On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 11:58:09 -0500
Celejar wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 09:44:24 -0500
> "Paul M. Foster" wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > Thanks for the info. Mozilla Foundation is seriously annoying me
> > lately.
> >
> > Can anyone recommend another MUA which uses mbox format and is
> > relatively easy
On Thu, 6 Jan 2022 15:26:23 +
Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:19:27 +
> "Jeremy Nicoll" wrote:
>
> Hello Jeremy,
>
> >but other servers that use OAuth2 - notably Microsoft ones -
> >regularly revoke users' access tokens and the users currently have
> >to set those
>
> Not
On Sat, 15 Jan 2022 14:45:04 -0600
"c. marlow" wrote:
> Are there any LXDE users STILL out there?
>
> Today, I have been having this discussion on Debian's Reddit about
> LXDE and it's future.
>
> Even though LXDE is DEAD when it comes to development and adding new
> features, I just learned t
On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 16:39:22 +0100
Franco Martelli wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I posted a question on Debian User Forums [1]. What I need is to read
> my user mailbox (/var/mail/myuser) via a pop3 daemon, is it possible?
> How to accomplish this?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> [1] https://forums.debian.net/vi
On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:55:46 +0100
Franco Martelli wrote:
> On 26/01/22 at 03:39, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote:
> >
> > I use popa3d. It assumes email addresses of myuser@mydomain, with
> > the same email password as the user's password on the system. No
> > setup required. User billw on cliffo
On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 15:11:57 +0100
Christian Britz wrote:
> Inspired by my previous attempts to implent NFS on my Synology NAS, I
> am thinking about buying a mini server where I install Debian to
> serve as file share (SMB and NFS) and DLNA server.
>
> It should fully support Debian Stable, have
On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 16:42:14 -0500
Henning Follmann wrote:
>
> And we can do one better:
> the raspi compute module and the cm IO board.
> here you will get a PCIe socket which then can take up
> a SATA controller.
>
Can you recommend a tiny PCIe SATA controller to go in there, and
possibly a c
On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 21:39:02 +0100
dude wrote:
>
> International Space Station adopts Debian Linux, drops Windows & Red
> Hat into airlock X-D
>
> https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Open-Source-Insider/International-Space-Station-adopts-Debian-Linux-drops-Windows-Red-Hat-into-airlock
>
>
On Thu, 10 Mar 2022 22:06:34 +0100
Christian Britz wrote:
> Dear community,
>
> I am looking for recommendations for setting up a blog with nginx web
> server. What I have so far: nginx-light with static pages.
>
> What would I need to be able to host a blog? I search something as
> simple and
On Thu, 10 Mar 2022 22:14:18 +0100
Christian Britz wrote:
>
>
> On 2022-03-10 22:09 UTC+0100, Kevin Exton wrote:
> > You need a blogging CMS like WordPress, or alternatively some kind
> > of static site generator like GatsbyJS. Not sure what is or isn't
> > in the Debian repositories though...
Folks:
Situation: I have a 500G boot drive (root, swap, home) I'd like to copy
to a new 250G drive which must then also be bootable (yes, there's
enough room). This are EFI drives. I can use "dd", but I don't know
the proper parameters, and as I understand it, copying a 500G to a 250G
drive is Bad
On Mon, 9 May 2022 11:54:16 -0700
David Christensen wrote:
> On 5/8/22 18:54, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote:
> > Folks:
> >
> > Situation: I have a 500G boot drive (root, swap, home) I'd like to
> > copy to a new 250G drive which must then also be bootable (yes,
> > there's enough room). This ar
On Tue, 10 May 2022 07:28:02 +0200
DdB wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am 09.05.2022 um 20:54 schrieb David Christensen:
> > Resizing and moving a Debian instance from a 500 GB drive to a 250
> > GB drive requires a lot of expertise.
