FTP Repository all man pages?

2023-04-20 Thread jeremy ardley
Is there any FTP repository that holds all the current Jessie man page files in one location? I have tried various scripts and wget to extract man pages from https://manpages.debian.org/jessie/ but my scripting ability lacks somewhat. Jeremy

Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread tomas
On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 11:29:26PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 20 Apr 2023 at 22:16:56 (+0700), Max Nikulin wrote: > > On 20/04/2023 19:05, songbird wrote: > > > Default User wrote: > > > > And when partitions were named /dev/hda5, not > > > > 6a105a72-f5d5-441b-b926-1e405151ee84. > > With

Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread David Wright
On Thu 20 Apr 2023 at 22:16:56 (+0700), Max Nikulin wrote: > On 20/04/2023 19:05, songbird wrote: > > Default User wrote: > > > And when partitions were named /dev/hda5, not > > > 6a105a72-f5d5-441b-b926-1e405151ee84. With modern hardware, you'd probably not want to go back to those device names,

Re: "Bug" in Debian Installer?

2023-04-20 Thread David Wright
On Fri 21 Apr 2023 at 09:48:43 (+0700), Max Nikulin wrote: > Opt-out variant for ESP sounds reasonable for me. However I am unsure > if it is possible to complete installation with no ESP at all. If you mean: to install Grub but not write to the ESP, I think you can do this by saying Yes to: ┌──

Re: "Bug" in Debian Installer?

2023-04-20 Thread Max Nikulin
On 4/15/23 15:51, David Christensen wrote: > "Debian GNU/Linux UEFI Installer menu" -> "Install" On 18/04/2023 15:51, David Christensen wrote: On 4/17/23 21:47, David Wright wrote: As in "Permission to break an egg, sir"? Did not pressing Enter in reply to "Install" imply something? d-i

Re: gitification (was Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread David Christensen
On 4/20/23 14:51, songbird wrote: David Christensen wrote: ... Please describe your use-case(s), what the requirements are and why, and how Git is failing. i require maintaining an accurate record of the file and it's attributes - i consider that a part of the reason the file exists to begi

Re: gitification (was Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 21/4/23 05:41, songbird wrote: Stefan Monnier wrote: songbird I have not used these, but there seem to be some work-arounds for storing metadata in/with git lfs has the ability to script xattr handling https://git-lfs.github.com/ These applications work directly with metadata and

Re: gitification (was Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread songbird
Stefan Monnier wrote: ... > BTW, the `bup` tool does add some of the needed functionality > (e.g. storing metadata), but it's not developed with an eye towards > merging some of that extra functionality into Git, and it doesn't aim to > be a "generic file storage tool" either :-( i tried bup for

Re: gitification (was Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread songbird
David Christensen wrote: ... > Please describe your use-case(s), what the requirements are and why, and > how Git is failing. i require maintaining an accurate record of the file and it's attributes - i consider that a part of the reason the file exists to begin with (otherwise why have a diff

Re: gitification (was Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread David Christensen
On 4/20/23 05:10, songbird wrote: David Wright wrote: ... I see nothing unreasonable. The only oddity to me is that the listings you give (which are from the backups, I assume) have today's date, which means that the backup method is not preserving the file metadata. (If you've not used partitio

Re: gitification (was Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> It could be a sister project of Git. > there are other attempts which are done for it and > process flows for me but i'd really prefer just a > simple flag or environment variable i could set which > would do it instead so then i'd be able to get rid of > the gyrations. AFAIK the Git maintai

Re: Re: Vsync causes stuttering in various games regardless of uncapped performance

2023-04-20 Thread flavonol
> For variable refresh rate without (much) tearing you turn vsync off in > game settings. That's how you get the highest frame rates as your > benchmarks show. It's true that the highest framerates are achieved by disabling vertical sync. However, my understanding was that if my system can delive

Re: gitification (was Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread songbird
Stefan Monnier wrote: ... > FWIW, I think it makes perfect sense for Git to ignore such metadata > in the context of the intended use of Git (i.e. tracking source code). it didn't make sense to me then and still doesn't but whatever... :) > But I wish there was a concerted effort to develop/

Re: gitification (was Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread songbird
Max Nikulin wrote: > On 20/04/2023 19:10, songbird wrote: >>one of the worst design decisions i've come across in >> the modern era was the lack of git respecting file metadata. > > In the case of git you can get commit time from git log. i do not want commit time, i want the file attributes

Re: "Bug" in Debian Installer?

