Re: How to set umask for apache2

On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 15:34:39 +0100, Chris Green wrote: > ... and I have set UMask in the systemd apache2.service:- > > chris$ more /etc/systemd/system/apache2.service.d/override.conf > [service] > UMask=0002 Shouldn't that square-bracket header be capitalized? [Service] instead o

Re: nmcli connection edit introduces duplicate connection

On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 19:06:22 -0700, accipiter wrote: > At first it didn't seem to do any good, mis-replicating the eth0 connection > when I killed that particular eth0 using its UUID. But then I tried killing > *both* eth0 connections, then trying to re-edit / create the eth0 connection > - an

Re: nmcli connection edit introduces duplicate connection

On Mon, May 26, 2025 at 20:46:37 -0700, accipiter wrote: > On 5/26/25 6:20 PM, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Mon, 26 May 2025 12:20:22 -0700 > > accipiter wrote: > > > > > it showed not 1 but 2 entries for eth0 - though with different UUIDs. > > > > If you are using Network Manager, you should no

Re: What file does Linux use to...

On 2025-05-20, Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 20 May 2025 12:04:16 -0400 > COMCAST wrote: > >> That's a lot of drivel... or are you just wishing to see what you can >> publish? > > It's rather good advice, even if it is a bit much and unsolicited. I'll > add to it: insulting people does not end

Re: Restoring fvwm key bindings

On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 15:02:56 +0200, Detlef Vollmann wrote: > And I have to correct myself: it's not starting firefox that causes > the loss of the key bindings, but a specific web site. > It's my internet banking site, and it only happens after I login, > so I can't give you a a test page. > >

Re: Restoring fvwm key bindings

On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 13:33:58 +0200, Detlef Vollmann wrote: > Key LeftA SM Scroll -100 +0 > Key Right A SM Scroll +100 +0 > Key Up A SM Scroll +0 -100 > Key DownA SM Scroll +0 +100 I don't know about these *specific* key combina

Re: What file does Linux use to...

On 2025-05-19, David Christensen wrote: > > When posting to a mailing list, the Subject line is crucial. Yours is No, it is not, and it should not contain essential information because hardly anyone ever gives it more than a rapid glance. And please refrain, now that we're giving posting advic

Re: Find e-mail address based on first and last name

On 2025-05-22, The Wanderer wrote: > > These days, I would be *surprised* if most mail-accepting domains *did* > have a postmaster address - and even more so if they actually had > someone monitoring it, or otherwise ensuring that mail sent to it didn't > just get dropped into the bit bucket. Cou

Re: Building an Android app using only Android SDK and development tools already available in Debian

On 2025-05-22, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > Greg wrote: >> On 2025-05-20, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk >> wrote: >> > >> > It seems you've encountered an obsolete wiki page (at the bottom it >> > says "AndroidTools/IntroBuildingApps (las

Re: Building an Android app using only Android SDK and development tools already available in Debian

On 2025-05-21, Csányi Pál wrote: > >> Please do update the wiki so that when I (and others) come to do the >> same (which I'm planning to do soon) we can benefit from your learning. "Update the wiki" can be interpreted in so many number of ways, particularly by the anal-retentive; FWIW I don't fi

Re: Building an Android app using only Android SDK and development tools already available in Debian

On 2025-05-20, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > It seems you've encountered an obsolete wiki page (at the bottom it > says "AndroidTools/IntroBuildingApps (last modified 2022-10-31 > 14:03:10)" ). The subject is being discussed in another thread at the > moment, but you can edit the wiki page

Re: Arch Wiki (was Re: "Tips"?)

On 2025-05-22, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Wed May 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM BST, Greg wrote: >> Why propose yet again the exact thing I proposed upthread (that you >> required me to spell out with ludicrous explicitness and that you >> described as unhelpful), as if you'v

Re: Arch Wiki (was Re: "Tips"?)

On 2025-05-20, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > ... I prefer ... the assumption to be that all > pages applied to the current stable release... Why propose yet again the exact thing I proposed upthread (that you required me to spell out with ludicrous explicitness and that you described as unhelpful),

Re: Arch Wiki (was Re: "Tips"?)

On 2025-05-21, john doe wrote: Then refrain from prolonging it.

