Re: Misremembered

2022-02-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 15 feb 22, 12:41:28, John Hasler wrote: > Andrei POPESCU writes: > > When it loads a kernel or chain-loads another boot-loader it basically > > hands over control completely, > > Which is what DOS does. That was possibly not the best choice of words from my sid

Re: Stupid question

2022-02-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 15 feb 22, 11:59:59, David wrote: > On Tue, 15 Feb 2022 at 07:57, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Lu, 14 feb 22, 10:41:52, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > > > How does it decide which partition to boot from? I think this is what > > > the OP is asking. > >

Re: Misremembered (was: Re: Stupid question)

2022-02-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
, > and find something to boot or chainload. > > BTW a very useful command to kick off with in Grub is: > > Grub> set pager=1 > > without which it can be hard to use: > > Grub> help [:facepalm:] Never bothered to search for something like this, I just assumed it's the kind of limitation one has to put up with in such a restricted environment (but then why would they write such long help texts, duh). Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: 5.15 kernel just won't do on Intel Rocket Lake...

2022-02-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
why they are named "trunk", that > would be helpful. As far as I recall these are packages that don't have an ABI version *yet*. These are superseded by the RCx packages (both available in experimental only) and later by the packages with an ABI version (in unstable). Or s

Re: Stupid question

2022-02-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
ned when installing the first stage in the MBR. By default it should be /boot/grub of the OS used to run grub-install from, but I think the --root-directory parameter can be used to change that. Changes to the path are typically done by reinstalling GRUB to the MBR. Hope this explains, Andrei

Re: dual booting, was Re: Stupid question

2022-02-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
tions. This way each system's GRUB config is nicely following kernel upgrades automatically. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Stupid question

2022-02-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
o let the bootloader know which is the system partition, but it could be (ab)used for multi-booting ;) Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Memory leak

2022-02-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
opping, etc) I close > Firefox, re-open it to do that one task, then close it again. You might (also) be interested in Multi-Account Containers, though they are incompatible with Private Browsing. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Installation on a Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13

2022-02-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
There should be an option to get to a command line by pressing some key. > Thinkwiki doesn't seem to mention this beast. Maybe because it's not a *Think*pad? Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Stalled system shutdown

2022-02-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
ed or does the description ring any bells? Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Request free live CD

2022-02-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
However, this particular request feels too much like someone just wanting to take advantage of some freebie ("hey, I heard you give out stuff for free so I want some"), as opposed to someone in real need (hey, internet here is slow and/or metered, media burners are nowhere to be found,

Re: 5.15 kernel just won't do on Intel Rocket Lake...

2022-02-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
lso be a POSIX extended regular expression if surrounded by slashes, but in this case the glob seems more appropriate ;) Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: One-user system. Was "One user system."

2022-02-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 10 feb 22, 11:11:01, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday, February 09, 2022 06:08:16 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > I've switched to using sudo because it encourages me to use root only > > when strictly required. > > That's a good idea, but I'll men

Re: Installation "Bullseye"

2022-02-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
buggy UEFI Firmware it might help to install GRUB to the removable media path: https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI#Force_grub-efi_installation_to_the_removable_media_path (this is probably a good idea anyway if the USB stick is meant to be used on several different computers) Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Autostart command after network is available (usbip)

2022-02-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
ng the carriage before the horse ;) (and it probably works only by chance) You need Wants=network-online.target in addition to After=, see 'man systemd.special' for details. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Wrong libvirt version in bullseye installation

2022-02-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
o check for other files under /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ and any pins?). Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Mini server hardware for home use NAS purposes

2022-02-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
f the M4V2 over a Pi 4 is four USB-3 ports. With the > USB-3 it would be very easy to implement a fast RAID array. The RockPro64 from PINE64 runs pure Debian, has a PCIe slot that takes a SATA adapter and should run fine with just passive cooling. Availability might be an issue though... Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: One-user system. Was "One user system."

