$n|A.D. $D{%Y.%m.%d}|$* gmt | Page $% of $=' $@ > } I cut and pasted the above definition into ~/.bashrc and then restarted the machine to ensu

a command with a long list of options

2015-09-15 Thread rlharris
Now that I have switched from a2ps to enscript, I need to execute the following command on various files: enscript --verbose --media=letter -2 --landscape --borders --header='$n|A.D. $D{%Y.%m.%d}|$* gmt | Page $% of $=' filename I tried putting these parameters in the enscript configuration file

Re: Debian sid transition to KDE 5?

2015-09-15 Thread amont
root@debian:/home/andrea# apt-cache policy Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 500 http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages release v=1.0,o=Google, Inc.,a=stable,n=stable,l=Google,c=main origin dl.google.com 500 http://dl.google.com/lin

Re: Debian + Windows with UEFI

2015-09-15 Thread real bas
Thanks Seeker, already install it 2015-09-15 23:06 GMT-04:00 Seeker : > > > On 9/15/2015 3:17 PM, real bas wrote: > >> Thanks Andrew. >> So, It is easier to install debian on UEFI system? >> >> > If UEFI is implemented in a way that is not too broken, it should be as > easy as it was with > the o

not authorized to control networking

2015-09-15 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
I am trying to connect to a wireless access point through the network manager applet in KDE but getting the following error Failed to add connection Not authorized to control networking steps to reproduce 1. click on the network manager applet in KDE panel 2. select wireless network of interest a

Re: Debian + Windows with UEFI

2015-09-15 Thread Seeker
On 9/15/2015 3:17 PM, real bas wrote: Thanks Andrew. So, It is easier to install debian on UEFI system? If UEFI is implemented in a way that is not too broken, it should be as easy as it was with the old style of BIOS. With Dell systems you would normally start hitting the 'F12' key when

Re: Running HAL and udev Simultanteouly

2015-09-15 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 15 Sep 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 15 September 2015 22:43:38 Bartek wrote: > > My system is custom: 64-bit Wheezy, no desktop, just Openbox WM > > and LXPanel, and udev. > > > > Wondering if installing HAL as Hulu suggested would cause problems? > > I am running Wheezy 64 bit wi

Re: Running HAL and udev Simultanteouly

2015-09-15 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 15 Sep 2015, Bob Weber wrote: > I installed hal from debian in a vm with debian testing amd64. > Chrome beta no go with some error code. Won't even start hald. > Iceweasel plays the splash screen and looks like it wants to play the > program but the screen stays blank. Hald is running. I

Re: Running HAL and udev Simultanteouly

2015-09-15 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Wed, 16 Sep 2015, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hi, > > On 15/09/15 23:43, Bartek wrote: > > Still searching for a fix to stream TV via Hulu. Worked fine with > > Chrome/pepperflash and Iceweasal/flash until about mid-July, around > > the release time of Windows 10. Hulu indicates that with Linux, H

Re: is a2ps broken?

2015-09-15 Thread rlharris
> On Thu, September 3, 2015 10:28 am, David Wright wrote: > > Personally, a2ps has been broken for years because it doesn't handle > unicode. I found in the Debian archive the package "enscript", which appears to provide (at least for my needs) the functionality of "a2ps"; and enscript handles uni

Re: Running HAL and udev Simultanteouly

2015-09-15 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 15 Sep 2015, Bartek wrote: > Still searching for a fix to stream TV via Hulu. Worked fine with > Chrome/pepperflash and Iceweasal/flash until about mid-July, around > the release time of Windows 10. Hulu indicates that with Linux, HAL is > needed. My system is custom: 64-bit Wheezy, no de

Re: Debian sid transition to KDE 5?

2015-09-15 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 9/15/15, Javier Barroso wrote: > > What apt-mark showhold says ? Maybe there is some packages on hold status? > What apt-cache policy apt says ? (apt is only one of the packages > which doesn't want to upgrade on your system) > What apt (or apt-get) install apt says (after apt update)? (try to

Re: Poor SSD RAID0 Performance

2015-09-15 Thread ray
To follow-up: The SATA controllers are on an Asus P9X79-E WS. The controllers consist of: Intel SATA III, 2 ports Intel SATA II, 4 ports Marvel SATA III, 4 ports I had previously benchmarked controller based RAID0 and Linux RAID0 and found the software solution on this box was 10% slower than th

Re: Re: Question about "reportbug" tool and -B / --bts option

2015-09-15 Thread vochor
Hi Riley, Thanks for your answer. Obviously, I have already used the manual prior to posting here. The manual is very short about this option. It only references "/etc/reportbug.conf" config file. And this file references 'reportbug --bts help' like I said in my first message. But I don't know

Re: Debian sid transition to KDE 5?

