Re: LibreOffice - any way to recover not saved changes to the file?

2022-09-23 Thread Chris Mitchell
On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 09:37:14 +0200 (CEST) local10 wrote: > I actually have it disabled on purpose. The reason is I don't always > want changes to be autosaved because sometimes the changes make the > document worse. I wonder if there's some change tracking option in LO > that would allow to see h

Re: *Now* what is starting ssh-agent? — SOLVED

2022-07-28 Thread Chris Mitchell
On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:51:04 -0300 Chris Mitchell wrote: > > On Thu 28 Jul 2022 at 10:35:07 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > Given the order of the processes shown in your session-8, it looks > > > like it might be an XFCE thing. Maybe start there? I can&#x

Re: *Now* what is starting ssh-agent?

2022-07-28 Thread Chris Mitchell
On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 10:08:22 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Thu 28 Jul 2022 at 10:35:07 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > I did much the same … > > > My .xsession file contains only this line concerning ssh-agent: > > > > hash ssh-agent 2>/dev/null && eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" I don't appear to

Re: *Now* what is starting ssh-agent?

2022-07-28 Thread Chris Mitchell
Still picking away at this… The PIDs are, of course, a moving target, as every time I log out and back in to test a change, ssh-agent instances are getting shut down and new ones started. As of right now: * my systemd-managed ssh-agent is PID 3017 * the rogue ssh-agent is PID 7687 $ systemctl --u

Re: Twice load - rndc.key ?

2022-07-27 Thread Chris Mitchell
On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 13:40:32 -0600 Charles Curley wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 21:01:48 +0200 > Maurizio Caloro wrote: > > > > # cat /lib/systemd/system/named.service > > First mistake: you should not be editing files in /lib/systemd/. > Instead copy the file to edit into /etc/systemd/, and

Re: *Now* what is starting ssh-agent?

2022-07-27 Thread Chris Mitchell
On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 11:04:49 +0200 Michael Biebl wrote: > Can you post the output of > systemd-cgls First, for context: $ systemd-cgls --user-unit ssh-agent.service Unit ssh-agent.service (/user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice> └─3166 /usr/bin/ssh-agent -D -a /run/user/1000/s

Re: *Now* what is starting ssh-agent?

2022-07-27 Thread Chris Mitchell
Jul. 26, 2022 17:00:46 Greg Wooledge : > On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 03:40:48PM -0300, Chris Mitchell wrote: >> Here's my service file: >> >> $ cat /etc/systemd/user/ssh-agent.service > > According to systemd.unit(5) this directory is for "User units created >

Re: *Now* what is starting ssh-agent?

2022-07-27 Thread Chris Mitchell
On Tue, 26 Jul 2022 21:54:18 +0200 Erwan David wrote: > ssh-agent is usually started by your session manager. I do not know > wether all DE use this, but you can find it in > > /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90x11-common_ssh-agent True. The snippet in that file is nested in a conditional, though: if ha

*Now* what is starting ssh-agent?

2022-07-26 Thread Chris Mitchell
Hi all, I have my own systemd "user" .service unit that I like to use to start ssh-agent the way I want it started, which works fine… except for the neverending game of whack-a-mole tracking down and disabling various legacy workarounds that go ahead and start ssh-agent unasked (or emulate it, poo

Re: how to get rid of anacron?

2022-07-06 Thread Chris Mitchell
On Wed, 6 Jul 2022 12:07:59 -0400 Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 2:15 PM Chris Mitchell > wrote: > > > I have a unit file named email-notify@.service with contents: > > [Unit] > > Description=%i email notification > > >

Re: how to get rid of anacron?

2022-07-05 Thread Chris Mitchell
On Mon, 4 Jul 2022 23:39:40 +0300 Roland Mueller wrote: > > On 7/4/22 10:41, Michael wrote: > > > > afaik systemd timer lack the possibility to send the output (if any) > > by email to a designated user, but instead logs the output to its > > journal. > > yes, you are right. If receiving by mai

Re: Permanent email address?

