Re: Exim4 behaviour when long term failure of outgoing address

2012-10-09 Thread Alan Chandler
On 07/10/12 22:31, Chris Davies wrote: Alan Chandler wrote: I am using Debian Squeeze on a virtual machine that I lease. It has exim4 (light) version as its mail server. - its name is avalon.hartley-consultants.com However, it looks to me like its trying to send a failure e-mail to me

Exim4 behaviour when long term failure of outgoing address

2012-10-05 Thread Alan Chandler
t connection, relaying only 127.0.0.1 and my home ip addresses, Anyone any idea what is happening - and how I can change the configuration of exim to tell me when mail, like the above, is being refused. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debi

Re: CD image doesn't exist for download?

2012-07-12 Thread Alan Chandler
end the CD1.iso. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- 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/4ffea8fc.9040...@chandlerfamily.org.uk

Re: getting gnome 3

2012-07-07 Thread Alan Chandler
On 08/07/12 04:13, cletusjenkins wrote: > I know I go against most people when I say that now I've gotten used to > Gnome3 I really like it and would not want to go back. It may be that I > run a two screen set-up, but for me the really nice features are > &g

Re: getting gnome 3

2012-07-07 Thread Alan Chandler
my work shifts focus for a few weeks its pretty easy to switch which programs are . I must admit, I used to be really frustrated with the fact that there was only a suspend and not a power off - but now the shell extensions are available to add that facility back I don't have any issues at

Re: how does update-grub choose the root filesystem

2012-07-06 Thread Alan Chandler
On 06/07/12 18:56, Gary Dale wrote: On 06/07/12 01:43 PM, Tom H wrote: On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 2:24 AM, Alan Chandler wrote: On 05/07/12 23:10, Tom H wrote: On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Alan Chandler wrote: I am trying to figure out how to move my current rootfs to raid1 (its just a

Re: how does update-grub choose the root filesystem

2012-07-06 Thread Alan Chandler
On 06/07/12 08:15, Alan Chandler wrote: On 06/07/12 07:24, Alan Chandler wrote: On 05/07/12 23:10, Tom H wrote: On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Alan Chandler wrote: I am trying to figure out how to move my current rootfs to raid1 (its just a partition at the moment). The plan is to make a

Re: how does update-grub choose the root filesystem

2012-07-06 Thread Alan Chandler
On 06/07/12 07:24, Alan Chandler wrote: On 05/07/12 23:10, Tom H wrote: On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Alan Chandler wrote: I am trying to figure out how to move my current rootfs to raid1 (its just a partition at the moment). The plan is to make a a raid device, copy the current root fs

Re: how does update-grub choose the root filesystem

2012-07-05 Thread Alan Chandler
On 05/07/12 23:10, Tom H wrote: On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Alan Chandler wrote: I am trying to figure out how to move my current rootfs to raid1 (its just a partition at the moment). The plan is to make a a raid device, copy the current root fs in to it - but I then need to tell grub to

how does update-grub choose the root filesystem

2012-07-04 Thread Alan Chandler
I am trying to figure out how to move my current rootfs to raid1 (its just a partition at the moment). The plan is to make a a raid device, copy the current root fs in to it - but I then need to tell grub to set up this up as the root for the boot. How do I do this? -- Alan Chandler http

Kdevelop-php and debugging

2012-06-23 Thread Alan Chandler
kdevelop-xdebug-php-debugger.html Lots of other posts refer to this. But for a starters - its suggesting I need various kdevelop plugings, but the links he gives don't work, and if you try and look in the same place for later releases of kdevelop, the specific plugins are not there. -

Re: Using the find command

2012-06-19 Thread Alan Chandler
On 19/06/12 19:42, Shane Johnson wrote: Alan, from what I can see, it's just supposed to delete files and not touch directories, any files name utmp or innd.pid. the ! prefixing the tests negates the test to pull the opposite. By using xtype it's just handling links differently. Th

Using the find command

2012-06-19 Thread Alan Chandler
or directory I guess this is what is ultimately wrong - since it deletes the /run/udev directory which udev is using. However I can't find any real documentation on find which explains why it outputs that error message. Can any gurus out there explain -- Alan Chandler

Re: Rotation of Xorg log files

2012-06-17 Thread Alan Chandler
On 17/06/12 12:53, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 06:23:44 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: Can anyone tell me what is supposed to be rotating (and cleaning Xorg log files). I've just noticed /var/log contains about 540 versions of the log I experienced something similar in my Wheezy s

