Re: How to cause a process started in .xsessionrc to terminate with x-session termination?

On 11/17/21 12:39 PM, Arkadiusz Dabrowski wrote: > Hi all > I have a problem with unison sync termination when it is started from > .xsessionrc. > It works flawlessly but when I log out it is orphaned and not terminated. > I start it like this: > nice -n18 ionice -c2 -n7 unison unison_profile &>/de

Re: A bug in Vim, in Mate Terminal or in Debian 11?

On 9/18/21 5:14 PM, Dedeco Balaco wrote: > Vim is one of these programs. While it is running, the terminal title > shows the name of the file currently being edited, and the number of > files that was opened with it, when it was launched. > > After the upgrade, when i quit vim, the terminal title

Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``?

On 9/2/21 5:45 PM, piorunz wrote: > On 03/09/2021 01:34, David Wright wrote: >> (I use my own customisations for distinct colours on each host, >> and inverse colours for root's prompt.) > > Can you please share your root prompt invocation? Thanks! > In /root/.bashrc I use this to give a red pro

Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su -

On 12/31/20 12:50 PM, Charles Curley wrote: > I am using Bullseye as updated to yesterday. It is my custom to log in > to XFCE as my regular user, then "su -" in order to run as root, > including GUI programs. In the process, in the past $DISPLAY has been > set. > > I now find on bullseye that $DI

Re: Raid 1 borked

On 10/26/20 4:55 AM, Bill wrote: > lsblk reveals sda and sdb with sda[1-5] and sdb[1-5] but no md[0-5]. > blkid reveals that sda[1-5] and sdb[1-5] are still listed as > TYPE="linux_raid_member". > > So first of all I'd like to be able to diagnose what's going on. What > commands should I use for

Re: Linux startup, Wheezy -- a required script won't run on startup, but can run manually without any trouble

On 06/09/2016 12:17 PM, Dan Purgert wrote: > Andrew McGlashan wrote: >> On 10/06/2016 5:06 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: >>> Andrew McGlashan wrote: [snip] Now, I want the archiving script to run on system startup, I don't want dovecot or exim4 to be running when the script starts, it

Re: bash-complete errors

ou are running a command with an unescaped ( in the parameters. It may work to enclose the whole parameter string in double quotes. Or escape any ( and ) with a leading \. For example: mycommand "(34)" mycommand stuff \(34\) Mark Neyhart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-r

Re: Very small fonts in KDE after installing Nvidia drivers

On 02/26/2015 02:28 AM, James Allsopp wrote: > Hello, > I've just installed the nvidia drivers after following the instructions > here https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers > > but now my fonts are so small they are unreadable. My display is a HDMI > television. > > I think this could be

Re: Q: wheezy: how to increase X resolution?

te (auto-update.sh) executed without error with the message: > "ASPEED Graphics Family Linux XORG 7.7 driver update finished" > This should result in the file ast_drv.so in /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers Is it there? Mark Neyhart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@

Re: key troubles

, IIRC, they all broke at the same time... > > Can someone see what's going wrong? > The 404 Not Found on the Packages file is because that file does not exist in the repositories. You can get rid of the debmirror error by using an --exclude='/Packages$' option. I don't know what might be causing the aptitude update errors. Mark Neyhart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53a4cb04.9010...@akleg.gov

Re: I need to hear PC Speaker Beeps through the Audio Output.

have more sources than fit on the screen (multiple > in right border), you can use the right-arrow key to see more. Mark Neyhart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: ht

Re: BD-R and wheezy

completed with a message about "CLOSE SESSION failed", but it didn't seem to matter. Note that /dev/dvd5 should be your own device name, and blurayImage.iso should be your own iso image. Mark Neyhart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subj

Re: dirvish still a good choice?

On 03/29/2014 01:32 PM, Peter Michaux wrote: > On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Mark Neyhart wrote: >> On 03/28/2014 03:22 PM, Peter Michaux wrote: >>> >>> Is Dirvish still a good choice in 2014? >>> >> >> Dirvish just works. I've been

Re: dirvish still a good choice?

On 03/28/2014 03:22 PM, Peter Michaux wrote: > > Is Dirvish still a good choice in 2014? > Dirvish just works. I've been using it for years. Mark Neyhart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: images that play nicely with revision control?

ap (.xpm) format may work for you. It is based upon C source code. I don't know which image editors support it directly, but the convert program from the Imagemagick suite will read and write it. Mark Neyhart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Long delays caused by rpcinfo

David Parker wrote: > root@test-vm-1:~# cat /etc/hosts > 127.0.0.1localhostlocalhost > 192.168.25.200 testbed.utica.edu testbed > 192.168.25.201 test-vm-1.utica.edu test-vm-1 > 192.168.25.202 test-vm-2.utica.edu test-vm-2 > 192.168.25.203 test-vm-3.utica.edu test-vm-3

