Re: Risc-V [OT: Firefox ESR EOL]

2021-12-20 Thread tomas
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 01:44:35PM -0500, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: [...] > Would you have some suggestion if I'd like to try out a Risc-V board ? Feeding your fave search engine with, e.g. single board computer +"Risc-V" yields some hits. A couple of examples: https://liliputin

Thinkpad acpi_call not working on Debian Sid

2021-12-20 Thread Apurv J
Hi, I've been trying use certain features offered by tlp (like discharging and re-calibration) but getting an error. Did a little digging and found out some clues as to what's going on. output of "tlp-stat -b": > tpacpi-bat (acpi_call)  = inactive (kernel error) searching in the logs using j

Re: Firefox ESR EOL

2021-12-20 Thread Curt
On 2021-12-18, Anssi Saari wrote: > Nicholas Geovanis writes: > >> Maybe I missed something. Why RISC V? > > Just having an alternative is attractive to some. Having an open > alternative even more so. > > I'd happily run ARM or RISC-V, if those were an alternative for a decent > desktop or lapto

Re: Firefox ESR EOL

2021-12-20 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 20/12/21 5:52 pm, Curt wrote: On 2021-12-18, Anssi Saari wrote: Nicholas Geovanis writes: Maybe I missed something. Why RISC V? Just having an alternative is attractive to some. Having an open alternative even more so. I'd happily run ARM or RISC-V, if those were an alternative for a d

Re: Firefox ESR EOL

2021-12-20 Thread gene heskett
On Monday, December 20, 2021 5:00:07 AM EST Jeremy Ardley wrote: > On 20/12/21 5:52 pm, Curt wrote: > > On 2021-12-18, Anssi Saari wrote: > >> Nicholas Geovanis writes: > >>> Maybe I missed something. Why RISC V? > >> > >> Just having an alternative is attractive to some. Having an open > >> alt

Re: osinfo-query os missing debian Bullseye

2021-12-20 Thread john doe
On 12/20/2021 12:44 AM, David wrote: On Mon, 20 Dec 2021 at 04:36, Dan Ritter wrote: john doe wrote: As far as I can tell, the command 'osinfo-query os' does not support/list 'debian11'. I need to fire up a Bullseye VM what is the best way forward? What does osinfo-query have to do wit

Re: osinfo-query os missing debian Bullseye

2021-12-20 Thread David
On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 at 00:44, john doe wrote: > On 12/20/2021 12:44 AM, David wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Dec 2021 at 04:36, Dan Ritter wrote: > >> john doe wrote: > > I just use '--os-variant debiantesting' until someone > > gives better advice. > According to (1), the better advice would be to use

Re: 8 -> 9 update changing things

2021-12-20 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Sunday 19 December 2021 05:48:12 pm Dan Ritter wrote: > Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > On Sunday 19 December 2021 03:18:46 am Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Sb, 18 dec 21, 11:24:34, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > > > > > > > There remains the sound issue in the virtualbox. Could it be that

Identity Theft

2021-12-20 Thread rhkramer
My identity has been stolen, and although it has nothing to do with Debian, Linux, or computing (well, in general). I thought it would be educational / important to notify everyone I can of what happened. I did not believe it could happen, but I have convinced myself and have reasonable proof o

Re: Firefox ESR EOL

2021-12-20 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 4:00 AM Jeremy Ardley wrote: > > On 20/12/21 5:52 pm, Curt wrote: > > On 2021-12-18, Anssi Saari wrote: > >> Nicholas Geovanis writes: > >> > >>> Maybe I missed something. Why RISC V? > >> Just having an alternative is attractive to some. Having an open > >> alternative

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-20 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 9:33 AM wrote: > My identity has been stolen, and although it has nothing to do with > Debian, > Linux, or computing (well, in general). I thought it would be educational > / > important to notify everyone I can of what happened. > > > This is part of what prompted my

Re: Firefox ESR EOL

2021-12-20 Thread John Hasler
Stefan writes: > Something like the MochaBin, but a bit cheaper? I have an ESPRESSObin board from that outfit up in the shop somewhere. It never worked right due to a defect in the voltage regulator chain. The published schematics for it are wrong, and all my attempts to get support were ignored.

keyboard setup

2021-12-20 Thread mick crane
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-10-amd64 Architecture: x86-64 I'm still having trouble with random lines from elsewhere in the file I'm editing getting plonked a hundred or so lines away. Which is a pain as it can take a while to locate them. Want to use th

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-20 Thread John Hasler
Did you notify Google? Seems likely that's where the hole is. -- John Hasler j...@sugarbit.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-20 Thread Jeremy Nicoll
On Mon, 20 Dec 2021, at 16:12, John Hasler wrote: > Did you notify Google? Seems likely that's where the hole is. How would Google intercept a financial institution's valid phone number? -- Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own.

