Re: debian installation issue

2021-06-11 Thread Joe
On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 18:24:43 -0400 Felix Miata wrote: > Joe composed on 2021-06-11 20:14 (UTC+0100): > > > I have a netbook which booted fine into grub on stretch, > > but an upgrade to buster killed that, and to boot into buster I > > have to use a rescue medium and use efibootmgr to set NextBo

Re: Creation vs Modification timestamps

2021-06-11 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-12 12:19 a.m., hobie of RMN wrote: > Lately a script that has worked well and as intended for years and years > has begun doing something odd. When archiving a bunch of flat files, > instead of keeping the creation timestamps on those files, it stamps them > with the date and time

cannot mount smartphone anymore

2021-06-11 Thread Emanuel Berg
I use to use this little zsh #! /bin/zsh mount-smartphone () { jmtpfs $(mktemp -d phone.XX) } alias smph=mount-smartphone to mount the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 LTE GT-N7105 16GB (t0lte, Android 4.4.2) smartphone filesystem in my $HOME. But suddenly it doesn't work, it says: Dev

Creation vs Modification timestamps

2021-06-11 Thread hobie of RMN
Lately a script that has worked well and as intended for years and years has begun doing something odd. When archiving a bunch of flat files, instead of keeping the creation timestamps on those files, it stamps them with the date and time of their being moved. Why that's happening is a separate i

Re: $PATH problem

2021-06-11 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 04:09:35PM -0700, Gary L. Roach wrote: > I rebooted the system and then ran: > > * systemctl status backuppc.service** > **● backuppc.service - LSB: Launch backuppc server** > **   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/backuppc; generated)** Ouch! > **   Active: active (running) si

Re: $PATH problem

2021-06-11 Thread Bob Weber
On 6/11/21 19:09, Gary L. Roach wrote: *systemctl status backuppc.service** * Thats good.  Does the web interface work? Try: http://ip-of-server/backuppc/index.cgi?action=summary You might have to login.  Check the file /etc/backuppc/htpasswd. On my system it has the user and encrypted passw

Re: $PATH problem

2021-06-11 Thread Gary L. Roach
I rebooted the system and then ran: * systemctl status backuppc.service** **● backuppc.service - LSB: Launch backuppc server** **   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/backuppc; generated)** **   Active: active (running) since Fri 2021-06-11 15:59:17 PDT; 6min ago** ** Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generato

bootcd, xorrisso, debian-cd, making an iso of a current system and backing up

2021-06-11 Thread Semih Ozlem
Hi everyone, Can someone familiar with bootcd, xorriso, debian-cd explain how and for what purpose those commands are used? Is it possible to make an iso of one's current working system (installed or from a live version) or a backup with these commands, and what is the correct usage of the comman

Re: debian installation issue

2021-06-11 Thread Felix Miata
Joe composed on 2021-06-11 20:14 (UTC+0100): > I have a netbook which booted fine into grub on stretch, > but an upgrade to buster killed that, and to boot into buster I have to > use a rescue medium and use efibootmgr to set NextBoot to the right > entry. Nobody here seems able to help, and I gav

Re: debian installation issue

2021-06-11 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 12:52:47AM +0300, Semih Ozlem wrote: > Yes I am running in UEFI mode, but the partitioning is MBR and not GPT. Is > this a problem? Which is preferred when? Really, GPT is the future. The "MBR" disk label is another product of the 1980s. It doesn't even support disks over

Re: debian installation issue

2021-06-11 Thread Semih Ozlem
Dear Greg, and everyone else thanks for the detailed responses. By UEFI versus Legacy Boot you mean things that are determined in BIOS settings correct? Yes I am running in UEFI mode, but the partitioning is MBR and not GPT. Is this a problem? Which is preferred when? Why would legacy boot be pre

Re: $PATH problem

2021-06-11 Thread Bob Weber
On 6/11/21 16:48, Gary L. Roach wrote: Hi all, Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 10 KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.5 Qt Version: 5.11.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.54.0 Kernel Version: 4.19.0-16-amd64 OS Type: 64-bit Processors: 4 × AMD FX(tm)-4350 Quad-Core Processor Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM I have be

