Re: Installation Process

2025-04-05 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, On 28/03/2025 18:42, Nicolas George wrote: Ife Wright (HE12025-03-28): I want to install debian but I don't understand why I have to erase everything on my hard disk to do it,I just want to install without erasing my hard disk Before to do so, you want to make a backup of your data (basic

ispell + TeX: dotless i and j

2025-03-28 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello All, is there a way to make ispell to manage correctly dotless Tex chars (e.g., \i and \j) ? Thanks in advance, Jerome

Re: increment backup of home dir

2025-03-22 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi Again, On 22/03/2025 15:14, songbird wrote: Jerome BENOIT wrote: songbird wrote: ... ultimately i really need a way to do backups that will deduplicate I do not see what you mean. my old backups are not incremental so they will contain a lot of files that would be identical

Re: increment backup of home dir

2025-03-22 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Ho, On 22/03/2025 21:54, songbird wrote: Jerome BENOIT wrote: ... Not compressing the tarballs is possible. i don't think it is really deduplicating but that is ok for now. what i've been playing with this afternoon seems to be going ok. i'm not sure i have a da

Re: increment backup of home dir

2025-03-22 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, On 22/03/2025 13:50, songbird wrote: Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hi, backup2l is simple and has been reliable for me for years. Cheers, Jerome interesting, at first glance it might help me out, but i don't know for sure. i'm a bit worried though that the debian package doesn&#

Re: increment backup of home dir

2025-03-15 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, backup2l is simple and has been reliable for me for years. Cheers, Jerome On 14/03/2025 07:07, tim wade wrote: Hello I plan to make increment backup for my home dir. It's currently in the size of 1xx GB. besides rsync, do you know any other software/service for increment backup? Thank y

Re: increment backup of home dir

2025-03-14 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, On 14/03/2025 14:39, Greg wrote: On 2025-03-14, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hi, backup2l is simple and has been reliable for me for years. Is that a Debian package? Yep, here is its tracker page: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/backup2l Cheers, Jerome

Re: Zoom

2025-01-29 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 29/01/2025 16:33, Steve Witt wrote: On 01/29, Gregory Forster wrote: Hi, I've been using Debian for about 3 months, still a newbie. I'm trying to get totally off of Windows.One program I'm not sure about is Zoom.If you go to their web site, they detect you're using Linux and ask which dist

Re: What is going on with firefox

2025-01-14 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, On 14/01/2025 11:45, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 04:40:38AM -0500, Karl Vogel wrote: [...] If that fails, it's time to stop and restart FF. I usually clean the sqlite DBs by going to my FF profile directory and running this (buried in a larger cleanup script): A

Re: SMTP servers

2024-12-29 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, On 29/12/2024 18:25, mick.crane wrote: hello I'm not really understanding the internet. Can I do my own SMTP server and send mail off to the right place without having the device open to random internet connections? You can first place your SMTP server behind a firewall to block the un

Re: Correct way to stop fetchmail

2024-12-28 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, have you try /etc/init.d/fetchmail stop ? Cheers, Jerome On 28/12/2024 17:21, Roger Price wrote: I would like to stop fetchmail on Debian 11.  I tried command systemctl stop fetchmail and system status fetchmail reported  ● fetchmail.service - LSB: init-Script for system wide fetchmail

Re: Which subdirectory for a usedr-specific executable?

2024-10-03 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Richard, the /etc/skel/.profile add to PATH ~/bin and ~/.local/bin if they exist. On 03/10/2024 14:51, Richard Owlett wrote: Is there standard/recommended location for an executable to be used by only a one user? In my case it should be under /home/richard/ . But where? hth, Jerome

Re: internal keyboard does not work

2024-08-25 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, I feel some packages are missing, You are right. More precisely, what is missing is a firmware, the brcm/brcmfmac4364-pcie.Apple Inc.-MacBookPro15,1.bin firmware. Cheers, Jerome On my side, apt-file cannot find it on Sid. [    5.253947] brcmfmac :03:00.0: firmware: failed to l

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

2024-08-12 Thread Benoit Lair
Hi We are still using Reiserfs for its space optimisation. Very optimised for a lot of little files and its shrink feature is better than with xfs The file system is more resilient with power outage per exemple than others So with linux 6.6 any way possible to load the module ? Le lun. 12 août

Re: Backup.

