Re: NetworkManager with VPN for internet, not local LAN

2019-02-24 Thread Stefan Monnier
> What do I need to do in the NetworkManager VPN configuration, to ensure > that when I've enabled that VPN it will apply to internet addresses but > not local non-routable LAN addresses? AFAIK this happens automatically by default (because the system is normally configured with the VPN as the def

NetworkManager with VPN for internet, not local LAN

2019-02-24 Thread Ben Finney
Howdy all, How can I convince NetworkManager that a specific VPN is to be used only for traffic outside the local network, whatever that local network happens to be? I have an external VPN service that I use to avoid surveillance and censorship, both within organisations (like an employer or a ca

Re: Can't scan new disk

2019-02-24 Thread David Christensen
On 2/24/19 2:07 PM, David Wright wrote: On Sun 24 Feb 2019 at 12:26:25 (-0800), David Christensen wrote: If that does not work, make your own Debian console-only live USB stick -- download the latest Debian Stable installer, burn it to media, connect a 16+ GB USB 3.0 flash drive, wipe the flash

Re: Can't scan new disk

2019-02-24 Thread David Wright
On Sun 24 Feb 2019 at 12:26:25 (-0800), David Christensen wrote: > > If that does not work, make your own Debian console-only live USB > stick -- download the latest Debian Stable installer, burn it to > media, connect a 16+ GB USB 3.0 flash drive, wipe the flash drive, > power down, completely di

Re: Can't scan new disk

2019-02-24 Thread David Wright
On Sun 24 Feb 2019 at 08:42:28 (-0600), Mark Allums wrote: > On 2/20/19 3:20 AM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > > > > > Maybe something simple like "lsof" command can shed some > > > > light on this problem? > > > > $ sudo lsof /dev/sdb > > > > $ sudo lsof /dev/sdb1 > > > > > > root@ma

Re: Claws mail -buster- doesn't quote text on Reply.....

2019-02-24 Thread Charlie
Received from Joe on Sun, 24 Feb 2019 17:16:16 + Re: Claws mail -buster- doesn't quote text on Reply. > > Hello, > > > > Using Claws-Mail in Buster and finding when replying, the > > text of the message is not quoted in the reply. Also doesn't include > > the

Re: Claws mail -buster- doesn't quote text on Reply.....

2019-02-24 Thread Charlie
Received from Patrick on Sun, 24 Feb 2019 07:48:13 -0800 Re: Claws mail -buster- doesn't quote text on Reply. > Hello, > > Using Claws-Mail in Buster and finding when replying, the text > of the message is not quoted in the reply. Also doesn't >

neard: nfctool does not find ACR122U

2019-02-24 Thread Rainer Dorsch
Hello, I am wondering if I am doing something wrong with neard/nfctool: I have attached and ACR122U using USB. dmesg finds it, lsusb as well. When an NFC card is in reach of the reader, the reader even magically beeps and the color of the LED changes from red to green. But nfctool does not see

Re: Can't scan new disk

2019-02-24 Thread David Christensen
On 2/24/19 6:42 AM, Mark Allums wrote: Any advice as to how to stop the auto-mounter, gvfsd, or fuse, etc. from tying up my disk, or how to get fsck to scan it? Use an OS and/or desktop that do not have automatic mounting. I use Debian Stable with Xfce. One of the first things I do after in

Re: [OT] Re: Why /usr/sbin is not in my root $PATH ?

2019-02-24 Thread David Wright
On Sun 24 Feb 2019 at 17:28:18 (+), Martin Smith wrote: > On 24/02/2019 15:39, David Wright wrote: > > On Sun 24 Feb 2019 at 08:57:37 (-), Curt wrote: > > > On 2019-02-24, Mart van de Wege wrote: > > > > Really, not using a clean, known environment as root is plain good > > > > practice, a

Re: [OT] Re: Why /usr/sbin is not in my root $PATH ?

2019-02-24 Thread Martin Smith
On 24/02/2019 15:39, David Wright wrote: On Sun 24 Feb 2019 at 08:57:37 (-), Curt wrote: On 2019-02-24, Mart van de Wege wrote: Really, not using a clean, known environment as root is plain good practice, and has been for years, if not actually decades. Have you expressed the opposite of

Re: Swapping Drives - Sanity Check

2019-02-24 Thread Felix Miata
Michael Stone composed on 2019-02-24 10:46 (UTC-0500): > On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 05:37:06PM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: >>Depends on context. In a fully automated context, UUIDs do indeed work great, >>when humans are >>working with them, not so great. Most humans cannot remember 32 character or

Re: Claws mail -buster- doesn't quote text on Reply.....

