Problems with vdpau

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I have no NVIDIA hardware, still there are packages that install packages
containing vdpau in their name.
Any such installation causes trouble as the CLI tty(s) (a.k.a. virtual
consoles) are not available to use as long as any library related to vdpau
are installed.

Removal of any package having vdpau in its name resolves the problem.
Is this the issue with vdpau?

System details :
Debian Stretch with GNOME.
Dell Inspiron 3543 Intel Core i5 5200 processor with integrated Intel HD
graphics only.

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: Apt-update errors

[Himanshu Shekhar]

On Apr 18, 2016 2:53 PM, "Eric"  wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Did you try "apt-get clean" to clean the cache ?
> May be it can fix the issue.
>
>

I tried, didn't work.
I deleted all files in /var/lib/apt/lists referring to solution at this
link :
http://serverfault.com/questions/368669/debian-ubuntu-is-it-possible-to-reinitialize-var-lib-apt-lists-and-var-apt-cac

It worked.

Thanks for help.

Apt-update errors

[Himanshu Shekhar]

package file
>> /var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stretch_updates_non-free_binary-amd64_Packages
>> (1)
>
> E: Unable to parse package file
>> /var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stretch_updates_non-free_binary-i386_Packages
>> (1)
>
> W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
>
> E: The package cache file is corrupted
>
>
>
Here's my sources.list file:

>


> deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:

# deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free


> deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates non-free contrib main


>
> # for TLP

deb http://repo.linrunner.de/debian/ stretch main



I am however, able to download packages and install them.

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Blank screen on tty (console)

[Himanshu Shekhar]

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
doesn't blink. I can't even login.
Googling lead to a solution which said to change resolution in grub
configuration and enable grub terminal. It worked for a few days, but
doesn't work from last night.

Debian Stretch with KDE plasma 5
Linux image 4.4 (whatever is the latest one on testing)
Grub EFI.

Any help?

Re: How to enable config in Kernel on boot?

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Yayy!
I updated my system yesterday, which included updating kernel to version
4.4. Now, wifi switch works.


Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: Issues running Synaptic on Wayland

[Himanshu Shekhar]

On Mar 23, 2016 2:34 PM, "arian" <deb...@semioptimal.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23.03.2016 09:23, Himanshu Shekhar wrote:
> > I tried running Synaptic on Wayland, received error "Cannot open
display 0.0" .
> > It works fine on native XServer.
> > Any solutions ?
> it tries to connect to X - do you have
> GDK_BACKEND=wayland
> set?
>
> Anyway, if synaptic does does not work with wayland, you should be able
to run it in xwayland.

How?
How do I start XWayland?

Issues running Synaptic on Wayland

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I tried running Synaptic on Wayland, received error "Cannot open display
0.0" .
It works fine on native XServer.
Any solutions ?


Debian Stretch; Synaptic Version 0.83+b1


Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Issues running VLC on Xserver

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I have been using VLC for playing videos, as it scales up the video to fit
the screen even if the size of video doesn't match the screen size. This
was done using "Always fit windows" settings. However, after some recent
update (no idea which one), videos with smaller resolution doesn't scale
up. They run in the middle of the screen, and when "always fit windows" is
checked, it runs in the same size in the top left corner of the window.
Things work fine in GNOME Videos.
This is not the same everywhere, as when I login to "GNOME on Wayland", VLC
work fine. There is no issue.

Also, when I change "Hardware accelerated decoding" to X11 codecs, few
videos work well (mp4/mkv/avi), while sometimes (now-a-days frequent),
entire RAM gets used up. On running VLC from Terminal, I saw some messages
about segmentation fault.

Here are some details about my system:
Dell Inspiron 15 3543, Intel Dedicated Graphics (Broadwell) on Core i5 5200
U
running Debian Stretch
VLC : VLC media player 2.2.2 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.2-0-g6259d80)

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: Password protecting grub

[Himanshu Shekhar]

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 (however bad it may be) to secure a
system, which I have not known yet.
All efforts yet just stop at one step :
   password : command not found. LOL!

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: Password protecting grub

[Himanshu Shekhar]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 5:39 PM, jdd <j...@dodin.org> wrote:

> Le 16/03/2016 12:37, Himanshu Shekhar a écrit :
>
> " set superusers="root"
>>password root rootpassword
>>
>
> if it's a bash command, it should be "passwd", not "password"
>
> jdd
>
>
Tried! Didn't work.

Regards

Password protecting grub

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I wish to password protect grub bootloader. I tried the steps available on
online manuals as of RedHat, Ubuntu, etc. All experiments were on a
VirtualBox machine, so my system remains safe. However, I didn't get
success.
Every time I write the line to the config file and run update-grub, I get
the response
"password : command not found".

I made experiments with the following files:
  /etc/grub.d/00_header
  /etc/grub.d/40_custom
  /boot/grub/grub.cfg

adding
" set superusers="root"
  password root rootpassword
"
or
" password mypassword "
or
" password --md5 $$$%#$ "

different times. Each time, I had the same error generated.

My current system, where changes are expected has Debian Stretch on a UEFI
installation. So, I have no idea whether the things are same or different
for UEFI and Legacy.
Also, when I tried to install grub (for grub-md5-crypt), it asked to remove
grub-efi and install grub-pc, grub-legacy and their team.
I need EFI because I have Windows as dual boot, I haven't used for long,
but I still want to retain it.

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: Password protecting grub

[Himanshu Shekhar]

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 (as laptops), *UNLESS YOU USE A BIOS PASSWORD*. You can
check Google for what to do when you forget root password (perhaps, you all
know about that). That's just simple to give root access to anyone with
physical possession of the system.

I personally don't like BIOS passwords, because you have no simple way if
you forget them. In fact, if you forget the root password, or even
password, there remains an option for Live system, or complete Format in
case the disk is encrypted. But, no way out if you forget the BIOS password.

That's why I want to have GRUB password. Please tell some other way, you
know or you have tried.
I have done much googling on the topic, and still can't conclude.
I am going to try now with Debian Stretch installed in VirtualBox in EFI
mode. Let's see how far I go.

Re: Problem with a Debian dual boot installation

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Well, AFAIK things are set, and you can't do much. You must have GRUB when
you start Debian, which doesn't displays Windows but makes you feel like
Windows is not there

If you don't mind reinstalling, boot the installer to UEFI mode. Yeah, your
BIOS would display the same installation image as both UEFI and Legacy
installers.

Yeah, HP's BIOS is disgusting. You need to disable secure boot and enter
some passcode that appears next. (Don't press ESC). I installed Kali (based
on Debian) on an HP laptop of one of my friend's a few days back, and had
simiar issues.
On Mar 14, 2016 8:30 PM, "Ramiro Checa-Garcia" 
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have tried to install a dual boot: Windows and Debian. However
> apparently I did something wrong and the installation was not smooth.
> Probably because Debian was installed in Legacy mode (changing MBR maybe?)
>
> Changing parameters for the UEFI Bios I am able to run windows or linux
> but not from Grub directly. Also I was not able to boot from DVD or USB
> after the Debian installation (I installed Debian from a USB without
> problems to boot from the USB).
>
> All the information is included on:
>
> http://paste2.org/jjywav8v
>
> Just note that:
> - I don't mind to perform a full reinstallation of Linux (I mean delete
> all the partitions etc...) but simply I can't
> - In windows I do not have admin rights.
>
> I will appreciate any help!!!
>
> Thanks,
> Ramiro.
>
>

How to configure synaptic touchpad on Debian (Stretch)?

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I want to configure three finger touch on my touchpad.
I tried many suggestions from the internet. First, there is no such package
as gpointing-** . Also, /etc/X11/xorg.conf is not available on my system.

Currently I am using Debian Stretch with GNOME3.

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: Inferior sound quality

[Himanshu Shekhar]

After making some random hits, I finally landed on Clementine. It is one of
the best music players I've experienced so far and it gives me perfect feel
of the beats after little change in settings.
Thanks for support!


Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 12:47 PM, Johann Spies <johann.sp...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Banshee has got an equaliser with a few useful presets. I do not have
> access to Windows, but I found that using different presets or adjusting
> the equaliser makes a marked difference in sound quality.
>
> Johann
>
>
> --
> Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself,
> my lips will praise you.  (Psalm 63:3)
>

How to enable config in Kernel on boot?

