Re: [DNG] netman-autostart_0.1.1

2016-01-08 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi All, Thanks for all helpful hints. I used echo to print multiple lines including the two lines, i.e. the lines starting with "Exec=" and "Comment=", in one command. The output is used to recreate the .deskop file as follows: Code quoted from: netman-gui.postinst: (lines 72 - 83) rm -f

Re: [DNG] netman-autostart_0.1.1

2016-01-07 Thread Edward Bartolo
> printf 'g/^Comment=/d\na\n%s\n.\nwq\n' "$comment" | ed netman.desktop [*] Hi, I tried to use the above command instead of: sed -i "/Exec=netman/c\ ${line}" "${launcher}" but found that it corrupts the destination .desktop file. Edward On 08/01/2016, aitor_czr

[DNG] Netman debugging of installation scripts.

2016-01-06 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi Aitor, I 'git pushed' all my remaining local commits to netman. For an ordinary installation involving autostarting and autoconnecting, netman works as intended. However, using dpkg-reconfigure netman-gui to change settings results in unexpected results like netman-gui autostarting when it is

Re: [DNG] netman-autostart_0.1.1

2016-01-06 Thread Edward Bartolo
/netman.desktop’: No such file or directory Edward On 06/01/2016, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Aitor, > > I am trying to add your latest netman patch so that users would be > able to choose how to start and configure netman. I manually applied > your netm

Re: [DNG] Netman debugging of installation scripts.

2016-01-06 Thread Edward Bartolo
, netman-gui.postinst? Edward On 06/01/2016, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Aitor, > > I 'git pushed' all my remaining local commits to netman. For an > ordinary installation involving autostarting and autoconnecting, > netman works as intended. However, using dpkg-r

Re: [DNG] netman-autostart_0.1.1

2016-01-06 Thread Edward Bartolo
On 06/01/2016, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Aitor, > > Netman succeeded to autostart and autoconnect even though > /usr/share/applications/ does not contain the netman.desktop file. > > However, dpkg-reconfigure netman-gui fails with the complaint: > &g

Re: [DNG] netman-autostart_0.1.1

2016-01-06 Thread Edward Bartolo
-gui.postinst? Edward On 06/01/2016, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Aitor, > > I replaced my version of debian/netman-gui.postinst by your version > and still I am getting the same behaviour. If after installing netman > I use dpkg-reconfigure it fails with t

Re: [DNG] netman-autostart_0.1.1

2016-01-06 Thread Edward Bartolo
Categories=Network; As you can see, it is corrupted. I have yet to determine why the --no-tray-icon parameter is never added. Edward On 06/01/2016, Rainer Weikusat <rainerweiku...@virginmedia.com> wrote: > Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> writes: >>

Re: [DNG] netman-autostart_0.1.1

2016-01-06 Thread Edward Bartolo
: > Hi Edward, Rainer > > On 01/06/2016 04:58 PM, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Maybe, this can shed some light on what is causing this problem. The >>> >first time dpkg-reconfigure is used on netman-gui it doesn't exit >>> >complaini

Re: [DNG] netman-autostart_0.1.1

2016-01-06 Thread Edward Bartolo
ntax. Any hints are greatly appreciated. Edward On 06/01/2016, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Rainer, > > I edited the netman-gui.postinst script. I am attaching it to this > email as I am not an experienced bash script programmer. You can view > it in the a

Re: [DNG] netman-autostart_0.1.1

2016-01-06 Thread Edward Bartolo
. Autoconnecting is enabled if --auto-conn is used as a parameter, otherwise autoconnecting is disabled. Edward On 06/01/2016, Rainer Weikusat <rainerweiku...@virginmedia.com> wrote: > Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> writes: >> Maybe, this can shed some light on what is

Re: [DNG] netman-autostart_0.1.1

2016-01-06 Thread Edward Bartolo
a symlink instead. I think this is a good idea, but I have been coding for 10 hours 30 minutes now, so it is time for me to go to sleep. Edward On 06/01/2016, Rainer Weikusat <rainerweiku...@virginmedia.com> wrote: > Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> writes: >> Enjoy yourself, I am w

