Re: Download links do not work

2022-09-13 Thread Huihang Yan
On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 01:59:25 +0200 Kevin Price wrote: > Do you happen to be in a country whose government restricts Internet access? Probably not a government restriction. Debian.org is pretty fast to reach even in Chinese mainland here. On Sun, 11 Sep 2022 19:09:22 -0400 Tom Zarcone wrote:

Aw: OT: Re: systemd automount unit: run only when server is reachable

2022-09-13 Thread Jürgen Bausa
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. September 2022 um 08:17 Uhr > Von: "john doe" > > I would say the Systemd mailing list but this list is awsome and I'm > also guilty of being OT from time to time! > I already asked at systemd-devel, but got no answer. Is there another systemd mailing list? Jürgen

Aw: Re: systemd automount unit: run only when server is reachable

2022-09-13 Thread Jürgen Bausa
> Gesendet: Montag, 12. September 2022 um 21:06 Uhr > Von: "Darac Marjal" > An: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Betreff: Re: systemd automount unit: run only when server is reachable > > systemd has a number of Condition* rules which can be added to units: > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/sy

Re: how enable copy paste & start xterm or uxterm

2022-09-13 Thread Tim Woodall
On Mon, 12 Sep 2022, jindam, vani wrote: i installed debian sid on userland app. i have 2 terminals. xterm & uxterm. i have installed openbox, jre, mc & palemoon. i have 2 issues & both of are interrelated: (1) when i start my vnc session, it starts xterm terminal automatically. which file sho

Re: Sendmail SASL Auth on Debian 11

2022-09-13 Thread Henning Follmann
On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 12:42:00PM -0400, Dave Parker wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 10:37 AM Henning Follmann > wrote: > > > > > First, please do not top post. > > > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 09:00:00AM -0400, Dave Parker wrote: > > > Thanks for the advice. Just to clarify, this is an enterpr

Re: OT: Re: systemd automount unit: run only when server is reachable

2022-09-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 12:10:29PM +0200, Jürgen Bausa wrote: > > > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. September 2022 um 08:17 Uhr > > Von: "john doe" > > > > I would say the Systemd mailing list but this list is awsome and I'm > > also guilty of being OT from time to time! > > > > I already asked at

Set timing to go into hibernation {Debian Stretch}

2022-09-13 Thread Richard Owlett
It's been so long since I set up Debian I've forgotten how to set timing for going into hibernation. It's currently set for a much to large a delay. Where do I look for instructions and descriptions? TIA

What distro

2022-09-13 Thread Amn Ojee Uw
If my intention is to use Linux as a developing platform why should I concern myself on what distro to use?

Re: Set timing to go into hibernation {Debian Stretch}

2022-09-13 Thread Roger Price
On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, Richard Owlett wrote: It's been so long since I set up Debian I've forgotten how to set timing for going into hibernation. It's currently set for a much to large a delay. Where do I look for instructions and descriptions? I use Right Click on screen, and then Application

Re: What distro

2022-09-13 Thread David Wright
On Tue 13 Sep 2022 at 09:00:54 (-0400), Amn Ojee Uw wrote: > If my intention is to use Linux as a developing platform why should I > concern myself on what distro to use? https://www.debian.org/intro/why_debian Cheers, David.

Re: Set timing to go into hibernation {Debian Stretch}

2022-09-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/13/2022 08:28 AM, Roger Price wrote: On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, Richard Owlett wrote: It's been so long since I set up Debian I've forgotten how to set timing for going into hibernation. It's currently set for a much to primare panel has large a delay. Where do I look for instructions and des

Re: What distro

2022-09-13 Thread Dan Ritter
Amn Ojee Uw wrote: > If my intention is to use Linux as a developing platform why should I > concern myself on what distro to use? You should use whatever distro is most convenient for your needs. Nobody else can tell you what those needs are. -dsr-

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/13/2022 12:36 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 03:32:27PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > [...] "I can't get personalized/dedicated support with enforceable > > SLAs for free" If the requirement that maintainers and developers of free/oss software must actually fix the

