Upgrading Buster LTS (10) to Bookworm (current stable) concerns

2024-06-16 Thread Nick Sal
on docker because it was set-up by a previous admin. If any big break/incompatibility comes to mind for the above services, please don't hesitate to share your story :) Cheers! Nick

Re: mutt imap_headers [solved]

2019-03-31 Thread Nick
On 2019-03-31 17:07 BST, Nick wrote: > The not so good: no marker appears until I open messages. I > had expected that my imap_headers setting would cause the marker to > appear on all the qualifying messages in the index. How can I make > that happen? Solved: close mutt, delete .

mutt imap_headers

2019-03-31 Thread Nick
ing the header "X-Spam-Status: Yes", the "spam" marker appears in the index in place of "%H". The not so good: no marker appears until I open messages. I had expected that my imap_headers setting would cause the marker to appear on all the qualifying messages in the index. How can I make that happen? Thanks -- Nick

Re: Just a test

2018-12-16 Thread Nick
sy way to make the header check ignore mailing lists so I've dropped it now. -- Nick

Just a test

2018-12-16 Thread Nick
Please ignore or make humorous replies, as you prefer. -- Nick

Passphrase prompt on boot

2018-09-01 Thread Nick
the monitor. At this point I can go to the serial console and supply the passphrase there, then the messages resume on the monitor. The monitor and keyboard then work normally. How to get the 'Please unlock' prompt on both the serial console and on the local tty1? Thanks -- Nick

VPS and network traffic

2018-08-27 Thread Nick
wnloading so much? Why is the linux kernel seeing broadcast packets as downloads to my VPS? Or is monit (which I guess gets its numbers from the kernel) looking at the wrong thing? Is there a way to stop those packets contributing to what monit sees as download traffic? Thanks -- Nick

Re: More then 2800 spams from the list...

2018-03-19 Thread Nick Boyce
-of-spam-jailed-for-four-years.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/spam-emails-millions-us-man-michael-persaud-arizona-jail-time-prison-send-out-spamming-a7577216.html Nick -- Never FDISK after midnight.

Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA?

2018-01-12 Thread Nick
but in /var/log/kern.log.1 there is Kernel/User page tables isolation: enabled Try a grep in /var/log ? -- Nick

Re: [Solved] youtube error msg & html5

2017-09-13 Thread Nick Boyce
Bad Guys :) I's be interested in any explanation of this curious situation that anyone may be able to offer. Cheers Nick -- Never FDISK after midnight.

Re: top that shows "Web Content" (was Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?)

2017-09-09 Thread Nick Boyce
I believe the ESR release channel gained the multiprocess feature with the change from release 45.x.y to release 52.x.y (Debian tracks the ESR channel), and my Wheezy systems received FF52.2.0 on 21st.August. Nick -- Never FDISK after midnight.

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-07 Thread Nick Boyce
On Wed, 06 Sep 2017 16:19:03 +1000 Ben Finney wrote: > Nick Boyce writes: > > > I don't want to provoke any religious war here, and sorry if I offend > > anybody, but: > > That doesn't alter the fact that you've disparaged programs in terms > that

Re: Editor survival [Was: Recommended editor for novice programmers?]

2017-09-07 Thread Nick Boyce
On Wed, 6 Sep 2017 16:08:15 +1000 Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 06.09.17 05:31, Nick Boyce wrote: [...] > > [Joe is] one of the first things I install on any Linux > > or *BSD system. > > In my decades of leading software teams, one thing I did not do is ask > "What

Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?

2017-09-05 Thread Nick Boyce
weird character sequences get entered instead of cursor control, which you then spend the next 10 minutes removing again. Ugh. (Yes, I do use more sophisticated GUI IDEs for anything serious, but that's not what OP asked for. Also, I do realise vim is much better than vi.) Cheers, Nick -- Never FDISK after midnight.

Re: Why does no one care that Brad Spengler of GRSecurity is blatantly violating the intention of the rightsholders to the Linux Kernel?

2017-07-20 Thread Nick Boyce
On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 13:45:13 +0900 Joel Rees wrote: > Who can compete when Intel refuses to pay > the price of making CPUs that are unsafe at > progressively higher speeds? Er .. s/unsafe/safe/ ??? But basically +1 to everything (else) you wrote. Nick -- Never FDISK after midnight

Stretch middle button time interval

2017-07-03 Thread Nick
releasing the button. With a quick jab it works, but if the button is held down too long before release it does not work. The interval seems to be less than about 0.5s. Is there any way to change this time interval? Thanks -- Nick

Re: Is this really the way to get your name out?

