Re: Problem: Slow boot -- Mounts fail.

2019-06-30 Thread andreimpopescu
On Du, 30 iun 19, 20:48:21, Dennis Wicks wrote: > > OK! Be my guest!! > > One thing I have noticed is that it seems to do everything 2 or 3 times > while it is booting, and it takes about 30 mins before my desktop (xfce) is > up and functioning. On a first/quick look nothing unusual stands out,

Re: OT:hardware query

2019-06-30 Thread mick crane
On 2019-06-29 17:17, Dan Ritter wrote: Martin Smith wrote: On 28/06/2019 17:11, mick crane wrote: > The first concern if getting a new PC is that it can play the steam > games and they are getting really pushy what they need to work. > I never have proper available funds for this stuff these day

Re: Problem: Slow boot -- Mounts fail.

2019-06-30 Thread Dennis Wicks
andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote on 6/29/19 1:15 AM: On Vi, 28 iun 19, 11:26:43, Dennis Wicks wrote: andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote on 6/24/19 2:09 AM: On Ma, 14 mai 19, 16:38:37, Dennis Wicks wrote: How do I prevent the mounts from failing and make the system continue on with the boot process?

Re: Function similar to {apt-cache recurse ...}?

2019-06-30 Thread David Wright
On Fri 28 Jun 2019 at 09:21:31 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/28/2019 08:58 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 08:50:02AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > On Fri 28 Jun 2019 at 08:04:43 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > "apt-get install" will report the size of the

Re: Choice of VMs under i386 Stretch?

2019-06-30 Thread Richard Hector
On 1/07/19 7:12 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > What 32 bit VMs which DO NOT depend on non-FOSS components are available > for 32-bit Debian? > LEARN TO WRITE!! A VM is a Virtual Machine. You appear not to be asking for a Virtual Machine, but software to host a Virtual Machine!!!1! If you ask the

Re: Choice of VMs under i386 Stretch?

2019-06-30 Thread Dan Ritter
Richard Owlett wrote: > *CAVEAT LECTOR* > If I can't win, >may I aspire to "break even"? > Recently I was chastised for expecting people to *read*. > if no hmr, *DENT* rd frthr ;/ > caveat finis ;/ > > > > > What are my options? > > > > > > > Are you asking what virtual machine hosts are avai

Re: Document removal of ecryptfs-utils from Buster

2019-06-30 Thread deloptes
Tixy wrote: > Or if you have (or can make) a new disk partition, use dm-crypt to > encrypt that and put the file system on that that people want encrypted > (for /home?). > > Personally, for several releases I've used dm-crypt with LUKS for a > partiton containing everything apart from /boot. (Do

Re: Choice of VMs under i386 Stretch?

2019-06-30 Thread Richard Owlett
*CAVEAT LECTOR* If I can't win, may I aspire to "break even"? Recently I was chastised for expecting people to *read*. if no hmr, *DENT* rd frthr ;/ caveat finis ;/ On 06/30/2019 10:44 AM, Linux-Fan wrote: Matthew Crews writes: On 6/30/19 5:34 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm considering usi

Re: Replacing nvidia card, with Amd - can no longer boot.

2019-06-30 Thread Esteban L
Solved. Simple, yet simple things are the hardest to solve sometimes. 1. With the nvidia card still installed, need to boot in single user mode. Press e at grub. 2. Add 1 at the end of linux line, after ro 3. Press F10 or ctrl-x, to boot in single user (text) mode. This is required. You can't

Re: Document removal of ecryptfs-utils from Buster

2019-06-30 Thread Tixy
On Sun, 2019-06-30 at 18:17 +0200, Sven Hartge wrote: > Andrea Borgia wrote: > > Il 30/06/19 11:52, Curt ha scritto: > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=928956 > > > > > > Due to #765854 ecryptfs-utils has been removed from Buster. > > > The kernel module (ecryptfs.ko) is

