Re: need help on cracking wireless password

Long Wind wrote: > i've installed reaver > how to know bssid? it's required argumentfrom wicd-gtk, i click > "Properties" then "Information"i can see Access point address, it's > bssid?? after i enter reaver with -i, -b and -vv, nothing seems to happen > Thanks! I agree with Reco, but you can try

Re: need help on cracking wireless password

Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 09:55:30PM +, Long Wind wrote: > i've installed reaver > how to know bssid? it's required argumentfrom wicd-gtk, i click "Properties" > then "Information"i can see Access point address, it's bssid?? > after i enter reaver with -i, -b and -vv, nothing seems

Re: domain names, was: hostname

On Fri 23 Feb 2018 at 12:53:34 (+), Brian wrote: > On Thu 22 Feb 2018 at 11:58:18 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > > On Mon 19 Feb 2018 at 18:39:02 (+), Brian wrote: > > > On Mon 19 Feb 2018 at 10:23:56 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > > > > > > $ cat /etc/mailname > > > > alum > > > > > >

Re: no audio

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 10:42 PM, songbird wrote: > install paman and see what it says about sources > and sinks. It says a lot, but I'm not sure what it all means. Would screenshots help? But as best I can tell, things are OK there. All the blanks are filled in, and the sinks say two things:

Re: no audio

On Fri, 23 Feb 2018, Glenn English wrote: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 10:42 PM, songbird wrote: > > > check for something set to Mute or the volume may > > be set very low somewhere. > > Possible, but there's no mm/MM (that I can see) below the faders, and > the faders are all up in the red.

Re: no audio

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 10:42 PM, songbird wrote: > check for something set to Mute or the volume may > be set very low somewhere. Possible, but there's no mm/MM (that I can see) below the faders, and the faders are all up in the red. Were anyway. I took them down to the white because I don't

Re: no audio

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 10:42 PM, Ric Moore wrote: > Check your logs. K. > I have the Realtek alc892 and alsamixer > finds it without problems. Alsamixer finds it with no problem here too. It just doesn't stay as the chip when I try to select it. > p/s when you use alsamixer you want to see "

Re: Super (Mod4) + L behavior for MATE

On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 5:01 PM, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > Greetings, > > Just upgraded to MATE 1.20.0 (Debian Sid) and I'm noticing something that > I had not before... > > If I hit Super + L, I get a screen lock. However, screen lock is bound to > Ctrl + Alt + L. > > Anyone have ideas as to what

Re: no audio

Glenn English wrote: ... > Ideas? Suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong? check for something set to Mute or the volume may be set very low somewhere. install paman and see what it says about sources and sinks. songbird

Re: no audio

On 02/23/2018 04:26 PM, Glenn English wrote: I've heard that PulseAudio is the spawn of Satan, and I've used alsa and its predecessor successfully for years with the mobo audio and alsa with my RME Hammerfall card. I haven't scoured to logs for errors yet... Check your logs. I've used pulse f

no audio

buster -- recent update(s), SuperMicro box There's no audio, but there was a few weeks ago. In alsamixer, I've tried selecting the mobo sound chip (HDA Intel). When alsamixer comes up, it says PulseAudio is the selected card and chip. I change that to the Intel (the card is HDA Intel, and the chi

Re: Fwd: Re: Unknown URL

On 02/23/2018 02:32 PM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 02:24:13PM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: Sorry it took me a while to get it, but: root@Igor:~# netstat -nr -f inet6 Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

On 23 February 2018 at 18:41, Michael Lange wrote: > On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:27:23 + > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > > ​Sure enough, looking at the spectre meltdown checker on the kernel I am > > using in gentoo > > shows the ​ > > > > ​retpoline is enabled and that the vulnerability stat

Re: domain names, was: hostname

Op 21-02-18 om 16:11 schreef Curt: https://icannwiki.org/.home TLD;DR Name Collision Concerns Impede Delegation ICANN hired firm Interisle Consulting to carry out an independent investigation on the issues that may arise from new gTLDs that are identical to TLDs being used on internal

