Re: What is the command to access the temp sensors in a rpi4?

[0...@caiway.net]

On Sun, 17 Jan 2021 23:47:48 -0500
Gene Heskett  wrote:

> Greetings all;

> Cheers, Gene Heskett

cpu=$(/,&/'

This oneliner works on pi3 and pi4


I use this oneliner for some color:
cpu=$(/,&/'

Or in a script:

#!/bin/bash
cpu=$(/,&/' 
#eof

hope this helps

Re: what do you guys think of this method of installing virtualbox

[0...@caiway.net]

On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:32:34 +0200

> the easiest way is to do 
> apt-get install virtualbox-6.1

Even more easy:
apt install virtualbox-6.1
;-)

Re: Improving performance: RAM or CPU speed

[0...@caiway.net]

On Sat, 11 Apr 2020 10:21:42 -0500
John Hasler  wrote:


> What Firefox version?  I used to see frequent Firefox crashes
> (apparently memory leaks: my system is always up) but that stopped a
> few years ago (though the irritation of that has been replaced by the
> irritation of being required to create a new profile every time I
> upgrade Firefox)

My firefox profile is never lost.
 
I copy my .mozilla directory and take that with me to another town.
On the PC there I replace my .mozilla directory and start firefox:

Result:
Everything is restored: history, bookmarks, settings, logins/passwords, 
even the open tabs.

When I return to my town I take with me my new up to date .mozilla
directory.

Firefox is a very convenient browser nowadays.

I do not take my entire home directory with me, for some reasons.

PS. I believe you have to use the same version of firefox on both
machines for this to work.

Re: Can I install Debian on Raspberry Pi?

[0...@caiway.net]

On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 10:13:58 +0100
Jonathan Dowland  wrote:

> According to this blog
> 
> It's possible if you use a kernel from outside Debian, provided by the
> Raspberry Pi foundation. But I would suggest this was not a
> beginner-level project.

Tomorrow I'll give it a try, but I'll be using an USB3 stick for the
Debian part, not an extra partition on the micro SD card as described in
the blog.

The Raspbian testing 64-bit kernel is running OK.

Thanks Jonathan!

Re: Can I install Debian on Raspberry Pi?

[0...@caiway.net]

Succeeded,

https://david.wragg.org/blog/2020/01/installing-64-bit-debian-on-rpi.html

Thanks again Jonathan!

 

record my whatsapp messages

[0...@caiway.net]

Hi.

When I post messages on whatsapp from my PC,
I would like to store these messages locally.

I tried a keylogger, but this saves all my typing in all programs,
including passwords.

Ideally I would like to have a directory where all
my typing on whatsapp is saved in plain textfiles.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Re: Can I install Debian on Raspberry Pi?

[0...@caiway.net]

On a raspberry pi 3B+ it is also possible to install arm64.

However I had my raspbian OS rootfs partition and /boot partition on an
USB stick.
I omitted the new partition making, this made it easier. I have no use
for a raspbian partition.
Just replaced the raspbian rootfs with debian arm64 rootfs.

 


On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:43:11 +0200
"0...@caiway.net" <0...@caiway.net> wrote:

> Succeeded,
> 
> https://david.wragg.org/blog/2020/01/installing-64-bit-debian-on-rpi.html
> 
> Thanks again Jonathan!
> 
>  
> 

firefox 75 pulseaudio sound suddenly stopped working

[0...@caiway.net]

Hi,

On my debian stable firefox 75 the sound stopped working.

Another user does have sound on stock firefox.

I can not go back to stock firefox, my profile of firefox 75 can not be
loaded any longer.

7 Chapters of troubleshooting pulseaudio did not help me in 4 hours:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Troubleshooting

Another thing from this guy Pottering does not give any hint:

journalctl -f 
journalctl -f | grep pulseaudio

nothing

pulsemixer does seem to be alright:
firefox: AudioStream is showing up, I can select it, and set volume (but
no sound).

but:
$ pactl list sink-inputs 
no output at all

$ pacmd list-sink-inputs 
0 sink input(s) available.


