On 28/02/2021 22:12, Alan Glasser wrote:
> I am trying to install Buster on an old 386.
> I burned the three full DVDs.
> I boot the first DVD and it gets to the point of asking about
> additional cds/dvds.
> I push the eject button on my dvd drive and nothing happens. I try to
> do a forced ejec
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On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 09:16:34PM -0600, Nicholas Geovanis wrote:
[...]
> But of course death is invariant to physics. In fact it makes the physics
> clearer without altering it in any way.
And then, "science advances one funeral at a time", attributed, IIRC to
Max Planck, a... physicist. It se
On Sun, 28 Feb 2021, mick crane wrote:
That is a bit weird. Is it an actual file and not a link ?
it's a file. Since I re-enabled my monitoring, it didn't disappear.
wait and see...
best regards,
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Pierre Frenkiel
On Du, 28 feb 21, 12:03:31, Celejar wrote:
>
> Snark aside, what's wrong with something like this:
>
> "Many wireless network cards (and even some wired ones) require
> non-free firmware to function properly. This firmware is not included
> in the standard installation images, due to Debian's fre
A program I wish to use distributes its manual as a PDF file.
Due to vision problems I wish to convert it to HTML for onscreen viewing.
pdf2htmlEX is an inappropriate tool as it is too focused on maintaining
format of original. Its rigidity results in a fixed number of
*characters* per line irr
How is a naive user meant to know whether his hardware required non-free
firmware?
The only route that seems to be given by this wording is that they install (or
try to install)
the system using the official image, and then have to work out for themselves
what does
not work, and from that wh
David Christensen wrote:
> On 2/28/21 2:12 PM, Alan Glasser wrote:
> > I am trying to install Buster on an old 386.
>
> I do not believe the Intel 80386 processor is supported by Linux any more:
>
> https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTI0OTg
Good catch.
$50 in Raspberry Pi par
On 01.03.2021 15:44, Richard Owlett wrote:
A suggested tool?
I can't suggest a converter, but maybe sane PDF viewer, like "evince",
will solve your problems.
It can change font size, page layout and has other useful capabilities
like index\bookmarks and text search.
For me reading documents in
On 03/01/2021 06:22 AM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
On 01.03.2021 15:44, Richard Owlett wrote:
A suggested tool?
I can't suggest a converter, but maybe sane PDF viewer, like "evince",
will solve your problems.
It can change font size, page layout and has other useful capabilities
like index\
[Fixed top-posting.]
On Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:23:51 +
David Goodenough wrote:
> On Monday, 1 March 2021 09:29:57 GMT Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Du, 28 feb 21, 12:03:31, Celejar wrote:
> > > Snark aside, what's wrong with something like this:
> > >
> > > "Many wireless network cards (and eve
On Mon, 1 Mar 2021 04:44:56 -0600
Richard Owlett wrote:
> A program I wish to use distributes its manual as a PDF file.
> Due to vision problems I wish to convert it to HTML for onscreen viewing.
>
> pdf2htmlEX is an inappropriate tool as it is too focused on maintaining
> format of original. I
Richard Owlett wrote:
> A program I wish to use distributes its manual as a PDF file.
They certainly don't write it that way, so perhaps they have a
source website where the original text is written?
-dsr-
On Sunday, February 28, 2021 12:03:31 PM Celejar wrote:
> "Many wireless network cards (and even some wired ones) require
> non-free firmware to function properly. This firmware is not included
> in the standard installation images, due to Debian's free software
> ideals. If the network hardware yo
On 03/01/2021 07:04 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
A program I wish to use distributes its manual as a PDF file.
They certainly don't write it that way, so perhaps they have a
source website where the original text is written?
With that in mind I had already posted to a list fo
On Sunday, February 28, 2021 10:16:34 PM Nicholas Geovanis wrote:
> Hint: You know you're getting old when you find your 2nd wife on dating
> sites 😂
I hope that is your 2nd ex-wife ;-)
On Mon, Mar 1, 2021, 7:22 AM wrote:
> On Sunday, February 28, 2021 10:16:34 PM Nicholas Geovanis wrote:
> > Hint: You know you're getting old when you find your 2nd wife on dating
> > sites 😂
>
> I hope that is your 2nd ex-wife ;-)
>
Well of course "ex-wife".
