Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

Build your own. Buy an enclosure, you can chose the USB/SATA chip within limits yourself. I prefer metal enclosures for better heat dissipation. For the disk to put into that enclosure, you could refer to the yearly Backblaze report for some more statistical meaningful numbers than "anecdotal" st

Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 8:25 PM Katnip wrote: > Hi, that is my bad. typos.it should read sudo apt update && sudo apt > full-upgrade > > > > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > On Saturday, January 26, 2019 12:38 AM, David Wright < > deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Fri 25 Jan 2019 at 23

Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 6:39 PM David Wright wrote: > On Fri 25 Jan 2019 at 23:46:22 (+), Katnip wrote: > > or sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-update > ↑↑↑ > > I've never seen this one. What does it do? > Some sort of automatic editing of sources.list

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

I avoid USB drives, in preference to internal drives... speed and security. When I use them I am extremely careful, because they all seem to have a spinning disk inside, not shock resistant, and subject to early failure due to heat. I do have several, but they are not what I really Trust to keep

Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7

9.7 is not a new version. It is a new ISO to install Debian 9 with the latest updates. Just update and your "old version" becomes the New On January 25, 2019 4:38:42 PM David Wright wrote: On Fri 25 Jan 2019 at 23:46:22 (+), Katnip wrote: or sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-update

Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7

On Fri 25 Jan 2019 at 23:46:22 (+), Katnip wrote: > or sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-update ↑↑↑ I've never seen this one. What does it do? Some sort of automatic editing of sources.list? Cheers, David.

Re: Enet names

On 1/25/19 1:47 PM, Étienne Mollier wrote: > My apologies, on rereading I realize it is unclear that both > assertions (modifying Grub entries or creating a systemd link) > are two separate distinct solutions. Very little prob. Doing vi /etc/default/grub, vi /etc/network/interfaces, update-grub,

Re: missing avidemux Debian package

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 01:20:29PM +0100, Andrea Borgia wrote: TLDR it's complicated :) https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=203211 Or at least it was. That bug was closed in 2017. There is currently nobody formally requesting the package nor formally indicating that it is being w

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On 26.01.2019 2:28, Celejar wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 01:09:59 +0500 > "Alexander V. Makartsev" wrote: > > ... > >> If you value your data, my recommendation is to get inexpensive NAS with >> iSCSI, like Synology DS218j and run two disks in RAID1 for redundancy. >> This decision has many advant

Re: Need help with Play on Linux

Let's take this a step at a time. On 1/25/19 11:55 AM, Jiangsu Kumquat wrote: > Here's some stats about the computer I'm running Play on Linux with: > > OS: stretch 64bit > CPU: Intel® Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz × 2 > RAM:  2.0 GiB > Graphics: Intel® 945G (built-in video on the motherboard) > I thi

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On Fri 25 Jan 2019 at 15:06:25 (-0500), Celejar wrote: > One major annoyance (and I don't know if this is a problem affecting > all USB external drives, or is related to my cables, USB ports, drives, > or something else) is that the connections are terribly fragile: moving > the drive, or even jus

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 01:09:59 +0500 "Alexander V. Makartsev" wrote: ... > If you value your data, my recommendation is to get inexpensive NAS with > iSCSI, like Synology DS218j and run two disks in RAID1 for redundancy. > This decision has many advantages, like: > 1. You still will have your data

Re: Enet names

On 1/25/19 9:29 PM, Étienne Mollier wrote: > If you are trying to say that you wish to go back to the ethN > network interface naming convention, then one way to do it is [...] > > > Now the interesting part, if you want to reliably identify your [...] My apologies, on rereading I realize it is

Re: Enet names

Glenn English, onb 2019-01-25 : > Buster, computer with MAC identified Ethernet ports > > Is there a way to relabel Ethernet ports? Without changing things in a > number of config files? > > I see on the web that changing udev used to do that, but now there are > at least 2 files to modify. > > I'm

Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 15:35 Pete Geenhuizen Well now I certainly a few things to mull over. > > Thanks for the responses and suggestions. > > Pete > > > > On 01/25/2019 12:23 PM, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: > > I am mainly a Centos user and am quite a novice when it comes to Debian > and I have a compu

Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7

Well now I certainly a few things to mull over. Thanks for the responses and suggestions. Pete On 01/25/2019 12:23 PM, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: I am mainly a Centos user and am quite a novice when it comes to Debian and I have a computer which is currently running Stretch 9.6 and I recently

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On 25.01.2019 22:24, James H. H. Lampert wrote: > Fellow List members: > > Would anybody care to voice an opinion on USB external hard drives in > the 2 terabyte size range, for automated backup purposes? > > We've been looking at the Seagate "Expansion" and the WD "Elements"; > I've noticed that o

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 09:24:56 -0800 "James H. H. Lampert" wrote: > Fellow List members: > > Would anybody care to voice an opinion on USB external hard drives in > the 2 terabyte size range, for automated backup purposes? > > We've been looking at the Seagate "Expansion" and the WD "Elements";

