Re: Intel nuc 11 i5 kit 安裝debian後，首次開機就失敗，黑化面左上角遊標一直閃

[lou]

Antonio Russo, you don't understand Chinese language? i'm afraid you 
can't help


OP might not understand English

in OP's subject, he says debian installation fails, cursor in upper-left 
corner blinks


in OP's message body, he want to you to explain message in journal:

the unit systemd-hostname.service has successfully entered the 'dead' state

Re: Intel nuc 11 i5 kit 安裝debian後，首次開機就失敗，黑化面左上角遊標一直閃

[lou]

more complete translation of subject:

after debian installation, first boot fails, cursor in upper-left corner 
blinks

Re: Debian 11 is released!

[lou]

Thank piorunz! i'll install it today


PS: www.debian.org hasn't published the news, 1st item in Project News 
is bad news (mourning)

how to to start X Window in debian-live-11.0.0-i386-standard.iso

[lou]

i've copied debian-live-11.0.0-i386-standard.iso  to USB stick and run it

X app are included, but how to start X Window?

Re: how to to start X Window in debian-live-11.0.0-i386-standard.iso

[lou]

On 8/14/21 11:08 PM, Weaver wrote:


At the prompt, type `startx'.
Depending on permissions, you may need to become root.
Cheers!

Harry.



startx don't seem to be included in ISO image

and what is password for root?

Re: how to to start X Window in debian-live-11.0.0-i386-standard.iso

[lou]

On 8/14/21 11:32 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:


The "-standard" in the image name means that this is a "Standard" Debian
installation, with no Desktop Environment.  It probably doesn't have an X
server either, or X fonts, or any of the other things you would need in
order to actually run an X session locally.

A quick web search found a list of the packages on this image:

https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-11.0.0-amd64-standard.packages

As I expected, there is no X server, even though there are a few X
client programs.  There's no way you'll be able to start an X session
from this image.  It's meant for console/server use only.



Thank Greg Wooledge!

then these X apps are to be run remotely

Re: moderators, I would appreciate if you could interfere

[lou]

Andrew, i thought you r moderator because you post monthly list guideline

and you speak kindly with some authority when some list user deviate

how to remove grub's background image

[lou]

i install xfce4 in stretch, unhappy with it, and remove it

but i'm unable to remove grub boot menu's background image that is 
installed with xfce4


i browse /boot/grub, unable to find related file

i attach grub.cfg, Thanks!


#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  set have_grubenv=true
  load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
   set default="${next_entry}"
   set next_entry=
   save_env next_entry
   set boot_once=true
else
   set default="0"
fi

if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
  menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
  menuentry_id_option=""
fi

export menuentry_id_option

if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
  set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
  fi
}
function load_video {
  if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
#insmod all_video
insmod vga
  else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
  fi
}

if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
   font=unicode
else
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd1,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos1 
--hint-efi=hd1,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos1  
1347ea12-f64b-4192-b90a-e974d7b04b4a
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 1347ea12-f64b-4192-b90a-e974d7b04b4a
fi
font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi

if loadfont $font ; then
  set gfxmode=auto
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
  set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
  set lang=en_US
  insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
  set timeout=30
else
  if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=menu
set timeout=5
  # Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
  # unavailable.
  else
set timeout=5
  fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd1,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos1 
--hint-efi=hd1,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos1  
1347ea12-f64b-4192-b90a-e974d7b04b4a
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 1347ea12-f64b-4192-b90a-e974d7b04b4a
fi
insmod png
if background_image /usr/share/desktop-base/softwaves-theme/grub/grub-4x3.png; 
then
  set color_normal=white/black
  set color_highlight=black/white
else
  set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
  set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
function gfxmode {
set gfxpayload="${1}"
}
set linux_gfx_mode=
export linux_gfx_mode
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu 
--class os $menuentry_id_option 
'gnulinux-simple-1347ea12-f64b-4192-b90a-e974d7b04b4a' {
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd1,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos1 
--hint-efi=hd1,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos1  
1347ea12-f64b-4192-b90a-e974d7b04b4a
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 
1347ea12-f64b-4192-b90a-e974d7b04b4a
fi
echo'Loading Linux 4.9.0-13-686-pae ...'
linux   /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-13-686-pae 
root=UUID=1347ea12-f64b-4192-b90a-e974d7b04b4a ro  quiet
echo'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd  /boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-13-686-pae
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux' $menuentry_id_option 
'gnulinux-advanced-1347ea12-f64b-4192-b90a-e974d7b04b4a' {
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.9.0-13-686-pae' --class 
debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 
'gnulinux-4.9.0-13-686-pae-advanced-1347ea12-f64b-4192-b90a-e974d7b04b4a' {
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; 
fi
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd1,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 
--hint-bios=hd1,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos1  
1347ea12-f64b-4192-b90a-e974d7b04b4a
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 
1347ea12-f64b-4192-b90a-e974d7b04b4a
fi
echo'Loading Linux 4.9.

Re: how to remove grub's background image

[lou]

On 8/26/21 4:37 AM, Brian wrote:

Try:

Edit /etc/default/grub to have

   GRUB_BACKGROUND=""

Execute 'update-grub'.



Thank Brian, i follow your instruction, it works, background image isn't 
shown



Nicolas George, autoremove option doesn't work as manual promise,

apt remove xfce4

apt autoremove

i use "apt remove libxfce4ui*", i'm not sure all packages installed with 
xfce4 are removed

Re: foolish problem with installer: can't load firmware

[lou]

Thank David, i have installed successfully by hard disk method

installer using hard disk method can read firmware in ext3 partition

i have 2 usb sticks, one for installer, the other for firmware, but 
bullseye installer can't read firmware stick


last mail is sent thru mail provider's web interface

i prefer Thunderbird because web interface has ad

Re: foolish problem with installer: can't load firmware

[lou]

On 9/20/21 5:38 AM, Stanislav Vlasov wrote:

2021-09-20 14:04 GMT+05:00, lou :

installer using hard disk method can read firmware in ext3 partition

May you take installer with integrated firmware?

https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/



Thanks, but it's unofficial, and it makes me feel uneasy

fedora includes firmware, and i think they are serious about open source

why debian can't do the same?

