Re: Problems installing Debian

2021-02-20 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 20 Feb 2021 16:00:09 -0800 "M.R.P. zensky" wrote: > One problem that I am having is the Debian install menu asks for if I > use a network card. I don’t I use home based wifi which I don’t see > an option for this. Debian considers wifi to be just another network card. However, many wifi

Re: Problems installing Debian

2021-02-20 Thread David Wright
On Sat 20 Feb 2021 at 16:00:09 (-0800), M.R.P. zensky wrote: > Hello I have successfully installed ubuntu linux on my system but I want to > use Debian. I download the iso file from their home page. One problem that I > am having is the Debian install menu asks for if I use a network card. I >

Re: Conflicting alternatives

2021-02-20 Thread David Wright
On Sat 20 Feb 2021 at 13:12:39 (+), Curt wrote: > On 2021-02-20, David Wright wrote: > > > > For each MTA, you also have to ensure that their well-known recipes > > for passing off work to other software (like MDAs) still work, else > > Debian gets lumbered with supporting all the breakages th

Re: OT: Router behaviour

2021-02-20 Thread David Wright
On Sat 20 Feb 2021 at 12:36:24 (+), Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 08:23:39PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > I powered the router down again, plugged its WAN port into one of the > > > LAN ports of the ISP-supplied router, and brought it back up. > > > > I you sure you plu

Re: debian installation is no longer working

2021-02-20 Thread David
On Sat, 20 Feb 2021 at 20:27, Semih Ozlem wrote: > Hi everyone, > I installed debian 10 on a 64 GB usb. It had been working fine. Last I > installed apache server, virtualbox, docker. After all this it worked fine > for a while, though at times slowly. Currently it is not working. It does not

Re: rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin , rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin

2021-02-20 Thread David
On Sun, 21 Feb 2021 at 04:50, Semih Ozlem wrote: > Anyone correct me if I am wrong, Ok, while the details of most of what you wrote might be correct, it is all based on an error and is completely inappropriate advice for the original question. So the original questioner should ignore all of it.

Re: Problems installing Debian

2021-02-20 Thread IL Ka
If Debian can't detect your network card, I suggest using Debian DVD iso to install Debian, and then deal with the network card. https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/ You need "debian-10.8.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso". It can be used to install Debian without a network connection. You

Problems installing Debian

2021-02-20 Thread M.R.P. zensky
Hello I have successfully installed ubuntu linux on my system but I want to use Debian. I download the iso file from their home page. One problem that I am having is the Debian install menu asks for if I use a network card. I don’t I use home based wifi which I don’t see an option for this. The

Re: Firefox and Citrix on Debian Testing

2021-02-20 Thread Semih Ozlem
Just out of curiosity, does one have to be in an organization that has a contract with citrix to be able to use citrix products or is it available for individual use? For your question Aaron, the following link https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-workspace-app-for-linux/system-requirements.html h

Re: question regarding live usb versus installed usb

2021-02-20 Thread Stefan Monnier
> A live usb works on almost any machine that it is plugged into > But if you install debian on a usb drive that usb drive works only in the > machine that it was installed in (or maybe a machine that is exactly the > same as the one it was installed in) > > Is this correct? In my experience, no:

Re: question regarding live usb versus installed usb

2021-02-20 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 20 Feb 2021 21:14:57 +0300 Semih Ozlem wrote: > A live usb works on almost any machine that it is plugged into > But if you install debian on a usb drive that usb drive works only in > the machine that it was installed in (or maybe a machine that is > exactly the same as the one it was in

Re: rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin , rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin

2021-02-20 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 20 Feb 2021 20:13:44 +0300 IL Ka wrote: > I think you can also download .deb file, copy it to your machine > using USB flash drive, and install it with dpkg -i Correct. In addition, if the installer needs it (e.g. firmware), the installer will find it if you put the .deb in the root of t

Re: question regarding live usb versus installed usb

2021-02-20 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-02-20 10:14, Semih Ozlem wrote: ... if you install debian on a usb drive that usb drive works only in the machine that it was installed in (or maybe a machine that is exactly the same as the one it was installed in) Is this correct? I have several computers based on the Intel x86_64 a

question regarding live usb versus installed usb

2021-02-20 Thread Semih Ozlem
Hi everyone, A live usb works on almost any machine that it is plugged into But if you install debian on a usb drive that usb drive works only in the machine that it was installed in (or maybe a machine that is exactly the same as the one it was installed in) Is this correct? If a live usb has m

Re: rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin , rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin

2021-02-20 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-02-20 07:49, 郭 灵贤 wrote: I use USB flash disk to install debian , the monitor display Some of your hardware needs non-free firmware files to operate . The firmware can be loaded from removable media , such as a USB stick or floppy . The missing firmware files are : rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_

Re: rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin , rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin

2021-02-20 Thread IL Ka
> > > Anyone correct me if I am wrong, to install (or run ) a file with .bin > extension you need to make that file executable. > This file is firmware: a special program written for hardware by the vendor (kind of BIOS). You shouldn't execute it. Instead, you must load it to the hardware. https:

Re: rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin , rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin

2021-02-20 Thread Semih Ozlem
Anyone correct me if I am wrong, to install (or run ) a file with .bin extension you need to make that file executable. You can do that if you have a graphical user interface (GUI) desktop environment, by going to the location of that file with your file manager which is the program Nautilus, right

Re: rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin , rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin

2021-02-20 Thread IL Ka
Hello. Install debian. Then, enable non-free software (you can do that while installing or later: https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList) Then, install this package: https://packages.debian.org/en/sid/firmware-realtek I think you can also download .deb file, copy it to your machine using USB flash dr

rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin , rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin

2021-02-20 Thread 郭 灵贤
I use USB flash disk to install debian , the monitor display Some of your hardware needs non-free firmware files to operate . The firmware can be loaded from removable media , such as a USB stick or floppy . The missing firmware files are : rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin , rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin .

Re: Firefox and Citrix on Debian Testing

2021-02-20 Thread Aaron Elmquist
On Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 8:51 AM Dan Ritter wrote: > Aaron Elmquist wrote: > > I am on debian testing. I installed the latest citrix workspace client > > from here: > > > > > https://www.citrix.com/downloads/workspace-app/linux/workspace-app-for-linux-latest.html > > - amd64 bit version. > > > > Th

Re: debian installation is no longer working

2021-02-20 Thread Semih Ozlem
When Debian is starting the following are the highlighted messages and or places where booting pauses and at the very end pauses almost indefinitely (or rather when I lost the patience for waiting for new messages to come up and shut down the machine). I am writing everything down I was able to ge

Re: Firefox and Citrix on Debian Testing

2021-02-20 Thread Dan Ritter
Aaron Elmquist wrote: > I am on debian testing. I installed the latest citrix workspace client > from here: > > https://www.citrix.com/downloads/workspace-app/linux/workspace-app-for-linux-latest.html > - amd64 bit version. > > This seemed to work fine except firefox no longer downloaded conten

Firefox and Citrix on Debian Testing

2021-02-20 Thread Aaron Elmquist
I am on debian testing. I installed the latest citrix workspace client from here: https://www.citrix.com/downloads/workspace-app/linux/workspace-app-for-linux-latest.html - amd64 bit version. This seemed to work fine except firefox no longer downloaded content (chrome did) and syslogd was throwi

Re: debian installation is no longer working

2021-02-20 Thread tomas
On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 12:23:21PM +, Semih Ozlem wrote: > In addition to my earlier message, the usb drive has three partitions FAT > partition including EFI, swap partition, btrfs partition where home folder > is located. > > sudo btrfs rescue super-recover /dev/sdc3 > gives the response >

Re: Conflicting alternatives

2021-02-20 Thread Curt
On 2021-02-20, David Wright wrote: > > For each MTA, you also have to ensure that their well-known recipes > for passing off work to other software (like MDAs) still work, else > Debian gets lumbered with supporting all the breakages that occur > (or, worse, loses reputation). > Did someone menti

Re: OT: Router behaviour

2021-02-20 Thread deloptes
Mark Fletcher wrote: > There is a switch on the back of the old router, with 2 settings, "AP" > and "WB". "AP" is obviously "Access Point". Not sure yet what "WB" > stands for but I suspect some of the links you guys supplied will help > me figure that out. The router is set to "AP" -- I _think_ i

Re: OT: Router behaviour

2021-02-20 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 08:23:39PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I powered the router down again, plugged its WAN port into one of the > > LAN ports of the ISP-supplied router, and brought it back up. > > I you sure you plugged your ISP-router into the WAN port of your > (Buffalo) router and n

Re: debian installation is no longer working

2021-02-20 Thread Semih Ozlem
In addition to my earlier message, the usb drive has three partitions FAT partition including EFI, swap partition, btrfs partition where home folder is located. sudo btrfs rescue super-recover /dev/sdc3 gives the response All supers are valid, no need to recover When starting from the usb, the b

Re: spectre-meltdown-checker: Hash Sum mismatch

2021-02-20 Thread didar
On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 04:26:17PM +0100, Kamil Jońca wrote: > Harald Dunkel writes: > > > Hi folks, > > > > aptitude shows > > > > E: Failed to fetch > > > > http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/spectre-meltdown-checker/spectre-meltdown-checker_0.42-1_all.deb: > > Hash Sum mismatch > >

Re: debian installation is no longer working

2021-02-20 Thread tomas
On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 12:26:36PM +0300, Semih Ozlem wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I installed debian 10 on a 64 GB usb [...] USB sticks sometimes die slow deaths. It'd be interesting to check the file systems on your USB stick, perhaps from another Linux installation, perhaps from a live or rescue

debian installation is no longer working

2021-02-20 Thread Semih Ozlem
Hi everyone, I installed debian 10 on a 64 GB usb. It had been working fine. Last I installed apache server, virtualbox, docker. After all this it worked fine for a while, though at times slowly. Currently it is not working. It does not finish booting, and it gets stuck at a certain point. The scr

The Elephant and the Philospher [was: Question regarding hardware choices]

2021-02-20 Thread tomas
On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 06:22:31PM -0800, David Christensen wrote: [...] > So, metaphorically speaking, rather than blindly groping some > portion of an unknown beast and attempting to describe it [...] CONGRATS! You just managed to get hold of that philospher who was gripping firmly the elephan

Re: OT: Router behaviour

2021-02-20 Thread Rick Thomas
On Thu, Feb 4, 2021, at 4:26 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > Mark Fletcher wrote: > > First apologies for the off-topic post, but I know this community is > > full of experts on this topic and my ask in the end is a simple one: > > (and you can use Debian to achieve your ends) > > > Can anyone point me