Re: which display manager would you suggest for Stretch?

2017-08-23 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 1:44 AM, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi folks, > > since kdm is not in anymore I wonder which display manager > to consider for Stretch? > > No assumption about the desktop environment should be made. > The local Debian users are free to choose. > > Of course I saw https://wiki.

Re: which display manager would you suggest for Stretch?

2017-08-23 Thread Felix Miata
Harald Dunkel composed on 2017-08-24 07:44 (UTC+0200): > since kdm is not in anymore I wonder which display manager > to consider for Stretch? > No assumption about the desktop environment should be made. > The local Debian users are free to choose. > Of course I saw https://wiki.debian.org/Dis

which display manager would you suggest for Stretch?

2017-08-23 Thread Harald Dunkel
Hi folks, since kdm is not in anymore I wonder which display manager to consider for Stretch? No assumption about the desktop environment should be made. The local Debian users are free to choose. Of course I saw https://wiki.debian.org/DisplayManager, but it appears to be out-of-date. And it

Re: Public Key

2017-08-23 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
On 23/08/17 20:52, Dan Norton wrote: > Debian 8 is what I use. You must have snipped off that part of my post. Right. You mentioned it in your very first post in this thread, but I skipped over it. My bad. > $ sudo gpg --keyserver 'hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net' --fingerprint '6D5B > EF9A DD20 7

Re: Stretch vim doesnt cut and paste

2017-08-23 Thread Richard Hector
On 21/08/17 05:31, Reco wrote: > In jessie and before that one could put needed customizations > into /etc/vim/vimrc (and it works as of stretch) > or into /etc/vim/vimrc.local (and it's ignored in stretch). Looking at a stretch box (installed clean, not upgraded), /etc/vim/vimrc has this at the b

Re: Public Key

2017-08-23 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
On 23/08/17 19:34, Dan Norton wrote: > I'm all for that, but unfortunately... > $ apt-cache show borgbackup | grep ^Homepage > E: No packages found > > Before posting I searched for borg and because nothing turned up I tried > to install it another way. It's supposed to be a self-contained binary;

Re: Public Key

2017-08-23 Thread Dan Norton
On 08/23/2017 08:53 PM, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: If you are using Debian 9 or higher, then you have a configuration problem because the package *is* there. Debian 8 is what I use. You must have snipped off that part of my post. I am not sure, but I think you are using a very old version

Re: Public Key

2017-08-23 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
On 23/08/17 15:11, Dan Norton wrote: > #1 SMP Debian 3.16.43-2+deb8u2 (2017-06-26) > is on my desktop. In the process of installing borg from: > > https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases You can install it easily in Debian. The package is called “borgbackup”. However, in Debian 9 it is an old

Re: One-line password generator

2017-08-23 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
On 23/08/17 14:11, Brian wrote: >> As for the scenario where the password is compromised and that leads to >> somebody posting slander in one behalf, that can happen without any need >> for password cracking. Anybody can create a profile in a social network >> pretending to be you with the intentio

Re: One-line password generator

2017-08-23 Thread Lck Ras
On 08/24/2017 02:11 AM, Brian wrote: > You should never reveal how your passwords are generated. In detail, > that is; in principle there might be no harm done. But how do you know how much you can reveal about it until there is real harm done? You can't really know for sure how much entropy your

Re: Public Key

2017-08-23 Thread Dan Norton
On 08/23/2017 07:24 PM, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: On 23/08/17 15:11, Dan Norton wrote: #1 SMP Debian 3.16.43-2+deb8u2 (2017-06-26) is on my desktop. In the process of installing borg from: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases You can install it easily in Debian. The package is call

Re: One-line password generator

2017-08-23 Thread Terence
You certainly didn't upset my appetite! As a Linux user since the mid-Ninties I can only say how on a daily basis I am increasingly impressed by, and grateful for, the very supportive Linux (in particular the Debian - since that is my favourite distribution) community. In particular I understand

Public Key

2017-08-23 Thread Dan Norton
#1 SMP Debian 3.16.43-2+deb8u2 (2017-06-26) is on my desktop. In the process of installing borg from: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases I have downloaded borg-linux64 and borg-linux64.asc. From README.txt, there are instructions for verifying the download: [...] To check the GPG sig