Re: foolish problem with installer: can't load firmware

[lou]

On 9/21/21 3:49 PM, piorunz wrote:

.
Many Linux distributions are made that way. After all, we want to come
away from closed source software. Debian tries to avoid all closed
source and/or non-free software, as per The Debian Free Software
Guidelines (DFSG):

https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines




Thanks to all that reply!

i still prefer official image

but it will be long time before i use installer again

PS: i think we've been using firmware without source code all the time, 
no matter how serious you are about open source. these firmware are 
installed somewhere in hardware. using only free software/firmware don't 
seem practical

Re: foolish problem with installer: can't load firmware

[lou]

On 9/22/21 2:32 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:


Of course. Lots and lots. This doesn't mean it is a good thing.
Think of that American tractor company (John Deere) where you
can't exchange parts yourself because the built-in software will
notice and refuse to work. And changing that would be a copyright
violation... Think of those inkjet cartridges which have a chip
to stop you from refilling them with your own ink.

Taking always the "practical" route will lead us into full
dependency on three to four big corporations in a very short
time. We as consumers do have a bit of responsibility, too.

End or lecture ;-D

Cheers
  - t


i don't think your lecture is convincing

some claim they can read binary or reverse-engineer

forcing user to use some ink might violate anti-monopoly law

if printer maker don't enjoy monopoly, user can choose other printer

excluding non-free firmware in official image make little difference to 
hardware manufacturers


it only cause inconvenience to user

how to record sound being played

[lou]

i have bullseye and want to record sound being played using ffmpeg

https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Capture/ALSA

$ arecord -l
 List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices 
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC272 Analog [ALC272 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

how to use alsaloop?

Could you give me command to record sound being played? Thanks!

how to record sound being played using arecord

[lou]

Could you give me commands that record sound being played?

i don't know how to use alsaloop

Can arecord use mp3 format?

Thanks!

  ~$ amixer
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31609 [48%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31609 [48%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 65536
  Front Left: Capture 3479 [5%] [off]
  Front Right: Capture 3479 [5%] [off]

~$ arecord -l
 List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices 
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC272 Analog [ALC272 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Re: how to record sound being played using arecord

[lou]

On 10/2/21 7:46 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:

Do you have a microphone plugged in?
Try

arecord test.wav

and make some noise, then hit ctrl-c to stop the recording.

Use

aplay test.wav

to play it back.

If you need a more sophisticated interface, consider installing
audacity.

-dsr-




Thank Dan!

i don't have microphone

i want to record sound being played by application, alsaloop is needed

i will use .wav or .au format, hopefully my cell phone can play it

Re: how to record sound being played using arecord

[lou]

On 10/2/21 9:38 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:

Yes, you want to read

https://dt.iki.fi/record-system-output-alsa

for an example.

-dsr-



to Dan:

it's not easy to follow instruction at 
https://dt.iki.fi/record-system-output-alsa


after running "|modprobe snd-aloop", i can hear sound being played|

|no wonder i can hear nothing from recording|


to Michael:

why shall i need OSS compatibility module if alsa works?
after loading them, they don't help, i can't hear anything from recording

|ffmpeg -f alsa -i hw:1,1 -c:a flac output.flac command above is from 
|https://dt.iki.fi/record-system-output-alsa
i use it to record, i can't hear anything from recording

~$ aplay -l
 List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices 
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC272 Analog [ALC272 Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Loopback [Loopback], device 0: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
  Subdevices: 8/8
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
  Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
  Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
  Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
  Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
  Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
  Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
card 1: Loopback [Loopback], device 1: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
  Subdevices: 8/8
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
  Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
  Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
  Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
  Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
  Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
  Subdevice #7: subdevice #7

||

||

Re: how to record sound being played using arecord

[lou]

On 10/3/21 9:23 AM, Michael Lange wrote:

Hi,

Because the thing you wanted to do did *not* work for you? ;-)


after loading them, they don't help, i can't hear anything from
recording

which commands exactly did you try? Did you set the capture channel to
"Vol" either by some gui mixer or with the aumix command I suggested?

The only reason I suggested loading the sound_*_oss modules is that
alsamixer/amixer seems to have no equivalent for this.

Best regards

Michael



Thank Michael!

i've solved it, with help from pulseaudio, not OSS compatibility module

but it's done in fedora, not in stretch

i've installed pavucontrol for stretch, it doesn't work

pavucontrol has several tabs: Playback, Recording, Output Devices...

under Playback tab, it shows "System Sounds"

i can't change sound volume with scrollbar

why smart phone can't show song's Title and Artist?

[lou]

i use stretch to create mp3 song, use gmp3info to add info on Title and 
Artist


these info are in Chinese and i guess it use utf encoding

then i copy song to smart phone, but phone can't show song's Title and 
Artist

Re: why smart phone can't show song's Title and Artist?

[lou]

On 10/6/21 4:26 AM, Stanislav Vlasov wrote:

Try exfalso as tags editor.



Thank Stanislav Vlasov!

i use exfalso and phone can show Artist and Title now.

why pae kernel has only 3G memory

[lou]

i have stretch, it use 3G memory, 1G memory can't be used

top: KiB Mem :  3038696 total,  2221904 free,   400628 used, 416164 
buff/cache
uname: Linux debian 4.9.0-13-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 4.9.228-1 
(2020-07-05) i686 GNU/Linux


i think pae kernel can use 4G memory

do i have to upgrade to buster or bullseye?

Re: why pae kernel has only 3G memory

[lou]

On 10/15/21 4:57 AM, Andy Smith wrote:

Hello,

This is unlikely to fix things unless it's a known bug.

Cheers,
Andy



Thanks!

you are right, i've just tried bullseye, result is same

in memtest86+, 2x2G memory are detected though 3G are tested

my PC is 32bit, it can use only kernel for i386

 cat /proc/cpuinfo:
processor   : 0
vendor_id   : GenuineIntel
cpu family  : 6
model   : 28
model name  : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N280   @ 1.66GHz
stepping: 2
microcode   : 0x218
cpu MHz : 1000.000
cache size  : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings: 2
core id : 0
cpu cores   : 1
apicid  : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fdiv_bug: no
f00f_bug: no
coma_bug: no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp  : yes
flags   : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov 
pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc 
arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 xtpr 
pdcm movbe lahf_lm dtherm
bugs:
bogomips: 3324.98
clflush size: 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management:

processor   : 1
vendor_id   : GenuineIntel
cpu family  : 6
model   : 28
model name  : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N280   @ 1.66GHz
stepping: 2
microcode   : 0x218
cpu MHz : 1000.000
cache size  : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings: 2
core id : 0
cpu cores   : 1
apicid  : 1
initial apicid  : 1
fdiv_bug: no
f00f_bug: no
coma_bug: no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp  : yes
flags   : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov 
pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc 
arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 xtpr 
pdcm movbe lahf_lm dtherm
bugs:
bogomips: 3324.98
clflush size: 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management:

Re: why pae kernel has only 3G memory

[lou]

Thank Likonen and piorunz!

