Re: map mainboard sata connector to device name

2025-04-10 Thread debian-user
Petric Frank wrote: > Hello, > > Am Donnerstag, 10. April 2025, 06:47:13 CEST schrieb Titus Newswanger: > > On 4/9/25 22:42, Petric Frank wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Am Donnerstag, 10. April 2025, 00:13:10 CEST schrieb Andy Smith: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 05:46:

Re: Admin Root user [not set to default]

2025-04-09 Thread debian-user
James Freer wrote: > Hi members > > I've just done my install of Debian 12 Live XFCE version. Been a user > of Xubuntu for 15 years and thought i would change. Tried some of the > derivatives and chose Debian to go with. > > I would be grateful if someone could explain why admin root user is > n

Re: Can you help me run Box64 on my Raspberry Pi 5?

2025-04-07 Thread debian-user
Matt Timpson wrote: > Hello all, > > I want to run a .deb file written for x64 processors on my Raspberry > Pi 5, which I run Linux on. You don't say which version of which linux you use. Most people with R Pis run Raspberry Pi OS, which is derived from Debian but is not Debian. If you run that

Re: When an external disk is connected, the wireless mouse works by being connected from a shorter distance.

2025-04-06 Thread debian-user
Nicolas George wrote: > Serkan Kurt (HE12025-04-06): > > Hello. A USBA (ss) wireless mouse is connected to the laptop. When I > > connect a WD Element 1 TB or WD Element 4 TB external disk to the > > other USBA (ss) port, the working distance of the mouse drops to > > about 0.5 meters. Normally 10

Re: DHCP and static addresses, nothing to do with Re: Who:Bookwormv.Trixie

2025-04-04 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > I'm just going to assume that it worked similarly to traditional X > sessions (e.g. the ones on HP-UX), where it looked up the system's > hostname, and used whatever IP address that returned for connections > between the X client and server. I'm confused. Traditional X ses

Re: Perl module Digest::SHA256 and Debian package libdigest-sha-perl

2025-04-03 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 16:07:36 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > > But installing libdigest-sha-perl does not provide Digest::SHA256: > > They are different modules. > > https://metacpan.org/pod/Digest::SHA256 > https://metacpan.org/pod/Digest::SHA > > Digest::SHA256

Re: Documentation for NetworkManager 1.30.0 -- Where?

2025-04-02 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > I am running Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 . > When right-clicking on the Network Manager icon's "About" button it > identifies itself as version 1.30.0 . I've also just noticed that NM 1.30 belongs on an older release of Debian than 12.

Re: Documentation for NetworkManager 1.30.0 -- Where?

2025-04-02 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > I am running Debian 12.8 with MATE 1.26.0 . > When right-clicking on the Network Manager icon's "About" button it > identifies itself as version 1.30.0 . > There is a link to http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/ > which results in a 404 error. I think the link sh

Re: Web server access

2025-04-02 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 11:04:17AM +0100, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > wrote: > > > > GET index.html > > should be: > > GET index.html HTTP/1.0 > > (Strictly speaking you should close off with twice , but > most web servers are tolerant if you just send two ) > > Not sending a HTT

Re: Web server access

2025-04-02 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 17:52:55 -0700, Van Snyder wrote: > > The server is on the LAN side of the router (192.168.1.65). It's > > not in the DMZ. My server isn't running Apache ACLs or iptables or > > TCP wrapper. The router is running a firewall.  I've forwarded > > WAN-si

Re: OT: Connect two computers with linux with wlan, but without any router

2025-03-30 Thread debian-user
Timothy M Butterworth wrote: [snip] > If you make the storage server the access point What storage server? I thought this was about live video display from a drone?

Re: recursively share NFS

2025-03-20 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 01:32:27PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > > debian-u...@howorth.org.uk (HE12025-03-20): > > > It's not a workaround. It's expected behaviour. You told the NAS > > > to share some of its contents with alexandria. That's what it's > > > doing. Why would you expect

Re: recursively share NFS

2025-03-20 Thread debian-user
Eben King wrote: > On 3/19/25 15:05, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 14:53:51 -0400, Eben King wrote: > >> I have this machine "alexandria". It mounts a directory from the > >> nas via NFS. When I export a parent directory on alexandria, the > >> mount point appears empty, eve

Re: Does anyone use a USB 'endoscope' on Debian, which ones should work OK?