2022-02-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
x27;apt', 'systemctl') as opposed to do changes to the system. It might help to add your user to group 'adm' ('journalctl') or add [/usr]/sbin to your $PATH ('zpool', 'zfs'). If something really needs root (e.g. 'dmesg') i

Re: Mounting NFS share from Synology NAS

2022-02-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
o big deal > either way though. As far as I know ZFS is using the kernel NFS server, it's just providing a convenient method to share / unshare so it's not necessary to mess with /etc/exports if all your shares are ZFS data sets. (zfs-utils Suggests: nfs-kernel-server and https://wiki.debian.org/ZFS#NFS_shares implies the same) Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Security

2022-02-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
ow ask yourself - would I need these on a server? Who would need to use > these? Those who want a graphical tool to manage their VMs? Installing some -gnome packages still doesn't make me a GNOME user ;) (e.g. I'm using network-manager-gnome with LXDE) Kind regards, Andrei -- htt

Re: Security

2022-01-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
y to disable installation of Recommends in the first place. As written in message #80 circumstances have changed, maybe the Maintainer will reconsider. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: USB sound device present but NOT visible in ‘alsamixer’

2022-01-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 30 ian 22, 14:58:29, Pankaj Jangid wrote: > Andrei POPESCU writes: > > > Something is keeping the module busy, but according to lsmod it's not > > another module. > > > > In case you get any output from > > > > lsof | grep /dev/snd &g

Re: USB sound device present but NOT visible in ‘alsamixer’

2022-01-30 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 30 ian 22, 12:47:27, Pankaj Jangid wrote: > Andrei POPESCU writes: > > >> During the boot process, the system detects everything. So there must be > >> something in the init sequence that I can trigger manually. > > > > You can try to unload and re

Re: USB sound device present but NOT visible in ‘alsamixer’

2022-01-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
er manually. You can try to unload and reload the corresponding kernel module. Check the output of lsmod | grep snd (it's probably snd-usb-audio) If it works it might be possible to add the module to some list so that it is removed on suspend and loaded on resume. Kind regards, An

Re: SD Memory Card (was The Raspberry Pi that Took a Day Off.)

2022-01-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
disk? At least for the first Raspberry Pi that partition contains the firmware necessary to boot and it has to be FAT because this is what the processor understands. It's probably the same also with newer Raspberry Pi devices. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebian

Re: Android apps on Debian

2022-01-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
n, but that doesn't really prove anything ;) Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Fwd: Debian 11: Tuning kernel parameters swappiness and watermark_boost_factor to stop SWAP Storm

2022-01-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
community (thanks!) you should probably send this either to debian-kernel or file it as a bug against the source package 'linux'. (reportbug should do this by default if you point it to any linux-image package you have installed) Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDeb

Re: btfs disk compatibility between i386 and amd64

2022-01-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
older > versions of a particular file system[1], but the other way around can be > a problem. > > That's interesting in itself. Makes some sense. > > On 1/28/22, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Mi, 26 ian 22, 17:33:04, Joseph Brenner wrote: > >> I was wondering if

Re: "mount -t ntfs" vs "mount.ntfs" ?

2022-01-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 28 ian 22, 11:34:44, Yvan Masson wrote: > > Could it be because `mount` uses kernel driver and `mount.ntfs` uses > ntfs-3g, and that the latter has better "quality" even for read-only? (Note > that this sentence is a complete guess) Try 'ls -l /sbin/mount.ntfs

Re: btfs disk compatibility between i386 and amd64

2022-01-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
t different versions of the same file system, although they do have much more in common between them then with xfs or so. [2] I believe this was with ext4, but it could have been ext3 Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Security

2022-01-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 27 ian 22, 21:44:07, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022, 12:39 PM Andrei POPESCU > > > > And please don't bother to reply with "there are no other users on this > > system I should worry about", the bad guys could still find ways to get &g

Re: gnu screen and resizing terminal window

2022-01-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
buffer - so a change change to tmux is possible if that will > help but I'd really like the resizing to work. Does this work for > anyone? As far as I recall the screen window size is limited to the smallest terminal that is connected to the particular session. Maybe screen thinks th

Re: Security

2022-01-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
can't know what unknown browser vulnerabilities there might be lurking, which the bad guys could actively exploit via malicious websites (vs. targeted attacks for high value targets). In today's world once your browser is compromised https://xkcd.com/1200/ applies. Kind regards, Andrei

Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot

2022-01-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
ith any of Debian's network management tools you like. You might need to install it first though, preferably while the network connection is still up ;). Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot

2022-01-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
/bullseye/dhcpcd5/dhcpcd.conf.5.en.html>? +1 for manpages.debian.org, it's even possible to have it as an additional search engine in browsers that support it. > Is it too new? You can replace "bullseye" with "buster" in the URL. > Or "stretch", etc. I s

Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot

2022-01-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 25 ian 22, 11:18:21, Brian wrote: > On Tue 25 Jan 2022 at 09:31:57 +0100, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > Could you point to any (reasonably up-to-date) documentation or is it > > sufficient to just install avahi-daemon and libnss-mdns? > > 'apt install avah

Re: Bullseye - who and users return nothing

2022-01-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
pen > any other way? Occam's Razor would suggest this was done when setting up your / on ZFS. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: USB UEFI recovery stick

2022-01-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
ion actually does. Admittedly the explanation is often incomplete and/or badly worded. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: trying to get bookworm net going on an rpi4

2022-01-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
ease was even affected by this, and even if it did, it was one release at most. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Why is systemd starting Firefox?

