Re: laptop options

2025-04-05 Thread Russell S.
>> Which laptop option is friendly with Debian, >> The purpose is related to work, not game. > >System76 has usually good and nice offers: > > https://system76.com/laptops I can personally vouch for System76. I bought a Darter Pro (darp5) about 6 years ago and it's still running well. It could

Re: laptop options

2025-03-23 Thread Russell S.
Charles Curley writes: > On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 08:37:58 +0100 > lina wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> Which laptop option is friendly with Debian, >> The purpose is related to work, not game. >> >> Mainly for computation, R and some bioinformatic analysis, >> >> Ideally at least > 16 cores, decent m

Re: increment backup of home dir

2025-03-14 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 07:53:09PM -0400, Default User wrote: On 2025-03-14 [FR], Russell Harris wrote: I use git. I keep terminal open running a ssh connection open to the backup system. Whenever I wish to save the state of the system, I switch to the terminal and execute git commit. To

Re: increment backup of home dir

2025-03-14 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 02:07:53PM +0800, tim wade wrote: I plan to make increment backup for my home dir. It's currently in the size of 1xx GB. I use git. I keep terminal open running a ssh connection open to the backup system. Whenever I wish to save the state of the system, I switch to the

Re: evolution recovery

2025-03-10 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Mar 09, 2025 at 08:04:58PM -0500, David Wright wrote: In this context, my understanding of an Internet mail server can be illustrated in the following way. If your "machine in the LAN" receives emails by asking for them from another machine, then it's not an IMS. If you can switch off th

Re: evolution recovery

2025-03-09 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 11:24:41PM -0600, David Wright wrote: On Thu 06 Mar 2025 at 02:16:15 (+), Russell L. Harris wrote: Can anyone tell me how to proceed? I'm not sure how this question relates to my post, to which it's attached. I don't know what evolution recovery

Re: evolution recovery

2025-03-08 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Mar 09, 2025 at 09:40:07AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: Then you have access to mail logs on the server. I expect that it is possible to enable debug logs in evolution as well. Comparing logs from both sides should help to figure out what party should be blamed. In addition you may use t

Re: evolution recovery

2025-03-08 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sat, Mar 08, 2025 at 08:16:24AM -0500, Dan Ritter wrote: Russell L. Harris wrote: On Sat, Mar 08, 2025 at 10:16:49AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > > Have you tried to create a new system user and to configure evolution > for it? Good idea. Thanks. > > It may help if your ma

Re: evolution recovery

2025-03-07 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sat, Mar 08, 2025 at 10:16:49AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: Have you tried to create a new system user and to configure evolution for it? Good idea. Thanks. It may help if your mail provider has enforced another authentication method. I hope, both sides: evolution and mails server suppo

Re: evolution recovery [work-around found]

2025-03-07 Thread Russell L. Harris
The work-around was simple. HostGator provides the RoundCube web-based email client. Makes me wonder why I bothered to install Evolution...except perhaps to get a message onto a local drive. RLH

Re: evolution recovery

2025-03-06 Thread Russell L. Harris
David, I did not look up all the links you sent, but I had visited at least some of them. The messages with the links are here in my Mutt directory. Thanks. I understand your advice, and I am not going to reinstall Debian. I have not been able to figure out how to get the Evolution system

Re: evolution recovery

2025-03-05 Thread Russell L. Harris
With Synaptic, I tried reinstallation of Evolution, but that did not change the response. Evolution has a dozen or so dependencies, so a complete removal may wreck my computer. My past messages (few of which have vaulue) are saved in local files, and there are a bunch of new messages on the Host

Re: evolution recovery

2025-03-05 Thread Russell L. Harris
Hi, Cindy. My immediate concern is to receive messages coming into "mail...@alysonwonderland.org". I have been occupied with other issues, but it just occurred to me to check the file manager of CPanel for alysonwonderland.org to see if perhaps I might download messages by some other means, and

Re: evolution recovery

2025-03-05 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 03:46:01PM -0500, Dan Purgert wrote: The "Mail Authentication Request" has only a blank (already filled in) for a password which (very stupidly) is shown as a line of dots, rather than in plain text. Foolish paranoia! The password is protected (from what threat?), even a

