Re: shutdown fails to power off host

On 1/17/2017 1:00 PM, Curt wrote: On 2017-01-17, wrote: Since it's a desktop I told the users that it's safe to power off the thing when in this state and filed it under "unsolved hardware/init system quirks". I suffer from one of these unsolved quirks.

Re: Index of hardware test utilities available in official Debian repositories

On 11/29/2016 7:31 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 11/29/2016 6:06 AM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On Ter, 29 Nov 2016, Richard Owlett wrote: On 11/28/2016 9:24 PM, Dave Thayer wrote: On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 06:26:47AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: I went to https://packages.debian.org/stable/

RE: What is cisco-sccp?

Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: anxious...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 3:06 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: What is cisco-sccp? On Tuesday, 5 April 2016 05:40:05 UTC+1, Gábor Hársfalvi wrote: > Thanks for the answer. > > > > grep 2000 /etc/services > cisco-sccp

Update - Error Dialog

I've been seeing this dialog popping up (seems like at random) with Could not get updates - Failed to process request. Selecting the 'More details' dropdown shows 'Operation was cancelled'. I can close the dialog, and there doesn't seem to be any other issues. Is there a way to find out what is

umbrello

I'd like to setup umbrello, but my desktop is gnome. Do I need to change to kde in order for this to work? If not, will the install bloat the filesystem with a full kde installation? Thanks for the input. -- Regards Jack Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, Powder Alarm, Revolution Lessons

Re: Distro upgrade

On 12/19/2013 07:39 PM, John Hasler wrote: Bob Proulx writes: Jessie is at least a year from release. There are still major changes planned for it. I expect Jessie to go through some cyclic stability, instability, stability, instability before it releases at least a year from now. There is

Re: Distro upgrade

On 12/20/2013 10:56 AM, John Hasler wrote: Verde Denim writes: Is it possible for me to upgrade glibc/libffi to the Jessie release and leave everything else in Wheezy? Upgrading glibc and libffi will force the upgrade of packages that depend on specific versions of those libraries. Use 'apt

Distro upgrade

Just checking in to get a consensus - I'm running a (very stable) Debian workstation with Wheezy that has a lot of development/testing applications installed. I tried an install of hopper disassembler that threw errors concerning GLIBC and libffi so I contacted the package maintainers who told me

Re: Distro upgrade

On 12/19/2013 11:07 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 12/19/2013 9:54 AM, Verde Denim wrote: Just checking in to get a consensus - I'm running a (very stable) Debian workstation with Wheezy that has a lot of development/testing applications installed. I tried an install of hopper disassembler

Re: Distro upgrade

On 12/19/2013 11:23 AM, John Hasler wrote: Read and follow the release notes and you'll be ok. John Thanks for the reply. If you're suggesting the release notes for Jessie, I agree that they should be reviewed. Aside from reviewing these notes, is there more control I can exercise over the

ipad connection

When I connect my iPad4 to my Debian Wheezy box, I get this message DBus error org.freedesktop.DBus. Error. No Reply. Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus). This worked with an older iPad (gen 1 2). Is there something I'm missing to be able to connect my iPad 4? Debian: Linux

Re: ipad connection

On 10/18/2013 12:08 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2013-10-18 at 11:58 -0400, Verde Denim wrote: iPad: 7.0.2 It at least isn't caused by the iOS version. Connecting an iPad 2 running the same version, I don't get an issue. In the past I used USB cables of a valid length regarding to USB

Re: ipad connection

On 10/18/2013 03:15 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2013-10-18 at 12:55 -0600, Shane Johnson wrote: On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Verde Denim tdl...@gmail.com wrote: I'm thinking its the iPad4/iOS 7.0.2 that's the problem, but not sure why it just doesn't connect. It keeps asking me

synaptic - stuck

Ran an update last evening to include adding mono to the layout. If I could attach a screenshot, I would, but basically it looks to have installed all of the packages and configure them, but is now just sitting (still open on the 'installing software' dialog. It has been over 12 hours, so I'm

Re: synaptic - stuck

On 09/08/2013 04:15 PM, Philip Ashmore wrote: On 08/09/13 18:43, Verde Denim wrote: Ran an update last evening to include adding mono to the layout. If I could attach a screenshot, I would, but basically it looks to have installed all of the packages and configure them, but is now just

Re: synaptic - stuck

On 09/08/2013 07:18 PM, Philip Ashmore wrote: On 08/09/13 22:07, Verde Denim wrote: On 09/08/2013 04:15 PM, Philip Ashmore wrote: On 08/09/13 18:43, Verde Denim wrote: Ran an update last evening to include adding mono to the layout. If I could attach a screenshot, I would, but basically

Re: ssh X

On 09/05/2013 11:51 AM, Luther Blissett wrote: On Thu, 2013-09-05 at 20:50 +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: Hello Verde, hope you are well :) Your error report/ request for assistance, is woefully inadequate. Let me suggest further details for you to provide: On 9/5/13, Verde Denim tdl

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Intel processor microcode security update

On 09/03/2013 08:42 PM, Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2013-09-03 16:20:56 -0700, David Christensen wrote: On 09/03/13 05:05, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS ONLY RELEVANT TO SYSTEMS THAT HAVE INTEL MICROPROCESSORS. Please provide a URL to the intel.com web page that tells

VPN failure

Trying to trace why a vpn connection on Wheezy 64b is failing immediately. IPv4 settings - Automatic (VPN) addresses only DNS Servers - 2 specified Search domains - specified (same as used on other systems which work) VPN settings Gateway, User name, User password, Group Name, Group password -

ssh X

Just successfully got ssh -X to work to connect remotely to my BT5 machine. Works great! Except when I end the session. I wind up with the top and bottom task bars of my local desktop, but the display of BT5. Is there a graceful way to exit the session and have my local desktop return or do I need

