Re: Cron, > 1 month but < 2 months

2012-03-10 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:09:23 +, T o n g wrote: > >> Is there any easy way to schedule a job for a duration that is greater >> than one month but shorter than 2 months? Any duration will do, as long >> as it is easy to schedule. > > Mmm... I wo

Re: Debian 6.0.4 i386 /usr/bin/time command line arguments broken?

2012-03-10 Thread David Christensen
On 03/10/2012 04:00 PM, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: This came up on the list very recently. There's a bash reserved word "time" so you need to give the full path for the program time. Thanks for the explanation. :-) I've filed a bug report: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=

Re: [1/8OT] How to open .cgi

2012-03-10 Thread David Christensen
On 03/10/2012 05:03 PM, Mark Neidorff wrote: You misunderstand CGI. It is a way that a script that generates a web page can have that page displayed in a browser window. CGI is internal to the web browser. You use a language like perl or whatever to generate the script that the web server pick

Re: CUPS

2012-03-10 Thread Ethan Rosenberg
At 02:15 PM 3/9/2012, Brian wrote: On Fri 09 Mar 2012 at 11:22:13 -0500, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: Everything on the parallel port looks kosher (hopefully, other eyes are peeking to) but when you report: > rosenberg:/home/ethan# lpinfo -v > WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: > /tmp/keyr

Re: [1/8OT] How to open .cgi

2012-03-10 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Wednesday 07 March 2012 11:53:02 pm lina wrote: > Hi, > > I don't know how to run .cgi in debian (or iceweasle) > > I put it in > > :/var/www/try$ ls -l > > total 4 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 212 Mar 8 12:29 hello.cgi > > Thanks for any suggestions, > > Best regards, You misunderstand CGI.

Re: using bittorrent for backup of personal files

2012-03-10 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Tuesday 06 March 2012 7:18:49 pm Rob Owens wrote: > I'm considering using bittorrent to back up large files such as pictures > and home movies. I am the admin for several of my family members' > computers. The idea would be to back up my files onto their machines, > then eventually back their

Re: How to share the Internet with Linux and an iPad by Wi-Fi?

2012-03-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2012-03-10 at 16:18 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > For the default install, just using pppoeconf, nm not set, the LED > flashed from time to time and I guess the iwlist scanning would show > what's on the air. Using Mint Lisa now, iwlist still does. When nm was > set, the LED flashed continuo

Re: Debian 6.0.4 i386 /usr/bin/time command line arguments broken?

2012-03-10 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
David Christensen, 10.03.2012: > debian-user: > > I was attempting to use the "time" command to do some benchmarking > today, and it seems that command line arguments are broken (see > console session, below). > > > Any suggestions? This came up on the list very recently. There's a bash reserv

Re: big problem with TP-LINK WiFi card

2012-03-10 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Bernard, 10.03.2012: > Camaleón wrote: > >On Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:08:31 +0100, Bernard wrote: > > > >>Bernard wrote: > >>>Hi to Everyone, > >>> > >>>On the Desktop of my association, there was no wireless card. So, I > >>>purchased one that is said to be Debian compatible. It is a PCI card > >>>TP-L

Re: big problem with TP-LINK WiFi card

2012-03-10 Thread Bernard
Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:08:31 +0100, Bernard wrote: Bernard wrote: Hi to Everyone, On the Desktop of my association, there was no wireless card. So, I purchased one that is said to be Debian compatible. It is a PCI card TP-LINK TL-WN751ND It is supposedly based on an A

Debian 6.0.4 i386 /usr/bin/time command line arguments broken?

2012-03-10 Thread David Christensen
debian-user: I was attempting to use the "time" command to do some benchmarking today, and it seems that command line arguments are broken (see console session, below). Any suggestions? TIA, David 2012-03-10 14:16:12 dpchrist@p43400e ~ $ time real0m0.000s user0m0.000s sys

Re: Ctrl-/ interpreted as Backspace in text console

2012-03-10 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 00:56:12 +0800, Liu Binsheng wrote: > Hi, > > When I press Ctrl-/ in the text console, it deletes a char like > backspace. But if I use Gnome and press Ctrl-/ in gnome-terminal, > Ctrl-/ behaves normally. [...] > Here's the results of running `showkey -a` in text console

Re: Make not installing man pages

2012-03-10 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 10/03/12 03:40, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 10:05:35PM +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Hi All. I maintain a Debian package. There are two documents (man pages) in a sub-directory. Here is the Makefile which should be installing the two manpages into the /usr/share/man/man1

Re: Menu program in KDE? SOLVED

2012-03-10 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 10/03/12 13:00, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:10:28 +, Camaleón wrote: Debian menu is missing also in gnome-shell so maybe is something wanted. Anyway, have you tried by editing the menu? I would also ask this in debian-kde mailing list. Now is back :-? I used Alacarte (the g

Re: KVM problem

2012-03-10 Thread recoverym4n
On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:12:11 +0100 "tv.deb...@googlemail.com" wrote: > I'll leave you there with your judgment call, but Blender is considered > a bit more than "gruff" in the 3D modeling and video community, Yum is > Fedora package manager, the developers will be delighted to know they > are wri

Re: recent version of iceape buggy?

