Re: Debian Stretch broken !

2020-04-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 03 apr 20, 20:41:06, Bernard wrote: > Hi to Everyone, > Having done some minor resettings on alsamixer with no results, I thought I > had to reboot. > > But : "Oh no, something has gone wrong..." > > So, I am writing this message from my other laptop running Ubuntu 14.04 > > I tried to re

Re: x-www-browser doesn't change even after package delete, update-alternatives

2020-04-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 04 apr 20, 12:32:06, Carl Fink wrote: > So, I removed firefox-esr and replaced it with stable firefox. I ran > update-alternatives to point to firefox-esr. The current listing doesn't > even include firefox-esr: This makes no sense to me, could you please rephrase? What browser do you hav

Re: fetchmail timeout

2020-04-04 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 4 Apr 2020 06:34:41 -0400 songbird wrote: > Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > I have the following problem with fetchmail: > fetchmail: timeout after 300 seconds waiting for server > imap.gmail.com. > > > >hi, > >the fix I found was to abandon fetchmail. I'm using now ge

Re: Small Open Source Digital Classroom

2020-04-04 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 21:11:33 -0400 Dan Purgert wrote: > On Apr 03, 2020, Celejar wrote: > > On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 12:46:00 -0400 > > Dan Purgert wrote: > > > > > On Apr 03, 2020, Celejar wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > Fair enough - but has anyone looked into, say, Jitsi Meet's default > > > > settin

Re: Partition unreadable [was: Re: Debian Stretch broken !]

2020-04-04 Thread Tom Dial
On 4/4/20 11:57, Bernard wrote: > Le 04/04/2020 18:16, Andrei POPESCU a écrit : >> On Sb, 04 apr 20, 11:00:06, Bernard wrote: >>> Thanks a lot for this reply >>> >>> The output of the proposed tests are shown on the following screen >>> picture : >>> >>> http://bdebreil.free.fr/IMG_0906.jpg >>>

Re: Partition unreadable [was: Re: Debian Stretch broken !]

2020-04-04 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-04-04 10:57, Bernard wrote: Le 04/04/2020 18:16, Andrei POPESCU a écrit : On Sb, 04 apr 20, 11:00:06, Bernard wrote: Thanks a lot for this reply The output of the proposed tests are shown on the following screen picture : http://bdebreil.free.fr/IMG_0906.jpg

(solved - part 2) Re: Missing a "9" (possible font missing)

2020-04-04 Thread Beco
On Sat, 4 Apr 2020 at 18:32, Dan Ritter wrote: > Beco wrote: > > Yes, this test indeed solved the "9" becoming a dash. > > > > I could let that as is, but after many years using linux I learned that > the > > less you personalize your system, the less headache you will have in the > > future. > >

Re: Missing a "9" (possible font missing)

2020-04-04 Thread Dan Ritter
Beco wrote: > Yes, this test indeed solved the "9" becoming a dash. > > I could let that as is, but after many years using linux I learned that the > less you personalize your system, the less headache you will have in the > future. > > So, how can I undo some probable mistake in my system and g

Re: fetchmail timeout

2020-04-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 04 apr 20, 19:30:05, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Sat, 4 Apr 2020, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > You have to keep also a Python 2 interpreter for it. > > same question: why would it disapear ? Because it's not supported upstream anymore. https://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0373/ Debia

Re: fetchmail timeout

2020-04-04 Thread songbird
songbird wrote: ... > in my nosing around i've found this: > > https://gitlab.com/dkg/getmail/commits/python3 i meant that to be: https://gitlab.com/dkg/getmail songbird

Re: fetchmail timeout

2020-04-04 Thread songbird
Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Sat, 4 Apr 2020, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >> You have to keep also a Python 2 interpreter for it. > >same question: why would it disapear ? > > best regards, because eventually it stops being packaged or kept up and gets left behind long enough that nobody cares to

Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync

2020-04-04 Thread Linux-Fan
Anastasios Lisgaras writes: [...] On 3/25/20 7:44 PM, Linux-Fan wrote: [...] * Network File Systems. [...] * "Cloud"-like file synchronization. [...] I really liked your *detailed* post! It really is a detailed and comprehensive answer. Thanks :) In my use case, I have both a sa

Re: Missing a "9" (possible font missing)

2020-04-04 Thread Beco
Dear Dan, Yes, this test indeed solved the "9" becoming a dash. I could let that as is, but after many years using linux I learned that the less you personalize your system, the less headache you will have in the future. So, how can I undo some probable mistake in my system and get it back to wh

Re: Partition unreadable [was: Re: Debian Stretch broken !]

