Re: Update Notifier
On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 16:32 +, sare...@att.net wrote: > Why doesn't Debian 8 Cinnamon notify when updates are ready to > install after all these years Debian has existed? Don't tell me there > is one, because after installing Debian I waited a long time to see > if a notification would pop up. It never did. I know about doing apt- > get update && apt-get upgrade,but why should we have to use a command > line? It makes me wonder about Debian security. Would you please put > an update notifier in all your versions of Debian. You can also install the package pk-update-icon This can be found in the jessie-backports repo. Thanks Matt
Re: Destination of a new window with multiple monitors available.
On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Peter Easthope wrote: > > Given one screen on two monitors and an application, can the default > destination of a new window for the application be configured > permanently? Make leafpad always prefer the left monitor for example. > leafpad doesn't have a pertinent option. Also not within the > scope of X11. I don't have multiple monitors on my debian box, but use devilspie2 to send specific applications to various virtual desktops, so I expect that it would do so on a multi-monitor setup as well. hth dt -- Dave Thayer Denver, Colorado USA
32to64 decision
i have an old small office server providing dhcp/dns/squid/custom cyrus debs/postfix/samba services which at the time of lenny did not have enough ram to choose the 64bit version. now that i've managed to get more ram into it i'd like to migrate it to 64bit. nothing really requires 64bit but rather i feel more peace of mind knowing i'm getting rid of the last 32bit box. which path should i choose: wheezy32 > wheezy64 > jessie64 OR wheezy32 > jessie32 > jessie64? which one should be easier? I previously did a wheezy32 > wheezy64 for it's backup box and went ok, even if there is no comprehensive updated howto documentation available (or wasn't I able to find it, if it exists). i am wondering if jessie 32to64 is anyway smoother than wheezy 32to64. tia
keyboard is not working with xtightvncserver on debian-arm
I have a Debian installation working on my Qnap TS-109. This computer has an ARM processor, and the Debian Version is lenny. I need a VNC server. One that keeps the session open when I disconnect the viewer. It looks like my only choice is xtightvncserver. With the previous version of Debian (etch), which is running on my NSLU2, I use RealVNC server successfully (package name vncserver). When I connect with my vnc viewer from my PC (either Xubuntu 8.04 or Ubutuntu 8.04 eeePC, with either vncviewer or xtightvncviewer), I cannot enter text with the keyboard. The display and the mouse works fine. When I enter text with the keyboard, I'm generating garbage characters on the remote end. For example, when I type 'q', I get 'l'. The 'enter' key doesn't work at all, and so on. Has anybody else experienced this with Debian Lenny on ARM? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Debian
Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Friday 01 August 2008 11:06:21 Pol Hallen wrote: > >>> Loading PCMCIA adapter bridge driver module: i82365 >>> FATAL: module i82365 not found >>> Missing modules 'ide-mod (Linux IDE driver), ide-probe-mod (Linux IDE >>> probe driver), ide-detect (Linux IDE Detection), ide-floppy (Linux IDE >>> Floppy) >>> end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 >>> By the way, this computer doesn't have a floppy. >>> >> How time have you waited after these messages? >> It's possible that is only timeout.. >> >> Also try with the last debian installer: >> http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ >> I'm using the following CD image to boot: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r4/amd64/iso-cd/debian-40r4-amd64-netinst.iso >> Pol >> > > Best will be to desable the floppy in bios settings. Otherwhise, debian > installer will try 2 times to access the floppy before giing up and continu > with the installation. This takes time, and it's done, first when detecting > diks, then when partitionning disks. > > > I disabled floppy in the bios, and it's now not timing out on floppy any more. It's still not detecting my disk, though. The installer says "No disk drive detected". When I boot Suse, I'm seeing the following kernel modules: via_rhine, mii, sata_via. I can choose sata_via from the disk drivers list in the Debian installer, but it does not detect a disk with it. :-( Gordon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Installing Debian
