Re: Debian Wheezy - Kernel 3.2.X - Broadcom 57766 driver support

2013-04-13 Thread didier gaumet
Le 12/04/2013 18:24, terr1-li...@linuxgeek.dk a écrit : > Hey > > I'm running debian wheezy with custom 3.7.1 kernel to support my > Broadcom 57766 netcard. > > However since this is a server (Mac Mini Server) I would rather use a > longterm kernel like 3.2.43, > also since grsecurity is supporte

Re: netinstall size?

2013-04-13 Thread agroconsultor0
On 04/12/2013 07:10 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 02:43:28PM -0700, consul tor wrote: Oops, BTW, how could i configure mutt+vi, vim or nano to write emails with 72 characters? the previous email seems weird. I know, it is another question, different thread. thanks anyway. T

Re: netinstall size?

2013-04-13 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 12/04/13 21:25, agroconsultor0 wrote: > > Hello > > I have seen at http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ that the Wheezy > net installer is no more than 175 MB and the cards no more than 50 MB; is > this information correct? or there have been changes that are not reflected > here?.

Re: Serveur with encrypted partition : 2 steps boot.

2013-04-13 Thread Erwan David
Le 13/04/2013 01:44, Rick Thomas a écrit : On Apr 12, 2013, at 12:56 PM, Erwan David wrote: However, booting in level 2 then using telinit 3 do not start the services that I setup not to start in level 2... Thus I'll switch to policy-rd method. I'm surprised to hear that... What did you

Re: netinstall size?

2013-04-13 Thread agroconsultor
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:41:03AM +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > On 12/04/13 21:25, agroconsultor0 wrote: > > > > Hello > > > > I have seen at http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ that the > > Wheezy net installer is no more than 175 MB and the cards no more than 50 > > MB; is this

Re: Debian Wheezy - Kernel 3.2.X - Broadcom 57766 driver support

2013-04-13 Thread terr1-li...@linuxgeek.dk
On 13-04-2013 09:41, didier gaumet wrote: Le 12/04/2013 18:24, terr1-li...@linuxgeek.dk a écrit : Hey I'm running debian wheezy with custom 3.7.1 kernel to support my Broadcom 57766 netcard. However since this is a server (Mac Mini Server) I would rather use a longterm kernel like 3.2.43, also

Re: Internet with Debian

2013-04-13 Thread Richard Owlett
agroconsultor0 wrote: On 04/12/2013 02:26 PM, Jim wrote: I just downloaded the full live install IOS for Debian and burned to a USB. Booting using the USB works but I can not find any link or clue on how to connect the computer to the wireless router. If there is a page that would help me get t

Re: Internet with Debian

2013-04-13 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 06:33:18AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > agroconsultor0 wrote: > > > >http://wiki.debian.org/SystemAdministration > > > > > > That page states it purpose as: > "This page lists articles which cover all aspects of administering > Debian GNU/Linux systems, including installa

Re: Re: Using unstable for certain packages

2013-04-13 Thread Clive Standbridge
> I do not mean building from source using configure & make, but creating > a debian package using source debian package from unstable with tools > like dpkg-buildpackage or uupdate. There's a handy guide to that (apart from the uupdate bit) at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch

Re: Internet with Debian

2013-04-13 Thread Jay DeKing
In my experience, the package 'wpa_supplicant' still doesn't come with the install image. Without it I can't connect to my wireless router. You need to install it manually, e.g. 'sudo apt-get install wpa_supplicant'. Jay   "A generation which ignores history has no past and no future."-- Rober

Re: netinstall size?

2013-04-13 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 13/04/13 11:35, agroconsultor wrote: > On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:41:03AM +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: >> On 12/04/13 21:25, agroconsultor0 wrote: >>> >>> Hello >>> >>> I have seen at http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ that the >>> Wheezy net installer is no more than 175 MB and t

Re: netinstall size?

2013-04-13 Thread Richard Owlett
Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 13/04/13 11:35, agroconsultor wrote: On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:41:03AM +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 12/04/13 21:25, agroconsultor0 wrote: Hello I have seen at http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ that the Wheezy net installer is no more than 175 M

Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-13 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> GConf I *think* was merely a GNOME construct, so if you're not a GNOME > user you don't have to bother with it. There wasn't really much of a > technical issue with it except it emulates the Windows Registry in > superficial ways. There are technical issues such as actually more difficult adm

Re: dbus - Was: A thread that shouldn't be mentioned anymore

2013-04-13 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> DBus isn't a problem per se, it just can cause issues, when implemented > without thinking about the needs of all users? Right but it's actually much worse than that. Take mozilla firefox even which may or may not have been changed due to me bringing it up on the dev-security list. Without dbus

