Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread tomas
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 02:40:00AM +0200, deloptes wrote: > Ken Heard wrote: > > > Whenever I run this script -- or several others like it > > > > #!/bin/bash > > # Script to back up all browser files in directory /home/ken/mozilla. > > STARTDIR=$PWD > > cd /home/ken > > tar -czf /media/fde/backu

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread deloptes
Ken Heard wrote: > the archive.  It is properly mounted, and I can write files to it and > read those files.  As I said in my original post I am able to write > the archive successfully to /media/fde/backups/ by copying the tar > command line to a console and read the contents of the tarball. >

Re: What every programmer should know about memory, in 2019?

2019-10-25 Thread tomas
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 02:11:58AM +0200, deloptes wrote: > Boyan Penkov wrote: > > > Ulrich Drepper's piece on on-chip memory architectures is a fantastic > > read, and I recently had the chance to revisit it -- > > https://people.freebsd.org/~lstewart/articles/cpumemory.pdf > > > > I am writing

Re: Accessing a host with variable IP addresses / connection types

2019-10-25 Thread deloptes
Celejar wrote: > We had a long thread about this back in April [0], but no good solution > was presented, so I decided to design a framework to address this > problem. It's probably overkill, but it was a good opportunity to > practice my Perl in general, and learn how to write a web application >

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread Michael Howard
On 24/10/2019 23:37, Ken Heard wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Whenever I run this script -- or several others like it #!/bin/bash # Script to back up all browser files in directory /home/ken/mozilla. STARTDIR=$PWD cd /home/ken tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz --e

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread john doe
On 10/25/2019 9:16 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 02:40:00AM +0200, deloptes wrote: >> Ken Heard wrote: >> >>> Whenever I run this script -- or several others like it >>> >>> #!/bin/bash >>> # Script to back up all browser files in directory /home/ken/mozilla. >>> STARTDIR=$P

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread tomas
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 09:33:51AM +0200, john doe wrote: > On 10/25/2019 9:16 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 02:40:00AM +0200, deloptes wrote: > >> Ken Heard wrote: > >> > >>> Whenever I run this script -- or several others like it > >>> > >>> #!/bin/bash > >>> # Script to

Re: Firefox Seems to Have a Mind of It's Own

2019-10-25 Thread Brian
On Thu 24 Oct 2019 at 22:58:23 -0400, Ken Heard wrote: > Spelling error in the title. 'Its' as a possessive adjective does not > have an apostrophe. "It's" with the apostrophe is only used as a > contraction of 'it is' or 'it has'. Drawing attention to a spelling mistake may or may not be appre

Re: Accessing a host with variable IP addresses / connection types

2019-10-25 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:25:41 +0200 deloptes wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > > We had a long thread about this back in April [0], but no good solution > > was presented, so I decided to design a framework to address this > > problem. It's probably overkill, but it was a good opportunity to > > practi

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:33:09AM +0100, Michael Howard wrote: > On 24/10/2019 23:37, Ken Heard wrote: > > #!/bin/bash > > # Script to back up all browser files in directory /home/ken/mozilla. > > STARTDIR=$PWD > > cd /home/ken > > tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz --exclude-caches \ > >

Re: Accessing a host with variable IP addresses / connection types

2019-10-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:56:19AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > Basically, the home network uses 192.168.0.0/24, as do other LANS I > connect to. So change your home network.

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread Michael Howard
On 25/10/2019 14:11, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:33:09AM +0100, Michael Howard wrote: On 24/10/2019 23:37, Ken Heard wrote: #!/bin/bash # Script to back up all browser files in directory /home/ken/mozilla. STARTDIR=$PWD cd /home/ken tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz

Re: Firefox Seems to Have a Mind of It's Own

2019-10-25 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019, 5:39 AM Brian wrote: > On Thu 24 Oct 2019 at 22:58:23 -0400, Ken Heard wrote: > > > Spelling error in the title. 'Its' as a possessive adjective does not > > have an apostrophe. "It's" with the apostrophe is only used as a > > contraction of 'it is' or 'it has'. > > Drawin

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 02:28:02PM +0100, Michael Howard wrote: > On 25/10/2019 14:11, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:33:09AM +0100, Michael Howard wrote: > > > On 24/10/2019 23:37, Ken Heard wrote: > > > > #!/bin/bash > > > > # Script to back up all browser files in directory

