Re: Debian package on Windows

2016-02-22 Thread Ric Moore
ft porting apt to Windows ? Because they didn't select YUM. :) Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: Debian package on Windows

2016-02-22 Thread Jean-Baptiste Thomas
De: "Ric Moore" > and the GPL notice is included. I saw no mention to avoid the GPL in his > request for information. Ergo, as long as the GPL is honored, this plan > is actually a plus for Debian. How is Debian better off from Microsoft porting apt to Windows ?

Re: Debian package on Windows

2016-02-22 Thread Ric Moore
icrosoft), we started to think about lib acquisition (still a painful process for C++ on Windows) and we are imaging different options, one is to port apt-get on Windows. Porting Apt-Get mean using Debian format (we love it) and providing Windows binary inside the package… For doing that we imagine

Re: Debian package on Windows

2016-02-22 Thread Thiago
Em 22-02-2016 10:56, Jonathan Dowland escreveu: > On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 11:21:46PM -0300, Thiago wrote: > Since this is a development query, debian-devel would be more appropriate than > debian-user, and unless I'm mistaken, you should make it clear that you do not > speak for Debian as you are n

Re: Debian package on Windows

2016-02-22 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 11:21:46PM -0300, Thiago wrote: > Why did you send this message on Debian Apache and not in the main > mailing list? Since this is a development query, debian-devel would be more appropriate than debian-user, and unless I'm mistaken, you should make it clear that you do not

Re: Debian package on Windows

2016-02-22 Thread Thiago
Em 21-02-2016 23:49, John Hasler escreveu: > I don't know what you mean by that. It's Free Software. They can do > with it what the license terms permit and no more absent special > permission from the copyright owner. The authors released it under the > GPL and that's that. Debian, not owning

Re: Debian package on Windows

2016-02-21 Thread John Hasler
Thiego writes: > I don't like the idea of Debian allowing the restrictions. I don't know what you mean by that. It's Free Software. They can do with it what the license terms permit and no more absent special permission from the copyright owner. The authors released it under the GPL and that's

Re: Debian package on Windows

2016-02-21 Thread Thiago
ethics to the copyright. Knowledge, owned, must not be knowledge restricted. Sharing is helpful. Education is respectful. Helps when people adopts academic behavior to quote the authors. Em 21-02-2016 18:37, Gary Dale escreveu: > I don't see why you object so strongly to the idea of porting apt

Re: Debian package on Windows

2016-02-21 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 04:37:27PM -0500, Gary Dale wrote: > I don't see why you object so strongly to the idea of porting apt-get to > Windows. The idea may be a little crazy in that Windows programs don't > install the same way or use the same libraries but there are lots

Re: Debian package on Windows

2016-02-21 Thread Gary Dale
I don't see why you object so strongly to the idea of porting apt-get to Windows. The idea may be a little crazy in that Windows programs don't install the same way or use the same libraries but there are lots of other programs that run on Linux and Windows without provoking a hostile

Re: Debian package on Windows

2016-02-20 Thread Thiago
is a right kind of > crazy! > > > > I’m PM in the Visual C++ Team (VC Lib to be precise here at Microsoft), > we started to think about lib acquisition (still a painful process for > C++ on Windows) and we are imaging different options, one is to port > apt-get on Windows

Sticky nautilus windows

2016-02-09 Thread Stephen Chadfield
Has anyone else experienced problems with nautilus windows becoming "stuck" - i.e. they cannot be moved using the mouse on the title bar? They move fine using the default Gnome keyboard shortcut Alt-F7. In this state the right click menu on the title bar does not show either. I am

Re: jigdo-lite for windows (from debian-cd list)

2016-02-08 Thread Thomas Schmitt
ia would be next. But actually i assume you want to install Debian on some computer. Tell us about it. Especially if there is a DVD drive and/or a connection to the internet. i wrote: > > Shall it still offer the opportunity to start MS-Windows ? > > Do you need to perform special

jigdo-lite for windows (from debian-cd list)

2016-02-08 Thread Florent Larose
otmail.com Objet : Re: jigdo-lite for windows (from debian-cd list) Hi, we should move this to debian-user mailing list, as it is more about installing from the MS-Windows world and not about the installation ISOs themselves. Please send your further replies to debian-user@lists.debian.org Th

Re: jigdo-lite for windows (from debian-cd list)

