Re: Future upgrade from Stretch RC2 to release

2017-03-28 Thread songbird
t will be a good way to learn some of the basics you'll need. > * Does anybody know if Squirrelmail is working properly with PHP7 now? (I k= > now that this is off-topic.) no idea on these. someone else will have to address... > > Grateful for your input. Thanks in advance. y.w. songbird

Re: DD bs=4M option on USB mem-stick creates false format

2017-03-28 Thread songbird
tition 3 ? > Can they remove partition 3 and add on new one ? > > ---- > > Have a nice day :) thanks! u2. songbird

Re: When specifying path to file - confused about ./ and ~/

2017-03-28 Thread songbird
would run, > right? While pkgX will run the /usr/bin/pkgX see above... songbird

Re: Upgrading Jessie to Stretch

2017-03-28 Thread songbird
n's file systems (ext2 to ext4 as just one example). songbird

Re: repairing damage to package manager

2017-03-25 Thread songbird
of them instead of the few i intended. then i deleted the tags. there is no way to interrupt this. oops. i had to go find the backup files and restore the database which held the tags. luckily i did make a backup of my work and that was all it was to restore the tags instead of having to actually go dig up the 9000 picture files again. songbird

Re: repairing damage to package manager

2017-03-24 Thread songbird
hat versions are showing up. then if they are still there you can try dpkg -i on the latest versions songbird

Re: new packages

2017-03-23 Thread songbird
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 02:42:20PM -0400, songbird wrote: >> when you run: >> >> $ apt-get upgrade >> >> it will not add any new programs, but when you run: >> >> $ apt-get dist-upgrade >> >> it will tell you w

Re: new packages

2017-03-23 Thread songbird
use it any longer). songbird

Re: installer defaults for desktops (was Re: Suggested edit)

2017-03-23 Thread songbird
#x27;d be very surprised if you could not find them available on-line. have you actually looked? songbird

Re: No sound in Firefox

2017-03-20 Thread songbird
386 PulseAudio sound server ii pulseaudio-utils 10.0-1 i386 Command line tools for the PulseAudio sound server = hth, songbird

Re: Where is data stored when Synaptic scans DVDs?

2017-03-18 Thread songbird
deloptes wrote: ... > very good advise songbird > > we would usually dd the iso and mount via loop, then use either http or file > share to provide the installer to the client plenty of ways to get this done. i forgot to mention that i've had media go bad (both cds and

Re: Where is data stored when Synaptic scans DVDs?

2017-03-18 Thread songbird
Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/17/2017 11:15 AM, songbird wrote: >> Richard Owlett wrote: >>> As I have limited bandwidth, I install from DVDs. >>> Also I frequently experiment with various options by doing a fresh >>> install to a different partition. >>

Re: Where is data stored when Synaptic scans DVDs?

2017-03-17 Thread songbird
do some minimal install to get the base system going, then do a partition copy of that and you'll not have to redo the previous steps again to recover if you want to try something else. songbird

Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies

2017-03-16 Thread songbird
so do a backup with tar of selected directories once every few months just in case something happens. when i'm doing a new system from scratch i use a partition copy utility after each major step so i don't have to go back and reinstall from media and/or network if something doesn't quite go as i'd like. songbird

Re: Upgrading Jessie to Stretch

2017-03-05 Thread songbird
past few months there # have been RC bugs files which made me hold some # packages for a few weeks to a month or so but # eventually those were resolved and nothing has # popped up in the past few weeks. # songbird

Re: Stretch & Safely Replacing systemd? AntiX

2017-03-04 Thread songbird
my older machine with systemd. i'm running up to date debian testing. i haven't had any major issues other than when systemd was first installed. songbird

an answer plus minimal font size (was: A minimal relational database in Debian?

2017-02-27 Thread songbird
the alternative approach is to find the website on-line and read the help via HTML browser which usually will honor a minimum font spec. songbird

[SOLVED] testing reportbug broken?

2017-02-15 Thread songbird
Sven Joachim wrote: > songbird wrote: > >> anyone else seeing this? >> >> $ reportbug >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 2234, in >> main() >> File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 108

testing reportbug broken?

2017-02-15 Thread songbird
ot;, line 1778, in initialize gi.require_version('Vte', '2.91') File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 118, in require_version raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace) ValueError: Namespace Vte not available songbird

Re: [FOLLOW-UP] Re: Having scanned set of installation DVDs...