2016-12-01 Thread Nick Boyce
at's the limit of acceptability - max 3 lines. Something like "Experienced sysadmin/developer available for hire - 10 years admin on all kinds of Un*x, and 5 years C++ programming. Please email me for more details". And this .sig may *only* be attached to an email on the list which discusses something relevant to the list charter - otherwise it's spam. Sorry. Nick -- Never FDISK after midnight

Re: Can't install security update: server name not resolved

2016-10-23 Thread Nick Boyce
mes-suffering-outagedyn-dns-under-ddos-attack-update http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/21/dns_devastation_as_dyn_dies_under_denialofservice_attack/ There were apparently at least 3 major phases of attack, with calm between. Nick -- Never FDISK after midnight

Re: kde 5 display problem

2015-09-03 Thread Nick Zarkadas
Hi Hans I tried it but it didn't work. Last week in the same machine I had installed fedora 22 and I didn't had any problem with the desktop except the sddm screen (it was black and white again.)

kde 5 display problem

2015-09-01 Thread Nick Zarkadas
Hi all. After upgrade to kde5 my desktop doesn't display icons anymore All icons became black (see the attachments for details or click https://www.dropbox.com/s/gyr3bzuu4mhyfyr/snapshot1_desktop_kde_5_with_dolphin.png?dl=0 and https://www.dropbox.com/s/1azehqpu2evry5j/snapshot1_desktop_kde_5.png?d

Re: Please help with - it seems - no WiFi interface at all

2015-06-28 Thread Nick Metz
Ah.. sorry you have the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG right? did you modprobe ipw2200 ?? I cant ' t find it on your output of lsmod best regards Nick Am 28.06.2015 um 15:50 schrieb Nick Metz: Hi Rodolfo, sorry i think i missed a reply, is the wirelss card inside or external via usb? A

Re: Please help with - it seems - no WiFi interface at all

2015-06-28 Thread Nick Metz
Hi Rodolfo, sorry i think i missed a reply, is the wirelss card inside or external via usb? Anyway if it is an intel card you have to install and modrobe iwlwifi https://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi after modprobe iwlwifi the interface should be their. best regards Nick Am 28.06.2015 um 15

Re: Please help with - it seems - no WiFi interface at all

2015-06-28 Thread Nick Metz
Hi, Can you please send the output of lspci and lsmod? So we can see if the hardware is their and driver is loaded. best regards Nick Am 28.06.2015 um 13:33 schrieb Lisi Reisz: On Sunday 28 June 2015 11:04:17 Rodolfo Medina wrote: Hi all. On my old Hyundai laptop there seems to be no WiFi

Re: Boots into emergency mode. How to analyze?

2015-06-26 Thread Nick T.
ome binary format hidden in a database or something). Matthijs I actually just tried it, "sulogin: root account is locked, starting shell" it works on jessie at least - Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe&q

Re: Boots into emergency mode. How to analyze?

2015-06-26 Thread Nick T.
On 06/26/2015 03:59 PM, The Wanderer wrote: (Please don't top-post.) On 06/26/2015 at 08:49 AM, Nick T. wrote: On 06/26/2015 03:33 PM, The Wanderer wrote: On 06/26/2015 at 07:55 AM, Nick T. wrote: Ubuntu and debian can boot into recovery mode from the grub menu, from there it ask

Re: Boots into emergency mode. How to analyze?

2015-06-26 Thread Nick T.
I have regained access to several debian 8 vms using this method, Yes, it still works. On 06/26/2015 03:33 PM, The Wanderer wrote: On 06/26/2015 at 07:55 AM, Nick T. wrote: On 06/26/2015 12:55 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: well and good until you find yourself in the situation this very

Re: Boots into emergency mode. How to analyze?

2015-06-26 Thread Nick T.
, from there it asks for the root password IF there is one, if not it just gives you a root shell. - Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.