2025-03-15 Thread debian-user
Chris Green wrote: > I don't want to look at the outside of the hull, I want to look > inside right down in the bilges under the engine. This is quite > inaccessible and one of the cameras that are advertised mostly as > 'endoscopes' would make looking around down there more possible. > > As I

Re: increment backup of home dir

2025-03-14 Thread debian-user
Harri Suutari wrote: > On 14/03/2025 08.07, tim wade wrote: > > > > besides rsync, do you know any other software/service for increment > > backup? > > Dirvish - "Disk based virtual image network backup system." > >     Dirvish can create user browseable (daily) backup directories. I use di

Re: Does anyone use a USB 'endoscope' on Debian, which ones should work OK?

2025-03-13 Thread debian-user
Greg wrote: > On 2025-03-13, David Wright wrote: > > > > OTOH most people will have come across endoscopes, usually in the > > context of colonoscopies and suchlike, hence your "scary". > > I've never come across one for the general public, but then it would > never have occurred to me to sear

Re: How to associate a file extension with preferred executable

2025-03-09 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > On 3/8/25 8:07 AM, Miriami wrote: > > Hi Richard, > > > > I haven't used the MATE desktop environment, but I guess it also > > has this: 1. Right click on a PDF file, in the pop-up right-click > > menu, chooss 'open this file with ...' 2. In the then-popped-up > > dialog a

Re: web browser recommendation

2025-03-09 Thread debian-user
D MacDougall wrote: > On 3/8/25 12:34, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > That's just a blank page except for a picture of a duck, the word > > DuckDuckGo and a search box. No explanation of anything at any > > length? > > > Very odd.  On my phone I see exactly what you see plus several

Re: web browser recommendation

2025-03-09 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Mar 08, 2025 at 13:39:18 -0800, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > > On Sat Mar 8 13:29:36 2025 debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > > D MacDougall wrote: > > >> https://duckduckgo.com > > > > > > That's just a blank page except for a picture of a duck, the word > > > D

Re: web browser recommendation

2025-03-08 Thread debian-user
D MacDougall wrote: > > On 2025-03-08, D MacDougall wrote: > ... > > > I've been using DuckDuckGo as my primary search engine for > > > years and have found that it's gradually been improving to the > > > point that I seldom have cause to use any other.  Along the way I > > > discovered that th

Re: Alternative to Debian Repository - extract CSV formatted data from PDF

2025-02-21 Thread debian-user
Greg wrote: > On 2025-02-21, David Wright wrote: > > > >> > > [1] https://www.fns.usda.gov/cnpp/thrifty-food-plan-2006 > >> > > Table ES-1. Thrifty Food Plan market baskets, quantities > >> > > of food purchased for a week, by age-gender group, 2006 > > > > I don't read PDFs /in/ the br

Re: Alternative to Debian Repository - extract CSV formatted data from PDF

2025-02-20 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > I wish to extract CSV formatted data from a PDF document. [1] > Page ES-7 has a weekly grocery list for males grouped by age. > I need only the first and last columns. > > Can someone point me in a suitable direction? > > TIA > > [1] https://www.fns.usda.gov/cnpp/thrifty

Re: fonts printing too thin from qpdfview

2025-02-14 Thread debian-user
"Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)" wrote: > I've completed my U.S. tax forms in the fillable PDFs provided by the > Internal Revenue Service. Now I want to print them to (yes) submit > through snail mail. > > In the past, I was happy printing from Acrobat 9, which is still fine > for display purposes.

