Re: [SOLVED] Re: One-user system.

2022-05-11 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 5/6/22 19:16, John Hasler wrote: James H. H. Lampert writes: I started with a TRS-80 Model I myself (and with high school programming classes on an IBM 370/135 at the District Office, with terminals connected over a pair of multiplexed phone lines [and a maximum terminal speed of 300 Baud])

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-11 Thread lou
Thank Michael Lange! it's what i need, and it works fine in twm no wonder python is so popular these days PS: why isn't there some existing application that can do this job? is my need too special?

Re: wtf just happened to my local staging web server

2022-05-11 Thread Richard Hector
On 5/05/22 19:57, Stephan Seitz wrote: Am Do, Mai 05, 2022 at 09:30:42 +0200 schrieb Klaus Singvogel: I think there are more. Yes, I only know wtf as ... Yes, but such language is not permitted on this list. Richard

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

2022-05-11 Thread John Hasler
Siard writes: > Do a search for 'gmail alternatives' and you will find at least a > dozen of them. Ad-free accounts with 100% privacy cannot be free (as > in beer), but they don't cost much. I'm currently using pobox.com . > I have a mailbox.org account myself (they are based in Berlin, > Germany

[SOLVED, sort of] After upgrade to bullseye, tty1-6 not working

2022-05-11 Thread hobie of RMN
>> Hello Hobie, >> >> On 2022-04-20 12:13 UTC+0200, hobie of RMN wrote: >>> Hi, Folks - >> >>> With buster, I had done some tweaking to the boot command line in order >>> to >>> have a certain font size come up in the plain text console windows. > Should I suspect that's still present in grub and i

Re: Unlocking (remote/local), was Re: Help with suid (bash)

2022-05-11 Thread David Wright
On Wed 11 May 2022 at 20:26:20 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 11:07:09AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > [...] > > > But after two posts about background information on setuid shell > > scripts, you now write "the worst antipattern is to misuse tech > > to force people

Re: Editing the DNS with Network Manager Non Root

2022-05-11 Thread David Christensen
On 5/11/22 06:55, Richmond wrote: I have a network manager applet on my xfce4 desktop. I am logged in as a non root user, and I can select edit connections and change the IPv4 settings to DHCP address only and then put in a DNS, then save. If I look at /etc/resolv.conf though nothing has changed.

Re: Installation fails to recognize SSD

2022-05-11 Thread David Christensen
On 5/11/22 09:20, Bruno Schneider wrote: On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 11:18 PM David Christensen wrote: I have Dell Latitude 5400 laptop that I have been experimenting with: 1. Changing CMOS "Settings" -> "System Configuration" -> "SATA Operation" from "RAID On" to "AHCI" allows Debian to see the i

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

2022-05-11 Thread Fero Dali
On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 10:13 PM Brian wrote: > Does this country where GMX registration is not possible > have a name? Yes :) It is Serbia (Srbija in my language)

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

2022-05-11 Thread Brian
On Wed 11 May 2022 at 20:52:22 +0200, Fero Dali wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 8:20 PM Brian wrote: > > No need to stop using gmail. Use gmx. Forward gmail's mail to there. > > Thank you for suggesting this, but unfortunately it is not available to me. > On their web site I got this: > > > We

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

2022-05-11 Thread Siard
On Wed, 11 May 2022 20:52:22 +0200, Fero Dali wrote: > So please if there are any other working email accounts i could get tell > me. (I found http://riseup.net but I need Invite there which I do not have) Do a search for 'gmail alternatives' and you will find at least a dozen of them. Ad-free acc

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

2022-05-11 Thread Fero Dali
On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 8:20 PM Brian wrote: > No need to stop using gmail. Use gmx. Forward gmail's mail to there. Thank you for suggesting this, but unfortunately it is not available to me. On their web site I got this: > We’re very sorry – we can’t sign you up > > Your IP address suggests you

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

2022-05-11 Thread Fero Dali
On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 8:15 PM Brian wrote: > On Wed 11 May 2022 at 20:09:14 +0200, Fero Dali wrote: > It does not say > > "On May 30, you may lose access to POP3 if you are using fetchmail". > > It also says "may" not "will". Is it known for a fact that fetchmail is > on a list of "less secure

Re: Unlocking (remote/local), was Re: Help with suid (bash)

2022-05-11 Thread tomas
On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 11:07:09AM -0500, David Wright wrote: [...] > But after two posts about background information on setuid shell > scripts, you now write "the worst antipattern is to misuse tech > to force people to follow some nonsensical rituals". Strong words. Sorry if I was unclear. Th

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

2022-05-11 Thread Brian
On Wed 11 May 2022 at 18:07:01 +0100, mick crane wrote: > On 2022-05-11 14:25, Fero Dali wrote: > > I got a warning from google that my account will be discontinued. > > On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 4:31 PM mick crane wrote: > > There's scripts been posted on the getmail mailing list to fix this

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

2022-05-11 Thread mick crane
On 2022-05-11 19:08, Brian wrote: On Wed 11 May 2022 at 19:04:01 +0100, mick crane wrote: On 2022-05-11 18:51, Brian wrote: > On Wed 11 May 2022 at 15:25:34 +0200, Fero Dali wrote: > > > I got a warning from google that my account will be discontinued. > > Where does google say that? It's abo

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

2022-05-11 Thread Brian
On Wed 11 May 2022 at 20:09:14 +0200, Fero Dali wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 7:51 PM Brian wrote: > > On Wed 11 May 2022 at 15:25:34 +0200, Fero Dali wrote: > > > I got a warning from google that my account will be discontinued. > > > > No, you didn't. > > Sorry for misunderstanding: it seem

