Re: X-posting alert: Multiple songs playing simultaneously (Amarok)

2012-12-29 Thread AG
On 28/12/12 15:31, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 02:11:14PM +, AG wrote: I may be stepping all over some or other netiquette, for which I apologise. I don't see how; your message to this list wasn't cross-posted That's OK then. I thought that

X-posting alert: Multiple songs playing simultaneously (Amarok)

2012-12-28 Thread AG
ver-reacting to this post from Myriam? Cheers AG Original Message Subject: Re: Multiple songs playing simultaneously Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:02:58 + From: AG To: Myriam Schweingruber CC: Amarok Mailing List , AG On 17/12/12 08:36, Myriam Schweingruber wrote: Hi AG,

Re: DVD and *.flv playback is jerky on VLC

2012-04-03 Thread AG
On 28/03/12 13:25, Celejar wrote: On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:43:19 +1100 Scott Ferguson wrote: On 28/03/12 21:11, AG wrote: Hi I've noticed, using Debian stable, that DVD and *.flv flv in unindexed, so can be a problem in itself. playback tends to be jerky. That is, the motion o

DVD and *.flv playback is jerky on VLC

2012-03-28 Thread AG
t the movement on screen does seem to be a little jerky. It doesn't seem to happen on other media players, or at least isn't as noticeable. As a VLC novice, how do I address this? Any pointers for me to look at, and if so, what *should* I be paying attention to? Many thanks for any stee

usbmount and user permissions

2012-01-26 Thread AG
o the chmod, chgrp and chown options as well. Any further ideas on how to change this please? Thanks AG -- 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.or

Changing helper applications triggered by KMail using Gnome DE

2011-12-10 Thread AG
red Applications nothing seems relevant either. Is there a trick to this or is really a case of configuring this via Konqueror because it doesn't seem possible via KMail directly. TIA for any help. Cheers AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a su

Re: inconsistency in results using Ctrl+F in libreoffice across 2 Debian boxes

2011-11-28 Thread AG
On 28/11/11 16:37, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:58:06 +, AG wrote: I have two machines, both running Debian stable (squeeze) and on both I jettisoned OpenOffice.org in favor of LibreOffice. On one machine (box A) in Writer or in Calc I can use the keyboard commands Ctrl+F or

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-28 Thread AG
On 28/11/11 10:52, Richard wrote: On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:03:40 + AG wrote: On 27/11/11 11:04, Cam Hutchison wrote: I have tried GNOME 3. I have tried it with fallback mode. I've now tried xfce, kde and my own hacked together xsession with gnome components. I don't like any of

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-28 Thread AG
fce4 which would be a real shame. AG -- 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/4ed34e6c.6080...@gmail.com

inconsistency in results using Ctrl+F in libreoffice across 2 Debian boxes

2011-11-28 Thread AG
pectively. On Box B however, these keyboard commands don't work - instead the file drop down menu is activated. Aside from the actual hardware inside the boxes, the installation was the same, the updates were the same, etc. so how do I begin debugging this? Thanks for any assistance. AG --

Re: How does one adjust the "maximum number of clients reached" using GTK libraries?

2011-09-09 Thread AG
On 09/09/11 12:46, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:50:01 +0100, AG wrote: Today during a period when I had a number of various application windows open in Gnome on Debian stable (LibO, Iceweasel with about 6 tabs, acroread with 3 tabs, and Korganizer) I attempted to open an image using

How does one adjust the "maximum number of clients reached" using GTK libraries?

