Soren Orel wrote:
But where can I download SID?? I just can't find an e.g.: "download amd64cd
for sid"...:(
Please keep a handle on top posting.
You can upgrade your way up to sid the same way you upgrade each
release, to squeeze, then sid. Google is full of information. Or for a
fresh inst
Tony Baldwin wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
On 2009-07-21 09:59, Tim Tebbit wrote:
[snip]
Please keep a handle on top posting.
This is a lost battle, thanks to The Evil That Is GMail.
You don't HAVE to top post using gmail.
Note that I am using a gmail address (with imap via mutt or ic
Harry Rickards wrote:
You could also try gmane (IMHO the interface is better).
+1 there. It's extremely easy to configure icedove/thunderbird to access
the list there. news.gmane.org or snews.gmane.org for ssl.
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Mike Castle wrote:
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Rick Pasotto wrote:
mount -t ext4 -o nodelalloc /dev/sdc1 /s3
Leave off the -t ext4 and it should mount, though as ext4dev. Or use
-t ext4dev.
There are some known bugs with the kernel you're using, hence all of
the recommendations for new
Wolodja Wentland wrote:
I would be quite happy though if someone could make some comments on the
situation with d-m since June 2008. Is it worth to include it again?
I've never had a problem. knock on wood.
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I'm tinkering with building a live system targeting a usb thumb drive.
I'm failing and could use a second set of eyes.. here is what I have.
The package list is very incomplete, but I wanted to toss a few for my
testing run.
I'm using sid, i386. live-helper 1.0.5-1
# lh_config -a i386 --categ
kj wrote:
I don't know and there are many other choices I wonder about. It would
be nice if there was a page somewhere discussing the choices of default
packages, and reasons thereof. For example, why old vi (nvi?) over vim.
--kj
Agree.. the vi-vim gizzy would go on forever however.. lol
Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
"emtest"?
-m is short for --mirror-bootstrap
Thanks for that. Adding -m http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/
Getting closer, but still no .img to be found. And I don't have an error
msg as to why.
http://pastebin.com/f416c0c8d
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Tim Tebbit wrote:
I'm tinkering with building a live system targeting a usb thumb drive.
I'm failing and could use a second set of eyes.. here is what I have.
The package list is very incomplete, but I wanted to toss a few for my
testing run.
I'm using sid, i386. live
Ramy Mana wrote:
On your site it said that if we were using a usb disk that we should download
the small images. My USB disk can hold 2gb, so if I download the cd/dvd images
on my 2gb usb drive will it work?
Thank You
IT'S TIME TO PLAY THE GAME WITH THE KING OF KINGS! AND IF YOU'RE NOT DO
S. Fishpaste wrote:
On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:15:27 +0200, Johan Grönqvist in gmane.linux.debian.user
wrote:
S. Fishpaste skrev:
Howdy. I know there is a Debian app that's useful for duplicating installed
applications from one box to another. For the life of me; I can't remember
it's name. Anyone
Tim Tebbit wrote:
Yeah that's it..
from the current install..
# dpkg --get-selections > list.txt
bring that file with you...
new install..
# dpkg --set-selections < list.txt
# aptitude install
I forgot to add you need to make sure your sources.list match on both
machines.
Jason C. Wells wrote:
Is it customary here to CC both respondents and the list, or just the
list? In BSD-land we CC every individual in a discussion plus the list.
Regards,
Jason
There are also those of us who follow the list via gmane. A CC would
never reach me anyways.
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Hashimoto wrote:
Hi guys, I'm back ; )
But with the same problem : (
My laptop is getting near to 70C easily running firefox or a virtual
machine in VirtualBox.
What I'm wondering is if a device like this -
http://www.atera.com.br/dispprod.asp?COD=CF6160H - can help me to solve
this problem.
JoeHill wrote:
If there _was_ an official mail client, it would be Claws ;)
mutt
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Buz Davis wrote:
> I don't want to repeat my
> mistake with Fedora (I need to purchase install media, having nothing
> with which to write cds or dvds). Will the latest version of Debian run
> on a K6 ? If I get a live disk, will that allow me to install over the
> Internet ?
>
> Would appreciat
Hashimoto wrote:
> Hi, look what I got here:
>
> hashim...@debian-lap:~$ acpitool -t
> Thermal info :
> hashim...@debian-lap:~$
>
Hashimoto,
Please refrain from top posting. It makes the conversation difficult
to follow. I haven't even looked but I'd bet my Toshiba you use gmail.