Do I look like a Mormon polygamist??
On 03/01/2021 06:58 AM, Celejar wrote:
On Mon, 1 Mar 2021 04:44:56 -0600
Richard Owlett wrote:
A program I wish to use distributes its manual as a PDF file.
Due to vision problems I wish to convert it to HTML for onscreen viewing.
pdf2htmlEX is an inappropriate tool as it is too focused on ma
* On 2021 01 Mar 06:55 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 03/01/2021 06:22 AM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
> > On 01.03.2021 15:44, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > A suggested tool?
> > I can't suggest a converter, but maybe sane PDF viewer, like "evince",
> > will solve your problems.
> > It can chan
Pierre Frenkiel (pierre.frenk...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Feb 2021, mick crane wrote:
>
> > That is a bit weird. Is it an actual file and not a link ?
>
> it's a file. Since I re-enabled my monitoring, it didn't disappear.
> wait and see...
Have you done *any* basic, proactive analysis
On Sun 28 Feb 2021 at 18:36:49 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> On Thu 25 Feb 2021 at 14:32:49 (+), Brian wrote:
> > On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 22:47:59 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > > On Thu 25 Feb 2021 at 10:36:40 (+0800), Robbi Nespu wrote:
> > >
> > > > > 5. Create /lib/firmware: mkdir /lib/firmw
On Mon 01 Mar 2021 at 10:23:51 +, David Goodenough wrote:
> How is a naive user meant to know whether his hardware required
> non-free firmware?
That's a very tricky one to give a definitive answer to. It possibly
depends on the quality and quantity of research done by the user.
Howerever, th
On 03/01/2021 07:13 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 03/01/2021 07:04 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
A program I wish to use distributes its manual as a PDF file.
They certainly don't write it that way, so perhaps they have a
source website where the original text is written?
With
> A program I wish to use distributes its manual as a PDF file.
> Due to vision problems I wish to convert it to HTML for onscreen viewing.
I think what you're trying to do is quite difficult.
It's a bit easier than OCR, but still hard enough that it's not well
supported by any tool that I know.
On Mon 01 Mar 2021 at 14:13:08 (+), Brian wrote:
> On Sun 28 Feb 2021 at 18:36:49 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > On Thu 25 Feb 2021 at 14:32:49 (+), Brian wrote:
> > > On Wed 24 Feb 2021 at 22:47:59 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > > > On Thu 25 Feb 2021 at 10:36:40 (+0800), Robbi Nespu wrote
On Mon 01 Mar 2021 at 11:29:57 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Du, 28 feb 21, 12:03:31, Celejar wrote:
> >
> > Snark aside, what's wrong with something like this:
> >
> > "Many wireless network cards (and even some wired ones) require
> > non-free firmware to function properly. This firmware i
On Mon 01 Mar 2021 at 10:53:16 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> On Mon 01 Mar 2021 at 14:13:08 (+), Brian wrote:
> >
> > The directory structure has to remain intact. Execute, for example,
> >
> > modinfo zd1211rw | less
> >
> > At the top we have
> >
> > firmware: zd1211/zd1211_uphr
I have a Lenovo T61, with a iwl4965 wireless interface that requires a
firmware blob. It is well supported in Buster. I am testing it with the
latest Bullseye netinst installer,
https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-cd/firmware-testi
Prometheus takes some command line arguments to control certain
aspects of its operation.
The systemd unit file shipped with prometheus includes the line
ExecStart=/usr/bin/prometheus $ARGS
I know I can simply override the unit file with one in
/etc/systemd/system, but what if I wanted to use thi
Hi.
ExecStart=/usr/bin/prometheus $ARGS
>
> I know I can simply override the unit file with one in
> /etc/systemd/system, but what if I wanted to use this variable? Where
> would I set it?
>
See "EnvironmentFile" directive above.
Check manual pages for more info:
https://www.freedesktop.org/softw
> Hi.
>
>> ExecStart=/usr/bin/prometheus $ARGS
>>
>> I know I can simply override the unit file with one in
>> /etc/systemd/system, but what if I wanted to use this variable? Where
>> would I set it?
>
>
> See "EnvironmentFile" directive above.
> Check manual pages for more info:
> https://www.free
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