Re: [DNG] netman-autostart_0.1.1

2016-01-05 Thread Edward Bartolo
time, I can always apply the patch manually by editing text directly. Edward On 27/12/2015, aitor_czr <aitor_...@gnuinos.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > On 12/27/2015 02:40 PM, Edward Bartolo wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Thanks Aitor. At the moment, I am exercising my maintaine

Re: [DNG] netman-autostart_0.1.1

2016-01-05 Thread Edward Bartolo
/2016, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Aitor, > > Sorry for taking so long to resume work on netman. At the moment I am > trying to apply your netman debconf patch. However, git apply --index > ../aitor/debconf-41822e0-27.12.2015.patch is failing complaining that:

Re: [DNG] FW: support for merged /usr in Debian

2016-01-03 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, People don't understand: it is bad to manage their own OS. That is the work for EXPERTS who know BETTER. Users should only be allowed to move the mouse, click its cool buttons, and sometimes use DVDs (CDs) to run recovery software. Other than that, it is bad management. [/sarcasm] Edward

Re: [DNG] netman-autostart_0.1.1

2015-12-27 Thread Edward Bartolo
kusat <rainerweiku...@virginmedia.com> > wrote: >> aitor_czr<aitor_...@gnuinos.org> writes: >>> >>>On 12/23/2015 01:00 PM, Edward Bartolo<edb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>Hi All, >>>> >>>> >>&

Re: [DNG] netman-autostart_0.1.1

2015-12-27 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, Thanks Aitor. At the moment, I am exercising my maintainer's skills on a simple package I created but that I didn't upload. This is to sharpen my skills so that I avoid stupid mistakes with git while at the same time, I learn. Edward On 27/12/2015, aitor_czr wrote: >

[DNG] dh_make & git are cute maintainer tools

2015-12-27 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, I am someone who is, unfortunately slow to learn new things, as my obstinacy was always on making logical sense out of what I learn. However, I am pleased to note that now, I can create rudimentary Debian packages. Next time, it will be some reading about the mysterious and bewitched debian/

Re: [DNG] Expired SSL certificate for git.devuan.org

2015-12-26 Thread Edward Bartolo
; >> The error is: >> You have asked Pale Moon to connect securely to git.devuan.org, but >> we can't confirm that your connection is secure. git.devuan.org uses >> an invalid security certificate. The certificate is not trusted >> because no issuer chain was provided. (E

Re: [DNG] Preferred automounter behavior?

2015-12-26 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, As a USB drive identifier, one can use a naming scheme like the following: usb0_label0, usb1_label1, usb2_label2,... , usbN_labelN Therefore, if N usb drives happen to have the same name, they would be renamed: usb0_unique-lable, usb1_unique-label,... , usb[N-1] Some restrictions on the

Re: [DNG] Preferred automounter behavior?

2015-12-26 Thread Edward Bartolo
> Therefore, if N usb drives happen to have the same name, they would be > renamed: > usb0_unique-lable, usb1_unique-label,... , usb[N-1] The second line should be corrected to: usb0_unique-lable, usb1_unique-label,... , usb[N-1]_unique-lable On 26/12/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb.

Re: [DNG] Preferred automounter behavior?

2015-12-25 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, One persistently tempting question about using Python, or any other interpreted programming language, is why they are used? The main disadvantage I see, is they are interpreted, meaning, an interpreter is what actually runs when such code is executed. This means the memory and CPU

Re: [DNG] Expired SSL certificate for git.devuan.org

2015-12-24 Thread Edward Bartolo
confirm that your connection is secure. > git.devuan.org uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is not > trusted because no issuer chain was provided. (Error code: > sec_error_unknown_issuer) > > On Wednesday, December 23, 2015 12:14 PM, Edward Bartolo <

Re: [DNG] netman-autostart_0.1.1

2015-12-24 Thread Edward Bartolo
to connect automatically once it is started? (Y/N) c) Do you want netman-gui to use a system tray icon? (Y/N) For these I will need to use template files which are similar to control files. Edward On 23/12/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Rainer, > > Incidentally, the

Re: [DNG] netman-autostart_0.1.1

2015-12-24 Thread Edward Bartolo
network managers. Edward On 24/12/2015, Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 12:53:49PM +0100, aitor_czr wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 24/12/15 12:33, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >Hi, >> > >> >Wh