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
>
> google much? ;-)
>
> www.pulseaudio.org is a good starting point. there is documentation
> there.
>
> A
I was waiting on the this link. http://tinyurl.com/lxm2a4
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Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> In Iceweasel/Tbird, it's in Preferences->Advanced->"Advanced
> Configuration" mail.identify.default.reply_on_top.
>
IceDove
Edit>Account Settings>Composition & Addressing>Automatically THEN,
Start my reply below the quote
Evolution
Edit>Preferences>Composer Preference
Chris Jones wrote:
>
> Maybe debian lists should make it a requirement that you do not
> subscribe from a gmail account..?
>
> CJ
>
>
I don't see that happening anytime soon. gmail for what? gmx? yahoo?
hotmail?
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Eugene Apolinary wrote:
> Hi
>
> I just want to use Firefox under wine
>
> but after I start with "wine firefox.exe", I get this error message:
>
> fixme:system:SetProcessDPIAware stub!
> fixme:dwmapi:DwmIsCompositionEnabled 0x32fcd4
>
> does someone know what does these messages mean? How coul
hadi motamedi wrote:
> Dear All
> Can you please let me know how can I totally wipe out the entire of my
> hard drive under Debian OS ?
> Thank you in advance
> Regards
> H.Motamedi
>
wipe
dd
DBAN
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Tim Legg wrote:
> Hello, I have a pretty exasperating problem with installing Debian onto a USB
> device using the netinstall CD. When it asks for the GRUB boot loader, I
> told it 'Yes' install it and it went ahead and installed on the hard disk
> /dev/hda instead of /dev/sde where everything
Nuno Magalhães wrote:
Greetings.
If i open a txt from my pendrive, then close it, then try to eject,
i'll get the "an app is using it" message. None of gedit's open files
are from the pendrive anymore, so why does it keep locking?
No, i haven't tried the -i or any other workaround, since i'd li
Richard_Felicity wrote:
Hello,
Thank you Simon but how do I uninstall debian??
Richard
You don't. You wipe a disk or partition table and start from scratch.
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AG wrote:
> I have an old generic laptop which has Slackware 10.1 installed. It has
> access to the Internet as well as to a small LAN. The machine it is
> connected via a hub to is my main desktop/ workstation which runs Debian
> testing. The CD-ROM drive in the laptop does not work. This is a
Kumar Appaiah wrote:
> Thanks for letting me know. Since I use ext3 on all my partitions, I
> did not have to face this. I believe grub has to be patched to be able
> to see ext4 /boot partitions.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Kumar
grub2 is supposed to address this.
http://tinyurl.com/mcsjqx
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Long Wind wrote:
> I use etch, which resides at /dev/sda4
> how to check /dev/sda4 for errors?
fsck from liveCD
or
shutdown -rF which will fsck on its way back up.
Are you experiencing errors?
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Celejar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm seeing some really weird problems on my system. I don't know if
> they're at all related, but I'll report them both in the same email, in
> case they are.
>
> 1) tail -f stops working - I see the tail of the file, but it fails to
> refresh when content is added to th
Charlie Dorff wrote:
> Hi...
> I was wondering if someone could explain how to install flash player on
> debian? Thank you.
>
> Charlie
>
>
http://tinyurl.com/ye2c4al
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Alan Chandler wrote:
> In the latest SID update, it appears that all the close buttons from my
> windows have disappeared (along with the minimize and maximize button).
> I am using standard Gnome, so I assume its the metacity window manager
> doing this
>
> Are others experiencing the same issue
Paul Di Biase wrote:
> What/where would I need to look on my system to possibly diagnose this
> issue?
It sounds like you're experiencing the limitations of usb. Is this a live
system?
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Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> as a followup to an earlier post of mine, i can see now that the
> current durep package (0.9-1) works *very* differently from the
> earlier one, so rather than fight with the new one, i'm happy to use
> the older version. how exactly does one downgrade a package to a
>
Leonardo Canducci wrote:
> Since I upgraded totem to version 2.28 I can't here audio anymore.
> Audio control is grayed out. Other media player (vlc, rhythmbox) work
> fine. I'm using alsa (no esd or pulse). There are no bugreports about
> that. Could someone confirm that problem?
> Thanks
+1 here
Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 15:38:03 +0100
> Terence wrote:
>
> [...]
>> Two things piss me off: top posters, and those who do not truncate
>> their posts, because all they can see is their own words.
