On Thu, 03 Dec 2015 00:36:23 -0500
Harry Putnam wrote:
> Resurrecting a neglected OS, need a little coaching about the output
> of `aptitude full-upgrade'.
>
How 'long-neglected', and, importantly, which version is this?
If it is unstable, this may work, but I'd recommend using apt-get
rather
Le duodi 12 frimaire, an CCXXIV, Gene Heskett a écrit :
> But it bugs the heck out of me that the guy/gal
> doing the codeing doesn't watch the user lists, so it all has to wait on
> someone qualified enough to wade thru the bug reporter forms and
> actually file the bug.
D
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On 12/02/2015 09:36 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
Resurrecting a neglected OS, need a little coaching about the output
of `aptitude full-upgrade'.
...
Are there red flags in the above output that mean I need to do
preliminary work before `full-uptrade' ?
My goal is to *use* Debian, so I want stabil
Resurrecting a neglected OS, need a little coaching about the output
of `aptitude full-upgrade'.
I want to know if this output is fairly typical or what one might
expect after neglecting an OS a good while... but mostly if going
ahead is likely to land my subpar skilled behind in hot water.
I've
On Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:49:40 +0100
Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> On Tue, 2015-12-01 at 18:14 -0500, Celejar wrote:
> > tried tailing the X log when I caught the problem occurring, and I
> > found zillions of these:
> >
> [snipped log]
> >
> > When the problem ceases (CPU usage back down to zero / nor
Hi.
On Wed, 2 Dec 2015 21:42:40 -0500
"Neal P. Murphy" wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Dec 2015 13:34:58 +1300
> Chris Bannister wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 08:47:00PM +0100, Erwan David wrote:
> > > Le 02/12/2015 20:41, Chris Bannister a écrit :
> > > > On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 02:21:04PM
On Wednesday 02 December 2015 22:05:10 Neal P. Murphy wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Dec 2015 15:48:07 +1300
>
> Chris Bannister wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 08:12:24PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > In the meantime, its hit another 200 users, discouraging them from
> > > ever touching linux again.
On Wednesday 02 December 2015 21:48:07 Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 08:12:24PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > In the meantime, its hit another 200 users, discouraging them from
> > ever touching linux again. In that regard, we are our own worst
> > enemy at times. Unfortunate
On Thu, 3 Dec 2015 15:48:07 +1300
Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 08:12:24PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >
> > In the meantime, its hit another 200 users, discouraging them from ever
> > touching linux again. In that regard, we are our own worst enemy at
> > times. Unfortun
On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 08:12:24PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> In the meantime, its hit another 200 users, discouraging them from ever
> touching linux again. In that regard, we are our own worst enemy at
> times. Unfortunately, the oar I steer this ship with could be swapped
> for a tooth
On Thu, 3 Dec 2015 13:34:58 +1300
Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 08:47:00PM +0100, Erwan David wrote:
> > Le 02/12/2015 20:41, Chris Bannister a écrit :
> > > On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 02:21:04PM +1000, Stuart Longland wrote:
> > >> I often counter that by passing my would-be repl
On Wednesday 02 December 2015 14:02:50 Jape Person wrote:
> On 12/02/2015 01:21 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Wednesday 02 December 2015 06:06:09 Martin Read wrote:
> >> On 02/12/15 03:07, James P. Wallen wrote:
> >>> Thanks for your response, Sven. It's nice to know that someone
> >>> else has s
On Wednesday 02 December 2015 04:21:04 Stuart Longland wrote:
> On 01/12/15 11:56, John Hasler wrote:
> > Bob Bernstein writes:
> >> With that as background, here is my question/request: is anyone aware
> >> of a spirited defence of our ideal method of "selective quoting," (for
> >> lack of a bette
On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 08:47:00PM +0100, Erwan David wrote:
> Le 02/12/2015 20:41, Chris Bannister a écrit :
> > On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 02:21:04PM +1000, Stuart Longland wrote:
> >> I often counter that by passing my would-be reply through tac and
> >> top-post it that way.
> >>
> >> Then they se
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On 12/02/2015 05:59 PM, Don Armstrong wrote:
On Wed, 02 Dec 2015, Jape Person wrote:
It's occurred to me that, though I have occasionally seen service
shutown issues with sysv-init, they were never as pervasive or
repetitve as it has been since switching to systemd as the init
system.
