Migrate an old debian to a new machine

Hello, For 10 Years, I've been working with my trusted old T61 (still with "IBM" logo...). Now I'm waiting for a new T570. The last migrations of my Debian installations were just dd'ing a full disk image from machine OLD to NEW and then resize the partitions with gparted (I hate new installation

Re: aplay fails on amd64 laptop

On Sat, 23 Dec 2017, deloptes wrote: man aplay the useful information is given by "aplay -L", which lists 19 devices, among which 2 are working: sysdefault:CARD=Generic plughw:CARD=Generic,DEV=0 aplay -D hw:1,0 this also gives aplay: set_params:1299: Sample format non avai

Re: aplay fails on amd64 laptop

Pierre Frenkiel wrote: >> aplay -D hw:1,0 > this also gives > aplay: set_params:1299: Sample format non available you could also set the sample format ;-) - I was hoping you try to find out the way yourself. regards

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On 12/22/2017 04:06 PM, Ben Finney wrote: Richard Owlett writes: I've never used youtube before. One thing to note explicitly: YouTube is deliberately designed to thwart downloading videos. YouTube's owner (Google, Alphabet, whatever they call themselves next year) have chosen a business mo

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On 12/22/2017 09:00 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: cliget or youtube-viewer or youtube-dl can do that, but cliget does it with least complexity. Neither cliget nor youtube-viewer appear to be in Debian repository.

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 07:40:56PM -0500, Carl Fink wrote: [...] > This is incorrect. Google/Alphabet is not stupid [...] That's *exactly* the reason... > [...] If you were logged into your YouTube (Google) account [...] ... why I'd *never* *ever*

Problems making a bootable DVD

Thought you might want to know... I recently downloaded the debian-live-9.3.0-i386-gnome.iso image hoping to create a bootable DVD for "test-driving" the new Debian OS. I first tried to use 7Zip to burn the DVD, but the result was not bootable, which is a shame as this would have been the perfec

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On Sat 23 Dec 2017 at 04:10:00 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/22/2017 09:00 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > cliget or youtube-viewer or youtube-dl can do that, but cliget does it > > with least complexity. > > > > Neither cliget nor youtube-viewer appear to be in Debian repository. youtube-v

Problems making a bootable DVD

Hi, Zack Shelby wrote: > I first tried to use 7Zip to burn the DVD, but the result was not bootable, 7Zip burns media images to DVD ? To my knowledge it packs up and unpacks archives or images. > https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#record-windows > Unfortunately, for the freeware programs, these l

Re: Migrate an old debian to a new machine

On 12/23/2017 11:31 AM, Markus Grunwald wrote: > Hello, > > For 10 Years, I've been working with my trusted old T61 (still with > "IBM" logo...). Now I'm waiting for a new T570. > > The last migrations of my Debian installations were just dd'ing a full > disk image from machine OLD to NEW and the

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On 12/23/2017 04:55 AM, Brian wrote: On Sat 23 Dec 2017 at 04:10:00 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: On 12/22/2017 09:00 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: cliget or youtube-viewer or youtube-dl can do that, but cliget does it with least complexity. Neither cliget nor youtube-viewer appear to be in Debia

Re: aplay fails on amd64 laptop

On Sat, 23 Dec 2017, deloptes wrote: Pierre Frenkiel wrote: aplay -D hw:1,0 this also gives aplay: set_params:1299: Sample format non available you could also set the sample format ;-) - I was hoping you try to find out the way yourself. 1/ I don't see why I should loose time with hw:1,

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On 12/22/2017 03:10 PM, Kent West wrote: On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: I use User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:51.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/51.0 SeaMonkey/2.48 on a Debian Stretch machine with the MATE desktop. I've never used youtube before. I received a l

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On Sat 23 Dec 2017 at 05:39:46 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/22/2017 03:10 PM, Kent West wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > I use User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:51.0) Gecko/20100101 > > > Firefox/51.0 SeaMonkey/2.48 on a Debian Stretc

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On Sat 23 Dec 2017 at 05:21:33 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/23/2017 04:55 AM, Brian wrote: > > On Sat 23 Dec 2017 at 04:10:00 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > On 12/22/2017 09:00 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > cliget or youtube-viewer or youtube-dl can do that, but cliget does it

