Re: libgnutls-deb0-28 missing from Debian repos

2018-07-12 Thread David Wright
On Fri 13 Jul 2018 at 10:01:28 (+1000), Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 08:24:35AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 05:45:46AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 08:30:51AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 0

Re: BTRFS and debian

2018-07-12 Thread David Christensen
On 07/12/18 10:52, David Wright wrote: On Mon 09 Jul 2018 at 20:33:00 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: On 07/09/18 11:17, Ge wrote: 1. Whats the appropriate layout? My current layout is: LVM VG Laptop-vg LV root 16.9GB Linux device mapper (linear) #1 16.9GB f btrfs / I use 16

Re: Future of systemd-shim?

2018-07-12 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2018-07-12 13:48:39 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > * Stephan Seitz [2018-07-12 12:59 +0200]: > > > Hi! > > > > I noticed that systemd-shim isn’t compatible anymore to the last systemd > > version in testing, so systemd-sysv will be installed. > > > > This is mentioned in bug > > https://

Re: BTRFS and debian

2018-07-12 Thread David Christensen
On 07/11/18 22:40, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 12/07/2018 à 05:01, David Christensen a écrit : On 07/11/18 11:29, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 10/07/2018 à 05:33, David Christensen a écrit :   In the Debian Installer, I choose 'manual' for 'partitioning method', create a new partition table (MBR)

Re: More on locale

2018-07-12 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2018-07-11 17:38:18 +0100, John wrote: > >> What is the output of "locale" and "locale -a" on this machine? > snout:~> locale > LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 > LANGUAGE=en_GB:en > LC_CTYPE="en_GB.UTF-8" > LC_NUMERIC="en_GB.UTF-8" > LC_TIME="en_GB.UTF-8" > LC_COLLATE="en_GB.UTF-8" > LC_MONETARY="en_GB.UTF-8"

Re: libgnutls-deb0-28 missing from Debian repos - Re: git clone https://... fails, git://... succeeds — ?

2018-07-12 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 08:24:35AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 05:45:46AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 08:30:51AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 09:48:10PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > > Why is this package mis

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-12 Thread David Wright
On Wed 11 Jul 2018 at 16:34:48 (+), Curt wrote: > On 2018-07-11, Brian wrote: > > > > The interest being expressed is one in printing a PDF directly to a > > printer, so CUPS isn't (or needn't be) be involved. No conversion to > > or from PostScript (which is no longer being developed) is unde

Re: making console font legible (was How to"apt upd...)

2018-07-12 Thread Pierre Couderc
On 07/12/2018 08:41 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Pierre Couderc composed on 2018-07-12 12:20 (UTC+0200): The point too is the font is very small on these Acer Swift when nothing is installed, and as I am a bit old I have difficults to see characters... While dpkg-reconfigure console-setup would be t

Re: making console font legible [was Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ?]

2018-07-12 Thread Pierre Couderc
On 07/12/2018 07:33 PM, davidson wrote: The point too is the font is very small on these Acer Swift when nothing is installed, and as I am a bit old I have difficults to see characters... Have you tried experimenting with different font faces?  # dkpg-reconfigure console-setup Different face

Re: making console font legible (was How to"apt upd...)

2018-07-12 Thread Felix Miata
Pierre Couderc composed on 2018-07-12 12:20 (UTC+0200): > The point too is the font is very small on these Acer Swift when nothing > is installed, and as I am a bit old I have difficults to see characters... While dpkg-reconfigure console-setup would be the preferred way to make console text big

Re: BTRFS and debian

2018-07-12 Thread David Wright
On Mon 09 Jul 2018 at 20:33:00 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: > On 07/09/18 11:17, Ge wrote: > >1. Whats the appropriate layout? > >My current layout is: > > > >LVM VG Laptop-vg LV root 16.9GB Linux device mapper (linear) > >#1 16.9GB f btrfs / > > I use 16 GiB SSD's and/or 16 GiB US

making console font legible [was Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ?]

2018-07-12 Thread davidson
On Thu, 12 Jul 2018, Pierre Couderc wrote: On 07/12/2018 11:45 AM, Brian wrote: On Wed 11 Jul 2018 at 23:53:59 +0200, Pierre Couderc wrote: On 07/11/2018 03:14 PM, Curt wrote: On 2018-07-11, Pierre Couderc wrote: [trimmed material] Now, I have to understand why it says me : Malformed lin

Re: unable to connect to database in MediaWiki 1.27.4 installation

2018-07-12 Thread mick crane
On 2018-07-12 16:17, Sharon Kimble wrote: mick crane writes: On 2018-07-08 19:03, mick crane wrote: On 2018-07-08 17:53, Sharon Kimble wrote: mick crane writes: On 2018-07-08 08:53, Sharon Kimble wrote: I'm unable to get mediawiki from the repos working as it is consistently failing at a

Re: unable to connect to database in MediaWiki 1.27.4 installation

2018-07-12 Thread john doe
On 7/12/2018 5:17 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: mick crane writes: On 2018-07-08 19:03, mick crane wrote: On 2018-07-08 17:53, Sharon Kimble wrote: mick crane writes: On 2018-07-08 08:53, Sharon Kimble wrote: I'm unable to get mediawiki from the repos working as it is consistently failing at

Re: Buster and apt wanting to remove tons of packages...

