Re: Emacs terminal corruption in Debian virtualbox guests

2014-12-27 Thread Dave Gomboc
I experience a similar phenomenon to what Andrew Cooper recently reported. In my case, the VirtualBox version is 4.3.20 r96997; the host is Windows 8.1; the guest is Debian Wheezy: $>uname -a Linux vm-wheezy-amd64 3.16.0-0.bpo-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt2-1~bpo70+1 (2014-12-08) x86_64 GNU/Li

Re: Virtualbox install problems on Wheezy with 3.16.0 backports kernel

2014-12-27 Thread Marc Shapiro
Ooops! Sorry, Carl. This was supposed to go to the list. On 12/27/2014 08:42 PM, Carl Fink wrote: On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 08:29:38PM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: ... I have the following installed: ilinux-headers-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 - Header files for Linux 3.16.0-0.b

Re: udev madness ?

2014-12-27 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 05:15:05PM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > I plug a sd card in the USB reader; the system does recognize it, since I get > the following in dmesg: > > # dmesg -c | tail -n25 > [452776.255955] sd 8:0:0:0: [sde] 3842048 512-byte logical blocks: (1.96 > GB/1.83 GiB) > [452776

Re: Virtualbox install problems on Wheezy with 3.16.0 backports kernel

2014-12-27 Thread Carl Fink
On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 08:29:38PM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > ... I have the following installed: > > > ilinux-headers-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 - Header files for > Linux 3.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 > i A linux-headers-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-common - Common header files > for L

Virtualbox install problems on Wheezy with 3.16.0 backports kernel

2014-12-27 Thread Marc Shapiro
I am trying to test ReactOS in Virtualbox. When I fired up virtualbox I received errors saying: - One or more virtual hard disks, CD/DVD or floppy media are not currently accessible. As a result, you will not be able to operate virtual machines that use these media until t

Re: Wheezy->Jessie upgrade: udev (pre)install issue

2014-12-27 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sat, 27 Dec 2014, Matthijs wrote: > > On 27-12-2014 19:12, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Dec 2014, Matthijs wrote: > > > >> [snip] > >> Basically I followed the normal recipe: > >> change /etc/apt/sources.list to read 'jessie' instead of 'wheezy', > >> then apt-get update, then apt-get

Emacs terminal corruption in Debian virtualbox guests

2014-12-27 Thread Andrew Cooper
Hello, I have encountered a situation where I observe terminal corruption when using emacs (either emacs-nox or emacs -nw). The corruption can be demonstrated easily using isearch-forward for a single character which appears multiple times in the current buffer, and repeatedly searching to c

Re: udev madness ?

2014-12-27 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sat, 27 Dec 2014, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > I plug a sd card in the USB reader; the system does recognize it, > since I get the following in dmesg: > > # dmesg -c | tail -n25 > [452776.255955] sd 8:0:0:0: [sde] 3842048 512-byte logical blocks: > (1.96 GB/1.83 GiB) [452776.261515] sd 8:0:0:0

Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-27 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/27/2014 7:20 PM, Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:02:52 -0500 > Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> On 12/11/2014 1:23 PM, Brian wrote: >>> On Thu 11 Dec 2014 at 12:11:26 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > I often give presentations with my notebook. If I'm lucky, I get 10-15 minutes to

Re: Debian on iBook G4 Running OSX Tiger

2014-12-27 Thread Joel Roth
Graham Todd wrote: > I have recently obtained a Mac iBook G4 running OSX Tiger, and after > very good experiences > using Debian on a Windows laptop, I tried to get my head round the > instructions without success, I wonder if some kind soul could give me > easy instructions on how to install it on

Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-27 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:02:52 -0500 Jerry Stuckle wrote: > On 12/11/2014 1:23 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 11 Dec 2014 at 12:11:26 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> I often give presentations with my notebook. If I'm lucky, I get 10-15 > >> minutes to set up. If I'm not, less than 5 minutes (i.e.

Debian on iBook G4 Running OSX Tiger

2014-12-27 Thread Graham Todd
I have recently obtained a Mac iBook G4 running OSX Tiger, and after very good experiences using Debian on a Windows laptop, I tried to get my head round the instructions without success, I wonder if some kind soul could give me easy instructions on how to install it on a Mac iBook G4. I dont have

Re: Wheezy->Jessie upgrade: udev (pre)install issue

2014-12-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Matthijs wrote: > In the end I've also replaced the kernel by the Jessie-version, so that > possible issue is solved - but: > would it perhaps be better if the wheezy-jessie upgrade process creates > "/etc/udev/kernel-upgrade" by default to prevent upgrade issues? Or is > stopping the upgrade for t

Re: Wheezy->Jessie upgrade: udev (pre)install issue

2014-12-27 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 27 December 2014 20:27:16 Matthijs wrote: > Or is > stopping the upgrade for these exotic cases better? Some people would probably be quite upset if their nice custom kernel was replaced without a by-your-leave. I would be if I had gone to the trouble of rolling one! Personally, I

Re: Wheezy->Jessie upgrade: udev (pre)install issue

2014-12-27 Thread Matthijs
On 27-12-2014 20:45, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Sb, 27 dec 14, 15:27:38, deb...@vanaalten.net wrote: version 3.4.9. But: that was a version I've compiled & installed myself some time ago. Although I didn't make any significant changes to the features during compilation, so I would expect no warni

udev madness ?