2016-02-08 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, we should move this to debian-user mailing list, as it is more about installing from the MS-Windows world and not about the installation ISOs themselves. Please send your further replies to debian-user@lists.debian.org The start of the thread is (in french) at https://lists.debian.org

Windows share problem is back

2016-02-03 Thread Steve Matzura
After a couple system reboots for various things, mostly some hardware changes, adding disks, etc., my Windows shares aren't mounting any more, plus I'm getting a console error that the mount failed error connecting to socket, error 115 mount operation in progress, etc. What I want to k

Re: Mounting a Windows Share

2016-01-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 17 January 2016 21:48:48 Bob Holtzman wrote: > On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 03:59:57PM +0200, Moreanu Robert - Nicolae wrote: > > hi > > i'm looking to resolve this problem when I want to install debian 8.2 or > > 8.1. I receive this message after it's take to Grub install > > > > " the 'grub-

Re: Mounting a Windows Share

2016-01-17 Thread Bob Holtzman
On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 03:59:57PM +0200, Moreanu Robert - Nicolae wrote: > hi > i'm looking to resolve this problem when I want to install debian 8.2 or > 8.1. I receive this message after it's take to Grub install > > " the 'grub-pc' package failed to install into /target/ " > after the operatio

Re: Mounting a Windows Share

2016-01-17 Thread Moreanu Robert - Nicolae
hi i'm looking to resolve this problem when I want to install debian 8.2 or 8.1. I receive this message after it's take to Grub install " the 'grub-pc' package failed to install into /target/ " after the operation of clean up on installing, i have a failed operations. i make the install of debian

Re: Mounting a Windows Share

2016-01-17 Thread emmanuel segura
Sorry, The problem was solved using sec=ntlm 2016-01-17 11:26 GMT+01:00 Nemeth Gyorgy : > 2016-01-17 00:48 keltezéssel, Steve Matzura írta: >>> modprobe cifs maybe can help you. >> >> What is supposed to happen when I enter that command? All I got was >> another shell prompt. > > After modprobe t

Re: Mounting a Windows Share

2016-01-17 Thread Nemeth Gyorgy
2016-01-17 00:48 keltezéssel, Steve Matzura írta: >> modprobe cifs maybe can help you. > > What is supposed to happen when I enter that command? All I got was > another shell prompt. After modprobe try mount again -- --- Friczy --- 'Death is not a bug, it's a feature'

Re: Mounting a Windows Share

2016-01-16 Thread Steve Matzura
Emanuel, On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:41:11 +0100, you wrote: >modprobe cifs maybe can help you. What is supposed to happen when I enter that command? All I got was another shell prompt.

Re: Mounting a Windows Share

2016-01-16 Thread emmanuel segura
0}) = 0 > mount("//DISKSTATION1/BigVol1", ".", "cifs", 0, > "ip=192.168.1.156,unc=DISKSTATI"...) = -1 EOPNOTSUPP (Operation > not supported) > capset({_LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3, 1580}, {CAP_SYS_ADMIN, > CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE|CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH|CAP_SYS_ADMIN, 0}) = 0 > write(2, "mount error(95): Operation not s"..., 41mount error(95): > Operation not supported > ) = 41 > write(2, "Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manua"..., 61Refer to the > mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs) > ) = 61 > munmap(0x7f98fa20f000, 11264) = 0 > exit_group(32) = ? > +++ exited with 32 +++ > > The volume is still quite useable from all Windows systems, but > somehow since my last reboot, something has changed that I cannot > identify. As always, help greatly appreciated. > -- .~. /V\ // \\ /( )\ ^`~'^

Re: Mounting a Windows Share

2016-01-16 Thread Steve Matzura
pported) capset({_LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3, 1580}, {CAP_SYS_ADMIN, CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE|CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH|CAP_SYS_ADMIN, 0}) = 0 write(2, "mount error(95): Operation not s"..., 41mount error(95): Operation not supported ) = 41 write(2, "Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manua"...,

Re: Projector, Debian, OS X, Windows, HDMI

2016-01-15 Thread German
rojector displayed "no > > input" icon. If this is not faulty mini display to HDMI cord, what > > might me a problem? > > > > > > The third time, Windows machine was connected to projector. By > > HDMI-HDMI cable. Again, only wallpaper of computer w

