Re: Network manager (again)

Am Samstag, 14. Mai 2016, 05:27:06 schrieb Bhasker C V: Hi, try wicd (vicd-ncurses, wicd-gtk, wicd-cli). It may fit your needs. And you can have entries in /etc/network/interfaces, so you can be already connected without any window-manager. Good luck! Hans > Hi > > I am f

Re: WiFi Access Point

ot; can be changed, I am using the ones of opendns.org. Please note, an entry does not work with network-manager. Use wicd instead. Good luck! Hans > I have an Intel wifi card correctly configured for Jessie, thanks to > https://wiki.debian.org/fr/iwlwifi. I only need the Hotspot Access poin

How to change the link to the browser in kmail?

Iceweasel. And the second one does not have Iceweasel any more, but Firefox-esr. So that connection is dead! I believe, this should be able to be changed. Please note: The configurations of the systemsettings in KDE are on both computers identical! Any hints are welcome. Best regards Hans

Question to new network device names

long running systems? I think, most people might rename their stuff, just as I did, because they are more comfortable with the old names. I would be happy for a little bit background information and if I am a dinosaur with old names. Best regards Hans

Re: Question to new network device names

comfortable with it. Have a nice weekend! Best regards Hans

Re: which display manager would you suggest for Stretch?

. Best regards Hans

Re: 4.12 won't wake from sleep

Am Donnerstag, 31. August 2017, 18:21:44 CEST schrieb Boyan Penkov: Hi, awake from sleep doesn't work since months. I filed a bugreport a long time ago, but since then no one cared. Looks like it is too difficult to fix, as changes are too often. Sorry to tell you. Best Hans &g

Re: 4.12 won't wake from sleep

Am Donnerstag, 31. August 2017, 18:21:44 CEST schrieb Boyan Penkov: Hi, awake from sleep doesn't work since months. I filed a bugreport a long time ago, but since then no one cared. Looks like it is too difficult to fix, as changes are too often. Sorry to tell you. Best Hans &g

Is this a bug?

e fix your file. kf5.kservice.sycoca: The menu spec file contains a Layout or DefaultLayout tag without the mandatory Merge tag inside. Please fix your file. Is this a bug? Or do I have to do something? Thanks for any answers. Best Hans

plasma5 - how to update menus

--noincremental" and "kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental" as well without any success. I also removed ~/.local/share/applications away - with no success. Is there any other way, to recreate the menus in plasma5? Thanks for any hints. Best regards Hans

Re: virtualbox - missing packages

! Best Hans > Hi, > > A few weeks ago I could install virtualbox on stretch w/o any problem. > Now I try to install on a different computer and have the broken > packages error shown below. > > At the same time I have install

Re: Recovering accidentally deleted file folder

Maybe you might want to take a look at packages like "foremost" or "scalpel". You might want also to take a look at foresic live-cds like "Caine" or "DEFT". And last but not least, look at this project: http://www.r-tt.com/de/free_linux_recovery/ Good luck! Hans

After update only opengl 1.4 instead of 2.0

is the responsible package? Thanks for any help! Best regards Hans Attachement: This is the output of glxinfo: glxinfo name of display: :0 display: :0 screen: 0 direct rendering: Yes server glx vendor string: SGI server glx version string: 1.4 server glx extensions

Re: After update only opengl 1.4 instead of 2.0

thank you very much for this information. As it is a feature, not a bug, it is not necessary to file a bugreport any more. Greetz, Hans > Hello Hans, > > i945 only supports OpenGL-1.4, it lacks a few hardware features to > reach 2.0: > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=ne

Public folder in plasma?

