Re: Debian 9.0.0 iso

On Wed, 2017-06-21 at 07:43 +0300, Dalios wrote: > On 06/21/2017 06:35 AM, sare...@att.net wrote: > > The full version of Debian 9.0.0 iso will not install from a flash > > drive. It boots > > into the live desktop with no option to install to hard drive. The > > CD version will > > install. The on

Superblock last write time is in the future.

Since a fresh install from Debian 8 to 9, this started to happen. Looking in to the matter, I've found this so far. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=755722 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=767040 Looking over the net people with other Linux had the same issue, b

Re: Debian 9.0.0 iso

On 06/21/2017 06:35 AM, sare...@att.net wrote: > The full version of Debian 9.0.0 iso will not install from a flash drive. It > boots > into the live desktop with no option to install to hard drive. The CD version > will > install. The one from the flash drive looks for a CD after choosing the >

Re: [Stretch]Typing ""clear" on terminal restricts the scrollback to only a screenful

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 3:26 AM, Larry Dighera wrote: > Try: tput clear Right. My bad! I already did that. But I have always considered `clear` and `tput clear` to be the same so I didn't mention it before. Anyways I got exactly same behavior with `tput clear`. -- Avinash Sonawane (rootKea) PI

Debian 9.0.0 iso

The full version of Debian 9.0.0 iso will not install from a flash drive. It boots into the live desktop with no option to install to hard drive. The CD version will install. The one from the flash drive looks for a CD after choosing the language and keyboard language. What is wrong with your is

Re: how to hibernate?

On Tue, 20 Jun 2017 23:38:18 +0200 Stanislaw Findeisen wrote: > Hi folks > > What is the way to go with hibernate on a laptop? I have tried uswsusp: > https://packages.debian.org/stretch/uswsusp , and the s2both command > (copy image to RAM+disk, power off) works like a dream, but somehow > encr

Re: stretch

For all it is worth, after seeing an explosion of stretch related problems, I have to say that in my experience with LXDE there has been no difference between my pre-Saturday 17/6/17 experience and my post Sunday 18/6/17 experience. Despite of what is commonly advised here, I switched my Sid inst

Re: pdf file is not read correctly

Brian is very knowledgeable in many areas but unless your request meets Brian's specifications all you will get from him is criticism on how the request was placed. If you don't believe me check the archives of the list for this Brian-bot! Original Message Subject: pdf file is n

Re: One problem identified - was [Re: ARandR problems: Bug or opderator?]

On 06/20/2017 05:14 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 06/18/2017 05:45 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 06/17/2017 03:02 PM, Curt wrote: On 2017-06-17, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm using Debian Testing on a Lenovo T510 Thinkpad whose screen is too small and is in the "short and wide" category. I prefer m

Re: pdf file is not read correctly

On Tue 20 Jun 2017 at 21:38:25 +0200, Yvan Masson wrote: > First, please avoid written your emails in bold with a huge font, it is > very annoying to read (this is probably the reason why you did no > receive any answer). No previous responses? Perhaps the mails had fonts too small for you to see

Re: One problem identified - was [Re: ARandR problems: Bug or opderator?]

Richard Owlett composed on 2017-06-20 07:14 (UTC-0500): > How can I force it to always come up with the VGA monitor as primary? . If you are interested, might like to try to create an xorg.conf that will do what you want. In order to make such attempt I will need: 1-to see an unadulterated[1] Xor

Re: [Stretch]Typing ""clear" on terminal restricts the scrollback to only a screenful

On Tue, 20 Jun 2017 17:20:25 +0530, you wrote: >Any pointers? Try: tput clear

how to hibernate?

Hi folks What is the way to go with hibernate on a laptop? I have tried uswsusp: https://packages.debian.org/stretch/uswsusp , and the s2both command (copy image to RAM+disk, power off) works like a dream, but somehow encrypt=y option in /etc/uswsusp.conf is ignored (no password on hibernate nor r

Re: One problem identified - was [Re: ARandR problems: Bug or opderator?]

On 20/06/17 21:21, Richard Owlett wrote: On 06/20/2017 02:06 PM, JPlews wrote: On 20/06/17 13:14, Richard Owlett wrote: I had understood ARandR would use it automatically. It evidently doesn't. This is my experience too, including some of the randomness, after reboots the DE is setting things

Re: One problem identified - was [Re: ARandR problems: Bug or opderator?]

On 06/20/2017 02:41 PM, deloptes wrote: I've identified one problem source. At least sometimes after a power off shut down it comes up with the laptop display selected as primary. How can I force it to always come up with the VGA monitor as primary? I created /home/richard/.screenlayout/VGA-a

Re: One problem identified - was [Re: ARandR problems: Bug or opderator?]