>
> I fully agree. And i am missing some information from the OP:
>
> Was t
On Tue, 10 May 2022 19:13:55 +0200
DdB wrote:
> Booting UEFI requires different things: (detailed descriptions on
> rodsbook site)
> Proper subdir/entry in ESP (could be reused from old disk)
> Proper entry in NVRAM (Can be read and changed with efibootmgr)
> If i were you, i would prepare for em
On Sun, 15 May 2022 10:08:57 -0400
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> I would like to have an email address that will be permanent, in
> that, for example, I can move it from provider to provider as I
> desire or need (if, for example, a provider goes out of business).
> (And that gets my email out of g
On Sun, 15 May 2022 18:25:50 +0100
Brian wrote:
>
> Keep the gmail address and just forward from there to an address
> ypu control.
>
If you know how to have gmail forward to some other address, I'd love
to know how. I could avoid having to fetch directly from Google.
Paul
--
Paul M. Foster
On Thu, 2 Jun 2022 13:59:45 -0400
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, June 02, 2022 11:13:14 AM nemo wrote:
> > Me too except today it doesn't seem to be working. must test but I
> > think I've been shut out, using Alpine with non-secure apps
> > switched on. fjd
>
> My gmail (normally deliv
Folks:
Back in the dark days of early Linux, before CUPS, we printed with
printers all the time. There was an infrastructure for doing this. Does
anyone remember how that worked? As in, what packages were needed, etc.?
Paul
--
Paul M. Foster
Personal Blog: http://noferblatz.com
Company Site: ht
Folks:
I'm running an Intel Core i3, model 10100. According to Intel's spec
sheet on their site, this CPU has VT-x (virtualization) support. From
what I've read, this shows up in "lscpu" as the "vmx" flag. When I run
lscpu on this chip, that flag doesn't show up. As a result, I can't run
any of th
On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 23:17:33 +0200
Nicolas George wrote:
> Have you checked if virtualization is disabled in the setup? IIRC many
> systems disable it by default because it is supposed to make rootkits
> more dangerous or something.
Can you clarify "in the setup"?
Paul
--
Paul M. Foster
Perso
On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 09:41:51 +1000
David wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 at 07:35, wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 23:17:33 +0200 Nicolas George
> > wrote:
>
> > > Have you checked if virtualization is disabled in the setup? IIRC
> > > many systems disable it by default because it is supposed to m
On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 09:41:51 +1000
David wrote:
> They're referring to the machine's hardware BIOS/UEFI configuration.
> The very first thing you can access when powering up the machine.
> Usually it offers: press some key to access some configuration menu.
> Where there's often a facility to ena
Folks:
I just installed Debian testing. I do PHP development. I host live
websites at /var/www/html and development sites at
/home/paulf/public_html. I have Apache configured so that
localhost/~paulf/ gets me to the sites at /home/paulf/public_html.
I have an index.html and a script to test PHP
On Wed, 14 Sep 2022 08:51:56 -0700
Paul Scott wrote:
> On 9/14/22 06:49, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote:
> > Folks:
> >
> > I just installed Debian testing. I do PHP development. I host live
> > websites at /var/www/html and development sites at
> > /home
Folks:
I have a Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi OS = Debian version 11.5) which
runs a backup daily via a file called /etc/cron.daily/backup. This file
generates copious output, which should get emailed to root. The backup
script ran this morning at 06:25, as predicted. I know this because it
created a
On Tue, 4 Oct 2022 08:21:20 -0600
Charles Curley wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Oct 2022 09:11:59 -0400
> wrote:
>
> > Can anyone give me a clue why the output of the script
> > would fail to generate an email for me?
>
> Do you have a mail transport agent (MTA) such as postfix or exim
> installed?
>
Ye
On Tue, 4 Oct 2022 15:25:29 +0100
debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote:
> > Folks:
> >
> > I have a Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi OS = Debian version 11.5) which
> > runs a backup daily via a file called /etc/cron.daily/backup. This
> > file generates copious output, which should get emailed to root. Th
Folks:
This has likely already been covered, but I don't know a way to search
the archives for it.
