Re: Buster install

Curt Howland writes: > I know some kinks will work out, but seriously, /sbin is not in root's > path by default? /sbin is in root's path by default. However Debian now uses a different implementation of `su` which no longer changes PATH by default: +--- | - new 'su' (with no args, i.e. when p

Re: Unreliable systemd user service

Aidan Gauland writes: > I have a user service for running xautolock that does not start on login > reliably, and I have no idea why, because there is no error message, > just an exit code of 1.  (Unit file and output of systemctl status > attached.)  Any suggestions on what to do next to troublesho

Re: libpam-ck-connector missing

Hans writes: > I am running denbian/testing and dicovered, that /var/log/auth.log is got > spammed with the message, that /lib/security/pam_ck_connector.so is missing. > > And yes, it is really missing. However, libpam-ck-connector can not be > installed (due to dependencies of systemd). pam_ck_

Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

Vipul writes: > I've been using Debian from couples of years but haven't contributed > yet back to community. I want to contribute to Debian by maintaining > packages and fixing bugs. Since I'm using Debian for work purpose also > so, I don't want to mess-up with my system by installing unstable >

Re: "missing pubkey" for buster-security

Harald Dunkel writes: > I am running a local mirror of the security.debian.org > repository for in-house use. It seems to be available for > Buster as well, except that there is an error message > > ERROR: Condition '7638D0442B90D010' not fulfilled for > '/var/www/official/lists/buster-security_bus

Re: A call to drop gnome as the default desktop

Keith Bainbridge writes: > I see the point that people who like gnome should be allowed to use it > - > so withdraw the drop gnome from debian. I believe the change to the > subject line will keep the discussion together. I'll re-send if it > opens a new topic. Why should GNOME not stay the defa

Re: A call to drop gnome

Gene Heskett writes: > On Tuesday 16 April 2019 13:32:38 Ansgar Burchardt wrote: >> Gene Heskett writes: >> > Where the heck in its confusing menu's can I find a tab supporting >> > terminal so I can get something done? Go ahead, find it, my coffee >> > n

Re: A call to drop gnome

Gene Heskett writes: > Where the heck in its confusing menu's can I find a tab supporting > terminal so I can get something done? Go ahead, find it, my coffee needs > to cool anyway.. You press the magic Super key, then type "Terminal" on the keyboard (or at least the beginning), then press Enter.

Re: GPG-Fehler mit debmirror und wheezy-proposed-updates

Todd Fleisher writes: > I’m seeing this as well and suspect it is due to the GPG sub-key > ADD6B7E2 having been revoked. I am not sure why this has been done, > perhaps ftpmaster can provide some context? ADD6B7E2 is an encryption subkey. As this is not used, it was revoked later (in 2014). New

Re: Expired GPG keys of older release

writes: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 10:37:19AM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: >> In theory, [allow-weak=yes] should work, but I haven't actually tested >> this. > > Since it seems that an archived Debian release is bound to have an > expired key, would you agree that it'd be useful to have an option >

Re: Removing libsystemd0 from a non-systemd system

David Griffith writes: > On Sun, 6 May 2018, The Wanderer wrote: >> On 2018-05-06 at 21:25, David Griffith wrote: >> >>> What's the point of allowing libsystemd0 to exist when systemd has >>> been purged? >> >> So that programs which interface with systemd can detect whether or not >> systemd is pr

Re: GPG key expiry questions?

Richard Hector writes: > On 14/03/18 15:50, likcoras wrote: >> You can change the expiry date of your own key, but for other people to >> be able to see it and avoid having your key show up as expired, you must >> publish the new (key? signature? not sure...) and others must fetch it >> before the

Re: Hash Sum mismatch in sid

matecs writes: > some corrupted index files hit the mirrors. > i've tried more, with the same results. > someone should take a look at it... [...] > E: Failed to fetch > store:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.at.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_non-free_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.xz > Hash Sum mismatch >

Re: Firefox Future and Config [WAS: Re: Password managers]

"Garreau, Alexandre" writes: > Wait, do you mean overriding password manager, and TreeStyleTabs will > certainly and definitely stop to work? TreeStyleTab is already ported to the new Web Extensions: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-tab/ It says "Compatible with Firefox

Re: Missing dedication file on mirrors (9.0.bn.txt)

