Re: Package on hold (comments)

2025-05-29 Thread Felix Miata
Stefan Monnier composed on 2025-05-29 16:56 (UTC-0400): >>> echo "PKGNAME hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections >> is that the same as apt-mark hold PKGNAME > Reminds me that I wish we could add a comment describing why it's on > hold (or alternatively, provide a config file where we can write which

Re: amd rx550

2025-05-29 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 02:57:32PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: Russell L. Harris wrote: Should I purchase a used computer with AMD RX550 video? I have a Debian desktop with one; it drives 2 4K monitors just fine. I don't play games; that may factor into your decision. Thanks, Dan & Andrew. I

Package on hold (was: Disable upgrades on grub)

2025-05-29 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> echo "PKGNAME hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections > is that the same as apt-mark hold PKGNAME Reminds me that I wish we could add a comment describing why it's on hold (or alternatively, provide a config file where we can write which package should be held, using a format that allows comments).

Re: amd rx550

2025-05-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 06:13:25PM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > Should I purchase a used computer with AMD RX550 video? I can't suggest what you should or shouldn't do but the GPU will probably be supported reasonably in Debian. With every good wish, as ever, Andrew Cater (amaca...@debian.o

Re: amd rx550

2025-05-29 Thread Dan Ritter
Russell L. Harris wrote: > Should I purchase a used computer with AMD RX550 video? I have a Debian desktop with one; it drives 2 4K monitors just fine. I don't play games; that may factor into your decision. -dsr-

Re: Disable upgrades on grub

2025-05-29 Thread xuser
Thanks On Thu, 29 May 2025, Felix Miata wrote: Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 14:41:08 -0400 From: Felix Miata To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Disable upgrades on grub Resent-Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 18:41:29 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Greg Wooledge composed on

Re: Disable upgrades on grub

2025-05-29 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 18:38:31 +, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > On Thu, 29 May 2025, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 17:54:00 +, xuser wrote: > >> How to configure apt to not install upgrades for grub? > > > > echo "PKGNAME hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections > > > >

Re: Disable upgrades on grub

2025-05-29 Thread Felix Miata
Greg Wooledge composed on 2025-05-29 14:27 (UTC-0400): > On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 17:54:00 +, xuser wrote: >> How to configure apt to not install upgrades for grub? > echo "PKGNAME hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections > Do that for each package you want to put on hold. I did not know that. I

Re: Disable upgrades on grub

2025-05-29 Thread fxkl47BF
On Thu, 29 May 2025, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 17:54:00 +, xuser wrote: >> How to configure apt to not install upgrades for grub? > > echo "PKGNAME hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections > > Do that for each package you want to put on hold. > is that the same as apt-mark hold

Re: Disable upgrades on grub

2025-05-29 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 17:54:00 +, xuser wrote: > How to configure apt to not install upgrades for grub? echo "PKGNAME hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections Do that for each package you want to put on hold.

amd rx550

2025-05-29 Thread Russell L. Harris
Should I purchase a used computer with AMD RX550 video?

Disable upgrades on grub

2025-05-29 Thread xuser
How to configure apt to not install upgrades for grub? xu...@sdf.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.org

UVC.

2025-05-29 Thread peter
Hi, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_video_device_class#Operating_system_support includes the statement "... as of July 2017 support for still-image capture is not yet implemented." Reference 4 still shows "Still image capture No". Anyone here able to comment? Otherwise I can ask in the Linu

Re: How to combine package grub-efi-amd64 with grub-efi-ia32 and grub-pc ?

2025-05-29 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i wrote: > > Would it be ok to install "grub-pc-bin" and "grub-efi-ia32-bin" ? Steve McIntyre wrote: > Yes. That's exactly the design of the packaging here: the -bin > packages contain the binary grub code that you're looking for, and > grub-pc and grub-efi-$arch do the configuration to use o

Re: Re: Why is my VM image so large?!

2025-05-29 Thread Celejar
[Michael Paoli wrote: [Message parts rearranged to correct top-posting] > On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 5:21 AM Celejar wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a QEMU / KVM VM running Windows that has been running as a guest > > on various Debian hosts for about a decade. The Windows OS has > > undergone v

Re: nmcli connection edit introduces duplicate connection

2025-05-29 Thread gene heskett
On 5/28/25 17:06, accipiter wrote: On 5/27/25 7:40 PM, Titus Newswanger wrote: On 5/26/25 14:20, accipiter wrote: Attempting to delete/remove the connection entry with the wrong data simply caused the defective connection entry to be replicated, only now with yet another UUID.  It is this err

Re: How to combine package grub-efi-amd64 with grub-efi-ia32 and grub-pc ?

2025-05-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
Thomas wrote: > >i am trying to reproduce a problem of grub-mkrescue. For that i need >the directories > /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc > /usr/lib/grub/i386-efi >alongside the already installed > /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi >in order to get an ISO for legacy BIOS and EFI together. >Gentoo and Arch obviously