I'm interested in a desktop NAS with maybe 4 bays, which works with
Linux (and free software), isn't hugely expensive, and is *not* a PC
(you could do a NAS with a PC).
Any suggestions would be hel
On Thu, 13 Oct 2022 16:10:46 -0400
Dan Ritter wrote:
> pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote:
> > Folks:
> >
> > This has likely already been covered, but I don't know a way to
> > search the archives for it.
> >
> > I'm interested in a desktop NAS with maybe 4 bays, which works with
> > Linux (and fr
On Fri, 14 Oct 2022 04:43:59 +0800
Bret Busby wrote:
> On 14/10/22 04:10, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote:
> >> Folks:
> >>
> >> This has likely already been covered, but I don't know a way to
> >> search the archives for it.
> >>
> >> I'm interested in a desktop NAS with mayb
On Thu, 13 Oct 2022 18:38:54 -0400
Dan Ritter wrote:
> pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 Oct 2022 16:10:46 -0400
> > Dan Ritter wrote:
> >
> > > pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote:
> > > > Folks:
> > > >
> > > > This has likely already been covered, but I don't know a way to
> > > > s
On Sun, 16 Oct 2022 10:11:50 -0400
Wayne Sallee wrote:
> What about just putting some drives in a desktop, and installing some
> free nas software like https://linuxhint.com/best-nas-software-linux
>
It's possible, but it sort of violates the size and power requirements
in my scenario.
Paul
-
On Sun, 16 Oct 2022 19:21:05 +0500
Stanislav Vlasov wrote:
> 2022-10-16 19:11 GMT+05:00, Wayne Sallee :
> > What about just putting some drives in a desktop, and installing
> > some free nas software like
> > https://linuxhint.com/best-nas-software-linux
>
> OpenMediaVault work fine even on Oran
On Sun, 16 Oct 2022 23:04:03 +0500
Stanislav Vlasov wrote:
> 2022-10-16 21:58 GMT+05:00, Andrew M.A. Cater :
> >> > What about just putting some drives in a desktop, and installing
> >> > some free
> >> > nas software like
> >> > https://linuxhint.com/best-nas-software-linux
> >>
> >> OpenMediaVa
On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:39:23 +0200
Philipp Ewald wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> is ansible a easy way to configure customized hosts?
> First try, its super complicated for me.
>
> Trying to create multiple files with content. It takes more time to
> create the playbook then creating this file by hand (
Folks:
Typically, I use i3wm, but I just got through sampling Plasma. Somehow
it has reduced/changed what I guess I'd call my "system font". This
shows up in Firefox menus, Claws-Mail menus and others. I don't really
care about the font, but the size must be increased. The following is
the rundown
On Sun, 6 Nov 2022 17:44:58 +
"Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)" wrote:
> Here's a more remedial question. I haven't bought a desktop in 16
> years. To have a custom desktop built with some of the options I've
> seen recommended here, where would you go? Would you patronize a
> local shop, or is
On Mon, 7 Nov 2022 15:15:27 +
"Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)" wrote:
> Thanks to all of you for your many detailed and helpful responses. I
> think my next move will be to connect with my local Linux users group
> (which I'm ashamed to say I've never done). I'll describe the
> problem and see i
Folks:
I've been reading up on systemd, both from Red Hat's documentation,
Debian's and the man files. One thing I haven't been able to explain is
why systemd has config files in /etc, /lib, /run, and /usr/lib.
I also can't find in what order systemd scans these directories. Also,
why it's necessa
On Sat, 12 Nov 2022 11:04:39 -0500
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 10:41:15AM -0500, pa...@quillandmouse.com
> wrote:
> > Folks:
> >
> > I've been reading up on systemd, both from Red Hat's documentation,
> > Debian's and the man files. One thing I haven't been able to
> > explain
On Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:40:11 -0500
Dan Ritter wrote:
> rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I'm not really clear on the concept of a snapshot (for backup) --
> > I've done a little googling but haven't found an explanation that
> > "satisfies" me.
