Re: new 3.14-1-amd64 kernel will not boot

2014-05-19 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
s.debian.org > Subject: Re: new 3.14-1-amd64 kernel will not boot > > On 05/19/2014 06:20 AM, Theodore Alcapotaxis wrote: > > Hello John, > > > > What version of i7 do you use? Sandy-Bridge? Ivy-Bridge? Haswell? > > > > Haswell: >

Re: new 3.14-1-amd64 kernel will not boot

2014-05-19 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
Hello John, What version of i7 do you use? Sandy-Bridge? Ivy-Bridge? Haswell? > - Original Message - > From: John Bleichert > Sent: 05/19/14 04:22 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: new 3.14-1-amd64 kernel will not boot > > On 05/18/2014 12:45 PM, Erwan David wrote: >

Re: new 3.14-1-amd64 kernel will not boot

2014-05-19 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
Hello John, You stated you were running Jessie/SID on an i7. Is it a Sandy-Bridge, Ivy-Bridge or Haswell i7? > - Original Message - > From: Erwan David > Sent: 05/19/14 12:45 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: new 3.14-1-amd64 kernel will not boot > > Le 18/05/2014 00:

Re: Security updates for hold package

2014-05-18 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Andrei POPESCU > Sent: 05/17/14 05:06 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Security updates for hold package > > You haven't yet stated why you need the backports kernel, but if you > want to keep using it install the backports meta-package.

Re: Tails

2014-05-18 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Doug > Sent: 05/18/14 10:36 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Tails > > Is it possible to remotely install some kind of software onto the > BIOS chip? That's what it would seem to require, short of having > physical access to the machine.

Re: systemd situation in Jesssie

2014-05-17 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Martin Vegter > Sent: 05/18/14 01:58 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: systemd situation in Jesssie > > Hello, > > I have servers running Jessie. Can I continue upgrading packages on a > regular basis, without having to worry that one of these

Re: Tails

2014-05-17 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Joel Rees > Sent: 05/17/14 07:06 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Tails > > Maybe the tail mailing list would be more appropriate, but the problem > is finding people in Brazil who would be willing to do a "free service > gig" by dd-ing an

Re: [totally OT] experience with Seagate Barracuda and NAS drives

2014-05-17 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Eike Lantzsch > Sent: 05/17/14 07:52 PM > To: Debian-user > Subject: [totally OT] experience with Seagate Barracuda and NAS drives > > On the contacts for the heads and also on the "washer"-shaped > contacts for the srews I found a brownish-reddish film. > I

Re: Tails

2014-05-17 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Richard Hector > Sent: 05/17/14 05:06 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Tails > > On 16/05/14 16:42, Weaver wrote: > > Greetings all, > > > > Is there anybody on the list in Forteleza, Brazil? > > > > There's a young, female, investigativ

Re: Tails

2014-05-17 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Weaver > Sent: 05/17/14 03:30 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Tails > > That's exactly what it is. > Just trying to keep the girl safe, as she leaves journalist school and > heads out into the wild world of investigative journalism, which

Re: Tails

2014-05-16 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Brian > Sent: 05/17/14 02:26 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Tails > > The adjectives describing "journalist" are completely irrelevant; what > purpose do they serve? Advertising for a sugar daddy on this list is a > first. :). I agree w

Re: Security updates for hold package

2014-05-15 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Andrei POPESCU > Sent: 05/15/14 04:50 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Security updates for hold package > > > Assumptions: > 1. You did not change the default priority for backports How does one change "default priority" for backports?

Re: reboot required after linux-image upgrade?

2014-05-14 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
I have experienced what you described in your reply. That is why I always issue the command sudo update-grub after a linux-image upgrade. I can't trust the OS to be perfect. > - Original Message - > From: The Wanderer > Sent: 05/14/14 07:44 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject

Re: Security updates for hold package

2014-05-14 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
What happens if I am using Debian current stable but my linux-image is 3.12 (wheezy-backports)? > - Original Message - > From: Andrei POPESCU > Sent: 05/14/14 05:35 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Security updates for hold package > > However, if you're on stable (or

Re: reboot required after linux-image upgrade?