2024-06-27 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, why did you not use something as backup2l ? Best wishes, Jerome On 27/06/2024 20:23, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: Hi, My working data is in a directory we can refer to as A. A is on a removable flash store. "du -hs /home/me/A" reports 3.0G. I want a reliable backup of most files A/*. I c

Re: Zoom on Bookworm?

2023-12-19 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, can we efficiently jail zoom ? Jerome On 19/12/2023 11:28, Bret Busby wrote: On 19/12/23 17:53, John Conover wrote: Does the Zoom client work on Bookworm with pipewire? Thanks, John Are you aware of Zoom using video calls for spying on, and, collecting personal information

Re: file server

2023-07-12 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, On 12/07/2023 13:48, lina wrote: Currently I do not have a plan to keep the data, once the data finished analyzing, I can just remove it. Do you want a `scratch space` [1] ? What can be also interesting to know is whether you can compress your data. Best wishes, Jerome [1] https://en

Re: Cannot open *.asc files with gpg -- because no pinentry

2023-01-06 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 06/01/2023 11:38, Ken Heard wrote: When I try to do so I receive the following message: [GNUPG:] ENC_TO 091EE1D5633F19F2 16 0 [GNUPG:] KEY_CONSIDERED 7D605C8CDA5240843A6B9A8394D949CCE9099937 0 [GNUPG:] KEY_CONSIDERED 7D605C8CDA5240843A6B9A8394D949CCE9099937 0 gpg: encrypted with 4096-bit E

jupyter-qtconsole, turtle, and Xfce: unresponsive turtle console

2022-07-12 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Debian Users, I am playing with jupyter-qtconsole in Xfce. Debian is Debain version 11.4. When I launch a turple from the jupyter-qtconsole, I get a turtle console as expected. And I can move the turtle around. However, when I switch to another workspace and then come back to the workspac

Re: Which Program does WebKitWebProcess belong to

2022-05-26 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, you want to play with apt-file. Cheers, Jerome On 26/05/2022 22:43, tmcconnell...@gmail.com wrote: Hi List, I'm getting high CPU usage from WebKitWebProcess (50% or higher) on my machine and would like to know how to find what is being a CPU hog, for one. And how to report it? Thanks in adva

Re: User group "users"

2022-01-21 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 21/01/2022 15:59, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 02:49:09PM +0100, Steve Keller wrote: I see that on my Debian systems there is a user group "users" with GID 100, but by default no user gets added to it. So what is the purpose or reason to have it? >From old Unix insta

Re: downgrade qt version from 5 to 4

2021-11-11 Thread Jerome BENOIT
, *then* you can try to pursue long-term solutions so that you aren't stuck with a perpetual out-of-date buster environment for this one program. Cheers, Jerome -- Jerome BENOIT | calculus+at-rezozer^dot*net https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=calcu...@rezozer.net AE28 AE15 710D FF1D

Re: downgrade qt version from 5 to 4

2021-11-10 Thread Jerome BENOIT
in for your help, lina -- Jerome BENOIT | calculus+at-rezozer^dot*net https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=calcu...@rezozer.net AE28 AE15 710D FF1D 87E5 A762 3F92 19A6 7F36 C68B OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Package: nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver

2021-11-10 Thread Jerome BENOIT
ts > to using Waylan - if you are at the login prompt, you can choose which > session is loaded by clicking on the cogwheel. Wayland, with a "d".  This is also true for Debian 10 (buster). -- Jerome BENOIT | calculus+at-rezozer^dot*net https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?

