Re: How to verify newly burned disc

2021-07-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
> The first hit at ebay.de when searching for "m-disc dvd" shows an offer > for 10 4.7 GB discs at 85.11 € + 7.31 € for shipping from Japan :-) [...] > There is also an offer from Australia, 5 discs for "~" 21.74 € + ~ 42.97 Hmm... so that's in the order of about 1 €/GB >From a quick look at SSD a

Re: Debian Linux keyboard mapping files ...

2021-07-02 Thread Albretch Mueller
It occurred to me that my use of the term "mapping" may have been a little confusing. I used it in general and as part of my corpora research I am moving away from UTF-8. That is all I am doing. lbrtchx

Re: How to verify newly burned disc

2021-07-02 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Fri, 02 Jul 2021 21:22:00 +0200 "Thomas Schmitt" wrote: > Hi, > > i wrote: > > ... > You would need a filter program which takes care not to read > > more ... > than ~ 20 MB/s. > > Michael Lange wrote: > > I tried that, but as it seems without any effect on the drive's speed. > > Maybe

Re: How to verify newly burned disc

2021-07-02 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Greg Wooledge wrote: > Audio CDs do not have a file system. There's nothing to mount. There > are no ".wav files". Correct. Further the CD-DA sectors are not readable by the usual Linux block i/o. dd(1) and write(2) will throw error. Reading is done by special programs which use the SCSI co

Re: Creation of empty files [was: Useful use of dd]

2021-07-02 Thread David Christensen
On 7/2/21 2:30 PM, David Christensen wrote: I expected sparse files, but du(1) does not indicate such (?). Comments? RTFM ls(1) and the '-s' and '--block-size' options. David

Re: Useful use of dd

2021-07-02 Thread David Christensen
On 7/2/21 4:25 AM, Teemu Likonen wrote: * 2021-07-02 12:52:53+0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Teemu Likonen wrote: For this new subject I will add another use: quickly create empty file of specific size, for example 5 * 1024 bytes: $ dd of=empty obs=1024 seek=5 count=0 Not to forget creation

Re: How to verify newly burned disc [Was: Fatal error while burning CD]

2021-07-02 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 10:04:04PM +0100, Richmond wrote: > Greg Wooledge writes: > > Audio CDs do not have a file system. There's nothing to mount. There > > are no ".wav files". > Using Caja file manager I have put in the localtion bar (or rather it put in) > > cdda://sr0/ > > This shows me

Creation of empty files [was: Useful use of dd]

2021-07-02 Thread David Christensen
On 7/2/21 11:51 AM, Kushal Kumaran wrote: On Fri, Jul 02 2021 at 01:26:23 PM, Teemu Likonen wrote: For this new subject I will add another use: quickly create empty file of specific size, for example 5 * 1024 bytes: $ dd of=empty obs=1024 seek=5 count=0 2021-07-02 14:20:47 dpchrist@d

Useless use of shell pipelines [was: Useful use of dd]

2021-07-02 Thread David Christensen
On 7/2/21 12:49 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: Now to another pet peeve of mine: useless use of grep: grep | sed -e 's/bla/foo/' ... Perhaps the underlying issue is useless use of shell pipelines ("The Unix Way"): 2021-07-02 12:44:43 dpchrist@dipsy ~/sandbox/perl $ cat useless-use-o

Re: How to verify newly burned disc [Was: Fatal error while burning CD]

2021-07-02 Thread Richmond
Greg Wooledge writes: > On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 08:51:54PM +0100, Richmond wrote: >> Michael Lange writes: >> >> > So, does anyone know about a way to verify the integrity of burned >> > audio-CDs? >> > >> >> This is a bit speculative because I cannot test it, but: >> >> k3b and brasero have

Re: when will bullseye become stable?

2021-07-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 3:52 PM Long Wind wrote: > > i always use stable or old releases When it's ready. But we're coming up rapidly on full freeze in a couple weeks. https://release.debian.org/bullseye/freeze_policy.html#full

Re: when will bullseye become stable?

2021-07-02 Thread Jean-Philippe MENGUAL
Le 02/07/2021 à 22:51, Long Wind a écrit : i always use stable or old releases probably at the end of this month of July Regards Thanks!

