Re: Debian versions

On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM Paul Scott wrote: > > I have run sid/unstable for about 20 years. The only active line in my > /etc/apt/sources.list is > > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free-firmware > > cat /etc/os-release gives" > > PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)"

Re: please delete me from your mailing lists

On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM Andy Smith wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 05:39:32PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > Maybe the List-Unsubscribe header would help, > > <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2369>. The list software can > > add it withou

Re: please delete me from your mailing lists

On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM Andy Smith wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 05:48:01PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > > Perhaps, the List Administrators could find worthwhile, to add a footer to > > the mailing list messages, something like > > > > "To unsubscribe, change your subscription mode, or

Re: Is there a POSIX compliant way of turning a "HH:MM:SS" formatted string to seconds? ...

On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM Michael Paoli wrote: > > [...] > And sed and awk are POSIX, so using those is POSIX, so long as we > restrict ourselves to specified POSIX functionality. As crazy as this is going to sound... you can't count on all POSIX tools to be present anymore. VMs or containe

Re: SDD partitioning and allocations

On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 01:03:23PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM wrote: > > > > > > On Thursday, July 10, 2025 10:41:18 PM David Christensen wrote: > > > &

Re: SDD partitioning and allocations

On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM wrote: > > On Thursday, July 10, 2025 10:41:18 PM David Christensen wrote: > > > On 7/10/25 04:07, songbird wrote: > [...] > > Be sure to do a secure erase before you put the SSD's into service: > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Erase#Secure_erase > > Why

Re: SDD partitioning and allocations

On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM Me wrote: > > On 2025-07-12 15:19, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Why do you recommend that? Are you assuming the SSDs songbird got are > > used, or do you recommend that even for new SSDs -- if so, why? > Not the OP, but you never know what's on the disks. It wou

Re: Anyone newly interested in Debian - you're welcome here

On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM Joe wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:13:05 +0200 > Philipp Ewald wrote: > > > Am 10.07.25 um 15:14 schrieb Andy Smith: > > > I know a large number of people under the age of 20 who literally > > > say things like, "email is only for password reminders and my Steam

Re: Where did my character selection tool go?

On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM Chris Green wrote: > > I'm running Debian 12 with XFCE on two systems. There used to be a > 'character' selection program in 'Accessories' on the menu but it > seems to have disappeared. How can I select the odd wierd character I > need now? > > I only noticed bec

Re: a bug on moving files with "Files" in Gnome environment

On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM Andrew Makhorin wrote: > > > Sorry, I meant how long do you let the system keep chugging along after > > it appears to hang? > > > > The system itself remains working. The "Files" window gets dark and doesnt > response, and it's impossible to close it. > > > When

Re: SDD partitioning and allocations

On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM Dan Purgert wrote: > On Jul 10, 2025, songbird wrote: > > hello all, some questions at last... it's been a while. :) > > > > I was able to get some SSD replacements and want to add them > > to my existing setup, but in previous years I recall that there > > was

Re: Anyone newly interested in Debian - you're welcome here

On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > > Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > I don't think removing email workflows (which implies removing mailing > > lists) is wise. > > > > Debian can support new ways to participate, like Social Media and > > Chat,

Re: Anyone newly interested in Debian - you're welcome here

On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM Andy Smith wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 08:48:18AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > To make it REALLY clear - anybody and everybody is welcome here: if they > > need us to answer questions that should be fine. > > I think it's worth considering the fact th

Re: Where does pure-ftpd store files when anonymous logs in?

On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM Charles Curley wrote: > > On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 18:58:03 +0200 > hw wrote: > > > When running it on Debian, filezilla shows a password request for > > anonymous logins, and the login fails. This is not what the man page > > says. The ftp user doesn't have a passwor

Re: pure-ftpd: anonymous users can't log in (Re: Where does pure-ftpd store files when anonymous logs in?)