Re: Fwd: Re: Unknown URL

Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 02:24:13PM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > Sorry it took me a while to get it, but: > > root@Igor:~# netstat -nr -f inet6 > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface > 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.25

Re: Fwd: Re: Unknown URL

On 02/23/2018 01:02 PM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 12:55:41PM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: On 02/23/2018 12:34 PM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 12:10:47PM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: Of course, the above becomes moot, after I disable IPV6. Exa

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:27:23 + Michael Fothergill wrote: > > ​Sure enough, looking at the spectre meltdown checker on the kernel I am > using in gentoo > shows the ​ > > ​retpoline is enabled and that the vulnerability status is "not > vulnerable". > > ​It's not recent enough a kernel to a

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:40:00 + Michael Fothergill wrote: (...) > > * Mitigation 2 > > * Kernel compiled with retpoline option: YES > > * Kernel compiled with a retpoline-aware compiler: YES (kernel > > reports full retpoline compilation) > > > STATUS: NOT VULNERABLE (Mitigation: Full

Re: Install or build an older gcc/g++ on new Debian (GCC backport)

Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 05:57:59PM +, Bas Ali wrote: > > Hi, > Just to need help for what concerning to build or/and install an older GCC on > a new Debian Distro (e.g 8.8 or 9.3) > The goal is to be able to compile and build binaries on the New Debian with > an older GCC to kee

Re: Install or build an older gcc/g++ on new Debian (GCC backport)

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 05:57:59PM +, Bas Ali wrote: > Just to need help for what concerning to build or/and install an older GCC on > a new Debian Distro (e.g 8.8 or 9.3) > The goal is to be able to compile and build binaries on the New Debian with > an older GCC to keep backcompatibility of

Re: Setting up a local DNS server but clients that use it can't access the internet

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 05:57:21PM +, Aero Maxx wrote: > Basically I have local clients that are a mixture of windows and linux, > these clients need to be able to access the internet for updates and so on, > but to also access services that are on the local network by a hostname > that has bee

Install or build an older gcc/g++ on new Debian (GCC backport)

Hi, Just to need help for what concerning to build or/and install an older GCC on a new Debian Distro (e.g 8.8 or 9.3) The goal is to be able to compile and build binaries on the New Debian with an older GCC to keep backcompatibility of binaries program previously built on Debian 7 (32bits Whee

Re: Setting up a local DNS server but clients that use it can't access the internet

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 05:57:21PM +, Aero Maxx wrote: >I was wondering if someone would be as so kind to point me in the right >direction for what I am trying to achieve. [snip vague problem description] What is the output of 'ip addr ls' and 'ip route ls' on one of the Linux clients

Re: Setting up a local DNS server but clients that use it can't access the internet

Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 05:57:21PM +, Aero Maxx wrote: > If someone is able to point in the right direction I would be ever so > grateful! Please invoke this on one of the problematic client hosts: dig in a debian.org +trace +recurse dig in a google.com +trace +recurse Reco

Re: Fwd: Re: Unknown URL

Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 12:55:41PM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > On 02/23/2018 12:34 PM, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 12:10:47PM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > Of course, the above becomes moot, after I disable IPV6. > > Exactly. > > > > > >

Setting up a local DNS server but clients that use it can't access the internet

I was wondering if someone would be as so kind to point me in the right direction for what I am trying to achieve. Basically I have local clients that are a mixture of windows and linux, these clients need to be able to access the internet for updates and so on, but to also access services that ar

Re: Fwd: Re: Unknown URL

On 02/23/2018 12:34 PM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 12:10:47PM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: Of course, the above becomes moot, after I disable IPV6. Exactly. I have three other devices on my router, a Desktop, a Laptop and a Printer. How will disabling IPv6 on the ro

Re: Fwd: Re: Unknown URL

Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 12:10:47PM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > Of course, the above becomes moot, after I disable IPV6. Exactly. > I have three other devices on my router, a Desktop, a Laptop and a Printer. > How will disabling IPv6 on the router affect them? A printer should

