Re: apt-upgrade (Bullseye) shows 1 pkg not upgraded

2021-08-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 10 aug 21, 13:32:09, Jim Popovitch wrote: > How can I determine what the "1 not upgraded" package might be? > > > ~$ apt-get update > Hit:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease > Hit:2 http://security.debian.org bullseye-security InRelease > Hit:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org/de

Re: Intel nuc 11 i5 kit 安裝debian後,首次開機就失敗,黑化面左上角遊標一直閃

2021-08-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 15 aug 21, 00:41:30, ellanios82 wrote: > On 8/15/21 12:31 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Press Ctrl-Alt-F2 to attempt to reach a text console. If that's > > successful, then he can login there (as root) and attempt to install > > whatever's required to fix the problem > > >  - that Text C

Re: Moving from Testing to Stable + Backports

2021-08-31 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 16 aug 21, 05:10:36, Michael Grant wrote: > I've been using Testing for about a decade now with very few problems. > But now I'm moving to Stable. Just wanted to mae sure I'm doing this > right. > > I last updated using Testing on the friday, then the release happened > on saturday. I cha

Re: Soft link confusion

2021-08-31 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 30 aug 21, 07:47:13, Gary L. Roach wrote: > Thank you all for the help. Edwardo's mnemonic is a great help. So is the > rest of the information. As to the BackupPC configuration change. While it > is possible to redirect the backup in the config file, it is specifically > not recommended. No

Re: How to avoid systemd/udev unpredictable NIC names

2021-08-31 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 31 aug 21, 01:11:33, Steve Keller wrote: > > I still don't understand, why eth in > a systemd.link file would be a problem, since in the udev .rules this > has worked for years. Greg already explained what problems might show up if you try to use eth. The ud

Re: How to avoid systemd/udev unpredictable NIC names

2021-08-31 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 30 aug 21, 16:41:39, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 10:20:46PM +0200, Steve Keller wrote: > > I plan to upgrade a server from Debian stretch to buster. Having read > > the release notes I wonder what's the best way to avoid the new scheme > > of unpredictable network int

Re: Issue with widgets and dbus in LxQT/LXDE

2021-09-01 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 25 aug 21, 20:13:23, Hans wrote: > Dear list, > > maybe someone can help me. Since months I have the following issue: > > When I am starting LXDE or LXQT the very first time, several widgets in the > tray (like > battery check and others) do not start. > > When I log out then and rest

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list

2021-09-01 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 01 sep 21, 12:32:19, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, > and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. > > Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: > > * The language on this mailing list is English. There

Re: How to avoid systemd/udev unpredictable NIC names

2021-09-01 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 31 aug 21, 16:33:49, Reco wrote: > On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 01:32:32PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > Another completely different approach is to use some other tool to > > configure your network that can match on MAC address and just ignore the > > names

Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``?

2021-09-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 02 sep 21, 19:34:07, David Wright wrote: > > (I use my own customisations for distinct colours on each host, > and inverse colours for root's prompt.) Since we're sharing bash prompts here's mine, as an extract from the diff to /etc/skel/.bashrc --- /etc/skel/.bashrc 2019-04-18 07:12:

Re: how to remove grub's background image

2021-09-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 26 aug 21, 10:46:43, Nicolas George wrote: > lou (12021-08-26): > > i install xfce4 in stretch, unhappy with it, and remove it > > > > but i'm unable to remove grub boot menu's background image that is installed > > with xfce4 > > > > i browse /boot/grub, unable to find related file > > I

Re: Install Debian 10 amd64 onto USB flash drive with and for Macintosh

2021-09-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 02 sep 21, 22:29:34, David Christensen wrote: > > The contents of the SSD ESP filesystem are not ideal and I still do not > understand how the MacBook Pro firmware finds and/or chooses between boot > loaders. From my limited understanding of EFI the stick should have its own ESP with grub

Re: Install Debian netinstall to HP Elitebook 840 G8 problem

2021-09-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 03 sep 21, 08:09:25, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Fri, 3 Sep 2021 09:46:24 +0200 (CEST) > Richard Forst wrote: > > > I purchased a new laptop HP Elitebook 840 G8, and am trying to > > install Debian to it. However I encounter a problem. > > > > I change the bios setting, but when booting f