2015-09-15 Thread Javier Barroso
Hello, 2015-09-15 20:48 GMT+02:00 : > If I give apt-get update, I get > > root@debian:/home/andrea# apt-get upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Calculating upgrade... Done > The following packages have been kept back: > akonad

Re: Running HAL and udev Simultanteouly

2015-09-15 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, On 15/09/15 23:43, Bartek wrote: > Still searching for a fix to stream TV via Hulu. Worked fine with > Chrome/pepperflash and Iceweasal/flash until about mid-July, around the > release time of Windows 10. Hulu indicates that with Linux, HAL is > needed. My system is custom: 64-bit Wheezy, no

Re: Running HAL and udev Simultanteouly

2015-09-15 Thread Bob Weber
I installed hal from debian in a vm with debian testing amd64. Chrome beta no go with some error code. Won't even start hald. Iceweasel plays the splash screen and looks like it wants to play the program but the screen stays blank. Hald is running. I can move the mouse along the timeline and s

Re: Debian + Windows with UEFI

2015-09-15 Thread real bas
Thanks Andrew. So, It is easier to install debian on UEFI system? 2015-09-15 16:58 GMT-04:00 Andrew M.A. Cater : > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 02:54:42PM -0400, real bas wrote: > > Hi guys, I bought a new laptop (Dell Vostro) and comming with UEFI, I'm > > very confusing about it and Debian installa

Re: Running HAL and udev Simultanteouly

2015-09-15 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 15 September 2015 22:43:38 Bartek wrote: > My system is custom: 64-bit Wheezy, no desktop, just Openbox WM > and LXPanel, and udev. > > Wondering if installing HAL as Hulu suggested would cause problems? I am running Wheezy 64 bit with both HAL and udev, and have been doing since I fir

Running HAL and udev Simultanteouly

2015-09-15 Thread Bartek
Still searching for a fix to stream TV via Hulu. Worked fine with Chrome/pepperflash and Iceweasal/flash until about mid-July, around the release time of Windows 10. Hulu indicates that with Linux, HAL is needed. My system is custom: 64-bit Wheezy, no desktop, just Openbox WM and LXPanel, and udev

Re: Debian + Windows with UEFI

2015-09-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 02:54:42PM -0400, real bas wrote: > Hi guys, I bought a new laptop (Dell Vostro) and comming with UEFI, I'm > very confusing about it and Debian installation. How to install grub in it? Get into the system setup: switch off Secure Boot and reboot. Use Windows tools to shri

Re: GRSecurity Closes Stable Patch to Linux Kernel. How do you feel about this?

2015-09-15 Thread Stuart Longland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 15/09/15 17:37, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > So if you want to do a service to humankind, stop whining, cough > up the $200 and redistribute GRSecurity. All happy. You could try > to recoup some of your costs by asking for some contributions. … and

Re: Debian sid transition to KDE 5?

2015-09-15 Thread Siard
On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:41 +0100, Joe wrote: > apt-get dist-upgrade comes up with a solution, but wants to remove > forty or fifty packages, including gimp, which I use regularly. I did an apt-get dist-upgrade. It removed gimp, aptitude and kde-full, among others. Immediately after that, I could

Re: Debian sid transition to KDE 5?

2015-09-15 Thread Joe
On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 18:18:01 + Javier Barroso wrote: > El mar., 15 de septiembre de 2015 19:38, Joe > escribió: > > On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 08:21:17 +0200 > am...@tiscali.it wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > I am running Debian sid since 2006. When I type in > > aptitude dist-upgrade I have bee

Debian + Windows with UEFI

2015-09-15 Thread real bas
Hi guys, I bought a new laptop (Dell Vostro) and comming with UEFI, I'm very confusing about it and Debian installation. How to install grub in it?

Re: Re: Debian sid transition to KDE 5?

2015-09-15 Thread Andrea Monticini

Re: Re: Debian sid transition to KDE 5?

2015-09-15 Thread Andrea Monticini

Re: Re: Debian sid transition to KDE 5?

2015-09-15 Thread Andrea Monticini

Re: Debian sid transition to KDE 5?

2015-09-15 Thread amont
If I give apt-get update, I get root@debian:/home/andrea# apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages have been kept back: akonadi-backend-mysql akonadi-server akregator apper appstr

Re: Debian sid transition to KDE 5?

2015-09-15 Thread Javier Barroso
El mar., 15 de septiembre de 2015 19:38, Joe escribió: On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 08:21:17 +0200 am...@tiscali.it wrote: > Dear all, > > I am running Debian sid since 2006. When I type in > aptitude dist-upgrade I have been getting the below messages. To fix > it, please, is it just question of time

Re: Debian sid transition to KDE 5?