2022-05-17 Thread Chris Mitchell
On Tue, 17 May 2022 12:22:48 -0400 Edwin Zimmerman wrote: > > If you can't get a static IP address for your home computer, > > consider running your mail server on a cheap VPS (Virtual Private > > Server). This may be cheaper than a static IP address for your > > home, depending on your ISP. > >

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-06 Thread Chris Mitchell
On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 22:45:27 -0700 David Christensen wrote: > On 4/3/22 21:07, ghe2001 wrote: > > I kinda thought it probably was. It's pretty obvious. The idea is > > to generate a bunch of gibberish that could be easily remembered. > > It's not gibberish; it has meaning. The meaning is wh

Re: simple talking clock / reminder for when monitor is off and it is dark

2022-03-21 Thread Chris Mitchell
On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 23:03:52 -0700 Samuel Wales wrote: > i have to have all lights and monitors off at night. but i have to > know the time so i can take medicine. > > i use slock and turn off monitor with ddccontrol. this might turn off > mouse and keyboard; i wouild have to check. > > i wan

Re: recommend music player?

2022-03-17 Thread Chris Mitchell
On Wed, 16 Mar 2022 19:41:58 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > kaye n wrote: > > Hello Friends! > > > > I am currently using Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) > > > > Can anyone recommend a good music player with an equalizer where I > > can choose Pop, Rock, etc. > > > I recommend that you separate

Re: Simple and secure blogging software for nginx

2022-03-11 Thread Chris Mitchell
On Thu, 10 Mar 2022 22:39:34 +0100 Christian Britz wrote: > Sure, I think I was not precise in my posting. I am willing to add > something dynamic, and I was not sure if Apache and nginx support the > same toolkits. > > You and others brought in several static content generators, I will > consid

/home partition filling immediately after recent sid upgrade

2021-03-12 Thread Mitchell Laks
Hi, I recently upgraded a system that uses sid and the /home partition filled. I then adjusted tune2fs -m 3 /dev/md1 to give myself 20 G of space. Did nothing and next day already filled /home 100% again. Same thing happened when i did -m2. Ok how to find the culprit ? A long long time ago, t

Re: which option can set duration of mencoder?

2017-08-15 Thread mitchell . roe
writes: > Disclaimer: sometimes I don't know what I'm doing. > Disclaimer(2): the problem is, I don't know *when* those times are. This made my day. :D -- Mitchell Roe

Higher organic online promotion for christopherkois.com

2015-07-01 Thread Alex Mitchell
for your response. *Warm Regards,* Alex Mitchell Senior Marketing Executive Note: Though this is not an automated email, we are sending these emails to all those people whom we find eligible by using our services. To unsubscribe from future mails you may ask us to "*REMOVE*&qu

Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-09 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 22:12 Thu 09 Jan , John Hasler wrote: > David Christensen writes: > > 1. Back up your data. Disconnect all drives. Install a new/ > > different system drive and fill it with zeros. Do a fresh install of > > the OS distribution of your choosing. Test/ patch/ backport/ > > etc. thoroughly

Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-09 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 19:51 Thu 09 Jan , David Christensen wrote: > Mitchell Laks wrote on Sun, 8 Dec 2013 15:20:22 -0500 > >> I recently upgraded my motherboard to an asus M4A77TD > motherboard with a new CPU. > >> Of course this is a machine running wheezy, but was installed >

Re: further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-09 Thread Mitchell Laks
My last fix has not solved the problem. Any other ideas??? Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.o

further ideas on Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-09 Thread Mitchell Laks
now I am checking and so far, I have not had repeat of the problems of either dropped keys or spontaneous maniacal repeated keyboard presses So where do I send the but report. Clearly the autoconfiguration of ps2 keyboard via xorg is not working and I had to revert to the older kbd drivers... Thanks Mitchell Laks -- 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/20140109164054.ga8...@earthlink.net

Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-05 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 15:54 Sun 05 Jan , Mitchell Laks wrote: > very interesting I see the following > > mlaks@Rashi:~$ dmesg|grep i8042 > [1.220710] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 > [1.220711] i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this

Re: Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-05 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 19:57 Sun 05 Jan , Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 05 ian 14, 08:43:23, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > > > I wanted to see if I can rejuvenate this thread or if should I start a new > > one. > > > > My debian stable (now is sid but no new behavior) ps2 keyboar

Still bothered by annoying Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2014-01-05 Thread Mitchell Laks
ing http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=196 http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=9331&f=28 Keyboard repeating characters any ideas what to do. I may go buy a nice usb keyboard istead of this terrible one i would rather n

Re: how to configure pulseaudio to use analog speaker on motherboard not hdmi on video card

2014-01-04 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 09:58 Sat 04 Jan , Klaus wrote: > On 03/01/14 20:50, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > ok so now we are ok > > vlc file.wmv works immediately > > Anyway, now no problem!!! I get beautiful sound right up when I start the > > > > So I guess I could have just turned of

Re: how to configure pulseaudio to use analog speaker on motherboard not hdmi on video card

2014-01-03 Thread Mitchell Laks
mpwm setup anyway... :) ok so now we are ok vlc file.wmv works immediately Anyway, now no problem!!! I get beautiful sound right up when I start the So I guess I could have just turned off speech-dispacher in rc2.d I guess the myseql thing is weird, but does seem to affect sound.. what is your take o

Re: how to configure pulseaudio to use analog speaker on motherboard not hdmi on video card

2014-01-01 Thread Mitchell Laks
og-stereo yes set-source-volume alsa_output.pci-_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor 0x1 set-source-mute alsa_output.pci-_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor no suspend-source alsa_output.pci-_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor yes set-source-volume alsa_output.pci-_00_14.2.analog-stereo.monitor 0x100

Re: how to configure pulseaudio to use analog speaker on motherboard not hdmi on video card

2013-12-31 Thread Mitchell Laks
filters (such as echo cancellation) ### on demand. module-filter-heuristics tries to determine what filters ### make sense, and module-filter-apply does the heavy-lifting of ### loading modules and rerouting streams. load-module module-filter-heuristics load-module module-filter-apply ### Load DBus protocol .ifexists module-dbus-protocol.so load-module module-dbus-protocol .endif # X11 modules should not be started from default.pa so that one daemon # can be shared by multiple sessions. ### Load X11 bell module #load-module module-x11-bell sample=bell-windowing-system ### Register ourselves in the X11 session manager #load-module module-x11-xsmp ### Publish connection data in the X11 root window #.ifexists module-x11-publish.so #.nofail #load-module module-x11-publish #.fail #.endif ### Make some devices default #set-default-sink output #set-default-source input -- and all the files in /etc/pulse/ such as client.conf daemon.conf and default.pa are the defaults. Thank you for your help Mitchell > -- 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/20140101055757.ga7...@earthlink.net

Re: how to configure pulseaudio to use analog speaker on motherboard not hdmi on video card

2013-12-31 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 08:01 Tue 31 Dec , Paul Cartwright wrote: > On 12/31/2013 12:33 AM, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > My problem is: > > When I boot up I can't hear sound from vlc application nor iceweasel via > > my speakers connected > > to the motherboard > > (nor even

how to configure pulseaudio to use analog speaker on motherboard not hdmi on video card

2013-12-30 Thread Mitchell Laks
] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller 00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3c) 00:14.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller 00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azali

Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2013-12-08 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 20:35 Sun 08 Dec , Ron Leach wrote: > On 08/12/2013 20:20, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > > >Frequently when I type now, and i use the key b or d (for instance many > >other letters such as space etc as well) > >i get an endless stream of

Re: new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2013-12-08 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 21:32 Sun 08 Dec , Claudius Hubig wrote: > Dear Mitchell, > > Mitchell Laks wrote: > > I recently upgraded my motherboard to an asus M4A77TD > > motherboard with a new CPU. > > > > dd &g

new motherboard now Autorepeat of keys even when not pressed down

2013-12-08 Thread Mitchell Laks
://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/599316 Of course this is a machine running wheezy, but was installed some many previous debian versions time ago. Thank you, Mitchell Laks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

new radeon R7770 wont give double monitor with wheezy. stuck using proprietary drivers how to get nice font console on bootup?

