Re: Directly connecting two computers

2014-04-26 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 04/26/2014 08:56 PM, Richard Hector wrote: On 27/04/14 05:36, Martin wrote: Hello, I have two computer that I want to connect directly, similarly as I did long time ago with Null-Modem cable ( or LapLink cable). I have obtained a crossover ethernet cable that I plug in network card of each

Re: Setting Up a Google+less GMail Account

2014-04-26 Thread Go Linux
On Sat, 4/26/14, Patrick Bartek wrote: Subject: Setting Up a Google+less GMail Account To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Saturday, April 26, 2014, 11:27 PM As said a few days ago, if I was able to create a gmail account without signing up

Setting Up a Google+less GMail Account

2014-04-26 Thread Patrick Bartek
As said a few days ago, if I was able to create a gmail account without signing up for Google+, too, I would post how I did it. Chrome is my default browser, and all below was done with it. SETTING UP A GOOGLE+LESS GMAIL ACCOUNT 1. Go to 'mail.google.com' 2. Click on "Create an Account." 3.

Re: Personal Recommendations for Free List Compatible Email Service

2014-04-26 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 26 Apr 2014 18:01:21 +0100 Nuno Magalhães wrote: > Somehow this thread got slightly OT... > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Richard Hector wrote: [Quoting error - this was me.] > >> I really want to limit myself to f-droid, but they're really pretty > >> lacking. They don't even ha

Re: Personal Recommendations for Free List Compatible Email Service

2014-04-26 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 24 Apr 2014 05:40:19 +0200 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2014-04-23 at 18:12 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Sun, 20 Apr 2014 19:58:39 -0700 > > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > IMAP was the recommended way to access free Yahoo Mail with an email > > > client. You had to conve

How to get installer to align partitions on 4096 byte boundaries?

2014-04-26 Thread Rick Thomas
With more and more disks being manufactured with "Advanced format" (4096-byte physical sectors) I'm wondering how I can tell the Debian-installer partitioner to align all partitions on 4096-byte (or 1 MiB for FLASH) boundaries? Is there some parameter I can pre-seed -- or set at runtime? Than

Re: Directly connecting two computers

2014-04-26 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Most Ethernet network cards these days can do auto detection ... you can use a standard network cable instead of needing a cross over cable. I could be wrong, it might be just switches that auto detect. Once connected, you just need to make sure that each end is on the same network (ifconfig

Re: dist-upgrade installs new package, lists it as autoremove candidate

2014-04-26 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 04/26/2014 06:00 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 25 apr 14, 13:22:03, The Wanderer wrote: > >> This is obviously a bug somewhere (albeit probably not a severe one >> in practice), but I'm not even sure what package the bug would be >> in. >>

Re: Systemd

2014-04-26 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > I've never had a car stop dead due to the idle mixture going out of > spec. When something has gone seriously enough wrong with one of my > cars to stop it, the fact that it had a carburetor (as my daily driver, > a '78 Chrysler Newport, does

Re: libc-bin, libc-bin-amd64 conflict (Solved)

2014-04-26 Thread Gary Roach
On 04/26/2014 02:57 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 25 apr 14, 17:29:13, Gary Roach wrote: When running Aptitude, a red bar in the bottom half of the screen says "Unable to resolve dependencies". If I hit "g" after I update package list and Mark Upgradable, the top of the screen lists: i

Re: Systemd

2014-04-26 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Ralf Mardorf writes: > On Fri, 2014-04-25 at 21:49 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On Fri, 2014-04-25 at 15:12 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: >> > Kinda seems like the (de) evolution of cars, doesn't it? As a kid, >> > I could tune up my beater flat head 6 1959 Plymouth in 20 minutes with >> > a 10 inch

Re: Directly connecting two computers

2014-04-26 Thread Richard Hector
On 27/04/14 05:36, Martin wrote: > Hello, > > I have two computer that I want to connect directly, similarly as I did > long time ago with Null-Modem cable ( or LapLink cable). > > I have obtained a crossover ethernet cable that I plug in network card > of each computer. Now the problem is how t