Re: debian buster predeeding with error: no root filesystem defined

2019-10-25 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Eero Volotinen (2019-10-24 18:08:27) > Trying to create custom lvm preseeding partitions, but it just fails > with no root filesystem defined. any clues? > > Using this guide: > > https://secopsmonkey.com/custom-partioning-using-preseed.html Impossible with such little info. Look for w

firefox-esr update to 68.2.0esr-1~deb10u1: Popup while URL typing, blocked access across locally loaded frames

2019-10-25 Thread Linux-Fan
Hello Debian users, due to the recent security advisory, I have just installed the updated `firefox-esr` package. This caused three things: 1. In the running browser, I could no longer open tabs (it said something like the tab crashed). This was fixed by restarting the browser. 2. When at

Re: Accessing a host with variable IP addresses / connection types

2019-10-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 25 October 2019 09:13:31 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:56:19AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > Basically, the home network uses 192.168.0.0/24, as do other LANS I > > connect to. > > So change your home network. 192.168.0.## and 192.168.1.## are the last two blocks I would

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Ken Heard wrote: > Whenever I run this script -- or several others like it > [...] > tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrowsers.tgz --exclude-caches \ > - --wildcards -T docs/tarlists/kbrowsers.lst > [...] > it returns the following: > [...] > tar (child): /media/ssda/backups/kbrowsers.tgz: Cannot

Re: debian buster predeeding with error: no root filesystem defined

2019-10-25 Thread Eero Volotinen
Well. Debugging that preseed installer was too hard task .. Anyway. this worked: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/242408899/Ubuntu-LVM-Preseed-PartitionSection.txt Eero On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 5:09 PM Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Eero Volotinen (2019-10-24 18:08:27) > > Trying to create cu

Re: Accessing a host with variable IP addresses / connection types

2019-10-25 Thread john doe
On 10/25/2019 4:14 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 25 October 2019 09:13:31 Greg Wooledge wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:56:19AM -0400, Celejar wrote: >>> Basically, the home network uses 192.168.0.0/24, as do other LANS I >>> connect to. >> >> So change your home network. > > 192.168.0

Re: Debian Installer, Manual Partitioning is a Joke

2019-10-25 Thread Wayne Sallee
 Original Message  *Subject: *  Re: Debian Installer, Manual Partitioning is a Joke *From: * Wayne Sallee *To: * Debian-user *CC: * *Date: *  2019-10-23  10:37 AM  Original 

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread David Wright
On Fri 25 Oct 2019 at 03:45:45 (+0200), deloptes wrote: > Ken Heard wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 2019-10-24 7:12 p.m., Anuradha Weeraman wrote: > > > >> On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 06:37:08PM -0400, Ken Heard wrote: > >>> tar -czf /media/fde/backups/kbrow

Re: Debian Installer, Manual Partitioning is a Joke

2019-10-25 Thread Peter Ehlert
On 10/25/19 7:44 AM, Wayne Sallee wrote:  Original Message  *Subject: *  Re: Debian Installer, Manual Partitioning is a Joke *From: * Wayne Sallee *To: * Debian-user *CC: * *Date: *  2019-10-23  10:37 AM  Original Message  *Subject: *  Re: De

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread David Wright
On Fri 25 Oct 2019 at 14:28:02 (+0100), Michael Howard wrote: > On 25/10/2019 14:11, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:33:09AM +0100, Michael Howard wrote: > > > On 24/10/2019 23:37, Ken Heard wrote: > > > > #!/bin/bash > > > > # Script to back up all browser files in directory /h

Unnecessary packages?