2013-11-16 Thread Mitchell Laks
ugly console with ugly fonts because the radeon driver is banned. what to do to get a nice console framebuffer on the tty's??? thanks mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.deb

debian weather not giving weather for sid last couple of days?

2013-10-10 Thread Mitchell Laks
Hi, Last couple of days, the debian weather page http://edos.debian.net/weather/ has not given the weather for unstable, with no explanation. Does anyone know what is going on? Sounds ominous. Thanks Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: dpkg --clear-selections seems to empty most of the packages on my system ugh

2013-04-02 Thread Mitchell Laks
d. I then converted all of the remove to install and it still removed the whole system which i found amusing. in the past i used this http://panuganty.tripod.com/debiantips/packaging.htm but it seems out of date Thanks Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debia

dpkg --clear-selections seems to empty most of the packages on my system ugh

2013-03-31 Thread Mitchell Laks
Hi I am setting up a server. I have done it in the past using dpkg --set-selections server_install_list many years ago and I didn't care to limit what junk was there long ago when I did that. ) Now I also got messages like dpkg: warning: package not in database at line 1: gpm but clearly t

Re: [POSSIBLE SPAM] Re: use a 3TB WD Mybook on old etch system kernel 2.6.18-6-486. parted 1.7.1 has bugs. can I use modern parted on other system and move over drive

2013-03-22 Thread Mitchell Laks
> ok so I will try it tomorrow. > Thank you very much > I will report back > > Mitchell And the answer is: The drive was not recognized as partitioned and formated as two ext3 partitions of size 1.5T. even after I partitioned it on a modern sid system. The old debian

Re: [POSSIBLE SPAM] Re: use a 3TB WD Mybook on old etch system kernel 2.6.18-6-486. parted 1.7.1 has bugs. can I use modern parted on other system and move over drive

2013-03-16 Thread Mitchell Laks
see if EFI partition is defined. cat /boot/config-2.6.18-6-486 |grep EFI CONFIG_EFI_VARS=m CONFIG_EFI=y CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION=y A1:~# q ok so I will try it tomorrow. Thank you very much I will report back Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

use a 3TB WD Mybook on old etch system kernel 2.6.18-6-486. parted 1.7.1 has bugs. can I use modern parted on other system and move over drive

2013-03-15 Thread Mitchell Laks
th ext3. So my question is, will the two partitions be mountable and usable on the original ext3 system? I am hoping the answer is yes. It will take a few long drives back and forth to find out :) Thanks Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org wi

Re: lvm2 size of logical volume after lvcreate --size 348g after mkfs.ext3 -m 0 is only 343 gigabytes?

2013-02-14 Thread Mitchell Laks
esigned to wasting 5G on a 354G partition. So it goes. Thanks! Mitchell -- 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/20130215061917.ga25...@earthlink.net

Re: lvm2 size of logical volume after lvcreate --size 348g after mkfs.ext3 -m 0 is only 343 gigabytes?

2013-02-14 Thread Mitchell Laks
Filesystems that don't have this set can of course still be resized off-line using resize2fs. " I want to understand. Does the -r option turn off the reside_inode reserved space?? what number to put after -r? Is that what I want to do? Are there any good online references to the next st

lvm2 size of logical volume after lvcreate --size 348g after mkfs.ext3 -m 0 is only 343 gigabytes?

