Debian

Gramps in Lenny
Does it work? In the Gramps website, I see mention of it working against Sid/Squeeze but nothing about Lenny. I'd appreciate if someone who made this work in Lenny throw some light (what version/how to install i.e. download *.deb or through Synaptic etc.). Thanks. Ravi ... 29 Apr 2010 07:51

How does snapshot.debian.org work?
Hi, Does anyone knows what technologies are involved behind snapshot.debian.org? I'm interested in snapshot file systems and I'm looking for nice solutions running on Debian. An example which looks perfect is the Plan9 fossil/venti solution (http://plan9.bell-labs.com/magic/man2html/4/fossil) Thanks. N. --... 23 Apr 2010 21:05

How to trick my Debian in thinking that a package is not installed
Hi, How can I trick my Debian into thinking that a package is not installed? I am talking about the *standalone* durep package. I don't like the new 0.9 version but rather prefer the old 0.8 version. However, even I've put it on hold in dpkg/aptitude, from time to time if I do a 'aptitude safe- upgrade', t... 29 Apr 2010 00:13

dash-as-bin-sh
Hi, List! I have a few simple questions for you: 1 - I there a better place to get help with dash 2 - Is there way to detect that a script is running as dash, instead of a shell like Solaris' /bin/sh 3 - Corollary to #2, can I expect dash-as-sh to by a hard link or a sym link? (I would think not, but don't ... 27 Apr 2010 09:53

Continuous wifi errors
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear Debianistas, I get the following messages continuously, via dmesg: [10438.440147] wlan0: switched to long barker preamble (BSSID=00:0c:41:fb:d5:50) [10453.293891] wlan0: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=00:0c:41:fb:d5:50) [10741.016287] wlan0: s... 23 Apr 2010 21:05

backup apt tree?
Dear all What files contain the information on the current ("now") apt tree? I would like to perform backups of these files so that I could restore the tree if some package upgrade messed up my Debian testing. Thank you Liviu -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://go... 23 Apr 2010 21:06

PDF is blocked for printing, etc. OK for acroread (it behaves as expected), but KPDF allows me to print it, even if it is protected! Why?
Merciadri Luca dijo [Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 02:00:13PM +0200]: As you quote, others have told you the PDF-provided security is fake. It is just a flag flipped to tell the reader program to pretty please make life miserable for the user. Yes, but it is often sufficient to prevent _beginners_ from... 20 Apr 2010 16:04

Light automatically and randomly reduces some secs. after it has been set to its maximum level
On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:52:36 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: Camaleón writes: Open GConf editor and navigate to "/apps/gnome-power-manager/backlight/ idle_brightness". You can tweak many things from there. Will this modification be taken into account directly? Yes, changes should take place as soo... 20 Apr 2010 16:04

PDF is blocked for printing, etc. OK for acroread (it behaves as expected), but KPDF allows me to print it, even if it is protected! Why?
Hi, I have written a PDF that I have blocked for printing, etc. Acrobat Reader won't print it, because of the restrictions defined on the PDF file's content. However, KPDF accepts printing it, and extracting content from it, etc., even if these actions are unauthorized with acroread. Is it normal? Thanks. ... 20 Apr 2010 16:03

Increasing number of conflicts
I've got an issue with a sid box that I have been maintaining for a while. This is my workstation, and I have noticed a growing number of broken packages, unmet dependencies and conflicts. I have been using safe-upgrade for months now, hoping that it would work itself out over time. However, this hasn't happened. S... 16 May 2010 10:14