Re: Broken PMTUD / ICMP blackhole?

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 10:37:12PM -0500, Celejar wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Debian Sid system with generally working networking. Recently, > I experienced some strange connectivity problems with a particular > network connection [...] > PING 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1) 1492(1520) bytes of data. > ping: lo

Re: Impossible to type "ù"

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 07:33:15PM -0600, David Wright wrote: [...] > You don't say what the dedicated key for ù is [...] The French keyboard has one key for ù (in the whereabouts of your ' key, I'd guess). > but I would expect that > you might need something like lv3:ralt_switch in your XKBOPT

Re: Impossible to type "ù"

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 06:27:57PM -0600, Mark Allums wrote: > On 12/16/19 3:53 PM, Pétùr wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I cannot type "ù" anymore on Debian Xfce Sid (French keyboard). > > > >All other accented character (éàûè) work but the cursor just > >blinked when using the dedicated key for "ù". > > > >

Re: iptables, routing problems

On 17/12/19 5:06 pm, Richard Hector wrote: > Hi all, > > I've got a networking issue that's confusing me. Got it, I think. I had previously been applying rules before switching to iptables-legacy - so I'd been adding nftables rules. Then I switched, without flushing (or rebooting), so both rules

iptables, routing problems

Hi all, I've got a networking issue that's confusing me. When I try to ssh out, I can see the packets being accepted by the rule in the OUTPUT chain, but I can't see them with TCPDUMP. Nothing is hitting the rules in the nat POSTROUTING chain, either. I can see from the ACCEPT rule (in the iptab

Re: Macbook Post-Installation Issue

On 17/12/19 5:46 am, Kent West wrote: Unless things have changed recently (and I don't believe they have), you could also run "sudo tasksel" and pick the Desktop Environment[s] you prefer. Just worked for me, when I tried it just for fun -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.co

Broken PMTUD / ICMP blackhole?

Hi, I have a Debian Sid system with generally working networking. Recently, I experienced some strange connectivity problems with a particular network connection (tethering via wifi to a cell phone running LineageOS, using Mint Mobile, a T-Mobile MVNO), notably TLS handshakes hanging and failing t

Re: looking for a replacement for debian since systemd

On 12/15/19 11:45 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Quoting Jimmy Johnson (2019-12-16 02:13:08) On 12/14/19 5:29 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Hi Alessandro, Quoting Alessandro Vesely (2019-12-14 13:23:14) On Sat 14/Dec/2019 03:18:39 +0100 Kenneth Parker wrote: I use Devuan, especially on older har

Re: Impossible to type "ù"

On Mon 16 Dec 2019 at 22:53:23 (+0100), Pétùr wrote: > I cannot type "ù" anymore on Debian Xfce Sid (French keyboard). > > All other accented character (éàûè) work but the cursor just blinked > when using the dedicated key for "ù". […] > I tried different keyboard configuration with > > # dpkg-

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

David writes: > "… … home network, it's recommended that you use the domain name > home.arpa on all your computers". Use .UUCP . That'll fix 'em. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Impossible to type "ù"

On 12/16/19 3:53 PM, Pétùr wrote: Hi, I cannot type "ù" anymore on Debian Xfce Sid (French keyboard). All other accented character (éàûè) work but the cursor just blinked when using the dedicated key for "ù". Any clue? Bad key?

Re: unstable: directory pulse in root directory : /pulse where from?

On 12/14/19, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 14 dec 19, 10:04:34, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: >> Brian wrote on 13/12/2019 21:29: >> > On Fri 13 Dec 2019 at 20:26:32 +0100, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: >> >> >> >> does anybody know which package generates the directory /pulse ? This >> >> is a bug >> >> i

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

On Mon 16 Dec 2019 at 12:28:13 (+), Bonno Bloksma wrote: > > > I could be quite wrong, but I thought that "local" was actually > > > suggested as a domain name at one time by the installer. (And I > > Don't know if Debian did that but ... a LOONG time ago, at least looong in > "internet yea

RE: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

Hi, > > I could be quite wrong, but I thought that "local" was actually > > suggested as a domain name at one time by the installer. (And I Don't know if Debian did that but ... a LOONG time ago, at least looong in "internet years", it was indeed recommended to use the "real" domain name for

Impossible to type "ù"

Hi, I cannot type "ù" anymore on Debian Xfce Sid (French keyboard). All other accented character (éàûè) work but the cursor just blinked when using the dedicated key for "ù". Any clue? $ locale LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 LANGUAGE= LC_CTYPE="fr_FR.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="fr_FR.UTF-8" LC_TIME="fr_FR.UTF-8" L

