Re: Debian v.9.2.1 DVDs - how long are they good for?

Thanks a lot, my friends. I did not anticipate such a beautiful set of responses!

Re: USB camera; was Re: Video input vs. systemctl enable.

Hi. On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 01:22:48PM +, Curt wrote: > On 2017-09-20, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 05:56:22AM -0700, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > >> * From: Reco > >> * Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:20:18 +0300 > >> > What does 'lsusb' and 'lsusb -t' show for

Codecs and such? Like ubuntu restricted extras package?

Does something like this exist in Debian? A package which brings in restricted extras? A repository for all these extras? (without trusting some vague "unofficial" maintainer) It's so easy with the various buntus and Mint, I'm searching for similar functionality here. [FWIW I ONLY WANT TO USE DEB

Tails: Failed InRelease - tor+http://vwakviie2ienjx6t.onion/

I'm seeing this in Tails when I refresh the package repositories: Failed - 0B - InRelease - tor+http://vwakviie2ienjx6t.onion/ debian stretch InRelease Why is this happening and how may I fix it please?

Feedback

Hello! Today I downloaded the latest release of Debian, the 9.1 i386 XFCE Live. I downloaded as a torrent by the earlier Debian 9.0.1 x64 XFCE. I experienced (sorry my poor english!) that the LibreOffice Writer couldn't start and the system can give only 1GB free space (!). I don't like th

Audio CD Ripper: Best which use multicore for encoding?

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Dare to be stupid

You can be a coffee achiever You can sit around the house and watch Leave It To Beaver The future's up to you So what you gonna do Dare to be stupid Dare to be stupid What did I say Dare to be stupid Tell me, what did I say Dare to be stupid It's alright Dare to be stupid We can be stupid all nigh

LXQT - Anyone using it?

Is anyone using LXQT? What do you think about it?

Bluray Debian ISOs: Which app(s) burns bluray images?

With downloaded Bluray ISO images, I need to use a burning application in Linux which supports blank Bluray medium. I know I could try Windows options such as ImgBurn via Wine, but I'm hoping for a Linux application. Thanks.

Custom Debian LiveCD?

I'd like to make my own custom Debian livecd for private use. However, when I search for this on the web it's either posts which talk about discontinued programs which have been abandoned and/or no longer work, or pages with step by step instructions, dozens of pages long, and usually followed by p

Skype

Skype on Linux is terrible and crashes randomly, even after fixing the Pulseaudio issue. No other software I've ever used on Linux causes as many problems as Skype. Obviously this problem ultimately comes from Microsoft, but nevertheless many of us need Skype for communications with colleagues runn

Re: Is my libpcap properly installed?

On Mar 1, 1:00 pm, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 23:29 -0800, anonymous wrote: > > I am trying to compile a package which requires libpcap. When I > > do the following: > > *WHAT* are you trying to compile? > > Don't be asham

Is my libpcap properly installed?

I am trying to compile a package which requires libpcap. When I do the following: dpkg -l 'lib*' | grep libpcap I get the following result: ii libpcap0.7 0.7.2-7 System interface for user level ... I also checked this by using: ls -l /usr/lib/libpcap* and it produced the following res

Re: how many CDs for v3.1 r3?

Steve McIntyre wrote: > [ "anonymous" seems to be a silly name to be using, but hey... ] > > "anonymous" wrote: > > > >I still have not received a definitive reply to my question as yet. > >Which, to repeat was: > > > >" I found o

Re: how many CDs for v3.1 r3?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 07:23:11PM +0530, Amit Joshi wrote: > > > > I don't know, but this has been discussed quite a lotta times in various > > fora. > > Users often get stunned by the number of CDs and get confused what to > > download and what not to. > > Perhaps ht

Re: how many CDs for v3.1 r3?

Samuel Bächler wrote: > > A. > > > First of all you should not call yourself anonymous, tell us your real name. > > > I would like to know whether all these CDs have binary files or are > > these also include CDs with > > sources and documentation. If so, whic

how many CDs for v3.1 r3?

I was planning to download and test install Debian for the first time. However, when I browsed the website below: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r3/i386/iso-cd/ for a download, I found out that I would need to download 18 CDs: 15 regular and 3 for the update. I would like to know whethe

setting up partition before cryptsetup

Do I need to make an extra, unused partition when I install Debian on a new computer, before I try to use cryptsetup to add an encrypted filesystem? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

encrypted filesystem that can be mounted remotely?

I'd like to keep some of the data on my computer's hard drive encrypted, but not necessarily all of it. But I also need to be able to reboot the computer remotely and log into by SSH without the encrypted FS mounted, then mount the encrypted partition in the SSH session (from a trusted machine, of

securing an Ubuntu box in a shared office?

