Recent linux-image update broke CPU fan

2015-11-28 Thread Neal P. Murphy
I think the last linux-image update broke my CPU fan. OK, it didn't actually break it. But since the last update, my CPU fan (stock with vishera 8350 black) will NOT turn faster than about 3500 RPM. I have been using fancontrol for months. It took weeks to get it set correctly. At maximum speed

Re: installing Debian on USB flash drive for use in many machines

2015-11-28 Thread David Christensen
On 11/28/2015 01:34 PM, shawn wilson wrote: Google "debootstrap usb" ... On 11/28/2015 01:53 PM, shawn wilson wrote: > ifconfig -a > ip addr ls On 11/28/2015 03:08 PM, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > Why not use Knoppix, instead of re-inventing the wheel ? On 11/28/2015 09:11 PM, Felix Miata wr

Re: error message after apt-get update

2015-11-28 Thread rlharris
On Sat, November 28, 2015 11:18 pm, Charles Kroeger wrote: > Ah, thanks so much..the offending q directory was in there (///lists) so > I just deleted that instead, but all is now well. If you delete the entire directory, it is rebuilt automatically as soon as you execute "apt-get update". If I r

Re: error message after apt-get update

2015-11-28 Thread Charles Kroeger
On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 05:20:01 +0100 rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > On Sat, November 28, 2015 8:50 pm, Charles Kroeger wrote: > > I was hoping someone might know what this message means after running > > apt-get update: > ... > > Reading package lists... Done > > W: Problem unlinking the file q - Clea

[SOLVED] Re: installing Debian on USB flash drive for use in many machines

2015-11-28 Thread David Christensen
On 11/28/2015 01:30 PM, Joe wrote: On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 12:37:12 -0800 David Christensen wrote: Any ideas? There's one suggestion: if you install i386/486/whatever it should also run on 32-bit hardware. If and when I get this working, I may very well set up another USB flash drive with De

Re: installing Debian on USB flash drive for use in many machines

2015-11-28 Thread Felix Miata
Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI composed on 2015-11-28 20:08 (UTC-0300): > Why not use Knoppix, instead of re-inventing the wheel ? +1 for the granddaddy of live media, a specialist in working automatically with the widest variety of hardware, and with all the tools one could hope for trying to do any kind

Re: error message after apt-get update

2015-11-28 Thread rlharris
On Sat, November 28, 2015 8:50 pm, Charles Kroeger wrote: > I was hoping someone might know what this message means after running > apt-get update: ... > Reading package lists... Done > W: Problem unlinking the file q - Clean (21: Is a directory) Now and then something gets corrupted with apt. A

error message after apt-get update

2015-11-28 Thread Charles Kroeger
I was hoping someone might know what this message means after running apt-get update: Reading package lists... Done W: Problem unlinking the file q - Clean (21: Is a directory) I cannot find any directory named 21 or Clean. A search with dpkg -l | grep q Clean or 21 turns u

Re: installing Debian on USB flash drive for use in many machines

2015-11-28 Thread Brian
On Sat 28 Nov 2015 at 12:37:12 -0800, David Christensen wrote: [...] > I have installed Debian 8 amd64 onto a USB flash drive in i72600s with the > following tasks: > > SSH server > standard system utilities > > Very little additional software has been added. Installing to a USB flash

Re: installing Debian on USB flash drive for use in many machines

2015-11-28 Thread shawn wilson
On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > Why not use Knoppix, instead of re-inventing the wheel ? > For me, it's just nice to have an easy to boot system w/ storage - takes me a few minutes to setup and then I've got a thumb disk I can boot for rescue disk or a dns server or web

Re: installing Debian on USB flash drive for use in many machines

2015-11-28 Thread Ron
Why not use Knoppix, instead of re-inventing the wheel ? Cheers, Ron. -- Those of you who think you know everything are very annoying those of us who do. -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --

Re: Changing Monitor that gdm uses

2015-11-28 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 28 November 2015 06:40:57 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > So the wiki might better have said "stop any X servers running on your > machine" -- and then proceed to explain what that means and how to > achieve that. It is a Wiki. ;-) Lisi

