How to best whitelist CDN deb.debian.org?

2022-01-18 Thread Andreas Ames
Hello all, I am sitting behind a firewall, in my case esp. ZScaler. I am wondering, what the best way is to whitelist "deb.debian.org" for package management. Do I have to whitelist individually all mirror sites that back the CDN? If so, is there an up-to-date list of the hosts backing "deb.debi

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-18 Thread The Wanderer
On 2022-01-18 at 12:48, Brian wrote: > On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 11:50:14 -0500, Celejar wrote: > >> On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:47:09 + Brian >> wrote: >>> Wonder no longer :). Acquaint yourself with netcat. >> >> How is netcat going to help if there's no networking on one >> machine? And if there

Re: cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1

2022-01-18 Thread Thomas Hochstein
Richmond schrieb: > Why do I see this? > > host cooperative.co.uk > cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1 Because that's the IP that is associated with that name in the DNS. There may be multiple reasons for that; one is to effectively block all requests without straining the host that name h

Re: Usenet access.

2022-01-18 Thread Richmond
pe...@easthope.ca writes: > Hi, > > Can anyone suggest an alternative to Google Groups for access to > sci.electronics.repair. I'd be happy to pay a small subscription for > access without tedious complications. > > Thx, ... P. news.aioe.org has it

Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour.

2022-01-18 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2022-01-18 11:23:14 -0500, songbird wrote: > Jeremy Nicoll wrote: > > songbird wrote: > ... > >> but what i do is set where files are saved in a > >> specific directory and leave it at that > > > > That works fine while you can be sure that a browser is only > > saving downloaded files. What a

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-18 Thread Brian
On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 11:50:14 -0500, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:47:09 + > Brian wrote: > > > On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 14:30:45 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 07:48, R. Toby Richards wrote: > > > > > > > Every time that I search for

Re: Usenet access.

2022-01-18 Thread Dan Ritter
songbird wrote: > pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Can anyone suggest an alternative to Google Groups for access to > > sci.electronics.repair. I'd be happy to pay a small subscription for > > access without tedious complications. > > i really liked individual.net and gladly paid the

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-18 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:47:09 + Brian wrote: > On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 14:30:45 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 07:48, R. Toby Richards wrote: > > > > > Every time that I search for solutions to my wifi drivers, the solution is > > > to apt-get install a

Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour.

2022-01-18 Thread Jeremy Nicoll
On Tue, 18 Jan 2022, at 16:35, The Wanderer wrote: > So this could potentially be dangerous if the user chooses a directory > location that's high enough in the directory tree to have important > files already underneath it, but not if the user chooses e.g. a > dedicated Downloads directory. I'd

Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour.

2022-01-18 Thread David Wright
On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 14:46:48 (+), Jeremy Nicoll wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jan 2022, at 04:51, songbird wrote: > > Jeremy Nicoll wrote: > >> On Mon, 17 Jan 2022, at 05:19, songbird wrote: > >> > >>> you are right, but i just wanted to say that for some sites > >>> the behavior is to generate a uni

Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour.

2022-01-18 Thread songbird
Jeremy Nicoll wrote: > songbird wrote: ... >> but what i do is set where files are saved in a >> specific directory and leave it at that > > That works fine while you can be sure that a browser is only > saving downloaded files. What about when if can do anything > it likes to any file/folder?

Re: Usenet access.

2022-01-18 Thread songbird
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone suggest an alternative to Google Groups for access to > sci.electronics.repair. I'd be happy to pay a small subscription for > access without tedious complications. i really liked individual.net and gladly paid them for the service, it wasn't much

Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour.

2022-01-18 Thread The Wanderer
On 2022-01-17 at 15:55, Jeremy Nicoll wrote: > On Mon, 17 Jan 2022, at 05:19, songbird wrote: > >> you are right, but i just wanted to say that for some sites the >> behavior is to generate a unique file name if they find one that >> already exists with the same name and for other sites it is not

Re: Hyper-typematic and Firefox responsiveness in Weston.