On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM hw wrote: > > So I have created the ftp user with a home directory to use for files > from the anonymous user. But still pure-ftpd is, contrary to the man > page, asking for a password and the login fails. > > Why is this not working? You probably missed a step so

Re: Where does pure-ftpd store files when anonymous logs in?

On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM hw wrote: > > On Wed, 2025-07-09 at 20:19 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 09, 2025 at 23:08:05 +0200, hw wrote: > > > where does pure-ftpd store files when anonymous logs in? > > > > > > Even its man page is missing in Debian. > > > > According to packag

OT: This city is dumping Microsoft Office and Windows for OnlyOffice and Linux

It appears US President Trump is good for Linux. >From "This city is dumping Microsoft Office and Windows for OnlyOffice and Linux - here's why", : Is it something in the water? Fi

Re: little help with firetools

On Tue, Jul 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM wrote: > > on debian 11 i just install firetools and firejail > docs say both are setuid > firejail works, firetools doesn't > firejail is setuid, firetools isn't > if i sudo chmod u+s /usr/bin/firetools i get > > FATAL: The application binary appears to be running s

Where to report bugs (was: Trixie Keyboard Shortcut Issues within VMWare)

On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 9:14 AM David Kennedy wrote: > > I was informed on the Debian Subreddit that this is where I should report an > issue so just adding my post here too. No, that advice is wrong. Debian's Bug Tracking system is discussed at and

Re: tput help

On Sat, Jun 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM Eben King wrote: > > A while back I wrote a script to take the output of dd and make a graph > of the transfer rate. It worked, but since it scrolls up I wasn't happy > with it. > > In a bash script, I'm trying to use tput commands to delete column 1 > (tput cup $r

Re: Please, don't reply to spam -- much less on list [was: ግěcůžላኣዝዩ]

On Fri, Jun 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM Greg wrote: > > On 2025-06-27, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >> > >> Bounce can and does mean a rejection of the email by the *server*, so > >> your proposal seems nonsensical or confusing, as the email has > >> already been delivered to its recipients. > > > > I am not

Re: Please, don't reply to spam -- much less on list [was: ግěcůžላኣዝዩ]

On Fri, Jun 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM John Crawley wrote: > > On 26/06/2025 01:00, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 03:18:05PM -, Greg wrote: > >> On 2025-06-24, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >>> > This like sounds like good and important advice, but how do you "bounce > the

Re: Flashing mobian to one+

On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM Sand wrote: > > Is there a comperhensive guide to flashing Mobian to 1+ mobile phone? I am > not a really experienced user... Each supported device has a wiki page, and the wiki page provides the installation instructions. See Supported Devices at

Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM Andy Smith wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:15:21PM +0200, 🦓 wrote: > > if that is so safe, then i would just suggest a stable > > file:/etc/apt/sources.list.d/stable.list simply specifying > > deb http://deb.debian.org/ stable main > > deb-src http://deb.debia

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM Andy Smith wrote: > > [...] > > There have even been some arguments that the relatively recent trend of > providing .d directories and support for config fragment inclusion has > been added predominantly by software coming from distribution ecosystems > that lack d

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM songbird wrote: > > Jeffrey Walton wrote: > ... > > Unfortunately, I cannot find a Debian specific article on > > configuration directories. However, Red Hat has "Linux configuration: > > Understanding *.d directories in /etc,&quo

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:06:51AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:15:47 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > > > SSH

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:40:59 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:06:51AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > > > On F

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:15:47 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > SSH config files are located in /etc, too. But admins are expected to > > make changes to /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/, and not /etc/ssh/sshd_config. > >

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 05:40:24PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > [...] > > > It might be worth mentioning that if the package owns sources.list, > > then you should not edit it. You should allow the package mainta

Re: [SOLVED] Re: old entries in sources.list?

