Re: list installed packages present only in stable

2016-10-25 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Michael Lange wrote: > > Nice. After these suggestions I hastily put together a small python > script, that might come close to what Raju wants: > > #!/usr/bin/python > > from commands import getoutput > > allpkgs = getoutput('apt-show-versions -b').splitlines() >

Re: kernel header for 4.6.0-1-686

2016-10-25 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Harry Putnam writes: > Juanjo Benages writes: > >> El 25/10/16 a las 19:48, Harry Putnam escribió: >>> Where can I get the kernel headers for my kernel 4.6.0-1-686? >>> >>> apt-get does not show that version. >>> >>> Googling for awhile here and not finding it either >>> >>> Trying to install vb

Re: kernel header for 4.6.0-1-686

2016-10-25 Thread Harry Putnam
Juanjo Benages writes: > El 25/10/16 a las 19:48, Harry Putnam escribió: >> Where can I get the kernel headers for my kernel 4.6.0-1-686? >> >> apt-get does not show that version. >> >> Googling for awhile here and not finding it either >> >> Trying to install vbox guest additions and it needs th

Re: kernel header for 4.6.0-1-686

2016-10-25 Thread Juanjo Benages
El 25/10/16 a las 19:48, Harry Putnam escribió: Where can I get the kernel headers for my kernel 4.6.0-1-686? apt-get does not show that version. Googling for awhile here and not finding it either Trying to install vbox guest additions and it needs those headers. Have you tried on snapshot

kernel header for 4.6.0-1-686

2016-10-25 Thread Harry Putnam
Where can I get the kernel headers for my kernel 4.6.0-1-686? apt-get does not show that version. Googling for awhile here and not finding it either Trying to install vbox guest additions and it needs those headers.

Re: list installed packages present only in stable

2016-10-25 Thread Michael Lange
On Tue, 25 Oct 2016 11:24:00 -0400 Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > Oooohhh, shiny new toy that I just found because of you. This came via > "man apt-show-versions": > > To upgrade all packages in testing: > >apt-get install `apt-show-versions -u -b | grep testing` > > Actually having som

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-25 Thread Jochen Spieker
Richard Owlett: > On 10/25/2016 10:40 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: >> >> The simplest way would be to synchronize your UID across all your >> installed operating systems. If your UID is, let's say, 1000 on every >> system, and the files on the partition are owned by user 1000, then >> user 1000 (you)

Re: Can't turn off Airplane mode

2016-10-25 Thread Qiang Yin
Hi, it's very helpful. I found a similar button at the *front*, not the cover, of my laptop. I have never noticed it. Maybe it was accidentally switched when I put my laptop to may bag. After I rest it, the problem is solved. Thank you very much. Best, Qiang On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 6:04 PM,

Re: Fwd: WiFi works during install, not after

2016-10-25 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:27:22 -0400 Carl Fink wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 08:46:41AM +0200, deloptes wrote: > > > Perhaps you get a different kernel version after install. > > Very possible. Does not exonerate the installer, IMO. > > > What are the messages in your syslog? > > I'll che

Re: WiFi works during install, not after

2016-10-25 Thread Brian
On Tue 25 Oct 2016 at 12:35:52 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 03:27:44PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > I did notice. You are assuming the name of the module is "rtl8723au". > > There is no such module in staging - as your modprobe command tells > > you. Could we look at your 'lsm

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 11:33:23AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/25/2016 10:40 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >The simplest way would be to synchronize your UID across all your > >installed operating systems. If your UID is, let's say, 1000 on every > >system, and the files on the partition are

Re: WiFi works during install, not after

2016-10-25 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 03:27:44PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > I did notice. You are assuming the name of the module is "rtl8723au". > There is no such module in staging - as your modprobe command tells > you. Could we look at your 'lsmod' too? Except that as I said, locate DOES find a module of that

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-25 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/25/2016 10:40 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:32:29AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm in a multi-boot environment, multiple installs of Debian. I want all install to have read/write/execute permissions. The partition will effectively be serving as a common scratch pad

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-25 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 11:40:10AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:32:29AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I'm in a multi-boot environment, multiple installs of Debian. > > I want all install to have read/write/execute permiss

Re: Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:32:29AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm in a multi-boot environment, multiple installs of Debian. > I want all install to have read/write/execute permissions. > The partition will effectively be serving as a common scratch pad > in order to exchange information. There

Permissions for an entire PARTITION

2016-10-25 Thread Richard Owlett
I'm in a multi-boot environment, multiple installs of Debian. I want all install to have read/write/execute permissions. The partition will effectively be serving as a common scratch pad in order to exchange information. There is organically a single user, [*ME*] and there is *NO* networking of

