IPv6 Problems

Dear List - I am trying to setup an IPv6 network, but I cannot get it to workl. Added Address /etc/network/interfaces # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback iface etho0 inet static address 2620:7:a000::1 netmask 64 gateway :::c0a8:101 root

Re: Debian testing randomly freezes

Is this not the right list for these kinds of questions? Atenciosamente / Sincerely, Guilherme Prá Vieira On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 2:49 AM, Guilherme Vieira wrote: > Hello. > > I've been using Debian testing for over a year without problems, but 5 or > 6 mont

Re: Cannot apt-add repository

"Rasku, Stephen (GE Digital)" wrote: > When I try and add-apt-repository, I get the following: > $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa Don't add Ubuntu-PPAs to a Debian system. It will not work and it may destroy your installation. S° -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.

Best Ultrabook for Debian

Hi all, I am aware of the h-node project, as well as the linux-desktop, and the Debian's hardware wiki page. However, they are not quite specific about Ultrabooks at all. Ultrabooks are arguably the trend in PCs (if not cellphones), and we all aim for lighter and better hardware. I would like to

kernel 4.7.0 and nvidia

Hello, I recently updated to kernel 4.7.0 in stretch, and am running the nvidia binary blob (nvidia-driver). Upon restart, x fails to load. The system works great with the 4.6 kernel. Anybody see the issues described here: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1750 ? Che

Re: Apt Error at Update [Fixed]

Seems the recent update this morning fixed the error.

Cannot apt-add repository

When I try and add-apt-repository, I get the following: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa [sudo] password for srasku: Sorry, try again. [sudo] password for srasku: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 11, in from softwareproperties.SoftwareP

Re: Canon printer minor quibble

On Wed 05 Oct 2016 at 15:10:42 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 30 Sep 2016 at 14:40:44 (+0100), Brian wrote: > > On Fri 30 Sep 2016 at 22:02:05 +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 01:31:03PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > On Fri 30 Sep 2016 at 20:54:32 +0900, Mark Fletc

[solved]Re: aptitude cli undocumented behaviour [was: aptitude cli options vs. apt-get ...]

On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 22:37:40 +0200 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > You used '~U' in the first and the last command, not '~ahold'. > This last command could also be written shorter: > > aptitude -y -v -s full-upgrade '~U' | ... Thanks!!! You are of course right, that was a copy and paste accident. (

Re: replaygain, soundkonverter, aac/m4a glitch

On 10/3/2016 6:42 AM, Mark Fletcher wrote: On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 04:29:24PM -0700, Seeker wrote: Am I the only one on the list listening to music off of my phone over bluetooth in the car or having some other reason to want normalized music playback? :O :) No, but you are the only one top p

Re: Recommendation: Backup system

On 05/10/16 16:03, Daniel Bareiro wrote: > Hi, Richard. > > On 04/10/16 23:06, Richard Hector wrote: > >> My current challenge is to back up windows boxes - if I can get >> rsync to work (maybe DeltaCopy? Not sure if that will work how I >> want), I guess I'll be stuck doing a local rsync of a sm

Re: aptitude cli undocumented behaviour [was: aptitude cli options vs. apt-get ...]

Michael Lange wrote on 10/05/16 20:42: > Hi, > > On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 11:19:52 +0200 > Michael Lange wrote: > > (...) >> So my question is: is there a way to include updates to packages put on >> hold to the output of "aptitude full-upgrade" as in apt-get, that I have >> been missing, or is this s

Re: Canon printer minor quibble

On Fri 30 Sep 2016 at 14:40:44 (+0100), Brian wrote: > On Fri 30 Sep 2016 at 22:02:05 +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 01:31:03PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Fri 30 Sep 2016 at 20:54:32 +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:31:45PM +0100, L

Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages

On Oct 4, 2016, at 2:53 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > Much Open Source software has poor or non-existent > documentation - documentation is the boring bit to write!! Don’t know about boring, but documentation is much harder to write than programs. The development/testing cycle is *much* longer with

Re: Problems with upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie

On Wed 05 Oct 2016 at 19:50:50 +0200, Hans Kraus wrote: > thanks to all. Brian is right with his opinion that I'm not subscribed > to the list. I sent a 'subscribe' to > but didn't get an answer > (or at least I didn't find it). The reply comes back to the address you subscribed from. Maybe that

aptitude cli undocumented behaviour [was: aptitude cli options vs. apt-get ...]

