Re: getmail problem

2023-07-13 Thread Anssi Saari
Pierre Frenkiel writes: > hi, > > the problem with getmail is that it ignores my .getmailrc file: [...] > ( my config is  in ~.getmailrc and .getmail/getmailrc ) The latter should work. Run getmail --dump to see what it says about the configuration file location. Since I don't know how to config

Re: xrdp and KDE Plasma desktop

2023-07-13 Thread Petric Frank
Am Donnerstag, 13. Juli 2023, 12:27:22 CEST schrieb Max Nikulin: > On 12/07/2023 20:51, Petric Frank wrote: > > If i look at the nmcli general permissions for the id i get: > >org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.network-control auth > > > > If i log in locally i get: > >org.freedesk

Fwd: Wayland and NVidia driver conflict

2023-07-13 Thread Luna Jernberg
-- Forwarded message - Från: inkrm Date: tors 13 juli 2023 kl 23:48 Subject: Wayland and NVidia driver conflict To: Hi I just installed Debian 12 'Bookworm' with KDE Plasma 5.27.5 , and I installed NVidia driver on my machine, following the official guide (https://wiki.debian.or

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-13 Thread gene heskett
On 7/13/23 09:21, Stefan Monnier wrote: I'm not sure that this is correct. I have several SSDs around here, all several years old, all with swap partitions and all in daily use. None has failed me yet. Most modern SBC images for Debian and Armbian don't have a swap partition. It's not usually ne

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-13 Thread Stefan Monnier
> root@sentinel:/var/s3# sudo nvme smart-log /dev/nvme0n1 Aha, apparently the trick is to use NVMe drives, where the SMART data is more readable than for (S)ATA drives. Thanks, Stefan

Re: Trouble with nvidia drivers in Debian 12 Bookworm

2023-07-13 Thread Sam Clearman
Solved my own problem: I had to do `apt install linux-headers-cloud-amd64` instead of `apt install linux-headers-amd64` On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 2:28 PM Sam Clearman wrote: > > Hi, > I'm trying to get a Tesla T4 working under Debian 12. > > So far I've tried two approaches: > 1. Using the Debian p

Re: Convert PostScript .pfa to .pfb?

2023-07-13 Thread Tom Browder
On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 17:06 Dan Ritter wrote: > Tom Browder wrote: > https://fontforge.org/docs/faq.html#faq-outline-conversion Yes, Dan, I'm using that for the .pfb conversion since they show that. And I do plan to try with .t1/.pfa after I get my .pfb converter working. I was hoping someo

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-13 Thread jeremy ardley
On 14/7/23 06:25, Stefan Monnier wrote: It's not obvious how to translate that to "30%". Jeremy? Do you remember what data made it possible to get this 30% estimate? Further to my previous reply, I ran this on my SBC lan server. I'm certain the power on hours is wrong as it's been 100% for

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-13 Thread jeremy ardley
On 14/7/23 06:25, Stefan Monnier wrote: It's not obvious how to translate that to "30%". Jeremy? Do you remember what data made it possible to get this 30% estimate? sudo apt-get install nvme-cli sudo nvme list Node  Generic   SN Model  

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-13 Thread Stefan Monnier
> smartctl -a /dev/whatever produces SMART data which may include > things like: > > 233 Media_Wearout_Indicator 0x0032 002 002 000Old_age Always > - 0 > or > > 241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0032 099 099 000Old_age Always > - 7395041209 > or > > 1

Re: Convert PostScript .pfa to .pfb?

2023-07-13 Thread Dan Ritter
Tom Browder wrote: > I know the binary version of the PS fonts can be converted to TrueType by > FontForge. > > However, is there a way to convert from the PS ASCII version .pfa file to > the binary .pfb file? I think that fontforge can do it. Worth trying; it's packaged. https://fontforge.org/

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-13 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> I'm not sure that this is correct. I have several SSDs around here, all >> several years old, all with swap partitions and all in daily use. None >> has failed me yet. > Most modern SBC images for Debian and Armbian don't have a swap > partition. It's not usually necessary and it provides a vect

Re: Convert PostScript .pfa to .pfb?

2023-07-13 Thread James H. H. Lampert
On 7/13/23 2:28 PM, Tom Browder wrote: I know the binary version of the PS fonts can be converted to TrueType by FontForge. However, is there a way to convert from the PS ASCII version .pfa file to the binary .pfb file? I have a very old font editor, that I used briefly (on a neighbor's WinDo

Trouble with nvidia drivers in Debian 12 Bookworm

2023-07-13 Thread Sam Clearman
Hi, I'm trying to get a Tesla T4 working under Debian 12. So far I've tried two approaches: 1. Using the Debian provided drivers, per https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers 2. Using the nVidia provided drivers installed via runfile, per https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/tesla-install

Convert PostScript .pfa to .pfb?

