Where's my tap to click?
Hi all, I have a Dell Latitude E6410 running Squeeze + backports. I've recently upgraded to 3.2.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 as it supports my hardware better than the stock kernel. However for some reason I've lost my ability to tap my touchpad and have it issue a left click. I can't seem to find a setting for this anywhere. It is an ALPS touchpad. Any ideas? Regards, Ashton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cafxd2aove8kkv-mmrhog2z0+1ouf42-2bvtcwbzybpg0wro...@mail.gmail.com
Can't install linux-source-2.6.39 from backports?
Hi all, Does anyone know why I can't install linux-source-2.6.39 from backports? http://packages.debian.org/squeeze-backports/linux-source-2.6.39 But yet... root@huygens:/usr/src# apt-get install linux-source-2.6.39 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package linux-source-2.6.39 is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package 'linux-source-2.6.39' has no installation candidate root@huygens:/usr/src# I did this on another machine not too long ago and it worked fine. Cheers, Ashton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFxD2aoRkJp8uWe8m-kGoagi-XC=5n22k0vZ=vk8ce4eala...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Can't install linux-source-2.6.39 from backports?
Forgot to reply to the list, sorry! -- Forwarded message -- From: Ashton Fagg ash...@fagg.id.au Date: 18 February 2012 21:28 Subject: Re: Can't install linux-source-2.6.39 from backports? To: Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com On 18 February 2012 21:24, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Sb, 18 feb 12, 21:10:25, Ashton Fagg wrote: I did this on another machine not too long ago and it worked fine. It was removed from backports. Unless you specifically need 2.6.39[1] you should upgrade to 3.2 instead. [1] you can get it from snapshot.debian.org, but beware, there is no security support for it Kind regards, Andrei Oh really? Bugger! I guess I'll just update to the newer kernel then and hope it supports my hardware as well as this one does. Thanks for your quick reply, by the way. Ashton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cafxd2apfy-ulld1_of8+-xskno601v9zuanschvompmfsta...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Debian VPS
On 4 February 2012 17:43, Mark Charles tipping_po...@yahoo.com.au wrote: Can anyone recommend any good VPS companies that allow you to install Debian or who have Debian preinstalled? Thanks in advance I've been using Evorack [1] for over a year now and they've been nothing but brilliant. Very little down time and the customer service and support is just awesome. You can usually expect a response from them within an hour or so, and they're pretty liberal with discounts too. They're UK based and use Xen. They're also IPv6 ready if that means anything to you. Speeds are good and latency from Australia isn't too bad either. [1] - http://www.evorack.com [2] - http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/evorack-2-49-128mb-xen-vps-in-uk-3/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cafxd2arbacefgpjx8zgujq9og_ftwkusdzyriwahs9+mlf-...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Sleep
On 6 February 2012 11:03, Stayvoid stayv...@gmail.com wrote: Closing the lid and go suspend is an option, maye you have to enable that. Where? Cheers. This usually has to be configured in whatever power manager you're using. What DE are you using? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cafxd2apapydmnkpjq8heq2vhrr+1dspx9k+yjoatgvx4dn_...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Upgrading to Iceweasel 10 in Squeeze
On 3 February 2012 12:32, Tony Baldwin t...@tonybaldwin.org wrote: I have backports enabled, and my iceweasel was updated to 10.0 yesterday when I did a standard safe-upgrade. Perhaps this is a function of adding deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports iceweasel-release to your /etc/apt/sources.list Yep, same here. I suspect somebody has got some erroneous repositories installed. Rob Hurle: Can you please verify that you don't have Wheezy/Sid repos active and you are actually installing from Backports? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFxD2aqv_oK=9sffrot6f1a8btdazuz+uesptsg0jsrfu1p...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Upgrading to Iceweasel 10 in Squeeze
On 6 February 2012 11:31, Rob Hurle rob1...@gmail.com wrote: I definitely don't have Wheezy or Sid repos enabled. My sources.list is: deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org squeeze main non-free deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main non-free contrib deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free # For Opera deb http://deb.opera.com/opera squeeze non-free #RJH - for Firefox deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main non-free contrib deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports iceweasel-release I'm not sure that I understand the function of the backports.debian.org repo and its interaction with the mozilla one. Thanks for all the help and ideas. Here is mine: fagg@hubble:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free deb-src http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports icedove-release deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports iceweasel-release deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org squeeze main non-free The backports.debian.org repo provides backports for all other pieces of software that gets backported. The Mozilla one is purely for backports of Mozilla software (Iceweasel, Icedove etc). This configuration works OK for me. I'm wondering if you've pulled in a dud package from somewhere that's broken everything (and one that I don't have). What do you have installed from backports and the debian-multimedia repos? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cafxd2aqcko5jbnacuvxdhc5rqkk+fyvs30gh6lbkyqa-zor...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Truecrypt
On 1 February 2012 04:33, Stayvoid stayv...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks! What could you recommend as a replacement? Look at LUKS or dmcrypt. You can encrypt your entire machine if you want to, or just create a separate volume to store your sensitive stuff in. From that you can also glean that you can encrypt /home. Truecrypt is (technically) non-free, and the whole-disk encryption support on Linux is sub-par by comparison. If you can live with using non-free kit, the abillity to create encrypted container volumes is quite nice if you don't want to go down the route of having to encrypt entire partitions. Ashton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFxD2apu4T7e6CwN2KGPC+8-JSEaCHwB=c3xjic2geb1p6t...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Run in terminal from XFCE file browser?
