Re: need help on using crontab

2014-02-19 Thread Tom Furie
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 03:22:08AM -0500, Long Wind wrote: > I find that shutdown can take a time argument > so why do I bother with cron > > Thank Raffaele Morelli and Tom anyway! Cron would be useful if you want to regularly shutdown or reboot the machine on some definable interval without us

Re: need help on using crontab

2014-02-19 Thread Tom Furie
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 08:20:50AM +, Dom wrote: > From the original post, Long Wind seems to have used the original > method of creating crontabs: > > crontab > > The usual sequence (on the old Unix systems I used to admin) was: > > crontab -l > mycronfile > vi mycronfile (to edit) > cron

Re: Samba 4

2014-02-19 Thread mourik jan heupink
Hi, On 2/20/2014 6:29, titantopp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi list, Has anyone tried upgrading to the more current Samba4 package (https://packages.debian.org/jessie/samba), which is at 4.1.4? For your information: we are running the sernet samba packages here. No idea about the upgrade path you are

Re: tor-arm warning

2014-02-19 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 2/20/14, Ron Leach wrote: > On 19/02/2014 00:18, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> Here is my .ssh/config line: >> LocalForward localhost:9051 127.0.0.1:9051 > > I thought the LocalForward syntax differed slightly: > LocalForward Localhost:Port RemoteHost:Port > (if I've understood man ssh_config) > so

Re: Need to make sure I have the nvidia proprietary driver running.

2014-02-19 Thread Anubhav Yadav
>> What happens if you remove the module for the integrated graphics and >> load the nvidia module at startup? Here is the output of my lsmod Module Size Used by nls_utf8 12456 1 nls_cp437 16553 1 vfat 17316 1 fat

Re: ssh login problem from one particular client

2014-02-19 Thread Craig L.
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 12:27:30PM -0200, André Nunes Batista wrote: > On Wed, 2014-01-29 at 13:47 -0600, Craig L. wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 02:07:08PM -0600, Craig L. wrote: > > > > This appears to be a problem with an ASA firewall appliance and is being > > looked at by our network team

Samba 4

2014-02-19 Thread titantoppler
Hi list, I'm running the wheezy version of Samba4 ( https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/samba4). You will note that this is the 4.00beta2 version. Has anyone tried upgrading to the more current Samba4 package ( https://packages.debian.org/jessie/samba), which is at 4.1.4? Is a completely hands-of

Re: Want to get a USB 3 ExpressCard add-on. Which should I get?

2014-02-19 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 2/20/14, Brian Kendall wrote: > I'm running x86_64 Debian 7.3 with kernel 3.11-0.bpo.2 on a late 2006 > MacBook Pro. > > I think one of my USB ports is flakey and USB 2 is slow, so I want to > get a USB 3 expansion card. My MacBook has one ExpressCard 34mm slot. In > case it matters, I'm using

Re: Problem with Sound Volume

2014-02-19 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Wed, 19 Feb 2014, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > On 02/19/2014 01:08 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Feb 2014, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > >> I have just upgraded my Debian Jessie computer to a > >> > >> AMD FX 8320, 8-core 3.5 GHz, 16.0MB Cache CPU/ASUS M5 A97 R2.0 > >> Motherboard/8 M

Want to get a USB 3 ExpressCard add-on. Which should I get?

2014-02-19 Thread Brian Kendall
Hi there, I'm running x86_64 Debian 7.3 with kernel 3.11-0.bpo.2 on a late 2006 MacBook Pro. I think one of my USB ports is flakey and USB 2 is slow, so I want to get a USB 3 expansion card. My MacBook has one ExpressCard 34mm slot. In case it matters, I'm using the MacBook as a file server,

[HITB-Announce] Haxpo CFP

2014-02-19 Thread Hafez Kamal
As part of our all new HITB Haxpo or 'hacker expo', we are calling on the community of hackers, makers, builders and breakers to send us their 30 minute talk abstracts for consideration to be included in the 3-day single-track agenda. Taking place at De Beurs van Berlage on the 28th, 29th and 30t

Re: 7z command works fine on command line but not in script

2014-02-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/02/14 23:32, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > > Le 19.02.2014 10:53, Scott Ferguson a écrit : >> Just read your last post before sending this, so this may no longer be >> relevant... I don't know that you need to quote the variables. I use >> coloured bash coloured *editor* i.e. na