Re: which package is good for making poster

2021-11-02 Thread Jerome BENOIT
to frame. make text box, write some text. mick -- Jerome BENOIT | calculus+at-rezozer^dot*net https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=calcu...@rezozer.net AE28 AE15 710D FF1D 87E5 A762 3F92 19A6 7F36 C68B OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: which package is good for making poster

2021-11-02 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 02/11/2021 11:29, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello, On 02/11/2021 10:45, lina wrote: Hi all, I have to prepare a poster, I wonder which package is good for this work, You may consider the beamerposter LaTeX package. Actually, I recently used the tikzposter LaTeX package: https

Re: which package is good for making poster

2021-11-02 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, On 02/11/2021 10:45, lina wrote: Hi all, I have to prepare a poster, I wonder which package is good for this work, You may consider the beamerposter LaTeX package. I can print it out in several papers and attach them together later. If transportation of A0 poster is an issue, an

Re: how to avoid the terminal overlap

2021-10-26 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, have you tried the basic xterm ? Cheers, Jerome On 26/10/2021 16:08, lina wrote: Hi, Once upgraded to the new system, I found that they would gather the same app in one tab. Such as Xfce terminal all in one, I want them to be listed one by one, not to be degenerated into one. Thanks for

Re: computer screen blink

2021-10-22 Thread Jerome BENOIT
]  nouveau_gem_object_delete_work+0x36/0x60 [nouveau] [86845.159526]  nouveau_cli_work+0xcc/0x120 [nouveau]  #1 SMP Debian 5.10.70-1 (2021-09-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 11:23 AM Jerome BENOIT mailto:sphericaltrian...@rezozer.net>> wrote: Hi Lina, so you are mainly p

Re: computer screen blink

2021-10-22 Thread Jerome BENOIT
My mistake, you are using the stable Debian: you may replace the buster-backports by bullseye-backports Jerome On 22/10/2021 11:47, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hi Lina, your Debian is actually the old-stable (Buster). You may consider to upgrade to the new stable (Bullseye) since you seem to use

Re: computer screen blink

2021-10-22 Thread Jerome BENOIT
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Re: computer screen blink

2021-10-22 Thread Jerome BENOIT
                                 save_vmload vgif umip rdpid overflow_recov succ                                  or smca On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 11:04 AM Jerome BENOIT mailto:sphericaltrian...@rezozer.net>> wrote: Hi, you may fist determine if it is a hardware issue or a software issue. Some Mac screens are kn

Re: computer screen blink

2021-10-21 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, you may fist determine if it is a hardware issue or a software issue. Some Mac screens are known to flicker after a while. What is your computer ? Can you boot on Windows/MacOS to see if the same thing happens ? Knowing your hardware may help a lot. hth, Jerome On 21/10/2021 10:51, lina wrot

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread Jerome BENOIT
the Debian-User list, you must be more specific on what you really want to do: technical terms are here important. Best, Jerome -- Original Message -- From: "Jerome BENOIT" To: "courtneyxshort" ; debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Tuesday,

Re: Debian

2021-10-19 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi Courtney, latest Mac are not well, if not at all, supported by Linux. You may try to install Debian on a PC (or an old supported mac) instead. hth, Jerome On 19/10/2021 13:11, courtneyxshort wrote: Hello, I am a Computer Science Masters student and part of my degree involves me downloading

Re: Chemfig Latex compile program

2021-10-08 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Lina, can you provide a more minimal sample that reproduce the error ? Best wishes, Jerome On 08/10/2021 15:59, lina wrote: Hi, When I updated the system, the following .tex code does not work, it shows the error likes this: (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/chemformula/chemformu

Re: Executar um programa no modo gráfico no momento da inicialização do Debian

2021-10-04 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Bonjour, please note that is an English spoken list. Best wishes, Jerome On 04/10/2021 15:14, Amarildo Machoski wrote: Bom dia... Primeiramente gostaria de agradecer em participar, espero também porder colaborar. Como é a primeira vez que estou mandando uma dúvida não sei se estou fazendo de

Re: LaTeX - Newer REVTEX on Debian ?

