Re: terminator freezes desktop

On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 0...@caiway.net wrote: Hi, terminator, after years of superb stability, started to freeze my desktop sometimes. I have never used it. This behavior started some 3 months ago. Freeze happens sometimes when I start another window with terminator. Does it look like anythin

Re: key "cdrom" not found in map source(s).

On Lu, 06 iul 20, 07:49:09, Reiner Buehl wrote: > Hello, > > I keep getting messages from syslog "key "cdrom" not found in map > source(s)." on the console of my Debian Stretch system but I don't even > have a cd rom installed in this system. > > I already checked /etc/fstab, /etc/samba/smb.conf,

Re: Fwd: How do I troubleshoot wireless network dropping?

On Lu, 06 iul 20, 00:23:17, Borden Rhodes wrote: > > For the purposes of these log entries, "WiFiNetwork" is the SSID of my > network, but the log literally shows "MyNetwork" in the next line when > it's trying to associate. I have no idea what this network is and I > can't find it configured anyw

Re: why is zfs taking 6 seconds to unmount each filesystem, to export pool?

On Lu, 06 iul 20, 14:20:05, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Does anyone here at d-u (sid) know why zpool export is doing its umounts > __really__ slowly? Is unmounting faster if you do a 'sync' before? Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP s

Re: sources.list for security

On Du, 05 iul 20, 19:31:54, songbird wrote: > > i want the line that goes into the /etc/apt/sources.list > file for testing security updates. 'testing' receives security updates via 'unstable', there is no separate repository. https://www.debian.org/security/faq#testing Kind regards, Andrei

key "cdrom" not found in map source(s).

Hello, I keep getting messages from syslog "key "cdrom" not found in map source(s)." on the console of my Debian Stretch system but I don't even have a cd rom installed in this system. I already checked /etc/fstab, /etc/samba/smb.conf, /etc/autofs.conf and all the /etc/auto.* files as this messag

Using .XCompose

Hi, I am new to Linux and Debian.I am trying to build a custom layout for my mother tongue Malayalam (India, Kerala). The problem I am trying to tackle: One of the Malayalam letters, ങ (U+0D19), is used much more commonly in its geminate form which is composed of three unicode charcters ങ ് ങ (U+

Fwd: How do I troubleshoot wireless network dropping?

> Use ps x to see how many copies of wpa_supplicant are running. If you have > multiple copies started from the command line the wifi won't stay connected. > I had the same problem. Thank you for the suggestion. I checked when it started dropping and, not only was there one instance of wpa_supplic

Re: why is zfs taking 6 seconds to unmount each filesystem, to export pool?

er un-friendly. > > (The disk was attached via USB3.) > > This is repeatable. > > > Command: > > # zpool export L-zen-setups > --->> 20200705@19:08:44 <<--- > ≡ 1 root@eye 20200705@19:15:52 ~ > > (We can see this cmd took ~7 minutes to

Re: terminator freezes desktop

On 7/5/20, 0...@caiway.net <0...@caiway.net> wrote: > > terminator, after years of superb stability, started to freeze my > desktop sometimes. > This behavior started some 3 months ago. > > Freeze happens sometimes when I start another window with terminator. > > The only solution is to change to a

Re: sources.list for security

On 6/7/20 9:31 am, songbird wrote: some time ago there was a change made to the sources list names for security and i never saw the one for testing come by (i may have missed it) so i'm asking...:) Good afternoon This is what my sources.list looked like when I first installed testing ear

Re: sources.list for security

Dan Ritter wrote: > songbird wrote: >> Andrei POPESCU wrote: ... >> >> wishlist for an alias to testing so nobody who=20 >> >> follows testing will need to keep changing their >> >> sources.list every time there is a release. >> > >> > What more than the 'testing' alias are you looking for? >>

Re: sources.list for security

songbird wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Du, 05 iul 20, 09:38:05, songbird wrote: > >> Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >> > On Du, 05 iul 20, 09:52:25, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > >> >>=3D20 > >> >> https://bugs.debian.org/931785 > >> > > >> > Oups, completely forgot about that, even though I'm su

Re: sources.list for security

Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 05 iul 20, 09:38:05, songbird wrote: >> Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> > On Du, 05 iul 20, 09:52:25, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: >> >>=3D20 >> >> https://bugs.debian.org/931785 >> > >> > Oups, completely forgot about that, even though I'm subscribed to -doc. >>=20 >> wish

Re: Very old hardware...