Re: Projector, Debian, OS X, Windows, HDMI

2016-01-15 Thread Joe
HDMI cable. For a while I got computer's > wallpaper on the wall ( but not the icons and other stuff which is on > Mac's display) and connection was lost ( projector displayed "no > input" icon. If this is not faulty mini display to HDMI cord, what > might me a proble

Projector, Debian, OS X, Windows, HDMI

2016-01-15 Thread German
s on Mac's display) and connection was lost ( projector displayed "no input" icon. If this is not faulty mini display to HDMI cord, what might me a problem? The third time, Windows machine was connected to projector. By HDMI-HDMI cable. Again, only wallpaper of computer was projected on

Re: Still Can't Mount Windows Share

2016-01-11 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* Steve Matzura [2016-01-10 11:19 -0500]: > On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 14:48:55 +0100, Sven wrote: > > >You might want to check /var/log/messages for more verbose error > >message.  > > In three days, this is all messages has in it: [...] Well, that sould be /var/log/syslog. > >And perhaps also run

Re: Still Can't Mount Windows Share

2016-01-10 Thread Steve Matzura
I added the "Everyone" username object to the list of those permitted to access the drives, and it worked. No username or password required. Now I have to get it into fstab and I'm totally done with system setup!

Re: Still Can't Mount Windows Share

2016-01-10 Thread Steve Matzura
ord="" mount.cifs kernel mount options: ip=192.168.1.140,unc=\\box1\d,vers=2.1,user=Steve Matzura,pass= mount error(13): Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs) I had the idea of separating the two words of the username with backslash-s

Re: Still Can't Mount Windows Share

2016-01-10 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sat, 2016-01-09 at 17:00 -0500, Steve Matzura wrote: > Mea culpa. I didn't read far enough down the page. > > After trying `vers=2.1', now I get error 13, permission denied. > Getting closer. Now it's probably a username or password problem, but > the Windows acco

Re: Still Can't Mount Windows Share

2016-01-10 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sat, 2016-01-09 at 17:00 -0500, Steve Matzura wrote: > Mea culpa. I didn't read far enough down the page. It was quite easy to miss. I will try to remember to quote the relevant parts in the message to the list, instead of just adding the URL. After all, web sites change and can become inacces

Re: Still Can't Mount Windows Share

2016-01-10 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 10 January 2016 02:31:54 Steve Matzura wrote: > Let me rephrase/clarify that. There are lots of things on which > screenreaders can be blamed, but this one wasn't one of them. > > On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 20:49:59 -0500, you wrote: > >On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 22:46:20 +, Lisi wrote: > >>On Satur

Re: Still Can't Mount Windows Share

2016-01-09 Thread Steve Matzura
Let me rephrase/clarify that. There are lots of things on which screenreaders can be blamed, but this one wasn't one of them. On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 20:49:59 -0500, you wrote: >On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 22:46:20 +, Lisi wrote: > >>On Saturday 09 January 2016 22:00:46 Steve Matzura wrote: >>> Mea culpa.

Re: Still Can't Mount Windows Share

2016-01-09 Thread Steve Matzura
On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 22:46:20 +, Lisi wrote: >On Saturday 09 January 2016 22:00:46 Steve Matzura wrote: >> Mea culpa. I didn't read far enough down the page. > >The fact you have to do so is clearly the result of your screen reader, >Steve - the link actually opens at the comment in a GUI. > N

Re: Still Can't Mount Windows Share

2016-01-09 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 09 January 2016 22:00:46 Steve Matzura wrote: > Mea culpa. I didn't read far enough down the page. The fact you have to do so is clearly the result of your screen reader, Steve - the link actually opens at the comment in a GUI. Lisi

Re: Still Can't Mount Windows Share

2016-01-09 Thread Steve Matzura
Mea culpa. I didn't read far enough down the page. After trying `vers=2.1', now I get error 13, permission denied. Getting closer. Now it's probably a username or password problem, but the Windows account has no password. I suppose if I must put one on, in order to make this wo

Re: Still Can't Mount Windows Share

2016-01-09 Thread Steve Matzura
n "guaranteed" for you, but two firewalls plus a few pieces of software running on the Linux machine is all I have, and it's always been more than sufficient. To me, a "guaranteed" network means nothing to the outside, and this isn't quite that good. But almost. >And as

Re: Still Can't Mount Windows Share

2016-01-09 Thread Joe
On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 21:05:40 + Joe wrote: > > And as I've said, Windows clients will silently use the current user's > credentials if they are accepted by the server, and only request > credentials if they are not. I don't know if mount.cifs tries this. > A