2019-10-25 Thread J.Arun Mani
Hi. I recently installed Debain Buster GNOME Edition. I found a lot of apps which are rarely used by me. 1. Fcitx, Fcitx config - I don't what these apps do and they aren't even launching. 2. Anthy Dictionary - No use. 3. Cheese, Sound Recorder - My laptop doesn't have a camera or mic(:[). 4. Evo

plotutils: graph -TX: small

2019-10-25 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, I am using graph from the plotutils(1) package in order to have a quick plot. The X output format is small on my hightresolution screen (MacBookPro retina): how can I make it bigger ? I am looking for a permanent configuration. Thanks in advance, Jerome

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread The Wanderer
On 2019-10-25 at 11:37, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 25 Oct 2019 at 14:28:02 (+0100), Michael Howard wrote: > >> On 25/10/2019 14:11, Greg Wooledge wrote: >>> Untrue. I pointed out the flaws last time this subject was >>> discussed on this mailing list. Was that just a few days ago, or >>> was

Re: Accessing a host with variable IP addresses / connection types

2019-10-25 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:13:31 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:56:19AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > Basically, the home network uses 192.168.0.0/24, as do other LANS I > > connect to. > > So change your home network. I suppose I could, I just didn't feel like doing that just

Re: Accessing a host with variable IP addresses / connection types

2019-10-25 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 10:14:59 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 25 October 2019 09:13:31 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:56:19AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > Basically, the home network uses 192.168.0.0/24, as do other LANS I > > > connect to. > > > > So change your home

Re: Accessing a host with variable IP addresses / connection types

2019-10-25 Thread Dan Ritter
Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 10:14:59 -0400 > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Friday 25 October 2019 09:13:31 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:56:19AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > Basically, the home network uses 192.168.0.0/24, as do other LANS I > > > > connect

Re: Accessing a host with variable IP addresses / connection types

2019-10-25 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 12:55:32 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 10:14:59 -0400 > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > On Friday 25 October 2019 09:13:31 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:56:19AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > > Basically, th

Re: Accessing a host with variable IP addresses / connection types

2019-10-25 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 12:25:27 -0400 Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:13:31 -0400 > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:56:19AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > Basically, the home network uses 192.168.0.0/24, as do other LANS I > > > connect to. > > > > So change your home n

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread David Wright
On Fri 25 Oct 2019 at 11:49:46 (-0400), The Wanderer wrote: > On 2019-10-25 at 11:37, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 25 Oct 2019 at 14:28:02 (+0100), Michael Howard wrote: > >> On 25/10/2019 14:11, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > >>> Untrue. I pointed out the flaws last time this subject was > >>> discu

Re: Unnecessary packages?

2019-10-25 Thread nektarios
On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:21:18 + "J.Arun Mani" wrote: > Hi. > > I recently installed Debain Buster GNOME Edition. I found a > lot of apps which are rarely used by me. > 1. Fcitx, Fcitx config - I don't what these apps do and they aren't > even launching. 2. Anthy Dictionary - No use. > 3. Chee

Re: Script does not do what it is told to do

2019-10-25 Thread Michael Howard
On 25/10/2019 16:37, David Wright wrote: On Fri 25 Oct 2019 at 14:28:02 (+0100), Michael Howard wrote: On 25/10/2019 14:11, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 08:33:09AM +0100, Michael Howard wrote: On 24/10/2019 23:37, Ken Heard wrote: #!/bin/bash # Script to back up all browser fi

Re: Accessing a host with variable IP addresses / connection types

2019-10-25 Thread deloptes
Celejar wrote: > I'm not sure exactly what networking scheme you're describing, but I > explained why there's no easy, good solution in the original thread. > Basically, the home network uses 192.168.0.0/24, as do other LANS I > connect to. My VPN uses 10.0.0.0/24. When the laptop is connected > l

Re: Accessing a host with variable IP addresses / connection types

2019-10-25 Thread deloptes
deloptes wrote: > push  "route 10.1.1.0  255.255.255.0" > push  "route 192.168.1.0  255.255.255.0" as it seems the level is basic these both lines are here (AFAIR) to make it possible that different PCs in the VPN see each other and that the PC on the VPN see the home network. This is configurin

Re: Debian 8 how to install and run init.d scripts?

2019-10-25 Thread Steffen Dettmer
On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 9:32 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 09:26:57PM +0200, Steffen Dettmer wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 3:27 PM Greg Wooledge > wrote: > > > This is not correct. Debian's systemd will use init.d scripts in > > > compatibility mode. > > > > Ahh, this s

Re: Debian 8 how to install and run init.d scripts?