On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM Hans wrote: > > > If the packaging system wants to remove a package that came from > > oldstable for dependency reasons, having oldstable sources listed > > won't change that. > > > > Some old packages (usually versioned libraries) are kept around forever > > and do

Re: double sound from T-bird

On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM Eben King wrote: > > Hi, I have Thunderbird 128.11 on Debian 12.11 (Bookworm). Thunderbird > works fine (well, except for trailing spaces) but when I get mail it > plays the new mail sound twice, a few ms apart. Sometimes it sounds > like a flanger effect, someti

Re: qcow2 maintanance

On Sun, Jun 15, 2025 at 5:30 AM Maurizio Caloro wrote: > > Please, do you also have experience with Qcow2 files?` > > now that I have about 15-20 qcow2 files, they are becoming more and more > susceptible to an unclean start. > > I have to stop and restart them again and again. Do you also have s

Re: Question about letsencrypt certs

On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM Y Peng wrote: > > We have a Debian server that can connect to the internet in the test > environment. We installed a free Let's Encrypt SSL certificate while > connected to the internet. However, after deploying this server to the > production environment, it is sub

Re: tbird problem

On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM nsrxnst wrote: > > > Let me Google that for you: > > . > > > > this is inappropriate Try this instead: . Jeff

Re: virt-manager and networking

On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM Charles Curley wrote: > > I'm setting up a new machine running trixie to run virtual machines, > using virt-manager. virt-manager sets up a natted network for the > virtual machines. > > Is it possible to set things up so that the virtual machines are on the > same n

Re: tbird problem

On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM wrote: > > > At some point, it may be worth taking a screen shot of whatever problems > > you're seeing, and putting it somewhere on the web. (Don't try to attach > > it to an email to this list; it'll be too big, and the list will probably > > reject it.) > > someo

Re: unfortunately

On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM gene heskett wrote: > > doing the switch from maximum to not maximum, also throws away many > > of the other settings, and I find I must relearn a different way to > > proceed. However I see that my sig has been found again, so not quite > > everything has been lost

Re: tbird problems

On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM gene heskett wrote: > > by unchecking the "maximize" and restarting tbird I now have it the size > > I wanted, but have lost the upper right panel with the header info in it, > > and all its menu's. And while the "hot" keys still work they work while > > I'm typing

Re: tbird problem

On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM gene heskett wrote: > [...] > > Try fastfetch - superseded neofetch - that will show the relevant > > system information for the interface. > gene@coyote:~$ fastfetch > > bash: fastfetch: command not found > > What package might it be in? Thanks Bret. Let me Google

Re: apt: WTH is a "second pre-image resistance"?

On Mon, Jun 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM Darac Marjal wrote: > > > On 02/06/2025 12:49, Harald Dunkel wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > trying Trixie "apt update" shows a warning about my local repo > > (managed by reprepro on Bookworm) I don't know how to handle: > > > > Warning: http://debian.example.com/debia

Re: Is support for AMD Ryzen solid nowadays or should I stay with Intel?

On Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 6:20 AM Chris Green wrote: > > I am thinking of getting a new (well, refurbished) laptop to replace > my long serving Thinkpad T470. The front runners seem to be either > T14 or P14s gen2, at the moment the P14s seems a bit cheaper for > similar specs. > > Up until now I ha

Re: dual boot or windows vm?

On Mon, May 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM Lee wrote: > > [...] > > > For those of you that still use Windows, do you have a dual boot > > > system where you select linux or windows at boot time or do you boot > > > into linux and run windows as a vm? I have one Windows machine installed on a SSD with a USB

Re: Building an Android app using only Android SDK and development tools already available in Debian

On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM Csányi Pál wrote: > > Csányi Pál ezt írta (időpont: 2025. máj. 21., Sze, > 5:44): > > > > Alex King ezt írta (időpont: 2025. máj. 21., Sze 3:02): > >> > >> Please do update the wiki so that when I (and others) come to do the > >> same (which I'm planning to do so

Re: Find e-mail address based on first and last name

On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM john doe wrote: > > Is there a way to find the correct e-mail address if you only have the > first and last name and the domain ((jane doe domain.TLD)? > > I know that it is possible to send e-mails to that domain I'm just > missing the correct e-mail for that spec

Re: Building an Android app using only Android SDK and development tools already available in Debian

On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM Nicolas George wrote: > > Eduardo M KALINOWSKI (HE12025-05-20): > > You're really making your life much harder by not using Android Studio, but > > if you really want, here are some pointers (untested): > > Making one's life harder on the short term by refusing to u

Re: Debian on a VERY OLD hardware?

