Re: Debian switchable MTA mechanism

On Ma, 16 feb 21, 16:37:20, Kevin Shell wrote: > Hello Debian Users. > > Why Debian does't have a switchable MTA mechanism > to allow install multiple MTAs at the same time? Why do you need this? > Fedora, Centos etc. allow users to install multiple MTAs at the same > multiple MTAs at the same

Re: FileZilla / ftp / GnuTLS error connecting to sites with Testing/Bullseye

On Ma, 16 feb 21, 16:45:13, Gary Dale wrote: > > I hear you, but the issue is that if I revert to a previous version, then I > have to hold it to stop the buggy version from clobbering it every day. And > I have to monitor the Testing version for changes to see when a fix is > potentially availabl

Re: networking.service fails

On Mi, 17 feb 21, 00:01:01, Gary Dale wrote: > On 2021-02-16 19:44, Dmitry Katsubo wrote: > > Dear Debian community, > > > > I am puzzled with the following problem. When my Debian 10.8 starts, the > > unit "networking.service" is > > marked as failed with the following reason: > > > > root@debi

Re: Conflicting alternatives

On Jo, 18 feb 21, 08:15:39, Dan Ritter wrote: > Richard Hector wrote: > > On 18/02/21 5:22 am, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 12:06:37AM +0800, Kevin Shell wrote: > > > > You could stop one and start the other, > > > > there's no resources or port conflict. > > > > I want to ju

Re: rsync to NAS for backup

On Jo, 18 feb 21, 18:59:03, Teemu Likonen wrote: > * 2021-02-18 11:13:25-0500, Gary Dale wrote: > > > rsync is a quick & dirty backup tactic but it's got limitations. > > > > 1) files may stay around forever in the backup even if you've deleted > > them from your main computer because you don't n

Re: Conflicting alternatives

On Du, 21 feb 21, 16:23:31, Curt wrote: > On 2021-02-21, David Wright wrote: > >> > >> The Mail Transport Agent Switcher. Almost sounds like a name invented by > >> the marketing department. Anyway, I guess the MTAS is irrelevant because > >> we're not concerned with Fedora here. But I suppose it

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

On Lu, 22 feb 21, 03:50:01, Albretch Mueller wrote: > >> 7) the md5 and sha1 hashes that I computed could not be found online > >> > >> 0296cfbeaf3823055901d7ad2077a077 > >> 0b742d83d23207db9a24553100d4155eb8c701bf debian > >> 10.8.0-amd64-DVD-2.iso > >> 37baf26293b8132fe95b4bd19262ca6b > >> 122a2

Re: is it possible to add a secondary disk to an existing debian systems and install programs to the secondary disk

On Ma, 23 feb 21, 00:37:52, Semih Ozlem wrote: > I am currently pre-planning. If it could be done, then I am going to go > about searching and purchasing necessary devices in order to do the task. > That's why I am asking in the first place. I have a usb device that I can > attach for testing now.

Re: Debian install Question

On Jo, 25 feb 21, 11:53:18, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > No worries. Things happen -- and in this case you happened to step > onto a sticky issue which has no "nice" solution. The two extremes > > (a) Debian should be a free distribution. If you're holding a >Debian "CD" [1] on your hands, yo

Re: Debian install Question

On Jo, 25 feb 21, 18:30:55, Anssi Saari wrote: > > But what if someone needs a newer kernel than 4.19 too? My chosen HW > needs kernel 5.1 for wifi and 5.9 for ethernet plus FW from Intel and > Realtek. And no, I don't want to install testing or unstable. Or Ubuntu. > > I figured I'll install fro

Re: Looking for a "text mode browser" (good description????)