>>
> Add to that Gmail users who send list mail as Cc: and send the mail to
> the
Chris Jones wrote:
>
> So far, I can't complain.. Vim has paid me back in kind.
>
> CJ
+1
'vimtutor' can have most up and running proficiently in 30 minutes. Time
well spent IMO.
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JF Pirl wrote:
8<
> By the way, is the graphical ugliness of some days ago in Sid solved
> now? (when logging in, GTK/the gnome-panels seemed to be broken or
> something, and some panel applets did not want to work, as well as no
> direct shutdown possibilities in the gdm session - I swit
I'm pretty late to this. I myself post though gmane so by default I only
reply to the list, technically gmane.linux.debian.user.
However, this being a users list, I think that a majority of opinions or
preference from users should dictate how the list works. Who holds the
gavel?
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Israel Garcia wrote:
> Which is the easiest way to recover deleted files/folders using ONLY
> commands from Debian OS?
>
Debian Reference Ch. 10.
http://tinyurl.com/yg2qa98
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Thomas H. George wrote:
> I find I now have vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 in my boot directory.
---8<---
> I assume this will be corrected in due course but I am curious, what is
> the significance of the trunk designation?
I wondered that as well. It's been sitting in Sid for weeks now like that.
Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> Are there any dual layer DVD images of Debian available?
> Thanks,
Here are your Official DVD's.
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/i386/iso-dvd/
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Is there a file generated with a time stamp that would show the age of
the current install somewhere?
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Nick Lidakis wrote:
> And that was the result of a bran' spankin' new vim user.
>
> My apolgies. Now how do I save and quit this file again...
>
>
<:> wq
Spend the 30 mintues.. run 'vimtutor'
If you prefer a different editor you can configure that in your muttrc
and system wide by running '
David Baron wrote:
> Are these going to be "released" to SId?
>
> Repos still list rc6-experimental. I have seen references to 2.6.31.4 !
>
>
I don't pay close attention to what is in the repos, but I don't recall
seeing an odd numbered packaged by the Debian kernel team. I could be
wrong thoug
Peter Jordan wrote:
> Wayne, Thu Oct 22 2009 19:07:04 GMT+0200 (CEST):
>> Peter Jordan wrote:
>>> Neal Hogan, Thu Oct 22 2009 18:41:58 GMT+0200 (CEST):
> sorry, but as far as I understand, tagging in mutt means to select
> multiple message for a common action.
>
> I want to label a message with a
Liviu Andronic wrote:
> Dear all
> More wicd blues. Some time ago I reported that wicd was failing to
> start the GUI [1]. After getting more and more dishearten with
> NetworkManager, I gave wicd another try. This time the wicd GUI starts
> all right, but it identifies a wired connection to which
Steve Kemp wrote:
> So .. am I missing something obvious? Is there a bogus conflict here which
> is
> messing me about? Or horror of horror - Am I crazy and is removing LVM the
> correct thing to do these days?
>
> Please bear in mind my root filesystem, amongst others, are LVM-mounts:
>
AG wrote:
> Then I copied a netinst *.iso image onto a USB stick and
> booted.
> Thanks for any ideas.
Does this mean you can boot from USB? If that's the case a simple
debootstrap install from knoppix would be fairly quick and easy.
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apds03.html.en
-
AG wrote:
> Only the three options noted - CD, floppy and HD. The BIOS does not
> (appear to) support PXE ... at least that is not given as an option anyway.
Sounds like you are left with physically removing the hdd. Of course you
could try to /wish/ the OS to appear. :)
You had mentioned the
AG wrote:
> Cheers for the suggestions. I may well be up the proverbial creek with
> this one. Thanks for the tips re removing the screws - I'll give that a
> shot.
>
> Coincidentally - and a long shot - I found an old set of Win3.1
> installation floppies whilst looking around for something I
Jaime Di Cristina wrote:
> I think that there is something wrong with security.debian.org. A
> couple of days ago I did "aptitude update" and the updates did not come
> in until the third time i did "aptitude update", I then installed the
> update as normal (never got an error). Then I checked t
Tim Tebbit wrote:
> Reading this thread made me realize I haven't seen an update for Sid in
> 2 full days. Perhaps something else is going on.
Spoke too soon, or awakened the mouse running in that wheel.
Current status: 25 updates [+18].
