Re: what keyboard do you use?

On 2/2/24 17:25, Lee wrote: I bought a Dell desktop in 2019 and the keyboard just died :( ssh in from another machine & do a 'sudo reboot now' and get an alert about 'Keyboard not found.' on power up. The keyboard also doesn't work in another machine so it's really & truly dead. I figure the

Re: what keyboard do you use?

On 2/5/24 14:11, Ash Joubert wrote: On 06/02/2024 04:15, Peter Ehlert wrote: Logitech K270 full size, simple, $22 USD, fits me just fine I use a Logitech MK270r good tip, packaged with a mouse for $6 more thanks. I will get that bundle next time Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo which

Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer- a Bug?

Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer Damned nice, the improvements are appreciated. using the new debian-bookworm-DI-rc1-amd64-netinst.iso Legacy install, GPT partition graphic install, manual partitioning Mate Desktop (others were deselected) WiFi firmware: with a cheap USB WiFi adapter plugged in an

Re: Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer- a Bug?

On 4/9/23 08:57, David Wright wrote: On Wed 05 Apr 2023 at 07:03:41 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote: Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer Damned nice, the improvements are appreciated. I ran rc1 in my usual manner, and the only difference I noticed was the one extra question about non-free firmware

Re: Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer- a Bug?

On 4/9/23 08:57, David Wright wrote: On Wed 05 Apr 2023 at 07:03:41 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote: Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer Damned nice, the improvements are appreciated. I ran rc1 in my usual manner, and the only difference I noticed was the one extra question about non-free firmware

Re: Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer- a Bug?

On 4/16/23 09:29, David Wright wrote: On Sun 16 Apr 2023 at 07:19:18 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote: On 4/9/23 08:57, David Wright wrote: On Wed 05 Apr 2023 at 07:03:41 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote: Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer Damned nice, the improvements are appreciated. I ran rc1 in my

Re: hi res pdf needs posterized

On 4/17/23 12:02, Fred wrote: On 4/17/23 11:55, gene heskett wrote: Greetings all printing experts; I have an extremely high res pdf of a 3d printer controller board. I need to print it in the same or close, resolution I can see it on screen in libreoffice draw. But its equ to 26" wide! So t

Re: Gnome desktop environment

On April 22, 2023 12:58:24 PM Mark Fletcher wrote: On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 at 20:53, William Torrez Corea wrote: I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment. What command is used for an elimination complete? I use this command but don't get the effect desired. # apt-get install task

Re: Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer- a Bug?

On 4/17/23 21:43, David Wright wrote: On Mon 17 Apr 2023 at 08:47:30 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote: On 4/16/23 09:29, David Wright wrote: On Sun 16 Apr 2023 at 07:19:18 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote: On 4/9/23 08:57, David Wright wrote: On Wed 05 Apr 2023 at 07:03:41 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote

Re: Gnome desktop environment

On 4/22/23 17:12, Jeremy Ardley wrote: On 23/4/23 04:49, Peter Ehlert wrote: Be careful and don't include any Gnome/"Debian desktop". When you select a desktop install with standard Debian you don't have lot of control over what is installed. And that's even

Re: is it imminent that bookworm becomes stable?

On April 24, 2023 4:39:47 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 05:52:55AM +0800, hl wrote: i always use stable, Thanks! You're welcome! And that was the entire body of your email, so that's all you had to say, yes? ... Please do not put important details exclusively in the Su

Re: Debian Bookworm RC 1 installer- a Bug?

On 4/23/23 05:52, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 4/17/23 21:43, David Wright wrote: On Mon 17 Apr 2023 at 08:47:30 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote: On 4/16/23 09:29, David Wright wrote: On Sun 16 Apr 2023 at 07:19:18 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote: On 4/9/23 08:57, David Wright wrote: On Wed 05 Apr

os-prober Just a Rant

updates cause my edits to be overwritten... that sucks # If your computer has multiple operating systems installed, then you # probably want to run os-prober. However, if your computer is a host # for guest OSes installed via LVM or raw disk devices, running # os-prober can cause damage to those