On Jo, 25 feb 21, 17:43:49, Felix Miata wrote: > > 2.02 is where I'm from. Are there any email apps that will hunt down an open > web > browser window and open an email link in a new tab in that open window > instead of > some new window? The guarantee that that's what will happen is one reason

Re: Non-free firmware [was: Debian install Question]

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

Re: Deb10 installer can't install grub

On Ma, 02 mar 21, 14:01:52, Felix Miata wrote: > > To start with, RAID1 is marginally slower than ordinary filesystems on > partitions. This is true for some workloads, for others it can be significantly faster. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/04/understanding-raid-how-perf

Re: Deb10 installer can't install grub

On Mi, 03 mar 21, 17:16:14, Felix Miata wrote: > Andrei POPESCU composed on 2021-03-03 17:50 (UTC+0200): > > > Felix Miata wrote: > > >> To start with, RAID1 is marginally slower than ordinary filesystems on > >> partitions. > > > This is tru

Re: user unit file

On Vi, 05 mar 21, 12:53:24, Jim Popovitch wrote: > > Right now I can't get this to work: > > ~$ systemctl --user enable Test.service > Failed to connect to bus: No such file or directory To save you some head banging after you fix this... > ~$ cat ~/.config/systemd/user/Test.service > [Unit] >

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

On Mi, 12 dec 18, 13:00:32, Michelle Konzack wrote: Hi Michelle, > Forgotten one thing: > > It can be also an Open-Frame PanelPC, because I have BIG LiPoly cells > of 6Ah and 12Ah availlable and can also build my own housing. > > Adv.:I have Serial Ports, more USB, can have an attached heat

Re: Recommended debootsrap tutorials

On Mi, 12 dec 18, 09:56:09, Richard Owlett wrote: > > As some of my interest was focused on finding out just how small a useful > Debian system could be, I was pointed towards debootstrap. I didn't have > needed background at that time. I've continued to pursue the literature > sporadically. > >

Re: kmail and encrypted mails

On Ma, 25 dec 18, 11:52:53, Nicolas George wrote: > Katnip (2018-12-25): > > you could try using protonmail which has pgp, it's free to start with. > > The problem is not the software, changing it will not help. In this particular case it would, since ProtonMail is a webmail and app with built-i

Re: best way to correct (possibly) outdated information on wiki.debian.org

On Du, 30 dec 18, 17:30:24, Andrea Borgia wrote: > Il 30/12/18 17:09, Brian ha scritto: > > > > I am unfamiliar with the bts (?) method so cannot offer advice. > > I suspect the isse was the empty subject line but that error message was > a hell of a convoluted way to say so :) Just for the arc

Re: Recommended debootsrap tutorials

On Sb, 18 mai 19, 13:02:52, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/18/2019 04:44 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > https://salsa.debian.org/amp-guest/pine64/blob/master/pine64_buildimage > > Thank you. > I've never used Salsa. I've found https://wiki.debian.org/Salsa/D

Re: best way to correct (possibly) outdated information on wiki.debian.org

On Sb, 18 mai 19, 19:46:07, Brian wrote: > On Sat 18 May 2019 at 20:22:54 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > I cannot find anything referring to this deprecation. Indeed, we see I meant the 'close' control command, not special address. See https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-ref

Re: kernel "unsigned" in sid

Just for the archives... On Sb, 12 ian 19, 19:31:11, dot...@gmail.com wrote: > > Good question. I upgrade my sid regularly and don't mess with the kernel: I [...] > Unfortunately no other kernel installed and, unless I go and dig into > snapsot, at the moment in sid no other kernel version numb

Re: Setting a USB for multi usages

On Vi, 11 ian 19, 21:48:06, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe wrote: > Hi, > > My purpose is having a USB stick splitted in 2 parts: > 1. MBR + partitions: a Debian installer from an ISO > 2. A blank partition to install data or whatver > > While I know to "burn" an iso on a key via dd, how can I do to have

Re: Debian testing (buster), "vfat not found"

On Sb, 12 ian 19, 17:11:11, Dan Marshall wrote: > Hi, first time caller... I know it's been several months... > Originally posted this is Linux Questions' Hardware subforum. Copying and > pasting the tasty bits: > > Trying to mount a thumb drive and an mp3 player under Debian testing > (buster)