Re: What distro

2022-09-13 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 9/13/22 17:51, Dan Ritter wrote: Amn Ojee Uw wrote: If my intention is to use Linux as a developing platform why should I concern myself on what distro to use? You should use whatever distro is most convenient for your needs. Nobody else can tell you what those needs are. Debian Linux can

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread tomas
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 11:27:43AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/13/2022 12:36 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 03:32:27PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > > > [...] "I can't get personalized/dedicated support with enforceable > > > SLAs for free" > > If the require

usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

2022-09-13 Thread Tim Woodall
I see that the transition to merged /usr for all systems is about to start for sid imminently (unless explicitly disabled) and will then move to testing. There's a package usr-is-merged that will stop usrmerge being installed with init-system-helpers (and so avoids bringing in its dependencies) b

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 11:27:43AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: On 9/13/2022 12:36 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 03:32:27PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > [...] "I can't get personalized/dedicated support with enforceable > SLAs for free" If the requirement that maintai

Re: What distro

2022-09-13 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 13 Sep 2022 09:00:54 -0400 Amn Ojee Uw wrote: > If my intention is to use Linux as a developing platform why should I > concern myself on what distro to use? Use one or more of the distro(s) for which you are developing. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.

about Konqueror

2022-09-13 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
hi, how can I search an item in the Konqueror window on Debian? I tried with / and F3, but that didn't work best regards

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/13/2022 11:44 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 11:27:43AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > On 9/13/2022 12:36 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 03:32:27PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > > > > > [...] "I can't get personalized/dedicated support

Re: about Konqueror

2022-09-13 Thread Eike Lantzsch KY4PZ
On Dienstag, 13. September 2022 12:15:16 -04 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > > how can I search an item in the Konqueror window on Debian? > I tried with / and F3, but that didn't work > best regards Ctrl-F Greetings -- Eike Lantzsch KY4PZ / ZP6CGE

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/13/2022 11:53 AM, Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 11:27:43AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > >On 9/13/2022 12:36 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 03:32:27PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > >> > >> > [...] "I can't get personalized/dedicated support with en

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread tomas
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 12:25:40PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: [...] > I agree with that. But the price-performance ratio could be even better if > the "volunteers" > in free/oss software projects were not free to ignore bugs reported to them. Hm. I doubt that. Perhaps they will do more what

search in onqueror

2022-09-13 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
hi, Forget my previous mail, I found the answer: in Konqueror, the search is done with F

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/13/2022 12:36 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 12:25:40PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > [...] > > > I agree with that. But the price-performance ratio could be even better if > > the "volunteers" > > in free/oss software projects were not free to ignore bugs reported

Re: about Konqueror

2022-09-13 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 13 Sep 2022 18:15:16 +0200 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: Hello Pierre, >how can I search an item in the Konqueror window on Debian? >I tried with / and F3, but that didn't work >best regards F works. You could also, if you wish, re-assign shortcuts. -- Regards _ / ) "The bli

Re: fetchmail

2022-09-13 Thread Bert Riding
On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 19:50:01 +0200, Gerard ROBIN wrote: > Le Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 09:06:08AM -, Bert Riding a écrit : >> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 09:06:08 - (UTC) >> From: Bert Riding >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: fetchmail >> >> On Sat, 10 Sep 2022 22:50:01 +0200, Ge

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

2022-09-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 04:45:40PM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: > There's a package usr-is-merged that will stop usrmerge being installed > with init-system-helpers (and so avoids bringing in its dependencies) > but I don't see that available in bullseye. > > Most of my systems are already merged /us

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

2022-09-13 Thread Javier Barroso
Hello, El mar., 13 sept. 2022 19:10, Greg Wooledge escribió: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 04:45:40PM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: > > There's a package usr-is-merged that will stop usrmerge being installed > > with init-system-helpers (and so avoids bringing in its dependencies) > > but I don't see th

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread Tim Woodall
On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: I agree with that. But the price-performance ratio could be even better if the "volunteers" in free/oss software projects were not free to ignore bugs reported to them. Pretty much everything worked for this grub bug other than some unfortunate se

