Hi.
On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 10:45:12PM +0100, Paul Sutton wrote:
> Further to my previous e-mail
>
> trying to run vectoroids (asteroids clone) comes up with
>
> vectoroids
>
> Error: I could not initialize video!
> The Simple DirectMedia error that occurred was:
> Unable to open a cons
On Thursday 18 July 2019 19:06:55 Richard Hobson wrote:
> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > All video cards should respond to the vesa driver. Trolling
> > thru /var/log/Xorg.0.log with 'less' will answer that question. But
> > vesa has I believe a max resolution of 800x600 so while it will work
> > it will
Richard Hector wrote:
Oh - I don't think you mentioned the USB device was actually WiFi.
As you were :-)
The clue is in the subject Richard
Do pay attention. :-)
Richard
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Gene Heskett wrote:
All video cards should respond to the vesa driver. Trolling
thru /var/log/Xorg.0.log with 'less' will answer that question. But vesa
has I believe a max resolution of 800x600 so while it will work it will
not work to the cards or monitors real capabilities. There 2 schools
On 19/07/19 9:42 AM, David Wright wrote:
> On Thu 18 Jul 2019 at 18:08:14 (+1200), Richard Hector wrote:
>> On 18/07/19 2:44 AM, Richard Hobson wrote:
>>> Thanks for the suggestion Roger.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure how to search the dsmesg output so I unplugged the device
>>> and replugged it so that the
Hi
Further to my previous e-mail
trying to run vectoroids (asteroids clone) comes up with
vectoroids
Error: I could not initialize video!
The Simple DirectMedia error that occurred was:
Unable to open a console terminal
This worked fine in Stretch, so has something has changed between
upgradin
On Thu 18 Jul 2019 at 18:08:14 (+1200), Richard Hector wrote:
> On 18/07/19 2:44 AM, Richard Hobson wrote:
> > Thanks for the suggestion Roger.
> >
> > I'm not sure how to search the dsmesg output so I unplugged the device
> > and replugged it so that the relevant message appeared at the bottom of
I have installed opencity (sim city clone) upon running I get a blank
screen and have to use ctrl-alt-f1 then ctrl-alt-f7 to get back to the gui.
running opencity from a terminal window gives the following
opencity
Welcome to opencity-0.0.7
Copyright (C) by Duong Khang NGUYEN. All rights reserved
On Thursday 18 July 2019 13:31:23 Richard Hobson wrote:
> FIXED. su - worked a treat and I'm now looking at the Debian home page
> on the Linux box.
>
> I got some odd messages from dpkg about possible missing firmware in
>
> /lib/firmware/nvidia/gp108/ mostly for "module nouveau".
>
> so pres
On 19/07/19 4:02 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> Richard Hobson wrote:
>> Richard Hector wrote:
>>> Richard, you haven't said why you don't want to use the card - can you
>>> use it temporarily? That might at least let you get on line, and be able
>>> to copy/paste things into email.
>>
>> The router is o
On 19/07/19 3:22 AM, deloptes wrote:
> Richard Hobson wrote:
>
>> The router is on the other side of a corridor which is used by my wife
>> in a power wheelchair. I think a twisted pair cable would be in ribbons
>> within a few passes.
>
> Modern PCs do not need twisted pair AFAIK
Meaning you ca
Hi
I am now running Debian Buster which comes with Chromium ( Version
73.0.3683.75 (Developer Build) built on Debian buster/sid, running on
Debian 10.0 (64-bit) ) However using scratch from scratch.mit.edu, the
whole browser feels both sluggish, and unstable. I just wondered if
anyone else had
On 19/07/19 2:12 AM, Richard Hobson wrote:
> Richard Hector wrote:
>> Richard, you haven't said why you don't want to use the card - can you
>> use it temporarily? That might at least let you get on line, and be able
>> to copy/paste things into email.
>
> The router is on the other side of a corr
FIXED. su - worked a treat and I'm now looking at the Debian home page
on the Linux box.
I got some odd messages from dpkg about possible missing firmware in
/lib/firmware/nvidia/gp108/ mostly for "module nouveau".
so presumably my graphics card. I've not noticed any problems with the
gra
Hi Mick,
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 09:50:47PM +0100, mick crane wrote:
> I have wondered about this, the actual infrastructure. I've noticed that the
> fiber optic cable is in places strung along with the electricity pylons.
> Presumably if you could somehow attach to that then you could be anybody
On Thu, 18 Jul 2019 18:01:58 +0100
Richard Hobson wrote:
Hello Richard,
>I don't think "She who must be obeyed" would be happy with a cable
>protector, cables strung across the ceiling or anything else in our
I hear you, brother. :-)
My missus is the same. Thankfully, when the property wa
Greg Wooledge wrote:
https://wiki.debian.org/NewInBuster#Changes
Thanks Greg, RTFM always works.
R
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I don't think "She who must be obeyed" would be happy with a cable
protector, cables strung across the ceiling or anything else in our
entrance hall, both for practical and aesthetic reasons.