2013-02-14 Thread Mitchell Laks
. So I had tp set it up with 353G to have the correct size. Can anyone explain this to me? What kind of formula to use to calculate how much space I will need in advance for creating the ext3 or in the future ext4 file system? 5G seems like a lot. Thanks, Mitchell Laks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

added second /dev/md1 to system by hand into /etc/fstab and system won't boot cause udev doesnt create device /dev/md1

2012-10-20 Thread Mitchell Laks
clearly wrong. What do I do to enable my system to boot normally with this new configuration?? ie what tells the boot process to create /dev/md1 and assemble the raid? thanks Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: mutt messed up. colors black on black cant read any messages

2012-06-28 Thread Mitchell Laks
solved thank you for your help /tmp was full. Mitchell -- 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/20120629040401.ga10...@earthlink.net

Re: mutt messed up. colors black on black cant read any messages

2012-06-28 Thread Mitchell Laks
> > Do you source config files from somewhere else? > What happens when you comment out _all_ color statements? That didnt change anything. However I noticed that the /tmp file system was full (some pulse_* files) . So I rebooted :( then all the temp files went away and mutt returned to nor

how to figure out what is doing power management on my fresh sid laptop

2012-03-04 Thread Mitchell Laks
to figure out what is happening. Thanks Mitchell Laks -- 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/20120304153041.ga16...@earthlink.net

Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-03-01 Thread Mitchell Laks
rnatives --query pager > > Of course, > > $ man update-alternatives > > is always a good starting point for such things. thank you. I did not know that we could make our own additions with update-alternatives... i thought it was just a chose and select program Thank you very much Mitchell -- 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/20120301173501.ga28...@earthlink.net

Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-03-01 Thread Mitchell Laks
e alternatives system after creating the /bin/lessq file (containing the line something line less -q $1 i guess) > It's "export PAGER..." not "export $PAGER...". thank you that helped! Mitchell -- 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/20120301143249.ga23...@earthlink.net

Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-02-29 Thread Mitchell Laks
ound on less and pager but it did not shut up sound for man. I still have a beepy noisy man. I tried export $PAGER="less -q" and that seemed not work either. Thanks Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-02-29 Thread Mitchell Laks
buffer and then space bar through the buffer then hitting space at the end of the buffer gives me a beep how to get rid of this? thanks Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.

how to get out of recursive " Error pkgProblemResolver::Resolve " problems

2012-02-11 Thread Mitchell Laks
ort of a reinstall? I have tried to make a script with all those packages to the left of Depends an d do apt-get remove but each time I do that the list grows exponentially in length. Is there another apt-get magic incantation or else Is there a way to cut back to a small size and bu

sid upgrade texlive-base wont configure - solution

2011-11-24 Thread Mitchell Laks
I had persistent problems errors were encountered while processing: texlive-base texlive-latex-base feynmf texlive-latex-recommended texlive-fonts-recommended pdfjam texlive texlive-generic-recommended texlive-luatex texlive-metapost texlive-pictures texmacs ie the following Reading database ..

problem upgrading texlive-base in sid missing modes file which is input by /usr/share/texmf-texlive/metafont/config/mf.ini

2011-10-28 Thread Mitchell Laks
- so there is a modes file missing which is input by the file /usr/share/texmf-texlive/metafont/config/mf.ini which has content % Thomas Esser, 1998. public domain. \input plain \input modes \dump \endinput so what to do to solve this problem thanks mitchell laks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: How to listen to abel prize lectures of 2007 in iceweasel. lectures are in mp4 format but are not opening even with vlc installed

2011-10-28 Thread Mitchell Laks
e. Thank you Mitchell -- 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/20111028153424.gc3...@earthlink.net

How to listen to abel prize lectures of 2007 in iceweasel. lectures are in mp4 format but are not opening even with vlc installed

2011-10-28 Thread Mitchell Laks
button to play it. thanks Mitchell Laks -- 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/20111028135732.gb3...@earthlink.net

