Re: Synaptic Problem

2024-10-03 Thread tomas
On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 04:32:31PM -0400, Dan Purgert wrote: > On Oct 03, 2024, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > 1. (sudo) dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb > > > 2. (sudo) apt-get update && apt-get -f install > > > > Of course, such manual install of `.deb` files means that you won't > > automati

Re: Firefox complaint

2024-10-03 Thread riveravaldez
El jueves, 3 de octubre de 2024, Maureen L Thomas escribió: > I have used firefox for ages without a problem til now. I am using the latest update of debian 12, on a HP computer that is using linux quite nicely. Any way all of a sudden there are web pages that no longer open on firefox. Credit K

Re: Firefox complaint

2024-10-03 Thread eben
On 10/3/24 22:42, Maureen L Thomas wrote: On 10/3/24 9:39 PM, e...@gmx.us wrote: On 10/3/24 21:15, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I have used firefox for ages without a problem til now.  I am using the latest update of debian 12, on a HP computer that is using linux quite nicely.  Any way all of a sud

Re: Reading an old HDD

2024-10-03 Thread eben
On 10/3/24 22:57, Will Mengarini wrote: I have a freshly installed Debian stable and I'm trying to read an HDD from a previous machine. I put it into a disk enclosure that connects to the new machine by USB and powered everything up, but the stable Debian doesn't see the new disk that is connect

Re: Reading an old HDD

2024-10-03 Thread David Wright
On Thu 03 Oct 2024 at 20:26:55 (-0700), Will Mengarini wrote: > The old HDD is mostly ext3; there was also an > ext2 boot partition, and a swap partition. But > the new Debian shows nothing new in `df`. Is > there some other command I should use to probe for > whether Debian knows there's a HDD c

Re: Reading an old HDD

2024-10-03 Thread Ash Joubert
On 2024-10-04 16:26, Will Mengarini wrote: The old HDD is mostly ext3; there was also an ext2 boot partition, and a swap partition. But the new Debian shows nothing new in `df`. Is there some other command I should use to probe for whether Debian knows there's a HDD connected by USB? "df" wil

Re: Reading an old HDD

2024-10-03 Thread Will Mengarini
The old HDD is mostly ext3; there was also an ext2 boot partition, and a swap partition. But the new Debian shows nothing new in `df`. Is there some other command I should use to probe for whether Debian knows there's a HDD connected by USB? * victoria crenshaw [24-10/03=Thu 22:00 -0500]: > whi

Re: Reading an old HDD

2024-10-03 Thread victoria crenshaw
which file system is the old hdd formated in ntfs? if so run in terminal sudo apt install ntfs-3g or use gparted to see the file system of the hdd sudo apt install gparted On Thu, 2024-10-03 at 19:57 -0700, Will Mengarini wrote: > e new disk that is connected by USB.  Is > there

Reading an old HDD

2024-10-03 Thread Will Mengarini
I have a freshly installed Debian stable and I'm trying to read an HDD from a previous machine. I put it into a disk enclosure that connects to the new machine by USB and powered everything up, but the stable Debian doesn't see the new disk that is connected by USB. Is there some driver or packag

Re: Firefox pausing network activity during vt-switch / screenlock

2024-10-03 Thread Max Nikulin
On 02/10/2024 10:13, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Firefox (and thunderbird, as well) seems to be pausing all network activity when doing a vt-switch or user-switching or locking the screen. [...] Chromium, on the other hand appears not to suffer from this issue and the download progresses during s

Re: Firefox complaint

2024-10-03 Thread Maureen L Thomas
This is what I got doing the apt: firefox-esr-l10n-en-ca/stable-security,proposed-updates,now 115.15.0esr-1~deb12u1 all [installed] firefox-esr-l10n-en-gb/stable-security,proposed-updates,now 115.15.0esr-1~deb12u1 all [installed] firefox-esr/stable-security,proposed-updates,now 115.15.0esr-1~de

Re: Firefox complaint

2024-10-03 Thread eben
On 10/3/24 21:15, Maureen L Thomas wrote: I have used firefox for ages without a problem til now.  I am using the latest update of debian 12, on a HP computer that is using linux quite nicely.  Any way all of a sudden there are web pages that no longer open on firefox.  Credit Karma, our local Bo

Firefox complaint

2024-10-03 Thread Maureen L Thomas
I have used firefox for ages without a problem til now.  I am using the latest update of debian 12, on a HP computer that is using linux quite nicely.  Any way all of a sudden there are web pages that no longer open on firefox.  Credit Karma, our local Bob Evans rest., and a couple of others. 

Re: Which subdirectory for a usedr-specific executable?

