Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:54:16 -0700 "D. R. Evans" wrote: Hello D., >All the outputs are set to 100. Don't ignore inputs. They can have volume settings, too. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent" I ain't got no time

Re: Re: The nightmare of Intel Integrated GPUs under Linux in general and Debian in particular

2020-02-12 Thread T
Have you monitored your CPU temperatures?

Re: Best file system to use?

2020-02-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 13/02/2020 12:55, Dennis Wicks wrote: I have 4TB running on an AMD Ryzen under Buster. What is the current consensus of the best file system to use for general data usage? I have been using xfs but that is based on info from many years ago. With apologies to Samuel L Jackson (as Beaumont in J

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 13/02/2020 13:48, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Quoting Doug McGarrett (2020-02-13 01:15:57) What on earth is bikeshedding? That's a new one on me! That's when you ask something in a large community that is easy to have an opinion on and with many possible opinions - e.g. asking "which color shoul

Re: Running virtual systems

2020-02-12 Thread Martin McCormick
I ran Freebsd as a virtual system on a Mac Pro at work for a year or so (I don't remember exactly how long) and it worked very well with vbox until one day when Apple updated MacOS and poof! my vm died. The only problem I had before that was one most people wouldn't have in that th

Re: Running virtual systems

2020-02-12 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-02-12 16:07, Dennis Wicks wrote: The last time that I ran any virtual systems virtualbox and other software was the only way to go. Now I see that there is support in hardware for running virtual systems directly. I am running Buster on AMD Ryzen. What is the best way to run virtual sys

Re: Best file system to use?

2020-02-12 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-02-12 15:55, Dennis Wicks wrote: I have 4TB running on an AMD Ryzen under Buster. What is the current consensus of the best file system to use for general data usage? I have been using xfs but that is based on info from many years ago. I was using btrfs for system drives (boot, swap, r

Re: Running virtual systems

2020-02-12 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:07:17 -0600 Dennis Wicks wrote: > Greetings; > > The last time that I ran any virtual systems virtualbox and > other software was the only way to go. Now I see that there > is support in hardware for running virtual systems directly. > I am running Buster on AMD Ryzen.

Re: The nightmare of Intel Integrated GPUs under Linux in general and Debian in particular

2020-02-12 Thread Miguel A. Vallejo
Geoff Reidy wrote: > I've never had an Intel GPU but always had the impression they > were pretty solid, but my opinion is changing. As a user of Intel GPUs for the last 5 years I can tell you Intel GPUs and Linux are just a nightmare. A truly pain in the ass. > Note that kernel 5.5 may still ha

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Doug McGarrett (2020-02-13 01:15:57) > > > On 2/12/20 6:39 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 23:54:16) > >> Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 3:19 PM: > >> > /snip/ > > > is more resource heave in my experience. An area righ in bikeshedding. > > > What on

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Doug McGarrett
On 2/12/20 6:39 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 23:54:16) Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 3:19 PM: /snip/ is more resource heave in my experience. An area righ in bikeshedding. What on earth is bikeshedding? That's a new one on me! /snip/ Good luck,

Running virtual systems

2020-02-12 Thread Dennis Wicks
Greetings; The last time that I ran any virtual systems virtualbox and other software was the only way to go. Now I see that there is support in hardware for running virtual systems directly. I am running Buster on AMD Ryzen. What is the best way to run virtual systems, and where can I find s

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread D. R. Evans
D. R. Evans wrote on 2/12/20 12:28 PM: > Doug McGarrett wrote on 2/12/20 12:19 PM: >> >> >> On 2/12/20 1:05 PM, D. R. Evans wrote: >>> Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 10:43 AM: Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 18:34:27) > I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio lev

Best file system to use?