Hi, Andre Rodier writes: > I am actually building custom CD images, with simple-cdd, but since > today, I am encountering errors that were not here Friday. > > Here the error: > > DEBUG downloading: > /tmp/seequestor/tmp/mirror/doc/dedication/dedication-9.0.bn.txt > > It seems this file is referen

Re: No ifconfig

Fungi4All writes: >> Never. Debian developers are not your lackeys. > > Unless you are willing to pay more than n s a sys tem d red hat and they can > become "your" lackeys. Could you take your crazy conspiracy theories somewhere else? I'm also very tempted to suggest contacting a mental health

Re: Yes you have standing to sue GRSecurity.

writes: > On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 12:35:55PM +, ni...@redchan.it wrote: >> haven't assigned your copyrights away then YOU OWN YOUR >> CONTRIBUTIONS. > > Uh, oh. Redchannel. > > While what you write is true (everyone should know by now that every > contributor has a right to sue, Harald Welte's

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

Erik Christiansen writes: > Aha, if the "PulseAudio Volume Control" window is manually widened, the > suppressed tabs become visible. Is it then the Debian 9.0.0 distro-smiths > who have set too small a window size in their LXDE menu item invocation? It seems to remember what size it was last star

Re: Replace systemd

David Griffith writes: > I'm aware of that technique. What I was talking about is a menu > option that pops up when the install is running that explicitly asks > the person installing which init to use. But there are far more urgent questions that don't get asked at install time either: 1. Which

Re: where to submit low security vulnerability in .profile?

Greg Wooledge writes: > On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 06:00:58PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote: >> Le primidi 1er messidor, an CCXXV, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh a écrit : >> > That said, no, it is not usually considered a security vulnerability, >> > because NOT using the full path to run commands such as

Re: Libvirt in Stretch?

Albin Otterhäll writes: > It seems that the package `libvirt-bin` has been deprecated in Stretch > (it isn't available via the repositories). I can't find any > documentation regarding virtualization using KVM in Stretch. > > What's the replacement for `libvirt-bin`? The libvirt-bin package in Deb

Re: Easiest Way to Mount an Image File

"Martin McCormick" writes: > sudo losetup /dev/loop0 /home/pgmaudio/2016-11-25-raspbian-jessie-lite.img [...] > sudo mount /dev/loop0 p2 /mnt > > The report is that it doesn't exist and ls /dev/loop0* only shows > the original loop0 loopback device. I looked through all of /dev > such as /dev/mappe

Re: Difference between LUKS drives with cryptsetup and Disks?

Ansgar Burchardt <"Ansgar Burchardt"@43-1.org> writes: > As you only want to manage a single partition, I would try to use the > 'filesystem-fstab' and 'encrypted-unlock-crypttab' actions which should > only apply to specific devices instead of the

Re: Difference between LUKS drives with cryptsetup and Disks?

Hi, Joerg Desch writes: > I've created a LUKS partition which I mount on demand. This partition was > created using cryptsetup. While mounting the partition, GNOME asks me > first for the passphrase and than for the "admin" password. > > A while ago, I've created a LUKS partition on an USB thumb d

Re: polickit rules - what wrong

Brian writes: > On Thu 20 Oct 2016 at 20:38:35 +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: >> Kamil Jońca writes: >> > I try to make >> > /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/49-nopasswd_limited.conf >> > which contains: >> > polkit.addRule(function(action, subj

Re: polickit rules - what wrong

Hi, Kamil Jońca writes: > I try to make > /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/49-nopasswd_limited.conf > which contains: > polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) { [ Javascript ] > }); > but no effect. > What do I wrong? Which version of policykit-1 do you have installed? In Debian, only t

Re: invoke-rc.d & systemd

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh writes: > On Sun, 07 Aug 2016, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: >> That might behave different than expected when current state of the >> daemon and the boot configuration differ: for example the sequence above > > It shouldn't, unless invoke-rc.d is b

Re: invoke-rc.d & systemd

Andre Majorel writes: > I'm working on a program to make changes to a daemon's > configuration file. The man page helpfully warns against doing > that without immediately restarting it. > > Do you think the following would work on any Debian system, > regardless of its current run level and choice

Re: update-rc.d creates unexpected sequence numbers

Hi, CN writes: > On Sun, May 15, 2016, at 10:05 PM, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: >> That doesn't look correct: unless you defined a "$postgresql" system >> facility (in /etc/insserv.conf), you should require "postgresql" and >> not "$postgresql"