Re: APT testing and unstabe Firefox: can't find newest version from unstable

2021-09-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 03 sep 21, 19:05:23, Daniel M. wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm running debian testing ("bookworm" at the moment) and have firefox > 88 installed from unstable. My sources.list contains testing and > unstable main, contrib and non-free lines and I have pinning set up to > 900 testing, 500 unst

Re: Sound input source detected but not capturing

2021-09-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 04 sep 21, 12:58:14, Marko Randjelovic wrote: > On Sat, 04 Sep 2021 07:47:02 +0530 > Pankaj Jangid wrote: > > > > Output of ‘amixer -c0’ > > > > --8<---cut here---start->8--- > > $ cat /proc/asound/cards > > 0 [PCH]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel P

Re: /usr/sbin/reboot: disabled in systemd-nspawn container SOLVED

2021-09-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 04 sep 21, 17:35:49, sp...@caiway.net wrote: > SOLVED > > /usr/share/open-infrastructure/container/shutdown.txt > is from package progress-linux-container: > > Progress Linux is a Debian derivative distribution focused on system > integration. > > This package is a metapackage to be insta

Re: (HTML) Re: Trouble upgrading Debian (reply to David Wright)

2021-09-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 06 sep 21, 16:46:24, Dedeco Balaco wrote: > > > Em 06/09/2021 14:25, John Hasler escreveu: > > Curt writes: > >> I suggest you follow the earlier advice, and set Thunderbird > >> to compose your email as plain text > > Or even as "normal" HTML. > > If it is trivial to me setting my mail

Re: Installing old/deprecated packages

2021-09-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 06 sep 21, 16:04:29, Linux-Fan wrote: > riveravaldez writes: > > > On 9/5/21, Linux-Fan wrote: > > > > > > My personal choice would be to install the packages without adding the > > > oldstable repositories as to be reminded that they are obsolete and are > > > likely to stop working in th

Re: is it possible to send e-mail via Yahoo's smtp servers using Thunderbird (78.13.0)?

2021-09-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 10 sep 21, 20:55:43, Gary Dale wrote: > On 2021-09-10 18:11, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > > > > Pretty sure, it's the issue with Yahoo¹ ², nothing to do with Thunderbird. > > Yahoo is following the same path as GMail, forcing their users to use > > web browsers as mail clients. > > In ca

Re: Will my reportbug report be seen?

2021-09-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 10 sep 21, 20:22:43, Steve Dondley wrote: > > Yeah, had I known my bug report would be thrown in the subject, I would have > changed things up a bit. The report should still go in the message body, the subject (and bug title) is supposed to represent a concise summary. For reference, the

Re: debian-installer RAID question

2021-09-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 11 sep 21, 18:55:56, Felix Natter wrote: > hello fellow Debian users, > > I have an SSD for the root filesystem, and two HDDs using RAID1 for > /storage running Debian10. Now I need a plan B in case the upgrade > fails. > > So I made an experiment with a VM and rougly the same setup (disk-

Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners

2021-09-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 12 sep 21, 08:52:55, john doe wrote: > On 9/12/2021 3:45 AM, Richard Hector wrote: > > On 12/09/21 12:52 pm, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > > cd /src > > > mkdir -p /dest > > > rsync -a . /dest/  # The trailing / matters. > > > cd /dest > > > find . -user mysite -exec chown mysite_test

Re: HP Elitebook with external display and color issue

2021-09-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 12 sep 21, 02:58:13, deloptes wrote: > Hi, > I don't know how to explain my problem, but I try hoping that someone would > understand and help me fix it. > > So I have one HP Elitebook (I think it is 820 G2) with 16GB RAM and Intel(R) > Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz. > > The issue is tha

Re: Looking for guidance on reporting a bug on the roundcube package

2021-09-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 11 sep 21, 22:40:32, Steve Dondley wrote: > First, thanks to everyone here and the Debian community, an amazing project. > > Running bullseye with package roundcube. I believe I have found a bug that > I'd like to report. > > I am using reportbug to report it. When doing so, I got this mes