Hi, I'd like to run Debian. So far, I have used mostly Suse, Ubuntu and Fedora, and I'd like to give Debian a try. I've got a stock PC with a 64-bit capable Intel Celeron, a Via Mainboard, and a 80 GB SATA harddisk. Opensuse is running fine on it. OK, I boot with debian-40r4-amd64-netinst.iso, and the installer is not recognizing my hard drive. The syslog is saying something like this: Loading PCMCIA adapter bridge driver module: i82365 FATAL: module i82365 not found Missing modules 'ide-mod (Linux IDE driver), ide-probe-mod (Linux IDE probe driver), ide-detect (Linux IDE Detection), ide-floppy (Linux IDE Floppy) end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 By the way, this computer doesn't have a floppy. What's going wrong with it? Thanks in advance for your help, Gordon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dot in folder name in Courier or Dovecot
Yes, I defined '/' as separator in the namespace with Dovecot. I'm able to create folders that contain dots in their name, and they get messed up in Thunderbird, as Ron confirms. With Cyrus, I can create folders with subfolders with dots in their name correctly. That also works with Thunderbird. So, it looks like it's not Thunderbird's fault. The problem with Cyrus is that Cyrus refuses to accept a large number of emails that it considers to be not "standard compliant". E.g. it rejects specific "From"-headers that Mozilla is using. Even though this applies to only 1% of all email, it is still an enormous number of them. On the web, it is suggested to use a sed-script to remove these offending headers from the mbox files before copying them to Cyrus. However, Mozilla's own index files (.msf) get confused if the underlying mbox files change, and some emails just disappear. (There are also emails disappearing if the .msf file is deleted). BTW, mbox/Dovecot does not support hierarchical folders. Nicolas KOWALSKI wrote: Public Mailing Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: No, I can't change the dots to underscores, sorry. Cyrus appers to be really smart about dots and change them secretly to charets, or something. Is it possible to have any other imap server do this the same way, i.e. transparently? With Dovecot, you can use a namespace to define '/' as the hierarchy separator, even if Maildir is used as storage. BTW, what are the problems with Cyrus ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dot in folder name in Courier or Dovecot [was: Looking for a decent IMAP server with hierarchical folders]
Hi Ron, brilliant observation. :-) I can't wait to upgrade from this ancient Mozilla, once I get this imap stuff to work... No, I can't change the dots to underscores, sorry. Cyrus appers to be really smart about dots and change them secretly to charets, or something. Is it possible to have any other imap server do this the same way, i.e. transparently? Would using mbox make it any better? Actually, I like the idea of maildir of having each message in a single file, even though I don't understand why maildir uses a dot for folder hierarchy instead of using a directory hierarchy provided by the file system... Cheers, Gordon Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/27/08 12:38, Public Mailing Lists wrote: Hi, I'm looking for a decent imap server that supports hierarchical folders. My first try was Cyrus, but that one is too pedantic when accepting legacy emails. Other suggestions were Courier and Dovecot with maildir storage format. Now I have lots of folders with dots in their names. And both Courier and Dovecot treat the dot as hierarchy separator. Frequently, domain names (as in mail.google.com) are used as folder names in my system, and these get messed up. Is there a way in either Courier or Dovecot to allow dots '.' in folder names? It's not Courier and Dovecot, that are the problem, but that *Maildir* uses dots as hierarchy separator, Could you change the dots to underscores? BTW, you seem to be using a 2 year old version of Mozilla. Time to upgrade Cyrus has "Unix Hierarchy Convention", that appears to work well. With Dovecot, I tried to set 'separator' to '/' in the 'namespace' construct, but it did not help. How can I get this Unix Hierarchy Convention in Courier or Dovecot? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dot in folder name in Courier or Dovecot [was: Looking for a decent IMAP server with hierarchical folders]