Re: Rotation of Xorg log files

2012-06-17 Thread Alan Chandler
On 17/06/12 06:36, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sun, 2012-06-17 at 06:23 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: Can anyone tell me what is supposed to be rotating (and cleaning Xorg log files). I've just noticed /var/log contains about 540 versions of the log Wow, fortunately my X logs for Debian are li

Rotation of Xorg log files

2012-06-16 Thread Alan Chandler
Can anyone tell me what is supposed to be rotating (and cleaning Xorg log files). I've just noticed /var/log contains about 540 versions of the log -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subje

Re: Sound disappeared after unstable upgrade

2012-06-16 Thread Alan Chandler
On 15/06/12 07:28, Alan Chandler wrote: On 14/06/12 22:27, Alan Chandler wrote: I upgraded my sid system with the latest set of packages. I have now lost by sound, but I am not sure why. When I run alsamixer as root I see a device that appears to be the sound chip on my motherboard, and

Re: Sound disappeared after unstable upgrade

2012-06-14 Thread Alan Chandler
On 14/06/12 22:27, Alan Chandler wrote: I upgraded my sid system with the latest set of packages. I have now lost by sound, but I am not sure why. When I run alsamixer as root I see a device that appears to be the sound chip on my motherboard, and using aplay to send a .wav file works. If

Sound disappeared after unstable upgrade

2012-06-14 Thread Alan Chandler
know whether that just implies its going via pulse-audio, or that pulse audio has not found a real device and is using a dummy one. NOTE: the same upgrade seemed to screw up udevd - I get an error message about failing to queue file, and I have to unplug and replug my usb mouse and keyboard

Re: KVM virtual machines and storage.

2012-06-13 Thread Alan Chandler
On 13/06/12 21:19, Christofer C. Bell wrote: On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Alan Chandler wrote: ... One problem, which I haven't satisfactorily solved so far, is backing up the files on the disk in that virtual machine. The best I can do is back up the entire file that represent

KVM virtual machines and storage.

2012-06-13 Thread Alan Chandler
that is created by Virtual Box. If I move to KVM I presume that some of the devices will not be the same. Does Windows manage with these changes, or would I be better creating an environment from scratch (including re-installing all my key applications) -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandl

Re: Problem setting up a subdomain

2012-06-09 Thread Alan Chandler
e main web site, because it acts as a catchall for any other domains that happen to be pointed at the same IP address. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Having great difficuty

2012-05-28 Thread James Alan Brown
I wonder if you can help I placed an order for Debian Linux at inuxcentral.com they took my credit card details but they now say that there not going to ship the order. My order number is 05192012122325-0001 It was for Debian Linux 6.0.5 i386 8 dvd set software regards James Alan Brown

Re: Sound in my headphones - clicking of keys on keyboard....

2012-04-25 Thread Alan Chandler
e you succeeded. It reading the microphone and putting it out through your headphones. Sorry can't help you turn it off - but presumably doing something your were doing to turn it on. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.

Re: Mythtv problem with versions

2012-04-17 Thread Alan Chandler
On 17/04/12 19:24, Alan Chandler wrote: I have a server running Squeeze. It has mythtv-backend to record all my TV programs. On my desktop I run Sid. After an update over the weekend, my Mythtv Frontend will no longer connect to my backend, complaining that "This version of M

Mythtv problem with versions

2012-04-17 Thread Alan Chandler
hat almost works, but I do tend to want to save programs mid way through or want to rapidly skip forward and backward. The media play that is launched by the browser doesn't seem to all any of this.] -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to d

Re: How do you debug with php

2012-04-16 Thread Alan Chandler
On 17/04/12 07:01, Alan Chandler wrote: On 17/04/12 01:16, Chris Hiestand wrote: I have never used a debugger for PHP; I think your struggles are part of the reason why. Neither have I until now. But I don't understand why this isn't a typical many eyes make the problems trivial

Re: How do you debug with php

2012-04-16 Thread Alan Chandler
bugging, yet it still doesn't seem to work. This leaves me to believe that I am doing something wrong, but I just don't know what. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscr

How do you debug with php

2012-04-16 Thread Alan Chandler
phpstorm, but it seems to need the entire php code within the web space, and doesn't allow for document root somewhere inside the directory hierarchy (at least i can't find a way to set it up). debian doesn't seem to support the potential addings to vim and emacs. What do others

Re: Happauge Nove-T 500 no channel data

2012-04-12 Thread Alan Chandler
mplete scan without using those preconfigured channels. On 4th April I lost BBC channels, but on a rescan I got them back. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: TV with Linux

2012-04-10 Thread Alan Chandler
a that I wasn't able to get a clear answer on when I asked - the incoming digital signal is in MPEG2 format and MythTV stores the stream as mpeg2. The PI only has a (firmware) codec for Mpeg4, so not sure if transcoding between mpeg2 and mpeg4 is going to be necessary

Re: Linux TV tuner

2012-04-10 Thread Alan Chandler
etc. over the internet. IANL of course! Unfortunately you can't. You still need a TV licence to watch via iPlayer. It says so on the BBC web site. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "u

Re: skype?

2012-04-10 Thread Alan Chandler
e behind a NAT box). Unfortunately the convenience of the mobile phone meant they never really used it] -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: How to create empty git with master / development branch ?

2012-04-03 Thread Alan Chandler
mydocs/PCinfo/keys/github/github_ssh_access -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- 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/4f7ac017.50...@chandlerfamily.org.uk

Re: When will Debian 7.0 with Linux Kernel 3.x be Released?

2012-03-30 Thread Alan Chandler
repositor) that I generally install on the servers are web packages like (for instance) drupal or wordpress. But they just use the underlying LAMP stack. If these extra packages don't work with Squeeze, I just regard that as one more criteria with which to judge them as unsuitable. --

Re: ethernet card problem

2012-03-25 Thread Alan Kerns
access the firmware that is on the DVD. The hours wasted, and the mounting frustration, lead me to ask again: what ethernet card(s) will definitely work with the standard installer? Cheers Alan Kerns On 03/25/2012 03:57 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 25/03/12 16:43, Alan Kerns wrote: Realtek RTL8111

ethernet card problem

2012-03-24 Thread Alan Kerns
squeeze from a CD-ROM on a different partition. Any helpful advice would be appreciated. Alan Kerns

Re: Problematic upgrade

2012-03-22 Thread Alan Chandler
version. I was then able to get aptitude to properly re-install desktop-utils (which meant for instance that until that point I was unable to run nautilus). -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk

latest chrome won't play videos full screen

2012-03-11 Thread Alan Chandler
Anyone experiencing an issue I have discovered after a chrome update yesterday. Videos will no longer play full screen. Firefox(Iceweasel) display just fine. Is there any known way around the limitation -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk

Re: Aptitude failing on squeeze with package file problems

2012-02-28 Thread Alan Chandler
On 28/02/12 14:40, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:59:49 +, Alan Chandler wrote: I just tried to do an aptitude update on my Debian squeeze server. I get error message like ... E: Encounted a section with no Package: header E: The problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists

Aptitude failing on squeeze with package file problems

2012-02-27 Thread Alan Chandler
, you can't do anything other than close aptitude. I tried Cancel Pending Actions (from the Actions menu) and got a segfault in aptitude. Anyone else seeing anything like this? -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian

Re: nfs idmap change

2012-02-10 Thread Alan Greenberger
On 2012-01-27, Alan Greenberger wrote: > I recently rebooted a squeeze client which does nightly backups to a > squeeze nfs server with exports (rw,no_root_squash) using rsnapshot (with > cmd_cp) and started getting nightly mail from cron that: > rsync: chown "/the_mount/daily.

Re: Converting to btrfs

2012-01-31 Thread Alan Chandler
On 30/01/12 13:02, Christian Dysthe wrote: On 01/30/12 at 06:52am, Alan Chandler wrote: On 29/01/12 18:21, Christian Dysthe wrote: Hi, I have an older laptop running Sid I like to play around with. I would like to check out the new btrfs file system and know you can easily convert >f

Re: Converting to btrfs

2012-01-29 Thread Alan Chandler
that initramfs has the bttrfs driver in it. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- 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/4f2

