Re: configuring zathura's print preview

2023-07-09 Thread debian-user
Brian wrote: > On Sun 09 Jul 2023 at 10:42:52 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > > On 7/9/23 4:40 AM, Brian wrote: > > [...] > > > > The file displayed by zathura is not the file that is sent to the > > > printing system. The latter can be viewed by using Print to File. > > > > > > The print dia

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread debian-user
lina wrote: > I need to extract the data for downstream analysis. after that, these > data can be removed. Do you need all the data present at the same time to extract it? Obviously you won't need as much storage if you can analyse/extract it in sections. > On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 2:24 PM Jerome

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-13 Thread debian-user
jeremy ardley wrote: > In the same vein, it's really a bad idea to run video surveillance on > a SSD as overwriting the complete SSD every couple of weeks will > trash it in no time. There are probably SSDs that boast to do this, > but the standard now is using carefully designed spinning drives

Re: Wireless temperature & humidity measurement

2023-07-14 Thread debian-user
Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2023 14 Jul 02:37 -0500, Bruno Kleinert wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm looking for a wireless way to measure temperature and humidity > > indoor with hardware off the shelf and software included in Debian > > 12 bookworm. > > Off the shelf the Davis Vantage Pro 2 is

Re: Wireless temperature & humidity measurement

2023-07-14 Thread debian-user
zithro wrote: > On 14 Jul 2023 10:53, Joe wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Jul 2023 09:27:12 +0200 > > Bruno Kleinert wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> I'm looking for a wireless way to measure temperature and humidity > >> indoor with hardware off the shelf and software included in Debian > >> 12 bookwor

Re: How to create /home BTRFS subvolume on a second disk during installation?

2023-07-26 Thread debian-user
Erick Delgado wrote: > Dear Debian users and developers, > I would like to know if it’s possible to create the /home BTRFS > subvolume on a second disk (nvme, etc.) during expert installation? > If so, how? The reason I ask is because I was following this YouTube > video (https://youtu.be/MoWApyUb

Re: How to create /home BTRFS subvolume on a second disk during installation?

2023-07-26 Thread debian-user
On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:27:54 -0400 Erick Delgado wrote: >Unfortunately I am unable to provide the output by text since I am >only able to login via tty2. I can take a photo of it and send it. >Will that be okay? Please keep the conversation on list. And please don't top post. I'd assumed you kn

Re: How to create /home BTRFS subvolume on a second disk during installation?

2023-07-27 Thread debian-user
Erick Delgado wrote: > > El jul. 26, 2023, a la(s) 17:07, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > > escribió: > > > > On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:27:54 -0400 > > Erick Delgado wrote: > > > >> Unfortunately I am unable to provide the output by text since I am > >> only able to login via tty2. I can take a ph

Re: How to create /home BTRFS subvolume on a second disk during installation?

2023-07-29 Thread debian-user
Erick Delgado wrote: > Enviado desde mi iPhone > > > El jul. 27, 2023, a la(s) 09:18, Sarunas Burdulis > > escribió: > > > > On 7/27/23 07:14, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > >> [...] > >> Your image shows that you have three persistent partitions: > >> /dev/nvme2n1p1 - /boot/efi - vfat

Re: Is it possible to downgrade openssl?

2023-07-29 Thread debian-user
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On 28/07/2023 17:04, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > > I have an AppImage from Creality which segfaults with a QT ssl > > error. Googling tells me that the latest version of OpenSSL (3.x) > > omits some X509 functionality, which can be found in OpenSSL-1.1. > > (And someone

Re: perl module listgarden

2023-08-03 Thread debian-user
"Russell L. Harris" wrote: > On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 03:18:12PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > >On 8/2/23 14:03, Russell L. Harris wrote: > >>I have not used Perl for several years, and I do not know how to > >>proceed. > >>I am trying to install Dan Bricklin's RSS feed generator, > >>ListGar

Re: debian image questions

2023-08-03 Thread debian-user
Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Bill, > > Your question is more suited to debian-user so I've redirected > there. Please send replies there (I've set reply-to for that purpose > also). > > On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 08:40:51PM -0400, Bill Miller wrote: > > why cant

Re: logging no longer standard?

