Re: configuring interface configuring MTA time out

2012-06-16 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 06/16/2012 10:42 AM, Camaleón wrote: If you are using the resolvconf package I bet you have to trust what the /etc/revolv.conf file warning says in uppercase about do not editing the file because is dynamically changed ;-)

Re: configuring interface configuring MTA time out

2012-06-16 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 06/16/2012 01:28 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:06:11 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 06/16/2012 10:42 AM, Camaleón wrote: If you are using the resolvconf package I bet you have to trust what the /etc/revolv.conf file warning says in uppercase about do not editing the file

Re: configuring interface configuring MTA time out

2012-06-16 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 06/16/2012 01:24 PM, Tom H wrote: On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:56:59 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 06/15/2012 12:58 PM, Camaleón wrote: Thank you for your ideas, and I'll return to this thread when I have any kind

Re: configuring interface configuring MTA time out

2012-06-16 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 06/16/2012 02:04 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:47:38 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 06/16/2012 01:28 PM, Camaleón wrote: Matthew pointed out that my use of netscript 2.4 is sort of non-standard for a regular Debian desktop. (...) And he is right. The first thing I

Re: configuring interface configuring MTA time out

2012-06-15 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 06/15/2012 10:35 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:44:57 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 06/14/2012 01:34 PM, Camaleón wrote: To be sincere, I don't know what's originating the problem. If you say the network settings are properly configured, why Exim4 is that lazy

Re: configuring interface configuring MTA time out

2012-06-15 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
Hi, Camaleón. FYI I filed a bug against netscript package -- 677...@bugs.debian.org Best, Gilbert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: configuring interface configuring MTA time out

2012-06-15 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 06/15/2012 12:58 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:18:03 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 06/15/2012 10:35 AM, Camaleón wrote: Anyway, I'd also run the following tests: 1/ Just for testing purposes, you can momentary disable wicd and test with a static IP configuration

Re: configuring interface configuring MTA time out

2012-06-14 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 06/14/2012 10:21 AM, Camaleón wrote: ... Not a corner case at all, it was just me who was a bit dense O:-) Your setup is crystal-clear now and I guess is used by many road-warrior- alike users. I suppose so, but most places do use DHCP. I just have some clients who are stuck with whole

Re: configuring interface configuring MTA time out

2012-06-14 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 06/14/2012 01:34 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:07:17 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 06/14/2012 10:21 AM, Camaleón wrote: (...) I ask this to have an idea on where to put the focus in either a) long delay -timeout- but NIC settings are finally okay or b) long delay

Re: configuring interface configuring MTA time out

2012-06-13 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 06/13/2012 10:43 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:44:22 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: (...) Until the recent update (a couple of weeks ago) of netscript which removed ifupdown, the system just always booted quickly on any of its various network locations. Since then, when I

Re: configuring interface configuring MTA time out

2012-06-13 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 06/13/2012 12:54 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:32:55 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 06/13/2012 10:43 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:44:22 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: (...) Until the recent update (a couple of weeks ago) of netscript which removed

Re: configuring interface configuring MTA time out

2012-06-13 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 06/13/2012 02:28 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Mi, 13 iun 12, 13:44:44, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: Yup, I'm using Wicd. When I'm ready to leave one location to trave to the next, I choose the next network's configuration from within Wicd. With the aforementioned /etc/network/interfaces file

Re: configuring interface configuring MTA time out

2012-06-13 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 06/13/2012 03:01 PM, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 06/13/2012 02:28 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Mi, 13 iun 12, 13:44:44, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: Yup, I'm using Wicd. When I'm ready to leave one location to trave to the next, I choose the next network's configuration from within Wicd

configuring interface configuring MTA time out

2012-06-11 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
Hi! I'm running fully up-to-date Debian testing system (AMD64) with Xfce and Wicd on a system that I take from network to network during the day. I use a fixed IP address at some locations and DHCP assignment at others. Until the recent update (a couple of weeks ago) of netscript which removed

Garbled X-Forwarding Over SSH

2012-06-11 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
Hi! This is an old issue I have been seeing for years. I thought I'd ask about it, since I've finally got off my duff and asked another question a few minutes ago. In Debian testing with Xfce I notice that using $ ssh -XC u...@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx will result in the first graphical application I

Re: [OT] Something about google search

2012-04-08 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 04/08/2012 08:34 AM, Curt wrote: On 2012-04-08, Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com wrote: On 08/04/12 16:00, lina wrote: Thanks for all. 1] I installed the greasymonkey. Pretty sure it's greasEmonkey - but maybe that's the problem. ;-p They should change it then

Re: how are html pages printed?