Re: Looking for guidance on reporting a bug on the roundcube package

2021-09-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 12 sep 21, 07:54:32, Steve Dondley wrote: > > > Using free(dom) software sometimes require you invest resources in some > > other way, depending on the particular issue and how important it is to > > you ;) > > Agreed. But the package manager will have a much easier time than me at > naili

Re: help new install debian via WiFi

2021-09-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 13 sep 21, 21:28:24, 황병희 wrote: > > i have new another notebook that is thinkpad (not chromebook). > and i have one usb stick. > i downloaded mini.iso file. > and i put mini.iso in usb stick as follow commands: > > #+begin_src: sh > $ sudo cp mini.iso /dev/sda1 > $ sudo sync > #+end_src >

Re: LTS versions - confusion

2021-09-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 13 sep 21, 10:18:54, Tanstaafl wrote: > > I'm a former Gentoo user, and really appreciated the rolling release > aspect, since it meant no huge jumps between LTS releases with other > distros. You already received good answers for your questions, so I'll just add that one of Debian's stre

Re: support for xfce in bullseye minimal netinst iso

2021-09-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 14 sep 21, 05:50:53, Sriram wrote: > Hi Team > Please include support for xfce in the minimal bullseye netinst iso file. > The existing file dose not include xfce and it is a pain to use the xfce > without GUI > > Earlier editions like buster included xfce in the minimal install file. As

Re: support for xfce in bullseye minimal netinst iso

2021-09-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 14 sep 21, 12:27:34, Joe wrote: > > I will soon be installing unstable starting from a console-only > bullseye, upgrading at that point and only then loading what I want, > including GUI and Xfce. The mini.iso can be used to install unstable directly. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.

Re: LTS versions - confusion

2021-09-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 14 sep 21, 23:18:48, Brian wrote: > On Tue 14 Sep 2021 at 16:33:55 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > > > > Hmmm... ok, so, I could run sid 'forever', as long as I keep it updated > > regularly? > > Why not? Update when you want to. How does this differ from Gentoo's > rolling release aspect? Go fo

Re: LTS versions - confusion

2021-09-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 14 sep 21, 16:33:55, Tanstaafl wrote: > > Hmmm... ok, so, I could run sid 'forever', as long as I keep it updated > regularly? Technically, yes. > Anyone do this for important (maybe not 'mission critical') servers? I used to run sid as the main system on my daily driver laptop. Having

Re: was: support for xfce in bullseye minimal netinst iso

2021-09-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 14 sep 21, 13:43:20, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Good to know Andy IF I can get networking to survive the reboot. But my > networking is host file based and usually goes away at reboot until > properly configured again. So I kep a printed copy of all that stuff. > > There is not a functioni

Re: support for xfce in bullseye minimal netinst iso

2021-09-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 14 sep 21, 18:55:20, Brian wrote: > On Tue 14 Sep 2021 at 16:50:15 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Ma, 14 sep 21, 12:27:34, Joe wrote: > > > > > > I will soon be installing unstable starting from a console-only > > > bullseye, upgrading at

Re: Debian 11, Nvidia Quadro P400, 2xiiyama 2560x1440, nvidia driver

2021-09-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 15 sep 21, 15:26:12, Roger Price wrote: > > I got a perfect 2880x2560 screen across the two monitors. I can slide > windows from one monitor to another. but I didn't get much work done. > > nouveau froze after 11 minutes. dmesg reports; > > [ 145.357954] nouveau :03:00.0: firmware

Re: LTS versions - confusion

2021-09-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 15 sep 21, 09:54:29, John Hasler wrote: > The Wanderer writes: > > In theory you could, but in practice it would break well before that. > > I run Sid on my desktop. It's been years since I've had any breakage. > I suspect that it's because I run FVWM, avoid anything connected with > freed

Re: support for xfce in bullseye minimal netinst iso

2021-09-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 15 sep 21, 14:58:49, Brian wrote: > > A second issue is if the kernel and its modules in the archive are > updated. The image is tied to the versions of the kernel and modules > that it was built with and will not match what is in the archive. > Breakage again. > > The recommended way to a

Re: Package priority puzzlement

2021-09-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 14 sep 21, 23:06:54, craig duncan wrote: > > I hope the pointer to the matching priorities on the two different > > repositories was a helpful hint. > > Yes... i suppose that explains the behavior.  Except this seems to mean that > setting APT::Default-Release "stable" in apt.conf has no ef