Re: Problems with 32 bit Jessie and Mate DE

2015-06-19 Thread Nick
On 17/06/15 17:56, Curt wrote: > That's strange; I always thought you had to set the hardware clock > (hwclock) for the modified date and time to survive a reboot. > > I always thought the current time on the system clock was saved back to the hardware clock again during shutdown too. -- To U

Re: Problems with 32 bit Jessie and Mate DE

2015-06-16 Thread Nick
te for further details and options. Hope this helps. Nick Booker -- 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/55806df6.6070...@nickbooker.uk

Re: Unable to install nVidia driver on Debian 6 LTS - was - Re: How to boot without GUI

2015-06-10 Thread Nick T.
nomodeset goes inside the quotes derp :P GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet nomodeset" - Nick On 06/10/2015 11:23 PM, Bret Busby wrote: On 11/06/2015, Nick T. wrote: Edit /etc/default/grub as root and append nomodeset to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT save exit and run update-gr

Re: Unable to install nVidia driver on Debian 6 LTS - was - Re: How to boot without GUI

2015-06-10 Thread Nick T.
Edit /etc/default/grub as root and append nomodeset to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT save exit and run update-grub as root. - Nick On 06/10/2015 10:55 PM, Bret Busby wrote: On 11/06/2015, Nick T. wrote: Try adding nomodeset to the boot command if its not already there, I had to add that to

Re: Unable to install nVidia driver on Debian 6 LTS - was - Re: How to boot without GUI

2015-06-10 Thread Nick T.
Try adding nomodeset to the boot command if its not already there, I had to add that to make the driver work. - Nick On 06/10/2015 10:45 PM, Bret Busby wrote: On 11/06/2015, Nick T. wrote: Oops, forgot to cc in the mailing list. - Nick On 06/10/2015 09:19 PM, Nick T. wrote: Install build

Re: Unable to install nVidia driver on Debian 6 LTS - was - Re: How to boot without GUI

2015-06-10 Thread Nick T.
Oops, forgot to cc in the mailing list. - Nick On 06/10/2015 09:19 PM, Nick T. wrote: Install build-essential it should contain all the packages necessary to install the driver. Also you might want to install dkms if you don't want to reinstall the driver after every kernel update. -

Re: various bugs on Debian 8 with Kde

2015-04-30 Thread Nick
tend to install stuff from the command line using apt-get. Nick -- 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/55429ffb.3010...@nickbooker.uk

Re: Debian 8 Display corruption and previous desktop revelation during login (nouveau)

2015-04-30 Thread Nick
On 30/04/15 09:50, Darac Marjal wrote: > I would suggest filing a bug against the video driver (nouveau, in this > case). Thanks Darac, I've filed a bug in xorg-server-video-nouveau. In case anyone's interested, here's the bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=783860 -- To U

Re: Debian 8 Display corruption and previous desktop revelation during login (nouveau)

2015-04-29 Thread Nick
On 29/04/15 20:04, Nick Booker wrote: > Selected details from lspci, glxinfo and dmesg in the following paste: > > http://paste.debian.net/169967/ Sorry that one was set to expire too quickly. Here's a new one set to expire never: http://paste.debian.net/170024/ -- To UNSUBSC

Debian 8 Display corruption and previous desktop revelation during login (nouveau)

2015-04-29 Thread Nick Booker
..?) I don't mind poking around source code if necessary with a bit of hand-holding. Selected details from lspci, glxinfo and dmesg in the following paste: http://paste.debian.net/169967/ Thanks, Nick -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

C++ compiler g++-4.9

2014-12-10 Thread Nick Mpallas
Hi guys, I am building a platform and I need to compile apache mesos from sources. The issue is that the guys the require support for specific c++11 features that in the 4.7 compiler currently supported by debian aren't there. Will the g++ compiler will be updated?We would like to use debian as the

Re: error on sid laptop: ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/493.....085 does not exist.

2014-07-16 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 02:42:14AM +0200, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Nick Lidakis: > > > > I've recently been unable to boot into my thinkpad x200s because > > of this error: ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/493085b does not exist. Dropping > > to a shell! > > >

error on sid laptop: ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/493.....085 does not exist.

2014-07-08 Thread Nick Lidakis
d figure I'd ask the list first before I royally screw something up. Any suggestions? Nick -- 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/20140708213326.GA5939@phobos

h.264 IP camera stream in iceweasel or chrome. which plugin?

2014-03-25 Thread Nick Lidakis
I have an Axis M5014 IP camera working and I can watch the Motion JPEG stream in both browsers without issues. I can't view any of the h.264 in iceweasel or Chrome. I've verified the streams using VLC. I need to use the browser so I can use the PTZ controls. I've tried mozplugger and mozilla-mpla

Embed text into video file and search video from text?

