Re: Planning a Debian NAS

2020-01-26 Thread Linux-Fan
ot;random source of failure" :) Another interesting question for a file server: What protocol are you going to use for the actual file-serving? See also on the RAID levels: https://www.baarf.dk/BAARF/RAID5_versus_RAID10.txt HTH Linux-Fan [...] pgpNU7giXzVAZ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: System Crashing Keyboard & mouse locking up

2020-01-26 Thread Linux-Fan
I just need a few ideas. I have been building systems for decades. Also check the kernel message buffer (command: `dmesg`). Just a few guesses here :) HTH Linux-Fan pgpwtjwvDQLrt.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: no rsync in the German installation? (Kommando nicht gefunden.)

2020-01-30 Thread Linux-Fan
nage it the best you can. You might be pleased to find Wireshark being part of DVD 1 as well :) Seems Debian has anticipated this need? [...] I am still genuinely curious about the answers to the questions above especially wrt. being hacked, the exact restoration conditions and the reason for being offline to restore data? YMMV Linux-Fan pgplfXq_CIhg2.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: cpu frequence

2020-01-30 Thread Linux-Fan
s to have the comparison for similar kernel versions? cpu: intel i5-6200U Base frequency: 2.3 GHz Max Frequency: 2.8 GHz HTH Linux-Fan [...] _ * * Created with "mutt 1.10.1-2.1" * under Debian Linux BUSTER 10.1

Re: Cuda sdk for Debian?

2020-02-05 Thread Linux-Fan
seems, (today) CUDA is also packaged in the non- free section of Debian, so you might try out installing this package first: nvidia-cuda-toolkit. HTH Linux-Fan pgprhpvBfetXE.pgp Description: PGP signature

Getting started with mmdebstrap / chroot Operation not permitted.

2020-02-13 Thread Linux-Fan
7:40.0 +0100 Modify: 2020-02-13 20:16:56.857792631 +0100 Change: 2020-02-13 20:16:56.857792631 +0100 Birth: - ~~~ Thanks in advance Linux-Fan pgpYPt1w_UH1q.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Getting started with mmdebstrap / chroot Operation not permitted.

2020-02-13 Thread Linux-Fan
Jonas Smedegaard writes: Quoting Linux-Fan (2020-02-13 20:29:47) > Hello list members, > > having seen this recently on the mailing list, I am interested to try out > `mmdebstrap` (as a replacement for `debootstrap`). The ultimate goal of my > use of these utilities is to arr

Re: Getting started with mmdebstrap / chroot Operation not permitted.

2020-02-13 Thread Linux-Fan
Linux-Fan writes: Jonas Smedegaard writes: [...] Being such a simple invocation, I thought I must have made some rather obvious mistake, because my command very much follows the manpage. I had thought that the complex part would only come afterwards :) I recommend to read section "

Looking for an inventory software which is free software and not IT-centric

2020-02-18 Thread Linux-Fan
atives Current alternatives if I do not find anything better: * Try to design some forms with Libreoffice Base. I know that I tried that once already and it did not go so well. * Re-Write my program. Would a database make more sense or might it be better to have a single CSV-style table? Sug

Re: Looking for an inventory software which is free software and not IT-centric

2020-02-19 Thread Linux-Fan
Linux-Fan writes: Hello fellow list members, I am looking for a software of which I am sure it exists, but I fail to find online, thus asking if anybody might know such a thing? Of course, it is best if it is included on Debian, even better if in stable :) . If not, it should at least compile

Re: Poll about DVD drive behavior

2020-02-19 Thread Linux-Fan
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Re: about debian installation on gpt and mbr hard drive

2020-03-11 Thread Linux-Fan
DD for both OSes, you end up doing one of the uncommon combinations which are (a) GPT+BIOS and (b) MSDOS+UEFI -- AVOID THESE!. Previously undiscovered bugs are likely to occur using these combinations... HTH Linux-Fan pgp9yzSMaCnQI.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: zfs not detecting drive failure

2013-09-02 Thread Linux-Fan
it or test with virtual machines where one can remove HDDs from the VM. Your mileage might vary Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: find'ing files containing certain words (all of them) ...

