On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 14:14:11 +1000
Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 05:27:44PM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> > On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 20:32:03 +0100
> > Joe wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 11:24:59 -0400
> > > Dan Ritter wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > > The majority of machines
On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 09:56:58AM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
is anybody maintaining lxc in Debian? I have the impression that
it has been orphaned. And I don't dare to hope for #768073 anymore.
Ah yes I'd forgotten about that (I was involved for a while). But
looking at the current status it'
On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 04:54:53PM -0400, Matthew Crews wrote:
Separate partitions
Pros: if your / partition drive fails, it does not take /home with it
You are conflating drives and partitions, here. Both partitions could be
on the same physical drive, and a drive failure would affect both in
Hello everyone!
I had an installation of debian stable (stretch) which was fully upgraded
something
like a couple of months ago. Then I passed it to testing (buster).
Now I'm facing this situation:
* 5031 installed packages
* 1292 upgradable packages
If I do a normal upgrade, 676 packages are to
Hi,
i'm using stretch-backports but i can't get the full upgrade to Nvidia
390.67. The aptitude log shows:
Aptitude 0.8.7: log report
Mon, Jul 9 2018 14:04:18 +0200
Will install 9 packages, and remove 0 packages.
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libegl1-mesa:amd64 13
On 2018-07-08 17:41, John Darrah wrote:
On 7/8/2018 7:00 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
Until this thread I didn't have concept of "stream editor", much less
the existence of "sed".
I had heard of "AWK", but had an image of it being a regex parser.
Awk is easy to learn because it is a minimal la
On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 01:16:09PM +0100, mick crane wrote:
> I'd like to learn some awk having found it handy once.
> apt says mawk is installed
>
> in /usr/bin I have
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Apr 2 22:29 awk -> /etc/alternatives/awk
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 658072 Jan 25 12:55
Hi all,
I'm getting messages like this in auth.log:
PAM-CGFS[xxx]: Failed to get list of controllers
Web searches generally hint at a link with LXC, and this is on an LXC
host, but doesn't seem to directly relate to the containers - it shows
up when anyone logs in, starts a cron session, or simi
On 2018-07-08 12:18, Andy Smith wrote:
Hello,
On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 07:39:07AM +0200, john doe wrote:
The issue here is that we don't know what the OP wants
A situation sadly familiar when dealing with this particular
poster's threads.
Also in the general case, if you ever find yourself pa
On 2018-07-10 13:31, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 01:16:09PM +0100, mick crane wrote:
I'd like to learn some awk having found it handy once.
apt says mawk is installed
in /usr/bin I have
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Apr 2 22:29 awk ->
/etc/alternatives/awk
-rwxr-xr-x 1
On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 12:55:26 +0200
sgarrulo wrote:
> Hello everyone!
> I had an installation of debian stable (stretch) which was fully
> upgraded something like a couple of months ago. Then I passed it to
> testing (buster).
>
> Now I'm facing this situation:
> * 5031 installed packages
> * 129
On 7/10/2018 2:16 PM, mick crane wrote:
On 2018-07-08 17:41, John Darrah wrote:
On 7/8/2018 7:00 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
Until this thread I didn't have concept of "stream editor", much less
the existence of "sed".
I had heard of "AWK", but had an image of it being a regex parser.
Awk is
Hi folks,
I know, I had discussed a similar question ago, but testing is still a miracle
for me.
Is there an automatism, why or when packages got removed from testing or ist
this always done manually by the developers?
This time I struggled about "cqrlog", which was accepted in testing, then
On 7/10/18, sgarrulo wrote:
> Hello everyone!
> I had an installation of debian stable (stretch) which was fully upgraded
> something
> like a couple of months ago. Then I passed it to testing (buster).
>
> Now I'm facing this situation:
> * 5031 installed packages
> * 1292 upgradable packages
>
>
On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 09:39:44AM -0400, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
>
> Hi.. Been there, done that, filed a bug, got fussed at, vented here at
> Debian-User. Moral of the Story: I don't file ANY BUGS anymore. I
> spend that time advocating important subjects related to #Life
> instead. lol!