Re: evolution recovery

2025-03-05 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 05:38:41AM -0500, Dan Purgert wrote: er, "second" address, just from a MUA? I should have said that an extra email address is handly to have. Sorry for the confusion. Several days ago, Evolution began causing a "Mail Authentication Request" popup which prevents me from

Re: evolution recovery

2025-03-05 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 08:09:20AM +0100, Loris Bennett wrote: "Russell L. Harris" writes: On my Debian 12 desktop, I installed Evolution, primarily for easy access to HTML messages. Also, it gives me a second mail address. How does Evolution give you a second email address? A

evolution recovery

2025-03-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
On my Debian 12 desktop, I installed Evolution, primarily for easy access to HTML messages. Also, it gives me a second mail address. Several days ago, Evolution began causing a "Mail Authentication Request" popup which prevents me from downloading new messages. The likely impetus for the trou

Re: Bluetooth

2025-02-11 Thread Russell S.
Gregory Forster writes: > I've been looking on Amazon.  Is there a bluetooth dongle I can plug > into my desktop PC USB port that will work with Debian GNU/Linux > 12.8?  Everything I find specify s for Windows. I'm currently using this one in Debian 12, KDE Plasma 5. Works great. TP-Link USB B

Re: Dell Latitude 5400 + plasma - keyboard?

2025-02-08 Thread Russell S.
Hans writes: > No, I am running Plasma in X as well as XFCE. I am no friend of Wayland, so I > avoiding it. > > Best > > Hans >> So is this a difference between Wayland and X then? You run Plasma in >> Wayland and XFCE in X since it only runs in X? Have you tried just going in the Shortcut sett

Re: Sorry for spamming the list

2025-02-07 Thread Russell S.
Chris Green writes: > Jeffrey Walton wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM wrote: >> > >> > On Fri, Feb 07, 2025 at 01:39:33AM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >> > >> > [...] >> > >> > > That doesn't make sense. Usenet and NNTP is a different protocol than >> > > mailing lists and various email

Re: Sorry for spamming the list

2025-02-06 Thread Russell S.
David Wright writes: > On Thu 06 Feb 2025 at 21:20:18 (+), Russell Stinnett wrote: >> I didn't realize that the posts would be so delayed, or that they >> were going through at all. I hoped that they would just outright fail >> until one finally went through and t

Sorry for spamming the list

2025-02-06 Thread Russell Stinnett
I didn't realize that the posts would be so delayed, or that they were going through at all. I hoped that they would just outright fail until one finally went through and that would be it. So, again, I apologize for the spam. I don't know of another way to test it. -- Thanks, Russell S.

Testing posting to the list

2025-02-06 Thread Russell S.
I'm trying to make it so that I can seemlessly post to the list from the group view in Gnus as if I was posting to the group. -- this is my clever sig.

paste-copy debian web site

2024-12-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
what is the url of the debian paste-copy web site? rlh

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-18 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 08:33:25PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: https://www.iplocation.net/ip-lookup reports a location of Texas for this address, so server-side Geo IP blocking seems unlikely. A rural area a little south of Austin. My ISP is RTA (rtatel.com). If no browser extensions have b

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 10:30:06AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: On 18/11/2024 09:47, Russell L. Harris wrote: On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 09:18:27AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: You may try to open Web Developer Tools (under "More tools" in the hamburger menu, [F12] or [Ctrl+Shift+I]). Are

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 09:28:14PM -0500, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: I tested https://www.chewy.com/ on a clean install of FireFox ESR with no plugins and the site works fine. Try purging Firefox and reinstalling. sudo apt purge firefox-esr sudo apt install firefox-esr Google Chrome also wo

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 09:18:27AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: Hope, you did *not* log in into a Firefox account to sync bookmarks, add-ons, and some preferences. No, I did not. You may try to open Web Developer Tools (under "More tools" in the hamburger menu, [F12] or [Ctrl+Shift+I]). Are t