This is
I have set up Jessie some time ago and have recently connected it to my
home network however it is not resolving names via DNS. To get started I
realize there are a few ways to set this up but I am assuming the Jessie
install used NetworkManager. if I look in my running processes list I see:
On Wed, 02 Dec 2015, Jape Person wrote:
> It's occurred to me that, though I have occasionally seen service
> shutown issues with sysv-init, they were never as pervasive or
> repetitve as it has been since switching to systemd as the init
> system.
This is generally because sysv-init tends to not
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On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 08:41:44AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 02:21:04PM +1000, Stuart Longland wrote:
> >
> > I often counter that by passing my would-be reply through tac and
> > top-post it that way.
> >
> > Then they
On 12/02/2015 03:03 PM, John Hasler wrote:
Chris Bannister writes:
What is 'tac'?
DESCRIPTION
Write each FILE to standard output, last line first.
That's the beauty of UNIX. They have thought of everything you could
ever possibly need, including backwards printing. :/ Ric
--
My fa
On 12/02/2015 12:19 PM, Bob Bernstein wrote:
On Wed, 2 Dec 2015, Mart van de Wege wrote:
If the only time you see interleaved comments is in 'fisked' pieces,
then I could understand not feeling comfortable when someone does that
in an email reply.
Yes, point well taken.
I suppose we can st
Chris Bannister writes:
What is 'tac'?
DESCRIPTION
Write each FILE to standard output, last line first.
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jhas...@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA
Le 02/12/2015 20:41, Chris Bannister a écrit :
> On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 02:21:04PM +1000, Stuart Longland wrote:
>> I often counter that by passing my would-be reply through tac and
>> top-post it that way.
>>
>> Then they see it from my perspective.
> What is 'tac'?
>
TAC(1)
On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 02:21:04PM +1000, Stuart Longland wrote:
>
> I often counter that by passing my would-be reply through tac and
> top-post it that way.
>
> Then they see it from my perspective.
What is 'tac'?
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On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 11:25:16AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
>
> Some people think "all information" should be saved for the future. Others
> don't. It's your choice. Be aware that "all information" in the case of Xorg
> logs and dmesg is voluminous, and like other mailing list info, stays on the
On 12/02/2015 02:04 PM, Michael Biebl wrote:
Am 02.12.2015 um 18:58 schrieb Jape Person:
On 12/02/2015 12:17 PM, Michael Biebl wrote:
In case you run into such a situation again, where a service is blocking
the shutdown you can of course just use force and pull the plug or use
sysrq b.
But ther
Am 02.12.2015 um 18:58 schrieb Jape Person:
> On 12/02/2015 12:17 PM, Michael Biebl wrote:
>> In case you run into such a situation again, where a service is blocking
>> the shutdown you can of course just use force and pull the plug or use
>> sysrq b.
>> But there is a nicer alternative: just hit
On 12/02/2015 01:21 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Wednesday 02 December 2015 06:06:09 Martin Read wrote:
On 02/12/15 03:07, James P. Wallen wrote:
Thanks for your response, Sven. It's nice to know that someone else
has seen this type of problem. I was thinking that this could be
self-inflicted. P
On Wednesday 02 December 2015 06:06:09 Martin Read wrote:
> On 02/12/15 03:07, James P. Wallen wrote:
> > Thanks for your response, Sven. It's nice to know that someone else
> > has seen this type of problem. I was thinking that this could be
> > self-inflicted. Perhaps that's a little less likely
I have successful installed Squeeze {6.0.10} to a flash drive.
I can't seem to do the same with Jessie {8.0}.
All my installs are from purchased copies of DVD 1.
Both Squeeze and Jessie install to the hard drive without problems.
My first attempt with Jessie was using Expert mode but accepting
On 12/02/2015 12:17 PM, Michael Biebl wrote:
Am 02.12.2015 um 18:05 schrieb Jape Person:
On 12/02/2015 10:49 AM, David Wright wrote:
I have observed behaviour where, when the time limit of 90 seconds is
reached, the limit increases by another 90 seconds and nothing else
happens (for hours). eg
On Wed, 2 Dec 2015, Mart van de Wege wrote:
It may be that inline replies are associated with the practice
of 'fisking' [...]
