Re: prevent debian from sleeping

2015-06-16 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 16 June 2015 23:29:16 Brian wrote: > On Tue 16 Jun 2015 at 20:55:08 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Tuesday 16 June 2015 19:12:53 Brian wrote: > > > On Tue 16 Jun 2015 at 11:41:15 -0400, Jack Dangler wrote: > > > > Hi, all - > > > > Just noticed that my deb sessions are going to sleep. I

Re: Fwd: updating debian warnings

2015-06-16 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 17 June 2015 00:27:05 Steve Greig wrote: > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Steve Greig > Date: Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 8:43 AM > Subject: Re: updating debian warnings > To: Brian > > > Thanks for you responses. I have posted contents of etc/apt/sources.list > followed by

Re: Bash script calling python script fails

2015-06-16 Thread rudu
Le 16/06/2015 17:38, rudu a écrit : Tomas, you hit something here I guess : I ran the symlink as root from /etc/network/if-up.d/ :/etc/network/if-up.d# ./dynhost And received the same e-mail as after a reboot (see below) + my dynhost address has not been updated Well, I finally got it right. I

Fwd: updating debian warnings

2015-06-16 Thread Steve Greig
-- Forwarded message -- From: Steve Greig Date: Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 8:43 AM Subject: Re: updating debian warnings To: Brian Thanks for you responses. I have posted contents of etc/apt/sources.list followed by output from dpkg -l debian-archive-keyring below: # deb cdrom:[Debia

Re: prevent debian from sleeping

2015-06-16 Thread Brian
On Tue 16 Jun 2015 at 20:55:08 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 16 June 2015 19:12:53 Brian wrote: > > On Tue 16 Jun 2015 at 11:41:15 -0400, Jack Dangler wrote: > > > Hi, all - > > > Just noticed that my deb sessions are going to sleep. I setup > > > my .xinitrc file to prevent it using xset,

Re: I upgraded from jessie to stretch and messed up I used the dist-upgrade command....

2015-06-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Bob Proulx wrote: > Check /var/log/dpkg.log for a trace of what was installed previously > and what was removed and what was recently installed. I think it > likely your xserver driver was removed due to a conflict. Figure out > what had been running and install it again. In order to reduce the

Re: a quick fstab questions

2015-06-16 Thread Bob Proulx
notoneofmyseeds wrote: > Reco wrote: > > > Any other ideas please, this is driving me nuts!!! > > > > This is something to be expected. You're using ext4 filesystem, which > > carefully preserves files (directries, etc) permissions. > > So you can mount the filesystem as a user,

Re: I upgraded from jessie to stretch and messed up I used the dist-upgrade command....

2015-06-16 Thread Michael Fothergill
On 16 June 2015 at 21:40, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2015-06-16 21:41 +0200, Bob Proulx wrote: > > > Michael Fothergill wrote: > >> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > > > > Note that it will log errors with EE at the front. This is where the > > errors start: > > >

Re: a quick fstab questions

2015-06-16 Thread notoneofmyseeds
On 06/16/2015 07:27 PM, Reco wrote: Any other ideas please, this is driving me nuts!!! This is something to be expected. You're using ext4 filesystem, which carefully preserves files (directries, etc) permissions. So you can mount the filesystem as a user, but it's not enough

Re: I upgraded from jessie to stretch and messed up I used the dist-upgrade command....

2015-06-16 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2015-06-16 21:41 +0200, Bob Proulx wrote: > Michael Fothergill wrote: >> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > > Note that it will log errors with EE at the front. This is where the > errors start: > >> [15.104] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supporte

Re: Fwd: Re: HP printer not added

2015-06-16 Thread Maureen L Thomas
Woo Hoo, after a reboot the printer is now working. THANK YOU. thank you so very much. On 06/16/2015 04:15 PM, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/16/2015 04:27 AM, Brian wrote: On Mon 15 Jun 2015 at 20:43:15 -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/15/2015 06:00 PM, Brian wrote: We assume the pri

