Re: hdmi from cable box in a Linux window?

2018-04-10 Thread Joe
On Mon, 9 Apr 2018 16:14:09 -0700 cono...@rahul.net (John Conover) wrote: > Is there a good way of getting hdmi from a cable TV box into a window > on the Linux screen? Anyone done it? There are converters for below 100 Pounds/Dollars to USB3.0. I've seen 1080p/60 going into VLC on a (fast) Windo

Re: SSD's and many edits of a single file

2018-04-10 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 06:25:34PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: [...] > One editor failing would also make me suspect the editor. > > > But two failing editors would make me suspect some common factor, > such as a shared library and/or the kerne

Re: hdmi from cable box in a Linux window?

2018-04-10 Thread Erwan David
On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 09:45:46AM CEST, Joe said: > On Mon, 9 Apr 2018 16:14:09 -0700 > cono...@rahul.net (John Conover) wrote: > > > Is there a good way of getting hdmi from a cable TV box into a window > > on the Linux screen? Anyone done it? > > There are converters for below 100 Pounds/Doll

Re: install printer

2018-04-10 Thread Dan Purgert
Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 09 April 2018 15:45:34 Brian wrote: >> Not really. It would be a poorer debian-user without well-intentioned >> engagement. > > Maybe so, Brian, but in cases like this it would improve the overall > quality of the answers. And that more often than not, is desirable.

Re: SSD's and many edits of a single file

2018-04-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 10 April 2018 03:52:55 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 06:25:34PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > > [...] > > > One editor failing would also make me suspect the editor. > > > > > > But two failing editors would make me suspect some common factor, > > such as a share

Re: install printer

2018-04-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 10 April 2018 05:45:46 Dan Purgert wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 09 April 2018 15:45:34 Brian wrote: > >> Not really. It would be a poorer debian-user without > >> well-intentioned engagement. > > > > Maybe so, Brian, but in cases like this it would improve the overall > >

Re: SSD's and many edits of a single file

2018-04-10 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 06:49:54AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 10 April 2018 03:52:55 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > > The most typical symptom [of a failed write due to storage > > failure] would be that the file system gets remounted >

Re: SSD's and many edits of a single file

2018-04-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 10 April 2018 07:08:03 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 06:49:54AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 10 April 2018 03:52:55 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > [...] > > > > The most typical symptom [of a failed write due to storage > > > failure] would be that the file

Re: SSD's and many edits of a single file

2018-04-10 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 08:10:07AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 10 April 2018 07:08:03 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 06:49:54AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: [...] > No such clues were evident. Then I'd look for trou

Re: SSD's and many edits of a single file

2018-04-10 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, re-reading the original mail of Gene https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/04/msg00237.html i think it is time to collect some evidence. Following is a bash script which challenges the disk's fidelity in respect to small writes on a relatively small file over a long time. Gene, please

can't access debian no more

2018-04-10 Thread mess-mate
Hi, after an install of windows 10 (need it some a progran can't run on linux), somewhat seems to be changed on the hd. The startup lock on the disk control/fs. regards

Re: can't access debian no more

2018-04-10 Thread Forest Dean Feighner
On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 9:21 AM, mess-mate wrote: > Hi, > after an install of windows 10 (need it some a progran can't run on linux), > somewhat seems to be changed on the hd. > The startup lock on the disk control/fs. > regards > > Not much to go on but maybe reinstall grub from the installation

Re: SSD's and many edits of a single file

2018-04-10 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Following is a bash script which challenges the disk's fidelity in > respect to small writes on a relatively small file over a long time. I see no indication *at all* from Gene's description that the problem could have anything to do with the OS or the hardware. My guess is rather that his edit

Re: can't access debian no more

2018-04-10 Thread Brian
On Tue 10 Apr 2018 at 09:33:45 -0400, Forest Dean Feighner wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 9:21 AM, mess-mate wrote: > > > Hi, > > after an install of windows 10 (need it some a progran can't run on linux), > > somewhat seems to be changed on the hd. > > The startup lock on the disk control/fs.

