Re: USB problem, hardware issue

2014-11-21 Thread Joel Roth
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 09:29:18AM +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Joel Roth a écrit : (running sid) (...) Good idea! I tried booting Rescatux, and didn't see any trace of problems with the USB input devices. And then rebooting my usual system, the issue with lost keystrokes/mouse

Re: Problems with grub2/initramfs-tools in chroot

2014-11-21 Thread Joel Roth
needs, but for me, I recently installed LILO, and I can't believe how simple my life just became. greetings, Joel 1. http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Device-map -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

USB problem, hardware issue?

2014-11-20 Thread Joel Roth
experienced journal I/O errors on NTFS partitions on USB connected disks, and difficulties with ext4 partitions under loads of many concurrent reads and writes. Together I'm considering these may be symptoms of hardware issues. Does anyone have experience with this? thanks, -- Joel Roth

apt-get source download has files not in git repository

2014-11-20 Thread Joel Roth
sources.list.destdir srcpkgcache.bin Kind regards, Joel -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141120222932.GA10721@sprite

Re: USB problem, hardware issue?

2014-11-20 Thread Joel Roth
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:56:31PM -0800, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 11/20/2014 12:24 PM, Joel Roth wrote: Dear List, I started noticing a delay between when I start moving the mouse on my T410 (running sid), and when the cursor actually starts to move. I replaced the mouse, but it didn't help

Re: USB problem, hardware issue? - RESOLVED

2014-11-20 Thread Joel Roth
(now 3.1). I haven't thoroughly tested I/O issues with hard drives. Thanks for your help. Joel -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org

Re: USB problem, hardware issue?

2014-11-20 Thread Joel Roth
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Modular-debian: a list for discussing init-system alternatives

2014-11-19 Thread Joel Roth
environment of other OSs are also invited to bring their discussions to modular-debian, rather than burdening debian-user. With kind regards Joel Roth, list administrator 1. http://www.freelists.org/list/modular-debian -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Ati Radeon HD 7850 Problem on Debian 7 Stable

2014-11-17 Thread Joel Roth
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Re: qemu-kvm problem - libvirtd won't start

2014-11-16 Thread Joel Roth
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Re: qemu-kvm problem - libvirtd won't start

2014-11-16 Thread Joel Roth
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 08:52:30PM -0500, Gary Dale wrote: On 16/11/14 06:39 PM, Joel Roth wrote: Did you try starting the VMs directly using the qemu command? Don't have qemu installed. virsh reports: Maybe there is some connection (c.f. Subject:) error: failed to connect

test message

2014-11-12 Thread Joel Roth
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Shared libraries not found during build

2014-11-12 Thread Joel Roth
to use -l. The full output is here: http://paste.debian.net/131197/ Any ideas what could be wrong with my build environment? Kind regards, -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Shared libraries not found during build

2014-11-12 Thread Joel Roth
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 09:35:34PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2014-11-12 21:08 +0100, Joel Roth wrote: I'm running sid. For the first time in many months, I'm trying to build a package from source. After compiling I'm getting library-not-found errors, for example: apt-get source

Re: Shared libraries not found during build - SOLVED

2014-11-12 Thread Joel Roth
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 10:40:55PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2014-11-12 22:03 +0100, Joel Roth wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 09:35:34PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2014-11-12 21:08 +0100, Joel Roth wrote: I'm running sid. For the first time in many months, I'm trying

Re: Shared libraries not found during build

2014-11-12 Thread Joel Roth
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 11:21:28PM +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: * Joel Roth jo...@pobox.com [2014-11-12 10:08 -1000]: Hi list

Re: grub-pc update causes mount hang

2014-11-11 Thread Joel Roth
Chris Bannister wrote: On Sun, Nov 09, 2014 at 12:24:03PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: Joel Roth wrote: Joel Roth wrote: Hi list, I've been upgrading my sid system. When grub goes to regenerate /boot/grub/grub.cfg, mount uses 100% CPU and causes these processes to hang

Package system in odd state

2014-11-09 Thread Joel Roth
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Re: alsa-utils save / restore not working http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=768665

2014-11-09 Thread Joel Roth
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Re: Package system in odd state

2014-11-09 Thread Joel Roth
Joel Roth wrote: Hi List, I just did an apt-get upgrade with sid, and now need some extra help to patch up the pieces :-/ Easily fixed by removing the conflicting file, see below: $ sudo apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information

grub-pc update causes mount hang

2014-11-09 Thread Joel Roth
62513971110247 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT I would like to find out what (if anything) is wrong with mount or with my disk partition. Any advice would be very welcome. Thanks for your help! Joel -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: grub-pc update causes mount hang

