Re: I support the founder of FreeSoftware

2019-09-23 Thread Ric Moore
all agree with you. Politics and angry speech have no place on this list. Amen. -Ric

Re: New nomeclature of ethernet devices

2019-06-26 Thread Ric Moore
you could have live backup schemes and redundancies. ?? Ric

Re: A call to drop gnome

2019-04-17 Thread Ric Moore
never too late to learn, but at 71, I figure I can serenely claim that's enough. I'm pushing 70 and the last time I programmed anything was "Hunt the Wumpus" in AppleSoft basic on a plugin card on my Integer Basic Apple][ in 1978. Yoho! Ric

Re: 'synaptic' removed from buster

2019-04-06 Thread Ric Moore
s users by working, and gnome has not recently demonstrated that. All I've seen in stretch is a roadblock to getting anything useful done. Amen. Another reason that I use XFCE :) Ric

Re: vblade-persist

2019-03-14 Thread Ric Moore
my friend... https://lists.debian.org/debian-user-spanish/ Enjoy, Ric

Re: And now, from the Nice people? Re: Group thoughts on: Anti-virus tools

2019-03-11 Thread Ric Moore
and accomodate them Thanks Brian for introducing some sanity to the issue. Ric

Re: Laptop still extremely slow after replacing msata ssd and putting old one back

2019-03-04 Thread Ric Moore
On 3/4/19 12:21 PM, hdv@gmail wrote: On 04/03/2019 16.14, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: On 04.03.2019 19:40, hdv@gmail wrote: On 04/03/2019 15.36, Ric Moore wrote: On 3/4/19 9:19 AM, hdv@gmail wrote: ame day, no old image was used. Right, but if you didn't use a "clean install&

Re: Why /usr/sbin is not in my root $PATH ?

2019-02-21 Thread Ric Moore
g redhat.com", as user, and it pinged. But I couldn't get it to "pung". :) Ric

Re: WiFi without Network Manager

2019-02-13 Thread Ric Moore
t; is the ultimate goal for posterity. It's what I look for in a google search to click on. Ric

Re: What am I missing that causes this error response from the wheezy mozilla?

2019-02-07 Thread Ric Moore
ails.+ No kidding. Gene, I'm finally getting my dream sailboat, at almost 70 years old, and I'll be spending a lot more than 10k. But, it will be up to my bank to report the transaction, not me. "Do what you want because a pirate is free, you are a pirate!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8ju_10NkGY Yo ho Ric

Re: IPv6 static config in /etc/network/interfaces ignored

2019-01-27 Thread Ric Moore
enp8s0 ifconfig should tell you. Ric

Re: Stop insulting users

2019-01-18 Thread Ric Moore
On 1/17/19 3:29 AM, Dominik George wrote: Den 16. januar 2019 23:43:04 CET, skrev Ric Moore : On 1/16/19 5:04 AM, plataleas plataleas wrote: Indeed the mirror was not updated correctly. Sorry for that. PLEASE stop spamming me and the entire list, who you have CC'd to everyone perso

Re: APT candidate does not match package on Debian repo

2019-01-16 Thread Ric Moore
On 1/16/19 5:04 AM, plataleas plataleas wrote: Indeed the mirror was not updated correctly. Sorry for that. PLEASE stop spamming me and the entire list, who you have CC'd to everyone personally. Jerk

Re: mpd cannot find default alsa soundcard; sudo -u mpd aplay -D default /Side_Right.wav results in desired audio output.

2018-12-25 Thread Ric Moore
On 12/25/18 9:40 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 03:29:32PM +0100, toogley wrote: ==> any ideas? This does not look right: # groups mpd mpd : audio This means that mpd's primary group is not audio. /etc/mpd.conf audio_output { type"alsa"

Re: Time Domain Reflectometer (was Re: internet outages)

2018-12-24 Thread Ric Moore
fix the 1st one. But the ball screw I need to fix the 2nd one seems to be made from pure unobtainium, an 8mm by 500mm. The best I can do is only 130mm long. :( Just so you know, they are republishing Carl and Jerry from Popular Electronics. I just received the first year collection, sold over at lulu.com :) Ric

Re: (No Subject)

2018-12-12 Thread Ric Moore
you. This ain't a windows crowd here. Ric

Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory

2018-11-30 Thread Ric Moore
On 11/30/18 8:45 PM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, November 30, 2018 08:32:23 PM Ric Moore wrote: On 11/30/18 3:47 PM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: Having lately been successfully "mount -B" ing my /var/cache/apt/archives hoard, I can now easily see having those (~/Documents, ~/Dow

