Re: Grub won't install

uple of years old that uses it. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Unsubcribe

On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 09:58:24PM -0500, John Olson wrote: > Unsubcribe Try this:

Re: Posts don't show on list

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 07:53:47PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 29 April 2016 18:33:07 Stephen Allen wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 06:33:33PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > > > On 04/27/2016 04:21 PM, Stephen Allen wrote: > > > > > > On Tue,

Re: Posts don't show on list

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 03:20:14PM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > address. But I don't think that aol or my mail client is the problem here. I > have mailing lists that are hosted by GoogleGroups and by Sourceforge that > work fine. Does any one know who hosts this list. It doesn't have any info > at t

Re: Posts don't show on list

On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 06:33:33PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > On 04/27/2016 04:21 PM, Stephen Allen wrote: > > > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 11:26:36PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Re: Trouble getting posted

On Sat, Apr 09, 2016 at 09:04:07AM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > I have tried to post a couple of things in the last few days with no > results. My posts never show up. So this is another test. > Showed up, so test worked positive.

Re: Posts don't show on list

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 06:01:54PM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > On 04/27/2016 04:21 PM, Stephen Allen wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 11:26:36PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yes, it came right back. It shows as being 'Read', but i

Re: Posts don't show on list

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 11:26:36PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Yes, it came right back. It shows as being 'Read', but it's there. > > > Marc You're reading the 'All Mail' Gmail directory that's why. Copies don't come back to one's regular inbox, but will be in the all mail directory if my m

Monitor Blanking When Starting X; atombios stuck

Hello, I have a system running Debian Testing. It was freshly installed from the stable net-installer image then immediately upgraded to testing. I then installed xfce4 and configured it to start from console as per these[1] instructions. However, when I run `startx`, I get some output from it (th

Re: Stop Hard Drive fromn Thrashing

On 04/22/2016 01:17 PM, David Wright wrote: On Fri 22 Apr 2016 at 11:25:15 (-0400), Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I have installed Debian v-8.4.0. My hard drive keeps running and I would like to know what is happening. Google does not seem to be too friendly. Not a lot to go on there. (Turn off

Stop Hard Drive fromn Thrashing

I have installed Debian v-8.4.0. My hard drive keeps running and I would like to know what is happening. Google does not seem to be too friendly. Any pointers in the right direction will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Re: Repository Problem

On 04/16/2016 06:15 PM, Jeremy Nicoll wrote: On Sat, 16 Apr 2016, at 22:42, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: On 04/16/2016 10:12 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: All of his sources.list lines are using http://http.us.debian.org. The issue is that http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/updates does not

Re: Repository Problem

On 04/16/2016 10:12 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: Michael Milliman wrote: On 04/15/2016 03:18 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: Dan Ritter wrote: On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 01:06:18PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I just had a catastrophic crash which necessitated reinstalling Debian. I had been running v

Re: What happened to the info tutorial?

On Sat, Apr 16, 2016, at 17:31, Stephen Powell wrote: > The "info" command in jessie has a tutorial which can be accessed by pressing > the "H" key. Oops!, I meant to say the "h" key, not the "H" key. Otherwise, the question remains as written. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

What happened to the info tutorial?

's the scoop on this? -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

RE: Repository Problem - SOLVED

From: Stephen P. Molnar [mailto:s.mol...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 6:37 AM To: 'Michael Milliman'; debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: Repository Problem From: Michael Milliman [mailto:michael.e.milli...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 15, 201

RE: Repository Problem

From: Michael Milliman [mailto:michael.e.milli...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 11:27 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Repository Problem On 04/15/2016 12:06 PM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I just had a catastrophic crash which necessitated reinstalling Debian

Re: Repository Problem

On 04/15/2016 01:19 PM, John Conover wrote: Stephen P. Molnar writes: I just had a catastrophic crash which necessitated reinstalling Debian. I had been running v-7.2,but decided to upgrade to v-7.10 with a complete install. Now when I update the repositories, regardless of the tool