Re: update-rc.d creates unexpected sequence numbers

Hi, CN writes: > /etc/init.d/my-program is correctly prepared with LSB header comments > like this: > > #!/bin/sh > ### BEGIN INIT INFO > # Provides: my-program > # Required-Start: $postgresql > # Required-Stop:$postgresql > # Default-Start:2 3 4 5 > # Default-St

Re: on-demand mounting of filesystems via Systemd (e.g. /backup)

Hi Andrew, Andrew McGlashan writes: > Sadly this software version of > cancer is planned to keep spreading. Could you please keep your cancer to lists where people are not expected to follow a minimal code of conduct[1]? I'm sure that you will find the Devuan mailing list to be a welcoming plac

Re: on-demand mounting of filesystems via Systemd (e.g. /backup)

Hi, Jonathan Dowland writes: > I just wrote a blog post about how to use Systemd to configure mount-on-demand > filesystems, e.g. /backup (in my case). This was triggered by recent news in > the UK that a major hosting provider had deleted all their customer VMs by > accident by issuing something

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Debian stretch hiberante hooks

Hi, kjo...@poczta.onet.pl (Kamil Jońca) writes: > I put file /etc/systemd/system/remote-umount.service > which contains: > [Unit] > Description=Umount remote cifs/sshfs filesystems > Before=suspend.target > Before=hibernate.target > Before=hybrid-sleep.target Just using "sleep.target" instead of

Re: Debian stretch hiberante hooks

Hi, kjo...@poczta.onet.pl (Kamil Jońca) writes: > There is laptop with "stretch/sid" on it. > I want umount all remote filesysems before suspending/hibernating it. > When google I found only solutions referring to pm-utils and > /etc/pm/sleep.d sripts. But this does not work for me. It looks like

Re: Can't connect to outside world using openbox

Hi, Francis Gerund writes: > The problem may be with dhcp, since xfce has no problem getting to the > outside world, but openbox refuses to go any further than localhost. > > So, does dhcp functionality need to be installed and/or set up > separately for openbox? > > And if so, how? What do you

Re: "systemd --user" not starting upon login

Pavel Volkov writes: > "systemd --user" instance is not autostarted here on Jessie when > logging remotely via SSH. Does the user manager get started when logging in locally? If not, make sure dbus and libpam-systemd are installed. If only ssh is the problem, make sure the PAM configuration for

Re: Trying to remove "architecture i386"

Sharon Kimble writes: > ╭ > │sudo dpkg --remove-architecture i386 > ╰ > > which failed saying - > > dpkg: error: cannot remove architecture 'i386' currently in use by the > database > > How then can I remove 'i386' please, or should I just cut my losses and > reinstall? Do you still hav

Re: Upgrade to Jessie lost all monitor resolutions except 1024x768

Marc Shapiro writes: > I decided, since this was just a test, to install systemd-sysv (which > should remove sysvinit-core) so that I could see if booting with > systemd would make a difference. But... > > I can't install systemd-sysv. I get the following: [...] > which suggests that it exists,

Re: Can't startx as normal user

"Draco Metallium(Rodrigo S. Cañibano)" writes: > No only root can run startx. If a user tries the following error appears: > > "(EE) AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0" The first error in the log you attached is: > [ 4203.010] (EE) systemd-logind: failed to get session: Rejected send > m

Re: SATA HD hotplug "Authentication is required"

Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI writes: >> > I have just added an eSATA outlet on my box; when I plug in a SATA >> > disk, it is visible in gparted, its label is displayed in the Places >> > column of PCManfm, but when I click on it I get an error >> > "Authentication is required". [...] > Thanks; I should h

Re: Starting systemd user services on boot on a Debian server

Fredrik Jonson writes: > Ansgar Burchardt wrote: >> Fredrik Jonson writes: >> > What is the recommended way to set up Systemd user services with Debian? >> Just run 'loginctl enable-linger [USER]' as root. > > Initially that didn't work... &

Re: systemd alternative for Jessie?

