Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-23 Thread Brian
On Thu 23 Apr 2020 at 10:21:57 +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 08:07:55PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > I do not have a TODO list, but pushing all wiki issues onto debian-www > > probably wasn't the best of ideas. It seems to me that discourse would > &

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-23 Thread Brian
On Wed 22 Apr 2020 at 17:44:00 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 21 Apr 2020 at 20:07:55 (+0100), Brian wrote: > > On Tue 21 Apr 2020 at 11:18:14 +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:35:00PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > > I

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-23 Thread Brian
crete examples of "outstanding". Preferably technical in nature. Contrasts would be useful. -- Brian.

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-24 Thread Brian
On Fri 24 Apr 2020 at 08:24:44 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 10:59:50AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Jo, 23 apr 20, 18:43:25, Brian wrote: > > > > > > Discourse would provide a single point of contact for wiki discussion. > > >

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-24 Thread Brian
On Fri 24 Apr 2020 at 14:13:49 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, April 24, 2020 12:40:56 PM Brian wrote: > > On Fri 24 Apr 2020 at 08:24:44 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 10:59:50AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > On Jo, 23

Re: Linux & AD mixted authentication issue

2020-04-27 Thread Brian
at the web server level, is not documented > anywhere, and affects real people just trying to read the wiki for help. > > And since it's not documented anywhere, there's no indication of how > to request access (removal from the blacklist, or whatever it is). https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWiki/FAQ -- Brian.

Re: Linux & AD mixted authentication issue

2020-04-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Apr 2020 at 09:37:27 -0400, Jack Dangler wrote: > > On 4/27/20 8:23 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 12:55:20PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWiki/FAQ > > OK... I don't know how anyone is expected to find th

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-29 Thread Brian
uggered if I will await the contribution of some approver, who could, presumably, could have improved the page with or without my intervention. -- Brian

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-29 Thread Brian
ed > existence of LWN and the quality of its content. > That's, well, ... at least ironic. No, it is not. -- Brian.

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-05-07 Thread Brian
On Thu 07 May 2020 at 14:23:06 -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote: > Brian wrote: > > On Wed 29 Apr 2020 at 12:20:37 -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote: > > > > > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > ... > > > > The best thing about a wiki is that anyone can edit

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-05-07 Thread Brian
se -- I like email for communication, I > > don't like the web based things that are often called forums. > > Definitely. Debian/Ubuntu/Mint forums provide focussed and helpful advice to users. Often better than the mailing list equivalents. They are are simply another strand in the thread of providing help. Ignoring them is naff. -- Brian.

Re: Should I enable "testing"

2020-05-09 Thread Brian
sting > now, could be good for you. Reverting a such big upgrade is impossible (or > very difficult and unsafe) Staying on bullseye is not likely to be such a disastrous move. -- Brian.

Re: What has happened to task-print-service?

2020-05-11 Thread Brian
is or > is this something I need to wait until gets fixed. I don't see > task-print-service or something similar in the testing or sid > packages. > > Any clarifications about this is highly appreciated. Bug #950553. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=950553 -- Brian.

Re: cdimage.debian.org - no ISOs of old versions

2020-05-16 Thread Brian
appy with https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/7.11.0/ -- Brian.

Re: How could you load only once a Linux ultility without a batch --input-files kind of option and repeatedly use it on many files? . . .

2020-05-16 Thread Brian
happen, you can still reply a few hours later. Everyone who answers the question understands its import, just not in the same way you or I do. -- Brian.

Re: Towards a customizeable installer

2020-06-01 Thread Brian
On Mon 01 Jun 2020 at 07:01:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Does anyone recall the page I described in my 2nd paragraph? It doesn't exist anymore. Your knowledge of preseeding should be sufficient to get to where you want to be. -- Brian.