I am left clueless.
(no timidity here installed.
alsamixer shows the pulseaudio interface, unmuted)

[
I hate pulseaudio since when I had a linux terminal server project LAN.
In those days pulseaudio fucked up all LAN audio playing.
]

Waterfox and Palemoon browsers both play audio well.

Hope someone can give a hint

Thanks 4 reading

Re: firefox 75 pulseaudio sound suddenly stopped working

[0...@caiway.net]

On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 22:26:30 +0100
Phil Wyett  wrote:

> On Fri, 2020-04-24 at 22:40 +0200, 0...@caiway.net wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On my debian stable firefox 75 the sound stopped working.
> > 
> > Another user does have sound on stock firefox.
> > 
> > I can not go back to stock firefox, my profile of firefox 75 can not
> > be
> > loaded any longer.
> > 
> > 7 Chapters of troubleshooting pulseaudio did not help me in 4 hours:
> > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Troubleshooting
> > 
> > Another thing from this guy Pottering does not give any hint:
> > 
> > journalctl -f 
> > journalctl -f | grep pulseaudio
> > 
> > nothing
> > 
> > pulsemixer does seem to be alright:
> > firefox: AudioStream is showing up, I can select it, and set volume
> > (but
> > no sound).
> > 
> > but:
> > $ pactl list sink-inputs 
> > no output at all
> > 
> > $ pacmd list-sink-inputs 
> > 0 sink input(s) available.
> > 
> > 
> > I am left clueless.
> > (no timidity here installed.
> > alsamixer shows the pulseaudio interface, unmuted)
> > 
> > [
> > I hate pulseaudio since when I had a linux terminal server project
> > LAN.
> > In those days pulseaudio fucked up all LAN audio playing.
> > ]
> > 
> > Waterfox and Palemoon browsers both play audio well.
> > 
> > Hope someone can give a hint
> > 
> > Thanks 4 reading
> > 
> > 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Where did you source the firefox 75 you are using with debian
> buster/stable?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Phil
> 

I downloaded this firefox from mozilla.

I also tried the apulse method: no sound.

debian buster, daily updated, amd64.

Re: firefox 75 pulseaudio sound suddenly stopped working

[0...@caiway.net]

On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 22:50:28 +0200
Marco Möller  wrote:


> Maybe you experience something similar and haven't been aware about
> this application specific setting to exist, and like it unfortunately
> happens sometimes to me maybe also for you Firefox there is now set
> to 0% ? Good Luck! Marco.
> 

Hi, thanks for the hint.

I do not run KDE but fluxbox.

pulsemixer shows my soundcard, and when I open a youtube video
pulsemixer shows a new item direct underneath my soundcard, saying: 
Firefox: AudioStream 
and I can adjust the volume slider, but no sound is to be heard.

pavucontrol shows my soundcard under Output Devices, 
and under Playback are listed: 
System Sounds
Firefox: AudioStream on
and I can adjust the volume sliders, but no sound is to be heard.

Re: firefox 75 pulseaudio sound suddenly stopped working

[0...@caiway.net]

On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 08:05:43 +0200
deloptes  wrote:

> 0...@caiway.net wrote:
> 
> > pavucontrol shows my soundcard under Output Devices,
> 
> in the configuration tab does it say duplex?
> 

Yes, Analog Stereo Duplex.

Besides, qmmp does give sound with pulseaudio output selected.


My firefox settings, permissions:

Default for all websites: Allow Audio and Video

Re: firefox 75 pulseaudio sound suddenly stopped working

[0...@caiway.net]

On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 13:46:46 +0300
Andrei POPESCU  wrote:

> On Du, 26 apr 20, 12:24:11, 0...@caiway.net wrote:
> > 
> > My firefox settings, permissions:
> > 
> > Default for all websites: Allow Audio and Video
> 
> Have you tried with a new profile or in safe mode?
> 
> Kind regards,
> Andrei

In safe mode the problem persists.

