Firefox 52 (Buster) is grinding my system to a halt

2018-05-27 Thread Borden Rhodes
Since getting my new laptop and clean-installing Buster, Firefox-ESR keeps locking my computer up so much that I usually have to hard restart because the system is totally unresponsive. When I'm lucky, I can drop into a TTY, kill Firefox and regain control. According to iotop, I think the offendin

Re: Possible for full-disk encryption to encrypt /boot as well?

2018-05-27 Thread David Christensen
On 05/26/18 23:40, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 12:43 AM, David Christensen < dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: On 05/26/18 21:16, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 7:21 PM, David Christensen Have you considered a self-encrypting drive ... I'm 99.99% sure (like D

bzflag is slow since nvidia-graphics-drivers 390.59-1

2018-05-27 Thread Harald Dunkel
Hi folks, after the upgrade of nvidia-graphics-drivers to version 390.59-1 bzflag seems to use mesa instead of the nvidia libs. Running dpkg-reconfigure glx-alternative-nvidia doesn't help. Other games (e.g. tuxracer) are fine, so I wonder WTH? I haven't found the problem yet. Every he

Re: Get the external IP address from a Linux box

2018-05-27 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, On 27/05/18 22:14, André Rodier wrote: >> My script also does the Google DNS lookup. > I have four IP addresses, and Goodle DNS returns the first one, > although I query from the second one. Are you sure that isn't a problem at your end? How your firewall is identifying and routing the traff

Thunderbird does not start and freezes

2018-05-27 Thread Pétùr
In sid, trying to launch thunderbird does do anything and freezes the system (mouse works but cannot act on windows, going to tty works). dmesg says: [ 13.676445] audit: type=1400 audit(1527426637.518:35): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="thunderbird" name="/sys/devices/pci:00/

Re: Installing Debian on a Minnowboard Turbot with installer on USB stick?

2018-05-27 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i typo'ed: > deletion of GPT partition 2 because it overlaps > with the EFI partition, Partition 1 needs to be delted. Number 2 is the EFI partition. Further it comes to me that the gdisk session is best done one the USB stick with the ISO already copied onto it. This will give gdisk a chanc

Re: Installing Debian on a Minnowboard Turbot with installer on USB stick?

2018-05-27 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, didier gaumet wrote: > > https://minnowboard.org/tutorials/best-practice-boot-media-selection Rick Thomas wrote: > [...] when I dd that same .iso > onto a USB stick, then plug the stick into the USB slot on the Turbot, will > not be recognized as a bootable medium. Point 4 of that tutorial s

Re: Installing Debian on a Minnowboard Turbot with installer on USB stick?

2018-05-27 Thread didier gaumet
Le 27/05/2018 à 12:28, Rick Thomas a écrit : > Thanks! Yes, that confirmed what I had mostly already found by > experimentation. > > What it didn’t explain was why the same .iso (specifically, > firmware-buster-DI-alpha2-amd64-DVD-1.iso) when I burn it to a DVD-R and load > the disk into a DVD

Re: Installing Debian on a Minnowboard Turbot with installer on USB stick?

2018-05-27 Thread Rick Thomas
On May 27, 2018, at 3:57 AM, deloptes wrote: > Rick Thomas wrote: > >> Can you suggest any way to get around the problem? > > Sorry to jump in, but I had a similar experience with Pi few years ago. > > I see this board supports network boot - for experimenting it is the one I > usually prefer

Get the external IP address from a Linux box

2018-05-27 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, On 26/05/18 20:53, André Rodier wrote: > The code is on github, as part of my small homebox project. I am not > sure it deserves a dedicated repository ;-). > > https://github.com/progmaticltd/homebox/blob/dev-arodier/install/playbo > oks/roles/system-prepare/files/external-ip My take from y

Re: Installing Debian on a Minnowboard Turbot with installer on USB stick?

