Re: Matching grub data in the MBR with the installed grub-pc package

2024-09-11 Thread Andy Smith
On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 01:21:12AM +0200, Florent Rougon wrote: > Hi, > > Le 11/09/2024, Andy Smith a écrit: > > > Since booting from sdb wasn't working in any case, I thought I'd > > experiment a bit. I copied the first 446 bytes of sda to sdb. This > > made matters worse! Instead of a "grub> "

Re: Matching grub data in the MBR with the installed grub-pc package

2024-09-11 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Tuesday 10 September 2024 08:39:59 pm Andy Smith wrote: > This does leave me wondering however, if the boot code in the mBR of > sdb is now set to believe that this is "the second drive", I suppose > (hd1) in grub terms? With the implication that should sda fail or be > removed, this machine may

Re: Matching grub data in the MBR with the installed grub-pc package

2024-09-11 Thread Florent Rougon
Hi, Le 11/09/2024, Andy Smith a écrit: > Since booting from sdb wasn't working in any case, I thought I'd > experiment a bit. I copied the first 446 bytes of sda to sdb. This > made matters worse! Instead of a "grub> " prompt, I just got a blank > screen. > > I then rebooted from sda and did: I

Re: Just a simple question.

2024-09-11 Thread Michael Lange
Hi Maureen, On Tue, 10 Sep 2024 20:18:03 -0400 Maureen L Thomas wrote: > My old HP is not working right and it is very old.  I am looking at > laser printers and have always favored HP.  But, in saying that I am > open to any brand.  I always get an all in one model since it does > come in han

Re: startx returns "Xf86EnableIO: failed to enable I/O ports 0000-03ff"

2024-09-11 Thread Max Nikulin
On 11/09/2024 22:22, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 17:16:37 +0200, Pierre Willaime wrote: systemctl status dbus.service shows dbus is not active ("failed") and I have this message Failed to start message bus: Circular inclusion of file '/etc/dbus-1/system.conf' hobbit:~$ gr

Re: startx returns "Xf86EnableIO: failed to enable I/O ports 0000-03ff"

2024-09-11 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 17:16:37 +0200, Pierre Willaime wrote: > systemctl status dbus.service shows dbus is not active ("failed") and I have > this message > > Failed to start message bus: Circular inclusion of file > '/etc/dbus-1/system.conf' Curious. I have nothing that references that fil

Re: startx returns "Xf86EnableIO: failed to enable I/O ports 0000-03ff"

2024-09-11 Thread Pierre Willaime
Le 09/09/2024 à 04:56, Max Nikulin a écrit :> Have you tried to boot from a live media? It should help to determine if your problem is caused by unsupported upgrade path. Yes. It is booting and working fine on a debian stable live usb. Are there any errors, warnings, or suspicious messages in

Printer recommendations for Debian (was: Just a simple question)

2024-09-11 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I am great friend of "Brother" printers. They are cheap and reliable and they > are well supported by linux. Brother is offering deb packages for installing > or a linu script, which is downloading and installing these packages > automatically. Of course, that means you're at the mercy of Br

Re: hibernate area

2024-09-11 Thread Henrik Ahlgren
On Wed, 2024-09-11 at 08:43 +, Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 10 Sep 2024 20:34 -0400, from e...@gmx.us: > > I'm worried about shortening the life of the NVME drive > > with all those short writes. > > I would call that cargo cult by now. You presumably bought it to use > it, so use it. Absolut

Re: Just a simple question.

2024-09-11 Thread Gerard ROBIN
Le Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 08:18:03PM -0400, Maureen L Thomas a écrit : > Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 20:18:03 -0400 > From: Maureen L Thomas > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Just a simple question. > > My old HP is not working right and it is very old.  I am looking at laser > printers and

Re: hibernate area

2024-09-11 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 10 Sep 2024 20:34 -0400, from e...@gmx.us: > I'm worried about shortening the life of the NVME drive > with all those short writes. I would call that cargo cult by now. You presumably bought it to use it, so use it. As already pointed out, typical write endurance for modern SSDs is measured in

Re: hibernate area

2024-09-11 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 11 Sep 2024 00:40 -0400, from e...@gmx.us: >> You may also need to rebuild your `/boot/initrd.img` file since it >> usually contains a copy of that information. > > What is the command for that, "mkinitcpio"? I believe that would be: sudo update-initramfs -u -k all "-u" for update, "-k all" f

Re: Just a simple question.

2024-09-11 Thread Hans
Am Mittwoch, 11. September 2024, 02:18:03 CEST schrieb Maureen L Thomas: > My old HP is not working right and it is very old. I am looking at > laser printers and have always favored HP. But, in saying that I am > open to any brand. I always get an all in one model since it does come > in handy.

Re: Printer recommendation

2024-09-11 Thread basti
Am 11.09.24 um 09:03 schrieb Will Mengarini: * Ash Joubert [24-09/11=Wed 17:19 +1200]: On 2024-09-11 12:18, Maureen L Thomas wrote: My old HP is not working right and it is very old. I am looking at laser printers and have always favored HP. But, in saying that I am open to any brand. I alw

Re: hibernate area

2024-09-11 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 11.09.2024 10:53, e...@gmx.us wrote: On 9/11/24 01:04, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: In mean time, I enjoy fast performance of SSD drives and keep an eye on them using "smartd". Does smartd warn you about impending death? In a way, yes. SSDs and especially NVMe drives are vulnerable to ov

Printer recommendation (was: Just a simple question.)

2024-09-11 Thread Will Mengarini
* Ash Joubert [24-09/11=Wed 17:19 +1200]: > On 2024-09-11 12:18, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > > My old HP is not working right and it is very old. I am looking at > > laser printers and have always favored HP. But, in saying that I am > > open to any brand. I always get an all in one model since i