Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread mick crane
On 2020-07-27 22:46, Michael Stone wrote: On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 10:34:39PM +0100, Joe wrote: The OP is in a learning experience, it's what retirement is for. Huh. I thought it was for doing what you want instead of what other people tell you that you "have to" do. That's funny considering

Re: documentation for sddm-greeter

2020-07-27 Thread tom arnall
Folks, I put my email on the list because I was hoping that someone knew of documentation which Google had missed. I also had read the items provided by Google at ArchLinux and the other sites. After reading your replies, I put sddm on another of my machines, which is running Stretch. The result

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
Yes, the Harbour project. https://harbour.github.io/ On Mon, Jul 27, 2020, 9:57 PM Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > There used to be an open-sourced version of Clipper, wasn't there? That > was the dBase 3 compiler from a 3rd party. Did that go extinct? > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020, 8:59 PM wrote: > >> S

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
There used to be an open-sourced version of Clipper, wasn't there? That was the dBase 3 compiler from a 3rd party. Did that go extinct? On Mon, Jul 27, 2020, 8:59 PM wrote: > Somebody wrote: > > But... isn't the tool the least of your problems? The big one being, > > where are you going to get

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread rhkramer
Somebody wrote: > But... isn't the tool the least of your problems? The big one being, > where are you going to get your nutritional database. (Seems to me that > most of what Weight Watchers and Noom do is collect data on millions of > products.) From my records in my free format database (which

Re: problems with GRUB

2020-07-27 Thread davidson
On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 anthony gennard wrote: Almost 15 months ago I suffered a massive stroke and am left with memory loss. I am 90 years of age, and i`m westling with trying to recover some computer skill. Welcome back, and good luck with your project. I have managed to build a further machine

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-27 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-07-27 at 19:02, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > The Wanderer writes: > >> On 2020-07-27 at 10:37, The Wanderer wrote: >> >>> What you want to do instead is to run this exact latter command, and >>> pass the output of that into the 'aptitude purge' command. >> >>> Try: >>> >>> $ aptitude purge $

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-27 Thread Rodolfo Medina
The Wanderer writes: > On 2020-07-27 at 10:37, The Wanderer wrote: > >> What you want to do instead is to run this exact latter command, and >> pass the output of that into the 'aptitude purge' command. > >> Try: >> >> $ aptitude purge $(grep "2020-07-23.*.install " /var/log/dpkg.log | awk >> '{

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Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Stefan Monnier
Nicolas George [2020-07-27 23:49:59] wrote: > Stefan Monnier (12020-07-27): >> Indeed. And given SANE's design, there shouldn't be much need for it: >> it assumes that either the scanner is local (via a hardware-specific >> driver, hpaio being one of them) or it's remotely accessed over the SANE >

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread David Wright
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 15:46:08 (-0400), Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 11:39:11AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 11:16:45AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 08:09:36AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > For a project of this size an

Bluetooth audio periodic disconnect

2020-07-27 Thread Bhasker C V
Hi all, I am on bullseye. I have tried and tested this with many headphones When on bluetooth the audio gets periodically disconnected and re-connects to audio after 5 seconds. During the time the bluetooth per-say does not get disconnected but just the audio stops and then starts again in 5

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Nicolas George
Stefan Monnier (12020-07-27): > Indeed. And given SANE's design, there shouldn't be much need for it: > it assumes that either the scanner is local (via a hardware-specific > driver, hpaio being one of them) or it's remotely accessed over the SANE > protocol, in which case it uses the DNS-SD proto

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread Joe
On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 17:46:35 -0400 Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 10:34:39PM +0100, Joe wrote: > >The OP is in a learning experience, it's what retirement is for. > > Huh. I thought it was for doing what you want instead of what other > people tell you that you "have to" do.

