Re: Buster's Strange Behaviour Purging Firefox-esr

2019-08-02 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2019-08-02 21:36 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > Installed Buster (netinstall CD, LXDE desktop ONLY, system-utils) in > Virtualbox 6.0 on Stretch (sysvinit as init) host to test and evaluate. > Firefox-esr, of course, installed by default, but after installing > Google Chrome didn't need it anym

Re: Buster's Strange Behaviour Purging Firefox-esr

2019-08-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 02 aug 19, 21:36:17, Patrick Bartek wrote: > Hi! All -- > > Installed Buster (netinstall CD, LXDE desktop ONLY, system-utils) in > Virtualbox 6.0 on Stretch (sysvinit as init) host to test and evaluate. > Firefox-esr, of course, installed by default, but after installing > Google Chrome did

Buster's Strange Behaviour Purging Firefox-esr

2019-08-02 Thread Patrick Bartek
Hi! All -- Installed Buster (netinstall CD, LXDE desktop ONLY, system-utils) in Virtualbox 6.0 on Stretch (sysvinit as init) host to test and evaluate. Firefox-esr, of course, installed by default, but after installing Google Chrome didn't need it anymore, so . . . When I apt purge firefox-esr, i

Re: Virtual Box

2019-08-02 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sat, 03 Aug 2019 03:22:24 +0200 deloptes wrote: > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > Download the .deb directly from Oracle's web site.  This is the way I've > > always installed Virtualbox.  Never used the Debian repo versions > > ever.  Don't forget the Host Extensions package. > > > > To help in

Re: odd passwd problem.

2019-08-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 01 August 2019 16:58:46 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 01 August 2019 10:20:57 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Jo, 01 aug 19, 06:28:17, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Debian-arm netinstall on a pi3b; > > > > > > No root pw set, I am housebroken to using sudo now. > > > > > > netinstall didn

Re: Virtual Box

2019-08-02 Thread Rick Thomas
> On Aug 2, 2019, at 10:03 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > > Given that VBox is no longer in the Buster repositories I tried to > install the Stretch .deb package from the VBox web site. dpkg failed > because of dependency problems, including libvpx4 that is not in the > Buster repositories.

Re: Virtual Box

2019-08-02 Thread deloptes
Patrick Bartek wrote: > Download the .deb directly from Oracle's web site.  This is the way I've > always installed Virtualbox.  Never used the Debian repo versions > ever.  Don't forget the Host Extensions package. > > To help installing the .deb file, install gdebi-core (commandline > version)

Re: Virtual Box

2019-08-02 Thread deloptes
Étienne Mollier wrote: > If you can afford a change of virtualization technology, then > you could try one of the free and open source alternatives made > available in Debian 10 perhaps.  Notably, one can mention Qemu, > Xen, and KVM. So I say my toy is broken and you say take that other toy ...

Re: Virtual Box

2019-08-02 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 02/08/2019 22:42, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 18:03:51 +0100 > Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > >> Given that VBox is no longer in the Buster repositories I tried to >> install the Stretch .deb package from the VBox web site. dpkg failed >> because of dependency problems, including

Re: Virtual Box

2019-08-02 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 02/08/2019 21:44, Erwan David wrote: > > On 8/2/19 7:03 PM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: >> Given that VBox is no longer in the Buster repositories I tried to >> install the Stretch .deb package from the VBox web site. dpkg failed >> because of dependency problems, including libvpx4 that is not i

Re: Virtual Box

2019-08-02 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 02/08/2019 18:39, Étienne Mollier wrote: > phb, on 2019-08-02: >> Given that VBox is no longer in the Buster repositories I tried to >> install the Stretch .deb package from the VBox web site. dpkg failed >> because of dependency problems, including libvpx4 that is not in the >> Buster repositor

Re: Virtual Box

2019-08-02 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 18:03:51 +0100 Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Given that VBox is no longer in the Buster repositories I tried to > install the Stretch .deb package from the VBox web site. dpkg failed > because of dependency problems, including libvpx4 that is not in the > Buster repositories. >

Re: Virtual Box

2019-08-02 Thread Erwan David
On 8/2/19 7:03 PM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Given that VBox is no longer in the Buster repositories I tried to install the Stretch .deb package from the VBox web site. dpkg failed because of dependency problems, including libvpx4 that is not in the Buster repositories. Anyone have any though