With a new profile sound plays.

But I like to keep my settings, saved passwords etc.

I wish I could find out what file I could delete/change in my present
profile.

Thanks!

Re: firefox 75 pulseaudio sound suddenly stopped working

[0...@caiway.net]

On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 13:05:13 +0200
"0...@caiway.net" <0...@caiway.net> wrote:

 
> With a new profile sound plays.
> 
> But I like to keep my settings, saved passwords etc.
> 
> I wish I could find out what file I could delete/change in my present
> profile.
> 
> Thanks!
> 

I "solved" the problem by rename the ~/.mozilla directory to
~/.mozilla2
Then I started firefox 75, a new profile is created.

I copied recursive all directories under
~/.mozilla2/firefox/.default-release to 
~/.mozilla/firefox/.default-release
overwriting all.

Sounds played again!

Then followed this link:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile

and I believe all settings, passwords etc. are back again, and sounds
keep playing.

The problem thus was in a file(s) in the root of 
~/.mozilla/firefox/.default-release

I could not determine which file(s), I did not want to check all 84
files in that directory.


Thanks to all!

Re: firefox 75 pulseaudio sound suddenly stopped working

[0...@caiway.net]

On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 13:51:45 +0200
"0...@caiway.net" <0...@caiway.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 13:05:13 +0200
> "0...@caiway.net" <0...@caiway.net> wrote:
> 
>  
> > With a new profile sound plays.
> > 
> > But I like to keep my settings, saved passwords etc.
> > 
> > I wish I could find out what file I could delete/change in my
> > present profile.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> 
> I "solved" the problem by rename the ~/.mozilla directory to
> ~/.mozilla2
> Then I started firefox 75, a new profile is created.
> 
> I copied recursive all directories under
> ~/.mozilla2/firefox/.default-release to 
> ~/.mozilla/firefox/.default-release
> overwriting all.
> 
> Sounds played again!
> 
> Then followed this link:
> 
> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile
> 
> and I believe all settings, passwords etc. are back again, and sounds
> keep playing.

I had to reinstall the extensions, they were still listed under
Extensions, but not working and the icons were gone.

I have only  a number of 10 installed, so this took only a few minutes.

Re: firefox 75 pulseaudio sound suddenly stopped working [SOLVED]

[0...@caiway.net]

On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:50:00 +0200
"0...@caiway.net" <0...@caiway.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 13:51:45 +0200
> "0...@caiway.net" <0...@caiway.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 13:05:13 +0200
> > "0...@caiway.net" <0...@caiway.net> wrote:
> > 
> >  
> > > With a new profile sound plays.
> > > 
> > > But I like to keep my settings, saved passwords etc.
> > > 
> > > I wish I could find out what file I could delete/change in my
> > > present profile.
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > 
> > 
> > I "solved" the problem by rename the ~/.mozilla directory to
> > ~/.mozilla2
> > Then I started firefox 75, a new profile is created.
> > 
> > I copied recursive all directories under
> > ~/.mozilla2/firefox/.default-release to 
> > ~/.mozilla/firefox/.default-release
> > overwriting all.
> > 
> > Sounds played again!
> > 
> > Then followed this link:
> > 
> > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile
> > 
> > and I believe all settings, passwords etc. are back again, and
> > sounds keep playing.
> 
> I had to reinstall the extensions, they were still listed under
> Extensions, but not working and the icons were gone.
> 
> I have only  a number of 10 installed, so this took only a few
> minutes.
> 
> 
> 
> 

Re: firefox 75 pulseaudio sound suddenly stopped working [SOLVED]

[0...@caiway.net]

On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 19:40:14 +0200
Marco Möller  wrote:

> 
> >> I copied recursive all directories
> > 
> > I had to reinstall the extensions, they were still listed under
> > Extensions, but not working and the icons were gone
> 
> I am glad that you have solved you problem!
> 
> 
> For understanding:
> (1) So, for testing purpose you simply copied ALL the content of the
> old profile's directory to the new profile's directory.