Re: Fwd: Re: Unknown URL

On 02/23/2018 11:30 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 10:45:24AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: root@AbNormal:/home/comp# ip netns exec test ip a l 3: net0@if2: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether be:80:71:d1:8a:96 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff l

Re: domain names, was: hostname

On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 12:54:10 - (UTC) Dan Purgert wrote: > > While this may be true in many cases, my local (home) relay *only* > accepts relay requests from hosts within the scope of my domain. > Granted, now that I've moved ISPs, some remote mailhosts (hotmail, > I'm lookin' at you) like t

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

On 23 February 2018 at 16:28, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:52:12 +0100 > Felipe Salvador wrote: > > (...) > > > CVE-2017-5715 [branch target injection] aka 'Spectre Variant 2' > > > * Mitigated according to the /sys interface: YES (kernel confirms > > > that the mitiga

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 09:57:12AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: [...] > I just did "apt-get install xorg". > Now typing "startx" at command line does give me a fvwm screen. So fvwm is running already (more below) > However typing "fvwm" at command

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

On Fri 23 Feb 2018 at 09:57:12 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I just did "apt-get install xorg". > Now typing "startx" at command line does give me a fvwm screen. Fine. Now use the mouse (click) to get a menu. > However typing "fvwm" at command line gives > > [fvwm][main] <> can't open display

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

On 23 February 2018 at 16:14, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 23 February 2018 at 14:14, Michael Fothergill < > michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 23 February 2018 at 14:05, mlnl wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> > ​Can it be true? A version of gcc that

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

David Wright writes: > It doesn't mean that if you install a package designed to run on X > that apt will immediately install all the packages required for a > functional X system. Fvwm does not depend on an X server because it might be running on a headless machine while an X server is running on

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

On Fri 23 Feb 2018 at 16:56:19 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 09:12:04AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > To clarify I got a console command line (Whole screen is one window > > with no graphical ornaments !) > > Aha. As someone already said in this thread, it seem

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

On Fri 23 Feb 2018 at 10:23:53 (-0600), David Wright wrote: > > #!/bin/sh > exec /usr/bin/fvwm >| $HOME/.fvwm-stdout 2>| $HOME/.fvwm-stderr & > WMPID=$! This line got wrapped; sorry. > xterm … > xterm … > swisswatch -title local -noshape > xconsole -name console -file

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

Hi, On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:52:12 +0100 Felipe Salvador wrote: (...) > > CVE-2017-5715 [branch target injection] aka 'Spectre Variant 2' > > * Mitigated according to the /sys interface: YES (kernel confirms > > that the mitigation is active) > > * Mitigation 1 > > * Kernel is compiled with IB

Re: Fwd: Re: Unknown URL

Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 10:45:24AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > root@AbNormal:/home/comp# ip netns exec test ip a l > 3: net0@if2: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state > UP group default qlen 1000 > link/ether be:80:71:d1:8a:96 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 0 > inet6 2600:17

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

On 23 February 2018 at 14:14, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 23 February 2018 at 14:05, mlnl wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> > ​Can it be true? A version of gcc that runs on stretch that will >> > compile the latest fancy spectre fixes etc? >> >> with latest vanilla ker

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

On Fri 23 Feb 2018 at 09:57:12 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 02/23/2018 09:12 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > >On 02/23/2018 05:46 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>History > >>I run MATE, but to paraphrase a restaurant - "I want Debian MyWay" ;) > >>It was suggested that I wanted what KDE calls "act

Re: domain names, was: hostname

On Thu 22 Feb 2018 at 11:58:18 -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 19 Feb 2018 at 18:39:02 (+), Brian wrote: > > On Mon 19 Feb 2018 at 10:23:56 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > > 127.0.1.1 alum > > > > alum is the canonical_hostname. It is used by exim

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

On Fri 23 Feb 2018 at 09:12:04 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 02/23/2018 05:46 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > >History > >I run MATE, but to paraphrase a restaurant - "I want Debian MyWay" ;) > >It was suggested that I wanted what KDE calls "activities". > >It looked promising. I installed it. It

