Re: Error while upgrading from Wheezy to Stretch

2018-04-12 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 07:57:07PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 11 Apr 2018 at 15:31:32 (-0400), David Parker wrote: > > I am trying to upgrade two test boxes from Wheezy to Stretch (skipping > > Jessie). The upgrade worked on one of them, although I ran into errors and > > had to run "apt-

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

2018-04-12 Thread rhkramer
On Wednesday, April 11, 2018 03:27:48 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > What seems to be lost on you folks not running realtime patched kernels, > is that when linuxcnc is running, it has total control over the > hardware, and that linux becomes a client of the realtime system, > getting what cpu time is le

Re: Status of Intel-related vulnerabilities and bugs?

2018-04-12 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 10 Apr 2018, Niclas Arndt wrote: > 1. Can the latest microcode updates still in stretch-backports be > trusted to run properly by now? > https://newsroom.intel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/04/microcode-update-guidance.pdf Yes, these microcode updates are stable. The same might or

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

2018-04-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 12 April 2018 07:44:39 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday, April 11, 2018 03:27:48 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > > What seems to be lost on you folks not running realtime patched > > kernels, is that when linuxcnc is running, it has total control over > > the hardware, and that linux

Re: ACPI Error on boot

2018-04-12 Thread Anil Duggirala
On Mon, Apr 9, 2018, at 11:55 AM, Anil Duggirala wrote: > hello, > I am getting an error on boot in my dual boot Win 10-Debian 9 system, > ACPI Error: Cannot release Mutex [PATM], not acquired (20160831/ > exmutex-393) > ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB.PCI0.LPCB.ECDV._Q66] > (Nod

Re: ACPI Error on boot

2018-04-12 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 08:09:08AM -0500, Anil Duggirala wrote: > On Mon, Apr 9, 2018, at 11:55 AM, Anil Duggirala wrote: > > hello, > > I am getting an error on boot in my dual boot Win 10-Debian 9 system, > > ACPI Error: Cannot release Mutex [PATM]

Re: ACPI Error on boot

2018-04-12 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Thu, 12 Apr 2018, Anil Duggirala wrote: > On Mon, Apr 9, 2018, at 11:55 AM, Anil Duggirala wrote: > > I am getting an error on boot in my dual boot Win 10-Debian 9 system, > > ACPI Error: Cannot release Mutex [PATM], not acquired (20160831/ > > exmutex-393) > > ACPI Error: Method parse/executi

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

2018-04-12 Thread rhkramer
Thanks! On Thursday, April 12, 2018 08:43:50 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 12 April 2018 07:44:39 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On 2nd reading, I think the answer is yes, i.e., if I have a midi > > program making use of the / a real time kernel, it will have total > > control of the machin

Re: Error while upgrading from Wheezy to Stretch

2018-04-12 Thread songbird
David Parker wrote: ... given they are test boxes you should go straight to reinstall from netinst image or whatever you can get that will do it. :) much much faster than trying to fiddle around with upgrades. especially when many versions in between. of course, always check installation

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

2018-04-12 Thread songbird
Gene Heskett wrote: ... > Lots of other stuff that would be TL;DR for most here. i'm actually facinated by this level of knowledge and wish i had such toys around for milling some rocks into carvings so i wouldn't have to do it by hand... good fodder for daydreaming. :) songbird

Re: ACPI Error on boot

2018-04-12 Thread songbird
Anil Duggirala wrote: ... > Can someone please help me out, or let me know why Im not getting any help > with this, lack of details about machine, debian versions, things tried, etc, and for me being busy with other things for a while to even begin to look at this message to begin with. s

Re: graphic tablet controls

2018-04-12 Thread songbird
Bruce Byfield wrote: ... > The Intuos Draw is clearly supported to a degree, because I am using > it as a replacement. have you read through this site? https://linuxwacom.github.io/ songbird

Re: ACPI Error on boot

2018-04-12 Thread Anil Duggirala
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018, at 8:31 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > Is there any negative effect on your boot you link to this > message? > I do not understand the wording of this question, could you please rephrase it? I did not link anything to my O post. The only negative effect I see is the error

