Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management

2014-01-04 Thread Nemeth Gyorgy
2014-01-03 14:44 keltezéssel, Tanstaafl írta: > In gentoo, I routinely perform pretend updates to see what updates are > available, so a process like: > > eix-sync > to synchronizes the local repo with the online one > > eix packagename > shows all available versions of that package, and what rep

Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management

2014-01-04 Thread Brian
On Fri 03 Jan 2014 at 17:21:40 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 09:20:33AM -0800, Carl Johnson wrote: > > > > You might want to look into the debian-reference package. It is also > > available on the web at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/. > > It looks

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

2014-01-04 Thread Klaus
On 03/01/14 20:50, Mitchell Laks wrote: > ok so now we are ok > vlc file.wmv works immediately > Anyway, now no problem!!! I get beautiful sound right up when I start the > > So I guess I could have just turned off speech-dispacher in rc2.d > I guess the myseql thing is weird, but does seem to aff

Re: something triggering my screensaver timeout (login dialog) - sid, xfce

2014-01-04 Thread Robin
On 4 January 2014 02:33, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > My login dialog, after I lock my screen, gets repeatedly triggered - > as though some keyboard key or mouse movement occurs - even after > unplugging my two mice. > > I have a trackpad which is disabled in bios. > > There is a trackpoint - the only

Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2014-01-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 01 ian 14, 09:06:48, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 01 January 2014 01:31:00 Scott Ferguson wrote: > > On 01/01/14 11:56, Charlie wrote: > > > So can someone please tell me how I might do windows safe mode > > > equivalent? > > > > There isn't an equivalent mode with Linux. Sorry. > > My

Re: adding a printer

2014-01-04 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 01/03/2014 10:47 PM, Vincent Lefevre wrote: >> cups was installed, when I first went to print, it wanted to print to >> > the pdf printer.. but there was no way for me to install a printer.. > Open http://localhost:631/admin in a web browser, choose "Add a printer" > and connect as root. > > I h

Re: adding a printer

2014-01-04 Thread Brian
On Fri 03 Jan 2014 at 20:25:53 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: > cups was installed, when I first went to print, it wanted to print to > the pdf printer.. but there was no way for me to install a printer.. > all I was missing was the > 1 - http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/system-config-printer Whe

Re: adding a printer

2014-01-04 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 01/04/2014 06:53 AM, Brian wrote: > When Wheezy is installed you only get system-config-printer if one of > three task-* packages is installed. As said, localhost:631 could be used > for setting up a printer. > >brian@desktop:~$ apt-cache --no-suggests rdepends system-config-printer >sys

Re: something triggering my screensaver timeout (login dialog) - sid, xfce

2014-01-04 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 1/4/14, Robin wrote: > On 4 January 2014 02:33, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> My login dialog, after I lock my screen, gets repeatedly triggered - >> as though some keyboard key or mouse movement occurs - even after >> unplugging my two mice. >> >> I have a trackpad which is disabled in bios. >> >

Re: adding a printer

2014-01-04 Thread Brian
On Sat 04 Jan 2014 at 11:53:38 +, Brian wrote: > cups-pdf converts this to PostScript and then back to a PDF. This might Scrub that. cups-filters converts the PDF to PS as this is the only input format cups-pdf accepts. Then it is converted back to a PDF. It wouldn't seem worth the effort!

slow internet

2014-01-04 Thread Pol Hallen
Hi all, I've a pc that I use like a gateway (debian 7), the clients connected, has strange problems: the loading of web pages are ok but sometimes (only on some sites) the loading of web pages is very slow... half page loaded and I see the wheel rotating... sometimes webpage is loaded but I

error with auctex on Debian - request for reproduction

2014-01-04 Thread Faheem Mitha
Hi, Is there anyone out there who can check http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/151696/journal-of-statistical-software-class-breaks-preview-in-auctex and tell me whether it is reproducible? I heard from someone on the AUCTeX list, who could not reproduce it, so it may be Debian specific.

Re: slow internet

2014-01-04 Thread Gian Uberto Lauri
What about slow servers, routing to some servers passing though slow branches? Heavy pages with a lot of preloaded resources and again a server not up to the task? -- Gian Uberto Lauri Messaggio inviato da un tablet > On 04/gen/2014, at 13:39, Pol Hallen wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've a pc that

Re: slow internet

2014-01-04 Thread Pol Hallen
I had that problem with HTPS sites, and moves MTU 1492... it worked. you might also check your DNS servers, you might add openDNS servers.. hello and thanks for your reply, I've changed from 1500 to 1492 (both interfaces) but I've same problem :-/ I don't use pppoeconf, I'm in dmz by router

Re: Best SFTP (w/chroot): vsftpd vs mysecureshell vs other ??

2014-01-04 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 04:14:42PM -0600, Bob Goldberg wrote: > so my question now very simply becomes: > what do demanding admin's choose as a preferred SFTP server, that allows > chrooting WITH group "w" access I'm not sure how the OpenSSH implementation handles ACLs, maybe that's an optio

Re: Best SFTP (w/chroot): vsftpd vs mysecureshell vs other ??

