What file system to use?

2017-02-01 Thread Dennis Wicks
I am going to install some more disks and I was wondering which file system to use. I have several ext? and a few with Reiserfs. Is there a better choice than Reiser now? Also, is there any way to convert from my existing fs to the recommended one? BTW, I am running "Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jess

Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa"

2017-02-01 Thread albcares
sorry the previous dispatch was personal only. Now I include the mailing list 2017-01-31 12:57 GMT+01:00 : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 12:43:06PM +0100, albcares wrote: > > dear Sirs and Madams > > I'm afraid my question could be off-topic; but an

Re: What file system to use?

2017-02-01 Thread John L. Ries
I used to use ReiserFS and liked it, but I don't think much work has been done on it since Hans Reiser went to jail. Lately, I've been using ext4, which seems to work quite nicely. --| John L. Ries | Salford Systems | Phone: (619)543-8880 x107 | or

Re: What file system to use?

2017-02-01 Thread solitone
On Wednesday, February 1, 2017 1:36:19 AM CET John L. Ries wrote: > Lately, I've been using ext4, which seems to work quite nicely. I also stick with ext4, which BTW I think is the default option.

Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore

2017-02-01 Thread David Griffith
I used to be able to make a writable USB thumbdrive installer by following the directions found at https://hyper.to/blog/link/debian-installer-on-a-usb-key/, altering the name of the release and device. Now I can't get it to work. When I boot the resulting thumb drive, I get this: List of

Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore

2017-02-01 Thread solitone
Why don't you follow what explained here: https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.html.en It's a simple two command procedure: # cp debian.iso /dev/sdX # sync As specified, this should work fine for most users. The other options are more complex, mainly for people with specialise

Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore

2017-02-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, as solitone stated, the most simple way is to make use of the isohybrid preparations of the ISO image. > https://hyper.to/blog/link/debian-installer-on-a-usb-key/ (I wonder how this setup knows that it should use the ISO as source of higher operating system levels.) > No filesystem could

Re: CUPS in stretch does NOT WORK - Ricoh printer SP112 SP112-su

2017-02-01 Thread Brian
On Wed 01 Feb 2017 at 01:18:40 +0100, r...@openmailbox.org wrote: > >Device: uri = usb://RICOH/SP%20112SU%20DDST?serial=X004MB30122&interface=1 > >class = direct > >info = RICOH SP 112SU DDST > >make-and-model = RICOH SP 112SU DDST > >device-id = MFG:RICOH ;CMD:GDI;

Re: Impossible to install debian-8.7.1-i386-netinst.iso

2017-02-01 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 07:56:32AM +0100, Pierre Couderc wrote: > > > On 02/01/2017 02:28 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 18:20:29 +0100 Pierre Couderc > >wrote: [...] > >>Thank you Patrick, but it is not a hardware problem. > >Tr

Re: What file system to use?

2017-02-01 Thread Jochen Spieker
Dennis Wicks: > > I am going to install some more disks and I was wondering which file system > to use. Use ext4 unless you have special requirements. I would always use LVM as well because it makes partitioning a lot easier. > I have several ext? and a few with Reiserfs. Is there a better choice

Re: Debian Sid not booting - systemd failed to register manager vtable: file exists

2017-02-01 Thread j
Hi.I rhink this issue is related to avahi not starting and therefore having impact on network manager.I wish systemd can process these things faster. Its killing me to wait until the system boots up just because few servises failed.I will keep digging into why avahi fails.- JiriOn 1 Feb. 2017 8:21

Re: Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa"

2017-02-01 Thread Brian
On Wed 01 Feb 2017 at 09:35:20 +0100, albcares wrote: > thanks for Ur fast answer. I'll try to do my best to explain. > I correctly see Optra labelled as "generic" in the printer list. The firs > print I get is generally good. But if I send another one, it jumps out as > wide as if it saw only the

Re: Debian Sid not booting - systemd failed to register manager vtable: file exists

2017-02-01 Thread j
Hi.So the whole problem was related to sssd packages. When I unistalled sssd packeges the issue disappeared. Still not sure what problem sssd caused exactly.- JiriOn 1 Feb. 2017 8:59 pm, j...@ganomi.com wrote:Hi.I rhink this issue is related to avahi not starting and therefore having impact on netw

Re: "No space left on device" error, but df shows plenty of space

2017-02-01 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Kynn, On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 06:42:39PM -0500, Kynn Jones wrote: > After the machine rebooted, I was able to run `dpkg-reconfigure ntp` > without error. > > Unfortunately, I'll never know what the problem was. Do you use btrfs? What does "df -i" report now, after your reboot when things are

Re: What file system to use?