2024-10-03 Thread David Christensen
On 10/3/24 05:51, Richard Owlett wrote: Is there standard/recommended location for an executable to be used by only a one user? In my case it should be under /home/richard/ . But where? TIA It would help if you told us about the executable and the context for its use -- e.g. self-contain b

Re: Synaptic Problem

2024-10-03 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Just one non-problem Stefan, Brother seems to be our friend AND their > drivers JUST WORK! I can't say the same for cups. Some weird friends you have, who don't let you see the code they force you to run to use the tools you buy from them. Also "just works" doesn't mean "isn't full of security

Re: Synaptic Problem

2024-10-03 Thread Dan Purgert
On Oct 03, 2024, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > 1. (sudo) dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb > > 2. (sudo) apt-get update && apt-get -f install > > Of course, such manual install of `.deb` files means that you won't > automatically get future updates, e.g. to fix security bugs. Given our friends a

Re: Synaptic Problem

2024-10-03 Thread gene heskett
On 10/3/24 12:03, Stefan Monnier wrote: 1. (sudo) dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb 2. (sudo) apt-get update && apt-get -f install Of course, such manual install of `.deb` files means that you won't automatically get future updates, e.g. to fix security bugs. To add insult to injury, suc

Re: Virtualization of Windows XP

2024-10-03 Thread Detlef Vollmann
On 10/3/24 06:35, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: And change it to: hvm I'm using 'pc-i440fx-2.0' on Sid/Trixie and XP runs w/o problems. For Win7 when I did the change it wanted a new activation, but XP was fine with the change... Detlef

Re: Which subdirectory for a usedr-specific executable?

2024-10-03 Thread NNTP Surfer
Richard Owlett writes: > Is there standard/recommended location for an executable to be used by > only a one user? I use Debian and I throw every executable in ~/.local/bin, everything just works without any additional setup.

Re: Synaptic Problem

2024-10-03 Thread Stefan Monnier
> 1. (sudo) dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb > 2. (sudo) apt-get update && apt-get -f install Of course, such manual install of `.deb` files means that you won't automatically get future updates, e.g. to fix security bugs. To add insult to injury, such `.deb` files often contain proprietary

Re: Synaptic Problem

2024-10-03 Thread Dan Purgert
On Oct 03, 2024, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 10:53:30 -0400, Dan Purgert wrote: > > On Oct 03, 2024, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > When I ran linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.4-1 it downloaded: > > > > > > > [...] $ sudo install brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb > > > > [...] > > > > Wh

Re: Synaptic Problem

2024-10-03 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 10:53:30 -0400, Dan Purgert wrote: > On Oct 03, 2024, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > When I ran linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.4-1 it downloaded: > > > > > [...] $ sudo install brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb > > > [...] > > Where on earth did you get that command from? > > Last

Re: Synaptic Problem

2024-10-03 Thread Dan Purgert
On Oct 03, 2024, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > On 10/03/2024 09:17 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: > > On Oct 03, 2024, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > I am running Bookworm and have just updated the Brother MFC-L2710DW Laser > > > Printer Drivers. > > > [...] > > > > E: The package brscan4 needs to be

Re: Which subdirectory for a usedr-specific executable?

2024-10-03 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/03/2024 08:43 AM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 03 Oct 2024 at 08:31:08 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/03/2024 08:03 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: On 03/10/2024 14:51, Richard Owlett wrote: Is there standard/recommended location for an executable to be used by only a one user? In my case i

Re: Which subdirectory for a usedr-specific executable?

2024-10-03 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/03/2024 08:45 AM, Michael Kjörling wrote: On 3 Oct 2024 15:40 +0200, from to...@tuxteam.de: Is there standard/recommended location for [...] The XDG Base Directory Specification recommends [...] Glad mine is just a computer, not a desktop ;-) Seriously: that's why I walked away from t

Re: Which subdirectory for a usedr-specific executable?

2024-10-03 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/03/2024 08:31 AM, Michael Kjörling wrote: On 3 Oct 2024 07:51 -0500, from rowl...@access.net (Richard Owlett): Is there standard/recommended location for an executable to be used by only a one user? In my case it should be under /home/richard/ . But where? The XDG Base Directory Specific

Re: Synaptic Problem

2024-10-03 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 10/03/2024 09:17 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: On Oct 03, 2024, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I am running Bookworm and have just updated the Brother MFC-L2710DW Laser Printer Drivers. [...] E: The package brscan4 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it. E: Internal error opening

Re: Which subdirectory for a usedr-specific executable?

2024-10-03 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 3 Oct 2024 15:40 +0200, from to...@tuxteam.de: >>> Is there standard/recommended location for [...] >> >> The XDG Base Directory Specification recommends [...] > > Glad mine is just a computer, not a desktop ;-) > > Seriously: that's why I walked away from this desktop craze years > ago. Sure

Re: Which subdirectory for a usedr-specific executable?