2018-07-12 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 3:42 PM Joe wrote: > For a version upgrade, yes, this is Standard Operational Practice. The > main reasoning is that the upgrade has been tested in that way i.e. > from the final version of everything in the old distribution, and has > not been tested from earlier software

Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ?

2018-07-12 Thread davidson
On Thu, 12 Jul 2018, David Wright wrote: On Thu 12 Jul 2018 at 03:05:49 (+), davidson wrote: On Wed, 11 Jul 2018, Pierre Couderc wrote: On 07/11/2018 03:14 PM, Curt wrote: On 2018-07-11, Pierre Couderc wrote: On an ultraslim (ACER swift 3) I have no CDROM no Ethernet, only an USB key.

Re: unable to connect to database in MediaWiki 1.27.4 installation

2018-07-12 Thread Sharon Kimble
mick crane writes: > On 2018-07-08 19:03, mick crane wrote: >> On 2018-07-08 17:53, Sharon Kimble wrote: >>> mick crane writes: >>> On 2018-07-08 08:53, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I'm unable to get mediawiki from the repos working as it is consistently > failing at accessing the databas

Re: Local system program analytics

2018-07-12 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 7/12/18, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 03:45:18PM +0200, Mirko Parthey wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 07:18:55AM -0400, David Maulik wrote: >> > Is there any program that can show me the programs on my system I use >> >

Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ?

2018-07-12 Thread David Wright
On Thu 12 Jul 2018 at 03:05:49 (+), davidson wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jul 2018, Pierre Couderc wrote: > > > > >On 07/11/2018 03:14 PM, Curt wrote: > >>On 2018-07-11, Pierre Couderc wrote: > >>>On an ultraslim (ACER swift 3) I have no CDROM no Ethernet, > >>>only an USB key. > >>>I have installed s

Re: Future of systemd-shim?

2018-07-12 Thread The Wanderer
On 2018-07-12 at 07:50, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2018-07-12 at 06:59, Stephan Seitz wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> I noticed that systemd-shim isn’t compatible anymore to the last >> systemd version in testing, so systemd-sysv will be installed. >> >> This is mentioned in bug >> https://bugs.debian.org/

Re: Slow reaction when accessing /tmp

2018-07-12 Thread Johann Spies
On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 at 13:25, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > Is your work computer connected to an LDAP for directory information or > joined to an Active Directory via Samba? No. I sometimes mount a disk over the network using Samba, but only to rsync some data and then unmount it again. > Altern

Re: libgnutls-deb0-28 missing from Debian repos - Re: git clone https://... fails, git://... succeeds — ?

2018-07-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 05:45:46AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 08:30:51AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 09:48:10PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > Why is this package missing from the repos, but installed in my > > > stretch install? > > >

Re: Future of systemd-shim?

2018-07-12 Thread The Wanderer
On 2018-07-12 at 06:59, Stephan Seitz wrote: > Hi! > > I noticed that systemd-shim isn’t compatible anymore to the last > systemd version in testing, so systemd-sysv will be installed. > > This is mentioned in bug > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=903295. > > Is anyone workin

Re: Future of systemd-shim?

2018-07-12 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* Stephan Seitz [2018-07-12 12:59 +0200]: > Hi! > > I noticed that systemd-shim isn’t compatible anymore to the last systemd > version in testing, so systemd-sysv will be installed. > > This is mentioned in bug > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=903295. > > Is anyone working o

Re: Slow reaction when accessing /tmp

2018-07-12 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:33:21AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > I work on my work laptop (testing), home laptop(sid) and home desktop > (sid) - all of them with XFCE4. On two other servers at work we use > Stable without an X11 environment. > > On my work laptop when I access /tmp/ for anything

Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ?

2018-07-12 Thread Pierre Couderc
On 07/12/2018 12:47 PM, Brian wrote: You can now access packages on DVD-1. But what about DVD-2, DVD-3 etc? If not having a network connection is to be a feature of this machine, you could consider having as many DVDs as you want on the hard disk or on a USB stick. You might find the Installatio

Future of systemd-shim?