Buster 10.2, new mediawiki install unable to connect to database

Fresh format-disk-and-install Buster 64-bit. This is my third attempt, with the mediawiki installer having problems logging in to MariaDB every time. I've installed mediawiki (Jessie?) with zero problems. NOTE-MariaDB was installed with a simple "sudo apt -y install mediawiki" as described bel

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

On 12/16/19 3:25 PM, David Wright wrote: On Mon 16 Dec 2019 at 13:36:27 (-0500), Jape Person wrote: On 12/16/19 11:39 AM, David Wright wrote: On Mon 16 Dec 2019 at 10:53:02 (-0500), Jape Person wrote: On 12/16/19 12:42 AM, David Wright wrote: On Sat 14 Dec 2019 at 13:49:25 (-0500), Jape Perso

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

On Mon 16 Dec 2019 at 13:36:27 (-0500), Jape Person wrote: > On 12/16/19 11:39 AM, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 16 Dec 2019 at 10:53:02 (-0500), Jape Person wrote: > > > On 12/16/19 12:42 AM, David Wright wrote: > > > > On Sat 14 Dec 2019 at 13:49:25 (-0500), Jape Person wrote: > > > > > On 12/14

Re: unstable: directory pulse in root directory : /pulse where from?

On Mo, Dez 16, 2019 at 08:32:01 +0100, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: Does anybody else see such a /pulse directory? Yes, here as well (two testing systems). Shade and sweet water! Stephan -- |If your life was a horse, you'd have to shoot it.|

Re: unstable: directory pulse in root directory : /pulse where from?

Greg Wooledge wrote on 16/12/2019 17:29: > On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 10:04:34AM +0100, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: >> $ dpkg -S /pulse >> dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /pulse >> >> fails to give any clue. >> The directory is generated at boot-time. But I wasn't able to find any hint >> in

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Re: New Install Boots to Grub

Le 16/12/2019 à 16:55, Dr. Jason Amerson a écrit : Hello, I installed Debian 10.2.0 from a USB drive and the installation finished without errors. The only thing that happened during install is that it was unable to setup the network. Anyways, I removed the USB drive and rebooted the computer

Re: Gnucash broken after Update

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 01:42:35PM -0500, Jape Person wrote: > On 12/16/19 12:41 PM, Markus Grunwald wrote: > >Hi, > > > >a few days ago, I ran an apt update of my debian/desting machine and got > >a new gnucash version [...] [...] > libaqbanking (5.99.43beta-2) unstable; urgency=medium > > Im

Re: looking for a replacement for debian since systemd

On Mon, 16 Dec 2019 16:40:52 +0100 Alberto Luaces wrote: > "0...@caiway.net" writes: > > > But I do like systemd-container very much. > > What is that thing? Another name for systemd-nspawn? > package systemd-container provides systemd's tools for nspawn and container/VM management: * system

Re: New Install Boots to Grub

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 9:56 AM Dr. Jason Amerson wrote: > Hello, > > I installed Debian 10.2.0 from a USB drive and the installation finished > without errors. The only thing that happened during install is that it was > unable to setup the network. Anyways, I removed the USB drive and rebooted

Re: Macbook Post-Installation Issue

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 11:43 AM Dan Ritter wrote: > Dr. Jason Amerson wrote: > > Dan, > > > > I cannot login to my desktop. I am just presented with the Debian > GNU/Linux 10 tty1. > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > On 12/16/2019 12:04:09 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > Dr. Jason Amerson wrote: > > > Hell

Re: Gnucash broken after Update

On 12/16/19 12:41 PM, Markus Grunwald wrote: Hi, a few days ago, I ran an apt update of my debian/desting machine and got a new gnucash version. Apt DID tell me that there was something to do to keep gnucash working. I had no time to do that, then, but I was used to getting the instructions per

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

On 12/16/19 11:39 AM, David Wright wrote: On Mon 16 Dec 2019 at 10:53:02 (-0500), Jape Person wrote: On 12/16/19 12:42 AM, David Wright wrote: On Sat 14 Dec 2019 at 13:49:25 (-0500), Jape Person wrote: On 12/14/19 1:24 AM, john doe wrote: ... The file '/etc/resolv.conf' should let you know w

Gnucash broken after Update

Hi, a few days ago, I ran an apt update of my debian/desting machine and got a new gnucash version. Apt DID tell me that there was something to do to keep gnucash working. I had no time to do that, then, but I was used to getting the instructions per e-mail. But at the time my e-mail setup was bro

Re: Macbook Post-Installation Issue

Dr. Jason Amerson wrote: > Dan, > > I cannot login to my desktop. I am just presented with the Debian GNU/Linux > 10 tty1. > > > Jason > > > On 12/16/2019 12:04:09 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > Dr. Jason Amerson wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Me again. Different computer with a different problem. I ma

