hard-to-reproduce bugs (was: plugged in thumb drive, which disconnected another USB drive)

2015-03-15 Thread Mike Kupfer
Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 09:04:51AM -0700, Mike Kupfer wrote: > > - Do I need to have a reproducible test case before opening a bug? > > If it is not reproducible, then how does one go about fixing it? I deal with hard-to-reproduce bugs in my day job fairly frequently. So

Re: My Friends Make Fun of My UI

2015-03-15 Thread David Wright
Quoting Curt (cu...@free.fr): > On 2015-03-13, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Friday 13 March 2015 03:33:41 David Wright wrote: > >> But I'm still waiting for someone to convince me to use a DE instead > >> of my old WM. > > > > Why? > > I believe he means he has yet to be convinced of any DE's superio

Re: Installing Jessie on a computer that current has Windows 7 on it - Progress! & Questions?

2015-03-15 Thread David Wright
Quoting Paul E Condon (pecon...@mesanetworks.net): > On 20150312_2255-0500, David Wright wrote: > > Press Left-Alt and the menu bar will appear. You can also press, say, > > It seems we are using different versions of iceweasel, or different > versions of Jessie. Configuring keys can be quite obs

Re: fbdev driver on Wheezy

2015-03-15 Thread David Wright
Quoting Andrew Wood (and...@perpetualmotion.co.uk): > Section "Device" > ### Available Driver options are:- > ### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False", > ### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz", > ### : "%" > ### [arg]: arg optional > #Option "Sh

Re: fbdev driver on Wheezy

2015-03-15 Thread Andrew Wood
On 15/03/15 20:07, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2015-03-15 18:44 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote: Im trying to get Wheezy with lightdm and Xfce to work on an old kiosk machine with a Silicon Motion SM712 chip. Currently X just turns the screen off as soon as it starts and from the Googling Ive done it seems

Re: plugged in thumb drive, which disconnected another USB drive

2015-03-15 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 09:04:51AM -0700, Mike Kupfer wrote: > The other night I plugged a thumb drive into a Belkin 4-port USB hub. > This had the side effect of disconnecting an Iomega USB drive that was > plugged into the same hub. > > I have since been unable to reproduce the problem, but I'm

Re: fbdev driver on Wheezy

2015-03-15 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2015-03-15 18:44 +0100, Andrew Wood wrote: > Im trying to get Wheezy with lightdm and Xfce to work on an old kiosk > machine with a Silicon Motion SM712 chip. Currently X just turns the > screen off as soon as it starts and from the Googling Ive done it > seems this is a common problem with bot

Re: Cool things to do with server

2015-03-15 Thread Joris Bolsens
> > Confirming "mail server" will keep you busy - especially the initial > configuration (there will be a lot of "WTF, now what'd I do!?" moments, > if you're like me). > > But yeah, postfix + dovecot (or other sasl agent) is pretty 'secure' in > terms of not getting blindly turned into a ma

Re: Cool things to do with server

2015-03-15 Thread Joris Bolsens
> You could give Proxmox a whirl!! Then install Turnkey Linux containers > to it. I'm a perfect idiot and had containers like Wordpress and > Owncloud running in no time. Since proxmox is headless, you need a > machine on the same localnet to ssh in to admin Proxmox. Then you admin > it through yo

fbdev driver on Wheezy

2015-03-15 Thread Andrew Wood
Im trying to get Wheezy with lightdm and Xfce to work on an old kiosk machine with a Silicon Motion SM712 chip. Currently X just turns the screen off as soon as it starts and from the Googling Ive done it seems this is a common problem with both the silicon motion driver and the generic vesa dr

Re: Installing Jessie on a computer that current has Windows 7 on it - Progress! & Questions?

