Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?"

On Ma, 20 oct 20, 10:44:17, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tuesday, October 20, 2020 05:10:33 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Lu, 19 oct 20, 20:21:45, The Wanderer wrote: > > > To install that package and let the upgrade go forward, you have a few > > > options. The simplest, and the one I go with

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

Hi. On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 09:10:48PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:46:20 +0300 > Reco wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 01:15:48PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm tearing my hair out trying to get HGST's Drive Fitness Test utility > > > to run: > >

Re: Laptop keyboard and touchpad don't work after upgrading fromlinux-image-4.19.0-9-amd64 to any later kernel [SOLVED]

Quick version: Blacklisting the "Intel Virtual Button driver" in udev, per a post in the Arch user forum that David linked to, made it work again. I created /etc/udev/rules.d/99-acer-libinput.rules with the single line ACTION=="add|change", KERNEL=="event[0-9]*", ATTRS{name}=="Intel Virtual But

Re: Intel RST driver -> SSD bug ?

On 2020-10-20 12:58, A. Kapetanovic wrote: Hi, I have a problem with my laptop, it looks like a SSD bug : some parts in a file vanishes (a function in a perl program). I have an asus laptop which uses intel RST technology (Rapid Storage Technology), and I wonder if the problem can come from t

Re: Laptop keyboard and touchpad don't work after upgrading fromlinux-image-4.19.0-9-amd64 to any later kernel

On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 13:58, David wrote: > But I have a couple of final (from me) suggestions that you might explore: 5) Try this: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=971839 (if that's your model laptop)

Re: Laptop keyboard and touchpad don't work after upgrading fromlinux-image-4.19.0-9-amd64 to any later kernel

On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 12:54, Matt Roberds wrote: > David wrote: > > I suggest to also test what happens if you start the system without > > using lightdm or X. > I tried this with three versions of the kernel: linux-image-4.19.0-9-amd64, > linux-image-4.19.0-10-amd64, and linux-image-4.19.0-11-

Re: Laptop keyboard and touchpad don't work after upgrading fromlinux-image-4.19.0-9-amd64 to any later kernel

David wrote: I suggest to also test what happens if you start the system without using lightdm or X. I tried this with three versions of the kernel: linux-image-4.19.0-9-amd64, linux-image-4.19.0-10-amd64, and linux-image-4.19.0-11-amd64 . Under all three versions, the built-in keyboard worked

Re: which package can convert barcode image to url?

On 21/10/20 2:19 pm, Long Wind wrote: > On Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 9:06:25 PM EDT, Richard Hector > wrote: > > . > After installing imagemagick (and zbar-tools), and reading some man > pages, this worked: > > richard@zircon :~$ convert dierge_16.jpg -sharpen > 0x3 - | z

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:46:20 +0300 Reco wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 01:15:48PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm tearing my hair out trying to get HGST's Drive Fitness Test utility > > to run: > ... > > I've tried so many different things and wasted so much time, but have > > still

Re: which package can convert barcode image to url?

On 21/10/20 1:57 pm, Richard Hector wrote: > On 21/10/20 1:34 pm, Long Wind wrote: >> >> Thank Charles! but i really mean QR code: how to change it to url >> i've installed qtqr, it can't decode it though my phone can scan it >> i attach it in attachment > > Can you get a clearer image? > > I co

Re: which package can convert barcode image to url?

On 21/10/20 1:34 pm, Long Wind wrote: > > Thank Charles! but i really mean QR code: how to change it to url > i've installed qtqr, it can't decode it though my phone can scan it > i attach it in attachment Can you get a clearer image? I couldn't read it with zbarimg, but then I loaded it into th

Re: Laptop keyboard and touchpad don't work after upgrading fromlinux-image-4.19.0-9-amd64 to any later kernel

On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 11:03, Matt Roberds wrote: > I think I'm experiencing a bug, but I'm not quite sure what package to > file it against, so I am looking for advice. > > Short version: > > After upgrading from linux-image-4.19.0-9-amd64 to > linux-image-4.19.0-10-amd64 , X can't see the keybo

Re: which package can convert barcode image to url?

