During the partitioning phase of the install process, the user is given
the option of creating dedicated partitions. I chose to do it for /home
and swap {depending on machine I may also have a dedicated project
partition}.
That the partition phase presents a menu of ~10 choices indicates the
On 08/28/2021 02:33 PM, songbird wrote:
David Wright wrote:
On Sat 28 Aug 2021 at 10:34:34 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
During the partitioning phase of the install process, the user is
given the option of creating dedicated partitions. I chose to do it
for /home and swap {depending on
I have not used any version of Windows since WinXP and have the AMD64
flavor of Debian 10.7 installed on the relevant machine.
I wish to do two things:
1. Explore some text manipulation applications I used then
(obviously 32 bit apps).
2. Explore Bible study tools used by others at chur
On 09/26/2021 08:54 AM, piorunz wrote:
On 26/09/2021 14:42, Richard Owlett wrote:
I have not used any version of Windows since WinXP and have the AMD64
flavor of Debian 10.7 installed on the relevant machine.
I wish to do two things:
1. Explore some text manipulation applications I used
May I suggest posting to debian-user-du...@lists.debian.org .
[see https://lists.debian.org/completeindex.html for a list of
"debian-user" groups in various languages]
Also there is an active Seamonkey group at alt.comp.software.seamonkey .
It is a English list, but someone there may be able to
In MATE you can have different applications open in each workspace.
I would like to have a different set of icons displayed for each workspace.
Is there a desktop environment similar to MATE that can do that?
TIA
On 10/08/2021 09:59 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
In MATE you can have different applications open in each workspace.
I would like to have a different set of icons displayed for each workspace.
Is there a desktop environment similar to MATE that can do that?
With wmctrl, lots
On 10/09/2021 08:04 AM, Andreas Rönnquist wrote:
Hi!
I have massive problems with my Logitech M705 - Or specifically with
the left mouse button. Sometimes (very often) singleclick becomes
double-click, dragging items is very hard, it drops the drag before I
release the mouse button. Clicking on
I just installed WINE64 on a Bullseye system. I'm looking for a basic
tutorial. Got no promising hits from DuckDuckGo or Google. I did some
unproductive roaming of https://www.winehq.org/ .
I haven't used Windows since days of WinXP and I want to introduce a
Windows using friend to Debian. Bli
On 10/10/2021 02:48 AM, Brad Rogers wrote:
On Sun, 10 Oct 2021 08:33:03 +0100
piorunz wrote:
Hello piorunz,
Isn't it time to switch to online forums?
No. 'Newer' = 'better' is a false equivalency.
+1
To paraphrase a local advertising jingle:
E-mail lists are not good because they are o
On 10/09/2021 10:24 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote:
On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 09:40:21 -0500
Richard Owlett wrote:
I just installed WINE64 on a Bullseye system. I'm looking for a basic
tutorial. Got no promising hits from DuckDuckGo or Google. I did some
unproductive roaming of https://www.wineh
On 10/09/2021 10:28 PM, Russell L. Harris wrote:
On Sat, Oct 09, 2021 at 08:24:38AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote:
On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 09:40:21 -0500
Richard Owlett wrote:
Just be forewarned, WINE is not the catchall solution to running
Windows apps: The more involved codewise the program is
On 10/10/2021 11:03 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 05:14:36AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 10/09/2021 10:24 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote:
On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 09:40:21 -0500
Richard Owlett wrote:
Just be forewarned, WINE is not the catchall solution to running
Windows
On 10/10/2021 05:47 PM, Tom Dial wrote:
On 10/10/21 04:14, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 10/09/2021 10:24 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote:
On Sat, 9 Oct 2021 09:40:21 -0500
Richard Owlett wrote:
(Omitted)
Just be forewarned, WINE is not the catchall solution to running
Windows apps: The more
It appears to me that netinst.iso assumes that there are *exactly* two
choices for internet connectivity:
an ethernet device
*OR*
WiFi
However, I use a USB device [ an Alcatel Linkzone from T-Mobile ]
The installer is unable to see the internet.
Based on using that device
On 10/13/2021 12:09 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 08:51:28AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote:
On 10/13/21 8:16 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
It appears to me that netinst.iso assumes that there are *exactly* two
choices for internet connectivity:
an ethernet device
On 10/13/2021 12:35 PM, Tixy wrote:
On Wed, 2021-10-13 at 17:09 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 08:51:28AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote:
On 10/13/21 8:16 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
It appears to me that netinst.iso assumes that there are *exactly* two
choices for internet
On 10/13/2021 01:31 PM, Reco wrote:
Hi.
