On 2/20/25 22:17, jeremy ardley wrote:
On 21/2/25 09:40, Tom Dial wrote:
The TL;DR here is that for maintaining personal workstations and servers it makes more sense to log in as root, do the work as required, then log out. Or there is "sudo -i" to get an interactive root shell
as required, then log out. Or there is "sudo -i" to get an
interactive root shell and avoid prepending every command with "sudo."
Regards,
Tom Dial
On 2/20/25 15:29, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I have a fresh Debian 12.9 install. My user account is part of sudo
group,
Hi Gene,
On 12/13/24 17:04, gene heskett wrote:
On 12/13/24 18:23, Tom Dial wrote:
On 12/13/24 02:48, gene heskett wrote:
On 12/13/24 03:52, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 01:53:55AM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
[...]
That was the system config at the original install
rect way to tame it seems to be
via the gnome menu item Settings->Accessibility. Mine has every option set to "off"
except "Enable Animations," which causes me no grief.
If brltty is installed and you don't need it, the proper action is "apt purge
brltty," which I have done on occasion.
Regards,
Tom Dial
Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing
(found by searching internet for "hplip")
The site has a list of (it says) 3,390 printers. The list of "All Supported
Printers" looks like the newest are listed first.
Regards,
Tom Dial
tia.
/etc/fstab normally will be set up correctly for the
instance during installation, and may be modified by editing /etc/fstab (for
instance, to enable data exchange by cross mounting one or more partitions used
primarily by a different image).
Regards,
Tom Dial
Please reference documentatio
f] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code
<https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code> stable main
$ cat /etc/debian_version
12.5
This indicates your Debian installation is not up to date. The present release
level is 12.6, and the update to 12.7 will will be released in a few wee
On 6/9/24 00:14, gene heskett wrote:
On 6/8/24 19:11, Tom Dial wrote:
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On 6/6/24 19:00, Tom Dial wrote:
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On 6/5/24 17:25, Tom Dial wrote
On 6/7/24 23:41, gene heskett wrote:
On 6/7/24 20:38, Tom Dial wrote:
On 6/6/24 23:14, gene heskett wrote:
On 6/6/24 19:00, Tom Dial wrote:
On 6/5/24 19:53, gene heskett wrote:
On 6/5/24 17:25, Tom Dial wrote:
On 6/5/24 08:58, gene heskett wrote:
On 6/5/24 02:05, Tom Dial wrote
On 6/6/24 23:14, gene heskett wrote:
On 6/6/24 19:00, Tom Dial wrote:
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On 6/5/24 17:25, Tom Dial wrote:
On 6/5/24 08:58, gene heskett wrote:
On 6/5/24 02:05, Tom Dial wrote:
On 6/4/24 04:26, gene heskett wrote:
On 2/19/22 06:31, Andrew M.A. Cater
On 6/5/24 19:53, gene heskett wrote:
On 6/5/24 17:25, Tom Dial wrote:
On 6/5/24 08:58, gene heskett wrote:
On 6/5/24 02:05, Tom Dial wrote:
On 6/4/24 04:26, gene heskett wrote:
On 2/19/22 06:31, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
Hi Gene,
If this was someone calling you from a TV station
On 6/5/24 08:58, gene heskett wrote:
On 6/5/24 02:05, Tom Dial wrote:
On 6/4/24 04:26, gene heskett wrote:
On 2/19/22 06:31, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
Hi Gene,
If this was someone calling you from a TV station saying they had a TV
transmitter that was varying in power output - you'd
;, and kill it. The -HUP signal is enough. Or you can kill its parent process
(third column in the ps -ef output) if it is not a necessary one, or maybe teach it how
to not start orca in the first place,
I hope this is useful. Things like this can be very annoying.
Regards,
Tom Dial
.
Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
e advantage of being
the distribution default, but I have not found SELinux especially hard to
administer on a stable Debian system, apart from the fact that it comes with a
learning curve.
Regards,
Tom Dial
it always is a wise to consider the terms of use and other
legal documentation and exercise discretion.