Re: Still Can't Mount Windows Share

2016-01-09 Thread Joe
> > I've not heard cifs mounting without password but this is interesting > Yes, it can be arranged, but of course it's a bad idea unless the network is guaranteed (!) to be secure. And as I've said, Windows clients will silently use the current user's credentials

Re: Still Can't Mount Windows Share

2016-01-09 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sat, 2016-01-09 at 13:59 -0500, Steve Matzura wrote: > I tried it, but nothing changed. And it's not even the same error. > Mine is 121, an I/O error of some kind, while the one in the article > is error 12, a memory error. The link is to a comment on the article, with the same error.   -- Ch

Re: Still Can't Mount Windows Share

2016-01-09 Thread Steve Matzura
On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 17:53:38 +0100, Sven wrote: >On Sat, 2016-01-09 at 11:04 -0500, Steve Matzura wrote: >> The Windows username is my own name, I have no password set on that >> acount. It mounts flawlessly from another Windows machine, but when I >> try: >> >>

Re: Still Can't Mount Windows Share

2016-01-09 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sat, 2016-01-09 at 11:04 -0500, Steve Matzura wrote: > The Windows username is my own name, I have no password set on that > acount. It mounts flawlessly from another Windows machine, but when I > try: > > # mount -t cifs //box1/d /mnt/d -o username="Steve > Matzura&

Still Can't Mount Windows Share

2016-01-09 Thread Steve Matzura
The Windows username is my own name, I have no password set on that acount. It mounts flawlessly from another Windows machine, but when I try: # mount -t cifs //box1/d /mnt/d -o username="Steve Matzura",password="" I get: mount error(121): Remote I/O error Refer to the mount

Re: Mounting a Windows Share

2016-01-02 Thread Steve Matzura
the IP address of the Windows box >worked. That one gave me an error 5, input/output error. I changed back from the address to the DNS name and got error 13. It's a problem on the sharing computer's side. I'll fix it and report.

Re: Mounting a Windows Share

2016-01-02 Thread Gary Dale
you're running it as non-root, IIRC the "specify both mount point and device to mount" will be rejected as "only root can do that". Either way, this doesn't look quite right. I'm running it as root all right. I also tried '-o user="Steve Matzura"

Re: Mounting a Windows Share

2016-01-02 Thread Steve Matzura
y; if you're running it as non-root, IIRC the "specify >>> both mount point and device to mount" will be rejected as "only >>> root can do that". Either way, this doesn't look quite right. >> >> I'm running it as root all right.

Re: Mounting a Windows Share

2016-01-02 Thread Joe
e the same username and password on client and server, make sure the mounting user has appropriate permissions on the share (both share permissions and file ACLs apply) and with luck you won't need to specify anything in advance. This works with Windows clients ('pass-through authenticati

Re: Mounting a Windows Share

2016-01-02 Thread Gary Dale
On 02/01/16 02:47 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: I have a Windows machine called 'box' with a directory called 'users' which is shared publicly with no access username or password as 'users2'. On my Jessie system, I created the mount point successfully: mkdir -p /mnt/us

Re: Mounting a Windows Share

2016-01-02 Thread Gary Dale
e:"Steve Matzura" and got back: Username specified with no parameter That syntax is invalid. You'd need something like -o username="Steve Matzura", assuming Steve Matzura is a valid username. The system responds: mount error(13): Permission denied Is there a def

Re: Mounting a Windows Share

2016-01-02 Thread The Wanderer
> I'm running it as root all right. I just now tried: > > mount -t cifs //box/users2 /mnt/share -o username:"Steve Matzura" > > and got back: > > Username specified with no parameter Try it with '-o username=' instead of '-o username:'. A

Re: Mounting a Windows Share

2016-01-02 Thread Steve Matzura
27;t look quite right. I'm running it as root all right. I just now tried: mount -t cifs //box/users2 /mnt/share -o username:"Steve Matzura" and got back: Username specified with no parameter >> The system responds: >> >> mount error(13): Permission denied >&g

Re: Mounting a Windows Share

2016-01-02 Thread The Wanderer
On 2016-01-02 at 14:47, Steve Matzura wrote: > I have a Windows machine called 'box' with a directory called > 'users' which is shared publicly with no access username or password > as 'users2'. On my Jessie system, I created the mount point > success

