Re: running a snap package on bookworm?

On 1/25/24 13:33, D. R. Evans wrote: [snip] When I try the run command: $ snap run acrordrdc unknown command: run $ I was amazed that I simply couldn't find anything about actually running installed packages (plenty of sites tell me how to install a package, but none that I looked at then

Re: Cannot read newsgroups with new Thunderbird

On 10/5/22 07:08, Miroslav Skoric wrote: After a recent Thunderbird upgrade in Buster (from version 91-something to 101-something, or like), it stopped handling newsgroups properly (where the source is News Server (NNTP) on the same machine, and there nothing was changed/upgraded). To be

Re: XFCE: ALT-F1 shows the wrong menu on Debian 11

On 2/27/22 14:32, José Luis González wrote: Hi, Upon upgrading to Debian 11, the ALT+F1 key, which is assigned as a shortcut to xfce4-popup-applicationsmenu, according to XFCE's settings, no longer shows the applications menu and instead the app menu button on my panel appears pressed without

Re: Just curious if there's anybody out there still using LXDE?

On 1/17/22 04:15, franiortiz wrote: On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 05:46:57PM +0900, A_Man_Without_Clue wrote: On 1/16/22 05:45, c. marlow wrote: Are there any LXDE users STILL out there? Today, I have been having this discussion on Debian's Reddit about LXDE and it's future. Even though LXDE is

Re: Unable to minimize Firefox 91.5.0esr at top of frame

On 1/13/22 12:07, John Boxall wrote: After upgrading to the latest Debian 10 (Buster) Firefox ESR (91.5.0esr 64bit), I found that I could not minimize the window by right clicking on the top of the window frame and selecting "Minimize", whether the menu bar was present or not. The menu for

Re: freeing up some space

On 1/11/22 15:08, Marco Möller wrote: [snip] Just to give you some more inspiration about where else old stuff could have accumulated: [snip] Another useful tool to free up space and remove unneeded packages is deborphan. After running deborphan, be sure to run it again a few times as it

Re: odd question re man pages

On 1/7/22 03:01, gene heskett wrote: ... I've noted that there can be links to a web page in a man page that are underscored if you click on them while reading the man page, but clicking the link does not do anything. Is it supposed to send the default browser to that page? If so, where should

Re: is it possible to send e-mail via Yahoo's smtp servers using Thunderbird (78.13.0)?

On 9/10/21 3:39 PM, Gary Dale wrote: [snip] Does anyone have Thunderbird and Yahoo working together? Yes, works fine with Thunderbird windows and thunderbird 78.14.0 on debian linux stable. Settings: Account name: y...@yahoo.com email address: y...@yahoo.com IMAP server

Re: Smart TV on WiFi as Extra Display

On 4/19/21 5:24 AM, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote: I have a smart TV which includes a browser. (An LG running WebOS, as it happens.) It can, of course, display video streams from a given URL. So I'm hoping someone has figured out a way to create a virtual display on a Debian computer which streams

Re: Thunderbird / enigmail

On 10/13/20 9:14 AM, D. R. Evans wrote: [snip] I'm wondering if any enigmail user here has installed the update, and if they have had any problems with the transition to the new enigmail-less encrypted e-mail system. On Buster, I have installed the thunderbird update and removed enigmail

Re: xfce4 widget problem

On 9/13/20 12:49 PM, ghe2001 wrote: [snip] > That sounds like a reasonable solution -- tried it. Nice -- it answers to > either weather and weather-util. My ZIP is 30303 (Boulder, CO): [snip] > I tried a couple other Boulder ZIP codes, and they didn't exist. > [snip] > -- > Glenn English Hi

Re: Multiple issues with LXDE/LightDM after upgrading to Debian 10

On 8/26/20 5:07 AM, Toni Casueps wrote: > None of these issues happened on Debian 9, and they seem related, so I'm > thinking that they may be caused by some single change or > misconfiguration. Graphics drivers seem to be fine, as 2D and 3D > acceleration both work perfectly: > > * When the PC

Re: Computer Museum (was Re: Very old hardware...)

