Re: Separate /home directories etc?

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On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 15:47:37 -0500
Richard Owlett  wrote:

> In response to a unrelated post to a LUG, I was asked if I had a 
> separate /home directory. Short answer -- no.
> 
> I abandoned WinXP when Jessie had become stable.
> The installer defaults {I assume for cause} to putting every thing on 
> one partition/directory.
> 
> Where may I read about pros/cons ?
> TIA
> 
> 
The home directory contains not only "personal data" but configuration
directories for all your apps.

I long ago settled on a middle-of-the-road solution--I have a partition
mounted on /home/ntrfug/files which contains all my "data" such as
email, photos, documents, non-distribution software, bank statements,
etc. I've been doing this for ~20 years and I still like it. I can
reinstall nuking the home directory to take advantage of updated
configurations but still keep my word processing documents, email, and
general umm, stuff.

Claws-mail "Get mail" opens full-page

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I've been using claws-mail since well before it was claws-mail (back in
the sylpheed days).

When I checked for new mail or opened dialogs they opened in
the reduced size I specified, and this size was preserved when I exited
the program.

I upgraded to stretch a couple of months ago, and to buster just last
night. Since the stretch upgrade claws-mail dialogs opened in
maximum size.v

If I catch "Get mail" before it's finished, I can reduce the dialog to
a business-card-sized window, and that works for the current session,
but if I exit the program the dialogs return to full size whenever I
re-start.

How can I specify and save a reduced size for the get-mail dialog?

Claws-mail all windows open in full-page

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I've been using claws-mail since well before it was claws-mail (back in
the sylpheed days).

When I checked for new mail or opened dialogs they opened in
reduced size.

I upgraded to stretch a couple of months ago, and to buster just last
night. Since the stretch upgrade all claws-mail dialogs opened in
maximum size.

If I catch "Get mail" before it's finished, I can reduce the dialog to
a business-card-sized window, and that works for the current session,
but if I exit the program the dialogs return to full size whenever I
re-start.

Re: Very light "private" cloud

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I started using OwnCloud three years ago, in order to avoid the i cloud.

I noticed especially in the last upgrade that it has become much easier
and more straightforward.

I can't imagine a cloud that doesn't use a database, though there is
probably a solution that won't involve mySQL.



On Tue, 29 May 2018 12:47:45 +0300
"Michelle Konzack"  wrote:

> Good day,
> 
> I am searching vor a OwnCloud/NextCloud replacement, because I use
> exclusively and can not use MySQL.  Also the updates drive me nuts
> and its resurce conumption.
> 
> Is there something MUCH MORE simplier and lighter?
> 
> Preferable without ANY databases and written in PHP5 for possibel
> extensions?
> 
> I need only access for maybe 10 (active) users and a bunch of users
> which have to get read access zu certain files/directories
> 
> I want to use a seperated host like 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> OK, I can code it my self, but currently I have ABSOLUTELY NOT TIME,
> because I have to care about a new Organic Farm where I am co-owner
> and only person working there curently. The house is only half ready
> without roof, which I get in August and currently I drive with a 1,8t
> Bobcat over the farm making 100s of meters trenches for waterpipes
> and cables.  Hell, Estonia is the land of limestone and rocks!
> Digging deeper then 30cm is a kick in the ass!
> 
> Thanks in advance and nice day
> (we have since 3 weeks between 24°C and 30°C and no rain in sight)
> 

Re: making more room in root partition for distribution upgrade

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On Thu, 17 May 2018 18:06:46 -0500
Mark Copper <mcop...@straitcity.com> wrote:

> This must be a FAQ. But there appear to be two ways forward.
> 
> 1. Back-up /home, enlarge / partition, copy back-up back to new,
> smaller /home partition (because /home will then start on a different
> cylinder so data will be lost).
> 
> or
> 
> 2. Carve out a new partition for /usr at end of disk which will free
> up over 6 gb.
> 
> What have other people done?
> 
> Thanks.

More than 20 years ago I began saving personal files to a different partition 
than the OS.

I've used this system for Windows (when I started) and for more flavors of 
Linux than I can remember. I did this so I could wipe the root partition and 
reinstall without destroying my personal files.

I call it "files" and mount it on /home/ntrfug/Documents at boot.

I also have a 100 Gb partition for "music", mounted at boot to 
/home/ntrfug/Music.

