Re: Having weird seqfaults

On 12/12/13, Goren Buckwalk wrote: >> So just segfault when trying to run certain application(s)? >> If you can consistently reproduce a segfault, then that is excellent >> news - should be easier to debug. > > It happens a lot, but no single app is gaurenteed to seg fault. > >> Did you check the

Re: Maximum RAM

On 12/12/13 18:24, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Ethan, still HTML, really ;)? > > On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 01:42 -0500, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com > wrote: >> Are there any command line statement(s) that will enable the system to >> use more than 4 GB of RAM? > > Only when you compile a 32-bit archite

Re: sudo security Was: Reporting missing package during install

Ralf Mardorf writes: > On Wed, 2013-12-11 at 15:33 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > > > You need to inform yourself, to know that there's a callback for > > > the danger to life baby bottle. > > > > Ouch, InsufficentEnglishSkillException! Could you help me please :) > > Assumed a bab

Re: Xfce config question

On 20131211_231356, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 09:53:51AM +0700, Diep Pham Van wrote: > > On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:49:26 -0700 > > Paul E Condon wrote: > > > > > I want to configure the clock display in Wheezy-Xfce to display > > > date and time of day combined and in an arran

Re: Maximum RAM

On 12/12/13 18:11, David Guntner wrote: > Scott Ferguson grabbed a keyboard and wrote: >> On 12/12/13 17:42, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: >>> Dear List - >>> >>> I am running 32 bit sid with a pae kernel. What is the maximum RAM that >>> can be used? >> >> 64GB > > Really? Yes. Really

Re: Maximum RAM

David Guntner wrote: > Scott Ferguson grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: > >> I am running 32 bit sid with a pae kernel. What is the maximum RAM that > >> can be used? > > > > 64GB > > Really? As I understand it, a 32-bit operating system cannot address > mo

Re: Maximum RAM

On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 23:11:58 -0800 David Guntner wrote: > > Really? As I understand it, a 32-bit operating system cannot address > more than 4G of memory. > > What am I missing here? Some more infos about PAE (Physical Address Extension): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extensi

Re: startx + ~/.xsession and no ~/.xinitrc, results in reduced functionality (xfce4, sid)

Charlie wrote: > On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:23:31 +1100 Zenaan Harkness sent: > > > My .xsession is mode 755 and contains: > > --- > > #!/bin/bash --login > > exec ck-launch-session startxfce4 > > I may be wrong but shouldn't that be .xsessionrc? No it really should be ~/.xsession. This can be dedu

Re: Maximum RAM

On Wed, 2013-12-11 at 23:11 -0800, David Guntner wrote: > > On 12/12/13 17:42, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: > >> pae kernel This ^ > What am I missing here? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Maximum RAM

On 12/12/2013 02:11 AM, David Guntner wrote: > Scott Ferguson grabbed a keyboard and wrote: >> On 12/12/13 17:42, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: >>> Dear List - >>> >>> I am running 32 bit sid with a pae kernel. What is the maximum RAM that >>> can be used? >> >> 64GB > > Really? As I

Re: Maximum RAM

Ethan, still HTML, really ;)? On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 01:42 -0500, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: > Are there any command line statement(s) that will enable the system to > use more than 4 GB of RAM? Only when you compile a 32-bit architecture kernel, then you can enable it by echo "CONFIG

Re: startx + ~/.xsession and no ~/.xinitrc, results in reduced functionality (xfce4, sid)

Charlie wrote: > Bob Proulx sent: > > If you are using startx then yes you should use xinitrc. > > I use startx and have an .xsessionrc file that loads all manner of > things for me at start up. [gkrelm,terminals,kalarm etc.,] It works for > me, copied from FVWM. Now using Xfce4 as FVWM on AMD64 is

Re: Maximum RAM

Scott Ferguson grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On 12/12/13 17:42, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: >> Dear List - >> >> I am running 32 bit sid with a pae kernel. What is the maximum RAM that >> can be used? > > 64GB Really? As I understand it, a 32-bit operating system cannot address mor

