Re: The mess of package names

2017-09-24 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 9/24/17, Gary Roach wrote: > On 09/19/2017 11:57 AM, Gary Roach wrote: >> Hi all, >> While this may seem to be a bit off topic, I feel that I may get answers >> faster here than any where else. This problem applies to Debian, Ubuntu >> and, to some extent, Mac OS. >> >> I have spent the last mo

Re: The mess of package names

2017-09-24 Thread Gary Roach
On 09/19/2017 11:57 AM, Gary Roach wrote: Hi all, While this may seem to be a bit off topic, I feel that I may get answers faster here than any where else. This problem applies to Debian, Ubuntu and, to some extent, Mac OS. I have spent the last month and a half ( or longer) trying to compile an

Re: The mess of package names

2017-09-19 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Gary Roach writes: > Hi all, > While this may seem to be a bit off topic, I feel that I may get > answers faster here than any where else. This problem applies to > Debian, Ubuntu and, to some extent, Mac OS. > > I have spent the last month and a half ( or longer) trying to compile > and link a p

Re: The mess of package names

2017-09-19 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
On 19/09/17 13:57, Gary Roach wrote: > What I need is a cross reference between Mumps, MPI, OpenMP and FETI4I > and the library names in the Debian and Ubuntu repositories. OpenMP is not a library. It is an extension of C to allow convenient parallel programming. It is enabled in GCC with “-fopenm

Re: The mess of package names

2017-09-19 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Gary Roach wrote: > Elmer requires the following libraries: Mumps, MPI, OpenMP, FETI4I Mumps ? Is there a use case for swollen cheeks ? > The problem is that none if the four libraries go > under the names mentioned above. If i know the name of files which are missing, e.g. from an exam

Re: The mess of package names

2017-09-19 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 11:57:54AM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > Hi all, > While this may seem to be a bit off topic, I feel that I may get answers > faster here than any where else. This problem applies to Debian, Ubuntu and, > to some extent, Mac OS. > > I have spent the last month and a half ( or

The mess of package names

2017-09-19 Thread Gary Roach
Hi all, While this may seem to be a bit off topic, I feel that I may get answers faster here than any where else. This problem applies to Debian, Ubuntu and, to some extent, Mac OS. I have spent the last month and a half ( or longer) trying to compile and link a program called Elmer FEM. The

Re: libjpeg mess in testing

2014-10-19 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2014-10-19 17:39 +0200, Erwan David wrote: > I hve dependencies which grap libjpeg-turbo-progs and libjpeg-progs > which claim ownership of the same file. > > There are already bugs about this (764318, 764322,765667,765790) but I > do not understand what I should do about this Probably install

Re: libjpeg mess in testing

2014-10-19 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Erwan David wrote: Hello, I hve dependencies which grap libjpeg-turbo-progs and libjpeg-progs which claim ownership of the same file. There are already bugs about this (764318, 764322,765667,765790) but I do not understand what I should do about this So, do someone have a hint ? I had the s

libjpeg mess in testing

2014-10-19 Thread Erwan David
Hello, I hve dependencies which grap libjpeg-turbo-progs and libjpeg-progs which claim ownership of the same file. There are already bugs about this (764318, 764322,765667,765790) but I do not understand what I should do about this So, do someone have a hint ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debi

Re: Please help with cleaning up after a mess I made with my email

2014-08-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Hi Paul, Paul E Condon wrote: > I have been cleaning up old email files and in the process created a > mess I have several mail directories containing emails from different > times and collected under slightly different operating condition. I > want to merge them into a single direct

Re: Please help with cleaning up after a mess I made with my email

2014-08-12 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:36:01 -0600 Paul E Condon wrote: > I have been cleaning up old email files and in the process created a > mess I have several mail directories containing emails from different > times and collected under slightly different operating condition. I > want to merge

Please help with cleaning up after a mess I made with my email

2014-08-12 Thread Paul E Condon
I have been cleaning up old email files and in the process created a mess I have several mail directories containing emails from different times and collected under slightly different operating condition. I want to merge them into a single directory with the emails arranged in threads by topic and

Re: MESS (MAME) on debian - bios roms path?

