RE: Howto add a crontab job ?

2002-11-14 Thread deb
> Hi Chris, > > Thanks. man crontab doesn't tell me what the syntax is for a "every 5 > minute" > job though, and that's what I need. Any other ideas ? > > Dee > > -Original Message- > From: Chris Kenrick [mailto:chriskenrick@;yahoo.com.au] > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 2:39 PM > To:

Re: TV-out without X

2003-08-26 Thread Deb
I believe Freevo also supports frame buffer mode. This means older/slower PCs can play divx/xvid videos as X is a bit of a hog. - Original Message - From: "Sebastian Helms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 12:18 AM Subject: TV-out without X > Hi

IBM Serveraid 5i

2003-06-12 Thread Deb
or in the kernel. Kernel panic /dev/sda not found. I have tried various boot cds etc. to no avail Thank in advance Deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: IBM Serveraid 5i

2003-06-12 Thread Deb
Hello all I just got it working :-) http://people.debian.org/~blade/bf/bootbf2.4.isoThis iso did the trick Thanks Deb - Original Message - From: "Deb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:30 PM Subject: IBM Serveraid 5i &

Restoring file capabilities in /usr

2022-02-16 Thread deb
Hi All, Is there an easy method of restoring original file capabilities for the entire /usr directory? The background is I wanted to move my /usr directory to another partition and I copied it with "cp -ar ..." and deleted the original content of /usr to find out my ping does not work because of

Programming pointer? -- options to run Python3 from web page (not via Flask/cgi/Django)

2019-07-24 Thread deb
I have a large static html/AJAX .js apache2 site. If I want to have a server-side script just to handle a contact and push mail out; is there a non-(Django/cgi**/Flask) way to run a small Python3 script to do this? The python3 mail script already works standalone (tests out fine from CLI, on

nemo, no error-crashes [in Stretch]

2019-07-24 Thread deb
on Debian Stretch 9.8 to 9.9, has anyone else run into nemo just flat out crashing? No errors shown at crash. No errors that I can dig out in logs. nemo just flat out "goes away", often at the end of completing a copy. Sometimes just when tapping a folder. No set type of copy. No set folder.

Re: Programming pointer? -- options to run Python3 from web page (not via Flask/cgi/Django)

2019-07-25 Thread deb
On 7/25/19 6:45 PM, Carl Fink wrote: On 7/25/19 5:06 PM, Joel Roth wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 02:16:09PM -0400, deb wrote: I have a large static html/AJAX .js apache2 site. If I want to have a server-side script just to handle a contact and push mail out; is there a non-(Django/cgi

Re: Programming pointer? -- options to run Python3 from web page (not via Flask/cgi/Django)

2019-07-26 Thread deb
On 7/25/19 11:27 PM, Carl Fink wrote: On 7/25/19 11:23 PM, deb wrote: On 7/25/19 6:45 PM, Carl Fink wrote: Is there any specific reason you don't just use mod_python, to remove the overhead of a CGI script? Lack of knowledge only. If I can use mod_python to get that one script t

Fwd: nemo crashes with no error [in Stretch]

2019-07-28 Thread deb
(Just trying this one again. No one else has seen this?) on Debian Stretch 9.8 to 9.9 --has anyone else run into nemo just flat out crashing? No errors shown at crash. No errors that I can dig out in logs. nemo just "goes away", often at the end of completing a copy. Sometimes just when tap

Re: Fwd: nemo crashes with no error [in Stretch]

2019-07-30 Thread deb
On 7/28/19 11:21 AM, Curt wrote: On 2019-07-28, deb wrote: (Just trying this one again. No one else has seen this?) on Debian Stretch 9.8 to 9.9 --has anyone else run into nemo just flat out crashing? Martin ran into it. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=869165

(Stuck! Fresh 9.6 install) iwlwifi-8625-26.ucode <- Can not find/what is it? Spot of help please?

2019-02-11 Thread deb
Hello folks: When I hit the networking section on a fresh install of 9.6 (full install .ISO, not live), I'm told to insert a USB of these non-free bits.    iwlwifi-8625-26.ucode, iwlwifi-8625-25.ucode, iwlwifi-8625-24.ucode, iwlwifi-8625-23.ucode, iwlwifi-8625-22.ucode The Problem is -

Re: (Stuck! Fresh 9.6 install) iwlwifi-8625-26.ucode <- Can not find/what is it? Spot of help please?