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I browsed for file /boot/config/$(uname -r) and found a line
CONFIG DELL_RBTN # config not set

I want the feature to be available, and have used in some other
distribution.
The file also says, do not modify it.
How can I get it working?

I am currently using Debian Stretch Linux 4.3 on Dell Inspiron 15 3543 amd64

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: Current stability of Debian testing?

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I upgraded from Jessie to Stretch today morning. As per now, things are
working fine.

There were problems during upgrade, as broken packages and dpkg
interrupted. However, once installation was completed, everything is
running perfectly.
I have KDE and GNOME currently running.

Let's see what happens in long run.
However, I have heard that Debian Testing is more stable than most
distributions. Also, there were suggestions somewhere about using Testing
is you have new hardware, as it provides newer kernel.

Re: Need mentorship and support

[Himanshu Shekhar]

On Feb 27, 2016 1:30 AM, "Jean-Baptiste Thomas" <cau2jeaf1ho...@laposte.net>
wrote:
>
> De: "Himanshu Shekhar" <irm2015...@iiita.ac.in>
>
> > The problem is about reading metacharacters. For example, username is
> > "harry", password is "harry@123" , proxy server "10.101.12.1:8080".
> > Thus, apt.conf would have text
> > "http://harry:harry@123@10.101.12.1:8080;.
> >
> > This leads to unwanted behaviour. Apt stops reading the password after
> > the first @, but it should after the last one.
> > How to resolve this?
>
> I find your choice of words confusing. Firstly "@" is not a

Oops! I shall workout on that.

> "metacharacter", not for the shell anyway. Secondly, if an at
> sign ends up in apt.conf, it means that your script successfully
> "read" it, right ? So it's not a shell problem, it's an Apt
> problem.
>

Got it. My bad.
,
> Things you could try :
>
> - Editing apt.conf and manually replacing the first "@" by
>   "%40". Or maybe even "\@", "\\@", "\100", "\0100", "\x40",
>   that sort of thing.
>
> - Seeing what RFC 3986 and Apt's documentation have to say on
>   the matter.
>

Thanks! I got some help here
http://askubuntu.com/questions/60217/apt-get-update-with-an-in-password-error

Re: Need mentorship and support

[Himanshu Shekhar]

On Feb 26, 2016 11:08 PM, "Jean-Baptiste Thomas" <cau2jeaf1ho...@laposte.net>
wrote:
>
> De: "Himanshu Shekhar" <irm2015...@iiita.ac.in>
>
> > Also, I would love to know about good sources to learn and practice
> > Bash. I followed "The Linux Command Line by William E. Shotts".
>
> Chris F A Johnson has written two books on the subject. Haven't
> read them but he used to be a regular on comp.unix.shell and he
> seems to know what he's talking about.
>
> /Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach/
> http://cfajohnson.com/books/cfajohnson/ssr/
>
> /Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell/
> http://cfajohnson.com/books/cfajohnson/pbp/
>

Thanks for reference. :)

> > > 6) Lots of variable references without double quotes around them,
> > > EG when calling configure_apt(). What if, say, the password
> > > contains white space or "?" or "*" or "[" ?
> >
> > Please tell me about how to read special characters as @, ? etc. in
> > password, as @ is the point after authentication where IP starts.
>
> I'm not sure I understand the question. I don't expect read to
> have problems with occurrences of "@" or "?" in its input (but
> see its -r option).
>
> The problem is not stuffing shell metacharacters into a
> variable, it's what happens when you reference that variable.
> Suppose variable v contains "*" (an asterisk). Compare the
> output of
>
>   echo "$v"
>
> and that of
>
>   echo $v
>
> Or set v to "a b" then contrast the result of
>
>   mkdir "$v"
>
> with
>
>   mkdir $v
>
> The explanation is that when you write a command line like
>
>   cmd $v
>
> the shell splits the value of v into words, performs pathname
> expansion on each word and uses the result of that as the
> arguments to cmd. You might intend to pass one argument to cmd
> but you may end up passing zero, two or a thousand.
>
> Sometimes, that is what you want. But usually what you want is
> to pass one argument equal to the value of v. The syntax for
> that is :
>
>   cmd "$v"
>
> This also applies to constructs like if [ condition ]. When
> someone writes
>
>   if [ $variable = "constant" ]
>
> there's a high probability that he or she really means
>
>   if [ "$variable" = constant ]
>

The problem is about reading metacharacters. For example, username is
"harry", password is "harry@123" , proxy server "10.101.12.1:8080".
Thus, apt.conf would have text
"http://harry:harry@123@10.101.12.1:8080;.

This leads to unwanted behaviour. Apt stops reading the password after the
first @, but it should after the last one.
How to resolve this?

KDE 5 in Debian

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Has anyone tried installing KDE plasma desktop (KDE 5) on Debian Stable.
Yeah, it's not in stable, but is there any way to install it without losing
the benefits of Debian stable.

Also, I have Gnome already installed alongside Xfce. Would that trouble?

Re: Need mentorship and support

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Thanks a lot for reviewing the code.
I thank you a lot.

On Feb 25, 2016 9:41 PM, "Jean-Baptiste Thomas" <cau2jeaf1ho...@laposte.net>
wrote:
>
> > github.com/himanshushekharb16/ProxyMan
>
> Hi Himanshu. Quick look at main.sh.
>
> 1) Some messages are written to stdout, others to stderr. I think
> that writing everything to stderr would be preferable, if only for
> consistency. Rule of thumb : if it's data, write to stdout ; if
> it's messages, write to stderr, even if they're not errors. A
> function like this is useful :
>
>   msg ()
>   {
> fmt=$1
> shift
> printf "myprog: $fmt\\n" "$@" >&2
>   }
>
> or
>
>   msg ()
>   {
> echo myprog: "$@" >&2
>   }
>
> if you prefer echo.
>
> 2) After "case $choice in toggle)",
>
>   if [ $mode == "'none'" ]; then
>
> is not safe. Should have double quotes around $mode.
>
> 3) You seem to like to quote string constants, as in
>
>   if [[ $4 == 'y' ]]; then
>
> It doesn't hurt anything, but it's completely unnecessary. Just
> a heads-up.
>
> 4) exit is often called without an argument. Or not called at
> all. A program that succeeds must exit with status zero.
> Conversely, exiting with status zero constitutes a promise that
> everything went well. Even if the exit status is less important
> for interactive programs such as yours, it's a good habit to get
> into.
>
> 5) There's a general lack of checking for failure of operations
> that can fail (writing to files, copying files...).
>

I am novice to bash. In fact, I learned bash a little bit just to implement
the idea. So, there are examples that show my immaturity. My bad!

Also, I would love to know about good sources to learn and practice Bash. I
followed "The Linux Command Line by William E. Shotts".
> 6) Lots of variable references without double quotes around them,
> EG when calling configure_apt(). What if, say, the password
> contains white space or "?" or "*" or "[" ?

Please tell me about how to read special characters as @, ? etc. in
password, as @ is the point after authentication where IP starts.

>
> Sorry if this sounds like nit-picking but attention to detail is
> a big part of quality. Good luck.

Mark Zuckerberg said, "We should break things, to make them better".
And you quoted the points where things may break.
Thanks again. :)

Need mentorship and support

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I made some bash scripts to set proxy on a standard Debian /  Ubuntu
distribution about a month ago.
The tool works well. However, I would love that to be included as a part of
the base system because present systems lack some features as
authentication and a normal user would not like to fall into the
complications of configuration files.

I would like to get some support about creating installable packages or how
to ensure proper future of the small piece of code I made.
Also, it would be great if the code works across distributions and shell
environments.

The project link is below. Pull requests are welcome. You are welcome to
contribute.

github.com/himanshushekharb16/ProxyMan

To use the code, obtain it from
github.com/himanshushekharb16/ProxyMan/releases

Looking forward for your responses.

