Re: Finding a replacement for my ISP's smtp server

2014-07-26 Thread Bret Busby
On 27/07/2014, Bret Busby wrote: > On 27/07/2014, Paul E Condon wrote: >> I've known for a long while that there was something >> strange about sending mail via my ISP. They have made >> it clear in that they do not require or use TLS. It >> occurs to me that perhaps my computer does not have >>

Re: mounting a Nikon camera

2014-07-26 Thread Bret Busby
On 27/07/2014, jeremy bentham wrote: > >From time to time threads appear here describing troubles mounting > digital cameras. I never paid much attention to them, because I didn't > have a digital camera and had no intention of acquiring one. > > Time makes liars of us all, I guess. I now have a

Re: Finding a replacement for my ISP's smtp server

2014-07-26 Thread Bret Busby
On 27/07/2014, Paul E Condon wrote: > I've known for a long while that there was something > strange about sending mail via my ISP. They have made > it clear in that they do not require or use TLS. It > occurs to me that perhaps my computer does not have > installed the appropriate certs to functi

mounting a Nikon camera

2014-07-26 Thread jeremy bentham
>From time to time threads appear here describing troubles mounting digital cameras. I never paid much attention to them, because I didn't have a digital camera and had no intention of acquiring one. Time makes liars of us all, I guess. I now have a Nikon L30, and I can't get my Lenny machine (y

Re: fsck progress not shown on boot with systemd as pid 1

2014-07-26 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 7/26/14, Brian wrote: > On Fri 25 Jul 2014 at 16:02:18 -0400, The Wanderer wrote: >> On 07/25/2014 03:33 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: >> > Hi, >> > Am 25.07.2014 20:27, schrieb Steven Post: >> >> I'm running Jessie (lagging about 5 days behind with the updates) >> >> and use systemd-sysv. Today I n

Re: fsck progress not shown on boot with systemd as pid 1

2014-07-26 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 27 Jul 2014, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 27.07.2014 00:26, schrieb Rick Thomas: > > On Jul 25, 2014, at 12:33 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: > >> So a future update of systemd will slightly change this behaviour: > >> whenever there is a service that failed or takes longer then a certain > >> thre

Re: New 64bit Installation. Root partition too small--what to do?

2014-07-26 Thread Philippe Clérié
On 07/26/2014 03:11 PM, David Baron wrote: Might be interesting if there were a utility/script to remove from /lib/modules everything not used on the current system. Only a tiny minority of the modules are actually needed. There may be a downside to that: your disk is then bootable only on that

Finding a replacement for my ISP's smtp server

2014-07-26 Thread Paul E Condon
I've known for a long while that there was something strange about sending mail via my ISP. They have made it clear in that they do not require or use TLS. It occurs to me that perhaps my computer does not have installed the appropriate certs to function with TLS. How would I ever have known they w

Re: putty login - running gnu screen causes putty console to shrink

2014-07-26 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Dang gmail again. I'll have to slow down when I reply, gotta make sure of the reply-all... On 7/21/14, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 7/20/14, Jason C. Taylor wrote: >> - Original Message - >>> From: "Stephen Powell" >>> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 8:31:42 AM >> >>> That's interesting. I

Re: /var partition seems locked or read only

2014-07-26 Thread PaulNM
On 07/25/2014 10:54 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > > > First time I have exhausted inodes, but I never used apt-cacher-ng > previously, and it's quite obvious that a proxy+cache is very greedy in > terms of inodes. Not really. That's like saying the parking lot is greedy in term

Re: New 64bit Installation. Root partition too small--what to do?

2014-07-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 26 iul 14, 22:11:52, David Baron wrote: > OK, the UI of the installer is problematic. I knew what I wanted to do > but could not find a way to do it. If it will respect fdisk or parted > partitions, well ... the next time. It will, but you still have to use the very same UI to tell the i

Re: stopping sound juicer from starting

2014-07-26 Thread Tim Jones
I am running Debian 7 with gtk and opening a file browsing window and navigating to preferences yielded no options regarding media handling. For those who were having the same issue as me you might try the following. Open the dconf editor (I added this to my application list using a gnome plugin b

Re: fsck progress not shown on boot with systemd as pid 1

2014-07-26 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 27.07.2014 00:26, schrieb Rick Thomas: > > On Jul 25, 2014, at 12:33 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: > >> So a future update of systemd will slightly change this behaviour: >> whenever there is a service that failed or takes longer then a certain >> threshold (iirc it's something like 5 secs), syste

Re: Jessie early boot failure: "/sbin/init exists but couldn't execute it (error -8)" (initrd corrupt?)