2023-04-20 Thread Max Nikulin
On 18/04/2023 11:47, David Wright wrote: On Mon 17 Apr 2023 at 15:26:58 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: I have never seen a document that completely and accurately explains, in computer engineering and science terms, the design and implementation of the boot processes for Debian (or FreeBSD,

Re: How do I report a problem about Debian 12 not reading USB pen drives?

2023-04-20 Thread Joe
On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 09:51:27 -0400 John LeRoy wrote: > Hello, > The Subject is my question. > Debian 12 on my computer can't read USB pen drives. The drives are > read correctly on a similar computer running Debian 11. > I have registered on the Debian Forum, but can't find an entry about > this

Re: gitification (was Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread Max Nikulin
On 20/04/2023 19:10, songbird wrote: one of the worst design decisions i've come across in the modern era was the lack of git respecting file metadata. In the case of git you can get commit time from git log. Version control systems update modification time on operations like "git checkout

Re: tmp on tmpfs

2023-04-20 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2023-04-20 16:19:41 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 04:13:48PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > [...] > > > "marginally faster" is incorrect, but this probably depends on > > how fast the disk is. For the MPFR svn-to-git conversion with > > reposurgeon 2 years ago, I

Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread Max Nikulin
On 20/04/2023 19:05, songbird wrote: Default User wrote: And when partitions were named /dev/hda5, not 6a105a72-f5d5-441b-b926-1e405151ee84. i use labels on all of my partitions and give them a legible name. those are what i use in my fstab and also in any grub or refind configs. i hat

Re: tmp on tmpfs

2023-04-20 Thread tomas
On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:29:04AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:14 AM Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > On 2023-04-19 08:34:50 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > There is one downside to /tmp on tmpfs: it eats RAM. You gotta > > > have some of it (currently I've 9G free

Re: tmp on tmpfs

2023-04-20 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:14 AM Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2023-04-19 08:34:50 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > There is one downside to /tmp on tmpfs: it eats RAM. You gotta > > have some of it (currently I've 9G free on / and 16G RAM). > > True, and when I used tmpfs in the past (in 2012),

Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread Default User
On Thu, 2023-04-20 at 10:09 +0200, DdB wrote: > You got your plan mapped out. and i agree, except for one little > detail: > see below. - > > Am 19.04.2023 um 22:06 schrieb Default User: > > > I think, it is the case when reboot is safer. Open file > > > descriptors > > > remain on the original pa

Re: tmp on tmpfs

2023-04-20 Thread tomas
On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 04:13:48PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: [...] > "marginally faster" is incorrect, but this probably depends on > how fast the disk is. For the MPFR svn-to-git conversion with > reposurgeon 2 years ago, I had to use /dev/shm (tmpfs) because > it was awfully slow on /tmp (b

Re: tmp on tmpfs

2023-04-20 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2023-04-19 08:34:50 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > There is one downside to /tmp on tmpfs: it eats RAM. You gotta > have some of it (currently I've 9G free on / and 16G RAM). True, and when I used tmpfs in the past (in 2012), I got many failures due to lack of space (because of limited RAM).

How do I report a problem about Debian 12 not reading USB pen drives?