Directly connecting two computers

2014-04-26 Thread Martin
Hello, I have two computer that I want to connect directly, similarly as I did long time ago with Null-Modem cable ( or LapLink cable). I have obtained a crossover ethernet cable that I plug in network card of each computer. Now the problem is how to configure eth0 on both computer so they can c

Re: Security updates are untrusted

2014-04-26 Thread Carl Johnson
Carl Johnson writes: > Brian writes: > >> On Thu 24 Apr 2014 at 14:58:52 -0700, Carl Johnson wrote: >> >>> I was just noticing that aptitude warns that a number of packages are >>> listed as untrusted. I checked using 'apt-cache policy' and those >> > > I just now told aptitude to do an update,

Re: Personal Recommendations for Free List Compatible Email Service

2014-04-26 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Somehow this thread got slightly OT... On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Richard Hector wrote: >> I really want to limit myself to f-droid, but they're really pretty >> lacking. They don't even have an ssh server! Try aptoide (an apt-inspired android market, not an apt fork in the Debian repos).

Re: Personal Recommendations for Free List Compatible Email Service

2014-04-26 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sat, 26 Apr 2014, Richard Hector wrote: > On 24/04/14 04:06, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > I don't know if a Google/gmail account is really _required_ with > > Android phones, but you are strongly advised (and nagged) to set up > > one. As you said, without it, no OS or app updates, no app >

Re: dist-upgrade installs new package, lists it as autoremove candidate

2014-04-26 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 03:29:49PM +0200, Carlo wrote: > I would tell you a my tip: > > - if you want go from stable to testing/unstable before you must > change your channel in repository's file located in > /etc/apt/sources.list. > > - after this edit, these are the right sequence of comma

Re: Systemd

2014-04-26 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20140425_1642-0700, David Glover-Aoki wrote: > On 25 Apr 2014, at 03:04 pm, Dale Harris wrote: > > > Soon systemd will just become the OS, there will be no Linux... Look in Wikipedia for 'linux cgroups'. There is a lot of information about what has happened internally to the Linux kernel, and

Re: Network Performance Degrading over random amount of time

2014-04-26 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
Hi On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 01:01:25PM +0200, h...@xx0r.eu wrote: > Am 2014-04-26 12:44, schrieb h...@xx0r.eu: > >Am 2014-04-22 10:38, schrieb h...@xx0r.eu: > >>Am 2014-04-20 23:49, schrieb Karl E. Jorgensen: > >>>Hi > >>> > >>>On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 01:01:53PM +0200, h...@xx0r.eu wrote: > Hi

Re: dist-upgrade installs new package, lists it as autoremove candidate

2014-04-26 Thread Carlo
I would tell you a my tip: - if you want go from stable to testing/unstable before you must change your channel in repository's file located in /etc/apt/sources.list. - after this edit, these are the right sequence of command by terminal: # apt-get update # apt-get upgrade # apt-get install apt

Re: Systemd

2014-04-26 Thread Brian
On Sat 26 Apr 2014 at 12:08:07 +, Curt wrote: > On 2014-04-26, Brian wrote: > >> > >> A not buggy horse and buggy. > > > > Isn't that a quote from "Travels on the Fringes of Surrey" by Orson Cart? > > He might have coached me. > > > I'll get me coat. It wouldn't be unknown. He was the sor

Re: Long-term support for Squeeze

2014-04-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 19 mar 14, 11:42:25, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > This may be of interest to those, like me, still have Debian Squeeze > deployed:- > http://rgeissert.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/debian-squeeze-lts.html > > NOTE: it's the blog of a Debian developer, not click-bait. But I haven't > disabled Ad-Blo

Re: Systemd

2014-04-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 26 apr 14, 03:36:09, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 3:30 AM, Brian wrote: > > Please, no! If you've read all of the posts to #727708 > > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=727708 > > > > carefully you'll find there is probably nothing original to say. >

Re: Systemd

2014-04-26 Thread Curt
On 2014-04-26, Brian wrote: >> >> A not buggy horse and buggy. > > Isn't that a quote from "Travels on the Fringes of Surrey" by Orson Cart? He might have coached me. > I'll get me coat. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: Security updates are untrusted

