Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

On 09/09/2020 12:12 PM, Brian wrote: On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 19:56:05 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Mi, 09 sep 20, 08:27:13, Richard Owlett wrote: 1. Download bandwidth or data cap constraints. {aggravated by treating "recommends" as "depends"} If you are referring to package maint

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 at 15:50, Richard Owlett wrote: > The manpage > [https://manpages.debian.org/buster/aptitude/aptitude.8.en.html] makes > multiple references to "the aptitude reference manual" but gives no link. > Where do I find it? Under the Help menu when running aptitude interactively, o

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

On 09/09/2020 12:06 PM, Brian wrote: On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 09:35:14 -0500, David Wright wrote: On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 08:27:13 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: 3. Especially when installing from an .iso on a flash drive, how do I run apt-get before closing the installer? As I've had no nee

Re: Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 bytes ...

On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 at 11:26, David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-09-09 08:03, David Wright wrote: > > ... having been bitten by > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=923561 > I have a 300 GB drive that has been causing me some confusion. Did I > elicity the bug when I partitione

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

On 09/09/2020 10:30 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 09/09/2020 09:58 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 09:35:14AM -0500, David Wright wrote: On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 08:27:13 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: 2. How do I search the repository for those packages that have a     priority “

Re: my pc is shutdown unexpectedly

Long Wind composed on 2020-09-10 04:52 (UTC): > possible cause : cpu too hot? > Sep 10 00:00:54 debian kernel: [ 9858.515989] CPU0: Core temperature/speed > normal > Sep 10 00:15:46 debian kernel: [10751.125312] CPU0: Core temperature/speed > normal > Sep 10 00:20:50 debian kernel: [11054.410233

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

On 09/09/2020 09:58 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 09:35:14AM -0500, David Wright wrote: On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 08:27:13 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: 2. How do I search the repository for those packages that have a priority “standard”? [2] Use dpkg-query with $Packa

Re: Create 3D text?

On 10/09/2020 13:53, Carl Fink wrote: Can anyone suggest a Debian repo-installable program to create 3D text? Blender. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited New Zealand

Create 3D text?

Hi, Can anyone suggest a Debian repo-installable program to create 3D text? I'll do CAD if I must, but I haven't touched the stuff for years (and I was never very knowledgeable or skilled). Thanks. -- Carl Fink nitpick...@nitpicking.com Read my blog at blog.nitpick

Re: Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 bytes ...

On 2020-09-09 08:03, David Wright wrote: ... having been bitten by https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=923561 I have a 300 GB drive that has been causing me some confusion. Did I elicity the bug when I partitioned the disk as follows? 2020-03-03 08:39:57 root@po ~ # pa

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

John Hasler wrote: > You can use it to fake a real router by faking a second NIC.  It makes > your firewall vulnerable to VLAN hopping attacks. Appreciated, but no - thank you! I like simple things even if they are complicated. In this case one network port for the outside, one for the inside and

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 19:56:05 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 09 sep 20, 08:27:13, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > 1. Download bandwidth or data cap constraints. > > {aggravated by treating "recommends" as "depends"} > > If you are referring to package maintainers declaring Depends on

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 09:35:14 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 08:27:13 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > > > 3. Especially when installing from an .iso on a flash drive, how do > >I run apt-get before closing the installer? > > As I've had no need or desire to do that, I h

Re: Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 bytes ...

David Wright writes: > On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 08:53:20 (-0600), Joe Pfeiffer wrote: >> rhkra...@gmail.com writes: >> > On Tuesday, September 08, 2020 04:39:05 PM David Christensen wrote: >> >> Neither the string "2 MiB" nor the string "2 M" appear on page you have >> >> cited. >> > >> > That is co

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

On Mi, 09 sep 20, 08:27:13, Richard Owlett wrote: > > 1. Download bandwidth or data cap constraints. > {aggravated by treating "recommends" as "depends"} If you are referring to package maintainers declaring Depends on other packages where it should be just a Recommends, do note it is ofte

Re: Re: query about kernel, download options, sessions

On Tue 08 Sep 2020 at 14:29:02 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-09-08 03:45, nenu crok wrote: > > i have read somewhere using ctrl alt f2 option to start new session. is > > word session correct ? by jumping using above option will log out from > > existing session. > > That sounds l

Re: Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 bytes ...