Re: Gnome3 login failure

2012-01-29 Thread Alan Chandler
running I was working again. This morning it happened just after login - but again I just logged in again and it worked. Running Debian SID -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe"

nfs idmap change

2012-01-27 Thread Alan Greenberger
I recently rebooted a squeeze client which does nightly backups to a squeeze nfs server with exports (rw,no_root_squash) using rsnapshot (with cmd_cp) and started getting nightly mail from cron that: rsync: chown "/the_mount/daily.0/etc/fetchmailrc" failed: Invalid argument (22) The only thing t

Re: Wheezy live [was] Re: regarding e2fsprogs 1.42

2012-01-05 Thread Alan Greenberger
On 2012-01-04, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 04/01/12 19:08, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> Apologies Alan, I overlooked your post. >> >> >> On 04/01/12 03:08, Alan Greenberger wrote: >>> On 2012-01-03, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> The auto fsck/root prob

Wheezy live [was] Re: regarding e2fsprogs 1.42

2012-01-03 Thread Alan Greenberger
On 2012-01-03, Scott Ferguson wrote: > The auto fsck/root problem (if ever encountered) could be got around by > using the Wheezy live CD/USB[*1] which is the path I chose thanks to > your chroot tip. It looks like you have gotten Wheezy live to work. I have not been able to. What I have tried

Re: Iceweasel really slow

2011-12-29 Thread Alan Chandler
On 28/12/11 10:36, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 28/12/11 19:48, Alan Chandler wrote: I am finding that Iceweasel seems to be really slow at times loading a web site. Whilst it is being slow the user interface is locked solid. I am not talking the odd second - delays of 20/30 seconds are occuring

Iceweasel really slow

2011-12-28 Thread Alan Chandler
related to the ad system. I thought it might be my add ons - although they are the standard ones - but I disabled all of them and still its occuring. Anyone else seeing this issue -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Gnome 3 update makes PDFs open in inkscape

2011-12-26 Thread Alan Chandler
e from there. If its not in the "Show Other Applications" it a bit harder because I think you have to set up a "desktop" file with the right info in. (Take a look at the files in /usr/share/applications - which has the ones which should be installed on your system) -- Alan Chandl

Re: Force USB low speed on an specific port.

2011-12-22 Thread Alan Greenberger
On 2011-12-21, Marc Aymerich wrote: > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Alan Greenberger wrote: >> On 2011-12-18, Marc Aymerich wrote: >>> Hi, >>> Today I've tried to connect my mouse through +10meters USB cable. >>> Seems that it works pretty well despi

Re: Force USB low speed on an specific port.

2011-12-20 Thread Alan Greenberger
On 2011-12-18, Marc Aymerich wrote: > Hi, > Today I've tried to connect my mouse through +10meters USB cable. > Seems that it works pretty well despite of what the RFC says about > maximum cable lenght :) the only problem I have is that ~5% of mouse > clicks are lost. I want to try putting the bus

Re: web server migration

2011-12-10 Thread Alan Chandler
/dev/null)&&echo "[$(basename $PS_GIT)]"&&exit # else output nothing -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- 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/4ee4628b.5040...@chandlerfamily.org.uk

Re: X being shutdown without warning

2011-12-09 Thread Alan Chandler
On 09/12/11 17:07, Alan Chandler wrote: Anyone any ideas what could have happened here. just seen a message on debian-kde that implies it could have been libdrm-intel1 -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

X being shutdown without warning

2011-12-09 Thread Alan Chandler
PowerButton has been pressed - but that didn't happen. I would like to report a bug, but I am not sure where to go from here to find what actually caused it. I don't think MythTV updated yesterday, so I assume it wasn't that Anyone any ideas what could have happened here. -- A

Re: iceweasel fills in my textareas

2011-12-04 Thread Alan Chandler
On 04/12/11 07:55, Bob Proulx wrote: Alan Chandler wrote: In a recent upgrade (last day or two) iceweasel suddenly started filling in empty text areas with text from a previous visit to the web site. ... Does anyone know a way of turning this behaviour off. Are you talking about form fields

iceweasel fills in my textareas

2011-12-03 Thread Alan Chandler
what I did last time. I've noticed it when asking a question on Stack Overflow, I noticed again just now when filling in a bug report on my home network using BT Mantis. Does anyone know a way of turning this behaviour off. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBS

Re: a short cut on desktop on gnome3

2011-12-02 Thread Alan Chandler
On 02/12/11 20:45, Erwan David wrote: On 02/12/11 21:26, Alan Chandler wrote: I populate the "Activity Bar" with those applications I use all the time (Web Browser, Mail, Terminal Window, Text Editor, Virtual Box, MythTV, LibreOffice writer and Freemind) and now its just a flick of

