Re: Package management

2020-07-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 03 July 2020 16:59:25 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Jul 03, 2020 at 04:49:50PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > [...] > > > Interesting blog, but falls face first in its morning oatmeal > > because the local insulation is not perfect [...] nominally .0001 &g

potential iptables problem

2020-07-04 Thread Gene Heskett
an iptables rule in my war against the robots that were burning up my upload bandwidth. How do I go about determiniing that KCKB's ip address? Or, how is that determined? Thanks. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury

Re: potential iptables problem

2020-07-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 04 July 2020 09:20:11 Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetimgs all; > > Does anyone know how to relate a noaa call sign into an ip address? > > I use the gkrellm weather pluggin to get me an uptodate weather report > from the nearby airports call sign, but this has to be

Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed

2020-07-07 Thread Gene Heskett
that they've gone to the dark side and are no longer making that noise in hopes the black hats will be slowed in exploiting the newly found vulnerability. So we are left in the dark. 'scuse me? So we the users, are damned if we do, and damned if we don't. Cheers, Gene Heskett --

Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed

2020-07-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 07 July 2020 12:26:58 Peter Ehlert wrote: > On 7/7/20 9:02 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 07 July 2020 11:32:04 David Wright wrote: > >> On Tue 07 Jul 2020 at 10:06:08 (-0400), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > >>> On Tuesday, July 07, 2020 09:57:54 AM

Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed

2020-07-07 Thread Gene Heskett
Backports is for. And the 'deb' line in sources.list for stretches backports is? Thanks John. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect

Whats chances of getting libTLSv1.3 for stretch

2020-07-08 Thread Gene Heskett
ly O2 breathing user here, so I do eventually get it to work, as me, which is all it has to do, but I don't appreciate the PITA the battle is with systemd to do what s/b normal housekeeping. So the 2nd question is how can this be fixed? Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes

Re: Whats chances of getting libTLSv1.3 for stretch

2020-07-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 08 July 2020 07:54:33 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 05:12:20AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > As a 2 decade user of fetchmail/procmail combo, I just updated to > > stretch backports, but did not get a TLSv1.3, so when I configure > > the newest f

Re: any gui for lm-sensors?

2020-07-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 08 July 2020 22:52:22 Long Wind wrote: > i want a small app that show cpu temperaturewhich package shall i > install?Thanks! gkrellm and helpers. Small, still shows everything. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot

Re: Whats chances of getting libTLSv1.3 for stretch

2020-07-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 09 July 2020 04:14:14 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 08 iul 20, 05:12:20, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Also, I've not a clue how to generate the systemd-service file that > > systemd seems to be demanding and that so far I have had to rebuild > > fetchmail from s

Re: Whats chances of getting libTLSv1.3 for stretch

2020-07-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 09 July 2020 04:38:14 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 08 iul 20, 09:36:25, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 08 July 2020 07:54:33 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 05:12:20AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > As a 2 decade user of fe

Re: Whats chances of getting libTLSv1.3 for stretch

2020-07-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 09 July 2020 05:47:15 Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 11:38:14AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Mi, 08 iul 20, 09:36:25, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > And I note that procmail is being bad-mouthed, but its been doing > > > exactly what I

Re: Whats chances of getting libTLSv1.3 for stretch

2020-07-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 09 July 2020 08:51:51 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 08:21:40AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > [...] > > > > All that said, we won't hold the stone age against ya ;) > > > > Guilty re the stone age. What I have has been working

Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-19 Thread Gene Heskett
odate. What can I do? Backports doesn't seem to be enabled. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 July 2020 08:15:51 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 08:00:17AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > That also fails, looking for Wx. > > apt-get install libwx-perl > > Reco gene@coyote:~/Downloads/stl.stf/files$ sudo apt-get install libwx-pe

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 July 2020 09:56:10 Reco wrote: > On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 09:45:41AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Looks like my apt/sources.d is not uptodate? > > Looks like it is. Because [1] shows libwx-perl, and it's a real > package. > > Reco > > [1] https:

