Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-22 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-02-22 12:04, Semih Ozlem wrote: Hi everyone, First of all thanks to everyone who responded in detail to my previous questions in email. Thanks for taking the time to read and reply to my questions. YW. :-) I would like to ask a different question. Suppose that I install debian on

Re: How to view a troff formatted file?

2021-02-22 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 10:28 AM Alain D D Williams wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 07:59:13AM -0800, Will Mengarini wrote: > > Your groff command references $o but your script sets no value > > for it, so $o is either empty or inherited from your environment. > > Oh, that comes from the ps_print

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:21:30 -0500 (EST) Bob Bernstein wrote: > I have v. 1.6 via apt-get on an uptodate buster amd64 system. > > Every attempt to run a search yields "No results," even if I > specify 'Boston Red Sox'. > > Recommendations? Calm soothing thoughts? > > Thank you. just dow

Re: How to view a troff formatted file?

2021-02-22 Thread Tom Dial
On 2/22/21 05:04, Richard Owlett wrote: > I have downloaded a program with a man-page in troff format. > How do I view it?> I installed troffcvt but its man-page is non-informative. > TIA Manpages typically are gzipped troff files, and the man program is used to handling them, either gzipped or

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-22 Thread David
On Tue, 23 Feb 2021 at 10:02, Semih Ozlem wrote: Thanks for the info. What is the make/model of the external USB disk? Which version of USB port is it connected to? > storage device there is an internal hard disk (500gb) that has windows > installed on it, which I can not install another opera

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-22 Thread Semih Ozlem
processor i3-7100 ram 4 gb other details will have to restart the machine to tell. storage device there is an internal hard disk (500gb) that has windows installed on it, which I can not install another operating system to for now for reasons that I would have to back up files before and I don't ha

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 2:15 PM Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > > I had the same experience. Gave up on duckduckgo but one time it came > thru > > in a pinch. > > Why give up on the search engine merely because a rogue util has > gone goofy? Because I had

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: I had the same experience. Gave up on duckduckgo but one time it came thru in a pinch. Why give up on the search engine merely because a rogue util has gone goofy? I went looking for duckduckgo search syntax and found what I need, which is not

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-22 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 12:37:52AM +0300, Semih Ozlem wrote: > I am currently pre-planning. If it could be done, then I am going to go > about searching and purchasing necessary devices in order to do the task. > That's why I am asking in the first place. I have a usb device that I can > attach for

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-22 Thread David
On Tue, 23 Feb 2021 at 08:38, Semih Ozlem wrote: > I have a usb device that I can attach for testing now. Sorry if I overlooked that you provided this information already elsewhere, but I think it would help us to help you if you would properly describe for us the hardware that you are currently

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-22 Thread Semih Ozlem
I am currently pre-planning. If it could be done, then I am going to go about searching and purchasing necessary devices in order to do the task. That's why I am asking in the first place. I have a usb device that I can attach for testing now. Currently I am just running from a live usb. Here is t

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-22 Thread Greg Wooledge
Semih Ozlem (semihozlemlinuxu...@gmail.com) wrote: > It is a starting point but the problem is really not with whether there is > enough space to download installation files, for they can be downloaded > remotely to some other disk. The problem is when installing from the > downloaded files, the sy

Re: AD user can't ssh in

2021-02-22 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 1:47 PM Kent West wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 1:37 PM Kent West wrote: > >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 7:52 AM Nicholas Geovanis >> wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Feb 21, 2021, 5:09 PM Kent West wrote: >>> >>> Brand new Debian box (tried Buster, then when that didn;' w

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-22 Thread Semih Ozlem
It is a starting point but the problem is really not with whether there is enough space to download installation files, for they can be downloaded remotely to some other disk. The problem is when installing from the downloaded files, the system itself may give an error saying no disk space left. Th

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-22 Thread Brian
On Mon 22 Feb 2021 at 23:04:00 +0300, Semih Ozlem wrote: > Hi everyone, > > First of all thanks to everyone who responded in detail to my previous > questions in email. Thanks for taking the time to read and reply to my > questions. > > I would like to ask a different question. Suppose that I in

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: I had the same experience. Gave up on duckduckgo but one time it came thru in a pinch. Why give up on the search engine merely because a rogue util has gone goofy? I went looking for duckduckgo search syntax and found what I need, which is not

is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

2021-02-22 Thread Semih Ozlem
Hi everyone, First of all thanks to everyone who responded in detail to my previous questions in email. Thanks for taking the time to read and reply to my questions. I would like to ask a different question. Suppose that I install debian on a usb or a hard drive that does not have a lot of space.

