Re: Colored e-mail without using \e[3;91m HTML \e[0m

2025-04-19 Thread tomas
On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 11:13:19PM +0200, Paul Duncan wrote: > On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 at 12:10, Richmond wrote: > > > Roger Price writes: > > > > > > > > Some people will try it on though, like saying your posts have to wrap > > at 72 characters or their email client can't cope. > > > > Is that be

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

2025-04-19 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Apr 20, 2025 at 10:32:37 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > P.S. DotFiles does not mention that PATH may be set through /etc/login.defs. I don't think this is true; it changed in Debian 10 when the shadow-utils suite was dropped in favor of util-linux. hobbit:~$ man login.defs [...] BUGS

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

2025-04-19 Thread Max Nikulin
On 19/04/2025 22:12, peter wrote: In https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles the sixth paragraph states, "You should therefore always have command source ~/.bashrc at the end of your .bash_profile in order to force it to be read by a login shell." # ls ~/.bash_profile ls: cannot access '/home/root/.ba

Re: Colored e-mail without using \e[3;91m HTML \e[0m

2025-04-19 Thread Paul Duncan
On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 at 12:10, Richmond wrote: > Roger Price writes: > > > > Some people will try it on though, like saying your posts have to wrap > at 72 characters or their email client can't cope. > Is that because they are using systems which use punched cards? Paul. -- *Paul Duncan*

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

2025-04-19 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 18:34:07 +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > Aside, with my "concerned about content licensing hat on"; and I note the > paragraph on your wiki's front page. You are the principal but not sole > author of the page on your site, I see; do you have a view on what license > you co

Re: Limiting attack surface for Debian sshd

2025-04-19 Thread tomas
On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 05:35:51PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: [...] > Hi Gene, > > This is probably off topic for the subject of the thread above but - > > You always claim that stuff is grossly broken: in this instance, CUPS > is probably *not* broken. The problem is that the free drivers

Re: Starting Apache Webserver in bookworm

2025-04-19 Thread john doe
On 4/19/25 18:11, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM Christoph Pleger < christoph.ple...@cs.tu-dortmund.de> wrote: after upgrading a computer from Debian 11 to Debian 12, I am unable to start apache2 by systemd. Even configuring the apache2 package hangs forever, if I

Re: Limiting attack surface for Debian sshd

2025-04-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 11:09:06PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 4/16/25 03:14, Erwan David wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 03:16:29AM CEST, Lee said: > > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM Dan Purgert wrote: > > > > On Apr 14, 2025, Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > > Which brings up the fact that if

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

2025-04-19 Thread Jonathan Dowland
My advice to OP would be: first of all, before considering improving the page, is it worth keeping? Does it offer value? Second, I encourage you to discuss suggestions on a wiki Discussion page. I've added a link for one to the DotFiles page, it points here: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles/Dis

Re: Do you have a list of people who work on home computers?

2025-04-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 11:06:48AM +, Matt Timpson wrote: > Hello, > > I know of the index at https://www.debian.org/consultants/, but the first > person I reached out to says they only work for businesses, not individuals. > Hi Matt, Back to basics: your email is a Proton Mail - that give

Re: Potential bug report for Realtek MicroSD Card Reader

2025-04-19 Thread Max Nikulin
On 19/04/2025 02:10, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: sudo apt install -t bookworm-backports linux-image-amd64 Installing a unsupported backports kernel will not actually fix the problem. It is better to file a bug against the stable kernel and let the developers determine if they need to bac

Re: Problem with VLC H 264 after having installed ISPY package

2025-04-19 Thread Max Nikulin
On 19/04/2025 15:39, David wrote: On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 at 04:21, David Wright wrote: You could run a command like: $ aptitude search "?narrow(?installed,?not(?archive(stable)))" to see whether all the packages on your system originate in bookworm. Doesn't this pattern match "oldstable'? M

Re: Do you have a list of people who work on home computers?

