Re: x and virtual consoles

2019-09-09 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 8/6/19 12:29 AM, Curt wrote: 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

Re: Linux Journal epub files

2019-09-09 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 9/9/19 8:55 AM, steve wrote: Le 09-09-2019, à 08:00:49 -0700, Marc Shapiro a écrit : I tried to get the items from the archives suggested by other posters, but did not find epubs.  The no login required link from LJ was dead by the time I got to it. It died fast.  That is why I have this i

Re: attempted install of buster arm64 net-install on rp4 fails instantly

2019-09-09 Thread Thomas D Dial
On Mon, 2019-09-09 at 12:21 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 09 September 2019 11:50:12 ghe wrote: > > > On 9/9/19 8:26 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Monday 09 September 2019 08:58:10 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > >> On Sun, Sep 08, 2019 at 03:04:40AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > >>> sudo dd

Re: Ancilliary server accesses by browser.

2019-09-09 Thread peter
From: John Hasler Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 18:43:24 -0500 > I'd use tcpdump. Will keep in mind. Thanks John, ... P. -- https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Medical_Machines https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca

Re: Ancilliary server accesses by browser.

2019-09-09 Thread peter
From: Dan Ritter Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2019 18:31:17 -0400 > Firefox and Chrome both have developer tools which will start > and stop such logging for you; look in their menus under Web > Developer (FF) and More Tools > Developer Tools (Chrome). Good, thanks, ... P. -- https://en.wikibooks

Re: attempted install of buster arm64 net-install on rp4 fails instantly

2019-09-09 Thread Thomas D Dial
On Mon, 2019-09-09 at 14:24 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 09 September 2019 13:58:03 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 01:47:30PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Tell that to pam. Even after editing sudoers, pam won't allow yoou > > > to do squawt as sudo root. BTDT. > >

Re: logwatch at midnight?

2019-09-09 Thread David
On Tue, 10 Sep 2019 at 00:09, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Yeah, the good old days when the system could fit on a floppy, and USB > wasn't invented. Blissful times. Agreed, see [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_hardware#Connector_types

Re: Ancilliary server accesses by browser.

2019-09-09 Thread John Hasler
I'd use tcpdump. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Ancilliary server accesses by browser.

2019-09-09 Thread Dan Ritter
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Opening a Web page can cause a browser to refer to an ancilliary > server; for a font or to report an access for analysis. The activity > is indicated by the URLs displayed briefly in the lower left corner of > the firefox window for example. > > I'm interested to lo

Ancilliary server accesses by browser.

2019-09-09 Thread peter
Opening a Web page can cause a browser to refer to an ancilliary server; for a font or to report an access for analysis. The activity is indicated by the URLs displayed briefly in the lower left corner of the firefox window for example. I'm interested to log these accesses in a file. Wireshark

Re: attempted install of buster arm64 net-install on rp4 fails instantly

2019-09-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 09 September 2019 14:24:50 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 09 September 2019 13:58:03 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 01:47:30PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Tell that to pam. Even after editing sudoers, pam won't allow yoou > > > to do squawt as sudo root. BTDT. > >

Re: attempted install of buster arm64 net-install on rp4 fails instantly

2019-09-09 Thread David Wright
On Mon 09 Sep 2019 at 13:51:06 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 09 September 2019 13:23:24 John Hasler wrote: > > Don't you have a serial port rigged up? > > No, and nothing to display it on either. > > > A pc, minicom, and a USB to serial adapter if the pc has no serial port. > > And a usb

Re: distribution model, in search of vision

2019-09-09 Thread Lee
On 9/9/19, H. E. Çitak wrote: > Well accepted 3 variations of Debian is the norm. live CD version is there. > When I made the transition to old laptops the wireless adapter was > consistently a problem, so I moved to derivatives because I could install > them as OS. They have their own strengths a

Re: No Sound after upgrade from Stretch to Buster

2019-09-09 Thread deloptes
Thomas George wrote: > Checked archives, installed pavucontrol but this did not help. Any > suggestions? check alsamixer -c0 and look for muted channels

Re: No Sound after upgrade from Stretch to Buster

2019-09-09 Thread arne
You could run the script alsa-info (from alsa-utils) and choose to upload/share, and send the link to this list. Hope this helps. On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 14:11:25 -0400 Thomas George wrote: > Checked archives, installed pavucontrol but this did not help. Any > suggestions? >

Re: OT: Missing sidebar; was buster: multiple instances of konqueror?

2019-09-09 Thread Étienne Mollier
On 07/09/2019 18.00, R. Lewis wrote: > Hi, > > D. R. Evans wrote: > >> R.Lewis wrote on 9/7/19 8:14 AM: >> >>> I'm glad to see that you have solved your problem with konqueror, and I'm >>> wondering if you can help me with mine. >>> >>> Do you have a sidebar (F9)? If you do, how did you get it?