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

On 02/23/2018 09:12 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 02/23/2018 05:46 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: History I run MATE, but to paraphrase a restaurant - "I want Debian MyWay" ;) It was suggested that I wanted what KDE calls "activities". It looked promising. I installed it. It suffers from featuritis. f

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 09:12:04AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: [...] > To clarify I got a console command line (Whole screen is one window > with no graphical ornaments !) Aha. As someone already said in this thread, it seems you have no X installe

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 03:05:18PM +0100, mlnl wrote: > Hi, > > > ​Can it be true? A version of gcc that runs on stretch that will > > compile the latest fancy spectre fixes etc? > > with latest vanilla kernel 4.15.4 and updated gcc-6: > > CVE-2017-5753 [bounds check bypass] aka 'Spectre Varian

Re: Fwd: Re: Unknown URL

On 02/23/2018 10:09 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 09:57:07AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: root@AbNormal:/home/comp# apt update Ign:1 http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian stretch InRelease Hit:2 http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian stretch-updates InRelease Hit:3 http://debia

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

On 02/23/2018 05:46 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: History I run MATE, but to paraphrase a restaurant - "I want Debian MyWay" ;) It was suggested that I wanted what KDE calls "activities". It looked promising. I installed it. It suffers from featuritis. fvwm-crystal was also suggested. When installed

Re: Fwd: Re: Unknown URL

Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 09:57:07AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > root@AbNormal:/home/comp# apt update > > > Ign:1 http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian stretch InRelease > > > Hit:2 http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian stretch-updates InRelease > > > Hit:3 http://debian.uchicago.edu/d

Re: Fwd: Re: Unknown URL

Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 09:57:07AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > Therefore, it's no wonder that apt is still broken for you, in regards > > of downloading. > > > > Second, let's check if your i386 arch is really operational. > > > > apt-cache policy bash:i386 > > > Here's what

Re: Debian 9 Image Magick/display xwd(1) format

On Thursday, 22 Feb 2018 at 23:27, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > have a look at > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=853262 > > So does this work ? > > display xwd:myfile One more data point. Just tried this on my (testing+sid) system, relatively up to date, and display does

Re: Fwd: Re: Unknown URL

On 02/23/2018 09:27 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. Moved this to correct thread. Interesting, The only entry in Synaptic for DHCP was kea-dhcp6-server. Synaptic installed: kea-common (1.1.0-1) kea-dhcp6-server (1.1.0-1) liblog4cplus-1.1-9 (1.1.2-3.2) Now, when I do apt update I get: root@Ab

Re: Fwd: Re: Unknown URL

On 02/23/2018 08:38 AM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: On 02/23/2018 07:12 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 12:22:26PM +0100, Roger Price wrote: On Thu, 22 Feb 2018, Reco wrote: On the EeePC Ctl-Alt-F3 /dev/tty3: ~ # ip address 3: enp0s4: ... ... inet 10.218.0.100 scop

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

Richard Owlett writes: > I rebooted expecting a minimal fvwm display. I got a command line. I > found that though a "/home/richard/.fvwm" directory had been created, > it was empty. I couldn't find copies of what files should have been > there on initial first run. Only instructions/examples for a

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

On 23 February 2018 at 14:05, mlnl wrote: > Hi, > > > ​Can it be true? A version of gcc that runs on stretch that will > > compile the latest fancy spectre fixes etc? > > with latest vanilla kernel 4.15.4 and updated gcc-6: > > CVE-2017-5753 [bounds check bypass] aka 'Spectre Variant 1' > * Miti

Re: Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

On 23 February 2018 at 14:08, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 01:47:25PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > On 23 February 2018 at 13:42, Reco wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 01:14:16PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > On 23 Februa

Re: Fwd: Re: Unknown URL

Hi. Moved this to correct thread. > Interesting, > > The only entry in Synaptic for DHCP was kea-dhcp6-server. Synaptic > installed: > > kea-common (1.1.0-1) > kea-dhcp6-server (1.1.0-1) > liblog4cplus-1.1-9 (1.1.2-3.2) > > Now, when I do apt update I get: > > root@AbNormal:/home/comp# a