Hi, On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 11:19:52 +0200 Michael Lange wrote: (...) > So my question is: is there a way to include updates to packages put on > hold to the output of "aptitude full-upgrade" as in apt-get, that I have > been missing, or is this simply not possible? I looked again at man aptitude an

Re: aptitude cli options vs. apt-get (esp. --ignore-hold option)

Hi, On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 17:35:58 +0200 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Your aptitude variant will also list new packages to be installed > (e.g., a package with a version number in its name like libperl5.24). > Yes, that is in fact the point here. This is the same as for the corresponding apt-get co

Re: Problems with upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie

Hi, thanks to all. Brian is right with his opinion that I'm not subscribed to the list. I sent a 'subscribe' to but didn't get an answer (or at least I didn't find it). How do I switch drivers under Debian, especiallay from the "AMD FGLRX driver for Radeon adapters" to the "free radeon driver,

Re: no opengl with intel HD2000 on jessie

baldyeti wrote: I have noticed quite a few symlinks under /etc/alternatives pointing to some nvidia files and directories Ideally I'd like to fix this without purging the system from working nvidia drivers (i may transfer my graphics card later) How would one make the links under alternatives po

Re: Problems with upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie

Hans Kraus wrote on 10/04/16 20:01: > Hi, > > The VGA output: > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] > Turks > XT [Radeon HD 6670/7670] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: AS

Re: aptitude cli options vs. apt-get (esp. --ignore-hold option)

Michael Lange wrote on 10/05/16 11:19: > Hello, > > I use the following line (borrowed from apticron) in a script to generate > a list of upgradable packages: > > PKGNAMES=`apt-get -q -y -s --ignore-hold --allow-unauthenticated dist-upgrade > | \ > /bin/grep ^Inst | /usr/bin/cut -d\ -

Re: Problems with upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie

Patrick Bartek wrote: > Hans Kraus wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I upgraded my Debian server about a week ago from Wheezy to Jessie. > > What exactly did you do to "upgrade?" Did you read the Jessie Release > Notes regarding distribution upgrading? and as a side note, if it is indeed hardware issue y

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Re: installing firmware during stretch install

On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 14:32:36 -0600, pcr1 wrote: > install I get a missing firmware message asking me to supply > rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2fw on removable media. I found rtl8168g-2fw on my > laptop in lib/firmware/rtl_nic and copied it to a folder I labled > rtl_nic on a flash drive. Then I ran the i

Powerdevil does not switch off screen

Hello, I have a testing, and powerdevil does not switch off my screen. Is there something obvious I should check ? Thank you.

KVM virtualization with VMM/virt-manager and mouse lag and stutter

This is one of those I-fixed-it-myself posts where I'm just sharing my solution for others, should they google it in the future. I recently started learning about KVM virtualization. Naturally I stumbled across the VMM/virt-manager GTK tool, since that's pretty much the only good tool availa

Re: aptitude cli options vs. apt-get (esp. --ignore-hold option)

On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 10:41:40 +0100 Darac Marjal wrote: > aptitude is, generally speaking, a more user-friendly interface to the > apt system. If you're scripting (and especially as it already works), > you should stick with apt-get. apt-get's output tends to be more stable > and more readily pa

Re: Problems with upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie

On Tue 04 Oct 2016 at 20:55:54 +0100, Brian wrote: > Incidentally, we know X comes up for the OP (gnome-session runs. Without > X it wouldn't). So this may not be the problem at all. > > glxinfo | grep render > > is a good command for the OP to run. We would be interested in its output. The R

Re: aptitude cli options vs. apt-get (esp. --ignore-hold option)

On Wed, Oct 05, 2016 at 11:19:52AM +0200, Michael Lange wrote: Hello, I use the following line (borrowed from apticron) in a script to generate a list of upgradable packages: PKGNAMES=`apt-get -q -y -s --ignore-hold --allow-unauthenticated dist-upgrade | \ /bin/grep ^Inst | /usr/bin/c

aptitude cli options vs. apt-get (esp. --ignore-hold option)

Hello, I use the following line (borrowed from apticron) in a script to generate a list of upgradable packages: PKGNAMES=`apt-get -q -y -s --ignore-hold --allow-unauthenticated dist-upgrade | \ /bin/grep ^Inst | /usr/bin/cut -d\ -f2 | /usr/bin/sort` Now I would like to do the same wi

Re: no opengl with intel HD2000 on jessie

baldyeti wrote: > I have noticed quite a few symlinks under /etc/alternatives > pointing to some nvidia files and directories > Ideally I'd like to fix this without purging the system from > working nvidia drivers (i may transfer my graphics card later) > How would one make the links under alterna