Re: Authentication required message window after nvidia drivers installation.

On Vi, 21 ian 22, 15:24:29, Thanos Katsiolis wrote: > Hello, > > the title of the post says pretty much everything. > I have the NVIDIA Quadro P400 graphics card and installed the NVIDIA > drivers as described in Debian wiki NVIDIA Proprietary Driver >

Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot

On Vi, 21 ian 22, 23:51:20, gene heskett wrote: > On Friday, January 21, 2022 10:46:35 PM EST Greg Wooledge wrote: [lots of good stuff] > This is all well and good, Greg, but it still does NOT give a clue what > todo when the system picks a fictitious route out of its rear. In order to even try

Re: is it possible to install bullseye by copy whole disk?

On Sb, 22 ian 22, 02:36:27, lou wrote: > i've installed bullseye on usb disk > > can i copy it to hard disk (sda2) and make necessary change in /etc/fstab > and > > then update grub of usb disk to boot sda2? Something like that should be possible, yes. For more visibility you might want to re-s

Re: is it possible to install bullseye by copy whole disk?

On Sb, 22 ian 22, 09:40:39, David Christensen wrote: > > A simple case is to image the entire device. Boot the Debian Installer > (d-i) (or a live Linux distribution) and use dd(1) to copy the entire USB > drive to the entire HDD: > > # dd bs=1M if=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-... of=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-

Re: firejail: changing Ethernet network adapter name is breaking Firefox profile

On Sb, 22 ian 22, 09:52:45, David Wright wrote: > On Sat 22 Jan 2022 at 11:32:17 (+), piorunz wrote: > > On 22/01/2022 07:28, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Lu, 17 ian 22, 22:43:49, piorunz wrote: > > > > > > > > Problem is, every now and

Re: firejail: changing Ethernet network adapter name is breaking Firefox profile

On Sb, 22 ian 22, 10:00:34, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > *Poof*, your Ethernet device name changes, since, by default [1] it's > named after the path in the USB device tree leading to your device. > Don't forget to stick your Ethernet dongle into the same port > afterwards. Else... *poof*. I thoug

Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot

On Sb, 22 ian 22, 20:07:45, David Wright wrote: > > Because the basic /etc/hosts file looks something like: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 192.168.1.1 router.corp router > 192.168.1.2 cascade.corpcascade > 127.0.1.1 acer.corp acer# 192.168.1.10 > # The following lines a

Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot

On Sb, 22 ian 22, 07:13:18, gene heskett wrote: > > its for its own eth0 on the rpi4b. And I guess it is raspi specific. It > doesn't exist on this x86-64 bullseye install. Likely the source of your problems is that Raspberry Pi OS has DHCP enabled by default. It might have been done using Deb

Re: Can't switch to different wifi network after switching users

On Sb, 22 ian 22, 13:45:50, Luiz Romário Santana Rios wrote: > Hello, > > I'm running Debian 11 with KDE and I can't switch to a different > network if I switch to a different user. The first noticeable problem > is that every single listed network appears with the "Disconnect" > button, as if all

Re: Kodi (SID)

On Sb, 22 ian 22, 15:41:37, SDA wrote: > Greetings! > > The past week or so, up until today Kodi has been segfaulting on me - Anyone > else? > Starting from a term: > > failed to open zone.tab > libva info: VA-API version 1.13.0 > libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/r600_drv

Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?

On Du, 23 ian 22, 10:52:48, deloptes wrote: > > I will be not surprised if I replace debian with something else in the > future. Not because I care that much about the CoC, but because the > ideologically motivated organization will not be able to deliver the > expected quality. Typically su

Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?

On Lu, 24 ian 22, 01:37:55, max wrote: > January 22, 2022 1:52:16 PM CET "Marco Möller" > wrote: > > > Without transparency the Debian project does not present itself as > > community driven, but as a closer circle of directing minds hiding the > > reasoning for their decisions. > > Indeed

Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot

On Lu, 24 ian 22, 23:54:41, Brian wrote: > > Resolving hostnames on the local network is simple and reliable when > avahi-daemon and linnss-mdns are available. > > brian@desktop:~$ getent hosts envy4500.local > 192.168.7.235 envy4500.local > > Continually and nanually maintain /etc/hosts?

