Re: [DNG] systemd and wlan0 interface problem

2018-07-01 Thread Haines Brown
On Sun, Jul 01, 2018 at 07:30:30AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > Stefan, sorry to be dense. With the help of ThinkPenguin I finally resolved the problem and wlan0 is now my interface name, not wlx. In any case, simply modifying /etc/network/interfaces to use that address didn't work (I

Re: [DNG] systemd and wlan0 interface problem

2018-07-10 Thread Haines Brown
to recover it I have to bring wlx2824ff1a1794 down. Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] systemd and wlan0 interface problem

2018-07-11 Thread Haines Brown
On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 04:38:42PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 02:34:52PM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > > allow hotplug eth0 > > I believe that should be allow-hotplug but since I'm still running > jessie, it's possible this has changed in A

Re: [DNG] systemd and wlan0 interface problem [SOLUTON]

2018-07-19 Thread Haines Brown
4ff1a1794 is the Dongle's MAC address. I then did # ifup wlx2824ff1a1794 and I'm connected wirelessly. Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

[DNG] inconsistent scanner device number on USB bus

2018-11-10 Thread Haines Brown
I'm running ASCII and attempting to get a Canon LiDE 220 scanner to work. It is fully supported by SANE and I know that others are using it. I've installed the packages: sane, libsane, libsane-common, sane-utils, xsane, etc. In /etc/group I have: scanner:x:110:saned,haines sane

[DNG] /etc/aliases

2018-12-12 Thread Haines Brown
oes devuan provide its functionality elsewhere? Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] /etc/aliases

2018-12-12 Thread Haines Brown
On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 01:21:46PM +0100, Antony Stone wrote: > On Wednesday 12 December 2018 at 13:18:35, Haines Brown wrote: > > > In debian I had the file /etc/aliases with more or less standard > > entries, but don't know how it got there (I didn't run sendmail

Re: [DNG] /etc/aliases

2018-12-12 Thread Haines Brown
On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 02:10:24PM +0100, Gonzalo Pérez de Olaguer Córdoba wrote: > Hi Haines, > > El Wed, 12 Dec 2018 07:18:35 -0500 > Haines Brown escribió: > > > In debian I had the file /etc/aliases with more or less standard > > entries, but don't know h

Re: [DNG] Hopman and inotify

2021-06-13 Thread Haines Brown
I tried hopman some years ago and loved it, But when installed on a new machine failed copy the code. Would anyone indulge me by pointing to a link to the current stete of the application? -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

[DNG] difficulty issuing commands

2021-07-31 Thread Haines Brown
#x27;t drag card anywhere. I rebooted but no change. I reinstalled aisleriot but no change. -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] difficulty issuing commands

2021-08-01 Thread Haines Brown
On Sun, Aug 01, 2021 at 02:54:55AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > Haines Brown said on Sat, 31 Jul 2021 21:54:56 -0400 > > >Sorry for the ambivalent subject line. > > > >I'm running Beowulf with Fluxbox window manager but without a desktop > >environment. Without k

Re: [DNG] difficulty issuing commands

2021-08-01 Thread Haines Brown
things. One is that there's an array of .balance* files such as .balance.bal.bak that open right up. In emacss or nano. It is emacs that can't open .balance.bal on first try/ Also there is a symlink for .balance.bal: .#balance.bal -> haines@engels.3050:1627212275 'I'm delete it.

[DNG] grub-install device node not found

2021-08-03 Thread Haines Brown
ially ran the command my terminal (mlterm) crashed (that sometimes happens). So I had to chroot again to the mount point /mnt/devinst/ It seems that the grub-install cannot see the mbr on /dev/sdc -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyn

Re: [DNG] grub-install device node not found

2021-08-04 Thread Haines Brown
> there are some new fancy /dev names missing symlinks to /dev/sdc, > e.g. killed by that mlterm crash. Indeed, fdisk-l returns nothing. There does exist a set of sdc* interfaces in /dev. What is the fix? -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] grub-install device node not found [solved]

