On 11/3/18 8:32 PM, D&P Dimov wrote:
I need to install and run Windows 10 as a virtual machine on the latest Debian
Stable (9.5). I would much, much rather use a free (as in freedom) GPL-licensed
software doe that.
(I know, I see the irony too, of running the definition of proprietary software
Hi,
On Sun, Nov 04, 2018 at 03:20:11AM +, D&P Dimov wrote:
> does this seem like an adequate space allocation:
You're probably going to receive as many different opinions as there
are different people responding, but my recommendation in nearly any
situation is to have a reasonable /boot and
On 11/3/18 7:45 PM, Mark Fletcher wrote:
>
> squeeze! You could be very lucky and someone with the same outdated,
> no longer supported distribution and experiencing the same problem
> comes along. I wouldn't count on it though.
>
> > Any suggestions?
>
> The obvious.
>
>
> Spe
On 11/3/18 2:55 PM, local10 wrote:
Nov 3, 2018, 4:32 PM by dpchr...@holgerdanske.com:
dd(1) is a lowest-common-denominator tool that is available on most every
Debian system, live CD, and installer (plus other Linuxes and BSD's). I use dd
to blindly copy bytes to bytes, so it is unaware of p
On 11/3/18 5:23 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
And it's clearly not obvious to all users that security.d.o will be
automatically added just because the new installation can see a
network. It makes sense from a security POV, but...
+1
I view the fact that the d-i couldn't obtain a security update
On 11/3/18 1:41 PM, Michael Stone wrote:
On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 08:01:59PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
My intent was to install just what was on the CD onto a machine in my
LAN. I was unaware that d-i connected to the Internet when I told it
not to use a mirror. As security.debian.org is
On 11/3/18 1:35 PM, Brian wrote:
On Sat 03 Nov 2018 at 12:29:15 -0700, David Christensen wrote:
On 11/3/18 8:35 AM, Brian wrote:
On Fri 02 Nov 2018 at 20:01:59 -0700, David Christensen wrote:
On 11/2/18 5:17 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
My intent was to install just what was on the CD onto a
On 11/3/18 1:35 PM, Michael Stone wrote:
On Sat, Nov 03, 2018 at 12:20:34PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
On 11/3/18 4:58 AM, Michael Stone wrote:
On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 07:27:41PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
3. Download and run the manufacturer's diagnostic utility (Windows
may be req
Brian wrote:
>On Sat 03 Nov 2018 at 12:29:15 -0700, David Christensen wrote:
>> On 11/3/18 8:35 AM, Brian wrote:
>> > On Fri 02 Nov 2018 at 20:01:59 -0700, David Christensen wrote:
>> >
>> > > On 11/2/18 5:17 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>> >
>> > > My intent was to install just what was on the CD o
Brian wrote:
>On Sun 04 Nov 2018 at 00:20:27 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>
>> Le 03/11/2018 à 21:24, Brian a écrit :
>> > On Sat 03 Nov 2018 at 19:40:14 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>> > >
>> > > It appears that the latest update gave mutt "standard" priority back.
>> > >
>> > > Package: mutt
> squeeze! You could be very lucky and someone with the same outdated,
> no longer supported distribution and experiencing the same problem
> comes along. I wouldn't count on it though.
>
> > Any suggestions?
>
> The obvious.
>
Speaking of obvious — the OP says 9.5, so presumably they _meant_ to s
On Sun 04 Nov 2018 at 00:20:27 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Le 03/11/2018 à 21:24, Brian a écrit :
> > On Sat 03 Nov 2018 at 19:40:14 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> > >
> > > It appears that the latest update gave mutt "standard" priority back.
> > >
> > > Package: mutt
> > > Version: 1.7.2-
On Sun, 4 Nov 2018 02:07:16 +0300 Abdullah Ramazanoğlu said:
> I find Audacious quite better than timidity for playing midi pieces.
And a small audacious/midi how to (just in case someone needs it):
http://redmine.audacious-media-player.org/boards/1/topics/1143?r=1610
"The MIDI plugin requires s
Le 03/11/2018 à 21:24, Brian a écrit :
On Sat 03 Nov 2018 at 19:40:14 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
It appears that the latest update gave mutt "standard" priority back.
Package: mutt
Version: 1.7.2-1+deb9u1
(...)
Priority: standard
Package: mutt
Version: 1.7.2-1
(...)
Priority: optional
The
On Sat 03 Nov 2018 at 18:04:49 -0400, John Jasen wrote:
> For some reason, my attempts at enabling SELinux on a squeeze system
> just aren't taking.
>
> As I understand it, the following steps are required:
>
> a) installing selinux-policy-default and dependencies
>
> b) editing /etc/selinux/co
For some reason, my attempts at enabling SELinux on a squeeze system
just aren't taking.