Re: Why is Debian not telling the truth about its security fixes?

On Lu, 24 ian 22, 07:47:01, max wrote: > January 22, 2022 2:23:48 PM CET max wrote: > > > https://medium.com/@maxwillb/why-is-debian-not-telling-the-truth-about-its-security-fixes-85f0f85f19a0 > > I've updated the post taking into account the feedback so far (There > weren't any corrections, bu

Re: smartd

On Du, 23 ian 22, 19:09:48, Linux-Fan wrote: > pe...@easthope.ca writes: > > > > I knew nothing of RAID. Therefore read here. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID > > > > Reliability is more valuable to me than speed. RAID 0 won't help. > > For reliability I need a mirrored 2nd drive in the h

Re: trying to get bookworm net going on an rpi4

On Lu, 24 ian 22, 00:27:23, deloptes wrote: > > Don't know but I have following there (in /etc/sysctl.conf) > > net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 > net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1 > net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1 > > and it does not disable ipv6 > > # lsmod | grep ipv > ipv6

Re: Why is systemd starting Firefox?

On Lu, 24 ian 22, 00:50:01, local10 wrote: > Jan 23, 2022, 23:24 by avbe...@gmail.com: > > > Does this command show anything useful when 'firefox-esr' is running? > >     $ systemctl --user status > > > > There's a few entries like the following: > > ├─app-firefox\x2desr-dc24162ec3664da890a78fe6

Re: trying to get bookworm net going on an rpi4

On Du, 23 ian 22, 22:43:49, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 04:08:34PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > So what is the official, works in bookworm every time, way to totally > > kill ipv6, making it use ipv4 for everything? > > You don't need to; having IPv6 active doesn't caus

Re: USB UEFI recovery stick

On Lu, 24 ian 22, 03:39:47, deloptes wrote: > > Hi all, > is there a way to have a USB UEFI stick that works similar to the Debian > installer - for example to boot into UEFI and recover the boot loader. > One machine here seems a bit older and refuses to boot into UEFI from the > USB - rendering

Re: Bullseye - who and users return nothing

On Ma, 25 ian 22, 04:03:17, Gareth Evans wrote: > > Googling "Detected unsafe path transition during canonicalization" led me to > > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=260924 > > where a user sees this error because / is owned by the user rather than root. > > Lo and behold > > $ stat

Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot

On Ma, 25 ian 22, 11:18:21, Brian wrote: > On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 09:31:57 +0100, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > Could you point to any (reasonably up-to-date) documentation or is it > > sufficient to just install avahi-daemon and libnss-mdns? > > 'apt install avah

Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot

On Mi, 26 ian 22, 11:55:36, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:42:23AM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > And the first word in "CONTENTS/usr/share/man/man5/dhcpcd.conf.5.gz" > > should tell you that I don't have that file either, but I downloaded > > dhcpcd5_7.1.0-2+b1_amd64.deb just as

Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot

On Ma, 25 ian 22, 21:27:17, gene heskett wrote: > > It works fine with no complaints. > > Here is the bottom of /etc/dhcpcd.conf: > > # Example static IP configuration: > #interface eth0 > #static ip_address=192.168.0.10/24 > #static ip6_address=fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::ff/64 > #static routers=192.1

Re: Security

On Ma, 25 ian 22, 16:13:23, Nate Bargmann wrote: > I am subscribed to that list and get them too. > > I just see that three more messages popped in since this morning from > the security list. > > The complaints seem to be only about browsers. The inference seems to > be that the latest release

Re: gnu screen and resizing terminal window

On Mi, 26 ian 22, 18:45:41, Tim Woodall wrote: > I have to use PuTTY to connect to a debian server. For reasons that are > outwith my control the ssh session disconnects every 24 hrs. > > Therefore I run screen so after reconnecting I can recover to whereever > I was at. > > However, the PuTTY wi