Hi, tom arnall writes: > i read the piece on installing without systemd. i get the feeling > that the bottom line of it is: good luck. or am i missing something? > On 10/13/15, Joel Rees wrote: >> I tend to be wandering around way out in left field a lot, but >> >> https://wiki.debian.org/syst

Re: Starting systemd user services on boot on a Debian server

Fredrik Jonson writes: > What is the recommended way to set up Systemd user services with Debian? [...] > AFAIU, to make this happen, I need to have a user Systemd instance started on > boot. How do I set up my Debian server to automatically start a user instance > for a regular user on boot to co

Re: Advertising and commercial services in free software

Hi, Lisi Reisz writes: > On Monday 05 October 2015 19:58:19 Timothy Hobbs wrote: >> Lately, I feel that this trust has been violated. Most notably, by the >> addition of advertisements to iceweasel's new tab page. >> http://timothy.hobbs.cz/iceweasel-ads.png See the "Booking.com" >> sponsored lin

Re: repo keys fail

Gene Heskett writes: > sudo apt-get update > ends with this: > W: Failed to fetch http://http.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/Release.gpg > Could not resolve 'http.debian.org' The mirror redirector was at "http.debian.net", but moved to "httpredir.debian.org". "http.debian.org" was never used. Up

Re: Compiling coreutils from source

Hi, Florian Pelgrim writes: > I would also be interested what this message means and if it can be > ignored or anything should be done: >> /home/vagrant/coreutils-8.23/src/whoami.c:85: warning: Using >> 'getpwuid' in statically linked applications requires at runtime the >> shared libraries from t

Re: debian 8 on a raspex raspberry pi2

Hi, Joe Zien writes: > I installed raspex on a raspberry pi2 which is using debian 8. > Only one problem, can't get sound working. Installed alsaplayer > and kmix but can't config to play a sound file. With RaspEX you mean http://raspex.exton.se/? That seems to be a mixture of (at least) Debia

Re: Install a package marked `debports'

Rodolfo Medina writes: > I wanted to install the kazehakase Debian package, but aptitude won't, in fact > this is my sources.list: The package was removed from Debian, see [1]. The "debports" entry on [2] refers to an (outdated) version of the package for the m64k architecture on Debian Ports[3]

Re: Systemd files on a Raspberry Pi

Dan Ritter writes: > People only complain about systemd being a cancer if they love > the Debian system otherwise. [...] > Remember that every time you tell people to go use something > else, you are saying that they are not valued members of the > community. I do indeed not consider people with

Re: Systemd files on a Raspberry Pi

Andrew McGlashan writes: > If it quacks like a duck, it's a duck, plain and simple. > > I absolutely agree with the post that systemd is a "cancer" And I think Debian can do fine without people who only contribute toxic behaviour. And yes, calling other projects a cancer is just that. Ansga

Re: Systemd files on a Raspberry Pi

chris writes: > systemd is a cancer that you should completely eradicate especially on a > system like that Please follow Debian's Code of Conduct[1] (or just basic manners) on Debian's mailing lists. Calling free software projects a "cancer" is not appropriate whether you like them or not. Ansg

Re: systemd equivalent

Bob Bernstein writes: > My initial question was _meant_ to be, simply: can this (ps ax|grep > ssh) be done, or approximated to, using sysctl? No, systemd is not supposed to replace standard system utilities. (Also sysctl is a completely unrelated tool to configure kernel parameters; the systemd u

Re: jessie: `evince`, `atril`, `okular` unable to open PDFs; "libtiff.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

On 05/20/2015 02:47 PM, Alexis wrote: > Sven Arvidsson writes: >> Do you have old versions of libraries lying around? Maybe things you >> compiled and installed yourself? > > i do[1]; but how can i find out which library is the one calling > libtiff4? E.g. do i need to make use of something like

Re: Iceape

Hi, On 03/11/2015 04:14 PM, Thomas H. George wrote: > Is iceape gone in Jessie? It got removed from everywhere some time ago due to no longer being security-supported. See the last four news entries on https://packages.qa.debian.org/i/iceape.html. > I am still using it regularly in Wheezy and it

Re: sendmail on debian testing

Hi, Michael Grant writes: > On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: >> Could you try restarting sendmail (systemctl restart sendmail) and show >> the output of `systemctl status sendmail'? It also shows the most recent >> log entries, but the output of

Re: sendmail on debian testing

Hi, Michael Grant writes: > On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Reco wrote: >> A nessesary correction - /etc/init.d/sendmail *tries* to run >> '/bin/systemctl start sendmail.service'. >> >> But, since no sendmail* package provide systemd's service file - >> nothing happens. Not true. Systemd is sup

Re: One more try to post

Hi, On 01/13/2015 11:37 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > Recent debian wheezy install here. Where in the configs, can I get rid > of the F10 key stealing by the terminal emulator so it can revert to > being the mc exit key? If you use GNOME, there should be a "Enable the menu accelerator key (F10 by

Re: apt-get update GPG error: Internal error: Good signature, but could not determine key fingerprint?!