Re: Arch Wiki (was Re: "Tips"?)

On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 11:47:04 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > Greg Wooledge [2025-05-20 16:49:28] wrote: > > On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 16:38:16 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> In contrast my proposition means that when a new release happens we just > >> get a new set

Re: Arch Wiki (was Re: "Tips"?)

On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 16:38:16 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > In contrast my proposition means that when a new release happens we just > get a new set of pages, which start empty (this part can be done fully > automatically) and can be filled progressively, which should be much > more amenable to

Re: is there a bug in cp command ?

On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 19:21:50 +0200, uw...@online.de wrote: > I solved the Problem for me by copy the File /usr/bin/cp from Debian 11 to > /usr/bin/cp2 on Debian 12 > > Now i can run "cp2 -ax / /mnt" and it works like expected. > > "cp -ax / /mnt" with original debian 12 cp brings error on thi

Re: Arch Wiki (was Re: "Tips"?)

On 2025-05-20, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> FWIW I didn't find "keep it up to date" useful feedback. > > Here's my view: replace each current page with a list of "per Debian > version" pages. So, when someone edits a page, they don't edit the > "DebianBootstrap" page, but the "DebianBootstrap/trixie"

Re: Arch Wiki (was Re: "Tips"?)

On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 11:04:58 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > FWIW I didn't find "keep it up to date" useful feedback. > > Here's my view: replace each current page with a list of "per Debian > version" pages. So, when someone edits a page, they don't edit the > "DebianBootstrap" page, but th

Re: Arch Wiki (was Re: "Tips"?)

On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 14:21:32 -, Greg wrote: > On 2025-05-20, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 09:41:21 -0400, Lee wrote: > >> Yes, keeping the wikis up to date for the current release would be > >> nice. But there isn't staff dedicat

Re: Arch Wiki (was Re: "Tips"?)

On 2025-05-20, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 09:41:21 -0400, Lee wrote: >> Yes, keeping the wikis up to date for the current release would be >> nice. But there isn't staff dedicated to keeping everything current, >> so how about having a "last u

Re: Arch Wiki (was Re: "Tips"?)

On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 09:41:21 -0400, Lee wrote: > Yes, keeping the wikis up to date for the current release would be > nice. But there isn't staff dedicated to keeping everything current, > so how about having a "last updated" or "last reviewed" date on each > page so people would have an idea

Re: Arch Wiki (was Re: "Tips"?)

On 2025-05-20, Jonathan Dowland wrote: >> >> That's what I said more succinctly. Keep the wikis up to date (I thought >> it went without saying "for Debian stable," though there's always a >> myriad of ways to be misunderstood but normally only one way to be so). > > FWIW I didn't find "keep it up

Re: Arch Wiki (was Re: "Tips"?)

On 2025-05-16, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Thu May 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM BST, Dan Ritter wrote: >> The most prominent issue I can see is that there is no unified >> sense of chronology. That is, I can look at a page and not have >> any idea whether it is correct for current Stable. That's what I s

Re: Checking for a mount in a shell script (Was: Re: Preparing for Debian 13)

On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 19:51:04 -0400, Lee wrote: > On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM Andy Smith wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 12:47:25PM -0400, Default User wrote: > > > Since I know almost no shell scripting, the rsync usb drive A > > > to usb drive B copy is done with a simpl

Re: What file does Linux use to...

On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 10:35:37 -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > If you mean "what file contains the IP address and hostname of my own > server?": It depends whether you use NetworkManager to configure networking > or the older style. > > In the older style the config file goes in /etc/sysconfig

Re: ssh, where do the host come from

On Sat, May 17, 2025 at 23:09:18 -0500, David Wright wrote: > It may be installed, but I've always had to use: > > [ -f /etc/bash_completion ] && . /etc/bash_completion # Use bash-completion > if available > > in order for it to work: > > $ grep -A8 'bash completion' /etc/bash.bashrc > #

Re: Preparing for Debian 13

On 2025-05-17, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > I found it easiest to just run the installer and say - use LVM, all files > in one partition. Is there no rapidity cost on lower-end machines? > that give you a boot partition and everything else in one partition. > > It Just Works (for high values of