Re: systemd: some more questions

2014-02-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/02/14 07:52, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > I suggest you to contact undeveloped maintainer and edit the systems page on > Wikipedia? Not sure if you meant the "systems" i.e. udev, or systemd. I suspect you mean the udev page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udev The primary developer who works o

Re: systemd: some more questions

2014-02-19 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2014-02-19 at 21:52 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > I suggest you to contact undeveloped maintainer and edit the systems > page on Wikipedia? Chris is mistaken. Unfortunately my mails seldom come through the list. Forwarded Message From: Ralf Mardorf To: debian-user@li

Re: systemd: some more questions

2014-02-19 Thread Gian Uberto Lauri
I suggest you to contact undeveloped maintainer and edit the systems page on Wikipedia? -- Gian Uberto Lauri Messaggio inviato da un tablet > On 19/feb/2014, at 21:04, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > [You snipped the attribution!] > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 03:01:56PM +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri

Re: Debian speech recognition - end user information &/or forus

2014-02-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/02/14 01:20, Richard Owlett wrote: > I want essentially a note taking tool. Assuming you mean speech to text > NO interest in voice activated control. > > A brief search indicated voice recognition is an active project under > Debian accessibility. What I found was developer oriented.

Re: Start pacat on boot (or after xbmc) [OT]

2014-02-19 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20140219_115052, Redalert Commander wrote: > Hi again, > > The bad news is that no one answered my e-mail, the good news is that > I managed to solve this myself. > More below. > > 2014-02-17 23:53 GMT+01:00 Steven Post : > > I have a script that starts and kills pacat (pulseaudio cat) in orde

Re: systemd: some more questions

2014-02-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 06:34:35PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2014-02-19 at 15:01 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > > AFAIK udev is part of systemd > > It was merged by upstream a long, long time ago. Have you got any proof? -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hat

Re: systemd: some more questions

2014-02-19 Thread Chris Bannister
[You snipped the attribution!] On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 03:01:56PM +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > > > (AFAIK this has nothing at all to do with systemd, other than udev > > > sharing its git repository and a certian amount of FUD possibly going > on.) > > AFAIK udev is part of systemd That

Re: Problem with Sound Volume

2014-02-19 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Perhaps it's hardware related and not software related. Do you connect by line outs to amp ins or do you use a headphone directly connected to the mobos output or are you using any digital interface or something else? The mobos today might use the same sound chips and internal amps as the vendors

Re: Debian repository available on USB flash rather than CD/DVD sets?

2014-02-19 Thread Richard Owlett
Curt wrote: On 2014-02-18, Richard Owlett wrote: Like "beauty", "minor" is in the eye of the beholder ;/ That is _exactly_ the sticking point causing to say "clean and very peculiar". man apt-secure will tell you how to "provide archive signatures in an archive under your maintenance" whic

Re: Debian repository available on USB flash rather than CD/DVD sets?

2014-02-19 Thread Richard Owlett
Zenaan Harkness wrote: On 2/17/14, Richard Owlett wrote: I've been purchasing the multiple DVD sets as I am limited to a dial-up connection. It is great to support suppliers who service our "libre community" markets! As 64GB flash drives are readily available I would find it convenient to

Re: Disk heads won't park

2014-02-19 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> ID#4 Start_Stop_Count and/or ID#193 Load_Cycle_Count. >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.#Known_ATA_S.M.A.R.T._attributes >> This will show you if a drive does spin up and down. > > Start_Stop_Count should indeed tell you how many t

Re: video compression?

2014-02-19 Thread Thomas H. George
Thanks for all the helpful comment. After consideration I understand compression will never be a solution for even a moderate size clip. Since I have a domain name I will host a website and upload the clips to the site for my friends to view. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@list

Re: Problem with Sound Volume

2014-02-19 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 02/19/2014 01:08 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Wed, 19 Feb 2014, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I have just upgraded my Debian Jessie computer to a AMD FX 8320, 8-core 3.5 GHz, 16.0MB Cache CPU/ASUS M5 A97 R2.0 Motherboard/8 MB RAM. I find that the sound is very faint, even with the volume set at

Re: tor-arm warning

2014-02-19 Thread Ron Leach
On 19/02/2014 00:18, Zenaan Harkness wrote: Here is my .ssh/config line: LocalForward localhost:9051 127.0.0.1:9051 I thought the LocalForward syntax differed slightly: LocalForward Localhost:Port RemoteHost:Port (if I've understood man ssh_config) so maybe LocalForward 127.0.0.1:9051 Your

