Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-24 Thread tomas
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 08:21:48PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 23 February 2021 19:22:19 James B wrote: > > > With systemd-based Debian, the probably now best way to set a hostname > > is with: > > > > hostnamectl set-hostname NAME > > > > What Tom suggested is completely valid, but ho

Re: Unable to boot on Xen HVM + OVMF

2021-02-24 Thread didier gaumet
I have never used Xen but I use Qemu/KVM via virtmanager on a Debian 10 host. I have installed several UEFI (OVMF) booting guest OSes, including Debian with no particular problem. The problem of your Debian guest not booting could be caused by the Debian installer not being run in UEFI mode

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-24 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Tue, 23 Feb 2021, Dan Ritter wrote: Could be an option. What do you need pulseaudio for that isn't handled by alsa, jack and/or apulse? it's needed to have sound on youtube. I tried your other suggestions a long time ago, and could not make them to work. I'll try again today best regards,

Re: [BUG REPORT] luajit-2.1.0-beta3/jit/bcsave.lua:240: cannot convert 'nil' to 'unsigned short'

2021-02-24 Thread YunQiang Su
Ohh, this packages hasn't been update for so long. If no objection, I will upload the current git snapshot. Tiezhu Yang 于2021年2月24日周三 上午11:15写道: > > (1) Background > Source: luajit > Version: luajit_2.1.0~beta3+dfsg-5.3_mips64el.deb > Severity: important > Link: https://packages.debian.org/sid/lu

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-24 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Tue, 23 Feb 2021, David Wright wrote: Is this buster? yes Are you running any applications, particularly those involving sound, as root, particularly in response to some previous problem? no Is it just that binary that goes missing, or does apt/dpkg actually show that the entire p

OT: Spicy stuff in sensitive areas (was Re: Got a machine name problem)

2021-02-24 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-02-24 at 00:05, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 23 February 2021 23:54:03 Stefan Monnier wrote: > Then reboot and cross your fingers. >>> >>> Arthritis at 86 is beginning to make that painful. :( >> >> I don't believe in crossing fingers either FWIW, I pick my nose >> instead, a

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-24 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 12:58:33PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > I have been working on a lower priority project, replacing some atom > powered machines with i5 powered Dells. Installing buster but something > is overriding my efforts to rename the machine after the install bec

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 24 February 2021 03:32:04 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 08:21:48PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 23 February 2021 19:22:19 James B wrote: > > > With systemd-based Debian, the probably now best way to set a > > > hostname is with: > > > > > > hostnamectl

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-24 Thread tomas
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 06:14:00AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 24 February 2021 03:32:04 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 08:21:48PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Tuesday 23 February 2021 19:22:19 James B wrote: > > > > With systemd-based Debian, the probab

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 24 February 2021 06:13:16 Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 12:58:33PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > I have been working on a lower priority project, replacing some atom > > powered machines with i5 powered Dells. Installing buster but > > some

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-24 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 3:18 AM Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > I can't answer that now, because I run > "ls -l /usr/bin/pulseaudio" every minute to find when it disappears, > and curiously, it didn't disappear this night > Quantum physics principles manifest in software, seen it befor

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-24 Thread IL Ka
> > > I can't answer that now, because I run > "ls -l /usr/bin/pulseaudio" every minute to find when it disappears, > and curiously, it didn't disappear this night > I'll see what happens after removing the ls command in cron. > You could use ``inotify-tools`` https://packages.deb

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-24 Thread Greg Wooledge
Gene Heskett (ghesk...@shentel.net) wrote: > But wtf? I have edited "sudo nano" /etc/domainname, did not set the i > bit, and the edit is still there, but asking for it is (none) There is no such file on my system. What made you think that you should create this file? What program did you think

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-24 Thread Dan Ritter
Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Tue, 23 Feb 2021, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Could be an option. What do you need pulseaudio for that > > isn't handled by alsa, jack and/or apulse? > > it's needed to have sound on youtube. > I tried your other suggestions a long time ago, and could not make them to >