2020-02-12 Thread Dennis Wicks
Greetings; I have 4TB running on an AMD Ryzen under Buster. What is the current consensus of the best file system to use for general data usage? I have been using xfs but that is based on info from many years ago. Many TIA! Dennis

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 23:54:16) > Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 3:19 PM: > > > Another thing you might try is go "below" Pulseaudio and mess > > directly with ALSA settings: > > > > Install the package alsa-utils and run (in a terminal) the tool > > alsamixer > > > > By default i

Re: The nightmare of Intel Integrated GPUs under Linux in general and Debian in particular

2020-02-12 Thread Geoff Reidy
I've never had an Intel GPU but always had the impression they were pretty solid, but my opinion is changing. Note that kernel 5.5 may still have issues: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.5-Intel-Missed-Graphics Regards, Geoff

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread D. R. Evans
Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 3:21 PM: > I would recommend to first try locate possible places where volume is > turned down, and only as a last option (for this setup, before giving up > and buying another card) artificially amplify the weak audio - because > that will undoubtedly lead to

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread D. R. Evans
Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 3:19 PM: > Another thing you might try is go "below" Pulseaudio and mess directly > with ALSA settings: > > Install the package alsa-utils and run (in a terminal) the tool > alsamixer > > By default it will probably show a single volume control for a virtual

Re: Looking for FOSS supported PCIe x4 SATA 6 Gb/s HBA with 4 or 8 ports

2020-02-12 Thread deloptes
David Christensen wrote: > Lately, I have been buying 3 TB Seagate Constellation ES.2.  One pair > has close to 1 year of 24x7 use.  No problems thus far. 1y is not a measure. What counts is 4+ at least.

Re: Looking for FOSS supported PCIe x4 SATA 6 Gb/s HBA with 4 or 8 ports

2020-02-12 Thread deloptes
Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Could you please elaborate or provide a reference for this? > > While my 3TB WD Red doesn't appear to have problems with my current > usage, I'd like to be prepared. Google "western digital wd red 4tb issues" or "western digital wd red 3tb issues" As drives were getting

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting elvis (2020-02-12 22:53:36) > > On 13/2/20 3:34 am, D. R. Evans wrote: > > I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio level is > > very > > low. With all the mixer controls and the physical volume control on the > > speakers turned up, I can hear audio, but even then

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 22:50:28) > Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 1:26 PM: > > Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 19:05:40) > >> Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 10:43 AM: > >>> Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 18:34:27) > I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audi

Re: The nightmare of Intel Integrated GPUs under Linux in general and Debian in particular

2020-02-12 Thread deloptes
Miguel A. Vallejo wrote: >> I think it is important to find the appropriate kernel version for your >> system - the one that has all the bits and bolts for your hardware. I >> doubt I will move to newer kernel. This one seems to have all the fixes >> at least for the hardware I am using now and es

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread elvis
On 13/2/20 3:34 am, D. R. Evans wrote: I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio level is very low. With all the mixer controls and the physical volume control on the speakers turned up, I can hear audio, but even then it is unpleasantly quiet, certainly nothing one would

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread D. R. Evans
Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 1:26 PM: > Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 19:05:40) >> Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 10:43 AM: >>> Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 18:34:27) I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio level is very low. With all the mixer contro

Re: The nightmare of Intel Integrated GPUs under Linux in general and Debian in particular

2020-02-12 Thread mlnl
Hi songbird, songbird wrote: >mlnl wrote: >... >> Some people are using the modesetting + glamor vs. intel + SNA >> driver. > > i'm not seeing any hangs and have been running my system >for a few years now. it has the Intel HD Graphics 630 >in it. > > as far as i know i don't do anything a

Re: Reply to a message in the Web presentation.

2020-02-12 Thread tomas
On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 11:08:36AM -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > * From: David Wright > * Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:10:10 -0600 > > Er, there was at least one posted here within the last week: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/02/msg00189.html > > That's just one that happe

Re: Install OpenSMTPD from source or use the Debian packages?