2023-08-09 Thread debian-user
gene heskett wrote: > Someplace where an AppImage looking for a missing dependency might > express its displeasure at not finding everything it needs? I've always thought that was a main advantage of starting anything from the command line - there's an obvious place for the output - the terminal.

Re: Why or why not back up "/lost+found"

2023-08-11 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 03:42:01PM -0400, Default User wrote: > > Hi! > > > > When backing up my system I have been using this exclusions list: > > > > /dev/* > > /proc/* > > /sys/* > > /tmp/* > > /run/* > > /mnt/* > > /media/* > > /lost+found > > > > There are many sources online tha

Re: UNUBSCRIBE

2023-08-11 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 01:52:53PM +, davidson wrote: > > I guess this means that any of us could have bounced^[1] the OP's > > mail straight to > > > > debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > > Except then the user would not l

Re: Looking for a good "default" font (small 'L' vs. capital 'i' problem)

2023-08-19 Thread debian-user
Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > My own mind went to the place of thinking sans serif was about those > very lines. I just didn't make it to thinking that would make it hard > to find any alternate in that family. > > My long time preference is developer-weary-eye-friendly > fonts-anonymous-pro for wha

Re: btrfs check Causes File Corruption

2023-08-20 Thread debian-user
"Longhao.Chen" wrote: > Hello everyone, I use Btrfs as the file system on my laptop. > Yesterday, I was preparing to backup a snapshot to an external hard > drive using btrfs send, and the following error occurred: > > ERROR: send ioctl failed with -5: Input/Output error I use btrfs but don't kno

Re: LaTex Unicode entry issues

2023-08-26 Thread debian-user
Charles Kroeger wrote: > I just have a really large list of UTF-8 characters and if I need one > I copy it and zap it in. I suppose this is not cool but, chacun a son > gout. > > a fun site if you want to write someone in UTF-8 runes. > > https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/examples/UTF-8-demo.t

Re: door bell like sound effect

2023-08-29 Thread debian-user
gene heskett wrote: > On 8/28/23 12:20, zithro wrote: > > On 28 Aug 2023 09:29, gene heskett wrote: > >> Greetings; > >> > >> odd request: > > > > Yeah, almost unreal ^^ > > > >> > >> Somewhere, for some unk reason, there is a sound file file that > >> plays at max volume, usually around 2

Re: just a question about the iwlwifi_20230515-3 file

2023-09-06 Thread debian-user
Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 19:47:00 + > "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > > > At this point, you are not root and so dpkg -i complains. > > Actually she is root (the # in the prompt, and the username@host at > the beginning of the prompt, assuming she hasn't played with her > p

Re: Home UPS recommendations

2024-02-09 Thread debian-user
Felix Miata wrote: > hw composed on 2024-02-09 12:07 (UTC+0100): > > > What other manufacturers could we buy UPSs from? > > I bought my first APC just last year, because it was what I found on > the shelf in WalMart, only 450VA, with "Best-in-class Service and > Support", more to protect bedro

Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!]

2024-02-11 Thread debian-user
David Christensen wrote: > On 2/10/24 16:10, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 04:05:21PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > >> 2024-02-10 16:03:50 dpchrist@laalaa ~ > >> $ shred -s 1K - | wc -c > >> shred: -: invalid file type > >> 0 > >> > >> > >> It looks like a shred(1) needs a

Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!]

2024-02-13 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > Shred will determine the size of the file, then write data to the > file, rewind, write data again, etc. On a traditional hard drive, > that will overwrite the original private information. On modern > devices, it may not. Thanks for the excellent explanation :) One nit

Re: SMART Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt rising - should I be worried?