I created a new profile only once.

I then copied the old directories and their contents (recursive)
to the new profile, *not* the files (approx. 64) in the profile's root
directory.

Sound worked again.

So fault must be in a/some file(s) in the root directory of the
old profile.


Then I followed 
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile
to get most of my settings back.

Bookmarks, open tabs, passwords, history, all reappeared.

My extensions showed up, greyed out, I had to reinstall them
manually. This was easy with approx. 10 extensions.

The icons in my bookmarks had disappeared, I use Checkmarks extension
to get most of them back automatically.

So far everything is OK.

(I could check out every file in the profile's root directory to find
the real problem, but that takes lots of time.)

My problem is solved, I have  a running firefox 75 with sound again.

> (2) And after this test showed promising results then you once more 
> created a new profile, but this time have only copied the files of 
> interest to it, the ones which are explicitly emphasized on the
> support page: 
> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile
> Finally, as announced on the support page, the extensions still
> needed to become reinstalled.
> 
> Did I understand it correctly?
 

Re: best Debian available package to sync files

[0...@caiway.net]

On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:44:02 -0700
Peter Ehlert  wrote:

> syncthing
> 
> On April 26, 2020 4:30:21 PM Anil F Duggirala
>  wrote:
> 
> > I know I may be misusing the word "sync".
> > I would like to ask if anyone can recommend the easy, yet "free"
> > way of getting some kind of file synchronization with a remote
> > (like dropbox, or onedrive). What would be the best way to set this
> > up using packages readily available in Debian. Can someone
> > recommend an alternative to dropbox, onedrive or google drive,
> > which maybe provides more control of my data to me?
> > thank you,
> 
> 
> 

In my experience syncthing is not good at syncing 10 devices (amd64
debian, 32 bits raspbian, android) and 10 directories.

During tests I pushed syncthing to its limits.

Better restrict it to a few.

Re: best Debian available package to sync files

[0...@caiway.net]

On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 18:30:10 -0500
Anil F Duggirala  wrote:

> I know I may be misusing the word "sync".
> I would like to ask if anyone can recommend the easy, yet "free" way
> of getting some kind of file synchronization with a remote (like
> dropbox, or onedrive). What would be the best way to set this up
> using packages readily available in Debian. Can someone recommend an
> alternative to dropbox, onedrive or google drive, which maybe
> provides more control of my data to me?
> thank you,
> 
> 

Sorry, my mistake,

To have a running FreedomBox, first install Debian (Buster or higher)
on a clean machine. 

Then run:

$ sudo apt install freedombox

Re: best Debian available package to sync files

[0...@caiway.net]

On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 18:30:10 -0500
Anil F Duggirala  wrote:

> I know I may be misusing the word "sync".
> I would like to ask if anyone can recommend the easy, yet "free" way
> of getting some kind of file synchronization with a remote (like
> dropbox, or onedrive). What would be the best way to set this up
> using packages readily available in Debian. Can someone recommend an
> alternative to dropbox, onedrive or google drive, which maybe
> provides more control of my data to me?
> thank you,
> 
> 
Perhaps freedombox is what you are looking for:

in buster:

sudo apt install freedombox

https://freedombox.org/

Good luck!

Sorry, my mistake,

To have a running FreedomBox, first install Debian (Buster or higher)
on a clean machine. 

