Re: Chromium 76

2019-08-04 Thread Reco
On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 09:12:28AM +0300, Reco wrote: > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 01:01:05PM +0100, Paul Sutton wrote: > > Looks like chromium 76 is out soon, hopefully will make its way in to > > Buster.  As Chromium + Scratch website is still very sluggish on Buster. > > > > http://www.tuxmachines

Re: x and virtual consoles

2019-08-04 Thread Ed Neville
On 2019-08-04 20:06-0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Works on 32 bit Buster on host m7ncd here, with one little glitch that > Ctrl-Alt-F3 I've not tried 32bit. I'll get the ISO and give that a whirl. > memory currently lacks any connective dots between > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16

Re: x and virtual consoles

2019-08-04 Thread Ed
On 2019-08-04 22:54+0100, nektarios wrote: > Indeed the problem seems reproducible for debian Stretch with sddm > display manager. > The only logs appearing are from KDE applications (nothing in X11 logs): Could this be systemd? My only thoughts are that systemd starts the x server on a vt, but

Re: where is my disk space

2019-08-04 Thread David Wright
On Sun 04 Aug 2019 at 20:56:01 (+), Long Wind wrote: > the file is more than 3 G, i can't read it with nanoi have 3 G memory, no > swap > why don't X print important error msg to terminals?i can't see any of them > > is it a bug of X?? my problem isn't solved, > ls .local/share/xorg/ -ltota

Re: Trying to add new video card

2019-08-04 Thread Felix Miata
ho...@rumormillnews.com composed on 2019-08-04 17:29 (UTC-0400): > Whatever's on the motherboard (presumably Kaveri) is still present, > nothing done to tell it to sit idly by. The place to start, after putting the GeForce back in, is to try doing something. There should be some BIOS setup optio

Re: x and virtual consoles

2019-08-04 Thread Felix Miata
Ed composed on 2019-08-04 21:01 (UTC+0100): > For years I would happily ctrl-alt-f<1-6> for an additional x.org > session by running 'startx' and another window manager. Until now-ish. > The way to reproduce the problem is as follows: > 1. log in via lightdm/gdm > 2. switch to a text consol

Re: x and virtual consoles

2019-08-04 Thread nektarios
On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 18:36:44 -0400 Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > On 8/4/19, nektarios wrote: > > On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 21:01:57 +0100 > > Ed wrote: > >> > >> What I have observed is that x sessions started from a text console > >> can cooperate with each other, it seems limited to lightdm/gdm > >> lo

Re: An answer to "Gave up waiting for suspend/resume device"

2019-08-04 Thread Panos Kotzanikolaou
It worked for me too. Thanks a lot!

Re: x and virtual consoles

2019-08-04 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 8/4/19, nektarios wrote: > On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 21:01:57 +0100 > Ed wrote: >> >> What I have observed is that x sessions started from a text console >> can cooperate with each other, it seems limited to lightdm/gdm logins >> only. >> >> Something happened between jobs which meant I didn't need t

Re: x and virtual consoles

2019-08-04 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 8/4/19, Ed wrote: > For years I would happily ctrl-alt-f<1-6> for an additional x.org > session by running 'startx' and another window manager. Until now-ish. > > The way to reproduce the problem is as follows: > > 1. log in via lightdm/gdm > 2. switch to a text console > 3. run startx an

Re: x and virtual consoles

2019-08-04 Thread nektarios
On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 21:01:57 +0100 Ed wrote: > Hello, > > For years I would happily ctrl-alt-f<1-6> for an additional x.org > session by running 'startx' and another window manager. Until now-ish. > > The way to reproduce the problem is as follows: > > 1. log in via lightdm/gdm > 2. switch

Re: where is my disk space

2019-08-04 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 04/08/2019 à 22:56, Long Wind a écrit : the file is more than 3 G, i can't read it with nanoi have 3 G memory, no swap You do not use an *editor* to *read* a file, you use a pager such as more, less, most... why don't X print important error msg to terminals?i can't see any of them is

Re: Trying to add new video card

2019-08-04 Thread hobie
Thanks, Felix. P:) >> My amd64 stable ('buster') system has this on the motherboard: > >> AMD Kaveri [Radeon R7 Graphics] > >> In the "Psychedelic colors" thread we added this to the kernal >> commandline: > >> radeon.cik_support=0 amdgpu.cik_support=1 > >> ...which, in the long run, may not have

x and virtual consoles

2019-08-04 Thread Ed
Hello, For years I would happily ctrl-alt-f<1-6> for an additional x.org session by running 'startx' and another window manager. Until now-ish. The way to reproduce the problem is as follows: 1. log in via lightdm/gdm 2. switch to a text console 3. run startx and use the window manager fo

Re: odd passwd problem.