Re: grub-install Cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdXY

2021-09-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 15 sep 21, 05:49:01, Musbur wrote: > > Now I'm in my "full" Debian system. Next: > # grub-install /dev/sda2 > # apt install [linux kernel] > # update-grub > Error: Cannot find GRUB drive for /dev/sda2 Unless you have a good reason to do otherwise grub is installed in the MBR of the drive,

Re: Mutt/Neomutt and mailcap

2021-09-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 15 sep 21, 08:37:51, Nate Bargmann wrote: > As there are a lot of Mutt/Neomutt users on this list, maybe someone can > point me in the right direction. > > Recently via another mailing list a message was posted that included a > diff file with the extension of .patch. The MIME encoding is

Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 15 sep 21, 17:48:39, Hans wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 15. September 2021, 16:41:21 CEST schrieb nimrod: > Hi, > > got the same problem, when the ethernet interface is up, too and I am on wifi. > This a problem with the gateway settings. Unless my understanding of local networks is wrong, the ga

Re: support for xfce in bullseye minimal netinst iso

2021-09-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 16 sep 21, 05:06:02, Sriram wrote: > Hi Team > i have tried to install the minimal iso file yesterday , but Network Manager > is not installing, also build-essentials not there for building the xfce tar > files > i tried to install the Network manager deb file but it required so many > d

Re: support for xfce in bullseye minimal netinst iso

2021-09-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 16 sep 21, 14:04:05, Brian wrote: > On Thu 16 Sep 2021 at 10:48:02 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Jo, 16 sep 21, 05:06:02, Sriram wrote: > > > Hi Team > > > i have tried to install the minimal iso file yesterday , but Network > > > Manager i

Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 16 sep 21, 11:19:11, David Christensen wrote: > On 9/16/21 12:40 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Mi, 15 sep 21, 17:48:39, Hans wrote: > > > Am Mittwoch, 15. September 2021, 16:41:21 CEST schrieb nimrod: > > > Hi, > > > > > > got the same proble

Re: How do I clone a Debian Distro from a 32Gb Class 10 MicroSD card to a 16Gb Class 10 A1 MicroSD card?

2021-09-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 18 sep 21, 12:35:13, Myron wrote: > Never done this one with Linux before. I know that there is less than 16Gb > of data written to the Class 10 32Gb MicroSD card which is used as the > primary system storage on a single board system-on-a-chip computer. What > I'm after is getting a 16 Gb

Re: Colemak layout at boot time

2021-09-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 19 sep 21, 14:26:34, piorunz wrote: > > Thank you. > To you think, that virtual consoles ignoring my layout setting are a bug? > Basically, doing: > sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration > sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup > and reboot This works for me, just switched from 'ro' to

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Colemak layout at boot time

2021-09-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 20 sep 21, 01:35:14, piorunz wrote: > On 20/09/2021 00:33, David Wright wrote: > > > > Problem with keyboard-configuration: should this be reported as a bug? > > > sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration should trigger > > > update-initramfs on it's own, automatically, otherwise effect

Re: foolish problem with installer: can't load firmware

2021-09-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 21 sep 21, 20:14:25, lou wrote: > > On 9/21/21 3:49 PM, piorunz wrote: > > . > > Many Linux distributions are made that way. After all, we want to come > > away from closed source software. Debian tries to avoid all closed > > source and/or non-free software, as per The Debian Free Software

Re: Development permissions

2021-09-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 22 sep 21, 00:15:48, Paul M. Foster wrote: > > On 9/21/21 11:42 PM, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: > > > > you can create a user group, add all developers to it and give this > > group permissions to read and write to that particular folder > > (/var/www/html/website). > > > This is more or les

Re: Development permissions

2021-09-24 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 22 sep 21, 08:37:42, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 22 sep 21, 00:15:48, Paul M. Foster wrote: > > > However, I did just read an excellent explanation of the setgid bit, which > > apparently, sets the GID of a created file to that of the directory, rather > > than

Re: Proprietary USB Drivers; Ya Gotta' Love'em.