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 02:06:12PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 17:39:36 + "Russell L. Harris" wrote: I have here a spare machine. In the hope of resolving the matter in the company of experts, I propose to do another installation of Debian, using netins

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 02:41:24PM +, Andy Smith wrote: Anyway, as I think we all mostly agree, there is some misconfiguration going on here that is causing OP's web browsing experience on Debian to be compromised. I have here a spare machine. In the hope of resolving the matter in the com

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-16 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 02:47:37PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: OK, add another item to the list: * Server-side blocking. Whether based on the client's IP address or user agent or cookies or any other data, the web server might be rejecting this client's requests specifically. If you go to an

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-16 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 01:15:17PM +, Andy Smith wrote: With javascript disabled for chewy,com I get a blank white page with Debian 12 and Firefox. Allowing javascript seems to result in a fully functional site. I know nothing about javascript; how do I "allow" javascript? Or, what did I d

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-16 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 01:03:34PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: I've been thinking about this some more, and I'd like to try to list all the ways the OP might have caused this to fail. We start by observing that nobody else has been able to reproduce the OP's failure. Two or three months ago,

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 11:42:24PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: Most importantly, though, I'd try to figure out why your browser on Debian is having problems. If you create a brand new user account, and run the browser with no add-ons, does it also have problems with this web site? Maybe it's so

debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
Debian machines are on the 192.168.1.xxx network. I keep a W10 machine on the 192.168.2.x network, primarily to access the chewy.com web site which, since about June, serves my Debian machines a blank white page. Only one of the Debian machines is set up for mail. Now and then a mail message co

Re: Need advice on a usable, inexpensive laptop for Debian

2024-09-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
For inexpensive, low-mileage, office-quality machines (laptop & desktop) try blairtech.com. You'll get a W10 or W11 machine.

Re: chromium launch fails -- solved

2024-08-16 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 06:36:52AM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: On a fresh installation of Debian 12 on a Dell inspiron, chromium [127.0.6533.99-1~deb12u1] fails to launch. libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed The same version of chromium is working

chromium launch fails

2024-08-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
On a fresh installation of Debian 12 on a Dell inspiron, chromium [127.0.6533.99-1~deb12u1] fails to launch. libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed The same version of chromium is working properly on another machine. The same version of chromium was working pro

Re: why reliable linux hasn't gained more market share? [Dvorak]

2024-07-21 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 07:55:29PM -0600, Shawn Jefferds wrote: Your final statement makes me curious about learning Dvorak. Shawn Jefferds ??n ??f?rdz Noli fovere canem ardentum Vote Vader 2024! On Sun, Jul 21, 2024, 11:37 Russell L. Harris wrote: On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 04:48:19PM

Re: why reliable linux hasn't gained more market share? [Dvorak]

2024-07-21 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 04:48:19PM +0800, hlyg wrote: On 7/21/24 02:33, Russell L. Harris wrote: The same reasons the standard typewriter keyboard is QWERTY rather than Dvorak: = The precedent set by the first to market is powerful. = The influence of advertising upon a populace lacking in

Re: why reliable linux hasn't gained more market share?

2024-07-20 Thread Russell L. Harris
The same reasons the standard typewriter keyboard is QWERTY rather than Dvorak: = The precedent set by the first to market is powerful. = The influence of advertising upon a populace lacking in discernment and addicted to novelty is deadly. Add to that extortion and bribes and a compromised leg

Re: web site displays blank page

2024-07-18 Thread Russell L. Harris
I'm having this problem on an increasing number of web sites; I suspect that web page building tools are becoming more and more hostile toward any browsers except for the anointed few (Edge and Chrome, plus Safari for the Mac folks). I once had a W7P machine which helped me check such matters,

Re: web site displays blank page

2024-07-18 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 08:14:26AM -0400, e...@gmx.us wrote: On 7/18/24 02:06, Russell L. Harris wrote: My ISP is RTA.?? I am in a rural area near Austin, Texas, and have a 10/1 microwave link.?? Could the problem be with RTA? It's probably a routing issue between you and them. Or