On 7/3/20 5:40 PM, Kenneth Parker wrote: > This is, actually something I would like to do.  Anyone know of good > Computer Museums in areas they've been in?  (I remember a good one, > South of San Francisco, but that's on the other side of the Country from > North Carolina). > > I have a couple

Re: Buster System hangs, requires hard reboot

I've added my experience to the existing bug 846296. #846296 [e2fsprogs] ext4 checksum error https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=846296

Re: Debian man pages have annoying feature(sic)

On 5/30/20 3:52 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: ... > *PROBLEM* > As package is not installed, that directory does *NOT* exist. > > Where to find required documentation on the web? > > NOTE BENE > This post is about man pages as a class. > apt show debian-goodies ... debman - Easily view man

Re: Buster System hangs, requires hard reboot

On 4/22/20 7:24 PM, Tom Dial wrote: > > > On 4/20/20 19:44, Ralph Katz wrote: >> Hi -- Please help me diagnose and fix this problem. >> >> My five month old Dell laptop with updated firmware and new up-to-date >> Buster completely hangs and requires a hard

Re: Buster System hangs, requires hard reboot

On 4/21/20 1:05 PM, deloptes wrote: > to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >> No, but a connector. And depending on the mechanical environment, >> those sometimes loosen too. > > Yes noticed on few that if disk is not mounted properly it starts sliding > out. So reinserting the disk after checking

Re: Buster System hangs, requires hard reboot

On 4/21/20 2:47 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 21 April 2020 03:07:31 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >> On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 10:59:49PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> On Monday 20 April 2020 21:44:10 Ralph Katz wrote: >>>> Hi -- Please help me diagnose and fi

Buster System hangs, requires hard reboot

Hi -- Please help me diagnose and fix this problem. My five month old Dell laptop with updated firmware and new up-to-date Buster completely hangs and requires a hard reboot after 7-40 days uptime. While reading something onscreen or away from the laptop, the system hangs completely: screen

Re: Zoom conferencing

On 2/29/20 10:08 PM, Joel Rees wrote: > (I hope no one gets upset about double posting debian and ubuntu users > lists.) > > Questions about zoom -- www.zoom.us > > Anyone using it? > > Issues? > > Known reasons they don't put it in the general repositories? zoom is

Re: Viewer for html files

On 2/11/20 10:26 AM, Thomas George wrote: > Obviously I can view html files with any of the browsers. It is not > always convenient. If I save an interesting web page by right clicking > on save as the result is a often a very long file name containing > spaces. I save these html files in various

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

On 2/6/20 8:27 PM, kaye n wrote: > By the way, it only takes 35 seconds on the first execution.  If I close > libreoffice, and open i again, it's really not so slow. FWIW, on my laptop with a similar configuration, it takes 6 seconds to open LO initially. i3-7130U CPU @ 2.70GHz 8Gb memory/ 2.2Gb

Re: Laptop: External monitor, keyboard, and mouse "disabled" -- how re-enable without rebooting?

On 2/7/20 2:00 AM, David Christensen wrote: [snip] > I have found that if I close the lid on the laptop, with or without an > external monitor or KVM connected, I am unable to get the display > working again without a reboot. [snip] Maybe it's this bug: light-locker, lightdm: screen stays off

Re: Dell BIOS Changes

On 1/27/20 10:13 PM, J. D. Leach wrote: > To Whom it May Concern, > > Have a Dell Inspiron 3668 desktop with the latest Dell firmware > (1.12.2). This update, and numerous of the preceding ones, do not allow > ANY type of loading of Debian (or any othe Linux flavor) onto the PC. In > the BIOS

Re: only for debian?

On 1/17/20 7:29 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: > On 1/17/20 6:54 PM, kaye n wrote: ... >> I'm asking because I can't find what I'm looking for elsewhere. It's >> about VLC player. I missed that in my earlier reply! So I'd refer you to: https://wiki.debian.org/FAQ

Re: only for debian?