2019-02-11 Thread deb
I bookmarked this https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware#Firmware_during_the_installation I believe restarting the installer (from USB) with a second USB inserted with the firmware solved it... needed packages were found and used. sorry, I don't have my notes, and my memory is crap today O

Re: Sound stoped unecpected

2019-02-11 Thread deb
Hello Michelle. Just an obvious question -- do you have any way to ensure that the actual speaker hardware was not fried in the hardware crash? Are you getting ANY sound from the speakers? On 2/11/2019 4:37 PM, Michelle Konzack wrote: Good evening *, I have a ThinkPad T400 with Docking Sta

Glenn -> Re: WiFi without Network Manager

2019-02-12 Thread deb
On 2/12/2019 9:46 AM, ghe wrote: comcastRoutes.sh is a shell script that fixes the routing table and resolv.conf to Glenn, thanks for this! Is there much to comcastRoutes.sh and resolv.conf that would require scrubbing so that you might be able to share these? (I'm on comcast as well; an

(Alexander) Re: (Stuck! Fresh 9.6 install) iwlwifi-8625-26.ucode <- Can not find/what is it? Spot of help please?

2019-02-13 Thread deb
On 2/12/2019 3:25 PM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: In response to that painful "(still installing 9.7 ...)". You can also use these official and unofficial at the same time images to install Debian. [1] As a last resort you can disassemble laptop and physically remove Intel WiFi NIC before ins

Re: WiFi without Network Manager

2019-02-13 Thread deb
note: this is why I think top-posting is best. People don't have to scroll through tons of crap to get to "Thanks" :-) On 2/12/2019 3:07 PM, ghe wrote: On 2/12/19 9:15 AM, deb wrote: Glenn, thanks for this! More than welcome. For your amazement, here's the comcastRout

Swap space choice on a SSD <- Current best practice on?

2019-02-13 Thread deb
Hello folks: Again -- fussing with a full (not from a live .iso) 9.7 install; the Debian GUI installer is suggesting a Swap partition on a Kingston SSD. #1 Given that it's not great to pound the same area of a SSD with writes; is it indeed still best practice to go with a swap partition on

Re: Swap space choice on a SSD <- Current best practice on?

2019-02-13 Thread deb
On 2/13/2019 8:46 AM, Michael Stone wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 08:41:33AM -0500, deb wrote: #1 Given that it's not great to pound the same area of a SSD with writes; is it indeed still best practice to go with a swap partition on a SSD rather than a swap FILE? That's not a

Thanks Dan. Re: Swap space choice on a SSD <- Current best practice on?

2019-02-13 Thread deb
Thank you. On 2/13/2019 9:11 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: deb wrote: On 2/13/2019 8:46 AM, Michael Stone wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 08:41:33AM -0500, deb wrote: #1 Given that it's not great to pound the same area of a SSD with writes; is it indeed still best practice to go with a swap part

Guillermo -> Re: P2V Debian 9 with VMware Converter

2019-02-15 Thread deb
On 2/15/2019 10:38 AM, Calabaza wrote: I'm a Spanish speaker, sorry for my bad English. -- Guillermo Galeano Fernández Your English (and help) are excellent Guillermo. I'm sure that the majority of others could not help in Spanish, were the situations reversed. Thank you!

Peter -- Re: (Stuck! Fresh 9.6 install) iwlwifi-8625-26.ucode <- Can not find/what is it? Spot of help please?

2019-02-15 Thread deb
On 2/15/2019 11:01 AM, Peter Ehlert wrote: Buster install on 820 Friday, February 15 2019 on USB #1: firmware-buster-DI-alpha5-amd64-netinst.iso I also have on USB #2: firmware-9.4.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso booted with #1, ... It did ask for firmware, I put #2 in and pressed "continue" and install co

Re: Can't scan new disk

2019-02-15 Thread deb
On 2/15/2019 6:24 PM, Mark Allums wrote: umount /dev/sdb1 root@martha:~# e2fsck -c -c -C 0 -f -F -k -p /dev/sdb1 Just curious, is it a Western Digital disk?