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-24 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 07:44 Greg Wooledge wrote: > Gene Heskett (ghesk...@shentel.net) wrote: > > But wtf? I have edited "sudo nano" /etc/domainname, did not set the i > > bit, and the edit is still there, but asking for it is (none) ... For my LAN hosts as well as my WLAN hosts, I have alway

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-24 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: Quantum physics principles manifest in software, seen it before. The closer you look, the more dice you have to roll but according Einstein, God doesn't play dice it seems he was wrong, this time best regards, -- Pierre Frenkiel

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-24 Thread Greg Wooledge
Tom Browder (tom.brow...@gmail.com) wrote: > For my LAN hosts as well as my WLAN hosts, I have always used the > /etc/hosts file and have never touched the default /etc/resolv.con file. > > I have never had any problems with connecting to any of those hosts except > when adding a new host snd nee

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-24 Thread Brian
On Tue 23 Feb 2021 at 20:05:11 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 23 February 2021 14:29:01 Tom Browder wrote: > > > Hey, Gene. I usually have to fiddle around a little, but I've always > > had success on Debian this way (as root): > > > > # hostname TLM > > > >edit /etc/hostname an

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-24 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021, Dan Ritter wrote: Your best bet there is alsa with apulse to pretend that it's PulseAudio. the main difference is that it took 15 seconds to install pulseaudio and make it to work, and after 15 minutes of fight, I'm unable to make apulse to work I don't see why I shoul

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-24 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 08:11 Greg Wooledge wrote: > Tom Browder (tom.brow...@gmail.com) wrote: > > For my LAN hosts as well as my WLAN hosts, I have always used the > > /etc/hosts file and have never touched the default /etc/resolv.con file. > > > > I have never had any problems with connecting

How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread Robbi Nespu
I have another laptop which dual boot with Fedora and Windows10, it is not my primary laptop since 9 months ago and I haven't used it since then. I plan to fully install Debian testing on this machine because this laptop has dual graphic cards (optimus) and theoretically, with Debian 11 (or newer),

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-24 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Tomas, please read posts more carefully :-) FWIW, `man hostname` also mentions /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts. Stefan

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 10:09 AM Robbi Nespu wrote: > I have another laptop which dual boot with Fedora and Windows10, it is not > my primary laptop since 9 months ago and I haven't used it since then. I > plan to fully install Debian testing on this machine because this laptop > has dual graphic c

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread Brian
On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 22:51:05 +0800, Robbi Nespu wrote: [...] > TLDR; I want firmware-iwlwifi already loaded and working during Debian > installation phase, not after install. This is from memory; I haven't done it for some time. 1. The USB stick you boot from will have empty space or a seco

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread John Boxall
On 2021-02-24 11:07 a.m., Brian wrote: On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 22:51:05 +0800, Robbi Nespu wrote: [...] TLDR; I want firmware-iwlwifi already loaded and working during Debian installation phase, not after install. This is from memory; I haven't done it for some time. 1. The USB stick you

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-24 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 7:57 AM Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Wed, 24 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > > Quantum physics principles manifest in software, seen it before. The > closer > > you look, the more dice you have to roll > > > but according Einstein, God doesn't play dice > it se

Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ...

2021-02-24 Thread Albretch Mueller
sorry, bad wording typing fast. what I meant is that I use the wget setting "--server-response" and keep my logs, but all I could see in the logs was: WARNING: certificate common name `ftp.acc.umu.se' doesn't match requested host name `chuangtzu.ftp.acc.umu.se'. 2021-02-17 11:14:47 URL:https://ch

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread Brian
On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 11:14:59 -0500, John Boxall wrote: > > > On 2021-02-24 11:07 a.m., Brian wrote: > > On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 22:51:05 +0800, Robbi Nespu wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > TLDR; I want firmware-iwlwifi already loaded and working during Debian > > > installation phase, not afte

Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ...