On 06/20/2017 02:06 PM, JPlews wrote: On 20/06/17 13:14, Richard Owlett wrote: I had understood ARandR would use it automatically. It evidently doesn't. This is my experience too, including some of the randomness, after reboots the DE is setting things, I find Gnome really weak in this area.

Re: 3G-Internet-band width - load balancing not working proper in Stretch

On 17/06/17 16:12, Zei Ha gmx.net wrote: Hello, I'm using Stretch for a long time now on an amd64-PC together with a 3G-Internet-Modem-Stick. The behaviour how Stretch handles the band width and does load balancing between different applications is simply disastrous! For example: if I download l

Re: pdf file is not read correctly

Hi, First, please avoid written your emails in bold with a huge font, it is very annoying to read (this is probably the reason why you did no receive any answer). Le 20/06/2017 à 10:19, Abdelkader Belahcene a écrit : > *Hi everybody, > * > * > Strange, until today, I believed that a pdf file writ

Re: pdf file is not read correctly

On Tue, 20 Jun 2017 09:19:16 +0100 Abdelkader Belahcene wrote: > *Hi everybody,* > > > > *Strange, until today, I believed that a pdf file written in any > language can be read by a pdf reader, since it is binary !! For > example evince, and not I was wrong !!The following file is a pdf > file

Re: One problem identified - was [Re: ARandR problems: Bug or opderator?]

> > I've identified one problem source. > At least sometimes after a power off shut down it comes up with the > laptop display selected as primary. > How can I force it to always come up with the VGA monitor as primary? > > I created /home/richard/.screenlayout/VGA-as-master.sh with preferred >

Re: One problem identified - was [Re: ARandR problems: Bug or opderator?]

On 20/06/17 13:14, Richard Owlett wrote: I had understood ARandR would use it automatically. It evidently doesn't. This is my experience too, including some of the randomness, after reboots the DE is setting things, I find Gnome really weak in this area. The window oddness you describe remin

Re: [Stretch] startx: /bin/sh: 0: Can't open /usr/bin/X; xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused

On Mon 19 Jun 2017 at 14:43:08 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Greg Wooledge composed on 2017-06-19 11:05 (UTC-0400): > > > On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 11:00:32AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > . > >> I have a dozen machines with Stretch installed, most with Jessie and/or > >> Sid as > >> well. Only Stretc

Re: Record audio streaming?

Siard writes: > Rodolfo Medina: >> Siard writes: >> > You can use Firefox and install the Video DownloadHelper extension. >> > Despite the word 'Video' in its name, it saves the audio file as an >> > mp3. >> >> Thanks, interesting... Does it save videos as well? > > Obviously. Have a look at th

Re: [solved] Re: Setting up aliases to work also in tty* consoles?

Greg Wooledge writes: > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 05:32:09PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> Greg Wooledge writes: >> > Once more, from the top: >> > >> > 1) ~/.bash_profile should source ~/.bashrc >> > 2) Shell functions and aliases and shopts and sets and other transient >> >settings should

Re: pdf file is not read correctly

On Tue 20 Jun 2017 at 09:19:16 +0100, Abdelkader Belahcene wrote: > *Strange, until today, I believed that a pdf file written in any language > can be read by a pdf reader, since it is binary !! For example evince, and > not I was wrong !!The following file is a pdf file in Arabic, it is read > co

Re: new computer and now missing firmware

On Tue 20 Jun 2017 at 18:09:33 +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: > Georgi Naplatanov writes: > > > try to install : > > > > firmware-linux > > firmware-misc-nonfree > > firmware-realtek > > intel-microcode > > > > HTH > > Thanks Georgi for this. > > Since I've installed them its stopped showing that

Re: new computer and now missing firmware

Georgi Naplatanov writes: > On 06/18/2017 11:51 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> I've just got a new computer and I'm finding that something isn't >> loading due to missing driver/s. >> >> Logwatch shows this - >> >> --8<---cut here---start->8--- >> WARNING:

Re: Record audio streaming?

Rodolfo Medina: > Siard writes: > > You can use Firefox and install the Video DownloadHelper extension. > > Despite the word 'Video' in its name, it saves the audio file as an > > mp3. > > Thanks, interesting... Does it save videos as well? Obviously. Have a look at this: https://addons.mozilla.

Re: [solved] Re: Setting up aliases to work also in tty* consoles?

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 05:32:09PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Greg Wooledge writes: > > Once more, from the top: > > > > 1) ~/.bash_profile should source ~/.bashrc > > 2) Shell functions and aliases and shopts and sets and other transient > >settings should go in ~/.bashrc > > 3) Environme

Re: [solved] Re: Setting up aliases to work also in tty* consoles?