Some other Personal Server options -- - Re: GnuBee: freedom-respecting Network Attached Storage

2019-02-17 Thread deb
On 2/16/2019 8:25 PM, Ben Finney wrote: Andy Smith writes: If all you require is access to your data when you are out and about, and you do currently have always-on Internet at home, you could build a cheap server, attach your existing USB storage to it, and serve it with owncloud Other P

Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

2019-02-21 Thread deb
So, I punched on to install Debian 9.7 onto the Intel NUC (https://www.provantage.com/intel-boxnuc7i7bnh~7ITSP1CM.htm) bypassing the wireless part, as I was still stuck on it asking for iwlwifi-8265-26.ucode, iwlwifi-8265-25.ucode, iwlwifi-8265-24.ucode,  iwlwifi-8265-23.ucode in the netwo

Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

2019-02-21 Thread deb
On 2/21/2019 7:12 PM, deb wrote: So, I punched on to install Debian 9.7 onto the Intel NUC (https://www.provantage.com/intel-boxnuc7i7bnh~7ITSP1CM.htm) bypassing the wireless part, as I was still stuck on it asking for iwlwifi-8265-26.ucode, iwlwifi-8265-25.ucode, iwlwifi-8265-24.ucode

Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

2019-02-22 Thread deb
Simplified query: After installing Debian 9.7, without Networking, and without an Ethernet connection, how does one go about installing Intel Wireless (with the non-free bits available on a USB drive)? Thanks On 2/21/2019 7:21 PM, deb wrote: On 2/21/2019 7:12 PM, deb wrote: So, I

[Solved] Re: Simplified -- Re: Quick pointer please? Installing Intel wireless, post OS installation

2019-02-23 Thread deb
On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:10:45 + Brian wrote: On Fri 22 Feb 2019 at 13:52:02 -0500, deb wrote: Simplified query: After installing Debian 9.7, without Networking, and without an Ethernet connection, how does one go about installing Intel Wireless (with the non-free bits available on a

Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am I missing?

2019-03-02 Thread deb
This has to be simple and I'm just missing it. If I pull a filename from a temp file into a variable, I can *ls* it fine. If I cut off the extension, and tack on my own SAME EXT, *ls* no longer works. (The actual script is more elaborate, loading *vlc* , etc -- but this summarizes & shows m

re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am I missing?

2019-03-02 Thread deb
On 3/2/19 8:07 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Sat, Mar 02, 2019 at 07:56:58PM -0500, deb wrote: This has to be simple and I'm just missing it. If I pull a filename from a temp file into a variable, I can ls it fine. If I cut off the extension, and tack on my own SAME EXT,

[SOLVED] Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am I missing?

2019-03-03 Thread deb
On 3/2/19 10:22 PM, der.hans wrote: Am 02. Mar, 2019 schwätzte deb so: moin moin, rather than the double-reverse, try the truncate operator. basename=${fname%.*} $ ( fname=fred.mp4; echo ${fname%.*} ) fred $ ( fname=fred.georg.mp4; echo ${fname%.*} ) fred.georg $ ( fname=fred.txt; echo

[SOLVED II] (Thomas) Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am I missing?

2019-03-03 Thread deb
On 3/3/19 2:43 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, if spaces are involved, then quotation marks hould be put around the argument of "echo". Using the leading blank from David Wright's post: $ fname=" long file with spaces.mp4" $ x=`echo $fname | rev | cut -d. -f2 | rev` $ test "$x".mp4 = "

Greg: Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am I missing?

2019-03-04 Thread deb
On 3/4/19 8:33 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sun, Mar 03, 2019 at 09:33:07AM -0600, David Wright wrote: Letting the shell parse and reparse is rarely a good idea and can lead to quoting hell, necessitating a visit to one of Greg's wikis. For this particular thread, I recommend: https://mywiki.

David - Re: Bash file to variable string problem -- must be simple. What am I missing?