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 July 2020 09:56:10 Reco wrote: > On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 09:45:41AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Looks like my apt/sources.d is not uptodate? > > Looks like it is. Because [1] shows libwx-perl, and it's a real > package. > > Reco > > [1] https:

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 July 2020 10:32:12 Reco wrote: > On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 10:28:08AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Whats my sources.list suposed to look like? > > One of the possible ways of doing it: > > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contri

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 July 2020 12:00:28 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 19 iul 20, 11:55:05, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 19 July 2020 09:56:10 Reco wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 09:45:41AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > Looks like my apt/sources.d is not up

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 July 2020 12:32:40 Reco wrote: > On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 12:19:02PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 19 July 2020 10:32:12 Reco wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 10:28:08AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > Whats my sources.list suposed to

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 July 2020 13:14:32 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 19 iul 20, 13:05:55, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Now apt-get is bitching because it thinks I'm asking for version > > 3.0.3 but only 3.0.4 stuff is available: > > > > The following packages have unmet depen

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 July 2020 13:18:16 Reco wrote: > On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 01:05:55PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Now apt-get is bitching because it thinks I'm asking for version > > 3.0.3 but only 3.0.4 stuff is available: > > > > The following packages have u

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 July 2020 13:24:14 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 19 iul 20, 20:18:16, Reco wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 01:05:55PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Now apt-get is bitching because it thinks I'm asking for version > > > 3.0.3 but only 3.0.4 stu

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 July 2020 13:38:22 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 19 iul 20, 12:47:45, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Did that Andrei, updated apt-get, apt-get now gives a reason. > > Depends on 2 more packages, but adding them to the apt-get install > > line gets this: > > I

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 July 2020 14:27:24 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sunday, July 19, 2020 01:05:55 PM Gene Heskett wrote: > > Now apt-get is bitching because it thinks I'm asking for version > > 3.0.3 but only 3.0.4 stuff is available: > > > > The following

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 July 2020 14:28:45 Reco wrote: > On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 02:20:13PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 19 July 2020 13:18:16 Reco wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 01:05:55PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > Now apt-get is bitching because it

Re: Final CDs being written for Stretch - 9.13 release - prior to LTS

2020-07-19 Thread Gene Heskett
f the pi4, a usb driven u-sd card writer. > I always found optical media very unappealing, even back when its > capacity and price were strongly in its favor. Nowadays, I'm having > a hard time imagining a circumstance when it would be a good choice. > > > Stefan

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 July 2020 00:49:48 David Wright wrote: > On Sun 19 Jul 2020 at 11:55:05 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 19 July 2020 09:56:10 Reco wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 09:45:41AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > Looks like my

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 July 2020 07:24:41 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > dpkg -l | grep '\http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-20 Thread Gene Heskett
4. But I don't have space close enough to the pi4 to put the printer within reach of it. I've 3 other machines, all running wheezy because thats the last RTAI kernel the linuxcnc folks have built, but wheezy of course is done, so if I want to put slic3r on one of those, I'll have

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 July 2020 10:59:59 David Wright wrote: > On Mon 20 Jul 2020 at 04:53:13 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 20 July 2020 00:49:48 David Wright wrote: > > > On Sun 19 Jul 2020 at 11:55:05 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > On Sunday 19

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 July 2020 11:41:04 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 11:37:53AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 20 July 2020 07:24:41 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > dpkg -l | grep '\ > > > 171 > > Why in the name of all that is unholy did

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 July 2020 13:01:17 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 20 iul 20, 12:24:35, Gene Heskett wrote: > > FWIW, it installs and runs fine on a pi4 running buster 10.4. But I > > don't have space close enough to the pi4 to put the printer within > > reach of it.

