Re: Following Pipewire developments

2021-11-09 Thread Yoann LE BARS
Hello everybody out there! One last question before deciding to use Fedora, what about use this repository: https://pipewire-debian.github.io/pipewire-debian/ Well, it seems a bit making some kind of a Frankendebian, but it seems to be less susceptible to broke anything else in the syste

Re: Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)

2021-11-09 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 16:06:39 + "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > Does it have to be new out of the box new? There are many of us > working happily with second hand Lenovo Thinkpads - and a year old > machine from a bankrupt business is relatively easy to source. Refurbished Lenovos are also availa

Re: Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)

2021-11-09 Thread Dan Ritter
Bob McGowan wrote: > On 11/9/21 7:17 AM, Tom Browder wrote: > Just two comments of things to look out for: > > 1.  If possible avoid Optimus based (dual graphics card) laptops.  It seems > there is a lot of variability in how different companies implement this, > which may impact how well a Linux

Re: ALSA device names.

2021-11-09 Thread deloptes
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > surround21:CARD=Set,DEV=0 > and > surround40:CARD=Set,DEV=0 > aren't atomic names.  Is the syntax and semantics explained in > documentation? > > No surround22, surround23 ... surround39 evident here. How does ALSA > derive or find the names and numbers? you hopefully

Re: Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)

2021-11-09 Thread Bob McGowan
On 11/9/21 7:17 AM, Tom Browder wrote: My Zareason laptop (13-in screen, very lightweight and thin) is running Debian 10 natively and wonderfully (with Win10 as a dual boot option), but the company has gone out of business and I want to start preparing a standby replacement. I would appreciat

Re: Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)

2021-11-09 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 17:47:16 + "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 06:20:38PM +0100, Christian Britz wrote: > > My cheap Lenovo Ideapad S145 was not supported by the stable kernel in > > Debian Buster (especially SSD and WiFi) when I bought it in April 2020, > > but very soon

Re: Package: nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver

2021-11-09 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 09.11.2021 18:23, lina wrote: It seems the drivers are there, my problems are: 1. I can't use gaussian view 2. The Sweet Home 3D Error: Sweet Home 3D will exit now because of a fatal error in the 3D rendering system of your computer. Please update the DirectX/OpenGL drivers of your computer

Re: Following Pipewire developments

2021-11-09 Thread Henning Follmann
On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 11:15:00PM +0100, Yoann LE BARS wrote: > > Hello, everybody out there! > > On 2021/11/08 at 2:39 pm, Henning Follmann wrote: > > The easiest way to get a current version of pipewire is > > to install fedora core. > > Yes, this is something I have considered. I have

Re: Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)

2021-11-09 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 06:20:38PM +0100, Christian Britz wrote: > My cheap Lenovo Ideapad S145 was not supported by the stable kernel in > Debian Buster (especially SSD and WiFi) when I bought it in April 2020, > but very soon got supported better and better by the testing > distribution. When Bul

Re: Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)

2021-11-09 Thread Christian Britz
My cheap Lenovo Ideapad S145 was not supported by the stable kernel in Debian Buster (especially SSD and WiFi) when I bought it in April 2020, but very soon got supported better and better by the testing distribution. When Bullseye got released, it was fully supported. I would assume that Lenovo m

Re: Package: nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver

2021-11-09 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 11:34:46AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 04:15:49PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 02:51:33PM +0100, lina wrote: > > > Can I have a system with both X-session and the nvidia-driver > > > as gaussian view requires > > > >

Re: Package: nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver

2021-11-09 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 04:15:49PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 02:51:33PM +0100, lina wrote: > > Can I have a system with both X-session and the nvidia-driver > > as gaussian view requires > > > > Gaussview must be run in an X-windows session. Details for controlling

Re: Package: nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver

2021-11-09 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 02:51:33PM +0100, lina wrote: > Can I have a system with both X-session and the nvidia-driver > as gaussian view requires > > Gaussview must be run in an X-windows session. Details for controlling the > application are provided in the materials found in the Resources sectio

Re: Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)

2021-11-09 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 09:17:53AM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > My Zareason laptop (13-in screen, very lightweight and thin) is running > Debian 10 natively and wonderfully (with Win10 as a dual boot option), but > the company has gone out of business and I want to start preparing a > standby replac

