I can not help much in developing or bug analysis, so my contribution has been
to test
what is handed out to me for testing. I have yet not been able to contribute
much as
nothing seems to break in testing or sid (amd64 openbox/lxde) ever. Sometimes I
wonder when I read the list or archives thing
From: j...@debian.org
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Anyway, since you are no longer a Debian user, you are unlikely to see
> this message, as surely you have dutifully unsubscribed and will not be
> posting here anymore, as is right and proper.
Should we talk about this and leave systemd o
> From: joel.r...@gmail.com
> To: debian users
> On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Fungi4All wrote:
>> Although I despise such devices, my only experience has been
>> helping a friend out locating certain settings and installing the proper
>> software for specific use
Although I despise such devices, my only experience has been
helping a friend out locating certain settings and installing the proper
software for specific uses.
Lately, a problematic one, ended up in my hands as the owner
gave up on it and purchased a better one. The problem seemed
to be either ba
> From: philwy...@kathenas.org
> This issue seems to be created by "synaptic".
> If you you "apt" in the terminal, you will be fine.
As mindblowing as this topic seems to be I can not help but
comment your response. It seems you must have not read
90% of the thread missing out on all the output an
> From: wool...@eeg.ccf.org
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 06:34:49PM +0200, Dejan Jocic wrote:
>> If you want to
>> prevent automatic upgrades and disable them, because you want to do it
>> manually like you are used to, you should edit file
>> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20a
> From: anonym...@foto.nl1.torservers.net
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Is anyone using LXQT? What do you think about it?
I tried it for comparison to LXDE and found it to be a bit flaky and sluggish.
The aesthetics of it are nice, but functionally didn't seem much different.
Somehow menu a
> UTC Time: June 28, 2017 12:45 AM
> From: t...@threedogs.net
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Hello.
>
> Can anyone provide insight as to why my usb wifi Netgear WNDA4100 (rt3573)
> won't connect or show up in NetworkManager(applet) but will be managed
> normally with the Wicd Network Manage
Highly deserving a top post
Is this all it takes to hack the root account of a secure debian system?
Not that it makes any difference, any linux system that is booted locally
in which you have root access can manipulate any debian file anywhere
on the same system. Unless of course it is encypted, w
> From: d...@sherohman.org
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 01:27:42PM -0500, David Wright wrote:
>> By running upgrade before dist-upgrade, you reduce complexity by
>> maximising the compatibility of packages with each other. When
>> lenny was replaced by squeeze, even
> On 27/06/17 05:39, Brian wrote:
>> It was. I am a creature of habit. I still reboot between upgrade and
>> dist-upgrade when I eventually upgrade a machine from one distribution
>> to another.
When one uses synaptic there is reload (update) and upgrade, it does not
distinguish
between dist and
> From: j...@debian.org
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> If your point is that context-free links are not very useful, I agree.
> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 03:16:07PM +, Weaver wrote:
>>On 2017-06-24 00:56, Rene Engelhard wrote:
>>> http://grml.org/download/
> GRML is a derivative distributio
> From: doc.ev...@gmail.com
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Fungi4All wrote on 06/22/2017 09:48 PM:
>>> From: doc.ev...@gmail.com
>>> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>>>
>>> D. R. Evans wrote on 06/21/2017 09:53 AM:
>>> It adds abou
> From: doc.ev...@gmail.com
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> D. R. Evans wrote on 06/21/2017 09:53 AM:
> It adds about 30 useless seconds to the boot time while the system waits for
> it
> to time out, so it sure would be nice to know how to get rid of the delay
> somehow.
30 useless secon
From: silver...@verizon.net
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
I just updated some packages and it upgraded me to stretch.
What did you have before stretch and how did updating some
packages switched you from your "other system" to stretch???
Wouldn't this be a major bug?
That is all
fine but I c
My fix in such occassions has been to download in a medium commonly used
(stick, common partition with a system that
has net access) the .deb packages for connman and cmst and install them to the
isolated system using dpkg, then reboot.
Most likely whatever previous networking set-up there is con
From: abelahc...@gmail.com
thanks a lot
I think it is an encoding problem.