Re: [DNG] Expired SSL certificate for git.devuan.org

2015-12-23 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, I want to access git.devuan.org to create a new netman-autostart project. Iceweasel is still insisting it is an untrusted site. Edward On 22/12/2015, Emiliano Marini wrote: > Great, thank you! > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Daniel Reurich

Re: [DNG] gbp:error: upstream/0.1.1 is not a valid treeish

2015-12-23 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, Since git status was telling me that my netman branch was up to date with oringin/master, I used git checkout to discard changes in the working directory. git-buildpackage worked after that without issues. Edward On 23/12/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Aitor, &

Re: [DNG] netman-autostart_0.1.1

2015-12-23 Thread Edward Bartolo
iku...@virginmedia.com> wrote: > aitor_czr <aitor_...@gnuinos.org> writes: >> On 12/23/2015 01:00 PM, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> As suggested around a weeka ago, I am opting to include another netman >>> package whos

[DNG] git-buildpackage finally succeeds.

2015-12-23 Thread Edward Bartolo
1-1_amd64.deb'. dpkg-deb: building package `netman-backend' in `../netman-backend_0.1.1-1_amd64.deb'. dpkg-genchanges >../netman_0.1.1-1_amd64.changes dpkg-genchanges: including full source code in upload dpkg-source -i -I --after-build netman-0.1.1 dpkg-buildpackage: full upload (original source

Re: [DNG] gbp:error: upstream/0.1.1 is not a valid treeish

2015-12-23 Thread Edward Bartolo
t; wrote: > Hi Edward, > > On 12/22/2015 06:39 PM, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> >> >>By hook and by crook I have 'git pushed' my netman with Rainer's patch. >> >> >> >>My current objective is t

[DNG] netman-autostart_0.1.1

2015-12-23 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi All, As suggested around a weeka ago, I am opting to include another netman package whose purpose will be to configure netman so that it autostarts and autoconnect. This will obvioulsy depend on netman-gui. I think, to configure netman so that it starts automatically and attempts to connect

[DNG] Iceweasel says "This connection is untrusted"

2015-12-22 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi All, Trying to browse git.devuan.org resulted in iceweasel blocking me access complaining that: This Connection is Untrusted You have asked Iceweasel to connect securely to git.devuan.org, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure. Normally, when you try to connect securely, sites

Re: [DNG] Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-22 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, Once that I git pushed netman with Rainer's patch it is time to start thinking about giving users choice to let netman autostart and try autoconnecting to wifi. I think, that can be done by providing a simple script or compiled executable to configure netman so that it starts automatically

Re: [DNG] gbp:error: upstream/0.1.1 is not a valid treeish

2015-12-22 Thread Edward Bartolo
treeish It seems the cause of the error is ../netman_pkg_build being an empty directory. Maybe, I need to create some skeleton directory in there, but what? Edward On 22/12/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Having git-buildpackage failing I resorted to using dp

[DNG] gbp:error: upstream/0.1.1 is not a valid treeish

2015-12-22 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi All, By hook and by crook I have 'git pushed' my netman with Rainer's patch. My current objective is to successive build packages using git instead of dpkg-buildpackages as suggested by various helpful volunteers on this mailing list. I am using the command in the netman root directory:

Re: [DNG] gbp:error: upstream/0.1.1 is not a valid treeish

2015-12-22 Thread Edward Bartolo
'] gbp:debug: ['git', 'show-ref', 'refs/heads/pristine-tar'] gbp:debug: ['git', 'ls-tree', 'upstream/0.1.1'] gbp:error: upstream/0.1.1 is not a valid treeish Edward On 22/12/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > By hook and by crook I have 'git pushed' my netma

Re: [DNG] gbp:error: upstream/0.1.1 is not a valid treeish

2015-12-22 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, Having git-buildpackage failing I resorted to using dpkg-buildpackage promptly build the netman packages. Then, I cleaned the sources using make -C . clean Edward On 22/12/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > This is git-buildpackage with --git-verbose. &g

Re: [DNG] netman: Please, do NOT use 17-Dec-2015 commit/merge

2015-12-21 Thread Edward Bartolo
age --git-export-dir=../netman_pkg_build --git-ignore-new gbp:error: upstream/0.1.1 is not a valid treeish Edward On 21/12/2015, aitor_czr <aitor_...@gnuinos.org> wrote: > Hi Edward, > > > On 21/12/15 14:16, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Rainer and

Re: [DNG] netman: Please, do NOT use 17-Dec-2015 commit/merge

2015-12-21 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, I don't know whether what I will suggest is politically acceptable, but I think the trouble to patch netman, instead of manual editing bypassing all git background workings favours a faster deployment of netman. Edward On 21/12/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: >

Re: [DNG] Apply Rainer's patch to netman.