Thank you very much and have a nice weekend Hans

Kleopatra / gpgconf

me, who is to blame now? My bad English... I mean, who should be filed a bug. Would be nice if someone can confirm this bug and point me, whom I can inform. Thank you for reading this and your help. Best regards Hans

Re: Kleopatra / gpgconf

are dependencies with kleopatra, libgpgme and gpgconf, those who better know as me, will see, what can be fixed. Thank you very much for the feedback and sorry for the noise. Best Hans > Huh... didn't you file the bug already? > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=883328

Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars

d, so any operator can decide (after encodinng the drives), which option he prefers: 1, 3 or none. Have a happy christmas Best Hans > No. I've been facepalming myself through this thread but I can't > really keep my mouth shut anymore. > > All this is very misguided.

apt-cacher-ng / autoclean

clean" would do tghe rest. Obviously this is wrong. What must I do, if this is possible at all? Thanks for any hints. Best regards Hans

Re: apt-cacher-ng / autoclean

command (as usual) would do the trick. Problem solved, so easy! Thank you very much for your help (also all others, who helped, too)! Have a nice new years eve! Best regards Hans > On Sunday, 31 December 2017 11:24:30 CET Hans wrote: > > What must I do, if this is possible at all?

Weired package policy

ll." Anyway, maybe someone might enlighten me (and maybe others, too as well) of that. Thank you for all your answers and the great work. Best Hans

Re: Weired package policy

Am Sonntag, 7. Januar 2018, 16:26:55 CET schrieb Floris: Hi Floris and all, maybe my question was not clearly expressed, due to my English. It was not aimed to that special package. I would like to know, why packages completely disappear, instead of just leaving the last well running version ava

egroupware and apache

will use. If I am true, then this would touch another very important point: Freedom. It is another step to freedom (the reason, why I like debian so much), debian stands for. Maybe I am wrong, so please do not hesitate to teach me. Best regards Hans And there is another point: Deciding of

Little issue with kernel since version 6.x

will not boot at all. Please feel free to ask for more information. I will help, if I can. Thanks for reading and best regards Hans

Re: Little issue with kernel since version 6.x

i386, most Debian and other linuces are still i386 available, so no need to throw it away. This is a thing I love in Debian: It is available for so many architectures, even arm or arm64. This is so great! Oops, long answer, sorry for my enthusiasm. Best regards Hans > Am 13.09.2023 11

Re: Little issue with kernel since version 6.x

OS-RAM"?/ Can not be enabled. Yes, latest BIOS is install (but it is from 2010, just an old hardware) /> How is that setting called in the BIOS?/ /> Did you install the latest BIOS?/ Best Hans [1] https://lwn.net/Articles/12544/

OT: Livesystem - grub is counting up

u? I saw this behaviour also on other livesystems but not at everyones. If you can tell me some technical background of this, I would appreciate this. By the way: Creating a kali live with 64-bit and same packages, this behavior does not appear. Any hints? Best regards Hans

Re: OT: Livesystem - grub is counting up

built in an identically way. Weired thing.. Hans > Some context might help, but that just looks like POST running. > Typically, CMOS screens have options to change this behaviour. > > Cheers, > David.

Debian will not boot any more, wrong UUID

other ideas if any, as my ideas at the moment are out. Thank you for reading this and any help. Oh, last but not least: A fresh install would be no problem, but the Debian installer DVD does ALSO NOT see the /dev/nvme. Big big problem. Thanks for reading and your help. Best regards Hans

Re: Debian will not boot any more, wrong UUID

clearer. Best regards Hans > > Reset the BIOS and maybe try Fedora. You do want to change back from > RAID to AHCI. > > Why do the livesystems not boot? > > What did you update, the BIOS or Windows? > > I guess your notebook is now bricked. If it's still

Re: Debian will not boot any more, wrong UUID

achine it should work. > > Quite often, the machine has a setting in firmware which embeds a Windows > licence key these days. > > Windows first, then Debian, I think. > > All best, as ever, > Best Hans

Re: Debian will not boot any more, wrong UUID

boot entry > for the specific instance, and move the entry to the top of the boot > order. It is unclear if the OP's notebook computer requires similar > steps or if the OP attempted them. > Nope, tried this, too. No success. > > David Thanks for help, David! Best regards Hans

Re: Debian will not boot any more, wrong UUID

id The BIOS is INSYDEH20, Rev. 5.0 (latest version), this was original on the notebook when it was bought. (Yes, I know, I am sking myself, which idiot is using such a BIOS, and not AMI or hmm, Phoenix.) Oh, and by the way, it is not my notebook, it is belonging a friend. Best regards Hans

