Re: Phone

Hi, On 2021-07-27 10:01 a.m., Curt wrote: > On 2021-07-26, Charlie wrote: >> >> On Sun, 25 Jul 2021 19:49:37 +0100 Joe Informed me about Re: >> Phone >> >>> On Sun, 25 Jul 2021 16:57:04 +0300 >>> Gunnar Gervin wrote: >>> Will buy phone zoon, then play with this android for fun & l

Re: encrypt/lvm issue during install.... [WAS: location of screenshots during debian install

On 2021-07-27 12:53 PM, Brian wrote: On Tue 27 Jul 2021 at 11:55:32 -0600, Jupiter777 wrote: On 2021-07-27 06:10 AM, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 7/27/21 12:14 AM, Jupiter777 wrote: hello, I am in the middle of installing buster 10.10.x on my computer. I see that I can take screenshots as

Re: using scanbd

On 2021-07-27 17:11, mick crane wrote: The scanner works with XSane and Gimp without any configuration on my part. I'd like to scan a load using the scanner's scan button. Can somebody give me a quick instruction how that works ? Installed scanbd which seems to be working in that it stopped XSa

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 11:43:28AM +1200, Richard Hector wrote: > On 28/07/21 7:55 am, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > https://bugs.debian.org/991578 > > Nice. > > I looked at the patch, but I'm not familiar with what processing gets done > on that code. > > Does your reference to the reference manual,

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

On 28/07/21 7:55 am, Greg Wooledge wrote: https://bugs.debian.org/991578 Nice. I looked at the patch, but I'm not familiar with what processing gets done on that code. Does your reference to the reference manual, in the last of the diff, get expanded to tell me where to find the reference

Re: location of screenshots during debian install

On 27/07/21 7:14 pm, Jupiter777 wrote: hello, I am in the middle of installing buster 10.10.x on my computer. I see that I can take screenshots as the dialog boxes tell me:   Screenshot Saved as /var/log/ But /var/log is not on the bootable  usb I am using ... Where are the screenshots? 

Clean install or update

Polyna, I prefer clean install because my old computer often crashes after updating. According to my expert friend, Linus Torvalds "user space respect" means he asks developers Not to invade / destroy user space; crashing some computers cos they`re thinking "it`ll work for most users, so we`re goin

Re: Please help to test latest Debian 11 release candidate on real hardware

On 24.07.21 22:14, Andrey Ponomarenko wrote: Hello! Let's help developers to test upcoming Debian version 11 by filling out the community-driven list of tested hardware configurations: https://github.com/linuxhw/TestCoverage/tree/master/Dist/Debian_11

Re: Logitech C270 webcam

Please don't ask me for help in private. Keep it on the mailing list. On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 04:02:42PM -0400, Paul M. Foster wrote: > Interestingly, I apparently have pulse installed and running: > > paulf@dudley:~$ ps ax | grep pulse >  1063 ?    S > I didn't manually load it, so somewhe

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 03:55:27PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: [...] > https://bugs.debian.org/991578 Wow. Thanks for making Debian better :-) Cheers - t signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 07:28:30AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-07-27 at 07:25, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > I would suggest taking the paragraph that describes what the letters > > mean, which is currently under the "search" subcommand, and doing two > > things to it: > > > > 1) Reformat it a

Re: location of screenshots during debian install

On Tue 27 Jul 2021 at 11:55:32 -0600, Jupiter777 wrote: > > > On 2021-07-27 06:10 AM, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > > > On 7/27/21 12:14 AM, Jupiter777 wrote: > > > > > > > > > hello, > > > > > > I am in the middle of installing buster 10.10.x on my computer. > > > > > > I see that I can take scr

Re: Logitech C270 webcam

On 7/27/21 12:21 PM, Thomas Amm wrote: On Tue, 2021-07-27 at 11:44 -0400, Paul M. Foster wrote: Folks: I bought a Logitech C270 webcam, which is supposed to work in Linux. It does, EXCEPT the microphone isn't picking up sound. I've checked in alsamixer, and the microphone device can be select

Re: location of screenshots during debian install

On 2021-07-27 12:00 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 11:55:32AM -0600, Jupiter777 wrote: [...] I can't help you with your install problem: too few details to venture a try. But: Also, thank you for sharing the https://screenshots.debian.net/ Do you know how I can use i

