Re: Can "PulseAudio Volume Control" devs be redeemed?

2017-07-23 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 23.07.17 22:00, Martin Read wrote: > There seem to be some other changes to the upstream glade file between > version 2.0 and version 3.0, which have some indirect effect on the window > geometry. Both versions have a nominal default width of 500, yet in the > version in Debian 8 the window woul

Re: Installed Stretch, but no command line

2017-07-23 Thread Felix Miata
Ken Heard composed on 2017-07-23 23:20 (UTC-0400): > All your suggestions require that I be able to boot the computer and > log on as root from a tty, but as already explained I cannot do that. > For rescue mode I need access to the original /etc directory. I > looked for a way to do that but co

Re: Installed Stretch, but no command line

2017-07-23 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2017-07-23 19:08, Felix Miata wrote: > Ken Heard composed on 2017-07-23 18:25 (UTC-0400): > >> Felix Miata wrote: > >>> Ken Heard composed on 2017-07-23 12:21 (UTC-0400): > Ctrl-alt-F1 shows the blank screen which appears at the end of

Re: video driver - new thread

2017-07-23 Thread Felix Miata
D. R. Evans composed on 2017-07-23 17:52 (UTC-0600): > D. R. Evans wrote: >> I am 99+% sure that the proprietary driver is being used, because the screen >> looks quite different during the boot sequence, and slightly different once I > I have discovered that if I open a console after switching

Re: video driver - new thread

2017-07-23 Thread David Wright
On Sun 23 Jul 2017 at 17:52:19 (-0600), D. R. Evans wrote: > D. R. Evans wrote on 07/22/2017 11:48 AM: > > > I am 99+% sure that the proprietary driver is being used, because the screen > > looks quite different during the boot sequence, and slightly different once > > I > > I have discovered th

Re: dovecot-sieve upgrade overwrote configuration

2017-07-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 23 July 2017 17:10:14 deb...@respiranto.de wrote: > Hi, > > I use unattended-upgrades in order to keep my Debian stretch server up > to date. > > This morning, an update for dovecot-sieve was installed among others. > Previously, I had modified /etc/dovecot/conf.d/90-sieve.conf. During >

Re: video driver - new thread

2017-07-23 Thread D. R. Evans
D. R. Evans wrote on 07/22/2017 11:48 AM: > I am 99+% sure that the proprietary driver is being used, because the screen > looks quite different during the boot sequence, and slightly different once I I have discovered that if I open a console after switching to the NVIDIA driver, the text is hug

Re: Installed Stretch, but no command line

2017-07-23 Thread Felix Miata
Ken Heard composed on 2017-07-23 18:25 (UTC-0400): > Felix Miata wrote: >> Ken Heard composed on 2017-07-23 12:21 (UTC-0400): >>> Ctrl-alt-F1 shows the blank screen which appears at the end of >>> the boot. I think the problem is that what appears on opening >>> tty2 to tty5 should appear in tt

Re: debian 6 download)

2017-07-23 Thread Fungi4All
> From: go...@oles.biz > On 07/23/2017 05:21 AM, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: >> On 07/23/2017 05:04 AM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: >>> On 23/07/17 04:56, arshad mahmood wrote: Hi do you know how I can down load debian 6 server is free to download load or will I need to buy it through a vendor

Re: Installed Stretch, but no command line

2017-07-23 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2017-07-23 16:12, Felix Miata wrote: > Ken Heard composed on 2017-07-23 12:21 (UTC-0400): > >> Ctrl-alt-F1 shows the blank screen which appears at the end of >> the boot. I think the problem is that what appears on opening >> tty2 to tty5 should a

Re: debian 6 download)

2017-07-23 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 07/23/2017 05:21 AM, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: > On 07/23/2017 05:04 AM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: >> On 23/07/17 04:56, arshad mahmood wrote: >>> Hi do you know how I can down load debian 6 server is free to download >>> load or will I need to buy it through a vendor regards >> >> Debian 6 (squ

dovecot-sieve upgrade overwrote configuration

2017-07-23 Thread deb023
Hi, I use unattended-upgrades in order to keep my Debian stretch server up to date. This morning, an update for dovecot-sieve was installed among others. Previously, I had modified /etc/dovecot/conf.d/90-sieve.conf. During the update, the file was simply overridden by the (probably new) default c

Re: Firewalld

2017-07-23 Thread Tom Browder
On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 14:17 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sun, 23 Jul 2017 17:29:54 + > Tom Browder wrote: > > > Webmin uses firewalld to manage firewalls. Is there any reason not to use > > webmin for my servers' firewall management? > > I'll bite. > > First things first, CVE-2016-5410

Re: Can "PulseAudio Volume Control" devs be redeemed?