2011-09-08 Thread AG
annot be a memory issue. But I don't know what it is. The current uptime just over 10 days. Any ideas on what this is about would be gratefully received. TIA AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: [OT]: viewable/ printable scheduler/ calendar

2011-09-07 Thread AG
On 05/09/11 10:39, AG wrote: Hi list I am looking for a calendar/ scheduler that will have the following properties: (i) allow day/ week/ month views and printing (ii) will give reminders for upcoming scheduled events (iii) is /not/ tied to a larger program (e.g. Evolution) (iv) will

Re: [OT]: viewable/ printable scheduler/ calendar

2011-09-06 Thread AG
On 06/09/11 17:00, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:16:27 +0100, AG wrote: On 05/09/11 17:04, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:39:44 +0100, AG wrote: Hi list I am looking for a calendar/ scheduler that will have the following properties: (...) Any recommendations from

Re: [OT]: viewable/ printable scheduler/ calendar

2011-09-06 Thread AG
On 06/09/11 17:04, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 09/06/2011 11:16 AM, AG wrote: On 05/09/11 17:04, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:39:44 +0100, AG wrote: Hi list I am looking for a calendar/ scheduler that will have the following properties: (i) allow day/ week/ month views and

Re: [OT]: viewable/ printable scheduler/ calendar

2011-09-06 Thread AG
On 05/09/11 17:04, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:39:44 +0100, AG wrote: Hi list I am looking for a calendar/ scheduler that will have the following properties: (i) allow day/ week/ month views and printing (ii) will give reminders for upcoming scheduled events (iii) is /not

[OT]: viewable/ printable scheduler/ calendar

2011-09-05 Thread AG
application that will meet my four criteria? Thanks in anticipation. AG -- 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/4e6498e0.5010...@gmail.com

Re: Xfce4 not enabling a desktop icon - Debian stable

2011-08-21 Thread AG
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:01:03 +0100, AG wrote: On Debian stable, the WM Xfce4 is not enabling an icon of an inserted disk - CD/ DVD - to be drawn to the desktop. If it is an audio CD, then the desired app will launch (ditto with a video DVD), but I can still find no way to browse the actual disk

Re: Xfce4 not enabling a desktop icon - Debian stable

2011-08-21 Thread AG
On Sun 21 Aug 2011 at 15:01:03 +0100, AG wrote: On Debian stable, the WM Xfce4 is not enabling an icon of an inserted disk - CD/ DVD - to be drawn to the desktop. If it is an audio CD, then the desired app will launch (ditto with a video DVD), but I can still find no way to browse the actual

Xfce4 not enabling a desktop icon - Debian stable

2011-08-21 Thread AG
sue and in any event ... does someone have a suggestion on how to fix it, because the official documentation available doesn't lend itself to resolving this issue. Cheers AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: Is there a safe way of upgrading to Xfce4.8 on stable?

2011-08-19 Thread AG
On 19/08/11 12:54, Brian wrote: On Fri 19 Aug 2011 at 09:42:29 +0100, AG wrote: On stable, I am currently running Xfce4.6. I notice that in the sid repos, Xfce4.8 is available. Is there a safe way of upgrading to 4.8 in a manner that will not break my system, or is it really only a matter of

Is there a safe way of upgrading to Xfce4.8 on stable?

2011-08-19 Thread AG
? Thanks. AG -- 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/4e4e21f5.6020...@gmail.com

Re: [Slightly OT] Releasing swap space?

2011-08-14 Thread AG
On 14/08/11 15:27, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:51:07 +0100, AG wrote: Just a quick query about releasing swap space. On occasion according to Conky (system monitoring app), the swap space (set at 3Gb) sometimes gets used to up to 15% especially if using something like Pan for

Re: [Slightly OT] Releasing swap space?

2011-08-14 Thread AG
On 14/08/11 14:35, Ivan Shmakov wrote: AG writes: > Just a quick query about releasing swap space. On occasion according to > Conky (system monitoring app), the swap space (set at 3Gb) sometimes > gets used to up to 15% especially if using something like Pan for > usen

Re: Google earth doesn't display anything on my Debian Wheezy amd64

2011-08-14 Thread AG
installed - the "anything else" is what is required to unblack googleearth (you don't need mesa-utils). Cheers Does this apply to the nouveau driver as well, or will GE work fine with this? AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org wi

[Slightly OT] Releasing swap space?