Hi, I'm looking for a decent imap server that supports hierarchical folders. My first try was Cyrus, but that one is too pedantic when accepting legacy emails. Other suggestions were Courier and Dovecot with maildir storage format. Now I have lots of folders with dots in their names. And both Courier and Dovecot treat the dot as hierarchy separator. Frequently, domain names (as in mail.google.com) are used as folder names in my system, and these get messed up. Is there a way in either Courier or Dovecot to allow dots '.' in folder names? Cyrus has "Unix Hierarchy Convention", that appears to work well. With Dovecot, I tried to set 'separator' to '/' in the 'namespace' construct, but it did not help. How can I get this Unix Hierarchy Convention in Courier or Dovecot? Thanks, Gordon Nate Duehr wrote: Joe wrote: Public Mailing Lists wrote: Hi, I'm looking for a decent imap server with hierarchical folders. I tried Cyrus, but Cyrus does not accept the emails that I'm trying to copy onto it. Which other imap server has hierarchical folders? Any experiences for share? Thanks, Gordon IMAP does this by definition. I'm using Courier. Assuming a default Debian exim4 installation, you need to switch it to using maildir rather than mbox format, I believe all IMAP servers require this. Courier can be set up to support maildir or mbox formats. Of course, maildir is better. Nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Looking for a decent IMAP server with hierarchical folders
Hi, I'm looking for a decent imap server with hierarchical folders. I tried Cyrus, but Cyrus does not accept the emails that I'm trying to copy onto it. Which other imap server has hierarchical folders? Any experiences for share? Thanks, Gordon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Crontab doesn't run
On 11/26/07, Jan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I've just installed a system with Debian Etch 4.0 and the crontabs which are > edited by users will not be executed. > > The cronjobs added by the root user, "crontab -e" will are executed as > expected. Jobs added by a regular user, also using "crontab -e" are not > executed. For testing puposes I just added a simple: > > 0-59 * * * * /bin/date >> /home/jan/date.txt > > And for some reason it doesn't run. When I save the crontab I get the message > "crontab: installing new crontab". > Make sure that the last line of the crontab ends in a newline. Cron will silently ignore lines without one. I keep a comment as the last line to avoid this problem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: where is thwe scanner device
On 10/15/07, Dr. Harry Knitter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello, > > my problem is that my scanner (Mustek BearPaw TA 2448 Pro) is not shown as > device e.g. /dev/usb/scanner0 or /dev/usbscanner0. > I already had it working once. However, now not even the device appears > in /dev anymore. > How can I get it back? > I?m working with debian etch. Have you read /usr/share/doc/libsane/README.linux.gz? This part seems relevant: > With Linux 2.4.* you could either use the kernel scanner module or libusb to > access USB scanners. In Linux 2.6.4 the kernel scanner module was removed. > Therefore with this and later kernels libusb must be used. HTH dt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: switching between keymaps in X
On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 08:47:18AM +0200, Robert Kratky wrote:
> hi,
> this doesn't seem to be a problem of switching but of the keymap itself.
> does the keymap function properly when you leave it the only one and
> start x with it?
>
> as for newer versions, the unstable version (4.2.1) works without a
> glitch on my woody box from the point it was installed (i actually
> upgraded from 4.2.1-0prev2 from ~branden which worked well too) . i
> don't see why you should worry about upgrading because all of the unmet
> deps for 4.2.x can be got from testing so you need not concern very much
> about getting more unstable in your system than you like.
>
> robert
>
Hi
I have upgraded X to unstable version (4.2.1) and set the keymap to
cz_qwerty then I started X and the keymap was OK. After switching with
both-shifts I get us keymap -> OK. But then the switching was freezed :(
So I can switch the keymap only once ...
some other clue ?