Re: Command line mounting all partitions of pluggable device

On Lu, 14 ian 19, 19:06:29, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/14/2019 02:18 PM, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 14 Jan 2019 at 10:20:51 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > > > On 01/14/2019 09:22 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > > > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > > Assuming there are entries in fstab for

Re: Recommended debootsrap tutorials

On Du, 19 mai 19, 06:51:43, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/18/2019 03:46 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Sb, 18 mai 19, 13:02:52, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > On 05/18/2019 04:44 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > > > > https://salsa.debian.org/amp-

Re: Command line mounting all partitions of pluggable device

On Lu, 20 mai 19, 09:31:05, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 02:20:19PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > for $dir in /media/removable/* > > do > > mount /dev/disk/by-label/$dir /media/removable/$dir > > done > > for dir in /media/

Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7

On Vi, 25 ian 19, 13:36:37, Kent West wrote: > > The basic difference between upgrade and dist-upgrade is that upgrade > doesn't remove existing or pull in not-installed stuff, whereas > dist-upgrade might. That is true for 'apt-get upgrade/dist-upgrade'. 'apt upgrade' will install packages. >

Re: forcedeth?

On Jo, 02 mai 19, 16:19:08, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 02 May 2019 14:18:53 Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > > Le 02/05/2019 à 13:25, Gene Heskett a écrit : > > > Ha anything been done to forcedeth since wheezy? > > > > Why are you asking ? > > > > > I have installed the LCNC version of stretch >

Re: Why /usr/sbin is not in my root $PATH ?

On Jo, 21 feb 19, 11:26:29, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 04:14:53PM +, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote: > > You could point them to StackExchange in the meantime. (-: > > > > * https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/460769/5132 > > On that page: > > Doing plain 'su' is a really b

Re: Why /usr/sbin is not in my root $PATH ?

On Jo, 21 feb 19, 12:42:47, Greg Wooledge wrote: > Well, for those who are interested, I've added some information to > . I'm trusting that the > ALWAYS_SET_PATH thing from that random web page was actually correct, > because verification would take a lot of wo

Re: Debian specific tools/apps

On Vi, 01 mar 19, 22:40:19, Josef Bailey wrote: > Hello I’m new to Debian and wanted to know what are some good Debian specific > tools/apps I should know so I don’t write emails like this. > > I know of > 1. Dpkg > 2. Apt-file > 3. Apt > 4. Aptitude > 5. I know how to use backports for stable >

Re: Keyboard and touchpad not working after waking up from a suspension

On Lu, 04 mar 19, 20:03:46, Paul Sutton wrote: > > Q2) On a similar note (more for me) As we are on 9.8 will there be a 9.9 > or are we going straight from 9.8 to 10? Stretch will be supported for at least one year after the release of buster, so there will most likely be a few more point releas

Re: Why /usr/sbin is not in my root $PATH ?

On Lu, 27 mai 19, 02:15:49, Andy Smith wrote: > > Glenn, and Andrei, do you do anything out of the ordinary to > install? https://salsa.debian.org/amp-guest/pine64/blob/master/pine64_buildimage > Myself I have seen this happen when untarring the operating system > as by default tar does not sto

Re: WRITING to NTFS drives

On Lu, 11 mar 19, 14:13:38, deb wrote: > > Someone asked what the status of WRITING to NTFS drives was. > > That it was not yet supported (?) . In addition to what was already said in the thread, I've been using the excuse that some data might need to be accessible from Windows to use NTFS als

Re: Ping as normal user (Was: Why /usr/sbin is not in my root $PATH ?)

On Mi, 29 mai 19, 23:29:21, Gene Heskett wrote: > > the default $PATH the installer sets up for $users, apparently does not > include any of the sbin's, only /usr/bin and /bin. I've been fixing that > for several generations of debian installs. Probably shouldn't as there > may be some good re

Re: Ping as normal user (Was: Why /usr/sbin is not in my root $PATH ?)