2021-02-24 Thread Andy Smith
Albrecht, On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 11:27:31AM -0500, Albretch Mueller wrote: > I take pride at being from very prejudiced to cautiously racist > towards those not only "un-Amerikan", but, even "communist" > Chinese before they spread the Corona Virus… Your racist conspiracy theories are not only

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-24 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 10:16 AM Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > On Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 7:57 AM Pierre Frenkiel > wrote: > >> On Wed, 24 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: >> >> > Quantum physics principles manifest in software, seen it before. The >> closer >> > you look, the more dice you have to roll

Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ...

2021-02-24 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 11:27:31AM -0500, Albretch Mueller wrote: > sorry, bad wording typing fast. what I meant is that I use the wget > setting "--server-response" and keep my logs, but all I could see in > the logs was: > > WARNING: certificate common name `ftp.acc.umu.se' doesn't

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 24 February 2021 08:44:06 Greg Wooledge wrote: > Gene Heskett (ghesk...@shentel.net) wrote: > > But wtf? I have edited "sudo nano" /etc/domainname, did not set the > > i bit, and the edit is still there, but asking for it is (none) > > There is no such file on my system. What made yo

Debian install Question

2021-02-24 Thread M.R.P. zensky
Hello I am installing Debian on a amd processor computer. I connect to the net with wifi. I have tried the net install iso and it did not work. I think I need the unoficial stable non free firmware included. I select a mirror site but Here I am confused about what iso file I want. I am also assu

Re: Debian install Question

2021-02-24 Thread IL Ka
Hello. Try to download and install "debian-10.8.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso" from here: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/ On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 8:48 PM M.R.P. zensky wrote: > Hello I am installing Debian on a amd processor computer. I connect to the > net with wifi. I have tr

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-24 Thread Greg Wooledge
Gene Heskett (ghesk...@shentel.net) wrote: > > What *exactly* are you trying to do? (crickets chirping) > > How does that work? > > By looking its alias up in /etc/hosts. I was using rhetorical devices. If you're truly using a pre-DNS local network, then a lot of what I said simply does not ap

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-24 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:25:34 -0500 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 24 February 2021 08:44:06 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > Gene Heskett (ghesk...@shentel.net) wrote: ... > > So, the next question is, "How can I put the line search neener.com > > into my /etc/resolv.conf file?" In a sane, sens

Re: need to reinstall pulseaudio every day

2021-02-24 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: In Schrödinger's Equation of quantum physics, "in practice, the square of the absolute value of the wave function at each point is taken to define a probability density function". the situation is rather complex now, after the experiments followi

Re: Debian install Question

2021-02-24 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-02-24 09:47, M.R.P. zensky wrote: Hello I am installing Debian on a amd processor computer. I connect to the net with wifi. I have tried the net install iso and it did not work. I think I need the unoficial stable non free firmware included. I select a mirror site but Here I am confuse

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-24 Thread IL Ka
> > > Is that what you want? A local network defined entirely by hosts files? > You can do that. It's easy. Just edit your /etc/hosts files to contain > the names and addresses of your machines. > > In this scenario, your resolv.conf file will be used only to look up > hosts that live outside of

Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ...

2021-02-24 Thread Steve McIntyre
lbrt...@gmail.com wrote: > > Also, I take pride at being from very prejudiced to cautiously racist >towards those not only "un-Amerikan", but, even "communist" Chinese >before they spread the Corona Virus and about the fact that Vladimir This kind of stuff has *no* place at all on Debian mailin

Re: Got a machine name problem

2021-02-24 Thread Brian
On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 14:11:35 +, Brian wrote: > On Tue 23 Feb 2021 at 20:05:11 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Tuesday 23 February 2021 14:29:01 Tom Browder wrote: [...] > > > I also edit /etc/hosts and make the first couple of lines look like > > > this: > > > > > > 127.0.0.1 loca

Re: Debian install Question

2021-02-24 Thread Henning Follmann
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 08:49:32PM +0300, IL Ka wrote: > Hello. > Try to download and install "debian-10.8.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso" > from here: > https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/ > > Please do not do that. You will find a iso here which includes most of the non-free firmwa

Re: Debian install Question

2021-02-24 Thread IL Ka
> > Please do not do that. > > > You will find a iso here which includes most of the non-free firmware here: > > https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/10.8.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-dvd/ > > Please take the time to read AND understand the information on that site

