Can't load X

Hi‎,I booted my system yesterday I have found that I can't start X in my regular user, I always use xinit‎, startx loads X but leaves desktop unusable, both mouse and keyboard don't work. It puts:xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory)In my /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config I cha

Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks?

On 2015-10-09, Francesco Ariis wrote: > On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 04:08:31PM -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of daily >> tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be shown daily at >> a certain

moving from stretch to sid

Is it enough that I change all references to stretch to sid in sources.list and do the dist-upgrade to switch to sid? Is there anything else I need to watch out for? --8<---cut here---start->8--- # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux stretch-DI-alpha3 _Stretch_ - Offic

Re: moving from stretch to sid

Sivaram Neelakantan wrote: > Is it enough that I change all references to stretch to sid in > sources.list and do the dist-upgrade to switch to sid? This is correcnt. > Is there anything else I need to watch out for? Yes: a) remove the references to security.debian.org. There is no security

Please tipps for Desktop ( gnome, kde, xfce, etc. ) Debian 8 jessie and some minor issues

Hello, Can You please help me? i updated all of our computer to Debian 8 jessie hardware 1. 64 bit Intel ( noname ) 4 GB-RAM .. o.k. 2. apple powerbook ( 2004 ) 2 GB RAM.. no sound 3. apple iMac ( 2010 ) 8 GB RAM .. o.k. i installed on all these 'xfce' t

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Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks?

On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 04:08:31PM -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > Hello. > > I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of daily > tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be shown daily at > a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as a

Re: Please tipps for Desktop ( gnome, kde, xfce, etc. ) Debian 8 jessie and some minor issues

On Saturday 10 October 2015 14:31:11 Peter Berlau wrote: > need 17" because I need the nb on stage for Sheets ( some double - pages ) > I think about 'Lenevo'  or 'asus' what would You prefer? I would prefer Lenovo. Personal prejudice?? > > Thanks for Help, > best regards, >   Peter > p.s. sorry,

Re: Please tipps for Desktop ( gnome, kde, xfce, etc. ) Debian 8 jessie and some minor issues

Am 10.10.2015 um 17:08 schrieb Lisi Reisz: On Saturday 10 October 2015 14:31:11 Peter Berlau wrote: need 17" because I need the nb on stage for Sheets ( some double - pages ) I think about 'Lenevo' or 'asus' what would You prefer? I would prefer Lenovo. Personal prejudice?? Lenovo G70-70 43

Video-UNfriendly browsers?

My wife and I live out in the wilds of Maine, and the only internet service we can get is satellite, which means a maximum of 250 MB total up and down per day. That allowance gets drained away by these damned autoplay videos on various news sites. Pat is using Wheezy, I'm using Jessie - short of g

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

On Sat, 10 Oct 2015, brian wrote: > > My wife and I live out in the wilds of Maine, and the only internet > service we can get is satellite, which means a maximum of 250 MB total > up and down per day. That allowance gets drained away by these damned > autoplay videos on various news sites. Pat i

apt-get upgrade --with-new-pkgs (was ... Re: Can't reinstall all Jessie packages.)

On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 09:38:39PM -0400, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > > Ah, nice catch... "--reinstall". I've used that *in desperate moments* > of things not gelling together. I never had problems with it, but I > can't say that I ever used it on apt. Another one I've seen recently is: apt-get up

Re: Please tipps for Desktop ( gnome, kde, xfce, etc. ) Debian 8 jessie and some minor issues

On Saturday 10 October 2015 16:13:49 Peter Berlau wrote: > Am 10.10.2015 um 17:08 schrieb Lisi Reisz: > > On Saturday 10 October 2015 14:31:11 Peter Berlau wrote: > >> need 17" because I need the nb on stage for Sheets ( some double - pages > >> ) I think about 'Lenevo' or 'asus' what would You pr

Re: moving from stretch to sid

On Sat, Oct 10 2015,Sven Hartge wrote: > Sivaram Neelakantan wrote: > >> Is it enough that I change all references to stretch to sid in >> sources.list and do the dist-upgrade to switch to sid? > > This is correcnt. Thanks > a) remove the references to security.debian.org. There is no securi

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

On Saturday 10 October 2015 17:35:20 Patrick Bartek wrote: > I've got Chrome set in Preferences to "Ask" before running ANY plugin. When you say "preferences" where exactly do you mean? Lisi

Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks?