Re: AD user can't ssh in

2021-02-22 Thread Kent West
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 1:37 PM Kent West wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 7:52 AM Nicholas Geovanis > wrote: > >> On Sun, Feb 21, 2021, 5:09 PM Kent West wrote: >> >> Brand new Debian box (tried Buster, then when that didn;' work, upgraded >> tp unstable - meh, it's a test box to get thing

Re: AD user can't ssh in

2021-02-22 Thread Kent West
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 7:52 AM Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > On Sun, Feb 21, 2021, 5:09 PM Kent West wrote: > > Brand new Debian box (tried Buster, then when that didn;' work, upgraded > tp unstable - meh, it's a test box to get things sorted out before > production use). > > Minimal setup (unchec

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Darac Marjal
On 22/02/2021 18:21, Bob Bernstein wrote: > I have v. 1.6 via apt-get on an uptodate buster amd64 system. > > Every attempt to run a search yields "No results," even if I specify > 'Boston Red Sox'. > > Recommendations? Calm soothing thoughts? This sounds like https://github.com/jarun/ddgr/issues

Re: 'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 12:29 PM Bob Bernstein wrote: > I have v. 1.6 via apt-get on an uptodate buster amd64 system. > > Every attempt to run a search yields "No results," even if I > specify 'Boston Red Sox'. > > Recommendations? Calm soothing thoughts? > Is this soothing enough? I had the same

'ddgr' cli for duckduckgo snafu?

2021-02-22 Thread Bob Bernstein
I have v. 1.6 via apt-get on an uptodate buster amd64 system. Every attempt to run a search yields "No results," even if I specify 'Boston Red Sox'. Recommendations? Calm soothing thoughts? Thank you. -- RSB

Re: Conflicting alternatives

2021-02-22 Thread Curt
On 2021-02-22, Kevin Shell wrote: >> > But I see your posts are coming into > the debian user list thru news.bofh.it / erode.bofh.it? > > Received: from erode.bofh.it (erode.bofh.it [85.94.204.147]) > by bendel.debian.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D507E20160 > for ; Mon, 22 Feb 202

Re: How to view a troff formatted file?

2021-02-22 Thread Alain D D Williams
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 07:59:13AM -0800, Will Mengarini wrote: > Your groff command references $o but your script sets no value > for it, so $o is either empty or inherited from your environment. Oh, that comes from the ps_print script that I hacked this out of. $o was options, empty string for t

Re: How to view a troff formatted file?

2021-02-22 Thread Will Mengarini
Your groff command references $o but your script sets no value for it, so $o is either empty or inherited from your environment. * Alain D D Williams [21-02/22=Mo 12:58 +]: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 06:04:15AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: >> I have downloaded a program with a man-page in trof

Re: Conflicting alternatives

2021-02-22 Thread Kevin Shell
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 01:39:18PM +, Curt wrote: > On 2021-02-22, Kevin Shell wrote: > >> > >> Maybe it's some problem specific to news.free.fr. > >> > > > > How the two sites news.bofh.it/erode.bofh.it news.free.fr are connected? > > Is news.bofh.it feeding articles to news.free.fr? > > T

Re: Conflicting alternatives

2021-02-22 Thread Curt
On 2021-02-22, Kevin Shell wrote: >> >> Maybe it's some problem specific to news.free.fr. >> > > How the two sites news.bofh.it/erode.bofh.it news.free.fr are connected? > Is news.bofh.it feeding articles to news.free.fr? They are not connected. > By the way, > the site news.bofh.it/erode.bofh

Re: AD user can't ssh in

2021-02-22 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Sun, Feb 21, 2021, 5:09 PM Kent West wrote: Brand new Debian box (tried Buster, then when that didn;' work, upgraded tp unstable - meh, it's a test box to get things sorted out before production use). Minimal setup (unchecked everything in TaskSel step during install; later used TaskSel to ad

Re: How to view a troff formatted file?

2021-02-22 Thread Alain D D Williams
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 06:04:15AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I have downloaded a program with a man-page in troff format. > How do I view it? > I installed troffcvt but its man-page is non-informative. > TIA Feel free to use my script to do that, below. ps_print is another script that send t

Re: How to view a troff formatted file?