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 July 2020 13:48:12 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 01:38:46PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > These 4 pkgs have now been downgraded to oldstable. And now a launch > > of slic3r --gui yells about a missing Wx.pm. Not Wx3.pm, but Wx.pm. > > > &g

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 21 July 2020 02:43:52 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 20 iul 20, 13:52:38, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 20 July 2020 13:01:17 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Lu, 20 iul 20, 12:24:35, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > FWIW, it installs and runs fin

Re: Slic3r --gui won't run

2020-07-21 Thread Gene Heskett
r, has debian rather pointedly, indeed gone out of your way, to unsupport the rpi's? Thank you. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect

Re: SANE default scanner

2020-07-27 Thread Gene Heskett
ged into it and the aio has a local net address of ###.###.71.21 assigned and is pingable from anyplace on my local network. But the pi can only find it via the usb cable. [dll] sane_get_devices: found 1 devices device `net:##.##.71.3:brother4:bus4;dev2' is a Brother MFC-J6920DW US

Re: [OT] Remote SSH (dynamic IP) without third-party server

2020-08-01 Thread Gene Heskett
at $20 renewal at Namecheap. And it won't change unless shentel changes how they do dhcp between my router and their servers The secret for me? I've cloned the same MAC into both routers, normal and a cold backup, so they are 100% interchangeable. Both routers are running dd-wrt, a

Re: [OT] Remote SSH (dynamic IP) without third-party server

2020-08-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 02 August 2020 16:05:07 David Wright wrote: > On Sun 02 Aug 2020 at 01:00:08 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 01 August 2020 23:52:51 David Wright wrote: > > > Currently, my IP address has been stable since I switched on the > > > modem (which ru

PATH question

2020-08-04 Thread Gene Heskett
? Closing all konsole sessions on this workspace and opening fresh konsole's is not bringing that path into effect. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Autho

Re: PATH question

2020-08-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 04 August 2020 12:34:21 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 12:25:11PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I just created a /home/me/AppImage directory, moved some appimages > > into it, and added another stanza to add that to my .profile. Do I > > have to lo

Re: [OT] Remote SSH (dynamic IP) without third-party server

2020-08-04 Thread Gene Heskett
n workspace, all of which belongs to me. I've found I can set the $PATH, then export it, and it works for that shell only. I want it applied to every shell open in my username. Thanks Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jur

Re: PATH question

2020-08-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 04 August 2020 14:57:49 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 02:49:00PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > If so, are you logging in via sddm, > > > which is what KDE on Debian normally uses? > > > > probably not, but I'm talking

Re: PATH question

2020-08-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 04 August 2020 15:46:05 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 04 August 2020 14:57:49 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 02:49:00PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > If so, are you logging in via sddm, > > > > which is what KDE on Debian no

Re: right after installation errors reported during booting (dmesg) ...

2020-08-22 Thread Gene Heskett
now bash could do, are both efficient and child's play for Jon. Like me, he's been at it for a long time, and growing less active on the amanda list. Me, I make noise just to let folks know the old fart is still around, or when I need help. My next b-day in about 6 weeks, will be my 86th

stretch vs iptables auto-start

2020-08-23 Thread Gene Heskett
stuff gets started during a reboot or restart of X? Stuff that s/b running regardless of any X restarts until the next full reboot? Stretch, uptodate plus tde here. Thanks. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Pleas

Re: USB Host-Host cables

2018-06-21 Thread Gene Heskett
t role and many others too. > > Except that it sucks for toast. :D it also sucks at annealing brass, despite playing with the thermostat calibrations, about 475F is as hot as it will get. Brass will anneal at 475F but it takes about a 24 hour soak. I needed 800F and half an hour. -- Cheers,

Re: USB Host-Host cables

2018-06-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 21 June 2018 11:40:07 Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 21/06/18 01:32 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 20 June 2018 23:15:18 Michael Stone wrote: > >> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 08:57:14PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > >>> That's why we bought a toaste