2018-05-27 Thread Brian
On Sun 27 May 2018 at 03:34:40 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On May 27, 2018, at 3:12 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > > Le 27/05/2018 à 00:19, Rick Thomas a écrit : > >> Does anyone have experience installing Debian on a Minnowboard Turbot? > > > > Not me. > > > >> I have a dual-core, single e

Re: Installing Debian on a Minnowboard Turbot with installer on USB stick?

2018-05-27 Thread Rick Thomas
On May 27, 2018, at 3:50 AM, deloptes wrote: > Rick Thomas wrote: > >> I’m puzzled… Have you tried to boot the installer from a USB stick on a >> Turbot? Or did you always use a physical DVD drive? What’s the >> difference between them that causes one to boot and the other to be >> ignored?

Re: Installing Debian on a Minnowboard Turbot with installer on USB stick?

2018-05-27 Thread deloptes
Rick Thomas wrote: > Can you suggest any way to get around the problem? Sorry to jump in, but I had a similar experience with Pi few years ago. I see this board supports network boot - for experimenting it is the one I usually prefer. I setup tftp/dhcp server long time ago for other projects and

Re: Installing Debian on a Minnowboard Turbot with installer on USB stick?

2018-05-27 Thread deloptes
Rick Thomas wrote: > I’m puzzled…  Have you tried to boot the installer from a USB stick on a > Turbot?  Or did you always use a physical DVD drive?  What’s the > difference between them that causes one to boot and the other to be > ignored? I have found out that not all usb drives boot well - do

Re: synaptic install of initramfs-tools fails

2018-05-27 Thread Charles Zeitler
On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 10:24 PM, David Wright wrote: > On Sat 26 May 2018 at 21:55:49 (-0500), Charles Zeitler wrote: >> On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 6:53 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies >> wrote: >> > On 27/05/18 11:10, Charles Zeitler wrote: >> >> >> >> when trying to install initramfs-tools, synaptic froz

Re: Installing Debian on a Minnowboard Turbot with installer on USB stick?

2018-05-27 Thread Rick Thomas
On May 27, 2018, at 3:12 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 27/05/2018 à 00:19, Rick Thomas a écrit : >> Does anyone have experience installing Debian on a Minnowboard Turbot? > > Not me. > >> I have a dual-core, single ethernet, Turbot. I’m able to install Debian >> (Buster) from a physical DV

Re: Installing Debian on a Minnowboard Turbot with installer on USB stick?

2018-05-27 Thread Rick Thomas
Thanks! Yes, that confirmed what I had mostly already found by experimentation. What it didn’t explain was why the same .iso (specifically, firmware-buster-DI-alpha2-amd64-DVD-1.iso) when I burn it to a DVD-R and load the disk into a DVD drive that is plugged into the USB slot on the Turbot, wi

Re: Installing Debian on a Minnowboard Turbot with installer on USB stick?

2018-05-27 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 27/05/2018 à 00:19, Rick Thomas a écrit : Does anyone have experience installing Debian on a Minnowboard Turbot? Not me. I have a dual-core, single ethernet, Turbot. I’m able to install Debian (Buster) from a physical DVD, but when I dd the installer .iso to a USB stick, and try to inst

Re: Terminal with support for Indic characters

2018-05-27 Thread jayadevanraja
On Wednesday, 27 November 2013 15:30:03 UTC-5, അഖിൽ കൃഷ്ണൻ എസ്. wrote: > Konsole of KDE & its frameworks like yakuake works well on Indic Languages. > Me using it for Malayalam -ml_IN which is a complex indic script. Hello All... I know that this is an old post. But I have a quick question. How

Re: Why not include an update notifier in Xfce by default?

2018-05-27 Thread chercheur
I gave it a spin in my head. Can PackageKit not be available on all architectures and is it a prerequisite? Regards.

Re: Installing Debian on a Minnowboard Turbot with installer on USB stick?

2018-05-27 Thread didier gaumet
maybe this will help: https://minnowboard.org/tutorials/best-practice-boot-media-selection