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

On Du, 07 mar 21, 13:56:03, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> Another important consideration is memory -- non-ECC vs. ECC. Desktop > >> stuff has the former, workstation and server stuff done right has the > >> latter. STFW "memory error", "bit rot" and related. I prefer computers > >> with ECC mem

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

On Du, 07 mar 21, 16:36:34, Dan Hitt wrote: > On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 4:25 PM IL Ka wrote: > > > > >> The reason for the two networks is that my modem-router is electrically > >> incompatible with one of my computers. > >> > > hmm, I never heard about such things) > > Is your electrical grounding

Re: Status update {Re: PARTIAL DIAGNOSIS of Installation problems}

On Ma, 09 mar 21, 06:32:33, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/08/2021 10:18 AM, songbird wrote: > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > ... > > > > before chasing down this rabbit hole, see if there is an > > upgrade for your current kernel on the debian backports > > site (for your processor and distribution t

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

On Ma, 09 mar 21, 09:54:22, Dan Ritter wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Du, 07 mar 21, 13:56:03, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > >> Another important consideration is memory -- non-ECC vs. ECC. Desktop > > > > The motherboard needs support for it as well,

Re: Status update {Re: PARTIAL DIAGNOSIS of Installation problems}

On Ma, 09 mar 21, 14:35:54, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/09/2021 07:00 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Ma, 09 mar 21, 06:32:33, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > On 03/08/2021 10:18 AM, songbird wrote: > > > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > ... > > > &

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

On Ma, 09 mar 21, 12:43:51, Dan Ritter wrote: > > Right now, it appears to be a choice between HP and Dell unless > you want one of the laptop-class APUs (some of which are quite > nice) in which case Asus and Acer have some systems. I'm looking into building my own custom system. A laptop-class

Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

On Ma, 09 mar 21, 13:35:18, Joe wrote: > > As an anecdote, I recall a BT service/router which literally would not > work if it detected another NAT on the LAN. It was in a client's > network, and I had to reconfigure things to work without the Debian > server acting as a firewall. If it had been m

Re: Status update {Re: PARTIAL DIAGNOSIS of Installation problems}

On Mi, 10 mar 21, 04:26:06, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/10/2021 03:45 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > The boot process has three major stages. > > > > 1. POST: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-on_self-test > > 2. Bootloader (grub, etc.) > > 3

Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10

On Ma, 09 mar 21, 20:00:15, Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote: > > > I'd start with Debian 10 and LXDE or LxQt: > > https://opensource.com/article/19/12/lxqt-lxde-linux-desktop > > > > and switch to the Debian 9 only if they work really slow. > > Sounds reasonable, but I would prefer to not download > 4

Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10

On Ma, 09 mar 21, 20:18:52, Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote: > > Sorry, I wasn't very clear there. You are correct that 9 is still > > getting support, especially security updates. However, older versions > > of Debian don't get newer versions of the software. Not all security > > fixes can be backported

Re: Could KDE work adequately on a PC with 4 GB of RAM and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor @ 2.33 GHz?

On Mi, 10 mar 21, 08:51:33, Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote: > > My last doubt is if should use Debian 10 with KDE Plasma or Debian Bullseye > instead. > Apparently, only the newer versions of KDE Plasma have the performance > boost. Debian bullseye (soon to be Debian 11) is already in the "freeze" sta

Re: Status update {Re: PARTIAL DIAGNOSIS of Installation problems}

On Mi, 10 mar 21, 08:49:06, Richard Owlett wrote: > > Looking at /usr/share/doc/systemd/README.Debian prompts me to ask: > "What logs might be created when attempting to run a netinst.iso?" The Debian Installation Guide should have more information on the Installer's logs and where they are to

Re: OT: Footnotes in email (Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10)

On Mi, 10 mar 21, 11:07:49, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-03-10 at 11:00, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > I see that you and a few other people use what I'll call footnotes in > > your emails, e.g. (with lots of things stripped out): > > > > I'm curious how you do that, or more specifically, ar

Re: OT: Footnotes in email (Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10)

On Mi, 10 mar 21, 11:30:01, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I've never heard of an E-mail client that supports automating this, and > > I'm not entirely sure I'd want it automated, although a "did you forget > > to finish this?" reminder such as my Thunderbird configuration provides > > when I type a wor

Re: Is there an alternative filesystem hierarchy that could be adapted to Debian.