Greg Wooledge writes: > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 04:43:25PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> According to what you say, I solved my problem by putting my aliases in >> ~/.bash_profile rather than in ~/.bash_aliases. I don't know if it's >> correct, but it works. > > It's not correct, because that

Re: cifs boot time mounts fail after ugrading to Stretch

Wow Greg, youre awesome ! Le 20/06/2017 à 14:10, Greg Wooledge a écrit : > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 10:00:14AM +0200, g...@posteurs.com wrote: >> The problem is that systemd does not wait for DHCP addresses to be >> obtained. >> Being new to systemd I could not succeed in finding the right parame

Re: [solved] Re: Setting up aliases to work also in tty* consoles?

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 04:43:25PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > According to what you say, I solved my problem by putting my aliases in > ~/.bash_profile rather than in ~/.bash_aliases. I don't know if it's correct, > but it works. It's not correct, because that file WON'T be read by regular sh

[solved] Re: Setting up aliases to work also in tty* consoles?

Greg Wooledge writes: > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 04:06:24PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> I settle down permamnent bash aliases by simply putting them in the file >> ~/.bash_aliases; but they only work within X environment. Is it possible, >> and how?, to make them work also in tty1, tty2, ...,

Re: Setting up aliases to work also in tty* consoles?

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 11:36:17AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Greg Wooledge composed on 2017-06-20 11:14 (UTC-0400): > > When you run a terminal emulator within an X session, you *typically* > > get a non-login shell, which reads ~/.bashrc only. > . > Interesting. Which WM(s)/DE(s) do/does that ap

Re: Setting up aliases to work also in tty* consoles?

Greg Wooledge composed on 2017-06-20 11:14 (UTC-0400): > When you login on a text console, you get a login shell, which reads > ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login or ~/.profile but not ~/.bashrc. > (Which is why you need that extra source step.) > When you run a terminal emulator within an X sessio

Re: What mirrors serve upgraded package version? (firefox-esr 52.2.0esr-1~deb8u1)

On Tue 20/Jun/2017 14:14:56 +0200 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 10:38:05AM +0200, Alessandro Vesely wrote: >> root@pcale:~# apt-cache policy firefox-esr >> firefox-esr: >> Installed: 45.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 >> Candidate: 45.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 >> Version table: >> *** 45.9.0esr-1~deb

Re: Record audio streaming?

Siard writes: > Rodolfo Medina: >> Here: >> >> http://www.radio3.rai.it/dl/portaleRadio/media/ContentItem-ee5e755e-200b-4133-9a9b-da491982bf01.html >> >> you listen to a Liszt's ballad. I wonder if and how it is possible to >> download it and/or copy it to a file. Any hint...? > > You can use

Re: Record audio streaming?

Bruce Gates writes: > Just adding my 2 cents here... > > Can you use Audacity to record the audio as it's playing through your > computer? Just use the "stereo mix" input... > > That is, assuming more sophisticated fixes don't do the trick... Thanks... Rodolfo

Re: Record audio streaming?

david...@freevolt.org writes: > On Sun, 18 Jun 2017, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> Here: >> >> http://www.radio3.rai.it/dl/portaleRadio/media/ContentItem-ee5e755e-200b-4133-9a9b-da491982bf01.html >> >> you listen to a Liszt's ballad. I wonder if and how it is possible to >> download >>

Re: Setting up aliases to work also in tty* consoles?

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 04:06:24PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I settle down permamnent bash aliases by simply putting them in the file > ~/.bash_aliases; but they only work within X environment. Is it possible, and > how?, to make them work also in tty1, tty2, ..., i.e. out of graphical > surr

Setting up aliases to work also in tty* consoles?

Hi all. I settle down permamnent bash aliases by simply putting them in the file ~/.bash_aliases; but they only work within X environment. Is it possible, and how?, to make them work also in tty1, tty2, ..., i.e. out of graphical surround? Thanks for any help, Rodolfo

[solved] Re: Record audio streaming?

Curt writes: > http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_recording_computer_playback_on_linux.html Audacity does the job. Another way, that I prefer, is with command line. I found it here: https://superuser.com/questions/597227/linux-arecord-capture-sound-card-output-rather-than-microphon

Status Re: Installing Stretch/Testing with absolute minimal bandwith useage

On 06/13/2017 09:20 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I am running Stretch that was fully updated/upgraded less than a week ago. I have the flash drive used to do the original install of Stretch. I have not _intentionally_ purged any files from cache. I wish to install Stretch on two additional machines

Re: Debian Stretch: Problems with installation - computer froze

Hi, had similar problem with debian9. After basic installation I installed serveral services und system haltet while running apt-get install. We're running debian as virtual machines on ESX 6.5. So, I've figured out, when you install a brand new Server together with ESX6.5 mode and vmxnet3 n

Re: Missing "kernel-package" in stretch

On Ter, 20 Jun 2017, Karsten Wemheuer wrote: thanks for Your answer. If I understand You correctly, the package would not be available in "stretch". How should I build a custom kernel in stretch without this package? If you really want to use the package instead of the upstream make target, y

One problem identified - was [Re: ARandR problems: Bug or opderator?]