2018-07-12 Thread Stephan Seitz
Hi! I noticed that systemd-shim isn’t compatible anymore to the last systemd version in testing, so systemd-sysv will be installed. This is mentioned in bug https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=903295. Is anyone working on this problem? Or does this mean, it’s the end for sysv

Re: libgnutls-deb0-28 missing from Debian repos - Re: git clone https://... fails, git://... succeeds — ?

2018-07-12 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 08:30:51AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 09:48:10PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > Why is this package missing from the repos, but installed in my > > stretch install? > > Because you upgraded from jessie. This lets you keep older shared > librar

Re: Local system program analytics

2018-07-12 Thread Mirko Parthey
On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:09:10AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > So the programs which burn most CPU will get most sponsoring ;-) Maybe wall-clock time spent is a suitable measure? sa --sort-real-time | head > I just wanted to illustrate how difficult a "good" answer to the > OP's seemingly si

Re: Slow reaction when accessing /tmp

2018-07-12 Thread Darac Marjal
On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:33:21AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: I work on my work laptop (testing), home laptop(sid) and home desktop (sid) - all of them with XFCE4. On two other servers at work we use Stable without an X11 environment. On my work laptop when I access /tmp/ for anything it can t

Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ?

2018-07-12 Thread Brian
On Thu 12 Jul 2018 at 12:20:43 +0200, Pierre Couderc wrote: > On 07/12/2018 11:45 AM, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 11 Jul 2018 at 23:53:59 +0200, Pierre Couderc wrote: > > > > > On 07/11/2018 03:14 PM, Curt wrote: > > > > On 2018-07-11, Pierre Couderc wrote: > > > > > On an ultraslim (ACER swift 3) I

Re: Cannot send local e-mails.

2018-07-12 Thread Dan Purgert
Piotr wrote: > Hi, > > When some process produces an error, then root should receive an > e-mail. Instead I gets some error message forwarded to my gmail > account (see below). What should I configure to make a local e-mails > working?. Check your exim/postfix/whichever MTA config to ensure that i

Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ?

2018-07-12 Thread Pierre Couderc
On 07/12/2018 11:45 AM, Brian wrote: On Wed 11 Jul 2018 at 23:53:59 +0200, Pierre Couderc wrote: On 07/11/2018 03:14 PM, Curt wrote: On 2018-07-11, Pierre Couderc wrote: On an ultraslim (ACER swift 3) I have no CDROM no Ethernet, only an USB key. I have installed stretch (without GUI) from t

Re: apt does not honor trusted=yes from sources.list

2018-07-12 Thread Pierre Couderc
On 07/12/2018 11:09 AM, Curt wrote: On 2018-07-12, Pierre Couderc wrote: It is know as https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872543 But the workaround proposed here does not work for me : I have no /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.cloudera.com_* file Any idea...? I don't see ex

Re: How to"apt update" from an USB key ?

2018-07-12 Thread Brian
On Wed 11 Jul 2018 at 23:53:59 +0200, Pierre Couderc wrote: > > On 07/11/2018 03:14 PM, Curt wrote: > > On 2018-07-11, Pierre Couderc wrote: > > > On an ultraslim (ACER swift 3) I have no CDROM no Ethernet, only an USB > > > key. > > > I have installed stretch (without GUI) from the USB key, an

Re: apt does not honor trusted=yes from sources.list

2018-07-12 Thread Curt
On 2018-07-12, Pierre Couderc wrote: > > It is know as https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872543 > > But the workaround proposed here does not work for me : I have no > > /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.cloudera.com_* file > > Any idea...? > I don't see exactly how that bug explains y

Slow reaction when accessing /tmp

2018-07-12 Thread Johann Spies
I work on my work laptop (testing), home laptop(sid) and home desktop (sid) - all of them with XFCE4. On two other servers at work we use Stable without an X11 environment. On my work laptop when I access /tmp/ for anything it can take up to more than a minute before I get reaction. This is not

Re: Local system program analytics

2018-07-12 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 08:52:54AM -0400, David Maulik wrote: > On 7/11/2018 5:55 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 09:41:39PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > > [...] > > > >> IDK, except there is a distro-wide popcon: > >>

Re: Local system program analytics

2018-07-12 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 03:45:18PM +0200, Mirko Parthey wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 07:18:55AM -0400, David Maulik wrote: > > Is there any program that can show me the programs on my system I use the > > most? > > I'm looking for something that c

Re: Buster and apt wanting to remove tons of packages...

2018-07-12 Thread Jochen Spieker
Nicholas Geovanis: > On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 3:01 PM Jochen Spieker wrote: >> >> There should not be that many changes, but I generally would only >> upgrade to a newer release when the current system is up-to-date with >> regards to its current version. > > I'm trying to understand your recomme