2024-02-15 Thread debian-user
The Wanderer wrote: > It turns out that there is a hard limit of 65000 > hardlinks per on-disk file; That's a filesystem dependent value. That's the value for ext4. XFS has a much larger limit I believe. As well as some other helpful properties for large filesystems. btrfs has different limits

Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive

2024-02-15 Thread debian-user
Andy Smith wrote: > On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 08:48:31PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > On 2/14/24 19:48, Andy Smith wrote: > > > Please show us the command you used¹ to do that, so we know what > > > exactly you are talking about, because as previously discussed > > > there's a lot of different th

Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive

2024-02-16 Thread debian-user
gene heskett wrote: > On 2/15/24 15:45, Andy Smith wrote: > > > MD RAID isn't the only way to achieve redundancy. You also haven't > > explained why you need LVM. Depending on your needs, maybe a > > filesystem with redundancy and volume management features in it > > would be better. Like btrfs o

Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive

2024-02-17 Thread debian-user
gene heskett wrote: > On 2/16/24 15:47, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >>> One of the 1T samsungs in the md raid10 isn't entirely happy but > >>> mdadm has not fussed about it, and smartctl seems to say its ok > >>> after testing. Other than that the gui access delay (30+ seconds) > >>> problems I have d

Re: What sets LC_TIME?

2024-02-17 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > That's all normal and expected. > > What's odd is that client *actually has* LC_NUMERIC and so on set in > its environment. Which... is not a problem if they're all set to the > correct values. It's weird, but not wrong. The problem for the OP > was that one of the valu

Re: partition reporting full, but not

2024-02-17 Thread debian-user
Keith Bainbridge wrote: > Yes the / partitions are btrfs So the apparently missing space is perhaps taken up by btrfs snapshots.

Re: partition reporting full, but not

2024-02-19 Thread debian-user
David Christensen wrote: > On 2/18/24 19:20, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > > I am convinced that the missing space is used by btrfs snapshot > > process. > > > Perhaps. But, are you re-balancing your btrfs file systems regularly? > > https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/btrfs-progs/btrfs-balance

Re: partition reporting full, but not

2024-02-20 Thread debian-user
Felix Miata wrote: > Keith Bainbridge composed on 2024-02-20 17:45 (UTC+1100): > > > I just removed 3 snapshots from my daily driver with no change in > > used space reported by df > > df doesn't know how to calculate freespace on btrfs. You need to be > typing > > btrfs filesystem df

Re: How to upgrade the GLIBCXX and GLIBC to the specific version

2024-02-27 Thread debian-user
Gremlin wrote: > The provider is raspberry foundation and Raspian has been > dis-continued. There is such a thing as the Raspberry Pi Foundation but they are an educational charity. Pis are supplied by Raspberry Pi Ltd. Raspbian has NOT been discontinued, it has simply been renamed Raspberry Pi

Re: How to upgrade the GLIBCXX and GLIBC to the specific version

2024-02-28 Thread debian-user
Gremlin wrote: > On 2/27/24 16:08, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > Gremlin wrote: > > > >> The provider is raspberry foundation and Raspian has been > >> dis-continued. > Nope that is just wrong. > > https://www.raspbian.org/ [snip] > Note: Raspbian is not affiliated with the Raspber

Re: missing development package?

2024-03-04 Thread debian-user
thyme after thyme wrote: > On 2024-03-04 10:48, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > That's right: in your /etc/apt/sources.list (or in some file > > under .../sources.list.d/ at your preference) there must be > > a way for your installer to find the sources. Something akin > > to: > > > > deb-src ht

Re: Spam from the list?

2024-03-06 Thread debian-user
Wed, 6 Mar 2024 09:57:37 > > > + > > > > It looks like either megamailservers.eu or your own processing added > > the spam mark to the subject. > > > Hmm, suspicious. I changed nothing and suddenly many mails from > debian-user (but not all, only

Re: Spam from the list?

2024-03-06 Thread debian-user
Hans wrote: > HI Brad, > > I do not believe, it is a training problem. Why? Well, your formerly > mail was marked as spam. So I marked it as ham. Now, your second mail > again is marked as spam. > > We know, there is nothing unusual with your mail, but it is again > marked as spam. Even, when I

Re: very poor nfs performance

2024-03-08 Thread debian-user
Stefan K wrote: > > You could try removing the "sync" option, just as an experiment, to > > see how much it is contributing to the slowdown. > > If I don't use sync I got around 300MB/s (tested with 600MB-file) .. > that's ok (far from great), but since there are database files on the > nfs it

Re: very poor nfs performance

2024-03-08 Thread debian-user
Stefan K wrote: > > Run the database on the machine that stores the files and perform > > database access remotely over the net instead. ? > > yes, but this doesn't resolve the performance issue with nfs But it removes your issue that forces you to use the sync option.

