ut you now know how it
interprets it so simply detect the NN:NN case and append :00
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--date="1 january 1970 $_HHMMSS" "+%s" )
echo seconds=$seconds
seconds=1149
> so, it seems date is also somehow parsing that value as octal even though it
> is being formatted in a date friendly way. is there a way to exactly specify
> the encoding of the input for date?
only two values:
_HHMMSS="19:09"
seconds=$( date --date="1 january 1970 $_HHMMSS" "+%s" )
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n virtual environment); the documentation is
poor but the guys on the mail list helpful subject to "you used a Debian
package and so must bear the consequences".
Implementing MM2 many years ago was a doddle.
MM3 is a machine resource hog.
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> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 02:32:53PM +0100, Alain D D Williams wrote:
> > The likes of facebook are steering people away from email as they want
> > to keep all interaction within their eco system - email
2 when I met Unix) and 1986 (although it did
change form once we got away from uucp).
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I had sent an
email to several people but forgot one who I had meant to send it to; so I will
"bounce" my archived copy to them.
> Is it confusing? Yes. Could a better word have been chosen? Probably.
> But this is what they chose.
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> id 1uUzpD-00Ewy0-32
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> Res
the
ability.
> Thanks in advance for any info.
>
> dan
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ometimes due to
• DNS issues
• IPv6 not working properly, it takes time to fall back to IPv4
Check the FF network settings.
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'127.0.0.0/8'"
RewriteCond expr "! -R '::1'"
RewriteCond expr "! -R '10.200.201.0/8'"
RewriteRule "^(.*)$" "/index-external.html" [L]
I use bind for DNS, VIEWs might be a bind only feature I do not know.
https
On Sat, Jun 07, 2025 at 09:22:11PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> > No amount of wishful thinking will persuade the universe to change the laws
> > of
> > physics.
> >
>
> So, you contend that "the universe" is a cognitive entity?
No. My use of the wo
re able to accomplish, way before humans
> got such achievements into practice.
No one ever said that talking computers were impossible. Yes: we did not know
how to do it, tech has since progressed. So how is this relevant ?
No amount of wishful thinking will persuade the universe to change the law
es not have an edge, in the same way that the surface of a
balloon does not have an edge (the 2D surface is curved in the 3rd dimension):
pump more air into the balloon and the surface expands.
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I respectfully suggest that we all go to bed and talk again tomorrow.
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y
correct. Then reboot.
That will not fix the IP address, but that should not be a problem unless some
firewall had rules special to the old IP address.
> Thanks in advance.
>
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In that case just tell him that you have tried and cannot work out how to do
it. He will think that you are stupid but if/when he tries to tell you how to
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he same setup as he has.
> https://useplaintext.email/
A good site. Tell him to read it.
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l problem and expects the rest of the
world to change to make his life easier.
The real solution to this is to fix his MUA to address his visual difficulty.
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? So that you can connect to systems over IPv4 but not
IPv6 ?
Run:
host machine-that-you-can-ping
host machine-that-you-cannot-ping
Then try to ping the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
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h /mnt/nvme0n1p1
df -hi /mnt/nvme0n1p1
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n>
<20250113201431.gf27...@wooledge.org>
<20250113161313.62a7697b@hawk.localdomain>
<0e3e9efd-410d-4f63-9ddf-5dc1656f8...@busby.net>
> Does anybody read signatures any more?
Yes!
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ply and the problems went away.
I have seen this before: some power supplies seem to fade as they age and the
symptom is disk failures.
Changing the PSU is cheap, quick & easy - consider it.
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s me.
Thanks
> You may skim through
>
> apt search font korean
> apt list '~nfont~i'
>
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testing version of some package.
Which one(s) and how do I do this ?
They fail to display in either Mate terminal 1.26 or in Firefox 128.5 so I
suspect it is a system thing.
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you want. You need
to know the systemd unit name. This will let you find it, but you need to have
spotted that you are running MariaDB in the output above.