2014-11-09 Thread Joel Roth
Joel Roth wrote: Hi list, I've been upgrading my sid system. When grub goes to regenerate /boot/grub/grub.cfg, mount uses 100% CPU and causes these processes to hang: 10064 pts/1S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests /dev/sda4 10075 pts/1R 7:33 mount -o ro

Re: grub-pc update causes mount hang

2014-11-09 Thread Joel Roth
Joel Roth wrote: Joel Roth wrote: Hi list, I've been upgrading my sid system. When grub goes to regenerate /boot/grub/grub.cfg, mount uses 100% CPU and causes these processes to hang: 10064 pts/1S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests /dev/sda4 10075 pts/1

How to enable larger mouse pointers under X

2014-11-08 Thread Joel Roth
/HOWTO_Large_Mouse_Cursors 4. http://debian.2.n7.nabble.com/How-do-I-change-cursor-mouse-pointer-td2271405.html -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org

Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X

2014-11-08 Thread Joel Roth
Martin Steigerwald wrote: Am Freitag, 7. November 2014, 22:21:27 schrieb Joel Roth: Hi list, Hi Joel, I need larger mouse pointers. I'm running sid, using i3 and icewm as window managers. AIUI cursor images are set through X, and do not belong to the window manager. My

Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X - SOLVED

2014-11-08 Thread Joel Roth
On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 12:15:09PM +0300, Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 22:21:27 -1000 Joel Roth jo...@pobox.com wrote: Hi list, I need larger mouse pointers. I'm running sid, using i3 and icewm as window managers. AIUI cursor images are set through X, and do not belong

Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X

2014-11-08 Thread Joel Roth
On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 03:42:39PM +, Brian wrote: On Fri 07 Nov 2014 at 22:21:27 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: I need larger mouse pointers. I'm running sid, using i3 and icewm as window managers. AIUI cursor images are set through X, and do not belong to the window manager. Sid

.xinit vs. .xsession summary (was: Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X)

2014-11-08 Thread Joel Roth
On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 04:17:21PM +, Brian wrote: On Sat 08 Nov 2014 at 06:02:00 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: Do you have a reference about .xinitrc vs. .xsession? Lots. :). Fortunately, startx(1) has now been altered to read: Note that in the Debian system, what many people

Re: How to enable larger mouse pointers under X - SOLVED

2014-11-08 Thread Joel Roth
On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 05:58:38PM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: Am Samstag, 8. November 2014, 05:55:58 schrieb Joel Roth: On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 12:15:09PM +0300, Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 22:21:27 -1000 Joel Roth jo...@pobox.com wrote: Hi list, I

Re: Challenge to you: Voice your concerns regarding systemd upstream

2014-09-26 Thread Joel Roth
belongs to a different domain than system initialization. Regards, Joel -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140927003635.GA9031@sprite

Re: Can't We Have Another Vote for Systemd (Coup)

2014-09-25 Thread Joel Roth
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Re: Can't We Have Another Vote for Systemd (Coup)

2014-09-25 Thread Joel Roth
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 05:01:03PM -0400, Ric Moore wrote: On 09/25/2014 02:25 PM, Joel Roth wrote: I would say that systemd takeover of major Linux distributions and of Debian in particular would be a perfect subject for Groklaw. How so?? Legally, Debian has the legal stance of a Club

Re: Effectively criticizing decisions you disagree with in Debian

2014-09-21 Thread Joel Roth
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Unable to login with skype (was Re: Faking it with skype)

2014-09-21 Thread Joel Roth
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 09:51:25PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 09:04:41AM +0200, Hans wrote: I had already tried one method of doing that - using the suggested method which involved using sed - which was offered as an alternative to using a hexeditor (which option

Re: Creating a forum for systemd debate (was Re: Issues upgrading Wheezy -- Jessie (was ... Re: brasero requires

2014-09-21 Thread Joel Roth
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 06:11:53PM +0200, lee wrote: Joel Roth jo...@pobox.com writes: I think it should be possible to find or create a forum for those who are concerned about this issue. I know that I would subscribe. That would make it easier to ignore them. Wouldn't it make more

Re: Faking it with skype

2014-09-20 Thread Joel Roth
posted the errors that arose from tring to use the sed method. Using a hexeditor is just as easy as using any text editor. Did you try it at all? I successfully edited mine with vim :-) Hans -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Jack: was Slight New Sound Problem