2017-02-14 Thread songbird
, especially if it does save you tons of needless bit moving. :) songbird

Re: [FOLLOW-UP] Re: Having scanned set of installation DVDs...

2017-02-13 Thread songbird
Richard Owlett wrote: > On 02/12/2017 09:26 AM, songbird wrote: >> Richard Owlett wrote: >>> songbird wrote: >> ... >>>> years ago i copied from dvds to a subdirectory >>>> on an external USB drive. it worked ok, but i did >>>> have

Re: [FOLLOW-UP] Re: Having scanned set of installation DVDs...

2017-02-12 Thread songbird
Richard Owlett wrote: >songbird wrote: ... >> years ago i copied from dvds to a subdirectory >> on an external USB drive. it worked ok, but i did >> have to tell in the apt sources list that i was >> using a file and not a dvd. >> >> i am pr

Re: [FOLLOW-UP] Re: Having scanned set of installation DVDs...

2017-02-11 Thread songbird
i used a "cp -r" to do it too... fwiw, :) songbird

Re: RESOLVED - was [Re: Problem with Mate's Top Panel]

2017-02-11 Thread songbird
Richard Owlett wrote: > songbird wrote: ... >> >> click on the panel >> >> then add to panel. >> >> both the main menu and the menu bar are >> there in the list. > > Yes, but with a "gotcha" ;) > The description of "Main

Re: Problem with Mate's Top Panel

2017-02-11 Thread songbird
to the original configuration. How? > > The "Help" system is very un-helpful. All I could find was a description of > the > original configuration with nothing about restoring it if changed. click on the panel then add to panel. both the main menu and the menu bar are there in the list. songbird

Re: My bash script is missing something - what?

2016-10-10 Thread songbird
se is: > bash: test.sh: command not found > > I'm using Squeeze with Gnome2 as DE. > What's wrong? > TIA also remember that test itself is a builtin or binary on some systems. you may be running on thing and thinking you are running another. in this particular case with the .sh extension you are safe, but forget that once and ... songbird

Re: Problems with upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie

2016-10-05 Thread songbird
ng/sid though too which is up to version 1.16 of MATE. i think 1.14 or 1.12 is more stable. looks like from recent discussion they are trying to get 1.18 into the next stable release, but i'm not sure they'll be able to make it under the freeze deadlines. songbird

Re: Getting Involved with Packaging [was Re: Building Debian Package From Upstream Source]

2016-09-27 Thread songbird
pository to your list in /etc/apt/sources.list and then do an update. then use: apt-get source pkg apt-get build-dep pkg and explore/play to your heart's content :) songbird

Re: testing, rhythmbox err msg "Failed to open output device: Unable to prepare device"

2016-06-16 Thread songbird
Sven Arvidsson wrote: ... > Most likely a problem with Gstreamer, is=C2=A0gstreamer1.0-alsa installed? pulseaudio was too noisy, took it out again, left gstreamer alone. things now work like before with alsa. thanks again, :) songbird

Re: testing, rhythmbox err msg "Failed to open output device: Unable to prepare device"

2016-06-15 Thread songbird
x27;ll leave it alone, but will keep this in mind if i see the error message again. cheers, thanks, songbird

[SOLVED] nevermind, installed pulseaudio

2016-06-15 Thread songbird
futzed around with that and seems to be working. not sure i like having to add yet more stuff, but if that is how it needs to be then... songbird

testing, rhythmbox err msg "Failed to open output device: Unable to prepare device"

2016-06-15 Thread songbird
alled, (running MATE desktop) other than a few bits which seem to be required... any ideas? i've tried other versions going back but it seems to not make any difference now. songbird

Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness!