2011-08-14 Thread AG
like: swapoff -a && swapon -a [1] Thanks for your opinions. AG [1] found on the web, but not AFAIK Debian specific -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http:

Re: How do you change file associations in Thunar?

2011-08-13 Thread AG
admitted, this will not help you with the command line solution. AG -- 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/4e4654a1.50...@gmail.com

Xfce4 becomes unresponsive after a period of rest

2011-08-08 Thread AG
Can someone give me a few suggestions for things I could look at with respect to this that may result in the lack of responsiveness, or even a few tips on what to try next time Xfce4 locks up like that. Many thanks for your thoughts. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d

Re: [left blank]

2011-08-04 Thread AG
working on the system unless the system requires you to be root. In which case, try safeguards such as using the shell command su or sudo to temporarily grant root powers to the user. Otherwise, welcome to the world of GNU/Linux Debian and good luck. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-req

Re: OT - stitching together 2 pdf files

2011-07-12 Thread AG
On 12/07/11 19:22, Wayne Topa wrote: On 07/12/2011 12:34 PM, AG wrote: Hi all Sorry for the OT, but does anyone know of a way to stitch 2 separate pdf files together to make one large one? I'm pretty sure acroread won't, but I was wondering about Xpdf or possibly a command-lin

Re: OT - stitching together 2 pdf files

2011-07-12 Thread AG
On 12/07/11 17:34, AG wrote: Hi all Sorry for the OT, but does anyone know of a way to stitch 2 separate pdf files together to make one large one? I'm pretty sure acroread won't, but I was wondering about Xpdf or possibly a command-line approach? Thanks for any help.

OT - stitching together 2 pdf files

2011-07-12 Thread AG
Hi all Sorry for the OT, but does anyone know of a way to stitch 2 separate pdf files together to make one large one? I'm pretty sure acroread won't, but I was wondering about Xpdf or possibly a command-line approach? Thanks for any help. Cheers AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Running Squeeze on a 2 GB usb stick?

2011-06-28 Thread AG
On 28/06/11 10:35, Darac Marjal wrote: On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 09:17:15PM -0700, Mark wrote: Hi - I have a work laptop with Windows and since it tracks basically everything I do, I'd like to install Squeeze to a 2 GB usb stick I have laying around so I can boot to that instead of the

Re: Advice sought on obtaining latest Amarok package

2011-06-26 Thread AG
On 25/06/11 14:46, Brian wrote: On Sat 25 Jun 2011 at 13:16:44 +0100, AG wrote: Any thoughts? http://backports-master.debian.org/Packages/ Brian I've now followed this suggestion, and although doing so pulled in a load of other KDE packages, I am pleased to note that

Re: Advice sought on obtaining latest Amarok package

2011-06-26 Thread AG
make out with that. Pls elaborate. I hope I have. Many thanks. AG -- 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/4e06dc20.6060...@gmail.com

Re: Advice sought on obtaining latest Amarok package

2011-06-25 Thread AG
On 25/06/11 14:46, Brian wrote: On Sat 25 Jun 2011 at 13:16:44 +0100, AG wrote: Any thoughts? http://backports-master.debian.org/Packages/ Brian Thanks for your reply, although when I click on the link it takes me to a package search facility. I'm not sure what you

Advice sought on obtaining latest Amarok package

2011-06-25 Thread AG
g the testing version of Amarok. I was thinking of simply changing my sources.list to "testing" and installing the Amarok packages. But I am reluctant to do so without double checking if this is actually the wisest way of going about this. Any thoughts? Cheers AG -- To UNSUBS

Re: How to stipulate default applications in GNOME

2011-06-20 Thread AG
On 20/06/11 09:23, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 17 iun 11, 17:55:24, AG wrote: Hey list In GNOME, if the options selected under "preferred applications" for browsers doesn't get applied, how can I set an application to be the default? Case in point: I use Kmail& Icedo

