debian wheezy Beta4

Good day, Two Samsung printers SCX-4623F and ML-1510. Debian wheezy Beta4 does see them but unable to install. I installed splix - no difference. Kindly what else is missing please. Now a days most linux flavours - switch on printer and it install automatically. Thanks JohanS -- To UNSU

Re: KDE4 - way to add to "k" menu for *all* users?

David Guntner writes: > So, no one has any ideas/info on this? Am I the only Debian user who > doesn't use GNOME? :-) > > David Guntner grabbed a keyboard and wrote: >> Hi, all. >> >> I could have sworn that once upon a time, running kmenuedit as root >> would let you set the menu items for all

Re: [OT] End of the world

On Saturday 01,December,2012 11:11 PM, Beco wrote: > Hi guys, > > I just want to say thank you all for being such a great guys. To all > gurus, and to those who doesn't understand that much, but when someone > asks what they do, > are willing to help anybody. > > You made a great Debian community

Re: [OT] End of the world

On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > > As long as that is halt(8) and not "Halt and Catch Fire"[1]. :-) > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire > > Sorry. I couldn't resist. > > Bob Nice one! There is a simple explanation. This is just the millenium bug, Maia

Re: [OT] End of the world

Dom wrote: > Erwan David wrote: > >Wolf Halton wrote: > > > Urs Thuermann wrote: > > > darkestkhan wrote: > > > > Isn't this a bit too fast ? Wasn't End of the World scheduled in > > > > crontab for 21.12.2012 ? ;) > > > > > > You cannot specify a year using crontab(1) or in /etc/crontab. You >

[solved] Boot loaders for Linux that can also boot FreeBSD

I switched from GRUB legacy to GRUB 2. To transform menu.lst into grub.cfg: SYNOPSIS grub-menulst2cfg [INFILE [OUTFILE]] To boot FreeBSD: menuentry "FreeBSD"{ set root=(hd0,msdos1) chainloader +1 } -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subjec

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:10:02 +0100 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > As I already said, I'll spend less time installing Wheezy from the iso image This just in: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ your troubles are over. -- CK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.o

Re: [OT] End of the world

On 03/12/12 21:15, Erwan David wrote: On 03/12/12 22:12, Wolf Halton wrote: I thought it always did. Isn't that about the same time as the Winter Solstice? On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Urs Thuermannmailto:u...@isnogud.escape.de>> wrote: darkestkhanmailto:darkestk...@gmail.com>>

Re: Problem With exim4 smtp authenication

"Thomas H. George" writes: > I have edited passwd and entered server:user:password exactly as > described in exim4_passwd_client and run dpkg-reconfigure > exim4-config. When I try to send mail using exim4 and then tail > /var/log/exim4/mainlog I find authenication has failed. I have double > c

Re: [OT] End of the world

On 03/12/12 22:12, Wolf Halton wrote: > I thought it always did. Isn't that about the same time as the Winter > Solstice? > > > On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Urs Thuermann > wrote: > > darkestkhan mailto:darkestk...@gmail.com>> > writes: > > > Isn't th

Re: [OT] End of the world

I thought it always did. Isn't that about the same time as the Winter Solstice? On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Urs Thuermann wrote: > darkestkhan writes: > > > Isn't this a bit too fast ? Wasn't End of the World scheduled in > > crontab for 21.12.2012 ? ;) > > You cannot specify a year using

Re: Invoking the screensaver AND backups [WAS:RE: Dying hard drive?]

On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 02:15:58PM -0600, Nelson Green wrote: > > Chris Bannister, you mentioned /etc/inittab. I don't think that X passes > the key presses to it, and I always disable that functionality anyhow. This > is not an OS that needs that work-around for a reboot, and I don't want > anyon

Re: [OT] End of the world

darkestkhan writes: > Isn't this a bit too fast ? Wasn't End of the World scheduled in > crontab for 21.12.2012 ? ;) You cannot specify a year using crontab(1) or in /etc/crontab. You could, however, specify that the end of the world will happen on each December 21, in any year :-) urs -- T

Re: USB 3 card

On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Nelson Green wrote: > >> I need to install a USB3 card in a Dell Precision, running a stock Squeeze >> install. Any that I should avoid, or issues I should be aware of? I see >> there are some hits on the list, but most appear to be in Spanish and I am >> far too r

Invoking the screensaver AND backups [WAS:RE: Dying hard drive?]