2014-05-13 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
Before you reboot, do you need to issue the command sudo update-grub ?? > - Original Message - > From: staticsafe > Sent: 05/14/14 02:39 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: reboot required after linux-image upgrade? > > On 5/13/2014 05:51, ML mail wrote: > > Hi, > > > >

Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-07 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Stephen Allen > Sent: 05/08/14 08:37 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Is zeitgeist safe? > > They have too much to do even that - you gotta keep up to date on recent > news my friend. That's the problem with mass surveillance of the world,

Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-07 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Frank McCormick > Sent: 05/08/14 09:00 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Is zeitgeist safe? > > Journalist Glenn Greenwald and open-internet activist Alexis Ohanian go > head up against American civil liberties lawyer Allan Dershowitz and

Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-07 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Jerry Stuckle > Sent: 05/07/14 11:09 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Is zeitgeist safe? > > And > their HQ are less than 10 miles from me. In fact, I'll be right over > that way Thursday. > > Jerry Hello Jerry, If you are going to dro

Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-07 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Joel Rees > Sent: 05/07/14 09:01 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Is zeitgeist safe? > > But this particular thread is not serving the interests of debian users. > Old news. Most of it incorrectly reported. I differ. I do not for once bel

Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-06 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Paul E Condon > Sent: 05/07/14 06:09 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Is zeitgeist safe? > > I think this claim about Linus Torvalds is apocryphal I hate to prove you wrong. Linus' father, Nils Torvalds, is a Member of the European Parli

Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-06 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: John Hasler > Sent: 05/07/14 04:25 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Is zeitgeist safe? > > > Version, file name, line number. > > BTW do you know the meaning of the word "libel"? As I wrote earlier, NSA contractors are sworn to secrecy

Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-06 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Patrick Wiseman > Sent: 05/07/14 05:40 AM > To: Debian User Lists > Subject: Re: Is zeitgeist safe? > > Will you people please take this crap off-list? > > Patrick Patrick, which parts of the topic make you uncomfortable? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debi

Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-06 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Doug > Sent: 05/07/14 09:57 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Is zeitgeist safe? > > They don't try to analyze it all. They look for keywords--like bomb, > shoot, jihad, and who knows what others. Then they just analyze > texts that include

Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-06 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Stephen Allen > Sent: 05/07/14 09:36 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Is zeitgeist safe? > > You give them more credit then deserved. They gather so much data they > can't analyze it all at this point in time - they still don't know how >

Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-06 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: A Debian User > Sent: 05/06/14 09:44 AM > To: Theodore Alcapotaxis, debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Is zeitgeist safe? > > Unintentional data leakage? Script kiddies, marketers, spammers, ad networks? With NSA, not

Re: Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-06 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: A Debian User > Sent: 05/06/14 09:42 AM > To: filip, debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Re: Is zeitgeist safe? > > So, have you removed it completely from your system, or did you just disable > it? How does it break functionality on your end? I r

Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-06 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: John Hasler > Sent: 05/06/14 09:11 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Is zeitgeist safe? > > > Produce specifics. > -- > John Hasler > jhas...@newsguy.com > Elmwood, WI USA Didn't you know that all NSA contractors, including ex-employee

Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-05 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: filip > Sent: 05/05/14 02:08 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Is zeitgeist safe? > > It's not safe from spying eyes. If you run a tool like bleachbit, you may > think that you have deleted all your history, but at first sight the version

Re: Is zeitgeist safe?

2014-05-04 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> Is this thing safe? How does uninstalling it break functionality? > > P.S. This package is also recommended by software-center. Safe from what? from whom? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debi

[drm] nouveau: Init table command not found

2014-04-28 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
During the boot up process of Debian 7, about 3 to 4 lines appear on the black screen: {string of numbers} [drm] nouveau {a string of alphanumeric characters} : Init table command not found {string of numbers} Is there any fix for the above? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@li

Re: Mobile Broadband with Btooth

2014-04-26 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Gábor Hársfalvi > Sent: 04/26/14 05:30 PM > To: Joe > Subject: Re: Mobile Broadband with Btooth > > But when I try connecting - network manager always disconnect. > > And I found in the logs: > > "modem-manager: Got failure code 3: Operation not allowed" >

Re: Media changed: please insert the disk labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux 7.4.0 _Wheezy_