Re: Problem with Sound Volume

2014-02-19 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Wed, 19 Feb 2014, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I have just upgraded my Debian Jessie computer to a > > AMD FX 8320, 8-core 3.5 GHz, 16.0MB Cache CPU/ASUS M5 A97 R2.0 > Motherboard/8 MB RAM. I find that the sound is very faint, even with > the volume set at maximum. I am using the on-board sound:

Re: systemd: some more questions

2014-02-19 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2014-02-19 at 15:01 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > AFAIK udev is part of systemd It was merged by upstream a long, long time ago. Semi-OT From: Michael Banck Cc:debian-...@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Init system for non-Linux ports Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:56:30 +0

Re: Problem with Sound Volume

2014-02-19 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2014-02-19 at 08:29 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I am using the alsamixer, and have tried to adjust the volume with it > running in a terminal and from the icon on the task bar. Same result > - very faint sound. Since it's unlikely that an onboard sound device provides selectable n

Deb 7.4 Mouse Worked Live Not After Install

2014-02-19 Thread Phil newcombe
Hi all. Back trying Debian again after many years. Am having hard time with mouse pointer in latest linuxes. After trying about 7 distros on my machine the Deb 7.4 live CD was the only one that worked. But then after installation the mouse pointer no longer responds - just sits in the middle o

Re: reboot/halt/shutdown does nothing

2014-02-19 Thread Erick Ocrospoma
Have you tried stopping manually all service you have there? Often happens to me this but it's do to some process that is locked by the kernel, and I'm talking about a debian box that uses NFS and Apache, so check that first. If it's locked by kernel you can't event kill the process, it needs to fr

[OT] the course on the brain was:Re: Best way to show HTML5/mp4 in D7 browser?

2014-02-19 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 19 February 2014 04:04:40 Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Tue, 18 Feb 2014, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > I have just finished one on the brain. > > Now, and I have a reason for asking this, after taking that > brain course, were you left feeling more, or less, > comfortable with your brain, such as

Re: reboot/halt/shutdown does nothing

2014-02-19 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Zhang Weiwu wrote: Using Debian 6.0. reboot/halt/shutdown does nothing except announcing the shutdown and halt the ssh session that issued the command. I would install systemd and see what that would do. Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: mount as read/write on demand

2014-02-19 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 15:47:19 +0100 Erwan David wrote: > Le 18/02/2014 15:42, binary dreamer a écrit : > > Hello everyone. > > > > > > I am running some services in a remote headless system. the system > > runs debian 6. > > I would like the system to be read only by default. in case of an > >

Re: Disk heads won't park

2014-02-19 Thread Stefan Monnier
> ID#4 Start_Stop_Count and/or ID#193 Load_Cycle_Count. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.#Known_ATA_S.M.A.R.T._attributes > This will show you if a drive does spin up and down. Start_Stop_Count should indeed tell you how many times the disk spun up&down. OTOH Load_Cycle_Count indicates s

Re: debootstrap etch unknown key

2014-02-19 Thread Dan Purgert
On 19/02/2014 09:15, Ron Leach wrote: > On 19/02/2014 09:56, Darac Marjal wrote: >> You should probably try and >> find a source that you trust that tells you what they key for Etch was >> and then fetch that manually (it may still be on keyservers etc). >> > > I still have a box in the corner run

sound & games-Pulse Audio Volume control- Defaults- maybe SOLVED..

2014-02-19 Thread Paul Cartwright
I have been installing some games from the humble bundle. They work for linux, but no sound. The problem is, with Pulse-audio, for each app or game that needs sound I normally have to start the Pulse Audio Sound App and change the default for output to sb1040 from Built-in Audio Analog. In the game

Debian speech recognition - end user information &/or forus

2014-02-19 Thread Richard Owlett
I want essentially a note taking tool. NO interest in voice activated control. A brief search indicated voice recognition is an active project under Debian accessibility. What I found was developer oriented. I'm looking for fairly basic information aimed at prospective user. I've casually fol

Re: systemd: some more questions

2014-02-19 Thread Gian Uberto Lauri
Tom H writes: It took me a bit of time to gather the informations I needed. I can bet that this did not disturb you. The good thing (at least for me :)) is that systemd + systemd-sysv make the new system a drop-in replacement. Sometimes other issues are more important that boot speed. > >

