Re: Why Debian

Because Debian uses the most stable packages - if you use the stable version of Debian - while Ubuntu uses the newest packages. I like both Ubuntu and Debian - but Debian is closest to my heart. 2013/11/9 Beco > > On 8 Nov 2013 14:15, "Alberto Salvia Novella" > wrote: > > Summarizing: > > >

Re: Why Debian

On Sat, 9 Nov 2013, Beco wrote: On 8 Nov 2013 14:15, "Alberto Salvia Novella" wrote: Summarizing: Which are the very important reasons why do you prefer Debian over Ubuntu? Why to use a Debian based OS if you can use Debian? My best, Beco. I second that. Itay -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

DROPPED: libxml warnings while upgrading squeeze -> wheezy

On Thu, 7 Nov 2013, Gregory Nowak wrote: On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 12:52:23PM +0200, Itay wrote: Hi, During the upgrade I got many times the following warning: program compiled against libxml 208 using older 207 Shooting in the dark I did: # aptitude show libxml2 Package: libxml2 Stat

Re: Why Debian

On 8 Nov 2013 14:15, "Alberto Salvia Novella" wrote: > Summarizing: > > Which are the very important reasons why do you prefer Debian over Ubuntu? > > Why to use a Debian based OS if you can use Debian? My best, Beco.

gschem for Debian 7?

Where is the .deb for gschem for Debian 7? Thanks, John -- John Conover, cono...@rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.d

Re: mic not working in wheezy - Asus vivobook S400CA

I have installed kde version of wheezy. Now sound works out of box. Tested with audacity and skype. On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 at 05:17:03AM +0530, L V Gandhi wrote: > > Yes. > > I don't have anymore ideas here. Hopefully someone else will. > > G

Re: mic not working in wheezy - Asus vivobook S400CA

On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 at 05:17:03AM +0530, L V Gandhi wrote: > Yes. I don't have anymore ideas here. Hopefully someone else will. Greg > > > On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 4:44 AM, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 at 03:29:42AM +0530, L V Gandhi wrote: > > > Mine is Asus Vivobook S400

Re: SSD as Cache?

On 11/08/2013 12:12 PM, basti wrote: Sorry, /sbin/udevadm info --query=property --name=sdb |grep ID_MODEL ID_MODEL=M4-CT128M4SSD2 MTBF 1,2 Mio h = 50 days = 136,98 years Drive Endurance 72TB=40GB per day for 5 years I will try to measure the "traffic" next week. There are Hosted Servers, they

Re: Lenovo R61 Think Pad dead after fewer than five years

On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Ken Heard wrote: > Is it normal for any laptop to fail in fewer than five years, or is > such a failure rate unique to Lenovo's laptops? > My last laptop was a Lenovo, but not a Thinkpad. It died at just under three years of life. I was pretty hard on it, but I

Re: SSD as Cache?

Hi On Fri, Nov 08, 2013 at 03:12:08PM +0100, basti wrote: > Hello, > > on my Webservers, I have 1x 128GB SSD and a Raid 1 (1TB). > > Now I plan to improve the performance of my Webapplication. > > The Cache is about 10.0 GB in 200 files. > > Can this cache moved to SSD? > Months ago I read

Re: mic not working in wheezy - Asus vivobook S400CA

Yes. On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 4:44 AM, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 at 03:29:42AM +0530, L V Gandhi wrote: > > Mine is Asus Vivobook S400CA. > > I have installed wheezy 7.2. > > Though output of sound is working , mic is not working. > > I assume you checked to make sure the mic is

Re: mic not working in wheezy - Asus vivobook S400CA

On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 at 03:29:42AM +0530, L V Gandhi wrote: > Mine is Asus Vivobook S400CA. > I have installed wheezy 7.2. > Though output of sound is working , mic is not working. I assume you checked to make sure the mic isn't muted, and that it is being captured? Same thing for your mic boost c

Re: Permission issue

On 11/08/2013 08:51 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: My dual boots Squeeze and Wheezy. I've created a partition whose function in life is to be essentially a scratch pad for all groups/users of both. How do I force all files to be written to that partition to be readable AND writable to everybody? Thi

mic not working in wheezy - Asus vivobook S400CA

Mine is Asus Vivobook S400CA. I have installed wheezy 7.2. Though output of sound is working , mic is not working. lvgandhi@lvgasus:~$ arecord -l List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: VT1802 Analog [VT1802 Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdev

Re: SSD as Cache?