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-t5740e-thin-client/4282707/manuals

from hp's QuickSpecs: Note: Minimum of 1GB and a maximum of 4GB* (2 X 
2GB) can be supported (*Up to 1 GB may not be available with 32-bit 
operating systems due to system resource requirements.)


bios reports 4032M memory, missing 64M might be used by graphics card

it seems to me that hp says that problem of missing memory is with 
32-bit OS, not with hp

Re: why pae kernel has only 3G memory

[lou]

On 10/16/21 10:32 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:

Any particular reason why you must use pae rather than
the standard 32 bit kernel?

Hmm... isn't "the standard 32 bit kernel" `linux-image-686-pae` ?

At least the `linux-image-686` package seems to describe itself as for use
only on those machines where `linux-image-686-pae` doesn't work.


 Stefan



Thanks, i've just installed linux-image-686, result is same

Re: Debian

[lou]

On 19/10/2021 12:11, courtneyxshort wrote:

I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves
me downloading Debian on my Mac. I have tried this countless times and I
have been unsuccessful. I've watched Youtube videos/ read the
information on your website and I am still unable to do this.
Is this something you could please help me with? I would be so grateful.
Courtney






Computer Science Masters student don't know how to download (use) debian on 
Mac??
it's quite unbelievable.

Re: Debian

[lou]

On 10/19/21 8:13 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
No, that's fully believable. It's a fairly specialized knowledge 
set,which a Computer Science student may not possess.

What's more worrying is the vagueness of the help request.  You'd think
such a student would provide at least a modicum of detail, like which
model computer they're using, which version of Debian they tried to
download (and install??) and what the error message said.



i think he/she is CS student pursuing Master degree

deian/linux is mature product, documentation/howto abounds on Internet

where to find wifi card info in linux-doc

[lou]

i've installed linux-doc for bullseye

 i browse /usr/share/doc/linux-doc, but can't find info about wifi card

i want info about wifi cards supported by kernel

Thanks!

Re: where to find wifi card info in linux-doc

[lou]

sorry, i use wrong word

i mean wifi adapter, not wifi card

in Chinese, it's called wireless card, though it's really USB wifi adapter

Re: where to find wifi card info in linux-doc

[lou]

On 11/26/21 11:08 AM, Christian Britz wrote:

Christian Britz wrote:

This actually works recursively with the zgrep command from the zutils
package, thank you!

And still it doesn't find the file mentioned by deloptes, amazing! :-D




Thanks to all that reply!

WUSB-Design-overview.txt is available in linux doc 4.9, not in 5.10

Re: where to find wifi card info in linux-doc

[lou]

Thank David!

i want info about wifi adapters supported by kernel without using 
non-free firmware.


i haven't been able to find such info in linux-doc

yes, search for such info isn't easy, i give up

many web pages have stories of linux users' success with wifi adapter

but they might use non-free firmware

BTW both opensuse and fedora include non-free firmware in their official 
images


they r so serious about open source that they don't include mp3 player 
(you have to use 3rd party repositories)


i think debian shall re-consider its policy on non-free firmware

Re: where to find wifi card info in linux-doc

[lou]

Thank David, you have better memory than i

my memory is poor because of insomnia

why i can't download debian-live-10.11.0-i386-gnome.iso?

[lou]

http://ftp.sunet.se/cdimage/archive/10.11.0-live/i386/iso-hybrid/

i use wget to download, length is 2G though ftp.sunet.se shows 2.6G

ftp.funet.fi has same problem, live gnome image is more than 2G, i can't 
get it with wget


http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/mirrors/debian-cdimage/current-live/i386/iso-hybrid/

Re: why i can't download debian-live-10.11.0-i386-gnome.iso?

[lou]

Thank Dan and Stefan!

file system is ext3, it has no 2G limit IMO

i've installed curl, it doesn't have such bug

Re: why i can't download debian-live-10.11.0-i386-gnome.iso?

[lou]

Thank Keith and David!

Sorry,  i've not been able to receive replies from both of you on time 
because of mail service problem

is it possible to install bullseye by copy whole disk?

[lou]

i've installed bullseye on usb disk

can i copy it to hard disk (sda2) and make necessary change in 
/etc/fstab and


then update grub of usb disk to boot sda2?

Thanks!

Re: is it possible to install bullseye by copy whole disk?

[lou]

Thank Andrei and David!

i've tried, it doesn't work, i give up

if install by copy is complicated, i won't do it that way

instead, i just install as usual

Re: need help on setting up thunderbird

[lou]

Thank didier and tomas! i've set up thunderbird

when i receive mail, thunderbird prompts me for password, i enter 
16-char-long code, password used in their web-based mail isn't used

Re: need help on setting up thunderbird

[lou]

tomas, thunderbird is working now

why toolbar in thunderbird can't be customized?

[lou]

there are three toolbars in thunderbird

the 1st can be customized to one of iconOnly/textOnly/iconWithtext

but other two can't be, no matter where do i right-click beside toolbar, 
popup window doesn't show


thunderbird for stretch and buster all have such problem

Re: why copying big file fails?

[lou]

Thank Michael! i install go-mtpfs for i386 and it can copy 4G file, and 
i can check progress with "ls -l"


strange thing about go-mtpfs is you'd better add & at end of command

go-mtpfs seems faster than jmtpfs

why pdf viewer is missing in firefox for bullseye?

[lou]

how to install pdf plugin?

firefox for old debian distro can open pdf file

Re: why pdf viewer is missing in firefox for bullseye?

[lou]

Thank Cater!

actually firefox for debian 11 can view my local pdf file

maybe those web sites with PDF files set MIME type 
 
incorrectly

how to join 2 video files with ffmpeg or mencoder

[lou]

i have 2 video files, they are of same format

because they are both created by android's screen recorder

and then resized with same ffmpeg command to reduce file size

now i want to concatenate them with ffmpeg or mencoder

how to specify options using either command? Thanks!