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Question to rsync

2018-06-22 Thread Gene Heskett
ommand: > > CWrsync -az -e ssh --delete ~ftp/pub/samba nimbus:"~ftp/pub/tridge" > > This is launched from cron every few hours." > > For education, I started skimming the man page trying to find out what > the "CW" is -- I haven't found anything so far

Re: Kernel Live Patching

2018-06-28 Thread Gene Heskett
mind, but they aren't free. Even the QNX microkernel has a dead time of 15 or 20 seconds for a full reload of everything else. I think the applicable keyword here is TANSTAAFL. Its a universal law, and there are no shortcuts around it. IOW, if you think the lunch is free, check the price of the

Re: Claws-mail - which plugin for html mails?

2018-06-29 Thread Gene Heskett
thing the legal folks are getting out of such a message, is a paycheck that is a drain on your resources, there has not been a court rendering anyplace on the planet that I'm aware of ordering the reader of such a message to pay damages. /rant off -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are

Re: Claws-mail - which plugin for html mails?

2018-06-29 Thread Gene Heskett
ted to a charity will do more good. > > Cheers > [1] that one I don't have :-) > -- tomás I don't consider this postage stamp of yellow clay a farm. But its been paid off for 20+ years now. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

Re: Problems installing MariaDB

2018-06-29 Thread Gene Heskett
password. > > >I'm using Debian 9 with MATE. > >I don't find anything related on the Applications nor System menus. > >Help please. This is a far better manpage than the manpage for debconf, which could serve as a model for a sparse manpage. I've read that one s

Re: Claws-mail - which plugin for html mails?

2018-06-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 29 June 2018 10:21:18 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 10:13:08AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > [farm] > > > I don't consider this postage stamp of yellow clay a farm. But its > > been paid off for 20+ years now. > > Hey, at least a

Re: LibreOffice Templates are gone

2018-07-01 Thread Gene Heskett
opy your usefull things to the newer one. One of the reasons my email corpus is so big, some folders go back to 2002. > > Hope this helps. > > > > Best regards > > > > Hans > > Thanks in advance -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

Re: LibreOffice Templates are gone

2018-07-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 01 July 2018 11:09:24 Curt wrote: > On 2018-07-01, Gene Heskett wrote: > > This is also a strong recommendation to use a new drive whenever > > upgrading your distro of choice, you can always mount the old drive > > and copy your usefull things to the newer one

Re: Strange LAN IP Address.

2018-07-02 Thread Gene Heskett
ly if the problem continues after that router has been reflashed with dd-wrt. Most routers have an NSA backdoor that something or somebody found. dd-wrt is not such a critter. In 15 years of running it, no one has come thru it that I didn't give credentials to do so. That I think, speaks

next LTS version?

2018-07-03 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; Since wheezy is pretty much EOL even for security stuffs, whats the next version that will be LTS? As a linuxcnc fan, I'd like to know what I have to build a rt, or rtai-kernel on. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: so

Re: next LTS version?

2018-07-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 03 July 2018 17:56:23 Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 05:52:13PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > Since wheezy is pretty much EOL even for security stuffs, whats the > > next version that will be LTS? > > > &

Re: next LTS version?

2018-07-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 04 July 2018 04:50:43 didier gaumet wrote: > Le 03/07/2018 à 23:52, Gene Heskett a écrit : > > Greetings all; > > > > Since wheezy is pretty much EOL even for security stuffs, whats the > > next version that will be LTS? > > From what I gather: *al

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

2018-07-10 Thread Gene Heskett
of the usb plug within the housing precludes access with a recommended maximum usb cable length of 5 feet, unless you put a hub within 15 inches or so of the MFC, the rest of the cable is in the machine, useing up the majority of the cables max length in the circuitous path inside the machine. Would I buy another Brother? Yes. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

Re: VPN suggestions?

2018-07-10 Thread Gene Heskett
cades, surviving a 100+ mph blow that took down 4, 30 yo 40+ ft pine trees, part of this houses roof, and about 70 feet of privacy fence. And it still works. Thats how I do it. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

Re: Thunderbird always launching 2 copies.