2014-09-18 Thread Joel Roth
/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140918110957.07794...@mydesq2.domain.cxm -- Joel Roth

Re: Jack: was Slight New Sound Problem

2014-09-18 Thread Joel Roth
them to work. # pactl load-module module-jack-sink channels=2; # pactl load-module module-jack-source channels=2; # pacmd set-default-sink jack_out Cheers, Joel -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: trying to remove wicd

2014-09-17 Thread Joel Roth
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 01:05:00AM -0400, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: I tested dpkg -s wicd and received back the Package `wicd' is not installed error. Tried which wicd not expecting to find anything and instead was told /usr/sbin/wicd. I think you want dpkg -S /usr/sbin/wicd -- Joel Roth

Creating a forum for systemd debate (was Re: Issues upgrading Wheezy -- Jessie (was ... Re: brasero requires

2014-09-15 Thread Joel Roth
gvfs)) Reply-To: Joel Roth jo...@pobox.com In-Reply-To: 5416e94a.8070...@attglobal.net Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 9/15/2014 3:27 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Sunday 14 September 2014 19:42:40 Steve Litt wrote: Every time you tell one of us to keep silent, three more of us speak up. I don't know

Re: View on UNIX purism in Linux Community

2014-09-15 Thread Joel Roth
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packages that depend on systemd (was: Re: brasero requires gvfs)

2014-09-11 Thread Joel Roth
and i am using the systemd-shim and SysV init system. Thank you for putting this information out in an accessible form. -- Slavko http://slavino.sk -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: Making keyboard remap changes permanent without reboot.

2014-09-10 Thread Joel Roth
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Re: OT: Strange boot behavior after upgrade on Asus chromebook (SOLVED)

2014-09-03 Thread Joel Roth
On Tue, Sep 02, 2014 at 12:39:49AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: This posting is slightly off-topic because the OS in question is Ubuntu, which I ended up using because the chromebook install procedure seemed better documented. (It took me a few days to get any non-chrome install to succeed

OT: Strange boot behavior after upgrade on Asus chromebook

2014-09-02 Thread Joel Roth
arbitrary. Ubuntu also sucks for this application because my dad uses icewm, while Ubuntu includes heavy stuff like compiz and gnome. Oh well, at least my foot is still basically intact!! Cheers, Joel -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: wicd difficulties joining some unsecured wireless networks

2014-08-06 Thread Joel Roth
On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 04:54:42PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: Hi all, In some airports, and today at a university I've failed to join unsecured networks. I've been using wicd-gtk. The failure takes the form of a time-out during the get IP address stage. Today I found, that if I went back

wicd difficulties joining some unsecured wireless networks

2014-08-05 Thread Joel Roth
as unsecured. I expected to get an IP address, then, in the browser, a page asking for money before I can continue. I didn't get this, just the failure to get an IP address. The wicd.log file shows the same pattern as above. I'd appreciate any hints!! Kind regards, Joel -- Joel Roth

Re: Sid Systemd upgrade

2014-07-21 Thread Joel Roth
Jonathan Dowland wrote: You can install systemd to try it out before committing to it as your default init system. Just install 'systemd' but not 'systemd-sysv' and pass init=/bin/systemd to Linux via your boot manager. Hi all, FWIW, I just tried this with my amd64 sid system. Most things

VLC limitations (was: Re: watching films full screen)

2014-07-09 Thread Joel Roth
B wrote: On Tue, 8 Jul 2014 10:22:53 -1000 Joel Roth jo...@pobox.com wrote: That's interesting to me to hear you say this. Dealing with a variety of video formats, I find mpv (based on mplayer) to be much more tolerant of video formats. Most recently, I observed the VLC won't

Re: watching films full screen

2014-07-08 Thread Joel Roth
On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 04:06:25PM +0200, B wrote: On Tue, 8 Jul 2014 16:48:37 +0300 Rares Aioanei debian.dev.l...@gmail.com wrote: In my experience, indeed vlc has the option, but it fails to work most of the time, Sooo, you have plenty of failures you'd like to share with us! As

Re: simple database solution without root access

2014-07-06 Thread Joel Roth
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Re: Problems installing Perl modules with CPAN on Wheezy

2014-06-28 Thread Joel Roth
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Re: White screen appears with new password check under X - Solved: it was i3lock