>
Sadly
On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 03:31:09PM +0200, Hans wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I know, I had discussed a similar question ago, but testing is still a
> miracle
> for me.
>
> Is there an automatism, why or when packages got removed from testing or ist
> this always done manually by the developers?
>
>
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 11:38:41PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 07:05:52PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > > > You're both missing the main poin
Hi Robert,
thanks for your quick response. So, doi I see this correct and can I say:
There is an automatismn for a package removal, which will be interrupted, when
the maintainer is responding within a period of time and the reason for the
removal was eliminated (i.e. fixed a bug or uploaded a
On 2018-07-10 at 06:55, sgarrulo wrote:
> Hello everyone!
> I had an installation of debian stable (stretch) which was fully
> upgraded something like a couple of months ago. Then I passed it to
> testing (buster).
>
> Now I'm facing this situation:
> * 5031 installed packages
> * 1292 upgradabl
On 2018-07-10 at 10:10, Hans wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> thanks for your quick response. So, doi I see this correct and can I
> say: There is an automatismn for a package removal, which will be
> interrupted, when the maintainer is responding within a period of
> time and the reason for the removal w
Please also note, tzhat there is a difference, between using apt (apt-get) and
aptitude.
The way, I prefewr, is using apt-get upgrade (which installs only newer
packages, and let the problematic ones uninstalled), then using apt-get full-
upgrade.
When there are packages deinstalled, reinstall
>
> For myself, I track stable+testing, dist-upgrade on at least a weekly
> basis, and deal with occasional breakage when it happens.
So do I. But in the past I (some years agho) I ran unstable but never got iun
big trouble (I believe, I wa just luicky, wasn't I?)
Best
Hans
On Tuesday 10 July 2018 10:09:04 Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 11:38:41PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 07:05:52PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM -0400,
On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 10:27:19AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
>
> (I'm really surprised to see someone with an @debian.org address
> advising people to run unstable for any other reason than helping with
> developing Debian.
I say that because testing gets "stuck" in various ways. In particular,
On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 04:10:22PM +0200, Hans wrote:
>
> Most users I am supporting are using stable, but some are using testing.
> Should I advise them to upgrade tu unstable?
>
For non-production use, unstable or testing should be fine. Both will
be broken from time-to-time. The question is
On 7/10/18, The Wanderer wrote:
>
> (I'm really surprised to see someone with an @debian.org address
> advising people to run unstable for any other reason than helping with
> developing Debian. Cherry-picking a single package from unstable for
> new-version reasons may be one thing, but tracking
On Mon 09 Jul 2018 at 19:05:52 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > > You're both missing the main point, which is that a Brother
> > > printer with BRscript/3 is essentially a
On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 12:53:20PM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> On Mon 09 Jul 2018 at 19:05:52 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > > > You're both missing the main point,
On Sun 08 Jul 2018 at 07:47:48 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 07/06/2018 03:47 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >In response to a unrelated post to a LUG, I was asked if I had a
> >separate /home directory. Short answer -- no.
> >
> >I abandoned WinXP when Jessie had become stable.
> >The installer
On Fri 06 Jul 2018 at 06:25:43 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
> I multi-boot several configurations &/or releases of Debian.
> I will run identical test scripts on each.
> I want to store the results in a common logging file.
If you're going to compare your test runs, you might be better off
stori
I have those files except the last htl one.
I should have added that I have been running this macine for years and
this started recently, a month or two I think.
On Tue, 10 Jul 2018, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:37:19PM +0100, John wrote:
A short time ago I sought your
On Tue 10 Jul 2018 at 14:20:50 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 12:53:20PM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> > On Mon 09 Jul 2018 at 19:05:52 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM -040
On 7/10/2018 8:40 PM, David Wright wrote:
On Fri 06 Jul 2018 at 06:25:43 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
I multi-boot several configurations &/or releases of Debian.
I will run identical test scripts on each.
I want to store the results in a common logging file.
If you're going to compare your
On Tue 10 Jul 2018 at 12:53:20 -0500, David Wright wrote:
> On Mon 09 Jul 2018 at 19:05:52 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > > > You're both missing the main point, whi
sgarrulo:
>
> I had an installation of debian stable (stretch) which was fully upgraded
> something
> like a couple of months ago. Then I passed it to testing (buster).