2015-03-15 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20150312_2255-0500, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Paul E Condon (pecon...@mesanetworks.net): > > > I realized that I had not tried dd from VC2 just before entering the ... snip ... > > > 2) A problem that I really want to fix: The window in which Iceweasel > >is displayed does not have t

Re: configuring exim4 smtp to use SSL

2015-03-15 Thread James
On 03/15/2015 08:04 AM, Gary Dale wrote: On 15/03/15 05:32 AM, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: Gary Dale wrote on 03/15/2015 04:26: I can telnet to both 26 and 465. I get three 220 lines when I connect to port 26, including the ESMTP line, but not when I use port 465. When I connect to port 465,

Re: configuring exim4 smtp to use SSL

2015-03-15 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Forgot to mention that I'm using jessie with exim4 version 4.84-8. -- Regards, jvp. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/me46qp$6ek$1...@ger.gmane.org

Re: Cool things to do with server

2015-03-15 Thread Dan Purgert
On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 19:43:46 -0700, Joris Bolsens wrote: >> I have a guide on my website[1] for setting up Postfix that is secure. >> If you google, you'll find many more for different configurations[2]. >> Use them as guides and review the documentation on the proper >> Postfix/Exim/etc websites

Re: wheezy to testing

2015-03-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 07:50:11PM +0800, 慕冬亮 wrote: > > > On 03/15/2015 07:37 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >On Sunday 15 March 2015 04:41:00 慕冬亮 wrote: > >>So If I use "stable" instead of "Jessie" or "Wheezy" , I will have a > >>rolling release like "archlinux" or "gentoo"! > >>Is it ??? > >Not "stab

Re: wheezy to testing

2015-03-15 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 12:37:02 + Lisi Reisz wrote: Hello Lisi, >Do you use aptitude? Or can this also be done with apt(-get)? By and large, I use Synaptic. Occasionally, I use apt-get, but it's rare. >And yes, I know that this can be the case - but would you advise a >newbie, who hadn't ye

Re: mouse moves, but doesn't left-click

2015-03-15 Thread Ron
On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 12:47:40 + (UTC) Marcelo wrote: > My > left click mouse *only* work after a lot of clicks, my be a 2 or 6 repeated > clicks on the same target. Is like the left click is sleeping and is needed > to do a scare to wake him. I can use Touchpad like a charm. Have you tested

Re: mouse moves, but doesn't left-click

2015-03-15 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 15 March 2015 12:47:40 Marcelo wrote: > I upgrade my hardware from a Dell Latitude D630 to a Dell Inspiron > I15-5547-A20. This new hd is a: > Intel® Core™ i7 4º Generation 4510U > LED IPS Backlit com Touch Display > 15,6 " > 8 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600MHz (4GBx2) > DDR3L 1600MHz > 1 TB

mouse moves, but doesn't left-click

2015-03-15 Thread Marcelo
I upgrade my hardware from a Dell Latitude D630 to a Dell Inspiron I15-5547-A20. This new hd is a: Intel® Core™ i7 4º Generation 4510U LED IPS Backlit com Touch Display 15,6 " 8 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600MHz (4GBx2) DDR3L 1600MHz 1 TB 5400 rpm SATA Hybrid + 8 mSata AMD Radeon™ HD R7 M265 2GB DDR3 T

Re: wheezy to testing

2015-03-15 Thread 慕冬亮
On 03/15/2015 08:24 PM, Dalios wrote: On 03/15/2015 01:50 PM, 慕冬亮 wrote: On 03/15/2015 07:37 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Sunday 15 March 2015 04:41:00 慕冬亮 wrote: So If I use "stable" instead of "Jessie" or "Wheezy" , I will have a rolling release like "archlinux" or "gentoo"! Is it ??? Not "s

Re: wheezy to testing

2015-03-15 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 15 March 2015 12:00:27 Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:37:25 + > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Hello Lisi, > > >Not "stable", no. If you use "testing" instead of a code name you will > >effectively have a rolling release, but it will be a very rocky ride > >for about a month aft

Re: wheezy to testing

2015-03-15 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 15 March 2015 12:00:09 慕冬亮 wrote: > On 03/15/2015 07:41 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > In spite of what I have just said, I entirely agree with this advice and > > have always used code names myself, so that I can control when version > > changes happen. > > > > But then I don't like rolling r

Re: wheezy to testing

2015-03-15 Thread 慕冬亮
On 03/15/2015 08:10 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Sunday 15 March 2015 11:50:11 慕冬亮 wrote: On 03/15/2015 07:37 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Sunday 15 March 2015 04:41:00 慕冬亮 wrote: So If I use "stable" instead of "Jessie" or "Wheezy" , I will have a rolling release like "archlinux" or "gentoo"! Is it

