Re: Failing Hard Drive, or False Alarms?

And that is my inclination. I've already bought a new drive. But it really bugs me that running smartctl from the command line conflicts with the automated messages. Which I never got before upgrading to trixie. On 9/10/25 2:11 PM, alain williams wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 01:30:47PM -0

Re: CAUTION: Upgrading stable Trixie systemd-networkd might break your network

On Sun, 7 Sept 2025 at 01:41, David wrote: > CAUTION: Upgrading stable Trixie systemd-networkd might break your network > Something to be aware of, in last few hours the first point release 13.1 of > Debian Trixie has occurred. I notice there is an open bug [1] [2] with > multiple reports of sys

Re: how to use fcitx5 in trixie live lxde cd

On 10/09/2025 09:05, hlyg wrote: Thank Cater! how to change language in trixie live CD? default is US/English i want to change it to Chinese for fcitx5 If there is nothing useful related to fcitx5 on https://wiki.debian.org/ then perhaps it is better to ask on

Re: How mdadm checks periodically the array in Debian 13 Trixie?

On 2025-09-10 at 15:55, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 08:55:48PM +0200, Franco Martelli wrote: > >> - Which rules "mdadm" now follows to start an array check? > > It's done by systemd timers now. Which does leave those of us who don't use systemd out in the cold. Sadly, t

Re: Failing Hard Drive, or False Alarms?

On Wed, 10 Sept 2025 at 17:51, Bruce Halco wrote: > A couple of weeks ago I upgraded to trixie. Since then I've gotten > a number of messages like >Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 8 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors > and >Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 30 Offline uncorrectable sectors >Thes

Re: Failing Hard Drive, or False Alarms?

On 9/10/25 10:30, Bruce Halco wrote: A couple of weeks ago I upgraded to trixie.  Since then I've gotten a number of messages like Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 8 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors and Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 30 Offline uncorrectable sectors These seem to come within a day or so

Re: CUPS --- only partly working

solved... installed the drivers from the Brother website... duh On 9/10/25 1:38 PM, Peter Ehlert wrote: short story: using Atril Document Viewer on a 12 page PDF I only get the First Page... however Using Libre Office Draw I do get all pages using aptitude show cups I went through the list of D

Re: Failing Hard Drive, or False Alarms?

On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 07:35:56PM +, Andy Smith wrote: > You'll have to make sure you replace the correct drive! # hdparm -I /dev/sda This will tell you the drive model and serial # -- these should be printed on the hard drive itself. -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems,

Re: Failing Hard Drive, or False Alarms?

On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 01:30:47PM -0400, Bruce Halco wrote: > A couple of weeks ago I upgraded to trixie.  Since then I've gotten a number > of messages like > Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 8 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors and Device: > /dev/sda [SAT], 30 Offline uncorrectable sectors These seem

CUPS --- only partly working

short story: using Atril Document Viewer on a 12 page PDF I only get the First Page... however Using Libre Office Draw I do get all pages using aptitude show cups I went through the list of Depends, Recommends, and Suggests I installed everything that was not already there. No joy, same result

How mdadm checks periodically the array in Debian 13 Trixie?

Hello, I noticed that the file "/etc/cron.d/mdadm" is missing in the "mdadm" package in Trixie. This file checked monthly the array of disks of the RAID set, and it was there in all previous Debian stable releases. Today at 2pm I resumed from suspend to RAM my PC and suddenly an array checks

Re: How mdadm checks periodically the array in Debian 13 Trixie?

Hi, On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 08:55:48PM +0200, Franco Martelli wrote: > - Which rules "mdadm" now follows to start an array check? It's done by systemd timers now. $ systemctl list-units --all mdcheck* UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION mdcheck

Re: Failing Hard Drive, or False Alarms?

Hi, On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 02:24:07PM -0400, Bruce Halco wrote: > it really bugs me that running smartctl from the command line > conflicts with the automated messages. Which I never got before > upgrading to trixie. I don't think that trixie has anything to do with it. That kind of alerting has

Re: Failing Hard Drive, or False Alarms?

Hi, On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 01:30:47PM -0400, Bruce Halco wrote: > Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 8 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors and Device: > /dev/sda [SAT], 30 Offline uncorrectable sectors These seem to come within a > day or so of a reboot, but it hasn't been long enough to know if that's a

Re: How mdadm checks periodically the array in Debian 13 Trixie?

On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 20:55:48 +0200, Franco Martelli wrote: > Today at 2pm I resumed from suspend to RAM my PC and suddenly an array > checks of my RAID 5 set was started, so the questions are: > > - Which rules "mdadm" now follows to start an array check? It's most likely being triggered by a

Re: Failing Hard Drive, or False Alarms?

On 9/10/25 2:24 PM, Arno Lehmann wrote: Hi all, Am 10.09.2025 um 20:11 schrieb alain williams: On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 01:30:47PM -0400, Bruce Halco wrote: A couple of weeks ago I upgraded to trixie.  Since then I've gotten a number of messages like Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 8 Currently unre

Re: Dual-stack preseeding

On 9/9/25 6:04 PM, Jonathan Leroy wrote: Is there a way to configure a dual-stack network interface using preseeding whitout relying on things like a custom script run by preseed/late_command? The debian-boot mailing list is better suited for those type of questions. -- John Doe

Re: Failing Hard Drive, or False Alarms?

Hi all, Am 10.09.2025 um 20:11 schrieb alain williams: On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 01:30:47PM -0400, Bruce Halco wrote: A couple of weeks ago I upgraded to trixie.  Since then I've gotten a number of messages like Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 8 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors and Device: /dev/sda

Re: mail log question

I will try to install rsyslog by first. thanks Greg. Another option is Devuan (Debian without systemd) which has less CVEs anyway. -- Regards, Kc

Re: mail log question

Kevin Chadwick (HE12025-09-10): > Another option is Devuan (Debian without systemd) which has less CVEs > anyway. Can you clarify: does it have fewer CVEs because it has fewer security flaws, or does it have fewer CVEs because it has all the security flaws in Debian but nobody bothered to register