2021-02-22 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/22/2021 06:08 AM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2021-02-22 at 07:04, Richard Owlett wrote: I have downloaded a program with a man-page in troff format. How do I view it? The naive approach would be to try: $ man -l /path/to/man-page-file There are probably other ways, but since this is speci

Re: How to view a troff formatted file?

2021-02-22 Thread Kevin Shell
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 07:08:12AM -0500, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-02-22 at 07:04, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I have downloaded a program with a man-page in troff format. > > How do I view it? > > The naive approach would be to try: > > $ man -l /path/to/man-page-file > > There are probab

Re: How to view a troff formatted file?

2021-02-22 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-02-22 at 07:04, Richard Owlett wrote: > I have downloaded a program with a man-page in troff format. > How do I view it? The naive approach would be to try: $ man -l /path/to/man-page-file There are probably other ways, but since this is specifically a man page, that'd be my first attem

Re: How to view a troff formatted file?

2021-02-22 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2021 22 Feb 06:04 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I have downloaded a program with a man-page in troff format. > How do I view it? Do you have the man program installed? > I installed troffcvt but its man-page is non-informative. I've used 'man ./filename.man' for a troff file formatted with

How to view a troff formatted file?

2021-02-22 Thread Richard Owlett
I have downloaded a program with a man-page in troff format. How do I view it? I installed troffcvt but its man-page is non-informative. TIA

Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ...

2021-02-22 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Albrecht, On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 03:50:01AM -0500, Albretch Mueller wrote: > Andy Smith wrote: > > Those SHA1 hashes do appear here on another mirror: > > > > http://mirrorservice.org/sites/cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/10.8.0/amd64/iso-dvd/SHA1SUMS […] > I would expect for that string to ap

Re: Conflicting alternatives

2021-02-22 Thread Kevin Shell
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 10:18:36AM -, Curt wrote: > On 2021-02-22, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > I'm not aware of doing anything special, just reply-to-list (Cc'd you on=20 > > this message though). > > > > Is it only my messages you are missing? > > > > You do appear here on the gmane server

Re: Conflicting alternatives

2021-02-22 Thread Curt
On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 21 feb 21, 16:23:31, Curt wrote: On 2021-02-21, David Wright wrote: The Mail Transport Agent Switcher. Almost sounds like a name invented by the marketing department. Anyway, I guess the MTAS is irrelevant because we're not concerned with F

Re: Conflicting alternatives

2021-02-22 Thread Curt
On 2021-02-22, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > I'm not aware of doing anything special, just reply-to-list (Cc'd you on=20 > this message though). > > Is it only my messages you are missing? > You do appear here on the gmane server, but remain MIA on news.free.fr. Maybe it's some problem specific to n

Re: Missing memory and the mystery of MTRRs

2021-02-22 Thread Paul Duncan
I have seen a few systems (such as HP Proliant servers) where you need to populate the DIMM slots in order, or it won't necessarily see all the RAM. Wonder if thats the problem. Back to lurking/clearing my E-mail backlog. Paul. On Tue, 16 Feb 2021 at 16:06, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: >

Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ...

2021-02-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 22 feb 21, 03:50:01, Albretch Mueller wrote: > >> 7) the md5 and sha1 hashes that I computed could not be found online > >> > >> 0296cfbeaf3823055901d7ad2077a077 > >> 0b742d83d23207db9a24553100d4155eb8c701bf debian > >> 10.8.0-amd64-DVD-2.iso > >> 37baf26293b8132fe95b4bd19262ca6b > >> 122a2

Re: Conflicting alternatives

2021-02-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 21 feb 21, 16:23:31, Curt wrote: > On 2021-02-21, David Wright wrote: > >> > >> The Mail Transport Agent Switcher. Almost sounds like a name invented by > >> the marketing department. Anyway, I guess the MTAS is irrelevant because > >> we're not concerned with Fedora here. But I suppose it

Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ...

2021-02-22 Thread Albretch Mueller
>> 7) the md5 and sha1 hashes that I computed could not be found online >> >> 0296cfbeaf3823055901d7ad2077a077 >> 0b742d83d23207db9a24553100d4155eb8c701bf debian >> 10.8.0-amd64-DVD-2.iso >> 37baf26293b8132fe95b4bd19262ca6b >> 122a2612ed63ff89db56eec0765e87268bf72318 debian >> 10.8.0-amd64-DVD-3.i