Re: images in Perl/Tk

2024-03-18 Thread debian-user
"mick.crane" wrote: > I try to load images with Perl/Tk but there is message, > "couldn't recognize data in image file "test.jpeg" at > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.38/Tk/Image.pm line 21" > I've tried different images/pngs/jpgs with same error. > images load OK in other viewers. > Installed

Re: images in Perl/Tk

2024-03-19 Thread debian-user
"mick.crane" wrote: > On 2024-03-19 00:42, Michael Lange wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:23:39 + > > "mick.crane" wrote: > > > >> I try to load images with Perl/Tk but there is message, > >> "couldn't recognize data in image file "test.jpeg" at > >> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

Re: Root password strength

2024-03-19 Thread debian-user
Dan Ritter wrote: > Jan Krapivin wrote: > > I read Debian Administrator's handbook now. And there are such > > words: > > > > The root user's password should be long (12 characters or more) and > > impossible to guess. > ... > > > > The thing is my password is very easy now, and i haven't

Re: Root password strength

2024-03-19 Thread debian-user
Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> wrote: > For most values of "you", most attackers don't care about _your_ > account, or _your_ system; they care about _any_ account, or _any_ > system. Actually targeted attacks do happen, but very rarely compared > to what might be thought of as attacker

Re: making Debian secure by default

2024-03-28 Thread debian-user
wrote: > [1] https://xkcd.com/1200/ Here in the UK the most important part of that xkcd for most people simply isn't true. Anything financial has a separate login procedure and all that I use time out after a period of inactivity (even some stupid non-important government things). I expect the s

Re: making Debian secure by default

2024-03-29 Thread debian-user
Curt wrote: > On 2024-03-28, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > Security, as Bruce Schneier [1] says, is a process. Not a product. > > A process that is essentially out of your control. I would hope it is, given how little I or most people understand about security. > This is the elephant in the

Re: NextGov: Linux XZ Utils Backdoor Was Long Con, Possibly With Support

2024-04-05 Thread debian-user
Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > Continues to sound like one single perp is destroying the TRUST > factor that an untold number of future programmers must meet. That's > heartbreaking. It has never sounded like a single perp to me. 'Jia Tan' is an obvious sock puppet as are the other names who pushed L

Re: Strange New Installation Behavior

2024-04-22 Thread debian-user
Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> wrote: > On 22 Apr 2024 09:00 -0400, from s.mol...@sbcglobal.net (Stephen P. > Molnar): > > I downloaded and ran the 512 check sum on a copy of > > Debian-12.5.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso and ran the Graphical Install mode on > > the 1.0 TD SSD on my Computer. The in

Re: Subject: Glitchy sound in Steam games after hard drive upgrade

2024-04-23 Thread debian-user
Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2024-04-22 16:50, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > > What are the old and new hard drive model numbers and specs? > > The old drive is a Western Digital WD5000YS (500GB SATA). > The new drive is a Western Digital Red, WF40EFPX (4TB SATA). According to my searches, there's n

Re: Re (2): Viewing an an OpenStreetMap tile offline.

2024-05-06 Thread debian-user
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Greg, Richard and all, > > From: Richard > Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 23:02:52 +0200 > > I wouldn't even bother trying to get such ancient software up and > > running. > > Straightforward. Thanks. > > > [2]: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software/Desktop

Re: Cindex

2024-05-12 Thread debian-user
David wrote: > Hullo, > > Cindex, the world's premier indexing software, has just gone open > source. Might be a good project for someone who has the time. > > https://www.opencindex.com/ > > Cheers! Where is the (open) source?