Re: debootstrap etch unknown key

2014-02-19 Thread Ron Leach
On 19/02/2014 09:56, Darac Marjal wrote: You should probably try and find a source that you trust that tells you what they key for Etch was and then fetch that manually (it may still be on keyservers etc). I still have a box in the corner running Etch. I had a quick look for what it thinks i

Re: Problem with Sound Volume

2014-02-19 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 02/19/2014 08:20 AM, Robin wrote: On 19 February 2014 13:14, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I have just upgraded my Debian Jessie computer to a AMD FX 8320, 8-core 3.5 GHz, 16.0MB Cache CPU/ASUS M5 A97 R2.0 Motherboard/8 MB RAM. I find that the sound is very faint, even with the volume set at max

Re: Problem with Sound Volume

2014-02-19 Thread berenger . morel
Le 19.02.2014 14:14, Stephen P. Molnar a écrit : I have just upgraded my Debian Jessie computer to a AMD FX 8320, 8-core 3.5 GHz, 16.0MB Cache CPU/ASUS M5 A97 R2.0 Motherboard/8 MB RAM. I find that the sound is very faint, even with the volume set at maximum. I am using the on-board sound: co

Re: Problem with Sound Volume

2014-02-19 Thread Robin
On 19 February 2014 13:14, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I have just upgraded my Debian Jessie computer to a > > AMD FX 8320, 8-core 3.5 GHz, 16.0MB Cache CPU/ASUS M5 A97 R2.0 Motherboard/8 > MB RAM. I find that the sound is very faint, even with the volume set at > maximum. I am using the on-board s

Problem with Sound Volume

2014-02-19 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I have just upgraded my Debian Jessie computer to a AMD FX 8320, 8-core 3.5 GHz, 16.0MB Cache CPU/ASUS M5 A97 R2.0 Motherboard/8 MB RAM. I find that the sound is very faint, even with the volume set at maximum. I am using the on-board sound: computation@AbNormal:~$ aplay -l List of PLAYBA

Re: squirrelmail and smtp authentication

2014-02-19 Thread Pol Hallen
It should use whatever SASL authentication method(s) you have already setup in Dovecot/Cyrus. So there's nothing "new" that you need to add as far as authentication credentials go. Hi Dan! Thank you, solved cheers! -- Pol -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org wi

Re: 7z command works fine on command line but not in script

2014-02-19 Thread berenger . morel
Le 19.02.2014 12:20, Andre Majorel a écrit : On 2014-02-19 09:47 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Hello. I made a script to extract music from a jamendo archive, but for a reason I do not know, 7z does not accept the command line. I also echoed it, to be able to know what it tries

Re: 7z command works fine on command line but not in script

2014-02-19 Thread berenger . morel
Le 19.02.2014 10:53, Scott Ferguson a écrit : Just read your last post before sending this, so this may no longer be relevant... I don't know that you need to quote the variables. I use coloured bash so it is usually obvious if I need to. P.S. without the quotes you won't need the escapes - ju

Re: [OT] KDM No Longer In KDE ?!?

2014-02-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 08:48:43PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Yes, the problem with multiple personalities - the other ones often > are unauthoritative. > Also, can never be quite sure what one of those other personalities > really means, they say the doggendest things sometimes.. 10 out of 8

Re: 7z command works fine on command line but not in script

2014-02-19 Thread Andre Majorel
On 2014-02-19 09:47 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Hello. > > I made a script to extract music from a jamendo archive, but for a > reason I do not know, 7z does not accept the command line. I also > echoed it, to be able to know what it tries to run, and it works > fine when ran on

Re: Start pacat on boot (or after xbmc)

2014-02-19 Thread Redalert Commander
Hi again, The bad news is that no one answered my e-mail, the good news is that I managed to solve this myself. More below. 2014-02-17 23:53 GMT+01:00 Steven Post : > I have a script that starts and kills pacat (pulseaudio cat) in order to > get my USB turntable to work. > It is a rather simple s

Re: Trouble replacing an LVM disk

2014-02-19 Thread st
st wrote: Somehow, creating and adding a disk manually gives 1 PE less: And I think I've found where the disk space went to. root@hulk:~# pvck /dev/sdb1 Found label on /dev/sdb1, sector 1, type=LVM2 001 Found text metadata area: offset=4096, size=195584 root@hulk:~# pvck /dev/sde Found