2013-09-21 Thread Linux-Fan
amounts of data. To search for special characters, e.g. the sequences of spaces mentioned, you can use extended regular expressions. HTH Linux-Fan. -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: device naming (was: should an end user stick to a kernel with an initrd?)

2013-09-30 Thread Linux-Fan
already experienced what happens when not using UUIDs, because I once installed my system on an external HDD when the main disk had failed. Booting from the external HDD always resulted in random device numbering (except for sr0 always being sr0...). Sometimes my "boot" HDD was sda, somet

Re: Default directory to put ".mo" file (language)

2013-10-03 Thread Linux-Fan
/usr/bin, game data at /usr/share/packagename. Installing a program from its makefile (via make install) usually installs the application below /usr/local. For further information consult the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard: $ man hier HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Default directory to put ".mo" file (language)

2013-10-03 Thread Linux-Fan
On 10/03/2013 09:14 PM, Linux-Fan wrote: > Debian Packages install their files directly below /usr, that is > /usr/share/local in your case, game binary at /usr/bin, game data at I missed an 'e': it should be /usr/share/locale (and not /usr/share/local) of course. -- http://

Re: apt-get upgrade (security packages)

2013-10-14 Thread Linux-Fan
stable which add features which means that every update is a security update. HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: apt-get upgrade (security packages)

2013-10-14 Thread Linux-Fan
in a safe testing environment before performing the upgrade. As there are mostly security patches this should (ideally) not cause too many failures. I'd try the second although that might be too much trouble depending on how many patches and what kind of patches were appli

Re: gnome depends on adblock-plus

2013-10-17 Thread Linux-Fan
want APT to give me an > error rather than to install it, so I can try and work around the > problem). Just let your metapackage declare "Conflicts". As you can see, some of the features you want are already implemented in the Debian packaging system. You might just want to create a simple metapackage to make use of it. Just my point of view Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: what's up with the apt-get

2013-10-18 Thread Linux-Fan
uot;wheezy-updates" is enabled. Try to replace your entries with this: deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib HTH Linux-Fan. -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: How to format the command output like MySQL output

2013-10-20 Thread Linux-Fan
es -- a feature you might consider to add in order to get your described output. Another option would be the use of C printf() statements. HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: maintained web-browser ( was: Re: gnome depends on adblock-plus )

2013-10-23 Thread Linux-Fan
memory-intensive application apart from VirtualBox, 7-Zip and games I am usually running. However, I also like (and need) the extensibility of Iceweasel: I would not consider a browser useful unless you can disable JavaScript by default enabling it only temporarily like with "NoScript". Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: maintained web-browser

2013-10-23 Thread Linux-Fan
On 10/23/2013 05:02 PM, Carson Chittom wrote: > Linux-Fan writes: > >> I am also still looking for a "smaller" browser. Iceweasel is the most >> memory-intensive application apart from VirtualBox, 7-Zip and games I am >> usually running. However, I also li

Re: sd card not detected

2013-11-02 Thread Linux-Fan
etter solution, I would also be interested in hearing of it. Also, the problem does not seem to be specific to a desktop environment or even Kernel version: I am running "Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64" and no desktop environment and get exactly the same behavior. HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: sd card not detected

2013-11-11 Thread Linux-Fan
On 11/11/2013 07:54 PM, Alex Mestiashvili wrote: > On 11/02/2013 01:51 PM, Linux-Fan wrote: >> I have the same problem here -- since the upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy >> when the HAL was removed, device nodes for CF and SD cards are not >> automatically created after insert

Re: New laptop...........