Thank Charles! but i really mean QR code: how to change it to urli've installed qtqr, it can't decode it though my phone can scan iti attach it in attachment

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:22:20 -0400 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > HGST provides an ISO meant for burning to CD, and an IMG meant for > > burning to floppy disk. I don't have writable CDs or a floppy drive, so > > I'm trying to get the software to run off a USB flash drive. I've tried > > so many diffe

Laptop keyboard and touchpad don't work after upgrading fromlinux-image-4.19.0-9-amd64 to any later kernel

Hello all! I think I'm experiencing a bug, but I'm not quite sure what package to file it against, so I am looking for advice. Short version: After upgrading from linux-image-4.19.0-9-amd64 to linux-image-4.19.0-10-amd64 , X can't see the keyboard or touchpad on my laptop anymore. Rebooting ba

Re: which package can convert barcode image to url?

On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:23:32 +0200 Siard wrote: > Long Wind wrote: > > in Chinese barcode is called 2-dimension code > > Same as QR code? dmtx-utils should be able to do it. > It contains 2 programs: dmtxread and dmtxwrite. > See also http://libdmtx.sourceforge.net I don't think so. dmtx is

Re: which package can convert barcode image to url?

On Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 6:26:18 PM EDT, Siard wrote: Same as QR code?  dmtx-utils should be able to do it. It contains 2 programs: dmtxread and dmtxwrite. See also http://libdmtx.sourceforge.net yes, i mean QR code i've installed dmtx-utils, but it can't read image file dmtxre

Re: which package can convert barcode image to url?

Long Wind wrote: > in Chinese barcode is called 2-dimension code Same as QR code? dmtx-utils should be able to do it. It contains 2 programs: dmtxread and dmtxwrite. See also http://libdmtx.sourceforge.net

which package can convert barcode image to url?

in Chinese barcode is called 2-dimension code sorry, i have asked this question before, but can't find it in mailbox by search https://lists.debian.org/search.html isn't helpful either

Intel RST driver -> SSD bug ?

Hi, I have a problem with my laptop, it looks like a SSD bug : some parts in a file vanishes (a function in a perl program). I have an asus laptop which uses intel RST technology (Rapid Storage Technology), and I wonder if the problem can come from that. Does someone have an unlucky exper

Re: shells (was Re: Zoom.)

On 20/10/2020 15:51, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Top posting intentionally as I don't think any (or much) context is required. so, hijacking a thread instead? :-) -- Tony van der Hoff| mailto:t...@vanderhoff.org Buckinghamshire, England |

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

> HGST provides an ISO meant for burning to CD, and an IMG meant for > burning to floppy disk. I don't have writable CDs or a floppy drive, so > I'm trying to get the software to run off a USB flash drive. I've tried > so many different things and wasted so much time, but have still not > succeeded

Re: Qemu 9pfs sftp chrootdirectory option issue

20.10.20, 18:49 +0200, john doe: > Debians, > > According to (1): > > "ChrootDirectory > Specifies a path to chroot(2) to after authentication. This path, and > all its components, must be root-owned directories that are not writable > by any other user or group. After the chroot, sshd(8)" > >

Re: SOLVED: Re: How to add an origin to unattended upgrades?

On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:51:20 -0600 Charles Curley wrote: > On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 13:24:06 -0600 > Charles Curley wrote: > > > I have unattended upgrades running on a testbed laptop. I would like > > to add an origin to the list, but I don't think I am getting the > > entry quite right. The origin

Re: SOLVED??: Re: How to add an origin to unattended upgrades?

On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:38:20 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > -- > > // "o=Debian Backports,a=${distro_codename}-backports,l=Debian > > Backports"; "o=Vivaldi Technologies,a=stable,l=Official Vivaldi > > package repository"; }; > > -

Re: Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 01:15:48PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > Hi, > > I'm tearing my hair out trying to get HGST's Drive Fitness Test utility > to run: ... > I've tried so many different things and wasted so much time, but have > still not succeeded: > > 1) Copying the IMG straight to a flash drive:

Running HGST's DFT utility from a flash drive

Hi, I'm tearing my hair out trying to get HGST's Drive Fitness Test utility to run: https://www1.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT HGST provides an ISO meant for burning to CD, and an IMG meant for burning to floppy disk. I don't have writable CDs or a floppy drive, so I'm trying to get the