$ systemctl | grep -i maria
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28669 0 01:52 pts/100:00:00 /bin/bash
root 28979 28670 0 01:59 pts/100:00:00 ps -f
# ps -fp28644
UID PIDPPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
root 286441819 0 01:51 pts/000:00:00 sudo -s
What is happening ?
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The fun is over so STFU
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ntation). You have been warned.
*ALL* scripts MUST start with a #! line as you have given above.
Anyone who does not do that deserves what they get.
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portant thing that you might have problems with is the WiFi card.
‡‡ Booting from memory stick will not change the hard disk, ie is safe to do.
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; You'd get the same "protection" by simply waiting 10 seconds (or whatever's
> appropriate) after running sync once.
Remembering to wait is much harder than remembering to type sync on 3 lines -
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^P
H
^P on a PDP-11 console made it enter console state and 'H' then halted the
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part of total time -- so changing it will gain you little.
You need to profile & understand first.
> If you do have a performance problem: how much have you
> optimized already? What methods have you used? Can you define
> the gap between what you have and what you need?
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On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 07:29:10AM +0800, cor...@free.fr wrote:
> this could work indeed. but it requires me to input a long path. so I am
> asking for a easier way.
Try this:
$ sudo find /tmp -user apache2
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(but not keystrokes I think), MS Edge does likewise - which is why I stick to
Firefox.
But if you have root access it is easy, I did it on a Unix system V machine in
the late 1980s, a few minutes work. I only needed root as it was for another
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not be learned and that most will
largely forget this before too long.
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is wrong and that enabling something else is a better solution.
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grvt2xsBVGPHHw==~3159105~3420471;
Domain=.chewy.com; Path=/; Expires=Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:12:55 GMT; Max-Age=14400
server-timing: ak_p;
desc="1721283175160_34666020_56562170_23218_76689_28_206_15";dur=1
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similar -- you can help them to combat these reprobates by
forwarding suspicious emails:
rep...@phishing.gov.uk
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opposting.html
https://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
PS: check the dictionary definition of "literally".
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e
sources on private systems.
We seem to be told that this must be done by those who will not be doing the
work.
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pts the data",
to which I reply "please tell me exactly what it means" - which should shut
them up.
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t something similar to Postel's Law but applied to human
interactions would be useful. However that is wishful thinking
https://devopedia.org/postel-s-law
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other languages ? Then in, say, 20 years
time when different words will then be considered offensive, by some, do this
all again ?
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is dreadful. Lots that is non intuitive.
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how to get it right
> > first time!
>
> lvreduce --size -50G --resizefs /dev/mapper/localhost-home
Oh, even better. It is a long time since I looked at than man page.
Does this still need to be done with the file system unmounted or can it be
done with an active file system these days ?
st time!
mount /home
Extending the others is easy and can be done when the system is running &
active, something like:
lvextend --size +1G --resizefs /dev/mapper/localhost-var
Finally: ensure that you have a good backup of /home before you start.
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On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 11:39:40AM -0500, Pocket wrote:
>
> On 12/21/23 10:50, Alain D D Williams wrote:
> > It is NOT a firewall issue.
>
>
> If I am correct you don't want any thing from the outside to hit your web
> server?
The words "web server" is am
DROP incoming packets if the source port is 80 or 443 -
which would disrupt the mapping process.
However: if the mapping process uses normal TCP (ie high/random port number)
this would do little.
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et scanned but there is little you can do about that.
>
> --
>
> Hindi madali ang maging ako
>
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cause my machine problems by having many, many 1/2 set up TCP connections
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raffic, I do not want it to. Most of my web
presence is hosted elsewhere.
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Flags [S], seq
2992898048, win 51894, options [mss 1401,sackOK,TS val 862439534 ecr
0,nop,wscale 7], length 0
09:47:31.756272 IP 192.168.108.2.80 > 5.45.73.147.443: Flags [.], ack
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On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 10:23:06AM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Aug 2023 09:36:02 +0100
> Alain D D Williams wrote:
>
> Hello Alain,
>
> >They will look at it and do something - or so they claim,
>
> Most likely that 'something' will be to compil
t to here: rep...@phishing.gov.uk
They will look at it and do something - or so they claim, this is part of
government!