2021-09-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 25 sep 21, 22:30:30, Martin McCormick wrote: > So, what is the easiest route to end up with a kernel that has > this patch in it? This should at least get you started: https://kernel-team.pages.debian.net/kernel-handbook/ch-common-tasks.html Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org

Re: upgrading and stuff

2021-09-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 25 sep 21, 22:08:23, Andy Smith wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 05:07:46PM -0400, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > > The only thing that works there is to log in as a regular user, > > and then use the su command to get there. A bit of a pain. Where > > in the software is this controll

Re: backup directory/file exclusion pattern list for borgbackup

2021-09-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 25 sep 21, 21:03:37, Default User wrote: > > to denote exclusions, that is, things you do not want to back up. > This is from /home/debian_user/.config/backintime/config: > > . . . > profile1.snapshots.exclude.1.value=.gvfs > profile1.snapshots.exclude.2.value=.cache/* > profile1.snapshots

Re: How do I clone a Debian Distro from a 32Gb Class 10 MicroSD card to a 16Gb Class 10 A1 MicroSD card?

2021-09-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 30 sep 21, 21:51:20, Reco wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 04:26:18PM +0100, Myron wrote: > > > Does it mean that if I remove the partition and then re-create the > > partition from the same starting block as the old partition, that the data > > on the MicroSD card will not actually be e

Re: How do I clone a Debian Distro from a 32Gb Class 10 MicroSD card to a 16Gb Class 10 A1 MicroSD card?

2021-10-01 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 30 sep 21, 16:26:18, Myron wrote: > > I know. It's not advisable to resize a live root partition. Maybe create a > live boot Linux CD or USB with Gparted on it and do it that way? It would > be a lot simpler if I can just resize the file system, which seems to be > the simple part using r

Re: buggy N-M (was: Debian 11: Unable to detect wireless interface on an old laptop) computer

2021-10-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 28 sep 21, 10:28:49, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > On 9/28/21, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 09:00:47AM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 09:41:22AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >> > On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 04:47:07PM -0400, Henning Follmann w

Re: Upgrading buster => bullseye. Canonicalization of /var/log/journal.

2021-10-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 29 sep 21, 07:05:37, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: Greg Wooledge > Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 13:41:05 -0400 > > What does it look like? > > > > ls -ld / /var /var/log /var/log/journal > > root@joule:/# ls -ld / /var /var/log > drwxr-xr-x 18 peter peter 4096 Sep 27 18:00 / > drwxr-

Re: Problem installing

2021-10-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 29 sep 21, 19:12:16, Charles Curley wrote: > On Wed, 29 Sep 2021 19:02:56 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > > Are you saying that mini.iso does not contain a proper repository > > > > The mini.iso contains the bare minimum to start d-i and connect to a > > network to obtain everything else. >

Re: How do I clone a Debian Distro from a 32Gb Class 10 MicroSD card to a 16Gb Class 10 A1 MicroSD card?

2021-10-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 01 oct 21, 09:23:52, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 30 sep 21, 21:51:20, Reco wrote: > > > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 04:26:18PM +0100, Myron wrote: > > > > > Does it mean that if I remove the partition and then re-create the > > > partition

Re: backup directory/file exclusion pattern list for borgbackup

2021-10-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 02 oct 21, 19:56:02, Default User wrote: > > And . . . I make a special point of excluding: > /media > /media/* > /mnt > /mnt/* > > Why? > > Because long ago, when I was just learning to use rsync, I tried to > use it to do a full-system backup. Since nobody told me that /mnt and > /med

Re: Problem installing

2021-10-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 02 oct 21, 21:12:53, Igor Korot wrote: > > I think whoever made the decision to provide this mini.iso > is an amazing guy. As far as I recall that would Debian legend Joey Hess. > However, it needs to be documented better in regards to the > "SID" install. It's a wiki, please do feel fre

Re: Dependency check: qml-module-org-kde-newstuff

2021-10-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 30 sep 21, 09:08:37, Hans wrote: > Hi Marco, > > great job you did there! > > So, when I am looking at your results, it looks for me, that the package > qml-module-org-kde-newstuff is only recommended. > > But if so, IMO this then is a bug. Just because some things in systemsettings >

