Re: Most maintainable way to install perl modules on Debian sysetms

2020-11-15 Thread Joel Roth
Hi Michael, On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 08:50:57PM +, Michael Grant wrote: > I try to keep my systems as up to date as possible. I use apt update > regularly. When I can install a perl module from apt, I usually do so > because then apt update picks up new versions of it. When I install > so

Re: Most maintainable way to install perl modules on Debian sysetms

2020-11-15 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 08:14:05PM -0500, Michael Grant wrote: > > Well, that would do the job thoughtlessly. It might backfire > > spectacularly. […] > apt has an excellent reputation, I'm not sure I see why mechanizing > such a process as apt does should be necessarily be bad. I'm not

Re: vnc is making my cry

2020-11-15 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 at 00:32, Thomas Anderson wrote: > ... > > I have read through the log file > > xrdb: No such file or directory > > xrdb: can't open file '/home/username/.Xresources' check if this file still exists/permissions > > /usr/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :1 >

Re: Most maintainable way to install perl modules on Debian sysetms

2020-11-15 Thread Michael Grant
> Well, that would do the job thoughtlessly. It might backfire > spectacularly. > > If one set up a service in that way, it would eventually get a > terrible reputation. > > If, on the other hand, one spent the time to maintain those > packages properly... you could be a Debian Maintainer, and ge

Re: Most maintainable way to install perl modules on Debian sysetms

2020-11-15 Thread Dan Ritter
Michael Grant wrote: > > cpan2deb takes a CPAN module and builds it as a Debian package. > > Use a common suffix like -mgrant and you can spot these in > > package listings. > > > > When you upgrade, build new versions of all the -mgrant > > packages. > > Thanks. So in one way this makes it eas

Re: Most maintainable way to install perl modules on Debian sysetms

2020-11-15 Thread Michael Grant
> cpan2deb takes a CPAN module and builds it as a Debian package. > Use a common suffix like -mgrant and you can spot these in > package listings. > > When you upgrade, build new versions of all the -mgrant > packages. Thanks. So in one way this makes it easier to remove the module which cpan do

Re: Most maintainable way to install perl modules on Debian sysetms

2020-11-15 Thread Dan Ritter
Michael Grant wrote: > I try to keep my systems as up to date as possible. I use apt update > regularly. When I can install a perl module from apt, I usually do so > because then apt update picks up new versions of it. When I install > something which has a dependency on a perl module in apt

Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi.

2020-11-15 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Incidentally, I'd prefer to say that authentication is conducted by > "authenticator" and "authenticatee". Meaning is fairly obvious. There's also client/server, but I think the 11x people felt this would too easy to grasp. Stefan

Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi.

2020-11-15 Thread peter
From: Reco Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 08:25:39 +0300 > [1] also states that: > > The wpasupplicant package ... > > In simplier terms: no wpasupplicant = no WPA2. Your simplified statement is invaluable. "Less is more". The rather inscrutable section entitled "wpa_supplicant" follows the section en

Most maintainable way to install perl modules on Debian sysetms

2020-11-15 Thread Michael Grant
I try to keep my systems as up to date as possible. I use apt update regularly. When I can install a perl module from apt, I usually do so because then apt update picks up new versions of it. When I install something which has a dependency on a perl module in apt, that module gets installed.

Re: How to manage audio volume unattended.

2020-11-15 Thread Juan R. de Silva
> Normalize the volume of the mp3 files beforehand rather than adjusting > the volume of the player in real time for each individual file (e.g. > with an app like python-rgain)? > > Or does this not speak to the reason for the volume changes? Unfortunately, it does not in this particular case.

Re: How to manage audio volume unattended.

2020-11-15 Thread Juan R. de Silva
On Sun, 15 Nov 2020 14:46:01 +, Brian wrote: > On Sun 15 Nov 2020 at 02:35:39 -, Juan R. de Silva wrote: > >> I use cron job to run VLC several times a day at predefined times. Each >> time a different mp3 file is played and I need to set different audio >> volume for each file. I also ne

Re: How to manage audio volume unattended.

