Re: Question on Unattended Upgrades

Is there a way to configure it to automatically restart when a package that needs to be restarted is upgraded? Thx. --Keifer On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 11:14 PM Charles Curley < charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote: > On Tue, 12 May 2020 11:54:48 +0700 > Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > > Does the OS

Re: Question on Unattended Upgrades

On Tue, 12 May 2020 11:54:48 +0700 Victor Sudakov wrote: > > Does the OS need to be restarted for this to take effect? Thx. > > That depends. If the kernel has been upgraded, then probably yes. > > If some daemon has been upgraded, it could be enough to restart the > daemon (or does apt rest

Re: Re: Question on Unattended Upgrades

Is there a way to configure it to automatically restart when a package that needs to be restarted is upgraded? Thx. --Keifer Virus-free. www.avast.com

Re: Re: Question on Unattended Upgrades

Keifer Bly wrote: >So upon doing that, I am seeing this: Please don't use graphics where you could have shown plain text. Not everyone here is using a graphical mail client. > >Does this mean it is updating these automatically? Look for lines matching "Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-

Re: debsecan does not report a vulnerability?

David Wright wrote: > > On Monday, 11 May 2020 00:14:02 PDT Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > > > > What do you use to track vulnerabilites in your Debian hosts? What's the > > > general approach? Do we just rely upon unattended-upgrade to fetch and > > > install patched packages for us? > > > > Runnin

Re: debsecan does not report a vulnerability?

Ihor Antonov wrote: > > > > Have I asked in the wrong list? Which list would be more appropriate? > > > > > > Hi Victor, > > > > > > I think this is the right list. But it seems that the message got lost > > > somehow in the high volume. I have not used debescan personally, so I am > > > replying

motivation for switching to Debian? (was: Re: debsecan does not report a vulnerability?)

Ihor Antonov wrote: > > Separately - I also happened to run a couple of FreeBSD boxes, could you > share > your motivation for switching to Debian? There are two major issues: 1. Lack of proper support for FreeBSD in AWS. Despite Colin's efforts (and I'm subscribed to his Patreon) there is al

Re: debsecan does not report a vulnerability?

On Mon 11 May 2020 at 19:53:46 (-0700), Ihor Antonov wrote: > On Monday, 11 May 2020 00:14:02 PDT Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > > What do you use to track vulnerabilites in your Debian hosts? What's the > > general approach? Do we just rely upon unattended-upgrade to fetch and > > install patched pa

Re: debsecan does not report a vulnerability?

On Monday, 11 May 2020 00:14:02 PDT Victor Sudakov wrote: > Ihor Antonov wrote: > > On Sunday, 10 May 2020 08:18:29 PDT Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > Have I asked in the wrong list? Which list would be more appropriate? > > > > Hi Victor, > > > > I think this is the right list. But it seems that th

Re: Question on Unattended Upgrades

Keifer Bly wrote: > What file would > I check to make sure the unattended upgrades is working and the > packages it updated? Thanks. I look for lines matching "Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade" in /var/log/apt/history.log, but there may be a better approach. -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIP

Re: Suggestion on hardware issue?

On 2020-05-11 10:28, Yvan Masson wrote: Hi, I installed Debian 10 on a Acer AspireOne (32 bits processor, 1GB RAM). Installation failed two times with corrupted packages, each time on same package (tcllib). I finally manage to re-download and install it by hand in another TTY so that the insta

Question on Unattended Upgrades

Hello, So I am using unattended upgrades for my Debian Linux OS, as well as a certain package I added to be updated by it. I am wondering, does the OS need to be restarted for the upgrade to take effect? What file would I check to make sure the unattended upgrades is working and the packages it upd

Re: Why do I have so many packages to upgrade with Debian 10.4?

On Mon 11 May 2020 at 19:49:34 (+0200), didier gaumet wrote: > Le 11/05/2020 à 19:12, l0f...@tuta.io a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > 10 mai 2020 à 23:24 de didier.gau...@gmail.com: > > > >> I am not sure of it but perhaps this is linked to the absence of > >> proposed-updates in your sources.list: > >>

Re: gnome-disk-utility User Session Defaults issue

On Mon 11 May 2020 at 15:26:11 (-0400), Default User wrote: > On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 11:20 AM David Wright > wrote: > > > Thanks. I hadn't realised the d-i would do that by default. (I've > > never used it to actually partition a disk, but only to allow the > > partitioner to rewrite the LABELs

Re: Suggestion on hardware issue?