2014-08-08 Thread Christian Groessler
On 08/07/14 14:17, Zenaan Harkness wrote: Anyone use MESS and have it working? : $ /usr/games/mess c64n -sc|egrep -i path # CORE SEARCH PATH OPTIONS rompath /tmp/bios $ ls -l /tmp/bios/901226-01.u3 -rw--- 1 me me 8192 Dec 24 1996 /tmp/bios/901226-01.u3 $ /usr/games/mess

MESS (MAME) on debian - bios roms path?

2014-08-07 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Anyone use MESS and have it working? : $ /usr/games/mess c64n -sc|egrep -i path # CORE SEARCH PATH OPTIONS rompath /tmp/bios $ ls -l /tmp/bios/901226-01.u3 -rw--- 1 me me 8192 Dec 24 1996 /tmp/bios/901226-01.u3 $ /usr/games/mess c64n 901226-01.u3 NOT FOUND ... (more

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-12 Thread Slavko
Ahoj, Dňa Thu, 12 Jun 2014 13:18:21 +0300 Andrei POPESCU napísal: > > >reduce the size of your /var/lib/dpkg/available. HOW ? well just > > >open the file and delete stuff and save ! ok. there are too many > > >ways to choose how. back up before doing it. and don't delete any > > >you'll n

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
[I hope I got the attributions correctly, as far as I can tell I'm only responding to "John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell", not to berenger.morel@, from what appears to have been a private reply] > Le 11.06.2014 08:41, John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell a écrit : > > > >NO. APT does not bre

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-11 Thread berenger . morel
Le 11.06.2014 08:41, John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell a écrit : berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 08.06.2014 17:10, The Wanderer a écrit : Maybe it's possible to configure aptitude so that it doesn't do that... but if so, I would think that configuration should be the default, bec

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-10 Thread berenger . morel
Le 08.06.2014 17:10, The Wanderer a écrit : Maybe it's possible to configure aptitude so that it doesn't do that... but if so, I would think that configuration should be the default, because as things stand it seems almost worse than useless for anything but the simplest operations. Can't

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-09 Thread Joe
On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 01:40:37 +1200 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Jun 07, 2014 at 11:10:02PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Saturday 07 June 2014 21:41:17 Slavko wrote: > > > apt-get is quicker than aptitude and has (by the release note) > > > > The release notes have not been consistent abou

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 09 iun 14, 14:55:26, Dalios wrote: > > Never tried apt before so after your message I decided to research a little. > Searching for info on apt is quite tricky as the web is full of pages on > apt-get and aptitude etc. Searching for "apt vs apt-get" returned this > reddit thread which is ju

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-09 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 09 June 2014 14:40:37 Chris Bannister wrote: > > The release notes have not been consistent about which they recommend for > > a particular upgrade.  Both have been recommended on occasion. > > For the same release? Of course not. > The release notes are written for *each* release, >

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 09 iun 14, 13:19:33, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > I also have played with pinning in the past. I must admit, I agree with you, > it not a very good solution, since you need to progressively add every > dependency of the tool you want to upgrade, or automatical upgrades will > fa

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-09 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jun 07, 2014 at 11:10:02PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 07 June 2014 21:41:17 Slavko wrote: > > apt-get is quicker than aptitude and has (by the release note) > > The release notes have not been consistent about which they recommend for a > particular upgrade. Both have been re

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-09 Thread Dalios
On 06/09/2014 11:45 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Lu, 09 iun 14, 08:35:44, Dalios wrote: # apt-get clean && apt-get autoclean && apt-get autoremove && apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade A few comments: - autoclean after clean is redundant - I don't think clearing your ca

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-09 Thread berenger . morel
cache from another computer which runs testing/unstable/experimental... see the mess? :) ). Now, things are clean and stable. If I had to achieve the same through pure command-line, I would not have made it, probably I would have reinstalled. Using a minimal system probably helped, as well as

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-09 Thread berenger . morel
Le 07.06.2014 11:58, Slavko a écrit : Ahoj, Dňa Sat, 7 Jun 2014 09:48:44 +0200 Thierry de Coulon napísal: Hello all, I've lived for years using synaptic and I am no so used to aptitude - and I don't want to make mistakes... Possibly my installation is now in such a state that I should r

