Re: Flash update

On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 06:59:29 +0300 Adam Wilson wrote: > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:39:29 +0100 > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > On 27 Jun 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Using iplayer with flash involves downloading a file. > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. Wouldn't it be n

Re: Flash update

On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 23:34:58 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Fri 01 Apr 2016 at 11:39:29 (+0100), Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 27 Jun 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Using iplayer with flash involves downloading a file. > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. Wouldn't it be

Re: Bootable USB won't working

># dd if=debian-8.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M >$ sync > >Now remove the drive and try boot with it ("boot override" if >possible). If you follow these steps to the letter, and the problem >persists, then it is a hardware fault. Thanks, but already followed the same. May be because

Re: running Linux without display

On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 07:38:03 -0400 (EDT) Jude DaShiell wrote: > I have yet to try xfce since accessibility support from what I've read > to date is very immature compared to mate and gnome possibly as poor as > kde. I have spare hard drives and can try this out and will find out > what happens

Re: Bootable USB won't working

On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 12:07:19 -0400 Henning Follmann wrote: > On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 09:29:23PM +0530, Akhil Krishnan S wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > Recently I tried to reinstall Debian in my Dell Inspiron system by making > > bootable USB. (Used both dd command and unetbootin) But my system does

Re: Bootable USB won't working

On Sat, 02 Apr 2016 21:29:23 +0530 Akhil Krishnan S wrote: > Hi list, > > Recently I tried to reinstall Debian in my Dell Inspiron system by making > bootable USB. (Used both dd command and unetbootin) Please reproduce the exact command you used. It should be something along the lines of: #

Re: Contemplating new MFC color laser printer purchase

On 04/02/2016 09:42 PM, Gary Dale wrote: In general, laser is the way to go. However inkjet still rules for printing photos and printing directly onto discs. There are also specialty printing, such as large formats, where you would have a tough time finding lasers. I tend to stay away from B

Re: page up down keys fail to work in gmail

Just quickly, I think you will find that gmail intercepts keystrokes and gives them their own "function", rather nasty I think, to break standard UI interface of a browser tab. A.

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

So far we have read about a conspiracy story, argued over when WW2 started, even questioned the US motivation for joining in the fray. But we have yet to read about the lessons learned, so I've made up a short list. We've learned that if you use all the gunpowder today then your children and you

Re: What Package?

On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Arnoud van der Veer wrote: > Hello, > > I am having problems with playing flash files while using Iceweasel in > Debian. > Iam using Debian for about 4 weeks now and have never been able to play > flash files: unknown SWF file. (flash player plugin crashes) > Bit of

old /dev/mapper entries -- sort of fixed with "vgscan --mknodes"

Hi, I removed a bunch of no longer required logical volumes from lvm, using lvremove (mostly with -f option to save answering every time when I was already sure it was right). The symlinks remain in /dev/mapper /and /dev/vgname/ for them. Having since created a new logical volume, there is "co

Re: running Linux without display

thanks John, is apt-get useable inside of ash during a system install? For my current situation I would need this package installed on a machine before installation finishes. On Sat, 2 Apr 2016, John Hasler wrote: Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 18:06:53 From: John Hasler To: debian-user@lists.debian.

Re: running Linux without display

screen reader does not start and I don't get to login prompt yet. One more thing I can try without xdummy or xvfb then it will be time to try those two packages and see if either help. On Sat, 2 Apr 2016, Stefan Monnier wrote: Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 17:53:59 From: Stefan Monnier To: debian-u

Re: Contemplating new MFC color laser printer purchase

In general, laser is the way to go. However inkjet still rules for printing photos and printing directly onto discs. There are also specialty printing, such as large formats, where you would have a tough time finding lasers. I tend to stay away from Brother myself for the same reason you found

page up down keys fail to work in gmail

While trying to read gmail in Iceweasel, the page up and page down keys do not work under some special circumstances. I am wondering if you can reproduce the issue and help me understand whether it is a bug in Iceweasel or in gmail. Steps to reproduce 1) Start Iceweasel and log in into gmail.com