2014-04-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 24 apr 14, 15:58:20, Carl Johnson wrote: > > I just now told aptitude to do an update, and it appears that all of > those have disappeared now! Maybe I had gotten a bad update the last > time I had updated. That's a likely explanation. > Sorry for the false alarm and thanks for the repl

Re: Mobile Broadband with Btooth

2014-04-26 Thread Gábor Hársfalvi
/var/log/daemon.log 2014-04-26 13:37 GMT+02:00 Theodore Alcapotaxis : > > - Original Message - > > From: Gábor Hársfalvi > > Sent: 04/26/14 05:30 PM > > To: Joe > > Subject: Re: Mobile Broadband with Btooth > > > > But when I try connecting - network manager always disconnect. > > > > An

Re: Mobile Broadband with Btooth

2014-04-26 Thread Theodore Alcapotaxis
> - Original Message - > From: Gábor Hársfalvi > Sent: 04/26/14 05:30 PM > To: Joe > Subject: Re: Mobile Broadband with Btooth > > But when I try connecting - network manager always disconnect. > > And I found in the logs: > > "modem-manager: Got failure code 3: Operation not allowed" >

Re: Systemd

2014-04-26 Thread Brian
On Sat 26 Apr 2014 at 09:54:08 +, Curt wrote: > On 2014-04-25, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > For example, to correct idling mixture there under the hood was a screw > > on the carburetor, nowadays there's a connector for a computer inside > > the driver's cab. Assumed your car strikes in the mi

Re: Systemd

2014-04-26 Thread Gian Uberto Lauri
Curt writes: > On 2014-04-25, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > For example, to correct idling mixture there under the hood was a screw > > on the carburetor, nowadays there's a connector for a computer inside > > the driver's cab. Assumed your car strikes in the middle of the > > wilderness, what

Re: Network Performance Degrading over random amount of time

2014-04-26 Thread h
Am 2014-04-26 12:44, schrieb h...@xx0r.eu: Am 2014-04-22 10:38, schrieb h...@xx0r.eu: Am 2014-04-20 23:49, schrieb Karl E. Jorgensen: Hi On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 01:01:53PM +0200, h...@xx0r.eu wrote: Hi List, maybe you have a clue about the issues im having since several months. My Homeserve

Re: Network Performance Degrading over random amount of time

2014-04-26 Thread h
Am 2014-04-22 10:38, schrieb h...@xx0r.eu: Am 2014-04-20 23:49, schrieb Karl E. Jorgensen: Hi On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 01:01:53PM +0200, h...@xx0r.eu wrote: Hi List, maybe you have a clue about the issues im having since several months. My Homeserver is running Debian Jessy right now, the net

Re: In Squeeze replacing python version 2.6.6-13~bpo60+1 with version 2.6.6-3+squeeze7

2014-04-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 24 apr 14, 10:10:16, Ken Heard wrote: > > > > aptitude search '?narrow(?installed?version(bpo))' > > Ran this command, and only the following was returned. > > E: Expected ',', got ')'. Sorry, dropped the comma by mistake aptitude search '?narrow(?installed,?version(bpo))' > In th

Re: Systemd

2014-04-26 Thread Curt
On 2014-04-25, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > For example, to correct idling mixture there under the hood was a screw > on the carburetor, nowadays there's a connector for a computer inside > the driver's cab. Assumed your car strikes in the middle of the > wilderness, what kind of car do you prefer? A

Re: In Squeeze replacing python version 2.6.6-13~bpo60+1 with version 2.6.6-3+squeeze7

2014-04-26 Thread Brian
On Fri 25 Apr 2014 at 21:14:16 -0400, Ken Heard wrote: > Next was the smoke test; I ran command "sh hplip-3.14.4.run". It ran > through successfully all the steps except one; it could not install > package cupsys-bsd because that package does not exist in Squeeze -- > it is succeeded by cups-bsd.