Re: Inferior sound quality

[Himanshu Shekhar]

The soundcard is Realtek ALC3234 with Waves MaxxVoice.
That's what Dell says Inspiron 15 3543 Specifications
http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_inspiron_laptop/inspiron-15-3543-laptop_reference%20guide_en-us.pdf

On Feb 24, 2016 2:55 AM, "anonymous"  wrote:

>>
>
> uh huh.  and so you dont have a fully code leverage (leveraging hardware
let alone sound/movie use of it) of your soundcard...
>
> where is your soundcard from?  malaysia?
>

Re: Unable to connect to higher wifi channels with Broadcom BCM4360

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Try changing your regulatory.
One should not, but that's the solution. I am using it.
Try "iw reg set uk".

Re: Inferior sound quality

[Himanshu Shekhar]

On Feb 24, 2016 1:05 AM, "Sven Arvidsson"  wrote:
>
> I think Windows Media Player is using this?
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Retrieval_System
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Sven Arvidsson
> http://www.whiz.se
> PGP Key ID 6FAB5CD5
>

SRS settings are by default disabled, and in my case too.
Is it due to hardware drivers or something else?

Re: Inferior sound quality

[Himanshu Shekhar]

On Feb 24, 2016 12:12 AM, "Pete Orrall" <p...@cs1x.com> wrote:
>

> Can you please provide more info regarding the Windows music app?  Do
> you have any plugins or EQ enabled?
>
> Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you.

I tried Windows Media Player. All I have extra is Dell Audio (downloaded
from Dell driver center). No plugin or EQ.
I would rather like to know, how to use EQ for Linux. :)

Well, I tried using the same Dell Audio software I had once on Ubuntu that
came pre-installed with the laptop, from Dell Ubuntu PPA (download the deb,
named dell-wmi-dkms and manually install). However, the installation failed
for dell-wmi on Jessie.

> --
> Pete Orrall
> p...@cs1x.com
> www.peteorrall.com
> "If there isn't a way, I'll make one."

Regards,
Himanshu Shekhar

Inferior sound quality

[Himanshu Shekhar]

My sound card is Intel Broadwell HD audio for Dell Inspirion 15 3543.
The sound quality on Debian Jessie seemed to be okay to me (I use Rhythmbox
as music player, and VLC occasionally).
Today, I used Windows for a while, and experienced far better and more
dynamic sound quality on same earphone and for the same track (Rolling in
the Deep :P).

I have both alsamixer and pulseaudio installed.
Can anyone help me out to improve sound quality?

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: Remote control ?

[Himanshu Shekhar]

If your concern is about file access or sharing, or some basic controls,
here are some tools apart from vnc and ssh:
1. TeamViewer
2. Webmin (worth giving a try)
3. Creating FTP server on your system.

Happy computing!

Using hcd files

[Himanshu Shekhar]

After following certain manuals on web (like this
<http://dhanar10.blogspot.in/2014/05/bcm43142-bluetooth-getting-it-to-work.html>),
I tried to use the Windows driver for my laptop on Debian.
I have Jessie 8.3 Stable, with Dell 1704 Wireless card (Broadcom 43142),
using broadcom-sta-dkms for wireless.
I have converted the hex file from windows to hcd using hex2hcd tool after
I got to know about it on some Arch Wiki pages.
Now, I have no idea about how to use the hcd file, or hex file on Linux.
Need suggestions.

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: Posting a message on all desktops

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I haven't tried yet, but shutdown -k "message" should work. However, the
message would not flash on the GUI screen of all systems. Moreover, all
users need to be connected to same host.
Rather, you could create on indicator, with python backend, listening
messages from a particular socket or port on the same network (by checking
same IP range).
You can also borrow the concept of presentation remotes as impress remote.

Please do share if you get some way.
Thanks for A2A.

Debian user mailing list in Spam folder

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Today, I found too many mails from this mailing list in my Gmail spam
folder.
Just wanted to confirm whether I am the only one to have this issue or
others are also facing the same issue.

Re: Debian "testing" is looking really great on my new "Skylake" PC

[Himanshu Shekhar]

On Jan 21, 2016 9:45 PM, "Patrick Bartek"  wrote:

>
> Thanks.  Based on your input (and others), I'm eliminated Acer from my
> list.  I, too, have experience with Thinkpads and Asus notebooks, and
> have had few problems installing Linux on them.  Since Dell has their
> Ubuntu option, I'm thinking they are Linux compatible as well.
>
> Thanks, again.
>
> B

I have a Dell Inspiron 15 3543 based on Broadwell architecture. I am using
Debian Stable which runs pretty well and am really loving the performance.
However, there were certain problems associated listed which were easily
resolved after following tinkering:
1. installing xserver-xorg-video-intel from backports to prevent crashing
of GNOME.
2. Getting broadcom proprietary drivers from non-free sources either from
Debian or Ubuntu.

If you want to have a new laptop, all I would suggest is to avoid Broadcom
wireless card. One should rather go with Intel as it is doing appreciable
contribution to FOSS.
#FrustratedBroadcomUser

Should I upgrade my kernel from 3.16 to 4.** from Debian stable repos?

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Why I want this?
Just trying to use the updated things. Also, I want to gain the advantage
of additional driver updates and better hardware compatibility as per
experience with Ubuntu.
Would you suggest me to do so?
Is it safe to do so?
What additional changes/risks I would have to handle?

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Creating .deb package out of some files

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I have created a tool comprising of two bash scripts and two configuration
files.
I tried to follow some tutorials available on debian.org and Stack Overflow
but didn't get the desired output.
The expected layout is as ;

/usr/bin/script1-link
/usr/bin/script2-link
/usr/bin/myfolder/script1
/usr/bin/myfolder/script2
/usr/bin/myfolder/conf1.bak
/usr/bin/myfolder/conf2.bak

script1-link and script2-link will change the directory to myfolder and
execute script1 or script2 as desired.

I have created the files changelog, compat, control, copyright, files in
directory named debian.

Now, I have to create the first package of my life, which I did following
some instructions at https://wiki.debian.org/IntroDebianPackaging but the
deb package created had no shell scripts.
I have very little idea about how package creation occurs after reading
certain manuals, but cannot get the desired result.

Thanking you in anticipation.

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: Installing Debian os

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I faced some problem, and saw the solution on some systems as mentioned in
above mails about choosing the EFI boot or Legacy options as Grub does not
displays Windows EFI options. Not much idea.
However, I found one link that might help you :
https://wiki.debian.org/DualBoot/Windows10

Good luck!

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 11:13 AM, kamaraju kusumanchi <
raju.mailingli...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 3:33 PM, SamuelOPH <samuel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Considering you have a computer that runs Win10, I would strongly
> recommend
> > you to use Debian Testing (currently named Stretch) to ensure hardware
> > functionality and performance.
> >
>
> Huh? Why do you think Debian stable can't handle a machine running
> Win10? Is there some functionality missing in Debian Stable?
>
> --
> Kamaraju S Kusumanchi | http://raju.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Blog
>
>

Recommendations regarding using Debian Testing

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I want to use Debian Testing (not Backports, as I had a bad experience), to
try the latest version of software available.
However, I am a bit confused regarding whether testing would provide the
same level of stability as Stable does!
Any recommendations.
Thanks for help.

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Creating a .deb package!

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I have made some bash scripts (about 300 lines). I want it to be available
for direct install along with some additional files for direct use.
How can I make the .deb file out of a shell script and about 5 more text
files?
Also, how can I get it added to the Debian repositories?

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: Recovering data from a Raid 1Sata HD

[Himanshu Shekhar]

At the end, if all methods will fail, you could really try testdisk, it's
free.
You could go for other commercial options too, depending upon the necessity
of the data.

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: AP support for wl driver

[Himanshu Shekhar]

On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 1:58 AM, Stuart Longland <stua...@longlandclan.id.au
> wrote:

>
> > RC=0 vk4msl-mb stuartl $ lspci -vnn | grep Network
> > 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322
> 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:432b] (rev 01)
>
> That one, is compatible with the 'b43' driver in the Linux kernel, and
> after a few ritual sacrifices, *does* work.  It does however frequently
> drop its link (dhclient soon fixes it), and even on MacOS X, misbehaves.
>
> I've never tried HostAP with this particular device.
>

Please make a try once. We would be pleased to have your experiences. I
would suggest to use the hotspotd program (depends on hostapd, dnsmasq).
It's the simplest I've known, but not in Debian repos. A Google search
would pop it up.