2014-12-27 Thread Ron
I plug a sd card in the USB reader; the system does recognize it, since I get the following in dmesg: # dmesg -c | tail -n25 [452776.255955] sd 8:0:0:0: [sde] 3842048 512-byte logical blocks: (1.96 GB/1.83 GiB) [452776.261515] sd 8:0:0:0: [sde] No Caching mode page found [452776.261522] sd 8:0:0

Re: Wheezy->Jessie upgrade: udev (pre)install issue

2014-12-27 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 27 dec 14, 15:27:38, deb...@vanaalten.net wrote: > > >BTW, what kernel are you running? As far as I understood the Wheezy > >kernel should be fine with Jessie udev (but I could be wrong). Kind > >regards, Andrei > > version 3.4.9. But: that was a version I've compiled & installed myself so

Re: Wheezy->Jessie upgrade: udev (pre)install issue

2014-12-27 Thread Matthijs
On 27-12-2014 19:12, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sat, 27 Dec 2014, Matthijs wrote: [snip] Basically I followed the normal recipe: change /etc/apt/sources.list to read 'jessie' instead of 'wheezy', then apt-get update, then apt-get dist-upgrade. That's how I've done it since 2003 or so, never any

Re: Wheezy->Jessie upgrade: udev (pre)install issue

2014-12-27 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sat, 27 Dec 2014, Matthijs wrote: > [snip] > Basically I followed the normal recipe: change /etc/apt/sources.list > to read 'jessie' instead of 'wheezy', then apt-get update, then > apt-get dist-upgrade. That's how I've done it since 2003 or so, never > any big issues. > > [snip] Just curious

Logitech Wheel ForceFeedback

2014-12-27 Thread Gábor Hársfalvi
Hi, Are there someone with any wheel for games with ForceFeedback working?

Re: Wheezy->Jessie upgrade: udev (pre)install issue

2014-12-27 Thread debian
(Andrei, apologies for accidently replying directly - message was of course meant for the mailing list) On 27-12-2014 14:40, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Sb, 27 dec 14, 13:36:26, Matthijs wrote: ... Please upgrade your kernel before or while upgrading udev. This is your solution. Thanks. I alr

Re: Wheezy->Jessie upgrade: udev (pre)install issue

2014-12-27 Thread Matthijs
On 27-12-2014 14:47, Sven Joachim wrote: Sorry if it sounds blunt, but have you actually read the messages you pasted above? They should give you information what is missing from your running kernel, and they also give advice how to force the udev upgrade anyway. If your kernel does not have C

Re: Wheezy->Jessie upgrade: udev (pre)install issue

2014-12-27 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2014-12-27 13:36 +0100, Matthijs wrote: > After some time during the upgrade process I get the following error > and upgrade stops: > > Unpacking replacement systemd ... > dpkg: considering deconfiguration of udev, which would be broken by > installation of consolekit ... >

Re: Wheezy->Jessie upgrade: udev (pre)install issue

2014-12-27 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 27 dec 14, 13:36:26, Matthijs wrote: > ... > Since release 198, udev requires support for the following features in > the running kernel: > > - inotify(2)(CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER) > - signalfd(2) (CONFIG_SIGNALFD) > - accept4(2) > - open_by_handle_at(2) (CONFIG_FHANDLE) >

Wheezy->Jessie upgrade: udev (pre)install issue

2014-12-27 Thread Matthijs
Hi all, Apologies in advance: I'm not a frequent mailing list user, but I seem to have messed up my system upgrade and hope someone here can help out with advice. Basically I followed the normal recipe: change /etc/apt/sources.list to read 'jessie' instead of 'wheezy', then apt-get update, t

Re: remote printing for an USB printer [SOLVED]

2014-12-27 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Thu, 25 Dec 2014, Brian wrote: From man cups-browsed: 3. Broadcast local queues with the CUPS protocol. yes, but the next line says Note that 2. and 3. are only to allow communication with legacy CUPS servers (1.5.x or older) on the remote machine(s) that seems apply to