On Mi, 10 mar 21, 15:26:41, Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote: > > You're not only allowed to think that, you're allowed to get > > people together and do it. > > > > All the code in Debian proper has free licenses, and you're > > welcome to create a Debian derivation that conforms to your idea > > of what

Re: Could KDE work adequately on a PC with 4 GB of RAM and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor @ 2.33 GHz?

On Mi, 10 mar 21, 16:55:39, Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote: > > Sorry, I wasn't clear: first Buster then Bullseye. That way I will stay on > Bullseye > when it becomes "stable". I think it will happen soon, won't it? It's a few months away, which in Debian's timeline is indeed soon ;) Kind regards, A

Re: Using Gmail on Debian mailing lists

On Mi, 10 mar 21, 21:34:27, Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote: > > Also, I saw that "reply to all" quotes the whole thread. > I would not like to bloat the messages with such big quotes. Hint: you are already doing that, Gmail just hides the quotes for you. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.or

Re: Is there an alternative filesystem hierarchy that could be adapted to Debian.

On Jo, 11 mar 21, 16:02:55, Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote: > > Thanks for your proposition, I didn't understand the usefulness of a > unified hierarchy > until you put that example. > > Well, you still have to mount it, don't you? We don't have to delete > the mount "feature" > nor the unified hiera

Re: Finding related package for bug report regarding display output

On Jo, 11 mar 21, 08:19:50, Max Görner wrote: > Hello, > > since 26th of February I have problems with the DisplayPort outputs of my ^ > Lenovo ThinkPad T470p. If I use the notebooks output I can get one external > monitor to function but daisy chaining does not work. If

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

On Vi, 12 mar 21, 04:38:54, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-03-12 at 03:27, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 11:11:16PM -0800, Weaver wrote: > > >> I have never had a Facebook account and never will. > > > We (three?) are the invisible Internet Underground \o/ > > > > [psst.

Re: netboot debian-installer kernel too old

On Jo, 11 mar 21, 23:17:27, Anhu wrote: > Hi, > > installing bullseye via network fails since the (directory named) > _current_ debian-installer at > > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/bullseye/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/linux > > is a kernel 5.9.0-4-amd

Re: How to make btrfs forget a disk?

On Vi, 12 mar 21, 09:21:59, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > The problem is that /dev/nvme1n1 is being used for ZFS now, and there is > currently no btrfs thereon. However, there is a btrfs label or something > stuck somewhere, how can I clear it? [...] > It's somewhere on disk, but where? > > # blki

Re: /home partition filling immediately after recent sid upgrade

On Vi, 12 mar 21, 09:02:23, Charles Curley wrote: > On Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:45:22 -0500 > Mitchell Laks wrote: > > > I recently upgraded a system that uses sid and the /home partition > > filled. > > I find "du | sort -n" useful in such situations. Start at /home and > work your way down. My per

Re: /home partition filling immediately after recent sid upgrade

On Vi, 12 mar 21, 10:45:22, Mitchell Laks wrote: > Hi, > > I recently upgraded a system that uses sid and the /home partition filled. > > I then adjusted tune2fs -m 3 /dev/md1 to give myself 20 G of space. > Did nothing and next day already filled /home 100% again. Please show us. (the output

Re: How i can optimize my operating system?

