Re: Keyboard prevents screensaver & scrolling terminal window

2021-10-19 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Jeff wrote: > KeyPress event, [...] > keycode 248 Seems to be considered a firmware bug of the keyboard which might become repairable in the future: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=267365 > https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=105326 Such old wisdom will probably

Re: Debian's branches and release model

2021-10-19 Thread Brian
On Tue 19 Oct 2021 at 11:09:04 -0400, Peter Hoist wrote: > > > > https://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseProposals > > > > Great list, contains a lot of what I have to say. Almost all from 10+ years ago. Things have moved on during that time. Maybe the annonynous author has too. Don't expect that page's

Re: PCSX2 GPU hang

2021-10-19 Thread piorunz
On 19/10/2021 03:58, Matthew McAllister wrote: Hi folks, I've discovered that PCSX2 causes an Intel GPU hang on bullseye. -- System Information: Debian Release: 11.1   APT prefers stable-security   APT policy: (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Ar

Re: Keyboard prevents screensaver & scrolling terminal window

2021-10-19 Thread Jeff
Hi Thomas, Thanks for your suggestion. On 17/10/2021 13:53, Thomas Schmitt wrote: If your suspicion is right, xev should show lots of such Key* events as soon as its receiver window gets the focus, without you pressing any key at the keyboard. In that case, end xev and look at the messages on t

Re: Where is a list of kernel messages ?

2021-10-19 Thread Darac Marjal
On 18/10/2021 22:16, C.T.F. Jansen wrote: > Greetings, > > Where is there a list of linux kernel messages ? > So far not found on : > > - google > - Debian linux or kernel documentation, specifically linux-doc etc. > - not seem in /usr/share/doc > > - www.kernel.org > >

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread Dan Ritter
David Wright wrote: > On Tue 19 Oct 2021 at 06:41:14 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote: > > On 10/19/21 6:08 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > It's getting towards off-topic, but I can confirm that just > > > because a person is working on a CS master's degree, that > > > doesn't mean they have any degree of

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread piorunz
On 19/10/2021 16:29, David Wright wrote: I suspect "courtneyxshort" is not in a local[e] that is native English speaking That seems unlikely, seeing as they post in British Summer Time through an IP address owned by BSKYB-BROADBAND (Sky UK Limited) that geolocates around Northolt/Uxbridge, near

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 12:11:56PM +0100, courtneyxshort wrote: > > Hello, > > I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves me > downloading Debian on my Mac. I have tried this countless times and I have > been unsuccessful. I've watched Youtube videos/ read the informa

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread Curt
On 2021-10-19, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 08:10:02AM -0400, lou wrote: >> On 19/10/2021 12:11, courtneyxshort wrote: >> > > > I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves >> > > > me downloading Debian on my Mac. I have tried this countless times and

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread David Wright
On Tue 19 Oct 2021 at 06:41:14 (-0700), Peter Ehlert wrote: > On 10/19/21 6:08 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > piorunz wrote: > > > On 19/10/2021 13:10, lou wrote: > > > > On 19/10/2021 12:11, courtneyxshort wrote: > > > > > > > I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree > > > > > > >

Re: Debian's branches and release model

2021-10-19 Thread Peter Hoist
> > https://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseProposals > Great list, contains a lot of what I have to say. The fact that debian is laser focused on stable, and does not officially encourage using testing as a rolling release (as evidenced from a couple replies to this email chain), yet there are still peop

Re: [Sid] Firefox problem

2021-10-19 Thread Grzesiek
On 10/18/21 5:35 PM, Celejar wrote: On Sun, 17 Oct 2021 10:55:45 +0200 Grzesiek wrote: Hi there, On some of machines I use, after opening of Firefox I get empty browser window (with menus, decorations etc) but nothing else is displayed. Its impossible to open menu, type address, etc. The only

Re: [Sid] Firefox problem

2021-10-19 Thread Grzesiek
On 10/17/21 8:40 PM, harrywea...@tutanota.com wrote: 17 Oct 2021, 18:55 by p...@sojka.co: Hi there, On some of machines I use, after opening of Firefox I get empty browser window (with menus, decorations etc) but nothing else is displayed. Its impossible to open menu, type address, etc. Th

Re: Disk partitioning phase of installation

2021-10-19 Thread Brian
On Mon 18 Oct 2021 at 11:07:05 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Sat 16 Oct 2021 at 18:47:25 (+0100), Brian wrote: > > On Sat 16 Oct 2021 at 10:12:34 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > > [Lots of snipping] > > > > > If you want to see a blow-by-blow example of the partitioner, you > > > could revisit

[Sid] csync2 startup scripts

2021-10-19 Thread Grzesiek Sójka
I think there is something wrong with scync2 startup scripts: # systemctl status csync2.service ○ csync2.service - LSB: Cluster file synchronization daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/csync2; generated) Active: inactive (dead) since Tue 2021-10-19 15:44:16 CEST; 7min ago Docs: ma

