Reuniting disks in a raid1 array

2016-08-29 Thread Frédéric Marchal
Hello, I had two disks in a mdadm software raid1 on an old computer. I moved sda to a new computer. It ran there in a degraded raid1 for months. The second disk, sdb, kept running as the lone survivor of the original raid1 on the old computer. Now, it's time for the old computer to retire and

Re: Any idea when CVE-2016-5696 is going to get fixed?

2016-08-29 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 23:39:01 +0100 Lisi Reisz sent: > On Monday 29 August 2016 22:44:52 deloptes wrote: > > Crazy but fact. IMHO people try to convince themself it will never > > happen (to them). I would like to know why and how one could deal > > with such line of argumentation. > > You can't

Re: Any idea when CVE-2016-5696 is going to get fixed?

2016-08-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 29 August 2016 22:44:52 deloptes wrote: > Crazy but fact. IMHO people try to convince themself it will never happen > (to them). I would like to know why and how one could deal with such line > of argumentation. You can't. I live with it! I now just say: please, please, please, if you

Re: debian version ID

2016-08-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 29 August 2016 20:45:21 Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > /etc/debian_version coincidentally adds the minor > release Whatever the reason, it is very helpful to some of us that it does so, so long may it continue to do so!! :-) Thank you for the helpful explanation, Andrew. Lisi

Re: Any idea when CVE-2016-5696 is going to get fixed?

2016-08-29 Thread deloptes
Perry E. Metzger wrote: > I don't get why everyone wants to argue that a problem that is known > to be bad and is fixed in the kernel versions released by the kernel > maintainers should be ignored. I'm asking myself the same, but I'm not psychotherapist to be able to answer. For instance a fact:

Re: debian version ID

2016-08-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 06:27:39PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 12:27:31PM +0100, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote: > > Felix Miata: > > > > >Will someone please explain (or point to, since it's not in release > > >notes), why: > > >1: /etc/os-release (in Jessie at leas

automounted USB drive: All partitions cannot be accessed by user

2016-08-29 Thread Alan Davis
Hello: I have four partitions on a USB drive, including ntfs, fat32, and ext4. None of them is accessible as automounted. Each of them is accessible as root, however, and each of them is accessible when mounted manually with this command: $ sudo mount /dev/sdXN /mnt/ I realize this is

USB external drive mounting / permissions issues.

2016-08-29 Thread Alan E. Davis
[I used the wrong email address when I posted this message a few minutes ago. I hope I will be forgiven for reposting using this correct address.] Hello: I have four partitions on a USB drive, including ntfs, fat32, and ext4. None of them is accessible as automounted. Each of them is accessible a

Re: Any idea when CVE-2016-5696 is going to get fixed?

2016-08-29 Thread Perry E. Metzger
On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 19:30:11 +0200 "Thomas Schmitt" wrote: > Hi, > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > Normally security things are pushed right on thru particularly > > when they are a one file changed in the whole kernel source > > tree. Why not this time? > > I guess because it is easy to work arou

Re: debian version ID

2016-08-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 12:27:31PM +0100, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote: > Felix Miata: > > >Will someone please explain (or point to, since it's not in release > >notes), why: > >1: /etc/os-release (in Jessie at least) does not include the point release > >version as represented by /etc/debian_

USB Drive "The location could not be displayed"

2016-08-29 Thread Alan E. Davis
I am using debian stretch and gnome. When I plug in a usb external drive with four partitions (including ext4, ntfs, fat32) they are mounted automatically, but when I click on any of them in files or dolphin, this message is received: The location could not be displayed. You do not have the permi

Re: Any idea when CVE-2016-5696 is going to get fixed?

2016-08-29 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Gene Heskett wrote: > Normally security things are pushed right on thru particularly > when they are a one file changed in the whole kernel source tree. Why > not this time? I guess because it is easy to work around https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/challengeack and th

Re: Any idea when CVE-2016-5696 is going to get fixed?

2016-08-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 29 August 2016 12:11:27 Perry E. Metzger wrote: > On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 11:55:03 +0100 Tixy wrote: > > On Sun, 2016-08-28 at 15:36 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > > > On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 14:35:01 +0200 Frederic Marchal > > > > [...] > > > > > > Even if the requirements are met, the attac

Re: Any idea when CVE-2016-5696 is going to get fixed?