Then run:

$ sudo apt install freedombox

Re: best Debian available package to sync files

[0...@caiway.net]

On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 02:30:53 +0200
"0...@caiway.net" <0...@caiway.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 18:30:10 -0500
> Anil F Duggirala  wrote:
> 
> > I know I may be misusing the word "sync".
> > I would like to ask if anyone can recommend the easy, yet "free" way
> > of getting some kind of file synchronization with a remote (like
> > dropbox, or onedrive). What would be the best way to set this up
> > using packages readily available in Debian. Can someone recommend an
> > alternative to dropbox, onedrive or google drive, which maybe
> > provides more control of my data to me?
> > thank you,
> > 
> > 
> 
> Sorry, my mistake,
> 
> To have a running FreedomBox, first install Debian (Buster or higher)
> on a clean machine. 
> 
> Then run:
> 
> $ sudo apt install freedombox
> 

https://salsa.debian.org/freedombox-team/plinth

FreedomBox is a community project to develop, design and promote
personal servers running free software for private, personal
communications. It is a networking appliance designed to allow
interfacing with the rest of the Internet under conditions of protected
privacy and data security. It hosts applications such as blog, wiki,
website, social network, email, web proxy and a Tor relay, on a device
that can replace your Wi-Fi router, so that your data stays with you.

I can tell you it is really nice.

Only problem I had: it is based on Apache, and I am used to nginx.

Re: best Debian available package to sync files

[0...@caiway.net]

On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 02:47:35 +0200
"0...@caiway.net" <0...@caiway.net> wrote:

> 
> https://freedombox.org/
> 
A good thing about freedombox is that you can register your own server
at XXXYYYZZZ.freedombox.rocks for free.

So you don't have to pay for DNS.

You can register at:

https://gnudip.datasystems24.net/gnudip/cgi-bin/gnudip.cgi

with ez-ipupdate you can keep your address when your provider changes
your ip

sudo apt install ez-ipupdate

Now you have your absolute free internet server.

Please run it on a solar powered raspberry pi to keep it really
absolute free ;-) 

Re: best Debian available package to sync files

[0...@caiway.net]

> Please run it on a solar powered raspberry pi to keep it really
> absolute free ;-) 
> 
A few fun projects I host are some live distros:

https://sposkpat2.freedombox.rocks/

https://sposkmahjongg.freedombox.rocks/

https://sposkdegames.freedombox.rocks/

Re: Very old hardware...

[0...@caiway.net]

On Fri, 03 Jul 2020 19:17:33 +0200
Davide Lombardo  wrote:

> Good evening Debian User, I have found an old PC with these specs:
> CPU: Pentium III 700 Mhz;
> DRAM: 64 MB SDDR 
> GPU: RIVA TNT-2
> HARDISK: 10 GB
> FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
> MODEM 56K
> In the receipt is written 3,000 Lire (1,500) Euro of today...
> Do you think I can install something different than the already
> installed WIN98 system ?

You could try some of those old floppy distros:

https://linuxmuseum.freedombox.rocks/FloppyDistros/

I don't think they have an installer to harddisk

terminator freezes desktop

[0...@caiway.net]

Hi,

terminator, after years of superb stability, started to freeze my
desktop sometimes.
This behavior started some 3 months ago.

Freeze happens sometimes when I start another window with terminator.

The only solution is to change to another desktop
and from a xterm 'killall terminator', closing all windows with
terminator.

checking the logs didn't help.

Otherwise, the system is rock solid.

system:

debian stable, daily updated
fluxbox

any hints on how to solve this issue are more than welcome!

regards

Re: terminator freezes desktop

[0...@caiway.net]

On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 06:07:18 + (UTC)
davidson  wrote:

> On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 0...@caiway.net wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > terminator, after years of superb stability, started to freeze my
> > desktop sometimes.
> 
> I have never used it.
> 
> > This behavior started some 3 months ago.
> >
> > Freeze happens sometimes when I start another window with
> > terminator.
> 
> Does it look like anything here?
> 
>   Debian Bug report logs: Bugs in package terminator
>   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=terminator

Seems like bug #907253

I installed a newer version from buster-backports.
Will do some testing.

Re: any gui for lm-sensors?

