Re: how to get to runlevel 3

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 07:42:25AM +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > Been googling for this with no success. I have tried init 3 and teinit > 3 and the runlevel command shows i am at runlevel 3 Then you are in runlevel 3. If your true objective is to get to runlevel 3, you have succeeded! > but X is st

Re: File URI & security; was Re (2): File URIs

On 10/06/11 04:22, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Scott, > > You are have responsibility to users or clients. I am a user > trying to make a simple Web page. We have different views of > "reasonable caution". Yes. I am not reasonable. The severity of a scenario rates higher than the likelihood. A

Re: how to get to runlevel 3

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 07:42:25AM +0200, Mark Panen wrote: >> Been googling for this with no success. I have tried init 3 and teinit >> 3 and the runlevel command shows i am at runlevel 3 > > Then you are in runlevel 3.  If your true object

Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)

On 10/06/11 03:30, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/09/2011 12:16 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > [snip] > > It's definite not Icedove per se, since Camaleón's name has always > rendered correctly for me, even when I used Icedove. > > Bottom line is that something in your box is misconfigured. Agreed. Spe

Re: how to get to runlevel 3

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 09:37:15AM +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > yes, as Frank said /etc/init.d/kdm stop works, one thing i don't > understand about runlevels though is, when i reboot, i still get X > which i want but, > > who -r > run-level 2 2011-06-10 09:01 last=S > >

Re: how to get to runlevel 3

Mark Panen: > > why is X running at runlevel 2 and not 5? As Dave said: in Debian, there's no difference between runlevels 2-5. J. -- Thy lyrics in pop songs seem to describe my life uncannily accurately. [Agree] [Disagree]

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

AG: > > These are some of the issues: > 1. Windows manager is "unknown" and no configuration tool is registered > 2. windows are launched at the top of the screen & I cannot drag > these elsewhere > 3. clicking a mouse on a window does not bring it to the fore > 4. there are no longer multiple wor

Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)

On 10/06/11 04:10, � wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:16:12 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 10/06/11 02:01, Camaleón wrote: > > > Eureka! We have found the culprit! > > It seems to be my Pan newsreader... oh, well, another bug for it >:-) I'm not convinced - I

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

On 10/06/11 05:18, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:51 +, Camaleón wrote: >> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:23:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> > > root@debian:/home/spinymouse# su --login Why is #(root) running su?? Cheers -- Tuttle? His name's Buttle. There must be some mistake.

Re: Plug in with FIREFOX

On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 15:12 -0400, Michael Checca wrote: > > Squeeze autoinstalls gnash which seems to work perfectly. Is there a > > reason to install flashplugin-nonfree and icedtea6-plugin? What am I > > missing? Can you watch this video with gnash? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwZLFTW4OGY&f

Re: Plug in with FIREFOX

On 10/06/11 05:25, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 03:44:20AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > ..snip >> >> Guessing that you're new - you'll probably go for a default install >> which will give you sudo and a Gnome desktop. > > And I'm guessing you'r

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 18:17 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 10/06/11 05:18, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:51 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:23:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> > > > > > root@debian:/home/spinymouse# su --login > > Why is #(root) running

Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)

On 10/06/11 08:30, Lisi wrote: > On Thursday 09 June 2011 19:10:40 Camaleón wrote: >> that Lisi bloke > > I hope that that is a joke Not that I find it funny, but I would hate to > think that you were serious. :-) > > Lisi > > No no! It was not Camaleón who wrote that. It was me. Self-dep

Re: Proper Use of adduser.conf

On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:13:27 -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > > When I ran adduser, it appeared to work and placed the > home directory in /srv/backups but if you su - testuser, it > complains that there is no home directory. What result is printed on "getent passwd testuser"? what's the

Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)

On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 18:41 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > I don't > know if it's your formal name, a nickname a nick, she wrote her real name several mails before, pardon, I've forgotten her name, but it's in the archive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)