Re: Problem installing

2021-10-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 02 oct 21, 17:57:46, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 10:54:41 +0300 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > Not entirely. With no networking, the mini installer will make a > > > bare minimum installation from its build-in micro-repository. All > > >

Re: Dependency check: qml-module-org-kde-newstuff

2021-10-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 03 oct 21, 11:31:33, Hans wrote: > > My installation is not unusual. However, I am using aptitude and my > config says "do not install recommended packages". This configuration is your personal choice and the side effect of that choice is that you must deal with the occasional missing p

Re: iwd: Using iwd to connect to a wireless network (Part 2 - DNS managers)

2021-10-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 30 sep 21, 13:24:46, David Wright wrote: > > Nor I, but I certainly intend to try it out, and have read through > that Arch wiki page. It (iwd) is in buster, but then, so is wicd, > and I've been using wicd/wpa_supplicant for some years with no need > to change. I'm somewhat surprised that

Re: No sound after bullseye install

2021-10-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 04 oct 21, 17:10:39, Bob Latest wrote: > On Mon, 04 Oct 2021 07:35:28 +0200 > deloptes wrote: > > > you have > > > > hardware -> kernel driver -> alsa -> pulseaudio -> application > > > > - kernel driver utilizes the hardware > > - alsa utilizes the kernel driver > > - PA utilizes ALSA

Re: failed upgrade buster -> bullseye

2021-10-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 04 oct 21, 16:36:49, D. R. Evans wrote: > D. R. Evans wrote on 10/4/21 4:12 PM: > > I just tried to upgrade my main desktop machine (this machine) from buster > > to > > bullseye. > > > > I am suspicious that the problem is related to having root on ZFS on this > machine. So I have posted

Re: unhappy upgrade

2021-10-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 05 oct 21, 10:48:03, Kenneth Parker wrote: > On Tue, Oct 5, 2021, 9:04 AM David Wright wrote: > > > Yes, apt-get was recommended for upgrading to stretch. Note however > > that if you perform your next upgrades with apt, as recommended, > > some of the command names (like dist-upgrade) wil

Re: Plasma config change?

2021-10-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 07 oct 21, 15:26:38, Hans wrote: > Am Dienstag, 5. Oktober 2021, 12:55:49 CEST schrieben Sie: > I am answering myself. Still could not dircover, in which version of plasma > the settings were changed. > > The other thing is: Do not delete the folder ~/.kde, because by default it > keeps a

Re: RJ-11 phone line

2021-10-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 07 oct 21, 19:23:17, Yixuan Lin wrote: > Hello everyone, does debian installer supports to connect RJ-11 phone line > in installer? I want to know about it. Thank you. Can you tell us more about the device / adapter / whatever where this phone line connects to the computer? Kind regards,

Re: bullseye and running graphics over ssh

2021-10-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 07 oct 21, 14:46:14, D. R. Evans wrote: > > ssh_config was overwritten. Normally when a config file I've altered is > overwritten during an upgrade, I expect to be told and to be given a chance > to do something sensible -- and that didn't happen in the case of the global > ssh configuratio

Re: Up-to-date Bullseye, Power Save turned Samsung T55 Monitor off. Couldn't wake it up

2021-10-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 09 oct 21, 01:13:32, Kenneth Parker wrote: > > Thank you all for your responses. Fortunately, somebody else, I think on > an Ubuntu forum (that I had googled), someone mentioned issues with > light-locker. And that purging it solved the issue. > > So I tried that, with success! > > What

Re: You have been removed from

2021-10-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 08 oct 21, 13:55:15, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > I'm still curious about what's actually happening here. Perhaps nobody > on this list knows, which is understandable, but if someone does > happen to know the details, I'd like to hear them. > > What I know so far is that someone at ovh.net is

Re: Then it happened to me...

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 10 oct 21, 22:33:15, piorunz wrote: > On 10/10/2021 22:27, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > Years back there was an emailed newsletter titled Debian Weekly News. > > At some point the author lost motivation as I recall and the newsletter > > effectively ceased. > > Oh that's sad > > > Keep in mind

Re: Then it happened to me...