2022-01-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
lib/firefox-esr/browser 51854 true > tab >    │ │ ├─55941 /usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr -contentproc > -parentBuildID 20220105212146 -prefsLen 5876 -prefMapSize 291459 -appdir > /usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser 51854 true rdd The full output is a tree, so you should

Re: trying to get bookworm net going on an rpi4

2022-01-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
gt; > # lsmod | grep ipv > ipv6 458752 80 bridge,udp_diag Why should disabling the IPv6 support in the kernel prevent the module from loading? Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: smartd

2022-01-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
btrfs-and-mdadm-dm.html [3] A RAID 1 can have more than just 2 drives, it's just uncommon in home setups because of cost reasons. [4] It's possible to use both btrfs and ZFS without redundancy. They will be able to tell your data is corrupted, but won't be able to recover it, of course. [5] http://taobackup.com/ Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Why is Debian not telling the truth about its security fixes?

2022-01-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
ny case, it's probably better to just take it down completely. [1] Debian's security support is imperfect - what a surprise. If you're unhappy with that please do contact Debian's Customer Relations department for a full refund of the license fee you paid[2]. [2] Yes, the above is i

Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot

2022-01-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
ally maintain /etc/hosts? Not in 2022! Ok, I'll bite :) Could you point to any (reasonably up-to-date) documentation or is it sufficient to just install avahi-daemon and libnss-mdns? Can mDNS resolve only hostnames or is it necessary to always mention the '.local' domain? Th

Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?

2022-01-24 Thread Andrei POPESCU
this thing called "privacy", especially of the person directly affected. In some countries there are even laws regulating that (e.g. the EU GDPR) and publicly sharing sensitive information about other persons is illegal. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Why did Norbert Preining (having maintained KDE) left Debian?

2022-01-24 Thread Andrei POPESCU
problems with bullseye \o/. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Kodi (SID)

2022-01-23 Thread Andrei POPESCU
;d. Do you have the firmware for your video card installed? dmesg | grep -i firmware (needs sudo or root) Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Can't switch to different wifi network after switching users

2022-01-23 Thread Andrei POPESCU
orm this operation" It might help to mark the connection(s) as usable by others. In the Gnome applet for Network Manager this is done by checking a box named "All users may connect to this network", don't know how it's in KDE. Hope this helps, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot

2022-01-23 Thread Andrei POPESCU
gured and deal with that. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot

2022-01-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
I'm using it's actual IP (like the one you have in the comment). Any potential issues I should be aware of? As far as I can tell (with my limited understanding of DNS) it only makes it easier to share /etc/hosts with no obvious downside. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.o

Re: firejail: changing Ethernet network adapter name is breaking Firefox profile

2022-01-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
wards. Else... *poof*. I thought USB dongles are supposed to be using the MAC based naming scheme by default. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: firejail: changing Ethernet network adapter name is breaking Firefox profile

2022-01-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 22 ian 22, 09:52:45, David Wright wrote: > On Sat 22 Jan 2022 at 11:32:17 (+), piorunz wrote: > > On 22/01/2022 07:28, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Lu, 17 ian 22, 22:43:49, piorunz wrote: > > > > > > > > Problem is, every now and

Re: is it possible to install bullseye by copy whole disk?

2022-01-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
e2image (with the -a switch) seems to be able to do that, other file systems might have their own tools for that. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: is it possible to install bullseye by copy whole disk?

2022-01-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
er operating systems are installed (if any) and what other disk drives are installed (if any). Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: hostname is being reset, killing net on reboot

2022-01-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
s of /etc/network/interfaces) and any file under /etc/network/interfaces.d/ (preferably attached) B. The full outputs of 'networkctl' and 'nmcli'. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Authentication required message window after nvidia drivers installation.