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 09 iun 14, 08:35:44, Dalios wrote: > > # apt-get clean && apt-get autoclean && apt-get autoremove && apt-get update > && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade A few comments: - autoclean after clean is redundant - I don't think clearing your cache *before* the upgrade is such a good i

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-09 Thread David Dušanić
08.06.2014, 15:10, "Gour" : > David Dušanić writes: >>  I think you can also use aptitude on sid but I really prefer apt. > > So, you believe aptitude is no better than apt in resolve package deps > (in Sid) ? It is my personal preference. I never understood aptitude good enough to use it so I

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Dalios
On 06/08/2014 06:10 PM, The Wanderer wrote: Likewise FWIW, I invariably use apt-get, because aptitude routinely recommends dependency-resolution "solutions" which involve not doing anything like what I requested - and indeed often involve removing the very package I requested to be installed - wh

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Jochen Spieker
Slavko: > > Sure, here is today example (it comes from my Raspbian with recompiled > packages from sid in my own repo): > > LANG=C apt-get upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following packages have been kept back: >

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Joe
On Sun, 8 Jun 2014 13:33:28 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 08 June 2014 12:55:26 Slavko wrote: > > Migration from apt-get/aptitude to Synaptic must be safe. The > > problem in opposite direction, i.e. from Synaptic to > > apt-get/aptitude, where Synaptic lack some functionality about the > >

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 06/08/2014 11:03 AM, Stephen Allen wrote: > On Sat, Jun 07, 2014 at 09:57:39PM +0200, Jochen Spieker wrote: > >> Thierry de Coulon: >>> >>> I've lived for years using synaptic and I am no so used to >>> aptitude - and I don't want to make mista

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Stephen Allen
On Sat, Jun 07, 2014 at 09:57:39PM +0200, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Thierry de Coulon: > > > > I've lived for years using synaptic and I am no so used to aptitude - and I > > don't want to make mistakes... > > In addition to the good advice regarding automatically installed > packages that has alr

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 08 iun 14, 14:19:26, David Dušanić wrote: > > I think running sid is just a matter of how good you can "drive" the > Debian package manager, be it aptitude or apt. That's a fairly good description in my opinion :) > But I would never use something graphical (synaptic) to make my > upgra

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 08 iun 14, 15:07:31, Gour wrote: > David Dušanić writes: > > > I think you can also use aptitude on sid but I really prefer apt. > > So, you believe aptitude is no better than apt in resolve package deps > (in Sid) ? aptitude and apt have different resolvers. At some point in time apti

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 08 iun 14, 15:00:58, Gour wrote: > Andrei POPESCU writes: > > > Especially on sid aptitude (in interactive mode) can be very useful, but > > beware of #570377. > > Hmm.. I'm right now testing this in apt.conf // tweak Aptitude to not suggest removals as first option Aptitude::ProblemRe

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Gour
"D.E. Bil" writes: > And more human-readable logs in /var/log/aptitude. That's a good point. Thanks. Sincerely, Gour -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.de

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Bzzz
On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 15:04:17 +0200 Gour wrote: > I do not mind the interface, just wondering which is more suitable > for Sid considering that the dynamic of admin work is a bit > different than when one uses stable distro? I use synaptic and sometimes dselect (much more on stable). Synaptic ma

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Gour
David Dušanić writes: > I think you can also use aptitude on sid but I really prefer apt. So, you believe aptitude is no better than apt in resolve package deps (in Sid) ? Sincerely, Gour -- In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Gour
Slavko writes: > You can simply ignore the sid word in my post. Ahh, OK. Good to know. ;) > Using Synaptic seems to be safe (in mean of the original problem in this > thread). Maybe I shoud read the whole thread... > AFAIK, the functionality of the apt-get and aptitude is compatible in > thes

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Gour
Andrei POPESCU writes: > Especially on sid aptitude (in interactive mode) can be very useful, but > beware of #570377. Hmm.. > There is no procedure, just use which one you like/need/etc. Iirc, one has to be careful when migrating from one tool to the other in order not to end up with many un

