X server crashes when changing font size in LibreOffice / 'Failed to compile FS'

2023-02-12 Thread Stefan Pietsch
Dear list, when enlarging text in LibreOffice Writer (e.g. 96pt) so that the characters fill the screen, the X server reproducibly crashes. I'm running Debian sid with the package xorg-server 21.1.7-1. Hardware is a ThinkPad T410 with integrated Intel graphics. Xorg.0.log: ### [ 3

Re: x2goagent: high CPU load with Xfce 4.16

2021-01-20 Thread Stefan Pietsch
On 14.01.21 01:44, Sven Hartge wrote: Stefan Pietsch wrote: I am experiencing problems with X2Go on a virtual server machine I am connecting to. The process x2goagent on the server has high CPU usage (nearly 100%) when connecting with x2goclient and selecting Xfce as desktop environment

x2goagent: high CPU load with Xfce 4.16

2021-01-13 Thread Stefan Pietsch
Dear lists, I am experiencing problems with X2Go on a virtual server machine I am connecting to. The process x2goagent on the server has high CPU usage (nearly 100%) when connecting with x2goclient and selecting Xfce as desktop environment. CPU load of x2goagent on the server remains normal

iwlwifi problem with Debian kernel 5.4.0-4-amd64

2020-02-14 Thread Stefan Pietsch
Hi list, iwlwifi has a problem with the latest Debian unstable kernel package (5.4.0-4-amd64). The wifi interface is not usable. 5.4.0-3-amd64 works fine instead. Is anyone experiencing the same problem? ## dmesg at boot: [ 10.318868] iwlwifi :03:00.0: enabling device (

Re: Displaying an arbitrary file in _both_ HEX and ASCII

2020-01-24 Thread Stefan Pietsch
On 2020-01-22 13:12, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm running Debian 9.8 with MATE desktop. I'm exploring a data file with the intention of eventually parsing it in a useful fashion. Just downloaded ghex. I like the display format. Its tools are inconvenient. I need to:  1. Simultaneously display i

Re: Xfce 4.12 to 4.14: high Xorg CPU usage

2019-09-02 Thread Stefan Pietsch
On 27.08.19 22:24, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > On 28/08/2019 01:01, Stefan Pietsch wrote: >> I upgraded Xfce to 4.14 recently (Debian unstable) and noticed slightly >> delayed rendering of UI elements. >> Firefox and Thunderbird behave sluggishly and CPU usage by Xorg is >&

Re: Xfce 4.12 to 4.14: high Xorg CPU usage

2019-08-29 Thread Stefan Pietsch
On 27.08.19 17:04, Sven Hartge wrote: > Stefan Pietsch wrote: > >> I upgraded Xfce to 4.14 recently (Debian unstable) and noticed >> slightly delayed rendering of UI elements. > >> Firefox and Thunderbird behave sluggishly and CPU usage by Xorg is >> signifi

Xfce 4.12 to 4.14: high Xorg CPU usage

2019-08-27 Thread Stefan Pietsch
Dear list, I upgraded Xfce to 4.14 recently (Debian unstable) and noticed slightly delayed rendering of UI elements. Firefox and Thunderbird behave sluggishly and CPU usage by Xorg is significantly higher as compared to Xfce 4.12. Did anyone who is using Xfce 4.14 observe similar effects? Rega

Re: Looking for advice on tools (or libraries) for unsupervised, bulk symmetric encryption/decryption of files

2019-01-11 Thread Stefan Pietsch
On 11.01.19 22:45, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > EncFS should not be used for any new file encryption project, IMHO. > There was the following report in 2014: > https://defuse.ca/audits/encfs.htm > This is referenced in the NEWS file in the EncFS package > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/encfs/blob/de

Re: twitter videos not playing

2018-10-11 Thread Stefan Pietsch
On 11.10.18 16:54, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:42:23 +0100 > mick crane wrote: > >> hello >> basically default Buster install >> firefox-esr >> pepperflash is there and youtube videos play > > Try installing the flash player from the Adobe site. Some sites > specifically requ

Re: Thunderbird 60 ignores LC_TIME environment variable

2018-08-20 Thread Stefan Pietsch
On 20.08.18 11:57, Curt wrote: > On 2018-08-20, Stefan Pietsch wrote: >> Dear list, >> >> after the upgrade from Thunderbird 52.9.1 to 60.0 (Debian sid) it seems >> for me that the environment variable LC_TIME is ignored. >> >> I used the following comman

Thunderbird 60 ignores LC_TIME environment variable

2018-08-20 Thread Stefan Pietsch
Dear list, after the upgrade from Thunderbird 52.9.1 to 60.0 (Debian sid) it seems for me that the environment variable LC_TIME is ignored. I used the following command to set 24h time format in Thunderbird. $ LC_TIME=de_DE.utf8 thunderbird With Thunderbird 60 setting the LC_TIME or LANG variab

Re: a hexeditor please

2018-02-10 Thread Stefan Pietsch
On 09.02.2018 18:28, Gene Heskett wrote: >> If you like the command line try radare2: >> >> https://screenshots.debian.net/package/radare2 >> https://radare.gitbooks.io/radare2book/content/search_bytes/intro.html >> > Looks interesting, will it run on 32 bit wheezy? Yes, it runs on i386 wheezy.