As I understand it, the following steps are required:
a) installing selinux-policy-default and dependencies
b) editing /etc/selinux/config to select default policy and permissive
or enforcing.
c) adding
On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 1:22 PM songbird wrote:
>
> from my own experience i have just installed to
> a USB stick whichever distribution i've wanted to
> boot and it works if you can select via bios/uefi
> on the machine which device to boot from.
>
Actually, I don't even have to get that fancy
Nov 3, 2018, 4:32 PM by dpchr...@holgerdanske.com:
> dd(1) is a lowest-common-denominator tool that is available on most every
> Debian system, live CD, and installer (plus other Linuxes and BSD's). I use
> dd to blindly copy bytes to bytes, so it is unaware of partition tables,
> slices, part
On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 3:08 PM Kent West wrote:
>
>
> I have this issue on my Sid box. Turns out that on boot-up, Timidity
> takes over the sound device at a lower level that the rest of the
> audio-aware parts of my system, which prevents sharing the device with
> those parts.
>
+1
When I disab
On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 4:57 PM Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 16:37:21 -0400
> Default User wrote:
>
> Hello Default,
>
> >Thanks.
>
> YW.
>
> >I started to wade out into that, but then decided that it's probably
> >better to just wait for the fix updates to be uploaded.
>
> Much of the
On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 16:37:21 -0400
Default User wrote:
Hello Default,
>Thanks.
YW.
>I started to wade out into that, but then decided that it's probably
>better to just wait for the fix updates to be uploaded.
Much of the time, I do the same as you. Occasionally though, I have to
bite the bul
On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 08:01:59PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
My intent was to install just what was on the CD onto a machine in my
LAN. I was unaware that d-i connected to the Internet when I told it
not to use a mirror. As security.debian.org is not a mirror in the
usual sense, perhaps
Okay, Brad.
Thanks.
I started to wade out into that, but then decided that it's probably better
to just wait for the fix updates to be uploaded.
Just home it's sooner than libtracker-sparql-2.0-0 (bug #908800 merged with
3 others, since at least 2018-09-14, No end in sight!)
On Sat, Nov 3, 201
On Sat, Nov 03, 2018 at 12:20:34PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
On 11/3/18 4:58 AM, Michael Stone wrote:
On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 07:27:41PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
3. Download and run the manufacturer's diagnostic utility (Windows
may be required):
this is basically going to be th
On Sat 03 Nov 2018 at 12:29:15 -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> On 11/3/18 8:35 AM, Brian wrote:
> > On Fri 02 Nov 2018 at 20:01:59 -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> >
> > > On 11/2/18 5:17 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> >
> > > My intent was to install just what was on the CD onto a machine in my
On 11/3/18 1:45 AM, local10 wrote:
Hi,
Hi. :-)
Am looking for an (easy) way to create a backup copy of working bootable Debian
Buster HD. The idea here is to have a second bootable fully-functional HD which
is normally offline but updated from time to time, including all user data and
in
On Sat 03 Nov 2018 at 19:40:14 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Le 03/11/2018 à 16:35, Brian a écrit :
> >
> > There is no defect in the security package distribution chain. mutt is
> > not part of the Xfce or standard utilities tasks. The installer had no
> > business attempting to install it.
>
Hi Debian-users,
I'm trying to set up varnish+hitch+letsencrypt on my server,
but stubborn hitch (tls-proxy) is crashing all the time, without
saying a word:
# systemctl start hitch
# systemctl status hitch
● hitch.service - Hitch TLS unwrapping daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/hitch
On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 15:14:59 -0400
Default User wrote:
Hello Default,
>I hate to sound stupid, but how can I revert to an earlier package
>version? (I didn't think that could be done.)
It can, but it's not supported. IOW, if anything breaks, you get to keep
all the pieces.
To install removed p
On 11/3/18 8:35 AM, Brian wrote:
On Fri 02 Nov 2018 at 20:01:59 -0700, David Christensen wrote:
On 11/2/18 5:17 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
My intent was to install just what was on the CD onto a machine in my LAN.
I was unaware that d-i connected to the Internet when I told it not to use a
mi
On 11/3/18 4:58 AM, Michael Stone wrote:
On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 07:27:41PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
3. Download and run the manufacturer's diagnostic utility (Windows
may be required):
this is basically going to be the equivalent of smartctl -H,
As the tools are proprietary, figuri
On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 1:50 PM Pascal Obry wrote:
> I'm on Debian/sid too.
>
> An issue in libasound2 and libglibmm-2.4-1v5. You want to revert:
>
> libasound2, libasound2-data to 1.1.6-1
> libasound2-plugins to 1.1.6-1+b1
> libglibmm-2.4-1v5 to 2.56.0-2
>
> And the sound is back.