2013-11-14 Thread Linux-Fan
ns are terminated and the system is suspended to disk (similar to "hibernate" before Windows 8). As a result, you might need to "restart" or choose to boot into the BIOS from the Windows GUI to do a "real" reboot. HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Finding pertinent inforation on WEB

2013-11-19 Thread Linux-Fan
leads you directly to the GRUB documentation which looks similar to the info page to me. Also, you can google "GNU Info Pages online" without quotes. I just found http://linux.about.com/od/lts_guide/a/gdelts69t02.htm by entering that query which also suggests the first page I

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-21 Thread Linux-Fan
o the echos directly) ) > "$HOME/.fluxbox/menu" rm "$temporary_file" The head command will strip off the tailing "[end]", cat will repeat the content of stdin and your script will be invoked after that. Finally, the result is written to your configuration file. HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-22 Thread Linux-Fan
On 11/22/2013 03:13 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I've been doing some more testing and now got the 'submenu' being > generated at the end, which is good. But, the sed lines are also > stripping out *all* of the [end] lines which separate the sections of > the menu, which are needed for it to function

Re: apparently they somehow have their adler32 cake as part of Debian Linux ...

2013-11-30 Thread Linux-Fan
as you mention "large numbers" of files. Just my point of view and HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: A rookie's query: Want to about Debian and the related

2013-12-01 Thread Linux-Fan
On 12/01/2013 10:57 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2013-12-01 at 02:40 -0500, Doug McGarrett wrote: >> You can go to the preferences and choose another start page >> if you like. (That's not Thunderbird, of course, that's Firefox.) >> Anyway, if you'd rather have Bing, you can have it. Or Yahoo.

Re: MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives

2014-09-27 Thread Linux-Fan
On 09/27/2014 09:52 PM, lee wrote: > Linux-Fan writes: >> On 09/22/2014 03:23 AM, lee wrote: >>> Linux-Fan writes: >>>> On 09/21/2014 08:41 PM, lee wrote: >>>>> Linux-Fan writes: >>>>>>> On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote: >

Re: MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives

2014-09-28 Thread Linux-Fan
On 09/29/2014 12:56 AM, lee wrote: > Linux-Fan writes: >> On 09/27/2014 09:52 PM, lee wrote: >>> Linux-Fan writes: >>>> On 09/22/2014 03:23 AM, lee wrote: >>>>> Linux-Fan writes: >>>> I always at least try to read/interpret the SMART data

Re: MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives

2014-09-30 Thread Linux-Fan
ks were so expensive and > their capacity relatively low, so I bought an USB disk. The USB disk > failed shortly after I got it ... It highly depends on what one needs: I use USB sticks solely for data transport where it is typically more important for the stick to be small and shock-resistan

Re: MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives

2014-10-08 Thread Linux-Fan
On 10/07/2014 11:41 PM, lee wrote: > Linux-Fan writes: >> On 09/30/2014 01:40 AM, lee wrote: [...] >>> Last time I looked into buying an USB stick, I found out that I'd be >>> better off buying an USB disk because the sticks were so expensive and >>> t

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-09 Thread Linux-Fan
On 10/10/2012 03:22 AM, Wally Lepore wrote: > On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Wolf Halton wrote: >> The sizes look sane. >> 2*ram=swap If your machine hibernates, all the contents of ram goes to swap. >> 15GB / plenty of space. >> .5GB Boot partition. Safe enough, but every 3 months or so, check

Re: Partition Scheme for installing Debian Squeeze

2012-10-10 Thread Linux-Fan
/var -or- /mail). > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Linux-Fan wrote: >> You can have /var on your "main" partition (which also contains "/") and >> mount another partition in the subdirectory "/var/mail". > > Hi Linux-Fan, > > Appreci

Re: OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

2012-10-15 Thread Linux-Fan
On 10/15/2012 10:25 PM, Wally Lepore wrote: > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: >> On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 13:51 -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: >>> Hi Lisi, Brian, Lee, Joe, Neal, Dom, and Ralf, [snip] >> >> Since you've got knowledge about computers, it will be easy for you to >> s

Terminal Emulator (was Fwd: Re: How to set display resolution manually?)