> >
> > Starting from a beginning, I suppose I could c
On Thu, 24 Nov 2022 16:05:31 -0500
Jeremy Hendricks wrote:
> I have no idea what you mean. It’s open source and you can analyze
> the code line by line.
Does that include the blobs we're forced to run to make Nvidia cards
run really well?
I also have to wonder why Ubuntu (a Debian derivative) s
On Thu, 24 Nov 2022 20:11:15 -0500
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 06:17:23PM -0500, pa...@quillandmouse.com
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 Nov 2022 16:05:31 -0500
> > Jeremy Hendricks wrote:
> >
> > > I have no idea what you mean. It’s open source and you can analyze
> > > the code lin
Folks:
Assume some desktop environment like LXQt. Is there a way to change
desktops (as in 1, 2, 3...) at the command line? I'm looking to use
something like sxhkd to do this, but the only examples of this type of
thing I can find are related to bspwm, which has its own
infrastructure. Is there so
On Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:34:56 -0500
wrote:
> Folks:
>
> Assume some desktop environment like LXQt. Is there a way to change
> desktops (as in 1, 2, 3...) at the command line? I'm looking to use
> something like sxhkd to do this, but the only examples of this type of
> thing I can find are related
On Fri, 9 Dec 2022 20:39:34 -0600
Greg Marks wrote:
> I occasionally send e-mail from the command line via Postfix, using a
> script containing the command
>
>/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -f -t < file
>
> In a recent instance, the body of the e-mail contained a line
> beginning with the word "F
On Sun, 11 Dec 2022 09:49:54 +1100
David wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Dec 2022 at 19:05, wrote:
> > On Fri, 9 Dec 2022 20:39:34 -0600 Greg Marks
> > wrote:
[snip]
>
> > I don't know the RFCs involved, but I'm guessing they mandate or
> > suggest this treatment.
>
> Here's a reference describing 'mb
Folks:
I prefer to run i3wm, but it has no native menu system. Like Openbox,
GNOME, Plasma, etc. Does anyone know of a menu system/program which
reads *.desktop files, and can supply categorized menus, but doesn't
insist on being run under a non-i3wm desktop environment?
Paul
--
Paul M. Foster
On Tue, 13 Dec 2022 19:10:21 -0500
Jeremy Hendricks wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 7:09 PM wrote:
>
> > Folks:
> >
> > I prefer to run i3wm, but it has no native menu system. Like
> > Openbox, GNOME, Plasma, etc. Does anyone know of a menu
> > system/program which reads *.desktop files, and c
On Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:55:39 +0100
Pierre Tomon wrote:
>
> There is also jgmenu, fast, customizable, does not use toolkits but
> cairo and pango to render the menu. Possibility to add widgets such as
> search box.
>
> https://github.com/jgmenu/jgmenu
> In the repo.
>
Yes, I found this. It app
On Wed, 14 Dec 2022 23:11:36 -0500
Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 9:13 PM Timothy M Butterworth
> wrote:
> > ...
> > The USA does not have a constitutional right to privacy from the
> > government. The only thing that comes close is the constitutional
> > right requiring a warra
On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 13:31:46 -0500
Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> A good article on the Right to Repair in the US in general, and New
> York in particular. For New Yorkers, the state has a comprehensive law
> going into effect on July 1, 2023. New Yorkers will have reasonable
> priced access to tools, pa
Folks:
I'm trying to write some code in Python's curses module. I've run into
common curses items like A_NORMAL which don't exist. When I do a
print(curses.version), it shows "b 2.2". This tells me that the Debian
(testing) version of python curses is version 2.2. The documentation
for python curs
On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 21:29:31 +1100
David wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 at 15:04, wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to write some code in Python's curses module.
>
> Hi,
>
> This kindle/paperback book [1][2] might also be of interest.
>
Don't like Amazon's vendor lock with Kindle. Do you know of a sim
On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 03:21:11 -0600
Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * On 2023 09 Jan 22:05 -0600, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote:
> > Folks:
>
> I'm not python curses expert, but is what I found.