Re: ssh, where do the host come from

On Sat, May 17, 2025 at 16:37:07 +0300, Henrik Ahlgren wrote: > and it is quite rare to SSH into localhost. It's not something I do on a daily basis, but I've done it several times, because it's an excellent way to test various things, such as changes to your dot files, sshd configuration, PAM con

Re: Preparing for Debian 13

On 2025-05-16, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 11:50:41AM +0100, Richmond wrote: >> /var can grow significantly over time due to logs, databases, and other >> persistent services, so I can understand why someone might put it on its >> own partition. > > When we're talking about

Re: ssh, where do the host come from

On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 16:39:15 +0100, Chris Green wrote: > fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > > when i type ssh and two tabs i get a list of host > > numeric and names > > where do they come from > > Assuming you are using bash (or another shell that does TAB > completion) I think it's probably ju

Re: Re (2): Shell function.

On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 08:05:50 -0700, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Currently have this. > ev () { /usr/bin/evince "$@" & } > > DISPLAY is set in .bashrc now. Not needed in trivial functions. Why are you setting the DISPLAY variable? That sounds like a really bad idea. Or, at best, it's only vi

Re: Arch Wiki (was Re: "Tips"?)

On 2025-05-15, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > It's less clear how useful the current wiki is for users. I think many > of us are inspired by how good the Arch Wiki is for users, and the > Debian wiki falls far short of that. I guess we should try to improve it > for users, but we don't have consen

Re: "Tips"?

On 2025-05-14, Gregory Forster wrote: > Hi, >     On Wednesdays, I volunteer at a Senior Center to teach computers.  > Well, few, if any, showed up. I'm  now known as, "Greg, the gadget guy." Going way back to my parents' era, that used to be called a Stella Dallas party.

Re: Dell wifi switch

On 5/13/25 04:44, xuser wrote: I just want it to work You need to provide us more details, there are no "universal suggestions". Is the wifi adapter recognized by the kernel, what version of Debian do you use, do you know how to test it...

Re: Problem with VLC H 264 after having installed ISPY package [SOLVED]

On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 09:38:39 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 11:32:20AM +0200, Bernard wrote: > > Hi to Everyone, > > > > This being done, I first thought that I could possibly succeed in just > > upgrading my Buster system to its last update, which I did, successfull

Re: Dell wifi switch

On 5/12/25 19:31, xuser wrote: The wifi switch on my dell laptop is not working after installing debian. Are you looking for help or just want to let everyone know that you are disappointed?

Re: Debian on a VERY OLD hardware?

On 2025-05-11, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > On Saturday, May 10, 2025 2:44:09 PM -03 Thomas Dineen wrote: > [snip] >> >> This thread is a waist of time! >> > Thank you very much! I added this to my collection of sayings. It's a pretty hip saying. > Cheers > Eike KY4PZ / ZP5CGE > > >

Re: Debian on a VERY OLD hardware?

On 2025-05-12, David Christensen wrote: > On 5/11/25 12:55, Michael Stone wrote: >> The issue isn't finding the availability of potentially >> useful machines that get trashed, the issue is that there isn't an >> efficient market for getting those machines to people who can use them. > > > In ye

Re: Debian on a VERY OLD hardware?

On 2025-05-10, Thomas Dineen wrote: > In love with old hardware? > > Have you getting a rescue cat or dog? Get a life!!! I had two rescue cats, but when they died it hurt so much I don't want to go through that again.

Re: Debian on a VERY OLD hardware?

On 2025-05-10, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> installing any even remotely current release of Debian (or any other >> kind of *nix) on hardware over a decade old probably doesn't have much >> practical benefit, and is more of an exercise in seeing >> what's possible. > > Hmm... FWIW, here are the comput

Re: Debian on a VERY OLD hardware?

On 2025-05-08, wrote: > >> I'm interested in this topic, so I've done a little research >> online. Many folks look at energy consumption in terms of CO2 >> emissions, as a useful proxy for direct energy use. > > Thanks for the links! I'm interested in this topic, too (and > am mulling to have a d

Re: Debian on a VERY OLD hardware?