Everything else goes on single 22 Gb partition, now labeled "Stretch" (49% 
occupied).

I use KDE with a fair but not extensive portfolio of software, but which 
include LyX, which requires LaTeX and TeX (that's a lot of dependency).

I backup the root partition before I reinstall, and after installation move 
settings for individual applications to the new home directory.

For example I started using sylpheed for email when accounts and preferences 
were saved in regular text files. Later it morphed to claws-mail and migrated 
to xml preferences that I could not re-create to save my life. Fortunately I 
just moved the /home/ntrfug/.config/claws-mail directory to my new system and 
it came up with all my preferences and accounts the first time I started. (I 
save my email folders in /home/ntrfug/files/Mail).

I use VirtualBox, and virtual machines live in /home/ntrfug/files/virtualbox.

Using NVIDIA drivers in Jessie

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Short version: they worked for me for just under 1 day. After that the
system won't boot--at the point the NVIDIA logo should be displayed the
system hangs on a black screen, and the only thing I can do is power
off.

I can start in single-user mode, supply the root password and startx as
root. From the root prompt I can also start kdm. I can't login,
though--I get System is booting up -- see pam_login(8).

Since the graphics driver works for root but not for my normal user
this seems like a permissions problem, but I can't understand why for
almost a day I could boot the system normally and log in as a user.

I've collected some logs that might help a developer; I hesitate to
post them because they're REALLY long.

Can someone point me to the right person to send them to, or a good
place to post them?

Kevin


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No sound in Jessie KDE

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When I had Windows 7 on my machine (Lenovo W53) the sound volume was
high enough that I usually set it at ~50%. With Jessie 100% volume
seemed barely adequate, and I was experimenting to see if I could get
more.

In KDE-System Settings-Multimedia I played with the settings; the
result was that no available playback devices are shown. Pressing the
Reset and Defaults buttons at the bottom of the screen had no
effect.

How can I get back to the defaults?


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Re: Jessie and nvidia

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On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 09:03:46 -0430
José Maldonado josemal...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 First you laptop have hybrid graphics technology take a look a
 bumblebee project in the Debian wiki. 
 
 Second,  you have installed the package nvidia-xconfig? and executed
 this command during setup of your card nvidia? 
 
I had not before, but I installed bumblebee-nvidia and primus; I also
installed nvidia-xconfig.

Installing bumblebee-nvidia caused glx to be used, but apparently only
for Intel.

The system still will not use my Nvidia adapter, only the Intel. I'd
prefer to use only the Nvidia adapter.


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Re: Unable to mount external USB devices -- Wheezy KDE -- SOLVED

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On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 11:29:12 +0300
Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Ma, 03 apr 12, 15:21:14, Camaleón wrote:
  
  That's why we have to use UUID instead :-)
 
 ...or LABELs.
 
 Kind regards,
 Andrei

Thank you both. Using either labels or uuids in fstab will accomplish 
what I was trying to do.


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Re: Booting Debian from Windows

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On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:05:15 +0200
Alberto Fuentes alberto.fuen...@qindel.com wrote:

 oh, i just saw that unetbootin allows you download debian testing as
 well...
 
 has anybody tested how stable are those for a live? I heard about
 debian CUT, but im not sure is ready yet.
 
 greets!
 aL
 
I've used Debian Testing as my primary system for several months
without problems (except the ones I caused).

Several years ago I used Testing for two or three years, again without
troubles.


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Re: Unable to mount external USB devices -- Wheezy KDE -- SOLVED

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On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:59:42 -0500
ntrfug ntr...@saucysailor.org wrote:

 For years I have been able to use external hard drives and thumb
 drives on my systems, but not since I installed Wheezy.
 
...
 
 The problem is not limited to devices with NTFS file systems; I can't
 mount ext2 or ReiserFS devices either.

I backup my system by exchanging the CD/DVD device for a second hard
drive, partitioned the same as my system hard drive.

I thought I would be organized, and created entries in /etc/fstab for
each of those second-hard-drive partitions; the first was NTFS. I, umm,
don't back up every day ;) and I had forgotted about those entries.

Whenever I inserted any removable device, the system saw it
as /dev/sdb1, looked in fstab, and tried to mount the device as NTFS.

When I commented out the offending lines in fstab I was able to mount
removable devices normally.