Re: Xfce config question

On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 17:28 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 12/12/13, Paul E Condon wrote: > > I want to configure the clock display in Wheezy-Xfce to display > > date and time of day combined and in an arrangement that is like > > this > > 20120123 213703 > > i.e. > > MMDD HHMMSS > ... > >

Re: Xfce config question

On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 09:53 +0700, Diep Pham Van wrote: > Orage Panel Clock What's bad with using the Xfce default clock and to chose "Custom Format"? And then, as I already mentioned http://lists.debian.org/1386831679.1257.173.camel@archlinux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@l

Re: Xfce config question

%Y%m%d %H%M%S Take a look at $ man date ;). The panel clock does use the same format. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1386831679.1257.173.camel@archli

Re: Maximum RAM

On 12/12/13 17:42, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: > Dear List - > > I am running 32 bit sid with a pae kernel. What is the maximum RAM that > can be used? 64GB > Are there any command line statement(s) that will enable > the system to use more than 4 GB of RAM? n/a > > TIA > > Ethan

Re: startx + ~/.xsession and no ~/.xinitrc, results in reduced functionality (xfce4, sid)

On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 23:36:51 -0700 Bob Proulx sent: > If you are using startx then yes you should use xinitrc. I use startx and have an .xsessionrc file that loads all manner of things for me at start up. [gkrelm,terminals,kalarm etc.,] It works for me, copied from FVWM. Now using Xfce4 as FVWM o

Maximum RAM

Dear  List - I am running 32 bit sid with a pae kernel. What is the maximum RAM that can be used? Are there any command line statement(s) that will enable the system to use more than 4 GB of RAM? TIA Ethan

Re: Having weird seqfaults

> > If trying to use debian on your hardware, this list is ok. Very kind, thank you. > How old is the hardware? Ie if it's _very_ old, you might try an _old_ > Debian distribution - just one possible line of testing. > > Was it yours before? Ie, if yes, then the problem is "new" and more > lik

Re: startx + ~/.xsession and no ~/.xinitrc, results in reduced functionality (xfce4, sid)

On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:23:31 +1100 Zenaan Harkness sent: > My .xsession is mode 755 and contains: > --- > #!/bin/bash --login > exec ck-launch-session startxfce4 I may be wrong but shouldn't that be .xsessionrc? Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *

Re: startx + ~/.xsession and no ~/.xinitrc, results in reduced functionality (xfce4, sid)

Zenaan Harkness wrote: > My .xsession is mode 755 and contains: > --- > #!/bin/bash --login > exec ck-launch-session startxfce4 > --- > > When I run startx, ... Because startx does not use .xsession. You have things criss-crossed. $ grep xsession /usr/bin/startx ... nothing shown ... The x

Re: Postgresql setup on Debian system

2013/12/11 Gary Roach > On 12/10/2013 11:13 PM, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > BTW you are not clear: what are you trying to achieve? > > Not too surprising that I wasn't clear. I feel like I'm floundering > around. I am trying to build a data archiving system that will have > multiple levels of u

Re: Xfce config question

On 12/12/13, Paul E Condon wrote: > I want to configure the clock display in Wheezy-Xfce to display > date and time of day combined and in an arrangement that is like > this > 20120123 213703 > i.e. > MMDD HHMMSS ... > Does anyone know? Choose Format -> Custom and set the following as your cu

startx + ~/.xsession and no ~/.xinitrc, results in reduced functionality (xfce4, sid)

My .xsession is mode 755 and contains: --- #!/bin/bash --login exec ck-launch-session startxfce4 --- When I run startx, my xfce4 session starts, but Restart, Shutdown, Suspend and Hibernate are all disabled, only Logout is enabled. When I do: cd; cp .xsession .xinitrc startx my xfce4 session sta

Re: Xfce config question

On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 09:53:51AM +0700, Diep Pham Van wrote: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:49:26 -0700 > Paul E Condon wrote: > > > I want to configure the clock display in Wheezy-Xfce to display > > date and time of day combined and in an arrangement that is like > > this > > 20120123 213703 >No ma

Re: script line not working as its supposed to, but why?