If you decide to use it, I use (as root)
apt install zoom_amd64.deb
It installs under /opt except for a symbolic link /usr/bin/zoom ->
/opt/zoom/ZoomLauncher
Regards,
Tom Dial
s not Debian (or Red Hat or HP-UX or Solaris) and I don't have any idea. If
it were debian(-derived) you could say "dpkg-reconfigure tzdata" - might be
worth a try. Or maybe consult the vendor.
Regards,
Tom Dial
The current state is that the 3d printer has only a 169.254.x.y
collapse.
As a reference point Isolated Web Co is an occasional annoyance here on
machines with well over 64G memory. I kill it without mercy when it appears to
be causing swap.
Regards,
Tom Dial
The issue is not so much Isolated Web Co being terminated, but my entire Mate
session being
On 11/8/23 03:20, gene heskett wrote:
On 11/8/23 00:34, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Tue, Nov 07, 2023 at 07:19:40PM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
[...]
What do I do if a gpt partition table has already been made and an ext4
system is already installed? IOW just how "bare" a disk is needed? Is
On 11/7/23 17:19, gene heskett wrote:
On 11/7/23 18:42, Tom Dial wrote:
On 11/6/23 08:47, Franco Martelli wrote:
On 03/11/23 at 17:27, gene heskett wrote:
Greetings all;
As usual, the man page may as well be written in swahili. The NDE syndrome,
meaning No D-d Examples.
I have
-UX and SolaRIS) and Linux environments. Both have
learning curves that I would judge comparable, both are flexible and fairly
easy to manage, and both are or can be highly resilient. On the whole, though,
I prefer ZFS.
Regards,
Tom Dial
How about to use debian-installer: burn the dvd image o
the cause of
the problem.
If the Synology NAS supports NFS, that might be a better approach in the long
run, though.
Regards,
Tom Dial
Research into this problem made me try similar techniques after having
installed nfs-utils. I got bogged down by a required procedure entailing
exportation of N
u need to update the driver source dkms is working with.
(I don't know about, or vouch for, that github, or know anything about the
AC1200 or its Realtek driver.)
Regards
Tom Dial
/var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/os_dep/linux/wifi_regd.c: In function
‘rtw_regd_init’:
/var/lib/dkms/rtl8
t, mostly cable or switch malfunctions.
Take care & stay well Andy.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
Regards,
Tom Dial
,
Tom Dial
On 5/1/23 9:15 PM, Tom Dial wrote:
This Debian-user thread seems to have gone silent, but it is not clear whether
your problem is solved. If it is, just ignore this and move on. If not:
The Wanderer, in an earlier post (04/28/2023 at 19;02), suggested reinstalling
the base-files
g one that you might have changed. It should be safe to keep the one
already installed.
If you have questions about any of this, feel free to ask, either privately or
on the list.
Regards,
Tom Dial
On 4/28/23 20:36, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
Here is what I got.
root@debian:/var# /bin/ls -ld */
On 4/8/23 08:19, Emanuel Berg wrote:
Tom Dial wrote:
Look at the use of parentheses in Lisp [...]
I have thought about that - is Lisp possible without them?
But how do you then know priority? I'm sure someone tried
to get rid of them, but how?
Its quite a few years since I had any
e and therefore subject to correction.
Like my Logic instructor many years ago, I am not sure why anyone would want to
do that, though.
Overall, this has been a pretty interesting thread, at least to me.
Regards.
Tom Dial
( ...)
in tabs instead of new windows
box under Tabs.
It is in the Firefox settings, in the General section under "Tabs."
Regards,
Tom Dial
not found in settings of the version I have in an uptodate bullseye. 102.6.0
(64-bit) (tbird)
And that option is already set in firefox.
Che
ont end as I
don't find any references to account setups for either one. Is my macular
degeneration of my 88 yo eyes hiding that from me?
Since know and prefer fetchmail and procmail, it might be worthwhile to
describe on this list about any problems you encountered installing or
reinstal
mpt will do. A slightly better, but inconvenient, alternative is
to use a serial console, which requires extra equipment and upfront configuration. It usually is
not necessary.