On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM Rafał Lichwała wrote: > > Is it possible to install Debian on a VERY VERY OLD hardware? If so, > what "image" should I use? > > Hardware spec: > > CPU: Intel Celeron 400MHz > RAM: 32MB > HDD: 6GB > BIOS year: 1998 > CD-ROM, FDD 1,4MB, RS-232, 1x USB 2.0

Re: Self compiling entire Bookworm DVD-1

On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM Nils wrote: > > I'd like to compile all of DVD-1 myself but using `-Oz` to optimize for binary > size rather than speed. How do I do that? Where do I start? I could only find > infos on how to build DVD-1 yourself using existing binary packages... For the kernel, t

Re: Gnome to XFCE

On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 23 Apr 2025 at 14:25:38 (-0400), Eben King wrote: > > I have a computer called "alexandria". Usually I log in via SSH. I > > only log in at the console when it's broken so that networking doesn't > > work, and even then I almost alwa

Fwd: scraperbot protection - Patchwork and Bunsen behind Anubis

FYI... -- Forwarded message - From: Mark Wielaard Date: Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM Subject: scraperbot protection - Patchwork and Bunsen behind Anubis To: , , , , , , Cc: Hi hackers, TLDR; When using https://patchwork.sourceware.org or Bunsen https://builder.sourceware.org/

Re: Colored e-mail without using \e[3;91m HTML \e[0m

On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM Roger Price wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Apr 2025, Nicolas George wrote: > > > Roger Price (HE12025-04-17): > > > I have been told by the elderly president of a club I belong to that when > > > I > > > write on the club's mailing list, it must be in blue. > > > > That is

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

On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM Jan Claeys wrote: > > On Tue, 2025-04-15 at 20:47 +0100, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > Jan Claeys wrote: > > > On Sun, 2025-04-06 at 17:42 +0300, Serkan Kurt wrote: > > > > Hello. A USBA (ss) wireless mouse is connected to the laptop. > > > > When I connect

Re: Limiting attack surface for Debian sshd

On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM Lee wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > > >> My laptop has one to two handful of these, depending on what I'm > > >> currently playing with. > > > I taking a class at the local library; my laptop has avahi and cups > > > ports op

Re: Printing Problem with CUPS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 14:16:17 +0200, Christoph Pleger wrote: > > I have edited the source code of cups a little to get a some more > > more detailed information about the problem (the actual code > > only gives a meaningless message “The

Re: Admin Root user [not set to default]

On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM James Freer wrote: > > 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

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

On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 22:28:24 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > 127.0.1.1 coyote.coyote.den coyote > > [...] > > I don't see the point in leaving it there. If you want to send > > something to coyote.coyote.den, why do you want the LAN addres

Re: how to remove debian in bios menu

On Sat, Apr 5, 2025 at 6:02 AM hlyg wrote: > > i press F12 during Dell boot, a list of options show > > under section "UEFI BOOT:" there are 2 items: FreeBSD and debian > > but all 3 disks installed use mbr, no wonder they don't work > > most probably they are resulted from previous installation o

Re: X client from Wayland to X11 through ssh

On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM Eben King wrote: > > On 4/4/25 16:41, George at Clug wrote: > > > > [...] > > If you need to reboot to complete the installation > > # systemctl reboot > > shutdown doesn't. I mean it acts like it does, goes through the > motions, and ends up with a computer that's