Re: One-line password generator

2017-08-23 Thread Fungi4All
One thing is for sure, with the good ol'boyz club of developers and ex-developers there is no room on this list for /users Which proves my theory that it is insiders of the linux community that make it so hostile for the rest of the world, due to their insecurity their good ol'boy club will col

Re: Package postgresql-9.6 is not configured yet

2017-08-23 Thread Marco DE BOOIJ
The dpkg --configure -a gives the same result. I will look into the scripts that you included and try them since I am on jessie. I will go to stretch as soon as this problem is solved. Do not think that it is not a good idea to do this now. BTW Postgresql 9.6 is running well. Marco Op 23-08

Re: One-line password generator

2017-08-23 Thread Glenn English
On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 8:20 PM, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: I ask the user for a fairly long line in a song, or maybe a poem, that they know or can learn. Something like the third line of a 19th century translation of Homer's Odyssey. I use the first letter, randomly upper-cased if necessary,

OT: Way OT: Problems buying batteries from Asia via eBay and PayPal--is there a hall of shame?

2017-08-23 Thread rhkramer
This is way OT, but this is the list that I'm most active on currently, and I thought someone on this list might be able to suggest a site or some other way to proceed. The basic problem is that I had a recent bad experience buying batteries (AAA NiMH cells) from an Asian supplier (atm, I forge

Re: One-line password generator

2017-08-23 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
On 23/08/17 11:57, Brian wrote: >> If you do not care about security, you could generate a single 4 >> character bit block with my method and save typing. > > One online password checker (not that I understand how it works or even > trust it) gives > > IhaveaMemorablePasswordwhichIwillnotforget!

Re: One-line password generator

2017-08-23 Thread Aaron Toponce
On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 03:23:50PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 01:16:56PM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote: > > Three POSIX-compliant shell functions that rely on no extra utilities > > shuff () { > > if [ $(command -v shuf) ] > > Needs quotes. Good catch. > >

Re: One-line password generator

2017-08-23 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 01:16:56PM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote: > Three POSIX-compliant shell functions that rely on no extra utilities > shuff () { > if [ $(command -v shuf) ] Needs quotes. > shuffle -f /dev/stdin -p "$1" /dev/stdin is not POSIX-compliant. > else

Re: One-line password generator

2017-08-23 Thread Aaron Toponce
On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 10:04:59AM -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > I have the following line in my Bash init file: > > “alias gen-password="head -c 16 /dev/urandom | base64 | head -c 22 && echo"” > > This generates a password with just above 128 bits of entropy. You may > find it useful. T

Re: One-line password generator

2017-08-23 Thread Brian
On Wed 23 Aug 2017 at 12:58:19 -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > On 23/08/17 11:57, Brian wrote: > >> If you do not care about security, you could generate a single 4 > >> character bit block with my method and save typing. > > > > One online password checker (not that I understand how it wor

Cycling Enthusiasts List

2017-08-23 Thread Melanie Harold
Hi, Hope this email finds you well. Would you be interested in reaching out to "Cycling Enthusiasts List" from USA? Our Databases:- 1.Sports Enthusiasts List2.Golfers List 3.Tennis Enthusiasts List4.Health and Fitness Enthusiasts Lis

Re: One-line password generator

2017-08-23 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
On 22/08/17 17:31, Brian wrote: > You will now explain why the first one will be broken in the next > 100 years. I'm past caring after that. If you do not care about security, you could generate a single 4 character bit block with my method and save typing. >> If the password is not important (fo

Re: Package postgresql-9.6 is not configured yet

2017-08-23 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 11:28:14AM -0400, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 8/23/17, Marco DE BOOIJ wrote: > > root:~# dpkg --configure postgresql-9.6 > > Setting up postgresql-9.6 (9.6.4-1.pgdg80+1) ... > > dpkg: error processing package postgresql-9.6 (--configure): > > subprocess installed post-in

Re: One-line password generator

2017-08-23 Thread Brian
On Wed 23 Aug 2017 at 09:11:15 +0900, Lck Ras wrote: > On 08/23/2017 07:31 AM, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 22 Aug 2017 at 15:14:37 -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > > You can recommend what you want but give me > > > > IhaveaMemorablePasswordwhichIwillnotforget! > > > > as opposed to > > > >

Re: One-line password generator

2017-08-23 Thread Brian
On Wed 23 Aug 2017 at 10:13:01 -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > On 22/08/17 17:31, Brian wrote: > > You will now explain why the first one will be broken in the next > > 100 years. I'm past caring after that. > > If you do not care about security, you could generate a single 4 > character bi

FTDI Kernel Driver Conflict?