On 1/17/20 6:54 PM, kaye n wrote: > Hello guys, I just want to ask if this email list is strictly for > Debian? Or can one ask just about anything as long as it's related to > GNU/Linux, free software, etc? > > I'm asking because I can't find what I'm looking for elsewhere. It's > about VLC

Browsing debian-user: news.gmane.org is now news.gmane.io

If you browse du from gmane as I do, note the new domain: news.gmane.io news://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user source: https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2020/01/15/news-gmane-org-is-now-news-gmane-io/ Regards, Ralph signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: For Newbies: One line descriptions of important Linux packages

On 1/2/20 9:48 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote: [snip] > > You can inspect the first line of any package's Description field with > >    apt show packagename | grep ^Description Try ~$ whatis packagename # for installed packages Regards, Ralph signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital

Re: Fetchnews (was Re: Home made backup system)

On 12/20/19 7:40 PM, songbird wrote: [snip] ...[configuring gmane to read debian-user] > > gmane is a mail to usenet gateway service. > > when you install leafnode and your favorite newsreader > and get them configured you will still have to download > an active list from the news service

Re: Debian 9.1 amd64 Xfce panel clock broken

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 08/09/2017 06:13 PM, David Christensen wrote: > debian-user: > > I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop with an Intel Core Duo T7400 > CPU, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB SSD, and a fresh install of > debian-9.1.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso, with all updates and

Re: Darn 'beep' stoped working after installing Stretch in place of Jessie

On 08/01/2017 01:21 PM, Dejan Jocic wrote: > On 01-08-17, RavenLX wrote: >> On 08/01/2017 11:17 AM, Dejan Jocic wrote: >>> On 01-08-17, RavenLX wrote: Having it work out-of-the-box would be nice. After a fresh install, I have a bash script I run that installs all the apps I use and

Re: best practices for a fresh install on a laptop

On 07/31/2017 07:45 AM, Joe wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:54:31 +0200 > Daniel Pocock wrote: > >> On 31/07/17 07:39, Daniel Pocock wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I've recently had discussions with new users at various events who >>> were installing Debian for the first time,

Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

On 07/30/2017 08:29 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: ... > I'll reread the s option with new insight. But I really prefer the > monitor being powered down instead of using a screensaver, since my > system runs 24/7 and it's in my bedroom. A 24" monitor makes an awfully > bright nightlight. ;-) I used

Re: Xfce Power Management Problem in Sketch

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 07/15/2017 04:35 AM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I have just upgraded by Linux platform to v-9.0.0 from v-8.8.0. > > Xfce Power Management fails to blank the display. > > I have not been able to find a solution and would appreciate some >

Re: pavucontrol fails to start

On 06/26/2017 02:29 PM, Thomas George wrote: > The command pavucontrol returns an error message: > > error while loading shared libraries: libgtkmm-3.0.so-1: cannot open > object file: No such file or directory. > > Where can I find this missing file? > > I checked apt-get install

SOLVED xfce volume keys [was: Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues]

On 06/26/2017 12:54 PM, Dejan Jocic wrote: > On 26-06-17, Ralph Katz wrote: >> >> I think the workaround of using the mouse on pavucontrol or >> gkrellm-volume will have to do for sound control. Thanks! >> > > Well, not exactly solution, but as a work around

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

On 06/26/2017 12:50 AM, Floris wrote: > Op Mon, 26 Jun 2017 03:23:32 +0200 schreef Ralph Katz > <ra...@ralphkatz.com>: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA512 >> >> On 06/25/2017 04:22 PM, Floris wrote: >>> >>> Op S

Re: light-locker (was Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues)

On 06/26/2017 06:09 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 07:23:10PM -0600, Ralph Katz wrote: >> While purging xscreensaver removed 2 or 3 packages, installing now would >> bring in a host of packages, for whatever reason. I don't need a >> screensaver as mu

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 06/25/2017 04:22 PM, Floris wrote: > > Op Sun, 25 Jun 2017 19:10:40 +0200 schreef Ralph Katz > <ra...@ralphkatz.com>: >> >>> 3) The sound volume up/down function keys [Fn up/down arrow] no >>> long

Re: light-locker (was Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues)

On 06/25/2017 05:18 PM, Mike Kupfer wrote: > Ralph Katz wrote: > >> Yes! apt history shows light-locker was installed by the dist-upgrade. >> I've just purged xscreensaver and can confirm that the time-out errors >> in syslog occur on resume from screen blanking

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 06/25/2017 02:39 PM, Mike Kupfer wrote: > Ralph Katz wrote: > >>> 2) Returning from xscreensaver screen blanking sometimes shows the >>> lightdm log in screen. Ctrl-alt-F7 once or twice can get my session >>

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

On 06/24/2017 09:48 AM, Ralph Katz wrote: ... > At your suggestion, I'm re-doing my firefox setup, re-install, fresh > profile, eliminate extensions, etc. Report to follow. Update report (quoting original thread post): > Since upgrading my old Acer laptop from jessie to stretch thi