Re: Contemplating new MFC color laser printer purchase

On Saturday 02 April 2016 18:57:30 deloptes wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > packratitis > Its a dangerous virus, and there ought to be a law that 2 victims of it cannot marry. Its positively amazing how much junk you can save when there are two of you, working on your 27th year in the same hou

Re: Contemplating new MFC color laser printer purchase

Gene Heskett wrote: > packratitis you are a funny guy Gene I wish we were living in a world that every person could live in piece when 81 and enjoy the days. regards

Re: Modified Rapture, and a new question

On Sat 02 Apr 2016 at 16:42:35 -0400, Alan McConnell wrote: > You have a DVD (not a CD). It would (or should) contain more than a > netinst image. > Well, it doesn't contain emacs or tex or mutt, or ImageMagick. Why > are you > telling me what it 'should' have? Please mount t

Re: running Linux without display

Package: xserver-xorg-video-dummy Source: xserver-xorg-video-dummy (1:0.3.7-1) Version: 1:0.3.7-1+b5 Installed-Size: 45.1 kB Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force Provides: xorg-driver-video Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), xorg-video-abi-20, xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.17.99.902) Tag: admin::hardware, hardw

Re: running Linux without display

> What g.u.i. app or apps prevent graphical user interface Linux from running > if no display can be plugged into the computer? I don't understand the question. But I have the vague impression that maybe Xvfb or Xdummy is part of the answer. Stefan

Re: Modified Rapture, and a new question

On 04/02/2016 10:50 PM, Alan McConnell wrote: > > > - Original Message - > From: "Brian" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Sent: Saturday, April 2, 2016 3:17:09 PM > Subject: Re: Modified Rapture, and a new question > > On Sat 02 Apr 2016 at 13:46:09 -0400, Alan McConnell wrote: > >

Re: Contemplating new MFC color laser printer purchase

On Saturday 02 April 2016 16:25:39 deloptes wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 02 April 2016 09:52:58 deloptes wrote: > >> Gene Heskett wrote: > >> > Does anyone know if the scanner in a Dell H625cdw MFC is > >> > recognized by xsane? > >> > >> http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.h

Re: Modified Rapture, and a new question

- Original Message - From: "Brian" To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Saturday, April 2, 2016 3:17:09 PM Subject: Re: Modified Rapture, and a new question On Sat 02 Apr 2016 at 13:46:09 -0400, Alan McConnell wrote: > Well, I finally got my Jessie installed! I had to pick a differe

Re: Contemplating new MFC color laser printer purchase

Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 02 April 2016 09:52:58 deloptes wrote: > >> Gene Heskett wrote: >> > Does anyone know if the scanner in a Dell H625cdw MFC is recognized >> > by xsane? >> >> http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.html >> >> I do not think so. >> >> I bought Epson 33/330 and I

Re: What Package?

Hi, in order to watch youtube movies: first, try iceweasel without flash-plugin (disable or even un-install the plugin) and after removing any cookies from youtube; (maybe you feel more motivated to do that after reading this article titled "Flash – Low-hanging fruit for attackers | Business Secu

Re: Flash update

On Sat 02 Apr 2016 at 06:59:29 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:39:29 +0100 > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > I know this is an old thread, but I thought it would be worth mentioning > > that BBC IPlayer now works without Flash. If you go to the BBC IPlayer > > web page it says

Re: Modified Rapture, and a new question

On Sat 02 Apr 2016 at 13:46:09 -0400, Alan McConnell wrote: > Well, I finally got my Jessie installed! I had to pick a different kernel > than then one > suggested, but things finally went through. I was even able to use the > partitions I had > prepared and carefully sized. Good, but this is

Modified Rapture, and a new question

Well, I finally got my Jessie installed! I had to pick a different kernel than then one suggested, but things finally went through. I was even able to use the partitions I had prepared and carefully sized. My question: how do I install "new" SW? E.g. emacs, and mutt, and ImageMagick? These

Re: Bootable USB won't working

Hi, Akhil Krishnan S wrote: > Recently I tried to reinstall Debian in my Dell Inspiron system by making > bootable USB. (Used [...] dd [...]) Please show your exact dd command and tell which older versions of Debian work and which does not. Is it about ISO images ? Have a nice day :) Thomas

