Re: MUA & Yahoo Mail (WAS:Re: Dist-upgrade or upgrade. Which?)

> From: Dave Thayer >  > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 07:44:29PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: >> >> How?  What MUA did you use?  When I initially set up my Yahoo Mail accounts > (I have several)--this was years ago--there was no option with the free > accounts > for POP3 or IMAP.  It was speci

Re: MUA & Yahoo Mail (WAS:Re: Dist-upgrade or upgrade. Which?)

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 07:44:29PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > How?  What MUA did you use?  When I initially set up my Yahoo Mail accounts > (I have several)--this was years ago--there was no option with the free > accounts for POP3 or IMAP.  It was specifically said that if you wanted it,

Re: MUA & Yahoo Mail (WAS:Re: Dist-upgrade or upgrade. Which?)

> From: Brad Rogers >  > On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:33:45 -0700 (PDT) > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Hello Patrick, > >> As far as I understand, with the free Yahoo Mail that I use, you're not >> able to use a traditional MUA.  It's browser-based only. However, if >> you use the "pay" version, wh

Re: Why does my ssh session terminate immediately?

On 2013-04-24 23:19:19 +0200, Andreas Leha wrote: > So it says 'disconnected by user'? I might mention, that can login to > (all) other machines with that client without problems. It can be a bug on the remote side thinking that. I don't have any other idea... -- Vincent Lefèvre - Web:

Re: Why does my ssh session terminate immediately?

On 2013-04-24 23:38:06 +0200, Andreas Leha wrote: > Vincent Lefevre writes: > > On 2013-04-24 05:03:53 +0200, Andreas Leha wrote: > >> Vincent Lefevre writes: > >> >> BTW, does "ssh -t localhost" work on both machines? > >> > >> I am not sure. On the 'client' it does. On the 'server' I get thi

Und last aptitude safe-upgrade

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Re: touch /var/lib/sudo/$USER / use sudo when unlocking xscreensaver (xfce)

On 4/25/13, Wolfgang Karall wrote: > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:56:30PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> > If I understand you correctly, you never want to type a password when >> > running your commands with sudo? >> >> Not quite. I want sudo 'activated' when I enter my password. >> >> Ie, when I

Re: Why does my ssh session terminate immediately?

Andreas Leha writes: > Hi Jean-Marc, > > thanks for your suggestions. See the results inline. > > Jean-Marc writes: > >> On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:03:53 +0200, Andreas Leha >> wrote: >> Hi Andreas, >> >> Did you check your sshd config' ? >> You can do it running: >> sshd -t > > I get nothing -- w

Re: Why does my ssh session terminate immediately?

Hi Vincent, thanks for staying on this! Vincent Lefevre writes: > On 2013-04-24 05:03:53 +0200, Andreas Leha wrote: >> Vincent Lefevre writes: >> >> BTW, does "ssh -t localhost" work on both machines? >> >> I am not sure. On the 'client' it does. On the 'server' I get this: >> , >> | >

Re: Why does my ssh session terminate immediately?

Hi Jean-Marc, thanks for your suggestions. See the results inline. Jean-Marc writes: > On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:03:53 +0200, Andreas Leha > wrote: > Hi Andreas, > > Did you check your sshd config' ? > You can do it running: > sshd -t I get nothing -- which I think is good in this case. > > Yo

Re: MUA & Yahoo Mail (WAS:Re: Dist-upgrade or upgrade. Which?)