>
> I don't blame the 'b43' developers for this.  They have done an
> excellent job to get it working to the level they have.  Their work has
> been almost entirely the result of clean-room reverse engineering.
>
> It shouldn't be that way though.
>

I understand the pain for a proprietary software manufacturer to spend time
and money on a free project with no monetary return.
However, one should not make a software that locks the capabilities of the
hardware, making the device function in a non-appreciable manner.


>
> Himanshu, if your chip is supported by one of the drivers listed here:
> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers.  If one of those is
> compatible, then you've got a chance.
>

Yup! That's the 'wl' driver. I've been using it right from the first day I
installed Debian.
I began with 'broadcom-sta-dkms' package but later switched to
'bcmwl-kernel-source' from Ubuntu repos.
Also, changing the regulatory allowed me to make use of certain disabled
channels and make better use of the device.
However, it is the hotspot disappointing me, which I need everyday badly
and have to depend on other people as my roommate which not at all gives a
good feeling.

>
> Otherwise your only option is begging and grovelling to Broadcom, or
> voting with your wallet and buying something else.  Given the level of
> contempt Broadcom has shown the Linux community historically, I
> generally find it easier to avoid them and go with someone like Atheros
> or Intel, who actively develop their drivers in the Linux mainline kernel.
>
> That's the biggest mistake I ever did. Perhaps, one should focus more on
wireless and driver support than any other thing while purchasing a laptop.
The laptop came with Ubuntu preinstalled, making me believe that Linux
would function perfectly on it. Misconception indeed!

If I wanted a proprietary binary soup I'd use Windows.
>

I downloaded the Windows driver, but ndis suports drivers made for Windows
XP only.
Walking through the Windows driver made me discover multiple ".hex" files
with no idea on how to use them.


> --
> Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL)
>
> I haven't lost my mind...
>   ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.
>

Not at all, you seem to be a perfectly sound man :P

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: AP support for wl driver

[Himanshu Shekhar]

On Dec 20, 2015 8:40 AM, "Stuart Longland" <stua...@longlandclan.id.au>
wrote:
>
> On 06/12/15 02:15, Himanshu Shekhar wrote:
> > I have made several attempts on this mailing list, internet, and also
> > tried various distros, just to get the hotspot work on my laptop.
> > How could I request the developers to add support for the driver to
> > allow AP mode on my Broadcom wireless hardware (Dell 1704 card,
precisely).
> > The device does support AP mode, tested on Windows 10.
>
> Getting hardware docs for Broadcom stuff is like getting blood from a
> stone, and in any case, Debian don't directly maintain the driver, they
> simply repackage it.
>
> The 'wl' driver is Broadcom's proprietary driver, so you'll need to ask
> Broadcom directly, nobody else can help you.
>
> --
> Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL)
>

Thanks Stuart! I have made several attempts and almost scanned the Broadcom
driver download page. No support email.
They have 64 bit driver for Linux available for download. I tried,
following the README file, and compilation failed with errors.
Bad experience with Broadcom.

> I haven't lost my mind...
>   ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.
>

AP support for wl driver

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I have made several attempts on this mailing list, internet, and also tried
various distros, just to get the hotspot work on my laptop.
How could I request the developers to add support for the driver to allow
AP mode on my Broadcom wireless hardware (Dell 1704 card, precisely).
The device does support AP mode, tested on Windows 10.

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: A stop job is running for...

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Well, Google shall help! The two articles seem much technical for a kid
like me. Still, the content made me feel that there shall be something
convincing, which is why I posted it on this mail.

1. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2014-February/446722.html
   # for NTP
2. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1044602
  # for CUPS

The message may be irrelevant due to lack of knowledge. So you may ignore
it if it is so.

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: A stop job is running for...

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Hey!

On Dec 1, 2015 7:42 AM, "Jape Person" <jap...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Make
remote CUPS printers available locally > Network Time Synchronization > >
For several weeks I've been seeing this stop job notification for these two
items frequently when rebooting or shutting down two of my four testing
systems. > > The first notification counts all the way up to 1 min 30 sec
before the shutdown scroll restarts. The second notification only counts
for a few seconds before terminating. > > I'm a patient guy, but adding
almost two minutes to almost every restart or shutdown procedure gets a bit
tedious after a while. >

Can you please annoy yourself once more and exactly tell what that
start/stop job is for.

I had a friend with same problem recently. He had the start/stop job for
some uuidd... I found that he was missing the swap partition that he
created while installation. There would definitely be a legitimate reason
for that message to appear.

> Suggestions, anyone? The complete message is really important. Perhaps, I
would investigate.

> I'm grateful for your time and any ideas you might provide.

We love to gain experience. So thanks to you too. Good luck!

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Re: Root account blocked

[Himanshu Shekhar]

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Friday 20 November 2015 08:47:25 Chris Bannister wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 07:01:41PM +0530, Himanshu Shekhar wrote:
> > > This reminds of an outcome that makes your system vulnerable to data
> > > theft. Following the above steps, anyone having physical access to the
> > > device by
> >
> > What above steps? The context is lost! :(
>
> Yes, I just gave up on it and accepted that I didn't understand. :-(
>
> Lisi
>
>
Above steps here are those steps described to reset root password from the
Grub boot menu, given by Brian.
Sorry, I forgot to add those in the mail.

However, I was pleased to know that system manufacturers provide ways to
reset BIOS settings including BIOS password.
The jumper method and removing the CMOS battery method.

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: Root account blocked

[Himanshu Shekhar]

This reminds of an outcome that makes your system vulnerable to data theft.
Following the above steps, anyone having physical access to the device by
any means (which is more likely in case of mobile devices), could gain root
access and do whatever one wants to do with the system as well as the data.
One solution suggested to me was to set a BIOS password. That's good.

I would like to know that is there any way once you forget your BIOS
password.

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: Debian DeskTop

[Himanshu Shekhar]

This response is written considering you as a complete newbie. So some
parts may be boring to you.
There are two cases :
A. You have installed a desktop environment
B. You have not installed any desktop environment and the console is the
only interface.

Try pressing Ctrl+Alt+F7 (try other function keys if this doesn't works,
like F8 etc.)
First of all, enter your user name followed by password on the prompt*
(this is the one you created during install). If you forgot your username
(as I saw in case of many friends), enter the user-name "root" followed by
root password/the one you created during install.

*Note that the prompt could be a black and white command line or even a
colorful display manager. Don't worry if you could not see your password as
you type, it's still there.
Now, you are ready to use the system.

Now, heading towards the solution.
A. YOU HAVE INSTALLED A DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT
So, you can login and are ready to use the OS, and you don't need to
read this mail further.

B. YOU HAVE NOT INSTALLED A DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT
 In this case, you need to install a DE. Enter the following commands.
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo tasksel (if this doesn't work then "sudo apt-get install
tasksel" followed by "sudo tasksel")
   Select Gnome/any desktop of your choice using cursors and
spacebar, move to OK using tab and press enter.
   Your download will start and you will be there with a DE installed
after a couple of hours.

This assumes that you have already configured to use a Mirror/Repository
and not dependent on the installation media.
If not, then use the above procedure after inserting the installation media
once you login or edit your Software sources, which you could find online.

Best of luck
Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

TLP vs laptop-mode-tools?

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Am bit confused between choosing laptop-mode-tools and tlp for power-saving
on my Dell laptop?
Can anyone suggest the better one? All I need is the maximum possible
battery life out of my laptop.
Are there any additional tweaks needed for them?

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

TLP vs laptop-mode-tools ?

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Am bit confused between choosing laptop-mode-tools and tlp for power-saving
on my Dell laptop?
Can anyone suggest the better one? All I need is the maximum possible
battery life out of my laptop.
Are there any additional tweaks needed for them?

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: Ransomware meets Linux - on the command line!