Re: Fwd: Re: HP printer not added

2015-06-16 Thread Maureen L Thomas
On 06/16/2015 04:27 AM, Brian wrote: On Mon 15 Jun 2015 at 20:43:15 -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 06/15/2015 06:00 PM, Brian wrote: We assume the printer is connected by USB, Please post the outputs of these three commands: lpstat -t lpinfo -m | grep "1000.*ppd.*HP" lpinfo -

Re: prevent debian from sleeping

2015-06-16 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 16 June 2015 19:12:53 Brian wrote: > On Tue 16 Jun 2015 at 11:41:15 -0400, Jack Dangler wrote: > > Hi, all - > > Just noticed that my deb sessions are going to sleep. I setup > > my .xinitrc file to prevent it using xset, but no joy. > > > > The .xinitrc contains the following - > > xset

Re: I upgraded from jessie to stretch and messed up I used the dist-upgrade command....

2015-06-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Michael Fothergill wrote: > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. Note that it will log errors with EE at the front. This is where the errors start: > [15.104] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported. > [15.104] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file

Re: Major bug with wired/wireless connections in Debian 7

2015-06-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Reco wrote: > linuxthefish wrote: > > auto lo > > iface lo inet loopback > > > > auto eth0 > > iface eth0 inet static > > address 172.16.0.4 > > gateway 172.16.0.1 > > netmask 255.255.0.0 > > > > allow-hotplug wlan0 > > iface wlan0 inet static > > wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant0.conf

Re: Problems with 32 bit Jessie and Mate DE

2015-06-16 Thread Jape Person
On 06/16/2015 02:08 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: I just did a clean install of Jessie w Mate DE 1. How do I use file manager with root privileges? man pkexec Or you could invoke the file manager via gksu. That application (gksu) is probably not installed by default with your DE. I probably do

Re: Regarding installation faqs

2015-06-16 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 16 June 2015 10:05:30 Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > Hello, > Recently, I received a laptop from.one of my friends for repair. > Actually,.it doesn't boot properly. I have a copy of DVD 1 of Jessie i386. > > The laptop has actually an AMD Athlon processor. The fact about getting > another cop

Re: Problems with 32 bit Jessie and Mate DE

2015-06-16 Thread Nick
On 16/06/15 19:08, Richard Owlett wrote: > I just did a clean install of Jessie w Mate DE Note all the examples below assume you have sudo enabled (the default if you left the root password prompts blank during installation) and that you're logged in as the initial user or another one set up with

Re: prevent debian from sleeping

2015-06-16 Thread Brian
On Tue 16 Jun 2015 at 11:41:15 -0400, Jack Dangler wrote: > Hi, all - > Just noticed that my deb sessions are going to sleep. I setup > my .xinitrc file to prevent it using xset, but no joy. > > The .xinitrc contains the following - > xset s off# don't activate screensaver > xset -dpms#

Problems with 32 bit Jessie and Mate DE

2015-06-16 Thread Richard Owlett
I just did a clean install of Jessie w Mate DE 1. How do I use file manager with root privileges? 2. How do I manually (no network physically available) reset the clock? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listma

Re: I upgraded from jessie to stretch and messed up I used the dist-upgrade command....

2015-06-16 Thread Michael Fothergill
> What errors are seen in /var/log/Xorg.0.log file? > I have copied the output here:​ [15.096] X.Org X Server 1.17.1 Release Date: 2015-02-10 [15.096] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 [15.096] Build Operating System: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian [15.096] Current Operating

Re: a quick fstab questions

2015-06-16 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 06:33:21PM +0200, notoneofmyseeds wrote: > On 06/16/2015 02:33 PM, Darac Marjal wrote: > >>>/dev/sdb2 UUID=02db0acc-97b3-40b8-b9a1-f6d5fee78e1f 300gb ext4 rw, user, > >>>noauto 00 > >Watch out. /etc/fstab is white-space delimited (which means that the > >line

