[SOLVED] x-terminal-emulator options not working
I wrote: I have tried several documented options to x-terminal-emulator, and I find that they have absolutely no effect. For example: x-terminal-emulator --geometry 80x72 x-terminal-emulator --title=WHY OK, I solved the problem. Here's how I figured it out: patrick@laptop:~$ which x-terminal-emulator /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator patrick@laptop:~$ ll /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 Mar 4 2014 /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator - /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator patrick@laptop:~$ ll /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Mar 4 2014 /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator - /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper patrick@laptop:~$ ll /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1394 Jul 2 2008 /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper Then I looked at the /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper script and saw that it was a Perl script that looked for options with a *single* dash, and mapped them to the double-dash version, and passed those to the gnome-terminal program. For example, if you run: x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x72 That ends up running: gnome-terminal --geometry 80x72 -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/543a73ca.2090...@rayservers.net
Re: Preseeded setting on openssh-server ignored
Don Armstrong wrote, On 06/14/2014 01:04 PM: If you just want purely random passwords, though, you might try makepasswd instead. pwgen is more biased towards generating distinguishable, memorable passwords instead of truly random ones. Here's a way to generate a *truly* random password that is *also* memorable: http://diceware.com Instead of using your computer to generate allegedly random bits, you use five six-sided dice to generate truly random bits. -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/539c8f30.8070...@rayservers.net
Re: How to remove Google from the Start screen?
Stephen Allen wrote, On 05/05/2014 10:24 AM:
On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 08:21:46AM +0800, A Debian User wrote:
First of all, sorry for using the term Start screen :P
But when you do a search for applications in a GNOME 3 desktop, two buttons
appear below the screen: Wikipedia and Google.
Apparently, clicking on either of them will open the browser with a
Wikipedia or Google search using your search terms.
How do you remove Google and replace it with a search engine of your choice?
First, here's what I did to remove both of those search options entirely.
I made a backup directory:
$ cd
$ mkdir -p bak/open-search-providers
Then I moved the files out of the system directory into that backup
directory:
$ sudo mv /usr/share/gnome-shell/open-search-providers/*
~/bak/open-search-providers
Then I logged out and back in.
Now when I start typing a search term in the Activities overlay screen,
I no longer see these at the bottom:
(Google) (Wikipedia)
So that's a start. The ability to remove the options entirely is a good
initial point of control.
Now, to install your own personalized search option, I would advise:
$ cd bak/open-search-providers
$ cp -p google.xml mysearch.xml
$ vi mysearch.xml
Then in the vi editor you can change the URL there from this:
http://www.google.com/search?q={searchTerms}
To whatever you want, e.g.:
http://www.mysearch.com/search?q={searchTerms}
You can also change the ShortName and Description tags to My Search or
what ever. You can even change the embedded Image data if you feel up
to the task.
Then do this:
$ sudo cp -p mysearch.xml /usr/share/gnome-shell/open-search-providers/
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Re: Logging of commands in a bash script to a file
Steve Litt wrote, On 04/23/2014 12:07 PM:
On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:06:41 -0300
Daniel Bareiro daniel-lis...@gmx.net wrote:
Hi all!
I'm writing a bash script that runs several routing commands. I would
like these commands, on a part of the script, plus run, are saved to a
log file.
I guess maybe it could be done by putting the commands in a variable
and then do:
$CMD
echo $CMD
But perhaps there is a more elegant way to do this in a single line.
Make a function in the bash script something like this:
function do_command(){
echo -n `date` $logfile
echo $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $logfile
$1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6
}
If you want to record the output of each command, you'd change the
final line to $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $logfile
In the main script, you'd call it like this:
do_command sudo mount -a
I haven't tested this, so you'll need to tighten it up a little, and it
could be made more elegant, but it's a starting point.
Good, but I think you can avoid the positional params by just using $@,
as I do here in my run function:
https://github.com/chkoreff/Fexl/blob/fresh/src/build#L34
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Re: My experiences with three CD players on Gnome
Chris Bannister wrote, On 03/16/2014 06:10 AM: Have you reported a bug? Have you reported a bug? Good idea, I'll sign up at Bugzilla and give it a try. -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53258fd6.4030...@rayservers.net
Re: Testing: Nautilus 3.8 double click expand tree?