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I do agree with Piyavkin.
AFAIT these are perhaps marketing efforts by corporations exploiting
"customer fear" and implementing their policy of "buy or suffer".
All about Linux, a user should see the message carefully and analyse before
executing a program with root privileges. That's why "sudo" and "su" like
commands were made, and that's why we need "passwords" for many stuffs in
Linux, unlike other ecosystems.

It's natural to be concerned. However, we should be rather be cautious
before giving our root password to execute any program.
If any cure of the "ransomware" arrives, that would be first from the side
of the "development team" as "security updates" rather than "corporations".

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: How to make "headless" system?

[Himanshu Shekhar]

You can also set up a headless system, and use Webmin like tools if ssh, or
VNC appears troublesome.

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8

[Himanshu Shekhar]

As far as Windows 7 is concerned, I have used it on my laptop in
VirtualBox, with 1 of total 4 gb ram, and I can assure that t works
flawlessly.
I can't say anything about Windows 10 as I haven't given it a try on
Virtualbox, but Windows 7 does work well.

Good luck
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: Persistence

[Himanshu Shekhar]

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 7:09 AM, Matilda Fins <shishcob...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a way to create a Debian live usb flash drive with persistence?
> If so, how?
>

The following article illustrates this
Linux Community Blogs
<https://www.linux.com/community/blogs/133-general-linux/420179-creating-a-debian-live-usb-flash-drive-with-persistence-for-non-techies>

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: convert between ethernet and usb

[Himanshu Shekhar]

On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Pascal Hambourg <pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org>
wrote:

>
> These devices provide ethernet connectivity to a USB host port.
> IIUC, the OP wants it the other way around : connect a USB device port
> and an ethernet host port.
>

Well, a vice-versa search solves this.
Google "usb modem to ethernet converter". There are solutions to use usb
modem to plug in to ethernet port.
Replace the USB modem to any Internet input feed of your choice.

Hope that works.

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: convert between ethernet and usb

[Himanshu Shekhar]

AFAIK there are small cables in market for this purpose. Like we have OTG
to connect USB and smartphone, similarly there are USB to Ethernet cables.
Their necessity comes in tablets, Ultrabooks where Ethernet is unavailable.
You could find it on an ordinary hardware store. It's really cheap.

Good luck

-- 
Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Regarding AP mode

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Can anyone tell the drivers compatible with Broadcom 43142 supporting AP
mode?
The hardware supports AP mode (tested).
I am desperately in need of AP on my machine.

Debian Jessie 8.2 system with Gnome 3, Dell Inspiron 3543

-- 
Regards

Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: Regarding Gnome theme

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Got it!
I installed the Graphics Driver for Intel Broadwell 5500 and everything is
fine!

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 10:55 PM, Himanshu Shekhar <irm2015...@iiita.ac.in>
wrote:

> I have been Lexis theme over a past few months on Debian 8.1.
> Today I installed Debian 8.2 with Gnome. However, the installs and
> displays well, but on pressing the Windows key, Gnome forces me to logout,
> and disables user themes.
>
> Any idea?
>
> --
> Regards
> Himanshu Shekhar
>
>

Regarding Gnome theme

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I have been Lexis theme over a past few months on Debian 8.1.
Today I installed Debian 8.2 with Gnome. However, the installs and displays
well, but on pressing the Windows key, Gnome forces me to logout, and
disables user themes.

Any idea?

-- 
Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Suspend Issues

[Himanshu Shekhar]

The system after waking from suspend fails to load certains things as :
1. Ethernet connection : Shows cable unplugged, I need to run "service
network-manger restart" to make it work.
2. Multimedia keys (function keys) don't work after waking from suspend if
Rhythmbox is running. I need to restart Rhythmbox to make it work.

And possibly more issues, perhaps not noticed yet.
Is there any fix, or I need to modify some wakeup script? If yes, then
please describe it!

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar

Wifi file sharing in Debian

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Is there any software that allows file sharing over wifi as we do with
Xender or ShareIt in smartphones?

-- 
Regards

Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: Wifi file sharing in Debian

[Himanshu Shekhar]

No idea!
Just like Wifi Direct in Android.
Shareit , Xender, etc. are services that use you wireless device, as an AP
(hotspot) and lets you share files over them.
Like, you can share files 100 times faster than Bluetooth.
Exactly, it appears like bluetooth,but uses Wifi hardware.




-- 
Regards

Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: Wifi file sharing in Debian

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I am looking for something that would work wireless. Like, I shared a file
to another device and the channel is wireless.

-- 
Regards

Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: Regarding Hotspot configuration

[Himanshu Shekhar]

It supports AP mode, as I have used the stuff when I worked on Windows with
Connectify.
Possibly, this is a driver issue, as "wl" driver may not be supporting AP
mode.

However, I tried to download drivers from
http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11 for this device, "43142", but
received errors in installing them but received errors. I use kernel
version 4.1.0.0.
Is there any problem with the kernel version?

On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 1:47 AM, Matt Ventura <mattvent...@mattventura.net>
wrote:

> On 10/24/2015 01:26 AM, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2015-10-23 at 14:38 -0700, Matt Ventura wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure about that, I just told n-m to create a new network,
>>> and it did ad-hoc even though my card supports AP mode.
>>> Can you check in iwconfig to confirm it's actually an AP?
>>>
>> iwconfig does say master mode.
>>
>> What card is it?
> With my Intel 7260 (which works as an AP if I use hostapd directly),
> n-m only wants to create an ad-hoc network.
> Does it present you with the option to create an AP mode network?
>
> Matt Ventura
>
>


-- 
Regards

Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: RealTek RTL8192EU drivers

[Himanshu Shekhar]

For Realtek drivers, you can checkout one on
Realtek Driver Download Center
<http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/searchView.aspx?keyword=rtl8192>

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: Regarding Hotspot configuration

[Himanshu Shekhar]

/home/himanshu/Downloads/broadcom43142/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c: In
function ‘wl_dump_ver’:
/home/himanshu/Downloads/broadcom43142/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2049:3:
error: macro "__DATE__" might prevent reproducible builds
[-Werror=date-time]
   __DATE__, __TIME__, EPI_VERSION_STR);
   ^
/home/himanshu/Downloads/broadcom43142/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2049:13:
error: macro "__TIME__" might prevent reproducible builds
[-Werror=date-time]
   __DATE__, __TIME__, EPI_VERSION_STR);
 ^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[4]: ***
[/home/himanshu/Downloads/broadcom43142/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o]
Error 1
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/scripts/Makefile.build:263:
recipe for target
'/home/himanshu/Downloads/broadcom43142/hybrid_wl/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o'
failed
make[3]: *** [_module_/home/himanshu/Downloads/broadcom43142/hybrid_wl]
Error 2
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/Makefile:1401: recipe for
target '_module_/home/himanshu/Downloads/broadcom43142/hybrid_wl' failed
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
Makefile:146: recipe for target 'sub-make' failed
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
Makefile:8: recipe for target 'all' failed
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-amd64'
make: *** [all] Error 2
Makefile:140: recipe for target 'all' failed


Hope it is not at all pretty! :P

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: System craches when browsing a web site

[Himanshu Shekhar]

To me, w3m seems to be the best way to check whether there is a connection
problem or not.
Bugs if any should be reported at the earliest.

Regards,
Himanshu Shekhar

Re: Debian Desktop Environment

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I hope this discussion should continue, rather than conclude, as more views
means more purity in idea.

As far as security is concerned, it is the Debian OS which determines
policies more than the DE. Also, I would like to categorize them as under:
KDE : Heavy, high-end graphics, consumes resources (
GNOME : Moderate, cool graphics, consumes moderate resources,
Xfce : Light, not-so-good graphics, customizable, consumes less resources
MATE : Moderate, cool graphics, consumes moderate resources, BASED ON GNOME2
LXDE : Extremely light, XP type looks, minimal resource consumption

For everyday use, I prefer to GNOME (gnome3), personal opinion, while many
people hate the changes, but it's pretty good.
You can prefer to MATE if you were a gnome user and were used to it.
You should use XFCE or LXDE if you don't care about the looks but the
performance.

Also, for a lazy weekend, if you have DVD1 of the iso image OR good
internet, then you can install any desktop environment and have a try
yourself rather than having other's opinions. That would let you know what
suits you.
Disk space is not a big issue these days. :)
-- 
Regards
Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: Regarding Hotspot configuration

[Himanshu Shekhar]

So what do I do now?
Googling doesn't seem to help with that!