Re: aplay fails on amd64 laptop

Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > It's a strange way to help people to say them "find yourself" > Generally, when people ask for help, it's that there are, like me, > too stupid to find themselves. > I suggest to avoid useless posts but I told you also about plughw - no? a brief look into man aplay tells

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

Brian wrote: > You remarked that youtube-viewer was not in the Debian archives; this > is correct. I provided a way for users to get and install it. this is bad advise - you can not do this here on the list - IMO you should take it off next time regards

Re: aplay fails on amd64 laptop

On Sat, 23 Dec 2017, deloptes wrote: you know there are two types of help: feed the hungry or teach them make food themselves - I prefer the 2nd one - you the 1st one - no reason to get personal from wikipedia: A teacher is a person who helps others to acquire knowledge, competences

Re: Migrate an old debian to a new machine

Le 23/12/2017 à 12:10, Georgi Naplatanov a écrit : - connect new disk to old computer and boot from your old disk - partition your new disk with your favorite program. I like cgdisk from gdisk package gdisk and cgdisk handle only GPT. For DOS/MBR, you'll need another program such as fdisk

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On Sat 23 Dec 2017 at 12:55:05 +0100, deloptes wrote: > Brian wrote: > > > You remarked that youtube-viewer was not in the Debian archives; this > > is correct. I provided a way for users to get and install it. > > this is bad advise - you can not do this here on the list - IMO you should > take

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On 2017-12-23, Brian wrote: >> >> That did very nicely. The Debian package includes "mpv Media Player". > > Really? > It's a total rec. -- "An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life

Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars

On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 10:25 PM, Richard Hector wrote: > On 21/12/17 22:16, Curt wrote: >> On 2017-12-20, Richard Hector wrote: >>> >>> On 21/12/17 02:02, Curt wrote: Also, I'm uncertain whether suppression of the asterisk-echo qualifies as "security by obscurity" >>> >>> I think most

Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars

Am Samstag, 23. Dezember 2017, 13:57:59 CET schrieb Anders Andersson: Hi Anders, this is an interesting point, you showed. I suppose, 10 digits will be mostly be used by poeple, maybe less. But 1 percent longer for each added digit sounds not much. However, when it comes to more digits, let's

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

Carl Fink wrote: > On 12/22/2017 05:57 PM, songbird wrote: ... >>there is a pause button, just don't close the >> tab. :) > > This is incorrect. Google/Alphabet is not stupid. If you pause a video > you can then close the tab, the browser, turn off the computer. If > you were logged into your

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On Saturday 23 December 2017 05:19:48 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 07:40:56PM -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > > [...] > > > This is incorrect. Google/Alphabet is not stupid [...] > > That's *exactly* the reason... > > > [...] If you were logged into your YouTube (Google) account [..

Re: Migrate an old debian to a new machine

On 12/23/2017 07:21 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 23/12/2017 à 12:10, Georgi Naplatanov a écrit :   - connect new disk to old computer and boot from your old disk   - partition your new disk with your favorite program. I like cgdisk from gdisk package gdisk and cgdisk handle only GPT. For DO

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On 12/23/2017 08:48 AM, songbird wrote: Carl Fink wrote: On 12/22/2017 05:57 PM, songbird wrote: ... there is a pause button, just don't close the tab. :) This is incorrect. Google/Alphabet is not stupid. If you pause a video you can then close the tab, the browser, turn off the computer

Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars

On 2017-12-23, Hans wrote: > > But 1 percent longer for each added digit sounds not much. However, when it > comes to more digits, let's say 16 (WPA2 often uses 16 digits with only > letters and numbers), then the time to crack will increase rapidely. > > If I understood you correct, and please

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On 2017-12-23, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> ... why I'd *never* *ever* be "logged into" any of the YT or Google >> accounts. It's enough to make trackability easier for them whithin >> a session, but across sessions? Disgusting. >> >> > on another device and navigate to that video [...] >> >> And the

