Re: Samba security updates held back on Jessie server

You might want to forward this to 868...@bugs.debian.org. I reported the issue I found and received a reply indicating that they are building new packages but I'm not sure if these issues were also caught. On 07/14/2017 12:13 PM, Guy Marcenac wrote: > Le 14/07/2017 à 16:40, Jason Cohen

Re: Samba security updates held back on Jessie server

reference counting to determine when memory should be freed. . This package contains the Python bindings. On 07/14/2017 10:17 AM, Jason Cohen wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I attempted to update my Jessie server this morning after seeing the > Samba DSA. However, it appears that there are

Samba security updates held back on Jessie server

Hello everyone, I attempted to update my Jessie server this morning after seeing the Samba DSA. However, it appears that there are unmet dependencies that are causing several of the samba packages to be held back. Anyone seeing this or know of a resolution? 12 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt

Re: Where would I make a request to update the Stretch Release Notes?

>> This is not >> documented in the Release Notes or at https://wiki.debian.org/Xorg. >> Rather, the release notes gives the strong impression that the >> aforementioned items are sufficient to ensure Xorg will not run as root. > So... are you saying that you use gdm3, and your X server is starte

Where would I make a request to update the Stretch Release Notes?

Per Bug #861683, xserver-xorg-legacy is a "recommend" for xserver-xorg, and as such, is likely to be installed by default. Section 2.2.10 of the Debian Stretch Release Notes indicates that Xorg will now run as a non-root user for most setups, indicating 3 requirements for this to function corre

Re: Driver/firmware for Realtek RTL8814U WiFi USB Adapter?

Hi Larry, Sorry for sending you down a rabbit hole. The reason the DKMS steps didn't work is that the git repository for the rtl8814au lacks the configuration file(s) for DKMS. Specifically, if you check your logs, you'll see that if failed to locate DKMS.conf. I thought it would work because t

Re: Driver/firmware for Realtek RTL8814U WiFi USB Adapter?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi Larry, The drivers you need are not available as a backport because no Debian release packages said drivers.  You'll need to compile them yourself.  However, the process should be fairly easy. I think you want the drivers from here: https://gith

Relative stability of Testing vs Unstable

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I've been using Debian for a number of years, but my experience has typically been with servers where I have used the Stable branch for its reliability and security support. However, I recently began using Debian Stretch for my desktop and foresee a

Primary monitor is not seen by Xorg after resume from Standby

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 My system is running a fresh install of Stretch (AMD64). My issue is that my primary monitor does not wake up (logs show the monitor as disconnected) after the system resumes from suspend-to-RAM. I am using GNOME as my DE but I was able to reproduce