Re: Installing Debian from a hard disk with Windows to a USB stick

2021-04-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 25 mar 21, 21:11:33, Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote: > > I'm trying to install Debian 10.8 on a USB stick, and it is not Debian Live, > from a hard disk that has Windows 7 installed. Since I don't have > any CD or DVD, and I need the USB stick to install Debian on it, > I can't use the USB stic

Re: request for package

2021-04-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 05 apr 21, 10:20:31, Jude DaShiell wrote: > could dosemu2 be built and made available in the debian repositories? > My reason for asking is while debian has dosbox dosbox uses only sdl for > interface and sdl exposes no accessibility information at all. The dosemu2 > package can be used in

Re: How to save filtered less results in a file or on stdout

2021-04-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 29 mar 21, 01:20:18, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > > Actually, I asked this question because of my workflow here. > > First, I use the less pager to navigate quickly inside an input, not knowing > beforehand what it looks like and what I will need to do. > Then, I filter some lines depending on

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-04-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 27 mar 21, 10:48:43, Brian wrote: > > I did previously note the reiteration and acknowledge that video > hardware could require non-free firmware. However, does a d-i carrying > such firmware ever make any attempt to install it? As I understand it, > the installer is designed to probe for a

Re: How to save filtered less results in a file or on stdout

2021-04-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 05 apr 21, 22:29:31, David Wright wrote: > > But I don't know how vim would do on-the-fly filtering like > less can do with & (not being very familiar with vim). A quick web search suggests: :v/pattern/d press 'u' to undo or ':w filename.txt' to write the result to a different file

Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

2021-04-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 06 apr 21, 12:00:53, Brian wrote: > On Mon 05 Apr 2021 at 23:17:09 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Mon 05 Apr 2021 at 22:54:37 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > On Sb, 27 mar 21, 10:48:43, Brian wrote: > > > > > > > > I did previou

Problem with MATE and compiz [was: Re: MATE window list]

2021-04-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 01 apr 21, 17:11:49, Glenn Holmer wrote: > I switched to MATE w/Compiz (on Bullseye) a few weeks ago and I'm really > liking it. I love the exotic effects, like windows turning into paper > airplanes and flying away when you close them. But I have a problem with > the airplanes: when I hover

Re: No space left when: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-5-amd64

2021-04-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 07 apr 21, 11:11:55, Marco Ippolito wrote: > > Hi Marco, > > Hi Hans :) > > > aptitude purge ~n4.9.10-amd64-* > > Hadn't thought of matching a pattern, thanks. While I'm a big fan of aptitude's patterns it's also not installed by default. For basic uses 'apt' is fine as well and suppo

Re: Sound issue in bulleye with USB Headset and Internal Audio

2021-04-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 07 apr 21, 18:39:21, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > Hello, > > I have a bullseye system with an on-board Intel sound device and a Logitech > USB headset. Everything works perfect, if I boot without the USB headset > plugged in. Both devices are detected and I can switch between them as > expecte

Re: Sound issue in bulleye with USB Headset and Internal Audio

2021-04-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 07 apr 21, 20:38:46, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 7. April 2021, 19:47:47 CEST schrieb Andrei POPESCU: > > On Mi, 07 apr 21, 18:39:21, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have a bullseye system with an on-board Intel sound device an

Re: Sound issue in bulleye with USB Headset and Internal Audio

2021-04-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 07 apr 21, 23:49:46, deloptes wrote: > Rainer Dorsch wrote: > > > I have a bullseye system with an on-board Intel sound device and a > > Logitech USB headset. Everything works perfect, if I boot without the USB > > headset plugged in. Both devices are detected and I can switch between > > t

Re: Boot better have mounted on root or /boot ?

2021-04-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 08 apr 21, 08:55:47, Robbi Nespu wrote: > > I use auto partitioning (if not mistaken) and boot mounted on root "/" > instead of creating own "/boot" partition > > $ df -h /boot/ > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda1 110G 62G 43G 60% / > > What actually

Re: Boot better have mounted on root or /boot ?