thank
Marek Cermak
>
> >Hi
> >I have still problems with keymaps switching (but setxkbmap is ok ->
> >thank you Sean and sorry for mail). When I configure in XF86Config-4
> >following
> >
> >Option "XkbLayout" "cz_qwerty"
> >Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
> >
> >then the cz_qwerty is ok but when I use switch combo (alt+shift)
> >the keymap is really strange - {,[,],} are on keys 7,8,9,0 and other
> >keys returns fractions, currency symbols ... some keys are blank
> >
> >there is no newer version of X in woody and I don't know what else
> >can I do :(
> >
> >bye
> >
> >marek cermak
> >
> >
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Re: switching between keymaps in X
On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 12:50:43PM -0400, sean finney wrote:
> alternatively, you can switch it from the command line (or make a
> window manager shorcut to do the same), thus not needing to muck
> with your X settings at all. while i was in paris, i never really
> got into the whole azerty keyboard thing, so i'd do:
>
> setxkbmap us
>
> which sets the keyboard layout to std. qwerty. then to go back,
>
> setxkbmap fr
>
> also, there's a really cool applet in gnome (iirc, think it's gkb,
> but i haven't used gnome in a while) that displays an image of the flag
> for the place associated with said keyboard map, and you can set it up so
> that when you click on it it switches the keyboard map. this was really
> great if your computer is going to be used by anyone less familiar with
> cmdlines, or if you just want to say: "hey, watch this!" :).
>
> hth
> --sean
Hi
I have still problems with keymaps switching (but setxkbmap is ok ->
thank you Sean and sorry for mail). When I configure in XF86Config-4
following
Option "XkbLayout" "cz_qwerty"
Option "XkbOptions""grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
then the cz_qwerty is ok but when I use switch combo (alt+shift)
the keymap is really strange - {,[,],} are on keys 7,8,9,0 and other
keys returns fractions, currency symbols ... some keys are blank
there is no newer version of X in woody and I don't know what else
can I do :(
bye
marek cermak
>
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 08:50:37AM +0200, Robert Kratky wrote:
> > hi, (nazdar)
> >
> > 'XkbOptions' is what you want.
> > for example 'XkbOptions "grp:shift_toggle"' -- switches keyboard
> > layout by pressing both shift-keys
> > run 'xf86config' for more options.
> >
> > robert
> >
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switching between keymaps in X
Hello I need to configure my X 4.1.0-16 in woody on x86 PC to switch between different keyboard maps. I need standard us/uk keymap and cz_qwerty keymap. So I change /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 as follows: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc102" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbVariant""cz_qwerty" EndSection But now I don't know how to switch that 2 keymaps (without restarting X and replacing XkbLayout). I looked for the solution in archive but didn't found anything. Old versions of X (3.3.6) use Scroll Lock or Break. Please, can you tell me how to solve this thank you marek cermak -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problems with resolver
Hello I have local 10.0.0.0/24 network connected through SNAT server with linux 2.4.7 to the internet. All hosts from local network I have in /etc/hosts, but it looks like this file is ignored or what. in resolv.conf I have search domain.cz, this is domain of NAT server. Next lines are nameservers 127.0.0.1 and DNS outside. In hosts.conf I have order hosts,bind and multi on. When I try host 10.0.0.67 I get answer Name: station11 Address: 10.0.0.67 but when I want host station11 I get station11.domain.cz does not exist. No matter If local bind is on/off. And when I try host server I get answer for external addres of it including domain.cz. Bind is only configured as cache DNS, without any domains. I need internal addres without domain name. Samba server on that server answer only to some machines. Either communicating with PDC is problematic so authentication is not good. It is so confused. All is on woody linux 2.4.7 i386. Where Is the problem? Thank for all. Marek Cermak
misc questions.