Thanks to everybody who replied. I will be trying those solutions. If you're a GNOME 3 user, gnome-clocks is a handy addition to that list. It's likely that evolution offers similar functionality, but I don't use it and so I can't cofirm that. No, I use LXDE. GNOME makes me sick, but thanks fo

Re: moving from stretch to sid

Sivaram Neelakantan wrote: > On Sat, Oct 10 2015,Sven Hartge wrote: >> Sivaram Neelakantan wrote: >>> Is it enough that I change all references to stretch to sid in >>> sources.list and do the dist-upgrade to switch to sid? >> a) remove the references to security.debian.org. There is no secur

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

It seems like NoScript will do the job. I think that it allows YouTube by default once installed, but you can easily disable it after installing (along with the other sites it enables by default). Since most sites depend on JavaScript to embed videos, that will block most of them. I don't know

Re: Please tipps for Desktop ( gnome, kde, xfce, etc. ) Debian 8 jessie and some minor issues

On Sat, 2015-10-10 at 15:31 +0200, Peter Berlau wrote: > i have to external firewire drives connected to the iMac > i can access drives manualy but i like to do this have automatic > during > boot process... > i think i have to add > UUID /mnt/dsk1 defau

debian-user list problem

Hi I cannot receive anymore debian-user list messages since I posted this message: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/10/msg00201.html Yesterday, I posted a message to listmas...@lists.debian.org but I didn't get any answer. What can I do? Thanks for any help. Greetings -- Maderios

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 11/10/2015 3:07 AM, brian wrote: > My wife and I live out in the wilds of Maine, and the only > internet service we can get is satellite, which means a maximum of > 250 MB total up and down per day. That allowance gets drained away > by these damn

Re: Please tipps for Desktop ( gnome, kde, xfce, etc. ) Debian 8 jessie and some minor issues

Hi Lisi, thanks for help... The Nvidia is a problem? Pity about the NVidia. That has been known to cause some people grief. Let's see what other people come back with, and I'll look into these in more detail later. If *you* don't understand *my* English, just ask and I'll rephrase or explain.

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

NoScript will block the videos (you will want to configure it). You'll also want AdBlock. Also go into Perferences in Firefox and set it up for the most restrictive configuration you can tolerate. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Can't load X

Hello, With the latest upload of the xserver-xorg package in unstable (2:1.17.2-3), the server is now supposed to run with root privileges. Do you have a logind session registered? What kind of graphic card do you have? Try to install xserver-xorg-legacy package and see if that helps. Chee

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

On 2015-10-10, brian wrote: > > My wife and I live out in the wilds of Maine, and the only internet > service we can get is satellite, which means a maximum of 250 MB total > up and down per day. That allowance gets drained away by these damned > autoplay videos on various news sites. Pat is using

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

Be careful of AdBlock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdBlock#Acceptable_Ads_Program_and_sale Use uBlock instead. Tim On 10/10/15 19:59, John Hasler wrote: NoScript will block the videos (you will want to configure it). You'll also want AdBlock. Also go into Perferences in Firefox and set it

Re: Please tipps for Desktop ( gnome, kde, xfce, etc. ) Debian 8 jessie and some minor issues

On Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:16:46 +0200 Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Sat, 2015-10-10 at 15:31 +0200, Peter Berlau wrote: > > i have to external firewire drives connected to the iMac > > i can access drives manualy but i like to do this have automatic > > during > > boot process... > > i think i have to

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

Tor adds overhead because it is another layer of encapsulation (on top of TCP/IP), it adds padding to messages (to improve confidentiality), and it needs to transmit extra data because of its cryptographic design (signatures, MAC, public keys). It doesn't seems like a good approach since the go

Re: Re: Machine freezes after kernel update

I've reported the bug here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=801467 #801467 Thanks for help. Best regards, Dmitry Piyavkin

Re: Boot process freezes dead after kernel update

Update: I've reported the bug here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=801467 #801467 See also discussion there (similar case and possible solutions): https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/10/msg00175.html Best regards, Dmitry Piyavkin

Re: Subtitles don't show properly in VLC, how to fix it? (Debian 7)

On Sat, 2015-10-10 at 13:08 -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > Hello. > > When I try to watch a video with external .srt subtitles in VLC, I > get > strings like "98 --> 00:00:11" (which are strings part of the .stt > file) > instead of the proper text. The problem is the same whether I open

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

Curt composed on 2015-10-10 18:06 (UTC): >brian wrote: >> My wife and I live out in the wilds of Maine, and the only internet >> service we can get is satellite, which means a maximum of 250 MB total >> up and down per day. That allowance gets drained away by these damned >> autoplay videos on va

Subtitles don't show properly in VLC, how to fix it? (Debian 7)

Hello. When I try to watch a video with external .srt subtitles in VLC, I get strings like "98 --> 00:00:11" (which are strings part of the .stt file) instead of the proper text. The problem is the same whether I open the subtitles with the "Open (advanced)" menu option, or name both files the

Re: Machine freezes after kernel update

On 10/09/2015 06:09 PM, Brad Rogers wrote: If that's true, that's a *serious* bug. LILO (or Grub, come to that) should never delete kernels. I know Grub doesn't but, as I said before, I've not used LILO for some years. Even so, I'd be surprised if it could actually _delete_ kernels like that

Re: Machine freezes after kernel update

On 10/09/2015 05:19 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: In fact, (and in my case) LILO does delete old kernels during the upgrade, Wow! I really think that is a bug *if* it does. What makes you think that is the case? Ok, let me say it this way: That laptop has 2 different flavours of kernel, the

Re: Machine freezes after kernel update

On 10/09/2015 08:45 PM, Piyavkin wrote: I have exactly the same issue with the same kernel-packages. See here: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/10/msg00231.html Yes, my symptom was identical to what you have described there. Interestingly you use GRUB and not LILO, but even your GR

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

On 11/10/2015 5:16 AM, Timothy Hobbs wrote: > Be careful of AdBlock: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdBlock#Acceptable_Ads_Program_and_sale > > Use uBlock instead. I would say uBlock Origin -- it seems to be a better option to uBlock from what I've heard. Cheers A.

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

Interestingly, I would say that this is one of those cases that makes the case for trademark. I cannot keep Adblock, Adblock Plus, uBlock, and uBlock origin straight, and neither can most people. Tim On 10/10/15 21:17, Andrew McGlashan wrote: On 11/10/2015 5:16 AM, Timothy Hobbs wrote: Be c

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

On 11/10/2015 5:06 AM, Curt wrote: > Seems there is a boolean option for Firefox versions 8 and above that > can be toggled (about:config in the address bar) > > plugins.click_to_play > > which may satisfy your needs. > > https://security.berkeley.edu/faq/web-browsing/how-do-i-enable-click-pla

Re: debian-user list problem

On Sat 10 Oct 2015 at 19:23:22 +0200, maderios wrote: > I cannot receive anymore debian-user list messages since I posted this > message: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/10/msg00201.html Between then and now you (using the technical term) cocked up your email system. Only you know how

Re: Machine freezes after kernel update

On 10.10.2015 22:06, Miroslav Skoric wrote: On 10/09/2015 08:45 PM, Piyavkin wrote: I have exactly the same issue with the same kernel-packages. See here: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/10/msg00231.html Yes, my symptom was identical to what you have described there. Interestingl

Re: debian-user list problem

Brian, that wasn't a very kind email. If you don't have time to be kind, you should stop reading the mailing list and do the things that are obviously more important to you. On 10/10/15 21:30, Brian wrote: On Sat 10 Oct 2015 at 19:23:22 +0200, maderios wrote: I cannot receive anymore debian-

Re: Please tipps for Desktop ( gnome, kde, xfce, etc. ) Debian 8 jessie and some minor issues

On Sat, 2015-10-10 at 19:46 +0200, Peter Berlau wrote: > do intel have own "complete" Notebook > or have i to check "inventory"-List? Hi, I don't think there's a list, best to check the specifications directly. > Is it a good idea to switch from xfce to gnome? > xfce runs fast on all computers (

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

I have been playing with this after you posted that link, and it is really quite frustrating. It seems that there are several options in "about:config" which should allow me to either disable video completely or at least disable webm (search about:config for "media") however, none of them seem

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

However, with noscript enabled and yahoo blocked (I had to do that manually by pressing the icon), the video does not play. On 10/10/15 21:35, Timothy Hobbs wrote: I have been playing with this after you posted that link, and it is really quite frustrating. It seems that there are several optio

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

On Sat, 2015-10-10 at 12:07 -0400, brian wrote: > My wife and I live out in the wilds of Maine, and the only internet > service we can get is satellite, which means a maximum of 250 MB > total > up and down per day. That allowance gets drained away by these damned > autoplay videos on various news

Re: debian-user list problem

On Sat 10 Oct 2015 at 21:33:03 +0200, Timothy Hobbs wrote: > Brian, that wasn't a very kind email. If you don't have time to be kind, you Thank you. I'm not impervious to flattery. > should stop reading the mailing list and do the things that are obviously > more important to you. Perhaps *you*

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

On Sat, 2015-10-10 at 21:45 +0200, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > Sounds like Mozilla have improved the support for stopping auto > -playing > video, but you need version 41 (in experimental): Okay so upon further reading it seems that it doesn't auto-play, but still downloads the video, so that feature

Re: debian-user list problem

The question, is whether it is better to be mean to someone, or to ignore them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI18UrCkBEk On 10/10/15 21:48, Brian wrote: On Sat 10 Oct 2015 at 21:33:03 +0200, Timothy Hobbs wrote: Brian, that wasn't a very kind email. If you don't have time to be kind, you

Re: Machine freezes after kernel update

On 10.10.2015 22:06, Miroslav Skoric wrote: On 10/09/2015 08:45 PM, Piyavkin wrote: I have exactly the same issue with the same kernel-packages. See here: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/10/msg00231.html Yes, my symptom was identical to what you have described there. Interestingl

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

Are you sure that noscript doesn't block video in iceweasel when fully enabled? It claims to block and tags. On 10/10/15 21:56, Sven Arvidsson wrote: On Sat, 2015-10-10 at 21:45 +0200, Sven Arvidsson wrote: Sounds like Mozilla have improved the support for stopping auto -playing video, but y

Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks?

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 10:33:33AM +, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2015-10-09, Francesco Ariis wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 04:08:31PM -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > >> Hello. > >> > >> I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of > >> daily > >> tasks. Tha

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

On Sat, 2015-10-10 at 22:04 +0200, Timothy Hobbs wrote: > Are you sure that noscript doesn't block video in iceweasel when > fully > enabled? It claims to block and tags. It depends. In the case of the yahoo video mentioned above, the video is served up from yahoo.com, so it isn't blocked unles

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 02:55:14PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > What is there for HTML5 video, which isn't a plugin? > http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cramer-why-im-rethinking-view-221140224.html > plays on load, even though I have NoScript defaulting to JS disabled, until I > click its pause button.