2017-02-01 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Dennis, On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 02:23:13AM -0600, Dennis Wicks wrote: > I have several ext? and a few with Reiserfs. Is there a better choice > than Reiser now? What are your requirements or typical usage? > Also, is there any way to convert from my existing > fs to the recommended one? I do

Re: What file system to use?

2017-02-01 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 12:29:03PM +, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Dennis, > > On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 02:23:13AM -0600, Dennis Wicks wrote: > > I have several ext? and a few with Reiserfs. Is there a better choice > > than Reiser now? Seconded the gen

Re: CUPS in stretch does NOT WORK - Ricoh printer SP112 SP112-su

2017-02-01 Thread Roba
reaching CUPS, as I should be able to, is the problem, not printing (that is a personal problem). Again, your help (Brian) is appreciated but it seems as the problem and the reason I am bringing it up here is not just to solve my own printer problem, as this I brought into myself last year by buyi

Re: Debian natively on Android device

2017-02-01 Thread Rodolfo Medina
deloptes writes: > Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> I'm interested in the problem of running Debian on an Android device and I >> visited: >> >> https://wiki.debian.org/Mobile >> >> . I'm trying to follow the tutorial: >> >> http://whiteboard.ping.se/Android/Debian >> >> , but it

Re: Debian natively on Android device

2017-02-01 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 02:47:57PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > deloptes writes: > > > Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > > >> Hi all. > >> > >> I'm interested in the problem of running Debian on an Android device and I > >> visited: > >> > >> https://wi

Re: Impossible to install debian-8.7.1-i386-netinst.iso

2017-02-01 Thread Pierre Couderc
On 02/01/2017 11:00 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 07:56:32AM +0100, Pierre Couderc wrote: On 02/01/2017 02:28 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 18:20:29 +0100 Pierre Couderc wrote: [...] Thank you Patrick, but

Re: CUPS in stretch does NOT WORK - Ricoh printer SP112 SP112-su

2017-02-01 Thread Brian
On Wed 01 Feb 2017 at 14:13:00 +, Roba wrote: > reaching CUPS, as I should be able to, is the problem, not printing > (that is a personal problem). It gives you a way of setting up the printer without the web interface. > Again, your help (Brian) is appreciated but it seems as the problem an

Re: "No space left on device" error, but df shows plenty of space

2017-02-01 Thread Kynn Jones
On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 7:24 AM, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Kynn, > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 06:42:39PM -0500, Kynn Jones wrote: > > After the machine rebooted, I was able to run `dpkg-reconfigure ntp` > > without error. > > > > Unfortunately, I'll never know what the problem was. > > Do you use btrf

Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore

2017-02-01 Thread David Griffith
On Wed, 1 Feb 2017, solitone wrote: Why don't you follow what explained here: https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.html.en It's a simple two command procedure: # cp debian.iso /dev/sdX # sync I don't follow it because I want to be able to include a preseed file and assorte

Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore

2017-02-01 Thread David Griffith
On Wed, 1 Feb 2017, David Griffith wrote: I followed those instruction and got the same results. I installed Wheezy on a spare machine. There I was able to create a writable flash drive installer that installs Jessie. Following up... The effect is exactly like what would happen if you delete

Can I use more than one nic?

2017-02-01 Thread Dennis Wicks
I find myself with several unused NICs (network interface cards) and some empty ports on my switches. Would it be beneficial to have more than one network connection on a system? If so, what would I do with it, and how would I set it up? Pointers to tutorials and how-to's would be nice! Ma

Re: Can I use more than one nic?

2017-02-01 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 11:55:46AM -0600, Dennis Wicks wrote: > I find myself with several unused NICs (network interface cards) and some > empty ports on my switches. > > Would it be beneficial to have more than one network connection on a system? > > If so, what would I do with it, and how woul

Re: Can I use more than one nic?