Re: Document removal of ecryptfs-utils from Buster

2019-06-30 Thread Andrea Borgia
Il 30/06/19 18:17, Sven Hartge ha scritto: Other than that: Reinstalling the system with full disk encryption or just copying the files from the ecryptfs and then removing it are the only real other options. I'll explore f.d.e. for the laptop, I guess the desktop can live just fine with a pl

Re: Document removal of ecryptfs-utils from Buster

2019-06-30 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 30 June 2019 12:17:48 Sven Hartge wrote: > Andrea Borgia wrote: > > Il 30/06/19 11:52, Curt ha scritto: > >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=928956 > >> > >> Due to #765854 ecryptfs-utils has been removed from Buster. > >> The kernel module (ecryptfs.ko) is still b

Re: Document removal of ecryptfs-utils from Buster

2019-06-30 Thread Sven Hartge
Andrea Borgia wrote: > Il 30/06/19 11:52, Curt ha scritto: >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=928956 >> >> Due to #765854 ecryptfs-utils has been removed from Buster. >> The kernel module (ecryptfs.ko) is still built but depending on the >> upgrade path users will be unab

Re: Choice of VMs under i386 Stretch?

2019-06-30 Thread Linux-Fan
Matthew Crews writes: On 6/30/19 5:34 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm considering using a VM for some experiments. > Although my web searches have turned up articles about particular > aspects of particular VMs, I've found no inventory of what VMs are > available in Debian. > > My firm requireme

Re: Replacing nvidia card, with Amd - can no longer boot.

2019-06-30 Thread Felix Miata
Esteban L composed on 2019-06-30 12:54 (UTC+0200): > Been beating my head against a wall. Had a fully functional and stable setup > (9.x, stretch) with nvidia gtx 1060. Needed to swap out video card for an amd > radeon rx 580. I knew it would be a problem, and sometimes I hate it when I am > right

Re: Document removal of ecryptfs-utils from Buster

2019-06-30 Thread Andrea Borgia
Il 30/06/19 11:52, Curt ha scritto: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=928956 Due to #765854 ecryptfs-utils has been removed from Buster. The kernel module (ecryptfs.ko) is still built but depending on the upgrade path users will be unable to mount their encrypted home di

Re: Choice of VMs under i386 Stretch?

2019-06-30 Thread john doe
On 6/30/2019 3:45 PM, Matthew Crews wrote: > On 6/30/19 5:34 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: >> I'm considering using a VM for some experiments. >> Although my web searches have turned up articles about particular >> aspects of particular VMs, I've found no inventory of what VMs are >> available in Debia

Re: Choice of VMs under i386 Stretch?

2019-06-30 Thread Matthew Crews
On 6/30/19 5:34 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm considering using a VM for some experiments. > Although my web searches have turned up articles about particular > aspects of particular VMs, I've found no inventory of what VMs are > available in Debian. > > My firm requirement is that all required

Choice of VMs under i386 Stretch?

2019-06-30 Thread Richard Owlett
I'm considering using a VM for some experiments. Although my web searches have turned up articles about particular aspects of particular VMs, I've found no inventory of what VMs are available in Debian. My firm requirement is that all required software be in set of install DVDs for i386 Debia

Replacing nvidia card, with Amd - can no longer boot.

2019-06-30 Thread Esteban L
Hello, Been beating my head against a wall. Had a fully functional and stable setup (9.x, stretch) with nvidia gtx 1060. Needed to swap out video card for an amd radeon rx 580. I knew it would be a problem, and sometimes I hate it when I am right :-( Now, i can't boot. I hang on a "amdgpux

Document removal of ecryptfs-utils from Buster

2019-06-30 Thread Curt
I was preparing an upgrade to Buster until I saw this: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=928956 Due to #765854 ecryptfs-utils has been removed from Buster. The kernel module (ecryptfs.ko) is still built but depending on the upgrade path users will be unable to mount their encr