On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 10:47 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 18:41 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > I don't > > know if it's your formal name, a nickname > > a nick, she wrote her real name several mails before, pardon, I've > forgotten her name, but it's in the archive Nonsense

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

On 10/06/11 08:46, Brian wrote: > On Thu 09 Jun 2011 at 21:07:07 +0100, Dom wrote: > >> On 09/06/11 19:35, Brian wrote: >>> >>> The question remains - Why would plugging or unplugging the ethernet >>> cable be expected to bring the interface up or down? >> >> This sounds like a job for ifplugd >

Re: how to get to runlevel 3

On Thursday 09 June 2011 09:42:25 pm Mark Panen wrote: > Hi > > Been googling for this with no success. I have tried init 3 and teinit > 3 and the runlevel command shows i am at runlevel 3 but X is still on > and i cannot install a Nvidia driver. > > Cheers > > Mark /etc/inittab on Squeeze. # R

Re: [Debian 6] Unable to install Debian 6.0.1 - no supporting mirrors found

On 10/06/11 15:37, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > I have been trying to install Debian 6.0.1 amd64 version, with a > firmware netinst iso (from > http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/ > > ), and, at the package manager setup stage, every mirror that

Re: how to get to runlevel 3

On 06/10/2011 11:37 AM, Mark Panen wrote: why is X running at runlevel 2 and not 5? sysv-rc-conf is a handy tool to check/set which service is run per run level. as you can notice, runlevels 2-5 are identical (in Debian) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: X host will not connect

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:11:09 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > > "synaptic > X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. > > (synaptic:12730): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: localhost:10.0" Try "ln -sf /home/mark/.Xauthority /root/" as root if mark is the user logged in via ssh -X.

Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

On 10/06/11 15:42, Mark Panen wrote: > Hi > > Been googling for this with no success. I have tried init 3 and teinit > 3 and the runlevel command shows i am at runlevel 3 but X is still on > and i cannot install a Nvidia driver. > > Cheers > > Mark > > I suspect you don't want to get to run l

Re: X host will not connect

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Peter Wiersig wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:11:09 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: >> >> "synaptic >> X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. >> >> (synaptic:12730): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: localhost:10.0" > > Try "ln -sf /home/mark/.Xauth

Re: how to get to runlevel 3

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:05 AM, George Chelidze wrote: > On 06/10/2011 11:37 AM, Mark Panen wrote: >> >> why is X running at runlevel 2 and not 5? > > sysv-rc-conf is a handy tool to check/set which service is run per run > level. as you can notice, runlevels 2-5 are identical (in Debian) > > >

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

On 10/06/11 18:27, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 18:17 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 10/06/11 05:18, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>> On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:51 +, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:23:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> >>> >>> root@debian:/home/spinymou

Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)

On 10/06/11 18:47, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 18:41 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> I don't >> know if it's your formal name, a nickname > > a nick, she wrote her real name several mails before, pardon, I've > forgotten her name, but it's in the archive > > Funnily enough I've

Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Scott Ferguson < prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote: On 10/06/11 15:42, Mark Panen wrote: > Hi > > Been googling for this with no success. I have tried init 3 and teinit > 3 and the runlevel command shows i am at runlevel 3 but X is still on > and i cannot insta

Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)

On Friday 10 June 2011 09:41:22 Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 10/06/11 08:30, Lisi wrote: > > On Thursday 09 June 2011 19:10:40 Camaleón wrote: > >> that Lisi bloke > > > > I hope that that is a joke Not that I find it funny, but I would > > hate to think that you were serious. :-) > > > > Lisi >

Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

> I suspect you don't want to get to run level 3, you just want to shut > down your x server. > Ctrl+Alt+Backspace - if that doesn't work, or it keeps restarting... > # /etc/init.d/kdm stop (or gdm if gnome, or whatever you dm is) > I'd definitely say that using gdm or kdm is a better option - othe

Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)