Re: Towards a customizeable installer

2020-06-01 Thread Brian
On Mon 01 Jun 2020 at 14:28:45 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/01/2020 02:21 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Mon 01 Jun 2020 at 07:01:21 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > Does anyone recall the page I described in my 2nd paragraph? > > > > It doesn't

Re: Debian man pages have annoying feature(sic)

2020-06-02 Thread Brian
by referring to a file which > will exist, *if and only if*, the package has already been installed. I.E. > classical infinite loop ;} 'apt download ' has been mentioned a few times. The package may be opened and the contents of /usr/share/doc/ viewed. This takes all of two minutes. Is there something lacking in this technique? Too simple and straightforward, perhaps? -- Brian

Re: Towards a customizeable installer

2020-06-02 Thread Brian
On Tue 02 Jun 2020 at 05:17:53 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/01/2020 04:50 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Mon 01 Jun 2020 at 14:28:45 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > On 06/01/2020 02:21 PM, Brian wrote: > > > > On Mon 01 Jun 2020 at

Re: Zoom- best practice?

2020-06-05 Thread Brian
eally? Just get on with communicating with your family. That's a bit more important than worrying about possible non-existent issues and basing your actions on them. -- Brian.

Re: Return a Debian system to a pristine state

2020-06-06 Thread Brian
keep it > up, just to make sure that doesn't change. An aside regarding deborphan: it finds packages that haven't any packages depending on them. This may lead to the removal of a useful package. For example, libsane-hpaio (installed without recommended packages). -- Brian.

Re: Zoom- best practice?

2020-06-07 Thread Brian
out Zoom can go on endlessly. It doesn't alter the technical fact. -- Brian.

Re: On the road to a minimalist Debian

2020-06-07 Thread Brian
rd utilities37 .87 GB Data are incontestible. > [1] Pkg Count reported by installer > [2] Disk space reported by Gparted Live > > As time is available I intend to do a few additional installs. > One will of MATE with only dependencies, not recommended, packages > installed. Thank you for keeping us informed. -- Brian.

Re: Zoom- best practice?

2020-06-07 Thread Brian
es the obvious. All modern VoIP involves immense resources to deliver to users. Resources cost money. Linux Central is out of funds. Videoconferencing on a mass scale is beyond the capabilities of what is available in Debian. -- Brian

Re: Zoom- best practice?

2020-06-07 Thread Brian
On Sun 07 Jun 2020 at 22:24:56 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 09:07:59PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > [...] > > > Nicolas George states the obvious. All modern VoIP involves immense > > resources to deliver to users. > > A bit handwawy at

Re: Finding application's description

2020-06-08 Thread Brian
d so that apt > knows this is a pathname rather than a packagename. You're also allowed > to specify a pathname with leading / or leading ../ characters. Many users find gdebi very convenient to use, partularly when it is associated with a double-click on a filename. -- Brian.

Re: Investigating internals of Debian packages

2020-06-11 Thread Brian
alone gets you the task-mate-desktop package. From apt show task-mate-desktop we see Depends: tasksel (= 3.53), task-desktop, ... task-desktop is installed and its Recommends: is fulfilled by the ask-mate-desktop package. You get MATE. Checking "Debian desktop environment" and "MATE" is the same as checking "MATE" alone. -- Brian.

Re: using tar

2020-06-15 Thread Brian
On Mon 15 Jun 2020 at 19:01:32 +0100, mick crane wrote: > I think my memory has packed up. So has your ability to use a search engine. Try tar options hyphen -- Brian.

Re: using tar

2020-06-15 Thread Brian
On Mon 15 Jun 2020 at 19:24:00 +0100, mick crane wrote: > On 2020-06-15 19:07, Brian wrote: > > On Mon 15 Jun 2020 at 19:01:32 +0100, mick crane wrote: > > > > > I think my memory has packed up. > > > > So has your ability to use a search engine. Try > &g

Re: Disabling recommends - was [Re: bash-completion pros/cons]

2020-06-17 Thread Brian
nstallation of the base system are installed without their "Recommends". I observere this is not correct, irrespective of "recommends=false". -- Brian.