On 11/12/13 22:14, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:58:19 +1100 > Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> On 11/12/13 21:45, Sharon Kimble wrote: >>> I have this line in a bash script that is not doing what its >>> supposed to - >>> 'find /home/boudiccas/.fluxbox -type f -mtime +"$num" -name 'me

Re: Using an AOS 1600x900 monitor with Wheezy

On 12/12/13, Ken Heard wrote: > I am in the process of assembling a new box in which Wheezy will be > installed. The CPU I am planning to use is based on the Intel i5-4670 > which has integrated in it the Intel HD4600 GPU. The mainboard I want to > use is a Gigabyte GA-87N. > > The monitor I wou

Re: Having weird seqfaults

On 12/12/13, Goren Buckwalk wrote: > But maybe someone can suggest a good place to discuss > older PC hardware. If trying to use debian on your hardware, this list is ok. How old is the hardware? Ie if it's _very_ old, you might try an _old_ Debian distribution - just one possible line of testin

Re: Debian Wheezy Compromised - www-data user is sending 1000 emails an hour

On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 08:57:57PM -0600, Lukasz Szybalski wrote: >I run my own site, and I do have postfix, apache, wordpress, >and moinmoin installed. www-data is sending 100s of emails a >minute. I hope you have by hook or crook pulled the plug on this system by now. I believe y

Using an AOS 1600x900 monitor with Wheezy

I am in the process of assembling a new box in which Wheezy will be installed. The CPU I am planning to use is based on the Intel i5-4670 which has integrated in it the Intel HD4600 GPU. The mainboard I want to use is a Gigabyte GA-87N. The monitor I would like to use is an AOS E2051SDN which is

Re: Debian Wheezy Compromised - www-data user is sending 1000 emails an hour

On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 07:07:42PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > On 12/11/2013 06:57 PM, Lukasz Szybalski wrote: > >I run my own site, and I do have postfix, apache, wordpress, and moinmoin > >installed. www-data is sending 100s of emails a minute. Either wordpress or > >moinmoin is compromised

Re: Debian Wheezy Compromised - www-data user is sending 1000 emails an hour

On 12/11/2013 06:57 PM, Lukasz Szybalski wrote: I run my own site, and I do have postfix, apache, wordpress, and moinmoin installed. www-data is sending 100s of emails a minute. Either wordpress or moinmoin is compromised? How do I debug to find out where is the problem? I suggest that you shut

Debian Wheezy Compromised - www-data user is sending 1000 emails an hour

Hello, I run my own site, and I do have postfix, apache, wordpress, and moinmoin installed. www-data is sending 100s of emails a minute. Either wordpress or moinmoin is compromised? How do I debug to find out where is the problem? I'm watching the mail.log and I see a lot of "emails" being sent fr

Re: Xfce config question

On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:49:26 -0700 Paul E Condon wrote: > I want to configure the clock display in Wheezy-Xfce to display > date and time of day combined and in an arrangement that is like > this > 20120123 213703 > i.e. > MMDD HHMMSS You should add Orage Panel Clock to lower panel and read

Having weird seqfaults

Sorry if this is off topic, being (i think) more of a hardware issue than a software problem. But maybe someone can suggest a good place to discuss older PC hardware. I am trying to rehab an older system, I just installed a fresh copy of wheezy using the LXDE boot CD. I am now keep getting segf

Re: sudo security Was: Reporting missing package during install

Ralf Mardorf wrote: > http://www.paritynews.com/2013/03/05/762/sudo-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-emerges/ In the article: ... it must be possible for users to modify the system time without entering a password. How would this be accomplished? (Answer cannot contain a use of sudo! No

Re: Jesse install images?