On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 01:18:07PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
Where would I descriptive information about "CDC Ethernet"?
The usual place - kernel documentation.
Specifically, it's Documentation/networking/cdc_mbim.rst.gz.
On 10/13/2021 02:06 PM, David Wright wrote:
On Wed 13 Oct 2021 at 13:59:34 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
On 10/13/2021 01:31 PM, Reco wrote:
On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 01:18:07PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
Where would I descriptive information about "CDC Ethernet"?
The usual plac
On 10/14/2021 01:54 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Mi, 13 oct 21, 13:18:07, Richard Owlett wrote:
What I see when Debian boots does not have any obvious conflict with what I
see. If the Linkzone is already plugged in when boot begins it appears to be
caught in a loop. As soon as the Linkzone is
On 10/13/2021 03:22 PM, Tixy wrote:
On Wed, 2021-10-13 at 10:16 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
It appears to me that netinst.iso assumes that there are *exactly* two
choices for internet connectivity:
an ethernet device
*OR*
WiFi
However, I use a USB device [ an
On 10/14/2021 09:26 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 09:15:07AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 10/13/2021 03:22 PM, Tixy wrote:
On Wed, 2021-10-13 at 10:16 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
It appears to me that netinst.iso assumes that there are *exactly* two
choices for
(*ROFL*) * 6.23 * 10**23
On 10/14/2021 11:34 AM, Curt wrote:
On 2021-10-14, Richard Owlett wrote:
Clarifying observed sequence of states/events:
1. Computer power off.
2. Alcatel Linkzone powered up and connected to cellular network.
I'm under the impression the Linkzone is int
On 10/14/2021 09:40 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 10/14/2021 09:26 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 09:15:07AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 10/13/2021 03:22 PM, Tixy wrote:
On Wed, 2021-10-13 at 10:16 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
It appears to me that netinst.iso
On 10/13/2021 10:16 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
It appears to me that netinst.iso assumes that there are *exactly* two
choices for internet connectivity:
an ethernet device
*OR*
WiFi
However, I use a USB device [ an Alcatel Linkzone from T-Mobile ]
The installer is
I routinely place /home on its own partition.
Its structure resembles:
/home/richard
├── Desktop
├── Documents
├── Downloads
├── Notebooks
└── Pictures
My questions:
1. Can I have /home/richard/Downloads bed on its own partition?
2. How could I have found the answer?
TIA
On 10/16/2021 06:01 AM, Linux-Fan wrote:
Richard Owlett writes:
I routinely place /home on its own partition.
Its structure resembles:
/home/richard
├── Desktop
├── Documents
├── Downloads
├── Notebooks
└── Pictures
My questions:
1. Can I have /home/richard/Downloads be on its own partition
On 10/16/2021 07:19 AM, Brian wrote:
On Sat 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27:49 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 10/16/2021 06:01 AM, Linux-Fan wrote:
Richard Owlett writes:
I routinely place /home on its own partition.
Its structure resembles:
/home/richard
├── Desktop
├── Documents
├── Downloads
On 10/16/2021 08:13 AM, Brian wrote:
On Sat 16 Oct 2021 at 07:42:39 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 10/16/2021 07:19 AM, Brian wrote:
On Sat 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27:49 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 10/16/2021 06:01 AM, Linux-Fan wrote:
Richard Owlett writes:
I routinely place /home on its
On 11/21/2021 05:54 AM, Hans wrote:
[snip]
I can send the app wherever you want to (attaching it here, does not allow to
send the mail strangely), so everyone can take a look. This app is available
in the web, but a little bit hidden, if you do not know its exactly name.
And the name of this
On 11/21/2021 06:45 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
[snip]
(What is an "if-module", btw ?
Google does not give me proposals which look like radio enthusiasm.)
I read that as "Intermediate frequency".
q.v. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_frequency
I have a machine set aside for experimenting with different
configurations of Debian. The default Grub2 menu will display OS(with
version) and partition designation in /dev/sdXY format.
I give all partitions descriptive labels.
I want the Grub menu to display OS and the partition label.