2022-01-18 Thread peter
From: Greg Wooledge Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:22:53 -0500 > "$1" should be quoted there, and the } will need to be on a separate line, > or else you'll need a semicolon between esac and }. > > I'd also advise against hard-coding paths like /usr/bin/firefox-esr in > your dot files. Paths

Re: changed laptop disk -> PXE-E61 & PXE-M0F errors / BootDevice Not Found

2022-01-18 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2022-01-18 04:15:14 +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > On 18.01.2022 03:44, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > I tried to change my laptop disk following the instructions found at > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/260777/how-to-migrate-an-encrypted-lvm-install-to-a-new-disk [...] [...] > > But aft

Re: cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1

2022-01-18 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 02:58:02PM +, piorunz wrote: > On 18/01/2022 13:19, Richmond wrote: > > Why do I see this? > > > > host cooperative.co.uk > > cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1 > My local DNS resolver says: > $ dig cooperative.co.uk > > ; <<>> DiG 9.17.21-1-Debian <<>> cooperativ

Re: cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1

2022-01-18 Thread piorunz
On 18/01/2022 13:19, Richmond wrote: Why do I see this? host cooperative.co.uk cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1 My local DNS resolver says: $ dig cooperative.co.uk ; <<>> DiG 9.17.21-1-Debian <<>> cooperative.co.uk ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, st

Re: cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1

2022-01-18 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 1/18/22, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: > On 1/18/22 15:49, Greg Wooledge wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 01:19:58PM +, Richmond wrote: >>> Why do I see this? >>> >>> host cooperative.co.uk >>> cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1 >> >> Because whoever set up that DNS zone made an error. >>

Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour.

2022-01-18 Thread Jeremy Nicoll
On Tue, 18 Jan 2022, at 04:51, songbird wrote: > Jeremy Nicoll wrote: >> On Mon, 17 Jan 2022, at 05:19, songbird wrote: >> >>> you are right, but i just wanted to say that for some sites >>> the behavior is to generate a unique file name if they find >>> one that already exists with the same name

Re: cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1

2022-01-18 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 1/18/22 15:49, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 01:19:58PM +, Richmond wrote: >> Why do I see this? >> >> host cooperative.co.uk >> cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1 > > Because whoever set up that DNS zone made an error. > > unicorn:~$ host cooperative.co.uk > cooperat

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-18 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
On 2022-01-18 01:47, R. Toby Richards wrote: > > > > Every time that I search for solutions to my wifi drivers, the solution > is to apt-get install a bunch of drivers. Why does nobody realize that > apt'ing anything is a non-solution: How can I apt-get install drivers> if I don't have networ

Re: Followup to my last...

2022-01-18 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2022-01-18 02:29, R. Toby Richards wrote: > I'm installing Debian 11. The installer says that it is missing firmware > files: b43/ucode11.fw, b43/ucode11.fw, b43-open/ucode11.fw and > b43-open/ucode.fw. If you have such media available now, insert it, and > continue. > > I downloaded the d

Re: cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1

2022-01-18 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 01:19:58PM +, Richmond wrote: > Why do I see this? > > host cooperative.co.uk > cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1 Because whoever set up that DNS zone made an error. unicorn:~$ host cooperative.co.uk cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1

cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1

2022-01-18 Thread Richmond
Why do I see this? host cooperative.co.uk cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1 host cooperative.co.uk 1.1.1.1 Using domain server: Name: 1.1.1.1 Address: 1.1.1.1#53 Aliases: cooperative.co.uk has address 127.0.0.1 cat /etc/hosts|grep -i coop This has nothing to do with debian other than th

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-18 Thread Brian
On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 14:30:45 +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 07:48, R. Toby Richards wrote: > > > Every time that I search for solutions to my wifi drivers, the solution is > > to apt-get install a bunch of drivers. Why does nobody realize that apt'ing > > anythin

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-18 Thread Loïc Grenié
Hi, On Tue 18 Jan 2022 at 07:48, R. Toby Richards wrote: > Every time that I search for solutions to my wifi drivers, the solution is > to apt-get install a bunch of drivers. Why does nobody realize that apt'ing > anything is a non-solution: How can I apt-get install if > I don't have networ

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-18 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 10:47:55PM -0800, R. Toby Richards wrote: > Every time that I search for solutions to my wifi drivers, the solution is > to apt-get install a bunch of drivers. Why does nobody realize that apt'ing > anything is a non-solution: How can I apt-get install if > I don't have ne

Re: Usenet access.