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread Joe
On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 22:22:12 +0200 wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 04:04:16PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 09:52:28PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > >And, in Greg's defense, he provided some code, something no > > >one of us did -- I'd say this round goes to him

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread Michael Stone
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 10:34:39PM +0100, Joe wrote: The OP is in a learning experience, it's what retirement is for. Huh. I thought it was for doing what you want instead of what other people tell you that you "have to" do.

needed for reportbug: which package has code to detect devices at boot time

2020-07-27 Thread G Gosselin
I’m new to reporting Debian bugs. Please, what package should I use in report bugs for keyboard/mouse not being recognized correctly during boot. (Logitech EX110 kb/mouse incorrectly detected as LX710) Same problem has occurred in latest releases of Kali and Raspbian. Sent from Mail for Windows

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread Joe
On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:04:16 -0400 Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 09:52:28PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >And, in Greg's defense, he provided some code, something no > >one of us did -- I'd say this round goes to him ;-) > > How? The OP request was for something simpler th

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> It's definitely possible with SANE. But apparently not with `hpaio`. > I insist: it is not possible with SANE to specify a list of extra > scanners. Indeed. And given SANE's design, there shouldn't be much need for it: it assumes that either the scanner is local (via a hardware-specific drive

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread tomas
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 04:04:16PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 09:52:28PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >And, in Greg's defense, he provided some code, something no > >one of us did -- I'd say this round goes to him ;-) > > How? The OP request was for something simpler

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-27 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Greg Wooledge writes: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 07:42:31PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> Must be so because >> >> $ zgrep "2018.*.install " /var/log/dpkg* >> >> gives no output and so with 2017, 2016 and 2015, whereas for 2019 and 2020 >> there is output... > > You can use ls -l to see the

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 04:04:16PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 09:52:28PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > And, in Greg's defense, he provided some code, something no > > one of us did -- I'd say this round goes to him ;-) > > How? The OP request was for something simpl

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread Michael Stone
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 09:52:28PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: And, in Greg's defense, he provided some code, something no one of us did -- I'd say this round goes to him ;-) How? The OP request was for something simpler than SQL (presumably because he didn't want to learn SQL?), so the res

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread tomas
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 03:46:08PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 11:39:11AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: [...] > >OK, here's a quick program to show how it might be done. > > The question wasn't "what's your favorite programming language", was it? To be fair, the question

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 07:42:31PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Must be so because > > $ zgrep "2018.*.install " /var/log/dpkg* > > gives no output and so with 2017, 2016 and 2015, whereas for 2019 and 2020 > there is output... You can use ls -l to see the datestamps on the files. You can z

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread Michael Stone
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 11:39:11AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 11:16:45AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 08:09:36AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > For a project of this size and scope, a Tcl application with an sqlite3 > database in a local file seems

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-27 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Greg Wooledge writes: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 07:06:47PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> Just so simple. Now, I want to know when libiec61883-dev:i386 was installed >> into my system. To do so, I did: >> >> $ zgrep libiec61883-dev:i386 dpkg.log* >> dpkg.log:2020-07-23 08:07:12 status unpack

Re: Mencoder and ffmpeg

2020-07-27 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Thomas Amm writes: > On Sat, 2020-07-25 at 18:39 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> Hi all. >> >> I wanted to capture my webcam streaming and audio using ffmpeg but >> banged >> against `a sea of troubles': sync problems, video freezing, video >> stuttering, >> background noise, choose of one forma

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 15:09:52 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > At high risk of hyjacking the thread, ... You have driven a bulldozer through it. Please go away, think about what you want to say and devise a new post to express your particular issue. And don't do it again. You should know better and

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 07:06:47PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Just so simple. Now, I want to know when libiec61883-dev:i386 was installed > into my system. To do so, I did: > > $ zgrep libiec61883-dev:i386 dpkg.log* > dpkg.log:2020-07-23 08:07:12 status unpacked libiec61883-dev:i386 1.2.0-3

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 July 2020 14:32:11 Brian wrote: > On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 16:52:19 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > > Georgi Naplatanov (12020-07-27): > > > Did you try to add scanners to /etc/sane.d/net.conf > > > > > > there is another howto > > > > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/sane > > > > I

