Re: help with gitlab on buster

On Ma, 18 feb 20, 12:25:40, john doe wrote: > > Don't forget that the repositories on a server/remote repositories are > to be 'bare' and 'ending with '.git'. Using a bare as remote has some advantages in case you don't actually need a working tree "there", it is however not a requirement. Kind

Re: help with gitlab on buster

On 2/19/2020 9:03 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 18 feb 20, 12:25:40, john doe wrote: >> >> Don't forget that the repositories on a server/remote repositories are >> to be 'bare' and 'ending with '.git'. > > Using a bare as remote has some advantages in case you don't actually > need a working

Re: *nix

On 2020-02-19, David Anthony wrote: > > I have been trying to install Debian (and Mint) on an HP Pavilion Desktop. > The installation goes smoothly until "Grub" begins to install. At that > point the entire system freezes. I have tried the install multiple times > with the same result each time.

Re: help with gitlab on buster

On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 10:03:04AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 18 feb 20, 12:25:40, john doe wrote: > > > > Don't forget that the repositories on a server/remote repositories are > > to be 'bare' and 'ending with '.git'. > > Using a bare as remote has some advantages in case you don't a

Re: Looking for an inventory software which is free software and not IT-centric

On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 02:59:45 +0100 Linux-Fan wrote: > Current alternatives if I do not find anything better: > > * Try to design some forms with Libreoffice Base. >I know that I tried that once already and it did not go so well. Even today, Base is extremely buggy, though at least it conn

Re: Looking for an inventory software which is free software and not IT-centric

On Feb 19, 2020, elvis wrote: > > On 19/2/20 12:31 pm, Dan Purgert wrote: >> On Feb 19, 2020, Linux-Fan wrote: >>> Hello fellow list members, >>> >>> I am looking for a software of which I am sure it exists, but I fail >>> to find online, thus asking if anybody might know such a thing? Of >>> cou

Re: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) was broken after upgraded from stretch-backports.

Le mardi 18 février 2020 14:50:04 UTC+1, Nektarios Katakis a écrit : > Στις 2020-02-18 12:41, Anastasios Lisgaras έγραψε: [...] [...] > > Thank you for your answer. About "backports firmwares" what should I > > do? > > What do you have to recommend me? > > ( I didn't know that at all ) cf https:/

Re: Looking for an inventory software which is free software and not IT-centric

On 19/2/20 8:24 pm, Dan Purgert wrote: On Feb 19, 2020, elvis wrote: On 19/2/20 12:31 pm, Dan Purgert wrote: On Feb 19, 2020, Linux-Fan wrote: Hello fellow list members, I am looking for a software of which I am sure it exists, but I fail to find online, thus asking if anybody might know su

Re: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) was broken after upgraded from stretch-backports.

Στις 2020-02-19 10:38, didier.gau...@gmail.com έγραψε: Le mardi 18 février 2020 14:50:04 UTC+1, Nektarios Katakis a écrit : Στις 2020-02-18 12:41, Anastasios Lisgaras έγραψε: [...] [...] > Thank you for your answer. About "backports firmwares" what should I > do? > What do you have to recommen

Re: Looking for an inventory software which is free software and not IT-centric

Linux-Fan writes: Hello fellow list members, I am looking for a software of which I am sure it exists, but I fail to find online, thus asking if anybody might know such a thing? Of course, it is best if it is included on Debian, even better if in stable :) . If not, it should at least compile+r

Re: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) was broken after upgraded from stretch-backports.

Quoting Nektarios Katakis (2020-02-19 12:16:20) > Interesting I thought you could downgrade with the package manager. > from the looks of it you end up with an unstable system. I had removed > repos in the past and the packages were removed automatically but I > guess I was lucky! You _can_ dow

Re: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) was broken after upgraded from stretch-backports.