2012-02-14 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/14/2012 01:05 PM, Dom wrote: On 14/02/12 17:26, Camaleón wrote: El 2012-02-13 a las 15:01 -0600, Mark Copper escribió: (Mark, remember to reply to the list, not just me ;-) ) On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Camaleónnoela...@gmail.com wrote: (...) I would try to add a new printer

Re: System locks

2012-02-05 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
snippety-snip On 02/04/2012 10:35 PM, lina wrote: On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 1:42 AM, Gilbert Sullivan whirly...@comcast.net wrote: Hi, Lina. Xfce occasionally corrupts its settings for an individual user. I and others have found that this is more likely to happen immediately after applying

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/04/2012 11:02 AM, lina wrote: snip Thanks, it's fixed after aptitude purge xfce4 xfce4-session and remove some file in .config I guess there is still remainings, cause once I re-install xfce4 and xfce4-session, it came back again. All your suggestions are highly appreciated,

Re: xserver-xorg vs. xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

2012-01-31 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 01/31/2012 03:07 PM, Brian wrote: On Tue 31 Jan 2012 at 20:51:21 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: Sven, maintainer of the borked package Seeing as you mention it - it is time to say 'thank you'. + 1 to this. Many thanks to Sven, not only for his work as a package maintainer but as

Re: Xfce steals keyboard shortcuts?

2012-01-09 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 01/08/2012 07:54 PM, Freeman wrote: On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 04:13:37PM -0800, evenso wrote: On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 10:01:09PM +0400, Roman Khomasuridze wrote: Sorry, forgot to mention that in previous post..see settings - window manager - keyboard. there are bunch of cntrl related

Re: Xfce steals keyboard shortcuts?

2012-01-09 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 01/09/2012 06:34 PM, Freeman wrote: On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 07:56:55AM -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 01/08/2012 07:54 PM, Freeman wrote: On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 04:13:37PM -0800, evenso wrote: On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 10:01:09PM +0400, Roman Khomasuridze wrote: Sorry, forgot to mention

Re: Loss of Xfce DE functionality since testing upgrades to clutter on 12/17

2012-01-03 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 12/31/2011 10:59 AM, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: Hi, This is more a matter of general curiosity than something I'm trying actively to fix. I would, of course, like to correct the problems, but they are not show-stoppers for me. If the behaviors I'm reporting can be expected to be corrected

Loss of Xfce DE functionality since testing upgrades to clutter on 12/17

2011-12-31 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
Hi, This is more a matter of general curiosity than something I'm trying actively to fix. I would, of course, like to correct the problems, but they are not show-stoppers for me. If the behaviors I'm reporting can be expected to be corrected at some point by future upgrades I'm content to wait.

Re: Adobe flash is dead

2011-11-09 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 11/09/2011 02:51 PM, Andrew Wood wrote: Why do Linux distros consider it desirable to install Gnash by default? I understand the desire to have a free flash player but Gnash is a very poor implementation and I think it tarnishes Linux's image rather than enhances it. Its buggy, a lot of

Re: XFCE--can't mount USB devices

2011-10-13 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 10/12/2011 10:09 PM, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: ... What is the overall view of this issue? Is this a bug? Is your solution the right one? Should it be fed back to the XFCE team? From my perspective, this should Just Work, and the user shouldn't be expected to figure out a solution like this

Re: XFCE--can't mount USB devices

2011-10-12 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 10/12/2011 05:53 AM, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: I'm running XFCE 4.8 on Debian Testing, with everything up to date; I'm using xdm as my display manager. Any attempt by a non-root user to mount a USB device in Thunar fails with the message Mount Failed: Failed to mount [device] Not Authorized. I