>
> > I'm trying to write some code in Python's curses module. I've run
> > into common curses items like A_NO
On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 08:34:05 -0500
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 08:24:11AM -0500, pa...@quillandmouse.com
> wrote:
> > What you wrote triggered something. I'd been following the Python
> > curses docs, which tell you to write, for example, "A_REVERSE". And
> > Python was throwin
On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 08:11:28 -0500
Dan Ritter wrote:
> pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote:
> > On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 21:29:31 +1100
> > David wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 at 15:04, wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to write some code in Python's curses module.
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > T
On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 09:31:26 -0600
David Wright wrote:
> On Tue 10 Jan 2023 at 09:01:17 (-0500), pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote:
> > On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 08:34:05 -0500 Greg Wooledge
> > wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 08:24:11AM -0500, pa...@quillandmouse.com
> > > wrote:
> > > > What you wr
On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:17:10 -0600
David Wright wrote:
> On Tue 10 Jan 2023 at 11:13:55 (-0500), pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote:
> > On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 09:31:26 -0600 > David Wright
> > wrote:
>
> > > You keep mentioning "the docs" without saying which docs, so a
> > > reference might be helpfu
Folks:
Am I correct in assuming that package formats like Flatpak, Snap and
Appimage, because they package up everything with the executable, would
consume more system memory? One of the reasons to use these formats is
to avoid library version mismatches, and peg the libraries which
accompany an e
On Tue, 14 Feb 2023 23:55:03 +0100
Oliver Schoede wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:35:34 -0500
> wrote:
>
> >Am I correct in assuming that package formats like Flatpak, Snap and
> >Appimage, because they package up everything with the executable,
> >would consume more system memory?
[snip]
>
On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 07:11:02 +0100
wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 10:36:12PM -0500, pa...@quillandmouse.com
> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > I find the trend disturbing. If you have a lot of apps running, and
> > they're all these types of packages, you're going to be using
> > considerably more memo
On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 18:45:49 -0500
Michael Stone wrote:
>
> I don't personally think there's a point in partitioning any storage
> device on a user system these days beyond what's required to boot. If
> you want to do more, that's a personal preference. Being an SSD
> doesn't really change thi
On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 17:12:12 -0500
Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 1:11 AM wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 10:36:12PM -0500, pa...@quillandmouse.com
> > wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > I find the trend disturbing. If you have a lot of apps running,
> > > and they're all the
time Debian comes out with a new version
> >
> > Debian is not Ubuntu, major upgrade do not break the system.
>
> Judging by what we read here, they do when inexperienced people
> try running testing or unstable for one reason or another.
> (NB I'm casting no aspertions
Folks:
I'm trying to run XFCE4 with no (XFCE4) panels. I prefer polybar and
tint2. I've searched the internet high and low, and all the advice I
can find is old and doesn't work for the current (Debian 12) version.
Settings > Session and Startup etc. doesn't provide a way, and the
XFCE4 panel app
On Tue, 3 Oct 2023 17:20:01 +0100
Joe wrote:
> Is this a matter of principle for the OP, or does the panel interfere
> with something else? I have three panels, and for me they are the main
> point of running a DE rather than just a window manager. But one of
> them contains an analogue clock and
On Tue, 3 Oct 2023 21:53:36 +0100
Joe wrote:
> I use the Third Option, the deskbar, which gives vertical panels at
> the side and as far as I can see, no spaces between anything, unless
> you actually place a separator. I use 36 pixels for the launcher
> panel and 44 pixels, on the other side,
Folks:
I have a bash/GPG based password manager I wrote years ago, but I'd
like to use something more "accepted/popular". The problem I have with
the other password managers I've looked at is that you can store a very
limited amount of information for each "account". For example, for
one of my log
On Thu, 9 Nov 2023 12:46:23 -0500
Todd Zullinger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote:
> > I have a bash/GPG based password manager I wrote years ago, but I'd
> > like to use something more "accepted/popular". The problem I have
> > with the other password managers I've looked at is th
On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:39:08 -0500
wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Nov 2023 12:46:23 -0500
> Todd Zullinger wrote:
>
> >
> > [1] https://www.passwordstore.org/
> >
>
> Excellent suggestion!