2019-03-04 Thread deb
On 3/3/19 2:38 PM, David Wright wrote: Are you using a proportional font, by any chance, for working on these scripts. Not a good idea. I am not using a proportional font anywhere. Had the original string been pasted into the OP, like your error message at the end, it would have been obvio

Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread deb
Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V.  * I get that it may actually INCREASE attack surface.  * But I have Windows & Mac stuff going back and forth to Debian 9.8 and just want to check.  * (Clamscan already caught 4 things) a. What does the group suggest running on debian beyond   

And now, from the Nice people? Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-10 Thread deb
I posted a question A/Vs and got negative waves like the below. Several people ASS-UMED I was trying to kludge Windows into Linux, (see Canonical if you want to find Linux-folk sucking up to Windows) instead of working to bring Linux into Windows strongholds (and be aware of the problems there

Mart -- [Solved] [Well, not solved,. but sickened by] Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread deb
On 3/10/19 1:33 PM, Mart van de Wege wrote: deb writes: Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V.   * I get that it may actually INCREASE attack surface.   * But I have Windows & Mac stuff going back and forth to Debian 9.8 and just want to check. When you say going back and forth

Tangentially: on Canonical being a great company?

2019-03-11 Thread deb
re: Canonical being a great company as postured by one here:   * They have already been caught selling search results to Amazon.   * the board let go ALL non-corporate members - the People's voice.   * they sleep with Microsoft of E-E-E fame.   * The owner is hell bent on getting to IPO lev

WRITING to NTFS drives

2019-03-11 Thread deb
I saw this question come up and it set off bells. Someone asked what the status of WRITING to NTFS drives was. That it was not yet supported (?) . *MY* Assumptions:  * MIXED NETWORK, with Win, Mac, Linux (EXT4 formatted).  * many portable 1-5TB drives making the rounds, formatted with

Joe - Re: WRITING to NTFS drives

2019-03-11 Thread deb
On 3/11/19 2:47 PM, Joe wrote: On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:13:38 -0400 deb wrote: I saw this question come up and it set off bells. Someone asked what the status of WRITING to NTFS drives was. That it was not yet supported (?) . I don't think that has been true for several years, t

David -- [Solved] [Well, not solved,. but sickened by] Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-12 Thread deb
On 3/12/19 11:05 AM, David Wright wrote: On Tue 12 Mar 2019 at 15:01:32 (+0100), Mart van de Wege wrote: Stefan Monnier writes: OP has a point though. The real world happens to have a huge amount of heterogeneous networks, and asking for tools to keep those systems safe is legitimate. I di

At the risk of stoning -- has anyone USED tiger for checking security?

2019-03-12 Thread deb
I see this with an apt-cache search but I drew back when I saw that it wants to include "john-data" to crack passwords. *`tiger *- checks system security but uses john-data, which cracks passwords` I look forward to comments from those who have used either or want to suggest an alternative

(non-free issue) Re: Installing Debian on SSD

2019-03-12 Thread deb
I have installed Stretch on an SSD, with uefi, without any trouble. Me, as well (9.8). Here's one thing to watch out for. Unlike Ubuntu, MInt, etc, debian will not install non-free drivers by default. In the virtualbox scenario you had before, VB does an excellent of emulating the ne

Thanks Mart -- Re: Mart -- [Solved] [Well, not solved,. but sickened by] Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-12 Thread deb
On 3/11/19 5:08 PM, Mart van de Wege wrote: And yeah, Debian is an upstream distribution, so you will have a lot of people who are being overly purist about Linux solutions, because they have the luxury of working in homogenous environments. Unfortunately a lot of them are lousy communicators.

Alexander -- Re: WRITING to NTFS drives

2019-03-12 Thread deb
On 3/11/19 3:47 PM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: On 11.03.2019 23:13, deb wrote: I saw this question come up and it set off bells. Someone asked what the status of WRITING to NTFS drives was. That it was not yet supported (?) . *MY* Assumptions:  * MIXED NETWORK, with Win, Mac

Tom --- Re: WRITING to NTFS drives

2019-03-12 Thread deb
On 3/11/19 3:35 PM, Thomas D Dial wrote: On Mon, 2019-03-11 at 14:13 -0400, deb wrote: I saw this question come up and it set off bells. Someone asked what the status of WRITING to NTFS drives was. That it was not yet supported (?) . *MY* Assumptions: * MIXED NETWORK, with Win, Mac