2020-04-04 Thread Bernard
Le 04/04/2020 18:16, Andrei POPESCU a écrit : On Sb, 04 apr 20, 11:00:06, Bernard wrote: Thanks a lot for this reply The output of the proposed tests are shown on the following screen picture : http://bdebreil.free.fr/IMG_0906.jpg .. Please post also the contents of

Re: fetchmail timeout

2020-04-04 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sat, 4 Apr 2020, Andrei POPESCU wrote: You have to keep also a Python 2 interpreter for it. same question: why would it disapear ? best regards, -- Pierre Frenkiel

Re: python3 modules -- apt vs pip?

2020-04-04 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Alex Mestiashvili writes: > On 4/3/20 11:54 PM, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: >> I've been using apt (and friends) to maintain my systems, including >> python. Today I discovered the Debian version of the more-itertools >> module is on version 4.2.0 and is three years old. Meanwhile, the >> version docum

Re: Night light, sunset and sunrise times in Gnome

2020-04-04 Thread Anil Felipe Duggirala
On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, at 11:28 AM, Curt wrote: > On 2020-03-27, Anil Felipe Duggirala wrote: > >> > > Thanks Curt, > > I cannot access /org/ I cannot find this folder or file. What am I > > doing wrong. Is this just a regular file that supposed to be on my > > system? > > > Yeah, sorry, that

Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync

2020-04-04 Thread Leslie Rhorer
I agree, absolutely. On 4/4/2020 9:56 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Sat, Apr 04, 2020 at 01:12:33PM -, Curt wrote: [...] The problem arises when you "choose" to delete the wrong file by inadvertence; if you're only thinking "syncing," your sunk, but if you've backed up as well (and you a

x-www-browser doesn't change even after package delete, update-alternatives

2020-04-04 Thread Carl Fink
So, I removed firefox-esr and replaced it with stable firefox. I ran update-alternatives to point to firefox-esr. The current listing doesn't even include firefox-esr: root@debian-NUCi5:~# update-alternatives --list x-www-browser /usr/bin/chromium /usr/bin/epiphany-browser /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bi

Re: mutt does not find mailcap entry

2020-04-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 04 apr 20, 14:43:24, Beatrice Torracca wrote: > Hello, > > I have been trying to make mutt open pdf files from the > view-attachment dialog. > > I am using a Debian buster (Linux beapc 4.19.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian > 4.19.98-1 (2020-01-26) x86_64 GNU/Linux) with Mutt 1.10.1 > (2018-07-13).

Re: python3 modules -- apt vs pip?

2020-04-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 04 apr 20, 11:01:24, Alex Mestiashvili wrote: > > Python provides virtualenv, plus one can install most of the modules > locally with pip3 install --user which will install the modules > in ~/.local/lib and tools in ~/.local/bin, so don't forget to add this > to your PATH. At least in bus

Re: Partition unreadable [was: Re: Debian Stretch broken !]

2020-04-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 04 apr 20, 11:00:06, Bernard wrote: > Thanks a lot for this reply > > The output of the proposed tests are shown on the following screen picture : > > http://bdebreil.free.fr/IMG_0906.jpg > > As for partition sda2 : I don't remember having created this partition when > installing Stretch

Re: fetchmail timeout

2020-04-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 04 apr 20, 12:44:38, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Sat, 4 Apr 2020, songbird wrote: > > > yes, but don't get too complacent as eventually > > getmail goes away if nobody ports it to python3. > > >thank you for the advice, but I imagine it will not disappear from my disk, >even if it

Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync

2020-04-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 04 apr 20, 15:01:48, Anastasios Lisgaras wrote: > > Syncthing seems more restrictive than Nextcloud because it does not > have the "cloud" (WEB UI) function offered by Nextcloud. > However, I would really like to try Syncthing to see what it really > offers and to be able to compare it wit

Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync

2020-04-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 04 apr 20, 15:01:48, Anastasios Lisgaras wrote: > > In my use case, I have both a safe and a secure remote server machine (VM) > and a raspberry Pi at my home to run continuously & incessantly 24/7. > I have three computers. One at work a laptop and a desktop computer. > What I want is for

Re: Missing a "9" (possible font missing)

2020-04-04 Thread Dan Ritter
Beco wrote: > On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 at 20:03, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Beco wrote: > > > Guess I was wrong. The problem persists, now it looks like the problem is > > > Helvetica. > > > > > > I found this link: > > > > > > https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/2120514?hl=en > > > > > > I don't us

Re: Missing a "9" (possible font missing)

2020-04-04 Thread Beco
On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 at 20:03, Dan Ritter wrote: > Beco wrote: > > Guess I was wrong. The problem persists, now it looks like the problem is > > Helvetica. > > > > I found this link: > > > > https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/2120514?hl=en > > > > I don't use chrome, I use firefox. But it app

Re: mutt does not find mailcap entry

2020-04-04 Thread David Wright
On Sat 04 Apr 2020 at 14:43:24 (+0200), Beatrice Torracca wrote: > > I have been trying to make mutt open pdf files from the > view-attachment dialog. > > I was trying to make it open evince to view pdf files. It does not > seem to recognize the mime type. I tried the same steps I followed > with

Re: Publish open source software

2020-04-04 Thread tomas
On Sat, Apr 04, 2020 at 09:33:48AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > tomas writes: > > Besides gitlab, which was mentioned elsewhere in this thread, there is > > Savannah [1] (recommended if you prefer the "Free" spelling of "Open > > Source" ;-) > > Back when I was looking for a new home for Chrony I l

Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync

2020-04-04 Thread tomas
On Sat, Apr 04, 2020 at 01:12:33PM -, Curt wrote: [...] > The problem arises when you "choose" to delete the wrong file by > inadvertence; if you're only thinking "syncing," your sunk, but if > you've backed up as well (and you ain't pell-mell), you're still looking > swell. To add one data

Re: python3 modules -- apt vs pip?

2020-04-04 Thread Keith Christian
TOUCHÉ: Also should be careful with names of python packages since mistyping can lead to installation of malicious software and with sudo it makes it even more fun - google for "python malicious packages"

Re: Publish open source software

2020-04-04 Thread John Hasler
tomas writes: > Besides gitlab, which was mentioned elsewhere in this thread, there is > Savannah [1] (recommended if you prefer the "Free" spelling of "Open > Source" ;-) Back when I was looking for a new home for Chrony I looked into Savannah. They required "corrections" to the documentation su

Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync

2020-04-04 Thread Curt
On 2020-04-04, Anastasios Lisgaras wrote: > On 3/25/20 11:07 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> If a file is corrupted, deleted, etc. in one place that will be >> propagated to all copies. >> >> Depending on the features provided by the synchronisation tool they >> could be *a part* of a backup solutio

Re: mutt does not find mailcap entry

2020-04-04 Thread tomas
On Sat, Apr 04, 2020 at 02:43:24PM +0200, Beatrice Torracca wrote: > Hello, > > I have been trying to make mutt open pdf files from the > view-attachment dialog. > > I am using a Debian buster (Linux beapc 4.19.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian > 4.19.98-1 (2020-01-26) x86_64 GNU/Linux) with Mutt 1.10.1 >

mutt does not find mailcap entry

2020-04-04 Thread Beatrice Torracca
Hello, I have been trying to make mutt open pdf files from the view-attachment dialog. I am using a Debian buster (Linux beapc 4.19.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.98-1 (2020-01-26) x86_64 GNU/Linux) with Mutt 1.10.1 (2018-07-13). I was trying to make it open evince to view pdf files. It does not s