2020-02-12 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 14:29 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 02:26:26PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > > Tixy, thanks. I did check the latest Deb 10 version but not the change > log. > > I was fooled by the Debian version number which looks like the BSD number > > which I guess never

Re: Looking for FOSS supported PCIe x4 SATA 6 Gb/s HBA with 4 or 8 ports

2020-02-12 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-02-11 14:04, deloptes wrote: I stick to 2TB, because the WG RED >2TB are having issues. Lately, I have been buying 3 TB Seagate Constellation ES.2. One pair has close to 1 year of 24x7 use. No problems thus far. David

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 12:28:17PM -0700, D. R. Evans wrote: No, I said it was new to me. It worked fine under Windows -- basically a gaming machine -- but now it has brand new disks with a clean install of buster. I suggest you purchase a USB audio interface (look for one of the "plug-and-play

Re: Looking for FOSS supported PCIe x4 SATA 6 Gb/s HBA with 4 or 8 ports

2020-02-12 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-02-11 07:21, Steve McIntyre wrote: delop...@gmail.com wrote: 08:00.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1068E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS (rev 08) https://wiki.pdl.cmu.edu/pub/OpenCloud/CloudManuals/SCG_LSISAS1068E_PB_040407.pdf That particular model is limited on su

Re: Looking for FOSS supported PCIe x4 SATA 6 Gb/s HBA with 4 or 8 ports

2020-02-12 Thread David Christensen
Looking at Wikipedia, PCI Express link performance table: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express#History_and_revisions I believe 2.5 GT/s produces 2.5 Gb/s under PCIe version 1.0. So, the Syba specification is correct in this case. They apparently conflated "GT/sec" and "Gb/sec" (uhh, "co

Re: Install OpenSMTPD from source or use the Debian packages?

2020-02-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 02:26:26PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > Tixy, thanks. I did check the latest Deb 10 version but not the change log. > I was fooled by the Debian version number which looks like the BSD number > which I guess never changes. https://www.debian.org/security/faq#version

Re: Install OpenSMTPD from source or use the Debian packages?

2020-02-12 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 12:13 Tixy wrote: > On Wed, 2020-02-12 at 11:53 -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > > I started looking in to use of OpenSMPTD for a mail server and have > > installed it from Debian packages. > > > > In the process of reading a blog article by the current developer I > > discover

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 19:05:40) > Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 10:43 AM: > > Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 18:34:27) > >> I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio > >> level is very low. With all the mixer controls and the physical > >> volume control on th

Re: Hardware for Debian

2020-02-12 Thread Felix Miata
Malcolm Beeson-Earwicker composed on 2020-02-12 :26 (UTC+0100): > I've been a Debian user for about twenty years now, and have found that > I have to run more and more of my machines under windo$e because the > latest versions of Debian just fail, Fail at what point? > I imagine due to all this

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread D. R. Evans
Doug McGarrett wrote on 2/12/20 12:19 PM: > > > On 2/12/20 1:05 PM, D. R. Evans wrote: >> Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 10:43 AM: >>> Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 18:34:27) I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio level is very low. With all the mixer contr

Re: The nightmare of Intel Integrated GPUs under Linux in general and Debian in particular

2020-02-12 Thread songbird
mlnl wrote: ... > Some people are using the modesetting + glamor vs. intel + SNA driver. i'm not seeing any hangs and have been running my system for a few years now. it has the Intel HD Graphics 630 in it. as far as i know i don't do anything anywhere to set it up to run, it just works. i

Re: Reply to a message in the Web presentation.

2020-02-12 Thread peter
* From: David Wright * Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:10:10 -0600 > Er, there was at least one posted here within the last week: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/02/msg00189.html > That's just one that happened to still be in my inbox. Interesting, thanks. Does the header show

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Doug McGarrett
On 2/12/20 1:05 PM, D. R. Evans wrote: Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 10:43 AM: Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 18:34:27) I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio level is very low. With all the mixer controls and the physical volume control on the speakers turned u

Re: FOSS friendly PDA?

