Re: 100Base-FX (SC) card PCI/PCIe

Hi Dan, Am 2018-11-09 hackte Dan Ritter in die Tasten: > 802.11(abcgnhjklq%) is plausible but suffers from a lot of > interference. We have (like in the USA) problems with criminals, using Wifi-Jammer. > Fiber is reasonably cheap, Yeah, I found which seems VERY cheap even f

Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome

On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 06:59:48PM +0300, Reco wrote: lxde-core depends on www-browser already (Suggests, actually, but that's irrelevant). So it might as well depend on this to-be-done x-www-browser. Yes. That's exactly what I am advocating in the bug I reported about this (=833268, in 2016).

Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome

On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 11:12:29AM +0900, John Crawley wrote: Can a package depend on a non-existant virtual package? It can, but this is likely a bug if it happens. Is x-www-browser due to be added to the official Debian virtual package list? I'm advocating for x-www-browser to exist, but

Re: Installing nvidia-driver removes xorg

Gregory Sharp schreef op 2018-11-08 19:01: I am currently running stretch with the nvidia display driver. The nvidia-driver package is not installed. Instead, the nvidia-kernel-dkms package and other packages needed for the display driver and CUDA are installed. While attempting an upgrade t

Re: 100Base-FX (SC) card PCI/PCIe

On Fri, 9 Nov 2018 12:40:03 +0200 "Michelle Konzack" wrote: > Hi Dan, > > Am 2018-11-09 hackte Dan Ritter in die Tasten: > > 802.11(abcgnhjklq%) is plausible but suffers from a lot of > > interference. > > We have (like in the USA) problems with criminals, using Wifi-Jammer. > > > Fiber is r

Mirror release file expired

On apt-get update, I see: Reading package lists... Done E: Release file for http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/debian/dists/buster/InRelease is expired (invalid since 17h 5min 48s). Updates for this repository will not be applied. What's the best way to communicate this to the folks who manage that pa

Pulseaudio as bluetooth Headset Audio Gateway (HSP/HFP)

Hi folks, I wonder if some of you uses pulseaudio with cell phone telephony. For me, I see in the pulseaudio configuration window a Headset Audio Gateway (HSP/HFP) with is offered by an Android phone. But the Buetooth blueman-manager refuses to set this audio profile. A2DP works fine though.

Re: 100Base-FX (SC) card PCI/PCIe

On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 12:40:03PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: Gigabit, as someone sugested, would require OM4 cables which are twice as expensive and also the Networkcards and switches. That's not correct; gigabit over this distance would require OM2 at most, and may even work over FDDI gr

Re: Mirror release file expired

On Fri 09 Nov 2018 at 08:32:57 -0500, Boyan Penkov wrote: > On apt-get update, I see: > > Reading package lists... Done > E: Release file for > http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/debian/dists/buster/InRelease is expired > (invalid since 17h 5min 48s). Updates for this repository will not be > applied.

Re: Mirror release file expired

On 11/9/18, Boyan Penkov wrote: > On apt-get update, I see: > > Reading package lists... Done > E: Release file for > http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/debian/dists/buster/InRelease is expired > (invalid since 17h 5min 48s). Updates for this repository will not be > applied. > > What's the best way to

Re: Mirror release file expired

On 11/9/18, Brian wrote: > On Fri 09 Nov 2018 at 08:32:57 -0500, Boyan Penkov wrote: > >> On apt-get update, I see: >> >> Reading package lists... Done >> E: Release file for >> http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/debian/dists/buster/InRelease is expired >> (invalid since 17h 5min 48s). Updates for this

Re: pushd/popd

From: Jonathan Dowland Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 09:46:34 + > They are not POSIX, I don't think they are covered by any subsequent > standard either ... OK, thanks. > ... not dash (by design) ... Why? Easy enough to use pushd/popd and easy enough to not it but I'm interested in the r

Re: Installing nvidia-driver removes xorg

On Fri, 09 Nov 2018 13:10:38 +0100 floris wrote: > Gregory Sharp schreef op 2018-11-08 19:01: > > > > Questions: > > > > 1) Why should xorg be uninstalled when nvidia-driver is installed? > > > > 2) What might be a recommended upgrade path for me? > > From bug 903770 [1]: > > ... the nvid

Re: pushd/popd

On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 06:20:01AM -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: ... not dash (by design) ... Why? Easy enough to use pushd/popd and easy enough to not it but I'm interested in the reasoning behind this choice. One of dash's design goals is to be a purely POSIX compatible shell*, so it del

Re: pushd/popd

On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 04:20:57PM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > One of dash's design goals is to be a purely POSIX compatible shell*, Not quite. > * they actually *do* implement some carefully defined extensions > according to the man page Yeah. It's not meant to be a litmus test for wheth

Re: Mystery interface reported by ip.

From: pe...@easthope.ca Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2018 06:03:42 -0700 > ... will have another look at this and make a better report. So here is the effective content of /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules. (The definition of collect follows and is in http://easthope.ca/DebianPage.html .)

Re: Mystery interface reported by ip.

Hi. On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 08:11:06AM -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: pe...@easthope.ca > Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2018 06:03:42 -0700 > > ... will have another look at this and make a better report. > > So here is the effective content of > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.

Re: Mystery interface reported by ip.

On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 08:11:06AM -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > 1) > egrep -v '(^ *#)|(^ *$)' $1 > ;; https://mywiki.wooledge.org/Quotes

Re: Pulseaudio as bluetooth Headset Audio Gateway (HSP/HFP)

Martin wrote: > I wonder if some of you uses pulseaudio with cell phone telephony. For me, > I see in the pulseaudio configuration window a Headset Audio Gateway > (HSP/HFP) with is offered by an Android phone. But the Buetooth > blueman-manager refuses to set this audio profile. A2DP works fine t

Re: pushd/popd

On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 11:26:37AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 04:20:57PM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: One of dash's design goals is to be a purely POSIX compatible shell*, Not quite. Fear not, I'm not confusing it with posh(1). That's my reading of the dash(1) manp

Re: Pulseaudio as bluetooth Headset Audio Gateway (HSP/HFP)

On 11/09, Martin wrote: Hi folks, I wonder if some of you uses pulseaudio with cell phone telephony. For me, I see in the pulseaudio configuration window a Headset Audio Gateway (HSP/HFP) with is offered by an Android phone. But the Buetooth blueman-manager refuses to set this audio profile.

portable CD players

Does anybody know about these portable CD players like Sony Discman ? On the PC I "play stories.m3u" where "stories.m3u" is just a list of mp3 files from librivox.org If I put them on a CD will Discman play them, with a menu selection ? Are they ATRAC or something ? Any particular format needed ?

Re: portable CD players

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 06:11:34 + mick crane wrote: Hello mick, >If I put them on a CD will Discman play them, with a menu selection ? Portable CD players of that type are usually audio CD players, they won't play .mp3, .ogg, or any other file type, for that matter. Insert a non-audio disc an

Re: portable CD players

On 2018-11-10 06:52, Brad Rogers wrote: On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 06:11:34 + mick crane wrote: Hello mick, If I put them on a CD will Discman play them, with a menu selection ? Portable CD players of that type are usually audio CD players, they won't play .mp3, .ogg, or any other file type,