Re: Some questions around needrestart utility

2021-01-17 Thread l0f4r0
17 janv. 2021 à 21:50 de didier.gau...@gmail.com: > from https://github.com/liske/needrestart-session : > "needrestart checks which processes need to be restarted after library > upgrades. needrestart-session implements a notification of user sessions > about their obsolete processes after syst

Re: Some questions around needrestart utility

2021-01-17 Thread didier gaumet
Le 17/01/2021 à 21:37, l0f...@tuta.io a écrit : [...] I didn't pay attention there is a needrestart-session! Can you tell me please how it could be useful to me if I have already needrestart? Indeed, needrestart already lists me the "User sessions running outdated binaries"... What's more to e

Re: Some questions around needrestart utility

2021-01-17 Thread l0f4r0
Hi, 17 janv. 2021 à 19:24 de didier.gau...@gmail.com: > I installed needrestart (and needrestart-session too) because it is suggested > by unattended-upgrades (installed and running on my system, with > apt-listbugs), so when something has been upgraded and needs to be restarted, > needrestart

Re: Some questions around needrestart utility

2021-01-17 Thread Sven Hartge
l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > Can someone explain me how needrestart (in interactive advanced mode) > preselects services to be restarted please? I mean when I launch it, > only some services are preselected while others are not.So according > to what criteria? Does it preselect those whose reboot has

Re: Some questions around needrestart utility

2021-01-17 Thread didier gaumet
Hello, basically it seems to detect which service needs to be restarted after an upgrade I installed needrestart (and needrestart-session too) because it is suggested by unattended-upgrades (installed and running on my system, with apt-listbugs), so when something has been upgraded and needs

Some questions around needrestart utility

2021-01-17 Thread l0f4r0
Hi, Can someone explain me how needrestart (in interactive advanced mode) preselects services to be restarted please? I mean when I launch it, only some services are preselected while others are not.So according to what criteria? Does it preselect those whose reboot has less impact on the mac

Re: Some questions about PAM

2020-05-26 Thread l0f4r0
Hi, I've investigated a little bit so I'm answering to myself & anyone interested + I ask other questions ;) 24 mai 2020 à 01:25 de l0f...@tuta.io: > 1) How do we know which options can be set up in a /etc/security conf file > and which one can be specified as a module argument in the /etc/pam

Some questions about PAM

2020-05-23 Thread l0f4r0
Hi, I'm discovering PAM :) I'm currently reading lots of different resources about it but I have some questions to ask please: 1) How do we know which options can be set up in a /etc/security conf file and which one can be specified as a module argument in the /etc/pam.d files? F

Re: some questions about cfengine3

2018-03-27 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 08:30:44PM +0200, deloptes wrote: > I don't have experience with puppet. I am in the process of migrating a Puppet setup that's been in use and development for ~8 years to Ansible. Although it is a fairly simple manifest, managing only 47 hosts, the rate of change wit

Re: some questions about cfengine3

2018-03-27 Thread deloptes
Morel Bérenger wrote: > I am not really constrained about mass storage (I mean, embedding a > Debian system on 1Gb is easy enough, and our systems does not have less > than 4Gb) but on bandwidth, so I guess I'm better to go with the > smallest (considering that no, python is not needed in our syst

Re: some questions about cfengine3

2018-03-27 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 02:44:18PM +0200, Morel Bérenger wrote: > Le Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:15:41 +0200, > a écrit : [...] > > It really depends on your needs/tastes/team. [...] > I am not really constrained about mass storage (I mean, embedding a >

Re: some questions about cfengine3

2018-03-27 Thread Morel Bérenger
Le Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:15:41 +0200, a écrit : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 10:10:10AM +0200, Morel Bérenger wrote: > > Le Mon, 26 Mar 2018 20:48:31 +0200, > > deloptes a écrit : > > > > > Morel Bérenger wrote: > > > > > > > I have several q

Re: some questions about cfengine3

2018-03-27 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 10:10:10AM +0200, Morel Bérenger wrote: > Le Mon, 26 Mar 2018 20:48:31 +0200, > deloptes a écrit : > > > Morel Bérenger wrote: > > > > > I have several questions about the cfengine3 package that can be > > > found in Debian.