2021-08-04 Thread Haines Brown
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 05:27:48PM +0200, aitor wrote: > Hi, > > On 4/8/21 16:34, Haines Brown wrote: > > But I'd prefer to do the fix direclty within sdc chroot. Is there > > a utility in util-linux to make the node (/dev/sdc1 ?) visible? > > You need to include

[DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-10 Thread Haines Brown
a gtk problem. How does one troubleshoot a misbehaving graphical application? I played with gdb without really knowing what I was doing. -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-12 Thread Haines Brown
ing that I do: $ ps -o aisleriot ? Of note is that when I start /usr/games/sol as root the problem disappars---I can drag cards just fine. -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] malfunctioning graphical application

2021-08-14 Thread Haines Brown
no problem dragging cards there either. The problem seems in the X window system used by any account on the one disk. Sorry to drag this petty problem out, but it is an intellectual challenge. -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@

[DNG] basilisk browser hangs

2021-09-06 Thread Haines Brown
e that the hangs are because my software is a bit dated. I tried clearing cache but it had no obvious effect. Would an upgrade to cimaera likely remove the hangs? I've done it on a couple systems without a problem, but not my production system. -- Haines Brown __

Re: [DNG] basilisk browser hangs

2021-09-06 Thread Haines Brown
On Mon, Sep 06, 2021 at 06:35:00PM +0200, al3xu5 wrote: > Mon, 6 Sep 2021 09:00:52 -0400 - Haines Brown : > > > I've happily run the basilisk browser for a couple years, but recently > > it bagan to hang. On sites that are more demanding such as Amazon and > > eBa

Re: [DNG] basilisk browser hangs

2021-09-10 Thread Haines Brown
On Tue, Sep 07, 2021 at 09:24:10AM +0200, Antonio A. Rendina via Dng wrote: > On 06/09/21 21:48, Haines Brown wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 06, 2021 at 06:35:00PM +0200, al3xu5 wrote: > > > Mon, 6 Sep 2021 09:00:52 -0400 - Haines Brown : > > > > > > > I've h

[DNG] motherboard with "wifi-enabled"

2021-09-21 Thread Haines Brown
t also supports bluetooth, but I've no idea what is the use of a MB bluetooth connection with a motherboard. I'm not inclinded to pay the extra money to have wifi come enabled unless it actually worked. -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list

Re: [DNG] [OT] motherboard with "wifi-enabled"

2021-09-22 Thread Haines Brown
On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 04:52:38PM -0500, hal wrote: > > > On 9/21/21 16:34, Haines Brown wrote: > > I'm looking at a Gigabyte Z590 AORUS Elite motherboard. One version of > > this motherbard (designated Ax) is "wifi-enabled". It also supports > > blue

Re: [DNG] [OT] motherboard with "wifi-enabled"

2021-09-22 Thread Haines Brown
On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 06:09:24PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > Hi hal, Haines, > > hal writes: > > > On 9/21/21 16:34, Haines Brown wrote: > >> I'm looking at a Gigabyte Z590 AORUS Elite motherboard. One version of > >> this motherbard (designate

[DNG] Chimaera: line wrap in terminal

2021-10-17 Thread Haines Brown
width to 70? Another change that occurred is that I now need to define some inner border. -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

[DNG] Chimaera unknown interwork interface

2021-10-25 Thread Haines Brown
had no problems with the wireless autoconfiguration. The firmware in Chimaera worked nicely with the Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 bluetooth/wireless module. -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman

[DNG] Chimaera install: only low resolution video

2021-10-26 Thread Haines Brown
mpipe (LLM 11.0.1 256 b its) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.3.5 compat-w 3.1 direct render: Yes Help intrpreting this would be much appreciated. -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] Chimaera install: only low resolution video

2021-10-27 Thread Haines Brown
a surprise. I had assumed that it was the card is that made the dpi modes accessible. > On Tue, 26 Oct 2021, Haines Brown wrote: > > > I just installed Chimera RC on a Gigabyte Z590 machine (incidentally > > it looks like I could autoconfigure wireless with providing firmware)

