Re: How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-02-05 Thread Default User
On Wed, Feb 5, 2020, 15:55 Curt wrote: > On 2020-02-05, Default User wrote: > > > > Andrei, thank you for the information about "cream". Unfortunately, I > just > > can not "do" modal editing. It just doesn't work for me. > > Then keep it turned off. > > (Cream does not use Vim's modal editing

Re: package versions on the mirrors

2020-02-05 Thread Felix Miata
Michael Stone composed on 2020-02-05 22:56 (UTC-0500): > On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 08:30:17PM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: >>How does one discover package versions on the mirrors? I know linux-image-* is >>there. How does one search for the versions of it hosted there? >>apt-show-versions >>linux-ima

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 07:33:38PM -0600, David Wright wrote: On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 15:59:27 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote: On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:43:37PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 09:00:41 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 07:04:16PM -0500, St

Re: package versions on the mirrors

2020-02-05 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 08:30:17PM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: How does one discover package versions on the mirrors? I know linux-image-* is there. How does one search for the versions of it hosted there? apt-show-versions linux-image-amd64 shows only one, and not which repo it comes from. Where

Re: package versions on the mirrors

2020-02-05 Thread Felix Miata
David Wright composed on 2020-02-05 20:36 (UTC-0600): > On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 20:30:17 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote: >> How does one discover package versions on the mirrors? I know linux-image-* >> is >> there. How does one search for the versions of it hosted there? >> apt-show-versions >> linu

Re: package versions on the mirrors

2020-02-05 Thread David Wright
On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 20:30:17 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote: > How does one discover package versions on the mirrors? I know linux-image-* is > there. How does one search for the versions of it hosted there? > apt-show-versions > linux-image-amd64 shows only one, and not which repo it comes from. Wh

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread David Wright
On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 16:47:13 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:43:37PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > I don't suppose either of us will meet a UUID collision in our > > lifetimes, and it's obviously a sensible scheme to use where there > > are large numbers of commoditise

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread David Wright
On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 15:59:27 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote: > On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:43:37PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 09:00:41 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 07:04:16PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > > While I'm sure this can be mana

package versions on the mirrors

2020-02-05 Thread Felix Miata
How does one discover package versions on the mirrors? I know linux-image-* is there. How does one search for the versions of it hosted there? apt-show-versions linux-image-amd64 shows only one, and not which repo it comes from. Where does 4.19+105+deb10u1 kernel come from? https://wiki.debian.org

Re: Does "apt-get install" follow "recommends" links recursively?

2020-02-05 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Rich Morin (2020-02-06 01:02:07) > Debian's "apt-get install" command is documented as following > "recommends" links by default. It also follows "depends" links, > presumably in a recursive fashion. However, I haven't been able to > find out if it also follows recommends links recursive

Re: Does “apt-get install” follow “recommends” links recursively?

2020-02-05 Thread Daryl
On Wed, 5 Feb 2020 16:02:07 -0800 Rich Morin wrote: > Debian's "apt-get install" command is documented as following > "recommends" links by default. It also follows "depends" links, > presumably in a recursive fashion. However, I haven't been able to > find out if it also follows recommends links

Does “apt-get install” follow “recommends” links recursively?

2020-02-05 Thread Rich Morin
Debian's "apt-get install" command is documented as following "recommends" links by default. It also follows "depends" links, presumably in a recursive fashion. However, I haven't been able to find out if it also follows recommends links recursively. For example, let's say that I run "apt-get i

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread 0...@caiway.net
On Tue, 04 Feb 2020 22:19:25 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > How painful is it to dd a live cd, boot from it and rename? > > Very. It's called "downtime". > Every time you have to reboot, it means your OS has somewhat failed > you. > > > Stefan > You are absolutely right!