2021-04-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 08 apr 21, 07:21:04, Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE wrote: > On Donnerstag, 8. April 2021 02:15:00 -04 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > For me the simplicity of having 'boot' on '/' wins in most cases. It > > avoids a lot of issues (like running out of space i

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 09 apr 21, 13:39:27, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 01:09:31PM +0200, Yoann LE BARS wrote: > > > > Now, I have develop a few small applications who do not have much users > > and are not in the position to integrate the distribution. For the few > > users of these pro

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 09 apr 21, 06:34:32, riveravaldez wrote: > On 4/9/21, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > Is it really unavoidable? Or just a tad less convenient? > > Well, that's a pretty subjective issue, to be honest... ;) > > > Can you pose one concrete use case where it is unavoidable? > > Not sure if

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 09 apr 21, 08:02:46, Celejar wrote: > > What about cases where the software simply isn't in Debian at all? > Recently, I've used IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio, and I'd like to > set up an OwnCloud server when I get a chance. These, and many other > complex / fast-changing applications ar

Re: Boot better have mounted on root or /boot ?

2021-04-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 09 apr 21, 09:14:31, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 09:07:04AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Jo, 08 apr 21, 07:21:04, Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE wrote: > > > On Donnerstag, 8. April 2021 02:15:00 -04 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > >

Re: Using a remote computer and VGA

2021-04-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 09 apr 21, 14:06:10, Richmond wrote: > Dan Ritter wrote: > > Richmond wrote: > >> Is it possible to use a local computer (L) to: ssh -Y to a remote > >> computer (R), run a web browser on R which will then display on > >> L, choose what to watch on Netflix, and then having started it, move t

Re: ping gateway ok, ping any other local network address fails

2021-04-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 09 apr 21, 11:41:56, rudu wrote: > > I paste here a few commands I passed when remotely connected to the > problematic machine (sorry for the french locale). You can always prepend 'LANG=C.UTF-8' to get the output in English. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebian

Re: which mixer can show sound volume as colorful bar

2021-04-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 19 apr 21, 03:01:37, Long Wind wrote: > i've run alsamixer, it's not what i want > i want it  to  show loudness of sound in real time by changing or flashing > colorful bar  Then you are looking for a VU meter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VU_meter For pure ALSA you might be able to (a

Re: Smart TV on WiFi as Extra Display

2021-04-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 19 apr 21, 12:24:21, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote: > I have a smart TV which includes a browser. (An LG running WebOS, as > it happens.) It can, of course, display video streams from a given > URL. So I'm hoping someone has figured out a way to create a virtual > display on a Debian computer w

Re: which mixer can show sound volume as colorful bar

2021-04-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 19 apr 21, 11:52:54, Long Wind wrote: > such feature is available in PulseAudio Volume Control, > but it's blue bar, not colorful bar i desirei've seen it in MS > Windowsi think it's standard featurei can't believe it's unavailable > in alsa ALSA is the basic plumbing, the applications

Re: Smart TV on WiFi as Extra Display

2021-04-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 19 apr 21, 14:17:05, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote: > I'd like to use the TV as an extra display for my laptop. Basically, > as if it were connected with an HDMI cable, but over the network. And > use both displays, the same way one usually uses two displays. It seems you mean to expand your

Re: dovecot packages

2021-04-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 19 apr 21, 13:00:24, Michael Grant wrote: > > Is this 'action needed' something that is updated manually? I > coulnd't easily find the debian maintainer to pass this on. > Suggestions? or should I just ignore it and eventually someone will > get to it? You can always just write to @packag

Re: No networking after resume from suspend

2021-04-23 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 23 apr 21, 10:46:21, Richmond wrote: > Dan Ritter writes: > > > > If any part of SAM reads "down", do this: > > > > sudo ip link set up SAM > > ip link set up enp2s0 > > No output here but the link is still down. This suggests to me the problem is at a lower level, i.e. the kernel mod