On 06/18/2017 05:45 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 06/17/2017 03:02 PM, Curt wrote: On 2017-06-17, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm using Debian Testing on a Lenovo T510 Thinkpad whose screen is too small and is in the "short and wide" category. I prefer my 17" diagonal external with a nominal 4:3 aspe

Re: What mirrors serve upgraded package version? (firefox-esr 52.2.0esr-1~deb8u1)

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 10:38:05AM +0200, Alessandro Vesely wrote: > root@pcale:~# apt-cache policy firefox-esr > firefox-esr: > Installed: 45.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 > Candidate: 45.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 > Version table: > *** 45.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 0 > 500 http://debian.fastweb.it/debian/ jessie/mai

Re: cifs boot time mounts fail after ugrading to Stretch

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 10:00:14AM +0200, g...@posteurs.com wrote: > The problem is that systemd does not wait for DHCP addresses to be > obtained. > Being new to systemd I could not succeed in finding the right parameters > and dependencies in order to have the mounts wait till we have an IP >

[Stretch]Typing ""clear" on terminal restricts the scrollback to only a screenful

Hello I just upgraded to Stretch from Jessie and I'm experiencing this weird issue with xfce4-terminal. Whenever I type "clear" on terminal it clears the terminal (that's expected!) *but* now I can scrollback only a screenful. Earlier text n terminal is just can't be scrollbacked to. Here are the

Re: Re: Re: Missing "kernel-package" in stretch

Hi Darac, thanks again. I wasn't aware of the new target "make deb-pkg". Best regards, Karsten

Re: Missing "kernel-package" in stretch

On 2017-06-20 11:26 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 12:05:01PM +0200, Karsten Wemheuer wrote: >>Hi Darac, >> >>> It's a bug. The package tracker page for kernel-package >>> states that  >>> the package was removed from strech bec

Re: Re: Missing "kernel-package" in stretch

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 12:05:01PM +0200, Karsten Wemheuer wrote: Hi Darac, It's a bug. The package tracker page for kernel-package states that  the package was removed from strech because the new version  introduced a new, serious-level bug: #848

Re: Re: Missing "kernel-package" in stretch

Hi Darac, > It's a bug. The package tracker page for kernel-package > states that  > the package was removed from strech because the new version  > introduced a new, serious-level bug: #848066. The bug was not fixed > in time for the release, so the

Re: Bluray Debian ISOs: Which app(s) burns bluray images?

On Mon, 19 Jun 2017, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, Alan Ianson wrote: I always use a USB drive nowadays Good point: https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#write-usb I should have mentioned the CD/DVD/BD burn item in the FAQ too: https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#record-unix but when I did, I used K3b

Re: Missing "kernel-package" in stretch

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 10:26:26AM +0200, Karsten Wemheuer wrote: Hi *, I just want to do some tests with kernels in "stretch" and therefore was looking for packet "kernel-package". But  apt install kernel-package leads to  E: Package 'kernel-package' has no installation candida

Re: stretch

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 05:11:41PM +, Glenn English wrote: An install with the apt-get method left XFCE with no screensaver and no screensaver module in the settings. That was a problem because somebody thought there was and tried to turn it on. The screen went black and I had to reboot the m

What mirrors serve upgraded package version? (firefox-esr 52.2.0esr-1~deb8u1)

Hi all! https://packages.debian.org/jessie/firefox-esr says version 52.2.0esr-1~deb8u1 However, after running apt-get update, I get root@pcale:~# apt-cache policy firefox-esr firefox-esr: Installed: 45.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 Candidate: 45.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 Version table: *** 45.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 0

Missing "kernel-package" in stretch

Hi *, I just want to do some tests with kernels in "stretch" and therefore was looking for packet "kernel-package". But  apt install kernel-package leads to  E: Package 'kernel-package' has no installation candidate Is this a bug or is kernel building in stretch different to jess

pdf file is not read correctly

*Hi everybody,* *Strange, until today, I believed that a pdf file written in any language can be read by a pdf reader, since it is binary !! For example evince, and not I was wrong !!The following file is a pdf file in Arabic, it is read correctly under windows by acrobat reader, but not with ev

Re: cifs boot time mounts fail after ugrading to Stretch

Le 2017-06-18 19:30, Guy Marcenac a écrit : Hello, I just upgraded from jesie to stretch, and everything went fine. Except my network mounts from fstab fail at boot time. If I # mount -a from the prompt it works. I tried by adding one of the mounts as a systemd mount unit, and it fails too.