Re: *Another* Backup software question...

2013-07-15 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 09:27:51PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2013-07-13 at 12:18 -0600, Glenn English wrote: > > On Jul 13, 2013, at 3:08 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > > I'm interested in experiences of others. In my experience CDs and DVDs > > > more likely will fail, than HDDs do. >

Re: USB automount

2013-07-15 Thread tony mollica
Thanks. Checked /etc/udev/rules.d already, but took another look anyway. Doesn't appear to be the problem. Any other locations used to store udev rules? tm On 07/15/2013 09:35 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sun, 14 Jul 2013, tony mollica wrote: Hello. Searched and found nothing to help, yet

Re: sid upgrade removes XFCE desktop

2013-07-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 13:30 +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 7/16/13, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > On 7/16/13, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> http://wiki.debian.org/Xinitrc > >> > >> exec startxfce4 > > > > Is there any advantage to prefixing startxfce4 with exec? Yes, after exec the script is finishe

Re: sid upgrade removes XFCE desktop

2013-07-15 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 7/16/13, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 7/16/13, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 12:41 +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >>> I usually use startx, and after my upgrade (from sid 12th July) now >>> gnome classic and xfce sessions from lightdm, and startx from command >>> line, all start u

Re: sid upgrade removes XFCE desktop

2013-07-15 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 7/16/13, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 12:41 +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> I usually use startx, and after my upgrade (from sid 12th July) now >> gnome classic and xfce sessions from lightdm, and startx from command >> line, all start up gnome classic. >> >> Now my laptop cpu f

Re: sid upgrade removes XFCE desktop

2013-07-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 12:41 +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > I usually use startx, and after my upgrade (from sid 12th July) now > gnome classic and xfce sessions from lightdm, and startx from command > line, all start up gnome classic. > > Now my laptop cpu fan fires up 2 or 3 times a minute, my e

sid upgrade removes XFCE desktop

2013-07-15 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Hi, I'm stuck in Gnome3 classic. I usually use startx, and after my upgrade (from sid 12th July) now gnome classic and xfce sessions from lightdm, and startx from command line, all start up gnome classic. Now my laptop cpu fan fires up 2 or 3 times a minute, my external screen is below res and my

Re: New Gnome in Wheezy

2013-07-15 Thread John W. Foster
On Wed, 2013-07-10 at 11:56 -0400, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > Dear List - > > I updated and now have the new Gnome. > > The desktop is impossible, and almost unusable. > > I do not have the old desktop entries, and cannot find Google Chrome. > > How do I get the old desktop back? > > Ethan

Re: command line hesitations and pixel fuzz (blit leakage?) in xfce4-terminal

2013-07-15 Thread Joel Rees
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Joel Rees wrote: > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 6:36 AM, Mike Kupfer wrote: > >> Joel Rees wrote: >> >> > > Anybody else seen this? Have an idea what's going on? >> >> I haven't seen this, nor do I know what's going on, but here are some >> things I would check if I w

Re: gnome windows became the old style and gnome-terminal's profile disappeared

2013-07-15 Thread John W. Foster
On Sat, 2013-07-13 at 02:06 +0800, Liu Binsheng wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm using the latest Debian testing. My gnome's window appearance > became the old style after a safe-upgrade. For example LibreOffice and > Chromium have the ugly button style. > > GUI of LibreOffice: http://imgur.com/gbzgw

Re: server log centalized

2013-07-15 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 7/15/2013 1:00 PM, Pol Hallen wrote: >> Article about using stunnel with rsyslog >> http://freecode.com/articles/ssl-encrypting-syslog-with-stunnel > > hello again :-) > > I've setup a server log centralized following the above link (and > thanks). Whole connections fly on vpn. > > I also rea

What's with the blue overlining in text consoles? [SOLVED]

2013-07-15 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 11:10:18 -0400 (EDT), commandl...@telenet.be wrote: > > On 13/07/13 21:55, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> Something strange has started happening recently. For a long time I have >> used ISO-8859-1 as my character mapping in text consoles. >> >> dpkg-reconfigure console-setu

Re: server log centalized

2013-07-15 Thread Pol Hallen
> Article about using stunnel with rsyslog > http://freecode.com/articles/ssl-encrypting-syslog-with-stunnel hello again :-) I've setup a server log centralized following the above link (and thanks). Whole connections fly on vpn. I also read: >Preventing Systems from Talking Directly to the rsy

which package is involed for this bug ?