Re: Using unstable for certain packages

2013-04-13 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> Then again, if you build from source, you'll lose the automatic upgrade > feature provided by apt/aptitude. > > Anyone, please correct me if I'm wrong. I believe so. There are some debian source building tools and mepis archives are usable perhaps best with pinning. I plan to experiment with th

Re: mod-security update

2013-04-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Jens Tobiska wrote: > After the latest update of mod-security for debian squeeze, I am receiving > the error message: There is no "mod-security" for Squeeze. You must have installed it from elsewhere. Check it with: apt-cache policy mod-security > Interestingly, from what I read, SecRequestB

Re: dbus - Was: A thread that shouldn't be mentioned anymore

2013-04-13 Thread Erwan David
Le 13/04/2013 19:39, Kevin Chadwick a écrit : DBus isn't a problem per se, it just can cause issues, when implemented without thinking about the needs of all users? Right but it's actually much worse than that. Take mozilla firefox even which may or may not have been changed due to me bringing i

Re: Problem with xz on very small system

2013-04-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Sven Joachim wrote: > David Goodenough wrote: > > Yes that works, but it is not something I would want to do repeatedly > > to the CF. It does seem odd that such tiny DEBs need such a large amount > > of memory to uncompress them. > > They don't need that much memory to uncompress (9 MB with the

Re: netinstall size?

2013-04-13 Thread Paul Condon
On 04/13/2013 10:19 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 13/04/13 11:35, agroconsultor wrote: On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:41:03AM +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 12/04/13 21:25, agroconsultor0 wrote: Hello I have seen at http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ that

Re: dbus - Was: A thread that shouldn't be mentioned anymore

2013-04-13 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Kevin Chadwick wrote: >> DBus isn't a problem per se, it just can cause issues, when implemented >> without thinking about the needs of all users? > > Right but it's actually much worse than that. Take mozilla firefox even > which may or may not have been changed

Re: netinstall size?

2013-04-13 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 13/04/13 18:30, Paul Condon wrote: > On 04/13/2013 10:19 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: >> Tony van der Hoff wrote: >>> On 13/04/13 11:35, agroconsultor wrote: On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:41:03AM +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > On 12/04/13 21:25, agroconsultor0 wrote: >> >> Hello >>

differences between installs affecting hardware

2013-04-13 Thread Dick Thomas
hello, I have a black magic intensity pro capture card and it works perfectly but if I install gnome3 as my default desktop 1st via the network install cdrom then install kde, Xfce, etc. It doesn't allow me to power down or eject a cdrom or any other "user actions" untill I rmmod blackmacgic

How to get Debian live running from flash with persistence

2013-04-13 Thread Michael Heerdegen
Hi, hope this is the right forum for my question. I wanted to use Debian live (http://live-build.debian.net/cgi-bin/live-build) on a 468 Laptop installed on a flash drive with full persistence. I followed the recipe given here: https://www.linux.com/community/blogs/133-general-linux/420179-crea

Re: Internet with Debian

2013-04-13 Thread Christer Oldhoff
Hi Jim, On 2013-04-12 23:26, Jim wrote: > I just downloaded the full live install IOS for Debian and burned to a > USB. Booting using the USB works but I can not find any link or clue on > how to connect the computer to the wireless router. > > If there is a page that would help me get that done

Re: mod-security update

2013-04-13 Thread Steven Post
On Sat, 2013-04-13 at 11:08 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Jens Tobiska wrote: > > After the latest update of mod-security for debian squeeze, I am receiving > > the error message: > > There is no "mod-security" for Squeeze. You must have installed it > from elsewhere. Check it with: My guess is he

Re: mod-security update

2013-04-13 Thread Brian
On Sat 13 Apr 2013 at 11:08:23 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Jens Tobiska wrote: > > After the latest update of mod-security for debian squeeze, I am receiving > > the error message: > > There is no "mod-security" for Squeeze. You must have installed it > from elsewhere. Check it with: > > apt-

migration to wheezy and disaster recovery

2013-04-13 Thread Paul Condon
Last week I decided to dist-upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy, thinking I would get in ahead of the rush of stragglers. I found a nice document with lots of step-by-step instruction, and particularly how to create a log file of the steps that I actually performed. I thought I was following it but

Re: netinstall size?

2013-04-13 Thread agroconsultor0
On 04/13/2013 08:58 AM, Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 13/04/13 11:35, agroconsultor wrote: On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:41:03AM +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 12/04/13 21:25, agroconsultor0 wrote: Hello I have seen at http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ that the Wheezy net installe

Re: netinstall size?

2013-04-13 Thread agroconsultor0
On 04/13/2013 10:36 AM, Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 13/04/13 18:30, Paul Condon wrote: On 04/13/2013 10:19 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 13/04/13 11:35, agroconsultor wrote: On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:41:03AM +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 12/04/13 21:25, agrocons

Re: netinstall size?