2021-07-04 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, my guess was that the bbl must be updated. Namely, compose with apsrev4-2.bst (or one among the others). I would check which one is actually used in the aux or blg file, and I would check which one is actually pickup with kpsewhich(1). For instance, you can try from a terminal: kpsewhich

Re: LaTeX - Newer REVTEX on Debian ?

2021-06-27 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, this looks as a bibtex issue: did you update the bst ? Otherwise, did you try to compose out of TeX Studio, for instance with command lines or latexmk ? Cheers, Jerome On 28/06/2021 03:05, Robbi Nespu wrote: On 6/27/21 2:41 PM, Robbi Nespu wrote: Issuing bug on https://bugs.debian.org/c

Re: Newcomer Problem: Synaptic

2020-01-03 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Das, On 03/01/2020 13:09, das wrote: >> >> You are mixing Ubuntu with Debian here: we cannot install Ubuntu packages on >> Debian (and vice versa). >> You have to choose either Debian or Ubuntu. If you want to play with ppa >> stuff, you must choose Ubuntu. >> If you want to stick to Debia

Re: Newcomer Problem: Synaptic

2020-01-03 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Das, On 03/01/2020 12:06, das wrote: > Hello Friends: > > I am using Debian for four or five days only and obviously I did > something stupide while installing and trying to learn the system. > > When I am using Synaptic can clicking 'update', it is giving me this > error message > << > GP

hyperlinks in PDF open thunderbird instead of firefox

2019-11-29 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello All, I have just noticed that when I click on an hyperlink in a PDF then thunderbird shows up instead of firefox. I guess it s related to the recent update of thunderbird. What is the best way to fix this annoying issue ? Thanks in advance, Jerome

plotutils: graph -TX: small

2019-10-25 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, I am using graph from the plotutils(1) package in order to have a quick plot. The X output format is small on my hightresolution screen (MacBookPro retina): how can I make it bigger ? I am looking for a permanent configuration. Thanks in advance, Jerome

merkaartor: annoying merkaartor.log in HOME

2019-09-11 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List, each time I read an OSM data file with merkaartor, a (very) annoying merkaartor.log is let in my HOME directory. How can we get rid of it ? or get it elsewhere ? Thanks in advance, Jerome

Re: How can we check that a compressed file is rsyncable ?

2019-06-22 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Etienne, thanks for your reply. On 22/06/2019 16:35, Étienne Mollier wrote: > Jerome Benoit, on 2019-06-22: >> How can we check that a compressed file is rsyncable ? >> >> In fact I would like to know if tarball compress with plzip >> are rsyncable ? > >

How can we check that a compressed file is rsyncable ?

2019-06-22 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, How can we check that a compressed file is rsyncable ? In fact I would like to know if tarball compress with plzip are rsyncable ? Thanks in advance, Jerome

Re: Please help delete printer job

2019-06-13 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, On 13/06/2019 18:31, Dan Ritter wrote: > Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> Hi... >> >> by mistake I told my Samsung ML-1925 to print a large document and don't >> manage >> to cancel that... I tried with the `cancel' command, also lprm, and also >> from >> within web browser print management... bu

Re: Keyboard not responding after exiting X

2019-05-20 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 20/05/2019 13:42, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Brian writes: > >> On Mon 20 May 2019 at 06:15:57 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> >>> In order to have PDFtoMusic properly installed and work (see thread >>> `PDFtoMusic installation') I had to do a full-upgrade to unstable. >>> Everything is ok now

Re: install debian on latest Macbook pro

2019-04-11 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Lina, On 12/04/2019 02:44, lina wrote: > Hi, > > When I tried to install the Debian on latest MacBook Pro, I found the > keyboard and the touchpad does not work. > > It is just the beginning, I know I will meet lots of problems, > > Is there any link providing the information how to insta

Re: Wondering how long it usually takes for a package to move from stable-p-u

2019-04-10 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, On 11/04/2019 05:59, Luke Picciau wrote: > I have been tracking this package > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ca-certificates-java for about a month > because the package version 20170929~deb9u1 which is in stable has a bug > which is blocking my docker image builds. Version 20170929~deb