Re: Debian will not boot any more, wrong UUID

Am Sonntag, 1. Oktober 2023, 19:25:39 CEST schrieb Jeffrey Walton: > On Sun, Oct 1, 2023 at 1:09 PM Hans wrote: > > reset did not work. The menu for setting AHCI has completely disappeared > > > > The livesystems do not boot, as UEFI inhibits it. And in the BIOS UEFI ca

Re: Debian will not boot any more, wrong UUID

UUID (blkid -l /dev/nvme0Pn6) , because no livesystem does see any /dev/nvme. If I could, I could edit the kernel param and set the correct UUID by hand. (as you know, in grub I can edit the boot parms). This is the problem. Hope this makes things clearer. Best Hans > I don't unders

Re: Debian will not boot any more, wrong UUID

install cygwin and use fdisk > on it. cygwin also provides blkid to get label and uuid. I tried to get the UUID in Windows but I am not sure, if GUID (Microsoft naming?) is the same as UUID in Linux. Setting the GUID in kernel parm did also not help. But I will try biosdevname=0, thats a good hint! Best regards Hans

Re: Debian will not boot any more, wrong UUID

8:0 , 8:1 , 8:2 etc, but not sure, if these are my partitions. Can I do more fron this shell? Hans

Re: Debian will not boot any more, wrong UUID

del, > or at least not one you can get your hands on. In which case, barring > the downgrade-the-firmware angle, you'd probably be out of luck.) I guess I am unlucky. :) Thanks for the help. best Hans

[SOLVED] Re: Debian will not boot any more, wrong UUID

st and happy hacking! Hans > Hi Hans! > > hans.ullr...@loop.de wrote: > >In short; I tried (as most people tell): Starting windows in secure mode, > >then boot into the BIOS and there set from RAID to AHCI, afterwards start > >windows as normal. > > > >Thi

Re: Debian will not boot any more, wrong UUID

Am Montag, 2. Oktober 2023, 17:03:57 CEST schrieb Curt: > On 2023-09-30, Hans wrote: > > Second: The setting of AHCI has disappeared, so I can not change the > > settings in BIOS. And: the BIOS can not be reflashed! > > I've read that on some Acer machines the procedur

Hidden UUID?

? What did I miss? Thanks for any hints. Best regards Hans

[SOLVED] Re: Hidden UUID?

y drive, but obviously the BIOS thinks, there is one. As I have no floppy drive, I get errors related to /dev/fd0. Qiestion: Will the kernel parameter "--no-floppy" exactly do, what I think? Never try to access a /dev/fd0? Thanks in advance for the answer. Best Hans

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Hidden UUID?

think? > Never try to access a /dev/fd0? > > Thanks in advance for the answer. > > Best > > Hans I am answering myself: Blacklisting module "floppy" and "update-initramfs -u" did the trick. Floppy is no more seen. Best Hans

Sound only as root

I want to get sure, that everything is correct by me, before I blame myself. Any idea might be well. Thanks for any help. Best regards Hans

Re: Sound only as root

o know, if the settings of /dev/snd/* are correct: /dev/snd = root:root , drwxr-xr-x All others below /dev/snd are set crw-rw--- = root:audio > Am Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:25:51 +0200 > > schrieb Hans : > > Please note, that generally sound is working as a normal user, only > &

Re: Sound only as root

me. Thanks for the feedback. Best Hans > On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 11:25:51AM +0200, Hans wrote: > > I am in the group "audio". > > > > correct: > > > > /dev/snd = root:root , drwxr-xr-x > > > > All others below /dev/snd are set > >

Re: Acer Monitors

is now almost 10 years old, but is doing its job at best. Dunno if this helps you, but hope so. Best regards Hans

Re: Subject: "Next" button is missing for manual partitioning.

lps. Best regards Hans > Alexander Straub > > Pater-Faller-Str. 6 > > 79837 Germany > > Subject: "Next" button missing on manual partitioningI installed Debian > 12 on my computer. > > I selected the "Manual Partitioning" option and selected a pa

Re: Subject: "Next" button is missing for manual partitioning.