2020-11-15 Thread Juan R. de Silva
On Sun, 15 Nov 2020 02:35:39 +, Juan R. de Silva wrote: Thanks to all replied and a lot of helpful suggestion. I'm working on it. :-)

M.2 2230 key e wifi 6 card

2020-11-15 Thread basti
Hello, I want to use my old intel nuc as router/AP and plan to replace the wifi card (Intel 3165). As I can see (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/30429/network-and-i-o/wireless.html) Intel does not support AP mode anymore. So I search for a non Intel M.2 2230 key e wifi

Re: Jessie sources list

2020-11-15 Thread Fred
On 11/15/20 9:26 AM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2020-11-15 at 11:23, Fred wrote: Hello, What is the proper sources.list for Jessie? I have tried: http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/ but apt-get is not happy with update. Per https://www.debian.org/distrib/archive : If you are using APT t

Re: Jessie sources list

2020-11-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 09:23:57AM -0700, Fred wrote: > Hello, > > What is the proper sources.list for Jessie? > > I have tried: > > http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/ > > but apt-get is not happy with update. > > I am in the process up upgrading but I need to install a Debian package > f

vnc is making my cry

2020-11-15 Thread Thomas Anderson
I have had vnc working in the past, then as of the past week or so, it has stopped working. I have spent many hours going in circles i feel. No matter what I try the result is the same. Basically, a black-white pixelated screen with a X curser (that I can move), and that is about it. I won't hyp

Re: Jessie sources list

2020-11-15 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-11-15 at 11:23, Fred wrote: > Hello, > > What is the proper sources.list for Jessie? > > I have tried: > > http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/ > > but apt-get is not happy with update. Per https://www.debian.org/distrib/archive : >> If you are using APT the relevant sources.list

Jessie sources list

2020-11-15 Thread Fred
Hello, What is the proper sources.list for Jessie? I have tried: http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/ but apt-get is not happy with update. I am in the process up upgrading but I need to install a Debian package first. Best regards, Fred Boatwright

Re: Connecting a base system via WiFi.

2020-11-15 Thread peter
On Mi, 04 nov 20, 21:45:16, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > According to packages.debian.org/buster/all/net, iw is not > available in the suite. From: Andrei POPESCU Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 12:31:25 +0200 > Where did you find that path? > > Or did you mean https://packages.debian.org/buster/net/ > (th

Re: How to manage audio volume unattended.

2020-11-15 Thread Brian
On Sun 15 Nov 2020 at 02:35:39 -, Juan R. de Silva wrote: > I use cron job to run VLC several times a day at predefined times. Each > time a different mp3 file is played and I need to set different audio > volume for each file. I also need to make it working unattended. Set the volume level

Re: How to manage audio volume unattended.

2020-11-15 Thread Dan Ritter
Juan R. de Silva wrote: > I use cron job to run VLC several times a day at predefined times. Each > time a different mp3 file is played and I need to set different audio > volume for each file. I also need to make it working unattended. > > I can set the volume by executing 'pactl set-sink-inpu

Re: How to manage audio volume unattended.

2020-11-15 Thread didier gaumet
Le dimanche 15 novembre 2020 à 14:20:06 UTC+1, didier gaumet a écrit : [...] > cf https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Command_line/ there are the --volume-step and --gain options as well, more directly suitable

Re: How to manage audio volume unattended.

2020-11-15 Thread didier gaumet
Le dimanche 15 novembre 2020 à 03:40:06 UTC+1, Juan R. de Silva a écrit : > I use cron job to run VLC several times a day at predefined times. Each > time a different mp3 file is played and I need to set different audio > volume for each file. I also need to make it working unattended. [...] Pe

Re: color border in image, drop everything outside of it

2020-11-15 Thread Emanuel Berg
Michael uplawski wrote: >> Hello, is there a tool/command/script anywhere that can >> overwrite with a single color (or make transparent) every pixel >> to the left, above, right, and below a certain other color? > > -) ImageMagick and their convert-tool OK, but how? -- underground experts unit

Re: How to manage audio volume unattended.