On Vi, 12 mar 21, 11:03:16, Dan Ritter wrote: > William Torrez Corea wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 5:39 AM Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > We are still not seeing any problems here. What is your computer > > > doing or not doing that you think is a problem? > > > > Execute each program *slowly

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

On Vi, 12 mar 21, 18:27:58, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 08:27:23AM -0800, James H. H. Lampert wrote: > > [...] > > > If they shun or ostracize you for not being on Facebook, they are > > neither your friends nor your family. > > I don't know whether that hard position is al

Re: [?]Are Realtek Audio Drivers for Linux available for use

On Sb, 13 mar 21, 00:50:34, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > > Any suggestion, except upgrading from Stretch? When Buster reaches End > of Active Update (i.e., becomes oldstable), then Stretch shall be > updated to Buster. Care the elaborate on this? The software in stable at release is already quite matu

Re: /home partition filling immediately after recent sid upgrade

On Vi, 12 mar 21, 17:42:48, Tixy wrote: > On Fri, 2021-03-12 at 18:13 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > My personal favorite: > > > > du -hx --max-depth=1 | sort -h > > > > You can use the short option -d instead of --max-depth, and make it's

Re: /home partition filling immediately after recent sid upgrade

> which gave me some space :) > now to figure out why that was happening > using stumpwm and long sbcl error set > > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 11:17 AM Andrei POPESCU > wrote: > > > On Vi, 12 mar 21, 10:45:22, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > > Hi, > > >

Re: non-existing interface problem

On Sb, 13 mar 21, 01:35:35, ghe2001 wrote: > > 3: eth1: mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group > default qlen 1000 > link/ether 10:05:01:49:64:9d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > 4: wwan0: mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group > default qlen 1000 > link/ether 92:3c:c5:6c:84:27 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:f

Re: A network connection for ETHO on QEMU.

On Vi, 12 mar 21, 15:09:27, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > > Should the guest system be connected as a routed subnet? > > Connected by a bridge? That depends mostly on what you intend to use the virtual machine for. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

On Sb, 13 mar 21, 09:10:36, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-03-13 at 09:01, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > >> Besides the social part of asking *everybody* *else* to switch I'm > >> also not aware of a viable . Fortunately most of > >> the conversations have been moving to WhatsApp (where they are > >> s

Re: Social-media antipathy

On Sb, 13 mar 21, 04:55:04, Felix Miata wrote: > Larry Martell composed on 2021-03-12 08:09 (UTC-0800): > > > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > >> Eventually I had to give in, because I was being literally forgotten by > >> a group of friends that were using Facebook for

Re: [?]Are Realtek Audio Drivers for Linux available for use

On Sb, 13 mar 21, 20:24:45, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > On 13/03/2021, deloptes wrote: > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: [?]Are Realtek Audio Drivers for Linux available for use > > Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 15:32:37 +0100 > > Message-id: <[🔎] s***ne.io> > > ...

Re: non-existing interface problem

On Sb, 13 mar 21, 18:13:12, ghe2001 wrote: > > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > On Saturday, March 13, 2021 12:58 AM, Andrei POPESCU > wrote: > > > These look like real hardware to me. > > They do to me too. Sometimes. But they're a bit suspect in p

Re: Google vs. DDG (was: Social-media antipathy)

On Sb, 13 mar 21, 15:44:50, Felix Miata wrote: > Charlie Gibbs composed on 2021-03-13 11:04 (UTC-0800): > > > (DuckDuckGo works fine for searches.) > > I use Google and DDG. It's not unusual here to have DDG to return 0

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

On Sb, 13 mar 21, 16:15:54, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I'll stick with Signal for now, at least it's something that I can > > confidently recommend to people as "WhatsApp, but really > > secure/private". > > I guess it's a bit more secure/private than whatsapp because you can see > the code of th

Re: How to make btrfs forget a disk?