When I open it in embedde pdf reader in firefox, the a print it as a pdf file I
get same problem,
but if I print it as a PS file, the problem is fixed and the display is correct.
As far as I know this would make it a ps f
For all it is worth, after seeing an explosion of stretch related problems, I
have to
say that in my experience with LXDE there has been no difference between my
pre-Saturday 17/6/17 experience and my post Sunday 18/6/17 experience.
Despite of what is commonly advised here, I switched my Sid inst
Brian is very knowledgeable in many areas but unless your request meets Brian's
specifications all you will get from him is criticism on how the request was
placed.
If you don't believe me check the archives of the list for this Brian-bot!
Original Message
Subject: pdf file is n
From: a...@cityscape.co.uk
@ Do you not find it disturbing that someone can install Debian and not
@ end up with a network connection? d-i is (generally) very good at doing
@ this. It is one of its many strong points.
The new installer iso seem twice the size of their predecessors, or did I see
s
From: nemomm...@gmail.com
> So, you WANT problems? Install Unstable. Or Windows 10. ;-)
I have a machine running unstable and it has proved 100.1% reliable
for me, and it is dedicated to be a test bed for anything I want to try
on my work machine. It is also a home theater and chess crunching.
I
From: nemomm...@gmail.com
I"m going to wait about a week to 10 days after Stretch"s release
as Stable before installing while checking this list for any problems.
If all proves well, then clean, dual-boot install.
So you fear something may break and in a week of 10 days there will
be a new instal
Original Message
UTC Time: June 15, 2017 8:46 PM
From: elect...@emypeople.net
I have a U.S. Robotics USR5639 USB modem. I am wondering how hard it
is to get it to work with Linux. Using Mint 18.1.
- V.92 or V.90 & V.44 ITU standard 56k
- V.34 and backwards compatible protocols
-
itioned ...
My computer is actually already GPT partitioned, I already made sure of that.
On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 5:42 AM, Fungi4All wrote:
May I ask what version of windows is it that has terrorized your disk?
In a different discussion I brought up the subject (in reference to win10
being inten
UTC Time: June 13, 2017 10:05 AM
From: peturv...@gmail.com
Hi everyone,
I have a computer which does not need anymore to be running the unstable
version. I would like to migrate it to stable at some point.
If I backup the home and rsync it on a new installation of Debian
stable, I will have prob
UTC Time: June 13, 2017 5:16 AM
From: drvr...@gmail.com
I have 40 gb unallocated on my C drive currently. When I start up the installer
and get to the disk partitioning section, it cannot find the free space in the
"guided" section. Am I doing something wrong with the disk management?
I took a
UTC Time: June 11, 2017 7:39 AM
From: lisi.re...@gmail.com
On Sunday 11 June 2017 08:16:11 Fungi4All wrote:
> Below please find Lisi's answer on whether packages should be reverted or
> not.
!! There is nothing there - not surprising since I have never passed an
opinion on any such
With all the confusion on reply reply-all I has send her/him this
UTC Time: June 10, 2017 10:06 AM
From: fungil...@protonmail.com
To: solitone
UTC Time: June 10, 2017 9:55 AM
From: solit...@mail.com
On Saturday, 10 June 2017 05:45:22 CEST Fungi4All wrote:
> apt
>
> Hold a package:
&
From: joel.r...@gmail.com
> And Now Google Doesn't Think Users Should Ever Set Headers.
> Progress is progress.
Yeah.
Progress is progress.
ahem. Sorry. I guess I forgot something.
{irony}Progress is progress.{end-irony}
--
Joel Rees
If you live in a cave this may actually have some meaning amo
UTC Time: June 10, 2017 2:13 AM
From: joel.r...@gmail.com
On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 12:57 AM, Nicolas George wrote:
> Le primidi 21 prairial, an CCXXV, The Wanderer a écrit :
>> Disagreed. This results in sending extra copies to people who are
>> subscribed to the list, which is incorrect.
