Re: Can't access gateway IP

2013-05-06 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 11:05:13PM +0100, s0lid wrote: > Hi, > > Im having an unsual issue with my debian 6.0.7 server. This is a fresh install > and i set the IP settings to DHCP. It get the IP from my router(192.168.1.1), > I > tried to ping the router IP but it doesn't reply i tried to ping a

Re: bluetooth problem

2013-05-06 Thread Gean Ceretta
- Original Message - From: andrey.ry...@bilkent.edu.tr Sent: 05/06/13 05:14 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: bluetooth problem Hi i have problem with bluetooth blueoothd is working. applet in gnome3 is presented. It shows that bluetooth is on but i can not switch on visibility

Re: wu-ftp substitute

2013-05-06 Thread Joel Wirāmu Pauling
vsftpd On 7 May 2013 16:23, T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for a wu-ftp substitute, i.e., an ftp server that is > relatively easy to configure the anonymous upload. > > Please advice. > Thanks > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "un

wu-ftp substitute

2013-05-06 Thread T o n g
Hi, I'm looking for a wu-ftp substitute, i.e., an ftp server that is relatively easy to configure the anonymous upload. Please advice. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Arc

The order of my SATA and PATA are switching all the time

2013-05-06 Thread T o n g
Hi, Recently I added an old PATA HD to my system, which previously consist of two SATA HDs. Ever since then, the order of my SATA and PATA are keep switching. NB, it is not that I can't boot, I can boot just fine, but half of the time the boot process will drop to that single user PANIC mode

Re: business card image, where?

2013-05-06 Thread Paul Condon
On 05/06/2013 05:20 PM, Brian wrote: On Tue 07 May 2013 at 00:09:07 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Lu, 06 mai 13, 14:33:45, Paul Condon wrote: Can this mini.iso be written to a USB memory stick, as well as to a blank CD? You already have a reference for that. Something that is not widely kno

Re: wheezy install missing contrib and non-free

2013-05-06 Thread Rick Thomas
> On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Default User > wrote: > Hello. > > I did a fresh install of Debian 7.0.0 (Wheezy), using the > debian-7.0.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso. > > In the past , during the install process, it would ask if the user wanted to > include the contrib and non-free repos

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Re: Debian in the sunshine?

2013-05-06 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, 06 May 2013 18:27:59 -0400, Brad Alexander wrote: > I have had pretty good luck using my Nokia N900 in the sunshine. I have > been known to read using FBreader on it, as well as using other apps. > Now my preference is white text on a black background, but that seems to > work out pretty w

old vs new system uid/gid

2013-05-06 Thread Ross Boylan
It would be very handy if, while creating a new system, I could replicate the uid and gid's of an old one--by which I mean replicate the mapping of numbers to names. I want to restore the old system, and my backup system (bacula) uses numeric uid/gid only. My backups have all the customized fi

Re: RE: RE: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy fails

2013-05-06 Thread rlwbonsai
Thanks. The Gnome terminal is now usable in XFCE. Can't check rxvt because trying to start rxvt crashes X. Trying to start it a second time, after logging in from the first crash, crashed the system. I like rxvt from past experience but it seems not to be an option in Wheezy. I really, really

Re: Partially encrypted backup?

2013-05-06 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 6 May 2013 16:15:56 + (UTC) Hendrik Boom wrote: > I'm currently using rdiff-backup onto removable USB drives for backup. I > don not encrypt them now because I'm terrified of losing the encryption > key and hence losing access to my backups. > > I'm planning to trade backup drives

Re: wheezy install missing contrib and non-free

2013-05-06 Thread Default User
Thanks for the replies. I may not actually need any additional packages from contrib or non-free. But I hope I am not missing anything like proprietary hardware drivers, or add-ins required to play proprietary media formats, for example. I did try to install in expert text mode first, but when it

Re: Debian 7 Wheezy Stable Relelased

2013-05-06 Thread berenger . morel
Le 06.05.2013 19:55, Patrick Bartek a écrit : On Mon, 06 May 2013, Andrei POPESCU wrote: [forgot I wanted to comment on the other paragraph as well] On Du, 05 mai 13, 19:30:00, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > I never use the "Stable" name any more. Learned my lesson a > few years ago when I upgra

Re: Debian 7 Wheezy Stable Relelased

2013-05-06 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 06 May 2013, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 06 mai 13, 10:43:02, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 06 May 2013, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > > Could you please provide a reference for that? The collective > > > wisdom on this list recommends to always use 'upgrade' and > > > 'dist-upgr

Re: business card image, where?