On Du, 14 mar 21, 10:58:02, Victor Sudakov wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Vi, 12 mar 21, 09:21:59, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > > > > The problem is that /dev/nvme1n1 is being used for ZFS now, and there is > > > currently no btrfs thereon. However,

Re: Google vs. DDG (was: Social-media antipathy)

On Du, 14 mar 21, 10:03:44, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > I think by now every avid reader will have an idea of what's going on. > The whole fuzzball of metadata you share with Google (your IP address, > your browser version, the whole compost heap of cookies, browser metrics > prior search history

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

On Du, 14 mar 21, 05:58:42, Tom Yates wrote: > > an excellent point. furthermore, you can be summarily thrown off a central > service, by the provider; it is *much* more difficult to eject someone from > a federated service. That can easily backfire: https://xkcd.com/1357/ Kind regards, Andrei

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

On Du, 14 mar 21, 09:44:27, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 06:42:01PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > >> > I'll stick with Signal for now, at least it's something that I can > > >> > confidently recommend to people as "WhatsApp, but really > > >> > secure/private". > > >> I gu

Re: How to make btrfs forget a disk?

On Du, 14 mar 21, 17:34:40, Victor Sudakov wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > I'm guessing it's in the GPT somewhere. Did you try removing the entire > > partition table before switching to ZFS? > > There had been no partition table, I just ran "m

Re: Google vs. DDG (was: Social-media antipathy)

On Du, 14 mar 21, 11:11:25, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 11:58:32AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > With DDG I can easily specify whether I want "local" results and for > > which country. > > Ruoghly yes, but what I was aiming a

Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems

On Du, 14 mar 21, 16:19:45, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > While Intel PCs are also 64bit processors? > > For instance, my current laptop is Lenovo IdeaPad 320-15ISK 80XH01FKIN > 15.6-inch Laptop (6th Gen Core i3-6006U/4GB/2TB/Integrated Graphics), > a 64bit processor. > > It can't be that intellectuals,

Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems

On Du, 14 mar 21, 07:19:25, The Wanderer wrote: > > When 64-bit came along, rather than extending the x86 line, Intel > started from scratch and designed an entire new CPU architecture. That > got called ia64, and it never caught on; it eventually failed in the > marketplace, except possibly in ve

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

On Du, 14 mar 21, 12:19:34, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 01:03:49PM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > [...] > > > To be clear, far from me to claim Signal is perfect, it's just (in my > > not so humble opinion) the only *feasible* option

Re: Debian( live version) question

On Du, 14 mar 21, 16:09:59, jacky cheung wrote: > Hi > > Im using the Debian live version non free > How can I change my user@debian on terminal to myname@debian. Im using for > my education purpose. Do you want to change your user name for the live system or do you simply want change the termin

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems

On Du, 14 mar 21, 15:17:39, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > The original plan/claims was that the support for legacy i386 > application would be "just as fast". This never materialized > (unsurprisingly: it's easy to make a CPU that can run efficiency several > slightly different instruction sets (ISA)

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

On Du, 14 mar 21, 14:49:03, Joe wrote: > On Sun, 14 Mar 2021 13:23:17 +0100 > wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 02:08:34PM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Du, 14 mar 21, 12:19:34, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > in

Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems

On Lu, 15 mar 21, 09:22:26, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > > Thank you very, very much for all your inputs. Please put this thread > to rest and focus instead of helping seekers who need your support. I > have had enough information already from the post of The Wanderer. Lengthy, more or less offtopic t

Re: [EVEN MORE OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems

On Lu, 15 mar 21, 20:24:56, Sven Hartge wrote: > > (I still vividly remember using memmaker and manual ordering the drivers > in config.sys and autoexec.bat to shave another 2KB from the lower > memory so the IPX driver would fit so Doom would run.) For me it was Warcraft :) And for some game (p

Re: [TOTALLY OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems

On Lu, 15 mar 21, 17:21:39, Dan Ritter wrote: > > At last report: normal desktop Ryzens (nothing with a G suffix > unless it also has a PRO marking) Do you have a reliable source for the lack of ECC support in G suffix processors? And why would it work for PRO processors instead? I think it's

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems

On Lu, 15 mar 21, 11:19:55, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Last I heard Debian works on the M1 already :-), but its Emacs package > doesn't :-( No surprise considering Emacs is itself a full OS :p (sorry, could not resist) Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signatur

Re: "Yay for Debian" origin?