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 10 oct 21, 21:50:54, piorunz wrote: > Now my turn. Just received a warning. > > This is deeply broken. > > "Dear subscriber, > > We've encountered some problems while sending listmail to your > emailaddress pior...@gmx.com. > > In the last seven days we've seen bounces for the following

Re: Then it happened to me...

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 10 oct 21, 11:22:07, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > I don't care for Discourse. At. All. Too much is in control of the > site admins. It can probably be argued that email has too little > control, however, my main gripe about the Discourse setups I have > registered with are that the admins lo

Re: Then it happened to me...

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 10 oct 21, 08:49:08, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > [2] https://discourse.debian.org/ > This does not resolve. The correct URL would be with debian.net (unofficial service), but that isn't working either, probably taken down due to lack of interest from the community. Kind regards, Andrei --

Re: Issue with kernel 5.10.0-9-*?

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 09 oct 21, 22:00:06, Hans wrote: > Dear list, > > it would be nice, if you could check something and maybe confirm or deny it. > > My system is debian/stable. > As now the new kernel version is released, which is 5.10.0-9-amd64, I updated > from 0-8-amd64 to 0-9-amd64. > > But, with this

Re: mail service

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 10 oct 21, 13:41:33, fxkl47BF wrote: > > once again i totally agree and disagree > gmail, yahoo, gmx, etc. state that they scan mail going through their service They are free to scan all my postings to a publicly archived list, same as the rest of the internet ;) Kind regards, Andrei --

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: mail service

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 10 oct 21, 17:18:13, fxkl47BF wrote: > just one more thing > > posteo was mentioned as an alternative > i have a posteo account i will drop in a few months > their spam policy is to bounce it back to the sender > the account own has no say > > i also have a mailfence account i will drop >

Re: Issue with kernel 5.10.0-9-*?

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 11 oct 21, 10:38:28, Hans wrote: > Hi Andrei, > It is the package "ntp". > > Please note, that the main goal for my first email was, to make sure, that it > is really a bug and not a problem with my old "krude" hardware combination. > > If only I have this issue, it is ok. If most people

Re: ip6tables rule being rejected.

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 10 oct 21, 17:19:52, Tim Woodall wrote: > > Thanks both! It's now working. And, indeed, my manpage does have it the > way you suggest. I'd initially found the documentation via a web search > and not twigged that the manpage and the documenatation here were > different: > > https://linux.d

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: mail service

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 10 oct 21, 10:31:58, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > In general, the circumstances which would require one to use a tool like > > protonmail are not commonly observed in connection with a list like > > debian-user. > > While protonmail might be used for such situations, in my experience > most pr

Re: A real bounce between GMX and bendel.debian.org

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 10 oct 21, 22:18:38, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > although i seem not to be worth to be targeted by our bounce assassin, > my mail provider and bendel.debian.org are at odds enough to produce > a real bounce message, which then causes a warning mail from > listmas...@lists.debian.org . >

Re: Order of package updates, mysql vs. kernel

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 11 oct 21, 10:53:18, Vladislav Kurz wrote: > Hello, > > during the last point release (and some previous updates too) I have noticed > one unpleasant issue: > > If there is mysql (mariadb) and kernel update at the same time, the order of > actions is as follows: > > stop mysql > compile

Re: How exactly do I create a Debian live USB?

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 11 oct 21, 12:56:28, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > kaye n wrote: > > Using GParted, I created an MS-DOS partition table and formatted the USB > > stick in fat32. > > This is not necessary and will be overwritten by your next step: > > > sudo cp  debian-live-11.0.0-amd64-standard.iso /de

Re: New debian installation disk partition

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 11 oct 21, 13:18:55, Josef Strýček wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a question how to partition new debain installation.I have 64GB ssd > and 500GB hdd. Can I have / on ssd with ext4 and hdd with btrfs /hame /var  > > /tmp /opt. Sure you can. > Could you recommend layout for ssd and hdd, that

Re: Buster to bullseye upgrade: Worth it or not?

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 11 oct 21, 14:59:35, local10 wrote: > Hi, > > Am considering upgrading from buster to bullseye and looking for some > feedback from those who have already done so. Was it worth it, in your > opinion? Anything you like in particular about bullseye? Any > problems/issues or degradation of

Re: How exactly do I create a Debian live USB?