2017-02-01 Thread Dan Purgert
Dennis Wicks wrote: > I find myself with several unused NICs (network interface > cards) and some empty ports on my switches. > > Would it be beneficial to have more than one network > connection on a system? As with many things, "it depends". What's the box in question do? -- |_|O|_| Regist

Re: Bluetooth: unable to pair Apple Wireless Keyboard Mod. A1016

2017-02-01 Thread Ennio-Sr
* deloptes [010217, 00:46]: > ennio wrote: > > > I'm waiting for 'stretch' to be officially the new 'stable' debian > > version on 5th February so as to fully upgrade my system (now it is > > partially Jessie, partially Stretch) and check again whether or not > > bluetooth works with this quite o

Re: Debian natively on Android device

2017-02-01 Thread deloptes
to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > Perhaps he thinks he has some claims on your time. From his perspective > you are wasting time he has acquired some rights to. Or something ;-P > > Yes, deloptes: I know (or I assume strongly) this ain't so -- thus my > tongue-in-cheek. I still couldn't resist: whenever

Re: Can I use more than one nic?

2017-02-01 Thread Sven Hartge
Dan Ritter wrote: > Case 2: a system gains redundancy and capacity. > Each NIC attaches to the same switch. The switch has to be > configurable to do Link Aggregation Protocol -- not all can. > You configure the system NICs to become a bond device, using > 802.3ad mode. Now traffi

Re: Debian natively on Android device

2017-02-01 Thread Rodolfo Medina
writes: > On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 02:47:57PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> deloptes writes: >> >> > Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> > >> >> Hi all. >> >> >> >> I'm interested in the problem of running Debian on an Android device and >> >> I visited: >> >> >> >> https://wiki.debian.org/Mobile > >

Re: Debian natively on Android device

2017-02-01 Thread Joe
On Wed, 01 Feb 2017 20:58:13 +0100 deloptes wrote: > to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > Perhaps he thinks he has some claims on your time. From his > > perspective you are wasting time he has acquired some rights to. Or > > something ;-P > > > > Yes, deloptes: I know (or I assume strongly) this ain'

Debian/Stretch: how to boot in text mode

2017-02-01 Thread Ennio-Sr
Hi all! After upgrading to Stretch I'm unable to find a way to boot with no GUI. I tried setting 'GRUB-GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX="text" in /etc/default/grub, moving to 'K01gdm3' all 'S??gdm3' instances in /etc/rc?.d, but nothing happens. Any help, please? Regards, Ennio -- [Perche' usare Win$ozz (dico io

Re: Debian/Stretch: how to boot in text mode

2017-02-01 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 09:21:16PM +0100, Ennio-Sr wrote: > After upgrading to Stretch I'm unable to find a way to boot with no GUI. > I tried setting 'GRUB-GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX="text" in /etc/default/grub, > moving to 'K01gdm3' all 'S??gdm3' instances in /etc/rc?.d, but nothing > happens. > Any help,

Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore

2017-02-01 Thread deloptes
David Griffith wrote: > QEMU Standard PC Why QEMU? Just follow the instructions to copy the iso to the usb drive and then modify the usb drive to suite your needs. Use UUID in the grub and fstab to be able to boot from the usb without manual intervention in grub on boot. regards

Re: Debian/Stretch: how to boot in text mode

2017-02-01 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 01.02.2017 um 21:21 schrieb Ennio-Sr: > Hi all! > > After upgrading to Stretch I'm unable to find a way to boot with no GUI. > I tried setting 'GRUB-GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX="text" in /etc/default/grub, > moving to 'K01gdm3' all 'S??gdm3' instances in /etc/rc?.d, but nothing > happens. > Any help, plea

Re: Debian natively on Android device

2017-02-01 Thread deloptes
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Apart from that, the technical aspects of that `waste of time' could be > maybe of some interests to be discussed or reported here. Have a look at Jolla and Sailfish - these are the formal Nokia guys that build N9. This is based on Mer project a split of MeeGo/Maemo. IMO i

Re: Debian natively on Android device

2017-02-01 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 08:58:13PM +0100, deloptes wrote: > to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > Ah, you are right to put this proposition forward, but I have also the right > to put mine :) Of course. I was somewhat tongue-in-cheek, remember. > It is n

