Re: Server hardware advice.

2019-08-06 Thread Reco
On Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 01:29:21AM -0400, Steven Mainor wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm looking for advice on how to build a home server with a primary focus on > security. I plan to run nextcloud and a mail server that will serve 3 to 5 > people at most. > > My requirements are: > > A server setup t

Re: WiFi interface unexpected response

2019-08-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 06 aug 19, 18:13:02, zetam.imap wrote: > > > Why do you need this if you configure wpa in /etc/network/interfaces? > > Normally the wireless interface is activated when a user accesses their > account on the graphical interface. > This host has to perform unattended tasks on that network e

Re: qDslrDashboard anyone?

2019-08-06 Thread deloptes
Johann Spies wrote: > How do I solve these problems? Read https://dslrdashboard.info/introduction/ Install dependencies. The application is written in C++ using the Qt Framework. It uses the OpenCV library for image processing, LibRaw library for RAW image processing and the libusb library for t

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

2019-08-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 06 aug 19, 08:34:20, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 06 Aug 2019 at 08:44:41 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Lu, 05 aug 19, 14:55:11, David Wright wrote: > > > > > > I think it's made clear in the tomás quotation, about 18 lines above > > > Richard's citation of the same. Regardless, the

Re: Server hardware advice.

2019-08-06 Thread Steven Mainor
You are correct. That was an oversight. Of all the items on that page I could probably afford the screwdriver and the heatsinks. I would like to keep the budget under $500 not including the hard drive(s) I already have drives. Less is better. -- Steven Mainor On August 7, 2019 1:52:15 AM EDT,

Re: Server hardware advice.

2019-08-06 Thread Richard Hector
On 7/08/19 5:29 PM, Steven Mainor wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm looking for advice on how to build a home server with a primary focus on > security. I plan to run nextcloud and a mail server that will serve 3 to 5 > people at most. > > My requirements are: > > A server setup that can be run with co

Server hardware advice.

2019-08-06 Thread Steven Mainor
Hi all, I'm looking for advice on how to build a home server with a primary focus on security. I plan to run nextcloud and a mail server that will serve 3 to 5 people at most. My requirements are: A server setup that can be run with completely open source software and doesn't require any bina

Re: virt-manager (was Re: Virtual Box)

2019-08-06 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 7/8/19 12:44 am, The Wanderer wrote: it reports that "libvirtd is installed but not running". running sudo libvirtd got me past that problem -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Debian netboot installer is not working

2019-08-06 Thread Latif Shaikh
Hi All, I have tried a lot to install Debian 9.6 OS though pxeboot. But not get luck. here is the problem: Debian:9.6 OS have this 4.9.0-8-amd64 kernel module, but not get exact Debian net-installer which support 4.9.0-8-amd64 kernel module For example below http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/

Re: systemd messages relating to non-existent devices

2019-08-06 Thread Kushal Kumaran
Richard Hector writes: > On 7/08/19 3:16 AM, Kushal Kumaran wrote: >> Richard Hector writes: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm getting messages like this in my logs: >>> >>> Aug 6 13:16:18 akl-host3 systemd[1]: dev-xvda9.device: Job >>> dev-xvda9.device/start timed out. >>> Aug 6 13:16:18 akl-host3

Re: WiFi interface unexpected response

2019-08-06 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 01:34:43 -0300 "zetam.imap" wrote: > hello > I have quite (to me) unexplained behavior in a wifi interface I defined > in /etc/network/interfaces config file. > I turned off NetworkManager > >  root@:~ # systemctl stop NetworkManager.service >  root@:~ # systemctl disable Netw

Re: WiFi interface unexpected response

2019-08-06 Thread zetam.imap
[ The prior reply was only sent tu user account. Sorry ] El 6/8/19 a las 03:16, Andrei POPESCU escribió: > On Ma, 06 aug 19, 01:34:43, zetam.imap wrote: > network and broadcast are not necessary. done > Why do you need this if you configure wpa in /etc/network/interfaces? Normally the wirele

qDslrDashboard anyone?