Re: how to join 2 video files with ffmpeg or mencoder

[lou]

Thank Pankaj Jangid and Teemu Likonen!

it's more complicated than i thought

from https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Concatenate

ffmpeg -i input1.mp4 -c copy -bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb -f mpegts intermediate1.ts
ffmpeg -i input2.mp4 -c copy -bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb -f mpegts intermediate2.ts
ffmpeg -i "concat:intermediate1.ts|intermediate2.ts" -c copy -bsf:a 
aac_adtstoasc output.mp4

these three commands work for me

but "ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i list.txt -c copy ready.mp4" doesn't work

i have used bing.com to search answer, but it doesn't show 
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Concatenate on 1st page

Re: how to join 2 video files with ffmpeg or mencoder

[lou]

Thank tomas!

it seems i have used wrong keywords

with "ffmpeg concatenate" as keywords, bing.com can return desired url

duckduckgo.com seems blocked in china

Re: why some wifi connection method is better than other

[lou]

Thanks!

it's same hardware, bullseye is in hard disk while opensuse live image 
is copied to usb disk

Re: why some wifi connection method is better than other

[lou]

Thank tomas!

i'm mistaken, gnome can't connect to weak wifi network too

though cell phone can use it, but it's unstable, sometime it disconnects

how to install zoom for bullseye for i386

[lou]

i download  zoom_i386.deb from zoom.us and run dpkg -i:

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of zoom:
 zoom depends on libgl1-mesa-glx; however:
  Package libgl1-mesa-glx is not installed.
 zoom depends on libegl1-mesa; however:
  Package libegl1-mesa is not installed.
 zoom depends on libxcb-xtest0; however:
  Package libxcb-xtest0 is not installed.
 zoom depends on ibus; however:
  Package ibus is not installed.

then i run "apt install libgl1-mesa-glx":

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 zoom : Depends: libegl1-mesa but it is not going to be installed
    Depends: libxcb-xtest0 but it is not going to be installed
    Depends: ibus but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages 
(or specify a  solution)

root@debian:~#

Re: how to install zoom for bullseye for i386

[lou]

it seems i have solved it with 'apt --fix-broken install'

Thanks anyway!

which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

[lou]

i use twm for bullseye

i want to record screen with ffmpeg, it allows me to select some region 
of screen


i need a program that can display X/Y coordinates of mouse pointer as i 
move mouse

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

[lou]

On 5/9/22 7:09 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:

xdotool getmouselocation



Thanks!

are you sure that xterm can be made always-on-top in twm?

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

[lou]

On 5/9/22 9:21 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:

No, I've never used twm. fvwm, sawmill/sawfish, and xfwm can all
do that. Probably most others.

-dsr-



Thanks! i have success with icewm, not with fvwm

xeyes knows mouse movement, it's too bad it doesn't show X/Y coordinates

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

[lou]

Thank Michael Lange!

it's what i need, and it works fine in twm

no wonder python is so popular these days

PS: why isn't there some existing application that can do this job? is 
my need too special?

which X11 app can show wifi info

[lou]

i want a small app that show wifi info, including  connected network 
name (wpa-ssid)


hopefully it doesn't depend on qt as i don't use kde ( i use twm for buster)

Thanks!

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

[lou]

On 6/10/22 4:12 PM, Stanislav Vlasov wrote:

пт, 10 июн. 2022 г. в 05:12, lou :

i want a small app that show wifi info, including  connected network
name (wpa-ssid)

You may try gkrellm with gkrellmwireless plugin
I don't use it some years, so it may be wrong answer.


hopefully it doesn't depend on qt as i don't use kde ( i use twm for buster)

It is DE-independed.



Thanks!

i try "gkrellm --plugin /usr/lib/gkrellm2/wireless.so"

it doesn't work as i have hoped for

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

[lou]

On 6/11/22 4:57 PM, Brian wrote:


You may want wpagui, a graphical frontend for wpasupplicant.



Use of Qt apps does not involve installing KDE.



Thanks, but i use ifup/ifdown (not wpasupplicant) to manage network 
connection.

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

[lou]

On 6/11/22 7:00 PM, Brian wrote:


You are associating with a wireless access point. You must be using
wpasupplicant. Have you tried installing wpagui?



Thanks, wpagui seems to work for me.

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

[lou]

Thank David Wright!

"wpa_cli status" is handy for me

no sound after installing pulseaudio

[lou]

i am running buster and install pulseaudio

to let pulseaudio take effect i have to reboot

but there's no sound though pavucontrol seems ok

(pavucontrol shows sound is playing properly)

to get sound back, i have to remove pulseaudio and reboot

Thanks!

Re: no sound after installing pulseaudio

[lou]

Thank Jude and Christoph!

i run "pactl list":

Connection failure: Connection refused
pa_context_connect() failed: Connection refused

but in stretch, pulseaudio works after i install it

Re: no sound after installing pulseaudio

[lou]

Thank Christoph and Andrew!

i can use stretch if i need pulseaudio

my problem is so strange that i give up

ps: Andrew, my experience shows that new isn't always better than old. 
many wifi adapter makers on Chinese market today support Windows XP for 
their new products

Re: no sound after installing pulseaudio

[lou]

Thank Jude!

i try your command anyway though i have said i give up

i install pulseaudio again and have to reboot to get it to work

then i run your command, it solves my problem, Thanks!

Re: no sound after installing pulseaudio

[lou]

Christoph, your "pactl list" command didn't work because i didn't reboot 
buster after installing pulseaudio, Thanks anyway!

problem with loading installer (hard disk method)

[lou]

menuentry 'New Install' {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
linux /boot/newinstall/vmlinuz
initrd /boot/newinstall/initrd.gz
}

above is from installation manual, i use it, grub says can't find vmlinuz
i boot installer from buster, installed at sda4,
i wonder if i shall change hd0 to hd3 in line 4 above

Re: problem with loading installer (hard disk method)

[lou]

Thank Max, but i have solved my problem on my own

but i have other problem, installer says

possible mismatch version between iso file and kernel

i have downloaded  debian-11.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso at vfat sda1

i prefer site http://ftp.sunet.se/debian/

which vmlinuz and initrd set shall i use?

btw imo hard disk method is very error prone

Re: problem with loading installer (hard disk method)

[lou]

i have solved my 2nd problem on my own, thanks anyway!

but i am not sure where i go wrong last time

i have 2 suggestions:

1st, (hd0,msdos1) in installation manual is too mysterious, i suggest adding 
some explanation

2nd, option name msdos1 in grub is too misleading, i suggest changing it to 
partition1

Re: problem with loading installer (hard disk method)

[lou]

Thank Brian and Max!