Re: Macbook Post-Installation Issue

Dr. Jason Amerson wrote: > Hello, > > Me again. Different computer with a different problem. I may ask about other > computers later. I am in the process of migrating my laptops from Windows 10 > to Debian. This computer is a Macbook Pro. I installed Debian without errors, > not even network e

Macbook Post-Installation Issue

Hello, Me again. Different computer with a different problem. I may ask about other computers later. I am in the process of migrating my laptops from Windows 10 to Debian. This computer is a Macbook Pro. I installed Debian without errors, not even network errors like my other computer. I reboot

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

On Mon 16 Dec 2019 at 10:53:02 (-0500), Jape Person wrote: > On 12/16/19 12:42 AM, David Wright wrote: > > On Sat 14 Dec 2019 at 13:49:25 (-0500), Jape Person wrote: > > > On 12/14/19 1:24 AM, john doe wrote: > ... > > > > The file '/etc/resolv.conf' should let you know what TLD is sent from > > >

Re: unstable: directory pulse in root directory : /pulse where from?

On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 10:04:34AM +0100, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > $ dpkg -S /pulse > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /pulse > > fails to give any clue. > The directory is generated at boot-time. But I wasn't able to find any hint in > systemd or udev conf-files. Well, the first thin

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

On Mon 16 Dec 2019 at 12:03:58 (+0530), tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > I am not the OP, but questions seems directed to me, see inline answers. Yes, it's interesting to see what people's configurations are when they make suggestions, because that affects whether they apply in other cases (inclu

Re: looking for a replacement for debian since systemd

"0...@caiway.net" writes: > But I do like systemd-container very much. What is that thing? Another name for systemd-nspawn? -- Alberto

New Install Boots to Grub

Hello, I installed Debian 10.2.0 from a USB drive and the installation finished without errors. The only thing that happened during install is that it was unable to setup the network. Anyways, I removed the USB drive and rebooted the computer. It then booted into grub. There was a message telli

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

On 12/16/19 12:42 AM, David Wright wrote: On Sat 14 Dec 2019 at 13:49:25 (-0500), Jape Person wrote: On 12/14/19 1:24 AM, john doe wrote: ... The file '/etc/resolv.conf' should let you know what TLD is sent from the DHCP server. Debian shouldn't modify your configuration files '/etc' without

Re: User Forgets Aliases

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 09:30:08AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > As a matter of fact, there was no .bash_profile. > > I created on and transferred all of my alias statement to that and not is > fine. I believe you meant to say "now is fine". But your typo is literally correct: it is *NOT* fi

Re: User Forgets Aliases

On 12/16/2019 08:30 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 04:27:39AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I find that I have to source the .bashrc use the aliases. My guess is that you: 1) created a ~/.bash_profile and forgot to tell it to source ~/.bashrc; or 2) altered your ~/.profil

Re: how to have a common prompt in bash and guake so I can view date and time as part of prompt ?

On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 04:50:18PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > PS1='\u@\h $(date +"%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S") :\w\$ ' > > Could \D{format} not do that? Oh, good catch. I've... never used that before. ;-) I scanned the PROMPTING section of the man page too quickly and only saw the \t \T \@ \A parts.

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

John Doe writes: > In the above example 'try' is the hostname while 'example.com' is the > domainname. From other e-mail, it looks like your DHCP server was > sending as 'local' as domainname. Your MTA should be rewriting headers to use your external email domain. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.

Re: User Forgets Aliases

On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 04:27:39AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I find that I have to source the .bashrc use the aliases. My guess is that you: 1) created a ~/.bash_profile and forgot to tell it to source ~/.bashrc; or 2) altered your ~/.profile in such a way that it no longer sources ~/.b

Re: [OT] Master Password (was: dropbox security situation)

Hi, 15 déc. 2019 à 18:31 de a...@cityscape.co.uk: > Using the website name is merely a suggestion. It can be anything you > like, provided you can remember it. For example, I use "doctor" for one > site; "surgery" or "prescription" would be equally as good. > Actually, it's way worse like this in

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

On 12/14/2019 7:49 PM, Jape Person wrote: > On 12/14/19 1:24 AM, john doe wrote: >> >> Assuming that you are using the router from your ISP, it is possible >> that the firmware has been upgraded without your nolage. >> >> One way to prevent this could be (1), that is, use your own >> router/server/

Re: looking for a replacement for debian since systemd

Quoting Jimmy Johnson (2019-12-16 02:13:08) > On 12/14/19 5:29 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Hi Alessandro, > > > > Quoting Alessandro Vesely (2019-12-14 13:23:14) > >> On Sat 14/Dec/2019 03:18:39 +0100 Kenneth Parker wrote: > >>> > >>> I use Devuan, especially on older hardware.   Works well. >