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-12 Thread debian-user
Chris Green wrote: > debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > Chris Green wrote: > > > songbird wrote: > > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > It would be much easier if I could simply tell epiphany (or > > > > > another browser) **not** to try and become the default for > > > > >

Re: Bluetooth

2025-02-11 Thread debian-user
Gregory Forster wrote: > I've been looking on Amazon.  Is there a bluetooth dongle I can plug > into my desktop PC USB port that will work with Debian GNU/Linux > 12.8? Everything I find specify s for Windows. There's a useful page at https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/bluetooth/#known-w

Re: How to install a browser (epiphany) without affecting mailcap etc.?

2025-02-11 Thread debian-user
Chris Green wrote: > songbird wrote: > > Chris Green wrote: > > ... > > > It would be much easier if I could simply tell epiphany (or > > > another browser) **not** to try and become the default for > > > everything, rather than having to try and unset all the changes > > > it has made. > >

Re: software to document and develop projects

2025-02-08 Thread debian-user
"Gary L. Roach" wrote: > I have been trying  to find a software package that would allow me to > do math calculations along with running documentation.I have tried > using -Octave but it doesn't allow modification of content once you > hit the enter key. After a few mistakes and corrections things

Re: Unnamed Popup from Klaro about cookies

2025-02-06 Thread debian-user
But as Kent said, if its going to produce popups it really, really needs to announce itself properly including a link to some docs that are written from the point of view of a user rather than the point of view of a website developer! :( It'll totally fail on my system (I hope), anyway, since I ba

Re: finding package for reportbug

2025-02-05 Thread debian-user
Charles Curley wrote: > On Wed, 5 Feb 2025 15:46:23 +0100 > Franziska Menti wrote: > > > Hi Charles [snip] > What I had in mind here is something like: > > dmesg | less -X > > then use the search function (the / key) to search for snd_hda_intel > and (separately) snd_sof_pci_intel_mtl. Check

Re: How to find installed packages not in APT?

2025-02-04 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 11:04:16 -0800, Loren M. Lang wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 12:15:32PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 00:00:13 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > > > > - apt-patterns(7) > > > > > > Why isn't this linked/referenced from

Re: mlterm configuration

2025-01-26 Thread debian-user
Darac Marjal wrote: > On 26/01/2025 18:29, Haines Brown wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 09:35:24AM -0500, Henning Follmann wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 08:45:02AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > >>> My attemtpts configure mlterm have no effect. For exaJmple, I > >>> create a file .mlter

Re: ISP's router being helpful

2025-01-20 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 05:04:16PM +, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > wrote: > > wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 12:13:09PM +, > > > debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > I just use IP addresses for local web services, so I can use > > > > DOH

Re: ISP's router being helpful

2025-01-20 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 12:13:09PM +, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > wrote: > > [...] > > > I just use IP addresses for local web services, so I can use DOH in > > my browser. > > I'm at a loss why somebody would want to do that (although I pretty > well know why Google wants every

Re: ISP's router being helpful

2025-01-20 Thread debian-user
George at Clug wrote: > I had forgotten to mention about "DNS over HTTPS", which besides > encrypting DNS traffic, usually use a trusted Internet based DNS > service, instead of local DNS settings. > > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/dns-over-https > > This maybe why your web browser does n

Re: Finding appropriate support for packages in Debian repository

2025-01-12 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > On 1/11/25 8:06 AM, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > *SNIP* > >> > >> Due to vision and perception issues, I avoid sites over using > >> graphics or requiring JavaScript. For support I look for USENET > >> groups &/or mailing lists (not ha

Re: Finding appropriate support for packages in Debian repository

2025-01-11 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > As I'm over 80 and a computer *user* since introduction via Hollerith > cards and line-printers in 60's (q.v. CORC & CUPL - BASIC didn't > exist) and later using an Acoustic coupler with an RBBS, I'm not a > newbie per se. > > However I'm making practical use of mp3 files

Re: kvm/qemu

2025-01-08 Thread debian-user
gene heskett wrote: > On 1/7/25 15:12, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > These packages were pointed out to me a while back as a possible > > alternative to virtualbox. While doing a bit of work on the new > > machine, I did a quick search using both of those terms in Synaptic > > Package Manager,

Re: booting by UEFI?

