Re: Sane backends

2018-05-30 Thread didier gaumet
Le 31/05/2018 à 00:31, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe a écrit : > Hi, > > Originally, I placed my firmware file in /usr/share/sane. But in Buster > this dir seems to have disappeared. Could someone tell me what are the > new standard location? guideline? Where should be this kind of file > (firmware for a

Not power off after shutdown in Jessie

2018-05-30 Thread Miroslav Skoric
After upgrading from Wheezy LTS to Jessie, one of my machines having 512 MB RAM, does not power off when it reached target shutdown. It seems some old issue/bug with systemd or else. In fact, everything closes down properly except it does not unmount the following: /run/user/1000 /run/user/106

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-30 Thread Charlie S
On Thu, 31 May 2018 10:42:17 +1200 Richard Hector sent: > On 30/05/18 11:12, Charlie S wrote: > > On Tue, 29 May 2018 14:22:08 + (UTC) Curt sent: > > > >> On 2018-05-29, Charlie S wrote: > >>> > >>> I wonder how one discovers what file managers there are installed > >>> on this system. I

Re: exim4 and TLS Once Again

2018-05-30 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 06:22:49PM -0500, David Wright wrote: AIUI 587 is the standard email submission port and 465 is now deprecated but often still in use. I think they differ in the details of how they handle encrypting the session. From a protocol standpoint 587/tcp is identical to 25/tcp,

Re: package won't configure, stuck in queue

2018-05-30 Thread Charles Zeitler
On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 5:47 PM, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 05:39:58PM -0500, Charles Zeitler wrote: >> sudo dpkg --dry-run -r initramfs-tools >> dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of initramfs-tools: >> linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64 depends on initramfs-tools (>= >

Re: Get the external IP address from a Linux box

2018-05-30 Thread Joel Rees
(Erk. Sorry, Joe.) On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 6:29 PM, Joe wrote: > On Thu, 24 May 2018 08:13:54 +0100 > André Rodier wrote: > >> On Thu, 2018-05-24 at 09:07 +0200, Alberto Luaces wrote: >> > Joe writes: >> > >> > > On the assumption that you are using a router of some kind, your >> > > public >> >

Re: exim4 and TLS Once Again

2018-05-30 Thread David Wright
On Tue 29 May 2018 at 12:25:03 (-0500), Martin McCormick wrote: > > David Wright writes: > > My previous post posed two posers. Port? > > It is supposed to be port 465. That's what the > conf.autogenerated file showed it should be but it could be doing > something contrary like port 25-- anythi

Re: Update on my update problem with gnome system.

2018-05-30 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, May 26, 2018 02:08:59 PM Pétùr wrote: > I don't use aptitude. I use only apt and apt-get but I believe apt is > just a shortcut for apt-get. `apt update` is equivalent for me to > `apt-get update` and `apt dist-upgrade` to `apt-get dist-upgrade` > (correct me if I am wrong). * [[ht

Re: package won't configure, stuck in queue

2018-05-30 Thread David Wright
On Wed 30 May 2018 at 09:24:44 (-0500), Charles Zeitler wrote: > recently synaptic pulled in initramfs-tools, as a dependency. > > it froze before fully configured, and i killed apt. > now I get the message to do "sudo dpkg --configure -a" > whenever i use apt/synaptic. > > when I try "sudo dpkg

Re: package won't configure, stuck in queue

2018-05-30 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 05:39:58PM -0500, Charles Zeitler wrote: > sudo dpkg --dry-run -r initramfs-tools > dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of initramfs-tools: > linux-image-4.9.0-6-amd64 depends on initramfs-tools (>= > 0.120+deb8u2) | linux-initramfs-tool; however: To be hones

Re: File managers show files and directories in reverse order.........

2018-05-30 Thread Richard Hector
On 30/05/18 11:12, Charlie S wrote: > On Tue, 29 May 2018 14:22:08 + (UTC) Curt sent: > >> On 2018-05-29, Charlie S wrote: >>> >>> I wonder how one discovers what file managers there are installed on >>> this system. I suppose have to name each one and see which are >>> installed that way.

Re: package won't configure, stuck in queue

2018-05-30 Thread Charles Zeitler
thanks. On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 5:26 PM, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Charles, > > On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 09:24:44AM -0500, Charles Zeitler wrote: >> it froze before fully configured, and i killed apt. >> now I get the message to do "sudo dpkg --configure -a" >> whenever i use apt/synaptic. >> >> when

Sane backends

2018-05-30 Thread MENGUAL Jean-Philippe
Hi, Originally, I placed my firmware file in /usr/share/sane. But in Buster this dir seems to have disappeared. Could someone tell me what are the new standard location? guideline? Where should be this kind of file (firmware for a scanner, here snapscan)? Or is there a new installation method for