Re: XFCE--can't mount USB devices

2011-10-12 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 10/12/2011 05:53 AM, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: ... usability of the system, and it's getting very frustrating; I'd think that the ability of a regular user to hotplug removable media should be an important thing to have working. ... I thought I'd add an additional comment about having

Re: dates of install for pkgs

2011-10-11 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 10/10/2011 02:50 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: Gilbert Sullivanwhirly...@comcast.net writes: On 10/10/2011 10:17 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: Is there a command similar to `dpkg --get-selections' that shows all installed/deinstalled pkgs, but where one can get the dates of install or remove. A

Re: dates of install for pkgs

2011-10-10 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 10/10/2011 10:17 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: Is there a command similar to `dpkg --get-selections' that shows all installed/deinstalled pkgs, but where one can get the dates of install or remove. A fairly quick pass thru man dpkg seems to indicate there is not. Well, if you don't need to go

Re: [SOLVED]Re: Recent Changes in CUPS and Foomatic Causing All-Black Printing from Browsers?

2011-10-06 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 10/05/2011 12:37 AM, Whit Hansell wrote: On 09/13/2011 07:51 AM, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 09/12/2011 06:36 PM, Whit Hansell wrote: I'm using Wheezy too and had the same problem w. getting a black page in the browser but it printing ok elsewhere. Now, after today's upgrade, I no longer

Re: The knotify zombie apocalypse

2011-10-06 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 10/06/2011 10:16 AM, Brad Alexander wrote: Hi all, Over the past few days, I've noticed on my sid workstation, that the number of zombie knotify processes has been increasing. Sunday, I had about six. Now I am up to 56. Has anyone else seen this behavior from knotify? Thanks, --b As I

Re: openjdk-7-jre and Iceweasel

2011-09-30 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/30/2011 02:28 AM, Lisi wrote: ... Thank you to all three of you. I finally manged to install icedtea-plugin from Sid, but now things are even worse! Before, I got a box with a message that I needed to install java. Now I just have a box-shaped light grey area with nothing else visible.

Re: Updated Kernel-building Web Page Available

2011-09-30 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/30/2011 07:32 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:01:47 -0400 (EDT), Gilbert Sullivan wrote: I'm looking forward to working through a couple of build scenarios using that page as a guide. Your efforts at this and on this list are much appreciated. Thanks, Gilbert. I

Re: Updated Kernel-building Web Page Available

2011-09-29 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/29/2011 07:09 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: Based on new stuff that I've learned over the last month and a half, much of which has been learned from Camaleón's recent thread about reducing kernel compilation time, I have published a revised version of my kernel-building web page

Re: Installing icedtea-plugin from Sid on Wheezy system - was Re: openjdk-7-jre and Iceweasel

2011-09-29 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/29/2011 03:37 PM, Lisi wrote: On Thursday 29 September 2011 17:03:55 Dejan Ribič wrote: Dne 29.9.2011 17:54, piše Lisi: I am trying, without success, to run: http://media.pearsoncmg.com/aw/aw_kurose_network_2/applets/dns/dns.html I am not sure this works with openjdk-7 but try to

Re: a quick Q: iceweasle add on

2011-09-23 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/23/2011 12:23 PM, lina wrote: Hi, My iceweasle version is 5. while for this add-on, it has not updated to 5 yet. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1-click-youtube-video-download/ any suggestion? I used to have a good faith about this plugins, but for half a year I did

Re: a quick Q: iceweasle add on

2011-09-23 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/23/2011 01:00 PM, lina wrote: On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Gilbert Sullivanwhirly...@comcast.netwrote: On 09/23/2011 12:23 PM, lina wrote: Hi, My iceweasle version is 5. while for this add-on, it has not updated to 5 yet.

Re: a quick Q: iceweasle add on

2011-09-23 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/23/2011 05:42 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: lina wrote: Gilbert Sullivan wrote: You could just use apt-get or aptitude to install the youtube-dl package. To use it you can just issue a command like $ youtube-dladdress of YouTube video you want to download That will put the video in your home

Re: Logitech K360 keyboard NumLock behavior gets turned on by Shift keys!

