Re: looking for drawing program to inscribe a square in a circle and label items

On 2018-01-20, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 19 Jan 2018 at 19:50:11 (-0800), Dan Hitt wrote: >> Anyhow, tia for any pointers. > > geogebra looks promising and is in Debian. It's even on line, apparently, for a test run (pretty clean interface), or even a veritable run (though you must create an a

Re: Network setup by installer

On Fri 19 Jan 2018 at 19:09:27 +, Brian wrote: > On Sat 20 Jan 2018 at 03:25:00 +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > To get out of the situation I'm in on those two machines, I just need to > > hand-craft the interfaces file to something like what you have above, > > with appropriate device, s

Re: HTTPS - Your connection is not private - ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID

> Now, when I open chromium or midori, I receive the error in the message > subject. > Any https url is not opened and a warning page is displayed instead. > > What could be the problem? Sounds like the root CA (Certification Authority) certificates aren't installed, making it impossible to esta

Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me?

On 01/18/2018 06:59 PM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 18 Jan 2018 at 15:13:12 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: I've been exploring the idea of downloading several packages. When I select "apply" it routinely says "1 package will be held back and not upgraded" in the lower half of a screen titled "Sum

Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me?

On 01/18/2018 10:32 PM, songbird wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: ... This is the *FIRST* time I have attempted to investigate what is being held back. Please educate me ;/ check your settings -> preferences...> songbird I went there. I did not spot what you wanted me to notice :{ Th

Re: HTTPS - Your connection is not private - ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID

I tried: apt remove ca-certificates and then: apt install ca-certificates But the problem persists.. I'd follow your suggest. I've backed up, some scripts and openbox configurations. Now I'm ready to do a reinstall from scratch. Anyway, before that, I'd like to try to remove all "non-jessie"

Re: looking for drawing program to inscribe a square in a circle and label items

On Friday, January 19, 2018 10:50:11 PM Dan Hitt wrote: > So, something like xfig, except that it should have geometrically > describable grouping or linking options. (You can glue objects > together with xfig, but afaik not link them loosely, like through a > point of tangency.) > > I.e., if i d

Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me?

On 2018-01-20, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/18/2018 10:32 PM, songbird wrote: >> Richard Owlett wrote: >> ... >>> This is the *FIRST* time I have attempted to investigate what is being >>> held back. >>> >>> Please educate me ;/ >> >>check your settings -> preferences...> >> >>songbird

Re: looking for drawing program to inscribe a square in a circle and label items

On 20/01/18 03:50, Dan Hitt wrote: > I'm looking for a gui drawing program that will let me, for example, > draw a circle, inscribe a square in the circle, connect the opposite > edges of the square with line segments, draw the diagonals of the > square, and label the vertices, edges, and regions o

Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me?

On 01/20/2018 08:08 AM, Curt wrote: On 2018-01-20, Richard Owlett wrote: On 01/18/2018 10:32 PM, songbird wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: ... This is the *FIRST* time I have attempted to investigate what is being held back. Please educate me ;/ check your settings -> preferences...>

Re: What is Synaptic trying to tell me?

On Sat 20 Jan 2018 at 07:13:28 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/18/2018 06:59 PM, David Wright wrote: > >Packages are normally held back when upgrading them would involve > >removing a package or installing a new one, and that is forbidden > >by the upgrade method you're using. > > > >So, fo

Radiotray fails in stretch

I recently upgraded my jessie laptop to stretch, in accordance with the published instructions. All seems to have gone well, so far, except for one item: Radiotray will not run. There is an old bug report against it (814628), which mentions dependency issues, but the maintainer reckons it's fixed.

Configuring WebHTTrack as I WANT

WebHTTrack insists on using Firefox as the User Interface. That *VERY* annoying as I use SeaMonkey > 99.9% of the time. I went to the website and did not find anything even somewhat relevant. I attempted to edit usr/bin/webhttrack without benefit. Searching suggest thes

Simple iptables table doesn't let me forward X windows

Hi, I am trying to setup (what should be) a simple iptables table between two machines on a local network, both with static IP addresses. The machine I want to set up the iptables on is a headless server which I access using ssh. I want to cut off all communications except with the machine I ssh f

Re: Network setup by installer

On Fri 19 Jan 2018 at 15:21:31 (+), Brian wrote: > On Fri 19 Jan 2018 at 08:27:22 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > > On Fri 19 Jan 2018 at 22:10:39 (+0900), Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 06:43:10AM +0100, john doe wrote: > > > > On 1/19/2018 12:45 AM, Mark Fletcher wrote: >

