Re: Feature request: Make deb822 default and deprecate old-style sources.list

2025-05-01 Thread Michel Verdier
On 2025-05-02, Siddh Raman Pant wrote: > Now that we have deb822 format for specifying APT repo which includes > everything within one file, the user should be discouraged from using > old styles where the GPG key is stored in a "keyring" (whether it be a > trusted keyring or just a folder in anot

Re: gnome-shell: can't change PATH at gnome-shell level

2025-05-01 Thread Max Nikulin
On 02/05/2025 12:19, Max Nikulin wrote: On 01/05/2025 14:37, Farid Cheraghi wrote: I expect that when I press alt+f2 and type an executable name which is present in `~/.local/bin/` to be executed. See below for some ideas for debugging. As a workaround you may try to change Environment for

Re: gnome-shell: can't change PATH at gnome-shell level

2025-05-01 Thread Max Nikulin
On 01/05/2025 14:37, Farid Cheraghi wrote: Package: gnome-shell Version: 48.1-1 Despite my first impression, it is not a bug report sent to a wrong mail address. Below: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1104035 and there Jeremy Bícha: This sounds like a request for user sup

Re: keyboard light MacBook Pro mid 2009 running Debian.

2025-05-01 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 1 May 2025 19:26:34 -0500 David Wright wrote: > Macbook Pro keyboard replacements seem to have two keys, F5 and F6; > with different brightnesses? You need to find out which of the many > modifiers to press at the same time: shift, fn, control, option, > command (some modifiers have left

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

2025-05-01 Thread David Wright
On Thu 01 May 2025 at 20:04:56 (+0200), Bernard wrote: > On 01/05/2025 06:10, David Wright wrote: > > I could suggest that you reinstall the library file packages if > > that didn't happen when you reinstalled vlc, but it's perfectly > > possible that the Debian versions of the libraries are in pla

Re: keyboard light MacBook Pro mid 2009 running Debian.

2025-05-01 Thread David Wright
On Thu 01 May 2025 at 13:12:06 (-0700), latin...@vcn.bc.ca wrote: > Does somebody know how to turn on the keyboard light of a MacBook Pro mid > 2009 running Debian? Please. In my experience, laptops having this facility will have the keycap engraved, usually as a small horizontal rectangle with r

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20250404)

2025-05-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, May 01, 2025 at 12:37:04PM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > Thanks Andrew for continuing to send the Monthly FAQ. > > I'd like to request you make it clearer if/how people can contribute to the > evolution of the FAQ text. There's nothing in it as to how to do that. I > humbly suggest you

Re: keyboard light MacBook Pro mid 2009 running Debian.

2025-05-01 Thread Eben King
On 5/1/25 16:12, latin...@vcn.bc.ca wrote: Hello Does somebody know how to turn on the keyboard light of a MacBook Pro mid 2009 running Debian? Please. Thanks I have a Dell Inspiron somethingorother. It has a lighted keyboard. For a long time I thought it didn't work in Linux because the

keyboard light MacBook Pro mid 2009 running Debian.

2025-05-01 Thread latincom
Hello Does somebody know how to turn on the keyboard light of a MacBook Pro mid 2009 running Debian? Please. Thanks

Re: Feature request: Make deb822 default and deprecate old-style sources.list

2025-05-01 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu May 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM BST, Siddh Raman Pant wrote: A big red warning (and not error / failure) will bring a much needed kinetic force for the change IMO, on the same lines as the warning when using the old apt-keys stuff. Hence, I request for making deb822 the default format and deprecat

Re: Feature request: Make deb822 default and deprecate old-style sources.list

2025-05-01 Thread Joe
On Fri, 02 May 2025 00:00:04 +0530 Siddh Raman Pant wrote: > Hi, > > Now that we have deb822 format for specifying APT repo which includes > everything within one file, the user should be discouraged from using > old styles where the GPG key is stored in a "keyring" (whether it be a > trusted ke

Feature request: Make deb822 default and deprecate old-style sources.list

2025-05-01 Thread Siddh Raman Pant
Hi, Now that we have deb822 format for specifying APT repo which includes everything within one file, the user should be discouraged from using old styles where the GPG key is stored in a "keyring" (whether it be a trusted keyring or just a folder in another place with that name). Far too many pl

Re: sending short emails

2025-05-01 Thread Eben King
On 4/30/25 15:24, Eben King wrote: On 4/30/25 13:36, john doe wrote: On 4/30/25 17:35, Eben King wrote: I wrote a script around "ssmtp" which allowed me to fire off emails to myself from cron.  Short things, like "empty the litterbox" or whatever, just a few words.  Well, ssmtp is unmaint

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

2025-05-01 Thread Bernard
On 01/05/2025 06:10, David Wright wrote: I could suggest that you reinstall the library file packages if that didn't happen when you reinstalled vlc, but it's perfectly possible that the Debian versions of the libraries are in place already: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Dec 6 2020 /usr/

Re: Internet connection in rescue mode

2025-05-01 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 01 May 2025 22:27:11 +1000 rob stone wrote: > I bought a new HP printer and in order to set it up you need to access > 123.hp.com. From there I downloaded hplip-3.25.2.run. hplip 3.22.10+dfsg0-2 is available from the Debian repos. If you must have hplip, I suggest you use that after you

Re: Internet connection in rescue mode

2025-05-01 Thread Nicolas George
rob stone (HE12025-05-01): > I bought a new HP printer and in order to set it up you need to access > 123.hp.com. From there I downloaded hplip-3.25.2.run. > > What a disaster. It deleted ALL programs such as evolution, firefox, > gnome, etc. Sorry you had to learn that lesson the hard way. > So

Internet connection in rescue mode

2025-05-01 Thread rob stone
Hello, I bought a new HP printer and in order to set it up you need to access 123.hp.com. From there I downloaded hplip-3.25.2.run. What a disaster. It deleted ALL programs such as evolution, firefox, gnome, etc. I can start my laptop in recovery mode, but no connection to the outside world. I c

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20250404)

2025-05-01 Thread Jonathan Dowland
Thanks Andrew for continuing to send the Monthly FAQ. I'd like to request you make it clearer if/how people can contribute to the evolution of the FAQ text. There's nothing in it as to how to do that. I humbly suggest you maintain the text in a public VCS or a page on the Debian Wiki. This w

Re: route all traffic to a internal socket

2025-05-01 Thread Dan Ritter
Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh wrote: > I don't want to use set proxy in firefox and other application, but > I want to send any packets to 127.0.0.1: and my program itself > send to eth0. > > OK, there is an underlying assumption that you are not telling > us. > > Why do you want to do

Re: route all traffic to a internal socket

2025-05-01 Thread Tim Woodall
On Thu, 1 May 2025, Tim Woodall wrote: On Wed, 30 Apr 2025, Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh wrote: On 4/30/25 4:29 PM, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Wed Apr 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM BST, Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh wrote: I want to send any packet to 127.0.0.1: and it sends my packets to internet. my outgoing i

gnome-shell: can't change PATH at gnome-shell level

2025-05-01 Thread Farid Cheraghi
Package: gnome-shell Version: 48.1-1 I can't change the PATH at gnome-shell level so I can execute programs in my `~/bin` or `~/.local/bin` folder from my `.desktop` files. I am able to easily define other variables through `~/.config/environment.d/envvars.conf` e.g. `TEXMFHOME`. The problem is re