David --- Re: WRITING to NTFS drives

2019-03-13 Thread deb
On 3/12/19 9:50 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 3/11/19 11:13 AM, deb wrote: I saw this question come up and it set off bells. Someone asked what the status of WRITING to NTFS drives was. That it was not yet supported (?) . *MY* Assumptions:   * MIXED NETWORK, with Win, Mac, Linux

(Thank you Tom) Re: David --- Re: WRITING to NTFS drives

2019-03-13 Thread deb
On 3/13/19 3:43 PM, Thomas D Dial wrote: On Wed, 2019-03-13 at 11:12 -0400, deb wrote: On 3/12/19 9:50 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 3/11/19 11:13 AM, deb wrote: I saw this question come up and it set off bells. Someone asked what the status of WRITING to NTFS drives was. That it was

Jonathan -- #pffffft -- Re: Tangentially: on Canonical being a great company?

2019-03-13 Thread deb
On 3/13/19 4:26 PM, *Jonathan Dowland* wrote: On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 01:48:04PM -0400, deb wrote: So, like Redhat, thousands of volunteers working the code for years, will see nothing when canonical is sold. Red Hat employs thousands of people who are writing code, so when IBM

EEE

2019-03-13 Thread deb
On 3/13/19 5:24 PM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 04:51:57 PM deb wrote:     * they sleep with Microsoft of E-E-E fame. Ok, I'll bite -- what is E-E-E? Seriously? Never heard of it? Embrace, Extend, Extinguish? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_e

Roberto [SOLVED] -- #pffffft -- Re: Tangentially: on Canonical being a great company?

2019-03-13 Thread deb
On 3/13/19 5:32 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 04:51:57PM -0400, deb wrote: On 3/13/19 4:26 PM, *Jonathan Dowland* wrote: On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 01:48:04PM -0400, deb wrote: So, like Redhat, thousands of volunteers working the code for years, will see nothing

[OT] EE, Re: Tangentially: on Canonical being a great company?

2019-03-14 Thread deb
On 3/14/19 10:35 AM, David Wright wrote: On Wed 13 Mar 2019 at 23:19:09 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 13 March 2019 22:19:37 David wrote: On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 at 08:24, wrote: On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 04:51:57 PM deb wrote: * they sleep with Microsoft of E-E-E fame. Ok

iotop - or, checking what is accessing a drive

2019-03-22 Thread deb
Hello folks: Situation:   Plenty of portable NTFS drives, occasionally hooked to debian.   The drive's light stays on [indicating use] even when dismounted (but still connected via USB).   I'd like to try and find out what's using the drive.   I don't like the idea of just yanking the cab

Other lists? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread deb
Hello folks: For someone trying to pull Windows (and Mac) users into Linux does anyone have: Preferred other email lists, for new users? Perhaps more basic than this one? There are forums, but the emails are a good way to work too. Thanks!

Ways to verify tools/applications? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread deb
Hello folks: Again, for someone trying to pull Windows (and Mac) users into Linux ... Are there list-suggested ways to help verify non-free / out-of-stable-distro or even seldomly updated in-distro tools, PRE-INSTALL? A portion of the users are going to have the ability to sudo apt-get ins

(Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 12:39 PM, Paul Sutton wrote: On 22/03/2019 15:31, deb wrote: Hello folks: For someone trying to pull Windows (and Mac) users into Linux does anyone have: Preferred other email lists, for new users? Perhaps more basic than this one? There are forums, but the emails are a good

Reco - Re: iotop - or, checking what is accessing a drive

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 11:56 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 11:23:29AM -0400, deb wrote: a.  Has anyone used iotop? thoughts? Implemented in Python, so it's a toy. Was*the* thing back in 2.6.x kernel's days. b. Can anyone recommend a different tool? "iostat -kx 1

Michael - Re: iotop - or, checking what is accessing a drive

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 12:24 PM, Michael Stone wrote: On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 11:23:29AM -0400, deb wrote: a.  Has anyone used iotop? thoughts? (I did -- it's CLI-based. I was underwhelmed. Hard-ish to use; can't easily pinpoint processes accessing the drives) Well, it's hard to say