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread D.E. Bil
On Sun, Jun 08, 2014 at 01:55:26PM +0200, Slavko wrote: > AFAIK, the functionality of the apt-get and aptitude is compatible in > these days, with only one difference - the ncurses interface in > aptitude. And more human-readable logs in /var/log/aptitude. -- debil :wq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 08 June 2014 12:55:26 Slavko wrote: > Migration from apt-get/aptitude to Synaptic must be safe. The problem > in opposite direction, i.e. from Synaptic to apt-get/aptitude, where > Synaptic lack some functionality about the marking/removing > the automatically installed packages. I have

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread David Dušanić
08.06.2014, 12:27, "Gour" : > > I must say that I'm still quite noobie when it comes to package > management on Debian mostly using apt-get/synaptic and I > read/heard somewhere that for Sid those are recommended over aptitude? > > Do I miss something and/or what would be recommended procedure for

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Slavko
Ahoj, Dňa Sun, 08 Jun 2014 12:27:04 +0200 Gour napísal: > Slavko writes: > > > Then i run aptitude and after some keypress is see, that there is > > one conflict with some co-package (cgi plugin) from old uwsgi > > version. > > I must say that I'm still quite noobie when it comes to package >

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
se part of Gnome is missing, it should clean up and remove > anything that needs it (the list of removal is long, but does include > gftp and so). Yep. > Whats more, the system seems not logical, as it wants to remove Gimp > but complains that gimp-data (not to be removed) needs Gim

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 08 iun 14, 12:27:04, Gour wrote: > Slavko writes: > > > Then i run aptitude and after some keypress is see, that there is one > > conflict with some co-package (cgi plugin) from old uwsgi version. > > I must say that I'm still quite noobie when it comes to package > management on Debian m

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Gour
Slavko writes: > Then i run aptitude and after some keypress is see, that there is one > conflict with some co-package (cgi plugin) from old uwsgi version. I must say that I'm still quite noobie when it comes to package management on Debian mostly using apt-get/synaptic and I read/heard somewher

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Slavko
Ahoj, Dňa Sat, 7 Jun 2014 23:10:02 +0100 Lisi Reisz napísal: > I prefer aptitude because I know what I am doing with it (sort of) > and because I don't have such a plethora of commands: apt-get, > apt-cache, apt-file etc. to remember. But I use apt-x on occasion > since it is no longer recommen

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-08 Thread Gour
Thierry de Coulon writes: Hello Thierry. > This being said, "pure" wheezy simply can't work on my machine (no graphics, > no network, not even a hard disc...) so the only other choice is another > distribution until Jessie becomes stable. > > I can't stand Ubuntu(s), but openSuSE ssems OK (eve

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-07 Thread Thierry de Coulon
On Sunday 08 June 2014 00.10:02 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 07 June 2014 21:41:17 Slavko wrote: > > apt-get is quicker than aptitude and has (by the release note) > > The release notes have not been consistent about which they recommend for a > particular upgrade. Both have been recommended on

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-07 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 07 June 2014 21:41:17 Slavko wrote: > apt-get is quicker than aptitude and has (by the release note) The release notes have not been consistent about which they recommend for a particular upgrade. Both have been recommended on occasion. I prefer aptitude because I know what I am d

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-07 Thread Slavko
Ahoj, Dňa Sat, 7 Jun 2014 21:57:39 +0200 Jochen Spieker napísal: > Thierry de Coulon: > > > > I've lived for years using synaptic and I am no so used to aptitude > > - and I don't want to make mistakes... > > In addition to the good advice regarding automatically installed > packages that has

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-07 Thread Jochen Spieker
Thierry de Coulon: > > I've lived for years using synaptic and I am no so used to aptitude - and I > don't want to make mistakes... In addition to the good advice regarding automatically installed packages that has already been given I have one question: why do you want to use aptitude? I used a

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-07 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
A step before that maybe, to take further what Slavko proposed, to sort out packages which are dependencies or recommendations of other packages which are not marked "automatically installed". The aptitude command-line search can help here: $ aptitude search '~i!~M(~R~i|~Rrecommends:~i)' will sho

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-07 Thread Slavko
Ahoj, Dňa Sat, 7 Jun 2014 12:22:04 +0200 Thierry de Coulon napísal: > Thanks Slavko. I'm not sure I got everything, but it shows the way to > go: learn using aptitude. Don't worry. If you uninstall something, you can always install it back (remember the "+" key?) :) Aptitude is simple and stra