Re: Bootable USB won't working

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 12:07:19PM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 09:29:23PM +0530, Akhil Krishnan S wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > Recently I tried to reinstall Debian in my Dell Inspiron system by making > > bootable USB. (Us

Re: Bootable USB won't working

On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 09:29:23PM +0530, Akhil Krishnan S wrote: > Hi list, > > Recently I tried to reinstall Debian in my Dell Inspiron system by making > bootable USB. (Used both dd command and unetbootin) But my system doesn't > considering it and booting direct to hard disk. (Of course, boo

Re: Contemplating new MFC color laser printer purchase

On Saturday 02 April 2016 09:52:58 deloptes wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > Does anyone know if the scanner in a Dell H625cdw MFC is recognized > > by xsane? > > http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.html > > I do not think so. > > I bought Epson 33/330 and I've been using it with the Epsons

Bootable USB won't working

Hi list, Recently I tried to reinstall Debian in my Dell Inspiron system by making bootable USB. (Used both dd command and unetbootin) But my system doesn't considering it and booting direct to hard disk. (Of course, boot priority of USB is greater than HDD) .Result is same when tried with Arch

Re: USB Mass Storage Class

From: David Wright Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 18:32:44 -0500 > Are you connecting the disk drives through the same cable and port? The disk drive connects through the ATA interface on the system board. The SDHC card connects to another USB socket via an adapter. ... > Would unintentionally switching

Re: USB Mass Storage Class

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 06:38:45AM -0700, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: > Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 22:43:21 +0200 > What does dmesg | tail say just after having inserted the camera? > > root@dalton:/home/peter# dmesg | tail > [ 339.996021] usb 5-2:

Re: USB Mass Storage Class

From: Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 22:43:21 +0200 What does dmesg | tail say just after having inserted the camera? root@dalton:/home/peter# dmesg | tail [ 339.996021] usb 5-2: device descriptor read/64, error -62 [ 340.280019] usb 5-2: device descriptor read/64, error -62 [ 340.560023] usb 5-2: new

Re: Contemplating new MFC color laser printer purchase

Gene Heskett wrote: > Does anyone know if the scanner in a Dell H625cdw MFC is recognized by > xsane? http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.html I do not think so. I bought Epson 33/330 and I've been using it with the Epsons iscan tool (v.2.30) over 3y now. It works great for me. It states

Re: running Linux without display

For accessibility users, firefox if nothing else is pretty much essential or google chrome with chromevox for access to much of the web especially for commerce transactions. On Fri, 1 Apr 2016, John Hasler wrote: Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 15:16:21 From: John Hasler To: debian-user@lists.debian.o

Re: running Linux without display

I have yet to try xfce since accessibility support from what I've read to date is very immature compared to mate and gnome possibly as poor as kde. I have spare hard drives and can try this out and will find out what happens with xfce a little later this weekend. I'm running computers not ser

Re: Flash update

On 2016-04-02, David Wright wrote: >> >> I know this is an old thread, but I thought it would be worth mentioning >> that BBC IPlayer now works without Flash. If you go to the BBC IPlayer >> web page it says you can access the programs using HTML5. You just have >> to install a cookie to do this.

Contemplating new MFC color laser printer purchase

Greetings all; Does anyone know if the scanner in a Dell H625cdw MFC is recognized by xsane? Thanks. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page

Disable knotify sounds using xfce

Hello all, I use Xfce, but I also like having a few KDE apps installed (namely, k3b, konquest and a few others, but the problem here pertains to knotify in general). I haven't the full KDE desktop and I don't want it. I'm on a up-to-date stretch/sid amd64. When playing konquest, for example, e

Re: Failure to reach login screen - nouveau problem

On 2016-04-02 06:51 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > On Fri, 01 Apr 2016 19:58:17 +0200 > Sven Joachim wrote: > >> On 2016-04-01 13:40 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: >> >> > Peter Hillier-Brook composed on 2016-04-01 15:14 (UTC+0100): >> > >> >> Following an overnight shut down I couldn't reach the deskto