Re: Bullseye: exo-utils 4.16.0-1 and exo-preferred-applications???

2021-04-08 Thread John Crawley
On 09/04/2021 08:38, Charles Curley wrote: The programs exo-csource and exo-preferred-applications seem to be absent from the package exo-utils, in spite of being advertised as still being there. This is version 4.16.0-1 of the package, on Bullseye. exo-preferred-applications has been moved fro

Re: Boot better have mounted on root or /boot ?

2021-04-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 08 apr 21, 07:21:04, Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE wrote: > On Donnerstag, 8. April 2021 02:15:00 -04 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > For me the simplicity of having 'boot' on '/' wins in most cases. It > > avoids a lot of issues (like running out of space in /boot) with no > > significant downside I'm

Bullseye: exo-utils 4.16.0-1 and exo-preferred-applications???

2021-04-08 Thread Charles Curley
The programs exo-csource and exo-preferred-applications seem to be absent from the package exo-utils, in spite of being advertised as still being there. This is version 4.16.0-1 of the package, on Bullseye. -- root@orca:~# cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/exo-

Re: KVM: GPU passthrough

2021-04-08 Thread Dan Ritter
Gokan Atmaca wrote: > Hello > > I want to use the graphics card directly in the virtual machine. IOMMU > seems to be running, but unfortunately it doesn't work when I want to > start the virtual machine. > > > error: > pci,host=:01:00.0,id=hostdev0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x9: vfio > :01:00.0: g

Re: Using a remote computer and VGA

2021-04-08 Thread Dan Ritter
Richmond wrote: > Is it possible to use a local computer (L) to: ssh -Y to a remote > computer (R), run a web browser on R which will then display on > L, choose what to watch on Netflix, and then having started it, move the > displayed browser window back to the X window on R, and then move > it

Re: Using a remote computer and VGA

2021-04-08 Thread deloptes
Richmond wrote: > Is it possible to use a local computer (L) to: ssh -Y to a remote > computer (R), run a web browser on R which will then display on > L, choose what to watch on Netflix, and then having started it, move the > displayed browser window back to the X window on R, and then move > it

KVM: GPU passthrough

2021-04-08 Thread Gokan Atmaca
Hello I want to use the graphics card directly in the virtual machine. IOMMU seems to be running, but unfortunately it doesn't work when I want to start the virtual machine. pci: [0.010066] ACPI: DMAR 0x9D8B7000 70 (v01 INTEL EDK2 0002 0113) [0.121392] DMAR:

Re: MATE/Compiz

2021-04-08 Thread Glenn Holmer
On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 4:36 PM IL Ka wrote: > > But how do I automate that so Compiz starts every time I log in? >> > > Hi. I am not familiar with compiz, but here are some ideas. > If you install MATE Tweak (it will appear in the Control Center), there's an option under "Windows" to select the

Re: minimize daemon downtime for apt upgrade

2021-04-08 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 01:47:22PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 10:46:06 -0500 > Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > > > If I wait for a few months to perform an "apt upgrade", many packages > > get upgraded. > > ... > > > Is there something more elegant? > > As Dan Ritter already m

Using a remote computer and VGA

2021-04-08 Thread Richmond
Is it possible to use a local computer (L) to: ssh -Y to a remote computer (R), run a web browser on R which will then display on L, choose what to watch on Netflix, and then having started it, move the displayed browser window back to the X window on R, and then move it across to the television at

Re: [sid] efibootmgr not working on linux 5.10.x & LGA1155

2021-04-08 Thread Grzesiek
On 3/18/21 9:55 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2021-03-18 21:03 +0100, Grzesiek Sójka wrote: I noticed recently that efibootmgr stoped working. On all my Sid machines I get the following: # efibootmgr EFI variables are not supported on this system. But if I run Buster (the same hardware) then eve

Re: minimize daemon downtime for apt upgrade

2021-04-08 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 10:46:06 -0500 Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > If I wait for a few months to perform an "apt upgrade", many packages > get upgraded. ... > Is there something more elegant? As Dan Ritter already mentioned, you can configure a failover DHCP server, usually a good idea anyway. Why a

Paraview crashes?

2021-04-08 Thread Boyan Penkov
Hello folks, On bullseye, this happens occasionally with paraview: ``` Loguru caught a signal: SIGABRT Stack trace: 53 0x55b9a1e184ea paraview(+0x84ea) [0x55b9a1e184ea] 52 0x7fb4c3d40d0a __libc_start_main + 234 51 0x55b9a1e18314 paraview(+0x8314) [0x55b9a1e18314] 50 0x7fb4c2477

Re: minimize daemon downtime for apt upgrade

2021-04-08 Thread Joe
On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 10:46:06 -0500 Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > Greetings! > > Scenario: > > I have a Sid desktop computer that acts as a router for my home > network. > > If I wait for a few months to perform an "apt upgrade", many packages > get upgraded. > Not offering an answer, but if you're

Re: minimize daemon downtime for apt upgrade

2021-04-08 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 10:46:06AM -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > Greetings! > > Scenario: > > I have a Sid desktop computer that acts as a router for my home network. > > If I wait for a few months to perform an "apt upgrade", many packages get > upgraded. > > The upgrade starts with shutting

