Hi,
keep in mind that the quotation marks, wildcard characters, and
variables are interpreted by the shell parser, not by the program
you run. By quoting you control what the program will get to see
as its list of arguments.
Hans wrote:
> 1. apt-get --purge remove 4.3.1-0-*
Without quotation m
* On 2016 01 Feb 21:37 -0600, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Nate Bargmann wrote:
>
> >...I am using Emacs -nw to type this message calling it from Mutt and
> >running in Xfce Terminal and Alt-X. etc, works just fine.
>
> Interesting. Hrrrmmm...so perhaps I can set up Alt as Meta in t
On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Nate Bargmann wrote:
...I am using Emacs -nw to type this message calling it from
Mutt and running in Xfce Terminal and Alt-X. etc, works just
fine.
Interesting. Hrrrmmm...so perhaps I can set up Alt as Meta in
the configuration of the terminal I use in X?
--
Bob Bernst
* On 2016 01 Feb 20:07 -0600, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>
> >:-) "There are no dumb questions. Only dumb answers."
>
> Okay. Here's one -- I was going to post it in gnu.emacs.help, but you
> changed my mind! Emacs running in X honors Alt as its Meta key. But i
On 02/01/2016 10:36 PM, Bob Bernstein wrote:
On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Nate Bargmann wrote:
...I am using Emacs -nw to type this message calling it from Mutt and running
in Xfce Terminal and Alt-X. etc, works just fine.
Interesting. Hrrrmmm...so perhaps I can set up Alt as Meta in the configurat
On Mon, 01 Feb 2016, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>
> >:-) "There are no dumb questions. Only dumb answers."
>
> Okay. Here's one -- I was going to post it in gnu.emacs.help, but you
> changed my mind! Emacs running in X honors Alt as its Meta key. But if I
> la
That, or use the escape key and it may be possible to restore that key
binding for when emacs -nw is run so hitting alt works again.
On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Nate Bargmann wrote:
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 22:28:50
From: Nate Bargmann
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Meta key for 'emacs -n
On Mon 01 Feb 2016 at 21:28:50 (-0600), Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * On 2016 01 Feb 20:07 -0600, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> > [...] Emacs running in X honors Alt as its Meta key. But if I
> > launch 'emacs -nw' to avoid running in X that understanding (Meta == Alt)
> > evaporates. Perhaps I need to set som
On 02/01/2016 09:06 PM, Bob Bernstein
wrote:
On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote:
:-) "There are no dumb questions. Only
dumb answers."
Okay. Here's one -- I was going to post it
in gnu.emacs.hel
Bob Bernstein writes:
> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>
>> :-) "There are no dumb questions. Only dumb answers."
>
> Okay. Here's one -- I was going to post it in gnu.emacs.help, but you
> changed my mind! Emacs running in X honors Alt as its Meta key. But if
> I launch 'emacs -nw' to a
On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote:
:-) "There are no dumb questions. Only dumb answers."
Okay. Here's one -- I was going to post it in gnu.emacs.help,
but you changed my mind! Emacs running in X honors Alt as its
Meta key. But if I launch 'emacs -nw' to avoid running in X that
understa
On Tuesday 02 February 2016 00:34:15 Bob Bernstein wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Siard wrote:
> > That is a GTK2 setting. Font and font size can be set in ~/.gtkrc-2.0,
> > it should contain a line like this:
> >
> > gtk-font-name = "Sans 11"
> >
> > I have "Liberation Sans 11" myself.
>
> Excellen
On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Siard wrote:
That is a GTK2 setting. Font and font size can be set in ~/.gtkrc-2.0,
it should contain a line like this:
gtk-font-name = "Sans 11"
I have "Liberation Sans 11" myself.
Excellent!
(By my count this is Big Dummy Question #3,745 for Debian lists.)
Well
Bob Bernstein wrote:
> amd64 Jessie running icewm here w/o systemd.
>
> I know how to tweak font sizes for displayed web pages, but how
> do I do that for the apparatus of the browser window itself?
That is a GTK2 setting. Font and font size can be set in ~/.gtkrc-2.0,
it should contain a line
amd64 Jessie running icewm here w/o systemd.
I know how to tweak font sizes for displayed web pages, but how
do I do that for the apparatus of the browser window itself?
(By my count this is Big Dummy Question #3,745 for Debian
lists.)
--
Bob Bernstein
Hi all,
first of all, thanks for the fast response.
> If you could suggest a specific tool, we could perhaps tell you the right
> thing to use for that tool (or the reasons to use it).
>
Yes, here is an example:
1. apt-get --purge remove 4.3.1-0-*
will remove all packages with4.3.1-0-* var
Hi,
Hans wrote:
> variables (and strings) are set in different marks and what it does mean.
> I found "foo", `foo` and 'foo' at different tools.
In manual pages you can find `text' or ``text''. There seem to be
some important religious rules about proper quotation marks at various
occasions.
I
On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 10:03:03PM +0100, Hans wrote:
> please apologize my maybe silly question, but I never understood, when
> variables (and strings) are set in different marks and what it does mean.