Sorry I also should have stated that you can use either a Live CD or a Rescue CD. Shane On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Shane Johnson wrote: > Nope, It's a little more difficult, but you can do a bootstrap install > following these instructions adapted to Debian. > > Ubuntu Debootstrap > inst

Re: Jesse install images?

Nope, It's a little more difficult, but you can do a bootstrap install following these instructions adapted to Debian. Ubuntu Debootstrap instructions Shane On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Jon N wrote: > I have a new

Jesse install images?

I have a new computer that needs (AFAIK) the kernel version 3.10 or better to support my ethernet (Qualcomm Atheros AR8171). I was hoping I could do this with a small download, like the net insttall ISO, but so far I haven't been able to find one. Are by only choices to install Jesse to download

Re: Debianly Correct place to add ~/bin to $PATH ?

Thankyou, but I think I have solved the problem by adding a line to ~/.bashrc , as was suggested on this list. Sorry for the confusing way I announced the problem solved and then proceeded to continue posting to the thread. Thanks to all, and I hope I can refrain from making this thread a continui

Re: udev rule for a kindle

On 12/12/13 01:01, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > I have a script for backing up my kindle when its first mounted, but > its not running on mounting, but *does* run when invoked manually! > When the kindle is mounted it should trigger this udev rule - > > # saved to /etc/udev/rules.d/85-kindle.rules A

Xfce config question

I want to configure the clock display in Wheezy-Xfce to display date and time of day combined and in an arrangement that is like this 20120123 213703 i.e. MMDD HHMMSS I had something this once before in the lower Panel, but I lost it in a failed disk incident, and I can't remember where the d

Re: sudo security Was: Reporting missing package during install

http://www.paritynews.com/2013/03/05/762/sudo-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-emerges/ But note! The Chaos Computer Club does publish howtos using sudo on Linux: http://muc.ccc.de/uberbus:ubd I don't think the Chaos Computer Club folks would write a howto using sudo, if sudo would be a securi

Re: libdrm-nouveau2/libdrm-radeon1 installed as requirement to libgl1-mesa-dri

On Dec 10, 2013 at 14:54, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 08:06:42PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > Sometimes there are insane hard dependencies, but what's bad with those > > dependencies? Take a look at the modules compiled into the default > > kernel, most modules are unne

Re: sudo security Was: Reporting missing package during install

On Wed 11 Dec 2013 at 21:04:48 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > Gentleman, the exploits are unknown to you, not to the black market > that supplies those investing in "not perfectly legitimate software". > Should I quote stuxnet one more time or you took the time to read how > it reached it's not

Re: VirtualBox kernel mod compile fails

On 12/11/2013 03:47 PM, Kent West wrote: Looks like there may be a bug, as suggested by Ralf's first link: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=53126 I'll try Ralf's solution: Likely a Debian related issue. I would use VirtualBox from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Down

Re: VirtualBox kernel mod compile fails

On 12/11/2013 03:24 PM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:54:39 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 00:37 +0400, Reco wrote: DKMS should be able to build the modules for more or less every version of virtual box with more or less every kernel headers, as long as they are n

Re: VirtualBox kernel mod compile fails

PS: But I have all kinds of kernel releases installed, very old kernels latest kernel, with and without rt patch and dkms always builds the modules. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Arc

Re: VirtualBox kernel mod compile fails

On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 01:24 +0400, Reco wrote: > https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/10/6/317 Then I only but always had good luck. Because I share a VDI by different Linux distros installed on the same machine, I also don't upgrade VBox that often. One of several distros: warning: virtualbox: ignoring pa

Re: VirtualBox kernel mod compile fails

Hi. On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:54:39 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 00:37 +0400, Reco wrote: > > DKMS should be able to build the modules for more or less every version > of virtual box with more or less every kernel headers, as long as they > are not years apart and as long as