Re: (Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 1:36 PM, Jim Popovitch wrote: On Fri, 2019-03-22 at 13:14 -0400, deb wrote: I guess I found that some folks here (not many, but vocal) can be gruff and insensitive; and I just wanted to see if there were more "yielding" lists. The last thing I want to do is have

Curt --- Re: iotop - or, checking what is accessing a drive

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 1:48 PM, Curt wrote: On 2019-03-22, deb wrote: Depending on what's on the disk, it might be more useful to just use lsof to see what files are open and try to understand what those might be doing. Thank you Michael. I'll build up a list of these recommendations for

Re: Ways to verify tools/applications? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 3:14 PM, bw wrote: in-reply-to= Are there list-suggested ways to help verify non-free / out-of-stable-distro or even seldomly updated in-distro tools, PRE-INSTALL? Well... that's a deep subject. You mention three different categories of pkgs, but I think many people would say the

Re: iotop - or, checking what is accessing a drive

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 4:00 PM, David Wright wrote: On Fri 22 Mar 2019 at 14:00:24 (-0400), deb wrote: On 3/22/19 1:48 PM, Curt wrote: On 2019-03-22, deb wrote: Depending on what's on the disk, it might be more useful to just use lsof to see what files are open and try to understand what those

Re: iotop - or, checking what is accessing a drive

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 4:07 PM, Michael Stone wrote: On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 03:00:23PM -0500, David Wright wrote: If you're really worried, first remount the partitions readonly, which will fail if they're in use. Then unmount them and disconnect. Just unmount--that will fail if the partition is in use

Re: Ways to verify tools/applications? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 7:43 PM, Andy Smith wrote: Hello, On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 11:44:15AM -0400, deb wrote: Are there list-suggested ways to help verify non-free / out-of-stable-distro or even seldomly updated in-distro tools, PRE-INSTALL? If in your /etc/apt/sources.list you stick to one

Re: Ways to verify tools/applications? Fire support for new users

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 4:22 PM, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 2:52 PM deb <mailto:d...@rangingthoughts.org>> wrote: They won't all be admins, but the top tech folks will be. (But, those are likely the ones who will cause the most trouble). Do you know how to &q

Re: iotop - or, checking what is accessing a drive

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 4:21 PM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: On 3/22/19, David Wright wrote: On Fri 22 Mar 2019 at 14:00:24 (-0400), deb wrote: Just a reminder -- the bulk of mine are Seagate Backup Plus (1-5TB. USB 3.0). On Windows, when you dismount (Safely Remove) these the light goes off. I've

Re: iotop - or, checking what is accessing a drive

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 7:39 PM, Michael Stone wrote: On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 04:23:32PM -0400, deb wrote: On 3/22/19 4:07 PM, Michael Stone wrote: On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 03:00:23PM -0500, David Wright wrote: If you're really worried, first remount the partitions readonly, which will fail if th

Re: iotop - or, checking what is accessing a drive

2019-03-22 Thread deb
On 3/22/19 4:25 PM, David Wright wrote: On Fri 22 Mar 2019 at 16:07:24 (-0400), Michael Stone wrote: On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 03:00:23PM -0500, David Wright wrote: If you're really worried, first remount the partitions readonly, which will fail if they're in use. Then unmount them and disconne

Thanks for the help today folks

2019-03-22 Thread deb
I will summarize them all up. Thanks

Re: apt-cacher errors

2019-03-25 Thread deb
On 3/25/19 9:21 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 12:11:21PM +, Adam Weremczuk wrote: I've found 30 entries referencing wheezy and removed them all: sudo find /var/cache/apt-cacher/ -type f -name *wheezy* | xargs rm sudo find /var/cache/apt-cacher -type f -name '*wheezy*'

canto cumulus

2006-12-07 Thread deb
hi list is there anybody who has some experience in working with cumulsserver 6.6 on debian sarge? -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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2007-01-05 Thread deb
I think your best bet would be to get an older version of debian. if you get the last dot release of the 2.0 series (2.3 I think) you should be able to install it with just the 16MB you have, then upgrade to 3.1 or etch or whatever. The old bootfloppies had much lower memory requirements. I once us

