Re: Debian/MIPS Jessie doesn't resolve hostnames?

Stuart Longland wrote: >> gettimeofday({1432857770, 387273}, NULL) = 0 >> socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM|SOCK_NONBLOCK, IPPROTO_IP) = 4 >> connect(4, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(53), >> sin_addr=inet_addr("10.1.1.1")}, 16) = 0 gettimeofday({1432857770, >> 393945}, NULL) = 0 poll([{fd=4, events=

Re: Setting up symbolic links in Degian Jessie

John J. Boyer writes: > The symlink command does not exist on Debian Jessie. man ln > The link command copies files instead of creating symbolic links, even > though the man page says otgherwise. It creates a hard link, not a copy. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA -- To UN

Re: Setting up symbolic links in Degian Jessie

Hi. On Sat, 30 May 2015 16:44:08 -0500 "John J. Boyer" wrote: > The symlink command does not exist on Debian Jessie. alias symlink='ln -s' Now it does exist. BTW, which OS has the 'symlink' command out of the box? > The link command > copies files instead of creating symbolic links, even

Setting up symbolic links in Degian Jessie

The symlink command does not exist on Debian Jessie. The link command copies files instead of creating symbolic links, even though the man page says otgherwise. The hardlink command isn't appropriate for setting up symbolic links from files in different directories to a master file. How do i do

Re: Problem installing nvidia-drivers

On 05/30/2015 01:54 PM, Matthijs Wensveen wrote: glx-alternative-nvidia being a virtual package, strikes me as odd. It just whirrs a bit and sets alternatives for GLX libs to nvidia directories rather than Mesa, and then goes away. It's like oatmeal in the morning, it's always there. :) Ric

Re: Problem installing nvidia-drivers

On 05/30/2015 04:18 PM, Stefan Malte Schumacher wrote: Hello I am trying to install the proprietary Nvidia-Drivers on my Laptop. I have read https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Debian_8_.22Jessie.22 and have entered the following command according to the description: aptitude -r in

Re: Problem installing nvidia-drivers

Yes, I have. 2015-05-30 18:45 GMT+02:00 Curt : > On 2015-05-30, Stefan Malte Schumacher wrote: >> Hello >> This is the english version of the output of aptitude. >> > > You have the non-free archive mentioned in your /etc/apt/sources.list? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@l

Re: NFS drive uids/gids completely broken- for a little while

wrote: > [ 42.426886] NFS: v4 server does not accept raw uid/gids. Reenabling > the idmapper. Here's some background information: In NFSv3, uids and gids are represented as integers. In NFSv4, they are strings. The original specification called for strings of the form "id@domain", and typ

Re: Problem installing nvidia-drivers

On 2015-05-30, Stefan Malte Schumacher wrote: > Hello > This is the english version of the output of aptitude. > You have the non-free archive mentioned in your /etc/apt/sources.list? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: NFS drive uids/gids completely broken- for a little while

On Thu, 28 May 2015 13:40:21 -0600 Bob Proulx wrote: > > I would tend to be more concerned that something glitchy is happening > on your physical network connections that you saw something one moment > and then it went away on another moment. This may be an indicator of > something else happen

Re: Problem installing nvidia-drivers

On Saturday 30 May 2015 15:36:52 Stefan Malte Schumacher wrote: > Hello > This is the english version of the output of aptitude. > > aptitude -r install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') > nvidia-kernel-dkmsThe following NEW packages will be installed: > libegl1-nvidia{a} libgl1-nv

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

On Fri, 2015-05-29 at 19:03 -0500, John Aten wrote: > I see that Dell offers the Inspiron 14 or 15 3000 series non-touch > laptop with Ubuntu preinstalled; this model is around the price/spec > range that I would like. I figure, if it runs Ubuntu, then this is > possibly a good indication that I co

Re: Problem installing nvidia-drivers

On 30/05/2015, Stefan Malte Schumacher wrote: > Hello > > I am trying to install the proprietary Nvidia-Drivers on my Laptop. Hello. Whilst the above scenario relates to Debian 8, what is the nVidia device that you have in your laptop? I have not yet resolved a problem with a system that I have

