Re: apt: WTH is a "second pre-image resistance"?

2025-06-02 Thread Harald Dunkel
FTR, this issue has been resolved. Somehow ntpsec got lost during the upgrade from Bookworm to Trixie. With ntpsec back in place the warnings are gone. Regards Harri From: Jeffrey Walton Sent: Monday, June 2, 2025 23:13 To: Darac Marjal Cc: debian-user@li

Re: PDF viewer for elderly

2025-06-02 Thread local10
On Mon 02 Jun 2025 at 21:28:50 (+0100), debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: >> Richard Owlett wrote: >> > On 6/2/25 2:03 PM, Van Snyder wrote: >> > > On Mon, 2025-06-02 at 13:39 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: >> > >> I'm over 80. My only phone just died. >> > >> I just bought an ATT CL84207 desk set

Re: Okular PDF viewer

2025-06-02 Thread local10
On 3/6/25 06:15, Van Snyder wrote: >> I've been using okular for many years, mostly because it's part of the >> standard Debian install. Version 22.12.3 is the one I currently have. >> >> Lately when I do a search or click a link to another page, it doesn't >> display the correct page. Is this a

Re: PDF viewer for elderly

2025-06-02 Thread David Wright
On Mon 02 Jun 2025 at 21:28:50 (+0100), debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > Richard Owlett wrote: > > On 6/2/25 2:03 PM, Van Snyder wrote: > > > On Mon, 2025-06-02 at 13:39 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > >> I'm over 80. My only phone just died. > > >> I just bought an ATT CL84207 desk set whic

Re: Okular PDF viewer

2025-06-02 Thread Bret Busby
On 3/6/25 06:15, Van Snyder wrote: I've been using okular for many years, mostly because it's part of the standard Debian install. Version 22.12.3 is the one I currently have. Lately when I do a search or click a link to another page, it doesn't display the correct page. Is this a known bug? O

Okular PDF viewer

2025-06-02 Thread Van Snyder
I've been using okular for many years, mostly because it's part of the standard Debian install. Version 22.12.3 is the one I currently have. Lately when I do a search or click a link to another page, it doesn't display the correct page. Is this a known bug? Or is it a feature? Thanks for mentioni

Re: PDF viewer for elderly

2025-06-02 Thread Bret Busby
On 3/6/25 03:44, Richard Owlett wrote: If RETIREMENT isn't for learning, "What use is it?" I believe that the whole of life is an education, for people willing to learn. "The more we know, the more we know the little we know." .. Bret Busby Armadale West Australia (UTC+0800)

Re: PDF viewer for elderly

2025-06-02 Thread Van Snyder
On Mon, 2025-06-02 at 14:44 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > After my initial post, I discovered readability of the dim grey type > was > in some sense easier when blew up image further by choosing "Fit > Width" > rather than "Fit Height" in Atril. Try settings like +200% in Okular.

Re: apt: WTH is a "second pre-image resistance"?

2025-06-02 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Mon, Jun 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM Darac Marjal wrote: > > > On 02/06/2025 12:49, Harald Dunkel wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > trying Trixie "apt update" shows a warning about my local repo > > (managed by reprepro on Bookworm) I don't know how to handle: > > > > Warning: http://debian.example.com/debia

Re: parallel gnu and parallel from moreutils

2025-06-02 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Mon Jun 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM BST, Anssi Saari wrote: I certainly don't want both parallel and parallel.moreutils in /usr/bin. How many more files would need to be added in /usr/bin to satisfy all possible conflicts? What OP wishes for is a stable path to a moreutils binary, from one or the oth

Re: PDF viewer for elderly

2025-06-02 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > On 6/2/25 2:03 PM, Van Snyder wrote: > > On Mon, 2025-06-02 at 13:39 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> I'm over 80. My only phone just died. > >> I just bought an ATT CL84207 desk set which came with minuscule > >> 5"x7" manual. > >> Fortunately an ATT site has PDFs of ma