2017-08-23 Thread Brett Friermood
I am using a BeagleBone Black to interface between a weather station and radio modem. I am using two USB to serial converters and am experiencing USB system crashes which I have not yet been able to solve. I am thinking there may be some type of a conflict with the drivers when using both adapte

Re: Package postgresql-9.6 is not configured yet

2017-08-23 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 8/23/17, Marco DE BOOIJ wrote: > I recently did an apt-get upgrade and it did not want to install a newer > version of postgresql-contrib-9.6. I searched the web and tried to > reinstall it (with remove and install because I did not want to loose my > database) but did did not solve it. Before

Package postgresql-9.6 is not configured yet

2017-08-23 Thread Marco DE BOOIJ
I recently did an apt-get upgrade and it did not want to install a newer version of postgresql-contrib-9.6. I searched the web and tried to reinstall it (with remove and install because I did not want to loose my database) but did did not solve it. Before I will try to purge and install it I wa

Re: One-line password generator

2017-08-23 Thread Jude DaShiell
Also, apg with the -a1 switch provides memorable passwords. On Tue, 22 Aug 2017, Jape Person wrote: Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:13:59 From: Jape Person To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: One-line password generator Resent-Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 20:15:58 + (UTC) Resent-From: debia

Re: One-line password generator

2017-08-23 Thread Jude DaShiell
It's a good idea to write passwords down in reverse too. Just remember you did that though. If someone entered a password completely backward because they got your writing it would maybe be interesting to have an automated email message or text sent to the computer owner or alternatively simp

Re: NFS creates hidden port

2017-08-23 Thread Rob van der Putten
Hi there On 22/08/17 18:01, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Question is whether it can be unambiguously recognized in netstat output as long as it is visible. Further: Is it always only one hidden port ? It's always a callback from a Stretch NFS server to a Jessie NFS client. It occurs when the cli

Re: Limiting resource usage

2017-08-23 Thread Zoltán Herman
You are right, I tried: I rewrite the soft / hard nproc value to 30/60(username) then logout and no longer I could not enter X window :) But then why he did not succeed? 2017-08-23 8:17 GMT+02:00 Reco : > Hi. > > On Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:31:10 +0200 > Zoltán Herman wrote: > > > if you use

Re: OCR

2017-08-23 Thread Michael Grant
I have used expensify.com at work. They have a free tier. Scanning and an app on the phone that you just take a photo of receipts as you go works well. If you can limit your expenses to 10 scans a month it's free.

Re: OCR

2017-08-23 Thread MENGUAL Jean-Philippe
Hi, I will test it, happy to know a new tool. Is it based on tesseract as well or is it your own engine? Best regards, Le 23/08/2017 à 08:21, Jerome Flesch a écrit : > Hello, > > Since it may be relevant, I'm going to do some advertisement for my > own software : https://openpaper.work . > >

Re : Re: OCR

2017-08-23 Thread MENGUAL Jean-Philippe
Oh indeed, this case is very complex. Another possible thing is to train tesseract for this kind fo situations, but it is a heavy process indeed. regards Jean-Philippe MENGUAL HYPRA, progressons ensemble Tél.: 01 84 73 06 61 Mail: cont...@hypra.fr Site Web: http://www.hypra.fr - Joe a

Re : Re: OCR

2017-08-23 Thread MENGUAL Jean-Philippe
Ok interesting, I will test and do feedbacks. The people I work with is interesting for testing because blind, as myself. Then they need a good quality OCR to read common image files. When I searched two years ago, I had not found very accessible an performant software (gimagereader is in GTK bu

Re: OCR

2017-08-23 Thread Joe
On Wed, 23 Aug 2017 08:22:37 +1000 "Stephen Grant Brown" wrote: > Hi All, > What is the best OCR package to use to scan the receipts given > immediately after making a purchase? Yours Sincerely If you mean general retail receipts, are you sure this is a practical proposition? I have to look clo

Re: OCR

2017-08-23 Thread Jerome Flesch
It's based on Tesseract. It can also use Cuneiform, but results are not as good. 2017-08-23 8:55 GMT+02:00 MENGUAL Jean-Philippe : > Hi, > > > I will test it, happy to know a new tool. Is it based on tesseract as well > or is it your own engine? > > > Best regards, > > > > Le 23/08/2017 à 08:21,