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-07 Thread Thierry de Coulon
On Saturday 07 June 2014 11.58:41 Slavko wrote: > Ahoj, > (...) > > You need to learn one thing - the "A" mark in the aptitude, eg (rest > of lines removed): > > ilibpam0g-dev > i A libpam0g > ^^^ (...) > > Hope this help you. Thanks Slavko. I'm not sure I got everything, but it shows the w

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-07 Thread David Dušanić
ther DE, then removed *parts* of gnome, and the system is > thinking because part of Gnome is missing, it should clean up and remove > anything that needs it (the list of removal is long, but does include gftp > and so). Whats more, the system seems not logical, as it wants to remove Gimp

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-07 Thread Slavko
Ahoj, Dňa Sat, 7 Jun 2014 09:48:44 +0200 Thierry de Coulon napísal: > Hello all, > > I've lived for years using synaptic and I am no so used to aptitude - > and I don't want to make mistakes... > > Possibly my installation is now in such a state that I should > reinstall, but everything *is* w

Re: Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-07 Thread Joe
ts to remove Gimp but complains that gimp-data (not > to be removed) needs Gimp > > Any way to bring this mess in order? > I'd try aptitude full-upgrade first. That will give you a list of proposals. If you don't like them, say no, and like Groucho Marx, it will give y

Package system totaly a complete mess

2014-06-07 Thread Thierry de Coulon
g that needs it (the list of removal is long, but does include gftp and so). Whats more, the system seems not logical, as it wants to remove Gimp but complains that gimp-data (not to be removed) needs Gimp Any way to bring this mess in order? Thierry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

troubleshooting a broken mess (was ... Re: compiling a Debian package)

2012-11-01 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 03:04:49PM +0100, lee wrote: > Yeah and that's why you are forced to turn your system into a mess with > brokenarch and are supposed to try packages from unstable which create > only more dependency problems and mess things up even further. > > Think i

Re: Iceweasel mess with this mailing list

2012-04-27 Thread Mika Suomalainen
On 27.04.2012 18:59, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:39:07 +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > >> On 27.04.2012 17:05, Camaleón wrote: > > (...) > According to "dispmua" (package: xul-ext-dispmua), >>> >>> I didn't know about such a package existed (he, he... I wonder what >>> icon di

Re: Iceweasel mess with this mailing list

2012-04-27 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:39:07 +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > On 27.04.2012 17:05, Camaleón wrote: (...) >>> According to "dispmua" (package: xul-ext-dispmua), >> >> I didn't know about such a package existed (he, he... I wonder what >> icon displays with my posts ;-P) > > It looks like news p

Re: Iceweasel mess with this mailing list

2012-04-27 Thread Mika Suomalainen
On 27.04.2012 17:05, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:40:32 +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > >> On 25.04.2012 20:34, Camaleón wrote: >>> On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:25:19 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: >>> I'm not sure where the problem lies, but all of the mail I am receiving from this mai

Re: Iceweasel mess with this mailing list

2012-04-27 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:40:32 +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > On 25.04.2012 20:34, Camaleón wrote: >> On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:25:19 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: >> >>> I'm not sure where the problem lies, but all of the mail I am >>> receiving from this mailing list is coming in as attachments to >>>

Re: Iceweasel mess with this mailing list (Solved)

2012-04-25 Thread Gary Roach
Sorry about the Iceweasel. Yes I meant Icedove. I was mucking around with the settings and ran across "Display Attachments Inline" under the View menu. I checked it and the problem went away. I'm not sure why this should make such a difference but it does. The package now works as it should. T

Re: Iceweasel mess with this mailing list

2012-04-25 Thread Mika Suomalainen
On 25.04.2012 20:34, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:25:19 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > >> I'm not sure where the problem lies, but all of the mail I am receiving >> from this mailing list is coming in as attachments to attachments to a >> blank email. This mailing list is different than th

Re: Iceweasel mess with this mailing list

2012-04-25 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:25:19 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > I'm not sure where the problem lies, but all of the mail I am receiving > from this mailing list is coming in as attachments to attachments to a > blank email. This mailing list is different than the others to which I > subcribe in that after

Re: Iceweasel mess with this mailing list

2012-04-25 Thread Mika Suomalainen
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Iceweasel mess with this mailing list