Re: Debian natively on Android device

2017-02-01 Thread Rodolfo Medina
deloptes writes: > to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >> Perhaps he thinks he has some claims on your time. From his perspective >> you are wasting time he has acquired some rights to. Or something ;-P >> >> Yes, deloptes: I know (or I assume strongly) this ain't so -- thus my >> tongue-in-cheek. I still

Re: Debian natively on Android device

2017-02-01 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Joe writes: > On Wed, 01 Feb 2017 20:58:13 +0100 > deloptes wrote: > >> to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >> >> > Perhaps he thinks he has some claims on your time. From his >> > perspective you are wasting time he has acquired some rights to. Or >> > something ;-P >> > >> > Yes, deloptes: I know (or I

Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore

2017-02-01 Thread Brian
On Wed 01 Feb 2017 at 16:06:59 +, David Griffith wrote: > On Wed, 1 Feb 2017, solitone wrote: > > >Why don't you follow what explained here: > >https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.html.en > > > >It's a simple two command procedure: > > > ># cp debian.iso /dev/sdX > ># sync

Re: Debian/Stretch: how to boot in text mode

2017-02-01 Thread Felix Miata
Ennio-Sr composed on 2017-02-01 21:21 (UTC+0100): After upgrading to Stretch I'm unable to find a way to boot with no GUI. I tried setting 'GRUB-GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX="text" in /etc/default/grub, moving to 'K01gdm3' all 'S??gdm3' instances in /etc/rc?.d, but nothing happens. You haven't provided yo

Re: Debian natively on Android device

2017-02-01 Thread deloptes
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > In fact I was not disappointed for your words, only curious about their > sense, in a technical way. The problem is within the OEM not giving specs away so there are no drivers for the hardware. What helps if you can boot and nothing else works. Booting itself is tricky ..

Re: Debian natively on Android device

2017-02-01 Thread Joe
On Wed, 01 Feb 2017 20:52:17 + Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Joe writes: > > > It is certainly a worthwhile goal. I would consider using a > > smartphone if I could put a sane OS on one, I have no interest in > > them at the moment. > > > > Probably better a tablet, my current phone has real cli

Re: Debian natively on Android device

2017-02-01 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Joe writes: > > There are plenty of cheap tablets around now, even some running > Windows, which without doubt would run Debian. Please which ones? (Do you mean the so called WinPads?) Thanks, Rodolfo

Re: Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa"

2017-02-01 Thread albcares
2017-02-01 12:27 GMT+01:00 Brian : > On Wed 01 Feb 2017 at 09:35:20 +0100, albcares wrote: > > > thanks for Ur fast answer. I'll try to do my best to explain. > > I correctly see Optra labelled as "generic" in the printer list. The firs > > print I get is generally good. But if I send another one,

Re: Debian natively on Android device

2017-02-01 Thread deloptes
Joe wrote: > There are plenty of cheap tablets around now, even some running > Windows, which without doubt would run Debian. How do you make this conclusion? Debian can run on arm processor, but the devices are a problem. We are in the 1980ies in the smart phones now. I guess the big players hav

Re: Debian natively on Android device

2017-02-01 Thread deloptes
deloptes wrote: > Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> In fact I was not disappointed for your words, only curious about their >> sense, in a technical way. > > The problem is within the OEM not giving specs away so there are no > drivers for the hardware. > What helps if you can boot and nothing else wor

Re: CUPS in stretch does NOT WORK - Ricoh printer SP112 SP112-su

2017-02-01 Thread Roba
I hope you don't mind helping me still even most of this makes little sense to me. I still don't want all my ip stuff going out to the list So here is the output Brian:$ systemctl status cups �� cups.service - CUPS Scheduler Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cups.service; enabled; vendor pre

Re: Debian/Stretch: how to boot in text mode

2017-02-01 Thread Ennio-Sr
* Felix Miata [010217, 16:08]: > Ennio-Sr composed on 2017-02-01 21:21 (UTC+0100): > > > After upgrading to Stretch I'm unable to find a way to boot with no GUI. > > I tried setting 'GRUB-GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX="text" in /etc/default/grub, > > moving to 'K01gdm3' all 'S??gdm3' instances in /etc/rc?.d,

Re: What file system to use?