Re: wheezy to testing

2015-03-15 Thread Dalios
On 03/15/2015 01:50 PM, 慕冬亮 wrote: > > > On 03/15/2015 07:37 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> On Sunday 15 March 2015 04:41:00 慕冬亮 wrote: >>> So If I use "stable" instead of "Jessie" or "Wheezy" , I will have a >>> rolling release like "archlinux" or "gentoo"! >>> Is it ??? >> Not "stable", no. If you u

Re: wheezy to testing

2015-03-15 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:37:25 + Lisi Reisz wrote: Hello Lisi, >Not "stable", no. If you use "testing" instead of a code name you will >effectively have a rolling release, but it will be a very rocky ride >for about a month after Jessie becomes Stable. I've been using 'testing' rather than

Re: wheezy to testing

2015-03-15 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 15 March 2015 11:50:11 慕冬亮 wrote: > On 03/15/2015 07:37 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Sunday 15 March 2015 04:41:00 慕冬亮 wrote: > >> So If I use "stable" instead of "Jessie" or "Wheezy" , I will have a > >> rolling release like "archlinux" or "gentoo"! > >> Is it ??? > > > > Not "stable", n

Re: configuring exim4 smtp to use SSL

2015-03-15 Thread Gary Dale
On 15/03/15 05:32 AM, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: Gary Dale wrote on 03/15/2015 04:26: I can telnet to both 26 and 465. I get three 220 lines when I connect to port 26, including the ESMTP line, but not when I use port 465. When I connect to port 465, I get kicked out if I enter the EHLO or a USER

Re: wheezy to testing

2015-03-15 Thread 慕冬亮
On 03/15/2015 07:41 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: In spite of what I have just said, I entirely agree with this advice and have always used code names myself, so that I can control when version changes happen. But then I don't like rolling releases. The one rolling release that I have ever used - PC

Re: wheezy to testing

2015-03-15 Thread 慕冬亮
On 03/15/2015 07:37 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Sunday 15 March 2015 04:41:00 慕冬亮 wrote: So If I use "stable" instead of "Jessie" or "Wheezy" , I will have a rolling release like "archlinux" or "gentoo"! Is it ??? Not "stable", no. If you use "testing" instead of a code name you will Why ?? I

Re: wheezy to testing

2015-03-15 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 15 March 2015 06:53:00 慕冬亮 wrote: > On 03/15/2015 02:22 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sun, 15 Mar 2015, 慕冬亮 wrote: > >> On 03/15/2015 02:09 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >>> On Sat, 14 Mar 2015, James wrote: > On 03/14/2015 12:47 PM, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 14

Re: wheezy to testing

2015-03-15 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 15 March 2015 04:41:00 慕冬亮 wrote: > So If I use "stable" instead of "Jessie" or "Wheezy" , I will have a > rolling release like "archlinux" or "gentoo"! > Is it ??? Not "stable", no. If you use "testing" instead of a code name you will effectively have a rolling release, but it will be

Re: [SOLVED] Could do with some help - Wheezy, Kernel updated, now cannot boot

2015-03-15 Thread Ron Leach
On 14/03/2015 22:45, Bob Proulx wrote: Normally the idea in rescue mode is that you are presented with a shell with the root in your main system. At that point you can mount the rest of your system. It would normally be like this: # mount -a However seeing those large numbers 121 and 121

Re: configuring exim4 smtp to use SSL

2015-03-15 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Gary Dale wrote on 03/15/2015 04:26: > I can telnet to both 26 and 465. I get three 220 lines when I connect to port > 26, including the ESMTP line, but not when I use port 465. When I connect to > port 465, I get kicked out if I enter the EHLO or a USER command, etc.. > Also on the smtps server

Re: Cool things to do with server

2015-03-15 Thread D.E. Bil
On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 03:38:44PM -0700, Joris Bolsens wrote: > Hey all, > > I've got a smallish Debian server that I'm currently not really using > for anything. > At the moment I have it as my own imagehost, general fileserver, vpn, > and a pastebin like thing. > > What are some cool/fun/weird