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adduser M: 2011-10-04 |
a program (front end to useradd(8)) for adding a user to the system. See also <homedir permissions>. |
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debian wiki M: 2013-05-07 |
<reply>The Debian wiki (http://wiki.debian.org/) is a support and documentation resource for the Debian project. For information about the wiki itself, see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianWiki . Wiki bugs are documented in the <BTS>, see http://bugs.debian.org/wiki.debian.org . See also <immutable wiki>. |
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packages M: 2011-05-19 |
<reply> see package |
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memtest M: 2013-05-16 |
<reply>To test a computer's memory subsystem for faults, use either: memtest86 / memtest86+ (thorough real-mode testers) or memtester (userspace utility), all packaged for Debian. memtest86+ is included in <debian live> CD/DVD images. http://www.memtest86.com/ http://www.memtest.org/ http://pyropus.ca/software/memtester/ See also <grub2 badram>. |
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proposed updates M: 2010-09-26 |
<reply> see proposed-updates |
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chroot M: 2009-07-22 |
<reply>a way to change the root directory of a process, see also http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch09#_chroot_system |
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sarge sources.list M: 2009-06-07 |
"deb http://archive.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free" and "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security sarge/updates main contrib non-free" |
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postrm M: 2011-03-16 |
<reply>see pkg scripts |
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xorg config manual M: 2013-04-29 |
<reply> see xorg manual config |
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simpsons M: 2000-05-03 |
<reply> SIMPSONS RULE, DUDE!, or check http://www.snpp.com for an authoritative list on the simpsons' goodies :> |
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xdm M: 2009-08-01 |
<reply>[xdm] X display manager, see /usr/share/doc/xdm/README.Debian for configuration details. Ask me about <nodm> to disable. |
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desktop environments M: 2009-05-01 |
<reply>Desktop environments available for installation on Debian systems include <GNOME>, <KDE>, <XFCE> and <LXDE>. See also <window manager>. |
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linux source M: 2010-12-16 |
<reply> see kernel source |
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pptp M: 2010-12-11 |
<reply>Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is an insecure and unreliable way to create tunnels; consider <openvpn>, <ipsec> or <l2tp> instead. Some ISPs use PPTP to provide service on Ethernet connected broadband networks; this is not supported at Debian installation time. To connect to a PPTP server, use pptpsetup (pptp-linux package, on netinst and CD1) or network-manager-pptp. See also <why not pptp>, <poptop>, <mppe>, <vpn>. |
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trackpoint M: 2012-01-19 |
<reply> see pointing stick |
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dinstall M: 2001-03-16 |
the Incoming queue processor that runs on master daily - It's !dinstall until the next dinstall run, or obsolete. katie has replaced it. |
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lso M: 2010-10-26 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_segment_offload |
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stow M: 2010-02-03 |
a nifty program used to manage a /usr/local/ hierarchy. It keeps all the programs separate, so you can install and remove them without playing the "which program does that file belong to" game; ask me about <stow usage>. http://www.gnu.org/software/stow . See also <usrlocal>, <uupdate>. |
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scriptkiddie M: 2011-03-16 |
<reply>[script kiddie] A lamer who exploits others using various pre-written exploit scripts. They are uncreative individuals who only know how to download and run scripts written by someone else who actually knows something. The piles of strange entries in your SSH and Apache logs are from these sorts of morons. See the Script Kiddie HOWTO at http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/script-kiddy-HOWTO for more information. |
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deb-src M: 2011-02-05 |
<reply>'deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian/ [wheezy|squeeze|jessie|sid] main contrib non-free' (for example), replace with your own for a local mirror. Ask me about <source> for some information about how to build stuff, make sure the "build-essential" package is installed. You might need to have linux-headers-$(uname -r) (if using a Debian kernel) and the libc6-dev packages installed. |
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branch M: 2013-05-04 |
what version of Debian you're using; squeeze/oldstable, wheezy/stable, jessie/testing, sid/unstable. Ask me about <version>. |
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script M: 2000-03-28 |
<reply>[script] This refers to a group of commands usually stored in a file and run one at a time so that you don't have to type them in one at a time. Script is the newer, sexier term for batch. Don't talk about batch files anymore! It's all scripts and scripting languages. We're on the INTERNET, for goodness sake! |
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spi C: 1970-01-01 |
<reply>Software in the Public Interest (SPI) is the umbrella organization for Debian and other Free Software projects. http://www.spi-inc.org/ |
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initrd M: 2010-01-04 |
<reply>[initrd] Initial ramdisk, or god's way of punishing you for using a pre-built kernel image... and you WILL HAVE TO INCLUDE AN INITRD STATEMENT IN YOUR BOOTLOADER (hint, hint). Typically if you can't find your root filesystem, this is your problem, see <can't mount root>. A great system for those who understand modules or need/want root in LVM and/or md RAID. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initrd . See also <initramfs>, <kp mantra>. |
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south park C: 1970-01-01 |
a kickass and very funny cartoon, full of mindless sex, violence and profanity. |
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seti@home M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>SETI@home is a volunteer grid computing project for analyzing radio telescope data. The SETI@home BOINC client is packaged for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" as boinc-app-seti, availability is intended for Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" via wheezy-backports following its release. http://wiki.debian.org/BOINC http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ #boinc on irc.freenode.net. |
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wwwoffle M: 2011-11-21 |
<reply>WWWOFFLE (World Wide Web OFFline Explorer) is a caching proxy server with special features for use with dial-up internet links. Removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #649286. http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/wwwoffle |
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rsync M: 2009-05-18 |
a superior network file synchronization program. Handy for downloading a Linux kernel, e.g. rsync -avz --partial rsync.kernel.org::pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.29.3.tar.bz2 /usr/local/home/peej/src/ Useful for backups as per http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ , see also <rsnapshot>. http://rsync.samba.org/ #rsync on irc.freenode.net. |
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browser C: 1970-01-01 |
Most commonly used to refer to a software program used to look at World Wide Web pages. |
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ar9462 M: 2012-02-10 |
<reply> see ath9k |
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dovecot wheezy C: 2013-05-15 |
<reply>The upgrade from Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" to Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" takes you from Dovecot 1.2 to 2.1. This is a big upgrade that requires manual intervention. Further details are available in the /usr/share/doc/dovecot-core/README.Debian.gz in wheezy's dovecot-core package and at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Upgrading/2.0 and http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Upgrading/2.1 |
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missing iso M: 2011-02-23 |
<reply> see missing images |
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cron tutorial M: 2009-11-13 |
http://clickmojo.com/code/cron-tutorial.html or just read "man 5 crontab" locally |
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gnome shell M: 2011-09-18 |
<reply> see gnome-shell |
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backup M: 2008-01-26 |
<reply>A backup is something you should do *ALWAYS*... if you value your sh*t in the least. Otherwise eons of built-up data can go BYE BYE FOREVER one day if you do not; either by HD malfunction, intentional evil by crackers, mischievous glak elves invading your system, or large magnets getting out of hand. Pay the dollars for a tape system or CDR and use <tar> (optionally with bzip2 at lowest compression). See <things to backup>. |
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xorg config squeeze M: 2013-04-29 |
<reply> see xorg manual config |
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lvm M: 2008-07-21 |
<reply>[lvm] the Linux Logical Volume Manager (http://sources.redhat.com/lvm2/). Resources: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/, <lvm_tutorial>, <lvm removedisk>, <lvm movelv>, <install using lvm>, http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/410, http://sources.redhat.com/lvm2/wiki/ IRC: #lvm on irc.freenode.net. |
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openfwwf M: 2010-09-25 |
<reply> "Open FirmWare for WiFi networks" (OpenFWWF) is a project developing open source firmware for wireless LAN devices based on Broadcom AirForce chipsets (specifically BCM4306 rev 3, BCM4311 rev 1 and BCM4318). Supported by the <b43> driver since Linux 2.6.30; firmware is requested from b43-open/ . v5.2 does not correctly handle FIFO overflow conditions. <RFP> filed as Debian bug #513974. http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf/ |
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squeeze security M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Put "deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free" in your /etc/apt/sources.list file to keep up-to-date on security updates in <oldstable>. Run "aptitude update" and "aptitude upgrade" (or "aptitude full-upgrade" if the updates are kept back). Also ask me about <lifespan>. |
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install jessie M: 2013-05-09 |
<reply> see install testing |
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release updates C: 2013-05-08 |
<reply> see wheezy-updates |
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bots M: 2009-11-05 |
<reply>We have lots of bots around to help out with different things. dpkg (<dpkgbot>) and <judd> are the main two for factoids and package information; dselect (<dselectbot>) fills in for dpkg. There's also debhelper (flooding, moderating), apt, ... Most bots are also in #debian-bots if you can't use /msg to talk to them. Be nice to the bots though; they have feelings, bleed oil and let out the <magic smoke> when angry. |
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usb-install M: 2009-06-05 |
<reply> see usb install |
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apt-get source C: 2009-06-23 |
the way to download the debian source for your packages. Run apt-get source and compile packages as a non-root user. Ask me about <source> <deb-src>. If you have several deb-src lines in your sources.list, then you will need to use "apt-get source packagename=version" to control what source version is downloaded (apt-get source ignores the -t option). Also ask me about <package recompile> <simple sid backport> |
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z70 M: 2010-12-14 |
<reply> see 70 |
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apple M: 2010-11-06 |
<reply>[apple] a fruit, or Apple Inc. (formerly Apple Computer, Inc.), a consumer electronics and software company. http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Apple . See also <airport>, <alac>, <combo drive>, <daap>, <hfs>, <hfsplus>, <imac>, <ipod>, <m68k>, <macbook>, <mac mini>, <open firmware>, <powerpc>, <quicktime>, <superdrive>. ##apple on irc.freenode.net. |
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mac M: 2011-04-16 |
<reply>[mac] Media Access Control, see <mac change>; Macintosh, see <apple>, <m68k>, <macbook>, <powerpc>, <macsound>; Mandatory Access Control, see <apparmor>, <selinux>, <tomoyo>. |
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havp M: 2011-02-28 |
<reply>HAVP (HTTP Antivirus Proxy) is a proxy using the <ClamAV> anti-virus scanner. Not part of the Squeeze release due to Debian bug #582306. http://www.server-side.de/ |
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dos2unix M: 2012-01-29 |
<reply>dos2unix is a tool converting from DOS line endings (CR LF) to Unix line endings (LF), with unix2dos reversing this function. These utilities are available from the dos2unix package. For other methods, ask me about <crlf->unix>. |
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ldap M: 2009-07-30 |
<reply>Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a client/server protocol for accessing a directory service. Ask me about <openldap>. http://wiki.debian.org/LDAP http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Ldap #ldap on irc.freenode.net. |
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nvram C: 1970-01-01 |
<reply>Non-Volatile RAM (NVRAM) is a small amount of RAM that stores information even after you turn off your computer. Used in modems (for storing your settings) and in hardware keys for protecting software. |
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down C: 1970-01-01 |
negative up. |
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latex M: 2009-12-06 |
<reply>LaTeX (pronounced la tech) is a set of macros for the TeX document formatting system to produce beautiful documents. Read "The Not-So-Short Guide to LaTeX": http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/english/ or see http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Typesetting/TeX/LaTeX/ http://www.tex.ac.uk/ . Install the texlive package for an extensive installation; "aptitude search latex" for more. #latex on irc.freenode.net. |
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upgrade M: 2008-12-07 |
what keeps your box from getting r00ted, or what you do with aptitude. Do an aptitude update first, and then an aptitude upgrade. Ask me about <security>. If you upgrade to a new stable version of Debian, read its release notes first. Ask me about <lenny->squeeze> <squeeze->wheezy>. |
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afk C: 1970-01-01 |
Away From Keyboard |
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multi-arch M: 2013-05-18 |
<reply> see multiarch |
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remove x M: 2008-03-28 |
"aptitude remove x11-common" will remove X. Use "purge" instead of remove if you also want to remove X's configuration. |
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hacker M: 2000-01-26 |
someone that hacks. See <hacking>, or an interesting essay can be found at http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html . Someone who plays with stuff, and figures things out just to satisfy his own idle curiosity. |
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bo M: 2003-04-02 |
Debian 1.3, released on June 2, 1997, for the i386 architecture.. Little Bo Peep... as in, the one with the sheep. Bolivia |
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cpio C: 1970-01-01 |
GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files. |
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samba M: 2013-05-06 |
<reply>Samba is a Unix implementation of Windows file/print sharing (the SMB/CIFS protocol). http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ http://samba.org/samba/docs/ http://wiki.samba.org/ #samba on irc.freenode.net. See also <swat>, <dfs>. |
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debian-multimedia M: 2011-06-20 |
<reply> see deb-multimedia |
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ssl C: 1970-01-01 |
<reply>Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a protocol specified by Netscape that allows for "secure" passage of data. It uses public key encryption, including digital certificates and digital signatures, to pass data between a browser and a server, or more generally, all sorts of network clients and the respective servers. It is an open standard and most modern browsers support it. |
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hamm M: 2009-03-30 |
<reply>Hamm (Debian GNU/Linux 2.0) was released for i386 and m68k (first multi-arch release) on July 24, 1998. It is no longer supported. Get old hamm ISOs here: http://mirror.debianforum.de/debian-iso-archive/hamm/ http://wiki.debian.org/DebianHamm |
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x32 C: 2012-04-21 |
<reply>amd64 gives great improvement including an ability to directly address more than 4GB of ram, however for some algorithms the larger 64-bit pointers cause a significant slow-down due to poorer utilization of CPU cache. x32 allows 32-bit code on amd64 machines (only) that can use all the new features of amd64 including new registers. It was merged in Linux 3.4. http://lwn.net/Articles/456731/ |
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remove xorg M: 2011-03-22 |
<reply> see remove x |
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hdn M: 2012-08-18 |
<reply> see http.debian.net |
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free software M: 2005-01-08 |
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html, or "Linus is in Finland and I am in The Netherlands. Are we reaching a situation where another critical industry, free software, that had been totally dominated by the U.S. is being taken over by the foreign competition?" - Andy Tanenbaum, Feb 1992. |
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backports.debian.org lenny-sloppy M: 2012-03-26 |
<reply>Backported packages for Debian Lenny/5.0 were removed from <debian-backports> on 2012-03-25. They were archived on archive.debian.org. For the lenny-backports-sloppy suite, a sample sources.list line is: deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-backports lenny-backports-sloppy main contrib non-free. Security support for lenny-backports-sloppy ended on 2012-02-06, ask me about <squeeze>. |
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buzz C: 2002-08-28 |
Debian 1.1, released June 1996 (474 packages, 2.0 kernel, fully ELF, dpkg). Ask me about <archive>. |
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drupal7 M: 2012-08-26 |
<reply> see drupal |
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haskell M: 2009-06-15 |
a non-strict purely functional programming language, named after the logician Haskell B. Curry. A free implementation is in the hugs package. The language specification is in the haskell-doc package. <GHC> is a free Haskell compiler. Even more perlish than perl!, or very evil, or not evil at all, and has fewer bracketses than Lithp. http://learnyouahaskell.com/ http://haskell.org/ #haskell on irc.freenode.net. |
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armhf M: 2012-09-30 |
<reply>armhf is a port of Debian requiring a floating-point unit (FPU) found in modern <ARM> hardware. It explicitly targets version 7 of the ARM architecture (i.e. not the Raspberry Pi), using the hard-float version of the ARM EABI. The armhf architecture was introduced at Debian 7.0 "Wheezy". http://wiki.debian.org/ArmHardFloatPort #debian-arm on irc.oftc.net. See also <armel vs armhf>. |
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stable-updates M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply> see wheezy-updates |
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stunnel4 M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply> see stunnel |
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ecryptfs M: 2011-10-21 |
<reply>eCryptfs (Enterprise Cryptographic Filesystem) is a POSIX-compliant encrypted filesystem, part of the Linux kernel since version 2.6.19. The userland utilities are packaged for Debian as ecryptfs-utils. https://launchpad.net/ecryptfs #ecryptfs on irc.oftc.net. Not to be confused with <encfs>. |
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afbackup M: 2010-01-16 |
a client-server backup system. Removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #612062. http://sf.net/projects/afbackup/ |
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unity M: 2011-06-13 |
<reply>Unity is a shell interface for <GNOME>, part of the Ayatana project. <RFP> filed as Debian bug #609278. http://unity.ubuntu.com/ |
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rtl8191su M: 2011-05-06 |
<reply> see rtl8192su |
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.xinitrc M: 2001-02-21 |
<reply>The optional customisation script ~/.xinitrc is used for running X as startx, and ~/.xsession is for when using X from a Display Manager like xdm or kdm. .xinitrc is discouraged in Debian, as if you just use ~/.xsession it will work from both startx and the display manager, as documented in startx(1). |
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irc tutorial M: 2010-09-28 |
<reply> see irc primer |
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alsa M: 2009-04-13 |
<reply>Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) is a Linux kernel component providing device drivers for sound cards. Ask me about <install alsa>. See also <alsa-checklist>, <default alsa>, <alsa firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/ALSA http://www.alsa-project.org/ #alsa on irc.freenode.net. |
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debbuild M: 2005-07-27 |
dpkg-source -x foo.dsc; cd foo-x.y.z; dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us |
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lmde M: 2010-09-21 |
<reply> see linux mint |
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siduction C: 2011-11-14 |
a distribution that is <based on Debian> sid. It is not supported in #debian. Try #siduction on irc.oftc.net. http://siduction.org/ |
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tso C: 1970-01-01 |
<reply> see lso |
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equivs M: 2010-04-19 |
<reply>equivs is a package that enables you to create dummy packages that tell <apt> you really have installed (through some other means) the package. aptitude install equivs, and read /usr/share/doc/equivs/*, see also <usrlocal>. A better plan is often to adapt the Debian packages to your needs, ask me about <package recompile> <uupdate> <ssb>. |
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mesa M: 2011-03-01 |
<reply>Mesa 3D is an open source implementation of the <OpenGL> API. http://mesa3d.org/ #dri-devel on irc.freenode.net. See also <glx>. |
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mutt M: 2009-05-13 |
<reply>mutt is the official mail user agent of Debian GNU/Linux. Has message threading, built-in <PGP> support and more configuration options than you can count. "My First Mutt": http://mutt.blackfish.org.uk/ . Internal SMTP relay support available since version 1.5.15. Receiving "No authenticators available"? Install the libsasl2-modules package. http://wiki.debian.org/Mutt http://www.mutt.org/ #mutt on irc.freenode.net. |
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partition M: 2008-06-03 |
<reply> You can partition your hard drive by breaking it up into one or more pieces, or "partitions". Partition manipulators include <fdisk>, <cfdisk>, sfdisk, <parted> and <gparted>. Also ask about <list partitions>. Linux Partition HOWTO: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/. Linux Partitioning mini-FAQ: http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten/Linux/FAQs/partition.html |
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nvidia legacy squeeze M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply>NVIDIA proprietary legacy drivers support GPUs no longer supported by the NVIDIA proprietary unified Unix graphics driver. To install, ask me about <nvidia dkms-173xx squeeze> (173.14.xx series, supports GeForce 5/FX GPUs) or <nvidia dkms-96xx squeeze> (96.43.xx series, supports GeForce 2/3/4 GPUs). The 71.86.xx series is unusable (Debian bug #620526). http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html |
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good morning C: 2003-12-22 |
the only good morning is a dead morning. |
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santa C: 1970-01-01 |
a jolly old elf or also apt's mom |
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vfat M: 2005-09-11 |
a very fat 32-bit version of a pathetic filesystem, or apt-get install dosfstools, then man mkfs.vfat, or for information on getting write access for regular users, ask me about <vfatrw>, or you should not be using this filesystem unless Windows needs to read it. |
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sup M: 2010-06-25 |
<reply>Sup is a console mail user agent written in Ruby, intended for people with a lot of email. Inspired by <mutt> and <Gmail>. Packaged for Debian as sup-mail. http://sup.rubyforge.org/ #sup on irc.freenode.net. |
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alien M: 2000-04-07 |
a program which allows one to convert from one package format to another: slackware to redhat, redhat to Debian, Debian to slackware, redhat to slackware, etc. http://kitenet.net/programs/alien/ |
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i386 M: 2005-06-11 |
the designation for the "common ordinary garden-variety PC" architecture. Runs on everything from the 80386SX (woody) or 80486SX (sarge) and up. If you don't know what arch you want, you want this one. |
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tutorial M: 2009-09-30 |
<reply> see tutorials |
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compile M: 2005-01-05 |
<reply> tar -zxvf tarball, cd blah, ./configure, make, make install or install by hand., but for an easier way to compile the kernel, apt-get install kernel-package, or something you should only do if you're SURE there isn't already a debian package that meets your needs, and never into places that could conflict with dpkg |
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iso M: 2009-04-16 |
<reply>[iso] CD image, a file containing an ISO 9660 standard filesystem. Debian CD/DVD images are available at http://www.debian.org/CD . Also ask me about <netinst> and <check iso image>. To download via BitTorrent or Jigdo, ask me about <bittorrent>, <jigdo>. Debian CD image FAQ: http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/ See also <vendors>, <cd1>, <missing iso>, <blu-ray disc>, <iso mount>, <iat>. |
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rar M: 2009-07-31 |
<reply>Roshal ARchive (RAR) is a proprietary archive file format used mostly by 3l33+ war3z d00dz. To extract, use either "rar", "unrar" or "p7zip-rar" in non-free, ask me about <non-free sources>. "unrar-free" in main cannot extract RAR3 archives. The rar package can create archives, but costs money (see the license). See also <unar>. http://www.rarlab.com/ http://www.unrarlib.org/faq.html |
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netatalk M: 2013-04-23 |
<reply>Netatalk is an open source <AFP> server, capable of serving many Macintosh clients simultaneously. <AppleTalk> support was removed at version 3.0. http://netatalk.sf.net/ |
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optimus M: 2013-04-15 |
<reply> see bumblebee |
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any ideas M: 2004-04-08 |
<reply> Yeah, I have an idea! But I'll need a (box|bag|sack|drawer) full of (herring|string|rutabagas|condoms|ground beef), a little (cod liver oil|K-Y jelly|WD-40|thermal paste|sauerkraut|vegemite), and (42|a dozen|5 or 6|a handful of) (rabid|starving|sex-crazed|three-legged) (kittens|weasels|badgers|bunnies|hamsters|dairy cows|oxen|goats|platypuses|ostriches). And keep the (cops|Cabal|NSA|FBI|KGB) off my back for the next few (hours|minutes)! |
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raspberry M: 2012-10-01 |
<reply> see raspberry pi |
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gnome-session C: 1970-01-01 |
the easier way to get gnome up and running |
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wdm M: 2009-08-01 |
WINGs Display Manager, a xdm replacement providing a look similar to WindowMaker. To install: "aptitude install wdm". http://voins.program.ru/wdm |
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ncurses M: 2003-09-03 |
a free clone of curses, a library for the management of in- and output for character-cell based terminals and terminal emulators. If you want to install ncurses, you most likely want to: aptitude install libncurses5-dev |
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bd M: 2011-02-16 |
<reply> see blu-ray disc |
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are you a bot C: 2010-10-11 |
<reply> see bot |
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ext2 M: 2009-05-29 |
the second extended filesystem. http://e2fsprogs.sf.net/ext2.html See also <ext3>, <resize2fs>, <ext2read>, <ext2fsd>, <ext2ifs>. |
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blank M: 2009-09-29 |
<reply> see screen blanking |
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rfc M: 2011-03-22 |
<reply>Request for Comments (RFC) is an Internet Engineering Task Force memorandum on Internet systems and standards. http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/ http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html . For private address ranges, see <rfc 1918>. |
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ghc M: 2009-06-15 |
the Glasgow <Haskell> Compilation system, which is a compiler for Haskell98. Packaged as ghc6 for Squeeze, ghc for Wheezy. http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC:FAQ http://haskell.org/ghc/ #ghc on irc.freenode.net. |
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fsf C: 1970-01-01 |
the Free Software Foundation, created by an executive decision by RMS under GNU. see http://www.fsf.org/ to read RMS's writings. Especially the one on "Why Software Should Not Have Owners." It's cosmic. see cosmic. |
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kci C: 2004-04-02 |
Keyboard-Chair Interface |
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live M: 2010-03-23 |
<reply> see debian live |
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crossover M: 2002-03-04 |
a proprietary piece of software that allows x86 linux users to use some Windows Netscape plugins with Netscape/Mozilla/Konq. I'd give you a link, but I don't like spam. :-P, or a different wiring for CAT5 cabling, that allows you to hook 2 ethernet cards directly together with no hub in between. For more information, see http://www.gcctech.com/support/doc/crossover.html |
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armel vs armhf C: 2012-09-30 |
<reply>Debian supports two different architectures of ARM processor: <armel> supports processes like the Sheeva/Guru/DreamPlug and Raspberry Pi, while <armhf> supports newer chips. See /proc/cpuinfo for the exact details of your hardware. If «readelf -A /path/to/binary | grep Tag_ABI_VFP» returns anything, then the binary is for armhf, not armel. |
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vpn M: 2010-01-16 |
<reply>A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is constructed by connecting computers together over the Internet and encrypting their communications. This provides the ability to access LAN resources from remote locations. Ask me about <openvpn>, <openswan>, <openssh> (see -w option), <vpnc>, <pptp>. |
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57766 M: 2013-05-20 |
<reply> see bcm57766 |
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multiarch M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply> Multiarch allows you to install foreign architecture packages. For example, to allow i386 packages to be installed on an amd64 system: «dpkg --add-architecture i386 && apt-get update». See http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch and <multiarch howto>, <multiarch failures>. See also <multi-arch installer>. |
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hold M: 2011-08-09 |
<reply>hold is a status flag that tells the package manager to not automatically upgrade a package. To hold a package 'echo $package hold|dpkg --set-selections' or 'aptitude hold $package'. Note that "aptitude hold" is ignored by other package managers (i.e. Update Manager, synaptic, apt-get) and aptitude won't necessarily use holds set with dpkg; see Debian bug #137771. |
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factoid M: 2004-10-15 |
<reply>A factoid is something resembling a fact or unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print, or a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item, or often-repeated information, stored to keep people from having to repeatedly explain something. This thing you're reading right now is called a "factoid". |
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pieces M: 2011-11-15 |
<reply> see sid |
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grsecurity2 M: 2011-02-13 |
<reply> see grsecurity |
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dselect M: 2006-09-13 |
<reply>dselect is a wonderful UI for package management, or really more powerful than apt-get, or the only thing that provides FULL data when making decisions on whether to install a package. Obsolete documentation is at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/dselect-beginner/ . See also <aptitude>, <fix-unmet>. For details about the bot, ask me about <dselectbot>. |
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itp M: 2008-04-08 |
<reply>Intent To Package (ITP) is a Debian <bug> filed against the <wnpp> pseudo-package, to indicate someone is working on packaging a piece of software for Debian. This is done to avoid a duplication of work. |
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ttf M: 2010-10-10 |
<reply>[ttf] TrueType Font. x-ttcidfont-conf configures Debian-packaged TrueType fonts for use in X through <defoma>. See also <mscorefonts>, <liberation>, <install font>. |
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runlevel M: 2008-07-20 |
<reply> 0 is halt, 1 is single user, 2, 3, 4, 5 are multiuser, 6 is reboot. By default 2, 3, 4 and 5 are identical (there are no graphic/non-graphic runlevels), but you can configure this if you wish. Read /usr/share/doc/sysvinit/*; read /etc/init.d/README; man update-rc.d; if that doesn't make sense, consider installing <rcconf> instead. See also http://debian-administration.org/articles/212, <startup>, <file-rc>, <single-user mode>. |
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udp M: 2008-09-25 |
User Datagram Protocol - a thin layer above IP to send individual packets to other computers. Unlike TCP, UDP does not "set up a connection" in advance, and does not make any effort to verify that packets arrive at the other end. In return, this results in faster (although unreliable) transmission. |
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debian kernel M: 2005-08-27 |
<reply> see kp |
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kdm C: 1970-01-01 |
the KDE Display Manager - an even swankier version of xdm, for the K Desktop user. |
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b C: 1970-01-01 |
a programming language created by Ken Thompson, which features some of the data types of C (int and float). It's syntax is mostly borrowed from BCPL, although a bit of Algol shows through. |
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ftp M: 2009-04-07 |
<reply>File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a method of moving files between systems using TCP/IP. There are three sane kinds of FTP: anonymous, encrypted and unprivileged (non-Unix users). Unencrypted FTP using Unix users will get your box pwn3d as fast as running windows on your firewall machine. Ask me about <ftp must die>, <scp>, <sftp>. See also <ftpd>. |
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xauth M: 2008-04-24 |
the mechanism for sharing around authorisation for clients to connect to your X server. Ask me about <mit-magic-cookie> for more information. Packaged for Debian as xauth (previously xbase-clients). See also http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/workshops/cool_unix/xauth.html or ask me about <sshx>. |
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bsod M: 2002-06-03 |
Blue Screen Of Happiness, or http://www.slime.com.tw/mail/mail5/ATT00013.jpg, or a cool screensaver in xscreensaver, or http://www.slime.com.tw/mail/mail5/ATT00013.jpg |
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wheezy->jessie M: 2013-05-06 |
<reply>First, understand that testing is a pre-release distribution without timely security support and that you will have a bumpy ride; ask me about <moving target> <testing> <testing security>. From /etc/apt/sources.list, remove stable-specific lines like wheezy-updates and backports, and change wheezy to jessie. apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade. If you feel you need more instructions, perhaps you should wait a while. |
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g M: 2003-03-21 |
used to indicate a GNU version or GTK version of a program. or the gravitational constant in physics (~9.81 m/s^2 for most places on Earth), or an abbreviation for the ebonic slang word Gangsta, as in "Wassup G?", or abbreviation for giga |
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cpl M: 2001-10-11 |
the Cambridge (or Combined) Programming Language, which is based largely upon Algol and features over 130 commands.. Current Privilage Level (protection level on i386) Userspace is all CPL3 - kernel CPL 0 |
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h M: 2005-12-06 |
<reply> h is plank's constant or 6.625*10^-34 J*s. It's also the file extension of header files. (Note that h with crossed bar has 2pi in it...), or hydrogen |
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netselect M: 2010-02-14 |
<reply> netselect takes a list of servers and uses multiple pings and traceroutes to figure out which one has the best connectivity relative to you. See also <netselect-apt>. |
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fqdn M: 2002-03-04 |
Fully Qualified Domain Name, or the entire DNS identifier for a host, 'foo.example.org' |
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ar8161 M: 2012-01-21 |
<reply> see alx |
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j C: 1970-01-01 |
usually used to indicate something about Java. |
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rtl8723 M: 2012-11-01 |
<reply> see rtl8723ae |
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l C: 1970-01-01 |
the english version of the greek letter lambda, as used by Alonzo Church in creating his lambda calculus. |
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m M: 2001-04-21 |
(lower case) a metric thousandth or (upper case) a metric million or (greek) a metric millionth, or compile as a module in a kernel configuration. And also James Bond's boss. MUMPS, A programming language with extensive tools for the support of database management systems. |
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n M: 2001-02-26 |
a nitrogen atom, or 420, or {1,2,3,....} |
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q M: 2003-04-01 |
C * V, or quadra, or Bond's gadget dude, Picard's first nemesis. You don't have to label a question with "Q:" we can tell from the question mark. Q: drive letters are out! |
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hi C: 2000-03-26 |
<reply>hello, $nick |
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t M: 2001-08-26 |
usually time or a suffix indicating "type", or true |
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ham M: 2004-08-31 |
oink oink, or if you mean the Debian distribution code name, ask me about <hamm>. |
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sun-java C: 1970-01-01 |
<reply> see sun-java6 |
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v M: 2004-01-04 |
at http://objectcentral.com/ (Portable C++ GUI Framework) or velocity, or the roman numeral for five, or a highly caffeinated "energy drink" thats availible in Australia and in some parts of the UK. XFire runs on this stuff. very for lazy people |
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cooperation C: 2011-04-28 |
<reply>When asking for help, try to give as much relevant information as possible as well as reading cited documentation. Ask me about <sicco> and <research>. |
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3ccfem556 M: 2010-06-05 |
<reply>The "3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN+56K Modem" (3CCFEM556 and 3CCFEM556 B) is a 16-bit PCMCIA device, supported by the 3c574_cs and serial_cs Linux kernel modules. It requires a CIS override (3CCFEM556.cis) for device initialization/operation, ask me about <cis>. |
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code C: 1970-01-01 |
A series of instructions that make up a program. |
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grub2 M: 2013-04-22 |
<reply> see grub |
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backports-sloppy M: 2011-02-04 |
<reply>stable-backports has packages from packages the current 'testing' release; you can upgrade from stable+backports to testing (or oldstable+backports to stable). Packages that were backported from 'testing' to 'oldstable' are in oldstable-backports-sloppy; if you use these packages, then you can upgrade from oldstable+backports+backports-sloppy to stable+backports. Sloppy means "relaxed rules" not "crap packages". |
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make-kpkg M: 2012-12-29 |
<reply>make-kpkg is no longer the recommended method for building kernel packages. See <kernel handbook> for current instructions. It can be used to make a debian package for a custom kernel. See man make-kpkg, <kp mantra>. NOTE it does not automatically create header packages, needed for module-assistant and dkms. |
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y M: 2004-07-08 |
http://www.y-windows.org/, or it's "why", not y. w h y. see u, any1. NOT a substitute for I. If you mean yourself in the first person use 'I' and not 'y'. |
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chips C: 1970-01-01 |
what the next official distribution of debian will be made of. |
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mdadm M: 2010-03-23 |
<reply>mdadm is a tool for administering Linux multi-disk (MD) arrays. Debian mdadm FAQ: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-mdadm/mdadm.git;a=blob_plain;f=debian/FAQ;hb=HEAD . Linux RAID mdadm FAQ: https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Mdadm-faq . See also <MD>. |
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freeze M: 2012-06-21 |
<reply>The 'freeze' is when large changes to testing version of Debian are stopped for few months. During this period, no new package uploads are made except to fix critical bugs or to provide documentation updates. During the freeze, bugs are squashed to 'stabilize' the release to make the new 'stable'. Wheezy was frozen on June 30, 2012. Also ask me about <slushy>. |
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linus M: 2008-09-25 |
The Man. or someone who pushes to have procfs replace sysctl, despite the fact for programs this makes things significantly slower. someone that doesn't comment, or at http://revolution-os.com/images/linus_at_linuxworld.jpg |
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debian-installer M: 2008-06-16 |
<reply> see d-i |
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free M: 2009-05-30 |
defined in English with many different meanings of which only one refers to cost. Easier in French, or 'free beer' = gratuit / 'free speech' = libre, or http://www.debian.org/intro/free, or http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html, or free (procps) tells you how much memory is used/wasted ("Mem:") and how much is being necessarily used/could be freed ("-/+ buffers/cache:"), see also <free ram>. |
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bcm4306 M: 2011-04-06 |
<reply>The Broadcom BCM4306 is an 802.11b/g wireless LAN chipset. Revision 2 devices are supported by the <b43legacy> driver. Revision 3 devices are supported by the <b43> driver. See also <bcm4309>. http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx |
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protocol C: 1970-01-01 |
This is the behavior that computers must follow in order to understand one another. Think of it as a language. If two computers don't use the same network protocol, then they cannot communicate. |
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sources.list M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply>see wheezy sources.list |
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donate M: 2008-04-22 |
<reply> If you like Debian and are able to donate hardware, services or money, please do so. See http://www.debian.org/donations and http://www.spi-inc.org/donations |
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jitsi M: 2012-03-18 |
<reply>Jitsi (formerly SIP Communicator) is a <SIP> and <XMPP> client with audio and video support. <ITP> filed as Debian bug #627362. http://jitsi.org/ |
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cd check M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply> see check cd |
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apache M: 2009-02-24 |
<reply>Apache HTTPD is a versatile, high-performance HTTP server. Ask me about <apache2>, <install apache2>, <apache manual>. See also <cnrd>, <userdir>, <htaccess>. http://wiki.debian.org/Apache http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ http://httpd.apache.org/ #httpd on irc.freenode.net. |
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vbox rename M: 2013-05-06 |
<reply>Prior to version 4.0, two editions of VirtualBox existed: VirtualBox OSE (free and open source software, some features removed) and VirtualBox PUEL (Personal Use and Evaluation License, all features present). Since version 4.0, only the open source version exists; closed-source components have moved to an extension pack. http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions |
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mit-magic-cookie M: 2008-04-24 |
<reply>mit-magic-cookie is a key that a client application is required to possess in order to use your X11 display. Running xhost + removes this requirement which is why you should never use <xhost>. The xauth utility is in the xauth package (formerly xbase-clients) and is used to manipulate the mit-magic-cookie; ask me about <mit-magic-cookie export>. For other, easier ways of running apps as another user, ask me about <root x>. |
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sendmail M: 2009-08-10 |
<reply> Sendmail is one of the older Mail Transfer Agents, configurable using m4 and its own cf language. If you don't know why you want to use sendmail, consider using <postfix> or <exim> instead. Ask me about <mta comparison> for more information. http://www.sendmail.org/ #sendmail on irc.freenode.net. |
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dsa M: 2010-11-17 |
<reply>[dsa] Debian Security Announcement, see http://www.debian.org/security/ and http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/ ; RSS feeds at http://www.debian.org/security/dsa (titles only) and http://www.debian.org/security/dsa-long (summaries). Ask me about <dsa lookup DSA-nnnn> for information about the packages affected. See also <tracker of doom>, <debsecan>, <dsa team>. |
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s C: 2000-09-10 |
a lot of things. It used to say .s is for ASM files, btw :D |
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http M: 2009-04-13 |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (RFC 2616), the protocol used between a web browser and a web server. Ask me about <httpd>. For information on the Debian mirror service, ask me about <http.debian.net>. |
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utopian C: 1970-01-01 |
<reply> utopian is a term meaning roughly "of, pertaining to, or resembling Utopia." or "founded upon or involving idealized perfection." or even "an inhabitant of Utopia." and sometimes "an ardent visionary, idealist political or social reformer" see utopia. see also "utopian studies" see also bytopian |
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plop M: 2013-02-06 |
<reply>Plop Boot Manager is a boot loader with built-in IDE CD-ROM and USB drivers. This allows booting from CD-ROM and USB on legacy PC systems without BIOS support. Plop Boot Manager is proprietary but free for personal and non-commercial use. http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/ |
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proposed-updates M: 2010-09-28 |
<reply> see stable-proposed-updates |
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wheezy backports M: 2013-03-21 |
<reply> see wheezy-backports |
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dlbd M: 2013-05-09 |
Dual-Layer Blu-ray Disc. Ask me about <bd>. |
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isci M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>isci is a Linux kernel driver supporting Intel C600 Series SAS/SATA controllers, introduced in Linux 3.0. Available for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" systems since <6.0.4>, with an improved version (from Linux3.2.35) added at <6.0.7>. If the isci/isci_firmware.bin file is required (this parameter blob is usually found in NVRAM), install the firmware-linux-free package. |
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power devil M: 2013-01-16 |
<reply>Power Devil is a power management / <suspend> system front-end for the <KDE> desktop, which replaces <kpowersave> as of KDE 4. It is part of the kdebase module, see http://userbase.kde.org/Power_Devil for configuration information. Ask me about <power saving> for other options. |
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hardware M: 2010-06-07 |
<reply>Before buying any hardware, make sure it is supported by all operating systems you want to use; ask me about <hcl>. To acquire details about your current hardware, ask me about <whats my hardware>. Please ask all non-Debian-specific hardware questions in ##hardware on irc.freenode.net. |
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blender M: 2009-05-22 |
<reply>Blender is a free software, cross platform 3D creation suite, allowing fully integrated modeling, animation, rendering, post production and interactive 3D creation and playback. Its internal render engine supports ray tracing. http://www.blender.org/ #blenderchat and #blenderqa on irc.freenode.net. |
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dvd rip M: 2010-12-31 |
<reply> see dvd ripping |
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dvd M: 2009-04-16 |
<reply>[dvd] Digital Versatile Disc. To play a video DVD, ask me about <dvd playback>, then use either <totem>, <vlc>, <xine> or <mplayer>. To burn a DVD, ask me about <wodim> or <growisofs>. To download Debian DVD images, ask me about <iso> and <small dvd>. To buy Debian DVDs, ask me about <vendors>. To copy/rip/transcode DVD video, ask me about <dvd ripping>. |
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msg M: 2002-12-30 |
<reply> (1) Use private messages to the bots to reduce channel spam, but don't message people on #debian without asking permission first. Most questions should be asked on channel, so that others can benefit from the question and the answers received. (2) Always feel free to message freenode network staff. They're the people with hostnames ending in 'staff.freenode'. (3) Monosodium glutamate, a food additive (see http://truthinlabeling.org/). |
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more M: 2006-08-28 |
<reply>'more' is a program on Unix and Unix-like systems used to view (but not change) the contents of a text file one screen at a time. It is similar to less, but only allows forward navigation through the file (although newer implementations allow for limited backward movement). See also <less>. |
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gnome status M: 2011-04-11 |
shown by the Debian GNOME packaging team at http://pkg-gnome.alioth.debian.org/status.html See also <gnome3>. |
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serial port M: 2006-01-13 |
an interface on a computer system with which information is transferred in or out one bit at a time (contrast parallel port). Throughout most of the history of personal computers, this was accomplished using the RS-232 standard over simple cables connecting the computer to a device such as a terminal or modem. Mice, keyboards, and other devices were also often connected this way. See also <parallel port>. |
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chmod M: 2002-02-20 |
<reply> If you do not know how to use chmod but ask for a lesson in "Chmod 101" classes, we feel sorry for you, or simple octal, with r=4 w=2 x=1. rwxr-xr-- = (rwx) (r-x) (r--) = (4+2+1) (4+0+1) (4+0+0) = 754. or ask me about <permissions>. |
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fuzzy clustering C: 1970-01-01 |
the process of extracting and repairing input sets from a damaged neural network matrix |
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tigon M: 2010-12-10 |
<reply>Tigon is an Ethernet controller family originally from Alteon Networks. For Tigon3 device support, ask me about <tg3>. For Tigon I and II device support, ask me about <acenic>. |
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rex C: 1970-01-01 |
the codename for Debian 1.2, released mid-Dec 1996 |
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games M: 2007-01-31 |
<reply>[games] Some cool multiplayer games: koth, netris, <quake>, xevil, bzflag, <netrek>, the only piece of software that is allowed to be non-free, because they are more like an art form than a program, #gametome (irc.freenode.net) for newer games. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?LinuxGames, http://www.mtp-target.org, jumpnbump, supertux, gtetrinet and pathogen, <nethack>, freeciv, dopewars, <uqm>, <scummvm>, http://icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php |
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kali C: 2013-03-13 |
<reply> see kali linux |
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hexchat M: 2013-05-20 |
<reply>HexChat (formerly XChat-WDK) is a fork of the <XChat> IRC client. <ITP> filed as Debian bug #702075. http://hexchat.org/ #hexchat on chat.freenode.net. |
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mysql squeeze M: 2011-02-09 |
<reply> see squeeze mysql |
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search M: 2009-02-08 |
<reply>Please search for things rather than just asking, e.g. «apt-cache search regex», or with <aptitude search>. The following ways can locate packages that own a file (installed, or candidate for install): «dpkg -S /bin/foo», <apt-file>, <pdo> (online) and <help find> (bot). <search dpkg> for factoids. See http://wiki.debian.org/WhereIsIt and ask me about <bot help>. See also <axi-search> <debtags> <dlocate>. |
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cron M: 2008-01-18 |
a daemon allowing programs to be run at predefined intervals as specific users. To read how to specify a job to run "man 5 crontab". To see your crontab "crontab -l". To edit it "crontab -e". System wide crontabs are /etc/crontab and /etc/cron.d, and /etc/cron.* are directories have run-parts called on them from /etc/crontab. Also ask me about <crontab>, <cron tutorial> and <run-parts>. |
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fics C: 1970-01-01 |
the Free Internet Chess Server and is at freechess.org and fics.onenet.net. |
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gnome-shell M: 2011-09-18 |
<reply>The GNOME Shell is the core user interface for the <GNOME> desktop as of version 3, replacing GNOME Panel. http://wiki.debian.org/GnomeShell http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/FAQ http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell #gnome-shell on irc.gnome.org. See also <mutter>. |
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netfilter M: 2008-04-22 |
<reply> see iptables |
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ddn M: 2013-04-28 |
<reply> see debian.net |
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pool M: 2010-02-18 |
http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/1999/10/msg00052.html (proposal) and http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-ftparchives#s-pools |
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serial M: 2006-01-13 |
a means of operation meaning in series, or one after the other. Ask me about <serial port>, <serial console>. |
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lisp M: 2001-11-24 |
<reply>[lisp] Let's Include Some Parentheses or a LISt Processor or want to learn lisp? Go to http://www.elwoodcorp.com/alu/table/learn.htm or <lithp> or at http://www.apl.jhu.edu/~hall/lisp.html, or loads of innovative semantic paradigms Let's Instinctively Slotski Parallel.. Lisp Is Super Powerful, or a speach impediment. Lisp beats the competition, read: http://www.paulgraham.com/paulgraham/avg.html. Lots of Insidious, Silly Parentheses |
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path M: 2010-10-16 |
<reply>PATH is the environment variable that tells the OS where to look for programs. It is defined in /etc/profile or ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile (for sh-like shells) or ~/.login for csh-like shells. http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/sect_07_02.html |
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gdm3 M: 2012-12-04 |
<reply> see gdm |
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gddrescue M: 2010-12-07 |
<reply>GNU ddrescue (packaged for Debian as gddrescue) is a data recovery tool, which tries hard to extract data in the event of read errors. The basic operation of ddrescue is fully automatic; use of a logfile is necessary to resume a rescue. GNU ddrescue is a completely different and unrelated program to <dd_rescue>, sharing no development. http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html |
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openssh M: 2010-02-17 |
<reply>OpenSSH (OpenBSD Secure Shell, http://www.openssh.com/) is a free implementation of the Secure Shell (<SSH>) protocol. Packaged for Debian as openssh-server and openssh-client (install the ssh <metapackage> for both). SSH protocol 1 is disabled by default as of openssh 1:5.4p1-1. "Getting started with SSH": http://kimmo.suominen.com/docs/ssh/ |
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screenshot M: 2010-04-16 |
<reply> To take a screenshot of your current desktop, you can probably just hit the "PrintScreen" key on your keyboard (Gnome and KDE). Alternatives include ksnapshot, gnome-panel-screenshot, the Gimp's "Acquire->Screenshot", "import -window root screenshot.jpg" (imagemagick package), scrot, xwd. For framebuffer consoles, use fbcat. http://wiki.debian.org/ScreenShots http://screenshots.debian.net/ |
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sudo M: 2010-01-09 |
<reply>[sudo] (Substitute User DO) Not enabled by default on Debian systems; configure /etc/sudoers first, ask me about <visudo>, <sudoers>. sudo can give limited super user privileges to specific users, or allow you to do silly things like run X apps with root permissions, or good in scripts with "username ALL = NOPASSWD: /some/program". See also <sudo path>. http://wiki.debian.org/sudo http://www.aplawrence.com/Basics/sudo.html |
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dock M: 2010-06-27 |
<reply>A dock is a graphical user interface element: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_(computing) . For Mac OS X inspired dock applications, ask me about <awn>, <cairo-dock>, <docky>. |
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dpkg-buildpackage M: 2009-06-23 |
a program in the dpkg-dev package that builds .debs from source. "aptitude install fakeroot devscripts dpkg-dev build-essential" and run 'dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -rfakeroot' in the source directory. Ask me about <package recompile> <debian/rules> <source>. |
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chess M: 2002-04-20 |
something i can beat d-42 at, or something fischer can beat the crap out of you at |
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multiarch installer M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply> see multi-arch installer |
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network M: 2009-05-10 |
<reply>This refers to a group of interconnected computers. The computers must be capable of transferring data to form a true network--you can't just weld a bunch of computers together. For resources, ask me about <networking>. |
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ktorrent M: 2011-01-12 |
<reply>KTorrent is a <BitTorrent> client for <KDE>, part of the KDE Extragear collection. FAQ: http://ktorrent.org/?q=faq . http://ktorrent.org/wiki/ http://ktorrent.org/ #ktorrent on irc.freenode.net. |
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rtl M: 2011-03-29 |
<reply> see realtek |
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php4 security M: 2009-10-12 |
<reply>PHP4 security is pretty poor, judging by their track record. Note that since PHP4 was abandoned by upstream (PHP5 was released some years ago after all!), it has been removed from Debian for lenny onwards. If an application still hasn't been updated to work with PHP5, then you probably don't want to use it anyway. See also <php4->php5>. |
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noip M: 2011-04-09 |
<reply> see no-ip |
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gpg M: 2009-05-13 |
<reply>[gpg] GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG, GPG) is free public-key encryption program, an alternative to <PGP>. Packaged for Debian as gnupg and gnupg2. http://gnupg.org/ #gnupg on irc.freenode.net. |
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update-menus C: 1970-01-01 |
a utility used in the Debian Menu System. Originally inspired by the install-fvwm2-menu program from the old fvwm2 package; it tries to provide a somewhat more general inteface for menu building for the X Window System. |
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peppermint M: 2010-12-02 |
<reply> see peppermintos |
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waldorf M: 2013-05-09 |
<reply> see crunchbang |
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bc dropped M: 2013-05-06 |
<reply> see businesscard |
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android M: 2011-03-13 |
<reply>Android is a Linux-based operating system for mobile devices. http://www.android.com/ #android on irc.freenode.net. For the related font family, ask me about <droid>. |
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qca988x M: 2013-05-08 |
<reply> see ath10k |
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why debian M: 2009-02-19 |
<reply>Debian strives to maintain your freedom whilst also paying close attention to the technical aspects of making a great OS. Debian is stable, upgradable and well tested. See also http://www.debian.org/intro/free http://www.debian.org/intro/why_debian http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/talks/why_debian/ (archived at http://wiki.debian.org/WhyDebian) http://www.aboutdebian.com/ . As an added bonus, you get to ask questions in #debian. |
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xfce M: 2009-06-01 |
<reply>Xfce is a pretty nifty Desktop Environment. Lightweight, fast, compact. To install, ask me about <install xfce>. http://wiki.debian.org/Xfce http://wiki.xfce.org/faq http://www.xfce.org/ #xfce on irc.freenode.net. |
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rfc1918 M: 2011-03-22 |
<reply> see rfc 1918 |
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squid M: 2010-12-21 |
<reply>Squid is a caching web proxy supporting HTTP/S, FTP and others. Debian's squid packages are not built with SSL support (Debian bug #180886), ask about <package rebuild> and supply "--enable-ssl" for this. See also <squid deb caching>, <transparent proxy>. /usr/share/doc/squid{,3}/* http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq http://squid-cache.org/ #squid on irc.freenode.net. |
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nmu M: 2011-02-01 |
<reply>Non Maintainer Upload (NMU): when a Debian Developer who is not the package maintainer uploads an update of said package. http://wiki.debian.org/NonMaintainerUpload . See also <binnmu>. |
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proxy M: 2011-07-20 |
<reply>A proxy server is a system/application acting as an intermediary for resource requests from clients. See <http_proxy>, <ftp_proxy>, /etc/apt/apt.conf (man 5 apt.conf), <environment>. See also <apt-proxy>, <imapproxy>, <squid>. |
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encryption M: 2010-08-11 |
<reply> see encrypt |
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transitions M: 2011-04-20 |
<reply> see transition |
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errors M: 2010-06-06 |
<reply> If you don't tell us the exact error messages you get, we can't tell you what's wrong, and it's also useful to know exactly what command you're typing. Please look for the *first* error that occurs, as this is often the cause of later errors -- ask me about <localized errors> too. Please don't paste in the channel, use a pastebin instead; ask me about <pastebin>. |
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unzip M: 2009-07-30 |
<reply> see zip |
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usb M: 2010-04-24 |
<reply>Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a technology that has replaced the way that some peripheral devices connect to a computer. It is much faster than serial/communications and more flexible: many devices can be connected to simultaneously. USB 3.0 is supported by the Linux kernel since version 2.6.31. http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/book1.html http://www.linux-usb.org/ See also <usb install>, <usbreset>. |
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cinnamon M: 2012-01-28 |
<reply>Cinnamon is a fork of <GNOME Shell> initially developed by the Linux Mint distribution. Packaged in <unstable>. http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/ |
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linus torvalds M: 2006-03-03 |
Linus Benedict Torvalds (born December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer best known for initiating the development of Linux. He now acts as the project's coordinator (or Benevolent Dictator for Life). Linus was inspired by Minix (a kernel and operating system developed by Andrew Tanenbaum) to develop a capable UNIX-like operating system that could be run on a PC. |
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cosmic C: 1970-01-01 |
this wierd word that has a universal meaning of interconnectedness and inderdependence of all things everywhere and through all times... see utopian. see debian. see RMS. |