2013-05-06 Thread Brian
On Tue 07 May 2013 at 00:09:07 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 06 mai 13, 14:33:45, Paul Condon wrote: > > > > > Can this mini.iso be written to a USB memory stick, as well as to a > > blank CD? > > You already have a reference for that. Something that is not widely > known about the mini.

Re: wheezy install missing contrib and non-free

2013-05-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
It's usually possible to have wheezy netinst image ask about nonfree packages but a couple things need doing first. Either use expert as a boot parameter or a ways down into install hit (<) followed by enter a few times and get back out to the main menu where you'll have to key in numbers to m

Re: anyone using shell-fm?

2013-05-06 Thread Wayne Topa
On 05/06/2013 06:46 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > I'm having no luck setting this package up to work on Debian and really > would prefer to avoid windows for use of lastfm. The problem I'm having > is when shell-fm tries to connect, the site it uses generates an error > 403. Is the site that shel

RE: RE: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy fails

2013-05-06 Thread Mark Allums
> Gnome-session-fallback is installed. Classic Gnome is in the > login menu. My comments relate to that. > > Not sure what you mean by 'default profile'. My guess > is ~/.bashrc since I don't have a ~/.profile. I think the > relevant section of ~/.bashrc is: > > # enable color support of ls a

anyone using shell-fm?

2013-05-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
I'm having no luck setting this package up to work on Debian and really would prefer to avoid windows for use of lastfm. The problem I'm having is when shell-fm tries to connect, the site it uses generates an error 403. Is the site that shell-fm tries to connect to the only possible connectio

Re: Debian in the sunshine?

2013-05-06 Thread Brad Alexander
I have had pretty good luck using my Nokia N900 in the sunshine. I have been known to read using FBreader on it, as well as using other apps. Now my preference is white text on a black background, but that seems to work out pretty well... --b On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:

Re: GNOME 3 issue - Evolution is offline due to a network outage

2013-05-06 Thread sue
hello the man who helps me usually is away at present, can you tell me step y step how to reconnect the network thanks sue -- 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: business card image, where?

2013-05-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 06 mai 13, 14:33:45, Paul Condon wrote: > > > Can this mini.iso be written to a USB memory stick, as well as to a > blank CD? You already have a reference for that. Something that is not widely known about the mini.iso is that it can also be written on the to-be-installed media ;) Kind r

Re: Debian in the sunshine?

2013-05-06 Thread Glenn English
On May 6, 2013, at 11:55 AM, Carl Fink wrote: > On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 12:54:58PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > >> The only sunlight-readable display on a general purpose >> computing device capable of running Debian of which I am aware >> [deep breath] is the OLPC XO-1 (and 1.5, 1.75). > > Which

Re: Upgrade, grub errors and release notes

2013-05-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 06 mai 13, 11:17:11, Rob van der Putten wrote: > Hi there > > > There have been reports about grub errors when upgrading from > Squeeze to Wheezy. This occurs hen using a 'special' filesystem such > as raid or lvm. EG; > > ~# grub-install /dev/sda /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Your core.img

Re: Debian 7 Wheezy Stable Relelased

2013-05-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 06 mai 13, 10:43:02, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Mon, 06 May 2013, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > Could you please provide a reference for that? The collective wisdom > > on this list recommends to always use 'upgrade' and 'dist-upgrade' > > only if really required (e.g. packages not upgraded

Re: business card image, where?

2013-05-06 Thread Thierry Chatelet
The Monday 06 May 2013 22:33:45, Paul Condon wrote : > On 05/06/2013 07:32 AM, Brian wrote: > > On Mon 06 May 2013 at 06:40:08 -0600, Paul Condon wrote: > >> On 05/06/2013 05:57 AM, Brian wrote: > >>> On Mon 06 May 2013 at 05:47:36 -0600, Paul Condon wrote: > I want to make a 'business card' i

Re: business card image, where?