2013-04-13 Thread agroconsultor0
On 04/13/2013 09:19 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 13/04/13 11:35, agroconsultor wrote: On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:41:03AM +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 12/04/13 21:25, agroconsultor0 wrote: Hello I have seen at http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ that

Re: netinstall size?

2013-04-13 Thread agroconsultor0
On 04/13/2013 10:30 AM, Paul Condon wrote: On 04/13/2013 10:19 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 13/04/13 11:35, agroconsultor wrote: On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:41:03AM +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 12/04/13 21:25, agroconsultor0 wrote: Hello I have seen at http://

Re: netinstall size?

2013-04-13 Thread Wayne Topa
On 04/13/2013 04:28 PM, agroconsultor0 wrote: On 04/13/2013 09:19 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 13/04/13 11:35, agroconsultor wrote: On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:41:03AM +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 12/04/13 21:25, agroconsultor0 wrote: Hello I have seen at http

Re: netinstall size?

2013-04-13 Thread agroconsultor0
On 04/13/2013 01:48 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 04/13/2013 04:28 PM, agroconsultor0 wrote: On 04/13/2013 09:19 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 13/04/13 11:35, agroconsultor wrote: On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:41:03AM +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 12/04/13 21:25, agrocon

Re: netinstall size?

2013-04-13 Thread Bob Proulx
agroconsultor0 wrote: > >>agroconsultor0 wrote: > >>>I have seen at http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ that > >>>the Wheezy net installer is no more than 175 MB and the cards no > >>>more than 50 MB; is this information correct? or there have been > >>>changes that ar

Re: migration to wheezy and disaster recovery

2013-04-13 Thread Joe
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:19:18 -0600 Paul Condon wrote: > Last week I decided to dist-upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy, thinking > I would get in ahead of the rush of stragglers. I found a nice > document with lots of step-by-step instruction, and particularly how > to create a log file of the steps

Re: differences between installs affecting hardware

2013-04-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Dick Thomas wrote: > I have a black magic intensity pro capture card and it works > perfectly but if I install gnome3 as my default desktop 1st via > the network install cdrom then install kde, Xfce, etc. It doesn't > allow me to power down or eject a cdrom or any other "user actions" > untill

Re: dbus - Was: A thread that shouldn't be mentioned anymore

2013-04-13 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:34:36 -0700 Kelly Clowers wrote: > >> DBus isn't a problem per se, it just can cause issues, when implemented > >> without thinking about the needs of all users? > > > > Right but it's actually much worse than that. Take mozilla firefox even > > which may or may not have b

Re: netinstall size?

2013-04-13 Thread agroconsultor0
On 04/13/2013 03:48 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: agroconsultor0 wrote: agroconsultor0 wrote: I have seen at http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ that the Wheezy net installer is no more than 175 MB and the cards no more than 50 MB; is this information correct? or there have been changes that

Re: How to get Debian live running from flash with persistence

2013-04-13 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 08:50:06PM +0200, Michael Heerdegen wrote: > Hi, > > hope this is the right forum for my question. > > I wanted to use Debian live > (http://live-build.debian.net/cgi-bin/live-build) on a 468 Laptop > installed on a flash drive with full persistence. > I used to use Debia

Re: netinstall size?

2013-04-13 Thread staticsafe
On 4/13/2013 20:27, agroconsultor0 wrote: > On 04/13/2013 03:48 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: >> agroconsultor0 wrote: > agroconsultor0 wrote: >> I have seen at http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ that >> the Wheezy net installer is no more than 175 MB and the cards no >>>

Re: dbus - Was: A thread that shouldn't be mentioned anymore

2013-04-13 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:34:36 -0700 > Kelly Clowers wrote: > >> >> DBus isn't a problem per se, it just can cause issues, when implemented >> >> without thinking about the needs of all users? >> > >> > Right but it's actually much worse than

Re: Starting Iceweasel -- Any more Ideas?

2013-04-13 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
On 04/11/2013 10:42 AM, Verde Denim wrote: On 04/11/2013 12:41 AM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: Dear list - Thanks for all your help. Finally, I can start Iceweasel from the command line [sort of]: iceweasel -no-remote localhost/choice.php width $1280 height $800 The above works. But ... in a

Re: netinstall size?

2013-04-13 Thread Richard Owlett
agroconsultor0 wrote: On 04/13/2013 09:19 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: [*SNIP*] As a *nix neophyte myself I'll guess he doesn't realize that "... looking for a small image, under 210 MB..." can be read multiple ways: A. the downloaded image is less than 210 MB. B. the image as installed to a local

prettify audacious? - sid, xfce desktop

2013-04-13 Thread Zenaan Harkness
The screenshot on http://www.audacious-media-player.org/ looks rather nice. Running audacious looks ugly - plain gray GTK ui. How do I make my audacious look like the screenshot? TIA Zenaan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou