Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 09:25:16 -0400 Carl Fink wrote: > "This list is not moderated ..." > > >From https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/ > > Dammit! > > If this was netnews I'd newgroup debian-user-politics in a heartbeat > and start moving messages there.

Re: What Package?

On Wed, 06 Apr 2016 14:08:16 + Mark Fletcher <mark2...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 12:06 AM Adam Wilson <mox...@riseup.net> wrote: > > > > > There's more there, and I can't really be bothered to go on. > > > > > > Thanks, th

Re: Debian Install

On Wed, 6 Apr 2016 10:38:42 -0400 Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > Dear List - > > I am getting an error message "no boot file name found". > > It assumes booting form a server, not an iso image which I am trying > to do. What media are you trying to boot from? (CD,

Re: http://forums.debian.net

On Sat, 09 Apr 2016 06:35:52 +0300 wrote: > Hi > > Maybe you know how to contact the Administrators of: > http://forums.debian.net > > The problem is that i forget my username and can-t login. Also on the > site mentioned above is not present any contact info. Not your

Re: Modified Rapture, and a new question

On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 11:28:03 + (UTC) Curt wrote: > On 2016-04-05, Brian wrote: > > > >> Result of my GNOME install: I typed 'startx' from my > >> command line, and I got a beautiful blue screen, a delight to the > >> eye after days of perusing

Re: Disk too full?

On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 06:36:39 -0500 Charles Blair wrote: >I think I'm running out of space on my > laptop. The last time I got an "updates > available" message, I got a further warning, > during the update, that I was low on space. > The update did seem to complete,

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 21:41:54 +0200 deloptes wrote: > Unfortunately as a not native speaker Where are you from, deloptes? pgpoGL9p0YJIh.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Flash update

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 23:12:41 -0500 David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 09:38:00 (+0300), Adam Wilson wrote: > > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 23:34:58 -0500 David Wright > > <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > > > When flash streams a m

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 15:27:32 -0400 Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Adam Wilson composed on 2016-04-03 22:11 (UTC+0300): > > > Both the USA and the USSR claimed to be democracies- and neither > > were. > > Only the misinformed and uninformed cla

Re: Modified Rapture, and a new question

On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 08:56:23 + Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Sun, Apr 3, 2016, 17:11 Floris wrote: > > > Op Sat, 02 Apr 2016 19:46:09 +0200 schreef Alan McConnell > > : > > > > > Well, I finally got my Jessie installed! I had to pick a > > >

Re: What Package?

On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 13:36:17 + Mark Fletcher <mark2...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 4, 2016, 3:56 AM Adam Wilson <mox...@riseup.net> wrote: > > > > > The discussion of "security" in non-free software is something of a > > meaningless disti

Re: Creating launcher in Gnome 3

On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 13:27:02 +0100 Oliver Elphick wrote: > I'm trying to create a launcher.  Following the explanation in  > https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/index. > html > > I created the following file in ~/.local/share/applications > >

Re: debian Jessie iceweasel mit flash macht bei bestimmter Seite Rechner platt

On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 15:38:36 +0200 Thomas wrote: > Hallo, > bei einer bestimmten Seite wird wohl der ganze Speicher aufgefressen > und "nichts" geht mehr, ich muss Stecker ziehen weil man auch nicht > mehr auf die Console kommt. > Wie kann ich diesen flash Kram

Re: Grossly OT SO STOP IT ALREADY!

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 15:15:54 -0400 Carl Fink wrote: > Does this list have moderators? Because this is absurd. Yes. But they only intervene when necessary. We are not infringing on the rights of anyone else to discuss what they wish. However, I think we should take this

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 20:47:30 +0200 deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Adam Wilson wrote: > > > > > I consider the second world war an extension of the first- there > > really was only one "hot" World War, from the 1910s to the 1940s, > > w

Re: Flash update

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 19:49:29 +0100 Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Sun 03 Apr 2016 at 19:05:21 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > > On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 20:30:29 +0100 > > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > On Sat 02

Re: What Package?

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 14:49:15 -0400 Harris Paltrowitz wrote: > On Apr 3, 2016, at 12:29 PM, Siard wrote: > > Then, for those cases where html5 is not yet available, UNinstall > flashplayer-nonfree. Adobe has stopped Linux support for it, so it's >

Re: Sudo

On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 23:30:03 -0500 Michael Milliman <michael.e.milli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 03/20/2016 03:26 AM, Adam Wilson wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 19:30:57 + > > Joe <j...@jretrading.com> wrote: > > > >> On Sat, 19 Mar 2016

Re: Upgrade Deb 7 to 8, GNOME Flashback, terminal windows not saved: any way to save?

On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 12:49:36 +0100 wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 07:51:16AM -0400, Tom Browder wrote: > > On Tuesday, March 22, 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > ... > > > Sorry, I should get to the end

Re: Upgrade Deb 7 to 8, GNOME Flashback, terminal windows not saved: any way to save?

On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 10:23:15 + Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 21 March 2016 16:21:52 Tom Browder wrote: > > I remember that now.  So is there any way to drop back to using > > GNOME Classic as in Deb 7? > > > > If not, are there any other reasonable, debian-packaged,

Re: Upgrade Deb 7 to 8, GNOME Flashback, terminal windows not saved: any way to save?

On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 12:21:52 -0400 Tom Browder wrote: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > On Mon, 2016-03-21 at 11:26 -0400, Tom Browder wrote: > >> I just upgraded and am disappointed that, even though browser > >> instances can be

Re: OT But Still: Who has Ian's Computer(s)?

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 12:42:16 -0400 Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > Hi... > > Gábor's question, "What is cisco-sccp?" [1], just triggered a thought. > Who has Ian's [2] computers? Were they preserved in their last used > state as one might surely expect to be done with respect

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Tue, 29 Mar 2016 20:30:33 -0400 do...@mail.com wrote: > So far we have read about a conspiracy story, argued over when WW2 > started, even questioned the US motivation for joining in the fray. But we > have yet to read about the lessons learned, so I've made up a short list. > > We've

Re: Flash update

On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 20:30:29 +0100 Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Sat 02 Apr 2016 at 06:59:29 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:39:29 +0100 > > Anthony Campbell <a...@acampbell.uk> wrote: > > > > > > I know this i

Re: Bootable USB won't working

On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 11:05:13 +0530 Akhil Krishnan S wrote: > > > > > ># dd if=debian-8.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M > >$ sync > > > >Now remove the drive and try boot with it ("boot override" if > >possible). If you follow these steps to the letter, and

Re: What Package?

On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 17:28:52 + (UTC) Arnoud van der Veer wrote: > I am having problems with playing flash files while using Iceweasel in > Debian.Iam using Debian for about 4 weeks now and have never been able to > play flash files: unknown SWF file. (flash

Re: What Package?

On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 21:45:15 +0200 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Hi, > > in order to watch youtube movies: > > first, try iceweasel without flash-plugin (disable or even un-install the > plugin) and after removing any cookies from youtube; > (maybe you feel more motivated to do

Re: Changing Boot Order

On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:11:22 -0400 Alan McConnell wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 08:27:10AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > > > > > boot order. No matter what key I press, the system continues > > > on with a re-boot of my old wheezy. > > > > Question: Are you using an USB

Re: Changing Boot Order

On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:11:22 -0400 Alan McConnell wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 08:27:10AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > > > > > boot order. No matter what key I press, the system continues > > > on with a re-boot of my old wheezy. > > > > Question: Are you using an USB

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 09:52:10 -0400 Haines Brown wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 02:37:32PM +0100, deloptes wrote: > > > Hmm, despite what you guys seem to think, WW2 started on 1 Sept 1939. > > It seems obvious that when the war started depends on one's > situation. One

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 09:52:10 -0400 Haines Brown wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 02:37:32PM +0100, deloptes wrote: > > > Hmm, despite what you guys seem to think, WW2 started on 1 Sept 1939. > > It seems obvious that when the war started depends on one's > situation. One

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 14:38:32 + Terence wrote: > I would agree, with the battle of El Alamein coming at the same time, the > Wehrmacht were suddenly- and strategically- on the defensive on their major > Eastern Front, but also in the south, in their "soft underbelly"..

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:37:05 +0200 deloptes wrote: > Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > > > ISTR that occupation was over with the re-unification of Germany in > > October 1990. > > Yes for the Soviet Union but not for the USA ;-) > > It's not conspiracy - just check the facts.

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:39:30 -0500 John Hasler wrote: > deloptes writes: > > The fact is that the "basic law" imposed by the Allies after 1945 (I > > think it was signed 49) is still the official constitution of Germany. > > By this line of reasoning Canada is still a

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 01:11:50 +0200 deloptes wrote: > Terence wrote: > > > As for "Germany is still officially occupied by the USA" I rather think > > that they would disagree! The military occupation of Germany ended in > > 1945... > > What ended in your mind might not be

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:06:15 +0100 Terence wrote: > Hi, > > Again, I am not sure where you get your facts- what has the 6th June 1944 > as a date have to do with it? And why not earlier? > > If you are talking about the war reparations demanded by the victorious >

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 14:37:32 +0100 deloptes wrote: > Tony van der Hoff wrote: > > > On 26/03/16 01:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > >> Thanks Tom. Its hell for an old fart who can still remember his > >> grandfathers tears the night of Dec 7, 1941. Tears because he knew we >

Re: Grossly OT - WW2 start

On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 11:46:37 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 26 March 2016 08:22:06 Tony van der Hoff wrote: > > > On 26/03/16 01:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Thanks Tom. Its hell for an old fart who can still remember his > > > grandfathers tears the night of

Re: New firefox isn't working

On Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:13:27 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 25 March 2016 18:48:36 Tom Browder wrote: > > > On Friday, March 25, 2016, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Greetings all; > > > ... > > > > > > > > > Is this my fault, or firefox? If my

Re: New firefox isn't working

On Fri, 25 Mar 2016 17:48:36 -0500 Tom Browder wrote: > On Friday, March 25, 2016, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Greetings all; > > ... > > > > Is this my fault, or firefox? If my fault, how do I fix it? > > > I can't help you at the moment, Gene,

Re: Flash update

On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 06:59:29 +0300 Adam Wilson <mox...@riseup.net> wrote: > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:39:29 +0100 > Anthony Campbell <a...@acampbell.uk> wrote: > > > On 27 Jun 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > > > > > >

Re: Flash update

On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 23:34:58 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Fri 01 Apr 2016 at 11:39:29 (+0100), Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 27 Jun 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Using iplayer with flash involves downloading a file. > > > > > > > >

Re: running Linux without display

On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 07:38:03 -0400 (EDT) Jude DaShiell wrote: > I have yet to try xfce since accessibility support from what I've read > to date is very immature compared to mate and gnome possibly as poor as > kde. I have spare hard drives and can try this out and will

Re: Bootable USB won't working

On Sat, 02 Apr 2016 21:29:23 +0530 Akhil Krishnan S wrote: > Hi list, > > Recently I tried to reinstall Debian in my Dell Inspiron system by making > bootable USB. (Used both dd command and unetbootin) Please reproduce the exact command you used. It should be

Re: Bootable USB won't working

On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 12:07:19 -0400 Henning Follmann wrote: > On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 09:29:23PM +0530, Akhil Krishnan S wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > Recently I tried to reinstall Debian in my Dell Inspiron system by making > > bootable USB. (Used both dd command and

Re: Do not know which package bug is in

On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 12:43:51 +0100 Robin Oberg wrote: > On Fri, 2016-04-01 at 12:00 +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: > > On Fri, 2016-04-01 at 11:34 +0100, Robin Oberg wrote: > > > On Fri, 2016-04-01 at 11:21 +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: > > > > Intermittent failures like that

Re: Flash update

On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:39:29 +0100 Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 27 Jun 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > [snip] > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Using iplayer with flash involves downloading a file. > > > > > > > > > > 2. Wouldn't it be nice if the file could be downloaded, preferably > > > >

Re: Failure to reach login screen - nouveau problem

On Fri, 01 Apr 2016 19:58:17 +0200 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2016-04-01 13:40 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > > Peter Hillier-Brook composed on 2016-04-01 15:14 (UTC+0100): > > > >> Following an overnight shut down I couldn't reach the desktop manager > >> the following day.

OT: GRUB kernel options (Was: Blank screen on tty (console))

On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 13:34:04 -0400 Felix Miata wrote: > Himanshu Shekhar composed on 2016-04-01 22:00 (UTC+0530): > > > I am unable to use virtual console. Tried all combinations of cTRL+alt+f- . > > Only X works fine. Rest all screens show an underscore (cursor) which > >

Re: x86_64 vs i386

On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 18:52:03 +0100 Christian Seiler wrote: > On 03/20/2016 06:45 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > One of the problems I have is architecture related, synaptic thinks > > for some unfathomable to me reason, that this is an i386 machine. > > But its not, currently

Re: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC-J5720DW with cups?

On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 14:26:25 + Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Sun 20 Mar 2016 at 17:08:11 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > > On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 12:19:55 + > > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > On Sun 20

Re: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC-J5720DW with cups?

On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 12:19:55 + Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Sun 20 Mar 2016 at 12:08:02 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > > On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:20:03 -0500 > > David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > On Fri 18 M

Re: Further to my installation error

On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 11:47:02 + Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sunday 20 March 2016 09:34:53 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 20 March 2016 04:54:20 Adam Wilson wrote: > > > On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:21:58 + > > > > > &g

Re: Further to my installation error

On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 12:51:56 +0100 Pascal Hambourg <pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote: > Adam Wilson a écrit : > > > > There is a potential problem also where modern machines (with UEFI > > boot) fail to install off USB without UEFI, meaning that if you > > want a U

Re: computer cann't shut down

On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 05:31:18 -0400 Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > On Sunday 20 March 2016 04:43:17 Adam Wilson wrote: > > > On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 20:50:05 +0800 > > > > lina <lina.lastn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I tried > >

Re: Installing newer kernels

On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 15:09:51 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Thu 17 Mar 2016 at 16:18:14 (-0700), William Lee Valentine wrote: > > I have installed Debian 2.6.32-5-686 on two machines. One, a custom > > machine, has a Pentium III processor running at 800 megahertz, and >

Re: Installing newer kernels

On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 18:40:27 + Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 18 March 2016 17:55:50 Ric Moore wrote: > > On 03/18/2016 01:22 PM, David Christensen wrote: > > > On 03/18/2016 01:21 AM, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > >> On Thu, 2016-03-17 at 19:27 -0700, David Christensen

Re: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC-J5720DW with cups?

On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:20:03 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Fri 18 Mar 2016 at 13:03:52 (+), Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Friday 18 March 2016 12:55:26 Jarle Aase wrote: > > > Den 11. mars 2016 19:36, skrev Lisi Reisz: > > > > I have been reading this thread a bit

Re: Further to my installation error

On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:21:58 + Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 18 March 2016 20:49:55 David Wright wrote: > > It's far more likely that you forgot to format the partition, if > > that's indeed what you wanted to do. > > No. I checked and double checked that the

Re: Further to my installation error

On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 15:49:55 -0500 David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > On Wed 16 Mar 2016 at 14:49:44 (+0300), Adam Wilson wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 22:41:14 + Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > So - if you wan

Re: computer cann't shut down

On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 20:50:05 +0800 lina wrote: > I tried > > 1] systemctl poweroff > > > 2] GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet" > > to quite splash acpi=force > > The syslog error is as below: > > Mar 19 20:04:36 debian kernel: [0.221101] ACPI Error: No handler

Re: computer cann't shut down

On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 22:00:46 +0800 lina wrote: > p# shutdown -f now > Code should not be reached 'Unhandled option' at > ../src/systemctl/systemctl.c:6316, function shutdown_parse_argv(). > Aborting. > Aborted Try running "poweroff" as root. pgpFdiK9O0GrX.pgp

Re: computer cann't shut down

On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 10:42:54 +0800 lina wrote: > On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 12:19 AM, Patrick Bartek > wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Mar 2016, lina wrote: > > > >> Every time since I installed the system, > > > > Which one? Jessie? Testing (Stretch)?,

Re: computer cann't shut down

On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 05:28:55 +0100 Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello Forum: > > On 20/03/16 04:42, Michael Milliman wrote: > > > > > > On 03/19/2016 09:40 PM, lina wrote: > >> shutdown -h now > >> > >> doesn't work. it still reboot. > >> > > This sounds like an

Re: computer cann't shut down

On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 00:16:38 + Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 19 March 2016 23:37:05 Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Mar 2016, David Christensen wrote: > > > On 03/19/2016 05:40 AM, lina wrote: > > > > Every time since I installed the system, > > > > > > > >

Re: wordpress from packages - wp-content location not applied?