Re: installing Debian on USB flash drive for use in many machines

2015-11-28 Thread shawn wilson
On Nov 28, 2015 4:30 PM, "Joe" wrote: > > On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 12:37:12 -0800 > David Christensen wrote: > > Why you may be barking up the wrong tree is that all the software is > there, but the Ethernet interface is not being brought up. DHCP on my > network is not being used, though the DHCP cl

Re: installing Debian on USB flash drive for use in many machines

2015-11-28 Thread David Christensen
On 11/28/2015 12:37 PM, David Christensen wrote: > > arc4 > > cifs > > crc16 > > dns_resolver > > ecb > > ext4 > > fuse > > hid > > hid_generic > > hmac > > jbd2 > > lp > > mbcache > > md4 > > nls_utf8 > > pci_stub > > usbhid > > vboxdrv > > vboxnetadp > > vboxnetflt > > vboxp

Re: installing Debian on USB flash drive for use in many machines

2015-11-28 Thread shawn wilson
On Nov 28, 2015 3:37 PM, "David Christensen" wrote: > > I am continuing to work on the idea of installing Debian on a USB flash drive for use in many machines, primarily for diagnostics, maintenance, repair, backup, archive, imaging, etc.. > Google "debootstrap usb" - should bring you to enough

Re: installing Debian on USB flash drive for use in many machines

2015-11-28 Thread Joe
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 12:37:12 -0800 David Christensen wrote: > debian-user: > > I am continuing to work on the idea of installing Debian on a USB > flash drive for use in many machines, primarily for diagnostics, > maintenance, repair, backup, archive, imaging, etc.. > > > > > (Then again, I

installing Debian on USB flash drive for use in many machines

2015-11-28 Thread David Christensen
debian-user: I am continuing to work on the idea of installing Debian on a USB flash drive for use in many machines, primarily for diagnostics, maintenance, repair, backup, archive, imaging, etc.. Yes, I am aware of Debian Live, etc., but I'm going down this path as much as a learning exerc

Re: debian 8.2 live "standard" install - how to set up wifi?

2015-11-28 Thread Brian
On Sat 28 Nov 2015 at 22:22:30 +0300, moxalt wrote: > On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 12:36:35 +, Brian wrote: > > > On Sat 28 Nov 2015 at 10:52:46 +0300, moxalt wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 19:58:46 +, Brian wrote: > > > > > > > This bothers me. You install without any tasks (that's ok)

Re: Meld in Jessie: how to not install all the insane dependencies

2015-11-28 Thread MI
Yes, "--no-install-recommends" which I had forgotten seems to help a bit, but still not significantly. "aptitude's interactive mode" sounds like a good lead. Will try that. Thanks Original Message On 11/28/2015 12:55 PM, MI wrote: I'm setting up a new server, and wanted to

Re: debian 8.2 live "standard" install - how to set up wifi?

2015-11-28 Thread moxalt
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 12:36:35 +, Brian wrote: > On Sat 28 Nov 2015 at 10:52:46 +0300, moxalt wrote: > > > On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 19:58:46 +, Brian wrote: > > > > > This bothers me. You install without any tasks (that's ok) and > > > networking is there when the new systam boots? Are you in

Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers

2015-11-28 Thread pascalv
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015, Stephen Powell wrote: I currently get my internet connectivity, e-mail service, and web-hosting service from the same provider. I recently complained to my ISP about backscatter SPAM I was getting from other people's infected machines that were sending out SPAM to invalid e

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-28 Thread Brian
On Sat 28 Nov 2015 at 17:07:13 +, Brian wrote: > On Sun 29 Nov 2015 at 04:27:59 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 11:18:16AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2015-11-28 21:16:20 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 12:10:01PM +, Bri

Re: two pulseaudio processes

2015-11-28 Thread rgfoiugztfgvbhjk
Hi, thanks a lot for your answers. In fact, it is a bug in gdm3, #805414 ( https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=805414 ) to be precise. And what to do to work around it is described here: https://wiki.debian.org/BluetoothUser/a2dp I wrote the /var/lib/gdm3/.config/pulse/client.con

Re: Slow Display of Graphics in Chrome

2015-11-28 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015, Alan Chandler wrote: > On 27/11/15 23:52, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Nov 2015, Alan Chandler wrote: > > > >> Just recently, I notice a sudden slowing down of the display of > >> areas of the screen in Chrome when it fully maximised ( but still > >> with toolbar etc o