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

On 06/24/2017 01:19 AM, Felix Miata wrote: ... > > Is firmware-misc-nonfree installed? Yes. > > https://wiki.debian.org/NewInStretch (at the bottom): > > Try 'apt install xserver-xorg-legacy'. Whether that is simply about setuid or > more I haven't figured out, and likewise, how Stretch

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

On 06/23/2017 09:19 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 06/23/2017 02:44 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: ... >> 2) Returning from xscreensaver screen blanking sometimes shows the >> lightdm log in screen. Ctrl-alt-F7 once or twice can get my session >> back after an annoying pause. This nev

Re: flash in stretch again

On 06/23/2017 06:30 PM, Maureen L Thomas wrote: [...] > Are there no fixes to this problem? I have tried everything that I know > how to do. Still nothing and it doesn't matter which browser I use. It > worked just fine in Jessie and I am really sorry it upgraded to Stretch. Works fine for me

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 06/23/2017 07:13 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > apt install xserver-xorg-video-intel' and restarting X It was already installed. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/

Re: Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

On 06/23/2017 04:47 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > Ralph Katz composed on 2017-06-23 15:44 (UTC-0600): > >> Since upgrading my old Acer laptop from jessie to stretch this week, I >> have several unresolved issues. Any help would be appreciated > Help us help you by providing i

Stretch upgrade from Jessie -- several issues

Since upgrading my old Acer laptop from jessie to stretch this week, I have several unresolved issues. Any help would be appreciated. 1) Sometimes unresponsive. In up-to-date jessie, I could have two instances of firefox-esr open with multiple tabs and get reasonable response. In stretch,

Re: Laserjet p1109w - FIXED

On 09/19/2016 09:43 AM, Brian wrote: [snip] > hp-plugin is setup to go to the openprinting site for the plugin. > :) > > It has been some time since I used this technique so I was working > partly from memory. Step 5 was poor advice because that script > would expect a GUI with QT to be

Re: Decentralized reliable instant messaging?

On 08/17/2016 10:41 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: > How is sending by AOL decentralised? Hi Darac -- I suggested looking at pidgin and pidgin-otr to meet the stated needs. The fact that my use of AOL IM via pidgin was not such an example was not intended to mislead anyone. You are correct that AOL

Re: Decentralized reliable instant messaging?

On 08/12/2016 10:49 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > I'm looking for a decentralized instant message system (e.g. XMPP, SIP, > ...) where I can be sure that I receive all messages, even if I'm not > connected when the message is sent [ Obviously, I'll only receive them > when I'm back online. ] > >

Re: Icedove crashes after recent update

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 08/04/2016 03:18 AM, Emile Antonios wrote: > Hello, > > I've noticed that over the last few weeks Icedove is crashing. > I've never had a problem with that before. It typically happens > when clicking on or deleting an email. I don't get any

Re: Icedove crashes after recent update

On 08/04/2016 03:18 AM, Emile Antonios wrote: > Hello, > > I've noticed that over the last few weeks Icedove is crashing. I've > never had a problem with that before. It typically happens when clicking > on or deleting an email. I don't get any error, it just closes. > > I'm running Jessie KDE >

Re: catastrophe - but how? Aptitude goes mad

On 07/01/2016 10:25 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: ... > Aptitude has served me well, reliably and faithfully for 14 years. I was not > rushing to blame it in this case. > > But until I do find out what went wrong, I shall be a little nervous of > aptitude. :-( ... Sorry to read of your upgrade

SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On 06/22/2016 06:11 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Ralph Katz <ralph.k...@rcn.com> writes: > >> CUPS just recognizes it automagically after you >> install printer-driver-foo2zjs, which maybe you >> did. I installed the printer simply from the >> cups browser inte

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On 06/22/2016 04:10 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Ralph Katz <ralph.k...@rcn.com> writes: > >> I use the standard cups foomatic driver for >> your P1102w printer on my very similar (or >> identical) HP LaserJet Professional P1109w on >> my stable/Jessie syst

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On 06/22/2016 03:31 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote: [...] > > It is all from the repositories. > > $ lpinfo -m | grep 1102w > > drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet > Professional P 1102w hpijs, 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin >

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On 06/22/2016 10:44 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote: [...] > > To late! > > I returned the printer for another, namely > > HP LaserJet P1102w > > This I added with > > $ sudo lpadmin -p laser -E -v > 'usb://HP/LaserJet%20Professional%20P%201102w?serial=0W470T1FPR1a' -P >

Re: Disable knotify sounds using xfce

On 04/06/2016 05:13 PM, Lucio Crusca wrote: > > Il 05/04/2016 13:34, Liam O'Toole ha scritto: >> I'm not using KDE at the moment, but my experience of it is that all >> KDE applications store their configuration in text files. Is there a >> knotifyrc file somewhere on your system? See the "second

Re: Disable knotify sounds using xfce

On 04/02/2016 04:28 AM, Lucio Crusca wrote: > Hello all, > > I use Xfce, but I also like having a few KDE apps installed (namely, > k3b, konquest and a few others, but the problem here pertains to knotify > in general). I haven't the full KDE desktop and I don't want it. I'm on > a up-to-date

Re: Ransomware meets Linux - on the command line!

On 11/11/2015 10:24 PM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: [...] > Brian Krebs of Krebs On Security had > something on ransomware and Linux, just not labeled Ransm-C or > anything: > > http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/11/ransomware-now-gunning-for-your-web-sites/ > > IF I'm understanding correctly, he

Re: What software can I use to remind me of daily tasks?

On 10/09/2015 05:08 PM, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > Hello. > > I'm looking for a free (as in freedom) software that will remind me of > daily tasks. That is it: one in which I can program reminders to be > shown daily at a certain hour as a window to catch my attention or as a > sound. I have

Re: systemd ignores / overrides 'shutdown -t' delay?

On 09/12/2015 06:29 PM, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote: > Ralph Katz: > >> There is no "-t" option. >> > > In fact there is. It's undocumented; and is one of four undocumented > compatibility options, alongside -a, -f, and -F, that are simply parsed

Re: adobe flash player in Iceweasel does not work anymore in Jessie

On 09/11/2015 12:51 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > Before a new user, I'd recommend trying just a new Firefox profile: > > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles > > You can use this to run multiple profiles for different purposes, and I > _think_ that

Re: systemd ignores / overrides 'shutdown -t' delay?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 09/11/2015 02:22 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > I've recently built a VM against jessie, and just for the heck of > it, I left it with the default systemd-based configuration. > > When I log in to the console as root and try to shut down, I get > the

Re: Problems playing videos on Iceweasel

On 08/18/2015 11:53 AM, Daniel Bareiro wrote: On 18/08/15 12:49, Daniel Bareiro wrote: Any idea that can shed some light on this problem? I forgot to say that I'm using Debian Jessie with iceweasel 40.0-1~bpo80+1. It works fine for me on up-to-date Jessie with iceweasel 38.2.0. With

Re: help trouble shooting

On 08/13/2015 03:01 PM, John Olson wrote: Here's the information on the cpu couldn't find # for wireless device [snipped quote of prior messages] John -- We can't help without more info. There are experts on this list who could help with more info from you. (I am just a debian user like you.)

Re: Double-click doesn't work in many apps

On 08/14/2015 08:30 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Friday 14 August 2015 12:50:59 Stephen Allen wrote: On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 07:41:20PM -0500, Dennis Wicks wrote: I'm running Jessie and double-click-to-open doesn't work in IceDove,FileManager, Libre, every place so far where I am used to it

Re: pulseaudio module to mute other sources?

On 08/12/2015 10:46 PM, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: I'm reasonably confident there must be a better place to post this than this newsgroup, so answers telling me where to look will be just as welcome as any that address the question! I'm a Debian user, so this is where I'm trying first Is

Re: How do I get update notifications on XFCE?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 08/06/2015 09:28 PM, Peter Huber wrote: How do I get update notifications on XFCE? - From my XFCE desktop on Jessie: http://en.zimagez.com/zimage/notifications1.php -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with

Re: Mozilla Firefox exploit

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 08/07/2015 12:44 PM, Francisco M Neto wrote: Hey everyone, does anyone have news from debian security regarding the exploit on Iceweasel/Firefox that's been on the news recently? I'm wondering if I should just wait for the update or just

Re: What package contains the time daemon?