Re: Simple iptables table doesn't let me forward X windows

Le 20/01/2018 à 19:13, Jason a écrit : I am trying to setup (what should be) a simple iptables table I don't think so. In iptables, "tables" are preexisting data structures containing chains, and chains contain rules that you create. The set of rules in these chains and tables is called, wel

Re: exim4 on Debian stretch

On Fri 19 Jan 2018 at 18:07:49 +, J.W. Foster wrote: > David this is the file you requested. any help is much appreciated. [Snipped and rearranged] > > dc_eximconfig_configtype='internet' > dc_other_hostnames=mydomain.net' > dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1;192.168.xx.xx' > dc_readhost='' > d

Re: exim4 on Debian stretch

On Sat 20 Jan 2018 at 18:59:34 (+), Brian wrote: > On Fri 19 Jan 2018 at 18:07:49 +, J.W. Foster wrote: > > > David this is the file you requested. any help is much appreciated. > > [Snipped and rearranged] > > > > dc_eximconfig_configtype='internet' > > dc_other_hostnames=mydomain.net'

Re: Simple iptables table doesn't let me forward X windows

On Sat, 20 Jan 2018 12:13:12 -0600 Jason wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to setup (what should be) a simple iptables table between > two machines on a local network, both with static IP addresses. The > machine I want to set up the iptables on is a headless server which I > access using ssh. I want

Re: Network setup by installer

On Sat 20 Jan 2018 at 12:18:45 -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 19 Jan 2018 at 15:21:31 (+), Brian wrote: > > On Fri 19 Jan 2018 at 08:27:22 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > > > > With wireless, there's no real equivalent to the wire > > > being connected. Even when installed and configured

Re: Radiotray fails in stretch

On Saturday, January 20, 2018 5:20:02 PM -03 tony wrote: > I recently upgraded my jessie laptop to stretch, in accordance with the > published instructions. > > All seems to have gone well, so far, except for one item: Radiotray will > not run. There is an old bug report against it (814628), which

Re: Radiotray fails in stretch

Eike Lantzsch wrote: > And that's it. I don't have any experience with radiotray and have no > suggestions. > Is it still maintaned? > For now I'm going to deinstall it again. No time nor energy to > investigate. looks like a shit program to me - just wondering how it got it into debian packages.

Re: Simple iptables table doesn't let me forward X windows

Joe wrote: > OK, that leaves little doubt that it's a firewall issue. usually xauth missing or wrong xauth people do upgrade, then just press yes and pile up mess over mess and then come here to ask for help. it's fun regards

Re: Radiotray fails in stretch

On Saturday, January 20, 2018 9:36:20 PM -03 deloptes wrote: > Eike Lantzsch wrote: > > And that's it. I don't have any experience with radiotray and have no > > suggestions. > > Is it still maintaned? > > For now I'm going to deinstall it again. No time nor energy to > > investigate. > > looks li

Re: Configuring WebHTTrack as I WANT

On Sat, 20 Jan 2018, Richard Owlett wrote: Caveat: I know nothing about seamonkey, and I have never used httrack/webhttrack. WebHTTrack insists on using Firefox as the User Interface. Are you certain webhttrack isn't just using x-www-browser, which happens to be set, via the links in your /et

Iptables at boot

Hi How can I start iptables at boot. I don't find  an equivalent to  " service iptables start" with systemd and does'nt know how to create a new iptables.service. The manpages aren't quite clear for me. Thanks for any help.   Jacques

Re: Iptables at boot

On 20-01-18, Jacques Rodary wrote: > Hi > How can I start iptables at boot. I don't find  an equivalent to  " service > iptables start" with systemd and does'nt know how to create a new > iptables.service. The manpages aren't quite clear for me. Thanks for any > help. >   Jacques > There are two

Re: Iptables at boot

On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 02:02:07AM +0100, Dejan Jocic wrote: > On 20-01-18, Jacques Rodary wrote: > > Hi > > How can I start iptables at boot. I don't find  an equivalent to  " service > > iptables start" with systemd and does'nt know how to create a new > > iptables.service. The manpages aren't qu

Re: Simple iptables table doesn't let me forward X windows

On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 07:58:27PM +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 20/01/2018 à 19:13, Jason a écrit : > > > >I am trying to setup (what should be) a simple iptables table > > I don't think so. In iptables, "tables" are preexisting data structures > containing chains, and chains contain rules t

Re: Simple iptables table doesn't let me forward X windows

On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 07:30:09PM +, Joe wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jan 2018 12:13:12 -0600 > Jason wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to setup (what should be) a simple iptables table between > > two machines on a local network, both with static IP addresses. The > > machine I want to set up th