Re: Mail Transfer Agent

2022-08-20 Thread tomas
On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 02:36:15AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > I'm having problem with my actuel email provider (the one that goes with > my web hosting plan). It deals badly with mailing list and now has > started to having delivery problem to email hosted by outlook.com

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2022 #680

2022-08-20 Thread STUART LENTON
m On Sun, 21 Aug 2022, 2:36 pm , wrote: > Content-Type: text/plain > > debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2022 : > Issue 680 > > Today's Topics: > Re: Why are some Debian bugs ignored [ Stefan Monnier >Re: must i consider zfs or lvm for s [ Stefan Monnier >

Re: Why are some Debian bugs ignored for a long time?

2022-08-20 Thread tomas
On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 04:20:21PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 8/20/2022 2:06 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: [...] > > But note that *you* can help, by taking on some of the work, looking for > > bugs that haven't gotten an answer yet and trying to address them. > > That's a fair point. It ma

Re: nfs-kernel-server

2022-08-20 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 06:21:21PM -0700, Wylie wrote: > > i am getting this error ... on a fresh install of nfs-kernel-server > >   mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting > 192.168.42.194:/ShareName > > i'm not having this issue on other machines installed previously > i've tried re-

nfs-kernel-server

2022-08-20 Thread Wylie
i am getting this error ... on a fresh install of nfs-kernel-server   mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting 192.168.42.194:/ShareName i'm not having this issue on other machines installed previously i've tried re-installing Debian and nfs several times Wylie!

Re: Comments on upgrade steps from one version of Debian to another

2022-08-20 Thread John Boxall
On 2022-08-20 16:24, Charles Curley wrote: I would not do that as a script. You have a good recipe there, but I would run each step manually so I could correct errors, adjust configuration files, and otherwise shoot trouble as it appears. I did a lot of testing the first time I ran the script

Re: Comments on upgrade steps from one version of Debian to another

2022-08-20 Thread John Boxall
On 2022-08-20 19:27, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: On 8/20/2022 3:48 PM, John Boxall wrote: I created an upgrade script based on something I found a few years ago that indicated the steps to follow to upgrade from one version of Debian to another (e.g. Buster 10 to Bullseye 11). As I am going to need

Re: Comments on upgrade steps from one version of Debian to another

2022-08-20 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 8/20/2022 3:48 PM, John Boxall wrote: > I created an upgrade script based on something I found a few years ago > that indicated the steps to follow to upgrade from one version of Debian > to another (e.g. Buster 10 to Bullseye 11). As I am going to need to run > this script at some point (I a

Re: must i consider zfs or lvm for smr large drive?

2022-08-20 Thread David Christensen
Am 20.08.2022 um 02:43 schrieb David Christensen: My SOHO file and backup servers are FreeBSD with encrypted ZFS root.  I use single 2.5" SSD's for the OS drive.  I hacked the installer to set copies=2 for boot and root, and enabled mirror for swap. On 8/20/22 00:30, DdB wrote: > Hey! This soun

Re: Why are some Debian bugs ignored for a long time?

2022-08-20 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 8/20/22 4:28 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > Chuck Zmudzinski [2022-08-20 16:20:21] wrote: > > That's a fair point. It may not be so easy for me to work on a bug that > > does not affect > > my systems, but I am willing to help with bugs important to the Debian > > project now, as > > the bookworm

Re: Comments on upgrade steps from one version of Debian to another

2022-08-20 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 20 Aug 2022 15:48:53 -0400 John Boxall wrote: > Thoughts/critique/criticism/flames/etc I would not do that as a script. You have a good recipe there, but I would run each step manually so I could correct errors, adjust configuration files, and otherwise shoot trouble as it appears. You

Re: Why are some Debian bugs ignored for a long time?

2022-08-20 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 8/20/2022 2:06 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > So that means "free" software written and maintained by volunteers will > > never be as > > stable and secure as software that is written by people who are paid by the > > hour. > > Not necessarily. Have you filed a bug report about a problem you >

Comments on upgrade steps from one version of Debian to another

2022-08-20 Thread John Boxall
I created an upgrade script based on something I found a few years ago that indicated the steps to follow to upgrade from one version of Debian to another (e.g. Buster 10 to Bullseye 11). As I am going to need to run this script at some point (I am still running Buster/10 on my systems), I thou

Re: must i consider zfs or lvm for smr large drive?

2022-08-20 Thread tomas
On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 02:35:35PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: [...] > > but now i am thinking, with smr, the drive could pseudo-brick, > > Last I heard, SMR drives aren't significantly less reliable than CMR, so > I'm not sure you should base your decision on that. Of course, you'll > want to

Re: Why are some Debian bugs ignored for a long time?

2022-08-20 Thread Brian
On Sat 20 Aug 2022 at 16:13:29 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sat, 20 Aug 2022 15:22:27 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > Hello Brian, > > >On Sat 20 Aug 2022 at 09:06:54 -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > >> On 8/20/2022 1:25 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > >> Usually upstream projects want and expect

Re: Why are some Debian bugs ignored for a long time?

