RE: mount cdrom?

> Subject: Re: mount cdrom? > From: ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:51:29 +0200 > > On Wed, 2012-10-17 at 05:37 +, Hadi Motamedi wrote: > > > > I found how to install packages from CD, as : > > #apt-get install gcc > > But can you

Re: mount cdrom?

On Wed, 2012-10-17 at 05:37 +, Hadi Motamedi wrote: > I found how to install packages from CD, as : > #apt-get install gcc > But can you please let me know where can I find the list of available > and useful programs that I can try to install them from my install > CDs ? If possible use a GU

RE: mount cdrom?

> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:06:15 +1300 > From: cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: mount cdrom? > > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:41:30AM +, Hadi Motamedi wrote: > > > > > Actually, for downloading iso images I had high speed download link. But at >

RE: mount cdrom?

> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:06:15 +1300 > From: cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: mount cdrom? > > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:41:30AM +, Hadi Motamedi wrote: > > > > > Actually, for downloading iso images I had high speed download link. But at >

RE: mount cdrom?

> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:06:15 +1300 > From: cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: mount cdrom? > > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:41:30AM +, Hadi Motamedi wrote: > > > > > Actually, for downloading iso images I had high speed download link. But at >

Re: Evolution: A warning about mbox data corruptions

You didn't notice this yourself in recent years and you're aware of the GNU General Public License's disclaimer of warranty ;). Don't get me wrong, I would be pissed off too. Regards, Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Evolution: A warning about mbox data corruptions

Hi. This is intended as a warning on all users of the Evolution MUA that it contains a bug since years that leads to irrecoverably corruptions on any "From_" lines in mails. I've opened a bug[0] in the BTS whith some information and a link to the upstream bug report (and warnings about my very ru

Re: Re: Wally Lepore - last words.

On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 20:02 -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: > what on earth is 'kill-file him' http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%2Fdev%2Fnull http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//dev/null -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: Re: Wally Lepore - last words.

On Wed, 2012-10-17 at 02:48 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 20:02 -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: > > what on earth is 'kill-file him' > > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%2Fdev%2Fnull > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//dev/null Apologize, she refers to a Newsreader func

Re: Various modethods accesing debian-user list

Richard Owlett wrote: [snip] gmane would be my second choice after a standard news reader. any thing related to Google is a last resort - they find almost as many ways to annoy me as Mr. Gates & co ;/ gmane appears to work -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org wi

Not enough memory to relocate the dom0 kernel image

Hi Guys, I have installed the Debian Wheezy on IBM server x3650 m3 (utilizes UEFI) and after installing the package of Xen (xen-linux-system) and rebooted the machine it appears the following message: (XEN)Command line: placeholder(XEN)Video information:(XEN) VGA is text mode 80x25, font 8

Re: - last words.

On Wednesday 17 October 2012 01:02:20 Wally Lepore wrote: > By the way, what on earth is > 'kill-file him'. I feel bad. I knew that he would not understand that, and in my email to him I explained it very clearly. - ... kill-filing you (throwing your emails away at the filter stage) ... As he

Re: Re: Wally Lepore - last words.

> The mail user agent Evolution, GNOME's mailer, easily can be configured > to reply only to the mailing list. > Edit > Preferences > Composer Preferences > [x] Group Rely goes only to > mailing list, if possible > Checked or unchecked it's always possible, instead of pushing the Group > Reply bu

Re: Wally Lepore - last words.

The mail user agent Evolution, GNOME's mailer, easily can be configured to reply only to the mailing list. Edit > Preferences > Composer Preferences > [x] Group Rely goes only to mailing list, if possible Checked or unchecked it's always possible, instead of pushing the Group Reply button, to pus

Re: Wally Lepore - last words.

I replied to Wally off-list. This whole thing is getting ridiculous. He says he has learnt - then promptly does it again! I shall not reply again. To the great relief, I am sure, of some, if he emails me off list again, I shall simply kill-file him, as several of you have suggested. On Tuesd

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 11:49:19AM -0400, Doug wrote: > > >>A receiver for WWVB at 60KHz that would decode the signals would be > >>as accurate as anyone could want. That's the signal that your "atomic" > >>clock receives, so the clock *should* be accurate. You might only be > >>able to receive t

Re: Reason to NOT install from online repositories

Stephen J. Mazurek wrote: I used Debian Linux for a number of years. I recently got a new HP computer running Windows 7, which gave me minimal problems, aside from annoyances (Microrsoft is very good at being annoying.) Anyway, I expect to return to Linux very soon (not Debian, but Aptosid, s

Re: Wally Lepore

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > Looking at the archives I see that his replies do address a lot of > people who have not even participated in the thread (yet), for example > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/10/msg00603.html Andrei, Appreciate your advice but pl

Re: Wally Lepore

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 5:21 AM, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 16 October 2012 10:06:30 Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> [changed the subject since it has nothing to do with Wally] > > My request does have something to do with Wally, in fact everything to do with > him. It is his emails that are generating th

Re: Gnome crashing but not sure where the problem lies.