I want
*note* No need for CC: I'm subscribed
On 12/08/2021 08:29 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
I have a machine set aside for experimenting with different configurations
of Debian. The default Grub2 menu will display OS(with version) and
partition designation in /dev/sdXY forma
On 12/08/2021 06:33 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
I have a machine set aside for experimenting with different
configurations of Debian. The default Grub2 menu will display OS(with
version) and partition designation in /dev/sdXY format.
I give all partitions descriptive labels.
I want the Grub
I have two machines using MATE desktop:
A. Primary is Debian 9.13
B. Secondary machine which will become current
1. Debian 10.7
2. Debian 11.1
Chronology
I looked through the repository for Bible study tools with KJV with
Strong's Concordance and GUI. Multiple commentaries preferr
On 12/13/2021 09:09 AM, Kent West wrote:
On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 8:57 AM Richard Owlett wrote:
[snip]
I installed both programs to the Debian 11 partition of my secondary
machine. I ran into two problems.
1. In Xiphos, [snip]
2. Bible Time has Help options available via F1, F2, and F3. All
On 12/13/2021 01:43 PM, Erwan David wrote:
Le 13/12/2021 à 19:18, Richard Owlett a écrit :
[SNIP]
apt-file search bibletime show that package bibletime-data contains a
handbook and howto subdirectory in
/usr/share/doc/bibletime-data
NOT TRUE when running Debian 11 in southwest Missouri USA
On 12/13/2021 08:10 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Richard Owlett composed on 2021-12-13 12:18 (UTC-0600):
I reinstalled bibletime and xiphos.
Using bibletime I installed Bible, concordance, etc.
F1 and F2 do NOT display the appropriate help files
On 12/18/2021 04:05 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Ma, 14 dec 21, 04:20:00, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 12/13/2021 08:10 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Richard Owlett composed on 2021-12-13 12:18 (UTC-0600):
I reinstalled bibletime and xiphos.
Using bibletime I installed Bible, concordance, etc.
F1 and
On 12/18/2021 08:55 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Sb, 18 dec 21, 07:00:56, Richard Owlett wrote:
Please demonstrate this by showing us the actual run of apt-file as well
as the output of
dpkg -L bibletime-data
At ~100 kB and > 1300 lines, too big for a news group. Also I'm up
How does Debian repository distribute load during peaks?
Where/how is this documented?
Consider the case when many users may specify the same URL in
sources.list . If they all try to install packages at the same time
there could be problems. How does a particular user know which physical
serve
On 12/26/2021 08:22 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 08:15:54AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
How does Debian repository distribute load during peaks?
Where/how is this documented?
Consider the case when many users may specify the same URL in sources.list .
If they all try
I use MATE and thus use Atril as viewer.
Typically I have no need to modify PDF documents.
I received a reading a long reading list which needs to be rotated left
to be read. Atril rotates it but does not save it as rotated.
What's the simplest tool to permanently rotate that specific document?
On 01/11/2022 09:27 AM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
On 11.01.2022 19:37, Richard Owlett wrote:
I use MATE and thus use Atril as viewer.
Typically I have no need to modify PDF documents.
I received a reading a long reading list which needs to be rotated
left to be read. Atril rotates it but
On 03/08/2021 10:18 AM, songbird wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
...
before chasing down this rabbit hole, see if there is an
upgrade for your current kernel on the debian backports
site (for your processor and distribution type). i just
had an issue with a new device not being recognized and
On 03/08/2021 10:18 AM, songbird wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
...
before chasing down this rabbit hole, see if there is an
upgrade for your current kernel on the debian backports
site (for your processor and distribution type). i just
had an issue with a new device not being recognized and
On 03/09/2021 07:00 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Ma, 09 mar 21, 06:32:33, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 03/08/2021 10:18 AM, songbird wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
...
before chasing down this rabbit hole, see if there is an
upgrade for your current kernel on the debian backports
site (for your
On 03/10/2021 03:45 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Ma, 09 mar 21, 14:35:54, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 03/09/2021 07:00 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Ma, 09 mar 21, 06:32:33, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 03/08/2021 10:18 AM, songbird wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
...
before chasing down this rabbit
On 03/09/2021 06:00 PM, Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote:
> How much ram do you have?
> If it is 4Gb or less you should probably use i386 instead of the
amd64 version of Debian.