2014-02-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
I have a text file that includes time stamps. I also have video (H.264, MPEG-4 or JPEG stills) recorded from an IP camera. I'm trying to find a way to jump to certain points of he videos based on events in the text file at hand. The text file is generated from an RS-232 port. The IP camera, from

Re: [debian-user] Howto build Debian source packages (tar.gz)??

2013-12-01 Thread Nick Rudnick
vdpau-driver > dpkg -i xserver-xorg-video-nvidia > dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-dkms > dpkg -i nvidia-driver > dpkg -i nvidia-glx In the end: > nvidia-xconfig > shutdown -r now Thanks for the help, again. Cheers, Nick 2013/11/26 Nick Rudnick > Dear all, > > how to bui

[debian-user] Howto build Debian source packages (tar.gz)??

2013-11-26 Thread Nick Rudnick
Google/Wikipedia/Debian.org wasn't too lucky yet. Thanks in advance and cheers, Nick

DKMS: Rebuilding an in-kernel driver with patches

2013-11-25 Thread Nick Morrott
/bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9476 Thanks for any suggestions, Nick -- 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/caoqwjw32zy7sttmuzr7gfyk5mwgxidoenxeyeu2hajegv9z...@mail.gmail.com

Re: ZFS, longterm archive of data and Debian

2013-09-24 Thread Nick Lidakis
of the data, i.e., avoiding bit rot/silent data corruption. Regular backups offer no such protection. > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:07:57PM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: > > With one user reading one FLAC file at a time from a machine running ZFS > > does one need a modern CPU and g

ZFS, longterm archive of data and Debian

2013-09-23 Thread Nick Lidakis
I have been Googling for the last week on file systems like ZFS and the best way to store and preserve data that needs to be read on a regular basis. I've read many conflicting opinions, in particular about ZFS, and was hoping to get some opinions on this list. Like many music lovers I've ditched

Re: Frequent kernel panics

2013-09-16 Thread Nick Boyce
kernel version, either up or down. [This is all probably a silly side-track, for which I apologise. Bad Guy attacks aren't that common. It's just that you seem to have covered all the other bases.] Good luck. Nick -- Firefox 3.6? Dude we're on 8.0 now. You're like 3 we

Re: W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/Release Unable to find expected entry unstable/source/Sources in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

2013-07-11 Thread nick marshall
main | | | I have tried running apt-get clean and autoremove; no change. | | -- | Daniel M. Drucker, Ph.D. | d...@3e.org | You shouldn't have 'unstable' at the end of the first 2 lines of your sources.list file. Remove that and see how it goes. .nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Root can startx, main user can't - new Wheezy install

2013-06-11 Thread Nick Croft
section. Using the first Screen section. Thanks for your thoughts, Nick -- 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/CALzQb_k9rEiPr9xMV6gxxfR3sd8BJ8cXHZbHEGREDGRckJr=b...@mail.gmail.com

stuck on apt-get upgrade; error in version string; apt-get -f install won't help

2013-05-16 Thread Nick Lidakis
2.0-0 but it is not installed Depends: libmpeg2encpp-2.0-0 but it is not installed Depends: libmplex2-2.0-0 but it is not installed Then: phobos:/home/nick# apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information...

Re: recommend a laser printer

2013-05-16 Thread Nick Lidakis
quality and is network ready. They've been on the market a long time and parts are readily available for very reasonable prices. Though, they are super reliable. I paid $150 with shipping and the unit looked barely used. These were over $1000 retail when new. Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to de

Re: text from serial port + IP camera + Debian for loss prevention?

2013-04-10 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 06:28:44AM +0200, sp113438 wrote: > > > > I know there is a program that records audio. It records several > > seconds/minutes to memory and writes the interval to disk when a > > button is hit. > > I forgot it's name :-( > > You need something similar, but for video. > >

text from serial port + IP camera + Debian for loss prevention?

2013-04-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
Forgive me if I'm not using the proper terminology or not explaining this properly. This aspect of running a small business is foreign to me. My wife and I run a small independent coffee shop and I'm the geek in charge. I've got m0n0wall running great with the customer wifi on DMZ and all our mach

INN2 and Authentication.

2013-04-09 Thread Nick Falcone
this up? I have read the man pages and google, and have seen some reference to ckpassword (which is not available for debian?). Anyone help with authentication would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! nick

Re: What's Up With Debian.org?