2019-10-25 Thread Steffen Dettmer
Hi, thanks for your reply. On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 5:45 AM Peter Wiersig wrote: > Steffen Dettmer writes: > > So you propose not to use init.d scripts. I usually prefer a simple shell > > script that is easy to test, systemd is just way to complex. > > Like Greg says, systemd units are reall

Re: Accessing a host with variable IP addresses / connection types

2019-10-25 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I use a much better supported system called Debian. It did > require me to spend a bit more on the firewall hardware, but on > the other hand it is tremendously speedy and configurable. I like this option as well, but I find it hard to come across suitable hardware. I need: - ≥2 ethernet ports

Re: Accessing a host with variable IP addresses / connection types

2019-10-25 Thread deloptes
Dan Ritter wrote: > I use a much better supported system called Debian. It did > require me to spend a bit more on the firewall hardware, but on > the other hand it is tremendously speedy and configurable. > > -dsr- +1 here spent 250,- 12y ago for a industrial board pc with 3 network devices. D

Re: Accessing a host with variable IP addresses / connection types

2019-10-25 Thread deloptes
Celejar wrote: > I don't get it - IIUC, this sort of thing will work if a given system > is always available via a remote connection. In such a case, we can set > up the routes so that clients on the local network know to route > packets to the given system through the VPN server. But in my case,

Re: Accessing a host with variable IP addresses / connection types

2019-10-25 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 21:35:48 +0200 deloptes wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > > I'm not sure exactly what networking scheme you're describing, but I > > explained why there's no easy, good solution in the original thread. > > Basically, the home network uses 192.168.0.0/24, as do other LANS I > > conn

Re: Accessing a host with variable IP addresses / connection types

2019-10-25 Thread deloptes
Celejar wrote: > Furthermore, changing the addressing scheme is insufficient to solve > the problem: say the home network uses 10.0.0.0/16, and the VPN is > configured to assign the same address to the laptop that it gets when > it's connected locally. How do hosts on the local network that want >

Re: Accessing a host with variable IP addresses / connection types

2019-10-25 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 21:44:44 +0200 deloptes wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > > Furthermore, changing the addressing scheme is insufficient to solve > > the problem: say the home network uses 10.0.0.0/16, and the VPN is > > configured to assign the same address to the laptop that it gets when > > it's

Wine usage; was Re: TWAIN in Debian 10.

2019-10-25 Thread peter
From: Dan Ritter Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 12:15:24 -0400 > You might manage to get the Windows TWAIN software to run in > WINE, or if you have a Windows 95/98 virtual machine, that would > probably work. "hwinfo --scsi" reports this for the JVC camera. 20: SCSI 06.0: 10680 Storage Device [Created a

su boleto de acceso

2019-10-25 Thread CN-RH
Llene su ficha de inscripción y reciba su boleto acceso al Congreso Nacional de Recursos Humanos 2019 de este 5 y 6 de diciembre Recuerde que se tocarán importantes temas cómo: Manejo del talento en la era digital Nuevos retos que enfrenta un departamento de Recursos Humanos Salud, bienestar y c

Re: [OT] replacement for SystemRescueCD

2019-10-25 Thread David
Hi tomas, Thanks for your message, I understand your points. I am reluctant to add another message to this thread. It's not my style, and it's not the kind of content that I want or need this list to contain [1][2]. I've no desire for activism. I'm just an ordinary and busy person who'd rather be

Re: Firefox Seems to Have a Mind of It's Own

2019-10-25 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 26/10/19 12:31 am, Kenneth Parker wrote: +1 And note that people use Debian all over the world, with all sorts of Primary Languages.   Ken Heard is pointing out, exactly why English is one of the hardest Languages to learn especially from Asian Countries.  But this sort of issue (its ver

Re: Firefox Seems to Have a Mind of It's Own

2019-10-25 Thread deloptes
Kenneth Parker wrote: > And note that people use Debian all over the world, with all sorts of > Primary Languages.   Ken Heard is pointing out, exactly why English is one > of the hardest Languages to learn especially from Asian Countries.   But > this sort of issue (its verses it's) hits people h

Re: Debian 8 how to install and run init.d scripts?

2019-10-25 Thread tomas
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 11:14:22PM +0200, Steffen Dettmer wrote: [...] > Not sure if on topic, but I what is needed to guess, it should run the > scripts in order of their rcX/Snn number? I though the difficulty > would be to use a suited nn number (and in fact, if my init.d script > would get st