2022-01-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
7;id' in a terminal might provide some hints as well (feel free to obscure your user and group name, the interesting part is what other groups, if any, your user is a member of). Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: firejail: changing Ethernet network adapter name is breaking Firefox profile

2022-01-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 17 ian 22, 22:43:49, piorunz wrote: > > Problem is, every now and then, Ethernet adapter name changes, from > enp5s0 to enp6s0 for example. Those names are supposed to be stable. Are you doing any changes to the hardware when that happens? Kind regards, Andrei

Re: AMD EPYC throttled to 400 mhz

2022-01-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
irst if I was in your place. > I always flash latest firmware available as a pre-sale procedure, or during > server installation. Installing amd64-microcode (from nonfree) might be a good idea as well. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Chromium security updates

2022-01-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
t; Debian 10 is supported until 2024. > > https://wiki.debian.org/LTS As per https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Using not all packages are supported by LTS. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: strange file query

2022-01-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: User group "users"

2022-01-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
traditional group system. In that system, each user is a member of the 'users' group. It's probably there to "reserve" GID 100 and preserve compatibility with other systems using this system. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Please take this as constructive

2022-01-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
rtune > recently, in my workplace, of having to image and set up a lot of > laptops which don't come with a wired Ethernet adapter, and most > recently with ones that don't come with an external USB-or-similar > wired-Ethernet adapter dongle either.) Dongles might require firmware

Re: Firefox PDF download - strange behaviour.

2022-01-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
a.com/gadgets/2021/07/separate-eop-flaws-let-hackers-gain-full-control-of-windows-and-linux-systems/ (the second part, with the Linux vulnerability) Letting some random site have access to local storage seems like a Very Bad Idea. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Hyper-typematic and Firefox responsiveness in Weston.

2022-01-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
uot;Too many arguments." ;; esac > } According to the manpage '--display' is an X11 option. Could it be that it actually forces Firefox to run via XWayland or so? Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Just curious if there's anybody out there still using LXDE?

2022-01-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
4, armel, armhf, i386, mips64el, mipsel, ppc64el, s390x moc| 1:2.6.0~svn-r3005-1 | unstable-debug | source Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Multiple 7zip extract

2022-01-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
e... ? By the way, using '{} +' instead of '{} ;' is the same as using xargs. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Multiple 7zip extract

2022-01-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
xecdir` action should do what you want. See the manpage for details. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Just curious if there's anybody out there still using LXDE?

2022-01-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
ill fully dependent on X11. Any developments on this front? Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: How do I change disk ?

2022-01-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
sdb or > > update-grub might do it) You will need 'grub-install /dev/sdb' or something like that, though you might need to run 'update-grub' afterwards. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Bullseye default swap partition size?

2022-01-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
with its own tmux (one of them running two instances of neomutt), plus Firefox with lots of tabs (admittedly most of them inactive -- 20 or so active tabs is the usability limit) everything running from a 32GB USB stick. The electricity consumption is probably minimal, so I never bothered with hibernating, I only let lightdm turn of the screen when it's not in use. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Defaulting sound output to HDMI port

2022-01-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
should always have lower priority). The same should be possible by (re-)defining the 'default' output in ALSA, usually with some /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc magic (a quick search points to the same entries you already tried), though I'm not sure how that will interact with PulseAudio and/or various applications using ALSA directly. Hope this helps, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: still fixing stuff the upgrade broke...

2022-01-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
tware can (and probably often does) affect the guest system. BIOS/UEFI settings/upgrades and kernel upgrades might have an effect as well for virtualization supported by hardware. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Default sound level always zero for externally plugged usb sound system

2022-01-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
kes only altairian dollars, but you might get away with reciting some Vogon poetry instead (if you're not thrown out first). Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: python-apt create_pin question

2022-01-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
ing silly. I'd appreciate any help. If you don't get an answer in a few more days you should probably try asking on https://lists.debian.org/deity instead. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Why do experimental packages (e.g. clang-13) get in unstable?

2022-01-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
ugh as far as I know it's possible that a Maintainer re-uploads the same package to unstable after it's been uploaded to experimental first. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Instalacja Debian8 błąd w Release

2022-01-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
them? Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: OT: anybody uses eero 6 WiFi router?

2022-01-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
re supports. [1] regardless if including a wireless AP or not Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: OT: Recommendation for a new Debian laptop

2022-01-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
is also generally very good and there are even some models that come with Linux pre-installed. Many Linux developers like them as well (not least because of the very good keyboards) which only helps with compatibility. If price is a concern, even second-hand / refurbished Thinkpads usually pro

Re: freeing up some space

2022-01-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
he manpage for apt-get just doesn't refere to them as "obsolete" but "largely useless"[1]. Regarding aptitude, you might want to take note of the difference between "obsolete files" and "obsolete packages". Both are interesting for your nee

Re: Replace line in file based on pattern

2022-01-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
es where the need for manual changes are documented. Hope this helps, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Default sound level always zero for externally plugged usb sound system

2022-01-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 30 dec 21, 19:48:41, Pankaj Jangid wrote: > > Is there a way to tell Debian to save the previous volume level of > externally plugged-in device? Try `alsactl store` (might need root). Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Descrip

Re: Hyper-typematic and Firefox responsiveness in Weston.