2013-04-01 Thread Nick Falcone
don't look now but it's april fools... On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI < edua...@kalinowski.com.br> wrote: > On Seg, 01 Abr 2013, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >> Just went to www.debian.org and all the spelling is strange both on >> Chrome and Iceweasel like iz for is, and sistem

Re: has your squeeze ever crashed?

2013-03-13 Thread Nick Lidakis
C. I generally use Tyan boards and most have supported ECC RAM. Personally, I don't see the cost as prohibitive as I only upgrade maybe once every 5-8 years. Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listm

Re: Apache2 issue after migrating from squeeze to wheezy.

2013-02-06 Thread Nick Falcone
That is so strange, I disabled suphp mod for apache and everything is all good now, is suphp something new? Is it critical to run? When I was searching around for an answer suphp never came up. Thanks! On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Alex Mestiashvili wrote: > On 02/06/2013 07:34 PM, N

Apache2 issue after migrating from squeeze to wheezy.

2013-02-06 Thread Nick Falcone
found out it is supposed to be a permissions issue, so I chown (ed) the various web folders to www-data. Still the issue persists. Am I missing something here? Thanks Nick Falcone

usernames installed by packages

2012-10-31 Thread Nick
dy' or 'www-data' or 'bind' or... How can I get a list of all the possible usernames that might be required by packages on a server? Or is this a misguided way to do it and I should instead modify the user's choice by applying a prefix or some such? Thanks, -- Ni

Right arrow key quits working in X after a while

2012-08-13 Thread Nick Lidakis
I seem to be having an issue with my right arrow key in X. It's quits working after a while. It works fine in a VT, though. Using xev | grep keycode, I get: state 0x0, keycode 111 (keysym 0xff52, Up), same_screen YES, state 0x0, keycode 111 (keysym 0xff52, Up), same_screen YES, state 0x0,

Re: Re: linux cash register software, i.e, a simple point of sale?

2012-07-24 Thread Nick Lidakis
Andrei POPESCU wrote: >My brother tested several POS programs for his restaurant, but found >nothing that matched his needs (he needed a software that could do >recipes as well), but in his opinion LemonPOS was quite good. >Unfortunately there is no Debian package :( (but there is an Ubuntu >PP

Re: replying to a thread on the list that is not in my inbox?

2012-07-24 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:22:50PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:03:52 -0400 > Nick Lidakis wrote: > > > How does one reply to a thread on this list if I accidentally erased the > > threads or the thread was never in your inbox to begin with? I want to re

Re: Re: linux cash register software, i.e, a simple point of sale?

2012-07-24 Thread Nick Lidakis
Richard Owlett wrote: >You might ask on debian-embed...@lists.debian.org ? The POS terminals are standard x86. Any other reason to ask that list? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Arch

replying to a thread on the list that is not in my inbox?

2012-07-24 Thread Nick Lidakis
How does one reply to a thread on this list if I accidentally erased the threads or the thread was never in your inbox to begin with? I want to reply to this: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/07/msg01613.html I had an issue with Verizon's email server where the my OP and replies never show

linux cash register software, i.e, a simple point of sale?

2012-07-22 Thread Nick Lidakis
I'd like to transition our medium sized coffee/shop bakery to some kind of open Linux cash register. I say register because I don't need the advanced features of a POS, i.e., inventory control, invoices, etc. I'd like to replicate what we have now which is this: http://www.cashregisterstore.com/xca

Re: sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses

2012-07-12 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:28:46PM -0400, John Cunningham wrote: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Nick Lidakis wrote: > > > > Thoughts? > > At first I really liked it, but I found the lack of Undo functionality > too aggravating to continue using it. man sc revea

sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses

2012-07-12 Thread Nick Lidakis
Does anyone use sc, the text based spreadsheet program? Over the years I've become more fond of the console and ncurses applications. I've recently found myself using sc as my first spreadsheet application for our new small business. Doing initial sales calculations, the program is fast, easy

Re: Current SSD setup recommendations for laptop with Debian

2012-07-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sun, Jul 08, 2012 at 11:43:00PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > Stan Hoeppener gave you good advice. Take it. > > Hobbyists waste a lot of time tweaking systems because that's their > hobby. Any SSD is going to be faster than your old HD. And unless > your life is measured in milliseconds, you won't