On 27 January 2012 07:05, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: In XFCE's Thunar file browser you can right click on a script and execute it. Fine. Is there a way to run the script in a terminal from the file browser? Of course there is always Alt-F2, Select run in terminal, Run, but that isn't associated with that particular file and so the user needs to type in the full path to the file which isn't as convenient. Thanks, Bob I'd be interested to know this also. I don't think there is. This can be achieved in Nautilus, but seemingly not in Thunar. I thought maybe if you associated .sh with the terminal, but that doesn't work either... Ashton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFxD2arz_tkhWxhM66PMX=rb79zk94ptmv5eg8psawnyfgh...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Run in terminal from XFCE file browser?
On 27 January 2012 09:25, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Right-click, Open With, Open With Other Application..., select Use a custom command:, then use (generically) x-terminal-emulator -e, then Open. That works. (I say generically because x-terminal-emulator will point to whatever is installed and will be different for XFCE, LXDE, GNOME, KDE, and so forth. Or use 'xterm -e' for the trusty old xterm.) ...interesting. I figured there had to be a nice interface for this, although it's not exactly obvious. Not ideal though because it messes with whatever file associations you had for .sh files (probably OK for people like ourselves who probably use something like vi or emacs) but might be a bit of problem if he uses some graphical editor. Just FYI this hurdle might be possible to overcome. See here: http://thunar.xfce.org/pwiki/documentation/custom_actions I usually use Tony's suggestion (I use Terminator rather than xfce4-terminal) and just execute them that way if I can't be bothered to cd to the right path. However that's not entirely autonomous. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFxD2aoHfWrtVfgENUfQLov=pdt9+d7len5gmj1ve5vhcd0...@mail.gmail.com
Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000 keyboard
Hi all, Can anyone tell me how the Microsoft Natural Ergonomics 4000 keyboard works with Debian (and if possible, also with XFCE) in regards to the multimedia keys etc? I'm not afraid of having to deal with Xmodmap. Ashton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFxD2ap1Q5Yru=q4mobcacnvt5o7zdvmpumcwavkxnobs4x...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Install Nvidia Video Card (Nvidia Geforce GT 520)
On 23 January 2012 21:15, Brad Rogers b...@fineby.me.uk wrote: NVidia stuff isn't in DMM, it's in non-free and contrib. Further, why bother with all the grief you suggest when the *dkms package(s) will handle all that stuff for you? +1 The dkms is the only good choice if you're absolutely forced to use the proprietary (*spits*) drivers. It works quite well even on backports kernels. Ashton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFxD2apJ53adtT3WN-gU=wcmz6evv2dqhkktzwzjnlxa2nz...@mail.gmail.com
Re: default resolution on distro boot
On 24 January 2012 08:47, mik...@softhome.net wrote: Given that several Linux distros identify (on boot) my display brand and type, get the size only slightly wrong, but default to a resolution that isn't native and doesn't work correctly, how do I identify just what package, module, or kernel part this bug hides in? I'm using a Sharp 32 LCD tv via hdmi cable, and it's identified as a 37. That's not as important as the default resolution, which comes up as 1280x720, but should be 1360x768 (or 1024x768 if wxga isn't doable). Can you please clarify which build of Debian you're using? (stable, testing etc) Also, do you mean that the boot process shows up at the wrong resolution and it actually works fine when X starts, or it doesn't work correctly at all? Perhaps I'm reading you're question wrong... Ashton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cafxd2aokykm+s5+qv7mchiscqaoryj_9qdct0edzh97fspk...@mail.gmail.com
Re: How to install Truecrypt on Debian squeeze?