On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 21:41 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 12:57 -0600, Marcin Pisz wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have multiple computers systems running dual boot windows and windows. > > One computers seems to have the problem, all running debian wheezy. 25% > > of the time when I

Re: Reason to NOT install from online repositories

It's nice to have the DVD images. You can do a lot with the first Debian DVD. If it's at all possible for your machine to boot from USB, I recommend loading the DVD image onto a USB thumb drive and booting/installing from it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org wit

Re: Gnome crashing but not sure where the problem lies.

On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 12:57 -0600, Marcin Pisz wrote: > Hi > > I have multiple computers systems running dual boot windows and windows. > One computers seems to have the problem, all running debian wheezy. 25% > of the time when I start the system and login to gnome the first thing I > notice the

Gnome crashing but not sure where the problem lies.

Hi I have multiple computers systems running dual boot windows and windows. One computers seems to have the problem, all running debian wheezy. 25% of the time when I start the system and login to gnome the first thing I notice the top internet connection icons says no connection. Then the activ

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 22:41 -0400, Joe Zien wrote: debian squeeze does not use grub legacy. I would suggest you try mepis 11 and install grub legacy in the MBR. It would automatically create menu.lst in /boot/grub and add all operating systems in menu.lst. It's no big deal

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Ma, 16 oct 12, 19:22:22, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > No, compiling shouldn't be needed. This is a discussion we very often > had on jack mailing list, when split packages failed. > I don't know why an app should crash, as long as it doesn't try to > access the missing lib. It might crash, I don't k

xrandr dual-screen question

Hello all. I use dual monitor configuration on my notebook. One screen is notebook's screen and second screen is just an external monitor with different resolution, which connected to notebook via VGA cable. All settings were made with help of "xrand" util, I use the following script when the

Re: Reason to NOT install from online repositories

On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:50:02 +0200 "Stephen J. Mazurek" wrote: > I expect to return to Linux very soon (not Debian, but Aptosid, since it's > more up to date.) Kubuntu Ubuntu it's all Debian to me. Debian Invictus as it were. If you want up-to-date do the beta2 7.0 install and set up your /et

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 20:10 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 16 oct 12, 18:44:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > > > Why should every application *capable* of outputting to jackd force one > > > to install jackd? > > > > Jackd could be a "suggested dependency", if you don't use jackd, why > >

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time--more

To add to my previous post, re WWV: you can still hear the radio station by telephone. the website I cited before can be reached, as reported: To hear these broadcasts, dial (303) 499-7111 for WWV and (808) 335-4363 for WWVH. You can listen for about two minutes before your call is disconnecte

Re: OT: Various modethods accesing debian-user list

On Ma, 16 oct 12, 18:22:36, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > We hardcore computer folks shouldn't > - think to much about foot that feeds our brains, but kill all other > organs, so please less junk food and perhaps a frozen yogurt without > sugar instead of ice cream > We hardcore computer folks shoul

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Ma, 16 oct 12, 18:44:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > Why should every application *capable* of outputting to jackd force one > > to install jackd? > > Jackd could be a "suggested dependency", if you don't use jackd, why > should the app link against the lib? The app should link against it, a

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

I just tried name1.glorb.com. It is distributing correct time and your machine is synchronizing properly to it. Your wall clock is broken. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debia

Re: code of conduct (was Re: Another OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives)

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Wally Lepore wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: >> >> When communicating on a Debian mailing list, please direct your emails at >> the list address and do not CC the participants explicitly. For this and >> other >> rules, please see t

Re: Reason to NOT install from online repositories

On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:50:02 +0200 "Stephen J. Mazurek" wrote: > I have a high speed connection but I will be starting from a CD. > Do you have any suggestions? I would suggest you make your own CD's DVD's if you want a CD install. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ This site is fo