2023-04-20 Thread John LeRoy
Hello, The Subject is my question. Debian 12 on my computer can't read USB pen drives. The drives are read correctly on a similar computer running Debian 11. I have registered on the Debian Forum, but can't find an entry about this problem. I would like to report this as a bug, or at least get h

Re: Vsync causes stuttering in various games regardless of uncapped performance

2023-04-20 Thread Anssi Saari
flavonol writes: > Hello Debian community, > > Whenever I enable vertical sync in any one of various video games (including, > but not limited to, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Team Fortress 2, > Minecraft Java Edition & Hollow Knight), framerates frequently drop to > between around 30 to 50 frames

Re: gitification (was Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread Stefan Monnier
> one of the worst design decisions i've come across in > the modern era was the lack of Git respecting file metadata. > > i got bit by this a few weeks ago yet again. i hate using > Git because of it destroying my file meta data. FWIW, I think it makes perfect sense for Git to ignore such m

Re: gitification (was Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 20/4/23 20:10, songbird wrote: aside rant, thank gitification for that IMO. one of the worst design decisions i've come across in the modern era was the lack of git respecting file metadata. i got bit by this a few weeks ago yet again. i hate using git because of it destroyi

Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread songbird
Default User wrote: ... > Well, now I am totally confused.  > > I had hoped for, and really expected, an easy, obvious, intuitive > solution. But I guess that may be a distant memory of the good old > days, before [insert string of four-letter words here] like dbus, > systemd, and Gnome 3. And whe

Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread songbird
davidson wrote: ... > Consider the -a option to cp for backup/backdown operations, to > preserve all attributes (including timestamps), recursively copy > directories, and more. Read the manual for details. that's what i use by default for all copies. saves me a lot of wondering where something

gitification (was Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread songbird
David Wright wrote: ... > I see nothing unreasonable. The only oddity to me is that the listings > you give (which are from the backups, I assume) have today's date, > which means that the backup method is not preserving the file metadata. > (If you've not used partition 5 for a while, the dates sh

Re: tmp on tmpfs

2023-04-20 Thread songbird
wrote: ... > Definitely,but we nerds gotta nerd :) haha! :) songbird (nerd lives matta!

Re: Second monitor doesn't quite work

2023-04-20 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2023-04-20 11:56:17 +0100, Eric S Fraga wrote: > On Wednesday, 19 Apr 2023 at 23:34, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> Any idea why the second monitor is sort of there but not quite? Below is > >> a copy of the xorg.conf generated by the Nvidia setup utility. > > > > I have no experience with multi-mo

Re: Second monitor doesn't quite work

2023-04-20 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2023-04-19 19:43:01 -0700, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Device0" > Monitor"Monitor0" > DefaultDepth24 > Option "Stereo" "0" > Option "metamodes" "HDMI-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0" > Opt

bug subscription issue

2023-04-20 Thread Vincent Lefevre
I've subscribed to a bug at 09:09:57 UTC and received a "Please confirm subscription" message from bendel.debian.org two minutes later. Fine. I've subscribed to 3 more bugs at 10:01:05 UTC, but I haven't received any "Please confirm subscription" message. I cannot see any connection from bendel.de

Re: Apt sources.list

2023-04-20 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 12:18:35PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Anyway, in the time of freeze like now (probably with more > users trying testing), isn't it important that testing gets > security updates? It's not really about what's "important", but what's feasible given the available resource

Re: Second monitor doesn't quite work

2023-04-20 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Wednesday, 19 Apr 2023 at 23:34, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Any idea why the second monitor is sort of there but not quite? Below is >> a copy of the xorg.conf generated by the Nvidia setup utility. > > I have no experience with multi-monitor setups on nVidia, but the last > time I used a non-emp

Re: Apt sources.list

2023-04-20 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2023-04-18 13:52:13 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 1:46 PM Frank wrote: > > Interesting. Like Tixy, I was under the impression testing didn't > > receive security support. I remember checking that several times over > > the years. Curious. Anyway, in the time of freeze

AW: EPSON ET M 1120 new printer: If You can read this, you are using the wrong driver

2023-04-20 Thread Schwibinger Michael
"I haven't a clue what you are going on about here. Shift-L in mutt was used at this end." Hello I am confused. Its said You can use any driver from EPSON to use a printer. Bit it is not working. I did open GEDIT ordered "PRINT" but no reaction. Regards Sophie Thank You. ___

Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

2023-04-20 Thread DdB
You got your plan mapped out. and i agree, except for one little detail: see below. - Am 19.04.2023 um 22:06 schrieb Default User: >> I think, it is the case when reboot is safer. Open file descriptors >> remain on the original partition. However I do not expect that single >> user mode or booting