Re: libvirt guest bridge configuration

2020-09-18 Thread Lucio Crusca
Il 19/09/20 00:54, Dan Ritter ha scritto: auto eno1 iface eno1 manual auto virbr10 iface virb10 inet static bridge_ports eno1 bridge_stp off address 2.4.6.8 netmask 255.255.255.224 gateway 2.4.6.1 the bridge eats the eno1 interface. Using that configuration it actually brings u

Re: Buster with MATE without systemd

2020-09-18 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:23:15 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 16 sep 20, 10:32:14, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > Short answer? Probably not. systemd has become too pervasive a > > dependency to do so. It shouldn't be. No other init system I know > > of is. > > Funny how systemd is con

Re: libvirt guest bridge configuration

2020-09-18 Thread Dan Ritter
Lucio Crusca wrote: > I'm trying to bridge a network interface between host and guest (both Debian > Buster+Bullseye+Sid) so that NAT is not needed. > > In the host /etc/network/interfaces I've declared a bridge like this: > > auto eno1 > iface eno1 inet static > address 2.4.6.8 > netmask 25

libvirt guest bridge configuration

2020-09-18 Thread Lucio Crusca
I'm trying to bridge a network interface between host and guest (both Debian Buster+Bullseye+Sid) so that NAT is not needed. In the host /etc/network/interfaces I've declared a bridge like this: auto eno1 iface eno1 inet static address 2.4.6.8 netmask 255.255.255.224 gateway 2.4.6.1 up

Re: Towards a custom personalized Debian installer

2020-09-18 Thread Andrew Cater
http://flosslinuxblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/a-quick-post-on-how-to-use-jigdo-to.html - was a relatively quick attempt on my part to show how to use jigdo-lite, a mirror and a USB stick. If you use a wired connection to do this, you don't necessarily need non-free firmware. Firmware - see https://wi

Re: Bullseye Alpha 2 Netinst CD fails to boot

2020-09-18 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Kenneth Parker wrote: > comparing from > the DVD-1 (that I used yesterday for Try 1), it's missing the isolinux > Directory. I did $ wget https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/bullseye_di_alpha2/amd64/iso-cd/debian-bullseye-DI-alpha2-amd64-netinst.iso ... $ sha256sum debian-bullseye-DI-a

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-18 Thread Fabrice BAUZAC-STEHLY
rhkra...@gmail.com writes: > On Friday, September 18, 2020 09:21:21 AM Brian wrote: >> On Fri 18 Sep 2020 at 07:32:46 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: >> > Right now, if you un-check GNOME, but leave "Debian desktop" checked, >> > you get a mystery desktop, which usually but not always turns out to >>

Re: Bullseye Alpha 2 Netinst CD fails to boot

2020-09-18 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:58:34 -0400 Kenneth Parker wrote: > Note: For troubleshooting, I burned the netinst iso to, both a CD-R > and a DVD-R. (Fortunately, I'm not Poverty Stricken, wasting a DVD > for a CD). > > The CD Mounts okay, and appears to have the files. However, > comparing from the

Bullseye Alpha 2 Netinst CD fails to boot

2020-09-18 Thread Kenneth Parker
Note: For troubleshooting, I burned the netinst iso to, both a CD-R and a DVD-R. (Fortunately, I'm not Poverty Stricken, wasting a DVD for a CD). The CD Mounts okay, and appears to have the files. However, comparing from the DVD-1 (that I used yesterday for Try 1), it's missing the isolinux Dir

Re: dist-upgrade wants to deinstall lots of packages?

2020-09-18 Thread David Wright
On Fri 18 Sep 2020 at 10:33:39 (+0100), Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 11:01:49AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > It's difficult to understand your OP, and your difficulty with > > pasting. However, to take one example, > > Indeed without OP's terminal output we can only guess as

Re: Towards a custom personalized Debian installer

2020-09-18 Thread David Wright
By way of introduction, my take on this thread is that the OP wants to repetitively install a system without the fuss of extraneous devices like DVDs and USB. So I'm going to assume that the OP is prepared to make one more conventional installation as a prequel. During this, the OP uses tools like

Re: Towards a custom personalized Debian installer

2020-09-18 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Andrew Cater wrote: > > The jigdo file which produces a 16GB file for writing to a USB stick is, > > essentially, the first three DVDs plus a bit on one medium. Richard Owlett wrote: > A link to instructions for creating that media? TIA If you have a Debian with internet connection, hop into

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-18 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, September 18, 2020 09:21:21 AM Brian wrote: > On Fri 18 Sep 2020 at 07:32:46 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Right now, if you un-check GNOME, but leave "Debian desktop" checked, > > you get a mystery desktop, which usually but not always turns out to > > be GNOME, which is the thing tha