Re: some questions about cfengine3

2018-03-27 Thread Morel Bérenger
Le Mon, 26 Mar 2018 20:48:31 +0200, deloptes a écrit : > Morel Bérenger wrote: > > > I have several questions about the cfengine3 package that can be > > found in Debian. > > if you have not to maintain legacy, I recommend ansible or puppet. > May I ask why? I must admit I don't know all t

Re: some questions about cfengine3

2018-03-27 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 09:23:11AM +0200, Morel Bérenger wrote: [...] > Oh, I was confused by all my manipulations, I guess at some point I > installed something from the outside, sorry for that >

Re: some questions about cfengine3

2018-03-27 Thread Morel Bérenger
Le Mon, 26 Mar 2018 23:22:37 +0200, a écrit : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 03:33:19PM +0200, Morel Bérenger wrote: > > Le Mon, 26 Mar 2018 08:54:22 -0400, > > Greg Wooledge a écrit : > > > > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 10:37:08AM +0200, Morel Bé

Re: some questions about cfengine3

2018-03-26 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 03:33:19PM +0200, Morel Bérenger wrote: > Le Mon, 26 Mar 2018 08:54:22 -0400, > Greg Wooledge a écrit : > > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 10:37:08AM +0200, Morel Bérenger wrote: > > > I have several questions about the cfengine3 p

Re: some questions about cfengine3

2018-03-26 Thread Morel Bérenger
Le Mon, 26 Mar 2018 08:54:22 -0400, Greg Wooledge a écrit : > On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 10:37:08AM +0200, Morel Bérenger wrote: > > I have several questions about the cfengine3 package that can be > > found in Debian. > > > > * binaries seems to be located into /usr/local/sbin/, is there is a > >

Re: some questions about cfengine3

2018-03-26 Thread deloptes
Morel Bérenger wrote: > I have several questions about the cfengine3 package that can be found > in Debian. if you have not to maintain legacy, I recommend ansible or puppet.

Re: some questions about cfengine3

2018-03-26 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 10:37:08AM +0200, Morel Bérenger wrote: > I have several questions about the cfengine3 package that can be found > in Debian. > > * binaries seems to be located into /usr/local/sbin/, is there is a > reason for this (not important but intriguing, sounds very unusual > f

some questions about cfengine3

2018-03-26 Thread Morel Bérenger
Hello. I have several questions about the cfengine3 package that can be found in Debian. * binaries seems to be located into /usr/local/sbin/, is there is a reason for this (not important but intriguing, sounds very unusual from Debian AFAIK)? * in /etc/defaults/cfengine3, there is a mention

Re: OT: SQL database - some questions

2017-06-29 Thread Joel Rees
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 5:00 PM, Hans wrote: > Dear list, > > this is a little offtopic, but maybe you can make things a little bit clearer > for me. > > I had had a webserver hosted by a provider, which is switched off since a > year. From this server I got a backup of a sql database. The system

Re: OT: SQL database - some questions

2017-06-29 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/28/2017 01:29 PM, Celejar wrote: On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0200 Hans wrote: Dear list, this is a little offtopic, but maybe you can make things a little bit clearer for me. I had had a webserver hosted by a provider, which is switched off since a year. From this server I got a back

Re: OT: SQL database - some questions

2017-06-28 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 10:00:00 +0200 Hans wrote: > Dear list, > > this is a little offtopic, but maybe you can make things a little bit clearer > for me. > > I had had a webserver hosted by a provider, which is switched off since a > year. From this server I got a backup of a sql database. The

Re: OT: SQL database - some questions

2017-06-28 Thread Joe
On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 15:12:26 +0200 Hans wrote: > Hi Greg, > huu, that looks quite difficult for me. > > Start by actually reading the compressed backup, using zless. See > > whether it looks like an SQL dump. If it does, then you can > > proceed to the next steps. > > > Ho dso I do thi