Re: OT: Top Posting

2024-05-14 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > In this particular instance, we've got a person from the second > culture who seems to have no idea that other cultures exist, or that > a mailing list might not adhere to their own expectations. This > person is acting belligerantly, and will not listen to gentle > remind

Re: Address 127.0.1.1

2024-05-24 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 01:49:58PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 1:46 PM Greg Wooledge > > wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 01:40:38PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > > > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 11:13 AM Paul M Foster > > > > wrote

Re: "Repeaters", etc.

2024-05-28 Thread debian-user
Brad Rogers wrote: > On Tue, 28 May 2024 11:31:29 +0100 > "mick.crane" wrote: > > Hello mick.crane, > > >Is there not some system that runs ethernet over the mains wiring or > >did I misunderstand it. > > Yes, there is. I believe you're thinking of powerline adaptors. They > do require eve

Re: "Repeaters", etc.

2024-05-29 Thread debian-user
David Wright wrote: > I was under the impression that 3-phase to a private residence > contravenes building regulations, as that would make 440V available > for you to electrocute yourself. No, it's perfectly possible - just look at your local DNO's website. It's necessary when there's a large p

Re: [ SOLVED] Re: Yet ANOTHER ThunderTurd ( Thunderbird ) topic... Text Size

2024-06-03 Thread debian-user
Chris M wrote: > I love Evolution and Claws to a point. Its a PITA to forward emails > with HTML in them, like the Informed Delivery email I get each morning > letting us know whats coming in the USPS that day. Claws forwards mails with a text/html part just fine. What's your actual problem with

Re: Impossible to install extensions with Gnome browser plugin

2024-06-07 Thread debian-user
Jan Krapivin wrote: > Thank you for your reply. This topic is not about Debian packages, but > about a performance of a plugin for browsers, it is not a Debian > package. > > https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Projects/GnomeShellIntegration?action=show&redirect=Projects%2FGnomeShellIntegrationFor

Re: Please help me identify package so I can report an important bug

2024-06-12 Thread debian-user
Richard wrote: > Good catch. With the title of this thread and not seeing any proper > description of what's actually wrong on GitHub, I figured the change > of the adapter name was meant. Yes, with MAC randomization, that's > what you'll get. But it's nothing Debian defaults to. So question is, >

time display was: Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

2024-06-17 Thread debian-user
Keith Bainbridge wrote: > On 16/6/24 23:50, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 06:13:36PM +1000, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > > It was late afternoon on 16Jun2024 that I wrote this. Possibly > 18:13:36 when I pressed send. I'd reckon it would likely have been > 08:13:36 UTC What's wr

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

2024-06-20 Thread debian-user
irefox > > +Exec=gnome-calculator > > Did you see Gareth's reply at > <https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2024/06/msg00432.html>? > > It's supposed to be --private-window with two leading hyphens, not > one, he said. He was wrong according to Mozilla's documentation.

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

2024-06-20 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 01:38:00AM +0100, Gareth Evans wrote: > > > > > On 17 Jun 2024, at 20:45, Pranjal Singh > > > wrote: > > > > > >  > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am trying to modify the Firefox desktop icon so that it opens > > > an incognito window by default. > > > > > > ... > >

Re: Having ten thousands of mount bind causes various processes to go into loops

2024-06-21 Thread debian-user
Julien Petit wrote: > How Linux is supposed to be used? That's why i'm here. There wasn't > until kernel 4.19 an official limit to the number of mounts in the > documentation. Even though we use mounts a lot, we're still far from > the official limit. Did we get lucky for 15 years and we should ch

Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

2024-06-25 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > Here's another test: > > hobbit:~$ TZ=Australia/Eucla printf '%(%z %Z)T\n' -1 > +0845 +0845 That seems like a bug. I'd have expected: +0845 ACWST

Re: System time/timezone, was Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

2024-06-26 Thread debian-user
ks. > > Except that The Wanderer's "strictly correct" version, M for noon, > is out there in some pre-2008 documents. We've been here before: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/09/msg00471.html And I thought it was just me that got confused between 12am and 12pm :( > Cheers, > David.

Re: Need help with narroely focused use case of Emacs

2024-06-29 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/28/2024 03:53 PM, Michael Kjörling wrote: > > On 28 Jun 2024 14:04 -0500, from rowl...@access.net (Richard > > Owlett): > >> I need to replace ANY occurrence of > >> > >>thru [at most] > >> > >> by > >> > >> > >> I'm reformatting a Bible st

Re: How to get an email notification every time a package is updated upstream?

