Re: apt has a bug, cannot believe it!

2020-05-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 25 mai 20, 22:04:45, Marco Möller wrote: > If installing (default parameters in use: with recommends) a package, and > right afterwards removing it, then the by recommendation drawn in packages > do not become removed automatically. This behaviour is intended and controlled by the AutoRem

Re: problem with slow network transmission

2020-05-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 25 mai 20, 17:02:58, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > My network transmission rate seems much slower than it should be. My desktop > runs Stretch (v9, oldstable) on a Pentium 4 (3 GHz) with 4GB of RAM (the > maximum) and a 1Gbps network interface card (NIC). We pay for fiber optic > serv

problem with slow network transmission

2020-05-25 Thread Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)
My network transmission rate seems much slower than it should be. My desktop runs Stretch (v9, oldstable) on a Pentium 4 (3 GHz) with 4GB of RAM (the maximum) and a 1Gbps network interface card (NIC). We pay for fiber optic service at 500Mbps. The specifications for my router (ZyXEL VMG4381-B10A

Re: apt has a bug, cannot believe it!

2020-05-25 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Mon, 25 May, 2020 at 23:55:02 +0200, Marco Möller wrote: > On 25.05.20 23:24, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > It's OK. I understood your question the first time. > > > > The simple answer is that the '--no-install-recommends' option applies > > only to the current install command. T

Re: apt has a bug, cannot believe it!

2020-05-25 Thread Dan Ritter
Marco M??ller wrote: > So, no "undo" is in apt available, its database does not store sufficient > information for it. :-( This is what I see as a severe bug. There is no undo for apt. There is uninstall, and purge. Suppose you install Feeblix, which recommends libfoo, and Barganza, which als

Re: apt has a bug, cannot believe it!

2020-05-25 Thread Marco Möller
On 25.05.20 23:24, Liam O'Toole wrote: [...] It's OK. I understood your question the first time. The simple answer is that the '--no-install-recommends' option applies only to the current install command. The result of a subsequent remove command will depend on the state of the dependency grap

Re: apt has a bug, cannot believe it!

2020-05-25 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Mon, 25 May, 2020 at 23:04:17 +0200, Marco Möller wrote: > On 25.05.20 22:34, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > On Mon, 25 May, 2020 at 22:12:58 +0200, Erwan David wrote: > > > Le 25/05/2020 à 22:04, Marco Möller a écrit : > > > > If installing (default parameters in use: with recommends) a package, > > >

Re: apt has a bug, cannot believe it!

2020-05-25 Thread Marco Möller
On 25.05.20 22:34, Liam O'Toole wrote: On Mon, 25 May, 2020 at 22:12:58 +0200, Erwan David wrote: Le 25/05/2020 à 22:04, Marco Möller a écrit : If installing (default parameters in use: with recommends) a package, and right afterwards removing it, then the by recommendation drawn in packages do

Re: apt has a bug, cannot believe it!

2020-05-25 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Mon, 25 May, 2020 at 22:12:58 +0200, Erwan David wrote: > Le 25/05/2020 à 22:04, Marco Möller a écrit : > > If installing (default parameters in use: with recommends) a package, > > and right afterwards removing it, then the by recommendation drawn in > > packages do not become removed automatic

Re: apt has a bug, cannot believe it!

2020-05-25 Thread Erwan David
Le 25/05/2020 à 22:04, Marco Möller a écrit : > If installing (default parameters in use: with recommends) a package, > and right afterwards removing it, then the by recommendation drawn in > packages do not become removed automatically. The system is swelling > with no more wanted packages! > I ho

Re: apt has a bug, cannot believe it!

2020-05-25 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-05-25 at 16:04, Marco Möller wrote: > If installing (default parameters in use: with recommends) a package, > and right afterwards removing it, then the by recommendation drawn > in packages do not become removed automatically. The system is > swelling with no more wanted packages! If I'

[Sid] hp active stylus support

2020-05-25 Thread Grzesiek Sójka
Hi there, I'm considering buying Hp Elite X2 1013 tablet PC. I'm wondering if the Hp active stylus attached to the device is supported by Debian Sid. Any experiences? Thanks in advance for any help Greg

apt has a bug, cannot believe it!

2020-05-25 Thread Marco Möller
If installing (default parameters in use: with recommends) a package, and right afterwards removing it, then the by recommendation drawn in packages do not become removed automatically. The system is swelling with no more wanted packages! I hope I am simply missing the simple step how to return

Re: xfce not controlling desktop

2020-05-25 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 3:42 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > Patrick Wiseman wrote: > > Hello, all: > > > > Since a recent upgrade of my testing system to debian 10, xfce no longer > > controls the desktop, so no background image, no right-click to bring up > > the menu, etc. Top and bottom panels works a

Re: xfce not controlling desktop

2020-05-25 Thread Dan Ritter
Patrick Wiseman wrote: > Hello, all: > > Since a recent upgrade of my testing system to debian 10, xfce no longer > controls the desktop, so no background image, no right-click to bring up > the menu, etc. Top and bottom panels works as they always have. Any > thoughts? > Sounds like xfdesktop

xfce not controlling desktop

2020-05-25 Thread Patrick Wiseman
Hello, all: Since a recent upgrade of my testing system to debian 10, xfce no longer controls the desktop, so no background image, no right-click to bring up the menu, etc. Top and bottom panels works as they always have. Any thoughts? Hope you're all staying safe and well Cheers Patrick

Help: External monitor on modern Acer Nitro 5 laptop

2020-05-25 Thread Sander Marechal
Hello all, I am going totally mad trying to get my new laptop working properly under Debian. I have bought a new Acer Nitro 5 AN517-51-77XR laptop both for work (using Debian) and some gaming (Windows dual-boot). It has both an Intel integrated GPU as well as an Nvidia GTX 1650 mobile GPU. I ca