On 12/30/22 01:42, Brian wrote:

Two problems encountered. Two problems resolved in an unknown
way.


i suppose many users here are expert, explanation isn't necessary. hard 
disk installation method doesn't work, usually because user or i make 
mistake



I doubt GRUB would act on  (hd0,partition1).


two options count from 0 and 1 respectively, it's easy to make mistake 
here. if same counting convention and better names are used, user can 
edit them without reading grub manual


Max has provided helpful info for me. for many users and me, writing iso 
image to usb stick is easier than booting with grub

installer can't detect my usb adapter

[lou]

i have realtek 8188eus usb adapter, it works in buster

but after reboot, it can't be recognized, i have to unplug and plug usb 
adapter to help detection. this isn't big inconvenience for me because i 
rarely reboot


my problem is bullseye installer can't detect it even after i unplug and 
plug it. i run "modprobe r8188eu" in installer's terminal, it doesn't  
help detection. lsusb command doesn't exist. if wifi isn't setup by 
installer, then i am unable to setup it after installation because of 
some debian bug

Re: installer can't detect my usb adapter

[lou]

On 1/3/23 08:41, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:




Which installation medium are you using? I have a RealTek WiFi adapter 
and it requires the non-free installer for binary blobs to work.


https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/11.6.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-dvd/

Tim

Thank Tim, i use debian-11.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso, i don't use unofficial 
images


after recognition it shall prompt me for non-free firmware, but it can't 
recognize it

privoxy kinda slowish

[Lou]

Hi list

If I run privoxy with filtering disabled in the webinterface it still 
feels a lot slower compared to surfing without a proxy at all.


Is this to be expected, and can speed improve with config adjustments?

I just use the default actions on debian/squezze, and no tor.


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Re: Re: privoxy kinda slowish

[Lou]

Thank you both Sthu and John for your replies.

Can you tell me what version of privoxy you both are using in 
debian/squeeze? There is the repository version (3.0.16), and then there 
is the deb you can download from the privoxy sourceforge website (3.0.19).


None of them load sites reasonable well when set in cautious mode. I 
also noticed, how version 3.0.19 in ubuntu/precise runs fast on the same 
websites, even with filtering enabled.


It all points to miss-configuration on my part, or the package in 
squeeze has a problem I don't know of.


Since it runs so well in ubuntu with plain default actions, I don't 
understand what's wrong with the same defaults I use in squeeze.


I enabled the debug mode and checked for errors in 
/var/log/privoxy/logfile , but that won't point me to a possible problem.


Any ideas what to look at when speed drops like that?

Regards,

Lou

On 25.09.2012 11:17, Sthu Deus wrote:

Good time of the day, Lou.


You wrote:


If I run privoxy with filtering disabled in the webinterface it still
feels a lot slower compared to surfing without a proxy at all.

Is this to be expected, and can speed improve with config adjustments?

I just use the default actions on debian/squezze, and no tor.


Unless You use TOR, it should be any slower even if You use filters.


Sthu.




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wheezy: findsmb output different compared to squeeze

[Lou]

Hello list

findsmb in debian/wheezy will ship the exact same perl script I have 
here in debian/squeeze, but the output it produces is different.


findsmb output in squeeze:

*=DMB
+=LMB
IP ADDR NETBIOS NAME WORKGROUP/OS/VERSION
-
192.168.1.2   D6M1 +[WORKGROUP] [Unix] [Samba 3.5.6]
192.168.1.3   D7M1  [WORKGROUP] [Unix] [Samba 3.6.3]
192.168.1.4   D6M2  [WORKGROUP] [Unix] [Samba 3.5.6]


findsmb output in wheezy:

*=DMB
+=LMB
IP ADDR NETBIOS NAME WORKGROUP/OS/VERSION
-
192.168.1.2   D6M1   +[WORKGROUP] [Unix] [Samba 3.5.6]


So it randomly outputs only 1 of my 3 shares instead of all 3. I'd like 
to know why? All machines use an identical smb.conf


Regards, Lou


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W: Kernel Task Compendium

[Lou]

Hi list

I'm looking for a brief compendium on kernel tasks - mostly out of 
curiosity, but also to have a brief idea what the list of running 
services ps -A is spitting out are there for (and disabling those I most 
certainly will never use)


Figuring out what the userspace tasks are doing is easily done by a 
quick google, as for the kernel tasks: not so much.


Is the Kernel/Documentation folder any good, or where is the right place 
to look for?


And is it possible to stop kernel tasks I will never use? In Ubuntu 
[ecryptfs-thread] would be a possible candidate. Can I blacklist loaded 
modules and services I don't use?


Thanks,

Lou


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Re: Wheezy and Sun-Java

[Lou]

On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:29:41 -0300, Dr Beco wrote:


3) If there is an easy way of creating a ".deb" package from the .tgz
on the original site, that would also be nice. Something like the
google-earth package, I believe.

There are many solutions, so please, just take a kind look into this!



That's been taken care of last February:

http://sylvestre.ledru.info/blog/sylvestre/2012/02/29/java_package_replacement_of_sun_java6

You will have to update yourself once a new binary comes out. It works 
against java6 and java7



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Re: Wheezy and Sun-Java

[Lou]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 06:14:58 -0300, Dr Beco wrote:



I wonder, this solutions give us not only JDK or JRE, but also the
plugin, don't they?



The plugin's included in jre and jdk - if you don't see it in 
about:plugins most likely the symlink to libnpjp2.so has gone missing.


The debian-way of adding this link is to place an entry called 
mozilla-javaplugin.so to /etc/alternatives :


sudo update-alternatives --install 
"/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/mozilla-javaplugin.so" "mozilla-javaplugin.so" 
"/usr/lib/jvm/j2sdk1.6-oracle/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so" 3


sudo update-alternatives --config mozilla-javaplugin.so

choose your weapon there if you got multiple solutions
after that consider testing java @ 
http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp - it might complain java 7 
is out, but you can ignore that until February/2013, just make sure to 
keep java6 up to date.



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Re: SATA disc spindown

[Lou]

Hallo Ramon,

On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:49:42 +, Ramon Hofer wrote:

>Therefore I uncommented the spindown_time line and set the value to
>241 which should spin down all the drives after 30 minutes.

>To speed up testing I have set spindown_tim = 1 but the drives still
>stays active...

>Can I check the access to the discs from a log?
>Or maybe I should create a sudo hdparm -C /dev/sd? log which checks 
>the drive states every 15 minutes or so?


Maybe it's just the hddtemp daemon with the temperature polls keeping 
your data drive(s) awake? To find out more exactly I suggest you monitor 
r/w access in syslog:


#this will put a comment about read/write access into your syslog:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/block_dump

#live monitoring syslog:
tail -f /var/log/syslog

#switch off syslog r/w comments:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/block_dump

Hopefully this will give you the necessary hints

Cheers!