Re: VirtualBox kernel mod compile fails

Hi. On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:54:39 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 00:37 +0400, Reco wrote: > > DKMS should be able to build the modules for more or less every version > of virtual box with more or less every kernel headers, as long as they > are not years apart and as long as

Re: VirtualBox kernel mod compile fails

On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 00:37 +0400, Reco wrote: > Hi again. > > On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:31:54 -0600 > Kent West wrote: > > > Setting up virtualbox-dkms (4.1.18-dfsg-2+deb7u1) ... > … > > Building only for 3.11-0.bpo.2-amd64 > > You use backported kernel, but stock VirtualBox kernel module source

Re: VirtualBox kernel mod compile fails

On Wed, 2013-12-11 at 14:31 -0600, Kent West wrote: > error: ‘VM_RESERVED’ undeclared (first use in this function) https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=53126 Likely a Debian related issue. I would use VirtualBox from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads Regards, Ralf -

Re: VirtualBox kernel mod compile fails

Hi again. On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:31:54 -0600 Kent West wrote: > Setting up virtualbox-dkms (4.1.18-dfsg-2+deb7u1) ... … > Building only for 3.11-0.bpo.2-amd64 You use backported kernel, but stock VirtualBox kernel module source. This won't fly. To make it work, you should upgrade virtualbox a

Re: sudo security Was: Reporting missing package during install

On 11/12/13 08:01, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > Encrypt your hard disk. Hoping that the encryption you use has no backdoor. You do understand what the peer review process is right? Although not a magic bullet, it can help weed this out. Choose a *very* good password. For the encryption, I

VirtualBox kernel mod compile fails

I have a new Dell that has a new network adapter that is not supported by the wheezy kernel (3.2), so I started my new install of Debian with a minimal jessie network installer, since it's kernel (3.11) does work with my network adapter. Once I got to a very minimal install, I changed my apt so

Re: Postgresql setup on Debian system

On 12/10/2013 11:13 PM, Raffaele Morelli wrote: 2013/12/11 Gary Roach > I just switched from using PHP and Mysql to Python / Django and Postgresql. I am having trouble with the setup of Postgresql permissions. I am locked out of some parts of the sys

Re: Network services started before NIC UP.

On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 07:02:14PM CET, Bob Proulx said: > > In that case we will need to keep peeling back layers until the root > cause is found. How are you starting the network? Is this a section > listed in /etc/network/interfaces? Please show us the section. Or is > this using NetworkM

Re: sudo security Was: Reporting missing package during install

Gentleman, the exploits are unknown to you, not to the black market that supplies those investing in "not perfectly legitimate software". Should I quote stuxnet one more time or you took the time to read how it reached it's not-network-connected intended targets? -- Gian Uberto Lauri Messaggi

Re: No Sources for Backported Kernels?

On 12/11/2013 11:46 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:33:08 -0600 Kent West wrote: I have a new Dell Precision T1700 that has a network adapter which is not recognized by wheezy's kernel (3.2). So I've installed the backported 3.11 kernel, which does work with my NIC. However, now

Re: Network services started before NIC UP.

Erwan David wrote: > Bob Proulx said: > > Erwan David wrote: > > > I have a problem that services are started on a server I manage before > > > link is UP. This leads to some services failing, or not bound to every > > > addresses : > > > > Please say what release track you are using? Unstable, T

Re: Debianly Correct place to add ~/bin to $PATH ? - .xsession vs .xinitrc

Brian wrote: > Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > I prefer: > > > ,[ ~/.xsession ] > > > | #!/bin/bash --login > > > | exec x-session-manager > > > ` > > > > > > And VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE ABOVE then be sure to: > > > > > > chmod a+x ~/.xsession > > > > This looks like an

Re: No Sources for Backported Kernels?