I do not know well the subject but RAM problems can be a nightmare and I suppose yours could be -for example- caused by a particular area of the RAM that does not systematically fail under workload (transiant fault) and thus is not detected https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_tester

Re: Suggestion on hardware issue?

Le 11/05/2020 à 20:03, didier gaumet a écrit : Hello, perhaps try to install in text mode and lowmem: https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s03.en.html perhaps you have a RAM problem in a particular area that is not reported by the RAM verifying tool you used. If the installation s

Re: gnome-disk-utility User Session Defaults issue

On Sat, May 09, 2020, at 22:34:30, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > UUID is the preferred method for automating such stuff[1], because they > are (for all practical purposes) unique, so it ensures there won't be > conflicts even when swapping drives between systems. > > Labels are more convenient for huma

Re: Cannot display this video mode

On 04/05/2020 20:50, Dan Ritter wrote: M Bernard Richards wrote: On 04/05/2020 12:43, Dan Ritter wrote: M Bernard Richards wrote: Hi, I tried to upgrade from Debian 9.12.. (for which the Dell monitor worked well) to buster and got the above message. Also it says "Optimum resolution 1280 x 1

Re: binfmt-support cannot start at boot time because /var is not mounted

On 11/05/2020 08:40, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 09:33:59AM +0200, Dmitry Katsubo wrote: > >> root@debian:~ # systemctl status binfmt-support >> * binfmt-support.service - Enable support for additional executable binary >> formats >>Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system

Re: Suggestion on hardware issue?

Hello, perhaps try to install in text mode and lowmem: https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s03.en.html perhaps you have a RAM problem in a particular area that is not reported by the RAM verifying tool you used. If the installation succeeds, it could mean you have to replace the RA

Re: Why do I have so many packages to upgrade with Debian 10.4?

Le 11/05/2020 à 19:12, l0f...@tuta.io a écrit : > Hi, > > 10 mai 2020 à 23:24 de didier.gau...@gmail.com: > >> I am not sure of it but perhaps this is linked to the absence of >> proposed-updates in your sources.list: >> https://www.debian.org/releases/proposed-updates >> > Isn't proposed-updates

Suggestion on hardware issue?

Hi, I installed Debian 10 on a Acer AspireOne (32 bits processor, 1GB RAM). Installation failed two times with corrupted packages, each time on same package (tcllib). I finally manage to re-download and install it by hand in another TTY so that the installer could finish. However, after the re

Re: Why do I have so many packages to upgrade with Debian 10.4?

Hi, 10 mai 2020 à 23:24 de didier.gau...@gmail.com: > I am not sure of it but perhaps this is linked to the absence of > proposed-updates in your sources.list: > https://www.debian.org/releases/proposed-updates > Isn't proposed-updates designed to containing packages that should reach stable-upd

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

On Mon, 11 May 2020 11:21:35 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Mon 11 May 2020 at 10:27:48 (-0400), Celejar wrote: ... > > Yes. FDE including boot is doable, but it takes more work (and isn't > > necessarily worth it, depending on the threat model - see above): > > I don't encrypt root because it

Re: Why do I have so many packages to upgrade with Debian 10.4?

On Mon 11 May 2020 at 09:21:10 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 10 mai 20, 22:03:20, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > > > > My /etc/apt/sources.list contains links to buster, buster/updates, > > buster-updates and buster-backports repositories. I run apt update / apt > > upgrade very frequently. >

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

On Mon 11 May 2020 at 10:27:48 (-0400), Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 11 May 2020 07:36:27 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 10:05:40PM -0700, Will Mengarini wrote: > > > * Rick Thomas [20-05/09=Sa 20:05 -0700]: > > > > [...] died for lack of space in /boot [...] > > > > > > Long

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

On Mon, 11 May 2020 07:36:27 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 10:05:40PM -0700, Will Mengarini wrote: > > * Rick Thomas [20-05/09=Sa 20:05 -0700]: > > > [...] died for lack of space in /boot [...] > > > > Long ago I stopped bothering with a separate /boot, and behold, I yet

Is it possible to determine the total duration of multiple video files in GNOME Files (formerly Nautilus)?