Re: Disabling recommends - was [Re: bash-completion pros/cons]

2020-06-17 Thread Brian
On Wed 17 Jun 2020 at 14:15:05 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 17 Jun 2020 at 18:15:49 (+0100), Brian wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 06:51:18AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > Clarification of my immediate goal: > > > > > > >

Re: Disabling recommends - was [Re: bash-completion pros/cons]

2020-06-17 Thread Brian
Install-Recommends no: > > > > If I understand correctly, I need to add > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/95no-recommends to the ISO of the installer's DVD1. No you don't. A user preseeds with recommends=false But you know for a fact that this doesn't work. Therefore, an answer to your enquiry > Is there a way to totally disable recommends when installing Debian? is "no". -- Brian.

Re: Disabling recommends - was [Re: bash-completion pros/cons]

2020-06-18 Thread Brian
On Thu 18 Jun 2020 at 14:41:19 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 06:48:26AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > On 06/18/2020 03:13 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > >On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 12:53:55AM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > > >[.

Re: Disabling recommends - was [Re: bash-completion pros/cons]

2020-06-19 Thread Brian
On Fri 19 Jun 2020 at 06:15:48 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 17 iun 20, 20:48:50, Brian wrote: > > > > debootstrap is only run during the installation of the base system. It > > installs recommended packages. That is in contradiction to what the > > Manual s

Re: Disabling recommends - was [Re: bash-completion pros/cons]

2020-06-19 Thread Brian
On Thu 18 Jun 2020 at 14:15:00 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 17 Jun 2020 at 20:48:50 (+0100), Brian wrote: > > > > AFAICT, it appears Recommends are *always* installed using the Installer, > > irrespective of preseeding. Not *sometimes*. > > One or two count

Re: Disabling recommends - was [Re: bash-completion pros/cons]

2020-06-19 Thread Brian
ir needs. Your preferred programs are not installed using task-mate-desktop? It includes programs of little interest to you? Dead easy. Do apt install install task-mate-desktop --no-install-recommends and go from there. -- Brian.

Re: technical terms overhaul

2020-06-19 Thread Brian
On Fri 19 Jun 2020 at 15:14:26 -0400, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > What do you think? If we knew what you were talking about it would help. Link? -- Brian.

Re: technical terms overhaul

2020-06-19 Thread Brian
On Fri 19 Jun 2020 at 15:42:11 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 08:37:51PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 19 Jun 2020 at 15:14:26 -0400, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > > > > > What do you think? > > > > If we knew what you were talking about

Re: technical terms overhaul

2020-06-19 Thread Brian
On Fri 19 Jun 2020 at 16:03:24 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 08:56:06PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 19 Jun 2020 at 15:42:11 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 08:37:51PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > On Fri

Re: Disabling recommends - was [Re: bash-completion pros/cons]

2020-06-19 Thread Brian
edited after the base system is installed and "true" changed to "false". Does it work? Would I be writing this if it didn't? -- Brian.

Re: dpms control?

2020-06-20 Thread Brian
to rock the > mouse back and forth at 1 minute intervals seems like a huge waste of > time and metal cutting tools to make it. > > So, how can I kill the blanker for several hours or all day/night if need > be? In my .xsession I have xset -dpms xset s off xset s noblank It works for me. -- Brian.

Re: Disabling recommends - was [Re: bash-completion pros/cons]

2020-06-20 Thread Brian
need to be done by skipping tasksel during > > installation of the d-i minimal system, then altering and running the > > installed tasksel after the post-install reboot. > > Why not just run 'apt install task-' afterwards? Without the suggested alteration made by Tom Dial? How does that fulfill Richard's desired outcome of not installing recommended packages? -- Brian.

Re: Disabling recommends - was [Re: bash-completion pros/cons]

2020-06-21 Thread Brian
On Sat 20 Jun 2020 at 16:51:12 -0600, Tom Dial wrote: > > > On 6/20/20 13:17, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Sb, 20 iun 20, 18:37:31, Brian wrote: > >> On Sat 20 Jun 2020 at 17:53:56 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >> > >>> On Vi, 19 iun 20, 15:12

Re: from screen to tmux

2020-06-22 Thread Brian
select-window and whatever, but when I run tmux, I just > see a single window. > > What would be the equivalent of the above screen commands? A search with tmux start three windows brings up items that look like they would be useful. -- Brian.

