Re: Problems with Testing Install - More Info

2014-02-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
*Please* don't send HTML to the list:- https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMailingLists#Plain_text I know ATmail doesn't gives you any choices, but there are plenty of MUAs that do:- https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMailingLists#ATmail_Webmail Note also that this appears to be the same issue as:- https:/

Re: Problems with Testing Install - More Info

2014-02-27 Thread erosenberg
  - Original Message - From: debian-user@lists.debian.org To: Cc: Sent:Thu, 27 Feb 2014 10:02:16 +0100 Subject:Re: Problems with Testing Install - More Info erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com [1] wrote: > > > In the installation, at the end of the screen that loads the > executables, th

pbuilder

2014-02-27 Thread ghaverla
I guess I am trapped by an update that is midway through. I was meaning to recompile hplip, and one suggestion was pbuilder. I set up a new user to do the compiling under, and was hoping to put the pbuilder environment in that HOME. It took a few tries to get pbuilder create from building everyt

Re: Testing Hangs in VM

2014-02-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/02/14 09:57, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > On 28/02/14 09:07, Thomas Luzat wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've just encountered the same problem. I do not have the verbatim log >> around, but noticed the following: > > ...I'm going to try and install the i386 > version (VirtualBox using embedded preseed

Re: Jessie almost freezes every several minutes

2014-02-27 Thread Keith Nasman
On 02/27/2014 03:54 PM, Gary Dale wrote: I have a system with an FX6100 processor, 16G of DDR3 RAM, a 128G SSD for / and a 5-drive RAID-5 array (for /home) with lots of free space. I have 2x8G swap files that are barely used (currently 34M in each) on the SSD (I used to have them on the RAID ar

Re: BIOS Administrator Pasword Workaround

2014-02-27 Thread Weaver
On Thu, February 27, 2014 1:36 am, Weaver wrote: > Hello all, > > I've got this old HP Compaq nx6120, that I want to change the boot > sequence on as I've just installed tails on a USB drive and bought a new > external DVD burner to provide what the internal standard player doesn't. > > I've forgo

Re: Testing Hangs in VM

2014-02-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/02/14 09:57, Scott Ferguson wrote: > Thanks for the detailed post, but... please don't top-post (you can move > the mouse in Gmail) ;) > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMailingLists#Interleaved > > > > On 28/02/14 09:07, Thomas Luzat wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've just encountered the same proble

Jessie almost freezes every several minutes

2014-02-27 Thread Gary Dale
I have a system with an FX6100 processor, 16G of DDR3 RAM, a 128G SSD for / and a 5-drive RAID-5 array (for /home) with lots of free space. I have 2x8G swap files that are barely used (currently 34M in each) on the SSD (I used to have them on the RAID array but got the same problem). Every sev

Re: Testing Hangs in VM

2014-02-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
Thanks for the detailed post, but... please don't top-post (you can move the mouse in Gmail) ;) https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMailingLists#Interleaved I tend to ignore top-posting posts when I'm busy - others ignore them all the time which reduces the posters chances of getting a solution to their

Re: Testing Hangs in VM

2014-02-27 Thread Thomas Luzat
Hi, I've just encountered the same problem. I do not have the verbatim log around, but noticed the following: 1. The progress bar hangs at 11%. 2. The process 'apt-cdrom ident' is in state S (interruptible sleep). 3. I've confirmed the checksum (SHA512). 4. The console log's last lines showed, wi

Re: Testing Hangs in VM

2014-02-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/02/14 05:56, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 02:05:19AM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 28/02/14 01:48, Henning Follmann wrote: >>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 09:41:59AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I have tried to install this week's Testing in a VM on my Laptop and

Re: USB WiFi adapter doesn't work with Wheezy (but does work with Ubuntu)

2014-02-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/02/14 07:13, Klaus wrote: > On 27/02/14 16:53, dclinton wrote: >> >> I copied that file over to my Debian machine >> >> Error: could not insert module rt5572sta.ko: Invalid module format > > > As you found by trial and error, you can't just copy kernel modules > between kernel versions. > A

Re: Cups / Samba: force print options / policy *SOLVED*

2014-02-27 Thread Denny Fuchs
hi, Am 11.02.2014 um 00:15 schrieb Brian : > > Are you relying on none of them reading lpoptions(1)? :) yes :-), most are happy, if they can print .. ;-) >> Any suggestions ? Disable raw, redirect every print job to remove „bad >> things“? > > As before: consult the printer's manual and consi

Re: USB WiFi adapter doesn't work with Wheezy (but does work with Ubuntu)

2014-02-27 Thread Klaus
On 27/02/14 16:53, dclinton wrote: I copied that file over to my Debian machine > Error: could not insert module rt5572sta.ko: Invalid module format As you found by trial and error, you can't just copy kernel modules between kernel versions. As you also found out, your Debian installation

Re: Testing Hangs in VM

2014-02-27 Thread Henning Follmann
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 02:05:19AM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 28/02/14 01:48, Henning Follmann wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 09:41:59AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > >> I have tried to install this week's Testing in a VM on my Laptop and found > >> that the installer hangs at Config

