Re: batch process jpegs

2019-05-02 Thread mick crane
On 2019-05-01 21:17, Siard wrote: mick crane wrote: I've got a bunch of jpgs from the camera where the bits I want are a bit underexposed. What I'd like is a GUI that will batch process them. [] Any suggestions for available GUI that will batch process jpgs ? First, you could install gimp

Re: How do I trace changes in configuration files?

2019-05-02 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Erik, On Wed, May 01, 2019 at 11:35:48AM +0200, Erik Josefsson wrote: > I have tried to document my personal preferences before, but I have always > ended up with unreadable handwritten notes. > > This time I thought I should do it in a more systematic way by somehow > capture the difference b

Re: How do I trace changes in configuration files?

2019-05-02 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 David Wright wrote: > On Wed 01 May 2019 at 18:43:47 (+0200), Erik Josefsson wrote: >> Den 2019-05-01 kl. 13:29, skrev Dan Purgert: >>> [...] >> > Or you can use a revision tool. I ran across "rcs" a few years ago, and >> > while it's not something I

forcedeth?

2019-05-02 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; Ha anything been done to forcedeth since wheezy? I have installed the LCNC version of stretch on two machines so far, an old Dell GX520 and this machine, which has an Asus M2n-sli deluxe mobo, which has nvidia ethernet ports using forcedeth. The network was easy to make work aft

Re: forcedeth?

2019-05-02 Thread songbird
Gene Heskett wrote: ... > And theres no way to even trace its failure because strace is not > installed. The error message is very explicit, RTNETWORK, whatever the > heck that is, says "file exists", followed by "failed." > > Do I file a bug against forcedeth? or whats next? Or if someone is us

Is there a way to install Debian iso's from an existing installation onto a USB connected drive?

2019-05-02 Thread Albretch Mueller
something like: 1) download the iso's 2) go: /dev/sdb where "/dev/sdb" is the device a USB disk is linked to then you would plug the disk on your computer and take it from there For that I used to burn live DVD but there should be a better way lbrtchx

Re: Is there a way to install Debian iso's from an existing installation onto a USB connected drive?

2019-05-02 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Albretch Mueller wrote: > something like: > > 1) download the iso's > > 2) go: /dev/sdb > > where "/dev/sdb" is the device a USB disk is linked to Something like this, perhaps? dd if=debian.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE--

Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode?

2019-05-02 Thread Björn Persson
bw wrote: > Before you dump it, I'd sure confirm the situation, document the flags and > file a bug against the release notes, so maybe that can get fixed in > buster release notes? I filed this bug report: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=928340 Björn Persson pgpnminCguCUR.p

Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode?

2019-05-02 Thread Björn Persson
Michael Lange wrote: > maybe you can try to use kernel packages from Antix, they seem to be > debian compatible and still have 486 versions > (see: https://mirror.23media.com/mx-packages/antix/stretch/pool/main/l/) Hmm, possibly an option to consider. At a glance I don't see a way to combine repo

Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode?

2019-05-02 Thread Björn Persson
Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Most but not all areas that Geode CPUs previously covered, nowadays is > covered by ARM SoCs. You may find this useful: > https://wiki.debian.org/CheapServerBoxHardware Something ARM-based might well be a candidate, yes. Thanks for the list, but its requirements are pa

Re: Is there a way to install Debian iso's from an existing installation onto a USB connected drive?

2019-05-02 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Albretch Mueller (2019-05-02 14:42:08) > something like: > > 1) download the iso's > > 2) go: /dev/sdb > > where "/dev/sdb" is the device a USB disk is linked to > > then you would plug the disk on your computer and take it from there > > For that I used to burn live DVD but the

Re: Is there a way to install Debian iso's from an existing installation onto a USB connected drive?

2019-05-02 Thread An Liu
if you dont want to erase the existing contents of your USB stick (or you even dont need a USB stick) then grab vmlinuz and initrd from http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/main/installer-amd64/current/images/hd-media/ then place debian install iso of same version under root partition of

Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode?

2019-05-02 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Björn Persson (2019-05-02 15:04:53) > bw wrote: > > Before you dump it, I'd sure confirm the situation, document the > > flags and file a bug against the release notes, so maybe that can > > get fixed in buster release notes? > > I filed this bug report: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin

Re: Is there a way to install Debian iso's from an existing installation onto a USB connected drive?

2019-05-02 Thread tomas
On Thu, May 02, 2019 at 03:12:46PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: [...] > There is a cargo cult preaching the use of "dd" but that tool is like > cutting trees with scissors: The wrong tool for the job! No cargo cult at all. Each tool has its advantages. The two I appreciate in dd are: - stat

Re: Is there a way to install Debian iso's from an existing installation onto a USB connected drive?