Re: How to verify newly burned disc [Was: Fatal error while burning CD]

2021-07-02 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 08:51:54PM +0100, Richmond wrote: > Michael Lange writes: > > > So, does anyone know about a way to verify the integrity of burned > > audio-CDs? > > > > This is a bit speculative because I cannot test it, but: > > k3b and brasero have options to verify written cd. > >

Re: How to verify newly burned disc [Was: Fatal error while burning CD]

2021-07-02 Thread Richmond
Michael Lange writes: > So, does anyone know about a way to verify the integrity of burned > audio-CDs? > This is a bit speculative because I cannot test it, but: k3b and brasero have options to verify written cd. I think you could verify using diff, i.e. diff /dev/cdrom file.iso Or you could

Re: Useless use of "dd"

2021-07-02 Thread David Christensen
On 7/1/21 10:40 PM, Teemu Likonen wrote: * 2021-07-01 20:43:09-0700, David Christensen wrote: To "take an image", the script invokes dd(1) and pipes the output to gzip(1), copying raw device octets to a file. To "restore an image", the process is reversed. Sounds like the classic "useless use

Re: How to verify newly burned disc

2021-07-02 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i wrote: > ... > You would need a filter program which takes care not to read more > ... > than ~ 20 MB/s. Michael Lange wrote: > I tried that, but as it seems without any effect on the drive's speed. > Maybe my efforts were not sufficient :) Did you test it with a superfast input like /dev/

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-07-02 Thread Brian
On Fri 02 Jul 2021 at 11:09:58 +0100, Brian wrote: > Indeed. Apologies, Felix. Having said that, perhaps installing in the same way as two other users have idicaated would allow you to make a useful contriburion without having to rely on memory. -- Brian.

Re: Useful use of dd [was: Useless use of "dd"]

2021-07-02 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Fri, Jul 02 2021 at 01:26:23 PM, Teemu Likonen wrote: > * 2021-07-02 09:49:23+0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >> FWIW, I've found something which could be deemed to be an "useful use >> of dd" which somehow bears a hidden symmetry. As a replacement for >> `cat' whenever you need to put a name o

Re: Whole Disk Encryption + SSD

2021-07-02 Thread David Christensen
On 7/2/21 8:02 AM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 20:43:09 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: On 7/1/21 7:55 PM, David Wright wrote: On Mon 28 Jun 2021 at 13:36:35 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: I do not set the 'discard' (trim) option in fstab(5). If and when I want to erase un

Re: systemd nfs mount blocked until first entered

2021-07-02 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 07:46:31PM +0200, Reiner Buehl wrote: > I think I found a solution! For whatever reason, my network interface > enp5s11 was not in the "auto" line in /etc/network/interfaces. After adding > it there and a reboot, the filesystem is mounted correct without any of > the x-syst

Re: systemd nfs mount blocked until first entered

2021-07-02 Thread Reiner Buehl
I think I found a solution! For whatever reason, my network interface enp5s11 was not in the "auto" line in /etc/network/interfaces. After adding it there and a reboot, the filesystem is mounted correct without any of the x-systemd mount options. Am Fr., 2. Juli 2021 um 19:30 Uhr schrieb Reiner B

Re: Btrfs scrub going past 100%

2021-07-02 Thread Paul
On 7/2/21 5:48 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: Paul wrote: I run regular btrfs scrubs through btrfsmaintenance on my disk array without issues. This time, though, the scrub percentage went over 100%. I kept it running so that I can file a bug if this is one. Which package do I file this against? I belie

Re: How to verify newly burned disc

2021-07-02 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Fri, 02 Jul 2021 12:24:17 +0200 "Thomas Schmitt" wrote: > Hi, > > i wrote: > > > You would need a filter program which takes care not to read more > > > than ~ 20 MB/s. Then the [Pioneer BDR-S09] drive slows down > > > automatically. > > Michael Lange wrote: > > I see, that does not sou

Re: Btrfs scrub going past 100%

2021-07-02 Thread Dan Ritter
Paul wrote: > On 7/2/21 5:48 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > It is probably significant that over the last year, I see a fair > > number of issues with crashes and unrecoverable data on the btrfs list. > > I've been using Btrfs for several years. It works quite well. I chose it over > ZFS for its f