Hi. On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:33:08 -0600 Kent West wrote: > I have a new Dell Precision T1700 that has a network adapter which is > not recognized by wheezy's kernel (3.2). So I've installed the > backported 3.11 kernel, which does work with my NIC. However, now my > virtualbox modules won't c

No Sources for Backported Kernels?

I have a new Dell Precision T1700 that has a network adapter which is not recognized by wheezy's kernel (3.2). So I've installed the backported 3.11 kernel, which does work with my NIC. However, now my virtualbox modules won't compile, complaining that the source for this kernel is not installe

Re: Installing TrueType Fonts (TTF)

* Siard wrote on 2013-12-11 at 17:24 (+0100): > Mathias Bauer: > > Also, fonts-conf(5) contains an example user configuration file > > ~/.fonts.conf, so that your font files (.ttf, .otf) may remain in > > their original directories and need not to be mixed together in > > *one* of the directories

Re: Installing TrueType Fonts (TTF)

Mathias Bauer: > Also, fonts-conf(5) contains an example user configuration file > ~/.fonts.conf, so that your font files (.ttf, .otf) may remain in > their original directories and need not to be mixed together in > *one* of the directories mentioned above by Siard. "Original directories"? We're

Re: sudo security Was: Reporting missing package during install

On Wed, 2013-12-11 at 15:33 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > > You need to inform yourself, to know that there's a callback for > > the danger to life baby bottle. > > Ouch, InsufficentEnglishSkillException! Could you help me please :) Assumed a baby bottle does poison the milk, because the

Re: sudo security Was: Reporting missing package during install

On Wed 11 Dec 2013 at 09:11:56 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > Brian writes: > > > We do not worry about serious, unpublicised exploits. Their existance is > > of little consquence for your argument as your "attackers" would not > > know about them. > > Are you kidding? About attackers bei

Re: Shutting down lessens computer life............

> On December 11, 2013 at 1:59 AM Andrei POPESCU > wrote: > > > On Lu, 09 dec 13, 17:21:11, Steven Rosenberg wrote: > > I don't see well-used laptops lasting longer than 5 years. Something's > > bound to go wrong. > > What about not well used laptops? Seriously, as far as I recall my > Thinkpad i

HFSC, understanding umax,dmax,rate

hi, im looking at HFSC currently and im not sure if this is right: acording to: tc-hfsc 8 http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man8/tc-hfsc.8.html SC := [ [ umax BYTE ] dmax SEC ] rate BPS umax : maximum unit of work dmax : maximum delay

Re: script line not working as its supposed to, but why?

Mathias Bauer writes: >head -n -7 That's the option I did not recall :) Nice job. -- /\ ___Ubuntu: ancient /___/\_|_|\_|__|___Gian Uberto Lauri_ African word //--\| | \| | Integralista GNUslamicomeaning "I c

Re: script line not working as its supposed to, but why?

On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:19:22 +0100 Mathias Bauer wrote: > LC_ALL=C ls menu-* | head -n -7 | xargs -r rm Thank you Mathias, I incorporated the line above into the script and it works beautifully, thanks. :) I'll also have a look at the bash tutorials that you posted because I know that they will

Re: script line not working as its supposed to, but why?

Sharon Kimble writes: > ++ wc -l > ++ ls -1 'menu-*' > ls: cannot access menu-*: No such file or directory > + '[' 0 -gt 7 ']' > I fear that you should either 'cd' to the directory (~/.fluxbox I suppose) you want to clear before running my code or change it this way if [ `ls -1 ~/fluxbox/m

Re: sudo security Was: Reporting missing package during install

Ralf Mardorf writes: > On Wed, 2013-12-11 at 14:07 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > > It happens that appliances are called back by manufacturers due safety > > issues. > > Debian and other distros provide security updates _and_ much more > important, analog to a product callback, homepages

Re: script line not working as its supposed to, but why?