Re: Running Debian on an AMD Ryzen system

2019-02-22 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, On 22/02/2019 14:39, Sam Varghese wrote: > On Fri, February 22, 2019 7:12 pm, Andrea Borgia wrote: >> Hi, Sam. >> >> Unless you go for the "G" variant of Ryzen (with embedded GPU(, you should >> be good to go with no special care if you use the current "testing". >> If you decide to use "G"

Re: Upset with debian performance

2018-10-13 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Dear Joe, On 13/10/18 13:46, Joe wrote: > On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 12:55:47 +0400 > Jerome BENOIT wrote: > >> Dear Mask, >> > >> >> this is a User list. >> > >> >> Feel free to submit relevant bug reports to the package maintainers, &g

Re: Upset with debian performance

2018-10-13 Thread Jerome BENOIT
: > https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/terrible-audio-problems-4175640263/ > > > Sent with ProtonMail <https://protonmail.com> Secure Email. > Cheers, Jerome (unmasked) -- Jerome BENOIT | calculus+at-rezozer^dot*net https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=calcu...@rezozer.net AE28 AE15 710D FF1D 87E5 A762 3F92 19A6 7F36 C68B signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Linux equivalent of Apple's fontbook

2018-07-17 Thread Jerome BENOIT
t looks like. > Jerome > Regards > Johann > -- Jerome BENOIT | calculus+at-rezozer^dot*net https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=calcu...@rezozer.net AE28 AE15 710D FF1D 87E5 A762 3F92 19A6 7F36 C68B signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Acrobat Reader stops works

2018-01-15 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, On 15/01/18 16:32, Carl Fink wrote: > On 01/15/2018 06:45 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: >> >> On 15/01/18 13:32, Kamil Jońca wrote: >>> Recently I have to reinstall my system. >>> Most of things works OOTB, but I cannot make Acrobat Reader (9.5.5) to >>

Re: Acrobat Reader stops works

2018-01-15 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 15/01/18 13:32, Kamil Jońca wrote: > > Recently I have to reinstall my system. > Most of things works OOTB, but I cannot make Acrobat Reader (9.5.5) to > work. > Stracing shows segmentation fault (catched) in main thread. > Worse thing is, on second computer with the same libraries(and the sa

Re: HiDPI migration: desktop environment issue

2017-12-24 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Thanks for your reply. On 25/12/17 00:05, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 02:24:17PM +0400, Jerome BENOIT wrote: >> Hello, I am currently migrating to a HiDPI box (akda Retina box). >> >> Since the arrival of GNOME3, I have used Xfce as an alternative to GNOME[2]:

HiDPI migration: desktop environment issue

2017-12-24 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, I am currently migrating to a HiDPI box (akda Retina box). Since the arrival of GNOME3, I have used Xfce as an alternative to GNOME[2]: I have been happy so far with this choice. Right now, I migrating to a retina box: it appears, unfortunately, that Xfce support for HiDPI is low. small (if

Re: Many executables across Debian's archives share basenames

2017-10-06 Thread Jerome BENOIT
"grandfather" name, you can just add /usr/bin/im/ to your PATH. > We can also add the prefix im- to each executable. For instance, the tools coming with the nauty package are prefixed with nauty- to avoid name collision. Jerome > > Stefan > -- Jerome BENOIT | calculus+at-rezozer^dot*net https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=calcu...@rezozer.net AE28 AE15 710D FF1D 87E5 A762 3F92 19A6 7F36 C68B signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: graphviz: pdf output with vectorial fonts

2017-07-28 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Debian users, On 24/07/17 19:23, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello Forum, > > my pdf outputs with dot are ugly: while boxes and edges are vectorial, > text is in pixel: in short I have a font issue. > I am looking for a vectorial (scalabe ?) font ? > It might be a configuratio

Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-27 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi Johann, thanks for your reply. On 27/07/17 10:14, Johann Spies wrote: > On 27 July 2017 at 07:52, Jerome BENOIT wrote: >> Hello Debian Users, >> >> I have recently upgraded my box from Jessie to Stretch. >> I encountered a few little issues that I could fixed easi

Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-26 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Debian Users, I have recently upgraded my box from Jessie to Stretch. I encountered a few little issues that I could fixed easily. Nevertheless, so far, I failed to fixed one of them, and a very annoying one. During Xfce sessions, at random time my screen is filled with piece of outdated im

graphviz: pdf output with vectorial fonts

2017-07-24 Thread Jerome BENOIT
advance, Jerome -- Jerome BENOIT | calculus+at-rezozer^dot*net https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=calcu...@rezozer.net AE28 AE15 710D FF1D 87E5 A762 3F92 19A6 7F36 C68B signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Stretch: merkaartor: is it working ?

2017-07-03 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Forum, I have just tried merkaartor on my Stretch box: so far I cannot make it works as within Jessie: does anyone observed the same ? Any hint is welcome. Thanks, Jerome

Stretch: RUNPATH seems no more taken into account

2017-06-28 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi Again, I migrated from Jessie to Stretch a few days ago. I have just realised that the RUNPATH (as printed by `chrpath -l`) of one of my local program is no more taken into account. I rebuilt it, but the issue remains. Any idea ? Thanks in advance, Jerome

Re: Debian Stretch Xfce: effective screeen bigger than the monitor screen

2017-06-28 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Indeed :-) Thanks a lot for your prompt reply On 28/06/17 20:52, Apurv Jyotirmay wrote: > For me it has always been with holding "alt" key and use scroll wheel. Try it. > -Apurv > > On Jun 28, 2017 22:13, "Jerome BENOIT" <mailto:sphericaltrian...@rezoze

Debian Stretch Xfce: effective screeen bigger than the monitor screen

2017-06-28 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Forum, I have recently migrated from Jessie to Stretch. I have a couple of minor issues. One of them concern Xfce: some time my fingers seem to do a combination of keys that magnifies the screen: I got a floating desktop environment that is lager than my actual screen. Does any know the mag

how take a xscreensaver/deco image as backgound image

2017-06-27 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List, I use deco as xscreesaver and I would like to take one of its random image as (static) background: is there a simple way to do so ? Thanks in advance, Jerome

Fwd: Error in Linux Debian

2016-09-23 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Juan, welcome to Debian. Your question is a Debian User question, so I redirect it to the debian-user list. Best, Jerome Forwarded Message Subject:Error in Linux Debian Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 21:17:56 -0300 From: Juan Carlos Cangiano To: calcu...@rezozer.

texdoctk: how to set Button colours ?

2016-08-20 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Forum, whenever I launch texdoctk(1), I get the message: NOTE: Button colours not set in /etc/texmf/texdoctk/texdocrc.defaults; using defaults. Any hint on how to fix this ? Thanks in advance, Jerome

Re: computer cann't shut down

2016-03-19 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Forum: On 20/03/16 04:42, Michael Milliman wrote: > > > On 03/19/2016 09:40 PM, lina wrote: >> shutdown -h now >> >> doesn't work. it still reboot. >> > This sounds like an issue with the hardware or BIOS not with the > Debian OS, or with the Desktop environment. Though I have not had >

Re: Debian and Firefox/Iceweasel

2016-02-25 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Charlie: On 26/02/16 03:53, Charlie Kravetz wrote: > if Iceweasel incorporates those Firefox features, I would have to also switch > away from Debian. Is it not an extreme attitude ? There are plenty of web browser around: https://wiki.debian.org/WebBrowsers Be aware that the list is

Re: how to install debian on iMac

2016-02-20 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 21/02/16 00:53, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Feb 20, 2016, at 2:31 PM, Jerome BENOIT > wrote: > >> There is a Debian website dedicated to MacBookPro machines. >> Ubuntu also provides information. > > Thanks! This may be helpful. Can you provide some lin

Re: how to install debian on iMac

2016-02-20 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello: On 20/02/16 23:13, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Feb 19, 2016, at 9:31 PM, lina wrote: > >> Has anyone tried successfully to install the debian into the iMac >> with Fusion drive? >> >> The basic configuration is >> >> • 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, Turbo Boost up to >> 3.3G