Re: a hexeditor please

2018-02-09 Thread Stefan Pietsch
On 09.02.2018 16:36, Gene Heskett wrote: > Trying to scan thru an 8Gb file dd has made of an sd card, I find > khexedits lack of a scroll bar to be a huge hindrance. > > Do we have one of those critters that will let me scan thru a file that > big looking for data besides 00 00, and will do it

Re: systemd 237-1: problem starting dnsmasq

2018-02-06 Thread Stefan Pietsch
On 02.02.2018 21:20, Sven Hartge wrote: > Stefan Pietsch wrote: > >> after the systemd upgrade from 236-3 to 237-1 (Debian sid) the dnsmasq >> service does not start correctly. > > I reported this as > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889144 >

Re: systemd 237-1: problem starting dnsmasq

2018-02-06 Thread Stefan Pietsch
On 06.02.2018 13:08, Maxim Gorbachyov wrote: > Hi Stefan, > > I've just hit the issue you mentioned in debian-user ML: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/01/msg01331.html > > Have you got any feedback on that? I'm just running dnsmasq in > terminal at the moment.. Do you have a better so

systemd 237-1: problem starting dnsmasq

2018-01-31 Thread Stefan Pietsch
Dear list, after the systemd upgrade from 236-3 to 237-1 (Debian sid) the dnsmasq service does not start correctly. ### Jan 31 20:58:11 debiansid systemd[1]: Starting dnsmasq - A lightweight DHCP and caching DNS server... -- Subject: Unit dnsmasq.service has begun start-up -- Defin

Re: Transferring files from Debian computer to android phone

2015-06-18 Thread Stefan Pietsch
On 18.06.2015 15:47, Steve Greig wrote: ... > It would be great to have any ideas which could help me transfer files > to the phone (I am particularly keen to move music files at the moment). > I would be happy to use the command line but when I googled that it > looked very complicated. Have a

Re: Jessie: Set up Samba and Winbind, can't log in to the domain

2015-05-16 Thread Stefan Pietsch
On 14.05.2015 23:47, Dalton D wrote: > Hello! > > I'm trying to install Pykota on Debian Jessie. At the moment, I'm trying > to get it so that I can log in to the system with Active Directory > accounts. I set up Samba and Winbind correctly but still can't do this. > From the syslog, it seems that

Re: Debian jessie: DHCP v6 in interfaces does not start dhclient

2015-05-04 Thread Stefan Pietsch
* Stefan Pietsch [2015-04-29 10:50]: > Dear list, > > a fresh installation of Debian jessie does not start dhclient for IPv6 > at boot. > > This is the interfaces file: > > ~ > > source /etc/network/interfaces.d/* > > auto lo > iface lo inet loopbac

Debian jessie: DHCP v6 in interfaces does not start dhclient

2015-04-29 Thread Stefan Pietsch
Dear list, a fresh installation of Debian jessie does not start dhclient for IPv6 at boot. This is the interfaces file: ~ source /etc/network/interfaces.d/* auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp iface eth0 inet6 dhcp ~ Doing a manual "ifup eth0" after boot s

Re: Icedove stack trace after libsqlite3-0 update

2011-11-14 Thread Stefan Pietsch
* Stefan Pietsch [2011-11-08 00:32]: > after updating sid, replacing libsqlite3-0 3.7.8-1 with 3.7.9-1, icedove > shows "Stack Trace": > > -- Exception object -- > + message (string) 'nounDef is undefined' > + fileName (string) 'file:///usr/lib/ice

Icedove stack trace after libsqlite3-0 update

2011-11-07 Thread Stefan Pietsch
Hi all, after updating sid, replacing libsqlite3-0 3.7.8-1 with 3.7.9-1, icedove shows "Stack Trace": -- Exception object -- + message (string) 'nounDef is undefined' + fileName (string) 'file:///usr/lib/icedove/modules/gloda/gloda.js' + lineNumber (number) 1829 + stack (string) 384 chars + name

Re: tool for internet connection test

2011-02-04 Thread Stefan Pietsch
On 04.02.2011 12:17, Lubos Rendek wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm having a real problems with my internet provider. I have plenty of > disconnection and slow internet connection. However, my internet > provider claims that everything is OK. Does Debian have some tool > which can be run overnight or so t

KVM: High CPU load with audio enabled

2010-11-05 Thread Stefan Pietsch
Hi all, I'm running a Windows XP guest in KVM. After enabling the audio support (-soundhw es1370) the CPU load of the KVM process in the host system goes up to 100%. Tested with: qemu-kvm-0.13.0 Debian 0.13.0+dfsg-1 KVM start command: kvm -m 512 -hda xp.img -soundhw es1370 Did you experience s