>
> Not
UTC Time: June 10, 2017 7:42 AM
From: solit...@mail.com
On Friday, 9 June 2017 23:38:40 CEST Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> I've never downgrade using apt, but with synaptic it's not too hard,
Hi Jimmy, and thanks for your reply. I'm under Plasma Desktop, so I don't have
synaptic--I use KDE's Discover. A
UTC Time: June 10, 2017 8:19 AM
From: pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org
Le 10/06/2017 à 10:07, Fungi4All a écrit :
> From: scdbac...@gmx.net
>
> To boot from hard disk or USB stick, there must be a Master Boot Record.
>
> In linux alone the MBR is unnecessary and boot info can be stored in
&
Original Message
Subject: Re: Debian installation issues
UTC Time: June 10, 2017 7:16 AM
From: scdbac...@gmx.net
Hi,
by mistake Fungi4All and i exchanged a few mails in private.
I put this back to the list (although it could deserve a new topic).
He showed me a xorriso report
Here is some relevant reading of installing linux system besides Win8 and in
some cases the same problem exists on Win 10.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/installing-ubuntu-alongside-a-pre-installed-windows-with-uefi
Ok, MS did what they did, but manufacturers accepted this and incorporate
UTC Time: June 9, 2017 2:47 PM
From: geo...@nsup.org
To: Charlie Kravetz
debian-user@lists.debian.org
Le primidi 21 prairial, an CCXXV, Charlie Kravetz a écrit :
> When replying to the mailing list, hit reply. Do not use "Reply to
> All", since that sends individual emails to the person you are
>
UTC Time: June 8, 2017 4:17 PM
From: wool...@eeg.ccf.org
On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 11:08:32AM -0500, David DLC wrote:
> Thank you for all the replies! I haven't really used a mailing list before,
> so I'm not 100% sure I'm responding to the correct location. Do I hit
> "reply all" or just reply to t
From: wool...@eeg.ccf.org
On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 06:59:20PM -0400, Fungi4All wrote:
> ONLY MORONS USE RETURN WITHIN THE SAME PARAGRAPH EVER
> SINCE TYPEWRITERS RUN OUT OF INK AND DIED.
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1855
In html there is for line break and for paragraph. How long or
From: deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk
> Ι was waiting to see if anyone else found something like this significant and
> willing to contribute some wisdom
No wisdom here, I'm afraid.
just evolution of the unix-dna
> I suspect the experiment would be simple.
> Let's say we make a new partition on a disk
Original Message
From: deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
On Thu 01 Jun 2017 at 12:24:28 (-0400), Fungi4All wrote:
> Why don't just skip all this that we are in perfect agreement with and go to
> the juicy part.
> After all uuids are unique
Sorry for the top-post but I think it is appropriate
all good advice below but returning on the initial question without advice,
sid/unstable does not have a security.debian.repository
so just the two deb.debian are enough.
For someone with an urge to try the latest and finest you can go to sid
n
A sneaky way to have fun and be safe, not a very responsible user
for testing and experimenting, but if you are so afraid of tgings
blowing up and not knowing how to fix them here is a trick.
Let's say once a day, at the time you turn on your pc, you usually
do updates and upgrades. What if you rev
Original Message
Subject: drive names and UUIDs, was Re: Intresting dd fsck grub uuid fstab
action
From: joel.r...@gmail.com
To: Fungi4All
Fungi4All-san,
I'll try explaining what we don't know whether you understand or not.
I understand everything you have written
From: deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk
I'm not going to wade through all these imaginings again; sorry.
Just some points.
Your use of the term imaginings emphasizes clearly how you do not
reas but "assume" that this all mighty perfect system can't be at fault
and it all lies in my mistakes, without ever
From: deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk
On Fri 26 May 2017 at 17:52:33 (-0400), Fungi4All wrote:
> From: deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk
>> On Thu 25 May 2017 at 16:41:37 (-0400), Fungi4All wrote:
>> > Le 25/05/2017 à 05:11, Fungi4All a écrit :
>> > > I experimented in switching a c
From: dpchr...@holgerdanske.com
On 05/26/2017 03:23 PM, Fungi4All wrote:
> I think google locks the mbr so no other system can ever use it again.
How? Please provide citation(s).
I am kidding, but you may want to try this straight off your debian repository
or
the latest from its develop
From: jode...@gmail.com
As for reason why old one is not removed, it is because Debian keeps not
just newly installed kernel, but also one previously installed. One
before that was removed by apt-get autoremove.
