Brian wrote:
> I would take "base system" to mean what the installer means by it. In
> which case, it is should not be associated with "standard system
> utililites". They are different sets of packages.
Generally it is up to the author of a liveCD distribution to
include packages relevant for uti
deloptes writes:
> Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
>
>> I can see how someone going for a minimal
>> system would consider it bloat.
>
> +1
>
> used 2 times rsync in past 10y private and professional daily use of linux
> (desktop and server)
Whereas I have a cron script firing nightly that uses rsync
Weaver composed on 2017-11-05 17:55 (UTC-0800):
> David Wright wrote:
>> On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 12:18:50 (-0800), Weaver wrote:
>>> Brian wrote:
>>> > On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 19:51:48 +, Brian wrote:
>>> >> Midnight Commander and locate are also very useful additions, but that
>>> >> does mer
On 2017-11-06 11:16, David Wright wrote:
> On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 12:18:50 (-0800), Weaver wrote:
>> On 2017-11-06 06:12, Brian wrote:
>> > On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 19:51:48 +, Brian wrote:
>> >
>> >> Midnight Commander and locate are also very useful additions, but that
>> >> does merit including
On 06/11/17 14:22, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2017-11-05 at 20:16, David Wright wrote:
>
>> As for MC, it's in the population of programs that I would never run
>> as root, along with X, Emacs, …Office, browsers, media players (does
>> that cover it?). Root does not need Swiss Army knives slashing
On 2017-11-05 at 20:16, David Wright wrote:
> As for MC, it's in the population of programs that I would never run
> as root, along with X, Emacs, …Office, browsers, media players (does
> that cover it?). Root does not need Swiss Army knives slashing
> about.
That last sentence is .sig-worthy.
On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 12:18:50 (-0800), Weaver wrote:
> On 2017-11-06 06:12, Brian wrote:
> > On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 19:51:48 +, Brian wrote:
> >
> >> Midnight Commander and locate are also very useful additions, but that
> >> does merit including them in Priority: standard.
> > ^
> >
Yes, I’ve tried installing xserver-xorg-input-synaptics,
xserver-xorg-input-mtrack, and xf86-input-cmt
(https://github.com/hugegreenbug/xf86-input-cmt) and none of them have made any
difference.
On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 22:57:10 +0100, deloptes wrote:
> Joe wrote:
>
> > A, editor wars...
>
> yes indeed. My favorite is ne, but vi was wide spread for historic reasons
> on all kinds of *nixes.
> I once had to compile vim for Solaris as the vi version was so crippled.
No editor warfare fr
Karl Noss wrote:
> I’m running stretch on an ASUS C201
> (https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Asus/C201) and I’m totally
> lost as to how to make the touchpad work. I’m not sure if the system even
> sees the device
I don't see what more can be said than this
https://wiki.debian.org/Install
Joe wrote:
> A, editor wars...
yes indeed. My favorite is ne, but vi was wide spread for historic reasons
on all kinds of *nixes.
I once had to compile vim for Solaris as the vi version was so crippled.
Hi,
for the armel port in buster the question of raising the baseline came up.
20 years ago you could go into a shop and buy a mobile phone
with a CPU supported by the armel port in stretch.
Roger Shimizu is doing a great job on ARMv5 hardware and I've seen bug
reports from users on ARMv5 hardw
I’m running stretch on an ASUS C201
(https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Asus/C201) and I’m totally lost as
to how to make the touchpad work. I’m not sure if the system even sees the
device.
I’d appreciate it if someone could help me debug this. Here is some info from
my system:
root@m
On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 16:00:45 -0500
Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 05, 2017 at 08:47:48PM +, Brian wrote:
> >
> > Nano is an editor. So is vim-tiny. Both are in the base system. Why
> > two editors? I suppose they cater for different audiences. Or
> > tastes. (And history plays a part
On Sun, Nov 05, 2017 at 08:47:48PM +, Brian wrote:
>
> Nano is an editor. So is vim-tiny. Both are in the base system. Why two
> editors? I suppose they cater for different audiences. Or tastes. (And
> history plays a part). Don't fight it.
>
As far as vim-tiny, vi is specified/required [0] i
On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 12:18:50 -0800, Weaver wrote:
> On 2017-11-06 06:12, Brian wrote:
> > On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 19:51:48 +, Brian wrote:
> >
> >> Midnight Commander and locate are also very useful additions, but that
> >> does merit including them in Priority: standard.
