Re: CUPS under jessie

2016-06-20 Thread Charlie S
On Sun, 19 Jun 2016 15:55:22 +0200 Rodary Jacques sent: > I may be completely wrong: I had a canon printer once, and > canon had made a driver for Cups under MacOS but it doesn't > matter. After an OS upgrade, the driver didn't work anymore > and the driver used by Cups (gimp related if I

Re: Strange Email Bounce

2016-06-20 Thread Charlie S
On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 02:38:41 -0500 Michael Milliman sent: > I just replied to an email here on the debian-user list. I have > checked the debian-user list archive on debian.org, and the email was > indeed received and posted to the list. Nevertheless, I also > received a bounce notice which was

Re: Strange Email Bounce

2016-06-21 Thread Charlie S
On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:03:10 -0500 Don Armstrong sent: > On Mon, 20 Jun 2016, Michael Milliman wrote: > > I just replied to an email here on the debian-user list. I have > > checked the debian-user list archive on debian.org, and the email > > was indeed received and posted to the list.

Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW [off topic? I think.]

2017-08-05 Thread Charlie S
On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 08:58:39 + (UTC) Curt sent: > On 2017-08-05, Charlie wrote: > > > > > >> but I'm an old cat, and you know what they say about that > >> combination! > > > > > >> JP > > > > No, what do they say about that combination > > > > You snipped too

Seeing this, is it something I have done or?

2017-05-26 Thread Charlie S
Hello Everyone, All recent emails from Debian-user lists have come with quoted text like this: e.g. [quote] On 05/26/2017 06:59 PM, Somebody wrote: [...] [...] [...] Thanks, Somebody. I hadn't checked the posts [end quote] Is this gmail creating the quoted text with

Re: Seeing this, is it something I have done or?

2017-05-26 Thread Charlie S
On Fri, 26 May 2017 20:09:41 -0500 Michael Milliman sent: > On 05/26/2017 08:00 PM, Charlie S wrote: > [...] > This is interesting. The post that you are quoting is one of mine. > On my system, the [...] do not appear. I do show some excerpting > earlier in the email, but I'm

Re: Seeing this, is it something I have done or?

2017-05-27 Thread Charlie S
On Sat, 27 May 2017 05:36:27 +0100 Brad Rogers sent: > >All recent emails from Debian-user lists have come with quoted text > >like this: > > Somewhere along the line, you've turned on "collapse quotes". Look at > View (menu) -> Quotes After contemplation, my reply is: Thank you

Re: Seeing this, is it something I have done or?

2017-05-27 Thread Charlie S
On Sat, 27 May 2017 12:06:09 +0100 Brad Rogers sent: > >I can't recall going there, but must have done so without watching > >and as you have correctly stated, turned on "collapse quotes". > > Default keyboard shortcut for Collapse Quotes is Q. If > you ever quit CM with Q, it's not too

Re: Seeing this, is it something I have done or?

2017-05-27 Thread Charlie S
On Fri, 26 May 2017 19:54:31 -0700 Joe Ennis sent: > On Fri, 26 May 2017 20:27:46 -0500 > Michael Milliman <michael.e.milli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On 05/26/2017 08:22 PM, Charlie S wrote: > > > On Fri, 26 May 2017 20:09:41 -0500 Micha

Re: Compatible laptops

2017-11-12 Thread Charlie S
On Sun, 12 Nov 2017 13:23:46 + dekkz...@gmail.com sent: > On 11/12, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > >On Sunday, November 12, 2017 02:39:22 AM dekks herton wrote: > >> in general - any modern laptop will run debian fine [with any DE > >> you choose] with IMO the following caveats > >> > >> 1)

Re: Distinguishing among [unmount, Safely Remove Drive, Eject]

2018-05-06 Thread Charlie S
On Sun, 6 May 2018 15:11:25 +0300 Reco sent: > Hi. > > On Sun, May 06, 2018 at 07:51:24AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Sunday, May 06, 2018 07:10:53 AM Reco wrote: > > > Certain Modern Desktop Environment™ is known for > > > its effort to "simplify the things for the user".

Re: making more room in root partition for distribution upgrade

2018-05-19 Thread Charlie S
On Sat, 19 May 2018 09:16:43 -0500 ntrfug sent: > More than 20 years ago I began saving personal files to a different > partition than the OS. > > I've used this system for Windows (when I started) and for more > flavors of Linux than I can remember. I did this so I could wipe the > root

Re: new install of amd64, 9-4 from iso #1

2018-06-10 Thread Charlie S
On Sun, 10 Jun 2018 16:44:16 -0400 Gene Heskett sent: > Greetings all; > > I have the dvd written, and a new 2T drive currently occupying > the /dev/sdc slot. > > What I want, since the drive has been partitioned to /boot, /home, /, > and swap, is 1; for this install to not touch any other

Re: [Solved, largely] Re: Latest version of X not starting in buster

2018-06-16 Thread Charlie S
On Sat, 16 Jun 2018 20:19:15 +0100 Brian sent: > On Sat 16 Jun 2018 at 12:06:24 +0200, Siard wrote: > > > Now in some local list, I've heard someone maintain that starting X > > with startx is very old, untested, deprecated, certainly in a > > systemd environment. A display manager would control