Re: a short cut on desktop on gnome3

2011-12-02 Thread Alan Chandler
breOffice writer and Freemind) and now its just a flick of the mouse to the top left corner (or hitting the "logo" key on my keyboard to shrink in the windows to the desktop and get at the Icons I wish to use. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: AW: Gimp acting strangely

2011-11-30 Thread Alan Chandler
On 29/11/11 23:40, Ralf Mardorf wrote: --- Yes, mv ~/.gimp* ~/.gimp.backup Since GNOME3 is a PITA, take a look at gimp --help-gtk, anyway, at least start it by gimp --verbose Tried gimp --verbose and it started up fine. Looks like it was a sid temporary glitch -- Alan Chandler http

Gimp acting strangely

2011-11-29 Thread Alan Chandler
they would have come up as unsatisfied dependancies and been reinstalled if gimp needed them. Any one any clues as to what might be going on. I am on Sid. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subje

Re: KDE activities

2011-11-27 Thread Alan Chandler
2011/02/04/activities-a-change-in-workflow/ Thanks - very useful and I think I understand activities now. Very useful concept for me - and one which makes it worthwhile for me to stick back with KDE for a while. Sorry Gnome3 - I liked your concept, but this just a lot better. -- Alan Cha

Re: KDE activities

2011-11-27 Thread Alan Chandler
On 27/11/11 09:00, Alan Chandler wrote: ... This shows I have two activities both named "New Activity". I should then right click on a desktop and select "Desktop Settings" I should see a window with the left pane having three options "Wallpaper", "Activity&qu

Re: KDE activities

2011-11-27 Thread Alan Chandler
On 27/11/11 10:43, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 27/11/11 20:00, Alan Chandler wrote: With the problems I seem to be having with Gnome3 (not the problem that most people have with the shell, which I like - but other applications which seem to have become flakey - Gedit crashes on closing a tab

Re: Nautilus 3.2.1 and file associations

2011-11-27 Thread Alan Chandler
s/freemind.desktop Having done that, I have been able to both find the application and make it the default. Thanks for the persistance. We got there in the end -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

KDE activities

2011-11-27 Thread Alan Chandler
hing I should have? or has this changed and all these web pages are out of date? -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- 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/4ed1fc11.3010...@chandlerfamily.org.uk

Re: Nautilus 3.2.1 and file associations

2011-11-26 Thread Alan Chandler
can't see where nautilus gets its list of applications to display to associate file extensions. That I think will be the key to this -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: Has iceweasel (or maybe flash) gone single threaded

2011-11-26 Thread Alan Chandler
On 25/11/11 23:52, Bob Proulx wrote: Alan Chandler wrote: Over the last few weeks iceweasel has started to operate strangely. The whole application stops whilst trying to open a web page. you can't switch tabs. Sometimes it gets SO BAD that the entire desktop locks for a while. Am I the

Re: Nautilus 3.2.1 and file associations

2011-11-26 Thread Alan Chandler
On 25/11/11 17:16, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:50:18 +, Alan Chandler wrote: On 24/11/11 16:09, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:19:26 +, Alan Chandler wrote: I have some Freemind mindmap files ending with the .mm filename. Up until recently clicking on the

Has iceweasel (or maybe flash) gone single threaded

2011-11-25 Thread Alan Chandler
thing to do with Javascript or Flash - Slashdot is a good candidate to cause this to happen - although it often appears from the status bar at the bottom that it is trying to fetch some advert info. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: Nautilus 3.2.1 and file associations

2011-11-24 Thread Alan Chandler
On 24/11/11 16:09, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:19:26 +, Alan Chandler wrote: I have some Freemind mindmap files ending with the .mm filename. Up until recently clicking on the filename would automatically start Freemind. (...) Anyone any idea how I can change the default

Nautilus 3.2.1 and file associations

2011-11-24 Thread Alan Chandler
ult application for these .mm files back to Freemind? -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- 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/4ece1a2e.1000...@chandlerfamily.org.uk

Re: Recent GNOME3 update - think notification dialog causing x lockup

2011-11-22 Thread Alan Chandler
ng to the bug report this fix is related to it is supposed to have fixed the problem - but it hasn't. I just had nautilus cause the hang up. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubs

Re: Recent GNOME3 update - think notification dialog causing x lockup

2011-11-22 Thread Alan Chandler
On 22/11/11 01:43, Brian Flaherty wrote: On 11/21/2011 05:17 PM, Brian Flaherty wrote: On 11/21/2011 12:33 PM, Alan Chandler wrote: On 20/11/11 13:03, Alan Chandler wrote: On 20/11/11 12:10, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:35:38 +, Alan Chandler wrote: I just did my normal sid

Re: Recent GNOME3 update - think notification dialog causing x lockup

2011-11-21 Thread Alan Chandler
On 20/11/11 13:03, Alan Chandler wrote: On 20/11/11 12:10, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:35:38 +, Alan Chandler wrote: I just did my normal sid update (every few days I do one of these) and today I seem to have hit a problem. My screen locks solid, and input (mouse or keyboard

Little Cron difficulty I would like help with

2011-11-20 Thread Alan Chandler
s /dev/raid/VBVM mkdir -p /mnt/vm-backup mount /dev/raid/vm-backup /mnt/vm-backup rsync -aq --delete --inplace /mnt/vm-backup/ owl:/bak/alan/backup/"VirtualBox VM s"/ umount /dev/raid/vm-backup # All this to remove the snapshot - see Debian Bug #549691 sleep 10 sync sleep 10 dmsetup re

Re: Recent GNOME3 update - think notification dialog causing x lockup

2011-11-20 Thread Alan Chandler
On 20/11/11 12:10, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:35:38 +, Alan Chandler wrote: I just did my normal sid update (every few days I do one of these) and today I seem to have hit a problem. My screen locks solid, and input (mouse or keyboard) no longer has any affect. Screen updates

Recent GNOME3 update - think notification dialog causing x lockup

2011-11-20 Thread Alan Chandler
This is Gnome3. Is anyone else experiencing this? -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debi

Re: [OT] Why not gnome3 (with gnome-shell)?

2011-11-05 Thread Alan Chandler
erminal button to get one and it just displayed his current one - I now fully understand why it is the way it is and its absolutely right. I can move my mail (icedove) to another workspace, but when I click the mail icon on my "dock" (on the left side) it jumps str

Re: Menu editing on Gnome 3

2011-11-05 Thread Alan Chandler
On 05/11/11 15:44, Camaleón wrote: El 2011-11-05 a las 14:54 +, Alan Chandler escribió: (sending back to the list) Apologies - finger trouble Make a full search for all of your ".desktop" files, for instance (as root): I found them ~/.local/share/applications there was a

Re: Menu editing on Gnome 3

2011-11-02 Thread Alan Chandler
On 01/11/11 10:37, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:50:21 +, Alan Chandler wrote: Anyone any idea how to edit the applications menu in Gnome3. I have KDiff3 in the "Other" menu and I can't figure out how to move it. GNOME3 or gnome-shell? I don't really

Menu editing on Gnome 3

2011-10-31 Thread Alan Chandler
u entries to which ever section it decides. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- 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/4eaf889d.6070...@chandlerfamily.org.uk

Re: Permission Problem with xsane - more

2011-10-07 Thread Alan Greenberger
On 2011-10-06, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > Alan's post has broken the thread - but in a previous post I mentioned > that "The problem seems to be that *both* epson and epson2 backends are > being called" > > >>> $ grep epson /etc/sane.d/dll.conf >> epson >> epson2 > > This is where epson *and* epson

Re: Permission Problem with xsane - more

2011-10-05 Thread Alan Greenberger
On 2011-10-03, Thomas H. George wrote: (...) >> >> Tell us your scanner model? :-) >> >> >> > Epson Perfection 2400 Photo >> >> (...) > Just found the following: > > > Script started on Mon 03 Oct 2011 03:38:15 PM EDT > tom@dragon:~$ lsusb -s 001:005 > Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04b8:011b Seiko Ep

Re: [OT] British vs. American English

2011-10-04 Thread Alan Chandler
both sides need to be synchronised (in phase and frequency) where as with DC they don't -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Ill advised blundering = nasty mess

2011-09-28 Thread Alan Chandler
he machine is a mail server - ie it receives mail and stores it there for access by client programs. Then the very easiest package to install is ssmtp. I have quite a few machines in my house, but only one is the mail server. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNS

Re: Rethinking Personal Information Management - Advice and Ideas needed

2011-09-08 Thread Alan Chandler
On 08/09/11 11:54, Jude DaShiell wrote: Why not use org-mode? What does that mean? Could you be a little more explicit On Thu, 8 Sep 2011, Alan Chandler wrote: For a little while now I have been slightly concerned that contact/address book management and calendar management is somewhat

Re: Rethinking Personal Information Management - Advice and Ideas needed

2011-09-08 Thread Alan Chandler
On 08/09/11 14:13, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:27:32 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: I would like better integration between my mobile phone and my desktop environment in terms of calendar and contacts. In other words, I would like to be easily able to see from my desktop what

Rethinking Personal Information Management - Advice and Ideas needed

2011-09-08 Thread Alan Chandler
and could consider an android alternative if that could achieve my objectives. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: htt

Re: Rsync fails on copying large file [SOLVED]

2011-08-31 Thread Alan Chandler
On 31/08/11 12:29, Alan Chandler wrote: After several failed attempts I replaced the :: method with a single colon one (ie uses ssh) and it works perfectly. So either there is a setting I need in rsyncd.conf or there is a bug in this form of the protocol? It turns out to be a timeout problem

Re: Rsync fails on copying large file

2011-08-31 Thread Alan Chandler
On 30/08/11 09:56, Alan Chandler wrote: I use Rsync between two of my machines to facilitate regular backups. In the case I have a problem with I am attempting to copy a file using the double colon (::) method to talk to the rsync daemon on the receiving end. I have been having regular failures

Re: Rsync fails on copying large file

2011-08-30 Thread Alan Chandler
On 30/08/11 11:43, Johann Spies wrote: Hallo Alan, On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:56:02AM +0200, Alan Chandler wrote: I use Rsync between two of my machines to facilitate regular backups. In the case I have a problem with I am attempting to copy a file using the double colon (::) method to talk to

Rsync fails on copying large file

2011-08-30 Thread Alan Chandler
down to copying a 60Gb .vdi (Virtual Box virtual disk image). The manual command, and error I received when I just tried it was... rsync Windows\ 7\ Development\ Environment.vdi owl::alan/backup/"VirtualBox VMs"/"Windows 7 Development Environment"/ rsync: connection unexpect

Re: GDM3's prejudiced against a picture of me

2011-08-04 Thread Alan Chandler
On 04/08/11 14:56, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:13:39 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: I always had a picture on my old computer. When I got the new one I copied my entire "home" to the new account and it started "occasionally" working. I can't remember now =

Re: how to examine ssh problem

2011-08-04 Thread Alan Chandler
On 04/08/11 09:15, Ivan Shmakov wrote: Alan Chandler writes: > (I actually have loads of these in my config file for all different > combinations of username and host - I also tend to make different key > pairs for each host which is why I am specifying an IdentityFile in

Re: how to examine ssh problem

2011-08-04 Thread Alan Chandler
Apologies to lina - I replied directly to her instead of the list = here is what I sent. On 04/08/11 08:21, Alan Chandler wrote: > On 02/08/11 16:02, lina wrote: >> Hi, >> >> when I tried to ssh some_server, it showed me, >> >> Permission denied (publickey,gssa

Re: GDM3's prejudiced against a picture of me

2011-08-04 Thread Alan Chandler
On 02/08/11 11:43, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:12:07 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: I have specified that I would like a picture of me to be presented at login. What did you do? I always had a picture on my old computer. When I got the new one I copied my entire "home"

Re: GDM3's prejudiced against a picture of me

2011-08-02 Thread Alan Chandler
On 02/08/11 09:06, Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:32:58 +0100, Alan wrote in message <4e378c0a.8070...@chandlerfamily.org.uk>: On 01/08/11 23:48, Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:12:07 +0100, Alan wrote in message <4e3716a7.8060...@chandlerfamily.org.uk&g

Re: Firewall Setup

2011-08-01 Thread Alan Chandler
71 -j TOS --set-tos Minimize-Delay # # VOIP traffic - mainly RTP but also IAX needs to go fast # iptables -t mangle -A OUTPUT -o $INETIF -p udp --dport iax -j TOS --set-tos Minimize-Delay iptables -t mangle -A OUTPUT -o $INETIF -p udp --sport 14007:14096 -j TOS --set-tos Minimize-Dela

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