>
> I can't get it to work properly, because there must be something
> fundamentally missing in my understanding o
On Thu, 09 Nov 2023 10:48:14 -0600
John Hasler wrote:
> Why does "accepted/popular" matter?
Not a great choice of words, perhaps. I was thinking in terms of those
password managers which are written by others and included in the
Debian repositories.
As it happens, pass(1) appeared to be precise
On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 23:38:58 +0700
Max Nikulin wrote:
> On 14/11/2023 09:58, paulf wrote:
> >
> > As it happens, pass(1) appeared to be precisely what I was looking
> > for.
> [...]
> > Plus, it will insert any line in the password file
> > into the clipbo
On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 09:35:09 -0700
Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
> IMHO computer systems should be ugly and boring. Ugly, as in lacking
> all the eye candy that gets in the way, and boring as in just doing
> what you want without unpleasant surprises.
>
> Short answer: Not over my dead Teletype.
>
Folks:
Here is my sources.list file:
---
deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free
deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main
contrib non-free deb-src http://security
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 13:23:05 +0100
Brian wrote:
> On Sat 15 Apr 2023 at 08:11:17 -0400, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote:
>
> > Folks:
> >
> > Here is my sources.list file:
> >
> > ---
> >
> > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ bookworm main contrib
> > non-free deb-src http://debian.uchicag
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 14:01:27 +0100
Alain D D Williams wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 08:52:06AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 01:23:05PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > > On Sat 15 Apr 2023 at 08:11:17 -0400, pa...@quillandmouse.com
> > > wrote:
> > > > ---
> > > >
> > > > de
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 16:45:40 +
"Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 01:23:05PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > On Sat 15 Apr 2023 at 08:11:17 -0400, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote:
> >
> > > Folks:
> > >
> > > Here is my sources.list file:
> > >
> > > ---
> > >
> > > deb http://deb
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 20:30:11 -0400
Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 11:09 AM wrote:
> > On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 14:01:27 +0100
> > Alain D D Williams wrote:
> > > On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 08:52:06AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > While we are talking about this, is there any reason
On Fri, 5 May 2023 23:27:45 -0400
Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> I installed debian 11.6 and updated the needed packages to 11.7. I
> must say that I hate upgrading because they change everything and I
> cannot find the utilities I need to make this the way I want it.
> Does anyone know which utility
On Mon, 15 May 2023 20:17:48 -0400
Maureen L Thomas wrote:
> I have everything I need including a third HDD. There are so many
> backup programs I have to wonder which one will work for my needs. I
> just need to make a backup of my home directory so if I do something
> stupid like play with
On Sat, 3 Jun 2023 10:22:42 -0400
gene heskett wrote:
> An simple non-x editor like nano that can print thru cups.
Vim will do this through the "hardcopy" command. It sends text to the
print server (CUPS). I do this all the time.
Of course, vim isn't nano; you'd have to live with modes.
Paul
Folks:
In order to install steam from the Debian repo, I followed the
directions to:
dpkg --add-architecture i386
prior to the installation. Turns out steam wouldn't run my game, so I
uninstalled it. Now I don't need the i386 architecture, so I dutifully
did:
dpkg --remove-architecture i386
I
On Sun, 11 Jun 2023 00:13:39 -0400
Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 10:27 PM wrote:
> >
> > Folks:
> >
> > In order to install steam from the Debian repo, I followed the
> > directions to:
> >
> > dpkg --add-architecture i386
> >
> > prior to the installation. Turns out steam woul
On Mon, 12 Jun 2023 06:32:27 +0200
wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 09:27:11PM -0400, pa...@quillandmouse.com
> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Nice try. However, this isn't allowed, as it would apparently remove
> > libcrypt1:i386, which is apparently a "system-critical" package. I'm
> > not sure how t
Folks:
Typically, when Debian installs a GUI environment (GNOME, XFCE4, etc.),
it also installs lightdm or some other X session manager. This takes up
memory, and isn't something I really need (as far as I know). Instead,
I'm perfectly happy to have Debian give me a console login prompt, and
then
On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 18:41:08 -0400
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 06:35:48PM -0400, gene heskett wrote:
> > 0 upgraded, 164 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> > Need to get 44.5 MB of archives.