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.bash_history file in their $HOME.
That assumes that they have not logged in - ie only ever sudo.
> Thanks.
>
> -Tom
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;T' (which gave me expansion 'TODO'). I am running bash.
$ me TYou have mail in /var/spool/mail/addw
ODO
Should I report this elsewhere ?
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aphics for displaying some attachments, eg images.
> Thanks in advance for any help on this.
>
> --hobie
>
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On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 05:42:30PM +0100, Alain Williams wrote:
> I have an issue with virtual machines under qemu.
Caps Lock is also affected the same way.
> Sequence as follows:
>
> I press Numeric Lock (or Num Lock) so that the keyboard indicator lights up.
>
> I
is not picked up by qemu.
Is this is qemu bug or can I tweak the configuration ?
Thanks in advance.
I am running Debian 10 - Buster. I use the Mate desktop.
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t; satisfactory explanation for this change. With that in mind, I believe
> the Debian gods did the right thing in leaving their web connections
> "insecure". Though, in truth, the integrity of Debian server contents
> wouldn't be changed in the slightest whether th
On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 03:48:31PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 02:01:27PM +0100, Alain D D Williams wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > While we are talking about this, is there any reason why all the http:
> > should
> > not be https: ?
>
&
> > > bookworm-security main contrib non-free
> > >
> > > ---
While we are talking about this, is there any reason why all the http: should
not be https: ?
I have done this on my own machine without ill effect.
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On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 05:33:45PM +0100, Michael Lee wrote:
> Is it possible to reinstall the system and still retain the settings,
> logins, etc.?
This is what backups are for. I assume that you have something.
> Michael Lee
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On Sun, Dec 04, 2022 at 04:28:00PM +0200, Teemu Likonen wrote:
> * 2022-12-04 12:05:56+0000, Alain D. D. Williams wrote:
>
> > Part of the problem is the hopeless message "Server indicated a
> > failure" which says little. Any idea how I could get something more
&g
issue ? I am reluctant to speculatively upgrade for
fear of breaking something else.
Part of the problem is the hopeless message "Server indicated a failure" which
says little. Any idea how I could get something more informative ?
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# apt -V -t=buster-backports install gpg
I killed the dirmngr daemon:
# killall dirmngr
I tried the send-keys again and got the same result, ie failure.
Please: what should I do to fix this.
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not.
> >
> >>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 4:03 PM mick.crane wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I love open source, more than you might think, but I have a niggling
> >>> feeling it's been infiltrated to make user control difficult.
> >>> If I
; If I was a spook it's what I'd do.
> > Please prove me wrong.
> > mick
> >
> >
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/Microsoft
EFI/Microsoft/Recovery
EFI/Microsoft/Boot
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to run a free host.
>
> By volunteers running the server for example.
Oh - great ... please do us all a favour and set up a free host and give us
free addresses for life.
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difference. I was changing the
firewall ...
Anyway: thanks for now, I am sorry if I have wasted anyone's time :-(
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On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 11:50:30PM +0200, deloptes wrote:
> Alain D D Williams wrote:
>
> > iptables -A FORWARD -j ACCEPT
> >
>
> and the OUTPUT?
OUTOUT is also ACCEPT, however this is not, I think, important as the packets
come from 10.239.239.23 (via br0) and g
address.
While I am debugging this, to avoid complication, I have set:
iptables -A FORWARD -j ACCEPT
and this is not a problem ... evidence is outgoing packets with source address
10.239.239.23
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ng for this script.
Thanks, fixed.
Also use of $0 which should have been $progname
Me: just updated a script last changed 19 years ago.
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gt;&2
exit 2
fi
if [ $Postscript = 1 ]
thengroff -man -etpsR -rO0.75i -rW6.5i -rL11i $o $1 | ps_print
elsetbl $1 | nroff -man | col | less
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important, as you can use suspend-to-ram.