2025-04-19 Thread tomas
On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 11:06:48AM +, Matt Timpson wrote: > Hello, > > I know of the index at https://www.debian.org/consultants/, but the first > person I reached out to says they only work for businesses, not individuals. Depending on your whereabouts there might be a local free software,

Re: Starting Apache Webserver in bookworm

2025-04-19 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM Christoph Pleger < christoph.ple...@cs.tu-dortmund.de> wrote: > Hello, > > after upgrading a computer from Debian 11 to Debian 12, I am unable to > start apache2 by systemd. Even configuring the apache2 package hangs > forever, if I do not kill the related processes

Re: https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

2025-04-19 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 08:12:02 -0700, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > In https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles the sixth paragraph states, "You > should therefore always have command source ~/.bashrc at the end of > your .bash_profile in order to force it to be read by a login shell." Just FYI, that pag

Re: How to extract TABULAR data from a PDF document?

2025-04-19 Thread Titus Newswanger
On 4/18/25 02:53, jeremy ardley wrote: Obviously you've never had to herd junior developers. I have had to. It sucks and productivity is woeful due to all the checking and unit testing and such, plus they quite often have comprehension problems and are unable to follow instructions - and I'

https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles

2025-04-19 Thread peter
Hi, Debian 12 here, obtained by upgrading Debian 11. In https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles the sixth paragraph states, "You should therefore always have command source ~/.bashrc at the end of your .bash_profile in order to force it to be read by a login shell." # ls ~/.bash_profile ls: cannot a

SystemD

2025-04-19 Thread xuser
I want debian to switch back to sysv-init, instead of using systemd. But I understand if other people like systemd. Kind Regards, Roy Rogers

Re: Do you have a list of people who work on home computers?

2025-04-19 Thread Jean-Philippe MENGUAL
Hi, Did you try https://www.debian.org/distrib/pre-installed.fr.html ? Regards Jean-Philippe MENGUAL Debian Developer non uploading Accessibility team member debian-l10n-french team member Le 19/04/2025 à 13:06, Matt Timpson a écrit : Hello, I know of the index at https://www.debian.org/consu

Re: Starting Apache Webserver in bookworm

2025-04-19 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 5:09 AM Joe wrote: > On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 10:03:58 +0200 > Christoph Pleger wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > after upgrading a computer from Debian 11 to Debian 12, I am unable to > > start apache2 by systemd. Even configuring the apache2 package hangs > > forever, if I do not

Do you have a list of people who work on home computers?

2025-04-19 Thread Matt Timpson
Hello, I know of the index at https://www.debian.org/consultants/, but the first person I reached out to says they only work for businesses, not individuals. Thanks, Matt Timpson 🍉 Sent with Proton Mail secure email. --- Forwarded Message --- From: Dan Ritter Date: On Wednesday, 16

Re: Colored e-mail without using \e[3;91m HTML \e[0m

2025-04-19 Thread Nicolas George
Richmond (HE12025-04-19): > Some people will try it on though, like saying your posts have to wrap > at 72 characters or their email client can't cope. If the mail is in text/plain without format=flowed, then “less than 80 even with a few quote marks in front” IS the etiquette, it has been for dec

Re: Colored e-mail without using \e[3;91m HTML \e[0m

2025-04-19 Thread Richmond
Roger Price writes: > I have been told by the elderly president of a club I belong to that when I > write on the club's mailing list, it must be in blue. I think he must be having a laugh. Tell him it *is* blue. Some people will try it on though, like saying your posts have to wrap at 72 chara

Re: Starting Apache Webserver in bookworm

2025-04-19 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 10:03:58AM +0200, Christoph Pleger wrote: > after upgrading a computer from Debian 11 to Debian 12, I am unable to > start apache2 by systemd. Always check: # systemctl status apache2 # apachectl configtest # journalctl -u apache2 and the contents of apache2's own er

Re: Problem with VLC H 264 after having installed ISPY package

2025-04-19 Thread David
On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 at 04:21, David Wright wrote: > You could run a command like: > > $ aptitude search "?narrow(?installed,?not(?archive(stable)))" > > to see whether all the packages on your system originate in bookworm. If that command produces any output, then adding a custom format argume

Starting Apache Webserver in bookworm

2025-04-19 Thread Christoph Pleger
Hello, after upgrading a computer from Debian 11 to Debian 12, I am unable to start apache2 by systemd. Even configuring the apache2 package hangs forever, if I do not kill the related processes and edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/apache2.postinst, commenting out all lines where apache2 is tried to be sta