Re: After fresh install to stable now KMail crashes

2011-06-20 Thread AG
On 20/06/11 16:45, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:12:14 +0100, AG wrote: Taking prior advice on avoiding the apparently high degree of volatility in the current testing, at least as far as my experience has been so far, The opposite applies for me. Testing has been very

Re: After fresh install to stable now KMail crashes

2011-06-20 Thread AG
On 20/06/11 16:45, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:12:14 +0100, AG wrote: Taking prior advice on avoiding the apparently high degree of volatility in the current testing, at least as far as my experience has been so far, The opposite applies for me. Testing has been very

After fresh install to stable now KMail crashes

2011-06-20 Thread AG
nt Akonadi server configuration and was found on your system. File content of '/home/ag/.config/akonadi/akonadiserverrc': [%General] Driver=QMYSQL SizeThreshold=4096 ExternalPayload=false [QMYSQL] Name=akonadi Host= Options="UNIX_SOCKET=/home/ag/.local/share/akonadi/socket-valhalla

Re: Almost everyday a new issue: this time Amarok

2011-06-19 Thread AG
On 19/06/11 20:05, Freeman wrote: On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 07:01:07PM +0100, AG wrote: On 19/06/11 17:41, lee wrote: AG writes: Hey list Today a new issue reared its ugly head. I installed, using safe-update from the Update Manager in GNOME, on a wheezy installation, Amarok . When I go

Re: Almost everyday a new issue: this time Amarok

2011-06-19 Thread AG
On 19/06/11 17:41, lee wrote: AG writes: Hey list Today a new issue reared its ugly head. I installed, using safe-update from the Update Manager in GNOME, on a wheezy installation, Amarok . When I go to run Amarok, it crashes. This is the output: [...] this ... any ideas? How about

Almost everyday a new issue: this time Amarok

2011-06-19 Thread AG
) Negative sizes (323,-1) are not possible QSocketNotifier: Invalid socket 43 and type 'Read', disabling... KCrash: Application 'amarok' crashing... KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/drkonqi from kdeinit sock_file=/home/AG/.kde/socket-valhalla/kdeinit4__0 What on ea

How to stipulate default applications in GNOME

2011-06-17 Thread AG
t the seasoned veterans would know. Any ideas? Thanks - as always. AG -- 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/4dfb86fc.8010...@gmail.com

Re: Cannot connect to localhost:631

2011-06-17 Thread AG
On 17/06/11 00:03, Wayne Topa wrote: On 06/16/2011 03:01 PM, AG wrote: On 16/06/11 19:04, Wayne Topa wrote: Listen localhost:631 Thanks Wayne Added that to the top line and it works!! Much appreciated. Glad I could help. Cheers Wayne Me too!! :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: Cannot connect to localhost:631

2011-06-17 Thread AG
On 16/06/11 23:14, Brian wrote: On Thu 16 Jun 2011 at 20:03:14 +0100, AG wrote: Don't know why this wasn't done automagically, but there's more that I don't know than that which I do ... so this adds to the list. The First Law of System Configuration says: Nobody ever rem

Re: Cannot connect to localhost:631

2011-06-16 Thread AG
On 16/06/11 19:51, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:27:03 +0100, AG wrote: On 16/06/11 18:30, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:37:58 +0100, Brian wrote: On Thu 16 Jun 2011 at 17:08:04 +0100, AG wrote: As requested after restarting /etc/init.d/cups : $ sudo netstat -ant | grep

Re: Cannot connect to localhost:631

2011-06-16 Thread AG
On 16/06/11 19:04, Wayne Topa wrote: Listen localhost:631 Thanks Wayne Added that to the top line and it works!! Much appreciated. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.or

Re: Cannot connect to localhost:631

2011-06-16 Thread AG
On 16/06/11 18:30, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:37:58 +0100, Brian wrote: On Thu 16 Jun 2011 at 17:08:04 +0100, AG wrote: As requested after restarting /etc/init.d/cups : $ sudo netstat -ant | grep LISTEN tcp0 0 127.0.0.1:8118 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp0