2015-12-21 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi All, These last few days I couldn't work on netman as I have a painful bacterial upper jaw infection. I couldn't concentrate on the project with all that pain. This is my third day taking antibiotics. Nevertheless, I tried Rainer's patch. Git is saying it is incompatible with my sources. I

Re: [DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 15, Issue 77

2015-12-21 Thread Edward Bartolo
> On 20/12/2015, aitor_czr wrote: > Hi Rainer, > > On 12/20/2015 07:01 PM, Rainer Weikusat > wrote: > >> Using copy'n'paste to save the content of the not-reformatted mail to a >> text file is sufficient to create a 'working' patch-file for

Re: [DNG] netman: Please, do NOT use 17-Dec-2015 commit/merge

2015-12-21 Thread Edward Bartolo
On 18/12/2015, Rainer Weikusat wrote: > [...] >> debian/files >> debian/netman-backend.debhelper.log >> debian/netman-backend.substvars >> debian/netman-backend/ >> debian/netman-gui.debhelper.log >> debian/netman-gui.substvars >>

Re: [DNG] Apply Rainer's patch to netman.

2015-12-19 Thread Edward Bartolo
the patch is not applicable. On 19/12/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 15/12/2015, Rainer Weikusat <rainerweiku...@virginmedia.com> wrote: >> Some more remarks on the packaging efforts so far: The rules file in the >> git repository is >> &g

Re: [DNG] Local netman sources fully restored.

2015-12-19 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi All, My solution was a safe two step procedure: i) restore sources from backup ii) git pull to update the sources The other solutions had more steps which could go wrong. In fact, I tried two suggested procedures to recover the sources from the git repository as suggested by Aitor. However,

Re: [DNG] Apply Rainer's patch to netman.

2015-12-19 Thread Edward Bartolo
> On 19/12/2015, aitor_czr <aitor_...@gnuinos.org> wrote: > Hi Edward, > > > On 12/19/2015 05:52 PM, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >The command: >> >edbarx@edbarx-pc:~/netman_from_backup_08.12.2015$ git patch >> >../rainer_dn

[DNG] Apply Rainer's patch to netman.

2015-12-19 Thread Edward Bartolo
On 15/12/2015, Rainer Weikusat wrote: > Some more remarks on the packaging efforts so far: The rules file in the > git repository is > > -- > #!/usr/bin/make -f > > %: > dh $@ --with quilt,python2 > > override_dh_auto_clean: > dh_auto_clean

Re: [DNG] netman: Please, do NOT use 17-Dec-2015 commit/merge

2015-12-18 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi Aitor, dpkg-buildpackage succeeds to build two .deb packages but netman/.git is broken. I have a full system backup including /home from the 8th December 2015, but that would mean, losing all changes since that date. Currently, "git status" is saying: edbarx@edbarx-pc:~/netman-0.1.1$ ls

[DNG] Local netman sources fully restored.

2015-12-18 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi All, Finally, I fully restored my local netman sources from a full system backup I made on the 8th December 2015. Updating was a matter of only deleting the netman/debian directory and using "git pull". My goal was always to use the least invasive of methods to recover my sources. This was

[DNG] git says "Your branch is behind 'origin/master' by 1 commit".