On Jo, 30 mai 19, 18:43:05, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 11:08:22AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > I asked on IRC, and got this answer: > > > > The archive (Packages) and individual .debs can disagree on Priority. It's > > mostly a field that has no meaning these days.

Re: WRITING to NTFS drives

On Mi, 29 mai 19, 11:12:22, songbird wrote: > > i have never experienced a problem with writing to > a NTFS file system. > > i use an external drive that has a NTFS file > system on it for backups and as a scratch space > if i need to save something large for a while. As far as I can tell th

Re: Ping as normal user (Was: Why /usr/sbin is not in my root $PATH ?)

On Vi, 31 mai 19, 08:51:20, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 11:47:26AM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > > https://wiki.debian.org/MergedUsr > > > > The wiki says this page does not exist yet. > > It's actually . Right, thanks (again) Greg for co

Re: Sequential boot with systemd?

On Mi, 27 mar 19, 19:27:21, Steve Keller wrote: > Is it possible to configure systemd to *not* start services in > parallel? That would be very difficult to achieve with systemd, your best option would probably be to switch to sysv. > I'd prefer deterministic boot with readable boot > messages.

Re: en_DK.UTF-8 UTF-8

On Du, 24 mar 19, 00:12:50, info wrote: > Hi debian > > Why can I not fint "en_DK.UTF-8 UTF-8" when I install a normal os from you > (it is not a server version)?? Try installing in "expert" mode, it should show you the full list of locales to chose from. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.de

Re: need sources.list example for lan with approx-server

On Mi, 27 mar 19, 08:12:42, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > * apt removes the .deb files that it downloads, after installing them. >apt-get leaves them in /var/cache/. This is configurable, I think. My best guess would be: $ apt-config dump | grep -i keep Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packag

Re: kernel policy vs bug handling (how to followup #919227 ?)

On Mi, 27 mar 19, 21:22:18, Andrea Borgia wrote: > Hi. > > In an earlier post[1] I mentioned an ACPI LID issue with my laptop, which > has been fixed in the current 5.x series[2]. > > My questions: > > 1) other than commenting on my own bugreport[3] with this information, > should I do anything

Re: kernel policy vs bug handling (how to followup #919227 ?)

On Sb, 08 iun 19, 16:08:27, Andrea Borgia wrote: > Il 08/06/19 12:18, Andrei POPESCU ha scritto: > > > On Mi, 27 mar 19, 21:22:18, Andrea Borgia wrote: > > > 2) maybe I am not using the proper keywords but I can't seem to find > > > information on Debian kerne

Re: armv7 vs buster sudo complains about hostname or something

On Mi, 03 iul 19, 20:26:48, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 03 July 2019 18:06:18 John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > > Hi Gene! > > > > On 7/3/19 10:42 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Just one of the things its taken over. Now we have a different > > > command to set the hostname too if you wan

Re: etiquette of sharing executable files

On Du, 07 iul 19, 11:58:21, john doe wrote: > > Use as part of your directory name a random string: > > - Define a variable that holds the directory name with that random string > - Die if that directory already exist or generate a new name > > The name of the directory could have the form: > >

Re: etiquette of sharing executable files

On Sb, 06 iul 19, 20:34:35, mick crane wrote: > As per recent post ( don't want to trash somebody's home directory ) I was > wondering what is the etiquette of sharing executable files. In my opinion one can't possibly anticipate all the ways a software can be (mis)used, users are ultimately resp

Re: Assorted arm-buster problems - network configuration

On Du, 07 iul 19, 07:17:33, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 07 July 2019 02:58:46 andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > BTW, it's still not clear to me whether this is about a clean buster > > install or some image based on buster. > > > Its the raspian image based on buster-rc2 AIUI. As suspect

Re: fix for no ssh

On Du, 07 iul 19, 15:45:33, Tixy wrote: > On Sun, 2019-07-07 at 10:29 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings; > > > > Maybe I shouldn't publish this, but I found a fix for the no ssh on > > reboot till you start it from it's own keyboard. It bypasses > > someones > > paranoia. If interested,

Re: Check your signing key expiration dates!