On 21 January 2012 10:32, Brad Alexander stor...@gmail.com wrote: I looked at TrueCrypt years ago, and if I am honest, the Linux functionality seemed like a bolt-on kludge. It was designed and implemented for Windows, and Linux functionality was added as an afterthought. Maybe things have changed over the years, but I prefer a more native solution like LUKS/cryptsetup. The majority of people who use Truecrypt aren't interested in whole-disk encryption. Most likely they want to have an encrypted container that they mount as a separate volume. It is my understanding that the whole-disk encryption support is much better under Windows. I agree though, the Linux support isn't too snazzy and whole-disk encryption is best left to LUKS etc. Ashton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cafxd2aowg-zykjiadna+vzizlkpwx6-hufimqtphauukbjq...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Why should starting synaptec peg system resources?
On 21 January 2012 10:55, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote: However, if I start synaptic it immediately pegs resources (as viewed in `top') around 92-95 percent us.. And there it stays until I close the partially open synaptic gui. At that point the `top' reading drops to 92-95 percent id. Surely this is quite abnormal... where would I look to start debugging? Has this worked previously? Is it a new problem? Have you tried reinstalling the Synaptic? I remember hearing about this previously with an old release Ubuntu a few years ago. I just had a look and managed to find it. Somebody suggests deleting /var/run/synaptic.socket. Your mileage may vary, but here's the bug report - it doesn't sound like it's entirely the same issue, though. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/218213 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cafxd2aqsbnc3y0wh--5nowausgwvfwcquf6oclybulco2ne...@mail.gmail.com
Re: New User Question
On 04/01/12 03:52, Martin, Larry D wrote: What I cannot seen to make happen is to use a line command to cause a file to go to the printer and create a PDF document. What command are you trying to use? And what type of file is that you're trying to print? -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f038cd9.8080...@fagg.id.au
Re: Best remote control software
On 04/01/12 16:33, yudi v wrote: I was just wondering what is the best software solution available. Otherwise I might invest in a KVM switch. Do you actually need the display from the laptop to be shown on the desktop machine's monitors? If you just wanted to direct your mouse/keyboard actions you could use Synergy provided you could still see the display. Otherwise VNC is probably as good as it'll get without a KVM. -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f03f368.5010...@fagg.id.au
Re: problematic poweroff on shutdown
G'day Curt. On 03/01/12 02:34, Curt wrote: There's nothing in the logs to distinguish the no poweroff shutdowns from the poweroff ones (I don't think; I have looked). I wouldn't think there would be at the very end, because everything is expecting to be powered off. Which makes everything all the more tricky. I'm assuming this is a laptop? There's a couple of things you can try, but I would suggest looking at playing about with reboot= kernel parameters. This is a pretty straight-forward thing to set up but will require some trial and error to see what works. Have a look here: http://linux.koolsolutions.com/2009/08/04/howto-fix-linux-hangfreeze-during-reboots-and-restarts/ (Just press e and add them to the kernel temporarily initially. If you find one that works you can set it up in grub later on) Also, does this occur only on shutdown? Does it happen sometimes if you're rebooting rather than powering off? Another option is to update to a newer kernel - could please clarify what you're using (Squeeze, Wheezy etc)? Cheers, Ashton. -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f02404c.2030...@fagg.id.au
Re: tips to export as pdf
On 29/12/11 17:19, lina wrote: Print to file is a cool choice. but how can I get rid of the head line: File: /home/lina/Desktop/.doc Page 1 of 4 in the output file. Very easily. In gedit, go to File-Print, select the CUPS PDF printer. Then go to the Text Editor tab. From there you can uncheck Print page headers. That should do the trick. Cheers, Ash. -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4efc1e83.7030...@fagg.id.au
Re: tips to export as pdf
On 29/12/11 16:22, lina wrote: Hi, I have one file, I wish it can be saved as pdf, mainly keep it's present formate (the original space) from gedit view. If you install the cups-pdf package you will be able to print to a PDF straight from gedit, just as if you were printing it on a piece of paper. -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4efc121b.5040...@fagg.id.au
Re: Dell Latitude E6410 - Upgrading to Backports Kernel
