Re: SyncTeX?

Le 14/09/2018 à 18:05, Boyan Penkov a écrit : > ! SyncTeX > Error : No file? It seems to be a TEX search tool: https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb29-3/tb93laurens.pdf

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

Le 15/09/2018 à 00:45, Matthew Crews a écrit : On Friday, September 14, 2018 10:58 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Actually you can have / including /boot on LUKS with GRUB. It is just not natively supported by the Debian installer. Oh really? I might need to look into that. Where can I learn mo

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

On 14.09.18 16:10, Michael Stone wrote: > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 01:23:31PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I just find it amazing that the kernel has grown to be so big as to be > > comparable to a complete unix distribution on a workstation of some > > years ago (with GUI, compilers, ...). > >

Re: SSD unrecognized disk label

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 6:16 PM, Allen Hoover wrote: > I have an SSD that has some serious issues. It contains files that > are fairly important to recover. The user had not done backups quite > recently. > > If I view the SSD in parted, it says unrecognized disk label, and the > size is shown as

Re: USB media install has wrong partition

j...@dev1ce.com wrote: >greetings, >the USB install media for netinst and live both create a dos partition >table on dd, and cp. This will result in media that can only be booted >legacy, as GPT is a requirement for EFI boot. Sorry, that's incorrect. It's perfectly valid in the UEFI spec for an E

USB media install has wrong partition

greetings, the USB install media for netinst and live both create a dos partition table on dd, and cp. This will result in media that can only be booted legacy, as GPT is a requirement for EFI boot.

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 01:23:31PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> BTW, am I the only one here bothered that his 250MB /boot partition > >> tends to fill up, even though a 500MB HDD was plenty to hold the whole > >> OS plus lots and lots of free space, on a 64bit workstation like the > >> origina

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 09:02:22AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 08:37:45AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > So, make /boot a big larger, say couple GiBs, and set data=journalled > > > > BTW, am I the only one here bothered that his 250MB /boot partition > > tends to fill up

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Friday, September 14, 2018 10:58 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 14/09/2018 à 17:06, Matthew Crews a écrit : > > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 08:37:45AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > > > You can solve that issue by not insisting on having a /boot partition..

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

On Fri 14 Sep 2018 at 09:02:22 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote: > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 08:37:45AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > So, make /boot a big larger, say couple GiBs, and set data=journalled > > > > BTW, am I the only one here bothered that his 250MB /boot partition > > tends to fill up,

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 01:23:31PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: I just find it amazing that the kernel has grown to be so big as to be comparable to a complete unix distribution on a workstation of some years ago (with GUI, compilers, ...). Have you tried one of those lately? I keep some around

Re: OT high-power radio broadcasting (was Re: red SATA cable corruption)

On Friday 14 September 2018 13:58:40 Marty wrote: > The Debian whippersnappers need to know their hacker history :) > > I've heard the stories about getting caught on or near a tower. > Supposedly you can feel it before it scrambles your brains. I would > not seek out the experience. Sufficient p

Re: Cannot update the Debian bug 896911

On Fri 14 Sep 2018 at 14:32:36 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 09/14/2018 01:57 AM, Yanhui He wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I need to update a 3rd PR to Debian by sending mail > > to896...@bugs.debian.org , but it always > > failed. > > > > Would you please help me take

Re: Cannot update the Debian bug 896911

On Fri 14 Sep 2018 at 21:29:41 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: [snip] > So if you do not feel entitled (or are not allowed) to send the > "unarchive" command, then consider to contact Ben Hutchings and to ask > about the forth-and-back in that bug. Nobody is disallowed from writing to any bug repor

Re: Cannot update the Debian bug 896911

On 09/14/2018 01:57 AM, Yanhui He wrote: Hi, I need to update a 3rd PR to Debian by sending mail to896...@bugs.debian.org , but it always failed. Would you please help me take a look? --Error Details-- Reported error: /550 5.0.350 Remote se

