Re: Unable to install GRUB in dummy

On Tue 01 Apr 2025 at 04:09:31 (+0800), hlyg wrote: > On 3/31/25 10:50, David Wright wrote: > > Presumably that error message was from the screen. Have you looked > > at /var/log/installer/syslog for more expansive error messages? > > > Thank Wright! i have solved it on my own > > i am new user o

Re: web browser recommendation

On 3/30/25 12:30 PM, Brad Rogers wrote: On Sun, 30 Mar 2025 12:23:04 -0700 Marc Shapiro wrote: Hello Marc, I was looking into Brave the other day, but what stopped me was the lack of anything to replace Video Download Helper. I've got VDH installed in Brave. https://chromewebstore.google.

Re: DHCP and static addresses, nothing to do with Re: Who: Bookworm v.Trixie

On Mon 31 Mar 2025 at 16:35:58 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > On 3/31/25 13:55, David Wright wrote: > > I don't know why you have problems with using /etc/hosts for lookups > > on your LAN. I use it here without any problems, and it has to work > > because there's no DNS server in my router (too ch

Re: Frequent freezing around login screens

On 31/03/2025 23:29, W. Pepperdine wrote: Apologies for the poor email threading. There seems to be no way to do it from a browser interface. It is a known gmail web UI bug that clicking a reply button on the mailing list archive pages causes missed headers.

Re: Failed unmounting disk mes. on every restart

On 31/03/2025 20:38, J wrote: Do timestamps in the output match the moment when you experienced the issue? I would expect "-b -1" rather than "-b1", however the latter still may be valid. I see no errors in logs. Do you execute journalctl as root? 90 seconds timeouts and following

Re: Unable to install GRUB in dummy

On 01/04/2025 03:09, hlyg wrote: in the end i use mbr, as one of my PCs doesn't support gpt It depends on firmware, but I expect that UEFI spec describes requirements for ESP in the case of MBR partitions. btw what is recommended size of efi partition? default size is 512M sgdisk(8)

Re: Xfce run executable file in terminal

On 3/31/25 14:36, mick.crane wrote: Xfce4 I've loads of Perl scripts dotted about in different directories I'd like to select them in Thunar and run them in a terminal with a click or two. "Open terminal here" in Xfce desktop is very handy but still have to list the directory contents, find th

Re: Xfce run executable file in terminal

On 3/31/25 17:36, mick.crane wrote: Xfce4 I've loads of Perl scripts dotted about in different directories I'd like to select them in Thunar and run them in a terminal with a click or two. "Open terminal here" in Xfce desktop is very handy but still have to list the directory contents, find th

Xfce run executable file in terminal

Xfce4 I've loads of Perl scripts dotted about in different directories I'd like to select them in Thunar and run them in a terminal with a click or two. "Open terminal here" in Xfce desktop is very handy but still have to list the directory contents, find the one I want and type or paste it's

Re: Who: Bookworm v. Trixie

Hello, On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 11:19:30AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 3/31/25 05:10, Andy Smith wrote: > > Here is the bug report you quoted but did not read: > > > > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1080330 > > > > I've read it now, but I'm disappointed at how this has

Re: Who: Bookworm v. Trixie

On 3/31/25 13:38, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 11:19:30AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: [...] The dns problem is separate I guess, but does bring up my other pet peeve. That is that no one at debian considers the effect on dns to those of us who have been using hosts files for

Re: Unable to install GRUB in dummy

On 3/31/25 10:50, David Wright wrote: Presumably that error message was from the screen. Have you looked at /var/log/installer/syslog for more expansive error messages? Cheers, David. Thank Wright! i have solved it on my own i am new user of gpt, fatal error is caused by my failure to creat

DHCP and static addresses, nothing to do with Re: Who: Bookworm v. Trixie

On Mon 31 Mar 2025 at 11:19:30 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > The dns problem is separate I guess, but does bring up my other pet > peeve. That is that no one at debian considers the effect on dns to > those of us who have been using hosts files for local dns since back > in the late 90's  I have n