Re: how to keep 2 PCs partially in sync

2020-04-04 Thread Anastasios Lisgaras
On 3/25/20 11:07 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: If a file is corrupted, deleted, etc. in one place that will be propagated to all copies. Depending on the features provided by the synchronisation tool they could be *a part* of a backup solution. See http://taobackup.com for what a complete backup so

Re: fetchmail timeout

2020-04-04 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sat, 4 Apr 2020, songbird wrote: yes, but don't get too complacent as eventually getmail goes away if nobody ports it to python3. thank you for the advice, but I imagine it will not disappear from my disk, even if it is no more supported. best regards, -- Pierre Frenkiel

Re: fetchmail timeout

2020-04-04 Thread songbird
Pierre Frenkiel wrote: I have the following problem with fetchmail: fetchmail: timeout after 300 seconds waiting for server imap.gmail.com. > >hi, >the fix I found was to abandon fetchmail. I'm using now getmail, which >works perfectly > > best regards, yes, but do

Re: Partition unreadable

2020-04-04 Thread Felix Miata
Bernard composed on 2020-04-04 11:00 (UTC+0200): > http://bdebreil.free.fr/IMG_0906.jpg > As for partition sda2 : I don't remember having created this partition > when installing Stretch on this then newly bought desktop (2 years ago). > Isn'it funny that it shows the exact same size as that of

Re: [OT] Backup Suggestion

2020-04-04 Thread Leslie Rhorer
    I tried bacula, but it really did not suit my needs.  I am using DAR, instead.  The idea of DAR is similar to TAR, except it is designed to be used with random access media, rather than streaming media.  I highly recommend it.  One unique feature of DAR is it can not only add and update fil

Re: [OT] Backup Suggestion

2020-04-04 Thread Leslie Rhorer
ᅵᅵᅵ I tried backula, but it really did not suit my needs.ᅵ I am using DAR, instead.ᅵ The idea of DAR is similar to TAR, except it is designed to be used with random access media, rather than streaming media.ᅵ I highly recommend it.ᅵ One unique feature of DAR is it can not only add

Re: python3 modules -- apt vs pip?

2020-04-04 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 4/3/20 11:54 PM, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > I've been using apt (and friends) to maintain my systems, including > python. Today I discovered the Debian version of the more-itertools > module is on version 4.2.0 and is three years old. Meanwhile, the > version documented on pypi.org is at version 8.

Re: Partition unreadable [was: Re: Debian Stretch broken !]

2020-04-04 Thread Bernard
Thanks a lot for this reply The output of the proposed tests are shown on the following screen picture : http://bdebreil.free.fr/IMG_0906.jpg As for partition sda2 : I don't remember having created this partition when installing Stretch on this then newly bought desktop (2 years ago). Isn'it

Re: python3 modules -- apt vs pip?

2020-04-04 Thread Nemeth Gyorgy
2020. 04. 03. 23:54 keltezéssel, Joe Pfeiffer írta: > I've been using apt (and friends) to maintain my systems, including > python. Today I discovered the Debian version of the more-itertools > module is on version 4.2.0 and is three years old. Meanwhile, the > version documented on pypi.org is a

Re: [OT] Backup Suggestion

2020-04-04 Thread Alessandro Baggi
Il 04/04/20 01:16, elvis ha scritto: On 4/4/20 12:20 am, Alessandro Baggi wrote: Hi list, I'm searching a new backup system to replace my old solution. I'm focusing on bacula and actually I'm widely testing it. It seems powerfull and well tested. It supports volumes on disk or tape. Mult

Re: fetchmail timeout

2020-04-04 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
I have the following problem with fetchmail: fetchmail: timeout after 300 seconds waiting for server imap.gmail.com. hi, the fix I found was to abandon fetchmail. I'm using now getmail, which works perfectly best regards, -- Pierre Frenkiel

Re: Publish open source software

2020-04-04 Thread tomas
On Sat, Apr 04, 2020 at 02:39:18AM +0200, sp...@caiway.net wrote: > Hi. > > Would like to publish some open source software. > In the past I used sourceforge but I don't like their policies anymore. > > Is git the way to go nowadays? Besides gitlab, which was mentioned elsewhere in this thread,