Re: Please help to test latest Debian 11 release candidate on real hardware

On 24/07/2021 21:14, Andrey Ponomarenko wrote: Hello! Let's help developers to test upcoming Debian version 11 by filling out the community-driven list of tested hardware configurations: https://github.com/linuxhw/TestCoverage/tree/master/Dist/Debian_11

Re: location of screenshots during debian install

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 11:55:32AM -0600, Jupiter777 wrote: [...] I can't help you with your install problem: too few details to venture a try. But: > Also, thank you for sharing the https://screenshots.debian.net/ > > Do you know how I can use it? > > I mean: when I click on 'Upload' it app

Re: location of screenshots during debian install

On 2021-07-27 06:10 AM, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 7/27/21 12:14 AM, Jupiter777 wrote: hello, I am in the middle of installing buster 10.10.x on my computer. I see that I can take screenshots as the dialog boxes tell me:   Screenshot Saved as /var/log/ But /var/log is not on the bootable 

Re: Types of Debian updates

On Tue 27 Jul 2021 at 15:37:24 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 05:49:31PM +0300, Gunnar Gervin wrote: [...] > > Release > > Major release. Strictly, Debian has several releases in play at any one > time. OK, if it relates to stable and oldstable. > There is a sectio

Re: partial freeze when playing 3D games

Toni Casueps wrote: ... > I discarded LXDE as a problem as the same happens with KDE without more details i can only guess, try a more recent kernel version (via backports if neccessary) and if that doesn't help my guess would be that the 3D game is using some feature your hardware or libraries

Re: Logitech C270 webcam

On Tue, 2021-07-27 at 11:44 -0400, Paul M. Foster wrote: > Folks: > > I bought a Logitech C270 webcam, which is supposed to work in Linux. > It > does, EXCEPT the microphone isn't picking up sound. I've checked in > alsamixer, and the microphone device can be selected. But under > cheese > or o

using scanbd

The scanner works with XSane and Gimp without any configuration on my part. I'd like to scan a load using the scanner's scan button. Can somebody give me a quick instruction how that works ? Installed scanbd which seems to be working in that it stopped XSane finding the scanner until I killed s

runc CVEs in docker.io

Hello, I was just trying to install docker.io on Buster stable when apt-listbugs complained about one of the open CVEs listed here: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/runc Given that these are all fixed in Bullseye (and at least the grave apt-listbugs issue has been fix

Re: USB audio device no longer showing up

On Mon, 2021-07-26 at 08:38 -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 2:52 PM Thomas Amm > wrote: > > On Fri, 2021-07-23 at 08:11 -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > > > > > > > Thomas which USB chipsets do you prefer for audio? > > > > And are you doing MIDI over USB to the syn

Re: Logitech C270 webcam

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 11:44:36AM -0400, Paul M. Foster wrote: > I bought a Logitech C270 webcam, which is supposed to work in Linux. It > does, EXCEPT the microphone isn't picking up sound. I've checked in > alsamixer, and the microphone device can be selected. When they gave me a USB camera/mic

Logitech C270 webcam

Folks: I bought a Logitech C270 webcam, which is supposed to work in Linux. It does, EXCEPT the microphone isn't picking up sound. I've checked in alsamixer, and the microphone device can be selected. But under cheese or other software, it still does not capture. Yes, I've googled this, but i

Re: Types of Debian updates

Welcome. I suggest you spend some time becoming familiar with Debian. the Debian Wiki should be your primary resource. with your favorite search tool search "debian wiki _ " for each of the questions you listed. read each page carefully and follow the links. LMDE is Not Debian. Linux Mint

Re: Types of Debian updates

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 05:49:31PM +0300, Gunnar Gervin wrote: > Please tell & explain which update types there are like > Point release Debian has major release versions. The Debian stable version today (20210727) is Debian 10 - codename Buster. Roughly about every three months/qu

Re: Types of Debian updates

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 05:49:31PM +0300, Gunnar Gervin wrote: > Please tell & explain which update types there are like > Point release > Release > Update > New distro release etc/similar. You can start with and . That wi

Debian & philosophy

Dan: WOW! THX a LOT! Phone described as a tool. Geg

Types of Debian updates

Please tell & explain which update types there are like Point release Release Update New distro release etc/similar. Geg