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

2022-05-11 Thread Fero Dali
On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 7:51 PM Brian wrote: > On Wed 11 May 2022 at 15:25:34 +0200, Fero Dali wrote: > > I got a warning from google that my account will be discontinued. > > No, you didn't. Sorry for misunderstanding: it seems that my account will continue to work but ability to download mail w

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

2022-05-11 Thread Brian
On Wed 11 May 2022 at 19:04:01 +0100, mick crane wrote: > On 2022-05-11 18:51, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 11 May 2022 at 15:25:34 +0200, Fero Dali wrote: > > > > > I got a warning from google that my account will be discontinued. > > > > > Where does google say that? > > It's about stopping phish

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

2022-05-11 Thread mick crane
On 2022-05-11 18:51, Brian wrote: On Wed 11 May 2022 at 15:25:34 +0200, Fero Dali wrote: I got a warning from google that my account will be discontinued. Where does google say that? It's about stopping phishing emails or something https://developers.googleblog.com/2022/02/making-oauth-f

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

2022-05-11 Thread Brian
On Wed 11 May 2022 at 15:25:34 +0200, Fero Dali wrote: > I got a warning from google that my account will be discontinued. No, you didn't. > > > On May 30, you may lose access to apps that are using less secure sign-in > > technology > > To help keep your account secure, Google will no longer su

Re: Installation fails to recognize SSD

2022-05-11 Thread Bruno Schneider
On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 1:41 PM Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > OK - Optane - do you have a regular SSD setting as well as Optane memory > assisted SSD? There is only one SSD on the notebook, I think there is no Optane memory anywhere. > Can you run lspci / grep the output of dmesg for a disk? I'd s

Running Sky Go on Debian

2022-05-11 Thread Christian Britz
Greetings, this might be slightly OT, on the other hand it might be of some interest to others, so please excuse me. For years I am trying to find a way to use the Sky Go PayTV service on Debian, I don't like booting Windows for that. For a short time, they had a good web player, but they replace

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

2022-05-11 Thread mick crane
On 2022-05-11 14:25, Fero Dali wrote: I got a warning from google that my account will be discontinued. On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 4:31 PM mick crane wrote: There's scripts been posted on the getmail mailing list to fix this. I ought to sort it out in the next day or so but it might be e

Re: Installation fails to recognize SSD

2022-05-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 01:20:39PM -0300, Bruno Schneider wrote: > On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 11:18 PM David Christensen wrote: > > I have Dell Latitude 5400 laptop that I have been experimenting with: > > > > 1. Changing CMOS "Settings" -> "System Configuration" -> "SATA > > Operation" from "RAID On

Re: Installation fails to recognize SSD

2022-05-11 Thread Bruno Schneider
On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 11:18 PM David Christensen wrote: > I have Dell Latitude 5400 laptop that I have been experimenting with: > > 1. Changing CMOS "Settings" -> "System Configuration" -> "SATA > Operation" from "RAID On" to "AHCI" allows Debian to see the internal SSD. No such thing on my "In

Re: Unlocking (remote/local), was Re: Help with suid (bash)

2022-05-11 Thread David Wright
On Wed 11 May 2022 at 07:05:47 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 10:08:20PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Tue 10 May 2022 at 17:12:25 (-0600), Charles Curley wrote: > > [...] > > > IOW, though logging in to root by password is ok at the console, > > it's not ok when r

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

2022-05-11 Thread mick crane
On 2022-05-11 14:25, Fero Dali wrote: I got a warning from google that my account will be discontinued. On May 30, you may lose access to apps that are using less secure sign-in technology To help keep your account secure, Google will no longer support the use of third-party apps or devices w

Editing the DNS with Network Manager Non Root

2022-05-11 Thread Richmond
I have a network manager applet on my xfce4 desktop. I am logged in as a non root user, and I can select edit connections and change the IPv4 settings to DHCP address only and then put in a DNS, then save. If I look at /etc/resolv.conf though nothing has changed. Restarting networking or rebooting

Re: google account say it will no longer deliver email

2022-05-11 Thread Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE
On Mittwoch, 11. Mai 2022 09:25:34 -04 Fero Dali wrote: > I got a warning from google that my account will be discontinued. > > > On May 30, you may lose access to apps that are using less secure > > sign-in technology > > To help keep your account secure, Google will no longer support the > > use

google account say it will no longer deliver email

2022-05-11 Thread Fero Dali
I got a warning from google that my account will be discontinued. > On May 30, you may lose access to apps that are using less secure sign-in > technology > To help keep your account secure, Google will no longer support the use of > third-party apps or devices which ask you to sign in to your Goo

Re: Unlocking (remote/local), was Re: Help with suid (bash)

2022-05-11 Thread Dan Ritter
Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 10 May 2022 11:08:23 -0500 > David Wright wrote: > > > That complicates unlocking partitions remotely because, even if you > > can log in as root, you normally can't log in remotely as root. > > ??? I log in as root over SSH all the time. Most sshd configs eithe

preseed d-i disable security update

2022-05-11 Thread Tim Ye
Hi, I'm trying to disable security update in a preseed based install, in the preseed file I put: base-config apt-setup/security-updates boolean false on the 2nd line. But it doesn't seem to work, security update is still performed during installation. Is this option obsoleted? Thank

Re: which program can show X/Y position of mouse pointer

2022-05-11 Thread Michael Lange
On Mon, 9 May 2022 07:09:57 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: (...) > xdotool getmouselocation does it once. > > You may wish to run it via watch in a tiny xterm and make that > xterm always-on-top. just for fun I wrote a little Python/Tk script that does what I believe the OP wants (requires python3-tk)