On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 20:27:03 +0100 Jiri 'Ghormoon' Novak wrote: > Hi, > > the line in /usr is there by default (in package) and is not applied, > until I copy it to /etc. that's the strange part. > > Gh. > > arian wrote: > > No idea of wordpress, but > > > >> there is:

Re: Sudo

On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 16:03:32 +1100 Keith Bainbridge wrote: > On 20 Mar 2016, John Hasler wrote: > >doug writes: > >> su allows someone with a root password (and nobody else) to make > >> system modifications, etc., which might harm the operation

Re: Sudo

On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 19:30:57 + Joe wrote: > On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 19:57:56 +0100 > Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > > On Sat, 2016-03-19 at 18:38 +, Joe wrote: > > > I've never seen sudo installed by default in any Debian, and I > > > begin with expert

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:38:04 +0100 deloptes wrote: > Martin Read wrote: > > > On 15/03/16 07:45, deloptes wrote: > >> I see recently more python code written than real C/C++. > > > > So what? Most programs *shouldn't* be written in C or C++, and I say > > this as someone

Re: Further to my installation error

On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:50:43 -0400 doug wrote: > While you have GParted running, why not make the partitions you want > using that, and format them to ext4. Then when you go to install > the new system, just tell it to use existing partitions. Provided you aren't

Re: Further to my installation error

On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 20:49:28 + Brian wrote: > On Wed 16 Mar 2016 at 16:12:20 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > > Brian composed on 2016-03-16 19:21 (UTC): > > > > >On Tue 15 Mar 2016 at 22:41:14 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > >>Pity it took me until it tried to use CD1

Re: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC-J5720DW with cups?

On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:10:49 +0100 jdd wrote: > Le 15/03/2016 16:01, David Wright a écrit : > > > You write "Is Airprint free?". Is this a real question or a pointed > > remark designed to create more discussion? I can't tell. Why don't > > you just look it up? > > > > You write

Re: flash? [OT]

On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 12:39:11 -0400 Ric Moore <wayward4...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 03/17/2016 01:37 AM, Adam Wilson wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:06:12 -0400 Ric Moore <wayward4...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> On 03/14/2016 10:47 PM, David Wright w

Re: Further to my installation error

On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 22:41:14 + Lisi Reisz wrote: > So - if you want to format an existing partition properly, so the > stuff on it actually goes, use Gparted not the partitioner in the > Jessie installer. Sad. Is it possible for the d-i partitioning utility to

Re: Sound problems

On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 16:22:53 + Lisi Reisz wrote: > I have currently no sound. > > It is an ASROCK N3050B-ITX motherboard with onboard sound with the > following specifications: > > Chipset Intel N3050 > Sound Card Type Realtek ALC887 > Number of Sound Card Channels

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 08:45:33 +0100 deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Adam Wilson wrote: > > > On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 22:58:00 +0100 deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Adam Wilson wrote: > >> > >> > If you're re

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:06:55 -0400 doug wrote: > > On 03/15/2016 12:22 PM, Martin Read wrote: > > On 15/03/16 07:45, deloptes wrote: > >> I see recently more python code written than real C/C++. > > > > So what? Most programs *shouldn't* be written in C or C++, and I >

Re: flash? [OT]

On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 08:29:54 +0100 deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Adam Wilson wrote: > > > On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 19:06:27 +0100 Jörg-Volker Peetz > > <jvpe...@web.de> wrote: > > > >> IMHO its worth to try the web without flash. > >>

Re: Password protecting grub

On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 23:12:06 +0530 Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > Ok! I understand GRUB password and other such passwords are > ineffective. I am also aware of the fact that hard drive can be read > anywhere unless it is encrypted. > The am eager to know a particular way

Re: Password protecting grub

On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 21:51:02 +0530 Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > I made all possible tries that came to my head with all your > suggestions. Still, password : command not found. > > However, I think all of use should use grub-password, especially when > we use mobile systems

Re: flash? [OT]

On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:06:12 -0400 Ric Moore <wayward4...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 03/14/2016 10:47 PM, David Wright wrote: > > On Tue 15 Mar 2016 at 05:30:28 (+0300), Adam Wilson wrote: > > >> They will notice when lots of people no longer use Flash, and we &g

Re: flash? [OT]

On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 21:47:47 -0500 David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > On Tue 15 Mar 2016 at 05:30:28 (+0300), Adam Wilson wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 19:50:15 + Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> > > wrote: > > > > > On Tue 15 Mar 2016

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 22:58:00 +0100 deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Adam Wilson wrote: > > > If you're referring to the great "should" debate, then this is a > > pretty inaccurate description of what happened. I inadvertently > > used the word &q

Re: flash? [OT]

On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 19:06:27 +0100 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > IMHO its worth to try the web without flash. > HTML5 can do a lot nowadays. Exactly. I don't use Flash, but somehow the world hasn't collapsed around me yet, and (*gasp*) I am still able to get my news. [1] [1]

Re: flash? [OT]

On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 14:13:05 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 14 March 2016 14:06:27 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > > > IMHO its worth to try the web without flash. > > HTML5 can do a lot nowadays. > > And visiting sites without using flash helps to get rid of it. > > > >

Re: flash? [OT]

On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 19:50:15 + Brian wrote: > On Tue 15 Mar 2016 at 06:00:27 +1100, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > > > On 15/03/2016 5:13 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Monday 14 March 2016 14:06:27 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > > > > > >> IMHO its worth to try the web

Re: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC-J5720DW with cups?

