nosh version 1.21

2015-10-04 Thread Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
The nosh package is now up to version 1.21 . * http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/Softwares/nosh.html console-terminal-emulator now has a mouse input event protocol, and speaks both the DEC VT Locator protocol and the xterm Private Mode 1006 protocol over the terminal interf

sunclock configuration file

2015-10-04 Thread rlharris
I am looking for a usable configuration file for the the Debian package named "sunclock". Among many other functions, sunclock provides a realtime display of the illuminated and dark portions of the earth. This is helpful when reading news articles and earthquake reports (http://earthquake.usgs.g

Re: bewildering boot problem

2015-10-04 Thread rlharris
In reply to Glenn English : Inasmuch as you are running Xfce, is there any particular reason for staying with Wheezy, which was the release which introduced the new Gnome? If not, the investment of two or three hours should have you up and running in Jessie. I have had opportunity to install Jes

bewildering boot problem -- a little more info

2015-10-04 Thread Glenn English
I disabled XDM (sure is nice to have text config files) and rebooted. It came up at a regular login prompt, and no error messages. startx took a *very* long time -- said it couldn't find the hostname (something like that) -- but it eventually started XFCE. And the messages were back. Something

bewildering boot problem

2015-10-04 Thread Glenn English
A few hours ago, my laptop (after booting Wheezy) started saying that it was trying to load a module for a network interface (CAP_SYS_MODULE) that was deprecated -- I should use CAP_NET_ADMIN instead. I'm configuring an old Cicso router using Putty to get to the RS232 port on the router -- tha

Re: Using Jessie Backports

2015-10-04 Thread Santiago Vila
On Sun, Oct 04, 2015 at 07:39:58PM +0530, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > How can I disable further usage of backports without harming other packages? You don't really need to do that. All backports are deactivated by default and you need to do apt-get -t jessie-backports install whatever to install

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

2015-10-04 Thread Stephen Allen
On Sun, Oct 04, 2015 at 11:23:29AM +0200, Petter Adsen wrote: > > My guess is that it has problems with the newer kernel, but without > that file it's impossible to say why it failed to build. Another guess > would be that you haven't installed the kernel headers, which are > required to build tha

Re: How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM?

2015-10-04 Thread Richard Owlett
Lisi Reisz wrote: On Sunday 04 October 2015 16:17:24 Richard Owlett wrote: Lisi Reisz wrote: On Sunday 04 October 2015 15:41:37 Richard Owlett wrote: It may address the one thing I've found most annoying while trying to move to Linux. Users [*PLURAL*] and Groups [*PLURAL*] may make sense in a

Re: How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM?

2015-10-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 04 October 2015 16:17:24 Richard Owlett wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Sunday 04 October 2015 15:41:37 Richard Owlett wrote: > >> It may address the > >> one thing I've found most annoying while trying to move to Linux. > >> Users [*PLURAL*] and Groups [*PLURAL*] may make sense in a >

Re: How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM?

2015-10-04 Thread Richard Owlett
Lisi Reisz wrote: On Sunday 04 October 2015 15:41:37 Richard Owlett wrote: It may address the one thing I've found most annoying while trying to move to Linux. Users [*PLURAL*] and Groups [*PLURAL*] may make sense in a universe of mainframes. Not so much in a setting where only one individual ha

Re: Using Jessie Backports

2015-10-04 Thread Richard Owlett
Himanshu Shekhar wrote: Is there any disadvantage of using backports! Also, how can I install a package from backport (if required) without adding and backports repo to my sources.list file OR How can I disable further usage of backports without harming other packages? If backports are safe, ple

Re: How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM?

2015-10-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 04 October 2015 15:41:37 Richard Owlett wrote: > It may address the > one thing I've found most annoying while trying to move to Linux. > Users [*PLURAL*] and Groups [*PLURAL*] may make sense in a > universe of mainframes. Not so much in a setting where only one > individual has access.

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

2015-10-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 04 October 2015 15:46:36 Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > apt-get upgrade possible upgraded openjdk 6 to openjdk7 (possibly because > backports are included in my sources, I don't know precisely), after which > libreoffice didn't start even from terminal. > After much guess work, I tried install

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

2015-10-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 04 October 2015 13:29:32 Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > Yup! got it. I attached my sources.list file in the very first message of > the thread. I would like to have suggestions on the same. Read: https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList Then the following might be helpful - but beware, they are no

Re: Using Jessie Backports

2015-10-04 Thread lostson
On Sunday, October 04, 2015 07:39:58 PM Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > Is there any disadvantage of using backports! Also, how can I install a > package from backport (if required) without adding and backports repo to my > sources.list file > OR > How can I disable further usage of backports without har

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

2015-10-04 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
apt-get upgrade possible upgraded openjdk 6 to openjdk7 (possibly because backports are included in my sources, I don't know precisely), after which libreoffice didn't start even from terminal. After much guess work, I tried installing libreoffice5, which was available in backports. Now, libreoffic

Re: How to disable automatic mounting of CDROM?

