Re: Grub bug on Debian 11

2023-03-16 Thread David Wright
On Tue 14 Mar 2023 at 23:16:29 (+0100), Mario Marietto wrote: > No problem. But without offence,what you are suggesting to me is not to > make something to understand what's the real problem and why it's > happening,but you are suggesting to change something in my configuration to > skip the genera

Re: Debian 11 upgrade to Debian 12

2023-03-16 Thread David Wright
On Fri 03 Mar 2023 at 10:57:43 (-0500), Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 10:57 PM songbird wrote: > > Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > > > > > > I just updated my media center PC from Debian Bullseye to Debian Bookworm. > > > The upgrade went alright. I initially had to download

Re: Problem installing LocalWP

2023-03-16 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Thu, Mar 16 2023 at 04:28:15 PM, "Stephen P. Molnar" wrote: > I am running uptodate Bullseye and have been running the-Debian version of > LocalWP > > I was uninstalling an update to v-6.7.0 when the installer threw an error(s) > wile installing my domain: > Screenshot > > I have no idea how

Re: auto restarting in crontab

2023-03-16 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 08:04:24AM +0800, p...@ymail.ne.jp wrote: > Sometimes I was using the older ruby version (1.x), but sometimes I am using > the latest ruby (3.x). For example, different streaming libraries for ruby > require different versions. > > For instance, I developed a ruby client fo

Re: auto restarting in crontab

2023-03-16 Thread p...@ymail.ne.jp
debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: But it sounds like what...@ymail.ne.jp is doing isn't best practice either, although I don't fully understand what they mean by "I often change default ruby in interactive shell". If they mean 'global' then I suspect they should be using 'local' instead. Or j

Re: auto restarting in crontab

2023-03-16 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 7:03 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > > debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > p...@ymail.ne.jp wrote: > > > > For dev stuff, for example, I have many versions of ruby installed > > > > in the system by rbenv. > > > > > > > > Since I often change default ruby

Re: auto restarting in crontab

2023-03-16 Thread Dan Ritter
debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > Dan Ritter wrote: > > p...@ymail.ne.jp wrote: > > > For dev stuff, for example, I have many versions of ruby installed > > > in the system by rbenv. > > > > > > Since I often change default ruby in interactive shell, this may > > > break the ruby for sysadmin

Re: auto restarting in crontab

2023-03-16 Thread debian-user
Dan Ritter wrote: > p...@ymail.ne.jp wrote: > > For dev stuff, for example, I have many versions of ruby installed > > in the system by rbenv. > > > > Since I often change default ruby in interactive shell, this may > > break the ruby for sysadmin job in crontab. What’s the solution for > > this

Re: Problem installing LocalWP

2023-03-16 Thread Jeremy Hendricks
I can only recommend contacting LocalWP for assistance. It is their product and not supported by Debian. On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 4:29 PM Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I am running uptodate Bullseye and have been running the-Debian version of > LocalWP > > I was uninstalling an update to v-6.7.0 whe

Problem installing LocalWP

2023-03-16 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I am running uptodate Bullseye and have been running the-Debian version of LocalWP I was uninstalling an update to v-6.7.0 when the installer threw an error(s) wile installing my domain:Screenshot I have no idea how to fix this and would greatly appreciate help. Thanks in advance -- Stephen

Re: Grub bug on Debian 11

2023-03-16 Thread davidson
On Tue, 14 Mar 2023 Mario Marietto wrote: No problem. But without offence,what you are suggesting to me is not to make something to understand what's the real problem and why it's happening, I believe that the locution above --"make something to understand"-- paraphrases "diagnose". but you a

Re: Grub bug on Debian 11

2023-03-16 Thread davidson
On Tue, 14 Mar 2023 Mario Marietto wrote in reply to Andrew Cater: --> *Which* Debian .iso did you install with ? debian-live-11.5.0-amd64-xfce.iso. Is there a way to upgrade this to the version that you have suggested ? I prefer to learn how to upgrade it than to make a fresh installation. I w

Re: apparently bookworm tasksel is deprecated or broken

2023-03-16 Thread Jude DaShiell
Right, I made the mistake of keying in numbers. Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) . On Thu, 16 Mar 2023, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 10:47:22AM -0400, Ju

Re: auto restarting in crontab

2023-03-16 Thread Jude DaShiell
I tried installing task-lxqt-desktop using apt and that didn't go well at all. Since I use a screen reader I ended up installing bullseye mate with the installation disc then upgrading to bookworm. That worked. So far as I can tell, a11y work was not done on lxqt to bring up orca if speakup got

Re: apparently bookworm tasksel is deprecated or broken

2023-03-16 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 05:29:11PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > Tasksel works for a sighted user - can you help the list with how > your list was generated? > > Sighted users see [ ] type boxes - toggling space bar checks/unchecks > the box by putting a * in it - I think that's in a busybox s