Unless different desktops have different autoremove behavior in my recent
experience k
From: mlcop...@gmail.com
Maybe I should just toss it, but I'm curious why none of my tools can
recover an SD card previously used for Android internal storage.
Is it still functional in android?
I think google locks the mbr so no other system can ever use it again.
But while it gives you a long e
From: marti...@suddenlink.net
The data are probably not of any importance any
longer but the drive probably cost close to $100 when it was new
and it seems so close to being usable. Any constructive ideas are
appreciated.
Wild guess would be to use gparted and delete all partitions then
use dd if=
Original Message
Subject: Re: Intresting dd fsck grub uuid fstab action
UTC Time: May 26, 2017 5:35 AM
From: deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk
On Thu 25 May 2017 at 16:41:37 (-0400), Fungi4All wrote:
> Le 25/05/2017 à 05:11, Fungi4All a écrit :
> > I experimented in switching a
send "unsubscribe" to
[debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org](mailto:debian-user@lists.debian.org)
You will get a verification mail and you will reply to it and you are out
How do I unsub from this list? I meant to sub to the accessibility list only.
/2017 à 05:11, Fungi4All a écrit :
> I experimented in switching a clone of my sid installation to an
> experimental, that was the plan.
> Since I was doing other things I thought I'll let the cloning take place
> unattended.
> Let's say sda5/6/7/8/9 were to be cloned to
I experimented in switching a clone of my sid installation to an experimental,
that was the plan.
Since I was doing other things I thought I'll let the cloning take place
unattended.
Let's say sda5/6/7/8/9 were to be cloned to sdb5-9 (5 / 6 var 7 sw 8 tmp 9
home) all b partitions were slightly l
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From: yoshif...@gmail.com
To: Fungi4All
Wow! This is AMAZING! Thanks for qualifying me!
On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 12:01 PM Eco-Windows Fungi4All
wrote:
xdgc
Free Windo--
Sent from Christian's Off
On 28/03/17 16:24, David Wright wrote:
> Charger in:
> POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL_DESIGN=380
> POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL=872000
> POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_NOW=380
>
> Charger out:
> POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL_DESIGN=380
> POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL=872000
> POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_NOW=828000
>
> IOW m
UTC Time: May 24, 2017 2:12 PM
From: anilduggir...@fastmail.fm
hello, I pasted my Xorg log at https://paste.debian.net/938243
[ 65.388] Build Operating System: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian
6th line down, is the new debian9rc installer same as Debian 8.8?
I assume jessie was installed and th
Original Message
Subject: Re: phpmyadmin ... need help!
UTC Time: May 23, 2017 8:18 PM
From: j...@jretrading.com
Yes, you've done it backwards, but it's no big deal in Debian.
phpmyadmin needs the root password of mysql in order to install
In all other systems it is a catastroph
ame direct. This is why I'm quoting it.
Original Message
Subject: Re: Spammers go personal
Local Time: May 23, 2017 10:31 PM
UTC Time: May 23, 2017 7:31 PM
From: b...@fineby.me.uk
To: Debian Users ML
On Tue, 23 May 2017 15:13:54 -0400
Fungi4All wrote:
Hello Fungi4All,
Original Message
Subject: Re: puppy Linux reports problems with USB/network drive
UTC Time: May 21, 2017 11:33 AM
From: pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org
Le 21/05/2017 à 04:56, Albert Hodge a écrit :
>
> When I plugged it into the USB port it gave a warning message, that the
> NTFS -3g driv
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Local Time: May 23, 2017 8:21 PM
UTC Time: May 23, 2017 5:21 PM
From: vladimirdesi...@gmail.com
To: Fungi4All
Thank You
On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 1:57 AM, Eco-Windows Fungi4All
wrote:
xdgc
[Free Window Replacement Estimates from Local Window
Pros](http://www.trn
Original Message
Subject: Re: Apt Question
UTC Time: May 23, 2017 11:54 AM
From: wool...@eeg.ccf.org
> If he
> is already running a sid linux kernel and some other core packages by
> switching to jessie he will be stuck with those packages almost indefinitely,
He's not running j
Original Message
Subject: Re: Apt Question
UTC Time: May 22, 2017 11:02 PM
From: songb...@anthive.com
Michael Milliman wrote:
> I have, for various reasons, the repositories from stable (Jessie),
> stretch, and sid in my sources.list file. I have Stretch installed and
> have it r
Original Message
Subject: Custom Debian LiveCD?