2014-07-26 Thread Brian
On Sat 26 Jul 2014 at 20:32:32 +0200, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > I tried different kernels. Same error. Only that the error message > is less specific on 3.2.0 than with 3.1.14: The later always says > "(error -8)". 3.14.1? Please see the date on the link below. > Obviously the error 8 is for ENOE

Re: fsck progress not shown on boot with systemd as pid 1

2014-07-26 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 25, 2014, at 12:33 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: > So a future update of systemd will slightly change this behaviour: > whenever there is a service that failed or takes longer then a certain > threshold (iirc it's something like 5 secs), systemd will automatically > switch into verbose mode W

Re: Jessie early boot failure: "/sbin/init exists but couldn't execute it (error -8)" (initrd corrupt?)

2014-07-26 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 26.07.2014 20:49, schrieb Gregor Hoffleit: > Am 2014-07-26 20:42, schrieb Michael Biebl: >> Am 26.07.2014 20:32, schrieb Gregor Hoffleit: >>> Obviously the error 8 is for ENOEXEC - Exec format error. I wonder what >>> this could mean. The kernel is i386 (686-pae) and /sbin/init is as well >>> i3

Re: putty login - running gnu screen causes putty console to shrink

2014-07-26 Thread Jochen Spieker
Andrei POPESCU: > On Lu, 21 iul 14, 06:09:52, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> On 7/21/14, Jochen Spieker supposedly wrote: >>> >>> The best thing about screen isn't the multiplexing part, >>> but that you are able to start a goat, disconnect the terminal >> >> Keh? > > Is this meant to be a joke? >

Re: acpid won't stop, won't upgrade (systemd) - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736258

2014-07-26 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Bug #736258 reopened, set to severity grave, and reassigned to systemd for further processing and action. Full explanation added to the bug report and CC'd to the bug report and to the systemd maintainers. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and i

Re: Jessie early boot failure: "/sbin/init exists but couldn't execute it (error -8)" (initrd corrupt?)

2014-07-26 Thread Brian
On Sat 26 Jul 2014 at 20:32:32 +0200, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > Am 2014-07-26 17:10, schrieb Brian: > >>I would appreciate any hints! > > > >A d-i image such as the netinst one has a rescue mode which could help > >in any repairs to your machine. > > Thanks for the hint. I never realized how capab

Re: New 64bit Installation. Root partition too small--what to do?

2014-07-26 Thread David Baron
> It's actually /lib/modules that takes up the space, and of course this > has to be under / for booting. I have a server in this position, which > had an adequately-sized / and separate /usr and /var when installed. > 350MB used to be more than enough for a / which didn't contain /home, > /usr or

Re: Jessie early boot failure: "/sbin/init exists but couldn't execute it (error -8)" (initrd corrupt?)

2014-07-26 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Am 2014-07-26 20:42, schrieb Michael Biebl: Am 26.07.2014 20:32, schrieb Gregor Hoffleit: Obviously the error 8 is for ENOEXEC - Exec format error. I wonder what this could mean. The kernel is i386 (686-pae) and /sbin/init is as well i386. What kind of hardware do you have? Does your process

Re: acpid won't stop, won't upgrade (systemd) - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736258

2014-07-26 Thread Michael Biebl
Hi Am 26.07.2014 19:44, schrieb Henrique de Moraes Holschuh: > Since just about everything in a "modern desktop" will pester the acpi > netlink socket, please ask a systemd expert whether "systemctl stop" > *blocks* socket activation of that service until further notice, or not. > If it doesn't

Re: Jessie early boot failure: "/sbin/init exists but couldn't execute it (error -8)" (initrd corrupt?)