2015-10-04 Thread Richard Owlett
Brian wrote: On Sat 26 Sep 2015 at 17:11:32 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Brian wrote: I see what you mean. Try gsettings set org.mate.media-handling automount false "apparently" works *NOTE BENE* the quotation marks I ran one DVD am now running a second Successfully, we expect. I'

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

2015-10-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 04 October 2015 11:39:55 Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > infact after updating java.. How? You need to give a lot more detail. > libreoffice4 failed and i had to install > libreoffice5 from jessie backports. Lisi

Re: Using Jessie Backports

2015-10-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 04 October 2015 15:09:58 Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > Is there any disadvantage of using backports! Yes, as you see!! > Also, how can I install a > package from backport (if required) without adding and backports repo to my > sources.list file You can't. > OR > How can I disable furthe

Using Jessie Backports

2015-10-04 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
Is there any disadvantage of using backports! Also, how can I install a package from backport (if required) without adding and backports repo to my sources.list file OR How can I disable further usage of backports without harming other packages? If backports are safe, please advice about how to us

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

2015-10-04 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hallo, * Himanshu Shekhar [Sun, Oct 04 2015, 04:09:55PM]: > thanks dude ! i upgraded my driver. But can you tell why some packages > break after updating to newer version and still debian stable version is > named so. > infact after updating java.. libreoffice4 failed and i had to install > libreof

Re: Bypass Disk Usage Analyser

2015-10-04 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
Search here refers to type to search provided in Gnome3 onwards where you can type for apps, and files in home folder rather than browsing them. On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Karagkiaouris Diamantis < dkaragkiaou...@gmail.com> wrote: > From your brief description it seems to me that this is a m

Re: Bypass Disk Usage Analyser

2015-10-04 Thread Karagkiaouris Diamantis
From your brief description it seems to me that this is a matter of permissions. What permissions do you attach to these files? Also, when you say "search" could you please be more specific? For me "search" for example means "find " and open them by terminal. Some details will help. Am 04.

Bypass Disk Usage Analyser

2015-10-04 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
Whenever I want to open any file directly from search, or places, or and disk after mounting, it directs to Disk Usage Analyser, which I want to be Nautilus instead. Is there any method to fix this? -- Himanshu Shekhar IIIT-Allahabad IRM2015006

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

2015-10-04 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
here's the sources.list file On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > Yup! got it. I attached my sources.list file in the very first message of > the thread. I would like to have suggestions on the same. > Also, I have installed few packages from tarballs, as my realtek r8101 >

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

2015-10-04 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
Yup! got it. I attached my sources.list file in the very first message of the thread. I would like to have suggestions on the same. Also, I have installed few packages from tarballs, as my realtek r8101 ethernet driver, skype. That's all! On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Su

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

2015-10-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 04 October 2015 11:39:55 Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > thanks dude ! i upgraded my driver. But can you tell why some packages > break after updating to newer version and still debian stable version is > named so. > infact after updating java.. libreoffice4 failed and i had to install > libreo

Re: googleearth-package -- errata

2015-10-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 03 October 2015 23:42:56 rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > On Sat, October 3, 2015 2:21 pm, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > > (2) what is not CLI about the command: > > > > ~/Downloads # gdebi gnome-earth-stable_current_i386.deb > > CORRECTION OF A MISSTATEMENT ERROR: The line should read: > >

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

2015-10-04 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
thanks dude ! i upgraded my driver. But can you tell why some packages break after updating to newer version and still debian stable version is named so. infact after updating java.. libreoffice4 failed and i had to install libreoffice5 from jessie backports. Is this normal or and issue? Thanks for

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

2015-10-04 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hallo, * Himanshu Shekhar [Sun, Oct 04 2015, 03:06:34PM]: > I have no idea of what has happened to my system. My sources.list is > attached along with make.log. If I need to downgrade my kernel, please > provide a fix. > Thanks for replying... I was waiting! Downgrade the kernel or upgrade the dri

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

2015-10-04 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
I have no idea of what has happened to my system. My sources.list is attached along with make.log. If I need to downgrade my kernel, please provide a fix. Thanks for replying... I was waiting! I would appreciate any help! On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Petter Adsen wrote: > On Sun, 4 Oct 2015

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

2015-10-04 Thread Petter Adsen
On Sun, 4 Oct 2015 13:22:44 +0530 Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > I updated my system last night after which I was not able to use network on > my laptop. I tried to install ethernet driver as I had it locally but could > not make the wifi work. > Earlier the /lib/modules folder had 3.16* directory onl

Re: googleearth-package (jessie)

2015-10-04 Thread Heracles
On 04/10/15 18:59, Heracles wrote: On 03/10/15 15:21, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: On Wed, September 30, 2015 1:08 am, Heracles wrote: I just installed Google-Earth using "synaptic" in Debian8 and it worked fine. It had to install a few other bits and pieces but as it did all the work I was f

Re: googleearth-package (jessie)

2015-10-04 Thread Heracles
On 03/10/15 15:21, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: On Wed, September 30, 2015 1:08 am, Heracles wrote: I just installed Google-Earth using "synaptic" in Debian8 and it worked fine. It had to install a few other bits and pieces but as it did all the work I was fine with it. Google-earth works withou

Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

2015-10-04 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
I updated my system last night after which I was not able to use network on my laptop. I tried to install ethernet driver as I had it locally but could not make the wifi work. Earlier the /lib/modules folder had 3.16* directory only, now I could see some 4.1* alongside. Also, the driver in use was