Re: Current SSD setup recommendations for laptop with Debian

2012-07-08 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 01:02:47AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 7/4/2012 4:15 PM, Nick Lidakis wrote: > > > Stan, you gave me rant because you assumed my computer case has lots of blue > > LEDs. You can try again or just don't bother. > > I gave you all of the

Re: Current SSD setup recommendations for laptop with Debian

2012-07-04 Thread Nick Lidakis
ters. Replace harsh with "direct" or "no bullshit". Stan, you gave me rant because you assumed my computer case has lots of blue LEDs. You can try again or just don't bother. Nick -- 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/20120704211541.GA19850@phobos

Current SSD setup recommendations for laptop with Debian

2012-07-03 Thread Nick Lidakis
I've decided to replace the failing hard disk on my Debian Thinpad with an SSD. As I use the laptop in a harsh mobile environment, I decided to get and SSD. This one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167122 Then, I decided to Google SSD in relation to formatting, partitions

Re: SATA 6 Gb/s WD HDD not booting on Squeeze

2012-06-26 Thread Nick Boyce
the motherboard in this machine ? > Could someone please tell me how the f*** to edit fstab? I think my first move would be to physically disconnect the 3 smaller drives, and try booting then - just the data cables, you can leave the power cables connected if that helps. Bet you've tried

Re: Changing pass-phrase on dm-crypt'ed disks

2012-06-26 Thread Nick Boyce
le-user mode then I guess ... assuming there's even enough software in /boot (and/or the initramfs) to fiddle with unmounted encrypted root filesystems. Cheers Nick -- Never FDISK after midnight -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Changing pass-phrase on dm-crypt'ed disks

2012-06-25 Thread Nick Boyce
On Monday 25 Jun 2012 09:16:23 Claudius Hubig wrote: > Nick Boyce wrote: > > > The installer uses 'dm-crypt' to encrypt the drive, rather than the full > > LUKS system - and 'dm-crypt' generates the encryption key directly from > > the pass- phrase,

Changing pass-phrase on dm-crypt'ed disks

2012-06-24 Thread Nick Boyce
nge the password, you basically have to create a second encrypted device with the new passphrase and copy your data over Thanks in advance, Nick Boyce -- Never FDISK after midnight -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe&

83 key IBM model m XT keyboard with Debian?

2012-06-17 Thread Nick Lidakis
Anybody using an 83 key IBM model M keyboard with a modern PC? Clickykeyboards.com has info about a key codes adapter here: http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/11298/subcatid/0/id/500722 Was wondering if anyone is a fan of the old 83 key keyboards and if there any glit

RE: Install a package from testing?

2012-05-01 Thread Nick Meyers
e that out, but in the meantime I'll abstain from posting again, and... Apologies to all! Nick > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: noela...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: Install a package from testing? > Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:20:23 + > > On Sat, 28 Apr 2012

Install a package from testing?

2012-04-28 Thread Nick Meyers
t when I select the package for install I am prompted to remove several other packages. How hard would it be to install just that package from the testing suite, and if it is not too much trouble, would someone be willing to direct me? Thanks, Nick

Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader

2012-04-10 Thread Nick White
sts that the source code that's free for the pocketbook is at http://pocketbook-free.sourceforge.net/en/sourcecode.shtml Good luck with it, and I look forward to hearing how you get on :) Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subje

Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader

2012-04-10 Thread Nick White
ki/Hardware - note that lots of ereaders are rebrands of the Jinke V3, so they should all work. A review of OpenInkpot is at https://lwn.net/Articles/354714/ Resist the dull shiny of android tablets, get a second hand e-reader, with a real community distribution behind it, and read happily! Best of

Re: No sound with new install

2012-04-03 Thread Nick White
certain pages who should be consulted before changing stuff? Thanks again folks, very much. Nick -- 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/20120403141852.GA1880@starfish

Re: No sound with new install

2012-04-02 Thread Nick White
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 04:53:58PM +0200, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > Ok.. I know these may sound really naive... but with the integrated > audio thingies sometimes audio is really troublesome to set up even > if everything is working correctly, so: > > - Are you 100% sure you have plugged your headph

Re: No sound with new install

2012-04-02 Thread Nick White
doesn't sound like the same issue that I'm reporting at all, actually (read further messages in the thread for more details of my problems). Maybe you should start a new thread for your problem, or open a bug? Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: No sound with new install

2012-04-02 Thread Nick White
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 02:29:56PM +0200, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > well, as showed from aplay -l your model is : ALC887-VD > `cd /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/driver` and `gunzip HD-Audio-Models.txt.gz` > > open HD-Audio-Models.txt with your favourite text editor/viewer, rows > [128..153] they seems t

Re: No sound with new install

2012-04-02 Thread Nick White
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 01:16:12PM +0200, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > Have a look at /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/driver/ > there are lots of info about hd models (install alsa-base if you don't) > > look for your souncard model infod in the relevant files and the specify > your model in /etc/modprobe.