2014-07-26 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 26.07.2014 20:32, schrieb Gregor Hoffleit: > Obviously the error 8 is for ENOEXEC - Exec format error. I wonder what > this could mean. The kernel is i386 (686-pae) and /sbin/init is as well > i386. What kind of hardware do you have? Does your processor support PAE? -- Why is it that all of t

Re: Jessie early boot failure: "/sbin/init exists but couldn't execute it (error -8)" (initrd corrupt?)

2014-07-26 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Am 2014-07-26 17:10, schrieb Brian: I would appreciate any hints! A d-i image such as the netinst one has a rescue mode which could help in any repairs to your machine. Thanks for the hint. I never realized how capable rescue mode is. But now I'm even more confused. Whatever I try, I alway

Re: acpid won't stop, won't upgrade (systemd) - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736258

2014-07-26 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 26 Jul 2014, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Interrelated problem A: > $ ps aux|egrep -i acpid > root 318 0.0 0.0 0 0 ?S< 12:40 0:00 [ktpacpid] > root 19855 0.0 0.0 4372 972 ?Ss 17:45 0:00 > /usr/sbin/acpid > $ sudo systemctl stop acpid > Job for

Re: Proper place for pulse-audio configuration

2014-07-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 23 iul 14, 03:27:11, George Shuklin wrote: > Good day. > > Where is a proper place for pulseaudio configuration options, if pulseaudio > is starting under user? > > I need to load module-native-protocol-tcp. Is there any well-known special > config for user's pusleaudio? Thanks. According

Re: [Wheezy] [networking] post-up NOT executed

2014-07-26 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Fri, 25 Jul 2014, Tom Furie wrote: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 08:06:29PM +0100, Tom Furie wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 08:41:50PM +0200, Mickael MONSIEUR wrote: > > > I have a fresh installation of Debian Wheezy 7.6.0 amd64. > > > The post-up line does not execute when eth0 is mounted! > >

Re: putty login - running gnu screen causes putty console to shrink

2014-07-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 21 iul 14, 06:09:52, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 7/21/14, Jochen Spieker supposedly wrote: > > > > The best thing about screen isn't the multiplexing part, > > but that you are able to start a goat, disconnect the terminal > > Keh? Is this meant to be a joke? https://lists.debian.org/deb

Re: Theme control in Xfce4

2014-07-26 Thread Richard Owlett
Paul Condon wrote: On 20140726_0639+0200, B wrote: On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 22:26:02 -0600 Paul Condon mailto:pecond...@gmail.com>> wrote: > on with my imperfect eye-hand coordination. I want the old Crux > back. Is there a package of 'legacy' themes? What is its name? I don't know if it can be

Re: New 64bit install: hwclock?

2014-07-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 12 iul 14, 22:54:59, David Baron wrote: > Apparently no longer being saved/restored -- systemd foible? Worked before on > 32 bit system on old and make-style init. > > Trying "fake hwclock" meanwhile :-) Isn't this on wheezy? systemd is not even installed by default. Do you have any erro

Re: odd behavior of eth0 on a laptop

2014-07-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 11 iul 14, 16:50:58, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 10:18:25PM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > B a écrit : > > > On Fri, 11 Jul 2014 01:50:39 +0200 > > > > > > I'm responding myself: it is not possible to have the same > > > IP address for both wired ethernet & wifi

[SOLVED] Re: Nouveau Resume from Suspend/Hibernate Screen Corruption

2014-07-26 Thread Dan Sommers
On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 03:15:04 +, Dan Sommers wrote: > The thought of less proprietary software is nice ... https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Installation -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas..

Re: Jessie early boot failure: "/sbin/init exists but couldn't execute it (error -8)" (initrd corrupt?)

2014-07-26 Thread Brian
On Sat 26 Jul 2014 at 16:14:15 +0200, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > I also tried to add "break=init" to the command line, but it had no > effect at all. > > Also, specifying a different init ("init=/sbin/init.sysvinit") had > no effect at all. I think that should be "init=/sbin/init". You could also

Jessie early boot failure: "/sbin/init exists but couldn't execute it (error -8)" (initrd corrupt?)