Repository Problem

n the sources.list. Now, I know that it has to be a problem with the new install as I have installed v-7.10 in a VMware Workstation 12 Player on my laptop as a test bed and do not get any errors. I would greatly appreciate help resolving this issue,. Thanks in advance. -- Stephen P. Molnar,

Debian Wheezy Repository Problem

sk if I have missed a vital message on the Debian mailing list? -- Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.Life is a fuzzy set www.Molecular-Modeling.net Stochastic and multivariate (614)312-7528 (c) Shyoe: smolnar1

Re: page up down keys fail to work in gmail

On Sun, Apr 03, 2016 at 02:30:54PM +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Just quickly, I think you will find that gmail intercepts keystrokes and > gives them their own "function", rather nasty I think, to break standard > UI interface of a browser tab. > Not by default: There is a setting to enable thi

Re: Apt on SID error with Google-Chrome source

On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 03:11:34PM +0100, Sven Hartge wrote: > Stephen Allen wrote: > > > Lot of changes to Apt recently - this warning has been around a few days > > now: > > > W: > > gpgv:/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_R

Apt on SID error with Google-Chrome source

Lot of changes to Apt recently - this warning has been around a few days now: W: gpgv:/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_Release.gpg: The repository is insufficiently signed by key 4CCA1EAF950CEE4AB83976DCA040830F7FAC5991 (weak digest) How do I fix?

Re: how to install debian on iMac

On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 01:31:57PM +0800, lina wrote: > Has anyone tried successfully to install the debian into the iMac with > Fusion drive? > > The basic configuration is > > • 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz > • Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 > • 8GB 186

Sticky nautilus windows

suspecting this has something to do with remote network connections using via SSH and gvfs. When this happens the only fix is to close the nautilus window and open a new one. -- Stephen Chadfield

Re: SID Update Feb 02

On Wed, Feb 03, 2016 at 09:31:41AM +, Darac Marjal wrote: Sorry Darac, that last message should have been addressed to you too.

Re: SID Update Feb 02

On Wed, Feb 03, 2016 at 09:31:41AM +, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 09:08:20PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >Stephen Allen wrote: > >>Good Morning: > >> > >>Not sure what package to file a bug against, so here goes explaining the >

SID Update Feb 02

Good Morning: Not sure what package to file a bug against, so here goes explaining the issue. After this mornings update to SID, I no longer have video working (won't play). So, what package would be relevant - this is media streams in browser, both Google-Chrome and IceWeasel are affected as it

Re: Aptitude message.

On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 11:49:15AM +, Brian wrote: > On Fri 22 Jan 2016 at 20:55:05 +1000, Weaver wrote: > > > Am receiving this on 'aptitude update'. > > ~~ > > root@Telaman:/home/weaver# aptitude update > > Hit http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian unstable InRelease > > [ ERR] Rea

Re: Aptitude message.

On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 08:55:05PM +1000, Weaver wrote: > Hello all, > > Am receiving this on 'aptitude update'. > ~~ > root@Telaman:/home/weaver# aptitude update > Hit http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian unstable InRelease > [ ERR] Reading package lists > E: Unable to parse package fi

Re: turning off Google Chrome's warning

On Thu, Jan 21, 2016, at 21:59, Frank McCormick wrote: > > On 21/01/16 09:41 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> What does chrome give you that chromium does not? > > Nothing that I know of...but I thought that staying with the Google > product is just simpler. I've

Re: turning off Google Chrome's warning

u really need chrome? What does chrome give you that chromium does not? -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Attempt to Move Root

On Fri, 25 Dec 2015 10:33:56 -0500 (EST), Stephen Powell wrote: > On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 10:57:41 -0500 (EST), Nicolas George wrote: >> ... >> I noticed that LILO seems to be actually capable >> of finding the sectors for files on LVM. > > In the general case, the s