2019-08-06 Thread Johann Spies
Did any of you succeed to get qDslrDashboard ( http://dslrdashboard.info/downloads/#) to run on Debian? I get the following problems: $ ldd qDslrDashboard | grep "not found" ./qDslrDashboard: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5: version `Qt_5.12' not found (required by ./qDslrDashboard) libopen

Re: Don't disable recoomends by default

2019-08-06 Thread Brian
On Mon 05 Aug 2019 at 22:50:17 +0200, Urs Thuermann wrote: > And auctex recommends a list of PDF viewers (or okular which can show > DVI files) while I know still many users who work with xdvi only. So > using auctex to write TeX files should not imply the user also wants > PDF or okular. Those

Re: mount weirdness

2019-08-06 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, more ideas: exit value, verbous mode. mount -v /dev/sdc /wa1 echo $? A nominally successful mount command would yield 0 as "$?". Maybe -v yields some extra insight. Have a nice day :) Thomas

Re: x and virtual consoles

2019-08-06 Thread Ed Neville
On 2019-08-06 10:31-0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > I did, created a user test, logged in, but when I came back to the > machine 10 minutes later, the screen was locked and showing gene as > the default login. dm-tool did work to switch the user. That solves a problem for now. Please don't see this

Re: mount weirdness

2019-08-06 Thread David Wright
On Tue 06 Aug 2019 at 12:18:21 (-0500), Dennis Wicks wrote: > Thomas Schmitt wrote on 8/6/19 10:30 AM: > > Dennis Wicks wrote: > > > I *cannot* mount *any* partition on /wa1 > > > but I *can* mount *any* partition on any other mount point. > > > > So what do you get from these shell commands ? > I

Re: Don't disable recoomends by default

2019-08-06 Thread Brian
On Tue 06 Aug 2019 at 09:32:11 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 10:50:17PM +0200, Urs Thuermann wrote: > > Jonas Smedegaard writes: > > > > > Quoting Stephan Seitz (2019-07-12 09:30:38) > > [...] > > > I have done this for years now, i.e. I have > > > > APT::Instal

Re: mount weirdness

2019-08-06 Thread Richard Hector
On 7/08/19 5:51 AM, Dennis Wicks wrote: > Richard Hector wrote on 8/6/19 12:42 PM: >> On 7/08/19 5:31 AM, Dennis Wicks wrote: >>> rhkra...@gmail.com wrote on 8/6/19 10:34 AM: I didn't fully understand your fstab, but is there a typo -- wa11 vs. wa1? >>> No. My current config is; >>> >>>  

Re: Don't disable recoomends by default

2019-08-06 Thread Brian
On Mon 05 Aug 2019 at 22:50:17 +0200, Urs Thuermann wrote: > Why does nut-client recommend bash-completion? It's not that unusual > that admins work with ksh or zsh or some other shell only and > therefore don't need bash support. bash-completion has been recommended since 2009. Not a single bug

Re: mount weirdness

2019-08-06 Thread Dennis Wicks
Richard Hector wrote on 8/6/19 12:42 PM: On 7/08/19 5:31 AM, Dennis Wicks wrote: rhkra...@gmail.com wrote on 8/6/19 10:34 AM: I didn't fully understand your fstab, but is there a typo -- wa11 vs. wa1? No. My current config is;    /wa1 -> wa11 ( soft link )    /wa11    ( <- /dev/sdb2 )

Re: systemd messages relating to non-existent devices

2019-08-06 Thread Richard Hector
On 7/08/19 3:16 AM, Kushal Kumaran wrote: > Richard Hector writes: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm getting messages like this in my logs: >> >> Aug 6 13:16:18 akl-host3 systemd[1]: dev-xvda9.device: Job >> dev-xvda9.device/start timed out. >> Aug 6 13:16:18 akl-host3 systemd[1]: Timed out waiting for de

Re: mount weirdness

2019-08-06 Thread Richard Hector
On 7/08/19 5:31 AM, Dennis Wicks wrote: > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote on 8/6/19 10:34 AM: >> I didn't fully understand your fstab, but is there a typo -- wa11 vs. >> wa1? > No. My current config is; > >    /wa1 -> wa11 ( soft link ) >    /wa11    ( <- /dev/sdb2 ) > > with sdb2 mounted on /wa11 s

Re: mount weirdness

2019-08-06 Thread Dennis Wicks
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote on 8/6/19 10:34 AM: I didn't fully understand your fstab, but is there a typo -- wa11 vs. wa1? No. My current config is; /wa1 -> wa11 ( soft link ) /wa11( <- /dev/sdb2 ) with sdb2 mounted on /wa11 so I don't have to find and change all the paths that I h

Re: mount weirdness

2019-08-06 Thread Dennis Wicks
Felix Miata wrote on 8/6/19 10:33 AM: Dennis Wicks composed on 2019-08-06 10:09 (UTC-0500): I *cannot* mount *any* partition on /wa1 What is output from ls -ld /wa*/ ? wix@dgwicks:/$ ls -ld /wa*/ drwxrwxrwx 17 root root 4096 Jun 17 14:07 /wa1/ drwxrwxrwx 17 root root 4096 Jun 17 14:07 /wa11/