On Friday 10 June 2011 09:47:43 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 18:41 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > I don't > > know if it's your formal name, a nickname > > a nick, she wrote her real name Did I? I wonder why? And I wonder why I said that it was not my real name? Lisi is what I

Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)

On Friday 10 June 2011 10:32:25 Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 10/06/11 18:47, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 18:41 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> I don't > >> know if it's your formal name, a nickname > > > > a nick, she wrote her real name several mails before, pardon, I've > > forg

Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)

On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 11:03 +0100, Lisi wrote: > On Friday 10 June 2011 09:47:43 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 18:41 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > > I don't > > > know if it's your formal name, a nickname > > > > a nick, she wrote her real name > > Did I? I wonder why? And I wo

Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

On 10/06/11 20:01, David Sanders wrote: >> I suspect you don't want to get to run level 3, you just want to shut >> down your x server. >> Ctrl+Alt+Backspace - if that doesn't work, or it keeps restarting... >> # /etc/init.d/kdm stop (or gdm if gnome, or whatever you dm is) >> > I'd definitely say

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 19:25 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 10/06/11 18:27, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > I'm guessing from the gedit that you're running Gnome? > Have you tried gksu and gksudo > eg:- > #gksu gedit (will work if installed) $ gksu gedit (gedit:13772): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to c

Re: unable to enumerate usb device on port 5

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:04:00 +0530, Rohit Vaidya wrote: > I have just installed Debian Squeeze successfully. On boot up I get the > following message constantly dumped > on the console. Whenever I try to access the virtual terminal it gives > me the same message. > "Unable to enumerate usb device

Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:06:18 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 10/06/11 04:10, � wrote: >> On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:16:12 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >>> On 10/06/11 02:01, Camaleón wrote: >> >> >> Eureka! We have found the culprit! >> >> It seems to be my Pan ne

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:18:36 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:51 +, Camaleón wrote: >> Accustom yourself to run a login shell when launching GUI based >> applications (i.e., "su -" instead "su") ;-) >> > > Thank you :) > > that's better, still some GTK warnings > > ro

Which sound card for my server rack?

Hi, My server have several PCI 64 bits slots, I can put my PCI video card (ATI RADEON PCI) but I can't put my soundblaster PCI 128, I can put it a sounBlaster Live PCI but this card doesn't work with Linux! Which sound card I can put in my server rack and it works with Linux. I need sound w

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 11:03 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:18:36 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:51 +, Camaleón wrote: > > >> Accustom yourself to run a login shell when launching GUI based > >> applications (i.e., "su -" instead "su") ;-) > >> > >

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

On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:29:39 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Thu 09 Jun 2011 at 19:11:48 +, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> > The question remains - Why would plugging or unplugging the ethernet >> > cable be expected to bring the interface up or down? >> >> It does not have to be an isolated event. >>

gdmsetup can't unlock problem: any workaround?

I seem to be facing a bug where gdmsetup can't be unlocked: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=622234 Does anyone know of a workaround to turn on/off automatic login without gdmsetup? I'm often switching, leaving auto-login at home and turning it off when at work, travel etc. Thank

Re: Which sound card for my server rack?

On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 11:03 +, alex.padoly wrote: > Hi, > > My server have several PCI 64 bits slots, I can put my PCI video > card (ATI RADEON PCI) but I can't put my soundblaster PCI 128, I can > put it a sounBlaster Live PCI > but this card doesn't work with Linux! > > Which sound card I

Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:01:34 +0100, David Sanders wrote: >> I suspect you don't want to get to run level 3, you just want to shut >> down your x server. >> Ctrl+Alt+Backspace - if that doesn't work, or it keeps restarting... # >> /etc/init.d/kdm stop (or gdm if gnome, or whatever you dm is) >> > I

Re: Proper Use of adduser.conf

Peter Wiersig writes: > What result is printed on "getent passwd testuser"? # getent passwd testuser testuser:x:28000:28000:a b c,,,:/srv/backups/testuser:/bin/bash > what's the result of "ls -ld ~testuser /srv/backups /srv /"? # ls -ld ~testuser /srv/backups/testuser drwxr-xr-x 2 testuser testu

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

On Thu 09 Jun 2011 at 22:55:38 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > #allow-hotplug eth0 > auto eth1 > iface eth1 inet static The device name changed? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive

Re: [OT] Mice

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 06/07/2011 01:40 PM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] >>> >>> I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: >>> >>> 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces >>> >>> >>

Re: Which sound card for my server rack?