2016-03-26 Thread songbird
that this E-list contains an expert of the quality of > Mr Mieta. great news! glad you got it working. :) songbird

Re: Changing Boot Order

2016-03-25 Thread songbird
e. the first item on that list. so to boot a different selection you edit /etc/default/grub the line that mentions GRUB_DEFAULT and change the 0 to some other number. in my case i have four entries. so to test another i picked the entry 2 (which is really 3 on the list on the screen). then did update-grub (as root). worked. songbird

Re: Changing Boot Order

2016-03-24 Thread songbird
me with my machine. > But I have recently moved, quite hurriedly, and I fear that the paper > manuals were lost. ] > > Thanks in advance for all help and suggestions! yes, it is in grub you can change which is booted first. the file: /etc/default/grub (make backup copy if you make changes you are unsure about) songbird

Re: computer cann't shut down

2016-03-19 Thread songbird
; > shutdown -h now > > > Have a nice day :) ah, haha, thanks, typoed dangit! yes that should have been -h not -f... songbird

Re: computer cann't shut down

2016-03-19 Thread songbird
ing, along with desktop or window manager. under MATE there is an entry in the menu which allows for shut down. or as root user i can use the command # shutdown -h now which also works... songbird

Re: Current stability of Debian testing?

2016-03-02 Thread songbird
holding a package so it doesn't get upgraded automatically. songbird

MATE 1.12 uploaded to unstable aka sid

2016-01-03 Thread songbird
t's only a warning, but as of yet i don't know how to fix it or even what applet it is referring to: org.mate.panel.applet.WnckletFactory[1239]: ** (wnck-applet:1275): WARNING **: Failed to get pixmap 14682869,1667, google has not provided any more details either. songbird

Re: Upgrading debian to specific minor version

2015-09-10 Thread songbird
Joris Schoolmeesters wrote: > Thanks for all replies. > > > Didn't know about about snapshot.debian.org > Looks like the best way to go in this situation. much easier than another method (get specific package version numbers and force upgrades to those versions). songbird

Re: Upgrading debian to specific minor version

2015-09-09 Thread songbird
Joris Schoolmeesters wrote: > Hi all, > > With Debian 7.9 out in the wild, apt-get will upgrade you > automatically to 7.9 on Debian 7. > > Is there a way to upgrade from 7.7 to 7.8 ? the easiest way is probably by looking up the release date and then using: snapshot.debian.org songbird

Re: Gnome-terminal in Mate, How?

2015-06-24 Thread songbird
p a menu entry for it. songbird -- 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/aghq5c-835@id-306963.user.uni-berlin.de

Re: missing segfault messages (SOLVED)

2015-05-02 Thread songbird
recent updates to testing gave me back the expected messages. songbird -- 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/of0g1c-ga7@id-30696

Re: where adjusts system date/time? (SOLVED)

2015-05-02 Thread songbird
got it! songbird -- 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/vh0g1c-ga7@id-306963.user.uni-berlin.de

Re: where adjusts system date/time?

2015-05-02 Thread songbird
aside from systemd adjusting hwclock on the shutdown, there is also a call to hwclock.sh in /etc/rcS.d/S07hwclock.sh which runs on the start up, so i'm hoping to find out this afternoon if i've finally solved this. hope so. :) songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: where adjusts system date/time?

2015-04-29 Thread songbird
Michael Biebl wrote: >schrieb songbird: >> will it stay masked when updates to systemd come through? > > The mask is created in /etc/systemd/system, which is admin territory, > i.e. not overwritten by the package. > > So your answer is yes. thanks again! i really a

Re: where adjusts system date/time?

2015-04-29 Thread songbird
Michael Biebl wrote: > schrieb songbird: >> help? any futher things to try that come to mind? > > That's most likely hwclock-save.service, which is run on shutdown. > This was added due to [1]. Some users where quite adamant, that they > needed it. > > You can

where adjusts system date/time?

2015-04-29 Thread songbird
o, made sure systemd time-sync is disabled. help? any futher things to try that come to mind? thanks! songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.

Re: testing or stable

2015-04-27 Thread songbird
tretch isn't released yet) and Sid is unstable. if you have your sources.list set to testing and have updated your system you may have already pulled in stuff that may never see a stable release. i've already had updates to a few dozen packages (via testing or testing security

Re: Appropriate forum to discuss really small Debian [derivative?/blend??]

2015-04-27 Thread songbird
eded), i'm not sure what the base system install for Jessie is like. songbird -- 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/tcr11c-k5c@id-306963.user.uni-berlin.de

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

2015-04-26 Thread songbird
The Wanderer wrote: > Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: >> songbird wrote: >> >>> # cpio -i -v < /boot/initrd.img-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae >>> kernel >>> kernel/x86 >>> kernel/x86/microcode >>> kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin >&g

thank you debian developers, helpers, translators, contributors!