Re: Attempt to Move Root

re are no rules for the use of unallocated sectors. And grub-legacy and grub-pc (by default at least) now do a similar thing. They store information in unallocated sectors. That's one of the reasons (but not the only reason) that I switched back to LILO. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Attempt to Move Root

thread carefully, so maybe it has already been > addressed, but all this suggest that the OP should install GRUB instead of > LILO and be done with that kind of trouble. As subsequent posts have indicated, the trouble was with an incorrect UUID. It had nothing to do with the OP's choice of boot loader. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Attempt to Move Root

be part of the same filesystem. I've been on the wrong track for several posts now. Please excuse the noise. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Attempt to Move Root

On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 10:31:54 -0500 (EST), Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Could he not dd them onto another drive? > ... He can copy the /boot data to another drive, not necessarily with dd. In fact, if he wants to be able to remove the existing IDE drive, he must. But he cannot copy it to an LVM2 logical

Re: Attempt to Move Root

On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 10:36:48 -0500 (EST), David Baron wrote: > > On Monday 21 December 2015 10:25:15 Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> Obviously, the LILO map file is on the IDE drive. Is your /boot partition >> on the IDE drive? If so, you cannot remove it. The /boo

Re: Attempt to Move Root

On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 04:50:00 -0500 (EST), David Baron wrote: > > Went through all the motions, both ways: On native and chroot. Results were > the same. Get in that loop of lv not ready messages. Difference: Native > attempt still needs the IDE plugged in or I get 99 99 99 ... , chroot does >

Re: Attempt to Move Root

On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 15:51:22 -0500 (EST), David Baron wrote: > > So ... do I need the chroot and the binds and all this at all? That's the recommended way. Make sure that the edited copies of /etc/lilo.conf, /etc/fstab, and /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume, in the chrooted environment, all mak

Re: Attempt to Move Root

On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 05:58:47 -0500 (EST), David Baron wrote: > > OK, mounted newrootpartition newroot > Did a cp -x / newroot > Successful so far, elementary > > Edited newroot/etc/fstab and newroot/etc/lilo.conf to point root to > newrootpartition (by uuid) > > mount --bind /dev newroot/dev >

Re: My web site is back

On Tue, 08 Dec 2015 18:55:43 -0500 (EST), Gener Badenas wrote: > > How much is the hosting now and with whom? $48 for hosting, $9.00 for domain registration, total $57. Good for one year. I'll have to pay again next year. I decided to go with debian-hosting.info. So far, I haven't yet figured o

Re: My web site is back

On Tue, 08 Dec 2015 12:36:44 -0500 (EST), Martin Read wrote: > On 08/12/15 16:58, Darac Marjal wrote: >> >> To which, the venerable W3C replied "Cool URIs don't change": >> http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html > > Your criticism is invalid, given that the action that has clearly been > taken

My web site is back

Old site: h t t p : / / u s e r s . w o w w a y . c o m / ~ z l i n u x m a n / New site: http://www.stevesdebianstuff.org/ If you have bookmarks set for the old site you should update your bookmarks. Some pages from the old site are not on the new site because I judged them to be obsolete.

Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers

On Sat, 05 Dec 2015 18:43:13 -0500 (EST), Lisi Reisz wrote: > > I ma assuming (or subconsciously remembering) that you are in the USA. Is > that correct? Hi, Lisi. Yes, that's correct. I hope you won't hold that against me. :-) Wow used to offer free web hosting to subscribers to their ca

Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers

On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 10:15:08 -0500 (EST), mister s jones wrote: > On Saturday, November 28, 2015 09:49:47 Stephen Powell wrote: >> So, does anyone wish to share their experiences, good or bad? Is there >> anyone you wish to recommend? Is there anyone you want to warn me to stay &g

Re: OT: reply styles, family matters

On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:31:29 -0500 (EST), Bob Bernstein wrote: > ... > With that as background, here is my question/request: is anyone > aware of a spirited defence of our ideal method of "selective > quoting," (for lack of a better label) one, say, that perhaps > has achieved the status of a "n

[OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers

I currently get my internet connectivity, e-mail service, and web-hosting service from the same provider. I recently complained to my ISP about backscatter SPAM I was getting from other people's infected machines that were sending out SPAM to invalid e-mail addresses and spoofing me as the sender.