Re: VPN failure

On 09/04/2013 03:28 PM, recovery...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:03:22 -0400 Verde Denim tdl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. Any input is, as always, greatly appreciated. Would this be of any help? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-vpnc/+bug/1107975 And you

Re: What has happened to proof reading? (was ... Re: root user)

The word looks that bizarre that even I didn't miss t and I'm a dyslexic. Typos could happen. And tea is at 4... ;) On Sep 3, 2013 9:00 AM, Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote: On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 09:53:25AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sun, 2013-09-01 at 21:27 +0200, Tony

Re: What has happened to proof reading? (was ... Re: root user)

Sorry - it's a little weird controlling top-posting from a tablet... On 09/03/2013 03:45 PM, William Hopkins wrote: On 09/03/13 at 10:02am, Verde Denim wrote: On Sep 3, 2013 9:00 AM, Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote: On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 09:53:25AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf

apt autoremove

Running updates this morning and got this - The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: dbconfig-common libapache2-mod-php5 libcurl3-gnutls:i386 libdirac-decoder0 libenet1a libgmp10:i386 libirrlicht1.7a liblapack3gf libmcrypt4 libmpc2:i386 libmpfr4:i386

Re: debian installation hang in et al

On 08/05/2013 09:33 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 10:28:36 +0500 Muhammad Yousuf Khan sir...@gmail.com wrote: any help please? Give people a chance! You haven't even waited 24 hours yet! Sharon. On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan sir...@gmail.comwrote:

Unusual behavior

I've been running Wheezy for a few months now and lately (seemingly at random times) I get a dialog popping up telling me that Authentication is required to update packages. When I view the details in the dialog, it shows the Action as - org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-update . The vendor is

Re: mtpfs - wheezy

On 05/13/2013 11:00 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 08:57:39AM -0400, Verde Denim wrote: Does anyone know when mtpfs will be released on wheezy? Apparently the latest tools/deps are at mtp9, but mtpfs requires mtp8 in order to work. I tried to install mtp8 but was unsuccessful

mtpfs - wheezy

Does anyone know when mtpfs will be released on wheezy? Apparently the latest tools/deps are at mtp9, but mtpfs requires mtp8 in order to work. I tried to install mtp8 but was unsuccessful due to other older deps. -- Regards Jack Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, Powder Alarm, Revolution Lessons

mtpfs

Looking to install this pkg on wheezy. Nothing in aptitude. Looked up solutions regarding this, but all say that debian has this package. The only reference I find on debian.org is to 'old stable'. Is it preferable to add the old repo or to add the unstable for installation (assuming that it is in

mtpfs in wheezy

Aside from the scant messages I've seen regarding getting rulings from the package maintainer, is there a reason why mtpfs was available in squeeze but not in wheezy? If this is no longer active, does anyone know of an alternate for getting android devices connected via usb? Thanks, as always, for

Re: Starting Iceweasel

On 04/11/2013 12:41 AM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: Dear list - Thanks for all your help. Finally, I can start Iceweasel from the command line [sort of]: iceweasel -no-remote localhost/choice.php width $1280 height $800 The above works. But ... in a store.desktop multiple windows are

Re: wheezy updates

On 03/20/2013 06:22 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Verde Denim wrote: I have a long list of updates today for Wheezy. I was wondering - since I am using Oracle Java on this particular machine, would it interfere with this config to install the updates to OpenJDK and IcedTea? (I'm wondering

Re: wheezy updates

On 03/21/2013 04:39 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Verde Denim wrote: Thanks, Bob. Oracle Java is currently installed in /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle (runtime). How did you install it? Was it installed as a 'deb' file? Or was it simply copied into place? The reason to know if it were installed

wheezy updates

I have a long list of updates today for Wheezy. I was wondering - since I am using Oracle Java on this particular machine, would it interfere with this config to install the updates to OpenJDK and IcedTea? (I'm wondering if the current config using Oracle Java would get overwritten)... Thanks, as

VPN Connections

Am I correct in assuming that in order to setup a vpn connection on wheezy i need to install vpnc (or open-connect) ? -- Regards Jack Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, Powder Alarm, Revolution Lessons not learned are bound to be repeated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: VPN Connections

On 03/15/2013 10:52 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: Hello Verde, Am I correct in assuming that in order to setup a vpn connection on wheezy i need to install vpnc (or open-connect) ? That completely depends what VPN server you want to connect to. I for one use OpenVPN on both the server and the

VirtualBox causing session crash

After yesterday's updates to Wheezy - I start Virtualbox 4.1.18 and after selecting the 'start' of any virtual machine, my session is ended and I'm logged out. Anyone else seeing this behavior? -- Regards Jack Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, Powder Alarm, Revolution Lessons not learned are

Re: rootkit/virus/trojan on squeeze 32 bit

On 03/11/2013 09:19 PM, David Guntner wrote: sp113438 grabbed a keyboard and wrote: After running on my amd64 squeeze: # rkhunter --update rkhunter -c rkhunter showed one warning: Warning: Checking for possible rootkit strings [ Warning ] [01:25:23] Found string 'hdparm' in file

supertuxkart from repo

Hi all Grabbed supertuxkart to check out my new NVidia card. Supertuxkart worked great. Did latest round up updates and now launching from gnome flashes a blank screen and ends. From the commandline, the results are - u@home:~$ supertuxkart Irrlicht Engine version 1.7.3 Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP

Virtualbox causes gnome session logout

Running Wheezy - after this mornings updates, starting Virtualbox (4.1.18) causes the gnome session to end and I am returned to a login screen. Anyone else seen this? -- Regards Jack Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, Powder Alarm, Revolution Lessons not learned are bound to be repeated. -- To