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:03:22 +, alex.padoly wrote: > My server have several PCI 64 bits slots, I can put my PCI video card > (ATI RADEON PCI) but I can't put my soundblaster PCI 128, I can put it > a sounBlaster Live PCI but this card doesn't work with Linux! > > Which sound card I can pu

Re: fopen when using apt-get

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:39:36 +1000, Rob Hurle wrote: (...) > Unpacking replacement [whatever the package is] ... Processing triggers > for man-db ... > fopen: Permission denied > Setting up [whatever the package is] ([version information]) ... > > This happens with all updates. Anyone know what

Re: Debian Questions on apt-get

On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 11:03:36AM -0500, Matt wrote: >> I have worked with Centos quite a bit in past though no expert. >> Giving Debian a whirl now. >> > [cut] >> >> yum update > > This becomes "apt-get update" in debian. No. It's not. This

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

On Thu 09 Jun 2011 at 21:24:40 -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Brian wrote: >> > > Why would plugging or unplugging the ethernet cable be expected to > > bring the interface up or down? > > That's the whole point of "allow-hotplug". In which case it is not working here.

Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)

On 10/06/11 20:46, � wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:06:18 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 10/06/11 04:10, � wrote: >>> On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:16:12 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> On 10/06/11 02:01, Camaleón wrote: >>> >>> >>> Eureka! We have found the cul

Re: Which sound card for my server rack?

On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 12:07 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:03:22 +, alex.padoly wrote: > > > My server have several PCI 64 bits slots, I can put my PCI video card > > (ATI RADEON PCI) but I can't put my soundblaster PCI 128, I can put it > > a sounBlaster Live PCI but this

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

On Fri 10 Jun 2011 at 18:51:06 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > e100: eth0 NIC Link is Down > e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex Shows the cable was initially unplugged and then connected. The machine was booted/woke up before the connection was made? You're using dhcp? > And ifconfig

Re: Debian Questions on apt-get

On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 08:21 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Darac Marjal > wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 11:03:36AM -0500, Matt wrote: > >> I have worked with Centos quite a bit in past though no expert. > >> Giving Debian a whirl now. > >> > > [cut] > >> >

Re: Debian Questions on apt-get

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 08:21 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Darac Marjal >> wrote: >> > On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 11:03:36AM -0500, Matt wrote: >> >> I have worked with Centos quite a bit in past though no e

How to install with encrypted root?

Hi I'm trying to install squeeze with "/" being a partition dmcrypt'ed with luks. Is Debian supposed to support that or not? For me the debian installer failed to do it, so I sent mail to debian-boot about it [1] and then since I didn't get a reply reported a bug against initramfs-tools [2], where

Re: [OT] Debian Questions on apt-get

On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 09:10 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 08:21 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Darac Marjal > >> wrote: > >> > On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 11:03:36AM -0500, Mat

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

On 10/06/11 22:20, Brian wrote: > On Thu 09 Jun 2011 at 21:24:40 -0400, Tom H wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Brian wrote: >>> >>> Why would plugging or unplugging the ethernet cable be expected to >>> bring the interface up or down? >> >> That's the whole point of "allow-hotplug". >

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

On Fri 10 Jun 2011 at 11:25:25 +, Camaleón wrote: > Now we have to extract some conclusions which is what I tried to do. The premise is false: plugging in a cable does not bring up the interface with ifconfig. This would make the conclusions suspect. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: Debian Questions on apt-get

On 10/06/11 22:21, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Darac Marjal > wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 11:03:36AM -0500, Matt wrote: >>> To find a package I also frequently do something like this: >>> >>> yum list available |grep abr_package_name >> >> This is either "

Re: How to install with encrypted root?