Re: a quick fstab questions

2015-06-16 Thread notoneofmyseeds
On 06/16/2015 02:33 PM, Darac Marjal wrote: >/dev/sdb2 UUID=02db0acc-97b3-40b8-b9a1-f6d5fee78e1f 300gb ext4 rw, user, >noauto 00 Watch out. /etc/fstab is white-space delimited (which means that the line is read in and split into fields based on spaces, tabs, etc). The fields in /etc/fst

Re: prevent debian from sleeping

2015-06-16 Thread Siard
Jack Dangler wrote: > Just noticed that my deb sessions are going to sleep. I setup > my .xinitrc file to prevent it using xset, but no joy. > > The .xinitrc contains the following - > xset s off# don't activate screensaver > xset -dpms# disable DPMS (energy star) features > xset s noblan

Re: prevent debian from sleeping

2015-06-16 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Op 16-06-15 om 17:41 schreef Jack Dangler: > Hi, all - > Just noticed that my deb sessions are going to sleep. I setup > my .xinitrc file to prevent it using xset, but no joy. > > The .xinitrc contains the following - > xset s off# don't activate screensaver > xset -dpms# disable DPMS (e

Re: Bash script calling python script fails

2015-06-16 Thread rudu
Le 16/06/2015 15:53, to...@tuxteam.de a écrit : -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 03:01:30PM +0200, rudu wrote: Le 16/06/2015 12:47, to...@tuxteam.de a écrit : On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 11:23:51AM +0200, rudu wrote: Hello, There's something I just can't figur

prevent debian from sleeping

2015-06-16 Thread Jack Dangler
Hi, all - Just noticed that my deb sessions are going to sleep. I setup my .xinitrc file to prevent it using xset, but no joy. The .xinitrc contains the following - xset s off # don't activate screensaver xset -dpms # disable DPMS (energy star) features xset s noblank # don't blank th

LVM boot problem

2015-06-16 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Hello, I boot my virtal machines from LVM and one of them has boot problems. Sometimes it boots fine, but 3 out of 4 times I get systemd messages about start jobs running. After some timeouts I see: (1 of 2) A start job is running for Activation of LV... 9s / no limit) Because everything is on

Re: Bash script calling python script fails

2015-06-16 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 03:01:30PM +0200, rudu wrote: > Le 16/06/2015 12:47, to...@tuxteam.de a écrit : > >On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 11:23:51AM +0200, rudu wrote: > >>Hello, > >>There's something I just can't figure out : [...] > Thank you Tomas, > You

Re: Is it possible to install older linux-headers on Debian 8

2015-06-16 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 04:57:56PM +0530, Dhiraj Bhor wrote: > Hey, > Can anyone redirect me to correct link or clue? > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Dhiraj Bhor wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have one build system which is legacy and  i am just compiling the > older code on new d

Re: Bash script calling python script fails

2015-06-16 Thread rudu
Le 16/06/2015 12:47, to...@tuxteam.de a écrit : On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 11:23:51AM +0200, rudu wrote: Hello, There's something I just can't figure out : I wrote a bash script to compare my actual IP address to the one of my DynDNS service provider. That bash script calls a python script (provide

Re: a quick fstab questions

2015-06-16 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 02:09:05PM +0200, notoneofmyseeds wrote: > On 06/16/2015 01:37 PM, Charlie wrote: > >UUID=02db0acc-97b3-40b8-b9a1-f6d5fee78e1f 300gb ext4 rw,user,noauto > >00 > > > >You may want to do something else with the stuff after ext4? > > > >You have to take the >"< out of the t

Re: a quick fstab questions

2015-06-16 Thread Charlie
On Tue, 16 Jun 2015 14:09:05 +0200 notoneofmyseeds sent: > /dev/sdb2 UUID=02db0acc-97b3-40b8-b9a1-f6d5fee78e1f 300gb ext4 rw, > user, noauto 00 I really don't know enough, but I don't think you need the /dev/sdb2 in front of the UUID number. I have one like this and in /etc/fstab have w