* Gian Uberto Lauri wrote on 2013-12-11 at 12:42 (+0100): > Sharon Kimble writes: > > > I want to delete the 'menu-*' files if there are more than 7, > > and the command is parsed when I have 'set -x' at the head of > > the script but this line does nothing! It runs but doesn't > > achieve anythin

udev rule for a kindle

I have a script for backing up my kindle when its first mounted, but its not running on mounting, but *does* run when invoked manually! When the kindle is mounted it should trigger this udev rule - # saved to /etc/udev/rules.d/85-kindle.rules ACTION=="add",\ SYSFS{idVendor}=="1949", SYSFS{idProd

Re: Debianly Correct place to add ~/bin to $PATH ?

On Tue, 2013-12-10 at 16:29 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20131210_175158, Tixy wrote: > > On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 12:15 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: [...] > > I don't know if this is 'the correct way' but what I do is create the > > file ~/.xsessionrc to invoke ~/.profile like: > > > > . /home/ti

Re: script line not working as its supposed to, but why?

On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 12:42:51 +0100 "Gian Uberto Lauri" wrote: > Sharon Kimble writes: > > But there is no consistency with the creation date, the menu > > itself is regenerated whenever I install a new programme, and the > > old menu is saved with the suffix of the date and time. > > > I wan

Re: sudo security Was: Reporting missing package during install

On Wed, 2013-12-11 at 14:07 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > It happens that appliances are called back by manufacturers due safety > issues. Debian and other distros provide security updates _and_ much more important, analog to a product callback, homepages with news about the distro. You need t

Re: nautilus -> spacefm

On Wednesday 11 December 2013 12:58 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:16:47 -0500 Dave Woyciesjes wrote: On 12/10/2013 12:38 PM, Tixy wrote: On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 16:25 +, Sharon Kimble wrote: On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:03:33 + Sharon Kimble wrote: I'm trying to move ove

Re: nautilus -> spacefm

On Wednesday 11 December 2013 12:58 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:16:47 -0500 Dave Woyciesjes wrote: On 12/10/2013 12:38 PM, Tixy wrote: On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 16:25 +, Sharon Kimble wrote: On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:03:33 + Sharon Kimble wrote: I'm trying to move ove

coloured prompt for root (was ... Re: Reporting missing package during install)

Chris Bannister writes: > This is in a tty, so don't know what will happen in an xterm or other > virtual terminal. The virtual terminals usually honour ANSI escape sequences. For sure xterm, the rxvt family and the libvte-based ones do. But with virtual terminals you can do something like hav

Re: sudo security Was: Reporting missing package during install

Ralf Mardorf writes: > On Wed, 2013-12-11 at 09:39 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > > Let's suppose that Debian+Ubuntu get the largest share of the > > installed end user desktops. > > The tendency is that seemingly newbies start using pre-build Linux > environments and use Linux as they wo

Re: sudo security Was: Reporting missing package during install

Chris Bannister writes: > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:50:00PM +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > > > > What makes root special is not the name but the numerical user id and > > group id, bot set to zero. See /etc/passwd. > > Don't you have to be logged in to do that? Gentleman??? I was si

Re: Postgresql setup on Debian system

On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 06:25:16PM -0800, Gary Roach wrote: > automatically (I think). I found the Debian README confusing, > especially in regards to setting up a special shell that I don't > think I need. Are you referring to the postgres user? -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will h

coloured prompt for root (was ... Re: Reporting missing package during install)

On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:11:34PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 10 December 2013 06:39:17 Tom H wrote: > > You can't trust yourself with sudo but you can trust yourself with > > su or login root access... > > I have to make a conscious effort to become root. This reduces the > risk that

Re: Cannot view all my android folders in nautilus after mounting android as MTP

On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 06:40:40PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 06:35:57PM +0200, Siard wrote: > > Anubhav Yadav: > > > Chris Bannister: > > > > Can't you just treat it as a normal USB stick? > > > > e.g. > > > > Plug it in > > > > select connect to PC on phone. > > > >

Re: sudo security Was: Reporting missing package during install

On Wed, 2013-12-11 at 09:39 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > Let's suppose that Debian+Ubuntu get the largest share of the > installed end user desktops. The tendency is that seemingly newbies start using pre-build Linux environments and use Linux as they would use Windows, IOW without self-respo

Re: script line not working as its supposed to, but why?