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computer C: 1970-01-01 |
technically, this is anything that inputs data, processes it in some way, and outputs it. |
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grub2 squeeze M: 2011-02-13 |
<reply> see grub squeeze |
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apt translation M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>From Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" onwards, the long description of the packages is moved out of the Packages files on the mirrors and placed instead in a Translation-en file in the same way as translated package descriptions are stored. To configure which languages to download, see Acquire::Languages in apt.conf(5). For example, «echo "Acquire::Languages{en;};" > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90translation» |
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lspci M: 2008-03-03 |
a utility to display information about PCI buses in the system and their connected devices, provided by the pciutils package. Ask me about <lspci -k>, <pciids>, <pciid> or <hcl>. Use http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ to match pciids to devices for the latest kernel. |
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wvdial M: 2009-06-23 |
<reply>WvDial is a console <PPP> dialer requiring minimal configuration. http://wiki.debian.org/Wvdial http://alumnit.ca/wiki/?page=WvDialFAQ http://alumnit.ca/wiki/?page=WvDial |
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ami M: 2013-03-17 |
American Megatrends Incorporated (producer of AMIBIOS) or Amazon Machine Image, ask me about <ec2>. |
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testing cd M: 2011-08-27 |
<reply> see testing iso |
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non-free M: 2012-03-21 |
<reply>[non-free] a component which contains software that does not comply with the <DFSG>. To add non-free packages to your packages index, ask me about <non-free sources>. To see which non-free packages are installed ask me about <non-free list>. For the non-free tracking system, see http://nonfree.alioth.debian.org/ |
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ar M: 2009-05-18 |
argon or a program to create, modify, and extract from archives (man ar), or in binutils, or argentina, or #debian-ar on irc.oftc.net. |
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wheezy iso M: 2013-04-28 |
<reply> see wheezy rc |
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break M: 2003-03-31 |
<reply>"This release is currently considered ``unstable''. That means that things *will* break if you run it." (quote from old page http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/), or see <ben break>, or http://bugs.debian.org/155873#10 |
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bcm M: 2011-03-29 |
<reply> see broadcom |
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guide C: 1970-01-01 |
at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~infobot/infobot_guide.html |
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clustering C: 1970-01-01 |
<reply> Clustering is an up-and-coming technology using two or more computers that function together as a single entity for fault tolerance and load balancing. This increases reliability and up-time in a client/server environment. One computer will sense when another computer is failing or getting bogged down and will take over its tasks. |
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backports.org M: 2010-09-06 |
<reply> see backports.debian.org |
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debian backports C: 2010-09-06 |
<reply> see debian-backports |
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sas M: 2013-02-24 |
Serial Attached <SCSI>. See also <hpsa>, <isci>, <megaraid>. |
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glade M: 2005-08-01 |
the Gtk+ GUI builder at http://glade.pn.org, or the company that does annoying "Glade plug-ins" commericals, or see <gazpacho> |
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perl M: 2011-04-15 |
<reply>Perl (backronymed as Practical Extraction and Report Language and Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister) is an interpreted, high-level, dynamic programming language. http://learn.perl.org/books/beginning-perl/ #perl on irc.freenode.net. See also <dh-make-perl>. |
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screen M: 2010-03-23 |
<reply>screen is a terminal multiplexor, allowing you to have n terminals and easily switch between them, add key bindings, scroll back, copy/paste and lets you resume all your sessions if your terminal dies or are disconnected. See /usr/share/doc/screen/README.Debian and ask about <screen tutorial>, <byobu>. See http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GnuScreen to keep ctrl-a unbroken. http://www.gnu.org/software/screen #screen on irc.freenode.net. |
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install guide wheezy M: 2011-06-11 |
<reply> see wheezy installation guide |
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wheezy install guide M: 2013-02-19 |
<reply> see wheezy installation guide |
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depmod C: 1970-01-01 |
<reply> This is how the kernel module depedency list is created. It's done automatically (forcefully, even if it exists) on every boot in debian |
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webmin M: 2010-10-04 |
<reply>Webmin is a lame web-based interface for unsafe system administration for Unix. Check it out at http://webmin.com/ Remember, dondelelcaro *hates* webmin. "i'd rather sit on the floor shoving table knives into live electrical outlets than run webmin on an exposed server." Removed from Debian post-Sarge, see http://bugs.debian.org/343897 . The Debian package from webmin.com is of poor quality. See <free whcp> for alternatives. |
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potatoe M: 2003-05-24 |
<reply> IT'S POTATO DAMMIT!! P-O-T-A-T-O!!, or please learn to spell better than Dan Quayle |
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updates M: 2010-09-26 |
<reply>[updates] Ask me about <point release>, <proposed-updates>, <security>, <wheezy-updates>, <squeeze-updates>. See also <apticron>, <cron-apt>. |
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s390x M: 2011-11-25 |
<reply>s390x is a port of Debian, which uses the Linux kernel and provides a 64-bit userland on IBM System/390 (aka S/390, zSeries) mainframe hardware. The s390x architecture was introduced at Debian 7.0 "Wheezy". |
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ia64 M: 2013-04-19 |
<reply>Intel Itanium Architecture (formerly IA-64) is Intel's *other* 64-bit architecture. Itanium processors are primarily found in HP Integrity servers and are supported by Debian's ia64 port (http://www.debian.org/ports/ia64/). It is not the same as the AMD64 / Intel 64 / x86-64 chips used in PCs, ask me about <amd64>. See also <qotd279>. |
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pinguy M: 2011-03-16 |
<reply>PinguyOS is a GNU/Linux distribution based on <Ubuntu>. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.pinguyos.com/ #pinguyos on irc.freenode.net. See also <based on debian>. |
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kfreebsd M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is a port that consists of GNU userland using the GNU C library on top of FreeBSD's kernel, coupled with the regular Debian package set. kfreebsd-amd64 and kfreebsd-i386 are available as a technology preview, ask me about <install guide>. http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/ http://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD_FAQ #debian-kbsd on irc.oftc.net. |
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megaraid M: 2013-02-24 |
<reply>The LSI Logic MegaRAID Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) driver and MegaRAID legacy driver are part of the Linux kernel. Support for additional hardware (backported from Linux 3.0.56) is included since the Debian <6.0.7> point release (bug #666108). See http://wiki.debian.org/LinuxRaidForAdmins for supported devices. |
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upstream guide M: 2012-12-21 |
<reply> see upstream-guide |
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mail M: 2009-07-29 |
a great program for sending mail, or <mutt> can send mail from the command line with attachments, or elm rewarded the best emailer of 1999. Pine is out. http://wooledge.org/~greg/mail.html |
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contrib M: 2012-03-21 |
<reply>[contrib] Debian packages that contain <DFSG>-compliant software, but have dependencies not in main (possibly packaged for Debian in non-free). To get contrib packages, add lines like "deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ [wheezy|squeeze|jessie] main contrib" to your /etc/apt/sources.list, then aptitude update. Also ask me about <non-free>, <contrib list>. |
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.deb M: 2009-10-30 |
<reply> see package |
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wheezy+1 M: 2012-10-30 |
<reply> see jessie |
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conf C: 1970-01-01 |
a Backend configuration tool for scripts |
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cnrd M: 2010-09-10 |
<reply>The "Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name" warning is issued when Apache HTTPD cannot obtain the <FQDN> from a reverse lookup of your server's IP address. This can usually be ignored. You may want to add the fully-qualified hostname to /etc/hosts, or define 'ServerName 127.0.0.1' in the global server context of its configuration (e.g. /etc/apache2/conf.d/servername.local). |
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debian handbook M: 2012-05-11 |
<reply> see debian-handbook |
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grip M: 2009-07-18 |
<reply>Grip is a compatible but stripped-down version of Debian requiring only 32MB of disk space for a minimal install, see http://www.emdebian.org/grip/ . Also the name of an old GTK-based front-end for CD ripping; dead upstream, removed from Debian post-Lenny to resolve bug #515887. For alternatives, ask me about <asunder>, <mp3mesa>. |
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pgp M: 2009-05-13 |
<reply>Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is a <non-free> public-key encryption program, previously packaged for Debian as pgp-i and pgp-us. Superseded by the GNU Privacy Guard (GPG), ask me about <gpg>. |
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e M: 2011-03-30 |
<reply> see enlightenment |
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bridge M: 2007-06-21 |
<reply>Bridges link two or more network segments using the same network technology. The network topologies do not have to be the same, i.e. you can bridge Ethernet and Token Ring. If the protocols are not the same on segments, then you've got a router. Bridges are used to reduce network traffic, increase cable distance (by acting as a repeater) and to link dissimilar topologies with the same network protocol. Ask me about <bridge setup>. |
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bcm43224 M: 2011-08-08 |
<reply>The Broadcom BCM43224 (PCI ID 14e4:4353) - incorrectly identified as BCM4353 by Broadcom's proprietary driver - is an 802.11n PCIe wireless LAN chipset. For device support, ask me about <brcmsmac>. Alternatively supported by the <wl> driver. |
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confnew M: 2010-10-12 |
<reply>[confnew] dpkg --force-confnew will force dpkg to overwrite any changes you have made to conffiles. You can also reinstall them using the following apt-get line: apt-get -o DPkg::Options::="--force-confnew" --reinstall install <packagename>; or using aptitude, aptitude -o DPkg::Options::="--force-confnew" reinstall <packagename>. See also <confmiss>. |
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fu M: 2003-09-06 |
_____ |
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r8168 M: 2011-12-05 |
<reply>r8168 is an out-of-tree Linux kernel driver supporting Realtek PCI-E gigabit Ethernet controllers, made available by the vendor. r8168 should only be used for devices not yet supported by the in-tree <r8169> driver. Packaged for Debian as r8168-dkms in <unstable>, this will never be part of a stable Debian release. Purging the r8168-dkms package is required to remove the r8169 blacklist. http://code.google.com/p/r8168/ |
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exim M: 2009-05-18 |
<reply>Exim is a message transfer agent developed at University of Cambridge for use on Unix systems connected to the internet. It is available under the GPL and the current version in Debian is exim4. Ask me about <exim4> <exim boot stall> <exim flush queue> <why exim>. http://www.exim.org/ #exim on irc.freenode.net and irc.oftc.net. |
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pnp M: 2010-12-23 |
<reply>Legacy Plug and Play (PnP) is a standard that was supposed to make adding <ISA> peripherals to a x86 system as easy as plugging them in. Its biggest contribution, causing headaches, is the removal of jumpers from many devices. The lspnp and setpnp commands (pnputils package) can be used to list Plug and Play device nodes/resources and modify Plug and Play BIOS device resources respectively. http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Plug-and-Play-HOWTO.html |
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nopae M: 2011-05-14 |
<reply>The following x86-32 processors do not support <PAE>: all 400 MHz-bus versions of the Intel Pentium M and Celeron M (i.e. all "Banias" and pre-Sonoma "Dothan"), VIA C3 "Nehemiah" and AMD Geode LX. egrep -q -e '^flags.*pae' /proc/cpuinfo && echo 'You have PAE!' |
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rmadison M: 2010-06-14 |
<reply>rmadison is a script for querying the Debian archive database about available packages. Available in the <devscripts> package. |
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errata wheezy M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply>Last minute notes regarding Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" are listed at http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/errata . Known problems in the installer are listed at http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/debian-installer/#errata |
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reiserfs di M: 2013-04-29 |
<reply> see reiserfs d-i |
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rip dvd M: 2010-12-31 |
<reply> see dvd rip |
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infobot M: 2010-09-15 |
<reply> Infobot is an IRC bot that is geared towards remembering "factoids", and repeating them back to people on request. It supports many additional features, such as google lookups, dictionary, spell checker, debian package checks, and more. See http://infobot.sf.net/ for more. |
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www M: 2000-11-05 |
The World Wide Web, or world wide wait |
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opengl M: 2000-11-29 |
<reply>OpenGL (Open Graphics Language) is a 3D graphics <API> originally developed by Silicon Graphics. http://www.opengl.org/ There is a free implementation available, ask me about <mesa>. |
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bcm57766 M: 2013-05-20 |
<reply>The Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit PCIe Ethernet controller (PCI ID 14e4:1686) is supported by the <tg3> driver since Linux 3.3. Service patch firmware for the boot code (tigon/tg357766.bin) is required for support of Energy-Efficient Ethernet on BCM57766 devices without NVRAM. |
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manual M: 2009-07-15 |
<reply> see manuals |
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grub2 config M: 2013-04-22 |
<reply> see grub config |
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who are you C: 2000-03-06 |
<reply> I'm a chimp! |
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what are you C: 2000-08-01 |
<reply> I am an infobot. For more information, ask me about <infobot>. |
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zen M: 2010-05-31 |
<reply>Zen is :)(:, or a school of Mahayana Buddhism, or the Zen kernel: a variant of the Linux kernel optimized for desktop systems, including code not present in mainline. Liquorix kernel image packages (http://liquorix.net/) are Zen-based and are not supported in #debian, use #zen-sources on irc.rizon.net instead. http://zen-kernel.org/ Not to be confused with <Xen>. |
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unstable M: 2011-05-06 |
<reply>Unstable is the status of a Debian release when packages can be added at any time, that can disrupt the integrity of the whole system! Ask me about <break>. If you have to ask whether you should use it or how, you shouldn't. http://www.debian.org/releases/unstable/ See also <testing>, <sid>, <sid faq>, <apt-listbugs>, <apt-listchanges>, <bts>. |
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stable M: 2009-03-31 |
<reply>[stable] The status of a Debian release when no packages will be added, new versions introduced and changes will only fix security issues and critical bugs. Packages can be removed in rare circumstances. The current stable version of Debian is Wheezy (7.0); ask me about <releases>. Security bugs are fixed in stable by backporting the fix to the stable version (ask me about <security backports>). http://wiki.debian.org/DebianStable |
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less M: 2006-03-29 |
<reply>[less] a program on Unix and Unix-like systems used to view (but not change) the contents of a text file one screen at a time. It is similar to <more>, but has the extended capability of allowing both forward and backward navigation through the file. Unlike vi (which can also be used to view files), less does not need to read the entire file before starting, resulting in faster load times with large files. |
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gtfo C: 2005-05-24 |
get the fsck out |
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bot C: 2000-06-03 |
<reply> I ain't no stinkin' bot. I am a finely tuned and hand crafted tool. Oh wait... I guess I am a bot (that you should not abuse). |
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roaming C: 1999-12-20 |
http://www.klomp.org/mod_roaming/ |
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rpc C: 2001-05-29 |
remote procedure call, a protocol used for executing procedures on a (usually remote) server. |
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exit C: 2000-11-29 |
<reply> /quit you fool! |
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sources.lst M: 2009-06-25 |
<reply> see sources.list |
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clue M: 2005-01-05 |
<reply> A clue is something that puts you on track to something, however you will not know for sure that the track you are put on is the right one. So, the conclusion is that whenever you get a clue you should investigate it! NOW!! Command Line User Environment, or something clueless people do without. |
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afs M: 2013-01-24 |
<reply>The Andrew File System (AFS) is a distributed network file system primarily used in distributed computing. The open source AFS implementation 'OpenAFS' is packaged for Debian. http://www.openafs.org/ #openafs on irc.freenode.net. |
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figlet C: 2000-01-17 |
<reply>FIGlet is a nice program to make big ASCII characters out of normal text using nice fonts. http://www.figlet.org/ |
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wheezy M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Wheezy is the codename for the current <stable> release, Debian 7.0, released on 2013-05-04: http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130504 . Wheezy is the rubber toy penguin with a red bow tie. See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianWheezy and ask me about <install wheezy> <release notes> <squeeze->wheezy>. |
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debwiki M: 2013-05-07 |
<reply> see debian wiki |
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www.debian.org M: 2011-02-06 |
<reply>As part of the Squeeze release party, the http://www.debian.org site has had a face-lift. Enjoy! |
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linux C: 2000-03-26 |
closed |
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freedos M: 2009-05-12 |
<reply>FreeDOS is a free implementation of the Disk Operating System. http://www.freedos.org/ #fd-user and #freedos on irc.i7c.org, ##freedos on irc.freenode.net. See also <dosbox>. |
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70 M: 2010-03-12 |
<reply>udev has the ability to statically rename Ethernet cards based on MAC address. The addresses are configured in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules, edit this file to change the mappings. To apply changes: "udevadm trigger" or reload the relevant driver module. See also <udev>. |
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docs M: 2008-03-10 |
<reply>Before asking, please read the documentation. Documentation isn't always easy to read, but that doesn't excuse you from (a) trying and (b) sending patches to improve the docs. If you don't do this, expect to be told to RTFM by impatient volunteers. Dick Brandon said that "Documentation is like sex: When it is good, it is very, very, good. And when it is bad, it is better than nothing." Ask me about <finding docs>, <manuals>. |
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downgrade M: 2012-05-01 |
<reply>Downgrading is not, nor will ever be supported by apt. Programs change their data in a way that can't be rolled back, and package maintainer scripts support upgrades to new config file formats but not downgrades. Try: "dpkg -i olderversion.deb" or "aptitude install package=version" using "apt-cache policy package" to get the old version number. See also <partial downgrade>, <unstable->testing>, <sdo>. |
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fsck M: 2009-06-02 |
a file system integrity checker (man 8 fsck), or a visually-similar euphemism for fuck. Ask me about <forcefsck>. |
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power saving M: 2010-05-02 |
<reply>"Power saving" is not just about hugging trees and avoiding <gentoo>, it is about making your battery last longer and your computer run more quietly (less power used = less heat produced = less fan usage = less noise). Ask me about <cpufreq>, <laptop mode>, <powertop>. See also http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Ecology-HOWTO/ecology-howto-appendix-a-3.html . http://www.lesswatts.org/ #lesswatts on irc.oftc.net. |
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pty C: 2000-01-30 |
a Pseudo Terminal. In the 2.2 series, the switch to a ptmx/pts notation started, following unix98 specs, to avoid race conditions |
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rsn M: 2010-09-29 |
<reply>[rsn] Real Soon Now (see <wir> and <siyh>), or Robust Security Network: the Wi-Fi Alliance's full 802.11i implementation (aka WPA2, see <wpa>). |
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mbr M: 2009-05-11 |
<reply>The Master Boot Record (MBR) is the first bit of code loaded from the hard drive when a PC boots. To install a clean MBR (e.g. to get rid of LILO within the MBR) from Linux "install-mbr /dev/hda"; from DOS one can run "fdisk /mbr", or ask me about <fixmbr>. See http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-copy-mbr/ for guidelines on copying the MBR. |
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erm C: 2000-02-03 |
like don't do that |
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cmd: ubuntu (.*?) C: 2008-11-13 |
($1): <reply>$1: Please take your Ubuntu question to #ubuntu on chat.freenode.net as they are able to help you much better with Ubuntu questions than #debian. Ubuntu can be quite different from Debian, #debian is not just a version of #ubuntu for advanced Ubuntu users. |
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round robin mirror M: 2013-03-06 |
<reply>Some mirrors like ftp.us.debian.org have multiple machines serving them in a DNS round robin. This often isn't a problem but if one machine hasn't updated properly or is down, this can cause apt to complain (e.g. with hashsum mismatch). Instead, use a mirror redirector (ask me about <http.debian.net>) or pick an individual mirror that is close to you (ask me about <mirrors>). |
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garbage C: 2000-02-27 |
the way kewl band with the fit singer Shirley, who made songs like - Special - I Think i'm Paranoid - Push It - Only happy when it rains |
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net C: 2000-02-08 |
a tool allowing a better usage of time than sleep |
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ibm M: 2003-10-07 |
International Business Machines - a very spiffy company - who happens to make AIX, OS/400, OS/2, and other cool operating systems, not to mention some of the most superior hardware on the market, or I Blame Microsoft, or I Buy Macintosh. Ask me about <thinkpad>. |
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apt-cache M: 2010-05-09 |
<reply>apt-cache is a tool with several commands that query the package cache in various ways. To see versions of a package or which repository it came from, use "apt-cache policy foo", "apt-cache show foo" or "apt-cache showpkg foo" (searches for reverse dependencies). "apt-cache search foo" helps to find which packages provide or are related to foo, by searching all package descriptions. See also <which repo>. |
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smart M: 2008-11-02 |
the opposite of stupid, or the opposite of straightforward and polite, or what I definitely am, or "Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology" used by some hard drive manufacturers to detect imminent drive failure; ask me about <smartd>. S.M.A.R.T. can also be unreliable, no reason to believe it blindly without further testing. http://research.google.com/archive/disk_failures.pdf |
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bye C: 2000-05-01 |
<reply> Cya, $who |
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git-buildpackage C: 2011-10-09 |
a system for building Debian packages from a git tree, see://lpenz.github.com/articles/debgit/ |
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seamonkey M: 2010-03-23 |
<reply>SeaMonkey is a cross-platform Internet suite, a continuation of the unmaintained Mozilla Application Suite, based on the same source code. Packaged for Debian as Iceape, ask me about <iceape>. http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ #seamonkey on irc.mozilla.org. |
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sorry M: 2004-05-05 |
<reply>Don't be sorry...but if you ever go against the Debian Family again... |
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uml M: 2008-06-18 |
User Mode Linux (ask me about <user mode linux>), or Unified Modeling Language |
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funny M: 2003-08-22 |
Bug report #41459; xmms: xmms eats my memory and finds it tasty. http://members.lycos.co.uk/ukrock/individual_pages/various/argentina-1.jpg |
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irc primer M: 2010-03-10 |
<reply>"A Short IRC Primer": http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/ircprimer.html . See also "The IRC Prelude": http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/new2irc.html |
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death M: 2002-01-18 |
what happens when you don't /msg, or the opposite of life |
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doesn't work M: 2009-05-07 |
<reply> "Doesn't work" is a vague statement. Does it sit on the couch all day long? Does it procrastinate doing the dishes? Does it beg on the street for change? Please be specific! Define 'it' and what it isn't doing. Give us more details so we can help you without needing to ask basic questions like "what's the error message?". Ask me about <smart questions>, <sicco> and <errors>. |
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ion M: 2010-05-03 |
<reply>ion is a tiling and tabbing <window manager> designed for keyboard users. ion3 is in non-free due to restrictions on modifications imposed by its licence; ask me about <non-free sources>. ion2 and ion3 are dead upstream, removed from Debian post-Lenny to resolve bugs #526170 and #576899 respectively. For alternatives, ask me about <awesome>, <ratpoison>, <tritium>, <stumpwm>, <xmonad>. |
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alternatives M: 2012-12-27 |
the way Debian manages multiple applications with the same function. For more info, man update-alternatives. Have a look at the galternatives package or ask me about <update-alternatives> <java alternatives>. http://people.debian.org/~jwilk/alternatives/Contents has a recently created list of all the available alternatives-managed paths in Debian. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAlternatives |
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nis M: 2005-05-27 |
<reply>The Network Information System (NIS, originally Yellow Pages) can be used to distribute system configuration data (e.g. user and host names) across networks; commonly used to maintain staff directories and files like /etc/group. Many sysadmins hate it because it is insecure. See also <LDAP>. |
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zip M: 2010-02-10 |
<reply>ZIP is a data compression and archive format. Use the "zip" program to create archives and the "unzip" program to extract. As of Debian's zip 3.0-1 package, these utilities now has large file support (resolves Debian bug #308345). http://www.info-zip.org/ |
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main C: 2011-05-15 |
<reply>Debian's "main" archive area consists of <DFSG>-compliant packages, which do not rely on software outside this area to operate. These are the only packages considered part of the Debian distribution. http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive#s-main . See also <contrib>, <non-free>. |
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nvidia legacy M: 2013-01-01 |
<reply>NVIDIA proprietary legacy drivers support GPUs no longer supported by the NVIDIA proprietary unified Unix graphics driver. To install, ask me about <nvidia dkms-173xx> (173.14.xx series, supports GeForce 5/FX GPUs) or <nvidia dkms-96xx> (96.43.xx series, supports GeForce 2/3/4 GPUs). The 71.86.xx series is unusable post-Lenny (Debian bugs #620526, #708338). http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html . See also <nouveau>. |
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update-rc.d M: 2009-04-22 |
<reply>update-rc.d is used to manipulate System V style init script links, which are used to stop/start system services. Read the update-rc.d man page for a good introduction to Debian's boot process. For front-ends, ask me about <rcconf>, <sysv-rc-conf>, <bum>. See also <insserv>. |
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tz M: 2009-06-05 |
<reply> see timezone |
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povray M: 2011-11-18 |
<reply>POV-Ray (Persistence of Vision Raytracer) is a freeware, cross-platform ray tracing program. Packaged for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", ask me about <non-free sources>. Version 3.7 is considered unredistributable (Debian bug #563344), version 3.6 was removed from post-Squeeze to resolve bug #649016. http://www.povray.org/ See also <blender>. |
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lirc M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>Linux Infrared Remote Control (LIRC) is a package providing the ability to send and receive infrared (i.e. Consumer IR, aka CIR) signals. http://lirc.org/faq.html #lirc on irc.freenode.net. See also <irda>. |
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nigga C: 2000-03-05 |
<reply> n to tha i to tha double g to tha a |
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logs M: 2000-03-06 |
<reply> Logs are what you should always check when you have a problem, they live in /var/log/ . For #debian logs, ask me about <irclog>. |
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firmware images C: 2013-05-05 |
<reply> see firmware images wheezy |
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marble C: 2000-03-11 |
sometimes black or pink |
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missing iso images C: 2013-01-24 |
<reply>see missing iso |
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funroll-loops M: 2004-11-08 |
<reply> -funroll-loops is a favorite compile time flag of the -O9999999 crowd. It's also an interesting collection of observations about the "compile everything with random CFLAGS" phenomenon which is sweeping the land, and which <Gentoo> is a prime example. See http://www.funroll-loops.info/ |
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ext4 M: 2013-04-28 |
<reply>ext4 (fourth extended filesystem) was introduced in Linux 2.6.28. It supports volumes up to one exabyte (1024 petabytes) and extents. ext4 is the default Linux filesystem in Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" (bug #603084). Ask me about <ext3->ext4> and <ext4->ext3>. ext4 is not supported by <grub legacy> (bug #511121). http://wiki.debian.org/Ext4 http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/ #ext4 and #linuxfs on irc.oftc.net. |
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start a holy war M: 2002-07-11 |
<reply>(slackware|Debian|RedHat|emacs|a microkernel|Coke|vi|KDE|LILO|GRUB|GNOME|pico|GPL|Linux|Pepsi|Microsoft|FreeBSD|QPL) (RULEZ|sux|sux0rz)||<reply>(pico|Microsoft|Linux|Coca|FreeBSD|GPL|GNOME|QPL|KDE|vi|LILO|Slackware|Redhat|GRUB|emacs|Debian) (sux|is cool|0wnz)||<reply>Balrogs have wings!||<reply>(vim|pico|nano|nedit|gedit|winword.exe|emacs|Xemacs|ed|edit.exe) is the (best|worst|coolest|most stupid|most braindead) editor ever |
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qmail squeeze M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>It used to be that <qmail> could not be distributed in binary format because of its strange licence. For Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", you can build binary packages by getting the source. Ask me about <non-free sources>, then "aptitude install ucspi-tcp-src qmail-src" and follow the build instructions (apt-cache show qmail-src). |
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spanish M: 2004-11-17 |
<reply> Este canal es de soporte tecnico en Ingles para Debian. Si prefiere que el soporte sea en espanol, por favor ingrese a #debian-es con /join #debian-es tecleado en la linea de chat. |
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they don't know M: 2011-10-11 |
<reply>We're sorry your distro's channel isn't being helpful, but that doesn't make it appropriate to use #debian for non-Debian questions. Please go back to your channel and wait patiently for better help, or install Debian and party with us. |
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qotd33 C: 2004-07-18 |
<reply><ribnitz> but windoze does it, and if windows does it it can't be that wrong :) |
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nonfree C: 2001-01-25 |
<reply> see non-free |
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wnpp M: 2010-10-02 |
<reply> For information on packages which are not in Debian but you think should be, check the Work-Needing and Prospective Packages list at http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp (refinable list at http://wnpp.debian.net/). Use wnpp-alert (from the <devscripts> package) to see what packages you are using that are in need of help. |
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pi M: 2008-02-10 |
3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461284756482337867831652712019091456485669234603486104543266482133936072602491412737245870066063155881748815209209628292540917153643678925903600113305305488204665213841469519415116094330572703657595919530921861173819326 |
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qotd55 C: 2004-08-13 |
<reply><ricky_clarkson> A girl has invited me to learn it with her, from a video, in her bedroom :) |
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msg the bot M: 2011-04-14 |
<reply>Please have conversations with the bots in a private message as much as possible. Instead of using "!topic" or "!tell <your nick> about <topic>" in the channel, you can just "/msg dpkg topic". See <bot help> and http://wiki.debian.org/IRC/DpkgBot to learn more and browse my factoids on-line at http://ircbots.debian.net/ . If you're helping people, you can check that you have the right factoid before showing it to others. |
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descent C: 2000-04-06 |
one of the few decent games for Linux! Descent 1, II and II are all available for linux. The src for Descent I and II is available. |
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dd M: 2009-12-30 |
an abbreviation for Debian Developer, or a utility for the low-level copying and conversion of raw data: man dd, dd if=/foo/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 to produce a bootable floppy, dd if=/dev/hdc of=image.iso to make an image of a CD/DVD. See also <win32 dd>, <ddrescue>, <gddrescue>. |
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rip C: 2000-04-05 |
<reply>Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is an old protocol, still in use in many places however, but probably better to use OSPF or BGP accordingly. See also <rip dvd>. |
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encrypt M: 2010-08-11 |
<reply>Encryption is useful to keep data protected on your system. There is a nice guide on how to use LVM encrypted partitions at http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/469 . See also <dm-crypt>, <ecryptfs>, <encfs>, <gpg>, <luks>. |
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unix M: 2008-01-18 |
a broad definition for a very popular kind of OS, is what the Internet was built on, sexy, http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/otherunix.html, http://www.unix-systems.org/, a gift from the gods, http://www.scarynetworkguy.net. a linux-like operating system |
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postfix M: 2009-06-10 |
<reply>Postfix is a <MTA> originally created as an alternative to <sendmail>. It aims to be fast, secure, easy to administer and (relatively) sendmail compatible. Receiving "no mechanism available" with SASL when used as a SMTP client? Install the suggested libsasl2-modules package. Kyle Dent's Postfix FAQ: http://www.seaglass.com/postfix/faq.html . http://wiki.debian.org/Postfix http://www.postfix.org/ #postfix on irc.freenode.net. |
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ssh without passwd M: 2009-08-04 |
<reply>(1) on the client: ssh-keygen -t rsa (2) ssh-copy-id server.example.com. Ask me about <keychain> and <ssh-askpass> for ways of storing your ssh key's passphrase between uses. If you are wanting to use ssh to allow root logins for rsync backups (or something similar to that) then you might want to limit what this key can do and from where you can use it, see http://www.nanonanonano.net/linux/rootrsync for one approach. |
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see C: 2000-05-29 |
<reply>see allows you to view files using the application defined in mailcap files (pkg mime-support) |
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glx M: 2010-08-27 |
<reply>GLX (OpenGL Extension to the X Window System) enables programs wanting to use <OpenGL> to do so, via a window provided by X Window System. http://web.archive.org/web/20080510115750/http://www.sgi.com/products/software/opensource/glx/ |
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recompile C: 2001-07-19 |
Why have the source available for a kernel if your not going to use it? Dont fear the code, fear leads to hate, hate leads to anger, anger leads to The Dark side (aka windows) |
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fonts M: 2010-10-10 |
<reply>Fonts available as Debian packages are automatically configured for use via <defoma>. To add user-supplied fonts to a Debian system, ask me about <install font> or see http://wiki.debian.org/Fonts . For general font information, see http://www.nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/ . See also <mscorefonts>, <ttf>. |
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wheezy bet M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply> see wheezy pool |
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documentation M: 2009-11-14 |
<reply> see docs |
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pulseaudio M: 2011-12-07 |
<reply>PulseAudio (formerly Polypaudio) is a cross-platform network sound server, intended as a drop-in replacement for <ESD>. Packaged for Debian since Etch, read /usr/share/doc/pulseaudio/README.Debian after installation for configuration recommendations; Debian specific how-to is at http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=12497 . http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/FAQ http://pulseaudio.org/ #pulseaudio on irc.freenode.net. |
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mother C: 2000-05-07 |
<reply> are you my mother? |
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nullmailer M: 2009-08-17 |
a minimal <MTA> for hosts which just sends directly to smart relays. Does not support /etc/aliases; define a catch-all alias in /etc/nullmailer/adminaddr instead, see adminaddr(5). http://untroubled.org/nullmailer/ See also <ssmtp>. |
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gpm M: 2010-05-02 |
<reply> gpm (General Purpose Mouse) is a package for use of the mouse in a Linux (text-only) console. Install it, then use left button to select text, middle or right button to paste. In some applications (such as elinks), you have to hold down Shift in order to cut or paste, otherwise the application itself interprets the mouse clicks. http://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/ #gpm on irc.freenode.org. |
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startup M: 2007-04-26 |
<reply> see init.d |
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wsm M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>see wheezy/sid mix |
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black C: 2000-06-12 |
what you see if someone knocks you out |
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volunteers M: 2009-07-19 |
<reply>Volunteers are people who do things for you for free. All the helpers on #debian are volunteers. Please treat them with respect and don't expect them to follow your orders. Insulting them or the things that they have worked hard to create is not a good way of getting help. |
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lenny M: 2012-03-26 |
<reply>Lenny is the codename for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0, released on February 15th, 2009. Lenny security support ended on 2012-02-06, this release is no longer supported. Lenny users should upgrade to Squeeze, ask me about <lenny->squeeze>. Removed from the mirrors (2012-03-25), ask me about <lenny sources.list>. For old Lenny ISOs, ask me about <lenny iso>. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLenny http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120209 |
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upgrade-multiarch M: 2012-12-03 |
http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new#multiarch, or http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading#ia32libs |
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laptop M: 2009-06-09 |
<reply>All there is worth knowing about Linux and laptops can be found at http://www.linux-laptop.net/ and http://tuxmobil.org/mylaptops.html . For Thinkpads, ask me about <thinkpad>. Also ask me about <acpi>, <laptop mode>, <netbook>, <pcmcia>, <suspend>. http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn . See also the debian-laptop mailing list: http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/ |
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konqueror M: 2010-01-03 |
<reply>Konqueror is a web browser and file manager, a core component of <KDE>. It replaces kfm (KDE file manager). http://wiki.debian.org/Konqueror http://www.konqueror.org/faq/ #konqueror on irc.freenode.net. |
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udeb M: 2009-06-05 |
<reply>A .udeb is a special binary <package> containing Debian-Installer modules, or "regular debian packages that are not <policy> compliant. They are used by the new debian-installer project, to build up the actual system that then installs debian." -- thus spake Joey Hess, the great Debian genius. These are not intended for installation on a normal system. |
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lsb M: 2010-08-09 |
<reply> Linux Standard Base is a set of guidelines which all linux distributions should follow to ensure compatability between them. http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/lsb . See also <lsb tags>, <fancytty>. |
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toy story M: 2011-09-08 |
<reply> The names of the Debian releases (buzz, rex, woody, ...) are the characters from the "Toy Story" animated movie. Toy Story was released by Pixar November 22nd, 1995; one year later Debian 1.1 was released. Bruce Perens was the <Debian Project Leader> at the time and also worked for Pixar. See http://wiki.debian.org/ToyStory and ask me about <release history>. |
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fluxbox M: 2009-05-30 |
an X window manager forked from <Blackbox> 0.61.1, or Blackbox the featureless wonder with some added features. To install, ask me about <install x>, then: aptitude install fluxbox . http://wiki.debian.org/FluxBox http://fluxbox-wiki.org/?title=Faqs http://fluxbox.org/ #fluxbox on irc.freenode.net. |
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mirrors M: 2005-08-23 |
<reply> see debian mirrors |
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release history M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Debian releases are named after "Toy Story" characters. Buzz(1.1; 1996-03-14), Rex(1.2; 1996-10-28), Bo(1.3; 1997-05-01), Hamm(2.0; 1998-07-24), Slink(2.1; 1999-03-09), Potato(2.2; 2000-08-15), Woody(3.0; 2002-07-19), Sarge(3.1; 2005-06-06), Etch(4.0; 2007-04-08), Lenny(5.0; 2009-02-14), Squeeze(6.0; 2011-02-06), Wheezy(7.0; 2013-05-04). The next release will be Jessie. http://debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/ch |
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apt-get M: 2011-06-30 |
<reply>apt-get is a program (part of the apt package) used as a simple command line tool to libapt. apt-get is the original frontend for <apt>, but <aptitude> is now the recommended tool for managing packages. See also <why aptitude>, <reference>, <synaptic>, <apt-cache>, <gdebi>. http://wiki.debian.org/apt-get http://tinyurl.com/3g4d4d9 |
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pl M: 2011-09-21 |
<reply> Na kanale #debian rozmawiamy po angielsku; jesli chcesz lub wolisz mowic po polsku, wejdz na kanal #debian-pl na irc.freenode.net (Polish speakers please go to #debian-pl on irc.freenode.net). pl is also <perl>. |
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k3b M: 2010-12-21 |
<reply>K3b is a sophisticated CD/DVD burning application for Linux, optimized for <KDE>. http://www.k3b.org/faq http://www.k3b.org/ #k3b on irc.freenode.net. |
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blootbot M: 2007-10-18 |
<reply> blootbot is a severely mutiliated infobot by xk. Homepage at http://blootbot.sf.net/ . Blootbot debs are now in Debian. You may not want to run a blootbot unless you're very good with perl. The latest svn has pgsql support. NOTE: blootbot development has officially stopped, and the project has been renamed back to infobot. Ask me about <infobot>. |
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geo dns sources.list M: 2011-01-22 |
<reply>To have <APT> automatically select a mirror geographically close to you, you can use a Geo-IP service from cdn.debian.net. This service works at the DNS level. An example line for your sources.list is "deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ squeeze main". See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGeoMirror for more information. Don't use this with Google DNS or similar. |
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deborphan M: 2008-06-17 |
<reply> deborphan is a package that will tell you what library packages you have installed that nothing's using. If you want remove all packages use 'deborphan | xargs apt-get -y remove --purge', or a nice tool to clean up grown debians. http://deb.li/3qpqF provides a nice guide to several more steps to reclaim big chunks of HDD. Ask me about <debfoster><autoremove><unmarkauto>. |
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se M: 2012-06-03 |
<reply> Svensktalande debian-användare hittar du i #debian.se på FreeNode (irc.freenode.net), SE is also the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for Sweden, it was included in the standard 1974. |
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caldera M: 2002-01-30 |
a commercial red hat based linux distro, or a company that thinks it's Microsoft, or the owner of SCO unix |
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ops M: 2007-08-06 |
<reply>Please invoke 'dpkg: ops $problem' to call the operators to deal with a specific problem. Misuse of this will lead to a ban. |
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nfs M: 2010-11-22 |
<reply>Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol developed by Sun Microsystems. To set up and secure, read the Linux NFS-HOWTO at http://nfs.sf.net/nfs-howto/ . For notes on NFSv4 in Debian, see /usr/share/doc/nfs-common/README.Debian.nfsv4. Mailing list: http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-nfs . http://wiki.debian.org/NFS http://nfs.sf.net/ #linux-nfs on irc.oftc.net. |
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install guide M: 2009-02-16 |
<reply> see installation guide |
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nm M: 2011-10-31 |
<reply>New Member (formerly New Maintainer) is the process through which new Debian developers are accepted into the project; see http://nm.debian.org/ and <nmg> . nm(1) is a program to list symbols from object files and libraries, or Never/No Mind, New Mexico, No Molestes (do not disturb) in spanish. See also <networkmanager>. |
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crack C: 2001-04-10 |
<reply> crack: see source of spacehogs comment on apt |
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amiga M: 2002-01-21 |
a series of excellent computers manufactured by Commodore from 1985 until sometime in the early 1990s when they went belly up thanks to the marketing department, now trying to make their Nth comeback into the computing market, or the machines doing fast 3d graphics when windows couldnt even BEEP very well |
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bits M: 2013-03-28 |
<reply>"Bits from Debian" is the official blog of the Debian Project, complementing other <debian news> sources. It uses the <Pelican> site generator. http://bits.debian.org/ |
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reiserfs M: 2010-05-16 |
<reply>ReiserFS version 3 (aka Reiser3) is a journaling filesystem with pretty good performance and some interesting features. It is wonderful and everyone loves it, until the axe falls and they lose data due to a crash. As such, it has a lot of ex-fans who are now sadder but wiser. Ask me about <ext3>, <jfs> and <xfs> for safer filesystems. See also <reiserfs d-i>, <ext3 vs reiserfs>, <rfstool>, <reiser4>. |
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does not work C: 2000-08-10 |
<reply> see doesn't work |
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autoreconf C: 2010-03-17 |
<reply>Runs `autoconf' (and `autoheader', `aclocal', `automake', `autopoint' (formerly `gettextize'), and `libtoolize' where appropriate) in a project set up with configure.ac. |
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incoming M: 2005-03-19 |
to be used at your own risk, packages are even dodgier than unstable (see <break>) but can be obtained from http://incoming.debian.org/ (but not ftp), or http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/resources.html#incoming-system |
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silverlight M: 2011-08-30 |
<reply> see moonlight |
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ubuntu-irc C: 2011-06-03 |
<reply> This is not the Ubuntu help channel. Please do /server chat.freenode.net and then /join #ubuntu. If you are using XChat, you can right-click the following link and choose connect. irc://chat.freenode.net/ubuntu |
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something M: 2002-01-20 |
everything, nothing, part of something else. |
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script kiddie M: 2011-03-16 |
<reply> see scriptkiddie |
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ftpd M: 2009-04-07 |
<reply>[ftpd] A daemon that speaks <FTP>. The following choices are available on Debian: ftpd, the *BSD daemon (good, robust piece of software without anything shiny on it); <wu-ftpd> (a high-performance, multi-homing and anon-only capable daemon that has caused traffic on bugtraq); <proftpd>, which is somewhere in between; and <pure-ftpd>, which features optionally chrooted home directories, virtual domains, ratios, etc. See also <vsftpd>. |
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language M: 2009-09-29 |
a wonderful fucking thing that should be used properly. Every time you hurt grammar, a <knoppix> user joins. To the scientists, language is god. See <$lang>, <language per user>. |
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:) C: 2002-10-05 |
<reply> oh, so nice to see you smile! |
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fish M: 2009-05-09 |
<reply>"Give a man a fish and you'll feed him a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll feed himself for the rest of his life." This is so appropriate. Instead of asking us to tell you exactly what to do, ask us which documentation to read, read them, then come back and ask specific questions which aren't covered. |
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apache2 manual M: 2010-04-21 |
<reply>[apache2 manual] Install the apache2-doc package and browse to http://localhost/doc/apache2-doc/manual/ , or http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ . See /usr/share/doc/apache2.2-common/README.Debian.gz for an explanation of the Debian Apache configuration file layout. See also <cnrd>. |
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rm M: 2010-02-11 |
used to delete a file (syntax: rm foo), or the Grim File Reaper, or really just a wrapper around unlink(2). To prevent accidental deletions, ask me about <safe-rm>. --preserve-root is a default option since GNU coreutils 6.4, see also <-->. Release Manager, the team of people responsible for managing a Debian release. RealMedia (container format for RealVideo/RealAudio), ask me about <real codecs>. |
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ur M: 2006-06-03 |
<reply>Ur is the ancient Sumerian city that dominated Mesopotamia from 6000 BC to 600 BC. If you mean "you are" or "your", just say so. Also swedish for clock, and a word meaning "from within". A german prefix for refering to something very old. Urdu, a language based on the arabic script spoken like hindi. For Debian support in urdu/hindi join #debian-ur. Urdu/punjai/hindi support ke liye #debian-ur mein tashreef le ayen. Shukrya. |
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kernel package C: 2002-08-28 |
<reply> see kernel-package |
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usrlocal M: 2010-11-19 |
<reply>When hand-compiling software, *always* create a new directory under /usr/local, then install into it. For example: mkdir -p /usr/local/mypackage; ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mypackage. Otherwise, it can overwrite files which should be protected by apt, which can break apt, or apt can break this application's files because it doesn't know about them. See also: <equivs>, <FHS>, </opt>, <checkinstall>, <stow>, <make your own .deb> |
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install x M: 2009-05-02 |
<reply> To install X in Debian Lenny and later releases: "aptitude update && aptitude install xorg". You may also want to install a desktop environment - ask me about <install gnome>, <install kde>, <install xfce>, <install lxde> - or a window manager, ask me about <window manager>. To configure your X server, ask me about <xorg config>. |
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xauthority C: 2000-09-02 |
use: xauth merge /home/user/.Xauthority |
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mdn M: 2013-05-20 |
<reply>see mozilla.debian.net |
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timezone M: 2011-09-15 |
<reply>A time zone is the standard time (aka local time) in a particular region. To change the timezone on Debian systems, execute "dpkg-reconfigure tzdata". Alternatively: "cp -b /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime". Note that tzselect(1) does not change the timezone. Postfix users: execute "invoke-rc.d postfix restart" to update localtime in the chroot. |
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dirks favourite website C: 2000-09-19 |
nbcolympics.com |
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qotd108 C: 2005-02-04 |
<reply><drp> is there a command to allow me to see lan printers <greycat> drp: yes. "Joe! Show me that printer!" <greycat> substitute "Joe" with the name of your LAN adminsitrator <drp> lol |
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cygwin M: 2008-06-05 |
<reply> Cygwin is a <POSIX> environment for Microsoft Windows, running (among many programs) bash and gcc. Availiable from http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/mirrors.html , or broken WRT <rsync> (https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2208). #cygwin on irc.freenode.net. |
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3d M: 2010-03-21 |
<reply>3D acceleration requires kernel support, X server support, some other library packages, and that your account be in the "video" group. Ask me about <nvidia>, <ati>. See also http://www.free3d.org/ for documentation references and performance benchmarks. |
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rfs M: 2006-10-19 |
Request For Sponsor, frequently used in the debian-mentors mailing list as a request from would-be Debian maintainers to find someone who will sponsor their package. |
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ssmtp M: 2009-12-06 |
<reply>sSMTP is an extremely simple <MTA> to get mail off the system to a mailhub. It does not receive mail, expand aliases or manage a queue. http://wiki.debian.org/sSMTP . See also <nullmailer>. |
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rootkit M: 2010-02-17 |
a set of tools that replace the standard Unix utilities like ls and ps in order to hide certain files and processes from the admin. It is a good thing to have a copy of these tools on disk, but that only helps against the weaker rootkits (that don't modify the kernel in place). See also <system compromise recovery>, <chkrootkit>, <rkhunter>. |
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details M: 2004-07-26 |
<reply> If you want help on a topic, you HAVE to say more than "it doesn't work, help!" or else you'll get no help whatsoever. Give as many details as you can or else no one can give any suggestions. For most questions, you should at least give your arch (i386 for most people), your Debian <version>, and your kernel version. Give exact error messages where applicable. |
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u M: 2004-11-25 |
<reply>Damnit Jim! It's YOU. Y-O-U. Not *U*. U is a letter. YOU is a word. See ne1, or wud. Dutch for 'you' (formal singular). See http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20041201 |
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httpd M: 2009-03-30 |
a generic name for a <HTTP> daemon. The most common HTTP daemon program on Linux systems is <apache>. Others include <caudium>, <cherokee>, <lighttpd>, <nginx> and <webfs>. |
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debian mirrors M: 2012-08-17 |
<reply>Debian mirror sites are listed at http://www.debian.org/mirror/list and ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/README.mirrors.txt and http://deb.li/map ; ask me about <apt-spy>, <netselect-apt>, <http.debian.net>, <geo sources.list> and <debian mirror checker>. To make a mirror, see http://www.debian.org/mirrors/ ; see also <debmirror>, <apt-mirror>, <mirror size>. #debian-mirrors on irc.oftc.net. |
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sicco M: 2003-01-26 |
<reply> Please ask sicco questions, questions that are Specific, Informative, Concise, Complete, and On-topic. Ask me about <research> and <cooperation in asking for help>. |
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pt M: 2008-03-25 |
<reply> Por favor use #debian-pt para ajuda em portugues ou #debian-br para ajuda em portugues do brasil. ( /join #debian-pt ) |
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watch M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>The 'watch' file in a source package's debian directory is used to check for newer upstream versions, and to download if necessary. http://wiki.debian.org/debian/watch |
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ben break C: 2000-12-08 |
<reply> "Woody is unstable. If you currently enjoy a problem free system, and have no specific reason for using woody, I suggest you stick with potato. There may not be any problems now (there might be, but I don't know all of the details), but sooner or later shit will hit the fan. If you don't know enough about system recovery, you may be screwed." -- Ben Collins, debian-sparc, 7-Dec-2000 |
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stunnel M: 2010-01-25 |
a multi-platform SSL tunneling proxy, packaged for Debian as stunnel4. See "Basic configuration" within /usr/share/doc/stunnel4/README.Debian to start configured tunnels during boot. stunnel version 3 is obsolete and has been removed from Debian. http://www.stunnel.org/ |
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imac M: 2011-04-16 |
<reply>iMac is a range of Macintosh desktop computers produced by Apple Inc. Intel and PowerPC (G3, G4, G5) models are supported by the Debian operating system, ask me about <install debian>. See also <amd64>, <powerpc>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/iMac |
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gb M: 2003-08-17 |
an abbreviation for GigaByte. And also for Great Britain. Has also been associated with great beer & as an acronym for gurubonz. |
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query C: 2003-08-09 |
<reply> Talk dirty to me! Preferably, do so after you have typed "/query dpkg" which should open a new window/tab/whatever with most IRC clients. You can talk to me all you like and don't annoy other people with endless queries. Be aware that the stuff you write is logged, so don't get too 1337 :) |
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vice C: 2000-12-14 |
The Versatile Commodore Emulator... if you're gonna compile from source, make sure you download the roms file and install it into the source dir before you roll your own deb. Otherwise if you install the deb, follow README.ROMs |
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wb C: 2000-11-17 |
<reply> thanks, $nick. It's good to be back. |
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purge M: 2009-08-19 |
<reply> In Debian package management, "purge" means to completely wipe away a package, including its configuration files. Use «aptitude purge $package» or «dpkg -P $package» (note: you can't 'apt-get purge' a package that is already removed; use aptitude or dpkg instead). To purge all "removed" packages: «aptitude purge '~c'». To restore configuration files, ask me about <confmiss>. Also ask me about <why aptitude>. |
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apt-mirror M: 2009-10-08 |
<reply>apt-mirror is a tool for making a local mirror of any <APT> source. To mirror multiple architectures, specify "deb-$arch ..." in /etc/apt/mirror.list; e.g. "deb-amd64 http://http.debian.net/debian testing main contrib non-free". Discussion forum: http://sf.net/projects/apt-mirror/forums/forum/197335 . http://apt-mirror.sf.net/ See also <mirrors>. |
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ubuntuirc M: 2011-06-04 |
<reply> see ubuntu-irc |
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changelog M: 2010-05-14 |
<reply>The Debian changelog for foo can be found in /usr/share/doc/foo/ if foo is installed. From a .deb, "apt-listchanges -a foo.deb" or "dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile foo.deb| tar --wildcards -xOf - '*changelog.Debian.gz'|zless". You can also "aptitude changelog foo" or go to http://changelogs.debian.net/bar if foo is built from source package bar. See also <apt-listchanges>. |
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utc M: 2012-06-09 |
<reply>Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time). Set the UTC option in /etc/default/rcS appropriately (man rcs), then run "invoke-rc.d hwclock.sh restart" to apply. The /etc/default/rcS UTC setting was dropped at sysvinit 2.88dsf-25 (Debian bug #554345). |
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vbox-install squeeze-backports M: 2013-05-06 |
<reply>Ask me about <bdo>, reference 'squeeze-backports' in your /etc/apt/sources.list file. As root: "aptitude update && aptitude install -r -t squeeze-backports linux-headers-`uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,'` virtualbox". After <DKMS> builds the necessary kernel modules, VirtualBox can be started. |
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xmodmap M: 2002-10-06 |
the tool from heaven. It fixed my backspace key to do what it's supposed to. (it modifies X keymaps), or, the tools from hell if you try to apply more than one modmap to the same session |
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shebang M: 2009-12-21 |
the "hash-bang" (#!) line at the start of a script that instructs the kernel which interpreter to use. Examples: "#!/bin/sh", "#!/usr/bin/perl -w". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix) |
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blind C: 2000-11-24 |
a place inside my mind, a place i like to hide, but you dont know the chances, what if i should die? |
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z M: 2008-06-11 |
(in graphics programming al least) the 3rd dimension, used in such terms as z-buffering. And a formal specification notation based on settheory and first order predicate logic. The last letter of the alphabet, or a poor substitute for 's'. |
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irc M: 2009-07-13 |
<reply>IRC is Internet Relay Chat, the means to provide #debian to its patrons. Debian IRC channels are listed at http://wiki.debian.org/IRC . Please read http://wiki.debian.org/GettingHelpOnIrc . Ask me about <irc tutorial> and <faq>. See also <debstats> and <irclog>. |
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x10 C: 2000-12-11 |
a home automation protocol, you can get neat toys for it at http://www.x10.com |
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dom M: 2002-10-15 |
dim, or the Document Object Model, a w3c standard API to manipulate structured documents |
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botabuse M: 2003-08-11 |