Regards,
Tom Dial
Thanks, best,
Loïc
th a .eml extension). I seem to
recall your version may not be especially current; if so that might have
something to do with the problem at hand.
I take no position, though, on the question of whether the message is
well-formed. That is beyond my knowledge level.
Regards,
Tom Dial
msg.eml
Description: application/extension-eml
began life as Debian 1.3 (Bo)
and has been upgraded, now, through 11.3, the current release, with an Oracle
8.0.5 DBMS that was installed around . The upgrades ultimately finished
satisfactorily, although were occasional bumps in the road.
Regards,
Tom Dial
In thi situation, I might be tempt
should still be available. That is the case with my systems that were installed
from media, some dating to 2006 (or likely earlier; I only checked three).
Regards,
Tom Dial
>
>> John Doe
>
> Cheers John, Gene Heskett.
>
remember. For Debian, see
https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.quotas.html. Man pages for
mkfs.ext4, tune2fs, and edquota (and probably others) have additional relevant
information.
Regards,
Tom Dial
>
> -- /// Teemu Likonen - .-.. https://www.iki.fi/tlikonen/ // OpenPGP:
> 6965F03973F0D4CA22B9410F0F2CAE0E07608462
lier as well. I found it
generally fairly easy to find good documentation (e. g., Red Hat).
And I expect those who originated it, some still employed at USNSA, also think
well of it, along with the current maintainers and likely enough quite a few
other users.
Regards,
Tom Dial
>
>
> ...
> --
> JHHL
>
On 11/13/21 14:57, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Saturday 13 November 2021 15:44:35 Andy Smith wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Nov 13, 2021 at 01:14:56PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> I wouldn't argue near as loud if it hadn't already been proven to
>>> me that what you call filesystem UUID's are volatile.
>>
ependent times by using a
>> mountpoint outside of /home/richard (e.g. /media/richards_downloads)
>> and having `Downloads` as a symbolic link pointing to the mountpoint
>> of choice (`ln -s /media/richards_downloads Downloads`).
>>
>>> 2. How could I have found the answer?
>>
>> By trying it out :)
>
> *BAD* answer.
> Obviously I was asking how could I have found the appropriate
> documentation.
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/index.en.html
See 6.3.4.
Regards,
Tom Dial
useful in some cases, but will rarely be
necessary for a vanilla or nearly vanilla Windows setup. For those
instances where they are, it always is nice to have a bootable CD, DVD,
or USB key with Linux and a set of common tools on it. I generally use a
recent Debian DVD #1 for this and install
x27;s own profile for
> apparmor shipped in. Therefor my problem.
>
The bug, if any, should be for LibreOffice. The behavior is a feature of
Apparmor and other Mandatory Access Control modules like SELinux and
possibly others, for which the default is to deny any access for which
there is no rule allowing it.
Regards,
Tom Dial
>
> Thank you
>
>
> Al
t the US Constitution's
first amendment and the rather extensive derived jurisprudence protects
a lot of opinionated and arguably rude statements that some might
consider defamatory and that in some countries may be legally actionable
as such.
It is much better, and almost always much more productive, to avoid
personal attacks and maintain polite demeanor in discussions.
Regards,
Tom Dial
> Thoughts?
ion because most of my systems are laptops
with everything except /boot on encrypted media.
Regards,
Tom Dial
>
fingerprint reader remaining.
Regards,
Tom Dial
ible, the
usual way to create raid under LVM is to specify it by type when
creating the logical volume. In this case, for (partly made up) example:
vgcreate vg2t /dev/sda /dev/sdb
lvcreate --type raid0 -name lv-stg --size 16700GiB vg2t
This would result in one logical volume, /dev/vg2t/, split betw
lt 8.0+.
2. Install with apt, specifying the full path to the .deb file
sudo apt /tmp/zoom_16775.0418_amd64.deb
This should cause installation of any necessary dependencies. Cindy
Causey's report suggests using dpkg is likely bring problems on occasion
ebian-laptop and debian-users since it is not whether this is
exclusively a laptop type problem and apologize if that is inappropriate.
Regards,
Tom Dial
at /var/log/messages and
/var/log/auth.log for events that correlate with the connection attempt.