Re: web site displays blank page

2024-07-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 04:24:43PM +1000, David wrote: Blank page with Chromium, but accessible via Firefox, on SID, over Starlink. Cross browser compatibility design issue? Cheers! The blank page you get with Chromium makes me less concerned with RTA, though there are other issues with RTA.

web site displays blank page

2024-07-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
When I try to visit www.chewy.com a blank page. This is a major pet supply web site. Other web sites display as usual without problems. I phoned CHEWY and they say their system is on-line. I have tried two different computers and both Firefox and Chromium. I updated Debian-12. I emptied the b

Re: Publishing Formats

2024-06-24 Thread Russell L. Harris
Someone gave me an old SCEPTRE display with a screen 11.5 inch by 22 inch. I never before saw the usefulness of a wide screen. A reader such as Atril can take advantage of the wide screen, allowing me to zoom in until the type size is comfortable, without the need to scroll left and right to rea

Re: ePub or mobi from LaTeX or PDF? (was PDF editors)

2024-06-24 Thread Russell L. Harris
tex4ht may be of use to you. I love the package. RLH

Re: what keyboard do you use?

2024-02-03 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sat, Feb 03, 2024 at 09:10:49AM -0500, Lee wrote: On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 8:57???PM Russell L. Harris wrote: On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 08:25:09PM -0500, Lee wrote: >which keyboard do you like and why? CHERRY MX BOARD 3.0 (Purchased several years ago; in daily use since.) Excellent mechani

Re: xfce screen detachment

2024-01-12 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 02:41:47PM -0500, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: On 1/8/24, mick.crane wrote: On 2024-01-07 04:00, Russell L. Harris wrote: system: amd64 desktop, debian 12, xfce, NEC MultiSync EA192M monitor I don't know precisely how to describe the problem, other than "

Re: Changing keyboard layout fails

2024-01-08 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Mon, Jan 08, 2024 at 10:28:07PM -0500, David Niklas wrote: Hello, I installed debian, 12.4.0 on 2 laptops. One of them, a 2023 ASUS Zenbook 15" 7735U, I cannot change the keyboard mapping on. Changing it on the other works like a charm. I initially set them up as dvorak, for my own ease, and n

Re: xfce screen detachment

2024-01-07 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Jan 07, 2024 at 09:32:55PM -0800, Mike Kupfer wrote: Dan Ritter wrote: Russell L. Harris wrote: > system: amd64 desktop, debian 12, xfce, NEC MultiSync EA192M monitor [...] That sounds something like having an X11 screen larger than the monitor it is on, and X panning around t

xfce screen detachment

2024-01-06 Thread Russell L. Harris
system: amd64 desktop, debian 12, xfce, NEC MultiSync EA192M monitor I don't know precisely how to describe the problem, other than "detachment". About every week or so, when using the rodent, the entire screen -- borders and all -- moves with respect to the monitor screen as I move the mouse.

Re: cups error -- SOLVED

2023-12-25 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Mon, Dec 25, 2023 at 09:36:44PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: I copied the file to another computer in the LAN, ran LaTeX and dvips, and sent it to the same printer, but the file hung at the same spot. Any chance you can use `pdflatex` instead of `latex + dvips`? Have you tried to manually c

Re: cups error

2023-12-25 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Mon, Dec 25, 2023 at 09:36:44PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: I copied the file to another computer in the LAN, ran LaTeX and dvips, and sent it to the same printer, but the file hung at the same spot. Any chance you can use `pdflatex` instead of `latex + dvips`? Have you tried to manually c

cups error

2023-12-25 Thread Russell L. Harris
On a desktop debian 12.2 amd64 system with HP_LaserJet_P3010_Series_48E436 (ethernet), LaTeX documents composed with Emacs frequently print only up to a certain point (it varies with the document), and CUPS prints the error message: ERROR: typecheck OFFENDING COMMAND: known xdvi displays the d

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 02:02:10PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 05:18:02PM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: Should we report an error regarding the approx man page which states: I would not bother filing any cosmetic bug reports against a 12-year-old upstream man page