>
> --
> Pasc
On 11/3/18 12:24 PM, Frank McCormick wrote:
On 11/3/18 1:09 PM, Default User wrote:
Hi.
Running Debian, 64-bit Unstable, Cinnamon DE, on laptop.
Not very knowledgeable about sound stuff.
Sound okay last night.
Today did updates, no sound at all. (When in doubt, blame updates.)
Cinnamon
Hi,
after resume from suspend I have no mouse and keyboard anymore in a Debian
stable system.
The syslog shows:
Nov 3 18:23:24 blackbox kernel: [ 318.907431] dpm_run_callback():
usb_dev_resume+0x0/0x20 [usbcore] returns -22
Nov 3 18:23:24 blackbox kernel: [ 318.907441] PM: Device 6-1 fail
Le 03/11/2018 à 16:35, Brian a écrit :
There is no defect in the security package distribution chain. mutt is
not part of the Xfce or standard utilities tasks. The installer had no
business attempting to install it.
It appears that the latest update gave mutt "standard" priority back.
Package
I'm on Debian/sid too.
An issue in libasound2 and libglibmm-2.4-1v5. You want to revert:
libasound2, libasound2-data to 1.1.6-1
libasound2-plugins to 1.1.6-1+b1
libglibmm-2.4-1v5 to 2.56.0-2
And the sound is back.
--
Pascal Obry / Magny Les Hameaux (78)
The best way to travel is by means
On Sat, Nov 03, 2018 at 05:24:29PM +, Curt wrote:
Actually the fonts-hack package doesn't exist here.
I do find, however:
fonts-hack-otf - Typeface designed for source code, OpenType fonts
fonts-hack-ttf - Typeface designed for source code, TrueType fonts
fonts-hack-web - Typeface designed
After upgrading from Jessie to Stretch (stable), i can no longer rotate
the screen from landscape to portrait. The same happens after a fresh
install of 9.5 onto an empty disc.
I use an nvidia GeForce 9500 graphics adapter.
After changing the display orientation settings in the system settings
Hi,
Good news for everyone interested in Linux-compatibility and reliability of
hardware!
The Linux-Hardware.org database has been divided into a set of databases, one
per each Linux distro. You can now select your favorite distro on the front
page:
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In th
* Default User [2018-11-03 13:09 -0400]:
> Hi.
>
> Running Debian, 64-bit Unstable, Cinnamon DE, on laptop.
>
> Not very knowledgeable about sound stuff.
>
> Sound okay last night.
>
> Today did updates, no sound at all. (When in doubt, blame updates.)
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo
On 11/3/18 1:09 PM, Default User wrote:
Hi.
Running Debian, 64-bit Unstable, Cinnamon DE, on laptop.
Not very knowledgeable about sound stuff.
Sound okay last night.
Today did updates, no sound at all. (When in doubt, blame updates.)
Cinnamon sound settings applet shows "Dummy Output" as
Nov 3, 2018, 5:22 AM by pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org:
> Copying files is not enough.
> 1) You must properly install GRUB on the backup disk :
>
> grub-install --boot-directory=/backup-boot-partition-mount-point \
> /dev/backup-disk
>
> 2) The partitions on the backup disk have different UUIDs but confi
On 2018-11-03, Michael Stone wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 03, 2018 at 01:54:32AM +, mick crane wrote:
>>On 2018-11-02 11:15, Michael Stone wrote:
>>>On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 07:58:23AM +, mick crane wrote:
The 0 with a line through it helps but l still looks like 1.
>>>
>>>That's still a font s
Stefan Monnier wrote:
> For a while now I noticed that aptitude is very slow on one of my
> machine (Thinkpad T61) running Debian testing. At first I thought it
> was because its disk (a fairly old 120GB SSD) was suffering from some
> kind of problem, so I replaced it with an almost new 240GB Sams
Hi everyone,
yesterday i had a strange trouble with my debian. my keyboard suddenly
stopped working. i tried another keyboard, reboot but nothing helped. i
did a restart and the mate login manager let me type in my username and
password, but after the login the keyboard did not respond again.
Kenneth Parker wrote:
...
> Alternatively, can one install Kernel 4.14 on Stable (say, with
> Backports)? Does it break many of the Stable Packages?
>
> Thank you kindly, and best regards,
from my own experience i have just installed to
a USB stick whichever distribution i've wanted to
boot a
Pascal Hambourg wrote:
...
> 2) The partitions on the backup disk have different UUIDs but config
> files such as /etc/fstab, /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume and
> /boot/grub/grub.cfg reference UUIDs of the original disk partitions and
> must be adjusted.
i get rid of UUID stuff and use LA
Hi.