2011-09-16 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/16/2011 07:35 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:35:35 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: (sorry to be so succinct on my last post but I had to go out and had no the time to reply to you appropriately) :-) I greatly appreciate any time you have for me. Maybe you can make some

Re: Logitech K360 keyboard NumLock behavior gets turned on by Shift keys!

2011-09-16 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/16/2011 10:46 AM, Camaleón wrote: Mmm, I've found this: http://wiki.xfce.org/faq#keyboard Which seems pointing to xfce4-xkb-plugin package, do you already have this one installed? At a first glance the plugin looks very similar to gnome-keyboard-properties, maybe you can edit the

Re: Logitech K360 keyboard NumLock behavior gets turned on by Shift keys! [SOLVED]

2011-09-16 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/16/2011 12:52 PM, Camaleón wrote: Hum... I've been reading the file that is present in GNOME (/etc/X11/xkb/ base.xml) and I think the variable you need to set in /etc/default/ keyboard could be XKBOPTIONS=numpad:microsoft (applying this this may require a reboot) that way this will become

Re: Logitech K360 keyboard NumLock behavior gets turned on by Shift keys! [SOLVED]

2011-09-16 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/16/2011 03:02 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:24:01 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 09/16/2011 12:52 PM, Camaleón wrote: Hum... I've been reading the file that is present in GNOME (/etc/X11/xkb/ base.xml) and I think the variable you need to set in /etc/default/ keyboard

Re: Logitech K360 keyboard NumLock behavior gets turned on by Shift keys!

2011-09-15 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/15/2011 10:29 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:58:45 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: (...) This is the first time I've encountered a keyboard that activates the NumLock when either Shift key is depressed. So, when I press Shift-End, instead of selecting text to the end

Logitech K360 keyboard NumLock behavior gets turned on by Shift keys!

2011-09-14 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
When using a text editor like Geany I like to turn NumLock off and use the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift keys with the numeric keypad keys to select and move text and to move around through text. This is the first time I've encountered a keyboard that activates the NumLock when either Shift key is

Re: Recent Changes in CUPS and Foomatic Causing All-Black Printing from Browsers?

2011-09-13 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/12/2011 06:36 PM, Whit Hansell wrote: I'm using Wheezy too and had the same problem w. getting a black page in the browser but it printing ok elsewhere. Now, after today's upgrade, I no longer get a black page. I get nothing. It won't print. I send the job and wait and nothing. I have to

Recent Changes in CUPS and Foomatic Causing All-Black Printing from Browsers?

2011-09-12 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
Hi, I'm reluctant to even bring this up because it's so darned weird. I've got an HP OfficeJet 6310 (multi-function network device: printer, fax, scanner) that has worked flawlessly for a couple of years under Debian stable and testing. I don't make use of the fax function, but both printer

Re: [OT]: viewable/ printable scheduler/ calendar

2011-09-07 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/07/2011 04:44 AM, AG wrote: Actually, after playing around with Osmo for a while and trying to figure things out (it is very poorly documented and setting up recurrences took ages trawling through mail lists) and checking out Chandler (a cross-platform PIM app) I have opted to go with

Re: [OT]: viewable/ printable scheduler/ calendar

2011-09-06 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/06/2011 11:16 AM, AG wrote: On 05/09/11 17:04, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:39:44 +0100, AG wrote: Hi list I am looking for a calendar/ scheduler that will have the following properties: (i) allow day/ week/ month views and printing (ii) will give reminders for upcoming

Re: [OT]: viewable/ printable scheduler/ calendar

2011-09-06 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/06/2011 12:00 PM, Camaleón wrote: How about osmo? http://clayo.org/osmo/ It looks very compact and I can see a printer icon on the menu bar :-) I personally use Lightning for such tasks but Iceowl -the standalone counterpart calendar app available in Debian- can be very big for your