On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:33:45 -0700 (PDT) Patrick Bartek wrote: Hello Patrick, >As far as I understand, with the free Yahoo Mail that I use, you're not >able to use a traditional MUA.  It's browser-based only. However, if >you use the "pay" version, which is IMAP or POP-based, you can use any >MU

Re: Wheezy Sleezy Gnome

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 09:07:56AM -0700, Steven Rosenberg wrote: > > I got quite used to GNOME 3. When I started mousing into the hot-corner on > non-GNOME systems, I knew that GNOME Shell had won me over. I find myself hitting the Super key all the time to do the same thing. > > But I'm still

Re: Wheezy Sleezy Gnome

> From: Ralf Mardorf >  > On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:03:49 +0200, Morel Bérenger  > wrote: >> Maybe you could take a look at LXDE? There are still dependencies to GTK2 >> as XFCE, but those are not Gnome deps... > > I'll switch to another DE, as soon as I've got more time for the > computer.

Re: Dist-upgrade or upgrade. Which?

> From: Anthony Campbell >  > On 23 Apr 2013, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > [snip] > >> > Another problem is that your posts are peppered with lots of codes >  >> [snip]   >> >> Hope the problem is solvable from your end. > > Yes; it wasn't entirely your (or Yahoo's) fault. I had some line

Re: Dist-upgrade or upgrade. Which?

> From: Ralf Mardorf >  > On Tue, 2013-04-23 at 21:43 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >> If you have any suggestions, I'll consider them.  I have no dying > loyalty to Yahoo. > > Stay with Yahoo, but use an MUA. Can't use an MUA with the free version of Yahoo Mail.  Browser only.  At leas

MUA & Yahoo Mail (WAS:Re: Dist-upgrade or upgrade. Which?)

> From: Ralf Mardorf > > On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 10:28 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: >> Are you *really* forced into using yahoo, it really is horrible (not >> sure which is worse hotmail or yahoo.) for communicating on mailing >> lists. > > Info: > > You're free to use Yahoo with a MUA.

Re: Wheezy Sleezy Gnome

On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:03:49 +0200, Morel Bérenger wrote: Maybe you could take a look at LXDE? There are still dependencies to GTK2 as XFCE, but those are not Gnome deps... I'll switch to another DE, as soon as I've got more time for the computer. At the moment I've got unpleasant things to

Re: How do I list installed packages?

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:12:44PM +0200, Mark Weyer wrote: > The title is imprecise. Actually, the question is: How do I list installed > packages except those automatically installed to satisfy dependencies. In > aptitude that would be packages marked as "i " but not as "i A". And if > there

Re: touch /var/lib/sudo/$USER / use sudo when unlocking xscreensaver (xfce)

Hello, On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:56:30PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > If I understand you correctly, you never want to type a password when > > running your commands with sudo? > > Not quite. I want sudo 'activated' when I enter my password. > > Ie, when I log in to XFCE, or when I unlock

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Re: Wheezy Sleezy Gnome

Until the motherboard died, I had both GNOME 3 and Xfce on my Wheezy laptop, and I'd go between one and the other. I got quite used to GNOME 3. When I started mousing into the hot-corner on non-GNOME systems, I knew that GNOME Shell had won me over. But I'm still using Xfce from time to time. It

Re: alternative email clients (was ... Re: Dist-upgrade or upgrade. Which?)

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 03:32:41PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > OTOH, I didn't find another mailer that fit halfway to my needs and that > > does work with the provider settings I need. > > There is geary. > http://www.yorba.org/proj

alternative email clients (was ... Re: Dist-upgrade or upgrade. Which?)

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 03:32:41PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > OTOH, I didn't find another mailer that fit halfway to my needs and that > does work with the provider settings I need. There is geary. http://www.yorba.org/projects/geary/ I've never used it, myself, but it is an alternative to c

Re: Introductory reading on firewall/iptables/etc for new Debian user?

On Wednesday 24 April 2013 12:13:07 Richard Owlett wrote: > I've the free version of 9.00. Listed option to disable > updating not available. The Linux version of 9 (I have 9.5.4) has nothing at all of any kind about updating. So far as I can see it is not an option. Are you sure that you are

Re: Wheezy Sleezy Gnome

Le Mer 24 avril 2013 7:56, Ralf Mardorf a écrit : > > On Tue, 2013-04-23 at 19:08 -0700, cletusjenkins wrote: > >> xfce looks the best of the bunch to me. > > Xfce4 has got to many GNOME dependencies. I'm using it since years, but > I don't like it, I just couldn't find a good DE until now. Things

Re: dcut: who does run the .commands files ?