2013-05-06 Thread Paul Condon
On 05/06/2013 07:32 AM, Brian wrote: On Mon 06 May 2013 at 06:40:08 -0600, Paul Condon wrote: On 05/06/2013 05:57 AM, Brian wrote: On Mon 06 May 2013 at 05:47:36 -0600, Paul Condon wrote: I want to make a 'business card' install CD as mentioned in old boiler plate at www.debian.org, but I ca

Re: failed to install xserver-xorg-core

2013-05-06 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Montag, 6. Mai 2013 schrieb Brad Rogers: > On Mon, 6 May 2013 14:47:57 -0400 > Kejia柯嘉 wrote: > > Hello Kejia柯嘉, > > >I purged the nvidia driver and re-installed it (by nvidia-installer). > >But the nouveau module is still loaded even if I did everything > >indicated here: > >http://www.pimp-

bluetooth problem

2013-05-06 Thread andrey . rybak
Hi i have problem with bluetooth blueoothd is working. applet in gnome3 is presented. It shows that bluetooth is on but i can not switch on visibility. blutooth setting dialog box can be opened but everything in this dialog is disabled What should i do? bluetooth device is presented in my host # h

Re: failed to install xserver-xorg-core

2013-05-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 6 May 2013 14:47:57 -0400 Kejia柯嘉 wrote: Hello Kejia柯嘉, >I purged the nvidia driver and re-installed it (by nvidia-installer). >But the nouveau module is still loaded even if I did everything >indicated here: >http://www.pimp-my-rig.com/2012/01/unload-nouveau-install-nvidia-driver.html.

Re: how to disable nouveau module totally?

2013-05-06 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 03:26:51PM -0400, Kejia?? wrote: > Hi, > > I upgraded my system from squeeze to wheezy, but now no desktop > environment is displayed. I tried to install nvidia's driver, but > cannot disable the nouveau module. I tried everything list > here:http://www.pimp-my-rig.com/2012

how to disable nouveau module totally?

2013-05-06 Thread Kejia柯嘉
Hi, I upgraded my system from squeeze to wheezy, but now no desktop environment is displayed. I tried to install nvidia's driver, but cannot disable the nouveau module. I tried everything list here:http://www.pimp-my-rig.com/2012/01/unload-nouveau-install-nvidia-driver.html. Now what should I do?

Re: backports for wheezy ?

2013-05-06 Thread Erwan David
Le 06/05/2013 21:11, Andreas Rönnquist a écrit : On Mon, 06 May 2013 20:34:31 +0200, Erwan David wrote: What should we put in sources.list for backports for wheezy ? deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main contrib non-free is not found. Se here: http://backports.debian.or

Re: backports for wheezy ?

2013-05-06 Thread Andreas Rönnquist
On Mon, 06 May 2013 20:34:31 +0200, Erwan David wrote: >What should we put in sources.list for backports for wheezy ? >deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main contrib >non-free is not found. > > > Se here: http://backports.debian.org/news/Backports_integrated_into_the_main_arch

Re: backports for wheezy ?

2013-05-06 Thread Wayne Topa
On 05/06/2013 02:34 PM, Erwan David wrote: > What should we put in sources.list for backports for wheezy ? > deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main contrib non-free > is not found. > > > http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-debian-linux-upgrade-6-squeeze-to-7-wheezy/ -- To

Re: failed to install xserver-xorg-core

2013-05-06 Thread Kejia柯嘉
Hi Hans, Thank you very much for the help. I purged the nvidia driver and re-installed it (by nvidia-installer). But the nouveau module is still loaded even if I did everything indicated here: http://www.pimp-my-rig.com/2012/01/unload-nouveau-install-nvidia-driver.html. And now the desktop envir

Re: wheezy install missing contrib and non-free

2013-05-06 Thread Brian
On Mon 06 May 2013 at 12:21:24 -0500, Default User wrote: > Hello. > > I did a fresh install of Debian 7.0.0 (Wheezy), using the > debian-7.0.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso. > > In the past , during the install process, it would ask if the user wanted > to include the contrib and non-free repositiorie