Re: [OT]: viewable/ printable scheduler/ calendar

2011-09-06 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/06/2011 12:31 PM, AG wrote: On 06/09/11 17:04, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 09/06/2011 11:16 AM, AG wrote: On 05/09/11 17:04, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:39:44 +0100, AG wrote: Hi list I am looking for a calendar/ scheduler that will have the following properties: (i

Re: Terminal Server Client

2011-09-03 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/03/2011 12:52 AM, F. L. wrote: On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:01 AM, Gilbert Sullivan whirly...@comcast.net mailto:whirly...@comcast.net wrote: Sorry I'm just jumping into the middle without having read much of the thread. The rdesktop package stopped working for me a long time

Re: Terminal Server Client

2011-09-03 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 09/03/2011 05:25 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 03/09/11 05:01, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: Sorry I'm just jumping into the middle without having read much of the thread. The rdesktop package stopped working for me a long time ago. NLA and console access are issues for me (with rdesktop). Yes

Re: Terminal Server Client

2011-09-02 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
Sorry I'm just jumping into the middle without having read much of the thread. The rdesktop package stopped working for me a long time ago. I've been using remmina ever since. Is that available to you? I manage a moderate number of WS2003 and WS2008 systems from Debian testing using remmina.

Re: securing the system, stopping unnecessary services and closing open ports.

2011-08-27 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 08/27/2011 02:43 PM, Brian wrote: A natural history expedition searching for unicorns and dodos would have as much success as these two programs are likely to have. I was once on a natural history expedition. We found no unicorns, but we did find dodos. We weren't looking for them, but

Re: bugs with debian small install

2011-08-20 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 08/19/2011 02:46 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:28:44 -0400, Scott Reagan wrote: I tried to install the small verion of debian, the 32 bit version and it wouldn't read my dvd rom so I couldn't finish the install. please help. I really want this os system and have heard great

Re: bugs with debian small install

2011-08-20 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 08/20/2011 12:19 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 12:03:18 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: ... This has me wondering if there was something wrong with the hybrid images so that they wouldn't work with the standard method of preparation, namely # dd if=name-of-hybrid-image.iso of=/dev

Re: bugs with debian small install

2011-08-20 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 08/20/2011 02:30 PM, Walter Hurry wrote: I haven't done Wheezy, but I've done Squeeze from a netinst download. I used unetbootin to put it onto a USB and it worked flawlessly. Yes, I've used unetbootin before. I had heard that unetbootin isn't working right now. No idea how true that is.

Re: Remote X renders transparency as black

2011-08-15 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 08/15/2011 03:57 PM, Darac Marjal wrote: Hi all, I am experiencing an odd problem displaying remote (i.e. SSH forwarded) X and wonder if I can pick your collective brains. The situation is as follows: I am logged into my laptop, rocky. The laptop is running Wheezy and Xorg detects the

Re: Unison hangs on copy

2011-07-23 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 07/23/2011 07:36 AM, Johannes Fichtinger wrote: Hi Victor Am Samstag, 23. Juli 2011 schrieb Victor Munoz: Today, I lost the ability to synchronize between two machines, one had lenny until today morning, and the other was sid. I was using apt-pinning to keep both unison versions

Re: Question about the new kernel with PAE (Wheezy)

2011-06-21 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 06/21/2011 10:59 AM, Camaleón wrote: But now the day has come and I've got two questions: 1. Will the PAE kernel work on this VM? I guess no. 2. Shouldn't the dist-upgrade routine had to automatically determine the best kernel for this system? Or at least provide some kind of warning? I

Re: Question about the new kernel with PAE (Wheezy) - Report

2011-06-21 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 06/21/2011 01:52 PM, Camaleón wrote: Well, if you agree with the update, the pae kernel installs despite it warns about it will not work (and when you boot with it, it fails as expected). You can still boot with the old kernel (good job!). So in the end you need to manually remove the pae

Re: no java plugin for Wheezy browsers?

2011-06-07 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 06/07/2011 07:50 AM, Camaleón wrote: If the plugin package has been taken off, you will have to wait for its restoration. Hi, Camaleón. Yes, thanks. I had sort of figured that, but I was hoping someone would have the inside skinny on just when we might see it again. Now that I think of

no java plugin for Wheezy browsers?