2014-06-28 Thread Joel Roth
On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 05:59:19PM +0200, B wrote: On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:14:09 -1000 Joel Roth jo...@pobox.com wrote: Occasionally (for example after unplugging the power and ethernet cable) I will get a completely white screen. As I type, a colored circle appears in the middle

White screen appears with new password check under X

2014-06-27 Thread Joel Roth
me what software is responsible for this? TIA Joel Roth -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140627211409.GA5504@sprite

VLC not finding codecs, but mplayer does

2014-06-09 Thread Joel Roth
Hi list, I have a bunch of codecs installed in /usr/lib/win32. Mplayer plays just about everything, but not VLC, so I'm wondering if VLC is expecting them to be somewhere else. Or does VLC have to be recompiled for this? Any ideas? Thanks, Joel Roth -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Which file to initialize X? (was Re: Sawfish and Openbox: was fastest linux distro)

2014-06-06 Thread Joel Roth
startx' tells me to put my initializations in .xinitrc, and does not refer to any other init files. I used to have an .xsession file, which eventually stopped working. 'man xsession' gives some other, more complicated advice. I guess it's time to start reading about this. :^) Regards, Joel -- Joel

Re: Pitivi or Openshot require removing cups !?

2014-05-25 Thread Joel Roth
...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201405242330.44761.tcou...@decoulon.ch -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org

No device assignment for Seagate external USB drive SRD00F1

2014-03-24 Thread Joel Roth
2.0 root hub The kernel is 3.2.0-3-amd64 (Debian 3.2.21-3) -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140324163756.GA13759@sprite

Re: No device assignment for Seagate external USB drive SRD00F1

2014-03-24 Thread Joel Roth
John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell wrote: Joel Roth wrote: Hi List, I had the misfortune to pick up two of these drives, plug them in, and find the results below: Any hints before I take them back? Regards, Joel -- dmesg | tail [140436.456884] usb 2-1.1: USB disconnect

Re: X key bindings don't work on new system

2014-03-07 Thread Joel Roth
Carl Johnson wrote: Joel Roth jo...@pobox.com writes: my xmodmap commands for remapping the CAPS key to behave as CTRL (in .xinitrc) work in my usual system, but have no effect on this newly installed system. Both systems are running an up-to-date sid, and I've copied over my .bashrc

X key bindings don't work on new system

2014-03-06 Thread Joel Roth
# this suppresses beep setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp # this works, too exec /usr/bin/i3 kind regards, Joel -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Chrome grabs focus from terminal window

2013-12-19 Thread Joel Roth
Hi List, I'm running sid with i3 as window manager. With Google chrome running, every few minutes, the focus jumps to chrome. Too bad, as chrome has been excellent in other ways. Is that a bug or the future? -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Chrome grabs focus from terminal window

2013-12-19 Thread Joel Roth
Bob Proulx wrote: Joel Roth wrote: I'm running sid with i3 as window manager. With Google chrome running, every few minutes, the focus jumps to chrome. Is it really chrome or really chromium? Got it! I was inadvertently activating the Windows-key semicolon combination which is a key

Re: Read clipboard?

2013-11-24 Thread Joel Roth
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Re: sluggish iceweasel

2013-10-30 Thread Joel Roth
has become very sluggish. No problems here, Stephen. Although, sometimes, flash can slow things a good deal but quitting and restarting Iceweasel cures that. `killall plugin-container` is often enough -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: sluggish iceweasel

2013-10-30 Thread Joel Roth
Brad Rogers wrote: Joel Roth jo...@pobox.com wrote: Hello Joel, `killall plugin-container` is often enough Great tip, thanks. I'll try it out next time flash drags. FWIW, this was revealed to me by running top. -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: OpenShot python-mlt package dependency problem - RETRACTED

2013-10-06 Thread Joel Roth
Joel Roth wrote: Hi all, I'm using sid, to get the latest and greatest at the cost of some expected pains. I need to do some basic video editing. My first choice is openshot, advertised as easy to use. I found that pitivi installs readily, has good docs. I'll start here. Of course I'm

Re: sid dist-upgrade will remove Xorg and hold back replacement

2013-10-06 Thread Joel Roth
On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 10:21:04AM +0530, Kailash wrote: On Sunday 06 October 2013 10:01 AM, Joel Roth wrote: xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3

Re: sid dist-upgrade will remove Xorg and hold back replacement

2013-10-06 Thread Joel Roth
Joe wrote: Joel Roth jo...@pobox.com wrote: As often happens, I'd fallen behind on upgrading lately, and had some catching up to do. I have three sids, one of which is upgraded almost daily, the others in half-gigabyte chunks and with a certain amount of hope. It *is* sid, after all