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-20 Thread John Hasler
Jeremy Nicoll writes: > How would Google intercept a financial institution's valid phone > number? He was using Google Voice. -- John Hasler j...@sugarbit.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-20 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 12:31 PM John Hasler wrote: > Jeremy Nicoll writes: > > How would Google intercept a financial institution's valid phone > > number? > > He was using Google Voice. > Moreover the vast bulk of the USA's phone traffic outside the local central office service area is VoIP ov

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-20 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 12:47 PM Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 12:31 PM John Hasler wrote: > >> Jeremy Nicoll writes: >> > How would Google intercept a financial institution's valid phone >> > number? >> >> He was using Google Voice. >> > > Moreover the vast bulk of the US

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-20 Thread Jeremy Nicoll
On Mon, 20 Dec 2021, at 18:30, John Hasler wrote: > Jeremy Nicoll writes: >> How would Google intercept a financial institution's valid >> phone number? > > He was using Google Voice. When the OP "found" a number on screen, to ring, does that mean he eg clicked on the display of a number and then

Re: keyboard setup

2021-12-20 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 12/20/21 18:03, mick crane wrote: > Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) > Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-10-amd64 > Architecture: x86-64 > > I'm still having trouble with random lines from elsewhere in the file > I'm editing getting plonked a hundred or so lines away. > Which is a pain as

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-20 Thread Brian
On Mon 20 Dec 2021 at 10:32:31 -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > My identity has been stolen, and although it has nothing to do with Debian, > Linux, or computing (well, in general). I thought it would be educational / > important to notify everyone I can of what happened. > > I did not believ

Re: keyboard setup

2021-12-20 Thread mick crane
On 2021-12-20 19:11, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: On 12/20/21 18:03, mick crane wrote: Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-10-amd64 Architecture: x86-64 I'm still having trouble with random lines from elsewhere in the file I'm editing getting plonked a hundred or s

Re: Firefox ESR EOL

2021-12-20 Thread gene heskett
On Monday, December 20, 2021 9:45:57 AM EST Stefan Monnier wrote: > > The first arm board builder to give us two pcie slots or two net > > ports. or even 2 parports WILL OWN this market if the MSRP is under > > $100 with 2 gigs of ram. Ideal would be one pci-e, and one net port. > > SSD's can be

Re: Firefox ESR EOL

2021-12-20 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Thu, Dec 09 2021 at 10:12:18 AM, piorunz wrote: > Hello, > > I noticed that Debian Stable uses Firefox ESR 78.15.0, which is final > update of 78 series. All further updates go to Firefox ESR 91, as > Mozilla page says: > https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/78.15.0/releasenotes > > "Version 7

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-20 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, December 20, 2021 02:09:13 PM Jeremy Nicoll wrote: > On Mon, 20 Dec 2021, at 18:30, John Hasler wrote: > > Jeremy Nicoll writes: > >> How would Google intercept a financial institution's valid > >> phone number? > > > > He was using Google Voice. > > When the OP "found" a number on scr

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-20 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, December 20, 2021 02:28:13 PM Brian wrote: > On Mon 20 Dec 2021 at 10:32:31 -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > My identity has been stolen, and although it has nothing to do with > > [...] > > May we know the URL of the financial website you contacted and the > help number you phoned

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-20 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 21/12/21 9:59 am, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, December 20, 2021 02:28:13 PM Brian wrote: On Mon 20 Dec 2021 at 10:32:31 -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: My identity has been stolen, and although it has nothing to do with [...] May we know the URL of the financial website you cont

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-20 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 21/12/21 10:09 am, Jeremy Ardley wrote:s. There is a type of attack called cross-site scripting (XSS). It's mostly been eliminated by latest version browsers, but there are always zero-day vulnerabilities. The effect is that if you are vulnerable and have two tabs open, one to the legitima

Re: vulnerability classifications (was: Re: Identity Theft)

2021-12-20 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 21/12/21 10:18 am, Nicole wrote: More at https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/xss/ just out of curiousity: I understand XSS are like code injections into the HTML through user controlled input or attacker controlled input, e.g. the password field or the message you send someone. what yo

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-20 Thread John Hasler
rhkramer writes: > I used my eyes to read the number off the screen and then dial my > separate phone (not attached to a computer (well, other than the > ObiHai VOIP device). Didn't you also say that you later verified the number by checking the logs in your Google account? -- John Hasler j...@s