Re: a quick fstab questions

2015-06-16 Thread notoneofmyseeds
On 06/16/2015 01:37 PM, Charlie wrote: UUID=02db0acc-97b3-40b8-b9a1-f6d5fee78e1f 300gb ext4 rw,user,noauto 0 0 You may want to do something else with the stuff after ext4? You have to take the >"< out of the the label and UUID chain. Hope that helps, Charlie Here's what it looks like no

Re: a quick fstab questions

2015-06-16 Thread Charlie
On Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:27:59 +0200 notoneofmyseeds sent: > Here's what my fstab says: > > / was on /dev/sda1 during installation > UUID=c90b11e8-7021-4a16-a692-8ffa91781753 / ext4 > errors=remount-ro 0 1 > # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation > UUID=d4bfa613-8518-4338-

Re: Is it possible to install older linux-headers on Debian 8

2015-06-16 Thread Dhiraj Bhor
Hey, Can anyone redirect me to correct link or clue? On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Dhiraj Bhor wrote: > Hi all, > > I have one build system which is legacy and i am just compiling the older > code on new debian 8 machine. > Its a scons build and when i started the build, i got following erro

a quick fstab questions

2015-06-16 Thread notoneofmyseeds
Here's what my fstab says: / was on /dev/sda1 during installation UUID=c90b11e8-7021-4a16-a692-8ffa91781753 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation UUID=d4bfa613-8518-4338-b33c-d08663f5b2f9 noneswap sw 0 0 /de

Re: Bash script calling python script fails

2015-06-16 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 11:23:51AM +0200, rudu wrote: > Hello, > There's something I just can't figure out : > I wrote a bash script to compare my actual IP address to the one of > my DynDNS service provider. > That bash script calls a python script (p

Re: Major bug with wired/wireless connections in Debian 7

2015-06-16 Thread Reco
Hi. On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:00:23PM +0100, linuxthefish wrote: > Hello, > > It looks like Debian will only connect to a wireless network when the > ethernet cable has been plugged in and unplugged. Both the wired and > wireless connections are set to automatically come up - but wireless > wil

Re: Regarding installation faqs

2015-06-16 Thread Riley Baird
> Hello, Hi! > Recently, I received a laptop from.one of my friends for repair. > Actually,.it doesn't boot properly. I have a copy of DVD 1 of Jessie i386. How did you try to boot? What (if any) was the text output during the boot process? > The laptop has actually an AMD Athlon processor. The

Bash script calling python script fails

2015-06-16 Thread rudu
Hello, There's something I just can't figure out : I wrote a bash script to compare my actual IP address to the one of my DynDNS service provider. That bash script calls a python script (provided by the DynDNS service) to update my DynDNS Address if necessary. Everything runs smoothly when I run

Regarding installation faqs

2015-06-16 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
Hello, Recently, I received a laptop from.one of my friends for repair. Actually,.it doesn't boot properly. I have a copy of DVD 1 of Jessie i386. The laptop has actually an AMD Athlon processor. The fact about getting another copy is that it requires resources and time to download. Thus, can I us

Re: Fwd: Re: HP printer not added

2015-06-16 Thread Brian
On Mon 15 Jun 2015 at 20:43:15 -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > On 06/15/2015 06:00 PM, Brian wrote: > >We assume the printer is connected by USB, Please post the outputs of > >these three commands: > > > >lpstat -t > >lpinfo -m | grep "1000.*ppd.*HP" > >lpinfo -v (with the printer plu

Re: ThinkPad R51 creeping segmentation faults

2015-06-16 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sun, 2015-06-14 at 14:49 -0700, Paul Ausbeck wrote: > I've looked at > compiling a debug version of emacs but that isn't trivial, still in > progress. It definitively sounds like a hardware problem, but I just wanted to address the above. Debian have quite a few -dbg packages. For emacs there