Re: mount weirdness

2019-08-06 Thread Dennis Wicks
Thomas Schmitt wrote on 8/6/19 10:30 AM: Hi, Dennis Wicks wrote: I *cannot* mount *any* partition on /wa1 but I *can* mount *any* partition on any other mount point. So what do you get from these shell commands ? I am currently running with "ln -s /wa11 /wa1" so this isn't the config I boote

Re: virt-manager (was Re: Virtual Box)

2019-08-06 Thread Curt
On 2019-08-06, The Wanderer wrote: >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D765448 > > Interesting. How'd you find that? It didn't crop up in my searches based > on the error messages I was seeing. > I looked for "debian virt-manager without systemd" using the G search engine, and

Re: virt-manager (was Re: Virtual Box)

2019-08-06 Thread The Wanderer
On 2019-08-06 at 11:29, Curt wrote: > On 2019-08-06, The Wanderer wrote: > >> I tried this out myself recently, but couldn't get it to work; it >> reports that "libvirtd is installed but not running". >> >> As far as I can tell, the problem boils down to the fact that I >> refuse to have libpa

Re: mount weirdness

2019-08-06 Thread rhkramer
I didn't fully understand your fstab, but is there a typo -- wa11 vs. wa1? On Tuesday, August 06, 2019 11:09:32 AM Dennis Wicks wrote: > Requested info attached: > > I *cannot* mount *any* partition on /wa1 > but I *can* mount *any* partition on any other mount point. > > Regards, and Thanks! >

Re: mount weirdness

2019-08-06 Thread Felix Miata
Dennis Wicks composed on 2019-08-06 10:09 (UTC-0500): > I *cannot* mount *any* partition on /wa1 What is output from ls -ld /wa*/ ? -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/

Re: systemd messages relating to non-existent devices

2019-08-06 Thread Kushal Kumaran
Richard Hector writes: > Hi all, > > I'm getting messages like this in my logs: > > Aug 6 13:16:18 akl-host3 systemd[1]: dev-xvda9.device: Job > dev-xvda9.device/start timed out. > Aug 6 13:16:18 akl-host3 systemd[1]: Timed out waiting for device > dev-xvda9.device. > Aug 6 13:16:18 akl-host3

Re: mount weirdness

2019-08-06 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Dennis Wicks wrote: > I *cannot* mount *any* partition on /wa1 > but I *can* mount *any* partition on any other mount point. So what do you get from these shell commands ? ls -ld /wa1 /wa11 find /wa1 What happens if you create a new /wa1 ? mv /wa1 /wa1_old mkdir /wa1 mount /dev/

Re: virt-manager (was Re: Virtual Box)

2019-08-06 Thread Curt
On 2019-08-06, The Wanderer wrote: > > I tried this out myself recently, but couldn't get it to work; it > reports that "libvirtd is installed but not running". > > As far as I can tell, the problem boils down to the fact that I refuse > to have libpam-systemd installed, which means that I can't i

Re: mount weirdness

2019-08-06 Thread Dennis Wicks
Requested info attached: I *cannot* mount *any* partition on /wa1 but I *can* mount *any* partition on any other mount point. Regards, and Thanks! Dennis Andrei POPESCU wrote on 8/6/19 1:06 AM: On Lu, 05 aug 19, 15:33:57, Dennis Wicks wrote: It seems that something in the mount process does

virt-manager (was Re: Virtual Box)

2019-08-06 Thread The Wanderer
On 2019-08-06 at 02:18, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > On 3/8/19 3:39 am, Etienne Mollier wrote: > >> Since you are coming from the VirtualBox world, I would suggest to >> check out the package "virt-manager" which provides a GUI allowing >> to drive your KVM virtual machines. You may find more detai

Re: x and virtual consoles

2019-08-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 06 August 2019 09:22:15 Curt wrote: > On 2019-08-06, deloptes wrote: > > Curt wrote: > >> LightDM's dm-tool command can be used to allow multiple users to be > >> logged in on separate ttys. The following will send a signal > >> requesting that the current session be locked and then wi

Re: x and virtual consoles

2019-08-06 Thread David Wright
On Tue 06 Aug 2019 at 07:11:04 (+0100), Ed wrote: > On 2019-08-05 16:59-0500, David Wright wrote: > > Perhaps this is all to do with your DM. I use startx, and since > > stretch the Xserver runs "on top of" the VC that started it, and > > as the user, not root. In the past, Xservers ran as root on

Re: No System Tray Detected On This System...