I have had an HP stream for several years - works well for me. I run Linux Mint
on it so it should run Debian. 11.6" screen, I can get 6+ hours out of a full
charge. It only has 2 GB RAM that is not upgradable, pity:
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7
lug the disk in when you
need to get/put files to the disk.
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other places where you have files that do not come from .deb
* keep a copy of /etc where it is easy to get hold of (maybe /home/etc.tar.gz)
* ensure that you know what has been installed: dpkg --list
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You sound like an individual: the compatible H/W controller might be a problem.
If you were a business then keeping a few replacement controllers is affordable
so the balance is different.
My 2 pence.
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with addresses like 10.239.239.12 that they can see the
outside world.
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ing worked great, however
> that changed in Squeeze. Why do WINE associations take priority now
> instead of in the past when they did not?
>
> I use Window Maker with gnome-terminal as my terminal, epiphany as my browser.
>
> Any suggestions would be very helpful.
>
Please fill
u
are probably infringing, and the disorder you can introduce in the
networked with a ill configured machine)
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neither works. Wired network, not
> wireless, but wireless network works.
>
If you are at office you should ask to network admin. There may be security
features on your network that prevent any unauthorised machine from
accessing the network.
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and there you l find your post and all the answers
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rphan".
>
What is your problem here ?
one the one hand you ask for advices for choosing tools like a newbie
on the other hand you seems to know them rather well and need precise
details, but you don't read the documentation.
my advide is rtfm, and use your favorite search engine, an
Le 27/08/2010 à 17:04, T o n g a écrit :
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> On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:48:58 +0200, Alain Baeckeroot wrote:
>
> >> I use to get the list of obsoleted packages using aptitude. . .
> >>
> > obsolete = not up to date = need to be upgraded
>
> who told you
# update the package informations
apt-get -s upgrade # will show the list of packages that would
need to be upgraded but would do nothing
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I use both apt-get and aptitude and never had problem
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lem :(
Can you (re)explain ?
Alain
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look at all packages:
* there are more or less 1500 packageXYZ-doc
* on my laptop 1200 installed packages
** 25 *-doc installed
** 250 pkg-doc corresponding to my installed base (quick dirty script
to evaluate this)
so i miss more than 200 documentation packages !
A
Hi
I would like to have all documentation installed each time i add one package.
Is there some apt/aptitude/dpkg configuration to automate this ?
by documentation i mean all man/info/html/... available with the said package.
Alain
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xisting ext4 partitions.
Lenny does not support ext4 for /boot (maybe / too), but
it can manage ext4 for other partitions.
https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Howto#For_people_who_are_running_Debian
http://wiki.debian.org/Ext4
For sure there is a backported kernel with ext4 support,
Le 25/08/2010 à 00:27, Jordon Bedwell a écrit :
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> On 8/24/2010 4:40 PM, Alain Baeckeroot wrote:
> > I have a laptop with warm colors (i guess near 5000 K) and an
> > additional screen with 6300 K (or 9000 K)
> >
> > Is there a way to configure Xorg in order to
Hi
I have a laptop with warm colors (i guess near 5000 K) and an
additional screen with 6300 K (or 9000 K)
Is there a way to configure Xorg in order to see the same thing
on both screen ?
Thanks
Alain
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i tested lincity-ng :
* SDL only works
* GL -> segfault
i followed http://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo
and now don't know what to do :-(
any advice/url/... is welcome
Alain.
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Le 10/08/2010 à 08:12, hadi motamedi a écrit :
> Dear All
> My Debian server shows three primary partitions and one extended partition
> but when I try to add a new partition via fdisk for installing another os it
> is returning as 'no free sectors available' . It seems that I have a vast
> amount
) ?
Is it possible ?
Thanks a lot for your help
Alain (and sorry for my poor english)
Thanks, Debian-marketing
2 hours wasted for that!!!
the basic user is stupid; the admnistrator thinks for him !!!
By default, PLEASE peace to the normal user!!
KDE has the right tools, debian brokes them. For what?
KDM in Debian
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