Re: [OT?] home partition vs. home directory

2018-11-30 Thread Ric Moore
ep. . I've done this since the Caldera (pre-RedHAT IPO) era. "Nary a burp in the barrel." as they used to say in Popular Electronics. "Carl and Jerry" Enjoy!! Ric http://www.copperwood.com/carlandjerry.htm#BackInPrint -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: &qu

Re: that other OS

2018-11-20 Thread Ric Moore
work under Linux and the CD's had to be created. There ya go, useful work. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: that other OS

2018-11-20 Thread Ric Moore
so it's about time I woke up and used the damn thing for something more than Hunt-The-Wumpus. I Am going to watch a 3D movie with the shutter specs. I bought the DVD for $10 and $500 for better hardware.Heckuva note. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are

Re: Why has nouveau vs. NVIDIA problem not been addressed?

2018-11-19 Thread Ric Moore
On 11/15/18 10:24 PM, Tom D. wrote: Thank you, Sir. I understand now. Not quite, you're still top posting. It is frowned upon greatly in these parts. -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Onl

Re: Help me Linux

2018-10-30 Thread Ric Moore
On 10/30/18 10:55 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Tuesday 30 October 2018 10:37:03 Ric Moore wrote: On 10/30/18 9:16 AM, Will Mengarini wrote: I TRIED TO INSTALL DEBIAN MANY TIMES BUT FAILED BADLY. I NEVER USED DEBIAN. I believe whoever reading this mail is far more knowledgeable and experienced

Re: Help me Linux

2018-10-30 Thread Ric Moore
ask for help. https://unix.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-ask ...otherwise you are wasting the list resources. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be ov

Re: NVIDIA drivers and virtual console problem

2018-09-15 Thread Ric Moore
On 09/15/2018 10:28 AM, Thakur Mahashaya wrote: //"Есть два великих грехов в мире... ..грех невежества, грех от глупости.// So stupidity is the mode of ignorance. As the Sorting Hat once said, "I know what to do with YOU!" ...and off you go into my junk folder. :) Ric -- My

Re: NVIDIA drivers and virtual console problem

2018-09-15 Thread Ric Moore
th the two different versions of the NVIDIA drivers the problem appears. The video card is: VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 520] (rev a1) Are you running the correct nvidia driver version?? A 520 is pretty long in the tooth and might need the legacy driver. Ri

Re: Gimp Babl too old

2018-09-13 Thread Ric Moore
On 09/13/2018 12:41 PM, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: Tixy wrote: "Sounds like the sort of thing the third party repository at deb-multimedia.org does" Why do they do that? Simply to order their repository ahead of the others? Same reason some people top post. They just ignore the conventions.

Re: Bug#908349: firefox-esr: no sound after upgrading from 52.9 to 60.2

2018-09-11 Thread Ric Moore
ir of USB headphones always does. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: Sound in Stretch

2018-09-10 Thread Ric Moore
to do that even with pulse up and running. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: Debian Stretch Am Confused about /dev/dsp

2018-08-31 Thread Ric Moore
prefix "padsp" Kino still requires /dev/dsp so you would launch it using padsp kino Works a charm. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome.&qu

Re: mailing list vs "the futur"

2018-08-09 Thread Ric Moore
On 08/09/2018 01:39 PM, tech wrote: Should'nt be time to move away from an old mail-listing to something more modern like a bugzilla or else ??? Why?? There already are plenty of such sites, you need only pick and choose. I like it here as I don't have to read a "me too!" message with a meg

Re: Using Sid - sound prob

2018-08-09 Thread Ric Moore
ss the device out the window. (or disable it in bios) Get a USB audio device and pray your hand edits haven't rendered alsa useless. Ric p/s don't use Sid -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin

Re: Can't play Steam games

2018-08-06 Thread Ric Moore
On 08/05/2018 12:26 PM, Jose G. López wrote: On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 15:24:51 -0400 Ric Moore wrote: On 08/04/2018 02:30 PM, Jose G. López wrote: On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 13:28:13 -0400 Ric Moore wrote: Enter this: in a terminal: inxi -SGx What do you get?? Ric Hi Ric, I get this