OpenShot python-mlt package dependency problem

2013-10-05 Thread Joel Roth
) libquicktime2:i386 (= 2:1.2.2) Is anyone aware of a good way to go forward with this, or should I find another editor until the openshot package gets updated? In the latter case, I am new to video editing, and any recommendations would be welcome. Thanks for your help. Joel -- Joel Roth

sid dist-upgrade will remove Xorg and hold back replacement

2013-10-05 Thread Joel Roth
, 152 newly installed, 32 to remove and 27 not upgraded. Need to get 415 MB/428 MB of archives. After this operation, 294 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n Abort. .-.-.-.-. -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-11 Thread Joel Roth
me on HP. Maybe I'll try a color laser, though Consumer Reports says they don't have good print quality for photos. -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: Changing pointer size in icewm

2013-09-09 Thread Joel Roth
]: http://kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=36 [2]: http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Large+Mouse+Cursors?content=140787 Is this KDE specific? I don't have KDE installed. On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 05:33:47 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: Hi Everyone, I want the make the pointers bigger under

Re: Changing pointer size in icewm - SOLVED

2013-09-09 Thread Joel Roth
Joel Roth wrote: I want the make the pointers bigger under icewm. apt-get install big-cursor I tried using imagemagick's convert command to enlarge all the pointers in the current theme, e.g. ~/.icewm/themes/icedesert and in the /usr/share/icewm/themes/icedesert directory, but see

Changing pointer size in icewm

2013-09-03 Thread Joel Roth
ideas what to try next? Regards, Joel -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130903153347.GA6111@sprite

Re: open office install fails

2013-06-22 Thread Joel Roth
of the applications like writer indicate they are installed.? Do I need to install each of them manually? Can you start openoffice.org from the command line? Thanks. ? ? ? -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: How can I use Jack instead of Pulse

2013-06-08 Thread Joel Roth
...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51b2d7bb.2020...@gmail.com -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130608202546.GA31193

Using qemu to boot Fedora x86_64 iso

2013-05-13 Thread Joel Roth
logo and the message Please ask the administrator for assistance. I'd like to do some testing in a virtual machine. Wonder if anyone has suggestions to get a better result. Regards, -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: Using qemu to boot Fedora x86_64 iso

2013-05-13 Thread Joel Roth
Steve McIntyre wrote: Joel Roth wrote: Hi list, This is borderling off-topic: I'm using qemu under Debian to try to run the latest Fedora 64-bit .iso. qemu-system-x86_64 --enable-kvm -cdrom Fedora-18-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso -m 512 linux.img Fedora boots, the spinner-pointer runs

Re: administration of initscripts

2013-04-17 Thread Joel Roth
for software configuration used to be a feature. At the very least, whenever there is /etc/default/something, /etc/something should have a comment # see /etc/default/something for additional configuration options -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: administration of initscripts

2013-04-17 Thread Joel Roth
Bob Proulx wrote: Joel Roth wrote: Roger Leigh wrote: Getting rid of all the /etc/default disable options will be a release goal for jessie. Good. I'd prefer to be rid of /etc/default entirely! So you would rather that people edit the /ec/init.d/* scripts themselves and manage

Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-09 Thread Joel Roth
Ralf Mardorf wrote: Joel Roth wrote: Dirk wrote: http://i.imgur.com/6Oja0bm.png https://boards.4chan.org/g/res/32881623 I wondered about this. Looking at one example: D-Bus, with which I was minimally acquainted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Bus D-Bus has replaced

Re: Tiling window manager based desktop environment (was: Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE)

2013-04-09 Thread Joel Roth
Anthony Campbell wrote: Status bar: in spectrwm you can optionally have no frame at all in fullscreen when you turn off the status bar. An absolutely minimal screen. That is the default in Stumpwm. The behavior is similiar to and inspired by GNU screen. -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: dbus - Was: A thread that shouldn't be mentioned anymore

2013-04-09 Thread Joel Roth
Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Tue, 2013-04-09 at 19:29 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Tue, 2013-04-09 at 07:21 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: Ralf Mardorf wrote: dbus often is a PITA! Do you have experience with dbus's predecessors, such as CORBA? No. I guess a predecessor won't help

Re: dbus

2013-04-09 Thread Joel Roth
the jackd1 package doesn't require DBus, jackd2 does. -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130409192647.GA17280@sprite