Camaleón, the log excerpt was posted to the thread in my Sun, 1 Apr 2012
08:15:21 -0500 reply to Andrei.


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Re: correct English usage

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On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 05:29:56 -0500
Indulekha indule...@theunworthy.com wrote:
 
  Are all these distionnaries wrong?
 
  -- 
  Pierre Frenkiel
  ---1463809023-1608600801-1333448123=:30347--
 
 
 There is nothing wrong with your English or those definitions, 
 they're just obscure and have fallen out of popular usage. I've 
 frequently observed that people for whom English is a second 
 language are more literate that the average American. 
 
There IS something wrong with his English, and several have tried to
explain it -- he's using a word contrary to its established common
meaning. If he's more interested in impressing dictionary editors than
in conveying his idea, more power to him. Otherwise, he should accept
the explanation offered by native speakers.

It's pretty arrogant to suggest that native speakers of another
language are less literate than you, because your own understanding
differs from theirs.


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Re: Unable to mount external USB devices -- Wheezy KDE -- SOLVED

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On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 15:21:14 + (UTC)
Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote:

 I see no mention there to the afore mentioned NTFS-3G warning at
 all ;-)

The NTFS-3G message was quoted in the original post of this thread.


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Re: Unable to mount external USB devices -- Wheezy KDE

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On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 13:15:22 +0300
Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote:

 Just for confirmation, you get a message telling you to rebuild
 ntfs-3g when the filesystem is ext2? Can you show us the relevant
 part of /var/log/syslog when you plug the thumb drive? ('tail -f'
 helps here).

That is correct -- regardless of the filesystem -- NTFS, ext2, or
reiserfs -- I get the same message I originally posted. I was able to
use all these devices in Kubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron), which I used before
updating to Wheezy; I can still get to the NTFS thumb drive via my
Windows virtual machine.

From /var/log/syslog:

Apr  1 07:48:31 mysystem kernel: [281274.340138] usb 1-3: new high speed
USB device number 12 using ehci_hcd
Apr  1 07:48:31 mysystem kernel: [281274.484520] usb 1-3: New USB device
found, idVendor=12f7, idProduct=1e23
Apr  1 07:48:31 mysystem kernel: [281274.484529] usb 1-3: New USB device
strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Apr  1 07:48:31 mystem kernel: [281274.484536] usb 1-3: Product:
TRAVELDRIVE 005B
Apr  1 07:48:31 mysystem kernel: [281274.484541] usb 1-3: Manufacturer:
Memorex
Apr  1 07:48:31 mysystem kernel: [281274.484546] usb 1-3: SerialNumber:
07840A3A0571
Apr  1 07:48:31 mysystem kernel: [281274.485332] scsi11 : usb-storage
1-3:1.0
Apr  1 07:48:32 mysystem mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 12:
/sys/devices/pci:00/:00:1a.7/usb1/1-3
Apr  1 07:48:32 mysystem mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 12 was not an MTP
device
Apr  1 07:48:33 mysystem kernel: [281275.531867] scsi 11:0:0:0:
Direct-Access Memorex TRAVELDRIVE 005B PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Apr  1 07:48:33 mysystem kernel: [281275.815210] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb]
16117760 512-byte logical blocks: (8.25 GB/7.68 GiB)
Apr  1 07:48:33 mysystem kernel: [281275.815798] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb]
Write Protect is off
Apr  1 07:48:33 mysystem kernel: [281275.815806] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode
Sense: 23 00 00 00
Apr  1 07:48:33 mysystem kernel: [281275.816308] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb] No
Caching mode page present
Apr  1 07:48:33 mysystem kernel: [281275.816317] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb]
Assuming drive cache: write through
Apr  1 07:48:33 mysystem kernel: [281275.820328] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb] No
Caching mode page present
Apr  1 07:48:33 mysystem kernel: [281275.820336] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb]
Assuming drive cache: write through
Apr  1 07:48:33 mysystem kernel: [281275.880139]  sdb: sdb1
Apr  1 07:48:33 mysystem kernel: [281275.882426] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb] No
Caching mode page present
Apr  1 07:48:33 mysystem kernel: [281275.882435] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb]
Assuming drive cache: write through
Apr  1 07:48:33 mysystem kernel: [281275.882442] sd 11:0:0:0: [sdb]
Attached SCSI removable disk

I've used Linux for 12 years now; I recently returned to the Debian
fold after seven years of using Kubuntu (the seven-year itch?).