-- 
Regards
Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Regarding Hotspot configuration

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I have spent couple of hours about using hotspot on my Debian laptop. The
hotspotd method didn't work. So, I tried ap-hotspot after knowing that the
hotspot which the GNOME network manager starts is an ad-hoc network which
Android cannot identify. So, I began searching for solution for creating
Infrastructure network, and eventually found that there was no simple way,
like a click and hotspot started.

Also, some googling suggested "iw list" which would expose device's
capability, and didn't mention ap in the list. However, I have used ap
using Connectify in Windows on the same device.

Any help will be appreciated!

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Regards
Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: Regarding Hotspot configuration

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Got it!
My wireless driver is "wl", and "iw list" shows that it doesn't supports
"ap" mode. Also, I have browsed Linux_Drivers_page
<http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/> and Wikipedia_article
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_wireless_drivers>
about
the same, and found that there were no "wl" drivers, but something like
"wl***".
My "iw list" and "lspci -v" outputs are attached. Please have a look at
them.
Also, I didn't mention that my hardware has bluetooth and wireless
combined, and bluetooth doesn't work.
It would be great if anyone could suggest the proper drivers.

Thanks for help!

Regards,
Himanshu Shekhar


lspci
Description: Binary data


iwlist
Description: Binary data

Regarding language display issues

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I am having trouble viewing webpages and text written in regional
languages. Possibly, I need the right fonts but have no idea how to get the
thing implemented.

Details:
Browser : Chromium, Iceweasel, and Google Chrome Stable
Languages tried : Indian languages - Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, etc. as well
as other foreign languages
Issue : text gets displayed but with many circles inserted in between.

Need a fix!

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Regards
Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: hola buenas tardes necesito ayuda con debian 8

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Esta es la política del sistema que ciertos procesos que tratan de acceder
al sistema fundamentalmente necesitan privilegios elevados, por lo que el
núcleo del sistema operativo no se ve afectado. Eso es lo que hace que
linux seguro.
Por lo tanto, cada vez que reciba un mensaje como "¿Estás raíz?" o lo que
sea exigente para ser la raíz, el uso de sudo antes del comando. Por
ejemplo, utilice "sudo apt-get install *" en lugar de "apt-get install *".
Además, puede utilizar el comando "su" en caso de que sudo no funciona, y
llevar a cabo todas las operaciones como usuario root.
Recuerde, el usuario root sin duda necesita la contraseña de root, que es
probablemente diferente de su contraseña, depende de lo que usted optó por
tiempo de instalación.

¡Buena suerte!

Este mensaje fue escrito utilizando Google Translate. Pedimos disculpas por
los errores, si los hay!

This message was written using Google Translate. Apologies for errors, if
any!

Regards,
Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: impending disk failure?

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Hi!
You can use Disk Utility (gnome-disks / udisks) and check your hard drive
for errors, or bad sectors.
That seems to be simple enough!

Regards
Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I don't think that the Debian User Mailing List is for Smartphone related
discussions!
You should have some other mailing list made for you !
No offence!

On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Renaud OLGIATI <
ren...@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Oct 2015 19:49:10 -0500
> rlhar...@oplink.net wrote:
>
> > Thanks, Renaud; that is what I hoped to hear -- that the EeePC actually
> > can do GoogleEarth -- because I do have occasional need for GE while out
> > on the road.
>
> Snap !
>
> > In a previous post I mentioned that I found a retailer who still has a
> few
> > EeeBook X205 in stock, but nothing else small except a Lenovo N21
> > ChromeBook which has a 16Gbyte solid-state drive, and 4Gbytes of RAM.
>
> Look up Ebay for "eeepc"; plenty there, from $45 up.
>
> > I am not familiar with the various EeePC models which have been produced;
> > all I know is that the X205 has a 1366x768 display, an Intel Atom
> > processor, 32Gbytes of flash, and 2Gbytes of RAM.
>
> The one I use is the lowly 4G, 512 kb RAM, which is why I use MX-14; found
> Debian sluggish on that box.
>
> > I know Debian fairly well, but I do not have the time and energy to learn
> > another operating system such as MX-14.
>
> Not difficult, and easy to use as it includes a gaggle of graphical
> configuration progs; I find it easier than Debian, and would switch my
> desktop box to it if they had a 64bits version.
>
> Highly recommended for older 32bits hardware.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ron.
> --
> Individualists, unite!
>
>-- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --
>
>
>


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Regards
Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Regarding wiki.d.o

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Does anyone has an idea about how to resolve this issue?
wiki.debian.org reports Error 403 Forbidden, You are now allowed to access
this.

I use internet from my college network, via campus proxy servers and url
filters.

I did sent a mail to wiki.debian.org 17 hours ago, but had no response.

Being a debian user, there are times when I need to access Debian Wiki
badly, and don't like fetching cached copies from Google. :(

-- 
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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Isn't this a security compromise?

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I searched today about what to do if one forgets his/her linux password.
The following links described the process:
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Debian_reset_root_password
http://xmodulo.com/how-to-reset-root-password-in-debian-ubuntu.html

These tutorials assume that a person has the possession of his/her machine
which is true for non-mobile devices. But how can one make sure that the
security of laptop/tablet having any distro of linux is not compromised?

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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: Using hotspot in Debian Jessie

[Himanshu Shekhar]

The b43 driver didn't work on this system. The hardware worked when I
replaced the package broadcom-sta-common with broadcom-sta-dkms.
I think that's the driver.

Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Using hotspot in Debian Jessie

[Himanshu Shekhar]

My lspci output is listed. I am not able to use hotspot on my laptop, even
with the the simple click from network settings, nor with hotspotd. This is
something I need daily to sync my mobile devices.
Waiting for help!

lspci -v

006:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev
01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1704 802.11n + BT 4.0
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at f710 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information: Len=78 
Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-b1-ff-ff-d1-10-08
Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting 
Kernel driver in use: wl

07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 07)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0654
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
Memory at f700 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at f000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable- Count=4 Masked-
Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 01-00-00-00-36-4c-e0-00
Capabilities: [170] Latency Tolerance Reporting
Kernel driver in use: r8101

Regards

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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Upstart inclusion in Debian

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Hey guys!
Do anybody have any idea about upstart to replace systemV in sid: the next
release.

If it is not so, how can one manually have systemd or whatever replaced by
upstart, without trouble.

Regards
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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: Can't reinstall all Jessie packages

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I may be wrong, but I can suggest three methods:
1. (conceptually shouldn't work) : apt-get remove ; apt-get
install 
2. (should work...your intentions must break your system): apt-get purge
; apt-get install 
3. *(recommended method): dpkg-reconfigure 

Make sure the methods won't break your system! That's just a suggestion.
Good luck!
-- 
Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

[Himanshu Shekhar]

thanks dude ! i upgraded my driver. But can you tell why some packages
break after updating to newer version and still debian stable version is
named so.
infact after updating java.. libreoffice4 failed and i had to install
libreoffice5 from jessie backports.
Is this normal or and issue?
Thanks for the help!

On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Eduard Bloch <e...@gmx.de> wrote:

> Hallo,
> * Himanshu Shekhar [Sun, Oct 04 2015, 03:06:34PM]:
> > I have no idea of what has happened to my system. My sources.list is
> > attached along with make.log. If I need to downgrade my kernel, please
> > provide a fix.
> > Thanks for replying... I was waiting!
>
> Downgrade the kernel or upgrade the driver, your choice.
>
> https://packages.debian.org/sid/broadcom-sta-dkms
> https://packages.debian.org/sid/broadcom-sta-common
> https://packages.debian.org/sid/broadcom-sta-source
>
> Regards,
> Eduard.
>



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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I have no idea of what has happened to my system. My sources.list is
attached along with make.log. If I need to downgrade my kernel, please
provide a fix.
Thanks for replying... I was waiting!

I would appreciate any help!