Re: PDF viewer for elderly

2025-06-02 Thread Richard Owlett
On 6/2/25 2:25 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: Perhaps, for the hardcopy manual, buying a pair of reading glasses might help. I think it's safe to assume that people above 50 years old know about reading glasses. 🙂 ROFL - Been wearing tri-focals since my 30's. Also have wicked astigmatism correct

Re: PDF viewer for elderly

2025-06-02 Thread Richard Owlett
On 6/2/25 2:03 PM, Van Snyder wrote: On Mon, 2025-06-02 at 13:39 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm over 80. My only phone just died. I just bought an ATT CL84207 desk set which came with minuscule 5"x7" manual. Fortunately an ATT site has PDFs of manuals. *HOWEVER* only BOLD text is in a saturat

Re: PDF viewer for elderly

2025-06-02 Thread Bret Busby
On 3/6/25 03:25, Stefan Monnier wrote: Perhaps, for the hardcopy manual, buying a pair of reading glasses might help. I think it's safe to assume that people above 50 years old know about reading glasses. 🙂 Stefan Sometimes, the obvious might not occur to us. Due to a persistent

Re: PDF viewer for elderly

2025-06-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Perhaps, for the hardcopy manual, buying a pair of reading glasses > might help. I think it's safe to assume that people above 50 years old know about reading glasses. 🙂 Stefan

Re: PDF viewer for elderly

2025-06-02 Thread Bret Busby
On 3/6/25 02:39, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm over 80. My only phone just died. I just bought an ATT CL84207 desk set which came with minuscule 5"x7" manual. Fortunately an ATT site has PDFs of manuals. *HOWEVER* only BOLD text is in a saturated image. All other text is in a marginally readable p

Re: PDF viewer for elderly

2025-06-02 Thread Van Snyder
On Mon, 2025-06-02 at 13:39 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm over 80. My only phone just died. > I just bought an ATT CL84207 desk set which came with minuscule 5"x7" > manual. > Fortunately an ATT site has PDFs of manuals. > > *HOWEVER* only BOLD text is in a saturated image. > All other text i

PDF viewer for elderly

2025-06-02 Thread Richard Owlett
I'm over 80. My only phone just died. I just bought an ATT CL84207 desk set which came with minuscule 5"x7" manual. Fortunately an ATT site has PDFs of manuals. *HOWEVER* only BOLD text is in a saturated image. All other text is in a marginally readable pale grey. Is the a PDF reader in Debian

Re: apt: WTH is a "second pre-image resistance"?

2025-06-02 Thread Darac Marjal
On 02/06/2025 12:49, Harald Dunkel wrote: Hi folks, trying Trixie "apt update" shows a warning about my local repo (managed by reprepro on Bookworm) I don't know how to handle: Warning: http://debian.example.com/debian/dists/trixie-backports/InRelease: Policy will reject signature within a ye

Re: is it possible to use debian with mini PC when display is notconnected to hdmi

2025-06-02 Thread gene heskett
On 6/2/25 11:27, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Mon Jun 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM BST, Titus Newswanger wrote: In that case, if original poster's mini-pc won't boot without HDMI monitor, maybe like others suggested, a dummy connector. A search on places like Amazon for "HDMI dummy plug" finds a lot of opt

congratulations for all debian developers

2025-06-02 Thread Mgr. Janusz Chmiel
Dear Debian developers,     I would like to express my deepest possible appreciation to you. Why? Because Debian is one of The most robust and stable Linux distributions today available. If user install some Debian version which have been classified as stable release, eveRy user can be sure, tha

Re: is it possible to use debian with mini PC when display is not connected to hdmi

2025-06-02 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Mon Jun 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM BST, Titus Newswanger wrote: In that case, if original poster's mini-pc won't boot without HDMI monitor, maybe like others suggested, a dummy connector. A search on places like Amazon for "HDMI dummy plug" finds a lot of options. To be honest, I had not realized su

Re: is it possible to use debian with mini PC when display is not connected to hdmi