On Sat, 12 Mar 2016 12:46:08 + Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 12 March 2016 07:50:49 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > So. Now I'll bite off my tongue and take my ball with me. I'm off > > this thread. I can't bear the overall animosity and poking of > > fun at those who try

Re: Every opportunity taken (Was: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC...)

On Sat, 12 Mar 2016 12:46:08 + Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 12 March 2016 07:50:49 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > So. Now I'll bite off my tongue and take my ball with me. I'm off > > this thread. I can't bear the overall animosity and poking of > > fun at those who try

Re: Bug ?

On Sat, 12 Mar 2016 18:53:22 +0100 Aymeric Do wrote: > Hello, > This is message in english (LANG=C) and example with reportbug : > > (reportbug:2211): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in > module_path: "adwaita", > > (reportbug:2211): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable

Re: Tails -- wheezy based good, jessie based bad

On Sun, 13 Mar 2016 13:02:54 +1100 Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Just reporting that I have a couple of older machines that both work > well with Tails 1.8.2 -- an old Thinkpad that used to run XP and an > old Macbook Pro 4,1 (early 2008). > > Both machines

Re: Installing topmenu in stable

On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:54:21 +0100 Sven Arvidsson <s...@whiz.se> wrote: > On Fri, 2016-03-11 at 14:49 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > I shall give it a go. Sid, not stretch? Pour quoi? > > Testing might be a closer match in general, but in this case the > versions doe

Re: Installing topmenu in stable

On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:41:16 +0100 Sven Arvidsson <s...@whiz.se> wrote: > On Fri, 2016-03-11 at 14:40 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > I'm thinking the most Debian-friendly options are either to compile > > them myself from git, or to upgrade to stretch, which I don't really >

Re: Installing topmenu in stable

On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:41:16 +0100 Sven Arvidsson <s...@whiz.se> wrote: > On Fri, 2016-03-11 at 14:40 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > I'm thinking the most Debian-friendly options are either to compile > > them myself from git, or to upgrade to stretch, which I don't really >

Installing topmenu in stable

In short, I want to install the MATE topmenu applet in Debian stable (Jessie). However, the packages required are not in the stable distribution, only in stretch and sid. What is the best way to go about getting the packages installed? Should I compile them from the sources available at

Re: which files took the space

On Fri, 04 Mar 2016 08:11:43 +0100 Frédéric Marchal <frederic.marc...@wowtechnology.com> wrote: > On Friday 04 March 2016 07:18:59 Adam Wilson wrote: > > On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 04:03:01 +1100 Andrew McGlashan > > > > <andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au> wrote:

Re: which files took the space

On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 04:03:01 +1100 Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au> wrote: > > > On 4/03/2016 3:07 AM, Adam Wilson wrote: > > On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 03:03:53 +1100 Andrew McGlashan > > <andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au> wrote:

Re: which files took the space

On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 03:03:53 +1100 Andrew McGlashan wrote: > > > On 3/03/2016 1:51 PM, lina wrote: > > I figured out, there are so many hidden files. > > It also may have been files in the file system, but where another file > system mount hides them

Re: XFS on root

On Wed, 2 Mar 2016 07:09:00 -0300 Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > On Wed, 2 Mar 2016 09:52:12 + > Darac Marjal wrote: > > > >Why use Ext2 and not Ext 3 or 4 for /boot? > > > > I believe the reasoning is to keep /boot as simple and

Re: XFS on root

On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 15:17:43 +0100 <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 05:34:18PM +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 23:56:59 +0100 Saša Janiška <g...@atmarama.com> > >

Re: XFS on root

On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 17:19:07 +0100 Saša Janiška <g...@atmarama.com> wrote: > Adam Wilson <mox...@riseup.net> writes: > > > Let me get this straight- /boot on XFS, with GRUB, working > > flawlessly? > > No, but root under btrfs without extra /boot works. &

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