2012-11-08 Thread Linux-Fan
On 11/08/2012 11:38 AM, "Morel Bérenger" wrote: > Again... sorry for error. I do not understand, usually "reply" just reply > to the mailing list ? > > Thanks to debian and the nice system of virtual packages, I have found > many nice ones. Just try to search for "x-terminal-emulator". > > First,

Re: Guide / Tools

2012-11-21 Thread Linux-Fan
On 11/21/2012 03:59 AM, Crypticmofo wrote: > Hello > > I'm new to debian and i hang out in the irc channels .. i realize that > irc is there really for support so i wanted to take my question here .. > > From the more exprienced Debian users can you guys paste or post a list > of the most common

Re: how to make my installation of Debian as live CD

2012-12-01 Thread Linux-Fan
On 12/01/2012 04:23 PM, Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras wrote: > I want to give how I configuarate my system to other person with same > computer but I dont want to configurate again and again ... Is that > possibble ? Try remastersys: http://remastersys.geekconnection.org/debian.html -- To UNSUBSC

Re: unable to upgrade kernel

2014-07-04 Thread Linux-Fan
the "-t wheezy-backports" but rather a difference between apt-get and aptitude: Unlike apt-get, aptitude suggests to upgrade initramfs-tools after one has rejected some other proposals. Linux-Fan signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: SSD optimization on Debian (2014)

2014-07-06 Thread Linux-Fan
l be automatically aligned at 1 MiB boundaries by most of the tools anyway. > Are any of the above "modifications" really necessary? None of the modifications is "necessary". You can simply replace a HDD with a SSD without having to worry much. Still, a ramdisk for /tmp

Re: Learning package building - tutorial issue

2014-07-06 Thread Linux-Fan
problem: Could it be possible to upload an archive of the directory you are trying to build the package from? If that is impossible, you could just try to adjust the Makefile to create $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin and avoid the .dirs file. Linux-Fan signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Learning package building - tutorial issue

2014-07-06 Thread Linux-Fan
On 07/06/2014 09:21 PM, Valerio Pachera wrote: > 2014-07-06 21:09 GMT+02:00 Linux-Fan : > >> Unless you provide some more information, I can not find the source of >> the problem: Could it be possible to upload an archive of the directory >> you are trying to build the pa

Re: Learning package building - tutorial issue

2014-07-06 Thread Linux-Fan
On 07/06/2014 09:54 PM, Linux-Fan wrote: > On 07/06/2014 09:21 PM, Valerio Pachera wrote: >> 2014-07-06 21:09 GMT+02:00 Linux-Fan : >> >>> Unless you provide some more information, I can not find the source of >>> the problem: Could it be possible to upload an arc

Re: behavior of sudo -E

2014-07-08 Thread Linux-Fan
this seems to be special to the $PATH variable. Others work fine. Try, for example (I have not copied this from a shell, but that is the gist of what happens if one tests it): $ export TEST=x $ sudo -Es # echo $TEST x # exit $ export PATH=$PATH:test $ echo $PATH [...]:test $ sudo -Es # echo $PA

Re: tune2fs: last write time is weeks or even months ago, moreover before last reboot

2014-07-24 Thread Linux-Fan
s definitely a bad sign. Is a simple reboot an option? HTH Linux-Fan signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: /var partition seems locked or read only

2014-07-24 Thread Linux-Fan
IIRC, xfs performs very well in situations where other filesystems' inode counts are exceeded. Note however, that I have not ever used xfs myself -- I am merely reciting what I have read. HTH Linux-Fan signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: tune2fs: last write time is weeks or even months ago, moreover before last reboot

2014-07-25 Thread Linux-Fan
On 07/25/2014 10:31 AM, David Guyot wrote: > Le vendredi 25 juillet 2014 à 00:27:30 +0200, Linux-Fan a écrit: >> On 07/24/2014 03:44 PM, David Guyot wrote: >> If it is a Hitachi, the raw read error rate can switch between 0, 1, and >> the 2^16 without the disk being faulty.

MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives

2014-09-11 Thread Linux-Fan
/3 metadata=1.2 UUID=5885863a:ca3648ff:7f73d47f:53f0476a name=masysma-3:3 TIA Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.lima-city.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives

2014-09-14 Thread Linux-Fan
On 09/14/2014 02:06 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 06:17:00PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote: [...] >> Is there any means to configure MDADM (or such) to make sure that all >> devices are recognized before attempting to start the array so that I >> could manually

Re: MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives

2014-09-14 Thread Linux-Fan
bout 12TB > and don't want a server farm at home :) Unfortunately, I do not have a datacentre at hand or I would likely have used a dedicated machine for the task although the 2 TB extension is going to be enough for a long time. Thank you for sharing this info, Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.lima-city.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives

2014-09-14 Thread Linux-Fan
On 09/14/2014 01:42 PM, Linux-Fan wrote: > On 09/14/2014 02:06 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: [...] >> In the meantime, you can: >> - add a bitmap file to the RAID, which will speed up rebuilds. >> - use the --no-degraded flag, to prevent assembly of a RAID that >> is lac

Re: MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives

2014-09-14 Thread Linux-Fan
On 09/14/2014 04:35 PM, lee wrote: > Linux-Fan writes: > >> Also, the reliability of the external storage is required to be >> perfect > > Then forget USB disks. Get an HP Microserver and reliable disks. Sorry, forgot to insert a not :). It should read "the reliab

Re: MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives

2014-09-14 Thread Linux-Fan
On 09/14/2014 04:33 PM, lee wrote: > Linux-Fan writes: > >>> On 09/14/2014 12:38 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: >> >> or even buy some additional drives (I know that it is often said that >> "today drives are cheap" but for me being comparatively new to

Fwd: Re: MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives

2014-09-14 Thread Linux-Fan
Sorry, this should have been sent to the list in the first place. Original Message Subject: Re: MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 18:12:41 +0200 From: Linux-Fan To: Reco On 09/14/2014 06:06 PM, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014

Re: View on UNIX purism in Linux Community

2014-09-16 Thread Linux-Fan
rent explanation of "plan 9; [...] Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9 and select "Plan 9 from Bell Labs" below "Operating Systems". HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.lima-city.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives

2014-09-21 Thread Linux-Fan
On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote: > Linux-Fan writes: >> On 09/14/2014 04:33 PM, lee wrote: >>> Linux-Fan writes: >>>> or even buy some additional drives (I know that it is often said that >>>> "today drives are cheap" but for me being compara

Re: MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives

2014-09-21 Thread Linux-Fan
On 09/21/2014 08:41 PM, lee wrote: > Linux-Fan writes: >>> On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote: >>> Other than that, in my experience Seagate disks my have an unusually >>> high failure rate. >> >> Mine all work here. SMART reports > > They'l

Re: MDADM RAID1 of external USB 3.0 Drives

2014-09-22 Thread Linux-Fan
On 09/22/2014 03:23 AM, lee wrote: > Linux-Fan writes: >> On 09/21/2014 08:41 PM, lee wrote: >>> Linux-Fan writes: >>>>> On 09/20/2014 04:55 PM, lee wrote: >>>>> Other than that, in my experience Seagate disks my have an unusually >>>

Re: [i3]Not able to get the reboot/suspend script work.

2014-03-25 Thread Linux-Fan
ckages 500 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main amd64 Packages What does the command show on your system? HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [i3]Not able to get the reboot/suspend script work.

2014-03-25 Thread Linux-Fan
alias -- my /etc/sudoers.d/50-masysma-mahalt looks like this: Cmnd_Alias SHUTDOWN = /usr/bin/mahalt linux-fan ALL=NOPASSWD: SHUTDOWN Be aware, however, that if you make a script you can edit with your normal user permissions runnable with sudo and no password, you are effectively rem

Re: Unable to execute a script without asking for sudo password, even after editing sudoers file.