2016-08-29 Thread Perry E. Metzger
On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 07:25:42 +0200 Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > The issue is already been worked on by Ben for all versions in sid, > jessie (and wheezy lts): > > sid: > https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/commit/?h=sid&id=7184d7bfd94443b6403d71da639ec390224af594 > (but then later j

Re: Any idea when CVE-2016-5696 is going to get fixed?

2016-08-29 Thread Perry E. Metzger
On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 11:55:03 +0100 Tixy wrote: > On Sun, 2016-08-28 at 15:36 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > > On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 14:35:01 +0200 Frederic Marchal > [...] > > > > > > Even if the requirements are met, the attack fails if the > > > client is protected by a stateful firewall (eit

Re: [Rant] The Endless Search for a Mail Client That Doesn't Suck

2016-08-29 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희)
Hellow! No Spam 께서 쓰시길, 《記事 全文 <20160828210616.GC2923@jens-ThinkPad-Edge-E145> 에서》: > Hi, > > So it is 12 years later; > > has someone found something working? For now i use Gnus. by the way it is hard to recomend you. It is not easy to handle. The ~/.gnus.el is changed, all the time! Since

Site analysis report for kangry.com

2016-08-29 Thread Arnold Kross
Dear kangry.com Team, Hope you are doing well. My name is Arnold Kross, SEO expert of a Leading SEO service provider company. As per my analysis, your website is not performing well in the Google organic search as well as your traffic / visitor is poor from the last couple of months due to som

SOLVED: Re: Bluetooth problem

2016-08-29 Thread Michael Milliman
I guess I should have done this first, but I searched the Debian list archives and came up with the following: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/03/msg00164.html Upon following this solution, my problem was also solved. This leaves the question: Should this be reported as a bug (probab

Re: Bluetooth problem

2016-08-29 Thread Jude DaShiell
Talk about flakey software! :-( On Mon, 29 Aug 2016, Michael Milliman wrote: Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 09:48:01 From: Michael Milliman To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Bluetooth problem Resent-Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 13:48:31 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org I am run

Re: [Rant] The Endless Search for a Mail Client That Doesn't Suck

2016-08-29 Thread Henning Follmann
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 08:35:12AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > I use mutt. From time to time I have experimented with things like kmail, > pine, evolution, > thunderbird (icedove), claws, gnus and maybe some others and every time I > came back to mutt. > +1 for mutt -H -- Henning Follmann

Re: [Rant] The Endless Search for a Mail Client That Doesn't Suck

2016-08-29 Thread John Hasler
Stefan writes: > ...offlineimap... That looks like it could be useful. Thank you. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Bluetooth problem

2016-08-29 Thread Michael Milliman
Additional information, I grep'ed the device address in all log files and got the following for one instance of a connection attempt: kern.log:Aug 29 08:39:38 lap-02 kernel: [ 2899.476316] input: 30:21:48:DD:53:44 as /devices/virtual/input/input26 messages:Aug 29 08:39:38 lap-02 kernel

Bluetooth problem

2016-08-29 Thread Michael Milliman
I am running Debian 8.5 on a Toshiba Satellite L755D-S5106 laptop and having the following problem: When trying to connect my bluetooth speakers to the machine, I get all indications that the device is paired and connected. The speaker gives its indication that it is paired and connected as w

Re: [Rant] The Endless Search for a Mail Client That Doesn't Suck

2016-08-29 Thread Stefan Monnier
> sequentially. When you're on a metered internet connection, with only > a five-hour unmetered window in each 24, then making maximum use of > the unmetered window is important. In such a situation I think you'd want to use something like leafnode and offlineimap. Stefan

Re: Pulling mail for local access (was Re: [Rant] The Endless Search for a Mail Client That Doesn't Suck)

2016-08-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 29 August 2016 07:29:16 The Wanderer wrote: > On 2016-08-29 at 07:00, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 06:15:23AM -0400, brian wrote: > > > > [Gnus] > > > >> But will it download from multiple newsfeeds *simultaneou