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AG wrote:
> Could be my lack of clarity in writing and precision in terminology :-)
>
> I was installing Deb testing over a previously installed Slackware
> system due to a number of hardware restrictions. First I downloaded a
> new version of vmlinuz and initrd.gz and moved those into a director
Foss User wrote:
> I am using Squeeze. I run aptitude update; aptitude full-upgrade every
> day. I want to connect my laptop to the Wi-Fi I've setup in my home. I
> am able to connect to it using Windows but not using Debian. I know
> the SSID and WPA2-PSK key I have set. Channel of the router is s
Foss User wrote:
>>> Please help me to get wireless working with Debian (recentmost Squeeze).
>> What is the output of ifconfig wlan0?
>>
>
> # ifconfig wlan0
> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1f:3c:6b:d5:62
> BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 err
Foss User wrote:
> I just checked that I don't have the firmware-iwlwifi package
> installed. I'll be installing it now. But without the firmware
> package, why do I get an output for ifconfig wlan0? Is it because of
> some other firmware package being installed? Can I verify this
> somehow?
I wi
Foss User wrote:
> How is it that modinfo iwl3945 is giving me output when I don't have
> the firmware installed?
Because the driver has been included since around 2.6.24/26 but not the
firmware.
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Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> Here is part of dmesg:
> [ 32.017203] iwlagn :0c:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode
> [ 32.056427] iwlagn :0c:00.0: loaded firmware version 228.57.2.23
> [ 32.056564] iwlagn :0c:00.0: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch
Does this mean the
Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Tim Tebbit wrote:
>> Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>>> Here is part of dmesg:
>>> [ 32.017203] iwlagn :0c:00.0: firmware: requesting
>>> iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode
>>> [ 32.056427] iwlagn
godo wrote:
> Personally, I would bought aluminium suitcase with sponge inside.
> If you don't care if it is fancy go to some tool shop it will be much
> cheaper (and better quality).
> If in your country are "Bauhaus" shop you can find it for cca $50.
Sliding a bit off topic, but I also ride ever
Tom H wrote:
>>> Network Manager must be the culprit.
>> You have quoted 260 lines and your answer was one sentence still at the
>> end of the mail. Next time quote only the things which are necessary
>> for someone else, who read your mail at google for example.
>
>
> You may have enough time to
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
>
> I noticed that as well. Kinda sad. Any thoughts as to why?
>
> my .02 is that the list doesn't seem to have quite the breadth of
> traffic it has had before. But that's a cursory observation at best.
This seem to back that up.
http://lists.debian.org/stats/de
Dotan Cohen wrote:
>
> My guess would be the popularity of Ubuntu. Much of the pie went
> there. As Ubuntu is Debian-derived, how about doing the poll there as
> well?
>
Out of curiosity I extracted unique email address from ubuntu-users.mbox
available from their archive site. The archive starts
Neo Anderson wrote:
> env: debian unstable/ kernel 2.6.31/ dpkg 1.15.5.3 (i386)/ apt 0.7.24 for
> i386 compiled on Sep 25 2009 20:05:59
>
> I try to exec `aptitude upgarde` ,but it hangs at the step
>
> Setting up grub-pc (2009xxx) ...
>
> even if I try to run sudp dkpg --configure -a
>
> it
Mark wrote:
> I just installed Squeeze for the first time last week and today it
> indicated 41 updates were available. I'm used to Lenny's couple of
> updates per week average; does Squeeze update that much more? I did
> some Googling but didn't find much out there as far as update
> frequencies
AG wrote:
>
> In Icedove (Thunderbird) v2.0.0.22 on Debian testing is there an option
> to automatically jump to the bottom of an email using the preview pane
> to read it? Anybody been able to make that happen, and if so how?
Not that I am aware of. is more than fast enough for me. Between
,
ZephyrQ wrote:
> So, what USB wireless adapters will work out of the box, or is there a
> website that will list them?
Friend just purchased the Alfa AWUS036H the other day and I did see him
open the box. Worked find with the latest Kernel those guys are providing.
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Alex Samad wrote:
> Hi
>
> subject says it all I have a lv, which i have used luks to encrypt and
> now I would like to extend it.
>
> I am guessing the process is going to involve coping the files over to
> another partition and then back again ?
>
> Alex
No not at all. Treat it as any other v
On 05/02/2010 06:08 PM, Mark Neidorff wrote:
> I'm running updated Lenny. I just got a droid phone and wanted to mount it
> on
> my Lenny box. So, I plugged the USB cable into the droid and the computer.
> I expected to see an sd? device show up with partitions (like sdb1, sdb2,
> etc.) but
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