Re: Cannot connect to localhost:631

2011-06-16 Thread AG
On 16/06/11 15:36, lee wrote: AG writes: On Wheezy, I have lost the capability of connecting to the CUPS server via the web-page using localhost:631. The error message is "cannot connect: connection to the server refused". Did you check the configuration of cups to see which port

Re: Cannot connect to localhost:631

2011-06-16 Thread AG
On 16/06/11 16:12, Wayne Topa wrote: On 06/16/2011 09:23 AM, AG wrote: On 15/06/11 14:35, Wayne Topa wrote: On 06/15/2011 07:38 AM, AG wrote: On Wheezy, I have lost the capability of connecting to the CUPS server via the web-page using localhost:631. The error message is "cannot co

Re: Cannot connect to localhost:631

2011-06-16 Thread AG
On 16/06/11 15:59, Brian wrote: On Thu 16 Jun 2011 at 14:25:01 +0100, AG wrote: On 15/06/11 13:03, Camaleón wrote: Check if the port is listening: netstat -ant | grep 631 No feedback from the command line. You can print, so CUPS has be listening for a connection. Please do /etc/init.d

Re: Cannot connect to localhost:631

2011-06-16 Thread AG
On 15/06/11 13:56, Brian wrote: On Wed 15 Jun 2011 at 12:38:54 +0100, AG wrote: I have restarted the CUPS server and can print okay ... just cannot connect to the server. CUPS needs a cupsd.conf to run. The file is installed when CUPS is installed (it is not a binary file). I cannot see how

Re: Cannot connect to localhost:631

2011-06-16 Thread AG
On 15/06/11 13:03, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:38:54 +0100, AG wrote: On Wheezy, I have lost the capability of connecting to the CUPS server via the web-page using localhost:631. The error message is "cannot connect: connection to the server refused". (...) "http:

Re: Cannot connect to localhost:631

2011-06-16 Thread AG
On 15/06/11 14:35, Wayne Topa wrote: On 06/15/2011 07:38 AM, AG wrote: On Wheezy, I have lost the capability of connecting to the CUPS server via the web-page using localhost:631. The error message is "cannot connect: connection to the server refused". I have double-checked /etc/host

Cannot connect to localhost:631

2011-06-15 Thread AG
that I can try? Cheers AG -- 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/4df899ce.7000...@gmail.com

Re: [Ask] My screen suddenly got froze

2011-06-15 Thread AG
ed into your KDM and are using the machine, or *before* - i.e. preventing you from logging on in the first place. If the latter, then please see my posts from earlier this week. If the former, then I think the suggestions already made are more likely to be helpful. Cheers AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: No input devices in wheezy

2011-06-13 Thread AG
On 14/06/11 01:02, Wolodja Wentland wrote: On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 19:34 +0100, AG wrote: My keyboard works fine at the GRUB screen, enabling me to select the kernel to boot. However, at gdm3 (and kdm as well now as the default), neither mouse nor keyboard works. Hi Wolodja Quite likely

Re: [SOLUTION?] Re: No input devices in wheezy

2011-06-13 Thread AG
On 13/06/11 11:41, Brian wrote: On Mon 13 Jun 2011 at 11:10:51 +0100, AG wrote: The problem is now resolved. However, the Update Manager wants to upgrade these two files to 170-1. Is there anyway to stop this from happening, or do I manually deselect these when it is time to update? echo

[SOLUTION?] Re: No input devices in wheezy

2011-06-13 Thread AG
On 12/06/11 19:34, AG wrote: My keyboard works fine at the GRUB screen, enabling me to select the kernel to boot. However, at gdm3 (and kdm as well now as the default), neither mouse nor keyboard works. Doing a hard reboot, I can boot into recovery mode and from there startx and as root

Re: No input devices in wheezy +additional info #2

2011-06-13 Thread AG
On 12/06/11 20:37, AG wrote: On 12/06/11 19:34, AG wrote: My keyboard works fine at the GRUB screen, enabling me to select the kernel to boot. However, at gdm3 (and kdm as well now as the default), neither mouse nor keyboard works. Doing a hard reboot, I can boot into recovery mode and from