On Du, 07 iul 19, 20:17:41, Teemu Likonen wrote: > > You need to update your copy of the keys. Those developers have very > likely updated the expiration day and moved it again to some point in > the future. Debian developers' keys can be updated with WKD protocol > usign their debian.org email ad

Re: Check your signing key expiration dates!

On Du, 07 iul 19, 18:28:00, Brad Rogers wrote: > > GPG does warn about expired keys. However, it's possible some MUAs may > mask that warning. Neo/Mutt show it, but it's easy to miss. Using different colour and/or bold would help... Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebia

Re: fix for no ssh

On Du, 07 iul 19, 12:44:30, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > Wow. Another reason to love systemd :-( Not clear to me why you are blaming systemd here. In my understanding what sysv-init does (crediting entropy over reboots) is not secure for various reasons. > Another reason to perform fresh installs

Re: Check your signing key expiration dates!

On Du, 07 iul 19, 18:55:46, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 20:31:23 +0300 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > Hello Andrei, > > >Apparently a 'gpg --refresh-keys ' is not enough, not sure > >why... > > Should be; Updating your public key worke

Re: Check your signing key expiration dates!

On Du, 07 iul 19, 21:11:06, Teemu Likonen wrote: > Andrei POPESCU [2019-07-07T20:31:23+03] wrote: > > > My gpg.conf has: > > > > keyserver hkps://hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net > > SKS keyservers can be risky because they allow anybody to submit any > number of

Re: will Release come back for testing/updates at security.debian.org?

On Du, 07 iul 19, 08:23:59, songbird wrote: > with the change to testing the past day the error message pops up: > > E: The repository 'http://security.debian.org/debian-security testing/updates > Release' no longer has a Release file. Not sure why you even have 'security' for testing in your

Re: will Release come back for testing/updates at security.debian.org?

On Lu, 08 iul 19, 03:10:53, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Sun, Jul 07, 2019 at 03:22:40PM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > > That will be actually a permanent change, see > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2019/06/msg00015.html . The > > intention was actually do to it already in earlier

Re: fix for no ssh

On Lu, 08 iul 19, 08:40:06, Curt wrote: > > I guess I would not be affected because I'm not running an entropy-hungry > service (or any services at all), but what a PITA to have gone on this wild > goose chase to finally find that out (if true). These release-notes for > Buster, > as they stand,

Re: Check your signing key expiration dates!

On Lu, 08 iul 19, 10:00:20, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 10:03:36 +0300 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > >B7A15F455B287F384174D5E9E5EC4AC9BD627B05 (Donald Norwood's key used to > >sign the release announcement). > > Probably only need the last eight chars

Re: 70-persistent-net-rules no longer supported? (Was Re: Document removal of ecryptfs-utils from Buster)

On Ma, 02 iul 19, 08:02:22, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2019-07-01 at 03:47, Curt wrote: > > > > https://www.debian.org/releases///buster/s390x/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#migrate-interface-names > > I'm skeptical as to whether this is (still/currently) accurate. This was fixed in the mean

Re: fix for no ssh

On Lu, 08 iul 19, 09:06:33, Curt wrote: > On 2019-07-08, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > This was fixed before the release. > > What? Is there something wrong with the current wording? > > You are aware that the Release Notes are work in progress as long as the >

Re: fix for no ssh

On Lu, 08 iul 19, 09:44:51, Curt wrote: > On 2019-07-08, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > On Lu, 08 iul 19, 09:06:33, Curt wrote: > >> On 2019-07-08, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >> > > >> > This was fixed before the release. > > >> Wha

Re: fix for no ssh

On Lu, 08 iul 19, 09:01:36, Curt wrote: > On 2019-07-08, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > >> Wow. Another reason to love systemd :-( > > > > Not clear to me why you are blaming systemd here. > > Because systemd is to blame (at least in the opinion of some people in

Re: fix for no ssh

On Lu, 08 iul 19, 10:19:35, Curt wrote: > > I thought you were saying that > '/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules' remains a valid mechanism > for defining interface names in Buster (fixed). But the release-notes > (hmm, I think they've been modified since I last looked and now state > that

Re: buster changes vim mouse behavior again...

