Re: HELP! Re: How to fix I/O errors? (SOLVED)

On 02/08/2017 05:32 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 02/08/17 15:59, Marc Shapiro wrote: So how do I lay down a low level format on [the new 1 TB] drive? I would use the SeaTools bootable CD to fill the drive with zeroes: On 02/03/17 23:13, David Christensen wrote: > Sometimes you get lucky

Re: Before I install Debian

On 02/10/2017 08:11 PM, Michael Lange wrote: On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 11:32:45 +1100 Keith Bainbridge wrote: Have I missed something here? .pdf files are portable, right? How can I as a creator specify that you as the reader MUST use a specific program to read

Re: Stretch stable and jessie testing - repositories listed

On 02/10/2017 05:49 PM, David Wright wrote: On Fri 10 Feb 2017 at 16:00:13 (-0800), Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 02/09/2017 04:58 PM, GiaThnYgeia wrote: In most cases documents simplify that stretch is testing, so I thought there was no difference, then something I read recently made me think

Re: Bug#1 Freeze - Re: Intel i965

On 02/10/2017 07:54 AM, debian-...@lists.debian.org wrote: "Re: Bug#1 Freeze" Jimmy Johnson doc "Mine is an Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics and it's now working swell with the Sid 4.8.0-2 kernel but not as quick to load as the 4.7.0-1 kernel which works with no problem. In Stretch

Re: Before I install Debian

David Wright: > On Sat 11 Feb 2017 at 02:11:38 (+0100), Michael Lange wrote: >> On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 11:32:45 +1100 >> Keith Bainbridge wrote: >>> How can I as a creator specify that you as the reader MUST use a >>> specific program to read them? >> Maybe by adding a

Re: Stretch stable and jessie testing - repositories listed (new pkgs under freeze)

Brian: > On Fri 10 Feb 2017 at 10:43:00 +, GiaThnYgeia wrote: > > [We are are talking about some using the testing distribution]. > >> I did not upgrade this time, just left it where it is as "if it ain't >> broke don't fix it" wondering why this is. I think the uneasiness comes >> from the

Re: Stretch stable and jessie testing - repositories listed

On Fri 10 Feb 2017 at 16:00:13 (-0800), Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 02/09/2017 04:58 PM, GiaThnYgeia wrote: > >In most cases documents simplify that stretch is testing, so I thought > >there was no difference, then something I read recently made me think > >once stretch becomes stable I would be

Re: Before I install Debian

On Sat 11 Feb 2017 at 02:11:38 (+0100), Michael Lange wrote: > On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 11:32:45 +1100 > Keith Bainbridge wrote: > > > Have I missed something here? > > > > .pdf files are portable, right? > > > > > > How can I as a creator specify that you as the reader

Re: Before I install Debian

On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 11:32:45 +1100 Keith Bainbridge wrote: > Have I missed something here? > > .pdf files are portable, right? > > > How can I as a creator specify that you as the reader MUST use a > specific program to read them? Maybe by adding a "feature" that

Re: Before I install Debian

Have I missed something here? .pdf files are portable, right? How can I as a creator specify that you as the reader MUST use a specific program to read them? Keith Bainbridge 0447667468 keithrbaugro...@gmail.com Sent from my APad On 11 Feb 2017 07:40, "John Culleton"

Re: Stretch stable and jessie testing - repositories listed

On 02/09/2017 04:58 PM, GiaThnYgeia wrote: Lisi Reisz: Right, so if you wish to remain on Stretch, which I think you do, replace the word testing with the name stretch in all 4 of those lines. Then update - however you do that in Synaptic. Ok thank you, I think it worked. I reloaded and no

Re: Before I install Debian

On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:39:20 -0500 John Culleton wrote: > All I need from Debian is Adobe Acrobat Reader. Is this available > with Debian? Kind of. Available only from Adobe, and it's very old -- 5 years IIRC. And 32-bit only! If you run a 64-bit system, you'll need

Re: Before I install Debian

On 02/10/2017 12:39 PM, John Culleton wrote: All I need from Debian is Adobe Acrobat Reader. Is this available with Debian? From PDF-Debian Wiki; If you really need Adobe's Acrobat Reader, which is non-free, it is available from ftp.adobe.com or the deb-multimedia.org repository. Get the

Re: Before I install Debian

On Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:12:34 -0500 John Culleton wrote: > On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 10:04:35 +1300 > Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > > > On 11/02/17 09:39, John Culleton wrote: > > > All I need from Debian is Adobe Acrobat Reader. Is this available > > > with

Re: Software collections in Debian?