Re: [DNG] Chimaera install: only low resolution video

2021-10-27 Thread Haines Brown
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 07:19:06AM -0500, o1bigtenor wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 4:32 PM Haines Brown wrote: > > > I just installed Chimera RC on a Gigabyte Z590 machine (incidentally > > it looks like I could autoconfigure wireless with providing firmware). > > W

Re: [DNG] Chimaera install: only low resolution video

2021-10-27 Thread Haines Brown
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 06:11:20PM +0200, Ludovic Bellière wrote: > On Wed, 27 Oct 2021, Haines Brown wrote: > > > > > Ludovic, thanks for the feedback. The Z590 chipset is new (March > > 2021), but I did see that someone had installed linux on it and so > > ass

Re: [DNG] Chimaera install: only low resolution video (SUCCESS)

2021-10-27 Thread Haines Brown
Once I knew that the issue was kernel support for MB hardware, upgrading to a backport kernel made sense. I did so, and the resolution is now where I want it. I thank everyone for their help and patience. -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng

Re: [DNG] Results of Chimaera Test

2021-10-28 Thread Haines Brown
s. I may encounter problems down the road, b -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

[DNG] nano hard line wrap

2021-11-13 Thread Haines Brown
I was left frustrated when nano 4.0 dropped hard line wrap as the default. But I have had no luck re-implementing it. I'm running nan 5.4-2. Man nanorc says there is the set/unset nowrap. I tried unset nowrap, but it had no effect. How do I recover a hard wrrap at 70 in nano? -- H

[DNG] How to construct a testing .deb binary with dpkg-buildpackage?

2021-11-14 Thread Haines Brown
.9 still can't find the source pacakage. I thought the -t would override the deault stable, but instead it seems the default value stable is negating the -t option. -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.d

[DNG] lpr command not working

2021-11-14 Thread Haines Brown
do is change its status to Rejecting Jobs. Restartintg CUPS sever did not help. The status of the printer I'm trying to delete is Not shared. But I can't deetete it. -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglis

Re: [DNG] lpr command not working

2021-11-15 Thread Haines Brown
On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 12:55:59PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > I reinstalled a printer on a Chimaera box. The CUPS test file prints > just fine. The lpr to the printer. Status: Processing - "Sending data to printer." Some 15 > min (?) later the job does print. > > A p

Re: [DNG] lpr command not working

2021-11-15 Thread Haines Brown
On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 06:18:06PM +0100, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via Dng wrote: > Anno domini 2021 Mon, 15 Nov 10:52:06 -0500 > Haines Brown scripsit: > > On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 12:55:59PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > > > I reinstalled a printer on a Chimaera box. The

Re: [DNG] lpr command not working

2021-11-15 Thread Haines Brown
On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 07:35:05AM +1100, Ralph Ronnquist via Dng wrote: > On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:11:22 -0500 > Haines Brown wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 06:18:06PM +0100, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via Dng > > wrote: > > > Anno domini 2021 Mon, 15 Nov 10:52:06 -050

Re: [DNG] lpr command not working

2021-11-16 Thread Haines Brown
On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 07:56:06PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > Haines Brown said on Mon, 15 Nov 2021 19:21:15 -0500 > > > >My printer lost its status as default, but I can't get to the CUPS > >web page to restore it > > Let me ask you a few probably dumb quest

Re: [DNG] lpr command not working

2021-11-16 Thread Haines Brown
On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 12:28:57PM +1100, Ralph Ronnquist via Dng wrote: > On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 19:21:15 -0500 > Haines Brown wrote: > > These problems I'll pursue, but my pont is that none of the ways to > > get access to the lpr command are workig. > > > use: $

[DNG] lpr print pdf file landscape orientation

2021-11-28 Thread Haines Brown
a PDF with landscape orientattion? -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

[DNG] installing zoom in Chimaera

2021-12-04 Thread Haines Brown
mandline Installing zoom on Chimaera must be easier than this. -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] installing zoom in Chimaera