Entr the above line, changes will take part. Hope this helps. Best regards Hans > Alexander Straub > > Pater-Faller-Str. 6 > > 79837 Germany > > Subject: "Next" button missing on manual partitioningI installed Debian > 12 on my computer. > > I select

EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

special application). Do you know another way, except pinning or my (weired) way? Oh, last but not least, I know, Oracle has its own debian-repo for virtualbox, but it looks somehow not well set up IMHO. Thanks for reading this. Best regards Hans

Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

-manger (a little bit complex GUI) and virtualbox (from Oracle, but without guest-additions annd ext-pack). Virtualbox is easy to use, but I like AQEMU, too (it is using KVM). Are the other solutions capable, to import and export OVA or VDI? Best Hans > On 26 Oct 2023 21:37 +0500, from a

Re: Which Virtual Manager?

utions are capable of this. It is a pity, but ok. Thanks for the advice anyway Best regards Hans > I think you can use `qemu-img convert -f vdi -O qcow2` to convert from > a VDI disk image to a QCOW2 or raw disk image, which QEMU/KVM in turn > can use. (qemu-img convert can also conve

Re: Please help configure to activate Bluetooth networking for "Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)" card

is distribution independent, so you can get it from other distributions, like here from AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bcm43142a0-firmware[1] Get it and put it manually into /lib/firmware Now try again. Hope this helps. Best regards Hans [1] ht

bookworm which repo?

the release date of bookworm, but an upgrade from buster to bookworm, so it might be, the entry for "bookworm-backports" was recommended at that time. So, should I use all four entries or do you recommend to skip one of it? My system is running fine! Best regards Hans

[SOLVED] Re: bookworm which repo?

Thanks for the advice. So, bookworm-updates is recommended, bookworm-backports is optional. At upgrade time the documentation said something else (I suppose, because it was an upgrade no fresh installation) Well, the problem is solved. Thanks for the hint. Best Hans > So, should I

Re: Documentation for KVM/QEMU?

involved, so it might become better in the future. Virt-manager has great potential. Best regards Hans

UUID permanent at removable device?

would of course only work, if the device UUID after dd will not change. Happy for any answers. Best Hans

Re: Password managers

Am Sonntag, 12. November 2023, 18:23:20 CET schrieb Joe: What about kwallet? Should run on other window managers than plasma5 as well. Hans

Re: UUID permanent at removable device?

Correct myself: NOT: > As I want to always the same USB-stick, I would like to mount it using a shell script. > I want to dd it automatically like dd if=/path/to/my/image.iso of=UUID=34567890-afde-.-1234 or similar. Sorry for making things unclear. Hans

Re: UUID permanent at removable device?

myself, if I could use this in my script or if these would change everytime I am using dd. I dunno if my thoughts are working at all, if this, what I intend to do, is not possible at all, then I will find another solution. Or doing just manually as before. Hope, this helps. Best regards Hans

[SOLVED] Re: UUID permanent at removable device?

Am Sonntag, 12. November 2023, 19:27:20 CET schrieb Andy Smith: Yes, this is looking promising. Looks like thisis what I exactly need. I will try it. Thanks for the fast response! Best Hans > Hello, > > On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 07:03:41PM +0100, Hans wrote: > > I want to dd i

Re: [SOLVED] Re: UUID permanent at removable device?

your feedback. Best regards Hans

connect two hosts over wifi without router?

Hans

Re: connect two hosts over wifi without router?

the help. See it as solved, but I will let this question some time open, and then mark it as [SOLVED] in a few days. Best regards Hans

Re: Boot Problem

ards. My greatest problems with NVidia cards was mostly after a kernel upgrade, as the kernel module could often not be built with a newer kernel. This might also happen by AMD or ATI graphiccards, as they (as far as I know), also depend a kernel module and a related graphics module. Hope thi

Re: Boot Problem

of XFCE are set root:root,m and can not be overwritten. So my suggestion: move any folders related to xfce4 away (just to somewhere else) and try it again. If XFCE4 is starting, move all the removed files partly back and see, which is causing the problem. Hope this helps. Best Hans

Searching of files in plasma5?

missed and have to pay attention for? Thanks for any feedback. Best regards Hans

{SOLVED] Re: Searching of files in plasma5?