<reply>lay off me you buggerererers!!11! |
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o C: 2000-12-31 |
OH! |
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a C: 2002-05-08 |
UK's best rock band :) |
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pr0n M: 2007-02-15 |
at http://www.lesbian.mine.nu, or http://www.pornolize.com/pornolize4?lang=en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.debian.org&submit=Translate, or see pr0n.sf.net/, or ask me about <qotd41> |
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cdrom M: 2007-10-12 |
<reply>To mount a cdrom from console, do mount /media/cdrom; also ask me about <automount>. Tell apt about your CD sources using <apt-cdrom>. |
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ar5523 M: 2013-05-12 |
<reply>ar5523 is a Linux kernel driver introduced at Linux 3.8, supporting legacy <Atheros> 802.11g USB devices based on the AR5005UG and AR5005UX chipsets. This driver will be enabled in a future Debian Linux kernel version (bug #701777). Firmware is required (ar5523.bin) and not currently packaged (bug #700826), ask me about <linux-firmware>. |
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dist-upgrade M: 2009-02-15 |
<reply> dist-upgrade tells apt to also install/remove packages when handling dependencies; security updates may require a dist-upgrade to install (they introduce new packages). Dist-upgrade does not mean changing from stable to testing; as of Debian 5.0 "Lenny", aptitude calls dist-upgrade "full-upgrade" to remove this confusion. Read man apt-get carefully. See also <why not dist-upgrade> <etch->lenny> <lenny->squeeze> <full-upgrade>. |
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java plugin M: 2009-08-20 |
<reply> see install java |
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bsd M: 2009-10-22 |
read also <bsd license>, or a brand of free UNIX clones, freebsd for x86 and sparc64, netbsd for damn near every arch, and openbsd for paranoid people, or <debian bsd>, <kfreebsd> |
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website down M: 2010-07-26 |
don't ask the channel, check using a service such as: http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ |
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keyring C: 2000-12-29 |
a circular ring of metal for holding keys... in the context of Debian, the public GPG keys. |
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motd M: 2013-05-07 |
<reply>The "Message Of The Day" (MOTD) may be shown to users at login time. Since Debian 7.0 "Wheezy", motd is entirely under the control of the administrator; edit /etc/motd as desired. The dynamic part of the MOTD is in /run/motd.dynamic and is prepended to your /etc/motd; this dynamic part is generated by /etc/init.d/motd should you also need to customise it. See "man 5 motd". For Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", see <motd squeeze>. |
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why nvidia-installer sucks M: 2009-09-20 |
<reply>nvidia-installer works fine for you today, granted. Let's say tomorrow Xorg is updated -- the nvidia driver will break. If you try to uninstall nvidia (nvidia-installer --uninstall), then you break Xorg badly. nvidia-installer overwrites files at random, and has NO CONCEPT of package management. We recommend against using it based on extensive experience. USE THE DEBIAN PACKAGES. Ask me about <nvidia>. |
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java M: 2009-06-11 |
<reply>Java is a cross-platform C++-like OO language. Sun, now Oracle, has released most of its Java implementation under the GPL as <openjdk>. There are other implementations packaged; for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" systems, Sun's JRE/JDK is in <non-free> (for i386, amd64 only). Ask me about <install java>. See also <java alternatives>, <icedtea>, <java ipv6>, <java-package>. http://wiki.debian.org/Java ##java on irc.freenode.net. |
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xfree86 M: 2011-02-20 |
<reply> see xorg |
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release notes M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply> see wheezy release notes |
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windows M: 2005-09-23 |
<reply>"PCs are like air conditioners, if you open Windows(R) they don't work." Support for Microsoft Windows operating systems is available in ##windows on irc.freenode.net. |
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admin M: 2007-04-26 |
like a omnipresent god, or http://home.datacomm.ch/prutishauser/humor/hack/know.ur.sysadmin.html, or and the guy you should always blame for problems with your computer |
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porn M: 2007-03-03 |
...well.... ask me about <pr0n> or `apt-get install pornview` to find it on your hdd |
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dmraid C: 2008-01-10 |
<reply> see fakeraid |
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cn M: 2012-04-28 |
<reply> see zh |
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archive M: 2009-11-11 |
a collection of files. 'tar', 'ar', 'cpio' are all archiving tools. This is *not* the same as compression, which is a separate operation. Debian Archives is the repository for old Debian releases, see http://www.debian.org/distrib/archive . For the package archive, ask me about <snapshot>. Old Debian <ISO> files are archived at http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/ |
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gnome M: 2010-02-06 |
<reply>GNOME is a Desktop Environment ("DE", so are <KDE> and <XFCE>) based on GTK+. To get or delete GNOME, ask me about <install gnome> or <remove gnome> respectively. See also <gnome status>. http://wiki.debian.org/Gnome http://www.gnome.org/ #debian-gnome on irc.debian.org. GNOME-related IRC channels: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeIrcChannels |
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bible M: 2003-01-18 |
a fiction based epic, describing the virtues and views of the early east africans circa ) ad If you don't believe in the bible at all then you're badly mistaken. I've seen one. quite interesting book |
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default alsa C: 2010-12-23 |
<reply>Use the /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc configuration files to set your default sound card. See http://alsa.opensrc.org/FAQ026 for more information. |
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customer M: 2009-01-08 |
<reply> Another happy customer leaves the building.||<reply> A satisfied customer? We should have him stuffed!||<reply>NEXT PLEASE!||<action>rattles the #debian tip jar (http://www.debian.org/donations) |
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xinerama M: 2008-08-12 |
where you have several monitors but only one logical desktop -- XFree86 4.0 and X.org have it. http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO/ . This functionality is provided by RandR in recent Xorg drivers, ask me about <randr>. |
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bot abuse M: 2001-03-03 |
<reply>Leave me alone.. I feel abused and molested. || <action> huddles in the corner, whimpering 'please, please stop' |
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freedom C: 2003-06-14 |
the ultimate virtue. Without freedom we are no better than any other animal. I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees. |
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restart M: 2008-01-04 |
<reply> see reboot |
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debian way M: 2009-09-29 |
a Good Thing[tm], or generally sticking to one branch (stable XOR testing XOR unstable), compiling kernels using make-kpkg, using Debian-specific ways of doing tasks like using update-rc.d, a2enmod and m-a. |
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offtopic M: 2010-05-08 |
<reply>#debian is primarily a support channel for Debian users. Please keep the discussions in #debian on-topic and take longer discussions and non-support questions to #debian-offtopic. Imagine the chaos if each of the hundreds of people in the channel felt the need to wander off topic for a few minutes every day. |
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haha C: 2001-07-16 |
<action> laughs!! that's funny $who! |
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vlc M: 2010-12-27 |
<reply>VLC media player is a free software multimedia player developed by the VideoLAN project. For DVD support, ask me about <dvd playback>. http://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html #videolan on irc.videolan.org. |
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scnr C: 2001-01-25 |
Sorry, could not resist |
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epoch M: 2009-09-03 |
<reply>[epoch] a fixed point in a chronology or the start of an era. For example, y2k was a 2 digit year epoch. In Unix, epoch often refers to the time from which seconds are counted; epoch was is Jan 1 1970 and we will run out of 32 bit numbers for this on Jan 18 2038 (by which time we will have hopefully all migrated to 64-bit architectures). An epoch can also be used to help manage version numbering in Debian; ask me about <version epoch>. |
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deb M: 2012-06-03 |
<reply>see .deb |
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xsession M: 2004-05-25 |
~/.xsession is used for both XDM and 'startx', when there's no ~/.xinitrc. [See: startx(1)], or best initialized as `echo -e "#! /bin/sh\nsource $HOME/.bash_profile\nsource $HOME/.xinitrc" >$HOME/.xsession' |
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lfs M: 2008-08-30 |
large file support (http://web.archive.org/web/20110723152405/http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html), or ask me about <linux from scratch>, or Log-structured File System (NetBSD) |
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installed test M: 2011-03-02 |
<reply>To test in a script if a package is installed, you can: if dpkg -l $package 2>/dev/null | grep -q ^.i; then echo yes; fi or if [[ $(dpkg-query -f'${Status}' --show $package 2>/dev/null) = *\ installed ]]; then echo yes; fi. Note that "installed" isn't a simple concept -- is the package configured yet? is it actually scheduled for removal? See man dpkg "package states" and "selection states" for more details. |
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iptables M: 2010-09-10 |
<reply>[iptables] The user-space process used to administer iptables kernel parts on top of netfilter. Ask me about <netfilter docs>. For a proper Debian-way of setting up iptables, see http://wiki.debian.org/iptables or ask me about <iptables-restore>. http://netfilter.org/ #netfilter on irc.freenode.net. See also <ferm>, <lartc>, <masq>, <ulogd>. |
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bt M: 2009-05-21 |
Bhutan, or <bluetooth>, or British Telecom, or <bittorrent>, or <BackTrack>, or <bttv>. |
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md M: 2010-07-15 |
<reply>"Multidisk Device" (MD) is commonly used to describe the software <RAID> facilities available in the Linux kernel. To establish a software RAID array at Debian installation time, see section 6.3.3.4 of the <install guide>. See also <mdadm>. http://wiki.debian.org/SoftwareRAID http://linux.yyz.us/why-software-raid.html http://raid.wiki.kernel.org/ |
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ar9170 M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply> see carl9170 |
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debian-devel-announce M: 2008-06-11 |
<reply> debian-devel-announce is an announcement list to which major Debian developments are posted. If you are running releases beyond <stable>, then YOU are part of the development process; it is your responsibility to read it (no excuses!) or risk missing important announcements. "mailx -s 'subscribe' debian-devel-announce-request@lists.debian.org < /dev/null" or http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/ See also <apt-listchanges>. |
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d-d-a M: 2008-03-06 |
<reply> see debian-devel-announce |
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dda M: 2005-07-27 |
<reply> see debian-devel-announce |
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opera M: 2009-06-05 |
<reply> Opera is a cross-platform web browser and Internet suite, which handles common tasks including visiting web sites and sending/receiving e-mail. As of version 8.5, Opera is freeware but NOT open source. It is not included in Debian and therefore not supported by #debian. To install, ask me about <opera apt> and see http://wiki.debian.org/Opera . http://www.opera.com/support/ #opera on irc.opera.com. |
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rules M: 2001-02-13 |
<reply>1) Don't ask to ask. Just state your problem, 2) Don't repeat until 10 mins after, 3) Read and re-read the docs first, then admit it if you REALLY don't understand. You're wasting your time and ours if you haven't at least tried. 4) If your problem ain't solved, come back in 12 hrs or 24 hrs later. We're very international. 5) Be polite and patient. 6) #debian supports only Debian (see <based on debian>) |
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i see C: 2001-02-21 |
<reply> "I see," said the blind man. |
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pinning M: 2008-07-31 |
<reply>see apt-pinning |
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root M: 2003-06-17 |
<reply> It has been said that root is the administrative account - only use it when root power is needed. So no reading mail, compiling programs, or running applications as root. And don't even think about irc'ing as root, it increases the danger from exploits and trojans (such as bliss), or see, for example, the security advisory on BitchX http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-306 |
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rc.local M: 2007-04-26 |
<reply>/etc/rc.local is a script called by /etc/init.d/rc.local which is typically one of the last things to be run during the boot sequence. If you have commands you want run at boot, edit /etc/rc.local (don't touch /etc/init.d/rc.local). rc.local is regarded as a hack, consider writing a real init script instead, ask me about <init.d>. |
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gdm M: 2010-05-02 |
<reply> <GNOME> Display Manager (GDM) is a <display manager> based on <xdm>, but with no original xdm code. Written with looks (and security) in mind. It uses ~/.gnomerc instead of ~/.xsession. http://wiki.debian.org/GDM http://projects.gnome.org/gdm #gdm on irc.gimp.org. Not to be confused with the General Purpose Mouse (GPM) interface, see <gpm>. |
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build-essential M: 2008-04-02 |
a package designed to help you create executables and build Debian packages. If you get errors saying gcc cannot create executables or can't find header files like stdio.h, you need to "aptitude install build-essential". If you don't plan to compile things, you don't need this package. See also <qotd49>. |
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teamspeak M: 2009-02-15 |
<reply>TeamSpeak is proprietary <VoIP> software allowing users to speak on a chat channel, much like a telephone conference call. A TeamSpeak user will often wear a headset with an integrated microphone. Users use the TeamSpeak client software to connect to a TeamSpeak server, then join chat channels. Packaged for Debian as teamspeak-client and teamspeak-server, ask me about <non-free sources>. See also <mumble>. |
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list M: 2012-05-14 |
<reply> $nick: È possibile di scaricare un sacco di software libero puntando il tuo browser a http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/multi-arch/iso-cd/debian-7.0.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso !||<reply>$nick: Debian è un sistema operativo composto di software libero non quella gratis. Vedi http://www.debian.org/intro/free.it.html per sapere di più.||<reply>$nick: vedi http://packages.debian.org/ |
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jessie M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>The release following Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" is codenamed "Jessie" (the cowgirl in Toy Story 2) and will be Debian 8.0. It is the current <testing> distribution. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2012/07/msg00004.html |
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enlightenment M: 2013-01-09 |
<reply>Enlightenment is a stacking X11 <window manager>. Development Release 16 is packaged for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" as e16, removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #619707. Development Release 17 is packaged as e17, not part of the Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" release due to bug #697707. Packages from packages.enlightenment.org are not supported in #debian. http://enlightenment.org/ #e on irc.freenode.net. |
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i M: 2003-02-12 |
the imaginary unit, the square root of -1 and other nifty things, or the chemical symbol to iodine and a personal pronoun together with me, my and myself, or roman numeral for 1, or the letter between h and j, or commonly used as an iteration counter, or rapidly becomming the most tacked-on factoid. used as a block index in much of the rsync code |
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de M: 2010-03-12 |
<reply> Deutschsprachige Hilfe bekommt ihr in #debian.de (auf irc.oftc.net, irc.freenode.net oder irc.belwue.de) - German speaking users please go to #debian.de (on irc.oftc.net, irc.freenode.net or irc.belwue.de). |
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f M: 2001-03-10 |
a letter of the alphabet, or m*a |
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best M: 2007-07-07 |
<reply>Best for what? Please define what you mean by "best". Gloria Gaynor! Tina Turner! Aretha Franklin! Men without Hats! Women without Hats! Men at Work! Women at Play! Anyone for Tennis! |
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package basics M: 2011-01-10 |
<reply>"Basics of the Debian package management system" is a chapter of the Debian GNU/Linux <FAQ>, which describes the Debian package format. http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics . To create your own Debian packages, ask me about <nmg>. |
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printing M: 2005-09-12 |
<reply> see printer |
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coin C: 2001-03-16 |
1 ||<reply> 0 |
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apt-zip M: 2009-06-11 |
<reply> Update a non-networked computer using apt and removable media. Just aptitude install apt-zip and read the docs in /usr/share/doc/apt-zip, or ask me about <apt offline> <apt-walkabout>. http://wiki.debian.org/AptZip |
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sid upgrade M: 2010-01-28 |
<reply> Repeat after me: Sid is NOT AN UPGRADE! Sid is meant for developers and testers, so stay away from it if you're neither. Use <stable> or <testing> instead. See also <sid upgrade test>. |
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dance M: 2002-04-27 |
<action> gets jiggy wit it |
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ben C: 2001-03-23 |
very smelly |
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gift M: 2003-08-02 |
a modular peer-to-peer file sharing daemon, with plugins for OpenFT and Gnutella, and others unofficially (including FastTrack). ubersimple! See also gift.sourceforge.net and channels #gift and #gift-fasttrack. |
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gstreamer M: 2009-09-19 |
<reply>GStreamer is a multimedia framework finding widespread use in various applications like <rhythmbox>, <totem>, <parole> etc. It is configured with gstreamer-properties. gst123 is a GStreamer-based command line player. http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/faq/html/ http://www.gstreamer.net/ #gstreamer on irc.freenode.net. See also <w32codecs>, <lame>. |
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dpl M: 2005-04-22 |
<reply> DPL stands for Debian Project Leader, an elected position currently held by Stefano Zacchiroli. See http://www.debian.org/devel/leader . |
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debian M: 2003-12-22 |
http://www.debian.org. See http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/index.en.html#contents |
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asl M: 2002-11-19 |
<reply> $who, American Sign Language isn't very useful on Internet Relay Chat Old enough, Yes please, My place. above sea level |
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reiserfs d-i C: 2010-05-16 |
<reply>As of the Beta 1 release of Debian Installer for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", support for <ReiserFS> is no longer available by default. To use ReiserFS on new installations, boot the installer with "modules?=partman-reiserfs"; alternatively select partman-reiserfs in the optional installer components selection dialog when at medium or low debconf priority. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch06s03#di-partition |
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lame M: 2013-01-29 |
<reply>LAME is an open source MP3 encoder, accepted into <main> in July 2011 (closing bug #90091); unofficial packages for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" are available from <deb-multimedia>. Applications using <GStreamer> for MP3 file output require the LAME plugin, packaged as gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly package for Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" and gstreamer0.10-lame (in <dmm>) for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze". http://lame.sf.net/ #mp3encoder on irc.freenode.net. |
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grub legacy M: 2013-04-21 |
<reply>GNU GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader) 0.9x (aka GRUB Legacy) is a powerful boot loader which can boot many OSes and understands many filesystems. To install: «aptitude install grub-legacy grub-legacy-doc». To reinstall, ask me about <fixmbr>. To migrate from LILO, ask about <lilo->grub>. See also <grub legacy errors>, <grub2>, <supergrub>. http://wiki.debian.org/Grub |
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kvm M: 2011-02-21 |
<reply>Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full <virtualization> solution for Linux hosts on x86 hardware with x86 guests. Packaged as qemu-kvm since Debian 6.0 "Squeeze". See http://wiki.debian.org/KVM for installation instructions, also ask me about <xve>. http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/FAQ http://www.linux-kvm.org/ #kvm on irc.freenode.net. |
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dpms M: 2011-01-08 |
<reply>VESA Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) is a graphics card power management standard. The DPMS <xorg> extension is enabled by default. It can be adjusted via «xset dpms $standby-sec $suspend-sec $off-sec» or within <xorg.conf>. |
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mozilla.debian.net M: 2013-05-20 |
<reply> see iceweasel backports |
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confmiss M: 2011-05-10 |
<reply>You have to especially tell the packaging system to reinstall config files because when they are gone, it is assumed that you want them to stay deleted. "aptitude -o DPkg::Options::='--force-confmiss' reinstall $packagename" will restore them (man dpkg for details). If the package uses <ucf> for config file management, ask me about <ucf confmiss>. |
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breadbox M: 2002-04-01 |
that one female who has all the money and the other women only hang out with her because she has the money and the car. not larger than a breadbox, or and god woman, put a blanket over that!, or smaller than anything |
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shush C: 2001-05-23 |
<reply> Fine, I'll shut up. |
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newbiedoc M: 2008-12-14 |
<reply>http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/ -- newbies check it out! Veterans too, so you can contribute! :) |
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man M: 2010-06-26 |
a little guy that knows everything about Linux... just do "man commandname" and he will teach you all about commandname. You can search for the appropriate man page with "apropos term". Enable <tab completion> in your shell to fill in the man page names. Man pages are available online too, ask me about <dmp>. See also <docs> <grounding>. |
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mono M: 2009-05-17 |
<reply>[mono] infectious mononucleosis ("glandular fever", "kissing disease"), or a community initiative to develop an open source, cross-platform version of the Microsoft .NET development framework. http://wiki.debian.org/Mono http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianMonoGroup http://www.mono-project.com/ #debian-mono on irc.oftc.net. |
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ip M: 2005-07-18 |
<reply>IP (Internet Protocol) is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. It provides packet routing, fragmentation and re-assembly through the data link layer. To check yours, go to http://iplookup.flashfxp.com/ or ask me about <myip>. Also <intellectual property>. |
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inittab C: 2001-11-11 |
<reply>[inittab] /etc/inittab is where you configure the <init> program, to set up the basic startup routines. Do not play with it if you do not know what you are doing, or you will have a happy floppy rescue party! |
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ubuntu-es C: 2010-02-25 |
<reply> Ubuntu esta basado en Debian, pero no es Debian, y dificilmente tendra los estandares de Debian. Solo Debian es soportado en #debian. Por favor conectese a #ubuntu-es en chat.freenode.net Ahi recibira mas soporte. |
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firmware images wheezy M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Unofficial <netinst> images - containing non-free Debian <firmware> packages - for installing Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" are available from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/current/ . See also <install guide>. |
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ftp.us.debian.org C: 2013-03-06 |
<reply>see round robin mirror |
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linux4blinds C: 2002-04-28 |
at http://www.brlspeak.net |
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scponly C: 2010-01-05 |
<reply>scponly is a restricted shell limiting user access to OpenSSH applications (scp, sftp). It can optionally operate chrooted, which requires a chroot jail for the user to be established; see /usr/share/doc/scponly/README.Debian and Debian bug #551868. http://sublimation.org/scponly/wiki/index.php/FAQ http://sublimation.org/scponly/wiki/ Removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #650590. See also <rssh>. |
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rfc 1918 C: 2001-07-19 |
<reply> RFC 1918 reserves three groups of address for private use, 10.0.0.0/8; 172.16.0.0/12; 192.168.0.0/16 . |
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udebs C: 2001-08-10 |
<reply> see udeb |
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linux from scratch M: 2011-05-07 |
<reply>Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project providing instructions for building a custom Linux system entirely from source code. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ #lfs-support at irc.linuxfromscratch.org. |
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running x as root M: 2008-02-01 |
suicidal due to issues with external security exploits - and yes, they *do* happen in all variants of *n?x, Debian or otherwise - though the developers try to beat them down. Instead, log in as normal and either do 'su' or 'sudo'. Ask me about <root x> for alternatives. |
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bonjour C: 2001-08-14 |
<reply> Bonjour, $who. Comment allez-vous? |
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kernel-package M: 2009-05-28 |
<reply>[kernel-package] To compile a kernel The Debian Way(tm) "aptitude install kernel-package build-essential libncurses5-dev" and follow the instructions in /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz. You should also ask me about <make-kpkg>, <kp mantra> and <kernel build-deps>. |
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printer M: 2010-06-21 |
<reply>A printer is an output device to physical objects. Ask me about <cups>, <printconf> or use foomatic-gui for more information on how you can get your printer working under Debian. http://wiki.debian.org/SystemPrinting . See also <hplip>, <openprinting>. |
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blacklist M: 2009-11-16 |
<reply>To blacklist a Linux kernel module, create/edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.local.conf and add a line similar to this (without quotes): "blacklist module_name". If this doesn't work, do 'echo "install modulename /bin/true" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.local.conf'. IMPORTANT: ask about <blacklist-initramfs>. To blacklist a module at installation time, ask me about <installer blacklist>. http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModuleBlacklisting |
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firmware images squeeze M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Unofficial <netinst> images - containing non-free Debian <firmware> packages - for installing Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" are available from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/archive/6.0.7/ . See also <install guide squeeze>. |
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dpkgbot M: 2008-06-02 |
<reply>Please visit http://wiki.debian.org/IRC/DpkgBot to learn how to effectively search the factoids database for FAQ, and not flood in the channel with !tell <who> about <what>. Also ask me about <msg the bot>. We ask that you learn to search for yourself first, unless it is a specific problem. Many questions are asked repeatedly, and the factoid database can be of great help to you. Ask me about <search dpkg>. |
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x M: 2007-07-08 |
the X Window System. See <xorg> for information about the actual implementation. |
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kp M: 2009-04-08 |
<reply> see kernel-package |
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#debian C: 2003-04-22 |
home sweet home! :) |
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services M: 2011-09-27 |
<reply>To view and alter system services, use one or more of <rcconf>, <sysv-rc-conf>, <update-rc.d>; or use ls, ln and mv in /etc/rc?.d/ . The /etc/services file provides a port numbers list, which is updated from http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers and other sources. The 'service' command (used to run an init script) is packaged for Debian in sysvinit-utils. See also <disable services>. |
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latest M: 2005-05-30 |
not meaningful. Latest when? Latest in what distribution? Latest stable or latest development? Refer to software by its version number - that's what it's for. Refer to Debian by its codename or other identifiable feature: 'wheezy' (7.0), 'jessie' (testing), 'sid' (unstable). |
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wheel M: 2011-05-22 |
the traditional name of security group 0 in BSD (from slang for "big wheel" as a powerful person). This group is irrelevant in the default Debian configs but you can use the "sudo" group to give users the ability to run commands as root through sudo; ask me about <sudoers>. Alternatively, look at the pam_wheel module for <PAM> which will only allow su to root from members of the wheel group. |
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moo M: 2007-10-17 |
<reply> mooooooo! I am cow, hear me moo, I weigh twice as much as you. I'm a cow, eating grass, methane gas comes out my ass. I'm a cow, you could be too; join us all! type apt-get moo; aplay /usr/lib/libreoffice/share/gallery/sounds/cow.wav |
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email M: 2003-06-14 |
the lifeblood of the pornternet, or if you have email problems, 99.9% of the time its your client not the server. |
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test M: 2009-06-21 |
<reply> Test failed. |
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lvs M: 2010-11-09 |
<reply>Linux Virtual Server (LVS) is a highly scalable and highly available server built on a cluster of real servers. http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/ Not to be confused with <linux-vserver>. |
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yo M: 2003-05-14 |
<reply> yao!||<reply> Wazzup man? |
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morning C: 2001-09-14 |
the early day after yesterday |
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interfaces M: 2006-07-12 |
<reply>Your network configuration is in the file /etc/network/interfaces ; "man 5 interfaces" for documentation, "zless /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples/network-interfaces.gz" for example configurations. Start and stop your networking with ifup -a and ifdown -a respectively. See also <dhcp client>, <resolv.conf>, <static route>. |
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who C: 2001-09-16 |
<reply> It was the one armed man, I tell you ! || <reply>who's on first!! |
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volatile M: 2012-02-08 |
<reply>Debian Volatile was a project aiming at keeping Debian releases up-to-date for fast moving packages such as virus scanners, spam scanners and firmware downloaders. It was replaced by the <stable-updates> suite as of Debian 6.0 "Squeeze". http://lists.debian.org/debian-volatile-announce/2012/msg00000.html |
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tk C: 2001-09-20 |
the TKinter GUI toolkit |
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install font M: 2008-02-20 |
<reply> see font install |
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cat M: 2006-03-29 |
a program in Unix and Unix-like operating systems that concatenates the contents of files, reading from a list of files and/or standard input in sequence and writing their contents in order to standard output. cat takes the list of files as arguments but also interprets the argument "-" as standard input. See also <more> and <less>. |
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your factoids M: 2008-06-02 |
<reply> see search dpkg |
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bill gates M: 2002-03-24 |
the creator of all many things that are annoying, insidious, non-free, evil, and annoying. Did I mention annoying? > very annoying. |
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xpdf M: 2010-07-17 |
a Portable Document Format viewer for X11. http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ . Ask me about <pdf> for alternative viewers. |
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cunt M: 2005-04-26 |
a pussy, or Completely Useless No-hope Twat. Can't Understand Normal Thinking, or at http://www.limmy.com/playthings/xylophone/ |
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dfsg M: 2003-05-24 |
<reply>DFSG is the Debian Free Software Guidelines, which are explained at http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines . For a full list of DFSG-compatible/incompatible software licenses, see http://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses |
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qmail M: 2011-09-10 |
<reply>qmail is a Mail Transfer Agent by Daniel J. Bernstein. Previously <non-free>, now in the public domain. netqmail (based on qmail-1.03) is packaged for Debian in <main> since April 2011. To install qmail-1.03 on Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", ask me about <qmail squeeze> or <qmail equivs>. http://cr.yp.to/qmail.html http://qmail.org/netqmail/ #qmail on irc.freenode.net. See also <mta>. |
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kept back M: 2008-07-24 |
when packages have not been upgraded even though newer versions are available. This happens if dependencies cannot be resolved, packages are on hold or you used "upgrade" not "full-upgrade" and old packages need to be removed as part of the upgrade. To investigate, "aptitude -s install <kept-package>". See also http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/69 and ask me about <full-upgrade>. |
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i love you C: 2002-04-01 |
<reply>(I love you too, $who.|The feeling's not mutual|I hope you mean in the platonic sense :/) |
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security M: 2011-02-06 |
<reply>Put "deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free" in your /etc/apt/sources.list file to keep up-to-date on security updates in <stable>. Run "aptitude update" and "aptitude upgrade" (or "aptitude full-upgrade" if the updates are kept back). Also ask me about <dsa>, <security backports>, <oldstable security>, <testing security>, <unstable security>. |
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init M: 2008-05-22 |
the init daemon, or ask me about <runlevels>, or <inittab> |
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pm M: 2009-07-19 |
private message (something you don't do without asking for permission first, see <private>), or post meridiem, or prime minister, or perl mongers, or pathetic moron, or provocative/preventative/percussive maintenance, or power management (see <pm debug>) |
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ps1 M: 2005-01-14 |
the standard prompt, or an old IBM prdecessor to the PS/2 computer, ahead of its time |
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intltool M: 2002-03-06 |
a development application to facilitate translations by (1) extracting translatable strings from various source files (.glade, .xml.in, .oaf.in, etc), (2) collecting the strings together with messages from traditional source files (.c, .h) in po files, and (3) merging back the translations into .xml, .oaf and .desktop files. available at ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/unstable/sources/intltool/ |
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kernel compile M: 2009-04-08 |
<reply>[kernel compile] To (re)build the official Debian kernels, see http://wiki.debian.org/HowToRebuildAnOfficialDebianKernelPackage . For personal kernel packages, it is simpler to just use <make-kpkg>. |
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asm M: 2002-06-09 |
a sweet system-level programming language. |
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chrome M: 2009-10-19 |
Mozilla's term for a theme or skin, or "Google Chrome", a web browser by Google based on Chromium, ask me about <chromium>. For VIA UniChrome / Chrome9 support, ask me about <openchrome>. |
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guidelines M: 2005-07-18 |
<reply> 1) Read the /topic, the FAQ, and google before asking us. 2) Don't ask to ask, just ask. 3) Don't repeat; show that you have tried to help yourself by refining the question. 4) Reading documentation (man/info pages, READMEs) is a worthwhile skill, practice it. 5) Use /msg to talk to the bots (not the people), see <msg>. 6) Be polite and patient. 7) Paste into a <pastebin>, not here. 8) No trolls or spam. |
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dh-make-perl C: 2001-10-18 |
a packaged script that converts Perl modules snagged from <CPAN> into .deb archives. You get to use CPAN archives, Debian's dependencies stay in one piece, everybody's happy. |
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xd M: 2003-05-05 |
<reply> xD is a one-eyed, stoned, shit-eating grin, or a really unfunny smiley face like :) but worse. |
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audio M: 2007-07-26 |
<reply> see sound |
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rtfm M: 2006-08-06 |
Read The Fucking Manual. If you want to ask a question about foo, please read man foo; before asking. If there isn't a manpage about foo, use apropos to find one. Reading manuals helps us help you. [You might try info foo as well.] |
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ascii art C: 2002-04-07 |
really nice, just not in IRC! |
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testing faq M: 2009-05-06 |
an _unofficial_ FAQ for the <testing> branch of Debian: http://www.linuxmafia.com/debian/testingfaq.html . See also <FAQ>. |
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ekiga M: 2009-06-23 |
<reply>Ekiga (formerly GnomeMeeting) is a H.323 and SIP compatible <VoIP> client, supporting video chat and mostly compatible with the proprietary NetMeeting program. http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/FAQ http://www.ekiga.org/ #ekiga on irc.gnome.org. |
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freebsd M: 2011-03-13 |
NOT better than Debian, and it is not worse. It is just different. Admittedly one might be more interested in using FreeBSD as a server OS rather than as a desktop workstation. http://www.freebsd.org/ ##freebsd on irc.freenode.net. For the Debian port, ask me about <kfreebsd>. |
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sux M: 2007-08-08 |
<reply>sux is a utility for running X apps as a different user. "aptitude install sux" and documentation at http://fgouget.free.fr/sux/ . Also ask me about <root x> for other alternatives. Sux is also the way some people spell sucks and usually implies that they don't know what they are talking about; ask me about <u>. |
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sucks M: 2007-04-13 |
<reply>Blow me! oh my bad. Were you considering contributing a patch, or filing a wishlist bug for that? |
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aptitude current state M: 2013-01-11 |
<reply>The current state of a package is shown by aptitude as: i=installed, c=config files present (see <purge>), p=purged, v=a <virtual package>, B=broken dependencies, u=unpacked not configured, C=half-configured (<package scripts> interrupted), H=half-installed (unpacking failed, e.g. disk full) See http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/projects/aptitude/doc/en/ch02s02s02.html#figureCurrentFlag or dpkg(1). |
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women M: 2010-06-10 |
woman > 1, or HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux : http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO.html, or http://xkcd.com/322/ . Also ask me about <debian women>. |
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start an editor war M: 2003-04-13 |
<reply> (vim|zile|xemacs|pico|nvi|edlin|joe|ae|nano|emacs|"cat >") (bites|is known to (cause (sexual impotence|birth defects|brain damage|terminal cluelessness)|repel members of your preferred sex|cause ulcers|decrease your lifespan)|users (are (really backwards|clueballs)|can't think straight|need to (get (a life|out more often|laid)))|sucks|blows|doesn't deserve to be in (Debian|any Linux distribution|BSD))(.|!) |
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faq M: 2009-04-17 |
<reply>[faq] Frequently Asked Questions. The #debian FAQ is at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianIRC . The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ is at http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ . Ask me about <search dpkg> to search my database for FAQ links. Many other FAQ are listed at http://wiki.debian.org/FAQ . Read the FAQs! |
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pdf M: 2010-07-04 |
<reply>Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format for document exchange, designed by Adobe as a replacement for <PostScript>. Free software to view PDFs include <xpdf>, <kpdf>, <okular>, <evince> (all poppler based) and gv, kghostview (ghostscript-based, much slower!). Adobe Reader (acroread) is available from deb-multimedia in non-free; ask me about <dmm>. See also <edit pdf>, <pdf writer>. http://wiki.debian.org/PDF |
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bdo mirrors C: 2010-09-06 |
<reply> see backports.debian.org mirrors |
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bash M: 2010-08-31 |
the Bourne Again SHell, and the default Debian shell. Ask me about <bash faq>, <bash pitfalls>, <bbg>, <abs>, <parsing ls>, <bashism>. http://wiki.debian.org/Bash #bash on irc.oftc.net and irc.freenode.net. |
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ls M: 2003-05-05 |
<reply>CONFIG.SYS AUTOEXEC.BAT TEMP WINDOWS My Documents PROGRA~1 |
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reboot M: 2007-08-20 |
<reply> You want to reboot for WHAT?? If it's not a new kernel or a hardware change, you probably don't need to reboot. Ask me about <qotd2>. |
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hacking M: 2008-06-02 |
<reply> [hacking] a hacker doing his work. Playing with code or programs or technical devices and figuring things out to satisy curiousity, see <hacker>.... This is not cracking, see <cracking> |
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c++ M: 2005-01-28 |
an object oriented programming language which is perfect to develop GUI or real-life applications with a reusable, elegant and extensible design, or a crappyfied version of C, or a kludge, or bastardised version of C you don't want to know about, too damn complex to be nice low-level language like C, but not abstracted enough to not hamper you with "let's leak some memory, shall we?" crap. See Python if you want to get some work done |
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start a browser war M: 2004-03-24 |
<reply> (lynx|IE|Opera|Netscape|Mosaic) (is cooler than|is more secure than|is more user-friendly than|>|<|is more useful than|supports standards better than|crashes less than) (*|links|dillo|Firebird|Firefox|Mozilla|Konqueror|Amaya|Amanda|w3m|emacs w3|telnet hostname 80)! |
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bitch M: 2002-11-11 |
<reply> You fool, you're scaring away women. Read "HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux" at http://www.nmt.edu/~val/howto.html |
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realtek M: 2011-05-19 |
<reply>Realtek is a developer of semiconductors. Realtek Ethernet controllers are supported by the 8139too, 8139cp and <r8169> drivers in the mainline Linux kernel. For support of Realtek-based wireless LAN devices, ask me about <rtl819x> (802.11n) or <rtl818x> (802.11b/g). |
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m4 M: 2006-02-18 |
a macro language on which autoconf is based |
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! M: 2007-09-18 |
<reply> I'm not your csh prompt! |
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sox M: 2013-05-06 |
<reply>SoX is the swiss army knife of sound processing. Essentially imagemagick for audio: a command line utility for converting files of various computer audio formats into other formats, files can also be played and recorded. Install the suggested libsox-fmt-all package for all free SoX format libraries. http://sox.sf.net/Docs/FAQ http://sox.sf.net/ |
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overview M: 2011-06-07 |
<reply> Debian stable does not always include all the software people need or want so there is much official, semi-official, and non-official software available for stable. See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianSoftware . Ask me about <security>, <installer firmware>, <backports>, <squeeze-updates>, <multimedia>, <non-free>, <contrib>, <emdebian>, <debian live>. See also <grounding>, <social contract>, <introduction>. |
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blowjob C: 2001-04-15 |
<reply> Sure... Just... *enf* lemme get on my knees.. and... BITE YOUR DICK OFF! |
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semplice M: 2012-11-15 |
<reply>Semplice is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian <unstable>. It is not suppored in #debian. http://semplice-linux.org/ #semplice on irc.freenode.net. See also <based on debian>. |
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cmd: bite (.*?) C: 2001-05-25 |
($1): <action> takes a big bite out of $1's jugular vein |
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start a wm war C: 2002-06-28 |
<reply> (fvwm95|twm|enlightenment|wmaker|blackbox|emacs|fluxbox|ratpoison|olwm|metacity|GNOME|KDE|CDE|fvwm95|X) (sucks|bites|blows(| chunks| goats)|makes me vomit)! |
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thinkpad M: 2009-05-29 |
<reply>[thinkpad] one of the best laptops you can buy, or a thing that dies when your car hits it (according to abrotman). Some models restrict MiniPCI card use, see http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_unauthorized_MiniPCI_network_card . See also <gobi>, <hdapsd>, <martian>, <slmodem>, <synaptics>, <tpb>, <trackpoint>. http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad http://www.thinkwiki.org/ ##ibmthinkpad on irc.freenode.net. |
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amavis M: 2010-01-27 |
<reply>AMaViS (A Mail Virus Scanner) scans e-mail attachments for viruses using third-party virus scanners available for Unix environments. It resides on a Unix (Linux) machine and looks through the attached files arriving via e-mail, generates reports when a virus is found and sets the delivery on hold. Packaged for Debian as amavisd-new. http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/ #amavis on irc.freenode.net. |
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smart questions M: 2008-09-12 |
<reply>Go here to find out how to ask intelligent questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html - Be sure to look at the section http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#before - This FAQ has information to help many users solve their own problem more effectively and to help users interact more effectively with helpers. Also ask me about <reportbug>. |
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report-bugs M: 2010-03-10 |
<reply>[report-bugs] See "How to Report Bugs Effectively" at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html for better results. |
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cluster M: 2002-11-27 |
<reply>[cluster] http://www.clustercompute.com/ , Linux High-Availability Project (http://www.linux-ha.org). See also <drbd>, <heartbeat>, <lvs>. |
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jigdo M: 2010-08-09 |
<reply>Jigsaw Download (jigdo) is *the* method for downloading CD/DVD/BD images of Debian. See "Downloading Debian CD images with jigdo" at http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/ . http://wiki.debian.org/jigdo http://atterer.org/jigdo/ |
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release-critical M: 2010-01-18 |
<reply>Release-Critical bugs are Debian bugs with critical, grave or serious severities, preventing the next release of Debian. See the graph at http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ or the lists at http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/other/all.html http://udd.debian.org/bugs.cgi?release=wheezy&patch=ign&pending=ign&merged=ign&done=ign&rc=1 . See also <rc-alert>. |
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me too C: 2001-12-21 |
<reply><AOL> Me too</AOL> |
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nvidia M: 2012-12-04 |
<reply>http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers . Ask me about <nouveau> (open source driver) or <nvidia dkms> (proprietary driver). For GPUs made before 2004, ask me about <nvidia legacy>. Installing directly from nvidia.com (i.e. with <nvidia-installer>) is _not_ supported in #debian, please go to #nvidia on irc.freenode.net. |
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flashplugin-nonfree M: 2008-03-15 |
<reply> see adobe flash |
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brlix M: 2009-03-12 |
<reply>BRLix GNU/Linux (formerly Famelix) is a distribution <based on Debian>. The user interface is intended to resemble Windows Vista as close as possible. It is not supported in #debian. http://brlix.com.br/ User forum: http://famelix.com.br/forum/ |
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party C: 2001-12-30 |
Lego, and alcohol |
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potato M: 2009-03-30 |
<reply>Potato is the codename for Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, released August 14th, 2000. It is no longer supported. Ask me about <potato->woody> for upgrade information. See also <potato sources.list>. Get old potato ISOs here: http://mirror.klabs.be/debian-cd/potato/2.2_rev7/iso/ http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPotato |
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shit C: 2001-12-31 |
fecal matter.. scratch your ass, sniff your finger. Smell that? Shit. |
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cmd: man (.*?) C: 2010-06-26 |
($1): <reply>man $1 is probably at http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=$1 where you can view many Debian man pages. Ask me about <docs> <dmp> <grounding> <search>. |
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beer M: 2011-11-08 |
liquid gold mate |
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flood M: 2008-06-01 |
<reply> It's considered impolite to paste many lines of text on IRC. Please don't do it. Pasting one line is fine. Pasting two lines you can usually get away with. Pasting three lines will get you insulted. Pasting four or more lines will get you kicked. If you want to paste, ask me about <paste> |
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start C: 2002-02-25 |
what you have to press to stop in Windows |
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myip M: 2005-10-25 |
<reply> To get your IP address: /sbin/ifconfig -a | grep "inet addr" | sed -e 's/^.*inet addr://' -e 's/ .*$//', or /sbin/ifconfig -a | awk '/inet addr:/{sub(("addr:",""));print $2}', or hostname -i, or "ip a s eth0 | grep inet | cut -d' ' -f6", or /sbin/ifconfig eth0|perl -ne 'if /addr:s*d+.\d+\.\d+\.\d+/ {print qq|$1n|}', or wget -O- checkip.dyndns.org 2>/dev/null|perl -pe 's/.+Address:\ ([\d\.]+)<.+/$1/;' |
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be quiet C: 2002-01-23 |
<reply> Ah, shuddup. |
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action M: 2003-03-30 |
<action> forgets what action did. |
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potato->woody M: 2002-07-05 |
edit /etc/apt/sources.list, changing all non-local mentions of "potato" or "stable" to "woody" (examples: ask me about <woody sources.list>). Then "apt-get update", "apt-get install apt-utils debconf dpkg" and "apt-get dist-upgrade", et voila! Also, ask me about <woody install warnings>. http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/releasenotes |
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stow usage M: 2010-11-30 |
<reply>A quick intro to <stow>: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/stow/program-version && make && make install; cd /usr/local/stow/ ; stow program-version. Use stow -D to remove. See also <usrlocal>. |
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reinstall M: 2008-02-20 |
aptitude reinstall '~i' ; or COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l | awk '/^[hi]i/{print $2}' | xargs apt-get -y --reinstall install, or dpkg --get-selections > my_packages.txt , then later, dpkg --set-selections < my_packages.txt && apt-get install . See also <aptitude clone>, <debian clone>. |
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ask M: 2009-05-12 |
<reply>If you have a question, just ask! For example: "I have a problem with ___; I'm running Debian version ___. When I try to do ___ I get the following output ___. I expected it to do ___." Don't ask if you can ask, if anyone uses it, or pick one person to ask. We're all volunteers; make it easy for us to help you. If you don't get an answer try a few hours later or on debian-user@lists.debian.org. See <smart questions><errors>. |
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apt-spy M: 2008-04-14 |
<reply>a secret! Shh! 'Mirror, mirror, on the wall... who is the fastest of them all?' Note that it will overwrite your sources.list when finished, so (1) cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.mybak (2) apt-get install apt-spy (3) apt-spy update; apt-spy -d [stable,testing,unstable] -a [Africa,Asia,Europe,North-America,Oceania,South-America] (4) fix your sources.list by adding back in any other mirrors you had been using. |
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desktop M: 2005-05-19 |
see http://xwinman.org/ |
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apt-proxy M: 2010-05-06 |
<reply>apt-proxy is a caching proxy for <apt>. See http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/237 for more information. http://apt-proxy.sf.net/ Removed from Debian post-Lenny to resolve bug #576821. For alternatives, ask me about <apt-cacher>, <apt-cacher-ng>, <squid deb caching>, <approx>. |
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public key M: 2006-11-22 |
<reply> see no public key |
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bell M: 2010-06-08 |
<reply>To disable the bell: "xset b off" in X, "setterm -blength 0" in console. For some reason, bash beeps excessively when in emacs (default) mode; "set -o vi" puts it in vi editing mode, which doesn't beep on partial completions. In konsole, Settings->Bell->Visible Bell. See also <pcspkr>, <shell beep>, <metacity bell bug>. |
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debconf M: 2009-11-14 |
<reply>[debconf] Debian's configuration management system for packages, giving a single interface for asking and storing configuration-related settings. http://wiki.debian.org/debconf http://www.fifi.org/doc/debconf-doc/tutorial.html . Not to be confused with the yearly Debian Conference (DebConf): http://wiki.debian.org/DebConf https://www.debconf.org/ |
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seti M: 2010-05-14 |
<reply> see seti@home |
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anyone M: 2009-09-27 |
<reply>Please do not ask if anyone can help you, knows 'something' or uses 'some_program'. Instead, ask your real question. (If the real question _was_ "does anyone use 'some_program'?" ask me about <popcon> instead.) See <ask> <ask to ask> <polls> <search> <sicco> <smart questions>. |
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cmd: anyone use (.*?) C: 2005-03-10 |
($1): <reply>No, no one uses $1, not even the people who use it. |
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jack M: 2010-06-01 |
<reply>[jack] a colloquialism for a person who doesn't care about anything, or a CD ripping front-end (packaged as jack, http://www.home.unix-ag.org/arne/jack/), or the JACK Audio Connection Kit: a low-latency sound server, allowing multiple applications to connect to one audio device; install the jackd package to provide the current default JACK implementation. http://jackaudio.org/ #jack on irc.freenode.net. |
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pdo M: 2006-05-06 |
<reply> http://packages.debian.org/ - here you can search for Debian packages and their contents. Pretty Damned Obvious, isn't it?, or http://people.debian.org/ in some contexts. Maybe even http://planet.debian.org/ |
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help M: 2007-01-29 |
<reply> Enter /msg dpkg help in your IRC client, or http://www.debian.org/intro/about |
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fuck you C: 2002-03-31 |
<reply> no, fuck you |
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install gnome M: 2013-01-01 |
<reply> To install GNOME: «apt-get install …» 1. 'task-gnome-desktop' (Debian installer default) 2. 'gnome' (recommended) 3. 'gnome-desktop-environment' (upstream GNOME) 4. 'gnome-core' (like 3, minus end-user applications) 5. 'gnome-session gdm3 gnome-network-manager' (minimalist, not recommended). You will need Xorg installed as well, ask me about <install x>. http://wiki.debian.org/Gnome |
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media M: 2009-03-31 |
TP Debian recorded media can be found at http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/ |
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wifi M: 2008-11-27 |
<reply> see wireless |
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voip M: 2012-07-11 |
<reply>Voice over IP (VoIP) is a series of technologies and protocols for delivery of voice communications / multimedia sessions over <IP> networks. http://voip-info.org/ #debian-voip on irc.oftc.net. See also <ekiga>, <empathy>, <linphone>. |
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wir M: 2004-06-16 |
When It's Ready. See also <rsn> and <siyh>. |
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away M: 2009-04-01 |
<reply>Do not use public away/back messages in $channel. If we want to know where you are, we'll /whois you. In BitchX, /set auto_away off; in XChat, Preferences > Chatting > General > uncheck Announce Away Messages; ask in #yourircclient if you have questions. If you continue to use public aways/backs you will be devoiced. http://sackheads.org/~bnaylor/spew/away_msgs.html |
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when C: 2002-04-23 |
<reply> Now! |
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tcp M: 2002-04-22 |
Transmission Control Protocol, or the protocol that allows IP packets to send a stream of continuous, sequential data without holes from lost packets. See rfc793. |
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rfp M: 2009-04-23 |
<reply>Request For Package (RFP) is the way to ask for a piece of software to be included in Debian. See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp, the section on that page "Adding new entries with "reportbug"" is a good place to start. Technically, a RFP is a wishlist bug filed against "wnpp" with a title beginning "RFP: ", ask me about <wnpp>. |
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sources M: 2008-01-18 |
<reply> see sources.list |
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what C: 2002-04-23 |
<reply> This! |
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cmd: ping (.*?) C: 2002-07-06 |
($1): <action> tolls a 5-meter-bell over $1's head |
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jre M: 2007-09-21 |
<reply> see java |
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gentoo M: 2009-10-18 |
<reply>Gentoo Linux (formerly Enoch Linux) is a ports-based Linux distribution for x86, PowerPC, Sparc64. Maybe akin to BSD. Something you don't want to administer more than two of. See http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2003/44/ , http://bash.org/?464385 , http://www.arouse.net/despair-linux/gentoo.jpg , or rice rice rice rice, or ask me about <greenhouse>, <funroll-loops>. #gentoo on irc.freenode.net. |
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msttcorefonts M: 2010-09-24 |
<reply>ttf-mscorefonts-installer (previously msttcorefonts) is a <contrib> package which installs the last distributable versions of Microsoft's "TrueType core fonts for the Web" (Times New Roman, Arial, Courier New, Trebuchet, Andale, Verdana, Impact, Georgia, Comic Sans, Webdings). An Internet connection is required for downloading these fonts if not locally available. See also <liberation>. |
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release critical M: 2008-09-13 |
<reply>see release-critical |
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shutup C: 2002-06-05 |
<reply> No! You can STFU yourself! The voice of truth cannot be silenced! Oh, except perhaps in China... |
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linux-firmware M: 2010-01-14 |
<reply>The upstream for Debian's firmware-nonfree source package is the shared linux-firmware repository: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git;a=tree . Not all available <firmware> is packaged by the Debian project due to licensing concerns or lack of redistribution permission. |
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korea C: 2002-05-14 |
a country located in East Asia |
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freenode M: 2006-06-05 |
<reply>freenode (formerly Open Projects Network) is a service of the Peer-Directed Projects Center, an IRS 501(c)(3) corporation. They have an IRC network, irc.freenode.net, and you can visit their web page at http://freenode.net/ . You may be connected to freenode. See also <oftc> and <fact sharing>. |
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user mode linux M: 2009-10-02 |
<reply>User Mode Linux (UML) is a port of the Linux kernel to user mode, so you can run one or more Linux hosts inside a running Linux system, each with its own scheduler, process table, etc. http://wiki.debian.org/UserModeLinux . See also <virtualization>. |
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antivirus M: 2013-04-23 |
<reply>Virus scanners are a class of programs for detecting viruses. A common use for them on Debian systems is to scan emails at the mail transport agent using hooks like <amavis>. Free virus scanners in Debian include <clamav>. There are also alternatives like <avira> which are <non-free>. |
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vbox-install squeeze M: 2013-05-06 |
<reply>As root: "aptitude -r install linux-headers-2.6-`uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,'` virtualbox-ose". After <DKMS> builds the necessary kernel modules, VirtualBox can be started. See also <vbox-install squeeze-backports>. |
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cmd: d-i (.*?) M: 2009-02-15 |
($1): <reply>$1, you want to go to http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/ |
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stable sources.list M: 2011-02-02 |
<reply>Despite the fact previous installers, countless websites and /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/sources.list will tell you to do this, do *not* use "stable" in your sources.list; use the release code name instead (e.g. "wheezy"). Upgrading between releases is no longer trivial; make sure you read the <release notes> and ask me about <squeeze->wheezy>, <testing sources.list>. |
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german M: 2006-07-18 |
<reply> see de |
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reportbug M: 2010-03-27 |
<reply> reportbug is used to submit bugs to the Debian <BTS>. Install reportbug, then run reportbug. Or on the web, http://www.debian.org/Bugs/, or see http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s04#problem-report for some general information about using reportbug and/or for <debian-installer> bug reporting. Also ask me about <report-bugs>. http://wiki.debian.org/reportbug http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting |
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yourself C: 2002-06-04 |
<reply>I am a blootbot, which is a heavily modified infobot. See [infobot] and [blootbot] |
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sshx M: 2013-01-02 |
<reply>You can run X11 apps securely over an ssh connection without <xhost> nor X TCP support. Enable X11Forwarding _on the remote server_ (/etc/ssh/sshd_config) and install xauth on both the client and the server. Then "ssh -X" from the client and run X apps on the remote machine. See also <root x>, <cygwin sshx>, <3hosts sshx>. |
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apt M: 2009-01-16 |
<reply>Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) is a package management system used by Debian and its derivatives. There is no apt program per se; APT is a C++ library of functions that are used by several command line programs for dealing with packages, notably apt-get, apt-cache, and aptitude. See also <aptitude> <apt-get>, <apt-cache>, <apt myths>. |