>> older machines are also normally using a lot more electricity than >> something small and more recent might use. > > While that's obviously good, that doesn't necessarily justify buying > a new machine from an ecological perspective: AFAIK the embedded energy > in a laptop (i.e. the energy t

Re: Internet connection in rescue mode

On Fri, May 02, 2025 at 15:31:18 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > rhkra...@gmail.com (HE12025-05-02): > > What lesson is that? > > Never run a script with any privileges unless you know exactly what it > does. Or more generally: "Third-party package repositories are often not as high-quality as Deb

Re: gnome-shell: can't change PATH at gnome-shell level

On Fri, May 02, 2025 at 12:19:52 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > I suggest to inspect PATH for each parent process PID in the tree reported > by > > ps xwf > > e.g. with proper PID number (single line) > > while IFS='' read -r -d ''; do if [[ "$REPLY" = PATH* ]]; then echo > "$REPLY"; break;

Re: sending short emails

On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 15:21:26 -0400, Eben King wrote: > I guess I don't currently have an MTA. > > eben@cerberus:~$ type sendmail > bash: type: sendmail: not found > 1 The sendmail program (or symlink) lives in /usr/sbin which is probably not in your PATH as user eben. (There's also a histori

Re: sending short emails

On 2025-04-30, Eben King wrote: > I wrote a script around "ssmtp" which allowed me to fire off emails to > myself from cron. Short things, like "empty the litterbox" or whatever, > just a few words. Well, ssmtp is unmaintained and I can't get it to > work reliably with my email server (which

Re: Starting Debian 12 in run level 3

On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 13:06:44 -0700, Van Snyder wrote: > IIRC, it was the same in Unix Version 7, which Kernighan — or was it > Johnson or Richie? — said was an improvement on all of its successors. > And in BSD and SunOS and Solaris.

Re: Starting Debian 12 in run level 3

On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 13:30:18 -0500, David Wright wrote: > Is the break in communication between Grub and the kernel, or > the kernel and systemd? I'm not best qualified to answer that, > because my graphical.target.wants includes solely udisks2.service, > and I suspect that I don't even depend

Re: Starting Debian 12 in run level 3

On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 10:12:10 -0700, Van Snyder wrote: > On Tue, 2025-04-29 at 08:03 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Your run levels are incorrect.  "3" included the graphical Display > > Manager and "2" did not. > > Level 0 is shutdown > Level 1 is

Re: Starting Debian 12 in run level 3

On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 14:21:46 +0200, Roger Price wrote: > On Tue, 29 Apr 2025, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 13:58:31 +0200, Roger Price wrote: > > > What is the correct way of booting Debian 12 without a graphical > > > interface? > > >

Re: Starting Debian 12 in run level 3

On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 13:58:31 +0200, Roger Price wrote: > I would like to start a small server in what used to be known as run level 3, > i.e. with no graphical interface. I tried setting GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="3" in > /etc/default/grub and running update-grub, but this had no effect. > > What

Re: Missing shared library symbols… that don't seem to be missing

On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 00:44:59 +, Andy Smith wrote: > $ cc -Wall -lxenstat -o foo foo.c > foo.c:(.text+0x18): undefined reference to `xenstat_init' > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status The library option (-lxenstat) has to appear *after* any objects that use it. cc -Wall -o foo foo.

Re: Different Debian for different users

On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 21:51:47 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > Is there some way to setup a machine such that one user can login into it > and see a Debian stable system, while another user can log into it (in > another vty) and get, say, a Debian sid system? > > I don't really want different VMs

Re: Network mounts in /etc/fstab causing service ordering cycle

On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 17:58:20 +, tuxi...@posteo.de wrote: > I have added a few lines to /ets/fstab like this: > > //u271407.your-storagebox.de/backup /mnt/hetzner cifs > iocharset=utf8,rw,user=u271407,pass=**,uid=1000,gid=1000,cache=loose 0 3 You're missing the _netdev flag in your op

Re: apt update vs. KDE Discover?

On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 11:33:54 -0400, Lee wrote: > > Also, you should quote "$tempf". > > > > [ -s "$tempf" ] && notify-send ... > > is there any way that > $(mktemp -q --tmpdir=/tmp -t updX) > would return a 0 status and a filename with embedded spaces .. or with > anything that would req

Re: apt update vs. KDE Discover?