Re: debian installation issue

2021-06-11 Thread Felix Miata
Greg Wooledge composed on 2021-06-11 15:07 (UTC-0400): > On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 09:38:37PM +0300, Semih Ozlem wrote: >> How to check where grub is installed? And what is a friendly guide to >> learning about grub? > GRUB should be installed on the *disk* (not on a partition) that you > intend t

Re: $PATH problem

2021-06-11 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 01:48:47PM -0700, Gary L. Roach wrote: > I have been trying to install Backuppc on my system and have run into a > problem with the $PATH settings. I put the proper path setting in the > /etc/environment file which, on login, is supposed to supply that path to > all users. T

$PATH problem

2021-06-11 Thread Gary L. Roach
Hi all, Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 10 KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.5 Qt Version: 5.11.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.54.0 Kernel Version: 4.19.0-16-amd64 OS Type: 64-bit Processors: 4 × AMD FX(tm)-4350 Quad-Core Processor Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM I have been trying to install Backuppc on my syst

Re: Wiping an unencrypted SSD in preparation for encryption

2021-06-11 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 11:31:07PM -0500, David Wright wrote: I'm about to install buster or bullseye on a newly acquired laptop with an SSD (a first for me). I'm intending to clean (zero or randomise) the entire drive with dd before I start, and am interested in any pitfalls with that. Do not

Re: debian installation issue

2021-06-11 Thread Joe
On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 21:38:37 +0300 Semih Ozlem wrote: > I reinstalled the system, including an efi partition (500MiB) and the > problem was fixed. > > How to check where grub is installed? And what is a friendly guide to > learning about grub? I don't like quoting specific sources, as they go o

Re: debian installation issue

2021-06-11 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 09:38:37PM +0300, Semih Ozlem wrote: > I reinstalled the system, including an efi partition (500MiB) and the > problem was fixed. This suggests that you booted the installer in UEFI mode, rather than in Legacy mode. If you boot the installer in UEFI mode, you are expected

Re: debian installation issue

2021-06-11 Thread Semih Ozlem
I reinstalled the system, including an efi partition (500MiB) and the problem was fixed. How to check where grub is installed? And what is a friendly guide to learning about grub? Richard Owlett , 11 Haz 2021 Cum, 20:17 tarihinde şunu yazdı: > On 06/11/2021 11:31 AM, Semih Ozlem wrote: > > Hi ev

Re: Wiping an unencrypted SSD in preparation for encryption

2021-06-11 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 06:19:37PM +0300, Reco wrote: Encryption costs me whopping 13 MB/s out of 385. Right now on my desktop I can read about 1.4GByte/s on an unencrypted partition and 1.3Gbyte/s on an encrypted partition. Whether that's significant is subjective.

Re: debian installation issue

2021-06-11 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/11/2021 11:31 AM, Semih Ozlem wrote: Hi everyone, I am using 64bit with 4GiB system memory Intel COre i3-7100U @ 2.40 GHZ machine. I installed debian on a usb (sandisk cruzer blade 2.0 32 GB). I created a single partition. At the moment the system does not boot. From the installation medi

Re: Debmirror

2021-06-11 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, >> Approx is an HTTP-based Debian archive server.  It fetches packages >> from remote repositories on demand, and caches them for local use. >> >> Approx saves time and network bandwidth if you need to install or >> upgrade Debian software for a number of machines on a local network.  >> Each

debian installation issue

2021-06-11 Thread Semih Ozlem
Hi everyone, I am using 64bit with 4GiB system memory Intel COre i3-7100U @ 2.40 GHZ machine. I installed debian on a usb (sandisk cruzer blade 2.0 32 GB). I created a single partition. At the moment the system does not boot. From the installation media grub menu shows up. Is there a way without

Re: Debmirror

2021-06-11 Thread C M Reinehr
On 6/5/21 1:34 AM, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: Hi ! I've did a mirror with debmirror. All seem good when I look at the folders and files. But when I do apt-update it complains about contents-amd64 file missing !? Got some ideas? I don't recall that you've ever mentioned why you want

Re: Wiping an unencrypted SSD in preparation for encryption

2021-06-11 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 10:59:21AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Because yes there's a cost and it's speed. I call this cost acceptable: # pv /dev/sda3 > /dev/zero ^C50GiB 0:00:04 [ 385MiB/s] # cryptsetup status /dev/mapper/sda3_crypt /dev/mapper/sda3_crypt is ac