2024-12-29 Thread debian-user
e...@gmx.us wrote: > On 12/29/24 12:51, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > Eben King wrote: > > > >> My motherboard is a Gigabyte H170 > > > > That doesn't seem to be precise enough. They make multiple boards > > with that general name and all but one support UEFI. But the > > GA-H170TN doe

Re: booting by UEFI?

2024-12-29 Thread debian-user
Eben King wrote: > My motherboard is a Gigabyte H170 That doesn't seem to be precise enough. They make multiple boards with that general name and all but one support UEFI. But the GA-H170TN does not mention UEFI, although its spec does say "Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS".

Re: Writing passwords down

2024-12-17 Thread debian-user
Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 17 Dec 2024 06:45 +0100, from to...@tuxteam.de: > >> Then follow Bruce Schneier's advice and*write them down*. > > > > Do you have a reference? > > > > I ask because I'm in the middle of a discussion (and that was my > > advice, too). Seeing what Schneier has to sa

Re: a passwordless operating system

2024-12-17 Thread debian-user
songbird wrote: > debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > ... > > Why does your mother need to memorize all of your dead stepfather's > > identities? Just let them die with him. > > perhaps because the accounts are jointly owned and it > is much easier to just continue using the credentials as >

Re: a passwordless operating system

2024-12-15 Thread debian-user
y nor > any other natural or artificial or divine intelligence? i know this > sounds like a question for debian-devel or debian-policy but i m > dumping it onto debian-user as as of now i m not subscribed to any > other. Why does your mother need to memorize all of your dead stepfathe

Re: Firefox alternatives?

2024-12-12 Thread debian-user
Van Snyder wrote: > After Firefox has been running for a few days my Debian 12.5 gets > really slow. The mouse jerks when it works at all. It takes a minute > or two for wndows to close or top. At the moment, Firefox has 19 > processes running. Memory is half full, and swap is about 10% used. > Wh

Re: Restarting cron after crontab update

2024-12-08 Thread debian-user
Roger Price wrote: > With emacs I made a change to /etc/crontab on a Debian 11 > workstation. I have done this before successfully. When you say you made a change with emacs, what command did you run? What you are supposed to do is use the command crontab to start the editor of your choice. You

Re: Using terminal commands - corner cases

2024-12-02 Thread debian-user
David Wright wrote: > Funnily enough, I'd never even thought about page numbering in > connection with man pages. But I notice now that the page contents > of my Letter PDF and Debian's A4 version are identical, and the > footers on the A4 are very high, so I'm guessing that the document > was o

Re: Suggestions on pre -installation of Chinese input method for Debian

2024-11-28 Thread debian-user
张昊彧 wrote: > Dear Debian team, > > Hello! > > I am a Debian user who appreciates the stable and secure operating > system provided by Debian. During the use process, I noticed that the > system has pre -installed Japanese input method, which is very > convenient fo

Re: DefinitionS sleep/suspend/hibernate/etc - was [Re: help: disable all manner of sleep/suspend/hibernate - Debian 12]

2024-11-22 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > Michael mentioned https://wiki.debian.org/Suspend and I found > https://wiki.debian.org/Hibernation . > > I, and other inexperienced users, need proper definitions of > sleep/suspend/hibernate/etc to use those pages and solutions to be > described here. Definitions c

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-18 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 09:34:00 +, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > wrote: > > "Russell L. Harris" wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 01:03:34PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > >I've been thinking about this some more, and I'd like to try to > > > >list all the way

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-18 Thread debian-user
Chris Green wrote: > Chris Green wrote: > > Charles Curley wrote: > > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 15:40:05 + > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > > So, do any of the cursor themes in xcursor-themes actually > > > > change the I-Beam cursor? I've looked at a couple of other > > > > sets of c

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-18 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 08:25:33PM +, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > wrote: > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Most terminals offer the ability to change the cursor color > > > > > when t

Re: Looking for X cursor theme with bigger or darker I-Beam

2024-11-17 Thread debian-user
Dan Ritter wrote: > Chris Green wrote: > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > > > > Most terminals offer the ability to change the cursor color when > > > the cursor is in them. In the settings for xfterminal, I'm > > > pretty sure you can set that. Go look? > > > > > It's