[0...@caiway.net]

On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 02:52:22 + (UTC)
Long Wind  wrote:

> i want a small app that show cpu temperaturewhich package shall i
> install?Thanks!
> 

psensor if you want a graph and/or remote

the packages are:

psensor is 63 kB,
psensor-common is 43 kB and 
psensor-server is 110 kB

Re: terminator + xcompmgr freezes desktop

[0...@caiway.net]

> Hi,
> 
> terminator, after years of superb stability, started to freeze my
> desktop sometimes.
> This behavior started some 3 months ago.

The problem stops when xcompmgr is not running.


xcompmgr + terminator = problem

I choose terminator above eye candy stuff.

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

[0...@caiway.net]

On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 23:03:07 -0300
riveravaldez  wrote:

> Is this possible?
> 
> Hi, to clarify: I would like to connect to a remote home-machine
> (dynamic IP) through SSH session but without using a third-party
> server (free or paid), just with software running in both machines.
> 

You could do this with curl and rsync.

Every 10 minutes or so you check your ip address with curl
and  send the result to the other machine with rsync.

That other machine does the same.

I think (not sure) you can expect trouble when both machines get
another ip address within that time interval.
I can live with that, my addresses seldom change.
 

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

[0...@caiway.net]

On Sat, 1 Aug 2020 17:23:06 +0200
"0...@caiway.net" <0...@caiway.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 23:03:07 -0300
> riveravaldez  wrote:
> 
> > Is this possible?
> > 
> > Hi, to clarify: I would like to connect to a remote home-machine
> > (dynamic IP) through SSH session but without using a third-party
> > server (free or paid), just with software running in both machines.
> > 
> 
> You could do this with curl and rsync.
> 
> Every 10 minutes or so you check your ip address with curl

# curl ifconfig.me > ~/ipmachine1

This needs a server on the net (if.config), so this solution is not what
OP wants.

Re: how to find out HorizSync, VertRefresh and resolution used by X

[0...@caiway.net]

On Mon, 10 Aug 2020 19:25:39 + (UTC)
Long Wind  wrote:

>  is there some gui tool that can change screen resolution and refresh
> rate? i use twm 

gvidm is the one I use, very usefull. I use it with fluxbox.

description:

Running gvidm will pop up a list of available modes and allows the user
to select one if desired. This makes it perfect for running from an
application menu or a hotkey, so you don't have to use ram for an applet
constantly running. If you are running dual or multi-head displays, it
will give you a list of screens so you can select the appropriate one.

Re: get an alert when a mail arrives from certain addresses

[0...@caiway.net]

On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 04:37:21 +0100
"sp...@caiway.net"  wrote:

> 
> > You want to use a mail filtering program. Usually people
> > recommend procmail, but honestly, everyone who used procmail
> > whom I have introduced to the maildrop mailfilter has switched
> > over.
> > 
> > sudo apt install maildrop

Thanks again, my searx search engine did not not give any hints in 40 or
so hits.
I am in virgin waters probably

-- 
Thanks!

Re: get an alert when a mail arrives from certain addresses

[0...@caiway.net]

 
> If Claws is doing that fetching job for you, you're at the mercy
> of the Claws developers on whether they've thought of your needs.
> 
> Cheers
> -- tomás

Claws is doing that fetching job for me at the moment (and for the
last 10 years or so).
But I need to chance that because everything has to be functioning 
headless.
I wil have a look into that fetching from the command line.
-- 
Thanks a lot!

Re: get an alert when a mail arrives from certain addresses

[0...@caiway.net]

On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 20:41:04 +1100
darb  wrote:

> * sp...@caiway.net wrote:
> > I am using Claws Mail since ages. Very good!
> > Now I want to get an alert when a mail arrives from certain
> > addresses. Studied the preferences I don't find an option.
> > I guess I have to take a look at a command line solution.
> > Check mail every minute, check the sender, Alert
> 
> There looks to be an feature in claws mail called filter rules that
> suits your needs. To create a new rule right click an email from the
> sender and select create filter rule->by from. Add a name for the
> rule and select an action to notify you such as:
> execute "notify-send \"new message from %f\""
> enable filter messages on receiving in the account
> preferences->receive tab. This will send a desktop notification when
> you receive a message from the specified sender.
> 

I will take a look into this option!



