[OT] Firefox 45: Adblock or uBlock origin filters

2016-07-18 Thread Ldten K
Hi, Am struggling with what should be a very simple task: defining a uBlock Origin filter that would block all URLs that contain "q;_ylt" (without quotes). Tried a number of options but none seems to be working working. Any ideas? Thanks Firefox 45.2.0 on wheezy

Re: Wheezy amd64 grub2 error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found

2015-08-26 Thread Ldten K
On Wed, 8/26/15, Pascal Hambourg wrote: // Didn't you install a more recent version of GRUB (possibly from a new // installation) at some time on that disk ? That could be it. The drive originally had a working wheezy installation that booted properly and worked just fine. I then decided to upg

Re: Wheezy amd64 grub2 error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found

2015-08-25 Thread Ldten K
On Tue, 8/25/15, Pascal Hambourg wrote: // What does "ls (hd0,msdos1)/grub/" show ? Just a few files // and directories or plenty of *.mod files? I have the drive disconnected at the moment but, as far as I remember, "ls (hd0,msdos1)/grub/" shows all the files that are normally expected to b

Re: Wheezy amd64 grub2 error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found

2015-08-24 Thread Ldten K
On Mon, 8/24/15, Brian wrote: // If the device and path for prefix is correct you should see a grub // directory in the output of // // ls ((hd0,msdos1)/ // // Do you? Yes. grub rescue> ls (hd0,msdos1)/ config-3.2.0-4-amd64 grub initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64 lost+found System.map-3.2.0-4-am

Wheezy amd64 grub2 error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found

2015-08-23 Thread Ldten K
Hi, Am trying to restore my regular working HD from backup HD but booting from the restored HD results in "file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found" error. This seems a bit odd since 1) my wheezy system is amd64 and 2) I can boot from my backup HD just fine. My regular working and backup HDs h

Re: From wheezy to stretch: can't start X session when logging in from kdm

2015-08-23 Thread Ldten K
On Sun, 8/23/15, Jimmy Johnson wrote: // While kdm still works in upstream stretch/testing, I've been told it is // no longer being supported by systemd and has been replaced with sddm, // but if you want to see your desktop currently you need to follow the // instructions I gave you. For plasma

Re: From wheezy to stretch: can't start X session when logging in from kdm

2015-08-23 Thread Ldten K
On Sun, 8/23/15, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > It's a bug, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796098 It may be the same issue though I'm not sure why I was getting the error about missing /home/luser/.Xsession file. I manually copied /etc/kde4/kdm/Xsession file as /home/luser/.Xsession

From wheezy to stretch: can't start X session when logging in from kdm

2015-08-23 Thread Ldten K
Hi, Tried upgrading from wheezy to stretch, just to see how it would go. It mostly went OK though there is an issue: when trying to log in from kdm the system now complains that it's unable to start X session --- no /home/luser/.xsession file, no /home/luser/.Xsession file, no session managers,

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Wheezy: making a bootable HD with Grub

2015-04-28 Thread Ldten K
% I decided to follow the path you suggested as it seemed the simplest and easiest % for me to do. Here's what I did in case if anyone is trying to resolve a similar % issue: % % 0. Copy /boot and / partition data from the old drive to the new one % 1. Run "blkid"

[SOLVED] Re: Wheezy: making a bootable HD with Grub

2015-04-27 Thread Ldten K
On Mon, 4/27/15, Brian wrote: > Not only is there no TAB completion and command history but you have to > handle module loading yourself. 'insmod normal' and 'insmod linux' are > needed. I decided to follow the path you suggested as it seemed the simplest and easiest for me to do. Here's w

Re: Wheezy: making a bootable HD with Grub

2015-04-26 Thread Ldten K
On Sun, 4/26/15, Brian wrote: > (hd0,swap) is more likely to be (hd0,msdos3) Yes, you're probably right. I was writing from memory. > One of the partitions holds the kernel and initrd image. Another has the > files vmlinuz and initrd.img. 'ls ((hd0,msdos1)/' etc should help with > locating the

Re: Wheezy: making bootable HD with Grub

2015-04-26 Thread Ldten K
Patrick Bartek gmail.com> wrote: > Edit any other files on the new drive that reflect the old drive > chroot to the new drive. This has to be done a certain way. Why you > need detailed instructions for the transfer procedure. The problem is I'm not sure what other files I need to edit and how

Re: Wheezy: making a bootable HD with Grub

2015-04-26 Thread Ldten K
On Sun, 4/26/15, Brian wrote: > You get the bare minimum with grub rescue>; not even TAB completion, Yes, that's how it looked to me. The problem was I couldn't get much done with grub rescue CLI. > You need to to get the system booting so that you run 'update-grub' > and maybe, for good

Wheezy: Need some help making bootable HD with Grub.

2015-04-26 Thread Ldten K
Hi, Need some help making bootable HD with Grub. I have two HDs of the same size: 1. /dev/sda - my old and working HD which has grub properly installed, the system boots and works properly. /dev/sda has the following partitions: /dev/sda1 /boot /dev/sda2 / /dev/sda3 swap 2. /dev/sdb

Wheezy: motion app error: "Unable to find a compatible palette format"

2015-01-12 Thread Ldten K
Hi, Am trying to get my webcam to work with the motion app. The webcam is working fine with VLC, I can save the webcam's output to a file without any problems, but the motion app fails with the same webcam with "Unable to find a compatible palette format" error (see [1] below). Some people see

Wheezy: Changing date format in LibreOffice Calc

2013-11-20 Thread Ldten K
Hi, I am trying to change a date format in LibreOffice Calc (LOC). I thought it would be a simple thing to do but for some reason it doesn't work for me. What I did: 1. Open LOC, start a new spreadsheet 2. Enter 6 new rows in column A as follows: 20.11.2013 21.11.2013 22.11.2013 23.

Re: Wheezy: Konqueror disk activity

2013-10-31 Thread Ldten K
> For some reason, Konqueror is writing a small amount of data > every 10 seconds or so in my setup, even if Konqueror is > just showing content of a folder with no other activity > taking place. atop shows something like the following when > Konqeror is running: > > RDDSK   WRDSK   WCANCL  

Wheezy: Konqueror disk activity

2013-10-25 Thread Ldten K
Hi, For some reason, Konqueror is writing a small amount of data every 10 seconds or so in my setup, even if Konqueror is just showing content of a folder with no other activity taking place. atop shows something like the following when Konqeror is running: RDDSK WRDSK WCANCL DSKCMD