Re: Installing Debian from a hard disk with Windows to a USB stick

2021-04-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 26 apr 21, 20:34:58, Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote: > > It would be great if someone could repost this tutorial at the Debian > Wiki. Feel free to do so yourself. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [SOLVED] Installing Debian from a hard disk with Windows to a USB stick

2021-04-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 26 apr 21, 22:16:34, Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote: > Hi. > > I saw at the Debian Lists' archive > that my attached files were not > shown as attached (as in the > BTS archive), but instead as inserted > into the body of the message. This is just how the archive software shows them, they arriv

Re: Google vs. DDG

2021-04-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 28 apr 21, 17:07:42, mick crane wrote: > > I think Google tailors results according to what they know about you. > Even if you reset the router to a new IP and clear all the cookies they > still seem to know. I've wondered if the browser has an identifying number. > mick If you're using Go

Re: [solved!!!] Multichannel audio playback

2021-04-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 30 apr 21, 14:50:57, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > It works...!!! > > That's what I did: > > 1) I plugged the Behringer into the mains; > > 2) I connected the Behringer to the PC via Behringer's USB cable; > > 3) I plugged 3 amplified loudspeaker (could also be not amplified but then >s

Re: how to use fetchmail with MS Office 365 / davmail?

2021-05-01 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 29 apr 21, 14:21:22, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > BTW I'm not really a luddite [1]. I'd consider a smart phone if I > had a comparable control over its guts as I have of my laptop, take > or give. Those options are, alas, a tad to pricey for my current > income. The PinePhone is interesting

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-05-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 01 mai 21, 03:17:39, Weaver wrote: > > `This is a fairly busy mailing list' - Oh no, it isn't! > It used to be. > I can recall days when I'd get 300 mails or more, but that was when the > attitude was it was a list for Debian users, and not just a list for > Debian issues. > At times, there

Re: combined cpu frequency stats with 2 policies in place

2021-05-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 01 mai 21, 14:41:07, Tuxo wrote: > Hi list > > My octa core cpu does offer 2 frequency governors: > > cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/affected_cpus > 0 1 2 3 > > cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy4/affected_cpus > 4 5 6 7 > > cpufreq-info --stats --human does only dis

Re: Debian statistics about the contributing entities?

2021-05-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 01 mai 21, 14:57:28, Marco Möller wrote: > Hello, > Do we have for Debian some statistics about who (companies, institutions, > universities, private volunteers, ...) are contributing to Debian, i.e. as > package maintainers, admins, maybe Debian specific code programmers, and > alike? I fou

Re: Debian statistics about the contributing entities?

2021-05-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 01 mai 21, 10:49:01, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 01 May 2021 08:57:28 Marco Möller wrote: > > > Hello, > > Do we have for Debian some statistics about who (companies, > > institutions, universities, private volunteers, ...) are contributing > > to Debian, i.e. as package maintainers,

Re: When to reboot after dist-upgrade?

2021-05-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 02 mai 21, 22:42:28, riveravaldez wrote: > Hi, sorry if this is not the place to ask (and in that case please > point me in the proper direction). It's definitely on topic here ;) > I'm trying to distinguish when a system reboot is an absolute need > and when it is absolutely safe to keep

Re: [solved!!!] Multichannel audio playback

2021-05-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 03 mai 21, 06:53:50, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > Do you think the same purpose could be achieved as well with a simple device > like this: > > > https://www.amazon.it/5-1-audio-converter-coassiale-5-1-canali-analogica/dp/B00NAJ4W2A/ref=asc_df_B00NAJ4W2A/?tag=googshopit-21&linkCode=df0&hvad

Re: how to use fetchmail with MS Office 365 / davmail?