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Usually a UUID collision is a result of a subtle mistake, like cloning > a disk and then trying to mount a file system by UUID while the clone > is still attached. At least, that's the first scenario I can think of. I wouldn't call it a "subtle mistake". Instead it's what *always* happens when

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:43:37PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > I don't suppose either of us will meet a UUID collision in our > lifetimes, and it's obviously a sensible scheme to use where there > are large numbers of commoditised objects to name. Usually a UUID collision is a result of a subtle

Re: [epilogue] cpu frequence

2020-02-05 Thread Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson
On Mon, Feb 03, 2020 at 11:57:18AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > in fact when I restarted my laptop the problem returned. > > By reading the link https://wiki.debian.org/CpuFrequencyScaling more > > carefully > > Note that this page is pretty old/outdated. AFAIK nowadays the better > option

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:43:37PM -0600, David Wright wrote: On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 09:00:41 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote: On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 07:04:16PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > While I'm sure this can be managed by explicitly setting UUIDs, I've > found it much more pleasant to manag

Re: How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-02-05 Thread Curt
On 2020-02-05, Default User wrote: > > Andrei, thank you for the information about "cream". Unfortunately, I just > can not "do" modal editing. It just doesn't work for me. Then keep it turned off. (Cream does not use Vim's modal editing unless turned on from the Preferences menu.) http://cre

Re: How to debug hibernate

2020-02-05 Thread Joe
On Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:47:35 +0100 kjo...@poczta.onet.pl (Kamil Jońca) wrote: > Fresh installation of debian 10, immediately "upgraded" to sid. > > HIbernation does not work - after issuing "systemctl hibernate" > computer hangs and nothing happens. > > Only hard reset helps. > How can I check w

How to debug hibernate

2020-02-05 Thread Kamil Jońca
Fresh installation of debian 10, immediately "upgraded" to sid. HIbernation does not work - after issuing "systemctl hibernate" computer hangs and nothing happens. Only hard reset helps. How can I check what is going on? KJ -- http://wolnelektury.pl/wesprzyj/teraz/

Trilinos build from source code

2020-02-05 Thread Gary L. Roach
I know that this is not a main stream debian question but I have not been able to get any response from the Trilinos (sandia labs) mailing list. I am desparate. I am running a Debian Buster KDE system and am trying to set up Elmer with Trilinos. In short, a setup for some heavy duty computer m

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread David Wright
On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 09:00:41 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 07:04:16PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > > Me too, so I usually label the permanent stuff at least. UUID's can and > > > > will change for no detectable reason. > > > For those reading along or finding this

Re: How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-02-05 Thread Default User
On Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 03:18 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 29 ian 20, 09:52:29, Default User wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 02:17 Andrei POPESCU > wrote: > > > > > > If you take suggestions for editors you might as well look into (g)vim, > > > or cream if you find the learning curve too steep.

Debian 9, Xfce, Network Manager, strongSwan and UniFi VPN

2020-02-05 Thread David Christensen
debian-user: I have an AT&T residential gateway that provides the DMZ 192.168.1.0/24. The gateway has DMZ address 192.168.1.254. I have a Ubiquiti Networks UniFi Security Gateway (USG) whose upstream port is connected to the DMZ and has address 192.168.1.133. The USG provides the LAN 192.

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread Stefan Monnier
>>What he meant is that filesystem UUIDs are (re)created automatically >>based on a heuristic of what it means for a filesystem to be "the same". > You understand that he didn't actually say that, right? This seems like your > own personal bugaboo instead. Definitely. > I dislike using names beca

Re: 3200G Ryzen 3 / Vega 8 for Buster?

2020-02-05 Thread Felix Miata
Sven Joachim composed on 2020-02-05 11:51 (UTC+0100): > On 2020-02-05 02:55 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: >> Is it enough to upgrade to buster-backports kernel and AMD firmware to run >> Xorg on >> the 3200G CPU/APU? > That should be enough, at least to get a picture on the screen and run > X. I a

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 07:04:16PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: Me too, so I usually label the permanent stuff at least. UUID's can and will change for no detectable reason. For those reading along or finding this in search results: no, filesystem UUIDs don't change for no detectable reason. Don

Re: Several issues with Xorg in debian/testing

2020-02-05 Thread James Daldry
Hi, Hans I've had similar problems for the past couple years with 2 laptops with Intel graphics. The problem is that someone on the kernel team was jealous of the pretty Windows startup screens so they HAD to bring them to Linux. So they put graphic mode setting in the kernel. So now the graphic si

Re: Cuda sdk for Debian?