2012-04-25 Thread Gary Roach
I'm not sure where the problem lies, but all of the mail I am receiving from this mailing list is coming in as attachments to attachments to a blank email. This mailing list is different than the others to which I subcribe in that after the index all of the messages are attachments. All my othe

Re: Assistance required ,alsa audio mess since last updates from Sid

2011-12-03 Thread Richard
On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 06:10:00 +0100 "Ralf Mardorf" wrote: > > > > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Scott Ferguson [mailto:prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com] > Gesendet: Sa 12/3/2011 01:26 > An: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Betreff: Re: Assistance re

AW: Assistance required ,alsa audio mess since last updates from Sid

2011-12-02 Thread Ralf Mardorf
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Scott Ferguson [mailto:prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com] Gesendet: Sa 12/3/2011 01:26 An: debian-user@lists.debian.org Betreff: Re: Assistance required ,alsa audio mess since last updates from Sid On 02/12/11 23:24, Richard wrote: > Hi > This W

Re: Assistance required ,alsa audio mess since last updates from Sid

2011-12-02 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/12/11 23:24, Richard wrote: > Hi > This What is "this"? > was working until, I think, the last batch of updates from sid > If you look at the audio device list below, the wanted device is hw:0,0 > which is working on other applications:- > > Audio InputOutput Device Name > Devi

Assistance required ,alsa audio mess since last updates from Sid

2011-12-02 Thread Richard
Hi This was working until, I think, the last batch of updates from sid If you look at the audio device list below, the wanted device is hw:0,0 which is working on other applications:- Audio InputOutput Device Name Device Channels Channels -

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-29 Thread Harry Putnam
in the recommendations that you pick a different one. It is >> > notoriously the most difficult to configure. >> >> The thread has taken a turn away from what OP was about. It wasn't >> technical help with sendmail itself, but more cleaning up a mess of my >>

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-29 Thread Joe
ne. It is > > notoriously the most difficult to configure. > > The thread has taken a turn away from what OP was about. It wasn't > technical help with sendmail itself, but more cleaning up a mess of my > own making concerning the installing of the sendmail pkgs. > Th

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Harry
has taken a turn away from what OP was about. It wasn't technical help with sendmail itself, but more cleaning up a mess of my own making concerning the installing of the sendmail pkgs. I did bang my head a bit on the authentication but finally realized I was using credentials from a closed ac

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Harry
Darac Marjal writes: >> Do you know of a case where postfix was made to use Smarthost >> smtp.comcast.net? I'd probably drop sendmail after years of use in >> favor of postfix, but the several times I tried to configure it for >> comcasts authentication, I failed miserably. >> >> I am probably

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Arnt Karlsen
are all debian tools. > - - --=-- - --- > - > Due to unbridled personal bungling, I've created a nasty mess while > installing sendmail. > > I inadvertantly deleted /etc/init.d/sendmail. Well I thought I'd just > reinstall se

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Alan Chandler
On 28/09/11 11:39, Carl Fink wrote: On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:24:22AM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: I inadvertantly deleted /etc/init.d/sendmail. Well I thought I'd just reinstall sendmail to re-acquire that file. ... Any attempt to uninstall it tells me it is not installed, any attempt to i

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 09:28:29AM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > Carl Fink writes: > > > However my preferred method: > > > > "sudo aptitude install postfix" > > > > Postfix is a drop-in replacement for sendmail that can be configured by mere > > mortals. > > Do you know of a case where postfix w

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Joe
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:24:22 -0500 Harry Putnam wrote: > Due to unbridled personal bungling, I've created a nasty mess while > installing sendmail. > I've never been near sendmail, so I can't help directly with the problem. I've seen the other replies, and: 1)

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Harry Putnam
Darac Marjal writes: >> So, can anyone recommend some method to get past this, and get the >> pkgs fully installed and configured? >> > > I imagine that, while configuring sendmail, dpkg tries to stop the > sendmail process by invoking the init script. The init script isn't > there, so it thinks

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Harry Putnam
Carl Fink writes: > However my preferred method: > > "sudo aptitude install postfix" > > Postfix is a drop-in replacement for sendmail that can be configured by mere > mortals. Do you know of a case where postfix was made to use Smarthost smtp.comcast.net? I'd probably drop sendmail after year