2014-03-30 Thread Linux-Fan
On 03/30/2014 01:14 PM, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > Hi I have created a script called i3exit that allows me to suspend or > hibernate my laptop without having to exit my i3wm thus allowing me to > save my work. > > Here are the contents of my script: [...] > This script is stored in home/neo1691/bin

Re: Vertualbox installation errors

2014-05-15 Thread Linux-Fan
t -c -40 ii virtualbox ii virtualbox-dkms ii virtualbox-fuse ii virtualbox-ose ii virtualbox-ose-dkms ii virtualbox-ose-fuse ii virtualbox-qt The "ose" packages are no longer necessary. HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Vertualbox installation errors

2014-05-16 Thread Linux-Fan
ur sources.list and architecture using $ apt-cache policy Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 500 file:/data/programs/repo/ squeeze/main i386 Packages release v=6.0.6,o=Linux-Fan, Ma_Sys.ma,a=stable,n=squeeze,l=Ma_Sys.ma MDVL Repository,c=main 500 file:/data/programs/rep

Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode.

2014-05-21 Thread Linux-Fan
On 05/21/2014 05:20 PM, Horatio Leragon wrote: > From: Joe > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 3:58 PM > Subject: Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode. > > In Linux, a window manager will operate without a desktop environment, > but this is a little too m

Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode.

2014-05-22 Thread Linux-Fan
On 05/22/2014 03:10 AM, Horatio Leragon wrote: > From: Linux-Fan > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 2:51 AM > Subject: Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode. > > Just like any other package. > > # aptitude install fluxbox &g

Re: squashfs(: mountable tar.gz) sort option

2014-05-29 Thread Linux-Fan
f using -sort with a suitable file depends on how exactly your files are distributed. I would be interested in the outcome if you found a means of generating a useful "SORT_FILE". HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: How to declare default browser in JWM

2014-05-30 Thread Linux-Fan
tives(8). # update-alternatives --config x-www-browser # update-alternatives --config gnome-www-browser HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Prevent upstream packages from replacing locally modified packages

2014-05-31 Thread Linux-Fan
that it will always be above a Debian version and therefore ``updates'' will only be considered if they have a greater version, i.e. are updates to your modified version. HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: downgrading a virtualbox guest

2014-06-16 Thread Linux-Fan
tup? A more radical approach could include the creation of a new user to try the downgraded version without potential conflicts with a newer configuration. HTH Linux-Fan signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Installation disc creator (Was: Resizing LVM issue)

2014-06-22 Thread Linux-Fan
, it still works here. As I also use it very often -- should it finally go offline, I am going to keep at least a modified Debian version running. A cleaner approach (which I have tried multiple times without success already) could be a customized installation disc. HTH Linux-Fan signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Getting rights right

2014-06-22 Thread Linux-Fan
the files between the chmod and find and the application writing the files correctly (IMO) reset the permissions to non-executable 0600. Otherwise, it would be indeed strange for the permissions to magically change between chmod and find. HTH Linux-Fan signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: raid/mdadm help

2014-06-23 Thread Linux-Fan
nstall GRUB to all disks'' is better described as # dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc Also, if you manually want to create a RAID 1 of two partitions use # mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 \ /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 HTH

Re: Reasons for rights policies, political or technical ? Was : Re: pm-hibernate as user

2012-12-19 Thread Linux-Fan
On 12/19/2012 04:58 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > > Le 19.12.2012 16:25, Hugo Vanwoerkom a écrit : >> Michael Biebl wrote: >>> On 19.12.2012 01:04, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Michael Biebl wrote: > On 19.12.2012 00:34, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: >> Except using s

Backing up system customization: Is Debian packaging better than Remastersys?

2013-01-27 Thread Linux-Fan
tomate much of what I am aiming for? (Because I believe creating packages of all my customization will be quite some work and I should therefore think and ask first.) Btw: I am using Debian 6.0.6 "Squeeze" amd64 and on other systems: i386. Kind regards and TIA, Linux-Fan -- To UNSUBSC

Re: Backing up system customization: Is Debian packaging better than Remastersys?