2020-02-12 Thread Jeremy Nicoll
On Wed, 12 Feb 2020, at 17:46, Richard Owlett wrote: > The Planetcom site states that Debian can be installed. All my systems > are Debian. > > I'll have to get back to the sites this evening. What the Planet website states is, I think, their original intention. My impression is that they prov

RE: Autodesk, AutoCAD Customers Emails list

2020-02-12 Thread Sheila Phillips
Hi there, Did you get a chance to go through my previous email, please confirm and let me know if can discuss this further? Awaiting your response! Regards, Sheila From: Sheila Phillips Sent: Friday, February 07, 2020 5:48 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Autodesk, AutoCAD Custom

Re: Having trouble installing Debian on brand new hard drive

2020-02-12 Thread didier . gaumet
Le mercredi 12 février 2020 15:10:04 UTC+1, Felix Miata a écrit : [...] > If you present to it what it wants, it makes no partitioning changes. If you > don't, it will divide up what you do give it, as long as what you do give it > can meet its minimum requirement. [...] I am sure now that you are

Re: Install OpenSMTPD from source or use the Debian packages?

2020-02-12 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 11:53:09AM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > In the process of reading a blog article by the current developer I > discovered the upstream is now at version 6.6.2p1+ after some serious > security issues were discovered by SSL Labs (Qualys). Note that Debian > 10 is on

Re: Install OpenSMTPD from source or use the Debian packages?

2020-02-12 Thread Mike Oliver
Tom Browder writes: > I started looking in to use of OpenSMPTD for a mail server and have > installed it from Debian packages. > > In the process of reading a blog article by the current developer I > discovered the upstream is now at version 6.6.2p1+ after some serious > security issues were di

Re: Install OpenSMTPD from source or use the Debian packages?

2020-02-12 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Tom Browder (2020-02-12 18:53:09) > I started looking in to use of OpenSMPTD for a mail server and have > installed it from Debian packages. > > In the process of reading a blog article by the current developer I > discovered the upstream is now at version 6.6.2p1+ after some serious >

Re: Install OpenSMTPD from source or use the Debian packages?

2020-02-12 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On qua, 12 fev 2020, Tom Browder wrote: I started looking in to use of OpenSMPTD for a mail server and have installed it from Debian packages. In the process of reading a blog article by the current developer I discovered the upstream is now at version 6.6.2p1+ after some serious security issue

Re: Install OpenSMTPD from source or use the Debian packages?

2020-02-12 Thread Tixy
On Wed, 2020-02-12 at 11:53 -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > I started looking in to use of OpenSMPTD for a mail server and have > installed it from Debian packages. > > In the process of reading a blog article by the current developer I > discovered the upstream is now at version 6.6.2p1+ after some s

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread D. R. Evans
Jonas Smedegaard wrote on 2/12/20 10:43 AM: > Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 18:34:27) >> I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio level >> is very low. With all the mixer controls and the physical volume >> control on the speakers turned up, I can hear audio, but even the

Re: Install OpenSMTPD from source or use the Debian packages?

2020-02-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 11:53:09AM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > https://github.com/OpenSMTPD/OpenSMTPD > > I would like to install from source but I wonder if that is such a > smart move, especially when we now use systemd and the source is set > up with the traditional GNU automake system and I

Install OpenSMTPD from source or use the Debian packages?

2020-02-12 Thread Tom Browder
I started looking in to use of OpenSMPTD for a mail server and have installed it from Debian packages. In the process of reading a blog article by the current developer I discovered the upstream is now at version 6.6.2p1+ after some serious security issues were discovered by SSL Labs (Qualys). Not

Re: FOSS friendly PDA?

2020-02-12 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/12/2020 10:36 AM, deloptes wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: It must use a standard Linux (Debian preferred). The manufacturer should ship with the Linux installed. Android is *UNACCEPTABLE*! It should NOT have cell connectivity. If it has WiFi, I must be able to disable it. Look at Sailfish

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-12 18:34:27) > I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio level > is very low. With all the mixer controls and the physical volume > control on the speakers turned up, I can hear audio, but even then it > is unpleasantly quiet, certainly nothing

Re: FOSS friendly PDA?