Joost Kraaijeveld wrote, On 03/16/2014 05:22 AM: If I double click on a directory icon I go into that directory and I cannot see the full directory tree any more. I would like Nautilus to expand the tree instead. Is that possible? Click the little [+] icon to the left of the directory icon. That will expand the tree. It's good that double-clicking a directory puts you in that directory, and no longer shows the parent tree. That's what you want -- a way to focus on that one subdirectory. Note that if you're in List view, and you double-click a directory to open it, you will not necessarily still be in List view there. Gnome remembers the View setting for each directory individually, so if you want to stay in List view, you'll have to set it for each directory you visit. -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/532592ea.7030...@rayservers.net
Re: Testing: Nautilus 3.8 double click expand tree?
Joost Kraaijeveld wrote, On 03/16/2014 09:31 AM: No, that is not what I want. I want to *both* focus on the directory *and* see the context of that directory, i.e. its place in the tree. Something like in Nautilus 3.4.2, where the left panel showed the tree and the right panel showed the directory. Which is more ore less what I generally have seen since I started working with computers in 1989. Ah, understood! I got that to work. In the menu item View/Sidebar, choose Tree, and also choose Show Sidebar. -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5325a96c@rayservers.net
Re: Testing: Nautilus 3.8 double click expand tree?
Joost Kraaijeveld wrote, On 03/16/2014 11:34 AM: I got that to work. In the menu item View/Sidebar, choose Tree, and also choose Show Sidebar. No such menu or menu item in Nautilus 3.8.2. Strange. I see it in my older version, Nautilus 3.4.2. Did they remove this useful feature from later versions of Nautilus? That would be unfortunate! -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5325c7af.8010...@rayservers.net
My experiences with three CD players on Gnome
I don't play music very much on the computer, so I'm new to this subject. I just tried three different players, RhythmBox, SoundJuicer, and Gnome Player. RhythmBox has a problem. Press Play to begin playing a CD. Press Play again to Pause. Press Play again to resume playing. Nothing happens. SoundJuicer has a problem. The Help says: While playing, Sound Juicer displays a slider showing the position on the current track. To seek to another part of the track, drag the handle along the slider and release. However, I do not see any such slider control. I see the horizontal track where the slider is supposed to be, just nothing to grab, and clicking in the track does nothing. Gnome Player does what I expect. I can play, pause, and resume playing again. It has a functioning slider. Conclusion: Gnome Player wins. -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/532484fc.10...@rayservers.net
Re: CUPS Zebra EPL2 driver through Iceweasel or Evince
Brian wrote, On 03/14/2014 02:13 PM: I'm probably being a bit dense but what do you mean by 'embedded Iceweasel pdf viewer'? When you open a PDF in Iceweasel, either by clicking a link or opening a file, it renders the PDF right inside the browser instead of bringing it up in Document Viewer. -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/532348bb.7010...@rayservers.net
Re: CUPS Zebra EPL2 driver through Iceweasel or Evince
Brian wrote, On 03/14/2014 03:03 PM: On Fri 14 Mar 2014 at 14:21:47 -0400, Patrick Chkoreff wrote: Brian wrote, On 03/14/2014 02:13 PM: I'm probably being a bit dense but what do you mean by 'embedded Iceweasel pdf viewer'? When you open a PDF in Iceweasel, either by clicking a link or opening a file, it renders the PDF right inside the browser instead of bringing it up in Document Viewer. I think I must be using the Document Viewer method: my PDFs display with either xpdf or mupdf in its own window. What program performs the rendering and display of PDFs with the embedded technique? Good question. I went into my Iceweasel Preferences, under Applications, and next to the entry for Portable Document Format (PDF) I see this option chosen: [Preview in Iceweasel] If I change that to this setting: [Use Document Viewer (default)] It then brings up PDFs in a separate Document Viewer window. By the way, I never explicitly changed this to Preview. Before Debian I was using Firefox on Ubuntu, and suddenly one day it started doing the embedded preview. Since then I've copied my .firefox profile over to .iceweasel, and the setting remained. Another weird thing I just noticed yesterday. Whenever I view PDFs, they appear to have little black rectangles scattered around, typically to the left of text blocks. It looks as if the PDF has been redacted -- but of course it's really just a bug in PDF rendering. It occasionally overlaps text to the point of making it unreadable, but for the most part I can get by. -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53235609.8000...@rayservers.net