On 2025-04-25, David Wright wrote: >> >> Considerable extra typing susceptible to error, and as I suffer from a >> digital deformity, I prefer less to more. > > You could read man bash from the line that starts with > ALIASES Yes, but my original objection to the utility of 'apt --list upgra

Re: apt update vs. KDE Discover?

Just a few notes: On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 10:39:58 -0400, Lee wrote: > #!/bin/bash > # see if there are any Debian updates and pop-up a notice if there are > > # needs an /etc/sudoers.d/adm-apt-privs that has > # Cmnd_AliasADM_COMMANDS = /usr/bin/apt update > # %adm ALL = (root)

Re: apt update vs. KDE Discover?

On 2025-04-25, Lee wrote: >> >> I never run 'apt list --upgradable' because 'apt upgrade' shows the same >> info, while offering the chance to say no. > > ^shrug^ > it's harder to fuck up 'apt list --upgradable' if all you want is a > list of what updates are available, but whatever works for you.

Re: apt update vs. KDE Discover?

On 2025-04-24, Lee wrote: > > "apt update" just gets the latest package info > "apt list --upgradable" shows you what packages have updates I never run 'apt list --upgradable' because 'apt upgrade' shows the same info, while offering the chance to say no.

Re: Configure a "widows" key on a 102-key keyboard

On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 08:57:16 -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > xev told me that the "Windows" key on my keyboard (which opens the KDE menu) > is "Super_L". "Menu" probably is another key that is meant to open the > context menu (same as right clicking generally). On my system (which has an

[Bookworm] ZFS shutdown

s not mounted but is still busy? PS. Shutting down the server is not an option. Regards Greg

Re: Regular expressions, PCRE [was: Relation(s) between/among Kate, Kwrite, and Katepart]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 08:04:44 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > If you like to disappear in rabbit holes, this [3] one is nice. If > not, still the pic at the beginning still shows impressively an > exponential runaway for Perl's re engine compared to Tcl's which > uses a Thompson algorithm. Note

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

On Sun, Apr 20, 2025 at 10:32:37 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > P.S. DotFiles does not mention that PATH may be set through /etc/login.defs. I don't think this is true; it changed in Debian 10 when the shadow-utils suite was dropped in favor of util-linux. hobbit:~$ man login.defs [...] BUGS

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 18:34:07 +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > Aside, with my "concerned about content licensing hat on"; and I note the > paragraph on your wiki's front page. You are the principal but not sole > author of the page on your site, I see; do you have a view on what license > you co

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 08:12:02 -0700, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > In https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles the sixth paragraph states, "You > should therefore always have command source ~/.bashrc at the end of > your .bash_profile in order to force it to be read by a login shell." Just FYI, that pag

Re: Reverting back to the previous Chromium version

On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 10:31:26 +0200, local10 wrote: > Apr 12, 2025, 05:44 by cbr...@t-online.de: > > > You could grab the .deb files from snapshot.debian.org > > Thanks, I found Cromium files I needed there and copied them to > "/var/cache/apt/archives/". I know I can install them with dpkg b

Re: Printing Problem with CUPS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 14:41:04 +0200, Hans wrote: > Without any checks, my first thing would be, to check in both computers if > any > of the executables related to cups might have different rights settings. > > Especially the executable, which creates the file in /tmp. A file which is > crea

Re: Printing Problem with CUPS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 14:16:17 +0200, Christoph Pleger wrote: > I have edited the source code of cups a little to get a some more > more detailed information about the problem (the actual code > only gives a meaningless message “The print file cannot be opened: > Permission denied") and then foun

Re: Admin Root user [not set to default]

On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 13:44:14 +0100, James Freer wrote: > b] 'Sudo' - i thought came in with ubuntu (and some other > derivatives). Many distros use 'su -' for admin rights and i thought > Debian was one of those. Sudo i thought was introduced as a level of > safety for newbie users so they coul

Re: Fw: Re: Can you help me run Box64 on my Raspberry Pi 5?

On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 19:15:31 +, Matt Timpson wrote: > I'd also like to know what "numpy" is and what is does. apt-cache show python3-numpy or do a Google/Duckduckgo/Bing search for it.