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

On 2015-10-10, Felix Miata wrote: > >> Seems there is a boolean option for Firefox versions 8 and above that >> can be toggled (about:config in the address bar) > >> plugins.click_to_play > >> which may satisfy your needs. > >> https://security.berkeley.edu/faq/web-browsing/how-do-i-enable-click-p

Re: Please tipps for Desktop ( gnome, kde, xfce, etc. ) Debian 8 jessie and some minor issues

Hi Sven, sorry for direct mail, I clicked on the wrong button ( should go to the list ) ... Most intel-parts are in the: http://www.amazon.de/Acer-E5-772-56BN-Notebook-i5-5200U-Graphics/dp/B010USVY1A/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1444501526&sr=1-1&keywords=intel+notebook#productDetails c

Re: is google earth safe to install?

Hi, > On Tue, September 1, 2015 9:47 am, Darac Marjal wrote: > > In that case, consider "marble", which provides a similar "virtual > > globe" and is LGPL 2.1+ licensed. > > I did install marble. Perhaps my installation is not correctly > configured, but after seeing the detailed photograph of "

Re: debian-user list problem

On Saturday 10 October 2015 20:33:03 Timothy Hobbs wrote: > If you don't have time to be kind, > you should stop reading the mailing list and do the things that are > obviously more important to you. Brian isn't always "kind". But he is very knowledgeable and a definite asset to the mailing list

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

Carl Fink composed on 2015-10-10 16:29 (UTC-0400): > On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 02:55:14PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: >> What is there for HTML5 video, which isn't a plugin? >> http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cramer-why-im-rethinking-view-221140224.html >> plays on load, even though I have NoScript def

Re: Please tipps for Desktop ( gnome, kde, xfce, etc. ) Debian 8 jessie and some minor issues

On Saturday 10 October 2015 21:34:18 Peter Berlau wrote: > Hi Sven, > > sorry for direct mail, I clicked on the wrong button ( should go to the > list ) ... > > Most intel-parts are in the: > http://www.amazon.de/Acer-E5-772-56BN-Notebook-i5-5200U-Graphics/dp/B010USV >Y1A/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=

Re: is google earth safe to install?

On Sat, October 10, 2015 3:20 pm, Torsten Rahn wrote: Thanks, Torsen. Over the past week I have been running Google Earth on an old machine in an isolated, but it would be nice to have GE capability without the GE liability. I still have Marble installed, so I shall read over the documentation an

Re: is google earth safe to install?

You could try running google-earth in subuser.org . But I don't recommend it, because I don't recommend using any non-free software ;). Tim On 10/10/15 23:29, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: On Sat, October 10, 2015 3:20 pm, Torsten Rahn wrote: Thanks, Torsen. Over the past week I have been runnin

Re: debian-user list problem

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 10:01:18PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > Brian isn't always "kind". But he is very knowledgeable and a definite asset > to the mailing list. Please don't tell him to go away. As you say in your > advice to him, you can always ignore him if you don't like something he says.

Re: is google earth safe to install?

On Sat, October 10, 2015 4:31 pm, Timothy Hobbs wrote: > You could try running google-earth in subuser.org . But I don't > recommend it, because I don't recommend using any non-free software ;). Thanks, Tim. This is the first I have heard of subuser.org. I just punched it up in the browser, and

Re: Please tipps for Desktop ( gnome, kde, xfce, etc. ) Debian 8 jessie and some minor issues

Hi Lisi, all other notebooks comes not close to intel ( Sven prefer ) I need the nb on stage for reading note sheets, one of main-things i will use the nb for, but, on stage there is always a chance to plug in, batteries not that much urgent... But cool, if the accu is removable, so can put it

mirror key problem

I have a partial Debian mirror "across the room" so I can quickly do a netinstall or grab a package. Wheezy's already there; this morning, I went to add Jessie and oldstable (I'm on a T1, and Ethernet is significantly faster :-). mkdebmirror says, among other things: > [GNUPG:] SIG_ID F3t9wlFdv

Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

On 10/9/2015 6:47 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Tim McDonough composed on 2015-10-09 17:05 (UTC-0500): I have a new installation of Debian 8 and the KDE Desktop that isn't working. As the system boots it asks for user and password then as the KDE startup icons appear in a box in the middle it always l

Re: debian-user list problem

On Sat 10 Oct 2015 at 21:58:13 +0200, Timothy Hobbs wrote: > The question, is whether it is better to be mean to someone, or to ignore > them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI18UrCkBEk That's one of life's great imponderables.