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Re: Unable to mount external USB devices -- Wheezy KDE

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On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 13:10:48 + (UTC)
Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote:

 It can't be the same message, that's for sure ;-)

Yes, it can.

It is.

Exactly the same.

How do you know otherwise?


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Re: Unable to mount external USB devices -- Wheezy KDE

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On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:31:02 +0100
Keith McKenzie km3...@gmail.com wrote:

 It's there. So if you use a root terminal, you should be able to
 mount it. After that, you will need to find out why it isn't being
 auto mounted, as that seems to be what you want.

I already know I can mount it as root.

I would like to be able to automatically mount external devices
read/write as a normal user, as I have been able to do for years.

There should be no need to rebuild Debian packages to do that.


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Re: Unable to mount external USB devices -- Wheezy KDE

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On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:22:59 + (UTC)
Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote:

 Bug?
 
 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631504

Thank you for that pointer. Apparently this has been an issue for a
while, and for GNOME desktops as well (which indicates to me that the
problem is somewhere in the automount process -- I can mount these
devices from a root shell).

I looked through the debian-users archive and couldn't see anyone
else using KDE complaining, but I can hardly believe I'm the only one
having this problem.


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Re: Unable to mount external USB devices -- Wheezy KDE

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On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 14:21:49 + (UTC)
Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote:

 Show us, please. 
 
 I really doubt you get a message pointing to NTFS-G3 or Tuxera
 website for a volume formatted with ext2 or reiserfs. That would be
 something worth seeing :-)

I HAVE shown you.

You HAVE seen it.

If you refuse to believe it, that's on you.


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Re: Installing genesys on Debian

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On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:29:39 +0100
Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote:

 I am trying to install genesys, first in my Lenny box and then in
 Squeeze. The SANE website says that my scanner is fully supported.  

Have you seen this web page?

http://man.flashnux.com/en/debian/6/6.0.1/man5/sane-genesys.5.html

It shows that Canon LiDE 35/40/50/60 are supported, but I don't see
110.

Kevin


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Unable to mount external USB devices -- Wheezy KDE

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For years I have been able to use external hard drives and thumb drives
on my systems, but not since I installed Wheezy.

I get the following on inserting a SanDisk thumb drive:

The requested operation has failed.: Error mounting: mount exited with
exit code 1: helper failed with: Unprivileged user can not mount NTFS
block devices using the external FUSE library. Either mount the volume
as root, or rebuild NTFS-3G with integrated FUSE support and make it
setuid root. Please see more information at
http://tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-faq/#unprivileged;

I certainly hope there is another solution besides rebuilding packages.
I want to be able to read/write/transfer files as my normal user.

In K-Settings-System Settings-Removable Devices I checked Enable
automatic mounting of removable media, Mount all removable media at
login, and Automatically mount removable media when attached.

In the Attached Devices list of that dialog, SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro
is listed and Automount on attach is checked.

The problem is not limited to devices with NTFS file systems; I can't
mount ext2 or ReiserFS devices either.


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Re: Installing genesys on Debian - lateral thinking time?

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On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:19:12 +0100
Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote:

 Suggestions welcomed - so long as they don't entail throwing the
 wretched LiDE 110 in the nearest lake - not that I would be able to
 find one with any water in it.  (Sorry, this is an international list
 and that was a local reference. I live in the south of England and -
 incredibly - we have a drought.)

Install VirtualBox, and create a virtual machine for a system that
supports your scanner. Don't use the packages from Debian, as they are
for a version of VirtualBox that does not support USB devices.

When you are able to scan using your primary system, delete the virtual
machine.

If you're like me you'll find other uses for virtual machines once you
are accustomed to working with them.

(I use a VM to run Windows in a window, as G*d intended.)  ;)Marin3r


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Re: PPPOE Failure on Verizon DSL

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On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 09:25:08 -0500
JP Glutting [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 ethenet connection). Kmail was not running, and since I had never 
 figured out to get pppoe running without rebooting, I decided to try to 
 figure it out once and for all. The normal boot gets pptpd and 
 ppp_on_boot (redirected to a dsl script) running. I restarted all these, 
 but no luck.

It isn't necessary to reboot to start pppoe. pon provider or pon dsl-provider 
brings up the default pppoe connection. poff provider or poff dsl-provider will 
disconnect. 