Hi, On 11/17/2014 05:26 PM, i...@thargoid.co.uk wrote: > I am seeing a rather strange error. I have a wheezy VM which I am > trying to update, but I get the above error on the main source and also > on security source: > > W: GPG error: http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release: > Inter

Re: Joey Hess is out?

On 11/17/2014 03:54 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > On 11/17/2014 at 08:21 AM, Martin Read wrote: >> A default Debian jessie configuration has persistent text logs in >> /var/log written by rsyslog, and *volatile* binary logs in >> /run/log/journal written by systemd-journald. Removing the binary >> logs

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

Hi, Jerry Stuckle writes: > On 11/16/2014 10:29 AM, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: >> Jerry Stuckle writes: >>> So why, instead of spending all this time on a new init system didn't >>> developers already familiar with sysvinit work on it? Systemd wasn't >>&

Re: ssh_keygen : command not found

Hi, Ron Leach writes: > I hesitate to trouble the list with this but, when trying to generate > a key pair on a (lenny) system recently upgraded to wheezy, 7.7, I am > seeing this: > > ron@d7server:~$ ssh-keygen > -bash: ssh_keygen : command not found Hmm, bash complaining about ssh_keygen (with

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

Hi, Jerry Stuckle writes: > The problem here is lack of time and/or skills. I would love to help, > but I already have my plate full. Additionally, I've done device > drivers and applications, but never dealt with init systems. There > would be a big learning curve. And then there is the poli

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

Hi, Nuno Magalhães writes: > On 2014-11-16 11:40, Klistvud wrote: >> 1. Reviving the existing init systems. Modernizing them, making them >> into true, interchangeable drop-in replacements of each other, which do >> the task assigned, and do it well. Each of them accomplishing at least >> the com

Re: piece of mind (Re: Moderated posts?)

On 10/16/2014 14:07, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Ansgar Burchardt wrote: >> No, what I find annoying is telling volunteer what they have to do >> without doing anything yourself on the issues you raise and repeating >> "don't break Linux" endlessly. I think everyb

Re: piece of mind (Re: Moderated posts?)

Steve Litt writes: > Ansgar Burchardt wrote: >> Steve Litt writes: >> > OK, I'll be the first to admit that after Red Hat caused the demise >> > of ConsoleKit (and probably lots more important software), I am >> > free to take significant time out of m

Re: piece of mind (Re: Moderated posts?)

Steve Litt writes: > OK, I'll be the first to admit that after Red Hat caused the demise of > ConsoleKit (and probably lots more important software), I am free to > take significant time out of my day job (that feeds my family) and > rescue all sorts of software that Red Hat deliberately scuttled.

Re: piece of mind (Re: Moderated posts?)

Hi Miles, On 10/14/2014 16:54, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Actually, udev is the ONLY thing I've had issues with in over a decade > of production use. Changed out a nic card, and everything changed - > because udev decided to assign the new interface to some other port (or > some such - it's been a w

Re: Way OT: Re. lines of code [was Re: implicit linkage]

Joel Rees writes: > If pid 1 gets stalled, lots of things all over the system get to wait > for something important that can't happen until pid 1 gets un-stalled, > and that's true even with quad core. It may not freeze every process, > but it can cause dropped packets and such things. Potentially

Re: piece of mind (Re: Moderated posts?)

Hi, [ Please followup on -user@, there is no need to have this on two lists. ] Miles Fidelman writes: > Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: >> http://popcon.debian.org/ > > which sure seems to reinforce the popularity of sysvinit > > 18sysvinit 697126 583755 44903 6352

Re: implicit linkage

Hi, On 10/13/2014 12:14, Joel Rees wrote: > Get pid 1 down to 100 lines of C, no loops, no functions called, then > I'll be impressed. [...] > Setting aside initialization code, pid 1 should target less than 1000 > lines of C in the main loop. (If we were to use dash or other > streamlined shells,

Re: Bash usage: was implicit linkage

Don Armstrong writes: > On Sun, 12 Oct 2014, Steve Litt wrote: >> This essay practically screams out for somebody to write a C program >> that takes an argument of an arbitrary string, finds all files in a >> directory, and returns a long string with those files separated by the >> arbitrary strin

Re: gpg errors NO_PUBKEY after aptitude update

severity 647001 important thanks Hi, Valery Mamonov writes: > 2014-10-01 3:30 GMT+04:00 Ansgar Burchardt : >> Valery Mamonov writes: >> > I'm experiencing some troubles with updating my debian machine. >> > After aptitude update i'm having multiple erro

Re: gpg errors NO_PUBKEY after aptitude update

Valery Mamonov writes: > I'm experiencing some troubles with updating my debian machine. > After aptitude update i'm having multiple errors like these: > > W: GPG error: http://deb.ianod.es unstable InRelease: The following > signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available:

Re: Let's have a vote!