2014-04-23 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> I don't use apt-cdrom. I loop mount images of the DVDs. It may or may not > meet your total needs. I hope to have a detailed write up in about a week. > I'm using Squeeze (6.0.5) and Wheezy (7.1) as test beds. Best of luck on your endeavor and if you need someone to debug, you can always find

Re: UEFI install

2014-04-23 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
Corey, If you don't like to use unetbootin, you could try one of the following: 1. pendrivelinux (url: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/) 2. rufus (url: http://rufus.akeo.ie/) Both are free and open-source and they don't need to be installed on Windows. Which version of Windows are you using? and i

Re: Re: grub2 menu problems

2014-04-23 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Muntasim Ul Haque > Sent: 04/24/14 12:43 AM > To: mailingl...@darac.org.uk > Subject: Re: Re: grub2 menu problems > > I'm using Debian Wheezy and grub2 is default here. And I do not have Windows > Vista installed. It's just as I told you, grub2 detected Wind

Re: Media changed: please insert the disk labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux 7.4.0 _Wheezy_

2014-04-23 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Brian > Sent: 04/24/14 03:03 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Media changed: please insert the disk labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux > 7.4.0 _Wheezy_ > > I am not a developer or a maintainer; the only thing I am intent on is to > maintain my sa

Re: Media changed: please insert the disk labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux 7.4.0 _Wheezy_

2014-04-23 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Richard Owlett > Sent: 04/24/14 12:49 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Media changed: please insert the disk labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux > 7.4.0 _Wheezy_ > I'm working towards a similar goal. My restrictions include: 1. not only > minimal

Re: UEFI install

2014-04-23 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Steve McIntyre > Sent: 04/23/14 10:25 PM > To: Corey Blair > Subject: Re: UEFI install > Gah, yet another person using unetbootin. It's responsible for a lot of > problem reports we're seeing these days. It's totally unnecessary > unetbootin will not start t

Re: UEFI install

2014-04-23 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Corey Blair > Sent: 04/23/14 10:11 PM > To: Steve McIntyre > Subject: Re: UEFI install > > I downloaded debian-7.4.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso and then used unetbootin to make a > bootable USB flash drive from it. I changed UEFI boot to legacy mode and > booted off t

Re: UEFI install

2014-04-23 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> Corey wrote: > I got a new laptop without a CD/DVD drive and am trying to install off a USB > image and either dual boot my pre-installed windows 8.1 or just wipe and use > strictly Debian. If you don't mind me asking: what is the brand and model of your new laptop? Before wiping your hard d

Re: grub2 menu problems

2014-04-23 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
What are the specifications of your hardware? - CPU (brand and model) - chipset (brand and model) - RAM (brand, model and capacity) - hard disk drive (brand, model and capacity) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact l

Re: Media changed: please insert the disk labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux 7.4.0 _Wheezy_

2014-04-23 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> There is nothing for you to do; you have achieved your objective and updated > your sources.list. The bug appears to be fixed in Jessie. OMG, far from it, I have yet to achieve my objective, which is to install essential packages such as xorg, gnome-core or gnome-full off the USB flash/thumb

Re: Media changed: please insert the disk labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux 7.4.0 _Wheezy_

2014-04-22 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> It should say 'Using CD-ROM mount point /media/usb0', then tell you it > is unmounting the CD-ROM and ask for a disc to be inserted. No. I confirm that the line indeed states 'Using CD-ROM mount point /media/cdrom' and not './media/usb0' {I reinstalled Debian just to make sure that what I

Re: Media changed: please insert the disk labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux 7.4.0 _Wheezy_

2014-04-22 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
Hello Brian You are right. According to /etc/fstab, /dev/sdb1 has a mount point /media/usb0 However I had to mount it first: sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/usb0 and then followed by the command: sudo apt-cdrom -d /media/usb0 add And the error message is always the same, viz: Using CD-ROM mount po

Media changed: please insert the disk labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux 7.4.0 _Wheezy_

2014-04-20 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
I installed Debian 7 using a USB flash drive "burned" from the first DVD ISO of the Debian installation CD/DVD. I did a very minimal install without Debian desktop environment, Print server and Standard system utilities. After installation and a reboot, I was presented with a console with the w