2017-07-23 Thread Martin Read
On 23/07/17 16:48, Curt wrote: Except that the default 500x400 geometry is the same in Jessie and Wheezy and seems sufficient since nobody appears to be having any problems seeing all 5 tabs but Erik. There seem to be some other changes to the upstream glade file between version 2.0 and versio

Re: Installed Stretch, but no command line

2017-07-23 Thread Felix Miata
Ken Heard composed on 2017-07-23 12:21 (UTC-0400): > Ctrl-alt-F1 shows the blank screen which appears at the end of the > boot. I think the problem is that what appears on opening tty2 to > tty5 should appear in tty1 but for some reason does not -- instead the > blank screen. /etc/systemd/system

Re: Firewalld

2017-07-23 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sun, 23 Jul 2017 17:29:54 + Tom Browder wrote: > Webmin uses firewalld to manage firewalls. Is there any reason not to use > webmin for my servers' firewall management? I'll bite. First things first, CVE-2016-5410 and [1]. [1] comes with this beautiful tag attached: Upstrea

Re: cups

2017-07-23 Thread Pol Hallen
Hi Brian >For the testing client, post the output of >lpoptions -p e460dn lpoptions -p E460DN.fuckaround.org copies=1 device-uri=ipp://10.10.10.1/printers/E460DN finishings=3 job-cancel-after=10800 job-hold-until=no-hold job-priority=50 job-sheets=none,none marker-change-time=1500823547 marke

Re: how to make sure that gnome check available updates to system

2017-07-23 Thread Dejan Jocic
On 23-07-17, Karol Szkudlarek wrote: > Hello, > I am using GNOME and Debian 9 on my laptop and in the software-properties-gtk > program I selected daily updates and display message immediately. > Laptop is used dual boot mode and I would like to be sure (for security > reasons) that Gnome checks

how to make sure that gnome check available updates to system

2017-07-23 Thread Karol Szkudlarek
Hello, I am using GNOME and Debian 9 on my laptop and in the software-properties-gtk program I selected daily updates and display message immediately. Laptop is used dual boot mode and I would like to be sure (for security reasons) that Gnome checks automatic available updates properly. Is it som

Intel Skylake/Kaby Lake Hyper-threading bug update

2017-07-23 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
TL;DR: Intel has issued public microcode updates in 2017-07-07, fixing the hyper-threading errata on every affected processor. These updates have been included in the stable and oldstable point releases from 2017-07-22. The microcode updates in the "intel-microcode" packages with the base version

Firewalld

2017-07-23 Thread Tom Browder
Webmin uses firewalld to manage firewalls. Is there any reason not to use webmin for my servers' firewall management? Thanks. -Tom

Epson iScan Tool for Stretch (PATCH)

2017-07-23 Thread deloptes
In case someone is interested. Here is a patch for Epson's iScan for Stretch (libjpeg and libpng16) http://deloptes.org/patches/iscan-2.30.3.debian9.patch regards

Re: Installed Stretch, but no command line

2017-07-23 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2017-07-23 07:43, songbird wrote: > Ken Heard wrote: >> >> Just finished installing Stretch, using a RAID1, LVM and >> encryption for home (passkey) and swap (random key). It is at >> the moment a basic installation with X-server-Xorg, but no DE >

Re: cups

2017-07-23 Thread Brian
On Sat 22 Jul 2017 at 14:55:19 +0200, Pol Hallen wrote: > Hello and thanks to all :) > > >Impossible to say in your situation without knowing the printer make > it's a lexmark e460dn: I tried also ppd from lexmark website and many from > foomatic, etc > I tried the ppd from a debian stable instal

Re: Random hanging with stretch when laptop is connected to AC

2017-07-23 Thread Bas Zoutendijk
Dear Debian Users, On Thu 20 Jul 2017 at 10:43:15 +0200, Sebastiaan L. Zoutendijk wrote: > Since I upgraded from jessie to stretch at the start of this month, I am > experiencing random hangs when my laptop (Clevo W950JU barebone) is connected > to AC. The screen freezes and if sound was playing

Re: Can "PulseAudio Volume Control" devs be redeemed?