2021-05-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 01 mai 21, 08:31:04, Joe wrote: > On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 17:25:20 -0400 > Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > > viewing material because it's about ten years old. But when we > > > inevitably replace it and have no choice about accepting a 'smart' > > > TV, > > > > There are still normal TVs aroun

FW: bits from the Release Team: bullseye status update

2021-05-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
- Forwarded message from Paul Gevers - Date: Sun, 2 May 2021 21:41:38 +0200 From: Paul Gevers To: Debian Devel Announce Subject: bits from the Release Team: bullseye status update User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.10.0 Mail-Followup-To:

Re: Ghost cronjob

2021-05-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 04 mai 21, 19:50:27, Mart van de Wege wrote: > David Wright writes: > > > On Tue 04 May 2021 at 17:06:50 (+0200), Mart van de Wege wrote: > >> > >> Surely packaging a system timer file like that should not be done? It > >> should be at the discretion of the admin to create one if they wan

Re: The strange case of sudo segfaulting on exit

2021-05-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 05 mai 21, 00:37:50, Rich wrote: > > $ sudo -i > # cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.2.11 /tmp/ > # cp /tmp/libz.so.1.2.11 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.2.11 > # exit > logout > Segmentation fault > $ Perhaps a naive question from my side, but why do you expect this to just work? > T

Re: exim update not responding to update-rc.d

2021-05-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 05 mai 21, 07:46:03, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > You're using a package that has not yet been converted to systemd. It's > still using an old init.d script, and systemd is performing a conversion > on the fly. > > The basic start and stop subcommands will work fine, but disable may > not wor

Re: URGENT..! Very annoying when UPDATE = debian.map.fastlydns.net

2021-05-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 06 mai 21, 13:16:36, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 07:00:02AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > > [...] > > > The only options I see offhand (though I'm sure I'm missing some) are A: > > that the debian.map.fastlydns.net mirror is in fact not functioning > > correctly for an

Re: URGENT..! Very annoying when UPDATE = debian.map.fastlydns.net

2021-05-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 06 mai 21, 08:43:22, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-05-06 at 08:40, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 08:33:47AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > > > >> On 2021-05-06 at 08:28, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >> > >> &g

Re: Shorewall and libvirt

2021-05-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 06 mai 21, 17:18:26, Charles Curley wrote: > > I will. I believe the Powers That Be at Debian prefer one file a bug > report with Debian, and the Debian maintainers will file an upstream > bug if necessary. Anyway, that's the course I plan to take. Do feel free to file bugs directly with u

Panasonic KX-P1124i dot matrix printer connected via parallel port [was: Re: ot: kx-p1124i configuration]

2021-05-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 08 mai 21, 00:41:52, fxkl47BF wrote: > > > > > > > On Friday 07 May 2021 07:10:16 fxkl47BF wrote: > > > > > > > > > > i checked the port and it is set to epp > > > > > excuse me if i ramble a bit > > > > > i create a file with one word 'hello' followed by a newline and a > > > > > carriage

Re: Ghost cronjob

2021-05-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 08 mai 21, 10:12:59, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > Hi, > > 5 mai 2021, 04:48 de deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk: > > > After all, it's easy to override it with > > > > # ln -s /dev/null /etc/systemd/system/btrbk.service > > > You may need the `-f` (force) switch if btrbk.service file already exists.

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

2021-05-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 21 mar 21, 09:55:32, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > Of course the *primary* private key should be protected properly. A > Debian recommendation (that I can't find) was suggesting to generate and > keep it on a Tails USB stick and use it only for certifying other keys. >

Re: Installing Debian from a hard disk with Windows to a USB stick

2021-05-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 05 apr 21, 17:03:46, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > Hint: the mini.iso does support installing to the same storage device > used to start the installer. It also needs internet access for basically > everything, so you might need a way to pass firmware to the installer in > ca

Re: generate a rss.xml from a bunch of HTML files

2021-05-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 09 mai 21, 14:19:44, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Dan Ritter wrote: > > >> I don't know why, but it seems too involved anyway, there > >> isn't a webpile2rss tool like this or something: > >> > >> $ webpile2rss *.html > rss.xml # sweet > > > > There isn't one packaged in Debian, but there are l