Re: Debian install Question

2021-02-24 Thread Brian
On Thu 25 Feb 2021 at 01:36:58 +0300, IL Ka wrote: > > > > Please do not do that. > > > > > > You will find a iso here which includes most of the non-free firmware here: > > > > https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/10.8.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-dvd/ > > > > Pl

Re: Debian install Question

2021-02-24 Thread Dan Ritter
IL Ka wrote: > > I am sorry for giving inadequate advice. Please forgive me as I am new to > Debian. > My idea was to install Debian, and then install non-free firmware. > > This is the third question about "how to install Debian if I have nic that > needs non-free firmware" I see in this list o

Re: Debian install Question

2021-02-24 Thread Weaver
On 25-02-2021 09:32, Dan Ritter wrote: > IL Ka wrote: >> >> I am sorry for giving inadequate advice. Please forgive me as I am new to >> Debian. >> My idea was to install Debian, and then install non-free firmware. This is quite possible. >> This is the third question about "how to install Debia

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread Robbi Nespu
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:39:16 -0500 Kenneth Parker wrote: When I had a situation like that, my workaround was to install without the Network (but with the netinst CD), stopping at the "minimal system". It actually gives you a bootable system. And then, use the external media to get WiFi working,

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread Robbi Nespu
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:07:09 +, Brian wrote: his is from memory; I haven't done it for some time. 1. The USB stick you boot from will have empty space or a secomd partition. There only one partition but there is lot of empty space 2. Extract the firmware files from the .deb and put t

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread Robbi Nespu
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:14:59 -0500, John Boxall wrote: Alternatively, you can extract the firmware files to a different USB stick and put them in the root of that one, insert both and the installer will find the files when you boot the original USB stick. To bad, this machine only have 1 wor

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread Robbi Nespu
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:28:33 +, Brian wrote: Indeed. However, the problem (unless I am misunderstanding) is that the firmware is not even being found on the non-free netinstall, which is the whole point of having that image available. Yes, the firmware not even being found on certain stage

Re: How to self-load non-freeware firmware on existing netinst ISO installer

2021-02-24 Thread David Wright
On Thu 25 Feb 2021 at 10:36:40 (+0800), Robbi Nespu wrote: > On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:07:09 +, Brian wrote: > > [T]his is from memory; I haven't done it for some time. > > > > 1. The USB stick you boot from will have empty space or a secomd > >partition. > > > There only one partition but

Re: Debian install Question

2021-02-24 Thread David Wright
On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 16:44:18 (-0800), Weaver wrote: > On 25-02-2021 09:32, Dan Ritter wrote: > > IL Ka wrote: > >> > >> I am sorry for giving inadequate advice. Please forgive me as I am new to > >> Debian. > >> My idea was to install Debian, and then install non-free firmware. > > This is quit

Re: Debian install Question

2021-02-24 Thread Weaver
On 25-02-2021 14:53, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 16:44:18 (-0800), Weaver wrote: >> On 25-02-2021 09:32, Dan Ritter wrote: >> > IL Ka wrote: >> >> >> >> I am sorry for giving inadequate advice. Please forgive me as I am new to >> >> Debian. >> >> My idea was to install Debian, and t

Re: Debian install Question

2021-02-24 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-02-24 14:36, IL Ka wrote: I am sorry for giving inadequate advice. Please forgive me as I am new to Debian. My idea was to install Debian, and then install non-free firmware. This is the third question about "how to install Debian if I have nic that needs non-free firmware" I see in thi

Re: Debian install Question

2021-02-24 Thread deloptes
IL Ka wrote: > If so, I believe this info is worth adding to the Debian installation > guide somewhere in the wiki, so we can give a link to this wiki to > newbies. newbies use ubuntu :)

Re: Debian install Question

2021-02-24 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, David Wright wrote: > > Take care: this stick will have very strange partitioning. I am preaching against this partition table layout since years. deloptes wrote: > newbies use ubuntu :) ... which eventually switched to a neater layout in the 20.10 ISOs with only one partition table hack l