Yes, I was reading the amd64 version because I was also
attempting to install Debian on a 4GB and Intel Core 2 Duo vPro
d
On 03/10/2021 07:07 AM, songbird wrote:
Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote:
...
While I was making my research before installing Debian
I saw that the filesystem hierarchy is not so friendly
(I'm new to GNU/Linux operating systems).
I saw there was a distribution called GoboLinux which
addressed that inc
On 03/10/2021 07:29 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Mi, 10 mar 21, 04:26:06, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 03/10/2021 03:45 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
The boot process has three major stages.
1. POST: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-on_self-test
2. Bootloader (grub, etc.)
3. Operating System (in
On 03/10/2021 09:06 AM, songbird wrote:
Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote:
...
[snip]
my preference with that little memory would be to install a
lightweight desktop (i use MATE and that works fine for my
purposes).
I originally used Gnome2 because it was available and tolerated/assumed
my WinX
On 03/10/2021 09:01 AM, songbird wrote:
Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote:
...
Well, yes, as I said, my problem is quite trivial.
I was just thinking it could be a little improvement.
understand the complexity involved of managing 51,000
packages already established procedures and tools set up
to w
I've been use MATE almost since it came out.
IIRC I used to use a series of mouse clicks to determine the file name
{including path} of the current icon.
On my current systems {one Stretch, one Buster} if I:
1. right click on the Launcher
2. select properties
3. left click on the current ico
This is essentially a reading list request.
I have never administered a LAN and believe in "learning by doing".
I have two laptops with clean installs of Buster. During installation
server software was installed on *ONE* of them. Communication will be
via WiFi. The MATE panel's network connectio
On 03/24/2021 11:37 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 10:34:53AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
This is essentially a reading list request.
I have never administered a LAN and believe in "learning by doing".
I have two laptops with clean installs of Buster. During in
On 03/24/2021 10:40 AM, Reco wrote:
Hi.
On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 10:34:53AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
I have two laptops with clean installs of Buster. During installation
server software was installed on *ONE* of them. Communication will be
via WiFi. Any specific suggestions for
On 03/24/2021 10:57 AM, Charles Curley wrote:
On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:34:53 -0500
Richard Owlett wrote:
I have never administered a LAN and believe in "learning by doing".
You will. :-)
I have two laptops with clean installs of Buster. During installation
server software was in
On 03/24/2021 12:22 PM, Reco wrote:
On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 12:15:34PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 03/24/2021 10:40 AM, Reco wrote:
On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 10:34:53AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
I have two laptops with clean installs of Buster. During installation
server software was
On 03/24/2021 07:43 PM, IL Ka wrote:
learning by doing
Theory and practice are both important. It is crucial to understand how
IP networks work, so I'd start with book like "TCP/IP Network
Administration"
That book is not available at the local library but some chapters are on
the inter
On 03/24/2021 09:10 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote:
On 3/24/21 2:14 PM, Dominic Knight wrote:
On Tue, 2021-03-23 at 09:26 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
I've been use MATE almost since it came out.
IIRC I used to use a series of mouse clicks to determine the file
name
{including path} of the cu
On 03/25/2021 06:37 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 05:56:02AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 03/24/2021 07:43 PM, IL Ka wrote:
learning by doing
Theory and practice are both important. It is crucial to
understand how IP networks work, so I'd start with book
like
On 03/25/2021 04:15 AM, songbird wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
This is essentially a reading list request.
I have never administered a LAN and believe in "learning by doing".
I have two laptops with clean installs of Buster. During installation
server software was installed on *ON
On 03/25/2021 07:09 AM, IL Ka wrote:
> I have no router and the installer never prompted for an IP address.
Two wireless stations could be connected using Ad-Hoc mode (so called
iBSS) or using Access Point (BSS mode).
If you do not have access point, you can try to configure Ad-Hoc:
https://w
On 03/25/2021 07:35 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
Richard Owlett composed on 2021-03-25 05:56 (UTC-0500):
In my original post I asked:
What internet search terms will lead to productive results?
A private reply suggested:
https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=home%20lan%20setup%20wireless
On 03/25/2021 08:06 PM, Peter Ehlert wrote:
On 3/23/21 7:26 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
I've been use MATE almost since it came out.
IIRC I used to use a series of mouse clicks to determine the file name
{including path} of the current icon.