On Lu, 15 mar 21, 11:03:31, The Wanderer wrote: > In my family's shared music collection, we have a file named > 'yay_for_debian-highquality.ogg'. It consists of intermixed, sped-up or > slowed-down or normal-speed clips of various people saying things like > "Debian distributions", "yay for Debian

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

On Jo, 18 mar 21, 09:28:06, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > So while I don't doubt that the WA client *could* *in principle* > do end-to-end encryption, they'll do whatever it takes to trick > end users to share their juicy data with the mothership, FB. It's > their life-blood. I'm guessing the full

Re: [OT] Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

On Vi, 19 mar 21, 00:54:08, deloptes wrote: > Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > I hear there's a lot of interesting discussions there about how to > > communicate safely, but sadly so far I haven't managed to configure my > > safe not-internet-connected machine to participate. > > do you think it is po

Re: Bug#977358: release-notes: document how to make the rescue mode usable if no root password is set (buster)

please write to #977358. Full quote below for context. Thanks, Andrei On Lu, 14 dec 20, 13:12:59, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Package: release-notes > X-Debbugs-CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Dear Release Notes Maintainers, > > Some text based on below would make sense for

Re: [OT] Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

On Sb, 20 mar 21, 19:03:58, deloptes wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > Good luck in doing public key cryptography without publishing the public > > key :) > > Andrei - you disappoint me here! In hindsight, what was meant as a joke probably came out as mocking, I

Re: [OT] Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

On Sb, 20 mar 21, 19:11:07, deloptes wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > In my (not so humble) opinion, this level of security could make sense > > for a disident in a totalitarian state, less so for regular users in > > democratic country. > > > > And you

Re: WiFi Hardware not detected, during Debian NetInst Install

On Du, 21 mar 21, 20:17:32, Kenneth Parker wrote: > On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 7:05 PM Brian wrote: > > No good. I downloaded "Debian GNU/Linux bullseye-DI-alpha3 "Bullseye" - > Unofficial amd64 NETINST with firmware 20201203-12:50" > (Above was the description in the Expert Text Install). Try a

Re: Cannot see update to recent linux kernel 5.10.19-1~bpo10+1 (from 5.10.13-1~bpo10+1)

On Du, 21 mar 21, 23:28:04, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > > apt policy doesn't see any newer version as well: > > $ apt policy linux-image-5.10.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 > linux-image-5.10.0-0.bpo.3-amd64: >   Installed: 5.10.13-1~bpo10+1 >   Candidate: 5.10.13-1~bpo10+1 >   Version table: > *** 5.10.13-1~bpo10+

Re: Cannot see update to recent linux kernel 5.10.19-1~bpo10+1 (from 5.10.13-1~bpo10+1)

On Lu, 22 mar 21, 07:11:46, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-03-22 at 03:31, didier gaumet wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > There is a linux-image-5.10.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 package but > > linux-image-5.10.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 has yet to be uploaded > > (linux-image-5.10.0-0.bpo.4-amd64-unsigned is there already)

Re: Cannot see update to recent linux kernel 5.10.19-1~bpo10+1 (from 5.10.13-1~bpo10+1)

On Lu, 22 mar 21, 07:26:27, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-03-22 at 07:22, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > In any case, backports is, by definition, lagging behind testing. > > Yes, but that should only be reflected in the fact that the package > version is different, n

Re: Cannot see update to recent linux kernel 5.10.19-1~bpo10+1 (from 5.10.13-1~bpo10+1)

On Lu, 22 mar 21, 18:53:54, The Wanderer wrote: > > If I search https://packages.debian.org/source/testing/linux for those > package names, I find linux-image-5.10.0-4-amd64-unsigned, but I do not > find linux-image-5.10.0-4-amd64 itself - even though apt reports that it > is, in fact, present. >