Re: CUPS Zebra EPL2 driver through Iceweasel or Evince
Patrick Chkoreff wrote, On 03/14/2014 03:18 PM: Another weird thing I just noticed yesterday. Whenever I view PDFs, they appear to have little black rectangles scattered around, typically to the left of text blocks. It looks as if the PDF has been redacted -- but of course it's really just a bug in PDF rendering. It occasionally overlaps text to the point of making it unreadable, but for the most part I can get by. Never mind. I thought I saw it in two different documents from separate sources, but I was wrong. It was just a problem in one PDF. -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/532356d5.60...@rayservers.net
Re: Wifi
Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com wrote, On 03/08/2014 04:27 PM: If I were in your shoes, the first thing I'd do is an orderly shutdown, power down for 30 seconds, and power back up. You might get lucky and have Wifi just work when it comes back up. I've seen stranger things happen. ... Also, after you follow the advice of others on this list to determine what kind of card you have, you may find that it's as simple as doing an install. When I first installed Debian on the laptop, the installer prompted me for a driver for my Intel Centrino wireless card, because it noticed that it didn't have a free driver. Of course, I didn't have installation medium available right then, so I just blew through it and determined that I would install it later. Once Debian was installed, I searched around and figured out that I needed to do this: 1. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list, adding non-free to the end of every line starting with deb . 2. Then: $ sudo apt-get upgrade $ sudo apt-get install firmware-realtek Of course, I don't recommend that you do exactly that, because it obviously depends on what kind of wireless card you have. I'm just encouraging you by showing you how simple it can be, once we figure out what you need to use in place of realtek there. -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/531b9c18.8000...@rayservers.net
Re: Brand new install, now how do I play a Youtube video?
Patrick wrote: I'm using the IceWeasel browser, but I can't play a Youtube video. I don't want to install Flash because I just cannot stand Adobe. I searched around and found this: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=51504 I did what they said there, namely: $ sudo apt-get install gecko-mediaplayer iceweasel-greasemonkey Now IceWeasel shows a drop-down menu with a GreaseMonkey icon, and it is enabled. However, I still cannot watch any video on youtube.com. When I click to a video, it shows a black rectangle where the video should be, with the message An error occurred, please try again later. Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com wrote, On 03/06/2014 01:16 PM: I got my laptop's Wheezy to play Youtube videos, using the instructions you referenced above. But I had to do a some fooling around and experimentation. Also, as I remember, I had to reboot after completing the instructions and doing my fooling around. Thanks, it's working great now. Here's what I did, just to be sure it's a predictable, well-worn groove on a brand new machine: 1. Do a fresh install of 64-bit Debian on my desktop machine. 2. Add myself to the sudo group so I can install stuff: $ su root # gpasswd -a patrick sudo # exit 3. Now install the Gecko Media Player: $ sudo apt-get update # I had to do this. $ sudo apt-get install gecko-mediaplayer 4. Next, reboot the machine. This is an important step. 5. Open the IceWeasel web browser, visit youtube.com, and watch Ultimate Dog Tease. So now when I'm setting up a new machine for a non-techie friend, I'll have a reliable answer for how do I watch funny animal videos? -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5319bcb2.6020...@rayservers.net
Re: I mistakenly installed 32 bit Debian. How can I ensure that I'm installing 64 bit?
Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com wrote, On 03/07/2014 09:06 AM: So Patrick, Jonathan's right: Don't be afraid to ask any questions. Ignore any useless answers. Yes, the pithy answer to my original question is: When you boot from the Debian CD, chose the 64-bit option. Don't just press Enter on the top Install option. That will give you a 32 bit install. And the lesson learned is: Pay attention to the menus, even if you are in a hurry because you have serious work to do, and TWO of your machines are going pear-shaped on you, losing functionality in Gnome, and losing fonts in Terminal. STILL look at the menus. I've been using some flavor of Unix since 1981, though I haven't practiced installation nearly enough. I'm doing a lot of that these days, and I'm documenting all the things I need to do to re-create my entire environment, including all sorts of personal notes such as: $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install gecko-mediaplayer $ sudo apt-get install openssh-server $ cd .ssh $ scp laptop:.ssh/id_rsa . $ scp laptop:.ssh/id_rsa.pub . $ cat id_rsa.pub authorized_keys $ cd $ sudo apt-get install keychain $ scp laptop:.bash_aliases . $ scp laptop:.exrc . $ sudo apt-get install vim # the version with syntax highlighting $ sudo apt-get install rsync $ rsync -avz laptop:.gnupg . $ sudo apt-get install icedove $ rsync -avz laptop:.icedove . $ rsync -avz --delete laptop:.mozilla . $ rsync -avz laptop:.purple . # ... install gcc, extra perl modules, etc. etc. Also little details like on the laptop having to add non-free to /etc/apt/sources.lst and then: $ sudo apt-get install firmware-iwlwifi Once I get all this down to a science I may post my exact steps on my web site. -- Patrick P.S. One of these days I need to try building the entire kernel, OS, and all packages from source code. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5319e71f.40...@rayservers.net
Re: questions about password safes
Paul E Condon wrote, On 03/07/2014 11:56 AM: If, yes, I can conclude that a backport is not yet available. If it is not yet available, is there some other password safe software that someone will suggest for use while I wait for what I really want. I've been using KeePassX for a long time: $ sudo apt-get install keepassx -- Patrick P.S. I once tried installing keepass2 instead, but its user interface didn't look as good, and it wouldn't read my pass.kdb file. There's a way to import the old kdb file to a kdbx file, but I didn't bother because KeePassX looked better on screen anyway. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5319fddc.3070...@rayservers.net
Brand new install, now how do I play a Youtube video?
I recently installed Debian on this laptop. Here's the detail: $ uname -a Linux laptop 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.2.54-2 i686 GNU/Linux I'm using the IceWeasel browser, but I can't play a Youtube video. I don't want to install Flash because I just cannot stand Adobe. I searched around and found this: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=51504 I did what they said there, namely: $ sudo apt-get install gecko-mediaplayer iceweasel-greasemonkey Now IceWeasel shows a drop-down menu with a GreaseMonkey icon, and it is enabled. However, I still cannot watch any video on youtube.com. When I click to a video, it shows a black rectangle where the video should be, with the message An error occurred, please try again later. I can right-click in the black rectangle, and I do see a pop-up menu with options like Movie Control / Play. But it just doesn't work. Is this Gnash/GreaseMonkey stuff really a viable alternative to Adobe Flash? Maybe resistance is futile here, and I just need to be assimilated by Adobe. Say it isn't so. -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/531894d6.2020...@loom.cc
Re: Brand new install, now how do I play a Youtube video?
The_Ace wrote, On 03/06/2014 11:12 AM: Try the HTML5 feed youtube has. Doesnt need flash player at all. http://www.youtube.com/html5 W ... I *like* it. Way of the future. Thanks! -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5318a331.4040...@rayservers.net
Re: Brand new install, now how do I play a Youtube video?
Lisi Reisz wrote, On 03/06/2014 11:05 AM: I have never really found Gnash a viable alternative to Flash. Good to know. For use with YouTube, Channel4/news etc., I held my nose and installed GoogleChrome. Even Chromium wouldn't run properly. Thanks for the advice. I'm avoiding Google as far as possible, but if push comes to shove, this is good to know. Speaking of Google, I noticed that the Activities view in GNOME 3 includes Google and Wikipedia as search engines while I'm typing into the Activities search field. I'd like to disable that if possible. Anyone know how to do that? Part of the problem is that Flash for Linux is no longer being updated. Ah ok, so Flash for Linux is abandoned anyway. All the more reason not to resist installing it in the first place. -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5318a450.7040...@rayservers.net
I mistakenly installed 32 bit Debian. How can I ensure that I'm installing 64 bit?