Re: dist-upgrade installs new package, lists it as autoremove candidate

2014-04-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 25 apr 14, 13:22:03, The Wanderer wrote: > > This is obviously a bug somewhere (albeit probably not a severe one in > practice), but I'm not even sure what package the bug would be in. > > Any hints, or ideas what might be going on here? I suggest you post this to http://lists.debian.org/

Re: libc-bin, libc-bin-amd64 conflict

2014-04-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 25 apr 14, 17:29:13, Gary Roach wrote: > When running Aptitude, a red bar in the bottom half of the screen > says > "Unable to resolve dependencies". If I hit "g" after I update package list > and Mark Upgradable, the top of the screen lists: > iB libc-bin > pBA libc-bin:am

Re: Mobile Broadband with Btooth

2014-04-26 Thread Ron Leach
On 26/04/2014 10:30, Gábor Hársfalvi wrote: I have installed all bluetooth packages - bluez and the others - it works with the phone succesfully when I send/receive files. So I think bluethooth works almost fully. I'm not sure that's true. In the past (with Fedora, actually) I found that wh

Re: Personal Recommendations for Free List Compatible Email Service

2014-04-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 24 apr 14, 21:46:40, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > Unlikely that people are only subscribed to this list, that's why assume > that many users have at least issues caused by their provider, with some > mailing lists. https://lists.debian.org/stats/debian-user.png Kind regards, Andrei -- http://

Re: Mobile Broadband with Btooth

2014-04-26 Thread Gábor Hársfalvi
Sorry. This is a Samsung GT S5230 phone and Debian 6 x86. I have installed all bluetooth packages - bluez and the others - it works with the phone succesfully when I send/receive files. So I think bluethooth works almost fully. In Debian network manager I set all the options of Mobile Broadband

Re: Systemd

2014-04-26 Thread Joel Rees
On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Joel Rees wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Chris Angelico > wrote: > >> Please, can someone explain - without too much on the politics, if > >> that's possible - whether it's right for me to in

Re: In Squeeze replacing python version 2.6.6-13~bpo60+1 with version 2.6.6-3+squeeze7

2014-04-26 Thread Curt
On 2014-04-26, Ken Heard wrote: > > Next was the smoke test; I ran command "sh hplip-3.14.4.run". It ran > through successfully all the steps except one; it could not install > package cupsys-bsd because that package does not exist in Squeeze -- That is curious because they indeed list *cups-bsd

Re: Mobile Broadband with Btooth

2014-04-26 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 10:32:45AM +0200, Gábor Hársfalvi wrote: > It send me in logs -> Port already in use Have you googled the 'exact' error message? This more often than not can lead you on the right track to solving 96.75% of most issues. :) So you need to find out what is already using that

Re: Mobile Broadband with Btooth

2014-04-26 Thread Joe
On Sat, 26 Apr 2014 10:32:45 +0200 Gábor Hársfalvi wrote: > It send me in logs -> Port already in use > > I think it was being gently suggested to you that there is no possibility of anyone providing any assistance unless you explain *exactly* what you are doing: what hardware, what software, w

Re: Mobile Broadband with Btooth

2014-04-26 Thread Gábor Hársfalvi
It send me in logs -> Port already in use 2014-04-26 10:20 GMT+02:00 Chris Bannister : > On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 08:43:42AM +0200, Gábor Hársfalvi wrote: > > Hi, > > > > How to do that? > > > > It always refuse connecting > > Sorry to be blunt: > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.htm

Re: Mobile Broadband with Btooth

2014-04-26 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 08:43:42AM +0200, Gábor Hársfalvi wrote: > Hi, > > How to do that? > > It always refuse connecting Sorry to be blunt: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, an

Re: Personal Recommendations for Free List Compatible Email Service

2014-04-26 Thread Richard Hector
On 24/04/14 10:13, Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:29:39 +1200 > Richard Hector wrote: > >> On 22/04/14 05:25, Patrick Bartek wrote: >>> FYI: You're >>> forced into having a gmail account with an Android phone. >> >> I think I have a gmail account somewhere. I've never associated it with

Re: Personal Recommendations for Free List Compatible Email Service

2014-04-26 Thread Richard Hector
On 24/04/14 04:06, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > I don't know if a Google/gmail account is really _required_ with Android > phones, but you are strongly advised (and nagged) to set up one. As you > said, without it, no OS or app updates, no app downloads, etc. So for > full phone functionality, you