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-27 Thread Rodolfo Medina
David Wright writes: > I don't know why you'd want to learn bash scripting at > root's command line, but if you insist, please add -s > after the word aptitude. No, certainly, my fault... I just did: $ zgrep "2020-07-23.*.install " /var/log/dpkg.log* | awk '{ print $4 }' | tr '\n' ' ' and

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 16:52:19 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Georgi Naplatanov (12020-07-27): > > Did you try to add scanners to /etc/sane.d/net.conf > > > > there is another howto > > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/sane > > I did, and as expected it does not work, because > > "hpaio:/

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 19:12:10 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Brian (12020-07-27): > > Ok, libsane-hpaio requires libcups.so.2. That's nowhere near requiring > > CUPS, in particular cups-daemon. The printing system is not involved > > with scanning. > > This is the last time I grace you with a re

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Siard
Nicolas George: > Siard (12020-07-27): > > It looks simple to me, or am I missing something? > > Does it add the scanner in Gimp's scanner menu? Ah, I guess I see what I was missing.

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Nicolas George
Nicolas George (12020-07-27): > Well, in between explaining why all the answers I got do not match the > question, I RTFS, and it seems indeed it is not possible with SANE. What > stupid design. > > As for the hpaio backend, it relies on CUPS to find networked printers, > but CUPS will not be alwa

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Nicolas George
Siard (12020-07-27): > It looks simple to me, or am I missing something? Does it add the scanner in Gimp's scanner menu? Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Siard
On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 11:58:44 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > This may be an obvious thing, but I cannot find the answer. > > I can scan with: > > scanimage -d "hpaio:/net/deskjet_3050a_j611_series?ip=10.0.1.155" > xsane "hpaio:/net/deskjet_3050a_j611_series?ip=10.0.1.155" > > Where do I write thi

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 12:39:11 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> > Well, in between explaining why all the answers I got do not match the > >> > question, I RTFS, and it seems indeed it is not possible with SANE. > >> It's definitely possible with SANE. But apparently not with `hpaio`. > > libsan

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Nicolas George
Brian (12020-07-27): > Ok, libsane-hpaio requires libcups.so.2. That's nowhere near requiring > CUPS, in particular cups-daemon. The printing system is not involved > with scanning. This is the last time I grace you with a reply. As I have told you twice now, unlike you, I have read the source cod

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 18:39:45 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Brian (12020-07-27): > > libsane-hpaio needs CUPS to deal with scanners? Imagination is a great > > asset. Sometimes! > > If you do not believe me, just RTFS or use ldd and nm to check. Ok, libsane-hpaio requires libcups.so.2. That's

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread Miles Fidelman
On 7/27/20 11:16 AM, Michael Stone wrote: On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 08:09:36AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: For a project of this size and scope, a Tcl application with an sqlite3 database in a local file seems well suited. Only on the internet can someone ask a simple question and get tcl as t

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Nicolas George
Brian (12020-07-27): > libsane-hpaio needs CUPS to deal with scanners? Imagination is a great > asset. Sometimes! If you do not believe me, just RTFS or use ldd and nm to check. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> > Well, in between explaining why all the answers I got do not match the >> > question, I RTFS, and it seems indeed it is not possible with SANE. >> It's definitely possible with SANE. But apparently not with `hpaio`. > libsane-hpaio is a backend that conforms to the SANE standard. On one end,

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Nicolas George
Stefan Monnier (12020-07-27): > It's definitely possible with SANE. But apparently not with `hpaio`. I insist: it is not possible with SANE to specify a list of extra scanners. And since SANE lies between applications and back-ends, it is the correct place to implement it. Regards, -- Nicol

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 12:05:15 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > Well, in between explaining why all the answers I got do not match the > > question, I RTFS, and it seems indeed it is not possible with SANE. > > It's definitely possible with SANE. But apparently not with `hpaio`. libsane-hpai

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread tomas
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 11:16:45AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 08:09:36AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >For a project of this size and scope, a Tcl application with an sqlite3 > >database in a local file seems well suited. > > Only on the internet can someone ask a simpl