Re: Setting default network device in Buster

2018-08-04 Thread Ric Moore
On 08/04/2018 03:14 PM, Shea Alterio wrote: Pascal, i'm sure when he says "as the default" he wants it to automatically turn on at boot / login. sometimes it's called the preferred interface among other names. Please try not to top-post. -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There ar

Re: Can't play Steam games

2018-08-04 Thread Ric Moore
On 08/04/2018 02:30 PM, Jose G. López wrote: On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 13:28:13 -0400 Ric Moore wrote: Enter this: in a terminal: inxi -SGx What do you get?? Ric Hi Ric, I get this: -- $ inxi -SGx System:Host: pc-debian Kernel: 4.17.0-1-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.3.0

Re: Can't play Steam games

2018-08-04 Thread Ric Moore
in a terminal: inxi -SGx What do you get?? Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: [OT] An easier database

2018-07-25 Thread Ric Moore
On 07/25/2018 02:00 PM, Clive Standbridge wrote: I wonder if it would be nice for apt to have a feature so that a user could mark packages "never install". Anyone remember "File Cabinet" for Win3.1? It didn't get easier than that! Ric -- My father, Victor Moore

Re: Unix.Trojan.Vali-6606621-0 FOUND

2018-07-14 Thread Ric Moore
On 07/14/2018 11:50 AM, Hubert Hauser wrote: Hello! Please don't top post. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxc

Re: No sound/audio

2018-07-11 Thread Ric Moore
your studio work with. Pretty darn fast, found my midi in no time and was up and running without the usual beating your head on the keyboard in frustration. I be stupid, ...so I like it simple. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..th

Re: Kernel upgrade = freeze on boot (linux-image-4.16.0-2-amd64)

2018-07-04 Thread Ric Moore
e in saying it, but thank you, Guillaume. This also worked for me. Worked for me too!! THANKS!!! Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: how to update Debian 9.4 to at least OpenGL 3.3

2018-06-28 Thread Ric Moore
On 06/28/2018 12:20 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: glxinfo | grep "OpenGL core profile version" My system reports: ric@iam:/opt/ric/Downloads/warzone2100-2.3.8/src$ glxinfo | grep "OpenGL core profile version" OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.48 ric@ia

Re: A long rant on Debian 9

2018-05-07 Thread Ric Moore
On 05/07/2018 02:16 PM, Brian wrote: Answering a question or two might see a dramatic increase in betterness. I'm stealing that one! Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only

Re: [Asus x205ta] Wireless not working after suspend-resume

2018-03-19 Thread Ric Moore
/questions/761180/wifi-doesnt-work-after-suspend-after-16-04-upgrade Searching on "debian wifi card after the suspend-resume" finds a boatload of example fixes. ...mostly seems to be a systemd problem. Ric p/s cross-posting is frowned upon here. -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) use

Re: [Asus x205ta] Sound not working on Intel HDMI/DP LPE Audio

2018-03-19 Thread Ric Moore
t, as pulse sits on top of alsa. Use the F6 key to select a source other than the system source. It ought to work just fine. (google for alsamixer for more options) If you have more questions just ask. Remember alsamixer first, pavucontrol second. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: &

Re: Multichannel audio listening

2018-03-05 Thread Ric Moore
On 03/05/2018 08:43 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Do they make 5.2 or 7.2 sound cards for computers--if so, you could consider a similar approach using those 5 (or 7) channels. I'm using a 7.1 USB sound device quite successfully. They are quite cheap, too. Ric -- My father, Victor

Re: no audio

2018-02-24 Thread Ric Moore
burned. Sorry but there is no way on earth that all sound systems/devices are commonly supported. Get USB devices and they seem to work out of the box. No problem removing pulse until you need to easily switch outputs/inputs on the fly. Just for kicks, re-install pulse and see if it works now. Ric

Re: no audio

2018-02-24 Thread Ric Moore
s, USB seems to work best. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: no audio

2018-02-24 Thread Ric Moore
through the headphones. Life can be GOOD! :) Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: no audio

2018-02-23 Thread Ric Moore
ixer finds it without problems. Do you have some old edits to files like .asoundrc?? I do not have those files. Troubleshooting with a shotgun, Ric p/s when you use alsamixer you want to see "OO" and not "MM" at the bottom of the volume bars. Use the 'm' key to

Re: MIDI-to-USB on Debian?