2014-01-04 Thread Balint Szigeti
On 04/01/14 13:26, Sven Hoexter wrote: On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 04:14:42PM -0600, Bob Goldberg wrote: so my question now very simply becomes: what do demanding admin's choose as a preferred SFTP server, that allows chrooting WITH group "w" access I'm not sure how the OpenSSH implementation

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Re: slow internet

2014-01-04 Thread Pol Hallen
Yes, it can. Since you are using dsl, I suppose you are using it through PPPoE, so here is your problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-point_protocol_over_Ethernet#MTU.2FMRU I had the same problems (but on OpenBSD router). On Debian it can be circumvented by using pppoeconf. It is by def

Re: Best SFTP (w/chroot): vsftpd vs mysecureshell vs other ??

2014-01-04 Thread Chris Davies
Bob Goldberg wrote: > trying to determine best solution for an SFTP server. > vsftpd appears to be my current best choice vsftpd is "Very Secure FTP Daemon". It does FTP well (cleartext passwords notwithstanding). It doesn't do SFTP (file transfer over ssh). > users must be chroot'ed to /hom

Re: Best SFTP (w/chroot): vsftpd vs mysecureshell vs other ??

2014-01-04 Thread emmanuel segura
Match User user01 ChrootDirectory /home ForceCommand internal-sftp X11Forwarding no AllowTcpForwarding no Match User user02 ChrootDirectory /home ForceCommand internal-sftp X11Forwarding no AllowTcpForwarding no useradd -m user01 && useradd -m user02 chmod 300 /ho

Re: Best SFTP (w/chroot): vsftpd vs mysecureshell vs other ??

2014-01-04 Thread Balint Szigeti
Hello I'm so sorry to cite from a website but when I tried to send the link of the site I got a bounce error from lists.debian... so here is the site: /This came up today where I needed to give secure file transfer to customers. To complicate things I had to use an out-of-the-box RHEL6 syste

Re: adding a printer

2014-01-04 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2014-01-04 12:11:38 +, Brian wrote: > On Sat 04 Jan 2014 at 11:53:38 +, Brian wrote: > > > cups-pdf converts this to PostScript and then back to a PDF. This might > > Scrub that. cups-filters converts the PDF to PS as this is the only > input format cups-pdf accepts. Then it is convert

unable to install stardict

2014-01-04 Thread François Patte
Bonjour, I tried to install stardict but for some unknown reason to me, it fails: Here is what apt-get returns: apt-get install stardict Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: espeak-data libespea

Re: unable to install stardict

2014-01-04 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2014-01-04 17:57:42 +0100, François Patte wrote: [...] > /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24:in `require': no such file to > load -- debian_version (LoadError) > from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24 > from /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs:269:in `require' > from /usr/sbin/apt-l

Re: unable to install stardict

2014-01-04 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2014-01-04 18:13:16 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > I got this error a few days ago, and it disappeared after upgrading > apt-listbugs and/or some ruby package. More precisely: apt-listbugs 0.1.11 -> 0.1.12 ruby-gettext 3.0.2-2 -> 3.0.3-1 ruby-locale 2.1.0-1 -> 2.1.0-2 I don't know which one(

Re: unable to install stardict

2014-01-04 Thread Slavko
Hi, Dňa Sat, 04 Jan 2014 17:57:42 +0100 François Patte napísal: > I tried to install stardict but for some unknown reason to me, it > fails: > > Here is what apt-get returns: > > load -- debian_version (LoadError) > from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/debian.rb:24 > from /usr/sbin/apt-l

Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management

2014-01-04 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 09:50:59AM +, Brian wrote: > On Fri 03 Jan 2014 at 17:21:40 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 09:20:33AM -0800, Carl Johnson wrote: > > > > > > You might want to look into the debian-reference package. It is also > > > available on the web at

Re: unable to install stardict

2014-01-04 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 01/04/2014 01:38 PM, Slavko wrote: Dňa Sat, 04 Jan 2014 17:57:42 +0100 François Patte napísal: I tried to install stardict The StarDict's development seems to be ended. Five or more years ago when still enamored with Puppy Linux, I discovered that Puppy's PBDict was just a gooey GUI

Help with aptosid installation

2014-01-04 Thread Stephen J. Mazurek
I am currently running a hp pavilion with an intel core 13, windows 7 os. I used to run debian stable on another pc clone no trouble with it and in fact came to dislike Microsoft software. Right now it seems like I'm stuck with it, though. I have a Sidux 2010-01 and also Linux from Scratch 6.3 r2

Automatically activate xscreensaver-command -deactivate after un-hibernate ?