2023-07-13 Thread Tom Browder
I know the binary version of the PS fonts can be converted to TrueType by FontForge. However, is there a way to convert from the PS ASCII version .pfa file to the binary .pfb file? Thanks. -Tom

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-13 Thread jeremy ardley
On 14/7/23 04:39, jeremy ardley wrote: On the topic of a swap partition, that is usually absent, as is the partitioning of the drive into various parts for O/S, user data etc. That's a 50 year old relic for use cases where you are running a timesharing server for multiple users with limited

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-13 Thread jeremy ardley
On 13/7/23 21:20, Stefan Monnier wrote: Images for SBCs are fairly different from typical desktop/laptop circumstances: there is no real "SSD" in most SBCs. Instead they typically have a small eMMC (if it all) that might hold the OS but not much more and then the image itself is often expected

Re: getmail problem

2023-07-13 Thread Christoph Brinkhaus
Am Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 08:18:07PM +0200 schrieb Pierre Frenkiel: Hi Pierre, > hi, > > the problem with getmail is that it ignores my .getmailrc file: > it is configured with gmail: > > server = imap.gmail.com > ... > poll imap.gmail.com with proto IMAP auth password > > but the getmail comman

getmail problem

2023-07-13 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
hi, the problem with getmail is that it ignores my .getmailrc file: it is configured with gmail: server = imap.gmail.com ... poll imap.gmail.com with proto IMAP auth password but the getmail command gives:     SimpleIMAPRetriever:p.frenk...@imap.laposte.net:143:    getmailrc: credential/login

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-13 Thread Dan Ritter
Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:41:35 +0800 > jeremy ardley wrote: > > > In my personal experience, I ran a 500GB WD NVME drive on my > > workstation without a swap partition and no surveillance. After 3 > > years It had worn it down 30%. Not a drama as I was swapping it out, > >

Wifi getting disconnected

2023-07-13 Thread Unni
Hello, I am using latest debian -- # lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID:    Debian Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) Release:    12 Codename:    bookworm -- I've upgraded it from previous version recently. I started facing a network issue few days back.

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-13 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:41:35 +0800 jeremy ardley wrote: > In my personal experience, I ran a 500GB WD NVME drive on my > workstation without a swap partition and no surveillance. After 3 > years It had worn it down 30%. Not a drama as I was swapping it out, > but surprising for just a workstation

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-13 Thread Dan Ritter
jeremy ardley wrote: > > On 13/7/23 19:00, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > jeremy ardley wrote: > > > > > In the same vein, it's really a bad idea to run video surveillance on > > > a SSD as overwriting the complete SSD every couple of weeks will > > > trash it in no time. There are proba

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-13 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> I'm not sure that this is correct. I have several SSDs around here, all >> several years old, all with swap partitions and all in daily use. None >> has failed me yet. > Most modern SBC images for Debian and Armbian don't have a swap > partition. It's not usually necessary and it provides a vect

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-13 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> In either case they are detected as ordinary HDD drives and you need >> do nothing out of the ordinary other than it's preferable to not put >> a swap partition on them for wear reasons. > Now you tell me . . . Don't worry: it's a sorely outdated recommendation. There can still be circumsta

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-13 Thread jeremy ardley
On 13/7/23 19:00, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: jeremy ardley wrote: In the same vein, it's really a bad idea to run video surveillance on a SSD as overwriting the complete SSD every couple of weeks will trash it in no time. There are probably SSDs that boast to do this, but the standard

Re: Migrating system from u-sd to nvme memory on arm64's?

2023-07-13 Thread debian-user
jeremy ardley wrote: > In the same vein, it's really a bad idea to run video surveillance on > a SSD as overwriting the complete SSD every couple of weeks will > trash it in no time. There are probably SSDs that boast to do this, > but the standard now is using carefully designed spinning drives

Re: xrdp and KDE Plasma desktop

2023-07-13 Thread Max Nikulin
On 12/07/2023 20:51, Petric Frank wrote: If i look at the nmcli general permissions for the id i get: org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.network-control auth If i log in locally i get: org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.network-control yes It seems that something goes

Re: file descriptor VS file handle

2023-07-13 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i wrote: > > Why there are two sets of file accessing system calls must have historical > > reasons. to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > [...] file descriptor is a > kernel thing, FILE* is libc, i.e. userspace [1] (I know *you* know it, > but it might be interesting for others). Well, at least it did

Re: file descriptor VS file handle

2023-07-13 Thread Nicolas George
cor...@free.fr (12023-07-13): > In linux systems, are file descriptor and file handle meaning the same > stuff? File descriptors are the standards Unix file descriptors. In the Unix specification, the word handle is used to designate either a file descriptor or a FILE * pointer of the stdio subsy

Re: file descriptor VS file handle

2023-07-13 Thread tomas
On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 08:49:38AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > cor...@free.fr wrote: > > In linux systems, are file descriptor and file handle meaning the same > > stuff? > > In the programming language C on Linux (more generally: on POSIX systems) > "File descriptor" is an integer num