> Does > Main Menu -> Settings -> Keyboard -> Application Shortcuts > not work for Ctrl-Alt-Del? > > Ie using command: > xscreensaver-command -lock Hi Zenaan, Well your question set me on the right track. I installed the XFCE window manager, and Application Shortcuts shows Ctrl-Alt-Del mapped to

RE: USB 3 card

> I need to install a USB3 card in a Dell Precision, running a stock Squeeze > install. Any that I should avoid, or issues I should be aware of? I see > there are some hits on the list, but most appear to be in Spanish and I am > far too rusty in that language to properly comprehend their content.

Re: time zone and UTC issue [rant]

Ralf Mardorf writes: > spinymouse@q:~$ ls -l /media/spinymouse/INTENSO/ > total 32 > -rw-r--r-- 1 spinymouse spinymouse 304 Oct 22 2011 B22OCT11.CMO > -rw-r--r-- 1 spinymouse spinymouse 304 Sep 30 2011 B30SEP11.CMO > -rw-r--r-- 1 spinymouse spinymouse 15644 Nov 10 2011 Hakle-Geld-zurück.o

Re: time zone and UTC issue [rant]

Ralf Mardorf writes: > If the clock does use local time, then the time for all BIOS and all > Linux files are ok. This is not completely true. If there is change from/to daylight saving time to/from standard time between saving the files using the BIOS and booting your Linux system the kernel w

Re: time zone and UTC issue [rant]

Ralf Mardorf writes: > If I save BIOS settings as a file and the hwclock is set to UTC, the > files don't get the German time. The BIOS is the BIOS, it's neither > Windows, I don't use Windows, but nor the BIOS is Linux, so Linux can't > "translate" UTC to local time, when I save BIOS settings.

Re: Problem with exim4 smtp authentication

On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 04:34:43PM +, Jon Dowland wrote: Do either your username or password have a colon character in them? No, neither the username nor the password contain a colon. Do you need to connect to a particular port on the remote SMTP server in order to authenticate (e.g., som

Re: legacy-bootordering in Wheezy?

On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Rob van der Putten wrote: > Rob van der Putten wrote: >> Tom H wrote: >>> >>> Why a circular dependency? You're adding it to nfs-kernel-server not >>> to bind9. >> >> '$remote_fs' confused me. '/etc/insserv.conf' cleared things up. > > Actually I'm still confused.

Re: legacy-bootordering in Wheezy?

On Lu, 03 dec 12, 16:39:33, Rob van der Putten wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > >~/.xsessionrc > > If I understand correctly this stuff is sourced, not run. Yes it is. Why do you expect this to be a problem? Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http

Re: KDE4 - way to add to "k" menu for *all* users?

On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:05:58 -0800 David Guntner wrote: Hello David, >Naw, you didn't miss it. I just hadn't mentioned it - thus my "I wasn't >completely clear about that." :-) Which I misread as "I *was* completely..." (my emphasis). Ah well >(dpkg/apt/aptitude), it does update the K me

Re: time zone and UTC issue

"J. B" writes: > My box is configured to the local time zone from beginning, both > hwclock and system time. But linux always favor hwclock to > UTC. What is the advantage of doing that ? Although time, timezones and clock setting are quite a simple topic it seems to be major source of confusio

Re: KDE4 - way to add to "k" menu for *all* users?

On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:03:16 -0800 David Guntner wrote: Hello David, >Oh! Ok, I didn't know there was one of those. :-) I figured I'd have >to join a {something}@kde list or something like that. Thanks! YW, David. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _

Re: KDE4 - way to add to "k" menu for *all* users?

Brad Rogers grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 06:15:01 -0800 > David Guntner wrote: > > Hello David, > >> Yea, I wasn't completely clear about that. It was under KDE3 where I >> had been able to do that, back on my old Mandriva setup. It would > > I missed that part, then.

Re: KDE4 - way to add to "k" menu for *all* users?