RE: wheezy install missing contrib and non-free

2013-05-06 Thread Mark Allums
> What's missing? AFAIU, anything that is in main doesn't require anything > from contrib or non-free -- if it did then it wouldn't be in main. Mainly, non-free firmware binaries. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

Re: RE: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy fails

2013-05-06 Thread rlwbonsai
Gnome-session-fallback is installed. Classic Gnome is in the login menu. My comments relate to that. Not sure what you mean by 'default profile'. My guess is ~/.bashrc since I don't have a ~/.profile. I think the relevant section of ~/.bashrc is: # enable color support of ls and also add hand

backports for wheezy ?

2013-05-06 Thread Erwan David
What should we put in sources.list for backports for wheezy ? deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main contrib non-free is not found. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: failed to install xserver-xorg-core

2013-05-06 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Montag, 6. Mai 2013 schrieb Kejia柯嘉: > Hi, > > I tried to upgrade squeez to wheezy, but lost gui. I guess it is > necessary to re-install xserver-xorg-core, but failed to do that: > `` > apt-get install xserver-xorg-core > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state

Re: wheezy install missing contrib and non-free

2013-05-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 6 May 2013 12:21:24 -0500 Default User wrote: Hello Default, >In the past , during the install process, it would ask if the user >wanted to include the contrib and non-free repositiories. Not this >time. The install went okay, but only included packages from the main >repository. I wa

Re: Re: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy fails

2013-05-06 Thread rlwbonsai
This is my sources.list # # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 ( 20060314)]/ etch main #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20060314)]/ etch main #deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian squeeze main contrib #deb-

[UEFI wheezy Installation]Black Screen at the beginning

2013-05-06 Thread Berillions
Hi, I already opened a bug report (see bug #706789) but i haven't answers for the moment. So i send this message to know if someone had this problem. I know that in this page ( http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata) a problem with UEFI and Debian installer for AMD64 systems. Explai

failed to install xserver-xorg-core

2013-05-06 Thread Kejia柯嘉
Hi, I tried to upgrade squeez to wheezy, but lost gui. I guess it is necessary to re-install xserver-xorg-core, but failed to do that: `` apt-get install xserver-xorg-core Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be in

Re: md5sum for debian-7.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso

2013-05-06 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Andreas Rönnquist wrote: On Mon, 06 May 2013 12:50:58 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, Where does one find the md5sum for debian-7.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso? Hugo Its available in the MD5SUMS file in the same folder as the ISO: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0/amd64/iso-cd/MD5SUMS

Re: md5sum for debian-7.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso

2013-05-06 Thread Thilo Six
Hello Hugo, Excerpt from Hugo Vanwoerkom: > Hi, > > Where does one find the md5sum for debian-7.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso? > > Hugo http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0/amd64/iso-cd/MD5SUMS http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0/amd64/iso-cd/MD5SUMS.sign The file MD5SUMS contains quit a

Re: md5sum for debian-7.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso

2013-05-06 Thread Andreas Rönnquist
On Mon, 06 May 2013 12:50:58 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >Hi, > >Where does one find the md5sum for debian-7.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso? > >Hugo Its available in the MD5SUMS file in the same folder as the ISO: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.0.0/amd64/iso-cd/MD5SUMS -- Andreas Rönnquist mail

Re: md5sum for debian-7.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso

2013-05-06 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 12:50:58PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > Where does one find the md5sum for debian-7.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso? http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/MD5SUMS -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being

Re: Debian in the sunshine?