Re: [Rant] The Endless Search for a Mail Client That Doesn't Suck

2016-08-29 Thread John Hasler
Brian writes: > But will [Gnus] download from multiple newsfeeds *simultaneously*, and > combine the feeds if you subscribe to the same group from more than > one source? I use Leafnode to transfer news to my machine and then read it locally with Gnus. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood,

Re: [Rant] The Endless Search for a Mail Client That Doesn't Suck

2016-08-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 29 August 2016 07:22:46 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sunday, August 28, 2016 05:06:16 PM No Spam wrote: > > So it is 12 years later; > > > > has someone found something working? > > So, if you expect a helpful answer, you might detail the problems that > you have with the mail clients

Re: [Rant] The Endless Search for a Mail Client That Doesn't Suck

2016-08-29 Thread John Hasler
Brian writes: > I like having newsgroups and mail in a single program. So do I. That's one of the reasons I use Gnus, -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

debian version ID

2016-08-29 Thread Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
Felix Miata: Will someone please explain (or point to, since it's not in release notes), why: 1: /etc/os-release (in Jessie at least) does not include the point release version as represented by /etc/debian_version Andrew M.A. Cater: /etc/os-release just contains major version - the absolute

Pulling mail for local access (was Re: [Rant] The Endless Search for a Mail Client That Doesn't Suck)

2016-08-29 Thread The Wanderer
On 2016-08-29 at 07:00, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 06:15:23AM -0400, brian wrote: > > [Gnus] > >> But will it download from multiple newsfeeds *simultaneously*, and >> combine the feeds if you subscribe to the same group

Re: [Rant] The Endless Search for a Mail Client That Doesn't Suck

2016-08-29 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, August 28, 2016 05:06:16 PM No Spam wrote: > So it is 12 years later; > > has someone found something working? So, if you expect a helpful answer, you might detail the problems that you have with the mail clients you've tried. I've used kmail for a long time, and though it has some w

Re: [Rant] The Endless Search for a Mail Client That Doesn't Suck

2016-08-29 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 06:15:23AM -0400, brian wrote: [Gnus] > But will it download from multiple newsfeeds *simultaneously*, and > combine the feeds if you subscribe to the same group from more than > one source? [...] TBH I never tried that, beca

Re: Any idea when CVE-2016-5696 is going to get fixed?

2016-08-29 Thread Tixy
On Sun, 2016-08-28 at 15:36 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 14:35:01 +0200 Frederic Marchal [...] > > > > Even if the requirements are met, the attack fails if the client is > > protected by a stateful firewall (either on a NAT router, modem or > > computer). > > So essential

Re: [Rant] The Endless Search for a Mail Client That Doesn't Suck

2016-08-29 Thread brian
On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 11:11:51 +0200, you wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 04:59:04AM -0400, brian wrote: >> On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 23:06:16 +0200, you wrote: >> >> >Hi, >> > >> >So it is 12 years later; >> > >> >has someone found something working? >> > >> >> This will be a recommendation which mos

Re: [Rant] The Endless Search for a Mail Client That Doesn't Suck

2016-08-29 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 04:59:04AM -0400, brian wrote: > On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 23:06:16 +0200, you wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >So it is 12 years later; > > > >has someone found something working? > > > > This will be a recommendation which most likely nobod

Re: [Rant] The Endless Search for a Mail Client That Doesn't Suck

2016-08-29 Thread brian
On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 23:06:16 +0200, you wrote: >Hi, > >So it is 12 years later; > >has someone found something working? > This will be a recommendation which most likely nobody else will support, but here we go... I like having newsgroups and mail in a single program. While there's nothing outst

Re: [Rant] The Endless Search for a Mail Client That Doesn't Suck

2016-08-29 Thread Joe
On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 23:06:16 +0200 No Spam wrote: > Hi, > > So it is 12 years later; > > has someone found something working? > Gmail on a web browser not good enough for you? OK, I'll vote for claws-mail as well, with the same reservation. It has bugs. But not serious ones, and curiously th

Re: [Rant] The Endless Search for a Mail Client That Doesn't Suck

2016-08-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 29 August 2016 02:55:14 deloptes wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 29 August 2016 02:16:09 deloptes wrote: > >> Neal P. Murphy wrote: > >> > About the time of squeeze or wheezy, kmail (and KDE for that > >> > matter) began slipping over the edge into the abyss. I finally > >> >