2015-04-26 Thread songbird
Jessie is out! that makes for a lot of time for folks on the installer, release team, debuggers, documentors, etc. i appreciate and applaud each of you when i see what is happening. every day your work is helpful to me and to others that i help. THANK YOU again, songbird -- To

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

2015-04-25 Thread songbird
The Wanderer wrote: >Ric Moore wrote: ... >> Sorry I missed it, but what version of Debian does this occur on?? > > My system, which does not have the problem, is on current testing - > dist-upgraded just this afternoon. > > songbird is at least running initramfs-tools fro

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

2015-04-25 Thread songbird
The Wanderer wrote: >songbird wrote: >> The Wanderer wrote: >>> songbird wrote: > >>>> /boot/initrd.img-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae: ASCII cpio archive (SVR4 with >>>> no CRC) >>> >>> So it's not compressed at all. >>> >>

Re: udev - set persistent name for WLAN Adapter

2015-04-25 Thread songbird
", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", > ATTR{address}=="00:e0:4c:81:92:77", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0" > , ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan2" > > So what am I missing here? > Why can't I se

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

2015-04-25 Thread songbird
The Wanderer wrote: > songbird wrote: >> The Wanderer wrote: >>> songbird wrote: > >>>> doesn't work for me, hmm: >>>>=20 >>>> # gunzip - < /boot/initrd.img-3.18.0-trunk-686-pae | cpio -i >>>>=20 >>>> gzi

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

2015-04-25 Thread songbird
The Wanderer wrote: > songbird wrote: >> Mike Kupfer wrote: >>> songbird wrote: >>> >>>> how did you expand the initramfs? i tried the >>>> command given and didn't get it to work and so set >>>> it aside until i could read f

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

2015-04-25 Thread songbird
Mike Kupfer wrote: > songbird wrote: > >> how did you expand the initramfs? i tried the >> command given and didn't get it to work and so set >> it aside until i could read further docs today. > > I did > > $ su > # cd /root > # mkdi

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

2015-04-25 Thread songbird
Michael Biebl wrote: > schrieb songbird: >> Mike Kupfer wrote: >>> The Wanderer wrote: >>> >>>> If that doesn't help, then I'd advise that you expand the initramfs /= > >>>> initrd file from under /boot into an empty directory, and

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

2015-04-25 Thread songbird
mfs? i tried the command given and didn't get it to work and so set it aside until i could read further docs today. i meant to reply last night saying that the 401: was likely a line number from init, but got sidetracked... songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@l

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

2015-04-23 Thread songbird
songbird wrote: > Mike Kupfer wrote: > >> Hi, after updating a jessie VM, I noticed a message during boot, before >> lightdm started. The message was something like >> >> /init [stuff I didn't catch] touch: not found >> >> After logging in, I trie

Re: boot-time messages, /init touch not found

2015-04-21 Thread songbird
ed to exist yet... sorry, i'm short on time to dig into this further but i wanted to reply at least to know you were heard. :) songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debia

Re: SCIM - terminal spreadsheet - sc fork

2015-02-21 Thread songbird
Andrés Martinelli wrote: ... > What are your suggestions? ts is taken, but: tss, tsh, tssh are not (at least as far as i can tell). songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lis

Re: Upgrading Kernel - Out of Disk Space

2015-02-13 Thread songbird
what version of the installer are you using? if it is an older image i'd try the most recent before filing bugs. songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Writing to 2 TB USB hard drive fails

2015-02-11 Thread songbird
read/write NTFS driver for FUSE also, scrounge-ntfs can be a useful utility if you have stuff on a damaged ntfs partition that you want to try to recover. there's probably other utilities out there to find stuff if needed (ddrescue, testdisk are two that i've used in the past).

Re: Writing to 2 TB USB hard drive fails

2015-02-11 Thread songbird
nderfully with a 500 >> GB drive I've used >> and also a 1 TB drive.=20 > > How do you back up? What software? Is there a verbose/debug/logging > option? and what file systems have been set up on them? songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d

Re: Deb package update in depth

2015-02-10 Thread songbird
it can be done since the current PHP installation exists and gets upgraded at times. perhaps examining the PHP debs in conjunction with the documentation will give you the answers. songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &qu

Re: Permanent Fave: apt-show-versions -u (Was: help in purging old packages)

2015-02-10 Thread songbird
s at times. even now that i have a faster connection i still use it when i see the MB of updates is more than a few. songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: Delay playing videos, was Re: [OT?]Squeeze: update Flashplugin?