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Re: How do I list installed packages?

Mark Weyer wrote at 2013-04-23 16:12 -0500: > The title is imprecise. Actually, the question is: How do I list > installed packages except those automatically installed to satisfy > dependencies. In aptitude that would be packages marked as "i " but > not as "i A". And if there is no command to lis

Re: Dist-upgrade or upgrade. Which?

On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 22:59 +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 4/24/13, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > Info: > > > > You're free to use Yahoo with a MUA. Take a look at the email address > > I'm using right now, it's Rocketmail, aka Yahoo, I'm only limited by the > > pain Evolution and Xfce4, IOW the GNO

Re: dcut: who does run the .commands files ?

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 01:46:28PM +0200, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > dcut can upload .commands files for the Debian FTP archive upload queue > according its man page: how can I run them on my box ? I think they're managed by dak, which is not packaged but available from

Re: Wheezy Sleezy Gnome

On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:56:33 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >On Tue, 2013-04-23 at 19:08 -0700, cletusjenkins wrote: >> xfce looks the best of the bunch to me. > >Xfce4 has got to many GNOME dependencies. I'm using it since years, but >I don't like it, I just couldn't find a good DE until now. Thing

Re: Dist-upgrade or upgrade. Which?

On 4/24/13, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Info: > > You're free to use Yahoo with a MUA. Take a look at the email address > I'm using right now, it's Rocketmail, aka Yahoo, I'm only limited by the > pain Evolution and Xfce4, IOW the GNOME crap does cause. What are the pain points/ problems, with evolutio

Re: touch /var/lib/sudo/$USER / use sudo when unlocking xscreensaver (xfce)

On 4/24/13, Wolfgang Karall wrote: > On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 11:22:23AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> I run sid XFCE, and have some keyboard shortcuts for >> docked-with-external-monitor, no-external-monitor (.screenlayout >> files) and corresponding networking configs. >> >> In rc.local, I put

dcut: who does run the .commands files ?

Hello List, dcut can upload .commands files for the Debian FTP archive upload queue according its man page: how can I run them on my box ? Thanks in advance, Jerome -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@l

Re: Don't do that!

Le Mer 24 avril 2013 9:42, Ralf Mardorf a écrit : > On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 09:10 +0200, "Morel Bérenger" wrote: > >> Just, I've added the noatime on /boot, since there is really no use to >> write time at each access. To speed up things. > > *lol* > > > I've got reasons to use noatime for partition

Re: Introductory reading on firewall/iptables/etc for new Debian user?

On Wednesday 24 April 2013 12:13:07 Richard Owlett wrote: > I've the free version of 9.00. Listed option to disable > updating not available. I have never noticed my free version of 9 updating itself. :-/ Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: Introductory reading on firewall/iptables/etc for new Debian user?

Jochen Spieker wrote: Richard Owlett: Adobe Reader wants to update itself and I haven't found a way to disable it. If view pdf with it when I also happen be connected it just barges in and consumes my bandwidth. http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/disable-automatic-updates-acrobat-reader.html

Re: Why does my ssh session terminate immediately?

On 2013-04-24 05:03:53 +0200, Andreas Leha wrote: > Vincent Lefevre writes: > >> BTW, does "ssh -t localhost" work on both machines? > > I am not sure. On the 'client' it does. On the 'server' I get this: > , > | > ssh root@192.168.2.109 bash > | ssh -t localhost > | Pseudo-terminal will no

Re: touch /var/lib/sudo/$USER / use sudo when unlocking xscreensaver (xfce)

Hello, On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 11:22:23AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > I run sid XFCE, and have some keyboard shortcuts for > docked-with-external-monitor, no-external-monitor (.screenlayout > files) and corresponding networking configs. > > In rc.local, I put touch /var/lib/sudo/{my-usr} and

Re: Introductory reading on firewall/iptables/etc for new Debian user?