Re: UUIDS

On May 27, 2023 4:37:20 PM PDT, "mick.crane" wrote: >I'm sure it used to be that you could swap linux discs between PCs and it >would sort itself out Yes, it still works like that. I do it frequently. but I try swapping disks about and booting and they complain >"Cannot find UUID..lots of ide

Re: Please help with not booting from USB so to install Debian

On 6/8/23 11:36, Rodolfo Medina wrote: I want to install Debian on a new machine but don't manage to boot from USB stick. (I can do so regularly with another machine, so the USB stick is ok and so is the Debian netinst I burned onto it.) At the boot I press F9 and a menu appears where I can c

Re: Debian home page -> Download link broken:

On 6/10/23 14:51, David Christensen wrote: debian-user: $ date Sat Jun 10 14:50:40 PDT 2023 The "Download" link on the Debian home page is currently broken: https://www.debian.org/ -> Download https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-11.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso

Re: give us a clue

On June 11, 2023 9:05:13 AM "mick.crane" wrote: Somebody gave me a Toshiba satellite laptop with the identifying number C50-A-19T I think this is what is called a Dynabook. Installed bookworm on it twice the last time with the iso with the freeware. Unless this was in the last 24 hours I'm

Re: give us a clue

On 6/11/23 10:23, mick.crane wrote: On 2023-06-11 17:53, Peter Ehlert wrote: On June 11, 2023 9:05:13 AM "mick.crane" wrote: Somebody gave me a Toshiba satellite laptop with the identifying number C50-A-19T I think this is what is called a Dynabook. Installed bookworm on it twic

Thunderbird Beta

Thunderbird is going through some front end changes, mostly cosmetic I believe. Question: what are the chances that the New version (115.x), after the TBird beta is finished, will be in the Debian Stable repos?

Partial Freeze Bullseye Mat

Partial Freeze Bullseye Mate on occasion while the system is in use, the keyboard and mouse stop responding. in all other respects it appears to continue operating as normal, my conky shows activity, etc. Keyboard and Mouse use a single USB gizmo. I am using a KVM switch. when I flip over to ei

Re: Partial Freeze Bullseye Mat

On 7/14/23 08:46, piorunz wrote: On 14/07/2023 15:40, Peter Ehlert wrote: I am using a KVM switch. when I flip over to either of the two other computers the mouse and keyboard works as normal. This is most likely a cause of your malfunction. Not the system, not CPU heat, but KVM device

Re: General question regarding SSD and harddrive

On July 14, 2023 5:30:34 PM Maureen L Thomas wrote: So I have been looking at new computers and most of them come with SSD's but they are so much smaller than my 2 TB computer that I am not sure what is better. I read a couple of pieces on different groups but still am not sure. SSD's are

Re: Partial Freeze Bullseye Mat

On 7/14/23 10:49, songbird wrote: if you use journalctl -f to watch what is happening does anything show up? good thought, thanks. at the moment I see only this: peter@z840x:~$ journalctl -f Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system.   Users in groups

Re: Partial Freeze Bullseye Mate

On 7/14/23 09:07, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 7/14/23 08:46, piorunz wrote: On 14/07/2023 15:40, Peter Ehlert wrote: I am using a KVM switch. when I flip over to either of the two other computers the mouse and keyboard works as normal. This is most likely a cause of your malfunction. Not the

Re: Partial Freeze Bullseye Mat

On July 15, 2023 10:27:51 AM songbird wrote: Peter Ehlert wrote: On 7/14/23 10:49, songbird wrote: if you use journalctl -f to watch what is happening does anything show up? good thought, thanks. at the moment I see only this: peter@z840x:~$ journalctl -f Hint: You are currently not

Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

I am a long time user of Thunderbird. No real complaints, but the GUI has been slowly been changed. lately I have been struggling with that, trying to get it to be My Way. Minor success. also the .msf files have gotten Huge and that hinders rapid and easy backups. In the process I would

Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

On 8/15/23 12:13, Bret Busby wrote: On 16/8/23 00:43, Peter Ehlert wrote: I am a long time user of Thunderbird. No real complaints, but the GUI has been slowly been changed. lately I have been struggling with that, trying to get it to be My Way. Minor success. also the .msf files have