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 17:34:52 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Brian (12020-07-27): > > Scanning with xsane or simple-scan only works by specifying a URI? You > > don't think this is an issue, in spite of its not being the experience > > of most users? > > Well, I am pretty sure I know my situatio

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> That's the kind of reason why I don't like using printer's own network >> facilities and prefer to connect them over USB to a local GNU/Linux >> server which can then share them over CUPS&SANE. > There will be no computer close enough to the printer to do the job. Indeed, it's not always a conv

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread David Wright
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 11:16:45 (-0400), Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 08:09:36AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > For a project of this size and scope, a Tcl application with an sqlite3 > > database in a local file seems well suited. > > Only on the internet can someone ask a simpl

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-27 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-07-27 at 10:37, The Wanderer wrote: > What you want to do instead is to run this exact latter command, and > pass the output of that into the 'aptitude purge' command. > Try: > > $ aptitude purge $(grep "2020-07-23.*.install " /var/log/dpkg.log | awk > '{ print $4 }' | tr '\n' ' ') > >

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 11:16:45AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 08:09:36AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > For a project of this size and scope, a Tcl application with an sqlite3 > > database in a local file seems well suited. > > Only on the internet can someone ask a sim

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-27 Thread David Wright
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 14:25:29 (+), Rodolfo Medina wrote: > The Wanderer writes: > > On 2020-07-27 at 09:56, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> The Wanderer writes: > >>> On 2020-07-27 at 08:53, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > > But audacity is installed on my Debian box since months... How can it >

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Nicolas George
Brian (12020-07-27): > Scanning with xsane or simple-scan only works by specifying a URI? You > don't think this is an issue, in spite of its not being the experience > of most users? Well, I am pretty sure I know my situation better than you. But if you insist to know: hpaio detects networked sc

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 16:15:30 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Brian (12020-07-27): > > > To summarize: I want to tell SANE URLs for network-connected scanners so > > > that they can be presented to the users in GUI dialogs. > > > > Not much chance of that happening if SANE cannot see the scanner.

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Nicolas George
Stefan Monnier (12020-07-27): > That's the kind of reason why I don't like using printer's own network > facilities and prefer to connect them over USB to a local GNU/Linux > server which can then share them over CUPS&SANE. There will be no computer close enough to the printer to do the job. And

Re: ssl handshake problem with bugs.debian.org?

2020-07-27 Thread Sven Hartge
Harald Dunkel wrote: > [-- text/plain, encoding 7bit, charset: utf-8, 60 lines --] > On 2020-07-27 13:49, Sven Hartge wrote: >> >> Does your MTA present a client certificate? Maybe buxtehude does not >> like that? >> > Yes, it has a certificate. Whether buxtehude likes it I cannot say, > but i

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread Michael Stone
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 08:09:36AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: For a project of this size and scope, a Tcl application with an sqlite3 database in a local file seems well suited. Only on the internet can someone ask a simple question and get tcl as the answer. :-/

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Stefan Monnier
> net.conf is for scanner shared with SANE's protocol. Notice the "hpaio:" > fake URL protocol. That's the kind of reason why I don't like using printer's own network facilities and prefer to connect them over USB to a local GNU/Linux server which can then share them over CUPS&SANE. It also has t

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread Eric S Fraga
You may wish to have a look at recutils: https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/ but it may not have some of the functionality you wish (although you could build on it with shell scripts & awk, say). -- Eric S Fraga via Emacs 28.0.50 & org 9.3.7 on Debian bullseye/sid

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Nicolas George
Georgi Naplatanov (12020-07-27): > Did you try to add scanners to /etc/sane.d/net.conf > > there is another howto > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/sane I did, and as expected it does not work, because "hpaio:/net/deskjet_3050a_j611_series?ip=10.0.1.155" looks nothing like the provided exa

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 7/27/20 4:32 PM, Nicolas George wrote: > Georgi Naplatanov (12020-07-27): >> I'm not sure how you share the scanner(s) - with saned or if those are >> some kind of network scanners. > > I do not share the scanner, the scanner shares itself. > > To summarize: I want to tell SANE URLs for networ