2019-08-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 04 August 2019 11:44:23 David Wright wrote: > On Sun 04 Aug 2019 at 19:02:01 (+1200), Richard Hector wrote: > > On 4/08/19 2:46 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > >>> gene@picnc:~$ sudo adduser > > >>> [sudo] password for gene: > > >>> adduser: Only one or two names allowed. > > >>> gene@picnc:

Re: 3 phase power converters

2019-08-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 04 August 2019 10:45:08 John Hasler wrote: > Gene writes: > > Three phase, at most any frequency can be had a lot cheaper at up to > > 10 horse or so by using a suitably sized VFD. > > Yes. Don't buy a static or rotary converter for a single machine. > They only make sense these days i

Re: odd passwd problem.

2019-08-04 Thread David Wright
On Sun 04 Aug 2019 at 19:02:01 (+1200), Richard Hector wrote: > On 4/08/19 2:46 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> gene@picnc:~$ sudo adduser > >>> [sudo] password for gene: > >>> adduser: Only one or two names allowed. > >>> gene@picnc:~$ > >> I'm guessing 'adduser' needs at least a name for the new us

Re: where is my disk space

2019-08-04 Thread David Wright
On Sun 04 Aug 2019 at 13:06:07 (+0200), Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 04/08/2019 à 12:43, Long Wind a écrit : > > i think i find out > > it's in ~/.local it's Xorg.0.log.old > > it's more than 3.9G > > it seems keeping growing > > clearly i don't need it, i delete it > > it should solve my problem >

Re: PROGRESS!! - was {Re: Wireless home LAN - WiFi vs Bluetooth?}

2019-08-04 Thread Richard Hector
On 5/08/19 12:07 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Aug 04, 2019 at 12:58:14PM +0100, mick crane wrote: > >> what sort of cable ? >> If ethernet, machine to machine directly seem to recall you might >> want a cross over cable. >> Can chop cable in two and connect the >> red to green, >> green t

Re: 3 phase power converters

2019-08-04 Thread John Hasler
Gene writes: > Three phase, at most any frequency can be had a lot cheaper at up to > 10 horse or so by using a suitably sized VFD. Yes. Don't buy a static or rotary converter for a single machine. They only make sense these days if you can build them at no cost with stuff you have laying around

Re: PROGRESS!! - was {Re: Wireless home LAN - WiFi vs Bluetooth?}

2019-08-04 Thread tomas
On Sun, Aug 04, 2019 at 12:58:14PM +0100, mick crane wrote: > what sort of cable ? > If ethernet, machine to machine directly seem to recall you might > want a cross over cable. > Can chop cable in two and connect the > red to green, > green to red, > red stripy to green stripy > green stripy to r

Re: PROGRESS!! - was {Re: Wireless home LAN - WiFi vs Bluetooth?}

2019-08-04 Thread mick crane
On 2019-07-29 17:56, Richard Owlett wrote: On 07/29/2019 10:51 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 07/29/2019 10:10 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: [snip] Since your machines are very close together, take a look at USB to USB networking. Did ;} One of the first things I thought of as I date back days of

Re: where is my disk space

2019-08-04 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 04/08/2019 à 12:43, Long Wind a écrit : i think i find out it's in ~/.local it's Xorg.0.log.old it's more than 3.9G it seems keeping growing clearly i don't need it, i delete it it should solve my problem What about Xorg.0.log ? If these files keep growing up to such a size, then it means th

Re: where is my disk space

2019-08-04 Thread Long Wind
i think i find outit's in ~/.local it's Xorg.0.log.oldit's more than 3.9Git seems keeping growingclearly i don't need it, i delete it it should solve my problem Thanks to all that reply! On Sunday, August 4, 2019, 6:26:11 PM GMT+8, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Sun, Aug 04, 2019 at 09:37