Re: systemd nfs mount blocked until first entered

2021-07-02 Thread Reiner Buehl
Hello, this is the full unit: # /etc/systemd/system/vdr.service [Unit] Description=Video Disk Recorder Wants=systemd-udev-settle.service After=systemd-udev-settle.service [Service] Type=notify ExecStartPre=/bin/sh /usr/lib/vdr/merge-commands.sh "commands" ExecStartPre=/bin/sh /usr/lib/vdr/merge

Publish guest contributions

2021-07-02 Thread mike
"Hi, We need an advertising space with do-follow links on your blog security-tracker.debian.org. • We provide 500+ words • no copy article • the duration will be a minimum of 1 year Can you please write to us if possible to place an article with a link leading to betting related site and h

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-07-02 Thread Brian
On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 16:24:12 +0100, Brian wrote: [..] > on the system. So...a D-I bug? Quite possibly, but my involvement with it ends here. Others can pursue it in a suitable report. Note that the installation with "recommends=false" still sets up the system not to install recommended packag

Re: How do I get back the GRUB menu with the blue background?

2021-07-02 Thread deloptes
Stella Ashburne wrote: > 7. Debian Testing was installed on the 100GB partition. Installation was > successful. > > 8. However, I am now unable to boot into the GRUB menu with the blue > background. Instead all I have is a black screen with the word grub> _ > (The underscore is actually the posit

Re: systemd nfs mount blocked until first entered

2021-07-02 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 06:12:58PM +0200, Reiner Buehl wrote: > I have a directory that is mounted via NFS from a remote server. Actually, you have an autofs mountpoint, because you set x-systemd.automount option in fstab. Only if something starts using that mountpoint an NFS filesyst

Re: systemd nfs mount blocked until first entered

2021-07-02 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 06:12:58PM +0200, Reiner Buehl wrote: > I have a directory that is mounted via NFS from a remote server. The mount > is done via an /etc/fstab entry like this: > > 192.168.1.2:/video /video nfs > defaults,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.requires=network-online.target,x-

systemd nfs mount blocked until first entered

2021-07-02 Thread Reiner Buehl
Hi all, I have a directory that is mounted via NFS from a remote server. The mount is done via an /etc/fstab entry like this: 192.168.1.2:/video /video nfs defaults,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.requires=network-online.target,x-systemd.device-timeout=10,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,soft,nolock,noa

Re: x-window-manager alternative missing

2021-07-02 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-07-02 at 12:01, Siard wrote: > The Wanderer: > >> What package, or packages, set(s) up the x-window-manager alternative >> and define(s) symlinks for it? > > To set the default x-window-manager, you can use: > ># update-alternatives --config x-window-manager As far as I'm aware, tha

Re: x-window-manager alternative missing

2021-07-02 Thread Siard
The Wanderer: > What package, or packages, set(s) up the x-window-manager alternative > and define(s) symlinks for it? To set the default x-window-manager, you can use: # update-alternatives --config x-window-manager To only see the available (i.e. installed) x-window-managers: $ update-a

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-07-02 Thread Richmond
Siard writes: > On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 22:37 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: >> On 6/22/21 9:23 AM, Siard wrote: >> > In the MATE Terminal settings (Edit > Profile Preferences), >> > tab 'Colors', under 'Palette', set 'Built-in schemes' to 'Custom' >> > and change every color in the color palette to black

Re: x-window-manager alternative missing

2021-07-02 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-07-02 at 11:39, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 11:14:22AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > >> What package, or packages, set(s) up the x-window-manager >> alternative and define(s) symlinks for it? > > I take it from the content that I snipped that you're looking for a > list

Re: x-window-manager alternative missing

2021-07-02 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 11:14:22AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > What package, or packages, set(s) up the x-window-manager alternative > and define(s) symlinks for it? I take it from the content that I snipped that you're looking for a list of window managers, and not a technical explanation of how

Re: Useful use of dd [was: Useless use of "dd"]

2021-07-02 Thread tomas
On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 10:02:49AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 02 Jul 2021 at 13:35:17 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > > Eek. Thanks. > > This reminds me of the sentiment expressed in > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/08/msg01454.html :-) Cheers - t signature.asc

Re: x-window-manager alternative missing

2021-07-02 Thread David Wright
On Fri 02 Jul 2021 at 11:14:22 (-0400), The Wanderer wrote: > What package, or packages, set(s) up the x-window-manager alternative > and define(s) symlinks for it? > > I'm building a new computer, and setting up my (Debian-based) preferred > configuration on it, and I've just discovered that ther

Re: Debian Linux keyboard mapping files ...