Brad Rogers grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 06:18:49 -0800 > David Guntner wrote: > > Hello David, > >> So I guess I'll go find a KDE list and join long enough to ask the >> question. :-) > > How about ? Oh! Ok, I didn't know there was one of those. :-) I figured I'd have

Re: Problem With exim4 smtp authenication

Do either your username or password have a colon character in them? Do you need to connect to a particular port on the remote SMTP server in order to authenticate (e.g., some may accept authentication on the default SMTP port, some might not - you may need to connect to the submission port.) --

Problem With exim4 smtp authenication

I have edited passwd and entered server:user:password exactly as described in exim4_passwd_client and run dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config. When I try to send mail using exim4 and then tail /var/log/exim4/mainlog I find authenication has failed. I have double checked every entry. They are all c

Re: legacy-bootordering in Wheezy?

On 2012-12-03 16:47 +0100, Rob van der Putten wrote: > Rob van der Putten wrote: > >> Tom H wrote: > >>> Why a circular dependency? You're adding it to nfs-kernel-server not >>> to bind9. >> >> '$remote_fs' confused me. '/etc/insserv.conf' cleared things up. > > Actually I'm still confused. > > Fr

Re: Mobile devices ... any of them still use Linux?

Yury, Take a look at this: http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2012/12/03/debian-mobile/ Debian on smart phones. Cheers, Beco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debi

Re: legacy-bootordering in Wheezy?

Hi there Tom H wrote: Do the logs say why? Nothing. If not, check how the scripts are numbered with and without legacy ordering to figure out what asterisk's "Required-Start" and "Should-Start" might be missing. I'll try. Regards, Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@l

Re: legacy-bootordering in Wheezy?

Hi there Rob van der Putten wrote: Tom H wrote: Why a circular dependency? You're adding it to nfs-kernel-server not to bind9. '$remote_fs' confused me. '/etc/insserv.conf' cleared things up. Actually I'm still confused. From /etc/insserv.conf; # # All remote filesystems are mounted (n

Re: legacy-bootordering in Wheezy?

Hi there Andrei POPESCU wrote: ~/.xsessionrc If I understand correctly this stuff is sourced, not run. Regards, Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debia

Re: KDE4 - way to add to "k" menu for *all* users?

On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:25:26 + Tony van der Hoff wrote: Hello Tony, >I'm not sure whether you may be able to edit the root user's menu, which >will be reflected in a *virgin* user's menu. You saying that has reminded me, that there's somewhere you can store default settings for just this us

Re: KDE4 - way to add to "k" menu for *all* users?

On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 06:18:49 -0800 David Guntner wrote: Hello David, >So I guess I'll go find a KDE list and join long enough to ask the >question. :-) How about ? -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent" No guarantee

Re: KDE4 - way to add to "k" menu for *all* users?

On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 06:15:01 -0800 David Guntner wrote: Hello David, >Yea, I wasn't completely clear about that. It was under KDE3 where I >had been able to do that, back on my old Mandriva setup. It would I missed that part, then. >really suck if they've taken that functionality out. I can

Re: (SOLVED) Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

On 12/03/2012 01:43 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 02 dec 12, 23:23:48, Marc Shapiro wrote: Yes, I had intended to get 1600 MHz memory as a replacement, but I accidentally got the 1333. If I add additional memory I realize that I will have to used 1333 for that, as well, unless I replace all

Re: Re: [EVOLUTION] Issue with mistakenly rejected SSL certificate

> On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 14:40 +0100, Abou Al Montacir wrote: > > Hi all; > > > > Yesterday, evolution complained about my ISP SSL certificate was not > > valid and asked me to accept it or to reject it. I've mistakenly > > rejected SSL certificate, but since could not connect anymore to the > > se

Re: KDE4 - way to add to "k" menu for *all* users?

On 03/12/12 14:04, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:51:01 -0800 > David Guntner wrote: > > Hello David, > >> So, no one has any ideas/info on this? Am I the only Debian user who > > I've never tried what to do what you're asking. It may be that it was > possible under KDE3, and nev

Re: KDE4 - way to add to "k" menu for *all* users?

Jay DeKing grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > >> David Guntner grabbed a keyboard and wrote: >>> >>> I could have sworn that once upon a time, running kmenuedit as >>> root would let you set the menu items for all users on the >>> system. Now, unfortunately, it only seems to edit the menu for >>> t

Re: KDE4 - way to add to "k" menu for *all* users?