Re: OT: SQL database - some questions

2017-06-28 Thread Hans
Hi Greg, huu, that looks quite difficult for me. > Start by actually reading the compressed backup, using zless. See whether > it looks like an SQL dump. If it does, then you can proceed to the next > steps. > Ho dso I do this? I unzipped my *.sql.gz and have now *.sql file. How can I see

Re: OT: SQL database - some questions

2017-06-28 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 02:25:55PM +0200, Hans wrote: > sqlbrowser looked best promising, but my sql databases can't be opened with > it. I want to export the *.sql file into a new database, but I get stuck with > an error. Telling ???e "unknown statement: 1#, unrecogized token: 1"#"", so > it

Re: OT: SQL database - some questions

2017-06-28 Thread Hans
sqlbrowser looked best promising, but my sql databases can't be opened with it. I want to export the *.sql file into a new database, but I get stuck with an error. Telling ḿe "unknown statement: 1#, unrecogized token: 1"#"", so it looks like a format error. Well, I do not know, what is causing

Re: OT: SQL database - some questions

2017-06-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 10:53:02 +0200 Hans wrote: Hello Hans, >Maybe I should precise my question: How can I restore my data from this >sql database on my desktop? Is there a tool to extract my blogs? 'sqlitebrowser' _may_ be of some assistance. Disclaimer; I've only used it briefly so don't kn

Re: OT: SQL database - some questions

2017-06-28 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 10:53:02AM +0200, Hans wrote: Am Mittwoch, 28. Juni 2017, 10:41:05 CEST schrieb Mirco Piccin: Hi Hans, Hi Mirco Here more info: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-backup-excerpt/5.7/en/reloading-sql-format-d umps.html sorry, but that was not quite the thing, I was loo

Re: OT: SQL database - some questions

2017-06-28 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi Hans, > Maybe I should precise my question: How can I restore my data from this sql > database on my desktop? Is there a tool to extract my blogs? > > I do not want to build a webserver with php and wordpress and so on, just > extract my blogs. Phpmyadmin needs a webserver to run. This is not,

Re: OT: SQL database - some questions

2017-06-28 Thread Hans
Am Mittwoch, 28. Juni 2017, 10:41:05 CEST schrieb Mirco Piccin: > Hi Hans, > Hi Mirco > Here more info: > https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-backup-excerpt/5.7/en/reloading-sql-format-d > umps.html > sorry, but that was not quite the thing, I was looking for. > After restore, you can browse the ta

Re: OT: SQL database - some questions

2017-06-28 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi Hans, > I had had a webserver hosted by a provider, which is switched off since a > year. From this server I got a backup of a sql database. The system that ran > that time, was wordpress, and the database is called something like > "bla_bla_wp2016018_911.sql.gz" i suppose the backup has all t

OT: SQL database - some questions

2017-06-28 Thread Hans
Dear list, this is a little offtopic, but maybe you can make things a little bit clearer for me. I had had a webserver hosted by a provider, which is switched off since a year. From this server I got a backup of a sql database. The system that ran that time, was wordpress, and the database is

Re: [SOLVED] Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-14 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 5:52 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 06:57:36PM +0100, Hans wrote: >> Am Donnerstag, 13. Februar 2014, 16:05:47 schrieb Jonathan Dowland: >>> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 03:16:12PM +0100, Hans wrote: Maybe I missed something? Or is systemd still not

Re: [SOLVED] Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-14 Thread Reco
On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:40:34 + Brian wrote: > On Fri 14 Feb 2014 at 15:48:43 +0400, Reco wrote: > > > But, given systemd insists on using its' own mount implementation, I'm > > not sure whenever systemd honors this flag. > > There is no reason why it shouldn't and it does. Tested. I disagr

Re: [SOLVED] Re: systemd: some questions [OT]