2021-07-02 Thread Albretch Mueller
On 7/2/21, Greg Wooledge wrote: > you're starting from some MASSIVELY incorrect assumptions, > but up until now, correcting all the background noise was never > important, because you were just poking around out of curiosity. Or so > we thought. I don't understand why "we" think "I was just pok

x-window-manager alternative missing

2021-07-02 Thread The Wanderer
What package, or packages, set(s) up the x-window-manager alternative and define(s) symlinks for it? I'm building a new computer, and setting up my (Debian-based) preferred configuration on it, and I've just discovered that there is no x-window-manager alternative defined; as a result, running sta

x-window-manager alternative missing

2021-07-02 Thread The Wanderer
What package, or packages, set(s) up the x-window-manager alternative and define(s) symlinks for it? I'm building a new computer, and setting up my (Debian-based) preferred configuration on it, and I've just discovered that there is no x-window-manager alternative defined; as a result, running sta

Re: Whole Disk Encryption + SSD

2021-07-02 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 10:02:18AM -0500, David Wright wrote: But what happens with an SSD? If, after the rm step above, you # fstrim /home the mountpoint, where /etc/fstab has the line /dev/mapper/luks-fedcba98-7654-3210-… LABEL1 ext4 /home then what gets zeroed If everything's appropriately

Re: Useful use of dd [was: Useless use of "dd"]

2021-07-02 Thread David Wright
On Fri 02 Jul 2021 at 13:35:17 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 07:31:24AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 09:49:23AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > sudo dd of=/etc/hosts oflags=append > > > > This appears to be a typo for "oflag=append", w

Re: Whole Disk Encryption + SSD

2021-07-02 Thread David Wright
On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 20:43:09 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: > On 7/1/21 7:55 PM, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 28 Jun 2021 at 13:36:35 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: > > > > > I do not set the 'discard' (trim) option in fstab(5). If and when I > > > want to erase unused blocks (such as b

Re: Btrfs scrub going past 100%

2021-07-02 Thread Dan Ritter
Paul wrote: > I run regular btrfs scrubs through btrfsmaintenance on my disk array without > issues. This time, though, the scrub percentage went over 100%. I kept it > running so that I can file a bug if this is one. > > Which package do I file this against? I believe it's in the Linux kernel no

Re: Useful use of dd

2021-07-02 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 01:26:23PM +0300, Teemu Likonen wrote: * 2021-07-02 09:49:23+0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:

Re: Debian Linux keyboard mapping files ...

2021-07-02 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 02:24:20AM -0400, Albretch Mueller wrote: > From your examples you included I will only need yielded glyphs if > they are commonly used in a language. Now, defining "commonly used" > would be an entirely different, yet valid question. > > I will have to code my way throug

Re: Useful use of dd [was: Useless use of "dd"]

2021-07-02 Thread tomas
On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 07:31:24AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 09:49:23AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > sudo dd of=/etc/hosts oflags=append > > This appears to be a typo for "oflag=append", which is a GNU extension, > not part of the standard POSIX dd. No wonder I

Re: Useful use of dd [was: Useless use of "dd"]

2021-07-02 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 09:49:23AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > sudo dd of=/etc/hosts oflags=append This appears to be a typo for "oflag=append", which is a GNU extension, not part of the standard POSIX dd. No wonder I didn't know about it. ;-) The bullseye version of GNU coreutils dd also

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-07-02 Thread Siard
On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 22:37 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > On 6/22/21 9:23 AM, Siard wrote: > > In the MATE Terminal settings (Edit > Profile Preferences), > > tab 'Colors', under 'Palette', set 'Built-in schemes' to 'Custom' > > and change every color in the color palette to black. > > > > Here is a sc