Re: Tip of the hat to Michael Biebl

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 12:29:20PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 11 November 2015 12:10:28 Stephen Allen wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 09, 2015 at 08:37:36PM -0500, Philippe Clérié wrote: > > > I just caught the YouTube video of Michael Biebl's presentation at > >

Re: Tip of the hat to Michael Biebl

On Mon, Nov 09, 2015 at 08:37:36PM -0500, Philippe Clérié wrote: > I just caught the YouTube video of Michael Biebl's presentation at > systemd.conf. It was good and informative and reminded me of the hard and > many faceted work Debian developers and maintainers put in. Work for which I > don't of

Re: How to identify obsolete packages

w, but IIRC, this works for install but not for safe-upgrade or full-upgrade. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

[SOLVED] How to identify obsolete packages

ing about! Thanks! (Although it does require the installation of another package: apt-show-versions.) I'm curious, though. Do you use the C shell? Or did you just customize your prompt? -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: How to identify obsolete packages (was: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?)

On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 10:38:48 -0400 (EDT), "Reco" wrote: > On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 10:29:48 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: >> Does anyone know an easy way to identify obsolete packages without >> using aptitide? > > deborphan --guess-all According to

How to identify obsolete packages (was: Anybody know why aptitude is not installed by default in Sid?)

ferent. That's not the same thing as an obsolete package. An obsolete package may have been manually installed, but it's still obsolete, and I need to be able to identify it as such. Does anyone know an easy way to identify obsolete packages without using aptitide? -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: RealTek RTL8192EU drivers

ow-Power a.k.a. LP-PHY). Make sure that you have the contrib and the non-free sections of the archive enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list, as this involves non-free stuff. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: RealTek RTL8192EU drivers

Ubuntu, not Debian; but perhaps it can be adapted for Debian. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

[SOLVED] [OT] Has my e-mail account been hacked?

t been hacked, just spoofed. I will report this to my ISP. Thanks to all who participated in this thread. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: [OT] Has my e-mail account been hacked?

the money of a Linux user. But if you have problems, you're on your own. That was a few years ago. Maybe it's better now. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: [OT] Has my e-mail account been hacked?

e taken, it is still possible for a password to be "discovered". Having said that, it looks like someone else's credentials may have been used, based on some other posts to this thread. But I am not an expert in these matters. That's why I asked for help. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: [OT] Has my e-mail account been hacked?

pid [or ignorant at best] to > use public [or otherwise open] WiFi -- if you don't run it yourself or > you totally trust the person whom is running it, then leave it alone. That may have been the case for Stuart's friend, but it is not the case with me. I use only wired ethernet. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: [OT] Has my e-mail account been hacked?

On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 04:15:21 -0400 (EDT), Jochen Spieker wrote: > > Stuart Longland: >> On 13/10/15 09:58, Stephen Powell wrote: >>> >>> Unfortunately, I don't. Attached below is one of the mail delivery >>> failure notices, which includes the head

Re: [OT] Has my e-mail account been hacked?

dows installed. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: [OT] Has my e-mail account been hacked?

esters. There is no-one else at home. In short, I have not "handed it over". -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: [OT] Has my e-mail account been hacked?

ft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1081 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1081 -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

[OT] Has my e-mail account been hacked?

tion; so I have marked it off-topic. But I suspect that it is of interest to users of this list, since this list is accessed via e-mail. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

On Sun, Oct 04, 2015 at 11:23:29AM +0200, Petter Adsen wrote: > > My guess is that it has problems with the newer kernel, but without > that file it's impossible to say why it failed to build. Another guess > would be that you haven't installed the kernel headers, which are > required to build tha

Re: stuck on 7.7 and unable to upgrade :(

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 05:31:29PM +0300, Roman wrote: > Hei guys, > > Seems like I need your help. > Can't go much more further... > > Reading package lists... Done > W: There is no public key available for the following key IDs: > 7638D0442B90D010 > W: There is no public key available for the f

