Re: Revised description of a FOSS friendly PDA

2020-02-13 Thread David Wright
On Thu 13 Feb 2020 at 06:52:05 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 02/11/2020 10:09 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I wish to enter/store data while away from home. The data will > > then be transferred to my laptop via a USB cable. [Think the > > capability of one of the old Palm Pilots in a smartph

Re: Best file system to use?

2020-02-13 Thread Tom Dial
On 2/13/20 14:50, Michael Stone wrote: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 01:57:49PM -0700, Tom Dial wrote: >> XFS is excellent, and so also is JFS. > > Yes on XFS, no on JFS. (XFS is very actively developed; JFS is moribund, > has no really compelling benefits over other filesytems, and gets much > les

Re: Best file system to use?

2020-02-13 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 04:00:34PM -0700, Tom Dial wrote: > I think that ZFS, although different, is no less complicated or > inflexible than the other identified options. Adding mdraid > probably would not decrease complexity. It is far easier to reshape mdraid arrays (in terms of number

Re: Best file system to use?

2020-02-13 Thread Tom Dial
On 2/13/20 10:31, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Dennis, > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 05:55:52PM -0600, 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? > > If your 4TB isn't composed of at le

Re: Mac El Capitan Dual Boot

2020-02-13 Thread Felix Miata
Jonas Smedegaard composed on 2020-02-13 18:35 (UTC+0100): > Debian (and Linux in general) supports read-write access to HFS+ > partitions, but it is unreliable. I would expect it to be difficult to > setup and the result would be unreliable (either because you would end > up depending on the u

Re: Mac El Capitan Dual Boot

2020-02-13 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 14:28:27 -0700 Charles Curley wrote: > I didn't ask for my benefit, I asked for your benefit. I will guess > that you have vetted your hardware on this list. Sorry, that should be, "... I asked for the OP's benefit. I will guess that he will vet his hardware on this list." -

Re: Best file system to use?

2020-02-13 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 01:57:49PM -0700, Tom Dial wrote: XFS is excellent, and so also is JFS. Yes on XFS, no on JFS. (XFS is very actively developed; JFS is moribund, has no really compelling benefits over other filesytems, and gets much less testing due to very low adoption. I don't person

Re: Mac El Capitan Dual Boot

2020-02-13 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 20:59:07 +0100 Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > I am helping a friend install Debian on an older MacBook, running > > > OS X 10.11 (El Capitan). > > > > How old? The current version of Mac OS is Catalina, 10.15.3. This > > on a Macbook Air made in mid-2012. ( -> About this > >

Re: Getting started with mmdebstrap / chroot Operation not permitted.

2020-02-13 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Linux-Fan (2020-02-13 21:40:13) > Jonas Smedegaard writes: > > > Quoting Linux-Fan (2020-02-13 20:29:47) > > > having seen this recently on the mailing list, I am interested to > > > try out `mmdebstrap` (as a replacement for `debootstrap`). The > > > ultimate goal of my use of these uti

Re: Getting started with mmdebstrap / chroot Operation not permitted.

2020-02-13 Thread Linux-Fan
Linux-Fan writes: Jonas Smedegaard writes: [...] Being such a simple invocation, I thought I must have made some rather obvious mistake, because my command very much follows the manpage. I had thought that the complex part would only come afterwards :) I recommend to read section "MODES" i

Re: Best file system to use?

2020-02-13 Thread Tom Dial
On 2/13/20 06:53, Didar Hossain wrote: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 12:18:42PM +0100, deloptes wrote: >> Dennis Wicks wrote: >> >>> I have been using xfs but that is based on info >>> from many years ago. >> >> If you have had no issues with xfs, why not use it in the future too? > > I have been us

Re: Getting started with mmdebstrap / chroot Operation not permitted.

2020-02-13 Thread Linux-Fan
Jonas Smedegaard writes: Quoting Linux-Fan (2020-02-13 20:29:47) > Hello list members, > > having seen this recently on the mailing list, I am interested to try out > `mmdebstrap` (as a replacement for `debootstrap`). The ultimate goal of my > use of these utilities is to arrive at an image suit

Re: Mac El Capitan Dual Boot

2020-02-13 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Charles Curley (2020-02-13 19:56:31) > On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:03:20 -0500 > Kenneth Parker wrote: > > > I am helping a friend install Debian on an older MacBook, running OS > > X 10.11 (El Capitan). > > How old? The current version of Mac OS is Catalina, 10.15.3. This on a > Macbook Ai

Re: Getting started with mmdebstrap / chroot Operation not permitted.

2020-02-13 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Linux-Fan (2020-02-13 20:29:47) > Hello list members, > > having seen this recently on the mailing list, I am interested to try out > `mmdebstrap` (as a replacement for `debootstrap`). The ultimate goal of my > use of these utilities is to arrive at an image suitable for booting an arm

Getting started with mmdebstrap / chroot Operation not permitted.