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shut up M: 2005-01-01 |
<reply> (No, I won't, and you can't make me. :P|Kiss my shiny metal ass!) |
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hello C: 2002-06-17 |
<reply> Hi, $who! |
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new M: 2009-04-29 |
the NEW queue for Debian packages, part of the <incoming> system, at http://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html . Packages that are in the NEW queue cannot be downloaded, because they have not yet been checked to see if they are allowed to be distributed by the Debian project. http://wiki.debian.org/NewQueue |
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firmware image M: 2010-08-08 |
<reply> see firmware images |
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nodm M: 2011-03-07 |
<reply>Debian does not use a specific runlevel for graphical display managers by default. Just remove the DM package(s) with "aptitude remove xdm kdm wdm login.app gdm gdm3 pdm slim". "echo false >/etc/X11/default-display-manager" will also disable the DM, or just hit ctrl-alt-fN to get to a console. nodm is the name of a minimal/automatic display manager (http://www.enricozini.org/sw/nodm/). |
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apt-file M: 2009-01-21 |
<reply>apt-file is a utility used to find which package owns a given file - or list files in a package - even if it is not installed: "aptitude install apt-file && apt-file update" ; then "apt-file search filename" to see a list of packages containing filename (can also use a regular expression; see man apt-file). You can also search online, ask me about <pdo>. See also <auto-apt>, <dlocate>. |
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apt-build M: 2007-09-21 |
an apt-get front-end for recompiling packages; http://julien.danjou.info/projects/ . Warning -- this program will not optimize your packages for you as advertised; the gcc O flags and friends that you specify are not even parsed properly. In a breath, don't bother with it, because apt-get source/build-dep is far more useful. |
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enter M: 2009-05-16 |
<reply>The enter key is not a substitute for punctuation. Hitting enter unnecessarily makes it difficult to follow what you are saying. Consider using ',', '. ', ';', '...', '---', or ':' instead. If you hit enter too often, you will be autokicked by debhelper for flooding the channel. |
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apt translations C: 2013-04-23 |
<reply> see apt translation |
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cmd: why did you (.*?) C: 2002-07-03 |
($1): <reply> (Someone had to do it!|It had to be done.|Because I felt like it!|Because (the voices|Elvis|RMS|Bill Gates|ESR|DJB) told me to do it!|I did *WHAT*?!) |
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releases M: 2011-07-28 |
<reply> See http://www.debian.org/releases/ for an explanation of releases. See <release history> or http://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases for prior releases. Ask me about <stable>, <testing>, <unstable> and <introduction>. |
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owner C: 2004-11-09 |
<reply> dondelelcaro owns me |
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abrotman M: 2008-01-16 |
someone we want to win the calendar poll on http://www.itsallpetesfault.org/, or obsessed with useless factoids, or "<abrotman> sgeigerbot: are you still sore at me?", or known for his often misinterpreted sense of humour, or one of the few nicks you can complete with left hand and four presses |
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woody M: 2009-03-30 |
<reply>Woody is the codename for Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, released on July 19, 2002. Security support for woody was terminated on 2006-06-30. Woody was archived on 2007-01-10, ISOs are available from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/3.0_r6/ . See also <woody sources.list> and <woody->sarge>. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianWoody |
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testing M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply>Testing is a continuously updated release between <stable> and <unstable>, currently codenamed <jessie>. See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting and ask me about <testing faq> <wheezy->jessie> <testing security> <moving target> <dda> <apt-listchanges> <apt-listbugs> and <bts>. You should have a sound knowledge of Debian packaging and be prepared for a bumpy ride at times. Don't use it on things that are critical or on servers. |
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metacity M: 2010-06-08 |
a lightweight and compositing <window manager>, the default WM in <GNOME> prior to GNOME 3, which nobody makes any documentation on. It does not have a homepage either, see http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2007/12/23/start-reading-here/ . See also <metacity bell bug>. |
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codenames M: 2011-02-06 |
<reply>Debian release codenames are buzz (1.1), rex (1.2), bo (1.3), hamm (2.0), slink (2.1), potato (2.2), woody (3.0), sarge (3.1), etch (4.0), lenny (5.0), squeeze (6.0), wheezy (7.0) and sid=Unstable. "lsb_release -sc" (lsb-release package) will display a Debian system's codename. http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-ftparchives#s-codenames |
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pppoe install M: 2009-04-15 |
<reply>To install Debian via PPPoE, boot the installer with the boot parameter 'modules=ppp-udeb' (see section 5.1.7 of the <install guide>). Alternatively, select ppp-udeb from the "Load installer components from CD" option when at medium or lower debconf priority within Debian-Installer. This is not available for <netboot>. |
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standard M: 2008-06-22 |
<reply> see standard task |
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theme M: 2002-07-27 |
want gnome-themes? you probably are looking for the package gtk-theme-switch'.. 'also see packages gtk-engine-*'... |
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cmd: do (.*?) M: 2004-02-01 |
($1): <action> (does|refuses to do|eagerly does|reluctantly agrees to do|wonders why (he|she|it|they|we|you|those smelly goats) should do|wouldn't dream of doing) $1 |
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netinstall C: 2002-08-22 |
<reply> see netinst |
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wine M: 2009-05-02 |
<reply>Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator) is an application intended to allow execution of Microsoft Windows programs on Unix-like operating systems. Application compatibility database: http://appdb.winehq.org/ . http://wiki.winehq.org/HowTo http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ #winehq on irc.freenode.net. See <mmap_min_addr> regarding use of Win16 binaries. See also <newer wine>. |
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keymap M: 2012-03-15 |
<reply>Run "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration" to change both your default console and X keymap; the setxkbmap utility can be used to adjust keymap settings during X operation. For setting up X keymaps, see xkeycaps, xev and ask me about <multimedia keys>. |
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tzconfig M: 2009-11-14 |
<reply> see timezone |
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ne1 M: 2004-05-26 |
<reply> There is no such nick ne1. If you can't be bothered to type 'anyone' we can't be bothered to help you. IRC shorthand for "I don't have two braincells to rub together" (circa EFnet #amiga mid-90s). |
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openmosix M: 2005-02-09 |
http://openmosix.sourceforge.net, or is the GPLv2, Open Source, project to extend the outstanding Mosix project. New releases of Mosix became proprietary software in late 2001 Not appropriate for true parallel programs, where interconnect speed matters (and ethernet won't cut it) |
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remove kde M: 2009-09-12 |
<reply>To remove or purge KDE: aptitude remove kdelibs-data kdelibs4c2a kdelibs5 kdelibs5-data libkdecore5. Use 'purge' instead of 'remove' if that's what you want (ask me about <purge>). |
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remove gnome M: 2009-12-15 |
<reply>To remove or purge GNOME 2.x: aptitude remove ~nlibgnome ~nlibbonobo2 ~nliborbit2 ~nlibgnomeui ~nlibgnomevfs2. Use 'purge' instead of 'remove' if that's what you want (ask me about <purge>). |
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wee C: 2002-08-29 |
urine |
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cmd: lobotomy (.*?) C: 2002-09-29 |
($1): <action> pulls out a rusty saw to perform a lobotomy on $1 |
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acroread M: 2009-01-24 |
<reply> see pdf |
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dm M: 2010-01-09 |
<reply>DM means Display Manager, the app that brings up a graphical login screen and starts your login session. <xdm>, <gdm>, <kdm>, <wdm>, pdm, login.app, <slim> and <lightdm> are all examples of display managers. Ask me about <nodm> if you want to disable the DM. Or Debian Maintainer: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer . For the deb-multimedia repository, ask me about <dmm>. |
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gnome2 M: 2010-02-21 |
<reply> see gnome |
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r M: 2011-02-17 |
<reply>R is a powerful language based on S, primarily used for statistics. It is well suited for dealing with large sets of numbers in matrices and/or vectors. To install: "aptitude -r install r-base". http://wiki.debian.org/R http://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience/R http://www.r-project.org/ #r on irc.freenode.net. And it's "are", not "r". See also <plotting>. |
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turkey M: 2003-05-18 |
#debian.tr, or trke yardm iin #debian.tr |
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dynamic mmap M: 2007-10-17 |
<reply> Getting "E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room" when using apt-get or aptitude? Put the following line into your /etc/apt/apt.conf: APT::Cache-Limit "12582912"; If that file doesn't exist, create it, or put the line in a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ If you still get the same error, increase the value. Alternatively, delete entries within /etc/apt/sources.list that you don't actually need. |
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locales M: 2009-08-05 |
<reply> Use 'dpkg-reconfigure locales' to get it up and running. This generates <locale> definitions and also edits /etc/default/locale which sets the $LANG environment variable at login time. Use "LANG=C command" to change the output language for a one off command, ask me about <localised errors>. See also <mac locales>. http://wiki.debian.org/Locale |
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system compromise recovery C: 2002-09-24 |
<reply>Recovering a compromised system is difficult because you can't believe a thing the box tells you -- ls, ps, top, netstat are all likely to be lying to you. The only sane thing you can do is to <reinstall>. See also http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/win-UNIX-system_compromise.html -- this document describes suggested steps for responding to a UNIX or NT system compromise. |
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rcconf M: 2011-01-06 |
<reply>rcconf is a simple curses-based text user interface (TUI) frontend to <update-rc.d>, used to adjust the default <runlevel> configuration. See also <sysv-rc-conf>, <sysv-rc>. |
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fontconfig M: 2011-07-20 |
<reply>Fontconfig is a library for configuring and customizing font access. http://fontconfig.org/ |
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:( C: 2002-10-05 |
<reply> awwwww, whats the matter?? |
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radeon M: 2010-02-16 |
<reply>Radeon is a brand of graphic processing units by AMD/ATI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon). The radeon open source display driver is packaged for Debian as xserver-xorg-video-radeon, optionally install libgl1-mesa-dri for 3D acceleration. Also ask me about <radeon firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo http://x.org/wiki/radeon #radeon on irc.freenode.net. For the proprietary driver, see <fglrx>. |
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wayttd C: 2002-10-14 |
<reply> What Are You Trying To Do? |
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ig M: 2009-02-16 |
<reply> see installation guide |
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cmd: why can't i (.*?) C: 2002-10-16 |
($1): <reply> (Well,|Let's see...|I think) it's because (Bill Gates|RMS|Larry Wall|Dennis Ritchie|Don Knuth|Bozo|Bonzo|Chief Wahoo|the Wendy's girl|Carrot Top) doesn't want you to $1. |
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skype M: 2013-05-18 |
<reply>Skype is a proprietary cross-platform <VoIP> service and application owned by Microsoft. Debian cannot distribute the application due to its restrictive license and is therefore not supported in #debian. See http://wiki.debian.org/skype and ask me about <skype amd64>, <skype squeeze> for community-contributed information. Consider using a free software alternative such as <ekiga>, <empathy>, <jitsi> or <linphone>. |
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init script M: 2008-05-22 |
<reply> see init.d |
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rsnapshot M: 2008-08-04 |
a filesystem snapshot utility, which creates incremental backups of local and remote filesystems, using hard links to save disk space. See http://www.rsnapshot.org/howto/ and http://www.rsnapshot.org/faq.html . See also <rdiff-backup>. |
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networking M: 2011-12-11 |
<reply>For basic networking, "man interfaces" and see http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfiguration . For further information, see http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/254 and http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05 . See also <interfaces>. |
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php4 M: 2008-04-15 |
<reply> see php4 security |
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wat M: 2009-07-18 |
No such word; try "what". |
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sunday M: 2003-07-20 |
<reply> Sunday is the day all trolls swarm to #debian, avoid at all cost to remain sane. |
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randr M: 2009-08-02 |
<reply>The X Resize, Rotate and Reflect Extension (RandR) allows the server to inform clients of desktop size (etc) changes, so they can update themselves. http://x.org/wiki/Projects/XRandR . Ask me about <xrandr>. |
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ia32-libs M: 2012-12-12 |
<reply> ia32-* packages provide a subset of libraries from <i386> for <amd64> systems. They are typically needed by 32-bit only software (such as <skype> or <wine>) and have been obsoleted in <wheezy> by the introduction of <multiarch>. Wheezy users should ask me about <upgrade ia32 libs> for upgrade instructions. |
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raspberry pi M: 2012-11-09 |
<reply>The Raspberry Pi is an open hardware design based on a Broadcom system-on-a-chip, requiring <non-free> <firmware>. Debian's <armel> port works fine, but does not use the Pi's hardware floating point unit. Debian's <armhf> port (wheezy onwards) targets a newer revision of the ARM chip than is in the Pi, so armhf will not work on it. http://wiki.debian.org/RaspberryPi http://www.raspberrypi.org/ #raspberrypi on irc.freenode.net. |
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http.debian.net C: 2012-06-29 |
<reply> see geo http sources.list |
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sound M: 2013-04-25 |
<reply>Ask me about <alsa>, <alsa checklist>. See also <default alsa>, <pulseaudio>. |
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runlevels M: 2008-01-18 |
<reply> see runlevel |
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reference M: 2009-10-23 |
<reply>The Debian Reference will answer most of your questions about Debian. The latest version (v2) is at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ . Read it after installing Debian and before asking for support, as it is the closest thing Debian has to a manual. You can install this too, the package name is debian-reference: «aptitude install debian-reference» |
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espanol M: 2002-12-12 |
<reply>see spanish |
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no C: 2003-07-17 |
<reply>No Offense, or den norske debian kanalen #debian-no. For skandinaviske brukere av debian. It is the norwegian channel #debian-no for scandinavian users. |
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locale M: 2010-09-21 |
<reply>A locale is a set of rules for presenting information to humans according to local conventions (date format, thousands separators, language, etc.). Ask me about <locales> to establish on a Debian system. http://wiki.debian.org/Locale http://mywiki.wooledge.org/locale |
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d-i M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" is now the "stable" Debian release (May 04, 2013). See http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/ for images. Developers page is http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ . If you want to make custom install CDs, start with d-i. IRC: #debian-boot on irc.oftc.net. See also <errata>, <g-i>. |
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ettercap C: 2002-12-10 |
ettercap.sourceforge.net Sniff switched LANs! evil |
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cmd: win (.*?) C: 2003-02-16 |
($1): <reply> Congratulations, $1! You have won (second prize in a beauty contest|a one way ticket to (Baghdad|Cleveland|Nova Scotia|Christmas Island|Beirut|Rio de Janeiro|Fire Island|Gaza|Charlotte, North Carolina ... YeeHaw!)|the US presidency|a lifetime supply of spam|the time-life collection of vintage AOL CDs, a set of 120)! |
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policy M: 2011-05-13 |
<reply>policy is the document that defines how Debian packages should (and must!) interact with each other and with the user to make sure we have a high-quality, stable distribution. You can find it at http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ or in the debian-policy package. Those who fail to understand Debian Policy are doomed to reimplement it, poorly. See also <best practices> <nmg> <mentors>. |
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dmm mirrors C: 2010-06-21 |
<reply>Servers mirroring deb-multimedia.org content are listed at http://www.deb-multimedia.org/debian-m.php (copy at http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.deb-multimedia.org/debian-m.php). |
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fglrx M: 2012-08-08 |
<reply>fglrx / AMD Catalyst is the proprietary display driver for AMD/ATI Radeon HD and FirePro graphics cards. As of fglrx-driver 1:12-6~beta-1, R600 and R700 based GPUs (Radeon HD 2000/3000/4000 series) are no longer supported; ask me about <fglrx legacy> or use the <radeon> driver for device support. To install fglrx, ask me about <fglrx dkms>. http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary #ati on irc.freenode.net. |
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sing sussudio M: 2003-01-07 |
<action> sings "Su, su, sudio...Su, su, sussudio" |
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bdo M: 2010-09-06 |
<reply> see backports.debian.org |
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size compare C: 2002-12-21 |
<reply> $who has a bigger (screen|ram|resolution|cpu fan|purse) than me. |
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sdn M: 2011-10-09 |
<reply>see sdo |
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dontzap M: 2011-06-13 |
<reply>As of Squeeze, terminating an X server via Ctrl+Alt+Backspace ("zapping") is disabled by default. To enable, run "dpkg-reconfigure -pmedium keyboard-configuration" and answer Yes when asked if Ctrl+Alt+Backspace can terminate the X server (or "setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"). |
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rube goldberg C: 2002-12-31 |
a cartoonist who created crazy complicated contraptions for performing various mundane tasks; see http://www.rube-goldberg.com/html/gallery.htm |
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defoma M: 2010-10-10 |
<reply>Defoma (DEbian FOnt MAnager) is an automatic font configuration framework. Manually adding FontPath lines in <xorg.conf> (ref. /usr/share/doc/x-ttcidfont-conf/README.Debian) is not necessary since Debian 5.0 "Lenny". Deprecated by <fontconfig> and removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #651494. |
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es M: 2003-09-21 |
<reply> see spanish |
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console fonts M: 2011-09-25 |
<reply> If your console fonts settings have been changed, you can reset them using the consolechars command (console-tools package). The default font is default 8x*. dpkg-reconfigure console-setup |
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cmd: congratulate (.*?) C: 2003-01-08 |
($1): <reply>(Huzzah|Good show|Woohoo|Yay|Hugs & Puppies|Nice one) $1, you did it! |
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sp M: 2013-05-10 |
<reply> see es |
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cmd: asdf (.*?) C: 2003-01-11 |
($1): <action> asdf's $1 |
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bumblebee M: 2013-04-15 |
<reply>The Bumblebee project aims to provide support for the Nvidia Optimus GPU switching technology on Linux systems. GeForce 400M (4xxM) and later mobile GPU series are Optimus-enabled; if «lspci -nn | grep '\''[030[02]\]'» returns two lines, the laptop likely uses Optimus. Packaged in <unstable>. http://wiki.debian.org/Bumblebee http://bumblebee-project.org/ #bumblebee on irc.freenode.net. |
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dash M: 2010-06-06 |
<reply>dash (formerly Debian Almquist shell) is a <POSIX> compliant shell, smaller than <bash> and offers faster script execution (decreasing boot time). For new installations of Squeeze and later releases, dash will be the default /bin/sh. To switch old Squeeze installations: "dpkg-reconfigure dash". To check if your existing scripts will work OK with dash, use checkbashisms from <devscripts> and see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh |
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wot C: 2003-01-23 |
<reply>It's 'what', you idiot. See also <wat>. |
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dovecot M: 2013-05-15 |
<reply>Dovecot is an IMAP and POP3 server, written with security in mind. Easy to set up and fast, supports <mbox> and <maildir>. See /usr/share/doc/dovecot-{core,common}/README.Debian for important information. http://wiki.dovecot.org/ http://www.dovecot.org/ #dovecot on irc.freenode.net. See also <dovecot wheezy>. |
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wodim M: 2011-03-17 |
<reply>wodim ("write optical disk media") is a <DFSG> compliant fork of <cdrecord>, part of <cdrkit> and available in the wodim package. See http://lwn.net/Articles/198171/ for the release notice. Use -pad for .wav files when burning audio. Use -swab if your CDR uses little endian or .cdr is in big endian -- basically if the audio on CD is static, use -swab. |
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ext2ifs M: 2009-05-29 |
<reply>"Ext2 Installable File System For Windows" is a Microsoft Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 driver for accessing <ext2> and <ext3> filesystems, supports reading and writing. http://www.fs-driver.org/ See also <ext2read>, <ext2fsd>. |
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vsftpd M: 2009-04-07 |
<reply>Very Secure FTP Daemon (vsftpd) is a GPL licensed FTP and FTPS server for Unix-like systems. Frequently Asked Questions: http://viki.brainsware.org/?en/FAQ . Wiki: http://vsftpd.brainsware.org/ . http://vsftpd.beasts.org/ #vsftpd on irc.freenode.net. See also <ftpd>. |
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selinux M: 2010-05-20 |
<reply>Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is NSA's port of the FLASK Security Architecture to Linux. Also it can make your system unbootable if you uninstall it. Unofficial FAQ: http://www.crypt.gen.nz/selinux/faq.html . http://wiki.debian.org/SELinux http://selinuxproject.org/ #selinux on irc.freenode.net. See also <apparmor>, <tomoyo>. |
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version M: 2012-04-29 |
<reply>Kernel: uname -r, or cat /proc/version. Package: dpkg -l _pkgname_ , or run apt-cache policy <packagename>. Miscellaneous commands: try --version on the command. For the version of Debian, ask me about <debian suite>. |
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tldp M: 2009-11-05 |
The Linux Documentation Project: http://www.tldp.org/ |
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bobbitt M: 2007-07-29 |
<reply>Remember Lorena Bobbitt [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorena_Bobbitt ]? Remember what she did to her husband's woody? Well, when you install binary packages from different branches onto your woody, you get the same result. Same goes for Wheezy, any other Debian system, "Debian based distro", or the fire that is <rpm>, <alien>, etc. |
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vfatrw M: 2003-02-23 |
<reply> To get write access to a <vfat> partition when mounting it with fstab, use the line "/dev/partition /mount/point vfat defaults,user,uid=USERID,gid=GROUPID,umask=002 0 0" in /etc/fstab. umask=002 will make the partition rwxrwxr-x, while umask=022 will make it rwxr-xr-x. Get your user/group ids with the command "id". |
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bts M: 2007-12-07 |
<reply>Bug Tracking System for Debian packages, http://bugs.debian.org/ or to go directly to the bug page for a particular package/bug, try http://bugs.debian.org/packagename or http://bugs.debian.org/bugnumber . aptitude install reportbug, and check out <querybts> too. Users of unstable and testing are required to check the BTS. See also <apt-listbugs>, <reportbug>. http://wiki.debian.org/HowtoUseBTS |
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ar9285 M: 2013-05-16 |
<reply> see ath9k |
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simple sid backport M: 2010-11-22 |
<reply> First, check for a backport on <debian-backports>. If unavailable: 1) Add a deb-src line for sid (not a deb line!); ask me about <deb-src sid> 2) enable debian-backports (see <bdo>) 3) aptitude update; aptitude install build-essential; aptitude build-dep packagename; apt-get -b source packagename; 4) install the resultant debs. To change compilation options, see <package recompile>; for versions newer than sid see <uupdate>. |
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cd contents M: 2009-02-01 |
<reply>see disk contents |
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install M: 2005-12-03 |
<reply> see install debian |
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downgrades M: 2010-08-05 |
<reply> see downgrade |
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sort by size M: 2013-01-12 |
aptitude search ~i -O installsize -F"%p %I", or see <sort by size sarge>, or see <dpigs> |
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oftc M: 2006-06-05 |
<reply>OFTC is the Open and Free Technology Community, a support/collaboration service. They have an IRC network: irc.oftc.net. You may be connected to OFTC's network. http://www.oftc.net/ See also <freenode>, <oftc move> and <fact sharing>. |
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gksu M: 2009-09-28 |
a graphical interface for running X apps as another user such as root. aptitude install gksu. If you have set your machine up with sudo to allow you to run any command you want, then you can make gksu use "sudo" mode all the time by running "gconftool-2 -t bool -s /apps/gksu/sudo-mode 1". Also ask me about <sux>. |
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mount M: 2009-10-24 |
a command used to mount a device to the local filesystem. `man 8 mount`. See also <reference>, <fstab>. |
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backport M: 2009-06-09 |
<reply>A backport is a package from a newer Debian branch, compiled from source for an older branch to avoid dependency and <ABI> complications. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch02.en.html (2.7.4 and 2.7.10), http://backports.debian.org/ . Ask me about <debian-backports> and <backport caveat>. See also <simple sid backport>. |
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backport caveat M: 2008-11-17 |
<reply>Remember that in installing backports, you will be using an unusual configuration of packages that has not been tested as thoroughly as Debian stable and that newer packages have both newer features and newer bugs. Ask me about <version chasing>. Also note that you can't rely on backports to patched quickly if vulnerabilities are discovered. |
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backports caveat C: 2007-09-28 |
<reply> see backport caveat |
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race C: 2003-03-28 |
an overhead 3D car game for GNU/Linux and Windows, at http://race.sourceforge.net/ |
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issue C: 2003-03-29 |
/etc/issue or /etc/issue.net |
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clamav M: 2012-02-09 |
<reply>Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) is a GPL/FLOSS anti-virus toolkit for Unix-like systems, mainly used with a <MTA> for virus scanning. Install the clamav-freshclam package to automatically update virus definitions. "OUTDATED" warnings are a known issue (Debian bug #418963, wontfix). Install the libclamunrar6 <non-free> package for RAR file support. http://www.clamav.net/ #clamav on irc.freenode.net. See also <squeeze-updates>. |
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upstart M: 2009-10-14 |
<reply>Upstart is an event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon which handles starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during shutdown and supervising them while the system is running. http://upstart.ubuntu.com/ #upstart on irc.freenode.net. See also http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2009/09/msg00003.html |
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bcm43227 M: 2011-03-30 |
<reply>The Broadcom BCM43227 (PCI ID 14e4:4358) is an 802.11n PCIe wireless LAN chip. Not currently supported by the <b43> driver. Supported by the vendor driver since version 5.100.82.38 (Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" and later), ask me about <wl>. |
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is C: 2003-04-01 |
the country code for iceland |
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br M: 2005-10-12 |
<reply>Este canal é apenas em inglês. Por favor, use #debian-br (/j #debian-br) para ajuda em portugues. |
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chromium M: 2010-10-03 |
<reply>Chromium is an open source web browser produced by Google, based on WebKit. Google Chrome is based on Chromium. Packaged as chromium in wheezy, chromium-browser in squeeze. http://wiki.debian.org/Chromium http://www.chromium.org/Home #chromium-support on irc.freenode.net. For the game formerly known as Chromium, ask me about <chromium-bsu>. |
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aac M: 2005-01-07 |
<reply>Advanced Audio Codec (AAC) is one of the best quality sound solutions compared to MP3. It has superior sound to most other lossy formats. See also <faac>. |
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ma M: 2009-05-31 |
milliampere(s), or Morocco, or <module-assistant> |
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cmd: why is (.*?) not in testing C: 2003-05-30 |
($1): $1 is not in testing for the reasons listed in http://release.debian.org/migration/testing.pl?package=$1 |
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fr M: 2011-01-27 |
<reply>Pour l'aide en francais, veuillez rejoindre le canal #debian-fr. Francophone users: for help in french, please go to #debian-fr. |
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setuid M: 2004-08-07 |
a bit which, when set on a program, makes the program execute with the privileges of the owner, as opposed to the person who ran it. Example: chmod u+s <file...> |
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specific M: 2004-05-15 |
specifics is probably just saying 'it doesn't work' or 'what is wrong' will get you nowhere. be specific. |
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lartc M: 2010-01-15 |
the Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO. http://lartc.org/ #lartc on irc.oftc.net. Also ask me about <wondershaper>. |
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install squeeze M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" installation images are available from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/6.0.7/ . Note that Squeeze has been superseded by Wheezy, ask me about <install debian>. |
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rt3070usb M: 2010-04-13 |
<reply> see rt3070 |
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reinstall everything M: 2012-04-02 |
apt-get --reinstall install `COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l|grep ^.i|awk '{print $2}'`, or aptitude reinstall ~i |
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+v C: 2003-04-24 |
voice, the person is able to talk if the channel is +m |
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xen M: 2010-04-30 |
<reply>Xen is an open source virtual machine monitor / hypervisor, allowing several guest operating systems to execute concurrently on the same system. Provides paravirtualization (requiring guest OSs to be modified/ported) and hardware-assisted virtualization (for running guests unmodified). For detailed help, see http://wiki.debian.org/Xen . #debian-xen on irc.oftc.net. See also <virtualization>. |
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ssh without password M: 2003-05-02 |
<reply> see ssh without passwd |
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kr C: 2003-05-03 |
Korea (South) |
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debian/rules M: 2010-05-18 |
<reply>debian/rules is the makefile used when building a .deb from source, edit it to change compilation options. Be aware that some packages use sophisticated build systems that should be documented in debian/README.source. Also remember to make a new entry in debian/changelog with "~yourname" (for a backport) or "+yourname" (for a recompile) added to the version number. See also <makefile>, <hold>, <package recompile>, <source>. |
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newmaint M: 2010-07-14 |
<reply>The New Maintainer's Guide (http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/), Developer's Reference and Policy document how packages should be made and how they should interact with each other. Ask me about <package basics>, <mentors>, <policy>, <best practices> or see http://www.debian.org/devel/ , http://wiki.debian.org/Courses2005/BuildingWithoutHelper |
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offlineimap M: 2008-05-18 |
<reply>OfflineIMAP is an IMAP/Maildir synchronization and reader support tool. http://offlineimap.org/ |
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wubi M: 2012-06-18 |
<reply>Wubi (Windows-based Ubuntu Installer) installs Ubuntu to a loop-mounted ext3/4 disk image on an NTFS volume. Ask me about <ubuntu>. |
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pkg scripts M: 2012-01-19 |
<reply> During package installation, dpkg runs a script called "preinst", unpacks the .deb, then runs "postinst". When removing, it runs "prerm", deletes the files and then runs "postrm". These scripts can be found in /var/lib/dpkg/info/$package.{pre,post}{inst,rm}; as a last resort to fixing packaging problems, you can edit the script, e.g. by making the second line "exit 0" of a shell script. http://wiki.debian.org/MaintainerScripts |
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qotd M: 2008-10-18 |
<reply>Quote of the Day. Ask me about <qotd0> to get a random one. See <literal qotd0> for which numbers are used already and <qotdx> for which numbers have been voted as "replaceable". At 281 (2013-05-07). |
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spamassassin M: 2010-06-25 |
<reply>SpamAssassin is a <spam> filter utilizing content matching rules. Read /usr/share/doc/spamassassin/README.Debian.gz after package installation. If installed, <razor> will be automatically used. http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/FrequentlyAskedQuestions http://spamassassin.apache.org/ #spamassassin on irc.freenode.net. |
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tits C: 2003-06-01 |
<reply> are what men live for |
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squeeze iso M: 2010-08-18 |
<reply> see install squeeze |
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apt-listbugs M: 2010-01-10 |
<reply> apt-listbugs (aptitude install apt-listbugs) is available since Sarge. When installed, it will fetch the list of critical <BTS> bugs that pertain to any packages being installed. Modern releases allow you to pin a version to prevent upgrades to any packages you discover to be too risky (see <pinning>). Older releases only allowed holding (see <hold>). See also <apt-listchanges>. |
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siyh M: 2009-04-29 |
Sooner If You Help. How? http://qa.debian.org/ , http://wiki.debian.org/BSP |
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debian archive M: 2010-03-05 |
<reply>Debian has archives of no-longer-supported releases at http://archive.debian.org/ . To use with <APT>, see http://www.debian.org/distrib/archive . For old versions of specific packages, ask me about <snapshot>. Old Debian <ISO> files are archived at http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/ |
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qmail equivs C: 2003-06-11 |
<reply> To install qmail from upstream source: (1) install equivs, and use the example in /usr/share/doc/equivs/ to build mta-local; (2) dpkg --purge --force-depends exim; (3) install your mta-local package; (4) install qmail by hand |
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bittorrent M: 2010-11-26 |
<reply>BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution protocol. 'bittorrent' is also the name of the original BitTorrent client. Other clients include <aria2>, <azureus>, <bittornado>, <deluge>, <ktorrent>, <lftp>, <mldonkey>, <rtorrent> and <transmission>. To download Debian <stable> CD/DVD images via BitTorrent, see http://www.debian.org/CD/torrent-cd/ . #bittorrent on irc.freenode.net. |
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stable->unstable M: 2011-05-08 |
<reply> If you have to ask how to do this, then you evidently don't know enough about Debian to cope with the problems that you _will_ experience; perhaps you should learn first and break second. You should upgrade to testing first in any case. Instead of running sid, ask me about <testing> <backport> <debian-backports>. |
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rtl8188su M: 2010-05-20 |
<reply> see rtl8192su |
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amd64 M: 2012-04-28 |
<reply>amd64 is the Debian architecture optimized for x86-64, aka AMD64. Intel Core 2, Core i3/i5/i7 and Xeon (since 2004) systems are x86-64. The AMD64 architecture also supports running Debian i386 with either a -686 or -amd64 kernel. See also <why amd64> and <why not amd64>. |
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hostap M: 2013-05-15 |
<reply>hostap is a Linux kernel driver supporting PCI and PC Card 802.11b wireless LAN devices based on Intersil (now Conexant) Prism 2/2.5/3 chips. <WPA> support requires station firmware v1.7.4 or later. See also <prism firmware>, <prism2_usb>. http://wiki.debian.org/hostap . For the user-space access point, ask me about <hostapd>. |
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apt-get update C: 2003-07-05 |
the command you need to type to let apt-get update it's packages list |
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experimental M: 2006-09-02 |
<reply> experimental is the bleeding edge of Debian Development. Packages here have been deemed unfit/DANGEROUS/untrustworthy/etc for release by the maintainer responsible for them. DO NOT INSTALL PACKAGES FROM EXPERIMENTAL WITHOUT KNOWING EXACTLY WHY AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING. #debian does _not_ support experimental. For an actual description, see section 4.6.4.3 of the Developer's Reference. http://packages.debian.org/experimental/ |
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why an mta M: 2008-10-05 |
<reply> An MTA should be on most Unix(ish) systems to provide a way for various services to deliver asynchronous system or error messages. This includes things like cron and at (to give you the output of jobs) and various daemons (e.g. the init script of MySQL). The MTA does not have to listen to network ports so spam and security issues are largely irrelevant. See also <nullmailer>. |
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pxe M: 2009-11-28 |
<reply>Pre-boot eXecution Environment (PXE) is a network boot protocol. A <TFTP> server with tsize support (such as tftpd-hpa, atftpd, dnsmasq) is required for PXE. See also <pxelinux>, <netboot>, <ipxe>. |
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mutter M: 2011-06-18 |
<reply>Mutter ('Metacity Clutter') is a compositing window manager using the Clutter graphics library. It replaces <metacity> as the default window manager as of GNOME 3; <GNOME Shell> runs as a mutter plugin. |
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ffmpeg M: 2010-01-09 |
<reply>FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. The Debian ffmpeg package contains a multimedia player (ffplay), server (ffserver) and encoder (ffmpeg). Use "ffmpeg -formats" to list supported transcoding formats for ffmpeg's -target option. http://ffmpeg.org/ #ffmpeg on irc.freenode.net. See also <libav>. |
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clone C: 2003-08-07 |
<reply>our $apt=Blootbot->new($apt) |
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polls M: 2004-04-08 |
<reply> "Does anyone have X or use Y?" is taking a poll, not asking a good question that IRC helpers can answer. Don't do it or sussudio's army of militant badgers will hurt you. Also see <ask> and <bad polls>. |
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localtime C: 2003-08-28 |
Morning? Evening? Afternoon? Sorta depends where you are. So: Good localtime. |
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nmg M: 2009-11-04 |
<reply>see newmaint |
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works C: 2003-09-29 |
something I am |
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popcon M: 2010-07-26 |
the Debian Popularity contest, the basis for what packages appear on the first few CDs/DVDs etc (by rank). Install the popularity-contest package to participate. See the results at http://popcon.debian.org/ -- See the FAQ at http://popcon.debian.org/FAQ . Statistics are also available via IRC, /msg judd popcon $package |
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cmd: -s (.*?) M: 2003-10-20 |
($1): <reply> (Package: $1: Status: install ok installed|There is no record of a $1 package|(Dingos|Badgers) ate my $1!|You Fool! $1 is installed!) |
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installed packages M: 2011-01-28 |
<reply> To list installed packages, dpkg -l |awk '/^[hi]i/{print $2}'; or aptitude search -F '%p' '~i'; or ask me about <aptitude clone>, <debian clone>. See also <installed test>. For one package, use "dpkg -l packagename" or "apt-cache policy packagename" or (from squeeze onwards) "aptitude versions packagename". |
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dvdripping M: 2009-11-22 |
<reply>To rip and/or encode DVD content, ask me about <dvd::rip>, <dvdbackup>, <handbrake>, <mencoder>, <ogmrip>. Or just use vobcopy. See also <libdvdcss>, <mencoder rip dvd>. |
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smarthost M: 2007-07-08 |
<reply> A smart host is a type of mail relay server (typically provided by your ISP), which allows an SMTP server to route e-mail to an intermediate mail server, rather than directly to the recipient's server. |
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font install M: 2008-02-20 |
<reply>To install <fonts> for just one user, copy them into ~/.fonts/ and then run fc-cache -fv (or ask me about <install font kde>, <install font gnome>). To install system-wide, copy them into /usr/share/fonts/truetype/myfonts or into /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype/myfonts (but you will have to add /usr/local/share/fonts/ to your xorg.conf) and run fc-cache -fv as root. |
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qotd2 M: 2004-08-07 |
<reply><mrvn> Broadcast message from root (Sat Aug 7 05:48:42 2004): <mrvn> The system is going down for system halt NOW! <mrvn> What the fuck is dselect/dpkg doing a reboot for? <trave11er> mrvn: for changes to take effect? ;-) <StevenK> mrvn: You *had* to move the mouse, didn't you? <mrvn> StevenK: damn, yes. I accidentally pushed it. |
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download manager M: 2010-05-04 |
<reply>For information on download managers packaged for Debian, ask me about <aria2>, <axel>, <uget>. Removed applications include <d4x> and <prozilla>. |
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held back M: 2004-08-11 |
<reply> see kept back |
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uuoc C: 2003-11-09 |
<reply> UUOC is the Useless Use of Cat Award. Given out for years by Randal Schwartz on the newsgroup comp.unix.shell. Basically, most constructions that look like "cat filename | grep pattern" can be more easily written as "grep pattern filename". Works for grep and most other Unix utilities. Easier to type and marginally more efficient. |
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mate M: 2011-11-08 |
<reply>The MATE Desktop Environment is a fork of GNOME 2 to keep its development active. MATE is not supported in #debian. http://mate-desktop.org/ #mate on irc.freenode.net. |
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debootstrap M: 2009-10-20 |
<reply>debootstrap can create a basic Debian system from scratch, without apt/dpkg. Useful for installing in a <chroot>. It is key to installing Debian GNU/Linux from a Unix/Linux system, ask me about <install guide>. http://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap http://www.debian-administration.org/article/Installing_new_Debian_systems_with_debootstrap |
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exim4 M: 2009-06-01 |
<reply>Exim 4 is the default <MTA> since Debian 3.1 "Sarge". The Debian package has a debconf-driven configuration which greatly eases configuration for most run-of-the-mill applications. E-Mail is a complicated matter, so it might be necessary to read a lot of documentation to allow more advanced features. exim4 is very powerful and flexible. Find more about Debian's exim4 on http://pkg-exim4.alioth.debian.org/ |
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synaptics M: 2012-01-19 |
<reply>Synaptics is an X.org driver for laptop touchpads/trackpads. Install the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package and "man synaptics" for driver options; configuration tools include synclient and gpointing-device-settings. Not working? -> "modprobe -r psmouse ; modprobe psmouse". http://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad . See also <clickpad>, <trackpoint>. |
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metapackage M: 2009-06-05 |
a package that normally exists for convenience. It has no content, it just depends on other packages so that you don't have to have a hundred things on an apt-get/aptitude command line. The version of a metapackage can be misleading -- look at what it depends on instead (see the kde metapackage for an example). |
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ext3 M: 2013-04-28 |
<reply>ext3 (third extended filesystem) was introduced in Linux 2.4.15; its main advantage over <ext2> is journaling. Ask me about <ext2->ext3>. FAQ: http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/FAQs/ext3-faq.html . See also <ext4>. |
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why aptitude M: 2010-10-20 |
<reply> aptitude has more advanced conflict/dependency resolution and will often find a solution where apt-get gives up. It can be used from the command line like apt-get plus an interactive resolver makes it much easier to recover from broken dependencies. It has advanced search capabilities (see <aptitude search>). For some upgrades, apt-get is preferred (e.g. lenny->squeeze). Read the release notes and http://tinyurl.com/3g4d4d9. |
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testing->unstable M: 2008-11-04 |
<reply>see sid upgrade |
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custom netinst M: 2009-06-22 |
<reply>To create customized Debian <netinst> images, see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Modify/CustomKernel and http://wiki.debian.org/DebianCustomCD . See also <blend>. |
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cmd: -l (.*?) M: 2003-12-06 |
($1): <reply> (ii $1 (1|2|3).(1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9)-(|1)(1|2|3|4|5)(|||.1|.2|.3) ($nick's private (porn|gamp|stamp) collection|ultra s3kr1t #debian package)|No packages found matching $1) |
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cmd: topicsmite (.*?) C: 2003-11-26 |
($1): <reply> And the wrath of /TOPIC descended with terrible fury upon $1. And all the people marveled, saying, Behold, we too should read the /TOPIC, lest we be stricken. And all the people read the /TOPIC, and went away edified. |
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release-notes M: 2009-02-16 |
<reply> see release notes |
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snapshot M: 2010-04-12 |
<reply> see sdo |
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backports M: 2007-09-28 |
<reply> see backport |
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kde M: 2012-06-08 |
<reply> see kde 4 |
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sshfs M: 2012-02-27 |
<reply>sshfs is a <FUSE>-based filesystem using <SSH> for securely mounting remote resources. See http://fuse.sf.net/sshfs.html and http://sf.net/apps/mediawiki/fuse?title=SshfsFaq for more information. Remember to add yourself to the 'fuse' group. If you have problems with stale sshfs mounts, set ServerAliveInterval 30 (for 30 seconds) in /etc/ssh/ssh_config or ~/.ssh/config. |
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filesystems M: 2009-05-30 |
<reply>Journaling filesystems in a nutshell: <peterS> fast but dangerous: reiserfs. medium-speed but reliable: ext3. fast, mostly reliable, and *huge*: xfs. slow, probably reliable: jfs. unknown, probably buggy: reiser4. If you have to ask, use <ext3> or <ext4>. Old benchmarks at http://fsbench.netnation.com/ . http://wiki.debian.org/FileSystem #linuxfs on irc.oftc.net. |
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sid faq M: 2011-04-16 |
<reply> http://deb.li/sidfaq ; it doesn't hurt to read the FAQ, even if you are using <testing>. See also http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/08/msg00041.html and <sid upgrade test>. |
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wps C: 2003-12-03 |
windows printing system |
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flash M: 2008-05-18 |
<reply>Flash is frequently used to deliver interactivity, audio and video through a web browser. Ask me about <gnash> and <lightspark> for free implementations or <adobe flash> for a non-free implementation. http://wiki.debian.org/Flash |
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c M: 2005-01-12 |
<reply> See, or S-E-E. If you're too lazy to spell it out, we're too lazy to help you. |
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qotd38 C: 2004-07-20 |
<reply><greg_work> if i want to do nfs stuff, whats the best thing to use? NFS, or is there something better? |
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qotd106 C: 2005-01-15 |
<reply> elnovato | bah,m finally i undestood Jedit is the best IDE ever ever |
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qotd129 C: 2005-06-19 |
<reply><robin_sz> where can I get debian for windows XP? |
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hpsa C: 2013-02-24 |
<reply>hpsa is a Linux kernel driver for HP Smart Array <SAS> RAID controllers. Support for additional hardware (backported from Linux 3.2.35) was introduced in the Debian <6.0.7> point release (bug #690100). See http://wiki.debian.org/LinuxRaidForAdmins#hpsa for supported devices. |
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qotd110 C: 2005-02-09 |
<reply>< cOLDrIPPA> ok, i had logged into Debian correct and typed the user and pass now it is in like dos mode for windows anyone help |
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racism C: 2003-12-13 |
not tolerated and will result in a permanent ban from this channel. Any consistent threats will be reported to the FreeNode Staff |
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hwinfo C: 2005-04-12 |
your friend, "aptitude install hwinfo" then try "hwinfo --monitor" to detect your monitor refresh rates, or "hwinfo --framebuffer" to get VESA mode lines (in hexedecimal) for use with vga=XXX framebuffer consoles |
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qotd46 C: 2005-02-18 |
<reply><js_> is it very unsafe to resize my / partition with parted while its mounted? |
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ati oneliner C: 2007-11-09 |
<reply>see ati one-liner |
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ssh keys M: 2012-12-04 |
<reply>see ssh without password |
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screencast M: 2010-11-23 |
<reply> see screencasts |
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debian repository M: 2010-02-16 |
<reply>A Debian repository is a set of Debian packages organized into a predefined structure for fetching with <apt>. A HOWTO (outdated since <secure apt>) is available at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/repository-howto/repository-howto . Ask me about <list repositories>. |
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repository M: 2005-02-23 |
<reply> see debian repository |
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speedstep M: 2009-12-05 |
<reply>SpeedStep is an Intel CPU frequency scaling feature available on some mobile processors (Mobile Pentium III 600 MHz and faster, all Mobile Pentium 4 and later) and most modern desktop processors. Ask me about <cpufreq>. The Atom D410, D510 and Celeron M processors do not feature SpeedStep. See also <coolnquiet>, <power saving>. |
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ddrescue M: 2010-12-07 |
<reply>dd_rescue (packaged for Debian as ddrescue) is a tool to help you to save data from crashed partition. Unlike dd, dd_rescue will keep going on despite errors. It can also continue interrupted copying process and copy backwards. http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/ See also <gddrescue>. |
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broadcom M: 2009-07-11 |
<reply>Broadcom Corporation is an integrated circuits supplier. For wireless LAN chipset drivers, ask me about <b43>, <brcmsmac>, <rndis_wlan>, <wl>. For Ethernet controller support, ask me about <bnx2>, <bnx2x>, <tg3>. |
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qotd49 M: 2004-08-07 |
<reply><tcsetattr> build-essential contains all of the ... um ... essential stuff. For building. |
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books M: 2012-05-12 |
<reply>For documentation and books on Debian, see http://www.debian.org/doc and http://www.debian.org/doc/books . For the recently released "Debian Administrator's Handbook", ask me about <debian-handbook>; there is also the older <debiansystem>. Also ask me about <grounding>. |
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qotd52 M: 2005-08-25 |
<reply><orangey_> has *nobody* here tried to dock a KDE icon into gnome? <orangey_> man. This is totally a karma thing. I didn't help somebody the other day when I knew the answer just because I wanted to watch a simpsons episode instead. <orangey_> I thought buddha would understand. |
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ndiswrapper M: 2007-11-01 |
<reply>NDISwrapper enables the use of Windows XP (not Vista/7/8) network device drivers within the Linux kernel (x86 and x86-64 systems only). If a Linux kernel driver is available for your device, consider using that instead; for wireless LAN devices, ask me about <wireless>. To install NDISwrapper on Debian systems, see http://wiki.debian.org/NdisWrapper . http://ndiswrapper.sf.net/ #ndiswrapper on irc.freenode.net. |
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qotd98 C: 2004-10-05 |
<reply> <feerf> ok, the main think that does not work in Woody is that Woody is way too old (like museum now) |
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vdi M: 2013-05-07 |
<reply>Virtual Disk Image (vdi) is a virtual drive format used by <VirtualBox>. These are manipulatable by the VBoxManage utility (e.g. convertfromraw, modifyhd, clonehd commands), which obsoletes the vditool utility used in earlier VirtualBox versions. |
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wireless M: 2011-03-08 |
<reply>Support for your wireless LAN device is dependent on the chipset within. Don't know what you have? Ask me about <what's my wireless>. Atheros: <atheros>; Atmel: <atmel>; Broadcom: <broadcom>; Intel: <intel>; Intersil: <prism>; Marvell: <marvell>; Ralink: <ralink>; Realtek: <realtek>; TI: <acx-mac80211>; VIA: <vt665x>; ZyDAS: <zydas>. See also <crda>, <killswitch>, <wpa>. http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi |
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uupdate M: 2009-10-14 |
<reply> uupdate (in the <devscripts> package) upgrades a source code package from an upstream revision, or e.g. if the newest foo in debian is 1.2, and upstream is at 1.4: apt-get source foo; wget -nd http://foo.org/foo-1.4.tar.gz; cd foo-1.2; uupdate ../foo-1.4.tar.gz Ask me about <package recompile>. |
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hostname M: 2009-04-10 |
<reply>Use «hostname foo» to set the hostname, $EDITOR /etc/hostname to set it for the next boot (create /etc/hostname if it does not exist) and $EDITOR /etc/hosts to set up local translations for a FQDN. See also 'man 1 hostname', or ask me about <mailname>. http://wiki.debian.org/HowTo/ChangeHostname |
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user accessible ntfs C: 2004-10-07 |
<reply> To get an NTFS or VFAT file system accessible by users and groups on the local machine, man mount; man 5 fstab; and read about the umask, fmask, dmask, uid, and gid options. You'll end up sticking something like conv=auto,uid=<user>,gid=<group>,dmask=0002,fmask=0003 into your fstab's mount option field. |
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e1000 M: 2010-01-13 |
<reply>e1000 is the Intel PRO/1000 network driver, part of the Linux kernel. It does not require firmware from userspace. See also <e1000e>, <igb>. Not to be confused with the <e100> driver. |
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qotd85 C: 2004-09-20 |
<reply> <jarjar26> how can i start gnome automatically when gnome start ? |
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ru M: 2011-12-31 |
<reply> Это английскоговорящий канал, пожалуйста, говорите по-английски или посетите #debian-russian (irc.freenode.net) (Russian speakers please go to #debian-russian) |
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rube goldberg install M: 2009-10-29 |
<reply> "Hi! I want to install Debian with a 2.6.x kernel on a machine, but I can't boot from floppies, and I can't boot from CD-ROM, and I have no network card. I have only a USB dot matrix printer and a punch card reader. Wait, the card reader just fell on the floor and broke." |
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bug report M: 2010-08-16 |
<reply> see reportbug |
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etch->lenny M: 2010-06-21 |
<reply>Read the release notes, ask me about <lenny release notes>. Ensure your Etch installation is up to date, ask me about <etch sources.list> (aptitude update; aptitude dist-upgrade). Then ask me about <lenny sources.list>. aptitude update; aptitude install aptitude; aptitude safe-upgrade; aptitude full-upgrade. Also ask me about <lenny> and <lenny->squeeze>. |
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clear C: 2004-01-20 |
the color of water |
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cmd: crack (.*?) C: 2004-01-29 |
($1): <action> makes $1 a crackhead. |
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xorg M: 2009-05-29 |
<reply>X.Org X11 is the reference implementation of the X Window System, forked from XFree86 4.4RC2 and first included in Debian <Etch>. The release packaged for Squeeze is X11R7.5. To install, ask me about <install x>. To configure, ask me about <xorg config>. To remove, ask about <remove x>. Backports for Squeeze are available, ask about <bdo xorg>. http://wiki.debian.org/Xorg http://www.x.org/wiki/FAQ #xorg on irc.freenode.net. |
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linphone M: 2012-07-11 |
<reply>Linphone is an audio and video Internet phone with instant messaging features. It can be used with any SIP <VoIP> operator. http://www.linphone.org/ |
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bpo kernel M: 2010-09-06 |
<reply> see bdo kernel |
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fundamentals M: 2010-02-17 |
<reply>You'll get more out of Debian and *nix if you learn some of the fundamentals. Read the "Unix and Internet Fundamentals" HOWTO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Unix-and-Internet-Fundamentals-HOWTO/ Then, read the Debian Reference at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ |
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netdev C: 2010-01-26 |
<reply>netdev is the group that you need to be a member of to manage network devices through <NetworkManager> and <wicd>. Check the output of "groups" to see if you are in the netdev group; to add your user to the group, "adduser your_username netdev" then log out and log back in. See also <wireless connection managers>. |
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udev M: 2009-11-19 |
<reply>udev is a /dev and hotplug management daemon, the Linux kernel's userspace equivalent of <DevFS>. Ask me about <udev mac>, <blacklist.conf>. See also <udev rules>, <udev squeeze>, <udev details>, <dpin>. http://wiki.debian.org/udev #udev on irc.freenode.net. |
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set time M: 2011-05-26 |
<reply> To set the time on Debian systems, use date --set. The truly enlightened user, however, will install <ntp> to have their clock set automatically on reboot and slewed to match time servers. Also verify the system's UTC setting and set the correct time zone; ask me about <utc>, <timezone>. |
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goodbye-microsoft M: 2013-05-20 |
<reply> see win32-loader.exe |
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sid M: 2011-11-14 |
the codename for <unstable>, named after the kid in Toy Story that breaks toys. The great thing about running sid is that, when it breaks you get to keep ALL the pieces!! |
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drupal M: 2010-06-08 |
<reply>Drupal is an open source content management framework, packaged as drupal6 (Debian 6.0 "Squeeze") and drupal7 (Debian 7.0 "Wheezy"). No automated upgrade path from drupal6 exists, see http://wiki.debian.org/Drupal/Upgrade/From6To7 . dh-make-drupal can be used to create packages of Drupal modules/themes. General FAQ: http://drupal.org/node/202799 http://www.drupal.org/ #drupal-support on irc.freenode.net. |
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poll M: 2004-05-15 |
<reply> see polls |
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gmp C: 2004-03-16 |
<reply> No, you fuck-wit, it's gpm. |
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qotd27 C: 2004-07-07 |
<reply><yevgeniy2> !sest <yevgeniy2> !test <yevgeniy2> !test <yevgeniy2> !test -!- yevgeniy2 was kicked from #debian by debhelper [flood] <dpkg> No, yevgeniy2, you're not online any more. |
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repositories M: 2010-05-25 |
<reply> see repos |
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snapshots M: 2009-12-20 |
<reply> see sdo |
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qotd26 M: 2004-11-25 |
<reply> <RQ> mwilson, i don't care what you think of me as long as you're helpful. |
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dvd playback M: 2011-01-16 |
<reply>To play DVDs, you need media playing software, ask me about <dvd> for suggestions. You will likely require the libdvdcss2 package to be installed, ask me about <libdvdcss>. You will also need to set a region on your DVD player; if you have never done so before, use regionset. See also <dvd playback troubleshooting>. |
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iyhtays C: 2004-05-24 |
<reply> If you have to ask, you shouldn't. |
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bcm43225 M: 2011-08-08 |
<reply>The Broadcom BCM43225 (PCI ID 14e4:4357) - incorrectly identified as BCM4357 by Broadcom's proprietary driver - is an 802.11n PCIe wireless LAN chip. For device support, ask me about <brcmsmac>. Alternatively supported by the <wl> driver. |
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python M: 2010-02-01 |
<reply>Python is a very nice scripting language, easy to learn and still quite powerful and elegant if you know how to use it. See http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide . #python and ##python on irc.freenode.net, #python on irc.oftc.net. See also <python 2.6>, <python 2.7> and <python 3>. |
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bootlogd M: 2012-05-09 |
<reply>bootlogd (provided by sysvinit-utils in Debian 6.0 "Squeeze") is used to record boot messages, it is not a command (as opposed to dmesg). bootlogd is disabled by default, set BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes in /etc/default/bootlogd to populate /var/log/boot. bootlogd was moved to a separate bootlogd package in Debian 7.0 "Wheezy"; to continue recording boot messages, install this package (/etc/default/bootlogd no longer exists). |
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qotd62 C: 2004-08-22 |
<reply> <fenix> My discover is problem people!!! Not find ide or scsi automatic <fenix> Help!! Discover Problem!!! PEOPLE!! <asg> fenix: yes discovering people can be a bit disconcerting |
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packaging M: 2012-11-08 |
<reply>See http://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers for information on how to package for Debian. Also ask me about <nmg> <package basics> <policy> <mentors> and <best practices>. |
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modsecurity M: 2013-04-22 |