Subject: Is it possible to determine the total duration of multiple video files in GNOME Files (formerly Nautilus)? Good evening from Singapore, Is it possible to determine the total duration of multiple video files in GNOME Files (formerly Nautilus)? In Windows 10, it is possible to select

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

On Lu, 11 mai 20, 01:09:46, David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-05-10 23:12, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Du, 10 mai 20, 12:30:29, David Christensen wrote: > > > > > > As for using GRML, I have never heard of it. The Debian Installer can get > > > the job done. That said, I have about a half doze

Re: What has happened to task-print-service?

On Mon 11 May 2020 at 12:49:01 +0430, Nima Azarbayjany wrote: > Hi, > > I am wondering where has task-print-service gone? When I try to update > my testing Debian installation, apt wants to remove task-print-service > with a large number of CUPS related packages. Should I allow this or > is this

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 10:05:40PM -0700, Will Mengarini wrote: > * Rick Thomas [20-05/09=Sa 20:05 -0700]: > > [...] died for lack of space in /boot [...] > > Long ago I stopped bothering with a separate /boot, and behold, I yet > live. ISTR the Debian installer doesn't default to creating one e

Re: ACPI Errors

Well that's unfortunate, thanks for the information though. Regards, Jonathan ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, May 11, 2020 1:54 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: > Jonathan Oshita jkosh...@protonmail.com wrote: > > > I've been having the following error messages about 'ACPI' in my > > 'kern.lo

Re: ACPI Errors

Jonathan Oshita wrote: > I've been having the following error messages about 'ACPI' in my > 'kern.log' and haven't been able to figure out how to resolve them. > The system boots successfully after displaying the errors, but any > error message is usually a concern of mine. ACPI errors usually

What has happened to task-print-service?

Hi, I am wondering where has task-print-service gone? When I try to update my testing Debian installation, apt wants to remove task-print-service with a large number of CUPS related packages. Should I allow this or is this something I need to wait until gets fixed. I don't see task-print-service o

Re: stretch -> buster upgrade fails

On 11/05/2020 09:23, Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 10/05/2020 19:02, Sven Hartge wrote: Tony van der Hoff wrote: E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success 'if /usr/bin/test -w /var/cache/app-info -a -e /usr/bin/appstreamcli; then appstreamcli refresh-cache > /dev/null;

Re: stretch -> buster upgrade fails

On 10/05/2020 19:02, Sven Hartge wrote: Tony van der Hoff wrote: E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success 'if /usr/bin/test -w /var/cache/app-info -a -e /usr/bin/appstreamcli; then appstreamcli refresh-cache > /dev/null; fi' E: Sub-process returned an error code I do

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

On 2020-05-10 23:12, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 10 mai 20, 12:30:29, David Christensen wrote: As for using GRML, I have never heard of it. The Debian Installer can get the job done. That said, I have about a half dozen machines and have been feeling the need for installation and deployment

ACPI Errors

Hello, I've been having the following error messages about 'ACPI' in my 'kern.log' and haven't been able to figure out how to resolve them. The system boots successfully after displaying the errors, but any error message is usually a concern of mine. Is this something I should be worried about

Re: binfmt-support cannot start at boot time because /var is not mounted

Hi. On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 09:33:59AM +0200, Dmitry Katsubo wrote: > root@debian:~ # systemctl status binfmt-support > * binfmt-support.service - Enable support for additional executable binary > formats >Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/binfmt-support.service; enabled; > vendo

Re: Hmmm... /boot is too small. what's the best way to increase it's size?

On 2020-05-10 15:53, Rick Thomas wrote: On Sun, May 10, 2020, at 12:30 PM, David Christensen wrote: As for using GRML, I have never heard of it. The Debian Installer can get the job done. GRML [1] says: "Grml is a bootable live system (Live-CD) based on Debian. Grml includes a collection

binfmt-support cannot start at boot time because /var is not mounted

Dear Debian users, I am stuck with the following problem which I failed to debug on my Debian 10.3. In my setup I have /var as mounted volume: === /etc/fatab === UUID=83a3cb60-3334-4d11-9fdf-70b8e8703167/varbtrfs noatime,nodev,nosuid,subvol=var === end === Unfortunately sometimes I

Re: debsecan does not report a vulnerability?

Ihor Antonov wrote: > On Sunday, 10 May 2020 08:18:29 PDT Victor Sudakov wrote: > > Have I asked in the wrong list? Which list would be more appropriate? > > Hi Victor, > > I think this is the right list. But it seems that the message got lost > somehow > in the high volume. I have not used deb