Re: USB WiFi adapter doesn't work with Wheezy (but does work with Ubuntu)

2014-02-27 Thread dclinton
On 14-02-27 05:33 AM, Klaus wrote: On 26/02/14 22:09, dclinton wrote: TP-Link N900 TL-WDN4200. Using it successfully on Ubuntu 13.10, lsusb identifies the chipset as RT3573 Wireless Adapter (Ralink) and iwconfig assigns it: ra0 Ralink STA lsmod reports that the adapter is using the

Re: Testing Hangs in VM

2014-02-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/02/14 01:48, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 09:41:59AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: >> I have tried to install this week's Testing in a VM on my Laptop and found >> that the installer hangs at Configure he package >> >> >> >> manager/Configuring apt/Scanning the CD-RO

Re: Testing Hangs in VM

2014-02-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/02/14 01:41, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I have tried to install this week's Testing in a VM on my Laptop and > found that the installer hangs at Configure he package > > > > manager/Configuring apt/Scanning the CD-ROM... > > > > In the current versions of both VMware Player and Oracle

Re: Testing Hangs in VM

2014-02-27 Thread Henning Follmann
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 09:41:59AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I have tried to install this week's Testing in a VM on my Laptop and found > that the installer hangs at Configure he package > > > > manager/Configuring apt/Scanning the CD-ROM... > > > > In the current versions of both

Testing Hangs in VM

2014-02-27 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I have tried to install this week's Testing in a VM on my Laptop and found that the installer hangs at Configure he package manager/Configuring apt/Scanning the CD-ROM... In the current versions of both VMware Player and Oracle VM VirtualBox. Linux Mint Debian Edition v-201403rc instal

Re: cron.daily logrotate beating up my server

2014-02-27 Thread Tazman Deville
On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 06:43:36AM -0500, Tony Baldwin wrote: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 06:41:22AM -0500, Tony Baldwin wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 12:09:05PM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Ma, 25 feb 14, 13:53:39, Tazman Deville wrote: > > > > > > > > I DO have anacron installed. > >

Why is the Provides field in the local Debian package ignored (DepCompareOp)?

2014-02-27 Thread Jens Kubieziel
Hey, I'm running Debian sid and want to use TeX Live from CTAN. So I didn't install the Debian texlive-packages, but created a virtual local package with equivs (followed the advice on http://www.tug.org/texlive/debian.html>). You can find the contents of the control file below: Section: misc

Re: BIOS Administrator Pasword Workaround

2014-02-27 Thread Pertti Kosunen
On 27.2.2014 11:36, Weaver wrote: I've forgotten what the original BIOS administrator password was, however, so don't access to change the boot sequence. http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-HP-ProBook-EliteBook/Resetting-BIOS-password/td-p/695744 There someone suggests give it half hour with

Re: day two question on installing packages on wheezy

2014-02-27 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 05:11:04PM +, Kirt Odle wrote: > Can I get someone to clearly explain to me ( a Debian newbie ) how to make > aptitude download tshark and ALL of its dependencies, in a single operation ?? Just adding another point-of-view. If you're using aptitude's Text User Interfac

Re: USB WiFi adapter doesn't work with Wheezy (but does work with Ubuntu)

2014-02-27 Thread Klaus
On 27/02/14 10:33, Klaus wrote: this forum report https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1164228#p1164228 -- Klaus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.deb

Re: USB WiFi adapter doesn't work with Wheezy (but does work with Ubuntu)

2014-02-27 Thread Klaus
On 26/02/14 22:09, dclinton wrote: TP-Link N900 TL-WDN4200. Using it successfully on Ubuntu 13.10, lsusb identifies the chipset as RT3573 Wireless Adapter (Ralink) and iwconfig assigns it: ra0 Ralink STA lsmod reports that the adapter is using the rt5572sta driver. On the Ubuntu sys

Re: BIOS Administrator Pasword Workaround

2014-02-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 27/02/14 20:46, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On 27/02/2014 09:36, Weaver wrote: >> I've forgotten what the original BIOS administrator password was, however, >> so don't access to change the boot sequence. If I remove the CMOS battery, >> that should do it and I shouldn't lose anything other than t

Re: BIOS Administrator Pasword Workaround

2014-02-27 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On 27/02/2014 09:36, Weaver wrote: > I've forgotten what the original BIOS administrator password was, however, > so don't access to change the boot sequence. If I remove the CMOS battery, > that should do it and I shouldn't lose anything other than the time? Generally yes, that's the case. --

BIOS Administrator Pasword Workaround

2014-02-27 Thread Weaver
Hello all, I've got this old HP Compaq nx6120, that I want to change the boot sequence on as I've just installed tails on a USB drive and bought a new external DVD burner to provide what the internal standard player doesn't. I've forgotten what the original BIOS administrator password was, howeve

Re: Problems with Testing Install - More Info

2014-02-27 Thread Schrey
erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: In the installation, at the end of the screen that loads the executables, the last statement is "cleaning up". At that point I get a blank [blue] screen. [...] When the system asks" do I want to scan any more disks", and I then insert a new disk, th