2024-10-03 Thread David Wright
On Thu 03 Oct 2024 at 08:31:08 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/03/2024 08:03 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > > On 03/10/2024 14:51, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > Is there standard/recommended location for an executable to be > > > used by only a one user? > > > In my case it should be under /home/r

Re: Which subdirectory for a usedr-specific executable?

2024-10-03 Thread tomas
On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 01:31:14PM +, Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 3 Oct 2024 07:51 -0500, from rowl...@access.net (Richard Owlett): > > Is there standard/recommended location for an executable to be used by only > > a one user? > > In my case it should be under /home/richard/ . > > But where?

Re: Which subdirectory for a usedr-specific executable?

2024-10-03 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 3 Oct 2024 07:51 -0500, from rowl...@access.net (Richard Owlett): > Is there standard/recommended location for an executable to be used by only > a one user? > In my case it should be under /home/richard/ . > But where? The XDG Base Directory Specification recommends ~/.local/bin for "user-spec

Re: Which subdirectory for a usedr-specific executable?

2024-10-03 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/03/2024 08:03 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello Richard, the /etc/skel/.profile add to PATH ~/bin and ~/.local/bin if they exist. On 03/10/2024 14:51, Richard Owlett wrote: Is there standard/recommended location for an executable to be used by only a one user? In my case it should be under

Re: Cleanup in a bash script

2024-10-03 Thread tomas
On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 03:19:09PM +0300, Anssi Saari wrote: > writes: > > > What actually happens seems completely different to me: the shell > > gets the EPIPE from the dying tee before it can see the EINTR, right? > > That depends. tee -i will ignore SIGINT but ./script gets it. So it can > k

Re: Which subdirectory for a usedr-specific executable?

2024-10-03 Thread tomas
On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 09:11:39AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Is there standard/recommended location for an executable to be used by only > > a one user? > > In my case it should be under /home/richard/ . > > But where? > > I'd put it in ~/bin That's where mine live, too. Cheers -- t si

Re: Which subdirectory for a usedr-specific executable?

2024-10-03 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/03/2024 08:11 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: Is there standard/recommended location for an executable to be used by only a one user? In my case it should be under /home/richard/ . But where? I'd put it in ~/bin Stefan As /home/richard/bin does not exist, I assume the answer is t

Re: Which subdirectory for a usedr-specific executable?

2024-10-03 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Richard, the /etc/skel/.profile add to PATH ~/bin and ~/.local/bin if they exist. On 03/10/2024 14:51, Richard Owlett wrote: Is there standard/recommended location for an executable to be used by only a one user? In my case it should be under /home/richard/ . But where? hth, Jerome

Re: Synaptic Problem

2024-10-03 Thread Dan Purgert
On Oct 03, 2024, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I am running Bookworm and have just updated the Brother MFC-L2710DW Laser > Printer Drivers. > [...] > > E: The package brscan4 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an > > archive for it. > > E: Internal error opening cache (1). Please report. brs

Re: Which subdirectory for a usedr-specific executable?

2024-10-03 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Is there standard/recommended location for an executable to be used by only > a one user? > In my case it should be under /home/richard/ . > But where? I'd put it in ~/bin Stefan

Synaptic Problem

2024-10-03 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I am running Bookworm and have just updated the Brother MFC-L2710DW Laser Printer Drivers. When I run sudo apt update I get: Hit:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bo

Which subdirectory for a usedr-specific executable?

2024-10-03 Thread Richard Owlett
Is there standard/recommended location for an executable to be used by only a one user? In my case it should be under /home/richard/ . But where? TIA

Re: Cleanup in a bash script

2024-10-03 Thread Anssi Saari
writes: > What actually happens seems completely different to me: the shell > gets the EPIPE from the dying tee before it can see the EINTR, right? That depends. tee -i will ignore SIGINT but ./script gets it. So it can keep writing in the pipe, from the script proper or its SIGINT handler and e

Re: Virtualization of Windows XP

2024-10-03 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 03.10.2024 13:27, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 4:18 AM Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: ... hvm My machines in Trixie are: machine="pc-q35-9.0">hvm When dealing with legacy OS like WinXP I prefer to be on a safe side and choose older module, which emulates a

Re: Virtualization of Windows XP

2024-10-03 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 4:18 AM Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > On 03.10.2024 05:14, Gary Dale wrote: > > I'm running Debian/Stable on an AMD64 system. I have a number of kvm/qemu > virtual machines running on it, including Home Assistant and a Samba DC, > along with multiple Windows VMs. Most of

Re: Virtualization of Windows XP

2024-10-03 Thread George at Clug
On Thursday, 03-10-2024 at 10:14 Gary Dale wrote: > I'm running Debian/Stable on an AMD64 system. I have a number of > kvm/qemu virtual machines running on it, including Home Assistant and a > Samba DC, along with multiple Windows VMs. Most of them are working fine. > > However I found a need