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-28 Thread Brian
o take another route would do well not to make assumptions and research the possible outcome of their intended actions. -- Brian.

Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment

2020-06-28 Thread Brian
til tomorrow. > Thanks. All good stuff. All very interesting. All very resolvable when a user has a clue what he is doing. We have gone from unable to boot the MATE desktop to not being able to boot at all! Carry on installing. :) Debian installs Recommends: by default. Your issue demonstrates exactly why it was made so. -- Brian.

Re: update-alternatives - was [Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment]

2020-06-29 Thread Brian
gt; \'/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock\' (111 "Connection refused") at > > ../lib/Singleton/DBI.pm line 95. '; > > [ https://debian-administration.org/ ] says: > > This site is now 100% read-only, and retired. > > This site is going to go read-only > > Posted by Steve on Sun 10 Sep 2017 at 07:02 > > Tags: meta, site news > > > > This site was born in late September 2004, and has now reached 13 years of > > age > > and that seems to be a fitting time to stop. > > I believe a good link would be > [ > https://web.archive.org/web/20140406045047/http://www.debian-administration.org/article/91/ > ] > > Even though anyone can modify a wiki, I don't know enough about the topic to > be comfortable doing it. Mended with https://debian-administration.org/article/91/Using_the_Debian_alternatives_system -- Brian. > > > > >

Re: update-alternatives - was [Re: Installing/launching MATE in a command line environment]

2020-06-29 Thread Brian
red by an explicit depends - it insists > on installing some undesirable "recommended" packages. > I've abandoned that fight for the time being. If you ever take it up again, a wishlist bug against tasksel would be the way to go. Perhaps ask for a preseed option turning off Recommends:? -- Brian.

Re: Duplex tumble options missing since CUPS upgrade

2020-07-02 Thread Brian
gt;> > Hello, > >> > > >> > The duplex tumble option seems to have disappeared for me when > >> > printing, I think since a recent CUPS upgrade on Debian 10.4 Changes in the Debian cups packages since August 2019 have been mainly to fix security issues, so they are unlikely to be involved. -- Brian.

Re: Package management

2020-07-02 Thread Brian
-get install multimedia > > Multimedia need have all multimedia related packages ex : gstremer > > ,alsa,ffmpeg,vlc etc.. > > You could use tasksel instead. Is 'Apt-get install multimedia' a valid command? -- Brian

Re: Package management

2020-07-02 Thread Brian
On Thu 02 Jul 2020 at 16:11:49 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 09:06:26PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 02 Jul 2020 at 15:50:30 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jul 03, 2020 at 01:07:42AM +0530, Baabu JOY wrote: > >

Re: Package management

2020-07-03 Thread Brian
es, unlike mispeling Debain. So I accept the criticism is not bad form. Meanwhile, I am trying to figure out what non-biological life looks like. :) -- Brian.

Re: /etc/default/grub doesn't exist, what to do?

2020-07-07 Thread Brian
ation > > files in /etc/grub.d , but I don't want to touch any of them because I > > don't know what put them there or if/when they'll be overwritten. > > It would help if you said which version of Debian you're using. And which boot paramter. -- Brian.

Re: Buster boot messages

2020-07-10 Thread Brian
#x27;ACPI  '. > > As they disappear so fast, I cannot read them. > > Where are these messages logged or what should I do to log these messages? Try the journalctl command. -- Brian.

Is experimental part of Debian?

2020-07-26 Thread Brian
A package enters experimental. It fixes bug X. Can the bug now be recorded as closed in Debian? -- Brian.

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
s not detected (?!???@!%@?!!!?). > > Also, it works for only one scanner. When xsane is run it searches for devices. If the deskjet_3050a is the only one found, that is the one you will get. If there is more than one, it presents you with choice. -- Brian.