Re: No input devices in wheezy +additional info

2011-06-12 Thread AG
On 12/06/11 19:34, AG wrote: My keyboard works fine at the GRUB screen, enabling me to select the kernel to boot. However, at gdm3 (and kdm as well now as the default), neither mouse nor keyboard works. Doing a hard reboot, I can boot into recovery mode and from there startx and as root

No input devices in wheezy

2011-06-12 Thread AG
to be dependent on it? For reference, this is an installation from squeeze that was updated to wheezy, but I have now read that this is an issue for those who have done fresh wheezy installs as well. Thanks for any help. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org w

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread AG
On 09/06/11 20:10, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 19:26 +0100, AG wrote: On 09/06/11 19:19, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:38 +0100, AG wrote: Hi all Having just rebooted after an uptime of 7 days, I have logged into my Gnome DE to find that all of

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread AG
On 09/06/11 20:03, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/09/2011 01:26 PM, AG wrote: [snip] This is a complete nonsense - why are config files being over-written by a safe-update ? Sorry - don't mean to rant, but this is a complete waste of time when I have work to do! It doesn't. But you

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread AG
On 09/06/11 19:19, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:38 +0100, AG wrote: Hi all Having just rebooted after an uptime of 7 days, I have logged into my Gnome DE to find that all of my settings for the desktop have been borked and the desktop is close to unfunctional. These are some

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread AG
On 09/06/11 19:00, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/09/2011 12:38 PM, AG wrote: Hi all Having just rebooted after an uptime of 7 days, I have logged into my Gnome DE to find that all of my settings for the desktop have been borked and the desktop is close to unfunctional. These are some of the issues

Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread AG
update-manager. Can anyone please help - I really do need a usable desktop environment to work in. Thanks. AG -- 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/4df10511.2010...@gmail.com

Re: iceweasel & swiftfox not rendering pages

2011-06-04 Thread AG
On 03/06/11 12:40, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:32:01 +0100, AG wrote: Has anyone else experienced problems with Iceweasel/ Swiftfox not rendering web pages properly? Any page I go to will be rendered with blue hypertext text only, no images, no lay out, etc., whilst other browsers

iceweasel & swiftfox not rendering pages

2011-06-03 Thread AG
Hi all Has anyone else experienced problems with Iceweasel/ Swiftfox not rendering web pages properly? Any page I go to will be rendered with blue hypertext text only, no images, no lay out, etc., whilst other browsers (Iceape, Opera, Chromium) do the job just fine. Cheers AG -- To

Re: Automounting USB drives

2011-05-23 Thread AG
udev/rules.d/ sudo cp usbhdfix /usr/bin 5. Initialise sudo /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g /sbin/mount.ntfs mount This gives you an automounted usb drive with an icon on your desktop and that is always available to you. I HTH AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subj

Re: Is the Menu key used for anything in Debian?

2011-05-09 Thread AG
bring up a terminal window (konsole) which is really handy. The ease of doing so may vary depending on the DE/WM you are using though. HTH AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.

Re: cannot resolve hostname [SOLVED]

2011-05-09 Thread AG
On 07/05/11 14:14, AG wrote: Dear List I am pleased - & very relieved!! - to report that for the first time in several days now I have been able to reboot the machine and it retains connectivity!! This is great news, and although I still don't know what the cause of the problem

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty

2011-05-08 Thread AG
On 08/05/11 18:01, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Du, 08 mai 11, 16:48:43, AG wrote: dpkg -l | grep resolvconf rc resolvconf 1.48 name server information handler Thanks all - learn something everyday: didn't know that is what rc referred to. dpkg would tell you

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty

2011-05-08 Thread AG
is no trace of the resolvconf package Now deleted/ purged And reboot. If the file is still being deleted I would open a bug report because that's not a normal behaviour (nor for squeeze, wheezy or sid, I'd say). Hmm ... that's *not* reassuring :-) Cheers AG -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty

2011-05-08 Thread AG
On 08/05/11 14:56, Brian wrote: On Sun 08 May 2011 at 13:29:19 +, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 08 May 2011 13:30:59 +0100, AG wrote: dpkg -l | grep resolvconf rc resolvconf 1.48 name server information handler Ein?>>>:-) So you finally do have it insta

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty (was: Network problem {start of part 2})

2011-05-08 Thread AG
On 08/05/11 14:29, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 08 May 2011 13:30:59 +0100, AG wrote: On 08/05/11 11:55, Brian wrote: On Sun 08 May 2011 at 10:34:00 +0100, AG wrote: But, after rebooting this file was again blank, stopping me from accessing the Net. How can I ensure that this file remains

Re: Network problem {start of part 2}

2011-05-08 Thread AG
On 08/05/11 12:19, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 08 May 2011 11:52:56 +0100, AG wrote: On 08/05/11 11:41, Camaleón wrote: Hum... may I suggest you to disable the NetworkManager service at all? Not unistalling it but getting rid of it (avoid the service to be started on boot). If you are not using a

Re: /etc/resolv.conf file is empty (was: Network problem {start of part 2})

2011-05-08 Thread AG
On 08/05/11 11:55, Brian wrote: On Sun 08 May 2011 at 10:34:00 +0100, AG wrote: But, after rebooting this file was again blank, stopping me from accessing the Net. How can I ensure that this file remains populated between reboots? Or does this file get generated by some other function, and in

Re: Network problem {start of part 2}

2011-05-08 Thread AG
On 08/05/11 11:41, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 08 May 2011 11:08:38 +0100, AG wrote: On 08/05/11 10:40, Camaleón wrote: (...) Back to your setup, now you are using an external set of DNS resolvers (87.194.255.154/87.194.255.155) and before you had setup your local router as a DNS resolver

Re: Network problem {start of part 2}

2011-05-08 Thread AG
symlink back to the original (i.e. the file that it is linked from)? AG Maybe this helps. Good luck! Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.

Re: Network problem {start of part 2}

2011-05-08 Thread AG
(daily/weekly)? Any problem you encountered in your first attempt [1] will be present when you upgrade so the sooner you solve the problem, the better. You have to start confronting the issues, not getting around them :-) Fair point. It's just really difficult working with a sys

/etc/resolv.conf file is empty (was: Network problem {start of part 2})

2011-05-08 Thread AG
reboots? Or does this file get generated by some other function, and in which case, what? Thanks for the assistance. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Arc

Re: Network problem {start of part 2}

2011-05-08 Thread AG
On 07/05/11 19:10, AG wrote: I'm going for the "nuclear" option and am downloading the netinstall.iso and will install from scratch and see if I run into the same problems again in the future. So far, the only successes have been when I enable the dhcp option in the /etc/net

Re: Network problem {end of part 1}

2011-05-07 Thread AG
On 07/05/11 18:43, Brian wrote: On Sat 07 May 2011 at 17:48:31 +0100, AG wrote: [Snip] May 7 17:30:28 valhalla NetworkManager[1542]:SCPluginIfupdown: guessed connection type (eth0) = 802-3-ethernet May 7 17:30:28 valhalla NetworkManager[1542]:SCPlugin-Ifupdown

Re: Network problem

2011-05-07 Thread AG
On 07/05/11 17:26, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 07 May 2011 16:49:07 +0100, AG wrote: On 07/05/11 16:39, Camaleón wrote: (...) Let's see... on a running system, once you edit the "/etc/network/ interfaces" file you also have to: 1/ Restart the network service: /etc/init.d/netwo

Re: Now cannot ping print server from second machine

2011-05-07 Thread AG
On 07/05/11 17:19, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 07. 05. 2011 17:37:09 je AG napisal(a): Hi Klistvud Yes, that is the gateway/ router IP address - I just checked with the provider. Unfortunately, it's not as simple as that. Providers have been wrong in the past. The ultimate check would be

