installed cups-pdf package; now what?

Where are the instructions for what to do after installing the cups-pdf package, to have the virtual to-PDF printer appear (e.g. in "lpstat -a" output) and be able to print to PDF? The files /usr/share/doc/cups-pdf/... don't seem to have any such instructions. (I tried using the CUPS administrat

Re: wacky question

Dňa 24. 6. 2013 2:26 Joel Rees wrote / napísal(a): > !984 and Animal Farm were allegories of the world the authors lived in, not > predictions of some dystopian future. These two things (author's world and prediction of the future) are not mutual exclusive ;-) -- Slavko http://slavino.sk --

Suspend-to-RAM on Lenovo Thinkpad T400 with Wheezy

Hi, I recently installed Wheezy with XFCE desktop on my Thinkpad T400 laptop. Things work great, but I notice that suspend-to-RAM has some quirks. I chose to set "suspend" as the action "when the sleep button is pressed" (see xfce power manager). Here's what happens if I press the sleep button (sp

Re: pcspkr

lee wrote: "Dan B." writes: lee wrote: Hi, with the pcspkr module installed, shouldn't I hear the beep through the sound card that otherwise would be played by a little loudspeaker connected to the mainboard? pcspkr might be the wrong module. You might want snd-pcsp instead. With a lit

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Re: computer rendered un-usable

On Sat, 22 Jun 2013 22:50:04 +0200 Lagun Adeshina wrote: > Hi Guys, >   > I need your help. From what you said and other's advice I would just say you don't need to be a windows or Linux expert you just need to know a basic truth about installing Debian by using their latest installer: Never

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Re: wacky question

I read through this, and I am wondering why you posted this very carefully crafted troll. If you haven't been aware that the NSA has been going rogue from the beginning of its existence, you haven't been aware of the NSA. Likewise the CIA, FBI, etc., and their equivalents in pretty much every coun

OT: wacky question

On Sun, 2013-06-23 at 22:13 +0800, lina wrote: > On Saturday 22,June,2013 10:59 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Saturday 22 June 2013 05:39:27 lina wrote: > >> What is dangerous is that people take "hooligan" as "holy fighter", and > >> "gentleman" as "dictator". > > > > Really?? Where?? When?? Can

Re: google chrome browser being kept back on squeeze?

Never mind. Further reading in http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/kfreebsd-i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html specifically, section 4.3, Preparing sources for APT, basically explains how the upgrade is going to work, and what to do with the external repository source lines. Sorry for the

Re: google chrome browser being kept back on squeeze?

Okay, On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Curt wrote: > On 2013-06-23, Joel Rees wrote: > > > > Since sometime last week, apt-get upgrade and dist-upgrade both report > that > > google-chrome-stable has been kept back. > > > > Anyone else seeing this? Anyone know why? > > > > I'm seeing it. Whee

Re: wacky question

PS: If we were yesterday at the doctor and it was said that we are fit, we anyway can fall dead when we sit up the next minute. There's nothing that is able to cover us. Living isn't secure. In some German cellars not only the telephone lines for the house, but sometimes even for the neighbour hous

Re: wacky question

On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 08:00 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > [snip] I'm guessing that discussing that there will be going over old > ground for many of the subscribers. [snip] That's the point, it's not that I don't care about this issue, but it's not a new issue, just because there were those "new

Re: computer rendered un-usable

On Sun, 2013-06-23 at 14:38 -0500, Kent West wrote: > On 6/23/13 12:46 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Sat, 2013-06-22 at 22:56 -0400, Doug wrote: > >> / and /home and /swap. > > It usually makes no sense to have it on separated partitions. > > > > > > > There are good reasons to have separate par

Re: wacky question

On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 05:07:01PM -0400, Greg wrote: > Harmless data like what religious group you descend from? Something that > is considered innocuous today might be considered differently at a later > time by a less tolerant government. > > I think most of this should be dropped or moved else

CD's play on commandline but not in GNOME (was ... Re: Problems with CD insertion - sid)

On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 11:18:04AM +0200, Oliver Elphick wrote: > On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 22:31 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > > >...I'd try installing cdtool, and see if it plays > > with that. > > Yes, it does. Ah! OK. It seems as though the problem lies with GNOME. I'm sorry, but I don't use G

Re: computer rendered un-usable

On 6/23/13 12:46 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2013-06-22 at 22:56 -0400, Doug wrote: >> / and /home and /swap. > It usually makes no sense to have it on separated partitions. > > > There are good reasons to have separate partitions, although they are generally less valuable for single-user h