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2007-01-05 Thread deb
gt;> >>>/What was Your solution? I want to know. >>> >>> >> >>sorry, if that was not clear enough from context: >> >>I searched for a backport of sun java for Sarge (as the >>program >>my children want to run was not happy with the free >>alter

Re: mail I keep getting

2007-12-17 Thread deb
> Hello. My system keeps sending me the following message, > each day or so: > > /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: > error: error accessing /var/lib/zope2.7/instance: No such > file or > directory error: zope2.7:24 glob failed > for /var/lib/zope2.7/instance/*/log/*.log > run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logro

Keyboard Problem

2007-12-17 Thread deb
I recently installed the k7-SMP debian kernel and after rebooting the ps/2 keyboard stopped working. Remotely via ssh I can login and everything is working fine. I then went back to the generic 386 kernel I had before and the keyboard works fine. There is a some convoluted history that I should men

mysterious cruft output on Jessie amd64

2015-05-27 Thread Deb
3/cerfl.3.gz > /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/python-support.pth The rest were unexplained files. Could someone explain the standard console output to me and tell me whether the dpkg and symlink outputs are anything to worry about? Deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.deb

Re: How to boot without GUI

2015-05-27 Thread Deb
in/true, then reboot and start from console only with the display manager disabled. Then, once they'd done what they wanted in console, they could hack the file back to uncomment or put back the original configuration. Just a thought. Deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...

Re: mysterious cruft output on Jessie amd64

2015-05-27 Thread Deb
es bug. I read it and am not concerned, unless I should post in that bug report that I've duplicated the findings. Thanks very much for your reply. Deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Laptops, UEFI, Secure Boot and Debian

2015-05-27 Thread Deb
ots UEFI with zero issues. So did the netinstaller. But I don't remember whether I've ever seen Wheezy installed for UEFI boot. Deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/556645c2.5040...@gmx.com

Re: mysterious cruft output on Jessie amd64

2015-05-27 Thread Deb
On 27/05/15 04:08 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Deb wrote: I'm intimidated by the bug reporting system and kind of afraid to use it, but I'll read up on it thoroughly and see whether I can file a bug report without getting yelled at (or filing a duplicate by mistake). LOL! I have been ye

Re: mysterious cruft output on Jessie amd64

2015-05-27 Thread Deb
7;t like a program that lists /boot/grub/x86_64-efi/grub.efi as a "questionable" file, along with about a thousand other files that don't look all that questionable. Is there a better tool for the purposes that cruft is normally used for? (You've told me some things I can do

Re: Laptops, UEFI, Secure Boot and Debian

2015-05-28 Thread Deb
On 05/28/2015 01:41 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Wed, 27 May 2015, Deb wrote: On 27/05/15 05:21 PM, deloptes wrote: Patrick Bartek wrote: Researching a laptop purchase (within the next 6 months or so) to replace my aging Desktop (1 to 8.5 years depending on which parts). Going to

Re: Viruses and rootkits WAS Re: weird problem with one mail account in Thunderbird....ISP or what ?

2015-05-28 Thread Deb
Linux bots would the same effort yield? That's for profit, but why wouldn't at least a few random amateurs create Linux malware for fun and practice? Or is it too difficult for the pimples-and-braces crowd? Deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Viruses and rootkits WAS Re: weird problem with one mail account in Thunderbird....ISP or what ?

2015-05-28 Thread Deb
university math, the stuff you learned in ninth grade starts to trip you up unless you get refreshers. I'm betting the onerous grind of a professional school almost makes people forget how to use a fork. Deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

dmesg BIOS error

2015-05-28 Thread Deb
What does this error listing in my dmesg mean: [0.00] ACPI BIOS Warning (bug): 32/64X FACS address mismatch in FADT: 0xCF7E4E40/0xCF7E4D40, using 32-bit address (20140424/tbfadt-283) Deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Checking `bindshell'... INFECTED (PORTS: 3049)

2005-09-27 Thread deb
Good time for all. I run chkrootkit and it returns : ... Checking `bindshell'... INFECTED (PORTS: 3049) ... What I need to do ? Links are welcome. -- With best regards , Yura . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Checking `bindshell'... INFECTED (PORTS: 3049)

