Re: Broken PMTUD / ICMP blackhole?

2019-12-17 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On 12/17/19 11:39 AM, Celejar wrote: Now I just have have to figure out the best place to configure this. I'm using dhcp via /etc/network/interfaces, but the 'dhcp' method doesn't seem to support manual MTU setting. I could use a 'supersede interface-mtu' line in dhclient.conf, but AFAICT, optio

Re: Invisible IPv6 addresses

2019-12-17 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 04:54:17PM -0500, Celejar wrote: > But the IPv6 address e:f:g:h:i:j:k:l is not actually configured > anywhere on the router (as shown by 'ip a' and other tools)! Either there's some IPv6 - IPv4 conversion involved, or Verison just terminates inbound IPv6 connec

Re: problems with skype

2019-12-17 Thread deloptes
Emanuele Latini wrote: > My problem is the following During and after skype video call it's like > the keyboad gets crazy, if you push a key once it's like you never > stopped pushing it and every app get stuck. There s only one solution, > reboot In my opnion skype uses your usb camera correct?

Re: Broken PMTUD / ICMP blackhole?

2019-12-17 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:38:59 -0600 John Hasler wrote: > Celejar writes: > > ...on my normal network connection, with > > the MTU left at the normal 1500, I have no problems. > > What *kind* of connection? Verizon Fios residential. But I have used my system with dozens of different internet conn

problems with skype

2019-12-17 Thread Emanuele Latini
Hi I'm not sure that s the right place where to post this problem, if not please address me somewhere else My problem is the following During and after skype video call it's like the keyboad gets crazy, if you push a key once it's like you never stopped pushing it and every app get stuck. There s

Invisible IPv6 addresses

2019-12-17 Thread Celejar
Hi, [Somewhat off-topic, since this is a general networking topic:] I have Verizon Fios residential internet service. Verizon is notoriously cagey about its deployment of IPv6 for residential service [1], but I don't seem to officially have it - my router (running OpenWrt) tries dhcp6 but fails t

Re: instable X after upgrade to buster - X? firefox? liberoffice? screensaver? lxde?

2019-12-17 Thread didier . gaumet
The Debian bug you mention is related to xscreensaver 5.36 in Stretch, I don't know if it is still relevant for xscreensaver 5.42 in Buster. You told us that you upgraded to Buster by accident: did you apt dist-upgrade after apt upgrade?

Re: Broken PMTUD / ICMP blackhole?

2019-12-17 Thread John Hasler
Celejar writes: > ...on my normal network connection, with > the MTU left at the normal 1500, I have no problems. What *kind* of connection? > It's only while on this particular connection via cell phone tether > that I see problems. The problem I experienced had to do with pppoe overhead and fi

inconsistent Clipit cut&paste with firefox, konsole, claws

2019-12-17 Thread Wolfgang Rosner
Hello, after upgrade from stretch to buster, my cut&paste does not work as before any more. I run lxde, with clipboard manager Clipit 1.4.5 "using primary" and "syncing clipboards" is activated (not sure about the english labels, since I run german locale) Firefox: I cannot copy web adresses an

Re: Impossible to type "ù"

2019-12-17 Thread deloptes
Curt wrote: > None, really, sorry. I see you have a ù in your name, so this must be > pretty important. Me, I have little occasion to employ the character. Why sorry - one using Sid must be ready to pay the price.

Re: Broken PMTUD / ICMP blackhole?

2019-12-17 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 17 Dec 2019 12:53:21 -0600 John Hasler wrote: > tomas writes: > > I don't know the error message by heart, but here, it seems > > the message size is too big for your local MTU... > > Celejar writes: > > Yes, I think this is pretty clear. The local wifi interface has the > > standard MTU

Re: Broken PMTUD / ICMP blackhole?

2019-12-17 Thread John Hasler
tomas writes: > I don't know the error message by heart, but here, it seems > the message size is too big for your local MTU... Celejar writes: > Yes, I think this is pretty clear. The local wifi interface has the > standard MTU of 1500, so it rejects packets larger than that. > With = 1472,

Re: Broken PMTUD / ICMP blackhole?