2019-05-02 Thread Brian
On Thu 02 May 2019 at 15:12:46 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Albretch Mueller (2019-05-02 14:42:08) > > something like: > > > > 1) download the iso's > > > > 2) go: /dev/sdb > > > > where "/dev/sdb" is the device a USB disk is linked to > > > > then you would plug the disk on

Re: Is there a way to install Debian iso's from an existing installation onto a USB connected drive?

2019-05-02 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Albretch Mueller (2019-05-02 14:42:08) >> something like: >> >> 1) download the iso's >> >> 2) go: /dev/sdb >> >> where "/dev/sdb" is the device a USB disk is linked to >> >> then you would plug the

Re: Is there a way to install Debian iso's from an existing installation onto a USB connected drive?

2019-05-02 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i am trying to make sense of the title of this thread. If it is about putting an existing individual Debian installation as bootable ISO system onto an USB stick: Difficult, at best. If it is about replacing the use of Debian Live on DVD by Debian Live on USB stick, then the proposals of dd

Re: Is there a way to install Debian iso's from an existing installation onto a USB connected drive?

2019-05-02 Thread tomas
On Thu, May 02, 2019 at 02:30:30PM -, Dan Purgert wrote: [...] > > sudo cp downloaded_image /dev/sdb > > That's just going to put debian-whatever.iso on the drive ... perhaps > you meant cat? No. Actually cp and cat will do the same (assuming /dev/sdb is the device file). signature.asc

Re: Is there a way to install Debian iso's from an existing installation onto a USB connected drive?

2019-05-02 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Brian (2019-05-02 16:01:31) > On Thu 02 May 2019 at 15:12:46 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > Quoting Albretch Mueller (2019-05-02 14:42:08) > > > something like: > > > > > > 1) download the iso's > > > > > > 2) go: /dev/sdb > > > > > > where "/dev/sdb" is the device a USB disk

Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode?

2019-05-02 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Björn Persson (2019-05-02 15:07:00) > Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Most but not all areas that Geode CPUs previously covered, nowadays > > is covered by ARM SoCs. You may find this useful: > > https://wiki.debian.org/CheapServerBoxHardware > > Something ARM-based might well be a candidat

Re: How do I trace changes in configuration files?

2019-05-02 Thread Lee
On 5/1/19, David Wright wrote: > > As for finding where the information went, I sometimes use > # find /boot /etc /home /lib /lib64 /var -type f -mmin -1440 -print | less # > one day > but changing 1440 to something more appropriate, like 10 (mins). You can use "find -newer" and not have to guess/

Re: Is there a way to install Debian iso's from an existing installation onto a USB connected drive?

2019-05-02 Thread Brian
On Thu 02 May 2019 at 17:09:26 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Brian (2019-05-02 16:01:31) > > > > I use cat downloaded_image > /dev/sdb > > Is there some benefit to that over cp? None that I know of; it's just something I've used since isohybrids came along. > Reason I prefer cp is

Re: Is there a way to install Debian iso's from an existing installation onto a USB connected drive?

2019-05-02 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 wrote: > On Thu, May 02, 2019 at 02:30:30PM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > > [...] > >> > sudo cp downloaded_image /dev/sdb >> >> That's just going to put debian-whatever.iso on the drive ... perhaps >> you meant cat? > > No. Actually cp and cat will

Re: forcedeth?

2019-05-02 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 02/05/2019 à 13:25, Gene Heskett a écrit : Ha anything been done to forcedeth since wheezy? Why are you asking ? I have installed the LCNC version of stretch What is LCNC and how does if differ from vanilla stretch ? The network was easy to make work after the install (the installer d

Re: Is there a way to install Debian iso's from an existing installation onto a USB connected drive?

2019-05-02 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Brian (2019-05-02 19:35:07) > On Thu 02 May 2019 at 17:09:26 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Quoting Brian (2019-05-02 16:01:31) > > > Which is why I have a udev rule with > > > > > > SUBSYSTEM=="block", ATTRS{removable}=="1", GROUP="floppy" > > > > > > in it. I might stop doing that

Re: Is there a way to install Debian iso's from an existing installation onto a USB connected drive?

2019-05-02 Thread Brian
On Thu 02 May 2019 at 20:21:39 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Brian (2019-05-02 19:35:07) > > On Thu 02 May 2019 at 17:09:26 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > Quoting Brian (2019-05-02 16:01:31) > > > > Which is why I have a udev rule with > > > > > > > > SUBSYSTEM=="block", ATTRS{

Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode?