2015-12-17 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, Running "git pull" complains with the following message: edbarx@edbarx-pc:~/netman$ git pull Updating 06507b0..ddcd272 error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge: debian/README.Debian debian/netman-gui.install Please, commit your changes or

[DNG] (no subject)

2015-12-17 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, Running "git pull" complains with the following message: edbarx@edbarx-pc:~/netman$ git pull Updating 06507b0..ddcd272 error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge: debian/README.Debian debian/netman-gui.install Please, commit your changes or

Re: [DNG] netman: Please, do NOT use 17-Dec-2015 commit/merge

2015-12-17 Thread Edward Bartolo
On 17/12/2015, Rainer Weikusat wrote: > You can use > git reset --hard Hi, I used the above. Thanks. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] netman: Please, do NOT use 17-Dec-2015 commit/merge

2015-12-17 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi All, Please stop replying to this thread. Now, dpkg-buildpackage succeeds to build two .deb packages but git is still damaged. Edward On 18/12/2015, aitor_czr <aitor_...@gnuinos.org> wrote: > On 12/17/2015 09:27 PM, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi A

Re: [DNG] git says "Your branch is behind 'origin/master' by 1, commit".

2015-12-17 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi All, Please stop replying to this thread. Now, dpkg-buildpackage succeeds to build two .deb packages but git is still damaged. Edward On 18/12/2015, aitor_czr <aitor_...@gnuinos.org> wrote: > Hi Edward, > > On 12/17/2015 09:27 PM, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote:

Re: [DNG] Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-16 Thread Edward Bartolo
> On 15/12/15 21:00, Rainer Weikusat wrote: >> Some more remarks on the packaging efforts so far: The rules file in the >> git repository is >> override_dh_auto_clean: >> dh_auto_clean Hi, I am very hesitant about deleting this particular line as it has

Re: [DNG] Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-16 Thread Edward Bartolo
On 16/12/2015, Roger Leigh <rle...@codelibre.net> wrote: > On 16/12/2015 20:03, Edward Bartolo wrote: >>> On 15/12/15 21:00, Rainer Weikusat <rainerweiku...@virginmedia.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Some more remarks on the packaging efforts so f

Re: [DNG] Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-15 Thread Edward Bartolo
On 15/12/2015, Rainer Weikusat wrote: > aitor_czr writes: >> Hi Edward, >> >> I made some changes in netman-gui.postinst: >> >> #!/bin/sh >> if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then >> /sbin/ldconfig >> fi > > The package doesn't "install shared

Re: [DNG] Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-15 Thread Edward Bartolo
On 14/12/2015, aitor_czr wrote: > The line 11 was wrong: > >> #!/bin/sh >> if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then >> /sbin/ldconfig >> fi >> >> while true; do >> read -p "Do you want netman to use a systray icon? (Y/n)" yn >> case $yn in >> [Nn]* ) line="exec=netman"; >>

[DNG] Which email client can I use to properly quote emails?

2015-12-14 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi All, What email client do you suggest me to use so that I can properly quote previous replies? I use gmail's classic webmail interface as my computer lags with the newer webmail interfaces. I tried claws-mail without success: the gmail server refused to connect. I also do not wish to use a

Re: [DNG] Which email client can I use to properly quote emails?

2015-12-14 Thread Edward Bartolo
On 14/12/2015, Teodoro Santoni wrote: > Actually you *can* quote previous replies with gmail classic (and > javascriptnightmare gmail too): click on "reply to all" and use the > form, avoid the rapid reply dumbery. Hi Teodoro, Thanks for this tip. I tried icedove (aka

Re: [DNG] Pushed my debianized netman sources.

2015-12-13 Thread Edward Bartolo
12, 2015 at 10:58:03PM +0100, Edward Bartolo wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I git pushed my debianized netman sources although I cannot claim they >> are perfect as I lack experience as a packager, but this is my little >> contribution to the project. > > Thank you. I

Re: [DNG] top posting, was: Re: Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-13 Thread Edward Bartolo
Dear Katola, Would you please refrain from writing insults as these truly prove '"indifference" and "selfishness"'? Why would anyone resort to bullying tactics to psychologically manipulate those who see an issue differently? Edward On 13/12/2015, KatolaZ wrote: > On

Re: [DNG] top posting, was: Re: Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-13 Thread Edward Bartolo
I did. This means, I have to write my emails immediately. Edward On 13/12/2015, Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 12:57:29PM +0100, Edward Bartolo wrote: >> Dear Katola, >> >> Would you please refrain from writing insults as these tr

Re: [DNG] netman building using dpkg-buildpackage

2015-12-13 Thread Edward Bartolo
wrote: > Hi Edward, > > On 12/13/2015 11:49 AM, Edward Bartolo wrote: >> The uploaded latest commit does not provide a way to confugure netman >> so that it starts automatically as soon as one logs into a DE or WM. > > You need to add a netman.desktop file

Re: [DNG] Pushed my debianized netman sources.