2021-12-05 Thread Haines Brown
On Sun, Dec 05, 2021 at 12:10:15AM +0100, aitor wrote: > On 12/4/21 11:14 PM, aitor wrote: > > On 12/4/21 11:08 PM, Haines Brown wrote: > > > put copy of libdconf1_0/38.0-2.deb in that directory and ran > > > > > ># apt install -f ./libdconf1 > &g

[DNG] Skype crashes

2021-12-05 Thread Haines Brown
I'm running Chimera. I downloaded current version of skypeforlinux and installed it. The annoying prompts for password to keyring I skip. The audo and video test ok. But when I try to make a free test call, Skype crashes. -- Haines Brown __

[DNG] can't print PDFs

2021-12-07 Thread Haines Brown
does not contain a prebuilt configure script, I must first run autoconfig. This only leads to some undefined macro errors. It says please use m4_pattern_allow. Man autoconf says nothing about what this means. Why has printing a PDF become so difficu

Re: [DNG] can't print PDFs [Solved?]

2021-12-07 Thread Haines Brown
On Tue, Dec 07, 2021 at 05:35:00PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > I'm using a HP LaserJet 1300 printer with Devuan. I used to able to > print PDFs without a problem. But when I installed the operating > system on new hardware I could no longer print PDFs. > > A two-word

[DNG] Avoid "unlock your keyring" prompt without desktop environment

2021-12-10 Thread Haines Brown
/etc.pamd.gdem file I do not have a /etc/pamd./sddm file But strangely I do have a ~.local/share/keyrings/default file that simply has the line: default_keyring. How do I keep skypeforlinux from asking for keyring pw? -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing

[DNG] new firefox-esr buggy?

2021-12-16 Thread Haines Brown
grey and light grey lines for about a second. When I drag the scrollbar to scroll text, text and images are broken up by horizontal white linees for a about a second. In a colored image these lines can be colors from the image. -- Haines Brown __

[DNG] [dng@lists.dyne.org: Re: new firefox-esr buggy?] [Work-Around]

2021-12-19 Thread Haines Brown
7;ll try to migrate to it as my default browser if I can. -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] [dng@lists.dyne.org: Re: new firefox-esr buggy?]

2021-12-19 Thread Haines Brown
t the value of KEY to VALUE. I thought compositing-manager was the key and false the value. -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

[DNG] stumbling over a fossil package

2021-12-22 Thread Haines Brown
to install the current one -- Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

[DNG] nvidia-persistenced can't be installed

2021-12-30 Thread Haines Brown
ATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:43d2] (rev 11) I ran # apt install -f I ran # aptitude reinstall nvidia-persistenced E: Internal Error, No file name for nvidia-persistenced:amd64 Help would be much appreciated. -- Haines Brown ___ D

Re: [DNG] nvidia-persistenced can't be installed

2021-12-31 Thread Haines Brown
On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 11:25:48AM +, Marjorie Roome via Dng wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 2021-12-30 at 15:26 -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > > When I try to do an upgrade, I'm told nvidia-persistenced is not > > configured. When I reinstall it I get: > > I'

Re: [DNG] nvidia-persistenced can't be installed

2021-12-31 Thread Haines Brown
I wondered why I needed nvidia-parsistenced when someone said thet solved the proboem by doing without it, I decided I could as well. Deleting the application seems to have done no harm. Proble not solved but worked around. -- Haines Brown ___ Dng

[DNG] spam disposal

2022-03-25 Thread Haines Brown
t header is not redirected to ~/mail/spam -- Haines Brown /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign Xagainst HTML e-mail / \ ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

[DNG] installing Wine 32

2022-03-27 Thread Haines Brown
pendendencies that are not going to be installed. Same for libwine:386 I'm afraid of breaking applications. Shouldn't the installation of an application in the Chimaera repositroy be simpler than this? -- Haines Brown /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaig

Re: [DNG] installing Wine 32

2022-03-27 Thread Haines Brown
On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 06:44:13PM +0200, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via Dng wrote: > Hi! > > Anno domini 2022 Sun, 27 Mar 10:55:12 -0400 > Haines Brown scripsit: > > I'm running Chimaera and trying to play an old CDROM. I assume > > simplest way is to install wine. When