2020-02-05 Thread An Liu
Linux-Fan,Mark Thanks for the sharing,I‘ll check it out in non-free repo,and dive into chroot as a backup. cheers On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 13:35 Mark Allums wrote: > > > On 2/5/2020 2:37 AM, An Liu wrote: > > Hi, > > > > As there is no Cuda offical support for debian from NVIDIA,anyone > > cou

Re: Cuda sdk for Debian?

2020-02-05 Thread Mark Allums
On 2/5/2020 2:37 AM, An Liu wrote: Hi, As there is no Cuda offical support for debian from NVIDIA,anyone could share any Cuda experience. It's in non-free.  Enable non-free in sources.list and apt update.

Several issues with Xorg in debian/testing

2020-02-05 Thread Hans
Dear list, since almost 3 months I am noticing several issues, with xserver based applications. Please notice, that all the following described issues appeared all at once and all on different systems. Please also note, that the different systems I am mentioning are 32-bit as well as 64-bit

Re: Cuda sdk for Debian?

2020-02-05 Thread Linux-Fan
An Liu writes: Hi, As there is no Cuda offical support for debian from NVIDIA,anyone could share any Cuda experience. Or does install media for Ubuntu work for Debian [...] Hello, last time I used CUDA was in 2016 so this knowledge might be outdated. Back then, I ran the CUDA SDK in a

Re: 3200G Ryzen 3 / Vega 8 for Buster?

2020-02-05 Thread Dan Ritter
Felix Miata wrote: > Is it enough to upgrade to buster-backports kernel and AMD firmware to run > Xorg on > the 3200G CPU/APU? The R7 Kaveri motherboard/APU of a friend who is virtually > blind fried. When he has hardware trouble, it's me gets to figure out howto > and > fix it. He bought the ne

Re: 3200G Ryzen 3 / Vega 8 for Buster?

2020-02-05 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2020-02-05 02:55 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > Is it enough to upgrade to buster-backports kernel and AMD firmware to run > Xorg on > the 3200G CPU/APU? That should be enough, at least to get a picture on the screen and run X. I am not sure about 3D acceleration, this might need a newer Mesa v

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread Curt
>>> Me too, so I usually label the permanent stuff at least. UUID's can and >>> will change for no detectable reason. >> For those reading along or finding this in search results: no, filesystem >> UUIDs don't change for no detectable reason. Don't implement anything based >> on this theory. > > Wh

Re: 3200G Ryzen 3 / Vega 8 for Buster?

2020-02-05 Thread Andrea Borgia
Il 05/02/20 08:55, Felix Miata ha scritto: Is it enough to upgrade to buster-backports kernel and AMD firmware to run Xorg on the 3200G CPU/APU? The R7 Kaveri motherboard/APU of a friend who is virtually blind fried. When he has hardware trouble, it's me gets to figure out howto and fix it. He

Re: Can I restore grub in this scenario

2020-02-05 Thread Hans
Am Mittwoch, 5. Februar 2020, 10:18:01 CET schrieb Klaus Singvogel: Try the "Supergrub"-Disk. Or you can also use "Trinity Rescue Kit", on which is also a good desription, how to restore grub or lilo. If you get the Trinity-Livesystem started with its own grub (there is an option in its boot men

Re: Can I restore grub in this scenario

2020-02-05 Thread Klaus Singvogel
Hello, depending on your hardware, and how you installed it: GRUB in MBR or as active partition. At my desktop PC, I've to configure the (UEFI-)Bios that Debian is again to be choosen as first booted system. On my Laptop... well, there is no windows. :-) Regards, Klaus. kaye n wrote: >

Can I restore grub in this scenario

2020-02-05 Thread kaye n
Hello Friends! Suppose I installed Debian first followed by Windows 10. The GRUB will be overwritten, correct? How do I get it back? Do I boot a Debian live USB? Does a Debian live USB have a tool where I can easily install GRUB in the mbr? (then it would detect the windows os, if not then I

Cuda sdk for Debian?

2020-02-05 Thread An Liu
Hi, As there is no Cuda offical support for debian from NVIDIA,anyone could share any Cuda experience. Or does install media for Ubuntu work for Debian Thanks -- Liu An