Re: RedHat and MariaDB

On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 08:00:27PM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > > From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh [mailto:h...@debian.org] > > > The Debian way is to provide mariadb packages, and keep providing Oracle > > mysql packages. We'll do away with Oracle mysql when the day comes that > > it > > is unf

Re: can't get mail from dovecot after upgrade to wheezy

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:52:53AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 16 iun 13, 15:32:04, Tony Baldwin wrote: > > I upgraded my server to wheezy today. > > I followed the instructions for migrating my dovecot config. > > When I try to connect to the server with mutt, I get > > > > gnutls_hands

Re: computer rendered un-usable

On 6/22/13 3:42 PM, Lagun Adeshina wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I need your help. > > 1. I set out to install Debian from Windows 7 > > 2. I downloaded the win 32 Debian Installer and went through the > procedures I assume you mean you downloaded an installation .ISO and burned it to CD and booted from

Re: upgrade to linux-image-3.9.1 breaks nvidia proprietary driver

On 2013-06-23 20:59 +0200, Doug wrote: > Not sure what you mean.."free" as in you don't pay for it, or "free" as > in open source? Always the latter, this is what Debian is about after all. Cheers, Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: upgrade to linux-image-3.9.1 breaks nvidia proprietary driver

On 06/23/2013 01:28 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2013-06-23 19:03 +0200, Carl Fink wrote: > >> For what it's worth, I tried the Free nVidia driver > > I'm afraid you are a bit confused, there is no such thing. At least not > a free driver *from* nVidia. > >> (xvideo-xorg-video-nvidia) > > And

Re: fglrx not working with Radon 7770 HD and kernel 3.9-1

Catalyst versions only run with some versions of X and some cards are only provided by some versions of Catalyst. Current "Catalyst doesn't support xorg-server 1.14. Catalyst < 12.10 and Catalyst Legacy do not support xorg-server 1.13. Catalyst < 12.6 doesn't support xorg-server 1.12." - https://w

Re: upgrade to linux-image-3.9.1 breaks nvidia proprietary driver

On Sun, 2013-06-23 at 20:15 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2013-06-23 at 19:16 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > > dkms > > I'm a dkms user on another Linux, but it has it's drawbacks too. You > need to take care, that the kernel-headers are updated, before anything > else is updated, if you want

Re: upgrade to linux-image-3.9.1 breaks nvidia proprietary driver

On Sun, 2013-06-23 at 19:16 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > dkms I'm a dkms user on another Linux, but it has it's drawbacks too. You need to take care, that the kernel-headers are updated, before anything else is updated, if you want to automatically run it without rebooting. There are ways to even

Re: upgrade to linux-image-3.9.1 breaks nvidia proprietary driver

On 2013-06-23 19:47 +0200, Carl Fink wrote: > On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 07:28:20PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2013-06-23 19:03 +0200, Carl Fink wrote: >> >> > For what it's worth, I tried the Free nVidia driver >> >> I'm afraid you are a bit confused, there is no such thing. At least not >>

Re: Keyring

On Sun, 2013-06-23 at 13:32 -0400, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > Dear List - > > I get this message when the Keyring appears. > > "The password that you use to login to your computer no longer matches > that of your login keyring" > > What can I do? With Xfce I can start the optional component

Re: upgrade to linux-image-3.9.1 breaks nvidia proprietary driver

On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 07:28:20PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2013-06-23 19:03 +0200, Carl Fink wrote: > > > For what it's worth, I tried the Free nVidia driver > > I'm afraid you are a bit confused, there is no such thing. At least not > a free driver *from* nVidia. Perhaps I'm confused,

Keyring

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Re: upgrade to linux-image-3.9.1 breaks nvidia proprietary driver

On 2013-06-23 19:03 +0200, Carl Fink wrote: > For what it's worth, I tried the Free nVidia driver I'm afraid you are a bit confused, there is no such thing. At least not a free driver *from* nVidia. > (xvideo-xorg-video-nvidia) And this package does not exist, there is xserver-xorg-video-nvidi

Re: Problem with flash drive - SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

n 06/22/2013 11:56 PM Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: On 06/21/2013 04:00 AM, Klaus wrote: Ethan, when you create a new partition table on the device, then the kernel needs to know about it. With a flash memory card, just unplug and re-plug it. You don't need to run fdisk first, since you copy an e

Re: upgrade to linux-image-3.9.1 breaks nvidia proprietary driver

On 2013-06-23 18:55 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 22 iun 13, 19:02:20, CHK Webmaster wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I write here cause I'm not sure where report this issue. It happens when >> upgrading my system via apt-get. The upgrade includes >> linux-image-3.9.1-amd64 but does not include nvidia