2017-07-23 Thread Curt
On 2017-07-23, Curt wrote: > > I took the scientific route and downloaded the deb for Stretch > (amd64, my particular sauce) and unpacked it (dpkg -x > pavucontrol_3.0-3.1_amd64.deb _directory_) and indeed the default > geometry for the window is set in pavucontrol.glade at 500x400 > (width/height

Re: Can "PulseAudio Volume Control" devs be redeemed?

2017-07-23 Thread Curt
On 2017-07-23, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 7/22/17, Curt wrote: >> On 2017-07-22, Ric Moore wrote: >>> On 07/22/2017 12:51 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: >>> There is no rational explanation for failing to make all 5 tabs visible. >>> >>> No idea what your problem is, I have always been able

Re: Distro redeemable with this fix. [Was: Can "PulseAudio Volume Control" devs be redeemed?]

2017-07-23 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 7/23/17, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 23.07.17 13:33, Martin Read wrote: >> The shared data file describing the default window structure of >> pavucontrol >> is /usr/share/pavucontrol/pavucontrol.glade. The corresponding file in >> the >> pavucontrol-2.0 (found in Debian jessie) and pavucontro

Re: Can "PulseAudio Volume Control" devs be redeemed?

2017-07-23 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 7/22/17, Curt wrote: > On 2017-07-22, Ric Moore wrote: >> On 07/22/2017 12:51 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: >> >>> There is no rational explanation for failing to make all 5 tabs visible. >> >> No idea what your problem is, I have always been able to see the tabs. >> Ric >> > > Me neither. I've

(solved) Re: how to let a user use X window

2017-07-23 Thread Long Wind
Thank Eduardo M KALINOWSKI! I enter startx and can start X window now. On 7/23/17, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > Reading the release notes is always a good idea before updating the > version (be it with an in-place upgrade or new install). > > Could be related to this: > > https://www.debian.o

Distro redeemable with this fix. [Was: Can "PulseAudio Volume Control" devs be redeemed?]

2017-07-23 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 23.07.17 13:33, Martin Read wrote: > The shared data file describing the default window structure of pavucontrol > is /usr/share/pavucontrol/pavucontrol.glade. The corresponding file in the > pavucontrol-2.0 (found in Debian jessie) and pavucontrol-3.0 (found in > Debian stretch) source trees as

Re: Bind 9: consequences of completely removind all bind9 packages on jessie and stretch)?

2017-07-23 Thread Tom Browder
On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 07:13 Lck Ras wrote: > On 07/23/2017 08:55 PM, Tom Browder wrote: > > I would like to remove all bind9 packages from servers running bind9 > > and install the latest bind9 from source. > > > > Two questions, please: > > > > 1. Will there be any adverse consequences from t

Re: Can "PulseAudio Volume Control" devs be redeemed?

2017-07-23 Thread Martin Read
On 22/07/17 13:20, Erik Christiansen wrote: What we need to do is examine whether the Debian 9.0.0 distro-smith last had it shrunken, and it is therefore in that condition in the distro. If we knew what config file contains the menu gumpf, that could perhaps be revealed, and minimise the need for

Re: (solved)Re: why network install so slow?

2017-07-23 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 7/23/17, Long Wind wrote: > china upgrade firewall > > i change to ftp.cn.debian.org, it's very quick > > it's china's government > it's president xi That's good you were able to fix it. A country's government interfering actually did cross my mind. We're an international list here. We never

Re: Hibernate in stretch

2017-07-23 Thread solitone
On Sunday, 23 July 2017 09:30:30 CEST Hans wrote: > I do not want to mourne or cause any anger, and I do not expect it to be > fixed at all. Remember, people do this in theire spare and free time, so we > cannot expect, to be it fixed at all. Well, great things have been developed in this spare an

Bind 9: consequences of completely removind all bind9 packages on jessie and stretch)?