-- 
Thanks very much!

Re: FF on stretch=no imgur main link image

[0...@caiway.net]

On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 10:14:19 -0500
Gene Heskett  wrote:

> Greetings;

Greetings Gene

I never empty my cache in firefox.
Not a single time past 10 years

What you could do is # adduser gene2
Login as gene2

And check things out.

Never no need to empty caches!

Re: FF on stretch=no imgur main link image

[0...@caiway.net]

On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 10:14:19 -0500
Gene Heskett  wrote:

 
> Cheers, Gene Heskett

Empty your Cache!
Reboot your System!

Orders from bad IT people: destroy any evidence we were wrong!

-- 
Thanks!

Re: get an alert when a mail arrives from certain addresses

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> Just one of the reasons I use fetchmail and procmail as background 
> processes. Removing the fetching duties from kmail makes it a lot 
> smoother and friendlier. By watching their activities of depositing 
> incoming mail in /var/mail/*, kmail knows within microseconds as 
> inotifywait sends kmail a message when /var/mail/* is closed. Editing 
> this message you are reading has so far used one mouse click.
> Computers are supposed to save you work, not make it. Now I'll send
> this with a ctrl+return, and the + key takes me to the next unread
> massage.
> 
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
So I guess I will have to investigate in fetchmail and/or procmail...

Thanks for yor proposal!

Empty your Cache! Reboot your System!

[0...@caiway.net]

Advice from bad IT folks who want the evidence of their
shortcomings destroyed
;-)

Empty your Cache! Reboot your System!

[0...@caiway.net]

Orders from bad IT people: destroy any evidence we were wrong!


-- 
Thanks!

Re: looking for a replacement for debian since systemd

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On Fri, 13 Dec 2019 15:36:00 -0800
Peter Ehlert  wrote:

> drama queen much?
> 

I did not like the idea of systemd.
But I do like systemd-container very much.
I am using it for years now.
Run services in a container, easy backup, easy migrate, reboot in 3
seconds.

So nowadays I tolerate systemd in my systems.

Re: looking for a replacement for debian since systemd

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On Mon, 16 Dec 2019 16:40:52 +0100
Alberto Luaces  wrote:

> "0...@caiway.net" writes:
> 
> > But I do like systemd-container very much.
> 
> What is that thing? Another name for systemd-nspawn?
> 

package systemd-container provides systemd's tools for nspawn and
container/VM management:
 * systemd-nspawn
 * systemd-machined and machinectl
 * systemd-importd

kpat card deck far too small

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Hi everybody,

$ kpat
qt5ct: using qt5ct plugin
qt5ct: D-Bus global menu: no
org.kde.kcoreaddons: "3840-1916-background" is too large to be cached.

see, with your glasses on:

https://i.paste.pics/652e13761f68299de40c01f409392284.png

This on a 4 k monitor, nvidea drivers, debian buster up-to-date,
RAM 32 GB, 40GB swap, Ryzen 16 threads

Searx is of no help :-(

I tried removing all ~/.cache
I tried as brand new new user
I tried as root:

# kpat
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to
'/tmp/runtime-root' QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting
to '/tmp/runtime-root' 
org.kde.kcoreaddons: "2688-1387-background" is too large to be cached. 
org.kde.kcoreaddons: "3840-1979-background" is too large to be cached.


No luck.

In the past I had a nice full screen card game.

Any ideas?

Should I report a bug to kpat or to kdegames-card-data-kf5?

