Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory

2018-12-01 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 11/30/2018 09:22 AM, Hans wrote: Am Freitag, 30. November 2018, 18:14:40 CET schrieb Default User: When you are using a seperate home-partition you can easily install the whole system new - and all user specific content will be saved and will not have to configured by the user(s) again. In

Re: lpic certification courses

2018-12-01 Thread mj
Hi! Thanks everybody for the interesting responses/discussion. MJ On 11/29/18 2:51 AM, Andy Smith wrote: Hello, On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 09:50:05AM +0100, mj wrote: Any tips for other good online lpic prep courses..? My early dealings with LPI as an organisation put me off of it for life so

Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory

2018-12-01 Thread Curt
On 2018-12-01, Jimmy Johnson wrote: >>> >>> Opinions, please. > > I dislike top posting. That isn't an opinion. This is an opinion. -- He used sentences differently from any other prose writer. He always sounded like a slightly drunk man who is very melancholy, who has no illusions about life,

Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory

2018-12-01 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, November 30, 2018 07:26:33 PM Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 30 November 2018 13:58:52 Michael Stone wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 05:23:09PM +, Michael Thompson wrote: > > >Because if your root partition fails, you can reinstall and all your > > > > > > files are safe on their

Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory

2018-12-01 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, December 01, 2018 02:54:22 AM Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 01/12/2018 à 03:21, Ric Moore a écrit : > > On 11/30/18 8:45 PM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Why bother with /opt -- iirc, /opt is for optional software, not user > >> data. > > Right. > > > True true, but you may select th

Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory

2018-12-01 Thread David Wright
On Sat 01 Dec 2018 at 10:02:29 (-0500), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, November 30, 2018 07:26:33 PM Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 30 November 2018 13:58:52 Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 05:23:09PM +, Michael Thompson wrote: > > > >Because if your root partition

Re: An appropriate directory search tool?

2018-12-01 Thread David Wright
On Tue 30 Oct 2018 at 09:52:52 (-0500), David Wright wrote: > On Fri 19 Oct 2018 at 12:03:42 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 10:48:42AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > find . -type f -exec chmod a-wx {} \; > > > > For this one, you probably want to replace \; with + to g

Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory

2018-12-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 01 December 2018 10:02:29 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, November 30, 2018 07:26:33 PM Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 30 November 2018 13:58:52 Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 05:23:09PM +, Michael Thompson wrote: > > > >Because if your root partition

Latest kernel gives blank screen when it boots

2018-12-01 Thread Frank McCormick
I have spent the last several days setting up Fedora on another partition. When it came to boot back into Debian Sid this morning I discovered my screen goes blank after the first few seconds. The previous kernel is fine. 4.18.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.18.10-2 (2018-11-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux This

Latest kernel gives blank screen when it boots

2018-12-01 Thread Frank McCormick
I have spent the last several days setting up Fedora on another partition. When it came to boot back into Debian Sid this morning I discovered my screen goes blank after the first few seconds. The previous kernel is fine. 4.18.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.18.10-2 (2018-11-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux This

Re: Latest kernel gives blank screen when it boots

2018-12-01 Thread Felix Miata
Frank McCormick composed on 2018-12-01 14:12 (UTC-0500): ... > Can anyone help? Where should I look first. Try purging xserver-xorg-video-intel and restarting the server. Last official release of that driver was over 4 years ago. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Debian-

Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many

2018-12-01 Thread David Wright
On Fri 30 Nov 2018 at 16:20:15 (+0100), Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote: > On 27-11-2018, at 13h 52'25", Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote about "issues with > stretch, issue 2 from many" > > I have issues with stretch, to many to count... > > This one will focus on the window manager startup. > > [...] > >

Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory

2018-12-01 Thread Joel Roth
On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 08:39:55PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 30 Nov 2018 at 11:23:57 (-1000), Joel Roth wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > > > Cliff's Notes Version Part I: Flaky USB connections are an important > > > factor! An accidentally disconnected USB connect

Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory

2018-12-01 Thread Brian
On Sat 01 Dec 2018 at 12:22:09 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 01 December 2018 10:02:29 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Friday, November 30, 2018 07:26:33 PM Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Friday 30 November 2018 13:58:52 Michael Stone wrote: > > > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 05:23:09PM

Re: Latest kernel gives blank screen when it boots

2018-12-01 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2018-12-01 14:12 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: > I have spent the last several days setting up Fedora on > another partition. When it came to boot back into Debian Sid > this morning I discovered my screen goes blank after the first > few seconds. Quite likely that's bug #914495[1]. #914980 a

Re: Latest kernel gives blank screen when it boots

2018-12-01 Thread Frank McCormick
On 12/1/18 2:39 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Frank McCormick composed on 2018-12-01 14:12 (UTC-0500): ... Can anyone help? Where should I look first. Try purging xserver-xorg-video-intel and restarting the server. Last official release of that driver was over 4 years ago. https://www.phoronix.c

Re: Latest kernel gives blank screen when it boots

2018-12-01 Thread Frank McCormick
On 12/1/18 3:18 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2018-12-01 14:12 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: I have spent the last several days setting up Fedora on another partition. When it came to boot back into Debian Sid this morning I discovered my screen goes blank after the first few seconds. Quite l

Re: Latest kernel gives blank screen when it boots

2018-12-01 Thread Felix Miata
Frank McCormick composed on 2018-12-01 17:19 (UTC-0500): > Felix Miata wrote: >> Frank McCormick composed on 2018-12-01 14:12 (UTC-0500): >> ... >>> Can anyone help? Where should I look first. >> Try purging xserver-xorg-video-intel and restarting the server. Last >> official release of that >>

Bastion server

2018-12-01 Thread Ilyass Kaouam
Hi, Please can you give me an equivalent off Wallix but open source? Thanks Ilyass KAOUAM SysAdmin

Re: Latest kernel gives blank screen when it boots

2018-12-01 Thread Frank McCormick
On 12/1/18 5:53 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Frank McCormick composed on 2018-12-01 17:19 (UTC-0500): Felix Miata wrote: Frank McCormick composed on 2018-12-01 14:12 (UTC-0500): ... Try purging xserver-xorg-video-intel and restarting the server. Last official release of that driver was over

Re: Bastion server

2018-12-01 Thread Dan Ritter
Ilyass Kaouam wrote: > Please can you give me an equivalent off Wallix but open source? Can you define what services Wallix provides? Your subject is "Bastion Host", which I usually think of as being a machine directly behind a firewall which offers certain services to the outside world, such a

Re: Latest kernel gives blank screen when it boots

2018-12-01 Thread Felix Miata
Frank McCormick composed on 2018-12-01 18:10 (UTC-0500): > Felix Miata wrote: >> Frank McCormick composed on 2018-12-01 17:19 (UTC-0500): >>> Felix Miata wrote: Frank McCormick composed on 2018-12-01 14:12 (UTC-0500): ... Try purging xserver-xorg-video-intel and restarting the s

Re: Latest kernel gives blank screen when it boots

2018-12-01 Thread Frank McCormick
On 12/1/18 7:05 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Frank McCormick composed on 2018-12-01 18:10 (UTC-0500): Felix Miata wrote: Frank McCormick composed on 2018-12-01 17:19 (UTC-0500): Felix Miata wrote: Frank McCormick composed on 2018-12-01 14:12 (UTC-0500): ... Try purging xserver-xorg-vid

Re: Latest kernel gives blank screen when it boots

2018-12-01 Thread Felix Miata
Frank McCormick composed on 2018-12-01 14:12 (UTC-0500): ... > Graphics: Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: > Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 > chip ID: 8086:0042 > Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.3 driver: intel resolution: > 1920x10