On my current systems {one Stretch, one Buste
On 03/30/2021 09:11 AM, David Wright wrote:
On Thu 25 Mar 2021 at 17:02:36 (+), Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
You still have he magic Mifi hotspot from T-Mobile that you were connecting
to via USB. That may well have DHCP and DNS functionality built in - assuming
you have wifi drivers installed
On 03/30/2021 10:28 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
Richard,
So: You have two laptops. Both installed from the first DVD. Never connected
to the Internet.
Did you actually manage to install the firmware to make the WiFi cards work?
Yes ;>
One was old enough that the installer had the correct dri
I've seen a reference to using the ISO file of DVDnn in a sources.list .
I remember that it gets identified as being ISO9660 and labeled as
trusted, But I can't find a detailed example. All I find are references
to unpacking the iso to a directory which is then loop mounted. That's
not what I'm
On 05/12/2021 02:44 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 02:05:59PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
I've seen a reference to using the ISO file of DVDnn in a sources.list .
I remember that it gets identified as being ISO9660 and labeled as
trusted, But I can't find
On 05/12/2021 03:06 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote:
On Wed, 12 May, 2021 at 14:05:59 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
I've seen a reference to using the ISO file of DVDnn in a sources.list .
I remember that it gets identified as being ISO9660 and labeled as trusted,
But I can't find a detail
On 05/13/2021 05:42 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
Hi,
tomas wrote:
[1] https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList#CD-ROM
Richard Owlett wrote:
But I have an iso file on a disk drive -- be it internal HDD or a USB flash
drive.
tomas wrote:
And now this is for you:
"You can use -d fo
On 05/13/2021 08:32 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 06:42:57AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
[...]
Somebody has written on the general topic but what I had seen was
not in the debian.org hierarchy. What I had seen accommodated
multiple ISO9660 DVD images in a single
On 05/12/2021 02:05 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
I've seen a reference to using the ISO file of DVDnn in a sources.list .
I remember that it gets identified as being ISO9660 and labeled as
trusted, But I can't find a detailed example. All I find are references
to unpacking the iso to a
I have disabled auto-mounting of removable media on my Stretch install
with MATE.
I wish to do the same with my new Buster machine.
I've forgotten how and Google etc gives plethora of irrelevant hits.
Help please.
TIA
On 05/15/2021 07:18 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
Hi,
Richard Owlett wrote:
I don't grok loop devices. [...]
Also the article I read evidently took advantage of "mount" being able to
loop mount without the loop option being explicitly referenced.
Yes. mount is smart enough t
On 05/15/2021 11:52 AM, davidson wrote:
On Sat, 15 May 2021 Richard Owlett wrote:
I have disabled auto-mounting of removable media on my Stretch
install with MATE.
Here was Brian's advice for doing this on jessie with MATE:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/09/msg01077
On 05/16/2021 06:09 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 05/15/2021 11:52 AM, davidson wrote:
[snip]
For me, the first hit on duckduckgo.com with search terms
automount "Richard Owlett" site:lists.debian.org
was your reply to that message.
I've never thought to use *my name* as
On 05/16/2021 07:47 AM, Joe wrote:
On Sun, 16 May 2021 06:09:17 -0500
Richard Owlett wrote:
I've never thought to use *my name* as a keyword when looking for
resolved issues.
It's worth doing that at least once or twice a year to keep an eye on
what Google knows about you, o
On 05/16/2021 12:42 PM, Michael Stone wrote:
On Sat, May 15, 2021 at 11:32:31PM +0300, IL Ka wrote:
As noted, is there a minimum bs size for dd?
It seems that you can set bs as small as 1.
512 is the default because of HDD block size which used to be 512
bytes for
more than 30 years (bef
On 05/16/2021 12:18 PM, Tixy wrote:
On Sun, 2021-05-16 at 06:09 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 05/15/2021 11:52 AM, davidson wrote:
On Sat, 15 May 2021 Richard Owlett wrote
[...]
I wish to do the same with my new Buster machine.
I've forgotten how and Google etc gives pletho
Some mailing list save posts in mbox format.
Is there any way to download specific threads from
lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format?
On 05/17/2021 03:00 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
... (this is from the info page, which sometimes is more complete than the man
page):
My web search turned up only compliments for info pages.
NOTHING on where to find :{
Help please.