2014-02-14 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20140214_124034, Brian wrote: > On Fri 14 Feb 2014 at 15:48:43 +0400, Reco wrote: > > > But, given systemd insists on using its' own mount implementation, I'm > > not sure whenever systemd honors this flag. > > There is no reason why it shouldn't and it does. Tested. ^^^

Re: [SOLVED] Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-14 Thread Darac Marjal
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 12:40:34PM +, Brian wrote: > On Fri 14 Feb 2014 at 15:48:43 +0400, Reco wrote: > > > But, given systemd insists on using its' own mount implementation, I'm > > not sure whenever systemd honors this flag. > > There is no reason why it shouldn't and it does. Tested. Ah,

Re: [SOLVED] Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-14 Thread Brian
On Fri 14 Feb 2014 at 15:48:43 +0400, Reco wrote: > But, given systemd insists on using its' own mount implementation, I'm > not sure whenever systemd honors this flag. There is no reason why it shouldn't and it does. Tested. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org wi

Re: [SOLVED] Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-14 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:52:45AM +, Darac Marjal wrote: > I have noticed this with systemd, too. Under SysV, you can have a line > like the above and it's treated as "If the above device is available, > mount it, otherwise display an error (but the boot will continue to run, > if possib

Re: [SOLVED] Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-14 Thread Brian
On Fri 14 Feb 2014 at 10:52:45 +, Darac Marjal wrote: > > I don't know (haven't looked actually, but I hope some kind soul knows > the answer) if there's an option that says "This device is optional, but > if it IS there, mount it at boot". I've not followed through on the advice it gives, bu

Re: [SOLVED] Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-14 Thread Darac Marjal
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 06:57:36PM +0100, Hans wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 13. Februar 2014, 16:05:47 schrieb Jonathan Dowland: > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 03:16:12PM +0100, Hans wrote: > > > Maybe I missed something? Or is systemd still not working with > > > encrypted partitions? There was nothing in

Re: [SOLVED] Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-13 Thread Slavko
Hi, Dňa Thu, 13 Feb 2014 19:27:00 +0100 Ralf Mardorf napísal: > use a stopwatch, but I suspect it's something like 7 seconds vs 9 > seconds for my installs. Even if it would be 1 second vs 1 minute, > how often do we turn off and on our PCs? When I mention a "PC" I > exclude "tablet PCs". Good

Re: [SOLVED] Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-13 Thread Hans
Am Donnerstag, 13. Februar 2014, 19:27:00 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > On Thu, 2014-02-13 at 18:57 +0100, Hans wrote: > > Again, I was impressed, how fast it boots > > For machines that fit to my needs, the startup time between upstart, > systemd and SysVint doesn't variate that much. Yes, startup when

Re: [SOLVED] Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2014-02-13 at 18:57 +0100, Hans wrote: > Again, I was impressed, how fast it boots For machines that fit to my needs, the startup time between upstart, systemd and SysVint doesn't variate that much. Yes, startup when using upstart and systemd is faster, than when using SysVinit. I need to

[SOLVED] Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-13 Thread Hans
Am Donnerstag, 13. Februar 2014, 16:05:47 schrieb Jonathan Dowland: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 03:16:12PM +0100, Hans wrote: > > Maybe I missed something? Or is systemd still not working with > > encrypted partitions? There was nothing in the doc about it (as far as > > I read) > > I use systemd wi

Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-13 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 03:16:12PM +0100, Hans wrote: > Maybe I missed something? Or is systemd still not working with > encrypted partitions? There was nothing in the doc about it (as far as > I read) I use systemd with encrypted partitions without problems. Can you boot the machine, and at the

Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-13 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le 13/02/2014 15:16, Hans a écrit : Hi list, sorry, it is me again. ASfter I installed systemd and addded init=/bin/systemd into grub (like the README told), the boot hangs. The debian wiki says init=/lib/systemd/systemd, but that is afaik nearly the same. I suppose, it is because my partitzion

Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-13 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
On Thu, 2014-02-13 at 15:16 +0100, Hans wrote: > Is there something known about using encrypted partitions? I have the root- > partition ( = "/ ") and the partition, where the kernel resides ( = /boot) > unencryptetd. They work well. But when the boot will get access to the > encrypted partitions

Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-13 Thread Hans
Hi list, sorry, it is me again. ASfter I installed systemd and addded init=/bin/systemd into grub (like the README told), the boot hangs. The debian wiki says init=/lib/systemd/systemd, but that is afaik nearly the same. I suppose, it is because my partitzions are encrypted and are mounted as

Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-12 Thread Hans
s removed. > > > 3. Is the entry in ther commandline of grub init=7lib/systemd/systemd > > needed? (My system hangs, when this is used) > > (I assume that "7lib" is "/lib" in grub.cfg) > > At what point does it hang? This was a typo. I meant /lib of course. It hangs, when the "/" device is goi

Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-12 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 12 feb 14, 21:28:19, Hans wrote: >> >> 3. Is the entry in ther commandline of grub init=7lib/systemd/systemd needed? >> (My system hangs, when this is used) > > According to /usr/share/doc/systemd/README.Debian this should be > > init

Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-12 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Hans wrote: > 1. Must I install systemd-sysv additionally to systemd? No. Installing systemd-sysv will replace sysvinit's "/sbin/init" by a symlink to "/lib/systemd/systemd". > 2. Must I remove the essential package sysvinit? No. In jessie, sysvinit just pro

Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 12 feb 14, 21:28:19, Hans wrote: > Hi all, > > as I welcome and want to test the new systemd, but not break my system, I > have > some questions. Hope, they can be easily answered and are not too dumb. > > 1. Must I install systemd-sysv additionally to systemd? No

Re: systemd: some questions

2014-02-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2014-02-12 at 21:28 +0100, Hans wrote: > as I welcome and want to test the new systemd, but not break my system, I > have > some questions. Perhaps you should clone your install, keep the original as is and switch to systemd only for the clone. "Where to get help? As sys

systemd: some questions

2014-02-12 Thread Hans
Hi all, as I welcome and want to test the new systemd, but not break my system, I have some questions. Hope, they can be easily answered and are not too dumb. 1. Must I install systemd-sysv additionally to systemd? 2. Must I remove the essential package sysvinit? 3. Is the entry in ther

Re: Some Questions with an All Text System

2012-07-19 Thread green
daniel jimenez wrote at 2012-07-19 17:35 -0500: > 3. How can I define "mc" as "mc -S gotar.ini"? or "mocp" as "mocp -T > yellow_red_theme" ? Where can I set those aliases (is that it?) at boot? Create `~/.bash_aliases`; that file should be referenced by `~/.bashrc`. Add lines like: alias mc

Some Questions with an All Text System

2012-07-19 Thread daniel jimenez
Hello All, After some 4 1/2 years of living with a linux-only system and getting acquainted with several distros, I have finally chosen Debian as my OS. Ever since I switched about a year ago I have had a wonderful experience with a community which is strong and helpful. About 2 months ago I star

Re: Some questions about seting up wireless network between linuxand vista ;

2009-08-10 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
>> >> 3-first in vista ad-hoc wireless network has been created then in >> linux after runnig above command ,linux has been connected to vista >> but yet linux does not show vista shared folders ,what is/are the >> reason/s ? >> >> regards dehqan >> >> >> > How about this: > > apt-cache search

Re: Some questions about seting up wireless network between linuxand vista ;

2009-08-04 Thread Chris Parker
a dehqan wrote: > Thanks alot for your attentions ; > > 1-When fisrt ad-hoc is set in vista ,should be all these steps done in linux : > > ifconfig wlan0 down > /etc/dbus-1/event.d/25NetworkManager stop > iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc > iwconfig wlan0 channel 6 > iwconfig wlan0 essid allah > iwconfig

Re: Some questions about seting up wireless network between linuxand vista ;

2009-08-04 Thread a dehqan
,what is/are the reason/s ? regards dehqan On 8/4/09, ow...@netptc.net wrote: >> >> >> >> Original Message >>From: m...@well-adjusted.de >>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >>Subject: Re: Some questions about seting up wireless network between >&g