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-28 Thread Brian
On Sun 29 Nov 2015 at 04:27:59 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 11:18:16AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2015-11-28 21:16:20 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 12:10:01PM +, Brian wrote: > > > > On Fri 27 Nov 2015 at 18:29:20 +1300, Chris

Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers

2015-11-28 Thread Charlie Kravetz
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:49:47 -0500 (EST) Stephen Powell wrote: >I currently get my internet connectivity, e-mail service, and web-hosting >service from the same provider. I recently complained to my ISP about >backscatter SPAM I was getting from other people's infected machines >that were sendin

Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers

2015-11-28 Thread John Hasler
Stephen Powell writes: > So, does anyone wish to share their experiences, good or bad? Is > there anyone you wish to recommend? Newsguy (newsguy.com) has handled my news and email quite well for many years. For Web hosting and domain registration I have used Gandi (gandi.net) for years and had g

Re: Meld in Jessie: how to not install all the insane dependencies

2015-11-28 Thread The Wanderer
On 2015-11-28 at 09:55, MI wrote: > I'm setting up a new server, and wanted to install "meld", a nice > "graphical tool to diff and merge files". > > Surprised by the huge amount of dependencies it was about to install, > I had a closer look. And indeed, the dependencies seem ridiculous: > spell-

Re: Meld in Jessie: how to not install all the insane dependencies

2015-11-28 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 11/28/2015 12:55 PM, MI wrote: > I'm setting up a new server, and wanted to install "meld", a nice > "graphical tool to diff and merge files". > > Surprised by the huge amount of dependencies it was about to install, > I had a closer look. And indeed, the dependencies seem ridiculous: > spell-ch

Re: two pulseaudio processes

2015-11-28 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 12:33:33PM +0100, Mart van de Wege wrote: > Chris Bannister writes: > > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 01:22:25PM +0100, rgfoiugztfgvbhjk wrote: > >> Does anybody know who Debian-+ is, why he is starting pulseaudio and > >> using my headsets, and if this is a bug that should be

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-28 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 11:18:16AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2015-11-28 21:16:20 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 12:10:01PM +, Brian wrote: > > > On Fri 27 Nov 2015 at 18:29:20 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 06:40:00PM +00

Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers

2015-11-28 Thread mister . s . jones
On Saturday, November 28, 2015 09:49:47 Stephen Powell wrote: > I currently get my internet connectivity, e-mail service, and web-hosting > service from the same provider. I recently complained to my ISP about > backscatter SPAM I was getting from other people's infected machines > that were sendi

Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers

2015-11-28 Thread Ron
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:49:47 -0500 (EST) Stephen Powell wrote: > So, does anyone wish to share their experiences, good or bad? My domain registrations, email accounts and web site have been for years with GoDaddy; no complaint. I normally download my mail every ten minutes with POP3, but when

Meld in Jessie: how to not install all the insane dependencies

2015-11-28 Thread MI
I'm setting up a new server, and wanted to install "meld", a nice "graphical tool to diff and merge files". Surprised by the huge amount of dependencies it was about to install, I had a closer look. And indeed, the dependencies seem ridiculous: spell-checkers, multimedia codecs, a modem manage

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-28 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 28 November 2015 13:06:09 Brian wrote: > As Vincent Lefevre said, root privileges are needed to access a vt other > than the one startx is used on. There's a hole in my bucket, dear Eliza... Lisi

[OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers

2015-11-28 Thread Stephen Powell
I currently get my internet connectivity, e-mail service, and web-hosting service from the same provider. I recently complained to my ISP about backscatter SPAM I was getting from other people's infected machines that were sending out SPAM to invalid e-mail addresses and spoofing me as the sender.

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-28 Thread Brian
On Sat 28 Nov 2015 at 12:27:01 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 28 November 2015 10:48:00 Nicolas George wrote: > > L'octidi 8 frimaire, an CCXXIV, Lisi Reisz a écrit : > > > I can access a plethora of VTs without changing to root. > > > > You, as far as I know, are a human being, not a Linu

kde wrong language after update

2015-11-28 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Dear list, after my last upgrade I suddenly got a kde desktop with a mixture of German, English and Dutch menus instead of (as configured in the setttings) German. I could not change the language from the settings menu in KDE. If someone gets a similar problem, here is the solution: 1. Stop kd

Re: debian 8.2 live "standard" install - how to set up wifi?

