Re: how to disable gdm3 via systemctl?

2020-01-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 13 ian 20, 10:22:20, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi folks, > > what is the recommended procedure to disable gmd3 using > systemctl in Buster? > > "systemctl mask gdm" does not work as advertised. The "masked" > seems to be ignored. Display Managers are handled a little bit different than "regu

Re: couple of questions from a new Debian user

2020-01-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 14 ian 20, 00:53:26, kaye n wrote: > On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 5:34 PM Andrei POPESCU > wrote: > > > https://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad > > > > Instructions for stretch (Debian 9) should also work for buster. > > > > You are right. This did it for me: Just did this myself for a new

Re: Pluma's syntax highlighting

2020-01-13 Thread Mark Allums
On 1/13/2020 10:03 AM, David Wright wrote: Once again, I can tell you nothing about Pluma. Pluma is a direct descendant of the Gnome 2 text editor, whose name currently escapes me.

Re: couple of questions from a new Debian user

2020-01-13 Thread kaye n
On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 5:34 PM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > https://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad > > Instructions for stretch (Debian 9) should also work for buster. > You are right. This did it for me: $ mkdir -p /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d $ echo 'Section "InputClass" Identifier "libinput t

Re: Progress {of a sort} - was [Re: Pluma's syntax highlighting]

2020-01-13 Thread Jeremy Nicoll
On Mon, 13 Jan 2020, at 16:01, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/13/2020 07:57 AM, Jeremy Nicoll wrote: > > [ *MASSIVE* snip ] Fuck off. -- Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own.

Re: couple of questions from a new Debian user

2020-01-13 Thread kaye n
On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 8:45 PM Curt wrote: > > https://iwf1.com/how-to-change-xfce-panel-text-color > That worked. Thank you.

Printing issue with Debian 10

2020-01-13 Thread Adrian Filimon
Hi, I have a printing problem on my system and don't know which Debian package is concerned in order to send a bug report. Description of the problem: When sending a document for printing from a program (Libreoffice, Gimp, gedit and maybe others) on my Canon MG7751 printer the printed data is sh

Printing issue with Debian 10

2020-01-13 Thread Adrian Filimon
Hi, I have a printing problem on my system and don't know which Debian package is concerned in order to send a bug report. Description of the problem: When sending a document for printing from a program (Libreoffice, Gimp, gedit and maybe others) on my Canon MG7751 printer the printed data is sh

Re: Pluma's syntax highlighting

2020-01-13 Thread David Wright
On Mon 13 Jan 2020 at 07:03:05 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/13/2020 06:13 AM, Jeremy Nicoll wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Jan 2020, at 11:52, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > I was looking for a description of what Pluma was trying to accomplish > > > by their highlighting rules. > > > > Do you

Progress {of a sort} - was [Re: Pluma's syntax highlighting]

2020-01-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 01/13/2020 07:57 AM, Jeremy Nicoll wrote: [ *MASSIVE* snip ] Put it another way, if you put just a handful of lines in a separate file, does that file get coloured the same way? I took that some steps further. The *observability* of the problem is dependent on at least font size, font fac

Re: Pluma's syntax highlighting

2020-01-13 Thread David Wright
On Mon 13 Jan 2020 at 05:46:36 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/12/2020 01:20 PM, David Wright wrote: > > " " > > Please read post before replying. > That *INCLUDES* Subject. The only word in your subject line that I didn't specifically refer to was "Pluma". I haven't come across Pluma in

Re: how to disable gdm3 via systemctl?

2020-01-13 Thread Curt
On 2020-01-13, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi folks, > > what is the recommended procedure to disable gmd3 using > systemctl in Buster? https://wiki.debian.org/GDM systemctl set-default multi-user.target (Boots you to the console as a result.) > "systemctl mask gdm" does not work as advertised. Th

Re: Pluma's syntax highlighting

2020-01-13 Thread Jeremy Nicoll
On Mon, 13 Jan 2020, at 13:03, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/13/2020 06:13 AM, Jeremy Nicoll wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Jan 2020, at 11:52, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >> I was looking for a description of what Pluma was trying to accomplish > >> by their highlighting rules. > > > > Do you understand

Re: Pluma's syntax highlighting

2020-01-13 Thread Curt
On 2020-01-13, Richard Owlett wrote: > > That is too detailed(ww?). It is similar to "not being able to see > forest for the trees". I'm afraid I took you at your word in light of your long and contentious record of rebuffing responders who don't. But damned if you do and damned if you don't,

Re: Pluma's syntax highlighting

2020-01-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 01/13/2020 06:13 AM, Jeremy Nicoll wrote: On Mon, 13 Jan 2020, at 11:52, Richard Owlett wrote: I was looking for a description of what Pluma was trying to accomplish by their highlighting rules. Do you understand the purpose of syntax highlighting (in general)? Yes. Its specific goal is

Re: Pluma's syntax highlighting

2020-01-13 Thread Jeremy Nicoll
On Mon, 13 Jan 2020, at 11:52, Richard Owlett wrote: > I was looking for a description of what Pluma was trying to accomplish > by their highlighting rules. Do you understand the purpose of syntax highlighting (in general)? (It's to /aid/ a programmer, reducing the chance of them making silly

Re: Pluma's syntax highlighting

2020-01-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 01/12/2020 07:40 AM, Curt wrote: On 2020-01-12, Richard Owlett wrote: I am NOT interested in adding any new features. What are the default rules for a file with extension 'sh'? TIA As pluma is a gedit fork as well as a gtk application I suppose it gets its syntax highlighting rules from h

Re: Pluma's syntax highlighting

2020-01-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 01/12/2020 01:20 PM, David Wright wrote: " " Please read post before replying. That *INCLUDES* Subject.

Re: how to disable gdm3 via systemctl?

2020-01-13 Thread Harald Dunkel
On 2020-01-13 10:58, john doe wrote: https://wiki.debian.org/GDM#systemd PS: Changing the default target is not an option (but it works, AFAICT). Regards Harri

Re: how to disable gdm3 via systemctl?

2020-01-13 Thread Harald Dunkel
On 2020-01-13 10:52, john doe wrote: What about 'systemctl disable gdm'? Doesn't work, either. "systemctl status gdm" claims that gdm is masked (or disabled), but nevertheless it *is* started. root@usbpc:~# systemctl status gdm * gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager Loaded: loaded (/lib/s

Re: how to disable gdm3 via systemctl?

2020-01-13 Thread john doe
On 1/13/2020 10:52 AM, john doe wrote: > On 1/13/2020 10:22 AM, Harald Dunkel wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> what is the recommended procedure to disable gmd3 using >> systemctl in Buster? >> >> "systemctl mask gdm" does not work as advertised. The "masked" >> seems to be ignored. >> > > What about 'sys

Re: how to disable gdm3 via systemctl?

2020-01-13 Thread john doe
On 1/13/2020 10:22 AM, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi folks, > > what is the recommended procedure to disable gmd3 using > systemctl in Buster? > > "systemctl mask gdm" does not work as advertised. The "masked" > seems to be ignored. > What about 'systemctl disable gdm'? -- John Doe

how to disable gdm3 via systemctl?

2020-01-13 Thread Harald Dunkel
Hi folks, what is the recommended procedure to disable gmd3 using systemctl in Buster? "systemctl mask gdm" does not work as advertised. The "masked" seems to be ignored. Every helpful hint is highly appreciated Harri