2015-12-13 Thread Edward Bartolo
automatically. Should I provide autostarting for netman as instructed just above by Aitor? The netman.desktop launcher should also contain the --auto-conn parameter for netman to autoconnect. Edward On 13/12/2015, fsmithred <fsmith...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/12/2015 04:58 PM, Edward Bart

Re: [DNG] Pushed my debianized netman sources.

2015-12-13 Thread Edward Bartolo
and handled. Edward Edward On 13/12/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > fsmithred wrote: > > Sample netman.desktop: > > [Desktop Entry] > Categories=Application;Network; > Exec=netman > GenericName=Netman > Icon=netman > Name=Netman Network Manager &

Re: [DNG] Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-13 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, On 13 Dec 2015 Aitor wrote: Creating a 'netman.desktop' file in '/etc/xdg/autostart' directory, netman will start automatically. I am thinking about making autostarting and connecting automatically to wifi optional during the installation process of netman. This means, I need to write a post

Re: [DNG] Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-13 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi All, As I use gmail's old webmail interface, I would appreciate as to how to properly quote previous mails so that the format is standard. Thanks On 14/12/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On 13 Dec 2015 Aitor wrote: > Creating a 'netman.desktop'

Re: [DNG] top posting, was: Re: Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-12 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi All, On gmail threads text is automatically quoted: I have no option about that, other than selectively quoting parts. I always make an effort to write clearly, but more often than not, I am exhausted. I am making a huge effort to complete netman, notwithstanding I never earned a penny working

[DNG] Pushed my debianized netman sources.

2015-12-12 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, I git pushed my debianized netman sources although I cannot claim they are perfect as I lack experience as a packager, but this is my little contribution to the project. Edward ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

[DNG] netman building using dpkg-buildpackage

2015-12-12 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi All, Running dpkg-buildpackage under netman now works everything without necessitating a manual invokation of "make -C . clean". However netman/debian directory is cluttered with many unnecessary files that dh_make created. I tested the created .deb netman packages in another installation and

Re: [DNG] Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-11 Thread Edward Bartolo
two packages are good for installation. Edward On 11/12/2015, KatolaZ <kato...@freaknet.org> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 06:49:44PM +, Rainer Weikusat wrote: >> Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> writes: >> > I think, it is irritating to first having to scr

[DNG] Have to use "make -C . clean" before dpkg-buildpackage

2015-12-11 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi All, Here is the output that speaks better than my words to describe the remaining debianization issues with netman. 1) Failing to build package on 'dirty' sources. edbarx@edbarx-pc:~/netman-0.1.1$ dpkg-buildpackage dpkg-buildpackage: source package netman dpkg-buildpackage: source version

Re: [DNG] Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-11 Thread Edward Bartolo
, a writing style which shouldn't be binding to anyone. This should be optional like any personal preference. Edward On 10/12/2015, Svante Signell <svante.sign...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2015-12-10 at 23:07 +0100, Edward Bartolo wrote: >> Hi Rainer, >> >> Thanks for your help

Re: [DNG] Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-10 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi Aitor et al, I am still thinking what I should do to the netman/debian directory so that dpkg-buildpackage succeeds to spew out the two netman .deb packages. I think, the trouble lies with tracking patches which I don't have and don't want to use for the first properly debianized netman

Re: [DNG] Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-10 Thread Edward Bartolo
Forwarded to dng. On 10/12/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was using -p together with -f. Now, I succeeded to fully run dh_make > as it created the netman/debian directory. These are the file therein: > > edbarx@edbarx-pc:~/netman-0.1.1/debian$ ls -l > tot

Re: [DNG] Pointer error in the backend of Netman

2015-12-10 Thread Edward Bartolo
D6AA 445E FDB4 A153 3D5A 5F20 B3AE 0B5F 062F ] > ___ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > /* netman - A Network Connection Manager Copyright (C) 2015 Edward Bartolo