Re: Some questions about seting up wireless network between linuxand vista ;

2009-08-04 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: m...@well-adjusted.de >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Some questions about seting up wireless network between >linuxand vista ; >Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 11:17:28 +0200 > >>a dehqan: >>> >>>

Re: Some questions about seting up wireless network between linux and vista ;

2009-08-04 Thread Jochen Schulz
a dehqan: > > In The Name Of God Which one? :) > ifconfig wlan0 down > /etc/dbus-1/event.d/25NetworkManager stop > iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc > iwconfig wlan0 channel 6 > iwconfig wlan0 essid allah > iwconfig wlan0 key 12346 The latter enables WEP encryption. WEP is better than nothing, but offe

Some questions about seting up wireless network between linux and vista ;

2009-08-04 Thread a dehqan
In The Name Of God I'll be thankfull if you guide ; Some questions about seting up wireless network between linux(debian base) and vista ; 1-These steps have been done in linux: ifconfig wlan0 down /etc/dbus-1/event.d/25NetworkManager stop iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc iwconfig wlan0 chan

Video tag (was Re: some questions about debian-installer)

2009-01-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/18/2009 06:18 PM, Celejar wrote: On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:45:47 +0100 schoappied wrote: Hi, I want to make a custom live-cd and have some questions about the debian installer: 1) is it possible to enable a windows installer, which makes users able to install Debian when in Windows

Re: some questions about debian-installer

2009-01-18 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:45:47 +0100 schoappied wrote: > Hi, > > I want to make a custom live-cd and have some questions about the debian > installer: > > 1) is it possible to enable a windows installer, which makes users able > to install Debian when in Windows? (Like U

some questions about debian-installer

2009-01-18 Thread schoappied
Hi, I want to make a custom live-cd and have some questions about the debian installer: 1) is it possible to enable a windows installer, which makes users able to install Debian when in Windows? (Like Ubuntu has) 2) It is possible to let the installer set UUID in the /etc/fstab? (I

Re: etch setup and some questions

2007-07-28 Thread lostson
On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 12:00 +0300, tejas wrote: > lostson wrote: > > Hello > > I have recently converted my machines over to Debian and am very happy. > > A few things I would like to know though > > > > #1 I currently have gnome installed can I install KDE and remove gnome > > and if so how ?

Re: etch setup and some questions

2007-07-28 Thread tejas
lostson wrote: Hello I have recently converted my machines over to Debian and am very happy. A few things I would like to know though #1 I currently have gnome installed can I install KDE and remove gnome and if so how ? #2 I like gnome but am a little disappointed in the fact that debian

Re: etch setup and some questions

2007-07-25 Thread Manon Metten
Hi LostSon, On 7/25/07, lostson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... I have read that once a debian release goes into stable like etch has you do not see very many updates or new apps just security and bug fixes mostly. I know about enabling testing and such but I have done that once and it broke m

Re: etch setup and some questions

2007-07-24 Thread David Fox
On 7/24/07, lostson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: #1 I currently have gnome installed can I install KDE and remove gnome and if so how ? Sure, aptitude install kde would bring in the metapackage; hence, most or all of KDE. As for removing gnome, I guess you can do that too: "aptitude remove gnom

etch setup and some questions

2007-07-24 Thread lostson
Hello I have recently converted my machines over to Debian and am very happy. A few things I would like to know though #1 I currently have gnome installed can I install KDE and remove gnome and if so how ? #2 I like gnome but am a little disappointed in the fact that debian is only at versio

Re: Some questions from new debian user

2005-01-04 Thread Rich Rudnick
On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 00:16 +0300, Serge Matveev wrote: > On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 18:46:53 + (GMT) Thomas Adam wrote: > TA> --- Serge Matveev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> - How I can setup font lookup order in X. If I have two fonts with > >> the > >> same alias (9x16 by example) - o