Mounting a Windows Share

2016-01-02 Thread Steve Matzura
I have a Windows machine called 'box' with a directory called 'users' which is shared publicly with no access username or password as 'users2'. On my Jessie system, I created the mount point successfully: mkdir -p /mnt/users I then installed the cifs-utils package a

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-14 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 22:54:01 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Tue 13 Oct 2015 at 22:40:24 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 19:37:34 +0100 > > Brian wrote: > > > > > > Try downloading this document and reading it with mupdf (or a Linux > > > viewer of your choice). > > > > > >

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Joseph Loo
On 10/13/2015 10:34 AM, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > On Tue, October 13, 2015 7:26 am, Joseph Loo wrote: >> have you tried installing >> ghostscript on your windows machine? It will convert ps and possibly pdf to >> pcl or some other printers they have drivers for. > >

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread rlharris
On Mon, October 12, 2015 11:15 pm, Stuart Longland wrote: > There's also a Windows port of Evince. Stuart, As a test, I found a running Windows 7 system with printer. I downloaded Evince and installed it without difficulty. Then I viewed a PDF document and printed it, without having t

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
El 13/10/15 a las 16:42, Lisi Reisz escribió: On Tuesday 13 October 2015 21:52:02 Mario Castelán Castro wrote: El 13/10/15 a las 14:55, Adrian O'Dell escribió: Never tell a business partner to change. One of the problems of society is that it is driven by economic interests, and more often th

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Brian
> on debian-user. > > > > > > Yes, but it is usually soluble, and anyway, I thought that pdf was easier > > > from Windows. It used to be. But I haven't used Windows for a very long > > > time, so I may easily be wrong. > > > > The only

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Brian
On Tue 13 Oct 2015 at 17:23:22 -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > El 13/10/15 a las 16:42, Lisi Reisz escribió: > >On Tuesday 13 October 2015 21:52:02 Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > >>El 13/10/15 a las 14:55, Adrian O'Dell escribió: > >>>Never tell a business partner to change. > >> > >>One of

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Lisi Reisz
forget: standards are good; everyone can have one. :) > > > > > :-) > > : > > > I have a clear recollection of your having met this and asking about it > > > on debian-user. > > > > Yes, but it is usually soluble, and anyway, I thought that pdf

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Brian
; standard. Don't forget: standards are good; everyone can have one. :) > > > > :-) > > > > > I have a clear recollection of your having met this and asking about it > > > on debian-user. > > > > Yes, but it is usually soluble, and anyway,

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Brian
gt; > :-) > > > I have a clear recollection of your having met this and asking about it > > on debian-user. > > Yes, but it is usually soluble, and anyway, I thought that pdf was easier > from > Windows. It used to be. But I haven't used Windows for a very lo

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
El 13/10/15 a las 14:55, Adrian O'Dell escribió: Never tell a business partner to change. One of the problems of society is that it is driven by economic interests, and more often than not, the interests which govern behavior are those of megacorporations (employers) instead of individuals. W

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Brian
On Tue 13 Oct 2015 at 22:40:24 +0300, Reco wrote: > On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 19:37:34 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > > Try downloading this document and reading it with mupdf (or a Linux > > viewer of your choice). > > > > wget > > https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 13 October 2015 21:52:02 Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > El 13/10/15 a las 14:55, Adrian O'Dell escribió: > > Never tell a business partner to change. > > One of the problems of society is that it is driven by economic > interests, and more often than not, the interests which govern behav

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Lisi Reisz
; > > > Thanks for bringing up the utf8 issue; I keep forgetting about it. > > > > > > But is the PDF file I produce with whatever is in Jessie likely to be > > > readable by Windows XP or Vista? I ask this because I have an older HP > > > laserjet whi

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
El 13/10/15 a las 14:38, Brian escribió: On Tue 13 Oct 2015 at 14:04:44 -0500, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: On Tue, October 13, 2015 1:37 pm, Brian wrote: There may be an ISO standard for a PDF but not all PDF's conform to the standard. Don't forget: standards are good; everyone can have one. :)

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Adrian O'Dell
Never tell a business partner to change. On 10/13/2015 02:45 PM, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: El 13/10/15 a las 14:38, Brian escribió: On Tue 13 Oct 2015 at 14:04:44 -0500, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: On Tue, October 13, 2015 1:37 pm, Brian wrote: There may be an ISO standard for a PDF but not

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Reco
tf8 support.] > > > > > > Thanks for bringing up the utf8 issue; I keep forgetting about it. > > > > > > But is the PDF file I produce with whatever is in Jessie likely to be > > > readable by Windows XP or Vista? I ask this because I have an older HP >

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Brian
e .doc and .docx documents. The senders assume I can read them. What do I do? Complain to them or just deal with it. Fortunately, Debian makes it relatively easy to take the latter course of action. Why foul up a relationship? Now send a .dvi file to a Windows user. You will not hear the last of it

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread rlharris
ot;enhanced" over the years, similar to the enhancement of Postscript by the introduction of Postscript levels 2 and 3. Russ "Windows is like the cat: to understand it is to hate it."