2024-06-30 Thread debian-user
B wrote: > It seems crazy that in all the history of Debian, nobody said > "There's a package I care about and I want to get immediately when a > new version is released." And if they had, doing an "apt-get update" > every minute of the day would not have been any part of the desired > outcome. I

Re: small font

2024-07-06 Thread debian-user
Van Snyder wrote: > It's not my responsibility to deal with messages the senders aren't > serious about being read. It's up to you of course but if that's your opinion then you always have the option of simply not reading messages that are sent (against list guidelines) with HTML parts that sug

Re: How to find suitable mailing list or USENET group

2024-07-09 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > My particular problem is finding an active user oriented list/group > for KDE's Kate editor. All I found is a developers' list. > > In general, how does one find a suitable mailing list or USENET group? > Others must have the same general problem. Did you look at https:/

Re: [OT] Re: the 'original' string function?

2024-07-10 Thread debian-user
Nicolas George wrote: > Emanuel Berg (12024-07-10): > > Okay, this is gonna be a challenge to most guys who have been > > processing text for a long time. > > > > So, I would like a command, function or script, 'original', > > that takes a string STR and a text file TXT and outputs > > a score, f

Re: umask - default user settings?

2024-07-16 Thread debian-user
Darac Marjal wrote: > I'm not saying that what you did was wrong, but systemd provides a > few shortcuts which can make things a bit more user-friendly. > > On 16/07/2024 04:39, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > OK. Let's follow this path a bit. > > I googled "how to create a systemd user service" and got

Re: Debian 12.6: Screen won't come back on if monitor is power cycled

2024-07-19 Thread debian-user
Johan Sjölin wrote: > On 7/17/24 23:30, Kent West wrote: > > > Try pressing a shift key a couple of times, and then blindly typing > > your user password. > My guess is that the screensaver/lock is > > wonky. > > Doesn't work. I don't use any screensaver or automatic screen lock. > > Whenever

Re: why reliable linux hasn't gained more market share?

2024-07-20 Thread debian-user
Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 11:54:06AM +0800, hlyg wrote: > > crowdstrike makes news headlines, many Windows become blue screens > > > > it is evident that many people around still use Windows > > > > i wonder if linux is more reliable than Windows > > For this specif

Re: Peoria High School

2024-07-23 Thread debian-user
John Rice wrote: > Peoria High School was used as reference for the high school Homer > and Marge went to. I don’t remember if it was supposed to be > Springfield High. I designed it back in ‘91 or ‘92 when I was working > on the show. I grew up in Peoria and went to Peoria High School and > felt

Re: Trouble when editing a Debian wiki page

2024-07-25 Thread debian-user
Franco Martelli wrote: > On 25/07/24 at 15:07, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Yeah... I have to use a Private window (Firefox) or an Incognito > > window (Chrome) to duplicate this. If I'm using my regular browser > > sessions where I'm logged in to the wiki, I don't get that result. > > > > When i

Re: Where is the user community? (Was Re: Strange behavior of ifupdown package)

2024-07-29 Thread debian-user
Michel Verdier wrote: > On 2024-07-28, Michael Grant wrote: > > +1 to all you say. > > > Maybe one of you younger folks can teach me how one deals with > > keeping up with a forum like that. > > Once upon a time there was usenet. After a while there was a > mail-to-news gateway. It ease a lot

Re: Nearly-spam mail causes unsubscription threat

2024-08-11 Thread debian-user
Andy Smith wrote: > Personally what I do is silently discard spammy emails from known > list servers instead of rejecting them at SMTP time (which is > otherwise and usually desirable). Doing that does require running > your own mail server though, which almost no one does. You don't need to run

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

2024-08-14 Thread debian-user
Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 10:37:12AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > >Yes, that was its main strength. > > ReiserFS's main strength was that it reimagined how filesystems > should be used. It's main drawback was that applications would need > to be redesigned in order to tak

Re: dialog colors

2024-08-18 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 11:56:38AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:58:09 + > > fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > > > > > is use dialog to create simple menus > > > it's always white background and blue text > > > how can i change the colors [snip] > I guess i

Re: Where was my app installed?

