Re: virt-install returns error

2020-09-02 Thread john doe
On 9/3/2020 4:53 AM, Charles Zeitler wrote: On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 11:16 PM Kenneth Parker wrote: On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 10:58 PM Charles Zeitler wrote: i get: debian@debian:~$ su -c 'virt-install --name test --cdrom /home/debian/mnt/sdi/Downloads/0_distros/windows/Win10* --memory 4000 -

Re: Can't log in after Stretch to Buster upgrade

2020-09-02 Thread cgibbs
On Wed Sep 2 21:32:55 2020 Andy Smith wrote: > On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 11:13:30AM -0700, cgi...@surfnaked.ca wrote: > >> The Buster upgrade seemed to work OK. I re-booted and got to my >> xfce login screen. But when I entered my user ID and password, >> the screen blanked for a second or

Re: Can't log in after Stretch to Buster upgrade

2020-09-02 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 11:13:30AM -0700, cgi...@surfnaked.ca wrote: > The Buster upgrade seemed to work OK. I re-booted and got to my > xfce login screen. But when I entered my user ID and password, > the screen blanked for a second or so, then came back to a blank > login screen. Use c

Re: Re: Re: Trouble with upgrading debian 7 (wheezy) (solved)

2020-09-02 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 12:43:35PM -0500, R. Ramesh wrote: >   My only wish is apt is updated to say something about  the fact > that this is unsupported and users are on their own, but still > provide the download/install without we having to manually > intervene. I think¹ that there are

Re: virt-install returns error

2020-09-02 Thread Charles Zeitler
On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 11:16 PM Kenneth Parker wrote: > > > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 10:58 PM Charles Zeitler wrote: >> >> i get: >> >> debian@debian:~$ su -c 'virt-install --name test --cdrom >> /home/debian/mnt/sdi/Downloads/0_distros/windows/Win10* --memory 4000 >> --disk size=5 --cpu=host' >>

Re: make a drawing

2020-09-02 Thread Emanuel Berg
Thanks for all suggestions, I think I'll do it with SVG manually from Emacs... -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 https://dataswamp.org/~incal

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

2020-09-02 Thread John Hasler
While storage in a file fine for trivial passwords such as those for social sites storing important ones on the computer is a bad idea, encrypted or not. So is copying and pasting them. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: make a drawing

2020-09-02 Thread deloptes
Emanuel Berg wrote: > Thanks for all suggestions, I think I'll do it with > SVG manually from Emacs... Last time I asked myself a similar question I came to the conclusion that most of the software in linux is BS. There are however two sides here - the technical and the representational. I was l

Re: Access ZFS pool in debian 10 single user mode

2020-09-02 Thread Dan Ritter
James Allsopp wrote: > Hi, > Just trying to move var to a zfs partition. Rebooted into recovery mode, > but could access the zfs pool. I tried to modprobe zfs, but still nothing. > Is there something else I should be doing? > Does your recovery mode have the zfs kernel modules and zfsutil? With

Access ZFS pool in debian 10 single user mode

2020-09-02 Thread James Allsopp
Hi, Just trying to move var to a zfs partition. Rebooted into recovery mode, but could access the zfs pool. I tried to modprobe zfs, but still nothing. Is there something else I should be doing? Thanks James

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

2020-09-02 Thread tomas
On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 08:38:41PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Wed 02 Sep 2020 at 11:34:27 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > > tomas writes: > > > When a passphrase is long (16) I keep a little scrap until it is > > > memorized. > > > > I just follow Bruce Schneier's advice and write all of my (random)

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

2020-09-02 Thread Brian
On Wed 02 Sep 2020 at 11:34:27 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > tomas writes: > > When a passphrase is long (16) I keep a little scrap until it is > > memorized. > > I just follow Bruce Schneier's advice and write all of my (random) > passwords down. I end up memorizing the ones I use most, though.