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Brian
> But is the PDF file I produce with whatever is in Jessie likely to be > > readable by Windows XP or Vista? I ask this because I have an older HP > > laserjet which cannot decipher Postscript Level 3. > > Surely the whole point of .pdf is that it is an open standard whi

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread rlharris
On Tue, October 13, 2015 7:26 am, Joseph Loo wrote: > have you tried installing > ghostscript on your windows machine? It will convert ps and possibly pdf to > pcl or some other printers they have drivers for. Ghostscript is one of the first solutions which occurred to me. I found a H

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 12 Oct 2015, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > But is the PDF file I produce with whatever is in Jessie likely to be > readable by Windows XP or Vista? Yes, assuming they have installed acrobat reader (or similar), which is basically a requirement. -- Don Armstrong

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Joseph Loo
pecification. >>> >>> [It's also probably time to move away from pdflatex to xelatex or >>> some other LaTeX engine with real utf8 support.] >> >> Thanks for bringing up the utf8 issue; I keep forgetting about it. >> >> But is the PDF file I pr

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Lisi Reisz
ly time to move away from pdflatex to xelatex or > > some other LaTeX engine with real utf8 support.] > > Thanks for bringing up the utf8 issue; I keep forgetting about it. > > But is the PDF file I produce with whatever is in Jessie likely to be > readable by Windows XP or Vist

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread Stuart Longland
On 13/10/15 15:45, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > On Mon, October 12, 2015 11:15 pm, Stuart Longland wrote: >> There's also a Windows port of Evince. > > Thanks, Stuart; that knowledge may be useful. But installing Evince > likely is beyond the technical ability of my ass

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 02:54:28AM -0500, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: [...] > Many thanks, Tomas. For years I have been wary of Adobe Reader, but I had > no idea that there were alternatives to Adobe Reader for Windows. Hey, thank *you*, Ru

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread rlharris
On Tue, October 13, 2015 1:55 am, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > (Executive summary: there are lots of nice, free PDF viewers, even for > Windows. The FSF has been making an effort to publicize that fact [3] and > to get web pages to recommend those alternatives too). > [1] <http:/

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 12:45:33AM -0500, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > On Mon, October 12, 2015 11:15 pm, Stuart Longland wrote: > > There's also a Windows port of Evince. > > Thanks, Stuart; that knowledge may be useful. B

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-13 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 09:23:19PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > [...] I haven't looked > at a .dvi for years. I remember they're very quick to page through > multi-page documents, but graphic includes were a problem. FWIW I still use dvi for the "loc

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-12 Thread rlharris
On Mon, October 12, 2015 11:15 pm, Stuart Longland wrote: > There's also a Windows port of Evince. Thanks, Stuart; that knowledge may be useful. But installing Evince likely is beyond the technical ability of my associate. I hope that he has Adobe Reader running. Recently I was in a

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-12 Thread Stuart Longland
On 13/10/15 14:09, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > On Debian, I have been using evince, but that is to view documents which I > obtain from other sources. There's also a Windows port of Evince. -- Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL) I haven't lost my mind... ...it'

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-12 Thread rlharris
page documents, but graphic includes were a problem. .pdf it is, then. If my associate does not already have Adobe Reader, I presume that he can download a free copy which runs under any version of Windows, including XP and Vista. On Debian, I have been using evince, but that is to view document

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-12 Thread rlharris
tf8 support.] Thanks for bringing up the utf8 issue; I keep forgetting about it. But is the PDF file I produce with whatever is in Jessie likely to be readable by Windows XP or Vista? I ask this because I have an older HP laserjet which cannot decipher Postscript Level 3. Russ