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Re: SATA disc spindown

[Lou]

On -10.01.-28163 20:59, Ramon Hofer wrote:


Btw: As you didn't write anything else hdparm should have no problem
spinning down sata drives?

Do you know if I can check the hdparm setting somewhere? Like hdparm -C
to show me the spindown setting?


It depends on the drive - there is hdparm -I /dev/ that offers a 
capability and a command feature section. From the looks at my output

(where hdparm -S  works alright) there is this option:

   *Power Management feature set

Maybe this is mandatory for hdparm to work with your hardware, I'm not sure.


And do I have to restart the system or is it enough the do a /etc/init.d/
hdparm restart?



Nope, hdparm -S  /dev/ should have immediate effect, but 
it could be different for the conf file in /etc - I hope somebody else 
can help you there, since I never used that file, but wrote a 
shellscript to set hdparm -S  upon boot.



When I turn logging on, I only get lots of messages from the system drive
and not from any other. So it should work?


At least that's a good sign for drive access, another way to check it is 
to unmount the data drive(s) completely, then set sleep time to a 
minimum with hdparm -S   , then wait while monitoring syslog :-)


regards

Lou


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Re: SATA disc spindown

[Lou]

On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:14:31 +, Ramon Hofer wrote:



Maybe this is important:
I use Squeeze, 2.6.32-5-amd64, hdparm v9.32, the drive sdc is a WDC
WD20EARS-00MVWB0 and the mainboard an ASUS P7P55D.




It's very good you mention this - the WD Green series is a pain in the 
ass for linux users ... please have a look at the following two postings 
about problems with the green series operating under linux:


http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/WD_IntelliPark
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/479998#479998

In order to avoid high load cycle counts it is highly recommended to 
disable intellipark using WDIDLE3.exe, after that your load cycle counts 
should not raise anymore and the traditional ata commands like hdparm -S 
/dev/ 6 should work again, thus switch off your green drive 
after 30 seconds ( is a multiple of 5 accdoring to the hdparm manpage)


Please take care to only use capital "-S" parameter, not "-s" ... 
otherwise it could mess up the device firmware.


Regards

Lou


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Re: comment diff files

[Lou]

From: Jerome BENOIT  rezozer.net>


Is there any way to comment a diff file ?


I don't think so - you apply the diff using patch, then you put comments 
into the modified file, then you run a diff against the original version 
to get the difference with comments included.



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Re: Re: SATA disc spindown

[Lou]

Ramon Hofer wrote:



Wasn't able to have a closer look at the links but it seems as if I had
to use Windows to run WDIDLE3.exe to change a firmware setting. I assume
I can do this on an other PC and then move the disc back to the server?



Actually this is an MS-DOS binary, which might complicate things for you 
if you no longer have a working dos environment like a bootable floppy 
or a stick installation. This is why I posted the wiki link: the article 
explains how to create a bootable freedos image with the exe included. 
Since I still had a working MS-DOS 6.22 floppy I used that one, but the 
wiki howto ("Verwendung von FreeDOS") looks straightforward to me as well.


The binary archive can be downloaded from the wd support site [1] there 
is a text file inside that explains the update procedure.


[1] http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5357



Do you have any advices about the Samsung drives in the mdadm raid? Can I
put them to sleep normally or do I have to tell mdadm that it has to spin
down the drives?



This seems to be a controversial topic - some people report no problems 
with md raid standby, some disagree because mdraid does not handle it 
well should one array member sleep and another member doesn't.


Maybe you can choose a solution where you unmount the array before you 
put them to sleep, just to be on the save side? I never used this, since 
I prefer to shutdown a server on inactivity, and wake it up again using 
WOL or acpi wakeup.


Good Luck!

Lou


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Re: SATA disc spindown

[Lou]

Hello Ramon,

Please check the wdc link [1] I gave you again, WD20EARS is on the list. 
The wiki article can't keep up all the time with newer green series 
coming out.


[1] http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5357

Regards

Lou

Ramon Hofer wrote:


Sorry, one more question to the wdidle3:
On the ubuntuusers page and the WD page they write, that it should only
be used for WD1000FYPS-01ZKB0, WD7500AYPS-01ZKB0 and WD7501AYPS-01ZKB0.
But I have a different drive. So I wondered if they just didn't update
their homepage and mean all of the Caviar Green series?




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Re: Re: How /etc/hosts.allow /etc/hosts.deny and smb.conf play along

[Lou]

Thanks for clearing this up Juan and Shawn.

I noticed I could change smbd to run in inetd mode if I flip the switch 
in /etc/default/samba, but I don't known how this would improve things, 
eventually create new drawback in cifs performance ... so I'll keep it 
as it is with additional smb.conf entries + daemon mode.


The server is behind a router/firewall, it should be safe as it is.



On 26.04.2012 12:54, shawn wilson wrote:

Juan is correct. However my two cents - don't rely on hosts.allow and
hosts.deny for anything. Just use iptables rules to do this type of thing.

Also, most don't consider samba to be a very secure service (last CVE
was only a few weeks ago) so be very careful with this service.

On Apr 26, 2012 5:37 AM, "Juan Sierra Pons" 


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Re: Re: How /etc/hosts.allow /etc/hosts.deny and smb.conf play along

[Lou]

Hello Clive

Thanks for pointing me to to ipcalc,

I noticed smb.conf  has a commented entry for 127.0.0.0/8

This would cover the whole local subnet:

HostMin:   127.0.0.1
HostMax:   127.255.255.254

Does it make sense to cover more than 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.1.1 in 
/etc/hosts.allow ?


I don't know of any service using any other than those two addresses. 
First one is localhost, the other one should be there for X-server 
compatibility.