Broadcom 4311 network adapter doesn't work under Jessie (was debian-user-digest Digest V2015 #1143)

ct line implies that you are not subscribed to the main list. Please do not CC me back; just reply to the list, since I am subscribed to the list. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: debian8 & graphics

run Debian. The machine with the Nvidia card runs Debian 8. The machine with the ATI card used to run Debian 8, but now runs what will become Debian 9. Perhaps I could have been one of those who might have provided some help. But you've given up without asking for help, so that will not happen. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Compiling coreutils from source

uild process for this package is that you use fakeroot debian/rules clean1 to do a clean, rather than the usual fakeroot debian/rules clean I don't know if this helps or not. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Getting a serial console to work on Jessie

On Mon, 07 Sep 2015 18:08:05 -0400 (EDT), Bob Bernstein wrote: > > What a great contribution! > > My null-modem cable ought to still be around here somewhere! > > :-) I try to focus on the latest technology. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Getting a serial console to work on Jessie

sfully after "systemctl daemon-reload". Done. Refresh the page and see if that's what you had in mind. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Getting a serial console to work on Jessie

x27;ve looked at it recently. Then read the new instructions for enabling a serial terminal under systemd. If you then have any questions, please post a follow-up. Sven and Michael, please review this also and correct me if I made a mistake. I do not want to publish bad advice. Regards, -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Getting a serial console to work on Jessie

On Sun, 06 Sep 2015 16:06:35 -0400 (EDT), Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 06.09.2015 um 21:04 schrieb Stephen Powell: >> ... >>[Service] >>ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -8 --noclear %I 38400 ibm3151 >> >> But when I restart the service, I get the following error

Re: Getting a serial console to work on Jessie

> But it is the way systemd is designed and you can either work with it or > fight it every centimeter of the way. > Well, Sven, that's a nice idea, but I can't get it to work for me in this situation. I issued systemctl edit serial-getty@ttyS0.service and placed the f

Re: Screen goes blank after "EDID checksum is invalid" errors

On Sun, 06 Sep 2015 08:07:32 -0400 (EDT), Sven Joachim wrote: > > On 2015-09-06 12:31 +0200, Stephen Powell wrote: >> Some monitors have invalid EDID checksums. Blame the manufacturer. >> Windows is more tolerant of EDID checksum errors than Linux is. >> If switching moni

Re: Screen goes blank after "EDID checksum is invalid" errors

id_strict=0 This may allow you to use your faulty monitor anyway. Good luck. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Getting a serial console to work on Jessie

On Thu, 03 Sep 2015 20:06:43 -0400 (EDT), Michael Biebl wrote: > > Am 03.09.2015 um 03:14 schrieb Stephen Powell: >> Do you know a similar technique for overriding individual udev rules in >> a system-provided rules file? > > A similar mechanism exists for udev rule

Re: Getting a serial console to work on Jessie

uot;systemctl edit unitname" and it will create the needed directory > structure in the correct place for you. Thanks for the tip, Sven. I'll try to incorporate your suggestion in the next revision of my serial console document. With luck, I may get to it this weekend. Do you know a similar technique for overriding individual udev rules in a system-provided rules file? -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Getting a serial console to work on Jessie

his on my desktop PC > running Jessie, it doesn't work. > ... I realize that you already have a resolution to your problem, but if you're using serial consoles on Debian Linux, you might find some useful information here: http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/serial.htm -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: PAE (was: Debian Gnome Or XFCE ?)

s than 4G of RAM do for *me*? All I see it doing is making the kernel bigger and chewing up more RAM. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: PAE (was: Debian Gnome Or XFCE ?)

On Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:52:30 -0400 (EDT), Mirko Parthey wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 06:45:10AM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >> Furtherfore, a non-PAE kernel is >> useful even on PAE-capable hardware. The main purpose of PAE is to >> address memory above 4G. But

Re: Debian Gnome Or XFCE ?