Regards,
Tom Dial
at /var/log/messages and
/var/log/auth.log for events that correlate with the connection attempt.
>>> That would be /var/log/messages and /var/log/auth.log on the 3dprint
machine.
Regards,
Tom Dial
local/bin or /usr/local/sbin, or under /opt or some other
installation directory, read the man pages for man and manpath carefully
while studying the file /etc/manpath.config. In them you will find the
information you need to put the manpage wherever you like.
Regards,
Tom Dial
ning by default on
Debian 10 has no apparent problem with it.
Regards,
Tom Dial
>
> Because zoom is not trusted software, I did this in a separate primary
> partition where I made a clean minimal install of Debian with LXDE,
> used only for zoom.
>
> That install has no LUKS tools ins
orts of (wrong) ideas
> like "you need NAT to be secure".
+2
I use NAT for convenience, and a firewall (and other measures) for security.
And thank you for stating the distinction clearly; I sort of knew it,
but clarity always is a good thing.
Tom Dial
what that's worth. As an
owner of a few Seagate disks and an almost exclusive user of Linux for
more than 25 years, I find this frank and honest exchange interesting
and informative, both technically and in what it says about Seagate's
customer support quality and policy.
Regards,
Tom Dial
>
> --
> John Doe
s not at all self-evident if the common recommendation of
unique and unrelated authentication secrets per account is incorporated.
I have, overall, more than a hundred distinct accounts on systems and
with vendors, nearly all of them unique; I find a password manager
(KeepassX) a much easier way to ge
On 8/13/20 13:52, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, August 13, 2020 01:45:59 PM Tom Dial wrote:
>> Debian ZFS root (and boot) is not *that* hard; see the instructions at
>>
>> https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Getting%20Started/Debian/Debian%20B
>> u
stem should not be notably different from installing a
file system package from main, except for the notice the GPL
incompatibility notice that will pop up during installation.
I would recommend installing from buster-backports to get the current
openzfs release which includes improvements (notably native encryption)
as well as fixes.
Tom Dial
>
>
> David
On 8/1/20 11:09, Graham Seaman wrote:
> On 01/08/2020 14:00, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> On 2020-08-01 12:23 +0100, Graham Seaman wrote:
>>
>>> On 01/08/2020 07:50, Tom Dial wrote:
>>>> I have a laptop that became unbootable because
>>>> the initial
On 8/1/20 05:23, Graham Seaman wrote:
> On 01/08/2020 07:50, Tom Dial wrote:
>> I have a laptop that became unbootable because
>> the initial loader failed to find a symbol (grub_calloc) and balked.
>> Like the one mentioned here, it uses legacy boot. One explanatio
dated or were updated with slightly incompatible data.
One fix appears to be to reinstall grub using a rescue CD or another
system. That worked for me.
Tom Dial
>
> > I couldn't find documentation that addressed either issue, though
> I think
> > the answer
ot painful, but
does take an hour or so longer than a conventional install. Good
instructions are found at
https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Getting%20Started/Debian/Debian%20Buster%20Root%20on%20ZFS.html
ZFS is my current default for new installations and I am gradually
upgrading existing installations to it. For a ZFS based NAS, you almost
certainly would be rewarded by increasing memory to the 16 GiB max cited
in the original post.
Regards,
Tom Dial
>
>> Not "built on two-releases-ago Debian". Current, stable Debian.
>
<<< Snip >>>
> B
>
ty based alternative almost certainly is rubbish; it is, at
worst, only slightly more, and the benefits are substantially more.
Regards,
Tom Dial
; but I got into trouble, for "suggesting" that they provide an Expert Text
> Mode Install for Mint, like Debian does. Yes, I needed help with the
> Ubiquity System Mint uses for its Install).
>
> [Humor]
> There have been discussions about not creating a FrankenDebian System. How
> about FrankenMint or FrankenUbuntu one?
> [/Humor]
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Kenneth Parker
>
Regards,
Tom Dial
On 7/4/20 15:38, Tom Dial wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> While trying to fix a broken Thunderbird/Enigmail installation on my
> wife's Windows laptop, I found the cause to be a new feature in
> Thunderbird 78, installed recently without notice: that it will not
> support En
On 7/4/20 16:43, Weaver wrote:
> On 05-07-2020 07:38, Tom Dial wrote:
>> Greetings.