2013-07-15 Thread r . 3
Hello, I installed wheezy, tried gnome but apparently it does not seem to be very well designed for 2 screens. So I am using gnome classic, which is very nice. I have a problem with resizing the borders however : the border responsive for click and drag is very thin. This problem does not happe

Re: Sound on Skype (sid)

2013-07-15 Thread Doug
On 7/15/2013 1:19 AM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: Dear List - The sound on Skype (sid) is impossible!! It is so chopped up that it is impossible to make a call. The sound recorder and audio streams [YouTube, video on Wall Street Journal] work perfectly. Any suggestions? TIA Ethan You mig

Re: Sound on Skype (sid)

2013-07-15 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
You could check if Skype is using pulseaudio. If so, you could try alsa. Regards, Vivek. - Original Message - From: "Ethan Rosenberg, PhD" To: "Debian Users List" Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 10:49:24 AM Subject: Sound on Skype (sid) Dear List - The sound on Skype (sid) is impossib

Re: USB automount

2013-07-15 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 14 Jul 2013, tony mollica wrote: > Hello. Searched and found nothing to help, yet. > > I've upgraded to wheezy and I've added the MATE desktop for wheezy > and everything works well except for one annoying problem. > > When I plug in a USB memory stick or card (SD) it mounts the way > i

Re: Problems with util-linux in Debian Sid

2013-07-15 Thread Roger Leigh
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 11:45:03AM -0300, Alexandre Teles wrote: > When trying to debootstrap, cdebootstrap (and debootstrap returns): > > W: Failure while unpacking required packages. This will be attempted up to > five times. If you're debootstrapping sid (rather than stable or testing), then

Re: server log centalized

2013-07-15 Thread Darac Marjal
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 05:27:45PM +0200, Pol Hallen wrote: > > Of course, if you need to support other syslog daemons, then yes an > > alternative system will be needed. > > One main log server and several (10 machines or more) with client syslog Yes, but are they all (or could the all be) rsysl

Re: server log centalized

2013-07-15 Thread Pol Hallen
> Of course, if you need to support other syslog daemons, then yes an > alternative system will be needed. One main log server and several (10 machines or more) with client syslog thanks Pol -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: server log centalized

2013-07-15 Thread Pol Hallen
> stunnel is good for this. It creates encrypted SSL tunnels between > machines, for network daemons. Here are some links: [...] thanks for help! Pol -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: server log centalized

2013-07-15 Thread Darac Marjal
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:48:28AM -0400, Sean Alexandre wrote: > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 03:18:52PM +0200, Pol Hallen wrote: > > I need setting up a server log centralized over internet (using rsyslog). > > What is better? Using a vpn or crypt log files? > > stunnel is good for this. It creates e

Problems with util-linux in Debian Sid

2013-07-15 Thread Alexandre Teles
When trying to debootstrap, cdebootstrap (and debootstrap returns): W: Failure while unpacking required packages. This will be attempted up to five times. W: See /tmp/pylaivng-workspaces/pylaivng-workspace-414/lh/build/chroot/debootstrap/debootstrap.log for details (possibly the package /var/cach

Re: server log centalized

2013-07-15 Thread Sean Alexandre
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 03:18:52PM +0200, Pol Hallen wrote: > I need setting up a server log centralized over internet (using rsyslog). > What is better? Using a vpn or crypt log files? stunnel is good for this. It creates encrypted SSL tunnels between machines, for network daemons. Here are some

Re: keyboard configuration doesn't works after SID upgrade

2013-07-15 Thread Csanyi Pal
Morten Bo Johansen writes: > On 2013-07-15 Csanyi Pal wrote: > >> I have problem only in the console ( that is not in X Window System ). > >> There Midnight Commander ( mc )beeps every time when I use arrow keys, >> and I heare beep when start mc too. > > If mc on the console is the only problem

Re: Re: Backup/Restore software?