2005-09-28 Thread deb
Thanks for all. As i can see from "netstat -tulpe" ,it is cfsd(cfs daemon from the cfs packet(crypt filesystem)). (By the way , "# telnet localhost 3049" returns "conection refused") Of course , i am ashamed , but why this takes place ? Bug in the chkrootkit or in the cfs ? Killing cfsd makes r

puTTY and debian

2005-10-20 Thread deb
For some time I've used the ssh client program puTTY to connect from windows machines to debian systems. However, every 3.1 box I've installed refuses to accept ssh logins via putty. What specific protocol options does the pre-compiled sshd requires? I've checekd the config files, run tcpdump to c

puTTY and debian

2005-10-20 Thread deb
Hello, For some time I've used the ssh client program puTTY to connect from windows machines to debian systems. However, every 3.1 box I've installed refuses to accept ssh logins via putty. What specific protocol options does the pre-compiled sshd requires? I've checekd the config files, run tcpdu

Re: puTTY and debian

2005-10-20 Thread deb
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 07:44:46AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > } For some time I've used the ssh client program puTTY to connect from > } windows machines to debian systems. However, every 3.1 box I've > installed } refuses to accept ssh logins via putty. What specific > protocol options }

Sarge & Dell Dimension 5150

2005-10-28 Thread deb
Hi, I'm attempting to install sarge on a Dell Dimension 5150. The installer cannot detect the hard disk. It is a sata drive, and uses the ' Intel 82801GB ICH7' type sata controller. I ran the installer using 'linux26', and I tried switching to the second console and 'modprobe sata_

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2005-11-13 Thread deb
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sarge netinstall and pcmcia-cs

2005-05-23 Thread Dot Deb
I've an old laptop with a CL 6729 pcmcia bridge that is not supported by the kernel pcmcia shipped with the sarge netinstall. Does anybody know if there is a flavour of the debian netinstall with pcmcia compiled as external module (not yenta_socket)? Many thanks, a.

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2000-01-30 Thread Deb Ian
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Re: CPU speed

2001-05-29 Thread deb-user
Am 30. May, 2001 schwäzte Renai LeMay so: > can anyone tell me the best way to check CPU speed on a 2.0.36 kernel? > > I tried dmesg but it didn't give me any details about cpu... Check out /proc/cpuinfo. Don't have any 2.0.x boxen on the air anymore, but I think that was available before. ciao

apt-get and dists

2001-05-29 Thread deb-user
moin, moin, I've got a box running stable with apt 0.5.3 out of testing. It appears that the lists dir has moved from /var/state/apt/ to /var/lib/apt/. This version allows apt-getting a specific version of a package as well as a package from a specific dist, e.g. stable, testing, unstable. It ap

Re: getting ps to not display all processes for normal users

2001-05-29 Thread deb-user
Am 29. May, 2001 schwäzte Vlad so: > > If you're looking for a way to globally disable the 'a' option, so that > > your users aren't allowed to see each other's processes, you'll probably > > have to hack the source. > > already done. www.openwall.com and download a kernel patch. i would say, > it

Re: lwresd?

2001-05-30 Thread deb-user
Am 30. May, 2001 schwäzte Wayne Sitton so: > When I upgraded to woody one of the services that were installed was > 'lwresd' > What is that? Plus, now when I'm using dselect, it says that lwresd man lwresd lwresd is the daemon providing name lookup services to clients that use the BIN

Re: firewall log message question

2001-05-30 Thread deb-user
Am 29. May, 2001 schwäzte will trillich so: > when i was out of town last week, and nobody was at the house, > i get this log message from logcheck reflecting some firewall > block-- > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: server 05/23/01:13.02 system check > From: root <[EMAIL PRO

Re: [OT] Coding w/ vim

2001-06-03 Thread deb-user
Am 03. Jun, 2001 schwäzte Matthias Richter so: > " if vim was compiled with +syntax enable syntax hightlighting by default > if has("syntax") > syntax on set background=dark " if you're using black backgrounds as now seems to " be standard with debian > endif cia

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