On Lu, 08 iul 19, 08:48:15, Dave Sherohman wrote: > > Today I did a test install of buster, however, and found a new problem: > It seems that buster's vim detects the middle-click and "helpfully" goes > immediately into insert mode, meaning that ":set paste" and "O" are > entered as part of the fi

Re: Assorted arm-buster problems - network configuration

On Lu, 08 iul 19, 13:37:26, Lee wrote: > On 7/7/19, andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: > > > The dangers are not at all obvious to me, possibly because I haven't > > used it much (if at all). > > Read the first three paragraph of the "Security Considerations" section > https://tools.ietf.org/html

Re: fix for no ssh

On Lu, 08 iul 19, 14:50:18, Gene Heskett wrote: > > But I must say even I was surprised by the near total bailout when I > mentioned that it was raspian. Obviously in retrospect, there is bad > blood? Not from me. I was very much happy with Raspbian when I my Raspberry Pis were still in use.

Re: fix for no ssh

Sorry for replying to myself. On Lu, 08 iul 19, 23:50:02, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On the other hand Debian felt like from the moment I started with it and home > I was happy to be able to return to it once

Re: Upgrading to Buster but keeping Postgresql-9.6

On Lu, 08 iul 19, 20:02:36, Phil Endecott wrote: > Dear Experts, > > Does anyone have any advice about the possibility of upgrading > systems from Stretch to Buster, but keeping Postgresql-9.6 for > the time being? Is upgrading to buster a necessity? Stretch will be supported by Debian for one m

Re: fix for no ssh

On Lu, 08 iul 19, 18:15:31, John Hasler wrote: > > More capitalist: eliminate copyrights and patents. Eliminating the > capital gains tax break would also help. The GPL relies on copyright. Reducing it to 10 years or so might be a good compromise. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.or

Re: fix for no ssh

On Lu, 08 iul 19, 18:27:57, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 08 Jul 2019 at 19:21:37 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > [1] assuming ethernet cards are always named ethX and wireless cards are > > always named wlanX by the kernel. I might have had a wireless card that >

Re: Upgrading to Buster but keeping Postgresql-9.6

On Lu, 08 iul 19, 22:24:17, Phil Endecott wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > Is upgrading to buster a necessity? Stretch will be supported by Debian > > for one more year and probably some more by the LTS effort. > > Indeed, not upgrading to Buster is a p

Re: fix for no ssh

On Ma, 09 iul 19, 18:19:22, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 09 Jul 2019 at 10:50:01 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > I'm interested if the more recent kernel still uses ethX for the > > wireless interface. > > Yes, with net.ifnames=0 I still get eth0 an

Re: please stop breaking threads (was: Problem Installing DiscoveryStudio2019 in Buster

On Ma, 09 iul 19, 16:33:39, bw wrote: > > Anyway, it is a problem I'd love to solve with a mail client that works > from linux tty. I'm quite surprised neo/mutt was not mentioned already. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signatu

Re: please stop breaking threads (was: Problem Installing DiscoveryStudio2019 in Buster

On Ma, 09 iul 19, 16:53:40, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > On 9 de julho de 2019 11:36, bw wrote: > > I would subscribe, but there is a lot of (pointless) mail and I have > > limited bandwidth.  Until broadband is lower than my electric bill I am > > stuck with > > 500MB per month. > > Any de

Re: chromebook

On Mi, 10 iul 19, 10:35:33, John Crawley wrote: > On 2019-07-10 01:52, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > Please post only text, not HTML. If your email agent *cannot* do plain > > text alone, at least configure it to send both plain text and HTML. Or, > > y'know, get a better email agent. > > > Of c

Re: buster changes vim mouse behavior again...