Re: Problems making a bootable DVD

You seem to use Windows 7 and from this OS on, Micosoft includes an iso burner: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd451080.aspx

strawman [was: LUKS password gets printed as stars]

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 03:14:25PM +, Curt wrote: > On 2017-12-23, Hans wrote: [...] > > And I suppose, guessing 15 digits will cause a loong time [...] > (Assuming all 95 printable ascii characters) link to % time savings: [...] > An in

Re: Migrate an old debian to a new machine

Le 23/12/2017 à 16:08, Dan Norton a écrit : On 12/23/2017 07:21 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 23/12/2017 à 12:10, Georgi Naplatanov a écrit :   - connect new disk to old computer and boot from your old disk   - partition your new disk with your favorite program. I like cgdisk from gdisk packa

Language of applications are not translated if the default language is changed

Hi, I have install Debian 9 using as the default language 'C'. I want to add some new languages, and for this I do 'dpkg-reconfigure locales'. I'm currently using Gnome and Mate. How can I add support for those new languages so all applications will be translated in the desired language (usin

Re: strawman [was: LUKS password gets printed as stars]

On Sat 23 Dec 2017 at 18:43:38 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 03:14:25PM +, Curt wrote: > > On 2017-12-23, Hans wrote: > > [...] > > > > And I suppose, guessing 15 digits will cause a loong time [...] > > > (Assuming all 95 printable ascii characters) link to

Re: aplay fails on amd64 laptop

Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > do you think that "find yourself" matches this definition? It might surprise you but yes :) If you have read man aplay to the end you would have found following aplay -c 1 -t raw -r 22050 -f mu_law foobar will play the raw file "foobar" as a 22050-Hz, mono

Package for Kernel Bug?

I'm trying to send a bug report with reportbug, and It's asking for the package name. What do I put under package name if it's a bug with the Linux kernel? Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.

Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot

On 12/21/2017 05:13 PM, Felix Miata wrote: [...] It's not so easy to figure out when POST is over with UEFI. Here, it seems efibootmgr -t provides extra delay beyond what the BIOS defines for you to make a selection from its own boot device selection menu, which requires an F12 keystroke here to

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On 12/23/2017 05:02 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 12/22/2017 04:06 PM, Ben Finney wrote: Richard Owlett writes: I've never used youtube before. One thing to note explicitly: YouTube is deliberately designed to thwart downloading videos. YouTube's owner (Google, Alphabet, whatever they call

Re: Package for Kernel Bug?

Le 12/23/17 à 20:53, Mason Dean Kukosky a écrit : > I'm trying to send a bug report with reportbug, and It's asking for > the package name. What do I put under package name if it's a bug with > the Linux kernel? > > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > That's linux-image

OT: AOL fees (Re: Youtube - newbie guidance)

On Saturday, December 23, 2017 03:31:31 PM Ric Moore wrote: > Bob's your uncle. BTW, Google is no where as obnoxious as AOL during the > old days when you could be paying hundreds a month for access to the web > and email. I'll take Google any day and thank them for the huge > freebies. Ric This i

Re: OT: AOL fees (Re: Youtube - newbie guidance)

On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 03:50:34PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: This is OT, but I remember AOL as being expensive, but I didn't think it was hundreds per month. It really depended on how much self control you had--in the early 90s it was like $6/hr.

Re: OT: AOL fees (Re: Youtube - newbie guidance)

On 12/23/17, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, December 23, 2017 03:31:31 PM Ric Moore wrote: >> Bob's your uncle. BTW, Google is no where as obnoxious as AOL during the >> old days when you could be paying hundreds a month for access to the web >> and email. I'll take Google any day and th

Systemtap out of date and not working

Hi all, SystemTap on Debian is version 2.9/0.165. The current version is 3.2. SystemTap works by compiling a custom kernel module against the source and installing it. However, the kernel structure has since updated and Systemtap 2.9 will not compile against newer kernels. As a result, SystemTap

Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot

Dan Norton composed on 2017-12-23 15:12 (UTC-0500): > Felix Miata wrote: >> [...] >> It's not so easy to figure out when POST is over with UEFI. Here, it seems >> efibootmgr -t provides extra delay beyond what the BIOS defines for you to >> make >> a selection from its own boot device selection