Re: generate a rss.xml from a bunch of HTML files

2021-05-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 09 mai 21, 20:15:38, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Dan Ritter wrote: > > ... no one did it? :O > >>> > >>> In FLOSS this usually means nobody else needed it. > >> > >> Impossible in this, basic case. The static generator guys who > >> also did the RSS as mentioned already needed it, and did i

Re: generate a rss.xml from a bunch of HTML files

2021-05-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 10 mai 21, 01:44:32, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Charles Curley wrote: > > > Right. However, as I found out asking elsewhere, you can > > include HTML in Markdown. > > Hehehe, let's see, first write HTML, then include it in > Markdown, then have the static site generator generate > HTML... brill

Re: generate a rss.xml from a bunch of HTML files

2021-05-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 10 mai 21, 19:23:02, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 11 May 2021 at 00:30:24 (+0200), Emanuel Berg wrote: > > > > OK so no XSLT, no yacc for me, I got another idea, can you use > > the static generators, get the RSS, then discard everything > > else and use the RSS on the regular or real site?

Re: Repo. ppa.launchpad.net

2021-05-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 12 mai 21, 10:51:55, Richmond wrote: > This repo has crept into my sources.d an I don't know why it is there. I > don't recall installing any audio-recorder or asking for anything from > ubuntu. How did it get there? > > This error occured in aptitude update: > > Err:6 http://ppa.launchpad

Re: [Bullseye] package bloat for video playback

2021-05-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 14 mai 21, 02:04:14, Felix Miata wrote: > I wanted to install smplayer. Even though Install-Recommends is false, apt > wants > to install mpv, imagemagick-common, and fonts-urw-base35. Does anyone here > know > why a video player requires additional fonts instead of using already > instal

Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?

2021-05-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 16 mai 21, 18:33:57, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 01:31:49PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> > I'll bite ;} > >> > When is it the right tool? > >> > >> When you're using it to convert ebcdic to ascii, while swapping bytes and > >> reblocking an ancient file from a ba

Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?

2021-05-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 17 mai 21, 08:32:28, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 08:59:43AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > [...] > > > I'll raise you 'cp': > > > > cp foo.iso /dev/sdb > > > > > > which is both fast and short to

Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?

2021-05-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 17 mai 21, 17:50:24, David wrote: > On Mon, 17 May 2021 at 17:29, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > Hmm, would you (or anyone else) know what is the difference between > > oflags=sync and conv=fsync? > > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/dd-in

Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?

2021-05-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 17 mai 21, 10:00:22, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 10:29:06AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > Hmm, would you (or anyone else) know what is the difference between > > oflags=sync and conv=fsync? > > Let me put the docs next to each o

Re: audacity on Buster - qui est 'input?'

2021-05-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 17 mai 21, 08:16:39, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 07:45:34AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > > I can take a hint. It seems to me I have to place the statement > > > > pulseaudio --daemonize > > > > in some user file or other but nowhere can I find in that doc (coulda missed

Re: bitz-server: package is not in any development repository ...

2021-05-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 17 mai 21, 23:30:33, Albretch Mueller wrote: > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/bitz-server > > bitz-server: ICAP server (RFC 3507) implementation in C++ > > package is gone: This package is not in any development repository. > This probably means that the package has been removed (or has

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 18 mai 21, 22:49:31, George Shuklin wrote: > I'm trying to choose between Purism and System76, and, as far as I > understand they both supports linux very well, but.. > > Which one is better? Or, may me I missed and there are other coreboot (no > ME) vendors with high-grade Linux support? >

Re: Restoring sticky bits after accidentally moving /usr directory

2021-05-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 18 mai 21, 18:26:18, Steve Dondley wrote: > I goofed up and accidentally moved my /usr directory while trying to make > room on a full drive. I was able to recover, but I'm finding that services > are not working because the sticky bits for many files /usr/bin/* were lost. > For example, I c