[DNG] Apparmor blocks Torbrowser downloads

2022-04-09 Thread Haines Brown
Torbrower no longer asks where to download even though that option is enabled in its settings. Torbrowser no longer can download a file to my home directory ("Could not read the contents of ...)". I get impression that apparmor is preventing a download to where I want. So I put the line: ow

[DNG] daedalus with chromiium

2022-04-15 Thread Haines Brown
A simple little question. I installed daedulus on a spare machine (no problems), but was dissapointed to find that chromium is not in the daedulus repository. What is that? ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/

Re: [DNG] daedalus with chromiium

2022-04-16 Thread Haines Brown
On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 03:10:24PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng wrote: > Hi, > > Haines Brown writes: > > > A simple little question. I installed daedulus on a spare machine (no > > problems), but was dissapointed to find that chromium is not in the > > dae

Re: [DNG] daedalus with chromiium

2022-04-17 Thread Haines Brown
My message to the list seems to have gone amiss. This was it: On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 03:10:24PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng wrote: > Hi, > > Haines Brown writes: > > > A simple little question. I installed daedulus on a spare machine (no > > problems), but was d

Re: [DNG] daedalus with chromiium

2022-04-18 Thread Haines Brown
I apologize for allowing Bob's message to get burried. On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 09:02:08PM -0600, Bob Proulx via Dng wrote: > Haines Brown wrote: > > I still get "Unable to locate package chromium". It seems that when I > > did update/dist-upgrade after modifyi

[DNG] no access to router administation page

2022-04-23 Thread Haines Brown
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[DNG] resolv.conf

2022-05-08 Thread Haines Brown
I do not know how long ago it was, but some of my mail started to go out without an envelop sender address. I've not yet been able to figure why, but one thing I don't like is the appearance of my /etc/resolv.conf file. It looks like this: nameserver 192.168.254.254 search home domain h

[DNG] cron runs a ghost command

2022-06-05 Thread Haines Brown
I find that user's cron runs a command defined in crontab -e some time ago but then removed. At present there is no command defined in $ crontab -e. Nevertheless cron runs the old command one on schedule. I should add the the old command is no longer val;lid (it points to a non-existent directo

[DNG] The word is irony

2022-07-08 Thread Haines Brown
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Systemd-Creator-Microsoft Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

[DNG] modprobe can't find modeule

2022-08-16 Thread Haines Brown
n.org/merged chimaera main non-free contrib deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged unstable main contrib non-free I probably ran # update without having remembered the second line was present. Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

[DNG] mutt attachment problem

2022-08-22 Thread Haines Brown
th is no longer than usual Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

[DNG] reinstalling GRUB2

2019-07-21 Thread Haines Brown
B_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] reinstalling GRUB2

2019-07-22 Thread Haines Brown
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 06:24:32AM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote: > On 7/22/19 1:48 AM, Steve Litt wrote: ... I tried the chroot method, but with little luck. I'm set up for BIOS boot. My /root partion is /sdb1, and my broken out /boot partition is /dev/sdb2. So for grub-root-device I use /dev/

Re: [DNG] reinstalling GRUB2

2019-07-22 Thread Haines Brown
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 06:24:32AM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote: > On 7/22/19 1:48 AM, Steve Litt wrote: ... I tried the chroot method, but with little luck. I'm set up for BIOS boot. My /root partion is /sdb1, and my broken out /boot partition is /dev/sdb2. So for grub-root-device I use /dev/sd

Re: [DNG] reinstalling GRUB2

2019-07-24 Thread Haines Brown
grub-install command can be run by user, but not by root becasue root has no path to /usr/sbin. Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] reinstalling GRUB2

2019-07-24 Thread Haines Brown
-install command can be run by user, but not by root becasue root has no path to /usr/sbin. Probably not relevant is that every morning I get this cron error: /etc/cron.daily/apt-compat: Cache has broken packages, exiting Haines Brown ___