<reply>ModSecurity is a cross-platform web application firewall, providing methods to tighten web application security. The module for Apache HTTPD is packaged for Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" as libapache2-modsecurity. http://modsecurity.org/ |
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refcard M: 2010-02-10 |
<reply>A short reference of Debian commands - quite useful for someone new to Debian - can be found at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/refcard/refcard.en.pdf and packaged for Debian as debian-refcard. See also <grounding>, <vim refcard>. |
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wheezy release notes C: 2013-02-19 |
<reply>Release notes for Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" are at http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/releasenotes . See also <squeeze->wheezy>, <install guide>. |
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mod-security M: 2013-04-22 |
<reply> see modsecurity |
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debian-based C: 2005-02-09 |
<reply> see debian based |
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install java M: 2012-02-19 |
<reply>For the Java web browser plugin, install the icedtea6-plugin package. For other Java programs, install the default-jre package to get the default or manually select one of openjdk-6-jre or openjdk-7-jre yourself. The old <sun-java6> packages are best avoided as Oracle now forbids Debian providing any security updates to them. See also <java alternatives>. |
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installed M: 2005-12-09 |
<reply> see installed packages |
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voice C: 1970-01-01 |
<action>stands back: (barf, barf! <growls> barf!|arrrr barf! barf!|arf! arf arf! rowf arf!) |
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qotd95 C: 2004-10-19 |
<reply><WiFiTux> Is there a way I could make Doom 3 run faster? I mean, can I run it in a tty, or somewhere else? |
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set the time M: 2005-12-29 |
<reply> see set time |
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sarge iso M: 2008-12-18 |
<reply> see sarge |
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free ram M: 2008-07-29 |
<reply>Unlike information, your computer's memory does *not* want to be free. Free RAM is wasted RAM! Linux tries to use free physical memory for caching files from disk which speeds up disk access considerably. Linux releases RAM from these caches if programs need it. If you want to know how much physical memory the free(1) tool says you have left for program use, it's 'free' + 'buffers' + 'cache'. Also ask me about <swapwake>. |
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debug cups M: 2009-05-31 |
<reply>To debug problems with <CUPS>: 'grep HINT /var/log/cups/error_log'. See also http://cups.org/articles.php?L198+TFAQ+Q |
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qemu M: 2011-02-21 |
<reply>QEMU is a fast PC emulator. http://qemu-buch.de/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/FrequentlyAskedQuestions http://www.qemu.org/ #qemu on irc.freenode.net. See also <kvm>, <virtualization>. |
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qotd69 M: 2005-03-23 |
<reply><mdadmtime> what does it mean if a raid array has state "dirty"? <asg> mdadmtime: it previously stored pr0n |
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colinux M: 2009-06-21 |
<reply>Cooperative Linux (coLinux) is software for running Linux on Microsoft Windows. It is a port of the Linux kernel, allowing cooperative execution with another operating system on a single machine. http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ http://www.colinux.org/ #colinux on irc.oftc.net. |
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hurry M: 2007-03-19 |
<reply> Ohhhhh.... Aaaarrrreeee yyyyoooouuuuuuuuu iiiinnnn a huuuuurrrrrrryyyyy? Welllllll... We do not cater to the ["me!me!me! : mine!mine!mine! : now!now!now!now!"] crowd .. so bugger off! Run home crying now ..and tell jo'momma that we spanked you! |
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someone C: 2004-07-26 |
<reply> see anyone |
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rtl8191 M: 2010-04-09 |
<reply> see rtl819x |
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qotd60 C: 2004-08-21 |
<reply><felix_187> abrotman: presuming everything worked correctly, how could i get my wireless working? |
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zh M: 2013-03-21 |
<reply>如果您想要得到中文的協助，請加入伺服器上的 #debian-zh (irc.oftc.net) 頻道，加入方法為在輸入框中輸入 "/server irc.oftc.net" 和 "/join #debian-zh" (不要加引號)，謝謝您的合作! |
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arm M: 2011-02-14 |
<reply>Advanced RISC Machine (ARM) is a processor architecture. The Debian arm port was deprecated at Debian 5.0 with official support dropped at Debian 6.0, ask me about <armel> for the replacement port. See also <armhf>. http://www.debian.org/ports/arm/ For help with Debian on ARM systems, join #debian-arm on irc.oftc.net. |
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cmd: why (.*?) is not in testing C: 2004-06-29 |
($1): $1 is not in testing for the reasons listed in http://release.debian.org/migration/testing.pl?package=$1 |
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ping M: 2009-05-26 |
<reply>(Yes, $who, you are online.|Yes, $who you are either online or you are not... http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20000326|pong|Sorry $who, you're not online.) |
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qotd59 C: 2004-08-18 |
<reply><ricky_clarkson> abrotman: My mum loves me when I've got surplus cash, like most women. |
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backports.debian.org M: 2012-02-01 |
<reply>backports.debian.org (formerly backports.org) is an official repository of <backports> for the current stable and oldstable distributions, prepared by Debian developers. Ask me about <backport caveat> and read http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ to enable and use. See also <bdo kernel> <bdo mirrors> <bdo contents> <bdo list> <bdo bugs> <bdo xorg> <bdo NEW>. |
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qotd25 M: 2004-11-24 |
<reply> <ananke> erps : here. let me rub my crystal ball. <erps> ananke, awesome, can I borrow that? :) <ananke> erps : nope. company policy, we can't give away our crystall balls. <erps> ahhh :( But I assume you let special people rub them for you? <ananke> erps : you're not that special |
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nvidia-installer M: 2007-03-24 |
a clever cross-platform way of installing nvidia's proprietary drivers, which works fine on systems with stupid package managers (i.e. not so good with Debian). More specifically, prone to dying if any X or kernel-related packages are upgraded or removed. Ask me about <nvidia-graphics-drivers> instead. See also <why nvidia-installer sucks>, <remove nvidia>. |
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screen blanking M: 2009-10-02 |
<reply>You can control screen blanking in console via setterm -blank (and/or your BIOS powersave settings), and in X via "xset -dpms", xscreensaver, or your desktop environment's screensaver controls. Permanent virtual console blanking adjustments can be made by editing /etc/kbd/config. |
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debian based M: 2006-03-18 |
<reply> see based on debian |
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rdp M: 2008-11-23 |
<reply>see remote desktop protocol |
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qotd53 C: 2004-08-11 |
<reply><Cyph_> i'm stoned, but the segfaults are real abrotman |
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qotd31 C: 2004-07-16 |
<reply> <galois> bethe: mutt? <bethe> bitch! |
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qotd24 C: 2004-07-07 |
<reply><sanmarcos> Dabian: thank sanmarcos, not me |
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qotd54 M: 2005-03-03 |
<reply><abrotman> Phated: i just got 10 inches the other night |
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qotd28 M: 2004-11-27 |
<reply><{Fatalfury}> hi, do u know a way to limit the /proc directory size? now it's over 500MB and i have a very little hd |
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qotd41 C: 2004-07-22 |
<reply><Mandork_> how does pron work anyways ? |
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tty C: 2004-07-11 |
an abbreviation for "teletype". More generically, it refers to any terminal or terminal emulator. |
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qotd94 C: 2004-10-18 |
<reply><rich_> One time I asked my grandma why she never smiled and she said that people who find everyrthing funny have a screw loose. <da_> grandma != debian lol |
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kevin C: 2004-07-12 |
a boy |
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debian clone M: 2011-06-24 |
<reply> One method of cloning Debian installs is to take a current Debian machine that is set up with the packages you want and run the command "dpkg --get-selections > ~/selectionfile". Then, after the base install on other machines use that file and do: "dpkg --set-selections < ~/selectionfile && apt-get dselect-upgrade". Also ask me about <aptitude clone>, <reinstall>, <things to backup> <apt-clone>. |
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qotd29 C: 2004-07-14 |
<reply> <ricky_clarkson> To +b or not to +b, that is the +q |
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qotd30 M: 2004-12-01 |
<reply><rich_> Thats really the reason you have so much trouble. Linux is just a kernel to you. Without the apps yould be lost. For me, the kernel is the os, and if thats all I had, Id write my own apps |
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automount M: 2009-05-10 |
<reply> If you're running one of the desktop environments in Debian, then ask me about <gnome-volume-manager>, <kde automount>, or <thunar-volman>. If you want something for the command line, then ask me about <usb mount>, <pmount>, <ivman> or <halevt>. For a completely different approach to automounting, ask me about <autofs>. |
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kp mantra M: 2007-11-09 |
make-kpkg clean ; export VER=$(date +'%Y%m%d') NAMEEXT="-$(hostname)-$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH)"; make-kpkg --revision=$VER --append-to-version=$NAMEEXT --rootcmd fakeroot kernel_image modules_image . Add --initrd before kernel_image if you need an <initrd>. |
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qotd32 M: 2004-12-04 |
<reply><Sarvok> So i've just typed "dpkg-reconfigure kevix's" and it's the same thing : the bash have a line started with ">" and that all ! |
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qotd87 C: 2004-09-27 |
<reply><MaXoM> hello i have a problem with squirrelmail can i help you? |
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cmd: beer (.*?) M: 2005-10-13 |
($1): <action> (pulls out (a fine|an excellent|an exquisite|a tasty|a nicely refined)|pours a (pint|litre|quart) of|deftly decants a fine) (Green Flash IPA|Spaten Optimator|Black Tuesday|Older Viscosity|Batch 50 GFAR|Jever|Yuengling Lager|Dogfishhead 90min IPA|Piraat|Gulden Drak|Bornem Tripple|Delirium Tremens|Stone Arrogant Bastard) for $1 |
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qotd42 C: 2004-07-22 |
<reply>* ravenbird whips out his power stapler and staples jetscreamer's genitalia to the ground <jetscreamer> musta been a very large staple |
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qotd34 M: 2005-10-10 |
<reply>< primoturbo> how do I delete linux? < primoturbo> how do I delete debain and get something else < AciD> primoturbo > rm-rf / < primoturbo> Should I try OpenBSD? < asg> primoturbo: hahah |
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qotd35 M: 2004-09-30 |
<reply><Nexus> And how can I recursively shut off the sticky bit? <Nexus> greycat, Well, because I don't like it. :) Because I don't fully understand it and have never used it. |
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qotd51 M: 2004-08-09 |
<reply> <Caelum> arguing is pointless, stupid people will remain stupid |
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qotd37 M: 2004-07-19 |
<reply>-!- mode/#debian [+b *!*@*.registered] by mentor |
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qotd36 M: 2005-02-04 |
<reply><pder> will debian run on a computer system? |
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compiz M: 2009-08-08 |
<reply>Compiz is a compositing window manager using OpenGL for rendering. For Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" systems, see http://wiki.debian.org/Compiz for installation, configuration and usage details. Compiz is not part of the Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" release due to bug #677864. http://www.compiz.org/ #compiz on irc.freenode.net. |
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mac mini M: 2009-03-16 |
<reply>The Mac Mini is a small desktop computer produced by Apple Inc. Contains either a PowerPC G4 or Intel Core, Core 2 or Core i5/i7 CPU. http://wiki.debian.org/MacMini http://wiki.debian.org/MacMiniIntel http://www.sowerbutts.com/linux-mac-mini/ . For PowerPC G4 models, see also <powerpc>. |
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yes M: 2012-01-14 |
a program on Unix and Unix-like systems used to print out the specified text ('y' by default) infinitely. You should NOT use it unless you know what you are doing, because it can eat many resources. |
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qotd39 C: 2004-07-22 |
<reply><concac> hey people, how come my password root is concac1113 and if i type su and concac it will accept the root password |
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qotd81 C: 2004-09-13 |
<reply><ricky_clarkson> kinema: Always back up your data. <kinema> ricky_clarkson: interesting idea. i think i'll do that. |
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qotd45 M: 2004-07-29 |
<reply><Slayer_> i am at a screen with tyler@tyler-mac:~$ <Slayer_> i just rebooted <Slayer_> i need to get linux to actually come up |
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qotd44 C: 2004-07-26 |
<reply><morning> telnet have any recent vulns? |
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apt-pinning M: 2010-01-03 |
<reply>Pinning is a method to choose which version of a package to install when multiple versions are available from <sources.list>. Bugs are explained at http://www.xs4all.nl/~carlo17/howto/debian.html#errata . If you use stable, pinning won't help you from messing up the system, ask me about <backports> instead. http://wiki.debian.org/AptPreferences |
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qotd43 M: 2005-02-10 |
<reply><kingk> Its pretty easy to install Flash, you just dl, unpack, and run the installer. But it doesn't work for me <takatumi> kingk: and yet you say it's easy. |
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dotdeb alternatives C: 2012-10-23 |
<reply>Software from <dotdeb> historically had a number of packaging or functional issues. If you require newer versions than what <stable> offers, a lot of the packages now have updates in backports.debian.org, ask me about <bdo>. To remove Dotdeb packages: "aptitude purge '~Vdotdeb'". |
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wwjr C: 2012-07-28 |
<reply>see when will jessie release |
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giyf M: 2007-06-22 |
<reply>Google Is Your Friend. http://google.com/linux |
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cmd: gentoosmite (.*?) C: 2004-08-17 |
($1): <action> spends (5|6|7|8|9) (days|weeks) recompiling $1, and when it's all done, $1 runs ((1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10)% slower|no faster|0.(1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9)% faster) than previously |
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hw M: 2010-06-07 |
<reply> see hardware |
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libdvdcss M: 2010-05-17 |
<reply>libdvdcss is a free software library for unscrambling <CSS>-encrypted DVDs, not to be confused with <DeCSS>. It is not distributed by Debian due to legal concerns. To acquire, install the libdvdcss2 package available from deb-multimedia, ask me about <dmm>. http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvdcss.html |
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security backports M: 2008-07-16 |
<reply> Debian incorporates security fixes into the version currently in <stable>. This is non-trivial so it may take a couple days. Backporting security fixes means that you can update the package without problems like changed behaviour that would come with updating to a new version of the software. The upstream version number doesn't change in the Debian package when this is done; check the changelog or the <tracker of doom>. |
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qotd47 C: 2004-08-04 |
<reply><g4lt> okay, in a fit of complete irony, reportbug is puking on upgrade |
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qotd48 M: 2005-02-24 |
<reply><jsolis> how can i access my network when i dont have a network icon |
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qotd68 C: 2004-09-03 |
<reply><debianstarfish> can i get to the internet from here? |
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dotdeb M: 2012-10-23 |
<reply>http://dotdeb.org/ is an unofficial package repository with emphasis on the <LAMP> solution stack, unsupported in #debian. To get support, read http://www.dotdeb.org/2012/08/24/how-to-post-useful-bug-reports/ and report any issues to https://github.com/gplessis/dotdeb-php5/issues . Ask me about <dotdeb alternatives>. |
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qotd50 C: 2004-08-08 |
<reply> <hotdog> how do i join the debian channel? |
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qotd83 C: 2004-09-14 |
<reply><WiFiTux> how much can I paste here? -!- WiFiTux [~abonilla@natsj-9-netra20.ice.co.cr] has quit [Excess Flood] <ricky_clarkson> Not that much, obviously. |
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etch M: 2010-06-20 |
<reply>Etch is the codename for Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, released on April 8th, 2007. Etch security support ended on 2010-02-15, this release is no longer supported. Etch users should upgrade to Lenny, ask me about <etch->lenny>. Removed from the mirrors (2010-06-20); ask me about <etch sources.list>. For old Etch ISOs, ask me about <etch iso>. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEtch http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100121 |
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qotd90 C: 2004-10-07 |
<reply><rituraj> which disks have probs? sata? <directhex|work> rituraj, whatever's in my laptop, and i've heard people with i915 desktops failing installation <jim> then buy a controller put it in the pci slot and be done with it <directhex|work> jim, what a fucking useless waste of time and money for all concerned <directhex|work> jim, and handily, there are hundreds of pci disk controllers for laptops, aren't there |
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cdn M: 2011-02-07 |
<reply>[cdn] Package <changelogs> are available at http://changelogs.debian.net/ . For information on the geoDNS Debian mirror service, ask me about <cdn.debian.net>. |
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qotd130 C: 2005-06-29 |
<reply> < stumbles> nvz: in that case I seem to have a whole lot of packages that i have accidentally upgraded to unstable - is there a 1 liner i can use to downgrade them all to testing? |
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qotd58 C: 2004-08-13 |
<reply><Zap-W> what is DD <greycat> ~DD <dpkg> it has been said that dd is a Debian Developer <Zap-W> KK <Zap-W> why the abriviation <lazarus> Zap-W: why any abbreviation? to shorten! <Zap-W> lazarus: it alienates ppl <greycat> Zap-W: you can't complain about abbreviations AND THEN USE THEM in the same sentence. <Zap-W> suck bananas <asg> ~fruitsmite Zap-W * dpkg smites Zap-W with a dozen pineapples |
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qotd57 C: 2004-08-13 |
<reply> <yazid> "dumb client with the fewest moving parts" .. a phrase dangerous when overheard by strangers out of the IT office ;) |
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qotd74 M: 2004-09-06 |
<reply>< DrBlink> wow i didnt kno linux had an interface |
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qotd70 C: 2004-08-27 |
<reply> "Linux doesn't exist. Everyone knows Linux is an unlicensed version of Unix." - http://web.archive.org/web/20080731035355/http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;97798672;fp;2;fpid;1 |
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any idea C: 2004-08-19 |
<reply> see any ideas |
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xyproblem M: 2012-10-22 |
<reply>People often falsely diagnose problems because they are looking too closely at a problem: they have got stuck at a particular point (Y) doing something (X) and so ask about step Y, not realising that there is an easier or better way to do X in the first place. See http://mywiki.wooledge.org/XyProblem |
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release names C: 2004-09-18 |
<reply> see release history |
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gensplash M: 2009-04-29 |
a total re-write of the bootsplash project see: http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/gensplash/, or now known as fbsplash: http://fbsplash.berlios.de/wiki/doku.php |
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qotd61 C: 2004-08-22 |
<reply> <kingsley> OK, there are just a few things that I'd rather do before I resort to using 2.6: I'd rather get a vasectomy with a weed whacker, an enema with a garden hose, slam my nose in a car door, have a proctologist named Dr. Hook and watch Roseann Barr do a strip-tease. |
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dependency M: 2009-02-27 |
<reply>A dependency is a package needed by another package. Dependencies are pointed out by dpkg. Dependencies are resolved by apt-get/aptitude/synaptic. Packages are listed as dependencies for a good reason... if you think you don't need that package, then most likely you don't know what "dependency" means. Go look it up and ask me about <policy>. |
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qotd63 C: 2004-08-26 |
<reply> <gomba> Can anyone help me to solve a light mounting problem? <sussudio> gomba: you turn the bulb |
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dependency hell C: 2004-09-23 |
the situation caused by RPMs, when Package A needs Package B, and Package B needs packages c and d, etc... |
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qotd71 M: 2005-03-26 |
<reply><kbrooks> i believe /var gets rm -rf'd at every boot |
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qotd86 C: 2004-09-23 |
<reply>< tim> fuck!! - I have just sourced ~.bash_history instead .bashrc |
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qotd64 M: 2004-08-29 |
<reply><jeanpoldeux> How can I know if the cpu of my girlfriend is a 386 or a 586? <greycat> jeanpoldeux: it's proprietary. |
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qotd65 C: 2004-08-30 |
<reply> <Hostile> RichiH: Im not fsking retarded |
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qotd66 C: 2004-08-31 |
<reply> <nevyn_> lazybone: DIE <lazybone> nevyn_: What is DIE? |
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qotd67 M: 2004-09-02 |
<reply> <TheCrazedLog> So anyone got any pearls of wisdom they care to pass on? <TheCrazedLog> that are relevant to my problem =P <sussudio> don't eat the yellow snow |
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qotd112 M: 2005-06-03 |
<reply><Powered> jm_: I dont understand man tell me witch commando I willuse ? <jm_> Powered: I am not sure if I have the patience to do that <Powered> jm_: Why ? <jm_> Powered: because you're vastly inexperienced <Powered> jm_: But plz tell me. <jm_> Powered: you'll need to get the source package, edit the files, build the deb and then install that <Powered> jm_: Install what ? <jm_> Powered: see? |
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qotd72 C: 2004-09-04 |
<reply><try_catch_this> for the record I dont care what you use, to me I get things done faster with guis. |
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qotd79 C: 2005-09-15 |
<reply><Overfiend> I think I want to fork GCC. Any time a compiler warning or error would be spewed, my version would just say: gcc: something wrong d00d |
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qotd56 C: 2004-09-11 |
<reply><PerfDave> scooper: You're running XP on your firewall? <scooper> PerfDave kind of, XP is my desktop, it has the ADSL and shares this with the rest of the network |
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which mta M: 2010-01-23 |
<reply>To see which <MTA> you have installed: dpkg -S /usr/sbin/sendmail . See also <mta comparison>. |
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qotd73 C: 2004-09-05 |
<reply><wokker> initech, i thought greycat disliked him as well, but then i read that he wanted to lick him ... i was most confused |
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qotd75 M: 2005-05-04 |
<reply> <Glitch_Master> Have you ever gone to the very beginning of your root command history and read stuff? It's very nostalgic.. <shingouz> Glitch_Master: Yea, I noticed "let there be light" ;) |
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qotd76 C: 2004-09-08 |
<reply><reality> whats the debian package with all the build essentials? |
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qotd77 C: 2005-05-28 |
<reply><bullet> woohoo here goes dist-upgrade.. this seems so fast after doing an emerge world -e in gentoo |
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qotd84 C: 2004-09-16 |
<reply><Guerin> i suck, you know this. |
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qotd80 M: 2010-08-01 |
<reply><streuner_> icebrain: qotd's arent helpful. <reisio> there's probably a qotd that says that |
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wud C: 2004-09-10 |
<reply>nun uv us wull unswer yu uf yu ask luke u murun. |
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cmd: btssmite (.*?) C: 2005-02-08 |
($1): <action> beats $1 around the head repeatedly with http://bugs.debian.org/ and apt-listbugs, along with a chainsaw if $1 is running testing or unstable |
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qotd82 C: 2004-09-13 |
<reply> <florian> how can i make sound faster and more stable? <greycat> sound? *faster*? <greycat> you want to hear chipmunks? |
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rc-bugs M: 2008-09-13 |
<reply>see release-critical |
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ferm M: 2010-01-15 |
<reply>ferm (For Easy Rule Making) is a frontend for <iptables> to maintain and set up complicated firewall rules. http://wiki.debian.org/ferm http://ferm.foo-projects.org/ #ferm on irc.freenode.net. |
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grsecurity M: 2010-06-02 |
<reply>grsecurity is a patch set to enhance Linux kernel security: provides an ACL system, auditing capabilities and institutes measures to prevent common system exploits. Packaged for Debian as linux-patch-grsecurity2, read /usr/share/doc/linux-patch-grsecurity2/README.Debian to apply. http://www.grsecurity.net/ #grsecurity on irc.oftc.net, ##grsecurity on irc.freenode.net. |
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literal C: 1970-01-01 |
<reply>(Passed|Failed) |
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qotd91 M: 2005-10-11 |
<reply><tarmath> I've got 2 incredibly easy questions! Anyone can answer, and thus feel better that they could be of help to someone! |
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sarge M: 2009-03-30 |
<reply>Sarge is the codename for Debian GNU/Linux 3.1, released June 6th, 2005. Sarge security support ended on 2008-03-31, this release is no longer supported. Sarge users should upgrade to Etch, ask me about <sarge->etch>. Removed from the mirrors; ask me about <sarge sources.list>, <sarge-backports>. Get old sarge ISOs here: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/3.1_r8/ http://wiki.debian.org/DebianSarge |
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qotd96 M: 2005-06-01 |
<reply><linuxrules> i dont have problems with languaje |
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mta comparison C: 2004-11-23 |
http://shearer.org/MTA_Comparison |
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infiniband C: 2004-11-15 |
a low-latency interconnect for cluster supercomputers. Rumours abound that it's far from efficient, requiring 2Gb of RAM on each client node just to store routing information on 511 other nodes. See Myrinet. |
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today M: 2013-05-09 |
<reply>Known issues with daily developmental builds of the Debian Installer are listed at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Today . See also <transition> and the /topic of #debian-next on irc.oftc.net. |
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qotd88 M: 2004-11-05 |
<reply>< quadrata> debiant: well, I want to run aol on debian, but my cd only works in windows < quadrata> I'll brb, I gotta get some fruitcake. Hope you guys will help me with the aol soon. |
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user accessible vfat C: 2004-10-07 |
<reply> see user accessible ntfs |
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qotd97 C: 2004-10-23 |
<reply><MarkS> guys, just a quick poll/survey. What irc client are you using? <pipeline> MarkS: Just /version #debian <MarkS> oh cool... thanks pipeline. I didn't realize I could do that. |
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qotd93 C: 2004-10-18 |
<reply><sussudio> greycat: oil will just drip off, i used vaseline but the hamster keeps licking it off. |
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cmd: when will (.*?) be released C: 2004-10-11 |
($1): <reply> Hold on, let me get some (tea leaves|entrails|tarot cards)... ok, $1 should be out by (Christmas|Easter|Passover|next year|your birthday|the time you graduate). |
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install kde M: 2011-03-04 |
<reply> see install kde4 |
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wheezy pool 1 C: 2011-02-05 |
<reply> ! blubberdiblub=2013-04-07 lisandro=2013-04-26 enrico=2013-03-25 madamezou=2013-04-01 Synrg=2013-04-26 shirish=2013-05-15 LtL=2013-05-21 rizlah=2013-01-02 bolt=2013-04-01 TCW=2013-02-17 babilen=2013-05-04 cousin_luigi=2013-01-14 tremon=2013-01-26 jelly=2013-05-07 comps=2013-02-20 ml|=2013-06-13 chealer=2012-12-20 jordanm=2013-08-21 peterrooney=2013-02-08 Arrowmaster=2012-12-12 simonrvn=2013-03-23 themill=2013-03-15 abrotman=2013-06-01 |
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qotd92 C: 2004-10-18 |
<reply><bobesponja> I'm running sid, not debian |
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java-package M: 2013-03-07 |
<reply>java-package (formerly mpkg-j2se, j2se-package) provides the make-jpkg utility for creating Debian packages from manually downloaded <Java> distributions; Oracle Java 6 (update >= 10) and Oracle Java 7 are currently supported. java-package is available for Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" and later systems in <contrib>. http://wiki.debian.org/JavaPackage . Where possible, use <OpenJDK> instead, ask me about <install java>. |
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cmd: pal (.*?) C: 2005-01-19 |
($1): <action> points at $1 and laughs(| hysterically| uproariously) |
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qotd99 M: 2004-10-28 |
<reply><t-jack> I have a 17-inch dysfunctional $Piece_Of_Hardware... |
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useless use of cat M: 2013-05-20 |
<reply> see uuoc |
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pastebin M: 2008-08-30 |
<reply> see paste |
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qotd103 C: 2004-11-04 |
<reply><punchik> everytime i use google i get a message that says its no safe , and other people can read what im writing because its not encrypted <Guerin> punchik: do you care if people see what you google for? <punchik> yes <punchik> i dont want people to know that i use to look for shemales |
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qotd100 M: 2005-06-07 |
<reply>< xpurple> Now I'm getting a message that says "Sending IP address to NSA" |
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qotd101 C: 2004-11-03 |
<reply><nvz> abrotman: nope.. just wakin up and seeing Guerin thats all |
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genteen C: 2004-11-05 |
a term (coined by sgeigerbot) to describe gentoo users |
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qotd102 C: 2004-11-03 |
<reply><]BdS[DrDefrag> i want to overclock my proliant dl580 g2 to compile the 2.6 kernel more quickly. any recommendations ? |
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ifconfig M: 2011-02-01 |
<reply>ifconfig is used to configure or view your machine's network interfaces. Use the -a option to view all of them, or "man ifconfig" for more. It is /sbin/ifconfig which is not in the default path for normal users. See also <interfaces>, <iproute>, <myip>. |
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greenhouse C: 2005-02-08 |
<reply> Gentoo Linux causes global warming! Needlessly recompiling everything uses power. Fossil fuels are used to generate that power. See also <diminishing returns on bogomips>. Hug a tree, use Debian! |
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pygtk C: 2004-11-07 |
http://pygtk.org |
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qotd40 C: 2004-11-10 |
<reply> <abrotman> nt pattern matches my left testicle |
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hibernate C: 2009-06-06 |
<reply> see suspend |
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dude C: 2006-08-27 |
<reply>like, y'knoow. |
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k M: 2004-11-18 |
<reply> It's OK. OK stands for Zero Killed. If you keep on saying k, there won't be zero killed for much longer. |
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thunderbird M: 2012-02-04 |
<reply> see icedove |
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iceowl M: 2013-05-16 |
<reply>Iceowl is Debian's re-branding of the Mozilla Sunbird standalone calendar and scheduling application (see <why iceowl>). It is not part of the Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" release (bug #665653) and will not be of the next release (bug #706938). For the Icedove extension, ask me about <iceowl-extension>. |
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qotd109 C: 2004-11-28 |
<reply> <jetscreamer> hey isn't there some way to get a 4g file on fat32? like some different version of fat32 or something? |
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netinst M: 2009-09-19 |
a small CD image with which you can install Debian. If, during the installation process you have a working Internet connection, you can install more packages straight away, otherwise, you will have a base install and more packages later. See http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ See also <various cd1>, <check iso image>, <dialup install>, <usb install>, <installer>. |
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qotd111 C: 2004-12-16 |
<reply><Cray2> stoned: take my advice, for GODS SAKE dont use WinME as a router |
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xrandr M: 2009-04-08 |
a command-line interface to the <RandR> extension; used to set the screen size, orientation and/or reflection. http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 |
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install fluxbox M: 2009-05-30 |
<reply> see fluxbox |
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google M: 2009-04-09 |
<reply>Google is a search engine owned by Google Inc. whose mission statement is to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." The largest search engine on the web, Google receives over 200 million queries each day through its various services. http://www.google.com/ See also <chromium>, <gmail>, <googledns>, <googleearth>, <googletalk>, <gsoc>, <gtalk>. |
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mplayer faq M: 2009-04-14 |
<reply> The Debian and mplayer FAQ is at http://people.debian.org/~mjr/mplayer.html . Upstream's FAQ is at http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/faq.html . The #mplayer FAQ is at http://wiki.multimedia.cx/?title=MPlayer_FAQ |
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arch linux M: 2009-03-16 |
<reply>Arch Linux is an a i686 optimized linux distribution which claims to be minimalistic and fast, has binary and source based package management. http://www.archlinux.org/ #archlinux on irc.freenode.net. |
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qotd104 M: 2004-12-29 |
<reply><overclocker> hi, i'n using x3270 to connect to a sco server, everithing works fine except the function keys, ideas? <asg> overclocker: do you have a license for the function keys? <overclocker> i just want to use the F-keys of my keyboard when i connect to the sco server, do i need a licence to do that? |
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okay C: 2005-01-01 |
<reply> Don't talk back to me or you're going to be sorry! |
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mariadb C: 2010-02-09 |
<reply>MariaDB is a community-developed fork of <MySQL>, intended to be a backward compatible drop-in replacement. Not in Debian, <ITP> in bug #565308; third-party packages are not supported in #debian. http://mariadb.org/ #maria on irc.freenode.net. |
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rwvfat C: 2005-05-18 |
<reply> see vfatrw |
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p7zip M: 2010-12-15 |
<reply>p7zip is a Unix port of the 7-Zip file archiver, supporting the <7z> compressed archive file format. It does not store the owner/group of the file (ref. p7zip-full README). Use 7za (p7zip-full package) to extract password-protected archives. http://p7zip.sf.net/ |
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apt-clone C: 2011-06-24 |
a utility to clone/restore the packages on an apt-based system. It will save/restore the packages, sources.list, keyring and automatic-installed states. It can also save/restore no longer downloadable packages using <dpkg-repack>. For use with squeeze, ask me about <simple sid backport>. |
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xkcd C: 2008-01-30 |
at http://www.xkcd.com |
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vmware support M: 2007-10-13 |
<reply>Support for VMware products is not offered here; please go to http://vmware.com/support/ or join #vmware on irc.freenode.net. |
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qotd107 C: 2005-01-21 |
<reply>< hp_omnifook_2000> sry, i'm still windows-dumb |
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rssh M: 2010-01-05 |
<reply>rssh is a restricted shell for use with OpenSSH, restricting a user to only use one or more of scp, sftp, cvs, rsync and rdist. It can optionally chroot into a (administrator created) jail before running the command. http://www.pizzashack.org/rssh/faq.shtml http://www.pizzashack.org/rssh/ See also <scponly>. |
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cmd: coffee (.*?) C: 2005-08-22 |
($1): <action> decants a fine (broth|brew|mug) of (organic|fair trade|organic, fair trade|hippy-blend) (Jamaican Blue Mountain|Peruvian|Colombian|Tanzanian|International Roast Caterers Blend) for $1, courtesy of $nick |
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non-free sources M: 2009-10-18 |
<reply>Edit /etc/apt/sources.list, ensure that the two main Debian mirror lines end with "main contrib non-free" rather than just "main", then aptitude update. But bear in mind that you'll be installing <non-free> software. These may have onerous terms; check the licenses. See also <sources.list>. |
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.dev M: 2013-05-19 |
an old by-product of <udev> moved to /dev/.static/dev/ . The /dev/.static/dev/ hack was removed from udev at 0.124-1. From the udev package changelog: "It was cool, but its complexity is not justified anymore. (Closes: #444337, #481559)". |
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nvidia installer M: 2006-03-08 |
<reply> see nvidia-installer |
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qotd113 M: 2005-03-10 |
<reply>greycat|home | TummyAcid: TAB TAB TAB TAB TAB!!! Tab is your friend! Use the tab key! |
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sex M: 2005-03-11 |
<reply> updatedb; locate; talk; date; cd; strip; look; touch; finger; unzip; uptime; gawk; head; apt-get install (condom|diaphram); mount; fsck; more; yes; yes; yes; more; umount; apt-get remove --purge (condom|diaphram); make clean; sleep |
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qotd115 C: 2005-02-23 |
<reply><MobyTurbo> nvz: brothels .. <nvz> I never even heard that word until last night |
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swappiness C: 2005-02-18 |
<reply>A number of Linux kernel developers debated "swappiness" - exploring when an application should or should not be swapped out, versus reclaiming memory from the cache. http://kerneltrap.org/node/3000 http://kerneltrap.org/node/3202 http://kerneltrap.org/node/3660 |
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undeleting M: 2010-08-12 |
<reply>Linux doesn't generally support 'undeleting' files. For ext2fs *only*, use mc (Midnight Commander), umount the filesystem, and select "Undelete files" from menu. For ext3fs, ask me about <ext3grep>. With reiserfs, jfs, xfs, you're SooL. Some desktops (GNOME/KDE) offer a trash bin. See also <photorec>, <fatback>. |
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luks M: 2010-08-11 |
<reply>Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) is a disk encryption specification with a platform-independent format. http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/ . To access on Microsoft Windows systems, see http://freeotfe.org/ and <ext2read>. |
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bootlog C: 2005-06-06 |
<reply> see bootlogd |
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debsums M: 2012-07-28 |
a utility that will check a package's files against their checksums. The "-a" argument will instruct it to also check configuration files: "aptitude install debsums; debsums -a -s". Most packages come with md5sums included in the package; if apt's package cache is clean, then generate missing sums with "aptitude reinstall `debsums -l`". Ask me about <md5sums>. |
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7-zip M: 2010-12-15 |
<reply> see p7zip |
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mixing distros C: 2005-04-03 |
a bad idea. Running Ubuntu packages on Debian systems (or vice-versa) causes problems with package naming and versioning. Don't expect anybody to help you with your system if you do this. |
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pfm C: 2005-03-04 |
Pure Fucking Magic |
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gimp M: 2012-02-23 |
<reply>GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free software raster graphics editor. It is used for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. http://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html http://manual.gimp.org/ http://www.gimp.org/ #gimp-users and #gimp on irc.gimp.org. See also <gimp 2.8>. |
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suspend M: 2013-01-16 |
<reply>Suspend can mean either suspend to disk (hibernate) or suspend to RAM. The in-kernel suspend system has worked well since Debian 4.0 "Etch". Installing the pm-utils or hibernate packages along with a front-end like gnome-power-manager or <power devil> should be enough. See also <suspend troubleshooting>, <uswsusp>, <swapwake>, <noresume>. http://wiki.debian.org/Suspend |
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qotd114 M: 2005-02-19 |
<reply><troubl1> how do i know if a desktop install with my install of debian ??? <abrotman> troubl1: what is your native language? <troubl1> its supposed to be english lol |
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about C: 1970-01-01 |
<reply> see help |
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qotd105 C: 2005-09-13 |
<reply>bob2: rexec makes baby jesus cry |
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stable/testing mix M: 2009-02-14 |
<reply>Given the rate of change in testing and the incompatibilities that brings, mixing stable and testing is unlikely to work for most non-trivial programs. Instead, ask me about <backports>. |
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qotd124 C: 2005-06-01 |
<reply> < RichiH> stable is for masochist fetishists with serverphobia ;) |
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qotd134 C: 2005-07-12 |
<reply>-!- tech9iner has left #debian ["FedoraCore and CentOS.. HOW CAN A POOR SMB SOHO LOSE with this winning combo! ;];]"] |
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selftell M: 2006-06-26 |
<reply> Please do not use the bot's !tell feature on #debian to see factoids for yourself (!tell me about something). Doing so could be considered spam. Instead, send a private message to the bot (dpkg) containing the factoid you want to read. For example, instead of "!tell me about foo", use "/msg dpkg foo". See also <msg the bot> |
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cmd: give (.*?) (.*?) M: 2006-04-28 |
($1,$2): <action>gives $1 $2 |
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eternal sunday C: 2005-03-28 |
<reply> Eternal Sunday of The Clueless Mind. Yes, folks, due to popular demand, every day is now sunday. See <sunday>. |
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kubuntu M: 2008-01-21 |
yet another Debian derivative. It is <Ubuntu> with KDE instead of GNOME. As such, it is not Debian and is not supported on #debian (see <based on debian caveats>). For kubuntu support, please join #kubuntu on chat.freenode.net. |
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troll M: 2008-09-10 |
<reply>In Internet terminology, a troll is a person who posts rude or offensive messages on the Internet, such as in online discussion forums, to disrupt discussion or to upset its participants. "Troll" can also mean the message itself or be a verb meaning to post such messages. "Trolling" is also commonly used to describe the activity. Rule #1: Don't feed the troll. Rule #2: Really, don't feed the troll. Rule #3: See rule #1. |
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fixmbr M: 2010-03-22 |
<reply> To reinstall <GRUB> boot to your Debian install disk/live CD, switch to the other console (Alt-F2), then mount your root filesystem (mount -t ext2 /dev/whatever /target ; mount --bind /dev /target/dev ; mount -t proc none /target/proc ; mount -t sysfs none /target/sys), then chroot into it (chroot /target) and run "update-grub && grub-install /dev/whatever". See also <rescue mode>, <dual boot guide>, <supergrub>. |
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window manager M: 2009-06-15 |
<reply>A window manager is a special application class which decorates and manages windows for the X server. To list available window managers in your system, run «apt-cache showpkg x-window-manager». Not to be confused with a desktop environment such as <GNOME> or <KDE>. To set your system-wide default window manager, use «update-alternatives --config x-window-manager». For a guide to available window managers, see http://xwinman.org/ |
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qotd116 C: 2005-04-13 |
<reply>12:13 < dottedquad> alright thx, one problem i'm stuck in the man and can't get out |
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qotd119 C: 2005-05-11 |
<reply><john6000> directhex|work you can get lost you loser <john6000> calling me thinck |
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qotd117 C: 2005-04-22 |
<reply>14:47 < sobersabre> "they've told me that to connect to the internet i needed modem, now i am holding it in my hand... how do i connect?" |
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rescue M: 2009-06-13 |
at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/FAQ ("Can I use d-i as a rescue system?"). Ask me about <rescue mode>. See also <fixmbr> and <i forgot root's password>. |
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qotd118 C: 2005-04-28 |
<reply>< bouncing> This is not a Debian question, but you guys probably use Thinkpads... :) Can I take apart a thinkpad screen and literally remove an insect? < greycat> hahaha |
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bcm4315 M: 2010-05-04 |
<reply> see bcm4312 |
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ssb C: 2006-08-01 |
<reply> see simple sid backport |
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archive.debian.org M: 2010-10-01 |
<reply> see debian archive |
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p C: 2005-05-04 |
1. piano (musical direction) 2. proton |
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ati M: 2009-05-16 |
<reply>To use an ATI/AMD graphics card with Debian, ask me about <radeon>, <fglrx>. Installing proprietary drivers from amd.com (i.e. with the ATI Driver Installer) is not supported in #debian, please go to #ati (irc.freenode.net). |
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sarge->etch M: 2010-06-21 |
<reply>Read the release notes, ask me about <etch release notes>. The recommended system upgrade procedure is no longer as simple as running "aptitude dist-upgrade", please follow the procedure in the release notes. Ask me about <etch sources.list> as this release has since been archived. Also ask me about <etch> and <etch->lenny>. |
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businesscard M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>As of Debian 7.0 "Wheezy", businesscard CD images - a minimal Debian installer requiring an Internet connection to finish base system installation - are no longer produced, see http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2012/07/msg00076.html for more information. For small installation images, ask me about <netinst>, <mini.iso>. |
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r8192s_usb M: 2010-03-17 |
<reply> see rtl8192su |
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qotd89 C: 2005-05-31 |
<reply><legba7> How do i find out what makes my woody beep and do not stop to beep till i create another beep. |
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qotd120 C: 2005-05-27 |
<reply><azeroth> i am looking for a tool to see all computers in my lan <azeroth> like winows <azeroth> do i need the ip for it? <tarzeau> azeroth: no you need a clue <azeroth> whats a clue? |
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qotd121 C: 2005-05-27 |
<reply><amorphix> bunzip2: linuxwacom-0.6.8.tar.bz2 is not a bzip2 file <cahoot> amorphix: run 'file linuxwacom-0.6.8.tar.bz2 ' <amorphix> linuxwacom-0.6.8.tar.bz2: HTML document text <liable> you idget <amorphix> liable: I dont have idget <amorphix> is the name right? |
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wicd C: 2009-04-08 |
<reply>Wireless Interface Connection Daemon (wicd) is a wired and <wireless connection manager>. http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#wicd http://wicd.sf.net/ #wicd on irc.freenode.net. See also <netdev>. |
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qotd122 C: 2005-06-01 |
<reply><nvz> especially when you are to ignorant to spell properly |
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qotd78 C: 2005-05-27 |
<reply><BiZARRE> why cant I type my password when I try to login? <Phated> BiZARRE: Your password isn't echoed to the console. <BiZARRE> what? <BiZARRE> well, how do I type in the password? <Seb> BiZARRE: you hit the keys one by one <BiZARRE> nothing happens when I hit the keys <paulswm> UNtil you hit 'enter' <BiZARRE> the only key working is enter <BiZARRE> ok |
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qotd126 C: 2005-06-04 |
<reply><helios> sorry for my english: I was rushing on my prompt (silly me!) and just stopped in time an "rm -rf /etc"...but I deleted all /etc/init* files and dirs <asg> helios: restore from backups. <helios> asg, backups? |
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qotd125 C: 2005-06-03 |
<reply><exobyte> California should steal .ca from canada <exobyte> our state flower causes people to fail drug tests. how kick ass is that?! |
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oldstable security M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply> see squeeze security |
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testing security M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply> see jessie/updates |
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3g M: 2009-11-30 |
<reply>3G is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunications services (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3G). If you have a 3G/3G+/HSDPA modem, you may wish to see http://www.pharscape.org/Linux-and-3G.html to get it working on Linux. http://wiki.debian.org/Modem/3G . See also <usb_modeswitch>. |
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qotd132 C: 2005-07-02 |
<reply>< guruman> is there some way to make ls list all entries starting with a digit, i mean like 'ls [0-9]*' or similar instead of doing 'ls 1* && ls 2* ...' < furrywolf> guruman: ls [0-9]* :P < guruman> furrywolf it says "[0-9]" is not a directory or file ... < guruman> furrywolf ls [a-z]* seems to work but not 0-9 ... strange < guruman> furrywolf lol .. ofc it works its just me that doesnt have any files beginning with 0-9 in |
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virtualbox M: 2011-09-28 |
<reply>Oracle VM VirtualBox is a free software virtual machine solution. To install, ask me about <vbox-install wheezy>, <vbox-install squeeze>. http://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ http://www.virtualbox.org/ #vbox on irc.freenode.net. See also <vbox rename>, <vbox guest>, <vbox migrate win>, <vdi>, <virtualization>. |
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qotd127 C: 2005-06-15 |
<reply>< runedude> I dont hire any admins. My dad sets up router settings. He has a degree in computers. now shush. Lol. It's not changing, and thats that. |
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initramfs M: 2009-05-04 |
the new <initrd>. See http://www.ducea.com/2006/10/10/debian-etch-kernels/ for Sarge and Etch kernel differences (forward looking as we know it prior to etch's release), or ask me about <initramfs debug>. See also <targeted>. http://wiki.debian.org/initramfs |
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foo M: 2012-06-10 |
the probably first <metasyntactic variable>, it's a placeholder for some other term. See http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/foo.html and <bar>, also read the Etymology of "Foo" (RFC3092). |
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qotd128 C: 2005-06-19 |
<reply><kbrooks> i'm taking debian and making a distro out of it |
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ath9k_htc M: 2011-06-08 |
<reply>ath9k_htc is a Linux kernel driver for Atheros AR9271 and AR7010-based 802.11n USB wireless LAN devices, introduced in Linux 2.6.35. Firmware is required, ask me about <atheros firmware> to provide. http://wiki.debian.org/ath9k_htc |
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lol M: 2005-09-12 |
<reply> If you want to laugh, use heh or hah or bwahahaha. lol doesn't sound like laughter at all and makes you look like an AOL user. |
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nouveau M: 2012-12-04 |
<reply>The nouveau project aims to build high-quality, open source drivers for NVIDIA video cards (Riva, TNT, GeForce, Quadro). Nouveau <DRM> is part of the Linux kernel, the display driver is packaged as xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (read its README.Debian file for important notes). 3D acceleration is available as of Debian 7.0 "Wheezy", install the libgl1-mesa-dri package. http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/ #nouveau on irc.freenode.net. |
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bat C: 2005-09-23 |
<reply> see basic apt-get troubleshooting |
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qotd136 M: 2007-04-30 |
<reply>< Szeraax> oh how i love having multiple people |
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iso mount C: 2005-07-02 |
mount -t iso9660 -o loop <path_to_iso> <mount_point> |
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qotd131 C: 2005-07-02 |
<reply>< Raf256> wazup < Raf256> how can I change repeat rate and delay? < Raf256> in X < asg> Raf256: man xset < Raf256> asg: ok \o/ < Raf256> asg: oohh ddddaaaammnn < Raf256> ssssttuuppiiddd rrreeepppaaaattt rrrraaattee |
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qotd138 C: 2008-08-23 |
<reply><PerfDave> tkooda: SO READ THE FUCKING MANUAL FOR THE FUCKING THING YOU'RE FUCKING WELL UPGRADING TO, YOU FUCKING MORON! |
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qotd137 C: 2005-07-02 |
<reply><www> when i apt-get upgrade, my system wants to update a lot of packages <www> how to avoid that ? |
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qotd133 C: 2005-07-06 |
<reply><Atula> I was wondering if someone can tell me how to write the fstab for the tape drive |
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run at startup M: 2008-02-20 |
<reply>Make a init script by copying /etc/init.d/skeleton, put it in /etc/init.d/ then install it with update-rc.d, or read /etc/init.d/README, or as a user you can also use a cron entry with @reboot, or add it to /etc/rc.local |
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sns syndrome M: 2010-04-29 |
<reply> see sns |
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thanks M: 2005-09-16 |
<reply> $who: (that's ok|no problem d00d|sweet as, enjoy|no, no ... thank YOU!|you're welcome|OMGNPLOLS) |
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remote desktop protocol M: 2011-05-31 |
<reply>The proprietary Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is used to connect to systems running Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (formerly Terminal Services), providing features similar to <VNC>. RDP clients packaged for Debian include <freerdp>, <rdesktop>, <remmina> and <tsclient>. For a RDP server, ask me about <xrdp>. |
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alsa one-liner M: 2010-12-23 |
<reply>"aptitude -r install alsa-utils". After package installation, run alsamixer and unmute the volume levels. Some applications don't know how to talk directly to ALSA, see <devdsp>. Some ALSA drivers require firmware from userspace, ask me about <alsa firmware>. To set the default sound card, ask me about <default alsa>. |
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gazpacho M: 2005-08-01 |
A fresh new GUI builder for the GTK+ toolkit designed to be ultra easy to use: http://gazpacho.sicem.biz/ or see <glade> |
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git M: 2011-10-19 |
<reply>Git is a distributed version control system created by Linus Torvalds, currently used to maintain the Linux kernel. http://wiki.debian.org/UsingGit http://cworth.org/hgbook-git/tour http://git-scm.com/ #git on irc.freenode.net. See also <movein>. |
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desktop environment M: 2010-04-17 |
<reply> see desktop environments |
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developers M: 2005-08-09 |
DEVELOPERSDEVELOPERSDEVELOPERS!, or http://www.ntk.net/ballmer/mirrors.html |
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mixing distributions C: 2005-07-29 |
generally not a good idea; things tend to break if you don't know what you're doing. |
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b43legacy M: 2013-04-30 |
<reply>b43legacy is a Linux kernel driver supporting PCI wireless LAN devices with legacy 802.11b/g Broadcom chips. Firmware is required, ask me about <b43-fwcutter> to provide. http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx #bcm-users on irc.freenode.net. Most modern Broadcom 802.11a/g/n chips are supported by the <b43> or <brcmsmac> drivers. |
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qotd135 M: 2005-08-10 |
<reply>< FieldySnuts> someone who realizes this may get them severely larted do this: -!- sgeigerbot [n=user@h216-170-007-123.adsl.navix.net] has joined #debian |
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qotd139 C: 2005-08-10 |
<reply><asg> stew: I've been beating the developers at work off for a while over ruby <abrotman> asg: you're a nice boss .. mine would never beat me off |
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paste M: 2012-05-01 |
<reply> Do not paste more than 2 lines to this channel. Instead, use: http://paste.debian.net/ http://pastie.org/ or http://picpaste.com/ for pics. Use wikisend.com for large files (think tar.gz) up to 100MB. Remember to tell us the URL of your paste! Cannot cut and paste? Ask me about <pastebinit>, <nopaste>, <wgetpaste>. |
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ado M: 2010-10-01 |
<reply> see archive.debian.org |
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sudoers M: 2011-03-21 |
<reply>From Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" onwards, you can grant yourself (minimally secure) root permissions for <sudo> by adding yourself to the "sudo" group: "adduser your_username sudo". See the man pages indicated by "apropos sudo" for more information. |
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ftp must die M: 2010-06-04 |
<reply> FTP MUST DIE! http://mywiki.wooledge.org/FtpMustDie . If you really just want to provide anonymous download of files, use HTTP: http://daniel.haxx.se/docs/ftp-vs-http.html |
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cmd: ops (.*?) C: 2005-08-25 |
($problem): <reply>Hydroxide, dondelelcaro, ):, helix, LoRez, RichiH, mentor, xk, abrotman, gravity, azeem, Maulkin, stew, peterS, Myon, Ganneff, weasel, zobel, themill, babilen: $nick complains about: $problem |
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qotd277 C: 2012-11-02 |
<reply> <SynrG> dick-sizing based on uptime is so 1990s |
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fable M: 2007-03-18 |
<reply> http://wiki.debian.org/TheFable |
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firefox M: 2008-09-17 |
<reply>Mozilla Firefox is replaced by Iceweasel in Debian, ask me about <iceweasel> and <why iceweasel>. For actual Mozilla Firefox® support, try #firefox on irc.freenode.net. |
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lilo M: 2010-06-04 |
<reply>LILO (LInux LOader) is an operating system boot loader for x86 systems. Documentation is packaged in lilo-doc. http://wiki.debian.org/LILO http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LILO.html http://lilo.alioth.debian.org/ . See also <grub>.. |
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grounding M: 2012-05-10 |
<reply> Before asking in here or on the <debian-user> mailing list, you should read the Installation Guide, or if you already have Debian installed, the Debian Reference. The Debian Administrator's Handbook is also good. Ask me about <ig>, <overview>, <reference>, <refcard>, <docs>, <manuals>, <fundamentals>, <newbiedoc>, <faq>, <unix lessons>, <general cli tutorial>, <debian-handbook> (e.g. in your IRC client, type /msg dpkg reference). |
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register M: 2009-07-15 |
<reply>$nick: /msg nickserv help |
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tr M: 2008-03-15 |
t�rk�e yardIm i�in #debian.tr (irc.freenode.net): -- if you need help in turkish, please join #debian.tr on irc.freenode.net. |
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cmd: -i (.*?) M: 2006-11-28 |
($1): (<action>installs $1 into $nick's head with a bone saw and a few screws|<action> removes a (liver|speen|kidney|lung) from $nick and replaces it with $1|<reply> package $1 is already installed) |
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basic apt-get troubleshooting M: 2009-05-09 |
<reply> In order for us to troubleshoot your problem with apt-get, aptitude or dselect we need the following information: The complete output of your apt-get/aptitude/dselect run (including the command you used); the output from apt-cache policy PKG1 PKG2...; for the relevant packages and "apt-cache policy". Use http://paste.debian.net/ to provide us with this information. Also ask me about <localized errors>. |
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cmd: apt-key (.*?) C: 2005-10-23 |
($1): <reply> gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys $1 ; gpg --export $1 | sudo apt-key add - |
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intel-gfx M: 2010-03-21 |
<reply>[intel-gfx] The intel <Xorg> driver provides 2D/3D support for Intel integrated graphics chipsets, including the i810, 915{G,GM}, 945{G,GM,GME}, 946GZ, 965{G,GM,Q}, G33, Q33, Q35, G35, GM45, G45, Q45, G43 and G41; the <GMA 500> is not supported. Packaged for Debian as xserver-xorg-video-intel, see also <intel-gfx shadow>. http://x.org/wiki/IntelGraphicsDriver http://intellinuxgraphics.org/ #intel-gfx on irc.freenode.net. |
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ftpmustdie C: 2006-07-12 |
<reply>see ftp must die |
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mixing stable and unstable M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply> see stable/testing mix |
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microsoft M: 2008-03-12 |
a software company based in the USA, maker of Microsoft <Windows>. Ask me about <debian.exe>. |
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webcam M: 2009-04-06 |
<reply>For webcam device support in Debian, ask me about <gspca>, <uvcvideo>. See also <quickcam>, <ov51x-jpeg>, <ov511>, <m560x-driver>, <w9968cf>, <pwc>, <sn9c20x>. http://wiki.debian.org/Webcam |
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rt2800 M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>For support of Ralink 802.11n PCI wireless LAN devices, ask me about <rt2800pci>. For support of Ralink 802.11n USB wireless LAN devices, ask me about <rt2800usb>. |
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kiosk M: 2006-03-17 |
/bin/su -c "/usr/bin/X11/startx" - kiosk (/usr/sbin/kiosk); kk:2345:respawn:/usr/sbin/kiosk (/etc/inittab); telinit q, or http://www.linuks.mine.nu/webkiosk/ |
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ralink M: 2010-02-22 |
<reply> Ralink Technology Corp. is a wireless LAN chipset manufacturer. Drivers for many Ralink chipsets are present in mainline Linux kernels, ask me about <rt2x00>. For support of 802.11n devices, ask me about <rt2800>. |
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source M: 2010-04-01 |
<reply> As an overview: to work with Debian source packages, add a <deb-src> line to your sources list; cd to a location with free space; download the source package with <apt-get source>; edit <debian/rules> to taste; use <dpkg-buildpackage> to build the new .deb. For more details, also ask me about <package recompile> <backport> <nmg> <policy> <source package> |
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icedove M: 2010-02-18 |
<reply>Icedove is a DFSG-free fork of Mozilla Thunderbird, a cross-platform email client, replacing Thunderbird in Debian as of Lenny. Debian is unable to distribute Mozilla Thunderbird as-is due to trademark restrictions, see <why icedove>. For help with upstream issues, ask #thunderbird on irc.mozilla.org. http://wiki.debian.org/Icedove |
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abi M: 2009-05-11 |
application binary interface (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_binary_interface). See also <kernel abi>. |