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-27 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-07-27 at 10:25, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > The Wanderer writes: > >> On 2020-07-27 at 09:56, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >>> Now, I want to remove all >>> tha packages I installed on last july 23th. To do so, I do: >>> >>> $ grep "2015-12-19.*.install " /var/log/dpkg.log | awk '{ print $4 }'

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-27 Thread Rodolfo Medina
The Wanderer writes: > On 2020-07-27 at 09:56, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> The Wanderer writes: >> >>> On 2020-07-27 at 08:53, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > But audacity is installed on my Debian box since months... How can it depend on a package installed a few days ago...? >>> >>> My gues

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Nicolas George
Brian (12020-07-27): > > To summarize: I want to tell SANE URLs for network-connected scanners so > > that they can be presented to the users in GUI dialogs. > > Not much chance of that happening if SANE cannot see the scanner. Well, if I write scanner "hpaio:/net/deskjet_3050a_j611_series?ip=10

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread Ajith R
Hi, If you decide against a command line system and  decide to go SQL / Klexi way, I want to suggest to you a relatively lesser known integrated database system - http://www.suneido.com. It has been around for nearly 20 years. It is pretty easy to design and stable. It is FOSS. The only problem

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-27 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-07-27 at 09:56, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > The Wanderer writes: > >> On 2020-07-27 at 08:53, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >>> But audacity is installed on my Debian box since months... How can it >>> depend on a package installed a few days ago...? >> >> My guess would be that this is about arch

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 15:32:23 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Georgi Naplatanov (12020-07-27): > > I'm not sure how you share the scanner(s) - with saned or if those are > > some kind of network scanners. > > I do not share the scanner, the scanner shares itself. > > To summarize: I want to tell

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-27 Thread Rodolfo Medina
The Wanderer writes: > On 2020-07-27 at 08:53, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> The Wanderer writes: >> >>> On 2020-07-27 at 08:15, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >>> >>> That log message means that at 08:02:37 on July 23rd, 2020, the computer >>> went from not having any i386-architecture version of liblil

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Nicolas George
John Boxall (12020-07-27): > I was having the same problem with the same model mfp. I had to go into the > HPLIP Toolbox app and setup the printer. Once I did that xsane and simple > scan could find the scanner. Thanks for the suggestion. I was hoping to avoid installing the whole GUI crap from H

Re: ssl handshake problem with bugs.debian.org?

2020-07-27 Thread Harald Dunkel
On 2020-07-27 13:49, Sven Hartge wrote: Does your MTA present a client certificate? Maybe buxtehude does not like that? Yes, it has a certificate. Whether buxtehude likes it I cannot say, but it looks OK to me. Its a wildcard certificate, though: Certificate: Data: Version: 3 (0

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Nicolas George
Georgi Naplatanov (12020-07-27): > I'm not sure how you share the scanner(s) - with saned or if those are > some kind of network scanners. I do not share the scanner, the scanner shares itself. To summarize: I want to tell SANE URLs for network-connected scanners so that they can be presented to

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 14:53:38 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Brian (12020-07-27): > > When xsane is run it searches for devices. If the deskjet_3050a is the > > only one found, that is the one you will get. If there is more than one, > > it presents you with choice. > > It does not find it at al

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Nicolas George
Hans (12020-07-27): > I had had a similar problem with a scanner from Brother. The solution was, to > add the > output from lsusb like "5986:0102" (this is just an example!) of the > /lib/udev/rules.d/60-libsane.rules". Not all scanners are included here and > sometime you > must add your own

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Reco
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 04:09:08PM +0300, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: > On 7/27/20 3:40 PM, Nicolas George wrote: > > Georgi Naplatanov (12020-07-27): > >> https://linux.die.net/man/1/scanimage > >> > >> "The -d or --device-name options must be followed by a SANE device-name > >> like 'epson:/dev/sg0'