2013-05-06 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 12:54:58PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > The only sunlight-readable display on a general purpose > computing device capable of running Debian of which I am aware > [deep breath] is the OLPC XO-1 (and 1.5, 1.75). Which is not actually "available" for normal values of, unless y

Re: Debian 7 Wheezy Stable Relelased

2013-05-06 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 06 May 2013, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > [forgot I wanted to comment on the other paragraph as well] > > On Du, 05 mai 13, 19:30:00, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > I never use the "Stable" name any more. Learned my lesson a > > few years ago when I upgraded an install of Etch--sources set to

md5sum for debian-7.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso

2013-05-06 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, Where does one find the md5sum for debian-7.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso? Hugo -- 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/km8qhp$c5u$1...@ger.gmane.org

Re: wheezy install missing contrib and non-free

2013-05-06 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 12:21:24PM -0500, Default User wrote: > Hello. > > I did a fresh install of Debian 7.0.0 (Wheezy), using the > debian-7.0.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso. > > In the past , during the install process, it would ask if the user wanted > to include the contrib and non-free repositio

[no subject]

2013-05-06 Thread andrey . rybak
Hi i have problem with bluetooth blueoothd is working. applet in gnome3 is presented. but i can not enable bluetooth connections. also bluthooth icon in system preference can not be turned on. When i come in the blutooth icon everythinng is grayed in dialog box that opened. What should i do? blueto

Re: Debian 7 Wheezy Stable Relelased

2013-05-06 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 06 May 2013, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 05 mai 13, 19:30:00, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > All that's required now is to cease using 'dist-upgrade' for > > upgrading. Dist-upgrade was recommended in the user install manual > > while Wheezy was still Testing. Now, that it's Stable, 'up

RE: Debian in the sunshine?

2013-05-06 Thread Mark Allums
> I'm a long-time user of Debian, and also have an e-paper ebook reader. > It occurs to me that something like a Debian laptop with an e-ink screen > would be extremely useful, for, say, sitting on a sunny back porch in the > summer and programming -- a situation where the normal luminous screens

RE: wheezy install missing contrib and non-free

2013-05-06 Thread Mark Allums
Hello. I did a fresh install of Debian 7.0.0 (Wheezy), using the debian-7.0.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso. In the past , during the install process, it would ask if the user wanted to include the contrib and non-free repositiories. Not this time. The install went okay, but only included packa

Re: Debian 7 Wheezy Stable Relelased

2013-05-06 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 05 May 2013, Carl Fink wrote: > On Sun, May 05, 2013 at 07:30:00PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > I never use the "Stable" name any more. Learned my lesson a > > few years ago when I upgraded an install of Etch--sources set to > > "Stable"--not realizing that Lenny had just become th

Re: wheezy install missing contrib and non-free

2013-05-06 Thread andrey . rybak
it should be ok -- 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/8c1afcdbeecd53cd2fcb74c753d67df3.squir...@newmail.bilkent.edu.tr

wheezy install missing contrib and non-free

2013-05-06 Thread Default User
Hello. I did a fresh install of Debian 7.0.0 (Wheezy), using the debian-7.0.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso. In the past , during the install process, it would ask if the user wanted to include the contrib and non-free repositiories. Not this time. The install went okay, but only included packages fro

Re: Debian in the sunshine?

2013-05-06 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 04:07:04PM +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I'm a long-time user of Debian, and also have an e-paper ebook reader. > It occurs to me that something like a Debian laptop with an e-ink screen > would be extremely useful, for, say, sitting on a sunny back porch in the > summer

Re: business card image, where?

2013-05-06 Thread Paul Condon
On 05/06/2013 07:32 AM, Brian wrote: On Mon 06 May 2013 at 06:40:08 -0600, Paul Condon wrote: On 05/06/2013 05:57 AM, Brian wrote: On Mon 06 May 2013 at 05:47:36 -0600, Paul Condon wrote: I want to make a 'business card' install CD as mentioned in old boiler plate at www.debian.org, but I ca

Re: Partially encrypted backup?

2013-05-06 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, On 06/05/13 18:15, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I'm currently using rdiff-backup onto removable USB drives for backup. I > don not encrypt them now because I'm terrified of losing the encryption > key and hence losing access to my backups. > > I'm planning to trade backup drives with an acquai

RE: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy fails

2013-05-06 Thread Mark Allums
> -Gnome 3 will not run. Default Gnome is very limited in this > machine. Make sure Gnome's "Classic" mode (AKA, fallback mode) is installed. There is a package for that. Consider installing MATE instead (Google for it.) They recently released a new version which runs very smoothly. MATE is a

Partially encrypted backup?