Qemu 9pfs sftp chrootdirectory option issue

Debians, According to (1): "ChrootDirectory Specifies a path to chroot(2) to after authentication. This path, and all its components, must be root-owned directories that are not writable by any other user or group. After the chroot, sshd(8)" i'm using the Qemu's 9p implimentation (mapped mode)

Re: shells (was Re: Zoom.)

rhkra...@gmail.com (12020-10-20): > Top posting intentionally as I don't think any (or much) context is required. Then you could just omit it. > I am always impressed with Greg's knowledge of the Bash shell (maybe all > shells), but, wow, Bash seems like a convoluted mess to keep track of all th

Re: Is there such a thing as a Debian blend for a MacBook Air 1,1 and/or Mac boxes in general? ...

Albretch Mueller wrote: > I test a MacBook Air 1,1 with Debian Live DVD > > $ uname -a > Linux debian 4.9.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 (2018-03-02) > x86_64 GNU/Linux > > and all seems to be fine and dandy, except for the wireless network > card. This is what dmidecode and hwinfo te

Re: shells (was Re: Zoom.)

Top posting intentionally as I don't think any (or much) context is required. I am always impressed with Greg's knowledge of the Bash shell (maybe all shells), but, wow, Bash seems like a convoluted mess to keep track of all the little details / gotchas. Is there a shell that is better in that

Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?"

On Tuesday, October 20, 2020 05:10:33 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 19 oct 20, 20:21:45, The Wanderer wrote: > > To install that package and let the upgrade go forward, you have a few > > options. The simplest, and the one I go with myself, would be to run > > > > $ apt-get dist-upgrade > > I

Is there such a thing as a Debian blend for a MacBook Air 1,1 and/or Mac boxes in general? ...

I test a MacBook Air 1,1 with Debian Live DVD $ uname -a Linux debian 4.9.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 (2018-03-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux and all seems to be fine and dandy, except for the wireless network card. This is what dmidecode and hwinfo tell me about it: Model: "Apple AirPort

Re: rsync --delete

On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 09:42:26AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > Maybe I'm still missing something, but so far I'm not seeing a way to > export this, so I still don't see a way it could get exposed inside the > script. Oh, looks like a change was made. wooledg:~$ bash-4.4 wooledg:~$ function /bin/

Re: rsync --delete

On 2020-10-20 at 09:00, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 08:32:12AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: >> $ cat /tmp/test-function-script.sh >> #/bin/bash >> >> /home/wanderer/bin/abecedarian.sh > > Incorrect shebang (missing the bang half). Therefore, the shell that > actually gets used

Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?"

On Mi, 21 oct 20, 00:31:39, Richard Hector wrote: > On 20/10/20 10:10 pm, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Lu, 19 oct 20, 20:21:45, The Wanderer wrote: > >> > >> To install that package and let the upgrade go forward, you have a few > >> options. The simplest, and the one I go with myself, would be to

Re: rsync --delete

On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 08:32:12AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > $ cat /tmp/test-function-script.sh > #/bin/bash > > /home/wanderer/bin/abecedarian.sh Incorrect shebang (missing the bang half). Therefore, the shell that actually gets used is unpredictable. It depends on the caller. If you call

Re: rsync --delete

On 2020-10-20 at 07:49, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 08:11:01PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > >> On 2020-10-19 05:00, Greg Wooledge wrote: >> > using an explicit /usr/bin/rsync is sketchy at best. You >> > should already have /usr/bin in your PATH >> >> AIUI using absolute

Re: gmail settings

On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 13:33:06 +0200 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > > After modifying  the gmail settings(disable transfer), I get a prompt > "register the modifications", and I click on it, but actually the > settings are not > > updated. > > Has anybody an explanation, and possibly a fix? ?

Re: Zoom.

Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 06:36:15AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > I have this in my PS1 definition: > > > > \$(if [[ \$? == 0 ]]; then echo \"+\"; else echo \"-\"; fi)\ > > > > Which has the effect of telling me the rough exit status of the > > last command in my prompt. >

Re: rsync --delete

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 08:11:01PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-10-19 05:00, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > using an explicit /usr/bin/rsync is sketchy at best. You > > should already have /usr/bin in your PATH > > AIUI using absolute paths for tools in shell scripts is a security best > p

Re: Zoom.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 06:36:15AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > I have this in my PS1 definition: > > \$(if [[ \$? == 0 ]]; then echo \"+\"; else echo \"-\"; fi)\ > > Which has the effect of telling me the rough exit status of the > last command in my prompt. The weird backslashing tells me you'r

gmail settings

hi, After modifying  the gmail settings(disable transfer), I get a prompt "register the modifications", and I click on it, but actually the settings are not updated. Has anybody an explanation, and possibly a fix? best regards

Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?"

On 20/10/20 10:10 pm, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 19 oct 20, 20:21:45, The Wanderer wrote: >> >> To install that package and let the upgrade go forward, you have a few >> options. The simplest, and the one I go with myself, would be to run >> >> $ apt-get dist-upgrade > > I disagree, the sim

Re: Zoom.

Dan Ritter (12020-10-20): > I have this in my PS1 definition: > > \$(if [[ \$? == 0 ]]; then echo \"+\"; else echo \"-\"; fi)\ > > Which has the effect of telling me the rough exit status of the > last command in my prompt. With zsh, I suggest "setopt pritexitvalue". Regards, -- Nicoals Ge

Re: Zoom.

John Crawley wrote: > On 20/10/2020 04:57, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > > From: Bob McGowan > > Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 18:18:18 -0700 > > > As for exiting, so long as Zoom considers it a normal exit, it will > > > give an exit status of zero and you will simply see the next prompt. > > > That is as

Re: rsync --delete

David (12020-10-20): > > > ALL_UPPER_CASE is reserved for internal shell variables, and environment > > > variables. > > > Please provide a citation (for Bourne shell scripts). > > Maybe POSIX.1-2017 is what you're asking for? > > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap

Re: kernel security upgrade - "rebase?"

On Lu, 19 oct 20, 20:21:45, The Wanderer wrote: > > To install that package and let the upgrade go forward, you have a few > options. The simplest, and the one I go with myself, would be to run > > $ apt-get dist-upgrade I disagree, the simplest and arguably slightly safer is apt upgrade

Re: rsync --delete

On Lu, 19 oct 20, 20:04:07, David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-10-19 14:12, Tixy wrote: > > On Mon, 2020-10-19 at 15:16 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/105 > > > > NOOO ;-) > > > > Excuse me while I go grep 'set -e' -R ... > > > 2020-10-19 20

Re: rsync --delete

On Tue, 2020-10-20 at 18:49 +1100, David wrote: > I am familiar with the names GreyCat and geirha and lhunath and > koalaman > because they have made unmissable contributions to shells and shell > scripting, supporting and documenting and educating shell users > for decades. > > You can find some

Re: Zoom.

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 06:02:38PM -0700, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: Stefan Monnier > Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 11:16:01 -0400 > > I use and recommend Jitsi as a Free Software alternative. > > 1-1 connection or multi-party conference? Jitsi and BBB both support multi-party. You either set up

Re: rsync --delete

On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 18:27, Tixy wrote: > On Mon, 2020-10-19 at 20:04 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > I see in the Bash FAQ [1] there is an alternative opinion on the matter > expressed... > "rking's personal recommendation is to go ahead and use set -e, but > beware of possible gotchas. It

Re: SOLVED??: Re: How to add an origin to unattended upgrades?

On Lu, 19 oct 20, 12:51:20, Charles Curley wrote: > > On further reflection, I looked at the sample entries for origins, and > realized that the line for Debian Backports in the Archive or Suite > section might be a better model to try. After commenting out my > original effort, I added: > >

Re: rsync --delete

On Mon, 2020-10-19 at 20:04 -0700, David Christensen wrote: [...] > $ IFS=: && for p in $PATH; do egrep -r 'set (-e|-o errexit)' $p; done [...] > /usr/bin/p7zip:#- remove `"$?" != 0 ' checks that do not work with > `set -e' :-) I see in the Bash FAQ [1] there is an alternative opinion on the