2017-02-01 Thread Gary Dale
On 01/02/17 03:23 AM, Dennis Wicks wrote: I am going to install some more disks and I was wondering which file system to use. I have several ext? and a few with Reiserfs. Is there a better choice than Reiser now? Also, is there any way to convert from my existing fs to the recommended one?

Re: CUPS in stretch does NOT WORK - Ricoh printer SP112 SP112-su

2017-02-01 Thread Brian
On Wed 01 Feb 2017 at 21:55:00 +, Roba wrote: > I hope you don't mind helping me still even most of this makes little > sense to me. I still don't want all my ip stuff going out to the list > So here is the output > > Brian:$ systemctl status cups > �� cups.service - CUPS Scheduler >Load

Re: CUPS in stretch does NOT WORK - Ricoh printer SP112 SP112-su

2017-02-01 Thread Brian
On Wed 01 Feb 2017 at 23:21:00 +, Brian wrote: > When cupsd starts (as yours has done) it listens for incoming connections > on port 631 for tcp and tcp6. Print jobs are sent to port 631. A browser > connects to tcp port 631. Your netstat output shows no listening on tcp > port 631. No wonder

Re: What file system to use?

2017-02-01 Thread Roba
Is there any difference between ext3 and ext4 in terms of backing up a system? I can't recall the details but I run into a backup problem once and remember reading that ext4 was under experimentation by the backup developers and ext3 was supported fully but not ext4. I am not sure if it was clonez

Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore

2017-02-01 Thread David Griffith
On Wed, 1 Feb 2017, Brian wrote: On Wed 01 Feb 2017 at 16:06:59 +, David Griffith wrote: On Wed, 1 Feb 2017, solitone wrote: [snip] As specified, this should work fine for most users. The other options are more complex, mainly for people with specialised needs. Please notice that the i

/etc/hosts.allow & /etc/hosts.deny

2017-02-01 Thread Roba
Has anything relating to those files changed between jessie and stretch to affect cups being blocked? Would a line in the allow file ALL: localhost:631 help or is the syntax incorrect?

Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore

2017-02-01 Thread David Griffith
On Thu, 2 Feb 2017, David Griffith wrote: 14) syslinux /dev/sdb1 The version of syslinux in the Wheezy repos is 4.05. The one in Jessie repos is 6.03. I built the earlier version on the Jessie machine to cover the possibility that syslinux itself is causing the problem. That hypothesis a

Re: Android phone access in Dolphin does not work

2017-02-01 Thread Gary Dale
On 28/01/17 09:08 AM, RLewis wrote: Hello Ken and Gary -- ken wrote: On 01/24/2017 02:38 PM, Gary Dale wrote: I'm running stretch/AMD64 and I'm having extreme problems accessing my Samsung S5 phone from my Plasma5 desktop. When I plug the phone in, I get the notification with 2 suggested a

Re: What file system to use?

2017-02-01 Thread Gary Dale
On 01/02/17 07:11 PM, Roba wrote: Is there any difference between ext3 and ext4 in terms of backing up a system? I can't recall the details but I run into a backup problem once and remember reading that ext4 was under experimentation by the backup developers and ext3 was supported fully but not

Re: Re: Samba help.

2017-02-01 Thread R. Ramesh
On 1/29/2017 11:25 AM, John Darrah wrote: On 1/29/2017 12:25 AM, R. Ramesh wrote: I recently upgraded my debian jesse to 8.6. All of a sudden all samba guest access to this box stopped working. I did not update smb.conf file any time before or

Re: Missing Module

2017-02-01 Thread HP Garcia
Thanks that got me closer. I had to download libmspack. I was able to download a more recent version of libmspack. I tried to build libmspack. I ran ./configure and got this error. "configure: error: mspack >= 0.0.20040308alpha is required" The version of libmspack is libmspack-0.5alpha So th

Re: Samba help.

2017-02-01 Thread R. Ramesh
On 02/01/2017 08:02 PM, R. Ramesh wrote: On 1/29/2017 11:25 AM, John Darrah wrote: On 1/29/2017 12:25 AM, R. Ramesh wrote: I recently upgraded my debian jesse to 8.6. All of a sudden all samba guest access to this box stopped working. I did not