2013-05-06 Thread Hendrik Boom
I'm currently using rdiff-backup onto removable USB drives for backup. I don not encrypt them now because I'm terrified of losing the encryption key and hence losing access to my backups. I'm planning to trade backup drives with an acquaintance for off-site backups. I trust her, but I don't t

Re: Debian 7 Wheezy Stable Relelased

2013-05-06 Thread staticsafe
On 5/6/2013 12:00, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 08:45:30AM -0400, staticsafe wrote: >> Hmm, I'm following this - >> http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html >> - as an upgrade guide. >> >> It suggests `apt-get upgrade` first (after changes y

Debian in the sunshine?

2013-05-06 Thread Hendrik Boom
I'm a long-time user of Debian, and also have an e-paper ebook reader. It occurs to me that something like a Debian laptop with an e-ink screen would be extremely useful, for, say, sitting on a sunny back porch in the summer and programming -- a situation where the normal luminous screens are

Re: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy fails

2013-05-06 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 09:14:39AM -0400, rlwbonsai wrote: > I attempted to upgrade my Averatec 3200 laptop from Squeeze to > Wheezy on 5/5/13. The laptop has an AMD Athlon 486 processor > and Unichrome graphics. The only non-Debian software > installed on this machine is Mozilla Firefox. This l

Re: Debian 7 Wheezy Stable Relelased

2013-05-06 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 08:45:30AM -0400, staticsafe wrote: > Hmm, I'm following this - > http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html > - as an upgrade guide. > > It suggests `apt-get upgrade` first (after changes your sources of > course). Umm, that'll be secon

Re: Debian 7 Wheezy Stable Released

2013-05-06 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 09:23:44AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 05 mai 13, 19:30:00, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > I never use the "Stable" name any more. Learned my lesson a > > few years ago when I upgraded an install of Etch--sources set to > > "Stable"--not realizing that Lenny had j

Re: Debian 7 Wheezy Stable Relelased

2013-05-06 Thread Brian
On Mon 06 May 2013 at 08:45:30 -0400, staticsafe wrote: > On 5/6/2013 2:21, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Du, 05 mai 13, 19:30:00, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >> > >> All that's required now is to cease using 'dist-upgrade' for > >> upgrading. Dist-upgrade was recommended in the user install > >> manu

Re: Re: Can't install a Debian Wheezy system in a machine with hostraid 8051

2013-05-06 Thread Carlos Terrón
Hello Brian This is the same issue (and I think the same motherboard than the Ubuntu report) I'm going to fill the bug report Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://li

Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy fails

2013-05-06 Thread rlwbonsai
I attempted to upgrade my Averatec 3200 laptop from Squeeze to Wheezy on 5/5/13. The laptop has an AMD Athlon 486 processor and Unichrome graphics. The only non-Debian software installed on this machine is Mozilla Firefox. This laptop has successfully run Sarge, Etch, Lenny and Squeeze and was s

Calculating optimal disk partitions

2013-05-06 Thread craig
Good morning all, I am trying to add a partition to the unused space on a hard drive. Using parted, I keep getting "Warning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best performance." There is not a whole lot of explanation out there that explains the calculations necessary to deter

Re: business card image, where?

2013-05-06 Thread Brian
On Mon 06 May 2013 at 06:40:08 -0600, Paul Condon wrote: > On 05/06/2013 05:57 AM, Brian wrote: > >On Mon 06 May 2013 at 05:47:36 -0600, Paul Condon wrote: > > > >>I want to make a 'business card' install CD as mentioned in old > >>boiler plate at www.debian.org, but I can't fathom the organizatio

Re: Debian 7 Wheezy Stable Relelased

2013-05-06 Thread francis picabia
1. Listen to the advice from knowledge. 2. There is no guessing. It really is documented how to upgrade. Follow instructions. http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html (or whatever link suits your platform) If you follow this guide, and stop reading junk

Re: Debian 7 Wheezy Stable Relelased

2013-05-06 Thread staticsafe
On 5/6/2013 2:21, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 05 mai 13, 19:30:00, Patrick Bartek wrote: >> >> All that's required now is to cease using 'dist-upgrade' for >> upgrading. Dist-upgrade was recommended in the user install >> manual while Wheezy was still Testing. Now, that it's Stable, >> 'upgrade

Re: business card image, where?