2012-03-10 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:12:51 -0500, H.S. wrote: > Since the last some days, I am experiencing a slowness and sluggishness > in the text I type in Iceape's location bar (this version of iceape has > the new blue logo). For the first some times, it appears fine, but then > the response of the locati

Ctrl-/ interpreted as Backspace in text console

2012-03-10 Thread Liu Binsheng
Hi, When I press Ctrl-/ in the text console, it deletes a char like backspace. But if I use Gnome and press Ctrl-/ in gnome-terminal, Ctrl-/ behaves normally. My laptop is ASUS A8 series. It uses a normal keyboard. I've installed console-setup, and these are the valid lines in /etc/default/keyb

Re: Mystery of journaled quotas

2012-03-10 Thread rcb
Dear Camelón, > From: Camaleón > Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:54:37 + (UTC) > > (...) > > But then, I got this error (1): > > $quotacheck -avugm -f > > quotacheck: WARNING - Quotafile //aquota.group was probably truncated. > > (...) > As per: > /usr/share/doc/quota/README.Debian > You have to

Re: Mystery of journaled quotas

2012-03-10 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:32:09 -0300, rcb wrote: (...) > But then, I got this error (1): > $quotacheck -avugm -f > quotacheck: WARNING - Quotafile //aquota.group was probably truncated. > Cannot save quota settings... quotacheck: Scanning > /dev/disk/by-uuid/3aa1b641-608f [/] (...) As per: /usr

Re: How to share the Internet with Linux and an iPad by Wi-Fi?

2012-03-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Thank you :) On Sat, 2012-03-10 at 13:45 +, debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: On Sat, 2012-03-10 at 01:53 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 09 mar 12, 16:48:58, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Fri, 2012-03-09 at 11:59 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Vi, 09 mar 12, 05:14

recent version of iceape buggy?

2012-03-10 Thread H.S.
Since the last some days, I am experiencing a slowness and sluggishness in the text I type in Iceape's location bar (this version of iceape has the new blue logo). For the first some times, it appears fine, but then the response of the location bar slows down very fast and becomes sluggish. Eventu

Re: using bittorrent for backup of personal files

2012-03-10 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 03:12:02PM +0100, Gilles Mocellin wrote: > Le 09/03/2012 00:46, Rob Owens a écrit : > >On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 09:53:31AM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: > [...] > > >>I don't know what BackupPC does internally, but I would just > >>use rsync over ssh, with appropriate options.

Re: using bittorrent for backup of personal files

2012-03-10 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le 09/03/2012 00:46, Rob Owens a écrit : On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 09:53:31AM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: [...] I don't know what BackupPC does internally, but I would just use rsync over ssh, with appropriate options. It ought to be pretty robust I have BackupPC configured to use rsync over s

Re: How to share the Internet with Linux and an iPad by Wi-Fi?

2012-03-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi :) I need some help. PPPoE is still ok, but the WLAN adapter LED doesn't flash. Below are the new edited /etc/network/interfaces, /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf, /etc/dnsmasq.conf and the untouched /etc/resolv.conf. >From the cardboard box of the WLAN USB thingy: "sempre Wireless Lan 11N 300MB U

Re: Menu program in KDE?

2012-03-10 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:10:28 +, Camaleón wrote: > Debian menu is missing also in gnome-shell so maybe is something wanted. > Anyway, have you tried by editing the menu? I would also ask this in > debian-kde mailing list. Now is back :-? I used Alacarte (the gnome menu editor) to restore it a

Re: Menu program in KDE?

2012-03-10 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:14:13 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > Which program is responsible for displaying the launcher menu in KDE > (version 4.7.2)? You mean kick-off or the classical menu? > Surely, the lack of a Debian entry in the Launcher menu is the fault of > that program, rather than km

Re: SATA SB700/SB80 io errors

2012-03-10 Thread Jude DaShiell
The nvidia sata drivers aren't working with the latest kernel either. I wrote about that earlier and was told the drivers are present but the drive isn't detected correctly by the installer. As of now, both Slackware 13.0 and archlinux do not have problems installing on my sata drive. I'll p

Re: How to share the Internet with Linux and an iPad by Wi-Fi?

2012-03-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-03-09 at 16:48 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > My rudimentary edited /etc/network/interfaces, /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf > and /etc/dnsmasq.conf [1] have broken the PPPoE connection too. No, it didn't work randomly, I had no time to fix the configs, but after another startup PPPoE is ok a

Re: free software mini pc

2012-03-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 10 mar 12, 11:01:27, Joel Rees wrote: > > As for your requirements, I've been looking and hoping for longer than > you, and now I think it's expecting too much. Think about cars at the > beginning of the last century. My father used to tell me about his > buddies who used hand-operated wind