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

It is instructive to look at the NIST website that discusses the time standards and the broadcasting of the time. http://tf.nist.gov/general/pdf/1383.pdf There is a useful chart of available sources of time and the accuracy available on page 11, table 1.1. Problems in reception are discussed,

Re: code of conduct (was Re: Another OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives)

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: > Hi Wally, > > When communicating on a Debian mailing list, please direct your emails at > the list address and do not CC the participants explicitly. For this and other > rules, please see the Code of Conduct at >

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

On 20121016_123854, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Helmut Wollmersdorfer [121016 12:12]: > > > My experience with radio clocks is that they have cheap electronic > > components failing to work after some time. > > Unless you have more than one "atomic clock" and both agree, > the first thing to

Re: Gnome recommends iceweasel-l10n-all

Hi, On 16.10.2012 18:29, Artifex Maximus wrote: > Hello! > > On last Wheezy upgrade my system install all iceweasel-l10-* packages > because gnome recommends -all package. Is it normal? I only need This is wanted, yes. To get a translated iceweasel. > English and/or my native language and nothi

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 18:56 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 16 oct 12, 17:34:19, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > FWIW tons of packages doesn't mean tons of apps etc., since of the > > strange policy to split some packages in an insane way, e.g. the jackd > > packages are split really insane. Or does

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

Darac Marjal wrote at 2012-10-16 04:00 -0500: > Instead, I would suggest that it is your wall clock that is running > slow. Perhaps the second hand moved relative to the shaft at some point. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Gnome recommends iceweasel-l10n-all

Hello! On last Wheezy upgrade my system install all iceweasel-l10-* packages because gnome recommends -all package. Is it normal? I only need English and/or my native language and nothing else. Should be better to recommends only/at least one language I think. There is some logic when package sele

Re: Various modethods accesing debian-user list

Jon Dowland wrote: On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:23:54AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I am subscribed to debian-user@lists.debian.org in the normal fashion. Last weekend, for an unknown/unknowable reason, mail from all lists from lists.debian.org was interrupted. Also I was unable to connect to the

Re: Various modethods accesing debian-user list

Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 16 oct 12, 10:23:54, Richard Owlett wrote: I am subscribed to debian-user@lists.debian.org in the normal fashion. Last weekend, for an unknown/unknowable reason, mail from all lists from lists.debian.org was interrupted. Also I was unable to connect to the archive pa

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Ma, 16 oct 12, 17:34:19, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > FWIW tons of packages doesn't mean tons of apps etc., since of the > strange policy to split some packages in an insane way, e.g. the jackd > packages are split really insane. Or does any package depend to libjack > without jackd? And if so, why?

Re: Various modethods accesing debian-user list

On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 18:45 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Digest used to be broken, but even if it is fixed now, in order to be > able to reply you need a client that really know how to handle them. > This has been discussed recently on list and a few suggestions have been > made. Excepted of

Re: Various modethods accesing debian-user list

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:23:54AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I am subscribed to debian-user@lists.debian.org in the normal > fashion. Last weekend, for an unknown/unknowable reason, mail from > all lists from lists.debian.org was interrupted. Also I was unable > to connect to the archive page.

Problem accessing via USENET was - [Re: Various modethods accesing debian-user list]

{ BCC to fine folks of lists_bofh_it who may wish to comment } Richard Owlett wrote: I am subscribed to debian-user@lists.debian.org in the normal fashion. Last weekend, for an unknown/unknowable reason, mail from all lists from lists.debian.org was interrupted. Also I was unable to connect to t

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

A receiver for WWVB at 60KHz that would decode the signals would be as accurate as anyone could want. That's the signal that your "atomic" clock receives, so the clock *should* be accurate. You might only be able to receive the signal in the nighttime hours, like the clock. Typically, the clock

Re: Various modethods accesing debian-user list

On Ma, 16 oct 12, 10:23:54, Richard Owlett wrote: > I am subscribed to debian-user@lists.debian.org in the normal > fashion. Last weekend, for an unknown/unknowable reason, mail from > all lists from lists.debian.org was interrupted. Also I was unable > to connect to the archive page. Whatever the

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Ma, 16 oct 12, 08:01:59, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 6:58 AM, Darac Marjal > wrote: > > > > According to my reading of the manual: > > > > aptitude search '~smain' > > and > > aptitude search '~smain|~scontrib|~snon-free' > > > > should give you the answers you seek, however, I see