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread John Boxall
I was having the same problem with the same model mfp. I had to go into the HPLIP Toolbox app and setup the printer. Once I did that xsane and simple scan could find the scanner. On 2020-07-27 8:40 a.m., Nicolas George wrote: Georgi Naplatanov (12020-07-27): https://linux.die.net/man/1/scanim

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 7/27/20 3:40 PM, Nicolas George wrote: > Georgi Naplatanov (12020-07-27): >> https://linux.die.net/man/1/scanimage >> >> "The -d or --device-name options must be followed by a SANE device-name >> like 'epson:/dev/sg0' or 'hp:/dev/usbscanner0'. A (partial) list of >> available devices can be obta

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Hans
Am Montag, 27. Juli 2020, 14:50:12 CEST schrieb Brian: > On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 14:40:00 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > > Georgi Naplatanov (12020-07-27): Hi! I had had a similar problem with a scanner from Brother. The solution was, to add the output from lsusb like "5986:0102" (this is just an e

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-27 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-07-27 at 08:53, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > The Wanderer writes: > >> On 2020-07-27 at 08:15, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >>> Thanks to you all. Then, e.g., >>> >>> 2020-07-23 08:02:37 install liblilv-0-0:i386 0.24.2~dfsg0-2 >>> >>> means that liblilv-0-0 has been installed or not on 2020-07-

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Nicolas George
Brian (12020-07-27): > When xsane is run it searches for devices. If the deskjet_3050a is the > only one found, that is the one you will get. If there is more than one, > it presents you with choice. It does not find it at all. It only works if I specify the scanner. (And I would find very bad ta

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-27 Thread Rodolfo Medina
The Wanderer writes: > On 2020-07-27 at 08:15, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> writes: >> >>> On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 10:54:56PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: >>> >>> [...] >>> It's mentioned in the dpkg manpage, search for the --log option there. >>> >>> :-) >>> >>> Thanks, that puts it

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 14:40:00 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Georgi Naplatanov (12020-07-27): > > https://linux.die.net/man/1/scanimage > > > > "The -d or --device-name options must be followed by a SANE device-name > > like 'epson:/dev/sg0' or 'hp:/dev/usbscanner0'. A (partial) list of > > avai

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Nicolas George
Georgi Naplatanov (12020-07-27): > https://linux.die.net/man/1/scanimage > > "The -d or --device-name options must be followed by a SANE device-name > like 'epson:/dev/sg0' or 'hp:/dev/usbscanner0'. A (partial) list of > available devices can be obtained with the --list-devices option (see > below

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-27 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-07-27 at 08:15, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > writes: > >> On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 10:54:56PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>> It's mentioned in the dpkg manpage, search for the --log option >>> there. >> >> :-) >> >> Thanks, that puts it to rest. >> >> As always, if everythi

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 12:15:37PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Thanks to you all. Then, e.g., > > 2020-07-23 08:02:37 install liblilv-0-0:i386 0.24.2~dfsg0-2 > > means that liblilv-0-0 has been installed or not on 2020-07-23? From dpkg > manpage, --log option, as I understand, the field wi

Re: About /var/log/dpgk.log

2020-07-27 Thread Rodolfo Medina
writes: > On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 10:54:56PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > > [...] > >> It's mentioned in the dpkg manpage, search for the --log option there. > > :-) > > Thanks, that puts it to rest. > > As always, if everything else fails, read the instructions. Thanks to you all. Then, e.g.,

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 02:45:58PM -0400, Paul M Foster wrote: > Since you probably would like an application with a nice interface > (curses, GUI, web), I'd suggest PHP. The platform for your interface is > in the server and the browser; you just have to write some HTML, which > is pretty easy. Ot

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 7/27/20 12:58 PM, Nicolas George wrote: > Hi. > > This may be an obvious thing, but I cannot find the answer. > > I can scan with: > > scanimage -d "hpaio:/net/deskjet_3050a_j611_series?ip=10.0.1.155" > xsane "hpaio:/net/deskjet_3050a_j611_series?ip=10.0.1.155" > > Where do I write this URL

Re: ssl handshake problem with bugs.debian.org?