Re: Monthly FAQ for the Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20250404)

Still missing a topic or discussion of "SOLVED" in the subject. On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, > and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. > > Codes of Conduct > > > * The lis

Re: "solved" in message subject

On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM Fred wrote: > > One reason to use the "solved" tag is to let everyone know that the OP > has solved the problem and moved on so that others don't continue to > waste their time and effort trying to find a solution when the OP has > moved on and won't need to respond

Re: "solved" in message subject

On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM Max Nikulin wrote: > [...] > Let's avoid discussions if gmail should be used. De-facto it is widely > used, it has features and limitations. My point is that gmail users > should be aware that some suggestions perfectly valid for other MUA > should be avoided in the

Re: Ethernet interfaces ignoring 'Connect Automatically' setting on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM jeremy ardley wrote: > > On 4/4/25 09:38, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > It sounds like the client is connected directly to the server via > > ethernet, presumably without a cross-over ethernet cable. So both > > ethernet ports would need to auto

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

On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM Michael Stone wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 12:59:19PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > >I think the idea is, software can always use 127.0.1.1 to find the > >host's fully qualified domain name, without the need to know real IP > >

Re: Ethernet interfaces ignoring 'Connect Automatically' setting on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM wrote: > > Background Information > === > > Debian 12 Bookworm has been freshly installed on a laptop. The laptop is > functioning as a simple home server and has three Ethernet devices, two USB > Ethernet adapters and a built-in Ethernet adapte

Re: Web server access

On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 02, 2025 at 12:03:32 -0700, Van Snyder wrote: > > On Wed, 2025-04-02 at 11:25 -0700, Van Snyder wrote: > > > On Wed, 2025-04-02 at 01:17 -0400, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > > > > I am able to reach The Van Snyder's Web Site usin

Re: Web server access

On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM wrote: > > 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 server

Re: Monthly FAQ for the Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20250301)

On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 06:17:38PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > I see the changing of title or subject to add things like "SOLVED" is > > not included in the FAQ. > > > > Can we infer it is fr

Re: Monthly FAQ for the Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20250301)

I see the changing of title or subject to add things like "SOLVED" is not included in the FAQ. Can we infer it is frowned upon or unwanted? On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, > and to facilitate discuss

Re: Has anyone noticed Bluetooth stop functioning on recent kernels?

On Sat, Mar 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > I have a Beelink EQR6 running bookworm, and which has a Bluetooth > chipset. Yesterday I tried to turn on Bluetooth (as I don't normally > leave it enabled) and it wouldn't turn on. The only thing that appears > in the log is this: > >

Re: Help: debian-12.10.0-amd64-netinst.iso autenticity test

On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM Pier Antonio Corradini wrote: > > I think I got it: the final step is to compare the fingerprint of the primary > key, at the end of the command output > > PS C:\Users\CP\Documents\Linux\Debian12.10.0\HTTPVersion> gpg --verify > SHA512SUMS.sign SHA512SUMS.txt > gp

Re: site-to-site VPN with credential prompts?

On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 01:58:27PM -0400, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > > [...] > > > It is not that SSH is less secure, it is that crackers attempt to brute > > force SSH servers [...] > > You still use passwords? ++. $ cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/10-p

Re: Linux image package install failure

On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM Xiyue Deng wrote: > > Nicolas George writes: > > > Barry Newberger (HE12025-03-24): > >> package: dpkg > >> version: 1.21.22 (amd64) > >> > >> Using Discover update following error occurred: > >> > >> Package failed to install:Error while installing package: > >>

site-to-site VPN with credential prompts?