>>
>> While trying to fix a broken Thunderbird/Enigmail installation on my
>> wife's Windows laptop, I found the cause to be a new feature in
>> Thunderbird 78, installed
but it's 10 - 20 years since I used them (fetchmail +
mutt, IIRC).
I would welcome suggested alternatives. An additional desired feature,
if known, would be any capability to ingest old messages from Thunderbird.
Thanks,
Tom Dial
On 6/20/20 13:17, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Sb, 20 iun 20, 18:37:31, Brian wrote:
>> On Sat 20 Jun 2020 at 17:53:56 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>>
>>> On Vi, 19 iun 20, 15:12:27, Tom Dial wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I notice that tasksel (= /usr/bin/tas
o APT::Acquire::Retries=3 install
I suspect that has something to do with the apparent fact that tasksel
ignores "recommends=false" from other sources. I also suspect that
editing that line would change the behavior in the desired direction.
>From long-standing practice and inclination I have no wish to test this,
but someone else might.
I assume this would need to be done by skipping tasksel during
installation of the d-i minimal system, then altering and running the
installed tasksel after the post-install reboot.
Regards,
Tom Dial
>
could then be used to identify which
packages would be installed. In the alternative, you could capture the
output and run it in test mode, which would show fairly precisely the
effect.
Regards,
Tom Dial
> TIA
t is better
than free alternatives. Even where that is not so such a product may, as
Zoom is, be so much more widely used that it is much more useful as a
general matter.
Regards
Tom Dial
[1] https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/358198.358210
>
> RLH
ed out by installer because it failed to verify:
Uncomment this line
> #deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main
> contrib non-free
> Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
And this one
> #deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security
> main contrib non-free
(You could remove or omit the non-free and/or contrib if you don't
really need packages from those repositories).
Regards
Tom Dial
US; other nations' laws
are different).
Cloud session storage might also be an issue, although the Debian client
session recording appears to be local when activated.
Regards,
Tom Dial
[1] Using apt install, and the absolute path, instead of dpkg, may have
helped resolve dependencies; I h
On 6/4/20 02:45, Sijmen J. Mulder wrote:
> Marco Möller wrote:
>>> In the fairly large number of posts in this thread I don't recall seeing
>>> file system snapshots suggested. My current preference is ZFS, which I
>>> know from experience to be up to what I understand to be the goal here.
>>
>>
On 6/1/20 00:28, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>On Du, 31 mai 20, 20:52:06, Tom Dial wrote:
>>
>> Moreover, ZFS is not DFSG and GPL compliant, and quite a few
>> users would avoid it because of that.
>
>ZFS is licensed under the CDDL[1], which is both free (as in freedom)
&
eference is ZFS, which I
know from experience to be up to what I understand to be the goal here.
However, root on ZFS is a distinctly non-standard and hands on install
that is fairly straightforward and decently documented, but not for
everyone. Moreover, ZFS is not DFSG and GPL compliant, and quite a few
users would avoid it because of that.
Alternatives include LVM and btrfs, and possibly others. I have used LVM
snapshots a little, but not for this use case. It appears to have the
capability to accomplish the objective, as described in
https://linuxconfig.org/create-and-restore-manual-logical-volume-snapshots
for instance.
I have not used btrfs and therefore have no opinion about its fitness
for the case at hand.
Regards,
Tom Dial
ox/profiles.ini that specifies the Default profile were
changed to specify the older profile. And I suspect your missing
passwords and maybe some other things, would then be available.
I think I actually have done that, but it would be a long time back and
I do not remember why.
Regards,
Tom Dial
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
>
security updates. Unplanned
reboots seem an even worse idea inasmuch as they occasionally will
either fail or affect system function. (Updating without rebooting also
may do that, of course).
>>> Frankly the update shouldn't be allowed if your backup is actually
>>> running. So it might be safer to schedule the update and reboot if
>>> needed before the backup starts. That means one cron driven script
>>> does it all in the sequence desired.