Re: [DNG] reinstalling GRUB2

2019-07-24 Thread Haines Brown
uld have /usr/share/games in the path? > > Probably not relevant is that every morning I get this cron error: > > /etc/cron.daily/apt-compat: > > Cache has broken packages, exiting > > What happens if you empty the cache with 'apt-get clean&#

Re: [DNG] reinstalling GRUB2

2019-07-25 Thread Haines Brown
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 06:59:02AM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote: > On 7/24/19 4:40 PM, Haines Brown wrote: > > > > I've no idea what's going on. > > I think you got a non-devuanized util-linux from ascii-security. That > package has been replaced. You should

Re: [DNG] reinstalling GRUB2

2019-07-27 Thread Haines Brown
forces you to download a php automatic repair utility before you can read read more of the page. What I did read was that a reason for the error might be invalid entries in my Windows registry. I suspected malware and ran away rather than download the

Re: [DNG] reinstalling GRUB2

2019-07-27 Thread Haines Brown
File System". A pop-up that cannot be dismissed insisted I download a php automatic repair utility before being able to read more of the page. What I did read was that a reason for the error might be invalid entries in my Windows registry. I suspected malware and ran away rather than download

Re: [DNG] reinstalling GRUB2

2019-07-30 Thread Haines Brown
I apologize for being semi-disconnected: I left a laptop running with mail daemon capturing half my mail unbeknownst to me. I'll be trying a couple of things out and will get back to the thread if I've any luck. Haines Brown ___ Dng mailin

Re: [DNG] Fetchmail on Beowulf

2019-10-31 Thread Haines Brown
that the new fetchmail looks for an SSL certificate, and finding none breaks the connection. I may have worked around this intering the line sslproto " into .fetchmailrc. Is this correct? I worry that it is not because I found no discussion on line Haines

Re: [DNG] How stable Is beowulf? How to upgrade from ascii?

2019-11-07 Thread Haines Brown
im be able to get SMTP authentication by reading passwd.client? Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] How stable Is beowulf? How to upgrade from ascii?

2019-11-09 Thread Haines Brown
On Sat, Nov 09, 2019 at 09:06:04AM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > Hi Haines, > > Haines Brown writes: > > > However, there was a glitch I do not understand. I could not get SMTP > > authentication (I'm running exim4 and mutt). Turned out that exim > > could n

[DNG] neomutt hangs with invocation of S/MIME

2019-11-09 Thread Haines Brown
I guess at one point this was a debian bug. I don't know why at this point it has not been resolved. I do not really understand the problem nor how to avoid it. Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

[DNG] mlterm to display path in window frame

2019-11-09 Thread Haines Brown
erm, but failed to find how to get it to display its current path in the frame. Can it be done? Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] mlterm to display path in window frame

2019-11-10 Thread Haines Brown
mlterm open did raise a menu. None seemed of use. One seems to have $SWP checked, but when I unchecked it I any access to the configuration menu. Can't get it back. > ..you may be looking for mlterm's equvivalent of konsole's %w (which > also

Re: [DNG] mlterm to display path in window frame

2019-11-11 Thread Haines Brown
On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 10:44:02PM +0100, marc wrote: > Hello > > I am under the impression that some xterminal emulators > understand a certain escape sequence (maybe tsl ?) which > update the title bar. > > What does > > tput hsl > > and > > tput tsl ; echo -n hello ; tput fsl > > do ?

[DNG] Beowulf: DBus service error

2019-11-22 Thread Haines Brown
, am I not thereby enabling autospawn? I'm not sure whether to comment the line. I have no reason to think that apulse is asking DBus to connect to a Bluetooth device. How do I go about finding out what process is calling on DBus? Haines Brown __

[DNG] sender address rejected

2019-12-02 Thread Haines Brown
0 -0500 > From: root > To: sur...@popcon.devuan.org > Subject: popularity-contest submission > > -BEGIN PGP MESSAGE- > ... It seems popcorn messages are sent by root, but the root address is not owned by user. How can I straighten this out? What