I've used Software Collections for deployment of server software, and I can say they do a lot less than tools like flatpak or snap. Besides being agnostic to desktop sessions, they try to address the problem of outdated versions of CentOS/RHEL packages which are difficult to replace (like Python),

Re: Before I install Debian

I wonder are org-mode pdf exports good enough to pass for adobe pdf files? It's possible with org-mode to write up an org-mode document and then export that to a pdf file. I do know for sure such pdf files are not accessible (cannot talk) but I don't know about any other failings.

Re: Software collections in Debian?

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 3:14 PM, Floris wrote: > > This sounds like flatpak > http://flatpak.org/ > > and is available in Debian > Thanks much. But sadly, from http://flatpak.org/faq.html "Flatpak is designed to run inside a desktop session and relies on certain session

Re: Before I install Debian

Op Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:12:34 +0100 schreef John Culleton : On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 10:04:35 +1300 Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: On 11/02/17 09:39, John Culleton wrote: > All I need from Debian is Adobe Acrobat Reader. Is this available > with Debian? What

Re: Software collections in Debian?

Op Fri, 10 Feb 2017 18:51:20 +0100 schreef Curt : On 2017-02-10, Darac Marjal wrote: On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:55:24AM -0600, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: Does Debian support the "software collections" machinery from RedHat? Or will it support them in

Re: Before I install Debian

On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 10:04:35 +1300 Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > On 11/02/17 09:39, John Culleton wrote: > > All I need from Debian is Adobe Acrobat Reader. Is this available > > with Debian? > > What functionality do you need? I suggest trying a Debian Live image > and

Re: Before I install Debian

Op Fri, 10 Feb 2017 21:39:20 +0100 schreef John Culleton : All I need from Debian is Adobe Acrobat Reader. Is this available with Debian? a very old version is available from: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/ but the default pdf-reader in

Re: Before I install Debian

On 11/02/17 09:39, John Culleton wrote: All I need from Debian is Adobe Acrobat Reader. Is this available with Debian? What functionality do you need? I suggest trying a Debian Live image and evaluating some of the many open source PDF readers. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies

Re: Before I install Debian

On 02/10/2017 03:45 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: John Culleton wrote: All I need from Debian is Adobe Acrobat Reader. Is this available with Debian? No. Grüße, Sven. Have you looked at Master PDF Editor 4? --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot

Re: Before I install Debian

John Culleton wrote: > All I need from Debian is Adobe Acrobat Reader. Is this available with > Debian? No. Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.

Before I install Debian

All I need from Debian is Adobe Acrobat Reader. Is this available with Debian? -- John Culleton Wexfordpress Book design and indexing.

Re: Stretch stable and jessie testing - repositories listed (new pkgs under freeze)

On Fri 10 Feb 2017 at 10:43:00 +, GiaThnYgeia wrote: [We are are talking about some using the testing distribution]. > I did not upgrade this time, just left it where it is as "if it ain't > broke don't fix it" wondering why this is. I think the uneasiness comes > from the feeling of not

Re: Software collections in Debian?

On 2017-02-10, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:55:24AM -0600, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: >>Does Debian support the "software collections" machinery from RedHat? Or will >>it support them in the near future? Googling indicates that the answer is "no" >>but

Re: HELP! Re: How to fix I/O errors?