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

2022-09-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 07:40:08PM +0200, Javier Barroso wrote: > Did you test aptitude why-not libpng12-0? > > I'm not sure If It help in this case unicorn:~$ aptitude why-not libpng12-0 Automatically installed, current version 1.2.50-2+deb8u3, priority optional No dependencies require to remove

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

2022-09-13 Thread David Wright
On Tue 13 Sep 2022 at 13:09:52 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 04:45:40PM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: > > There's a package usr-is-merged that will stop usrmerge being installed > > with init-system-helpers (and so avoids bringing in its dependencies) > > but I don't see that

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

2022-09-13 Thread Tim Woodall
On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 04:45:40PM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: There's a package usr-is-merged that will stop usrmerge being installed with init-system-helpers (and so avoids bringing in its dependencies) but I don't see that available in bullseye. Most

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

2022-09-13 Thread Tim Woodall
On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, David Wright wrote: I assume I'm merged already: $ ls -l /bin /lib /sbin lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 16 20:25 /bin -> usr/bin lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 16 20:25 /lib -> usr/lib lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Apr 16 20:25 /sbin -> usr/sbin $ Yes. usr-is-merged won't install

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 12:42:12PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: Software projects today, IIUC, are communities. The "volunteers" should do what the community wants, not necessarily what you or I want. Do you think the free/oss software community wants volunteers who ignore bugs or refuse to f

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

2022-09-13 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2022-09-13 18:55 +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: > On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 04:45:40PM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: >>> There's a package usr-is-merged that will stop usrmerge being installed >>> with init-system-helpers (and so avoids bringing in its depend

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

2022-09-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 12:50:22PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 13 Sep 2022 at 13:09:52 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Now I'm no longer just curious -- I'm *concerned*. Why does it want to > > remove my libpng12-0 package? What's the best way to keep/reinstall xv > > on my system after

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/13/2022 2:02 PM, Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 12:42:12PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > >Software projects today, IIUC, are communities. The "volunteers" should do > >what the community > >wants, not necessarily what you or I want. Do you think the free/oss > >software co

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

2022-09-13 Thread David Wright
On Tue 13 Sep 2022 at 18:59:42 (+0100), Tim Woodall wrote: > On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, David Wright wrote: > > > I assume I'm merged already: > > > > $ ls -l /bin /lib /sbin > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 16 20:25 /bin -> usr/bin > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 16 20:25 /lib -> usr/lib > > lrwxrwxr

Re: usr-is-merged package in bullseye?

2022-09-13 Thread Tim Woodall
On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, Sven Joachim wrote: I might be misunderstanding but I was expecting bookworm to get the dependency init-system-helpers -> usrmerge imminently. Sid gets it, I think, on Thursday. That is true. That's why I want usr-is-merged on my bullseye systems. I'll backport from boo

Re: systemd automount unit: run only when server is reachable

2022-09-13 Thread David Wright
On Mon 12 Sep 2022 at 09:31:07 (+0200), Jürgen Bausa wrote: > I am using systemd automount units (see below) to mount network shares on my > laptop > (debian bullseye). This works fine in principle but I have one big issue: > > At home it is enough to set TimeoutSec to 2 s in the mount unit. Nor

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 02:14:38PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: So do you, obviously. Someone said something that raised that question in my mind, but you deleted that part from this message, which proves you are the one who has an ax to grind by not answering the question that has been raise

Re: Sendmail SASL Auth on Debian 11

2022-09-13 Thread Dave Parker
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 6:41 AM Henning Follmann wrote: > > > > > So I guess my question is, do I need one now on the Bullseye server, if > > saslauthd always worked for this before? > > > > OK, that's an option too. > > Now I would check if sasl works. There is an little helper program; try: > t

Re: LibreOffice - any way to recover not saved changes to the file?

2022-09-13 Thread songbird
Juan R.D. Silva wrote: > I edited a file for hours and then mistakenly clicked "Do not save" > while closing file. Auto save is not enabled. No backup exist in > LibreOffice Backup folder. The computer is not restarted yet. Temp > folder have only old version. Any way to recover the lost edited

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/13/2022 2:33 PM, Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 02:14:38PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > >So do you, obviously. Someone said something that raised that question in my > >mind, > >but you deleted that part from this message, which proves you are the one > >who has > >an ax

Re: LibreOffice - any way to recover not saved changes to the file?