Re: Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

On 8/15/23 19:20, Max Nikulin wrote: On 15/08/2023 23:43, Peter Ehlert wrote: I am a long time user of Thunderbird. No real complaints, but the GUI has been slowly been changed. I think, Thunderbird will be upgraded to version 115 soon in Debian stable. Major changes of default UI have

Re: Please verify Gnome and KDE wiki articles for correctness

On August 25, 2023 12:49:44 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 01:26:29PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: Two of the wiki articles that will help with a migration to Debian are and . It would be helpful if folks with Gno

Re: Please verify Gnome and KDE wiki articles for correctness

On 8/25/23 13:22, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 01:17:25PM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: I'm a Mate user, and I never thought to read https://wiki.debian.org/MATE until now. I see no flaws but there are several things that should be updated since it's last edit on Decemb

Re: Please verify Gnome and KDE wiki articles for correctness

On 8/26/23 06:17, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 8/25/23 13:22, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 01:17:25PM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: I'm a Mate user, and I never thought to read https://wiki.debian.org/MATE until now. I see no flaws but there are several things that should be up

Note this thread Re: Zoom in the official repo is outdated

On April 24, 2024 1:00:29 PM Luiz Romário Santana Rios wrote: Hello, (Please cc me when replying as I'm not subscribed to the list) Earlier this month, I noticed I was no longer able to login to Zoom meetings using the client installed from the Debian repos. In order to join meetings, I h

Re: OT: Spectacles

my personal experience: On 9/10/24 05:37, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Larry Martell wrote: What are these driving glasses? I can no longer drive at night and would love to know about them. As well as uncorrected visual faults, such as short-sightedness or astigmatism, another reason for

Re: Edge on debian

On November 4, 2024 12:21:38 PM Bret Busby wrote: On 5/11/24 02:24, Darac Marjal wrote: On 04/11/2024 12:15, Hwa Peer wrote: Hello list, Have you anybody tried MS Edge browser on Debian desktop? I would be happy to hear your viewpoints on this app. Microsoft Edge is currently based on C

Re: Testing

ⓘ 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘦 On September 28, 2024 1:47:23 PM Mike Waters wrote: Testing with Gmail to see if I absolutely need to install mutt. Pardon my intrusion. :-)

Re: booting by UEFI?

On 12/29/24 08:26, Eben King wrote: I think I've done everything reasonable in my firmware to ensure booting by EFI. I have: Storage boot option control UEFI only Other PCI device ROM priorityUEFI only (other options for both are "Legacy only" and "Disabled") maybe this will help. D

Re: Firefox alternatives?

On December 11, 2024 12:09:24 PM Van Snyder wrote: After Firefox has been running for a few days my Debian 12.5 gets really slow. The mouse jerks when it works at all. It takes a minute or two for wndows to close or top. At the moment, Firefox has 19 processes running. Memory is half full, a

Re: booting by UEFI?

On 12/29/24 12:24, Joe wrote: On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:07:18 -0800 Peter Ehlert wrote: On 12/29/24 08:26, Eben King wrote: I think I've done everything reasonable in my firmware to ensure booting by EFI. I have: Storage boot option control UEFI only Other PCI device ROM pri

Re: Documentation for NetworkManager 1.30.0 -- Where?

try here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/network-manager-applet On 4/2/25 06:41, Richard Owlett wrote: I am running Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 . When right-clicking on the Network Manager icon's "About" button it identifies itself as version 1.30.0 . There is a link to http://www.gnome.org/pr

Re: dual boot or windows vm?

On May 26, 2025 11:23:43 AM Lee wrote: For those of you that still use Windows, do you have a dual boot system where you select linux or windows at boot time or do you boot into linux and run windows as a vm? I use dual boot...on a couple machines. It's not always simple... UEFI is complicat

Re: Arch Wiki (was Re: "Tips"?)

On 5/19/25 13:22, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Greg wrote: On 2025-05-16, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Thu May 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM BST, Dan Ritter wrote: The most prominent issue I can see is that there is no unified sense of chronology. That is, I can look at a page and not have any id

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