Re: package won't configure, stuck in queue

2018-05-30 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Charles, On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 09:24:44AM -0500, Charles Zeitler wrote: > it froze before fully configured, and i killed apt. > now I get the message to do "sudo dpkg --configure -a" > whenever i use apt/synaptic. > > when I try "sudo dpkg --configure -a", however, it also freezes before > f

Re: appropriate package for bug report about qualcomm atheros attansic l1

2018-05-30 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 30 May 2018, Υπάτιος Μ. Μωυσιάδης wrote: > i want to send through email a bug report, for a bug that i think my pc has. > My problem/bug, is that i have a network card qualcomm atheros attansic l1 > gigabit ethernet (revb0) [1969:1048], that can't connect to the internet, > through ethernet

Re: Tea4CUPS: TEABILLING reports error

2018-05-30 Thread Rainer Dorsch
On Mittwoch, 30. Mai 2018 16:44:42 CEST Brian Potkin wrote: > On Wed 30 May 2018 at 12:40:35 +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > > I have tea4cups configured to power on my printer before printing. In > > order to do this, I prepended tea4cups:/ to the DeviceURI in > > printers.conf (if I remove this and

Re: Update on my update problem with gnome system.

2018-05-30 Thread Dan Norton
On Wed, 30 May 2018 18:53:54 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Wed 30 May 2018 at 00:31:25 +0300, Abdullah Ramazanoğlu wrote: > > > On Tue, 29 May 2018 20:39:28 +0100 Brian said: > > > > > If a package is upgraded, surely a user would want any new > > > packages to be installed if they are required to

Re: Update on my update problem with gnome system.

2018-05-30 Thread Curt
On 2018-05-30, Brian wrote: > > I'm at a loss to understand the argument here. 'apt update/upgrade' > also provides information that the user can act on. If a package on > your system acquires a new dependency X, 'apt-get upgrade' will not > upgrade it (is that really an upgrade? :) ) but apt upgr

Re: Update on my update problem with gnome system.

2018-05-30 Thread Brian
On Wed 30 May 2018 at 10:37:32 -0400, John Cunningham wrote: > On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 5:37 PM Brian wrote: > > > On Tue 29 May 2018 at 15:52:12 -0400, John Cunningham wrote: > > > > > Not necessarily. Sometimes the dependencies get out of hand, like when a > > > big project adopts a small utili

Re: Very light "private" cloud

2018-05-30 Thread deloptes
Michelle Konzack wrote: > It has something to do with it, because normally I would code things > I need myself!  Since my house is not ready and I have move out on > 31th from my provisory flat and continue living in my Sprinter, I have > not the possibility to code anythin currently! I don't kno

Re: Update on my update problem with gnome system.

2018-05-30 Thread Brian
On Wed 30 May 2018 at 00:31:25 +0300, Abdullah Ramazanoğlu wrote: > On Tue, 29 May 2018 20:39:28 +0100 Brian said: > > > If a package is upgraded, surely a user would want any new packages > > to be installed if they are required to satisfy dependencies. apt's > > designed behaviour looks more se

Re: Update on my update problem with gnome system.

2018-05-30 Thread Brian
On Wed 30 May 2018 at 08:59:31 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 08:39:28PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > [...] > > > If a package is upgraded, surely a user would want any new packages > > to be installed if they are required to satisfy dependencies. apt's > > designed behaviou

Re: Very light "private" cloud

2018-05-30 Thread Mart van de Wege
Stefan Monnier writes: >> I used it at my previous job, and it works fine. Bonus: it has Debian >> packages, and it is Free Software. > > I only see packages for the client side. Eh. You're right. The Seafile site has a download for the server though. Regards, Mart -- "We will need a longer

Re: upgrade to X 1.20.0 broken

2018-05-30 Thread Stephen Huysman
I had the same issue after an update yesterday on my Thinkpad T410 with a GeForce 9100M running Debian Sid using Nouveau display drivers.  The problem seemed to be caused by the Xfce compositor as disabling it let me log in normally.  Other window managers also seemed to work (WindowMaker in my

appropriate package for bug report about qualcomm atheros attansic l1

2018-05-30 Thread Υπάτιος Μ . Μωυσιάδης
Hello, i want to send through email a bug report, for a bug that i think my pc has. My problem/bug, is that i have a network card qualcomm atheros attansic l1 gigabit ethernet (revb0) [1969:1048], that can't connect to the internet, through ethernet which is the only option. From some command

Re: Tea4CUPS: TEABILLING reports error

2018-05-30 Thread Brian Potkin
On Wed 30 May 2018 at 12:40:35 +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > I have tea4cups configured to power on my printer before printing. In order > to do this, I > prepended tea4cups:/ to the DeviceURI in printers.conf (if I remove this and > power on the > printer manually before printing, everything

Re: Update on my update problem with gnome system.