Re: Cannot update the Debian bug 896911

Hi, Yanhui He wrote: > I need to update a 3rd PR to Debian by sending mail > to 896...@bugs.debian.org, but it always failed. > 550 5.0.350 Remote server returned an error -> 550 Unknown or archived bug The bug tracker page https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=896911 says Bug is

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

Le 14/09/2018 à 17:37, David Wright a écrit : On Fri 14 Sep 2018 at 00:31:16 (-0400), Kenneth Parker wrote: This is ABSOLUTELY not supported, because VFAT doesn't give the Permissions and File Ownership needed for the Linux Kernel, and supporting files. This is a partial listing of my ESP whi

Cannot update the Debian bug 896911

Hi, I need to update a 3rd PR to Debian by sending mail to 896...@bugs.debian.org, but it always failed. Would you please help me take a look? --Error Details-- Reported error: 550 5.0.350 Remote server returned an error -> 550 Unknown or archived bug D

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

Le 14/09/2018 à 15:02, Dan Ritter a écrit : If you put all necessary drivers into the kernel rather than as modules, and your system fits a particular set of criteria, you can do without an initrd or initramfs entirely. *IF* it fits a particular set of criteria, including but probably not lim

OT high-power radio broadcasting (was Re: red SATA cable corruption)

The Debian whippersnappers need to know their hacker history :) I've heard the stories about getting caught on or near a tower. Supposedly you can feel it before it scrambles your brains. I would not seek out the experience. On 09/12/2018 02:08 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: Yeah, I've some exper

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

Le 14/09/2018 à 17:06, Matthew Crews a écrit : On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 08:37:45AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: You can solve that issue by not insisting on having a /boot partition... Not an option if you want / root on LUKS. Actually you can have / including /boot on LUKS with GRUB. It is j

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

>> BTW, am I the only one here bothered that his 250MB /boot partition >> tends to fill up, even though a 500MB HDD was plenty to hold the whole >> OS plus lots and lots of free space, on a 64bit workstation like the >> original DEC Alphas? > you may consider removing old images that you do not use

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

Matthew Crews wrote: > Not an option if you want / root on LUKS. +1

Re: SyncTeX?

On 9/14/18 12:01 PM, Glenn English wrote: Buster, Supermicro Xeon box. Several times an hour, something is writing on my screen: "! SyncTeX Error : No file?". Hmmm, +1 -- I had ignored this, as the terminal I had been staring at for the last few days is running latex/emacs and some makefil

SyncTeX?

Buster, Supermicro Xeon box. Several times an hour, something is writing on my screen: "! SyncTeX Error : No file?". If I hit RTN, I get a normal CLI prompt. I don't know what it's doing, or what other things are sucking CPU cycles. I don't know what started it, and I'd like to get rid of it. I

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

On Fri 14 Sep 2018 at 00:31:16 (-0400), Kenneth Parker wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 5:36 AM Sven Joachim wrote: > > On 2018-09-12 10:11 +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 11:32:56PM -0400, Lee wrote: > > >>Just out of curiosity - why would journaling be undesirable on

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 08:37:45AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: >You can solve that issue by not insisting on having a /boot partition... Not an option if you want / root on LUKS.

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:16:14 +0200 deloptes wrote: Hello deloptes, >I keep n, n-1 and rearly n-2 IIRC, the default behaviour is that if a) the kernel was automatically installed and b) the user hasn't increased the number of kernels to keep, anything from n-2 is marked removable. -- Regards

Re: Is GIMP seriously broken in Buster?

On 09/14/2018 07:52 AM, Gary Dale wrote: > Am I missing something or is GIMP seriously broken? In my Buster/AMD64 > system, I open a picture, select a section and try to cut it and the > whole picture disappears. I'm left with a white or transparent > background. If I select a region and try to cop

Re: Is GIMP seriously broken in Buster?

Gary Dale wrote: > Am I missing something or is GIMP seriously broken? In my Buster/AMD64 > system, I open a picture, select a section and try to cut it and the > whole picture disappears. I'm left with a white or transparent > background. If I select a region and try to copy it, GIMP crashes.