2011-06-06 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
During the spate of upgrades that I installed on my Wheezy systems over the past few days I noticed that the icedtea6-plugin package had been removed. There's only one site at which I use a Java plugin for my browsers. I'm not going to use the non-free or contrib repositories on these systems,

Re: backports updates

2011-05-23 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 05/23/2011 05:18 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: forgot about it. May I suggest installing etckeeper? In it's default configuration it will automatically keep a track of all changes in /etc, which you can review very easily if you wish with (as root): # cd /etc # git log -u If you make any

Re: SWF (Adobe Flash) support

2011-05-20 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 05/19/2011 11:06 PM, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: On Wed, 18 May 2011 07:53:56 -0400 Gilbert Sullivanwhirly...@comcast.net wrote: On my Debian testing systems I'm actually able to play all YouTube content using chromium-browser, the Gnash plug-in, and the IcedTea NPR Web Browser plug-in.

Re: SWF (Adobe Flash) support

2011-05-18 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 05/18/2011 07:06 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 18 May 2011 09:59:44 +0200, Stanisław Findeisen wrote: Is it possible to play Adobe Flash files from, for example, YouTube.com without non-free software? (...) Sadly nope. On my Debian testing systems I'm actually able to play all YouTube

Re: SWF (Adobe Flash) support

2011-05-18 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 05/18/2011 09:17 AM, Camaleón wrote: But it's not only video, there are many sites that are completely rendered and rely on a specific version of the player and you are completely out of luck if you're using a flash version that does not match the site requirements. Yep. I'm particularly

Re: SWF (Adobe Flash) support

2011-05-18 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 05/18/2011 06:59 PM, Rob Owens wrote: On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 07:53:56AM -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: Who knows? Since Adobe has stated that new versions of the Flash server are going to automatically serve html5 when the client lacks the Flash reader, perhaps users of free software

iceowl-extension 1.0b2 not compatible with icedove 3.0.11

2011-04-13 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
I have pure testing systems (no contrib or non-free, no closed source software / firmware). This morning these upgrades (excerpted from the aptitude log) [UPGRADE] calendar-google-provider 1.0~b1+dfsg2-2 - 1.0~b2-4 [UPGRADE] calendar-timezones 1.0~b1+dfsg2-2 - 1.0~b2-4 [UPGRADE]

Re: iceowl-extension 1.0b2 not compatible with icedove 3.0.11

2011-04-13 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 04/13/2011 09:34 AM, Johan Grönqvist wrote: 2011-04-13 13:48, Gilbert Sullivan skrev: This morning these upgrades (excerpted from the aptitude log) [UPGRADE] iceowl-extension 1.0~b1+dfsg2-2 - 1.0~b2-4 I can has my calendar back??? AIUI, iceowl 1.0b1 works with icedove 3.0 and iceowl

Re: 2.6.38 kernel offered this morning, but not this afternoon?

2011-04-12 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 04/12/2011 06:56 AM, David Sastre wrote: On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 06:20:33PM -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: I upgraded my own two Wheezy systems this morning and got the new kernel. It fixed the invisible pointer issue I was having with the system that had integrated Intel graphics. I got

Re: 2.6.38 kernel offered this morning, but not this afternoon?

2011-04-12 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 04/12/2011 08:31 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:20:33 -0400 Gilbert Sullivanwhirly...@comcast.net wrote: Hello Gilbert, Does anyone know what gives? I thought I noticed this too. Turns out I didn't have 'linux-image-amd64' installed, so wasn't offered the upgrade,

2.6.38 kernel offered this morning, but not this afternoon?