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

FWIW tons of packages doesn't mean tons of apps etc., since of the strange policy to split some packages in an insane way, e.g. the jackd packages are split really insane. Or does any package depend to libjack without jackd? And if so, why? There often is the argument that shared libs will keep a

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

On Ma, 16 oct 12, 07:48:17, Paul E Condon wrote: > > I think you are mistaken about the sync only once a day. The signals > giving the year month and day are given once a day, but the precise > time-tics are given throughout the day. Well, in Europe the signal is indeed sent every second, but th

Various modethods accesing debian-user list

I am subscribed to debian-user@lists.debian.org in the normal fashion. Last weekend, for an unknown/unknowable reason, mail from all lists from lists.debian.org was interrupted. Also I was unable to connect to the archive page. Whatever the problem was, it is apparently resolved. That got me

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:59:21 +0100 Brian wrote: > > Without the faffing about with getting a root prompt and using an > editor: > > cat /var/lib/dpkg/available | grep '^Section:' | wc -l > cat /var/lib/dpkg/available | grep '^Section: non-free' | wc -l > cat /var/lib/dpkg/available | grep '^Sec

code of conduct (was Re: Another OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives)

Hi Wally, When communicating on a Debian mailing list, please direct your emails at the list address and do not CC the participants explicitly. For this and other rules, please see the Code of Conduct at Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to d

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 16:41 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 13:31 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > > > > Which browser? > > ^^ > > > > I'm only using the browsers that installed with the debian netinst > > > > file. > > > Wally, you have unfortunately not answered

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 13:31 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > > > Which browser? > ^^ > > > I'm only using the browsers that installed with the debian netinst > > > file. > Wally, you have unfortunately not answered the question I asked. I have > marked it above. I suspect Iceweas

Re: [was: Re: Wally Lepore]

On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 10:44 +0100, Lisi wrote: > This is turning into a flame C'mon ;)! Btw. I hope my subject fit to the needs of both of you. Everybody subscribed to a mailing list, should use software that is able to handle all kinds of annoyance. In Germany we say "Der beweglichere macht pl

Re: Creative /etc/X11/xorg.conf

On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 11:46 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 15 oct 12, 12:41:53, Charles Kroeger wrote: > > > > Here's the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file created by the package: nvidia-xconfig: > > [...] > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Device0" > > Driver "nvidia" > >

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

On 20121016_102703, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: > > Am 16.10.2012 um 04:35 schrieb Paul E Condon: > > >I've been running Debian for many years. During most of those years I > >have had a SkyScan(tm) 'Atomic Clock' on the wall near my Debian > >desktop computer. The physical computer has changed

Re: Question: install Wheezy to some laptops (radeon video) _without any effort_

On Tue 16 Oct 2012 at 22:03:55 +0900, Hideki Yamane wrote: > I want you to ask help for Wheezy installation for some laptops, like > my Thinkpad x121e (note: it's not for me but for other future users). > > It has radeon video and it causes problem, and it can be fixed as note > in Debian Wi

Re: Compiz not available

On Tue 16 Oct 2012 at 14:40:38 +0200, Pol Hallen wrote: > apt-get install compiz > > Package compiz is not available, but is referred to by another package. > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or > is only available from another source > > E: Package 'compiz' has no

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

On 20121016_062545, John Hasler wrote: > Paul E Condon writes: > > Now I am running NTP. > > Does Ntp agree with your wall clock? > -- > John Hasler No. It displays the same offset into the future in reference to the SkyScan clock. Also, I have escalated my effort on this. I actually have three

Re: Number of Debian packages available. and thank you to everyone.

On Tuesday 16 October 2012 13:59:21 Brian wrote: > On Tue 16 Oct 2012 at 12:06:17 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > On Tuesday 16 October 2012 11:55:55 Brian wrote: > > > Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list to have only the line > > > > > >deb squeeze non-free > > > > > > Then > > > > > >apt-get update >

Question: install Wheezy to some laptops (radeon video) _without any effort_

Hi, I want you to ask help for Wheezy installation for some laptops, like my Thinkpad x121e (note: it's not for me but for other future users). It has radeon video and it causes problem, and it can be fixed as note in Debian Wiki(*) *) http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/X12

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Tue 16 Oct 2012 at 12:06:17 +0100, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 16 October 2012 11:55:55 Brian wrote: > > > > Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list to have only the line > > > >deb squeeze non-free > > > > Then > > > >apt-get update > > > > and look at the output. > > > > Add "contrib" to the li

Compiz not available

Hi all! :-) apt-get install compiz Package compiz is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package 'compiz' has no installation candidate why compiz in not available? how