On 11/08/2013 09:39 AM, Neal Murphy wrote: Using the -noatime mount option will extend the lifetime of the SSD. Assuming the application cache doesn't need atime, noatime should help application performance on any type of drive. If the application cache is on the same partition as other dat

Re: SSD as Cache?

Sorry, /sbin/udevadm info --query=property --name=sdb |grep ID_MODEL ID_MODEL=M4-CT128M4SSD2 MTBF 1,2 Mio h = 50 days = 136,98 years Drive Endurance 72TB=40GB per day for 5 years I will try to measure the "traffic" next week. There are Hosted Servers, they are changed every 2 years to "new

Re: Error trying to update Lenny...

Account for Debian group mail wrote: > My source list looks like this: > > deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security lenny/updates main contrib > deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib > deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free > deb

Re: SSD as Cache?

On 11/08/2013 06:12 AM, basti wrote: on my Webservers, "Webservers" is plurar. Is there a database server? A file server? How many servers do you have? Real or virtual? What is the topology? Is this on the public Internet? I have 1x 128GB SSD and a Raid 1 (1TB). Now I plan to improve

Why Debian

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Re: Permission issue

Richard Owlett wrote: > My dual boots Squeeze and Wheezy. > I've created a partition whose function in life is to be > essentially a scratch pad for all groups/users of both. > How do I force all files to be written to that partition to be > readable AND writable to everybody? By putting a line

Re: SSD as Cache?

On Friday, November 08, 2013 09:12:08 AM basti wrote: > Hello, > > on my Webservers, I have 1x 128GB SSD and a Raid 1 (1TB). > > Now I plan to improve the performance of my Webapplication. > The Cache is about 10.0 GB in 200 files. > > Can this cache moved to SSD? > Months ago I read article

Re: SSD as Cache?

Hi Jochen, hi Paul, Am Freitag, 8. November 2013, 17:24:22 schrieb Jochen Spieker: > Paul Johnson: > > On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 8:12 AM, basti wrote: > >> Can this cache moved to SSD? > >> Months ago I read articles about SSD and Flash Memory like: > >> - "Disable logging on SSD" > >> - "Disable ca

Permission issue

My dual boots Squeeze and Wheezy. I've created a partition whose function in life is to be essentially a scratch pad for all groups/users of both. How do I force all files to be written to that partition to be readable AND writable to everybody? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...

Re: SSD as Cache?

Paul Johnson: > On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 8:12 AM, basti wrote: > >> Can this cache moved to SSD? >> Months ago I read articles about SSD and Flash Memory like: >> - "Disable logging on SSD" >> - "Disable cache on SSD" >> - "Don't swap on SSD" ... >> >> And today? >> How long will the SSD work with

Installing Debian 7.2.0 on MacBook Pro (6,2)

This is all very new to me and I believe I installed everything properly but when I try to boot into Debian the screen has pixel splashes all over the screen. When I try to boot into recovery mode it starts booting but then stops and says "Cannot find any crtc or sizes - going 1024x768". So it bas

USB 2.0 with 1.1 speed

Dear list, I have an external USB-rack with a SATA HDD and when I connect to my USB 2.0 it uses 1.1 speed -> ~$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710

Re: mdadm messages

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 10:00 PM, François Patte wrote: > Le 06/11/2013 21:27, Tom H a écrit : >> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 4:36 PM, François Patte >> wrote: >>> Le 06/11/2013 15:29, Tom H a écrit : lsinitramfs /boot/initrd... | grep ... >>> >>> sbin/mdadm >>> conf/mdadm >>> etc/mdadm >>> e

Re: SSD as Cache?

On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 8:12 AM, basti wrote: > Can this cache moved to SSD? > Months ago I read articles about SSD and Flash Memory like: > - "Disable logging on SSD" > - "Disable cache on SSD" > - "Don't swap on SSD" ... > > And today? > How long will the SSD work without data loss? > How many

Re: Error trying to update Lenny...

On Fri, 8 Nov 2013 02:03:57 -0800 (PST), Account for Debian group mail wrote: > > I'm trying to update Lenny and get the following error: > > Reading package lists... Done > W: GPG error: http://archive.debian.org lenny/updates Release: The following > signatures were invalid: KEYEXPIRED 13

SSD as Cache?