On Ma, 09 iul 19, 02:20:53, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 08:50:56PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > If you do figure out how it's supposed to work please do post on list. > > My stackexchange question was identified as a duplicate of > https://vi.s

Re: fix for no ssh

On Mi, 10 iul 19, 13:52:55, Curt wrote: > > His views shouldn't be "represented" at all. I thought it would be > honest to have something brief, up front, and simple, in the notes > themselves, like: > > For amd64 systems supporting the RDRAND instruction this issue is > avoided by the Debian k

Re: fix for no ssh

On Mi, 10 iul 19, 07:39:54, Curt wrote: > On 2019-07-08, Andy Smith wrote: > > Hi Curt, > > > > On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 05:48:24PM -, Curt wrote: > >> it "amounts to trusting that CPU manufacturer (perhaps with the > >> insistence or mandate of a Nation State's intelligence or law > >> enforce

Re: chromebook

On Mi, 10 iul 19, 09:25:02, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > 4. html viewers are known for being exploitable in many and >surprising ways. Thanks, forgot about that one. A recent example: https://efail.de/ In the 'Responsible Disclosure' section there is nice coloured table with popular clients

Re: new debian install

On Mi, 10 iul 19, 06:18:10, N D wrote: > Hello, Hello, > I am looking for a Linux distribution that is stable and have just > installed Debian 9 as a windows 7 replacement. Debian 10 was released just a few days ago, you might want to give it a try instead. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wi

Re: HTML mail (was: chromebook)

On Jo, 11 iul 19, 12:31:07, John Crawley wrote: > > I was never trying to claim that it was OK to send messages as html - I > always use plain text myself - but I thought there might be something to be > said for user agents that could deal with html in some sane way, and without > exposing the re

Re: Buster RC 1 upgrade to stable

On Mi, 10 iul 19, 16:04:45, Tom Browder wrote: > I had to use Buster RC 1 to successfully install Debian on a new laptop > (from Zareason) since I couldn't get Stretch stable to work. Just for the archives, the RC1 referred to the Debian Installer itself. What exactly you installed depends on the

Re: HTML mail

On Jo, 11 iul 19, 15:52:56, John Crawley wrote: > On 2019-07-11 15:25, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Jo, 11 iul 19, 12:31:07, John Crawley wrote: > > > ...user agents that could deal with html in some sane way, and without > > > exposing the recipient to attacks. Simply

Re: Wpa_supplicant Error: No such device

On Jo, 11 iul 19, 19:26:45, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 21:02:44 - (UTC) > Bert Riding wrote: > > > You could try using the actual device for the -i option (interface)...like > > wlan0 or, in the new notation wlp3s0, and use nl80122 as the -D > > option (driver). > > iw dev

Re: Flatpak or repository apps

On Vi, 12 iul 19, 09:33:44, Georgios wrote: > Hi there! > > Based on security and stability i was wondering what is more preferable? > > Installing apps through flatpak or through debian repositories? This is quite generic. It would help if you provided concrete examples of software that is ava

Re: Don't disable recoomends by default

On Vi, 12 iul 19, 20:21:08, Reco wrote: > > I say - if the user wants to "break" a system by not installing the > Recommends - let them. Whenever it's curiosity, a way of learning > something new or just a wish to do an OS liposuction. Sure. Still, I would avoid recommending (ha!) turning off Re

Re: useless localisation files

On Vi, 12 iul 19, 13:03:33, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > when installing some packages (chromiun for example), I get a lot of > useless languages (task-marathi-desktop task-nepali-desktop ...) I would argue that no language is useless ;) The localisation files, specific fonts and spelling dicti

Re: Don't disable recoomends by default

On Vi, 12 iul 19, 22:40:17, Brian wrote: > On Sat 13 Jul 2019 at 00:17:49 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > This is not about "breaking" Debian, but confusing the user (why does mc > > open gziped files, but not zip?) > > gzip is already on the system (Pr

Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster

On Sb, 13 iul 19, 04:14:52, ho...@rumormillnews.com wrote: > > > Thanks -- the brand is AOC, connected via VGA cable I've seen such interesting effects when a VGA cable was not connected properly. You might want to check the cable and connection at both ends. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wi

Re: Buster install

On Du, 14 iul 19, 00:09:09, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 05:23:22PM -0400, Curt Howland wrote: > > > > Ok, the problem is /etc/profile is not being run when the "su" command > > is used. If I log in as root, the path is set just fine. > > Use "su -" (or "sudo -s") if you wan

Re: Buster install

On Sb, 13 iul 19, 18:15:25, Curt Howland wrote: > On Saturday 13 July 2019, Ansgar Burchardt was heard to say: > > |   The first difference is probably the most user visible one. Doing > |   plain 'su' is a really bad idea for many reasons, so using 'su -' > is > |   strongly recommended to alway

Re: Where'd lsb-compat go?

On Lu, 15 iul 19, 09:15:19, Kent West wrote: > > However, now with the machines upgraded to Debian 10 (Buster), > "/usr/bin/lsb_release -a" reports the Debian version as 10 rather than as > 10.0, and apparently the SMA expects that minor number as well as the major > number. This issue will most

Re: Buster install

On Lu, 15 iul 19, 10:20:34, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > The implementation of su in stretch-and-earlier is the best of all worlds. > You get PATH set correctly before and after, you get to keep all of your > customized environment settings like $PAGER and $LESS, and it doesn't > change your working d

Re: sending mail via a script

On Lu, 15 iul 19, 06:21:28, Dan Ritter wrote: > Reco wrote: > > Why do you think they have that requirement? > > It's entirely because IPs without PTR records are more likely to > be spammers than those who do. Specfically, because it's an > indication that the person running the machine didn't

Re: Wpa_Supplicant Fails Authentication

On Sb, 20 iul 19, 12:29:39, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jul 2019 13:34:12 -0400 > Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > I recommend you file a bug report with the author(s) of that driver. > > Discovered the "bug" was not wpa_supplicant's, but mine: I was > leaving the USB wireless plugged in durin

Re: SOLVED: Wpa_Supplicant Fails Authentication

On Sb, 20 iul 19, 12:03:05, David Wright wrote: > > Perhaps if you try turning off your dongle port and then turning it on > again, you can get the same effect as plugging it in. Another thing to try would be to remove the kernel module and reinsert it. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debi

Re: usenet connection

On Sb, 20 iul 19, 11:50:45, Charles Zeitler wrote: > On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 9:11 AM Charles Zeitler wrote: > > > > for a couple of days it sufficed me to stop firewalld service > > to get a usenet connection. > > can someone tell me how to confirm > sudo systemctl stop firewalld.service? For ty

Re: Psychedelic GUI after stable update to buster

On Lu, 22 iul 19, 18:41:01, Étienne Mollier wrote: > > Orthogonally, you may also want to investigate the use of > setupcon(1) and the configuration file console-setup(5) to set > alternative, more readable font. The configuration file is > stored in /etc/default/console-setup. Or just run 'dpkg

Re: Wpa_Supplicant Fails Authentication

On Du, 21 iul 19, 08:16:25, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Sun, 21 Jul 2019 10:48:15 +0300 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > This is definitely not normal, it shouldn't matter if the dongle is > > plugged on boot or not. > > I agree. And it will work and con

Re: Can Grub Boot Through a USB Port on an Old PC?

On Jo, 25 iul 19, 12:37:17, Martin McCormick wrote: > > I mounted /dev/sde1 to /mnt and used rsync to copy > everything it could including devices to /home/wheezy > > rsync --devices -alHvbq /mnt/ /home/wheezy You might want to try bind mounting /dev from the host system before chrooting.

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