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 14:53:38 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Brian (12020-07-27): > > When xsane is run it searches for devices. If the deskjet_3050a is the > > only one found, that is the one you will get. If there is more than one, > > it presents you with choice. >

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
t; > To summarize: I want to tell SANE URLs for network-connected scanners so > that they can be presented to the users in GUI dialogs. Not much chance of that happening if SANE cannot see the scanner. Try SANE_DEBUG_DLL=5 scanimage -L -- Brian.

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 16:15:30 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Brian (12020-07-27): > > > To summarize: I want to tell SANE URLs for network-connected scanners so > > > that they can be presented to the users in GUI dialogs. > > > > Not much chance of that happeni

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 17:34:52 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Brian (12020-07-27): > > Scanning with xsane or simple-scan only works by specifying a URI? You > > don't think this is an issue, in spite of its not being the experience > > of most users? > >

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
ies on CUPS to find networked printers, > > but CUPS will not be always running. What stupid design. > > At least they do use CUPS instead of reinventing yet another wheel. libsane-hpaio needs CUPS to deal with scanners? Imagination is a great asset. Sometimes! -- Brian.

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 18:39:45 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Brian (12020-07-27): > > libsane-hpaio needs CUPS to deal with scanners? Imagination is a great > > asset. Sometimes! > > If you do not believe me, just RTFS or use ldd and nm to check. Ok, libsane-hpaio requires

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
t; Discovery is hence not performed by SANE but by the `libsane-hpaio` > backend itself. Ok; I'll go with that. > IOW he wants/needs to use `libsane-hpaio` on the client rather than on > the server. Indeed. We have now briefly discussed the only two techniques possible to achieve Nicolas George's objective. -- Brian.

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jul 2020 at 19:12:10 +0200, Nicolas George wrote: > Brian (12020-07-27): > > Ok, libsane-hpaio requires libcups.so.2. That's nowhere near requiring > > CUPS, in particular cups-daemon. The printing system is not involved > > with scanning. > > This is

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
upported scanner) to be able to export that scanner to clients on the network via a single SANE-specific, manufacturer-agnostic protocol. -- Brian.

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Brian
w better and set a good example. -- Brian.

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-28 Thread Brian
cifying the URL, but they will not be detected. We may test this assertion as follows: 1. Install Debian with the base system only. 2. apt install libsane avahi-daemon. 3. brian@t5730sid:~$ scanimage -L No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different, check that t

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

2020-07-28 Thread Brian
utputs of avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp and avahi-browse -rt _uscan._tcp avahi-browse is in the avahi-utils package. -- Brian.

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-28 Thread Brian
petence or gross > negligence (which is what "inexcusable" and "design mistake" evokes for > me), they'll be more accommodating? You are asking a leopard to change its spots. -- brian.

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

2020-07-28 Thread Brian
On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 13:17:33 -0700, Weaver wrote: > On 29-07-2020 05:44, Weaver wrote: > > On 28-07-2020 23:18, Brian wrote: > >> On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 05:22:36 -0700, Weaver wrote: > >> > >>> Greetings all, > >>> > >>> I&

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

2020-07-28 Thread Brian
On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 13:17:33 -0700, Weaver wrote: > Ippfind delivers on nothing, also. How about 'ippfind -T 5'? -- Brian.

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

2020-07-29 Thread Brian
On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 20:05:56 -0700, Weaver wrote: > On 29-07-2020 09:07, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 13:17:33 -0700, Weaver wrote: > > > >> Ippfind delivers on nothing, also. > > > > How about 'ippfind -T 5'? > > Nothing! &

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-29 Thread Brian
t than > > forking, and more convenient. > > I'd just ask them. I.e. explicit is better than implicit. > > If you need a second pair of eyes to look over your patch, I'm ready. I > can read C. Reviewing a patch for a non-extisting bug? That's above and beyond the call of duty :). -- Brian.