With respect, I would run the backup first and schedule upgrades and
possible reboots to follow, and perhaps depend on success of, the backup.
Regards,
Tom Dial
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
>
ter finishing, you could make an LVM physical volume on /dev/sda2 and
add it to one of the other volume groups, although both seem to have
plenty of space.
Regards
Tom Dial
>
> Yeah, that's probably what I'll do. Fortunately, it's an amd64 machine, so
> I'll be able to use GRML to do the work.
> Enjoy!
> Rick
>
ent from what now is present on the device. I lean
toward that rather than a file system bug.
A five month old machine should be under warranty, although I do not
know whether installing Linux would affect that. It would be worth
looking into and should offload firmware upgrade for or replacement of
the block device.
Regards,
Tom Dial
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Ralph
>
e in 20 yrs or so at least. If I don't break anything, I'll
> report back to the list. Thanks much for the suggestions!
The fact that the inode numbers mentioned in the initial post all are
near each other hints, to me, that the storage device is the most likely
source of difficulty. I would try
smartctl -t long
as root, or
sudo /usr/sbin/smartctl -t long
as an ordinary user authorized to use privileged commands.
(after installing the smartmontools if it is not present)
You can do that without disrupting normal processing. It may take a long
time to complete (and will tell you when you start it). After it
completes you can run
smartctl -a (or sudo /usr/sbin/smartctl -a)
and see a report that will confirm (or not) a problem,
Regards
Tom Dial
>
> Regards,
> Ralph
>
("This account is no longer allowed to
participate on The Register forums"), apparently for asking why he
rejected a post I thought unobjectionable and entirely compliant with
the comments guidelines.
3. I also know nothing about Discourse. Although the remarks so far in
the thread don't particularly make me want to use it, I don't find the
idea entirely abhorrent.
Tom Dial
>
> Celejar
>
k ; my desktop has two hard drives. This extra one
> had no part in the install process, I only used it later on as an
> extension to save files, I mount it manually every time I want to use
> it. I didn't see any point to partition it. I successfully mounted it in
> my recovery boot, and everything seemed to be OK at first sight.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bernard
Regards,
Tom Dial
e installed and plan to use it - carefully - to compensate
partly for isolation dictated by prudence in the face of a rather nasty
epidemic. So far, it installed cleanly and seems likely to be functional
and generally fit for purpose.
>
Regards
Tom Dial
On 2/16/20 05:36, Reco wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 10:57:36PM -0700, Tom Dial wrote:
>> Neither the host nor the guest VM is rebooted often, and it is not a
>> particularly serious problem now that it's known, but it would be better
>> gone.
for pointers to relevant documentation or other information, or
suggestions for fixing it. and wouldn't object to information about
fixing it, if anyone has encountered it previously.
Thanks
Tom Dial
On 2/13/20 14:50, Michael Stone wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 01:57:49PM -0700, Tom Dial wrote:
>> XFS is excellent, and so also is JFS.
>
> Yes on XFS, no on JFS. (XFS is very actively developed; JFS is moribund,
> has no really compelling benefits over other filesyt
s/2020/01/linus-torvalds-zfs-statements-arent-right-heres-the-straight-dope/
[2] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/13/zfs_linux/
Regards,
Tom Dial
>
> I do not recommend btrfs and anyone who does should have a look at
> the linux-btrfs mailing list to see how many cases of data loss and
> loss of availability people have reported this month.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
addresses dual boot, although it would appear possible to do so
with appropriate intervention in the partitioning step. The machine I am
using now is dual boot, with Windows 10 on one disk, Debian 10
root-on-zfs on a second, and either selectable from the grub menu.
[1] https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/wiki/D
On 1/28/20 03:15, Aidan Gauland wrote:
On 27/01/20 12:40 pm, Tom Dial wrote:
I can't tell whether or not this response is facetious. If it is, and
you are not determined for other reasons to use Linux, I recommend
FreeNAS
No, I was serious, but I do have limits. I've looked
d issues with any of them.
Full disclosure: I have no connection with IXsystems other than as a
satisfied user, and have used Linux (nearly all Debian) almost
exclusively for over 25 years.