I know that anyone who can get into a computer can make it insecure (by putting the hard drive in another machine or taking the mo/board battery out to clear the bios password), but what are the steps I can realistically take to make a computer in a shared office secure? I can only think of these

unsubscribe

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Re: remove a page about us on your site please

You wrote: > Hello, > > Could you please remove this page from your site: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/09/msg03184.html Could you please take your spam > stepnewz > > > > > > > > Hello, >   > Could you please remove this page from your > site: > >   > href="http://

Re: Request to remove Information

> Use where there is a real threat to one's person for convey information of > importance that might be supressed by individuals of power. > > Being an asshat on an anonymous remailer only gives them a taint in the > eyes of individuals which might turn into

Re: Request to remove Information

You wrote: > On (14/11/05 17:36), privacy.at Anonymous Remailer wrote: > > > > Regardless, please come back in a few months and request its removal > > > > again. I'd love to see that original email [2] climb higher in > > > > Google's r

Re: Request to remove Information

> > Regardless, please come back in a few months and request its removal > > again. I'd love to see that original email [2] climb higher in > > Google's results than the current #3 spot it holds now when searching > > for your name. ;) > > It's at the number 1 spot at the moment :D. > > http

Re: Request to remove Information

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Re: Request to remove Information

> privacy.at Anonymous Remailer wrote: > > WTF is all this crap? Set your mail client up RIGHT or FOAD. > > Ah yes, another example of responsible use of an anonymous remailer. > You know, I've been known to be a right asshole in my years on this list and > other

Re: Request to remove Information

You wrote: > Debian, > > The following information should not have been made available to the > entire public domain. Please remove the following links/files at your > earliest convenience. > > *Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:57:42 -0700 > *Message-id: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: How to look up the serial port in debian?

> Could anyone show me how to look up the used serial ports in Debian? I want > to use a serial port terminal to connect to a target board. But the > terminal said that the port I chose was already in use. So I came to ask > for help. They're usually on the back of the box. Here's what to look

meaning of this? gethostby*.getanswer: ... got type "39"

I sometimes find such messages in my syslog: mutella gethostby*.getanswer: asked for "gwc1c.olden.ch.3557.nyud.net IN A", got type "39" Maybe two or three in a day, then nothing like it for weeks. What does it signify? Should I concern about it? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

how to remount / correctly?

Last time I tried to umount / and mount it again with different options I wedged my system and had to reboot. I think I even tried editing /etc/fstab first then type "umount / ; mount /" all on one line. What's the correct way to umount and re-mount /? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

side effects of mounting ext3 with "mand" option?

The wipe.sf.net file wiping tool's man page says the filesystem should be mounted with the mand option for mandatory file locking. I notice that this is not a default in any Gnu/Linux installation I've ever used. I also can't find much documentation about it. Are there any harmful side effects or

Re: ext2/ext3, sync/async filesystems, data hygiene

Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm the author of wipe, btw (the one at wipe.sf.net). Meta-data journaling > alone isn't a problem (except for wiping filenames), but full data > journaling is, and some journaled fs (like reiser) don't necessarily place > data on the same blocks when you over

ext2/ext3, sync/async filesystems, data hygiene

I'm thinking of switching from ext3 back to ext2 because the wiping utilities (shred, srm) aren't supposed to work on journaled filesystems. But I'm also thinking of mounting ext2 synchronously to reduce the risk of data loss (power cuts, etc). What will I screw up if I do this? I notice that t

Re: encrypting the users' folders

> You do have to trust the entity that provides your service, and its > agents, at least to some extent. > > For example, an encrpyted filesystem does you no good if you are > using the hardware provided by the hosting company which can insert > keyloggers and take copies of the private keys whic

pinning ssh to whatever is current in stable?

On a Debian testing system I want to pin the ssh package only to whatever is the current version from the stable repository. I've read the APT HOWTO and I think I want to put this stanza in /etc/apt/preferences: Package: ssh Pin: release a=stable,c=main,o=Debian,l=Debian Pin-Priority: 1001 Is t

hipcrime?

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which version of the ssh daemon is more secure?

I'm running an "unstable" system and I need remote access by ssh. "Stable" is considered better for servers (but I need unstable for newer versions of a lot of packages on my workstation), "testing" gets security updates last, but "unstable" has a higher version number of ssh. it safer to run the s

Man page issue

I installed the uisp package in Debian stable. I did 'man uisp' and was given the undocumented(7) man page, which asked me not to report the lack of man page as a bug. However, the uisp tarball, in the same version as the one in Debian stable, does come with a man page. The package just doesn't

2.2.17 and ReiserFS

I am not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I am going to give it a shot anyway... I've been trying to compile all the pre-releases of the 2.2.17 kernel on ReiserFS, and none of them worked. I am wondering if anyone knows what nesessary steps do I have to take, to make it work?

libjpeg6a, libjpegg6a, kde

ok i d/led the hamm version of kde from ftp.kde.org because the only other was potato and i am running slink. so i try to install the kdelibg thing or whatever and it complains about no libjpeg6a so i find the closest thing which is libjegg6a and libjpeg6b and install both of them and neither of t

enlightenment, rpm

ok i wanted the latest version of enlightenment on my debian 2.1 so i took the rpm off of the RH6 cd and copied it to /. then i did alien -d theenlightenmnetrpm.rpm on the rpm and it generated it. i also did it on the enlightenment-conf rpm. then i used dpkg -i on the .deb files and everything w

X, netscape

now i am getting very, very annoyed. with all the talk about how stable etc. debian is then i try it and all the claims are invalid. first with the default everything on X etc. mozilla comes up with errors (actually they are X errors, like "error invalid ButtonX call" etc. you get the idea). on

slink and netscape/mozilla

ok this is all on default slink install stuff from a 4-cdrom set purchased off of cheapbytes. netscape/mozilla gives errors in X just various stuff as well as hitting "enter" in the location textbox at top does nothing. i have to goto file->open to goto a webpage. i did not have to do this on

kernel 2.2.6

i'm a new debian user, but fairly experienced linux user. i just got slink (debian 2.1) in the mail so installed it. i downloaded kernel 2.2.6 to upgrade the first time it said a86 command not found so i searched mailing list archives and found out i needed the bin86 package so then that worked.