On 26.04.2012 13:34, Clive Standbridge wrote:



Not sure about that. You can check it with ipcalc (in the ipcalc package):




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Re: remote backup from Windows PCs

[Lou Losee]

* Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-24 23:22]:
> On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 19:40, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 06:41:48PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > > > So I'd prefer that backups are initiated on the remote PCs, and that
> > > > even the file set to backup was controlled on the remote PCs. All the
> > > > Linux server is doing then is streaming the data to tape.
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone recommend some software to achieve this?
> > 
> > > I thought of one thing immediately, there is some package that reads email
> > > messgages to it (the server) and using some authentication scheme then
> > > processes the email message as a 'sys admin command'. Thus you have the
> > > remote pcs' email 'back me up' and the email goes to the debian server and
> > > it says ok.
> > 
> > Thanks for the suggestion. I was really hoping there might be a well
> > integrated client/server solution where the Windows client would look
> > like a standard backup solution with GUI etc but back up to a remote server.
> 
> It shouldn't be hard to write something like that, with the server
> daemon on the Linux box, written in Perl or Python, and the client
> written in Python/Tk (which could then run on Windows, Linux, BSD,
> and probably even Mac OS9 & X).
> 
There is a relatively simple example of such a program detailed in
Chapter 7 'E-Mail as a System Console' in the book 'Multitool Linux
Practical Uses for Open Source Software' by Michael Schwarz, Jeremy
Anderson, Peter Curtis and Steven Murphy.  It is published by Addison
Wesley and has ISBN - 0-201-73420-6

Lou


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Re: unstable cups problem

[Lou Losee]

* Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-26 05:37]:
  
> As cups does not allow ordinary users to cancel jobs, I have to log out, log 
> on as root and start a root KDE session - which I hate to do at all - in 
> order to open print manager and kill the waiting jobs.

The print jobs can still be managed via the command line.  Use lpq to
view the jobs, lprm 'spool-number' to remove them.  If you are not
authorized to delete the job, use sudo to gain root authority for the
command.

Lou


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Re: netiquette: CCing on lists

[Lou Losee]

* Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-29 11:32]:
> Bijan Soleymani wrote:
> >I hit the g key in mutt. It usually does do CCs. I'm told that there is
> >a header that people can set to request no CCs. I think you mentionned
> >something along those lines. I am pretty sure mutt respects that. I
> >think most of the CCs you are receiving are from borken mail-clients
> >that don't respect that header.
> 
> You should be hitting L, not g.

But make sure you define them in your muttrc as being subscribed to.

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Re: netiquette: CCing on lists

[Lou Losee]

 
> To use L I have to define the mailing lists I am subscribed to, this
> causes mutt to do weird things (I don't remember exactly what, but it
> might have shown debian-user as the sender of all messages from
> debian-user, instead of the actual senders).

Not for me - the From: header is correct.  There is a Resent-from:
header that is set to debian-user.

Lou


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vim print via :hardcopy does not find 'prolog.ps'

[Lou Losee]

Don't know when this went belly-up, but when I try to print from vim
1.6.1-320.1, using :hardcopy, I get the following error:

E456: Can't find PostScript resource file "prolog.ps".

When I do a find for "prolog.ps, I find 3 instances that according to
diff are all the same (except for cvs type comments):

/usr/lib/perl5/Tk/prolog.ps
/usr/lib/tk8.3/prolog.ps
/usr.lib/tk8.4/prolog.ps

I did a re-install of vim and that did not help at all.

Anyone have any ideas?

Lou



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Re: Slow linux.bin

[Lou Losee]

* - _ r a r o h _ - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-11-02 10:09]:
> Hallo,
> 
> installed woody with booting from floppy - it takes 4 minutes to read 
> the floppy. I hear the movement of the floppy some 20 seconds ...
> 
> Any idea how to fix ?
> 
WAG - bad sectors or sectors going bad on the floppy - try creating a
new boot floppy

Lou


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Re: Mysql question.

[Lou Losee]

* Mark Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-15 01:25]:
> Ah yes, I tried those doc's first.:
> menem:/home/mark# mysqladmin -u root password 'secret'
> mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> error: 'Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: NO)'
> 
> And I swear to you, I never set a password! I freshly installed mysql, and I
> cannot access it. Could this be a DNS problem?
> 
> (When I ping localhost, I do get respons from 127.0.0.1) I'm at a loss...

Just for grins have you tried removing and reinstalling mysql?  remove
it with a purge to get rid of any configuration and reinstall should
clear it up.  I assume you do not have anything to lose since you have
not been able to start mysql anyway.

Lou


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Security updates vs. Sarge and Sid??

[Lou Losee]

The posts that arrive from the Debian Security list show package updates
for Woody.  How does one ensure that these same updates are applied when
running a mixed system (testing & stable)?

For instance:
Recently a post for mysql-common indicated an  update was available.  If
I run apt-cache policy mysql-common I get the following output:

mysql-common:
  Installed: 4.0.13-3
  Candidate: 4.0.13-3
  Version Table:
 4.0.14-1 0
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages
 *** 4.0.13-3 0
990 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
 3.23.49-8.5 0
500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
 3.23.49-8 0
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/main Packages

So, I have the latest version installed from testing.  Does that include
the changes from security.debian.org?

Lou


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Re: knx-hdinstall vs dist-upgrade. taking bets.

[Lou Losee]

* S. Loisel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-03 17:36]:
> Dear Debianites,
...snip
 
> I realize this is probably not the Debian way of doing things, but I am 
> an adventurer in the jungle with a whip and a gun, and I'm looking for a 
> golden statue. Or something.
> 
> At any rate, could anyone give me an overview, initial pointers, 
> walkthrough, howto, whatever, on going from a knoppixified initial 
> Debian installation to a dist-upgraded modern Debian desktop including 
> all the latest whizbang? I've never administrated Debian before, but 
> I've been using RH for a long time (since the 4.x days.)

Perhaps browsing the forums and/or asking questions at:
www.knoppix.net
might be more productive.

Lou Losee


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pls explain setrlimit log message

[Lou Losee]

Can someone explain the following log message I am getting occasionally? 
I did a man on setrlimit and understand that it has to do with resource
limits, but how do I find out some more detail to figure out the cause
and solution?

snail pam_limits[14846]: setrlimit limit #6 to soft=-1, hard=-1 failed:
Operation not permitted; uid=1000 euid=1000

Thanks...

Lou Losee


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System refuses to load uhci instead of usb-uhci

[Lou Losee]

Hi, Currently on boot, my system is loading the usb-uhci module.  I am
trying to change that to get it to load the uhci module instead.  I am
running a custom 2.4.22 kernel if that matters.  I want uhci instead of
usb-uhci based on the following output I get from a lspci -v | grep HCI
command:

00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) (prog-if 00 
[UHCI])
00:0b.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 50) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
00:0b.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 50) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
00:0b.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])

Based on some input from the hpoj list, I added the following line to
the aliases file in /etc/modutils and ran update-modules:

alias usb-controller uhci

That did not work, usb-uhci still loaded after a power down and reboot
(I was also told that a simple modprobe -r usb-uhci followed by a
modprobe uhci would not work and to power down the system after
changing) - shades of that *other* operating system.

