[DNG] Awkishness [Was: Re: Steam, Mumble, Valheim, Alsa and shared audio

2021-08-23 Thread dvalin
  On 02.07.21 10:58, hal wrote:     >   > $ dpkg -l | egrep -i '(alsa|pulse)' | awk '{print $1"  "$2};'   > ii  alsa-utils   > ii  apulse:amd64   ..        Granted, the egrep as quick to use if that's what one's typing   fingers remember, and day to day, it's only the results which matter   a d

Re: [DNG] Displaying adequately sized UTF8 characters in a terminal. SOLVED

2021-08-22 Thread dvalin
  On 22.08.21 05:33, . wrote:   > This link had some good info:   >   > https://askubuntu.com/questions/161652/how-to-change-the-default-font-size-of-xterm   >   >   > I set up a .Xresources file and used "xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources" to   > activate it.  Here's my .Xresources file:   >   > > xter

Re: [DNG] Displaying adequately sized UTF8 characters in a terminal

2021-08-22 Thread dvalin
On 22.08.21 10:45, al3xu5 wrote:   > Sun, 22 Aug 2021 15:48:15 +0930 - dva...@internode.on.net:   >   > I have the `fonts-dejavu` package installed (not ttf-dejavu) with a   > very large Unicode character set; then running:   Looks like I have that one:   $ dpkg -l fonts-dejavu   Desired=Unknow

[DNG] Displaying adequately sized UTF8 characters in a terminal

2021-08-21 Thread dvalin
After having trouble displaying apostrophe and hyphen in recent posts  on several lists, I've found that it is not "xterm -u8" or uxterm which  are intrinsically deficient, but rather it is my "-fn 10x20" option which  is selecting a font size which presumably lacks  an adequate utf8  character se

Re: [DNG] a how to question (project(s) related)

2021-08-16 Thread dvalin
On 15.08.21 09:43, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:   > I'm finding myself occasionally drowning in information resulting in me   > trying to improve the connection between what I'm working on AND the   > information that I'm collecting.     ... > Dig some digging and hard links to directories are a

Re: [DNG] Zone fill eludes me.

2021-08-15 Thread dvalin
On 15.08.21 09:37, Robert wrote: > Firstly, make sure you have the correct zone display option selected > using the buttons on the left-hand toolbar. It was only after posting that I found that. It was on the top one,  "Show filled areas in zones", which sounds right. > Secondly, for a zone to fi

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-14 Thread dvalin
On 14.08.21 05:56, Haines Brown wrote: > Because I had reinstalled aisleriot and I don't see others reporting a > bug in aireriot, I do not suspect the application is brokken. That may be so, but when glines always crashed on my machine, the quickest fix was to install klines. If there is a kde

Re: [DNG] Are .udeb files also to be installed after a source build?

2021-08-08 Thread dvalin
On 08.08.21 11:06, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Anno domini 2021 Sun, 08 Aug 17:42:16 +0930 >  dva...@internode.on.net scripsit: > > udeb > > https://wiki.debian.org/udeb > > "The 'u' stands for micro. An udeb is a stripped down deb file for use > by the DebianInstaller . It removes the naughty

[DNG] Are .udeb files also to be installed after a source build?

2021-08-08 Thread dvalin
After fetching dependencies for openssl, and building it, I've done # dpkg -i *.deb There are two more files: libcrypto1.1-udeb_1.1.1d-0+deb10u6_i386.udeblibssl1.1-udeb_1.1.1d-0+deb10u6_i386.udeb and they smell the same: # file libssl1.1-udeb_1.1.1d-0+deb10u6_i386.udeb libssl1.1-udeb_1.1.1d-0+deb

Re: [DNG] Need openssl for this week's fetchmail vulnerabiltiy fix : SOLVED

2021-08-07 Thread dvalin
On 07.08.21 13:05, Bernard Rosset via Dng wrote: > > # apt-get source openssl > > Reading package lists... Done > > E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list > > Have you run apt-get update after having modified sources.list? > Oh deary me, and words to that effect. Seems obvious no

[DNG] Need openssl for this week's fetchmail vulnerabiltiy fix

2021-08-07 Thread dvalin
Have just downloaded fetchmail-6.5.0.beta4 for its CVE-2021-36386fix But for it to build, I need to build openssl first. (Having the ordinaryopenssl deb installed doesn't cut it.) My problem is: # apt-get source openssl Reading package lists... Done E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sour

Re: [DNG] Starting outline for the DNG Safe Programmer Certificate

2021-08-06 Thread dvalin
On 30.07.21 11:28, spiralofhope wrote:> I also mean that if there are any complex ideas or words, those can be > explained in separate specific-documentation in the same way that code > does it. My preferred method for nesting descriptive prose, and presenting the whole on one page, is to use fol