Re: Some questions from new debian user

2005-01-04 Thread Serge Matveev
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 18:46:53 + (GMT) Thomas Adam wrote: TA> --- Serge Matveev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I installed Debian testing (after about year timeout) and now I have >> some questions: >> - Right after install gdm displayed self on my

Re: Some questions from new debian user

2005-01-04 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Serge Matveev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I installed Debian testing (after about year timeout) and now I have > some questions: > > - Right after install gdm displayed self on my language (Russian), > but > after some additional packets (or upgrad

Some questions from new debian user

2005-01-04 Thread Serge Matveev
I installed Debian testing (after about year timeout) and now I have some questions: - Right after install gdm displayed self on my language (Russian), but after some additional packets (or upgrades) he lost this ability - now it displays self only in english. Where I can fix

Re: KDE -> GNOME (some Questions)

2003-11-26 Thread cr
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 00:29, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > Hi All, > > I recently switched from KDE to GNOME and I love it. However, I have a > few questions that I hope someone can answer. > > * How can I use the win key. In the shortcuts setting, whenever I click > the win key - the shortcut just turns t

KDE -> GNOME (some Questions)

2003-11-25 Thread Shri Shrikumar
Hi All, I recently switched from KDE to GNOME and I love it. However, I have a few questions that I hope someone can answer. * How can I use the win key. In the shortcuts setting, whenever I click the win key - the shortcut just turns to . Other key combinations with Ctrl, Alt etc. work. Win work

Re: Hi,some questions

2002-12-12 Thread Vineet Kumar
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Hi,some questions

2002-12-11 Thread dketelsen

Re: Some questions about file permissions

2002-10-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 03:54:43PM +0200, Robert Wilhelm Land wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > >The info documentation for ls says this: > > > >&pi0;s' > > If the setuid or setgid bit and the corresponding executable > > bit are both set. > > > >&pi0;S' > > If the

Re: Some questions about file permissions

2002-10-01 Thread Robert Wilhelm Land
Colin Watson wrote: > > The info documentation for ls says this: > > &pi0;s' > If the setuid or setgid bit and the corresponding executable > bit are both set. > > &pi0;S' > If the setuid or setgid bit is set but the corresponding > executable bit

Re: Some questions about file permissions

2002-10-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 12:25:30PM +0200, Robert Wilhelm Land wrote: > I would grately appreciate some help in understanding > file permissions. > The first one is the lower and uppercase 's' in: > > drwxr-sr-x ?? 2 rland ?? rland ?? ? ? 4096 Jun? 4 11:43 files > drwx--S--- ?? 2 rland ?? rland ??

Some questions about file permissions

2002-10-01 Thread Robert Wilhelm Land
I would grately appreciate some help in understanding file permissions. The first one is the lower and uppercase 's' in: drwxr-sr-x    2 rland    rland        4096 Jun  4 11:43 files drwx--S---    2 rland    rland        4096 Sep 27  2001 nsmail Then, some file permission strings have a  'b' (=

Re: alpha-release of a bug-report & some questions

2002-04-28 Thread John Habermann
Here is a copy of /etc/apt/sources.list. I run unstable and although I am in Australia often find that it is quicker to run it of the main US servers which is why they are the uncommented ones. If you want to get your system to woody (ie testing) just uncomment the lines pointing to testing and

alpha-release of a bug-report & some questions

2002-04-25 Thread Piotr Sawuk
the installation was quite flawlessly, except that I found no instructions on how to download the whole thing with dap (download accelerator) in windows (which would have been a lot faster than apt-get) and configure sources.list to accept that download as a valid mirror. anyway, I configured sourc

Re: Debian package system; some questions :)

2002-03-05 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 05-Mar-2002 I.J.W. Wever wrote: > Hi list, > > I've recently installed Debian2.2r5 from a mounted file system > (my windows disk): /mnt/hda5/dl/Linux/dists > > In that directory I have directories /stable and /potato, which are identical > and both contain all available binaries for a 386 sys

Re: Debian package system; some questions :)