Re: No sound with new install

2012-04-02 Thread Nick White
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 07:25:10AM -0400, Tom Ashley wrote: > I spent the last 2 days trying to resolve this same issue on a new > motherboard. The alternative method from http://wiki.debian.org/ALSA > worked for me. Thanks for the tip. However, I'd really like to get this working using a stock k

Re: No sound with new install

2012-04-02 Thread Nick White
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 02:05:31PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Ok, this all looks good. Please make sure that you turn off any program > that may produce sounds[1] and try as root *and* as user: > > speaker-test -c2 > > You should hear hissing (pink) noise alternating from the left and ri

Re: No sound with new install

2012-04-02 Thread Nick White
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 02:06:40PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > What about 'amixer'? amixer: Mixer default load error: Invalid argument -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: No sound with new install

2012-04-02 Thread Nick White
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 01:48:21PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > This is not very encouraging (given that you are already using a fairly > new kernel), am I correct to assume this is a (very) new board? Yes, likely. It's a new PC, so could well be. > Please also add output of: 'aplay -l' outpu

Re: No sound with new install

2012-04-02 Thread Nick White
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 01:14:44PM +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > On 02.04.2012 12:49, Nick White wrote: > > One thing which isn't yet working though is sound. > > Try installing Pulseaudio. It has fixed same issue for me. Didn't help, unfortunately. Unsuprisingly,

No sound with new install

2012-04-02 Thread Nick White
t the same thing happenned with the stock 2.6 kernel too (linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64) Any suggestions at all of things to try would be most appreciated. Below is hopefully relevant output from interesting commands. Many thanks, Nick 'alsactl init' returns the following: Unknown

Re: xserver-xorg vs. xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

2012-02-27 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 08:57:22PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > While I admire the work the Nouveau guys are doing, after suffering for > more than 4 years with an Nvidia GPU+chipset on my desktop, I just > replaced the motherboard with a one based on the AMD E350 fusion chip, > and suddenly all

Re: New computer planned

2012-02-21 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 12:48:32AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 20 feb 12, 16:29:18, Doug wrote: > > > > You need a real mechanical hard drive. The solid-state drives have > > a limited read/write cycle. > > Recent studies seem to suggest that the limited read/write cycles are > unli

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 06:35:27AM +0300, Stayvoid wrote: > > Everyone has been telling us that we *absolutely* have to be on facebook... > Please don't use Facebook. > http://stallman.org/facebook.html Yes. I'm well aware of this and most of Stallman's philosophies. > > I've read the tech news

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 12:30:05PM +1000, Robert Brockway wrote: > Hi Nick. You may wish to contact David J Patrick who founded > LinuxCaffe (http://www.linuxcaffe.ca) in Toronto, Canada many years > ago. LinuxCaffe is a successful business providing coffee & light > food runni

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 12:59:09AM -0300, Carlo Borelli wrote: > 2012/2/4 Nuno Magalhães > > > Hi, > > > > It is kinda off-topic (i'd OT it), and being picky it's GNU/Linux > > Debian, not GNU/Debian Linux. Being extra picky i'd ask where is > > Manhattan, :) > > > > This topic is absolutely OT

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 10:51:43AM +1100, Alex Hutton wrote: > The thing of facebook is people login to facebook and regularly view > their activity feed. So if you are posting to facebook you are > appearing in the activity feeds of people who have 'liked' your page. > People can also message you

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 09:56:10AM +, Jon Dowland wrote: > On 05/02/12 00:09, Nick Lidakis wrote: > >But using this facebook app I would still need to create a facebook account, > >yes? > > Facebook's privacy concerns only apply to whatever data you give > the

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-04 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 10:51:43AM +1100, Alex Hutton wrote: > The thing of facebook is people login to facebook and regularly view > their activity feed. So if you are posting to facebook you are > appearing in the activity feeds of people who have 'liked' your page. > People can also message you

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