Re: TeX: Solovay's checksum utility

2016-01-18 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Tomas: On 18/01/16 20:27, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 04:16:53PM +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote: >> Hello Forum: > >> Is the Solovay's checksum utility (still) distributed within Debian ? >> Is there any alternative ? > > I didn't

TeX: Solovay's checksum utility

2016-01-18 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Forum: Is the Solovay's checksum utility (still) distributed within Debian ? Is there any alternative ? Thanks in advance, Jerome

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

2015-12-31 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Fernando: I am not sure that the debian-user forum is the best place for your message: what I mean is that you may want to target better. The debian-user forum is meant for end users who are not responsible for the content of the packages. First, you may want to make a bugreport for the pa

very naive question iPad as extra monitor

2015-11-15 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Forum: Does anyone know a working way to use an iPad as extra monitor with Debian ? Thanks in advance, Jerome

Re: Running HAL and udev Simultanteouly

2015-09-15 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, On 15/09/15 23:43, Bartek wrote: > Still searching for a fix to stream TV via Hulu. Worked fine with > Chrome/pepperflash and Iceweasal/flash until about mid-July, around the > release time of Windows 10. Hulu indicates that with Linux, HAL is > needed. My system is custom: 64-bit Wheezy, no

Re: Wlan

2015-07-11 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Bonjour Stephan: debian-user@lists.debian.org is an English spoken forum: you may either expose your issue in English or send your issue to the corresponding German forum. Bonne chance, Jerome On 11/07/15 13:25, stephan roehling wrote: > Hallo, > meine wlan-Karte wird von linux nicht gefunden. >

Re: javaws

2015-04-17 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, On 17/04/15 10:31, Ric Moore wrote: > On 04/17/2015 04:06 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 17/04/15 09:53, Ric Moore wrote: >>> On 04/17/2015 03:47 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: >>>> Hello List, >>>> >>>> On 17/04/1

Re: javaws

2015-04-17 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, On 17/04/15 09:53, Ric Moore wrote: > On 04/17/2015 03:47 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: >> Hello List, >> >> On 17/04/15 09:43, Ric Moore wrote: >>> On 04/16/2015 11:44 PM, lina wrote: >>>> Just notice >>>> >>>>

Re: javaws

2015-04-17 Thread Jerome BENOIT
an package java-package allows to create your own Oracle Java debbals. Cheers, Jerome > Ric > > > > -- Jerome BENOIT, Ph.D. | jgmbenoit-at+rezozer*dot_net http://www.rezozer.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5530ba8e.5060...@rezozer.net

Re: Jessie and /var

2015-04-04 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Petter, On 04/04/15 09:23, Petter Adsen wrote: > I am preparing to set up Jessie on my home server today, with mdadm > RAID and LVM. Even though I am using LVM, I want to get the volume > sizes about right when I first set them up. > > VM images and containers are stored under /var - is the

Re: [OT?]Squeeze: update Flashplugin?

2015-02-09 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, on Wheezy, the flash plugin can be updated as root with update-flashplugin-nonfree I do not know if this update tool exist on Squeeze. hth, Jerome On 09/02/15 16:32, antispammbox-debian wrote: > > > Hi all > > It's possible update FlashPlugin in Squeeze? > Thanks > > Regards > >

xscreensavers: how to specify window dimensions

2015-02-03 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List, let play with xscreensaver_s. If /usr/lib/xscreensaver/deco is lauched a window pop up: how can we specify the width and the height of the window ? Thanks in advance, Jerome -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble

Re: shell script removing log files.