Re: Admin Root user [not set to default]

On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 09:34:08 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > Disabling root logins by default is especially important when a > network attacker can use the login, like via SSH. The network attacker > is usually your #1 threat, There may be systems where this is true; for example, a public web s

Re: Admin Root user [not set to default]

On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 10:50:54 +0100, James Freer wrote: > I've just done my install of Debian 12 Live XFCE version. I really don't understand why so many people do this. Why would you install using a "Live" medium instead of the real installer? Anyway, the Live version doesn't set a root pass

Re: "solved" in message subject

On 2025-04-06, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Fri Apr 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM BST, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: >> This is the real problem: threads here go on for months and years. > > Why is this a problem? Because in the modern age we need things that start instantly and end rapidly.

Re: Package kde-config-mobile-networking - what does it do?

On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 19:54:19 -0400, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > Try running `sudo apt info kde-config-mobile-networking` and see what the > info says. You don't even need sudo for that.

SOLVED

On 2025-04-04, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > I hope this is satisfactory to all concerned: if it isn't, please reply > in a new mail with a meaningful subject. > > With every good wish, as ever, > > Andy Cater > (amaca...@debian.org) > >

Re: Monthly FAQ for the Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20250404)

On 2025-04-05, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > Still missing a topic or discussion of "SOLVED" in the subject. > We're all waiting for Gene to put "SOLVED" on his never-ending network of threads. But what would it would mean or communicate to future anthropologists remains yet another puzzle left to the

Re: graphics card in debian

On 2025-03-19, jeremy ardley wrote: > > On 19/3/25 11:04, tim wade wrote: >> >> How can I check the graphics card model of my computer and how can I >> test the floating-point computing capability of the graphics card? > > > sudo lspci -v | grep -A 1 -i "VGA compatible controller" I don't think

Re: OT: Connect two computers with linux with wlan, but without any router

On 2025-03-30, John Hasler wrote: > Hans writes: >> This looks strange for me, as I would think, the AP on the computer >> would also need some processing time for recognition, correction and >> routing to the host. > > Every packet is routed by the kernel. There is no seperate "AP". > > How much

Re: DHCP and static addresses, nothing to do with Re:Who:Bookwormv.Trixie

On Fri, Apr 04, 2025 at 10:46:35 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Gene writes: > > Which is to fix the reason for a 30 second all system freeze of the > > system when trying to access a file I own, or want to create, in my > > /home/me directory. > > This happens only in that directory and only when yo

Re: "solved" in message subject

On 2025-04-04, Max Nikulin wrote: > > Let's avoid discussions if gmail should be used. De-facto it is widely > used, it has features and limitations. My point is that gmail users > should be aware that some suggestions perfectly valid for other MUA > should be avoided in the mail.google.com web

Re: DHCP and static addresses, nothing to do with Re: Who:Bookwormv.Trixie

On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 22:15:57 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > Yeah, I'm going to lookup what Stevens has to say about the hosts file > in TCP/IP Illustrated. I need to figure out where the confusion lies. Here's what the Debian manual has to say about it:

Re: DHCP and static addresses, nothing to do with Re: Who:Bookwormv.Trixie

On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 12:59:19 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > I think the idea is, software can always use 127.0.1.1 to find the > host's fully qualified domain name, No. Absolutely not. You have it exactly backwards. The purpose of putting the "127.0.1.1 my_hostname" line in /etc/hosts by de

Re: DHCP and static addresses, nothing to do with Re: Who:Bookwormv.Trixie

On 2025-04-03, Dan Purgert wrote: >> That's what you want: as the address is in the 127.0.0.0 network, >> pinging it will ping itself, and it gets a reply. It doesn't >> require your LAN to be set up, and AIUI it's like localhost >> (127.0.0.1) in that it doesn't touch the network hardware. > > I

Re: DHCP and static addresses, nothing to do with Re: Who:Bookwormv.Trixie

On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 22:28:24 -0500, David Wright wrote: > 127.0.1.1 coyote.coyote.den coyote > [...] > I don't see the point in leaving it there. If you want to send > something to coyote.coyote.den, why do you want the LAN address > when 127.0.1.1 is just as good. If the line is correct, it do

Re: Perl module Digest::SHA256 and Debian package libdigest-sha-perl

On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 16:07:36 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > But installing libdigest-sha-perl does not provide Digest::SHA256: They are different modules. https://metacpan.org/pod/Digest::SHA256 https://metacpan.org/pod/Digest::SHA Digest::SHA256 appears to be much, much older and probabl