Re: Who: Bookworm v. Trixie

On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 11:19:30AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: [...] > The dns problem is separate I guess, but does bring up my other pet peeve. > That is that no one at debian considers the effect on dns to those of us who > have been using hosts files for local dns since back in the late 90's 

Re: Who: Bookworm v. Trixie

On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 19:38:16 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 11:19:30AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > What makes the debian people treat hosts file users, like 3rd class users?   > > I'm a (heavy!) hosts file user. I'm being treated by Debian 1st class. > Perhaps it's

Re: Frequent freezing around login screens

In the end, I eliminated the freezing by replacing LightDM with GDM3. I still have no idea what the problem was with LightDM. I tested the RAM and put in a different HDD, but freezing was the same. Apologies for the poor email threading. There seems to be no way to do it from a browser interfac

Re: Failed unmounting disk mes. on every restart

> > Do timestamps in the output match the moment when you experienced the > issue? I would expect "-b -1" rather than "-b1", however the latter > still may be valid. > I see no errors in logs. qBitTorrent may be the culprit, i see this mention of QB, but i don't know if it is connected Mar 31 16

Re: web browser recommendation

I was looking into Brave the other day, but what stopped me was the lack of anything to replace Video Download Helper.  Am I missing something?  Is there a way to download YouTube videos in Brave, or do I stick with Firefox? Marc On 3/6/25 1:25 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, Mar 06, 2025

Different HTTP download speeds over Wi-Fi (but not cable)

[Please Cc me on replies.] Dear Debian folks, In the Eduroam Wi-Fi network of the TU Chemnitz (X-WiN, Cisco CW9164i, CW9166i, C9124AXE-E) I noticed too low download speeds from Debian archive mirrors. Using a cable full adapter speed is achieved, so it’s not some bottleneck in the peering. L

Re: Different HTTP download speeds over Wi-Fi (but not cable)

On Mar 31, 2025, Paul Menzel wrote: > [Please Cc me on replies.] > > Dear Debian folks, > > > In the Eduroam Wi-Fi network of the TU Chemnitz (X-WiN, Cisco CW9164i, > CW9166i, C9124AXE-E) I noticed too low download speeds from Debian archive > mirrors. Using a cable full adapter speed is achieve

Re: Installing old Debian releases

On Mon, 31 Mar 2025, keller.st...@gmx.de wrote: For comparison, some research and portability tests I'd like to install old releases of Debian, i.e. versions 8, 9, 10. Are there archives and old repositories to install from? Steve archive.debian.org for packages before bullseye. Buster is t

Re: Who: Bookworm v. Trixie

Hi, On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 03:36:20AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 3/31/25 02:09, Henrik Ahlgren wrote: > > I believe /run/utmp is gone in trixie, after systemd was upgraded to > > 256.5-2. The command `w` still works fine. > no, its dns lookup fails there also. This conversation is about the

[SOLVED] Re: OT: Connect two computers with linux with wlan, but without any router

Hi folks, thank you very much for all your respose! It was so hepfull amnd I have again again a lot. You showed me different ways using software AP, ad-hoc and gave me many informations. I will test all these things now, what will take me some time. All my questions are fully answered and so

Re: Who: Bookworm v. Trixie

On 3/31/25 03:36, gene heskett wrote: On 3/31/25 02:09, Henrik Ahlgren wrote: Mike Castle writes: The whole utmp stuff is flaky, a best effort system that might give some resemblance to reality. I believe /run/utmp is gone in trixie, after systemd was upgraded to 256.5-2. The command `w` sti

Re: Who: Bookworm v. Trixie

On 3/31/25 02:09, Henrik Ahlgren wrote: Mike Castle writes: The whole utmp stuff is flaky, a best effort system that might give some resemblance to reality. I believe /run/utmp is gone in trixie, after systemd was upgraded to 256.5-2. The command `w` still works fine. no, its dns lookup fails

Re: Who: Bookworm v. Trixie

On 3/30/25 18:25, Charles Curley wrote: On bookworm who (GNU coreutils 9.1) operates more or less as I have expected it to operate for several decades: it prints current logins. E.g.: charles@hawk:~$ who charles tty7 2025-03-30 11:31 (:0) charles pts/35 2025-03-27 20:13 (192.168.