Re: dbus - Was: A thread that shouldn't be mentioned anymore

2013-04-09 Thread Joel Roth
needs to do a hard job until now. I'm not aware when they merged udev and systemd, but all Debian versions of udev are completely outdated. Latest version of udev for Debian is 175-7.1. Arch Linux: $ pacman -Q systemd systemd 200-1 -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Tiling window manager based desktop environment (was: Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE)

2013-04-08 Thread Joel Roth
/Comparison_of_Tiling_Window_Managers I've been using StumpWM in the default configuration and mostly happy with it. I'd like to know what you're planning to add! Cheers, -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: keyboard shortcuts

2013-04-08 Thread Joel Roth
happened to ibm-acpi-de...@lists.sourceforge.net Reporting it is fine but it gives no clue as to how to attack the problem. Any pointers greatly appreciated. -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread Joel Roth
by the Gnome project) and DCOP (originated by the KDE project). It seems to have technical merits. Clearly the effort is a troll, created by a kid (or childish adult) with nothing better to do. -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Tiling window manager based desktop environment (was: Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE)

2013-04-08 Thread Joel Roth
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 09.04.2013 00:58, Joel Roth a écrit : berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Now, I am not using a DE anymore, and also planning about creating a DE based on a tiling WM and minimalistic tools that you can use in keyboard only. There are a lot

Re: ffmpeg/avconv doesn't recognize -strict experimental (reposted as top-level thread)

2013-03-15 Thread Joel Roth
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 08:55:16AM +0100, Jochen Spieker wrote: Joel Roth: Dear List, ffmpeg/avconv aborts even with -strict experimental when input file audio is encoded with AAC. Does the audio *have* to be decoded? I was thinking there might be some kind of pass-through option

Firefox is too eager

2013-03-14 Thread Joel Roth
way to solve the issue, or do I need to research specific add-ons for popups, rollovers, etc., etc. I already use and like links2 for some purposes. Thanks, Joel -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

ffmpeg/avconv doesn't recognize -strict experimental

2013-03-14 Thread Joel Roth
=25 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=abr mbtree=1 bitrate=500 ratetol=1.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.25 aq=1:1.00 encoder 'aac' is experimental and might produce bad results. Add '-strict experimental' if you want to use it. Regards, Joel -- Joel Roth

ffmpeg/avconv doesn't recognize -strict experimental (reposted as top-level thread)

2013-03-14 Thread Joel Roth
=25 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=abr mbtree=1 bitrate=500 ratetol=1.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.25 aq=1:1.00 encoder 'aac' is experimental and might produce bad results. Add '-strict experimental' if you want to use it. Regards, Joel -- Joel Roth

Latest sid upgrade breaks hot-key suspend-to-ram on T410

2013-03-03 Thread Joel Roth
should file a bug? Regards, Joel -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130303192440.GA1654@sprite

Re: Latest sid upgrade breaks hot-key suspend-to-ram on T410 - SOLVED

2013-03-03 Thread Joel Roth
Claudius Hubig wrote: Dear Joel, Joel Roth wrote: The latest upgrade has broken hot-key suspend-to-ram (invoked by Fn-F4). I find that s2ram *does* work, as well as hibernate. Cool. Does pm-suspend (a wrapper that does some funky things before calling s2ram) work, too? yes

Re: Keeping backups until storage runs short (deja-dup style) with command line tools?

2013-02-23 Thread Joel Roth
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Re: Client daemon for sorting e-mail via IMAP

2013-01-29 Thread Joel Roth
like to avoid the massive duplication. The VPS has quite a small disk, while on the mailbox side, the storage is free (i.e. claimed unlimited for certain price). They just don't help with the sorting/filtering. Also: On 2013-01-22 19:56, Joel Roth wrote: [...] I'll clean up and post

Imapget script (was Re: Client daemon for sorting e-mail via IMAP)

2013-01-29 Thread Joel Roth
Joel Roth wrote: For anyone else wanting to use the imapget script a few other caveats: (snip) + due to not sufficiently understanding Unicode, I simply filter out non-ASCII characters from the From: and Subject: headers Ack, for logging only. This munging is not applied to messages

Re: Client daemon for sorting e-mail via IMAP

2013-01-22 Thread Joel Roth
. # # Reset this field so MUA reply goes to # original poster $mail-simple-header_set(Reply-To,), return feldy if ($mail-to =~ /feldyforum/i ) ; I'll clean up and post the script if anyone is interested. Joel -- Alois Mahdal -- Joel

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