On 2020-02-18 13:45, Nektarios Katakis wrote: Upgrading from 9 to 10 should be straight forward. wasn't there something a bit dramatic about having to migrate the postgresql database ? mick -- Key ID4BFEBB31

Searching for tutorials on ambiguous Debian commands

I'm looking for a tutorial covering "cron(3tcl) cron" [.../tcllib/cron.3tcl.en.html] NOT "CRON(8) System Manager's Manual" [.../cron/cron.8.en.html] Neither DuckDuckGo nor Google gave acceptable references. Many were references to cron(8) *NOT* cron(3tcl). A website of interest updates data hour

Re: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) was broken after upgraded from stretch-backports.

On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 02:38:50AM -0800, didier.gau...@gmail.com wrote: > cf https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware > > I think that the only firmwares installed are those you installed yourself > manually (if any), no one is automatically pulled by default. It depends on what firmware packages are a

Re: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) was broken after upgraded from stretch-backports.

On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 12:11:14PM +, mick crane wrote: > On 2020-02-18 13:45, Nektarios Katakis wrote: > > > Upgrading from 9 to 10 should be straight forward. > > wasn't there something a bit dramatic about having to migrate the postgresql > database ? Not any more so than in every other u

Re: Searching for tutorials on ambiguous Debian commands

On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 07:24:06AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm looking for a tutorial covering > "cron(3tcl) cron" [.../tcllib/cron.3tcl.en.html] > NOT "CRON(8) System Manager's Manual" [.../cron/cron.8.en.html] cron(3tcl) is a Tcl library (or module or what it's ever called), not a command

Re: Searching for tutorials on ambiguous Debian commands

Have you looked at ? -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Searching for tutorials on ambiguous Debian commands

On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 02:49:13PM +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 07:24:06AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I'm looking for a tutorial covering > > "cron(3tcl) cron" [.../tcllib/cron.3tcl.en.html] > > NOT "CRON(8) System Manager's Manual" [.../cron/cron.8.en.html] > > c

Re: Searching for tutorials on ambiguous Debian commands

On Wed 19 Feb 2020 at 07:24:06 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm looking for a tutorial covering > "cron(3tcl) cron" [.../tcllib/cron.3tcl.en.html] > NOT "CRON(8) System Manager's Manual" [.../cron/cron.8.en.html] > > Neither DuckDuckGo nor Google gave acceptable references. > Many were referen

X11 and hot-plugged keyboards and multiple layouts

Hi. A few weeks back, I asked about standard tools to handle hot-plugged keyboards with different layouts under X11 without root privileges, hinting that I know how to do it with non-standard tools or with root privileges. Here is a concentrate of what I know about the issue, for Debian testing a

Re: Poll about DVD drive behavior

Thomas Schmitt writes: Hi, it was one one my first posts to this list when i asked if Debian software was to blame for automatically pulling in a DVD burner's tray after 200 seconds. Model is: HL-DT-ST (LG) GH24NSC0. [...] Does the tray stay out for clearly more than 200 seconds ? If yo

Re: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) was broken after upgraded from stretch-backports.

On 2/18/20 3:45 PM, Nektarios Katakis wrote: > If you check the output of `systemctl status graphical.target` you ll see > it s a systemd target and whether it s activated or not. The related file > in `/lib/systemd/system/graphical.target` will also point you to related/ > needed services for th

Re: Poll about DVD drive behavior

Hi, Linux-Fan wrote: > Sorry for being a little late to reply, The poll is still open, especially for a nice load like this: Reporter Drive Since MediaPulls -- ... Linux-Fan JLMS XJ-HD1

Re: Poll about DVD drive behavior

DVD A DH16AASH, the tray has been open now for more than an hour. Hope this helps.

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I use apt-mirror, to mirror repository locally. Unfortunately, the software is a little buggy, not properly maintained, lacks active packet manager. It happens that local repository becomes inconsistent. For example, I often get html pages in response to communication problems. In postmirror.sh I

Re: Re: Thunderbird no longer opens links

what do I do now,should I re-enable the virtual syscall?

Re: [Subject is missing]

On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 23:29:37 +0100 Rickard B Hansson wrote: > I have looked at alternatives to apt-mirror, for example aptly. I > didgot the hang of of that program. You might also look at apt-cacher and apt-cacher-ng. I have used the latter for years. -- Does anybody read signatures any more?