>
> I found "foo", `foo` and 'foo' at different tools.
>
> Maybe someone can enlighten me, w
Dear list,
please apologize my maybe silly question, but I never understood, when
variables (and strings) are set in different marks and what it does mean.
I found "foo", `foo` and 'foo' at different tools.
Maybe someone can enlighten me, when I should use which ones.
Sorry to ask here, but I
On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 07:41:47 -0500
Brad Alexander wrote:
> I have an openvz container that I am having a hard time upgrading libc6.
> Whether I use dpkg -i, apt-get, or aptitude, I get the same result.
>
> (Reading database ... 56136 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to unpa
On Mon 01 Feb 2016 at 10:52:39 +, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 09:00:40PM +0100, Sven Hartge wrote:
> > Brian wrote:
> > > Not even Xvfb? Is it forbidden? Do I have to stop doing it?
> >
> > Of course. The VT100 Protection Squad is on its way to apprehend you.
> > Please
On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 17:37:55 +0100
Sven Hartge wrote:
> David wrote:
>
> > Sorry, I should have given a better explanation as to what I'm
> > trying to achieve.
>
> > I would like to use the Alix box along with TeamViewer as a gateway
> > into my network.
>
> > I've tried TeamViewer on a w
David Christensen wrote:
> On 02/01/2016 08:37 AM, Sven Hartge wrote:
>> You need TeamViewer with Windows, because Windows has no (or at least
>> not yet) a usable SSH-Server for you to log into.
> Cygwin provides both an SSH client and an SSH server on Windows. For
> the server, you will need
On 02/01/2016 08:37 AM, Sven Hartge wrote:
You need TeamViewer with Windows, because Windows has no (or at least
not yet) a usable SSH-Server for you to log into.
Cygwin provides both an SSH client and an SSH server on Windows. For
the server, you will need to create an exception for port 22
As a result of the above error, when I arrive at my greeter panel, the
keyboard and mouse are unresponsive, and the system is locked up. I can
get in using recovery mode login to text only.
root@iam:/media/ric/newroot/var/log/lightdm# more x-0-greeter.log
** Message: Starting lightdm-gtk-greete
> Could you suggest some package to build a simple and powerful media server?
I use MPD on the server to play the music (which I control via various
MPD clients, mostly MPDroid (from F-Droid) on Android, Emacs's M-x mpc,
as well as via `client175' running on that same server, in case someone
wants
David wrote:
> Sorry, I should have given a better explanation as to what I'm trying
> to achieve.
> I would like to use the Alix box along with TeamViewer as a gateway
> into my network.
> I've tried TeamViewer on a windoze box and it works well, but the
> windoze box failed so I thought I wou
On Sunday 31 January 2016 17:25:27 heqamilus wrote:
> Are there more fun task to do with an home-server?
Set up a backup with another machine which is powered on every now and then.
I use such a setup to backup my photos on the system of my parent in-laws (and
the reverse: their photos are backe
I have an openvz container that I am having a hard time upgrading libc6.
Whether I use dpkg -i, apt-get, or aptitude, I get the same result.
(Reading database ... 56136 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../archives/libc6_2.21-7_i386.deb ...
Checking for services that
I use the Midnight Commander: 'mc'
(Linux substitute for the OLD Norton Commander)
Via it's sftp-switch (under the menu key: 'F9', click on 'SFTP link'),
it opens it's split screen to another computer.
login example: anonymous@ --> password:
--> same procedure as local work.
On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 09:00:40PM +0100, Sven Hartge wrote:
> Brian wrote:
> > Not even Xvfb? Is it forbidden? Do I have to stop doing it?
>
> Of course. The VT100 Protection Squad is on its way to apprehend you.
> Please wait patiently at your keyboard until they arrive to take to your
> reeduc
On Sun, 2016-01-31 at 20:29 +, Brian wrote:
> On Sun 31 Jan 2016 at 21:00:40 +0100, Sven Hartge wrote:
>
> > Brian wrote:
> > > On Sun 31 Jan 2016 at 20:12:15 +0100, Sven Hartge wrote:
> > >> David wrote:
> >
> > >>> I am running a headless version of Wheezy on an Alix Board, all
> > >>> s
g...@maillr.com:
>
> Sorry for the blast of mail messages. Some times we tend to turn to mommy
> for solutions to our problems when in reality we should learn to try to
> solve them on our own. :P
No problem! Sometimes you just need to sit down and try writing down the
question properly in order
I use the downlod files only switch, then run the update when opportunity
presents.
Original Message
From: Chris Bannister
Sent: Mon Feb 01 19:25:24 AEDT 2016
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Jessie 8.3 - still no update notifications
On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 01:
On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 01:53:33AM +, Juan R. de Silva wrote:
> > I use the Debian cron script 'apticron'. It talks directly with Debian,
> > so it knows about updates to all Debian software. I have cron run it in
> > the middle of the night. It downloads the updates, and in the morning I
> > h
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