2015-09-15 Thread Joe
On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 08:21:17 +0200 am...@tiscali.it wrote: > Dear all, > > I am running Debian sid since 2006. When I type in > aptitude dist-upgrade I have been getting the below messages. To fix > it, please, is it just question of time (something related to KDE 5 > transitional packages)? >

System hangs on boot after upgrade to jessie

2015-09-15 Thread Gary Roach
] Hi I have a Qosmio G25 lap top that I haven't used for a while. I now need it and decided to upgrade to the latest stable release (jessie). I updated wheezy to its latest version before upgrading to jessie. I then changed the sources.list to stable and proceeded with the upgrade. Everything

squeeze error message

2015-09-15 Thread Glenn English
One of the servers I admin is giving error messages I don't understand. From logwatch: > Errors when running cron: >grandchild #10246 failed with exit status 1: 1 Time(s) >grandchild #10255 failed with exit status 1: 1 Time(s) >grandchild #10335 failed with exit status 1: 1 Time(s) A

Fwd: Debian 8.2 and Drupal7

2015-09-15 Thread Charles Chambers
Let me be clearer...it's early... When I browse to http:///drupal7, I get an error page from Drupal7. The first part reads: Forwarded Message Subject:Debian 8.2 and Drupal7 Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 07:20:08 -0700 From: Charles Chambers To: debian-user@lists.deb

Debian 8.2 and Drupal7

2015-09-15 Thread Charles Chambers
As an introduction, I have a basic install of Drupal7 on a minimal Debian computer (system utilities only, with dependencies provided through Aptitude) without a graphic interface. Where I'm trying to get to is the installation of a Drupal package. I can browse to the Apache start page with http:/

Re: How to find pkg specific font belongs to

2015-09-15 Thread Siard
On Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:59 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > I want to find the exact package font: > > -dec-terminal-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1 > > belongs to. $ zless /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/term14.pcf.gz Between loads of unreadable text, you can recognize precisely this font

Re: testing/stretch package source

2015-09-15 Thread Santiago Vila
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 03:35:13AM +, Ryan Barber wrote: > Why are some common packages like gnuradio and gqrx not available in > testing/stretch at the moment? Try looking for them here: https://packages.qa.debian.org It seems they were removed from testing to allow the big C++ migration to

Re: How to find pkg specific font belongs to

2015-09-15 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Mon, 2015-09-14 at 12:59 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > I want to find the exact package font: > > -dec-terminal-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1 Isn't that one of the ancient bitmap fonts X used to use? I'm not sure that corresponds to a specific file. -- Cheers, Sven Arvidss

This is Your Very Last Chance to Register for Clinical Trials Summit 2015!

2015-09-15 Thread Sarah Malone
Dear Colleague, The 9th Annual Optimizing Clinical Trials Summit: Site Selection, Feasibility & Patient Recruitment (6th – 8th October, London) is almost fully booked, with only 8 seats left. If you have not already reserved a seat, its time to book now if you would like to join. Request

Debian sid transition to KDE 5?

2015-09-15 Thread amont
Dear all, I am running Debian sid since 2006. When I type in aptitude dist-upgrade I have been getting the below messages. To fix it, please, is it just question of time (something related to KDE 5 transitional packages)? Best wishes, Andrea The following NEW packages will be installed: acco

Re: How to find pkg specific font belongs to

2015-09-15 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 15 September 2015 02:59:30 Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > * hey, looky there, text field's dictionary didn't gripe about > "umpteen" being a correctly spelled word. oh, but it apparently > doesn't like the word... "looky". ok, so let's try... "lookie". nope. > doesn't like that, either. "look

Re: Currency problem

2015-09-15 Thread Heracles
Sorted, thanks for the assistance. It turned out that the "Chrome currency converter" was installed. I don't know how as I don't remember installing it. I disabled and deleted it and now I'm back to some form of sanity! I've been using Linux since the mid 1990s but this is my first successful a

Re: GRSecurity Closes Stable Patch to Linux Kernel. How do you feel about this?

2015-09-15 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 03:00:05PM -0700, Verivel Enix wrote: > Go to grsecurity.org, look on the side panel where it lists the versions, you > see: > > Stable (Restricted): 3.1-3.2.71 Last updated: 09/13/15 > Stable (Restricted): 3.1-3.14.52 Last up

Re: Currency problem

2015-09-15 Thread Curt
On 2015-09-15, Heracles wrote: > > When I use Google Chrome it converts all currency to euros. What have I > done wrong? > Heracles > I don't believe it has anything to do with your locale. I would check your browser language settings (use the wrench, Luke) and set them to English (Australian)

GRSecurity Closes Stable Patch to Linux Kernel. How do you feel about this?

2015-09-15 Thread Verivel Enix
Go to grsecurity.org, look on the side panel where it lists the versions, you see: Stable (Restricted): 3.1-3.2.71 Last updated: 09/13/15 Stable (Restricted): 3.1-3.14.52 Last updated: 09/13/15 Test (Free): 3.1-4.1.7 Last updated: 09/13/15 What does this mean? It means the stable source patches