Re: Wheezy and parallel port

2014-02-19 Thread francesco scaglione
On 18 Feb 2014 à 18:13, Brian wrote: > On Tue 18 Feb 2014 at 11:13:44 +0100, francesco scaglione wrote: > > > On a newly installed Wheezy machine I'm desperately trying to > > configure an old HP LaserJet 6P printer connected to the parallel > > port. > > [Snip] > > > But this is what I get whe

Re: debootstrap etch unknown key

2014-02-19 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 08:19:13PM +, Mike Fitzgerald wrote: >Hi > >I've got a Cobalt Raq4 and am trying install etch (that's the most recent >version it will take) but when issuing: > >root@debian:/# debootstrap --arch i386 etch /nfsroot-x86 >[1]http://archive.debian.org/

Re: 7z command works fine on command line but not in script

2014-02-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
Just read your last post before sending this, so this may no longer be relevant... I don't know that you need to quote the variables. I use coloured bash so it is usually obvious if I need to. P.S. without the quotes you won't need the escapes - just quote the whole filename (which may be what you

Re: [OT] KDM No Longer In KDE ?!?

2014-02-19 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 2/19/14, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > Scott Ferguson writes: > > > Are you sure I did that statement? > > > > No, I wasn't digitally signed. But it did have your distinctive > > X-echelon-food: header. :) > > O.K. it is mine. Gotta understand which of the several personalities > did that stat

Re: 7z command works fine on command line but not in script

2014-02-19 Thread berenger . morel
Le 19.02.2014 10:30, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org a écrit : Le 19.02.2014 09:53, Scott Ferguson a écrit : On 19/02/14 19:47, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Hello. I made a script to extract music from a jamendo archive, but for a reason I do not know, 7z does not accept the command li

Re: 7z command works fine on command line but not in script

2014-02-19 Thread berenger . morel
Le 19.02.2014 09:53, Scott Ferguson a écrit : On 19/02/14 19:47, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Hello. I made a script to extract music from a jamendo archive, but for a reason I do not know, 7z does not accept the command line. I also echoed it, to be able to know what it tries to run

Re: [OT] KDM No Longer In KDE ?!?

2014-02-19 Thread Gian Uberto Lauri
Scott Ferguson writes: > > Are you sure I did that statement? > > No, I wasn't digitally signed. But it did have your distinctive > X-echelon-food: header. :) O.K. it is mine. Gotta understand which of the several personalities did that statement and why. BTW, the other ones feels a bit unaut

Re: 7z command works fine on command line but not in script

2014-02-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/02/14 19:47, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Hello. > > I made a script to extract music from a jamendo archive, but for a > reason I do not know, 7z does not accept the command line. I also echoed > it, to be able to know what it tries to run, and it works fine when ran > on command

Re: [OT] KDM No Longer In KDE ?!?

2014-02-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/02/14 19:11, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > Scott Ferguson writes: > > On 18/02/14 22:17, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > > > Scott Ferguson writes: > > > > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2010-November/97.html > > > > > > I have to check wheter the "seamless" X11 sup

7z command works fine on command line but not in script

2014-02-19 Thread berenger . morel
Hello. I made a script to extract music from a jamendo archive, but for a reason I do not know, 7z does not accept the command line. I also echoed it, to be able to know what it tries to run, and it works fine when ran on command line. Here is the script: #!/bin/sh for i in *.zip; do

Re: need help on using crontab

2014-02-19 Thread Long Wind
On 2/19/14, Raffaele Morelli wrote: >> > > ?? > > > > > First of all, is cron running? > Have a `grep for CRON syslog` > I find that shutdown can take a time argument so why do I bother with cron Thank Raffaele Morelli and Tom anyway! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.deb

Re: need help on using crontab

2014-02-19 Thread Dom
On 19/02/14 07:13, Tom Furie wrote: On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:56:50AM -0500, Long Wind wrote: I want to shutdown at 5:03 I check with crontab -l it seems OK Depending on how you created the file the format may or may not be okay. Did you create the file in /etc/cron.d, or as a user with 'cro

Re: [OT] KDM No Longer In KDE ?!?

2014-02-19 Thread Gian Uberto Lauri
Scott Ferguson writes: > On 18/02/14 22:17, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > > Scott Ferguson writes: > > > > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2010-November/97.html > > > > I have to check wheter the "seamless" X11 support in Snow Leopard is still > > not so "seamless"