Re: Towards a custom personalized Debian installer

2020-09-18 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/18/2020 07:29 AM, Andrew Cater wrote: Richard (et. al.) If you want an install without any Internet connectivity - you have one really good choice - but you may need someone to provide you with media made on another Debian machine. My policy is to purchase at lease 1 complete DVD set of

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-18 Thread Brian
On Fri 18 Sep 2020 at 07:32:46 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 10:42:59PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > The function of the menu is crystal clear. > > > > Activating as it as presented a user gets the ticked option. > > > > Unticking the option gets the user nothing. > > > > Sta

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-18 Thread rhkramer
Thank you! On Friday, September 18, 2020 08:12:34 AM Brian wrote: > It provides the default DE (and can be preseeded with tasksel/first) :

Re: Towards a custom personalized Debian installer

2020-09-18 Thread Andrew Cater
Richard (et. al.) If you want an install without any Internet connectivity - you have one really good choice - but you may need someone to provide you with media made on another Debian machine. The jigdo file which produces a 16GB file for writing to a USB stick is, essentially, the first three

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-18 Thread Brian
On Fri 18 Sep 2020 at 04:36:08 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I guess what is not clear to me includes (and I did some googling while > > > taking > > > a break from yardwork): > > > > > > * does task-desktop provide some functionality that would not be > > > installed > > > if the user

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-18 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 10:42:59PM +0100, Brian wrote: > The function of the menu is crystal clear. > > Activating as it as presented a user gets the ticked option. > > Unticking the option gets the user nothing. > > Start with that. Right now, if you un-check GNOME, but leave "Debian desktop"

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-18 Thread Fabrice BAUZAC-STEHLY
Marco Möller writes: > On 17.09.20 20:58, Brian wrote: >> On Thu 17 Sep 2020 at 09:29:35 +0200, Marco Möller wrote: >> >>> On 16.09.20 10:54, Richard Owlett wrote: On 09/15/2020 06:50 PM, David Wright wrote: Agreed. Where the menu says "Debian desktop environment" I would: 1. r

Re: Towards a custom personalized Debian installer

2020-09-18 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/17/2020 05:14 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Richard Owlett composed on 2020-09-17 04:25 (UTC-0500): I unsuccessfully tried to us use debootstrap several years ago. Right now I specifically want to use the normal Debian installer on an editable file system. Did you happen to notice what I wrot

Re: Towards a custom personalized Debian installer

2020-09-18 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/17/2020 05:14 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Richard Owlett composed on 2020-09-17 04:25 (UTC-0500): Anssi Saari wrote: Richard Owlett writes: The default of copying an ISO file to a device is inconvenient for my peculiar goals. I want an executable installer resident on an ext4 formatted p

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-18 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/17/2020 03:36 PM, Marco Möller wrote: On 17.09.20 20:58, Brian wrote: On Thu 17 Sep 2020 at 09:29:35 +0200, Marco Möller wrote: On 16.09.20 10:54, Richard Owlett wrote: On 09/15/2020 06:50 PM, David Wright wrote: Agreed. Where the menu says "Debian desktop environment" I would:      1.

Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task selection menu

2020-09-18 Thread Richard Owlett
On 09/17/2020 04:44 PM, Brian wrote: On Thu 17 Sep 2020 at 16:07:56 -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday, September 17, 2020 02:58:19 PM Brian wrote: On Thu 17 Sep 2020 at 09:29:35 +0200, Marco Möller wrote: On 16.09.20 10:54, Richard Owlett wrote: On 09/15/2020 06:50 PM, David Wrigh

Re: dist-upgrade wants to deinstall lots of packages?

2020-09-18 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 11:01:49AM -0500, David Wright wrote: It's difficult to understand your OP, and your difficulty with pasting. However, to take one example, Indeed without OP's terminal output we can only guess as to why the packages are being removed from their system, [wicd] news

Re: Buster with MATE without systemd

2020-09-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 16 sep 20, 10:32:14, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Short answer? Probably not. systemd has become too pervasive a > dependency to do so. It shouldn't be. No other init system I know of > is. Funny how systemd is constantly "blamed" that *other* packages depend on it. Kind regards, Andrei

Re: dist-upgrade wants to deinstall lots of packages?

2020-09-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 17 sep 20, 17:14:30, Hans wrote: > > The point of my message was not the deinstallation of packages at all, but > the > deinstallation of packages which are still usefull for people without a > substitute or a substitude with the same ease as the uninstalled package. Please note bullsey