Re: Please tipps for Desktop ( gnome, kde, xfce, etc. ) Debian 8 jessie and some minor issues

On Saturday 10 October 2015 22:51:17 Peter Berlau wrote: > I still like Lenevo most, but i not very familar in "making hardware run > under Debian"... As I said in the beginning, I have a strong "emotional" attachment to Lenovo. And traditionally Lenovo laptops have been very good with Linux. T

Re: debian-user list problem

On Sat 10 Oct 2015 at 23:30:29 +0200, Francesco Ariis wrote: > On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 10:01:18PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Brian isn't always "kind". But he is very knowledgeable and a definite > > asset > > to the mailing list. Please don't tell him to go away. As you say in your > > ad

Re: Please tipps for Desktop ( gnome, kde, xfce, etc. ) Debian 8 jessie and some minor issues

Hi Lisi, if Leneovo will work i highly prefer Lenevo. I think its right , I should go for a Lenevo without nvidia, than Lenevo is ok? I will have a look tomorrow, also need to sleep a little... Have a good night, sleep well and thanks for Your help! Best regards, Peter Am Samstag, den 10.10.201

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

Get Policeman addon, go to Manage rule sets: Enable "Allow any request" Then go to Edit custom rules, and add a persistent rule: Reject media, leaving origin and destination fields empty. You can't now watch any video on any website, they won't even get downloaded, regardless of Javascript settin

Re: debian-user list problem

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 11:30:29PM +0200, Francesco Ariis wrote: > On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 10:01:18PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Brian isn't always "kind". But he is very knowledgeable and a definite > > asset > > to the mailing list. Please don't tell him to go away. As you say in your > >

Re: is google earth safe to install?

Indeed, using any software makes you used to it, and dependent on it up to whatever extent you use it. With free software, you know that you have control over the software. You can rely on the community to do most of the job, and do for yourself what they won't do or you would do better (and co

Where should I document this Bumblebee fix?

I finally got Bumblebee working on my Thinkpad W530 running Jessie! Following the wiki page[1] never made it work. I would always get this error: [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) /dev/dri/card0: failed to set DRM interface version 1.4: Permission denied Only after tak

Re: Subtitles don't show properly in VLC, how to fix it? (Debian 7)

I found a solution. I compared this .srt file with another .srt file that works on my version of VLC. I found that the difference is the format of the time tags. I changed it accordingly from: 00:03:47.47 --> 00:03:53 to: 00:03:47,470 --> 00:03:53,000 (which is the format used in the .sr

a little jessie whinage

I put Jessie on a laptop. 'hostname -f' said it couldn't do it (don't remember the error message, but it was, essentially, "Oops"). The instructions on the 'Net for fixing the missing domain name in Jessie were the same as they've always been: put the fully qualified domain name (fqdn) with the

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

On Sat, 10 Oct 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 10 October 2015 17:35:20 Patrick Bartek wrote: > > I've got Chrome set in Preferences to "Ask" before running ANY > > plugin. > > When you say "preferences" where exactly do you mean? From Chrome Main Menu Settings->Show Advance Settings->Con

Re: a little jessie whinage

Quoting Glenn English (g...@slsware.net): > I put Jessie on a laptop. 'hostname -f' said it couldn't do it (don't > remember the error message, but it was, essentially, "Oops"). Couldn't do what? > The instructions on the 'Net for fixing the missing domain name in Jessie > were the same as they

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

On 11/10/2015 9:59 AM, edonkey2001-deb...@yahoo.it wrote: > Get Policeman addon, go to Manage rule sets: > Enable "Allow any request" > Then go to Edit custom rules, and add a persistent rule: > Reject media, leaving origin and destination fields empty. > > You can't now watch any video on any web