2022-09-13 Thread Juan R.D. Silva
(short answer) No. Its more like "shit happens!" It does indeed :-( Even with best of knowledge and abilities, what once was in memory (RAM) will be reused pretty quick, and if you chose to not autosave regularly, there won't be much left, and even if there would be, the work to get it into pr

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread err404
Please STOP! you are annoying, and if you want improve free softwares, is not like this. you will better contribute with your code or with your translations than by writing to this mailing-list I want you kicked from this list.

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/13/2022 3:59 PM, err...@free.fr wrote: > Please STOP! > > you are annoying, and if you want improve free softwares, is not like this. > you will better contribute with your code or with your translations than by > writing to this mailing-list The problem is, with all due respect, that I do h

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread Thiemo Kellner
Am 12.09.22 um 19:47 schrieb Chuck Zmudzinski: "Open Source Software is accessible to all means it can be used and misused. And, that’s where it turns unconstructive for us. With OSS, we can expect harm, virus transfer, identity burglary, and many other malicious practices to hurt the process

Re: about Konqueror

2022-09-13 Thread riveravaldez
On 9/13/22, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > > how can I search an item in the Konqueror window on Debian? > I tried with / and F3, but that didn't work > best regards Hi, Pierre, also, for more or more detailed info, you can check Konqueror's official site: https://apps.kde.org/konqueror/ In whi

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/13/2022 4:14 PM, Thiemo Kellner wrote: > Am 12.09.22 um 19:47 schrieb Chuck Zmudzinski: > > "Open Source Software is accessible to all means it can be used and > > misused. > > And, that’s where it turns unconstructive for us. With OSS, we can expect > > harm, > > virus transfer, identity bu

Re: LibreOffice - any way to recover not saved changes to the file?

2022-09-13 Thread DdB
Am 13.09.2022 um 21:47 schrieb Juan R.D. Silva: > Oh, I did recreated it. And I even think is very close to original. :-) This is good news! Thanks for sharing it. :-) DdB

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/13/2022 4:31 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > the interest of the user. These "volunteers" obviously have other, > > possibly malicious, interests if they prove themselves unwilling to > > apply fixes to bugs that are reported to them. > > I think there's a confusion here: these volunteers will a

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread Larry Martell
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 3:48 PM Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > If free/oss projects like Debian want to provide software with those > > positive characteristics to their users, those projects must have in > > place some level of oversight over what the persons who actually write > > the software actu

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread Thiemo Kellner
Am 13.09.22 um 23:55 schrieb Chuck Zmudzinski: On 9/13/2022 4:14 PM, Thiemo Kellner wrote: I think Megha is emphasizing, and possibly over-emphasizing, the fact that the persons who actually commit the code in free software projects can operate with little or no oversight when they are just vo

Re: Bug - remote DNS monitoring

2022-09-13 Thread Casey Deccio
> On Aug 30, 2022, at 1:12 PM, Casey Deccio wrote: > > I am having trouble tracking down a bug in my monitoring setup. It all > happened when I upgraded the monitored host (host B in my example below) to > bullseye. Note that Host A is also running bullseye, but the problem didn't > show i

Re: LibreOffice - any way to recover not saved changes to the file?

2022-09-13 Thread tomas
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 03:47:34PM -0400, Juan R.D. Silva wrote: [...] > Thanks for you time. Oh, I did recreated it. And I even think is very close > to original. :-) I'll bet it's better :-) Cheers -- t signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of Open Source Software (Was Re: Package grub-xen-host breaks PV domains with 11.5 point release)

2022-09-13 Thread tomas
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 03:41:11PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: [...] > Actually, someone already has shown us how to do it better. His name is > Linus Torvalds [...] I don't know what your aim is. I have the impression that it's just arguing for arguing's sake [1]. My time is too short to t