On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 08:53:20 (-0600), Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > rhkra...@gmail.com writes: > > On Tuesday, September 08, 2020 04:39:05 PM David Christensen wrote: > >> Neither the string "2 MiB" nor the string "2 M" appear on page you have > >> cited. > > > > That is correct, that's is what I have no

Re: Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 bytes ...

rhkra...@gmail.com writes: > On Tuesday, September 08, 2020 04:39:05 PM David Christensen wrote: >> Neither the string "2 MiB" nor the string "2 M" appear on page you have >> cited. > > That is correct, that's is what I have not found on that page. > >> Please provide a URL that advocates "start

Re: Why start the first partition at 2 MIB, why not at any multiple of 4096 bytes ...

On Tue 08 Sep 2020 at 17:43:21 (-0400), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tuesday, September 08, 2020 04:39:05 PM David Christensen wrote: > > Neither the string "2 MiB" nor the string "2 M" appear on page you have > > cited. > > That is correct, that's is what I have not found on that page. > > >

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 09:35:14AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 08:27:13 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > > 2. How do I search the repository for those packages that have a > >priority “standard”? [2] > > Use dpkg-query with $Package and $Priority and grep for standar

Re: query about kernel, download options, sessions

On Tue 08 Sep 2020 at 14:29:02 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-09-08 03:45, nenu crok wrote: > > i have read somewhere using ctrl alt f2 option to start new session. is > > word session correct ? by jumping using above option will log out from > > existing session. > > That sounds l

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

On Wed 09 Sep 2020 at 08:27:13 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > IIUC the goal of Debian designers might be summarized as maximizing > functionality for the broadest possible audience. And when there is a > large enough audience for "power tools" there are Debian Pure Blends. > > That works very we

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 14:27, David Wright wrote: > Moral: always see what very large numbers look like in hex. Great tip, thanks!

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

Standard advice from me: use the expert install (available under "Advanced options", I think, from the standard netinst / DVD .iso image. Uncheck all except standard install (and perhaps SSH server) - no X, no desktop environment. That gives you a bare, text mode install with < 400 packages in tota

LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

IIUC the goal of Debian designers might be summarized as maximizing functionality for the broadest possible audience. And when there is a large enough audience for "power tools" there are Debian Pure Blends. That works very well *most* of the time. But when it doesn't, it is VERY annoying ;{

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

Richard Hector wrote: > Trunk the VLANs from the computer to the switch. deloptes writes: > What does the original topic has to do with trunked VLAN? You can use it to fake a real router by faking a second NIC. It makes your firewall vulnerable to VLAN hopping attacks. -- John Hasler jhas...@

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

Richard Hector wrote: > Trunk the VLANs from the computer to the > switch. > What does the original topic has to do with trunked VLAN? It is about a firewall with two interfaces - one connected to the outside and one to the inside network.

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

Richard writes: > Actually, you can do ok if you combine it with a VLAN-capable > switch. I believe that's how most of the consumer-grade routers work > (with the switch built-in, of course). Another reason not to use consumer-grade routers. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

Andrei writes: > Anyway, there are boards like the ESPRESSObin[1]. I've got one of those that I intended for a router. Can't keep it running. Seems to be a power supply problem. I tried two different boards. When I tried to troubleshoot it I found that the available schematics are wrong and th

terminfo descriptions (was: from screen to tmux)

Sorry, that's a bit old, but could solve your problem... On 2020-06-24 11:13:06 +0700, Victor Sudakov wrote: [...] > I have a reason but not Debian-related. Since some version, screen has > started enforcing the "screen.xterm-256color" (sic!) terminal type which > is missing from FreeBSD's termina