TIA

kpat card deck far too small

[0...@caiway.net]

Hi everybody,

$ kpat
qt5ct: using qt5ct plugin
qt5ct: D-Bus global menu: no
org.kde.kcoreaddons: "3840-1916-background" is too large to be cached.

see, with your glasses on:

https://i.paste.pics/652e13761f68299de40c01f409392284.png

This on a 4 k monitor, nvidea drivers, debian buster up-to-date,
RAM 32 GB, 40GB swap, Ryzen 16 threads

Searx is of no help :-(

I tried removing all ~/.cache
I tried as brand new new user
I tried as root:

# kpat
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to
'/tmp/runtime-root' QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting
to '/tmp/runtime-root' 
org.kde.kcoreaddons: "2688-1387-background" is too large to be cached. 
org.kde.kcoreaddons: "3840-1979-background" is too large to be cached.


No luck.

In the past I had a nice full screen card game.

Any ideas?

Should I report a bug to kpat or to kdegames-card-data-kf5?

TIA

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

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> PS: The only problem with LVM names is that Linux doesn't let you
> rename a volume group while it's active (at least last time I tried),
> which makes it painful to rename the volume group in which lives your
> root partition.
> 

How painful is it to dd a live cd, boot from it and rename?
3 minutes of pain, if that is what you want to call it?

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

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On Tue, 04 Feb 2020 22:19:25 -0500
Stefan Monnier  wrote:
> > How painful is it to dd a live cd, boot from it and rename?
> 
> Very.  It's called "downtime".
> Every time you have to reboot, it means your OS has somewhat failed
> you.
> 
> 
> Stefan
> 

You are absolutely right!

Re: *nix

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> I also tend to use programs that allow me to use the keyboard.
> mplayer - and its successor, mpv - work great with the keyboard.
> xv works great for displaying GIFs and JPEGs.  (At least older
> ones - some newer JPEGs contain codes that xv can't handle.  At
> that point I reluctantly fall back to ristretto.  No doubt there
> are programs that would suit my needs better, but I haven't been
> willing to take the time to find them.)

You might like gpicview.

I do.

sudo apt install gpicview
copy paste :-)

Re: *nix

[0...@caiway.net]

> I don't see how gpicview is a keyboard-friendly program. For example,
> I can't even see a way of navigating round a large image with the
> cursor keys. The only way I found of stepping through a number of
> files is to use the OpenFile dialog box as a thumbnail viewer.
> What have I missed? (There seems to be almost no documentation.)

When you right click on an image you will see the list of shortcuts.
a way of navigating round a large image with the cursor keys I did not
find either.

> Despite its limitations (eg no movies, and zooming is crude), I find
> xzgv a most satisfactory keyboard-friendly viewer.
> 
> Cheers,
> David.
> 

Re: Offline install from CD - not allowed to install SSH server

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On Wed, 04 Mar 2020 16:32:42 +0100 (CET)
Cichas  wrote:

> 
> Hello guys,
> 
> sorry if this is documented somewhere but today I decided to ask here
> as it is something fundamental I cannot understand. After 20 years I
> decided to try Debian again (as VM for start). I am installing it
> from debian-10.3.0- amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso. As it is in remote location
> with problematic Internet access I wanted to do offline install.


Not a real answer to your question, but you could build an install 
Blu-ray with the jigdo-tool.

https://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/

The current first one (buster) you can create is 21 GB in size.
There are 4 Blu-rays in total.
You need a writer/reader for those disks of course, 
not sure if dd to an USB flash drive works with the Blu-ray iso-file.
I use a special USB flash drive which supports booting from iso-files,
the IODD mini (I did just a test, the debian install Blu-ray iso-file
boots fine)
 http://iodd.kr/wordpress/product/iodd-mini/

Hope this helps

Re: Advice on upgrading to SSD

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> There used to be (still?) a set of Western Digital drives that
> would go into a hard sleep and park their heads repeatedly. This 
> tended to cause a shortened lifespan as well as terrible
> performance.
> 
> -dsr-
> 
with cron:
# prevent disks from sleeping, every minute:
* * *  **  /bin/touch /dev/sda &>/