Yes. I stumbled into that mental association some time around
3:30am ET, at which ungodly hour thoughts of fisking seem to
rise of their own accord.
[...] which in
Am 02.12.2015 um 18:05 schrieb Jape Person:
> On 12/02/2015 10:49 AM, David Wright wrote:
>> I have observed behaviour where, when the time limit of 90 seconds is
>> reached, the limit increases by another 90 seconds and nothing else
>> happens (for hours). eg
>>
>> [ <*> ] A stop job is running fo
On 12/02/2015 10:49 AM, David Wright wrote:
On Wed 02 Dec 2015 at 11:06:09 (+), Martin Read wrote:
On 02/12/15 03:07, James P. Wallen wrote:
Thanks for your response, Sven. It's nice to know that someone else has
seen this type of problem. I was thinking that this could be
self-inflicted. P
My gnome-terminal (version 3.4.1.1)seems to be broken, but can't find how to
fix it. The main problem is I can't configure the profile. Normally this can
be done through clicking Edit > Profiles > Edit. Right now when I click Edit
in the Profiles dialogues, nothing happened as if I haven't click
On Wed 02 Dec 2015 at 11:06:09 (+), Martin Read wrote:
> On 02/12/15 03:07, James P. Wallen wrote:
> >Thanks for your response, Sven. It's nice to know that someone else has
> >seen this type of problem. I was thinking that this could be
> >self-inflicted. Perhaps that's a little less likely no
Felix Miata [2015-12-02 01:52:18-05] wrote:
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf always works for me:
>
> Section "InputClass"
> Identifier "system-keyboard"
> Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
> EndSection
I think /etc/default/keyboard is a
On 12/02/2015 06:06 AM, Martin Read wrote:
The default and per-service timeout values for stopping a service (after
which systemd gives up and sends fatal signals to all of the service's
processes) are configurable; see the systemd-system.conf(5) and
systemd.service(5) man pages for details.
On 12/02/2015 06:06 AM, Martin Read wrote:
On 02/12/15 03:07, James P. Wallen wrote:
Thanks for your response, Sven. It's nice to know that someone else has
seen this type of problem. I was thinking that this could be
self-inflicted. Perhaps that's a little less likely now.
So, is this behavior
On Tue, 2015-12-01 at 18:14 -0500, Celejar wrote:
> tried tailing the X log when I caught the problem occurring, and I
> found zillions of these:
>
[snipped log]
>
> When the problem ceases (CPU usage back down to zero / normal), these
> lines cease, too. Anyone know what this is, and / or how to
On Tue, 2015-12-01 at 22:23 -0300, Draco Metallium(Rodrigo S. Cañibano)
> > The NEWS entry should have been picked up by apt-listchanges:
>
> I must have missed it. Thanks!
Looks like it was added after the change was made, so it's possible
that you made the upgrade before it was added.
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It looks like the meld package wants to install a full desktop with all the bells
and whistles on my headless server.
So the question is: what is the best way to install meld without all the cruft?
I finally did install the previous version 1.6.1-1 (from Debian 7 Wheezy).
I only needed few
On 02/12/15 03:07, James P. Wallen wrote:
Thanks for your response, Sven. It's nice to know that someone else has
seen this type of problem. I was thinking that this could be
self-inflicted. Perhaps that's a little less likely now.
So, is this behavior controlled by systemd?
I'm not trying to s
Bob Bernstein writes:
> On Wed, 2 Dec 2015, Chris Bannister wrote:
>
>>> "Please don't respond line by line. It is patronizing and
>>> annoying."
>
>> What did he say when you asked what he meant by this? I mean, how on
>> earth could it possibly be patronising?
>
> I haven't asked him yet, in th
Sven Arvidsson writes:
> On Tue, 2015-12-01 at 16:39 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
>> "Now", as in Stretch and/or Sid? I searched in Jessie and failed to
>> discover
>> any available firmware-amd-graphics. Is another repo besides main and
>> updates
>> required? I booted same machine to Stretch, and
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