2013-01-27 Thread Linux-Fan
On 01/27/2013 05:44 PM, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Sonntag, 27. Januar 2013 schrieb Linux-Fan: >> But I am still not fully satisfied with this solution because making a >> live-DVD out of the currently-running system has some issues: >> >> 1. If I ever need to re-i

Re: Backing up system customization: Is Debian packaging better than Remastersys?

2013-01-27 Thread Linux-Fan
package everything. > > Well, for only 4 systems puppet might be a bit off. I´d suggest starting with > puppet not before at least 10 systems. aptitude show puppet mentions a "cross-platform specification language". One or the other way the whole thing seems to get complex in the end... > Ciao, Thanks for another quick and useful reply! Linux-Fan -- 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/51057568.7090...@web.de

Re: Backing up system customization: Is Debian packaging better than Remastersys?

2013-01-27 Thread Linux-Fan
On 01/27/2013 07:42 PM, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Sonntag, 27. Januar 2013 schrieb Linux-Fan: >> Dear Debian users, >> >> I have configured my system to my specific needs by installing packages, >> changing their configuration, adding a useful HTML-Documentation &

Re: Moving mdadm raid volume to new OS install

2013-01-28 Thread Linux-Fan
On 01/27/2013 10:13 PM, Sam Martin wrote: > Thanks Frank, > > But this is kind of my backup. I don't have any capacity to backup to > another drive/ext HDD. Raid is not a backup. All data can easily get lost by one wrong command, e.g. someone does rm -rf /mountpoint (accidentally, some do becau

Re: Backing up system customization: Is Debian packaging better than Remastersys?

2013-01-29 Thread Linux-Fan
On 01/28/2013 11:02 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 27 ian 13, 19:12:40, Martin Steigerwald wrote: >> >> Well, for only 4 systems puppet might be a bit off. I´d suggest starting >> with >> puppet not before at least 10 systems. > > The initial setup is definitely not trivial, but afterwards y

Re: Backing up system customization: Is Debian packaging better than Remastersys?

2013-02-01 Thread Linux-Fan
On 01/30/2013 11:29 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 29 ian 13, 11:20:42, Linux-Fan wrote: >> On 01/28/2013 11:02 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >>> On Du, 27 ian 13, 19:12:40, Martin Steigerwald wrote: >>>> >>>> Well, for only 4 systems puppet might be

Re: scripting inherited commands user rights

2013-02-07 Thread Linux-Fan
gure command to use (always use whole path here) Cmnd_Alias SHUTDOWN = /opt/ma/bin/mahalt linux-fan ALL=NOPASSWD: SHUTDOWN Which allows linux-fan to use sudo /opt/ma/bin/mahalt to shut down the computer. In order not to require the script to be run with sudo explicitely, I have (in my s

Re: Sharing mail data

2013-02-09 Thread Linux-Fan
via a symlink to the one on the Debian Sid partition, the >>> mail directories get re-written when T'bird closes to reflect the >>> fact the Debian parition is mounted as /media/sda2. If I tell You could also try to bind-mount the directory: # mount -o bind /media/sda2 /home/lin

Re: upgrading to wheezy - multiseat stops working

2013-02-19 Thread Linux-Fan
On 02/17/2013 11:57 PM, Sergey Spiridonov wrote: > Hi Debian > > I try to upgrade my working multi-seat installation to wheezy. I have > nvidia graphic cards. In squeeze I used gdm. It was working OK. I had > following entries in gdm.conf: > > 8<->8 [...] > 8<---

Re: upgrading to wheezy - multiseat stops working

2013-02-19 Thread Linux-Fan
On 02/19/2013 02:36 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Linux-Fan wrote: >> On 02/17/2013 11:57 PM, Sergey Spiridonov wrote: >>> Hi Debian >>> >>> I try to upgrade my working multi-seat installation to wheezy. I have >>> nvidia graphic cards. In squeeze I use

Re: console mode

2013-03-29 Thread Linux-Fan
On 03/29/2013 02:10 PM, james gray wrote: > hello > > Question: what are the default use assigned to the f1 through f7 consoles. > > i do understand that f7 is gui. > > i have found > > http://wiki.debian.org/Console > > and at that address there is not a writ on f1 through f7 default > assign

Re: Information not on relavant man page - where to find on WEB?