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tracker of doom M: 2008-11-09 |
<reply>The Tracker of Doom is a vulnerability database maintained by the Debian security team, viewable at http://security-tracker.debian.org/ . Ask me about <cve lookup CVE-yyyy-nnnn> to get Debian-specific information on a CVE number. See also http://www.debian.org/security/crossreferences or ask me about <debsecan> http://www.enyo.de/fw/software/debsecan/ |
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mount iso M: 2007-10-30 |
<reply> see iso mount |
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undelete M: 2007-09-21 |
<reply> see undeleting |
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alsa-checklist M: 2012-01-09 |
<reply>1) add yourself to the 'audio' group (log out & in again) 2) unmute and raise channels w/ alsamixer (also try muting some & toggle jack sense if available) 3) <pulseaudio> or other daemon stopped? 4) speakers on? 5) does "aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav" work for root? 6) purge any installed <oss4> packages to remove ALSA blacklist. See also <list alsa users>, <alsa firmware>. |
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ign C: 2005-12-21 |
when apt-get outputs lines starting with "Ign:" it means "Hrm, there's no such file but it's not a big deal anyway, i didn't need it", also "Hit:" means "i already had that file, no need to download" |
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which ethernet module M: 2009-01-21 |
<reply>To find out what Linux kernel modules your Ethernet cards are using, look in dmesg, look at the output of «lspci -k», ask me about <which module for 0200>, use «ethtool --driver eth0», or «readlink /sys/class/net/eth0/device/driver» or run «for i in `lspci | grep -i net| cut -f1 -d\ ` ; do readlink "/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:$i/driver"; done | awk -F/ '{print $8}'» |
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nspluginwrapper M: 2012-08-28 |
<reply>nspluginwrapper is a compatibility plugin for Netscape 4 (NPAPI) plugins, allowing use of 32-bit browser plugins in a native x86_64 browser. Packaged for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" in <contrib>. Dead upstream, removed post-Squeeze to resolve Debian bug #686029. Not to be confused with <ndiswrapper>. |
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manuals M: 2006-08-20 |
<reply> If you are looking for manuals, guides and procedures focusing on Debian - from a user perspective, the administrator's view and others - see http://www.debian.org/doc/ . Also ask me about <reference> and <grounding>. |
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ssh install M: 2010-03-18 |
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch06s03#network-console (obsolete article at http://www.underhanded.org/papers/debian-conversion/remotedeb.html). See also <hd-media>, <debootstrap>. |
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nvidia-graphics-drivers C: 2006-01-13 |
<reply> See http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers for help with drivers for NVIDIA graphics cards |
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overwrite M: 2006-02-22 |
<reply> The reason you have to use dpkg --force-overwrite is because the package you are trying to install has files which exist in another package and does not conflict with the other package. This is *ALWAYS* a bug. Make sure a bug is filed (ask me about <bts>). If there isn't one, use reportbug to report it. Then install using the following: apt-get -o DPkg::Options::="--force-overwrite" install <packagename> |
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commands M: 2006-01-24 |
The Linux command reference may be found here: http://justlinux.com/nhf/Command_Reference and here: http://justlinux.com/nhf/Shells/Basic_Console_Commands.html |
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based on C: 2006-04-20 |
<reply> see based on debian |
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lulz M: 2008-10-12 |
I did it all for the lulz!, or see <lol> |
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sid sources.list C: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>If you don't know enough about Debian to do this yourself, you won't know enough about Debian to fix the problems you *will* encounter. Please spend some months or years learning about Debian first. Sorry. |
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udev rules M: 2013-05-19 |
http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html |
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life M: 2006-04-01 |
what you made by yourself. so if you're saying "life sucks", it is you that sucked. |
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dmo M: 2012-11-15 |
<reply> see dmm |
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grsec C: 2006-05-12 |
<reply>see grsecurity |
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ext2fsd M: 2011-04-06 |
<reply>ext2fsd is an ext{2,3,4} filesystem driver for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7. Supports reading and writing on ext2/ext3, ext4 extent read-only support available as of version 0.50. http://www.ext2fsd.com/ See also <ext2read>, <ext2ifs>. |
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rtl8192 M: 2010-07-06 |
<reply> see rtl819x |
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fuse M: 2009-06-09 |
<reply>FUSE is a userspace filesystem framework, enabling mounting of various exotic filesystems like <ntfs-3g>, Samba shares, tar files, FTP sites etc. Included in the mainline Linux kernel since 2.6.14. For a FUSE filesystem list, see http://wiki.debian.org/FileSystem#FUSE_Filesystem . http://apps.sf.net/mediawiki/fuse/?title=FAQ http://fuse.sf.net/ ##fuse on irc.freenode.net. |
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transmission M: 2009-06-02 |
<reply>Transmission is an open source, cross-platform and lightweight <BitTorrent> client. http://wiki.debian.org/BitTorrent/Transmission http://www.transmissionbt.com/ #transmission on irc.freenode.net. |
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testing/unstable M: 2008-12-05 |
<reply>Debian doesn't distinguish if a system runs testing or unstable. "jessie/sid" means a system is either tracking testing or unstable (or a mix). If you want the list of releases your system really tracks, ask me about <tracked suites>. Also ask about <why jessie/sid>, <list repositories>. |
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mentors M: 2008-01-22 |
the system the Debian project uses to train new people to become Debian Developers or Debian Maintainers and get their packages into the Debian archive. Ask me about <nmg>. http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/ http://mentors.debian.net/ #debian-mentors on irc.debian.org. |
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bpo M: 2010-09-22 |
<reply> see bdo |
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deb-multimedia M: 2008-02-11 |
<reply> see dmm |
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pdiff M: 2009-11-04 |
<reply> As of version 0.6.44, <APT> now supports "pdiff", which allows apt-get/aptitude update to download diffs of the repository's Packages file, instead of downloading the entire file every time. You can disable the use of pdiffs by adding 'Acquire::PDiffs "false";' to /etc/apt/apt.conf. |
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devdsp M: 2009-10-08 |
<reply>If you are using <ALSA> and an application complains about /dev/dsp missing, you need to provide the Open Sound System (OSS) compatibility layer. Run "modprobe snd-pcm-oss" and add snd-pcm-oss to /etc/modules; the oss-compat package provides a <modprobe> configuration file which loads this module. A proposed Debian release goal is for packaged applications to stop using /dev/dsp: http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/NoLinuxDevDsp |
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package rebuild M: 2010-04-17 |
<reply> see package recompile |
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drbd M: 2011-04-11 |
<reply>Distributed Replicated Block Device (DRBD) is designed for building high availability clusters, by mirroring a block device via a dedicated network. Included in Linux since 2.6.33, a backport is included in Debian 2.6.32 Linux kernel images. Utilities are packaged as drbd8-utils. http://wiki.debian.org/DrBd http://www.drbd.org/ #drbd on irc.freenode.net. |
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sysvinit M: 2012-04-23 |
<reply>sysvinit is an essential package providing System-V-like init utilities (e.g. /sbin/init) required to boot a Debian system. zless /usr/share/doc/sysv-rc/README.runlevels.gz . As of sysvinit 2.88dsf-3, concurrent (parallel) booting is the default when <dependency based startup> is enabled. |
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oftc move M: 2006-06-20 |
<reply>irc.debian.org moved to OFTC on June 4th 2006, see http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/05/msg00012.html. Operators and bots (see <fact sharing>) will remain on both networks for the foreseeable future; you're welcome to either move to OFTC with i.d.o or stay on Freenode. Questions? Ask in #debian on one or other network. See also http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2006/04/msg00333.html |
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backtrack M: 2011-05-14 |
<reply>BackTrack is not Debian and is not supported in #debian (ask me about <based on debian>). Try http://www.backtrack-linux.org/ or #backtrack-linux on irc.freenode.net instead. BackTrack is a Linux distribution based on <Ubuntu> Lucid (as of BackTrack 5), previously <SLAX>. Derived from merging two penetration-testing distributions: WHAX (formerly WHOPPIX) and Auditor Security Linux. |
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preseed M: 2010-07-14 |
<reply>[preseed] Preseeding provides a way to set answers to questions asked during the Debian installation process, to allow for a streamlined or completely automated installation. The <install guide> provides an extensive appendix on preseeding with a full example. See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed and http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/394 . See also <debconf-set-selections>. |
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triggers C: 2007-01-12 |
<reply> are so mIRCish |
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aptitude clone M: 2009-04-26 |
<reply> To clone a Debian machine using aptitude (or install your favourite packages) use aptitude search -F '%100p' '~i!~M' > package_list; on the reference machine; xargs aptitude --schedule-only install < package_list; aptitude install; on the other machine. This preserves information about "automatically installed" packages that other methods do not. See also <reinstall>, <things to backup>, <debian clone>, <apt-clone>. |
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dmm squeeze M: 2010-04-21 |
<reply> see dmms |
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dmm M: 2012-09-28 |
<reply>deb-multimedia.org (formerly debian-multimedia.org) is a repository of unofficial packages maintained by Christian Marillat, not in Debian for legal reasons or because the packages are too poor in quality. See http://deb-multimedia.org/ or ask me about <dmm wheezy>, <dmm squeeze>. Remember to include a "non-free" component in your sources.list lines. See also <dmm list>, <dmm mirrors>, <dmm pinning>, <why not dmm>, <dmm remove>. |
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aptitude-fu M: 2011-03-03 |
<reply>To list uninstalled recommended packages: aptitude search '~RBrecommends:~i!~i'; upgradeable packages: aptitude search '~U'; manually installed packages: aptitude search '~i!~M'; See also <obsolete> <not available> <bdo list> <dmm list> <which repo> <aptitude clone> <sort by size> <aptitude why> <aptitude search> <aptitude ops> <aptitude states> |
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ati-oneliner C: 2006-07-25 |
<reply> see fglrx |
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usb boot M: 2009-11-22 |
<reply> see usb install |
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ati one-liner C: 2006-08-02 |
<reply> see ati-oneliner |
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search dpkg M: 2010-09-01 |
<reply>You can search my database on the web at http://ircbots.debian.net/ or on IRC by asking me about <help listkeys> and <help-listvals>. My factoids are available at http://crito.ucr.edu/~dpkg/ in archives that are updated nightly and the previous 18 days are there. See also <search>. |
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debian-live M: 2010-03-23 |
<reply> see debian live |
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whats my hardware M: 2008-10-29 |
<reply>You can use lspci, lsusb, lsscsi, lspcmcia, lshal, hwinfo, dmidecode, and/or lshw, or even dmesg to find out what kind of hardware your machine might have, or you could crack the lid and look inside ... oooh, shiny! If you install lshw, run "lshw -html > myhardware.html" as root and you'll have a nice HTML summation. See also <myram>, <driver locator>. |
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halp M: 2007-04-30 |
a scandinavian in trouble, or the cat who got stuck in the sand |
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zfs M: 2010-10-13 |
<reply>ZFS (originally Zettabyte File System) is a file system / logical volume manager developed by Sun Microsystems (http://deb.li/7xXU). The Debian GNU/kFreeBSD kernel since 7.2 has ZFS support, the userland utilities are packaged as zfsutils in squeeze. A <FUSE> implementation for Debian GNU/Linux systems is in zfs-fuse. For ZFS on Squeeze, see http://deb.li/i4JhI . http://zfs-fuse.net/ #zfs-fuse on irc.freenode.net. |
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pts M: 2008-05-13 |
the Debian "Package Tracking System": http://packages.qa.debian.org/ a place where you can find the current status and some of the history of a given source package. http://packages.qa.debian.org/packagename for information on a specific package |
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blacklist-initramfs C: 2006-11-02 |
<reply>If your kernel uses an initramfs image (e.g. Debian stock kernel images), you need to run «update-initramfs -u» in order to refresh its copy of blacklist table. Otherwise, early bootup won't follow your blacklist requests in e.g. /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.local.conf |
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iceweasel M: 2013-05-20 |
<reply>Iceweasel is a DFSG-free fork of <firefox>, which replaced it in Debian since 4.0 "Etch". Ask me about <why iceweasel>, <iceweasel vs firefox>, <iceweasel user-agent>. In GNOME, use gnome-default-applications-properties to change settings such as the mail reader. http://wiki.debian.org/Iceweasel |
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aptosid M: 2010-09-13 |
<reply>aptosid (formerly sidux) is a live distribution <based on Debian> Sid. It is not supported in #debian. http://aptosid.com/ #aptosid on irc.oftc.net. |
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rms M: 2008-09-25 |
a hacker name of Richard Stallman, founder of Free Software Foundation (fsf), (co)author of the GNU General Public licence(s), and GNU philosophy in general. |
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mta M: 2009-07-29 |
<reply>A Message/Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) is a program that transfers e-mail in or out of a system, most often using SMTP. An MTA is usually accessed by calling /usr/sbin/sendmail and thus usually includes that binary. Therefore, in Debian, all MTAs (<exim4>, <postfix>, <qmail>, <ssmtp>, <nullmailer>, etc) mutually conflict. Ask me about <which mta>, <mta comparison> and <why an mta>. http://wooledge.org/~greg/mail.html |
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torrent M: 2010-01-28 |
<reply> see bittorrent |
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mplayer M: 2009-04-14 |
<reply>MPlayer is a movie player for Unix-like systems. Binary codecs can be provided with the package-supplied binary_codecs.sh script or <w32codecs>. For DVD support, ask me about <dvd playback>. Unofficial packages are available on <deb-multimedia>. As an alternative, use a player based on <xine> or <vlc>. Also ask me about <mplayer faq>, <mencoder>. http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ #mplayer on irc.freenode.net. |
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ssbp C: 2006-11-16 |
<reply> see simple sid backport |
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why iceweasel M: 2008-02-25 |
<reply>Due to Mozilla logos licensing, Mozilla software isn't DFSG-free, so Debian distributes Mozilla software with different logos. Mozilla Corp revoked the agreement to let Debian use Mozilla trademarks, so Debian changed to non-trademarked product names. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation_software_rebranded_in_Debian for more information. http://glandium.org/blog/?p=933. Ask me about <dfsg> <iceweasel vs firefox>. |
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no public key M: 2008-08-18 |
<reply> Seeing "There are no public keys available"? This means that the Release file has been signed by a key which you do not have. If it's signed by another key which you do have, you can ignore the warning. Otherwise, you can add the key listed *AFTER* checking the validity of the signatures on the key. The current key will be linked at http://ftp-master.debian.org/ |
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kernel-handbook M: 2011-06-06 |
<reply>The Debian Linux Kernel Handbook (http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/) - packaged as debian-kernel-handbook since Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" - serves as a single access point to all kernel-related documentation. See chapter 4.2 to rebuild official Debian kernel packages, see chapter 4.5 to build a custom kernel from Debian kernel source. |
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fixgrub M: 2010-08-31 |
<reply> see fixmbr |
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inout M: 2010-04-08 |
<reply>To determine packages going in/out of <testing> today, see http://release.debian.org/migration/accepted.html . To see why a package is not in testing, "/msg dpkg why is <foo> not in testing" or see http://release.debian.org/migration/ . For packages coming into unstable, use http://incoming.debian.org/ . For package removals, ask me about <removed>. |
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ntldr M: 2009-10-28 |
<reply>NTLDR (NT Loader) is the boot loader for all Microsoft Windows NT operating systems up to and including Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server. To bootstrap Debian-Installer into NTLDR, ask me about <win32-loader>. NTLDR was replaced by winload.exe / Windows Boot Manager in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and later versions. |
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kmuto M: 2011-08-21 |
<reply>Unofficial images for installing Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" using a later kernel (currently Linux 3.2.4) are available from http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/ (images are on the CD mirrors). To supply additional firmware, ask me about <installer firmware>. For a USB install, use the lenny instructions: http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/i386/ch04s03 |
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-- C: 2007-02-16 |
commonly the end of arguments delimiter for GNU or GNU like utilities. It disambiguates between a literal "--" and arguments. Eg, rm -- --help will remove "--help" from the current directory. |
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alsa checklist C: 2007-03-10 |
<reply> see alsa-checklist |
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qmail debs M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply> see qmail squeeze |
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cmd: error processing (.*?) C: 2007-06-25 |
($1): <reply> $who: That isn't an error, post the whole output to a pastebin (/msg dpkg pastebin). |
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date C: 2007-03-13 |
<reply> The current date is $date $time (UTC of course, this is *NIX) |
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rc bugs M: 2008-11-04 |
<reply>see release-critical |
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why not aptitude M: 2011-06-30 |
<reply> Aptitude is more memory intensive and slower than <apt-get>, the <ncurses> interface is always loaded regardless of being used or not. Moreover the resolver can sometimes produce unexpected results and most of <aptitude>'s former exclusive features are now available in <apt-get> as well. Ask me about <why aptitude> and see http://tinyurl.com/3g4d4d9. |
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awn M: 2010-03-11 |
<reply>Avant Window Navigator (Awn) is a Mac OS X like panel (dock) for the <GNOME> desktop, which represents open windows as icons. Packaged for Debian as avant-window-navigator. It requires a compositing manager (e.g. Metacity, Compiz, xfwm4) for its use. http://wiki.awn-project.org/ https://launchpad.net/awn/ #awn on irc.freenode.net. See also <cairo-dock>, <docky>. |
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mirror M: 2012-05-28 |
<reply> see debian mirrors |
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intel M: 2010-03-21 |
<reply>Intel Corporation is a semiconductor manufacturer. For support of wireless LAN adapters, ask me about <iwlwifi>, <ipw2200>, <ipw2100>. For support of Ethernet controllers, ask me about <e100>, <e1000>, <e1000e>, <igb>, <ixgbe>. For support of WiMAX devices, ask me about <i2400m-usb>. For support of integrated graphics chipsets, ask me about <intel-gfx>. See also <ia64>, <isci>, <speedstep>. |
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fakeraid M: 2010-04-02 |
<reply>Fakeraid is a term used for controller cards that advertise RAID functionality that is NOT supported by a hardware chip for parity. Most of these have only a BIOS. For use with Debian systems, it is suggested that you do not set a RAID in the BIOS and don't use dmraid, just use regular software RAID instead; ask me about <md>. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/SataRaid |
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wheezy/sid mix C: 2011-08-16 |
<reply>No, you should not try to mix wheezy and sid. Doing so is going to lead to tears and you'll struggle to find anyone to help you sort out your mess. Ask me about <bobbitt>, <simple sid backport>, <backports.debian.org>. |
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iwlwifi M: 2012-02-11 |
<reply>The iwlwifi Linux kernel driver supports Intel 3945 ABG, 4965 AGN and several Intel 802.11n adapters (WiFi Link, Wireless-N, Advanced-N, Ultimate-N). Firmware is required, ask me about <non-free sources> and install the firmware-iwlwifi package to provide. Supported devices are listed at http://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi . See also <iwlegacy>. |
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noresume C: 2010-06-20 |
the boot parameter that you can add to your kernel boot command line so that the kernel doesn't try to resume back into your running session after <suspend>. Be warned that you will lose any unsaved work and your filesystems will be left in an inconsistent state as you effectively crash the kernel. |
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debian.exe M: 2011-08-15 |
<reply> see win32-loader |
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jessie/sid M: 2007-10-11 |
<reply> see testing/unstable |
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release M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" was released on 2013-05-04. It is now considered "stable". Ask me about <install debian>, or <squeeze->wheezy> to upgrade from Debian 6.0 "Squeeze". See http://www.debian.org/releases/ or <release history> for the latest (and historical) releases. For updates from the Debian Release Team, see http://release.debian.org/ |
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wl M: 2013-04-30 |
<reply>Broadcom's proprietary wireless LAN driver (wl, aka broadcom-sta) supports devices based on the BCM4312 LP-PHY and BCM4313/4321/4322/43224/43225/43227/43228 chips. To install (x86 and x86-64 systems only), see http://wiki.debian.org/wl . As of Debian 7.0 "Wheezy", wireless interfaces use the 'wlan' prefix instead of 'eth' (see NEWS.Debian.gz). Most chips are also supported by the open source <b43> and <brcmsmac> drivers. |
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oldstable M: 2013-05-05 |
the previous stable version of Debian, as long as it is still supported by the security team. Squeeze (6.0) is oldstable. It is recommended to upgrade your system(s) to the current stable release, ask me about <oldstable->stable>. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianOldStable |
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unionfs M: 2010-05-14 |
<reply>[unionfs] A stackable "unification filesystem" combines several directories to provide a merged single directory. Used in Live CD / diskless systems, where the read-only root directory is joined with a writable tmpfs filesystem. For a kernel-space implementation, ask me about <aufs>. For user-space implementations, ask me about <unionfs-fuse>, <funionfs>. "Unionfs for Linux" was removed from Debian post-Etch to resolve bug #515958. |
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systemd M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>systemd is a system and service manager for Linux, compatible with SysV and LSB init scripts. It is a replacement for <sysvinit>. systemd is shipped as a technology preview in Debian 7.0 "Wheezy". http://wiki.debian.org/systemd http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd #systemd on irc.freenode.net. |
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noclear C: 2012-10-03 |
<reply>Since util-linux v2.20 (Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" and later releases), <agetty> clears the screen before prompting for the login name. To prevent this, add the --noclear option in /etc/inittab, for example: 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty --noclear 38400 tty1 |
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roundcube M: 2013-03-16 |
<reply>Roundcube is an <IMAP> client written in PHP. For use with <lighttpd> on Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", enable both the fastcgi and fastcgi-php modules (bug #600050). Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" users: SQLite v2 support was dropped, see /usr/share/doc/roundcube-sqlite/NEWS.Debian.gz and http://wiki.debian.org/Roundcube/DeprecationOfSQLitev2 . http://www.roundcube.net/ #roundcube on irc.freenode.net. See also <imapproxy>. |
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why not apt-get C: 2007-06-23 |
<reply> because it's not aptitude |
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dmms M: 2009-02-24 |
<reply>To add the deb-multimedia repository run (as root) # echo "deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ squeeze main non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dmm.list; aptitude update && aptitude install deb-multimedia-keyring && aptitude update. For an alternative way to load Marillat's archive key, ask me about <apt-key 1F41B907>. |
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gma 500 M: 2010-03-21 |
<reply> see poulsbo |
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dpkg M: 2012-02-10 |
the program used by Debian to install and remove packages, "man dpkg". Also ask me about <reference>. The main info bot in #debian is also called dpkg; ask me about <dpkgbot>. |
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d M: 2008-07-02 |
a systems programming language. Its focus is on combining the power and high performance of C and C++ with the programmer productivity of modern languages like Ruby and Python. Special attention is given to the needs of quality assurance, documentation, management, portability and reliability. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_%28programming_language%29, or uninterruptible sleep (usually IO) |
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ot M: 2010-06-24 |
<reply> see offtopic |
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antix M: 2009-11-13 |
<reply> antiX is a live CD distribution based on <MEPIS>. It is not supported in #debian. http://antix.mepis.org/ #mepis on irc.freenode.net. See also <based on debian>. |
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self-tell M: 2007-05-09 |
<reply> see selftell |
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eeepc M: 2008-08-01 |
<reply> see eee |
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debian multimedia C: 2007-05-14 |
<reply> see debian-multimedia |
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ucf M: 2011-05-10 |
<reply> ucf (Update Configuration File) is a framework used by packages to allow intelligent merging of modified configuration files with maintainer changes in postinst scripts. See apt-cache show ucf; or /usr/share/doc/ucf/ for more information. See also <ucf confmiss>. |
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powertop M: 2010-07-28 |
<reply>PowerTOP is a tool for finding the software component(s) making your laptop use more power than necessary, while idle. http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/ #powertop on irc.oftc.net. See also <power saving>. |
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rescue mode C: 2007-06-29 |
<reply> Debian-Installer has a recovery ('rescue') mode, which can be used to reinstall the GRUB or LILO boot loaders. See section 8.7 of the Installation Guide ("Recovering a Broken System") for more details; ask me about <install guide>. |
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binnmu M: 2011-07-01 |
binary <NMU>, which means a package was recompiled without changing the source. This often occurs when one of the libraries a package depends on has changed, and it needs to be recompiled against the newer library. The <debian revision> part of the package version normally has +b1 (+b2 etc) appended to it. http://wiki.debian.org/binNMU |
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multimedia M: 2007-10-31 |
<reply> see debian-multimedia |
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codec M: 2011-01-06 |
<reply>A codec (portmanteau of "compressor-decompressor") is a program or device used to encode/decode a data stream or signal. Ask me about <libavcodec>, <w32codecs>. |
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autoremove M: 2008-05-21 |
<reply>autoremove is used to remove packages that were automatically installed to satisfy dependencies for some package and that are no more needed. Aptitude will try to automatically remove packages that it thinks are no longer needed and from lenny onwards, so will apt-get and synaptic. If you remove a package that also causes a large metapackage like gnome to be autoremoved then this will cause you problems. Ask me about <unmarkauto>. |
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diminishing returns C: 2007-05-28 |
where you spend more money/time/resources to get LESS in return. What's your cost worth? |
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why not nvidia installer C: 2008-01-29 |
<reply> see why nvidia-installer sucks |
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dual monitors M: 2008-10-24 |
<reply>For a wide desktop over multiple monitors (<xinerama>), you can either configure your layout in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, or use xrandr in lenny onwards. See http://www.jejik.com/articles/2008/10/setting_up_dual_monitors_system-wide_with_xrandr_on_debian_lenny/ , http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2 . See also <xrandr>. |
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jesse C: 2012-07-29 |
<reply>No, the Debian release is "jessie". Ask me about <jessie>, <when will jessie release>. |
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repo M: 2010-05-25 |
<reply> see repository |
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install etch M: 2010-02-22 |
<reply> see etch iso |
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vcs M: 2010-03-03 |
<reply>A version control system (aka revision control system, source code management) is a system for managing multiple revisions of information. See <arch>, <cvs>, <darcs>, <git>, <mercurial>, <sccs>, <subversion>. |
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pae M: 2011-04-27 |
<reply>Physical Address Extension (PAE) is an x86 processor feature allowing more than 4 gigabytes of physical memory to be used. Linux supports PAE since version 2.3.23 (up to 64 GB of memory on 32-bit systems). PAE is supported by the Intel Pentium Pro/II/III/4/4M/D, Xeon, Core and Atom; AMD Geode NX, Athlon (K7), Duron, Opteron, Sempron, Turion and Phenom; Transmeta Efficeon; VIA C7 and some others. Ask me about <686-pae>, <bigmem>. |
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install lenny M: 2012-02-08 |
<reply> see lenny iso |
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secure boot M: 2013-01-23 |
<reply>"Secure boot" is a hardware restriction feature of the <UEFI> specification. It prevents the loading of drivers / operating system loaders not signed with an accepted digital signature. While Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" supports installation in (U)EFI mode on 64-bit PC systems (amd64), secure boot is currently not supported. See https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot for secure boot implementation concerns. |
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moonlight M: 2011-08-30 |
<reply>Moonlight is an open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight for Linux and other Unix-based systems. Silverlight is used to deliver interactive audio and video through a web browser, similar to <Adobe Flash>. Previously packaged for Debian (never part of a stable release), removed to resolve Debian bug #638565. http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight/ #moonlight on irc.gnome.org. |
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aptitude M: 2011-06-30 |
a terminal-based package manager that can be used in a command-line mode (aptitude install foo ; aptitude remove goo) as well as a text user interface mode (just run "aptitude"). Ask me about <why aptitude> <why not aptitude> <aptitude-fu> <aptitude docs> or see http://wiki.debian.org/Aptitude or http://tinyurl.com/3g4d4d9. |
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kde 4 M: 2012-06-08 |
<reply> KDE software is based on the Qt toolkit. See http://www.kde.org/ for release news and other details. Ask me about <install kde> or <remove kde>. You can also get KDE-specific help in #debian-kde (irc.oftc.net) or in other KDE-related IRC channels: http://userbase.kde.org/IRC_Channels . Also check out http://wiki.debian.org/KDE . |
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empathy M: 2009-11-05 |
<reply>Empathy is a cross-platform multi-protocol instant messaging and SIP <VoIP> client, providing a rich set of reusable instant messaging widgets for the <GNOME> desktop. Included in GNOME since version 2.24. http://live.gnome.org/Empathy/FAQ http://live.gnome.org/Empathy #telepathy on irc.freenode.org. |
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fglrx dkms squeeze M: 2012-09-29 |
<reply>For Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" users. Ask me about <non-free sources>. «aptitude -r install linux-headers-2.6-`uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,'` fglrx-driver && mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ; echo -e 'Section "Device"\n\tIdentifier "My GPU"\n\tDriver "fglrx"\nEndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-fglrx.conf». Restart your system to enable the <radeon> blacklist. |
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diminishing returns on bogomips C: 2007-06-22 |
where you spend more time compiling everything, but fare to gain less CPU time than you wasted in the first place. See also <diminishing returns>. Eg., Runtime savings vs compile time wasted. |
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kernel source M: 2010-12-11 |
<reply>To install Debian kernel source (i.e. Linux kernel source with Debian patches), run: aptitude install linux-source-2.6 |
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opera apt M: 2009-05-22 |
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/841 |
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networkmanager M: 2011-02-05 |
<reply>NetworkManager is a network management framework daemon. See /usr/share/doc/network-manager/README.Debian for setup instructions and ask me about <nm unmanaged>. http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager http://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/ #nm on irc.freenode.net. See also <nmcli>, <wireless connection managers>. |
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cairo-dock M: 2010-03-11 |
<reply>Cairo-Dock is a Mac OS X like themable animated dock (application launcher, optionally a taskbar). The repository.cairo-dock.org packages produced by the Cairo-Dock Team are not supported in #debian. Wiki: http://www.glx-dock.org/ww_page.php?lang=en http://www.glx-dock.org/ #cairo-dock on irc.freenode.net. See also <awn>, <docky>. |
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atheros M: 2011-05-28 |
<reply>Qualcomm Atheros is a developer of semiconductors. For support of PCI/PCIe wireless LAN devices with an Atheros chipset, ask me about <ath9k>, <ath5k>. For USB WiFi support, ask me about <ath9k_htc>, <ar9170>, <ar5523>. For Ethernet driver information, see <atl1c>, <alx>, <atl2>, <atl1e>, <atl1>. For Bluetooth device support, see <ath3k>. http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/Atheros |
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!! M: 2007-07-16 |
<reply> see ! |
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gcc-doc M: 2011-06-18 |
<reply>The man pages for <gcc> are in non-free, as they are released under the <GFDL> with invariant sections, so they do not meet the <DFSG>. To install, ask me about <non-free sources> and install the gcc-doc package. If you are looking for man pages for printf, strchr etc then install the manpages-dev package. |
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reboot required C: 2012-01-31 |
<reply> If you've upgraded your kernel package you need to reboot to start running the new kernel. Unless the <kernel abi> has changed, uname -r doesn't tell you whether this is needed or not, instead compare /proc/version to the package version: if ! grep -q $(dpkg-query -f'${Version}' -W linux-image-$(uname -r)) /proc/version; then echo "Reboot required"; fi |
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wpa M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a wireless encryption standard. A WPA supplicant for Debian systems is in the wpasupplicant package, read /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.Debian.gz to configure (especially "Troubleshooting" for association to hidden SSIDs). Since Debian 7.0 "Wheezy", it is now possible to install Debian over a WPA-protected network. http://wiki.debian.org/WPA http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#wpasupplicant |
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what's my hardware C: 2007-07-27 |
<reply> see whats my hardware |
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root x M: 2008-04-24 |
<reply>If you need to run an X application as root (or another user), ask me about <sux> <gksu> <sshx> <mit-magic-cookie> <xauth> or look at kdesu and gksudo. Whatever you do, don't use <xhost> or try <running x as root>! |
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lvm removedisk M: 2009-06-07 |
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/migrateoffpv.html and http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/removeadisk.html . Also ask me about <lvm>. |
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linux mint M: 2010-12-03 |
<reply>Linux Mint is not Debian and is not supported in #debian. Please use their forums at http://forums.linuxmint.com/ or join #linuxmint-help on irc.spotchat.org for support. Linux Mint is variously based on <Ubuntu> with a "Linux Mint Debian Edition" (LMDE) also available, based on <testing>. See also <based on debian>, <mintppc>. |
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spam M: 2008-07-08 |
a preferred environment. SPAM; Shut up, You damn Vikings! SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM, to destroy it, try <spamassassin> (spamd+spamc), <bogofilter>, <razor>/<pyzor>, <crm114> (but be ready to train it for a week), <dspam>, http://www.craphound.com/spamsolutions.txt . See also <greylisting>, <spf>, <list spam>. |
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dtc M: 2012-06-14 |
<reply> Domain Technologie Control (DTC) is a GPL-licensed web hosting control panel. Currently only in <experimental> because of a poor security track record. http://www.gplhost.com/software-dtc.html |
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free whcp M: 2010-06-23 |
<reply> FOSS Web Hosting Control Panels include: <DTC>, <GNUPanel>, <ISPConfig> and <ispCP> Omega. Don't use <Webmin>. http://wiki.debian.org/HostingControlPanels |
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wheezy installation guide M: 2013-02-19 |
<reply>The Installation Guide for Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" can be found at http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/installmanual . See also <errata>, <release notes>. |
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partial downgrade M: 2010-05-12 |
<reply> This may or may not work for you, but if you've got nothing to lose then try it: (a) Change sources.list (b) aptitude update (c) aptitude and then search for the upgraded packages, hit enter on them, select the correct version (d) do the same for libc6 (e) search for broken packages by pressing "b" and then fix them in the same way (f) once you have no more broken packages, hit 'g'. See <not available>. |
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localised errors M: 2009-06-09 |
<reply> see localized errors |
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tracked suites C: 2007-10-11 |
<reply>To determine precisely which Debian suites a system tracks, run $ apt-cache policy|awk '$1<2000{n=split($3,r,"/");if(n){print r[1];}}'|sort -u|tr "\n" ,;echo; |
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bcm5722 M: 2013-05-15 |
<reply> see tg3 |
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preseeding C: 2007-10-11 |
<reply> see preseed |
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ahci M: 2009-09-18 |
<reply>[ahci] Advanced Host Controller Interface, supported by the Linux kernel since version 2.6.19. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AHCI |
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based on debian M: 2011-10-03 |
<reply>Your distribution may be based on and have software in common with Debian, but it is not Debian. We don't and cannot know what changes were made by your distribution (compare http://futurist.se/gldt/). #debian only supports Debian; please respect our choice to volunteer here to help Debian users. Support for other distributions is off-topic on #debian, even if your own distro's channel is clueless or non-existent. |
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gma500 M: 2010-06-17 |
<reply> see gma 500 |
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ar7010 M: 2010-08-01 |
<reply>see ath9k_htc |
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getting debian C: 2007-09-02 |
<reply> To get Debian, see http://www.debian.org/distrib/ |
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get debian C: 2007-09-02 |
<reply> see getting debian |
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n2100 M: 2012-11-13 |
<reply> The Thecus N2100 is a consumer Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. The Debian <armel> port can be installed to it, see http://www.cyrius.com/debian/iop/n2100/ for details and installation instructions. See also Debian bug #444271. |
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ralink firmware M: 2011-04-12 |
<reply>Firmware from userspace is required by the <rt61pci>, <rt73usb>, <rt2860sta>, <rt2870sta>, <rt2800pci> and <rt2800usb> drivers. Ask me about <non-free sources>, then install the firmware-ralink package to provide. |
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vimpager C: 2010-01-28 |
a slightly more sophisticated replacement for less.sh that also supports being set as the PAGER environment variable. Displays man pages, perldocs and python documentation properly. http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1723 ; Instead of aliasing pager to less, alias pager to vimpager for example; alias pager=$HOME/bin/vimpager ; can also be used as a MANPAGER; export MANPAGER=$HOME/bin/vimpager |
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wpasupplicant C: 2008-01-07 |
<reply> see wpa |
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check iso image M: 2011-08-19 |
<reply>To verify you have a valid and official Debian CD/DVD image, see http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#verify . To test an ISO image was burned correctly, compare the output of md5sum filename.iso; dd if=/dev/cdrom | head -c `stat --format=%s filename.iso` | md5sum You should compare this md5sum to the checksum for the ISO image on the mirror. See also <check iso signature>. |
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suspend troubleshooting M: 2011-01-12 |
<reply>A guide for troubleshooting suspend-to-RAM and suspend-to-disk problems is at http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Suspend_to_RAM and http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Suspend_to_disk . The tools it references are available in the Debian <uswsusp> package. See also http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt |
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rt2x00 M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>The rt2x00 project is a development effort providing Linux kernel drivers for Ralink wireless LAN chipsets. For driver details, ask me about <rt2800usb>, <rt2800pci>, <rt73usb>, <rt61pci>, <rt2500usb>, <rt2500pci>, <rt2400pci>. http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/ #rt2x00 on irc.freenode.net. |
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bcm4311 M: 2010-02-04 |
<reply> see b43 |
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nowpa M: 2010-01-01 |
<reply>The following Linux kernel device drivers do not support WPA: <acx>, <at76c50x-usb>, <atmel_cs>, <atmel_pci>, prism2_cs, prism2_pci, prism2_plx, <prism2_usb>, spectrum_cs, <zd1201>. The <airo>, <hostap> and <orinoco> drivers require specific minimum firmware versions for WPA support. See also <ndiswrapper>. |
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wheezy-security C: 2012-04-21 |
<reply> see wheezy/updates |
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oss4 M: 2009-12-05 |
<reply>[oss4] Open Sound System is a cross-platform set of device drivers providing a standard audio API for Unix systems. OSS/Free was in the 2.2 and 2.4 series of Linux kernels, with OSS/Linux remaining proprietary, replaced by <ALSA> in Linux 2.6. Open Sound System v4.0 was made available under the GPLv2 in July 2007, this is packaged since Debian 6.0 "Squeeze". http://www.opensound.com/ #oss on irc.freenode.net. |
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prism2_usb M: 2013-05-15 |
<reply>The Linux kernel's wlan-ng driver (prism2_usb module) provides support for 802.11b USB wireless LAN devices based on Prism 2/2.5/3 chipsets. <WPA> is not supported. See also <prism2_usb firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/linux-wlan-ng |
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carl9170 M: 2013-01-25 |
<reply>carl9170 is a Linux kernel driver, introduced in Linux 2.6.37, supporting draft 802.11n USB wireless LAN devices based on the Atheros AR9170 chipset. It replaces <ar9170usb>, provides improved functionality (e.g. 802.11n support) and only uses open firmware. Firmware from userspace is required (carl9170-1.fw), install the firmware-linux-free package to provide. http://wiki.debian.org/carl9170 |
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install alsa C: 2007-11-10 |
<reply> see alsa one-liner |
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rpm M: 2010-05-06 |
<reply>RPM is both the RPM Package Manager and the file format for its packages. Convert a .rpm to a <cpio> archive using the rpm2cpio tool (rpm2cpio package). <alien> can convert a .rpm package to a .deb file format; this doesn't do a very good job of converting a package for use with Debian, you should use a proper Debian package in preference to alien. Also ask me about <stow>, <checkinstall>. |
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bcm4313 M: 2013-04-30 |
<reply>The Broadcom BCM4313 (PCI ID 14e4:4727) - incorrectly identified as BCM4727 by Broadcom's proprietary driver - is an 802.11n PCIe wireless LAN chipset. Not supported by the <b43> driver at this time. For device support, ask about me about <brcmsmac>. Not to be confused with the <bcm4331>. |
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belkin M: 2010-03-19 |
<reply> Belkin is a manufacturer of computer hardware. For wireless LAN adapter support, locate its model number, then ask me about <f5d6020>, <f5d6050>, <f5d6051>, <f5d7000>, <f5d7001>, <f5d7010>, <f5d7011>, <f5d7050>, <f5d7051>, <f5d8011>, <f5d8013>, <f5d8053>, <f5d8055>, <f5d9050>, <f6d4050>, <f7d1101>, <f7d1102>, <f7d2101> or <f7d2102>. For other models, ask me about <what's my wireless>. |
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finding docs M: 2010-07-26 |
<reply>Documentation is available in /usr/share/doc/packagename/ (esp. the README.Debian files!), man command, apropos command, info command, apt-cache search -- "-doc$". Some packages have a -doc package (perhaps in non-free, ask me about <gcc-doc>). Also ask me about <list docs>, <debian system>, <debwiki>, <search>. http://debian.org/doc/ http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDocumentation http://tldp.org/ http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/ |
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debian live M: 2011-02-07 |
<reply>The Debian Live project provides pre-built Debian live system images and allows creation of your own. These can be used to install a Debian system. Live images are available from http://www.debian.org/CD/live/ . http://live.debian.net/ #debian-live on irc.debian.org. |
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radeon firmware M: 2010-02-16 |
<reply>Binary-only firmware was removed from the radeon <DRM> driver at linux-2.6 2.6.29-1 (Debian bug #494009) and is packaged separately in firmware-linux-nonfree. Without this package installed, poor 2D/3D performance in the <radeon> xorg driver is commonly experienced. To acquire, ask me about <non-free sources>. This is not required for use of the <fglrx> driver. |
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alsa firmware M: 2013-01-02 |
<reply>Firmware from userspace is required by the Cirrus Logic Sound Fusion CS46XX (snd-cs46xx), Echo Digital Audio series, ESS Allegro/Maestro3 (snd-maestro3), Korg 1212 I/O (snd-korg1212) and Yamaha YMF (snd-ymfpci) ALSA drivers. Ask me about <cs46xx>, <echoaudio>, <maestro3>, <korg1212> or <ymfpci> respectively. For E-MU Digital Audio Systems devices, ask me about <emu10k1>. |
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smc2802w M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>The SMC Networks "SMC2802W EZ Connect g Wireless PCI Card" is an 802.11g device. For support of version 1 (EEPROM-less, PCI ID 1260:3890 (subsystem 10B8:2802) / part-number 99-012084-164) and version 2 (PCI ID 1260:3890 (subsystem 1113:EE03) / part number 99-012084-285), ask me about <p54>. |
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lenny security M: 2012-02-08 |
<reply> see lenny |
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hostapd M: 2009-11-20 |
<reply>hostapd is a user-space IEEE 802.11 access point (AP) and IEEE 802.11X/WPA/WPA2/EAP authenticator. Any mac80211 driver providing AP functionality is supported by hostapd's nl80211 (netlink) driver. See /usr/share/doc/hostapd/README.Debian for program invocation and driver version/firmware notes. See also http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd . http://w1.fi/hostapd/ |
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wheezy errata C: 2013-02-17 |
<reply> see errata wheezy |
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testing/unstable mix M: 2009-05-11 |
<reply>«echo 'APT::Default-Release "testing";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf», edit sources.list, copy your non-security testing lines and change one set to sid, then apt-get update. Use apt-get -t sid install foo; to install foo from sid rather than testing as usual. WARNING to SYNAPTIC users: Synaptic ignores Default-Release: set Preferences->Distribution |
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vbox C: 2007-11-07 |
<reply> see virtualbox |
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pciid M: 2010-05-04 |
<reply>The PCI ID helps us work out how to support your PCI hardware. It looks like [abcd:1234] in the output of "lspci -nn". Ask the bot "judd" to match the PCI ID of the device, e.g. "/msg judd pciid 8086:284b". Some hardware uses alternate means of detection: beware of some false positives+negatives. See also <judd-hardware>, <local pciid>. To find out what currently installed kernel modules your hardware is using, run "lspci -k". |
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tum C: 2007-11-09 |
<reply>see testing/unstable mix |
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installation guide M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply> see wheezy installation guide |
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homework C: 2007-11-28 |
something you should do yourself. |
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pron C: 2008-09-22 |
adduser user pron |
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adobe flash M: 2011-04-11 |
<reply> Adobe Flash Player is <non-free>. The easiest way to install it is with the flashplugin-nonfree <contrib> package . There is also a flashplayer-mozilla package in <dmm> (non-free section). WARNING: installing flashplugin-nonfree will NOT automatically keep the plugin updated. Read more on http://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer . See also <bdo>, <dmm>. |
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b43-fwcutter M: 2013-04-30 |
<reply>b43-fwcutter is a tool to extract firmware from Broadcom's proprietary drivers, for use by the <b43> and <b43legacy> drivers. This utility is packaged for Debian in <contrib>, see http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx#b43-b43legacy for more information. The b43-fwcutter package does not download firmware, install the relevant installer package; use «apt-cache search firmware-b43» to list. |
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init.d M: 2009-10-26 |
<reply>/etc/init.d/ is where most Debian startup scripts go. To add your own, copy /etc/init.d/skeleton to /etc/init.d/myscript and make it do the appropriate thing on start and stop, at least. Then "update-rc.d myscript defaults". See "man update-rc.d" and /usr/share/doc/sysvinit and /etc/init.d/README. Also ask me about <rc.local> <runlevel>. See also <missing lsb tags>. |
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b43 M: 2013-04-30 |
<reply>b43 is a Linux kernel driver supporting PCI/PCI-E wireless LAN devices with Broadcom chips. Firmware is required, ask me about <b43-fwcutter> to provide. http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx #bcm-users on irc.freenode.net. For BCM4313/43224/43225 device support, ask me about <brcmsmac>. For support of the BCM4306 rev 2 and 802.11b-only devices, ask me about <b43legacy>. |
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firmware netinst M: 2010-08-08 |
<reply> see firmware images |
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e100 M: 2010-12-06 |
<reply>e100 is a Linux kernel driver supporting Intel PRO/100 Ethernet controllers. Firmware from userspace (Debian Linux 2.6.29 and later kernels) is only required for support of non-<ICH> devices; i.e. PCI IDs 8086:1229 (rev 8), 8086:1229 (rev 9) and 8086:1229 (rev F/10). e100 firmware (d101m_ucode.bin, d101s_ucode.bin, d102e_ucode.bin) is packaged in firmware-linux-nonfree, ask me about <non-free sources>. See also <firmware images>. |
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ontopic C: 2007-12-03 |
<reply> Please stay on topic. #debian's mission is to help users of Debian solve problems and understand their Debian systems. If what you are discussing has no relationship to Debian, please move your discussion (and invite participants) to a channel where it is on topic, such as #politics, #general, #ubuntu, or #yourownchannel. Failure to moderate yourself will result in operators moderating for you. |
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aptitude search M: 2009-01-14 |
a powerful searching facility that by default only searches package names, but can be made to search priorities, installation status, dependencies etc. See /usr/share/doc/aptitude/html/en/ch02s04.html (aptitude-doc package), http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/projects/aptitude/doc/en/ch02s03.html or ask me about <aptitude docs>. |
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waf M: 2008-02-18 |
Wife Approval Factor, that is whether or not the most important person in the household likes something or not. Many linux things have a reputation as having a fairly low WAF but this is changing. WAF is not an insult but a compliment to shiny things. |
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cmd: deb-src (.*?) C: 2011-08-16 |
($1): <reply>You can get apt to download source packages with a <deb-src> line in your <sources.list>. A suitable entry for the $1 release is: "deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian/ $1 main contrib non-free". Remember to "apt-get update" after changing your sources.list. |
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exfat C: 2012-11-13 |
<reply>exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table, <MBR> partition ID 0x07) is a proprietary file system designed for flash drives. A <FUSE> driver providing exFAT read/write support is packaged for Debian as exfat-fuse. http://code.google.com/p/exfat/ . Not to be confused with FATX. |
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netselect-apt M: 2010-02-14 |
<reply>netselect-apt uses <netselect> to determine the fastest Debian mirror respective to your location, then writes a sources.list file for use with <apt>. See also <apt-spy>. |
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repos M: 2009-02-21 |
<reply> see sources.list |
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claws mail M: 2010-02-15 |
<reply>Claws Mail (formerly Sylpheed-Claws within <Sylpheed>) is an open source, cross-platform GTK+-based email and news client, similar in appearance to Outlook Express for Windows. Packaged for Debian as claws-mail. http://www.claws-mail.org/ #claws on irc.freenode.net. |
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available M: 2010-10-07 |
<reply>If /var/lib/dpkg/available is corrupted (or generating warnings about illegal version numbers etc), "apt-cache dumpavail > /var/lib/dpkg/available && dpkg --update-avail /var/lib/dpkg/available". Alternatively, you can try "rm /var/lib/dpkg/available; dselect update". |
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lenny iso M: 2012-02-08 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny" installation images are available from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/5.0.10/ . Note that Lenny has been superseded by Squeeze, ask me about <install squeeze>. Security support for Lenny ended on 2012-02-06, this release is no longer supported. |
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jme M: 2013-04-27 |
<reply>jme is a Linux kernel driver supporting the JMicron JMC250 (PCI ID 197b:0250) and JMC260 (PCI ID 197b:0260) PCI-Express Ethernet controllers. It was introduced in Linux 2.6.28. |
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install testing M: 2013-05-09 |
<reply>Daily built <netinst> images to install <testing> are available from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ . The chance of the testing installer being broken on any given day is quite high, ask me about <today>. Instead, do a minimal installation using the stable installer and ask me about <stable->testing>. Also ask me about <testing>, <apt-listchanges>, <d-d-a>. |
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testing iso M: 2009-06-22 |
<reply> see install testing |
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cmd: you (.*?) C: 2008-01-09 |
($1): <reply> I resemble that remark! |
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kms M: 2010-03-23 |
<reply>Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) has graphical modes initialized by the Linux kernel instead of X. It is hardware dependent, introduced in Linux 2.6.29. Enabled via modprobe as of xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-2 and xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.12.192-2. To disable, edit /etc/modprobe.d/{i915,radeon}-kms.conf or boot with the 'nomodeset' kernel command line parameter. http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting |
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mint C: 2008-01-13 |
<reply> see linux mint |
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synaptic M: 2009-06-05 |
<reply>Synaptic is a graphical user interface to add, remove and reinstall packages. It has dependency handling just like apt-get and integrates well with apt-get (also behaves well with aptitude too). http://wiki.debian.org/Synaptic http://wiki.debian.org/HowToSynaptic . Not to be confused with the <synaptics> touchpad driver. |
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lifespan C: 2008-04-06 |
<reply>The security team tries to support a stable distribution for about one year after the next stable distribution has been released, except when another stable distribution is released within this year. http://www.debian.org/security/faq#lifespan |
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check cd C: 2009-11-18 |
<reply> see check iso |
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package recompile M: 2009-06-23 |
<reply> 1) Add a <deb-src> line for your current release to your sources.list 2) aptitude update; aptitude install build-essential devscripts fakeroot; aptitude -R build-dep packagename 3) as any user, apt-get source packagename 4) cd packagename-version/; ask me about <debian/rules>; 5) dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us 6) as root, dpkg -i ../packagename-version.deb. Ask me about <debian/rules>, <nocheck>, <nostrip>, <apt-get source>. |
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ext3grep M: 2012-03-19 |
<reply>ext3grep is a tool to assist in recovering deleted files from an <ext3> filesystem. http://code.google.com/p/ext3grep/ http://carlo17.home.xs4all.nl/howto/undelete_ext3.html |
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brcmsmac M: 2010-10-20 |
<reply>brcmsmac (brcm80211 prior to Linux 2.6.39) is an open source <mac80211> driver, supporting 802.11n PCIe devices based on Broadcom <BCM4313>, <BCM43224> and <BCM43225> chips. Firmware is required (bcm43xx-0.fw, bcm43xx_hdr-0.fw), ask me about <non-free sources> and install the firmware-brcm80211 package to provide. http://wiki.debian.org/brcm80211 |
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override dns M: 2010-08-12 |
<reply> To instruct dhclient to use your specified nameserver rather than the one given to you by your DHCP server, echo "supersede domain-name-servers a.b.c.d, e.f.g.h;" >> /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf, or see man 5 dhclient.conf for more information. Instead of supersede, you can also use "prepend" or "append" to add nameservers. Or remove domain-name-servers (etc.) from dhclient.conf if you prefer. |
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dmm wheezy C: 2011-02-26 |
<reply> see dmmw |
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apt offline M: 2008-04-25 |
<reply>To use apt on a machine that doesn't have a network connection (if you have a separate machine that does have a network connection), read http://batmat.net/apt-offline/ch3.html . Ask me about <apt-zip>, <apt-walkabout>. |
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ubuntu M: 2012-04-09 |
<reply> Ubuntu is based on Debian, but it is not Debian. Only Debian is supported on #debian. Use #ubuntu on chat.freenode.net instead. Even if the channel happens to be less helpful, support for distributions other than Debian is offtopic on #debian. See also <based on debian> and <ubuntuirc>. |
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os-prober M: 2013-04-29 |
<reply>os-prober is a utility for detecting other installed operating systems. <UEFI> support was added at os-prober 1.58. http://joeyh.name/code/os-prober/ . See also <grub config>. |
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noipv6 M: 2012-02-08 |
<reply>From Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" onwards, <IPv6> is built into the Linux kernel (excluding the loongson-2f flavour). To disable IPv6, add the kernel command line option ipv6.disable=1 to your bootloader. |
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usb install squeeze M: 2013-04-28 |
<reply>You can install squeeze from a USB stick/thumbdrive/pen drive/key on x86 systems, as long as your system's BIOS can boot from USB. Details are in the Installation Guide, see http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/i386/ch04s03 and ask me about <install squeeze> for hybrid CD/DVD images. Use http://sf.net/projects/win32diskimager/ to write images from Windows. For BIOSes not capable of USB boot, ask me about <plop>. |
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openvz M: 2011-01-26 |
<reply>OpenVZ provides OS-level <virtualization>, creating isolated and secure virtual private servers on a single physical server. <KMS> is disabled in Debian -openvz kernel packages since linux-2.6 2.6.32-22. Deprecated in Debian (bug #574529) and not supported for <wheezy>; ask me about <lxc>, <kvm>, <xen>. http://wiki.debian.org/OpenVz http://www.openvz.org/ #openvz on irc.freenode.net. |
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wpa_supplicant C: 2008-04-01 |
<reply> see wpasupplicant |
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xve M: 2009-09-12 |
<reply> To confirm if your processor supports x86 virtualization extensions, run: egrep -q -e '^flags.*vmx' -e '^flags.*svm' /proc/cpuinfo && echo 'virtualization extensions available'. Some systems require Intel VT-x / AMD Virtualization (SVM) support to be enabled in BIOS. See also <virtualization>. |
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ath9k M: 2008-12-13 |
<reply>ath9k is a completely free (no proprietary HAL) Linux kernel driver supporting PCI/PCI-E 802.11n wireless LAN devices with Atheros chips. It does not require firmware from userspace. See http://wiki.debian.org/ath9k for more information and supported devices. For Atheros 802.11n USB device support, ask me about <ath9k_htc>, <ar9170>. |
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ipxe M: 2011-05-27 |
<reply>iPXE (formerly gPXE, Etherboot) is an open source network bootloader. It implements <PXE> and extends it with additional protocols and features (e.g. booting from HTTP instead of TFTP). Supports a variety of network cards, including wireless LAN. Packaged for <wheezy> and <squeeze-backports> (bnx2, linda infiniband drivers removed). http://ipxe.org/ #ipxe on irc.freenode.net. |