Hi, David Wright wrote: > > > My 650MHz Pentium III (Coppermine) [...] > consumes ~50mA idling, ~300mA when busy. [...] at 220V 11 to 66 Watt. That's unusual for a full size PC of that time. I knew some which issued 10 Watts already by noise power and could heat a small sized office room in winte

Re: Override default post-install starting of services [was Return a Debian system to a pristine state]

On Sun 05 Jul 2020 at 20:12:36 (+), davidson wrote: > On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 David Wright wrote: > > On Sun 31 May 2020 at 16:28:34 (+0700), Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > David Wright wrote: > > > > On Fri 29 May 2020 at 21:57:06 (+0700), Victor Sudakov wrote: > > [big snip] > > > > > > I, too, was

Re: Override default post-install starting of services [was Return a Debian system to a pristine state]

On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 David Wright wrote: On Sun 31 May 2020 at 16:28:34 (+0700), Victor Sudakov wrote: David Wright wrote: On Fri 29 May 2020 at 21:57:06 (+0700), Victor Sudakov wrote: [big snip] I, too, was surprised by some Debian features like its tendency to start daemons with a vanilla c

Re: security.debian.org is slow

On 7/5/20 10:00 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: > Georgi Naplatanov wrote: > >> does anybody know why http://security.debian.org is so slow. > >> Today and yesterday I downloaded security updates and download speed >> was about 700-800 Kbytes/s. > > security.debian.org is provided through the Fastly CDN

No "type=APPARMOR_ALLOWED/DENIED" logs

Hi, I'm under Debian 10 (kernel 5.4.8-1~bpo10+1) and I installed auditd some weeks ago. Issue: I don't get any AppArmor logs like ALLOWED or DENIED in my /var/log/audit/audit.log while I'm sure I should have some (for example, aa-genprof seems unable to scan my logs and help me to generate an a

Re: security.debian.org is slow

Georgi Naplatanov wrote: > does anybody know why http://security.debian.org is so slow. > Today and yesterday I downloaded security updates and download speed > was about 700-800 Kbytes/s. security.debian.org is provided through the Fastly CDN, so the slowness really depends on the network you

terminator freezes desktop

Hi, terminator, after years of superb stability, started to freeze my desktop sometimes. This behavior started some 3 months ago. Freeze happens sometimes when I start another window with terminator. The only solution is to change to another desktop and from a xterm 'killall terminator', closing

Re: Thunderbird replacement suggestions?

On 7/4/20 16:43, Weaver wrote: > On 05-07-2020 07:38, Tom Dial wrote: >> Greetings. >> >> While trying to fix a broken Thunderbird/Enigmail installation on my >> wife's Windows laptop, I found the cause to be a new feature in >> Thunderbird 78, installed recently without notice: that it will not

security.debian.org is slow

Hi list, does anybody know why http://security.debian.org is so slow. Today and yesterday I downloaded security updates and download speed was about 700-800 Kbytes/s. Kind regards Georgi

Re: Very old hardware...

David Wright wrote: Why do I keep mine? 1) Sentimentality, as it was the one on my work desk when I retired. 2) Being a tower, it has room for up to 4 PATA drives. The loaned Optiplex only holds one—after that, I'm down to an old PATA caddy. 3) There's no WEEE here, so I'm not sure exactly how on

Re: Very old hardware...

On Sun 05 Jul 2020 at 05:15:58 (+), Long Wind wrote: > On Sunday, July 5, 2020, 12:59:02 PM GMT+8, David Wright > wrote: > > Why do I keep mine? 1) Sentimentality, as it was the one on my work desk > > when I retired. 2) Being a tower, it has room for up to 4 PATA drives. > > The loaned Opt

Re: pciehp / pci express hot plug kernel module to longer included? (sid)

Hi. On Sun, Jul 05, 2020 at 11:44:03PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Is the pciehp / pci express hot plug kernel module to longer included with > Debian, or is it meant to be compiled in as static? It's compiled in: # grep -i HOTPLUG_PCI_PCIE /boot/config-4.19.0-9-amd64 CONFIG_HOTPLU

Re: Very old hardware...

On Sun 05 Jul 2020 at 12:06:12 (+0200), deloptes wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > > I was under the impression that i586 was a Debian invention for > > kernels that had been termed i486, in order to prevent the impression > > that they would run on 486 hardware (as they had done previously). > >

Re: Very old hardware...

