On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 10:28 PM, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 3:54 AM, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
Have you looked
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 5:51 AM, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 10:28 PM, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Fri, Jan
On 2015-01-20, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote:
It's no surprise to me that changing this makes no difference -- after all,
it never gets as far as asking me to log into that account.
What about .Xauthority and .ICEauthority? Have you tried deleting them?
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On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 10:28 PM, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 3:54 AM, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
[snipped. I have xfce4 and lightdm]
Have you looked at the logs? Especially
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 10:28 PM, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 3:54 AM, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
Are you using a DM?
A what? Xubuntu uses xfce4 if that answers the question.
DM = display manager
On Ubuntu, lightdm is the default DM.
Are you
On Saturday 17 January 2015 03:28:34 Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 3:54 AM, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
Are you using a DM?
Display Manager. The GUI login interface. Where you enter your user name and
password to login. Also where you choose the WM or DE to use on taht
Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com writes:
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Curt cu...@free.fr wrote:
(snip)
I haven't been following your thread, but it is highly unrecommended
to be root when you startx.
https://lists.debian.org/slrnmbl5p5.22m.cu...@einstein.electron.org
I'm trying to
On 01/17/2015 01:38 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Curt cu...@free.fr
mailto:cu...@free.fr wrote:
On 2015-01-17, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com
mailto:kogor...@gmail.com wrote:
startx
I did
sudo startx
I haven't been
On 01/17/2015 09:29 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
Did you have to re-create any of the excluded directories before it would
boot properly?
This looks a lot like what I do already, but is not working for me. I'll
check the details.
Kevin, you sent this directly to me, not the list.
I have
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Curt cu...@free.fr wrote:
On 2015-01-17, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote:
startx
I did
sudo startx
I haven't been following your thread, but it is highly unrecommended
to be root when you startx.
On Saturday 17 January 2015 13:38:10 Kevin O'Gorman did opine
And Gene did reply:
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Curt cu...@free.fr wrote:
On 2015-01-17, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote:
startx
I did
sudo startx
I haven't been following your thread, but it is
On 2015-01-17, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote:
Can you launch X after logging in to the console?
I don't know how.
startx
?
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On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 07:50:33PM -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
I've not tried other solutions. I worry that the ones folks seem to like
most do more
than I need or want in terms of management. I want my stuff where I can
see it, so
to speak, and where I can use the ancient tools (tar, dd,
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 2:06 AM, Curt cu...@free.fr wrote:
On 2015-01-17, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote:
Can you launch X after logging in to the console?
I don't know how.
startx
I did
sudo startx
Hmmm. This should be telling me something, but I don't know exactly
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote:
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 08:08:27AM -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 2:06 AM, Curt cu...@free.fr wrote:
On 2015-01-17, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote:
Can you launch X after logging in to
On 2015-01-17, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote:
startx
I did
sudo startx
I haven't been following your thread, but it is highly unrecommended
to be root when you startx.
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either.” —Robert Graves
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To
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote:
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 08:08:27AM -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 2:06 AM, Curt cu...@free.fr wrote:
On 2015-01-17, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote:
Can you launch X after logging in to
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 09:32:24PM -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
I care because I like to have a lot of free space in my partitions, but I
hate to use backup time and space on the holes.
Hi Kevin,
If you copy the whole partition, byte-for-byte, as with the
'dd' command, you copy everything,
On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 19:19:52 Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
I'm trying to develop a reliable backup method that does not use
proprietary tools or formats, and is free as in beer. I thought I had it,
but i just tried a restore, and it's a miserable failure. I wonder if
anyone here can point out the
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 07:19:52PM -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
I'm trying to develop a reliable backup method that does not use
proprietary tools or formats, and is free as in beer. I thought I had it,
but i just tried a restore, and it's a miserable failure. I wonder if
anyone
On 01/16/2015 01:28 AM, Joel Roth wrote:
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 09:32:24PM -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
I care because I like to have a lot of free space in my partitions, but I
hate to use backup time and space on the holes.
Hi Kevin,
If you copy the whole partition, byte-for-byte, as
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a tar backup of the entire system, excluding /sys, /proc and /dev.
I have a tar backup of a bind-mount of /dev.
These were taken while the system was running, but quiet. I did it this
way because I cannot get
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 07:19:52PM -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
I'm trying to develop a reliable backup method that does not use
proprietary tools or formats, and is free as in beer. I thought I had it,
but i just tried a restore, and it's a miserable failure. I wonder if
anyone here can
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 08:47:01PM -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:41 PM, David Christensen
There are two basic kinds of backups:
1. File system -- e.g. a copy of the files and directories on an mounted
and operating drive.
2. Raw binary image -- e.g. a copy
On 01/16/2015 12:32 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 9:03 PM, David Christensen
dpchr...@holgerdanske.com mailto:dpchr...@holgerdanske.com wrote:
On 01/15/2015 08:47 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
I was hoping for some details on why this won't work on system
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 3:54 AM, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com
wrote:
I have a tar backup of the entire system, excluding /sys, /proc and /dev.
I have a tar backup of a bind-mount of /dev.
These were taken while the
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 8:14 AM, Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote:
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 08:47:01PM -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:41 PM, David Christensen
There are two basic kinds of backups:
1. File system -- e.g. a copy of the files and directories on an
I'm trying to develop a reliable backup method that does not use
proprietary tools or formats, and is free as in beer. I thought I had it,
but i just tried a restore, and it's a miserable failure. I wonder if
anyone here can point out the error of my ways.
I have a tar backup of the entire
On 01/15/2015 07:19 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
I'm trying to develop a reliable backup method that does not use
proprietary tools or formats, and is free as in beer. I thought I had it,
but i just tried a restore, and it's a miserable failure. I wonder if
anyone here can point out the error of
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:41 PM, David Christensen
dpchr...@holgerdanske.com wrote:
On 01/15/2015 07:19 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
I'm trying to develop a reliable backup method that does not use
proprietary tools or formats, and is free as in beer. I thought I had it,
but i just tried a
On 01/15/2015 08:47 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
I was hoping for some details on why this won't work on system drives, or
conditions under which it just might. Another user has suggested I read
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/TAR which suggests that
it actually should work.
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 9:03 PM, David Christensen
dpchr...@holgerdanske.com wrote:
On 01/15/2015 08:47 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
I was hoping for some details on why this won't work on system drives, or
conditions under which it just might. Another user has suggested I read
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