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support C: 2008-02-26 |
<reply><Katja_> what did one saggy boob say to the other? If we don't get some support around here, ppl will think we are nuts |
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liquorix M: 2010-05-31 |
<reply> see zen |
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squeeze/updates C: 2011-02-08 |
<reply>On Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" systems, there are two repositories that you should have in your sources.list aside from your main mirror. You should have an entry for "squeeze/updates" which is security updates (ask me about <squeeze security>) and also an entry for "squeeze-updates" which is other updated packages (formerly known as volatile, ask me about <squeeze-updates>). |
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why jessie/sid M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply>Why "jessie/sid" instead of just "jessie" or "sid"? See /usr/share/doc/base-files/FAQ ("Questions about /etc/issue and /etc/debian_version") for the answer. |
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installer M: 2009-09-19 |
<reply>The Debian installer comes in many forms (CD1, netinst, DVD), but the installer you use and the system you end up with is identical in each case. The only difference is when the packages are downloaded: if you grab the DVDs then you are downloading lots of packages that you might not need; if you download the <netinst>, then when you go to install packages using aptitude later on, they will be downloaded at that time. |
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version chasing M: 2008-06-25 |
<reply> A higher version number does not mean that it's better, just newer. Debian's <stable> release might not have the latest packages, but it has packages that have been tested and bugfixed; for selected packages, you can use backports.debian.org. You should have a better reason than "newer" when considering compiling from source or using 3rd party repos. Ask me about <debian-backports>. Tell us what you're doing isn't just <sns syndrome>. |
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soc M: 2010-03-19 |
<reply>[SoC] System-on-a-chip, or Summer of Code, a mentoring program created by Google, see http://code.google.com/soc and http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode . #gsoc on irc.freenode.net, #debian-soc on irc.oftc.net. |
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errata squeeze M: 2011-03-21 |
<reply>Last minute notes regarding Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" are listed at http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/errata . Known problems in the installer are listed at http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/debian-installer/#errata |
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laptop mode M: 2013-05-20 |
<Reply>Laptop mode is a set of Linux kernel controls and user-space scripts that try to reduce power consumption by putting your hard drive to sleep, along with various other power management features. They are in the laptop-mode-tools package. http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt http://samwel.tk/laptop_mode/faq . See also <power saving>. |
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powernowd M: 2012-12-05 |
<reply>powernowd is a <cpufreq> userland governor, for controlling CPU speed to reduce power consumption. It works with a variety of CPUs (not just AMD), see /usr/share/doc/powernowd/README.Debian to prepare a system for powernowd use. It does not perform any other power management function; see <power saving> for more ideas. Removed from Debian post-Squeeze to resolve bug #602052. |
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slim M: 2009-09-17 |
<reply>SLiM (Simple Login Manager) is a <display manager> based on Login.app. http://slim.berlios.de/ |
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qotd273 C: 2012-04-16 |
<reply><S_SubZero> because a good way to illustrate some feature of linux is to explain how it's broken |
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install xfce M: 2011-02-03 |
<reply>To install <Xfce> on established systems, ask me about <install x>, then: aptitude install xfce4 xfce4-goodies . To install using Debian-Installer (if not using Xfce CD-1): from the Installer boot menu, select "Advanced options > Alternative desktop environments > Xfce > Install". |
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unmarkauto M: 2010-09-13 |
<reply>Is apt trying to remove packages that it thinks were automatically installed? This happens when you "aptitude install gnome" and then later remove bits of it causing the gnome meta-package to be uninstalled and then all its dependencies. Fix this by running "aptitude unmarkauto packagename" on strategically chosen packages, or reinstall the <metapackage> (apt-get also has unmarkauto from squeeze onwards). |
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eee M: 2008-12-15 |
<reply>The Eee PC (aka RM Asus Minibook) is a <netbook> designed by Asus. Linux models are supplied with <Xandros> which is not supported in #debian, join #eeepc on irc.freenode.net for support. To install Debian, see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC for installation and configuration details. Mailing lists: http://alioth.debian.org/mail/?group_id=31309 #debian-eeepc on irc.oftc.net. |
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mit-magic-cookie export C: 2008-04-24 |
<reply>You can export your <mit-magic-cookie> to allow another user to run applications on your display by doing one (but not both) of: 'su user_running_x -c "xauth extract - $DISPLAY" | xauth merge -' or 'export XAUTHORITY=/home/<USER_RUNNING_X>/.Xauthority'. For other approaches, ask me about <root x>. |
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rt2500pci M: 2010-02-23 |
<reply> The Ralink RT2500 802.11g PCI chipset (RT2500/RT2560) is supported by the rt2500pci driver, introduced in Linux 2.6.24. It does not require firmware from userspace. http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/rt2500 . For RT2500USB/RT2571 device support, ask me about <rt2500usb>. |
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cmd: sudosmite (.*?) C: 2009-02-24 |
($1): <action> takes a lump of 2x4 to $1 and yells "This is not #ubuntu!!!1!" |
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btrfs M: 2011-08-22 |
<reply>Btrfs (B-tree file system) is a copy on write filesystem for Linux, aimed at implementing advanced features while focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy administration. Merged in mainline at Linux 2.6.29, utilities are packaged in btrfs-tools. http://wiki.debian.org/Btrfs http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/ #btrfs on irc.freenode.net. See also <btrfs gotchas>. |
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list repositories M: 2010-06-17 |
<reply> To see what repository a package may have come from, try http://svn.noreply.org/svn/weaselutils/trunk/apt-listrepository , or use dpkg -l | awk '/^.i/ {print $2}' | xargs apt-cache policy | awk '/^[a-z0-9.\-]+:/ {pkg=$1}; /\*\*\*/ {OFS="\t"; ver=$2; getline; print pkg,ver,$2,$3}', or ask me about <obsolete>, or http://people.debian.org/~dannf/apt-inventory, or <bdo list>, or <dmm list> |
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moving target M: 2009-10-22 |
<reply> Sure, testing might be shinier than stable, but are you prepared to be continually updating your system? Things that worked today will break tomorrow. Configuration file formats will change and you'll have to fold your changes in yet again. Testing is a moving target and if you'd rather work *with* your computer than working *on* your computer, you might not want that. See <testing security>. |
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sns M: 2010-04-28 |
<reply>Shiny New Shit Syndrome is a serious disorder, which usually breaks out into an epidemic every time something new is released. If you have SNS, ask me about <backports> and <ssb>; these are better options than upgrading to <testing> because it is a <moving target>. |
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why not pptp M: 2013-02-26 |
<reply>PPTP is cryptographically broken and not recommended for use. http://pptpclient.sf.net/protocol-security.phtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPTP#Security |
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obsolete M: 2010-04-28 |
<reply> If you remove a repository from your sources.list (e.g. removing <dmm>), then you should check what packages you have installed from the other repository. Synaptic and aptitude have a "Obsolete and Locally Created Packages" list. Or, "aptitude search ~o". Note this doesn't include packages that exist in the repo at a different version to the one you have installed; see <not available> <list repositories>. |
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ftp.debian.org M: 2008-05-15 |
<reply> ftp.debian.org is not the principal mirror for Debian. It is just one mirror that uses bandwidth that was donated to the Debian project; you are kindly requested not to use this mirror but to instead use a mirror that is closer to you, ask me about <mirrors>. See http://www.debian.org/mirror/ftpmirror#wherefrom for more information. |
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apt-walkabout C: 2008-05-15 |
another tool for managing the distribution and upgrade of debian packages for non-connected or low-speed links computers. See http://quozl.netrek.org/apt-walkabout/ Also ask me about <apt-zip> <apt offline> |
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empty xorg.conf M: 2011-02-08 |
<reply>Starting from Debian 5.0 "Lenny", /etc/X11/xorg.conf is often basically empty or non-existent, as X auto-detects your hardware and starts the X server accordingly, nothing to worry about. Ask me about <xorg config> and <xrandr> for ways to configure Xorg. See also <xorg config squeeze>, <xorg.conf.d>, <xorg hal>. |
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aircrack-ng M: 2012-08-16 |
<reply>aircrack-ng is a suite of <WEP> and <WPA> cracking utilities forked from aircrack. Not part of the Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" release due to bug #605519, not part of the Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" release due to bug #682005. http://aircrack-ng.org/doku?id=faq http://aircrack-ng.org/ #aircack-ng on irc.freenode.net. See also <pyrit>, <weplab>. |
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aircrack C: 2008-05-29 |
<reply> see aircrack-ng |
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rt2870sta M: 2010-07-28 |
<reply>rt2870sta is the vendor driver for Ralink 802.11n/g USB (RT2070, RT2770, RT2870, RT3070, RT3071, RT3072) wireless LAN devices, included as a staging driver (amd64, i386 only) in Debian Linux 2.6.32 kernel images. Firmware is required, ask me about <ralink firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/rt2870sta . Removed at Linux 3.0, ask me about <rt2800usb>. |
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network-manager C: 2008-06-26 |
<reply> see networkmanager |
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pointing stick M: 2009-05-25 |
<reply>A pointing stick (aka TrackPoint, TouchStyk) is an isometric joystick used as a pointing device. To configure for use with <ThinkPad> laptops, see http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/Trackpoint . See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_stick and http://xkcd.com/243/ . For support of the touchpad/trackpad, ask me about <synaptics>. |
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raid M: 2009-05-02 |
<reply>Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) is a system of multiple hard drives for sharing or replicating data. Ask me about RAID{0-5}, <software raid>, <fakeraid>, <megaraid>, <raid-resizing>, <rocketraid>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels http://wiki.debian.org/LinuxRaidForAdmins |
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squeeze M: 2011-02-05 |
<reply> Squeeze is the codename for the current <stable> release, Debian 6.0, released on 2011-02-06: http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110205a . Squeeze is the three-eyed space alien. See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianSqueeze and ask me about <install squeeze> <release notes> <lenny->squeeze>. Currently <6.0.7>. The Debian release is not to be confused with the <Xfce> archive manager. |
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schroot M: 2008-07-01 |
an easy way of setting up a chroot of testing or unstable within your installation of stable. See http://wiki.debian.org/Kde4schroot and http://linuxgazette.net/150/kapil.html |
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apt-listchanges C: 2008-06-11 |
<reply>apt-listchanges is a tool that displays NEWS.Debian file contents (default) and/or the changelogs of Debian packages before upgrading them (dpkg-reconfigure apt-listchanges). It is recommended for users of stable to install the apt-listchanges package, to see what is happening to their systems as security fixes are applied; it should be made _mandatory_ for users of testing and unstable. Also ask me about <d-d-a>, <apt-listbugs>. |
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full-upgrade C: 2008-06-11 |
<reply>full-upgrade is the new name for "dist-upgrade" in aptitude from Lenny onwards. Remember that "dist-upgrade" is not about moving from one release to another but installing new packages (ask me about <dist-upgrade>); read man apt-get carefully. Some security fixes will require a "full-upgrade" not just a "safe-upgrade" to apply. Ask me about <why not dist upgrade> <dist-upgrade> <safe-upgrade> <apt-listchanges> |
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safe-upgrade C: 2008-06-11 |
<reply>safe-upgrade is the new name for "upgrade" in aptitude from lenny onwards. Running aptitude safe-upgrade won't install new packages but that means you might miss security updates that install new packages. Ask me about <full-upgrade> <apt-listchanges>. |
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grub M: 2013-04-21 |
<reply>GNU GRUB 2 is a portable and powerful boot loader. Ask me about <grub config> and <grub squeeze>. To reinstall, ask me about <fixmbr>. http://wiki.debian.org/Grub2 #grub on irc.freenode.net. See also <grub legacy>. |
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multi-arch installer M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply> The multi-arch installer contains binary packages for both i386 and amd64, and architecture is chosen at install time. This does not automatically enable <multiarch>. See http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer |
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apt recommends M: 2012-05-16 |
<reply>APT installs recommended packages by default since Lenny. To disable once, "aptitude -R install packagename" or "apt-get --no-install-recommends install packagename". To disable permanently, echo "APT::Install-Recommends no;" > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/no-recommends. By not installing recommended packages, you will miss the standard functionality they provide. Squeeze's <D-I> installs recommended packages by default. See <why recommends>. |
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gspca M: 2011-05-06 |
<reply>The GSPCA driver provides support for digital cameras and webcams, based on several USB bridge and image sensor chipsets. It is part of the Linux kernel since version 2.6.27. Supported devices: http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt . See also <uvcvideo>, <webcam>. |
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etch iso M: 2010-06-23 |
<reply>Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 ("Etch") installation images are available from http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/4.0_r9/ . Note that Etch has been superseded by Lenny, ask me about <install lenny>. Security support for Etch ended on 2010-02-15, this release is no longer supported. |
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prism2_usb firmware M: 2010-06-07 |
<reply>Firmware for use by the <prism2_usb> module is available via the prism2-usb-firmware-installer package in <contrib>. Note that only some devices require firmware from userspace for their operation. For all devices, it will transiently upgrade station firmware to v1.8.3. |
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blu-ray disc M: 2009-05-13 |
<reply>Blu-ray Disc (BD) is an optical disc storage medium. The Debian CD team produces BD images of <stable>, <oldstable> and weekly <testing> builds, for the amd64, i386 and source architectures; these are all available via _jigdo only_. Ask me about <jigdo>, <install debian> and <weekly builds>; .jigdo files are within "jigdo-bd" and "jigdo-dlbd" (dual-layer) directories of {amd64,i386,source}. |
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tmp M: 2009-10-19 |
<reply>/tmp is a filesystem location, required by the <FHS> to be made available for programs requiring temporary files. Make sure its modes are 1777, otherwise you'll have problems down the track. Are you running out of space on /tmp? Use the TMPDIR environment variable (e.g. in ~/.bashrc) to specify an alternate directory with available disk space. See also <tmp noexec>. |
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rt2860sta M: 2010-07-25 |
<reply>rt2860sta is the vendor driver for Ralink 802.11n PCI (RT2760, RT2790, RT2860, RT2890, RT3090, RT3091, RT3092) wireless LAN devices, included as a staging driver (amd64, i386 only) in Debian Linux 2.6.32 kernel images. Firmware is required, ask me about <ralink firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/rt2860sta . Removed at Linux 3.0, ask me about <rt2800pci>. |
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what is my ip C: 2008-07-10 |
<reply> see myip |
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debian suite C: 2012-04-14 |
<reply>cat /etc/debian_version (or lsb_release -sc). Or check /etc/apt/sources.list. If unsure about the distribution, $ cat /etc/{*version*,*release*,*issue*} should grab almost all distributions. |
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irclog M: 2009-09-23 |
<reply>[irclog] #debian on <freenode> is logged at http://ibot.rikers.org/%23debian/ , #debian on <OFTC> is logged at http://thegrebs.com/irc/ |
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lxc C: 2010-01-31 |
<reply>Linux Containers (LXC) is an open source virtualization system using kernel-level isolation. http://wiki.debian.org/LXC http://lxc.sf.net/ See also <virtualization>. |
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it M: 2008-10-09 |
<reply>Ciao, vai su #debian-it per ricevere aiuto in italiano. Italian Speakers: Please use #debian-it, there you will get much more help. |
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bottell C: 2012-07-13 |
<reply>Using the bot's tell feature reduces unnecessary noise in the channel. This sends the recipient a private message with the same information. Example: "dpkg: tell foo about bar". You can also "/msg dpkg tell foo about bar". See also <msg the bot>. |
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list alsa users M: 2009-07-07 |
<reply> To see what processes are using (and perhaps blocking) your sound device:«ps `lsof +D /dev -F rt | awk '/^p/ {pid=$1} /^t/ {type=$1} /^r0x74..$/ && type == "tCHR" {print pid} /^r0xe..$/ && type == "tCHR" {print pid}' | cut -c 2- | uniq`». Alternatively, «fuser -v /dev/snd/* /dev/dsp /dev/mixer» |
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e1000e M: 2010-09-05 |
<reply>e1000e is a driver for Intel PRO/1000 Ethernet adapters, part of the Linux kernel. It does not require firmware from userspace. 82577/82578 GbE LOM parts are supported since Linux 2.6.31, i217 LOM supported since Linux 3.5. See also <82579>. |
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tutorials C: 2008-10-09 |
<reply>A very common problem is that some people prefer to follow a step-by-step tutorial that shows them how to setup their system without reading the documentation or understanding what they are doing. If something goes wrong, they have no clue whatsoever about where to look for hints, and they sometimes decide to start from scratch using a different tutorial. This is not The Proper Way. |
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swapwake C: 2008-07-19 |
<reply>After hibernation, you can load back into memory as much as possible from swap and also load files back into the kernel's file cache to help reduce the disk thrashing that occurs when waking up after suspend-to-disk (although this doesn't seem to be needed with the kernels in lenny onwards): cat `cat /proc/[0-9]*/maps | grep / | sed 's:.* /:/:' | grep -v /dev | sort -u` > /dev/null |
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things to backup C: 2008-07-22 |
<reply>Some things you should back up include: /etc /home /root /usr/local /usr/src /opt /srv. Tailor to your own purposes. If you think you don't need /var, make sure you don't forget /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/apt* /var/lib/mysql /var/mail /var/www /var/cache/debconf /var/spool/cron ... |
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xorg.conf C: 2009-09-12 |
<reply> see xorg config |
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rt2500 M: 2009-01-13 |
<reply> see rt2500pci |
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openvpn M: 2009-05-21 |
<reply>OpenVPN is a <VPN> daemon, which can securely tunnel IP networks over one UDP or TCP port. Packaged for Debian, provides "openvpn" ifupdown hooks to <interfaces>. As this uses OpenSSL, it is affected by <dsa1571>, see http://wiki.debian.org/SSLkeys and the openvpn-blacklist package. As of openvpn 2.1~rc9, add "script-security 2" in config files for external command use. http://openvpn.net/ #openvpn on irc.freenode.net. |
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cve M: 2010-11-17 |
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, a database of publicly known information security vulnerabilities. http://cve.mitre.org/ Most Debian Security Announcements have a CVE identifier, ask me about <dsa>. Ask me about <cve lookup CVE-yyyy-nnnn> to get Debian-specific information. |
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dmm remove C: 2012-09-28 |
<reply>If you want to remove the packages from deb-multimedia.org and reinstall the packages from Debian repositories, one could do this: dpkg --remove --force-depends $(aptitude search '?narrow(?version(CURRENT),?origin(Unofficial Multimedia Packages))' -F'%100p'); remove the dmm repository from sources.list; apt-get update; apt-get install -f; install the still missing packages which were removed in the former process ... |
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java alternatives C: 2008-08-04 |
<reply> Rather than using update-alternatives (or galternatives) to set each individual alternative for java (and there are lots of them!), use update-java-alternatives. To see a list of the valid java alternatives, use "update-java-alternatives --list". To select the sun-java6 java runtime environment, "update-java-alternatives --set java-6-sun". |
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dpigs C: 2008-08-16 |
<reply>dpigs is a utility showing which installed packages occupy the most space. Available in the debian-goodies package. |
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uninstall everything M: 2009-08-06 |
<reply>To uninstall just about every package from your machine except the ones in the "standard" install, try something like: "aptitude purge ~i ~pstandard+ ~prequired+ ~pimportant+". Add additional packages with a + or : after them to the end to stop them being removed. Look *carefully* at what aptitude is planning to do to make sure you agree. Ask me about <aptitude docs>. |
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afp M: 2012-08-27 |
<reply>The Apple Filing Protocol (AFP, formerly AppleTalk Filing Protocol) is a proprietary network protocol providing file services for Mac OS X. Ask me about <netatalk> (AFP server) and <afpfs-ng> (AFP client). Not to be confused with <afs>. |
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service C: 2009-04-23 |
<reply> see services |
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printconf C: 2008-12-28 |
google -> "linux printing" |
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slushy C: 2008-09-19 |
<reply>When a <testing> release becomes frozen, <unstable> tends to partially freeze as well. This is because developers are reluctant to upload radically new software to unstable, in case the frozen software in testing needs minor updates and to fix release critical bugs which keep testing from becoming <stable>. |
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iwlagn M: 2012-02-11 |
<reply> see iwlwifi |
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huawei M: 2010-10-01 |
<reply> see 3g |
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version compare M: 2009-09-03 |
<reply>The canonical way to test whether one version string is considered greater than another is by testing an assertion such as: dpkg --compare-versions 1.1 gt 1.1~rc1 && echo true. See also http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields#s-f-Version , <version epoch>, <debian revision>. |
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testing-proposed-updates C: 2010-03-03 |
<reply>testing-proposed-updates is a repository with packages that are proposed to go directly into testing without going via unstable. It is used only in very rare circumstances when there is a real need to upload a package directly into testing that would otherwise be blocked by a transition, and especially during the <freeze> process to help updated packages get into testing. See also <stable-proposed-updates>. |
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aria2 M: 2010-05-04 |
a command line download utility, supporting the HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, BitTorrent and Metalink protocols. Packaged for Debian. http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/aria2/wiki/FAQ http://aria2.sf.net/ See also <download manager>. |
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interface C: 2009-02-26 |
something that lets two incompatible things communicate by translating between languages. |
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dbus M: 2010-01-02 |
<reply>D-Bus (Desktop Bus) is an <IPC> system for software to communicate with each other. The dbus-1-doc package contains the API documentation along with the protocol specification. http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/DBusAnalogy http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/ #dbus on irc.freenode.net. See also <dbus shutdown>. |
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pcspkr M: 2010-02-17 |
<reply>The PC Speaker makes an annoying BEEPing <bell> sound from within your computer (usually a piezoelectric speaker, attached to the motherboard). Blacklist "pcspkr" (PC Speaker beeper driver) to kill it, ask me about <blacklist>. snd-pcsp (PC Speaker sound card driver) is blacklisted by default since alsa-driver 1.0.17.dfsg-4. |
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debsecan C: 2008-10-05 |
a program that reports security advisories against programs installed on the host, similar to gentoo's glsa-check. See http://www.enyo.de/fw/software/debsecan/. |
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why amd64 C: 2008-10-14 |
<reply>The Debian architecture that runs on 64-bit processors from AMD and Intel is called "amd64" because the architecture was first developed by AMD. AMD64 is variously known as x86-64, x64, IA-32e, EM64T and Intel 64 (most of which are the Intel marketing people changing their mind). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/x86-64 |
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vbox guest M: 2013-05-09 |
<reply>For Debian virtual machines ("guests") running under VirtualBox, install the virtualbox-guest-utils package inside the guest to provide Guest Additions; dependent Linux kernel modules are automatically built using <DKMS>. For Microsoft Windows guests, install the virtualbox-guest-additions-iso package on the host (ask me about <non-free sources>) and see http://virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html for installation instructions. |
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weechat M: 2009-11-19 |
<reply>WeeChat is a light and extensible cross-platform <IRC> client that promises a lot, and has some unique features like console nick list and horizontally split windows. http://weechat.org/files/doc/weechat_faq.en.html http://weechat.org/ #weechat on irc.freenode.net. |
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introduction M: 2011-05-29 |
<reply> Debian is a free (as in <dfsg>) and universal operating system, best known for its <apt> package management. It mainly consists of three distributions <stable> (currently <Squeeze>), <testing> (currently <Wheezy>) and <unstable> (<Sid>). Each is further divided in several repositories, at least <main>, <contrib> and <non-free>. See also <overview>, <fundamentals>, <backports>, <security>, <general cli tutorial> and <reference>. |
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ext2read C: 2011-01-07 |
<reply>Ext2read is a userspace tool for accessing <ext2>, <ext3> and <ext4> (with extents) filesystems from Microsoft Windows. Supports <LVM2> as of version 2.2. http://ext2read.sf.net/ |
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rt2870 M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply> see rt2800usb |
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general cli tutorial M: 2010-03-23 |
<reply> http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/ or http://linuxcommand.org, http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/, http://tldp.org/LDP/GNU-Linux-Tools-Summary/html/index.html or http://bhami.com/rosetta.html |
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sshd M: 2010-02-18 |
<reply> see openssh |
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secpack M: 2008-12-05 |
<reply> secpack implements automatic security updates for Debian. To support unattended updates the system uses signatures to verify the authenticity and integrity of the upgrade packages. http://clemens.endorphin.org/secpack/, or see <unattended-upgrades> |
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pastebinit M: 2012-06-17 |
<reply>pastebinit is a command-line tool to send data to a <pastebin>. NOTE: squeeze users, you must "pastebinit -b http://paste.debian.net" or configure pastebinit to use something other than pastebin.com. To paste e.g. your sources.list do "aptitude install pastebinit; pastebinit /etc/apt/sources.list"; to paste the output of a program do e.g. "dmesg | pastebinit". See also <pastebinit config>, <nopaste>. |
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why C: 2008-11-16 |
<reply> Because! |
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sarge->lenny M: 2010-01-20 |
<reply>[sarge->lenny] First ask me about <sarge->etch>, then <etch->lenny> ; you must not try to skip <etch>. Skipping releases is _not supported_ by Debian. |
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unattended-upgrades C: 2008-12-05 |
a package for installing security upgrades automatically, unattended |
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lenny->squeeze M: 2010-11-29 |
<reply>Remove volatile & backports from /etc/apt/sources.list changing lenny to squeeze. Use apt-get for the upgrade: "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get install linux-image-`uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,'` udev". Install firmware-linux-nonfree if needed; check you have a 2.6.32 kernel installed "aptitude search '~nlinux-image~i'" and reboot into it. "apt-get dist-upgrade". READ THE <release notes>. |
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otus M: 2010-08-31 |
<reply>otus is the unsupported vendor driver supporting wireless LAN devices based on Atheros AR9170 chip. Requires its own <wpa_supplicant> driver backend. http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/otus . Removed from the Linux kernel at version 2.6.37. For the AR9170 driver available in Debian Linux kernel images, ask me about <carl9170>, <ar9170usb>. |
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various cd1 M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>There are CD-1 choices for various DEs (Desktop Environments) - there's one for GNOME, another for KDE, one for XFCE and another for LXDE. For example; if you wanted the XFCE CD-1 of Debian 7.0 "Wheezy", you'd grab -> debian-7.0.0-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso from the mirrors (if you were going for i386 arch). Also ask me about <firmware images>, <release notes>, <ig>, <setup.exe>. |
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backports.debian.org mirrors M: 2013-04-17 |
<reply>Mirrors of the <debian-backports> archive are listed at http://backports.debian.org/Mirrors/ . Note that from <wheezy-backports> onwards, the backports archive is on the regular mirror network. |
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bcm4322 M: 2013-04-30 |
<reply>The Broadcom BCM4322 (PCI IDs 14e4:432b, 14e4:432c, 14e4:432d) - incorrectly identified as BCM432B, BCM432C or BCM432D by Broadcom's proprietary driver - is a draft 802.11n wireless LAN chip. Supported by the <b43> driver since Linux 2.6.38. Alternatively supported by the <wl> driver. Not to be confused with the <bcm43224> or <bcm43225>. |
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rtl819x M: 2011-05-04 |
<reply>For support of Realtek 802.11n PCI-E devices, ask me about <rtl8192ce>, <rtl8192de>, <rtl8192e>, <rtl8192se>, <rtl8723ae>. For support of Realtek 802.11n USB devices, ask me about <rtl8192cu>, <r8712u>, <rtl8192u>. See also <what's my wireless>. |
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famelix C: 2008-12-27 |
<reply> see brlix |
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liberation C: 2008-12-30 |
<reply>Liberation is a set of free fonts with the same metrics as Microsoft's Times New Roman, Arial and Courier New fonts. They can act as drop-in replacements. Packaged for Debian as ttf-liberation (squeeze) and fonts-liberation (as of wheezy). http://fedorahosted.org/liberation-fonts/ |
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dvd ripping C: 2009-01-02 |
<reply> see dvdripping |
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bcm43228 M: 2013-03-07 |
<reply>The Broadcom BCM43228 (PCI ID 14e4:4359) is an 802.11a/n PCIe wireless LAN chip, found in the Dell Latitude E5520m. Not supported by the <b43> driver. Supported by the vendor driver since version 5.100.82.38 (Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" and later), ask me about <wl>. |
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udd C: 2009-02-12 |
<reply>The Ultimate Debian Database (UDD) is an effort to gather lots of useful information about Debian from a variety of sources and stuff it all into a giant PostgreSQL database. http://wiki.debian.org/UltimateDebianDatabase http://udd.debian.org/ |
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which repo C: 2009-01-24 |
<reply>see list repositories |
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mysql memory usage C: 2009-09-29 |
<reply>To help reduce the memory usage of MySQL server, disable "innodb" tables (this can save around 100MB memory): echo -e "[mysqld]\nskip-innodb" > /etc/mysql/conf.d/skip-innodb.cnf ; invoke-rc.d mysql restart |
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disk contents M: 2011-04-14 |
<reply>To find out which CD or DVD image contains a particular package or source file, use the search engine at http://cdimage-search.debian.org/ . To see what a specific image contains, examine the package lists within the list-{cd,dvd} subdirectories for the relevant architecture at http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/ (e.g. http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/list-cd/). |
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squeeze pool 1 C: 2009-02-12 |
<reply>! macrobat=2010-12-13 aguitel=2010-07-11 old=2010-09-21 BonZo=2010-10-15 craigevil=2010-08-30 Selveste1=2011-06-10 NiLon=2010-10-12 rvsjoen=2010-07-15 jordanm=2010-12-15 icebrain=2010-06-01 tabashco=2010-11-22 rmayorga=2011-01-17 jelly=2010-09-29 dpalacio=2010-08-03 cydork=2010-07-10 CutMeOwnThroat=2010-06-15 enouf=2010-04-01 themill=2010-05-30 valdyn=2010-06-15 rohan=2010-12-06 abrotman=2010-10-02 gsimmons=2010-09-03 |
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wheezy security M: 2013-05-06 |
<reply>see wheezy/updates |
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point releases M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Point releases are updates to <stable> and <oldstable>, fixing security and grave bug fixes. There are no point releases for Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" yet. You can upgrade to the latest point release by referencing a Debian <mirror> in /etc/apt/sources.list, then "aptitude update && aptitude full-upgrade". See <6.0.7>. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases/PointReleases |
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point release C: 2009-02-15 |
<reply> see point releases |
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bcm4321 M: 2013-04-30 |
<reply>The Broadcom BCM4321 (PCI IDs 14e4:4328, 14e4:4329, 14e4:432a) - incorrectly identified as BCM4328, BCM4329 or BCM432A by Broadcom's proprietary driver - is a draft 802.11n wireless LAN chip. Supported by the <b43> driver since Linux 2.6.38. Alternatively supported by the <wl> driver. |
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installer firmware M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Debian-Installer is able to load additional <firmware>, by including it within installation media or supplying on removable media (e.g. USB stick, floppy). See http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s04 . To include firmware within Debian <netboot> images, see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetbootFirmware . See also <firmware images>. |
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judd M: 2012-10-07 |
<reply>judd is a window into the Ultimate Debian Database (ask me about <udd>). Judd can look up package, PCI ID and kernel config information. See http://ircbots.debian.net/judd/ for detailed information, or ask me about <judd-packages>, <judd-hardware>, <source judd>. |
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firmware M: 2011-05-04 |
<reply>Firmware is software to operate electronic devices, usually contained in EPROM or flash memory. Some Linux kernel drivers require firmware to be provided from userspace, notably for <WiFi> devices. Most firmware files are not part of a Debian release as they do not conform to the <DFSG>; some are available via <contrib> and <non-free> packages, ask me about <search>. See also <installer firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware |
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rt2860 M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply> see rt2800pci |
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vps M: 2010-08-13 |
Virtual Private Server (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_server), or http://wiki.debian.org/DebianHosting#Virtual_Dedicated_Server |
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rtl8191se M: 2011-05-21 |
<reply> see rtl8192se |
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alsaconf M: 2009-05-06 |
<reply>alsaconf is a formerly included <ALSA> configuration tool to detect sound cards. Removed from the alsa-utils Debian package at version 1.0.17-1: "The only valid use-case for alsaconf is aiding the configuration of ISA sound cards." Ask me about <install alsa>, <alsa checklist>, <default alsa>. See also /usr/share/doc/alsa-utils/NEWS.Debian.gz |
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python 2.6 M: 2010-09-22 |
<reply> see python2.6 |
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tomoyo M: 2010-05-20 |
<reply>Tomoyo is a mandatory access control implementation for Linux. Available in Debian kernel images since linux-2.6 2.6.32-13, boot with "security=tomoyo" on the kernel command line to enable. http://wiki.debian.org/Tomoyo http://tomoyo.sf.jp/ See also <apparmor>, <selinux>. |
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launchpad C: 2009-07-23 |
a lump of python cobbled together by Canonical. It provides the glue infrastructure for all of Canonical's projects. |
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arch C: 2009-03-27 |
a hardware architecture (i386, amd64, armel, mips, mipsel, sparc, powerpc, alpha, hppa, s390 && ia64). Also a source control revision system (GNU arch). Arch (and its twin brother ArX) resides at http://arch.fifthvision.net/, or http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5928, or #arch Since lenny, /bin/arch has disappeared, use "uname -m" instead, or <architecture>, or <arch linux>. |
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busybox M: 2010-02-20 |
<reply>BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common Unix utilities into a single small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities you usually find in GNU coreutils, util-linux, etc. http://busybox.net/FAQ.html #uclibc on irc.freenode.net. |
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virtualization C: 2009-04-02 |
<reply>For resources concerning the use of Debian as a host for virtual computers, or as a guest within a virtual computer, see http://wiki.debian.org/SystemVirtualization . Also ask me about <hyper-v>, <kvm>, <linux-vserver>, <lxc>, <openvz>, <pearpc>, <qemu>, <user mode linux>, <virtualbox>, <virtual pc>, <vmware>, <xen>, <xve>, <ksm>. |
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forcefsck C: 2009-04-15 |
<reply>To instruct your system to execute <fsck> on the next boot: "touch /forcefsck". Useful for checking the root filesystem for errors (via /etc/init.d/checkroot.sh). Alternatively, supply the -F option to shutdown(8) to create the /forcefsck advisory file, or include "forcefsck" at the kernel command line. |
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bcm4312 M: 2011-03-22 |
<reply>The Broadcom BCM4312 (PCI ID 14e4:4315) is a PCI-E 802.11g wireless LAN chipset with a low-power PHY. It is supported by the <b43> driver. Firmware is required, ask me about <contrib> and install the firmware-b43-lpphy-installer package to provide. Alternatively supported by <wl>. PCI ID 14e4:4312 uses a BCM4311 chipset, which requires the firmware-b43-installer package instead. http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx |
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lxde M: 2009-05-30 |
<reply>The Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) is available since Debian 5.0 "Lenny". To install, ask me about <install lxde>. http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXDE:Questions http://www.lxde.org/ #lxde on irc.oftc.net. |
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install lxde M: 2011-02-03 |
<reply>To install <LXDE> on established systems, ask me about <install x>, then: aptitude install lxde . To install using Debian-Installer (if not using LXDE CD-1): from the Installer boot menu, select "Advanced options > Alternative desktop environments > LXDE > Install". |
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rt3070 M: 2010-04-02 |
<reply> see rt2870 |
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asoundconf C: 2009-05-06 |
<reply>asoundconf was a tool introduced by <Ubuntu> to create asoundrc files. Removed from Debian post-Lenny to resolve bugs #433134 and #505089. See also <alsaconf>, <default alsa>. |
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longhaul C: 2013-05-08 |
<reply>In Debian 7.0 "Wheezy", the auto-loaded longhaul <cpufreq> driver may damage systems with a VIA C3 "Nehemiah" or Cyrix III CPU, see http://womble.decadent.org.uk/blog/warning-debian-70-wheezy-on-via-c3-and-cyrix-iii-systems.html and Debian bug #707047 for more information. |
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pastebin.com M: 2013-03-21 |
<reply>pastebin.com mangles input, takes forever to load, often makes us enter a CAPTCHA to see your paste and fills the screen with ads. Please use a different site, like http://paste.debian.net/ |
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install xfce4 C: 2009-06-26 |
<reply> see install xfce |
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plesk M: 2009-05-12 |
<reply>Parallels Plesk Panel (formerly Plesk) is a proprietary web hosting control panel. Not supported in #debian, ask me about <free whcp> for alternatives. http://www.parallels.com/support/plesk/ http://forum.parallels.com/ ##plesk on irc.freenode.net. |
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standard task M: 2011-01-20 |
a "task" that should be installed on all machines during the installer stage. It installs packages that are important, required and standard (i.e. "aptitude install ~pstandard ~prequired ~pimportant"). Packages in the <essential> set are always installed. Also ask me about <tasksel>. |
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rred died M: 2009-11-04 |
<reply> aptitude and apt-get update will die with "E: Method rred has died unexpectedly!" due to a bad pdiff file from the recent mirror update. Use "aptitude -o Acquire::PDiffs=false update" once to work around this. Ask me about <pdiff> or see http://bugs.debian.org/554349 Alternatively, wait for a mirror pulse (or two) and the archive will sort itself out. |
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wget C: 2013-05-06 |
<reply> GNU Wget is an excellent file retrieval utility (HTTP and FTP) with many options. Winner of the greycat award for "Package Whose Man Page is Least Likely to be Read by Newbies". http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/ #wget on irc.freenode.net." |
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crunchbang M: 2010-08-11 |
<reply>CrunchBang Linux is a Live CD distribution originally based on <Ubuntu>, now based on Debian as of version 10, featuring the <Openbox> window manager. It is not supported in #debian. http://www.crunchbang.org/ #crunchbang on irc.freenode.net. See <based on debian>. |
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efi M: 2013-01-22 |
<reply> see uefi |
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ubuntustudio M: 2009-05-19 |
<reply>Ubuntu Studio is a <Ubuntu> derivative oriented towards multimedia production. Not supported in #debian. http://ubuntustudio.org/ #ubuntustudio on irc.freenode.net. See <based on Debian>. |
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unetbootin M: 2010-02-14 |
<reply>UNetbootin (Universal Netboot Installer) allows creation of bootable USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions. http://unetbootin.sf.net/ Not recommended for use with Debian CD/DVD images: ask me about <hybrid images>, <usb install>. |
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compare versions M: 2011-05-16 |
<reply>see version compare |
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rt3070sta M: 2010-04-02 |
<reply> see rt2870 |
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install kde4 M: 2011-02-03 |
<reply>The 'kde-standard' package gets you the common set-up, 'kde-plasma-desktop' and 'kde-plasma-netbook' provide minimal KDE 4 setups with respective flavouring, and 'kde-full' installs everything KDE 4. To install using Debian-Installer (if not using KDE CD-1): from the Installer boot menu, select "Advanced options > Alternative desktop environments > KDE > Install". |
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airo M: 2010-04-23 |
<reply>airo is a driver for Cisco/Aironet 802.11b PCI and PCMCIA wireless LAN devices (e.g. Aironet 4500 and 4800 series; Cisco PCM350-T, AIR-LCM350). <WPA> support requires firmware version 5.30.17 or later, this hardware does not support WPA2. http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/airo . Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g "tri-mode" devices contain an Atheros chipset; for support of these, ask me about <ath5k>. |
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localized errors M: 2009-06-09 |
<reply> Rather than hoping that we recognise what has gone wrong from the error messages in your native language, please provide any error messages in English. You can do this by setting your locale to an English one (e.g. C) prior to running the command, e.g. «LC_ALL=C apt-get -f install» |
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cmd: es-social (.*?) M: 2010-04-29 |
($1): $1: Este canal es de ayuda con ordenadores en Ingles. Si no necesitas ayuda con tu ordenador por favor ingresa al canal social de #debian-es con /join #debian-es-cachondeo. Tus amigos probablemente ya esten ahi. |
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mini.iso C: 2009-06-11 |
<reply>mini.iso is a super small ISO that utilizes the <netboot> images to fetch <d-i> and all components over the network. Only contains a boot loader, kernel and initrd, typically ~16MB. Start at http://debian.org/distrib/netinst#verysmall and work your way until you find the mini.iso for your architecture. |
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icecat M: 2010-05-17 |
<reply>GNU IceCat is a web browser distributed by the GNU Project, formerly known as GNU IceWeasel (not to be confused with Debian's <Iceweasel>). It is a fork of Mozilla Firefox made entirely of free software, without distributing or recommending non-free software as plug-ins or addons. Not packaged for Debian, ITP in bug #637348. http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ #icecat on irc.freenode.net. |
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dkms M: 2010-06-28 |
<reply>Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) is a framework for generating out-of-tree Linux kernel modules. Packages using DKMS build modules during installation and when updated Linux versions are installed, provided Linux kernel headers are present (these are not installed by dkms). DKMS-managed modules are installed to /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates/dkms/ . The module build log file is at /var/lib/dkms/$module/$version/build/make.log |
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tg3 M: 2010-12-06 |
<reply>tg3 is a Linux kernel driver supporting Broadcom Tigon3 (aka NetXtreme I) and NetLink Ethernet controllers. Firmware from userspace (Debian Linux 2.6.29 and later kernels) is only required for support of the BCM5701 A0 controller and TCP Segment Offloading (<TSO>) functionality. Tigon3 firmware (tg3.bin, tg3_tso5.bin, tg3_tso.bin) is packaged in firmware-linux-nonfree, ask me about <non-free sources>. See also <firmware images>. |
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xorg hal M: 2009-09-29 |
<reply>From Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" onwards, Xorg uses <hal> for configuration. You can configure your mouse pointers etc without having to restart X and you don't need to configure the keyboard layout for console and X separately. This vastly reduces the amount of code duplication between kernel and Xorg which reduces the amount of "bloat"; why should Xorg try to work out what devices are attached when the kernel already knows? |
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f5d8055 M: 2010-10-01 |
<reply>The F5D8055 "N+ Wireless USB Adapter" is a 802.11n device manufactured by Belkin. For support of v1000 (USB ID 050d:825a) and v2000 (USB ID 050d:825b), ask me about <rt2800usb>. For support of the "N Wireless USB Adapter", ask me about <f5d8053>. |
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grub squeeze M: 2013-04-21 |
<reply>New installations of Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" and Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" will have the GNU GRUB 2 bootloader installed by default on x86 systems (grub-pc package), ask me about <grub config> to configure. Upgrading from Debian 5.0 "Lenny" will offer you to chainload GRUB 2 from GRUB Legacy to verify its use, see §4.7.1 of the <squeeze release notes> for more information. GRUB Legacy remains packaged, ask me about <grub legacy>. |
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ppa M: 2010-11-16 |
<reply>[ppa] Personal Package Archive (see https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas or <launchpad>). PPAs are either: (a) an easy way to grab packages based on nightly-builds/VCS snapshots or (b) an easy way for any idiot to publish a package of extremely poor quality (remember, you will run the maintainer scripts as root during install!). Choose your repos wisely. No equivalent exists for Debian yet. Ask me about <why not use a ppa>. |
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lmgtfy C: 2009-07-13 |
a rude but oft-deserved slap in the face which simultaneously points one to the information they so easily could have found themselves by entering some simple search terms into google, especially when the answer is found in the very first result. http://lmgtfy.com/ |
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xorg config M: 2009-09-29 |
<reply>From Debian 5.0 "Lenny" onwards, xorg mostly configures itself. Resolution is set by your monitor/graphics card (unless they're broken), by your desktop environment or <xrandr>. From Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", input hotplugging saves duplicating settings and restarting X after changes. The /etc/X11/xorg.conf file is usually no longer needed and is often blank. Manual configuration is still possible, see <xorg manual config>. |
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insserv C: 2010-05-06 |
<reply>insserv is a dependency-based <init> system that is compatible with <sysvinit> and is the default from squeeze onwards. To use insserv, your init scripts need to have tags at the top of them that describe what they depend on, to permit the correct ordering of the init scripts; ask me about <missing lsb tags>. |
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pxelinux M: 2010-02-12 |
<reply>PXELINUX is a derivative of <SYSLINUX>, used to boot Linux from a server via a network ROM supporting <PXE>. Packaged for Debian in syslinux-common, see /usr/share/doc/syslinux/pxelinux.txt.gz. See http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2008-February/009778.html if "pxelinux.0M-^?" is being requested. http://syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Hardware_Compatibility http://syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/PXELINUX See also <ipxe>. |
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am10 M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>The Valet Connector (AM10) is an 802.11n USB device produced by Cisco (USB ID 13b1:0031). It contains a Ralink RT3072 chipset; for device support, ask me about <rt2800usb>. |
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why stable M: 2009-08-13 |
<reply> If you have to ask which repository to use, the answer is usually <stable>. In the latter stages of a testing release (see <freeze>) it can sometimes be more useful to use <testing>. Don't be a sucker for shiny new stuff -- instead ask yourself if you'd rather have a stable machine that just worked or a bit off shiny stuff that kept breaking all the time (ask me about <moving target> <sns syndrome>). See also <bdo>, <ssb>. |
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tmp noexec M: 2009-10-18 |
<reply>dpkg doesn't like you mounting /tmp noexec, so you need to: echo -e 'DPkg::Pre-Invoke {"mount -o remount,exec /tmp";};\nDPkg::Post-Invoke {"mount -o remount /tmp";}' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/tmp-noexec |
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cmd: dependency problems (.*?) C: 2009-08-15 |
($1): <reply>$who: that's not the complete error. Please pastebin the command you gave and the entire output. Ask me about <pastebin> <bat> <localised errors>. |
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parsing ls C: 2009-09-16 |
<reply>Trying to manipulate the output of "ls" isn't a very good idea at all: the output varies when you change locales or even between different versions of coreutils (let alone between linux and other unices). The output of ls was never designed to be fed into other programs and if you have odd characters like spaces or newlines in your filenames then you will strike trouble. See http://mywiki.wooledge.org/ParsingLs |
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poulsbo M: 2013-05-16 |
<reply>Poulsbo is the codename of Intel's first System Controller Hub, found in several <netbooks>. Its GMA 500 graphics core is not supported by the intel Xorg driver (ITP xserver-xorg-video-psb, bug #533450). A 2D <KMS> framebuffer driver (gma500_gfx, formerly psb_gfx) was introduced at Linux 2.6.39. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Controller_Hub#GMA_500_Linux_support http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA#PowerVR_based_chips_on_Linux |
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rt2800usb M: 2011-08-09 |
<reply>Ralink 802.11n/g USB chipsets (RT2070, RT2770, RT2870, RT3070, RT3071, RT3072, RT3370, RT3572, RT5370, RT5372) are supported by the rt2x00 project's rt2800usb driver, introduced in Linux 2.6.31. Firmware is required, ask me about <ralink firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/rt2800usb |
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zenoss C: 2009-11-11 |
<reply>Zenoss is an open source application/server/network management system based on <zope>. Zenoss Core is not in Debian, see bug #361253 for the <RFP>. The packages from zenoss.com are not supported in #debian. FAQ: http://community.zenoss.org/docs/DOC-2446 . http://www.zenoss.org/ #zenoss on irc.freenode.net. |
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version epoch M: 2009-09-03 |
<reply> The version number of a package has a prepended number called the "epoch". It is only added when the system for upstream version numbers changes. Example: in sarge, X was version 6.8 but in etch it was 1.1 (xfree86->xorg). But 1 < 6, so we add an epoch "2:" to signify that everything with 2: is newer (if there is no : the epoch is assumed to be "0"). See section 5.6.12 of <policy> or ask me about <compare versions> <debian revision>. |
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debian revision M: 2009-09-03 |
a number added to the package number to show that the Debian maintainers for the package have had a number of attempts at the packaging. The Debian revision is the string after the last - in the version (1.2.3-5 has a Debian revision of 5) and will also indicate a security update (e.g.1+squeeze2) or an NMU. Ask me about <nmu> <binnmu> <compare versions> <version epoch>, or see section 5.6.12 of <policy>. |
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squeeze->wheezy failures M: 2013-05-03 |
<reply>Try: (a) upgrade in 2 steps: apt-get upgrade; apt-get dist-upgrade (b) apt-get dist-upgrade -o APT::Immediate-Configure=0 (c) add squeeze back into sources.list; apt-get update; try again. (d) apt-get install apt; try again (e) apt-get install badpackage; try again (f) apt-get remove badpackage; apt-get install badpackage; try again (g) dpkg -r --force-depends badpackage; apt-get -f install; try again. |
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unstable->testing M: 2009-09-16 |
<reply> Since packages generally migrate from unstable to testing fairly regularly, downgrading from unstable to testing is sometimes possible (see <partial downgrade>). Alternatively change "unstable" to "testing" in your sources.list and wait for packages migrate; installing new packages during this time might be problematic, however. Ask me about <reinstall>. |
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update-java-alternatives M: 2009-09-06 |
<reply> see java alternatives |
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squeeze-security M: 2010-03-30 |
<reply> see squeeze security |
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python2.6 M: 2010-09-02 |
the default /usr/bin/python in squeeze. If you need python2.6 for lenny, you can create a squeeze chroot with python2.6 in it; backporting python2.6 is unlikely to be successful due to changes in the module layout (around 600 packages had to be altered to upgrade from python2.5 to python2.6). |
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debian news M: 2011-03-01 |
<reply>New or noteworthy in Debian land: <release>, <wheezy>, <search dpkg>. See also: <bits>, <dpn>, <dda>, <dsa>, /topic. http://www.debian.org/News/ http://identi.ca/debian |
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mp3mesa C: 2009-09-15 |
<reply>mp3mesa is a fork of the <grip> CD ripping and encoding front-end. RFP in Debian bug #518114. http://sf.net/projects/mp3mesa/ . See also <asunder>. |
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cmd: show sources.list (.*?) M: 2011-02-14 |
($1): <reply>$1: Please pastebin the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list. The easiest way to do this is to pastebin the output of: find /etc/apt/ -name '*.list' -printf "\n%p:\n" -exec cat {} \; |
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supergrub M: 2012-01-11 |
<reply>Super Grub Disk and Super Grub2 Disk are forks of <GRUB Legacy> and <GRUB2> respectively, which can be used to repair existing GNU GRUB installations. http://www.supergrubdisk.org/ See also <fixmbr>. |
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show sources.list C: 2011-02-14 |
<reply>Please pastebin the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list. The easiest way to do this is to pastebin the output of: find /etc/apt/ -name '*.list' -printf "\n%p:\n" -exec cat {} \; |
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backuppc C: 2009-10-30 |
<reply>BackupPC is an open source cross-platform disk based backup system. http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/ http://backuppc.sf.net/ #backuppc on irc.freenode.net. |
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not available M: 2010-04-29 |
<reply>To get a list of packages that are not available from any repository in your sources.list: aptitude search '?narrow(?not(?archive("^[^n][^o].*$")),?version(CURRENT))' |
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xorg manual config M: 2010-11-27 |
<reply>From Debian 5.0 "Lenny" onwards, you can often use an <empty xorg.conf>. To configure your keyboard layout for both X and console, run «dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration». If you have further things you wish to configure, use "X -configure" ("X -configure :1" if server is already active) to produce a xorg.conf template. See also <xorg hal>. http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/InputHotplugGuide |
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package M: 2009-11-13 |
<reply> Debian .deb packages are a special form of <ar> archive which can be unpacked with "ar x pkg.deb". Inside the file control.tar.gz are conffiles, installation scripts, and a file "control" which contains the information shown with "apt-cache show pkg". Dependencies can be changed by editing this file. Install the dpkg-dev package and read "man 5 deb" for more details. A better plan is to see <package recompile> <source package>. |
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check iso M: 2009-11-12 |
<reply> see check iso image |
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r8169 M: 2013-04-03 |
<reply>r8169 is a Linux kernel driver supporting the Realtek RTL8101, RTL8111/8168 and RTL8169 families of gigabit Ethernet chips. See also <rtl8168d>, <rtl8105e>, <rtl8402>, <rtl8411>. Not to be confused with the out-of-tree <r8168> driver. |
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rtl8168d M: 2011-05-17 |
<reply>The Realtek RTL8111D/RTL8168D Ethernet controller is supported by <r8169> since Linux 2.6.31. Firmware patches (rtl8168d-1.fw, rtl8168d-2.fw) for use with linux-2.6 2.6.32-20 and later are packaged since firmware-nonfree 0.28, ask me about <realtek firmware>. These provide a bug fix for the controller (gigabit operation with a wider variety of cables and link partners); in many cases, the controller and driver will work without these. |
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motd wheezy M: 2013-05-07 |
<reply> see motd |
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kali linux C: 2013-03-13 |
<reply>Kali Linux (http://www.kali.org/) is a security and penetration testing distribution from the creators of <backtrack>. It is based on Debian, but it is not Debian and is not supported in #debian. Seek help in #kali-linux on irc.freenode.net or http://forums.kali.org/ . Also ask me about <based on debian>. |
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ath10k M: 2013-05-08 |
<reply>ath10k is a Linux kernel driver in development, intended to support 802.11ac wireless devices based on the Qualcom Atheros QCA988x family of chips (e.g. PCI ID 168c:003c). http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath10k |
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f5d8053 M: 2010-07-07 |
<reply>The F5D8053 "N Wireless USB Adapter" is a 802.11n device manufactured by Belkin. For support of v1000/v4000 (both USB ID 050d:8053) and v3000 (USB ID 050d:815c), ask me about <rt2870>. For support of v5000 (USB ID 050d:805e), ask me about <rtl8192u>. For support of v6000 (USB ID 050d:815f), ask me about <rtl8192su>. For support of the "N+ Wireless USB Adapter", ask me about <f5d8055>. |
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missing lsb tags C: 2009-11-16 |
<reply> From 6.0 "Squeeze" onwards, Debian uses a dependency-based boot sequence (see /usr/share/doc/sysv-rc/README.Debian). This requires all init scripts having appropriate headers, so that the correct order of execution can be determined. Scripts like S25libdevmapper1.02 are left over from Sarge and can be deleted; your own scripts will need LSB headers added: http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts |
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rtl8192su M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply> see r8712u |
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7.0.1 M: 2013-05-16 |
<reply> see 7.1 |
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nginx M: 2010-02-14 |
<reply>Nginx (engine x) is an open source HTTP server (supports FastCGI, not CGI), reverse proxy and POP3/IMAP/SMTP proxy. http://wiki.debian.org/Nginx http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxFaq http://www.nginx.net/ #nginx on irc.freenode.net. See also <httpd>. |
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sdo M: 2010-04-12 |
<reply>http://snapshot.debian.org/ is an archive of almost all Debian packages uploaded since 2005, including those removed from the official archives because they were very buggy, unusable, broken, vulnerable or in some way non-free. This service replaces snapshot.debian.net. http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100412 |
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dmm list M: 2012-02-29 |
<reply>To list all packages you have installed from deb-multimedia.org: aptitude search '?narrow(?version(CURRENT),?origin(Unofficial Multimedia Packages))' -F'%100p'. Note: apt must know about the origin repository for this to work (i.e. you have a 'deb' line for it in sources.list and 'apt-get update' has been run). See also <which repo>. |
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youtube-dl M: 2013-02-18 |
<reply>youtube-dl is a command line utility for downloading videos from <YouTube> and other sites. Not part of the Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" release due to bug #608176, but is available from <squeeze-backports>. Not part of the Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" release due to bug #688997. To use with <mplayer>, see http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=MPlayer_youtube_script . http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/ #youtube-dl on irc.freenode.net. |