Re: ACPI Error on boot

2018-04-12 Thread Anil Duggirala
> Assuming the kernel is not broken, it means that the firmware writers > screwed it up, and are trying to release a lock (mutex) that was not > taken. > I am also getting missing firmware notices, namely, [9.269384] ath10k_pci :03:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/pre-cal-pci-:0

Re: ACPI Error on boot

2018-04-12 Thread Anil Duggirala
> have you updated BIOS to latest version from machine > vendor? > I have not, I will see if there is a newer version. I am running Debian Stretch on a Dell 3580 Latitude machine. I have not tried anything so far to fix this error, thanks a lot,

Re: ACPI Error on boot

2018-04-12 Thread Michael Lange
On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 11:40:15 -0500 Anil Duggirala wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2018, at 8:31 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > Is there any negative effect on your boot you link to this > > message? > > > > I do not understand the wording of this question, could you please > rephrase it? I did no

Re: ACPI Error on boot

2018-04-12 Thread Anil Duggirala
> I think what he means could be said in other words for example like "Is > there any negative effect when the machine boots that you believe is > related to this error message?" > I am also getting notices of missing firmware, that is the only other thing I have noticed, thanks,

Re: Error while upgrading from Wheezy to Stretch

2018-04-12 Thread David Wright
On Thu 12 Apr 2018 at 06:42:33 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote: > On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 07:57:07PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 11 Apr 2018 at 15:31:32 (-0400), David Parker wrote: > > > I am trying to upgrade two test boxes from Wheezy to Stretch (skipping > > > Jessie). The upgrade worked o

Re: ACPI Error on boot

2018-04-12 Thread deloptes
Anil Duggirala wrote: >> have you updated BIOS to latest version from machine >> vendor? >> > > I have not, I will see if there is a newer version. I am running Debian > Stretch on a Dell 3580 Latitude machine. I have not tried anything so far > to fix this error, thanks a lot, what is referr

Re: Spurious character typed on console every ~20 secs until logged in

2018-04-12 Thread David Wright
On Thu 29 Mar 2018 at 21:19:38 (+0100), Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote: > David Wright: > > >an extra ^@ character¹ > > > > Unix & Linux Stack Exchange had this last year. These look like very different symptoms. Taken in reverse order, > * https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/360830/ The

Re: changing local domain name

2018-04-12 Thread David Wright
On Tue 03 Apr 2018 at 08:37:29 (+0200), john doe wrote: > On 3/30/2018 6:11 PM, David Wright wrote: > >On Fri 30 Mar 2018 at 08:05:31 (+0200), john doe wrote: > >>On 3/29/2018 9:56 PM, mick crane wrote: > >>>On 2018-03-29 19:34, Curt wrote: > On 2018-03-29, mick crane wrote: > >following r

Re: ACPI Error on boot

2018-04-12 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 11:43:09AM -0500, Anil Duggirala wrote: > > Assuming the kernel is not broken, it means that the firmware writers > > screwed it up, and are trying to release a lock (mutex) that was not > > taken. > > > > I am also getting mi

Re: ACPI Error on boot

2018-04-12 Thread Felix Miata
to...@tuxteam.de composed on 2018-04-12 23:43 (UTC+0200): > On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 11:43:09AM -0500, Anil Duggirala wrote: >> Do you also recommend updating my BIOS? > I don't know. There are others around here with more experience in > that than me. IME, a BIOS update is usually the only way

Re: No sound in Debian Stretch

2018-04-12 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi, deloptes. On 12/04/18 02:29, deloptes wrote: >> Killing the 'pulseaudio' process solved the problem. Good to have sound >> again :) > Did you remove the .pulse directory before killing or not? I was checking, but that directory did not exist. So I simply tried killing the process directly.

Re: ACPI Error on boot

2018-04-12 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Thu, 12 Apr 2018, Anil Duggirala wrote: > I am also getting missing firmware notices, namely, > [9.269384] ath10k_pci :03:00.0: firmware: failed to load > ath10k/pre-cal-pci-:03:00.0.bin (-2) > [9.269386] ath10k_pci :03:00.0: Direct firmware load for > ath10k/pre-cal-pci-00

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

2018-04-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 12 April 2018 10:50:07 songbird wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > ... > > > Lots of other stuff that would be TL;DR for most here. > > i'm actually facinated by this level of knowledge and > wish i had such toys around for milling some rocks into > carvings so i wouldn't have to do it b