[DNG] frozen messages from dng-bounces

2019-12-16 Thread Haines Brown
> pipelined > +MAIL FROM:<> SIZE=5953: 554 5.7.1 Empty Sender Address is > prohibited > through this server Is my mailer telling me it has frozen a message from dng-bounces because its FROM: field is empty? Why is dng-bounces sending me messages? Haines Brown __

Re: [DNG] frozen messages from dng-bounces

2019-12-17 Thread Haines Brown
On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 07:55:27AM +1100, terryc wrote: > Just my 2c. > > On Mon, 16 Dec 2019 07:51:40 -0500 > Haines Brown wrote: > > > I periodically get frozen messages alerts from dng-bounces. Sometimes > > several in a day; sometimes every few days. The time o

Re: [DNG] frozen messages from dng-bounces

2019-12-24 Thread Haines Brown
On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 07:55:27AM +1100, terryc wrote: > Just my 2c. > > On Mon, 16 Dec 2019 07:51:40 -0500 > Haines Brown wrote: > > > I periodically get frozen messages alerts from dng-bounces. Sometimes > > several in a day; sometimes every few days. The time o

[DNG] With popcorn, sender address not recognized

2019-12-24 Thread Haines Brown
tt as mailer. The mail.guardedhost.com is my mail server. It seems popcorn is sending its message from r...@histomat.net, but this address not owned by user. The diagnostic code saeems to say that the d...@list.dyne.org recipient does not recognize r...@histomat.net. Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] With popcorn, sender address not recognized

2019-12-25 Thread Haines Brown
On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 07:22:56PM +, g4sra wrote: > On 24/12/2019 13:42, Haines Brown wrote: > > Every once in a while I get this message: ,,, > >> A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its > >> recipients. This is a permanent erro

Re: [DNG] We need upgrade reports

2020-01-01 Thread Haines Brown
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 02:58:10PM -0500, fsmithred via Dng wrote: > Please upgrade your highly customized and configured ascii production system > to beowulf and tell us if it works. Okay, DO THIS ON A COPY, not the real > thing. Did the upgrade in June ñto Beowuld with fluxbox rather than deskto

[DNG] VMware segmentation fault

2020-01-19 Thread Haines Brown
] 25851 The second command starts a vmware process, but I gather I should expect a VMware window to pop up. I would like to run Windows 7 or 8 in a virtual machine. Any way to get it cheaply? Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org ht

Re: [DNG] VMware segmentation fault

2020-01-20 Thread Haines Brown
On Sun, Jan 19, 2020 at 09:37:44PM +, Rowland penny via Dng wrote: > On 19/01/2020 21:22, Haines Brown wrote: > > It been ten years since I've installed a virtual machine under Linux, > > and things have changed. > > > > I downloaded and ran VMware-Play

Re: [DNG] VMware segmentation fault

2020-01-20 Thread Haines Brown
On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 01:28:51PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 21:37:44 +, Rowland wrote in message > : > > > > I should also point out that Windows 7 and 8 are both EOL. > > ..still worth running in vm's to figure, test etc out how to help > your new etc clients escape

Re: [DNG] mlterm to display path in window frame

2020-01-28 Thread Haines Brown
low ; tput fsl [nothing returned] If I type export TERM=xterm+sl and then do $ tput hsl tput: unknown terminfo capability 'hsl' $ tput tsl ; echo -n hello ; tput fsl [nothing returns] $ infocomp mlterm | grep tsl [nothing returns]

Re: [DNG] download image ISO of beowulf

2020-01-28 Thread Haines Brown
made available only for stabe releases. There were problems using the mini.iso installer. Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

[DNG] terminal paste failure

2020-07-01 Thread Haines Brown
xserver-xorg and rebooting did not help. However, an old wired USB mouse does not suffer from the problem. Haines Brown ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] terminal paste failure

2020-07-02 Thread Haines Brown
On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 05:36:05PM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > Last night for some reason I can no lonter paste text selected in > nano to another nano document with the middle mouse button. It seems > to have failed in the course of the night. > ... > However, an old wired USB

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