I think we're getting a bit off topic, can we just accept that a cat5
connection isn't possible unless
On Thursday 18 July 2019 12:28:18 Richard Hobson wrote:
> Curt wrote:
> > Of course, if you have no network connectivity on the machine, this
> > might prove to be a difficult maneuver. However, you could download
> > the package from another machine with connectivity and transfer it
> > via sneak
On Thursday 18 July 2019 11:54:24 Richard Hobson wrote:
> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Chuckle. I have about 50 feet of cat-5, the rounded blue stuff,
> > strung in a chinese handcuff on each end of a suspended run from a
> > corner of my back porch roof to the apex of a 12x16 shed up on the
> > hill w
On 2019-07-18, Richard Hobson wrote:
> Curt wrote:
>> Of course, if you have no network connectivity on the machine, this
>> might prove to be a difficult maneuver. However, you could download the
>> package from another machine with connectivity and transfer it via sneakernet
>> to the machine wi
On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 05:28:18PM +0100, Richard Hobson wrote:
> warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable
> warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable
> error: 2 expected programs not found in PATH or not executable
https://wiki.debian.org/NewInBuster#Changes
Curt wrote:
Of course, if you have no network connectivity on the machine, this
might prove to be a difficult maneuver. However, you could download the
package from another machine with connectivity and transfer it via sneakernet
to the machine with the realtek wifi dongle, where it might be inst
On 7/18/19, David Wright wrote:
> On Thu 18 Jul 2019 at 08:27:47 (-), Curt wrote:
>> On 2019-07-17, Dan Ritter wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Fibre is point-to-point, and any interference with it will cause a
>> >> significant drop in received signal, which will be investigated.
>> >
>> > And it will be
On Thu, 18 Jul 2019 15:12:50 +0100
Richard Hobson wrote:
Hello Richard,
>The router is on the other side of a corridor which is used by my wife
>in a power wheelchair. I think a twisted pair cable would be in ribbons
>within a few passes.
Another suggestion; Screw a couple of cup hooks into
Gene Heskett wrote:
Chuckle. I have about 50 feet of cat-5, the rounded blue stuff, strung in
a chinese handcuff on each end of a suspended run from a corner of my
back porch roof to the apex of a 12x16 shed up on the hill which has
some of my cnc machinery in it, been there since about 2002, a
Richard Hobson wrote:
> Richard Hector wrote:
> > Richard, you haven't said why you don't want to use the card - can you
> > use it temporarily? That might at least let you get on line, and be able
> > to copy/paste things into email.
>
> The router is on the other side of a corridor which is use
On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 0:26 Brad Sawatzky wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jul 2019, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
> [ . . . ]
> > Somewhere in the last few months my Debian OS has acquired an input
> > box on upper right of base window (in X) that appears to grab any key
> > presses aimed at the base window and pri
On Thu, 18 Jul 2019, Richard Hobson wrote:
The router is on the other side of a corridor which is used by my wife in a
power wheelchair.
I use a cable cover for this. Google for "floor cable cover". Roger
On Thursday 18 July 2019 10:12:50 Richard Hobson wrote:
> Richard Hector wrote:
> > Richard, you haven't said why you don't want to use the card - can
> > you use it temporarily? That might at least let you get on line, and
> > be able to copy/paste things into email.
>
> The router is on the othe
On Thu, 18 Jul 2019, Harry Putnam wrote:
[ . . . ]
> Somewhere in the last few months my Debian OS has acquired an input
> box on upper right of base window (in X) that appears to grab any key
> presses aimed at the base window and print them in that small input
> window.
[ . . . ]
> I wasn't able
Richard Hobson wrote:
> The router is on the other side of a corridor which is used by my wife
> in a power wheelchair. I think a twisted pair cable would be in ribbons
> within a few passes.
Modern PCs do not need twisted pair AFAIK
Richard Hector wrote:
Richard, you haven't said why you don't want to use the card - can you
use it temporarily? That might at least let you get on line, and be able
to copy/paste things into email.
The router is on the other side of a corridor which is used by my wife
in a power wheelchair. I
Richard Hector wrote:
Richard, you haven't said why you don't want to use the card - can you
use it temporarily? That might at least let you get on line, and be able
to copy/paste things into email.
The router is on the other side of a corridor which is used by my wife
in a power wheelchair.
Harry Putnam (12019-07-18):
> Somewhere in the last few months my Debian OS has acquired an input
> box on upper right of base window (in X) that appears to grab any key
> presses aimed at the base window and print them in that small input
> window.
>
> Since I have run the `xbindkeys' program (An
cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="9"
VERSION="9 (stretch)"
ID=debian
(running LXDE desktop)
Somewhere in the last few months my Debian OS has acquired an input
box on upper right of base window (in X) that appears to
On Thu 18 Jul 2019 at 08:27:47 (-), Curt wrote:
> On 2019-07-17, Dan Ritter wrote:
> >>
> >> Fibre is point-to-point, and any interference with it will cause a
> >> significant drop in received signal, which will be investigated.
> >
> > And it will be located swiftly, thanks to time-domain
>
On 2019-07-17, Dan Ritter wrote:
>>
>> Fibre is point-to-point, and any interference with it will cause a
>> significant drop in received signal, which will be investigated.
>
> And it will be located swiftly, thanks to time-domain
> reflectrometry:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_time-
On 2019-07-18 14:53, Richard Hector wrote:
On 18/07/19 1:29 PM, John Crawley wrote:
However, try running in a terminal:
echo $$
exec
#Then, in the new terminal:
echo $$
The two PIDs are different! (or were here)
Yes. You exec'd a terminal, which then started a shell. You'll probably
find (I d
On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 17:04:46 -0400
Dan Ritter wrote:
> Joe wrote:
> > On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 21:50:47 +0100
> > mick crane wrote:
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I have wondered about this, the actual infrastructure. I've
> > > noticed that the fiber optic cable is in places strung along with
> > > the e
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 02:32:28PM -0700, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> > stunnel(1) mentions helpfully that you're required to have a certain
> > netfilter setup (mainly involving DNAT in your case), ...
> > If you need to transform outbound HTTP requests to HTTPS to multiple
> > hosts ...
>
> Yes
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