Hi Rob. Thanks for your reply. On 26/12/11 23:59, Rob Owens wrote: I believe that is true. I've been experimenting with trying to work out how this all works, and I've come across this for sticking with the proprietary nVidia drivers (more on that in a moment). http://www.vultaire.net/blog/2011/08/14/using-nvidia-drivers-on-debian-squeeze-64-bit-with-backported-kernel/ If my understanding is correct, if I install 2.6.39 and necessary headers from backports and follow this procedure, I should get working nVidia modules on *both* the new kernel and the stock kernel. I'd also like to get off the proprietary drivers if I can, however I'm unsure of the Nouveau route. I've generally had success with Nouveau. The exception is a couple of old video chips (one a laptop, the other a desktop). I had to revert to the nv driver, which worked fine in those cases. I've spent a few hours this afternoon mucking about with Nouveau trying to get it working (temporarily at least, just to check). I've had limited success in some areas and absolutely none in others. I firstly checked to make sure Nouveau was installed, which it was. I then killed the X server, backed up xorg.conf and changed the driver for the video card to noveau. Followed by an rmmod nvidia modprobe nouveau. This left me with a text console. My machine was docked at the time, with my 22 LCD connected. The LCD on the laptop was flickery and the resolution on the LCD was all skeewiff (even in text mode). A startx brought up the desktop as expected, however I couldn't get my laptop's LCD to work in dual head mode (or at all for that fact) with xrandr. My external screen worked just fine though. I then tried the same thing with the machine undocked (just with my laptop's screen) and had limited success again. I could only get 800x600 resolution, with no way to change it. Trying to get a working X server at boot (by blacklisting nvidia rather than nouveau in /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-common.conf) was a completely fruitless effort. The screen was all flickery, and I needed to ssh in from another box to change everything back and reboot. So at this stage I'm at a bit of a loss as to how to get Nouveau working to any acceptable standard. I'm wondering if it is just easier to stick with the proprietary drivers if there's an easy method to build modules for the newer kernels but still have the stock ones working should I need it. (as much as I'd prefer to have the free drivers, if the non-free ones work I'm not going to complain too much). That being said if anyone with one of these machines has Nouveau working and can use a dual screen set up I'd greatly appreciate some mail and maybe a lend of your xorg.conf. The other option is rather than going the Squeeze + backports route, should I merely upgrade my entire machine to Wheezy or even Sid? I like the stability that Squeeze offers, but there are a few incompatibilities (lack of touchpad scrolling in particular) which are beginning to annoy me with the stock Squeeze kernel. I run Wheezy on a machine that needed it because of this very issue. It was on a MythTV machine, and I needed the proprietary nVidia driver. Wheezy runs fine, but the constant updates (or should I say temptation of updates) is getting annoying. But I like to set it and forget it more than I like getting the latest and greatest. I like having everything just work with updates that are virtually guaranteed not to break my install. As much as Wheezy or Sid might be nicer in terms of compatibility with my hardware, there's no point if it's going to break everything all the time. I ran Squeeze when it was in Testing and found the need to update every day (and the constant holding of breath every time I rebooted my machine) to be a bit annoying. Backports I can live with, but going the Testing/Unstable route irks me slightly and I'd like to avoid it if I can. Cheers, Ashton -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ef986e2.6010...@fagg.id.au
Re: Dell Latitude E6410 - Upgrading to Backports Kernel
On 28/12/11 02:45, Rob Owens wrote: Try removing xorg.conf all together. It should not be needed in most cases. The hardware will be (should be) auto-detected, which eliminates the human error variable. Tried that, no dice. That gives me a No Screens Found error, with X obviously refusing to start. On the plus side, I did get the Backports kernel and the proprietary drivers running. Would still like to look at the Nouveau drivers though. -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4efa5eb7.3040...@fagg.id.au
Re: need git suggestion
On 28/12/11 15:37, J. Bakshi wrote: GUI clients for quick starting the git ? I've only used git-cola (it's cross platform, I wouldn't be surprised if it's already in the Debian repos). It was pretty good for the short time I used it, but I have no comparison to anything else as I mostly work with the command line for stuff like this. http://git-cola.github.com Cheers. -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4efabfa4.6020...@fagg.id.au
Re: install phpmyadmin in debian 6?
