Re: MAC address of bridge interfaces

On 29.06.2022 07:27, Steve Keller wrote: I upgraded a Debian machine from stretch to bullseye and see a change of the IP address of a ethernet bridge interface. The bridge has a physical LAN interface as one fixed bridge port and additional ports for kvm virtual machines I may start. Before the

Re: bad mouse pointer

Felix Miata composed on 2022-06-28 23:26 (UTC-0400): > Bullseye & Bookworm amd64 on old 945G intel graphics using modesetting DIX. I > couldn't get the Intel DDX driver to load instead. Mouse pointer at TDM login > greeter and in IceWM, LXDE, XFCE & TDM sessions are always the activity > spinner.

Re: SSD Optimization and tweaks - Looking for tips/recomendations

On 6/28/22 19:30, David Wright wrote: On Tue 28 Jun 2022 at 14:17:36 (-0400), Michael Stone wrote: On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 02:25:36PM -0300, Marcelo Laia wrote: 4. Any other recommendations to improve the performance and lifespan of this disk? don't worry about it; accept the defaults and you

bad mouse pointer

Bullseye & Bookworm amd64 on old 945G intel graphics using modesetting DIX. I couldn't get the Intel DDX driver to load instead. Mouse pointer at TDM login greeter and in IceWM, LXDE, XFCE & TDM sessions are always the activity spinner. Strings put and ouse in .xsession-errors are absent. What pack

MAC address of bridge interfaces

I upgraded a Debian machine from stretch to bullseye and see a change of the IP address of a ethernet bridge interface. The bridge has a physical LAN interface as one fixed bridge port and additional ports for kvm virtual machines I may start. Before the upgrade the bridge interface got its MAC a

Re: how find name of terminal emulator?

On 2022-06-28 10:14:48 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 01:53:17PM +, visqa...@yahoo.com wrote: > > so if i start uxterm or xterm, how do i find name using command? > > ps -p "$PPID" But note that you won't be able to tell the difference between xterm and uxterm like that

Re: SSD Optimization and tweaks - Looking for tips/recomendations

On Tue 28 Jun 2022 at 14:17:36 (-0400), Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 02:25:36PM -0300, Marcelo Laia wrote: > > 4. Any other recommendations to improve the performance and lifespan of > > this disk? > > don't worry about it; accept the defaults and you'll be fine I don't remembe

Re: Customizing firefox-esr.

On 2022-06-28 at 16:53, gene heskett wrote: > On 6/28/22 09:47, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > >> I'm interested in two details of firefox-esr behaviour. >> >> (1) The usual result of a click of the mouse pointer in a >> graphical text editor is a setting of the insertion point. >> Dragging the poin

Re: Customizing firefox-esr.

On 6/28/22 09:47, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: I'm interested in two details of firefox-esr behaviour. (1) The usual result of a click of the mouse pointer in a graphical text editor is a setting of the insertion point. Dragging the pointer selects an extent. A click of the pointer in the address

Re: how to get rid of anacron?

Hello, ti 28. kesäk. 2022 klo 10.24 Harald Dunkel (harald.dun...@aixigo.com) kirjoitti: > > Hi folks, > > I do not like my cron jobs in /etc/cron.daily being ignored or > delayed for some obfuscated reasons, so I wonder what is the > recommended alternative to anacron with propper logging by > def

Re: SSD Optimization and tweaks - Looking for tips/recomendations

On 28.06.2022 22:25, Marcelo Laia wrote: Hi, I bought a SSD solid disk and will perform a fresh install on it. Debian testing. I've never used such a disc. I bought a Crucial CT1000MX500SSD1 (1TB 3D NAND Crucial SATA MX500 Internal SSD (with 9.5mm adapter) — 6.35cm (2.5in) and 7mm). I read t

Re: SSD Optimization and tweaks - Looking for tips/recomendations

Marcelo Laia writes: Hi, I bought a SSD solid disk and will perform a fresh install on it. Debian testing. I've never used such a disc. I bought a Crucial CT1000MX500SSD1 (1TB 3D NAND Crucial SATA MX500 Internal SSD (with 9.5mm adapter) — 6.35cm (2.5in) and 7mm). I read the recommendati

Re: Customizing firefox-esr.