2019-05-02 Thread Brian
On Thu 02 May 2019 at 15:27:30 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Björn Persson (2019-05-02 15:04:53) > > bw wrote: > > > Before you dump it, I'd sure confirm the situation, document the > > > flags and file a bug against the release notes, so maybe that can > > > get fixed in buster relea

Re: How do I trace changes in configuration files?

2019-05-02 Thread David Wright
On Thu 02 May 2019 at 12:12:19 (-0400), Lee wrote: > On 5/1/19, David Wright wrote: > > > > As for finding where the information went, I sometimes use > > # find /boot /etc /home /lib /lib64 /var -type f -mmin -1440 -print | less # > > one day > > but changing 1440 to something more appropriate, li

Re: forcedeth?

2019-05-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 02 May 2019 14:18:53 Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 02/05/2019 à 13:25, Gene Heskett a écrit : > > Ha anything been done to forcedeth since wheezy? > > Why are you asking ? > > > I have installed the LCNC version of stretch > > What is LCNC and how does if differ from vanilla stretch ? P

Re: How do I trace changes in configuration files?

2019-05-02 Thread Lee
On 5/2/19, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 02 May 2019 at 12:12:19 (-0400), Lee wrote: >> On 5/1/19, David Wright wrote: >> > >> > As for finding where the information went, I sometimes use >> > # find /boot /etc /home /lib /lib64 /var -type f -mmin -1440 -print | >> > less # >> > one day >> > but ch

Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode?

2019-05-02 Thread deloptes
Björn Persson wrote: > bw wrote: >> Before you dump it, I'd sure confirm the situation, document the flags >> and file a bug against the release notes, so maybe that can get fixed in >> buster release notes? > > I filed this bug report: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=928340 >

Re: Is Debian 9 supposed to work on a Geode?

2019-05-02 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 2 May 2019 20:49:28 +0100 Brian wrote: [...] > In #917569 > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=917569 > > Francesco Poli treats upgrading one buster Soekris net5501 installation > to another one. This implies he might very well have been running that > device on stretc

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-02 Thread Emanuel Berg
Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Add file > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99aptitude-list-suite-local > eith the following one-line content: > > aptitude::UI::Package-Display-Format "%c%a%M%S %p %Z %t %v %V"; > > ...and install and use aptitude in fullscreen > mode (i.e. start it with no non-option > arguments).

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-02 Thread Emanuel Berg
Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > You can check what branches have the package > you want with "rmadison" command. > > Example: > $ sudo apt install devscripts > $ rmadison linux-image-amd64 > linux-image-amd64 | 3.16+63+deb8u2  | oldstable | amd64, i386 > linux-image-amd64 | 4.9+80+deb9u7  

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-02 Thread Emanuel Berg
David Wright wrote: > $ apt-cache dump | grep -A 2 '^Package:' | grep -B 2 '^ File:' | sed -e > 'N;N;s/\n/ /g;s/ \+/ /g;N' | grep -v '^--' | sort >> "$Unique1" > $ dpkg-query -W -f '^Package: ${Package} \n' | grep --file=- "$Unique1" | sort That's some heavy parsing, only I don't get it to work.

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-02 Thread Emanuel Berg
Francisco M Neto wrote: >> But is there a way to find out/confirm from >> which release is a certain pack? > > You're looking for apt-cache policy. [...] > > $ apt-cache policy gnome-core > gnome-core: > Installed: 1:3.30+1 > Candidate: 1:3.30+1 > Version table: > *** 1:3.30+1 900 >

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-02 Thread Emanuel Berg
Toni Mas wrote: > apt-show-versions script are useful as well. > apt-show-versions is a package itself. It sure is and it sure is exactly what I'm looking for with no need to parse the output to get it exactly to the point: $ apt-show-versions w3m-el-snapshot w3m-el-snapshot:all/testing 1.4.632+

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-02 Thread Emanuel Berg
One can also do it like this: $ aptitude versions w3m-el-snapshot Package w3m-el-snapshot: p 1.4.569+0.20170110-1 stable 500 i 1.4.632+0.20181112-2 testing 800 -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573

which mutt?

2019-05-02 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Debian 9 (amd64), I installed Mutt. The synaptic description says the package is 1.7.2 and has neoMutt patches. But the "V" command in Mutt reports the version as "NeoMutt 20170113 (1.7.2)". I searched and read a number of list threads on the matter of Mutt vs. neoMutt, but most of the th

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-02 Thread tomas
On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 03:46:50AM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > > $ apt-cache dump | grep -A 2 '^Package:' | grep -B 2 '^ File:' | sed -e > > 'N;N;s/\n/ /g;s/ \+/ /g;N' | grep -v '^--' | sort >> "$Unique1" > > $ dpkg-query -W -f '^Package: ${Package} \n' | grep --file=- "$