On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Petter Adsen <pet...@synth.no> wrote:

> On Sun, 4 Oct 2015 13:22:44 +0530
> Himanshu Shekhar <irm2015...@iiita.ac.in> wrote:
>
> > I updated my system last night after which I was not able to use network
> on
> > my laptop. I tried to install ethernet driver as I had it locally but
> could
> > not make the wifi work.
> > Earlier the /lib/modules folder had 3.16* directory only, now I could see
> > some 4.1* alongside. Also, the driver in use was *wl* which was working
> > fine, but now I couldn't install wl. The installation reports are in the
> > attachments.
> > The first time I installed Debian 8.1, I had the same issue, traversed
> > Synaptic and installed broadcom-sta-dkms which fixed the issue.
>
> Your 'wl' issue is a red herring, that package is a mail client for
> Emacs, not a driver. broadcom-sta-dkms failed to build, if you read the
> final line of output it advises you on your next course of action:
>
> "Consult /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/make.log for
> more information."
>
> My guess is that it has problems with the newer kernel, but without
> that file it's impossible to say why it failed to build. Another guess
> would be that you haven't installed the kernel headers, which are
> required to build that package.
>
> AFAICT a 4.1 kernel isn't (and shouldn't be, AIUI) in the Jessie repos,
> you might be better off running a supported one.
>
> Petter
>
> --
> "I'm ionized"
> "Are you sure?"
> "I'm positive."
>
>


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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006
DKMS make.log for broadcom-sta-6.30.223.248 for kernel 4.1.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 (x86_64)
Sun Oct  4 12:46:39 IST 2015
/bin/sh: 1: [: Illegal number: 
/bin/sh: 1: [: Illegal number: 
Wireless Extension is the only possible API for this kernel version
Using Wireless Extension API
KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/4.1.0-0.bpo.2-amd64/build M=`pwd`
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-amd64'
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Using CFG80211 API
Kernel architecture is X86_64
  LD  /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/built-in.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/shared/linux_osl.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.o
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: In function ‘wl_cfg80211_get_key’:
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:1390:9: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘memcpy’ discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type
  memcpy(params.key, key.data, params.key_len);
 ^
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/string.h:4:0,
 from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/string.h:17,
 from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/bitmap.h:8,
 from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/cpumask.h:11,
 from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/cpumask.h:4,
 from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:10,
 from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:20,
 from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:49,
 from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/thread_info.h:54,
 from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
 from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/preempt.h:18,
 from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
 from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/seqlock.h:35,
 from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/time.h:5,
 from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/stat.h:18,
 from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo.2-common/include/linux/module.h:10,
 from /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/include/linuxver.h:40,
 from /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.248/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:26:
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.0-0.bpo

Re: Bypass Disk Usage Analyser

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Search here refers to type to search provided in Gnome3 onwards where you
can type for apps, and files in home folder rather than browsing them.

On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Karagkiaouris Diamantis <
dkaragkiaou...@gmail.com> wrote:

> From your brief description it seems to me that this is a matter of
> permissions. What permissions do you attach to these files? Also, when you
> say "search" could you please be more specific? For me "search" for example
> means "find " and open them by terminal. Some details will help.
>
>
> Am 04.10.2015 um 15:37 schrieb Himanshu Shekhar:
>
>> Whenever I want to open any file directly from search, or places, or and
>> disk after mounting, it directs to Disk Usage Analyser, which I want to be
>> Nautilus instead.
>> Is there any method to fix this?
>>
>> --
>> Himanshu Shekhar
>> IIIT-Allahabad
>> IRM2015006
>>
>
>


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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Yup! got it. I attached my sources.list file in the very first message of
the thread. I would like to have suggestions on the same.
Also, I have installed few packages from tarballs, as my realtek r8101
ethernet driver, skype.
That's all!

On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sunday 04 October 2015 11:39:55 Himanshu Shekhar wrote:
> > thanks dude ! i upgraded my driver. But can you tell why some packages
> > break after updating to newer version and still debian stable version is
> > named so.
> > infact after updating java.. libreoffice4 failed and i had to install
> > libreoffice5 from jessie backports.
> > Is this normal or and issue?
> > Thanks for the help!
>
> There is not enough detail here, but it is probably something to do with
> the
> fact that you have jessie backports in your sources list.  If you stick to
> Jessie, and only Jessie, things won't break after updating to a newer
> version.  In fact, things normally won't update to a newer version.
> Basically, Stabel only gets security updates.
>
> I personally have never had a problem with backports, but you don't say how
> you are using backpprts or how you have got them pinned.  And have you any
> packages installed from tarballs, or otherwise not in Debian's repos?
>
> You might want to sort out your security repos.
>
> Lisi
>
>


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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Bypass Disk Usage Analyser

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Whenever I want to open any file directly from search, or places, or and
disk after mounting, it directs to Disk Usage Analyser, which I want to be
Nautilus instead.
Is there any method to fix this?

-- 
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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I updated my system last night after which I was not able to use network on
my laptop. I tried to install ethernet driver as I had it locally but could
not make the wifi work.
Earlier the /lib/modules folder had 3.16* directory only, now I could see
some 4.1* alongside. Also, the driver in use was *wl* which was working
fine, but now I couldn't install wl. The installation reports are in the
attachments.
The first time I installed Debian 8.1, I had the same issue, traversed
Synaptic and installed broadcom-sta-dkms which fixed the issue.


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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006


dkms-install
Description: Binary data


lspci
Description: Binary data


modprobe_wl
Description: Binary data


wl_install
Description: Binary data

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

[Himanshu Shekhar]

here's the sources.list file


On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Himanshu Shekhar <irm2015...@iiita.ac.in>
wrote:

> Yup! got it. I attached my sources.list file in the very first message of
> the thread. I would like to have suggestions on the same.
> Also, I have installed few packages from tarballs, as my realtek r8101
> ethernet driver, skype.
> That's all!
>
> On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sunday 04 October 2015 11:39:55 Himanshu Shekhar wrote:
>> > thanks dude ! i upgraded my driver. But can you tell why some packages
>> > break after updating to newer version and still debian stable version is
>> > named so.
>> > infact after updating java.. libreoffice4 failed and i had to install
>> > libreoffice5 from jessie backports.
>> > Is this normal or and issue?
>> > Thanks for the help!
>>
>> There is not enough detail here, but it is probably something to do with
>> the
>> fact that you have jessie backports in your sources list.  If you stick to
>> Jessie, and only Jessie, things won't break after updating to a newer
>> version.  In fact, things normally won't update to a newer version.
>> Basically, Stabel only gets security updates.
>>
>> I personally have never had a problem with backports, but you don't say
>> how
>> you are using backpprts or how you have got them pinned.  And have you any
>> packages installed from tarballs, or otherwise not in Debian's repos?
>>
>> You might want to sort out your security repos.
>>
>> Lisi
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Himanshu Shekhar
> IIIT-Allahabad
> IRM2015006
>



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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006


sources.list
Description: Binary data

Re: Broadcom 43121 wlan issue

[Himanshu Shekhar]

apt-get upgrade possible upgraded openjdk 6 to openjdk7 (possibly because
backports are included in my sources, I don't know precisely), after which
libreoffice didn't start even from terminal.
After much guess work, I tried installing libreoffice5, which was available
in backports.
Now, libreoffice is working fine, without any issue.

Also, please clarify about *using backports safely*

On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 8:10 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sunday 04 October 2015 11:39:55 Himanshu Shekhar wrote:
> > infact after updating java..
>
> How?  You need to give a lot more detail.
>
> > libreoffice4 failed and i had to install
> > libreoffice5 from jessie backports.
>
> Lisi
>
>


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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Using Jessie Backports

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Is there any disadvantage of using backports! Also, how can I install a
package from backport (if required) without adding and backports repo to my
sources.list file
OR
How can I disable further usage of backports without harming other packages?

If backports are safe, please advice about how to use Backports
efficiently. Googling seems to confuse me! :/

Regards,
Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad

Re: Touchpad not working properly on ASUS T300LA

[Himanshu Shekhar]

You don't need to have synaptics software installed. You just need to
enable two finger scroll, and tap to click from mouse settings from GNOME
settings. That's simple.