2024-08-23 Thread debian-user
Arbol One wrote: > After installing PostgreSQL on my Debian-12 machine, I typed > 'postgres --version' and got this msg: > *bash: postgres: command not found* > > 'psql --version', however, does work and gives me this message : > > *psql (PostgreSQL) 16.3 (Debian 16.3-1.pgdg120+1)* > > Obviousl

Re: DEBIAN documentation: which 64 bit processors run current release?

2024-08-27 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > On 08/27/2024 08:36 AM, David wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 at 13:06, Richard Owlett > > wrote: > >> I'm looking for for where *Debian* documents which processors > >> support current Debian release. > >> > >> I have three machines whose processors are 64 bit capable.

Re: DEBIAN documentation: which 64 bit processors run current release?

2024-08-29 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > My formal programming background is limited to an introductory course > using CORC/CUPL (Dartmouth's BASIC being years in future). [snip] That doesn't seem to be quite right. CORC preceded Dartmouth BASIC by a couple of years, whilst CUPL followed it by two years, if I am

Re: Usage: "debian ... amd64-netinst.iso"

2024-09-01 Thread debian-user
Lee wrote: > On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 1:31 AM John Conover wrote: > > > > What does a "debian ... amd64-netinst.iso" do > > with an .iso? > > > > Can it be coverted to a USB. How? > > https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/ch04s03.en.html > > # cp debian.iso /dev/sdX You missed the nex

Re: Is "How-To use MATE" documented?

2024-09-05 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > I found: > 1. https://mate-desktop.org/ >-- no mention of user oriented documentation > 2. https://wiki.mate-desktop.org/ >Titled "Welcome to the documentation" >Under the heading "Good Documentation" it explicitly says: > > Every a

Re: BASH reference for those who are "learning by doing"?

2024-09-07 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > This started with be exploring "regular expressions". > I discovered some tutorials that were using Bash in their samples. > One {lost the reference at the moment} was almost a match for a real > world problem I have. > > But I've not used Bash in eons and have forgotten

Re: BASH reference for those who are "learning by doing"?

2024-09-08 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > [My examples are from my experiments with re-formatting > text at https://ebible.org/engkjvcpb/ for comfortable reading by > fellow tri-focal wearing senior citizens As a mere bifocal (well vari-focal) wearer can I suggest a different approach. Stop wearing tri-focals or a

OT: Spectacles

2024-09-10 Thread debian-user
Larry Martell wrote: > What are these driving glasses? I can no longer drive at night and > would love to know about them. As well as uncorrected visual faults, such as short-sightedness or astigmatism, another reason for not being able to drive at night is cataracts. If so the [only] solution is

Re: OT: Spectacles

2024-09-10 Thread debian-user
"James H. H. Lampert" wrote: > On 9/10/24 7:42 AM, Larry Martell wrote: > > One would be better to see an ophthalmologist as opposed to an > > optician. > > Correct. An optician can only fill a prescription written by an > ophthalmologist or an optometrist. And depending on where you go for >

Re: Redis installation error(s) on Debian SID

2024-10-13 Thread debian-user
Karl Vogel wrote: > Removing the --quiet flag and using something like safesys() would: > > * let systemctl write something (hopefully an error message), > * show exactly what arguments are being passed to it, and > * show its exit value. Your safesys includes basically exactly the code

Re: Redis installation error(s) on Debian SID

2024-10-12 Thread debian-user
"Thomas Schmitt" wrote: > Hi, > > John Cassidy wrote: > > > Could not execute systemctl: at /usr/bin/deb-systemd-invoke line > > > 148. > > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > That's a very strange and specific error message. Is your systemctl > > command missing, or has incorrect permissions or someth

Re: Redis installation error(s) on Debian SID

2024-10-12 Thread debian-user
debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > "Thomas Schmitt" wrote: > > Hi, > > > > John Cassidy wrote: > > > > Could not execute systemctl: at /usr/bin/deb-systemd-invoke > > > > line 148. > > > > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > That's a very strange and specific error message. Is your > > > syste