Re: OT: AOL fees (Re: Youtube - newbie guidance)

On 12/23/17, Michael Stone wrote: > On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 03:50:34PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >>This is OT, but I remember AOL as being expensive, but I didn't think it >> was >>hundreds per month. > > It really depended on how much self control you had--in the early 90s it > was like $6

Re: Migrate an old debian to a new machine

On Sat, 23 Dec 2017 10:31:16 +0100 Markus Grunwald wrote: > Hello, > > For 10 Years, I've been working with my trusted old T61 (still with > "IBM" logo...). Now I'm waiting for a new T570. > > The last migrations of my Debian installations were just dd'ing a full > disk image from machine OLD t

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On Sat, 23 Dec 2017, Brian wrote: On Sat 23 Dec 2017 at 05:21:33 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: On 12/23/2017 04:55 AM, Brian wrote: On Sat 23 Dec 2017 at 04:10:00 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: On 12/22/2017 09:00 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: cliget or youtube-viewer or youtube-dl can do that, bu

Re: Systemtap out of date and not working

Hi. On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 04:09:56PM -0500, Farhan Khan wrote: > Hi all, > > SystemTap on Debian is version 2.9/0.165. Not unless you're running pre-stretch testing. stretch's current is 3.1. >The current version is 3.2. Maybe. > SystemTap works by compiling a custom kernel module a

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On 23/12/17 02:02 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 12/22/2017 04:06 PM, Ben Finney wrote: Richard Owlett writes: I've never used youtube before. One thing to note explicitly: YouTube is deliberately designed to thwart downloading videos. YouTube's owner (Google, Alphabet, whatever they call

Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot

On 12/23/2017 04:35 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Dan Norton composed on 2017-12-23 15:12 (UTC-0500): Felix Miata wrote: [...] It's not so easy to figure out when POST is over with UEFI. Here, it seems efibootmgr -t provides extra delay beyond what the BIOS defines for you to make a selection from i

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On Sat, 23 Dec 2017, songbird wrote: Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2017 08:48:53 From: songbird To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Youtube - newbie guidance Resent-Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2017 14:06:55 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Carl Fink wrote: On 12/22/2017 05:57 PM, son

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On 2017-12-23 at 20:47, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Correction on that software package, it's called cclive and it > downloads youtube videos and is a command line app for those that can > handle the command line. (Why did you post that _after_ the '-- ' signature-delimiter line? That makes it unneces

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 15:10:27 -0600 Kent West wrote: > On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: ... > > I've never used youtube before. > > I received a link to a youtube video > ?v=82_bPWyrPFc> which played fine. > > > > I did not have time to wat

Re: Can't mount non-/ partition using Thunar because of grsecurity patched 4.9.65-2 amd64 linux kernel

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Optimized VM setup

I teach programming. Students of my class have their own laptops required to have (some recent) linux. And this time (for the first time?) I saw that majority of the class were running Linux (usually but not always Ubuntu) on a VM on a Windows — typically Windows-10 This made those machines mar

Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot

Dan Norton composed on 2017-12-23 19:15 (UTC-0500): > Felix Miata wrote: > The menu inside the box is: > Debian GNU/Linux > Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux > Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie) (on /dev/mapper/vol1-root) > Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie) (on /dev/mapper/vol1-root)

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

On 12/23/2017 08:31 PM, Celejar wrote: On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 15:10:27 -0600 Kent West wrote: On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: ... I've never used youtube before. I received a link to a youtube video which played fine. I d

Re: Language of applications are not translated if the default language is changed

On 2017-12-23 19:21 +0100, john doe wrote: > I have install Debian 9 using as the default language 'C'. > I want to add some new languages, and for this I do 'dpkg-reconfigure > locales'. > I'm currently using Gnome and Mate. > > How can I add support for those new languages so all > applications

Re: Language of applications are not translated if the default language is changed

john doe [2017-12-23 19:21:32+01] wrote: > How can I add support for those new languages so all applications will > be translated in the desired language (using command line is > prefered)? As root user: localectl set-locale LANG=xx_YY.UTF-8 where xx_YY.UTF-8 is locale's name. You can add m