Re: Problem installing nvidia-drivers

Hello This is the english version of the output of aptitude. aptitude -r install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') nvidia-kernel-dkmsThe following NEW packages will be installed: libegl1-nvidia{a} libgl1-nvidia-glx{ab} libgles1-nvidia{a} libgles2-nvidia{a} libnvidia-eglcore{a} l

Re: Problem installing nvidia-drivers

On Saturday 30 May 2015 15:18:34 Stefan Malte Schumacher wrote: > Hello > > I am trying to install the proprietary Nvidia-Drivers on my Laptop. I have > read https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Debian_8_.22Jessie.22 > and have entered the following command according to the description: >

Problem installing nvidia-drivers

Hello I am trying to install the proprietary Nvidia-Drivers on my Laptop. I have read https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Debian_8_.22Jessie.22 and have entered the following command according to the description: aptitude -r install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') nvidi

Re: weird problem with one mail account in Thunderbird....ISP or what ?

On 05/30/2015 05:39 AM, Mart van de Wege wrote: Frank writes: On 05/29/2015 06:52 AM, Mart van de Wege wrote: It might be possible that someone got hold of your password and is using your ISPs relay to send out spam. I've seen that happen more than once in real life. They'd need more t

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

On 05/30/2015 03:25 AM, Stuart Longland wrote: The other option might be to look at Lenovo's offerings, there might be some Superfish-ridden ones that sellers will be trying to offload dirt cheap: the malware being easily removed with the Debian installer. ;-) I'll add a vote for Lenovo. I've b

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 07:03:40PM -0500, John Aten wrote: >Hey all,  > > I would like to see if anyone could give some advice or opinions on getting > an > inexpensive laptop to run Debian. I plan to use the machine for lighter duty > functions; writing, we

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

Hello, On 29-05-2015, John Aten wrote: > Hey all, > > I would like to see if anyone could give some advice or opinions on getting > an inexpensive laptop to run Debian. I plan to use the machine for lighter > duty functions; writing, web browsing, programming, etc. Basically, I am > looking f

Re: weird problem with one mail account in Thunderbird....ISP or what ?

Frank writes: > On 05/29/2015 06:52 AM, Mart van de Wege wrote: >>> >> It might be possible that someone got hold of your password and is using >> your ISPs relay to send out spam. I've seen that happen more than once >> in real life. > > They'd need more than my password---Videotron uses an 8-

Re: weird problem with one mail account in Thunderbird....ISP or what ?

On Saturday 30 May 2015 07:40:02 Charlie wrote: > A compromised account would have to be just so much smoke. > > Why would they keep giving you new passwords if they thought that? Because with a new password it might no longer be compromised? Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ..

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

Hi. On Sat, 30 May 2015 17:47:15 +1000 Stuart Longland wrote: > On 30/05/15 17:31, Reco wrote: > >> If you buy a Dell with Windows 7 installed on it, you'd better try and use > >> Windows to shrink the partition and make room for Linux. > > … You just by an extra 3.5'' form-factor disk and re

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

On 30/05/15 17:31, Reco wrote: >> If you buy a Dell with Windows 7 installed on it, you'd better try and use >> Windows to shrink the partition and make room for Linux. > … You just by an extra 3.5'' form-factor disk and replace the stock > one. Next you install Debian at the new disk, and keep t

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

Hi. On Fri, 29 May 2015 23:37:19 -0400 Doug wrote: > > > On 05/29/2015 10:38 PM, Robert Crawford wrote: > > > > On May 29, 2015 7:04 PM, "John Aten" > > wrote: > > > > > > Hey all, > > > I would like to see if anyone could give some advice or opinio

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

On 30/05/15 10:03, John Aten wrote: > > Hey all, > > > I would like to see if anyone could give some advice or opinions on > getting an inexpensive laptop to run Debian. I plan to use the machine > for lighter duty functions; writing, web browsing, programming, etc. > Basically, I am