Re: can't access debian no more

2018-04-10 Thread likcoras
On 04/10/2018 10:21 PM, mess-mate wrote: > Hi, > after an install of windows 10 (need it some a progran can't run on linux), > somewhat seems to be changed on the hd. > The startup lock on the disk control/fs. > regards > Usually the suggestion on installing both Debian and Windows is to install

Re: can't access debian no more

2018-04-10 Thread mess-mate
On 10-Apr-18 15:58, Brian wrote: On Tue 10 Apr 2018 at 09:33:45 -0400, Forest Dean Feighner wrote: On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 9:21 AM, mess-mate wrote: Hi, after an install of windows 10 (need it some a progran can't run on linux), somewhat seems to be changed on the hd. The startup lock on the

Re: can't access debian no more

2018-04-10 Thread David Wright
On Tue 10 Apr 2018 at 15:21:44 (+0200), mess-mate wrote: > after an install of windows 10 (need it some a progran can't run on linux), > somewhat seems to be changed on the hd. > The startup lock on the disk control/fs. Perhaps look back at your notes on how you fixed this problem. https://lists.d

Re: SSD's and many edits of a single file

2018-04-10 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Stefan Monnier wrote: > I see no indication *at all* from Gene's description that the problem > could have anything to do with the OS or the hardware. I don't think so either. But since the discussion began to cycle, i thought that it would be nice to have some tangible proof. If the script

GPG and keyring issue

2018-04-10 Thread J.W. Foster
I just installed a new Debian 9 system on a reformatted disk in a multidisk system. I used the Netinstall cd from Debian. Installation went ok and I am sending this from the system. Problem is I tried to add the contrib and non-free repos to synaptic i.e. apt sources.list  I simply copied the s

Re: SSD's and many edits of a single file

2018-04-10 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 9 Apr 2018 05:53:18 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: ... > What else is a good editor? And lets not start yet another vim vs emacs > war. kwrite and kate come to mind. I'm running Trinity Desktop, maybe I > should check them out. Whatever, needs to be able to have several files > open so I c

Re: hdmi from cable box in a Linux window?

2018-04-10 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 04:14:09PM -0700, John Conover wrote: > > Is there a good way of getting hdmi from a cable TV box into a window > on the Linux screen? Anyone done it? Yes, the most straightforward is a box that takes HDMI in, connects to your network and makes an RTSP stream available for

Re: how do i tell usb to leave keyboard alone?

2018-04-10 Thread songbird
songbird wrote: ... still happening, collected more info as i was running udevadm this time... always starts with change from KERNEL, so yes, seems to me to be a kernel issue, but the fun thing here is that i've told the kernel to leave the USB keyboard alone via udev rules and i've verified th

Re: GPG and keyring issue

2018-04-10 Thread john doe
On 4/10/2018 4:33 PM, J.W. Foster wrote: I just installed a new Debian 9 system on a reformatted disk in a multidisk system. I used the Netinstall cd from Debian. Installation went ok and I am sending this from the system. Problem is I tried to add the contrib and non-free repos to synaptic i.

graphic tablet controls

2018-04-10 Thread Bruce Byfield
I recently started using a Wacom Intuos Draw tablet. Its functions as a mouse substitute are available as soon as I plug it in, and the device is detected by the operating system. However, the tools available in desktop environments for configuring buttons and drawing functions don't detect the ta

Re: transfer disk

2018-04-10 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 10/04/2018 à 05:48, Ben Caradoc-Davies a écrit : On 10/04/18 14:01, mick crane wrote: Can you pop a hard disk that boots with a Debian installation on it into another entirely different PC and will the kernel try to make sense of its new hardware ? Mostly. I once had a disk that often move

Re: transfer disk

2018-04-10 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 10/04/2018 à 06:18, Felix Miata a écrit : Putting a disk from an Intel system into a system with AMD, VIA or GeForce chipset is almost certain to fail unless the initrd includes most drivers. This is the default (MODULES=most). This leads me to believe that a minimal module set initrd crea

[solved] testing: today's upgrade of xserver-xorg-input-libinput breaks MATE mouse clicking

2018-04-10 Thread songbird
songbird wrote: ... fixed when tested after today's MATE updates. songbird

