Re: Authentication failed after su-

2022-03-01 Thread Stella Ashburne
Dearie > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2022 at 12:16 AM > From: "David Wright" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Authentication failed after su- > Please allow me to snip off large chunks of your tips in my reply. > Substantively, they're all valid, but only under the circumstance

Re: systemd user@###.service failure causing 90 sec delays during boot, login

2022-03-01 Thread Richard Hector
On 1/03/22 12:05, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 10:28:49PM +, KCB Leigh wrote: This operating system has worked excellently for months, but for the last 2 days has suddenly been taking a very long time to boot.  The cause of the delay can be seen from the syslog: Obvious q

Re: Which nvidia driver? xset +dpms issues. Is my video card dead/broken?

2022-03-01 Thread Ram Ramesh
Your graphics adapter is modern enough so you should install"nvidia-driver" package.Additional essential packages are: "nvidia-driver-bin","nvidia-driver-libs", "nvidia-kernel-support", "nvidia-kernel-dkms", andothers.If all of them already installed, try to re-install "nvidia-kernel-dkms"packa

Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

2022-03-01 Thread Ash Joubert
On 01/03/2022 12:44, Brian wrote: On Tue 01 Mar 2022 at 10:36:54 +1300, Ash Joubert wrote: On 01/03/2022 09:25, Nicolas George wrote: In typical domestic settings, the wifi password is on a post-it near the access point, safe from neighbors but convenient for guests. For even greater convenien

Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

2022-03-01 Thread David Wright
On Mon 28 Feb 2022 at 20:59:03 (+0100), Stella Ashburne wrote: > The contents of my current /etc/network/interfaces file are: > > # The primary network interface ↓↓↓⬇↓↓ > allow-hotplug wlp3s0 > iface wlp7s0 inet static ↑↑↑⬆↑↑ Is that really what you mean to have? >

Re: Authentication failed after su-

2022-03-01 Thread David Wright
On Tue 01 Mar 2022 at 11:59:47 (+0100), Stella Ashburne wrote: > > From: "Sven Hartge" > > > > Use sudo. > > > > wpa_passphrase JupiterRising 1234567890 | sudo tee > > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf > > > Thanks for your tip. > > Could you surf to https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse,

Re: Authentication failed after su-

2022-03-01 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 1 Mar 2022 10:28:32 +0100 Sven Hartge wrote: > > What should I do to resolve the issue? > > Use sudo. > > wpa_passphrase JupiterRising 1234567890 | sudo tee > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf That will work. Another way to do it is to provide a password for root. Something lik

Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

2022-03-01 Thread Tim Woodall
On Tue, 1 Mar 2022, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 02:42:29PM +, Tim Woodall wrote: My /etc/network/interfaces has: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) # Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d: source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d Did you write thi

Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

2022-03-01 Thread Brian
On Tue 01 Mar 2022 at 15:25:52 +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote: > Dearie > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2022 at 8:13 PM > > From: "Brian" > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? > > > > > > /e/n/i may contain PSKs for networks other than

Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

2022-03-01 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 02:42:29PM +, Tim Woodall wrote: > My /etc/network/interfaces has: > # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) > # Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d: > source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d Did you write this file yourself, or are you using some

Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

2022-03-01 Thread tomas
On Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 08:37:15AM -0600, David Wright wrote: [...] > I think you need to triple-check then. The Debian default line is (note to self: triple-check next time ;-) Cheers -- t signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

2022-03-01 Thread tomas
On Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 09:11:46AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > to...@tuxteam.de [2022-03-01 07:35:20] wrote: > > I see. As others have already noted in this thread, your WiFi PSK > > isn't usually a high-value secret; besides, if someone has access > > to your computer, she typically has more v

Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

2022-03-01 Thread Tim Woodall
On Tue, 1 Mar 2022, Stella Ashburne wrote: Dearie Thanks for your clarification. Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2022 at 8:16 PM From: "Tim Woodall" To: "Stella Ashburne" Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? On Mon, 28 Feb 2022, Stella Ashb

Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

2022-03-01 Thread David Wright
On Tue 01 Mar 2022 at 13:22:37 (+0100), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 12:16:44PM +, Tim Woodall wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Feb 2022, Stella Ashburne wrote: > > [...] > > > > # The primary network interface > > > allow-hotplug wlp3s0 > > > iface wlp7s0 inet static > > >w

Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

2022-03-01 Thread Stella Ashburne
Dearie Thanks for your clarification. > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2022 at 8:16 PM > From: "Tim Woodall" > To: "Stella Ashburne" > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? > > On Mon, 28 Feb 2022, Stella Ashburne wrote: > > > Dearie, > > > >

Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

2022-03-01 Thread Stella Ashburne
Dearie > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2022 at 8:13 PM > From: "Brian" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? > > > /e/n/i may contain PSKs for networks other than the home network; > friens, relatives, work etc. A user, having been trusted wi

Re: Startx works, but sddm/lightdm/xdm doesn't

2022-03-01 Thread Anssi Saari
John Goerzen writes: > But sddm doesn't work. In fact, when it starts, it causes my monitor to > go "no signal". Oddly, though, if I can log in blindly, then once I hit > enter after putting in my password, KDE will come up and work like it > should. > > I also tried lightdm and xdm. Both of t

Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

2022-03-01 Thread tomas
On Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 12:16:44PM +, Tim Woodall wrote: > On Mon, 28 Feb 2022, Stella Ashburne wrote: [...] > > # The primary network interface > > allow-hotplug wlp3s0 > > iface wlp7s0 inet static > >wpa-ssid JupiterRising > >wpa-psk {a long string of alphanumeric characters

Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

2022-03-01 Thread Tim Woodall
On Mon, 28 Feb 2022, Stella Ashburne wrote: Dearie, Thanks for your reply. Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2022 at 3:10 AM From: to...@tuxteam.de To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? So if you have this in your /etc/network/interfaces somewh

Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

2022-03-01 Thread Brian
On Tue 01 Mar 2022 at 07:35:20 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 10:43:52PM +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote: > > Dearie > > [...] > > > According to Debian Wiki WiFi How To Use > > (https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse), the reason for doing the split is: > > > > (sic) Res

Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

2022-03-01 Thread Stella Ashburne
Dearie > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2022 at 3:49 PM > From: "Markus Schönhaber" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? > > > No, 475 is the file's size. > The numeric value for the permission "-rw-r--r--" is 0644. > stat /etc/network/inter

Re: Authentication failed after su-

2022-03-01 Thread Stella Ashburne
Mein Schatzi > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2022 at 5:28 PM > From: "Sven Hartge" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Authentication failed after su- > > > Use sudo. > > wpa_passphrase JupiterRising 1234567890 | sudo tee > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf > Thanks for your tip.

Monthly FAQ for debian-user mailing list

2022-03-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
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Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

2022-03-01 Thread Nicolas George
Brian (12022-02-28): > > First, ask yourself: Do you really need to protect your wifi password > > from the users of your own computer? > Aren't you assuming the machine is always in a safe environment? No, I am not assuming anything when I start the sentence with “ask yourself”. -- Nicolas Ge

Re: Authentication failed after su-

2022-03-01 Thread Sven Hartge
Stella Ashburne wrote: >> From: "Dan Ritter" >>> In a terminal, I typed: >>> >>> username@hostname:~$ su -l -c "wpa_passphrase JupiterRising 1234567890 > >>> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf" >>> Password: >>> su: Authentication failure >> That means that you failed to give the root pas

Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0?

2022-03-01 Thread Curt
On 2022-02-28, Brian wrote: >> >> qrencode -s 20 -o wifi.png "WIFI:S:Your Wifi SSID;T:WPA;P:Your Wifi >> Passphrase;;" > > Very nice. Does that work when the code is onscreen and/or printed on > paper? > Yes.