There should not be that many changes, but I generally would only
upgrade to a newer release when the current system is up-to-da
On 07/10/2018 01:28 PM, David Wright wrote:
[snip]
Is it a big enough topic to deserve a whole article? I would expect
articles on partitioning to mention it in passing, as for example:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/partitioning
That, with the benefit of article it references, is exactly
On 07/10/2018 01:40 PM, David Wright wrote:
On Fri 06 Jul 2018 at 06:25:43 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
I multi-boot several configurations &/or releases of Debian.
I will run identical test scripts on each.
I want to store the results in a common logging file.
If you're going to compare you
On Fri 06 Jul 2018 at 08:41:58 (+), Curt wrote:
> On 2018-07-06, David Wright wrote:
>
> > Hmm, I struggle to see the connection between what I asked for and
> > what you wrote. From your later post, I guess the answer is that
> > editing /etc/debian_version risks provoking expletives from ot
Greetings;
I want to set up a VPN for several computers in my house
that are all on a local network.
And suggestions, hints, warnings?
TIA!!
Dennis
Dennis Wicks writes:
> I want to set up a VPN for several computers in my house that are all
> on a local network.
What do you mean by “set up a VPN”?
Is it sufficient to pay someone else to host the VPN, and your computers
connect to that VPN managed by someone else?
Do you expect to manage t
On Tuesday 10 July 2018 19:26:17 Ben Finney wrote:
> Dennis Wicks writes:
> > I want to set up a VPN for several computers in my house that are
> > all on a local network.
>
> What do you mean by “set up a VPN”?
>
> Is it sufficient to pay someone else to host the VPN, and your
> computers connec
Dennis Wicks writes:
> Greetings;
>
> I want to set up a VPN for several computers in my house
> that are all on a local network.
>
> And suggestions, hints, warnings?
Your question as stated doesn't really explain why you want a VPN, and
what you're planning to do with it. All you've mentioned
On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 12:31:06PM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> On Wed 30 Aug 2017 at 17:27:31 (+0200), Christian Seiler wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Am 2017-08-29 11:57, schrieb Kala Techies:
> > >I am using (Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.10 (squeeze)) in my environment and I
> > >want to update all syste
On 7/10/18 3:28 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 04:54:53PM -0400, Matthew Crews wrote:
>> Separate partitions
>> Pros: if your / partition drive fails, it does not take /home with it
>
> You are conflating drives and partitions, here. Both partitions could be
> on the same ph
On 7/10/18 5:14 AM, mlnl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i'm using stretch-backports but i can't get the full upgrade to Nvidia
> 390.67. The aptitude log shows:
>
> Aptitude 0.8.7: log report
> Mon, Jul 9 2018 14:04:18 +0200
> Will install 9 packages, and remove 0 packages.
> =
On an ultraslim (ACER swift 3) I have no CDROM no Ethernet, only an USB key.
I have installed stretch (without GUI) from the USB key, and now I want
to install connman, but I do not success to apt-cdrom on an USB.
I have googled but did not find a correct howto to do that...
Thanks in advance
P
On 7/11/2018 7:10 AM, Pierre Couderc wrote:
On an ultraslim (ACER swift 3) I have no CDROM no Ethernet, only an USB
key.
I have installed stretch (without GUI) from the USB key, and now I want
to install connman, but I do not success to apt-cdrom on an USB.
I have googled but did not find a cor
On 7/11/2018 7:55 AM, Pierre Couderc wrote:
On 07/11/2018 07:27 AM, john doe wrote:
On 7/11/2018 7:10 AM, Pierre Couderc wrote:
On an ultraslim (ACER swift 3) I have no CDROM no Ethernet, only an
USB key.
I have installed stretch (without GUI) from the USB key, and now I
want to install connma
On 7/10/18 12:36 PM, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 09:56:58AM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
>> is anybody maintaining lxc in Debian? I have the impression that
>> it has been orphaned. And I don't dare to hope for #768073 anymore.
>
> Ah yes I'd forgotten about that (I was involv
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