Re: [DNG] Upgrade stuck on grub-pc unresponsive GUI [Was: Beowulf 3.0.0 won't update

2021-04-10 Thread dvalin
On 10.04.21 17:39, dva...@internode.on.net wrote: > >  On 10.04.21 01:47, goli...@devuan.org wrote: > > Hi Erik, > > > > Have a look at this thread: > > > https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20200601.192228.c35aef7f.en.html > > > Many thanks. The work-around seems to work, and I've chanced an

[DNG] Upgrade stuck on grub-pc unresponsive GUI [Was: Beowulf 3.0.0 won't update

2021-04-10 Thread dvalin
On 10.04.21 01:47, goli...@devuan.org wrote: > Hi Erik, > > Have a look at this thread: > https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20200601.192228.c35aef7f.en.html > Many thanks. The work-around seems to work, and I've chanced an # apt-get upgrade BUT that is stuck on a blue (ncurses?) semi-GUI for

[DNG] Beowulf 3.0.0 won't update

2021-04-09 Thread dvalin
Before installing stuff on my new beowulf 3.0.0, I've run: root@greipner:~# apt-get update Get:1 http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf InRelease [33.2 kB] Get:2 http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-updates InRelease [26.1 kB] Get:3 http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-security InRelease [25.7 kB]

[DNG] Procmail on beowulf omits mbox separator

2021-03-31 Thread dvalin
more .fetchmailrc # Configuration created Sat Mar 27 22:14:20 2021 by fetchmailconf 1.58 set logfile "/tmp/fetchmail_log" set postmaster "erik" set bouncemail set no spambounce set softbounce set properties "" set daemon 600 poll mail.internode.on.net with proto POP3   

[DNG] No Subject

2021-03-30 Thread dvalin
On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 Fernando M. Maresca wrote: On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 07:49:32PM +1030, dva...@internode.on.net wrote:   > A "locate exim | more" does not elicit anything resembling a mail   > destination.      If exim is configured for local delivery (see   /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf a

[DNG] Where would exim have put the emails?

2021-03-30 Thread dvalin
My regrettable rashness in leaving "fetchall" in .fetchmailrc during the first mail fetch on my new beowulf install has me chasing 91 lost or mislaid emails. I also had no "mda" option in .fetchmailrc, so delivery to port 25should feed them to exim, I figure: # lsof -i4:25 COMMAND  PID    USE

[DNG] HDMI Sound on Beowulf & Intel NUC SOLVED too. [Was: Re: Beowulf installation skipped networking. Quickest fix?

2021-03-28 Thread dvalin
On 27.03.21 18:36, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 17:28:37 +1030 dva...@internode.on.net wrote: > > Whoever thought of leaving the release notes on the desktop deserves a > > medal. That was the first thing I was going to hunt for, as I'd read > > the note on pulseaudio prior to inst

Re: [DNG] Beowulf installation skipped networking. Quickest fix? SOLVED

2021-03-26 Thread dvalin
On 26.03.21 06:54, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:49:13 +1030 > dva...@internode.on.net wrote: > > >  My shiny new Beowulf  3.0.0 install on an Intel NUC skipped ethernet > > stuff, perhaps because the ethernet cable wasn't inserted at the time? > > > > Now, I can start hacking

[DNG] Beowulf installation skipped networking. Quickest fix?

2021-03-25 Thread dvalin
My shiny new Beowulf  3.0.0 install on an Intel NUC skipped ethernet stuff, perhaps because the ethernet cable wasn't inserted at the time? Now, I can start hacking /etc/network/interfaces, /etc/hosts, resolv.conf, etc., but will that reveal so much missing that I'm better off doing another inst

Re: [DNG] Trouble booting Beowulf on an Intel NUC8i5BEK : SOLVED

2021-03-25 Thread dvalin
Being stuck on a horrible webmail thing until the new host is up, I'll limit the number of posts lacking In-Reply-To for proper MUA threading, by replying to Marjorie, Steve, and Florian here, shortest first. TL;DR: Punchline at the end. On 25.03.21 14:28, Florian Zieboll via Dng wrote: > On Th

[DNG] Trouble booting Beowulf on an Intel NUC8i5BEK

2021-03-25 Thread dvalin
Have just taken delivery of an Intel NUC8i5BEK, installed RAM & SSD. A USB stick with: $ dd if=~/Downloads/devuan_beowulf_3.0.0_i386_desktop-live.iso of=/dev/sdb  bs=512k looks good mounted on another host, but doesn't boot in the NUC. On power-up or Ctl-Alt-Del, the NUC reads the USB twice (LED