Hi Everyone, My $dayjob issues Windows laptops for remote work. The laptops are installed with Cisco AnyConnect. I am fairly certain AnyConnect is using a SSTP configuration (but I have not conformed with Wireshark). When I connect to the VPN using AnyConnect, I have to enter a {username,password}

Re: increment backup of home dir

On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM tim wade wrote: > > 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? I use Duplicity to backup a webserver and MySQL database. The directories

Re: web browser recommendation

On Sun, Mar 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM Christopher David Howie wrote: > > On 3/6/25 4:25 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > I ended up installing Brave. Sure, it's Chromium-based, and it will > > eventually drop support for Manifest v2 extensions, including uBlock > > Origin (even though it's supported right n

Re: web browser recommendation

On Sat, Mar 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM John Hasler wrote: > > Greg writes: > > looking at the HTML source with Ctrl-U, it's all one line. Seriously, > > who does that? > > "Website builders" and "content management systems". Modern Web > designers never deal with HTML. There are also server-side compo

Re: Apache2 permissions?

On Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM Van Snyder wrote: > > I have two computers, both running Debian 12.5 with kernel 6.1.0-31-amd64 > > Both are running Apache/2.4.62 (Debian), Server built: 2024-10-04T15:21:08 > > Both machines show one "/usr/sbin/apache2 -k start" process owned by root and > three o

Re: Apache2 permissions? Solved?

On Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM Van Snyder wrote: > > On Fri, 2025-03-07 at 14:29 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > > On Fri, 2025-03-07 at 20:44 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > Somewhere there should be a DocumentRoot which you might want to > adjust accordingly. > > > There is no DocumentRoot setting

Re: web browser recommendation

On Thu, Mar 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 21:50:27 +0100, KISER JD wrote: > > The Chromium-based browsers will soon lose many adblock capabilities due to > > Manifest V3. > > > > When I updated google-chrome-stable the other day, it informed me > that it was

Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM Alex Mestiashvili wrote: > > On 3/3/25 12:49, Steven Speek wrote: > > I would like this feature in apt-get. > > This is a disaster feature from my point of view. Debian packages are > installed with root privileges, however, many systems are configured to > allow use

Re: Debian-live can not be build missing package

On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM Hans wrote: > > I believe, that one of the following packages needs the missing package. > Please see the last output (sorry, it is bit longer): Something looks a bit off: $ apt-cache rdepends grub-efi-amd64-unsigned E: No packages found > __

Re: Monthly FAQ for the Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20250301)

You might want to add a bullet point addressing folks adding "SOLVED" and similar to titles. Either allow it or forbid it. But write it down so everyone knows what the policy is. I recommend the list forbid it. A mailing list is not a forum, like BB. Jeff On Sat, Mar 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM Andrew M.

Re: Hardware question

On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM Van Snyder wrote: > > While running at level 3 in Debian 12.5, I got the following messages: > > mce: {Hardware Error]: CPU: 8 Machine Check: 0 Bank 0: 80440005 > mce: {Hardware Error]: TSC 1838aa435b6d > mce: {Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0: b0671 TIME 140710

Re: after system update, gnome-calculator freezes

On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM w f wrote: > > Yesterday I ran a system update. Nothing major; just bits. Suddenly, > gnome-calculator no longer works. When launched, it freezes. After a few > seconds, I get a "'Calculator' is not responding." popup "Force Quit" or > "Wait." > > When I launch i

Re: Debian 12.9 and use of sudo for regular accounts

On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM Greg wrote: > > On 2025-02-21, wrote: > > > >> > The straight, but blunt, answer here, I think, is to read the man pages > >> > for sudo and sudoers > > >> In principle I agree with this advice but the sudoers manpage is > >> notoriously, famously inscrutable. > >

Re: Debian 12.9 and use of sudo for regular accounts

On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM Nicolas George wrote: > > Jeffrey Walton (HE12025-02-20): > >and members of sudo can run any command. > > Is it because of this last line: > > > rootALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL > > > > sudoALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

Debian 12.9 and use of sudo for regular accounts

Hi Everyone, I have a fresh Debian 12.9 install. My user account is part of sudo group, and members of sudo can run any command. However, I get an error when trying to use sudo: $ sudo ls [sudo] password for jwalton: jwalton is not in the sudoers file. $ groups jwalton cdrom

Re: Which web server is installed during Setup/Software Installation?