Re: where is my disk space

2019-08-04 Thread tomas
On Sun, Aug 04, 2019 at 09:37:12AM +, Long Wind wrote: > thank!  i enter "du -sh /home", it's 5.8G. it's unbelievable You mean: it is more than you expected? If so, you can try du -sh /home/* to see which subdirectory holds the biggest chunk, and slowly work your way down the directory tr

Re: where is my disk space

2019-08-04 Thread Étienne Mollier
On 04/08/2019 11.58, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 04 aug 19, 11:46:31, Étienne Mollier wrote: >> This space is most likely taken up by file system metadata, such >> as inode tables, or journaling space. 0.5 G looks a lot like 5% >> of a 10 G partition, which is the default setting for Ext4 >> me

Re: where is my disk space

2019-08-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 04 aug 19, 11:46:31, Étienne Mollier wrote: > > This space is most likely taken up by file system metadata, such > as inode tables, or journaling space. 0.5 G looks a lot like 5% > of a 10 G partition, which is the default setting for Ext4 > metadata as provided in Debian Installer. The 5

Re: where is my disk space

2019-08-04 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Long Wind wrote: > /dev/sda2   9.8G  9.3G 0 100% / I place my bet on the highest rated answer in https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/7950/reserved-space-for-root-on-a-filesystem-why mattdm wrote there: "Ext3 is pretty good at avoiding filesystem fragmentation, but once yo

Re: where is my disk space

2019-08-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 04 aug 19, 08:32:00, Long Wind wrote: > i have stretch at sda2, which has 9.8Gfree space is far more than 1 Gbut some > program i'm unware of take all space > how to find out and solve? Thanks! To find out what files are taking up the space Command line: du -hx --maxdepth=1 | sort

Re: where is my disk space

2019-08-04 Thread Étienne Mollier
Long Wind, on 2019-08-04: > i enter "df -h" > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > [...] > /dev/sda2 9.8G 9.3G 0 100% / > .. > > 0.5 G seems missing This space is most likely taken up by file system metadata, such as inode tables, or journaling space. 0.5 G looks a lo

Re: where is my disk space

2019-08-04 Thread Étienne Mollier
tomás, on 2019-08-04: > On Sun, Aug 04, 2019 at 08:32:00AM +, Long Wind wrote: > > i have stretch at sda2, which has 9.8G > > free space is far more than 1 G > > but some program i'm unware of take all space > > > > how to find out and solve? Thanks! > > Your request is too general for a meanin

Re: where is my disk space

2019-08-04 Thread tomas
On Sun, Aug 04, 2019 at 08:32:00AM +, Long Wind wrote: > i have stretch at sda2, which has 9.8Gfree space is far more than 1 Gbut some > program i'm unware of take all space > how to find out and solve? Thanks! Your request is too general for a meaningful answer. First off, space on a file s

Re: Trying to add new video card

2019-08-04 Thread Felix Miata
ho...@rumormillnews.com composed on 2019-08-04 04:19 (UTC-0400): > My amd64 stable ('buster') system has this on the motherboard: > AMD Kaveri [Radeon R7 Graphics] > In the "Psychedelic colors" thread we added this to the kernal commandline: > radeon.cik_support=0 amdgpu.cik_support=1 > .

Trying to add new video card

2019-08-04 Thread hobie
Hi, Folks - My amd64 stable ('buster') system has this on the motherboard: AMD Kaveri [Radeon R7 Graphics] In the "Psychedelic colors" thread we added this to the kernal commandline: radeon.cik_support=0 amdgpu.cik_support=1 ...which, in the long run, may not have been necessary, but it's stil

Re: odd passwd problem.

2019-08-04 Thread Curt
On 2019-08-03, Gene Heskett wrote: > > But seat0-greeter.log(s) are all this: > ** Message: 13:37:04.194: Starting lightdm-gtk-greeter 2.0.6 (Dec 27 > 2018, 16:15:47) > ** Message: 13:37:04.203: [Configuration] Reading > file: /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf.d/01_debian.conf > ** Mes

Re: odd passwd problem.

2019-08-04 Thread Richard Hector
On 4/08/19 2:46 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> gene@picnc:~$ sudo adduser >>> [sudo] password for gene: >>> adduser: Only one or two names allowed. >>> gene@picnc:~$ >> I'm guessing 'adduser' needs at least a name for the new user ;) >> > Ac the manpage, correct. And I didn't give it a name, so it pic