2013-04-10 Thread Linux-Fan
On 04/10/2013 09:19 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > Carroll Grigsby wrote: >> On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:48:26 -0500 >> Richard Owlett wrote: >> >>> Man pages generally do not include information some users >>> would find vital. >>> >>> In fact >>> http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=intro&se

Re: Information not on relavant man page - where to find on WEB?

2013-04-11 Thread Linux-Fan
On 04/10/2013 10:05 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > Linux-Fan wrote: >> Often the info-pages do not give any additional details (I have just >> verified this for "dpkg-scanpackages" where both info and manpage seemed >> equal after a quick glance). > > Uhm... Are yo

Re: Starting Google Chrome

2013-04-16 Thread Linux-Fan
On 04/16/2013 01:09 AM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > Dear list - > > Installed Google Chrome. Can start from the applications dropdown list. > > 1] No desktop icon > 2] Wish to be able to start from command line so that I can start it > with a specific file. > > A search on Google gives the st

Re: make-kpkg doesn't work properly when compiling i386 kernel on amd64 host

2013-04-17 Thread Linux-Fan
On 04/17/2013 12:44 PM, 曹思亮 wrote: > Hello, I am trying to build a kernel for my i386 PC on a amd64 server. You might also try to build it inside an i386 chroot-environment on your amd64 server. > I follow a old instrusion at > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2008/07/msg00926.html . It can bu

Re: wheezy irqbalance

2013-05-09 Thread Linux-Fan
On 05/09/2013 01:05 PM, Guy Marcenac wrote: > Hello, > > I have just upgraded to wheezy. > In my daemon .log, I noticed these warnings > May 9 10:00:15 kim2 /usr/sbin/irqbalance: WARNING: MSI interrupts found > in /proc/interrupts > May 9 10:00:15 kim2 /usr/sbin/irqbalance: But none found in sys

Re: The order of my SATA and PATA are switching all the time

2013-05-09 Thread Linux-Fan
../../sdb2 pci-:00:1f.2-scsi-2:0:0:0 -> ../../sdc pci-:00:1f.2-scsi-2:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sdc1 pci-:00:1f.2-scsi-3:0:0:0 -> ../../sdd pci-:00:1f.2-scsi-3:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sdd1 pci-:00:1f.2-scsi-5:0:0:0 -> ../../sr0 > It's turned into quite an is

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-16 Thread Linux-Fan
ut which processes are running on a virtual console. If you do not have htop, you might also try pstree and kill (-s TERM) processes still running below your login manager (if any). > Hopefully thanks > Sharon. HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.ohost.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debia

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-16 Thread Linux-Fan
On 05/16/2013 08:09 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On 16 May 2013 17:04, Linux-Fan wrote: >>> B - Periodically, when logging back into fluxbox from another DE I get >> this >>> error message showing in the logs 'BScreen::BScreen: an error occured >> while >>

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-16 Thread Linux-Fan
On 05/16/2013 09:09 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On 16 May 2013 19:25, Linux-Fan wrote: [...] >> It should actually output a tree which (on my system, lightdm will of >> course be different) ends with >> >> ~$ pstree | tail -n 10 >> |-udevd

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-17 Thread Linux-Fan
On 05/17/2013 09:13 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On 16 May 2013 21:10, Linux-Fan wrote: > >> On 05/16/2013 09:09 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: [...] >>> This is my pstree http://dpaste.com/1168992/ and i close all wm >>> programmes >>> under lightdm, but its

Re: Xorg high memory usage

2013-05-28 Thread Linux-Fan
xperimental. Window Manager: Fluxbox, xcompmgr enabled. Graphics Driver: Debian-packaged Nvidia non-free. It seems not to depend on Iceweasel and Debian alone ... as already mentioned by someone else, graphics drivers and such certainly also influence the result. Linux-Fan -- http://masys

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