Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl

On 11/17/20 2:41 PM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2020-11-17 at 16:27, Fred wrote: On 11/17/20 1:27 PM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2020-11-17 at 15:21, Fred wrote: I also looked into compiling the source code which is often as easy as following some simple instructions. The compile makes use of qmak

Re: MX-Linux 19.2

+111 Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmx.com On 18/11/20 9:51 am, ellanios82 wrote:  : just my prefs. : do much prefer mail-lists over forums : in general  :)

Re: MX-Linux 19.2

On 11/18/20 12:54 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: Since MX-Linux is debian-based and has synaptic and probably also has apt-get if you want to do a version upgrade you're going to need to learn the code name for your desired version and change the existing code name in /etc/apt/sources.list file. Th

Re: MX-Linux 19.2

On 11/18/20 12:47 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 23:11:56 +0200 ellanios82 wrote: On 11/17/20 10:54 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: ellanios82 wrote: ??Dear List ??- am using MX-Linux 19.2 : What steps to upgrade to 19.3 please ? 1. Find a mailing list or forum for MX-Linux.

Re: MX-Linux 19.2

On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 23:11:56 +0200 ellanios82 wrote: > On 11/17/20 10:54 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > ellanios82 wrote: > >> ??Dear List > >> > >> > >> ??- am using MX-Linux 19.2 : > >> > >> What steps to upgrade to 19.3 please ? > >> > > 1. Find a mailing list or forum for MX-Linux. > > >

Re: MX-Linux 19.2

On 11/18/20 12:20 AM, matthew dyer wrote: Hi, What is MX Linux? I have never heard of it. Thanks. Matthew  Hi !  at one can find MX-Linux somewhere near the top of Right-hand column  - there one can get Link to write-up on the Distro. .  Saludos

Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl

On 2020-11-17 at 16:27, Fred wrote: > On 11/17/20 1:27 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > >> On 2020-11-17 at 15:21, Fred wrote: >> >>> I also looked into compiling the source code which is often as easy as >>> following some simple instructions. The compile makes use of qmake >>> which gives the error:

Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl

>> I would like to try clipgrab as youtube-dl sometimes doesn't work. > Feel free to try whatever you like, but if you want youtube-dl to work, > don't use the Debian packages of it. It changes too fast for a stable > release to handle. Use upstream instead. Debian's `youtube-dl` works fine for

Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl

On 11/17/20 1:27 PM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2020-11-17 at 15:21, Fred wrote: I also looked into compiling the source code which is often as easy as following some simple instructions. The compile makes use of qmake which gives the error: qmake: could not exec '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4/bin/

Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl

On 11/17/20 1:24 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 01:21:55PM -0700, Fred wrote: I would like to try clipgrab as youtube-dl sometimes doesn't work. Feel free to try whatever you like, but if you want youtube-dl to work, don't use the Debian packages of it. It changes too fast f

Re: MX-Linux 19.2

On 11/17/20 10:54 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: ellanios82 wrote: ??Dear List ??- am using MX-Linux 19.2 : What steps to upgrade to 19.3 please ? 1. Find a mailing list or forum for MX-Linux. 2. Ask for instructions. You might consider reading www.mxlinux.org. -dsr- - Thank you [ did loo

Re: MX-Linux 19.2

ellanios82 wrote: > > ??Dear List > > > ??- am using MX-Linux 19.2 : > > What steps to upgrade to 19.3 please ? > 1. Find a mailing list or forum for MX-Linux. 2. Ask for instructions. You might consider reading www.mxlinux.org. -dsr-

MX-Linux 19.2

 Dear List  - am using MX-Linux 19.2 :    What steps to upgrade to 19.3 please ?  Thanks   Ellan ...