2013-05-06 Thread Paul Condon
On 05/06/2013 05:57 AM, Brian wrote: On Mon 06 May 2013 at 05:47:36 -0600, Paul Condon wrote: I want to make a 'business card' install CD as mentioned in old boiler plate at www.debian.org, but I can't fathom the organization of the hot links there. What is the URL of the actual iso image that

Re: Can't install a Debian Wheezy system in a machine with hostraid 8051

2013-05-06 Thread Brian
On Mon 06 May 2013 at 12:46:51 +0200, Carlos Terrón wrote: > I had a machine with a Softraid controller from Adaptec. Int ge BIOS > screen I see HostRaid BIOS 8051. I pass the kernel parameter > dmraid=true to use the raid in the install. the softraid is detected > OK but can't read the disk, the

Re: business card image, where?

2013-05-06 Thread Brian
On Mon 06 May 2013 at 05:47:36 -0600, Paul Condon wrote: > I want to make a 'business card' install CD as mentioned in old > boiler plate at www.debian.org, but I can't fathom the organization > of the hot links there. What is > the URL of the actual iso image that I need to download and burn > on

business card image, where?

2013-05-06 Thread Paul Condon
I want to make a 'business card' install CD as mentioned in old boiler plate at www.debian.org, but I can't fathom the organization of the hot links there. What is the URL of the actual iso image that I need to download and burn onto a blank CD? TAI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-re

Can't install a Debian Wheezy system in a machine with hostraid 8051

2013-05-06 Thread Carlos Terrón
Hello I had a machine with a Softraid controller from Adaptec. Int ge BIOS screen I see HostRaid BIOS 8051. I pass the kernel parameter dmraid=true to use the raid in the install. the softraid is detected OK but can't read the disk, the error is: /sbin/dmraid-activate: line 289: awk: not foun

Upgrade, grub errors and release notes

2013-05-06 Thread Rob van der Putten
Hi there There have been reports about grub errors when upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy. This occurs hen using a 'special' filesystem such as raid or lvm. EG; ~# grub-install /dev/sda /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Your core.img is unusually large. It won't fit in the embedding area.. /usr/s

Re: Debian with S/PDIF Toslink digital audio input on the Apple G5-PowerPC MacPro

2013-05-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 23:44 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > MacPro G5 PowerPC You might get easier help, if you'll mail to http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.

Re: Debian 7 Wheezy Stable Relelased

2013-05-06 Thread Morel Bérenger
Le Lun 6 mai 2013 10:37, James Allsopp a écrit : > Hi, > What I meant was I wan to upgrade an existing system from Squeeze to > Wheezy > but replacing Gnome2 with XFCE, which seems a more natural upgrade path. > I'd rather not have the grief of trying to remove a load of gnome3 > libraries. I think

Re: Debian full disk encryption

2013-05-06 Thread Brad Alexander
Concur with Bob. I have been using encrypted drives for many years now. The only differences for me are that I have a separate swap partition, but then you end up having to encrypt that separately, and cannot take advantage of putting swap inside of the LVM. My next encrypted build will remedy this

Re: Debian 7 Wheezy Stable Relelased

2013-05-06 Thread James Allsopp
Hi, What I meant was I wan to upgrade an existing system from Squeeze to Wheezy but replacing Gnome2 with XFCE, which seems a more natural upgrade path. I'd rather not have the grief of trying to remove a load of gnome3 libraries. I think I'll have to install XFCE then remove Gnome2 before the upgr

Re: Wheezy issue with broadcom 5720 nic on new dell PowerEdge R720

2013-05-06 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Am 03.05.2013 um 09:01 schrieb Stan Hoeppner: On 5/2/2013 8:24 AM, Lukáš Zíta wrote: I can not think another way to handle this, so I will have to switch toa card from Intel. To those people who may wonder why/how others often end up with boxes full of brand new 'perfectly good' har