> > ^
> >
On 2017-11-06 06:12, Brian wrote:
> On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 19:51:48 +, Brian wrote:
>
>> Midnight Commander and locate are also very useful additions, but that
>> does merit including them in Priority: standard.
> ^
> not
Not so sure about locate, but I'd include MC, with internal
On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 19:51:48 +, Brian wrote:
> Midnight Commander and locate are also very useful additions, but that
> does merit including them in Priority: standard.
^
not
--
Brian.
On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 14:26:38 -0500, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> Of course, it is really easy to add packages to a system that has
> adequate space, where installing an over-bloated base/standard system to
> a low resource machine is more complex. Despite the enormous utility I
> find in it, lea
On Sun, Nov 05, 2017 at 07:50:56PM +0100, deloptes wrote:
> Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
>
> > I can see how someone going for a minimal
> > system would consider it bloat.
>
> +1
>
> used 2 times rsync in past 10y private and professional daily use of linux
> (desktop and server)
>
Whereas I have
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Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> I can see how someone going for a minimal
> system would consider it bloat.
+1
used 2 times rsync in past 10y private and professional daily use of linux
(desktop and server)
Indo Neh wrote:
> There is a boot option in Fedora 'inst.gpt' which forces the Fedora 26
> Anaconda installer to recognize a drive as a GPT drive for the purposes of
> the Anaconda installer setting up the drive with a GPT partition table.
>
> https://rhinstaller.github.io/anaconda/boot-options.h
Fred Ringwald wrote:
> Yesterday Sven Hartge responded to my query regarding rsync, quoted
> below.
> However, my question was not a technical question asking why rsync was
> not automatically installed during a stock amd64 debian installation,
> but a more philosophical question as to why the d
On Sun, Nov 05, 2017 at 12:20:31PM -0500, Fred Ringwald wrote:
>Yesterday Sven Hartge responded to my query regarding rsync, quoted below.
>However, my question was not a technical question asking why rsync was not
>automatically installed during a stock amd64 debian installation, but a
There is a boot option in Fedora 'inst.gpt' which forces the Fedora 26
Anaconda installer to recognize a drive as a GPT drive for the purposes of
the Anaconda installer setting up the drive with a GPT partition table.
https://rhinstaller.github.io/anaconda/boot-options.html#inst-gpt
Could this so
Yesterday Sven Hartge responded to my query regarding rsync, quoted below.
However, my question was not a technical question asking why rsync was not
automatically installed during a stock amd64 debian installation, but a
more philosophical question as to why the debian administrators chose to
mak
> I checked the hard drive using the manufacturer's diagnostics and it's
> fine. Even if the hard drive were failing, I'm not sure how it would
> address my question. Shouldn't enough of the operating system be
> running in RAM (I have 4 gigs of it and no swap) so that my computer
> can switch to a
On 05.11.2017 11:54, Borden Rhodes wrote:
> ...
> I checked the hard drive using the manufacturer's diagnostics and it's
> fine. Even if the hard drive were failing, I'm not sure how it would
> address my question. Shouldn't enough of the operating system be
> running in RAM (I have 4 gigs of it an
On 5 November 2017 at 19:17, wrote:
>
> Note that the mount(8) man page recommends findmnt(8) for script
> usage. Findmnt is util-linux, so whether you want to use it or
> not will depend a bit on your portability needs.
>
> Parsing mount output robustly is, of course, always a good exercise.
Ah
Le 03/11/2017 à 12:51, Pol Hallen a écrit :
What manages the wan interface ? /etc/network/interfaces,
statically with /etc/network/interfaces
Then I wonder how the modem knows you rebooted.
Can you show the file ?
Did you try with DHCP ?
NetworkManager, other ?
I don't have X
NetworkMan
Bonjour Angelique
Plus près du ciel. On oublie souvent que le couvrement comprend les voutes, la
charpente et la toiture. Sur ce point, à propos de la chronologie de
contruction de Notre-Dame d' Amiens, les spécialistes continuent de s'
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On Sun, Nov 05, 2017 at 08:31:00AM +1100, David Margerison wrote:
> On 5 November 2017 at 04:55, wrote:
>
> > What about checking whether the
> > filesystem of a specific device is mounted at that directory? Can
> > that be checked easily?
>
> It
> Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 05:11:34 -0400
> From: Gene Heskett
>
>> What kernel or other settings can I set to let me keep control of my
>> computer during a runaway process? Basically, how do I tell Linux to
>> keep just enough resources free so I can drop into a shell terminal
>> and figure out wha
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