2019-12-17 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 17 Dec 2019 07:15:21 +0100 wrote: > 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 [...] > > >

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

2019-12-17 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 17/12/2019 19:10, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 04:58:51PM +0530, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: You win the guessing contest, backup server with server initiated backups. Why does anyone have to guess? Why can't people just state their actual problem and their actual const

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

2019-12-17 Thread Dan Purgert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 09:25:04AM -0500, Dan Purgert wrote: >> Not sure this'll reach you, [...] > > It did, but my reply to you bounced. The From: address you're putting > on your outgoing mail is nonfunctional. cursed box,

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

2019-12-17 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 09:25:04AM -0500, Dan Purgert wrote: > Not sure this'll reach you, [...] It did, but my reply to you bounced. The From: address you're putting on your outgoing mail is nonfunctional. : Sorry, I couldn't find any host named ironhide.djph.net. (#5.1.2)

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

2019-12-17 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 04:58:51PM +0530, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > You win the guessing contest, backup server with server initiated backups. Why does anyone have to guess? Why can't people just state their actual problem and their actual constraints up front?

Re: instable X after upgrade to buster - X? firefox? liberoffice? screensaver? lxde?

2019-12-17 Thread Wolfgang Rosner
Is xscreensaver the culprit? Bugs reported here are similiar, but not exact the same https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891578 https://dirkmittler.homeip.net/blog/archives/5226 deinstalled xscreensaver, just resumed from black screen and had neither slow firefox nor x-crashes afte

instable X after upgrade to buster - X? firefox? liberoffice? screensaver? lxde?

2019-12-17 Thread Wolfgang Rosner
Hello, together, after trapped into upgrade from stretch to buster, I get (1) x server crashes after closing multiple libreOffice windows (2) inacceptable response times after resuming from screen saver Details for (1) After crash, libreOffice r

Re: looking for a replacement for debian since systemd

2019-12-17 Thread Alberto Luaces
"0...@caiway.net" writes: > 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 nspaw

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

2019-12-17 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 17/12/2019 13:55, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Lu, 16 dec 19, 10:14:55, David Wright wrote: On Mon 16 Dec 2019 at 12:03:58 (+0530), tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: One of the PC is serving various services to the LAN, some bypassing the router for load/performances reason, Fair enough. (I do

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

2019-12-17 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Stephan Seitz wrote on 16/12/2019 20:50: > 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 > Thanks for confirming this. Are you using sysv-i

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

2019-12-17 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote on 16/12/2019 20:32: > 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

Re: Impossible to type "ù"

2019-12-17 Thread Curt
On 2019-12-16, Pétùr wrote: > Hi, > > I cannot type "ù" anymore on Debian Xfce Sid (French keyboard). I got me one of them French keyboards, and ù is the next to the last key on the middle row, below the % sign. Is that the key you're pressing? > All other accented character (éàûè) work but the

Re: rsyslog adding old entries again

2019-12-17 Thread lists
Hi all, I have now tried to use packetfence on CentOS, as they claim CentOS is their best supported platform. Now rsyslog logging works as expected: - shutdown rsyslog - delete files from the log directory - start rsyslog and only new/recent logs start appearing. I have no idea why debian beh

Core dumps are instantly removed

2019-12-17 Thread Dmitry Katsubo
Dear Debian users, Hopefully you can easily help me with my confusion. I would like to collect / keep core dumps in the system. For that I use systemd-coredump package which is configured as following: === cut /etc/systemd/coredump.conf === [Coredump] Storage=external MaxUse=5G === cut === The

Re: Gnucash broken after Update

2019-12-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 16 dec 19, 18:41:12, 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 i

Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

2019-12-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 16 dec 19, 10:14:55, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 16 Dec 2019 at 12:03:58 (+0530), tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > > > > One of the PC is serving various services to the LAN, some bypassing > > the router for load/performances reason, > > Fair enough. (I do that between hosts using IPv6