Re: non function firefox

2020-03-16 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-03-16 21:07, Gene Heskett wrote: Firefox is not working with wallmarts search function. I am 85 and shouldn't be out shopping for common food and paper products. So what do I install, I suspect javascript related, to make this stuff work? install is I believe, stretch. Thanks Cheers,

non function firefox

2020-03-16 Thread Gene Heskett
Firefox is not working with wallmarts search function. I am 85 and shouldn't be out shopping for common food and paper products. So what do I install, I suspect javascript related, to make this stuff work? install is I believe, stretch. Thanks Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to

Re: About "Debian is independent of the linux kernel"

2020-03-16 Thread Johann Klammer
On 03/05/2020 03:20 PM, Yongxian.Yao wrote: > Hi > > > Recently, I want to use the linux-4.9.90 on Debian9.12,but I doubts when > compiling the kernel. > 1、Is it necessary to use the config-4.9.0-12 to compile the linux-4.9.90 > kernel? Yes, it is usually a good Idea to start with their confi

Re: iPhone as bluetooth audio source for buster

2020-03-16 Thread deloptes
Mark Fletcher wrote: > Anyone have any advice what I should check to find what's missing? most likely you need to connect with the appropriate profile. I forgot already how the gnome gui looked like for it, but there was a pop up menu where you can select sink or source for the audio. I also th

Re: Trying to understand why WiFi gets disconnected in Debian Buster

2020-03-16 Thread Miguel A. Vallejo
Hi! I have been able to get the WiFi connected continuously to the AP for 112 hours and counting (almost five days!). Now the WiFi follows the AP frequency changes seamlessly without any drop. What did I do? I removed the crda and wireless-regdb packages. I have been suspecting of them long time

Re: OT: Questions about (buying and) using a laptop docking station

2020-03-16 Thread connie
>>> Any recommendations for a suitable docking station? I'd go with a good old powered USB2 hub, and connect keyboard, mouse, and whatever else you want to that. That should get you down to one USB and one VGA cable. >> The generic laptop docks rely on high-bandwidth, high-power USB3 ports, and l

iPhone as bluetooth audio source for buster

2020-03-16 Thread Mark Fletcher
Hello Recently I wanted to connect my iPhone 7 to a new Buster install in the same way I had many years before with an earlier iPhone and earlier Debian, so I could play music from it through my speakers. Bluetooth setup on the Debian machine is basically working; I can connect to a variety of

Re: Dolphin as root

2020-03-16 Thread Bernd Gruber
Hello, look at this: https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?t=141836&start=30 This worked for me: sudo sh -c "unset SUDO_USER; unset KDESU_USER; dolphin" or this: su --login export $(dbus-launch) export XAUTHORITY=/home/USER/.Xauthority export DISPLAY=:0 dolphin Bernd Gary L. Roach wrote: >

Re: OT: Questions about (buying and) using a laptop docking station

2020-03-16 Thread Jack Dangler
On 3/16/20 9:50 AM, Andrii Borovyi wrote: Once again I though about getting a dock station for my Dell Vostro 3360. Seems like there is no easy solution there. The only thing I discovered is to switch to Latitude or XPS models (sorry, but no Inspiron nor Vostro) that have support for docking s

Re: OT: Questions about (buying and) using a laptop docking station

2020-03-16 Thread Dan Ritter
Stefan Monnier wrote: > > You could get a USB hub that could connect some peripherals -- > > keyboard, mouse, printer, USB sticks... but nothing that will > > handle video or power connections. > > The generic laptop docks rely on high-bandwidth, high-power USB3 > > ports, and laptop support for

Re: OT: Questions about (buying and) using a laptop docking station

2020-03-16 Thread David Wright
On Mon 16 Mar 2020 at 08:42:17 (-0400), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > (Aside: I need to get a docking station with a VGA output as I "run" the > laptop through a KVM switch and one of the computers connected to it has no > HDMI output, and the KVM switch itself has no HDMI input.) If it helps, yo

Re: OT: Questions about (buying and) using a laptop docking station

2020-03-16 Thread Andrii Borovyi
Once again I though about getting a dock station for my Dell Vostro 3360. Seems like there is no easy solution there. The only thing I discovered is to switch to Latitude or XPS models (sorry, but no Inspiron nor Vostro) that have support for docking stations. Unfortunately, that's the only res

Re: OT: Questions about (buying and) using a laptop docking station

2020-03-16 Thread Stefan Monnier
> You could get a USB hub that could connect some peripherals -- > keyboard, mouse, printer, USB sticks... but nothing that will > handle video or power connections. > The generic laptop docks rely on high-bandwidth, high-power USB3 > ports, and laptop support for alternate video modes sent over >

Re: OT: Questions about (buying and) using a laptop docking station

2020-03-16 Thread deloptes
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > I'm thinking about buying a laptop docking station to make it easier to > disconnect the laptop to take it to meetings. > > I don't know much about a laptop docking station except that the ones I've > looked at seem to need only a USB (C or A) cable to connect the lapt

Re: OT: Questions about (buying and) using a laptop docking station

2020-03-16 Thread Dan Ritter
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Asking this OT question here because this is my go to list for questions, > especially ones for which I don't belong to a list that might be more > specific > to this subject. > > Background: I've installed Buster on an old laptop (my newest laptop, a Dell > Inspir

OT: Questions about (buying and) using a laptop docking station

2020-03-16 Thread rhkramer
Asking this OT question here because this is my go to list for questions, especially ones for which I don't belong to a list that might be more specific to this subject. Background: I've installed Buster on an old laptop (my newest laptop, a Dell Inspiron 1501) and I'm working on installing oth