UTC Time: May 22, 2017 10:23 PM
From: anonym...@foto.nl1.torservers.net
I'd like to make my own custom Debian livecd for private
use. However, when I search for this on the web it's either
posts which talk about discontinued program
can anyone email attachments to the list, I thought you couldn't do it.
maybe use that paste.debian.org?
Original Message
Subject: Re: Samsung ML-1915 printer
UTC Time: May 22, 2017 9:40 AM
From: a...@cityscape.co.uk
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
On Sat 20 May 2017 at 08:27:2
Original Message
Subject: Re: Oh no something has gone wrong! after reinstalling Debian and
Gnome.
UTC Time: May 22, 2017 1:54 PM
From: anilduggir...@fastmail.fm
Thanks a lot Felix and Micheal.
I will follow your advice, and for the first time ever, use Debian
Testing. I guess w
Original Message
Subject: Re: Is this sources.list correct?
UTC Time: May 22, 2017 6:09 AM
From: compro...@list.comprofix.com
fjfj...@protonmail.com
On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 12:45:05AM -0400, Fjfj109 wrote:
> On Stretch, upgraded from Jessie. https://paste.debian.net/933553/
When
Original Message
Subject: Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust
UTC Time: May 21, 2017 12:55 PM
From: rave...@sitesplace.net
I haven't noticed any new wallpapers (I too am running Debian 8.8 with
XFCE and have my wallpaper set to one I like which I saved in
~/Pictures/Wallpaper)
Original Message
Subject: Oh no something has gone wrong! after reinstalling Debian and Gnome.
Local Time: May 21, 2017 3:56 AM
UTC Time: May 21, 2017 12:56 AM
From: anilduggir...@fastmail.fm
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
I had installed Windows 10 and Debian 8.8 (with LXDE) i
I've been cheating after years of being a debian purist. I do like lxde and
often plain openbox with my custom panel. But in recent times have brought me
various frustrations with deb... particularly with resolv.conf acting as it has
a mind of its own and vanishing my set of dns collections and
From: rave...@sitesplace.net
>My system is used for work (I work from home exclusively) and stuff I do
>sometimes can be mission-critical in that if I'm notified, I might have
>to go and do some work right away on something important. Customers
>would be relying on my ability to fix things. So, I
From: rave...@sitesplace.net
> I am thinking about trying out Stretch (Debian 9) in either a spare
> laptop or a virtual machine. If I like it I might just point my sources
> list to that repo on both laptops if it's stable enough.
For my use and the packages I need both stretch and sid have been
From: abelahc...@gmail.com
>I want to log in a remote server using xdmcp from my local machine,
>unfortunately there is no chooser in my local login (I use
>lightdm).
>How to add a remote connexion to the list in local login window?
Have you tried any of these packages?
xdm
xrdp
And take a look
> From: elena@ameriummail.com
> Please let me know your thoughts and I will get back to your with more
> information for the same
Back to mine what?
> If you are not the right person, feel free to forward this email to the right
> person in your organization.
I did, I'll let her handle it!
Original Message
Subject: Re: Firefox: security vs flexibility or rtfm?
From: mcop...@straitcity.com
>We only need one browser to work as these
>tasks are all performed in house. Just seemed like there must be a lot
>of old equipment with embedded HTTP servers out there that clev
Original Message
Subject: Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet
useage?]
UTC Time: April 26, 2017 8:26 PM
From: rowl...@cloud85.net
In the *MAJORITY* of cases that it runs demonstrates that someone at
sometime decided to restrict some computer owners
From: we...@acu.edu
To: debian users
Both fresh minimal installs of Jessie.
Every other boot results in a hang at "Initializing Ramdisk" just after grub,
requiring holding the power button for 8 seconds to power off. Then power on,
and it boots normally.
what do you mean minimal install, can
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