Am Montag, 18. Dezember 2023, 17:05:27 CET schrieb Hans: I am answering myself. Deleted the whole database an recreated it. Now it is working again. Looks like solved. Sorry for the noise. Have a nice day! Hans > Dear list, > > I discovered, that the search function in Dolph

How to index mails in kmail?

ug in kamil or akonadi, please tell me, too. Best regards Hans

Re: how to clone apt repository to newest only?

little bit. Best regards Hans > The reason I'm asking for this feature is that > > For example, I want to install the most recent packages when installing an > OS in a specific closed network environment. > > Of course, I could use a recently created DVD iso file, but I

Printer weirdness

scanners during the last year? Then please let me know, what I might have missed. Thank you very much for feedback, and also for all the help and hard work during all the time!!! Happy new year!!! Best Hans

Re: Printer weirdness

Am Samstag, 30. Dezember 2023, 18:06:43 CET schrieb debian- u...@howorth.org.uk: > Hans wrote: One is a Brother DCP-125j (connected via USB-cable), the other a Brother MFC- L3750CDW (coonnected via LAN to thze router). The Notebook is connected via WIFI to the router. Both printers do

Re: Printer weirdness

safely close this question. I will find either another solution, or my customer just has to deal with double names. So it is not a generally problem and this file can be closed. Thanks for the help either! Best wishes and a happy new year! Hans > To find out what model of printer it is look

Re: Nvidia driver on Debian 10

the kernel tree. If X is still NOT starting, check xorg.logs to look for reasons. Second hint: IIn the past, I got problems with wrong versions. Nvidia said, I should use i.e. 390xx, but in real, I had to use 340xx. So try also one version prior. Hope this helps! Godd luck and best regards Hans

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

. Best regards Hans > Hello, > > anybody here have any experience installing a recent(-ish) version of > Debian on an Asus EEE PC? This is a small notebook sized laptop with > Celeron cpu and little space & memory. I've just found one in one of my > boxes and though

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

Am Freitag, 5. Januar 2024, 17:48:39 CET schrieb Eric S Fraga: Me again: Second answer: You can easily install debian 32-bit from an USB-stick· it is working just any other computer. Best Hans > Hello, > > anybody here have any experience installing a recent(-ish) version of >

Re: Installing Debian on an old Asus EEE PC

There are different cpu's according to the release date. Mostls it is ATOM CPU N-450, but others use N-230 as well. All are running 1,666 GHz (except the very ealy ones, EEEPC 901, which is running 1GHz. Best Hans > > Which CPU does it have?

OT: coloured text?

is. Thanks for a short answer. Best regards Hans

Re: dmesg reporting lots of errors apparently emanating from a Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller ...

//www.bios-mods.com/downloads/[1] but I suggest to search for other sites, too. Hope this helps. Good luck, Hans [1] https://www.bios-mods.com/downloads/

Libreoffice hangs at start

to look and what can I do, to check of this issue. I am very sure, it is a setting problem and NOT a bug. Thanks for any help! Best regards Hans

Re: Libreoffice hangs at start

.11 is the IP of the wired network card (not used) 192.168.2.101 is the IP of the wireless card (connected with) As I said before: I am using network manager and fixed IP, NO DHCP. Do you see any strange thing in this file? Thanks for the help! Best regards Hans

Re: su su- sudo dont work

change to root, environment of former user (usefull when in window manager and you want to start graphical applications with root rights) Hope this helps. Best Hans > Good afternoon. > Root terminal is fine. > What do I do wrong? > What did I destroy? > > PC does have only

OT: Is there any size limit for ISO's?

had a smaller image (about 8 GB), which booted perfectly. So I believe, the size of the image is, what matters. But maybe I am wrong. Be happy for all hints. Best regards Hans

[SOLVED] Re: Libreoffice hangs at start

pened them with libreoffice = no errors, knew, all files are ok. 6. Removed the testuser, all copies and the backup of ~/.cache Hope, this might help others, too. Thank you all for your help. This case can be safely closed. Best regards Hans

Re: OT: Is there any size limit for ISO's?

of buggy file content > in the elsewise healthy ISO. > This stick is new. However, the stck I used before, was another distributor. I changed the stick, because the former stick I used before, died after about 10th or 12th installing of the iso. > > Have a nice day :) > Same to you! Best Hans > Thomas

