Debian

how do you check that grub2 is configured correctly ?
Hi All, If update-grub2 executes without any errors am I good to go ? What else can I do to try and make sure it will work ? Thanks, Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://... 15 Jul 2010 15:24

udev not assigning group correctly for scanner
device `epson2:/dev/sg1' is a Epson GT-9700 flatbed scanner crw-rw----+ 1 root root 21, 1 Jul 14 18:57 /dev/sg1 here's the rule it looks like it should be matching : # Epson Perfection 2450 | Epson GT-9700F | Epson Perfection 2450 PHOTO ATTRS{idVendor}=="04b8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0112", MODE="0664", GROUP=... 18 Jul 2010 13:47

wicd with WPA2 fails
sid fully updated wicd connects fine if I turn wireless security on the WRT54G2 router off. When I set the router to WPA2 - AES I get (from wicd.log) 2010/07/14 17:40:41 :: iwconfig eth2 2010/07/14 17:40:41 :: WPA_CLI RESULT IS SCANNING 2010/07/14 17:40:42 :: wpa_supplicant authentication may have failed. 2... 16 Jul 2010 13:14

Conclusion: FAT mount, UTC and localtime
On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:44:49 +0000, T o n g wrote: $ date; hwclock --show Wed Jul 14 20:33:58 EDT 2010 Wed 14 Jul 2010 08:33:58 PM EDT -0.953730 seconds Seems to me my hardware clock is set to local time here instead. Nope, it get correctly interpreted by the system. Thanks to Dave's solution,... 15 Jul 2010 16:31

iceowl (lightning) extension and calendar data migration problem on amd64
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:56:28 -0400, H.S. wrote: (...) However, the calendar extension in my icedove (on amd64 installation) does not entertain those files, as if it is not reading it. Have I done this correctly? How do I make sure what problem icedove is having with that calendar data? Where did you... 16 Jul 2010 14:20

Copying eth-settings
Hello, I am using debian in my server. I got 2 ethernet ports, one for intra, and another for ethernet. Ethernet is using interface eth0 and intra is using eth1. I would like to copy every settings in each start to eth0 from eth1, expect IP, what I would like to have static. Something extra and nice wou... 15 Jul 2010 16:31

iceowl (lightning) extension and calendar data migration problem on amd64
I installed amd64 Testing on my new system. I installed thunderbird (icedove) and the lightning extension (iceowl ex.). I copies the relevant files to get my calendar data to my amd64 installation based on http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Thunderbird#Lightning_add-on. These are the f... 14 Jul 2010 23:05

High udp port are open temporarily
Hi :) I install new server with Debian stable (base system only with ssh and bind). I scan port with: nmap -sS -sU -T4 -A -v -PE newserver and get that few port with number 40000 and higher are open|filtered. When I scan newserver again I get other few udp port open (differnt number of port). When I use l... 15 Jul 2010 16:31

how to make iceweasel & icedove look as pretty as in gnome?
Is there a way? I tried by installing kde-config-gtk-style but both apps look terrible and they also don't exit properly. All the related messages I googled, are dated from 2008... Thanks, Giorgos ... 19 Jul 2010 08:03

audio not working on amd64 (was: Re: thinking of installing amd64 Debian ... )
Hello H.S., Well, the audio has stopped working. Intel on-board sound devices on my two Debian systems have failed to work properly for about 3 years now. None of several "fixes" worked. I tried USB headphones as an alternate audio device, no luck. The Altec Lansing headset with C-Media USB-audio a... 14 Jul 2010 14:18