Re: list installed packages present only in stable

2016-10-25 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 10/23/16, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > How can I list all the packages installed on my system that are > currently part of the stable distribution but not present in either > testing or sid? > > For example, ibkasten2okteta1controllers1abi1 libkasten2okteta1gui1 > are currently part of stable,

Re: WiFi works during install, not after

2016-10-25 Thread Brian
On Tue 25 Oct 2016 at 09:38:16 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 09:45:41AM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Sun 23 Oct 2016 at 17:09:06 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > > > > Interestingly, the rtl8723au module is NOT loaded, and "modprobe > > > rtl8723au" > > > fails with a message about th

Re: comparing password managers in Debian, synchronizing on multiple devices

2016-10-25 Thread David Wright
On Tue 25 Oct 2016 at 08:43:15 (+0200), deloptes wrote: > Ben Finney wrote: > > > I prefer integration to all applications on the desktop: i.e., the > > program should simply place the passphrase in the clipboard, allowing me > > to paste it into whatever form I visit. That covers the browser as w

Re: WiFi works during install, not after

2016-10-25 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 09:45:41AM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sun 23 Oct 2016 at 17:09:06 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > > Interestingly, the rtl8723au module is NOT loaded, and "modprobe rtl8723au" > > fails with a message about the module not being found, even though it's > > right there if I "locate r

Re: Fwd: WiFi works during install, not after

2016-10-25 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 08:46:41AM +0200, deloptes wrote: > Perhaps you get a different kernel version after install. Very possible. Does not exonerate the installer, IMO. > What are the messages in your syslog? I'll check when I get home--I don't use my personal system at work. >Do you hav

Re: CUPS problem on Jessie was Re: (no subject)

2016-10-25 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 10/25/16, Norbert Kiszka wrote: >> >> On Tuesday 25 October 2016 08:06:02 Alan Hutchinson wrote: >> > Hi people just a small note to tell you that, I am having a problem in >> > Debian 8 Jessie ,I have bean trying to run cups.service and it just >> > wont >> > run, when using system d, and I ty

Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was: Unidentified subject!]

2016-10-25 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 01:05:54PM +0100, Brian wrote: [...] > Uncharacteristically, I did wander a bit off topic, didn't I? This way I (and perhaps others) learnt something. > Back on the straight and narrow now. :) But not too much: everything w

Re: bash NEWBIE I/O and I/O redirection problems

2016-10-25 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/25/2016 4:23 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 07:58:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I suspect an appropriate response would be being pointed an *atypical* tutorial. A Google search for "bash tutorial pipe redirect" [w/o qu

[REPOST] Re: Time quandry when dual boot with WinXP Pro

2016-10-25 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/22/2016 3:15 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: 2. Debian 8.6 w MATE run from LIVE DVD _displays_ the correct time 3. Debian 8.6 w MATE installed from DVD 1 of 13 with aid of custom preseed.cfg _displays_ a time 5 hours earlier. My guess: the Live DVD uses NTP so as not to depend on the hwclock whe

Side effects of specifying use of NTP on installation???? - was [Re: Time quandry when dual boot with WinXP Pro]

2016-10-25 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/22/2016 3:15 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: 2. Debian 8.6 w MATE run from LIVE DVD _displays_ the correct time 3. Debian 8.6 w MATE installed from DVD 1 of 13 with aid of custom preseed.cfg _displays_ a time 5 hours earlier. My guess: the Live DVD uses NTP so as not to depend on the hwclock whe

Re: bash NEWBIE I/O and I/O redirection problems

2016-10-25 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/24/2016 10:09 PM, der.hans wrote: Am 24. Oct, 2016 schwätzte Richard Owlett so: moin moin Richard, "to stdout AND "logfile" can be accomplished with tee. # puts the results of ls in the file and also shows results on STDOUT # the -a tells tee to append so repeated calls will get all of t

Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was: Unidentified subject!]