Re: Phone

On 2021-07-26, Charlie wrote: > > On Sun, 25 Jul 2021 19:49:37 +0100 Joe Informed me about Re: > Phone > >> On Sun, 25 Jul 2021 16:57:04 +0300 >> Gunnar Gervin wrote: >> >> > Will buy phone zoon, then play with this android for fun & learn. >> >> Please comment here on your findin

Re: Using fontforge to convert TrueType or OpenType fonts to PostScript Type 1

On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 23:50 Teemu Likonen wrote: > > * 2021-07-26 16:15:01-0500, Tom Browder wrote: > > Can anyone show how to script the above conversion? > It's not good writing style to refer to a subject or heading. True, I don't usually do that. I apologize. > the script itself is simple

Debian on phones or tablets

This project exists: https://mobian-project.org/ to put Debian on phones and tablets. Currently they support the PinePhone, PineTab and Purism's Librem 5. Other devices are in various degress of progress. I would describe the whole thing, tentatively, as not being suitable for anyone's prima

Re: location of screenshots during debian install

On 7/27/21 12:14 AM, Jupiter777 wrote: hello, I am in the middle of installing buster 10.10.x on my computer. I see that I can take screenshots as the dialog boxes tell me:   Screenshot Saved as /var/log/ But /var/log is not on the bootable  usb I am using ... Where are the screenshots?

Re: How do I mount the USB stick containing the installer in Rescue Mode?

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 09:23:22AM +0200, Stella Ashburne wrote: > What commands shall I type to find out the location of the directory where > linux-image-5.10.0-7-amd64.deb is, given the fact that I'm using a > USB-installer? > df mount cd ls more cd more ls maybe find . -name 'linux*.deb' a

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

On 2021-07-27 at 07:25, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 03:38:31PM +1200, Richard Hector wrote: >> But experience suggests that A means 'automatically installed' (and p stands >> for purged, which linguistically doesn't really mean 'maybe has been purged; >> maybe has never been in

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 03:38:31PM +1200, Richard Hector wrote: > My main issue with aptitude documentation is that most of it isn't in the > manpage, but in the 'aptitude reference manual' which is referred to without > a link. The path given in the SEE ALSO section might be that, but it doesn't >

Re:Bonjour; salut_

Bereits versucht? https://bitly.com/3wXzqLj lina effong😉

Re: location of screenshots during debian install

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 01:14:36AM -0600, Jupiter777 wrote: > > > hello, > > I am in the middle of installing buster 10.10.x on my computer. > > I see that I can take screenshots as the dialog boxes tell me: > > Screenshot Saved as /var/log/ > > > But /var/log is not on the bootable usb I

Re: [OT] Why I don't like github [was: Please help to test latest Debian 11 release candidate on real] hardware

On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 05:18:57PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jul 2021 18:53:13 +0200 > wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 12:49:19PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > Anyone can "borrow" open source code, regardless of where it's hosted, > > > pretty much by definition. >

RE: partial freeze when playing 3D games

I discarded LXDE as a problem as the same happens with KDE De: Toni Casueps Enviado: viernes, 23 de julio de 2021 8:39 Para: debian-user@lists.debian.org Asunto: partial freeze when playing 3D games Hi all, When running 3D games (video players or 2D games work

Re: How do I mount the USB stick containing the installer in Rescue Mode?

Hi. On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 09:23:22AM +0200, Stella Ashburne wrote: > What commands shall I type to find out the location of the directory > where linux-image-5.10.0-7-amd64.deb is, given the fact that I'm using > a USB-installer? $ wget -q https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-buil

Re: location of screenshots during debian install

> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at 7:14 AM > From: "Jupiter777" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: location of screenshots during debian install > > > Where are the screenshots? I like to use them for troubleshooting? > I'm sorry to ask you but have you googled the internet for ans

Re: How do I mount the USB stick containing the installer in Rescue Mode?

I quote a section of the Debian's man page of mount: The move operation Move a mounted tree to another place (atomically). The call is: mount --move olddir newdir This will cause the contents which previously appeared under olddir to now be accessible under newdir. The physical location of the

location of screenshots during debian install

hello, I am in the middle of installing buster 10.10.x on my computer. I see that I can take screenshots as the dialog boxes tell me: Screenshot Saved as /var/log/ But /var/log is not on the bootable usb I am using ... Where are the screenshots? I like to use them for troubleshooting