2019-02-24 Thread Joe
On Sun, 24 Feb 2019 07:48:13 -0800 Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Sun, 24 Feb 2019 17:32:31 +1100 > Charlie wrote: > > > Through my keyboard: > > > > Hello, > > > > Using Claws-Mail in Buster and finding when replying, the > > text of the message is not quoted in the reply. Also doesn

Re: Claws mail -buster- doesn't quote text on Reply.....

2019-02-24 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 24 Feb 2019 17:32:31 +1100 Charlie wrote: > Through my keyboard: > > Hello, > > Using Claws-Mail in Buster and finding when replying, the text > of the message is not quoted in the reply. Also doesn't include > the quoted text when dropping the menu that sa

Re: Swapping Drives - Sanity Check

2019-02-24 Thread Michael Stone
On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 05:37:06PM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: Depends on context. In a fully automated context, UUIDs do indeed work great, when humans are working with them, not so great. Most humans cannot remember 32 character or longer strings of randomly generated characters for associating

[OT] Re: Why /usr/sbin is not in my root $PATH ?

2019-02-24 Thread David Wright
On Sun 24 Feb 2019 at 08:57:37 (-), Curt wrote: > On 2019-02-24, Mart van de Wege wrote: > > > > Really, not using a clean, known environment as root is plain good > > practice, and has been for years, if not actually decades. > > Have you expressed the opposite of your intention here? Often

Re: OT : Windows 10 managed desktop

2019-02-24 Thread Paul Sutton
On 24/02/2019 14:42, John Hasler wrote: > Celejar quotes: >> Essentially desktop as a service (DaaS,) so MS are going to try and >> grab more control over our desktops  If this is a good reason to >> really push Linux, free software, choice, and user control then it >> seems a good a reason as an

Re: Can't scan new disk

2019-02-24 Thread Mark Allums
On 2/20/19 3:20 AM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: Maybe something simple like "lsof" command can shed some light on this problem? $ sudo lsof /dev/sdb $ sudo lsof /dev/sdb1 root@martha:~# lsof /dev/sdb lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1001/gvfs    

Re: OT : Windows 10 managed desktop

2019-02-24 Thread John Hasler
Celejar quotes: > Essentially desktop as a service (DaaS,) so MS are going to try and > grab more control over our desktops  If this is a good reason to > really push Linux, free software, choice, and user control then it > seems a good a reason as any. Unfortunately I don't think that more than a

Re: Debian Sid updates

2019-02-24 Thread Frank McCormick
On 2/23/19 5:34 PM, John Hasler wrote: I wrote apt-get out of habit. Apt has now absorbed all of apt-get's features and is the end-user tool. It could break backward compatibility in the future if that seems warranted. Apt-get is for scripts and will remain backward-compatible if possible.

Re: depmod kernel error

2019-02-24 Thread Curt
On 2019-02-24, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 24/02/2019 à 12:39, Fabrizio Mazzoni a écrit : >> I have run an apt-dist upgrade on my dedicated server that uses a kernel >> from the provider (OVH) and I am getting the following error: > > AFAIK, OVH kernels do not install modules so this error is nor

Re: depmod kernel error

2019-02-24 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 24/02/2019 à 12:39, Fabrizio Mazzoni a écrit : I have run an apt-dist upgrade on my dedicated server that uses a kernel from the provider (OVH) and I am getting the following error: AFAIK, OVH kernels do not install modules so this error is normal.

depmod kernel error

2019-02-24 Thread Fabrizio Mazzoni
I have run an apt-dist upgrade on my dedicated server that uses a kernel from the provider (OVH) and I am getting the following error: |MTL ➜ ~ apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The followin

Re: Why /usr/sbin is not in my root $PATH ?

2019-02-24 Thread Curt
On 2019-02-24, Mart van de Wege wrote: > > Really, not using a clean, known environment as root is plain good > practice, and has been for years, if not actually decades. Have you expressed the opposite of your intention here? A clean, known environment sounds like something in one of those Morm

Re: Why /usr/sbin is not in my root $PATH ?

2019-02-24 Thread Mart van de Wege
John Hasler writes: >> But it's not Joe Random User, it's Joe Sysadmin > > Worse. Who is most likely to have put weird stuff in his environment? And it's not as if sysadmins never log in as other users. Oh no. Really, not using a clean, known environment as root is plain good practice, and has