Re: Does "apt-get dist-upgrade" upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-07 Thread AG
On 07/05/11 17:18, Camaleón wrote: Hello, I'm running wheezy and it's since weeks that I started wondering when a new kernel will come to testing :-) I use to upgrade the machine with this command: apt-get update&& apt-get -V dist-upgrade Should I have been using another one that autom

Re: Network problem

2011-05-07 Thread AG
On 07/05/11 16:39, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 07 May 2011 16:06:30 +0100, AG wrote: On 07/05/11 15:49, Camaleón wrote: (...) Copy/paste what does your "/etc/network/interfaces" look like # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network inter

Re: cannot resolve hostname

2011-05-07 Thread AG
On 07/05/11 16:31, Tom H wrote: On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 9:14 AM, AG wrote: In what seems to be a string of related issues having to do with networking, I now find that not only has my IP address been changed from 192.168.1.40 to 192.168.1.64 but also that my machine's name (valhalla) cann

Re: Now cannot ping print server from second machine

2011-05-07 Thread AG
On 07/05/11 16:32, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 07. 05. 2011 15:42:16 je AG napisal(a): On 07/05/11 14:18, Brian wrote: On Sat 07 May 2011 at 13:34:48 +0100, AG wrote: Is this IP change due to having changed the stanza in /etc/network/interfaces from what was iface eth0 inet *static* to iface eth0

Re: Network problem

2011-05-07 Thread AG
On 07/05/11 15:49, Camaleón wrote: (...) Okay, let's forget momentary the "hosts" file and go on with the network issue which I think is more important here. So, I have just done the following: (1) I altered the /etc/hosts IP address to *.64 (2) ensured that the /etc/network/interface file r

Re: cannot resolve hostname

2011-05-07 Thread AG
On 07/05/11 14:50, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 07 May 2011 14:14:39 +0100, AG wrote: In what seems to be a string of related issues having to do with networking, I now find that not only has my IP address been changed from 192.168.1.40 to 192.168.1.64 but also that my machine's name (val

Re: Now cannot ping print server from second machine

2011-05-07 Thread AG
On 07/05/11 14:18, Brian wrote: On Sat 07 May 2011 at 13:34:48 +0100, AG wrote: Is this IP change due to having changed the stanza in /etc/network/interfaces from what was iface eth0 inet *static* to iface eth0 inet *dhcp* ? Please see your other thread on connectivity. Have x as 40 and use

Re: Now cannot ping print server from second machine

2011-05-07 Thread AG
On 07/05/11 14:24, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 07. 05. 2011 14:34:48 je AG napisal(a): On 07/05/11 13:26, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 07. 05. 2011 13:36:07 je AG napisal(a): Hello (again) I don't know if this is related to the connectivity issues reported earlier, but now when trying to print f

cannot resolve hostname

2011-05-07 Thread AG
esterday I rebooted and I find this dog's breakfast of an arrangement. Thanks in anticipation, list. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists

Re: Now cannot ping print server from second machine

2011-05-07 Thread AG
On 07/05/11 13:26, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 07. 05. 2011 13:36:07 je AG napisal(a): Hello (again) I don't know if this is related to the connectivity issues reported earlier, but now when trying to print from a second machine, I am unable to. The set up is my machine runs the CUPS print s

Now cannot ping print server from second machine

2011-05-07 Thread AG
ss the Net, and can ping the client machine. Any thoughts on what I should check out for? TIA AG -- 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/4dc52ea7.3020...@gmail.com

Re: Problems setting up USB printer with CUPS [SOLVED]

2011-05-07 Thread AG
On 07/05/11 11:35, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 07 May 2011 03:30:17 +0100, AG wrote: In addition to connectivity problems, I've been having problems setting up my USB Epson printer with CUPS. For one thing, the CUPS admin interface has changed since I last did this, and CUPS doesn't

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