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 11:57:44AM +0300, Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 08:03:15AM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 10:34:14AM +0300, Reco wrote: > Looks good. What about this one: > > apt update -o Acquire::http::Proxy=http://localhost:9

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 10:34:14AM +0300, Reco wrote: Looks good. What about this one: apt update -o Acquire::http::Proxy=http://localhost: root@mollydew:/etc/approx# apt update -o Acquire::http::Proxy=http://localhost: Ign:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-securit

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-16 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 09:56:07AM +0300, Reco wrote: OK. And what happens if you execute this on a approx server: curl -x http://localhost: -v http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/Release >/dev/null root@mollydew:/etc/approx# curl -x http://localhost: -v http://ftp.debian.org/d

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-16 Thread Russell L. Harris
debian http://fpt.debian.org/debian Is this a typo? It should be (ftp, not fpt) Yes; a typo. "journalctl | grep approx" on approx server should show something that's related to the problem. root@mollydew:/home/rlh# journalctl | grep approx Nov 14 07:54:27 mollydew groupadd[4819]: group ad

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-16 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 01:08:50PM +0300, Reco wrote: What you have is approx.socket unit, which causes systemd to listen on tcp:. On each incoming connection "approx@:-:.service" is started. That service is only used to serve that particular connection, and is terminated after. Thus, there'

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 07:14:04AM +0100, Kamil Jo?ca wrote: Kamil Jo?ca writes: Charles Curley writes: On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 04:11:37 + "Russell L. Harris" wrote: root@mollydew:/home/rlh# systemctl daemon-reload root@mollydew:/home/rlh# systemctl restart approx Failed

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 07:48:44AM +0200, Anssi Saari wrote: "Russell L. Harris" writes: root@mollydew:/home/rlh# systemctl daemon-reload root@mollydew:/home/rlh# systemctl restart approx Failed to restart approx.service: Unit approx.service not found. root@mollydew:/home/rlh#

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 10:55:51PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: Do you really need approx if you have only the one machine? I install Debian for friends. They are amazed at how fast their old Windows machines run with Debian. And approx has been a time saver for me. In the network mirror con

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 10:23:45PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: On Wed, 15 Nov 2023 22:18:09 -0700 Charles Curley wrote: One thing I didn't like is that approx appears to require fiddling with sources.list. apt-cacher-ng simply requires setting a proxy value, in its own file in /etc/apt/apt.co

Re: approx in debian 12

2023-11-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 07:41:03PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 01:39:32 + "Russell L. Harris" wrote: I installed approx in a Debian 12 system, but when I attempt to restart it the error message appears "Unit approx.service not loaded." Please sho

approx in debian 12

2023-11-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
I installed approx in a Debian 12 system, but when I attempt to restart it the error message appears "Unit approx.service not loaded." The approx man page (dated May 2011) says that approx is invoked by inetd, but I think that in Debian 12 approx is invoked by systemctl or systemd. synaptic indi

local (lan) mirror - release not supported error

2023-11-06 Thread Russell L. Harris
For several years I have been running approx on a machine in the lan, using it to install and update Debian for myself and friends. I have installed several releases, the last being release 12.2 on this machine. Because approx "just runs" trouble-free, I have forgotten the details of the install

Re: Debian for Celeron

2023-11-06 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Nov 05, 2023 at 08:36:43AM +0100, Marco M. wrote: Am 05.11.2023 um 07:30:51 Uhr schrieb Russell L. Harris: This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU. Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for you CPU. You need the i386 image for your CPU. Use that

Re: mirror for debian 10

2023-11-05 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Nov 05, 2023 at 08:07:06AM +0100, Marco M. wrote: Am 05.11.2023 um 06:32:10 Uhr schrieb Russell L. Harris: I was under the impression that Debian 12 would not work on older machines. Am I mistaken? It requires a i686 cpu (Pentium Pro or newer) despite the i386 in the packaging

Re: mirror for debian 10

2023-11-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Nov 05, 2023 at 01:18:30AM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: I _think_ you can use , though I have never used it for Debian. I have used similar repos for Fedora and Ubuntu. I was under the impression that Debian 12 would not work on older machines. Am I mistaken? I checked several archive

mirror for debian 10

2023-11-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
I need to install Debian on a old machine (1700 Mhz Celeron). I copied the installer image to USB stick and the installation appeared to go properly until I tried without success to find a Debian mirror which hosts Debian 10. RLH

Re: How to compare contents of two folders against third one?