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 08:01:15PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > ... > > Phew. Feels better now :-) > > Breathe slowly and not too deeply. > > Find your inner self. That one's on vacation. You can't have everything ;-D > All is well. Really. fvwm is still

Re: Weird setxkbmap behavior

Also, forgot to mention: I'm using debian unstable with just a window manager (no desktop environment). Jun 28, 2022, 21:21 by niculaio...@tutanota.com: > I have the following problem since yesterday: > > When I switch the layout of the keyboard to Romanian with `setxkbmap ro > -variant std` an

Weird setxkbmap behavior

I have the following problem since yesterday: When I switch the layout of the keyboard to Romanian with `setxkbmap ro -variant std` and then switch the window to another X client (for example - the browser or Libreoffice), the layouts gets globally reset to US. For some programs, like the termi

Re: Customizing firefox-esr.

On 6/28/2022 11:04 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: Sadly, Firefox and Chrome no longer behave like regular X applications. They're written by and for Microsoft Windows users, and they behave the way an MS Windows user expects. The concept that anyone would want the original behavior, or that an option

Re: SSD Optimization and tweaks - Looking for tips/recommendations

On Tue, 28 Jun 2022 14:25:36 -0300 Marcelo Laia wrote: > Hi, > > I bought a SSD solid disk and will perform a fresh install on it. > Debian testing. I've never used such a disc. > > I bought a Crucial CT1000MX500SSD1 (1TB 3D NAND Crucial SATA MX500 > Internal SSD (with 9.5mm adapter) — 6.35cm (

Re: SSD Optimization and tweaks - Looking for tips/recomendations

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 02:25:36PM -0300, Marcelo Laia wrote: 4. Any other recommendations to improve the performance and lifespan of this disk? don't worry about it; accept the defaults and you'll be fine

Re: Customizing firefox-esr.

Hi, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > ... > Phew. Feels better now :-) Breathe slowly and not too deeply. Find your inner self. All is well. Really. fvwm is still alive. Have a nice day :) Thomas

Re: Customizing firefox-esr.

On 28/06/2022 18:20, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: If some applications developer thinks (s)he's smarter than me, all is well. Quite possible. But if (s)he thinks her application is smarter than me... well. That's an insult I take personally. Let us know link to your firefox fork where you fixed all

SSD Optimization and tweaks - Looking for tips/recomendations

Hi, I bought a SSD solid disk and will perform a fresh install on it. Debian testing. I've never used such a disc. I bought a Crucial CT1000MX500SSD1 (1TB 3D NAND Crucial SATA MX500 Internal SSD (with 9.5mm adapter) — 6.35cm (2.5in) and 7mm). I read the recommendations on the https://wiki.debi

Re: Customizing firefox-esr.

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 12:13:09PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 05:40:31PM +0200, local10 wrote: > > Jun 28, 2022, 13:28 by pe...@easthope.ca: > > > > > (2) Is there a simple configuration so that the "Find in page" bar is > > > always present at the bottom of the window?

Re: where does `hostname -f` derive the domainname from?

On Tue, 2022-06-28 at 10:10 -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 04:59:26PM -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote: > > That was the problem. The bullseye-only system had an /etc/hosts entry > > without a FQDN. I removed that and it uses the one in DNS. > > It's generally better to add the

Re: Re: likely cause of empty output of terminal emulator

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 03:48:35PM +, visqa...@yahoo.com wrote: > > WHY ARE YOU OBFUSCATING THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM YOU ARE RUNNING?!?! > > $ inkscape > ~/foo According to , inkscape only writes an image to standard o

Re: Customizing firefox-esr.

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 05:40:31PM +0200, local10 wrote: > Jun 28, 2022, 13:28 by pe...@easthope.ca: > > > (2) Is there a simple configuration so that the "Find in page" bar is > > always present at the bottom of the window? Present when firefox > > opens and remaining present until quiting. >

Re: Re: likely cause of empty output of terminal emulator

> WHY ARE YOU OBFUSCATING THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM YOU ARE RUNNING?!?! $ inkscape > ~/foo

Re: Customizing firefox-esr.

Jun 28, 2022, 13:28 by pe...@easthope.ca: > (2) Is there a simple configuration so that the "Find in page" bar is > always present at the bottom of the window? Present when firefox > opens and remaining present until quiting. > Go to about:config and try setting "browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAl

Re: Customizing firefox-esr.