2020-11-15 Thread Curt
On 2020-11-15, Juan R. de Silva wrote: > I use cron job to run VLC several times a day at predefined times. Each > time a different mp3 file is played and I need to set different audio > volume for each file. I also need to make it working unattended. > > I can set the volume by executing 'pactl

Re: color border in image, drop everything outside of it

2020-11-15 Thread tomas
On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 06:45:19AM -0500, The Wanderer wrote: [...] > Ah, right, I'd missed the "color that matches" part of the phrase. That > does significantly change the meaning of the definition at that given > link, to something which matches much better with what I'd have expected > the te

Re: color border in image, drop everything outside of it

2020-11-15 Thread Michael uplawski
I could choose to supersede my previous message but am not sure about the versatility of your Mail2News vv. procedures. Michael uplawski: > Convert is great for automating the procedure, but I venture that the > constraints are too difficult to meet to make it work on a big number of > pictures.

Re: color border in image, drop everything outside of it

2020-11-15 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-11-15 at 06:06, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 05:27:49AM -0500, The Wanderer wrote: > >> On 2020-11-15 at 04:38, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 12:31:22AM +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote: >>> Hello, is there a tool/command/script anywhere that

Re: color border in image, drop everything outside of it

2020-11-15 Thread tomas
On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 05:27:49AM -0500, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2020-11-15 at 04:38, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 12:31:22AM +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote: > > > >> Hello, is there a tool/command/script anywhere that can overwrite > >> with a single color (or make transpa

Re: color border in image, drop everything outside of it

2020-11-15 Thread Michael uplawski
The Wanderer: > If I needed to do that, what I'd probably wind up doing is to select the > desired region, copy it, paste it into an empty image, and adjust its > position and the size of the image to suit. For the occasional cropping task this is a fine solution. > I don't know of any tool to >

Re: color border in image, drop everything outside of it

2020-11-15 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 15/11/20 6:27 pm, The Wanderer wrote: On 2020-11-15 at 04:38, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 12:31:22AM +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote: Hello, is there a tool/command/script anywhere that can overwrite with a single color (or make transparent) every pixel to the left, above, r

Re: color border in image, drop everything outside of it

2020-11-15 Thread mick crane
On 2020-11-15 09:38, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 12:31:22AM +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote: Hello, is there a tool/command/script anywhere that can overwrite with a single color (or make transparent) every pixel to the left, above, right, and below a certain other color? e.g., if

Re: color border in image, drop everything outside of it

2020-11-15 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-11-15 at 04:38, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 12:31:22AM +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote: > >> Hello, is there a tool/command/script anywhere that can overwrite >> with a single color (or make transparent) every pixel to the left, >> above, right, and below a certain other

Re: color border in image, drop everything outside of it

2020-11-15 Thread tomas
On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 10:49:34AM +0100, Michael uplawski wrote: [...] > Let us just give up and go home, now. I hope you enjoyed your own sarcasm. Cheers - t signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: color border in image, drop everything outside of it

2020-11-15 Thread Michael uplawski
Emanuel Berg: >> -) ImageMagick and their convert-tool > > OK, but how? That is a mystery which noone ever could resolve. There is pratically no experience with this tool and no hints have ever been published. I think the whole thing is utterly useless and that it has never made any sense to publi

Re: color border in image, drop everything outside of it

2020-11-15 Thread tomas
On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 12:31:22AM +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Hello, is there a tool/command/script anywhere that can overwrite > with a single color (or make transparent) every pixel to the left, > above, right, and below a certain other color? > > e.g., if one draws a loop of black, tell the p

Re: How to manage audio volume unattended.

2020-11-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 15 nov 20, 02:35:39, Juan R. de Silva wrote: > > If somebody can suggest another way to achieve the desired, please > suggest. For example, can anyone suggest a media player, which can accept > a desired volume level as a command line argument? Any other ideas? Apparently mpv supports se

Re: color border in image, drop everything outside of it

2020-11-15 Thread Michael uplawski
Emanuel Berg: > Hello, is there a tool/command/script anywhere that can overwrite > with a single color (or make transparent) every pixel to the left, > above, right, and below a certain other color? -) ImageMagick and their convert-tool -) The Gimp -) the list of programs that the nex

Re: An old box running Debian 8

2020-11-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 14 nov 20, 16:36:03, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > On 11/13/20 9:29 PM, David Wright wrote: > > > > > I would have thought that Debian has made kernel testing just about as > > easy as they can since: > > jessie installs with 3.16 but 4.9 is also available, > > stretch installs with 4.9 but