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

Stefan Monnier wrote: > BTW, am I the only one here bothered that his 250MB /boot partition > tends to fill up, even though a 500MB HDD was plenty to hold the whole > OS plus lots and lots of free space, on a 64bit workstation like the > original DEC Alphas? you may consider removing old images t

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 08:37:45AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > So, make /boot a big larger, say couple GiBs, and set data=journalled > > BTW, am I the only one here bothered that his 250MB /boot partition > tends to fill up, even though a 500MB HDD was plenty to hold the whole > OS plus lots

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

> BUT, /boot is kinda critical (thus "ext2 is simpler"), BUT "data > journaled" actually might be most sensible for /boot - ext3/4 by > default (AIUI) only journals metadata, so that the fs is at least > readable/ sane from kernel perspective, but when booting, we REALLY > want sane data to be read

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 08:37:45AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: BTW, am I the only one here bothered that his 250MB /boot partition tends to fill up, even though a 500MB HDD was plenty to hold the whole OS plus lots and lots of free space, on a 64bit workstation like the original DEC Alphas? Yo

Re: ext2 for /boot ???

> So, make /boot a big larger, say couple GiBs, and set data=journalled BTW, am I the only one here bothered that his 250MB /boot partition tends to fill up, even though a 500MB HDD was plenty to hold the whole OS plus lots and lots of free space, on a 64bit workstation like the original DEC Alpha

wfuzz install

Tried installing wfuzz this morning. Using either method (git clone or pip install) I'm getting this - "Command python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-install-nUZqL0/pycurl/ The two methods for install are - git clone github.com/xmenez/wfuzz && pip install pycurl pip

NVIDIA drivers and virtual console problem

Hello, the NVIDIA drivers (384 from Debian and 390 repositories from the nvidia site) do not allow me to have "virtual consoles" (to be clear, those that are activated with Ctrl-Alt-F1 .. F6). By installing Nouveau the problem disappears, with the two different versions of the NVIDIA drivers the

Re: root "login" xterm to increase security?

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 11:16:56AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Anyone know if it's possible to get xterm (or xfce4-terminal or any > other terminal for that matter) to be a "native/ clean login > terminal", to increase security when running root commands? > ctrl-alt-F2, login will be on a con

Re: trouble by new install of claws mail

On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 23:50:04 +0200, arne wrote: >The message: > >"Your Claws Mail configuration is from a newer version than the version >which you are currently using." > >Claws Mail is right. > >I did copy Claws settings from debian testing to a new system on >stable. > >I do not want to loose m

Re: squid3 ssl-bump

Hello, The solution is to install libssl1.0-dev instead of libssl-dev of the Debian repo. Squid don’t support libssl > 1.0. Tanguy

Re: How to instal wine on Debian/Sid

On 2018-09-14 09:43 +0200, Martin wrote: > On new computer I am installing Debian/Sid (after using intallation dvd > in sources.list I commented out line containing dvd and inserted this > line: > deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free > then used apt update and apt ugra

How to instal wine on Debian/Sid

On new computer I am installing Debian/Sid (after using intallation dvd in sources.list I commented out line containing dvd and inserted this line: deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free then used apt update and apt ugrade) As I slowly install programs that i intend to u

Re: (OT) Top Posting (was Re: Gimp Babl too old)

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 6:17 AM, Kenneth Parker wrote: > Seriously, how do others of you deal with navigating this Debian List on > Android, while being a "Good Netizen"? Personally I don't. A phone is a horrible tool for composing texts and is nowhere near a replacement for a computer. Using an

Re: Is GIMP seriously broken in Buster?

On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 06:27:34 +0100 Brad Rogers wrote: > On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 18:52:45 -0400 > Gary Dale wrote: > > Hello Gary, > > >Am I missing something or is GIMP seriously broken? In my > >Buster/AMD64 > > Works fine here. Admittedly, it's not a package I use often, but even > so, I've