The file /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot simply makes this happen when you start your computer.

provider and dsl-provider are found in /etc/ppp/peers/.

Dunno what's happening in Boston.

Kevin


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Re: Newbie questions

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On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 04:33:15 -0500
Brian Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  Amen! most is more than less! Cool.
 
 It's more or less the most you can get out of a pager.
 

At least until somebody unleashes least on an unsuspecting world.

You know this is coming :)

Kevin


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Re: wtf? (long and frustrated)

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On 10 Mar 2003 11:49:03 -0700
Glenn English [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 There ought to be a list for debian wannabes. I've tried several times
 to get woody going on a couple different boxen - most recently a Dell
 Latitude laptop.
 
Have you tried the Linux on Laptops web site?

http://www.linux-laptop.net/

It's very likely someone has already gone through what you're doing now, and has 
posted the answers to your questions. Perhaps another distribution was installed 
instead of Debian, but details like the XFree configuration, mouse, sound, PCMCIA etc. 
will be either the same or similar enough that you'll know how to do the right thing.

If you're new to Debian I recommend Steve Hunger's Debian GNU/Linux Bible as a good 
general dead-tree reference.

For online help install either one of the packages dwww or dhelp. It organizes 
documentation into a local web site, so you can stroll through it with your favorite 
web browser.

Kevin


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Re: wtf? (long and frustrated)

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On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 14:39:24 -0500
sean finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 mouse:
 
 in a console, run gpmconfig.  if you can get the mouse going in console
 mode, you're set.  i don't know enough about your setup to know what
 kind of mouse you have, but i'd guess ps2.  when it asks you about
 repeating, tell it you want to repeat raw (w/out quotes).

That must work for a lot of people, since I see it repeated so often here.

I have been unable to make gpm work on any of my systems (five of them, including two 
laptops) using the above instructions, magic incantations, or sailor words. :)

I just get exorcise gpm from my systems.

Kevin


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Re: wtf? (long and frustrated)

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On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:37:14 -0500
Jeff Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On Monday 10 March 2003 1:49 pm, Glenn English wrote:
 There ought to be a list for debian wannabes. I've tried several times
 to get woody going on a couple different boxen - most recently a Dell
 Latitude laptop.
 
 I'd give Knoppix a shot on that laptop.
 
That's an excellent idea. Check out the configuration files and see how Klaus makes it 
work.

Or, just install Knoppix on the hard drive -- it is a Debian distribution. Here are a 
couple of articles describing that process: 

http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/1104.barr.html

http://www.freenet.org.nz/misc/knoppix-install.html


Kevin


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Re: [newbie] Setting up network

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On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:32:27 +0200
Aryan Ameri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 but it is so frustrating to issue these commands whenever I reboot my 
 computer. I know there are ways to automate this proccess and there are 
 progrms which setup the network on each boot. But I am not able to find out 
 how. Can anyone please help?
 

First, read man interfaces. It has examples, and one of them will likely fit your 
situation. Then change /etc/network/interfaces.

I'm guessing you'll need a couple of lines like:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

In addition, find out what kernel module your network adapter uses. Look in 
/etc/modules; if the module isn't listed, add it.

Kevin


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Re: Apt-get, downloading a single package

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On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 17:31:39 -0500
Radek Zajkowski [Deb] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 What would like a command to apt-get look like if I wanted to download a
 single package.
 
To *download* it, use apt-get -d install package_name.

To download *and install* it, use apt-get install package_name.

I found this in man apt-get. :)

Kevin


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Re: Subj: CUPS (configuration problem for NON-root) only root canprint properly

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On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 17:23:00 +0100 (CET)
iks_kzm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  dpkg -l | grep lp
 
 shows
 rc  lpr2000.05.07-4.2 BSD lpr/lpd line printer spooling system
 
 dpkg -l | grep magicfilter
 
 rc  magicfilter1.2-53 automatic printer filter.
 
 dpkg -l | grep lprng
 shows nothing.
 
 but when I use dselect and search lpr (or magicfilter) it shows that
 neither lpr nor magicfilter are installed.
 
 Should I uninstall lpd?

Yes, you should.

The packages you need are:

cupsys
cupsys-bsd
cupsys-client

cupsys-bsd allows you to use lp commands with CUPS, so you can tell applications to 
lp -Pprintername to print.

Kevin


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