Re: report bug

On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 12:59:16 + Paul Sutton wrote: > Hi > > I have set up report-bug however upon running I am informs me that  > gir1.2-vte-2.91 >  is missing, this is required to run the program with the GUI.  > > I have no problem installing this (and have done) but just thought I > would

Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 1:36 PM Brian wrote: > On Fri 25 Jan 2019 at 13:11:46 -0600, Kent West wrote: > > > # apt dist-upgrade > > apt full-upgrade > > Fortunately, dist-upgrade also works in the same way even though it is > not documented in the stretch manual > > Oh yeah; I forget. I think I re

Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 1:24 PM Paul Sutton wrote: > > On 25/01/2019 19:11, Kent West wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 1:10 PM Kent West > > wrote: > > > > > > $ apt update > > $ apt dist-upgrade > > > > > > Sorry, that should have been > > > > # sudo apt

Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7

On Fri 25 Jan 2019 at 13:11:46 -0600, Kent West wrote: > # apt dist-upgrade apt full-upgrade Fortunately, dist-upgrade also works in the same way even though it is not documented in the stretch manual

Re: missing avidemux Debian package

Re this: On Fri 25 Jan 2019 at 16:46:41 (+0100), Andrea Borgia wrote: > I had TONS of problems upgrading from stable to testing due to libraries > installed from d-m over time, in fact :/ > Third time was a charm, though: I had learnt about that and premptively > removed everything that was not in

Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7

On 25/01/2019 19:11, Kent West wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 1:10 PM Kent West > wrote: > > > $ apt update > $ apt dist-upgrade > > > Sorry, that should have been > > # sudo apt update > # sudo apt dist-upgrade > > or, as root, > > # apt update > # apt dist-up

Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 1:10 PM Kent West wrote: > > $ apt update > $ apt dist-upgrade > > Sorry, that should have been # sudo apt update # sudo apt dist-upgrade or, as root, # apt update # apt dist-upgrade -- Kent West<")))>< Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot

Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 11:35 AM Pete Geenhuizen wrote: > I am mainly a Centos user and am quite a novice when it comes to Debian > and I have a computer which is currently running Stretch 9.6 and I recently > install apt 1.4.9. > > With the release of Stretch 9.7 and because of the recent vulner

Re: Need help with Play on Linux

Here's some stats about the computer I'm running Play on Linux with: OS: stretch 64bit CPU: Intel® Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz × 2 RAM: 2.0 GiB Graphics: Intel® 945G (built-in video on the motherboard) I think I have located the driver for this video card but I'm not sure how to install it. I tried

Re: missing avidemux Debian package

Andrea Borgia wrote: > It's more like an issue with the libraries than the apps themselves: the > apps in d-m are not in Debian and won't directly be affected. However, > shared libraries in Debian might be upgraded to different versions pulled > in from d-m and that's where the problems will come

IETF X.509 SSL Certificate Signature Collision Vulnerability on SysLog - Port 6514

Hello Support! Any idea how to fix or troubleshoot this vulnerability ? -vulnerability- [medium] [6514/101915888/tls-syslog?] IETF X.509 SSL Certificate Signature Collis

Enet names

Buster, computer with MAC identified Ethernet ports Is there a way to relabel Ethernet ports? Without changing things in a number of config files? I see on the web that changing udev used to do that, but now there are at least 2 files to modify. I'm gently moving to a new ISP, and I'm trying to

Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7

Hi Pete, On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 12:23:27PM -0500, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: > I am mainly a Centos user and am quite a novice when it comes to Debian and > I have a computer which is currently running Stretch 9.6 and I recently > install apt 1.4.9. So you already have version 1.4.9? What does: dpk

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

James H. H. Lampert wrote: > Would anybody care to voice an opinion on USB external hard drives in > the 2 terabyte size range, for automated backup purposes? > > We've been looking at the Seagate "Expansion" and the WD "Elements"; > I've noticed that on Amazon, both have a fair number of negativ

Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 12:23:27PM -0500, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: > I am mainly a Centos user and am quite a novice when it comes to Debian and > I have a computer which is currently running Stretch 9.6 and I recently > install apt 1.4.9. > > With the release of Stretch 9.7 and because of the recen

Re: I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7

Pete Geenhuizen wrote: > I am mainly a Centos user and am quite a novice when it comes to Debian > and I have a computer which is currently running Stretch 9.6 and I > recently install apt 1.4.9. > > With the release of Stretch 9.7 and because of the recent vulnerability > discovered in apt I'm n

I'm a bit confused on how to upgrade to stretch 9.7

I am mainly a Centos user and am quite a novice when it comes to Debian and I have a computer which is currently running Stretch 9.6 and I recently install apt 1.4.9. With the release of Stretch 9.7 and because of the recent vulnerability discovered in apt I'm not sure how to proceed. Accord

USB hard drives -- recommendations?