On 28/12/11 16:35, hamed hosseini wrote: hi i have install MySQL and Apache and Php. but when i want install phpmyadmin in debian 6.0.3 i cant run it ( http://localhost/phpmyadmin) What exactly doesn't work? Does it give an error message? I'm afraid you'll probably need to provide more information. note:i am use debian DVD for install phpmyadmin and my apache server work fine. Is there any reason why you're not using a mirror? Cheers. -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4efac01c.4020...@fagg.id.au
Re: OT: deferring gmail's new look
On 26/12/11 06:19, Kelly Clowers wrote: Still no desktop app is as good as gmail. The searching and Conversations still have not been done right anywhere else. I'd agree if Gmail supported a plain-text only view setting, along with the use of a fixed-width font. Although the latter can be rectified with the help of Greasemonkey script. Of course there is no disputing that for people like me who are too lazy to maintain their own mail server, using Google Apps/Gmail for mail is the way to go (and the spam filtering is nice). I've recently started using Thunderbird (err...Icedove) over the web interface because I'm annoyed with many of the changes in the new look. (And the fact that I miss being able to set messages to be viewed in plain text only). -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ef7cc83.8080...@fagg.id.au
Dell Latitude E6410 - Upgrading to Backports Kernel
Hi all, I have a Dell Latitude E6410 with nVidia graphics, and I would like to upgrade to a backports kernel. I currently run the proprietary nVidia drivers on the stock Squeeze kernel, because they seem to just work. It's my understanding that I will not be able to install these from repositories, as the necessary modules are not offered for backports kernels. I believe there are ways around this (such as building my own modules from source or moving to the nouveau drivers). Has anybody had experience getting this machine working with a newer kernel? I don't want to take the plunge without some guidance, as I usually just manage with the stock kernel without any issues. I'd also like to get off the proprietary drivers if I can, however I'm unsure of the Nouveau route. The other option is rather than going the Squeeze + backports route, should I merely upgrade my entire machine to Wheezy or even Sid? I like the stability that Squeeze offers, but there are a few incompatibilities (lack of touchpad scrolling in particular) which are beginning to annoy me with the stock Squeeze kernel. Cheers, Ashton -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ef7d9f4.9050...@fagg.id.au
Re: Ownership of external usb hard drive
On 22/12/11 20:55, Raf Czlonka wrote: On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 01:50:57AM GMT, Ashton Fagg wrote: On 22/12/11 11:39, Sharon Kimble wrote: As the drive is owned by root should it be run as sudo? Yes, or as root (su -c 'chown blah blah'). What's the point of running su as root? My wording wasn't clear, apparently. I didn't mean run su whilst as root, I meant use su to run it as root as an alternative to sudo. Does that make more sense? :) Your example will only change user blah permissions for blah file/directory. Example above is better as it changes the permissions recursively and group ones as well. By chown blah blah I actually meant insert the command from the previous reply. I thought that would be obvious... Apparently my internet communication skills are way off today, apologies. Cheers, Ashton. -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ef30e81.6010...@fagg.id.au
Icedove Tab Bar - Ugly
Hi list, Minor annoyance (more cosmetic than anything) with Icedove. I've made the observation that the tab bar is very out of place. The surrounds are grey, but the tab is white and it looks just plain awful. I've not seen this on any other distro (or Windoze for that matter). Is there a way to fix this without installing another theme? I've taken a screenshot of what I mean (see here: http://i.imgur.com/WaGod.png). PS - This is Squeeze with Icedove 5 from Backports. Cheers. -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ef314b0.4020...@fagg.id.au
Re: Icedove Tab Bar - Ugly