Re: Virtual Box

2019-08-02 Thread Étienne Mollier
phb, on 2019-08-02: > Given that VBox is no longer in the Buster repositories I tried to > install the Stretch .deb package from the VBox web site. dpkg failed > because of dependency problems, including libvpx4 that is not in the > Buster repositories. > > Anyone have any thoughts? Good day Peter

Re: Virtual Box

2019-08-02 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2019 02 Aug 12:11 -0500, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Given that VBox is no longer in the Buster repositories I tried to > install the Stretch .deb package from the VBox web site. dpkg failed > because of dependency problems, including libvpx4 that is not in the > Buster repositories. > > Any

Virtual Box

2019-08-02 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Given that VBox is no longer in the Buster repositories I tried to install the Stretch .deb package from the VBox web site. dpkg failed because of dependency problems, including libvpx4 that is not in the Buster repositories. Anyone have any thoughts? Peter HB

Re: hp-plugin fails

2019-08-02 Thread Brian
On Fri 02 Aug 2019 at 15:20:41 +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Fri, 2 Aug 2019, Brian wrote: > > > So - you had the plugin installed already! > > yes, but as I already said, on my desktop, it gives: > > error: Unable to open /data/home/frenkiel/.hplip/hp-plugin.lock lock file. > > and

Re: Wireless home LAN - WiFi vs Bluetooth?

2019-08-02 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 08:01:40 +0100 Joe wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 19:06:08 -0400 > Celejar wrote: > > > On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:57:25 +0300 > > Reco wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > WPA2's (that's your conventional WiFi standard) secure > > > configuration is fiendishly difficult. > > > > I

Re: hp-plugin fails

2019-08-02 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Fri, 2 Aug 2019, Brian wrote: So - you had the plugin installed already! yes, but as I already said, on my desktop, it gives: error: Unable to open /data/home/frenkiel/.hplip/hp-plugin.lock lock file. and on my laptop, it opens a window saying: the driver plugin for HPLIP 3.16.11

Re: Stream m3u8 not supported by network music player

2019-08-02 Thread john doe
On 8/2/2019 11:09 AM, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 10:15:43AM +0200, john doe wrote: cvlc https://bcsecurelivehls-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/621275/153909771/master.m3u8 \ --sout '#standard{access=http,mux=ogg,url=0.0.0.0:8080' clvc http://lo

Re: Easiest way to do VGA to Text

2019-08-02 Thread Martin McCormick
rhkra...@gmail.com writes: > I know this is off point (because you are not the original poster, who, > iirc, > is blind or partially blind), but, if the only reason to reconfigure the > BIOS > is to set the correct date and time, an alternate would be to boot with > the > wrong time, then use, s

Re: Chromium 76

2019-08-02 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 11:09:49AM +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: > Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y > /usr/bin/gdebi:113: FutureWarning: Possible nested set at position 1 > c = findall("[[(](\S+)/\S+[])]", msg)[0].lower() > dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not

Re: hp-plugin fails

2019-08-02 Thread Brian
On Fri 02 Aug 2019 at 13:42:16 +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Fri, 2 Aug 2019, Brian wrote: > > > A final try: > > > > mkdir /usr/share/hplip/scan/plugins/ > > > > and copy bb_escl*, bb_marvell*, bb_orblite*, bb_soap_ht* and bb_soap to > > it. > > that will not be necessary, as the direc

Re: Easiest way to do VGA to Text

2019-08-02 Thread Martin McCormick
Felix Miata writes: > Are these old Dells continuously connected to power whether booted or not? Yes. > I have a bunch of old Dells. When left unconnected to power, some wear > down the > 2032 coin cell CMOS batteries with unusual haste. Once this happens and > the > battery is replaced, recon

Re: hp-plugin fails

2019-08-02 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Fri, 2 Aug 2019, Brian wrote: A final try: mkdir /usr/share/hplip/scan/plugins/ and copy bb_escl*, bb_marvell*, bb_orblite*, bb_soap_ht* and bb_soap to it. that will not be necessary, as the directory already exists, with all the files you mention! anyway, thank you for the time you

Re: hp-plugin fails

2019-08-02 Thread Brian
On Fri 02 Aug 2019 at 13:02:34 +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Fri, 2 Aug 2019, Brian wrote: > > > https://wiki.debian.org/PrintQueuesCUPS#hp > > > > Omit the first and last steps in the instructions. > > I already did that, but I tried it again, with the same result. > > I think it may be