2022-01-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
', but don't remember if this was necessary to get Firefox to even start or I just wanted to make really sure Firefox is running natively on Wayland (i.e. without some X compatibility layer or something). Hope this helps, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: 8 -> 9 update changing things

2022-01-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
f course, some programs (including PulseAudio) predate systemd and/or need to run on systems / platforms where systemd (or something compatible) is not even available, so they will continue to support both methods. Hope this explains, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Need Support on Debian10 Kernel Upgrade

2022-01-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 02 ian 22, 20:59:45, David Wright wrote: > On Sat 18 Dec 2021 at 12:36:49 (+0100), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Jo, 16 dec 21, 09:53:33, David Wright wrote: > > > > > > Anyone think it ironic that a multinational IT company with a > > > market capitalis

Re: How to secure access to SD cards a la USBGuard?

2022-01-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 02 ian 22, 20:52:25, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 10 Dec 2021 at 17:20:52 (+0100), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Lu, 06 dec 21, 10:18:49, David Wright wrote: > > > On Sun 05 Dec 2021 at 13:33:41 (+0100), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > On Vi, 12 nov 21,

Re: linux-image-amd64 (5.10.84-1)

2021-12-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
re-linux-nonfree > > I'm afraid I will have the same problem in the future... Check the output of apt list -a linux-image-amd64 You should have the version in stable(-security) installed, in which case the next upgrade should work automatically. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://

Re: Identity Theft

2021-12-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
our banks - one at a time. Hopefully Multi-Account Containers helps with this as well, point 4. in the "What you can do with Multi-Account Containers" seems to imply it. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: BUG: Debian 11 version of bibletime

2021-12-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 21 dec 21, 05:31:31, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/18/2021 08:55 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Sb, 18 dec 21, 07:00:56, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > > > > Please demonstrate this by showing us the actual run of apt-file as well > > > > as

Re: Firefox ESR EOL

2021-12-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
t on the > pi4's > on either or both, usb-3 ports. https://pine64.com/product/rockpro64-2gb-single-board-computer/ Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Risc-V [OT: Firefox ESR EOL]

2021-12-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
is is something to keep an eye on as a potential future competitor for ARM, which is starting to challenge x86 in various areas. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Broken libc6 running Sid (multiarch sytem)

2021-12-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
g you might want to consult) According to my understanding of the manpage it should work with an added '--force-overwrite'. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: 8 -> 9 update changing things

2021-12-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
re there is no default sound server in Debian, it's whatever the corresponding Desktop Environment depends on. Usually this is PulseAudio, but it seems PipeWire is becoming more popular. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Firefox ESR EOL

2021-12-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 18 dec 21, 14:22:58, David Newman wrote: > On Dec 18, 2021, at 12:44, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > > >  > >>> On Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 3:56 AM Andrei POPESCU > >>> wrote: > >>> On Jo, 09 dec 21, 23:24:11, Marco Möller wrote: > >&g

Re: BUG: Debian 11 version of bibletime

2021-12-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
.deb file. You can compare these against the .deb file in /var/cache/apt/archives. My money is on a match and this is a blind alley. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Need Support on Debian10 Kernel Upgrade

2021-12-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
an Project is actually quite proud of Pixar having used Debian internally, so much so that all the code names are still inspired by Toy Story characters. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: realtek bluetooth puzzle

2021-12-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
mehow confusing > https://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ > But the web says that it is supposed to work automagically for known > devices. In most cases a simple 'eject' command is sufficient, so based on the above something like this might do it: eject /dev/

Re: Need Support on Debian10 Kernel Upgrade

2021-12-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
volunteers and there are other - including paid - options). Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: How to get linux headers or source code for debian 8.0 kernel 3.16.0-4-amd64 ?

2021-12-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
ed] N: There is 1 additional version. Please use the '-a' switch to see it Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: BUG: Debian 11 version of bibletime

2021-12-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
es when running it against Debian 10. > > IOW I am convinced I am observing a repository problem, *NOT* operator > error. Please demonstrate this by showing us the actual run of apt-file as well as the output of dpkg -L bibletime-data Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Problems upgrading from Debian 10 to 11

2021-12-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
tream commit(s) fixing the issue and helping with backporting them to the older versions could also help get things moving. Hope this helps, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature

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