2018-02-14 Thread Ric Moore
On 02/14/2018 11:33 AM, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 9:42 AM, Ric Moore wrote: Gene, they are cheap as dirt. Check Ebay. If the OP really wants midi rolling full-blown install Ubuntu Studio. It uses a RT kernel and Jack audio for low low latency. The fun part will be the

Re: end of security support for wheezy LTS

2018-02-14 Thread Ric Moore
charm for my midi uses. :) Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: MIDI-to-USB on Debian?

2018-02-14 Thread Ric Moore
really wants midi rolling full-blown install Ubuntu Studio. It uses a RT kernel and Jack audio for low low latency. The fun part will be the setup. I'm just starting out myself, and it takes some wrapping of the brain around the software. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used t

Re: Thunderbird font broken

2018-01-13 Thread Ric Moore
to fix that broken behaviour, then all was fine. If you have a mousewheel, use CTRL and mousewheel to increase/decrease font size. Works a charm on both Thunderbird and Firefox. Enjoy! Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of I

Re: OT: AOL fees (Re: Youtube - newbie guidance)

2017-12-27 Thread Ric Moore
On 12/26/2017 11:28 PM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, December 26, 2017 12:35:16 PM Ric Moore wrote: If you used it to any etent it was. I racked up several bills in the hundreds, doing what we take for granted nowadays. Luckily I had a moderator friend! Ric Thanks! I guess then

Re: OT: AOL fees (Re: Youtube - newbie guidance)

2017-12-26 Thread Ric Moore
On 12/23/2017 03:50 PM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Saturday, December 23, 2017 03:31:31 PM Ric Moore wrote: Bob's your uncle. BTW, Google is no where as obnoxious as AOL during the old days when you could be paying hundreds a month for access to the web and email. I'll take Google a

Re: Youtube - newbie guidance

2017-12-23 Thread Ric Moore
le. BTW, Google is no where as obnoxious as AOL during the old days when you could be paying hundreds a month for access to the web and email. I'll take Google any day and thank them for the huge freebies. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Si

Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd

2017-12-09 Thread Ric Moore
On 12/08/2017 05:12 PM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: Something I did *not* understand when I saw it in operation was why a password was needed at the terminal but not from within the GUI's "Applications > Log Out" menu path. Thank you Cindy, now I don't have to point

Re: Upgrading from very-old Debian

2017-11-29 Thread Ric Moore
en thoroughly tested and it's quite possible that an old init script that was modified (and therefore won't be replaced by package upgrades) could come along for the ride and cause problems. I keep /opt on a separate partition. In have a subdirectory there as /opt/ric Next I cop

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-22 Thread Ric Moore
for another Brother model, and it works fine with it. Agreed, once you figure out their driver install system, it works just fine. But, I'm using USB to avoid adding wifi to the problem. I also installed Gutenprint, which it seems to like. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to sa

Re: Any Sound Card Recommendations?

2017-11-21 Thread Ric Moore
them both, Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: No Sound - Puzzle

2017-11-17 Thread Ric Moore
On 11/16/2017 11:20 PM, Thomas George wrote: I also wish alsa had a signal strength monitor. Maybe I should reinstall pulseaudio. Pulse rests on top of ALSA. If ALSA not workee then Pulse doesn't stand a chance. -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the

Re: estamated number of Linux users?

2017-10-27 Thread Ric Moore
or so. It is what it is... a database of users who have bothered to have themselves counted as a Linux User. They don't claim to be anything else. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stu

Re: [solved] Re: Live recording

2017-08-16 Thread Ric Moore
On 08/16/2017 09:40 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: please excuse my amateur wording here. Summary: the best of the best is available with jackd and Ardour, for absolutely any tricky situation. Doesn't jack require an rt kernel to enable all of it's features?? Ric -- My father, Victor

Re: need help on audio recording

2017-08-14 Thread Ric Moore
on is sometimes difficult. From what can be seen here, Long Wind has crossed a large cultural gap to be here. He has been asked to respect the group norm, more than once, and cease top-posting. Mutual respect goes a long ways in tech support. If you want respect you give respect. Ric -- My father, V

Re: why audio recording is so hard in Linux

2017-08-14 Thread Ric Moore
and my USB headphones to be stereo and analog mono input. Click click, dead simple. Again, if alsamixer isn't set correctly, pulse doesn't stand a chance. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: Help with USB audio card

2017-08-11 Thread Ric Moore
card does not even work with headphones: when headphones are plugged into it, no sound is heard from them. If you were running pulseaudio, you would merely select the headphones. I suggest you use USB headphones. They are cheap. Works a charm. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: &

Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-30 Thread Ric Moore
VLC will kill the xscreensaver. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: Free software

2017-07-21 Thread Ric Moore
e most out of his nVidia card, not the least. :) Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: Can "PulseAudio Volume Control" devs be redeemed?