Fellow List members: Would anybody care to voice an opinion on USB external hard drives in the 2 terabyte size range, for automated backup purposes? We've been looking at the Seagate "Expansion" and the WD "Elements"; I've noticed that on Amazon, both have a fair number of negative reviews c

Re: missing avidemux Debian package

Il giorno ven 25 gen 2019 alle ore 17:40 deloptes ha scritto: > David Wright wrote: > > And to be fair, that has been spelled out in the Release Notes ever > > since etch was released in 2007. Before that, the warning was less > > explicit. > Of course, it was not my intention to blame anyone e

Re: missing avidemux Debian package

David Wright wrote: > And to be fair, that has been spelled out in the Release Notes ever > since etch was released in 2007. Before that, the warning was less > explicit. No idea what you are talking about, perhaps I am the only lucky one, or I am not using the apps that caused your problems reg

Re: missing avidemux Debian package

On Fri 25 Jan 2019 at 16:46:41 (+0100), Andrea Borgia wrote: > I had TONS of problems upgrading from stable to testing due to libraries > installed from d-m over time, in fact :/ > Third time was a charm, though: I had learnt about that and premptively > removed everything that was not in the main

Missing formats in region and language gnome

Hi, I'm trying to change the format in the debian desktop environment (gnome), when I go where indicated by (1) no formats are available. Do I need to install extra packages on Debian 9? The pkg 'task-n' is installed. Any help is appriciated. 1) https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/s

Re: missing avidemux Debian package

I had TONS of problems upgrading from stable to testing due to libraries installed from d-m over time, in fact :/ Third time was a charm, though: I had learnt about that and premptively removed everything that was not in the main repo :) Il giorno ven 25 gen 2019 alle ore 16:34 Frank McCormick < d

Re: Need help with Play on Linux

On 1/25/19 8:25 AM, Jiangsu Kumquat wrote: > Please email me directly as I might not see your reply in the mailing list. > > I installed "Play on Linux" and attempted to run a program under it. You > can download it here: > > https://www.playonlinux.com/ > > I am trying to completely rid myself

Re: missing avidemux Debian package

Frank McCormick wrote: > I was under the impression that it has been suggested in the past to not > use packages from deb-multimedia.org as it causes other problems? Might be, but for the past 10y I have encountered null. If you mess up with your system for sure, but all works great on default st

Re: missing avidemux Debian package

On 1/25/19 8:25 AM, deloptes wrote: bapt x wrote: Hello, Is there a reason for avidemux video editor is not being in the official Debian package repository? I see multimedia packages like VLC video player are present in the official repository so it should not be a legal problem. It would b

Re: Need help getting Cinelerra to run

Jiangsu Kumquat wrote: > Please email me directly with your reply as I probably will not see your > reply in the mailing list. > > Cinelerra is a fantastic non-linear video editor for Linux. Unfortunately > I am unable to get it running under Debian. I'm using stable with latest > updates. (This

Need help with Play on Linux

Please email me directly as I might not see your reply in the mailing list. I installed "Play on Linux" and attempted to run a program under it. You can download it here: https://www.playonlinux.com/ I am trying to completely rid myself of using Windows. The only thing that I really need Windows

Re: missing avidemux Debian package

On 1/25/19, Andrea Borgia wrote: > TLDR it's complicated :) > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=203211 Going all DR like that meant you missed the very special message that your parcel package couldn't be delivered =D > Il giorno ven 25 gen 2019 alle ore 13:09 bapt x ha > sc

Need help getting Cinelerra to run

Please email me directly with your reply as I probably will not see your reply in the mailing list. Cinelerra is a fantastic non-linear video editor for Linux. Unfortunately I am unable to get it running under Debian. I'm using stable with latest updates. (This software has been out for a years. W

Re: missing avidemux Debian package

bapt x wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a reason for avidemux video editor is not being in the official > Debian package repository? > I see multimedia packages like VLC video player are present in the > official repository so it should not be a legal problem. > It would be nice to have this package

report bug

Hi I have set up report-bug however upon running I am informs me that  gir1.2-vte-2.91  is missing, this is required to run the program with the GUI.  I have no problem installing this (and have done) but just thought I would mention it.  report bug defaults to the CLI version anyway. Paul --

Re: About me App

On 2019-01-25, Paul Sutton wrote: > > Hi > > Just thought I would post a question with regard the About me > application in Debian. Are you referring to the 'mate-about-me' control center applet? Imprecision is the mother of annoyance. Don't ask me who the father is--he's probably left town alre

Re: missing avidemux Debian package

TLDR it's complicated :) https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=203211 Il giorno ven 25 gen 2019 alle ore 13:09 bapt x ha scritto: > Hello, > > Is there a reason for avidemux video editor is not being in the official > Debian package repository? > I see multimedia packages like VLC v

missing avidemux Debian package

Hello, Is there a reason for avidemux video editor is not being in the official Debian package repository? I see multimedia packages like VLC video player are present in the official repository so it should not be a legal problem. It would be nice to have this package in the official repository in

About me App

Hi Just thought I would post a question with regard the About me application in Debian. I can load the application up fine,  after enter data, clicking apply asks for a password, after entering this I get an "unknown error" dialogue box. This seems to be the case for the last 3 point releases an

Intro

Hi Just decided to join this list as I have now switched to Debian from mint.   I have been using Linux for quite some time but am not really an expert at the admin side of things.   Currently using Debian non-free. I am also documentation lead for a OS called ToriOS which is based on Debian. I