Re: [Solved, largely] Re: Latest version of X not starting in buster

2018-06-17 Thread Charlie S
On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 04:44:45 +0100 Dominic Knight sent: > On Sun, 2018-06-17 at 08:41 +1000, Charlie S wrote: > > > > > > After contemplation, my reply is: > > I suppose they still have a > > twirling > > thingy on the monitor while the machi

File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-28 Thread Charlie S
Hello Everyone, Suddenly my file managers show the files in reverse order to the norm, i.e directories on top and individual files beneath. Don't know how it was accidentally done? Using FVWM - Debian Stretch Any clues where I might configure this to return it to what is was

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-28 Thread Charlie S
On Tue, 29 May 2018 13:26:37 +1200 Ben Caradoc-Davies sent: > On 29/05/18 13:08, Charlie S wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > Suddenly my file managers show the files in reverse order to > > the norm, i.e directories on top and individual files > > beneath. Don't k

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-30 Thread Charlie S
On Thu, 31 May 2018 10:42:17 +1200 Richard Hector sent: > On 30/05/18 11:12, Charlie S wrote: > > On Tue, 29 May 2018 14:22:08 + (UTC) Curt sent: > > > >> On 2018-05-29, Charlie S wrote: > >>> > >>> I wonder how one discovers what file m

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Charlie S
On Tue, 29 May 2018 18:50:40 +0200 Stefan Krusche sent: > On my system here is also a configuration option in the opening > dialog of kate next to the field where the directory is shown. There, > in a submenu, I can choose that directories be shown first. Also, > with F12 as a hotkey, directories

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Charlie S
On Wed, 30 May 2018 07:14:45 +1200 Ben Caradoc-Davies sent: > On 29/05/18 13:46, Charlie S wrote: > > On Tue, 29 May 2018 13:26:37 +1200 Ben Caradoc-Davies sent: > >> On 29/05/18 13:08, Charlie S wrote: > >>> Hello Everyone, > >>> Suddenly my fil

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Charlie S
On Tue, 29 May 2018 15:14:35 +0200 Siard sent: > Charlie S wrote: > > It must be an idiosyncrasy of FVWM, that it doesn't show that little > > spin control there? > > > > I just tried it again in both programs to be certain. There is > > nothing there, and

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Charlie S
On Tue, 29 May 2018 11:47:58 -0500 David Wright sent: > On Tue 29 May 2018 at 22:27:43 (+1000), Charlie S wrote: > > On Tue, 29 May 2018 11:51:31 +0200 Siard sent: > > > > > > But when I go Ctrl-O when in Kate or Lyx the order is > > > > reversed.

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Charlie S
On Tue, 29 May 2018 14:22:08 + (UTC) Curt sent: > On 2018-05-29, Charlie S wrote: > > > > I wonder how one discovers what file managers there are installed on > > this system. I suppose have to name each one and see which are > > installed that way. > &

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-29 Thread Charlie S
On Tue, 29 May 2018 11:51:31 +0200 Siard sent: > > But when I go Ctrl-O when in Kate or Lyx the order is reversed. > > I tried Kate. To reverse the order, click the 'Name' header. > Note the small black triangle at the right side of the header > pointing up or down. After

Re: Bug#896806: systemd-resolved violates The Debian Free Software Guidelines

2018-04-30 Thread Charlie S
On Mon, 30 Apr 2018 10:09:44 -0400 Roberto C. Sánchez sent: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 04:18:01PM +0300, Abdullah Ramazanoglu wrote: > > > > AFAIK it is still there untouched in git sources, as originally > > mentioned in the bug report > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=896806

Re: extracting file with xz file tar.....

2018-01-25 Thread Charlie S
On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 20:51:47 + Brian sent: > On Thu 25 Jan 2018 at 15:42:15 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Thursday 25 January 2018 15:14:24 Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > > Dear folks, > > > > > > I am trying to extract files from a tar xz file. > > > > > > The file is a kernel

Re: An *operator's" guide to fvwm?

2018-02-26 Thread Charlie S
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 10:17:46 -0600 John Hasler sent: > BTW you should be editing ~/.fvwm/config if you are using the current > release. The 2 was dropped from fvwm2 a long time ago and all fvwm > related files placed under ~/.fvwm with config being the default > configuration file.

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-06 Thread Charlie S
On Tue, 6 Mar 2018 13:46:24 -0500 (EST) bw sent: > On Tue, 6 Mar 2018, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > Brian writes ("Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch > > installation"): > > > #694068, #696755, #727740 and #777439. > > > > Thanks. > > > > I have read the bug logs and Trent Buck's

Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-03 Thread Charlie S
On Sat, 3 Mar 2018 23:17:07 + (UTC) Long Wind sent: > i've just installed stretchi've config wireless during > installationand it work during installation but after i boot into > stretch, wireless doesn't worki didn't install network manager during > installation how can i get wireless to

Re: systemd-journald failed to open runtime journal

2019-01-28 Thread Charlie S
On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 12:03:25 -0500 Liam Morland sent: > Hello, > > Recently, I have been getting floaded with console messages like this: > > systemd-journald failed to open runtime journal: cannot allocate > memory > > Rebooting puts a stop to it for a few hours. Even when the messages > are