Re: OT: Is there any size limit for ISO's?

you! Best Hans > > Last message is, that a new USB device is found, then the screen goes > > blank. I can make some snapshots of a video, by interest. > > My crystal ball blames the video driver (presuming that the DRM module > for your video card is loaded around the

Re: AW: su su- sudo dont work

Am Dienstag, 23. Januar 2024, 13:54:25 CET schrieb Schwibinger Michael: For gvetting root as normal user, best is use "su -". Note: It is not "su-", but "su -", with a space between su and the minus sign. Good luck! Hans > Thank You. > > 2 questions

Re: OT: Is there any size limit for ISO's?

d: the problem is 90 percent solved, now I am just try to solve the (very!) little thing with the password issue. Stay tuned, I'll be back. Best Hans

Re: AW: AW: su su- sudo dont work

packages, it is a GUI for apt. Synaptic MUST run as root. Hope this helps. By the way: I believe, you are not very experienced in English language, so I suggest to suscribe in the fine German forum, which is debian-user-ger...@lists.debioan.org. Here is the link: https://lists.debian.org/de

Re: AW: AW: su su- sudo dont work

. Please excuse, I do not want to hurt anyone, just tell, what I think. Best regards Hans > I see very similar posts in the German language list from the last two > years but as Tobias Schwibingerr or similar - also signed by a Sophie > > When I asked this question some time ago, i

Encrypted partiotions - which files related?

livefile (which IMO is normal). Thanks for any feedback. Best regards Hans

Re: Encrypted partiotions - which files related?

configurations, can install packages, can test special settings and so on. Just without to harm any productive system. And after testing, I can easily change the well tested configurations to the productive server! Two advantages, as you see. Does this make things a little bit clearer? Best Hans

Re: Encrypted partiotions - which files related?

ble, that the boot process is discovering the harddrive and wants to decrypt it. If no one else has any ideas in the future, I think, we should declare this issue as closed. I got a workaround, this is well enough for me. Thank you and all others for your help! Best regards Hans

Re: Can't list root directory

was the trick. Just some ideas, maybe it could help. Good luck! Best Hans

Re: Mixing HDD and SSD in lvm

rrect order, mustn't it? Maybe someone knows more, just wanted to mention the point, that the BIOS might interfere when you are using slower and faster harddrives. Hope this helps. Best regards Hans > Debian box with LVM > LVM uses 2 PV - raid devices each uses 2 HDD (rotating) &g

nvidia package wrong documentation?

exchange the GPU. I just wanted to inform you, if someone got into the same trouble as me, wondering, why it does not run. Thanks for reading this. Oh, before someone tells: I do NOT want to use nouveau! Best regards Hans

Bullseye (Debian11) doesn't renew dhcp lease

= # RJ45, 1G, on board [Match] MACAddress=7c:10:c9:9d:07:22 [Link] Name=lan0 === /etc/network/interfaces.d/lan0 # /etc/network/interfaces.d/lan0 auto lan0 allow-hotplug lan0 iface lan0 inet dhcp iface lan0 inet6 dhcp === Any help appreciated, Hans

Re: Bullseye (Debian11) doesn't renew dhcp lease

= # RJ45, 1G, on board [Match] MACAddress=7c:10:c9:9d:07:22 [Link] Name=lan0 === /etc/network/interfaces.d/lan0 # /etc/network/interfaces.d/lan0 auto lan0 allow-hotplug lan0 iface lan0 inet dhcp iface lan0 inet6 dhcp =

thunderbird can not import gpg-key

th another owner than me, as thunderbird itself is started with ownership "myusername". However, even if I set the rights to "everybody can read it" (what is of course only set for testing purposes!) it does not work. Anything else, where I should take a look? Thanks for any hints. Best regards Hans

Re: thunderbird can not import gpg-key

Hi Geert, I tried, but ran into the same issue: LANG=C gpg --export-secret-key /home/ullhan63/.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d/123456789.key > testkey gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir '/home/myusername/.gnupg' gpg: WARNING: nothing exported Strange. Best regards Ha

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