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-17 Thread debian-user
"Roy J. Tellason, Sr." wrote: > I routinely get that "blank white page" result in firefox here, and > find that fiddling with the settings in the noscript plugin often > fixes it. OTOH, if a web site wants to be *that* obnoxious I'll > often decide that they're not worth the trouble of bothe

Re: debian-to-windows message transfer

2024-11-17 Thread debian-user
"Russell L. Harris" wrote: > On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 01:03:34PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >I've been thinking about this some more, and I'd like to try to list > >all the ways the OP might have caused this to fail. > > > >We start by observing that nobody else has been able to reproduce the >

Re: utelnetd

2024-11-15 Thread debian-user
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Extremely long References header shortened. =8~/ > > From: Timothy M Butterworth > Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 14:21:20 -0500 > > SSHD is packaged and available on Debian. > > Timothy, for a console on localhost do you use ssh exclusively? > Never xterm or simila

Re: How do I submit a game to a distribution?

2024-11-12 Thread debian-user
Steven Peckham wrote: > >I would really want to address this in detail after the Copyright > >goes through. > >No. After the Copyright is in effect, I will be happy to provide the > >code under the GPL3 license restrictions. It doesn't sound like you understand copyright and licensing very well.

Re: Multi seat. Was Debian versions

2024-11-11 Thread debian-user
Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 11 Nov 2024 21:24 +0800, from b...@busby.net (Bret Busby): > > Whilst this computer that I am using, has about ten USB sockets > > (including four on the front), I expect that a similar workstation > > to this, would be required, or, a proper server, with all of the >

Re: Multi seat. Was Debian versions

2024-11-11 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 13:33:08 +0100, Roger Price wrote: > > I'm guessing "version". How about Debian 12 (bookworm). Have you > > read https://wiki.debian.org/Multi_Seat_Debian_HOWTO ? > > Oh. I've learned something today. I looked at that page and what I immediatel

Re: Can someone explain containers, pods, docker, etc. please

2024-11-07 Thread debian-user
Chris Green wrote: > Todd Zullinger wrote: > > [-- text/plain, encoding quoted-printable, charset: us-ascii, 25 > > lines --] > > > > Chris Green wrote: > > > I'm trying to get my mind round the various ways of > > > wrapping/isolating collections of code and programs in Debian > > > (well in

Re: YAML: How to add additional lines after a specific line?

2024-11-06 Thread debian-user
Anastasios Lisgaras wrote: > Hello community, > > I have a YAML file for example `resource.yaml`. > I want to find in this file all the lines ( actually it should be > only one ), with the following string: "resource_type: apple" and > immediately after that line add the following lines: > > ```

Re: Unable to Resize Playlist Window in Qmmp Player

2024-11-01 Thread debian-user
Patrick Wayodi wrote: > I'm not able to resize the playlist window in Qmmp Player. The > playlist window's height is longer than my screen and I'm not able to > see its bottom part. Can you see the top part? If so resize it by moving the top border down. > $ qmmp -v > QMMP version: 1.6.2 > Comp

Re: Script typeface.

2024-10-31 Thread debian-user
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: debian-u...@howorth.org.uk > Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 22:06:02 + > > Have you looked at https://elementor.com/blog/handwriting-fonts/ ? > > Looked since you mentioned. The heading I cited appears to be > in Pacifico font. > > Elementor is charging us

Re: Script typeface.