2025-06-02 Thread Fred
On 6/2/25 06:47, Joe wrote: On Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:57:23 +0100 "Jonathan Dowland" wrote: On Mon Jun 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM BST, Joe wrote: Certainly the Raspberry Pi OS (closely based on Debian, formerly called Raspbian) allows headless use. The issue (for those machines that have it) is not t

Re: aptitude configuration

2025-06-02 Thread Frank Guthausen
On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 08:56:05 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Mon 02 Jun 2025 at 10:33:57 (+0200), Frank Guthausen wrote: > > > > From some old legacy configuration [...] > > ``Aptitude::Recommends-Important'' [...] > > > > The manpage [...] claims the > > option to be `` APT::Install-Recommends''

Re: is it possible to use debian with mini PC when display is not connected to hdmi

2025-06-02 Thread Titus Newswanger
On 6/2/25 09:05, Fred wrote: The original poster said he "did not see at all" and didn't want to waste the monitor power consumption. Sorry, I overlooked that. I was so thinking "headless server"... In that case, if original poster's mini-pc won't boot without HDMI monitor, maybe like other

Re: aptitude configuration

2025-06-02 Thread David Wright
On Mon 02 Jun 2025 at 10:33:57 (+0200), Frank Guthausen wrote: > I use ``aptitude'' with configuration below ``/etc/apt/''. > > From some old legacy configuration and an online manpage[1] recommended > packages are included or excluded by ``Aptitude::Recommends-Important'' > option when using ``ap

Re: aptitude configuration

2025-06-02 Thread Oliver Schode
On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 10:33:57 +0200 Frank Guthausen wrote: > Hello. > > I use ``aptitude'' with configuration below ``/etc/apt/''. > > From some old legacy configuration and an online manpage[1] > recommended packages are included or excluded by > ``Aptitude::Recommends-Important'' option when us

Re: is it possible to use debian with mini PC when display is not connected to hdmi

2025-06-02 Thread jeremy ardley
On 2/6/25 21:47, Joe wrote: I mention the OS in case an alternative (there are) did demand a monitor. Both ends of HDMI certainly know whether the other end is connected, many sources will not power up unless they see a live sink, and sinks will usually not fully power the interface unless they

Re: is it possible to use debian with mini PC when display is not connected to hdmi

2025-06-02 Thread Joe
On Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:57:23 +0100 "Jonathan Dowland" wrote: > On Mon Jun 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM BST, Joe wrote: > > Certainly the Raspberry Pi OS (closely based on Debian, formerly > > called Raspbian) allows headless use. > > The issue (for those machines that have it) is not the OS: it's the

Re: is it possible to use debian with mini PC when display is not connected to hdmi

2025-06-02 Thread Dan Ritter
Stanislav Vlasov wrote: > > Or unfortunately, firmware will recognize this fact automatically and > > will not allow me to load GRUB and boot The kernel:? > > It's your bios settings, not Debian issue. > > > I do not see at all so I want to use 20 Watts energy comsumption with no > > need to use

Re: is it possible to use debian with mini PC when display is not connected to hdmi

2025-06-02 Thread Titus Newswanger
On 6/2/25 00:29, Mgr. Janusz Chmiel wrote: I would like to know, if is it possible to use Debian Mate Mate? Am I correct, that is a desktop environment? I don't know anything about mate. With some d.e., If you configure networking etc in a gui while logged into a d.e. then remove monitor an

Re: apt: WTH is a "second pre-image resistance"?