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 8:09 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 08:01:59AM -0400, Tom H wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 6:58 AM, Darac Marjal >> wrote: >> > >> > According to my reading of the manual: >> > >> > aptitude search '~smain' >> > and >> > aptitude search '~smain|~sco

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

* Helmut Wollmersdorfer [121016 12:12]: > My experience with radio clocks is that they have cheap electronic > components failing to work after some time. Unless you have more than one "atomic clock" and both agree, the first thing to do is remove the battery from the clock for several seconds

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Tuesday 16 October 2012 12:51:17 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 02:44:19PM -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: > > >On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:45 AM, Lisi wrote: > > >> On Sunday 14 October 2012 00:41:46 Wally Lepore wrote: > > >> > > >> Now I can finally join the ranks of Debian users

Re: mount cdrom?

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:41:30AM +, Hadi Motamedi wrote: > > > Actually, for downloading iso images I had high speed download link. But at > now, my server does not have high speed internet connection at the moment so > I thought that if I can make use of the other iso image CDs to install

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 08:01:59AM -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 6:58 AM, Darac Marjal > wrote: > > > > According to my reading of the manual: > > > > aptitude search '~smain' > > and > > aptitude search '~smain|~scontrib|~snon-free' > > > > should give you the answers you seek,

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 02:44:19PM -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: > >On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:45 AM, Lisi wrote: > >> On Sunday 14 October 2012 00:41:46 Wally Lepore wrote: > >> > >> Now I can finally join the ranks of Debian users and ask operational > >> questions, help others and start the real up

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 6:58 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: > > According to my reading of the manual: > > aptitude search '~smain' > and > aptitude search '~smain|~scontrib|~snon-free' > > should give you the answers you seek, however, I seem to get 0 for the > first and only 626 for the second, so my

Re: Another OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 06:58:33PM -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: > It was a struggle initially but I learned. It was my first real > progress with certain things that needed to be done with Linux. I had > no idea that files needed to be verified before burning to CD. They don't. It is just an added p

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Ma, 16 oct 12, 14:00:10, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > $ aptitude search ~Astable | wc -l > 43004 > $ aptitude search ~Astable~scontrib | wc -l > 271 > $ aptitude search ~Astable~snon-free | wc -l > 583 Oups, 'stable' will also match 'unstable', so the correct search (also excluding non-Debian sou

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

Paul E Condon writes: > Now I am running NTP. Does Ntp agree with your wall clock? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87d30ir746@thum

Re: Wally Lepore

On Ma, 16 oct 12, 11:54:51, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 16 October 2012 11:35:39 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > In this particular case I don't think Wally needs help, just a bit more > > confidence in his abilities ;) but I have received lots of CCs in the > > past as well. > > Yes, so have I. But I am

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Tuesday 16 October 2012 11:55:55 Brian wrote: > On Tue 16 Oct 2012 at 11:30:41 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > I have searched Wikipedia and the Debian wiki. I have Googled. I am > > clearly using the wrong search terms, although I tried rewording in > > sundry different ways. > > > > Approximately,

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Tuesday 16 October 2012 11:46:01 Titanus Eramius wrote: > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:30:41 +0100 > > Lisi wrote: > > Hello, all! > > I have searched Wikipedia and the Debian wiki. I have Googled. I am > > clearly using the wrong search terms, although I tried rewording in > > sundry different way

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Ma, 16 oct 12, 11:56:34, Jon Dowland wrote: > This can be answered (by a developer) using UDD - > http://wiki.debian.org/UltimateDebianDatabase > > The answer today is > > udd=> select count(*),release from public.packages group by release; > count | release > +

Online version of Debian man pages - was [Re: doc resources]

http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi is link to online manpages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/507d3f4f.2030...@cloud85.net

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On 16/10/12 11:30, Lisi wrote: > Approximately, in round terms, how may packages are available in Debian > (Squeeze?) > >From doing: for i in main contrib non-free; do echo $i:; curl -s ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/$i/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2 | bunzip2 -c | grep Package: | sort -u |

Re: Wally Lepore

I for one am tired of reading OT threads about people's own mail filtering failings. The mails you are receiving will have a proper List-Id header. If your mailer cannot filter on them, then please fix your mailer or change it, don't clog thie list with more irrelevance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Ma, 16 oct 12, 11:30:41, Lisi wrote: > Hello, all! > I have searched Wikipedia and the Debian wiki. I have Googled. I am clearly > using the wrong search terms, although I tried rewording in sundry different > ways. > > Approximately, in round terms, how may packages are available in Debian