Re: attempted install of buster arm64 net-install on rp4 fails instantly

2019-09-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 09 September 2019 13:58:03 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 01:47:30PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Tell that to pam. Even after editing sudoers, pam won't allow yoou > > to do squawt as sudo root. BTDT. > > If you have a serious complaint or question, you must provide de

No Sound after upgrade from Stretch to Buster

2019-09-09 Thread Thomas George
Checked archives, installed pavucontrol but this did not help. Any suggestions?

Re: AMD Vega 6 on Debian 10

2019-09-09 Thread Étienne Mollier
Ale, on 2019-09-08 : > On Thu 05/Sep/2019 22:00:58 +0200 Étienne Mollier wrote: > > Out of curiosity, which Ubuntu release did the job? > > > It was Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS. > http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/ubuntu-18.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso > > > > It could give a clue as of required firmware or driver

Re: attempted install of buster arm64 net-install on rp4 fails instantly

2019-09-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 09 September 2019 13:23:55 ghe wrote: > On 9/9/19 10:21 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Is there a foolproof way to convert that to "gene", or am I stuck > > logging into it as "pi"? > > I tried that a long time ago, and had to reinstall, IIRC. What I do > now is create a new user 'ghe' and

Re: attempted install of buster arm64 net-install on rp4 fails instantly

2019-09-09 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 01:47:30PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > Tell that to pam. Even after editing sudoers, pam won't allow yoou to do > squawt as sudo root. BTDT. If you have a serious complaint or question, you must provide details. Your continued pattern of just ranting "it didn't work" for

Sid broke my wireless

2019-09-09 Thread Celejar
Hi, I have a machine with Intel 7265 wireless. It has been working well for years, but I've recently started seeing "Microcode SW errors" in the logs, which are often accompanied by a reduction of throughput from about 250 Mbps to about 40 Mbps. This reduction remains in place until the interface

Re: attempted install of buster arm64 net-install on rp4 fails instantly

2019-09-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 09 September 2019 13:23:24 John Hasler wrote: > I wrote: > > Don't you have a serial port rigged up? > > Gene writes: > > No, and nothing to display it on either. > > A pc, minicom, and a USB to serial adapter if the pc has no serial > port. And a usb cable long enough. That will call f

Re: attempted install of buster arm64 net-install on rp4 fails instantly

2019-09-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 09 September 2019 13:10:06 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 12:21:45PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I'm building a RealtimePi buster-lite on the pi3 right now. Just one > > $PITA problem, raspian insists the first, usr 1000 is > > "pi". Is there a foolproof way to conver

Re: attempted install of buster arm64 net-install on rp4 fails instantly

2019-09-09 Thread ghe
On 9/9/19 10:21 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > Is there a foolproof way to convert that to "gene", or am I stuck > logging into it as "pi"? I tried that a long time ago, and had to reinstall, IIRC. What I do now is create a new user 'ghe' and just pretend pi doesn't exist. Maybe clear out pi's home

Re: attempted install of buster arm64 net-install on rp4 fails instantly

2019-09-09 Thread John Hasler
I wrote: > Don't you have a serial port rigged up? Gene writes: > No, and nothing to display it on either. A pc, minicom, and a USB to serial adapter if the pc has no serial port. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: AW: Install debian armhf on tablet "surface rt"

2019-09-09 Thread deloptes
hans.ullr...@loop.de wrote: > I can not use "dd" for the usb-stcick, as the grub-version on the > usb-stick is a special version for the Surface RT, which is not using > scripts, only the grub.cfg is used. Although I searched the web, I could > not find any solution without using loopback and a gr

Re: attempted install of buster arm64 net-install on rp4 fails instantly

2019-09-09 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 12:21:45PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > I'm building a RealtimePi buster-lite on the pi3 right now. Just one > $PITA problem, raspian insists the first, usr 1000 is > "pi". Is there a foolproof way to convert that to "gene", or am I stuck > logging into it as "pi"? You

Re: attempted install of buster arm64 net-install on rp4 fails instantly

2019-09-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 09 September 2019 12:57:08 John Hasler wrote: > Gene writes: > > That was one of /my/ screwups, fixed to /dev/sdf later. Now rapbian > > does something but only a magician knows what as I can't get any > > video out of it. > > Don't you have a serial port rigged up? No, and nothing to d

Re: attempted install of buster arm64 net-install on rp4 fails instantly

2019-09-09 Thread John Hasler
Gene writes: > That was one of /my/ screwups, fixed to /dev/sdf later. Now rapbian > does something but only a magician knows what as I can't get any video > out of it. Don't you have a serial port rigged up? -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

One way to send emails to LAN hosts and to ISP, was Re: Permissions and delivery of LAN email by exim