2011-04-11 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
I upgraded my own two Wheezy systems this morning and got the new kernel. It fixed the invisible pointer issue I was having with the system that had integrated Intel graphics. I got around to trying to upgrade my wife's two Wheezy systems this afternoon, but the new kernel isn't being listed

Re: debian testing: upgrade latest few days = nautilus freezes entire desktop when changing directories for a few seconds

2011-04-08 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 04/08/2011 06:16 AM, Bjorn Wesen wrote: ... After yesterdays restart of Xorg, the file-manager in gnome (nautilus) completely freezes the desktop for a few seconds every time I click to change a directory. Clicking on files to open them works fine. When the desktop freezes the output of all

Re: Debian Changelog on packages.debian.org is down

2011-04-06 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 04/06/2011 07:15 AM, John Kapnogiannis wrote: Hey the Debian Changelog link on the info page of each debian package seems dead. Can't tell if this is true for all packages, but for a few I have tried the problem exists. Consider this e-mail a report rather than a waiting-answer mail. Cheers,

Re: Directory synchronization packages

2011-03-05 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 03/05/2011 11:45 AM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 13:19 -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 02/11/2011 11:19 AM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: I should mention that the DirSyncPro dev has started responding with his usual quick attention. I've sent a pile of logs and test

Re: Xfce Power Manager popup message about HAL daemon

2011-02-21 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/21/2011 08:35 AM, Nate Bargmann wrote: * On 2011 19 Feb 12:32 -0600, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 02/19/2011 12:31 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote: Bug #612611 has been filed against xfce4-power-manager, xfce4-power-manager: Does not work with DBus activated HAL Message 15 in that report has

Xfce Power Manager popup message about HAL daemon

2011-02-19 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
Following routine updates on a few Debian testing systems yesterday I noticed that two of the three laptops started showing an Xfce Power Manager popup message only upon the first login following each reboot. Xfce power manager HAL daemon is not running The power manager applet itself is

Re: Xfce Power Manager popup message about HAL daemon

2011-02-19 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/19/2011 12:31 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote: * On 2011 19 Feb 08:49 -0600, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: Following routine updates on a few Debian testing systems yesterday I noticed that two of the three laptops started showing an Xfce Power Manager popup message only upon the first login following

Re: [slightly OT] I'm thinking about this piece of kit - how well will Debian work with it? [ really OT ]

2011-02-18 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/17/2011 06:48 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: I think this is a valid technical explanation of why some people are bothered by the video 3d technology. Disliking 3d is absolutely *not* something to be embarrassed about. Being able to watch a 3d movie without discomfort is a clear sign of a

Re: What Would Cause Poor Performance (Remmina) Over SSH?

2011-02-18 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/17/2011 03:04 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:33:08 -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: I really like remmina, but I have run into an inconvenience. If I use remmina directly on a local system the remote desktop sessions on Windows clients are very responsive. But when I use an SSH

Re: What Would Cause Poor Performance (Remmina) Over SSH?

2011-02-18 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/18/2011 10:21 AM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 10:15 -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: snip Use of compression had a discernible effect. To be honest I really didn't expect it to help. This is a pretty fast network. It's still slower than tsclient, but it's acceptable

What Would Cause Poor Performance (Remmina) Over SSH?

2011-02-17 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
Hi, Folks. I'm tracking Debian testing on my personal systems and on a desktop system I use for remote admin chores. This past week I saw the venerable tsclient get reclassified by aptitude as obsolete, so I removed it and its dependencies, then installed remmina and its dependencies. I

Re: What Would Cause Poor Performance (Remmina) Over SSH?

2011-02-17 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/17/2011 03:04 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:33:08 -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: I really like remmina, but I have run into an inconvenience. If I use remmina directly on a local system the remote desktop sessions on Windows clients are very responsive. But when I use an SSH

Re: [slightly OT] I'm thinking about this piece of kit - how well will Debian work with it?

2011-02-17 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/17/2011 04:11 PM, AG wrote: Hello list I'm seriously considering this laptop http://3dguy.tv/toshiba-3d-enabled-laptop/ and wiping it clean of Windows (or dual booting) with Debian. Given the specs of the hardware, what is the likely quality of experience for the user with a Debian

Re: bad surprise using ghostview (gv)

2011-02-12 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/12/2011 08:59 AM, Bernard wrote: ...snip... If, discarding the use of 'gv', I just print the ps file directly as follows: lpr -PDeskJet-1120C myfile.ps I get exactly the same printing result (poor quality, black and white) ...snip... If I'm understanding correctly what you've written,

Re: bad surprise using ghostview (gv)