2023-11-02 Thread Russell L. Harris
fslint (no longer in Debian) and dupeguru may be of interest to you. I have used both. RLH

Re: automate resumption of session

2023-09-12 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 10:40:43PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: When I leave the office for the day, I typically shut down the computer. Why? I never turn my computer off. Same here, I always just suspend. I wish I had that option. But I live way out in the country, and now and then t

Re: automate resumption of session

2023-09-12 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 07:10:34PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: Don't do that. ... Noted and now being implemented. Many thanks, Charles. RLH

Re: automate resumption of session

2023-09-12 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 08:19:54PM -0400, Larry Martell wrote: On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 8:15 PM Russell L. Harris wrote When I leave the office for the day, I typically shut down the computer. Why? I never turn my computer off. I wish I had that option. But I live way out in the

automate resumption of session

2023-09-12 Thread Russell L. Harris
I am a writer. I use Emacs and LaTeX markup on a Debian/XFCE system. On a typical day, I have in progress three or four articles. I may work for several days on a given article. Each article is in a separate XFCE workspace. The text for each article resides in its own directory. For each arti

Re: git setup

2023-08-25 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 09:54:02AM +0200, Loris Bennett wrote: Does a bare remote to which you simply push not already provide you with an adequate backup? One you have made a number of commits, you can just push them to the remote. I am old and my fingers sometimes strike the wrong keys. (In

Re: git setup

2023-08-25 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 07:24:59AM +0100, Tixy wrote: On Thu, 2023-08-24 at 22:24 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: #!/bin/bash # post-commit # 2023.08.24 2200gmt ssh backup "git pull" exit 0 You could omit the 'exit 0' so it returns the error code from the ssh command,

Re: git setup

2023-08-24 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 12:59:18AM -0400, Karl Vogel wrote: me% cat try #!/bin/sh export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin ssh -q -c aes128-...@openssh.com -i $HOME/.ssh/bkup_ed25519 \ bkup "logger -t autopull git pull whatever" exit 0 I am grateful for the recommendations

git setup

2023-08-21 Thread Russell L. Harris
After much searching and reading, I have not discovered how to set up a pair of git repositories to work together. I write articles for publication. I typically spend anywhere from several hours to many days on each article. It is frustrating to work for an hour or two on a paragraph or a page

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-20 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 10:14:20PM +0200, Christoph K. wrote: And I loathe fonts in which the numerals 3, 5, 6, and 9 are not radically different. Interesting point. Didn't pay much attention to these numerals, yet. Back in the 1970's, I ran across a detailed study of character shape with res

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-19 Thread Russell L. Harris
bumper sticker: DYSLEXICS UNTIE!

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-19 Thread Russell L. Harris
I am a XFCE user with a similar taste in fonts, but I have no need for umlaut. I am concerned primarily with the distinction between numeral 1 and lower case L. And I loathe fonts in which the numerals 3, 5, 6, and 9 are not radically different. Back in the 1970's, I ran across a detailed st

Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

2023-08-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
Consider evolution.

Re: Feeds aren't yet dead (Was: Re: perl module listgarden)

2023-08-03 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 05:29:33PM +, Andy Smith wrote: Hello, On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 03:07:47AM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: For that matter, is RSS still in use? $ r2e list | wc -l 72 Andy, I don't understand; kindly explain. I have a blog and a web site, both of which I c

Re: perl module listgarden

2023-08-02 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 03:18:12PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: On 8/2/23 14:03, Russell L. Harris wrote: I have not used Perl for several years, and I do not know how to proceed. I am trying to install Dan Bricklin's RSS feed generator, ListGarden. metacpan.org cannot find the listg

perl module listgarden

2023-08-02 Thread Russell L. Harris
I have not used Perl for several years, and I do not know how to proceed. I am trying to install Dan Bricklin's RSS feed generator, ListGarden. metacpan.org cannot find the listgarden module. Here is the output: perl listgarden.pl Can't locate ListGarden.pm in @INC (you may need to install

Re: Recommendations for a UPS?