Re: Long delays caused by rpcinfo

David Parker wrote: > Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, it looks like rpcbind is not the > culprit. I verified that rpcbind installed and running: > > > Anything else I can look into? FWIW, an strace shows that rpcbind gets > stuck when trying to connect to a socket on the loopback interfac

Re: Finding a working udev rule for a device

by the next rule in line. Try making the name of your rule begin with z61_ or higher because the last rule in your directory appears to be z60_usbprog.rules. You mentioned trying a name earlier in the order, but not later. > > /etc/udev/rules.d/90-wgm.rules > --

Re: Help with NIS+NFS in Squeeze

les /etc/passwd ... /etc/gshadow. Should remove >the "+" at the end of these files? > If you modify the /etc/nsswitch.conf as Bob recommends, remove the + at the end of /etc/passwd ... /etc/gshadow. Mark Neyhart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51100992.3010...@akleg.gov

Re: unable to print certain pages from Iceweasel

Mark Copper wrote: > Hi, > > I am unable to print some web pages from Iceweasel. > > This is Iceweasel 10.0.11 on wheezy. The printer is Brother HL-5370DW. > Several PPD files have been tried. > > When printing fails with Brother provided or foomatic ppd files, first a > page is printed which a

Re: Visualization of directory tree of my machine

Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm running Debian 6.0.5 with the default gnome desktop. > The default file browser (Nautilus?) does not give the view/perspective > I need. > I'm looking for something closer to (do I dare say it ;) Windows Explorer. If you are looking for something similar to Windows Expl

Re: dirvish banks empty

Fred Zinsli wrote: > Hi All > > I have installed and configured dirvish, but the banks on the backup > server don't contain any files from the production server. > > My configuration. > > /etc/dirvish/master.conf > > bank: > /var/backup > index:text > > exclude: > lost+foun

Re: VNC into a Debian Machine

James Allsopp wrote: > I really want to be able to use VNC to be able to view the full Gnome > desktop on my laptop. I've been able to view a grey screen and a > terminal, using vnc4server and tigervnc or vinagre, but what I'd like to > be able to do is just view a whole screen as if I was actually

Re: nano and color

> When using nano on a Squeeze system and I open a file with name.sh I will > see color coded script Lines. When I open a file line name.xxx with the same > content there is no color coding. > On a Lenny system I never have color coding. > 1) Where is this behaviour defined on my Squeeze system? >

Re: Whitespace problem with bash script for Icedove

le) and less safe > when you don't. > > FILES="/home/bill/.../Local Folders/2-Personal.sbd" > > for i in "$FILES"/* > > note the glob is outside the quotes > I like this solution better than the one I had suggested. Mark Neyhart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Whitespace problem with bash script for Icedove

SH internal variable $IFS (internal field separator). It defaults to whitespace, which includes the space character. The for loop interprets the space inside $FILES as a field separator. Try setting $IFS to ONLY new line above the for loop. IFS=$'\n' for i in $FILES .. .. .. Mark Neyhar

Re: installing X with apt-get

Attila Csosz wrote: > I'd like to install a minimal X window system with 'apt-get install', with a > simple window manager (for example icewm). How to do that? > I tried "apt-get install xserver-xorg xbase-clients xinit" but still have a > font problem (X exiting) > What is the simplest command f

Re: Icewm menu not working properly

Anthony Campbell wrote: > I have used icewm for a long time and have not had any trouble with the > menu. Recently all the entries for browsers have stopped working on my > HP laptop (not on my desktop). > > The entries are of this form: > > prog Iceweasel - iceweasel > prog Iceape - iceape >

Re: Back up routines

John Magolske wrote: > I've been trying to decide between dirvish & rdiff-backup. I read > something [1] arguing in favor of dirvish, citing it's advantage of > having images that are complete file systems. But dirvish does use > hard links, so the issue of such a backup not being exactly 1:1 gives

Re: Date always wrong after reboot.

hour ahead. I assume i can dpkg-reconfigure > something, but i don't know what. I'd rather not depend on ntp. What is your timezone? Do you have your CMOS clock set to universal time or local time? If you wish to keep your CMOS clock set to local time, make sure you have a line in /etc

Re: Can you recommend any screen capture utility for etch

Long Wind wrote: > I have try gimp for sarge > It seems to have problem with capturing window > I have tried scrot for etch > It does not capture title bar when capturing window > Thanks! > > import from the imagemagick package works quite well. For example, to capture a window including the ti

Re: Suggestions for multilevel backup of single machine?

James Youngman wrote: > (2) It would be useful to have a historic backup capability too (e.g. > the way the filesystem looked yesterday, last week, last month and a > year ago), at least for filesystems like /home. > I am currently using Disk Dirvish which does an excelle

Re: Suggestions for multilevel backup of single machine?

James Youngman wrote: > (2) It would be useful to have a historic backup capability too (e.g. > the way the filesystem looked yesterday, last week, last month and a > year ago), at least for filesystems like /home. I am currently using Disk Dirvish which does an excellent job of keeping multiple