2013-07-15 Thread Jack Smith
Try Faronics Deep Freeze.. I think this is the software that you are looking for... As I'm using it from last several years .. It is helping me a lot.

Re: No nscd as far as I can tell.

2013-07-15 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 00:21:59 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 07:01:56 +1000, Igor Cicimov wrote: > >> Do you have nscd running by any chance? > > Doesn't look like, unless it hides under an alias: > > root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik# ps -Al | grep nscd > root@notlookedfor:/home

Re: server log centalized

2013-07-15 Thread Pol Hallen
> But: If you want to do it over the internet: A VPN (or using basic > IPSec) is probably a good idea. cool! thanks :-) Pol -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debi

Re: server log centalized

2013-07-15 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 02:18:52PM +0100, Pol Hallen wrote: > Hi all :-) > > I need setting up a server log centralized over internet (using rsyslog). > > What is better? Using a vpn or crypt log files? That's apples and oranges Using a VPN will help by encrypting the traffic while it is in

server log centalized

2013-07-15 Thread Pol Hallen
Hi all :-) I need setting up a server log centralized over internet (using rsyslog). What is better? Using a vpn or crypt log files? Pol -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: htt

Re: keyboard configuration doesn't works after SID upgrade

2013-07-15 Thread Morten Bo Johansen
On 2013-07-15 Csanyi Pal wrote: > I have problem only in the console ( that is not in X Window System ). > There Midnight Commander ( mc )beeps every time when I use arrow keys, > and I heare beep when start mc too. If mc on the console is the only problem remaining, then try to use the Options

Re: keyboard configuration doesn't works after SID upgrade

2013-07-15 Thread Csanyi Pal
Morten Bo Johansen writes: > On 2013-07-15 Csanyi Pal wrote: > >> I can give some informations more. > >> On the console ( not on X Window System ) when I start Midnight >> Commander ( mc ) I can hear right after mc start a beep, which I never >> heared before. Moreover, when I use arrow keys in

Re: keyboard configuration doesn't works after SID upgrade

2013-07-15 Thread Morten Bo Johansen
On 2013-07-15 Csanyi Pal wrote: > I can give some informations more. > On the console ( not on X Window System ) when I start Midnight > Commander ( mc ) I can hear right after mc start a beep, which I never > heared before. Moreover, when I use arrow keys in mc, I heare every time > a beep, whic

Re: *Another* Backup software question...

2013-07-15 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Am 12.07.2013 um 15:43 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: CDs, DVDs and USB sticks etc. aren't safe medias. I guess we all experienced that data is less safe on those medias. Never experienced data loss with USB or SD-cards. The most common problem are users not using "safely remove". Another is ignor

Re: Sound on Skype (sid)

2013-07-15 Thread Vivek Periaraj
You could check if Skype is using pulseaudio. If so, you could try alsa. Regards, Vivek. - Original Message - From: "Ethan Rosenberg, PhD" To: "Debian Users List" Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 10:49:24 AM Subject: Sound on Skype (sid) Dear List - The sound on Skype (sid) is i

Re: command line hesitations and pixel fuzz (blit leakage?) in xfce4-terminal

2013-07-15 Thread Joel Rees
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 6:36 AM, Mike Kupfer wrote: > Joel Rees wrote: > > > > Anybody else seen this? Have an idea what's going on? > > I haven't seen this, nor do I know what's going on, but here are some > things I would check if I were seeing that sort of video breakage: > Thanks for respond

Re: Sound on Skype (sid)

2013-07-15 Thread Valery Mamonov
Using skype on sid (via ALSA), since version 2.x - no chopped sound at all. Also i had changed the motherboard - had no problems with changed sound playback devices. 2013/7/15 Paul Johnson > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:19 AM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD < > erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com> wrote: > >>

Re: Sound on Skype (sid)

2013-07-15 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:19 AM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD < erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com> wrote: > The sound on Skype (sid) is impossible!! It is so chopped up that it is > impossible to make a call. The sound recorder and audio streams [YouTube, > video on Wall Street Journal] work perfectly. U