Regards,
Tom Dial
td...@acm.org
On 01/02/2018 11:14 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Le 02/01/2018 à 00:56, Tom Dial a écrit :
>>
>>> Which is the boot disk ?
>>
>> /dev/sda
>
> Then you didn't need to make room for GRUB on /dev/sdb.
>
>> So maybe the right plan is
>
On 01/01/2018 02:46 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Le 01/01/2018 à 06:51, Tom Dial a écrit :
>> Upgrading a workstation from Jessie to Stretch I found that the original
>> disk partitioning left insufficient space for grub (re)install. The
>> system has two identical ~233 G
ave file system backups from before the interrupted update and,
before I can see any possible responses, also will have a backup of the
current state of all file systems. The system appears to be running
normally and I do not plan to shut it down before finalizing a recovery
plan.
Thanks in advance,
Tom Dial
st class file system.
Reports of actual use, pointers, and gotchas, if any, would be useful to
me and probably others.
Thanks,
Tom Dial
>
s simply incorrect.
On the other hand, if I were developing or managing a web application I
would not go out of my way to develop for, or test on, anything but
reasonably current Microsoft and Apple operating systems, along with
similarly current versions of standards-compliant browsers. To do so
makes no economic sense. I've used Linux-based systems pretty much
exclusively for about 20 years, but do not expect to be catered for when
nearly everyone else uses either Windows or Mac (or Android or iOS, for
which Navy Federal has banking applications that, at least on Android,
work decently).
Tom Dial
gt; align correctly.
In my experience, this is not the case for navyfederal.org.
>
A careful look at exactly what the firewall mentioned in the initial
post might reveal something, especially as the presenting symptom
appears to be a hang, maybe waiting for something blocked.
Regards,
Tom Dial
e root LV, already formatted
as ext4, and offered the option of not reformatting it.
The installation went forward normally, and at stage 1 completion I
chose a relatively local mirror. I did not see the deb.debian.org
redirector listed, which might be a nice thing.
Tom Dial
#x27;s a good idea to upgrade the BIOS anyhow, as later revisions
have security fixes with some frequency.
>
> Never did it on HP, so not sure how well it would go. But I know that
> method like that/similar to that was successful on Dell laptops before.
> As for how to find BIOS version, you can use dmidecode command, with
> root privs to find out.
>
> Hope that this helps.
>
Tom Dial
you are setting it up with Gnome, the included gedit isn't half bad
and pretty easy to use. A quick check for C, Python, Go, R, and Perl
shows useful and appropriate highlighting of comments, strings,
functions, and the like.
Tom Dial
>
> Thanks.
>
> Best regards,
>
> -Tom
tiple times. Same thing with cups.
>
> If apt insists on installing unwanted packages into your system - I can
> only suggest you to consider learning the way apt works.
>
>
> Besides, there's no point in complaining about it here.
> To actually change something they suggest users to invoke an excellent
> reportbug utility and transfer their wishes directly to bugs.debian.org.
>
> Reco
>
Tom Dial
On 07/03/2017 05:41 AM, Whit Hansell wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a monochrome (black toner) laser printer that is
> currently available and reasonably priced (<$300). I am interested in
> finding one as i am sick and tired of buying ink every month even when
> I'm not printing much. Have trie
d[1963]: Connection closed by 127.0.0.1 [preauth]
>
My preferences, for what it is worth, are
PermitRootLogin without-password
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
PasswordAuthentication no
AllowUsers netuser1 \
netuser2 \
... \
root@localhost \
root@backuphost
On some systems, "localhost" doesn't work;
root@::1 root@127.0.0.1
is a workaround. I have not got around to figuring out the differences,
and as the circumvention is trivial it is not a high priority.
This requires arranging to install each user's public key in his or her
.ssh/authorized_keys file, which can be a pain on a large or active
network, but not that much of a problem with up to a few dozen users and
systems.
Regards,
Tom Dial
upgrades, and of course require that /etc/apt/sources.list include the
version appropriate reference to security.debian.org -
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
for example.
Tom Dial
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