10/06/2011 15:25, Christian Jaeger wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to install squeeze with "/" being a partition dmcrypt'ed > with luks. Is Debian supposed to support that or not? For me the > debian installer failed to do it, so I sent mail to debian-boot about > it [1] and then since I didn't get a r

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

On Fri 10 Jun 2011 at 23:40:35 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 10/06/11 22:20, Brian wrote: > > > > Remove cable. > > > >root@dektop3:~# dmesg | tail -n 1 > >[ 158.220270] via-rhine :00:12.0: eth0: link down > > > > > > > eth0 is not brought down > > Yes it is ---

Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:46:12 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 10/06/11 20:46, � wrote: (...) >>> I'm not convinced - I don't get the problem with other Pan users, >>> though it could be a combination of Pan and gmane. >> >> Yup. Maybe a combo with how Pan encodes and your MUA? >> >> (what puz

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

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:25:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Fri 10 Jun 2011 at 11:25:25 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> Now we have to extract some conclusions which is what I tried to do. > > The premise is false: plugging in a cable does not bring up the > interface with ifconfig. This would make the co

Re: unable to enumerate usb device on port 5

* Camale?n [2011-06-10 10:25:46 +]: > On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:04:00 +0530, Rohit Vaidya wrote: > > > I have just installed Debian Squeeze successfully. On boot up I get the > > following message constantly dumped > > on the console. Whenever I try to access the virtual terminal it gives > > m

Re: gdmsetup can't unlock problem: any workaround?

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:26:04 +0200, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > I seem to be facing a bug where gdmsetup can't be unlocked: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=622234 > > Does anyone know of a workaround to turn on/off automatic login without > gdmsetup? I'm often switching, leaving

Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)

On Jun 10, 2011, at 5:58 AM, Lisi wrote: I presumed it *likely* that you are female, but was uncertain Yes, most of the time on line it is very difficult to be sure. And we have to accept that statistically the majority ... On the internet, nobody knows you're a God... -- Dysl

Re: How to install with encrypted root?

Thanks for your reply. I got it to work now. 2011/6/10 tv.deb...@googlemail.com : > Hi, I can confirm that it works, my main system is fully on Luks ( To be > precise it is luks on raid1, and /home is decrypted with pam, swap with > decrypt_derived.). (The additional RAID layer might make a diffe

Re: [Debian 6] Unable to install Debian 6.0.1 - no supporting mirrors found

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:37:17 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > I have been trying to install Debian 6.0.1 amd64 version, with a > firmware netinst iso (from > http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd- including-firmware/ > ), and, at the package manager setup stage, every mirror

Re: How to install with encrypted root?

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 09:25:43AM -0400, Christian Jaeger wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to install squeeze with "/" being a partition dmcrypt'ed > with luks. Is Debian supposed to support that or not? For me the > debian installer failed to do it, so I sent mail to debian-boot about > it [1] and the

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

On 11/06/11 00:43, Brian wrote: > On Fri 10 Jun 2011 at 23:40:35 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 10/06/11 22:20, Brian wrote: >>> >>> Remove cable. >>> >>>root@dektop3:~# dmesg | tail -n 1 >>>[ 158.220270] via-rhine :00:12.0: eth0: link down >>> >> >>> >>> eth0 is not brought do

Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)

On 11/06/11 01:02, � wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:46:12 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 10/06/11 20:46, � wrote: > > (...) > > Wow... I look horrible 8:-) Aw, I dunno - looks classier that the symbol used by the artist formerly know as... ;-p > > But how about the fourth of the snaps

Re: How to install with encrypted root?