Re: how to fix dpkg error about

2011-10-28 Thread Mitchell Laks
The answer to how to fix dpkg errors caused by faulty entries in the available file is the following see this url for the solution http://www.bitsbythepound.com/fix-dpkg-available-file-in-ubuntu-364.html Symptom: Every time an apt-get command is run, some sort of error or warning is reported

how to fix dpkg error about

2011-10-27 Thread Mitchell Laks
Linux 3.0.0 for 64-bit PCs ii linux-image-3.0.4-meshul 1 Linux kernel binary image for version 3.0.4-meshul ii linux-image-amd643.0.0+39 Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package) Ras

Re: what is xorg.conf equivalent of xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1920x1200 --pos 0x0 --output DVI-I-2 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 1920x0

2011-09-24 Thread Mitchell Laks
"RightOf" "DVI-I-1" Option "PreferredMode" "1900x1080" # Option "Primary""False" EndSection so I am happy. Thank you. I dont know why the directory file entry did not get used. maybe because i had another xorg.conf file it

what is xorg.conf equivalent of xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1920x1200 --pos 0x0 --output DVI-I-2 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 1920x0

2011-09-24 Thread Mitchell Laks
ers. I am currently running xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1920x1200 --pos 0x0 --output DVI-I-2 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 1920x0 which dynamically sets me up. what is the static stanza corresponding? Mitchell Laks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &q

nvidia binary drivers to get glx and xorg 1.11.0 on sid

2011-09-23 Thread Mitchell Laks
what to do about the xorg version and not running against 1.11? unfortunately kernel.org is down. where can i get the older kernel sources. any other ideas? Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: sound stopped and now working. what happened?

2011-09-19 Thread Mitchell Laks
vice busy, I still had the problem... If it happens again, I will try your strategy as well. I hope someone can clarify how the new alsa configuration works Thanks Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: sound stopped and now working. what happened?

2011-09-19 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 10:52 Mon 19 Sep , Julien Claassen wrote: > Hello Mitchell! > You still have ALSA. I don't know, when you last looked through > your kernel modules, but I never had a module named ALSA. The snd > and soundcore modules are what you need. Interesting. I never actually l

sound stopped and now working. what happened?

2011-09-18 Thread Mitchell Laks
Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT] (rev a2) mlaks@Rashi:~$ thanks Mitchell Laks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

problem that ext3 not recognized on 4G usb external drive freshly formated. only ext2

2011-07-22 Thread Mitchell Laks
ilesystem as ext2 strange. it must be something strange about this usb drive. i got another one similar to it from a friend and it had same problem Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact l

what program is running find that is taking up so much of my cpu time this morning?

2011-07-08 Thread Mitchell Laks
this find? thanks, Mitchell Laks -- 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/20110708121128.ga26...@earthlink.net

Re: laptop restart eth0 automatically on plugin or on awake like a desktop

2011-06-09 Thread Mitchell Laks
interface #allow-hotplug eth0 auto eth1 iface eth1 inet static address 192.168.10.151 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.10.0 broadcast 192.168.10.255 gateway 192.168.10.2 Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: laptop restart eth0 automatically on plugin or on awake like a desktop

2011-06-07 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 11:39 Tue 07 Jun , Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:10:48 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > > The following is a problem I have on all laptops, I dont know how to > > configure to connect when the ethernet cable is attached. > > (...) > > Maybe you j

laptop restart eth0 automatically on plugin or on awake like a desktop

2011-06-06 Thread Mitchell Laks
nfigure it to automatically connect via eth0 if i plug it in, or if it is connected and the machine is reawoken from hibernation? This is on laptops I try that I have this problem. Thanks Mitchell Laks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &q

new cpu amd 810 Quad core (with 900 pins) some pins are bent any idea how to fix?