2024-10-30 Thread debian-user
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Hi, > > Apparently the page here was constructed using something called > Elementor. https://www.friendsofthegulfislands.ca > > The heading is in a script style of typeface. > > I'm interested to find a free, open source replacment font. Not > necessarily the same i

Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt]

2024-10-30 Thread debian-user
David Wright wrote: > On Wed 30 Oct 2024 at 04:53:27 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > > I'm attempting to read a USDA document "Thrifty Food Plan,2021" that > > seems to be only available as a PDF document > > [ > > https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/TFP2021.pdf > >

Re: Support forum for pdfminer.six [especially pdf2txt]

2024-10-30 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm attempting to read a USDA document "Thrifty Food Plan,2021" that > seems to be only available as a PDF document [ > https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/TFP2021.pdf > ]. No direct answers from me, I'm afraid but some suggestions. (1) Alt

Re: [OT] Strange BitTorrent traffic from China IPs

2024-10-22 Thread debian-user
"Alexander V. Makartsev" wrote: > I've already accumulated pretty long list. They all point to > different ISP networks in China. > The only thing I'm certain of is that they use "bttracker.debian.org" > to get peer information. > Maybe this is somehow tied to "webseed peer" of > "debian-12.5.0-

Re: [OT] Strange BitTorrent traffic from China IPs

2024-10-22 Thread debian-user
"Alexander V. Makartsev" wrote: > On 22.10.2024 08:17, Max Nikulin wrote: > > On 22/10/2024 03:21, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > >> If I manually throttle these connections they disconnect after > >> some time and soon after a new connection from another IP from the > >> same subnet or differe

Re: How to load new firmware?

2024-10-15 Thread debian-user
Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:27:23 -0400 > Lee wrote: > > > # backports so I can get the latest Realtek wifi drivers > > deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main > > non-free-firmware deb-src https://deb.debian.org/debian > > bookworm-backports main non-free-fi

Re: Redis installation error(s) on Debian SID

2024-10-13 Thread debian-user
Karl Vogel wrote: > Removing the --quiet flag and using something like safesys() would: > > * let systemctl write something (hopefully an error message), > * show exactly what arguments are being passed to it, and > * show its exit value. Your safesys includes basically exactly the code

Re: Redis installation error(s) on Debian SID

2024-10-12 Thread debian-user
debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > "Thomas Schmitt" wrote: > > Hi, > > > > John Cassidy wrote: > > > > Could not execute systemctl: at /usr/bin/deb-systemd-invoke > > > > line 148. > > > > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > That's a very strange and specific error message. Is your > > > syste

Re: Redis installation error(s) on Debian SID

2024-10-12 Thread debian-user
"Thomas Schmitt" wrote: > Hi, > > John Cassidy wrote: > > > Could not execute systemctl: at /usr/bin/deb-systemd-invoke line > > > 148. > > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > That's a very strange and specific error message. Is your systemctl > > command missing, or has incorrect permissions or someth

Re: Mozilla's apt repository; was: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

2024-10-11 Thread debian-user
Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 07:37:03 + > Michael Kjörling wrote: > > Hello Michael, > > >That sounds like an even better argument for not pinning _everything_ > >coming from that repository at priority 1000. > > Maybe, but; > > As an experiment, I added the mozilla repo and

Re: OT: Spectacles

2024-09-10 Thread debian-user
"James H. H. Lampert" wrote: > On 9/10/24 7:42 AM, Larry Martell wrote: > > One would be better to see an ophthalmologist as opposed to an > > optician. > > Correct. An optician can only fill a prescription written by an > ophthalmologist or an optometrist. And depending on where you go for >

OT: Spectacles

2024-09-10 Thread debian-user
Larry Martell wrote: > What are these driving glasses? I can no longer drive at night and > would love to know about them. As well as uncorrected visual faults, such as short-sightedness or astigmatism, another reason for not being able to drive at night is cataracts. If so the [only] solution is

Re: BASH reference for those who are "learning by doing"?

2024-09-08 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > [My examples are from my experiments with re-formatting > text at https://ebible.org/engkjvcpb/ for comfortable reading by > fellow tri-focal wearing senior citizens As a mere bifocal (well vari-focal) wearer can I suggest a different approach. Stop wearing tri-focals or a

Re: BASH reference for those who are "learning by doing"?

2024-09-07 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > This started with be exploring "regular expressions". > I discovered some tutorials that were using Bash in their samples. > One {lost the reference at the moment} was almost a match for a real > world problem I have. > > But I've not used Bash in eons and have forgotten

Re: Is "How-To use MATE" documented?