On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 06:28:53 -0400 (EDT), Bret Busby wrote: > > On 15/08/2015, Stephen Powell wrote: >> ... >> My IBM ThinkPad X31 laptop, which is still quite usable, >> would be a brick if I ran Ubuntu. It has a Pentium M >> processor in it, and that processor do

Re: Debian Gnome Or XFCE ?

ou know where to look. But I do not wish to argue about it. Peace. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Debian Gnome Or XFCE ?

an Ubuntu. It has a Pentium M processor in it, and that processor does not have the PAE feature. Long live pure Debian! And kudos to the Debian kernel team! -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Double-click doesn't work in many apps

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 07:41:20PM -0500, Dennis Wicks wrote: > I'm running Jessie and double-click-to-open doesn't work in > IceDove,FileManager, Libre, every place so far where I am used to it working > previous to Jessie, it now doesn't. > > Anybody have any insight on this? > Dennis, what Des

Re: Debian Gnome Or XFCE ?

de. After the upgrade, I got the infamous "fail whale". That does not give me an incentive to try GNOME again. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Debian Gnome Or XFCE ?

ever looked back. XFCE is my standard desktop now. When doing new installs on new machines, I install XFCE as the desktop by selecting it as the desktop of choice in the Debian installer. If I were to start over from scratch today, I might try LXDE. But I'm happy with XFCE, and I see no compelling reason to change at this point. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Debian Gnome Or XFCE ?

ich I am familiar with. I'll probably stick with XFCE until there is a compelling reason to change. That's my two cents worth. Take it with however many grains of salt you think it's worth. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-

Re: Login failure after new install

es not specifically require it, we prefer the usenet style of interleaved quoting here, not top-posting. (I haven't seen you top post yet, but I'm just letting you know since you're new.) Regards, -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- --

Re: [SOLVED -- sort of] Unwanted application autostarting at login with XFCE

started autostarting again at each login. Thanks for trying. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.d

[SOLVED -- sort of] Unwanted application autostarting at login with XFCE

ve still got LibreOffice Writer installed if I need a word processor. Thanks to all who participated in this thread. If anyone has a clue how to fix this without purging the package, I'll try reinstalling it. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To

Unwanted application autostarting at login with XFCE

ext time I login. I've checked Applications -> Settings -> Session and Startup in the "Application Autostart" and "Session" tabs, but abiword is not listed there. I've searched the Internet, but did not find anything. Any ideas? -- .''`

RE: Can't Configure Mirror (was: Can't Get Back To Graphical Install)

Wait, it seems to be working... From: Rasku, Stephen (Wurldtech) Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 7:41 AM To: Lisi Reisz; debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: Can't Configure Mirror (was: Can't Get Back To Graphical Install) OK, I'v

RE: Can't Configure Mirror (was: Can't Get Back To Graphical Install)

ge using the host's browser so I don't know why it's invalid. I was wondering if it was some sort of VirtualBox networking issue but I don't see any network errors in /var/log/syslog. ...Stephen From: Lisi Reisz [lisi.re...@gmail.com]

Can't Get Back To Graphical Install

27;t I've tried Host-F1 through Host-F12 and they are all text consoles. If I need to do Host-F5, I may be screwed. F5 is the VoiceOver activation key for OS X. Do I need to start over? I want to setup a development environment with X. Could I set this up from the text install? ...

Re: shutting off screen blanker forever?

the box labeled "Mode:". Single left click on "Disable Screen Saver" in the drop-down box. Close the window. For a text console, edit /etc/kbd/config and change BLANK_TIME to 0. This requires root privileges to edit the file and a reboot is necess

Re: Installing dependencies specified in debian/control file

inimal python3-pkg-resources python3-six python3.4 python3.4-minimal sane-utils t1utils update-inetd x11-common 0 upgraded, 192 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded. Need to get 69.6 MB of archives. -- Stephen Rasku Linux Developer Wurldtech Security Technologies -- To UNSUBSCR

Installing dependencies specified in debian/control file

is to Python but I am wondering if this functionality already exists somewhere else. -- Stephen Rasku Linux Developer Wurldtech Security Technologies -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@l

Why Can't Debian Find libusb?

is the Depends section of the package I am trying to install: Package: my-package Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libusb, fxload Description: -- Stephen Rasku Linux Developer Wurldtech Security Technologies -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

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