Sorry, this was meant to go to list as well. Original Message Subject: Re: Icedove Tab Bar - Ugly Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:04:57 +1000 From: Ashton Fagg ash...@fagg.id.au To: Scott Ferguson prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com On 22/12/11 21:53, Scott Ferguson wrote: And I thought you were being petty - but that is one ugly theme. Is that one of the benefits of Gnome? I use XFCE actually. I like the rest of the theme, just that one bit is awful. If you don't want another theme (which I suspect is the best option) just modify your existing one (warning - lot's of icons, much more complicated than Iceweasel theming). Take a look in Addons Manager = Appearance. See what theme is currently installed (I think it's either bugfuttugly or clubittodeath) - download and unzip the same theme, and modify to suit - or put it out of it's misery and start with something that won't sour milk while it's still in the cow. Hint:- http://mozilla.paenglab.ch/files/nuvola-1.12+-tb.xpi It's the default one that comes with Icedove - it's not one I've installed. And that Nuvola one is...interesting. Cheers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ef31d43.4010...@fagg.id.au
Re: intel i5, system config question
On 22/12/11 11:02, yudi v wrote: how easy is it to update to kernel 3+ in squeeze? At the moment, Backports only offers 2.6.39 as the latest version in their repository. Whilst Backports is generally the easiest method, this doesn't stop you from compiling your own kernel or installing a precompiled package from a third party. Liqorix [1] offers precompiled newer kernels which should work fine with Squeeze. *Note*: I haven't tried this myself, but hopefully someone here can vouch. [1] http://liquorix.net/ -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ef3ba41.7000...@fagg.id.au
Re: HP Touchpad Tablet Question
On 23/12/11 09:38, Thomas H. George wrote: I just bought an HP Touchpad Tablet. Can it be converted to be a Debian computer or must I make best use of the HP operating system. Well, if this is the right piece of equipment I've found, it looks to be possible. Apparently you can install Ubuntu and Android, which means with a bit of massaging you can probably get Debian running on it. Here's a guide for getting Ubuntu working... http://liliputing.com/2011/08/how-to-install-ubuntu-linux-on-an-hp-touchpad.html -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ef3cf4a.2030...@fagg.id.au
Re: Ownership of external usb hard drive
On 22/12/11 11:39, Sharon Kimble wrote: As the drive is owned by root should it be run as sudo? Yes, or as root (su -c 'chown blah blah'). Cheers, Ashton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ef28d01.1000...@fagg.id.au
Re: Debian 6.0.3 i386 - g++ hello.cpp - error: iostream.h: No such file or directory
On 22/12/11 12:38, David Christensen wrote: What would be some good books for current C++ on Debian Squeeze? I've used Big C++ by Cay Horstmann and Timothy Budd. It's great if you're just starting off but it also includes a fair bit of more advanced stuff also. It was a prescribed text book for one of my university subjects and I must confess it's very nice - I'm definitely keeping my copy! Any book that centres on g++ should be fine though. Hope that helps. Ashton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ef2a547.1080...@fagg.id.au
Re: FETCHMAIL AND GMAIL?
On 21 December 2011 07:26, Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: Just something that might not be obvious in Brian's example: the username must always be your complete e-mail address. I have a feeling the fully-qualified address is only required if it's a Google Apps (Gmail for your domain) account. I could be wrong though. Cheers, Ashton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cafxd2aqqlmmwaog-nk1m71w8hyuoc_rodnry16vvvptbv9e...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Iceweasel 9.0 not loading https pages
On 21 December 2011 12:14, Scott Ferguson prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com wrote: I can't find any existing bug reports for this... page requests are sent (POST) eg.:- Request URL: https://duckduckgo.com/html Request Method: POST Status Code: Request Headers 12:56:57.274 Accept:text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8Accept-Charset:ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7Accept-Encoding:gzip, deflateAccept-Language:en-au,en-gb;q=0.8,en;q=0.5,en-us;q=0.3Connection:keep-aliveDNT:1Host:duckduckgo.comUser-Agent:Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:9.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0 Iceweasel/9.0 ... but no GET :-( Other browsers on the same Squeeze box function fine, as does Iceweasel 8 on other Squeeze boxes on the same network. Anyone else experiencing the same problem? Cheers I upgraded my laptop (also running Squeeze) to Iceweasel 9 about 20 mins ago, and no issue here. That site you posted works fine for me. Are you running any extensions? If so, maybe start Iceweasel with no extensions and see if that helps... Cheers. -- Ashton Fagg E-mail: ash...@fagg.id.au Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFxD2apm9ATx_V==km4y6y7-jodyhpcj972-oxyw9wyfoc3...@mail.gmail.com