On 07/25/2015 02:59 PM, Gary Dale wrote: On 25/07/15 02:52 PM, John J. Boyer wrote: I am wondering if my Jessie system is updating its clock regularly. It gives a different time than my Windows box. What package contains the daemon that updates the time from a central site? Thanks, John

Re: fsck fails to check?

On 07/23/2015 02:20 PM, Jape Person wrote: On 07/23/2015 01:48 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: So the question is, how to set a time interval that actually forces a check as suggested my man tune2fs quoted above? Or is this a bug? My sincere apologies for accidentally sending an earlier message

Re: fsck fails to check?

On 07/23/2015 03:07 PM, David Wright wrote: Quoting Ralph Katz (ralph.k...@rcn.com): So I assumed setting the time interval would force a check on the next reboot. syslog shows check not done: And again, from tune2fs -l /dev/sda1 Last mount time: Thu Jul 23 10:45:36 2015 Last

fsck fails to check?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Yesterday I learned (from this list) that apparently Debian now defaults to no periodic disk checks after file system installation. So I manually added one yesterday. Yet when I rebooted after today's kernel update, no check was forced on the

Re: fsck fails to check?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 07/23/2015 11:28 AM, David Guyot wrote: Le jeudi 23 juillet 2015 à 11:24 -0400, Ralph Katz a écrit : So I manually added one yesterday. What does that mean? Did you add a /forcefsck file? No. Yesterday I did: sudo tune2fs -i 180 /dev/sda1

Re: fsck fails to check?

On 07/23/2015 12:59 PM, David Wright wrote: Yes, you missed yesterday's posting: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/07/msg00977.html I saw it, but perhaps I don't understand it. From man tune2fs: -i interval-between-checks[d|m|w] Adjust the maximal time

Re: CPU slow after running web browser, any command to recover it back again soon?

On 07/11/2015 08:55 PM, David Wright wrote: Quoting Rodolfo Medina (rodolfo.med...@gmail.com): I simply want to speed up the natural process through which the machine itself gets back to working normally as before, like someone that breaths with difficulty after a tremendous scare and it

Re: Free GNU/Linux intro class for teens advice? Purchase box? Squeak/Smalltalk programming

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 07/08/2015 10:18 AM, Bob Bernstein wrote: On Wed, 8 Jul 2015, Miles Fidelman wrote: I am still not convinced that $350 will be a major obstacle. $350 sound quite a lot to me and buying a whole new computer for the sake of this seems quite

Re: Firefox won't open the link from e-mail

On 06/30/2015 06:03 AM, Man_Without_Clue wrote: Hi all, Debian Jessie, 64 bit here. I have been using Thunderbird (installed in /usr/local/) and working perfectly fine with Iceweasel. Recently I tried to use google hangout and video chatting feature do not work with current stable

Solved: Re: Icedove Mail Forwarding Problem - Thanks for the Solution

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 06/21/2015 10:55 AM, Thomas H. George wrote: [...] Thanks I just tested Shift-Forward and it worked like a charm. With this problem solved Icedove works perfectly for me. Great! Nice to hear. Regards, Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

SOLVED: Re: Icedove fails to open mailto: links

On 06/20/2015 03:51 PM, Christian Seiler wrote: On 06/20/2015 09:26 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: Jessie, xfce, iceweasel preferred browser, icedove preferred mail reader, Icedove fails to open mailto: links and iceweasel's Email Link with the following error: Icedove error message window, titled

Re: SOLVED: Re: Icedove fails to open mailto: links

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 06/20/2015 05:07 PM, Ralph Katz wrote: Voila! With no further action, everything just worked. Well almost, seems like sending with pgp/mime caused the crash. As it just crashed again upon sending the above reply. I'll stick with inline

Re: Icedove Mail Forwarding Problem

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 06/19/2015 01:34 PM, Thomas H. George wrote: When I try to forward an email containing images Icedove does not send the images just some text about the images. Is there a setting I have wrong? Nothing I find in preferences seems to relate to

Icedove fails to open mailto: links

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Jessie, xfce, iceweasel preferred browser, icedove preferred mail reader, Icedove fails to open mailto: links and iceweasel's Email Link with the following error: Icedove error message window, titled Close Icedove: Icedove is already running, but

Re: Open URLs in Icedove emails in Iceweasel, how?

