Debian

Redirect stdout without clobbering?
Is there a way to redirect stdout to a file without clobbering its possibly-existing contents? Rather, the output should be appended to the end of the file. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject ... 7 May 2010 11:08

grub-pc should add resume as kernel/boot-option to make hibernate work
Hi! I was just about to file a bug against grub-pc but I wanted to hear your opinion first. I've installed Debian/Squeeze with the standard+desktop+notebook-option (whats the name of this menu btw? tasksel?). So Gnome got installed and everything runs fine. The only thing which did not work out of the box ... 6 May 2010 13:04

How to stop Firefox from displaying large favicon?
Greetings; I have looked for ways to fix this problem several times in the passed few months and have had no success. Recently several companies have started displaying a large favicon in the address bar when you go to their site. In several cases it takes up over half of the space in the address bar and ... 6 May 2010 13:04

squeeze acpi problem
I have installed squeeze in my notebook and netbook, the problem is that /etc/acpi/lid.sh only run once (the first time i close the lid) when i close it again is not working, and the state in /proc change from open to close, i don't know if is an acpi configuration problem or its a bug, in lenny its work!!!. ... 6 May 2010 10:46

KDE's LCD weather station applet
Hi everyone, Can anyone tell me what package provides the KDE applet called "LCD Weather Station"? I found a bug in it and don't know against what should I report it against. 'aptitude search' and grep don't seem to help (or I'm having a blank moment). Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQ... 6 May 2010 10:46

Debian Etch n half hd-media
Hi, I am looking for the hd-media installer files for Etch n half release. Are they still available somewhere? For etch they are there for ex: [1] I couldn't find them for etch n half. (I have seen the warning on top of [2] but I need to install etch n half) Thanks, Loris [1]: http://ftp.us.debian.... 6 May 2010 06:21

How to flush cache of certain disk?
Hi, On my netbook I'm using automatic USB sticks mount through udev rules, and I already used to running 'sync' command before unplugging stick, so no data will be lost. But if I have few sticks inserted and some information copying on one of them, if I run 'sync' I have to wait while copying ends, because: a... 7 May 2010 16:44

How to schedule for a repeated task?
> If issuing the commands manually produces the desired output, you could try autoexpect¹ and edit the output of running an autoexpect session to your liking. There is a manual page too². Thank you very much for your help . This is very near to what I really want to do . I tried as the followings : #autoe... 10 May 2010 16:33

Bug#580459: isn't sed s,x,x, one big no-op?
Package: grub-pc X-debbugs-Cc: tlikonen(a)iki.fi, debian-user(a)lists.debian.org Version: 1.98-1 Severity: wishlist File: /etc/grub.d/00_header #TL> I'm sure it's for a purpose. If you file a bug I'd suggest a wish list #TL> category and tone like "Please document the purpose of ..." Dear Grub Team: Please add a c... 6 May 2010 04:11

Kde 3.5 ...
Hello! First, thank you for the great distro that is Debian, one of the best. I would like to suggest you some way so that the users keep on using the good old KDE 3.5 when they migrate to the upcoming Lenny. Maybe use dummy packages, or rename the packages so that KDE 3.5 could remain installed, and not be ... 10 May 2010 03:21