2018-07-14 Thread Gene Heskett
ossibly not a bug, does it happen with any other app? If so, its a sign the mouse may be dying due to a bad solder joint under a switch. Try a new mouse? -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that ord

Re: If not "newbie" then ????

2018-07-21 Thread Gene Heskett
ful posts from this group. I've been > trying to figure out how to organize it in order to create a QWSBFA > rather than a FAQ. QWSBFA=="Questions Which Should Be Frequently > Asked" ;/ That sounds like a heck of a usefull project. > OWL ducks fer cover ;} If you find a goo

Re: If not "newbie" then ????

2018-07-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 21 July 2018 18:01:07 cyaiplexys wrote: > On 07/21/2018 12:20 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 21 July 2018 11:42:31 Richard Owlett wrote: > >> When I'm "ignorant" and know it, I refer to myself as a "newbie". > >> M

Re: If not "newbie" then ???

2018-07-22 Thread Gene Heskett
t use more than 3. > On 07/21/2018 09:43 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 21 July 2018 18:01:07 cyaiplexys wrote: > >> On 07/21/2018 12:20 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> On Saturday 21 July 2018 11:42:31 Richard Owlett wrote: > >>>> When I'm

Re: trusting .deb packages

2018-07-24 Thread Gene Heskett
27;s always been something shady about Mega that I can't put my > finger on. Yeah, I looked at the site once 3 years or so back, and found its thirst for personal info plumb scary. Haven't looked since. > Granted, these aren't the strongest reasons, but for me they are > strong

Re: GarminExpress possible on Debian with WINE?

2018-07-25 Thread Gene Heskett
he same protocol, but I might see if I can capture the data file after I've paid for it, and use dfu to put it on mine, which is now something like 10+ years out of date. I'd start by seeing if dfu recognizes the garmin. But I don't have any great urgency, the wife is about to the finish line with COPD, so we aren't going anyplace far enough away to need it. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo

2018-08-07 Thread Gene Heskett
a 3rd password phrase of 60 or more chars (with no objections to a word separating space here and there) to become active seems like a good thing for security. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in

Re: What time is it, really?

2018-08-09 Thread Gene Heskett
correct. The hdwe clock is set as part of the shutdown, so if you don't run 24/7, you don't start from square one the next time you powerup. And its so little cpu load you may not even find it with some of the monitoring facilities. Here, sorted on cpu usage, its about the 20th down t

Re: What time is it, really?

2018-08-09 Thread Gene Heskett
his machines rebroadcast, see the man pages about how to do that. So I supposedly have only one actual query going out to the network time servers despite there being 7 to 8 machines on my local network, so that 6 or 7 machines that are not banging on the level 2 servers. Thats simply being a good

Re: OT: What time is it, really?

2018-08-09 Thread Gene Heskett
ntp.conf, put your server in their place, and uncomment the last 2 lines to enable the secondary machines to listen to the broadcasts on your subnet of xx.yy.zz.255 That way they listen to .255 to stay current, and use the server entry when they boot. Piece of cake. > > Regards, --

Re: OT: What time is it, really?

2018-08-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 09 August 2018 12:26:24 Martin wrote: > Am 09.08.2018 um 18:15 schrieb Gene Heskett: > > On Thursday 09 August 2018 11:16:27 Martin wrote: > >> Am 09.08.2018 um 17:12 schrieb Nicolas George: > >>> Martin (2018-08-09): > >>>> First of:

Re: OT: What time is it, really?

2018-08-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 10 August 2018 05:54:22 Anders Andersson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 7:35 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Thursday 09 August 2018 12:26:24 Martin wrote: > >> Am 09.08.2018 um 18:15 schrieb Gene Heskett: > >> > On Thursday 09 August 2018 11:16:27 Marti

Re: mailing list vs "the futur"

2018-08-10 Thread Gene Heskett
Piotr And NNTP will never get there. Why? Its the most bandwidth hungry thing in an ISP's closet of tools. To fully support it needs 2000 times the bandwidth of an email server. And bandwidth like that to the backbone can bankrupt the ISP. Even web access to a forum wastes 90% of the ban

Re: What time is it, really?