Re: Encountered a bug with a dependency of wondershaper, but I'm unsure which dependency, and how to proceed with submitting a bug report

Graham Bull wrote: > I've been using wondershaper on Debian Stable for the past couple of years > and it's been excellent. > > I got a new pc recently with modern hardware and thus I installed Debian > Testing on it. > > I've noticed when I set the same rules within wondershaper on Stable and >

Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl

On 2020-11-17 at 15:21, Fred wrote: > I also looked into compiling the source code which is often as easy as > following some simple instructions. The compile makes use of qmake > which gives the error: > > qmake: could not exec '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/qt4/bin/qmake': No such > file or direc

Re: clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 01:21:55PM -0700, Fred wrote: > I would like to try clipgrab as youtube-dl sometimes doesn't work. Feel free to try whatever you like, but if you want youtube-dl to work, don't use the Debian packages of it. It changes too fast for a stable release to handle. Use upstream

clipgrab as alternative to youtube-dl

Hello, I would like to try clipgrab as youtube-dl sometimes doesn't work. I would not have made a donation on the clipgrab web site if I had first noticed that no support what so ever is available. There is a binary for Linux available for download as a AppImage file. What is an AppImage fi

Encountered a bug with a dependency of wondershaper, but I'm unsure which dependency, and how to proceed with submitting a bug report

Hi all, I've been using wondershaper on Debian Stable for the past couple of years and it's been excellent. I got a new pc recently with modern hardware and thus I installed Debian Testing on it. I've noticed when I set the same rules within wondershaper on Stable and Testing, I get different be

Re: pygopherd

On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:25:12 -0600 Glenn Holmer wrote: Hello Glenn, >Is it just for lack of a maintainer? Does it have to do with the Python >3 migration? Did you look at the reason(s) for removal? Pretty much all the info you require is there. -- Regards _ / ) "The blin

Re: Errors using "apt update"

On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 12:10:08 -0500, Jerry Mellon wrote: > Gentleman/Ladies > > I have experienced a problem using "apt update". The program appears > to work, but I end up with the list of errors. > > [...] > Run the following command: apt-key list --keyid-format LONG, then Check if you have t

Errors using "apt update"

Gentleman/Ladies I have experienced a problem using "apt update". The program appears to work, but I end up with the list of errors. W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://security.debian.

Re: An old box running Debian 8

On Ma, 17 nov 20, 09:24:05, David Wright wrote: > On Sun 15 Nov 2020 at 10:41:55 (+0200), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > 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

Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi.

On Sun 15 Nov 2020 at 10:59:10 (-0800), pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > 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"

Re: An old box running Debian 8

On Sun 15 Nov 2020 at 10:41:55 (+0200), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > 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

Re: Kernel global lock in sr.c slows down parallel operations to multiple drive

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 07:04:59AM -0500, The Wanderer wrote: > FWIW, I parsed this as "and possibly file a(nother) bug report[ about > this bug, since the one I thought I remembered having filed before seems > to have disappeared, if it ever existed in the first place]". Exactly, thank you for pa

Re: pygopherd

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 08:25:12AM -0600, Glenn Holmer wrote: >I see that pygopherd (gopher server) is removed from the repo: >[1]https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/pygopherd >Is it just for lack of a maintainer? Does it have to do with the Python 3 >migration? It appears to have been

pygopherd

I see that pygopherd (gopher server) is removed from the repo: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/pygopherd Is it just for lack of a maintainer? Does it have to do with the Python 3 migration? -- Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) "After the vintage season came the aftermath -- and Cenbe."

Re: Kernel global lock in sr.c slows down parallel operations to multiple drive

On 2020-11-17 at 07:00, Thomas Schmitt wrote: >> I will try to apply a similar patch and possibly report another >> bug. > > What is that other bug ? FWIW, I parsed this as "and possibly file a(nother) bug report[ about this bug, since the one I thought I remembered having filed before seems to

Re: Kernel global lock in sr.c slows down parallel operations to multiple drive

Hi, > In jessie, the kernel had a very annoying bug: if you did I/O on > multiple sr devices, the global lock in sr.c would slow down > to a crawl. I dedicated a little temple to that bug. https://dev.lovelyhq.com/libburnia/web/wiki/ConcurrentLinuxSr In short: - It is gone since about kernel

Kernel global lock in sr.c slows down parallel operations to multiple drive

Hello, In jessie, the kernel had a very annoying bug: if you did I/O on multiple sr devices, the global lock in sr.c would slow down to a crawl. E.g. 5 DVD-R written to in parallel gave the same performance as one writing; and ejecting the DVD in parallel was completely sequential. Based on this

LibreOffice 6.5.1 Bug

Dear developer, I use Debian GNU/Linux Buster 10.6 XFCE (amd64) edition. LibreOffice 6.1.5 was installed by default.. In Writer, colouring of the text cannot be done. In Calc, colouring can be done, but becomes 'black text' when the cell which contains the cell is not in focus. In Impress,