2017-07-21 Thread Ric Moore
On 07/22/2017 12:51 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: There is no rational explanation for failing to make all 5 tabs visible. No idea what your problem is, I have always been able to see the tabs. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world...

Re: Free software

2017-07-21 Thread Ric Moore
. :) Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: Free software

2017-07-19 Thread Ric Moore
pays Linux users any attention at all is for NASA contracts. If I were them, I'd tell us to go to hell. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome."

Re: Free software

2017-07-19 Thread Ric Moore
On 07/18/2017 09:38 PM, Felix Miata wrote: but state and local governments have been following the federal government's lead, producing many constitutionally impermissible regulations for many decades, and getting away with it because of prohibitive legal and time expense involved in contesting i

Re: Stretch, pulseaudio and bluetooth headphones

2017-06-30 Thread Ric Moore
from the drop down list. Should work just fine as long as lsusb shows the device. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: Printer Setup Problem

2017-06-12 Thread Ric Moore
inter. Jobs were sent yet never got printed. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: Proper sources list from Jessie > Stretch

2017-06-03 Thread Ric Moore
On 06/02/2017 10:41 AM, Fungi4All wrote: Sorry for the top-post but I think it is appropriate It is not ever appropriate, no matter what you think. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stup

Re: Clairification - was [Re: Desktop Background Bites the Dust]

2017-05-26 Thread Ric Moore
and check "Apply to all workspaces. Bob's your uncle, you should be set. Net, go to some wall paper site and find W_I_D_E wallpapers. :) Ric p/s Using XFCE. -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of

Re: Oh no something has gone wrong! after reinstalling Debian and Gnome.

2017-05-24 Thread Ric Moore
On 05/24/2017 08:57 AM, Anil Duggirala wrote: Oh, and also, I did not find /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Please don't top post. You don't see anyone else doing that do you?? Take a clue. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the S

Re: How stable is the frozen stretch?

2017-05-16 Thread Ric Moore
;t a bad thing. I also watch a lot of cooking shows, but that is another matter. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: Useable guide to first invocation of mariadb - where?

2017-05-08 Thread Ric Moore
uble shooting with a shotgun, you're bound to get lucky. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: converting my local site to be https only access

2017-05-03 Thread Ric Moore
at, in the long run, was cheaper than another heart attack! :) Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?]

2017-04-26 Thread Ric Moore
On 04/26/2017 10:17 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 10:07:01AM -0400, Ric Moore wrote: "ifconfig" has to be run as root. ric@iam:~$ sudo ifconfig [sudo] password for ric: enp8s0: flags=4163 mtu 1500 This is not correct, if you are just using it to view an interf

Re: BUG or OPERATOR error? - was [Re: Measuring aggregate internet useage?]

2017-04-26 Thread Ric Moore
r could have investigated the cause. The package which provides ifconfig can be found from 'dpkg -S' on a machine which has it. Or from the packages page on the Debian web site, The ISO can be opened up (I use mc) and the /pool/main directory entered. Go to "n". See it? No? N

Re: Mouse pointer _sometimes_ too big

2017-04-25 Thread Ric Moore
avior of mouse themes. Here's a bug report against that from 2007: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfwm4/+bug/157447 Sure would be nice for the mouse cursor to be stable after when first set. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the

Re: funny times

2017-04-25 Thread Ric Moore
harm, only good, with your new Computer Voodoo powers. :) Ti-Jean-Petro (channeled by Ric) -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://l

Re: Mouse pointer _sometimes_ too big

2017-04-24 Thread Ric Moore
o 96. Where should I start to look for problems? Does the cursor increase in size from one monitor to the next?? Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome.&qu

Re: RTL8111 Networking Drivers

2017-04-17 Thread Ric Moore
On 04/17/2017 11:04 AM, Nicolas George wrote: L'octidi 28 germinal, an CCXXV, GiaThnYgeia a écrit : Don't expect "Debian" to respond to you, it is like talking to the Borg You realize Debian is not a person, right? Anyone remember Karl?? :) Ric -- My father, Victor