Re: minimize daemon downtime for apt upgrade

2021-04-08 Thread Dan Ritter
Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > I have a Sid desktop computer that acts as a router for my home network. I have a Stable mini-ITX "desktop" computer that acts as a router for my home network. > If I wait for a few months to perform an "apt upgrade", many packages get > upgraded. I use apticron to auto

minimize daemon downtime for apt upgrade

2021-04-08 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
Greetings! Scenario: I have a Sid desktop computer that acts as a router for my home network. If I wait for a few months to perform an "apt upgrade", many packages get upgraded. The upgrade starts with shutting down isc-dhcp-server (in order to upgrade it), then starts to upgrade all the packag

Re: No space left when: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-5-amd64

2021-04-08 Thread Marco Ippolito
> > Where would I put the -s please? > > Explanation of how to find the answer: > He was talking about 'apt' commands. > If you read 'man apt' it hints that it is a front-end to > various 'apt-*' commands like 'apt-get'. > The hints look like "apt-get(8)" which is a reference > to the 'apt-get' ma

Re: No space left when: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-5-amd64

2021-04-08 Thread David
On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 at 22:23, Marco Ippolito wrote: > > And I'm a big fan of -s with commands like these, so that > > you know what's going to be changed. Then recall the command > > and remove the -s. > Where would I put the -s please? Explanation of how to find the answer: He was talking about

Re: Boot better have mounted on root or /boot ?

2021-04-08 Thread Marco Ippolito
> Eventually it all boils down to one's ability to predict the future or > at least a subset thereof. What would you consider in your future planning regarding sizing /boot? e.g. how many kernels (with how many built-in modules and with what compression) to keep around for alternate booting or re

Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster

2021-04-08 Thread Marco Ippolito
> >> Where I want output, I protect it with: > >> > >> [ -n "$PS1" ] && printf … > > > > Maybe consider: > > > > [[ -t 1 ]] && printf ... > > Until your script that was started via crontab silently fails. I > *like* always having error messages enabled. I like logs too but -t was in the

Re: No space left when: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-5-amd64

2021-04-08 Thread Marco Ippolito
> And I'm a big fan of -s with commands like these, so that > you know what's going to be changed. Then recall the command > and remove the -s. Where would I put the -s please?

Re: Need to do 'swanctl --load-all' every boot

2021-04-08 Thread Dan Ritter
Sijmen J. Mulder wrote: > Hi all, > > I've set up an IPsec + IKEv2 VPN server ('road warrior' set up) on > Debian 10 with StrongSwan. It was my understanding that > /etc/strongswan.d/swanctl.conf is the modern way to configure it > so that's what I did. > > But now after every boot I have to run

Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster

2021-04-08 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 07:50:23AM +, Curt wrote: > What about addressing his primary point rather than what in my > benefit-of-the-doubt humor I construe as a typographical oversight? I don't remember what the "primary point" was. Was it the same as the Subject: header -- .profile not being

Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster

2021-04-08 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 11:14:48AM +0100, Tixy wrote: > I believe ">/dev/stderr" is not Posix standard and knowing the correct > standard way of doing this could be beneficial. That's correct -- it's not portable. On systems where /dev/stderr actually exists (such as Debian GNU/Linux), according

Re: Boot better have mounted on root or /boot ?

2021-04-08 Thread Sven Hartge
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 08:55:47AM +0800, Robbi Nespu wrote: >> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on >> /dev/sda1 110G 62G 43G 60% / >> >> What actually the best way for boot directory? put on same root directory >> like I have right now or it better

Re: Boot better have mounted on root or /boot ?

2021-04-08 Thread Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE
On Donnerstag, 8. April 2021 02:15:00 -04 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 08 apr 21, 08:55:47, Robbi Nespu wrote: > > I use auto partitioning (if not mistaken) and boot mounted on root > > "/" instead of creating own "/boot" partition > > > > $ df -h /boot/ > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use%

Need to do 'swanctl --load-all' every boot

2021-04-08 Thread Sijmen J. Mulder
Hi all, I've set up an IPsec + IKEv2 VPN server ('road warrior' set up) on Debian 10 with StrongSwan. It was my understanding that /etc/strongswan.d/swanctl.conf is the modern way to configure it so that's what I did. But now after every boot I have to run 'swanctl --load-all' to be able to be ab

Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster

2021-04-08 Thread Tixy
On Thu, 2021-04-08 at 07:50 +, Curt wrote: > On 2021-04-07, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 09:41:51PM +, Lee wrote: > > > Interesting.. "echo foo" in .bashrc does break scp, but not "echo foo >2" > > > > That redirects to a file named "2". > > > > > .. but that doesn't

Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster

2021-04-08 Thread Curt
On 2021-04-07, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 09:41:51PM +, Lee wrote: >> Interesting.. "echo foo" in .bashrc does break scp, but not "echo foo >2" > > That redirects to a file named "2". > >> .. but that doesn't work for bash, so hhrmm.. > /dev/stderr seems to >> work in all