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 10:55:13AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > > A second click? > > That shouldn't be necessary. In my environment (albeit with a much older > version of Firefox, so probably using an older GTK as well), a single > click in the address bar sets the insertion point without selecti

Re: Customizing firefox-esr.

On 2022-06-28 at 10:47, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 28 Jun 2022 at 06:28:06 (-0700), pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > >> I'm interested in two details of firefox-esr behaviour. >> >> (1) The usual result of a click of the mouse pointer in a graphical >> text editor is a setting of the insertion poin

Re: Customizing firefox-esr.

On Tue 28 Jun 2022 at 06:28:06 (-0700), pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > I'm interested in two details of firefox-esr behaviour. > > (1) The usual result of a click of the mouse pointer in a graphical > text editor is a setting of the insertion point. Dragging the pointer > selects an extent. > > A

Re: how find name of terminal emulator?

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 01:53:17PM +, visqa...@yahoo.com wrote: > so if i start uxterm or xterm, how do i find name using command? ps -p "$PPID" Or ps -fp "$PPID" if you want more details.

Re: likely cause of empty output of terminal emulator

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 01:40:12PM +, visqa...@yahoo.com wrote: > when i run $ foo > ~/foo > the output of above command is empty. > foo -> gui package. Well... yes? What did you expect? You're redirecting standard output of a "GUI package" to a file. Most GUI programs don't write much to s

Re: where does `hostname -f` derive the domainname from?

On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 04:59:26PM -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote: That was the problem. The bullseye-only system had an /etc/hosts entry without a FQDN. I removed that and it uses the one in DNS. It's generally better to add the FQDN to /etc/hosts instead, to cut down on DNS queries for the loc

how find name of terminal emulator?

hello debian users, i have installed debian sid with xfce4. but purged xfce4. installed openbox anf tint2. menu _ system _ UXTerm, XTerm. when i search $ apt search uxterm it shows nothing. so if i start uxterm or xterm, how do i find name using command? regards, visqa

Re: How to suppress/handle junction points in CIFS-mounting Windows 7 shares on Linux?

Le 27/06/2022 à 02:20, Daniel Barclay a écrit : When mounting a Windows 7 share on Linux, how *can Windows junction points be suppressed* (or otherwise handled so that one that points up to a containing directory can't cause an endless loop)? For example, the (standard, Windows-created) junct

likely cause of empty output of terminal emulator

hello debian users, when i run $ foo > ~/foo the output of above command is empty. foo -> gui package. i make changes some changes. quit the package [ctrl+q]. is something wrong with foo package or terminal emulator? regards, visqa

[SOLVED] X coordinates displayed interactively.

From: mick crane Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 18:13:08 +0100 > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21850145/monitor-mouse-coordinates-in-real-time-in-linux From: Andreas Rönnquist Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 18:38:50 +0200 > https://askubuntu.com/questions/346913/show-realtime-mouse-cursor

Customizing firefox-esr.

I'm interested in two details of firefox-esr behaviour. (1) The usual result of a click of the mouse pointer in a graphical text editor is a setting of the insertion point. Dragging the pointer selects an extent. A click of the pointer in the address bar of firefox selects the complete URL. D

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

From: David Wright Date: Sun, 8 May 2022 20:51:45 -0500 > What I didn't understand was why you had to have /root under /home, > and indeed, when you later revealed your partition layout, it looked > even less necessary, because you have /root on a different partition. root@joule:/home/r

Re: how to get rid of anacron?

Just use cron. -- John Hasler j...@sugarbit.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: ipv6 accept_ra

On 6/28/22, Anssi Saari wrote: > Lee writes: > >> I have a desktop and a laptop - neither one is picking up the ipv6 >> network prefix from the router advertisement. 'ifconfig -a' on both >> show a single 'inet6 fe80::' line under each interface. > > Well, how do you manage your network? Poorly

Re: ipv6 accept_ra

Lee writes: > I have a desktop and a laptop - neither one is picking up the ipv6 > network prefix from the router advertisement. 'ifconfig -a' on both > show a single 'inet6 fe80::' line under each interface. Well, how do you manage your network? Is there a checkbox to check or uncheck somewher

how to get rid of anacron?

Hi folks, I do not like my cron jobs in /etc/cron.daily being ignored or delayed for some obfuscated reasons, so I wonder what is the recommended alternative to anacron with propper logging by default? Will systemd take care? Regards Harri