2019-09-09 Thread David Wright
On Sat 17 Aug 2019 at 07:20:45 (-), Curt wrote: > On 2019-08-16, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 02:20:09PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > >> AIUI exim should be able to deliver emails into a user's mbox, but > >> I'm confused about how exim is meant to do that, because it runs

Re: Linux Journal epub files

2019-09-09 Thread Mattia
On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 08:00:49 -0700, Marc Shapiro  wrote: I tried to get the items from the archives suggested by other posters, but did not find epubs.  The no login required link from LJ was dead by the time I got to it.  It died fast.  That is why I have this issue.  I suppose filling in thos

Re: attempted install of buster arm64 net-install on rp4 fails instantly

2019-09-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 09 September 2019 11:50:12 ghe wrote: > On 9/9/19 8:26 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 09 September 2019 08:58:10 Greg Wooledge wrote: > >> On Sun, Sep 08, 2019 at 03:04:40AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> sudo dd if=debian-10.0.0-armhf-netinst.iso bs=4096 of=/dev/sdf1 > >>> > >>

Re: Linux Journal epub files

2019-09-09 Thread steve
Le 09-09-2019, à 08:00:49 -0700, Marc Shapiro a écrit : I tried to get the items from the archives suggested by other posters, but did not find epubs.  The no login required link from LJ was dead by the time I got to it.  It died fast.  That is why I have this issue.  I suppose filling in thos

distribution model, in search of vision

2019-09-09 Thread H . E . Çitak
Well accepted 3 variations of Debian is the norm. live CD version is there. When I made the transition to old laptops the wireless adapter was consistently a problem, so I moved to derivatives because I could install them as OS. They have their own strengths and weaknesses. I want Debian back on my

Re: attempted install of buster arm64 net-install on rp4 fails instantly

2019-09-09 Thread ghe
On 9/9/19 8:26 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 09 September 2019 08:58:10 Greg Wooledge wrote: > >> On Sun, Sep 08, 2019 at 03:04:40AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> sudo dd if=debian-10.0.0-armhf-netinst.iso bs=4096 of=/dev/sdf1 >>> >>> /dev/sdf1 is an unmounted 64GB PNY u-sd card. Original