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:46:01PM +0200, Titanus Eramius wrote: > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:30:41 +0100 > Lisi wrote: > > > Hello, all! > > I have searched Wikipedia and the Debian wiki. I have Googled. I am > > clearly using the wrong search terms, although I tried rewording in > > sundry differ

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

This can be answered (by a developer) using UDD - http://wiki.debian.org/UltimateDebianDatabase The answer today is udd=> select count(*),release from public.packages group by release; count | release +-- 2 | wheezy-security 272170 | whee

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Tue 16 Oct 2012 at 11:30:41 +0100, Lisi wrote: > I have searched Wikipedia and the Debian wiki. I have Googled. I am clearly > using the wrong search terms, although I tried rewording in sundry different > ways. > > Approximately, in round terms, how may packages are available in Debian >

Re: Wally Lepore

On Tuesday 16 October 2012 11:35:39 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > In this particular case I don't think Wally needs help, just a bit more > confidence in his abilities ;) but I have received lots of CCs in the > past as well. Yes, so have I. But I am currently getting 95% or more of my personal email

Re: Number of Debian packages available.

On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:30:41 +0100 Lisi wrote: > Hello, all! > I have searched Wikipedia and the Debian wiki. I have Googled. I am > clearly using the wrong search terms, although I tried rewording in > sundry different ways. > > Approximately, in round terms, how may packages are available in

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:58:48PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 17:52 -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: > > Also I was just trying to respond to everyone's reply. > > You don't need to do that. +1 :) Honestly, you don't need to, unless there is something pertinent to add. -- "If

Re: Number of Debian packages available. ERRATUM

On Tuesday 16 October 2012 11:30:41 Lisi wrote: > Approximately, in round terms, how may packages are available in Debian > (Squeeze?) > 1. in main > 2. in main, contrib and non-free many, not may :-( Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: Wally Lepore

On Ma, 16 oct 12, 10:21:00, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 16 October 2012 10:06:30 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > [changed the subject since it has nothing to do with Wally] > > My request does have something to do with Wally, in fact everything to do > with > him. It is his emails that are generating th

Number of Debian packages available.

Hello, all! I have searched Wikipedia and the Debian wiki. I have Googled. I am clearly using the wrong search terms, although I tried rewording in sundry different ways. Approximately, in round terms, how may packages are available in Debian (Squeeze?) 1. in main 2. in main, contrib and non-

Re: doc resources

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 07:06:07PM -0700, james gray wrote: > are the files and one directory in > > /usr/share/doc/aptitude > > available online. > > at this time. > with the limited resources available. > i am not able to print out the material. > > what would be the online address to read an

Re: Bind wildcard and DNSsec

Hi there Rob van der Putten wrote: My resolver (Bind9 with DNSsec enabled) doesn't resolve 'www.nuonexclusief.nl', but it does resolve 'nuonexclusief.nl'. Apparently this is due to a DNSsec + wildcard problem (*.nuonexclusief.nl), which has been fixed in 9.6-ESV-R6, 9.7.5 and 9.8.2. AFAIK ther

Re: Wally Lepore

On Tuesday 16 October 2012 10:22:27 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 16 oct 12, 12:06:30, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > Unfortunately the CoC is ignored a lot in this regard. You could set up > > a filter in Gmail to archive or delete such mails if you are 100% sure > > you don't need them. > > To elab

Re: List messages CCd to persons [was: Re: Wally Lepore]

On Ma, 16 oct 12, 12:06:30, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > Unfortunately the CoC is ignored a lot in this regard. You could set up > a filter in Gmail to archive or delete such mails if you are 100% sure > you don't need them. To elaborate on the filter: In the Gmail web interface type this in the

Re: Wally Lepore

On Tuesday 16 October 2012 10:06:30 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > [changed the subject since it has nothing to do with Wally] My request does have something to do with Wally, in fact everything to do with him. It is his emails that are generating this enormous number of private emails. He sends priv

List messages CCd to persons [was: Re: Wally Lepore]

[changed the subject since it has nothing to do with Wally] On Ma, 16 oct 12, 09:29:45, Lisi wrote: > Please, everyone, could _everybody_ stop sending Wally Lepore messages to my > npersonal inbox. It is becoming a real nuisance. I keep list separately for > a reason. > > I realise that you m

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