2010-11-12 Thread Mitchell Laks
Hi, I was making some pcs and after showing him how in another machine, I assigned someone to put in a cpu and they bent some of the pins. there are about 900 !!! (around 30 rows of 30). Now it wont install into the socket AM3. I have tried straighting them by using a credit card (or thin ne

Re: map '-' to '_' and '_' to '-'

2010-11-12 Thread Mitchell Laks
hile writing code > etc., i have noticed the same thing. now if we all programmed in lisp this would not be a problem :) I considered switching to common lisp from perl and C and C++ for this reason :) Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a s

sid printing from cups and gutenprint v 5.2.5 and it drops the first page

2010-11-12 Thread Mitchell Laks
for some time the first page of each document has been messed up (usually blank or skipped) in printing from cups + gutenprint v5.2.5 on laserjet 1200 printer i will upgrade my sid completely today but this has been going on for a while lately... thanks mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

insserv: Starting 'something' depends on stop-bootlogd and therefore on system facility $all

2010-07-28 Thread Mitchell Laks
ch as inserv: warning: script 'S54whatever' missing LSB tags and overrides. how to fix that? Thanks Mitchell Laks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive

Re: First Debian Installation: totally brain-dead. Where do I go from here?

2010-07-02 Thread Keith P Mitchell
please ask for CCs] (full quote for context) On Vi, 02 iul 10, 00:49:53, Keith Mitchell wrote: I decided to build a Linux box instead of emulating Linux using VM-Ware under Windows. I heard Debian was the way to go. I have created Red-Hat and Ubuntu Linux boxes in the past with no problems. This

Re: First Debian Installation: totally brain-dead. Where do I go from here?

2010-07-02 Thread Keith Mitchell
t; >> On Vi, 02 iul 10, 00:49:53, Keith Mitchell wrote: >>> >>> I decided to build a Linux box instead of emulating Linux using >>> VM-Ware under Windows. I heard Debian was the way to go. I have >>> created Red-Hat and Ubuntu Linux boxes in the past wit

Re: Kernel update includes nouveau module that clobbers nVidia drivers

2010-06-16 Thread Mitchell Laks
d then build my binary nvidia kernel and it worked as well. Mitchell -- 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/20100617042728.ga2...@earthlink.net

Re: dist-upgrade to testing killed dual-monitors

2010-06-04 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 20:17 Fri 04 Jun , Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2010-06-04 20:09 +0200, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > > another option is to ban the entire new nouveau driver from your system > > which should restore some sanity. > > Except that kent got a black display without it. >

Re: Where is the Xorg.conf - to setup XKB layouts on Squeeze?

2010-06-04 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 14:52 Fri 04 Jun , Kelly Clowers wrote: > /etc/default/keyboard > I agree. This is new and replaces the xorg.conf location. also look at /etc/default/console-setup for your tty consoles. Mitchell Laks > Cheers, > Kelly Clowers > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: dist-upgrade to testing killed dual-monitors

2010-06-04 Thread Mitchell Laks
. Mitchell Laks -- 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/20100604180944.ga19...@earthlink.net

Re: xorg.conf for nvidia binary drivers interfering with xorg.conf for vnc4server

2010-06-01 Thread Mitchell Laks
the problem as I mentioned. i can point it at a null file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.vnc4server which will be empty... i will try this too... Mitchell -- 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/20100601183909.ga...@earthlink.net

Re: xorg.conf for nvidia binary drivers interfering with xorg.conf for vnc4server

2010-06-01 Thread Mitchell Laks
y peril?). The main error is as he stated vnc4server: breaks if /etc/X11/xorg.conf generated by X -configure is present not the rest of his bug report Mitchell -- 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/20100601163028.ga31...@earthlink.net

xorg.conf for nvidia binary drivers interfering with xorg.conf for vnc4server

2010-05-31 Thread Mitchell Laks
vnc4server? thanks! Mitchell Laks -- 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/20100601022544.ga27...@earthlink.net

Re: Tiny terminal text after kernel update

2010-05-24 Thread Mitchell Laks
is to ban the nouveau kernel module. The way to do this is put the line blacklist nouveau in the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf then when you boot you will be in good shape. The nouveau kernel module sets up a framebuffer for nvidia graphics cards like ours. Mitchell Laks > --

Re: "Give root password for maintence" during every boot of system: Solved!