2020-02-12 Thread Tixy
On Wed, 2020-02-12 at 12:30 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 12 February 2020 11:09:46 Tixy wrote: > > > > EG? 25G? Those don't make sense to me in the context of > > > cellphones. > > > > Perhaps 'EDGE' a.k.a. 2.5G? > > That would be subject to lots of interference from microwave ovens

buster: low audio level

2020-02-12 Thread D. R. Evans
I just installed buster on a new (to me) machine, and the audio level is very low. With all the mixer controls and the physical volume control on the speakers turned up, I can hear audio, but even then it is unpleasantly quiet, certainly nothing one would want to listen to. Any suggestions as to h

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 12 February 2020 12:23:26 kaye n wrote: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 7:27 PM André Carezia wrote: > > Try: > > > > hdparm -t /dev/sda > > Just curious, > > After executing: > sudo apt install hdparm > > Why - > hdparm -t /dev/sda > bash: hdparm: command not found It was likely install

Re: FOSS friendly PDA?

2020-02-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 12 February 2020 11:09:46 Tixy wrote: > On Wed, 2020-02-12 at 10:53 -0500, Dan Ritter wrote: > > David Wright wrote: > > > On Tue 11 Feb 2020 at 17:32:57 (-0500), Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > David Wright wrote: > > > > > > I presume that the ability to make calls is covered by the item

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 01:23:26AM +0800, kaye n wrote: > Just curious, > > After executing: > sudo apt install hdparm > > Why - > hdparm -t /dev/sda > bash: hdparm: command not found sudo hdparm -t /dev/sda

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-12 Thread kaye n
On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 7:27 PM André Carezia wrote: > > Try: > > hdparm -t /dev/sda > Just curious, After executing: sudo apt install hdparm Why - hdparm -t /dev/sda bash: hdparm: command not found

Re: Viewer for html files

2020-02-12 Thread Ralph Katz
On 2/11/20 10:26 AM, Thomas George wrote: > Obviously I can view html files with any of the browsers. It is not > always convenient. If I save an interesting web page by right clicking > on save as the result is a often a very long file name containing > spaces. I save these html files in various d

Re: FOSS friendly PDA?

2020-02-12 Thread deloptes
Richard Owlett wrote: > It must use a standard Linux (Debian preferred). > The manufacturer should ship with the Linux installed. > Android is *UNACCEPTABLE*! > It should NOT have cell connectivity. > If it has WiFi, I must be able to disable it. Look at Sailfish OS and community ports. Recently

Re: FOSS friendly PDA?

2020-02-12 Thread Tixy
On Wed, 2020-02-12 at 10:53 -0500, Dan Ritter wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > On Tue 11 Feb 2020 at 17:32:57 (-0500), Dan Ritter wrote: > > > David Wright wrote: > > I presume that the ability to make calls is covered by the item > > "Quectel EG-25G with worldwide bands" (by a process of > > eli

Re: FOSS friendly PDA?

2020-02-12 Thread Dan Ritter
David Wright wrote: > On Tue 11 Feb 2020 at 17:32:57 (-0500), Dan Ritter wrote: > > David Wright wrote: > I presume that the ability to make calls is covered by the item > "Quectel EG-25G with worldwide bands" (by a process of elimination). > I think my GalaxyY is "quad-band", which allegedly cov

Re: How to enable reiserfs in buster

2020-02-12 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 03:33:34PM +0100, Bernard van de Koppel wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to enable reiserfs for the various systems we are moving to > buster. > > In the previous version ( the config for reiserfs was set to > "CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=m" in /boot/config-3.16.0-4-amd64

Re: FOSS friendly PDA?