2025-06-02 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jun 02, 2025 at 13:49:05 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi folks, > > trying Trixie "apt update" shows a warning about my local repo > (managed by reprepro on Bookworm) I don't know how to handle: > > Warning: http://debian.example.com/debian/dists/trixie-backports/InRelease: > Policy wil

Re: parallel gnu and parallel from moreutils

2025-06-02 Thread Anssi Saari
Federico Kircheis writes: > I could not find any information if something like the following has > already been proposed (and eventually rejected): > > moreutils should also provide /usr/bin/parallel.moreutils, even if gnu > parallel is not installed(!) > > gnu parallel should also provide /usr/b

Re: is it possible to use debian with mini PC when display is not connected to hdmi

2025-06-02 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Mon Jun 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM BST, Joe wrote: Certainly the Raspberry Pi OS (closely based on Debian, formerly called Raspbian) allows headless use. The issue (for those machines that have it) is not the OS: it's the firmware (artist formerly known as BIOS). If that does not support headles

Re: is it possible to use debian with mini PC when display is not connected to hdmi

2025-06-02 Thread Stanislav Vlasov
пн, 2 июн. 2025 г. в 13:35, Mgr. Janusz Chmiel : > > Dear users and developers, > I would like to know, if is it possible to use Debian Mate on mini > PC with 8 GB of RAM if I will not use external monitor connected to > provided HDMI output connector. Always or after install? Default install

Re: is it possible to use debian with mini PC when display is not connected to hdmi

2025-06-02 Thread jeremy ardley
On 2/6/25 20:46, Charles Curley wrote: You will need a monitor to install, and then some way of administering the machine afterwards, typically an SSH server. Many SBC do not have a monitor tor start with. It is not a problem to have them start up with a SSH server to administer, or at worst

Re: is it possible to use debian with mini PC when display is not connected to hdmi

2025-06-02 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 07:29:53 +0200 "Mgr. Janusz Chmiel" wrote: >     I would like to know, if is it possible to use Debian Mate on > mini PC with 8 GB of RAM if I will not use external monitor connected > to provided HDMI output connector. You did not say which mini-PC you are considering, so on

Re: is it possible to use debian with mini PC when display is not connected to hdmi

2025-06-02 Thread Titus Newswanger
I am booting various mini-pc without a display and it is working. I've had good success with Minisforum brand. The UXX branded one (cost less than $100 USD)(I can't find a model number on it) has very buggy Bios firmware. Not even an option to auto-start upon powerup, I always have to start it

apt: WTH is a "second pre-image resistance"?

2025-06-02 Thread Harald Dunkel
Hi folks, trying Trixie "apt update" shows a warning about my local repo (managed by reprepro on Bookworm) I don't know how to handle: Warning: http://debian.example.com/debian/dists/trixie-backports/InRelease: Policy will reject signature within a year, see --audit for details Audit: http://deb

Re: is it possible to use debian with mini PC when display is not connected to hdmi

2025-06-02 Thread Joe
On Mon, 02 Jun 2025 10:46:05 +0100 "Jonathan Dowland" wrote: > On Mon Jun 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM BST, Mgr. Janusz Chmiel wrote: > > Dear users and developers, > >     I would like to know, if is it possible to use Debian Mate on > > mini PC with 8 GB of RAM if I will not use external monitor > > con

Re: Is support for AMD Ryzen solid nowadays or should I stay with Intel?

2025-06-02 Thread Chris Green
Gilles Mocellin wrote: > [-- text/plain, encoding quoted-printable, charset: utf-8, 34 lines --] > > Le dimanche 1 juin 2025, 19:38:17 heure d’été d’Europe centrale Chris Green a > écrit : > > Gilles Mocellin wrote: > > > Le dimanche 1 juin 2025, 12:11:05 heure d’été d’Europe centrale Chris > >

Re: is it possible to use debian with mini PC when display is not connected to hdmi

2025-06-02 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Mon Jun 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM BST, Mgr. Janusz Chmiel wrote: Dear users and developers,     I would like to know, if is it possible to use Debian Mate on mini PC with 8 GB of RAM if I will not use external monitor connected to provided HDMI output connector. It depends on the specific machin

aptitude configuration

2025-06-02 Thread Frank Guthausen
Hello. I use ``aptitude'' with configuration below ``/etc/apt/''. From some old legacy configuration and an online manpage[1] recommended packages are included or excluded by ``Aptitude::Recommends-Important'' option when using ``aptitude''. The manpage of an installed system `´man aptitude'' cl