> > After this operation, 206 MB of additional disk space will be used.
On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:40:54 -0400
gene heskett wrote:
> On 6/16/23 18:41, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 06:35:48PM -0400, gene heskett wrote:
> >> 0 upgraded, 164 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> >> Need to get 44.5 MB of archives.
> >> After this operation,
On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 18:17:07 -0400
gene heskett wrote:
[snip]
> So all my cnc machines are still on buster, and will stay there until
> wayland CAN replace X11. wayland is just barely able to run a simple
> gui, and until it can transparently do everything X11 has done for
> decades, its not
On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 15:14:43 -0400
gene heskett wrote:
> On 6/16/23 14:38, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 2:32 PM gene heskett
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> greetings, just had to reinstall bullseye. from an 11.2 netinstall.
> >>
> >> Sudo -E cannot run synaptic, and cannot run it from
On Sat, 17 Jun 2023 11:45:06 +
Andy Smith wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 11:03:59PM -0400, pa...@quillandmouse.com
> wrote:
> > Why isn't there a ONE WAY for packages to be managed?
>
> Because of the fundamental philosophies that underpin how Debian is
> developed. Debian is n
On Sat, 17 Jun 2023 08:38:33 -0400
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 11:03:59PM -0400, pa...@quillandmouse.com
> wrote:
> > Why isn't there a ONE WAY for packages to be managed?
>
> Because each user has a different preference. Just read this thread
> for example, and see all the d
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 03:58:18 +0200
Anders Andersson wrote:
[snip]
> I've been watching this thread from afar for a while and it still
> puzzles me why people keep bringing up wayland. I've been running
> wayland for years, and synaptic works with no issues as far as I can
> tell. Is this just FU
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:52:47 +0200
Anders Andersson wrote:
> I don't have synaptic in the path, but the icon is setup to start a
> program that *is* in my path: synaptic-pkexec
>
> Maybe you can try that, I think that's responsible for asking about
> your password.
/usr/bin/synaptic-pkexec is a
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 10:51:13 -0400
gene heskett wrote:
[snip]
> Probably you're running Synaptic on Wayland with root permission.
> Please restart your session without Wayland, or run Synaptic without
> root permission
Thank you. That's the error I saw when I tried this some time back
under W
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:15:19 -0400
gene heskett wrote:
[snip]
> gene@coyote:/usr/local/bin$ pkexec /usr/sbin/synaptic
> Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyUnable to init server: Could not
> connect: Connection refused
> Failed to initialize GTK.
>
> Probably you're running Synaptic on Wayland with r
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 20:39:35 +
Andy Smith wrote:
[snip]
>
> Please do not encourage Gene's fetish of running GUI apps as root.
> Plenty of people have been wasting their time trying to tell him not
> to do that for years now, and the last thing they need is bystanders
> handing him a differ
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 17:56:36 -0400
gene heskett wrote:
> Like firefox, its big and complex, but unlike
> gedit has never trashed a file for me, gedit has ruined so many I
> finally banned it from my machines, all of them.
Vim for the win! (kidding)
Paul
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On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 18:12:56 -0400
Greg Wooledge wrote:
[snip]
> 1) Have a root password. SET A FUCKING ROOT PASSWORD. Seriously.
Do that, and there are those who will harangue you for it. Sadly,
people who argue either way know more than I do about these security
matters. And because expert
On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 17:03:24 -0400
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 04:56:39PM -0400, pa...@quillandmouse.com
> wrote:
> > Apparently the broader dictum is "never run GUI apps as root". Why?
> > What's special about GUI apps versus those you run in a terminal?
>
> The extreme examp
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