2019-08-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 13:45:48 - (UTC) "tb75252" wrote: Hello tb75252, >How do I turn off the popup window? There's nothing in the HPLIP GUI You may wish to try what's suggested here; https://askubuntu.com/questions/101828/no-system-tray-detected-on-this-system It worked for me when KDE had

Re: x and virtual consoles

2019-08-06 Thread Curt
On 2019-08-06, Curt wrote: >> >> it says multiple users - not the same user >> >> > > curty@einstein:~/glimmer$ man dm-tool > > switch-to-greeter >Switch to the greeter suitable for logging into a new >session. > > Says "logging into a new *session*." (emphasis mine). >

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

2019-08-06 Thread David Wright
On Tue 06 Aug 2019 at 08:44:41 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 05 aug 19, 14:55:11, David Wright wrote: > > > > I think it's made clear in the tomás quotation, about 18 lines above > > Richard's citation of the same. Regardless, the OP is connecting two > > machines (requiring firmware) ru

Re: x and virtual consoles

2019-08-06 Thread Curt
On 2019-08-06, deloptes wrote: > Curt wrote: > >> LightDM's dm-tool command can be used to allow multiple users to be logged >> in on separate ttys. The following will send a signal requesting that the >> current session be locked and then will initiate a switch to LightDM's >> greeter, allowing a

Re: Don't disable recoomends by default

2019-08-06 Thread Brian
On Mon 05 Aug 2019 at 22:50:17 +0200, Urs Thuermann wrote: > Sometimes a package foo recommends foo-doc while others only suggest > foo-doc. >From https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html: If package is a build tool, development tool, command-line tool, or library development pa

Re: x and virtual consoles

2019-08-06 Thread deloptes
Curt wrote: > LightDM's dm-tool command can be used to allow multiple users to be logged > in on separate ttys. The following will send a signal requesting that the > current session be locked and then will initiate a switch to LightDM's > greeter, allowing a new user to log in to the system. it

Re: Don't disable recoomends by default

2019-08-06 Thread Brian
On Mon 05 Aug 2019 at 22:50:17 +0200, Urs Thuermann wrote: > For some reason I don't know, nfs-common recommends python. I have Digging in the changelog gives you that. Add Recommends python for mountstats and nfsiostat -- Brian.

Re: Where do I find the Debian CAs?

2019-08-06 Thread Dan Ritter
Stephan Seitz wrote: > Hi! > > I’ve noticed that the Debian mailing list server is offering a certificate > as a client: > Client CN „clientcerts/bendel.debian.org”, Issuer „Debian SMTP CA” > > I can’t verify it because I can’t find the CA. There doesn’t seem to be a > package with internal CAs.

Re: Don't disable recoomends by default

2019-08-06 Thread Brian
On Tue 06 Aug 2019 at 08:41:53 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 05 aug 19, 22:50:17, Urs Thuermann wrote: > > Jonas Smedegaard writes: > > > > > > What is wrong is to suppress all recommendations by default. > > > > I have done this for years now, i.e. I have > > > > APT::Install-Reco

Where do I find the Debian CAs?

2019-08-06 Thread Stephan Seitz
Hi! I’ve noticed that the Debian mailing list server is offering a certificate as a client: Client CN „clientcerts/bendel.debian.org”, Issuer „Debian SMTP CA” I can’t verify it because I can’t find the CA. There doesn’t seem to be a package with internal CAs. Where can I find them? Shade a

Re: Don't disable recoomends by default

2019-08-06 Thread mick crane
On 2019-07-12 22:17, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 12 iul 19, 20:21:08, Reco wrote: I say - if the user wants to "break" a system by not installing the Recommends - let them. Whenever it's curiosity, a way of learning something new or just a wish to do an OS liposuction. Sure. Still, I would

Re: Don't disable recoomends by default

2019-08-06 Thread tomas
On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 10:50:17PM +0200, Urs Thuermann wrote: > Jonas Smedegaard writes: > > > Quoting Stephan Seitz (2019-07-12 09:30:38) [...] > I have done this for years now, i.e. I have > > APT::Install-Recommends "false"; > > in /etc/apt/apt.conf and I haven't had any problems, une

Re: x and virtual consoles

2019-08-06 Thread Curt
On 2019-08-06, Ed wrote: > On 2019-08-06 09:02+0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Lu, 05 aug 19, 21:56:55, Ed wrote: >> > >> > How do you run two login managers though so that you can have two users >> > share the same computer without having to log out? In other words, >> > whilst I go and make