Re: Useful use of dd

2021-07-02 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2021-07-02 12:52:53+0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Teemu Likonen wrote: >> For this new subject I will add another use: quickly create empty file >> of specific size, for example 5 * 1024 bytes: >>$ dd of=empty obs=1024 seek=5 count=0 > > Not to forget creation of sparse files with few disk c

Re: Useful use of dd

2021-07-02 Thread tomas
On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 12:52:53PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Teemu Likonen wrote: > > For this new subject I will add another use: quickly create empty file > > of specific size, for example 5 * 1024 bytes: > >$ dd of=empty obs=1024 seek=5 count=0 > > Not to forget creation of sp

Re: Re: Buster on Win 10 Problems

2021-07-02 Thread josef.strycek
Hi, you can run Debian on Virtualbox, but WSL is integrate in Windows, you can run application from app menu.

Re: Useful use of dd [was: Useless use of "dd"]

2021-07-02 Thread tomas
On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 01:26:23PM +0300, Teemu Likonen wrote: > * 2021-07-02 09:49:23+0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > FWIW, I've found something which could be deemed to be an "useful use > > of dd" which somehow bears a hidden symmetry. As a replacement for > > `cat' whenever you need to put

Btrfs scrub going past 100%

2021-07-02 Thread Paul
Hello, I run regular btrfs scrubs through btrfsmaintenance on my disk array without issues. This time, though, the scrub percentage went over 100%. I kept it running so that I can file a bug if this is one. Which package do I file this against? I believe it's in the Linux kernel not btrfs-p

Re: Useful use of dd

2021-07-02 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Teemu Likonen wrote: > For this new subject I will add another use: quickly create empty file > of specific size, for example 5 * 1024 bytes: >$ dd of=empty obs=1024 seek=5 count=0 Not to forget creation of sparse files with few disk consumption. For testing zisofs i have this in a scrip

Re: How do I get back the GRUB menu with the blue background?

2021-07-02 Thread David
Hi I see that you've not had any replies, so I'll attempt to assist. Even though I have no experience with GPT and UEFI, I have used LUKS and LVM. Thank you for making some effort to provide a detailed description of your situation. Please note that I have several questions (1, 2, 3) interleaved

Re: Useful use of dd [was: Useless use of "dd"]

2021-07-02 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2021-07-02 09:49:23+0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > FWIW, I've found something which could be deemed to be an "useful use > of dd" which somehow bears a hidden symmetry. As a replacement for > `cat' whenever you need to put a name on the output file. For this new subject I will add another use:

Re: How to verify newly burned disc

2021-07-02 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i wrote: > > You would need a filter program which takes care not to read more than > > ~ 20 MB/s. Then the [Pioneer BDR-S09] drive slows down automatically. Michael Lange wrote: > I see, that does not sound trivial, at least to me :) It would be a nice first exercise in about any programmin

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-07-02 Thread Brian
On Fri 02 Jul 2021 at 04:55:04 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 07/01/2021 04:52 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 16:34:46 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > > > > Brian composed on 2021-07-01 21:05 (UTC+0100): > > > > > > > On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 12:40:05 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > >

Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

2021-07-02 Thread Richard Owlett
On 07/01/2021 04:52 PM, Brian wrote: On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 16:34:46 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: Brian composed on 2021-07-01 21:05 (UTC+0100): On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 12:40:05 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: Dun

Useful use of dd [was: Useless use of "dd"]

2021-07-02 Thread tomas
On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 08:40:39AM +0300, Teemu Likonen wrote: [...] > dd if=/dev/sdX | gzip >image.gz > > is slower but functionally the same as either of these: > > gzip image.gz > gzip --to-stdout /dev/sdX >image.gz Quite right -- akin to "useless use of cat". FWIW, I've found

Re: How to verify newly burned disc

2021-07-02 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Tue, 29 Jun 2021 12:08:13 +0200 "Thomas Schmitt" wrote: (...) > > > For data-discs I finally found a recipe that seems to > > work in the archives of debianforum.de : > > $ wc -c whatever.iso > > 8237400064 whatever.iso > > $ dd if=/dev/sr0 | head -c 8237400064 | md5sum > > Yes. See als