2018-05-30 Thread John Cunningham
On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 5:37 PM Brian wrote: > On Tue 29 May 2018 at 15:52:12 -0400, John Cunningham wrote: > > > On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 3:39 PM Brian wrote: > > > > > On Tue 29 May 2018 at 21:57:31 +0300, Abdullah Ramazanoğlu wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, 29 May 2018 13:18:16 -0500 David Wright

package won't configure, stuck in queue

2018-05-30 Thread Charles Zeitler
recently synaptic pulled in initramfs-tools, as a dependency. it froze before fully configured, and i killed apt. now I get the message to do "sudo dpkg --configure -a" whenever i use apt/synaptic. when I try "sudo dpkg --configure -a", however, it also freezes before finishing configuration. is

Re: Very light "private" cloud

2018-05-30 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I used it at my previous job, and it works fine. Bonus: it has Debian > packages, and it is Free Software. I only see packages for the client side. Is there a Debian package for the server side (like there used to be for owncloud)? Stefan

Re: Re: Lenovo Yoga 920 - debian installer goes black

2018-05-30 Thread Frederik Vanrenterghem
Hi Greg, > I had a similar problem some time ago (getting a blank screen in the > Debian 9.3 installer), also with a Lenovo laptop. I was able to solve > the problem by going into the BIOS and under startup options changing > the "UEFI/Legacy Boot" setting to "Both." Thanks for the advice. Unfort

Re: Very light "private" cloud

2018-05-30 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hi, Am 2018-05-30 hackte to...@tuxteam.de in die Tasten: > On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 08:13:22AM +0300, Michelle Konzack wrote: >> Tell the bookkeeper to download all those pfd invoices and whatelse >> per SFTP? -- Sounds funny except if there is a Linux Geek! ;-) > > Your bookkeeper's browser mos

Re: Very light "private" cloud

2018-05-30 Thread Mart van de Wege
"Michelle Konzack" writes: > Good day, > > I am searching vor a OwnCloud/NextCloud replacement, because I use > exclusively and can not use MySQL. Also the updates drive me nuts > and its resurce conumption. > > Is there something MUCH MORE simplier and lighter? > > Preferable without ANY databa

Re: Question on HA configuration.

2018-05-30 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 02:01:05PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > Dear Sir, > > As you have mentioned earlier below. > > wtprd0X (search for ‘wtprd0’) - these are front end web server nodes for an > HA cluster (uses HAProxy in pfSense) > wtsqlprd01-3 (search for wtsql) - these are 3 MySQL s

Re: cannot raise the limit of max open files for other users than root

2018-05-30 Thread davidson
On Wed, 30 May 2018, s7r wrote: Hello, Running Debian Stretch here. I modified /etc/security/limits.conf with limits for soft/hard nofile to 1 for * (any user), root and my username. Also added session requried to /etc/pam.d/common-session* files. Only for root ulimit -Hn or -Sn shown the

Tea4CUPS: TEABILLING reports error

2018-05-30 Thread Rainer Dorsch
Hi, I have tea4cups configured to power on my printer before printing. In order to do this, I prepended tea4cups:/ to the DeviceURI in printers.conf (if I remove this and power on the printer manually before printing, everything works as expected): /etc/cups/printers.conf: DeviceURI tea4cups:

Re: upgrade to X 1.20.0 broken

2018-05-30 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2018-05-29 17:38 -0700, rog...@onlinenw.com wrote: > I am running sid, and updated to X.org 1.20.0. Since then I cannot login. > > I am running lightdm with xfce. lightdm comes up just fine, but when I login, > after a second or two, it comes back to the lightdm login screen. I have > an old >

Question on HA configuration.

2018-05-30 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
Dear Sir, As you have mentioned earlier below. wtprd0X (search for ‘wtprd0’) - these are front end web server nodes for an HA cluster (uses HAProxy in pfSense) wtsqlprd01-3 (search for wtsql) - these are 3 MySQL servers for the backend of a site in HA I can understand the purpose of 3 frontends

Re: upgrade to X 1.20.0 broken

2018-05-30 Thread Pétùr
On 29/05/18 17:38, rog...@onlinenw.com wrote: Hello, I am running sid, and updated to X.org 1.20.0. Since then I cannot login. I am running lightdm with xfce. lightdm comes up just fine, but when I login, after a second or two, it comes back to the lightdm login screen. I have an old graphics c

Re: Very light "private" cloud

2018-05-30 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 08:13:22AM +0300, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Good morning, [...] > Tell the bookkeeper to download all those pfd invoices and whatelse > per SFTP? -- Sounds funny except if there is a Linux Geek! ;-) Your bookkeeper's brows

Re: Very light "private" cloud

2018-05-30 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 10:47:48PM +0200, deloptes wrote: > Michelle Konzack wrote: [...] > > (we have since 3 weeks between 24°C and 30°C and no rain in sight) > > How this does contribute to the original question. If everybody starts > writing her

Re: Update on my update problem with gnome system.

2018-05-30 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 08:39:28PM +0100, Brian wrote: [...] > If a package is upgraded, surely a user would want any new packages > to be installed if they are required to satisfy dependencies. apt's > designed behaviour looks more sensible than apt