2018-08-10 Thread Gene Heskett
use a Perl program to get the time. > >> > >> Interesting. I played around with a Wireless World design in the > >> early 70's (TTL) where the "Rugby" time code (the slow one) was > >> decoded in hardware. > >> > >> Currently we have a consumer radio clock which is a source of > >> mystery to me twice a year: the DST change occurs in the early > >> evening on Saturday instead of Sunday morning. In fact, it's about > >> the time that a UK clock would be changing if they moved on the > >> same weekend (which they typically don't). What does your > >> home-built clock reveal about the WWVB codes (assuming our clock is > >> receiving the same signal in KS)? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> David. > >> > >> > >> Hi David, > > > > I haven't tried chrony as I have renewed interest in completing the > > "network clock" project I started some time ago. There are far more > > interesting "home projects" than you can shake a stick at. I ran > > ntpdate once as root and it did correct the time. > > > > WWVB supposedly covers the continental US. but I am sure there are > > areas that don't get useful signal strength. The software for my > > clock is to the point of changing the signal time intervals into > > bits so the next step is doing something with the bits. > > Best regards, > > Fred -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

Re: Hrdware question

2018-08-11 Thread Gene Heskett
ought was a simple question, but Google has not been a > friend to me. What I found via that route was that the 6 SATA ports > are the same. Should the boot drive be plugged into SATA8G_1? > Or _0 if it exists. Check dmesg to see whats the first one found. > Thanks in advance. -- Chee

Re: mailing list is the future (corrected spelling mistakes)

2018-08-11 Thread Gene Heskett
e make of vacuum cleaner? :-) > > > > > > Check YouTube for "Hoover Board"... > > > Realy cool inventions! > > > > > > Let a car move like a Hooverboat! > > > > Um, any search results for that are likely to be spelling mistakes &

Re: How to exclude Some but not All dot files?

2018-08-16 Thread Gene Heskett
you. This worked like a charm and I didn't have to deal with > those warning messages in tar. Learned something new. :) Excludes in amanda, which uses tar, are anchored to the directory they are in, so the exludes file looks like: ./name ./.name should also work for the "dot" f

Re: Wanted - Debian(preferred)/Linux handheld

2018-08-16 Thread Gene Heskett
ck-n-mortar. > P.S. that eliminates Amazon & Ebay > I want to stay away from the POTUS debacle "du jour". (POTUS==PITA)? > > Who? ME? OPINIONATED? Get in line Richard. ;0) > P.S. I wish my initial posts be taken literally. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

Re: Request for information

2018-08-16 Thread Gene Heskett
ny capacity except as a happy user. Someone who is an actual member of the organization will probably clarify it further, but I didn't want you to think you are being ignored. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo

Re: Request for information

2018-08-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 16 August 2018 18:46:26 Brian wrote: > On Thu 16 Aug 2018 at 18:36:52 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > [Almost everything snipped - for obvious reasons.] > > > Someone who is an actual member of the organization will probably > > clarify it further, but I didn

Re: Request for information

2018-08-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 17 August 2018 00:35:30 Dan Ritter wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 07:48:28PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Basicly, Brian, IMNSHO, the gpl is saying TANSTAAFL, a concept their > > MBA degree professors never explained. I'm afraid I have to chuckle > >

Re: Request for information

2018-08-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 17 August 2018 02:59:23 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 12:49:22AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 17 August 2018 00:35:30 Dan Ritter wrote: > > [...] > > > > But in this particular case, I think it was probably a spammer > >