2015-02-10 Thread songbird
x27;t know of anything within the browsers, but apart from that see if youtube-dl will work for you (there are others too)... songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org A

apt-get upgrade sometimes needs -f

2015-02-09 Thread songbird
/pool/main/l/lame/libmp3lame0_3.99.5+repack1-6_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 64.50.236.52 80] when i use the -f option after the upgrade like: apt-get upgrade -f it will download these files and things work as expected. songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: incomplete update(?) trashed my system

2015-02-08 Thread songbird
another option is to sort the directory contents by size and remove only those that are the largest to get enough space back. songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.o

Re: I screwed up gdm3, can't recover - need help with systemctl - more details

2015-02-08 Thread songbird
going there either, but you may get a more informative error message and perhaps something in the X session logs. songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https:

Re: Recommendations for a AMD64 Jessie xfce/kde cd

2015-02-08 Thread songbird
t dvd will have most of what you need. daily images if they are there will be the most current. songbird -- 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/t69kqb-181@id-306963.user.uni-berlin.de

Re: incomplete update(?) trashed my system

2015-02-07 Thread songbird
USB device so that if i do need some back i can get them without having to redownload them. the other thing to look at is the output of: % df -i to make sure your inodes aren't running out. songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a sub

Re: I screwed up gdm3, can't recover

2015-02-07 Thread songbird
Thomas H. George wrote: ... > What to do? Reinstall jessie? Continue experimenting with systemctl > commands? > > Any suggestions? i'd go to single user mode and use: apt-get purge gdm3 xdm and then try to install gdm3 again and see how that goes... songbird -- To U

partclone (was: missing segfault messages

2015-02-06 Thread songbird
Petter Adsen wrote: > songbird wrote: >> a while ago i was looking for a program that would >> allow me to copy partition images and restore them -- >> now i wish i had been a little more persistent in >> that search... :) > > Like http://partclone.org ? :) cu

Re: missing segfault messages

2015-02-06 Thread songbird
Petter Adsen wrote: > songbird wrote: >> a while ago i was looking for a program that would >> allow me to copy partition images and restore them -- >> now i wish i had been a little more persistent in >> that search... :) > > Like http://partclone.org ? :)

Re: missing segfault messages

2015-02-06 Thread songbird
ram that would allow me to copy partition images and restore them -- now i wish i had been a little more persistent in that search... :) songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.

missing segfault messages

2015-02-05 Thread songbird
lt, or if it is trying to hand the message to systemd and not getting through or what... any hints on trying to get this resolved would be great. thanks! in the meantime i'll see if i can revert to previous systemd and see if that solves the issue... songbird -- To UNS

Re: 2 TB HDD not automounting under Debian.

2015-02-01 Thread songbird
uld know what the file system is. if it is ntfs then he can install the package: ntfs-3g and see if that works. in hindsight i wish i had not changed the file system on my external drive to ntfs when i first set it up. songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@li

Re: Purging a package...............

2014-11-23 Thread songbird
find more each time through). songbird -- 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/pv4akb-09c@id-306963.user.uni-berlin.de

Re: curl: (35) error:14077438:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:tlsv1 alert internal error

2014-11-20 Thread songbird
SL libz > TLS-SRP > > Thank you! > Teresa and Junior i'm certainly not a wizard when it comes to this sort of thing, but have you tried --sslv2 instead? i think ssl3 has been largely removed from many places because of exploits/vulnerabilities. songbird -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: the developers have spoken

2014-11-19 Thread songbird
Lisi Reisz wrote: > songbird wrote: >> kudoes, much love, go jessie! > >:-)) +1 :) > Lisi > > This was intended for the list, not to go off-list. Sorry again, Songbird. > I > need to press L for the Debian list, not click on reply. And I don't >

the developers have spoken

2014-11-19 Thread songbird
the vote is in. let us thank each one of them for their efforts to continue making Debian what it is: a fractious and wonderful expression of free source code, the ability to distribute such in a relatively sane and safe manner. kudoes, much love, go jessie! songbird -- To

Re: Web site conformance and various browsers

2014-11-17 Thread songbird
ce i do have free time here or there i'll also volunteer to help them test newer versions. songbird -- 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.

