Debian

maintainer not responding
debian-user list, Debian is a great distribution thanks to the countless hours volunteers have contributed. But what can be done when a maintainer is not responding to the bug reports they are responsible for? Specifically I am interested in these bugs: [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?maint=neno... 10 Aug 2010 02:36

Popcon usage (online tool)
Hello, I would like to compare the numbers for some packages within the Popcon¹ online tool to get a quick feedback, but it seems to be limited to just one query at a time (I mean, I would like to get something like "http:// qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=package_one&package=package_two" and obtain the stat... 6 Aug 2010 03:54

Django Live, a live LAMP-Django CD based on Debian stable Lenny
This is a debian (live) Django-OS - Live CD running on hardened kernel and LAMP stack - http://sourceforge.net/projects/djangolive/ #opensource<http://twitter.com/search?q=%23opensource> #python <http://twitter.com/search?q=%23python> #LAMP<http://twitter.com/search?q=%23LAMP> #india <http://twitter.com/search?q=%... 5 Aug 2010 11:19

repair partition: wrong size
Hi, I just noticed that the partition sizes on my usb disk are wrong. debian:/# fsck -f /dev/sdb2 fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) e2fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) The filesystem size (according to the superblock) is 1953905 blocks The physical size of the device is 487974 blocks Either the superblock or the partition ... 6 Aug 2010 11:34

Tiny Console Fonts - Almost Fixed
On 2010-08-05 15:59 +0200, Thomas H. George wrote: About half way through the boot up the scripts changed back to the tiny fonts. There was a line saying consolechars can only load fonts with a height of 16, try installing setfont. Apt-get search found setfont in kbd-compat but apt-get install reported t... 7 Aug 2010 11:28

What to put on SSD
I have this: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 37G 14G 22G 39% / tmpfs 3.9G 8.0K 3.9G 1% /lib/init/rw udev 10M 640K 9.4M 7% /dev tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev/shm /dev/hda2 328G 204G 107G ... 13 Aug 2010 13:35

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phantom icon
I plugged my wife's sony ereader into my debian (lenny) machine USB socket primarily to charge it up properly. I was very surprised when it came up with the 'do you want to run the program' and actually mounted the volume. I was able to look at the files but didn't do anything else. I did forget to unmount the ... 5 Aug 2010 02:40

Software to handle bits and pieces of information.
Hi; I could use some suggestions. I seem to collect a lot of snippets of information scribbled on pieces of paper, old napkins, etc. Examples are notes on harware, sources for stuff, notes on possible projects, book that I might want to buy in the future and on and on. This has generated numerous scraps of pap... 5 Aug 2010 16:54

Universally Change PS1 For All New Users
How can I force Debian to use a custom colored PS1 I have defined under /root/.bashrc for all new users I create with 'useradd' or 'adduser'? Is there somewhere I can modify this like in /etc/profile? Can someone just let me know what the correct process would be for Debian. Thank you for any assistance! -- ... 4 Aug 2010 13:36