Re: Install debian on USB-stick

2021-11-09 Thread Michael Castellon
Hi, https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/11.1.0-live+nonfree/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-11.1.0-amd64-standard+nonfree.iso # cp debian-live-11.1.0-amd64-standard+nonfree.iso /dev/sdb # sync for other live https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-fr

Re: Install debian on USB-stick

2021-11-09 Thread Dan Ritter
Sim Sim wrote: > Is possible to install debian-11.1.0-i386-netinst.iso on 16Gb USB2.0-stick? > A minimal environment, of course. And productivity do not need, just > curiosity. You can: - write that ISO to the stick and use it as an installer OR - boot that ISO and select a stick like that as

ALSA device names.

2021-11-09 Thread peter
Ref. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/09/msg01112.html Subject: Re: Persistent names for audio devices. From: David Wright Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 22:35:11 -0500 Message-id: <20210930033511.gc22...@axis.corp> References: <_Vy48xSpy3r0uj8kBgbIiS_l-GGEeoinqJc5I64K4YfKpq

Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)

2021-11-09 Thread Tom Browder
My Zareason laptop (13-in screen, very lightweight and thin) is running Debian 10 natively and wonderfully (with Win10 as a dual boot option), but the company has gone out of business and I want to start preparing a standby replacement. I would appreciate any recommendations for that. I have looke

Re: No DNS in Fedora Podman image on Debian 11

2021-11-09 Thread Francois Gouget
On Sun, 7 Nov 2021, Ulf Volmer wrote: [...] > podman run --rm --security-opt=seccomp=unconfined -it fedora:latest > > solves the issue for me. That does work. Thanks! Today I also found that this is actually a known issue: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=995777 It indicates th

Install debian on USB-stick

2021-11-09 Thread Sim Sim
Hi. Is possible to install debian-11.1.0-i386-netinst.iso on 16Gb USB2.0-stick? A minimal environment, of course. And productivity do not need, just curiosity. Thanks.

Re: Package: nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver

2021-11-09 Thread lina
Can I have a system with both X-session and the nvidia-driver as gaussian view requires Gaussview must be run in an X-windows session. Details for controlling the application are provided in the materials found in the Resources section. Thanks, On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 2:23 PM lina wrote: > It s

Re: Package: nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver

2021-11-09 Thread lina
It seems the drivers are there, my problems are: 1. I can't use gaussian view 2. The Sweet Home 3D Error: Sweet Home 3D will exit now because of a fatal error in the 3D rendering system of your computer. Please update the DirectX/OpenGL drivers of your computer graphic card. Thanks again, lina #

Re: [OT, deeply] Guix

2021-11-09 Thread Curt
On 2021-11-08, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: >> >> I thought plain text meant "a pure sequence of character codes" without >> any formatting information attached to it (e.g. HTML) or something. As >> > > Here's the thing. We already have many ways to install debian and any other Here's yet another thi

Re: Debian version

2021-11-09 Thread Linux-Fan
Koler, Nethanel writes: Hi I am Nati, I am trying to find a variable that is configured in the linux- headers that can tell me on which Debian I am Any reason for not using /etc/os-release instead? IIRC this one is available on RHEL _and_ Debian systems. For example in RedHat After download

Re: Debian version

2021-11-09 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 09:22:25AM +, Koler, Nethanel wrote: > I am Nati, I am trying to find a variable that is configured in the > linux-headers that can tell me on which Debian I am This sounds like an X-Y problem. What's your real objective? There is NOT a one-to-one correspondence bet

Re: Package: nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver

2021-11-09 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 09.11.2021 15:26, lina wrote: Hi all, I am still struggling with the graphic card issue. What issue exactly? # nvidia-detect Detected NVIDIA GPUs: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GK208B [GeForce GT 730] [10de:1287] (rev a1) Checking card:  NVIDIA Corporatio

Package: nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver

2021-11-09 Thread lina
Hi all, I am still struggling with the graphic card issue. # nvidia-detect Detected NVIDIA GPUs: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GK208B [GeForce GT 730] [10de:1287] (rev a1) Checking card: NVIDIA Corporation GK208B [GeForce GT 730] (rev a1) Your card is supported by