Re: Wiping an unencrypted SSD in preparation for encryption

2021-06-11 Thread ghe2001
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Thursday, June 10th, 2021 at 10:31 PM, David Wright wrote: > I'm intending to clean (zero or > randomise) the entire drive with dd before I start Have you considered dban? Takes a while, but works real goo

Re: Wiping an unencrypted SSD in preparation for encryption

2021-06-11 Thread rhkramer
Darn, please ignore the previous message -- didn't mean to send, was working on a draft, meant to save as a draft instead of send. (Of course, if you want to reply, feel free.) On Friday, June 11, 2021 11:01:40 AM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, June 11, 2021 02:49:03 AM Reco wrote: > > O

Re: Wiping an unencrypted SSD in preparation for encryption

2021-06-11 Thread Reco
On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 11:01:40AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, June 11, 2021 02:49:03 AM Reco wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 11:43:12PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > > > I don't bother with the 'discard' option in /etc/fstab, but perhaps I > > > should. The fstab(5) and m

Re: Wiping an unencrypted SSD in preparation for encryption

2021-06-11 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, June 11, 2021 02:49:03 AM Reco wrote: > On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 11:43:12PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > > I don't bother with the 'discard' option in /etc/fstab, but perhaps I > > should. The fstab(5) and mount(8) manual pages are unclear if > > 'discard' applies to swap or ext4. >

Re: Wiping an unencrypted SSD in preparation for encryption

2021-06-11 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-06-11 12:31 a.m., David Wright wrote: > I'm about to install buster or bullseye on a newly acquired laptop > with an SSD (a first for me). I'm intending to clean (zero or > randomise) the entire drive with dd before I start, and am > interested in any pitfalls with that. > > I will al

Re: ifconfig stats ??? Wrong behavior OR BUG ?

2021-06-11 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Kanto, On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 02:01:02PM +, Kanto Andria wrote: > dada@Jradebian:~$ sudo ifconfig enp0s31f6 stats     You just resolved "stats" in DNS and set the IP address of interface enp0s31f6 to that IP. >     inet 54.36..162.17  netmask 255.0.0.0  broadcast 54.255.255.255 I'm

Re: ifconfig stats ??? Wrong behavior OR BUG ?

2021-06-11 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 02:01:02PM +, Kanto Andria wrote: > dada@Jradebian:~$ sudo ifconfig enp0s31f6 stats     There's no "stats" option to ifconfig, at least according to the source of version 1.60+git20180626.aebd88e. But what a quick test does show me, is that in my environm

ifconfig stats ??? Wrong behavior OR BUG ?

2021-06-11 Thread Kanto Andria
Hello, First post here on this lists. I know about the the IP set of  commands, BUT my concern is about the ifconfig one.I have 2 Debian 10 Buster systems and I have the same behavior - reading the man page did not give the specific options       dada@Jradebian:~$ sudo ifconfig enp0s31f6   

Re: Wiping an unencrypted SSD in preparation for encryption

2021-06-11 Thread Reco
On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 05:55:02AM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > On 6/10/21 11:49 PM, Reco wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 11:43:12PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > > > I don't bother with the 'discard' option in /etc/fstab, but perhaps I > > > should. The fstab(5) and mount(8) manual pa

Re: Wiping an unencrypted SSD in preparation for encryption

2021-06-11 Thread David Christensen
On 6/10/21 11:49 PM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 11:43:12PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: I don't bother with the 'discard' option in /etc/fstab, but perhaps I should. The fstab(5) and mount(8) manual pages are unclear if 'discard' applies to swap or ext4. swapon(8):

Re: help me diagnose rt2800usb

2021-06-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 09:09:49AM +, Long Wind wrote: > i have erased stretch to install buster, but problem persistin my past > successful installation, buster installer shall prompt me to provide firmware > for wireless adapter , but this time it don't prompt > > > > Buster insta

Re: Wiping an unencrypted SSD in preparation for encryption

2021-06-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 11:31:07PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > I'm about to install buster or bullseye on a newly acquired laptop > with an SSD (a first for me). I'm intending to clean (zero or > randomise) the entire drive with dd before I start, and am > interested in any pitfalls with that. >

Re: help me diagnose rt2800usb

2021-06-11 Thread Long Wind
i have erased stretch to install buster, but problem persistin my past successful installation, buster installer shall prompt me to provide firmware for wireless adapter , but this time it don't prompt