On 06/19/2015 11:27 AM, Christian Seiler wrote: Am 2015-06-19 16:52, schrieb Ken Heard: I am using Jessie with the latest versions of icedove (31.7.0-1) and iceweasel (31.7.0esr-1~deb-8ul) installed. update-alternatives - --config x-www-browser already points to iceweasel %u. In addition

Re: Iceweasel slow to freeze

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 06/05/2015 03:20 AM, notoneofmy wrote: I removed gnome and use xfce and it's snappier. But I lost wireless. And this I need to fix. I install wicd, plus wifi driver and supplicant; the latter two were not installed as I was informed they

Re: Cinnamon and security updates

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/19/2015 03:17 AM, D.E. Bil wrote: I'd install update-notifier (i.e. packagekit) if I wanted such a feature. Not sure if Cinnamon supports it, though. - From ~$ apt-cache show unattended-upgrades Description-en: automatic installation of

Re: Cinnamon and security updates

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/18/2015 03:30 PM, Paul van der Vlis wrote: Hello, When using a Cinnamon desktop in Debian 8, I don't get warnings when there are security updates. Is there a way to add this? With regards, Paul van der Vlis. While I don't know about

Re: skype pauses vlc

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/14/2015 08:50 AM, Paul Seyfert wrote [snipped]: Hi, since i upgraded from wheezie to jessie I observe that skype is able to pause vlc as follows: vlc plays music skype is online someone writes me a message vlc pauses and skype makes

Re: aptitude update errors for upgrade to Jessie on amd64

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/13/2015 05:15 AM, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: [snip] Anyway, I removed them, and after that the reference to wheezy in apt-get update disappeared, but I have still the same problem with Hash Sum mismatch Do you have any idea on how to fix it?

Re: Problem with Jessie, Chrome, and Icedove

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/11/2015 10:07 AM, Charles Chambers wrote: I had a bug when I installed Jessie, and I'd like to finish confirming it. This is happening on a Dell Optiplex 620GX with 2 gigs of RAM, and a dual core processor on the CPU. It also has an

Re: Systemd Problem: No VGA after /etc/init.d/gdm3 start

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/05/2015 12:28 PM, Thomas H. George wrote: On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 05:54:53PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: Am 05.05.2015 um 17:13 schrieb Thomas H. George: Entered /etc/init.d/gdm3 start from a root console. Response was to check systemctl

[SOLVED] Re: New Jessie Install: Laptop fan doesn't run

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/04/2015 11:01 PM, Glen Reesor wrote: On 2015-05-03 16:00, Glen Reesor wrote: On 2015-05-03 14:20, Ralph Katz wrote: Please don't top post; it makes following the thread harder. My reply follows below... On 05/02/2015 07:23 PM, Glen

Re: New Jessie Install: Laptop fan doesn't run

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Please don't top post; it makes following the thread harder. My reply follows below... On 05/02/2015 07:23 PM, Glen Reesor wrote: I've done some more research, and it appears that the fan control is only happening at boot, in *both* the installed

Re: HTML viewer

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 01/05/2015 07:57 PM, Frank wrote: I am looking for a simple HTML viewer I can use under MC to read HTML docs. I have Dillo installed but even it seems overkill for what I need. Does anyone have suggestions ? I use html2text for that. Very

Re: Iceweasel Latest update stealing bandwidth uselessly

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 12/07/2014 07:48 AM, Reco wrote: On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 22:03:08 +1100 Alex avko...@hotmail.com wrote: Warm greetings to all the wonderful maintainers, I am sorry to report that, with the latest Iceweasel (31.3.0) update came something I did

Re: no microphone in skype

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 12/05/2014 11:13 PM, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: Can someone please tell me how to get microphone working in Skype? When I do Skype - Options - Sound Devices - Make a test call I can't hear back my own voice. So the microphone is not

Re: no microphone in skype

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 12/06/2014 05:04 PM, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: Couple of questions: 1) What type of microphone are you using? Are you using a USB connection? In my case, I am using Logitech web camera that is connected via USB. The web camera provides both

Re: Skype substitutes for current Debian?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/19/2014 02:31 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Tuesday 19 August 2014 07:17:25 Bret Busby wrote: [snip] When I went to look at that web site, I repeatedly got The certificate at (multiple paths within the web site, even though I was trying to get

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