Re: Stretch net install on EeePC - unable to resolve mirror host address

Hi. You're replying to the wrong thread. These two are similar as both are about IPv6 malfunction. Let's not confuse thing further, and move this part of the discussion to "Wrong URL" thread. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 09:10:23AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > On 02/23/2018 08:38 AM, S

Re: Stretch net install on EeePC - unable to resolve mirror host address

On 02/23/2018 08:38 AM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: On 02/23/2018 07:12 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 12:22:26PM +0100, Roger Price wrote: On Thu, 22 Feb 2018, Reco wrote: On the EeePC Ctl-Alt-F3 /dev/tty3: ~ # ip address 3: enp0s4: ... ... inet 10.218.0.100 sco

Re: Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 01:47:25PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > On 23 February 2018 at 13:42, Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 01:14:16PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > On 23 February 2018 at 12:43, Reco wrote: > > > > > > > Hi. > >

Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

Hi, > ​Can it be true? A version of gcc that runs on stretch that will > compile the latest fancy spectre fixes etc? with latest vanilla kernel 4.15.4 and updated gcc-6: CVE-2017-5753 [bounds check bypass] aka 'Spectre Variant 1' * Mitigated according to the /sys interface: YES (kernel confir

Re: Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

On 23 February 2018 at 13:42, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 01:14:16PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > On 23 February 2018 at 12:43, Reco wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 06:46:05PM +0100, Julien Aubin wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > >

apt vs apt-get (was: Re: Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?)

Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 08:54:31AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 04:42:01PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > So it seems. New kernel came today with the usual 'apt update && apt > > upgrade' routine: > > > > $ uname -r > > 4.9.0-6-amd64 > > You mean "apt (or apt-get) di

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 08:43:42AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 02:21:11PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Hi, > > > > tracker.debian.org tells me that there is a default configuration file in > > > > https://sources.debia

Re: Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 04:42:01PM +0300, Reco wrote: > So it seems. New kernel came today with the usual 'apt update && apt > upgrade' routine: > > $ uname -r > 4.9.0-6-amd64 You mean "apt (or apt-get) dist-upgrade", right? /me tries it on a different computer that hasn't dist-upgraded yet...

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 02:21:11PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > tracker.debian.org tells me that there is a default configuration file in > https://sources.debian.org/data/main/f/fvwm/1:2.6.7-3/default-config/config > which is the download view of > https://sources.debian.org/src/fvw

Re: Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 01:14:16PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > On 23 February 2018 at 12:43, Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 06:46:05PM +0100, Julien Aubin wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Do you have any clue on when the gcc fix for stretch is to be

Re: Stretch net install on EeePC - unable to resolve mirror host address

On 02/23/2018 07:12 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 12:22:26PM +0100, Roger Price wrote: On Thu, 22 Feb 2018, Reco wrote: On the EeePC Ctl-Alt-F3 /dev/tty3: ~ # ip address 3: enp0s4: ... ... inet 10.218.0.100 scope global enp0s4 inet6 fe80::22cf:30ff:fe10

Re: Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

On 23 February 2018 at 12:43, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 06:46:05PM +0100, Julien Aubin wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Do you have any clue on when the gcc fix for stretch is to be released ? > > > > Actually the retpoline-compliant kernel is ready, and gcc fixes for > stretch

Re: Stretch net install on EeePC - unable to resolve mirror host address

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 02:22:01PM +0100, Erwan David wrote: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 01:12:41PM CET, Reco said: > > Hi. > > > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 12:22:26PM +0100, Roger Price wrote: > > > On Thu, 22 Feb 2018, Reco wrote: > > > > > > > > On the EeePC Ctl-Alt-F3 /dev/tty3: > > > > >

Re: Stretch net install on EeePC - unable to resolve mirror host address

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 01:12:41PM CET, Reco said: > Hi. > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 12:22:26PM +0100, Roger Price wrote: > > On Thu, 22 Feb 2018, Reco wrote: > > > > > > On the EeePC Ctl-Alt-F3 /dev/tty3: > > > > ~ # ip address > > > > 3: enp0s4: ... > > > >... > > > >inet 10.2