2014-12-22 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 22/12/14 19:51, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > This command in a shell script removes unwanted log files. > > for i in $( echo *.Log ); do > /bin/rm $i; > echo "Removed $i." > done > > In the edge case of no matching files, rm complains. > /bin/rm: cannot remove `*.Log': No such file or d

Wheezy: mouse middle button issue

2014-12-15 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Forum ! Since a couple of day, the middle button of my magic mouse (USB) has experienced a major issue: I can more copy/past or open-in-new-tab. A deeper investigation with xev shows that button 2 is no more existing: any idea ? My box is a Wheezy box that is daily updated. Cheers, Jerome

Re: Transición a Debian

2014-12-13 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Bonjour, On 13/12/14 19:21, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:47:02 +0100 Jerome BENOIT > wrote: > >> Hola, this is an English Forum. Cheers, Jerome > > It pains me, especially at this Xmas time, to see this kind of > un-helpful rebuke given without

Re: Transición a Debian

2014-12-13 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hola, this is an English Forum. Cheers, Jerome On 13/12/14 18:15, JAWV WV wrote: > Hola disculpas ante todo x la pregunta es muy sencilla espero no > quitarles mucho tiempo, mi inquietud es sobre actualizaciones en cada > versión estable de Debian, es decir cada que sale una nueva versión > anu

Re: Installing Linux on a Mac Mini without OSX

2014-12-04 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 04/12/14 21:30, Brian Sammon wrote: > On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 19:46:22 +0100 > Jerome BENOIT wrote: > >>> Two particular subtasks that I may need to do that seem to require >>> OSX: 1) "Blessing" a partition 2) Checking what version of firmware >>>

Re: Installing Linux on a Mac Mini without OSX

2014-12-04 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Any pointers/suggestions? I will look towards a grub issue, specially if your partition is a gpt partition table. For a gpt partition table, you must have a `bios grub' partition. > > I'm also looking into PureDarwin as a possible solution. > Debian is definitely better, do not

Re: wpa_supplicant: automatically sign in via coova hot spot interface

2014-11-23 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Brian, On 23/11/14 22:02, Brian wrote: > On Sun 23 Nov 2014 at 19:38:37 +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > >> is there any simple way to allow wpa_supplicant to automatically sign >> in via coova hot spot interface ? >> >> Any hint is welcome, thanks in advance,

wpa_supplicant: automatically sign in via coova hot spot interface

2014-11-23 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Forum, is there any simple way to allow wpa_supplicant to automatically sign in via coova hot spot interface ? Any hint is welcome, thanks in advance, Jerome -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@li

word clouds

2014-09-17 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List, is there any tools to generate `Word clouds' withing Debian ? Thanks in advance, Jerome -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/541a214b.8070...

Re: ip6tables: unexpected behaviour ?

2014-08-06 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello list, On 24/07/14 22:17, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Jerome BENOIT: >> >> On 24/07/14 21:48, Erwan David wrote: >>> Le 24/07/2014 21:43, Jerome BENOIT a écrit : >>>> Hello List, >>>> >>>> I am building an IPv6 firewall: I get the m

Re: /dev/random

2014-08-01 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, On 01/08/14 18:06, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 01:50:44AM +0200, B wrote: >> On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:41:01 -0700 >> "" wrote: >> >>> whatever experience you want to share. >> >> use haveged, it feeds /dev/random with a reservoir. > > I'd like to chime in that I recently

Re: dev/log in jail

2014-07-31 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List, On 31/07/14 19:33, Sven Hartge wrote: > Jerome BENOIT wrote: >> On 31/07/14 18:52, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: >>> On Thu, 31 Jul 2014, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > >>>> I have a very naive question: how can we create a dev/log >>>> so

Re: dev/log in jail

2014-07-31 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, On 31/07/14 18:52, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Thu, 31 Jul 2014, Jerome BENOIT wrote: >> I have a very naive question: >> how can we create a dev/log socket, similar to `/dev/log', in a chroot jail ? > > It can be done through bind mounts (refer to t

Re: dev/log in jail

2014-07-31 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 31/07/14 17:54, B wrote: > On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:46:08 +0200 > Jerome BENOIT wrote: > >> how can we create a dev/log socket, similar to `/dev/log', in a >> chroot jail ? > > The least Linux deserves from its users is them making at least > a minim

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