2011-02-12 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/12/2011 04:11 PM, Roger Leigh wrote: On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 09:32:42AM -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: On 02/12/2011 08:59 AM, Bernard wrote: ...snip... If, discarding the use of 'gv', I just print the ps file directly as follows: lpr -PDeskJet-1120C myfile.ps I get exactly the same

Re: Directory synchronization packages

2011-02-11 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/11/2011 11:19 AM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: I should mention that the DirSyncPro dev has started responding with his usual quick attention. I've sent a pile of logs and test results and hope to have good news soon - John That's good news. I haven't had a chance to look at DirSyncPro

Re: Backup media - double-layer DVD

2011-02-04 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/04/2011 02:11 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 05:35:51PM -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: People think I'm crazy, but, when I leave the house, I always carry a disc wallet that holds the last year's worth of weekly full backups on DVD+R. (Well, I probably am crazy

Re: Waiting for Squeeze - was: Backup media - double-layer DVD

2011-02-03 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/03/2011 03:50 AM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 03. 02. 2011 01:26:11 je Chris Jones napisal(a): Ah.. I detect a flaw... you mean you actually do not rotate safe deposit boxes..? Are you serious..? Agreed. They should be located on different continents, of course. Actually, now that I think

Re: Backup media - double-layer DVD

2011-02-02 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/02/2011 11:07 AM, Chris Jones wrote: I burn my backups to regular single-layer DVD's once in a while. DVD+RW is what I use, but now it looks like I'm flirting with their limit in terms of capacity.. In the long run, this probably means that I need to review my backup policies, maybe

Re: Backup media - double-layer DVD

2011-02-02 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/02/2011 01:10 PM, Chris Jones wrote: (...) One trick I use is copy my back-up file (encrypted) to my cell phone's micro-SD.. In the event disaster struck, I would either be out of the house with my cell phone, or grab a few belongings including said mobile before I rushed outside. The

Re: NOD32 on Linux

2011-01-23 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 01/23/2011 05:57 AM, kellyremo wrote: Anyone using it? http://beta.eset.com/linux What are the experiences? Does it slows down the pc? Do we need it? Disclaimer: My experience with NOD32 is all on the Windows side, and it ended around two years ago. The sad story below is only my own

Re: hp dj 2050

2011-01-13 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 01/13/2011 09:32 AM, Camaleón wrote: Here is the problem. You have used CUPS to setup the printer instead using the hplip utility. Try to setup the printer using the hplip wizard, if the printer needs to get any additional plugin, firmware or filter they should be automatically fetched when

Re: Directory synchronization packages

2011-01-12 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 01/11/2011 06:31 PM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: On Tue, 2011-01-11 at 17:37 -0500, John A. Sullivan III wrote: Hello, all. We are looking for a Lenny/Squeeze package to synchronize directories between our physical desktops and our X2Go (www.x2go.org) / Trinity (KDE3 -

Re: Directory synchronization packages

2011-01-12 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 01/12/2011 10:52 AM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: On Wed, 2011-01-12 at 09:57 -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: I'm glad you reported this. I'm going to start looking at it as my alternative. I wonder if there will be any effort to get it into the Debian repos. I'm trying to stick exclusively

Re: You cant tell Debian is close to release because...

2011-01-12 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 01/12/2011 04:57 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: ... the traffic on debian-user gets very OT ;) Not that I mind... Regards, Andrei If someone posts something on topic (Debian) on the off topic list, does s/he get scolded for being off topic??? If this message is too off-topic (or too on-topic)

Re: Flash on Iceweasel?

2010-12-30 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 12/30/2010 04:58 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: I am trying to get flash running on my netbook, which is running Iceweasel on Squeeze. I have installed flashplugin-nonfree, but when I go to a flash site it says that I need to install missing plugins and the link does not find any available plugins.

Re: Monitor question

2010-12-28 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 12/28/2010 09:40 AM, Klistvud wrote: It's also horrible for web browsing, and for many other tasks. It actually only has two uses I can think of: widescreen movies and side-by-side document viewing. Given that movies are best viewed on large TV sets anyway, the usefulness of widescreen

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