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

Hi, tracker.debian.org tells me that there is a default configuration file in https://sources.debian.org/data/main/f/fvwm/1:2.6.7-3/default-config/config which is the download view of https://sources.debian.org/src/fvwm/1:2.6.7-3/default-config/config/ It looks like a clean starting point for

Re: domain names, was: hostname

David Wright wrote: > On Mon 19 Feb 2018 at 18:39:02 (+), Brian wrote: >> [...] >> alum is the canonical_hostname. It is used by exim to HELO with. Many >> mail servers will not accept mail directly from you because it is not a >> FQDN. > > This is why I wrote "broken" at ². The OP wrote "on a

Re: domain names, was: hostname

On Thu 22 Feb 2018 at 11:58:18 -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 19 Feb 2018 at 18:39:02 (+), Brian wrote: > > On Mon 19 Feb 2018 at 10:23:56 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > > > > $ cat /etc/mailname > > > alum > > > > Debian's exim4 README says that mailname should be a FQDN. I find that

Re: Re: Is Debian Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

Hi. On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 06:46:05PM +0100, Julien Aubin wrote: > Hi, > > Do you have any clue on when the gcc fix for stretch is to be released ? > > Actually the retpoline-compliant kernel is ready, and gcc fixes for stretch > seem to have already been implemented. So I dunno what is

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

Hi, Richard Owlett wrote: > fvwm-crystal was also suggested. When installed it was in some sense > "cleaner" but still too busy. Launched fvwm which had been installed by the > fvwm-crystal package. There's not much configuration in the fvwm package of Debian, indeed. > I rebooted expecting a mi

Re: Stretch net install on EeePC - unable to resolve mirror host address

Hi. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 12:22:26PM +0100, Roger Price wrote: > On Thu, 22 Feb 2018, Reco wrote: > > > > On the EeePC Ctl-Alt-F3 /dev/tty3: > > > ~ # ip address > > > 3: enp0s4: ... > > >... > > >inet 10.218.0.100 scope global enp0s4 > > >inet6 fe80::22cf:30ff:fe10:43fd/

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 05:46:40AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I rebooted expecting a minimal fvwm display. I got a command line. > I found that though a "/home/richard/.fvwm" directory had been > created, it was empty. I couldn't find copies of wh

Problems with clean install of fvwm

History I run MATE, but to paraphrase a restaurant - "I want Debian MyWay" ;) It was suggested that I wanted what KDE calls "activities". It looked promising. I installed it. It suffers from featuritis. fvwm-crystal was also suggested. When installed it was in some sense "cleaner" but still too b

Re: Stretch net install on EeePC - unable to resolve mirror host address

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018, Reco wrote: On the EeePC Ctl-Alt-F3 /dev/tty3: ~ # ip address 3: enp0s4: ... ... inet 10.218.0.100 scope global enp0s4 inet6 fe80::22cf:30ff:fe10:43fd/64 scope link The "fe" at the beginning of the IPv6 address says that this is not capable of working with the p

Re: [partial resolution] Re: Problem withj dd

On 02/21/2018 12:39 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 02/21/2018 12:22 PM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 11:39:42AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: I've downloaded the netinst iso with intention of copying it to a flash drive. I've done it before without problem. root@debian-jan13:/home

Re: Debian 9 Image Magick/display xwd(1) format

On 2018-02-22, John Conover wrote: > > Thanks, Thomas. > > My Debian 8 works OK, too. But the Image Magick for Debian 9 does not > read files made by xwd(1). > > I don't know if its a compile time configuration issue, or the file > format has been depreciated, or what-but it doesn't work on Debian

Re: Fwd: Re: Unknown URL

Hi. On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 03:48:13PM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > I need to think about it. I have that feeling that I'm missing something > > trivial. > I will appreciate your further thoughts. > > Frankly, I don't have much confidence as far as AT&T being of any help. The > i

Re: problems with manual page usermod.8 and useradd.8

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 10:12:44PM +0100, MarkusHiereth wrote: > Hello, > > when updating the German translations of the shadow package, I > encountered strange things in the documentation. For example an option > --non-unique for the commands useradd