Re: Web server access

On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 12:03:32 -0700, Van Snyder wrote: > On Wed, 2025-04-02 at 11:25 -0700, Van Snyder wrote: > > On Wed, 2025-04-02 at 01:17 -0400, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > > > I am able to reach The Van Snyder's Web Site using the above IP > > > address and URL on port 80 but not 443. I

Re: Web server access

On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 13:01:10 +0100, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 11:04:17AM +0100, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > > wrote: > > > GET index.html > > > > should be: > > > > GET index.html HTTP/1.0 > > Well, practically it makes no difference. If I sen

Re: Web server access

On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 17:52:55 -0700, Van Snyder wrote: > The server is on the LAN side of the router (192.168.1.65). It's not in > the DMZ. My server isn't running Apache ACLs or iptables or TCP > wrapper. The router is running a firewall.  I've forwarded WAN-side > ports 23, 80 and 443 to my se

Re: Who: Bookworm v. Trixie

On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 15:03:34 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 1 Apr 2025 15:19:48 -0400 > Michael Stone wrote: > > > If you touch /run/utmp it will magically start working again. > > Thank you. > > To be pedantic, any logins subsequent to touching it will show up. It > is necessary to

Re: Who: Bookworm v. Trixie

On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 19:38:16 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 11:19:30AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > What makes the debian people treat hosts file users, like 3rd class users?   > > I'm a (heavy!) hosts file user. I'm being treated by Debian 1st class. > Perhaps it's

Re: Spurious emails from somewhere in "Debian hierarchy"

On Sat, Mar 29, 2025 at 05:36:46 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > *TILT*!!! > I don't believe them to be spam. Show us an example of what you are talking about. Go to the list archives and find one of these messages, then paste its URL here.

Re: Pls help fixing /boot/efi and GRUB

On 2025-03-28, David Wright wrote: > > As end-users are the people that computers are built and run > for, I don't know why you'd find people's use of the term > "slightly pejorative". (I assume you aren't calling out me > in particular.) I was calling myself out, not you. You have always been he

Re: Pls help fixing /boot/efi and GRUB

On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 15:46:15 +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > $ su > # make install > > Whoopsie! The Makefile just pwned you. That's a COMPLETELY separate discussion. Obviously I was referring to software from reputable sources. > $ make DESTDIR=/tmp/i install > $ sud

Re: Pls help fixing /boot/efi and GRUB

On 2025-03-26, David Wright wrote: > > As posted earlier today, a file in sudoers.d/ makes trivial admin > tasks like monitoring and logging easier, particularly where the > programs concerned can cause damage if the wrong options are used. I'm certain sudo has its use cases, but all I do persona

Re: Pls help fixing /boot/efi and GRUB

On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 12:48:35 -0500, David Wright wrote: > It could be argued that it would be simple enough to communicate > the user's cwd to root, as a workaround, so that it didn't have to > be retyped. You know what does that for you? sudo -s. Or su if you've configured it with a one-lin

Re: ipv6 dns-nameservers#

On 2025-03-27, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 09:11:23AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 13:06:54 +, Andy Smith wrote: >> > Without "resolvconf" the /etc/resolv.conf file is just a static file so >> > ther

Re: ipv6 dns-nameservers#

On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 13:58:49 +, Andy Smith wrote: > I think all DHCP clients in Debian have a "Recomends" relationship on > resolvconf to do this modification for them. hobbit:~$ apt-cache show isc-dhcp-client | grep -e Recommends -e resolv Recommends: isc-dhcp-common Suggests: resolvconf,

Re: ipv6 dns-nameservers

On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 13:06:54 +, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 09:38:02PM +1030, Mal wrote: > > Without the conf package, I still don't get why it populated only one > > ipv4 nameserver target and ignored the ipv6 target. > > Are you sure this is not just what the ins

Re: ipv6 dns-nameservers

On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 14:34:13 +1030, Mal wrote: > root@debian:/home/user# more /etc/network/interfaces > source /etc/network/interfaces.d/* > # The loopback network interface >  auto lo >  iface lo inet loopback > >  allow-hotplug enp1s0 >  iface enp1s0 inet static >  address 12.34.56.78 >  net

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