2022-08-20 Thread tomas
On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 11:14:27AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: [...] > > So they will allocate their resources accordingly. I've worked > > in the belly of big corps for a while and I assure you that my > > boss wouldn't allow me to fix a bug unless (s)he could justify > > to their bosses that

Re: Why are some Debian bugs ignored for a long time?

2022-08-20 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 8/20/2022 1:25 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 05:06:38PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > On 8/19/2022 4:44 PM, piorunz wrote: > > > On 19/08/2022 18:57, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > > > > > > I have noticed that some Debian bugs are ignored for a long time [...] > > > >

Re: Why are some Debian bugs ignored for a long time?

2022-08-20 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 20 Aug 2022 15:22:27 +0100 Brian wrote: Hello Brian, >On Sat 20 Aug 2022 at 09:06:54 -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: >> On 8/20/2022 1:25 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >> Usually upstream projects want and expect users to report bugs to >> the distro, not to the upstream project, for man

Re: Why are some Debian bugs ignored for a long time?

2022-08-20 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 03:22:27PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sat 20 Aug 2022 at 09:06:54 -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > Usually upstream projects want and expect users to report bugs to > > the distro, not to the upstream project, for many good reasons that I > > need not explain here. > > You

Re: Why are some Debian bugs ignored for a long time?

2022-08-20 Thread Brian
On Sat 20 Aug 2022 at 09:06:54 -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 8/20/2022 1:25 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > > I get you want to contribute? > > Yes, that's what mystifies me. I don't know why Debian ignores > someone who wants to contribute time to help the project. > > In another ca

Re: Why are some Debian bugs ignored for a long time?

2022-08-20 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 8/20/2022 1:25 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 05:06:38PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > On 8/19/2022 4:44 PM, piorunz wrote: > > > On 19/08/2022 18:57, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > > > > > > I have noticed that some Debian bugs are ignored for a long time [...] > > > >

PRINTER SELFCHECK

2022-08-20 Thread Schwibinger Michael
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Re: Why are some Debian bugs ignored for a long time?

2022-08-20 Thread Brian
On Fri 19 Aug 2022 at 13:57:29 -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > Hello, > > I have noticed that some Debian bugs are ignored for a long time, > sometimes even when the person who submitted the bug offered a patch. > The Debian developers/maintainers sometimes don't even reply and > therefore never

Re: must i consider zfs or lvm for smr large drive?

2022-08-20 Thread Dan Ritter
Samuel Wales wrote: > apologies for the subject header being kind of an opinion poll rather > than a question. but it is meant as a question. Do NOT use ZFS on an SMR drive. Don't buy SMR drives unless you have a use for it solely as an archival destination. If you bought an SMR drive by accid

Re: Why are some Debian bugs ignored for a long time?

2022-08-20 Thread piorunz
On 19/08/2022 22:06, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: So that means "free" software written and maintained by volunteers will never be as stable and secure as software that is written by people who are paid by the hour. That is, Debian software can *never* be as stable and secure as software that is wr

Re: gamepad button to transparently be keyboard key

2022-08-20 Thread Emanuel Berg
>>> But how do I get them to be interpreted as keyboard >>> keydowns that I setup so I can use the gamepad for any >>> specific program of my choice? >> >> I also found joy2key which seems to be just what I want but >> I can't figure out how to use it. >> >> I want to send the keys to /dev/tty1 > >

Re: gamepad button to transparently be keyboard key

2022-08-20 Thread Emanuel Berg
>> But how do I get them to be interpreted as keyboard >> keydowns that I setup so I can use the gamepad for any >> specific program of my choice? > > I also found joy2key which seems to be just what I want but > I can't figure out how to use it. > > I want to send the keys to /dev/tty1 Okay it's

Re: gamepad button to transparently be keyboard key

2022-08-20 Thread Emanuel Berg
> But how do I get them to be interpreted as keyboard keydowns > that I setup so I can use the gamepad for any specific program > of my choice? I also found joy2key which seems to be just what I want but I can't figure out how to use it. I want to send the keys to /dev/tty1 -- underground exper

gamepad button to transparently be keyboard key

2022-08-20 Thread Emanuel Berg
o/ I just plugged in a gamepad, with jscal/jstest/jscal-store from the joystick pack it registers the keys and everything (impressive!). But how do I get them to be interpreted as keyboard keydowns that I setup so I can use the gamepad for any specific program of my choice? TIA -- underground

Re: Why are some Debian bugs ignored for a long time?

2022-08-20 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2022-08-19 17:06:38-0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 8/19/2022 4:44 PM, piorunz wrote: >> Maybe because developers/maintainers are not paid by the hour, but >> mere volunteers, don't you think? > > So that means "free" software written and maintained by volunteers > will never be as stable an

Re: must i consider zfs or lvm for smr large drive?

2022-08-20 Thread DdB
Hey! This sounds like you know, what you are doing, and more advanced compared to me. Sorry for having stated the obvious, then. Have fun with it. :-) DdB Am 20.08.2022 um 02:43 schrieb David Christensen: > My SOHO file and backup servers are FreeBSD with encrypted ZFS root.  I > use single 2.5"