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

2020-07-30 Thread Brian
020 > 21:51:37 > Epson-WF-C5290-52 root 1024 Tue 28 Jul 2020 > 21:51:53 > > So, it looks like a driver problem, still. Maybe. But you don't need any drivers! https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSDriverlessPrinting -- Brian.

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

2020-07-30 Thread Brian
On Wed 29 Jul 2020 at 20:02:43 -0700, Weaver wrote: > But now ipp-usb advises `Printer Added'. ipp-usb? You've lost me. You are on stable, aren't you? -- Brian.

Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

2020-07-30 Thread Brian
On Thu 30 Jul 2020 at 04:42:17 -0700, Weaver wrote: > On 30-07-2020 21:05, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 29 Jul 2020 at 20:02:43 -0700, Weaver wrote: > > > >> But now ipp-usb advises `Printer Added'. > > > > ipp-usb? You've lost me. You are on stabl

Re: grub update and reinstallation

2020-07-31 Thread Brian
sn't mention any particular installation location. Why should it? -- Brian.

Re: Tomas has a signature which isn't a .sig

2020-07-31 Thread Brian
her character in the first two columns? > > Thanks for the list. I didn't expect that this humble thing would > set off such a monster thread :-) You've not been in these parts for very long, have you? -user has a habit of generating discussion on trivilities like these. :) -- Brian.

Re: Tomas has a signature which isn't a .sig

2020-07-31 Thread Brian
your last sign-off reply, I wasn't sure you were > even reading the remainder of the thread. I'd fallen asleep, in spite of reading every post. -- Brian.

Re: how to quickly recover buster boot loader

2020-08-05 Thread Brian
On Wed 05 Aug 2020 at 15:14:33 +, Andrew Cater wrote: > Boot from Debian install media. Use rescue mode. Mount Debian partition > when prompted. Run os-prober and update-grub then exit. Machine should > reboot into Debian. No need to run os-prober; update-grub does it. -- Brian.

Re: AppArmor or Telepathy error

2020-08-07 Thread Brian
t this. Is the apparmor the right place to report? > > The right place would be whichever package contains the AppArmor > profile. I'm guessing that's some package with "telepathy" in its > name. A very useful page to read is https://wiki.debian.org/AppArmor/Reportbug -- Brian.

Re: AppArmor or Telepathy error

2020-08-07 Thread Brian
On Fri 07 Aug 2020 at 08:11:12 -0700, Kushal Kumaran wrote: > Henning Follmann writes: > > > On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 12:48:19PM +0100, Brian wrote: > >> On Fri 07 Aug 2020 at 07:32:12 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >> > >> > On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 a

Re: question regarding no space left on device message

2020-08-21 Thread Brian
ection 4.4.3 of the Release Notes helps? -- Brian.

Re: Tea4CUPS: TEABILLING reports error

2018-06-19 Thread Brian
On Mon 18 Jun 2018 at 22:04:50 +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > Hi Brian, > > thank you for your response and please apologize for my slow response. No problem. > On Donnerstag, 31. Mai 2018 20:04:22 CEST Brian wrote: > > Your tea4cups.conf is poorly. Here is a minimal one

Re: Failure of cups printing.

2018-06-21 Thread Brian
rking with Debian 9? > Ideas? Possession of this printer is not required. 1. /usr/sbin/lpinfo -m | grep 1100 2. /usr/lib/cups/driver/gutenprint.5.2 cat gutenprint.5.2://hp-lj_1100/expert > 1100.ppd 3. /usr/sbin/cupsfilter -p 1100.ppd -m printer/foo -e /etc/services > data 2>log

Re: Audio - Dummy Output, except for root

2018-06-25 Thread Brian
up). > > Any ideas/suggestions? A user being in the audio group is made redundant by systemd installing udev rules (/lib/udev/rules.d/70-uaccess.rules) and systemd-logind adding a locally loggedin user to the ACLs for the corresponding devices. brian@desktop:~$ ls -l /dev/snd/* crw-rw+ 1

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-10 Thread Brian
y CUPS involvement). > > That's the sort of thing, but I'm used to it writing the files > > onto a USB stick (and prefer that). > > Most of them do that, too. Most printers on Debian do what? -- Brian.