2010-05-24 Thread Mitchell Laks
problem. Thank you all again!!! Mitchell Laks -- 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/20100524145142.ga3...@earthlink.net

"Give root password for maintence" during every boot of system

2010-05-22 Thread Mitchell Laks
or kvm or something then INIT: Entering runlevel 2 starting system log daemon etc. So what is causing my system to need to enter Control D? It is not a failure is fsck checking. So what is going on? Thanks, Mitchell Laks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

emacs22-nox emacs23-nox how to run with X and without X on same machine?

2010-05-12 Thread Mitchell Laks
and sometimes without? thanks mitchell -- 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/20100513041314.ga10...@earthlink.net

Re: [SOLVED] How to reduce a debian system to a base system

2010-03-22 Thread Mitchell Laks
sort) <(dpkg --get-selections | > > > awk '{if ($2=="install") print $1}' | sort)) bash: command substitution: I like your idea. Would you post the file debian-5.04-base-selections or give us a reference? Thanks, Mitchell Laks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 causing grub problems: alphabetical

2010-03-16 Thread Mitchell Laks
greater than linux-image-2.6.32-3-amd 64 alphabetically even though it is the older kernel and this is breaking all of your automatic grub updates done by debian packaging . that is the reason we are all suffering Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message="/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed" usb

2010-03-16 Thread Mitchell Laks
n each of them (one hp 1200 printer instance with > "PostScript" driver, another hp 1200 instance with "hplip" driver and so > on...) :-) Is hplip a backend or a driver??? so which is 'better' or 'faster' the postscript or pxlmono? I

Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message="/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed" usb

2010-03-15 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 10:49 Mon 15 Mar , Camaleón wrote: > It seems you are using the "hp" backend and failed what left the printer > in a "paused" status. Thank you. Can you explain what you mean by 'backend' vs 'driver'? I don't know what I am using. I have loaded many many cups packages, including hplip and

Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated ... (part 2)

2010-03-14 Thread Mitchell Laks
y 5 minutes if necessary via cron :). Mitchell > > That might work around the problem long enough to hear something > from the hplip or cups people. > > -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA > > "If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given

Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message="/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed" usb

2010-03-14 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 22:05 Sun 14 Mar , Ron Johnson wrote: > > 3 PCs or 3 printers? Three different pcs, each with a hp printer directly connected to it via a usb cable using cups printing. Note that cups has always been flakey for me. So I have not infrequently had to reinstall the printer driver to get it

Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message="/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed" usb

2010-03-14 Thread Mitchell Laks
not used anything other than cups in > 8 years... Thanks Mitchell > > Good luck - you are not alone anyway, if that matters. > > Wayne > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message="/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed" usb

2010-03-14 Thread Mitchell Laks
1.0.0-6 Python utility modules around the CUPS printin I chose the Postscript recommended option in the hp drivers section in cups... Thank you for your interest Ron, you have been very helpful in the past too! Mitchell Laks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debi

Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message="/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed" usb

2010-03-14 Thread Mitchell Laks
yocera? > > > >I am tempted to switch back to the parallel port connection ,,, > > > >Mitchell > > > > > > > -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA > > "If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given >

hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message="/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed" usb

2010-03-14 Thread Mitchell Laks
file "/usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt"! strange I am using the recommended Postscript en driver and what is this about Kyocera? I am tempted to switch back to the parallel port connection ,,, Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

extra 1~ added into front of middle button capture on ibook using Xorg not in gpm

2010-03-09 Thread Mitchell Laks
Hi, I noticed recently when i try to copy paste using F10 to emulate the middle mouse on my ibook g4 running debian sid that if I am in the standard terminal all is ok. However under Xorg in any application even though I have set # from http://pierre.baudu.in/ibook/ dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_em

Re: amd64 flash setup not working on youtube?

2010-02-21 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 10:23 Sun 21 Feb , Mitchell Laks wrote: Some more information I found on line. My machine that is crashing is an older AMD64 machine Athlon 64 3000+ (socket 754) which lacks the lahf instruction. see this discussing --- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273718 Comment #17

  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   >