Re: upgrade to linux-image-3.9.1 breaks nvidia proprietary driver

For what it's worth, I tried the Free nVidia driver (xvideo-xorg-video-nvidia) when I installed 3.9, and at least on my system that worked *great* with no problems (except I had to uninstall the non-free version manually). In fact it's way faster than the previous non-free driver from nVidia, so ku

Re: wacky question

On 2013-06-20 04:44, Greg wrote: > Does anyone think that debian could participate in any programs like > PRISM? Or could a lone (or group of) sympathetic DD or DM slip a > backdoor or something that could collect private info in the binary > packages distributed by debian? It all boils down to te

Re: upgrade to linux-image-3.9.1 breaks nvidia proprietary driver

On Sb, 22 iun 13, 19:02:20, CHK Webmaster wrote: > Hi, > > I write here cause I'm not sure where report this issue. It happens when > upgrading my system via apt-get. The upgrade includes > linux-image-3.9.1-amd64 but does not include nvidia-kernel-3.9.1-amd64 > in which depends the nvidia proprie

GNOME 3 non-responsive?

Hi, I run Debian wheezy/sid. After recent updates (resulting in mix of GNOME 3.4 / 3.8 the new gnome shell has became unresponsive. I mean I can log in, but then there is no top panel, no window top frames (so I cannot minimise / close windows), I cannot access windows / activities. To log of

fglrx not working with Radon 7770 HD and kernel 3.9-1

Hi The 7770 is currently not supported by the open radon driver in testing so I tried to go with fglrx. I follow the instructions in the debian wiki http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary and created a xorg.conf with 'aticonfig --initial'. When ever I try to start X now with fglrx turned on my PC

grub2 floppy seek - how to switch off?

Hi, I have a problem with grub2. Recently (after updating to wheezy) grub has been upgraded to grub2. All fine and well, but it started long floppy seek at the boot, which is sort of annoying, as it's a home PC, switched on every day. I tried looking for solution, but I could not find anyt

Re: google chrome browser being kept back on squeeze?

On 2013-06-23, Joel Rees wrote: > > Since sometime last week, apt-get upgrade and dist-upgrade both report that > google-chrome-stable has been kept back. > > Anyone else seeing this? Anyone know why? > I'm seeing it. Wheezy (cough) is now stable is the why. The following packages have unmet de

Re: Ethernet Card not detected

On 23/06/13 13:12, Brian wrote: On Sat 22 Jun 2013 at 10:21:22 +0100, Klaus wrote: Quick web search for "Intel i217-v linux" would have led you to , there is a README and there are installation instruct

Re: wacky question

On Sun, 2013-06-23 at 22:13 +0800, lina wrote: > On Saturday 22,June,2013 10:59 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Saturday 22 June 2013 05:39:27 lina wrote: > >> What is dangerous is that people take "hooligan" as "holy fighter", and > >> "gentleman" as "dictator". > > > > Really?? Where?? When?? Can

Re: wacky question

On 6/23/2013 10:13 AM, lina wrote: On Saturday 22,June,2013 10:59 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Saturday 22 June 2013 05:39:27 lina wrote: What is dangerous is that people take "hooligan" as "holy fighter", and "gentleman" as "dictator". Really?? Where?? When?? Can you quote? This sounds bizarr

Re: wacky question

On Saturday 22,June,2013 10:59 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 22 June 2013 05:39:27 lina wrote: >> What is dangerous is that people take "hooligan" as "holy fighter", and >> "gentleman" as "dictator". > > Really?? Where?? When?? Can you quote? This sounds bizarre to me. > > Lisi > > I

Re: mksh vs. pdksh

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Re: Deterministic Builds (was [Re: wacky question])

Good time of the day, Sean. Thank you, for your time and answer. On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:32:40 -0400 you wrote: > Has U.S. started an Internet war? Pardon to say, but have you just awoken?! And not only the Internet one! For decades. Сту. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists

Re: Ethernet Card not detected

On Sat 22 Jun 2013 at 10:21:22 +0100, Klaus wrote: > Quick web search for "Intel i217-v linux" would have led you to > , > there is a README and there are installation instructions. A quick /sbin/modi

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On Sun, 2013-06-23 at 08:55 +0300, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > On 2013-06-23 08:48, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > On Sat, 2013-06-22 at 23:36 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > > > If you have important data on the laptop, you should plug in an > > > external drive and dd the entire laptop drive to an ima

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Re: Problem with flash drive

On 23/06/13 04:56, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: rosenberg:/media/bkup# fdisk -l /dev/sdc Disk /dev/sdc: 4051 MB, 4051697664 bytes 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 3864 cylinders, total 7913472 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O siz