Re: Why Debian packaging structure is so difficult

On 09/01/23 17:48, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Mon, Jan 09, 2023 at 11:50:23AM +0530, Sadhu Santh wrote: Hi, I am hosting a local Debian mirror for my LAN. This helps in low internet bandwidth use. I keep only the required distributions (past five years and testing release). Compared to oth

Re: fstrim(8) Recommendation

Am Fr., 13. Jan. 2023 um 03:45 Uhr schrieb John Conover : > > I'm installing an SSD replacement for an HD in a small 24/7 mail > server. > > I would appreciate suggestions for the most reliable way to do > fstrim(8). Reliability is more important than speed, and the machine > will require a swap pa

Re: why rfkill not list my wifi device

On 1/10/23 21:17, Charles Curley wrote: Interesting. Running "modprobe rfkill" wouldn't return anything because the module is already installed. However, I get a slightly different result from the lsmod command: root@jhegaala:~# lsmod | grep rfkill rfkill 32768 7 bluetooth,thi

Re: Why Debian packaging structure is so difficult

On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 01:59:50PM +0530, Sadhu Santh wrote: > > > > I am hosting a local Debian mirror for my LAN. This helps in low internet > > > bandwidth use. > > > > > > I keep only the required distributions (past five years and testing > > > release). > > > > > > Compared to other distri

bullseye installer can't load non-free firmware from usb stick

but i use hard disk installation method, i put firmware in same place as iso image, installer can locate firmware without prompting me

Re: quite the end of an era: Re: Bug#931659: transition: rm python2

Greg wrote: >On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 10:42:31PM +, Tim Woodall wrote: >> On Tue, 10 Jan 2023, songbird wrote: >> >> > kudoes to everyone who helped with this in getting it done, finding >> > bugs, fixing problems, converting code, updating docs and testing. :) >> > >> >> What does debian u

Re: bullseye installer can't load non-free firmware from usb stick

On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 06:51:47PM +0800, lsg wrote: > but i use hard disk installation method, i put firmware in same place as iso > image, installer can locate firmware without prompting me > Better to use the unofficial .iso image that includes firmware from the start - https://cdimage.debian

Re: fstrim(8) Recommendation

> I would appreciate suggestions for the most reliable way to do > fstrim(8). Reliability is more important than speed, and the machine > will require a swap partition. I think the answer depends on why you (think you) need fstrim. AFAIK in most cases the answer is: just don't bother. St

Periodic refresh (or rwrite?) of data on an SSD (was: Re: Recommended SSDs and 4-bay internal dock)

On Wednesday, January 11, 2023 12:20:05 PM Linux-Fan wrote: > > Or does one need to read every byte, allocated or not? > > AFAIK one needs to _power_ the device every once in a while and keep power > connected for some time. Then, the controller can dos all the necessary > actions in the backgroun

Re: Problems with host sleeping

On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 16:24 Ximo wrote: > Hi, > Did you checked the hardware? I'm continuing my attempts. I have successfully installed Debian 11 and changed all the settings to stay awake 24/7. It worked for a little over a day and just quit. I'm returning it to the seller so he can fix the

Postfix fails after upgrade from bullseye to bookworm

I upgraded an i386 machine from bullseye to bookworm. Postfix now refuses to run. root@white:/var/spool# systemctl start postfix@-.service Job for postfix@-.service failed because a timeout was exceeded. See "systemctl status postfix@-.service" and "journalctl -xeu postfix@-.service" for details

Re: Postfix fails after upgrade from bullseye to bookworm

Charles Curley wrote: > I upgraded an i386 machine from bullseye to bookworm. Postfix now > refuses to run. Run the postfix executable by hand as root, and look for error messages and log entries in /var/log/mail.log among other locations. -dsr-

Adding PageUp/PageDown movement in a keyboard

Ciao a tutti, I have a portable with an english mapped keyboard where the PageUp/PageDown keys are not present. How could add these keys with gnome on wayland? -- Ciao leandro

Re: Periodic refresh (or rwrite?) of data on an SSD (was: Re: Recommended SSDs and 4-bay internal dock)

rhkra...@gmail.com writes: On Wednesday, January 11, 2023 12:20:05 PM Linux-Fan wrote: > > Or does one need to read every byte, allocated or not? > > AFAIK one needs to _power_ the device every once in a while and keep power > connected for some time. Then, the controller can dos all the necessa