On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > > Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I need to test a Spring app on Debain 12. I'm installing Debian 12.9. > > I'm at the Select Software portion of the installation. The selections >

Which web server is installed during Setup/Software Installation?

Hi Everyone, I need to test a Spring app on Debain 12. I'm installing Debian 12.9. I'm at the Select Software portion of the installation. The selections include Web Server. Spring typically uses Tomcat. Here is the screen capture: . My question is, which web server is i

Re: WebAuthn and non-JavaScript implementation

On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > For the folks who like to use the web without JavaScript, you might > want to comment on this beg report from the WebAuthn working group: > <https://github.com/w3c/webauthn/issues/1255>. > > According to comment &

Re: internal microphone stops working

On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM Janet C wrote: > > I'm running bookworm on a Thinkpad T14s Gen4 AMD and am having an issue with > the internal microphone. Using the kernel from bookworm, the microphone > doesn't work at all, so I installed kernel 6.12 from backports. Now the > microphone works

Re: Issues with D-Link DWA-160 network adapter

On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM Ceppo wrote: > > I've been using my D-Link DWA-160 network adapter for around two years > without any issue for a couple of years. Some weeks ago however, it > started misbehaving. > After I use it as usual for a seemingly random amount of time (but see > below), sp

Re: How to choose which 'printer' to install?

On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM Chris Green wrote: > > When I run CUPS 'add printer' with a new (to the network) Laserjet > M15W I see four possible printers to add:- > > HP LaserJet M15w (FD27B6) (HP LaserJet M14-M17) > HP LaserJet M14-M17 (driverless) (HP LaserJet M14-M17) > HP LaserJet M14-M

Re: iwlwifi bug in 6.12?

On Fri, Feb 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM Boyan Penkov wrote: > > Anybody else seeing this in the current testing kernel? I am not experiencing the problem; but I used wired ethernet, and not wifi. Is the machine's BIOS/UEFI up to date? That is the very first place I would start. dmidecode is usually a goo

Re: Debian download

On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM Peter Barnes wrote: > > Newbie here. I have a DVD Debian 11.6 Bullseye 64bit and installed it > successfully on my PC. I have downloaded later versions of Debian and when I > go to install nothing happens. Am I missing a step? Is it possible for you to > give me

Re: Firefox

On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM William Torrez Corea wrote: > > Firefox is using much memory and using swap memory: > > I have 8GB memory DDR3L 1600MHz > > Memory: 93% 7.2GiB > Swap: 31% 2.7GiB > > Firefox > > Software Requirements > > Please note that Linux distributors may provide packages for y

Re: Sorry for spamming the list

On Fri, Feb 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 07, 2025 at 01:39:33AM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > [...] > > > That doesn't make sense. Usenet and NNTP is a different protocol than > > mailing lists and various email protocols. Why would you expect

Re: Sorry for spamming the list

On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM Russell S. wrote: > > David Wright writes: > > > On Thu 06 Feb 2025 at 21:20:18 (+), Russell Stinnett wrote: > >> I didn't realize that the posts would be so delayed, or that they > >> were going through at all. I hoped that they would just outright fail > >> un

Re: Root, sudo and installing packages [WAS Re: user is not in the suder's file]

On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > [Follow-up suggested to the mailing list at debian-user@lists.debian.org] > > On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 11:50:44AM -0600, K0LNY ?? wrote: > > How is Debian different with regard to apparently there not being a problem > > installing things

Re: Don't set APT::Default-Release to backports (was: Re: Firefox and Video DRM)

On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM Max Nikulin wrote: > > On 01/02/2025 02:34, Eddie wrote: > > In Synaptic go to "Settings" - 'Preferences" - "Distributions" > > then select "Prefer Versions From" - backports > > Do not do it. It is not a supposed way to use backports. >

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