2002-03-05 Thread Vineet Kumar
* I.J.W. Wever ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020305 10:39]: > Hi list, > > I've recently installed Debian2.2r5 from a mounted file system > (my windows disk): /mnt/hda5/dl/Linux/dists > > In that directory I have directories /stable and /potato, which are > identical > and both contain all available bina

Re: Debian package system; some questions :)

2002-03-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 07:06:12PM +0100, I.J.W. Wever wrote: > I've recently installed Debian2.2r5 from a mounted file system > (my windows disk): /mnt/hda5/dl/Linux/dists > > In that directory I have directories /stable and /potato, which are identical > and both contain all available binaries f

Debian package system; some questions :)

2002-03-05 Thread I.J.W. Wever
Hi list, I've recently installed Debian2.2r5 from a mounted file system (my windows disk): /mnt/hda5/dl/Linux/dists In that directory I have directories /stable and /potato, which are identical and both contain all available binaries for a 386 system (for some reason the install program seemed t

Re: some questions (after a HD crash)

2001-11-06 Thread lloyder
al Message - From: "ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 4:49 AM Subject: Re: some questions (after a HD crash) > this is getting way off the subject of the group but if, indeed, there are > ibm parts in > the xbox, as yo

Re: some questions (after a HD crash)

2001-11-06 Thread Anthony Liu
On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 03:30:35PM +, Ross Burton wrote: > On Mon, 2001-11-05 at 15:12, Anthony Liu wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 07:29:17PM +0100, Fredrik Jagenheim wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 10:05:44AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > > GTX (?) disks are widely reported to h

Re: some questions (after a HD crash)

2001-11-05 Thread ben
this is getting way off the subject of the group but if, indeed, there are ibm parts in the xbox, as you are a proxy reperesentative of big blue, i think that it's only right to let you know that the xbox has absolutely nothing to do with nintendo. for more, check the link. www.microsoft.com/pr

Re: some questions (after a HD crash)

2001-11-05 Thread Ross Burton
On Mon, 2001-11-05 at 15:12, Anthony Liu wrote: > On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 07:29:17PM +0100, Fredrik Jagenheim wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 10:05:44AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > GTX (?) disks are widely reported to have quality issues, as previously > > > noted. > > IBM 75GXP is the m

Re: some questions (after a HD crash)

2001-11-05 Thread Anthony Liu
On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 07:29:17PM +0100, Fredrik Jagenheim wrote: > On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 10:05:44AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > GTX (?) disks are widely reported to have quality issues, as previously > > noted. > > > > IBM 75GXP is the model. I know, since I'm running one on my > workst

Re: some questions (after a HD crash)

2001-11-05 Thread lloyder
, although somewhat specialized, is built by IBM for Nintendo. "IBM inside" ;-) Best regards, Lloyd - Original Message - From: "ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 6:21 PM Subject: Re: some questions (after

Re: some questions (after a HD crash)

2001-11-04 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 08:55:06PM +, ben ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > IBM pc level hardware has always sucked, Ben: Unsubstantiated blanket statements are always wrong[1]. IBM's created quite a bit of solid consumer hardware. Thinkpads come to mind, and their HDs are generally pretty goo

Re: some questions (after a HD crash)

2001-11-04 Thread lloyder
MAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 3:55 PM Subject: Re: some questions (after a HD crash) > IBM pc level hardware has always sucked, one of the greatest ironies in the > history of personal computing, which goes to show that making the first of > something doesn't

Re: some questions (after a HD crash)

2001-11-04 Thread ben
IBM pc level hardware has always sucked, one of the greatest ironies in the history of personal computing, which goes to show that making the first of something doesn't necessarily mean that you've made the best. maxtor drives are pretty solid and relatively cheap, as are fujitsu drives. but, for i

Re: some questions (after a HD crash)

2001-11-04 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 10:05:44AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > The hard disk is an IBM 40GB. Not sure of the model, but it's > > only about 4 months old, so I should be able to return it under > > the guarantee. What is the best way to WIPE data on the disk ? > > GTX (?) disks are widely

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