Re: auto restarting in crontab

2023-03-16 Thread Dan Ritter
p...@ymail.ne.jp wrote: > For dev stuff, for example, I have many versions of ruby installed in the > system by rbenv. > > Since I often change default ruby in interactive shell, this may break the > ruby for sysadmin job in crontab. What’s the solution for this? Everywhere it matters, set an

Re: apparently bookworm tasksel is deprecated or broken

2023-03-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 10:47:22AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > root@taf:~# tasksel > Software selection > -- > > You can choose to install one or more of the following predefined > collections of software. > > 1. Debian desktop environment 3. ... Xfce 5. ... KDE P

Re: Re: auto restarting in crontab

2023-03-16 Thread pyh
For dev stuff, for example, I have many versions of ruby installed in the system by rbenv. Since I often change default ruby in interactive shell, this may break the ruby for sysadmin job in crontab. What’s the solution for this?

apparently bookworm tasksel is deprecated or broken

2023-03-16 Thread Jude DaShiell
root@taf:~# tasksel Software selection -- You can choose to install one or more of the following predefined collections of software. 1. Debian desktop environment 3. ... Xfce 5. ... KDE Plasma 7. ... MATE 9. ... LXQt 11. SSH server 2. ... GNOME

Re: auto restarting in crontab

2023-03-16 Thread Nicolas George
Greg Wooledge (12023-03-16): > So they installed > parallel toolsets (commands including ps, echo, and so on) in two > different directories. Four: there is also /usr/xpg4/bin and /usr/xpg6/bin. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: auto restarting in crontab

2023-03-16 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 01:57:26PM +0100, Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: > I think you are right. The only remaining argument for specifying the > complete path I have read about is as below. > There might be the situation with different binaries but similar > names. For example /usr/bin/nc is differen

Re: auto restarting in crontab

2023-03-16 Thread Christoph Brinkhaus
Am Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 07:27:22AM -0400 schrieb Greg Wooledge: > On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 12:24:10PM +0100, Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: > > The environments of login shells and crontab can be different. This > > includes the path where to seek executables. Therefore it is good > > practice not to wr

Re: auto restarting in crontab

2023-03-16 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 12:24:10PM +0100, Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: > The environments of login shells and crontab can be different. This > includes the path where to seek executables. Therefore it is good > practice not to write just the name of the executable as nc but the > name with the path a

Re: auto restarting in crontab

2023-03-16 Thread Christoph Brinkhaus
Am Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 08:55:54AM +0800 schrieb cor...@free.fr: > Greetings, > > My script for monitoring Node.js app as follows. I put it in crontab for > auto-check and restart if failure. > > #!/bin/bash > > # scan the port > nc -z 127.0.0.1 3000 > > if [ $? -eq 0 ];then > exit > else >

Re: auto restarting in crontab

2023-03-16 Thread Nicolas George
Greg Wooledge (12023-03-16): > That assumes you want to detach the process from its session in the > first place. It's NOT what you should do when running a managed > service, though. > > With a managed service, you don't want ANY of the old legacy "I want > to run a daemon from an interactive sh

Re: auto restarting in crontab

2023-03-16 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 08:53:55AM +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > cor...@free.fr (12023-03-16): > > nohup serve -s /home/myUsername/workspace/xxx-frontend/build & > > What Greg said. Plus: > > Never use nohup. nohup should never have been invented, it is based on a > complete lack of understan

Re: Something tweaked my Firefox appearance

2023-03-16 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 02:49:28 -0400 "hobie of RMN" wrote: Hello hobie, >I guess I should be looking for a place to adjust settings of the window >manager..? That tends to adjust settings globally. If other windows haven't changed in appearance, then everything else /might/ end up with fonts sma

Re: Something tweaked my Firefox appearance

2023-03-16 Thread Dan Ritter
hobie of RMN wrote: > Current stable Debian; Firefox 91.13.0esr; xfce4; xfwm4. > > Two days ago I restarted my GUI when I saw the disk swap file was growing > too large. On logging back in I found Firefox's appearance was different > and harder to work with. Menu bar and Bookmarks toolbar have

Re: auto restarting in crontab

2023-03-16 Thread Nicolas George
cor...@free.fr (12023-03-16): > nohup serve -s /home/myUsername/workspace/xxx-frontend/build & What Greg said. Plus: Never use nohup. nohup should never have been invented, it is based on a complete lack of understanding of how sessions and control terminal work. Instead: - use setsid to det

Re: No /

2023-03-16 Thread tomas
On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 01:15:00PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 05:05:49PM +0100, Michael Lee wrote: > > Is there a way to fix this, or is a re-installation the only remedy? > > For all the things people like about btrfs, IME it's not as good at recovery > from adverse eve