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-17 Thread Gene Heskett
where the search for the given file is anchored just a plain filename is assumed to be someplace in the $PATH / means its in the root directory ./ means its in the current directory the shell is cd'd to ../ means its one directory level above the currently cd'd to directory -- Cheers, Gene

painted into a corner

2018-08-19 Thread Gene Heskett
hese mounts so I can maintain as much continuity as possible? Thanks all. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

Re: painted into a corner

2018-08-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 August 2018 17:15:43 Eike Lantzsch wrote: > On Sunday, August 19, 2018 10:37:05 PM -04 john doe wrote: > > On 8/19/2018 9:40 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Greetings all; > > > > > > I just installed stretch to a fresh 2T HD. letting it > &g

Re: painted into a corner

2018-08-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 August 2018 17:33:32 David Wright wrote: > On Sun 19 Aug 2018 at 15:40:55 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > I just installed stretch to a fresh 2T HD. letting it autopartition > > and format for separate /, swap, /var and /home parti

Re: painted into a corner

2018-08-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 August 2018 08:29:14 Eike Lantzsch wrote: > On Sunday, August 19, 2018 5:51:24 PM -04 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 19 August 2018 17:15:43 Eike Lantzsch wrote: > > > On Sunday, August 19, 2018 10:37:05 PM -04 john doe wrote: > > > > On 8/19/20

Re: painted into a corner

2018-08-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 August 2018 09:37:05 Michael Stone wrote: > On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 03:40:55PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > >I just installed stretch to a fresh 2T HD. letting it autopartition > > and format for separate /, swap, /var and /home partitions. But I > > didn't

Re: painted into a corner

2018-08-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 August 2018 11:13:08 Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:33:29AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > >sudo reboot doesn't unmount the system drive cleanly enough? Then I'd > >call it a bug. > > I'm sure you would. But for all of your wall-o

Re: painted into a corner

2018-08-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 August 2018 11:23:00 Andrew McGlashan wrote: > On 20/08/18 05:40, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Whats the recommended way to do these mounts so I can maintain as > > much continuity as possible? > > Those other areas, are they logical volumes perhaps? lvms. >

Re: painted into a corner

2018-08-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 August 2018 13:53:14 Brian wrote: > On Sun 19 Aug 2018 at 20:58:28 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 19 August 2018 17:33:32 David Wright wrote: > > [...] > > > > Can you not run your stretch installation then? In a new system, > > > I

Re: painted into a corner

2018-08-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 August 2018 19:51:36 Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 05:00:10PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 04:27:18PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > If you had read that wall of text, the error was that the new > > > version

Re: painted into a corner

2018-08-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 August 2018 20:08:11 David Wright wrote: > On Mon 20 Aug 2018 at 16:27:18 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 20 August 2018 11:13:08 Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:33:29AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > >sudo reboot do

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 21 August 2018 06:56:45 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2018-08-17 13:48:11 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 17 Aug 2018 at 07:31:34 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Friday 17 August 2018 05:29:07 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > On 2018-08-13 09:38:4

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 21 August 2018 11:06:31 David Wright wrote: > On Tue 21 Aug 2018 at 14:48:25 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 08:02:02AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > Odd, maybe apt does not look in $PATH? >

Re: painted into a corner

2018-08-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 21 August 2018 18:33:50 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 08/19/2018 12:40 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > I just installed stretch to a fresh 2T HD. letting it autopartition > > and format for separate /, swap, /var and /home partitions. But I

Re: painted into a corner

2018-08-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 21 August 2018 21:51:36 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 08/21/2018 05:29 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 21 August 2018 18:33:50 Jimmy Johnson wrote: > >> On 08/19/2018 12:40 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> Greetings all; > >>> > >>>

Re: painted into a corner

2018-08-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 21 August 2018 22:08:07 Felix Miata wrote: > Gene Heskett composed on 2018-08-21 20:29 (UTC-0400): > > it will not install grub on anything but /dev/sda. > > I've been scratching my head trying to remember the details of > bootloader installation in debian-insta

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