2024-09-05 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > I found: > 1. https://mate-desktop.org/ >-- no mention of user oriented documentation > 2. https://wiki.mate-desktop.org/ >Titled "Welcome to the documentation" >Under the heading "Good Documentation" it explicitly says: > > Every a

Re: Usage: "debian ... amd64-netinst.iso"

2024-09-01 Thread debian-user
Lee wrote: > On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 1:31 AM John Conover wrote: > > > > What does a "debian ... amd64-netinst.iso" do > > with an .iso? > > > > Can it be coverted to a USB. How? > > https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/ch04s03.en.html > > # cp debian.iso /dev/sdX You missed the nex

Re: DEBIAN documentation: which 64 bit processors run current release?

2024-08-29 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > My formal programming background is limited to an introductory course > using CORC/CUPL (Dartmouth's BASIC being years in future). [snip] That doesn't seem to be quite right. CORC preceded Dartmouth BASIC by a couple of years, whilst CUPL followed it by two years, if I am

Re: DEBIAN documentation: which 64 bit processors run current release?

2024-08-27 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > On 08/27/2024 08:36 AM, David wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 at 13:06, Richard Owlett > > wrote: > >> I'm looking for for where *Debian* documents which processors > >> support current Debian release. > >> > >> I have three machines whose processors are 64 bit capable.

Re: Where was my app installed?

2024-08-23 Thread debian-user
Arbol One wrote: > After installing PostgreSQL on my Debian-12 machine, I typed > 'postgres --version' and got this msg: > *bash: postgres: command not found* > > 'psql --version', however, does work and gives me this message : > > *psql (PostgreSQL) 16.3 (Debian 16.3-1.pgdg120+1)* > > Obviousl

Re: dialog colors

2024-08-18 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 11:56:38AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:58:09 + > > fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > > > > > is use dialog to create simple menus > > > it's always white background and blue text > > > how can i change the colors [snip] > I guess i

Re: anyone uses ReiserFS today

2024-08-14 Thread debian-user
Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 10:37:12AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > >Yes, that was its main strength. > > ReiserFS's main strength was that it reimagined how filesystems > should be used. It's main drawback was that applications would need > to be redesigned in order to tak

Re: Nearly-spam mail causes unsubscription threat

2024-08-11 Thread debian-user
Andy Smith wrote: > Personally what I do is silently discard spammy emails from known > list servers instead of rejecting them at SMTP time (which is > otherwise and usually desirable). Doing that does require running > your own mail server though, which almost no one does. You don't need to run

Re: Where is the user community? (Was Re: Strange behavior of ifupdown package)

2024-07-29 Thread debian-user
Michel Verdier wrote: > On 2024-07-28, Michael Grant wrote: > > +1 to all you say. > > > Maybe one of you younger folks can teach me how one deals with > > keeping up with a forum like that. > > Once upon a time there was usenet. After a while there was a > mail-to-news gateway. It ease a lot

Re: Trouble when editing a Debian wiki page

2024-07-25 Thread debian-user
Franco Martelli wrote: > On 25/07/24 at 15:07, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Yeah... I have to use a Private window (Firefox) or an Incognito > > window (Chrome) to duplicate this. If I'm using my regular browser > > sessions where I'm logged in to the wiki, I don't get that result. > > > > When i

Re: Peoria High School

2024-07-23 Thread debian-user
John Rice wrote: > Peoria High School was used as reference for the high school Homer > and Marge went to. I don’t remember if it was supposed to be > Springfield High. I designed it back in ‘91 or ‘92 when I was working > on the show. I grew up in Peoria and went to Peoria High School and > felt

Re: why reliable linux hasn't gained more market share?

2024-07-20 Thread debian-user
Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 11:54:06AM +0800, hlyg wrote: > > crowdstrike makes news headlines, many Windows become blue screens > > > > it is evident that many people around still use Windows > > > > i wonder if linux is more reliable than Windows > > For this specif

Re: Debian 12.6: Screen won't come back on if monitor is power cycled

2024-07-19 Thread debian-user
Johan Sjölin wrote: > On 7/17/24 23:30, Kent West wrote: > > > Try pressing a shift key a couple of times, and then blindly typing > > your user password. > My guess is that the screensaver/lock is > > wonky. > > Doesn't work. I don't use any screensaver or automatic screen lock. > > Whenever

Re: umask - default user settings?