Gimp 2.10.8 crash

2019-09-09 Thread caliandro adriano
``` GNU Image Manipulation Program version 2.10.8 git-describe: GIMP_2_10_6-294-ga967e8d2c2 C compiler:     Using built-in specs.     COLLECT_GCC=gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9/lto-wrapper     OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none:hsa     OFFLOAD_TARGET_DEFAULT=1     Target: x86

Re: Linux Journal epub files

2019-09-09 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 9/9/19 5:15 AM, Nate Bargmann wrote: * On 2019 08 Sep 14:56 -0500, Marc Shapiro wrote: I have Linux Journal in epub format up through June of 2018.  I didn't grab the others as they became available and by the time I realized that LJ was closing permanently, the archives were no longer workin

Re: lsb_release -a output and debian 10.1

2019-09-09 Thread Paul Sutton
On 09/09/2019 09:38, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 09:07:36AM +0100, Paul Sutton wrote: >> After updating from 10.0 to 10.0 should lsb_release -a report me using >> 10.1? >> >> I have run apt update then apt upgrade and updated quite a few packages, >> but lsb_release -a st

Re: attempted install of buster arm64 net-install on rp4 fails instantly

2019-09-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 09 September 2019 08:58:10 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Sep 08, 2019 at 03:04:40AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > sudo dd if=debian-10.0.0-armhf-netinst.iso bs=4096 of=/dev/sdf1 > > > > /dev/sdf1 is an unmounted 64GB PNY u-sd card. Original format NTFS. > That was one of /my/ screwups,

Re: logwatch at midnight?

2019-09-09 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting ghe (2019-09-09 16:02:27) > On 9/9/19 5:47 AM, Charles Curley wrote: > > > Kudzuesque systemd appears to be taking over everything > > Remember the good old days when a *nix program did one thing and did > it well? Yeah, the good old days when the system could fit on a floppy, and U

Re: logwatch at midnight?

2019-09-09 Thread ghe
On 9/9/19 5:47 AM, Charles Curley wrote: > Kudzuesque systemd appears to be taking over everything Remember the good old days when a *nix program did one thing and did it well? -- Glenn English

Re: task-print-server in testing seems to have changed it's name to task-print-service -- why?

2019-09-09 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Mon, Sep 9, 2019, 8:02 AM Brian wrote: > On Mon 09 Sep 2019 at 03:59:06 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > task-print-server in testing seems to have changed it’s name to > > task-print-service -- why? > > #696658 > >From this report: > Tasksel: Doesn't provide Transitional Package for task-p

Re: attempted install of buster arm64 net-install on rp4 fails instantly

2019-09-09 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Sep 08, 2019 at 03:04:40AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > sudo dd if=debian-10.0.0-armhf-netinst.iso bs=4096 of=/dev/sdf1 > > /dev/sdf1 is an unmounted 64GB PNY u-sd card. Original format NTFS. You wrote the installer image to a *partition* on the SD card instead of to the whole SD card? I

Re: DRI_PRIME has no effect when running in a different user

2019-09-09 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Sep 07, 2019 at 12:23:38PM +, ghost wrote: > Someone on #debian@oftc suggested that only users with a "session" get access > to all hardware, but I have no idea what it might be. Any help is appreciated. "Seat" and "login session" are concepts introduced by systemd-logind to indicate

Re: Linux Journal epub files

2019-09-09 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2019 08 Sep 14:56 -0500, Marc Shapiro wrote: > I have Linux Journal in epub format up through June of 2018.  I didn't grab > the others as they became available and by the time I realized that LJ was > closing permanently, the archives were no longer working.  Does anyone know > where I can fi

Re: Linux Journal epub files

2019-09-09 Thread Curt
On 2019-09-09, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 09/08/2019 02:55 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: >> I have Linux Journal in epub format up through June of 2018.  I didn't >> grab the others as they became available and by the time I realized that >> LJ was closing permanently, the archives were no longer work

Re: logwatch at midnight?

2019-09-09 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 09 Sep 2019 10:01:56 +0100 Sharon Kimble wrote: > How can I configure logwatch to only fire off at midnight, instead of > its current 0738, please? Kudzuesque systemd appears to be taking over everything I want logwatch and other things to run at 04:30 or so, so here's what I do as

Re: task-print-server in testing seems to have changed it's name to task-print-service -- why?

2019-09-09 Thread Brian
On Mon 09 Sep 2019 at 03:59:06 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > task-print-server in testing seems to have changed it’s name to > task-print-service -- why? #696658 -- Brian.

Re: Display resolution 3840x2160@24rb stopped working after Upgrade from Stretch to Buster

2019-09-09 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 10:20:37 + (UTC) Jan Michael Greiner wrote: > With Debian Stretch (9.8) I had the display running with 3840x2160 > resolution at 24Hz reduced blank. And I take it you want to reproduce that on Debian 10 (buster). I suggest you: * Install arandr. * Use arandr to set thing

task-print-server in testing seems to have changed it's name to task-print-service -- why?

2019-09-09 Thread Rick Thomas
task-print-server in testing seems to have changed it’s name to task-print-service -- why? Thanks Rick

Re: Linux Journal epub files

2019-09-09 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/08/2019 02:55 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: I have Linux Journal in epub format up through June of 2018.  I didn't grab the others as they became available and by the time I realized that LJ was closing permanently, the archives were no longer working.  Does anyone know where I can find the new

Re: logwatch at midnight?

2019-09-09 Thread Dan Ritter
Sharon Kimble wrote: > > How can I configure logwatch to only fire off at midnight, instead of > its current 0738, please? If I recall correctly, logwatch is run via cron.daily, which means anacron does it as part of its own routine. anacron is fired off via /etc/crontab. You have two choices:

logwatch at midnight?

2019-09-09 Thread Sharon Kimble
How can I configure logwatch to only fire off at midnight, instead of its current 0738, please? Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk DrugFacts = https://www.drugfacts.org.uk Debian 10.0, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 26.3, org 9.2.6 signature.

Re: lsb_release -a output and debian 10.1

2019-09-09 Thread Paul Sutton
On 09/09/2019 09:38, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 09:07:36AM +0100, Paul Sutton wrote: >> After updating from 10.0 to 10.0 should lsb_release -a report me using >> 10.1? >> >> I have run apt update then apt upgrade and updated quite a few packages, >> but lsb_release -a s

Re: lsb_release -a output and debian 10.1

2019-09-09 Thread Reco
Hi. On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 09:07:36AM +0100, Paul Sutton wrote: > After updating from 10.0 to 10.0 should lsb_release -a report me using > 10.1? > > I have run apt update then apt upgrade and updated quite a few packages, > but lsb_release -a still reports 10 > > lsb_release -a > No LSB

lsb_release -a output and debian 10.1

2019-09-09 Thread Paul Sutton
Hi After updating from 10.0 to 10.0 should lsb_release -a report me using 10.1? I have run apt update then apt upgrade and updated quite a few packages, but lsb_release -a still reports 10 lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description:Debian GNU/Linux 10 (bu

AW: Install debian armhf on tablet "surface rt"

2019-09-09 Thread hans . ullrich
Hi folks, at weekend I tried hard, but I still got not much progress. The most sucess I got with "multiboot". Here I managed to get it booting from an usb-stick (I had to set a timeout withi grub.cfg like "set timeout=10").The problem is, that when grub is starting the keyboard is not usable. E