Re: Linux kernel 5.10 (or 5.4) with Debian Buster

2021-05-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 19 mai 21, 10:25:36, Brendan Simon (eTRIX) wrote: > I'm currently using Debian Buster on an embedded system (ARM) and am > currently using an older 4.4 kernel. > > I need to upgrade to later version to support a new Ethernet Phy device > (KSZ9131). > > Kernel 4.19 is the default for Buster

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 19 mai 21, 07:58:05, Celejar wrote: > > My previous main machine had been a T60. I gave that up when its > keyboard failed. I know that one of the main selling points of > ThinkPads is their keyboards: they are certainly very good, but > apparently they don't last forever ;) At least they

Re: Debian-friendly laptop

2021-05-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 19 mai 21, 11:06:44, Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 19 May 2021 17:27:16 +0300 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Mi, 19 mai 21, 07:58:05, Celejar wrote: > > > > > > My previous main machine had been a T60. I gave that up when its > > > keyboard failed.

Re: IRC

2021-05-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 19 mai 21, 13:29:44, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > If this is not a Debian question then tell my what it is ? > "Why did it was chosen to use the -fPIC option in buildflags.mk on the > AMD64 platform and will this matter if I take if off because I'm trying > to build a software

Re: Opensource photo user group

2021-05-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 26 mai 21, 05:08:52, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > I am planning to open a user group, with forums, place to share picture > and tips, video chat server (Jitsi or something alike) and more. > > So this is a call to anyone interested. > > I am not limiting to photograph using

Re: Opensource photo user group

2021-05-27 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 26 mai 21, 16:41:09, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-05-26 2:12 p.m., Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Mi, 26 mai 21, 05:08:52, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > >> > >> I am planning to open a user group, with forums, place to s

Re: How to capture composite video

2021-05-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 28 mai 21, 17:00:37, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > > Presumably the Hauppauge card has an audio encoder somewhere; > I just have to find it. "ls -l /dev/ds*" shows nothing, and > "arecord -l" shows: > > List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 An

Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?

2021-05-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 28 mai 21, 02:44:30, Stella Ashburne wrote: > > The reason is that I find it too drastic a step. I chose to disable by > doing sudo systemctl disable unattended-upgrades. I did delete the > package called 50unattended-upgrades (as mentioned in my original > post.) Installing packages on

Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?

2021-05-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 28 mai 21, 20:40:23, Stella Ashburne wrote: > > Question: Instead of using "aptitude why unattended-upgrades" command, > can I use "apt why unattended-upgrades"? I was told many years ago > that the command "aptitude" was deprecated. aptitude was deprecated for some very specific uses o

Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?

2021-05-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 29 mai 21, 19:09:36, Stella Ashburne wrote: > Hello Andrei > > Thank you for your advice and time. I really appreciate it. > > > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2021 at 2:49 PM > > From: "Andrei POPESCU" > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >

Re: thunderbird

2021-06-01 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 31 mai 21, 17:52:00, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 05:38:48PM +0200, Marco Möller wrote: > > > Concerning the server, You could also run your own matrix server, if > > you cannot find a provider which you trust, it is all open source. > > > > Good Luck, and sorry for ha

Re: thunderbird

2021-06-01 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 31 mai 21, 08:48:48, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 08:55:32PM +, ghe2001 wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > > > > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > > On Sunday, May 30, 2021 2:24 PM, Bret Busby wrote: > > > > >... (snip) > >

Re: PGP: difference between Kleopatra and Kgpg, both from KDE

2021-06-01 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 31 mai 21, 22:57:26, deloptes wrote: > > gnupg is the mother of all open source pgp stuff. In fact you must know that > PGP is the commercial implementation of a standard for symetric encryption > (I hope I am not wrong in my wording while citing from memory) PGP supports asymmetric encryp

Re: which command can show if usb 3.0 is used

2021-06-01 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 31 mai 21, 13:41:43, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > On 2021-05-31 5:14 a.m., to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 04:47:13AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > > wrote: > >> > >> What is foolish is not to even check in the specifications of one's > >> compu