I installed Debian on this laptop using this image: debian-7.4.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso I thought that because it had amd64 in the name, I was getting a 64 bit operating system. Well, that didn't happen. I got a 32 bit operation system: $ uname -a Linux laptop 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.2.54-2 i686 GNU/Linux I don't see any _64 in there. I also know from Details in system settings that the OS type is 32-bit. This laptop does have a 64 bit processor. Just to reassure myself that I wasn't mistaken about that, I did this: $ grep flags /proc/cpuinfo flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm xsave lahf_lm dtherm As I understand it, the presence of _lm (long model) is an indication that I have a 64 bit processor. I also know that when I had Ubuntu on this laptop before, I was writing C code that could store 2^64-1 in a long value. So, one of these days I plan to do yet another fresh installation on this laptop so I can get a 64 bit version of Debian. However, I don't want to get fooled again. I want to get an ISO image that will give me a 64 bit system. This one did not: debian-7.4.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso My question is, can anyone give me the URL of an ISO image on the Debian web site which will give me 64 bit? -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5318a657.5000...@rayservers.net
Re: Brand new install, now how do I play a Youtube video?
Patrick Chkoreff wrote, On 03/06/2014 11:37 AM: Ah ok, so Flash for Linux is abandoned anyway. All the more reason not to resist installing it in the first place. I meant to say: All the more reason to RESIST installing it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5318afad.9090...@rayservers.net
Re: I mistakenly installed 32 bit Debian. How can I ensure that I'm installing 64 bit?
Brian wrote, On 03/06/2014 01:25 PM: Not only are you avoiding Google and Adobe but you are also avoiding reading and exploring what is on your screen when you boot the image. 64 bit is displayed 3 times; that's without looking under Advanced options. Yes, I was quickly defaulting through everything during the install with this image: debian-7.4.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso So, you're saying 64-bit is an option there. Thanks, I'll look for that next time I install with that image. On the other hand, Reco suggested that I use this image instead: debian-7.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso I suppose it doesn't matter which I use -- I'm guessing either one has a 64-bit option, and next time I won't breeze by that option. -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5318c4b0.7010...@rayservers.net
Re: I mistakenly installed 32 bit Debian. How can I ensure that I'm installing 64 bit?
Reco wrote, On 03/06/2014 02:31 PM: On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:55:44 -0500 Patrick Chkoreff patr...@rayservers.net wrote: I suppose it doesn't matter which I use -- I'm guessing either one has a 64-bit option, and next time I won't breeze by that option. Why, it does. Using debian-7.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso you're unable to choose 32-bit installation at all :) Makes sense. So it's fool proof then. I *was* in a hurry when I installed Debian because I had to get some serious work done, pronto. Fool-ish. No matter, I'll do another fresh install. It's good practice to re-install my entire tool chain, from gcc on up. You see, I formerly had Ubuntu 12.04 on both machines. Then I upgraded to 12.10, and then 13.10, and everything started going haywire. Gnome Classic was hosed, with nothing showing on the top panel or the task bar. Gnome 3 had some problems too. So I had to use Unity. Then suddenly on Sunday evening all the terminal fonts went to hell, looking all blocky and weirdly spaced. With entropy hounding me on every side, I scrambled for a fresh install of a sane operating system, namely Debian, and I left Ubuntu 13's insanity and ad-ware behind. So far so good. I've always used Gnome Classic, but now I'm forcing myself to use Gnome 3, because Gnome Classic is looking a wee bit abandoned. I miss the task bar, but I've got to get over it. -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5318d0c3.8050...@rayservers.net
Re: I mistakenly installed 32 bit Debian. How can I ensure that I'm installing 64 bit?
Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com wrote, On 03/06/2014 04:50 PM: I'd characterize it as Reco was very kind, in the tradition of free software mailing lists, and answered Patrick's question. Yes. I'm now installing Debian on my desktop machine, and *duh* right there at boot-up is the 64-bit install option. In my mad dash a few days ago I just hit Enter on the top Install option. Thanks for your help everyone. I'll try to keep the noise down henceforth, and aim to help others as I develop more expertise. I've been programming for 40 years, but I need more experience in the O.S. department. I should become useful to this list in time. -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5318f1af.1010...@rayservers.net