My DOS/Linux dual-boot at home was constructed from spare parts, including a cast-off Dell motherboard from work that is old enough to support two physical floppy drives (it has a 360k and a 1.44M). It runs IBM PC-DOS 2000 (lightning fast), with DOSSHELL, WordPerfect 5.1, Quattro, and Xerox Ve

Re: pciehp / pci express hot plug kernel module to longer included? (sid)

On Du, 05 iul 20, 23:44:03, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Is the pciehp / pci express hot plug kernel module to longer included > with Debian, or is it meant to be compiled in as static? > > Debian sid here on an X220, trying to connect a "Transcend USB 3.0 > ExpressCard Adapter" to get a USB3 port (

Re: sources.list for security

On Du, 05 iul 20, 09:38:05, songbird wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Du, 05 iul 20, 09:52:25, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > >>=20 > >> https://bugs.debian.org/931785 > > > > Oups, completely forgot about that, even though I'm subscribed to -doc. > > wishlist for an alias to testing so nobo

Re: Very old hardware...

On Sun, 2020-07-05 at 12:06 +0200, deloptes wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > > I was under the impression that i586 was a Debian invention for > > kernels that had been termed i486, in order to prevent the impression > > that they would run on 486 hardware (as they had done previously). > > > > I

Re: sources.list for security

Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 05 iul 20, 09:52:25, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: >>=20 >> https://bugs.debian.org/931785 > > Oups, completely forgot about that, even though I'm subscribed to -doc. > > Kind regards, > Andrei wishlist for an alias to testing so nobody who follows testing will need

Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus

Richard Owlett wrote: > On 07/04/2020 07:38 AM, n...@dismail.de wrote: >> On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 06:53:56 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: >>> I'm using Debian10 with the MATE desktop. >>> The Debian installer defaults to installing a mess of applications I rarely >>> want. They end up with entries on

pciehp / pci express hot plug kernel module to longer included? (sid)

Is the pciehp / pci express hot plug kernel module to longer included with Debian, or is it meant to be compiled in as static? Debian sid here on an X220, trying to connect a "Transcend USB 3.0 ExpressCard Adapter" to get a USB3 port (2 ports actually). There are possible hints that a module ma

Re: Thunderbird replacement suggestions?

On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 11:54:41 +0200 wrote: > On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 10:44:09PM +, ghe2001 wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > > > > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > > On Saturday, July 4, 2020 3:38 PM, Tom Dial wrote: > > > > > I would welcome sugges

Re: Thunderbird replacement suggestions?

On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 09:58:04 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 04 iul 20, 21:24:27, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Sat, 4 Jul 2020 15:38:38 -0600 > > Tom Dial wrote: > > > > > While trying to fix a broken Thunderbird/Enigmail installation on my > > > wife's Windows laptop,... > > > > Are you a

Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus

On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 10:42:59PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 07/04/2020 07:38 AM, n...@dismail.de wrote: [...] > >MATE has graphical editor for this. If not already installed, the package > >is named "mozo" as is the tool itself. > > How would one discover that? I've silently been grumbl

Re: Very old hardware...

David Wright wrote: > I was under the impression that i586 was a Debian invention for > kernels that had been termed i486, in order to prevent the impression > that they would run on 486 hardware (as they had done previously). > > I would expect a 700MHz Pentium III to run a 686 kernel. > My 650M

Re: Thunderbird replacement suggestions?

On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 10:44:09PM +, ghe2001 wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > On Saturday, July 4, 2020 3:38 PM, Tom Dial wrote: > > > I would welcome suggested alternatives. An additional desired feature, > > if known,

Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus

On 07/05/2020 01:52 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Sb, 04 iul 20, 22:42:59, Richard Owlett wrote: On 07/04/2020 07:38 AM, n...@dismail.de wrote: On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 06:53:56 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm using Debian10 with the MATE desktop. The Debian installer defaults to installing a m

Re: Very old hardware...

On Sun, 2020-07-05 at 16:33 +1000, Keith bainbridge wrote: > On 4/7/20 12:08 pm, Kenneth Parker wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 1:49 PM Jude DaShiell > > wrote: > > > > Debian with xfce or mate or cinnamon may install and run well.  > > I don't > > r

Re: sources.list for security

On Du, 05 iul 20, 09:52:25, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > > https://bugs.debian.org/931785 Oups, completely forgot about that, even though I'm subscribed to -doc. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: sources.list for security

hi, On Sun, Jul 05, 2020 at 10:34:30AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 05 iul 20, 08:14:28, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > hi, > > > > I found several proposals for thre security entry > > > > deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free > > deb http://security.debian.o

Re: sources.list for security

On Du, 05 iul 20, 08:14:28, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > > I found several proposals for thre security entry > > deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free > deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib > non-free [fixed wrapping] > deb

Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus

On 4/7/20 11:10 pm, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 7/4/20 4:53 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm using Debian10 with the MATE desktop. The Debian installer defaults to installing a mess of applications I rarely want. They end up with entries on MATE's Applications sub-menus. Without deleting the offendi