2017-07-23 Thread Tom Browder
I would like to remove all bind9 packages from servers running bind9 and install the latest bind9 from source. Two questions, please: 1. Will there be any adverse consequences from the substitution if I install with --prefix=/usr/local? 2. Same question as 1 but for installation into --prefix=

Re: Installed Stretch, but no command line

2017-07-23 Thread songbird
Ken Heard wrote: > > Just finished installing Stretch, using a RAID1, LVM and encryotion > for home (passkey) and . It is ant the moment a basic installation > with X-server-Xorg, but no DE yet. if you use the control-alt F1 - F? sequence do you get a login prompt? (check F7 and F8 too) > As

Re: how to let a user use X window

2017-07-23 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 23-07-2017 07:17, Long Wind wrote: > only root can use X window in stretch?? > > how to let user use it? Reading the release notes is always a good idea before updating the version (be it with an in-place upgrade or new install). Could be related to this: https://www.debian.org/releases/stabl

Re: how to let a user use X window

2017-07-23 Thread Long Wind
i log in as root and root can start X window On 7/23/17, Jude DaShiell wrote: > x11-fonts may not be on your system yet. adding that package may make > X11 happier. At a guess I think what happened here is because X11 is > missing its fonts first it generates many warnings and eventually > gene

Re: how to let a user use X window

2017-07-23 Thread Jude DaShiell
x11-fonts may not be on your system yet. adding that package may make X11 happier. At a guess I think what happened here is because X11 is missing its fonts first it generates many warnings and eventually generates a fatal error. If you use grep to search log files for fatal and error and wa

how to let a user use X window

2017-07-23 Thread Long Wind
only root can use X window in stretch?? how to let user use it? below is X log: [ 1548.947] X.Org X Server 1.19.2 Release Date: 2017-03-02 [ 1548.947] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 [ 1548.947] Build Operating System: Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64 i686 Debian [ 1548.948] Current Operating System: L

(solved)Re: why network install so slow?

2017-07-23 Thread Long Wind
china upgrade firewall i change to ftp.cn.debian.org, it's very quick it's china's government it's president xi

Re: why network install so slow?

2017-07-23 Thread Long Wind
i try ftp.jp.debian.org,it is close to me the same thing happen it is slow i am afraid china's firewall cause it it can filter Packages easily but with binary data, it is not so easy government's firewall is very advanced

Re: Hibernate in stretch

2017-07-23 Thread Joe
On Sun, 23 Jul 2017 09:30:30 +0200 Hans wrote: > Am Sonntag, 23. Juli 2017, 09:15:56 CEST schrieb solitone: > Please note, hibernate is broken since over more than 6 moths. > After upgrading to stretch it got worse. Before upgrade, hibernating > worked half, it hibernated, but resume crashed (aft

Filesystem corruption caused by RAID1 rebuild?

2017-07-23 Thread Reiner Bühl
I am currently trying to rebuild a RAID1 where one of the disks was marked failed due to a power issue. I have re-added the disk like I had done before when replacing other failed raid disks, but in this case, once the raid rebuild starts, I start getting filesystem errors and the filesystem gets

Where to get Debian 6?

2017-07-23 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 04:56:05PM +, arshad mahmood wrote: > Hi do you know how I can down load debian 6 server is free > to download load or will I need to buy it through a vendor > regards Hi, Mahmood Debian is free software: this means you c

Re: Hibernate in stretch

2017-07-23 Thread Hans
Am Sonntag, 23. Juli 2017, 09:15:56 CEST schrieb solitone: Please note, hibernate is broken since over more than 6 moths. After upgrading to stretch it got worse. Before upgrade, hibernating worked half, it hibernated, but resume crashed (after loading the image from swap- partition, the computer

Re: Hibernate in stretch

2017-07-23 Thread solitone
On Sunday, 23 July 2017 08:58:41 CEST solitone wrote: > I'll file a new bug on bugs.freedesktop.org, since there are no open bugs on > that. https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101884 -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁Sent from my brain using neurons fueled by glucose. ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ ⠈⠳⣄