Re: graphic tablet controls

2018-04-10 Thread songbird
Bruce Byfield wrote: > > I recently started using a Wacom Intuos Draw tablet. Its functions as a > mouse substitute are available as soon as I plug it in, and the > device is detected by the operating system. However, the tools > available in desktop environments for configuring buttons and drawing

No sound in Debian Stretch

2018-04-10 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi all! From one day to the next I ran out of sound in Debian Stretch. It's strange because I don't remember making any changes and everything was running without problem. I installed pavucontrol to see if there is something muted, but that does not seem to be the case. For example when I am play

Re: No sound in Debian Stretch

2018-04-10 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Tue, 10 Apr 2018 19:15:35 -0300 Daniel Bareiro wrote: > Hi all! > > From one day to the next I ran out of sound in Debian Stretch. It's > strange because I don't remember making any changes and everything was > running without problem. > > I installed pavucontrol to see if there is some

Re: graphic tablet controls

2018-04-10 Thread deloptes
Bruce Byfield wrote: > I recently started using a Wacom Intuos Draw tablet. Its functions as a > mouse substitute are available as soon as I plug it in, and the > device is detected by the operating system. However, the tools > available in desktop environments for configuring buttons and drawing

Re: No sound in Debian Stretch

2018-04-10 Thread deloptes
Daniel Bareiro wrote: > Has anyone experienced something like that and has some clue how to fix > it? try alsamixer -c0 or amixer -c0 and see if something is muted there usually 0 is the alsacard driver - it might be other index for you though regards

Re: No sound in Debian Stretch

2018-04-10 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 11/04/18 10:15, Daniel Bareiro wrote: From one day to the next I ran out of sound in Debian Stretch. It's strange because I don't remember making any changes and everything was running without problem. I installed pavucontrol to see if there is something muted, but that does not seem to be th

Re: transfer disk

2018-04-10 Thread Felix Miata
Pascal Hambourg composed on 2018-04-10 20:47 (UTC+0200): > Felix Miata composed: >> Putting a disk from an Intel system into a system with AMD, VIA or GeForce >> chipset is almost certain to fail unless the initrd includes most drivers. > This is the default (MODULES=most). Likely it's one of t

Status of Intel-related vulnerabilities and bugs?

2018-04-10 Thread Niclas Arndt
Hello, I'm trying to get my head around all the recent Intel-related vulnerabilities and bugs and what they mean for the practical usefulness of my not-so-old and still under warranty motherboards in the role of a secure Debian internet server. I have spent quite some time googling for both in

Re: No sound in Debian Stretch

2018-04-10 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi, deloptes. On 10/04/18 19:36, deloptes wrote: >> Has anyone experienced something like that and has some clue how to fix >> it? > try > alsamixer -c0 > or > amixer -c0 > and see if something is muted there > usually 0 is the alsacard driver - it might be other index for you though This is th

Re: No sound in Debian Stretch

2018-04-10 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi, Ben. On 10/04/18 19:51, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > On 11/04/18 10:15, Daniel Bareiro wrote: >>  From one day to the next I ran out of sound in Debian Stretch. It's >> strange because I don't remember making any changes and everything was >> running without problem. >> I installed pavucontrol

Re: No sound in Debian Stretch

2018-04-10 Thread deloptes
Daniel Bareiro wrote: > Hi, deloptes. > > On 10/04/18 19:36, deloptes wrote: > >>> Has anyone experienced something like that and has some clue how to fix >>> it? > >> try >> alsamixer -c0 >> or >> amixer -c0 >> and see if something is muted there >> usually 0 is the alsacard driver - it might

Re: SSD's and many edits of a single file

2018-04-10 Thread David Christensen
On 04/09/18 20:58, Gene Heskett wrote: On Monday 09 April 2018 21:25:34 David Christensen wrote: On 04/09/18 07:30, Gene Heskett wrote: On Monday 09 April 2018 09:51:37 Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 09:46:07AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: To your original problem, have yo

Re: graphic tablet controls

2018-04-10 Thread Bruce Byfield
"how recent a kernel do you have? what version of Debian are you on? what desktop?" I'm running stretch, using a 4.9.0-6 kernel. The problem exists on all the major desktops including GNOME, KDE, Cinammon, and LXDE, so the problem is unlikely to be the desktop "First of all check if your Wacom