2020-07-27 Thread Sven Hartge
Harald Dunkel wrote: > On 2020-07-27 11:17, Sven Hartge wrote: >> Debian uses their own CA to sign this certificate, which is fine for >> SMTP, which normally only uses opportunistic encryption. >> >> But if the client SMTP-Server is set to *verify* the certificate, it >> will fail. > Certific

Re: documentation for sddm-greeter

2020-07-27 Thread Tixy
On Mon, 2020-07-27 at 11:39 +0100, Tixy wrote: > On Mon, 2020-07-27 at 01:54 -0700, tom arnall wrote: > > is there any? > > > > the issue i'm dealing with is creating avatars on the login screen. > > i'm running debian buster with the LXQt desktop., > > And the hits from Googling 'sddm avatar' ar

Re: documentation for sddm-greeter

2020-07-27 Thread Tixy
On Mon, 2020-07-27 at 01:54 -0700, tom arnall wrote: > is there any? > > the issue i'm dealing with is creating avatars on the login screen. > i'm running debian buster with the LXQt desktop., And the hits from Googling 'sddm avatar' aren't any good? The top 3 hits in Google gives me the Arch wi

Re: ssl handshake problem with bugs.debian.org?

2020-07-27 Thread Harald Dunkel
On 2020-07-27 11:17, Sven Hartge wrote: Debian uses their own CA to sign this certificate, which is fine for SMTP, which normally only uses opportunistic encryption. But if the client SMTP-Server is set to *verify* the certificate, it will fail. Certificate verification is optional on my MTA

SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Nicolas George
Hi. This may be an obvious thing, but I cannot find the answer. I can scan with: scanimage -d "hpaio:/net/deskjet_3050a_j611_series?ip=10.0.1.155" xsane "hpaio:/net/deskjet_3050a_j611_series?ip=10.0.1.155" Where do I write this URL so that tools find it without having to tell them each time? T

Re: ssl handshake problem with bugs.debian.org?

2020-07-27 Thread Sven Hartge
Reco wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 10:43:11AM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: >> I've got a ssl handshake problem with bugs.debian.org on sending an EMail. >> My mta (OpenBSD 6.7, i.e. libressl) in the office says in its logfile >> >> : >> Jul 27 10:23:39 gate5a smtpd[67056]: d4df9298d18e1596 mta

Re: ssl handshake problem with bugs.debian.org?

2020-07-27 Thread Reco
Hi. On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 10:43:11AM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've got a ssl handshake problem with bugs.debian.org on sending an EMail. > My mta (OpenBSD 6.7, i.e. libressl) in the office says in its logfile > > : > Jul 27 10:23:39 gate5a smtpd[67056]: d4df9298d18e1

documentation for sddm-greeter

2020-07-27 Thread tom arnall
is there any? the issue i'm dealing with is creating avatars on the login screen. i'm running debian buster with the LXQt desktop.,

Re: Is experimental part of Debian?

2020-07-27 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 26 iul 20, 20:08:42, Brian wrote: > A package enters experimental. It fixes bug X. Can the bug now be > recorded as closed in Debian? In general the version of the package with the fix should be included when closing a bug (regardless of release), or adjusted later with 'found' and 'notfo

ssl handshake problem with bugs.debian.org?

2020-07-27 Thread Harald Dunkel
Hi folks, I've got a ssl handshake problem with bugs.debian.org on sending an EMail. My mta (OpenBSD 6.7, i.e. libressl) in the office says in its logfile : Jul 27 10:23:37 gate5a smtpd[67056]: d4df9298d18e1596 mta connecting address=smtp://209.87.16.39:25 host=buxtehude.debian.org Jul 27 10:23:

Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-27 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-07-26 03:06, mick crane wrote: On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 14:55:35 -0700 David Christensen wrote: It's been a while, but Linux-Apache-MySQL-Perl worked for me back in the day: I'm not very good at this and wondered how to do it and thought could have things in a hash of hashes. As you ten