Brad Rogers grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:51:01 -0800 > David Guntner wrote: > > Hello David, > >> So, no one has any ideas/info on this? Am I the only Debian user who > > I've never tried what to do what you're asking. It may be that it was > possible under KDE3, and

Re: KDE4 - way to add to "k" menu for *all* users?

On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:51:01 -0800 David Guntner wrote: Hello David, >So, no one has any ideas/info on this? Am I the only Debian user who I've never tried what to do what you're asking. It may be that it was possible under KDE3, and never has been in v4, and you're memory has let you down.

Re: KDE4 - way to add to "k" menu for *all* users?

From: David Guntner To: Linux Debian Mailing List >Sent: Monday, December 3, 2012 8:51 AM >Subject: Re: KDE4 - way to add to "k" menu for *all* users? > >So, no one has any ideas/info on this?  Am I the only Debian user who >doesn't use GNOME? :-) > >David Guntner grabbed a keyboard and wrot

Re: KDE4 - way to add to "k" menu for *all* users?

So, no one has any ideas/info on this? Am I the only Debian user who doesn't use GNOME? :-) David Guntner grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > Hi, all. > > I could have sworn that once upon a time, running kmenuedit as root > would let you set the menu items for all users on the system. Now, > unfor

Re: Dual boot with OS X and Wheezy.

On Sat, Dec 01, 2012 at 12:49:20PM -0500, Ed Jabbour wrote: > Trying to dual boot OSX and Wheezy on a late 2008 Macbook running > Mountain Lion. Following steps found on the web, I first created an Quite unclear here what exactly are you doing ... normal bootcamp or EFI ... > empty partiti

Re: time zone and UTC issue

On Mon, 3 Dec 2012 09:47:44 + Roger Leigh wrote: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 12:10:06PM +0530, J. B wrote: > > I have checked my /etc/adjtime and found > > > > [.] > > -0.408399 1354206971 0.00 > > 1354206971 > > UTC > > [..] > > > > So my system is following the UTC :-) > > And a

Re: FN Key to Enable/Disable Touchpad

Le 03.12.2012 07:25, Doug a écrit : On 12/03/2012 12:12 AM, Beco wrote: On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Dr Beco wrote: Camaleón, Thanks for the tip. Yes, I can turn it on/off manually. with #synclient TouchpadOff=1 or =0. Is there a way to associate the Key with the Action? Thanks! Beco

Re: time zone and UTC issue

On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 12:10:06PM +0530, J. B wrote: > I have checked my /etc/adjtime and found > > [.] > -0.408399 1354206971 0.00 > 1354206971 > UTC > [..] > > So my system is following the UTC :-) > And also set the H/W clock to UTC with "hwclock --utc --systohc" This all looks g

Re: (SOLVED) Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

On Du, 02 dec 12, 23:23:48, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Yes, I had intended to get 1600 MHz memory as a replacement, but I > accidentally got the 1333. If I add additional memory I realize > that I will have to used 1333 for that, as well, unless I replace > all of it. What I meant was that maybe the

Re: how many users is enough?

Le 01.12.2012 21:59, Chris Bannister a écrit : On Sat, Dec 01, 2012 at 02:34:12PM +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 01.12.2012 07:50, Chris Bannister a écrit : >On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 02:35:41PM +0100, "Morel Bérenger" wrote: >>If I am not wrong, .NET have documented specificatio

Re: time zone and UTC issue

J. B wrote: > And also set the H/W clock to UTC with "hwclock --utc --systohc" > > still my H/W clock shows local timezone !!! What commands are you using to determine that this is the case? If you have done the suggestions above then your clock should be in UTC. > How can I keep the H/W to UTC

Re: upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy

On Sun, 2 Dec 2012, Charles Kroeger wrote: hummm...I don't know but I care nothing for these code words squeeze wheezy sid etc. I prefer good 'ol stable testing unstable experimental. I don't understand. Presently, squeeze and stable are synonyms, but squeeze will mean squeeze forever, an

Re: (SOLVED) Re: Memory errors on new memory in new system

On 12/3/2012 1:23 AM, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Yes, I had intended to get 1600 MHz memory as a replacement, but I > accidentally got the 1333. If I add additional memory I realize that I > will have to used 1333 for that, as well, unless I replace all of it. Unless you have an integrated GPU that