Re: RTL8111 Networking Drivers

2017-04-17 Thread Ric Moore
participant and respondent for years here, full of knowledge and good advice. Lizi is representative of the Debian way, admired by many. You are recent to this list and noisy. Now you are a top-poster. I have you kill-filed now. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There ar

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

2017-04-12 Thread Ric Moore
On 04/12/2017 06:42 PM, GiaThnYgeia wrote: Why don't you try ubuntu and tell us what it is like. Do I strike you like a person needing to hold hands with anyone? From your posts, yes. VERY much so. -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

2017-04-12 Thread Ric Moore
On 04/12/2017 04:27 PM, Mart van de Wege wrote: Here's a data point: having dealt with the vagaries and shortcomings of SysV init professionally, I *like* systemd, even if it has a few warts. Mart I am going out on a limb here, but here goes, as I put on my "Amazing Kreskin predicts" hat. =

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

2017-04-12 Thread Ric Moore
ntu. Debian is admittedly more tricky and not really suited to someone new. Ubuntu might serve your needs way better and their users are used to holding hands with a new fish. :) Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance,

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

2017-04-10 Thread Ric Moore
become apparent. You will need autostart and auto-restart features close to kernel level processes on node failures. SystemD seems to foot that bill. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidi

Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...

2017-04-10 Thread Ric Moore
On 04/08/2017 01:06 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: 'They' never told us, owners of single user laptops, why we should chose it. Simple, as I see it, single user laptop support doesn't pay the bills. Neither do Desktops. Ubuntu found that one out, for all of their user friendly features. When Red

Re: Sound problems (mpd, mpv mainly)

2017-04-05 Thread Ric Moore
On 04/01/2017 05:41 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: Ric Moore writes: On 03/31/2017 02:56 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: How can I get sound continuously with mpd and mpv without the card being seemingly dropped please? Are you using pulseaudio and have you installed pavucontrol?? Run alsamixer, make

Re: why??why?why??

2017-03-12 Thread Ric Moore
On 03/12/2017 07:49 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 07:15:02 -0400 Ric Moore wrote: On 03/12/2017 04:57 AM, Mark Fletcher wrote: On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 02:09:22AM +, Shahryar Afifi wrote: why o why... why debian keeps getting fancier like other operating system

Re: why??why?why??

2017-03-12 Thread Ric Moore
urns after dropping their troll bomb... the only why oh why here is why oh why do we collectively never learn not to feed the trolls... +1 Since when do we reply to stupid subject lines?? It just encourages those who use the word "wanna" to express a malformed topic. Ric -- My father, Vic

Re: No sound-inputs but sound recording FMIT

2017-03-03 Thread Ric Moore
On 03/03/2017 08:53 AM, GiaThnYgeia wrote: I plugged then in to 3 different machines, downloaded FMIT and run it. Similar results. Is it in the repos?? Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the S

Re: CD Audio - sometimes provided as vfs by the kernel?

2017-03-02 Thread Ric Moore
used? You might check your user manual to see if one side is USB 2.0 and the other USB 3.0. That might make a difference. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be ove

Re: Secure Boot won't let boot into Debian

2017-02-23 Thread Ric Moore
e bootup screen proclaims UEFI. I had plugged back in my two harddrives with Debian and Ubuntu installed. No sweat! Nothing different happened. I am clueless, but it works. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignor

Re: HELP! Re: How to fix I/O errors?

2017-02-10 Thread Ric Moore
ge, don't you think?? Neither one is right, and neither one is wrong. I just wanted both viewpoints to be equally represented. "Viewpoints", as in politics, do not remedy a failing drive nor the rescue of it's contents. That was the reason the OP posted. Please keep hi

Re: HELP! Re: How to fix I/O errors?

2017-02-09 Thread Ric Moore
On 02/09/2017 08:10 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 06:06:34PM -0500, Ric Moore wrote: Careful there, I would not copy any of the /home/username/dot-files or dot directories over, except like .mozilla and .thunderbird, so you don't carry over some old and crufty setting

Re: HELP! Re: How to fix I/O errors?

2017-02-08 Thread Ric Moore
On 02/08/2017 04:38 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: On 02/08/2017 01:26 PM, Ric Moore wrote: On 02/08/2017 02:37 AM, Marc Shapiro wrote: How it went is not well. I tested the new drive with SeagateTools and it was fine. Then I made a clonezilla live CD and booted from it. It stopped on the first

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