2023-07-31 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 12:23:46PM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: I used to use UPS units from APC back when you could replace the battery. I haven't had an UPS (but always on a surge protecter) for awhile, but electricity (now FPL) is not as reliable in my new location and I need one. All the review

hplip on debian 11

2023-04-11 Thread Russell L. Harris
A few weeks ago, I installed Debian 11 on a Dell Vosotro-200 belonging to a friend. I installed the hplip package and used hp-setup, which successfully got an old HP ink jet printer working on the system. The friend also has a Dell Optiplex 330, on which I installed Debian 11 a few months ago.

Re: change synaptic repositories

2023-03-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 04:50:56PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: Russell L. Harris wrote: Where can I find a list of URLs for Synaptic repositories such as that displayed by the installer? I need to switch from a local Approx repository to one of the publically-accessible repositories such as

Re: change synaptic repositories

2023-03-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 08:57:16PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 08:47:54PM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: Where can I find a list of URLs for Synaptic repositories such as that displayed by the installer? I need to switch from a local Approx repository to one of the

change synaptic repositories

2023-03-15 Thread Russell L. Harris
Where can I find a list of URLs for Synaptic repositories such as that displayed by the installer? I need to switch from a local Approx repository to one of the publically-accessible repositories such as maintained by debian.org. -- He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into

Re: does your Thunderbird for deb11 often become unresponsive?

2023-03-05 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 03:26:15AM +, piorunz wrote: On 05/03/2023 20:26, Russell L. Harris wrote: Thunderbird under Debian 11 gave minor miscellaneous problems from time to time. Can't reproduce. If you have exact problem, please describe and/or fill a bug. Disclaimer: I use T

Re: does your Thunderbird for deb11 often become unresponsive?

2023-03-05 Thread Russell L. Harris
Thunderbird under Debian 11 gave minor miscellaneous problems from time to time. But when Thunderbird lost a couple of messages, I switched to Evolution. Now I have no more problems and I prefer the features Evolution; I wish I had discovered Evolution long ago. -- He turneth rivers into a wild

CUPS printer on Debian 11.6

2023-02-05 Thread Russell L. Harris
Fresh installation of Debian 11.6 on Dell Vostro 200 (Intel Core 2). The Vostro 200 is being added to a home LAN with Debian 11.6 running on a nondescript desktop (amd64) and a HP Laserjet P3015 Postscript (Ethernet). The amd64 machine works perfectly with the P3015. The printer configuration o

Re: dell latitude 3510 - bios settings to boot debian netinst

2023-01-22 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 10:47:02PM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 9:51 PM Russell L. Harris wrote: On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 05:49:30PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: >On 1/19/23 19:43, Russell L. Harris wrote: >>I have not figured out how to configure the BIOS

Re: dell latitude 3510 - bios settings to boot debian netinst

2023-01-22 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 05:49:30PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: On 1/19/23 19:43, Russell L. Harris wrote: I have not figured out how to configure the BIOS of a Dell Latitude 3510 to cause it to see and boot from a Debian netinst image (Debian 11) written to USB flash (8Gbyte Patriot). For

Re: dell latitude 3510 - bios settings to boot debian netinst

2023-01-20 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 09:27:39AM -0600, David Wright wrote: On Fri 20 Jan 2023 at 05:23:06 (+), Russell L. Harris wrote: On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 10:18:33PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 20 Jan 2023 at 03:43:09 (+), Russell L. Harris wrote: > > I have not figured o

Re: dell latitude 3510 - bios settings to boot debian netinst

2023-01-20 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 12:28:21PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 05:23:06AM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 10:18:33PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 20 Jan 2023 at 03:43:09 (+), Russell L. Harris wrote: > > I have not figure

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