Sharon Kimble writes: > But there is no consistency with the creation date, the menu itself is > regenerated whenever I install a new programme, and the old menu is > saved with the suffix of the date and time. > I want to delete the 'menu-*' files if there are more than 7, and > the command

Re: sudo security Was: Reporting missing package during install

On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:50:00PM +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > > What makes root special is not the name but the numerical user id and group > id, bot set to zero. See /etc/passwd. Don't you have to be logged in to do that? The issue was that there would be only one exploitable account, i

Re: script line not working as its supposed to, but why?

On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 12:09:18 +0100 "Gian Uberto Lauri" wrote: > Sharon Kimble writes: > > I have this line in a bash script that is not doing what its > > supposed to - > > 'find /home/boudiccas/.fluxbox -type f -mtime +"$num" -name > > 'menu-*' -delete' > > where "$num" = 7 and 'menu-*'=m

Re: script line not working as its supposed to, but why?

On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:58:19 +1100 Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 11/12/13 21:45, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > I have this line in a bash script that is not doing what its > > supposed to - > > 'find /home/boudiccas/.fluxbox -type f -mtime +"$num" -name 'menu-*' > > -delete' > > where "$num" = 7 and 'me

Re: Installing TrueType Fonts (TTF)

Hello, * Siard wrote on 2013-12-10 at 18:56 (+0100): besides the hints you got from Siard and Patrick, I recommend GNOME Character Map, package gucharmap, for examining and viewing fonts. > Muntasim-Ul-Haque wrote: > > TrueType Fonts (TTF) would open in GNOME with a dialog box, > > and it was ju

Re: script line not working as its supposed to, but why?

Sharon Kimble writes: > I have this line in a bash script that is not doing what its supposed > to - > 'find /home/boudiccas/.fluxbox -type f -mtime +"$num" -name 'menu-*' > -delete' > where "$num" = 7 and 'menu-*'=menu-20131209-11:05 . Obviously the date > and time can be different in each

log on to Cinnamon failed

Yesterday I installed 'Cinnamon' to have a play with, and I remember that cinnamon itself and another cinnamon-type programmes both came from sid, the rest required from jessie. Later in the day I found time to log on to it and was greeted with this message 'Oh no! Something has gone wrong. A probl

Re: script line not working as its supposed to, but why?

On 11/12/13 21:45, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I have this line in a bash script that is not doing what its supposed > to - > 'find /home/boudiccas/.fluxbox -type f -mtime +"$num" -name 'menu-*' > -delete' > where "$num" = 7 and 'menu-*'=menu-20131209-11:05 . Obviously the date > and time can be differ

script line not working as its supposed to, but why?

I have this line in a bash script that is not doing what its supposed to - 'find /home/boudiccas/.fluxbox -type f -mtime +"$num" -name 'menu-*' -delete' where "$num" = 7 and 'menu-*'=menu-20131209-11:05 . Obviously the date and time can be different in each case, so how do I get it so that it dele

Re: udev problem ?

On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:36:46 +0100 Erwan David wrote: Hello Erwan, >Le 10/12/2013 20:25, Brad Rogers a écrit : >> echo 2000 > /sys/module/block/parameters/events_dfl_poll_msecs >Thanks it works. YW, but like I said, it's not my work. I'm just the messenger. -- Regards _ / )

Re: sudo security Was: Reporting missing package during install

Ralf Mardorf writes: > On Di, 2013-12-10 at 23:54 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > > Clever attacks manifest themselves a long time after the "infection" in > > order > > to poison backups. And backup media may fail when they are most needed. > > That's an effect of Murphy's law :). > > R

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