Re: [OT] Strange BitTorrent traffic from China IPs

2024-10-22 Thread debian-user
"Alexander V. Makartsev" wrote: > On 22.10.2024 08:17, Max Nikulin wrote: > > On 22/10/2024 03:21, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > >> If I manually throttle these connections they disconnect after > >> some time and soon after a new connection from another IP from the > >> same subnet or differe

Re: [OT] Strange BitTorrent traffic from China IPs

2024-10-22 Thread debian-user
"Alexander V. Makartsev" wrote: > I've already accumulated pretty long list. They all point to > different ISP networks in China. > The only thing I'm certain of is that they use "bttracker.debian.org" > to get peer information. > Maybe this is somehow tied to "webseed peer" of > "debian-12.5.0-

Re: Mozilla's apt repository; was: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

2024-10-11 Thread debian-user
Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 07:37:03 + > Michael Kjörling wrote: > > Hello Michael, > > >That sounds like an even better argument for not pinning _everything_ > >coming from that repository at priority 1000. > > Maybe, but; > > As an experiment, I added the mozilla repo and

Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt]

2024-10-30 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm attempting to read a USDA document "Thrifty Food Plan,2021" that > seems to be only available as a PDF document [ > https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/TFP2021.pdf > ]. No direct answers from me, I'm afraid but some suggestions. (1) Alt

Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt]

2024-10-30 Thread debian-user
David Wright wrote: > On Wed 30 Oct 2024 at 04:53:27 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > > I'm attempting to read a USDA document "Thrifty Food Plan,2021" that > > seems to be only available as a PDF document > > [ > > https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/TFP2021.pdf > >

Re: Script typeface.

2024-10-31 Thread debian-user
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 22:06:02 + > > Have you looked at https://elementor.com/blog/handwriting-fonts/ ? > > Looked since you mentioned. The heading I cited appears to be > in Pacifico font. > > Elementor is charging us

Re: Script typeface.

2024-10-30 Thread debian-user
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Hi, > > Apparently the page here was constructed using something called > Elementor. https://www.friendsofthegulfislands.ca > > The heading is in a script style of typeface. > > I'm interested to find a free, open source replacment font. Not > necessarily the same i

Re: Unable to Resize Playlist Window in Qmmp Player

2024-11-01 Thread debian-user
Patrick Wayodi wrote: > I'm not able to resize the playlist window in Qmmp Player. The > playlist window's height is longer than my screen and I'm not able to > see its bottom part. Can you see the top part? If so resize it by moving the top border down. > $ qmmp -v > QMMP version: 1.6.2 > Comp

Re: Multi seat. Was Debian versions

2024-11-11 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 13:33:08 +0100, Roger Price wrote: > > I'm guessing "version". How about Debian 12 (bookworm). Have you > > read https://wiki.debian.org/Multi_Seat_Debian_HOWTO ? > > Oh. I've learned something today. I looked at that page and what I immediatel

Re: Multi seat. Was Debian versions

2024-11-11 Thread debian-user
Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 11 Nov 2024 21:24 +0800, from b...@busby.net (Bret Busby): > > Whilst this computer that I am using, has about ten USB sockets > > (including four on the front), I expect that a similar workstation > > to this, would be required, or, a proper server, with all of the >

Re: How do I submit a game to a distribution?

2024-11-12 Thread debian-user
Steven Peckham wrote: > >I would really want to address this in detail after the Copyright > >goes through. > >No. After the Copyright is in effect, I will be happy to provide the > >code under the GPL3 license restrictions. It doesn't sound like you understand copyright and licensing very well.

Re: Can someone explain containers, pods, docker, etc. please

2024-11-07 Thread debian-user
Chris Green wrote: > Todd Zullinger wrote: > > [-- text/plain, encoding quoted-printable, charset: us-ascii, 25 > > lines --] > > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > I'm trying to get my mind round the various ways of > > > wrapping/isolating collections of code and programs in Debian > > > (well in

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