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
On 09/28/2011 01:39 PM, Carl Fink wrote: However my preferred method: "sudo aptitude install postfix" Best: "sudo apt-get install exim4" ;-) -- RMA. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread mark
e to unbridled personal bungling, I've created a nasty mess while > installing sendmail. > > > So, can anyone recommend some method to get past this, and get the > pkgs fully installed and configured? Please seriously consider using a different mail server package. Choose among

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:24:22AM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > I inadvertantly deleted /etc/init.d/sendmail. Well I thought I'd just > reinstall sendmail to re-acquire that file. ... > Any attempt to uninstall it tells me it is not installed, any attempt > to install it ends with an error tha

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Darac Marjal
l debian tools. > - - --=-- - --- - > > Due to unbridled personal bungling, I've created a nasty mess while > installing sendmail. > > I inadvertantly deleted /etc/init.d/sendmail. Well I thought I'd just > reinstall sendmail to re-acquire that file. >

Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Harry Putnam
gling, I've created a nasty mess while installing sendmail. I inadvertantly deleted /etc/init.d/sendmail. Well I thought I'd just reinstall sendmail to re-acquire that file. So uninstalled sendmail... with aptitude but it uninstalled a few other parts of the tools too. There appea

Re: multi-boot mess: have I destroyed Windows 7 ?

2011-05-29 Thread Freeman
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 05:10:40PM -0500, Charles Blair wrote: > ** THE MESS * > >I recently tried to set up a multi-boot with windows 7 > and squeeze on a laptop. When started, grub displays > >/dev/sda1 Windows 7 >/dev/sda2 also Windows 7 >

Re: multi-boot mess: have I destroyed Windows 7 ?

2011-05-29 Thread Mark
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Charles Blair wrote: > ** THE MESS * > > I recently tried to set up a multi-boot with windows 7 > and squeeze on a laptop. When started, grub displays > > /dev/sda1 Windows 7 > /dev/sda2 also Windows 7 > /dev/sda3 Win

Re: multi-boot mess: have I destroyed Windows 7 ?

2011-05-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/28/2011 05:10 PM, Charles Blair wrote: [snip] We can only pray that you have... -- "Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt." Samuel Adams, essay in The Public Advertiser, 1749 -- To UNS

multi-boot mess: have I destroyed Windows 7 ?

2011-05-28 Thread Charles Blair
** THE MESS * I recently tried to set up a multi-boot with windows 7 and squeeze on a laptop. When started, grub displays /dev/sda1 Windows 7 /dev/sda2 also Windows 7 /dev/sda3 Windows 7 recovery /dev/sda4 Debian /dev/sda5 Debian recovery I am relieved that

Re: X-windows copy/paste mess [SOLVED]

2011-03-22 Thread Steve Kleene
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:13:01 + (UTC), I wrote: > I'm running testing (Wheezy) and am failing to get copy/paste working cleanly > among my most common windows, namely: > > several xterms > virtualbox running a virtual XP client > iceweasel > ... > Is there any way to get all of these program

X-windows copy/paste mess

2011-03-21 Thread Steve Kleene
I'm running testing (Wheezy) and am failing to get copy/paste working cleanly among my most common windows, namely: several xterms virtualbox running a virtual XP client iceweasel The window manager is fvwm. As far as I can tell, the problem comes down to this: virtualbox only reads from

Re: XDMCP mess

2010-11-11 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 13:51, Rob Owens wrote: > Maybe you should be using LTSP.  It will pxe boot pretty much anything, > and then do a remote GUI session to your server -- sound included. I don't want PXE, but rather two sessions (one local one remote), but i'll look into it, thanks. -- Mars

Re: XDMCP mess

2010-11-11 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 01:39:12PM +, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 01:38, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > >> Now it's pulseaudio, seems simple but i'm missing something (it's > >> listening!). > > > > ..for XDMCP connections? > > Well yeah, XDMCP doesn't carry sound. My progress

Re: XDMCP mess

2010-11-11 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 01:38, Arnt Karlsen wrote: >> Now it's pulseaudio, seems simple but i'm missing something (it's >> listening!). > > ..for XDMCP connections? Well yeah, XDMCP doesn't carry sound. My progress so far has been losing sound altogether, but got it back on. Both boxes have p

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