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-10 Thread Brian
t; > bunch of these. Walk up, select Scan, select Network, and put > > your document(s) in. You get PDFs or TIFFs in your filesystem. > > That's the sort of thing, but I'm used to it writing the files > onto a USB stick (and prefer that). Try using a Brother aio on linux without the non-free Brother-provided brscan-skey software. If that isn't a "driver" - what is? -- Brian.

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-11 Thread Brian
n to or from PostScript (which is no longer being developed) is undertaken. Any delays would lie in transporting the file to the printer and what takes place on it. -- Brian.

Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ?

2018-07-11 Thread Brian
connection and you installed from the stick this is my > assumption. Others seem to have assumed other things. As I have a very > low assumption batting average lately I hesitate slightly to join the > fray.) But you feel kindly disposed after Tuesday night's result. :) &g

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-11 Thread Brian
On Wed 11 Jul 2018 at 16:34:48 +, Curt wrote: > On 2018-07-11, Brian wrote: > > > > The interest being expressed is one in printing a PDF directly to a > > printer, so CUPS isn't (or needn't be) be involved. No conversion to > > or from PostScript (w

Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ?

2018-07-12 Thread Brian
ohn, Darac y Roberto, but it is not my problem. > >Others seem to have assumed other things. As I have a very > > low assumption batting average lately I hesitate slightly to join the > > fray.) > > > > (copied from a post by UK Brian--I think there

Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ?

2018-07-12 Thread Brian
On Thu 12 Jul 2018 at 12:20:43 +0200, Pierre Couderc wrote: > On 07/12/2018 11:45 AM, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 11 Jul 2018 at 23:53:59 +0200, Pierre Couderc wrote: > > > > > On 07/11/2018 03:14 PM, Curt wrote: > > > > On 2018-07-11, Pierre Couderc wrote: >

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-13 Thread Brian
On Thu 12 Jul 2018 at 16:22:33 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 11 Jul 2018 at 16:34:48 (+), Curt wrote: > > On 2018-07-11, Brian wrote: > > > > > > The interest being expressed is one in printing a PDF directly to a > > > printer, so CUPS isn't (

Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?]

2018-07-16 Thread Brian
sb-base automatically. Personally, I don't see any reason for the > > average user to /manually/ install any part of LSB. > > That raises a general question of installer priorities - is it installed by > default. I need to go re-read installer documentation. Reading the output of apt show lsb-base is sufficient to answer your question. -- Brian.

Re: An introduction to Debian's topology/structure/???

2018-07-19 Thread Brian
e answered here? The base system. (The OP is familiar with debootstrap). -- Brian.

Re: Anonymising email service providers

2018-07-22 Thread Brian
t; MTA. Why bother? DIY with exim. You probably want to investigate what can be done with received_header_text. -- Brian.

Re: trusting .deb packages

2018-07-25 Thread Brian
need for a different and > flawed init system, ABSOLUTELY NOT! Could we drop this now. Perverting the OP's query to involve a different topic (one which has been done to death in the past) gets no one anywhere. -- Brian.

Re: Specifying multiple NICs

2018-08-01 Thread Brian
ot; document which didn't have a solution. So, either > how > do I make the names for the NICs permanent or what do I use fot the names of > the NICs? Starting with v197, systemd/udev will automatically assign predictable, stable network interface names for all local Ethernet devices. jessie has udev v215. jessie-backports has v230. -- Brian.

Re: Specifying multiple NICs

2018-08-01 Thread Brian
On Wed 01 Aug 2018 at 19:57:32 +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 01/08/2018 à 19:32, Brian a écrit : > > On Wed 01 Aug 2018 at 12:00:41 -0400, Mark Neidorff wrote: > > > > > > In the past, I referred to each NIC as eth0, eth1,. but now, these > > > na

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