Web site conformance and various browsers

2014-11-17 Thread songbird
used the same basic infrastructure as Iceweasel. any web developers who struggle with this and if I'm missing something obvious (like use a different browser like Opera or ...)? thanks! songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

2014-11-14 Thread songbird
h XXX. Where >> XXX represents whatever Iceweasel calls to play the mp4. > > Sorry, Brad. You are assuming too much functioning brain power. H264 has > only always and never. Flash has all three, but once I have set it to ask to > activate, where is the .mp4 link to

Re: umask has no man page?

2014-11-11 Thread songbird
Andrei POPESCU wrote: > songbird wrote: >> are you suggesting which be altered or the >> manual page be amended to include more information >> about what to do when which fails to report any >> matching command? > > I'd rather see which(1) be more informa

Re: umask has no man page?

2014-11-10 Thread songbird
re you suggesting which be altered or the manual page be amended to include more information about what to do when which fails to report any matching command? > Kind regards, > Andrei :) man bash describes it well, but as the OP says they don't know it is a builtin (until they pok

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-12 Thread songbird
whatever i learned to get things going tends to get "overwritten" by whatever else comes along later. so while i may have a general idea of what i need to do, i'll still always have to refigure out the syntax of certain commands or options or whatever before i can get going again. so

Re: how to reinstall bash

2014-09-14 Thread songbird
Martin Read wrote: > songbird wrote: >> Marko Randjelovic wrote: >>> I don't know what Debian release do you use, but since Squeeze, /bin/sh >>> should point to dash. >> >>i'm not sure about that... > > I suspect it to be the case that if

Re: how to reinstall bash

2014-09-14 Thread songbird
ug 21 17:51 bash -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 112204 Jan 10 2014 dash lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Aug 21 17:51 rbash -> bash lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Mar 4 2012 sh -> bash lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jan 10 2014 sh.distrib -> dash /etc/debian_version says jessie/sid son

Re: portability of jigdo

2014-09-01 Thread songbird
Rusi Mody wrote: > On Monday, September 1, 2014 8:40:01 AM UTC+5:30, songbird wrote: >> Rusi Mody wrote: >> > Context: >> > On the tex user group, someone was asking/complaining about >> > the difficulties of downloading texlive. >> > - One has to

Re: portability of jigdo

2014-08-31 Thread songbird
the topic perhaps you can ask them if they can change their practices somehow to facilitate such things for the future? never hurts to ask, worst they can do is ignore you or say no, but perhaps someone will take a look at it. songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.

Re: Increasing Debian's Adoptability [Was: Skipping releases on dist-upgrades]

2014-08-28 Thread songbird
Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: >songbird wrote: >> >> based upon my recent attempt to jump versions >> it's really much easier to back up your user data >> and then reinstall. ... >> if i'd had a more recent media download i >> would have stopped aft

Re: upgrade stuck (and machine too)

2014-08-21 Thread songbird
B wrote: do you have IPv6 disabled? songbird -- 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/3miicb-9d1@id-306963.user.uni-berlin.de

Re: Debian Jessie Release

2014-08-11 Thread songbird
d a bootable system and not had to jump through a lot of hoops to figure out what was going on (turning off quiet boot, turning on persistent journaling, installing a bootable wheezy, etc.). songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "

Re: a simple script for restoring downloaded debs

2014-07-22 Thread songbird
Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > songbird wrote on 07/19/2014 16:23: >> Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > >>> Why not copy all files back and order something like "apt-get autoclean" to >>> get >>> rid of the older packages? >> >> it's

Re: Skipping releases on dist-upgrades [was: Re: Is this safe?? Chrome in Debian 6]

2014-07-21 Thread songbird
s from those who would be concerned with making it work. if i'd had a more recent media download i would have stopped after about a half hour of attempts and just done that. but it _was_ an interesting exercise... songbird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@list

Re: a simple script for restoring downloaded debs

2014-07-21 Thread songbird
Curt wrote: >Chris Bannister wrote: >> >> Are you aware of snapshot.debian.org? Save yourself time and anxiety. :) yes aware. no anxiety. > I believe he wants to keep things local due to a slow and/or problematic > internet connection. right. songbird -- To

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