Re: Unexplained freezes and crashes, nothing in /var/log/messages

2021-06-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 03 iun 21, 07:49:32, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > Debian Buster here. My laptop is aging and has only 4BG Ram, however that > should be sufficient for a couple of instances of Firefox (no streaming, > etc) and an instance of Chromium. > > It has happened a few times in the last few days that the

Re: Unexplained freezes and crashes, nothing in /var/log/messages

2021-06-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 03 iun 21, 08:51:06, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > > $ sudo inxi -FzCDMm > System: > Host: e130 Kernel: 4.19.0-8-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.8 > Distro: LMDE 4 Debbie Can you reproduce the issue on Debian? Do CapsLock / NumLed or similar LEDs react (provided there are any)?

Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?

2021-06-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 04 iun 21, 02:03:10, Stella Ashburne wrote: > Hi Tom > > > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2021 at 4:18 AM > > From: "Tom Browder" > > Don't get me wrong Tom. I'm perfectly fine with receiving emails in > HTML format. It's just that a few years ago, when I sent emails with > HTML formatting, Deb

Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?

2021-06-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 04 iun 21, 16:24:32, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Fri, Jun 04, 2021 at 07:59:31AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > 3) Calling "systemctl disable" only works for *services*, > > That not how it works, actually. > systemctl disable can be used to disable any timer, but you have to > spec

Re: A Grub Boot Question about initrd

2021-06-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 05 iun 21, 12:46:13, Martin McCormick wrote: > > One should be able to write a program to get the > appropriate UUID's out of fstab on the working system > and translate them in to corresponding UUID's for the system on > the operating table. Alternatively you might want to consider

Re: pppoe performance on debian and debian as router / firewall

2021-06-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 05 iun 21, 20:07:56, Antonio wrote: > > The problem is my ISP uses pppoe for my symmetric 1 gbps connection and I > know this type of connection requires a quite performant cpu, as it is > single-threaded and uses only one cpu core. I'm currently using a supermicro > motherboard with a (fou

Re: thunderbird vs clawsmail

2021-06-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 06 iun 21, 14:43:49, fxkl47BF wrote: > i've gone back and forth between thunderbird and clawsmail > > clawsmail is lightweight and clean, i like that > debian stable only has an old version, i don't like that > to get an up to date version i have to continuously compile from source, i > do

Re: Kernel panics on boot with fresh testing install on ASUS UX501J notebook

2021-06-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 08 iun 21, 12:05:21, Thom Castermans wrote: > > - Installed non-free firmware (used the unofficial image [1]) during > installation and installed the intel-microcode package after installation > in an attempt to fix the error displayed in [4] ("[Firmware Bug]: > TSC_DEADLINE d

Re: debian installation issue

2021-06-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 11 iun 21, 15:07:11, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Secure Boot (Microsoft's attempt to stop you from using Linux) relies on > UEFI booting, and therefore this was one of the driving forces behind it, > but not the *only* driving force. If your machine doesn't use Secure Boot, > don't worry abou

Re: cannot mount smartphone anymore

2021-06-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 13 iun 21, 21:49:03, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Curt wrote: > > >>> Removing usbguard is maybe a drastic decision, isn't? > >>> Or maybe you don't want this package anymore for > >>> other reasons? > >> > >> No, why do I need it for? > > > > He probably assumed you installed it intentionally, an

Re: cannot mount smartphone anymore

2021-06-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 14 iun 21, 09:46:02, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >> > >> If so I don't remember why :) > > > > But aptitude might know: > > > > aptitude why usbguard > > OK: > > i gnome-online-accounts Recommends gnome

Re: Server setup

2021-06-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 14 iun 21, 16:39:11, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > Like I already said, the "helper" that setup the whole system has the > same skeleton for every type of hardware installation (not so good). As most of us are probably not customers of your hosting provider we have no idea wh

Re: Server setup

2021-06-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 14 iun 21, 23:59:58, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 15 Jun 2021 at 07:21:33 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Lu, 14 iun 21, 16:39:11, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > > > This is the first time I have to install a system using GPT with BIOS so > >

Re: OT: Music player with substantial speakers than can play things like mp3, wav files from an SD card or USB pendrive

2021-06-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 17 iun 21, 19:50:44, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > I'd like to find a fairly large (I mean not a tiny hand held thing that uses > batteries and has tiny controls) music player that can play things like mp3, > wav and other music files from either an SD card or a USB pendrive. > > I'd prefer

Re: A Proposal: Each of Online Debian Man pages could have a wiki (Main page / Talk Page, etc.) at its bottom, with only Example Code Lines ...