Hello, on my Webservers, I have 1x 128GB SSD and a Raid 1 (1TB). Now I plan to improve the performance of my Webapplication. The Cache is about 10.0 GB in 200 files. Can this cache moved to SSD? Months ago I read articles about SSD and Flash Memory like: - "Disable logging on SSD" - "Disable

Sound Volume

I am running the 64 bit Debian Testing Jessie/sid in VMware Player v-6.0.2 build-179776. The sound is very faint in both Firefox v-25 and Chromium v-30.0.1599.101. Yet there is plenty of volume when I play a sound clip in Audacious. I am using the Audio Mixer Plugin on the Desktop, which is

Re: No space left on device (28) but device is NOT full!

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Neal Murphy wrote: > On Wednesday, November 06, 2013 07:44:18 AM Wawrzek Niewodniczanski wrote: >> >> This is a bit off main topic, but definitely 'on' for this list. Lets >> imagine a scenario there is nothing to delete on the troublesome >> partition, but there is

Re: Init system deba{te|cle}

Le 08.11.2013 13:48, Marko Randjelovic a écrit : On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 10:44:23 -0600 Conrad Nelson wrote: Not everyone is a programmer, but a lot of non-programmers are still admins but are not interested in working with shell scripts if they don't have to. We already have: skeleton, /etc/d

Re: Init system deba{te|cle}

Le 08.11.2013 12:55, Marko Randjelovic a écrit : On Sun, 3 Nov 2013 14:33:27 + Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Sun, Nov 03, 2013 at 10:23:02AM +0100, Marko Randjelovic wrote: > I find shell scripts the most efficient way to automate system adin > tasks. It could be because I am a programmer

Re: Init system deba{te|cle}

On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 10:44:23 -0600 Conrad Nelson wrote: > Not everyone is a programmer, but a lot of non-programmers are still > admins but are not interested in working with shell scripts if they > don't have to. We already have: skeleton, /etc/default. I agree it's poor, but as I said, and

Re: Init system deba{te|cle}

On Sun, 3 Nov 2013 14:33:27 + Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Sun, Nov 03, 2013 at 10:23:02AM +0100, Marko Randjelovic wrote: > > I find shell scripts the most efficient way to automate system adin > > tasks. It could be because I am a programmer, but at least init > > scripts are already provid

Re: Init system deba{te|cle}

Le 08.11.2013 12:12, Marko Randjelovic a écrit : On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:06:25 +0100 berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Systemd makes > system startup more complicated and you need to know not only shell > scripts but also systemd syntax. I'm interested. Do you have a document explainin

Re: (64-bit) linux 3.10 and nouveau oddity

Le 05.11.2013 21:26, Neal Murphy a écrit : Is it fair to say this is a bug? In *something*? Or just an incompatibility between Wheezy and the newer kernel? It is indeed a bug, if it was known to work previously. I would have thought about a nouveau bug, but by reading the logs, I do not kno

Re: Init system deba{te|cle}

On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:06:25 +0100 berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > Systemd makes > > system startup more complicated and you need to know not only shell > > scripts but also systemd syntax. > > I'm interested. Do you have a document explaining that you need to use > shell scripts with s

Re: Error trying to update Lenny...

On Fri, Nov 08, 2013 at 02:03:57AM -0800, Account for Debian group mail wrote: > > I'm trying to update Lenny and get the following error: > > Reading package lists... Done > W: GPG error: http://archive.debian.org lenny/updates Release: The following > signatures were invalid: KEYEXPIRED 135698

Re: tv watching apps

On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 09:14:32PM -0500, Brad Alexander wrote: >I have a hauppague (bt878) card in my wife's machine. It is connected to >cable, and she uses tvtime to watch tv in a window on her computer while >she works. Unfortunately, every now and again, she will lose audio on it,

Error trying to update Lenny...

I'm trying to update Lenny and get the following error: Reading package lists... Done W: GPG error: http://archive.debian.org lenny/updates Release: The following signatures were invalid: KEYEXPIRED 1356982504 W: GPG error: http://archive.debian.org lenny/volatile Release: The following signat

Re: tv watching apps

there is a list here: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/TV_Related_Software#Standalone_Software_to_Watch_Analogue_TV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.o

Re: tv watching apps

Hi, I have never had an analog TV card, but it seems to me that at least VLC, mplayer (CLI) and probably xine would let you watch analog TV channels (V4L/V4L2). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.d