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 10/19/2021 09:08 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: piorunz wrote: On 19/10/2021 13:10, lou wrote: On 19/10/2021 12:11, courtneyxshort wrote: I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves me downloading Debian on my Mac. I have tried this countless times and I have been unsuc

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread Peter Ehlert
On 10/19/21 6:08 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: piorunz wrote: On 19/10/2021 13:10, lou wrote: On 19/10/2021 12:11, courtneyxshort wrote: I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves me downloading Debian on my Mac. I have tried this countless times and I have been unsuccess

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread Dan Ritter
piorunz wrote: > On 19/10/2021 13:10, lou wrote: > > On 19/10/2021 12:11, courtneyxshort wrote: > > > > > I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves > > > > > me downloading Debian on my Mac. I have tried this countless times > > > > > and I > > > > > have been unsucces

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread piorunz
On 19/10/2021 13:10, lou wrote: On 19/10/2021 12:11, courtneyxshort wrote: I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves me downloading Debian on my Mac. I have tried this countless times and I have been unsuccessful. I've watched Youtube videos/ read the information on

Re: Recommended KVM box: HDMI (video), USB (mouse+kb+periferal), 4-port

2021-10-19 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, October 19, 2021 06:21:34 AM Tom Browder wrote: > Thanks! I forget about ebay—I only used it once many years ago. And the > Belkin products I’ve used in the past have worked fine. You're welcome! I buy quite a few things off ebay (for some definition of quite a few) -- some used thin

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, courtneyxshort wrote: > I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves me > downloading Debian on my Mac. In normal times i would advise you to seek contact to local Linux users at your university or school. Nomenclature: I guess you are supposed to "install" a Debian

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread lou
On 10/19/21 8:13 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: No, that's fully believable. It's a fairly specialized knowledge set,which a Computer Science student may not possess. What's more worrying is the vagueness of the help request. You'd think such a student would provide at least a modicum of detail, li

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 08:10:02AM -0400, lou wrote: > On 19/10/2021 12:11, courtneyxshort wrote: > > > > I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves > > > > me downloading Debian on my Mac. I have tried this countless times and I > > > > have been unsuccessful. I've watc

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread Dan Ritter
courtneyxshort wrote: > > I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves me > downloading Debian on my Mac. I have tried this countless times and I have > been unsuccessful. I've watched Youtube videos/ read the information on > your website and I am still unable to do th

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread lou
On 19/10/2021 12:11, courtneyxshort wrote: I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves me downloading Debian on my Mac. I have tried this countless times and I have been unsuccessful. I've watched Youtube videos/ read the information on your website and I am still unabl

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 19/10/2021 13:50, courtneyxshort wrote: So there is no possible way to support Debian? Currently there is no easy way to install Debian (or any Linux based distribution) on recent Macs. People are working on porting the Linux kernel on them, but it is not a one-day job. As noticed on th

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread piorunz
On 19/10/2021 12:58, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 12:46:41PM +0100, piorunz wrote: On 19/10/2021 12:11, courtneyxshort wrote: I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves me downloading Debian on my Mac. I have tried this countless times and I have bee

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi Courtney, latest Mac are not well, if not at all, supported by Linux. You may try to install Debian on a PC (or an old supported mac) instead. hth, Jerome On 19/10/2021 13:11, courtneyxshort wrote: Hello, I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves me downloading

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 12:46:41PM +0100, piorunz wrote: > On 19/10/2021 12:11, courtneyxshort wrote: > > > I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves > > me downloading Debian on my Mac. I have tried this countless times and I > > have been unsuccessful. I've watched Y

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread piorunz
On 19/10/2021 12:11, courtneyxshort wrote: I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves me downloading Debian on my Mac. I have tried this countless times and I have been unsuccessful. I've watched Youtube videos/ read the information on your website and I am still unab

Debian

2021-10-19 Thread courtneyxshort
Hello, I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves me downloading Debian on my Mac. I have tried this countless times and I have been unsuccessful. I've watched Youtube videos/ read the information on your website and I am still unable to do this. Is this somethi

Re: Cannot install vlc on bullseye

2021-10-19 Thread Dan Ritter
R. Ramesh wrote: > Thanks for everyone's help. I systematically went through every package and > moved them to debian version if apt allowed me to do so. At the end I only > have acroread from dmo and everything else is from debian. I removed mythtv > also to get to this point. Since this is my de

Re: Recommended KVM box: HDMI (video), USB (mouse+kb+periferal), 4-port

2021-10-19 Thread Tom Browder
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 20:29 wrote: … > I am using a Belkin SOHO 4-Port KVM Switch Box F1DS104J, bought used off > ebay > in January, 2020 for under $20. Thanks! I forget about ebay—I only used it once many years ago. And the Belkin products I’ve used in the past have worked fine. -Tom

Re: Cannot install vlc on bullseye

2021-10-19 Thread didier gaumet
Le lundi 18 octobre 2021 à 20:43 -0500, R. Ramesh a écrit  [...] > I only have acroread from dmo and everything else is from debian. I > removed mythtv also to get to this point. [...] > I do not have the same freedom for three other (debian based) > machines  [...] Hello, - Acroread from deb