On 02/09/2017 12:13 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: You shared your philosophy ("tear it all down and rebuild it from scratch every two years") I don't know where you got this. The OP was having one helluva time with a harddrive. I suggested that he create a partition to store his personal files

Re: Once again: alt as my meta key

Le 02/10/2017 à 18:31, Don Armstrong a écrit : > On Thu, 09 Feb 2017, Erwan David wrote: >> Wouldn't that make it impossible to write languages with diacritics in >> it ? Would be pathetic. > > You can just use the compose key instead, or additionally AltGr if your > keyboard has one. > My

Re: Once again: alt as my meta key

On Thu, 09 Feb 2017, Erwan David wrote: > Wouldn't that make it impossible to write languages with diacritics in > it ? Would be pathetic. You can just use the compose key instead, or additionally AltGr if your keyboard has one. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com

Re: how to override a conffile (not using dpkg-divert)?

On Fri, 10 Feb 2017, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Not to mention the config file conflicts on the next upgrade, even if > the DM changed only a single comment line. Plus there is no > notification to run my postinst script again. If this is a configuration package, then presumably you want

Re: Software collections in Debian?

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:55:24AM -0600, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: Does Debian support the "software collections" machinery from RedHat? Or will it support them in the near future? Googling indicates that the answer is "no" but I can't find a flat-out statement so far. Thanks...Nick G I

Software collections in Debian?

Does Debian support the "software collections" machinery from RedHat? Or will it support them in the near future? Googling indicates that the answer is "no" but I can't find a flat-out statement so far. Thanks...Nick G

Re: how to override a conffile (not using dpkg-divert)?

Hi Don, On 02/08/17 23:36, Don Armstrong wrote: > > If this is a private package which you are using to enforce your local > configuration, just change the conffile in your postinst [possibly after > checking that the conffile hasn't been modified.] > This can become pretty difficult,

Re: Stretch stable and jessie testing - repositories listed (new pkgs under freeze)

Greg Wooledge: > On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:43:00AM +, GiaThnYgeia wrote: >> If I understand the freeze process well (I think I >> don't) why would updated packages appear today on the list? > > The freeze means that only bug fixes go in. No new upstream versions, > unless it's a very

Re: Why packets (from my ISP to me) on the WAN VC side of my router are twice the size of packets on the Ethernet (and a corresponding twice as many bytes)

On Friday, February 10, 2017 06:56:10 AM Dan Purgert wrote: > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Eh, I was thinking more stuff like Minecraft, Space Engineers, or other > "real time" multiplayer games, where there is a fair bit of > communication between the client and server. I guessed that, which was

Re: Stretch stable and jessie testing - repositories listed (new pkgs under freeze)

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:43:00AM +, GiaThnYgeia wrote: > If I understand the freeze process well (I think I > don't) why would updated packages appear today on the list? The freeze means that only bug fixes go in. No new upstream versions, unless it's a very special case.

Re: Why packets (from my ISP to me) on the WAN VC side of my router are twice the size of packets on the Ethernet (and a corresponding twice as many bytes)

rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Thursday, February 09, 2017 07:36:50 AM Dan Purgert wrote: >> rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >> > 2. I'm sure that I'm looking at the download flows from my ISP as the >> > ratio of the octets / bytes between the two flows is generally >> > something like 10 to 1. I'm

Re: Issues with power management

On Wednesday, 8 February 2017 15:37:48 CET solitone wrote: > With time, though, I noticed that even suspension doesn't work very well. > Sometimes the laptop does not suspend, neither if I wait for the set 5 > minutes, nor if I close the lid. It basically remains active, cunsuming > battery.

Re: Stretch stable and jessie testing - repositories listed (new pkgs under freeze)

Lisi Reisz: >> In most cases documents simplify that stretch is testing, Ok, got it, I think your post helps the archive. I don't think I should open a new post/thread for one more clarification. If I understand the freeze process well (I think I don't) why would updated packages appear today

Re: Re: Debian Sid not booting - systemd failed to register manager vtable: file exists

Hello Jiri, I have faced the same problem. I think there is something wrong with the sssd-nss socket unit /lib/systemd/system/sssd-nss.socket After I disabled it by # systemctl disable sssd-nss.socket the problem has disappeared and my system (Stretch) boots normally. SSSD works. NSS

Re: dual-boot install question

Doug wrote: > And disconnect the Windows drive > when you install Linux. completely paranoid approach, but if you are not sure in what you are doing, it is justified. However for the record it is not necessary to do any of this and even not required to have 2 drives, unless you do some windows