So, then based on information in the FAQ at linux-usb.org, I removed the
previous line I added and added the following lines instead:

alias usb uhci
post-install uhci modprobe printer

Again after running update-modules powering down and rebooting usb-uhci
still gets loaded

Help - any ideas on how to get this to work

Lou Losee


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Re: [solved] System refuses to load uhci instead of usb-uhci

[Lou Losee]

Never mind ...
usb-uhci was in /etc/modules
Dooh!!!

Lou Losee
* Lou Losee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-08 17:12]:
> Hi, Currently on boot, my system is loading the usb-uhci module.  I am
> trying to change that to get it to load the uhci module instead.  I am
> running a custom 2.4.22 kernel if that matters.  I want uhci instead of
> usb-uhci based on the following output I get from a lspci -v | grep HCI
> command:
> 
> 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) (prog-if 00 
> [UHCI])
> 00:0b.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 50) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
> 00:0b.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 50) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
> 00:0b.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
> 
> Based on some input from the hpoj list, I added the following line to
> the aliases file in /etc/modutils and ran update-modules:
> 
>   alias usb-controller uhci
> 
> That did not work, usb-uhci still loaded after a power down and reboot
> (I was also told that a simple modprobe -r usb-uhci followed by a
> modprobe uhci would not work and to power down the system after
> changing) - shades of that *other* operating system.
> 
> So, then based on information in the FAQ at linux-usb.org, I removed the
> previous line I added and added the following lines instead:
> 
>   alias usb uhci
>   post-install uhci modprobe printer
> 
> Again after running update-modules powering down and rebooting usb-uhci
> still gets loaded
> 
> Help - any ideas on how to get this to work
> 
> Lou Losee
> 
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Re: Traditional Install or Knoppix?

[Lou Losee]

I installed via Knoppix.  Things went smoothly and I have had no
problems with the apt-get upgrade process.

However

There are *situations* to think about:
 - By default the install goes into a single partition.  There are
   howtos to get the /home directories onto another partition, but that
   is the default.
 - By default the user that is installed is named 'knoppix' again there
   are howtos to install with a different user.
 - once installed vs running from the cd, knoppix loses all of its
   unique hardware detection capabilities.
 - knoppix installs alot of packages that a typical user - especially a
   newbie doesn't need

Within the situations described, I am pleased with the install.  It was
very quick and easy and does give a user a very workable system.

Cheers,
Lou Losee

* Darryl Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-08-17 06:02]:
> Hershel,
> 
> I haven't tried Knoppix to Debian myself, though I have seen a number of 
> relevant posts.  Apparently Knoppix is basically Debian unstable.  Depending 
> on exactly what the differences are, it may be possible to simply update the 
> sources and do an apt-get upgrade to go to Debian unstable.  I saw one post 
> from someone who tried this and managed to break their KDE, and am mainly 
> interested in whether others have tried this more succesfully.  I'm not 
> familiar enough with Knoppix to know what changes have been made and what may 
> go wrong.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Darryl
> 
> 
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 07:14 pm, you wrote:
> > Darryl, I am a newbie newbie about to install Debian for the very first
> > time on a Celeron machine. I have Knoppix (from last week) and it runs on
> > my P III. I have no great interest in investing a lot of time playing with
> > the installation of Debian. How does this Knoppix to Debian work? You just
> > install Knoppix (with all of its auto-detection for x86 architecture) and
> > then upgrade to whichever Debian you want?
> >
> > I am watching the list for responses, but you say that this has worked in
> > the past for you.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Hershel Robinson
> > Jerusalem, Israel
> >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Darryl Barlow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Sun, August 17, 2003 4:30
> > > To: debian users
> > > Subject: Traditional Install or Knoppix?
> > >
> > >
> > > I plan to install Debian unstable on another machine.
> > > Whenever I have done
> > > this in the past I have started with a Woody install from cd
> > > followed by
> > > apt-get dist-upgrade which of course works well.  However, is
> > > there any
> > > disadvantage to installing knoppix and then using
> > > dist-upgrade?  Might save
> > > me some time and bandwidth.
> > >
> > > Any opinions welcome.
> > >
> > > regards,
> > >
> > > Darryl
> > >
> > >
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Re: /var/lib/dpkg/available a day behind apt

[Lou Losee]

Colin,
I have seen you 'suggest' this a couple of times now.  Would you give a
reference to something that explains why?  Thanks.

Lou Losee

* Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-08-18 06:17]:
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 09:48:54AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > Gentlemen, my /var/lib/dpkg/available file always seems a day behind
> > apt:
> 
> Sounds like you're using 'apt-get update' instead of 'dselect update'.
> Don't.
> 
> > P.S. Is it normal to have a /var/lib/dpkg/lock always present 24 hours
> > a day?
> 
> Yes.
> 
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Re: new kernel won't boot - operator error 101

[Lou Losee]

You may get better response by posting to Debian-knoppix.

Later,
Lou

* Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-08-19 01:49]:
> I thought I knew what I was doing.
> 
> I finally compiled a new kernel, and copied it into my /boot
> partition, and edit my /etc/lilo.conf, to point to the new kernel, but
> left the working one, just in case.
> 
> My problem? The new compiled kernel never brings the system up. The
> system was a Knoppix install, and the lilo.conf never gave a chance to
> select which boot image to select.
> 
> What is the best way to get my system booting the original kernel?
> 
> I have a Knoppix cdrom to help facilitate this endeavor, and once I
> get it running again, I will create a boot/rescue floppy.
> 
> Thanks
> 
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Re: USB problems

[Lou Losee]

* Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-08-23 21:50]:
>  --- Henning Moll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: 
 > 
> > But there is no /proc/bus/usb/devices and programs like gphoto do not work...
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> > 
You probably do not have an entry in /etc/fstab.  Either mount it manually with:

mount -t usbdevfs none /proc/bus/usb 

or add an entry in /etc/fstab like so to not have to mount it manually
all the time:

none   /proc/bus/usbusbdevfs   defaults  0  0

See: http://Linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x173.html

HTH,
Lou


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Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

[Lou Losee]

* Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-08-28 08:57]:
> On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 06:46:09 -0500
> Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Lets take my MUA, Evolution, for example.  It's not processor 
> > intensive.  Why couldn't it be written in Python?  
> 
> It wouldn't idle as fast?
> 
> > The SLOC count would be lowered, and that means a lower bug count and
> > quicker development.
> 
> SLOC?
Source Lines of Code

Lou


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