2014-07-26 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
My system is running a mix of stable/testing. I managed to upgrade to systemd, which brought a whole bunch of problems, boot still booted nevertheless. But now, somehow, the system is stuck in the very early boot process: After just 1,5s the system stalls with this error: ... Failed to execu

Re: Theme control in Xfce4

2014-07-26 Thread Paul Condon
On 20140726_0639+0200, B wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 22:26:02 -0600 > Paul Condon wrote: > > > on with my imperfect eye-hand coordination. I want the old Crux > > back. Is there a package of 'legacy' themes? What is its name? > > I don't know if it can be recovered; however, you could go in

Re: fsck progress not shown on boot with systemd as pid 1

2014-07-26 Thread Curt
On 2014-07-26, Michael Biebl wrote: > > You can use the journal for that. It captures everything. > Try journalctl -alb > I tried as both a regular user and as root to no avail. I searched for it with apt-cache with equally disappointing results (I am still using squeeze). I now understand tha

Re: Theme control in Xfce4

2014-07-26 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 26 July 2014 11:53:14 Steve Litt wrote: > And it works in almost > any Linux environment, although it's a little quirky in the dwm window > manager. Not in TDE. :-( Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

Re: Theme control in Xfce4

2014-07-26 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 22:26:02 -0600 Paul Condon wrote: > Until quite recently, i.e. in the last year or so, I used the Crux > theme in Gnome and more recent Xfce4. But in a recent install from > release 7.6 (of Wheezy), Crux has changed in a way that is significant > for me. I have a style of work

Re: fsck progress not shown on boot with systemd as pid 1

2014-07-26 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 26.07.2014 12:03, schrieb Mark Carroll: > Curt writes: > >> On 2014-07-25, Brian wrote: >>> >>> With sysvinit the default at booting is for the screen messages to fly >>> past at a bewildering speed and then for the screen to be cleared by >>> agetty. Nobody particularily complains about this

unstable in virtualbox on testing + higher resolutions

2014-07-26 Thread Felix Natter
hi, I cannot configure my current unstable (guest) in a-week-old testing (host using virtualbox) to more than 1024x768. I guess I need "virtualbox-guest-x11" for that, but it doesn't install on current unstable: felix@debianunstable:~$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-x11 [sudo] password for

Re: fsck progress not shown on boot with systemd as pid 1

2014-07-26 Thread Mark Carroll
Curt writes: > On 2014-07-25, Brian wrote: >> >> With sysvinit the default at booting is for the screen messages to fly >> past at a bewildering speed and then for the screen to be cleared by >> agetty. Nobody particularily complains about this behaviour. Unless >> you have an excellent visual m

Re: fsck progress not shown on boot with systemd as pid 1

2014-07-26 Thread Steven Post
Hi Michael, On Fri, 2014-07-25 at 21:33 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Hi, > > Am 25.07.2014 20:27, schrieb Steven Post: > > > I'm running Jessie (lagging about 5 days behind with the updates) and > > use systemd-sysv. Today I noticed that there is no visual feedback from > > fsck when checking a

Re: fsck progress not shown on boot with systemd as pid 1

2014-07-26 Thread Curt
On 2014-07-25, Brian wrote: > > With sysvinit the default at booting is for the screen messages to fly > past at a bewildering speed and then for the screen to be cleared by > agetty. Nobody particularily complains about this behaviour. Unless > you have an excellent visual memory you are in the d

Re: Grub ... updating kernels

2014-07-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 22 iul 14, 08:23:57, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > > Am definitely intrigued by that and intend to keep an eye out for how > it happened. For someone else it might be seen as a "not so much" > because it does fill up that one selection screen, makes it > "busy"/very full (potentially overwhelmi

acpid won't stop, won't upgrade (systemd) - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736258

2014-07-26 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Debian sid acpid | 1:2.0.22-3 Interrelated problem A: $ ps aux|egrep -i acpid root 318 0.0 0.0 0 0 ?S< 12:40 0:00 [ktpacpid] root 19855 0.0 0.0 4372 972 ?Ss 17:45 0:00 /usr/sbin/acpid $ sudo systemctl stop acpid Job for acpid.service canceled. $

Re: Theme control in Xfce4

2014-07-26 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 7/26/14, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 7/26/14, Paul Condon wrote: >> terminal windows on the screen. When the window that has focus is too > - Algorithmic xterm layout - I posted this > once before on debian-user. Link: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/01/msg01084.html -- To UNSUBS