On 05/17/2021 08:03 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 07:56:45AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 05/17/2021 03:00 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
... (this is from the info page, which sometimes is more complete than the man
page):
My web search turned up only compliments for
On 05/17/2021 08:21 AM, IL Ka wrote:
I got the impression from the search hits I got info pages were
available on the web complete with useful hyperlinks.
In a terminal "info dd" gives an annoying blob of text. Due to visual
limits I *MUCH* prefer HTML for large amounts of information.
All gn
On 05/17/2021 08:50 AM, Brian wrote:
On Mon 17 May 2021 at 04:58:42 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
Some mailing list save posts in mbox format.
Is there any way to download specific threads from
lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format?
No.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/02
On 05/18/2021 03:55 PM, Siard wrote:
I wrote:
You can simply download Seamonkey deb's from here:
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/
Correction: those are .tar.bz2 packages.
Getting older. Age takes its toll, I guess.
I've been getting SeaMonkey from there since days of Squeez
On 05/19/2021 06:09 PM, Siard wrote:
Bob Bernstein:
Richard Owlett:
I've been getting SeaMonkey from there since days of Squeeze
[now running Buster] without any problems.
Yes. They don't distribute debs, but they do distribute binary
versions with install procedures.
Not sure whi
As a two finger typist I wish continuous speech recognition for note
taking and composing emails. Unfortunately, the only end user speech
recognition in Debian is Pocketsphinx which is command and control oriented.
When I asked on debian-accessibility, I was pointed to Mozilla
Deepspeech. Revi
A couple of months ago there was a discussion of practical problems with
adding examples to all man pages.
Someone pointed to a website of examples indexed by man page name.
Unfortunately I didn't bookmark it and my attempts to do a web search
failed.
Does anyone recall the URL?
TIA
On 05/29/2021 10:57 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 08:41:02AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
A couple of months ago there was a discussion of practical problems with
adding examples to all man pages.
Someone pointed to a website of examples indexed by man page name
On 05/29/2021 11:47 AM, Marco Möller wrote:
On 29.05.21 15:41, Richard Owlett wrote:
A couple of months ago there was a discussion of practical problems
with adding examples to all man pages.
Someone pointed to a website of examples indexed by man page name.
Unfortunately I didn't boo
On 05/29/2021 12:55 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote:
This may not be exactly what you're thinking of, but I saw this
referenced on Reddit recently:
curl cheat.sh/
I just did it for 'curl cheat.sh/cp' which gives some examples including
from tldr.
- Nate
I'll have to reconfigure something on
On 05/29/2021 03:20 PM, Jeremy Nicoll wrote:
On Sat, 29 May 2021, at 21:03, Richard Owlett wrote:
The man page is, putting *mildly*, overwhelming. Is there a recommended
introduction to curl.
curl is a big subject. While it's very useful to people who write scripts etc,
on many plat
On 05/30/2021 03:02 PM, Curt wrote:
On 2021-05-29, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'll have to reconfigure something on my system. Executing 'curl
cheat.sh/cp' resulted in light grey text on white background ;/
'\?T' for text only, no ANSI sequences
curl cht.sh/c
The MATE terminal "Help"(sic) claims VT102 emulation but does not say
how to obtain it.
IIRC the VT100 series were *physically* a B&W display.
Web search gives no useful information.
Help please.
TIA
On 05/31/2021 08:49 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 07:30:42PM -0400, songbird wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
The MATE terminal "Help"(sic) claims VT102 emulation but does not say
how to obtain it.
i'd put in my .bashrc the line:
TERM="vt102"
On 06/11/2021 11:31 AM, Semih Ozlem wrote:
Hi everyone,
I am using 64bit with 4GiB system memory Intel COre i3-7100U @ 2.40 GHZ
machine. I installed debian on a usb (sandisk cruzer blade 2.0 32 GB). I
created a single partition.
At the moment the system does not boot. From the installation medi
On 06/13/2021 05:23 PM, deloptes wrote:
Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
So if you read back my message.
I boot using a rescue system over the network.
I do my partition.
I make the filesystem.
I mount.
I use debootstrap.
And after I need to configure boot, this is where it blocks.
Got i
On 06/13/2021 04:36 PM, The Wanderer wrote:
On 2021-06-13 at 17:30, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
...
Regarding the asterisks, I used them in many text to make emphasis,
including in some text that go out in printed form. Started doing so
when I was still in university and transcribing
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