2020-02-13 Thread Linux-Fan
Hello list members, having seen this recently on the mailing list, I am interested to try out `mmdebstrap` (as a replacement for `debootstrap`). The ultimate goal of my use of these utilities is to arrive at an image suitable for booting an armhf SBC (Banana Pi M2+ EDU). Existing (overly co

Re: Mac El Capitan Dual Boot

2020-02-13 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:03:20 -0500 Kenneth Parker wrote: > I am helping a friend install Debian on an older MacBook, running OS X > 10.11 (El Capitan). How old? The current version of Mac OS is Catalina, 10.15.3. This on a Macbook Air made in mid-2012. ( -> About this Mac) -- Does anybody read

Wifi USB dongle

2020-02-13 Thread Nicolas George
Hi. I am looking for a USB dongle for wifi. Can anybody here recommend one that (1) is currently available on the market reliably, (2) supports the 5 GHz band, (3) correctly supported by Debian (testing and I can tolerate binary blobs if they are in the archive), (4) including as access point

Re: Best file system to use?

2020-02-13 Thread deloptes
Didar Hossain wrote: > I have been using XFS for data on dual HDD (RAID1->LVM->LUKS->XFS) on > Debian Stretch for more than a year, haven't experienced issues yet. OS is > on Ext4 on SDD. I use Urbackup (www.urbackup.org) to backup multiple > Windows machines to this box as well as Samba for simpl

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

2020-02-13 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Miguel A. Vallejo wrote on 11/02/2020 22:15: > > I always ran the intel microcode package, tried every bios update, and > I even changed the whole computer, so this is not the solution. Do you also use the skylake GPU firmware which should be located in /lib/firmware/i915/ (from package firmware

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-13 Thread Curt
On 2020-02-13, D. R. Evans wrote: > > Yes. That was in one of my e-mails somewhere in the thread. Yeah, sorry, I found it. My only other idea was the pulseaudio equalizer app ('qpaeq') and playing with those sliders. -- "J'ai pour me guérir du jugement des autres toute la distance qui me sépar

Re: Running virtual systems

2020-02-13 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2020 12 Feb 18:08 -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. What is > th

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-13 Thread D. R. Evans
Curt wrote on 2/13/20 9:31 AM: > On 2020-02-13, D. R. Evans wrote: >> >> I'm wondering if there's a problem with the sound driver that the system = >> is >> using, and therefore: >> 1. How to determine which driver I'm using? >> 2. How to switch to a different driver, if one is available? > >

Re: Mac El Capitan Dual Boot

2020-02-13 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Kenneth Parker (2020-02-13 18:03:20) > I am helping a friend install Debian on an older MacBook, running OS X > 10.11 (El Capitan). It currently has a single 300G HFS Plus (Journaled) > Partition, with lots of free space. > > He wants to keep OS X, and use Buster (or Sid, leading to the n

Re: Best file system to use?

2020-02-13 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Dennis, On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 05:55:52PM -0600, 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? If your 4TB isn't composed of at least one more drive for redundancy then for me all q

Re: Re: how to deal with 'trap invalid opcode'?

2020-02-13 Thread patrice . duroux
Ok then I will submit a bug report with clear information that I hope will be more helpful and not make anybody angry reading it! :-/ Many thanks, Patrice

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

2020-02-13 Thread Yvan Masson
Le 13/02/2020 à 12:34, deloptes a écrit : Miguel A. Vallejo 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

Mac El Capitan Dual Boot

2020-02-13 Thread Kenneth Parker
I am helping a friend install Debian on an older MacBook, running OS X 10.11 (El Capitan). It currently has a single 300G HFS Plus (Journaled) Partition, with lots of free space. He wants to keep OS X, and use Buster (or Sid, leading to the next Stable Release). He wants to shrink the Mac Partit

Re: ufw and iptables not playing nice in testing with recent upgrade

2020-02-13 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 13/02/2020 19:37, songbird wrote: tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: On 12/02/2020 05:03, riveravaldez wrote: On 2/11/20, songbird wrote: something in there didn't work today when i applied the upgrade. i don't have time to debug or file reports at the moment, so was able to partiall

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-13 Thread Curt
On 2020-02-13, D. R. Evans wrote: > > I'm wondering if there's a problem with the sound driver that the system = > is > using, and therefore: > 1. How to determine which driver I'm using? > 2. How to switch to a different driver, if one is available? (And you've tried adjusting, to no avail,

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-13 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting D. R. Evans (2020-02-13 17:15:47) > D. R. Evans wrote on 2/12/20 4:58 PM: > > > For what it's worth, "aplay -l" says, for the port I'm using: > > > > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC888-VD Analog [ALC888-VD Analog] > > Subdevices: 0/1 > > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > > >

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-13 Thread D. R. Evans
D. R. Evans wrote on 2/12/20 4:58 PM: > For what it's worth, "aplay -l" says, for the port I'm using: > > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC888-VD Analog [ALC888-VD Analog] > Subdevices: 0/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > I'm wondering if there's a problem with the sound driver that

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2020 #146

2020-02-13 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 01:46:20 +1100 Benni James wrote: > Hi can you please unsubscribe me from your mailing list. Unsubscribe yourself. Most list handlers (including this one) include instructions for unsubscribing and other things in the headers of each email. Most email clients will let you see

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2020 #146

2020-02-13 Thread Benni James
Hi can you please unsubscribe me from your mailing list. Regards Benjamin On Thu., 13 Feb. 2020, 19:25 , wrote: > Content-Type: text/plain > > debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2020 : > Issue 146 > > Today's Topics: > Re: buster: low audio level [ "D. R

Re: how to deal with 'trap invalid opcode'?