Re: hp-plugin fails

2019-08-02 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Fri, 2 Aug 2019, Brian wrote: https://wiki.debian.org/PrintQueuesCUPS#hp Omit the first and last steps in the instructions. I already did that, but I tried it again, with the same result. I think it may be interesting to try with a live cd. I'll do that. best regards, -- Pierre Frenkiel

Re: hp-plugin fails

2019-08-02 Thread Brian
On Fri 02 Aug 2019 at 12:36:46 +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Fri, 2 Aug 2019, Brian wrote: > > > > I also installed all xxqt4xx packages > > > > Not so good. > >agreed. As that solved nothing, I purged them > > > 'hp-plugin -i -p hplip-3.19.6-plugin.run' is the most straightforward

Re: Chromium 76

2019-08-02 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 11:09:49AM +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: > I have installed Google chrome v 77.0.3865.10 (Official Build) dev (64-bit) > in Debian buster. Good for you. Please refrain from promoting non-free software in this list. Thank you in advance, Reco

Re: Chromium 76

2019-08-02 Thread Michael Fothergill
I think I have fixed the post now: I have installed Google chrome v 77.0.3865.10 (Official Build) dev (64-bit) >> in Debian buster. >> >> It's not chromium. If that is still OK I did as follows: >> >> Go here and download the dev channel version of chrome: >> >> https://www.chromium.org/getting-

Re: hp-plugin fails

2019-08-02 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Fri, 2 Aug 2019, Brian wrote: I also installed all xxqt4xx packages Not so good. agreed. As that solved nothing, I purged them 'hp-plugin -i -p hplip-3.19.6-plugin.run' is the most straightforward command to use to install the plugin. (hplip-3.19.6 is from the experimental (rc-bug

Re: Chromium 76

2019-08-02 Thread Michael Fothergill
On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 at 11:09, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have installed Google chrome v 77.0.3865.10 (Official Build) dev > (64-bit) in Debian buster. > > It's not chromium. If that is still OK I did as follows: > > Go here and download the dev channel version of

Re: Chromium 76

2019-08-02 Thread Michael Fothergill
I have installed Google chrome v 77.0.3865.10 (Official Build) dev (64-bit) in Debian buster. It's not chromium. If that is still OK I did as follows: Go here and download the dev channel version of chrome: https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel You should see a file like this i

Re: Stream m3u8 not supported by network music player

2019-08-02 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 10:15:43AM +0200, john doe wrote: > >> cvlc > >> https://bcsecurelivehls-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/621275/153909771/master.m3u8 > >> \ > >> --sout '#standard{access=http,mux=ogg,url=0.0.0.0:8080' > >> > >> clvc http://localhost:8080 > >> > > > > Simply chan

Re: hp-plugin fails

2019-08-02 Thread Brian
On Fri 02 Aug 2019 at 09:09:11 +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Thu, 1 Aug 2019, Brian wrote: > > > You have been give a second link to download the plugin from. Can you > > connect to that? A reminder: > > > > https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/plugins > > It's the 1st

Re: hp-plugin fails

2019-08-02 Thread Brian
On Fri 02 Aug 2019 at 07:59:56 -, Curt wrote: > On 2019-08-01, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 01 Aug 2019 at 19:35:33 -, Curt wrote: > > > >> On 2019-08-01, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > >> > >> > I suspect it it is a timing problem, and works for a not too big > >> > number of hops. > >> > Ho

Re: Stream m3u8 not supported by network music player

2019-08-02 Thread john doe
On 8/1/2019 10:06 PM, john doe wrote: > On 8/1/2019 9:55 PM, Reco wrote: >> Hi. >> >> On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 09:25:53PM +0200, john doe wrote: >>> I'm trying to follow the example of (1, 9.2.4. HTTP streaming) but I'm >>> getting nowhere: >>> >>> "9.2.4. HTTP streaming >>> Stream in HTTP :" >

Re: hp-plugin fails

2019-08-02 Thread Curt
On 2019-08-01, Brian wrote: > On Thu 01 Aug 2019 at 19:35:33 -, Curt wrote: > >> On 2019-08-01, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: >> >> > I suspect it it is a timing problem, and works for a not too big number >> > of hops. >> > How many hops for you, with traceroute? >> > for me, traceroute sto

Re: hp-plugin fails

2019-08-02 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Thu, 1 Aug 2019, Brian wrote: You have been give a second link to download the plugin from. Can you connect to that? A reminder: https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/plugins It's the 1st time I see this link. May-be I missed it before... It works fine, and I could d