[SOLVED] [Xfce] firefox-esr keeps reloading previous tabs on startup

2016-06-25 Thread Mike Kupfer
Thanks to everyone for your comments. The problem appears to be caused by this entry in /usr/share/xfce4/helpers/firefox.desktop: X-XFCE-Commands=%B -remote "openURL(about:blank,new-window)";%B; Copying that file to $HOME/.local/share/xfce4/helpers/firefox.desktop and changing that line to

Re: wrong owner of /run/user/1000/dconf/user causes X to freeze

2016-06-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 25 June 2016 10:20:27 posti...@andreaskrueger.de wrote: > SOLVED: wrong owner of /run/user/1000/dconf/user causes X to freeze > > > The problem was between the keyboard and the screen :-) I had started > X/Gnome applications from the root terminal. And that overwrote the > /run/user

Re: Unwanted on-screen keyboard - which package.

2016-06-25 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Sun, 2016-06-26 at 03:13 +1200, cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 05:06:13PM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: > > I enabled the on-screen keyboard applet in Cinnamon so as to write > > some > > text with French accents. But then it kept on coming up when I > > didn't > > wa

Re: Unwanted on-screen keyboard - which package.

2016-06-25 Thread cbannister
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 05:06:13PM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: > I enabled the on-screen keyboard applet in Cinnamon so as to write some > text with French accents. But then it kept on coming up when I didn't > want it, every time I went into any text field. I removed the applet > from my toolbar

Re: wrong owner of /run/user/1000/dconf/user causes X to freeze

2016-06-25 Thread postings
SOLVED: wrong owner of /run/user/1000/dconf/user causes X to freeze The problem was between the keyboard and the screen :-) I had started X/Gnome applications from the root terminal. And that overwrote the /run/user/1000/dconf/user which then caused the log file explosion. Reporting it as a

Re: [HITB-Announce] HITB2016AMS Videos & GSEC Singapore Voting

2016-06-25 Thread cbannister
On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 05:42:08AM +0800, Hafez Kamal wrote: > Videos from the 7th annual HITB Security Conference are being released > this week! Please don't spam debian-user with useless content! This is a support mailing list for the Debian operating system. -- The media's the most powerful

Re: Calling smartctl in a loop to curb Load_Cycle_Count: is it safe for a hard disk drive?

2016-06-25 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 25 Jun 2016, Mayuresh wrote: > Does invocation of "smartctl -a /dev/sda" cause any mechanical movement > really? No, but you are not allowing the disk to unload the heads. Unloading heads actually move them either off-platter, or at a specific position that rises (or locks) the arms a bit

Re: Calling smartctl in a loop to curb Load_Cycle_Count: is it safe for a hard disk drive?

2016-06-25 Thread Mayuresh
On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 09:34:42AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > It is unsafe in that a mechanical shock will cause head damage far more > easily, as they will never be safely in the unload area. Yes, understood the risk. > Also, you are increasing "head flying hours" in place of un

Re: Calling smartctl in a loop to curb Load_Cycle_Count: is it safe for a hard disk drive?

2016-06-25 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 25 Jun 2016, Mayuresh wrote: > I tried setting the apm value to 255 (and also experimented with 254, > 253). The Load_Cycle_Count rise rate came slightly down with this, though > it still kept increasing at least by a couple of hundred daily. A hundred head unloads/day is probably ok and w

Re: Icedove crashes after recent update

2016-06-25 Thread Matthias J. Sax
Hi JP, thanks for your reply. I think it is the same behavior for me (but I did not pay too close attention when it exactly crashes). Anyway, it it good the problem was already encountered :) The intention of me mail was mainly to report it. Hope there will be a fix soon -- this is super annoying

Re: Disable a sound card

2016-06-25 Thread Stuart Longland
On 24/06/16 03:24, Alex PADOLY wrote: > The speaker output of my DELL laptop D430 doesn't work, I have sound > only by the speaker of my laptop. It is impossible to desactive Intel > sound card by the bios. > > I bought a usb sound card Terratec. I always have a sound on the speaker > of my laptob

Calling smartctl in a loop to curb Load_Cycle_Count: is it safe for a hard disk drive?

2016-06-25 Thread Mayuresh
I came across the issue of ever increasing Load_Cycle_Count (once nearly 8s) on a new laptop, with a 500GB Toshiba drive. I tried setting the apm value to 255 (and also experimented with 254, 253). The Load_Cycle_Count rise rate came slightly down with this, though it still kept increasing at leas