2020-02-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 08:03:03AM -0500, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 12:24:34PM +0100, Patrice Duroux wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The system on which it i occurring is a Debian Buster 10.3 > > The binaries that are involved are provided by the following packages: > > ii ncbi-bla

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

2020-02-13 Thread Curt
On 2020-02-13, Miguel A. Vallejo wrote: >> >> Have you monitored your CPU temperatures? > > > Yes. Always under 40C... 45C max. > > Temperature is not the problem. Long before the expiration of a nightmarish five-year period, this correspondent would've abandoned INTEL integrated GPUs. My standa

Re: ufw and iptables not playing nice in testing with recent upgrade

2020-02-13 Thread songbird
tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > On 12/02/2020 05:03, riveravaldez wrote: >> On 2/11/20, songbird wrote: >>>something in there didn't work today when i applied >>> the upgrade. >>> >>>i don't have time to debug or file reports at the moment, >>> so was able to partially downgrade to get a

Re: Best file system to use?

2020-02-13 Thread Didar Hossain
On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 12:18:42PM +0100, deloptes wrote: > Dennis Wicks wrote: > > > I have been using xfs but that is based on info > > from many years ago. > > If you have had no issues with xfs, why not use it in the future too? I have been using XFS for data on dual HDD (RAID1->LVM->LUKS->X

Re: FOSS friendly PDA?

2020-02-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/13/2020 05:28 AM, deloptes wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: It's unclear on https://store.planetcom.co.uk/collections/popular-items/products/gemini-pda-1 If it currently ships to US (although another page lists price in US dollars). I raise the question as https://shop.jolla.com/ explicit

Re: how to deal with 'trap invalid opcode'?

2020-02-13 Thread Henning Follmann
On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 12:24:34PM +0100, Patrice Duroux wrote: > Hi, > > The system on which it i occurring is a Debian Buster 10.3 > The binaries that are involved are provided by the following packages: > ii ncbi-blast+ 2.8.1-1 > amd64next generation

Revised description of a FOSS friendly PDA

2020-02-13 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/11/2020 10:09 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I wish to enter/store data while away from home. The data will then be transferred to my laptop via a USB cable. [Think the capability of one of the old Palm Pilots in a smartphone(sic) form factor] "Palm Pilot" was the not best visualization. A

how to deal with 'trap invalid opcode'?

2020-02-13 Thread Patrice Duroux
Hi, The system on which it i occurring is a Debian Buster 10.3 The binaries that are involved are provided by the following packages: ii ncbi-blast+ 2.8.1-1 amd64next generation suite of BLAST sequence search tools ii ncbi-blast+-legacy

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

2020-02-13 Thread deloptes
Miguel A. Vallejo 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. > May be in yours bu

Re: FOSS friendly PDA?

2020-02-13 Thread deloptes
Richard Owlett wrote: > It's unclear on > https://store.planetcom.co.uk/collections/popular-items/products/gemini-pda-1 > > If it currently ships to US (although another page lists price in US > dollars). > I raise the question as https://shop.jolla.com/ explicitly states: > >> Sailfish X is cur

Re: Best file system to use?

2020-02-13 Thread deloptes
Dennis Wicks wrote: > I have been using xfs but that is based on info > from many years ago. If you have had no issues with xfs, why not use it in the future too?

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

2020-02-13 Thread Miguel A. Vallejo
> > Have you monitored your CPU temperatures? Yes. Always under 40°C... 45°C max. Temperature is not the problem.

Re: buster: low audio level

2020-02-13 Thread Curt
On 2020-02-12, D. R. Evans wrote: > > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC888-VD Analog [ALC888-VD Analog > ] > Subdevices: 0/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > You might try alsamixer -c0 and turn up some of those volumes sliders, if you haven't already, and they're not already maxed

Re: FOSS friendly PDA?

2020-02-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 12 feb 20, 09:29:03, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 11 Feb 2020 at 17:32:57 (-0500), Dan Ritter wrote: > > > The PinePhone has 6 physical killswitches: > > > > Modem: On enables 2G/3G/4G communication and GNSS hardware, > > off disables. > > Presumably this is what they refer to as the

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

2020-02-13 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 13/02/2020 18:24, T wrote: Have you monitored your CPU temperatures? mprime (AKA Prime95) is a well-known CPU stress tester. I would also test memory with multiple concurrent instances of memtester. All problems I suspected of being caused by CPU overheating were in fact caused by RAM (mo

Re: Having trouble installing Debian on brand new hard drive

2020-02-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 12 feb 20, 09:08:26, Greg Wooledge wrote: > 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. > > > ka

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

2020-02-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 12 feb 20, 23:39:20, deloptes wrote: > 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