Re: Debian Stable Updates Announcement SUA 197-1

On Ma, 23 mar 21, 07:52:52, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-03-23 at 07:43, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > I think the request was really "Please tell us how to use this > > buster-proposed-updates thing, which I've never heard of before." > > > > Here's a wiki page:

Re: Cannot see update to recent linux kernel 5.10.19-1~bpo10+1 (from 5.10.13-1~bpo10+1)

On Ma, 23 mar 21, 11:45:05, David Wright wrote: > > If I search on https://packages.debian.org/index for > linux-image-5.10.0-0.bpo. in buster-backports/any, > then I see the same six matches for > linux-image-5.10.0-0.bpo.4…amd64, where, as before, > "…" stands for cloud, rt, and nothing. > > So

Re: Running a FreeBSD guest

On Mi, 24 mar 21, 09:22:32, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > Do you think I can install qemu-kvm without installing the 230 X11 > packages is requires? It is possible. It should be relatively easy to do so if some packages are only recommended instead of depended on. Does 'apt install --no-install-re

Re: Slow connections - DNS problems?

On Mi, 24 mar 21, 10:34:54, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 09:24:28AM +, Darac Marjal wrote: > > > > On 24/03/2021 05:32, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > > [...] > > > > # Generated by NetworkManager > > > search telus > > > nameserver 192.168.0.1 > > > nameserver 75.153.171.122 >

Re: Creating my first LAN

On Jo, 25 mar 21, 05:15:46, songbird wrote: > > for my own needs i just use a crossover cable and skip > WiFi entirely - probably because in more ancient times > i've done connections between machines via null modem > serial port cables. With newer hardware (Gigabit as well as some 100Mbit n

Re: apt upgrade merging modified files

On Jo, 25 mar 21, 04:39:53, Michael Grant wrote: > When I apt-update, sometimes I update something for which I modified a config > file and I get this menu: > > Configuration file '/etc/matrix-synapse/homeserver.yaml' > ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation. > ==> Package dist

Re: Cannot see update to recent linux kernel 5.10.19-1~bpo10+1 (from 5.10.13-1~bpo10+1)

On Du, 28 mar 21, 19:46:07, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > > 22 mars 2021, 12:17 de andreimpope...@gmail.com: > > > When Linux has significant updates the package name changes as well to > > signal that e.g. out-of-tree modules must be recompiled. > > > > Try this instead: > > > > apt list linux-image-5

Re: Cannot see update to recent linux kernel 5.10.19-1~bpo10+1 (from 5.10.13-1~bpo10+1)

On Lu, 29 mar 21, 22:45:02, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 28 mar 21, 19:46:07, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > > > > 22 mars 2021, 12:17 de andreimpope...@gmail.com: > > > > > When Linux has significant updates the package name changes as well to > > > signa

Re: Cannot see update to recent linux kernel 5.10.19-1~bpo10+1 (from 5.10.13-1~bpo10+1)

On Ma, 30 mar 21, 00:06:26, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > Hi Andrei, > > 29 mars 2021, 22:09 de andreimpope...@gmail.com: > > > Sorry, quoted wrong line, I meant this: > > > >> linux-image-5.10.0-0.bpo.4-amd64-unsigned/buster-backports > >> 5.10.19-1~bpo10+1 amd64 > >> > Haha, I was wondering why you

Re: Cannot see update to recent linux kernel 5.10.19-1~bpo10+1 (from 5.10.13-1~bpo10+1)

On Mi, 31 mar 21, 22:54:59, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > Hi, > > 30 mars 2021, 08:16 de andreimpope...@gmail.com: > > > $ rmadison linux-signed-amd64 > > linux-signed-amd64 | 4.19.118+2+deb10u1~bpo9+1 | stretch-backports | source > > linux-signed-amd64 | 4.19.171+2| stable|

Re: `apt list` output question

On Ma, 30 mar 21, 09:47:48, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > # apt install yamllint/buster > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Selected version '1.15.0-1' (Debian:10.9/stable [all]) for 'yamllint' > ... > > I just don't quite understand

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