Re: Preseeding questions - primarily configuration related

2012-12-30 Thread Bob Proulx
Richard Owlett wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >>3. How to configure individual programs? In particular: > >> a. gedit - font size > >> b. nautilus > >> 1. Tree view in left panel > >> 2. List view in main panel > > > >I don't think you can directly preseed something that

Re: admin password?

2012-12-30 Thread Bob Proulx
> I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I can't remember > my Admin password, what is the best way to stop using an Admin password? Use the install disk to boot into "rescue" mode. This will allow you to become root on the image. Then change the password as other have suggested.

Ainda Tenho Apt. Reveillon Copacabana

2012-12-30 Thread Cesar
Prezado amigo, Felizmente estou com dois excelentes apartamentos disponíveis para aluguar para o Reveillon em Copacabana, pois os inquilinos que vinham para o Rio cancelaram de última hora, e. Se você indicar alguém podemos combinar uma comissão. Apt 1: Quarto e Sala grande, no Posto IV em Cop

Re: admin password?

2012-12-30 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 06:50:20AM +0200, Dionyssis Goulimis wrote: > Hi, > > I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I can't remember > my Admin password, what is the best way to recover it? If you did not lock system with grub password, you can always login as root without pa

lightdm login screen minor issue

2012-12-30 Thread craig
Good evening, I am trying to install a minimalist install with an XFCE desktop environment on an old laptop. I did a clean install of wheezy, and deselected all tasks during the install. I then booted and launched aptitude with the --without-recomends option, and installed the task-xfce-desktop ta

Re: admin password?

2012-12-30 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 12:58 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 12/30/12, Dionyssis Goulimis wrote: >> 2012/12/30, Dionyssis Goulimis : >>> >>> I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I can't remember >>> my Admin password, what is the best way to recover it? >> >> I downloaded the la

Re: admin password?

2012-12-30 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 06:51:38AM +0200, Dionyssis Goulimis wrote: >> >> I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I can't remember >> my Admin password, what is the best way to stop using an Admin password? > > You mean the r

Re: Top and bottom posting - again!! was: Re: package for dropbox

2012-12-30 Thread David Guntner
Lisi Reisz grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On Sunday 30 December 2012 19:49:14 Dick Thomas wrote: >> okay will bottom post, (like it matters) > > Yes, it does. Top posting makes the thread really difficult, if not > impossible, to follow. Yup, that was the point I was trying to make. >> when g

Top and bottom posting - again!! was: Re: package for dropbox

2012-12-30 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 30 December 2012 19:49:14 Dick Thomas wrote: > okay will bottom post, (like it matters) Yes, it does. Top posting makes the thread really difficult, if not impossible, to follow. > when gmail mobile client hides the post making a bottom / threaded post > impossible > there is no need

Re: package for dropbox

2012-12-30 Thread Dick Thomas
On 30 December 2012 19:41, David Guntner wrote: > When people have been posting to a discussion thread using (literally) > decades-old conventions for quote-and-reply, it really mucks up the read > of that discussion when a message gets posted where the person replying > decides to top-post his r

Re: package for dropbox

2012-12-30 Thread David Guntner
When people have been posting to a discussion thread using (literally) decades-old conventions for quote-and-reply, it really mucks up the read of that discussion when a message gets posted where the person replying decides to top-post his reply above all the others. Just sayin' Dick Thomas g

Re: package for dropbox

2012-12-30 Thread Dick Thomas
I've found the debian repo package doesn't work, it installs but when run the daemon says it's install incorrectly and forwards me to the dropbox website. this might of changed since I last tried but it might be better to get it from their website Dick Thomas On 30 December 2012 18:26, David Gunt

Re: package for dropbox

2012-12-30 Thread David Guntner
Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > Στις 30/12/2012 03:56 μμ, ο/η lina έγραψε: > >> Hi, >> >> I use xfce4, I wonder which is the best package to pick for dropbox, >> >> # apt-cache search dropbox > try this > http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/how-to-install-dropbox-in-xubuntu-

Re: admin password?

2012-12-30 Thread Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras
supposing that you are Greek , I send u a email in Greek how to do chroot ... :) good luck Στις 30/12/2012 07:21 μμ, ο/η Dionyssis Goulimis έγραψε: > but how do you run sudo su - root? from Grub? > > dionyssis > > 2012/12/30, Zenaan Harkness : >> If your normal user is in /etc/sudoers, then run

Re: package for dropbox

2012-12-30 Thread Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras
Στις 30/12/2012 03:56 μμ, ο/η lina έγραψε: > Hi, > > I use xfce4, I wonder which is the best package to pick for dropbox, > > # apt-cache search dropbox try this http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/how-to-install-dropbox-in-xubuntu-and.html .. It works perfectly for me > cairo-dock-dnd2share-plug-in

Re: admin password?

2012-12-30 Thread Dionyssis Goulimis
but how do you run sudo su - root? from Grub? dionyssis 2012/12/30, Zenaan Harkness : > If your normal user is in /etc/sudoers, then run > sudo su - root > to become the root user. With sudo, you have to enter your normal > password to use it. > good luck > > On 12/30/12, Dionyssis Goulimis wrot

Re: package for dropbox

2012-12-30 Thread lina
On Sunday 30,December,2012 10:27 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 8:56 AM, lina wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I use xfce4, I wonder which is the best package to pick for dropbox, >> > > > >> nautilus-dropbox - Dropbox integration for Nautilus > > I use this with great success. It plu

Re: package for dropbox

2012-12-30 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 8:56 AM, lina wrote: > Hi, > > I use xfce4, I wonder which is the best package to pick for dropbox, > > nautilus-dropbox - Dropbox integration for Nautilus I use this with great success. It plugs right into xfce4 and doesn't have a bunch of dependencies. (It "suggests"

package for dropbox

2012-12-30 Thread lina
Hi, I use xfce4, I wonder which is the best package to pick for dropbox, # apt-cache search dropbox cairo-dock-dnd2share-plug-in - Cairo-dock - Dnd2share plug-in dvcs-autosync - Automatically synchronize distributed version control repositories libnet-dropbox-api-perl - Perl module providing a dr

Re: How do you read logs?

2012-12-30 Thread Bob Proulx
jug...@lavabit.com wrote: > I've read several threads about Logwatch. Many people say it's very > annoying. I think I'll stick with `by hand' approach. Logwatch isn't a browser program. It is a log scraper that every few minutes processes the log files and emails "interesting" log files to the ad