Re: Read clipboard?

2013-11-24 Thread Diogene Laerce
xclipboard might also be what you're looking for. rather xclip no ? ;) No, it's called xclipboard. You may be thinking of something else. My bad : /xclipboard, a tool to manage cut-and-pasted text selections/ is part of the x11-apps package when xclip is a package by itself : / xclip i

Re: Read clipboard?

2013-11-24 Thread ken
On 11/25/2013 02:00 AM Diogene Laerce wrote: xclipboard might also be what you're looking for. rather xclip no ? ;) No, it's called xclipboard. You may be thinking of something else. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: colord Warning during upgrade to wheezy

2013-11-24 Thread Bob Proulx
Reco wrote: > The contents of /var/lib/dpkg/info/colord.postinst explain this > behavior. Basically, they create the needed directory first, add the > colord user then and finally change permissions for the dir. > > IMO, this is the usual thing, not a bug. I just looked at that script. I agree t

Re: Totem in stable cannot play any type of video, need your help.

2013-11-24 Thread Bob Proulx
Bo Lan wrote: > This is my first mail here. Welcome! > I am debian stable user. My Totem cannot play any type of video, > included free format such as webm, ogg, and mkv. When I open any > video, it says, "An error occurred: Could not determine type of > stream." Need your help. I don't know ab

Re: Read clipboard?

2013-11-24 Thread Diogene Laerce
xclipboard might also be what you're looking for. rather xclip no ? ;) -- “One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.” “Le vrai n'est pas plus sûr que le probable.” Diogene Laerce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ..

Re: Read clipboard?

2013-11-24 Thread ken
On 11/24/2013 09:44 PM Joel Roth wrote: Antispammbox-debian wrote: Hi all On my Squeeze using parcellite clipboard manager. Do know if it is possible, through a bash program, or compiled with gcc/mingw-linux, read the contents of the clipboard? I use xsel. xclipboard might also be what y

Re: CIFS mount hangs

2013-11-24 Thread Johann Spies
Since the 3.x kernels there is a problem with samba. In my work environment I have to revert to a 2.6 kernel to be able to mount a Windows share. Here is a reply on my question I have asked in a cifs-related list in February this year: "The user you're connecting as doesn't have access to do a l

Re: Install Google Chrome

2013-11-24 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 25/11/13 16:07, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: > > > > > - Original Message - > From: > Scott Ferguson > > To: > "Debian-User" > Cc: > > > 4. Finally, as root copy and paste the following code into a terminal:- > apt-get install google

Re: Install Google Chrome

2013-11-24 Thread erosenberg
  - Original Message - From: Scott Ferguson To:"Debian-User" Cc: Sent:Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:03:57 +1100 Subject:Re: Install Google Chrome Hope this is readable your end - barely readable this end and the thread is broken. Don't think I ever used a worse MUA than ATMail On 25/11/13 08:

Re: Read clipboard?

2013-11-24 Thread Joel Roth
Antispammbox-debian wrote: > > Hi all > > > On my Squeeze using parcellite clipboard manager. > Do know if it is possible, through a bash program, or compiled with > gcc/mingw-linux, read the contents of the clipboard? I use xsel. > Regards > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-re

Re: Rotate palette (or otherwise redefine colors) in X

2013-11-24 Thread David
On 25 November 2013 10:12, Emanuel Berg wrote: > >>> Is this possible to do? I mean in a generic way, so >>> that every application and so on will work the same >>> only, for example, when they think they output red, >>> what you see is blue? I actually need this, it is not >>> for some cool stunt

Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-24 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 25/11/13 05:25, Wally Lepore wrote: > On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> On 24/11/13 01:52, Wally Lepore wrote: > > [snip] > >> choose sound and network card types, select phsyical or virtual optical >> drive (virtual uses ISO images), set network protocols. > > [sn

Re: Setting up wordpress on wheezy using the debian packages?