2015-11-28 Thread Brian
On Sat 28 Nov 2015 at 10:52:46 +0300, moxalt wrote: > On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 19:58:46 +, Brian wrote: > > > This bothers me. You install without any tasks (that's ok) and > > networking is there when the new systam boots? Are you installing over a > > wireless link? Just to emphasise - no wired

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-28 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 28 November 2015 10:48:00 Nicolas George wrote: > L'octidi 8 frimaire, an CCXXIV, Lisi Reisz a écrit : > > I can access a plethora of VTs without changing to root. > > You, as far as I know, are a human being, not a Linux process. You do not > access VTs, you access computer keyboards t

what is ri in dpkg -l about?

2015-11-28 Thread alberto fuentes
desired = remove, status = install I dont remember marking this packages in anyway, nor are they removed on a full-upgrade or autoremove. So what are these packages about? $ dpkg -l |grep -vE ^ii Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/

Re: two pulseaudio processes

2015-11-28 Thread Mart van de Wege
Chris Bannister writes: > On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 01:22:25PM +0100, rgfoiugztfgvbhjk wrote: >> Does anybody know who Debian-+ is, why he is starting pulseaudio and >> using my headsets, and if this is a bug that should be reported >> against pulseaudio or something else? > > If you purge pulseaud

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-28 Thread Nicolas George
L'octidi 8 frimaire, an CCXXIV, Lisi Reisz a écrit : > I can access a plethora of VTs without changing to root. You, as far as I know, are a human being, not a Linux process. You do not access VTs, you access computer keyboards that allow you to control VTs through the courtesy of the getty progr

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-28 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 28 November 2015 10:41:39 Nicolas George wrote: > L'octidi 8 frimaire, an CCXXIV, Lisi Reisz a écrit : > > $USER doesn't appear to need root rights to access a different VT. > > Can you explain how you came to that conclusion? > > Regards, I can access a plethora of VTs without changin

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-28 Thread Nicolas George
L'octidi 8 frimaire, an CCXXIV, Lisi Reisz a écrit : > $USER doesn't appear to need root rights to access a different VT. Can you explain how you came to that conclusion? Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-28 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 28 November 2015 10:18:16 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > X needs root rights to access a different VT Why? That is a real question. $USER doesn't appear to need root rights to access a different VT. Lisi

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-28 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2015-11-28 21:16:20 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 12:10:01PM +, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 27 Nov 2015 at 18:29:20 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 06:40:00PM +, Brian wrote: > > > > "startx -- vt7" won't work (tested). X only runs o

Re: install udpxy.1.0.23

2015-11-28 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i wrote: > > (It is so odd to have to assume GNU/Linux without C compiler > > stuff. That's like having no shell. Semi-androidly.) Chris Bannister wrote: > I think the reasoning is that installing it on servers is like having > a sophisticated locksmithing workshop in an unlocked garage out

Re: Slow Display of Graphics in Chrome

2015-11-28 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 07:32:25PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > Just recently, I notice a sudden slowing down of the display of areas of the > screen in Chrome when it fully maximised ( but still with toolbar etc on > display) > > I am running a dual monitor gnome 3 setup with intel display drive

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-28 Thread Felix Miata
The Wanderer composed on 2015-11-27 15:01 (UTC-0500): > Brian wrote: >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=743015 >> where, with or without an alias, 'start -- vt7' would be the standard >> and traditional way, as it is on Jessie, to have X on vt7. On a freshly upgraded Stretch

Re: install udpxy.1.0.23

2015-11-28 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 11:14:24AM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > But maybe one should change the first statement in the package > description: > https://packages.debian.org/sid/build-essential > > "If you do not plan to build Debian packages, you don't >need this package." If you want to

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

2015-11-28 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 12:10:01PM +, Brian wrote: > On Fri 27 Nov 2015 at 18:29:20 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 06:40:00PM +, Brian wrote: > > > On Wed 25 Nov 2015 at 15:48:48 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > > > > But then, if the user does "startx --