2022-01-18 Thread Joe
On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:09:27 -0800 pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone suggest an alternative to Google Groups for access to > sci.electronics.repair. I'd be happy to pay a small subscription for > access without tedious complications. > Depends on usage. Note the paid subscription

Re: Usenet access.

2022-01-18 Thread 황병희
pe...@easthope.ca writes: > Hi, > > Can anyone suggest an alternative to Google Groups for access to > sci.electronics.repair. I'd be happy to pay a small subscription for > access without tedious complications. + september with Gnus! Sincerely, Byung-Hee

Re: Followup to my last...

2022-01-18 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 1/18/22, Nicolas George wrote: > didier gaumet (12022-01-18): >> If you do not have internet (ethernet) during install, then follow these >> steps: >> http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.net/en/users/Drivers/b43/#Device_firmware_installation > > Looks complicated. > > Just run "apt-get install",

Re: Followup to my last...

2022-01-18 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 11:29:12PM -0800, R. Toby Richards wrote: > I'm installing Debian 11. The installer says that it is missing firmware > files: b43/ucode11.fw, b43/ucode11.fw, b43-open/ucode11.fw and > b43-open/ucode.fw. If you have such media available now, insert it, and > continue. You'v

Re: Hyper-typematic and Firefox responsiveness in Weston.

2022-01-18 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 08:13:58PM -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > This shell function is defined in .bashrc and used to start firefox. > > fire () { case $# in > 0) /usr/bin/firefox-esr --display=:0 file:///home/peter/MY/Peter.html#Links > & ;; > 1) /usr/bin/firefox-esr --display=:0 $1 & ;

Re: Followup to my last...

2022-01-18 Thread Nicolas George
didier gaumet (12022-01-18): > If you do not have internet (ethernet) during install, then follow these > steps: > http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.net/en/users/Drivers/b43/#Device_firmware_installation Looks complicated. Just run "apt-get install", make not of the URLs that fail to download, d

Re: Followup to my last...

2022-01-18 Thread didier gaumet
Le mardi 18 janvier 2022 à 09:22 +, piorunz a écrit : [...] > I suggest go to this link below and read about > Broadcom install procedures: > https://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx Hello, I have had bcm43xx chipsets in the past. Broadcom has/had a particularly limitative policy about distributing b

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-18 Thread The Wanderer
On 2022-01-18 at 01:47, R. Toby Richards wrote: > Every time that I search for solutions to my wifi drivers, the > solution is to apt-get install a bunch of drivers. Why does nobody > realize that apt'ing anything is a non-solution: How can I apt-get > install if I don't have network drivers? The

Re: Followup to my last...

2022-01-18 Thread piorunz
On 18/01/2022 07:29, R. Toby Richards wrote: I'm installing Debian 11. The installer says that it is missing firmware files: b43/ucode11.fw, b43/ucode11.fw, b43-open/ucode11.fw and b43-open/ucode.fw. If you have such media available now, insert it, and continue. I downloaded the dang unofficial

Fwd: namd-l: Fwd: nvidia issue with namd12 Debian 11

2022-01-18 Thread Francesco Pietra
Was this "illegal mem access" with namd12 resolved? ISSUE* somehow I have a lot of problems with the NAMD-2.12 version. All CUDA jobs * >From * owner-namd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu [mailto:owner-namd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu ] *Im * *> Auftrag von *Norman Geist * *> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 10. März 2017 10:16 * *wi

Re: OT: Recommendation for a new Debian laptop

2022-01-18 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Saturday, 15 Jan 2022 at 17:17, Jeremy Ardley wrote: > I wouldn't use a Dell or HP I don't have a choice due to tendering processes where I work. In any case, I recently acquired a new Dell laptop (Latitude 7320) and it both works very well with Debian and is actually a very nice laptop, espec