2020-02-12 Thread David Wright
On Tue 11 Feb 2020 at 17:32:57 (-0500), Dan Ritter wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > It might still track you when you omit the SIM card. > > You might be able to disconnect the aerial if you open it up. > > Ah, you didn't read it either. I read the panel at the right, but didn't click through to

Re: Using a Debian Live image to Invoke a Rescue Shell

2020-02-12 Thread Martin McCormick
Andrei POPESCU writes: > From memory, I'm aware of two methods: > > 1. Any time after starting the installer, press Ctrl+F2 and there will > be a prompt to press Enter to enable the console. Ctrl+F1 returns to the > installer. > > If using the graphical installer you will need Ctrl+Alt+F2 and Ct

Re: Hardware for Debian

2020-02-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 12 February 2020 06:26:17 Malcolm Beeson-Earwicker wrote: > I've been a Debian user for about twenty years now, and have found > that I have to run more and more of my machines under windo$e because > the latest versions of Debian just fail, I imagine due to all this > UEFI-rubbish. D

How to enable reiserfs in buster

2020-02-12 Thread Bernard van de Koppel
Hi, I would like to enable reiserfs for the various systems we are moving to buster. In the previous version ( the config for reiserfs was set to "CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=m" in /boot/config-3.16.0-4-amd64) in debian 8.11. In Buster, this is set to "# CONFIG_REISERFS_FS is not set" in /boot/config-5.4

Re: Having trouble installing Debian on brand new hard drive

2020-02-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 03:01:52PM +0100, Klaus Singvogel wrote: > kaye n wrote: > > *For the future, you could paste the (relevant part from) the output of > > 'parted -l'.* > > Just curious, never encountered that command before. > > kaye@laptop:~$ parted -l > > bash: parted: command not found >

Re: Having trouble installing Debian on brand new hard drive

2020-02-12 Thread Felix Miata
didier.gau...@gmail.com composed on 2020-02-12 01:57 (UTC-0800): >> Windows will automatically create a partition out of the 50GB partition >> that I made for it? > I may be wrong, but I do not think the Microsoft Windows installer will do > so: it will probably try to create other partitions if

Re: Having trouble installing Debian on brand new hard drive

2020-02-12 Thread Klaus Singvogel
kaye n wrote: > *The (U)EFI partition seems far to small, I think mine was about 200 MB > originaly and I extended it to 700 MB, so I was able to make UEFI updates. > > *Are UEFI updates necessary? What's the smallest allowable size I can > make for UEFI partition? Or is that not a wise thing to do

Re: Hardware for Debian

2020-02-12 Thread Dan Ritter
Malcolm Beeson-Earwicker wrote: > I've been a Debian user for about twenty years now, and have found that > I have to run more and more of my machines under windo$e because the > latest versions of Debian just fail, I imagine due to all this > UEFI-rubbish. Does anyone know of a motherboard that w

Re: Hardware for Debian

2020-02-12 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2020-02-12 12:26, Malcolm Beeson-Earwicker wrote: > I've been a Debian user for about twenty years now, and have found that I have > to run more and more of my machines under windo$e because the latest versions > of > Debian just fail, I imagine due to all this UEFI-rubbish. Does anyone know of

Re: Hardware for Debian

2020-02-12 Thread Miguel A. Vallejo
I have a MSI B150M PRO-VDH motherboard. Never had any problem booting Linux on it. It can even disable UEFI stuff. Good luck.

Re: The nightmare of Intel Integrated GPUs under Linux in general and Debian in particular

2020-02-12 Thread Miguel A. Vallejo
Felix Miata wrote: > If you want a solution with absence of reverse-engineering or kernel > tainting, I suggest keeping after the devs and making sure to answer > any requests you might get there promptly in > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/issues/673, and offer additional > testing and

Re: Hardware for Debian

2020-02-12 Thread Andrea Borgia
I have an ASRock B450M-HDV (for AMD Ryzen) and it works. with UEFI boot, too. Running "testing" because of the amdgpu driver. Il giorno mer 12 feb 2020 alle ore 13:15 Malcolm Beeson-Earwicker < malc...@emale.eu> ha scritto: > I've been a Debian user for about twenty years now, and have found that

Hardware for Debian

2020-02-12 Thread Malcolm Beeson-Earwicker
I've been a Debian user for about twenty years now, and have found that I have to run more and more of my machines under windo$e because the latest versions of Debian just fail, I imagine due to all this UEFI-rubbish. Does anyone know of a motherboard that will run Debian please? I have one new m

Re: FOSS-compatible smartwatch?