Re: [DNG] Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-10 Thread Edward Bartolo
ant to avoid processing. This means to remove such a hashed number altogther. My version: netman (0.1.1-jessie2) unstable; urgency=medium * New release. -- Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 19:30:00 +0100 On 10/12/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote:

Re: [DNG] gcc error: "error: unknown type name,,, ‘GtkObject’"

2015-12-09 Thread Edward Bartolo
> } >pclose (fp); >return 0; > } > > I will have a look at your code. > > Thanks, > > Aitor. > > On 06/12/15 08:40, Edward Bartolo wrote: >> Hi Aitor, >> >> The best way for you is to use the backend's code for reference. What &

Re: [DNG] Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-08 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi All, I applied the patch suggested yesterday by Rainer *manually* by editing files. I am lost here and I am hesitant to mess with git as it can easily damage my sources. Edward On 08/12/2015, Rainer Weikusat <rainerweiku...@virginmedia.com> wrote: > Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail

Re: [DNG] Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-08 Thread Edward Bartolo
Weikusat <rainerweiku...@virginmedia.com> wrote: > Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> writes: >> RunCommand is defined in the Process unit. As far as I can tell, it is >> named Process.inc. This is part of the fpc-source package. Mine is >> fpc-source-2.6.4 (Installed

Re: [DNG] Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-08 Thread Edward Bartolo
IDE for Free Pascal - LCL source code Edward On 08/12/2015, Rainer Weikusat <rainerweiku...@virginmedia.com> wrote: > Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> writes: >> I applied the patch suggested yesterday by Rainer *manually* by >> editing files. I am lost he

Re: [DNG] Pointer error in the backend of Netman

2015-12-07 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi Reiner, QUOTE: "NB: This also fixes the silly autoWirelessScanPlus_RN omission (by including all object files). But this is positively the last time I've either - created backend_src/obj by hand - created backend_src/bin by hand - added automated_scanner.o by hand

Re: [DNG] Debianising my uploaded version of netman.

2015-12-07 Thread Edward Bartolo
Forwarded to dng. On 07/12/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Aitor, > > Thanks for granting me permission. I will now start editing some files > under netman/debian so that dpkg-buildpackage works. > > I am getting this error: > dpkg-source: error: can

Re: [DNG] Pointer error in the backend of Netman

2015-12-07 Thread Edward Bartolo
are instances where it is useful. There are other warnings regarding variables not being initialised. Sometimes it doesn't make sense to initialise a variable if the initial value will always be overwritten. Edward On 07/12/2015, Rainer Weikusat <rainerweiku...@virginmedia.com> wrote: > Edw

Re: [DNG] Pointer error in the backend of Netman

2015-12-06 Thread Edward Bartolo
if ((z - 1) % 20 == 0) active_wifi_list = realloc(active_wifis, (((z - 1)/2) + 10)*sizeof(void*)); Edward On 06/12/2015, aitor_czr <aitor_...@gnuinos.org> wrote: > Hi Edward, > > I will try it later, thanks :) > >Aitor. > > On 12/06/2015 01:

Re: [DNG] Pointer error in the backend of Netman

2015-12-06 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi Aitor, Is your list of neighbouring active wifi points larger than 9 or 10? If that is the case, we may have hit an untested code path. I will review the code and post back. Edward On 06/12/2015, aitor_czr wrote: > Hi all, > > In the case of an automatically attempt

Re: [DNG] gcc error: "error: unknown type name,,,, ‘GtkObject’"

2015-12-06 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi Aitor, Aitor Asked: "The button tagged as <"More information"> in the GUI of Netman shows the textual output of: $ sudo iwlist wlan0 scan". Yes. Edward On 06/12/2015, aitor_czr wrote: > This is: > > $ ./backend 8 > > Aitor. > > On 12/06/2015 09:26 AM, aitor_czr

Re: [DNG] gcc error: "error: unknown type name,,, ‘GtkObject’"

2015-12-05 Thread Edward Bartolo
> Proc.Parameters.Add('/etc/network/interfaces'); > Proc.Options := [poUsePipes, poWaitOnExit]; > Proc.Execute; > > Here are the definitions: > > http://olympiad.cs.uct.ac.za/docs/fpc-2.4.4/fcl/process/tprocess.options.html > > Cheers, > > Aitor. > > On 12/04/2