2013-11-24 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 25/11/13 10:13, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Rick Thomas wrote: >> Can someone point me at step-by-step instructions for going from >> sudo aptitude install wordpress >> on a freshly scrubbed, newly installed Wheezy system to a working >> wordpress website on the same machine? >> >> I've read th

Re: Install Google Chrome

2013-11-24 Thread Scott Ferguson
Hope this is readable your end - barely readable this end and the thread is broken. Don't think I ever used a worse MUA than ATMail On 25/11/13 08:46, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: > > > > > Kind regards > > > root@meow:/# apt-get -t squeeze-backports install google-ch

Re: Install Google Chrome- again

2013-11-24 Thread erosenberg
  Sorry for sending again, and for a top-post, I'm not sure that this made it to the list. - Original Message - From: erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com To:"Scott Ferguson" Cc: Sent:Sun, 24 Nov 2013 16:46:43 -0500 Subject:Re: Install Google Chrome   - Original Message - From: Sco

Can't get C-128 emulation to work in VICE.

2013-11-24 Thread Rick McCombs AD5DU
I am running Wheezy ( I think ) x86_64. using KDE for my desktop. I installed VICE and downloaded the roms according to README_ROMs. I can't get the C128 to run. (The Plus4 doesn't run either but I'm less interested in that.) The 64 but not 64dtv, vic20, PET, and CBM-II work. rick@Ricks-deb

Rotate palette (or otherwise redefine colors) in X

2013-11-24 Thread Emanuel Berg
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to comp.windows.x as well. Hello debian-user and comp.windows.x I wrote the below post on comp.unix.programmer and they recommended I ask you. I include all what was said (not just what I said) in the hope that will help.

Fwd: Re: Setting up wordpress on wheezy using the debian packages?

2013-11-24 Thread Miles Fidelman
--- Begin Message --- Rick Thomas wrote: Can someone point me at step-by-step instructions for going from sudo aptitude install wordpress on a freshly scrubbed, newly installed Wheezy system to a working wordpress website on the same machine? I've read the README.Debian in /usr/share/

Re: Setting up wordpress on wheezy using the debian packages?

2013-11-24 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Rick Thomas wrote: Can someone point me at step-by-step instructions for going from sudo aptitude install wordpress on a freshly scrubbed, newly installed Wheezy system to a working wordpress website on the same machine? I've read the README.Debian in /usr/share/doc/wordpress/ and the s

Re: Setting up wordpress on wheezy using the debian packages?

2013-11-24 Thread Miles Fidelman
I'd avoid the packages. Wordpress is basically a bunch of php scripts that get dumped inside a directory on your Apache server, plus some setup for your database. You're a lot safer just downloading the zip file and following the instructions. At least, that's how I've always had the best lu

Re: Debugging segfaults in commercial software on Jessie

2013-11-24 Thread Bernhard Schmidt
Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: Hi, >> The weird thing is, my colleague running sid on his desktop has the same >> problem. My desktop, running Jessie, does _not_ have the same problem. >> The VM in question, also running Jessie, does have this problem. > > Interesting... Perhaps there are differences

Re: Setting up wordpress on wheezy using the debian packages?

2013-11-24 Thread Rick Thomas
Thanks, Sharon! That's good advice if all I want is wordpress. But I'm a sysadmin, and like to understand the details. So, for the time being, I'd prefer to do it from scratch if I can. If I succeed (with help from the list) I promise to write up the step-by-step procedure for the wiki, so t

Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-24 Thread Alois Mahdal
Hello, On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 19:30:16 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 24 nov 13, 11:45:11, Wally Lepore wrote: > > > > Has anyone successfully mounted a Debian .iso file directly > > to VirtualBox? It's probably clear, bout just to be complete: the mounting part should be definitely same f

Re: wordpress, again

2013-11-24 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 21, 2012, at 1:02 PM, Glenn English wrote: > I have a mildly working Debian WordPress install Hi Glen, Would you be willing to help me get a wordpress installation up and running? I've done "aptitude install wordpress" which dragged in all the necessary other packages, like apache2,

Re: Setting up wordpress on wheezy using the debian packages?

2013-11-24 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Sat, 23 Nov 2013 17:39:20 -0800 Rick Thomas wrote: > > Can someone point me at step-by-step instructions for going from > sudo aptitude install wordpress > on a freshly scrubbed, newly installed Wheezy system to a working > wordpress website on the same machine? > > I've read the READM

Re: A rookie's query: Want to about Debian and the related

2013-11-24 Thread Doug
On 11/24/2013 12:34 PM, AP wrote: > Hello, > > I have finally decided to come and use Linux, even when I know that it > is a bit more typical than Windows, which is being used mostly. I know > I can Google the things but the purpose of asking here is to know from > the experienced user who really

Re: A rookie's query: Want to about Debian and the related

2013-11-24 Thread Andrew Wood
After many years of using Linux on servers and my primary desktop I would only recommend Debian. Its solid and reliable, other distros ive found to be very buggy their installers often refuse to install on machines that arent reasonably high spec whereas Debian will pretty much run on anything.

Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-24 Thread Wally Lepore
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 24/11/13 01:52, Wally Lepore wrote: [snip] > choose sound and network card types, select phsyical or virtual optical > drive (virtual uses ISO images), set network protocols. [snip] Yes I see that VirtualBox is apparently able to mou

Re: A rookie's query: Want to about Debian and the related

2013-11-24 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 24 nov 13, 23:04:27, AP wrote: > Hello, > > I have finally decided to come and use Linux, even when I know that it > is a bit more typical than Windows, which is being used mostly. I know > I can Google the things but the purpose of asking here is to know from > the experienced user who rea

A rookie's query: Want to about Debian and the related

2013-11-24 Thread AP
Hello, I have finally decided to come and use Linux, even when I know that it is a bit more typical than Windows, which is being used mostly. I know I can Google the things but the purpose of asking here is to know from the experienced user who really can tell the reality or "behind the scenes" st

Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-24 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 24 nov 13, 11:45:11, Wally Lepore wrote: > > Has anyone successfully mounted a Debian .iso file directly to VirtualBox? Yes, I did this in VirtualBox running on Debian, but it shouldn't be different on Windows. I can't detail the steps because it seems I uninstalled VirtualBox, but it wa

VirtualBox shared folder hang with 3.11 kernel

2013-11-24 Thread Mike Kupfer
I have a 64-bit guest running Jessie; the host is running Wheezy. AMD processor, in case that's relevant. With the 3.11-2 kernel, "df -h" of a shared folder produces more or less the expected results: Host: $ df -h $HOME Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda5

Your experience with this hardware: ASRock H87M-ITX

2013-11-24 Thread Jon N
Hi, I believe it is sometimes suggested that if you want to know about how well some hardware will work with Linux in general, or Debian specifically, to post the specific hardware here and ask. With that in mind I am planning on buying the motherboard ASRock H87M-ITX and would like to know how w

Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-24 Thread Wally Lepore
Hi Members, I appreciate all the installation steps, help and advice. Just downloaded VirtualBox for windows and finished installing the program. Currently in the process of creating a "new machine" (in VirtualBox). My laptop is a 32-bit OS running windows 7. I downloaded the file called Debian-7

Re: colord Warning during upgrade to wheezy (SOLVED)

2013-11-24 Thread Itay
On Sun, 24 Nov 2013, Reco wrote: Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 19:20:50 +0400 From: Reco To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: Itay Subject: Re: colord Warning during upgrade to wheezy Resent-Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 15:21:10 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Hi. On Sun, 24 Nov 201

Re: colord Warning during upgrade to wheezy

2013-11-24 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 17:05:15 +0200 (IST) Itay wrote: > Hi, > > During upgrade squeeze -> wheezy the following warning came up: > > Setting up colord (0.1.21-1) ... > adduser: Warning: The home directory `/var/lib/colord' does not belong to the > user you are currently creating. > > At p

colord Warning during upgrade to wheezy

2013-11-24 Thread Itay
Hi, During upgrade squeeze -> wheezy the following warning came up: Setting up colord (0.1.21-1) ... adduser: Warning: The home directory `/var/lib/colord' does not belong to the user you are currently creating. At present '/var/lib/colord' belongs to user and group 'colord'. I guess that thi

Re: MIT discovered issue with gcc

2013-11-24 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 23 Nov 2013, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > This should be taken with a grain of salt. (I'm doing research in the area of > automated software analysis myself.) It clearly is a well-written paper with a > nice tool. Yet "unstable code" results from code that would otherwise be > considered bog

Re: Twitter client for debian ?

2013-11-24 Thread moldor
How did you get HOTOT to authenticate ? From what I can see it only supports the v1.0 API. -- View this message in context: http://debian.2.n7.nabble.com/Twitter-client-for-debian-tp3017650p3111406.html Sent from the Debian User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t