Re: Postfix fails after upgrade from bullseye to bookworm

On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 12:00:31 -0500 Dan Ritter wrote: > Run the postfix executable by hand as root, and look for error > messages and log entries in /var/log/mail.log among other locations. Well, that was interesting. Thanks. In mail.log I found the following from an earlier run: 2023-01-13T06

Cannot get ssh access to the new Debian server on my local network

I have my new host working and ssh from it to the other local Debian host. BUT, I have not so far been able to ssh the other way from the old server to the new one. Both servers have password access blocked (thanks for the reminder from several folks in the other thread about Internet access to my

Re: Cannot get ssh access to the new Debian server on my local network

On Fri 13 Jan 2023 at 14:35:04 (-0600), Tom Browder wrote: > I have my new host working and ssh from it to the other local Debian host. > > BUT, I have not so far been able to ssh the other way from the old server > to the new one. Both servers have password access blocked (thanks for the > remind

Re: Cannot get ssh access to the new Debian server on my local network

Tom Browder wrote: > I have my new host working and ssh from it to the other local Debian host. > > BUT, I have not so far been able to ssh the other way from the old server > to the new one. Both servers have password access blocked (thanks for the > reminder from several folks in the other thre

failed to load rtl_bt/rtl8761b_fw.bin

i have usb wireless dongle, it uses rtl8761b chip, it works in opensuse but bullseye complains though i have installed non-free firmware-realtek: [   16.123855] bluetooth hci0: firmware: failed to load rtl_bt/rtl8761b_fw.bin (-2)

Re: failed to load rtl_bt/rtl8761b_fw.bin

On Fri 13 Jan 2023 at 16:20:51 (-0500), lsg wrote: > i have usb wireless dongle, it uses rtl8761b chip, it works in opensuse > > but bullseye complains though i have installed non-free firmware-realtek: > > [   16.123855] bluetooth hci0: firmware: failed to load > rtl_bt/rtl8761b_fw.bin (-2) For

Re: Cannot get ssh access to the new Debian server on my local network

On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 3:02 PM David Wright wrote: > Sorry if my suggestion is too obvious, but how about > ssh -v -v -v > and posting some output, rather than us playing guessing games. ... Thanks, David, I needed a splash of cold water. It turns out I had put my public keys on the new host i

Re: failed to load rtl_bt/rtl8761b_fw.bin

Thank David! you are right, i get firmware for bookworm, extract it with dpkg-deb, copy it to /lib/firmware/rtl_bt, now bluetooth works in bullseye

ARM32 (armhf) - Debian 11 - Bullseye - Image Location Please

Hi Team, Could you help me to provide Debian 11 (Bullseye - armhf - image location please). I downloaded from https://raspi.debian.net/tested/20230102_raspi_4_bullseye.img.xz but it is a 64 bit one, so I am looking for a 32 bit image. Regards, Vishwa ___

Re: Why Debian packaging structure is so difficult

On 09/01/2023 13:20, Sadhu Santh wrote: If not, why the upstream structure is not made simpler? If I remember correctly, current repository layout minimizes traffic at the moment of new release. .deb packages are already synced as a part of testing suite. Almost certainly it is explained on

Re: ARM32 (armhf) - Debian 11 - Bullseye - Image Location Please

On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 8:15 PM Vishwanath Reddy Mannapuram < vishwanathreddy.mannapu...@aveva.com> wrote: > Hi Team, > > Could you help me to provide Debian 11 (Bullseye – armhf – image location > please). > > I downloaded from > *https://raspi.debian.net/tested/20230102_raspi_4_bullseye.img.xz*

Re: ARM32 (armhf) - Debian 11 - Bullseye - Image Location Please

On 1/14/23 02:50, Vishwanath Reddy Mannapuram wrote: Hi Team, Could you help me to provide Debian 11 (Bullseye – armhf – image location please). I downloaded from _https://raspi.debian.net/tested/20230102_raspi_4_bullseye.img.xz_

Re: Cannot get ssh access to the new Debian server on my local network

On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 04:04:09PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 3:02 PM David Wright wrote: > > Sorry if my suggestion is too obvious, but how about > > ssh -v -v -v Obvious, but still spot-on :) > Thanks, David, I needed a splash of cold water [...] > Sorry for the wa