See my other reply, it seems pretty clear that there is a bug in the debian installer (assuming that the installer is *meant* to support installing a system with encrypted root and that the result boots). Glad it worked for you; please tell if you can add information to pin the problem down more.

Re: Plug in with FIREFOX

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:17:40AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 15:12 -0400, Michael Checca wrote: > > > Squeeze autoinstalls gnash which seems to work perfectly. Is there a > > > reason to install flashplugin-nonfree and icedtea6-plugin? What am I > > > missing? > > Can you

Re: Plug in with FIREFOX

On 10/06/11 01:47 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: Can you watch this video with gnash? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwZLFTW4OGY&feature=related This video works with HTML5 on Iceweasel 4 on "free" squeeze. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "uns

Re: Plug in with FIREFOX

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 06:23:42PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 10/06/11 05:25, Robert Holtzman wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 03:44:20AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > > > ..snip > >> > >> Guessing that you're new - you'll probably go for a default install

Re: Plug in with FIREFOX

On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 10:47 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:17:40AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 15:12 -0400, Michael Checca wrote: > > > > Squeeze autoinstalls gnash which seems to work perfectly. Is there a > > > > reason to install flashplugin-n

Re: [OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)

On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 03:01:36 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 11/06/11 01:02, � wrote: >> But how about the fourth of the snapshots? It seems to display the name >> just right. > > Yes - but they're the only ones from you this year that do, which is why > I showed them. Hoping the dates might m

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

On Sat 11 Jun 2011 at 02:46:04 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > Re-inserted text (referring to an active cable being plugged and unplugged:- What is an 'active' cable? > -- > If you change the static settings to dhcp it should change - provided > network manager is not installed of course.

Re: Plug in with FIREFOX

On 06/10/2011 12:47 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:17:40AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 15:12 -0400, Michael Checca wrote: Squeeze autoinstalls gnash which seems to work perfectly. Is there a reason to install flashplugin-nonfree and icedtea6-plugin? W

Re: Debian Questions on apt-get

On Vi, 10 iun 11, 23:55:58, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > Asking me about the merits of aptitude is liking asking a emac fanboi > about the merits of vi :-) I don't think this is a fair comparison, but rather vi vs. vim ;) aptitude can do almost everything apt-get/apt-cache can do, but: + has very

Re: Iceape's inability to render sites

On 2011-06-09, Robert Holtzman wrote: > > --PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 04:43:42PM -0400, Michael Checca wrote: >> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:11:48 -0400, Robert Ho

Re: hard drive configuration

On Lu, 06 iun 11, 09:23:08, prad wrote: > in the past we've had two partitions: > / > /data > into the latter went home, www, mail and we'd softlink from the > appropriate places. the nice thing about this setup has always been that > when we upgraded or tried a different system there wasn't any da

Re: Debian Questions on apt-get

On 11/06/11 04:44, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 10 iun 11, 23:55:58, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >> Asking me about the merits of aptitude is liking asking a emac fanboi >> about the merits of vi :-) > > I don't think this is a fair comparison, but rather vi vs. vim ;) It wasn't meant to be :-) I

Re: hard drive configuration

On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 21:49 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > for single user or > > / > /home > /media/big -> /home/$user1/big > /media/big -> /home/$user2/big For a single user I switched from / + /home to / only. For special tasks I add e.g. /music_productions to /mnt or /home. The advantage to

Configuring Iceweasel security policies.

After reading http://kb.mozillazine.org/Security_Policies add these four lines to dalton:/etc/iceweasel/pref/iceweasel.js . // Allow my file URI to be opened. user_pref("capability.policy.policynames", "localfilelinks"); user_pref("capability.policy.localfilelinks.checkloaduri.enabled", "allAccess

Re: gnome sensors applet: which is which ?

On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:46 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:34:37 +0100, Joao Ferreira Gmail wrote: > > > I'm using gnome sensors applet to keep an eye on computer temperature. > > > > The applet configuration lets me choose: > > > > - libsensors > > \temp1 > > \temp1 >

Re: gnome sensors applet: which is which ?

On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:46 +, Camaleón wrote: > > which is which ? CPU ? Motherboard ? > > Most probably the CPU, as Brian pointed out (there should be an icon > identifiying the item) both icons are identical !!! > but 74°C and 95°C -being Celsius- are a bit high > values for whatever t

Re: Configuring Iceweasel security policies.

From: peasth...@shaw.ca Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:24:32 -0800 > Appears that the instructions for the Mozilla security policies are for the > case > where both the file URI link comes from the same machine as the browser runs > on. That was garbled. This might make more sense. Are the ins

Re: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse

On Mi, 08 iun 11, 10:06:36, Lisi wrote: > > I did say "YMMV" As I say, I personally find the traction inadequate with > optical mice. I can easily deduce that most people like them! Maybe it's just because of more dust here, but I have to clean the "sliders" all the time on my mice. OTOH I do

icedove/yahoo imap: messages marked as read & filters not run on inbox

Hi, I recently set up my yahoo.fr account (this one) as an *imap* mailbox under thunderbird. I've waited a long time for this to happen and with the success of smart phones, it seems that yahoo enabled an imap server, but didn't communicate that much for regular users (the one who got their ac

Brightness control is dead after install Nvidia Drivers

Hey, I've just installed the Nvidia drivers on my Debian, however, after i do it, the laptop brightness control doesn't work anymore... When i press the keys, i see the brightness bar, however, the brightness stays at maximum. I've used the following commands to install the drivers. apt-get upda

Re: Brightness control is dead after install Nvidia Drivers

On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 21:11 +0100, Pedro Rodrigues wrote: > Hey, > > I've just installed the Nvidia drivers on my Debian, however, after i > do it, the laptop brightness control doesn't work anymore... > > When i press the keys, i see the brightness bar, however, the > brightness stays at maximum

Re: How to install with encrypted root?

>10/06/2011 17:54, Christian Jaeger wrote: > Thanks for your reply. I got it to work now. > >> 2011/6/10 tv.deb...@googlemail.com : [...] > >> Maybe cp the /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/cryptroot hook script to >> /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/, this shouldn't be necessary though. > > My system

Re: icedove/yahoo imap: messages marked as read & filters not run on inbox

On 06/10/2011 04:13 PM, Nicolas Bercher wrote: > Hi, > snip > > 1. Near every messages that arrive into inbox and are marked as read, > but not all of them. This seems to be an imap side-problem: my account > was freshly set up and I never saw this before with account from other > imap provid

Re: icedove/yahoo imap: messages marked as read & filters not run on inbox

To clarify, I was talking about my experiences with multiple other imap accounts. I do have a yahoo account that I don't really use, but it is pop3. PaulNM -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian

Re: hard drive configuration

On Vi, 10 iun 11, 21:11:49, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > The advantage to have / only, including /home is, that you don't need > think that much about allocation of free space. You anyway can do > separated backups. And having tons of individual mounted directories > won't speed up anything or won't ha

Re: hard drive configuration

On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 00:54 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 10 iun 11, 21:11:49, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > The advantage to have / only, including /home is, that you don't need > > think that much about allocation of free space. You anyway can do > > separated backups. And having tons of

Re: hard drive configuration

On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 09:23:08AM -0700, prad wrote: > in the past we've had two partitions: > / > /data > into the latter went home, www, mail and we'd softlink from the > appropriate places. the nice thing about this setup has always been that > when we upgraded or tried a different system there

Re: Debian Questions on apt-get

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 08:21:41AM -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > packages. I'm actually looking for a simple comand line entry for apt > to list all the available packages for a system, rather than directly > parsing /var/lib/dpkg/available, but this is not it. > Does this do what you want? a

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