On 09/30/2014 08:13, Mart van de Wege wrote: > lee writes: >> Stephen Allen writes: >>> So, Lee why are you even here complaining about Debian - You've admitted >>> you don't use it?! >> >> My server runs on Debian. So technically, I'm using it, and I don't >> feel like I'm using it. >> >> What

Re: Let's have a vote!

lee writes: > As I already said: try to get squid 2.7 started and stopped by systemd > on a current Fedora installation. This is not the Fedora users list. > Sure is, yet why tell me to make software nobody cares about. That > won't get systemd out of Debian. Given you don't use Debian anyway

Re: Challenge to you: Voice your concerns regarding systemd upstream

lee writes: > I'm merely participating in the discussion and haven't entirely made up > my mind what the issue actually is and what I should do. [...] > Debian already lost me (after over 15 years) when they came up with > their brokenarch and left users stranded with no possible fix for the > thi

systemd/cgroups changing permissions (was: Re: Effectively criticizing decisions you disagree with in Debian)

Hi Joel, Joel Rees writes: > (6) systemd and cgroups (at minimum) end up overriding the permissions > system. It's bad enough having SELinux and ACLs brought in to knock > holes in the permissions system, but when arbitrary non-kernel system > functions start getting their hands into the equation

How to go back to sysvinit (was: Re: systemd-fsck?)

Hi, On 05/09/2014 12:35, Svante Signell wrote: > Well, I've not been asked if I wanted to switch to systemd based boot > when upgrading. I think this is a bug in init system choice and should > be reported. How to go back to sysvinit? Please ask on one of the support mailing lists (CC'ed). > Ins

Re: Welke Debian versie is goed

Hi, debian-user@l.d.o is an English-speaking list. Please ask your question on the Dutch users' mailing list: debian-user-du...@lists.debian.org (also CCed to this mail). "Ruben @ Ziggo" writes: > Hallo, Debian > > ik heb een vraagje > > ik heb een server waar ik debian op wil draaien. > nu is

Re: Repositories now in use for Etch.

Lisi writes: > My Google and Debian.org foo seem to have gone AWOL. I even thought that > this > question had been answered on this list and searched my emails. All to no > avail. I know, or think that I know, that Etch has "fallen over the cliff" > now that Squeeze is on the point of going

Re: how to install on Mac ibook

Hi, abdelkader belahcene writes: > I want  to install debian on ibook PowerPc,  but !!!m I dont know how > to start the machine from the CD. I think you have to press "C" or some other key during startup. If it's a different key, the included documentation or Google should know. Regards, Ansg

Re: aptitude called chromium-browser "obsolete"

Hi, Gilbert Sullivan writes: > I don't remember seeing chromium-browser on the removal lists. Did I > miss it, or is something else afoot? Chromium has been removed[1] from testing yesterday. See also the discussion[2] on debian-rele...@l.d.o. Regards, Ansgar [1]

Re: Locate older debian packages

Hi, Panayiotis Karabassis writes: > I need to downgrade a package due to a bug. However the older package > version is no longer available from apt. Is there a way to find the > older .deb? If it is of any importance I am searching for the eclipse > version prior to 3.5.2-5. Try snapshot.debian

Re: kde4: crash after login

Hi, Antonio Diaz Sanchez writes: > I am using Debian Sid. After doing the login (by using either KDM or > GDM) KDE seems to crash, and the only thing I can see is the mouse > pointer over a black screen. Do you have plasma-desktop installed? After upgrading to KDE 4.4, I ended up with plasm

Re: /etc/group

Hi, Alexey Salmin writes: > Hello! /etc/group in default debain installation contains dozens of > groups and I'm wondering: how to determine their purpose? Which > package did some specific group came from? What purpose does it serve? Users and groups that are not created on package installatio