i have just installed debian on my first intel machine (i've had apples forever) and i have a couple of questions i hope someone doesn't mind answering for me. though i've checked out man pages, i haven't been able to figure these out on my own, though the answer may be easy ... so, what do i need to do to: 1. change the resolution / pixel depth of my x setup? 2. make it work as a POP server (so i can continue to read mail on my mac)? thanks very much. aaron brick. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dselect and updating the system
On Fri, 9 May 1997, Gernot wrote: > > On Sat, 10 May 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: > > > Gernot wrote: > > > > When I start dselect (using the ftp-method) I get a list of available > > > > "Updated Standard packages". This list tells me that there are new > > > > versions of my installed components available, they are marked with the > > > > asterix (*) but they are not installed when I try to install them > > > > (selection 3 in dselect). Is this the way the whole thing should work or > > > > am I missing something? I have the same problem. I saw that all the packages which won't be installed have their path in /unstable/... . The packages which are installed have their path all set to /stable/. I have probably updated my package list with unstable entries which I cannot get rid of now (yes, I used the "clear available package list now" option). Because I set the access method to "stable non-free contrib" the selected unstable packages do not get installed, even if there are stable versions somewhere with older version numbers. I would like to get rid of the old package entries, but I am afraid using rm -f for this... Any Ideas? -- Lukas Eppler (godot) http://www.fear.ch telnet://soil.fear.ch: talk:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: failed installation of 1.2 on thinkpad. Tips?
On 10 May 1997, Jim Meyering wrote: > Thanks again, Rick. > I've just tried again: > > For each of three brand new diskettes, I put resc1440.bin on it from > my Linux box using dd (first with dd-3.16, later using dd-3.12, > and then cat) to write the disks, then tried to boot with it. > > Same result: hangs after the `loading linux...' message. > Then, thinking maybe my fd is flaky, I resorted to using windows NT > on the thinkpad to get rawrite.exe and resc1440.bin, and created the > `rescue' floppy using the thinkpad's drive. Tried again... same result. > I had the same problem on a thinkpad 365. Thinkpads do not boot from a bzImage, only from zImages. Less than 1 Percent of existing Machines show this behaviour. You must make a new Kernel like described on the readme of the rescue disk. (You must have a running linux machine with the kernel sources installed for this). Don't forget to configure the kernel with ramdisk, initrd support (explained in the readme). Then place it on the rescue disk, named "linux". Some Kernel sources (I don't now why and which) have the ramdisk in /dev/ram, others in /dev/ram0. therefore you must boot somewhere with your custom kernel (maybe you can avoid this step, try it) and cd to the mounted rescue disk. There is a script which sets the root image up to boot from the ramdisk. If /dev/ram0 isn't found change the script, so that it looks for /dev/ram instead. I would prefer if debian would run from zImages, not from bzImages. They're not much bigger, and there are still a lot machines around denying to boot a bzImage. You should neither try to place a bzImage on the harddisk to boot (that is what the debian kernel package does), it freezes at the same point. This makes kernel upgrades a hairy process. A question at the end: Does somebody know how to install the pcmcia package on a freshly disk-installed debian package without having to compile it? (I needed that because I have no cdrom on my laptop). The pcmcia package requires too much to install it by disks. Some rescue disk makers should probably think about that. ftp install may be nice, but without pcmcia support there are many machines excluded from this very comfortable install method. -- Lukas Eppler (godot) http://www.fear.ch telnet://soil.fear.ch: talk:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
X on a Thinkpad / tgui9320lcd
Hi! I managed to set up X with 256 colors on a Thinkpad 365X. Trying to get "X -bpp 16" I run into the following: XFree86 Version 3.2 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6100) Release Date: Oct 26 1996 Configured drivers: SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0): ... tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9320lcd, tgui9400cxi, ...^^^ (using VT number 7) ... (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Trident TGUI9420DGi (generic)" (**) SVGA: Using 16 bpp. Color weight: 565 (--) SVGA: PCI: Trident TGUI 9320 rev 227, Memory @ 0x0800 (--) Trident chipset version: 0xa3 (TGUI9320LCD) (**) SVGA: Ignoring unrecognised ClockChip (--) SVGA: Using Trident programmable clocks (--) SVGA: chipset: tgui9320lcd (--) SVGA: videoram: 1024k (**) SVGA: 16bpp not supported for this chipset I used the settings for TGUI9320DGi because it was the closest setting I could find in the xf86config program. X with 256 Colors works fine, so I don't think I have to find a recognised clock chip, do I? -- Lukas Eppler (godot) http://www.fear.ch telnet://soil.fear.ch: talk:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