2024-07-16 Thread debian-user
Darac Marjal wrote: > I'm not saying that what you did was wrong, but systemd provides a > few shortcuts which can make things a bit more user-friendly. > > On 16/07/2024 04:39, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > OK. Let's follow this path a bit. > > I googled "how to create a systemd user service" and got

Re: [OT] Re: the 'original' string function?

2024-07-10 Thread debian-user
Nicolas George wrote: > Emanuel Berg (12024-07-10): > > Okay, this is gonna be a challenge to most guys who have been > > processing text for a long time. > > > > So, I would like a command, function or script, 'original', > > that takes a string STR and a text file TXT and outputs > > a score, f

Re: How to find suitable mailing list or USENET group

2024-07-09 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > My particular problem is finding an active user oriented list/group > for KDE's Kate editor. All I found is a developers' list. > > In general, how does one find a suitable mailing list or USENET group? > Others must have the same general problem. Did you look at https:/

Re: small font

2024-07-06 Thread debian-user
Van Snyder wrote: > It's not my responsibility to deal with messages the senders aren't > serious about being read. It's up to you of course but if that's your opinion then you always have the option of simply not reading messages that are sent (against list guidelines) with HTML parts that sug

Re: How to get an email notification every time a package is updated upstream?

2024-06-30 Thread debian-user
B wrote: > It seems crazy that in all the history of Debian, nobody said > "There's a package I care about and I want to get immediately when a > new version is released." And if they had, doing an "apt-get update" > every minute of the day would not have been any part of the desired > outcome. I

Re: Need help with narroely focused use case of Emacs

2024-06-29 Thread debian-user
Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/28/2024 03:53 PM, Michael Kjörling wrote: > > On 28 Jun 2024 14:04 -0500, from rowl...@access.net (Richard > > Owlett): > >> I need to replace ANY occurrence of > >> > >>thru [at most] > >> > >> by > >> > >> > >> I'm reformatting a Bible st

Re: System time/timezone, was Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

2024-06-26 Thread debian-user
ks. > > Except that The Wanderer's "strictly correct" version, M for noon, > is out there in some pre-2008 documents. We've been here before: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/09/msg00471.html And I thought it was just me that got confused between 12am and 12pm :( > Cheers, > David.

Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

2024-06-25 Thread debian-user
Greg Wooledge wrote: > Here's another test: > > hobbit:~$ TZ=Australia/Eucla printf '%(%z %Z)T\n' -1 > +0845 +0845 That seems like a bug. I'd have expected: +0845 ACWST

Re: Having ten thousands of mount bind causes various processes to go into loops

2024-06-21 Thread debian-user
Julien Petit wrote: > How Linux is supposed to be used? That's why i'm here. There wasn't > until kernel 4.19 an official limit to the number of mounts in the > documentation. Even though we use mounts a lot, we're still far from > the official limit. Did we get lucky for 15 years and we should ch

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

2024-06-20 Thread debian-user
wrote: > On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 01:38:00AM +0100, Gareth Evans wrote: > > > > > On 17 Jun 2024, at 20:45, Pranjal Singh > > > wrote: > > > > > >  > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am trying to modify the Firefox desktop icon so that it opens > > > an incognito window by default. > > > > > > ... > >

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

2024-06-20 Thread debian-user
irefox > > +Exec=gnome-calculator > > Did you see Gareth's reply at > <https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2024/06/msg00432.html>? > > It's supposed to be --private-window with two leading hyphens, not > one, he said. He was wrong according to Mozilla's documentation.

time display was: Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

2024-06-17 Thread debian-user
Keith Bainbridge wrote: > On 16/6/24 23:50, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 06:13:36PM +1000, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > > It was late afternoon on 16Jun2024 that I wrote this. Possibly > 18:13:36 when I pressed send. I'd reckon it would likely have been > 08:13:36 UTC What's wr

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