Can't log in after Stretch to Buster upgrade

2020-09-02 Thread cgibbs
The scariest part of any system upgrade is that first re-boot. Up until then, you're still running - but after that re-boot, maybe the machine will come up, and maybe it won't. Mine won't, and now I have to figure out how to fix it. I found instructions on the web for upgrading Stretch to Buste

Re: Re: Re: Trouble with upgrading debian 7 (wheezy) (solved)

2020-09-02 Thread R. Ramesh
The expired keys do complicate life but my understanding of the rationale is that the limited key lifetime serves as a sort of contract regarding the integrity of the files. Once a release has been archived it does not fall under that promise from the project any more and so the expired keys serve

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

2020-09-02 Thread John Hasler
tomas writes: > When a passphrase is long (16) I keep a little scrap until it is > memorized. I just follow Bruce Schneier's advice and write all of my (random) passwords down. I end up memorizing the ones I use most, though. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Re: Trouble with upgrading debian 7 (wheezy) (solved)

2020-09-02 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Tue, Sep 01, 2020 at 08:23:33PM -0500, R. Ramesh wrote: > I did think about fresh install, but every method has its drawback. There > are subtle changes that I could not get right in the past, so I chose > upgrade path. Last year I did do a squeeze to stretch upgrade by upgrading to eac

Re: reset/change hwaddr/mac in a lxc?

2020-09-02 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 10:39:20AM -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote: > I'm still interested in learning > how/why the mac/hwaddr is stored in an lxc instance just in case I run > into this again. On a physical system it's part of the nic, but on a > virtual nic it's got to be stored somewhe

Re: reset/change hwaddr/mac in a lxc?

2020-09-02 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Wed, 2020-09-02 at 11:17 +1200, Richard Hector wrote: > On 1/09/20 11:49 pm, Jim Popovitch wrote: > > On Tue, 2020-09-01 at 17:45 +1200, Richard Hector wrote: > > > On 1/09/20 4:23 am, Jim Popovitch wrote: > > > > Hello! > > > > > > > > lxc-create (Debian Buster) assigns MAC addresses to new co

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

2020-09-02 Thread tomas
On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 09:20:18AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday, September 02, 2020 03:34:30 AM to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > The thing is... I didn't know I can easily memorize that until I > > tried! It's like getting up early without an alarm clock. If you > > trust yourself, it

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

2020-09-02 Thread rhkramer
On Wednesday, September 02, 2020 05:16:12 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 01 sep 20, 19:39:53, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > That can be a good approach, but a modern approach seems to be tending > > towards multiple whole words, e.g. "book swimming Wednesday conduct" > > (all together as a passw

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

2020-09-02 Thread rhkramer
On Wednesday, September 02, 2020 03:34:30 AM to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > The thing is... I didn't know I can easily memorize that until I > tried! It's like getting up early without an alarm clock. If you > trust yourself, it kind of magically works. Until you (and/or your brain reach a certain age

Re: folders (was Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2? [SOLVED])

2020-09-02 Thread tomas
On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 12:40:21PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: [...] > > I think it's an antipattern, but of course anyone's mileage may vary. > > Having had to explain "computer stuff" to various people over the time > (often older than me) I found the folder analogy to be easier to > unders

Re: how to rescue lxc?

2020-09-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 02 sep 20, 08:13:34, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi folks, > > according to https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/lxc lxc is in bad shape. > I would love to help. How can I help? > > I already filed a patch for #966998, verified lxc 4.0.4 (#969229) > and (meaning no offense, but) #961584 looks like a

Re: folders (was Re: Why can't I move the document root for a site in Apache 2? [SOLVED])

2020-09-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 01 sep 20, 15:53:17, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Sep 01, 2020 at 06:48:22AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > > On 2020-09-01 at 04:29, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > > [1] Why people keep insisting in calling those things "folders" is > > >beyond me. They don't "fold" anything, do th

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

2020-09-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 29 aug 20, 21:03:54, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Uh, I have to ask. Or maybe I came into the middle of what has become a > boring thread? > > dd is a whole device writer, but his command line is to an existing > partition? His command line should not have had the 1 according to my > thinkin

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

2020-09-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 01 sep 20, 19:39:53, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > That can be a good approach, but a modern approach seems to be tending > towards > multiple whole words, e.g. "book swimming Wednesday conduct" (all together as > a password. > > A password like this can be easier for a person to rememb

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

2020-09-02 Thread tomas
On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 11:30:44AM +1200, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > On 02/09/2020 06:42, Mike McClain wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 09:41:06PM +, Long Wind wrote: > > > >>my memory is poor, i can't remember many accounts and passwords > > The more experience you have the harder it is