2021-06-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 19 iun 21, 05:23:04, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-06-19 at 02:51, Richard Hector wrote: > > > On 19/06/21 2:28 pm, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > > > >> Aren't the ML members aware that Debian already has a Man Wiki > >> pages repository? Debian Man Wiki Pages are available at: > >> https://manp

Re: A Proposal: Each of Online Debian Man pages could have a wiki (Main page / Talk Page, etc.) at its bottom, with only Example Code Lines ...

2021-06-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 18 iun 21, 17:40:34, Michael Grant wrote: > > It's a little odd for Debian to host a documentation wiki for upstream > tools. The package maintainers would need to look after the wiki page > that corresponds to the package they are maintaining. Not everyone is > going to be happy with mor

Bug#990086: apt-key is deprecated in bullseye, how to manage keys instead

2021-06-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
Package: release-notes X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org, a...@packages.debian.org On Sb, 19 iun 21, 22:07:35, Marco Möller wrote: > > Command apt-key and its man page say that apt-key is deprecated, but do not > suggest an instead recommended tool. It is only mentioned that keys would >

Re: Bug#990086: apt-key is deprecated in bullseye, how to manage keys instead

2021-06-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 20 iun 21, 10:20:42, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Package: release-notes > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org, a...@packages.debian.org > > On Sb, 19 iun 21, 22:07:35, Marco Möller wrote: > > > > Command apt-key and its man page say that apt-key is deprecated, b

Gmail's special approach to Email [was: Re: Messed up Email]

2021-06-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 21 iun 21, 16:22:42, Gary L. Roach wrote: > > For some years, I have been using Thunderbird on Debian with no problems. > Over a year ago I switched to gmail.com (Imap server) for my mail server. > Everything went fine until about 6 months ago . All of a sudden I had an > All-Mail folder th

Re: [OT] openPGP: keeping primary key offline?

2021-06-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 22 iun 21, 10:46:58, Marco Möller wrote: > Regarding openPGP usage, it is recommended in several user guides to keep > the primary key offline and keeping on the main computer only subkeys. The > argumentation is that if keeping it on the main computer then it could be > used in an unauthori

Re: Auto install security updates only?

2021-06-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 22 iun 21, 10:05:32, Dick Visser wrote: > > It appears that linux-image-cloud-amd64 is the security update, but it > depends on linux-image-4.19.0-17-cloud-amd64 which is not a security > update. The output of 'apt policy' for both package will show what's happening. My guess is they are

Re: A feasible method to add examples to man pages?

2021-06-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 22 iun 21, 05:54:19, Richard Owlett wrote: > > If ~/bin needs to be created, will logging out then in _guarantee_ it gets > added to my path? That doesn't sound normal. There is no guarantee :) On buster /etc/skel/.profile includes the following snippets # set PATH so it includes us

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 22 iun 21, 08:14:08, Richard Owlett wrote: > I have vision problems. > I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. > The program I'm running gives out colored text. > The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. > Help please. This has already been addressed before: you must change the color sc

Re: question regarding post-installed packages

2021-06-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 22 iun 21, 15:30:35, Christian wrote: > > /comm -23 <(apt-mark showmanual | sort -u) <(gzip -dc > /var/log/installer/initial-status.gz | sed -n 's/^Package: //p' | sort -u)/ It's unclear what exactly '/comm -23' is supposed to be and it seems your mail program messed with line breaks. Al

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