Running Debian, 64-bit Unstable, Cinnamon DE, on laptop.
Not very knowledgeable about sound stuff.
Sound okay last night.
Today did updates, no sound at all. (When in doubt, blame updates.)
Cinnamon sound settings applet shows "Dummy Output" as only output device,
instead of "Speakers" as
On 11/3/18, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Le 03/11/2018 à 09:45, local10 a écrit :
>>
>> Am looking for an (easy) way to create a backup copy of working bootable
>> Debian Buster HD. The idea here is to have a second bootable
>> fully-functional HD which is normally offline but updated from time to
>>
On Sat 03 Nov 2018 at 00:17:38 +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
[Snip]
> *However*, the installer has automatically added security.debian.org
> to the sources.list of the new system and peformed an "apt-get
> update". This found a security update for mutt, and mutt is Priority:
> standard so tasksel
Hi.
On Sat, Nov 03, 2018 at 03:37:06PM +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> On 11/1/18 4:16 PM, Reco wrote:
> >
> > It's rather a short release cycle and a lack of feature parity with
> > openssl.
>
> I don't see a short release cycle as a bad feature. Its a sign of
> active and agile developme
On Fri 02 Nov 2018 at 20:01:59 -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> On 11/2/18 5:17 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
[Snip]
> > That's how this becomes a problem. For now, if you have security
> > updates installed then you'll need to enable a mirror or start with a
> > larger installation CD. Sorry... :
On Sat 03 Nov 2018 at 00:17:38 +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
[Snip]
> *However*, the installer has automatically added security.debian.org
> to the sources.list of the new system and peformed an "apt-get
> update". This found a security update for mutt, and mutt is Priority:
> standard so tasksel
On 11/1/18 4:16 PM, Reco wrote:
>
> It's rather a short release cycle and a lack of feature parity with
> openssl.
>
I don't see a short release cycle as a bad feature. Its a sign of
active and agile development.
Openssl has a bad reputation for introducing security problems,
partly due to its
Hello,
I am helping a friend install Debian (currently Stretch) on a Lenovo
Ideapad 320 Laptop. He is suffering from a well-known issue, where the
Elantech Touchpad doesn't work. (He gets around it, with an external, USB
Mouse). The Scuttle, on multiple Linux Forums, say that the the Touchpad
Le 03/11/2018 à 12:47, Michael Stone a écrit :
On Sat, Nov 03, 2018 at 10:04:00AM +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
Also, if you install from an old image, adding only the security
archive may miss security updates which have been moved to the main
archive. This gives a false sense of security.
I
On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 07:27:41PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
1. Backup your data and configuration settings.
never a bad idea
3. Download and run the manufacturer's diagnostic utility (Windows
may be required):
this is basically going to be the equivalent of smartctl -H, no need to
On Sat, Nov 03, 2018 at 10:04:00AM +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
Also, if you install
from an old image, adding only the security archive may miss security
updates which have been moved to the main archive. This gives a false
sense of security.
I don't think anything is actually removed from
On Sat, Nov 03, 2018 at 01:54:32AM +, mick crane wrote:
On 2018-11-02 11:15, Michael Stone wrote:
On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 07:58:23AM +, mick crane wrote:
The 0 with a line through it helps but l still looks like 1.
That's still a font selection issue--in the font I'm using it's hard
t
Am Samstag, 3. November 2018, 09:45:11 CET schrieb local10:
Hi,
maybe youi should take a look at "bootcdwrite". Also the project "clonezilla"
might be a good point, to fiind what you need.
Hope this helps.
Good luck!
Hans
> Hi,
>
> Am looking for an (easy) way to create a backup copy of work
Le 03/11/2018 à 09:45, local10 a écrit :
Am looking for an (easy) way to create a backup copy of working bootable Debian
Buster HD. The idea here is to have a second bootable fully-functional HD which
is normally offline but updated from time to time, including all user data and
installed pac
Le 03/11/2018 à 04:01, David Christensen a écrit :
On 11/2/18 5:17 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
There is a bug here, and I think it's possibly in tasksel. Mutt is not
on the installation CD, and neither are its dependencies libgpgme11
and libnotmuch4.
*However*, the installer has automatically ad
On Saturday, November 3, 2018 9:45:11 AM -03 local10 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am looking for an (easy) way to create a backup copy of working bootable
> Debian Buster HD. The idea here is to have a second bootable
> fully-functional HD which is normally offline but updated from time to
> time, including a
Hi,
Am looking for an (easy) way to create a backup copy of working bootable Debian
Buster HD. The idea here is to have a second bootable fully-functional HD which
is normally offline but updated from time to time, including all user data and
installed packages.
So for that purpose I have two
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