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-12 Thread David Wright
at he can print a copy and file > it. There is no need for him to edit the file. But my associate is > running Windows, and does not have a Postscript printer. > > Is there a fool-proof solution to this need? I have considered asking > my associate to install ghostscript, and I

Re: print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-12 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 12 Oct 2015, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > I would like to send a document file (.tex or .dvi or .ps) as an email > attachment to an associate so that he can print a copy and file it. > There is no need for him to edit the file. But my associate is running > Windows, and doe

print .tex or .dvi or .ps from Windows

2015-10-12 Thread rlharris
file. But my associate is running Windows, and does not have a Postscript printer. Is there a fool-proof solution to this need? I have considered asking my associate to install ghostscript, and I have considered purchasing a Postscript printer for him. I do not know which Windows (XP, Vista, or 7

Re: Problem VNC (Vino) access from windows or other clients

2015-09-19 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
Thanks for help :) On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Seeker wrote: > > > On 9/18/2015 10:59 AM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > >> >> >> can you please also advice any client for windows. right now the only >> platform i have is Windows to access the machi

Re: Problem VNC (Vino) access from windows or other clients

2015-09-18 Thread Seeker
On 9/18/2015 10:59 AM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: can you please also advice any client for windows. right now the only platform i have is Windows to access the machine. and Remmina does not work for Windows. Any suggestion please? Thanks, Yousuf RealVNC or UltraVNC if you want

Re: Problem VNC (Vino) access from windows or other clients

2015-09-18 Thread Reco
27; by *user*, not *root*. And you're supposed to run 'gsettings' from the X session. > can you please also advice any client for windows. right now the only > platform i have is Windows to access the machine. and Remmina does not work > for Windows. > > Any suggesti

Re: Problem VNC (Vino) access from windows or other clients

2015-09-18 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
without X11 $DISPLAY. can you please also advice any client for windows. right now the only platform i have is Windows to access the machine. and Remmina does not work for Windows. Any suggestion please? Thanks, Yousuf On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 11:29 AM, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > O

Re: Debian + Windows with UEFI

2015-09-18 Thread real bas
It is for this propose but I think strange the lightdm/xdm not work after installing NVIDIA driver. This NVIDIA driver package create only one directory for all files needed by driver, this makes it easy for the user. Em 18/09/2015 00:51, "Charlie Kravetz" escreveu: > On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:41:38

Re: Problem VNC (Vino) access from windows or other clients

2015-09-17 Thread Reco
ly client that seems to support that cryptic 'VNC security type 18' seems to be Remmina. So - you need to connect from the Windows client - you need to have an insecure configuration on server side. Presumably - it's done like this: gsettings set org.gnome.Vino require-encryption false Reco

Re: Debian + Windows with UEFI

2015-09-17 Thread Charlie Kravetz
On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 22:41:38 -0400 real bas wrote: >Hi guys, I can't install NVIDIA driver and bumblebee manually or using >debian repository. The solution? Using ubuntu oficial repository of NVIDIA >(driver 355) but nvidia-settings still no given information about graphics >card even open with o

Problem VNC (Vino) access from windows or other clients

2015-09-17 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
I am using Debian 8.2. i enable screen sharing but when i try to connect client side shows me this message unable to connect VNC server using your chosen security setting. Either upgrade the VNC server to more recent version from realVNC or select weaker level of encryption and i see this on s

Re: Debian + Windows with UEFI

2015-09-17 Thread real bas
Hi guys, I can't install NVIDIA driver and bumblebee manually or using debian repository. The solution? Using ubuntu oficial repository of NVIDIA (driver 355) but nvidia-settings still no given information about graphics card even open with optirun 2015-09-17 11:11 GMT-04:00 real bas : > Then, I

Re: Debian + Windows with UEFI

2015-09-17 Thread real bas
Then, I need install the bumblebee (without nvidia-xconfig)? 2015-09-17 11:02 GMT-04:00 Darac Marjal : > On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 09:18:01AM -0400, real bas wrote: > > Hi Darac, > > I follow this article [2] and still black screen with lightdm error > (attached > > 1). When execute nvidia-detected

Re: Debian + Windows with UEFI

2015-09-17 Thread Erwan David
Le 17/09/2015 17:02, Darac Marjal a écrit : > On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 09:18:01AM -0400, real bas wrote: >> Hi Darac, >> I follow this article [2] and still black screen with lightdm error (attached >> 1). When execute nvidia-detected says 'No nvidia gpu detected' but in lspci >> say >> that I have

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