2020-02-12 Thread Ivan Jurišić
Dana 2020-02-12 12:35, Carl Fink je napisao(la): On 2/11/20 11:27 PM, der.hans wrote: Have you seen GadgetBridge? "Gadgetbridge is an Android (4.4+) application which will allow you to use your Pebble, Mi Band, Amazfit Bip and HPlus device (and more) without the vendor's closed source applica

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-12 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 08:27:14 -0300 André Carezia wrote: Hello André, >hdparm -t /dev/sda Reports; /dev/sda: Timing buffered disk reads: 216 MB in 3.02 seconds = 71.64 MB/sec and for comparison /dev/sdb: Timing buffered disk reads: 224 MB in 3.01 seconds = 74.51 MB/sec Drives are Western

Re: FOSS-compatible smartwatch?

2020-02-12 Thread Carl Fink
On 2/11/20 11:27 PM, der.hans wrote: Have you seen GadgetBridge? "Gadgetbridge is an Android (4.4+) application which will allow you to use your Pebble, Mi Band, Amazfit Bip and HPlus device (and more) without the vendor's closed source application and without the need to create an account and

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-12 Thread André Carezia
> Em 7 de fev de 2020, às 06:22, Brad Rogers escreveu: > > [...] > Here, everything else loads faster than LO, all from the same drive. So, > whilst I agree that drive technology/speed may well be a factor, it's > almost certainly not all matters. Try: hdparm -t /dev/sda -- André Carezia Eng

Re: Having trouble installing Debian on brand new hard drive

2020-02-12 Thread didier . gaumet
Please use a correct quoting method: it is difficult to differenciate your discourse from others when when replying to you :-) Le mercredi 12 février 2020 09:00:05 UTC+1, kaye n a écrit : > Are UEFI updates necessary? What's the smallest allowable size I can make > for UEFI partition? Or is tha

Re: FOSS-compatible smartwatch?

2020-02-12 Thread Curt
On 2020-02-12, der.hans wrote: >> >> Is there such a thing as a Free Software API for smartwatches/personal >> fitness devices? With maybe a FOSS app, and a way to use them with a >> Linux-based PC? >> >> Seems like a pipe dream, but I can hope, right? > > Shouldn't be a pipe dream. > > Have you

Re: The nightmare of Intel Integrated GPUs under Linux in general and Debian in particular

2020-02-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 12 feb 20, 01:34:28, Miguel A. Vallejo wrote: > > That makes me wonder: What is the right way to do that in Debian? In > stable releases there is no way to use another kernel except from > backports (and they are newer, not older). And in testing / unstable > the kernels disapears as new ke

Re: The nightmare of Intel Integrated GPUs under Linux in general and Debian in particular

2020-02-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 11 feb 20, 23:15:43, Miguel A. Vallejo wrote: > > The problem was solved in later kernels but the fix never reached Debian > Buster. buster-backports has 5.4.8. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Having trouble installing Debian on brand new hard drive

2020-02-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 12 feb 20, 15:53:37, kaye n wrote: > > *For the future, you could paste the (relevant part from) the output of > 'parted -l'.* > Just curious, never encountered that command before. > kaye@laptop:~$ parted -l > bash: parted: command not found It's in package 'parted' and must be run as roo

Re: Looking for FOSS supported PCIe x4 SATA 6 Gb/s HBA with 4 or 8 ports

2020-02-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 11 feb 20, 23:04:47, deloptes wrote: > > I don't know. I stick to 2TB, because the WG RED >2TB are having issues. Could you please elaborate or provide a reference for this? While my 3TB WD Red doesn't appear to have problems with my current usage, I'd like to be prepared. Kind regards,

Re: The nightmare of Intel Integrated GPUs under Linux in general and Debian in particular

2020-02-12 Thread mlnl
Hi Miguel, "Miguel A. Vallejo" wrote: >What are my alternatives? nVidia cards? I've never used an nVidia card >but I have read also tons of problems with them in the past. How about >now? And how about AMD cards? > >What are your recommendations / experiences? I have used nVidia cards before wi