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 11 oct 21, 21:20:25, kaye n wrote: > On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 8:41 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 02:37:02PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > > But, urm, it might be that debian-live-11.0.0-amd64-standard.iso does > > > not provide any graphical user interface. Maybe

Re: New debian installation disk partition

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 11 oct 21, 12:29:48, David Christensen wrote: > > Once Debian is running, I suggest that you connect the HDD, partition the > HDD using GPT, create one partition using 95% of available space, initialize > a LUKS container inside the partition, and create a ZFS pool with name > "data" and wi

Re: How exactly do I create a Debian live USB?

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 12 oct 21, 06:07:20, kaye n wrote: > On Tue, Oct 12, 2021, 00:26 Andrei POPESCU, > wrote: > > > On Lu, 11 oct 21, 21:20:25, kaye n wrote: > > > > > > Do I choose xfce, kde, mate, etc. ? > > > > My personal choice, even for faster mach

Re: New debian installation disk partition

2021-10-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 11 oct 21, 13:56:28, David Christensen wrote: > On 10/11/21 13:39, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Lu, 11 oct 21, 12:29:48, David Christensen wrote: > > > > > > Once Debian is running, I suggest that you connect the HDD, partition the > > > HDD using GP

Re: New debian installation disk partition

2021-10-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 12 oct 21, 00:02:50, David Christensen wrote: > On 10/11/21 23:58, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Lu, 11 oct 21, 13:56:28, David Christensen wrote: > > > On 10/11/21 13:39, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > ZFS has native encryption now, any particular reas

Re: Intrinsic problem with netinst.iso?

2021-10-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 13 oct 21, 13:18:07, Richard Owlett wrote: > > What I see when Debian boots does not have any obvious conflict with what I > see. If the Linkzone is already plugged in when boot begins it appears to be > caught in a loop. As soon as the Linkzone is unplugged the boot completes as > expected

Re: Intrinsic problem with netinst.iso?

2021-10-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 14 oct 21, 06:38:41, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/14/2021 01:54 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Mi, 13 oct 21, 13:18:07, Richard Owlett wrote: > > Clarifying observed sequence of states/events: > 1. Computer power off. > 2. Alcatel Linkzone powered up and connecte

Re: Error installing texlive-base

2021-10-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 14 oct 21, 13:47:22, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 01:51:07PM -0300, Victor Hugo Muñoz wrote: > > And it looks that this worked! You were right, I had not the latest > > version, so I upgraded dpkg, and yes, texlive-base passed the > > installation without errors. > > Is th

Re: Error installing texlive-base

2021-10-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 14 oct 21, 13:19:09, Victor Hugo Muñoz wrote: > > Yes, I know the risks :-) My office computer is in stable for that > reason. This is my home computer. Anyway, > I'm extremely conservative with upgrades, and do not upgrade if I > think I'm going to break something important, This may > be

Re: Error installing texlive-base

2021-10-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 15 oct 21, 10:39:54, Victor Hugo Muñoz wrote: > > Actually, yes. Why? Due to confinement, my home PC has also been my > office PC. And > since I had a working machine, decided to upgrade packages only if > strictly necessary. As you found out (the hard way), the "strictly necessary" isn't

Re: Cannot install vlc on bullseye

2021-10-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 16 oct 21, 06:43:23, piorunz wrote: > On 16/10/2021 06:32, R. Ramesh wrote: > > > sudo aptitude install libpostproc55=10:4.4-dmo4+deb11u2 > > > > Still could not install vlc because libswscale5 was also older version > > and needed to be upgraded > > > > sudo aptitude install libswscale5=

Re: Cannot install vlc on bullseye

2021-10-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 18 oct 21, 20:43:45, R. Ramesh wrote: > > The best expert opinion is fairly well summed up on the Debian wiki at > > https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian > > . The advice given above is > > fairly > > blunt and matter of fact because the users

Re: Debian's branches and release model

2021-10-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 18 oct 21, 12:29:55, Peter Hoist wrote: > Hi, > > I am enjoying Debian's testing branch as a reasonably stable and up-to-date > 'rolling' release, and I have to say it satisfies all my desires, almost. > The one thing that bothers me is that every two years, the unstable/testing > branches

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