Re: Debian on the ASUS EeePC 1005PE

Hi, Guillermo Garron writes: > 3. I still have problems connecting the EeePC to my DSL modem. > I can connect the EeePC to my other computer via Ethernet, but when I > connect it to the DSL modem it does not work correctly: I can see > incoming packages, but outgoing packages (DHC

Debian on the ASUS EeePC 1005PE

ket with 802.11n bonded out, these have no hardware capability for 802.11n but ath9k can still support them. These are called AR2427. Cc: sta...@kernel.org Reported-by: Rolf Leggewie Tested-by: Bernhard Reiter Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez Signed-off-by: John W. Linville (Backported for Deb

Re: Showing only files on a virtual desktop

Hi, Ogya Chief writes: > I am running sid and kde desktop and I want to see only the files associated > with a particular virtual desktop and not all open files on other virtual > desktops in the panel. I have checked the online kde manual but I did not see > anything on this issue. Is it possi

Re: serious problems with mutt

Hi, Bernard writes: > Now, on my laptop running Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron), my mutt is still > using esmtp. And it seems to operate all right. > > But, with my 3 months old Lenny system on my desktop, I can't get mutt > to work ! Here, I have to use 'exim4', and I have spent many hours > turning

Re: vsftpd runs then stop for remote access

Hi, abdelkader belahcene writes: > I install vsftp   as sererver on ubuntu 9.10 Please refer to the Ubuntu user technical support mailing list [1] for problems with Ubuntu. Regards, Ansgar [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-req

Re: What happened to xpdf in testing?

Hi, Robert Latest writes: > OK, but where is the "xpdf" program now? The only thing with "xpdf" in > its name is some virtual package called "xpdf-utils" which is provided > by poppler-utils which doesn't contain xpdf. It was removed from testing [1] because nobody cared to fix the open securit

Re: git: pushing a branch to a remote git repository

Hi, Micha writes: > I'm using a clone of a local git repository to backup the > repository. The problem is that it seems that when pushing changes, > only master is pushed to the remote repository instead of all the > branches. > > Is it possible to push/pull branches into an existing repository

Re: why can't I delete a file? tipps help

Hi, Soren Orel writes: > I already tried "chattr -i filename" > but I still can't delete it.. > any ideas, why can't I remove a file from my hdd, even when booting with a > livecd? Do you have write permissions in the directory containing the file? What error do you get if you try to remove the

Re: X11 include files..

Hi, I Rattan writes: > what debian package may include these header files? You can search which packages include a given file using apt-file. Regards, Ansgar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists

Re: aptitude security updates

Hi, roberto writes: > # Official Debian mirror > deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ sarge main non-free contrib > deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian/ sarge main non-free contrib > deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free > > # Security

Re: Is it a bug: huge dependency problems of php5 and ikiwiki

Hi, root writes: >> They are recommends, and recommends are installed by default. But you >> can change this > > How can this be changed? > I looked through the man pages for apt-get and the config file > but didn't see any way to do so. Just add APT { Install-Recommends "false"; }; to

Re: Apache in testing - ServerTokens Prod

Hi, Suno Ano writes: > On some host (debian testing), I am running Apache and tried to add > > ServerSignature Off > ServerTokens Prod > > to /etc/apache2/apache2.conf in order to silence Apache a bit. These settings are set in /etc/apache2/conf.d/security. Changing it there works here. (If y

Re: ImageMagick / Imagick / ImageWand

Hi, Ben writes: > where is the binary called "MagickWand-config"? Can't find it in any > package or source belonging to this. apt-file can search for files in packages that are not installed on the local machine: % apt-file search /usr/bin/MagickWand-config libmagickwand-dev: /usr/bin/Magi

Re: How does Debian know how to execute my .NET programs even if I don't specify mono?

Hi, Foss User writes: > I have a program compiled with mcs meant for mono called: hello.exe. > If I just do ./hello.exe it runs automatically. How does it happen? > why do I not have to do mono hello.exe. Why does it run only with > ./hello.exe You can register interpreters for binary formats w

Re: where is mount.cifs

Hi, Harry Putnam writes: > Where is the mount.cifs tool? $ apt-file search mount.cifs samba-doc: /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/manpages/mount.cifs.8.html samba-doc: /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/manpages/umount.cifs.8.html smbfs: /sbin/mount.cifs smbfs: /sbin/umount.

  1   2   >