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realtek firmware M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply>Firmware from userspace is required by the <rtl8192e>, <rtl8192su>, <r8712u>, <rtl8192ce>, <rtl8192cu>, <rtl8192de> and <rtl8192se> Linux kernel drivers. Firmware patches providing bug fixes for Realtek Ethernet controllers are also available. Ask me about <non-free sources>, then install the firmware-realtek package to provide. |
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raspbian M: 2012-10-01 |
<reply>Raspbian is a distribution <based on Debian> made specifically for the <Raspberry Pi>. Please use #raspbian on irc.freenode.net for support. http://www.raspbian.org/ |
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debian-backports M: 2010-09-06 |
<reply> see backports.debian.org |
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grub config M: 2009-12-23 |
<reply> If all you want is to dual-boot Debian and Windows, just install the os-prober package and run update-grub. Otherwise, check /etc/default/grub, /etc/grub.d/* and http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub#Configuration |
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ucf confmiss C: 2011-05-10 |
<reply>If you need to restore a deleted config file in a package that is using <ucf> to manage its configuration files, use "UCF_FORCE_CONFFMISS=true aptitude reinstall $packagename". List the configuration files managed by ucf with "ucfq $packagename". If the package doesn't use ucf then ask me about <confmiss>. |
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squeeze release notes M: 2011-02-05 |
<reply>Release Notes for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" are at http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/releasenotes . See also http://bugs.debian.org/release-notes and http://wiki.debian.org/NewInSqueeze . Also ask me about <errata>, <i-g>, <install squeeze>, <lenny->squeeze>. |
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lightdm C: 2012-11-12 |
<reply>LightDM is a cross-desktop X display manager, packaged since Debian 7.0 "Wheezy". http://wiki.debian.org/LightDM http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/LightDM |
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apparmor M: 2013-01-02 |
<reply>AppArmor (Application Armor, formerly SubDomain) provides pathname-based mandatory access control, a file-system neutral alternative to <SELinux>. Previously maintained by Novell and part of the Linux kernel since version 2.6.36. http://wiki.debian.org/AppArmor http://apparmor.wiki.kernel.org/ #apparmor on irc.oftc.net. |
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metacity bell bug M: 2010-06-08 |
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/04/msg01928.html |
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kernel abi M: 2010-01-25 |
<reply>Debian kernel packages have an <ABI> to indicate when out-of-tree modules must be rebuilt; upgrading from a package with 3.2.0-3-amd64 to another 3.2.0-3-amd64 doesn't require fglrx/nvidia/etc to be rebuilt, but upgrading from 3.2.0-3-amd64 to 3.2.0-4-amd64 does. Development kernels intended for <experimental> have the ABI <trunk> to indicate the ABI is unmanaged. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernelABIChanges |
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bdo list M: 2012-02-29 |
<reply> To list all packages you have installed from backports.debian.org: aptitude search '?narrow(?version(CURRENT),?origin(Debian Backports))' -F'%100p'; apt must know about the origin repository for this to work (i.e. you have a 'deb' line for it in sources.list and 'apt-get update' has been run). To list all backported packages available for your system: aptitude search '?origin(Debian Backports)'. See also <which repo>. |
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sid upgrade test C: 2010-01-28 |
<reply> If you can't work out how to upgrade your machine to testing (or unstable), then this is probably a good indication that you (a) don't know enough about Debian to be able to solve the inevitable problems you will face and (b) you don't know how to use google or documentation to answer really easy questions. If either of these apply, you shouldn't be using unstable (or even testing) and we're not going to help you do so. |
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vbox-ose vs vbox M: 2013-05-06 |
<reply> see vbox rename |
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immutable wiki C: 2013-05-07 |
<reply>If you find that Debian wiki pages are "immutable", then make sure you have logged in. Pages are only immutable to anonymous users. If you don't yet have a wiki login, create an account for yourself -- it's really easy (just an email address verification). Thanks for helping improve documentation for the Debian community! |
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appletalk M: 2013-04-23 |
<reply>AppleTalk is a proprietary suite of network protocols (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appletalk), not supported since Mac OS X v10.6 "Snow Leopard". Prior to version 3.0, <Netatalk> provides an AppleTalk implementation. See also <afp>. |
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stable-proposed-updates M: 2012-03-12 |
<reply>stable-proposed-updates is a repository containing packages being prepared for the next <point release>. While they have already been, your additional testing is most welcome prior to wider release. http://www.debian.org/releases/proposed-updates http://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/stable.html . See also <oldstable-proposed-updates>, <testing-proposed-updates>. |
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alx M: 2013-03-14 |
<reply>alx is a Linux kernel driver in development, supporting the Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet (PCI ID 1969:1091) and AR8162 Fast Ethernet (PCI ID 1969:1090) controllers. Although not yet accepted upstream, this driver is included in Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" (bug #699129). http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/alx |
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what's my ip C: 2010-04-13 |
<reply> see what is my ip |
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docky C: 2010-06-26 |
<reply>Docky is a Mac OS X like panel (dock) written in C#, derived from the <GNOME> Do "docky" interface, for opening common applications and managing windows. http://wiki.go-docky.com/ https://launchpad.net/docky #docky on irc.freenode.net. See also <awn>, <cairo-dock>. |
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why nvidia installer sucks C: 2012-08-07 |
<reply> see why not nvidia installer |
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as C: 2010-03-19 |
autosearch: install apt-file and use apt-cache search <packagename> and/or apt-file search <name> , do it yourself. Don't forget to run apt-file update ;) |
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rtl8192se M: 2011-08-09 |
<reply>The Realtek RTL8191SE (PCI IDs 10ec:8171, 10ec:8172) and RTL8192SE (PCI IDs 10ec:8173, 10ec:8174, some 10ec:8192) are PCI-E 802.11n wireless LAN chipsets. mac80211 vendor driver (rtl8192se) is in mainline since Linux 3.0. Firmware is required (rtlwifi/rtl8192sefw.bin), ask me about <realtek firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x |
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cross post M: 2010-06-02 |
<reply>Posting the same question in several places at the same time (IRC channels, news groups, mailing lists, forums) is impolite; your time is NOT more valuable than everyone else's. Your question might be answered elsewhere, meanwhile we are wasting our time doing research for a problem you've already solved. Cross-posting can also make you look like a spammer and get you k:lined. See also <multiple ask> <hurry>. |
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rfkill C: 2010-06-19 |
<reply>/dev/rfkill is the Linux rfkill (radio frequency <killswitch>) device interface, available since Linux 2.6.31. It is used to enable and disable wireless networking devices (e.g. wireless LAN, Bluetooth, WiMAX). The rfkill userspace tool for accessing this interface is in the rfkill package. http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/rfkill |
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stable security M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply>see wheezy-security |
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es-social C: 2010-04-29 |
<reply>Este canal es de ayuda con ordenadores en Ingles. Si no necesitas ayuda con tu ordenador por favor ingresa al canal social de #debian-es con /join #debian-es-cachondeo. Tus amigos probablemente ya esten ahi. |
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cmd: es (.*?) C: 2010-04-29 |
($1): <reply>$1: Este canal es de soporte tecnico en Ingles para Debian. Si prefiere que el soporte sea en espanol, por favor ingrese a #debian-es con /join #debian-es tecleado en la linea de chat |
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qotd278 C: 2013-03-15 |
<reply><mallxs> ok i now have pulseaudio between two machines.. but it sounds like they are killing a dwarf in marmite |
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dwa130 M: 2011-10-31 |
<reply>The D-Link DWA-130 is an 802.11n USB device. For rev.A1 (USB ID 07d1:3b11, Marvell 88W8362), ask about <ndiswrapper>. For rev.B (USB ID 07d1:3c13, Ralink RT2870), see <rt2800usb>. For rev.C1 (USB ID 2001:3301, Realtek RTL8192U), see <rtl8192u>. For rev.D (USB ID 07d1:3a0f, Atheros AR9170), see <carl9170>. For rev.C2 (USB ID 07d1:3302, Realtek RTL8191SU) and rev.E (USB ID 07d1:3300, Realtek RTL8191SU), see <r8712u>. |
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nvidia dkms squeeze M: 2011-11-24 |
<reply>For Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" users. Ask me about <contrib> and <non-free sources>. «aptitude -r install linux-headers-2.6-`uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,'` nvidia-kernel-dkms && mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ; echo -e 'Section "Device"\n\tIdentifier "My GPU"\n\tDriver "nvidia"\nEndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf». Run «update-initramfs -u» and restart your system to enable the <nouveau> blacklist. |
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heartbeat C: 2010-11-04 |
a package which detects node failure and controls node failover in a cluster. See also <ldirectord>. |
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aptitude ops M: 2010-06-07 |
<reply>Aptitude can perform different operations from the one command line: "aptitude install foo bar_" purges bar and installs foo. This is handy for dealing with broken packages. Other postfix operators include: + install, - remove, _ purge, = hold, : temp hold, &M markauto, &m unmarkauto, +M install and markauto. man aptitude for more details. These can also be used as a prefix operator at the [Y/n/q/?] resolver prompt. |
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squeeze-updates M: 2011-09-19 |
<reply>squeeze-updates is a suite providing updates to some packages (from <oldstable-proposed-updates>) prior to a <point release>. All packages from squeeze-updates will be included in point releases. The stable-updates suite replaces the Debian Volatile archive starting from Debian 6.0. http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110215 http://wiki.debian.org/StableUpdates . Not to be confused with <squeeze/updates>, see <squeeze security>. |
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cross-post C: 2010-06-02 |
<reply> see cross post |
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bdo kernel M: 2012-09-06 |
<reply>Newer kernels for Debian stable releases are at backports.debian.org. Ask me about <bdo> to modify your sources.list, then run «aptitude update». To install the current bdo kernel «aptitude -t squeeze-backports install linux-image-`uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,'`». To list available backported kernel image packages: «aptitude search '?narrow(~nlinux-image,?origin(Debian Backports))'». |
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rtl8169 C: 2010-09-03 |
<reply>see r8169 |
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goal C: 2010-07-15 |
<reply>Describe your goal, not what you think the solution is. |
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wgetpaste M: 2010-07-16 |
<reply> wgetpaste is a CLI application for sending text to a pastebin, its only dependencies are bash and wget. To install and use: wget http://wgetpaste.zlin.dk/wgetpaste-2.17.tar.bz2 && tar xvjf wgetpaste-2.17.tar.bz2 && cd wgetpaste-2.17 You can then use it as ./wgetpaste; e.g. dmesg | ./wgetpaste It is also safe to copy to /usr/local/bin for easier use. |
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faac C: 2010-06-23 |
<reply>[faac] "Freeware Advanced Audio Coder" is a project providing a cross-platform <AAC> encoder (FAAC) and decoder (FAAD2). FAAC is proprietary (based on ISO MPEG-4 reference code), whereas FAAD2 is free software. libfaac* and faac packages are available from deb-multimedia, ask me about <dmm>. http://www.audiocoding.com/faac.html http://www.audiocoding.com/faad2.html . Not to be confused with <FLAC>. |
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screencasts C: 2010-09-23 |
<reply> Some programs to capture your screen are recordmydesktop, istanbul, pyvnc2swf, xvidcap (from deb-multimedia.org; ask me about <dmm>). See also http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreenCasts . |
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debdelta C: 2010-08-07 |
a framework for updating machines using binary diffs of the .deb packages rather than downloading the full .deb. See http://debdelta.debian.net/FAQ |
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pastebinit config M: 2012-03-19 |
<reply>To configure pastebinit in squeeze to use paste.debian.net, echo "<pastebinit><pastebin>http://paste.debian.net</pastebin><author>$USER</author><format>text</format><jabberid>nobody@nowhere.org</jabberid></pastebinit>" > ~/.pastebinit.xml |
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install debian M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>There are a myriad different ways to install Debian. See http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer for a list of images and ask me about <netinst>, <various cd1> and <firmware images>. See also <install guide> and <d-i> for detailed instructions. (If you've never installed Debian before, you should read the install guide.) |
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lsb tags C: 2010-08-09 |
<reply>see missing lsb tags |
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pulse M: 2011-12-07 |
<reply> see pulseaudio |
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arabic C: 2013-03-21 |
<reply> مرحبا! للحصول على الدعم باللغة العربية لتوزيعة دبيان جنو\لينيكس , الرجاء التوجه الى قناة ##debian-ar |
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lb M: 2010-08-31 |
<reply>Multi-language support and Debian community for Lebanese users (and all Arabic speaking users) can be found in #debian-lb on irc.freenode.net. |
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rt2800pci M: 2011-08-09 |
<reply>Ralink 802.11n PCI chipsets (RT2760, RT2790, RT2860, RT2880, RT2890, RT3060, RT3062, RT3090, RT3091, RT3092, RT3390, RT3562, RT3592, RT5390) are supported by the rt2x00 project's rt2800pci driver, introduced in Linux 2.6.33. Firmware is required, ask me about <ralink firmware>. http://wiki.debian.org/rt2800pci |
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6.0 C: 2010-09-03 |
<reply>see squeeze |
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when will wheezy release M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>IT'S OUT! http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130504 |
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squeeze pool M: 2011-02-05 |
<reply>The pool about when <Squeeze> would release was won by hid3 with 2011-02-05. stew was the most off-track. Ask me about <squeeze pool 1> and <squeeze pool 2> to see the bets placed. See also <wheezy pool>. |
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trinity M: 2013-05-02 |
<reply>The Trinity Desktop Environment project is a fork of <KDE> 3.5. It is not part of Debian (KDE SC 4 is packaged) and their packages are neither supported by #debian nor by the Debian Security Team. http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/ #trinity-desktop on irc.freenode.net. |
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mailname M: 2012-04-20 |
<reply>The file /etc/mailname should include the the fully qualified domain name that the program wishing to get the mail name should use (that is, everything after the @). The IP address for this FQDN can be specified in /etc/hosts. Ask me about <hostname> and see mailname(5). |
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squeeze sources.list M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>A suitable /etc/apt/sources.list for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" has 3 lines: "deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ squeeze main" "deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main" "deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ squeeze-updates main". Be sure to run «aptitude update» after editing sources.list. Also see <deb-src> <contrib> <non-free> <squeeze/updates> <squeeze-updates> <mirrors> <apt-spy> and "man sources.list" |
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ldirectord C: 2010-11-09 |
<reply> ldirectord monitors virtual services provided by Linux Virtual Server, ask me about <lvs>. |
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lenny-backports-sloppy M: 2012-03-26 |
<reply> see backports.debian.org lenny-sloppy |
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nodriver M: 2012-07-25 |
<reply>[nodriver] Known hardware not supported by the Linux kernel are listed at http://linuxdriverproject.org/mediawiki/index.php/Drivers_Needed . Some hardware types do not require a Linux kernel driver for their use, see http://linuxdriverproject.org/mediawiki/index.php/No_Linux_Driver_Needed |
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nostrip C: 2012-03-29 |
<reply> When building packages, you should be able to use "DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nostrip dpkg-buildpackage" to leave debugging symbols in the binaries. Not all packages have a <debian/rules> that supports this option, but most will since <debhelper> supports this automatically; see <policy> §4.9.1 for details and consider filing a wishlist bug if the package doesn't do so and doesn't already create a -dbg package. |
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win32-loader C: 2011-08-15 |
<reply>[win32-loader] "Debian-Installer Loader" is a method of transferring Debian-Installer to a system running Microsoft Windows, which can then be restarted to install Debian. To install using CD/DVD or USB, ask me about <setup.exe>. To install from the Internet (or local Debian mirror), ask me about <win32-loader.exe>. See also <install guide>, <d-i>. |
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peppermintos C: 2010-12-01 |
<reply>Peppermint OS is a Linux distribution based on <Lubuntu>. Peppermint Three, Two, One and Ice are not supported in #debian. http://peppermintos.com/ #peppermint on irc.spotchat.org. See also <based on Debian>. |
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nocheck M: 2010-10-25 |
<reply>When building packages, you might be able to use "DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck dpkg-buildpackage" to suppress running of automated tests at build time. Note that running tests is generally a good thing to make sure your build went OK. Not all packages have a <debian/rules> that supports this option; see <policy> §4.9.1 for details and consider filing a wishlist bug if the package doesn't do so and the tests take a while to run. |
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why not use a ppa C: 2010-11-16 |
<reply>PPAs (Ubuntu's Personal Package Archives, see <PPA>) are not built against Debian releases, they are built against Ubuntu releases. This makes using packages from them on a Debian box highly unlikely to work out well. Ask me about <ssb> <package recompile> <bobbitt>. |
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dmmw M: 2013-01-20 |
<reply>If you really need deb-multimedia.org (are you sure your information isn't 5 years out of date?), then (as root): echo "deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ wheezy main non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dmm.list; aptitude update && aptitude install deb-multimedia-keyring && aptitude update. For an alternative way to load Marillat's archive key, ask me about <apt-key 1F41B907>. See <why not dmm>. |
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wusb100 M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>The Linksys WUSB100 "RangePlus Wireless Network USB Adapter" is an 802.11n device. For support of version 1 (USB ID 1737:0070, RT2770 chip) and version 2 (USB ID 1737:0078, RT3070 chip), ask me about <rt2800usb>. |
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python2.7 M: 2011-10-07 |
the default /usr/bin/python in wheezy and the only python2.x available. python2.7 (and 2.6) won't work sensibly with lenny due to rather dramatic changes to the layout of modules (see <python2.6>). Most of the features of python2.7 can be found in 2.5+modules anyway. |
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r8712u M: 2011-04-11 |
<reply>r8712u is a Linux kernel module produced by the r8712u staging driver, supporting Realtek RTL8188SU, RTL8191SU and RTL8192SU 802.11n USB wireless LAN chipsets. It replaces the rtl8192su staging driver (r8192s_usb module) which was removed at Linux 2.6.37. Firmware is required (rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin), ask me about <realtek firmware> to provide. http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x |
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python 2.7 C: 2010-11-08 |
<reply> see python2.7 |
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clickpad M: 2013-05-09 |
<reply>A Synaptics ClickPad is a touchpad device without physical buttons, found on some <netbook> systems. Pressing down on the touchpad performs a left or right mouse click, the buttons are just special areas of the touchpad surface. These are supported in Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" and later releases (bug #597082). |
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cmd: cve lookup (.*?) C: 2010-11-17 |
($1): <reply>Information about the security advisory $1 may be found at http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/$1 |
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dsa team C: 2010-11-17 |
<reply>The Debian System Administration team are the people who look after the Debian infrastructure machines. See http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DSA or contact them via rt.debian.org to install software and such on Debian Project computers. |
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rtl8192ce M: 2011-04-11 |
<reply>The Realtek RTL8188CE and RTL8192CE are PCI-E 802.11n wireless LAN chipsets (PCI IDs 10ec:8176, 10ec:8177, 10ec:8178, 10ec:8191). mac80211 vendor driver (rtl8192ce) is available since Linux 2.6.38. Firmware is required (rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin), ask me about <realtek firmware> to provide. http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x |
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gpt C: 2010-12-09 |
<reply>GPT (GUID Partition Table) is a disk partition format frequently used by firmware compliant with the Extensible Firmware Interface (<EFI>). util-linux's <fdisk> does not support GPT, ask me about <parted>. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-gpt/ |
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mixing C: 2010-11-24 |
<reply> see mixing distros |
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gnome3 M: 2011-08-04 |
<reply>GNOME 3 is the new version of the GNOME desktop environment. Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" released with GNOME 3.4. See http://www.0d.be/debian/debian-gnome-3.4-status.html for details. Also ask me about <install gnome>, <gnome-shell>. |
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eatmydata M: 2010-12-08 |
a tool to temporarily prevent a program from being as careful as it should be about flushing its data to disk. If you have to install a lot of packages and are also copying around lots of files, then the performance of dpkg can be reduced, so "eatmydata aptitude install foo" is a viable option. Just understand that if the machine crashes the files will be left in an inconsistent state and the machine may be unbootable. |
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old kernel C: 2010-12-11 |
<reply>Old Debian Linux kernel image packages can be acquired from the <snapshot> archive: http://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux-2.6/ . As older package versions contain known security issues, these should only be used for testing and troubleshooting purposes, not with production systems. |
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kernel handbook C: 2010-12-14 |
<reply> see kernel-handbook |
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atheros firmware M: 2013-01-25 |
<reply>Firmware from userspace is required by the <ar9170usb>, <ath9k_htc> and <ath3k> USB device drivers. Ask me about <non-free sources>, then install the firmware-atheros package to provide; this package is not required for use of any Atheros PCI/PCIe device. Firmware for the <carl9170> driver is provided by the firmware-linux-free package. |
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libreoffice M: 2012-01-04 |
<reply>LibreOffice is a fork of <OpenOffice>. It is packaged for <wheezy> and <squeeze-backports>, replacing the OpenOffice.org packaging. Debian users will see little difference between the old OOo packages and LibreOffice, ask me about <debian ooo>. http://wiki.debian.org/LibreOffice http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110623 http://www.libreoffice.org/ #libreoffice on chat.freenode.net. |
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new website M: 2011-02-06 |
<reply> see www.debian.org |
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squeeze-backports C: 2011-01-18 |
<reply> see backports.debian.org |
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essential C: 2011-01-20 |
<reply>Packages that are assumed to be available on your machine and as such are not included in the list of dependencies for packages. Essential packages must be usable at all times even when packages are unconfigured. See <policy> section 3.8 for details; list them with "aptitude search ~E" (see <aptitude search>). |
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squeeze updates C: 2011-02-05 |
<reply> see squeeze-updates |
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squeeze->wheezy M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Read chapter 4 ("Upgrades from Debian 6.0") of the <release notes>. In /etc/apt/sources.list, change "squeeze" to "wheezy" (noting that <wheezy-backports> have changed on the mirrors). apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade. See also <squeeze->wheezy failures>. |
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errata M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply> see errata wheezy |
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wheezy pool M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>The pool about when <Wheezy> would release was won by babilen with 2013-05-04. Arrowmaster was the most off-track. Ask me about <wheezy pool 1> to see the bets placed. See also <jessie pool>. |
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squeeze installation guide C: 2011-02-05 |
<reply>The Installation Guide for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" can be found at http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/installmanual . See also <squeeze errata>, <squeeze release notes>. |
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next M: 2013-03-18 |
<reply>see customer |
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install wheezy M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply> see install debian |
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nvidia dkms-173xx squeeze M: 2011-03-06 |
<reply>For Squeeze users (GeForce 5/FX GPUs supported). Ask me about <contrib> and <non-free sources>. «aptitude -r install linux-headers-2.6-`uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,'` nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-dkms && mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ; echo -e 'Section "Device"\n\tIdentifier "My GPU"\n\tDriver "nvidia"\nEndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf». Run «update-initramfs -u» and reboot to enable the <nouveau> blacklist. |
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xorg.conf.d M: 2011-02-08 |
<reply>xorg can use files ending in the suffix .conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d for additional configuration. It is preferred to use an <empty xorg.conf> and create files (e.g. 20-nvidia.conf, 20-radeon.conf, 20-wacom.conf) there in order to configure a single device. You might have to create the directory yourself (mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d). See also "man 5 xorg.conf". |
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squeeze mysql M: 2011-02-09 |
<reply>Following an upgrade from lenny to squeeze, the "mysql-server-5.1" package is often not installed as a replacement to "mysql-server-5.0". "aptitude install mysql-server-5.1"; you may also need to update any customisations to your server configuration from 5.0 to 5.1 -- one common problem is the inclusion of the no-longer-supported "skip-bdb" option in my.cnf which leads to the daemon failing to start (and dpkg and apt complaining). |
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aptitude states M: 2013-01-11 |
<reply>aptitude has 4 status fields for each package that it may display. icpvBuCH are the "current state" (ask me about <aptitude current state>), iudphFrB are the actions to be performed (ask me about <aptitude actions>). There is also "A" for automatically installed and "U" for untrusted. Also ask me about <aptitude ops> <aptitude search> <aptitude docs>. |
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mumble C: 2011-02-19 |
<reply>Mumble is an open-source, cross-platform, low latency <VoIP> client and server similar to <TeamSpeak> and <Ventrilo>. http://mumble.sf.net/FAQ http://mumble.sf.net/ #mumble on irc.freenode.net |
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cmd: otherchannel (.*?) (.*?) (.*?) M: 2011-06-06 |
($1,$2,$3): <reply>$1: The channel you are looking for is $2 on $3. Please do /server $3 and then /join $2. If your client supports it, you can also right-click the following link and choose connect: irc://$3/$2 |
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cmd: ubuntuirc (.*?) M: 2011-06-04 |
($1): <reply>$1: This is not the Ubuntu help channel. Please do /server chat.freenode.net and then /join #ubuntu. If you are using XChat, you can right-click the following link and choose connect. irc://chat.freenode.net/ubuntu |
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fglrx legacy C: 2012-08-12 |
<reply>The AMD Catalyst Legacy proprietary display driver (fglrx-legacy-driver) supports GPUs no longer supported by AMD Catalyst (fglrx-driver) since version 12.6, i.e. Radeon HD 2000/3000/4000 series. Packaged in <unstable>, this will be made available for Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" systems via wheezy-backports, after it migrates to testing and a backport is created. These GPUs are also supported by the open source <radeon> driver. |
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missing images C: 2011-02-23 |
<reply>Not all Debian CD/DVD images are made available for download due to space considerations on mirrors. If you are one of the very few people who really requires these images, use jigdo to produce these using a Debian mirror; ask me about <jigdo> and <mirrors>. http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#not-all-images |
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sudo path C: 2011-09-07 |
<reply>As of sudo version 1.8.2 (Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" and later releases), sudo does not include /usr/sbin and /sbin in the PATH. You must set secure_path in /etc/sudoers (as prompted by dpkg during the upgrade); see Debian bug #639841: Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" |
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transition M: 2012-02-12 |
<reply>A transition occurs when changes in a package require alterations to several other packages which depend on it. To do this, many packages using the package are updated, either being recompiled or updated to a new version; packages blocking a transition might be removed from <testing> so it can complete. Transitions can become very large and complex, involving tens or even hundreds of packages. http://release.debian.org/transitions/ |
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bcm4331 M: 2013-04-30 |
<reply>The Broadcom BCM4331 is a PCIe 802.11n wireless LAN chip using a HT PHY (PCI ID 14e4:4331). Supported by the <b43> driver as of Linux 3.2. It is not supported by the <brcmsmac> or <wl> drivers. |
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solr C: 2011-03-13 |
<reply>Apache Solr is an open source enterprise search platform written in Java, from the Apache Lucene project. http://wiki.apache.org/solr/ http://lucene.apache.org/solr/ #solr on irc.freenode.net. |
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usb install C: 2013-03-18 |
<reply>You can install Debian from a USB stick/thumbdrive/pen drive/key on x86 systems, as long as your system's BIOS can boot from USB. Details are in the Installation Guide, see http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03 and ask me about <install debian> for hybrid CD/DVD images. Use http://sf.net/projects/win32diskimager/ to write images from Windows. For BIOSes not capable of USB boot, ask me about <plop>. |
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geo http sources.list M: 2012-06-28 |
<reply>To have <APT> automatically select a mirror geographically close to you, you can use a Geo-IP service from http.debian.net. An example line for your sources.list is "deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ squeeze main". See http://http.debian.net/ for more information. Unlike <cdn.debian.net>, it is safe to use with Google DNS etc because it uses HTTP 302 redirects. See also <which http.debian.net>. |
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qotd270 C: 2011-06-01 |
<reply><jhutchins_lt> asarch: Why are you working with woody? <asarch> Because in real life I never could have it :-( |
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alsactl M: 2011-03-20 |
<reply> In Squeeze and later Debian releases, <alsaconf> is not available; ask me about <install alsa> and <alsa checklist>. You can try to configure <ALSA> by running 'alsactl init' as root - ignoring the 'Unknown hardware' error message - then reboot and test your audio device. |
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no-ip M: 2012-11-27 |
<reply>No-IP is a dynamic DNS service provider. The inadyn update client is compatible with this service. The no-ip.com update client (noip2) was removed from Debian to resolve bug #653957. |
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squeeze->sid C: 2011-05-08 |
<reply>see stable->unstable |
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squeezy M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Debian 7.0 <stable> is codenamed <wheezy>. The <oldstable> distribution, Debian 6.0, is codenamed <squeeze>. There is no "squeezy" or "wheeze". |
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upgrade-ia32-libs M: 2012-12-12 |
<reply>The process of upgrading ia32* libraries to <multiarch> in <wheezy> is detailed in http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading#ia32libs . See http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new#multiarch and http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/HOWTO for further details. |
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gopher M: 2011-04-21 |
<reply>Gopher is a distributed global directory and hypertext system. Use lynx for accessing Gopher sites and the gopher package for Gopher+ sites. Iceweasel has native Gopher support prior to version 4, for Iceweasel 4.x and later an add-on is required (e.g. <OverbiteFF>). KDE users, try kio-gopher. To serve Gopher content, try pygopherd. #gopherproject on irc.freenode.net. |
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686-pae M: 2011-05-04 |
<reply>At linux-2.6 2.6.39~rc4-1~experimental.1, the 686-<bigmem> flavour was renamed to "686-pae" with the 686 flavour removed. From the package changelog: "For 686-class systems without PAE, the '486' flavour is more efficient than the '686' flavour due to optimisation for uniprocessor systems." The change allows use of the NX (No eXecute, aka eXecute Disable) bit where available. See also <nopae>. |
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rtl8192cu M: 2011-06-21 |
<reply>The Realtek RTL8188CUS and RTL8192CU are USB 802.11n wireless LAN chipsets. mac80211 vendor driver (rtl8192cu) is in mainline since Linux 2.6.39. Firmware is required (rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin), ask me about <realtek firmware> to provide. Not to be confused with the <rtl8192su> driver. http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x |
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cdn.debian.net C: 2012-01-28 |
<reply> see geo dns sources.list |
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when will jessie release M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>I have no idea when Debian 8.0 "Jessie" will release -- when it's ready, I guess. For user contributed guesses on when it will release, ask me about <jessie pool 1>. See also <release goals>, <wir>. |
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brcm80211 C: 2011-05-08 |
<reply> see brcmsmac |
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firmware installer C: 2011-07-25 |
<reply> see installer firmware |
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gnome 3 C: 2011-05-17 |
<reply> see gnome3 |
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frankendebian M: 2011-09-25 |
<reply>When you get random packages from random repositories, mix multiple releases of Debian, or mix Debian and derived distributions, you have a mess. There's no way anyone can support this "distribution of Frankenstein" and #debian certainly doesn't want to even try. See if you can convince ##linux to help. |
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apt-offline M: 2012-03-15 |
<reply> see apt offline |
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wheezy sources.list M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>A suitable /etc/apt/sources.list for Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" has 3 lines: "deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy main" "deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main" "deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy-updates main". Be sure to run «aptitude update» after editing sources.list. Also see <deb-src> <contrib> <non-free> <wheezy/updates> <wheezy-updates> <mirrors> <apt-spy> and "man sources.list" |
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apt myths M: 2012-03-08 |
<reply> Myths about APT never seem to die, the principal one being you can't mix using different APT front-ends like apt-get and aptitude. This is false. If you need further convincing, see http://tinyurl.com/3g4d4d9 and http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/blog/entry/apt-system-diagram/ . See also <why aptitude> and <why not aptitude> for real reasons to choose one over the other. |
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wheezy->sid M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply> see stable->unstable |
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creation time M: 2011-06-18 |
<reply>Some filesystems may store creation time after all, even if POSIX APIs don't expose it. Ext4 does. E.g., to check how long ago your root filesystem root directory was created: f="/"; dev=`df -P "$f"|tail -n1|awk '{print $1}'`; i=`stat -c%i "$f"`; sudo debugfs -R"stat <$i>" "$dev" 2>&1|grep ^crtime |
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crtime C: 2011-06-18 |
<reply>see creation time |
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rt5370 C: 2011-06-20 |
<reply>Experimental support for Ralink RT53xx USB 802.11n devices (e.g. RT5370: USB IDs 13d3:3329, 13d3:3365, 148f:5370, 148f:5372) was added to the rt2800usb driver at Linux 3.0 (CONFIG_RT2800USB_RT53XX). Ask me about <rt2800usb>. |
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iceweasel backports M: 2013-05-20 |
<reply>The "Extended Support Release" version (10) of the Iceweasel web browser is in <squeeze-backports>. Newer Iceweasel (also Icedove and Iceape) are at http://mozilla.debian.net/ for squeeze and wheezy or in <experimental> for jessie and sid. |
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wwwr M: 2013-04-19 |
<reply>see when will wheezy release |
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wine-unstable M: 2012-03-28 |
<reply>The wine-unstable packages in Debian are very out of date and possibly not what you want. For unofficial, newer versions of these packages for jessie/sid, see http://dev.carbon-project.org/debian/wine-unstable/ . These packages can be backported to wheezy with a little work, ask me about <ssb>. Alternatively, the commercial <cxoffice> offers a recent wine with support. |
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vbox-install wheezy M: 2013-05-06 |
<reply>From Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" onwards, the virtualbox-ose-* packages have been renamed to virtualbox-* (ask me about <vbox rename>). As root: "aptitude install -r linux-headers-`uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,'` virtualbox". After <DKMS> builds the necessary kernel modules, VirtualBox can be started. For guest additions/utilities, see <vbox guest>. |
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bdo xorg C: 2011-09-03 |
<reply>The backports.debian.org repository contains updated xorg components (in particular video drivers) for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze". Ask me about <bdo> to enable and use this repository. See http://x.debian.net/reference/squeeze-backports.html for information on the xorg backports. |
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jessie pool 1 C: 2013-05-01 |
<reply> ! themíll=2015-06-23 |
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movein C: 2011-10-19 |
a script for managing various files in your $HOME such as dotfiles (.bashrc, .zshrc, .devscripts, ...) and utility scripts in ~/bin using <git>. For more information, see http://stew.vireo.org/blog/posts/My_Movein_Script/ and to obtain it, "git clone git://git.vireo.org/movein.git". |
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libav C: 2011-08-09 |
<reply>Libav is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. Libav is a fork of <FFmpeg> and replaces it in Debian as of the 7.0 "Wheezy" release. Multithreaded decoding is available since libav 4:0.7~rc1-1 (Debian bug #575600); MP3 encoding support is available since libav 4:0.7.1-2 (Debian bug #587904). http://libav.org/faq.html http://libav.org/ #libav on irc.freenode.net. |
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nodejs C: 2012-05-07 |
<reply> see node.js |
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rtl8723ae M: 2013-05-15 |
<reply>Realtek RTL8723AE-based PCIe wireless LAN devices (PCI ID 10ec:8723) are supported by the rtl8723ae Linux kernel driver introduced at Linux 3.8. This driver will be enabled in a future Debian Linux version (bug #708348). Firmware from userspace is required (rtlwifi/rtl8723fw.bin, rtlwifi/rtl8723fw_B.bin) and not currently packaged (bug #708346), ask me about <linux-firmware>. |
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uefi M: 2013-01-22 |
<reply>Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a firmware interface specification, intended to replace the <BIOS> firmware interface. Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" supports installation in (U)EFI mode on 64-bit PC systems (amd64), <secure boot> is currently not supported. http://www.uefi.org/ |
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cxoffice C: 2011-08-11 |
<reply>Crossover Office (cxoffice) is a commercially supported version of <Wine> with a few extra hacks added in to help it run Windows programs under Linux. They actively develop for Wine and contribute back to the Wine project. Support for cxoffice can be found on their website http://codeweavers.com/ and in #crossover on irc.freenode.net. |
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newer wine M: 2012-03-28 |
<reply> see wine-unstable |
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btrfs gotchas C: 2011-08-15 |
https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Gotchas |
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qotd274 C: 2012-08-04 |
<reply><jarick> "By absorbing heat, cold is left behind" |
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win32-loader.exe M: 2013-05-20 |
<reply>http://http.debian.net/debian/tools/win32-loader/stable/win32-loader.exe will install Debian side-by-side with an existing Microsoft Windows operating system. It can be non-destructive if you follow directions, or if you want, can replace Windows entirely. It supports the GNU/kFreeBSD and GNU/Hurd Debian-Installer flavours as of version 0.7.4. Also ask me about <install guide>. |
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check iso signature M: 2011-08-19 |
<reply>On a Debian box, you can check the installer images are legitimate using the signature file that comes with them. When downloading the ISO, also get the SHA256SUM and SHA256SUM.sign files in the same directory, then: "apt-get install -t sid debian-keyring; sha256sum debian.iso; grep debian.iso SHA256SUM; gpg --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-role-keys --verify SHA256SUMS.sign". See also <check iso image>. |
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nopaste C: 2011-09-16 |
<reply> nopaste is a command-line tool to send data to a <pastebin>. To paste e.g. your sources.list do "aptitude install libapp-nopaste-perl; nopaste /etc/apt/sources.list"; to paste the output of a program do e.g. "dmesg | nopaste". |
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dmm pinning M: 2012-05-27 |
<reply>To ensure that you only get the packages you really want from deb-multimedia.org, «echo -e 'Package: *\nPin: origin "www.deb-multimedia.org"\nPin-Priority: 101' > /etc/apt/preferences.d/dmm». Check this worked with «apt-cache policy» or «apt-cache policy $package». Ask me about <why not dmm>. |
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rolling C: 2011-10-04 |
<reply>Testing is not a rolling release. It is a test platform, currently codenamed <wheezy>. It is part of the Debian development process and is gradually being built into the next <stable>. Support goes to #debian-next on irc.debian.org. See <moving target>. |
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qotd271 C: 2011-10-10 |
<reply><arghx> why isn't my debian starting with wrong ip address configuration? is that nomral? |
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immediate configuration M: 2013-05-02 |
<reply> When upgrading from squeeze to wheezy, apt may stop with "E: Could not perform immediate configuration on '$package'." First, try running apt-get upgrade; . If that fails, try running apt-get dist-upgrade -o APT::Immediate-Configure=0; instead. Finally, if that doesn't work, if $package isn't an Essential package, then "dpkg -r $package; apt-get -f install. You should also read <release notes>. |
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sun-java6 M: 2013-03-07 |
<reply>The sun-java6 source package (providing sun-java6-jre, sun-java6-jdk etc) was removed from Debian after the 6.0 "Squeeze" release. Oracle does not permit Debian to distribute newer versions of Oracle Java 6 or 7 (see bug #646524). Instead, use <openjdk> which is the reference implementation of Java for wheezy onwards. Alternatively, use <java-package> to create Debian packages containing Oracle Java: http://wiki.debian.org/Java/Sun |
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wheezy kernel M: 2012-09-25 |
<reply>Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" released with the Linux 3.2 kernel, with additional features backported (from later kernel versions) to provide better hardware support. See http://lists.debian.org/20120129182205.GR12704@decadent.org.uk and http://womble.decadent.org.uk/blog/whats-in-the-linux-kernel-for-debian-70-wheezy-part-4.html for further details. Later kernel versions will be provided through <backports.debian.org> as usual. |
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wheezy-updates M: 2012-10-20 |
<reply>wheezy-updates is a suite that will provide updates to some packages (from <proposed-updates>) prior to a <point release>. All packages from wheezy-updates will be included in point releases. http://wiki.debian.org/StableUpdates . Not to be confused with <wheezy/updates> which is for <security> updates. |
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which video driver C: 2013-04-15 |
<reply>To show the video driver used by your X server «egrep 'Load.*mod.*driv|UnloadModule' /var/log/Xorg.0.log». Also ask me about <fglrx>, <nvidia>, <which driver>, <nodriver>, <judd-hardware>. |
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steam M: 2013-04-28 |
<reply>Steam is a proprietary content delivery and management application for PC software with Linux support. Packaged in <experimental> (non-free). For help with upstream issues, ask #steamlug on irc.freenode.net. |
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qotd276 C: 2012-10-10 |
<reply><KsM> Accidentally uninstalled dpkg while doing crazy things; attempted to reinstall it by copying the dpkg binary from an ubuntu install but it simply hangs |
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restart networking C: 2012-09-13 |
<reply>From squeeze onwards the use of the networking init script to reload networking configuration («/etc/init.d/networking restart») is discouraged. Instead, perform the actions you really want. Re-apply changes from /etc/network/interfaces: ifdown eth0; ifup eth0. Remove all iptables rules: iptables -F. |
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dbus shutdown C: 2012-01-18 |
<reply>You can shutdown/suspend/hibernate/reboot your machine using D-Bus and HAL: "dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.Hal /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.Shutdown". Replace "Shutdown" with "Reboot", "Suspend int32:1" or "Hibernate" as desired. |
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non-free list M: 2012-03-21 |
<reply>To see a list of <non-free> and <contrib> packages installed on your system, run "aptitude search '~i?or(~scontrib,~snon-free)'". See also <aptitude search>. |
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qotd272 C: 2012-01-24 |
<reply>[2012-01-23] <un214> The day is coming soon when the kernel itself will be custom compiled |
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oldstable-proposed-updates C: 2012-03-12 |
<reply>oldstable-proposed-updates is a repository containing packages being prepared for the next <point release>. They should be safe but are held back for wider testing before being accepted into the oldstable release at the time of the next point release. http://www.debian.org/releases/proposed-updates http://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/oldstable.html . See also <stable-proposed-updates>, <testing-proposed-updates>. |
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nvidia dkms M: 2012-09-05 |
<reply>For Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" users. Ask me about <contrib> and <non-free sources>. «aptitude -r install linux-headers-`uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,'` nvidia-kernel-dkms && mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ; echo -e 'Section "Device"\n\tIdentifier "My GPU"\n\tDriver "nvidia"\nEndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf». Restart your system to enable the <nouveau> blacklist. |
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node.js C: 2012-05-07 |
an event-based server-side <JavaScript> engine. Currently in sid and experimental only, see http://bugs.debian.org/611698 |
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icinga M: 2012-03-18 |
<reply>Icinga is an open source computer system and network monitoring application, forked from <nagios>. http://www.icinga.org/ #icinga on irc.freenode.net. |
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why not amd64 C: 2012-04-28 |
<reply>Some applications developed specifically for i386 need special ia32 support libraries and as such may not work properly or at all on Debian AMD64. Consider using Debian i386 instead. |
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bdo new M: 2012-03-30 |
<reply>Packages uploaded to the <backports.debian.org> NEW queue that have yet to be accepted are visible at http://backports-master.debian.org/dak/new.html . These packages are not available for download and will enter the backports repository once manually approved. Also ask me about <NEW>. |
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linux lite C: 2012-12-27 |
<reply>Linux Lite is a distribution based on <ubuntu> and Debian. It is not supported in #debian -- please ask questions on their IRC channel, #linuxdistrocommunity on irc.freenode.net, or forums at http://www.linuxdistrocommunity.com/forums/ . Ask me about <based on debian>. |
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wheezy installer M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply> see install wheezy |
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wheezy/updates M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>On Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" systems, there are two repositories that you should have in your sources.list aside from your main mirror. You should have an entry for "wheezy/updates" which is security updates (ask me about <security>) and also an entry for "wheezy-updates" which is other updated packages (formerly known as volatile, ask me about <wheezy-updates>). See also <sources.list>. |
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handbook M: 2012-05-10 |
<reply>see debian-handbook |
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barts M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>The Radeon HD 6800 series (codenamed Barts) is part of AMD's Northern Islands GPU family, these include the Radeon HD 6850 and Radeon HD 6870 video card products. This series is supported by the <radeon> and <fglrx> Xorg drivers released as part of Debian 7.0 "Wheezy". This series supported by the radeon or fglrx Xorg drivers released as part of Debian 6.0 "Squeeze". |
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debian-handbook M: 2013-04-11 |
<reply>The Debian Administrator's Handbook is at http://debian-handbook.info/ and can be browsed, bought and downloaded. From Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" onwards, it can also can be installed from the debian-handbook package. Also ask me about <books> <docs>. |
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qotd275 C: 2012-10-04 |
<reply> <confusid> I installed mutt but it is not showing on my menu in xfce :/ |
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forbid-version M: 2013-05-17 |
<reply>To prevent aptitude from upgrading a package, «aptitude forbid-version packagename» for example «aptitude forbid-version vim» will prevent aptitude upgrading to the current version of vim. This allows you to skip known-broken versions of packages without using <hold> or <pinning>. Use «aptitude install packagename» to undo forbid-version. List: «aptitude search ?installed -F"%a %p %V" | grep ^F» |
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which http.debian.net C: 2012-09-20 |
<reply>To see which mirror you are being sent to by the <http.debian.net> redirector, substitute the appropriate release and architecture into the following: «wget -O/dev/null --max-redirect=0 http://http.debian.net/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2 2>&1 | grep Location». You can also look for the Release file or individual .debs if you want. |
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which hdn C: 2013-05-06 |
<reply> see which http.debian.net |
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cloud M: 2012-12-14 |
<reply>Cloud computing is more than just virtual servers, a workable definition from NIST is: Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. http://wiki.debian.org/Cloud |
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suhosin M: 2013-05-05 |
<reply>Suhosin is a system to protect servers from insecure <PHP> coding practices. The Suhosin patch was disabled at php5 5.3.9-4, the Suhosin PHP extension (php5-suhosin package) is not available for Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" due to bug #675312. For squeeze->wheezy upgrades, run «dpkg --purge php5-suhosin» to remove the leftover configuration in /etc/php5/conf.d/suhosin.ini (see §4.5 of the <wheezy release notes>). |
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why not dmm C: 2012-09-28 |
<reply>The deb-multimedia.org repository was once the only way of getting good multimedia support. By the release of Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" this was mostly not true and for Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" this situation is even better. Libraries from dmm are known to cause incompatibilities with packages from Debian; packages may not meet the <DFSG> so are not allowed in Debian. Use dmm as a last resort; ask me about <dmm pinning> and <dmm remove>. |
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upstream-guide M: 2012-12-21 |
<reply>If you contact <upstream>, please point them at our upstream guide: http://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide |
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wheezy-backports C: 2013-03-21 |
<reply>Selected packages intended for the "Jessie" (8.0) release of Debian but recompiled for use with "Wheezy" (7.0) can be found in the "wheezy-backports" repository. Note that wheezy-backports are on the regular mirror network not on backports.debian.org. A suitable line for your sources.list is «deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy-backports main». Also ask me about <bdo>. |
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debian.net C: 2013-02-12 |
<reply>The "debian.net" domain points at unofficial resources maintained by Debian Developers. The resources are usually not managed or controlled by the Debian sysadmin group, unlike debian.org machines. See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDotNet and http://wiki.debian.org/DebianNetDomains for more information. |
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nvidia dkms-96xx C: 2012-12-04 |
<reply>For Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" users (GeForce 2/3/4 GPUs supported). Ask me about <contrib> and <non-free sources>. «aptitude -r install linux-headers-`uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,'` nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-dkms && mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ; echo -e 'Section "Device"\n\tIdentifier "My GPU"\n\tDriver "nvidia"\nEndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf». Restart your system to enable the <nouveau> blacklist. |
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nvidia dkms-173xx C: 2012-11-25 |
<reply>For Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" users (GeForce 5/FX GPUs supported). Ask me about <contrib> and <non-free sources>. «aptitude -r install linux-headers-`uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,'` nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-dkms && mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ; echo -e 'Section "Device"\n\tIdentifier "My GPU"\n\tDriver "nvidia"\nEndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf». Restart your system to enable the <nouveau> blacklist. |
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ec2 C: 2012-12-07 |
<reply>The Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) delivers pay-as-you-go capacity in virtualised resources: see https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/ . Debian images for EC2 (AMIs) are created by members of the Debian project. See http://wiki.debian.org/Cloud/AmazonEC2Image and http://blog.james.rcpt.to/2012/12/06/official-debian-images-on-amazon-web-services-ec2/ for details. |
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upgrade ia32 libs M: 2012-12-12 |
<reply> see upgrade-ia32-libs |
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fglrx dkms C: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>For Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" users. Ask me about <non-free sources>. «aptitude -r install linux-headers-`uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,'` fglrx-driver && mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ; echo -e 'Section "Device"\n\tIdentifier "My GPU"\n\tDriver "fglrx"\nEndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-fglrx.conf». Restart your system to enable the <radeon> blacklist. |
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release notes wheezy M: 2013-03-16 |
<reply>see wheezy release notes |
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skype squeeze C: 2012-12-31 |
<reply>To install <skype> in Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", you need to grab the "Generic Dynamic" version of Skype (not the .deb version), unpack the tarball and then install the required libraries with apt. For amd64, you also need to manually unpack some i386 libraries into the installation directory. See https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA12120/getting-started-with-skype-for-linux#2.2 |
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multiarch howto C: 2012-12-27 |
http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/HOWTO |
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aptitude actions M: 2013-01-11 |
<reply>The action that aptitude wants to perform on a package is: i=installed, u=upgraded, d=removed (not conffiles), p=purged (see <purge>), h=on <hold>, F=upgrade forbidden (see <forbid-version>), r=reinstall, B=package will be broken by other actions. See http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/projects/aptitude/doc/en/ch02s02s02.html#figureActionFlag and <aptitude ops>. |
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aptitude status C: 2013-01-11 |
<reply>see aptitude states |
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aptitude state C: 2013-01-11 |
<reply>see aptitude states |
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debpigs C: 2013-01-12 |
<reply> see dpigs |
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motd squeeze M: 2013-01-28 |
<reply>The "Message Of The Day" (MOTD) may be shown to users at login time. In Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", /etc/motd is a symbolic link to /var/run/motd and is updated each boot. See "man 5 motd" and "man 5 motd.tail" for further information (see also Debian bug #541455). Make /etc/motd a symlink to some other file to disable autogeneration. MOTD generation changed as of Debian 7.0 "Wheezy", see <motd wheezy>. |
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qotd279 C: 2013-04-19 |
<reply><themill> I've always thought we should have a boot-failure message on the ia64 CDs that says "You wanted amd64 you twat" <nipsy> Maybe someting a bit more polite? :) <themill> that *is* the polite version. |
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manjaro M: 2013-05-16 |
<reply>Manjaro Linux is desktop-oriented distribution based on Arch Linux. http://manjaro.org/ #manjaro on irc.freenode.net. |
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qotd280 C: 2013-04-24 |
<harrison> i often wonder what life could be like if i was not stupid |
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oldstable-updates C: 2013-05-01 |
<reply> see squeeze-updates |
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jessie pool C: 2013-05-01 |
<reply> See <jessie pool 1> for bets placed on when Jessie will release. To add one, ask me about <jessie bet>. |
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jessie bet C: 2013-05-01 |
<reply> To add a bet to the <jessie pool>, /msg dpkg jessie pool 1 =~ s/!/! yournick=yyyy-mm-dd/ and when "jessie pool 1" is full, create "jessie pool 2" and update this factoid. |
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make squeeze sources.list C: 2013-05-01 |
<reply> see squeeze sources.list |
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make wheezy sources.list C: 2013-05-01 |
<reply> see wheezy sources.list |
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jessie sources.list M: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>A suitable /etc/apt/sources.list for you to help with preparing the Jessie release is: "deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie main", but you knew that already, didn't you? Ask me about <testing> <moving target> <testing security> and make sure you understand the implications of running Jessie. Also see <deb-src> <contrib> <non-free> <mirrors> <apt-spy> and "man sources.list" |
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jessie/updates C: 2013-05-01 |
<reply>Jessie is unlikely to receive full security support for some time -- don't run Jessie on things where good security support and stability are important. |
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stable/updates M: 2013-05-04 |
<reply>see wheezy-security |
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cmd: release notes smite (.*?) C: 2013-05-05 |
($1): <action> attacks $1 with the release notes on behalf of the people who wrote them |
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multiarch changelog C: 2013-05-14 |
<reply>If dpkg complains that it can't "overwrite shared /usr/share/doc/$package/changelog.Debian.gz" for packages marked "Multi-Arch: same", force dpkg to overwrite the files with «apt-get -o DPkg::Options::="--force-overwrite" install $package». When Multi-Arch: same packages are binNMU'd as part of a <transition> they get different changelogs on each architecture. Ask me about <multiarch> <multiarch failures> <binNMU>. |
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multiarch changelogs C: 2013-05-14 |
<reply> see multiarch changelog |
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multiarch failures C: 2013-05-14 |
<reply> There is a set of new and interesting failures to get used to in the <multiarch> world. Ask me about <multiarch changelog> <multiarch skew>. |
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multiarch skew C: 2013-05-14 |
<reply>Packages that are marked as co-installable across different architectures can only be installed if the version for each architecture is identical. If the <buildd> network has not kept up, you cannot install them. If only one arch is binNMU'd, you cannot install them. Wait for a while until it is sorted out. Ask me about <multiarch> <multiarch failures>. |
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multiarch failure C: 2013-05-14 |
<reply>see multiarch failures |
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symbola M: 2013-05-20 |
<reply>Symbola is a fallback font with lots of otherwise often missing glyphs. Packaged for Debian in ttf-ancient-fonts. http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/ |
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