Re: [DNG] gcc error: "error: unknown type name,, ‘GtkObject’"

2015-12-03 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi Aitor, I succeeded to run my trial gtk3 application with events without errors. I always wanted to learn coding GUI applications for Linux in C/C++. This can be a good exercise. Edward On 02/12/2015, aitor_czr <aitor_...@gnuinos.org> wrote: > Woow !! > > On 02/12/15 12:08,

Re: [DNG] gcc error: "error: unknown type name,, ‘GtkObject’"

2015-12-02 Thread Edward Bartolo
tps://gitlab.com/aitor_czr/spinner/blob/master/spinner.cpp > > Cheers, > >Aitor. > > P.D.- I keep asking myself why the spinner works within a chroot jail, > and not outside it. > > On 02/12/15 07:57, Edward Bartolo wrote: >> Hi Aitor et al, >> >>

Re: [DNG] APT pinning no longer works

2015-12-02 Thread Edward Bartolo
Jaromil, In my opinion Debian are acting like a commercial entity: they want their clients to get used to any 'inevitable changes' in their products. This can also be seen as another stab in the back to projects promoting software freedom like Devuan. My 'little' opinion if that counts. Edward

Re: [DNG] gcc error: "error: unknown type name,, ‘GtkObject’"

2015-12-01 Thread Edward Bartolo
the most contorted and mysterious part. In Delphi and Lazarus Pascal, implementing an event handler is a matter of a few mouse clicks, or at most, an assignment of a procedural variable to the component.onclick property. Edward On 01/12/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ait

Re: [DNG] gcc error: "error: unknown type name,, ‘GtkObject’"

2015-12-01 Thread Edward Bartolo
doesn't find >> the headers , use the Makefile. I just also pushed a >> CMakeList.txt. Aitor. On 11/30/2015 07:46 AM, Edward Bartolo wrote: >>> >Hi Aitor, >>> > >>> >I downloaded both the cpp and ui file and tried to compile them into >>> >an ex

Re: [DNG] gcc error: "error: unknown type name ‘GtkObject’"

2015-11-29 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi All, But as usual with GUI programming in C or C++, in this case gtk3, the way to access components, subcomponents and their data, is extremely contorted. Edward On 29/11/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > Finally I succeeded to create a simple windo

Re: [DNG] gcc error: "error: unknown type name ‘GtkObject’"

2015-11-29 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi All, Finally I succeeded to create a simple window with a button and a multiline text box! Edward On 29/11/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Aitor, > > Thanks for taking some time to answer my question. I did as you > instructed me and successfully compil

Re: [DNG] gcc error: "error: unknown type name, ‘GtkObject’"

2015-11-29 Thread Edward Bartolo
are an example of a GtkTreeView (ListStore model) using Gtkmm: > > https://gitlab.com/aitor_cz/ListView/tree/master > > How to build: > > make -f Makefile > > HTH, > > Aitor. > > On 11/29/2015 10:06 PM, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi All, &g

[DNG] gcc error: "error: unknown type name ‘GtkObject’"

2015-11-28 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi All, I am trying to practice creating a GUI with gtk but I am failing to compile my little test application. #include void on_window_destroy (GtkObject *object, gpointer user_data) { gtk_main_quit (); } int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {

Re: [DNG] Experiencing with GtkBuilder

2015-11-27 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi Aitor et al, I tried Glade 3.18.3 but found it enforces the use of gtk3.* which happens to be quite different from previous versions. Even the way components are managed on a form or a container seems different. Therefore, it makes sense to ask which version you (Aitor) are using. I want to

Re: [DNG] Experiencing with GtkBuilder

2015-11-24 Thread Edward Bartolo
created event handlers. I think, this way, the translator should remain efficient and readable. Edward On 24/11/2015, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote: > On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 06:02:42 +0100 > Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Aitor et al

Re: [DNG] Experiencing with GtkBuilder

2015-11-23 Thread Edward Bartolo
functions as I learnt my lesson to never again use them. Edward On 24/11/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Aitor et al, > > What about directly translating the Object Pascal code into C instead > of doing a reimplementation of the logic? I remember, once I ha

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