Ralf Mardorf wrote: A little bit OT: On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 04:49 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Adobe Reader Why not using document viewer, aka Evince or something else? I'm not against proprietary software, drivers etc., but I'm using Linux for good reasons and I don't know why I should instal

Re: Introductory reading on firewall/iptables/etc for new Debian user?

Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 09:28:17AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I will be using email, Usenet, browser and occasionally file downloading. Nothing on my system should look/act like a server. I want all programs to access the internet after explicitly asking for permission.

Re: Introductory reading on firewall/iptables/etc for new Debian user?

Richard Owlett: > > Adobe Reader wants to update itself and I haven't found a way to > disable it. If view pdf with it when I also happen be connected it > just barges in and consumes my bandwidth. http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/disable-automatic-updates-acrobat-reader.html :) But I understa

Re: Introductory reading on firewall/iptables/etc for new Debian user?

A little bit OT: On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 04:49 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Adobe Reader Why not using document viewer, aka Evince or something else? I'm not against proprietary software, drivers etc., but I'm using Linux for good reasons and I don't know why I should install any software from Ad

Re: Introductory reading on firewall/iptables/etc for new Debian user?

Jochen Spieker wrote: [snip] But I still don't completely understand your situation. You said you are on dialup and want to prevent unnecessary traffic. Can't you just disable auto-dialling? Which specific programs use the network without your consent? Auto dialing has been disabled for years

Re: Dist-upgrade or upgrade. Which?

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:37:13AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > > > From: Anthony Campbell > >  > > On 22 Apr 2013, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >> > > >> > It would be nice if you could trim that to one line. > >> > > >> >>> [snip] > >> > >> Yes, it would, but I use Yahoo mail for

Re: Don't do that!

On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 09:10 +0200, "Morel Bérenger" wrote: > Just, I've added the noatime on /boot, since there is really no use to > write time at each access. To speed up things. *lol* I've got reasons to use noatime for partitions, to speed up access, but it definitive won't speed up anything

Re: How do I list installed packages?

On 24 Apr 2013, Lars Nooden wrote: > On 04/23/2013 09:12 PM, Mark Weyer wrote: > > > >The title is imprecise. Actually, the question is: How do I list installed > >packages except those automatically installed to satisfy dependencies. In > >aptitude that would be packages marked as "i " but not

Re: Why does my ssh session terminate immediately?

On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:03:53 +0200, Andreas Leha wrote: Hi Andreas, Did you check your sshd config' ? You can do it running: sshd -t You can also make tests by running you sshd in debug mode. Just start it on another port to not disturb the main one: sshd -de -p 8022 and try a connection on thi

Re: a problem with CUPS

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Re: Dist-upgrade or upgrade. Which?

On 23 Apr 2013, Patrick Bartek wrote: [snip] > > Another problem is that your posts are peppered with lots of codes which > > make them annoying to read on a text-based email reader like mutt. > > > Sorry 'bout that, but there's nothing much I can do about it from my end:   > It's Yahoo Mail t

Re: Don't do that!

Le Mar 23 avril 2013 19:00, Kelly Clowers a écrit : > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Hans-J. Ullrich > wrote: > >> Today I learnt this: Do NOT use ext4 for the /boot partition, where >> your kernel resides. >> >> I did this on my EEEPC to speed up boot, and today I got at boot the >> error messa

Re: Dist-upgrade or upgrade. Which?

On 23 Apr 2013, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 07:57:11AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 22 Apr 2013, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > > > > > It would be nice if you could trim that to one line. > > > > > > > >>> [snip] > > > > > > Yes, it would, but I use Yahoo mail for t