2014-01-04 Thread Zenaan Harkness
sid, xfce Because I just have a blank screen as my lock screen, un-hibernating just continues to show my blank screen. It would be nice if the "unlock" password dialog appeared automatically. Anyone know how I might do this in xfce? TIA Zenaan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@l

(Continued) which image shall I use for P4/2.9G

2014-01-04 Thread Long Wind
I have posted the problem a few days ago the problem is linux can't find memory: not enough memory to load specified image I believe I have made some progress I run memtest, it reports 688k memory I select configuration, Memory Sizing, and use probe method, memtest find 1 G memory that's available

Re: /usr/sbin/alternatives-update missing

2014-01-04 Thread Sam Varghese
On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 11:37:33AM +, Brian wrote: > On Fri 03 Jan 2014 at 19:20:57 +1100, Sam Varghese wrote: > > > i am running the testing stream on a fairly > > old laptop. > > > > At the end of every upgrade, I get this message: > > sh: 1: /usr/sbin/update-alternatives: not found > > Do

Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management

2014-01-04 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 10:31:35PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 03 January 2014 14:16:34 Brian wrote: > > The '-s' can be omitted if more than one package is to installed. > > i.e., if you are requesting more than one package, it will tell you > what it is going to install before doing it

ISDN call logging

2014-01-04 Thread Urs Thuermann
My ISP provides VoIP and the DSL modem/router provides an internal ISDN S0 bus where my ISDN telephones are attached. I have also hooked an old Linux server with an ISDN card to the S0 bus. This server runs a Linux 2.4.37.8 kernel with isdn4linux and isdnlog to log all incoming and outgoing calls

(Continued) which image shall I use for P4/2.9G

2014-01-04 Thread Long Wind
now I believe I shall read grub doc grub option, instead of kernel option, hold key to my problem, I think -- 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/cab-gxzdv5

(Continued) which image shall I use for P4/2.9G

2014-01-04 Thread Long Wind
why the displaymem grub command isn't available? according to grub-legacy-doc, it should be available I have to say , linux is hard to use, on my machine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.

(Continued) which image shall I use for P4/2.9G

2014-01-04 Thread Long Wind
why the displaymem grub command isn't available? according to grub-legacy-doc, it should be available I have to say , linux is hard to use, on my machine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.

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

2014-01-04 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 09:58 Sat 04 Jan , Klaus wrote: > On 03/01/14 20:50, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > ok so now we are ok > > vlc file.wmv works immediately > > Anyway, now no problem!!! I get beautiful sound right up when I start the > > > > So I guess I could have just turned off speech-dispacher in rc2.d > > I g

Re: Debian Wheezy Compromised - www-data user is sending 1000 emails an hour

2014-01-04 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/1/2014 10:24 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: Raffaele Morelli wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: 2) The ownership of the files by root are safe. The default owner is root. Files owned by root with the default permissions are not writable by the web process. Files in the default config

Re: Debian Wheezy Compromised - www-data user is sending 1000 emails an hour

2014-01-04 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/1/2014 7:55 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: The default for phpmyadmin is that the files are owned by root not www-data. If they were owned by www-data then they would be unsafe. (If, and this is a hypothetical if, you told me the files were owned by a special

Re: Best SFTP (w/chroot): vsftpd vs mysecureshell vs other ??

2014-01-04 Thread Chris Bannister
[Please don't top post on this mailing list.] On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 03:34:58PM +, Balint Szigeti wrote: > Hello > > I'm so sorry to cite from a website but when I tried to send the > link of the site I got a bounce error from lists.debian. That is weird! I suggest it wasn't just a simple

Re: USB mouse on Latitude D430

2014-01-04 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
On 01/04/2014 06:16 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 01/03/2014 08:31 PM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote: That's the odd thing. All I did was install XFCE, then noticed the trackball working at the login greeter. Logged in to XFCE, Cinnamon, and now back in to Gnome like I want, and it works everywhere

Re: USB mouse on Latitude D430

2014-01-04 Thread Dave Woyciesjes
On 01/03/2014 10:38 PM, Doug wrote: On 01/03/2014 07:46 PM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote: Nah, no difference noticed. But I did catch one oddity. Today when /snip/ I was booting up, I had the trackball connected to the USB port (that has the power connector next to it) and while it was loading the gr

Re: Debian Wheezy Compromised - www-data user is sending 1000 emails an hour

2014-01-04 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 08:56:14PM -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > On 1/1/2014 10:24 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > >System administration is hardly mundane. It is often misunderstood > >(as in this thread) but very important work. > > > > Setting up a phpmyadmin config file is hardly "system > administra

Re: To do the same as Windows safe mode...........

2014-01-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 04/01/14 22:20, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 01 ian 14, 09:06:48, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> On Wednesday 01 January 2014 01:31:00 Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> On 01/01/14 11:56, Charlie wrote: So can someone please tell me how I might do windows safe mode equivalent? >>> >>> There isn't an e

Re: Debian Wheezy Compromised - www-data user is sending 1000 emails an hour

2014-01-04 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/4/2014 9:57 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 08:56:14PM -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 1/1/2014 10:24 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: System administration is hardly mundane. It is often misunderstood (as in this thread) but very important work. Setting up a phpmyadmin config f

(Continued) which image shall I use for P4/2.9G

2014-01-04 Thread Long Wind
I am very disappointed with Linux I have not been able to solve my problem I have go so far as to install lilo, to try various options Is there anyone who can help? It seems that I'd better buy another motherboard I feel defeated I have always think linux can do anything Windows can do This time