On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 8:03 PM, Arief M Utama <arief.ut...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Installed debian (sid/unstable) on an ASUS T300LA, a nice tablet-laptop
> and debian works like a charm there except for touchpad.
>
> Somehow I can't get the mouse (which is an ASUS Wireless Keyboard+Mice
> device) works with two fingers and three fingers scrolling like a synaptics
> mouse.
>
> Synaptics module is not loaded and X also does not detect it.
>
> Any hints/ideas?
>
> I'm prepared to try kernel modules, or debugging X/kernel if necessary.
> Still have windows on dualboot, mouse and touchpad is working alright there.
>
> note: please cc me on replies, I'm not on the list.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> All the best.
> -arief
>
>


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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: Searching for MAAS equivalen

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Ok! No offence! :)
MAAS(Metal as a Service) is something which can be used to boot and control
multiple servers from a single system. A single change in one can be
deployed across all the servers on the network.
Why I occasionally ask questions about Ubuntu, is just because I am a
student who loves Debian but continuously tries to experiment all sorts of
software on his machine, and Ubuntu was how I was introduced to Linux but
switched to Debian cause it was the real OS.
That's all!

On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 5:21 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thursday 24 September 2015 13:05:16 Himanshu Shekhar wrote:
> > Is there anything equivalent to MAAS, with which we can handle multiple
> > servers from a single system, as provided in Ubuntu Server?
> > If yes, then please provide the package name.
>
> Himanshu,
>
> Could you possibly ask questions without requiring us to look up all sorts
> of
> things to find out what oyu are talking about.  You can't reasonably expect
> all of us to install Ubuntu Server in order to find out how it can do what.
> This is the Debian list.
>
> Lisi
>
>


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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: questions about debian installer prompts re: iwlwifi firmware

[Himanshu Shekhar]

You can ignore the firmware, you won't be able to use wifi. However, you
can complete the installation process and then download the firmware and
install it after you reboot it successfully.

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Riley Baird <
bm-2cvqnduybau5do2dfjtrn7zbaj246s4...@bitmessage.ch> wrote:

> > How do I get the installer to load the firmware file?
>
> I had this problem a while ago, but I can't remember how I solved it.
>
> The firmware packages or files have to be in either the root directory,
> or a directory named /firmware. Also, the USB has to be FAT32 formatted.
>



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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: Broadcom 4311 network adapter doesn't work under Jessie (was debian-user-digest Digest V2015 #1143)

[Himanshu Shekhar]

You can search for respective driver on kernel.org, and also Google it.
Also, you can search for the required firmware on your manufacturer's
website.
Good luck!

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 5:28 AM, Jose Martinez <jomartinez...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, 2015-09-23 at 19:08 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote:
> > On Wed, 23 Sep 2015 08:23:39 -0400 (EDT), Edward Lukacs wrote:
> > >
> > > Oh, yes ... I can't get the ... Broadcom 4311 internal card
> > > running under Jessie.  ... Strange, but up to and including Ubuntu
> > > 10.04, it ran right out of the box without any fuss ...
> >
> > Sounds like missing firmware.  Do you have the non-free and contrib
> > sections of the Debian archive enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list?
> > Do you have Debian package firmware-b43-installer installed?
> >
> > After installing it, and rebooting, issue
> >
> >dmesg|less
> >
> > and search for the string "firmware" to see if the firmware loaded
> > properly this time, and to see if there are any other missing firmware
> > files for other hardware that requires firmware.
> >
> > By the way, please choose a more appropriate subject line in your posts
> > to this list.  It's more likely to get attention that way.
> >
> > I am CCing you because the subject line implies that you are not
> > subscribed to the main list.  Please do not CC me back; just reply to
> > the list, since I am subscribed to the list.
> >
> I'm also using an old laptop with an old B43 wireless NIC.  I have also
> had a little trouble making it work, but after some effort have got it
> pretty well figured out.  Make sure that the b43 driver package is
> installed (firmware-b43legacy-installer).  You will also need the
> b43-fwcutter package to obtain and install the proprietary firmware for
> the NIC. Installation of the firmware package will require internet
> access as it downloads the firmware from Broadcom.  As I recall, the
> b43-fwcutter package is automatically installed when you install the
> firmware-b43legacy-installer package, but you might want to make sure
> that that is true.
>
> Once you install these packages, reboot the system!! (I forgot to do
> this once, and spent quite a bit of time scratching my head wondering
> why my NIC didn't come up.)  When the system boots up, it will load the
> firmware into the NIC and you should be good to go.  Be sure to be
> patient when booting the system, the wireless card may not come up until
> just about the time the login dialog appears on the screen.  That's the
> way mine works, so don't get worried if the light for the wireless card
> doesn't come on right away when the system starts booting, it may be
> nearly login time before it does.
>
>
>


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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: Brightness configuration issue

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I understand what solutions you have suggested and I appreciate that.
However, I want something more sustainable. If MATE can remember, and even
GNOME remembers that in Fedora, then why not GNOME in Debian, which is the
best?

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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Searching for MAAS equivalen

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Is there anything equivalent to MAAS, with which we can handle multiple
servers from a single system, as provided in Ubuntu Server?
If yes, then please provide the package name.

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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: Deleting i386 packages

[Himanshu Shekhar]

You should probably avoid doing so. We are using systems based on amd64 (64
bit) architecture, still there are many applications that yet depend on the
i386 (32 bit) model. 64 bit processors allow 32 apps to run, which lets
them function properly on modern computers too.
i386 packages should not worry you much, and you may need some of them
badly, if I am not wrong.

Happy computing!

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeif...@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:

> For historical reasons, my x86-64 architecture computers have a large
> number of i386 packages on them that I'd just as soon be rid of.  is
> there a good way to simply tell a package manager that I want everything
> involving that architecture deleted?  The best answer I've found on my
> own has been to use dpkg and grep to find everything with :i386, and
> then construct a huge dpkg --purge command to get rid of them all.
> Hoping for something a little simpler...
>
>


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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: Can't Log in

[Himanshu Shekhar]

Opening a console is same for all sorts of linux distros... ctrl+alt+f4
do your job, and then try any of the combination of ctrl+alt+f*(*: 0-9), if
that doesn't work, you can reboot from console
sudo shutdown -r now

Regarding recovering password, you should read the following, which should
probably work. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword

Good luck!

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 6:19 PM, ray <r...@aarden.us> wrote:

> Sven
>
> Thank you very much.  I have installed LXDE and I don't know how to open a
> console.  Please suggest how I might learn to do that.
>
>


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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Re: Brightness configuration issue

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I did it after restart. It works in MATE environment, but not in GNOME. I
don't know why! :/

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Sven Arvidsson <s...@whiz.se> wrote:

> On Mon, 2015-09-21 at 14:10 +0530, Himanshu Shekhar wrote:
> > I normally dim my laptop's screen, as I work long. However, I don't
> > understand why I have to dim it every time when the laptop restarts.
> > Doesn't GNOME remembers what brightness I used last time?
> > Need a way out !
>
> I think that should be handled by the systemd-backlight service. At
> least that's where I would start looking.
>
> I guess GNOME could remember and set the brightness but it would only
> happen once you log in, not during boot.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Sven Arvidsson
> http://www.whiz.se
> PGP Key ID 6FAB5CD5
>
>
>
>


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IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Ethernet not working after wakeup

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I probably had asked this question before, but I had no proper solution and
probably, the thread seems to be obsolete. I use internet with Ethernet
(the drivers are downloaded from my hardware manufacturer, Realtek, and I
have also tried the one that came bundled with Debian 8.1). However, I
found my ethernet connection missing (reports cable unplugged in
gnome-settings), after the system wakes from sleep.
Need a fix!

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Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Brightness configuration issue

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I normally dim my laptop's screen, as I work long. However, I don't
understand why I have to dim it every time when the laptop restarts.
Doesn't GNOME remembers what brightness I used last time?
Need a way out !

-- 
Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006

Brightness Configuration issue

[Himanshu Shekhar]

I normally dim my laptop's screen, as I work long. However, I don't
understand why I have to dim it every time when the laptop restarts.
Doesn't GNOME remembers what brightness I used last time?
Need a way out !

-- 
Himanshu Shekhar
IIIT-Allahabad
IRM2015006