2016-10-25 Thread Brian
On Tue 25 Oct 2016 at 13:19:48 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 11:54:27AM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 25 Oct 2016 at 12:36:11 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:59:20AM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > On Tue 25 Oct 2016 at 11:16:49 +0200, t

Re: bash NEWBIE I/O and I/O redirection problems

2016-10-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 07:58:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > blocks=$(expr $(/sbin/isosize /dev/sr0) / 2048) Use $(( ... )) for integer arithmetic. blocks=$(( $(/sbin/isosize /dev/sr0) / 2048 )) > ls -l $FILENAME ;# to stdout AND "logfile" Always quote pro

Re: CUPS problem on Jessie was Re: (no subject)

2016-10-25 Thread Norbert Kiszka
Dnia 2016-10-25, wto o godzinie 12:37 +0100, Lisi Reisz pisze: > Replying to give this a subject. > Lisi > > On Tuesday 25 October 2016 08:06:02 Alan Hutchinson wrote: > > -- > > Alan Hutchinson > > Hi people just a small note to tell you that, I am having a problem in > > Debian 8 Jessie ,I have

CUPS problem on Jessie was Re: (no subject)

2016-10-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
Replying to give this a subject. Lisi On Tuesday 25 October 2016 08:06:02 Alan Hutchinson wrote: > -- > Alan Hutchinson > Hi people just a small note to tell you that, I am having a problem in > Debian 8 Jessie ,I have bean trying to run cups.service and it just wont > run, when using system d, a

Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was: Unidentified subject!]

2016-10-25 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 11:54:27AM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Tue 25 Oct 2016 at 12:36:11 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:59:20AM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Tue 25 Oct 2016 at 11:16:49 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >

Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was: Unidentified subject!]

2016-10-25 Thread Brian
On Tue 25 Oct 2016 at 12:36:11 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:59:20AM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 25 Oct 2016 at 11:16:49 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > > > loLink encap:Local Loopback > > > > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > > > > >

Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was: Unidentified subject!]

2016-10-25 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:59:20AM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Tue 25 Oct 2016 at 11:16:49 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > loLink encap:Local Loopback > > > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > > > > This is the "local" interfa

Re: Can't turn off Airplane mode

2016-10-25 Thread err404
yes, rfkill is a good way to unblock. but may be you have some switch or button on you laptop, like this: https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-3a07fe3eb21edb104ccaf1f292e3bda1?convert_to_webp=tru signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was: Unidentified subject!]

2016-10-25 Thread Brian
On Tue 25 Oct 2016 at 11:16:49 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > loLink encap:Local Loopback > > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > > This is the "local" interface. It's always there. It doesn't correspond > to any hardware. For our quest, you can safely ignore that. Nothin

Re: bash NEWBIE I/O and I/O redirection problems

2016-10-25 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, it comes to me that there is a better way to make the redirection via "tee" less ugly in the code. It does not depend on the assumption that the log file path is a single word. First define in the script: # Shell function which lets "tee" consume its standard input my_log() { tee -i

Re: bash NEWBIE I/O and I/O redirection problems

2016-10-25 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 07:58:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I suspect an appropriate response would be being pointed an > *atypical* tutorial. > A Google search for "bash tutorial pipe redirect" [w/o quotes] gave > results for "normal" users. I h

Can't turn off Airplane mode

2016-10-25 Thread Qiang Yin
I am currently not able to turn on wifi on my laptop as it stucks to airplane mode. And gnome says I have to use hardware switch to turn off airplane mode. ​ The hard switch on my laptop (Thinkpad X301) is Fn+F5. If I press these two buttons then a notification will show says airplane mode is en

Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was: Unidentified subject!]

2016-10-25 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 03:30:52PM -0700, Bob Holtzman wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 11:31:28AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > My abject apologies for the delay in this reply. just got back in town > and am just catching up on my email. No wor

Re: WiFi works during install, not after

2016-10-25 Thread Brian
On Sun 23 Oct 2016 at 17:09:06 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > So I have a ThinkPad Yoga 11s ultrabook. > > If I copy over the firmware-realtek package, Debian can install just fine > over the WiFi connection. (I don't have wired internet at my home.) > > After install, everything is fine, except I ca

Re: comparing password managers in Debian, synchronizing on multiple devices

2016-10-25 Thread Ben Finney
deloptes writes: > The idea to upload encrypted password on some cloud service is scary Then don't upload it to a cloud service :-) Instead, upload it to a specific host, one that you can make an informed trust decision about. > Passwords are usually kept in a safe place. Yes. Do you consider

Re: bash NEWBIE I/O and I/O redirection problems

2016-10-25 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i agree with what der.hans advised. With long running programs and the risk that they get aborted by Ctrl+C, i would also advise "tee" option -i. It makes sure that all output gets written to the file before "tee" aborts. ... | tee -a -i ~/my_logfile As long as the logfile path is a singl

[no subject]

2016-10-25 Thread Alan Hutchinson
-- Alan Hutchinson Hi people just a small note to tell you that, I am having a problem in Debian 8 Jessie ,I have bean trying to run cups.service and it just wont run, when using system d, and I type systemctl start cups.service, I get the error Process:400 Execstart=/usr/sbin/cupsd -f (code=kill